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Auction: 17044 - The Yen Boon Swee Large Gold Medal Collection of Malayan Airmails
Lot: 40

Malayan Airmails
Royal Air Force Flights
1930 Inspection Flight Singapore - India
Air Marshall Sir Geoffrey Salmond of RAF in India, in command of two Wapiti and one Hanaidi aeroplanes, arrived in Singapore on 2 November to arrange for the quartering of the new RAF Bombing Squadron due in Singapore shortly. On the return flight they inspected various aerodromes at Alor Star, Victoria Point, Rangoon, Akyab and Calcutta.
1930 (14 Nov.) picture postcard flown from Singapore to Karachi, franked at 2c., showing "By R.A.F./Hanaidi & Wapiti Aeroplanes/Straits Settlements/to " h.s.in blue-green and "Karachi" h.s.in purple below and New Delhi c.d.s. (23.11). 13 items carried on this leg. Photo

Sold for
SG$2,200