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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1735

Southern Nigeria
Covers and Cancellations
Incoming Airmail
1911 (9 Sept.) London-Windsor first flight brown postcard addressed to Captain Tom Huntley in Lagos, Southern Nigeria bearing Great Britain ½d. green (2) and cancelled by 'first united kingdom/ aerial post/ london' datestamps, code 1 and with indistinct Lagos single circle datestamp (29.9) and Badagry (30.9) double ring datestamp on reverse. A very unusual destination for an Aerial Postcard; also 1911 (16 Sept.) olive-green card (slightly torn and creased) to Warri, Southern Nigeria bearing Great Britain ½d. (2) tied by 'first united kingdom/ aerial post/ windsor' code 2, London transit (19.9) and Warri arrival datestamps on reverse

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£420

Starting price
£150