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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 418

BURMA Airmails — (8 Feb.) 1a. stationery envelope from Rangoon to Calcutta, neatly cancelled with G.P.O. c.d.s. and signed "Alan J. Cobham" alongside, Akyab transit c.d.s. in lower left corner; some water damage caused by dampness due to enemy action in World War II while in the collection of the Marquess of Bute. Rare with only nine of the thirty-two covers carried signed in full, the remainder being initialled. Photo Estimate £ 150-200

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