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Auction: 5006 - British Empire
Lot: 422

BURMA Airmails 1928 (21 Sept.) K.L.M. Experimental Flight from Amsterdam to Batavia, envelope "By Dutch Aeroplane from Rangoon to Singapore" franked at 3a. and with the destination changed to Bangkok, neatly cancelled and with arrival c.d.s. on reverse. Rare. Photo Estimate £ 200-250 Note: Eight covers were flown from Rangoon to Sonkhla (Singora) in Siam. The mail for this flight was intended for Bangkok but a landing was impossible due to floods. From Singora the letters were delivered by the ordinary route via Bangkok

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