Great Britain and British Commonwealth BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
Sale No: 0522
Lot No:697
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Cat No:79 var.
1938 50c gray black and red violet, with rope not joined to sail variety, l.h., some usual gum toning, otherwise v.f. (SG 144a) cat. £350 (Cat No. 79var) (Image)
Cat. £350, Est.US$150
Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 180.00
Closed..May-04-2022, 10:41:59 EST
Sold For 180
Flight Covers
Sale No: 0522
Lot No:698
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1936 crash cover from London to Nairobi, with "Delayed Salved from BOADICEA" handstamp and Nairobi 9 Nov. 36 arrival on front, stamp washed off, with French Officially Sealed labels and the red cachet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee par suite / du naufrage des Avion / Reconstitue par le Service Francais / NE PAS TAXER" on reverse. A fine and scarce cover to Kenya, from the first mail bag washed up at Cucq, France ("Boadicea" left Croydon for Paris on September 25th 1936 but disappeared while crossing the Channel, the plane and two crew never being found. A mail bag was found on the beach at Cucq, a month later, another was found at Dymchurch on November 10th and a third bag was salvaged by a trawler on 27th April 1938) (Image)