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AUSTRALIA 1931 Australia-England XMAS Flight Cover with Kingsford Smith Photo
AUSTRALIA 1931 Australia-England XMAS Flight Cover with Kingsford Smith Photo
AUSTRALIA 1931 Australia-England XMAS Flight Cover with Kingsford Smith Photo

AUSTRALIA 1931 Australia-England XMAS Flight Cover with Kingsford Smith Photo

$ 13.2

Availability: 31 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Type: Cover
  • Quality: Used
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Grade: F (Fine)
  • Place of Origin: Australia & Oceania

    Description

    1931, Nov. 15. Chatswood - London, England. Large specially produced cover "Christmas Greetings From Australia' appropriately cacheted. Cover has been roughly torn open at top, several small pieces missing on reverse. Inside the cover was a cut out from the 16 Dec. Evening News showing Kingsford Smith unloading the mail sacks from his plane. Caption reads: "Air Commodore Kingsford Smith arrived at Croydon to-day with 50,000 letters from Australia for people all over Britain. He picked up the mail in Malay from an air liner which had crashed."