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SOUTH AFRICA 1934 SG46b, 47w Cover from Cape Town to Australia with 4d SPEAR FLAW
£450.00
1934 (3 Dec) printed South African Travel Bureau illustrated air mail cover (originally produced for the 1932 first flight to England), carried on the first Imperial Airways flight from Cape Town to Australia, franked by 1930-44 wmk UPRIGHT 4d brown and 6d green & orange horizontal pairs, the 4d showing SPEAR FLAW on the right (Afrikaans) stamp (R9/2), tied by three strikes of Cape Town despatch cds. Backstamped at Sydney (21 DEC) and Randwick (22 DE). Odd minor blemishes (bend affecting 6d pair) still a delightful usage with the variety very rare on cover. - P212000336