30th International Auction

FLUGPOST - 1919 (Jan. 17th), "FIRST THROUGH AERIAL MAIL/GREAT BRITAIN TO INDIA/KARACHI 14. 1. 1919" cachet in magenta on envelope flown from Bandar Abbas to Omara and then by sea per HMS "Britomat" to Karachi, franked by India KGV. 1a6p. tied at arrival with the three-liner cachet (with "14" amended to "17") and Karachi cds, with violet Karachi censor h/s alongside, Karachi Delivery double-ring on reverse. (The second RAF aeroplane to carry mails from England to India was a giant Handley-Page V/1500 registered J-1936 and named HMA Old Carthusian, flown by Brigadier-General N.D. MacEwan and crew.) Cover influenced by wetness but ONE OF THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE FLOWN COVERS. Catalog Price 3800.00