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1933 (July 2) Australia-England #316/317 two covers carried by James Woods in the 'Spirit of Western Australia', the former from Perth signed "J Woods" with Great Britian KGV 1½d brown tied London '19AUG/1933' cancel on arrival (6 flown), the latter intermediate from Calcutta with red 'DUM DUM AIR PORT' label tied by special violet cachet and India KGV 1a3p purple tied 'LUCKNOW/21JL33' datestamp on arrival (16 flown), Cat $1,000. [James Woods was a West Australian Airways pilot 1924-34, a participant in the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race and later manager of MacRobertson Miller Airlines]