Lot #33 1925 (Nov 16) London-Capetown Imperial Airways Survey Flight souvenir postcard carried by Alan Cobham & AB Elliot in their DH50 with 'BY AEROPLANE LONDON-CAPETOWN "FLIGHT" SPECIAL MAIL' imperforate label in green tied 'BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL/16-11-25/LONDON/CAPETOWN' oval cachet in violet and Sower 30c tied indistinct Marseilles d/s signed AJ Cobham on back.

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1925 (Nov 16) London-Capetown Imperial Airways Survey Flight souvenir postcard carried by Alan Cobham & AB Elliot in their DH50 with 'BY AEROPLANE LONDON-CAPETOWN "FLIGHT" SPECIAL MAIL' imperforate label in green tied 'BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL/16-11-25/LONDON/CAPETOWN' oval cachet in violet and France Sower 30c tied indistinct Marseilles d/s signed AJ Cobham on back. The green label is particularly scarce with only 9 known on card; unfortunately water-damaged in 1940 fire bombing of Chancery Lane Safe Deposit.