Lot #93 1933 (July 2) Australia-England AAMC#317 intermediate cover with 'DUM DUM AIR PORT' label tied 'AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT/CARRIED BY/"The Spirit of Western Australia'/Piloted by Mr James Woods/Stage:-Calcutta-Lucknow/20th July 1933' cachet & India 1a3p tied 'LUCKNOW/21JL33' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $400.

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1933 (July 2) Calcutta-Lucknow AAMC#317 intermediate cover with 'DUM DUM AIR PORT' label tied 'AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT/CARRIED BY/"The Spirit of Western Australia'/Piloted by Mr James Woods/Stage:-Calcutta-Lucknow/20th July 1933' cachet & India 1a3p tied 'LUCKNOW/21JL33' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $400. 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; only 16 covers flown on this leg.