Lot #85 1932 (Oct 15) Calcutta-Bombay AAMC#291 intermediate cover with 'Spirit of Fun Lockheed Orion NC-12229.../China-South Africa Flight November 1932' label tied '1200 MILES NON STOP FLIGHT/Calcutta to Bombay' cachet altered to "5th Nov" and India KGV 3p x4 tied 'PARK STREET/5NOV31/CALCUTTA' d/s & another 5 alongside tied 'BOMBAY GPO/5NOV31' arrival d/s, signed by pilot James B Dickson on back, fine condition, Cat $550.

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1932 (Oct 15) Calcutta-Bombay AAMC#291 intermediate cover with 'Spirit of Fun Lockheed Orion NC-12229.../China-South Africa Flight November 1932' label tied '1200 MILES NON STOP FLIGHT/Calcutta to Bombay' cachet altered to "5th Nov" and India KGV 3p x4 tied 'PARK STREET/5NOV31/CALCUTTA' d/s & another 5 alongside tied 'BOMBAY GPO/5NOV31' arrival d/s, signed by pilot "James B Dickson" on back, fine condition, Cat $550. Only 15 covers flown on this leg; the plane departed Wyndham, Western Australia on Oct 18 via China, Hong Kong, India, Iraq and Sudan to South Africa; a crash on take-off from Johannesburg on Nov 17 killed the pilot and injured the two passengers, MGM Films officers A Loew & J Rosthal; the plane was destroyed and the flight abandoned.