Describe what you collect in ordinary language, or search by country, date, Stanley Gibbons reference, description and classification. Two stamps that remain joined together. Two stamps that remain joined together. Two stamps that remain joined together. No search terms or other criteria were supplied, so this lot can only be presented on its stated features. The cover bears an official Imperial Airways first-flight cachet for the Mpika to Cape Town stage, which the description says carried only a small number of covers. The description identifies this as a cover from the London–Cape Town first regular service.
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CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to plain cover with Gwelo 23 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Bournemouth. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury even fewer from Gwelo. Slightly soiled. Very scarce.
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CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to plain cover with Fort Victoria 23 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Edinburgh. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. Slightly soiled. Very scarce.
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CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to Springbok official illust cover with Salisbury 26 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Walthamstow. No markings on reverse. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. Slight edge wear.
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CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Northern Rhodesia 2d & 4d horiz joined pair (SG4 & 6), tied to Springbok official illust cover with Broken Hill 29 Jan 32 cds cancels. Typed address to Reading. Delayed by Double Crash. On reverse Reading 17 Feb 32 receiving. Light staining top edge otherwise very fine.
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CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Nyasaland 4d horiz joined pair (SG106?) tied to plain cover with Limbe 23 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Typed address to Mbeya Tanganyika. Double Crash. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Mbeya 6 Feb 32 receiving. Top right corner missing otherwise fine & clean.
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CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 4d & 6d (SG19 & 20) tied to plain registered cover with Reg'd Bulawayo 28 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Bulawayo reg label. Typed address to Port Bell Kenya. Double Crash. On reverse Reg'd Bulawayo 28 Jan, Nairobi 7 Feb 32 reg oval transit, 2 different Kampala Registered 8 feb 32 receiving. Some light tone marks otherwise fine & very scarce.
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LONDON CAPE TOWN EXPERIMENTAL CHRISTMAS FLIGHT Southern Rhodesia 1d & 4d (SG16 & 19), on Springbok official illust cover tied with Salisbury 19 Dec 31 cds cancel. Experimental Flight official cachet applied twice. Typed address to Windhoek SWA. On reverse Johannesburg 21 Dec 31 transit, Windhoek-Kimberley 21 Dec receiving. Very fine & clean.
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN FIRST REGULAR SERVICE GB 2d horiz joined pair & 3d (SG421 & 423), tied to Speedbird official illust cover with superb strikes of Croydon Aerodrome 20 Jan 1932 cds cancels. Typed address to Dodoma. On reverse Dodoma 28 Jan 32 receiving. Believed just 24 covers carried from Croydon to Dodoma. Very fine & clean. Display quality. Very Rare.
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN FIRST REGULAR SERVICE Northern Rhodesia 2d & 3d (SG4 & 5 ), tied to plain cover with Mpika 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. 'By Imperial Airways First Flight Mpika to Cape Town' official cachet. Typed address to Victoria West. Victoria West 16 Feb 32 cds on front for return to sender. On reverse Kimberley 2 Feb transit & Victoria West 4 Feb 32 receiving. Only a small number of covers carried on this stage of the flight. Very fine & scarce.
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RHODESIA & NYASALAND AIRWAYS Salisbury-Umtali-Beira first flight. Southern Rhodesia 1d & 3d SJ (SG31 & 33) tied to plain cover with Umtali 5 Oct 35 cds cancel. 'Rhodesia & Nyasalnd Airways Ltd (RANA)' cachet & 'First Air Mail between Umtali and Salisbury' cachet. Typed address to Salisbury. On reverse Salisbury 5 Oct 35 receiving. Reported that just 15 covers carried on this leg, however after much research by the Rhodesia Study Circle 28-30 covers seems more likely. VERY RARE. Very fine Display Quality cover.
