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Lot 3153 Session 12 (11:30am Thursday 2 August) Stamps
Estimate $150
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SOLD $220
AUSTRALIA, 'Francis C. Chichester Gipsy Moth flight, Australia to England by Japan' flight cover Thursday Island to Southport England; the plane crashed in Japan and cover was only 1 of 80 carried to Japan, No. 125 of original 148, fixed with 2d and 3d KGV, dated 7 July 1931; signed on cover by Francis C. Chichester and No.125, fixed with the additional,'By Air Mail' sticker, (Eustis 210). Fine and scarce.
Ex J.P.Melick Collection and Rodney Perry Auction Sale 199 (lot 636).
Eustis notes that the flight terminated in Japan when the plane crashed on 15 August 1931 at Katsura after taking off to fly to Tokyo. The flight was abandoned.
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