£250
1930 (Dec 21) Calcutta to Cape Town solo flight attempt by Abul Murad (the flight crashing at Shaibah, Iraq), cover flown from Dum Dum to Karachi with the flight cachet on both sides, a Christmas charity label tied by "DUM DUM - KARACHI / PILOT ABUL M. MURAD", posted upon arrival with a KGV 1a on the reverse, signed by Murad and Stephen Smith. Fine and scarce, 16 covers flown. Photo on Page 172.
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