£800 - £1,000
Sudan - Alan Cobham London to Cape Town Survey Flight. 1925 (Dec 23) Souvenir postcard flown from London to Khartoum, posted to the Editor of "Flight" magazine franked Sudan 3m + 5m tied by Khartoum c.d.s, an imperforate green vignette unusually on the front of the card tied by violet oval "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON / CAPE TOWN", the reverse signed "Alan J. Cobham" with the message "Up to present we have not found it necessary to fly in early morning only due to heat. True we are in winter weather now but the DH50 Jaguar combination works well for performance". Extremely fine and very scarce, just three cards recorded from Sudan, all posted at Khartoum. Photo on Page 24.
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