£250
Dubai. 1932 Printed first flight cover flown from Dubai to London on October 6th, franked on the reverse by 1a3p vertical strip of six tied by light "DUBAI / PERSIAN GULF" datestamps in blue dated 15 Nov. Just twelve covers were carried on this first flight; all had the stamps uncancelled due to an oversight so were returned to Dubai and cancelled on November 15th, over a month after the flight took place. A rare first flight cover, referred to by Neil Donaldson in "Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia and the Gulf" (page 79). Photo on Page 20.
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