£800
Great Western Railway / Imperial Airways. 1933 (June 29) Imperial Airways printed first flight envelopes for the new route to Calcutta, all flown by G.W.R air service from Plymouth to Cardiff and then carried on the Imperial Airways first flight, addressed to Allahabad, Jodhpur, Delhi or Calcutta, the 3d G.W.R Air Mail stamps cancelled "PLYMOUTH / (NORTH ROAD) / 29 JUN. 1933 / G.W.R", 2d + 6d stamps cancelled at Cardiff, arrival backstamps; and 1933 (Sep 20) cover flown from Cardiff to Birmingham then carried on the first Imperial Airways flight to Rangoon, the 3d G.W.R Air Mail stamp cancelled "AIRMAIL / CARDIFF / 20 SEP 1933 / GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY" and 4d pair cancelled at Birmingham (Sep 22), reverse with Rangoon datestamp and flight cachet. A rare group, with a 1933 note from Stephen Smith stating they were the only first flight covers to India also bearing G.W.R stamps that he had seen. (5). Photo on Page 10.
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