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EMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 2 TO MIDDLE-EAST & AFRICA: 1937-8 group of covers & cards inc. 20 Feb. 1938 1½d P.Stat. env. to Bahrain ex Newport, an Intermediate stop on the First Flight from London to Bahrain, bearing slogan pmk publicising the 1½d per ½oz rate on reverse; 1 Mar. 1938 env. to Sutton Coldfield ex Alexandria flown on the first 'All-Up' flight on stage 2 - with very short notice of the flight very few letters were carried (rare thus); plus other similar examples inc. mail carried aboard survey flight 'Clio' and transferred to 'Calypso', June 1938 Government White Paper discussing the extension of the Scheme, and leaflet advertising the extension of the Scheme. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (14 covers/cards + 2 leaflets) Cross Reference: BAHRAIN, AIRMAILS, P.O. NOTICES, EGYPT
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