£380
Kenya - Gladstone Airways. 1927 (Feb 10) Covers from Nairobi carried on the first return flight from Kisumu to Khartoum with "By Air Mail" etiquettes and red "KENYA - SUDAN / 1ST / AIR MAIL" skeleton c.d.s (Feb 15), two to Egypt, one registered to USA; postcard from Ireland (Mar 8) to Kisumu, intended to be flown from Khartoum but diverted to surface mail, Kisumu arrival c.d.s (Mar 31) and F.J. Field cachet "Service officially arranged .... but abandoned owing to / breakdown of Hydroplane on / Lake Victoria"; cover from London (Mar 10) to Nairobi intended to be sent by air but diverted to surface mail; and cover from London (Sep 29) to Jinja carried on the final Gladstone Airways flight from Khartoum with red "AIR MAIL / UGANDA SUDAN" double ring skeleton backstamp (Oct 27), all fine. (6).
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