1934 MAC ROBERTSON AIR RACE: Superb collection of covers & e...

Hammer

£1,900

1934 MAC ROBERTSON AIR RACE: Superb collection of covers & ephemera relating to the famous race from Mildenhall, Suffolk to Melbourne, Australia. Comprises signed covers flown in the race inc. 3 of the 100 carried by the eventual winners, Charles Scott & Tom Campbell-Black. Also a number of covers carried by the KLM entry "Uiver" and the American entry Roscoe Turner. In total the collection holds c.25 Race flown covers and a further c.20 covers flown on return flights, onward flights and the subsequent final flight of the "Uiver" (crashed in Syria 1935). Also, photographs of most entries, newspaper cuttings and a photocopy of the Royal Aero Club's Official Programme showing the signatures of all the participants (useful for comparisons). Lot also includes hardback autobiography of Charles Scott "Scott's Book", a scrapbook of 1930s newspaper cuttings relating to the Race and Campbell-Blacks flights into Africa, DVDs of old newsreel film of the race, etc. (qty) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA