Ref: G3045
- £225.00
1St Imperial Airways Experimental Flight cover to Australia with a 1/- and 4d cancelled BRISTOL APR 2 31. The flight left London on April 4 and was due to arrive in Melbourne on April 20 but only arrived on the 29th. This cover has been signed by Charles Kingsford Smith who carried the mail on part of the journey from Akyab to Darwin. This flight ran out of fuel at Soepang so was delayed. The cover has a Melbourne 29 APR 1931 backstamp. B.P.A. certificate of authenticity.
