Sale Name: U.S. Marshals Service Stamps Auction
LOT 3074
Seller   Southern District of New York
Description

COLLECTIBLE: INDIA, 1928, Aug. 23, Princess Xenia Completed Around the World Flight Cover. India ½a and 1a tied by Karachi Aug. 23, 1928 circular datestamps on picture postcard addressed to Manila, crossed out and readdressed to Karachi, typed "Princess Xenia, Travel ROUND THE WORLD" at bottom left, Great Britain 1p added and tied by Southend-on-Sea, Essex Sept. 7 circular datestamp, Philippines 12c and 24c applied and tied by Manila Oct. 19 double-circle datestamp where it was registered and registry label affixed, Dhanushkodi Nov. 6 transit datestamp, signed "E.H. Alliott", card with some creases which should be expected considering the extensive travel, Fine and exceptional around the world flight cover, red manuscript "18/21" we suspect indicates the number flown though this is the only example that completed the journey we could find, "from the Magnolia collection"

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