Sale Name: U.S. Marshals Service Stamps Auction
LOT 3063
Seller   Southern District of New York
Description

COLLECTIBLE: INDIA, 1925, May 13, de Pinedo World Flight, Calcutta-Melbourne. Right portion of cover, affixed with two India 1a and addressed to Sydney, Australia, red "Italian Consul General's (Melbourne) letter of 12-11-25, No. 750 / 11, Calcutta to Melbourne by Seaplane, 13/5/25" cachet, violet "Italian World Air Flight" plane over India cachet on reverse, also signed by H.A. Outhwaite (President of the Aero Philatelic Club of India) and initialed by Stephen Smith, Very Fine, these covers were intentionally cut which had the signature of de Pinedo after a promised charity donation failed to occur, only 93 letters were carried to Australia

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