By: Corinphila Auction AG
lot # 296 - brit. colonies egypt kingdom
Zeppelin Mail 1934 (Oct 15): Registered Flight cover sent airmail to Friedrichshafen thence to Brazil, with 1933 70 m. green & blue (20 m. postage, 25 m. KLM fee and 20 m. registration, overpaid 5 m.), with Germany 1933 'Chicagofahrt' 1 m. carmine and 1934 6 pf. and strip of three 25 pf. (Mi. 496+541+543) all tied by Friedrichshafen cds's (27/10) and by 'Deutsche Luftpost / Europa-Sudamerika' cachet in red, overpaid by 1 pfennig. Carried on 11th South America Flight. Reverse with one flap missing but with full Rio arrival cds (Nov 1). A rare "Non Contract" combination usage from Egypt with just 5 covers believed flown thus.
Catalogue 227: EUROPE & OVERSEAS
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