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#497 South Africa 11/08/26
Posted October 26, 2011
Filed under: South Africa, technology | Tags: *stamps, airplane, aviation, cover, Silver Queen, South Africa, Vickers Vimy
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Filed under: South Africa, technology | Tags: *stamps, airplane, aviation, cover, Silver Queen, South Africa, Vickers Vimy
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Marten sent me this nice letter from South Africa, thank you! It was posted in Gillits on August 26 and arrived on September 12, 2011.
The top stamp commemorates the flight of the airplane Silver Queen (a Vickers Vimy) from London to Cape Town in 1920 (info here).
#140 South Africa 09/05/02
Cover from South Africa, posted in Gillitts on May 02, 2009. Thank you, Marten!
