Lot no. 1682

FIRST DAY FLIGHT TIMARU-KARACHI-LONDON: 1930, 1d., 2½d. and 9d. tied by cds. "TIMARU -1 JL 30 NZ" to a registered envelope to Riga, Lettonia, typewritten "Via Karachi-London Air Mail Service", adjacent framed "First Day of New Zealands connection with the Karachi-London Air Mail Service. 1st. July.1930" and two-line "Nav pieprasita Non réclamé.", reverse transit mark and arrival cds. "RIGA 12 VIII 30" where the mail was returned to the sender, very fine and scarce