One of the envelopes carried by Commander Glen Kidston from England to the Cape on his record-breaking flight was sold for £3l recently. The envelope was one of over 20 covers carried. They were put through the Post Office in London and were stamped again at Heliopolis, Cairo, Kisumu, and Capetown. The one sold was autographed by Captain Cathcart Jones, who accompanied Commander Kidston. The auctioneer said that of the 20 covers, four had been sent to the Lockhead Vega Company, in America, four to Commander Kidstou’s family, and eight to a London dealer, only four being left in South Africa. Of these one had been sold and sent to New Zealand.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21539, 11 January 1932, Page 10
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112Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21539, 11 January 1932, Page 10
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