1952
Qantas Australia-South Africa Service
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This cover, addressed to QEA Chairman and Managing Director Hudson Fysh, was flown on the inaugural return service from Johannesburg to Sydney. It is signed by the aircraft's Captains J Connelly (Johannesburg-Perth) and K Jackson (Perth-Sydney). It is a QEA 'official' cover with violet cachets "Australia-South Africa first regular air mail Sydney September 1952" on the reverse. It was postmarked at Johannesburg 6-IX 52 and backstamped on arrival in Sydney 9SE52. The total mail carried was estimated at more than 60,000 items. The cover is numbered on the reverse 41290.
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