Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1

Air mail provisionals made for the James Mollison Flight 1932 (Aug. 18): "ATLANTIC AIR MAIL AUGUST" magenta overprint on 1 s. 'Sword of Light' light blue in an original gum block of four ( upper pair hinged), each value signed on reverse by 'Jam' in manuscript (J.A. Mollison). A very scarce unused block of four, one of only two multiples in existance. The collectors research revealed the existance of only 15 unused stamps with this private overprint, as there are only five single examples, one pair and two blocks of four with one in the British Library. Ex collection Thomas Edwin Field of Skelmanthorpe.