Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 1

1931: First Flight cover endorsed 'Via Australian, London Airmail / via Calcutta', dispatched in Allahabad (May 1, 1931) to Waterford, UK and carried by Charles Kingsford Smith together with a complete correspondence telling about how they met Kingsford Smith at the time in India and how 'Smithy' offered to carry letters personally to London. Interesting background information written in a letter from 1971.