b'287474C 24 Nov. 1919 (AAMC.27e) Ross Smith flight, intermediate cover from Bandar-Abbas to Karachi; endorsed Per Aerial Post at top and with light impression of the 3-line Vickers Vimy handstamp at right. With Kimari and Karachi 25 Nov. arrival backstamps. An exceptionally rare intermediate, being one of only ten carried without the adhesive and one of only 4 recorded from Bandar-Abbas. This is #10 of the Intermediate covers carried on the Ross Smith flight, but not all the way to Australia. It is illustrated at page 121 in the Frommer book. $4,0006,0007575C 26 Feb.1920 (AAMC.27f) forgery of Ross Smith flown cover addressed to Mrs R.P. Ford, 16th A.G. Hospital, Mcleod, Melbourne, with genuine vignette tied by FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA oval flight cachet (cachet possibly forged - GR of GREAT BRITAIN at left resembles a 62) , with typed endorsement Per kind favor of Captain Ross Smith/on his competition flight., Cat $3000. Ex Frommer.There are two genuine Ford covers in existence (Frommer: #108 & #109) both to the same hospital address, each have Indian stamps affixed, and have similar endorsement (in manuscript) to the forged cover but with an English spelling of favour, suggesting that this forgery was created in the United States. $2,0002,500'