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1910 (Aug 26) Blackpool-Southport Monthly Tariff Reform PPC inscribed 'Carried by Aeroplane Mail/.../by C Grahame-White' with printed propaganda message overprinted in red regarding the flight being terminated after "...seven miles in a very high wind", KEVII ½d tied by London machine cancel of that night, a couple of very minor blemishes. [One of Britain's earliest unofficial airmails. Claude Grahame-White was one of the first Britons to qualify as a pilot, holding Royal Aero Club certificate No 6]