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1918 (Dec 18) England-India small envelope endorsed "By first aeroplane UK to India" with the RAF Survey Flight three-line cachet in rosine ("14" amended to "17" by hand) & India 2a6p cancelled on arrival at 'KARACHI/17JAN19', 'PASSED CENSOR/ 1 /KARACHI' cachet in violet & 'MANORA' arrival b/s. Superb! [Pradip Jain states at page 66 that the flight cachet was applied at the British Embassy (Consulate?) at Bandar Abbas in Persia. John Cress' similar cover in lesser condition sold for $4200+]