MAKING POSTAL HISTORY IN ENGLAND—Tuesday June 29, was a special day in the Empire Mail, as the first imperial Airways flying-boat left Southampton carrying all mails without air surcharge for South Africa and Other British territories, in the presence of the Postmaster-General and the Air Minister. At rigid the Post master-General Major Tryon is seen placing the first mails in the postbag which was carried to the flyingboat Centurion, ready for its African trip.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 9
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74MAKING POSTAL HISTORY IN ENGLAND—Tuesday June 29, was a special day in the Empire Mail, as the first imperial Airways flying-boat left Southampton carrying all mails without air surcharge for South Africa and Other British territories, in the presence of the Postmaster-General and the Air Minister. At rigid the Post master-General Major Tryon is seen placing the first mails in the postbag which was carried to the flyingboat Centurion, ready for its African trip. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 9
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