Great Britain 1969 50th Anniversary of the Australia Flight Cover - LOTTO/41602Great Britain 1969 50th Anniversary of the Australia Flight Cover

17/12/1969 - GREAT BRITAIN - For the 50th anniversary of the flight to Australia made in 1919 by the Smith brothers, the Royal Air Force organised a commemorative flight on 17 December with a Lycoming-engined SIAI-Marchetti F.260 flown by Lieutenant Kingsley: it left London and ended at Sydney on 2 January 1970. A cover duly carried, with the Sydney arrival postmark - Lotto/41602