Bidspirit auction | Mozambique * Airmail * 1939

Mozambique * Airmail * 1939 (09.07). 1st Flight Salisbury – Tete – Blantyre – Zomba – Lilongwe – Fort Jomeson by RANA. Envelope circulated from Johannesburg (08.08.39) to Salisbury by Imperial Airways with connection to RANA flight to Tete (10.07.39), franked with 1 ½ p stamp, Yv77. There is controversy as to whether these letters sent from Johannesburg were carried on this flight, as according to some scholars only a dozen letters dated 3 July and from Salisbury were sent, stamped with the Tete arrival stamp on 10.07. However, the truth is that the letter that left Johannesburg on 8 July bears the Tete cancellation of 10.07 on the back, just like those sent from Salisbury.