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Sunday, September 8, 2019

Singapore: Great Air Race

On 12th August I got a postcard from Singapore.

It shows a scene of the 1919 England to Australia flight, also known as Great Air Race. In 1919 the Australian government offered a prize of £A10,000 for the first Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia within 30 days. Six teams took part in the race, but the winners were pilot Ross Smith, his brother Keith Smith and mechanics James Bennett and Wally Shiers. Reporting points during the journey were Alexandria and Singapore. 


The card was signed by the designer of the stamp.
With a matching stamp:
Centenary of the first Airmail in Singapore (from set of two) (issued 31-07-2019)
with a special postmark from the Singpex Stamp Exhibition



Thank You very much Sriraam!

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