Amsterdam-London-Melbourne race 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1387265
Area
Stamps
Title
Amsterdam-London-Melbourne race
Face value
Country / area
Netherlands
Year
1934
Month
Day
Issue group
1934 Bijzondere vluchten
Order Number in Issue
Basic colour
Usage
Airmail
Type
Commemorative cover
Theme / topic
Airplanes, Economy, Heads of State, Industry, Triangular stamps
Geographical theme
Persons theme
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands [1880-1962] (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria Oranj...)
Item subject
Michel number
Yvert number
Scott number
Stanley Gibbons number
NVPH number
LP10
Designer/Engraver
Dobbenburgh, Aart van (1899-1988), Veth, Jan (1864-1925), Zwart, Piet (1885-1977)
Printing office
Publisher
Perforation
Watermark
Luminescence
Printing technique
Paper
Gum
Print run
Dimensions / diameter
Details

Comment (free translation): Flight race "London-Melbourne" with the cooperation of the "Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij". The plane "UIVER" pilots Parmentier and Moll took off from London on October 20, 1934 at dawn, and reached Melbourne on October 24, 1934 at 10.54 am; it came first in the handicap competition and second in the speed competition, immediately after the Englishmen Scott and Campbell Black. Flown back to Europe by Parmentier and Moll, the "UIVER" took part in the raid "Amsterdam-Batavia" with 3 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The plane crashed on fire in Iraq. There was a national mourning in the Netherlands.

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