Lot 114486 Royaume-Uni

1911 FIRST OFFICIAL U.K. AERIAL POST/"MOLASSINE COMPANY LTD" ADVERTISEMENT. Fine example of the London post card in olive green addressed to Nottingham with KGV ½d Downey, tied superb strike FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON date stamp SP 9 1911 die 1. On reverse very fine printed advert "The Molassine Co. Ltd/We thought you would like to be the recipient of a communication by the first Government Aerial Post, something to show your friends in the years to come. We are making rapid progress, what with THE ART OF FLYING and MOLASSINE DOG FOODS Who can predict what next?". On front overprint in red adjacent to the bi-plane "Containing 5,000 communications from THE MOLASSINE COMPANY, Ltd.". (Ref 114486)