1937 RARE FLIGHT COVER OSAKA (JAPAN) - CHITA (SIBERIA) - BERLIN - ATHENS - CAPE TOWN

1937 (July 5) Flown cover from Osaka Japan to Cape Town, with airmail label, boxed 'By Air-Mail' and 'Via Siberia' cachets plus very unusual unboxed 'Par avion de Chita et au dela'
cachet in purple. Greece custom mark and endorsed 28/7/37 most likely upon arrival. Backstamped Berlin (19.7.37) and Athens (20.7.37). From Athens the cover most likely was flown by
Imperial Airways to Cape Town. Cover roughly opened at top left and part corner/backflap missing. 

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