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In 1934: Mao Zedong begins Long March; first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy born;

Bonny and Clyde ambushed; Dillinger shot; dust bowl in mid-west; vitamin K discovered.

At the RPSL: Society was presented with five original dies of Poonch and an obliterator. A

display was introduced with 'It will teach you nothing' but less specialised approach worked.

RPSL Presidents were R. B. Yardley and Sir John Wilson, Bart, C.V.O.

Patron H.M. King George V. Membership 484.

ICELANDIC AIRMAILS GO INTERNATIONAL

From the collection of David Loe.

Member since 2009. Lives in New Zealand.

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Mail was carried by air within Iceland as early as 1919 but it wasn't until the summer of 1928 that

dedicated mail flights were commenced by Flugfelag fslands. These had stuttered to a halt in 1931.

However, in the intervening period, overseas airmail services began to be advertised. This burgeoned

in 1934 with the issue of the P6stblaoio of March/April 1934. Mail to mainland Europe was sent by

sea and then onward by continental air transportation. This cover is from the first year of advertised

overseas destinations. The airmail stamps were issued the day before this cover was sent, lst

September 1934. It is stamped with 35a UPU rate plus 25a airmail supplementary charge.