137864 1948 AIR MAIL LONDON TO NAIROBI, KENYA WITH MIXED USAGE £1 SILVER WEDDING (SG494), 2/6 YELLOW-GREEN (SG476b) AND 6D OLYMPIC GAMES (SG497).

1948 AIR MAIL LONDON TO NAIROBI, KENYA WITH MIXED USAGE £1 SILVER WEDDING (SG494), 2/6 YELLOW-GREEN (SG476b) AND 6D OLYMPIC GAMES (SG497). Larger envelope, 195 x 293, small part trimmed at right, sent air mail from London to 'Nairobi, Kenya Colony' with KGVI 6d Olympic Games (SG497) x 2, 2/6 yellow-green (SG476b) x 2 and £1 Royal Silver Wedding (SG494) with slightly indistinct strikes London date stamp 26 NO 48. Stamps paying the 1/- per ½oz rate x 26 = 26s 0d franking. A most unusual commercial usage and the £1 (SG494) is very rare commercially used. (Ref 137864).