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                                         SIR FRANCIS CHICESTER

                         SUPERB FINE BLOCK OF 4 WITH LIGHT POSTMARKS

                  CONSTANT ERROR: DIAGONAL ACROSS MAINSAIL on R6/5

                                              Sc.#517 , S.G. 751

ON OFFER: fine used block of four. Has minor constant error "Diagonal line running across main sail" (R6/5) per Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Specialized Stamp Catalogue, Volume 3 (5th Edition 1980).

In 1966-67, FRANCIS CHICESTER became the first person to sail solo around the world in his yacht GIPSY MOTH IV.  On his return to England, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. 

As an adventurer, aviator, war veteran, and sailor, he first achieved fame for his 1931 flight from England to Australia in his open-air biplane GIPSY MOTH. He was also the first aviator to fly from Australia to Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island the same year.

                         FINE & FRESH CONDITION - all perforations intact                                               

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