Lot 40195 - SIKKIM EXPERIMENTAL ROCKET MAIL — 10 April 1935. “Sikkim

SIKKIM EXPERIMENTAL ROCKET MAIL — 10 April 1935. “Sikkim Darbar Experimental Rocket Flight” cover from Surumsa, bearing the blue Silver Jubilee label cancelled by the “ROCKET MAIL EXPERIMENT / BY SANCTION / SIKKIM DURBAR” three-line cachet in black and “FROM RAY TO / SURUMSA. 10.4.35” two-line cachet in violet. Further struck with the fancy “ROCKET MAIL EXPERIMENTS / SIKKIM” cancellation in purple and the large “OVER RIVER / RANAKHALI / ON SIKKIM DARBAR SERVICE” cachet in violet at left, and signed “Stephen Smith” in green manuscript. A fine and striking example of Sikkim’s pioneering experimental rocket mail, displaying an exceptional combination of the special flight cachets and cancellations associated with these celebrated 1935 experiments.