On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:06:05 +0800, rodney wrote:
> I find the cancellations on the "Sphinx" issues fascinating, Hotels,
> barrages, etc.
>
> I have just found one, dated, I think 22nd March 1915, "AERODROME
> HE??????"
>
> Anyone have a guess where that may be? That seems very early for flight
> cancellations, and a post office branch at the Aerodrome?
"HEBA"? That's the International Civil Aviation Organization code for
Borg El Arab Air****t (Aerodrome) in Alexandria.
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