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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
8501 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (11 Feb) Basra to Cairo pre-printed "Air Mail Urgent Basra-Cairo" on 1a stationery entire envelope upfranked with 4a George V, Karachi dispatch pmks, with corresponding framed "Air Mail Service Basra-Cairo (Karachi G.P.O)" cachet in black, addressed to England, with Basra arrival pmk on back, two hinge remnants, rare cover with seldom seen black cachet (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8502 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 three covers, including (29 Jan) Basra to Cairo, pre-printed "Air Mail Urgent Basra-Cairo" on 1a stationery entire envelope upfranked with 4a George V, Karachi dispatch pmks, with corresponding framed "Air Mail Service Basra-Cairo (Karachi G.P.O)" violet cachet, addressed to England, with Basra arrival pmk on back; 22 Feb flight cover, this one with advertising cachet, franked with two each 1/2a and 2a George V stamps, tied by violet cachet, Basra 3 Mar, 27 arrival pmk on back; plus an H.F. Bennett cover flown on March 10th, each cover with hinge remnants on back, fine (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8503 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (25 June) First Dutch Commercial Flight Amsterdam to Batavia, Calcutta-Rangoon leg, cover franked with 2x1/2a George V and "Avail Air Mails and Save Time" label, both tied by Calcutta, 25 Jun. 27 cds, "Dutch Flight, 1927, to Batavia, Carried from Calcutta" cachet at top left, arrival backstamp, two hinge marks on back, v.f., only 48 covers were carried by G.J. Geysendorffer and J.B. Scholte on this leg (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8504 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (25 June) Amsterdam to Batavia KLM flight by G.J Geysendorffer and J.B Scholte, cover with "Dutch Flight, 1927, to Batavia / Carried from Calcutta" flight vignette, with 2x1a George V stamps canceled at Calcutta, a Netherlands Indies 15c postage due added on arrival in Batavia (1.7.27), v.f., only 31 covers flown from Calcutta (Image)



SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
8505 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (9 July) First Dutch Commercial Flight Amsterdam to Batavia, Rangoon to Calcutta leg, cover franked with 1a George V and "Return Trip 1st Commercial flight Dutch Aeroplane KLM Rangoon to Calcutta" label, backstamped on arrival and signed by Stephen Smith, v.f., only 50 covers were carried by G.J. Geysendorffer and J.B. Scholte on this leg (Image)



SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
8506 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (9 July) First Dutch Commercial Flight Amsterdam to Batavia, Rangoon to Calcutta leg, cover franked with 1a George V and "Return Trip 1st Commercial flight Dutch Aeroplane KLM" ("Rangoon to Calcutta" inverted) label applied to this cover in error, two hinge remnants on back, v.f., only 50 covers were carried by G.J. Geysendorffer and J.B. Scholte on this leg (Image)



SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction
8507 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (11 July) First Dutch Commercial Flight Amsterdam to Batavia / Batavia to Amsterdam return KLM flight by G.J Geysendorffer and J.B Scholte, Calcutta to Karachi leg, cover franked with 1a George V and "Calcutta to Karachi" photographic label alongside, dated 12 July 1927, v.f., only 15 covers carried on this leg (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8508 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (13 July) First Dutch Commercial Flight Amsterdam to Batavia, Karachi to Amsterdam return KLM flight by G.J Geysendorffer and J.B Scholte, cover with printed cachet and details of the flight, franked with 3a George V, tied by Karachi departure pmk, with Amsterdam Central 23 July arrival cds alongside, two hinge remnants on back, v.f. cover, only 33 carried (Image)



SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
8509 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (27 June) De Havilland Moth flight over Calcutta, demonstration flight by W.H Vetch (in the aeroplane used by Neville Stack to win the King's Cup in 1926), green 1/2 stationery card canceled in Calcutta, violet flight cachet, the message "Certified that this has been flown over Calcutta by D H Moth G.E.B.M.O" written and signed by E.L Widdicombe who accompanied Vetch on the flight, also initialed by Vetch and numbered "1", two hinge remnants on back, v.f., with a small photograph of the airplane, only 10 cards (and one cover) flown (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8510 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (1 July) 2nd Demonstration Flight by a "Moth", cover and postal card, each with red descriptive cachet ("this letter was carried over the city of Calcutta and its environs by the famous D.H. "G-E.B.M.O., the diminutive aeroplane which won the King's Cup in 1926, and made the historic flight from London to Delhi in 1926-27") the former franked with 1a George V, canceled Calcutta, with a Moth cachet and initialed by W.H Vetch (the pilot), the latter franked with 1/2a George V, with red descriptive cachet and Moth in violet, initiated by E.L Widdicombe, signed on back by Stephen Smith, hinge remnants on back, v.f., accompanied by two small photographs of the airplane, 276 covers and 49 cards carried (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8511 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (15 July) Calcutta to Dacca flight by W.H Vetch, an H.F Bennett envelope with violet cachet "D.H. MOTH Aeroplane G.E.B.M.O Air 15-7-27 Mail Calcutta Shillong", franked with 1a George V, canceled at Dacca and backstamped on arrival, two hinge remnants on back, v.f. cover, accompanied by a small photograph of the airplane, only 19 carried (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8512 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (15 July) Calcutta to Cherrapunji flight by W.H Vetch, an H.F Bennett envelope with violet cachet "D.H. MOTH Aeroplane G.E.B.M.O. Air 15-7-27 Mail Calcutta Shillong", franked with 1a George V, canceled at Cherrapunji, addressed to Assam, with arrival pmk on back, two hinge remnants on back, v.f. cover, accompanied by a small photograph of the airplane, only 35 carried (Cherrapunji or Sohra has often been credited as being the wettest/rainiest place on Earth) (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8513 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (17 July) Calcutta to Shillong flight by W.H Vetch, cover with violet cachet "D.H. MOTH Aeroplane / G.E.B.M.O / Air 15-7-27 Mail / Calcutta Shillong", franked with 1a George V, canceled at Shillong, addressed to Calcutta, with arrival pmk on back, two hinge remnants on back, v.f. cover, only 55 carried (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8514 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (18 Oct) Paris to Saigon flight by Capt. Leon Challe, 1a stationery entire envelope with typed inscription, flown on the Allahabad to Calcutta leg and posted upon arrival, reverse with Calcutta arrival cds and cachet of the French Consulate General in Calcutta, signed Stephen Smith, two hinge remanants on back, fine and very rare, just four covers flown (Image)



SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
8515 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (3 Nov) Roger Latapie Paris to Saigon Return Flight, Calcutta-Allahabad Flight card, India 1/2a on 1/4a stationery card, canceled "Park Street, Calcutta, 3 Nov. 27" double circle datestamp, addressed to Naini Station (Allahabad), red "Urgent by Aeroplane, Par Avion by Air, Carried by Roger Latapie, From Calcutta 1927" preprinted cachet, French consulate handstamp with additional strike on reverse, Pioneer Press (4 Nov) and Naini arrival datestamps, two hinge remanants on back, fine and scarce flight card, only 18 postcards (plus one letter) were carried on this leg (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8516 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (3 Nov) Roger Latapie Paris to Saigon Return Flight, Calcutta-Karachi flight cover, franked with 1a George V, tied by "Park Street, Calcutta, 3 Nov. 27" double circle datestamp which also ties pink "Urgent by Aeroplane, Return Trip, Calcutta, Karachi" label, "Roger Latapie" straight-line handstamp, French consulate handstamp at bottom left, with Karachi arrival (7 Nov) on back, v.f., only 55 covers carried by Capt. Leon Challe and Raymond Rapin (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8517 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (3 Nov) Calcutta to Paris flight cover headed "First Air Mail Calcutta-Paris Pilot Capt. Leon Challe Engineer Mons Raymond Rapin November 1927", franked with 2a George V, tied by "Park Street, Calcutta, 3 Nov. 27" double circle datestamp, French consulate handstamp at bottom left, addressed to London, with 28 December 1927 arrival datestamp, initialed on front and signed by Stephen Smith on back, v.f., only 93 covers carried by Capt. Leon Challe and Raymond Rapin (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8518 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (18 Dec) England to Australia "Red Rose" flight by Capt. W.N Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller, cover flown on the Calcutta to Akyab leg bearing a green flight vignette, two 1/2a George V stamps, canceled at Calcutta, with Akyab (Dec 22) arrival pmk on back, fine, only 32 covers carried (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
8519 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (18 Dec) England to Australia "Red Rose" flight by Capt. W.N Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller, cover flown via Singapore to Manila, with rose flight vignette, three 1/2a George V stamps, canceled at Calcutta, with Singapore (9 Na 28) and Manila (Jan 25) transit and arrival pmks, also W.Bruggmann datestamp, fine and very rare, only 12 covers were carried on this flight, which was delayed due to "Red Rose" crashing at Muntok (Dutch East Indies), both pilots injured (Image)



SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
8520 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (18 Dec) England to Australia "Red Rose" flight by Capt. W.N Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller, cover flown to Rangoon, with rose flight vignette, two 1/2a George V stamps, canceled at Calcutta, with Botataung and Rangoon (31 Dec) arrival pmks on back, two hinge remanants, fine cover, only 52 covers carried (Image)



CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

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