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Lot No: 501
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1911-34 INTERESTING GROUP OF FLOWN COVERS & RELATED CANCELLATIONS inc. 15 Sept. 1911 grey-green env. flown from London to Windsor by Gustav Hamel but aborted at Langley thence onward by car; 21 Aug. 1923 env. ex Switzerland with "WADDON AERODROME/CROYDON" cds; 12 July 1922 env. from Lombard Street to Geneva with "AIR MAIL" hs; 27 Oct. 1934 env from London to Brazil with 10d carried on the 11th Graf Zeppelin flight to South America; 9 Nov. 1934 large env. to H.M.S. Medway with KGV values to 10d & boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED FOR/TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL/SPECIAL FEE REFUNDED BY BRITISH/POST OFFICE ON APPLICATION" hs; and other examples. (13 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 504
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1932 THIRD S. AMERICAN GRAF ZEPPELIN FLIGHT COVER: 15 April 1932 env. from Liverpool to Brazil bearing a single 10d flown via Berlin to Friedrichshafen by Graf Zeppelin (S 150) to Brazil. Has a special Berlin to Friedrichafen connecting flight cachet and a fine Graf Zeppelin flight cachet plus on reverse an arrival cds. Most attractive. Cross Reference: ZEPPELIN MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 1752
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1931 to 1945 COLLECTION OF GB COVERS: Written up collection with some photographs inc. 1931 London to Butiaba initially undelivered with a range of backstamps; 1931 London to Mwanza (Tanganyika) preparatory stage for the route to Cape Town as a regular service; 1932 Croydon to Cape Town first regular service, only 143 covers carried; 1936 England to Nigeria First airmail service, sent to Kano using the London to South Africa route, flown to Nigeria by Capt. O.P. Jones in the airliner "Daedalus"; Also a selection of Channel Island flights inc. 1937 Jersey Airways to Southampton with cachets in blue, red, violet & green; 1937 Southampton to Guernsey; 1939 Guernsey to England and 1945 first post war flight to Channel Islands from England. (19) Cross Reference: CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY, SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA, CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Lot No: 1753
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1910 SCOTTISH AVIATION MEETING LANARK: 1910 Postcard of "Lanark Aviation Ground" franked with a ½d tied by a good "LANARK GRAND STAND" cds, a rare pmk, believed only 30 known. Also, used postcards (4) of the event pmk Peebles (some faults inc. two with staining). This was the first aviation meeting in Britain, at which a special pmk was used. The mail was not flown and a report stated that £25 of ½d stamps were sold at the meeting. [ex Ken Norris] (5) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, LANARKSHIRE, SCOTTISH INTEREST (Image)
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Lot No: 1754
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1930 1st NIGHT FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO BRUSSELS: 14 April 1930 envs. (2, inc. a "window" type) carried on the 1st night flight from London to Brussels, the "window" env. with a special hs. Both have early examples of the bi-lingual "BY AIR MAIL" blue labels. (2 covers)Cross Reference: BELGIUM (Image)
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Lot No: 1755
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1934 G.W.R. FLIGHT COVERS inc. Plymouth to Cardiff to Birmingham, Birmingham to Torquay, Birmingham to Cardiff, Plymouth to Birmingham, Cardiff to Plymouth, Birmingham to Plymouth, and S. Wales to Devon. All with relevant vignettes. (19 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 1759
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EARLY SCOTTISH AIRMAIL. An interesting group of 1934-1943 internal flight covers inc. 1934 Harris to Scarp with Western Isles Rocket Post label; 1st regular services between Inverness & Wick and also between Glasgow & IOM; Railway Air Services; Highland Airways Ltd. with label; 1937 Captain Eric Starling & C.B. Wilson pilot-signed cover; 1st Shetland Air Mail service to Aberdeen. Also wartime RAFPO pmks on cover for Ayr and Wigtown which were only in use for two years. Clear marks throughout. [ex Ken Norris] (16) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH INTEREST (Image)
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Lot No: 1760
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PREDOMINANTLY INTERNAL SCOTTISH MAIL: A substantial 1947-97 neatly-written-up collection inc. 1984 mail plane crash in Grampian Highlands; first flights; registered mail; insufficiently prepaid for transmission by air cachet; airport cancellations; RAF cancels; signed covers; Concorde flights; PPCs of various airports. Also Loganair souvenir folder for the 21st anniv. of the opening of Glasgow airport. [ex Ken Norris] (c.70) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SCOTTISH INTEREST (Image)
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Lot No: 1761
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PRESTWICK AIRPORT: A collection of covers and cards relating to Prestwick Airport between 1949 and 1992 inc. 1954 env. with "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachet, burn damage on left; registered mail; certificate of posting; PPCs showing aircraft and airport environs. Good little study. [ex Ken Norris] (21) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, AYR, SCOTTISH INTEREST (Image)
