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Lot No: 528
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EARLY AIR RELATED MISCELLANY INC. FIGUEROA & TESTART TYPES: Group presented on display pages inc. Apr. 1910 letter-card with invitation to possibly some form of Air enthusiasts meeting, Sep. 1913 cover ex Swiss Consulate, Valparaiso to Switzerland (not an Air Mail cover) lobbying in support of aviation development, 1919 photographic 'label' produced & signed by Clodomer Figueroa (800 produced) for use on Santiago-Valparaiso flight, special vignette (a half sheet comprising 2 mint examples) for application at Tacna (now in Peru) for a 1924 military flight from Tacna to Santiago. Also a large piece (with Cert. of Posting on reverse) bearing fine used examples of SG 184 & 184a Testart types. An interesting lot. (Image)
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Lot No: 529
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COMPANIA AERONAVIGACION SUD-AMERICANA (CASA) 20g RATE COVERS: Pair of covers from Santiago to Valparaiso, each bearing 40c on 10c opt. issues (SG 184) and 20c black & orange 'Presidente' type with departure & arrival cds's of 12 Jul. 1927. (2 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 530
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OFFICIAL TESTART COVERS: 25 Oct. 1927 cover from Valparaiso to Santiago franked 1p.60c on 10c Testart Air stamp (SG 184c) plus 2 x 40c defins on L.Testart's personal stationery. Also 11 Nov. 1927 official CASA printed cover addressed to Snr. Testart, sent from Santiago to Valparaiso franked 40c on 10c plus 2 x 10c defins. (2 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 531
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1927 FIRST COMMERCIAL MAIL FLIGHT OF CASA: Cover bearing 40c on 10c opt. issue (SG 184) plus 20c 'Presidente' type cancelled by Valparaiso 19 Apr. 1927 cds with 4 May arrival cds of Santiago on reverse. Accompanied letter handed in at Valparaiso Post Office requesting cover to be held until first flight. Rare first day of use of the Testart issues. Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 532
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FIRST AIR MAIL DESPATCHES CHILE TO EUROPE & AEROPOSTALE PRIVATE CACHETS: 1928 group inc. 5 Mar. 1928 cover from Santiago to France with Bordeaux 30 Mar. arrival mark, franked 6p.40, 6 Mar. 1928 cover from Santiago to Finland, backstamped Abo, Finland 8 Apr. 1928 and 15 Dec. 1928 cover from Valparaiso to Prague; also 17 Jun. 1928 cover from Santiago to Paris with circular Aeropostale cachet in red and 22 Jul. 1928 cover from Santiago to Berlin with red cachet "A EXPEDIER DE BUENOS AIRES LE 26 JUL".(5 covers)Cross Reference: FINLAND, FRANCE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Image)
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Lot No: 534
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FIRST 'EXPERIMENTAL' ANDEAN AIR MAIL FLIGHT SANTIAGO TO BUENOS AIRES: 20 Nov. 1928 cover (opened on 3 sides) ex Santiago, carried on first experimental French postal flight over the Andes by Mermoz & Collenot. 21 Nov. Buenos Aires arrival mark and CGA cachet (in error) dated 22 Nov. 1928 . (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 535
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EARLY INTERNAL FLIGHTS TO ARICA & IQUIQUE, ETC: Selection of mostly northbound covers from Santiago carried by Linea Postal Santiago-Arica. Includes First Postal Flight southbound Arica to Valparaiso on 4 Mar. 1929, 4 Mar 1929 PPC from Valparaiso via Santiago to Arica (arr.6 Mar.) - one of only 145 flown; pair of 26 Feb. 1929 covers from Santiago to Arica addressed to C.P. Carlson at Chuquicamata copper mine; 17 May 1929 cover from Santiago to Iquique (arr. 24 May) endorsed "Primer vuelo" and 3 Dec. cover from Arica to Villa Allemana via Santiago. Also First Flight cover Puerto Montt to Santiago dated 16 Jan. 1930, etc. (10 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 538
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1929 CGA FLIGHTS FROM CHILE TO ENGLAND: Group of 7 covers inc. 25 Feb 1929 cover from Santiago to Stanley Gibbons, London with special CGA Buenos Aires transit cachet, 9 May 1929 cover from Valparaiso to Birmingham, 26 Jun. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to London, 4 Sep. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to London and 19 Sep. 1929 Regd. cover from Santiago to Stanley Gibbons, London (both of these last two covers were delayed either by crash or bad weather); also, 3 Dec. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to Birmingham (arr. 23 Dec.) and 10 Dec. 1929 cover from Vina del Mar to Liverpool. Attractive group. (7) (Image)
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Lot No: 539
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1929 AIR MAIL GROUP INC. CGA, AEROPOSTALE, & LIGNES LATECOERE, ETC: 19 Oct. 1929 CGA carried cover from Valparaiso to American Consulate, Asuncion, Paraguay (arr. 27 Oct.), 21 Oct. 1929 consular cover from Santiago to Santa Fe, Argentina via Mendoza with "POR AVION" mark in red, 5 Dec. 1929 Regd. cover from Santiago to Hamburg with red "POR AVION" etiquette, 13 Nov. 1929 cover from Valparaiso to Rio de Janeiro endorsed "VIA AEREA LATECOERE" and backstamped with special violet aeroplane arrival cachet in Rio. Also an unused printed Air Mail envelope of Lignes Latecoere. (5 covers)Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 542
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COMPAGNIE GENERALE AEROPOSTALE (C.G.A.) FLIGHTS, TIMETABLE, CRASH MAIL, ETC., 1930: Attractive group of covers inc. 13 Apr. 1930 Santiago to Berlin franked 10p.30 (scarce usage), 18 Aug. 1930 cover from Valparaiso to Hannover, 7 May 1930 cover from Valparaiso to Paris (probably rescued from the wreck of Latecoere 28 F-AJPD, which crashed off Montevideo on 10 May) and 18 Dec. 1930 cover from Santiago to Paris, carried by ship across the South Atlantic; pair of special envs. from Germany to Santiago sent on 31 Oct. 1930 and 20 Feb. 1931 respectively, 4 Jun. 1930 pair of covers from Valparaiso to London, each with special cachet for the first All Air Service from South America to Europe and a later 3 Jul. 1930 cover from Santiago to France with special cachet in violet indicating the first commercial crossing of the South Atlantic. Addressed to a member of the Henot family and possibly applied by favour with the cachet only known from 3 covers. Lot also inc. 2 x Flight Rate & Timetable posters. A good lot. (14 covers, 2 cards & 2 posters) (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 544
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C.G.A. FLIGHTS INC. CRASH COVERS, 1931-32: Interesting and attractive group of C.G.A. flight covers to Europe & USA inc. crash covers, etc. Includes 1931 covers to Italy & Switzerland, both with 'jusqu'a' marks, pair of 1931 covers to Germany, Jun. 1931 Regd. cover from Concepcion to France & Jun. 1932 cover to Bavaria,, Jun. 1932 diplomatic cover from Santiago to London with two special cachets inc. one for 'free post' plus other covers to UK & Germany. Lot also inc. 25 Feb. 1932 cover from Santiago to Hamburg salvaged from Latecoere 28 F-AJOX which crashed at Setiba, Brazil on 27 Feb., cover showing signs of water immersion. Three further crash covers, one from Santiago to Sweden, the others destined for London & Lyon, all mailed 10 Mar. 1932 and salvaged from a crash near Motril, Spain on 16 Mar. (15 covers) (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 545
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1938 CRASH MAIL: Group of crash covers inc. 3 covers carried on the Douglas DC2 on the FAM 9 route from Santiago to Cristobal. The plane departed Santiago on 19 Jun. 1938 crashing at 20,000ft in the Andes. The mail was not recovered until Feb. 1941. Each cover bears an explanatory cachet in violet (2 different types). Destinations of the letters were Cristobal, Lima and Bogota. Lot also inc. a badly burned cover from Santiago to Germany recovered from the wreck of the "Ville de Toulouse" Dewoitine 333 which crashed in the Pyrenees en route from Morocco to France on 23 Mar. 1938. (Total 4 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
