Gambia. 1926-38 Covers comprising 1926 London to Gambia first British acceptance via the Toulouse to Dakar service; 1934 Gambia to England first flight by Deutsche Lufthansa; 1934 first G.B acceptance by D.L.H via Germany to Gambia (stains) and 1934-38 commercial covers to or from G.B (3); 1938 Gambia to Sierra Leone first flight. (7).
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Egypt/Libya. 1929-38 Covers including 1929 Alexandria to London first flight and London to Karachi service first flight cover to Tobruk (six flown); 1930 Salonica to Alexandria first accelerated flight; 1931 first service to East Africa, Imperial Airways timetable and brochure flown from Cairo to Kisumu, covers flown from Cairo to Khartoum (2); 1932 first 2d postcard rate from London to Alexandria; 1934 London to Tripoli first through flight, etc. Also 1928 Lord Carberry Holland-Egypt-Kenya flight vignettes (2). A good group, the flown 1931 timetable scarce. (13).
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Sudan. 1931-38 Covers including 1931 first flights from London to Khartoum, Juba to Cologne, Khartoum to Athens, Wadi Halfa to Brussels; 1932 Khartoum to Cairo first South Africa service flight, first flight to Assiut at 15m rate; 1934 first 2d and 3d letter rates from London to Wadi Halfa; 1935 G.B to Belgian Congo cover flown to Juba, etc. Also a 1949 cover from Khartoum to USA missent to Poland. (17).
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KUT - Gladstone Airways. 1927 Picture postcard from Nairobi (Jan 7) to Wales franked 65c, and a cover from Nairobi (Feb 14) to England franked 75c, both carried on the first experimental flight form Kisumu to Khartoum with red "KENYA-SUDAN / AIR MAIL" (Feb 15) skeleton datestamps; and a cover from Jinja, Uganda (Mar 12) to Scotland franked 75c, intended to be carried on the third flight to Khartoum which sank in Lake Victoria when its floats collapsed upon landing during a pre-flight trial, the recovered mail forwarded by surface, with red double ring "AIRMAIL / UGANDA SUDAN" (Mar 12) skeleton c.d.s overstruck by violet "Owing temporary failure / Air Service Mail / forwarded normal route", torn at upper left corner, otherwise fine and uncommon from Uganda. (3).
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KUT - Wilson Airways. 1931-37 Covers carried by Wilson Airways within Kenya and by Imperial Airways, including 1931 cover from G.B to Nairobi but over ½oz so charged 1/- with KUT 10c postage due block of ten on reverse, 1934 cover from Madagascar to Paris flown by Wilson Airways from Dar-es-Salaam to Nairobi, etc. Also a 1936 Wilson Airways timetable. (12).
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KUT - Imperial Airways. 1931 (Mar.) First G.B - East Africa flight, covers comprising USA to Mwanza cover flown from London with U.S and G.B stamps; timetable and brochure flown from Cairo to Kisumu; cover from India flown to Kisumu via Cairo; "Uganda Herald" special wrapper for the flight edition of the newspaper flown from Kampala to London; scarce Imperial airways envelopes depicting a rising sun over Africa with enclosed letters flown from London to Mombasa, Kisumu to Cairo or London, also an unused envelope; cover from Shinyanga, Tanganyika, flown from Mwanza to London; also covers from London to Kisumu, Kampala or Mwanza, or Kampala to London. A fine lot, some very scarce. (13).
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KUT - Imperial Airways. 1931-38 Covers and cards, philatelic and commercial covers including 1931 Zanzibar to England first flight (flown from Mwanza), 1931 Corfu to Mombasa cover handstamped "PAR AVION / JUSQU A (Karachi)" and missent to Karachi, 1932 Moshi to Cairo and Athens to Moshi covers carried on first G.B to South Africa service (both addressed to Goa), 1932 first 3d postcard rate from G.B to Nairobi, 1933 Nairobi to Calcutta first accelerated (8 day) flight, 1935 cover to Costa Rica, 1936 cover from Belgian Congo, 1937 cover from Syria to Nairobi, etc., various flight cachets. (35).
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Rhodesia/Nyasaland. 1931-37 Covers, first flights comprising 1931 Christmas flight from G.B to Kalomo or Salisbury, or Bulawayo to Johannesburg; 1932 first regular flight from G.B to Kalomo or Salisbury, Athens to Mpika, Vienna to Salisbury, Bulawayo (2), Broken Hill or Salisbury (2) to G.B; 1934 Croydon Aerodrome to Mauritius, flown by I.A to Broken Hill then feeder service via Madagascar; 1934 Blantyre to Salisbury first flight (2, to Khartoum or Kampala) and return; also 1937 Blantyre to London cover. (17).
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South Africa. 1918 Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" cards, large wings card flown over Johannesburg with Nov. 20 Aerial Post c.d.s, and small wings card flown from Germiston to Johannesburg with Nov. 24 Aerial Post c.d.s; also a large wings card posted in Cape Town (Dec. 9), unusually not flown. (3).
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South Africa. 1918 (Nov 27) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" postcards with small arms carried on the Johannesburg to Pretoria flight, both franked ½d, one cancelled by the Aerial Post c.d.s, the other with the stamp cancelled at Krugersdorp (Nov 26) and the Aerial Post c.d.s on the front, both fine. (2).
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South Africa. 1919 (Aug 2) Cape Town Peace Celebrations Pigeon Post, flown pigeongram numbered 336 attached to a printed sheet "PEACE CELEBRATIONS, CAPE TOWN, Pigeon Post, Carried August 2nd 1919" and also numbered 336, posted within a large stampless cover to a Mrs Grey in Cape Town, with Cape Town c.d.s (Aug 6), violet circular "PIGEON POST / AUG 2 / 19. / CAPE TOWN" and oval "GOVERNOR GENERAL'S FUND / CAPE TOWN". The cover opened at both sides, the right side later resealed with stamp edging (which could easily be removed), otherwise fine and very scarce. Approximately 410 messages were flown but only about half a dozen matched message forms and envelopes are known today. Photo on Page 18. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
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South Africa. 1925-29 Covers and cards carried by internal aerial post, comprising 1925 experimental Government service (6, one from G.B, one registered to Malta and redirected to G.B), or 1929 air service (5, one from G.B), also four differing panes of eight Air Mail labels. (15).
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South Africa. 1931-38 Covers and cards including 1931 Christmas flight from G.B (2, one a test letter), 1932 first flights (8, including covers to Belgian Congo and Italy), 1933 first accelerated flight postcard from G.B, 1934 first Sunday service from G.B, 1936-37 JIPEX postcards sent at ½d rate to various destinations (17), 1937 first 1½d rate to Nairobi and first 1½d rate from G.B (2), 1937 first flying boat service from Durban to Southampton, official cover to France, covers from Basutoland (2) and Swaziland, etc. (51).
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South West Africa. 1931-39 Covers, with various 1931 (Dec.) first flights within S.W.A or between S.W.A and South Africa (9, one addressed to Bahamas); 1932 Windhoek to Paris first flight, first 2d postcard rate to Johannesburg; 1938 Windhoek to Palapye first flight; 1939 Keetmanshoop to Cape Town, also 1937 Bechuanaland cover, etc. (18).
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Mozambique/Angola. 1933-40 Mozambique covers (19) including 1933 Nairobi to Quelimane first flight, rare Quelimane to Cape Town first flight pilot signed (supposedly only two known), 1935 Beira to Blantyre first flight, 1937 Lourenco Marques to Inhambane first Imperial Airways flying boat service, 1938 first use of stamps to pay air postage, 1939 final use of blue "Taxe Percue" labels to pay air postage, various other 1933-38 covers with blue "Affranchisement Percu" or "Taxe Percue" labels (10, three also with postage stamps), etc. Also 1939 first flight from G.B to Angola, and 1945 Angola covers with blue "Taxe Percu" labels (2, one also franked 50c stamp). An interesting and scarce group. (22). Photo on Page 18. (Image1)
