1907 Daily Graphic Balloon "A Message From Mid-Air" picture postcard unused, "E.A & V.I Crome Collection" handstamp on reverse, otherwise superb. Although many of these cards were carried on the balloon and posted back from Sweden very few unused cards exist.
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1921-29 Covers and cards comprising 1921 (June 30) registered cover to India franked 8d, flown from London to Paris; 1923 (June 29) registered cover franked 7½d to Switzerland, flown from London to Paris, with "WADDON AERODROME / CROYDON" datestamps and scarce "Croydon 53" registration label; 1925 London - Malmo first flight; 1926 London - Copenhagen first flight; 1929 Stockholm - Amsterdam first night flight card from G.B; also 1921 (June 10) Instone Air Line London to Paris gummed luggage label. (6).
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1929 (Mar 26-30) First flight covers and cards from G.B (22) or Southern Ireland, carried on the London to Karachi route, comprising items to Basle (2), Rome, Athens, Cairo (5, two signed by the pilot A.L Wilcockson), Tobruk, Jaffa, Basra (from Dublin), Rutbah, Baghdad (3), Teheran or Karachi (6, one to Rangoon), two with enclosed Imperial Airways letters. Also newspaper cuttings (21), Imperial Airways letters to John Davis regarding the new service (2) or refunding money for letters that could not be posted en route, and a notice of latest posting times. A good lot. (23+).
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Corfu - Mediterranean Fleet Flight. 1929 (Oct 18-25) Covers from London to ships of the Mediterranean fleet then at Corfu, carried on the two special flights, comprising first (Oct. 19) flight covers to H.M.S "Sussex", "Courageous", "Revenge" or "Royal Sovereign" (ships cachet on reverse), and second (Oct. 26) flight covers to H.M.S "Cairo" or "Royal Sovereign", also covers carried on the return flight with G.B stamps cancelled in London on November 4th (2), very scarce, few covers carried. (8). Photo on Page 10. (Image1)
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1929 (Nov 8) Covers carried on the first flight of the Indian air mail by the new central Europe route, addressed to Cologne, Nuremberg, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Uskub, Baghdad or Karachi (2), all fine. (9).
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1931 (Apr 1-24) Covers from G.B carried on the two London to Australia experimental flights, comprising first flight covers to Cairo, Bombay, Rangoon (2), Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Batavia, and second flight covers to Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Soerabaya or Labuan. Also two April 1st covers intended for the first flight to Australia but only franked 4½d, handstamped "Insufficiently paid for / transmission by air mail" with "Direct" added in manuscript. (15).
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1931 (Dec 9) London to Cape Town Christmas flight, special edition of the "Daily Mail" with red framed imprint "SPECIAL EDITION BY AIR", fine and scarce, just 36 papers produced, also a cover flown from London to Cape Town. (2).
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1937 (Feb 5) First regular flying boat service from Southampton, covers carried by the "Castor" on the eastbound service to Alexandria, Cairo, Gaza, Hinaidi, Karachi or Singapore (for Pahang), also covers carried on the first return flight from Alexandria or Cairo, newspaper cuttings (3) and a postcard of the "Castor", several apparently I.A test letters. (8+).
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1938 (Feb 19-22) First "all-up" 1½d rate airmail, covers from G.B to Nathanya, Amman, Bahrein, Karachi, Bombay (3), Calcutta, Colombo (3), Rangoon, Singapore (2) or Brunei (2), the Calcutta cover posted back to London, also newspaper cuttings (2) and 1939 (Sep) P.O notice announcing the suspension of the Empire Air Mail Scheme. (17).
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1938 (Apr 8-9) Covers carried on the first regular accelerated service to India and Australia, comprising covers from London to Tiberias, Bombay, Rangoon or Melbourne (posted back to G.B), and covers sent on the first accelerated return flight from Alexandria, Karachi or New Zealand (2, one to Czechoslovakia), the covers to Tiberias and Rangoon both test letters, also a newspaper cutting. (8).
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1945 B.O.A.C First Flight covers comprising 1945 (Nov 9) London to Johannesburg; 1946 (July 1) London to New York and July 3rd return flight, August 23rd London to Hong Kong (2) and August 29th return flight, all addressed to high ranking officials at B.O.A.C, one cover from Hong Kong apparently pilot signed, the others all printed B.O.A.C Speedbird Route envelopes. The 1945 cover to South Africa very scarce, the New York service suspended after just two weeks due to a crash. (7).
