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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 51

AIR MAILS
Air Mails
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 685
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Amy Johnson. 1933 (Jan 11) Two page typed letter on Grosvenor House notepaper regarding missing letters and cables, unwanted new cuttings which "Smith" is trying to charge her £10 for, and payment of a £3 account, signed in ink "Love to all, Amy"; another letter on Grosvenor House notepaper from her secretary Doreen Pickering regarding a missing telegram from the Prince of Wales; 1930 silk covered programme for a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel given by the Daily Mail in honour of Amy Johnson and her England to Australia flight, containing six original photos from the flight, with the seating plan; and a picture postcard of her arrival in Sydney. (4).

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 170.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 686
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Jean Batten. 1970 Letter written and signed by Batten from the Royal Aero Club in London, with the front of a 1970 cover sent to her in Auckland and redirected to London signed on the reverse; also 1977 programme for a dinner held in Auckland for the Sir Keith Park Memorial Fund with Batten as the guest speaker, signed on the cover. (3).

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 170.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 689
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1935 Timetables and brochures comprising Imperial Airways timetables to Africa (two versions) or Europe; KLM Liverpool-Hull-Amsterdam timetable and British Airways timetable for internal services and flights to Paris or Belgium; Imperial Airways Gazettes (5); British Post Office air mail leaflets giving rates and times (2) and leaflet advertising blue posting boxes; South African Post Office leaflet of rates; advertising labels (5); picture postcards of Imperial Airways aircraft (4); also reproduction photos. (23+).

Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 240.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 690
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Australia/G.B. 1934 First Regular UK - Australia Flight, covers (16) and ephemera including a P.O Notice announcing the service folded up and flown to Sydney, printed flight envelope to Brisbane bearing 2/6 Seahorse, covers from London to Papua or Wellington, cover from Berlin to Sydney, printed flight envelope to Solomon Islands with Dun Laoghaire Paquebot datestamps, and printed flight envelopes posted en route from Brussels to Melbourne and posted back to Brussels franked 1/6, Baghdad to Brisbane, Delhi to Brisbane, Akyab to Darwin, Bangkok to Brisbane or Rambang to Camooweal. Also ephemera including five page document giving details of all possible flight covers and how they may be ordered, P.O Notice on the new service, letter and account concerning covers sent by A. Phillips, news cuttings, a large Photo of the ceremony at Croydon prior to the departure of "Hengist", and a second flight cover to Melbourne signed by G.U Allen. (16+).

Opening GBP 240.00
Sold...GBP 300.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 691
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image Japan - Coste and Le Brix Tokyo to Paris Flight. 1928 (Apr 7) Cover (with enclosed letter) posted from Tokyo to Hanoi franked 10s, endorsed "Par Avion Coste et Lebrix Japan - France. Tokyo 7 Avril 1928" and carried on their record breaking flight, with "BOURGET - AVIATION" arrival c.d.s (Apr 14). Also a picture postcard showing the route flown, the French aviators having left Tokyo on April 8th arriving at Paris on April 14th, the 16,750km completed in 101 hours of actual flying. A scarce cover. (2). Photo on Page 94. (Image1)

Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 240.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 692
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Persia/Iraq. 1922-29 Covers including first flights from Teheran to Khanikin (1925), Teheran to Bushire (1928) and Teheran to Meched (1929), also covers from Iraq (3) or Persia flown from Basrah to Cairo. (7).

Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 699
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Netherlands. 1842 Entire from Rotterdam to The Hague, privately carried, the reverse with the large green forwarding label "Spoorweg & Diligence Expeditie / J.J & J.E.J VAN NIEVELT / sGravenhage. / Kantoor bij H.R JACOBS, hoek der Hofstraat / en lange Pooten". Spectacular and rare.

Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 140.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140


Imperial Airways Crashes
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 694
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Capricornus. 1937 (Mar 23) Cover from London to Baghdad franked KEVIII ½d + 2½d, reverse endorsed by recipient "Received P.M 28/3/37", recovered from the "Capricornus" which crashed on its inaugural flight on March 24th, when it hit a tree on the Mont de Beaujolais in the Rhone Valley during a snow storm, killing five people. Also two contemporary news cuttings about the crash. Fine and scarce.

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 200.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 695
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Courtier - Palestine. 1937 (Sep 28/30) Covers (4) and a postcard from Palestine to Germany (3), G.B or Holland, handstamped violet "Aus verunglucktem Flugzeug / durchnasst geborgen" (3), boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT" or "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee par suite / du naufrage d'un Avion / Reconstitue par le service Francais / NE PAS TAXER", three with German or French Officially Sealed labels. (5).

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 170.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 696
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Cygnus - India. 1937 Covers from India to G.B (3) or France (2) all with some or all the stamps washed off, one registered cover from Jind State Camp P.O with violet "DAMAGED BY / WATER", other covers to G.B with differing "Damaged by Sea Water" cachets (one the altered S.S Comorin cachet), two covers to France with violet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee / par accident d'Avion / Priere de ne pas taxer", three with French or British Officially Sealed labels. One cover with Llargarh Palace Bikaner c.d.s, another with bilingual "Postage Stamps Lost in Transit". (5).

Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 150.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 51
Lot No: 697
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Cygnus - Italy / Holland. 1937 (Nov 27) Registered cover from Calcutta to Amsterdam franked 3a, other stamps missing, reverse with two typed explanatory labels (in black and blue) "Lettre mouillee pour accident / de l'ydravion du 5 decembre" tied by Brindisi datestamps (Dec 11), with a Rotterdam c.d.s and Dutch Officially Sealed label. Also a piece cut from a parcel or packet with similarly worded handwritten label tied by a Brindisi c.d.s, New York and San Francisco arrival datestamps. Two rare Italian labels, both unrecorded by Nierinck. (2).

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 400.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 51
Lot No: 698
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Cat No: Collection

Cygnus - Palestine / Austria. 1937 Covers from Palestine to Holland, Monaco, Austria or G.B, the first two covers with violet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondance retardee / par accident d'Avion / Priere de ne pas taxer"; the cover to Austria with violet "Bei Flugzeugabsturz / durch Wasser beschadigt" and a Wien Flugpost arrival c.d.s (Dec 11); the registered cover to Scotland with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT" with "Cygnus" endorsed below. A good group, the Austria cachet very scarce. (4).

Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 240.00


Closed..Oct-26-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240
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