Germany and German Colonies General - Imperial Airways
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Kimberley-London, 1/- Air of South Africa, tied with Kimberley 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. Imperial Airways Letterbox illust cover with yellow & green chequered border. Addressed to Somerset. With contents mentioning the first flight. On the reverse Johannesburg 27 Jan 32 transit. Cover is creased but scarce illustrated cover. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Victoria West-Alexandria, 1/- Air & 2d of South Africa, tied with Victoria West 27 Jan 32 cds cancels. Plain cover. Registered Victoria West R cachet with registration number inserted by hand. Air Mail label top left. Typed By First Air Mail Victoria West-Alexandria. Retour cachet on front & Return to Sender oval cancel. Addressed to Alexandria. On the reverse Victoria West 27 Jan 32, Johannesburg 27 Jan 32 transit, Cairo 12 Feb 32 transit, Alexandria 14 Feb 32 receiving. Boxed Unclaimed & Returned LO Cape Town 11 May 32. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 69
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Johannesburg-Bulawayo, 4d Air & 1d of South Africa, tied with Johannesburg 25 Jan 32 cds cancels. On Springbok illust cover. Addressed to Bulawayo. On the reverse Buliwayo 28 Jan 32 receiving. Clean cover. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 71
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Kimberley-London, 1/- Air of South Africa, tied with Kimberley 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. Springbok illust cover. Addressed to London. No markings on the reverse. Very clean. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 87
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Cape Town-London, 1/- Air of South Africa, tied with Houses of Parliament 26 Jan 32 cds cancel & clear of stamp Cape Town 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Springbok illust cover. Addressed to Chester. No markings on the reverse. Poor condition but very rare usage. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 88
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Cape Town-Paris, 1/- Air of South Africa, tied with Cape Town 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Paris & redirected to Leicester. On the reverse Paris 16 Feb 32 receiving. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 90
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Cape Town-London, 1/- Air of South Africa, tied with Cape Town 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Speedbird illust cover. Sutton Coldfield ½d Paid 17 Feb 32 cancel in red. Addressed to Sutton Coldfield. No markings on the reverse. {C} (Start Price = £36.00)
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Lot No: 92
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Kimberley-Sailsbury, 3d 1d x 2 of SWA, tied with Lugpos Mariental Air Mail cachets with Mariental 26 Jan 32 cds cancel clear of stamps (Superb strikes). On Robertson illust cover. Addressed to Salisbury. Feeder service from SWA to Kimberley. On the reverse Salisbury 28 Jan 32 receiving & 28 Jan 32 Poste Restante cancel. Hinge marks on back. {C} (Start Price = £52.00)
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Lot No: 96
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Kimberley-Paris, 4d & 1/- Air (SG70-1b small ovpt) of SWA, tied with Air Mail Windhoek-Kimberley 26 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Robertson illust cover. Windhoek 26 1 32 small cds cancel 23mm. Registered Windhoek R cachet with registration number inserted by hand. Addressed to Germany. Feeder service from SWA to Kimberley. On the reverse Windhoek-Kimberley 26 Jan 32, Paris16 Feb 32 transit & Lorch 17 Feb 32 receiving. Very scarce display quality cover. {C} (Start Price = £120.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 125
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Kimberley-Paris, 3d & 10d of SWA, tied with Windhoek-Kimberley Air Mail 26 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Robertson illust cover. Windhoek Air Mail 26 1 32 22mm cds cancel on front. Addressed to Paris. Feeder service to Kimberley connecting with 1st flight northbound. On the reverse Paris 16 Feb 32 receiving. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 126
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Kimberley-London, 3d joined pair & 10d (SG86-7) of SWA, tied with Windhoek-Kimberley Air Mail 26 Jan 32 cds cancels. On printed Registered cover. Windhoek Air Mail 26 1 32 22mm cds cancel on front. Windhoek Registered R cachet with number inserted by hand. Air Mail top left. Printed, By South West African Airways to Kimberly (sic) By Imperial Airways to Europe. Addressed to West Byfleet. Feeder service to Kimberley connecting with 1st flight northbound. On the reverse Windhoek 26 Jan 32 cancel. Display quality cover very scarce. {C} (Start Price = £100.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 131
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Nairobi-London, 15c 30c & 50c of Kenya & Uganda, tied with Mombasa 26 Jan 32 cds cancels. On plain Registered cover. Air Mail label top left. Registration label of Mombasa. Addressed to Purley. Due to be carried on the first Northbound flight AN47 but this was delayed due to emergency landing in a swamp near Broken Hill. So this cover made the second Northbound flight AN48 leaving Naiobi on the 8 Feb 32. On the reverse Mombasa Registered 36 Jan 32, Nairobi Registered oval 27 Jan 32 & Purley 17 Feb 32 receiving. Scarce registered cover. {C} (Start Price = £60.00)
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Lot No: 152
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Johannesburg-Assiut, 4d Air joined pair & 1d of South Africa, tied with Upington 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. Springbok illust cover. First Flight cachet. Addressed to Assiut. On the reverse Johannesburg 27 Jan 32 transit, Cairo indistinct date but must be 12 Feb 32 & part 13 Feb 32 receiving. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 185
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EAST AFRICA-LONDON 1ST RETURN FLIGHT 1931 Mwanza- London, 1/- (SG102) of Tanganyika tied with Mwanza 9 Mar 31 cds cancel on map of Africa illust cover. Tanganyika Territory Air Mail bottom left. Addressed to Stanley Gibbons London. No markings on reverse. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 223
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EASTERN ROUTES London-Karachi. E8 1d & 2½d joined pair, tied with London FS Air Mail 5 Feb 37 machine wavy line cancel. On Imperial Airways stationary air mail envelope. Typed "By Imperial Airways. First Regular Eastbound Service ex Southampton" Addressed to Imperial Airways Karachi. This being a Test cover put into the system by Imperial Airways. The Air Mail label tied with Karachi Cancelled 12 feb 37 boxed cachet. Flight IE521. No markings on the reverse. Very clean display quality cover. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 224
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EASTERN ROUTES London-Cairo. E8 1d strip of 3, tied with London 5 Feb 37 British Industries Fair slogan cancel. On Imperial Airways stationary air mail envelope. Typed "By Imperial Airways. First Regular Eastbound Service ex Southampton" Addressed to Imperial Airways Cairo. This being a Test cover put into the system by Imperial Airways. Flight IE521. On the reverse Cairo 10 Feb 37 & Heliopolis 10 Feb 37 receiving. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 239
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EASTERN ROUTES Khartoum-Calcutta, 10mils & 4½p Airs of Sudan, tied with Sudan Air Mail Khartoum 28 Jun 33 cds cancels. On Imperial Airways First regular service to Calcutta illust cover. Addressed to Calcutta. Flight IE223. On the reverseCairo 2 Jul 33 transit. Karachi-Calcutta July 33 First Air Mail cachet. Calcutta receiving. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 245
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Marseilles-Kisumu, 10c, 1f pair, 2f15 & 10f (SG600) of France, tied with Marseilles 13 Dec 38 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Nariobi. Flight DS153 to Kisumu then /Wilson Airways feeder servcie to Nairobi. No markings on the reverse.With notes. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 247
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Khartoum-Marseilles, 3p Air of Sudan, tied with El Gemeina 9 Dec 38 cds cancel. On air mail stationary envelope. Red aeroplane Par Avion in relieft. Addressed to Serent, France. Flight DN151. Carried on the IA West African feeder service to Khartoum Flight WAN149. On the reverse Khartoum 10 Dec 38 transit, Serent 25 Dec 38 receiving. Vertical crease. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £16.00)
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Lot No: 254
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Southampton-Beira, GVI 1½d tied with Lonodn 22 Oct 38 Empire Exhibition slogan cancel. On plain cover. Underpaid with T hexagonal cachet bottom left with 30 above = 30 gold centimes or 3d. Addressed to Umtali. Flight DS138. On the reverse, logo of sender Clerical Medical & General Life Assurance on back flap, Umtali receiving 31 Oct 38. With superb boxed "Please advise sender that letters should be prepaid 1½d for each HALF ounce" Very fine & clean with scarce cachets. Display quality cover. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 268
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Poole, GVI 20c of KUT, tied with Nairobi 7 Sep 39 cds cancel. On plain cover. Addressed to London N4. Flight KN115 the first war time scheduled flight. No markings on the reverse. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 270
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Daressalaam-Brindisi, GVI 5c 50c & 1/- pair of KUT, tied with Daressalaam-Tabora TPO Down 14 Jul 39 cds cancels. Plain registered cover. Air Mail label top left. Malongwe registration label middle top. Addressed to Switzerland. Flight DN214 to Brindisi. On the reverse Daresalaam 14 Jul 39 cds, Daresalaam registered oval. Brindisi 21 Jul 39 transit. Lenzburg 22 Jul 39 receiving. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 288
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Beira-Southampton. 2d Coronation of S Rhodesia, tied with Salisbury 30 Jun 37 cds cancel. On Rhodesian & Nyasaland First Flight cover under the E A M S illust cover Areoplane flying over a village. Addressed to Hampstead. Flight DN2. Salisbury-Beira by RANA. No markings on the reverse. Some wear to the edges. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 316
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Marseilles-Mozambique, 50c vert pair, 5f & 10f of France tied with Bordeaux 18 Apr 40 cds cancels. On postal stationary air mail envelope. Addressed to Johannesburg. Flight DS264. Bordeaux-Marseilles connecting with DS264. To Mozambique connecting with DETA feeder service to Johannesburg. No markings on the reverse. Vertical crease. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 332
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EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Alexandria-Bracciano Italy, 5mils block of 8 tiedof Egypt, tied with Alexandria 10 May 40 cds cancels. On plain postal stationary air mail envelope. Opened & resealed in Egypt with censor tape & a square Postal Censor cachet in violet. Addressed to Genoa. Flight DN270. On the reverse Cairo 17 May 40 cancel & Genoa 21 May 40 receiving. Some staining on the front. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 352
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Nairobi-Brindisi, 5c 10c & 20c x 3 of Kenya & Uganda tied with Gilgil 25 Dec 33 cds cancels (very fine clean strikes of Christmas Day), On plain cover. Addressed to Firenze Italy. Flight AN147. On the reverse Nairobi 20 Dec 33 transit & Firenze 5 Jan 34 receiving. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 353
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Cape Town-singapore, 1/3d & 6d Official of SA, tied with Cape Town 6 Dec 33 machine cancel. On Robertson illust cover. By Imperial Airways Only cachet. Addressed to Singapore. No markings on the reverse. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 359
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Limbe-London, 6d joined pair of Nyasaland (SG92), tied with Limbe 7 Mar 34 cds cancel, (Very fine strike). On plain cover). Air Mail label top left. First Flight Regular Air Mail Service Nyasaland-Southern Rhodesia boxed cachet in black. Addressed to Croydon. Blantyre 8 Mar 34 cds & Croydon 17 Mar 34 cds receiving. Flown on the first Blantyre-Salisbury service by R A N A, connecting with IA Flight AN157. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £80.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 367
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Mombasa-Genoa Italy, 15c & 30c x 2 of Kenya & Uganda, tied with Mombasa 5 Jan 35 cds cancels. Plain Tirrenia Steamship company cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Genoa Italy. Flkight AN201. No markings on the reverse. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 377
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Meerut India-Cape Town-East London, 2a & 6a on front, ½a 1a & 2a x 2 on reverse. Tied with Meerut 27 Aug 34 cds cancels. On plain advertising cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to East London SA. Flight AS183. On the reverse The Royal Imperial Balls Co. Manufactuers Exporters of Cricket Balls, Cairo 31 Aug 34 transit. Flown Cape Town-East London by South African Airways. With research notes. CRICKET THEMATIC INTEREST. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 379
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Cholu Nyasaland-London, 1/- of Nyasaland (SG93), tied with Cholu 7 Mar 34 cds cancel. On illust cover produced by Blantyre Publishing Co in the style of the 1934 definitive stamp issue with Leopard & Rising Sun. Air Mail label top left. First Flight Regular Air Mail Service Nyasaland-Southern Rhodesia boxed cachet in black. Addressed to Guildford. No markings on the reverse, With research notes which incls a copy of an article in the Times of 9 Mar 1934 detailing exactly how many items of mail were carried on this flight. Horiz crease & some tone spots. {C} (Start Price = £56.00)
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Lot No: 385
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Paris-Daressalaam, 50c & 5f of France, tied on reverse with Paris 21 Aug 34 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label left, tied with Paris 19 Aug 34 cds. Addressed to Daressalaam. Flight AS182. Wilson feeder service Nairobi-Daressalaam. On the reverse Daressalaam 28 Aug 34 receiving. With research notes . {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 394
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS London-Kisumu, GV 1d & 6d, tied with London W1 22 Aug 32 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label top middle. Addressed to Turi. Flight AS78. On the reverse Kisumu 2 Sep 32 transit. Delayed flight due to the search for Northbound AN77 with notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 398
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS London- Daressalaam, GV 3d & 4d, tied with Glasgow 9 Aug 32 Telephone slogan cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Daressalaam. Flight AS76. On the reverse Nairobi 17 Aug 32 transit & Daressalaam 18 Aug 32 receiving. Carried on the first Wilson Airways southern feeder service Nairobi-Daressalaam. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 404
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS MADAGASCAR. Limbe Nyasaland-Tananarive, via Broken Hill. 6d & 1/- of Nyasaland, tied with Limbe 31 Jul 34 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Typed "Via Broken Hill". Addressed to Tananarive. Flight AS178 arriving Broken Hill 1 Aug 34. Then carried by S.N.A.M. on the first Easterly Service leaving 2 Aug to Madagascar via Quelimane Mozambique. On the reverse Tananarive 4 Aug 34 receiving. Noted that just 57 items of mail were carried from Nyasaland on this flight. With notes. Very Scarce. {C} (Start Price = £80.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 412
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Khartoum-London,1 2 3 & 4 camel 5 10 x 2 & 2p Air Mail ovpt of Sudan, tied with Sennar 25 Mar 32 cds cancels. Registered plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Registration label bottom left for Makwar which has been erased & Sennar inserted by hand. Use The Air Mail for Egypt, Iraq & India cinderella label. Addressed to Catford SE6. On the reverse Sennar 25 Mar 32 cancel, indistinct Sudan TPO 27 Mar 32, Khartoum 28 Mar 32 Registered oval & Catford 4 Apr 32 registered oval receiving. Very attractive display quality cover. {C} (Start Price = £80.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 419
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS MADAGASCAR. Tananarive-Cape Town, via Broken Hill.50c, 2f, 5f & 10f, of Madagascar, tied with Tananarive Par Avion 10 Nov 34 hooded cancels. One completely clear of any stamps & a very fine strike. On plain stationary envelope for Compagnie Marseillaise de Madagascar, L Besson & Co. Addressed to Cape Town. Flown by S.N.A.M. to Broken Hill. Then Flight AS193. On the reverse Broken Hill 14 Nov 34 transit & Cape Town 15 Nov 34 receiving. Slightly faded at right but barely detracts from a very rare cover. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £120.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 441
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Johannesburg-Athens, VRI 4d on 6d on 6d (SG136) 6d 0n 6d (SG120) & 2d of SA, tied with Johannesburg 21 Nov 32 cds cancels. On Robertson illust cover. Greek Air Mail cachet (Biplane) in crimson. Addressed to Athens. On the reverse Athens 1 Dec 32 receiving, Greek Bi plane cachet in crimson & J Robertson sender cachet. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 491
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Zomba Nyasaland-London, 1d & 6d of Nyasaland, tied with Zomba 28 Sep 36 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Croyon & Re-directed to Rugby. Flight AN382. On the reverse Blantyre 29 Sep 36 cds transit & Croydon 8 Oct 36 receiving. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 517
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Broken Hill-Athens, 3d Jubilee & 4d pair of N Rhodesia, tied with Ndola 11 Aep 35 machine wavy line cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Athens. Flight AN272. Athens 18 Sep 35 receiving with Brindishi 18 Sep 35 cds cancel. So cover was carried beyond it's destination & then back. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 526
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS ZANZIBAR. Zanzibar-London, 6c & 25c of Zanzibar, tied with 5 Jun 31 Sq circle cancel. On Imperial Airways Map of Africa illust cover. Top left Zanzibar-England. Addressed to Bromsgrove. Bottom left on front a GV ½d tied with Bromsgrove 17 Jun 31 cds. On the reverse Mwanza 8 Jun 31 transit. Written in pencil Flight AN14 1st service to convey Zanzibar mail. Scarce cover. {C} (Start Price = £100.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 532
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Cape Town-Sydney, 1d x 2, 6d & 1/- of SA. Tied with Cape Town 31 Jul 35 machine cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Sydney. Flight AS261. On reverse Sydney 23 Aug 35 Air Mail Section GPO cancel. Flown by Imperial Airways, Quantas & Butler Air Transport. With research notes detailing the entire route. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 539
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Salisbury-London, 6d of S Rhodesia, tied with Umtali 30 Mar 37 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Glasgow. Flight AN434. On the reverse Glasgow8 Apr 37 machine cancel. Creasing & soiled. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £14.40)
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Lot No: 540
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Southampton-Salisbury, GV 6d tied with Oxford 25 May 37 machine wavy line cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Zomba Nyasaland. Flown on the penultimate overland service to Johannesburg on AS451, leaving Southampton on 26 May. Arrived Salisbury 1 Jun 37. Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways to Blantyre 3 Jun 37 transit on reverse along with Zomba 4 Jun 37 receiving. Tone spots on both sides. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £16.00)
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Lot No: 541
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS London-Johannesburg, GV 3d, E8 1½d & GVI 1½d Coronation, tied with London FS Air Mail 21 May 37 machine wavy line cancel. On Imperial Airways 1000th Flight illust cover. Addressed to Johannesburg. Flight AS450 flying boat from Southampton. No markings on the reverse. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £80.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 567
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN 1ST REGULAR SERVICE London-Broken Hill, GV 9d, tied with Battersea SW11 19 Jan 32 wavy line machine cancel. On plain cover. Top left Air Mail label. Typed Via Imperial Airways First Regular flight to South Africa. 20th January 1932. Two different Waterlow & Sons "Souvenir of the Pageant of Postage Stamps" Cinderella labels which are most attractive. Addressed to Broken Hill. On the reverse Broken Hill 30 Jan 32 receiving.
Very Rare display quality item. {C} (Start Price = £80.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 570
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN 1ST REGULAR SERVICE London-Kimberley, PILOT SIGNED x3. GV 1/-, tied with London FS Air Mail 20 Jan 32 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Typed bottom left "via Kimberley" Addressed to Windhoek. On the reverse Air Mail Windhoek-Kimberley 9 Feb 32 receiving. (The mail from London to SWA was delayed for 1 week at Kimberley to await the second feeder service flight to Windhoek). On the front signed by three of the five pilots who flew the first regular service London-Cape Town AS47. Capt. F J Bailey, Brindisi-Alexandria. Capt. JS Sheppard, Kisumu-Broken Hill. Capt. RF Caspareuthus, Johannesburg-Cape Town. Some light toning. The philatelic importance of this cover cannot be overstated. VERY RARE possibly unique. {C} (Start Price = £400.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 575
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN 1ST REGULAR SERVICE Rotterdam-London-Salisbury, 7½c & 25c (SG314A & 435) of Netherlands, tied with Rotterdam 19 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Springbok illust cover. Addressed to Salisbury. On the reverse Alexandria 23 Jan 32 transit & Salisbury 31 Jan 32 receiving. Some tone spots on front but scarce usage. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 581
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN 1ST REGULAR SERVICE Salisbury-Cape Town, 1d & 4d (SG16 & 19) of S Rhodesia, tied with Salisbury 29 Jan 32 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. First Official Air Mail cachet top middle. Addressed to Cape Town. On the reverse Johannesburg 1Feb 32 transit, Cape Town 2 Feb 32 receiving & Cape Town 3 Feb 32 Poste Restante cancel. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 582
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN 1ST REGULAR SERVICE Dublin-London-Salisbury, 2d, 4d & 9d (SG77, 80 & 93) of Ireland, tied with Baile Atha Cliath (Dublin)19 Jan 32 cds cancels. On Speedbird illust cover. Addressed to Salisbury. On the reverse Salisbury 31 Jan 32 receiving. {C} (Start Price = £60.00)
