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Lot No: 2056
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1910-1914 EARLY AVIATION PPCs, VIGNETTES, ETC.: An interesting group inc. 1910 (28 July) PPC franked France 10c & with "Semaine d'Aviation" vignette both tied by Caen cds's, 1912 unused I.C.S. Aviation Tour of Great Britain PPC of Pilot Robert Slack & signed by him at the top & scarce thus, 1913 mint pair of "FIRST AERIAL DELIVERY" labels by Robert Sinclair Tobacco Co. Ltd. Newcastle, scarce 1914 Monaco Rallye Aerien commemorative PPC with 'Monaco 1914' vignette tied "RALLYE AERIEN/MONACO" cachet (7 items) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, MONACO, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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Lot No: 2057
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1910s-1920s EUROPEAN GROUP (INC. ZEPPELIN, EXPRESS, ETC.): Range of early european cards/covers inc. 1911 (6 Mar) "NANTES AVIATION" PPC franked 10c & Nantes Aviation 10c to Belgium, 1912 (15 & 17 June) pair of "Flug-Post-Karte" PCs used within Germany, 1912 (26 Oct) Zeppelin PC Wiesbaden to Frankfurt via Zeppelin 'Viktoria Luise', 1919 (16 July) pair of envs Weimar to Berlin with black on red Express labels, 1925 (13 Apr) FF Budapest to Szeged, 1928 (13 Aug) env ex France to New York via first catapult mail, 1929 (15 Mar) PC London Aerodrome via Rotterdam to The Hague with Rotterdam flight cachet in red/brown & KLM dated cachets front & rear, (22 Apr) PPC (of Graf Zeppelin) via FF by Graf Zeppelin to Seville (LZ127) plus much more of interest (18 cards/covers) Cross Reference : GERMANY, ZEPPELINS, EXPRESS MAIL (Image)
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1911 INDIA - FIRST AERIAL POST - U. P. EXHIBITION: 1911 (18 Feb) env franked 2a tied near fine strike of "FIRST AERIAL POST/U. P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD" cachet in purple to Calcutta with Allahabad & Calcutta cds's on rear. A scarce item Cross Reference : INDIA, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 2059
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WWI MILITARY GROUP: Range of WWI military cards & covers (mostly flown) inc. 1914, 15 & 18 trio of 'Thank You' (for gifts of tobacco) PCs from Army/Field POs with red censor cachets one being to China scarce thus, 1915 env & two fronts flown Belgium to Folkestone for onward delivery within UK with "POSTES MILITAIRES/BELGIQUE/BELGIE/LEGERPOSTERIJ" cds's, (8 Mar) env with circular "BRITISH CONSULATE/DUNKIRK" cachet in purple flown to Dover with fine "RECEIVED FROM H.M.SHIP./NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED"cachet, (4 July) long OHMS env with Base Army Post Office cds & Divisional Naval Transport Office Boulogne cachet flown to London by RNAS, 1916 & 1917 pair of PPCs (Les Bains or Paris) with fine "SERVICE DE L'AVIATION NAVALE ANGLAISE" cachets in blue of "NO 3 WING" or "LE DIRECTEUR" to London with "PASSED BY CENSOR" cachet on the former, etc. Plus undated (1913 or earlier) German PPC with Imperial Navy flag label tied "Kaiserliche Marine/Brier-tempel/S.M. Torpedoboot/T.66" cachet (16 cards.covers & 2 fronts) Cross Reference : GREAT BRITAIN, MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 2060
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1919-1939 COMMONWEALTH GROUP, INC. FIRST FLIGHTS, ETC.: Range inc. 1919 (2 Jan) env & PC pair ex Bahamas with fine "BY FIRST AIR MAIL/TO MIAMI, FLA" cachet in red, (30 Jan) env ex Nassau Bahamas to US with ms 'by first airplane service/Nassau to Miami', (Dec) env ex Jamaica to UK via Miami with fine large double ring "AIR-MAIL/FIRST FLIGHT/JAMAICA/MIAMI, U.S." cachet in purple, 1928 printed "AIR MAIL/BAGHDAD-CAIRO" env (torn just clear of adhesives) to UK via Cairo, 1932 (16 Apr) env ex UK to Cyprus (part of Imperial Airways London-India service) with fine "First Air Mail/Between/ENGLAND & CYPRUS" cachet in red plus similar unused return env, (22 Apr) env ex Cyprus via FF to Greece with two fine cachets in black, (22 Apr) env regd Limassol Cyprus to Rhodos Italy via FF to London with fine "LIMASSOL TO LONDON" cachet, 1933 (9 Dec) printed London-Singapore air mail env ex UK to Malay States (& return by sea), 1936 (25 Mar) Imperial Airways "FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL/FROM/HONG KONG" printed env TO LONDON WITH FINE BOXED "FIRST THROUGH FLIGHT/HONG KONG-PENANG-LONDON/VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/27th MARCH 1936", (6 Nov) env ex Hong Kong to Shanghai via FF "CANTON TO SHANGHAI SERVICE,/VIA HONG KONG. 6TH NOVEMBER, 1936." plus many more similar items (36 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, HONG KONG, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS (Image)
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Lot No: 2061
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1920s-1930s USA & SOUTH AMERICA GROUP INC. FFs, ZEPPELINS, ETC.: Range of 1920s-1930s Zeppelin & FF covers, etc. inc. 1926 FF Cleveland to Detroit, 1927 (20 Aug) failed experimental flight shore to ship with "AIR MAIL FLIGHT FAILED TO/S.S. LEVIATHAN" cachet on rear, 1928 real photo PPC USA to Germany with fine "FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL" Graf Zeppelin cachet, 1928/9 pair of envs flown by Lindbergh ex Cuba to USA or ex Haiti to Dutch Guiana with fine FF cachet, 1929 (Mar) air mail env ex Mexico to USA with fine FF cachet, (May) env with Cleveland-Pittsburgh night mail FF cachet, (June) USA 5c air mail env to the Purser aboard S.S. Leviathan with fine "FIRST AIR MAIL/TO/LEVIATHAN/OF UNITED STATES LINES, Inc./BY ADAMS AIR MAIL PICK-UP", 1931 (2 Feb) env with fine "FIRST FLIGHT TWIN CITIES-PEMBINA EXTENSION" cachet, (Sep) env ex Brazil to France with fine "GRAF ZEPPELIN PRIMEIRO VOO/BRASIL-EUROPA/1931" cachet & "via condor-zeppelin" s/l h.s., 1932 (Mar) air mail env ex Brazil to Austria with fine "SERVICO AEREO TRANSATLANTICO" Zeppelin cachet in black on rear, 1933 (July) env ex Brazil to Germany with fine Graf Zeppelin cachet in green on rear, etc. A fine range of Zeppelin & FF covers (25 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ZEPPELIN MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 2062
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1920s INDIA GROUP: Range inc. 1920 (24 Jan & 14 Feb) pair of envs Bombay to Karachi regd or Karachi to Bombay [flown by RAF 97th Squadron], 1924 Mt. Everest Expedition PC to London franked 1½a tied Calcutta cds with British Empire Exhibition 1924 slogan & blue Expedition label tied red expedition cachet, 1927 (2 Nov) env ex Calcutta to London with printed "FIRST AIR MAIL. CALCUTTA-PARIS" at top with "CONSULAR GENERAL DE FRANCE/CALCUTTA" circular cachet in purple & enclosed note from Stephen Smith to a General Ridgway, 1928 (4 May) env ex Calcutta to Rangoon with two different "DOISY AND CAROL" cachets in green & "PLANE CRASHED AT AKYAB/16th MAY, 1928" in red, (20 Sept) env ex Calcutta to Rangoon with fine "INDO BURMA FLIGHT/[biplane]/BY DUTCH PLANE/1ST OFFICIAL MAIL" cachet in green, (4 Oct) PC with fine "3RD PLANE CRASHED AT CAWNPORE/CARRIED BY:-/4TH OFFICIAL MAIL PLANE/H---N. A. O. F." & "3RD OFFICIAL MAIL" cachets [87 envs & 56 PC on this flight], plus much more. An excellent range (28 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, BURMA (Image)
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Lot No: 2063
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1920s TO MODERN EXTENSIVE GROUP INC FF, ZEPPELIN, ETC.: Large range of 1920s to modern cards & covers inc. 1929 (12 Aug) printed "SHIP TO SHORE/Catapult Mail/Via Ile de France" env regd Paris via Ile de France & catapult mail to New York, 1931 USA 5c p.stat air mail env to 'Royal Airship Works, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England' with fine "U.S.S. AKRON/CHRISTENING [airship]/AKRON, OHIO, U.S.A./AUG. 8, 1931", 1933 (23 Oct) fancy printed air mail env ex Miami to Huntington with fine "GRAF ZEPPELIN/FIRST VISIT TO MIAMI" cachet, 1939 (4 Aug) printed Transatlantic Imperial Airways env Brussels to USA (stated to be 1 of 25 official covers flown), 1942 (19 Jan) env (opened out for display) franked GB 1½d with 1935 British Forces Xmas Seal (SG A6 £250 on cover) FPO cds & boxed 869 censor cachet, 1945 (11 Apr) 2½d p.stat env uprated 1/- & ½d tied Glasgow cds to 'President Roosevelt', 1947 (22 July) air mail env franked USA Centenary International Philatelic Exhibition label & GB 3d flown by RAF Lincoln bomber on goodwill flight over NY on 1st Aug then around the USA & back to the UK for onward posting.signed by pilot F./Lt. V.B. Farningham [about 6 covers known], (6 Dec) Qantas env via first regular service London to Sydney, 1948 (18 Mar) BOAC Speedbird env to Japan via "FIRST/UNITED KINGDOM-JAPAN/AIR SERVICE" & signed by both pilots, etc. (qty) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ZEPPELIN MAIL, AUTOGRAPHS, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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Lot No: 2064
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1920-44 AN INTERESTING SELECTION OF FLOWN COVERS INCLUDING ARMY POST:1920-44 covers/cards (27) inc. 25 June 1920 env (faults) from Paris to Henley with red "AIR MAIL/EXPRESS" h.s. 10 Dec 1920 mourning env from London to Rhine Army, Germany with "AIR MAIL/EXPRESS" and on reverse "ARMY POST OFFICE/S.40" c.d.s. another dated 8 Dec 1920 with "LONDON/F.S. 15" double ring c.d.s. 13 Oct 1923 env. flown by motor glider from Lympne to Hastingleigh. 9 July 1923 PPC from APO S40 to London. 17 Nov 1923 env London to Paris by Handley Page Transport Ltd. 27 July 1944 env from Henlow Camp flown to Benbecula by Scottish Airways another of 5 July 1944 flown from Isley to Glasgow. Mostly fine. (Image)
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Lot No: 2065
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1920s CANADA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP, ETC: Range inc. 1922 (3 Dec) env with boxed "FIRST/AIR MAIL/HALIFAX/TO/ST. JOHN'S/JANUARY/1922" cachet, 1924 (1 Oct) printed air mail env FF Estevan to Winnipeg, 1927 (23 Dec) env to USA "via Air Mail/via Schist Lake (Flin Flon)" with Western Canada Airways (10c) label & Flin-Flan & Gold Lake maple leaf cachet, 1928 (13 Apr) pair of FF covers Atlin to Carcross with 25c Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd label, 1928 (9 Dec) env with fine Monreal to Quebec "INAUGURATION OF EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE" cachet, (10 Dec) env with fine "REGINA to WINNIPEG DEC. 1928" cachet, 1929 (31 Jan) Halifax to St John with boxed Canada Air Mail FF cachet, etc. (21 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA (Image)
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Lot No: 2066
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1923-75 A SELECTION OF FLOWN COVERS PLUS OTHERS:1923-75 The selection of covers/cards (29) inc. 4 May 1924 env registered and flown from the London International stamp exhibition to Belgium with c c.d.s. 8 May 1924 card carried on the Liverpool to Belfast experimental service. 2 May 1924 env. (2) flown by Cobham on the 3rd Belfast to Liverpool experimental service. 16 May 1925 covers (2) flown on the Imperial Airways 1st service from London to Sweden and London to Switzerland. 16 Nov 1928 env. flown from the London Stamp Exhibition to Rotterdam. A similar env. bearing Wembley 1d & 11/2d flown from The London Philatelic Congress to Belgium. 1 Sept 1933 env from London to Brazil flown on the Graf Zeppelin. 30 June 1939 env flown on the 1st England via Botwood to USA flight by P.A.A. 28 June 1947 env. flown on the 1st P.A.A. flight from Limerick to Calcutta. Mostly with relevant cachets.Also a few non airmail items. (Image)
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1924-26 AMUNDSON - ELLSWORTH ATTEMPTED FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE:6 May 1924 small card from Sutton Coldfield with printed address to "THE TRANS POLAR FLIGHT EXPEDITION/CHRISTIANIA/NORWAY" the reverse side headed "NORTH POLE MAIL" to USA with Norway 5o & 25o tied by fine "KINGS BAY" c.d.s. Fine and rare, but philatelic. RPSL Cert (2013). Note:the special postcards were sold by subscription to finance the Amundson & Ellsworth attempted flight over the North Pole. They were sold in the USA and the to Norway side was ussually franked with USA adhesives. The use of a GB adhesive is rare. Cross Reference : NORWAY (Image)
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1924-25 FLOWN COVERS - MOSTLY BEARING WEMBLEY EXHIBITION ADHESIVES:1 May 1924 env. from Walthamstow to France flown on the 6th day of the new Imperial airways service. 3 May 1924 env. with Wembley 1d & 11/2d posted on the 1st day of the exhibition to Belfast. Another 1st day of opening cover from London to Germany with Wembley 1d (3) & 11/2d. 16 June 1924 env. registered from London by the 1st afternoon flight to Amsterdam with Wembley 11/2 x 4. 1924 Wembley 11/2d card uprated with 1/2d & 11/2d flown from London to Berlin. 1925 Wembley 11/2d env. uprated with 1/2d and Wembley 11/2d from London to Paris. 11/2d reply card uprated and sent from London to Helsinki. Six of the 1924 covers and one 1925 cover have the large special Wembley exhibition cancellations. (17 items) (Image)
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1925 ANGLO INDIAN AIR SURVEY: Trio of 1925 cards/covers flown on Anglo-India Air Survey by A. J. Cobham being PPC franked 1a (uncancelled) to London with fine triangular Anglo Indian Air Survey Calcutta-London cachet in purple GB 1d p.due tied Kingston cds green Anglo-India Air Survey label & signed A. B. Elliott Engineer & env/PPC pair to Karachi franked ½a & ¼a on ½a opt (2) or 3p pair with fine triangular Anglo Indian Air Survey Calcutta-Karachi cachet in purple pink Anglo-India Air Survey label & signed Arthur B. Elliott Engineer. A fine trio (3) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA (Image)
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1925 ALAN COBHAM SIGNED "LONDON-CAIRO-CAPE TOWN FLIGHT" SOUVENIR CARD: 1925 (16 Nov) souvenir card flown from London to Cape Town via Cairo by Alan Cobham as part of the London-Cairo-Cape Town Imperial Airways survey flight. Franked with S.Africa 2d (for subsequent onward posting to Durban) and a pink vignette tied by violet oval "SPECIAL AIR MAIL/LONDON/CAPE TOWN" d.s. The card is signed by Alan J Cobham. Fine and rare [A similar card sold in a Cavendish sale of 2011 for £575] Cross Reference : EGYPT, SOUTH AFRICA, GREAT BRITAIN, AUTOGRAPHS (Image)
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Lot No: 2073
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1925 SOUTH AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. (27 Feb) PC franked 1d South Africa & 1d Transvaal tied Cape Town cds & same date S.A. Air Mail cds with two fine boxed cachets in black "BY AIR-MAIL/VIA...[biplane]/DURBAN." & "FIRST FLIGHT 2nd Mar. '25/CAPETOWN-DURBAN ROUTE." reverse with typed "EXPERIMENTAL AIR-MAIL/(OFFICIAL)/First flight Capetown 2nd March 1925/Do Durban 5th Do", (5 Mar) env franked 2d def (damaged) & 3d Air tied Durban cds flown first return flight to Cape Town, (29 Apr) env franked 2d def & 3d Air tied Molteno cds's to UK (via flight to Cape Town) with tax h.s & GB 2d & 4d p.dues tied Broadstairs cds's, (13 June) env to Durban franked 2d def. & Air mail set all tied Cape Town cds's with S.A.Air Mail cachet dated same day but flown on last experimental flight of 15 June, etc. (7 covers/cards) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AIR STAMPS, SOUTH AFRICA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
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Lot No: 2074
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1925 SOUTH AFRICA GROUP: Range inc.(26 Feb) PC franked 1d def. & 1d Air tied Cape Town cds with roller slogan below (showing biplane) advertising the air mail service (unusual usage on an air mail cover) to Durban with S.A. Air Mail cds cachet dated four days before official FF on 2 Mar, (27 Feb) PC to Johannesburg franked 1d COGH & 1d Transvaal tied Cape Town cds with two fine boxed cachets in black "BY AIR-MAIL/VIA...[biplane]/DURBAN." & "FIRST FLIGHT 2nd Mar. '25/CAPETOWN-DURBAN ROUTE.", (22 Apr) 4d p.stat env franked 2d regd Ladysmith to England with Air mail set on reverse tied Ladysmith cds's, (2 May) env franked 2d def & Air mail set all tied fine strikes of South Africa Royal Tour oval d.s.'s posted on Royal train between East London & Port Elizabeth where flown to Johannesburg with ms 'via Port Elizabeth & Durban', etc. (6 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AIR STAMPS, SOUTH AFRICA, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 2075
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1926-1931 SOUTH AFRICA GROUP, ETC.: Range inc. 1926 (30 Mar) ½d p.stat env uprated 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d & 4d and regd 'Printed Matter' London to Dakar, Senegal returned to sender with Dakar 5 Apr. & Battersea 22 Apr. receiving h.s. on rear, 1926 (28 Nov.) regd env. ex Zurich to Cape Town via Alexandria franked 15f, 20f, 25f (2) &35f tied Zurich Flugpost cds's with fine boxed "1926 NOVEMBER/[plane & swiss cross]/ SCHWEIZER/AFRIKAFLUG" cachet and Alexandria receiving cds, 1929 (29 Aug) pair of envs ex Durban or Bloemfontein franked 2d + 4d & 1/- Air or 2d + 4d Air to UK via flight to Cape Town the latter also franked GB ½d tied Sutton Coldfield cds for 17 Sept., 1931 (8 Dec) Air Ministry "ENGLAND-SOUTH AFRICA/CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT/SERVICE." entire to Tanganyika franked GB 1d & 1½d (lower left corner marginal strip of 4 with "P31" control) tied London wavy line cds with 18 Dec Mbeya receiving cds returned to sender as 'Unclaimed' with boxed "Undeliverable for reason stated./Return to Sender" cachet in purple [contents outline Imperial Airways Egypt-South Africa air transport agreement], etc. In interesting group (9 items) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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Lot No: 2076
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1926 SIR ALAN COBHAM 'ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA' INTERMEDIATE FLIGHT MAIL, ETC.: Range inc. (23 July) env franked ½a (2) tied Calcutta cds with "BRITISH FLIGHT/ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA, 1926/PILOT:-ALAN J. COBHAM./CARRIED FROM KARACHI TO CALCUTTA." label top left & "AVAIL AIR MAILS/AND/SAVE TIME" top right with ms '26' bottom left, (23 July) commemorative printed env franked 1a flown Calcutta to Rangoon with fine 26 July Rangoon receiving cds on reverse, (15 Oct) env (a little roughly opened at top but clear of adhesives) franked 1a (strip of 3) but returned to UK uncancelled then posted in Nuneaton with 3d p.due applied with ms '"By kind favour of/Major Alan Cobham/R. A. F.' top left and his signature below [signed some time after delivery as slightly over p.due adhesive] -unusual! Plus 1926 letter signed Alan J. Cobham on De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd headed paper stating he is shortly to leave '...I hope, for Australia...' & two 1962 letters also signed by Cobham. I nice group (3 covers & 3 letters) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUTOGRAPHS, AUSTRALIA, INDIA (Image)
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1927-1932 AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. 1927 (10 Mar) env franked 1½d, 4d & 6d tied Sutton Coldfield cds's to Jinja Uganda with Francis Field [stamp dealer] private boxed cachet in purple "Service officially arranged to/operate from London March 10/1927, but abandoned owing to/breakdown of Hydroplane on/Lake Victoria" backstamped "KENYA-SUDAN/AIR MAIL" cds in red & Kisumu cds in black both on 31 Mar & Jinja cds for arrival on 4 Apr, scarce 1928 (27 Nov) envelope with an illustration of "Miss Africa" bearing two different "Miss Africa" vignettes tied by boxed violet "SCHIPOL AERODROME/(AMSTERDAM)" d.s. flown to Cairo by J.E. Carberry. The cover is re-addressed on reverse franked 10m tied Cairo cds and returned to London. No. 22 of the 40 flown [A similar cover (no. 11) sold in Cavendish sale Sept. 2005 for £240] plus set of 4 unused vignettes, etc. (6 covers, 7 Air stamps & 4 vignettes) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, EGYPT, KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (Image)
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1927-1931 AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. 1929 (6 Aug) env franked PUC ½d & 2½d (pair) tied Weston-super-mare cds's via boat to Cape Town then FF 29 Aug to Durban, readdressed to Bristol & franked S.A. 2d def & 4d Air tied Durban cds for return flight & boat back to UK, similar (7 Aug) env franked 5d & PUC ½d tied Llanfair cds's to Pretoria via FF & internal (26 Aug) env franked S.A. 1d def, 4d & 1/- Air tied Port Elizabeth cds to Johannesburg, 1931 (27 Feb) printed air mail env franked Germany 15f & 20f (2) tied Braunschweig cds's flown Cairo-Khartoum, 1931 (3 Mar) Imperial Airways printed env franked Egypt 3m, 10m & 27m Air tied Luxor cds's to Mwanza Tanganyika via FF (6-10 Mar) with fine "PREMIER VOL/LOUXOR - MWANZA" cachet in black, 1931 (1 & 3 Aug) pair of envs (the latter with central filing fold clear of adhesives) FF Windhoek-Grootfontein or 1st return flight Grootfontein-Windhoek, 1931 (10 Aug) regd env franked SWA 1d (pair), 2d & 4d Air tied Windhoek Lugpost cds's to Walvis Bay via FF & return the following day & much more (23 covers) Cross Reference : SOUTH AFRICA, KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, EGYPT (Image)
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1927-1934 AFRICA GROUP KHARTOUM,/KISUMU/TANGA ETC.: Range inc. 1927 (10 or 14 Feb) pair of envs franked 20c & 50c or 1c, 5c, 10c, 15c & 20c tied Nairobi cds's or slogan to UK via FF on 15 Feb Kisumu to Khartoum with "KENYA-SUDAN/1 ST/FE 15/27/AIR MAIL" cachet in red, 1927 (21 Feb) env franked 75c tied Nairobi cds to London via (2nd flight) 27 Feb Kisumu to Khartoum, 1927 (12 Mar) env from 3rd flight [sank on landing] stamps missing with 3-line cachet in purple "Owing Temporary Failure/Air service mail/Forwarded normal route", 1927 (10 Mar) env franked GB 1½d & 6d to Nairobi "By first despatch from/GT, BRITAIN via CAIRO-UGANDA/KENYA AIR MAIL ROUTE" [actually sent surface mail from Cairo due to prior plane wreck], plus similar later covers to 1934 (11 covers) Cross Reference : KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, EGYPT, SUDAN, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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1928 THE EXPERIMENTAL LONDON TO STOCKHOLM NIGHT SERVICE ETC::1928 (June - Sept) envs (6) flown on the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th (2) experimental night flights from London to Stockholm and two flown on the Stockholm to London flight. All except one with large round cachets. 7 Feb 1929 env. flown on the 1st all the way flight from Gosport to Algeria. 14 April env. carried on te 1st night flight from London to Brussels. 4 March 1932 env. London to Pernambuco with violet boxed "PLEASE/PLACE/ON BOARD" h.s. (11 covers) Cross Reference : SWEDEN (Image)
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Lot No: 2081
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1920s-1930s PHILIPPINES GROUP: Range of early Philippines inc. 1928 (8 & 9 Nov) PC & env flown Pueto Princesa to Manila with fine "LONDON-ORIENT FLIGHT/[sea plane]/PTO PRINCESA-MANILA/NOV 1928/BUREAU OF POSTS" cachet in blue or "LONDON-ORIENT FLIGHT/FIRST DAY COVER/MANILA, NOVEMBER 9, 1928" cachet in black, (16 Nov) env flown Manila to Salomange with with similar blue "LONDON-ORIENT FLIGHT" cachet, 1935 (29 June) trio of envs via FF to Singapore with fine boxed "VIA FLYING BOAT/OF THE/BRITISH ROYAL AIR CORPS/June 29, 1935" cachet in purple, 1936 (16 Feb) group of 7 envs to China (2) or Japan (5) different frankings with same boxed "VIA FLYING BOAT" dated cachet, etc. (14 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, PHILIPPINES (Image)
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1929 INDIA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP: Range of mainly FF cards/covers inc. (25/29 Mar) group of 11 envs (6 being large Imperial Airways commem envs) with mixed frankings ex UK to India via 30 Mar first direct flight London to Karachi, (3/4 Apr) trio of envs (one regd) with mixed frankings ex India to UK via 4 Apr first direct flight Karachi to London, (25 June) env ex Dum Dum to Calcutta by Joan Page "FIRST BRITISH LADY Pilot of INDIA", (26 Dec) air mail env ex Karachi to New Delhi with "1st DAY AIR MAIL COVER/KARACHI-DELHI." cachet in blue & red, 27 Dec env franked 2a (pair) & 3a (pair) Air tied Delhi cds's with "AIR MAIL/DELHI-KARACHI/FIRST FLIGHT" cachet in black & "FIRST FLIGHT DELHI-CROYDON/BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS" in red & black signed twice by pilot 'G. Grant', plus much more (38 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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1920s-1960s USA & SOUTH AMERICA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP, ETC: Range inc. 1929 (2 Aug) & 1930 (3 May) pair of catapult mail envs to Germany with fine large boxed dated cachet in red or printed "Ship-Shore/Catapult Mail/"Bremen"" env with small oval dated cachet in red, 1930 (5 Mar) env ex Mishawaka Indiana to Norfolk Virginia via first flight CAM. 27 Mishawaka to Chicago with fine boxed 'map' cachet, 1940 (15 Nov) ex La Junta to Ohio with fine "U.S. AIR MAIL/FIRST FLIGHT-A.M. 43/LA JUNTA/COLORADO" cachet in blue, 1941 (30 July) Air France air mail env regd Barranquilla to London via Brazil, 1943 (20-21 Nov) group of six envs all with versions of triangular "FIRST FLIGHT/PRIMER VUELO" cachets in purple for FFs El Salvador - Costa Rica or USA, Costa Rica - Nicaragua, Honduras or USA & Honduras -Nicaragua, 1964 (17 July) env ex Brazil to New York via "FIRST DIRECT CLIPPER FLIGHT/RIO DE JANEIRO TO NEW YORK" with fine boxed FF cachet in green, 1947 air mail env ex San Francisco to Ohio with fine "UNITED STATES AIR MAIL/f.a.m./14 & 18/AROUND THE WORLD/SAN FRANCISCO To NEW YORK/Via cALCUTTA, INDIA" cachet in red, etc. (28 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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1930s INDIA FIRST FLIGHTS, ETC.: Range of 1930s India FF covers, etc. inc. 1932 (20 Feb) env with large "VICEROY'S CUP. Aeroplane Race." label flown by R. N. Chawla & signed by him, 1934 (Feb) stiff env (lower left corner crease/tear) with "By EARTHQUAKE/RELIEF PLANE" Union Jack label tied by "Delayed in Transit/Plane Damaged" cachet in red & "EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY FLIGHT" s/l h.s in black (with both repeated on rear) [scarce despite damage] plus two unused labels, (Feb) env flown Calcutta-Rangoon by pilot C. James Melrose with fine "THE MacROBERTSON/INTERNATIONAL/AIR RACE/1934./England-Australia" cachet, 1935 (5 Feb) env with fine boxed "Demonstration Flight/First direct Air Mail/BOMBAY-CALCUTTA/25th. February 1935" cachet in red, 1936 (22 Dec) Tata printed air mail env ex Madras to Ceylon with fine boxed "FIRST SPECIAL AIR MAIL/INDIA-CEYLON/DECEMBER, 1936" cachet in black, 1938 (20 Nov) env with fine boxed "FIRST AIR MAIL/BOMBAY-KATHIAWAR/21 ST. NOV. 1938" cachet in red, 1939 (22 Apr) env Calcutta to Cape Town crashed Mozambique 1 May [killing 2 of 6 on board] mail recovered & bi-lingual cachet "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" in English and Afrikaans applied in purple, etc. An extensive range with much of interest (c100 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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1930s TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (USA, CANADA & SOUTH AMERICA): An extensive range of 1930s transatlantic mail inc. 1934 env ex Brazil to Berwick-on-Tweed via Graf Zeppelin, 1936 (1 Jan) env ex Coventry to Buenos Aires with fine 5th Jan FF South America, 1937 (17 Feb & 9 Oct) pair of envs ex UK to Chile or Argentina via Germany with Zeppelin cachet in red, (18 May) pair of Anglo-American Goodwill Coronation Flight covers bearing GB 1½d plus US 2c & 6c adhesives with relevant cachets one pilot & co-pilot signed (Dick Merrill & Jack Lambie), (17 Sept) commercial env ex London to Brazil, 1939 (30 May) env to Bermuda via 31st May "FIRST TRANSATLANTIC AIRMAIL/SOUTHERN ROUTE" with fine PAA cachet "T tax mark & 1/- p.due applied, (27 June) regd Salford to Canada via 'Yankee Clipper' with fine "FIRST OFFICIAL FLIGHT-NORTH ATLANTIC AIR MAIL/JUNE 30th 1939" cachet, (30 June) group of five envs ex UK to North America all with fine "FIRST AIR MAIL/PAA/TRANSATLANTIC/ [plane] /ENGLAND/via/IRELAND NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA/to UNITED STATES", (4 Aug) env ex London via Imperial Airways first flight by flying boat to Canada, etc. A large range (47 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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1930s-1940s USA & SOUTH AMERICA GROUP INC. ZEPPELINS, ETC.: Range of 1930s-1940s Zeppelin & FF covers, etc. inc. 1930 (26 Feb) env with fine "1930/INTERNATIONAL/AIR/SHOW/FEB 15-23/SAINT LOUIS", (5 Mar) env with FF Mishawaka-Bay City dated cachet on front & different FF Air Mail cachet on rear, (15 Oct) env "SOUTHERN/TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE" FF cachet, 1932 (5 Apr) env ex UK to Argentina via Graf Zeppelin with two fine cachets, (8 Oct) env ex UK to Brazil with fine Zeppelin cachets, 1933 (4 Oct) 1½c p.stat env uprated with pair 50c Zeppelins USA to Germany for Graf Zeppelin flight to "CENTURY OF PROGRESS/EXPOSITION", 1934 (21 July) env ex UK to Brazil with fine "ZEPPELINPOST/[zeppelin]/'SUDAMERIKA'" cachet in blue, (12 Oct) env ex UK to Argentina via Graf Zeppelin from Germany, 1936 (3 Jan) long env ex Croydon to Argentina via Air France from Paris with fine FF cachet, 1937 env with fine large "FIRST NEW JERSEY/AIR MAIL FLIGHTS/NOV. 15-20 1937" cachet, etc. An extensive range with good group of Zeppelin mail (88 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ARGENTINA (Image)
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1930s EUROPEAN GROUP (INC. FIRST FLIGHTS, ZEPPELIN, ETC.): Range inc. 1930 (15 May) env UK to Germany with fine "BY FIRST NIGHT FLIGHT/LONDON TO BERLIN/15 MAY 1930" cachet in red, 1934 London-Melbourne Air Race printed env ex Netherlands to Australia with fine "ROYAL DUTCH AIRWAYS" dated cachet in reverse, 1935 (21 Jan) env ex UK to Czechoslovakia with interesting publicity label "AIR TRAFFIC IS GROWING/and needs the international language/ESPERANTO", (1 Apr) env ex London to Austria via FF of Imperial Airways, (1 Apr) pair of envs UK to Hungary via FF with fine dated London-Budapest cachets, 1936 (25 Apr) env ex Germany to New York via Zeppelin Hindenburg FF from 6-9 May (LZ 129), 1937 (16 June) printed air mail env (tear at top) FF Dutch East Indies to Netherlands, etc. (38 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, ZEPPELINS (Image)
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1930s-1940s CANADA (INC. NEWFOUNDLAND) GROUP: Range inc. 1930 (10 Mar) env Prince albert to Christopher Lake with Cherry Red Airline label tied by their cachet, 1935 (1 Oct) air mail env Vancouver to NY with framed Vancouver-Seattle first official flight cachet, 1937 (12 May) Newfoundland Coronation set on regd FDC to London, 1937 (24 June) long air mail env Shediac to Foynes (Eire) with fine First Official Flight cachet in black, 1939 (24 June) printed env "Inaugural Trans-Atlantic Flight/of the/Pan-American Airways Service/from Botwood, Newfoundland, to/Great Britain and Eire./June 24, 1939" Botwood to Southampton, 1940 (3 Oct) env regd St. Pierre-Jolys, c/o The Winnipeg Grenadiers within Canada & redirected to Jamaica, etc. A nice group (25 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEWFOUNDLAND (Image)
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1930s & LATER N. & S. RHODESIA & NYASALAND FIRST FLIGHT GROUP, ETC.: Range of mainly 1930s Northern & Southern Rhodesia covers inc. 1931 (14 Dec) printed Imperial Airways springbok env Raylton to Cape Town with fine "EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT" s/l h.s. at top, (17 Dec) 1d p.stat env (some staining) uprated 3d & 4d ex Broken Hill to Cape Town via Christmas flight from London, (18 Dec) env Bulawayo to Upington "VIA KIMBERLEY" with fine "EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT" s/l h.s. in black & "BY FIRST AIR MAIL/FROM S. RHODESIA" cachet in purple, 1931 (23 & 28 Jan) pair printed Imperial Airways "FIRST OFFICIAL FLIGHT" envs (one long format) Salisbury to UK (29 Jan) printed air mail env Broken Hill to Cape Town [125 covers flown], 1935 (5 Nov) printed FF env Beira Mozambique to Blantyre Nyasaland, 1936 (21 Feb) regd env (central filing fold clear of adhesives) Zomba Nyasaland to Paal South Africa, 1937 (12 May) long env franked S. Rhodesia Coronation set in blocks of 4 FDC regd Salisbury to USA SG £120+ on cover, (27 June) env NZ to S. Rhodesia with fine boxed "FIRST/OFFICIAL/AIR MAIL/WGTON/AUCK./PER/UNION AIRWAYS/LOCKHEED ELECTRA/"KUAKA"/27-6-37." cachet, (30 June) env Bulawayo to Elizabethville 'via Broken Hill' "INAUGURATION FLIGHT", etc. (35 covers) Cross Reference : SOUTH AFRICA, GREAT BRITAIN, AIR MAIL COVERS, NYASALAND/MALAWI (Image)
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1931 UK/AUSTRALIA EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT GROUP, ETC.: Range of covers flown on 1st/2nd experimental flights UK-Australia, Australia-UK, intermediate destinations, etc. inc. (2 Apr & 3 Apr (2)) trio of envs ex UK to Australia (2) or New Zealand via 1st Experimental flight of 4 Apr. [plane crashed on 19 Apr with Kingsford Smith picking up the stranded mail & flying it on to Darwin], (24 Apr) env ex UK to Australia flown 2nd Experimental flight, (4th May) printed env franked India 3a Air Allahabad to Calcutta via same flight, (29 Apr) env ex UK to New Zealand via Amsterdam and KLM experimental flight with fine "ABEL TASMAN/BATAVIA-CENTRUM" cachet, (26 Apr) env pair ex Darwin to UK or Greece via 1st experimental flight to UK, etc. A good group (13 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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1931 ENGLAND/AUSTRALIA/ENGLAND CHRISTMAS FLIGHTS: Range of 1931 Christmas flight covers England to Australia (10) or Australia to England (5) inc. (17 & 22 (2) Dec) trio of Australian National Airways printed envs to Australia franked 1/- & 4d tied London Air Mail cds's with two signed by Kingsford Smith's co-pilot 'Scotty Allan' plus (21 Dec) printed commercial env flown on same flight. Quartet of Australian National Airways printed envs to England (2), Switzerland or USA, (16 Dec) env to Middle Brighton Victoria missent to St. Kilda Victoria with fine "MISSENT TO/ST KILDA" h.s. & Sk Kilda cds of 22 Jan, etc. A good group (15 covers) Cross Reference : AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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1931 ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA FIRST EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT GROUP: Range of covers from UK to Australia & intermediate destinations inc. (1 Apr) env to Singapore with typed "VIA ENGLAND TO/AUSTRALIA AIR/MAIL - LEAVING/CROYDON ON 4th/APRIL, 1931." in red with Singapore arrival cds of 16 Apr on rear, (2 Apr) env regd Edinburgh to Sydney with ms '1st Experimental Flight/London - Port Darwin - Sydney' in red below air mail label, (2 Apr) env Norwich to Kuala Lumper "BY FIRST EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT", (11 Apr) env franked 5c, 6c & 35c Straits Settlements tied Singapore cds's to Sydney with typed "By Imperial Airways Experimental Flight/Singapore-Port Darwin", (13 Apr) fine printed env franked 1a (3) on front & ¼a (4) on rear Calcutta to Burma with experimental flight cachet front & rear, etc. A nice group (10 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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1931 AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND FIRST EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT GROUP: Range of covers from Australia to UK & intermediate destinations on first experimental or regular flight inc. (13 Apr) env franked 2d, 3d & 3d (7) Air regd Perth to England with FF cachet on rear, (22 Apr) env (toned) to Belfast franked 2d, 3d & 6d Air plus 3d & 9d all tied Shipmail Room Melbourne cds's with "FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL FLIGHT" cachet on rear, (23 Apr) attractive commemorative printed env regd Melbourne to London with FF cachet top left, (26 Apr) env franked 2/- tied Darwin cds to Greece via FF to London with fine Greek biplane cachet top left in red, etc. A nice group (10 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN, MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (Image)
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1931 KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP, ETC.: Range inc. 1931 (26 Feb) env London to Nairobi "BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/FIRST AIR MAIL/ENGLAND - AFRICA" on 28th (27th) pair of Imperial Airways printed envs London to Kisumu via FF of 28th, (27 Feb) large printed Imperial Airways England/East Africa env London to Kenya Colony via FF London to Mwanza Tanganyika & similar (10 Mar) env ex Kisumu to Greece via FF (return to England) on 10th, (4 Mar) printed Imperial Airways Egypt-East Africa env ex Cairo to Tanganyika via FF on 6th, scarce (21 Oct) env ex Daressalaam to England via FF feeder service to Mombassa and on to join flight from Kisumu to London & similar (22 Sep) env regd to England but before feeder service in place so went by a different route, (22 Oct) env ex Dar-es-salaam to Zanzibar via FF feeder service Mombasa to Zanzibar, (18 Nov) env ex Daressalaam to England with near fine oval "TANGANYIKA TERRITORY/FEEDER SERVICE" cachet in purple, etc. (21 covers) Cross Reference : KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)
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1930s-1950s AFRICA GROUP: Range of mixed African colony related flights inc. 1931 (26 Feb) 4½d regd env uprated 1½d (pair) & ½d ex Edinburgh to Khartoum via London & Imperial Airways flight to Tanganyika (28th), (28 Feb) air mail env Belgium to Khartoum via "First Airmail Flight", 1936 (20 Oct) printed env UK to Kabala, Belgian Congo via Brussels-Elizabethville express service to Kabala, 1936 (10 Feb) air mail env Cairo to Nigeria with typed "FIRST AIR MAIL to WEST AFRICA/via Khartoum and Kano.", (9 Dec) regd env Jubilee set FDC to UK, 1938 (24 June) env Sierra Leone to London with fine "FIRST AIR MAIL FROM/SIERRA LEONE" h.s., etc. An interesting Africa mix (12 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, SUDAN, ZANZIBAR, SIERRA LEONE (Image)
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1930s SOUTH & SOUTH WEST AFRICA FIRST FLIGHTS, ETC: Range of First Flights, Christmas flights, etc. inc. 1932 (26 Jan) pair of envs (one regd) ex Windhoek SWA to UK via Kimberly, (27 Jan) pair of printed Imperial Airways "First Air Post" envs to UK (regd) or USA via FF to UK, (9 Feb) printed South African Travel Bureau air mail env ex Cape Town to Orkney Isles [rare destination], 1934 (29 Dec) env ex UK to Capetown via "First Sunday Despatch/December 30, 1934", 1937 (27 June) env ex UK FF Empire Airmail Scheme to Port Elizabeth, (19 Aug) Brisbane-Capetown env with fine "SOLO/FIRST FLIGHT" cachet signed by pilot Mrs. H. B. Bonney & similar signed env with Sudan franking, 1938 (23 Feb) regd env ex UK to Zululand via 'FIRST FLIGHT/EMPIRE AIR MAIL/SCHEME', etc. Plus group of cards/cover from 1936 Johannesburg Empire and international Philatelic Exhibitions (100+ cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)
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1930s-1940s KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP: Range of mainly 1930s-1940s inc. 1932 (26 Jan) Springbok env Moshi to UK with fine "FIRST FLIGHT" cachet in blue, (27 Jan) Speedbird env Nairobi to Cape Town via FF England-Capetown, (20 Aug) env Daressalaam to Nairobi via FF of new feeder service with fine boxed "FEEDER SERVICE" cachet in purple, (10 Dec) env Mombasa to UK flown Wilson Airways to Nairobi for onward flight to UK with fine "LOCAL AIR FEE PAID" cachet in purple, 1934 (26 July) env Njoro Kenya to France flow Njoro-Brindisi thence rail to Paris, 1937 (6 July) env regd Daressalaam to South Africa via FF Southampton-Durban flying boat service with fine large coloured Imperial Airways advertising label on rear, (22 July) env ex Nairobi to Australia with fine BRISBANE-CAPETOWN cachet of Mrs. H. B. Bonney and signed by her, scarce 1946 (18 Apr) British Overseas Airways Corporation Memorandum "Test Letter" to Nairobi with covering env, etc. (27 covers) (Image)
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1933-1934 AUSTRALIA GROUP: Range of 1933-34 covers inc.1933 (21 Aug) env flown FF to Flinders Island Tasmania on 22nd with fine "WHITEMARK,/FLINDERS ISLAND." cachet in purple, (3 Dec) env to New Zealand with commemorative departure and arrival cachets in black & red respectively & signed by Ulm [1 of 10 items posted on arrival at New Plymouth], 1934 (11 June) env franked Australia 2d, 3d & 6d plus New Guinea 2d & 6d tied Hindmarsh cds's & Lea cds additionally on the latter "BY 'FAITH IN AUSTRALIA' FLIGHT" Australia to New Guinea & return with numerous makings on rear, (16 Oct) env regd Tocumwal NSW to New Amsterdam, British Guiana (arrival 5 Dec) with numerous backstamps confirming route via USA, (7 Dec) printed Qantas air mail env franked GB 1½d (lower marginal with control A.12), 2½d (lower left corner marginal strip of 3 with control V 23) & 3d (lower left corner marginal pair with control U 22) to Australia via FF by Qantas on 8th, (8 Dec) printed Qantas/Imperial Airways air mail env regd to UK via FF by Qantas on 10th plus similar covers (14 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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Lot No: 2099
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1934 MAC ROBERTSON AIR RACE (SIGNED COVER) GROUP: A range of covers from the 1934 Mac Robertson Air Race, some signed, inc. Royal Dutch Air Lines printed env franked Netherlands 30c Air (3), 12½c & 10c flown by Parmentier & Moll (who came 2nd), (18 Oct) env franked GB 1½d tied Mildenhall cds with Australia 2d alongside tied Melbourne slogan with large & fine cachet signed by pilots M.C. McGregor & H.C. Walker (New Zealanders who came 4th) (9 Oct) printed env carried by "Miss UTICA" & signed by the pilots Jack Wright & John Polando (forced to land in Iraq and did not complete the race), (11 Oct) air mail env carried by the only USA entry addressed to and signed by pilot Col. Roscoe Turner (who came 3rd), etc. A fine group (6 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, IRAQ, NETHERLANDS, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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1934 MAC ROBERTSON AIR RACE COVER SIGNED BY CHARLES SCOTT & TOM CAMPBELL BLACK: 1934 (24 Oct.) commemorative England-Australia Mac Robertson Air race cover franked GB ½d plus four assorted Australian adhesives addressed to Patrick Campbell, Baron's Court, London signed on reverse by the two pilots of the DH88 Comet "Grosvenor House" - the winner of the Mildenhall-Melbourne Air race [A similar cover sold in the Cavendish March 2011 sale where it realised £385] Fine & Scarce Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA (Image)
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1935-77 THE SELECTION OF 1ST AND SPECIAL FLIGHTS inc. 1935 1st Provincial Airways Plymouth to Hull flight. 30 Oct 1939 Shoreham to Paris flight. 4 June 1940 1st BOAC/PAA flight from London to Lisbon then to USA. 4 June 1940 env. BOAC from London to Lisbon, pilot signed (O.P. Jones). 23 Nov 1939 card flown from Birmingham to Stockholm under censor permit N. C4. 15 Jan 1946 env. flown on the 1st direct London to Dublin flight. 6 April 1941 card carried on the 1st flight of the Middle East service. 1 Sept 1941 RAS Belfast to Liverpool service. 12 Oct 1951 env bearing BEA 2nd issue 6d, 11d & 1/4 flown from Penzance to The Scillies. Also a group of four unused c1912 postcards. (39 items) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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PAN AM FLIGHTS TO ASIA ETC:22 April 1935 env. carried on the 1st P.A.A. flight from California to Hawaii and return. 22 Aug 1935 env. carried on the third survey flight from Hawaii to Midway & Wake Island. 13 Oct 1935 cover flown on the 4th survey flight from San Francisco to Guam and another flown both ways. 22 Nov 1935 env. flown on the 1st flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. 11 Mar 1939 env flown on the 1st flight by Boeing clipper from Honolulu to San Francisco. 18 July 1940 env flown on the 1st flight from New Caledonia to New Zealand. 21 July 1940 env flown of the 1st New Caledonia to Canton island flight. 14 Nov 1941 env flown on the 1st Suva to Los Angeles flight and 8 Nov 1941 env carried on the 1st Canton Island to Fiji flight. All with relevant cachets and fine. (10 cover) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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CHINA CLIPPER FLIGHTS:22 Nov 1935 env. carried on the 1st scheduled flight from San Francisco to Manila bearing a strip of three of the special 25c air stamp. 2 Dec 1935 envs. (3) carried on the 1st contract flight from Manila to San Francisco, Manila to Guam and Manila to Hawaii. All with the correct adhesives and cachets. (4 covers). Cross Reference : PHILIPPINES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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1935-1938 AUSTRALIA GROUP: Range of 1935-38 covers inc. 1935 (7 Oct) pair of Holyman's Airways commemorative envs FF Launceston to Sydney or Canberra to Melbourne, 1938 (21 Apr) env franked Australia 2d & 3d tied Cabooltupe cds via FF Australia - New Guinea addt. franked New Guinea 5d tied Rabaul cds & returned to Queensland, (3 July) printed KLM env (central filing fold clear of adhesive & cachet) franked Netherlands 30c to Australia with fine triangular cachet in purple "OPENINGS-KNILM-VLUCHT/JAVA-AUSTRALIE 3 JULI 1938", (24 & 25 June) pair of envs from Glasgow or London via "First Flying Boat Service./26 June 1938" to Australia, (1 Aug) printed env franked 1d & 2d (pair) used on 1st day of issue to England via "FLYING BOAT SERVICE/FIRST FLIGHT, AUGUST 1938" with addt. "FIRST FLIGHT" h.s. in blue, etc. (15 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUSTRALIA, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)
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1940s & 1950s SOUTH & SOUTH WEST AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. 1941 (5 Dec) env ex Johannesburg to USA with scarce S.A. 1d Green "V" label top left, 1945 (14 Jan) British & South African Airways printed env ex UK to S.A. via FF of reopened UK-South Africa air mail service, 1946 (30 Sep & 4 Oct) pair of envs ex Netherlands to Johannesburg via proving flight with fine boxed "PROEFVLUCHT KLM" cachet in purple, 1947 (22 Mar) env ex S.A. to Mauritius via Air Franc, 1948 (26 Apr) regd FDC franked GB Silver Jubilee 2½d & £1 to Pretoria, (10 May) env regd Johannesburg to Alexandria via via FF flying boat via Cairo, (14 Oct) env Australia-South Africa-Australia round trip via Qantas proving flight via Cocos Islands & Mauritius & signed by pilot, etc. A good range (31 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)
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1940s AUSTRALIAN CENSOR MAIL GROUP, ETC.: Range of Australian WWII censored air mails inc. 1941 (27 Feb) env ex Geraldton to England via NZ & USA opened & resealed at left with red on white censor tape & tied by censor "S. 82" h.s, (7 May) env via same route with fine "CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER" cachet in purple, (20 Mar) printed "Manchester Unity Oddfellows" env to England, 1945 (Apr) & 46 (Mar) pair of envs ex Newcastle or The Junction NSW to same address in Cumberland UK the former opened and resealed with censor tape tied by censor cachet the latter uncensored with 1d "SCHOOLS/WAR MEMORIAL/APPEAL/HOSPITAL WARD" label in blue tied The Junction cds, scarce 1947 env franked BCOF (Japan) opts 1d to 5/- tied "AUST. ARMY P.O./214" cds's to Bondi Beach SG J2/7 £300 off cover, etc. (18 covers) Cross Reference : AUSTRALIA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN JAPAN (Image)
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1940s-1950s INDIA GROUP INC. CENSOR MAIL, FIRST FLIGHTS, ETC.: Range inc. 1940 (Mar & Aug) pair of commercial envs Calcutta to Birmingham with censor cachets & tape at left, (18 Oct) env containing Pigeongram message carried by 'Tiny' from Chandernjagore to Calcutta, 1942 (5 July) env regd Bombay to New York with "REGISTERED. AIR MAIL./AIR, CUM SEA ROUTE VIA DURBAN" & boxed "[crown]/PASSED/ DHC 21" censor cachet, 1944 (10 Oct) printed Indian Red Cross Society Postal Message Service env regd Bombay to Switzerland with "COUPON-REPONSE" cachet in red opened and resealed at left with censor tape tied "DHC/44" censor h.s, 1947 (27 Sep) env ex Japan to Calcutta with fine large "INTERNATIONAL AIR MAIL/ROUND THE WORLD/INAUGURAL/TO &/FROM JAPAN/1947" cachet in red, 1948 (8 June) air mail env ex Bombay to England "BY RAJPUT PRINCESS/1ST FLIGHT AIR-INDIA INTERNATIONAL/BOMBAY-LONDON 8TH JUNE 1948", (5 July) large air mail env to Guam with large boxed "FIRST AIRMAIL/FLIGHT/[plane]/Calcutta - Guam/July 3, '48/PAN AMERICAN/WORLD AIRLINES" cachet in blue plus much more. I wide range of dates/routes with much of interest (62 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA (Image)
