Sale No: 838
Lot No: 151
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DIVERSE AND ATTRACTIVE 1920s/30s AIR MAIL SELECTION: 1927-1934 group incl. 5 x GB to Germany/Austria KGV covers incl. 2 via "Express Delivery" rated 10½d, group of 4 x Catapult Mail covers via "Bremen" or "Europa", 3 from Germany to US and 1 USA to Germany , this with a block of four 5c purple Air Mail stamps; trio of Condor-Lufthansa covers dated 1934 from Brazil & Argentina to Germany and Bremen to Brazil, also 1934 cover from Hamburg to Peru via New York per S.S. "Hamburg"; 13 Nov. 1930 cover from Friedrichshafen to Ogden, Utah carried via Dornier Dox, having diamond type cachet and 30 Jan 1931 c.d.s.; 'Rocket Mail' group incl. Oct. 1934 from Trieste to Germany with appropriate cachets incl. "Esperimenti Di Posta/Per Razzo Espresso" with triangular 5L & 7.7L labels, May 1936 cover endorsed "United States of America to Canada" with 50c & 75c labels showing Niagara Falls, 1936 New York Philatelic Exhibition 'Rocket-Post-Card" bearing gold 50c label and h/s "Delivery with Rocket Flight", etc. Also a tete-beche pair of 2/6d & 5/- 'Golightly' labels inscribed "ROCKET FLIGHT LONDON APEX 7-12 MAY 1934", etc. (19 covers plus 2 labels)Cross Reference: GERMANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 152
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GERMAN CATAPULT MAIL: Attractive group of 1929-31 covers carried by the ships "Bremen" (6) or "Europa" (1) from Germany to New York most inscribed with either m/s or violet handstamp "...Vorausflug nach New York". Also 3 covers carried on "Bremen" (1) or "Europa" (2) addressed to Germany with cachet or m/s "Mit Vorausflug nach Southampton". 3 of the "Bremen" New York covers are addressed to Grand Forks, North Dakota. (10 covers) Cross Reference: GERMANY (Image)
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 982
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1924 ENVELOPE FLOWN FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LONDON DURING THE BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR: 12 May 1924 env. carried on the 1st Birmingham to London flight by the newly formed Imperial Airways as part of the British Empire Exhibition taking place in London at the same time (See The Aero Field, p.32 Mar. 1949: Mail was flown from London to Birmingham where it was posted back to London). Addressed to Harold Hayman (co-founder of the Aerophilatelic Club of London). ex Oakey (1948), believed to be one of only 2 known at the time. Rare. Also an unused 1933 Hull to Grimsby flight label. (Image)
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 983
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1925 PARIS TO LONDON AND RETURN FLIGHT BY ROBERT BAJAC: 30 June 1925 pink card no. 011 depicting a 300 C.V. Hispano-Suiza aircraft bearing a single 75c with "BOURGET AVIATION/SEINE" flown by R. Bajac from the Seine, Paris to London (landing on the Thames. Also a similar white card no. 011 addressed to the pilot flown from London to Paris with GB 1½d & 2d and French 20c p. due. Both are signed by the pilot. (2 cards). Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
