Great Britain and British Commonwealth General - Imperial Airways
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Lobatsi-Kimberley-Pietersburg, 2d & 4d (SG77 or 93 & 80 or 95 (cannot confirm wmk) of British Bechuanaland (GB GV ovpt issues), tied with Lobatsi 23 Jan 32 cds cancels (Superb strikes). Robertson illust cover. Kimberley 27 Jan transit cds cancel on front. From Kimberley straight line cachet 69mm. Addressed to Pietersburg. On the reverse Pietersburg 28 Jan 32 receiving. Exceptional cover display quality Rare. {C} (Start Price = £160.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 226
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EASTERN ROUTES London-Brisbane. GV 10d & E8 2½d joined pair, tied with London FS Air Mail 5 Feb 37 machine wavy line cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Typed "Per Flying Boat Castor" & "Inaugural flight of regular All Air services to Egypt, India, Malaya, China and Australia. Imperial Airways Saturday 6th February 1937". Addressed to Eastwood NSW. Flight IE521. On the reverse Sydney 21 Feb 37 Air Mail Section GPO cancel.Alexandria 10 Feb 37 receiving. Very clean. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 240
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EASTERN ROUTES Brisbane-Pieterburg SA, 1d & 1/6d Air of Australia, tied with Air Mail Brisbane 4 Dec 34 cds cancels, (very fine strikes). On Imperial Airways special illust cover produced for this service. Addressed to Pietersburg & then re-directed to Liverpool. Flight IW298. Brisbane-Singapore-Cairo. Boxed Par Avion Jusqu'a on front & Pietersburg 25 Jan 35 receiving. On the reverse Cairo 22 Dec 34 transit. Cover been opened on 3 sides. Creasing to edges with tear middle top. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £24.00)
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Lot No: 241
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EASTERN ROUTES Brisbane-Bulawayo, 2d 3d & 2/- of Australia, tied with Air Mail Brisbane 7 Dec 34 cds cancels. On Imperial Airways special illust cover produced for this service. Manuscript Australia-Egypt-Rhodesia at top. Addressed to Bulawayo. Flight IW298. Brisbane-Singapore-Cairo. On the reverse Cairo 22 Dec 34 transit. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £32.00)
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Lot No: 337
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HORSESHOE ROUTE With Italy entering WWII in June 1940 all routes across the Mediterranean were suspended. African routes were Cairo-Durban & then by ship to UK. Eastern routes to Australia went via Singapore until the fall of Singapore in February 1942. At which point the route stopped at Calcutta.
Sydney-England, 1/6d postage paid meter mark Sydney 4 Nov 40 in red. On postal stationary air mail envelope. Opened & resealed with tape by Censor. Addressed to Woldingham, Surrey. Australia-Singapore connecting with Flight WS33 to Durban-SAA to Cape Town then ship to UK. Display quality item. With notes {C} (Start Price = £80.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 350
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Lobatsi-Bulawayo-Salisbury-Limbe, 2d 3d & 4d of Bechuanaland tied with Lobatsi 5 Mar 34 cds cancels. On Imperial Airways (Winged logo bottom left) plain Air Mail cover. "First Official Air Mail" cachet, "All The Way" cachet, S Rhodesia Nyasaland cachet. Addressed to Limbe. On the reverse Limbe 9 Mar 34 cds cancel & Blantyre 9 Mar 34 cds cancels (both superb strikes). Lobatsi-Bulawayo by train connecting with IA AN157 to Salisbury. Then carried by the first Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways Salisbury-Blantyre 9 Mar 34. Very scarce. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £100.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 375
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Broken Hill-Brisbane, 3d 6d & 1/-of N Rhodesia, tied with Broken Hill 5 Dec 34 cds cancels. On Imperial Airways/Quantas Australia illust cover. Typed at top Broken Hill NR-Brisbane . Addressed to Brisbane. On the reverse, Cairo 10 Dec 34 transit AN196 to here. Transferred to IE298 Singapore-Australia. Brisbane 21 Dec 34 receiving. Scarce routing. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 376
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Bulawayo-Wellington New Zealand, 1d 3d (Victoria Falls) 8d & 10d of S Rhodesia, tied with Bulawayo Registered 5 Dec 34 cds cancels. On Imperial Airways/Quantas Australia illust cover. Bulawayo registration label bottom left. Addressed to Wellington New Zealand. On the reverse Bulawayo registered 5 Dec 34, Cairo 10 Dec 34 transit AN196 to here. Transferred to IE298 Singapore-Australia. Darwin 19 Dec 34 transit, Sydney Registered 21 Dec 34 & Wellington registered 28 Dec 34 receiving. Scarce routing. Creasing & wear to edges with sticky tape marks on the reverse. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £40.00)
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Lot No: 480
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS London-Bechuanaland, GV 6d tied with Southampton 27 Jun 36 machine wavy line cancel. On a most attractive hand illustrated in black india ink cover depicting a ocean liner. (Similar in design to the covers produced to mark the maiden voyage of RMS Queen Mary). Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Serowe Bechuanaland. Flight AS357. No markings on the reverse but on the back flap a hand drawn in india ink image of a fish. Some minor wear to edges but still most attractive and probably unique. With research notes. {C} (Start Price = £100.00) (Image)
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Lot No: 881
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OTHER FLIGHTS Wilson Airways. Daressalaam-Nairobi, 5c & 30c of Tanganyyika tied with Mayoni 7 Nov 33 cds cancel. On plain cover. Par Avion By Air Mail Tanganyika Territory label top left. Addressed to Nairobi. On the reverse Daressalaam-Kigoma TPO 7 Nov 33 cds cancel (first leg of it's journey), Dodoma 8 Nov 33 cds transit, on to Daressalaam connecting with the Wilson feeder service leaving 11 Nov 33. Nairobi 11 Nov 33 receiving. In the middle of the reverse is a cinderella label advertising the Dedication of the Shrine Victorian Centenary Melbourne Australia Oct 1934-35. Display quality cover. With notes. {C} (Start Price = £100.00) (Image)
