Great Britain and British Commonwealth General - Imperial Airways
Sale No: 86
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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.
Durban-Karachi, 3d 4d & 1/- War Effort issues of SA, tied with Johannesburg 19 Sep 41 cds cancels. On plain registered cover. Air Mail label top left. Johannesburg Registration label bottom left. Addressed to Quetta India. Censor mark on front. On the reverse Johannesburg 19 Sep 41 cds, Quetta 6 Nov 41 receiving. With notes. Very scarce. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £40.80)
Opening GBP 40.80
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Closed..Jul-05-2022, 12:00:00 EST
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Maseru-Burma, 1d & 2d of Basutoland & 6d Official of SA, tied with Maseru 10 Dec 33 cds cancels. On Robertson illust cover. 'By Imperial Airways Only' cachet. Retour in red cachet. Manuscript DLO & initials in red. Addressed to Tavoy Burma. On the reverse a number of cancels that need unravelling but incls, Tavoy Dely. 22 Dec 33 cds. Tavoy Dep. 22 Dec 33. Bombay DLO 6 Mar 43. Rangoon DLO 23 Jan 34. Not Known boxed cachet. London GPO Delivery 17 Dec 33. The cover has been opened on 3 sides to show front & back together. Display quality cover which needs research. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £82.40) (Image)
