Great Britain and British Commonwealth Great Britain Postal History Air Mails
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Lot No: 397
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Air Mails. 1910 (Aug 12) Picture postcard franked KEVII ½d, cancelled by "LANARK / GRAND STAND" c.d.s, used at the second Aviation Meeting in Britain (the temporary P.O open 6-13 August). Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 70. (Image1)
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Lot No: 398
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1926-82 Covers and cards including 1926 cover flown from S.S "Homeric" to New York by Alan Cobham initialled "AJC", 1936 APEX autogiro flown card and other covers or cards with the APEX cancel (3, one signed by the PMG Kingsley Wood), 1935 (May 7) Silver Jubilee set on F.D.C with "Wilton Road Hudsons Place" datestamps carried on first direct London to Lusaka despatch (dropped by parachute, about 20 covers flown), 1952 Flying Boat "Princess" first flight cover signed by the crew, etc. (10).
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Lot No: 399
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1929-38 Covers (47) and postcards (4), all commercial mail with KGV stamps sent by airmail with letter rates from 1½d to £1, with covers to Chile (6, two carried by Zeppelin on 1932 1st South American flight franked 4/- or 1934 1st South American flight franked 12/-, two others flown by Lufthansa franked 12/- or 20/-), also covers to Uruguay (2, Air France or Lufthansa), Colombia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Iran, etc. An interesting collection in an album. (51).
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Lot No: 401
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Railway Air Services. 1933-34 Covers with 1933 (Apr 12) first flights from Cardiff to Torquay or Teignmouth bearing a 3d parcel stamp or from Plymouth to Cardiff without a G.W.R stamp; May 22 Plymouth to Birmingham flight with 3d air stamp, pilot signed; June 26 Cardiff to Birmingham cover with 3d air stamp addressed to Malta (arrival c.d.s); Sept 17 Cardiff to Plymouth cover with 3d air stamp addressed to USA, also other covers with 3d air stamps (2) or handstruck "RAS / 3d PAID" (3), all franked 1½d. (11).
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Lot No: 402
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1933-41 Internal flight covers, mainly first flights, with 1933 International Air Lines bearing 3d air stamps (4, three franked 1½d, the other pilot signed); 1933 Provincial Air Service bearing 3d air stamps (12); 1934 Island Air Express covers from Shanklin to Portsmouth and Heston to Ryde, with air stamps, both pilot signed; 1935 (May 7) Silver Jubilee set on F.D.C flown from Liverpool to Isle of Man with flight cachet, pilot signed, 1937 (May 10) KGVI F.D.C from Lundy with ½d Atlantic Coast Air Services stamp; 1937-38 West Cost Air Services flights from Liverpool to Isle of Man (2); 1941 G.W.&S. Air Lines cachet on commercial cover from Scilly Isles to Penzance. (23).
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Lot No: 403
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Scotland. 1934-39 Internal flight covers with 1934 Highland Airways (5, two with vignettes), Dec 1st Hillman Airways first flights (2, both pilot signed) and 1935 (Nov 30) final flights (2, both pilot signed), 1936 KEVIII 1d F.D.C from Orkney with Highland Airways vignette, 1937 Aberdeen to Shetland with Aberdeen Airways vignette, 1939 Scottish Airways North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall and Glasgow to Campbeltown flights. (13).
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Lot No: 404
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Rocket Post. 1934 Covers from Brighton (2, June 6) or Isle of Harris (Aug 1) all with Rocket Post vignettes and cachets, one Brighton cover and the Harris cover signed by G. Zucker, also a card depicting the explosion of the Scarp to Harris rocket. (4).
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Lot No: 406
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1934 England to Australia MacRobertson Air Race, covers with G.B and Australia stamps flown by C. Kay, J. Hewitt and F. Stewart (2, one flown onto Palmerston with G.B + N.Z stamps, 100 of each flown), M. Hansen and D. Jensen (110 flown), R. Turner and C. Pangborn, or N. McGregor and H. Walker (160 flown), all pilot signed, the first three with Mildenhall A'Dme skeleton datestamps. Also a cover from Holland flown in the "Uiver". (6).
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Lot No: 407
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1935 Covers (11), postcard and a receipt all bearing Silver Jubilee stamps, mainly flown covers with May 7th ½d + 1d F.D.C from London to Liverpool, 1½d F.D.C from Liverpool to Stapleford (Essex Airport) and ½d + 1d + 1½d F.D.C from London to Glasgow all flown by Hillman Airways, Lundy Island to mainland flown covers bearing Lundy ½ puffin + Atlantic Coast Air Services ½d (2, one pilot signed), other internal flown covers (4), express cover with five 1½d stamps, etc. Also second issue Atlantic Coast Air Services ½d mint, exploded 2/- booklet number 300, and cover with five advert pages from booklet 303 with printed selvedge instructions showing the advert placement, book number and value. (13+).
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Lot No: 408
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1935 Timetables for internal airlines, comprising Western Airways Express, North Eastern Airways, Northern & Scottish Airways, Railway Air Services, Highland Airways, Hillman Airways, Spartan Air Lines, Jersey Airways, Portsmouth Southsea & I.O.W Aviation Ltd, Crilly Airways (2), and Aberdeen Airways. Also an original Photo of a Railway Air Services plane. A scarce group. (13).
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Lot No: 409
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1935 Covers and cards with Silver Jubilee stamps, all to Africa including May 7th F.D.Cs flown to Nyasaland (set on printed F.D.C), Cape Town (cover torn), Windhoek (½d, 2½d on postcard) or Nairobi (3 x ½d, 3 x 1d, 1½d), May 10th covers to Cape Town (2, one with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s), Nov 13th first flight cover by Sabena from Brussels to Elizabethville, and other mainly commercial covers to Mauritius, Egypt (3), Sudan (2), South Africa (2), Tanganyika or Northern Rhodesia. (17).
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Lot No: 410
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Scotland. 1937 (Nov 23) First flight covers from Lerwick to Aberdeen (4) or Kirkwall, or Aberdeen to Lerwick (2), three registered, three pilot signed. Also 1934 (Dec 1) Kirkwall to Wick first flight cover signed by the pilot. (8).
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Lot No: 413
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1938 (Mar 15) A.E Clouston and V. Ricketts England to Australia and New Zealand and return flight in the DH88 Comet "Australian Anniversary". Covers flown from England to Australia (12 flown), England to Australia and onto New Zealand (2, 14 flown) or New Zealand to Australia and onto England (very few carried), with stamps of the two or three countries applied upon posting or receipt, two signed by the two pilots, also a postcard of the pilots. A scarce group. (5). Photo on Page 70. (Image1)
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Lot No: 414
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1938 (July 20) Ireland to USA experimental flight by the Imperial Airways seaplane "Mercury", special editions of the "Daily Sketch" and "Daily Herald" newspapers with "Trans-Atlantic Edition" or "Sent by Imperial Airways Liner Mercury" printed headings, the last with a U.S stamp cancelled in New York (July 21), and the large printed sheet "The Daily Mirror, Greetings Canada, London Yesterday, Montreal Today", scarce. (3).
