1902/11: Edward VII 25 r. brownish orange & blue, a used example with telegraphic datestamp in violet. A scarce stamp Gi = £ 600. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 170.00
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1575
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1911 (Feb. 18): FIRST AERIAL POST: Envelope bearing King Edward 3p. tied by magenta "FIRST AERIAL/U.P.EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD/1911" special cachet, backstamped "Allahabad 18 FE" c.d.s. in black on reverse. Fine example of the 'World's First Official Airmail'. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 400.00
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1576
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1926 (Jan. 2): R.A.F. Demonstration Flight from Calcutta to Patna, envelope with black and white photographic vignette 'plane over elephant', franked with India 1a. and showing negative HAWASAE / BY / AIR cachet in violet, backstamped same day on reverse. Fine and scarce Muller 18a = 3'500pts. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1577
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1932 (Jan. 7-12): Halliburton-Stephens Flight over the Himalayas, cover franked with ½ a. KGV tied by "Calcutta 13 Jan. 32" c.d.s bearing two descriptive labels THE FLYING CARPET and MOUNT EVEREST TRIP, handstamped 'American Fliers / In "Stearland", Biplane' in violett, with Calcutta arrival mark on reverse. Very Fine. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1578
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1932 (Apr 14): Bertram "Atlantis" attempted 'Round-the-World' flight, cover flown from Ichapur to Rangoon franked with 1a. 3p. cancelled Rangoon and backstamped Calcutta, Apr 27, with violet "Atlantis"/ Ichapur cachet tying a red descriptive label and a black "Bertram - Atlantis Expedition" cachet, very Fine. Addressed by and signed on the back by Indian mail-rocketeer, Stephen H. Smith of the Indian Air Mail Society.rnrn (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 1580
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1862 (Dec 22): Unpaid cover from Calcutta to St. Petersburg, endorsed with "VIA SUEZ & FRANCE" handstamp in blue, duplex '1' and "CALCUTTA INDIA UNPAID DE 22 62" datestamp on base as well French entry "POSS. ANG. V. SUEZ 25 JANV. 63 MARSEILLE" cds in red and rare "F. / 38" postal treaty handstamp in black alongside. reverse shows part strike of Aachen transit cds in red. Taxed upon arrival, a scarce and most attractive cover.rnNote: The cover was addressed to Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), who was in 1862 a very wealthy merchant of German origin in St. Petersburg who has made a fortune during the Crimean War. In 1864 he left this business learned the classical languages of the Mediterranean - it is told that he learned Turkish during a three week long visitit in Constantinople. He became a pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image 3)(Image)
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5447
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1855 (March): Native Entire letter within the Madras Presidency bearing 1854 ½ a. blue, a fresh and fine adhesive with fresh colour and good to large margins, tied by dotted grid, reverse with "TANJORE / MANARGOODY / TALOOK TAPPA" datestamp in bright red with handwritten ".0 3 55". Signed A. Diena.rnProvenance: 107. Corinphila sale (Sept. 1998), lot 5048. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 210.00
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Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5448
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Second Anglo-Afghan War 1880 (June 10): Envelope with full content from Cabul to London, dated inside "Cabul June 10" and endorsed "Via Brindisi" bearing 1865 ½ a. blue and 1878 4 a. blue-green tied by mute grill onliterator. Reverse with KABUL despatch cds (June 14), Bombay transit (June 23) and London arrival cds's (July 16, 1880). A fresh and most interesting item describing military action and political negotiations with Abdur Rahman in this last period of the war. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
Opening CHF 360.00
Sold...CHF 600.00
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Sold For 600
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 5449
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Indian Feudatory States Wadhwan 1888/94: ½ pice black on thin toned wove paper, tied by strike of a handstamp in pink to envelope. Signed Raybaudi and Bolaffi. Gi = £ 1'140. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image)
