Great Britain and British Commonwealth India: Rocket Mail
Sale No: 139
Lot No: 392
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Sept. 30) Ship to shore (Saugor Island) cover bearing red and green label "SHIP/TO/SHORE/1st/ ROCKET/DESPATCH" tied by "FIRST FIRING. Ship to Shore" straight line, fine, signed by Chas. Potten, captain of the M.V. Pancy, and Stephen H. Smith. 140 flown. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 393
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Sept. 30) Ship to Shore (Saugor Island) cover bearing blue and red label "SHIP/TO/SHORE" and "1st/ROCKET/DESPATCH" tied by "FIRST/INDIAN/ROCKET/DESPATCH", signed by Lighthouse Keeper W. Shenton, fine, 209 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 95.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 394
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Oct. 3) cover bearing green and red label "SHORE/TO/SHIP/1st/ROCKET/DESPATCH" tied by "FROM SAUGOR ISLAND", fine, 135 flown, signed by Rashon Ali and Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 395
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Oct. 4) Ship to shore cover bearing white label "ROCKET DESPATCH/DIAMOND HARBOUR/SHIP TO SHORE" tied by "Ship to Shore, signed by Stephen H. Smith, 75 flown. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
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Sold For 140
Sale No: 139
Lot No: 396
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Dec. 16) Ship to Shore (Saugor Island) cover bearing black and white imprint "First/Night Firing/to/Lighthouse" cancelled "Lighthouse/Saugor Island" datestamp, and "BY ROCKET MAIL" below, fine, 250 flown, signed by Mary Shenton, daughter of the Lighthouse Keeper, and Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
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Lot No: 397
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Dec. 17) Ship to Shore (Saugor Island) "The Statesman" cover with enclosed miniature newspaper, bearing black label "Ship to Shore//First night firing/Packet Despatch Rocket" just tied by 'clock' datestamp, "SEMAPHORE/STATION/SAUGOR ISLAND", and "BY ROCKET MAIL" below, 110 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 150.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 398
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1934 (Dec. 17) Ship to Shore (Saugor Island) cover bearing red label "Shore to Ship//By Rocket" just tied by "clock datestamp" "SEMAPHORE/STATION/SAUGOR ISLAND", and "BY ROCKET MAIL" below, fine, 150 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 100.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 400
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (Mar.-Apr.) Silver Jubilee flight, five different covers, all with labels and cachets, two stationery cards, fair to fine.
Opening GBP 300.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 401
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (Mar. 23) Silver Jubilee Ship to Shore (Diamond Harbour), cover with yellow and blue label, tied by diamond shaped "ROYAL SILVER/Crown/ROCKETGRAM/Crown/1910-1935 JUBILEE", fine, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 100.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 402
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (Mar. 23) Silver Jubilee Ship to Shore (Diamond Harbour), cover with yellow and blue label, tied by diamond shaped "ROYAL SILVER/Crown/ROCKETGRAM/Crown/1910-1935 JUBILEE", fine, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 80.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 403
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (June 6) Roopnarain River, orange missive bearing blue and red "ROCKET PARCEL DESPATCH/ROCKET FEE RUPEES 2" with violet handstamp "R. No. 61 over river/ROOPNARAIN/KOLAGHAT", fine, 110 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 150.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 404
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (June 6) Roopnarain River, white missive bearing blue "ROCKET PARCEL DESPATCH/ROCKET FEE RUPEES 2" with red overprint "QUETTA/EARTHQUAKE/RELIEF", with violet handstamp "R. No. 60 over river/ROOPNARAIN/KOLAGHAT", fine, 150 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 100.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 405
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (June 29) Damoodar River, white missive bearing red and blue label "ROCKET PARCEL DESPATCH/ROCKET FEE RUPEES 2" overprinted "R No. 66" with violet handstamp "R. No. 66/PARCEL", fine, 160 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 140.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 406
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (June 29) Damoodar River, white missive bearing orange "ROCKET PARCEL DESPATCH/ROCKET FEE RUPEES 2" overprinted "R No. 65/LIVE STOCK" with violet handstamp "BY ROCKET/DAVID EZRA/R. No. 65/LIVESTOCK", fine, 189 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 407
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (June 29) Damoodar River, white missive bearing orange "ROCKET PARCEL DESPATCH/ROCKET FEE RUPEES 2" overprinted "R No. 65/LIVE STOCK" with violet handstamp "BY ROCKET/DAVID EZRA/R. No. 65/LIVESTOCK", fine, 189 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 90.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 408
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1935 (Sept. 29) to Euchay Gompa, missive bearing special red 2r. label tied by violet Mountain cachet "SIKKIM ROCKET EXPERIMENT", with "COMDR. NORCOCK .85" and "DESPATCHED BY H.H./THE MAHARAJAH", fine, 170 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 140.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 409
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1936 (May 7) missive with "TEST ROCKET No. 124/TILJILLA" handstamp, manuscript "Telescopic Type" and signed by Stephen H. Smith, rare as only 22 flown. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 380.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 410
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1936 (June 9) Matpukur to Dhapa envelope with yellow label "FLOOD/ROCKET DESPATCH/CARRIED BY R. No. 126/THE STAR OF INDIA/FROM/MATPUKUR TO DHAPA", tied by "TELESCOPIC/ROCKET, 126.", fine, 80 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 200.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 411
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1936 (Sept. 21) Chingripota to Malkpur cover with purple label "BY TELESCOPIC ROCKET/R. No. 127/JOHN WINTERTON/CONVEYING/MISS CREEPY (A SNAKE)/AN APPLE AND MAIL" with cachet "FLOOD/ROCKET DESPATCH/CHINGRIPOTA/TO/MALKPUR", fine, 106 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 412
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1936 (Sept. 21) Chingripota to Malkpur cover with purple label "BY TELESCOPIC ROCKET/R. No. 127/JOHN WINTERTON/CONVEYING/MISS CREEPY (A SNAKE)/AN APPLE AND MAIL" with cachet "FLOOD/ROCKET DESPATCH/CHINGRIPOTA/TO/MALKPUR", fine, 106 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 120.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 413
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India: Airmails: Rocket mail, 1937 (Feb. 3) All India Jamboree, Delhi, Scout cover bearing green Rocket Despatch label tied by special All India Jamboree datestamp, with violet "By, R. No 138 "Princess Elizabeth", also printed uniform price list and Royal message, fine. 254 flown. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 250.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 414
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1937 (May 12) Coronation, two Rocketgrams, label, with circular "ROCKET DESPATCH/Crown/1937/CORONATION" in violet and "Crown/BY CORONATION/ROCKET. No. 142.", fine, 300 flown, also cover with "BY CORONATION/PILOT ROCKET NO. PIX" (200 flown).
Opening GBP 150.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 415
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1938 (Apr. 25) Rocketgram card with pink label "CARRIED BY ROCKET/No. 162/"MISS FORTUNE" with violet oval cachet "ROCKET/GARIA/25th. APRIL/EXPERIMENT", fine 56 cards flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith, also pink paper with same cachet applied twice with manuscript "Complete sheet Stephen H. Smith". Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 180.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 416
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1938 (Apr. 25) Rocketgram card with green label "CARRIED BY ROCKET/No. 163/T. KIMBALL" with violet oval cachet "ROCKET/GARIA/25th. APRIL/EXPERIMENT", and "BOOMERANG", fine 56 cards flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith, also green paper with same cachet applied twice with manuscript "Complete sheet Stephen H. Smith". Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 418
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India: Airmails: Rocket Mail: 1938 (June 26) Rocketgram bearing pink label "BY ROCKET NO. 165/GERTRUDE COLLINS/TEST FIRING" with double circular cachet "STEPHEN SMITH/ROCKETGRAM/ROCKET", fine, 102 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo. (Image1)
Opening GBP 100.00
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Sale No: 139
Lot No: 419
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