Worldwide Stamps and Covers General - Imperial Airways
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Mbeya-London, 15c & 50c of Tanganyika, tied with Mbeya 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Springbok illust cover. Typed bottom left Mbeya-London. Addressed to Huddersfield. Due to be carried on the first Northbound flight AN47 but this was delayed due to emergency landing in a swamp near Broken Hill. A 'Special Flight' was arranged with the City of Baghdad taking mail on the 2 Feb North, Broken Hill, Mpika, Mbeya, Dodoma, Moshi & Nairobi. All mail on this special flight received Nairobi 3 Feb 32 cancels (Except mail destined for UK).On the reverse Skelmanthorpe 17 Feb 32 receiving. Very scarce. {C} [US1] (Start Price = £53.60)
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Broken Hill-London, 1d 3d & 6d of N Rhodeisa, tied with Broken Hill 29 Jan 32 cds cancels. On Robertson illust cover. Addressed to Portsmouth. Due to be carried on the first Northbound flight AN47 but this was delayed due to emergency landing in a swamp near Broken Hill. A 'Special Flight' was arranged with the City of Baghdad taking mail on the 2 Feb North, Broken Hill, Mpika, Mbeya, Dodoma, Moshi & Nairobi. All mail on this special flight received Nairobi 3 Feb 32 cancels (Except mail destined for UK). On the reverse Portsmouth 17 Feb 32 receiving. Very scarce clean cover. {C} [US1] (Start Price = £53.60)
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CAPE TOWN-LONDON 1ST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Mpika-Mbeya, 6d of N Rhodeisa, tied with Mpika 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. On Springbok illust cover. Typed bottom left 'Mpika-Mbeya'. Addressed to Mbeya. Due to be carried on the first Northbound flight AN47 but this was delayed due to emergency landing in a swamp near Broken Hill. A 'Special Flight' was arranged with the City of Baghdad taking mail on the 2 Feb North, Broken Hill, Mpika, Mbeya, Dodoma, Moshi & Nairobi. All mail on this special flight received Nairobi 3 Feb 32 cancels (Except mail destined for UK). On the reverse Mbeya 3 Feb 32 receiving & Daressalaam 17 Feb 32 re-direct. Very scarce only travelled one stage of this flight. Cover has been opened on 3 sides. {C} [US1] (Start Price = £42.40)
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EAST AFRICA-LONDON 1ST RETURN FLIGHT 1931 Khartoum-Cairo, 5 mils 10mils & 2p (SG41 48-49) of Sudan tied with Sudan Air Mail Khartoum 12 Mar 31 cds cancels, on plain cover. Manuscript Khartoum-Mirabella Bay (Crete) with Mirabella Bay erased and Cairo added above. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Chania Crete. On reverse Imperial Airways Airways House cachet in purple,Cairo Par Avion 14 Mar 31 transit & Xania (Chania) 23 Mar 31 receiving. {C} [US1] (Start Price = £21.60)
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LONDON-AFRICA-LONDON LATER FLIGHTS Elisabethville Belgium Congo-Geneva, 1f25 x 2, 2f & 5f of Belgium Congo, tied with Elisabethville 16 Jul 35 cds cancels. On plain cover. Boxed Avion cachet in black. Addressed to Geneva. French Air Line Regie Malgache carried from Elisabethville to Broken Hill, connecting with Flight AN256. On the reverse embossed back flap for Standard Bank of South Africa, with Standard Bank Elisabethville oval cachet. Brindishi 23 Jul 35 transit. Vertical crease left side. With research notes. {C} [US1] (Start Price = £21.60)
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LONDON-CAPE TOWN EXPERIMENTAL CHRISTMAS FLIGHT DEC 1931 Belgium-Cape Town, 2f & 5f Air (SG563-3) of Belgium, tied Brussels 7 Dec 31 cds cancel, (in sufficient time to reach London or join the flight at Paris) on official Springbok illust cover. Addressed to Cape Town. On the reverse Johannesburg 21 Dec 31 transit & Cape Town 21 Dec 31 receiving. Plus Poste Restante Cape Town 22 Dec 31. Nice clean cover. {C} [US1] (Start Price = £56.80) (Image)
