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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 47

Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Iraq, Persia & Palestine
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 82
Symbol:

1922-30 Covers and cards comprising 1922 covers from G.B to Baghdad or Baghdad to G.B, and 1925-26 covers from Egypt to Baghdad (3) all flown by the R.A.F Baghdad - Cairo air service; 1927-28 card from G.B and cover from Egypt to Iraq both flown by Imperial Airways Cairo - Basrah service; 1929 (Apr 4) Basrah - Karachi first flight; also 1928 (Sep 14) Baghdad - Batavia first flight by KLM; 1929 (Apr 11) Baghdad - Teheran and 1930 (Apr 3) Baghdad - Damascus first flights by Junckers; 1929 (Dec 5) Egypt - Crete Imperial Airways first flight, all fine. (12).

Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 270.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 270

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 83
Symbol:

image Alan Cobham. 1926 (Sep 27) Cover to England franked 6a, cancelled by a Baghdad c.d.s and boxed "BY AIR / Iraq to Great Britain / with Alan Cobham", London arrival backstamp (Oct 2). Flown by Alan Cobham from Baghdad to London, the return flight upon completing his survey flight from England to Australia. Very fine, 110 covers carried. Photo on Page 16. (Image1)

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 200.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 84
Symbol:

1929-38 First flight covers comprising 1919 (Apr 1-9) London to Karachi service covers from Baghdad to Karachi (6) or London (2), Basrah to Karachi or London, and a piece bearing proof impressions of the cachets used at Gwadar, Lingeh, Jask, Bouchir, Basra, Baghdad, Rutbah or Gaza on covers carried on this flight; 1932 (Oct 12) Cover from Basrah to Madras carried by Imperial Airways and the first Tata Airways flight from Karachi to Madras; 1938 (Feb 26 / Mar 2) covers from Baghdad carried on the first "all-up" flights eastwards to Batavia or westwards to London; also 1939 British P.O notices announcing the extension of the 1½d rate Empire Air Mail Scheme to Iraq and Kuwait (2, one with added "21-5-39" date). (16).

Opening GBP 240.00
Sold...GBP 320.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 85
Symbol:

1929-43 Covers, mainly commercial mail to G.B including 1929 cover franked 8a (official stamps) with violet boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID FOR / DESPATCH BY THE DIRECT / AIR MAIL SERVICE", 1938 15f air letter from Dhibban uprated by 3f pair, WW2 horseshoe route covers (5), also 1929 cover to Germany diverted to surface mail at Nuremberg due to bad weather with red boxed "Wegen ungunstiger Wetterlage Flug / ausgefallen. / Postamt Nurnberg 2 2d Flughafen", 1933 cover from Bermuda to Baghdad franked 9d, etc. (34).

Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 240.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 240

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 86
Symbol:

image Zeppelin Mail. 1933 (June 22) Postcard registered from Baghdad to Argentina inscribed to go via London and Zeppelin from Germany, franked 38f with G.B 6d pair cancelled in transit in London (June 26), carried on the 3rd South American flight of the Graf Zeppelin from Friedrichshafen with both Zeppelin flight cachets, Buenos Ayres backstamps (July 8). Very scarce from Iraq. Photo on Page 16. (Image1)

Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 460.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 460

Sale No: 47
Lot No: 87
Symbol:

Palestine. 1929-38 Covers including 1929 (Apr 2-4) first flights from Gaza to London or Calcutta and April 16th Gaza to Athens first flight; 1931 (Oct 15-16) first flight from London to Haifa (2, one posted in Belgium) or Tiberias, and October 22nd first return flight from Tiberias to London; 1938 first "all-up" flight at 10m rate from Tiberias to Karachi; also 1929 cover from G.B to Amman, etc. (10).

Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 290.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 88
Symbol:

Persia. 1929-32 Covers to or from Persia including 1929 (May) first flights from London to Bushire or Lingah and first return flight from Bushire to London; 1930 (Apr 2-8) first flights from Jask to Jodhpur or Athens; also 1929 covers from Switzerland or G.B to Persia, and commercial covers mainly to G.B, one 1929 cover diverted to surface mail at Alexandria due to a shortage of flying boats. (14).

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 360.00


Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 360
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