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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 46

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
East Africa

Sale No: 46
Lot No:191
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1929-53 Covers and cards including 1929 cover from G.B to Tanganyika flown to Marseille, 1931 Zanzibar to England first flight, 1931 (Oct) Tanganyika Government Air Service first flights (4, three with C.O.Ps), 1932 first Greece to Zanzibar acceptance, 1932 (Oct 19) cover from London to Entebbe apparently carried by Air Survey Co. Ltd, 1934 cover from Mombasa to Brazil endorsed by Zeppelin but actually flown by Imperial Airways, 1934 London to Dodoma first Sunday service, 1935 (Feb 9) first accelerated service from London to Njoro (2), Kakamega (2) or Eldoret (2), etc. (20).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:193
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1931-57 Covers (5) including 1931 (Mar 18) cover from G.B to Kenya carried on Imperial Airways "City of Karachi" which damaged its undercarriage when landing at Khartoum, transferred to "City of Birmingham" arriving at Kisumu three days late; 1935 R.A.N.A Blantyre to Beira first flight; scarce 1953 cover carried by East African Airways Catalina Proving Flight from Nairobi to Mahe and posted at Victoria franked Seychelles 9c, pilot signed, etc. Also 1930-46 cuttings from the "East Africa Standard" newspaper concerning air services or air mail (approx 50), with related photocopies and a few more recent news cuttings. (c.55).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:195
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Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika. 1932-38 Commercial covers flown from Dar-es-Salaam to Mombasa by Wilson Airways (2), or to G.B by Imperial Airways, destinations include USA (5), Canada, Switzerland (2), Holland and Germany, most with "FEEDER SERVICE", "LOCAL AIR FEE PAID" or other explanatory cachets, cancels include double ring skeletons of Kakemega and Kinyangiri. (17).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:196
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KUT - Imperial Airways. 1934 Parcel wrapper from Mombasa to London, endorsed "sample of no value", franked 4/- and bearing a "Parcel Post / MOMBASA / 427" label; and 1936 registered cover from Dodoma to Germany franked at the 9oz rate of 13/80 (including 5/- vertical pair), a little creased but an uncommon rate. (2).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:197
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Eritrea / Somalia. 1935 Covers flown by Imperial Airways and Ala Littoria, comprising first flight from Cairo to Asmara via Khartoum, first direct flight from London to Asmara (2), and first acceptance from Brussels to Mogadisco via Paris and Khartoum. (4).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:199
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1931-34 First Flight covers comprising 1931 (July 7) Nairobi to Kisumu first official flight by Wilson Airways (60 flown), 1932 (Aug 17) Mombasa to Nairobi, August 20th Tanga to Nairobi or Kilindini, and 1934 Lindi to Dar-es-Salaam, all fine, mainly philatelic, the 1932 (Aug 20) cover to Nairobi addressed to Wilson Airways, the 1934 cover to England apparently commercial. Also a 1931 cover from England franked 7½d (another stamp removed, possibly prior to posting) with Kisumu and Nairobi backstamps both dated October 10th, proving it must have been carried by air within Kenya. (6).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:200
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1931-36 Flown covers, philatelic and commercial, including 1934 stampless cover from Mafia to Dar-es-Salaam with "POSTAL / D.O / Mafia Island / FRANK" cachet, 1936 cover from Kisumu to Musoma franked 35c but handstamped "T. OVER ½ OZS" with 30c + 40c postage due stamps applied, etc. (12).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:201
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1931-35 Covers including 1931 (July 7) Nairobi to Kisumu (2, sixty flown), 1932 Nairobi to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga to Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam to Nairobi and 1934 Dar-es-Salaam to Arusha first flights, also commercial covers with various cachets, and 1936 leaflet "Rates and Latest Times of Posting for Airmail Services by Imperial Airways and Wilson Airways as at 1st May 1936". (17).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:202
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1934-35 Covers flown on charter flights, comprising 1934 (Jan 23) Dar-es-Salaam to Mafia, March 11th Kigoma to Dar-es-Salaam (2) and 1935 (May 9) Lindi to Dar-es-Salaam, the final item a commercial cover to Switzerland sent eight months before the regular service commenced. (4).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:204
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1937-38 First flight covers to W. Tunstall, comprising 1937 (July 1) Nairobi to Kisumu first twice weekly shuttle service to connect with Imperial Airways, July 2/3 feeder service covers from Nairobi to Kitale, Nyeri to Uplands (2, one stained), Kitale to Uplands, July 4th Uplands to Nkana, Northern Rhodesia (first service to Lusaka, replacing the Imperial Airways route), 1938 (Apr 14/16) Uplands or Kitale to Nanyuki, or Nanyuki to Uplands (Nanyuki a new stop on the Nairobi-Kisumu route). (9).



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Sale No: 46
Lot No:205
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1932-38 Brochures (6) and single page flyers (4) giving time-tables, fares and charter rates, also two newspaper adverts for new routes, fine and scarce. (10).



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