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Lot No:659
Symbol:Used TO France:1919, 2 sh 6d King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 2s 6d chocolate brown combined with a 1912 2½d blue, tied by "BIRMINGHAM 21 DE 19" c.d.s. tied to envelope bearing 2-line hand stamp "AIR MAIL EXPRESS' in lower right, manuscript "By Aerial Service Empress" in upper left with blue crayon express marking and red crayon "8S" addressed to Monsieur Walker in Paris. On the reverse three different Paris receivers 12 /19 receivers. Slight toning. Ex Klempka.(SG 414,372 )
1913-1919 Seahorsese ("Britannia" KGV high values on commercial mail to overseas destinations. Listed in cronological orde.
- An early mail franking with 2sh 6d in express rate and paid an additional 2½d foreign letter yare. Three years post pioneer flights.
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Lot No:660
Symbol:Used to Germany: 1919, King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 5s rose red with 1924 9d olive-green., tied by "SOUTHAMPTON ROW 72 B.O. WC1 /6 MR 28" cds on 1923-28 4½d Registration envelope size G, bearing "R London, W.C.12" Registration label and deep red "INSURED/VALEUR DECLAREE" label with Fee 5/8 PAID, manuscript endorsed "Value £400" addressed to Henrich Bauer Co Furth (Bayern), on reverse senders name, Erwin Hornung and address with FURTH (Bayern) cds Ex Klemka.(SG 416,427 )
P.S. A colourful and hard to find registered and insured postal stationery.
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Lot No:661
Symbol:Used to Denmark: 1919, King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 2s6d pale brown TWO PAIRS plus 1924 ½d green, two singles, all six stamps perfinned ‘P’, each stamp tied by “LONDON W 1/21 MAY 29” cds on wrinkled brown Registered Letter Post paper parcel front, bearing address label to the Kommune Hospital Pharmacy in Copenhagen, from Parke, Davis Manufacturing Chemists in London, blue “BY AIR MAIL” label, green “DOUANE” (customs) slip inscribed “Pharm. Preps.” and giving weight of 1lb 10ozs and value of £2.18.6 Ex-Klempka.(SG 415a,418 )
Via Dutch Airmail to Australia, returned to sender in England: 1919, King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing series III, 2s6d pale brown plus 1924 3d violet, tied by “CAMBRIDGE ST/PIMLICO W.1/28 AP 31” c.d.s. to registered envelope bearing blue “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” and “R/LONDON S.W.26” registry label, endorsed “Via Holland-Dutch East Indies AIR MAIL”, diamond-shaped pictorial “ABEL TASMAN/BATAVIA CENTRUM/9 (?) MEI 1931” cachet, address crossed out with various pencilled redirections (“Try…”) and red ink London return, “UNCLAIMED/BRISBANE/17 JE 31” CDS, boxed “D.L.O. RECORD No…” h/s and 5-line boxed violet “Undelivered for reason stated…” h/s, on reverse a handwritten return address label giving airmail rates for various stops on the England-India direct airmail route and a total of THIRTEEN c.d.s.s' tracing this cover’s journey incl. transit of Batavia and perambulations around Queensland, Australia, in search of its recipient. Ex-Klempka, annotated album page accompanies (SG 415a, 423 )
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Lot No:663
Symbol:Used to Brazil: 1919 King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 2s6d pale brown and 9d bistre brown tied by the wavy-line "TORQUA /DEVON 7 Aug 1931" machine duplex to Hygienopolis", blue "By Air Mail PAR AVION" on the reverse "TOULOUSA GARE / HTE GARONNE/ 10. 1931" transit and indistinct "24.8.1931" receiver (SG 415 )
Travelled presumably by sea in spite of air mail franking.
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Lot No:664
Symbol:Used to Argentina Graf Zeppelin Flight (LZ127) 1919, King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 2s6d brown, 1 s bister and 6d rosy mauve , each tied by "MIDLEBOROUGH YORKS 17 MR 32" c.d.s. cancels on envelope bearing violet LUFTSCHIFF ZEPPELIN and globe hand stamp; manuscript "Per Graf Zeppelin" and large red hand stamp, on reverse Berlin transit and BUENOS AIRES MAR 25 duplex receiver. Flight analysis accompaniesbbb (SG 415,29,426 )
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Lot No:665
Symbol:Used to Argentina via Zeppelin: 1919, King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 10s dull gray blue PAIR, 1924 1s PAIR, paying a total of 22 shillings (£1.2.0), all tied by indistinct LONDON/AIR MAIL 2 JNE 33 / 8:15 PM cds’s on large brown paper clasp envelope,bearing manuscript “Via Graf Zeppelin,” green ribbon “LUFTSCHIFF GRAFF ZEPPELIN/2 SUDAMERIKAFAHRT/1933” in gothic type (soon to be made verboten by Hitler) and red pictorial “DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/Anschlussflug zur 2. Südamerikafahrt 1933/des Luftschiffs Graf Zeppelin/BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN” cachets, blue “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label alongside, on reverse “VIA AEREA/7 JUN.33*19/BUENOS AIRES” receiver. United Press Associations corner card at upper left. Ms notations in Spanish and English attest “This envelope arrived from Friedrichshafen in 3 days – 9 hours – 45 minutes,” a record at the time. File folds away from stamps, as typical. From the United Press Association in London to its affiliate in Buenos Aires. (SG 417 )
A rare high-value commercial Zeppelin franking. Quite historic.
Used to Brazil: 1919 King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 2s6d pale brown 6d reddish purple PAIR, tied by indistinct MANCHESTER 7/3 PM/20 JU 34 cds’s on onion skin envelope, bearing blue “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label and red ms. “Via France,” on reverse purple oval Weinberg Ltd. forwarder’s cachet, PARIS R.P./22 VI 34/AVION machine slogan transit (Gagne’s du temps/Répondez par avion”) and São Paulo/2 VII 34/CORREIO AEREO receiver. Roughly opened at left but scarce. (SG 415a, 426; Scott 179a )
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Lot No:667
Symbol:Used to Brazil: 1918, King George V “Seahorse”, Bradbury, Wilkinson printing, 2s6d olive brown 1924 ½d, 2½d, 4d and 6d, together paying 3s6d for quadruple printed matter rate plus registration, all tied by oval “REGISTERED/2 NOV 34/Euston Rd. (303-308) B.O. N.W.1” cancels to long brown envelope, large art deco PIRELLI logo corner card, ms “Registered Printed Papers” and “via France,” blue R-London NW1 registry and “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” labels on reverse LONDON Registry oval. (SG 413a,418,422,424,426 )
Fabulous five-color franking to São Paulo paying scarce commercial rate, tiny soiling affecting the Seahorse but excellent condition overall for this type of usage and a great piece for an auto topical.
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