1910-1914 EARLY AVIATION PPCs, VIGNETTES, ETC.: An interesting group inc. 1910 (28 July) PPC franked France 10c & with "Semaine d'Aviation" vignette both tied by Caen cds's, 1912 unused I.C.S. Aviation Tour of Great Britain PPC of Pilot Robert Slack & signed by him at the top & scarce thus, 1913 mint pair of "FIRST AERIAL DELIVERY" labels by Robert Sinclair Tobacco Co. Ltd. Newcastle, scarce 1914 Monaco Rallye Aerien commemorative PPC with 'Monaco 1914' vignette tied "RALLYE AERIEN/MONACO" cachet (7 items) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, FRANCE, MONACO, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

1910s-1920s EUROPEAN GROUP (INC. ZEPPELIN, EXPRESS, ETC.): Range of early european cards/covers inc. 1911 (6 Mar) "NANTES AVIATION" PPC franked 10c & Nantes Aviation 10c to Belgium, 1912 (15 & 17 June) pair of "Flug-Post-Karte" PCs used within Germany, 1912 (26 Oct) Zeppelin PC Wiesbaden to Frankfurt via Zeppelin 'Viktoria Luise', 1919 (16 July) pair of envs Weimar to Berlin with black on red Express labels, 1925 (13 Apr) FF Budapest to Szeged, 1928 (13 Aug) env ex France to New York via first catapult mail, 1929 (15 Mar) PC London Aerodrome via Rotterdam to The Hague with Rotterdam flight cachet in red/brown & KLM dated cachets front & rear, (22 Apr) PPC (of Graf Zeppelin) via FF by Graf Zeppelin to Seville (LZ127) plus much more of interest (18 cards/covers) Cross Reference : GERMANY, ZEPPELINS, EXPRESS MAIL (Image)

1911 INDIA - FIRST AERIAL POST - U. P. EXHIBITION: 1911 (18 Feb) env franked 2a tied near fine strike of "FIRST AERIAL POST/U. P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD" cachet in purple to Calcutta with Allahabad & Calcutta cds's on rear. A scarce item Cross Reference : INDIA, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

WWI MILITARY GROUP: Range of WWI military cards & covers (mostly flown) inc. 1914, 15 & 18 trio of 'Thank You' (for gifts of tobacco) PCs from Army/Field POs with red censor cachets one being to China scarce thus, 1915 env & two fronts flown Belgium to Folkestone for onward delivery within UK with "POSTES MILITAIRES/BELGIQUE/BELGIE/LEGERPOSTERIJ" cds's, (8 Mar) env with circular "BRITISH CONSULATE/DUNKIRK" cachet in purple flown to Dover with fine "RECEIVED FROM H.M.SHIP./NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED"cachet, (4 July) long OHMS env with Base Army Post Office cds & Divisional Naval Transport Office Boulogne cachet flown to London by RNAS, 1916 & 1917 pair of PPCs (Les Bains or Paris) with fine "SERVICE DE L'AVIATION NAVALE ANGLAISE" cachets in blue of "NO 3 WING" or "LE DIRECTEUR" to London with "PASSED BY CENSOR" cachet on the former, etc. Plus undated (1913 or earlier) German PPC with Imperial Navy flag label tied "Kaiserliche Marine/Brier-tempel/S.M. Torpedoboot/T.66" cachet (16 cards.covers & 2 fronts) Cross Reference : GREAT BRITAIN, MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

1919-1939 COMMONWEALTH GROUP, INC. FIRST FLIGHTS, ETC.: Range inc. 1919 (2 Jan) env & PC pair ex Bahamas with fine "BY FIRST AIR MAIL/TO MIAMI, FLA" cachet in red, (30 Jan) env ex Nassau Bahamas to US with ms 'by first airplane service/Nassau to Miami', (Dec) env ex Jamaica to UK via Miami with fine large double ring "AIR-MAIL/FIRST FLIGHT/JAMAICA/MIAMI, U.S." cachet in purple, 1928 printed "AIR MAIL/BAGHDAD-CAIRO" env (torn just clear of adhesives) to UK via Cairo, 1932 (16 Apr) env ex UK to Cyprus (part of Imperial Airways London-India service) with fine "First Air Mail/Between/ENGLAND & CYPRUS" cachet in red plus similar unused return env, (22 Apr) env ex Cyprus via FF to Greece with two fine cachets in black, (22 Apr) env regd Limassol Cyprus to Rhodos Italy via FF to London with fine "LIMASSOL TO LONDON" cachet, 1933 (9 Dec) printed London-Singapore air mail env ex UK to Malay States (& return by sea), 1936 (25 Mar) Imperial Airways "FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL/FROM/HONG KONG" printed env TO LONDON WITH FINE BOXED "FIRST THROUGH FLIGHT/HONG KONG-PENANG-LONDON/VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/27th MARCH 1936", (6 Nov) env ex Hong Kong to Shanghai via FF "CANTON TO SHANGHAI SERVICE,/VIA HONG KONG. 6TH NOVEMBER, 1936." plus many more similar items (36 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, HONG KONG, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS (Image)

1920s-1930s USA & SOUTH AMERICA GROUP INC. FFs, ZEPPELINS, ETC.: Range of 1920s-1930s Zeppelin & FF covers, etc. inc. 1926 FF Cleveland to Detroit, 1927 (20 Aug) failed experimental flight shore to ship with "AIR MAIL FLIGHT FAILED TO/S.S. LEVIATHAN" cachet on rear, 1928 real photo PPC USA to Germany with fine "FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL" Graf Zeppelin cachet, 1928/9 pair of envs flown by Lindbergh ex Cuba to USA or ex Haiti to Dutch Guiana with fine FF cachet, 1929 (Mar) air mail env ex Mexico to USA with fine FF cachet, (May) env with Cleveland-Pittsburgh night mail FF cachet, (June) USA 5c air mail env to the Purser aboard S.S. Leviathan with fine "FIRST AIR MAIL/TO/LEVIATHAN/OF UNITED STATES LINES, Inc./BY ADAMS AIR MAIL PICK-UP", 1931 (2 Feb) env with fine "FIRST FLIGHT TWIN CITIES-PEMBINA EXTENSION" cachet, (Sep) env ex Brazil to France with fine "GRAF ZEPPELIN PRIMEIRO VOO/BRASIL-EUROPA/1931" cachet & "via condor-zeppelin" s/l h.s., 1932 (Mar) air mail env ex Brazil to Austria with fine "SERVICO AEREO TRANSATLANTICO" Zeppelin cachet in black on rear, 1933 (July) env ex Brazil to Germany with fine Graf Zeppelin cachet in green on rear, etc. A fine range of Zeppelin & FF covers (25 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ZEPPELIN MAIL (Image)

1920s INDIA GROUP: Range inc. 1920 (24 Jan & 14 Feb) pair of envs Bombay to Karachi regd or Karachi to Bombay [flown by RAF 97th Squadron], 1924 Mt. Everest Expedition PC to London franked 1½a tied Calcutta cds with British Empire Exhibition 1924 slogan & blue Expedition label tied red expedition cachet, 1927 (2 Nov) env ex Calcutta to London with printed "FIRST AIR MAIL. CALCUTTA-PARIS" at top with "CONSULAR GENERAL DE FRANCE/CALCUTTA" circular cachet in purple & enclosed note from Stephen Smith to a General Ridgway, 1928 (4 May) env ex Calcutta to Rangoon with two different "DOISY AND CAROL" cachets in green & "PLANE CRASHED AT AKYAB/16th MAY, 1928" in red, (20 Sept) env ex Calcutta to Rangoon with fine "INDO BURMA FLIGHT/[biplane]/BY DUTCH PLANE/1ST OFFICIAL MAIL" cachet in green, (4 Oct) PC with fine "3RD PLANE CRASHED AT CAWNPORE/CARRIED BY:-/4TH OFFICIAL MAIL PLANE/H---N. A. O. F." & "3RD OFFICIAL MAIL" cachets [87 envs & 56 PC on this flight], plus much more. An excellent range (28 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, BURMA (Image)

1920s TO MODERN EXTENSIVE GROUP INC FF, ZEPPELIN, ETC.: Large range of 1920s to modern cards & covers inc. 1929 (12 Aug) printed "SHIP TO SHORE/Catapult Mail/Via Ile de France" env regd Paris via Ile de France & catapult mail to New York, 1931 USA 5c p.stat air mail env to 'Royal Airship Works, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England' with fine "U.S.S. AKRON/CHRISTENING [airship]/AKRON, OHIO, U.S.A./AUG. 8, 1931", 1933 (23 Oct) fancy printed air mail env ex Miami to Huntington with fine "GRAF ZEPPELIN/FIRST VISIT TO MIAMI" cachet, 1939 (4 Aug) printed Transatlantic Imperial Airways env Brussels to USA (stated to be 1 of 25 official covers flown), 1942 (19 Jan) env (opened out for display) franked GB 1½d with 1935 British Forces Xmas Seal (SG A6 £250 on cover) FPO cds & boxed 869 censor cachet, 1945 (11 Apr) 2½d p.stat env uprated 1/- & ½d tied Glasgow cds to 'President Roosevelt', 1947 (22 July) air mail env franked USA Centenary International Philatelic Exhibition label & GB 3d flown by RAF Lincoln bomber on goodwill flight over NY on 1st Aug then around the USA & back to the UK for onward posting.signed by pilot F./Lt. V.B. Farningham [about 6 covers known], (6 Dec) Qantas env via first regular service London to Sydney, 1948 (18 Mar) BOAC Speedbird env to Japan via "FIRST/UNITED KINGDOM-JAPAN/AIR SERVICE" & signed by both pilots, etc. (qty) Cross Reference : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ZEPPELIN MAIL, AUTOGRAPHS, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

1920-44 AN INTERESTING SELECTION OF FLOWN COVERS INCLUDING ARMY POST:1920-44 covers/cards (27) inc. 25 June 1920 env (faults) from Paris to Henley with red "AIR MAIL/EXPRESS" h.s. 10 Dec 1920 mourning env from London to Rhine Army, Germany with "AIR MAIL/EXPRESS" and on reverse "ARMY POST OFFICE/S.40" c.d.s. another dated 8 Dec 1920 with "LONDON/F.S. 15" double ring c.d.s. 13 Oct 1923 env. flown by motor glider from Lympne to Hastingleigh. 9 July 1923 PPC from APO S40 to London. 17 Nov 1923 env London to Paris by Handley Page Transport Ltd. 27 July 1944 env from Henlow Camp flown to Benbecula by Scottish Airways another of 5 July 1944 flown from Isley to Glasgow. Mostly fine. (Image)

1920s CANADA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP, ETC: Range inc. 1922 (3 Dec) env with boxed "FIRST/AIR MAIL/HALIFAX/TO/ST. JOHN'S/JANUARY/1922" cachet, 1924 (1 Oct) printed air mail env FF Estevan to Winnipeg, 1927 (23 Dec) env to USA "via Air Mail/via Schist Lake (Flin Flon)" with Western Canada Airways (10c) label & Flin-Flan & Gold Lake maple leaf cachet, 1928 (13 Apr) pair of FF covers Atlin to Carcross with 25c Yukon Airways & Exploration Co. Ltd label, 1928 (9 Dec) env with fine Monreal to Quebec "INAUGURATION OF EXPERIMENTAL SERVICE" cachet, (10 Dec) env with fine "REGINA to WINNIPEG DEC. 1928" cachet, 1929 (31 Jan) Halifax to St John with boxed Canada Air Mail FF cachet, etc. (21 covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, CANADA (Image)

1923-75 A SELECTION OF FLOWN COVERS PLUS OTHERS:1923-75 The selection of covers/cards (29) inc. 4 May 1924 env registered and flown from the London International stamp exhibition to Belgium with c c.d.s. 8 May 1924 card carried on the Liverpool to Belfast experimental service. 2 May 1924 env. (2) flown by Cobham on the 3rd Belfast to Liverpool experimental service. 16 May 1925 covers (2) flown on the Imperial Airways 1st service from London to Sweden and London to Switzerland. 16 Nov 1928 env. flown from the London Stamp Exhibition to Rotterdam. A similar env. bearing Wembley 1d & 11/2d flown from The London Philatelic Congress to Belgium. 1 Sept 1933 env from London to Brazil flown on the Graf Zeppelin. 30 June 1939 env flown on the 1st England via Botwood to USA flight by P.A.A. 28 June 1947 env. flown on the 1st P.A.A. flight from Limerick to Calcutta. Mostly with relevant cachets.Also a few non airmail items. (Image)

1924-26 AMUNDSON - ELLSWORTH ATTEMPTED FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE:6 May 1924 small card from Sutton Coldfield with printed address to "THE TRANS POLAR FLIGHT EXPEDITION/CHRISTIANIA/NORWAY" the reverse side headed "NORTH POLE MAIL" to USA with Norway 5o & 25o tied by fine "KINGS BAY" c.d.s. Fine and rare, but philatelic. RPSL Cert (2013). Note:the special postcards were sold by subscription to finance the Amundson & Ellsworth attempted flight over the North Pole. They were sold in the USA and the to Norway side was ussually franked with USA adhesives. The use of a GB adhesive is rare. Cross Reference : NORWAY (Image)

1924-25 FLOWN COVERS - MOSTLY BEARING WEMBLEY EXHIBITION ADHESIVES:1 May 1924 env. from Walthamstow to France flown on the 6th day of the new Imperial airways service. 3 May 1924 env. with Wembley 1d & 11/2d posted on the 1st day of the exhibition to Belfast. Another 1st day of opening cover from London to Germany with Wembley 1d (3) & 11/2d. 16 June 1924 env. registered from London by the 1st afternoon flight to Amsterdam with Wembley 11/2 x 4. 1924 Wembley 11/2d card uprated with 1/2d & 11/2d flown from London to Berlin. 1925 Wembley 11/2d env. uprated with 1/2d and Wembley 11/2d from London to Paris. 11/2d reply card uprated and sent from London to Helsinki. Six of the 1924 covers and one 1925 cover have the large special Wembley exhibition cancellations. (17 items) (Image)

1925 ANGLO INDIAN AIR SURVEY: Trio of 1925 cards/covers flown on Anglo-India Air Survey by A. J. Cobham being PPC franked 1a (uncancelled) to London with fine triangular Anglo Indian Air Survey Calcutta-London cachet in purple GB 1d p.due tied Kingston cds green Anglo-India Air Survey label & signed A. B. Elliott Engineer & env/PPC pair to Karachi franked ½a & ¼a on ½a opt (2) or 3p pair with fine triangular Anglo Indian Air Survey Calcutta-Karachi cachet in purple pink Anglo-India Air Survey label & signed Arthur B. Elliott Engineer. A fine trio (3) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA (Image)

1925 ALAN COBHAM SIGNED "LONDON-CAIRO-CAPE TOWN FLIGHT" SOUVENIR CARD: 1925 (16 Nov) souvenir card flown from London to Cape Town via Cairo by Alan Cobham as part of the London-Cairo-Cape Town Imperial Airways survey flight. Franked with S.Africa 2d (for subsequent onward posting to Durban) and a pink vignette tied by violet oval "SPECIAL AIR MAIL/LONDON/CAPE TOWN" d.s. The card is signed by Alan J Cobham. Fine and rare [A similar card sold in a Cavendish sale of 2011 for £575] Cross Reference : EGYPT, SOUTH AFRICA, GREAT BRITAIN, AUTOGRAPHS (Image)

1925 SOUTH AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. (27 Feb) PC franked 1d South Africa & 1d Transvaal tied Cape Town cds & same date S.A. Air Mail cds with two fine boxed cachets in black "BY AIR-MAIL/VIA...[biplane]/DURBAN." & "FIRST FLIGHT 2nd Mar. '25/CAPETOWN-DURBAN ROUTE." reverse with typed "EXPERIMENTAL AIR-MAIL/(OFFICIAL)/First flight Capetown 2nd March 1925/Do Durban 5th Do", (5 Mar) env franked 2d def (damaged) & 3d Air tied Durban cds flown first return flight to Cape Town, (29 Apr) env franked 2d def & 3d Air tied Molteno cds's to UK (via flight to Cape Town) with tax h.s & GB 2d & 4d p.dues tied Broadstairs cds's, (13 June) env to Durban franked 2d def. & Air mail set all tied Cape Town cds's with S.A.Air Mail cachet dated same day but flown on last experimental flight of 15 June, etc. (7 covers/cards) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AIR STAMPS, SOUTH AFRICA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

1925 SOUTH AFRICA GROUP: Range inc.(26 Feb) PC franked 1d def. & 1d Air tied Cape Town cds with roller slogan below (showing biplane) advertising the air mail service (unusual usage on an air mail cover) to Durban with S.A. Air Mail cds cachet dated four days before official FF on 2 Mar, (27 Feb) PC to Johannesburg franked 1d COGH & 1d Transvaal tied Cape Town cds with two fine boxed cachets in black "BY AIR-MAIL/VIA...[biplane]/DURBAN." & "FIRST FLIGHT 2nd Mar. '25/CAPETOWN-DURBAN ROUTE.", (22 Apr) 4d p.stat env franked 2d regd Ladysmith to England with Air mail set on reverse tied Ladysmith cds's, (2 May) env franked 2d def & Air mail set all tied fine strikes of South Africa Royal Tour oval d.s.'s posted on Royal train between East London & Port Elizabeth where flown to Johannesburg with ms 'via Port Elizabeth & Durban', etc. (6 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AIR STAMPS, SOUTH AFRICA, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

1926-1931 SOUTH AFRICA GROUP, ETC.: Range inc. 1926 (30 Mar) ½d p.stat env uprated 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d & 4d and regd 'Printed Matter' London to Dakar, Senegal returned to sender with Dakar 5 Apr. & Battersea 22 Apr. receiving h.s. on rear, 1926 (28 Nov.) regd env. ex Zurich to Cape Town via Alexandria franked 15f, 20f, 25f (2) &35f tied Zurich Flugpost cds's with fine boxed "1926 NOVEMBER/[plane & swiss cross]/ SCHWEIZER/AFRIKAFLUG" cachet and Alexandria receiving cds, 1929 (29 Aug) pair of envs ex Durban or Bloemfontein franked 2d + 4d & 1/- Air or 2d + 4d Air to UK via flight to Cape Town the latter also franked GB ½d tied Sutton Coldfield cds for 17 Sept., 1931 (8 Dec) Air Ministry "ENGLAND-SOUTH AFRICA/CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT/SERVICE." entire to Tanganyika franked GB 1d & 1½d (lower left corner marginal strip of 4 with "P31" control) tied London wavy line cds with 18 Dec Mbeya receiving cds returned to sender as 'Unclaimed' with boxed "Undeliverable for reason stated./Return to Sender" cachet in purple [contents outline Imperial Airways Egypt-South Africa air transport agreement], etc. In interesting group (9 items) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

1926 SIR ALAN COBHAM 'ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA' INTERMEDIATE FLIGHT MAIL, ETC.: Range inc. (23 July) env franked ½a (2) tied Calcutta cds with "BRITISH FLIGHT/ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA, 1926/PILOT:-ALAN J. COBHAM./CARRIED FROM KARACHI TO CALCUTTA." label top left & "AVAIL AIR MAILS/AND/SAVE TIME" top right with ms '26' bottom left, (23 July) commemorative printed env franked 1a flown Calcutta to Rangoon with fine 26 July Rangoon receiving cds on reverse, (15 Oct) env (a little roughly opened at top but clear of adhesives) franked 1a (strip of 3) but returned to UK uncancelled then posted in Nuneaton with 3d p.due applied with ms '"By kind favour of/Major Alan Cobham/R. A. F.' top left and his signature below [signed some time after delivery as slightly over p.due adhesive] -unusual! Plus 1926 letter signed Alan J. Cobham on De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd headed paper stating he is shortly to leave '...I hope, for Australia...' & two 1962 letters also signed by Cobham. I nice group (3 covers & 3 letters) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, AUTOGRAPHS, AUSTRALIA, INDIA (Image)

1927-1932 AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. 1927 (10 Mar) env franked 1½d, 4d & 6d tied Sutton Coldfield cds's to Jinja Uganda with Francis Field [stamp dealer] private boxed cachet in purple "Service officially arranged to/operate from London March 10/1927, but abandoned owing to/breakdown of Hydroplane on/Lake Victoria" backstamped "KENYA-SUDAN/AIR MAIL" cds in red & Kisumu cds in black both on 31 Mar & Jinja cds for arrival on 4 Apr, scarce 1928 (27 Nov) envelope with an illustration of "Miss Africa" bearing two different "Miss Africa" vignettes tied by boxed violet "SCHIPOL AERODROME/(AMSTERDAM)" d.s. flown to Cairo by J.E. Carberry. The cover is re-addressed on reverse franked 10m tied Cairo cds and returned to London. No. 22 of the 40 flown [A similar cover (no. 11) sold in Cavendish sale Sept. 2005 for £240] plus set of 4 unused vignettes, etc. (6 covers, 7 Air stamps & 4 vignettes) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, EGYPT, KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (Image)

1927-1931 AFRICA GROUP: Range inc. 1929 (6 Aug) env franked PUC ½d & 2½d (pair) tied Weston-super-mare cds's via boat to Cape Town then FF 29 Aug to Durban, readdressed to Bristol & franked S.A. 2d def & 4d Air tied Durban cds for return flight & boat back to UK, similar (7 Aug) env franked 5d & PUC ½d tied Llanfair cds's to Pretoria via FF & internal (26 Aug) env franked S.A. 1d def, 4d & 1/- Air tied Port Elizabeth cds to Johannesburg, 1931 (27 Feb) printed air mail env franked Germany 15f & 20f (2) tied Braunschweig cds's flown Cairo-Khartoum, 1931 (3 Mar) Imperial Airways printed env franked Egypt 3m, 10m & 27m Air tied Luxor cds's to Mwanza Tanganyika via FF (6-10 Mar) with fine "PREMIER VOL/LOUXOR - MWANZA" cachet in black, 1931 (1 & 3 Aug) pair of envs (the latter with central filing fold clear of adhesives) FF Windhoek-Grootfontein or 1st return flight Grootfontein-Windhoek, 1931 (10 Aug) regd env franked SWA 1d (pair), 2d & 4d Air tied Windhoek Lugpost cds's to Walvis Bay via FF & return the following day & much more (23 covers) Cross Reference : SOUTH AFRICA, KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, EGYPT (Image)

1927-1934 AFRICA GROUP KHARTOUM,/KISUMU/TANGA ETC.: Range inc. 1927 (10 or 14 Feb) pair of envs franked 20c & 50c or 1c, 5c, 10c, 15c & 20c tied Nairobi cds's or slogan to UK via FF on 15 Feb Kisumu to Khartoum with "KENYA-SUDAN/1 ST/FE 15/27/AIR MAIL" cachet in red, 1927 (21 Feb) env franked 75c tied Nairobi cds to London via (2nd flight) 27 Feb Kisumu to Khartoum, 1927 (12 Mar) env from 3rd flight [sank on landing] stamps missing with 3-line cachet in purple "Owing Temporary Failure/Air service mail/Forwarded normal route", 1927 (10 Mar) env franked GB 1½d & 6d to Nairobi "By first despatch from/GT, BRITAIN via CAIRO-UGANDA/KENYA AIR MAIL ROUTE" [actually sent surface mail from Cairo due to prior plane wreck], plus similar later covers to 1934 (11 covers) Cross Reference : KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, EGYPT, SUDAN, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)

1928 THE EXPERIMENTAL LONDON TO STOCKHOLM NIGHT SERVICE ETC::1928 (June - Sept) envs (6) flown on the 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th (2) experimental night flights from London to Stockholm and two flown on the Stockholm to London flight. All except one with large round cachets. 7 Feb 1929 env. flown on the 1st all the way flight from Gosport to Algeria. 14 April env. carried on te 1st night flight from London to Brussels. 4 March 1932 env. London to Pernambuco with violet boxed "PLEASE/PLACE/ON BOARD" h.s. (11 covers) Cross Reference : SWEDEN (Image)

1920s-1930s PHILIPPINES GROUP: Range of early Philippines inc. 1928 (8 & 9 Nov) PC & env flown Pueto Princesa to Manila with fine "LONDON-ORIENT FLIGHT/[sea plane]/PTO PRINCESA-MANILA/NOV 1928/BUREAU OF POSTS" cachet in blue or "LONDON-ORIENT FLIGHT/FIRST DAY COVER/MANILA, NOVEMBER 9, 1928" cachet in black, (16 Nov) env flown Manila to Salomange with with similar blue "LONDON-ORIENT FLIGHT" cachet, 1935 (29 June) trio of envs via FF to Singapore with fine boxed "VIA FLYING BOAT/OF THE/BRITISH ROYAL AIR CORPS/June 29, 1935" cachet in purple, 1936 (16 Feb) group of 7 envs to China (2) or Japan (5) different frankings with same boxed "VIA FLYING BOAT" dated cachet, etc. (14 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, PHILIPPINES (Image)

1929 INDIA FIRST FLIGHT GROUP: Range of mainly FF cards/covers inc. (25/29 Mar) group of 11 envs (6 being large Imperial Airways commem envs) with mixed frankings ex UK to India via 30 Mar first direct flight London to Karachi, (3/4 Apr) trio of envs (one regd) with mixed frankings ex India to UK via 4 Apr first direct flight Karachi to London, (25 June) env ex Dum Dum to Calcutta by Joan Page "FIRST BRITISH LADY Pilot of INDIA", (26 Dec) air mail env ex Karachi to New Delhi with "1st DAY AIR MAIL COVER/KARACHI-DELHI." cachet in blue & red, 27 Dec env franked 2a (pair) & 3a (pair) Air tied Delhi cds's with "AIR MAIL/DELHI-KARACHI/FIRST FLIGHT" cachet in black & "FIRST FLIGHT DELHI-CROYDON/BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS" in red & black signed twice by pilot 'G. Grant', plus much more (38 cards/covers) Cross Reference : AIR MAIL COVERS, INDIA, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)