THE R100 CANADA TO UK FLIGHT, ETC.: 1930 (Aug) envs. (3) & cards (2) inc. 13 Aug 1930 decorated air mail env. flown on the return flight from St. Hubert, Montreal to Wooster, USA franked with a Canada 5c air mail stamp tied by a large "Montreal Canada/St Hubert" cds (& similar opposite) with special cachet & large blue "R100" hs on front, and on the back a large colourful "NATIONAL AIR RACES/TENTH ANNIVERSARY/CHICAGO AUG 23 SEPT 1 1930" sealing flap & tied by a Montreal slogan cancel with "WOOSTER OHIO" cds adjacent; a printed env. addressed to "Norristown, Pa./U.S.A." franked with a Canada 5c air mail stamp tied by a "MONTREAL, P.O./AM/AU 1/30/ST. HUBERT" cds with special cachet on front, and "NORRISTOWN" machine cancel on back; 1 Aug 1930 PPC of the R100 with Canadian 5c tied by violet oval "AERODROME - ST HUBERT - AIRPORT/AIR MAIL SERVICE/AUG 1 1930/POSTE AERIENNE"; a period PPC of the R-100; an redirected May 1930 env. from North Portal Station, Saskatchewan to G.B. endorsed "Via R-100" but not flown on the airship; plus a large folded map/chart showing the route taken by the R-100 between Canada and the UK with times at various locations. (5 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

1934 MAC ROBERTSON AIR RACE: Superb collection of covers & ephemera relating to the famous race from Mildenhall, Suffolk to Melbourne, Australia. Comprises signed covers flown in the race inc. 3 of the 100 carried by the eventual winners, Charles Scott & Tom Campbell-Black. Also a number of covers carried by the KLM entry "Uiver" and the American entry Roscoe Turner. In total the collection holds c.25 Race flown covers and a further c.20 covers flown on return flights, onward flights and the subsequent final flight of the "Uiver" (crashed in Syria 1935). Also, photographs of most entries, newspaper cuttings and a photocopy of the Royal Aero Club's Official Programme showing the signatures of all the participants (useful for comparisons). Lot also includes hardback autobiography of Charles Scott "Scott's Book", a scrapbook of 1930s newspaper cuttings relating to the Race and Campbell-Blacks flights into Africa, DVDs of old newsreel film of the race, etc. (qty) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA (Image)

HINDENBURG 1936 LAKEHURST, NEW YORK TO GERMANY: A very attractive 1936 Canada acceptance for the First Hindenburg return flight, illustrated airmail envelope (small faults) addressed to Solingen franked 20c + 6c + 6c vert. pair on front cancelled by "TORONTO, ONT./12/MY 8/36/TERMINAL 'A'" cds's + block of thirteen 2c 'Admirals' on back cancelled by "TORONTO" roller cancels & "FRANKFURT AM MAIN" cds , with a violet first flight cachet "LAKEHURST/FIRST HIndenburg FLIGHT/1936/Frankfurt-am-Main" (Sieger 409G) ON BOTH SIDES over stamps. Scarce if not rare. Exhibition item.Cross Reference: CANADA (Image)

AUSTRALIA TO G.B. CLOUSTON & RICKETTS FLIGHT - N.Z. ACCEPTANCE: 20 Mar. 1938 env. franked with NZ 1d at Blenheim and Australian 1d tied by Darwin c.d.s. flown to London by Clouston & Ricketts. Signed by pilots. Rare.Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND (Image)

EARLY SOUTH AFRICA/SOUTH WEST AFRICA AIR MAIL COVERS: Group of c.1931/32 Air Mails, mostly First Flights inc. 19 Dec. 1931 Windhoek to Kimberley flight, 5 covers with various frankings inc. examples of 4d & 10d Air Mail stamps with both large & small "S.W.A." ovpt.; 27 Jan. 1932 First Flight covers (10) Capetown to London with various frankings. Also 22 Jul. 1938 covers (2) to Seychelles & Australia mailed on first day of 1½d Air Mail rate to these destinations. (17 covers) Cross Reference: SOUTH WEST AFRICA, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)

CATAPULT/ZEPPELIN FLIGHT MAIL TO USA; Pair with v.scarce 28 Aug. 1928 airmail env. from London to Washington franked 2/6d Seahorse & KGV 1½d tied by Wokingham cds and endorsed 'Catapult Air Mail/on S.S. Ile de France via Plymouth' and 1 May 1933 airmail env. to USA franked 2/6d Seahorse & KGV 1/- tied by Stoke Newington cds endorsed 'Graf Zeppelin via Friedrichshafen with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and hexagonal airship cachets on front and the rear with a Pernambuco (Brazil) transit ds. (2 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)

RAILWAY AIR SERVICES LTD./NORTH EASTERN AIRWAYS COVERS: Selection of 1934 R.A.S. First Flight covers flown on various UK internal routes. Also a 3 Jan. 1938 North Eastern Airways cover from Doncaster to Croydon. (13 covers) (Image)