1928 (Apr 30) Swiss PPC registered and flown Zurich-Cairo-Baghdad with 'BASRA' transit on the face and '[VICTORIA/MY29/28/ SEYCHELLES' arrival b/s. A remarkable origin-destination item.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1953 (Jan 14) cover endorsed "Catalina Proving Flight/Nairobi-Mahe" & signed by the pilot "HC Holme" with Seychelles 9c cancelled on arrival; and two apparently commercial covers to Kenya both with 'First Air Mail/From Seychelles' black/pink label, the first with 3c Tortoise x8 on the reverse (minor faults), the other with 3c Tortoise pair & 18c Map. [Hopson & McCloy state at p45 that the plane from Kenya "...carried a very small mail, mostly from France & the UK"] (3)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

POSTAL CARDS: 1931 philatelic return-usage of US 3c reply-half with two strikes of the rare 'VICTORIA/ 20-8-31/SEYCHELLES' bridge-type cds, message initialled "SM" by the Postmaster S Mathiot, staining removed. Rare: the only other recorded example is a part-strike of 9-1-41 on loose 9c.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$150