RARE RED "HONG KONG" C.D.S. CANCELLATION ON EARLY "AIR MAIL" CARD TO IRELAND ETC: 6 Dec 1932 4c overseas rate postcard uprated with 20c & 25c adhesives to make the 49c rate, service by sea from Hong Kong to Saigon thence by air to Marseilles and onward by rail & air to London and Ireland. Cancelled with fine strikes of the RED "HONG KONG" double ring c.d.s. 1935 4c card uprated with 6c & 30c pair tied by double ring "HONG KONG/AIR MAIL" c.d.s. 7 May 1935 4c card uprated with 8c and 1935 Jubilee set used from Hong Kong via Saigon & Marseilles air service then to Paignton. 1936 2c card from Hong Kong to London with boxed "FIRST THROUGH ROUTE/HONG KONG-PENANG-LONDON/VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/25 MARCH 1936" violet h.s. (4 cards) (Image)

THE RARE HONG KONG RED C.D.S. ETC.:4 Nov 1932 env. carried on the return flight of the La Zelee from Hong Kong to Tonkin bearing KEVII 3c & KGV 4c, 5c, & 8c tied by fine RED "HONG KONG" double ring c.d.s. Also 20 March 1936 env to Barry, Glamorgan, bearing 5c, 10c & $1 carried on the KLM flight. 20 Sept 1929 env to London carried by sea from Hong Kong and then on the 2nd flight of the fortnightly flight from Karachi. (6 covers) (Image)

RARE RED -HONG KONG" C.D.S. - ON EARLY AIR ORIENT COVER TO U.K.:5 Nov 1932 env. to GB bearing KGV 2c, 5c, 20c pair and $1 all tied by the scarce RED "HONG KONG" c.d.s.'s and having a small blue "BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION" label on the front. Ex Valerie Gordon-Smith. (Image)

SCARCE SPECIAL FLIGHT BY REIN FROM HONG KONG TO MANILA:1932 (11 July) env. bearing 10c (2) from Hong Kong to Manila with small air mail label and violet oval "SECOND MADRID-MANILA FLIGHT/AVIATOR FERNANDO REIN/BUREAU OF POSTS,MANILA. P.I." d.s. A good item. (Image)

INTERESTING GROUP OF FLOWN AND COMMEMORATIVE COVERS:1936-77 covers (16) inc. 5 Nov 1936 env. carried on the 1st Hong Kong to Shanghai flight. 29 June 1937 E.A.C.S. 1st flight cover from Hong Kong to Hankow. 1957 July BOAC covers carried on the 1st London to Tokyo flight (3, various legs). 1961 Air France 1st flight from Hong Kong to Paris by Boeing Jet intercontinental. 1961 (Nov) Qantas 1st scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Tokyo. 1974 two aerogrammes carried on the 1st Hong Kong island hovercraft service. (Image)

A GROUP OF FIRST FLIGHT COVERS:27 Mar 1937 illustrated Imperial Airways cover and another each with 25c pair from Hong Kong to UK and with violet boxed "FIRST THROUGH FLIGHT/HONG KONG-PENANG-LONDON/VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS" d.s. 17 Feb 1936 env. From Hong Kong to Shanghai with single 25c and violet boxed "BY COURTESY AIR FLIGHT/HONG KONG CHINA JAPAN/ROYAL AIR FORCE" d.s. 2 Dec 1946 2c card uprated with 8c, 15c & 30c registered from Hong Kong and carried on the 1st CHAC flight to Manila. 19 Sept 1949 env. carried on the 1st Pacific Airlines flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong. (6 covers) (Image)

C.N.A.C. & EURASIAN AVIATION CO. SERVICES:5 Nov 1936 env registered from Hong Kong to Amoy flown on the 1st C.N.A.C. service. Another env. carried on the Hong Kong to Canton route of the same flight. 28 June 1947 10c card uprated with 8c, 20c & 25c carried on the same companies flight from Hong Kong to Tainam, China. 30 June 1957 env. carried on Eurasia Aviation Co. 1st flight from Hong Kong to Peiping. (4 items) (Image)

1937 PAN AMERICAN 1st FLIGHT COVERS: 29 April 1937 1st flight from Hong Kong to Manila and another carried on the 1st return flight. 1937 (28 April) env from The Philippines to Hong Kong carried on the 1st Manila to Hong Kong flight. 2 May 1937 env. carried on the 1st Macao to Hawaii (pilot signed) flight. 26 April 1937 env. carried on the 1st Shanghai via Hong Kong to San Francisco FAM 14 flight. 29 April 1937 env from Samarang, Dutch East Indies via Hong Kong to connect with FAM 14 for Manila. All with relevant cachets. An interesting group. (6 covers) (Image)

A MISCELLANY INCLUDING 1st FLIGHT COVERS:29 April 1937 env. carried on the F.A.M. 14 flight from Hong Kong to Guam another of the same date flown on the 1st flight from Hong Kong to Honolulu with 5c & $2 adhesive. A booklet (broken down) of Pan Am airmail labels that was issued by C.N.A.C. Also a 1946 Victory illustrated FDC and a used set in blocks of four.(5 items) (Image)

AIR FRANCE - THE FIRST HANOI FLIGHTS:4 Aug 1938 env. from Belgium to Hong Kong with boxed "INAUGURATION/DU SERVICE AERIEN/HANOI-HONG KONG/PAR AIR FRANCE/4 AUOT 1938" h.s. 10 Mar 1939 env from Victoria bearing a single 25c to Hanoi with a fine violet boxed "FIRST AIR MAIL/HONG KONG HANOI/BY AIR FRANCE". Another cover bearing the same adhesive from Victoria to Hanoi with blue triangular framed "OVERTURE/DU/TRAFIC POSTAL/AERIEN REGULIER/HONG KONG HANOI/Per AIR FRANCE" cachet. Duncan Crewe types AF 2, 5a & 5b. (3 covers) (Image)

A RARE $5 RATE FRONT TO THE WIFE OF AN ESCAPED INTERNEE:4 Nov 1941 env. front from Hong Kong to Scotland franked with a single $5 adhesive paying the rate introduced in June 1940 with two strikes of the red "AIR MAIL VIA/CLIPPER & TRANSATLANTIC" h.s. This air service was from Hong Kong to San Francisco and on to N. York by Pan Am, then on by their F.A.M. 18 service to Lisbon. Finally by B.O.A.C. to Whitchurch near Bristol , or by sea. Note: The writer T.J.J. Fenwick was captured and interned by the Japanese, but was one of the few who escaped in 1942. (Image)

KAI TAK RAFPOST C.D.S.: 10 Dec 1945 env. to Macclesfield with a fine strike of the "RAFPOST/6 6/S.E.ASIA" double ring c.d.s. 15 April env from the same correspondence with a good strike of the RAFPOST/HONGKONG" c.d.s. Webb types 5 & 6. Note; each of these covers is from Sgt Fuggle, RAF 574044/S.E.A.A.F. who is mentioned on page 201 of Webb. (Image)

KAI TAK RAFPOST S.E. ASIA C.D.S - RARE USE ON O.H.M.S. ENVELOPE - EARLIEST DATE:24 Oct 1945 O.H.M.S. env. to Calcutta with a fine strike of the double ring "RAFPOST/6 6/S.E. ASIA" c.d.s. Webb type 5. Note; the earliest date recorded by Webb is 28 Nov. 1945. (Image)

THE KAI TAK RAFPOST C.D.S.:15 Apr 1946 env. to Workington with a fair strike of the double ring "RAF POST/130" c.d.s. 11 Feb 1946 env. to Chingford with a clear strike of the double ring "RAFPOST/6 6/S.E. ASIA" c.d.s. and another env. to Bombay with a part strike dated 30 Jan 1946. 12 Mar 1946 env to Chingford with a clear strike of the double ring "RAFPOST/HONGKONG" c.d.s. Webb types 4 to 6. (4 covers) (Image)

KAI TAK R.A.F. C.D.S.:29 Jan 1946 env. to Plymouth with a fine strike of the rare double ring "RAFPOST/6 6/SE. ASIA" c.d.s Webb type 5. (Image)

KAI TAK RAFPOST C.D.S.: 15 Mar 1946 env. without adhesives to Plymouth with a fine strike of the double ring "RAFPOST/HONGKONG" c.d.s. Fine. Webb type 6 page 201. (Image)

PART PAID AIRMAIL COVERS:14 April 1947 env. bearing 5c (2), 50c & $2 from Hong Kong to Norway with a good strike of the boxed "BY AIR TO LONDON ONLY" h.s. 21 Oc 1947 env. from the same correspondence bearing 30c & $1 with "BY AIR TO OFFICE OF EXCHANGE ONLY" h.s. 13 April 1951 env. (small portion of address panel cut away from Victoria to Bombay with a large red 60c meter mark cancelled with a violet boxed "X/BY SURFACE ROUTE" h.s. All covers with small faults but unusual. (3 covers) (Image)

1917-21 1c to 10c (2), 12c, 20c (2), 30c, 50c (4, shades), $1 (2), $2 (2, shades), $3 & $10. Fine mounted mint. SG 1 to 17 less 9. £2,000+. (21) (Image)

1917-21 2c BROWN: A marginal block of nine (3 x 3) from the foot of the sheet with interpane margin, the central stamp with crown broken at right variety. Fine unmounted mint. SG 1b £400. (90) (Image)

1917 BROWN: Block of twelve (6 x 2) from the lower right corner of the sheet with interpane margin at left and plate number "1", second stamp in row is broken Crown variety, very fine and lightly mounted mint. SG 1b. Also a matching multiple from which the block of four containing the repaired variety has detached. Gum toned and brittle. (Image)

1917-21 25c PURPLE & MAGENTA: An unmounted mint block of eighteen (6 x 3) from the top of the sheet with interpane margin at left, some central vertical perforations split, otherwise fine. SG 9 £270 as singles. (Image)

1917-21 $5 GREEN & RED ON BLUE-GREEN (OLIVE BLACK): A magnificent mint upper right corner example, lightly mounted on selvedge only. Very desirable. SG 16 £350. (Image)

1917-21 $10 PURPLE & BLACK ON RED: A marginal mint example from the top of the sheet, minor natural gum skips. A rare adhesive. SG 17 £700. (Image)

1922-27 1c (5, inc. a block of four), 2c marginal pair, 4c, 6c an upper right corner example, 8c horizontal strip from the top of the sheet, 10c, 20c marginal pair, 25c marginal pair, 50c to $2, the 25c with minor marginal toning, others fine. SG 18 to 28 £425+. (20) (Image)

1922-27 4c CARMINE ROSE: A lightly mounted mint horizontal strip of three, the central stamp with lower Chinese character at right broken at top variety. Fine. SG 20a £32+. (Image)