First U.K Aerial Post. 1911 News cuttings from various papers about the Aerial Post, most with attached cutting agency slips showing they were collected on behalf of Captain Windham, organiser of the Aerial Post (28); a fine original real Photo (165x120mm) showing Gustav Hamel and his wife in a fine Mercedes sports car at Hendon Aerodrome with aeroplanes behind; and a 1936 ticket to a celebration dinner given by The Air Mail Society to honour Walter Windham on the 25th Anniversary of the Coronation Aerial Post, named on the reverse to Lady Downes. An interesting group, from the personal papers of Walter Windham. (30). (Image1)

1911 London to Windsor postcards in green (2, one with Molassine Dog Food advert on reverse and overprint on the front) or brown (2, one with Wrights Coal Tar Soap advert on reverse), and envelopes in green or red (both with enclosed notepaper) all with London Aerial Post datestamps of SP 9 or SP 11 (red envelope), the Molassine card with light crease and green envelope with faults, the others all fine with the Wrights Coal Tar Soap card superb. (6).

1911 (Sep 9) Postcards in brown (with Schweppes advert on reverse) or red-brown and an envelope in green all with London Aerial Post datestamps, the envelope to Scotland forwarded with several Sep. 13th datestamps (therefore flown on Sep. 12th); postcard from the Aerial Post secretary's office apologising for a delay inthe delivery of Aerial Post mail due to the high winds interfering with the flights from Hendon; and realPhoto picture postcards showing crowds around an Aerial Mail aircraft in Windsor Great Park, or the delivery of the Aerial Post to Windsor Post Office, the Schweppes postcard with a few edge faults, otherwise largely fine. (6). (Image1)

Switzerland. 1911 Red brown postcard and red envelope (letter on printed notepaper enclosed) with London Aerial Post datestamps both addressed to Switzerland, the postcard with two KGV ½d stamps tied by Sep 11 c.d.s and a Schonenwerd arrival c.d.s (Sep 18) alongside, the envelope franked KGV ½d + 1d (2, one 1d and the ½d stamp perfined "B&Co") tied by Sep. 9 c.d.s, backstamped at Chaux-de-Fonds (Sep 13). Two fine items to Switzerland. (2).

Switzerland. 1911 (Sep 12) Brown "flap embossed" emergency printing envelope (notepaper enclosed) with KGV ½d + 1d (2) tied by London Aerial Post datestamps, addressed to Switzerland with Sils-Maria arrival backstamp (Sep 19), very fine and unusual addressed abroad. Photo on Page 18. (Image1)

1911 (Sep 16) Proof of the London to Windsor envelope in an unissued light green colour (with matching notepaper enclosed), flown from Windsor to London with KGV 1d tied by Windsor code "2" c.d.s. Superb and very scarce, only about 400 envelopes of all types (excluding violet VIP mail) were sent by the public from Windsor, with very few of these proof envelopes recorded postally used. Photo on Page 18. (Image1)