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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 44

Miscellaneous
OTHER AIR MAILS

Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, East Africa
image Sale No: 44
Lot No:150
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Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika, East Africa. Madagascar. 1926 Cover carried by the French pilots Bernard and Guilbaud on their return flight from Madagascar to France and posted upon arrival from Berre (17 Jan. 1927) to England franked 1.50f, with violet boxed "VOYAGE AERIEN / FRANCE - MADAGASCAR". Very scarce, few covers carried. Photo on Page 30. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 44
Lot No:152
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1928 Lord Carberry Holland - Egypt - Kenya Flight. Cover with an illustration of the monoplane "Miss Africa" addressed to Nairobi, bearing a yellow Air Mail label and two special flight vignettes on green or orange paper each tied by violet boxed "SCHIPGOL AERODROME / (AMSTERDAM) / 27 NOVEMBER 1928", posted back from Nairobi (Dec 11) to London franked on the reverse by KUT 20c. 20 Covers were flown to Nairobi, this cover numbered "1", fine and scarce. Also unused vignettes comprising pairs on yellow, orange or green paper and a single on pink paper. (8). Photo on Page 32. (Image1)



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Sale No: 44
Lot No:155
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1931-43 Covers and cards with various explanatory cachets including Feeder Service (23), Local Air Fee Paid (4), Air Fee Prepaid to Europe, By Air to London (8), Par Avion Jusqu' a London (3), By Air to Brindisi (2), etc., also covers partly carried by air mail with the air mail inscriptions or labels obliterated in transit when diverted to surface mail (12), mixed quality with some faults, an interesting lot. (55).



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Sale No: 44
Lot No:158
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1974 Lufthansa Crash at Nairobi. Covers and a postcard from Germany, Italy, Denmark or Holland all with red bilingual "RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI" cachet (with a news cutting about the crash). (4).



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Sale No: 44
Lot No:160
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1974 Lufthansa Crash at Nairobi. East Africa Posts bag label used on a bag of recovered mail flown from Nairobi to Johannesburg, with red bilingual "RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI" cachet applied to both sides; and a fire damaged cover from Sweden to South Africa returned to the sender, backstamped violet "Aeroplane chute / LH 540 / 19.11.1974 / Nairobi / Kenia" and "Beschadigt / bei der Luftpost / eitstelle / Koln / Bonn Flughafen / am 4.12.74 eingegangen / Amtlich verschlossen / Romballe d'office", these German cachets only used on returned mail and very scarce. (2).



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