1856 (March 18): Entire letter from Tupisa to Salta struck with superb strike of TUPIZA oval framed despatch handstamp in red showing Condor & Mountain. Exceptional and rare.rnrn (Image 1) (Image)

1867/1912c.: Collection on Schaubek leaves with Condor 5 c. green used (3), 50 c. yellow unused, thereafter largely complete with much cancellation interest incl. 1869 9 Stars 10 c. vermilion with intaglio "CC" cancel in blue, 1892 cover from La Paz to New York franked by 1890 1 c. rose and 10 c. orange tied by target cancel in black, an interesting lot.

Development of Bolivian Airmail 1905-1945: The Gold Medal exhibition collection on 104 album pages, including 1925 Junker's Demonstration flights with first return flight Sucre to Cochabamba (Aug. 7) and Junker's Inaugural flight La Paz to Oruro (Aug. 11), Cochabamba to La Paz (Aug. 14), Santa Cruz to Cochabamba Demonstration flight (Sept. 3), first flight Sucre to Cochabamba - rare: only 14 covers flown (Muller #9), all with certs. Moorhouse. Further 1928 Lt. J. Doolittle Experimental flights Lima - La Paz (Feb. 25), La Paz - Santiago (March 22), 1929 L.A.B. domestic services with first flight Vallegrande - Santa Cruz (April 12), fine and scarce envelopes (2) from Cochabamba to Todos Santos or Santa Cruz - Yacuiba, first flight roundtrip cover Cochabamba - Oruro (Sept. 4) addressed to L.A.B. agent. 1930 external connections with Brasilian Condor with first flight covers (July 30), Zeppelin mail 1932 (6) with incoming mail on 1st South America flight from England to La Paz, Panagra and L.A.B. joint service with Experimental flights to Chile and one incoming from Ecuador (May 21), six covers from the Chaco War period (1932/36) as well as 1935/45 Expansion connections with Panagra first flights (2) from Oruro (18. Apr. 37) or La Paz (2 March) to Argentine, both with certs. Moorhouse, various destinations in North and South America and Europe showing different routings with the corresponding rates noted, DLH air service with Crash cover 'Tapajoz' (Nierinck 340503), Air France with two items to Poland (1939) and L.A.T.I. flights with covers to Vienna (1940) and fine L.A.T.I. stationery to Switzerland (1941). A fine collection with a lot of information about Bolivian airmail history of an interesting land locked country within the Andes. Ideal for further studies and expansion. The complete collection will be shown in our online catalogue. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image)

1924/37: Collection of Bolivian airmail issues starting with Perkins Bacon Die proofs (2) of 1924 Aviation school, 5 b. block of four imperf., SPECIMEN and MUESTRA sets of seven with marginal blocks of six 10 c., 25 c. and 50 c. unused, 2 b. block of 10 of bottom of sheet, 1930 Zeppelin part set to 50 b. unused (lower values only), 1930 July 24 set of eight unused, 1932 Aztec issue mint set of seven with two usages on cover during Chacos War period, 1935 map issue as well as 1937 surcharged airmail set together with six covers. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image)

1933/42: External Airmail Connections Panagra - Pan American Airways, 32 covers to and via USA and, besides 1933 official cover from 'Legacion de Chile Ecuador' in Quito to Santiago de Chile (23. March), all commercially used, including 1933 cover sent during the Chacos War Period to NY, 1936 envelope sent via NY to Germany, 1940 registered covers to Morocco and to Denmark (2), censored covers to England, FAM-9 Panagra to Argentine (2) as well as 1940/42 covers via NY to Switzerland (2). Fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image)