1914 Marc Pourpe Flight. 1914 Cover to London flown from Khartoum to Cairo and posted upon arrival, bearing an uncancelled Sudan 5m stamp, and Egypt 1m + 4m tied by Heliopolis datestamps (Feb 3), handstamped violet "POSTE AERIENNE / L.N.A / MARC POURPE / 1913-14 / CAIRE - KHARTOUM", backstamped at Cairo and London (Feb 10). A few minor tone marks, otherwise fine and a rare cover which was presumably handed directly to Pourpe and so remained uncancelled in Sudan. About 65 covers carried very few of which now survive. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

1920 (March 18) Transvaal Automobile Club printed menu for a dinner given to Colonel C. van Ryneveld and Major F.C Brand upon their arrival in Johannesburg, signed inside by Van Ryneveld; and a fine press Photo of the two pilots alongside their plane after landing at Johannesburg. Van Ryneveld and Brand completed the first London to Cape Town flight, three aircraft being used after crashes at Karosho and Bulawayo. (2).

1926 Mittelholzer Africa Flight registered cover from Zurich to Cape Town franked air 1f (S.G. 327, å£70) + 20c with flight cachet and Alexandria c.d.s, posted back from Cape Town with 1/2d, 1d and 4d pair on the reverse.

1928 Lord Carberry Holland - Egypt - Kenya flight cover with an illustration of the monoplane "Miss Africa", addressed to Cairo with a yellow Air Mail label and two special flight vignettes on yellow or pink paper each tied by boxed "SCHIPGOL AERODROME / (AMSTERDAM) / 27 NOVEMBER 1928", posted from Cairo back to London, the reverse with a 10m stamp tied by Cairo machine cancel. Fine and scarce, 40 covers flown to Cairo, this cover numbered 34. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

A similar cover but with a pair of the vignettes on yellow paper, cover number 5, the reverse inscribed "Air Mail, Miss Africa, JEC" by the pilot John Evans Carberry. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

1931 (Nov 1) Fairey Monoplane Proving Flight by S/L A.R Gayford and Ft. Lt. W.L.G Bett, cover flown from Cranwell to Cairo and on to Khartoum, posted upon arrival on November 3rd bearing Sudan 10m pair, addressed to USA. Typed flight inscription, handstamped "T" and "POSTAGE DUE 15 CENTS", backstamped in New Jersey. Also a news cutting reporting their arrival at Cairo, a preliminary stop in their attempt to break the non-stop long distance flight record. Very rare, four covers flown. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

1934 Cover to London with South Africa 1/- tied by violet circular "CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIR-PORT / 26 JUL. 1934 / WINGFIELD" with a further strike on the reverse, a G.B 11/2d applied and cancelled in London (Aug 18), readdressed back to South Africa, both sides signed by Victor Smith. A rare cover from Smith's third solo record attempt flight from the Cape to London, just eight covers carried. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

1936 Schlesinger Air Race from Portsmouth to Johannesburg. Ephemera, news cuttings and articles including official programme signed by the timekeeper and starter A.G Reynolds, menu for the pilots pre-race dinner at the Queens Hotel in Portsmouth, photocopies of two pages from a magazine depicting most of the pilots with autographs of eleven pilots, Photo of six of the pilots, press photos of two planes at the start of the race or of C.M Allington alongside his plane "Eagle" and a piece signed by Allington, large press photo of Ken Waller and Max Findley (who died when his aircraft crashed at Abercorn) about to take off for a trial flight, many contemporary news cuttings and later articles. (8++).

Schlesinger Air Race. 1936 (Sep 28) Cover with G.B 1/2d cancelled at Portsmouth, inscribed and signed "crashed, engine failure, Felixburgh Rd, Southern Rhodesia, 3rd Oct 1936. A.E Clouston F/O. R.A.F.O". Clouston crashed in Southern Rhodesia but then travelled by car to Bulawayo where he got a ride in another plane to Johannesburg; he carried 45 covers.