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1126 1942 Cover addressed to Mrs F.M Mitchell in Rangoon, inscribed "Left Rangoon 29.1.42, Arrived India April 1942. This cover was carried by me from Rangoon to Kalaw, thence to Myitnge from there to Mandalay + Myitkyina, from Myitkyina by plane to Assam then by rail to India, F. Mitchell 6/7/42", creased; and a March 1942 calendar signed and inscribed "This Calendar was flown with me from Shwebo (Burma) to India on 17th March 42". (2).

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1127 image1942 (Aug. 27) Karachi to Multan emergency flight due to flooding damaging the railway line, flown cover franked 1½a, arrival backstamp. Very scarce, few covers carried. Photo on Page 162. (Image1)

Est. £300-400

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1128 image1942 (Oct. 29) U.S.A.A.C Reconnaissance flight over enemy occupied territory, "V" Campaign cover "Trump Cards" with cachet, pilot signed, posted at Dharamtala franked KGVI 9p pair. Fine and scarce, 32 covers carried, twelve with the "Trump Cards" envelope. Photo on Page 162. (Image1)

Est. £180-220

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1129 image1942 (Nov 4) U.S.A.A.C Bombing Raid over Hong Kong, "V" Campaign cover "Run Nazi Run" with cachet, pilot signed, posted at Dharamtala franked KGVI ½a + 1a. Fine and scarce, 28 covers carried on this flight. Photo on Page 162. (Image1)

Est. £200-240

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1130 image1942 (Nov 7) U.S.A.A.C Reconnaissance Flight over enemy occupied territory, "V" Campaign cover "The Missing Link", pilot signed, flight cachet and boxed cachet "Handed over to Airmen Prior to Nov 7th 1942 date on which officially advised to cease souvenir air mails, hence not posted after carriage" initialled by Stephen Smith. 39 Covers carried on this flight. Photo on Page 162. (Image1)

Est. £180-220

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1131 image1942 (Dec 16) Cover flown by Capt. M.A Hebert, endorsed and signed "Raiders intercepted 15th and then Chittagong - Calcutta, M.A Hebert R.C.A.F, 1/2" with cloth propeller badge tied by "R.A.F" cachet, posted at Calcutta franked KGVI ½a + 1a. Very rare, just two covers carried, certified on reverse by Stephen Smith, with enclosed cutting "Dec. 16 - three Japanese planes destroyed during an enemy air raid on the Chittagong area". Photo on Page 162 (Image1)

Est. £1,000-1,200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1132 image1943 (Jan 1) China National Airways Danjam to Calcutta first flight, stampless cover to Dum Dum endorsed and signed "By air 1/1/43, Danjam - Calcutta, M.A Hebert" with violet boxed "BY C.N.A.C", fine and scarce, 19 covers flown, reverse signed by Stephen Smith. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

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Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1133 image1943 (Jan 22) Stampless O.H.M.S cover to Stephen Smith in Calcutta with oval violet "HQ 221 GROUP R.A.F / SIGNALS / JAN 22 1943", endorsed and signed "via air transport Tezpur - Calcutta, Capt. M.A Hebert R.C.A.F", reverse signed by Stephen Smith. Fine and rare, just four covers carried. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1134 image1943 (Feb 3) India National Airways, Calcutta to Jorhat first flight cover franked ½a + 2a, arrival backstamp. Fine and rare, just six covers flown. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £200-300

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1135 image1943 (Feb 3) India National Airways, Calcutta to Tezpur first flight cover franked ½a + 2a, returned to Calcutta with a Calcutta (Feb 7) backstamp. Fine and rare, just six covers flown. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £250-300

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1136 image1943 (May 16) Chubua to Calcutta flight by E. Galstin, cover with oval "CHUBUA / AERODROME" cachet and inscription, posted upon arrival franked 1½a. Rare, just six covers flown. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £300-400

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Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1137 image1943 (Nov 3) Extension of the Qantas Perth to Ceylon service on to Karachi, first flight cover from Colombo franked 20c, to W. Hudson Fysh (Managing Director of Qantas) in Karachi, a 2a cancelled upon arrival (Nov. 6), octagonal censor, signed by the pilot W.H Crowther. Scarce, very few covers carried. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £150-180

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Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1138 image1944 (May 27) Stampless cover to Calcutta endorsed and signed "By air, Comilla - Calcutta by Army Transport, D.C-3 No FD787, 27-5-44", violet "Electrical Power / Inspection Flight / Comilla - Calcutta", certified on reverse by Stephen Smith, 17 covers flown. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £120-150

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Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1139 image1944 (July 1) Stampless cover to Stephen Smith in Calcutta, endorsed "By Air, Silchar to Calcutta by Dakota Transport Plane on 1st July 1944" and signed by F/Lt Bayley R.A.F, bearing a "V for Victory" label. Rare, just two covers flown, signed on the reverse by Stephen Smith. Photo on Page 164. (Image1)

Est. £500-700

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1140 1945 (July 21) First postwar internal civilian airmail, 1½a envelope franked 1a flown from New Delhi to Chaklaka with arrival backstamp, vertical fold, otherwise fine and very scarce, very little mail sent, the flight not recorded by Brown.

Est. £140-160

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1141 image1945 (July 23) First postwar internal civilian airmail, 1½a envelopes franked 1a flown on the first return flight from Chaklaka, Fatehjang or Gujrat all to New Delhi, vertical folds, otherwise fine and very scarce. Very little mail carried, the flight not recorded by Brown. (3). Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1142 1945-50 Commercial air mail covers to England (2) or Germany all with high frankings over 10r, the two 1945 covers to England franked 11r5a3p (with one further stamp missing) or 10r8a, the 1950 registered cover to Germany franked 14r. (3).

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1143 1945-52 First flights by various U.S Airlines to, from or via India comprising 1945 Delta Airlines Chicago to Miami flight cover to India; 1947 (Jan 5) T.W.A Boston to Bombay and Lydda in Palestine (7); 1947 (Mar 7) New York to Karachi; 1947 (Mar) Pan Am Gander to Karachi via Ireland, G.B and Turkey (10, one pilot signed); 1947 (June) Pan Am around the world flight (41, one pilot signed); 1947 (Sep 26) Pan Am New York to Tokyo (2); 1948 (Mar 14) Pan Am New York to Delhi (4, one pilot signed); 1948 (July 6) Pan Am Calcutta to Tokyo (6); 1949 (Feb 7) Pan Am Los Angeles to Calcutta (3); 1949 (May 4) Pan Am Portland to Calcutta (7); 1951 (May 3) Pan Am Wake Island to Guam cover to India, pilot signed; 1952 (Dec 4) Pan Am Calcutta to Rangoon. (84).

Est. £500-600

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1144 1945-52 Commercial air mail covers with explanatory or postage due handstamps including 1946 6a airletters to USA or Hong Kong with "AIR MAIL LETTER CARD SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE FORWARDED / BY SURFACE ROUTE", 1947 6a airletter franked 2a to Uruguay with "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL", 1946 cover to Malaysia with "AIR MAIL SERVICE / NOT AVAILABLE", 1949 cover to Rangoon with triangular framed "AIR / FLIGHT / LATE", etc. (15).

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1145 1945-54 Commercial air mail covers all bearing KGVI stamps, various rates up to 4r10a, and destinations including Iceland, Korea, Hong Kong (2), Japan (2), Singapore, Sumatra, China (11), Fiji, New Zealand, Madagascar (3), Ethiopia (3), Reunion, Eritrea, Kenya (2, one franked 4r1a with "Late Fee Paid Bombay Regn" datestamp), Tanganyika, Southern Rhodesia (2), Belgian Congo, Iraq, Palestine or Israel (6), Aden or Kamaran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Grenada ("Missent to Montreal" cachet), Trinidad (2), Haiti, Barbados, Curacao, Canal Zone, Uruguay (2), Panama, Chile, Mexico, Brazil (2), British Honduras, etc., one cover to Canada with "MISSENT TO JAMAICA B.W.I", mixed India and Hyderabad franking, a few ingoing covers, etc. A good lot, many unusual covers. (169).

Est. £2,000-2,500

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1146 image1946 (Feb 7) Indian National Airways Delhi to Lucknow first flight cover franked 1a + 1½a, signed by the pilot G.B Melita, fine and rare, just six covers flown. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

Est. £250-300

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1147 image1946 (Apr 1) Tata Airlines Bombay to Calcutta first regular air mail, outward and return flight covers franked 2½a both signed by the pilot M.W Bunshy, and printed flight covers flown from Bombay or Nagpur (also an unused cover), the pilot signed covers probably unique. (5). Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1148 1946 B.O.A.C Test letters from Karachi to London, all franked 14a, numbered 5, 9 or 24, British Airways arrival cachets on reverse, all with enclosed letters. (3).

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1149 image1946 (July 5) Deccan Airways Madras to Nagpur first flight cover franked 1a + 1½a, hand illustrated with the Deccan Airways logo, arrival backstamp of Nagpur, returned to Karachi. Unique, the only cover carried on this flight. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.
1150 image1946 (July 5) Indian National Airways Delhi to Bikaner first flight cover franked 1a + 1½a, arrival backstamp, returned to Karachi. Unique, the only cover carried on this flight. Photo on Page 166. (Image1)

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-07, 11:59 PM EST.

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