FRANCE & COLONIES continued... Air Mails continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1176 1928-47 First flight covers including 1928 Toulouse to Rio de Janeiro, 1936 Paris to Buenos Ayres, Marseille to Canton, 1937 Paris to Santiago and back (2), 1937 Air France around the world lettercard with stamps of four countries, 1938 Paris or Marseille to Honolulu or Hong Kong via first Hanoi to Hong Kong service, 1939 Pan Am Marseille to New York (4), etc. (15). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1177 1931-39 Commercial air mail covers to Asia, destinations comprising India (7), Philippines (via Singapore), Netherlands Indies (5) and Iraq (insufficiently paid, diverted to surface mail), various rates up to 14f. (14). Est. £160-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1178 1929-39 Covers comprising 1929 cover from Paris to Northern Rhodesia intended for the Capt. Goulette flight via Madagascar and Mauritius but actually flown via Imperial Airways to Broken Hill; 1934 (Dec. 8) cover from Paris to Australia carried on the first Imperial Airways flight via India and Singapore; and commercial air mail covers to U.S.A (2, one franked 60f), South Africa, Australia, Egypt or Palestine. (8). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1179 1930-33 Covers bearing 1930 Air 1f50 lake or blue stamps, including 1930 (June 8) 1f50 lake first day covers (3, flown to G.B, Germany or Switzerland), 1930 (Nov 8) 1f50 blue on cover from the Paris International Air Post Exhibition, 1933 Paris to Berlin first direct four hour flight cover with 1f50 blue pair, etc. (7). Est. £130-160 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1180 1931-40 Commercial air mail covers to Central or South America, destinations comprise Argentina (5), Bolivia, Brazil (2), Canal Zone, Chile (7), Colombia, Costa Rica (2), Paraguay, Uruguay (2), Venezuela, various rates up to 58f75. (23). Est. £280-320 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1181 Rocket Mail. 1935 (Sep) Covers (13) and postcards (2) intended to be flown by rockets at Le Treport (5), Sangatte (6) or Calais (4), eleven bearing vignettes, all with cachets and signature of Charles Roberts, ten handstamped "Experience Interrompue / par ordre du Ministere / de l Interieur", from the first rocket flight or rockets R.V 4-7, P.27 or P.28. (15). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1182 1939-43 Commercial censored air mail covers to Argentina (2), Chile, Cuba, Panama, Uruguay or Guadeloupe, two with British censor labels applied in Bermuda (code IC) or Trinidad (code IE). Unusual destinations, various rates to 72f. (7). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1183 1940-42 Air Mail covers to U.S.A sent by Pan Am Clipper from Lisbon, different rates comprise 12f, 12f50, 13f, 14f50, 15f, 16f, registered at 15f, 17f or 17f50, also covers to Canada franked 14f40 or 22f50, eight with British censor seals, four of these applied in Bermuda with manuscript or handstruck "I.C". (11). Est. £220-260 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1184 1941 Registered air mail covers to U.S.A franked 17f, both from Camp de Gurs with camp datestamps, registration labels and censor cachets, one from the Chief of Itot C. Camp de Gurs was an Internment Camp run by the Vichy Government, mainly holding German Jews. (2). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1185 Algeria. 1922-47 First flight covers including Algiers to Casablanca (1922), Oran to Toulouse (1930), Algiers to Madagascar (1935), Algiers to Amsterdam (1937), Algiers to Bamako (1938), etc. Also 1936 cover flown from Algeria to French Soudan by M. Cardinal with stamps cancelled at ten towns en route in eight French Colonies. (30). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1186 Chad. 1935-43 Air Mail covers with first or special flights from Fort Lamy to Stanleyville, Paris or Brussels (1935), Abeche to Ati, Fort Lamy to Elisabethville (1936), Pointe-Noire to Paris, Port Gentil to Cotonou (1937), also commercial covers bearing Tchad overprints, Moyen Congo or A.E.F stamps, one 1943 cover censored. (16). Est. £240-280 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1187 Chad. 1942 (Sep 1) Registered censored cover from Fort Lamy to Douala franked A.E.F 2f50 and 8f50 with "Afrique Francaise Libre" overprints, the 2f50 with variety overprint inverted (S.G. 156a, £325). Scarce on cover. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1188 Dahomey. 1935-39 Air Mail covers including first flights from Cotonou to Lome, Brazzaville, Casablanca and Paris, Brussels to Cotonou, also commercial covers. (15). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1189 French Guinea. 1934-47 Air Mail covers, first flights from Conakry to Dakar (2), Brazzaville, Paris, Freetown (2), Kayes, St. Louis, Paris to Bissao, Kankan to Conakry, also commercial covers with 1943 cover to U.S.A censored by the French and British, etc. (22). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1190 French Guyana. 1940-44 Censored air mail covers from Cayenne to the U.S.A, also a cover from France to Cayenne, six with French and British censorship (three with circular "PASSED BY / (crown) / 15 / POSTAL CENSORSHIP" of Trinidad), three with French and US censorship, two 1944 covers with "FRANCE LIBRE" datestamps. (9). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1191 French Oceanic Settlements. 1938 Commercial air mail covers from Tahiti to U.S.A, one endorsed "per yacht Dwyn Wen and by China Clipper to S.F" franked 5f, the other franked 15f75 "via Honolulu". (2). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1192 French Somali Coast. 1929-31 Air Mail covers to Addis Abeba, 1929 (Dec. 24) with stamps handstamped "1 SERVICE AVION", the others with "SERVICE AVION / Djibouti-Addis" cachets for flight 2 (2), 3 or 5 (2), all fine. (6). Est. £120-140 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1193 French Somali Coast. 1941-42 Air Mail covers from Djibouti to France carried on French Vichy flights through the allied blockade, including first flight cover with cachet, others with the cachet "SERVICES AERIENS SPECIAUX / PENDANT LE BLOCUS DE DJIBOUTI" (7) or similar endorsement, one philatelic cover unaddressed, the others all apparently commercial, one stampless cover from a soldier. (9). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1194 Gabon. 1929-42 Air Mail covers including 1929 cover from France to Libreville flown by Goulette, first flight covers from Port Gentil to Monrovia, Casablanca (2) and Paris, Paris to Port Gentil, commercial covers with large 1938 cover to Holland franked 72f75, WW2 censored covers (4, three to Switzerland), etc. (15). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1195 Guadeloupe. 1939-45 Commercial wartime air mail covers, virtually all censored, to U.S.A (26), France (2), Senegal, Honduras, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, French Guyana or Canal Zone, also two covers from Cuba to Guadeloupe, various rates to 48f50, all on album pages. (36). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1196 Indo-China. 1929-50 Covers carried on first or special flights including 1929 Hanoi to France (2) or Saigon to France (3), 1930 Saigon to Amsterdam, 1931 Air Orient first regular service from Saigon to France, etc., all with special cancels or cachets. (26). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1197 Indo-China - Singapore/Hong Kong. 1940-41 Commercial air mail covers to U.S.A (4), Manila, Singapore or Java, three with Hong Kong censor seals or transit c.d.s, four others censored in Singapore, three of these with circular routing handstamps "G" + "14", "B" + "22" or "K" + "10" applied in Singapore. (7). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1198 Lebanon. 1924-25 Air Mail covers bearing Merson issues with Grand Lebanon air mail overprints, three covers with the 1st Jan set of four, three with the 1st July set, covers flown internally with violet "COURRIER PAR AVION" (3), to Marseille, or to Egypt via Baghdad (2), one with part address removed, otherwise fine, uncommon stamps on cover (S.G. £720 as stamps). (6). Est. £160-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1199 Lebanon. 1925-30 Air Mail covers bearing stamps overprinted "Avion" or with an aeroplane, first flights from Rayak to Deir-Ez-Zor, Beyrouth to Damascus, Aleppo, Marseille (3), Baghdad (8, with covers to Persia, Bushire and India), Saigon, also commercial covers. (23). Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1200 Lebanon. 1941 Registered A.R cover to Argentina franked 182p50, censored in Beyrouth and Palestine, flown by Pan Am transpacific with Honolulu backstamp; also 1942 air mail cover franked 60p to Australia, Lebanon and Australia censors, unusual destinations. (2). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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