THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE continued...
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 air crash at Sir Lowry's Pass. The Union Airways De Havilland Puss Moth 'The Springbok' piloted by Captain William Frost Davenport, when flying from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town on Friday 13th Nov 1931, the
pilot encountered a severe storm and crashed on the slopes of a mountain and caught fire 18 miles from Cape Town. This badly charred cover to Cape Town has a mimeo explanatory note and a receiving cachet of 7.DEC.1931. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 air crash at Sir Lowry’s Pass. The Union Airways De Havilland Puss Moth 'The Springbok' piloted by Captain William Frost Davenport, when flying from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town on Friday 13th Nov 1931, the
pilot encountered a severe storm and crashed on the slopes of a mountain and caught fire 18 miles from Cape Town. This badly charred cover to Cape Town has a mimeo explanatory note and was forwarded in an ambulance cover dated 21.NOV.31 (8 days after
the crash). (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 cover from Cape Town (9 APR 32) to London, flown by Oscar Garden, the New Zealand pilot who attempted a record flight from Cape Town to London. He crashed at Abercorn at 6pm on the 22nd. Only twenty covers
were carried, all mail was recovered & received a three line cachet 'ACCIDENT AT ABERCORN/22 APRIL 1932/FLIGHT ABANDONED.' (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 air crash at Sir Lowry's Pass. The Union Airways De Havilland Puss Moth 'The Springbok' piloted by Captain William Frost Davenport, when flying from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town on Friday 13th Nov 1931, the
pilot encountered a severe storm and crashed on the slopes of a mountain and caught fire 18 miles from Cape Town. This badly charred cover to Cape Town has had the recipients name cut out, but still a scarce cover from this crash. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 First Regular Air Mail by Imperial Airways from London to Cape Town. This flight departed London on 27th Feb and went via Paris, Athens, Alexandria, Cairo, Khartoum, Kisumu and Mwanza in Tanganyika. Five
covers to Mwanza, all with receiving b/stamps 10.MAR.1931. Ex G. B. Greece, Malta, Egypt and Sudan and two covers (London & Belgium) to South Africa. Interesting lot. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 First Regular Air Mail Service Cape Town to London. This flight went via Kenya and Tanganyika, and covers were posted to join this flight. Three covers, Entebbe to London, Kisumu to Greece and Kisumu to
London, all on specially printed first flight envelopes. (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-60
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1931 covers to Southern Africa, special envelopes were printed for mail from England to Africa. The one cover from Amsterdam to Cape Town cancelled 26.FEB.1931 has the map of Africa and overprinting 'By
Imperial Airways, First Air Mail, England - Africa.' The second cover from Norwich, England, to Windhoek has a similar map but the printing leaves out England - Africa. Possibly a trial printing of this envelope, but extremely rare. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 9th Dec 1931 Experimental flight London to Cape Town. The first regular service between London and Cape Town was due to start on 20th Jan 1932. This experimental flight was to survey the route that was to be
taken by Imperial Airways. Seven covers, one each from London, Ireland, Belgium, Kenya, Sudan, Northern and Southern Rhodesia that were all at some stage on this flight. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-120
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA South West Africa feeder service connecting to the Imperial Airways Cape Town - London flights. Six covers that were on the Northern, Southern and Coastal services in Aug 1931 and two covers posted in Dec
1931. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-120
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 261 |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA (INDIA TO RHODESIA) 1932 registered covers (3) that were on the first airmail service to Southern Africa. All three covers cancelled New Delhi 18.JAN.32. The one with a Broken Hill 30.JAN.32 arrival cancel,
another with a Salisbury 31.JAN.32 arrival cancel and one with a Johannesburg 1.FEB arrival. Uncommon. (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-70
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 20th Jan 1932 flight, London to Cape Town. Four covers that were on this Imperial Airways flight, includes London to Pietersburg (2), London to Johannesburg, Italy to Cape Town and Mpika and Broken Hill,
Northern Rhodesia to Cape Town. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA First Cape Town London regular flight. This flight left Cape Town on 27th Jan 1932 and Johannesburg on 28th Jan. The plane 'City of Basra' was damaged on landing in Salisbury. The relief plane 'City of Delhi'
then crashed near Broken Hill. The mail was eventually picked up by the second North bound service and reached London on 11th Feb. The flight scheduled for 11 days to 20 days. Seven covers that were on this interrupted flight. A cover from South West
Africa, three from South Africa, two from Southern Rhodesia and one from Bechuanaland. An interesting lot. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA Service from India. This inaugural feeder service was run by Tata Ltd between Madras and Karachi, where it then joined the Imperial Airways to Cairo and then Imperial Airways from Cairo to Cape Town. The first
flight was 18th Oct 1932. Three covers that were on this flight, one to Cape Town, one to Windhoek and one to Johannesburg. The later two covers are similar in design, but the one to Windhoek has had the Union Jack flag removed due to strong protests
in India! A fine trio. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA The first regular flight by Imperial Airways from Cape Town to London departed on 27th Jan 1932. Feeder services were set up to connect with this flight. Four covers, three to England and one to Germany all
from South West Africa (Windhoek, Swakopmund, Keetmanshoop & Omaruru) that were on this 27th Jan flight. (Image)
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Estimate £ 60-80
Starting Bid £ 60
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA The first regular flight from London to Cape Town departed London on 20th Jan 1932. Seven covers that were on this flight, includes a cover from London, a cover from Kisumu, Kenya, that has the signatures of
Capt. Sheppard, the pilot from Kisumu to Broken Hill and Capt. Caspareutheus, the pilot from Germiston to Cape Town. Also covers from Sudan, Greece, Zanzibar, Cyprus and Belgium Congo. A fine group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-120
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 1933 cover from Johore, Malaya, to Cape Town that was on the First Regular Flight by Imperial Airways with a 50c, 20c & 12c cancelled Johore Bahru 30.DEC.1933. A Cape Town 13.JAN.34 arrival cancel is on the
back. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA 9th March 1933 Victor Smith, a young South African pilot left Lympne Airport in an attempt to beat the then England to Cape Town record which stood at 4 days & 7 hrs. However he ran out of fuel at Van
Rhynsdorp, 130 miles from Cape Town. He carried a few letters for friends that he had cancelled at aerodromes en-route. A seldom seen flight cover.
(Image)
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Estimate £ 100-130
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA R.A.F RECORD FLIGHT Pilots Squadron Leader R. Gayford and Flight-Lieut. C. E. Nicholetts departed Cranwell on 6th Feb 1933 in an attempt to fly non stop to Cape Town, but after flying for 57½ hours they had to
put down in Walvis Bay, S.W.A. At the time this was the longest flight on record. This cover cancelled Cranwell 6.FEB.33 has Walvis Bay 8.FEB.33 arrival cancels. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-150
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA Service from India. Three covers, one to Windhoek S.W.A, the other two to the Cape, that went via Imperial Airways from India to Cairo and then from there to Cape Town. The cover to Windhoek has a Calcutta -
Karachi 11.JLY.33 first airmail h/stamp on the back. All have transit & arrival cancels. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 SOUTHERN AFRICA Australia to South Africa. The first Imperial Airways regular service from Australia to England left Brisbane on 10th Dec 1934. Mail to South Africa was transferred at Cairo. Three covers to Cape Town, all have
Cairo 22.DEC.34 transit and 28.DEC.34 Cape Town arrival cancels. (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-70
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
