THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE continued...
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| 131 |
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 CHINA 1919 10c blue on printed 'Grand Hotel Des Wagons-Lits ltd Peking' cover to USA tied 'Peking 20 DEC 19' cancel, the cover bearing the scarce 'Aeroplane Mail Service' cachet in black. The same cachet is found on the second
cover, a Shanghai 1c stationery card uprated with China 1c orange, dated (in manuscript) 'Jun 1 1920'. A scarce pair of early Chinese flight covers.
(Image)
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Estimate £ 350-450
Starting Bid £ 350
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 132 |
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 CHINA 1920 (May 7) Tientsin to Peking Handley-Page return flight 3c letter sheet (uprated with 10c), tied 'Aeroplane Service Tientsin C.P.O' cancels (clock types) in violet, endorsed with bilingual 'Chinese Post Office
Despatched by Aeroplane Tientsin to Peking' and 'Delivered by Aeroplane' cachets in violet. On reverse 'Government Police Headquarters Tientsin' cachet in violet & green 'Express Delivery' label. The typed message within begins: 'Dear Burr, in about
five minutes this note and my papers will be on their way to Peking by the big Handley Page Plane'. The cover has a vertical fold and some minor peripheral faults and soiling but a most attractive example of this great rarity. 35 covers only were
flown. (Image)
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Estimate £ 2,000-3,000
Starting Bid £ 2,000
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 133 |
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 CHINA 1921 (Aug 14) Peking to Peitaiho Beach flight cover with a second from the second series of flights in 1922 (Aug 18), registered, a third cover from the scarce third series of flights in 1923 (Aug 31) with 'By Aeroplane'
and 'To be despatched by Aerial Service' (bilingual) cachets. A fine & scarce trio of flight covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 134 |
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 CHINA 1921 (July 1) group of three Tsinan to Peking first flight covers, two bearing the 15c Air and 1½c (one a printed Theodore Siddall envelope), the third with an attractive mixed franking, each with the appropriate
Shanghai chop, arrival and departure strikes. In addition, a pair of covers carried on the return flight from Peking. A fine & scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 300-350
Starting Bid £ 300
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 135 |
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 CHINA 1921 Air set (5 vals) affixed to postal record sheet, each value tied by special Shanghai airmail chop, the sheet with 'Shanghai 1 JUL 21' c.d.s, the first day of issue. Also the 1929 set on postal record sheet, each
value with special Shanghai airport chop in red. A fine & scarce pair of sheets. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 136 |
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 CHINA 1923 (May 23) Peking to Tientsin third experimental route flight 'Via Aerial Service' reg cover, bearing the 1921 Air set with three additional vals tied 'Peking 23 May 23' cancels, 'Aeroplane Service Tientsin 23 5 23'
arrival strike (the clock type) on reverse. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 137 |
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 CHINA 1923 (May 28) Peking to Tientsin colour illustrated postcard with 45c Air and bilingual 'Chinese Post Office Despatched by Aeroplane Tientsin to Peking' cachet, also 1923 (May 30) flight cover, with '30 May Aeroplane
Service Tientsin', arrival (clock type) cachet on reverse. A fine & scarce pair. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 138 |
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 CHINA UK to China pair of flight covers on page with 1924 (Aug 24) bearing 4d plus Wembley 1½d from Hornsey, by air to Berlin, then from Moscow to Shanghai via Siberia, on the Trans Siberian Railway, with b/stamps for Berlin,
Moscow and Shanghai. The second cover, 1932 (Oct 19) London to Canton with 4d (2), flown on the first acceptance of the Marseilles to Saigon airmail service, with b/stamps for Marseilles and Canton (a trifle soiled). Scarce pair. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 139 |
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 CHINA 1925 (Sep 12) Shanghai to Tokyo via Korea cover bearing Shanghai 3c on 4c tied 'Shanghai' c.d.s, carried on the De Pinedo pioneer flight, with 'First Airmail China-Japan' boxed cachet in violet. The mail was lost in
Kagoshima and not recovered until March 1926; this is one of just 52 of those. There is no b/stamp and the cachet is a trifle faint but the cover is very fine, clean and is an important rarity. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 140 |
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 CHINA 1927-37 group of Trans-Pacific flight covers (4) incl. 1927 (Jun 9) Shanghai to San Francisco by sea, then flown to New York with flight cachet, 1935 Chungking to Shanghai by air with flight cachet, then by sea to
Toronto, 1937 Shanghai to Ohio, via Hong Kong (Apr 29), commem cover with numerous cachets. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 141 |
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 CHINA 1928 (Jul 22) Mears and Collier first round the world flight via China, printed commem 1c card (with additional adhesive removed) with 'New York Jun 22' c.d.s, 1c orange 'junk' pair added on reverse, tied 'Moukden'
(Manchuria) cancel, with 'New York Jun 28' arrival c.d.s, two similar cards on a page, perfect for display purposes, showing both front & back. Scarce items.
(Image)
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Estimate £ 120-150
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 142 |
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 CHINA 1928-35 group of special flight covers (5) written up on leaves with 1928 (Dec 18) Shanghai to Canton Government Goodwill Tour commem (unfranked) cover (a little creasing), 1929 (July 15) Canton to Shanghai experimental
flight by Rignot and Arrachart with commem cachet in red, 1932 (Sep 23) Von Gronau Shanghai to Manila with flight cachet in violet, 1934 (Sep 15) Peiping to Osaka and 1935 (Mar 20) Tokyo to Nanking (a few tone spots). A scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 143 |
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 CHINA 1929 (Aug 15) 2m Zeppelin stamp on card carried on the Friedrichshafen to Tientsin via Tokyo Round the World' flight with 'Tientsin 24 8 29' arrival strike, also South America flight (May 24 1930) cover from Rio de
Janeiro to Friedrichshafen (June 6), then by Trans-Siberian railway to Tientsin (June 12). (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 144 |
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 CHINA 1929 (Nov) General Liu illustrated cover carried on a demonstration flight from Canton to Hankow in his 'Golden Horse' plane, with special flight cachet, sent on to Shanghai by regular plane. Reduced at upper right and a
trifle soiled. Scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 145 |
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 CHINA 1929-30 group of Hu-Jung Aviation Administration flight covers (6) written up on leaves incl. 1929 (July 8) Shanghai to Nanking bearing 1929 Air set sent on first day of issue, 1929 (July 8) Nanking to Shanghai, 1930
(July) Shanghai to Nanking reg cover with special Nanking chop on reverse. The adhesives on each cover are tied by the 'propeller' commem cancel. Some toning but an attractive & scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 146 |
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 CHINA 1929-33 group of flight covers (9) incl. 1929 (Oct 26) Hankow to Shanghai cover, 1931 Nanking to Peiping trial flight, 1933 CNAC Shasi to Shanghai, 1929 (Nov 26) Canton to Yunnan Fu cancelled General Liu cover. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 147 |
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 CHINA 1931 (Jan 7) Tihwa to Peking first return trial flight registered cover with 'Tihwa' departure c.d.s, stamps affixed upon arrival (2c, 3c & 4c) and tied 'Peking' c.d.s. One of very few recorded examples from this
experimental return flight. (Image)
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Estimate £ 300-400
Starting Bid £ 300
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 148 |
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 CHINA 1931 group of first flights (10) variously franked and with the appropriate departure & arrival cancels, incl. Wuhan to Shanghai, Hankow to Nanking, Peiping to Nanking and to Shanghai, Nanking to Wuhu etc. Also Lanchow
to Tihwa, a trial flight which crashed, the mail sent on by courier. A fine lot. (Image)
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Estimate £ 350-400
Starting Bid £ 350
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 149 |
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 CHINA 1931-36 group of flight covers (7) to the UK incl. 1931 Shanghai to Scotland (large cover) bearing the Air set of five plus 20c (2), by air to Hankow, by rail via Irkutsk to Moscow, then flown to UK with 'Carlisle'
transit c.d.s en-route to Scotland, 1933 Canton to Kent with 'Saigon - Marseilles' boxed cachet, Shanghai to London with 'By Netherlands Air Mail' cachet, 1936 Foochow to London via Hong Kong with 'First Through Flight Hong Kong Penang London Via
Imperial Airways 27th March 1936' cachet in violet etc. Also included, a 1927 stampless 'Naval Air Establishment' cover from Mamoi (Foochow) to London (via surface routes). Some light soiling in places, an interesting & scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
| 150 |
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 CHINA collection of flight covers (27) with a few first flights incl. 1931 Hankow to Shanghai, 1935 Chungking to Yunnan and return, 1938 Manchuria to Mongolia etc, 1935 cover from Chengtu to Scotland via Siberia, 1937 China
Clipper to USA etc. An interesting range here with a variety of frankings, cachets, routes & rates, careful viewing recommended. (Image)
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Estimate £ 250-300
Starting Bid £ 250
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
