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British Acceptances to DLH South Atlantic Catapult Service 1934/39: Collection of 15 envelopes to Buenos Aires, all with good and high frankings as Seahorse 10s (3) used on 1937 (Feb. 11) envelope (Haberer 515), special cachets as 1934 (Dec. 15) Xmas service and 1935 (Feb. 2) '1 Jahr Deutscher Postflug Europa - Südamerika" with one triple rate cover franked with 7 x 1s. plus 5s, further 10s franking in deep indigo used on triple rate cover 1937 (June 2) as well as 2s 6d brown block of four used on 1938 (Nov. 3) envelope. All fine and scarce commercial usages carried via Stuttgart - Natal and Condor Service to Buenos Aires. A fine and rare assembly - Viewing recommended. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15)

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SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

Imperial Airways Eastern Route - Flying Boat Service 1938/40: Selection of seven envelopes, incl. 1938 cover from DHIBBAN on Lake Habanniya near Baghdad Iraq, 1938 envelope from "Rangoon March 3" to Aden carried on the first flight at 'all-in' airmail rate, first day usage of envelope from "Singapore March 1. 38" to Bombay, 1938 (Aug. 4) First Flying Boat service from Adelaide to England, 1938 (4.8.) Inaugural airmail cover of regular Empire Air Service from New Zealand to London as well as First Flight cover of New Zealand -AUSTRALIA Inaugural Flight 1940 (Apr. 11). In addition envelope of 'Parachute Mail to Mornington Island' cover by Flying Boat of QUANTAS Empire Service (1942). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)

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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

Imperial Airways Flying Boat Route to Africa 1937: Selection of 20 covers, incl. first flight cover (25. Jan 37) of First Experimental Flight by Flying Boat Service Southampton to Egypt by Imperial Airways G-ADUX 'CASIOPEIA' to Cairo and postcard from Alexandria back to England 1937 (22 April), eleven covers of the first G-ADVC 'COURTIER' Flying Boat service to Durban with three first flight covers of return flight Durban - England ( 6.VI.37), further four items at reduced tax of June 1937 Empire Airmail Scheme (E.A.M.S) at 1½ d per ½ oz per Flying Boat 'CENTURION' (29.6.37) as well as two acceptances for the 1937 (June 16) Inauguration Flight of Flying Boat 'CHALLENGER' from Mozambique, Portuguese Africa plus Wartime usage of December 1940 envelope from Gold Coast flown by 'West African Feeder Service' to Khartoum and transferred to Flying Boat service to South Africa. Rare Routing. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13)

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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1937 (Dec. 5): Imperial Airways Flying Boat 'CYGNUS' crashed in Brindisi, Italy - Two crash items to England including large part of front of cover franked with 'BURMA' ovptd 8a from "Rangoon 30. Nov. 37" bearing Nierinck type 'e' together with two Newspaper reports (1937 Dec. 7&9) as well as an envelope addressed to Malvern Worcestershire with adhesives floated off showing 'Damaged by Sea Water in Airplain Accident' h.s. in violet Nierinck type 'f' Nierinck = CHF 440. (Image 1) (Image 2)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

Crash Mail 1937/39: Group of six Imperial Airways crash covers, incl. 1937 (Sep.29) envelope from Jaffa franked with Palestine13m crashed with 'COURTIER' Flying Boat Oct. 1 in Athens, further four envelopes to New Zealand, one with Christmas card, of 1938 (Nov. 27) 'CALPURNIA' Flying Boat G-ADUZ crash at Lake Habbaniya in Iraq as well as salvaged cover from Malaya (stamp floated off) of 1939 (June 12) 'CENTURION' crash at Hoogly River in Calcutta Nierinck 371001e,381127a, 390612b = CHF 780. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

Crossing the Atlantic 1937/39: Fine selection of nine envelopes starting with Flying Boat 'Cavalier's first flight Bermuda - New York, followed by first Imperial Airways Transatlantic cover signed by the commander of the Flying Boat 'CARIBOU' John Kelly-Rogers of his first Tranatlantic flight crossing the Northern Atlantic 1939 (Aug 5) together with another three Inaugural Flight covers from England and one from Ireland plus one cover from the return flight from Montreal, Canada. Further a 'Captain's letter carried by Capt. Donald Bennet on his Flying Boat 'Cabot' crossing the Atlantique 24h after der departure of the 'CARIBOU' on the North Atlantic route.rnJohn Cecil Kelly-Rogers (1905-1981), the most senior of Imperial Airways pilots, was a British aviator who flew Winston Churchill to wartime meetings, well known as Churchill's pilot.rn (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1840/1940c: Lot 200 used stamps and 50 covers incl. Great Britain starting with two Penny Blacks, Penny Red and 2 d. blue in multitude with cancellation interest, Jubilee, KEVII & KGV; Commonweath with some Cape Triangulars, and Australia; covers nearly exclusively from Great Britain with Penny Black cover from October 1840, Penny Red single frankings, foreign destinations such as Switzerland, France, also registered Austria, and Germany, stationery usages as well as three items from Malta, Queensland and Victoria. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20)

SOLD for CHF480.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1840-1947: Group including a Mulready letter One Penny with instructions and tables of the 'SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION', a 'One Penny Black', a bit short on top; a 'Two Pence Blue' fine example, 'One Penny' red (Gi 8) unused part original gum (according certificate BPA Die I, Alphabet II, Plate 142, lettered O L). UPU set 1929 with 1 £ value mounted etc. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF380.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1948: 6 d. Olympic Games Issue, unadopted Essays 'hurdler' in a design similar to the issued stamps, original glass negative and two positive prints in flawless archive condition, found in the designers' estate. This essay constitutes a significant Olympic item from a major stamp issuing nation and offers a rare opportunity to add a unique item to a GB or Olympics thematic collection. In addition three unadopted essay prints of the 1948 'Royal Silver Wedding'. (Image 1)

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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1840-1944: Lot of 20 items beginning with a very fine 1d mulready letter from LEWES 7 Oct / 40 to London, a very scarce provincial usage. A 3d with large white corner letters 1872 on front from HASTINGS to Zurich (Sender Lord Stratford de Redcliff), four stationery envelopes registered and insured 1936-37 to Switzerland; picture postcard and a censored envelope from Ireland 1944. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1858-69: Archive of 56 folded letters to Lyons, mostly 4d frankings, predominantely in decent condition, most often with 4d rose from 1857, and a few letter issues. One letter with 4x 4d, 3 letters combined with 1d engraved. Good variety of cancellations. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

SOLD for CHF380.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

1889/1965: Accumulation of Revenue documents, contained within a folder, comprising over 100 examples franked with "Contract Note" fiscal stamps, including Queen Victoria 6 d. and 1 s., Edward VII 1 s. and 2 s., GV 6 d., 1 s. and 2 s. and QEII 2 s. and 6 s., good array of usages and frankings. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11)

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CLOSED
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474

Great Britain 1942, 6 d. purple, used on First Day Air Letter form, dated 7 December 1942, from Sutton Coldfield to an Army Postal Service in East Africa, addressed care of "The Chief Political Office, O.E.T.A." a term used for "Overseas Enemy Territory Administration", cancelled by Sutton Coldfield wavy lines duplex and upon arrival additionally a British Army cancel "AP02" dated 4 January 1942, which would be the army base in Nairobi, Kenya, senders name on reverse is stated as "The Aero Field", with short note typed inside indicating the form was being sent on the first day of 6d. air letter mail for the services and with "Francis J Field" handstamp signature in red, minor soiling, a splendid item, attractive with typed address/sender fields and from a famous philatelist.rnNote: The routing for this cover is challenging due to the stated wish of the mail to go "all air", the solution was to depart on Imperial Airways flying boat 3W146 using "Champion" from Hythe and Poole, calling at Foynes, Lisbon, Bathurst, Freetown and Lagos where it arrived 23 December, this particular service continued its journey south on an unscheduled basis to Durban which was reached by the end of December, this allowed for a connection to the northbound "Horseshoe Route" where Imperial Airways flight IE257 left Durban on 2 January and arrived in Port Bell, Kisumu, Kenya on 3 December, the cover then being delivered and received at the army base in Nairobi 4 January 1942.rnRemark: Francis J. Field (1895 - 1992) was a famous aero-philately expert and stamp dealer who produced books and reference material which are still in use today. He was entered onto the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1968. (Image 1) (Image 2)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

475

1931, Imperial Airways First Air Mail service London to East Africa, three examples of the illustrated yellow and blue 'rising sun' official envelope, one to Khartoum (Sudan), one to Nairobi (Kenya) and one to Mwanza (Tanganyika), each with typed commemorative letter confirming the inaugural service, some minor soiling and tone spots, otherwise a fine and scarce selection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

476

1931, Glen Kidston London to Cape Town Flight - Lockhead Vega G-ABGK, specially printed large format envelope (214 x 137mm), numbered "14" of 20, dated 30 March 1931, franked initially with GB, 1½ d., tied by Amesbury datestamp, on arrival in Kisumu KUT 5 c. and 10 c. applied, tied by datestamp 3 April 1931, in South Africa 2 d., tied by Capetown 7 May 1931, signed by co-pilot Owen Cathcart Jones, addressed to Commander Mackintosh in London and with "Station Headquarters/R.A.F. Heliopolis" oval datestamp 1 April 1931 of Cairo on reverse, small tear at right, otherwise clean and fine, scarce, one of twenty two listed items carried on the Lockheed Vega G-ABGK. Comes mounted on an exhibition page with illustrations of pilot and plane and additionally a news article featuring the record breaking flight.rnRemark: The flight took off from Netheravon Airport, Wiltshire, undertaking a record breaking journey to promote the conveyance of mail by high-speed aircraft separate from the passenger service. Apart from a forced landing at Lichtenburg the 7'505 mile flight was a success. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,700.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

477

1927/1937: Assortment of Pioneering Aviation materials, comprising five items, including; Vintage Meirisse photograph of "Singapore" Short s19 flying boat Mk1 G-EBUP with Alan Cobham and wife onboard; 1928 letter signed by Alan Cobham to Admiral Napier Tomkin thanking him for his help and underlining the success of the round Africa flight; 1929 signed Lady Mary Bailey menus from RAS, RAC, ALBE and SBAC hosted luncheon; 1931 experimental flight cover Lagos to Cameroons, faults although one of seven known and ex Colley collection and 1937 Mauritius to London flight cover dated 20 January, the cover flown to France via Reunion Island and completed the journey to London by surface mail, a fine and interesting group (5). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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SOLD for CHF320.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

478

1931/1936, Imperial Airways, study of southbound flights, comprising nine covers presented upon exhibition pages and neatly written-up, mail originating mainly from Britain (London, Cambridge and Edinburgh), one from Malta (Valetta), destinations include South Africa, Zanzibar, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, all but one are British frankings, with a range of rates and combinations of values, routes incorporate surface mail, all commercial mailings, a most interesting selection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

524

Imperial Airways Collision of 'Horsa' Handley Page HP43 Hannibal Class with "Helena" at Khartoum, 18 December 1933; Air mail cover sent from Sidup (England) to Nairobi (Kenya), dated 12 December 1933, franked with KGV block of four 1½ d. and 1 d., transported south in "Helena" arriving in Khartoum when it collided with "Horsa" which was travelling northbound, arrival to reverse dated 21 December 1933, no special markings are attributed to this incident, however it is explained in Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways on page 71, very unusual, rare, only three covers known. Nierinck 331218 (Horsa). (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF440.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

526

Imperial Airways crash of 'Scipio' G-ABFB at Mirabella Bay, Crete, 22 August 1936: A "Films Paramount" printed envelope with the famous Paramount Films logo from the 1930s, sent from Cairo, Egypt, to Paramount Films in Paris, dated 21 August 1936, the adhesives washed off, the recovered mail was taken to Athens on HMS Duban, then to Paris by rail, the cachet in red "Accident d'Avion", which was applied to mail addressed to France and processed in France, envelope with post office resealing tape, arrival on reverse 1 September 1936, a unusal example, scarce Paramount Films out of Egypt. Nierinck 360822I. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF100.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM