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Sansibar

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5202

1895/96: India ¼ + ¼ a. brown postal stationery card used to Bavaria, up-rated with ½ a. blue-green in a horizontal pair, tied by "ZANZIBAR" cds (June 10) in black. Octagonal "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE / L.V. No. 3" datestamp (June 11) at left. Nymphenburg arrival cds (June 29) on reverse. (Image 1) (Image 2)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

5203

1895/96: Overprinted 2 a. 6 p. on 1 a. 6 p. orange postal stationery envelope, sent registered to Bavaria up-rated with ½ a. blue-green - 3 a. brown-orange (six stamps) all neatly tied by "ZANZIBAR" thimble datestamps (June 8) in black. "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE / L.V. No. 3" octagonal datestamp (June 11) below.Reverse with Munich cds (June 28). Two stamps with small raised second "Z" etc., a most attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

5204

1856/64: India 8 a. dull rose, Die 1 and 1860 8 p. purple on white paper, used on 1869 cover endorsed "Mrs. Kirk (H. Cooke), May 1869, Zanzibar" at right, carried by hand to Bombay where mailed to Shropshire, England (endorsed via Marseilles) tied by "Bombay" duplexes (June 17) in black. Rverese with Shrewsbury arrival cds (July 17). Rare and most unusual - one of just three covers recorded from Mrs. Kirk mailed between 1867 and 1869. Fine and very scarce.rnNote: Mrs. Kirk was married to the British Consul in Zanzibar, John Kirk.rnProvenance: Collection Terry Sturton, Harmers, London 20 Dec 2005; Collection DuBro, DF, Geneva, Dec 2014, lot 30014. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF4,000.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

5205

1879 (May 18): India ½ a. blue postal stationery envelope, trimmed at left, used to Mandvi cancelled by the experimental barred diamond obliterator (Proud type K2, in use 1st June 1878 to July 1879), with Zanzibar cds below (May 18) and arrival (June 10) on reverse. Rare, an estimated 30 covers with this cancellation are believed to be recorded.rnProvenance: Collection Dubro, DF, Geneva, Dec 2014, lot 30025. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF1,400.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

Sierra Leone

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5184

1859: 6 d. dull purple, comb perf. 14, used on 1864 cover to Leicester tied by "B31" obliterator in black. Reverse with "PAID SIERRA LEONE" datestamp of despatch (Nov 18) in red; obverse with fine "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET" in red (Dec 11). Manuscript "5d." credit in red and Leicester cds (Dec 13) in black. Despite some soiling, a scarce and attractive usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

5185

1872: 6 d. reddish violet, line perf. 12, a used example from the base of the pane with "PRICE" imprint but some distressed perfs.,used on 1872 cover to Wolverhampton cancelled by "B31" obliterator in black. Reverse with "PAID SIERRA LEONE" datestamp of despatch (July 17) in red; obverse with fine "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET" in red (Aug 5). Manuscript "5d." credit at right in red and Wolverhampton cds (Aug 6) in black. Despite imperfections, an attractive usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

South Africa

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498

South Africa 1911: First South African Aerial Post, illustrated Souvenir Post Card, sent from Kenilworth to Mombasa via Muizenberg, flown 27th December 1911, franked to reverse with Cape of Good Hope 1 d. green tied by 'Kenilworth First Flight' datestamp, with Mombasa arrival alongside dated 15 January 1912, to front with 'Kenilworth / Camp' datestamp 23rd December 1911 and 'Muizenberg / Aerial Post' dated 27th December 1911; card flown from Kenilworth to Muizenber then carried surface mail to Mombasa; has heavy vertical filing crease to right side and some minor imperfections, otherwise fine and scarce example. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF360.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

499

1918: Red Cross "RAF" Aerial Post Card, "Make Your Sixpence Fly", Johannesburg, South Africa to Ontario, Canada, dated 1st December 1918, franked with a South Africa 1 d. red, tied by special dated postmark "Aerial Post", with a 1 d. Governor General's Fund Label alongside, personal note to reverse, small tear top right, otherwise fine and a rare combination of label on Red Cross Aerial card; thought to be unique to Ontario. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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

500

1919: Pigeon Post World War I Peace Treaty Celebrations record card and pigeongram message slip, sent locally in Cape Town, dated 2nd August 1919, number '26', including the original small metal clips either side of message (x4) which held the very light weight paper message in place on the pigeon, some creasing and stains/soiling as is usual, very fine otherwise and extremely rare with the metal clips; one of four surviving examples.rnRemarks: The 2nd August 1919 celebrations in Cape Town were a public holiday in South Africa in recognition of the signing of the Peace Treaty at the end of World War I. These celebrations included the release of carrier pigeons with messages of goodwill. The "Pigeon Post" was in aid of the Governor General's Fund and senders of the "Pigeongrams" were required to post their messages for a payment of 2 s. 6 d. Approximately 410 were carried, although very few have survived. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF1,300.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

501

1925: Experimental Air Mail Service, group of three covers and one large parcel post piece, all franked with a combination of South Africa Air Post stamps and postage adhesives, includes House of Assembly, Cape Town cover to Cedarville, via Durban, dated 13th March 1925, central vertical filing crease, also two covers from Kokstad to House of Assembly, Cape Town, one sent registered, both with "S.A. AIR MAIL / S.A. LUGPOS" datestamps and a 1925 Parcel Post printed label affixed to large parcel piece sent from Durban to East London, with small size "S.A. AIR MAIL / S.A. LUGPOS" postmark, sent at a rate of 1 s. 6 d., a scarce selection, some faults although in the main a fine group (4). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

502

1925, Pioneering Aviation, Alan Cobham and Arthur Elliott, Imperial Airways survey, first ever flight from London to South Africa. A large envelope sent from London to Pietermaritzburg, via Bloemfontein, dated 16 November 1925, endorsed “By Air Mail. London to South Africa Nov. 16th 1925, per Alan Cobham and A.B Elliott”, signed by Pilot Alan Cobham and Engineer Arthur Elliott, senders cachet of 'Sowden Stoddart Ltd in London' in violet lower left, addressed to their office in Pietermaritzburg, the cover being posted upon arrival at Bloemfontein where it received the 1913/1924, Union of South Africa, 1 d. scarlet, franking, tied by Bloemfontein datestamp 17 February 1926, cover bearing the hotel cachets where Cobham and Elliot stayed during the stages of their flight, these being signed by either Elliott or Government representatives, the stops included; Athens, Cairo, Assouan, Khartoum, Malakal, Kisumu, Bulawayo, and Bloemfontein, the reverse endorsed “Carried by air from London by A.B Elliott, 1 Strathaven House, Brent Street Hendon, London, England” and “Post forward at Bloemfontein”, slight staining and faults to be expected, otherwise fine; a unique and historical cover flown from London to South Africa with cachets/signatures from eight stops en route. Additionally comes with four exhibition pages with postcards of the various hotel stopovers and a photograph of the De Havilland DH 50 fitted with the Jaguar 385 hp engine, an excellent group (x7).rnRemark: Alan Cobham was the first person to fly from England to South Africa and back, which he achieved in his De Havilland D.H. 50J biplane, with his flight Engineer Arthur Elliott.The flight took off from Stag Lane Aerodrome in Edgware, London, on 16 November 1925. The outward journey spanned 94 days and over 8,125 miles by the time he and Elliott reached Cape Town, South Africa on 17 February 1926. On 26 February 1926, they began the return flight to London reaching Stag Lane Aerodrome 16 days later on 13 March 1926. Upon landing King George V invited them to Buckingham Palace, where Cobham received the Air Force Cross for his pioneering flight. Cobham went on to pioneer within aviation and died in 1973. Elliott sadly died a year after this flight. He was shot as they left Baghdad on 5 July 1926 during a flight to Australia. Stag Lane Aerodrome was a private aerodrome between 1915 and 1933 in Edgware, north London. It became the main base of The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited in 1920. Former wartime aircraft were refurbished in the early years, and the company designed and built large numbers of aircraft at Stag Lane in the 1920s and early 1930s. Stag Lane Aerodrome was sold for housing development in 1933. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF2,600.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

503

1926, Imperial Airways survey, first flight London to Cape Town, souvenir postcard, franked with South Africa, 2 d., sent from Cape Town to London, dated 19 February 1926, typed address to the Editor of the Flight magazine, signed by pilot Alan Cobham, with red perforated flight vignette to front tied by the violet oval flight cachet "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON - / CAPE TOWN", fine condition, scarce, especially with typed address. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF500.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

504

1926/27: Pioneering Aviation, Marc Bernard and René Guilbaud flight cover, sent from Mwanza to London carried upon the return leg, dated 12th October 1926 and 3rd February 1927 (delay due to engine failure), flown from Mwanza to St. Raphael, franked with a Tanganyika 15 c. tied and signed by pilot in manuscript "By French Sea Plane / Lt Cmdr Guilbaud'' and a France 1 f. 50 c. tied by an arrival datestamp of St. Raphael 8 March 1927, to reverse a mansuscript note "arrived 10th March", fine and rare; a unique item, the only cover carried from Tanganyika back to France and to London.rnRemarks: The French Pilots Marc Bernard and René Guilband departed from Berre, France on 12th October 1926, Bernard reached Majunja, a northern port city in Madagascar on 21nd November 1926, returning via Lake Victoria and the Nile Valley. Guilbaud was delayed at Lokoja, Nigeria for two months awaiting a replacement engine. He then also returned via Lake Victoria and the Nile Valley flying from Albertville to Mwanza between 1st and 3rd February 2927. The aircraft was a Hydravion CAMS 37 GR.rnProvenance: Ex. William Colley Collection. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

505

1934, Royal Tour First Flight, signed by Pilots: Durban, South Africa to Limbe, Nyasaland, dated 7 March 1934, franked 5 d. tied by the special event billingual oval cancel datestamp applied by the Post Office attached to the Royal tour train, with the cachet "S.RHODESIA / NYASALAND" in black and "FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL" in violet, signed by pilots on each stage of the flight; G.W. Bellin (Durban to Johannesburg), Captain E.H. Attwood (Imperial Airways Johhannesburg to Salisbury) and the last leg Captain M.H. Philips (Salisbury to Blantyre), a fine example of this scarce cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF220.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

506

1934: Victor Smith, South Africa to England record attempt, flight cover from Windhoek, South Africa, to Leicester, England, dated 27th July 1934, franked with South Africa 10 d. tied by 'WINDHOEK / AIR MAIL" datedstamp in black, endorsed “West Coast Flight Victor Smith” and signed by 'VC Smith' alongside, additional franking of a Great Britain G.B ½ d. green, tied by 'IBSTOCK / LEICESTER" arrival dated 22nd August 1934, fine and rare example; one of eight signed covers.rnRemark: Victor Smith attempted the Cape Town to UK flight via West Africa. This was abandoned when his flight in Mauritania had to make a forced landing near Port Etienne, from where the letters were flown by “Aeropostale” to Dakar and then carried by sea. Just 12 letters carried from Windhoek (entrusted as official mail by the South West Africa Post Office), eight being signed by Victor Smith. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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

507

1936: Pioneering Aviation, Amy Mollison (nee Johnson) pilot signed record breaking flight cover, London to Cape Town, flown from Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia), franked with South Africa ½ d. green and 1 d. red, tied by Windhoek datestamp 6th May 1936, with pilot signature alongside, also "Cape Town / Kaapstaad 22" (Wingfield Aerodrome) arrival dated 7th May 1936 with the same cancel to reverse, a very fine and rare example; one of three covers flown on this leg of the record breaking flight.rnRemarks: Amy Johnson (1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. She set numerous long-distance flight records during the 1930s. She married pilot Jim Mollison a Scottish pioneer aviator. She flew during WWII as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and disappeared during a ferry flight. The exact cause of her death is not known although has been the topic of much discussion over many years. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF1,400.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

522

Crash Mail 1920: Handley Page Pioneering Flight "Crash" mail, advertising envelope with enclosed letter, sent from Muizenberg to Johannesburg, dated 13th February 1920, flight left Cape Town 15th February 1920 and crashed near Beaufort West, franked with Union of South Africa vertical pair 1 s. covering the air fee of 2s and 1 d. postage, tied by datestamp 13 February, with flight cachet in red "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE" alongside and endorsed "Per Aerial Post", the enclosed note on Marine Hotel headed paper dated 14th February 1920, "First Aerial Post in South Africa - leave C.T. February 15th 1920 Postage 1d plus 2/", a fine and rare example, one of twenty thought to have survived Nierinck 200217. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

530

1945, Crash of Military Aircraft: Registered envelope sent from Army Post Office "37" Turin, Italy to Durban, dated 6th July 1945, franked with pair of 3 d. blue South African postage, envelope and contents are charred from crash fire, the location and nature of which are unknow as aircraft brought down by enemy action were not publicised and military regulations did not permit access to exisiting records, the enclosed letter is from Signaller Oliver to his son and contains four £1 notes (South African Reserve Bank) which remain intact in the envelope, comes with the ambulance envelope OHMS used to deliver the registered letter, again marked by an Army Post Office dated 25 July 1945, the covers, letter and bank notes are written-up on two album pages, scarce assembly. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for CHF260.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

2539

1910: De La Rue Die Proof for the Parliament 2½ d. in black, the completed design engraved on thin white card paper (65 x 68 mm.), fresh and very fine. A rare and most attractive Proof.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 11 May 1994, ex lot 1298. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF2,600.00
Closing..Jun-03, 11:59 PM

2540

1910 (Nov 4): Parliament 2½ d. deep blue, an unused example, handstamped with small italic "Specimen" diagonally in black (Samuel type SA1), large part og. Rare and fine. Cert. RPS (1974) Gi = £ 650. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

SOLD for CHF400.00
Closing..Jun-03, 11:59 PM