South Africa continued...
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 Red Cross 'Our Day', the Cape Peninsular 3d. Charity Label 1918 (Oct. 7): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" with personal note on reverse, dated Oct. 4th, used from Johannesburg to Cape Town franked with
Union ½ d. green toghether with the 3d. Red Cross 'Our Day' Charity label, both tied by dated "Aerial Post" postmark (Oct. 7). A fine and scarce usage (Image
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 1918 (Oct.7): 'Our Day' 3 d. Red Cross Charity label used on Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" franked with Union ½ d. green tied by special dated "Aerial Post" postmark to George (Western Cape Province) (Image 1)
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| 554 |
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 1918 (Oct.7): Cape Town Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" - Two cards of Wynbeg to Green Point flight, with one locally used from Cape Town franked with Cape ½ d., other franked with Cape 1 d. to London. Fine (Image 1)
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 First Flight Wynberg to Green Point Common 1918 (7. Oct.): An uncut Red Cross Aerial Post Card (177x160 mm) franked with 1913 ½ d. green, cancelled by "AERIAL POST South Africa -7.Oct. 18" posted by P.M.G to the Postmaster of
Wynberg. Fine and scarce, one of only two such cards known. See Robson Lowe South African Airmails April 29, 1977 (Image 1)
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| 556 |
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 Transvaal Flights 1918 (Nov.): The unused Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly", fine 2nd issue example (139 x 89 mm) printed in red and light blue (Image 1)
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 1918 (Nov. 2): 'Our Day' 3 d. Red Cross Charity label used on Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly", franked with Union ½ d. green tied by special dated "Aerial Post" postmark to Villiersdorp (Western Cape Province) (Image 1)
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| 558 |
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 Transvaal First Flight 1918 (20.Nov.): Second Printing Aerial Postcard "Make Your Sixpence Fly" franked with Union 1 d. red to Pretoria, signed by A.H. Gearing, with special note on reverse: 'To commemorate the first Aerial
Post in the Transvaal November 1918'. Fine Lieutenant A H Gearing of the newly formed Royal Air Force arrived in South Africa on recuperative leave in mid 1918. He being the only RAF pilot fit to fly in South Africa was requested to fly one of the
biplanes over Cape Town to advertise a fund raising for the Red Cross (Image 1)
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 1918 (Nov. 20): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" used from Johannesburg to Isle of Wight UK, franked with South Africa 1 d. red, tied by special dated postmark "Aerial Post", with a 1 d. 'Governor General's
Fund' label alongside and personal note to reverse. Little dust, but a fine and a rare usage of the 'Governor General's Fund' label on the Red Cross Aerial card (Image 1)
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| 560 |
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 1918 (Nov. 22): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" from Johannesburg to Copenhagen, Denmark, franked with South Africa 1 d. red, tied by special dated postmark "Aerial Post 24. Nov. A18" and British censorhip
to Copenhagen. A rare destination (Image 1)
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 1918 (24. Nov.): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" of second printing, showing on reverse hand-painted comic "Your Postcard Miss!" in black ink, franked with ½ d. green tied by clear strike of special dated
postmark "Aerial Post -24. Nov.A18" addressed to Johannesburg. Card with blue 'wings'- imprint little shifted to top of Red Cross. A fine and unusual usage (Image 1)
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| 562 |
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 1918 (Nov. 24): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" written Oct. 21st and used on Nov. 24 flight from Johannesburg to Victoria, British Columbia, franked with a horiz. pair of South Africa ½ d. green tied by
clear strike of special dated AERIAL POST cachet. Rare destination (Image 1)
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 1918 (27. Nov.) 4th Transvaal Flight: Second Printing Aerial Postcard "Make Your Sixpence Fly" franked with Union 1 d. red posted in ordinary letterbox and tied by "Johannesburg 30 25. Nov. 18. 8.30P.M.' to Gordon's Bay C.P.
with adjacent clear strike of "Aerial Post 27.Nov.A 18" flight cachet alongside. Little browned at left hand side, but an unusual and scarce letter box dispatch (Image 1)
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| 564 |
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 4th Transvaal Flight to Pretoria 1918 (Nov. 27): Red Cross Aerial Postcard written by Rev. Vautier of the Swiss Mission in Pretoria, addressed to his family in Lausanne, Switzerland, franked with 1d. tied by "AERIAL POST SOUTH
AFRICA 27.NOV.18". On reverse large message written in French: "Pretoria, Nov. 22nd, Tuesday I should go to J'burg the journey will continue by train then ship. Let's hope it is not delayed too much (They are not sur when the pilot will pick these
up)" with an additional note, dated Wednesday Nov. 27th (wrong Date, sic!, as Wednesday was the 26th Nov.!!), writing: "The pilot will not be calling today to collect the mail - hence the hold-up for this card. if I'd know beforehand I would not have
let a fortnight pass without sending something. All is fine here." The card was carried then Thursday Nov. 27th, on the flight from Johannesburg to Pretoria and forwarded via England to Switzerland. A very scarce foreign destination. Text
Transcription in English included. Ex Robson Lowe, Geneva 1977 (Image 1)
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 1918 (Dec. 1): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" to Kew, Victoria Australia, with South Africa 1 d. red, tied by special dated postmark "Aerial Post -1.Dec.B18" to Kew, Victoria Australia. The printed Red
Cross on card obviously in a softer red colour, wings emblem in Red Cross in dark blue and shifted to right. An interesting variety on card used to Australia (Image 1)
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 1918 (Dez. 23): Red Cross Aerial Post Card "Make Your Sixpence Fly" franked with Union ½ d. green cancelled "Cape Town Dec. 21" dispatched to Dec. 23 flight Cape Town to Green Point, with clear strike of special dated Aerial
Flight cachet at lower right corner card and "RONDEBUSCH 24. DEC. 18" arrival cds. at lower left (Image 1)
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 Red Cross "Our Day" Charity Labels 1918: Lot with an unused Red Cross 'Our Day' vignette (pin hole) together with a fine unused example of the 3d. Cape Peninsula charity label with on unused example and four
usages on numbered Souvenir envelopes, further a first issue "Make Your Sixpence Fly" card used from Cape Town to Johannesburg (Oct. 23) as well as second issue card postmarked "Aerial Post -16. Dec.B18" to London. A fine assembly (Image 1)
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 South Africa Red Cross Aerial Post Cards to UK 1918 (Oct. 7- Nov. 27): The group of seven "Make Your Sixpence Fly" cards of first (2) and second printing (5), incl.card to Bath (Oct. 7), two cards to Bournemouth
(Nov. 22 and 27), type 2 card to Heybridge (Nov. 24) printed in dark blue as well as three cards to London. All fine (Image 1)
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 South Africa Red Cross Aerial Post Cards 1918 (Oct. 26 - Dec. 18): The group of eight "Make Your Sixpence Fly" cards of first issue and second issue, incl. Oct. 26 card to Sea Point, 30. Dec. to Park View, type 2
cards with Nov. 24 card to Pretoria, Nov. 22 cards with one to Observatory Cape Townand other with dark blue overprint to Johannesburg, further Nov. 27 card,also with dark blue imprint to Doornfontein as well as 1. Dec. Aerial card to Fort Beaufort
(KwaMaqoma, Eastern Cape). A fine assembly of diff. flights (Image 1)
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 1918 (Nov. 19): 'An Aerial Message: Dropped by Military Aeroplane in the Transvaal - From the Red Cross to the Public of the Transvaal', the scarce leaflet (21,6 x 17,4 cm) formerly vertially and horizontally folded used as a
promotion of the Red Cross military display opening at the Wanderers Ground 20th November. Lieutenant Gearing made a special flight over Johannesburg using a then the new method of distributing propaganda dropping printed leaflets headed “AN AERIAL
MESSAGE". The leaflet encourages the public to buy and post the Red Cross Aerial Post Cards. Today, these are accepted as major aerophilatelic rarities (Image
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