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Quick Navigation by Category  Great Britain Stamps & Postal History - June 2026 (572)   |  Worldwide Stamps & Postal History - June 2026 (1237)   | 
 

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Worldwide Stamps & Postal History - June 2026 continued...

THE JOHN ROE COLLECTION OF WORLDWIDE AIRMAILS continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
281   imageGB - 1909-33 INTERNAL FIRST/EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT AIRMAILS: Group of covers (8) & PPCs (2), plus a souvenir booklet & a photograph. Mostly 1924 (2) or 1928 (4) envs. to/from Belfast/Liverpool, inc. some carried by flying boat; "EXPERIMENTAL AIRMAIL/BELFAST - LIVERPOOL/SEPTEMBER 24-29 1928" marks (2); etc. Also inc. Oct. 1909 "FLYING AT BLACKPOOL" unused PPC; and 3 Sept. 1916 "THE GREAT AIR RAID ON ENGLAND" souvenir photograph booklet of the downing & wreckage of a zeppelin. (12 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, BELFAST, ZEPPELINS, AIRMAILS (Image)

Starting at £ 65

Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.10
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
282   imageGB - 1934 INTERNAL FIRST/EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHTS AIRMAILS: Inc. first flight examples of the London-Liverpool; Glasgow-London; Belfast-Stapleford, Essex; Belfast-Renfrew; Belfast-Liverpool; Inverness-Wick; Inverness-Kirkwall; etc. Also inc. 8-11 May Hendon-Windsor "APEX 1934" PCs/covers (5) group with one flown by "AUTOGIRO"; etc. (30 covers) Cross Reference: FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS, FIRST DAY COVERS, AIR MAIL COVERS, AIRMAILS (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
283   imageGB - 1935-67 INTERNAL FIRST/EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHTS & FDC AIRMAILS: Overwhelming majority 1930s first flights with a diverse variety of routings & hs's, a few also signed by the pilots. Inc. 13 May 1937 1½d Coronation issue FDC & 10 May 1937 ½d+1d+2½d issues FDC, both ex Liverpool to Isle of Man with circular red "WEST COAST/ISLE OF MAN/AIR SERVICE LTD" marks; 7 May 1935 ½d+1d Jubilee issues FDC; etc. (35) Cross Reference: FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS, AUTOGRAPHS, AIRMAILS (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
284   imageGB TO EUROPE - 1920-40 GROUP: Majority KGV plus KEVIII (1) & KGVI covers (20) + PPC to destinations inc. Sweden (4), Germany (5), France (3), Netherlands (2), Belgium (2), Switzerland, Portugal & Greece. Inc. 1924 1½d P.Stat. env. to London ex "ARMY POST OFFICE/S40[?]" in Germany; various first flights/first night flights (6) inc. 31 May 1940 env. endorsed "First Bristol War Time Service to Lisbon"; etc. Also inc. 1963 Liverpool-Amsterdam Air Service timetable. (22 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY, SWEDEN, GERMANY (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
285   imageGB TO USA/CANADA - 1819-67 TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS: Collection of mostly KGVI plus KEVIII, KGV & QEII first flight printed/imprinted covers to USA (12) or Canada (7), plus 1934 env. to Canary Island ex Norwich endorsed "First Direct Despatch" & 1952 env. to Port Stanley ex London printed with "FIRST AIR MAIL to the FALKLAND ISLANDS/Special Survey Flight". Inc. 25 Nov. 1926 env. imprinted "First Air Mail to arrive in New York from the East" carried by the S.S. Homeric and signed by the pilot. Plus other related items. (27 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FALKLAND ISLANDS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
286   imageGB TO EAST & WEST AFRICA INC. KUT, BELGIAN CONGO, RHODESIA/NYASALAND, ETC.: 1926-48 (majority 1930s) group to Uganda (3, inc. two 1927 covers carried on 'the Pelican' experimental flight); Kenya (2); Belgian Congo (3); Gold Coast; Nigeria (1936 London-Kano first flight); Northern Rhodesia (2); Nyasaland (1937 env. endorsed "unclaimed" with "undelivered" hs); and French Colonies inc. Senegal & Madagascar (1934 test letter later returned to Imperial Airways in London). Also inc. pair of 1934/48 Imperial Airways/BOAC flight schedules. Plus other related items. (15 items) Cross Reference: UGANDA, FRENCH COLONIES, BELGIAN COLONIES (Image)

Starting at £ 110

Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 147.40
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
287   imageMAINLY GB TO NORTH & SOUTH AFRICA OR SOUTH AMERICA, ETC.: 1924-37 group of covers & PPCs to South Africa (13; a number of 1920s flights inc. 14 Mar. 1925 first flight to Durban ex Cape Town); Morocco (2, inc. one ex France); Algeria; Egypt (3; all 28 Feb. 1931 first flights with a mix of marks); Sudan (2); plus trio to South America inc. Belize (ex New York), Brazil, & Argentina. Plus other related items. (24) Cross Reference: EGYPT, SOUTH AFRICA, BRAZIL, FRENCH COLONIES (Image)

Starting at £ 160

Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 214.40
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
288   image1922-39 GROUP EX GB TO FAR- & MIDDLE-EAST, ETC. Group of covers to Iraq (2), Iran (2), Turkey, Burma (4), Indochina, Malaya (3), Singapore (2), India (7, inc. 10 Dec. 1936 printed env. to Karachi sent on "DAY OF ABDICATION"), Hong Kong (3, plus 1939 GPO "EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME" rates announcement), and Japan. Inc. first flights for Jodhpur, Calcutta, Hong Kong & Rangoon (2). (27 items)Cross Reference: INDIA, BURMA, MALAYA/MALAYSIA, HONG KONG (Image)

Starting at £ 160

Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 214.40
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
289   imageGB TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: 1931-38 group inc. unused PPC of pilots A. E. Clouston & Victor Ricketts with signatures & personal message; 15/21 Dec. 1931 "Xmas Greetings" Australian National Airways imprinted envs. to Melbourne (redirected to South Yuna) or New Zealand; pair of 20 Oct. 1934 envs. flown in the Mac Robertson Air Race from Mildenhall to Melbourne (one signed by pilot C. E. Kay); trio of 28 July 1938 envs. to NSW (2) or Auckland (struck "RETURN TO SENDER") carried on the first flight of the 'All Up' Empire Air Mail service (charged a flat rate) which was suspended on the outbreak of WWII; etc. (15 items)Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AUTOGRAPHS (Image)

Starting at £ 80

Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 107.20
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
290   imageEUROPE A-Z - A-GE - BERLIN AIRLIFT, EARLY FLIGHTS, ETC.: 1912-99 group (mainly 1920s/30s) of covers & cards ex Belgium (2, inc. 1929 PPC to Amsterdam signed by pilot); Czechoslovakia; Denmark; France; and Germany. Inc. 1912 first flights (4) ex France, Tunisia or Darmstadt (2, one optd "Gelber Hund"); 16 July 1948 - 23 June 1949 envs. to West Berlin during the Berlin Airlift (12) with a diverse mix of marks & imprints; QEII covers commemorating the Berlin Airlift; etc. (45)Cross Reference: GERMANY, GERMANY - BERLIN, FRANCE (Image)

Starting at £ 200

Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 268.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
291   imageEUROPE A-Z - GR-S - GREEK FIRST FLIGHTS, MALTA, HUNGARY, ETC.: 1917-36 group of covers/cards ex Malta (2 - inc. 1 Apr. 1928 Regd env. to Ceylon redirected to London with FDI of the optd "AIR/MAIL" 6d issue); Greece (9 - inc. first flights Crete-GB, to Karachi, New York, etc.); Italy (2 - 20 May 1917 pair carried on the experimental flights to/from Turin/Rome, both with the unique optd 25c stamps of this flight); Hungary (4 - inc. 8 Mar. 1921 env. to Budapest ex Szombathely; one of the last internal flights); Poland (23 Sept. 1934 env. with special cancels & stamp opt for the Gordon-Bennett trophy for ballooning); Portugal; Russia; Spain; and Sweden. (22)Cross Reference: GREECE, HUNGARY, MALTA (Image)

Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 174.20
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
292   imageEUROPE A-Z - NETHERLANDS: 1929-34 group of covers ex Netherlands to Leipzig, Java, Sumatra, Suriname & Batavia, plus two internal ex Urk or Vlieland. All flown by KLM & struck by distinct airmail hs's. (7)Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS, NETHERLANDS COLONIES (Image)

Starting at £ 65

Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.10
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
293   imageEUROPE A-Z - SWITZERLAND: 1924-38 (mainly 1920s) group of covers & PCs/PPCs inc. early Swiss internal mail with unique hs's for first flights, 'flying days', etc.; and mail to/from France (4 - all 30 May 1929 printed in different colours for the first La Chaux-de-Fonds to Lausanne flight, inc. one unused), GB, Persia, Sweden, and Holland (2 - via Switzerland). Also inc. 1913-27 cinderellas (10) inc. Air Force Fund labels (7). Attractive variety. (26 items)Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, CINDERELLAS (Image)

Starting at £ 80

Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 107.20
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
294   image1921-42 CANADA: Small group of covers to GB (3), Ireland, USA, or internal. Inc. 187 Nov. 1921 env. to Halifax ex St John's "VIA AIR POST FROM BOTWOOD" with scarce 35c red optd "AIR MAIL/to Halifax, N.S./1921" (SG 148a £90 used). (5 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 65

Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.10
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
295   imageUSA - INTERNAL FIRST FLIGHTS & TRANS-PACIFIC: 1918-40 (mainly 1920s) group of covers, PCs & PPCs. Mostly New York or Chicago first flights; vast majority internal inc. West Coast (LA/Seattle), Southern (Fort Myers/Jacksonville) or Midwest (mainly Minneapolis) cities. Overseas destinations inc. Sweden or Dutch Guiana, plus 1930s/40s Trans-Pacific airmails (6) to Guam, Midway, Manila, and Canton Is. A useful lot. (62)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

Starting at £ 160

Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 214.40
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
296   imageUSA - 1928-39 TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: Group of covers & PPCs, vast majority to/from Germany, France or GB. Inc. 12 covers via catapulted plane from 'ship to shore'; unique hs's; some examples signed by pilots; etc. (20) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, AUTOGRAPHS (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
297   imageSOUTH AMERICA INC. WEST INDIES & FALKLAND ISLANDS: 1922-80s group of covers & PPCs (2). Mainly 1920s/30s mail ex Peru (2, both ex Lima inc. 25 Feb. 1928 first experimental flight); Cuba (2); Dominican Republic; Panama (2); Brazil; Chile; and Argentina (2). Inc. 1928 trio (9 Jan., 6/8 Feb.) carried on Charles Lindbergh's 'Goodwill Tour'; 50c or 1p "PRO UNION IBEROAMERICANA" labels; 1925 "Santa Maria" flight souvenir label; 1944/46 pair ex Trinidad to Jamaica or NY; modern Falkland Islands airmails; plus a modern metal display plate of a 1930s French plane. (23) Cross Reference: CUBA, PANAMA & CANAL ZONE, PERU, FALKLAND ISLANDS (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
298   imageAFRICA - NORTH AFRICA & BELGIAN CONGO: 1923-32 group of covers & PC inc. 11 Feb. 1926 Regd env. for the first flight from Bukama to Antwerp via Leopoldville with attractive franking to 1f superbly struck by green boxed "INAUGURATION DE LA/Ligne aerienne "ROI ALBERT"/KATANGA BAS-CONGO/12-13 FEVRIER 1926" hs, and small "BUKAMA" s/line hs over Registration label (extremely rare - only 20 carried on this flight); 1947 Free France Exhibition PC with special cancel; plus mail ex Belgian Congo (3), Egypt (6, inc. 23/24 Jan. 1932 pair carried on the first flight to Cape Town), and French Morocco (7, inc. CGEA imprinted envs. plus one ex Moroccan Agencies). (19) Cross Reference: BELGIAN COLONIES, FRENCH COLONIES, FRENCH MOROCCO (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
299   imageAFRICA - SUDAN & WEST AFRICA INC. FIRST FLIGHTS TO GB: 1926-37 group of covers. Majority to Sudan (18) inc. official 10 Aug. 1926 env. to London ex Khartoum imprinted "O. S. G. S./POST OFFICE", contents relating to the "KHARTOUM TO KISUMU AIR MAIL SERVICE"; 12-14 Mar. 1931 envs. (8) carried on the first Sudan to London flights with purple or black first flight cachets for Malakal, Khartoum, Juba or Halfa; similar cachets for 12-16 Dec. 1931 first flights to Cape Town ex Atbara, Halfa & Khartoum; plus 1937 or 1941 first flight examples ex. Gold Coast or Nigeria to GB. (20)Cross Reference: SUDAN, NIGERIA, GOLD COAST/GHANA (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 134.00
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM
300   imageAFRICA - TANGANYIKA 1930 TO JUNE 1931: Group of covers inc. internal Regd envs. (9) flown on government aircraft; first or second flights to Dar-es-Salaam, Korogwe, or Tanga; 28 Feb. or 10 Mar. (3) 1931 envs. carried on the first flight to/from GB; pair of 12 June 1931 Regd envs. carried on the first flight from Dar-es-Salaam to Mombasa; and 16 June 1931 Regd env. to Germany ex Dodoma with fine "DSM-MWANZA-TPO." cds on reverse. Also inc. trio of certificates of posting. (22)Cross Reference: TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 160

Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 214.40
Closing..Jun-09, 03:00 AM

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