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1934 Re-Engraved Seaahorses (A.K.A. "BRITANNIA" KGV High Values) continued...

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681

Used to Ceylon: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown, tied by indistinct SUTTON __ c.d.s. to envelope bearing, violet two ring INDO-CEYLON SPECIAL FLIGHT X'MAS 1936 AIRMAIL handstamp and "BY AIR MAIL / PAR AVOPN" blue label, on reverse light boxed COLOMBO DEC 25 or 26 1936 PLEASE MAIL EARLY, transit strikes addressed to the Vincent School Batticaloa. (SG 450 )

A rare destination

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Suggested Bid $100-125

SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Oct-05, 03:03 PM

682

222

1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown, (one tiny faults) tied by violet “LONDON F.S./AIRMAIL/13 MAR 37 11:15am” CDS’s to envelope, bearing printed address of Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in Sydney, corner card of C. Czarnikow Ltd. in London, blue winged “BY AIR MAIL” label at left. On reverse an “AIR MAIL/SYDNEY N.S.W/830A 26 MR 37” receiver. Ex-Klempka with write-up accompanies. (SG 450; Scott 222 )

The 5sh franking pays four times the 1sh3d ½-oz rate.

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Suggested Bid $100-150

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683

Used to Australia: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown, tied by “LONDON F.S./AIR MAIL/16 MCH 1937” machine cancel plus matching cds to lightweight blue business-size envelope bearing blue airmail label. On reverse, embossed company name “Parbury Henty and Co” and “SYDNEY AIRMAIL 30MR37 “cds, receiver. Ex-Klempka; album write-up accompanies (SG 450 )

Solo usage pays double 1sh3d ½-oz airmail rate to Australasia.

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Suggested Bid $100-150

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684

Used to Chile: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown and 1935, King George V (photogravure), 9d deep olive green vertical PAIR, making up the 4sh rate, tied by “LONDON F.S./AIR MAIL/8:15PM 1 JLY 1937” wavy-line and CDS cancels to brown envelope bearing blue winged “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label, addressed to Lautaro Nitrate Co. in Santiago. On reverse a “SANTIAGO/RECEPCION/8 JUL 37” receiver. The Seahorse and 9d with tiny perf. faults from overlapping the edge. album write-up accompanies. Ex-Klempka.(SG 450, 447 )

A spectacular cover, uncommon combination with the photogravure 9d.

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Suggested Bid $200-250

SOLD for $120.00
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before Oct-05, 03:04 PM

685

Used to Isle of White: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown and 1935, King George V (photogravure), 3d violet tied on flown Registered Clipper envelope, the New Zealand stamps are tied by AUCKLAND NZ 24DE37 c.d.s. strikes, plus Registry and Air mails labels and red boxed NEW ZEALAND USA FIRST AIR MAIL handstamp, two Great Britain stamps are tied by FRESHWATER BAY ISLE OF WHITE 23 JA38 strike paying the return postage to New Zealand, on reverse, San Francisco Jan 5 transit and weak handstamp. Ex J. Krubnick. (SG 450, 444 )

This was flown on the first official New Zealand airmail to the United States. The mail left Auckland for San Francisco on Pan American Airways’ Samoan Clipper (a Sikorsky S-42B flying boat commanded by Captain Ed Musick . The flight crossed the International Date Line and when Musick arrived in Pago Pago, American Samoa, where it was until 1 January before flying to an uninhabited atoll 1700 km south of Hawaii to meet a schooner with supplies. On 3 January, the Samoan Clipper arrived in Honolulu, where the mail was transferred to a Martin 130 flying boat to arrive in San Francisco on 6 January. On the return trip from Pago Pago on January 11th Musick’s plane reported an oil leak, the plane caught fire and exploded. There were no survivors. Perhaps a unique use of a Seahorse as a forwarder on a historically significant flight.

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Suggested Bid $300-350

SOLD for $210.00
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before Oct-05, 03:04 PM

686

Used to Brazil: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown THREE COPIES, 6p reddish purple SIX COPIES, George VI 1 1/2 d red-brown TWO COPIES, (paying total 10sh 9d), all tied by “REGISTERED/9 MCH 38/FENCHURCH ST. B.O. E.C.8” ovals to long brown envelope bearing printed address label, blue R-London EC8 registry label and winged “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” etiquette alongside, magenta pictorial “DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/EUROPA-SÜDAMERIKA” circular cachet, endorsed simply “Air Mail,” on reverse a London coffee merchant’s Bowring Joanes and tidy corner card, additional registry ovals and “SANTOS - REG - TARDE/S. PAULO” receiver. Minor creasing not affecting stamps. (SG 450,426,464 )

A nice “two reigns” commercial usage bearing all three printing methods—engraved, typographed, photogravure.

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Suggested Bid $150-200

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687

Used to Argentina: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown, 1924, King George V, 6d reddish purple, and 1936, King George V (photogravure), 1s bistre, all tied by “LONDON F.S./20 MAY 38” cds on blue business envelope bearing printed “Messrs. A.G. PRUDEN & Co.” Buenos Aires address, blue winged “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label, on reverse a machine “VIA AEREA/BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA/25.5.938.20” receiver. Ex-Klempka, album notes accompany. (SG 450,426,449 )

All three printing methods together on one cover, paying the 4sh air rate

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Suggested Bid $100-150

SOLD for $70.00
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before Oct-05, 03:05 PM

688

Used to Australia: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d, reddish brown, 1936, King George V (photogravure), 1s bister brown and 1935, King George V (photogravure), 3d violet, tied by “LONDON F.S./4 PM 9 JLY 1938” wavy-line cancel and bearing matching CDS to bank-size envelope bearing blue winged “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label, typed address in Melbourne. On reverse a square-boxed “MELBOURNE/VICTORIA/20 JLY 1145AM 1938” slogan cancel. (SG 450,449,444 )

Handsome usage of the later, scarcer shade of the 2sh6d

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Suggested Bid $200-300

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689

Used to Argentina: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown with 1939, King George VI, 1s bister brown and 1939, King George VI, 6d purple, all tied by CHESTER 1 SP 39 c.d.s. strikes on flown envelope, bearing typed (in red) "By French "aeropostal" (Flight 215A?), on reverse probable Buenos Aires receiver (SG 450, 475,470 )

In September 1939, after the outbreak of WWII, Air France suspended service. On September 10 outward flights recommenced and on September 17 inward flights resumed.

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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $130.00
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before Oct-05, 03:05 PM

690

Used to Uruguay: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 5s bright rose red, 2s6d chocolate brown, 1924, 6d reddish purple, 1935 3d violet, all tied by faint “REGISTERED/LONDON” ovals (date unclear) to lightweight envelope bearing “R” registry and blue “BY AIR MAIL” labels, endorsed “Via Germany,” red circular “DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/EUROPA-SÜDAMERIKA” pictorial cachet. On reverse “BERLIN-ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN 8.4.36” transit and blurred Montevideo receiving CDS’s. Ex-Klempka. Accompanying notes detail the flight route incl. transatlantic leg by flying boat. (SG 451, 450,426,444 )

Franking pays double the 4sh rate plus 3d registration.

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Suggested Bid $150-200

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691

Used to Brazil: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 5s bright rose red, vertical PAIR 1936, King George V (photogravure), 1s bister brown, tied by violet “LONDON F.S./9 SEP 36/8:15 PM/AIR MAIL” cds’s to commercial-size security envelope bearing, red pictorial “DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/EUROPA-SÜDAMERIKA” cachet, blue “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label alongside, typewritten “VIA GERMANY”, art-deco style “PIRELLI LTD” corner card upper left and addressed to same firm in São Paulo, on reverse two different receivers for 14 Sept. 1936. (SG 451, 449 )

A handsome cover and a great addition to an automotive collection.

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Suggested Bid $200-300

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692

Used to Brazil: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 5s bright rose red and 1926, King George V, 6d purple,4 copies, tied by MANCHESTER 29 DE 36 c.d.s. strikes on envelope bearing red DEUTSCE LUFTPOST EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA hand stamp Flight L205, on reverse SECCAO-TARDES S.PALO 3-1-37 receiver. Flight analysis accompanies (SG 451, 426a )

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Suggested Bid $175-200

SOLD for $120.00
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before Oct-05, 03:06 PM

693

Used to Chili: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 5s bright rose red PAIR, 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown two PAIRS and 1935, King George V (photogravure), 3, all tied by “HEBBURN/CO. DURHAM/5 AU 38” cds to oversized registered envelope, bearing “R/HEBBURN” registry and blue winged “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” labels. On reverse two more strikes of the Hebburn cds and “VALPARAISO CHILE/CERTIF. ENTREGA/12 AGO 38” receiver. Ex-Klempka, album write-up accompanies. (SG 451,452,444 )

Impressive franking pays quintuple rate of £1.0.3 = 5x the 4sh rate plus 3d registration; an uncommon provincial origin.

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Suggested Bid $250-300

SOLD for $170.00
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before Oct-05, 03:07 PM

694

Used to New Zealand: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 2s6d chocolate brown and 5s bright rose red, tied by somewhat blobby “LONDON/F.S./15 SEP 39 6:15 PM” CDS to legal-size envelope bearing, blue winged “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label, addressed to “The Parisian Neckwear Co. Ltd.” in Auckland. No markings on reverse. (SG 451, 450 )

Some perf toning but otherwise very fresh. War had just broken out, so routing is unclear. KGVI high values were also issued in Sept. ‘39, so this was the final month the “Seahorses” were current.

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Suggested Bid $200-300

SOLD for $110.00
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before Oct-05, 03:07 PM

695

Used to Argentina: TWO COPIES 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 10s indigo, 1924, King George V, 1s bister brown, and 1924, King George V, 3d violet., tied by MANCHESTER 26 AP 35 c.d.s. on Registered envelope (few stain spots), bearing red DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST EUROPA AMERIKA oval, blue air mail label, Manchester R label and P.M. Buenos Aires 2 May 35 receiver. German DLH Air Service Flight L77 Faster Service (SG 452,429,423 )

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Suggested Bid $250-300

SOLD for $120.00
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before Oct-05, 03:07 PM

696

Used to Chile: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 10s indigo PAIR, tied by “LONDON AIR MAIL/1 APR 35” rubber cds to thin envelope bearing, blue and white “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION/VIA FRANCE” label, to Messrs. Gibbs in Valparaiso. On reverse a violet oval sender’s cachet, “PARIS R.P. AVION/13 IV 1935” slogan transit and indistinct “VALPARAISO/22.ABR.35” receiver. Ex-Klempka; album write-up accompanies (SG 452 )

A £1 (20sh) quintuple-rate cover, paying five times the 4sh-per-½-oz air mail rate to South America via France.

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Suggested Bid $300-350

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Oct-05, 03:08 PM

697

Used to Chili: 1934 King George V 10sh indigo, 1924 10d turquoise-blue PAIR, and 4d grey-green all tied by “LONDON/AIR MAIL/26 APR 35” rubber cds to thin envelope, (open on two sides), bearing uncommon ‘BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION/VIA FRANCE’ label alongside, to Messrs. Gibbs in Valparaiso, some soiling from postmark offset. On reverse the sender’s violet oval cachet, “PARIS R.P./AVION/13* 27 IV 1935” slogan pmk transit, smudged “VALPARAISO/RECEPCION/4 MAY 35 9.PM” receiver. (SG 452, 428, 424 )

An unusual franking for the 12sh triple rate, the 10d especially hard to find on cover

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Suggested Bid $250-350

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698

Used to Chile: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 10s indigo TWO SINGLES, (one few short perf, tied by both a “LONDON/AIR MAIL” (date indistinct) wavy-line machine cancel and two “LONDON/AIR MAIL/3 MAY 35” rubber cds to blue-grey linen envelope (opened on two sides), bearing uncommon ‘BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION/VIA FRANCE’ label alongside, to Messrs. Gibbs in Valparaiso. On reverse the sender’s violet oval cachet, “PARIS R.P./AVION/13.00 -4 -5 1935” transit and “VALPARAISO/RECEPCION/13 MAY 35 7.AM” receiver. Ex Klempka with notes accompanying .(SG 452 )

A 20-shilling quintuple-rate cover.

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Suggested Bid $300-350

SOLD for $200.00
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before Oct-05, 03:08 PM

699

Used to Argentina: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 10s indigo, 10s indigo with 1924, King George V, 1s bister brown, two copies, tied by “OPENSHAW, MANCHESTER/26 NOV 35” CDS’s on business-size envelope, bearing blue “BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION” label and red circular “DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/EUROPA-SÜDAMERIKA” pictorial cachet. On reverse the “BUENOS AIRES/____________” receiver. Filing crease well away from the stamps. Ex-Klempka; album write-up accompanies. (SG 452, 429,444 )

Franking pays triple 4sh per ½-oz rate via German airmail to Argentina.

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Suggested Bid $250-300

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Oct-05, 03:09 PM

700

Used to New Zealand: 1934, King George V re-engraved “Seahorse”, 10s indigo, 1924, King George V, 1s bister brown, 1935, King George V (photogravure), 3d violet, tied by “LONDON AIRMAIL” CDS (date indistinct, likely 1937) to oversized blue envelope with preprinted NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND address, on reverse the bank’s paper seals and illegible SYDNEY transit CDS. Ex-Klempka; album write-up accompanies (SG 452, 429, 444 )

Eye-catching cover franked with 11sh3d, paying 9x the 1sh3d ½-oz airmail rate. ail rate.

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Suggested Bid $250-300

CLOSED
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