Universal Philatelic Auctions Sale

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General - Imperial Airways continued...

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Opening

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Northern Rhodesia 2d & 3d both as horiz joined pairs (SG4 & 5) tied to plain cover with Livingstone 18 Jan cds cancels. Hand addressed to Salcombe Devon. Delayed by double crash. On reverse Broken Hill 19 Jan wavy line & cds, Livingstone 18 Jan cds & Salcombe 17 Feb 32 receiving. Fine & clean. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £40.00)

Estimate £ 50

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Northern Rhodesia 2d, 3d & 6d (SG4, 5 & 7) tied to plain cover with Lusaka 28 Jan 32 cds cancels. Hand addressed to Seine France. On reverse Broken Hill 29 Jan cds transit. Nairobi 3 Feb 32 transit & Issy-Les Moulineux 17 Feb 32 receiving. Due to the Double Crash mail was delayed at Broken Hill & all stages North. A 'Supplementary Flight' by the City of Baghdad leaving Broken Hill on the 2 Feb was arranged. This is one such cover confirmed by the Nairobi transit of 3 Feb. Only about 25 covers carried from Broken Hill. Very Scarce. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £120.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 150

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Northern Rhodesia 3d & 6d (SG5 & 7), tied to Springbok official illust cover with Mpika 29 Jan 32 cds cancel, typed address to Cairo. On reverse Caire Per Avion (Cairo) 12 Feb 32 receiving & Cairo M.P.O. 13 Feb 32. Both the 'Supplementary Flight' & the delayed Double Crash mail arrived at Cairo on the 12 Feb. Fine & clean {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

Estimate £ 75

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Northern Rhodesia 2d & 4d horiz joined pair (SG4 & 6), tied to Springbok official illust cover with Broken Hill 29 Jan 32 cds cancels. Typed address to Reading. Delayed by Double Crash. On reverse Reading 17 Feb 32 receiving. Light staining top edge otherwise very fine. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

Estimate £ 75

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Nyasaland 3d horiz joined pair & 4d (SG105 & 106?) tied to plain cover with Limbe 23 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Typed address to Khartoum Sudan. Double Crash. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Sudan Air Mail Khartoum 10 Feb 32 receiving. Very fine. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

Estimate £ 75

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Northern Rhodesia ½d horiz joined pair & 3d (SG1 & 5), tied to Robertson illust cover with Broken Hill 29 Jan 32 cds cancels. Printed address to Mpika. On Reverse Mpika 2 Feb 32 receiving. This cover could not have left Broken Hill on the 'City of Delhi' which crashed on the 29th & mail not recovered until the 4 Feb. Either it missed the flight & was carried by land or it went on the 'Supplementary Flight' which left Broken Hill on the 2 Feb. Very fine & Scarce Display Quality cover. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £120.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 150

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to plain cover with Salisbury 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to London W8. No markings on reverse. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. Fine & clean. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £40.00)

Estimate £ 50

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Nyasaland 2d & 6d (SG103 & 107) tied to plain cover with Limbe 23 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet, Typed address to Port Bell Uganda. Double Crash. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan transit. Nairobi 7 Feb transit & Kampala 8 Feb receiving. Offset of Nairobi postmark on front. Very fine & clean. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

Estimate £ 75

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Nyasaland 4d horiz joined pair (SG106?) tied to plain cover with Limbe 23 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Typed address to Mbeya Tanganyika. Double Crash. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Mbeya 6 Feb 32 receiving. Top right corner missing otherwise fine & clean. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £48.00)

Estimate £ 60

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

Estimate £ 75

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Northern Rhodesia 1/- (SG10) on Robertson illust cover with Broken Hill 29 Jan 32 cds cancel. Typed address to Madras India. Air Mail etiquette overstamped in black with Karachi Cancelled 20 Feb 1932 cachet. On reverse Nairobi 3 Feb 32 transit. Teynampet 24 Feb transit & Saidapet 24 Feb 32 receiving. One of only 25 covers carried from Broken Hill to Nairobi on the 'Supplementary Flight'. Faint postmark offset on front otherwise very fine & RARE Possibly unique, Display Quality Cover. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £200.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 250

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to plain cover with Salisbury 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Hammersmith. Double Crash. No postal markings on reverse. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. Vertical crease light edge wear. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £32.00)

Estimate £ 40

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Nyasaland 1/- (SG108?) tied to plain cover with Lilongwe 21 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Double Crash. Hand address to Tunbridge Wells. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. In pencil 530 carried. This was the total covers from Nyasaland on this flight, with just 10 (ten) carried from Lilongwe. Some edge wear but very rare. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £160.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 200

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Nyasaland 4d x 3 (SG106?) tied to plain cover with Limbe 21 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Double Crash. Hand address to Stanley Gibbons Strand. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Slight edge wear. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £48.00)

Estimate £ 60

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 South Africa 1/- (SG41) tied to Springbok official illust cover with Cape Town 27 Jan 32 cds cancel. Typed address to Leopoldville Belgium Congo. Double crash. On reverse Nairobi 7 Feb 32, Juba Sudan 9 feb, Aba Congo 12 Feb, Stanleyville 22 Feb transits. Leopoldville 1 3 32 receiving. Slightly soiled on front but it the reverse that tells the story! Fewer than 20 covers flown. Very fine & rare. Display quality cover. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £160.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 200

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 South Africa 1/- (SG41) tied to Springbok official illust cover with Kimberley 27 Jan 32 cds Cncel. Typed address to Mpika N Rhodesia. Double crash with Broken Hill 4 Feb 32 transit & Mpika 6 Feb 32 receiving. Very fine. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £40.00)

Estimate £ 50

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Southern Rhodesia 6d (SG20) tied to Springbok official illust cover with Salisbury 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Typed address to Dodoma. Double crash. On reverse Mbeya 6 Feb 32 transit & Dodoma 7 Feb 32 receiving. Only 150 covers carried from Salisbury, (most of these to UK). Couple of light marks on front. Very scarce. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £68.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 85

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to illust cover (souvenir Envelope from S. Rhodesia (small 138x110mm)) with Salisbury 28 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand address to Godalming Surrey. Double crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. No markings on reverse. Light edge wear. Otherwise very fine. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £48.00)

Estimate £ 60

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Southern Rhodesia 2d Falls, 4d & 6d (SG17, 19 & 20) tied to Parry Leon & Hayhoe Ltd illust cover with Bulawayo Station 27 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Typed address to Newcastle. Double Crash. On reverse Bulawayo 28 Jan 32 transit & Newcastle 17 Feb 32 receiving. Some edge wear otherwise fine & very scarce. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £104.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 130

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE 1932 Southern Rhodesia 1d, 2d Falls x 2 & 6d (SG16, 17 & 20) tied to illust cover (souvenir Envelope from S. Rhodesia with Rhodes (large 230x105mm)) with Salisbury 28 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand address to Watford. Double crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. No postal markings on reverse. Very fine display quality cover. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £80.00) (Image)

Estimate £ 100

Closing..Oct-01, 12:00 PM EST.

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