Commercial Air Mails continued...
| LotNo. |
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2948 |
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 1936-40 Feeder Service to & from West Africa display on 21 pages with unusual origin/destination covers including Nigeria-Southern
Rhodesia underpaid & taxed, Sudan-Nigeria (stained) with 'S.G.' 5m (perfin) 2pi & 5pi, Gold Coast to Australia at 1/9d x2 or double-rate with 6d 1/- & 2/-, Gold Coast to Portugal, Italy to Gold Coast (posted 7 days before Italy entered the war), KUT
to Vermont registered with 1/- & 2/- pair, USA to a missionary in Ethiopia, Basutoland to Nigeria, Nigeria to Ceylon, etc, trans-Atlantic covers from Sudan with Tuti Island 10pi solo to Vermont, and dual-crossing 15pi rate covers to the UK x4, good
variety in the stamps, postmarks, and censor labels & cachets, generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot ripe for expansion.
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2949 |
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 1936-40 Feeder Service to West Africa circa 1940 usage of KUT KGVI 10c black Postal Card to New York with 10c 20c Cranes x2 & 1/-
tied by light 'KILINDINI/KENYA' cds (illegible date), light Sudanese censor triangle '31' used at Juba & Nigerian half-circle handstamp, 'US CENSORSHIP/EXAMINED/By ("4387")/***' cachet on the reverse. Airmail postcards & Postal Cards are very
elusive. [The illustration is above Lot 2945] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2950 |
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 1937 (July 23) Sudan PPC of Shilluck Warriors by air to Russia with 1931 Airs 10m & 3½pi tied to the view side by 'ATBARA' cds,
blue/white R label tied by Atbara, Italian transit and Moscow arrival datestamps. Registered postcards are very scarce; excellent origin/destination item. [The illustration is above Lot 2945] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2951 |
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 1937 (Aug 18) cover to "Cephallonia/Greece" with Gordon Airs 2pi x4 tied by very fine 'GAMBEILA/...' cds & blue/white 'Makwar' R
label overwritten "GAMBEILA" in red, the reverse with 'MALAKAL/22AUG37' transit & bilingual Greek/French Currency Control label tied by Athens cds with a superb strike of 6-line instructional handstamp in Greek in violet & arrival cds of 30AYT37. A
cracker! Kephalonia is the largest of the Ionian Islands, off Greece's central west coast. Gambela is 75km inside Ethiopian territory.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2952 |
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 1937 & 1938 commercial covers from Australia at 1/7d air to Egypt then surface with 1d 2d & KGV 1/4d or 1/10d all up air with KGV
4d & 1/6d Hermes, minor blemishes. Scarce destination from the Antipodes.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2953 |
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 1938 (May 11) British Royal Automobile Club envelope (240x152mm) used internally with KGVI 1½d tied by London cds, 'ANDOVER
HANTS/12MY/38' backstamp & redirected to "East Surrey Regt/.../Khartoum" with 'T'-in-hexagon handstamp & mss "45" (c), Postage Due 4m x2 & 10m tied by 'KHARTOUM/16MAY38/...' cds. An extraordinary usage. 1½d paid the domestic Printed Matter postage &
was also the base rate to ½oz for the Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS). The cover was diverted to this service & taxed for being overweight. The four day transit proves carriage by air. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2954 |
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 1938-39 Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) group on exhibit pages including 1938 (July) & 1939 (Apr) test flights, 20JY/38 from GB to
Darfur paid 3d but taxed with Postage Due 4m pair & fine 'EL-FASHER/28JUL38' backstamp (two days after EAMS became operative to Sudan), 1938 (July 28) Sierra Leone to GB at 1/4d per Air France redirected to Sudan at 1½d rate on 2AU/38 (a remarkable
cover), overweight from GB paid 1½d with Postage Due 4m & 10m pair oddly cancelled with oval 'REGISTERED/ 2 /KHARTOUM' datestamp, scarce registered to GB, covers to Australia & Canada, 1939 (Aug 30) last service from GB with Khartoum backstamp of
3SE39 the day WWII began & the service ended, & a couple of others. Very scarce.
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Estimate AU$1,250
Currently Opening at...AU$950.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2955 |
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 1939 (Sep-Nov) three covers at the short-lived 6pi rate to England x2 or Ireland from Khartoum with triple-oval 'ORDERLY
ROOM/30OCT1939/1st BN WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT' cachet in violet at upper-left (opened a little roughly), or 'ATBARA' x2. The outbreak of war on 3.9.1939 saw the rate to GB raised to 6pi but it was reduced to 4½pi on 20.11.1939. [The illustration is
above Lot 2951]
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2956 |
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 1939-45 World War II covers to all-different distinations comprising Argentina with 10pi & 20pi, Australia, Belgium, Bermuda,
Canada, Dominican Republic at 10pi via Lagos, Eritrea, India, Iraq, Isle of Man, Italy, Kenya (registered), Mozambique (registered), South Africa, Sweden with large worn 'OAT' cachet of London, and United States at 20pi + 2pi registration, condition
a bit mixed but a very scarce group.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2957 |
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 1940 (Oct 9) Forces cover with British-pattern 'FIELD POST OFFICE/174' in use at Khartoum to "Shanghai/ China" per the 'Horseshoe
Route' to Singapore then by sea to Hong Kong, poor Shanghai arrival backstamp, some soiling; and 1941 (Jan 11) cover from the same correspondence with light rubber 'SUDAN PO No12' cds in violet, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' into
China per CNAC & on to Hong Kong (backstamp of 7FE/41) with Shanghai arrival with Chinese date, minor blemishes. A very scarce duo.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2958 |
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 1940 (Nov 28) cover to New Zealand with 15m & 3pi tied by light strike of the Indian-pattern 'BASE OFFICE/ 2 ' cds & Army censor
2774 cachet, largely very fine strike of the rare boxed 'MISSENT TO/HONGKONG' (apparently not listed by Proud; similar to Webb CCiia but both lines are the same height) & 'VICTORIA/13DE/40/HONG KONG' backstamp, minor soiling. Flown per the
'Horseshoe' Route but missorted at Calcutta per CNAC 'Over the Hump' to Kunming & Hong Kong from where it would have been returned to Rangoon for on-forwarding to New Zealand. From 30.10.1940, the route into China replaced the Bangkok-Hong Kong
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2959 |
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 1940 (Nov 28) Cotts Darke & Co cover to Brazil with 2pi 5pi pair 8pi & 10pi tied by Khartoum machine cancel most unusually not
censored in Sudan, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' into China per CNAC & on to Hong Kong (backstamp of 23DE/40) where Censor '8' cachet struck in violet, then per PanAm Clipper to San Francisco, domestic service to Miami, then flown
to destination with '2aSEC-ASSINANTEC/ 10/JAN/41/BRASIL' arrival backstamp, minor wrinkles. A marvellous cover at 30pi rate, flown three-quarters of the way around the world to a very scarce destination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2960 |
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 1940 (Dec 14) OAS cover to Spain with 15m & 3pi tied by British-pattern 'FIELD POST OFFICE/174' cds in use at Khartoum, officer's
endorsement at lower-left, red/white 'EXAMINED/BY/BASE CENSOR' label & boxed Army censor 2366 cachet in violet, Lisbon slogan transit backstamp of 22.5.40, some soiling, flap removed & minor repair at upper-left. A very scarce destination. By the
West African Coastal Route per flying boat from Bathurst (Gambia) direct to Lisbon. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2961 |
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 1940 (Dec 29) Forces cover to Massachusetts with 3pi & 4½pi on 8pi x2 tied by British-pattern 'FIELD POST OFFICE/174' cds in use at
Khartoum, light RAF censor cachet & red/white '.../BASE CENSOR' label tied by 'DEPUTY CHIEF FIELD/[crown]/CENSOR' cachet in violet, endorsed "Via Hong Kong" but flown on to Singapore where small 'D' & '15' handstamps applied, then per Qantas to
Sydney, TEAL to Auckland & PanAm FAM19 to San Francisco, minor repaired flap-fault. PanAm's FAM14 wasn't extended from Manila to Singapore until -.5.1941. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2962 |
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 1941 (Feb 3) merchant's advertising cover to New York with 5pi x2 & 10pi tied by Khartoum machine cancel, green/green censor '9'
label tied to both sides by very fine triangular '9' cachet, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' into China per CNAC & on to Hong Kong (backstamp of 13MR/41) where 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR' & 'A.V.2'-in-circle handstamps both struck in
violet, then per PanAm Clipper to San Francisco, minor imperfections. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2963 |
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 1941 (Apr 03) cover to New York "Via Hongkong-San Francisco" with '5 Mills' on 15m 15m 3pi pair & 4pi tied by 'SUDAN AIR
MAIL/3.IV.41/KHARTOUM' cds, green/green censor '9' label tied to both sides by very fine triangular '9' cachet, offloaded at Calcutta & flown 'Across the Hump' into China per CNAC & on to Hong Kong (backstamp of 24AP/41) where 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR'
& 'A.V.2'-in-circle handstamps both struck in violet, then per PanAm Clipper to San Francisco, very minor wrinkles. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2964 |
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 1941 (Apr 14) cover from a Bible College in South Carolina to missionaries in Khartoum with Prexie 17c Johnson, 17c Wilson x3 & For
Defense 2c tied by 'COLUMBIA/SC' duplex, endorsed "via the Pacific" in red with New York & poor Hong Kong transit of 26AP/41 along with boxed 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR' & faint 'A.V.2'-in-circle at left, carried per China National Air "over the Hump" to
Rangoon & Calcutta, 'KHARTOUM/ 19MAY41/...' arrival backstamp with Sudanese green/green censor '1' label & very fine triangular censor '18' cachet on both sides, opened a little roughly at right. The PanAm FAM14 terminus changed from Hong Kong to
Singapore 18.7.1941. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2965 |
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 1941 (May & June) covers to Queensland per northbound 'Horseshoe' Route flights 1) with 4½pi on 8pi tied by Indian-pattern 'BASE
OFFICE/9MAY41/REG' cds (but not registered) & British-pattern Army Censor 303 cachet in violet, Brisbane red/white censor label (no printing on the reverse) & faint cachet; and 2) with 5m & Tuti Island 4pi tied by 'SENNAR/IJU41/...' cds, faint
Brisbane censor cachet in violet.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2966 |
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 1941 (May 12) Sudan Interior Mission cover to their office in Australia with 5m & 2pi x2 tied by Khartoum machine cancel, red/white
censor label & '.../S.496' cachet both of Sydney, redirected to Canada with Australian 5d Ram 1/6d Hermes & 2/- Kangaroo tied by Sydney cds of 3JY41 & carried trans-Pacific per PanAm FAM19 to San Francisco, small imperfections. An extraordinary
wartime cover. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
| 2967 |
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 1941 (Sep 19) cover from America to "Sudan Defence Force" with 5c Elias Howe (inventor of the overlock sewing machine) & Wings 30c
x3 tied by 'LAKELAND/FLA' duplex, trans-Pacific to Singapore with plain censor label tied by Censor 292 cachet & 'TO BE FORWARDED BY/AIR FROM SINGAPORE' cachet both in violet, then per BOAC to Cairo (backstamp of 16OCT/1941), poor Sudan TPO & very
fine British-pattern 'FIELD POST OFFICE/25OC/41/186' arrival cds, minor blemishes. Between 18.7.1941 (the date the 95c rate was introduced) & 6.12.1941 when the service was suspended, PanAm's FAM14 service terminated at Singapore. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-11, 05:30 PM |
