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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
8481 E   imageFlight Covers. 1925 (31 Dec) RAF Calcutta Flight Dropped Leaflet, announcement regarding "A Grand Military Searchlight Tattoo" (in black) aiding military charities, bold blue "Delivered by Air Over Calcutta, 31 Dec. 25, 10 AM" double-circle datestamp at top left, franked with 1/2a George V, tied by KYD Street cds, folded, with hinge remnants on back, small stain, fine. While 3,000 leaflets were dropped over Calcutta, most were attacked by birds while still in the air, only a small number survived. This is one of only 12 leaflets that passed through the mail (Image)



SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
8482 E   imageFlight Covers. 1925 (31 Dec) RAF Calcutta Flight Dropped Leaflet, announcement regarding "A Grand Military Searchlight Tattoo" (in red) aiding military charities, bold blue "Delivered by Air Over Calcutta, 31 Dec. 25, 10 AM" double-circle datestamp at top left, autographed by the Pilot, Lt. Brooks, folded, with hinge remnants on back, fine. While 3,000 leaflets were dropped over Calcutta, most were attacked by birds while still in the air, only a small number survived. This is one of only 12 leaflets autographed by the pilot (Image)



SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
8483 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (2 Jan) Calcutta to Patua RAF flight, H.F.Bennett cover, franked 1a George V, tied by Patua cds, with a photographic "BY AIR" vignette depicting an elephant and aeroplane, violet "HAWASAE / BY AIR" cachet, hinge remnants on back, only 69 covers carried on this flight Brooks and Spence (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8484 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (2 Jan) Calcutta to Risalpur RAF flight, 1/2a green stationery card, with a photographic BY AIR vignette depicting an elephant and aeroplane, violet "HAWASAE / BY AIR" cachet, plus oval "27 SQUADRON / ROYAL AIR FORCE", initialed by E.H Spence, hinge remnants on back, with "souvenir of Calcutta to Risalpur Air Flight" dated and initialed by Stephen Smith (Image)



CLOSED
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8485 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (22 Jan) Karachi to Risalpur Emergency RAF flight, 1a stationery entire envelope, pen canceled, oval "27 Squadron Royal Air Force" and "Aircraft Depo. R.A.F.", dated and initialed by E.H Spence, hinge remnants on back, only 40 covers carried (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8486 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (4 Apr) Copenhagen to Tokyo flight by the Danish aviators Lts. Botved and Herschend, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with a flight vignette tied by the cachet "BY DANISH FOKKER AEROPLANES 1926. / CALCUTTA TO RANGOON", with 1a George V tied by cds, with "KGL. DANSK KONSULAT / CALCUTTA" cachet, hinge remnants on back, fine and scarce cover, only 78 carried on this leg of the flight (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8487 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (4 Apr) Calcutta-Bangkok First Flight cover franked with 3x1a George V adhesives (uncanceled) over the Thai-themed "Avail Air Mails and Save Time" label and addressed to Bangkok, Thailand, "By Danish Fokker Aeroplanes 1925, Calcutta to Bangkok" flight cachet, additional lightly struck "KGL Dansk Konsulat Calcutta" and "Royal Danish Legion" handstamps at left, v.f., only 41 covers were carried by Lts. Botved and Herschend (Image)



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8488 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (4 Apr) Calcutta-Tokyo First Flight cover franked with 1a and 2a George V adhesives (uncanceled) over the Thai-themed "Avail Air Mails and Save Time" label and addressed to Hector Smith c/o Royal Danish Consul in Tokyo, Japan, with "By Danish Fokker Aeroplanes 1925, Calcutta to Tokyo" flight cachet, two "KGL Dansk Konsulat Calcutta" handstamps on both sides, with "Calcutta to Tokyo 3/4/26" dated and initialed at bottom left, complete descriptive label affixed on back of the cover, fine and rare, only 31 covers were carried by the Danish fliers (Image)



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8489 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (19 Apr) Madrid to Manila flight by Spanish aviators Capts Loriga and Gonzalez-Gallarza, cover endorsed "By Spanish Air Flight, Karachi to Calcutta", franked with 1a George V, canceled in Calcutta, bearing a "Via Aeroplane 13" label, signed and dated on back by Stephen Smith as Honorary Secretary of Aero Philatelic Club of India, also signed on front by Capt. Joaquin Loriga (who died a year later, when his aircraft crashed during a landing at Cuatro Vientos Airport outside Madrid), little toning and two hinge remnants on back of the cover, still v.f., only 26 carried (Image)



CLOSED
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8490 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (22 Apr) Madrid to Manila flight by Spanish aviators Capts Loriga and Gonzalez-Gallarza, cover with pink label ""By Spanish Army Aeroplanes, Calcutta to Rangoon, 22.4.26 Pilots - Lt.Loriga & Lt. Gonsalez", tied by "Correo Aereo" handstamp, franked with 1a George V, canceled in Rangoon, also bearing a "Avail Airmails and Save Time" label, signed by Capt. Gonzalez-Gallarza, arrival pmk on back, two hinge remnants, fine cover, only 51 carried (Image)



CLOSED
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8491 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (18 Apr) Madrid to Manila flight by Spanish aviators Capts Loriga and Gonzalez-Gallarza, cover with pink label ""By Spanish Brequet Biplane First Trip Calcutta-Manila "18th" April 1926", tied by "Correo Aereo" handstamp, franked with pair of 1 1/2a George V, tied by a biplane handstamp, signed by Capt. Gonzalez-Gallarza, label further initialed by Stephen smith, with "Raid Madrid-Manila May 13, 1926" cachet on back, two hinge remnants, fine cover, only 43 carried, of which only a few were signed by the pilots (Three Breguet XIX left Madrid on 5 April 1926, but only one plane made it to Manila. The other two planes were forced to land and were abandoned in the North African desert and on the coast of China. Loriga and Gonzalez-Gallarza first landed in Aparri on 11 May, a multitude of Filipinos gathered around them and carried the Spaniards on their shoulders. On May 13th, Gallarza and Loriga were escorted by 12 United States Army planes as they were halfway to Manila) (Image)



SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
8492 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (18 Apr) Madrid to Manila flight by Spanish aviators Capts Loriga and Gonzalez-Gallarza, cover with pink label ""By Spanish Brequet Biplane First Trip Calcutta-Manila "18th" April 1926", tied by "Correo Aereo" handstamp, franked with three 1a George V, tied by a biplane handstamp, label further initialed by Stephen smith, with "Raid Madrid-Manila May 13, 1926" large cachet on back, two hinge remnants, fine cover, only 43 carried (Image)



CLOSED
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8493 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (23 July) England to Australia flight by Alan Cobham, cover bearing label "British Flight England to Australia, 1926 Pilot:- Alan J. Cobham Carried from Karachi to Calcutta", tied by "By D.H.50" handstamp, also "Avail Air Mails and Save Time" label, franked with tow 1/2a George V stamps, tied by Park Street Calcutta cds, with arrival Calcutta 24 July 36 pmk on back, numbered "38" at lower left, two hinge remnants on back, v.f. cover, only 43 carried (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8494 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (23 July) England to Australia flight by Alan Cobham, cover with a printed black border and explanation that Arthur Elliot, the flight engineer, had been shot on the way from Baghdad, flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with 1a George V canceled at Calcutta, reverse with a photographic vignette and Rangoon cds ((26 July), signed by Flt Sgt Ward, who took Elliot's place when the latter was shot. Also signed by Postmaster, R.J.Singh, Calcutta on back, fine cover, only 45 carried (Image)



CLOSED
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8495 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (23 July) England to Australia flight by Alan Cobham, Calcutta to Rangoon, special cover with a printed black border and explanation that Arthur Elliot, the flight engineer, was shot on the way from Bagdad, flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with 1a George V, canceled at Calcutta, reverse with a photographic vignette ("Mr. Elliot Engineer of the D.H.50 was shot on July 5th near Basra. He died on July the 6th"), two hinge remnants on back, fine cover, only 45 carried (Image)



CLOSED
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8496 E   imageFlight Covers. 1926 (21 Sep) Cobham Return Flight, Calcutta-Allahabad Flight cover franked with block of 4x3p gray, canceled by Calcutta Sept. 20, 1926 double-circle datestamp, with printed label at top left regarding flight, times and cause for delay, additionally affixed with 1a George V, tied by Allahabad double-circle datestamps on reverse, addressed to Allahabad Dist. Naini, with arrival backstamp, v.f., only 12 (!) covers carried (pencil signed Stephen Smith) by the D.H.50 piloted by Alan J. Cobham on the return trip England-Australia (Image)



SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
8497 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (10 Jan) Karachi to Delhi, cover specially printed for the occasion with "Carried from Karachi to Delhi by "Hercules" machine of the Imperial Airways which flew from England to India 1926-27, with the Rt.Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Air Minister and party to inauguration of the London-Karachi Service" at upper right, franked with 1a George V, tied by "Viceroy's Camp P.O." cds, further handstamped "By the D.H. "City of Delhi" straight-line in violet, signed "U.M. Quettavalla" and backstamped on arrival, two hinge remnants on back, some toning, otherwise a fine cover, only 27 carried (Image)



SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
8498 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (18 Feb) Royal Air Force Display Flights, Risalpur to Delhi, cover franked with 1a George V, tied by "Royal Air Force Display Risalpur 18.2.27" datestamp, photographic label at left, with Calcutta transit and Delhi arrival pmks. Also included a 1a stationery entire envelope canceled "Royal Air Force Display Ambala 18.2.27", flown from Ambala to Delhi, with arrival datestamp, cover with two hinge remnants on back, fine-v.f. (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction
8499 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (14 Feb) Karachi to Lahore, cover franked with 1a George V, tied by framed "Air Mails India by Light Aeroplane Karachi G.P.O. with Messrs. Stack & Leete", with Karachi departure cds alongside, special arrival markings on back, including "Royal Air Force Display Lahore"17.2.27 and two others. Also another cover with similar franking and cachet, flown from Karachi to Delhi, with arrival markings, small photo of the airplane, each cover with two hinge remnants on back, fine-v.f. (Image)



CLOSED
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8500 E   imageFlight Covers. 1927 (24 Feb) Royal Air Force Display Flight, Delhi to Peshawar, cover franked with 1a George V, tied by "Royal Air Force Display Delhi 18.2.27" datestamp, endorsed "By Air Mail Experimental Service Delhi Peshawar", backstamped on arrival "Royal Air Force Display Peshawar 24.2.27", fine (Image)



SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

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