INDIA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers INDIA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 796
Symbol: C
22 Jan.1926 (BEA.26.02d) Karachi - Risalpur R.A.F. demonstration flight cover with 27 Squadron cachet, initialled by the pilot, E.H.Spence. [40 flown]. (Image)
Estimate AU$120-150 Min. Bid. AU$90
Opening AU$ 100.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 797
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EVACUATION OF KABUL EMERGENCY AIRMAIL: 13-30 Nov.1928 (BEA.28.13) cover despatched from Cornwall for delivery to Col. Sir Francis Humphrys at The British Legation, Kabul; bearing a fine backstamped example of the "SPECIAL INSPECTOR / 30 NOV.28 / FOREIGN MAILS" double-ring cds alongside a poor "PESHAWAR / 6JA29" cds; also endorsed Peshawar-Kabul" and initialled.Kabul was invaded and occupied by Saqqawist forces in November 1928. They were in occupation for 9 months during which period the RAF 70th Squadron flew sorties maintaining communication and evacuating some 400 people. Covers associated with these flights are scarce.Provenance: Boris Joffe (Image)
Estimate AU$500-750 Min. Bid. AU$400
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 4,600.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 4600
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 798
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30 & 31 October 1930 Karachi - Calcutta flown special cover, carried and signed by Mildred Bruce in her "Blackburn Bluebird"; also, a similar cover flown and signed by Bruce on her Karachi - Rangoon flight. (2 covers). Very small numbers flown. (Image)
Estimate AU$300-400 Min. Bid. AU$240
Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 240.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 799
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21 April 1932 (BEA.32.09a) Peshawar - Quetta cover flown with Viceroy Lord Willingdon, signed by R.A.F. pilot D.J. Anderson; with QUETTA arrival b/stamp.Provenance: Boris Joffe. (Image)
Estimate AU$250-300 Min. Bid. AU$200
Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 4,600.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 4600
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 800
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17 Jan.1934 (BEA.34.01) Bihar Earthquake O.H.M.S. cover, carried by R.A.F. Emergency flight from Patna to Darbangah; signed and endorsed on arrival by Dr.K.R.Gupta. (Image)
