Belgium and Belgian Congo: A collection in binder incl. 1928 and 1930 covers from Brussels from Elisabethville or Port Francqui with framed “AVION” marks, 1930 (Dec.) first Sabena flight to Leopoldville cover from Brussels franked 25c., 1f. and 5f., 1933 Nayasland 1d. postcard “via Broken Hill” upra
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British Central Africa: A collection incl. 1934 (Mar. 8) envelope to Salisbury with framed “FIRST FLIGHT/Regular Air Mail Service/Nyasaland-Southern Rhodesia” mark and signed by pilot, another to Limbe franked Belgian Congo 50c., 1f., 2f. and 2f. on 1f.75c. with “FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL” mark, 1935
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Crash and Wreck Mail: 1931 (Nov. 13) attempted Port Elizabeth to Cape Town flight, charred and scorched envelope (remains of two stamps and an airmail label at top) to Cape Town, salvaged from the wreckage of Captain W.F. Davenport’s aircraft which crashed the next day on Sir Lowry’s Pass, with copy
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Crash and Wreck Mail: 1935 envelope to Singapore carried on the “City of Khartoum” franked GB 11/2d. (2) and 1/2d. (others missing) with printed Singapore G.P.O. explanatory label and matching O.H.M.S. ambulance envelope and 1939 (Apr.) “Challenger” crash mail envelopes to East London, Durban or Cap
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Crash and Wreck Mail: South Africa Schlesinger Air Race, 1936 (Oct.) envelopes with Portsmouth to Johannesburg flight franked G.B. 1/2d., flown by A.E. Clouston and signed, endorsed “Crashed engine failure.....Southern Rhodesia”, another franked G.B. 1/2d. and Southern Rhodesia 1d. (2), flown and si
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Crash and Wreck Mail: 1938 (Mar. 19) Morocco-France, “Ville de Toulouse” fatal crash at Cinq Croix summit, four days later, envelope with extensive soiling and officially resealed in France, from Argentina (franking intact) to Germany and with four line violet explanatory cachet with printed date. P
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East Africa: A collection incl. 1927 (Feb.) envelope to London franked Kenya and Uganda 10c. pair and 50c, with airmail label affixed, 1932 (Sept.) to Dar-es-salaam franked South Africa 2d. and 4d., 1934 (Jan.) envelope to Bombay franked Tanganyika 20c. and 1s. with framed “By Air to/’Bombay’” mark,
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East Africa: Feeder Services mail collection incl. 1930 (Nov. 30) to Nairobi franked Tanganyika 30c. and endorsed “FIRST/AIR.MAIL”, 1931 (July 7) to Kisumum from Nairobi endorsed “By First Flight.....” and with “LOCAL AIR FEE PAID” mark, 1931 (Oct. 21) to Nairobi franked Zanzibar 3c. (6) and 1c. pa
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East Africa: Feeder Services: 1935 (Dec. 25) envelope to Zanzibar franked K.U.T. 30c. with framed “FEEDER SERVICE” mark, underpaid and endorsed “T 10c” and Zanzibar 1930 6c. black on yellow postage due tied at lower left, a scarce franking. S.G. D21, cat. from £600 (on cover). Photo.
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French Africa: 1911 (Aug. 12) picture postcards depicting the arrival of a Paris-Troyes flight from the prior year or pilot Bleriot and his plane each franked 15c. or 1f. with “PETIT JOURNAL” cachets for the Casablanca-Fez flights, one signed by the pilot, fine and scarce. (2) Photo.
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French Africa: 1919 (May and June) envelopes to Paris or Tunis franked 30c. on 35c. (3) or single tied by Ben-Gardane or Tunis RP “POSTE AERIENNE” datestamps and flown the experimental Tunis-Gabes services only in place from Apr. 20 1919 to Feb. 1 1920, also a mint set of the 1927 airmail surcharg
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French Africa: Toulouse-Casablanca flights selection incl. 1921 (June) envelope to Lyon franked 1F. and Guynemer vignette, 1922 envelope to Paris franked the Latecoere 75c., 1F. and 2F, also a used set of the issued stamps, 1924 envelope to Morocco franked Switzerland 5c., 10c. and 25c. with Laufen
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French Africa: A collection in binder incl. 1923 Casablanca-Dakar flight and return covers, 1925 Dakar-Toulouse flight cover to London, 1925 (Jan.) de Goys and Pelletier D’Oisy Paris-Lake Chad flight, 1927 (June) Tananarive-Majunga Dagnaux flight cover, 1930 Goulette, Marchessau and Bourgeois flight
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French Africa: 1930 (May) Mermoz Dakar-Natal flight envelope from Casablanca to Buenos Aires franked Morocco 1f., 1f.50c. and 3f., (3) with large “TOULOUSE/MAROC/SUD-AMERIQUE/LATÉ/28/PAR AVION” cachets also three 1955 commemorative covers of this flight and two 1930 (June) covers to Zurich or Paris,
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French Africa: 1924 and 1925 envelopes (one registered) to France franked 50c. or 15c., 50c. and 50c. on 50c. (2) with large circular cachet of the Regiment d’Aviation du Maroc or with “POST AUX ARMEES” Field Post Office 414 datestamps, scarce. (2)
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French Africa: 1925 (Feb.) Lemaite and Arrachard record flight envelope Paris-Dakar franked 25c. with perforated vignette tied by “Breguet - Renaulat” cachet and a picture postcard of the type of aircraft used, scarce. Photo.
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French Africa: A collection in binder incl. 1925 first flight Dakar to Zinder, 1926 cover to Dakar from Liverpool franked G.B. 10d. and 1/2d. endorsed “First Despatch/Par Avion de/Toulouse a Dakar”, 1926 Air Union Aeronavale flight Tunis-Nice, 1930 (Jan.) Tangier-Pondicherry flight carried by Girier
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French Africa: 1934 (Oct.) postcards to England each franked Argentina 15c. pair and 10c, carried by Mermoz on the “Arc-en-Ciel” from Natal (Brazil) to Dakar in 131/2 hours, a transatlantic record, fine. (2) Photo.
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French Services: Collection incl. 1929 envelope to Germany from Brazil with framed “CORREIO AERO/LINHAS C.G.A.” mark, 1933 envelope to Valparaiso franked France 10F, 1933 envelope to Buenos Aires from Stuttgart sent on the French Service, 1932 envelope to Vienna from Brazil with framed “VIA AEROPOST
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French Services: Collection in binder of flight mail to Africa in the post W.W.II period incl. 1952 registered and express envelope to Canada franked Morocco 40f., 50f. and 100f., France 1953 15f.+5f. booklet fully intact and addressed to the Ivory Coast on the front cover and franked with the same
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French Services: 1935 (Feb. 16/17) Codos and Rossi flight postcard to Air France’s South America representative, franked France 1f.75c., 2f.25c. and 5f. tied by Marseilles c.d.s. and with a “RAID INTERROMPU” explanatory cachet indicting the plane was forced down at Port Praia, Cape Verde. Photo.
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German Services: A collection in a binder incl. 1929 (Mar.) Zeppelin Orient flight to Cairo, 1930 (Nov.) flight cover to Philadelphia with Brazilian DO-X cachet, 1930 fight cover to Germany from Brazil with Condor airmail label affixed, 1934 (May) Zeppelin flight to Beunos Aires, 1931 (Apr.) Egypt-G
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German Services: Collection incl. 1934 envelope to Berlin from Sao Paulo with Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa cachet, 1934 envelope to Montevideo from London carried on the first British acceptance of the service, 1934 (Dec.) envelopes to Rio from Berlin with “Mit deutscher Luftpost” marks, 1937 catapult
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Imperial Airways: Selection of 1927 (Jan.-Dec.) flights with Cairo-Baghdad, Baghdad-Basrah, Tangier-Karachi (endorsed “1st through Flight/Cairo-India”), two covers to Cairo from Baghdad franked 1a. pair or 1/2a. and 11/2a. carried on the same a Basra-Cairo flight and two to London endorsed “BASRA-CA
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Imperial Airways: Collection in two binders incl. 1929 (Apr.) London-Karachi flight, 1929 (Dec.) postcard to Crete with “FIRST FLIGHT/IMPERIAL AIR/EGYPTCRETE” mark, 1931 (Feb. and Mar.) London-Mwanza (Tanganyika) return flight covers, 1931 (Mar.) 1st flight cover to Canada carried on a Tanganyika to
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Imperial Airways: 1933 (Feb. 8) envelope to Walvis Bay franked G.B. 11/2d. tied by Cranwell c.d.s. flown by Squadron Leader O.R. Gayford and Flight Lieutenant G.E. Nicholetts in a record time of 57 hours and 25 minutes of which only 20 covers were flown, very scarce. Photo.
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Italian Africa: Collection incl. 1929 first flight Rome to Tunis envelope franked Italy 1l. and 1l.25c., 1920 Balbo Mass flight Italy-Brazil postcards (2) franked Italy 20c. and printed labels both tied by “RICORDO DELLA CROCIERA/ITALIA - BRASILE/DECEMBRE 1930 IX” cachets, unused selection of perfor
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Italian Africa: 1918 (Oct. 4) Military postcard to Bologna with framed censor cachet “VERIFICATO/PER CENSURA” and endorsed by the sender as from the “Aeroscalo Dirigbili/Tripoli”, fine. Note: Italy established an air base in Tripoli in 1915. Photo.
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Latvia: 1933 (May 28) envelope to Lithuania franked block of six Latvia 10s. overprinted “LATVIJA - AFRIKA/1933.” and tied by Riga datestamps also a mint set of the same overprinted issue, very lightly mounted and with expertising marks on the reverse. (1 cover + 5 stamps). Photo.
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1910 Aviation Week in Heliopolis, piece franked Egypt 1pi., 4m and 5m. tied by bilingual “HELIOPOLIS/AERODROME” c.d.s. and unused picture postcard depicting aeroplane over the Sphinx. (2 items) Photo.
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Pioneer and Special Flights: R.A.F. Cairo Baghdad Services, 1923 (July 21) envelope to Baghdad from Alexandria franked Egypt 5m., 20m. and 50m. with very early bilingual (English/Arabic) “AIR MAIL” mark, 1923 (Aug. 18) from Paris endorsed “Par Avion/Caire-Baghdad” franked 10c., 30c. and 50c. pairs a
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1924 (Oct. 21) and 1926 (Oct. 9) ‘Jessop’ covers from Dublin to Egypt, endorsed “Via London-Cairo Airmail” or “LONDON-BASLE-GENEVA-ZURICH” variously franked Ireland 6d., 21/2d., 1/2d. and 1d. or 1d. (3) and 2d. with airmail etiquettes, Anglo-Egyptian Bank cachets and Ale
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1925 (Nov. 16) Imperial Airways London-Cape Town flight postcard addressed to Claremount franked South Africa 2d. tied by a 1926 (Feb. 19) Cape Town c.d.s. with “BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL” oval cachet for the flight by Alan Cobham, signed by him and with a perforated vignette
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Pioneer and Special Flights: A collection in two binders incl. scarce 1926 (Apr.) Madrid-Manila first flight by Gallarza and Loriga, 1928 (Oct.) Lotnicze first flight cover Pologne-Maroc-Senegal (50 flown), 1930 (Oct.) first flight Djibouti (French Somaliland)-Addis (Ethiopa), 1933 New Caledonia min
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1927 Gladstone Airways Flight Covers selection incl. Feb. 15 to England from Nairobi with “KENYA-SUDAN/AIR MAIL” c.d.s., Mar. 8 to Uganda from franked G.B. 6d. and 11/2d. endorsed “1st Official Air Mail Cairo-Jinja”, Mar. 10. envelopes to Kenya or Uganda from London with
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1928 (Nov.-Dec.) Lord Carberry flight envelope to Mozambique franked Kenya and Uganda 20c. and Egypt 5m. numbered “26” at lower left and from 40 covers flown, very scarce. Photo.
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1930 (Oct. 5) England-Cape Town record breaking flight by Captain R.F. Casparuethus (1899-1990), envelope carried in a D.H. Puss Moth taking 8 days 101/2 hours, pilot signed and bearing “AIR POST./SPECIAL” cachet. Only 22 covers flown, very scarce thus and with a contemp
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1933 (May 30) envelopes to Lilongwe franked Nyasaland 6d. pair or 1s. with double ring “FIRST NYD AIRMAIL” c.d.s., (May 31) to Glasgow “Per City of Karachi” franked Nyasaland 1s., 11/2d. and 1/2d. and (June 3) to Fort Jameson franked Nyasaland 1s. tied by Limbe c.d.s. al
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1936 (May 3) envelope franked G.B. 1/2d. and South Africa 1/2d. with eight line cachet in violet “Carried by 38. H.P./Praga Baby first flight/England-Cape Town.....”, scarce. Photo.
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1937 (Jan. 19, 20) Roland Garros return flight envelopes to London or Reunion each franked Mauritius 1r. and 25c. with four line “MAURICE FRANCE/ 1ere Liaison aeropostale/Avion Roland Garros/Voyage de retour” and a similar example to France from St Denis franked Reunion
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1937 (Apr. 8) envelope to Brisbane franked Australia 1/2d. pair and Queensland 1d. tied by Brisbane machine cancellation and Sudan 15m. tied by Khartoum c.d.s. with large flight cachet “BRISBANE-CAPETOWN/Mrs. H.B. (M.R.) BONNEY.....” and signed by her at lower left, scar
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1937 (Nov.) Clouston and Kirby Green London-Cape Town record flight cover, franked G.B. 11/2d. (2) London Nov. 13 machine cancellation and both Cape Town double ring and special Wingfield Airport arrival c.d.s’s of Nov. 16, with flight label. Photo.
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1939 (Jan. 9) first flight envelope Barotseland to Mangu franked Northern Rhodesia 11/2d. tied by Lusaka c.d.s. and signed by the pilot H.R. Kirkman, fine and very scarce. Photo.
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Pioneer and Special Flights: 1939 (Feb.) record-breaking London-Cape Town-London return flight envelope “per Favour of Alex Henshaw” and signed by him with framed “CITY OF CAPETOWN/MUNICIPAL AIRPORT” datestamp and double ring “LONDON EAST AIRPORT/GRAVESEND” cachet, scarce and fine. Photo.
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Portugal and Colonies: Selection with Mozambique incl. 1929 (Aug.) internal first flight covers flown by Jimmy Childs, 1934-38 provisional “M/13” air mail labels on covers to London (4) or Cape Town from Lourenco Marques or Beira with all but one with the amount payable endorsed on the labels, 1939
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South Africa: 1911 (Dec. 27) First South African Aerial Post, first Kenilworth-Muizenburg flight, special card (small stain at top left) Muizenberg receiving mark of 1911 (Dec. 28), scarce. Photo.
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South Africa: 1911 (Dec. 30) First South African Aerial Post, second Kenilworth-Muizenburg flight, special card with Muizenberg receiving mark of 1912 (Jan. 3), scarce. Photo.
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South Africa: 1911 (Dec. 30) First South African Aerial Post, second Kenilworth-Muizenburg flight, special card (a few stains at left and top right) Muizenberg receiving mark of 1912 (Jan. 3) and G.B. 1911 (Sept. 9) First Aerial flight postcard franked 1/2d. (2) to Cape Town. (2 items) Photo.
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South Africa: A collection of covers in a binder, incl. defective 1911 Kenilworth-Muizenburg flight card, 1918 (Oct. 7) “MAKE YOUR SIXPENCE FLY” Red Cross aerial post card (3, one with 3d. “Our Day” vignette affixed), 1918 (Nov. 24) Germiston flight cards (2, one in dark blue), 1929 Union Airways Fl
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South Africa: 1925 Experimental Service collection incl. 1925 (Feb. 26) airmail issue mint and used (in blocks of four) set, mint set on an official presentation sheet and an envelope to Wales (May 20) with the set of four (1d. in a pair) and K.G.V 2d., (Feb. 28) cover to Durban franked 3d. and 1d.
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