Hong Kong 1936 Imperial Airways first through flight (HK-Penang-London) cacheted folded foolscap cover to England, with $1 & 25c GV pair.

Hong Kong 1937 illustrated cover to San Francisco with 30c, 50c & $2 GV, blue received first flight FAM 14 cachet & 4 May arrival b/s.

Hong Kong 1937 illustrated Pan Am Clipper cover with 30c & 5c GV, 29 April cds to Manila, & bears purple First Flight PAA arrival cachet. From Macau to Hong Kong.

Madagascar 1934 airmail cover bearing 1F50 & 3FR adhesives, ex Tananarive 28 July, with red boxed "Premier courier régulier aérien/MADAGASCAR-EUROPE" & bears 9 Aug Paris arrival b/s.

Madagascar 1936 local airmail cover wtih 50c adhesive, ex Tananarive 6 July with blue "SERVICE / EXCEPTIONNEL / PAR AVION" cachet to Majunga & Majunga 6 July arrival b/s.

Madagascar 1938 local airmail cover with 2 x 25c adhesives, ex Tananarive 28 Oct with boxed red "Lettre transportée/exceptionellment par avion" cachet to Fort Dauphin with 30 Oct arrival b/s.

Madagascar 1945 attractive 4F50 airmail envelope 16 May, with 50c x 2, $1.50F & 4F adhesives, endorsed "1er Service Tananarive-Paris/par Itinéraire Nord" with 23 May arrival b/s.

Madagascar 1947 29 March reg'd 3F65 airmail envelope with 10c & 40c adhesives, bearing boxed purple "100éme LIAISON POSTALE AÉRIENNE / RÉGULIÉRE EFFECTUÉE PAR AVION/ "AIR FRANCE" / MADAGASCAR-LA RÉUNION-ILE MAURICE", with 31 March arrival b/s & 14 June return b/s.

Madagascar 1947 reg'd cover to Lourenço Marqués with 15Fr from Chad to the Rhine adhesive & red "Par premier service aérien/AIR FRANCE/TANANARIVE-LOURENÇO MARQUÉS" cachet, with 27 May arrival & 20 July return b/s.

NZ 1935 Napier-Gisborne East Coast Airways Ltd cover, 3d Air tied to cover with Hastings 15 AP 35 cds. Gisborne b/s 16 AP 35. Mild ageing on reverse. NZAMC 116b. Cat $60.

NZ 1936 (16 March) 2 diff printed internal FFCs: a) Nelson-Dunedin via Blenheim (by Cook Strait Airways & Union Airways); & b) Christchurch-Dunedin (by Union Airways). Cachets (black) are printed (C.S.A., U.A.N.Z.). With appropriate receipt b/s. Both very fine. NZAMC 126b (cat $40+), 127p (cat $20+). Most covers seen are plain (ie: unprinted).

NZ 1951 TEAL Christchurch-Melbourne plain, typed address cacheted FFC, Melbourne 29 June 1951 b/s. NZAMC 381b. Cat $20.

NZ 1978 (9 Sept) special commem pictorial flight cover Wigram-Sydney & return by Cliff Tait in small Fletcher monoplane marking 50th Anniv 1st trans Tasman flight by Kingsford Smith. Pilot signed. NZAMC 698. Cat $20.

NZ 1980 1st (delayed) Hot Air Balloon illustrated, flown cacheted cover, Prebbleton 8 October b/s. NZAMC 722. Cat $15.

Unsold lots from previous auctions, estimate $225+.

USA late 1920s internal flight covers x 25 diff.

USA 1930s-60s internal flight covers x 25 diff.

USA 1968 pictorial cacheted cover (flight capsule), text "Apollo 7 AS 205 Manned Flight / NASA / Atlantic / U.S. Navy Recovery Force", franked US 5c Space Walk setenant pair, canc "U.S.S. Arneb" cds OCT 22 1968. To USA. Fine.

USA 1968 pictorial cacheted cover (flight capsule), text "Apollo 7 AS 205 Manned Flight / NASA / Pacific / U.S. Navy Recovery Force", franked US 6c, canc "U.S.S. Nicholas" cds OCT 21 1968, & similar cover franked 5c Space Walk block of 4, canc "U.S.S. Cochrane" cds OCT 22 1968. Fine (2).

USA 1969 pictorial cacheted cover (lunar landing module over moon), text "Apollo 12/Manned Lunar Landing/Pacific/U.S. Navy Recovery Froce", franked US 6c canc "U.S.S. Hornet" machine d/s NOV 24 1969. To USA. Very good.