The L.V. Pont Collection of Early Air Mail Postal History continued...
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Cat No. |
Lot Description |
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| 1407 |
CVR |
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 1927.FEB.18 Royal Air Force Display Covers, first is a 1a stationery cover addressed to Delhi (same day R.A.F. special receiver on back), second one is a cover franked with a 1a stamp, addressed to Calcutta (with Delhi FEB.18 and
Calcutta FEB.20 backstamps) with photographic cachet depicting several biplanes and reading "By Aeroplane". Mr. Pont noted that the number of items carried for these was "limited" for one and "unknown" for the other. Also includes a FEB.14.1927 cover
mailed Karachi to Calcutta with special purple Crown cachet reading "Air Mails India / By Light Aeroplane / Karachi G.P.O. / With Messrs Stack & Teete", with R.A.F. Delhi backstamp dated FEB.18, Mr. Pont notes that 900 of these were carried. All
three have light stains, else very fine. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 300
SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1408 |
CVR |
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 1927.JUN.25 Dutch Flight Calcutta to Batavia, franked with two 1a stamps tied by Calcutta datestamp, alongside a red and white flight label with small black biplane, the cover is addressed to Batavia (with JUL.1 receiver on back,
alongside a Weltevreden datestamp of the same day) there is a 15c Dutch postage due stamp on front. An overall fine cover, with only 31 carried.
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Est $ 300
SOLD for C$1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1409 |
CVR |
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 1927.JUN.25 Calcutta to Rangoon and JUL.9.1927 Return Flight, Calcutta to Rangoon cover with 2-line black cachet handstamp and "AVAIL / AIR MAIL / AND / SAVE TIME" label with JUN.27 receiver (48 covers carried, signed on back by
Stephen Smith). Rangoon to Calcutta cover with blue flight label below 2-line cachet handstamp, with JUL.12 receiver on back (this one has light staining, mostly on back) with 50 covers carried. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1410 |
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 1927.JUN.27 First Demonstration Flight by the "Moth", mailed Calcutta on JUN.27 to Stephen Smith in Calcutta, this ½a stationery postcard shows a purple moth cachet plus a purple "Carried By / D.H. Moth, G.E.B.M.O. / Aeroplane"
cachet. The back has a note reading "Certified that this has been flown over Calcutta by D.H. Moth G.E.BMO (....)", signed by E.L. Widdicombe and initialed "W.H.V. (Flight Lieutenant W.H. Vetch). This is a rare item, numbered "2" at bottom left
corner out of a total of 11 items flown (10 cards and one cover). Very fine. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 350
SOLD for C$1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1411 |
CVR |
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 1927.JUL.2 First Demonstration Flight by the "Moth", a group of 10 items (7 covers and 3 cards), all different in some way, either addressed to a different person, or differently franked or initialed differently. All bear a black
moth cachet, all but one of the covers are initialed by the pilot, and or his assistant. Some light staining or foxing, still an interesting group and mostly all fine, with 276 covers flown and 49 cards. (Scan 1)
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Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Collection] |
Est $ 300
SOLD for C$275.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1412 |
CVR |
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 1927.JUL.12 First Dutch Commercial Flight, Calcutta to Karachi, a neat little cover franked 1a KGV, with "12 JULY 1927" handstamp and small airplane photographic cachet with the date of the flight, "Calcutta to Karachi" and "KLM"
on the airplane. JUL.14 receiver on back. We have not seen this cover offered anywhere recently, and a very rare cover, with only 15 items flown, this one is numbered 8 at bottom left. Very fine.
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1413 |
CVR |
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 1927.JUL.15 Calcutta to Shillong and Back Flight Covers, one has a purple "D.H. MOTH Aeroplane / G-E.B. M.O. / Air 15-7-27 Mail / Calcutta Shillong" cachet handstamp, the other has a manuscript cachet, both fine, with 55 covers
carried. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 150
SOLD for C$230.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1414 |
CVR |
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 1927.NOV.3 First Experimental Flight by a French Pilot, Calcutta to Paris, with red corner card cachet naming the pilot "Capt. Leon Chale", engineer and date, with initials of Stephen H Smith in red, alongside purple French Consul
handstamp. Cover is addressed to Stephen Smith (care of) in London, England, and the back has a notation "Received back 23rd January 1928 / Stephen Smith". Very fine and scarce, with 26 covers carried, according to Mr. Pont. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 300
SOLD for C$500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1415 |
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 1927.NOV.4 Paris to Saigon Card by "Roger Latapie", a ¼ stationery card surcharged "½" cancelled Calcutta, addressed to Naini, Allahabad with NOV.4 receiver on front. There is a purple French Consulate handstamp (front and back)
and a red "Urgent By Aeroplane / Par Avion / By Air / Carried by / Roger Latapie / From Calcutta / 1927" handstamp. There is also a "Pioneer Press R.M.S. datestamp of NOV.4. A rare card, with only 18 carried on this leg of the flight. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$900.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1416 |
CVR |
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 1927.NOV.4 Paris to Saigon Return Trip Cover by "Roger Latapie", the Calcutta to Karachi leg, franked with a 1a stamp canceled Calcutta, addressed to Karachi with NOV.7 receiver on back alongside a "Bright Road" datestamp NOV.5.
There is a French Consulate handstamp on front, alongside a salmon coloured flight label, tied by green "ROGER LATAPIE" handstamp. Numbered "7" at bottom left, one of only 55 covers flown, very fine. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 300
SOLD for C$325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1417 |
CVR |
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 1927.NOV.4 Paris to Saigon Return Trip Cover by "Roger Latapie", the Calcutta to Paris leg, franked with a 2a stamp canceled Calcutta, addressed to London, England with no receiver but Stephen Smith signature below "Received back
23rd Jan 1928.". There is a purple French Consulate handstamp on front, below a red 4-line flight cachet with Stephen Smith initials. Backflap was re-attached, else very fine, with 67 letters flown to England.
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1418 |
CVR |
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 1927.DEC.18 Calcutta to Akyab and Calcutta to Rangoon Covers, both with different coloured labels depicting a map of India with red 4-leaf clover and red biplane. Akyab cover arrived DEC.22 (backstamp) with 89 covers carried, and
the Rangoon cover arrived on DEC.31 (backstamp) with 88 covers carried. Both very fine. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1419 |
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 1928.FEB.3 Empire Cruise Flight, Calcutta to Akyab, a set of two different cards, each with an "Empire Cruise" cachet (one in green and one in red), both are signed Stephen Smith on back and very fine. A total of 63 cards were
carried on this flight. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1420 |
CVR |
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 1928.FEB.3 Empire Cruise Flight, Calcutta to Akyab and Rangoon, a set of two different covers (one addressed to Mr. Pont in Rangoon and one to Akyab, Burma), each with a different "Empire Cruise" cachet (one in green and one in
red, with different inscriptions), both have receivers on back and are very fine. A total of 92 covers were carried to Rangoon and 89 covers carried to Burma. (Scan 1)
(Scan 2)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1421 |
CVR |
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 1928.FEB.13 Etawah to Calcutta Demonstration Flight by German Biplane, with salmon coloured cachet label reading "Deutscher Flug GERMANIA / Casper Biplane / DURCH INDIEN / Etawah", addressed to Calcutta with receivers on back, also
showing a second flight label reading "Flugpost / Etawah / Calcutta" alongside Stephen Smith signature. There are two signatures on front, those of the pilot and the mechanic. This flight was abandoned at Sankrail, near Calcutta and is rare, with
only 24 covers carried. Tiny internal tear on front, and light ink offsets on back, still very fine. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$950.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1422 |
CVR |
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 1928.MAR.16 to MAY.4 Basra to Cairo and Marseilles to London Flight Covers, all addressed to England, with MAR.16 (Karachi to Basra), MAR.17 (Karachi to Basra), MAR.23 (Basra to Cairo), MAR.23 (from Karachi, redirected, with all
flight information crossed-out) and MAY.4 (Bombay to England). A few small faults, else a good group of 5 covers, see scans. (Scan 1)
(Scan 2)
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Get Market Data for [Germany (DDR) Collection] |
Est $ 200
SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1423 |
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 1928.MAY.14 Doisy & Carol Paris to Hanoi, Calcutta to Rangoon Flight, card with two green cachet handstamps (front and back), both reading "DOISY AND CAROL" with a biplane. Another handstamp in red reads "PLANE CRASHED AT AKYAB /
16th MAY, 1928", and there is a French Consulate handstamp on front and back. Signed by Stephen Smith "Greetings from Calcutta", with very light foxing, else very fine and rare, with only 44 covers flown. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 400
SOLD for C$625.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1424 |
CVR |
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 1928.MAY.14 Doisy & Carol Paris to Hanoi, Calcutta to Rangoon Flight, cover with salmon coloured cachet label, plus two green cachet handstamps, both reading "DOISY AND CAROL", one with a biplane. Another handstamp in red reads
"PLANE CRASHED AT AKYAB / 16th MAY, 1928". There is a French Consulate handstamp on back, very fine and scarce with only 77 covers flown. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 350
SOLD for C$625.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1425 |
CVR |
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 1928.SEP.21 Dutch Experimental Flight, Rangoon to Bangkok Leg, endorsed "via Singapore", with SEP.25 receiver on back, very fine. Rare, as only 35 covers were flown from Rangoon to Bangkok. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 500
SOLD for C$725.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1426 |
CVR |
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 1928.SEP.20 to OCT.11 Calcutta to Rangoon Flight Covers, starting with SEP.20 flight (cover and card, latter is signed Stephen Smith, both with same cachet), OCT.4 flight (cover and card, both signed Stephen Smith, both with same
cachets, one reading "Sea Plane Crashed at Cawnpore Carried by 4th Official Mail Plane H - N.A.C.F.") and OCT.11 flight (cover signed by Stephen Smith). All 5 items are addressed to Mr. Leon V. Pont in Rangoon, Burma and are very fine. (Scan 1)
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Est $ 200
SOLD for C$600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
