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PALESTINE Air Mail History of the Holyland continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
81 E   image1917 (18 May) picture postcard (Jordan River) to Germany, with Feldpost Mil.Miss. A.O.K.4 departure pmk, with endorsements indicating presence of the German Flying Corps. A.O.K.4's headquarters of the Imperial German Flying Corps 300 (better known as "Pascha 300") was located at Bir es Sheba and this card was posted at Ramle and forwarded through the marine post office in Berlin. The sender was attached to the anti-aircraft batteries ("Flakzug 136"), one of only two cards flown by this Corps, possibly the beginning of Airmail service in the Middle East (Image)



SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
82 E   image1917 (22 May) picture postcard (Garden of Gethsemane) sent from Ramle to Germany, with Feldpost Mil.Miss. A.O.K.4 and violet "Kgl Preussische Feld-Flieger Abteilung 200" (Imperial Prussian Field Flying Corps 200) cachet at bottom, v.f. The headquarters of the Imperial German Flying Corps 200 (better known as "Pascha 200") was located at Bir es Sheba. At the beginning of the war, the unit had only three planes, later increased to fourteen. Mail from Air Force units were taken to Constantinople in diplomatic pouches and forwarded to the marine post offices in Berlin (Image)



SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
83 E   image1919 (10 Apr) On His Majesty's Service envelope flown by Squadron 113 (or 142) with Army Post Office Z and corresponding cachets, flown from Alexandria to Kantara, also another cover flown April 25, 1919 from Aboukir to Kantara, with appropriate cachets, both on well described pages (Image) (image 83a)

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SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
84 E   image1919 (25 Mar) On His Majesty's Service envelope flown by Squadron 113 (or 142) with Aerial Post EEF cachet (Royal Air Force Egyptian Expeditionary Forces) Emergency Air Mail Service from Cairo to Bir El Salem (near Ramle), with Field Post Office 25 Mar 19 departure and 27 Mar 19 arrival pmks, handstamped "Secret", with "Please use this envelope again" label across backflap, some filing folds, one of only 16 (!) covers recorded, this being the only one with "Secret" handstamp (Image)



SOLD for $1,300.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
85 E   image1919 (3 Apr) On His Majesty's Service small envelope flown by Squadron 113 (or 142) with Aerial Post EEF handstamp, supported by Base Army Post Office Z 3 Apr 19 postmark, flown Alexandria to Port Said, with "Please use this envelope again" label on back, fine example of this Emergency Air Mail service (Image)



SOLD for $700.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
86 E   image1923 Royal Air Force (Gaza-Baghdad) (7 May) cover from Tel Aviv, with Palestine franking to Baghdad, Kantara Haifa TPO South (9 May), arriving Baghdad on 13 May, filing fold and cover tears on back, away from the stamps, fine. This cover was carried by train from Tel Aviv to Gaza and flown from there, stated to be the earliest recorded Civilian Air Mail (Image)



SOLD for $450.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
87 E   image1927 Imperial Airways Special Flight (Gaza-Baghdad-Basra), cover with corner cachet of the American Express Company Jaffa Road Jerusalem, franked with 2x13m (one corner fault), tied by 5 April Jerusalem machine cancels, addressed to Karachi, with Baghdad (7 Apr), Karachi (15 Apr) and "Drigh Road" cds on back (facsimile labels hinged at bottom of cover), filing folds away from the stamps, fine. On 6th January 1927, Imperial Airways took over from the Royal Air Force and this special flight by "G-EBNA" aircraft (piloted by Capt. Travers) from Gaza via Baghdad carried civilian mail, preceding the actual opening of the route to the public by two years. A rarity, one of only five covers carried on this flight (Image)



SOLD for $1,200.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
88 E   image1933 (12 Dec) first flight Jerusalem to Bandon, Malay States, special London-Singapore cachet, with Tungsond transit and Bandon arrival pmks, v.f. (Image)



SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
89 E   image1933 (11 Mar) stationery card from Jerusalem to Budapest, carried on the first Hungarian Mediterranean Circular flight, stage Gaza to Budapest, arrived with Plane Gerle March 24, 1933 cachet, autographed by the pilots Tibor Bisitz and Anthony Banhidy. As the prepared return cards did not arrive in time for the flight from Jerusalem, Tibor Bisitz (pilot) addressed three cards to himself in Budapest, had them canceled at the post office and carried them on the flight. This is the only card available (the others are in the postal museums in Budapest and Tel Aviv) (Image)



SOLD for $4,750.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
90 E   image1933 (9 June) card with Palestine franking from Haifa to Budapest, carried on the first Hungarian Mediterranean Circular flight, stage Gaza to Budapest, with "Despatched after departure of the Plane Gerle 13" cachet, special corresponding label and arrival pmk. The prepaid mail for the return flight of the "Gerle" arrived too late in Jerusalem and was sent back from Haifa (Image)



SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
91 E   image1933 (3 Dec) experimental flight cover with 15m franking, flown via "Misr Air works" from Jerusalem to Alexandria, with "Caire Par Avion" transit and arrival pmks on back, v.f., signed Francis Field, with his certificate (between June 1934 and the opening of a regular service on 1st June 1934, only a few letters were flown) (Image)



SOLD for $450.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
92 E   image1934 (8 Dec) first flight, Quantas Empire Airways Singapore to Darwin, stage Gaza to Darwin, cachet cover with strip of 5x15m blue, tied by cds, with 19 Dec.34 arrival pmk, v.f., one of only 10 carried (Image)



SOLD for $290.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
93 E   imageCatapult Flights. 1932 S.S. Europa cover from Brooklyn, with green "Deutsche Schleuderflug" cachet, addressed to Rehovot, Palestine, with Berlin, Tiberias and Rehovot postmarks on back, unusual destination (Image)



SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
PALESTINE 1929 (LZ 129) Graf Zeppelin - Orient Fli
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
94   image1929 "Get ready for the Zeppelin!" "To the residents of the Land of Israel, get ready for the Zeppelin!" screamed the headline of Doar Hayom on March 25 of that year. The Hebrew-language press was feverishly anticipating the Zeppelin flyover, which was initially scheduled to travel to Egypt. Mail Drop was announced by means of posters in & around the town of Er Ramle. Due to bad weather, most were apparently washed away by the rain. According to Fred Blau only this one survived, the original poster (23x37cm) printed in red Hebrew, English and Arabic, folded in half, in good condition. A rarity! (It was the Jewish holiday of Purim, 1929, and the 28 passengers included ministers from Weimar Republic and the daughter of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin himself, plus the 41 crew members on board the austere Graf Zeppelin for an Egypt-bound voyage from Germany. In just a few years, the tail of the proud German dirigible would be irreversibly tattooed with a swastika. Its world famous commander, Hugo Eckener, would be declared a persona non grata over his outspoken criticism of the Nazis, though he would survive World War II. The captain of what was then the largest airship in the world, Ernst Lehmann, would die of burns he sustained when his ill-fated Hindenburg erupted over a field in New Jersey in 1937, all but putting the dream of intercontinental airship travel to rest) (Image)



SOLD for $2,100.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
95   image1929 Orient Flight - Mail Drop was announced by means of posters in & around the town of Er Ramle. Most were washed away by the rain. A reprint in reduced form, v.f., rare (Image)



SOLD for $700.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
96 E   imageZeppelin Flights. 1929 picture postcard (Historical Museum in Bern) franked with 1M Eagle, canceled on board "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" 24 Mar 29, Er Ramle drop, addressed to Beirut, with 29.3.29 arrival pmk, v.f. card to uncommon destination (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
97 E   image1929 Orient Flight, cover paying 2M to USA, attractively franked with 5pf, 10pf, 15pf, 20pf, 50pf and 1M Eagle, canceled Friedrichshafen Luftpost 24 Mar 29, "Mit LZ 127 Friedrichshafen 1. Orientfahrt" endorsement alongside, steel impression cachet (only used on about 250 pieces of mail), tiny cover tear at bottom, unusual franking on Orient Flight cover to USA (Image)



CLOSED
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
98 E   image1929 picture postcard (Graf Zeppelin over Stuttgart) canceled on board (25 Mar) with 1M franking and three Palestine 2m adhesives canceled Er Ramle (25 Mar), v.f. (Image)



SOLD for $550.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
99 E   image1929 picture postcard (LZ 127) franked with 1M Eagle, canceled Friedrichshafen Luftpost 24 Mar 29, Er Ramle drop with arrival (cross at right) pmk, addressed to Aleppo, returned to sender, v.f., unusual destination (Image)



SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM
100 E   image1929 stationery card with 1M franking, Er Ramle drop, addressed to Berlin, with additional oval "Mit Luftschiff L.Z.127 ab Friedrichshafen" cachet (used for the first trans-Atlantic flight), fine and interesting usage of obsolete stationery card, with two Zeppelin cachets (Image)



SOLD for $250.00
Closing..Mar-03, 09:00 AM

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