Search Results for: 1926
Lot Number: 64
| Date: 1926, Apr 12 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Canada Description: F/F Toronto to Red Lake, bs 12/4, commercial corner cover franked 3c, official green framed five line flight cachet, typed 'Via Air Mail/Toronto/Red Lake'. |
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Lot Number: 86
| Date: 1926, Jan 9 Est. price: £200.00 Category: Egypt Description: RAF test flight from Abu Suwer to Khartoum, 11 Jan 1926 arrival hs on front, signed by the commanding officer V.C.Stonar, plain cover, franked Egypt 5ml, violet two line "Special Flight/Cairo to Khartoum" hs. This flight was undertaken by RAF Squadron No. 47 as a test of the Fairey IIID aircraft equipped with the Napier Lion engine, and as a prelude to the Cairo-Cape Town flight planned for later in the year. Little is known about this flight, and only 70 covers were carried. A 200 word account by Bill Coley can be found in Air Mail News, No 158, p129. |
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Lot Number: 183
| Date: 1926, Jul 25 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Greece Description: Aero Espresso Italiana Vignette, Brindisi -Athens-Constantinople, c1926, mnh. Also example on cover from Greece to Florence posted July 25, 1926. Written up and beautifully displayed on album leaf.See scan. |
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Lot Number: 184
| Date: 1926, Aug 16 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Greece Description: Aero Espresso Italiana, Brindisi-Athens-Constantinople service, interim design 3d, 5d, 10d semi official stamps printed on white and on yellow paper (8 stamps), prepared but not issued, umm. Written up and displayed on album leaf.See scan. |
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Lot Number: 185
| Date: 1926, Sep 29 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Greece Description: Aero Espresso Italiana S.A. pre-stamp period, addressed to London, carried on Athens to Brindisi flight, 'Brindisi/29.9.26/Posta Aerea' arrival ds verso, Drossos cover, franked 3 Dr tied by violet boxed 'Enaipios Par Avion' hs , violet strike large rubber framed "Surtaxe Aerienne/Percue En/Numeraire" hs (used only between 4th Aug and 12th Nov, 1926), The surtax hand stamp, and the date of arrival back stamp, confirm that this cover was flown on AEI's fifth and penultimate flight prior to the issue of the four Patagonia postage stamps. Written up and displayed on album page. |
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Lot Number: 239
| Date: 1926, Jun 3 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Latvia Description: Early air cover addressed to Uruguay, franked pairs of the 1923 War Invalides Charity set canc Riga cds, violet circular "Derluft-Riga" cachet verso, light grey blue airmail etiquette rated very scarce by Mair, printed souvenir cover with green/yellow vignette with biplane and Riga/Lucerne and a cross inside a shield. Image. |
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Lot Number: 403
| Date: 1926, Jan 15 Est. price: £275.00 Category: Sudan Description: Return of RAF test flight from Khartoum to Abu Suwer, 17 Jan 1926 arrival hs on front, signed by pilot V.C.Stonar, plain cover, violet three line "By Return of/Special Flight/Cairo to Khartoum" and violet "Khartoum 15/1/25" hs's. This flight was undertaken by RAF Squadron No. 47 as a test of the Fairey IIID aircraft equipped with the Napier Lion engine, and as a prelude to the Cairo-Cape Town flight planned for later in the year. Little is known about this flight, and only 35 covers were carried on the return flight. A 200 word account by Bill Coley can be found in Air Mail News, No 158, p129. |
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