Search Results for: 1929
Lot Number: 77
| Date: 1929, Apr 21 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Australia Description: F/F Charleville to Brisbane, violet PMG rectangular cachet with Charleville cds applied to centre, b/s, red/black "Inaugural Flight ....." and "See…Western Queensland" flight vignettes on front and a "By Air Mail/Brisbane-Charleville etiquette" verso (all three rated a great rarity by Mair), Facsimile signature of pilot, Capt. PH Moody, on front. |
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Lot Number: 78
| Date: 1929, Jun 2 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Australia Description: F/F Adelaide to Perth, franked 4 1/2d, ms "per First Air Mail", Western Australian AW. No b/s's were applied to ordinary covers, see Eus 136. |
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Lot Number: 79
| Date: 1929, Jun 4 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Australia Description: Western Australian AW F/F Perth to Adelaide, leg of Australian internal air mail service, Davis Bros blue/pale grey souvenir cover, franked 4d, blue/white 'Winged Messenger' vignette on front and red/white/blue etiquette 'Earliest Delivery' vignette verso. No b/s's were applied to ordinary covers at Adelaide, see Eus 136. |
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Lot Number: 106
| Date: 1929, Jan 2 Est. price: £8.00 Category: Bahamas Description: F/F, Nassau-Miami, bs 2/1, cover franked 1d, red two line cachet 'By First Air Mail/To Miami' cachet, Pan Am. Image. |
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Lot Number: 116
| Date: 1929, May 1 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Belgium Description: Sabena F/F Antwerp to Hamburg, carried on the new Brussels-Anvers-Essen-Hambourg service, PC franked 149c, canc Antwerp cds, red three line 'Mit Luftpost/befordert/Hamburg 1' arrival, Godinas A29 1250Bf, Mu98 3000Ff., scarce. Image. |
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Lot Number: 136
| Date: 1929, Nov 23 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Bolivia Description: Development of Domestic Services, F/F La Paz to Cochabamba, bs 23/11, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano company corner cover franked 35S airs and 15c ordinary, blue/black flight cachet. |
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Lot Number: 137
| Date: 1929, Nov 23 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Bolivia Description: Development of Domestic Services, F/F La Paz to Ororu, bs 23/11, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano company corner cover franked 35S airs and 15c ordinary, blue/black flight cachet. |
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Lot Number: 169
| Date: 1929, Oct 28 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Canada Description: F/F Kississing to Cranberry Portage, airmail cover franked 2c. |
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Lot Number: 170
| Date: 1929, Dec 25 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Canada Description: Cherry Red Airline Ltd, F/F Lac La Longe to Ile a la Crosse, bs 25/12, plain cover franked 1c, black two line 'Via Air Mail/First Flight' hs, also black/red/white CL46 tied by red 'Cherry Red Airline Limited' hs, |
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Lot Number: 184
| Date: 1929, Oct 8 Est. price: £17.00 Category: Canal Zone Description: F/F FAM 9, Cristobal to Buenos Aires, franked 52c, violet rectangular flight cachet, bs 14/10, Pan American-Grace Airways. Carried by Sikorsky S-38A amphibian to Guayaquil, then Ford trimotor landplanes across the Andes to BA. |
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Lot Number: 225
| Date: 1929, Jun 28 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Finland Description: Scarce Finland acceptance for the F/F Stockholm to Amsterdam night time service Mu 81, printed orange/black souvenir card with map, franked 2M Finland canc Helsinki 28/6 cds, also special black circular flight postmark. Image. |
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Lot Number: 238
| Date: 1929, Nov 17 Est. price: £40.00 Category: French Indochina Description: Costes & Bellonte record attempt, Hanoi to Paris, b/s Paris Chargements and Paris Distribution arrival ds's, Goldschmidt registered (label) corner cover franked $1 21c canc Hanoi cds, Muller #29. |
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Lot Number: 249
| Date: 1929, Mar 28 Est. price: £15.00 Category: GB External Description: F/F London to Karachi, bs 6/4, unusual red stripe/white envelope franked 7 1/2d, typed "By Imperial Airways First Air Mail between England and India" cover franked 7 1/2d, par avion etiquette. |
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Lot Number: 250
| Date: 1929, May 8 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: First GB acceptance for sea mail to Freemantle, Australia, then F/F over Australian Perth-Adelaide service, saving 4 days on the journey, Leicester to Sydney 8/6, via Perth 4/6, ms endorsement "Per 1st Air Mail London-Australia', black/ blue etiquette, registered (label) cover franked 9 1/2d ( 3d air fee + 1 1/2d basic rate + 5d registration) canc Ibstock cds and purple hooded London Reg ds verso. Great routing. |
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Lot Number: 251
| Date: 1929, Jun 28 Est. price: £25.00 Category: GB External Description: GB acceptance for Sweden, carried on the return of the F/F ABA Malmo-Amsterdam night flight, airmail etiquette cover, franked GBUPU 1/2d, 1d, 1 1/2d and 2 1/2d canc London 27 Jun cds, black circular official flight cachet and large framed 'map' cachet.. |
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Lot Number: 367
| Date: 1929, Apr 7 Est. price: £20.00 Category: India Description: First return sevice from India, Karachi to Basrah, bs 8/4, circular "By Air" cachet, Imperial Airways. Newall 29.05Aa, 100units. Faint red imprint from F/F England-India souvenir cover verso. |
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Lot Number: 368
| Date: 1929, May 29 Est. price: £30.00 Category: India Description: Karachi to Croydon, flight IW9, interrupted twice by sandstorms between Bushire and Baghdad, see Wingent p18, attractive World Fliers Half-Way House cover franked 8 annas. |
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Lot Number: 369
| Date: 1929, Jun 14 Est. price: £35.00 Category: India Description: Alcock & Brown commemorative flight, flown at Dum Dum airport, red/blue/cream souvenir cover franked 1 anna, canc Dum Dum cds, inscribed blue framed "First Successfull Trans-Atlantic Flight................" cachet , boxed purple "Tenth Anniversary/Flown at/Dum Dum Air Port" cachet , signed Stephen Smith 14/6/29 and 14/6/ Park Street/Calcutta/ 14 Jun 29 ds verso. Francis Field authentication hs verso. Nice item in fine condition. |
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Lot Number: 370
| Date: 1929, Dec 22 Est. price: £225.00 Category: India Description: Interrupted Bangkok-Delhi Goodwill Flight by three Siamese Army aircraft, franked 1925 air 10s,15s and 50s, canc special boxed "Goodwil/Flight/Bangkok-Delhi/Dec 22, 1929" depart cachet, registered (label) air cover, typed "By First Air Mail to India". The leading plane crashed early in the flight. All the mail was rescued and returned to Bangkok and forwarded to Calcutta, bs 15/1, by surface mail. This cover is one of only 9 signed by the pilot Capt Chang Nitinandana in consideration of a donation to the memorial fund for his co-pilot who was killed in the crash. Ni 291222. A nice item in fine condition. |
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Lot Number: 386
| Date: 1929, Mar 30 Est. price: £55.00 Category: Interruptions and Accidents Description: Interrupted FIRST FLIGHT flight, GB to India, LONDON TO BOMBAY bs 9/4 via Karachi. Carried by Imperial Airways Africa eastbound IE1. Cover posted London 30/3/29 on C.Glasgow, departed Genoa 31/3 on C. Athens and Alexandria 3/4 on C.Jerusalem, departed Baghdad 4/4 but was forced to return by a sandstorm, departed Baghdad again one day late but made up time arriving Karachi 6/4 only 2 hours late, see Wingent, Aircraft Movements n Imperial Airways Eastern Route, 1927-37. Airmail etiquette cover RATED 7 1/2d. |
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Lot Number: 427
| Date: 1929, Aug 20 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Mexico Description: Agua Prieta-Douglas Airport Dedication with Womwn's National Air Derby, 10c red/green airmail PSE with additinal 25c addressed to Oyster Bay, NY, bs 23/8, canc Agua Prieta/20 Ago 1929/Sonora, fine strike violet 'Women's National Derby/Dedication' cachet. |
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Lot Number: 428
| Date: 1929, Dec 10 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Mexico Description: Semana Aerea Mexico DF, plain cover franked 20c Plane Over Plaza 1929, canc special 'Semana Aerea/14 Dec 1929/Mexico DF' postmark, fine strike purple 'Semana Aerea/Mexico, DF' cachet, and onward to Brooklyn, New York. Scarce. Image |
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Lot Number: 429
| Date: 1929, Dec 14 Est. price: £85.00 Category: Mexico Description: Rare 'Semaine de l'Air', POA, special arrival postmark and cachet, Muller #47 (7500 units with special stamp). Image |
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Lot Number: 554
| Date: 1929, Nov 25 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Fort McMurray to Herschel Isalnd, a wintering place for whalers with a population of two constables, a special constable and his family, and two Eskimo families. Mail normally carried to Aklavik by river, the by dog team to the island. Cover carried on F/F Fort McMurray to Aklavik, and on to Herschel by RCMP dog team and water patrol, bearing Edmonton 25/11/19 depart and Herschell 2/5/30 arrival cds. Also Aklavic 3/8/30 and Edmonton 15/8/30 for the return flight.. Also 150 word explanaory typwritten text. Nice item. |
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Lot Number: 567
| Date: 1929, Sep 22 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Ship to Shore Description: Isle de France catapult flight to New York, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique cover franked 1920 10F & 5F Merson (cat SG £60.00) and 1 50c, canc on board octagonal Le Havre 22-9-28 date stamp, red/black 'Par Avion' etiquette, Top edge damage verso, see scan |
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Lot Number: 584
| Date: 1929, Aug 26 Est. price: £8.00 Category: South Africa Description: F/F Regular Airmail Service in South Africa, Cape Town to Nylstrom, Transvaal, no arrival ds, "Per Air Mail-Lugpos" cachets, plain cover frankeed 5d.. |
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Lot Number: 585
| Date: 1929, Aug 26 Est. price: £10.00 Category: South Africa Description: First South African Internal Airmail Service. F/F Cape Town to Bloemfontein, correctly rated 1d + 4d air, Union Airways (PTY) Ltd. |
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Lot Number: 586
| Date: 1929, Aug 29 Est. price: £12.00 Category: South Africa Description: First South African Internal Airmail Service. F/F Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, bs 30/8, PC correctly rated 5d, Union Airways (PTY) Ltd. Image. |
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Lot Number: 606
| Date: 1929, Sep 21 Est. price: £8.00 Category: St Lucia Description: St Lucia to Trinidad, bs Port of Spain 22/9, plain cover franked 1/4d, canc Castries cds, ms 'By Air Mail/21/9/29' |
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Lot Number: 607
| Date: 1929, Sep 22 Est. price: £8.00 Category: St Lucia Description: FAM 6 F/F Castries to Port of Spain, bs 22/9, attractive airmail cover with pink/blue etching of San Julian Gate in lower lh corner, franked 6d x2 and 2d x2. |
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Lot Number: 608
| Date: 1929, Sep 25 Est. price: £8.00 Category: St Lucia Description: FAM 6 F/F St Lucia to Miami, no arrival ds, airmail etiquette cover franked 1/4d, canc black circular 'Castries/1st Air Mail/St Lucia' cachet, also Castries 25 SP 1929 cds, fine strike purple winged 'Via Air Mail' hs. |
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Lot Number: 623
| Date: 1929, Sep 25 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Trinidad Description: F/F FAM 6, Port of Spain to Cristobal, bs 2/10, franked 1/6d, 1929 red on cream etiquette rated rare (Mair),Pan Am, Image. |
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Lot Number: 634
| Date: 1929, Aug 15 Est. price: £40.00 Category: United States Description: Hydroplane from SS Karlsruhe at sea to speed delivery of mail, Brosnan corner cover franked 2c, canc Boston cds tying green/white vignette of SS Karlsruhe in flight towards white cliffs of Dover and printed inscription 'Via Airplane from Galway to London'. |
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Lot Number: 635
| Date: 1929, Sep 1 Est. price: £10.00 Category: United States Description: F/F FAM 8, Brownsville to Guatemala City, bs 5/9, no cachet applied, Pan Am. |
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Lot Number: 636
| Date: 1929, Oct 15 Est. price: £10.00 Category: United States Description: F/F Salt Lake City to San Jose, bs, plain cover franked 5c air, signed by the pilot J. Johnston. |
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