Search Results for: 1938
Lot Number: 83
| Date: 1938, May 30 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Australia Description: WR Carpenter Airlines, first official flight Australia-New Guinea-Australia, Brisbane to Rabaul, bs 1/6, and return, bs Brisbane 5/6 cds, attractive red/cream Queensland Air Mail Society logo souvenir cover franked 4 1/2d Australia stamps, canc Brisbane 30/5 cds, and 5d New Guinea stamp canc Rabaul cds |
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Lot Number: 109
| Date: 1938, Jul 27 Est. price: £25.00 Category: British Solomon Islands Description: Imperial Airways F/F Third Stage EAMS, London to Solomon Islands, bs 20/9, typed "First Flight/to/Cook Islands/at/1 1/2d Rate" |
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Lot Number: 138
| Date: 1938, Mar 3 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Egypt Description: Alexandria to Copenhagen, bs 7/3, grey imprint airmail cover franked 50ml inc 22,4,6,7,8,and 9ml vals of 1933 air set |
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Lot Number: 159
| Date: 1938, Jul 24 Est. price: £20.00 Category: France Description: La Baule Aviation Day, also F/F Belli-Ile to La Baule, souvenir PPC franked70c, canc Le Palais/Morbihan cds, two 'Club Jean Mermoz' tied by special cachet. Attractive item. |
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Lot Number: 240
| Date: 1938, May 27 Est. price: £20.00 Category: GB External Description: London to Rio de Janero, bs 16/4, imprint etiquette cover correctly rated 3/6d (1/- x3 + 6d), canc London cds, fine strike 'Deutsche Luftpost/Europe-Sud Amerika hs, Day and date of arrival confirms DLH seaplane service # L339, plane 'Zyklon'. Image. |
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Lot Number: 241
| Date: 1938, Jul 23 Est. price: £35.00 Category: GB External Description: Imperial Airways F/F Third Stage EAMS, London to Cook Islands, bs Rarotonga 29/8, black boxed 'Empire Air mail Scheme/Stage 3/ 1 1/2d Half Ounce' cachet, rated 1 1/2d. |
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Lot Number: 242
| Date: 1938, Jul 23 Est. price: £25.00 Category: GB External Description: Imperial Airways F/F Third Stage EAMS, London to Cook Islands, bs Rarotonga 29/8, typed "First Flight/to/Cook Islands/at/1 1/2d Rate" |
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Lot Number: 243
| Date: 1938, Jul 23 Est. price: £30.00 Category: GB External Description: Imperial Airways, F/F Third Stage EAMS England to Tonga, Nukualofa 29/8 arrival ds on front and verso, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, official black map cachet "Empire Air Mail Scheme/Stage 4/1 1/2d Half Ounce". |
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Lot Number: 244
| Date: 1938, Jul 27 Est. price: £30.00 Category: GB External Description: F/F Third Stage EAMS England to Papua, NG, Port Moresby, bs 10/8, via Townsville, 8/8, typed endorsement "First Flight/to/Papua/at/1 1/2d rate, franked 1 1/2d. |
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Lot Number: 245
| Date: 1938, Jul 27 Est. price: £20.00 Category: GB External Description: F/F Third Stage Empire Air Mail Scheme, London to Nauru, 25/8 arrival confirmation ds on front, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, "First Flight/to/Nauru/at/1 1/2d Rate", Imperial Airways. |
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Lot Number: 246
| Date: 1938, Jul 27 Est. price: £30.00 Category: GB External Description: F/F Third Stage Empire Air Mail Scheme, London to Nauru, 25/8 arrival confirmation ds on front, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, large black framed 'Empire Air Mail Scheme' cachet, Imperial Airways. |
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Lot Number: 247
| Date: 1938, Jul 27 Est. price: £30.00 Category: GB External Description: Imperial Airways, F/F Third Stage EAMS, London to Norfolk Island, 7/9 arrival ds front, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, large black framed 'Empire Air Mail Scheme' cachet. |
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Lot Number: 248
| Date: 1938, Oct 27 Est. price: £40.00 Category: GB External Description: First acceptance for Lisbon, bs 31/10, via Stuttgart and German service, airmail etiquette cover, franked 4d, , Imperial Airways |
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Lot Number: 249
| Date: 1938, Dec 6 Est. price: £20.00 Category: GB External Description: London to Buenos Aires, bs 11/12, 'Leyland' airmail corner cover, correctly rated 4/- with mixed franking KGV 9d x5 + KGVI 3d, red circular German 'Europa-Sud Amerika' flight cachet on front. |
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Lot Number: 315
| Date: 1938, Oct 3 Est. price: £15.00 Category: GB Internal Description: North Eastern Airways, F/F Newcastle to London, 'clock' receiver, cover franked 1 1/2d, Newcastle-London company vignette tied by green double ring 'Croydon/North Eastern Airways Ltd' cachet. |
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Lot Number: 383
| Date: 1938, Feb 28 Est. price: £85.00 Category: India Description: Flying Boat " Coogee" Survey Flight from England to Singapore via the new route from Karachi to Calcutta, Calcutta to Gwalior, bs 4/3, via Lashkar 3/3, airmail etiquette cover franked 2 annas, purple 'airplane' cachet ." Trial flight of Imperial Airways flying boat from Southampton to Singapore prior to the inauguration of the regular and 'All Up' services. Very fine. Image. |
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Lot Number: 396
| Date: 1938, Jul 18 Est. price: £100.00 Category: Interruptions and Accidents Description: Tanganyika to Germany, OLDEANI to DRESDEN. By road to Mombasa (160 miles) via Arusha bs 19/7 and Moshi bs 21/7 where it transferred to Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN111 (Caledonia) which left Mombasa 23/7. At Khartoum Ceres took over from Caledonia at Khartoum 25/5, but met with an accident at Wadi Halfa on 24/7 when she collided with a floating dock. Load transferred to Caledonia which then operated as a relief and flew on to Athens arriving 26/7 one day late. Transferred to DLH Athens-Berlin service arriving Dresden 26/7. Registered (label) printed commercial cover franked S1.05 for 30c registration and 75c air rate. Superb item, ex Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 431
| Date: 1938, Jan 11 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Malaya Description: Penang to London by KLM (Dutch) airline, commercial airmail etiquette cover franked 60c inclusive rate, Straits Settlements 30c x2, canc Penang cds. |
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Lot Number: 459
| Date: 1938, May 12 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Newfoundland Description: Superb pre WWII trans Pacific registered (hs) airmail cover franked FDI 1937 Royal Family Coronation set of 4, St John's Newfoundand to Australia bs Coraki NSW 15/6, via Halifax NS 17/5, Levis & Campbelltown RPO 18/5, New York/Regn Div/19/5, San Francisco 20/5 and GPO Sydney/NSW 14/6. Exceptional routing - without doubt one for the exhibit. |
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Lot Number: 477
| Date: 1938, May 30 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Papua and New Guinea Description: WR Carpenter Airlines,Salamaua to Sydney, bs 6/6, carried on 1st oficial airmail service between Australia-Papua and New Guinea, reg (hs) cover franked 6d & 2d with biplane and Air Mail, postmarked Salamaua 4/6, large three line "New Guinea-Australia/Air Mail Service/Inaugural Flight" cachet. |
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Lot Number: 491
| Date: 1938, Jan 22 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Romania Description: Romania to Africa, BACAU to JOBURG. By road to Bucharest bs Avion 24/1, then by the weekly joint DLH/LOT service to Athens bs 28/1. Transferred to Imperial Airways Durban southbound flying boat service DS61 (Centurion) which arrived in Durban 3/2 two days late having been DELAYED in Cairo by bad weather. Printed company cover, blue/white 'Prin Avion' etiquette, red/white 'Expres' label, and Greek currency mark, franked 74 lei. |
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Lot Number: 540
| Date: 1938, Jan 18 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Belgian Congo to Hungary, BOMA to BUDAPEST. Sabena all the way, through service from Boma arriving Russell's 20/1 via Leopoldville bs 20/1, then transferred 25/1 to local Sabena Brussels-Budapest service arriving bs 25/1, Legiposta/Budapest 73 cds. Airmail etiquette cover F6 for F2.0 UPU plus F3.50 air fee. |
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Lot Number: 541
| Date: 1938, Mar 11 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Registered airmail Uganda to India, MUBENDE to BOMBAY. By road (110 miles) from Mubende to Kampala bs 16/3, transferred to Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN74 which left Port Bell 16/3 arriving Alexandria 18/3 March. Transferred 19/3 to Imperial Airways eastbound service CE7 arriving Karachi 21/3, then on TATA arriving Bombay 22/3. Registered (label) cover franked 50c for 20c 1/2oz air fee (EAMS) rate + 30c registration. Great routing over three different air services, ex Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 542
| Date: 1938, Mar 15 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: AMSTERDAM to ZANZIBAR. By KLM to Alexandria bs 18/3, where transferred to Imperial Airways Durban southbound flying boat service DS75 (Castor) arriving Dar es Salaam/Mombasa 17/3. Transferred to Wilson Airways arriving Zanzibar 21/3. Bilingual etiquette cover, typed 'Via A'dam-Alexandrie/Alexandrie-Durban', franked G1.25. |
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Lot Number: 543
| Date: 1938, Mar 21 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Tanganyika to Ethiopia, TANGA to ADDIS ABABA. By Wilson Airways to Kisumu bs 23/3, transferred to Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN76 which left Kisumu bs 23/3 and arrived Khartoum bs 23/3. Transferred to Ala Littoria for carriage to Addis Ababa. Registered (label) imprint etiquette airmail cover, franked 1.75cts. Scarce destination, good routing, ex Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 544
| Date: 1938, Apr 21 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Tanganyika to Czechoslovakia, USUNGU to BILINA. By road (600 miles) to Dar es Salam, transferred to Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN86 (Ceres) which left Dar es Salaam 25/4 April, arrived Athens bs 28/4, and on by rail/air to destination. Plain cover, ms 'Air Mail', Greek currency mark, franked 150c. Uncommon origin/destination combination. |
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Lot Number: 545
| Date: 1938, Jun 6 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: USA to Egypt, NEW YORK to CAIRO. By sea to UK, then by Imperial Airways Durban southbound flying boat service DS101 ‘Corsair’ leaving Southampton 15/6, arriving Alexandria 16/6, delivered Cairo 17/6 (ms). Airmail cover, Par Avion etiquette ms 'From London', franked 17cts for 5c UPU and double air fee of 12c. |
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Lot Number: 546
| Date: 1938, Jun 6 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Zanzibar to India, ZANZIBAR to HYDERABAD, DECCAN. By Wilson Airways from Zanzibar to Kisumu, transferred to Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN98 which left Kisumu 7/6 arriving Alexandria 8/6. Transferred to Imperial Airways eastbound service IE660 (Canopus) which left Alexandria 10/6 arriving Karachi 11/6, and on to Madras bs 12/6 by TATA Indian internal airline, delivered at Deccan bs 13/6. Plain cover, red boxed 'winged' Par Avion hs, franked 20ct Empire ‘All Up’ rate. A journey by three different airlines, ex Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 547
| Date: 1938, Dec 10 Est. price: £100.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Airmail Saudi Arabia to South Africa, MEDINA to DURBAN. Likely c800 miles (4 days) by sea from Yanbu to Port Taufiq bs 9.15am 13/12, then 200 miles by rail to Alexandria bs 7.30pm 13/12. Transferred to Imperial Airways Durban southbound all-flying boat service DS153 on 'Cameron' which departed one day late on 17/12 and arrived Durban one day late on 20/12. Imperial Airways imprint etiquette cover and winged logo cover, pink/black Arabic/French text rated RARE by Mair, sealed with narrow white strip along lh edge, franked 1934 5g x5, and 1/2g, and 1938 1/8g canc Medina cds, date illegible. Ex Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 548
| Date: 1938, Dec 20 Est. price: £65.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: S. Rhodesia to Palestine, SALISBURY to JERUSALEM. By Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN55 (Cameronian) which left Mozambique 23/12 arrived Cairo bs 25/12. Transferred to Imperial Airways eastbound service SE66 which arrived Tiberius one day late on 28/12. Offloaded and by road to Haifa bs 28/12, then by rail to Jerusalem bs 29/12. Franked 5 ½ d for 3d registration and 2d ‘ALL UP’ air rate, ½ d excess. Nice two Imperial AW services item to uncommon destination with good routing. |
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Lot Number: 565
| Date: 1938, Mar 1 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Singapore Description: First return flight New Empire Air Mail Scheme, Singapore to Burma, bs Tharrawaddy 4/3, airmail etiquette cover correctly rated 8c, typed 'First Flight/Empire Air Mail Scheme/Straits Settlements to/Burma/2nd March 1938'. |
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Lot Number: 605
| Date: 1938, Nov 5 Est. price: £35.00 Category: South West Africa Description: Kalahari Feeder service, F/F Windhoek to Maun, bs 5/11, plain cover franked SWA 1d canc Windhoek cds. No cachets were applied to this mail. |
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Lot Number: 616
| Date: 1938, Jun 3 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Spain Description: Censored Spanish Civil War airmail, Palma Majorca to England, no arrival ds, commercial corner cover franked 2P35, fine strike red uncommon "Par Avion Jusqu'a Roma" applied in Palma, red two line "Censura Militar/Palma de Mallorca" censor mark, violet "Saludo a Franco/Arriba Espana" propaganda hs. Great Britain had no official postal relationship with the Nationalist (Franco) government and, hence, with Palma de Mallorca. But those in the know used the Italian Ala Littoria seaplane Cadiz-Mellila-Mallorca-Rome airmail route serving Nationalist areas of Spain. |
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Lot Number: 622
| Date: 1938, Jul 1 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Sudan Description: 1 July 1938: Sudan to Cyprus, KHARTOUM to NICOSIA. By Imperial Airways once weekly northbound Kisumu Terminal Service KN53 Clio which flew to Cairo bs 2/7, then by sea (375 miles) to Nicosia bs 7/7. Attractive trilingual blue/white etiquette cover franked 30 mil for air rate, block of six 5mm /2 1/2P opt's, all with missing second 'm' in 'milliemmes'. Interesting! |
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