Search Results for: 1938
Lot Number: 30
| Date: 1938, Sep 10 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Australia Description: Airmail etiquette cover to UK, franked 5d, canc Middleton cds, carried all the way by 'Coorong' on Imperial Airways Sydney-Southampton Service flight #SW15. Letter inside, refers to Tasmania. |
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Lot Number: 97
| Date: 1938, Apr 9 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Egypt Description: Alexandria to London, bs 14/4, SCARCE FIRST ACCELERATED FLIGHT on the Imperial Airways CALCUTTA TERMINAL service #CW12, flown all the way by RMA Corsair, departed Alexandria 11/4 and arrived Southampton 13/4, imptint etiquette cover, franked 15mls canc Alec 9 Apr cds. |
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Lot Number: 98
| Date: 1938, Apr 10 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Egypt Description: London to Karachi, and on to Bombay bs 13/4, SCARCE FIRST ACCELERATED FLIGHT on the Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #IE643, flown all the way by Short S23 C Class Empire flying boat 'Centaurus' departed Alexandria 10/4 and arrived Karachi 12/4, plain cover, franked 1 1/2d, typed 'First Flight to India in 2 1/2 days/via Southampton - Karachi/10.4.38'. Also fine unused original Tuck's B&W photocard of Centaurus landing. |
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Lot Number: 110
| Date: 1938, Jul 24 Est. price: £15.00 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: 132
| Date: 1938, Apr 9 Est. price: £75.00 Category: GB External Description: ENGLAND to RANGOON, bs 14/4, TEST COVER carried on the First Flight of the NEW ACCELERATED ENGLAND-INDIA-AUSTRALIA SERVICE #IE643. Carried all the way by flying boat Centaurus to Karachi, then by Coogee to Rangoon. Plain cover, franked 1 1/2d, ms 'First regular/accelerated/service/Summer 1938' addressed to the Traffic Manager, Imperial Airways. |
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Lot Number: 133
| Date: 1938, Apr 10 Est. price: £75.00 Category: GB External Description: England to Australia, carried on the FIRST FLIGHT OF NEW ACCELERATED ENGLAND-INDIA-AUSTRALIA SERVICE #IE643 London to Melbourne, bs 20/4. Carried by Centaurs to Karachi, by Coogee to Singapore, and by Canberra to Melbourne. Plain cover, franked 1/3d, ms 'First Flight By/Accelerated Service/To Astalia' Wingent, p41. ALSO FLOWN BACK on flight IW648 by Canberra to Darwin, Caledonia to Penang and Calpurnia to Southampton. A scarce item offering a flying boat feast. |
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Lot Number: 134
| Date: 1938, Apr 10 Est. price: £75.00 Category: GB External Description: ENGLAND to PALESTINE, bs Tiberius 12/4, TEST COVER carried on the First Flight of the NEW ACCELERATED ENGLAND-INDIA-AUSTRALIA SERVICE #IE643. Carried all the way by flying boat Centaurus. Plain cover, franked 1 1/2d, ms 'First regular/accelerated/service/Summer 1938' addressed to the Traffic Manager, Imperial Airways. |
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Lot Number: 135
| 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: 136
| Date: 1938, Jun 26 Est. price: £150.00 Category: GB External Description: SCARCE, Qantas for Imperial Airways, FIRST 'ALL THE WAY' BY FLYING BOAT MAIL TO AUSTRALIA on Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight # IE265, bs Sydney 6/7, plain cover franked 1/3d, canc London 25 Jun 38 cds, ms 'England-Australia/First Service by Flying boat/All the Way'. Camilla/Cordelia to Karachi, Challenger/Cordelia to Singapore, Challenger to Sydney. |
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Lot Number: 137
| Date: 1938, Jul 23 Est. price: £150.00 Category: GB External Description: LAST DISPATCH OF SURCHARGED AIRMAIL, GB to AUSTRALIA, Liverpool to Melbourne, correctly rated 1/3d with mixed KEVIII, KGV and KGVI franking, typed 'Last despatch of Australian/surcharged airmail/July 23 1938'. Carried on Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #673 by 'Castor ' to Karachi then 'Cariolinus' to Sydney, bs 2/8, and onward to Port Moresby, bs 10/8. RARE. |
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Lot Number: 138
| Date: 1938, Jul 23 Est. price: £175.00 Category: GB External Description: LAST DISPATCH OF SURCHARGED AIRMAIL, GB to PAPUA, NEW GUNEA, Liverpool-Port Moresby, correctly rated 1/3d with mixed KEVII and KGV franking, typed 'Last despatch of Australian/surcharged airmail/July 23 1938'. Carried on Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #673 by 'Castor ' to Karachi then 'Cariolinus' to Sydney, bs 2/8, and onward to Port Moresby, bs 10/8. RARE. |
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Lot Number: 139
| Date: 1938, Oct 27 Est. price: £35.00 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: 251
| 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: 261
| Date: 1938, Jun 27 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Netherlands Description: F/F Amsterdam to Manchester, fine strike violet oval "Royal Dutch Airlines KLM/Ringway Manchester.ms 28/6/38" bs 1/7, airmail etiquette cover franked 12 1/2c. |
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Lot Number: 289
| Date: 1938, Apr 9 Est. price: £100.00 Category: New Zealand Description: Karachi to London, bs 14/4, SCARCE FIRST ACCELERATED FLIGHT on the Imperial Airways CALCUTTA TERMINAL service #CW12, flown all the way by RMA Corsair, departed Karachi 10/4 arrived Southampton 14/4, plain cover, franked 2 1/2 annas canc Karachi 9 Apr framed date stamp. |
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Lot Number: 290
| Date: 1938, Apr 14 Est. price: £100.00 Category: New Zealand Description: New Zealand to Czechoslovakia, AUCKLAND to PRAGUE, by sea to Sydney, transferred to IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EASTERN FLIGHT IW #646 and flown by DH86 'Adelaide' to Darwin, Short S23 flying boat 'Coogee' to Karachi, then Short S23 flying boat 'Challenger' to Athens bs 27/4. Then DLH to Budapest bs 28/4, and by surface to Prague. Registered (label) Hamburg-America Line cover, tied airmail etiquette, Greek currency mark. Super item. |
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Lot Number: 291
| Date: 1938, Apr 14 Est. price: £100.00 Category: New Zealand Description: SCARCE FIRST ACCELERATED EMPIRE AIR SERVICE by RMA Centaurus, New Zealand to England, registered (label) cover, franked 1/9d canc Carterton cds, Sydney 18/4 transit cds, ms endorsement "First Accelerated Empire/Air Service/Per Centaurus", blue/pale blue "1937 All Empire Mails By Air" vignette. |
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Lot Number: 299
| Date: 1938, May 12 Est. price: £65.00 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: 337
| Date: 1938, Jan 18 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing 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: 338
| Date: 1938, Feb 15 Est. price: £200.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: India, KARACHI TO MAURITIUS, departed Karachi 19/2 on the Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #IW 627 and carried by HANNIBAL TO ALEXANDRIA/CAIRO ARRIVING 22/2. Transferred to Imperial Airways Africa Service flight #DS 69 on 26/2 and carried to Khartoum on Corsair (FLYING BOAT), to Kisumu on Calpurnia (FLYING BOAT), and to Durban on Castor (FLYING BOAT) arriving 1/3. Then carried by sea to Mauritius b/s Rose Hill/ 10 MR 38/Mauritius cds. The only ship arriving that day was the MV 'HOUTMAN' OF KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (KPM), a Dutch shipping company (1888?1966) The line's routes included the Indian Ocean ports of Rיunion and Mauritius and Mahי. Plain cover franked 9 1/2 anna, non invasive rh edge trim, see scan. A truly scarce item with great routing. Ex Proud. |
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Lot Number: 339
| Date: 1938, Mar 15 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing 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: 340
| Date: 1938, Jun 6 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing 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: 341
| Date: 1938, Jun 23 Est. price: £200.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Austria acceptance for India, VIENNA to CALCUTTA, carried on Imperial Airways, FIRST 'ALL THE WAY' BY FLYING BOAT MAIL TO AUSTRALIA on Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight # IE265, bs Calcutta 30/6, Sydney 6/7, airmail cover mixed franking 70p German and 3G Austrian stamps, 23 Jun 38 cds, ms 'Par Avion'. Flown by Camilla/Cordelia to Calcutta. SCARCE |
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Lot Number: 395
| Date: 1938, Nov 5 Est. price: £30.00 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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