Search Results for: 1939
Lot Number: 58
| Date: 1939, May 25 Est. price: £500.00 Category: Bermuda Description: RARE FIRST ACEPTANCE OF FRENCH MAIL FOR BERMUDA, Marseilles to Hamilton, bs 31/5, via New York bs 27/5, scarce 'Republic of France'/Trans-Atlantic First Flight cover, franked F12.25, canc Marseille 25-5-39, typed 'France-Bermuda', etiquette tied by Marseille-Gare ostmark, uncommon black official flight cachet. NOT LISTED in Clarke, and the first we have seen in 20 years. So it must be rare, if not the only one. A once in a lifetime item In superb condition. |
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Lot Number: 59
| Date: 1939, Jun 8 Est. price: £250.00 Category: Bermuda Description: SCARCE BERMUDA FIRST ACCEPTANCE FOR ENGLAND for carriage on the Pan American Southern Route, airmail cover franked 2/- key plate canc Hamilton/9 Jun 39, typed 'First Air Mail from Bermuda to Europe via USA. June 9th'. Mail from Bermuda was accepted for the third trans-Atlantic service on this route which had been inaugurated on 20 May. Ref Clark 1990 'a few covers prepared'. Ms verso '5 recorded'. SCARCE with 2/- key plate. |
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Lot Number: 60
| Date: 1939, Jun 24 Est. price: £850.00 Category: Bermuda Description: POSSIBLY THE ONLY BERMUDA FIRST ACCEPTANCE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, bs Durban 6 Jul 39, via Southampton (28/6), for carriage on the PAN AMERICAN NORTHERN ROUTE. Airmail cover addressed to the eminent aerophilatelist JHC Godfrey, franked 2/- Bermuda stamps canc St George's/24 Jun 39, ms "P.A.Airways/Northern Route". At Southampton transferred to Imperial Airways Africa Southbound service DS 210 and carried to W. Halfa by Cariolanus and on to Durban by Cassiopeia, see Wingent p173. Ms verso '13 recorded' to GB'. Not listed in W.J. Clarke 1990. This is the first acceptance for South Africa via the Northern Service we have seen in 20 years and believe it could possibly be the only one, but this will need verification by an expert.. |
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Lot Number: 61
| Date: 1939, Jul 1 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Bermuda Description: Printed 'Furness Lines/Monarch of Bermuda' corner cover with company logo on flap, franked 9d, Hamilton to New Jersey, airmail etiquette tied by postmark. Known as the Millionaires Ship operating luxury cruises between North America and Bermuda. Had 830 first class and 30 second class berths!; operated during the 1930'3 and survived the Depression; was converted into a troop ship in 1939 and survived the war. |
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Lot Number: 62
| Date: 1939, Jul 31 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Bermuda Description: Scarce letter from the Commercial Manager written on official 'Imperial Airways Bermuda Ltd' headed notepaper. |
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Lot Number: 63
| Date: 1939, Aug 6 Est. price: £500.00 Category: Bermuda Description: VERY RARE BERMUDA FIRST ACCEPTANCE OF CANADIAN MAIL FOR CARRIAGE ON THE IMPERIAL AIRWAYS NORTHERN ROUTE, via New York bs 6/8, St George's Bermuda 10/8 confirms delivery, airmail etiquette cover franked 15c, canc Montreal 6/8 cds, ms 'Imperial Airways/Northern Route/Canada to Bermuda via USA'. We have not seen this cover before in 20 years, and it is not listed by W.J.Clark in his Airmails of Bermuda which he published in 1990. |
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Lot Number: 64
| Date: 1939, Aug 23 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Bermuda Description: Hamilton to La Porte, Indiana, Canadian National Steamships cover, franked 9d, airmail etiquette tied by postmark. Canadian National Steamship Company was owned by Canadian National Railway Co. and operated services between Montreal / Halifax and the West Indies. A popular route was Halifax-Boston-Bermuda-Nassau-Kingston. |
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Lot Number: 84
| Date: 1939, Jul 4 Est. price: £30.00 Category: China Description: Shanghai to Liverpool, via Hong Kong 10/7 cds, plain cover franked 26c, carried from HK to GB on the second Stage of the EAMS. Verso nice strike boxed slogan advertising the new 1 1/2d postage rate to the Far East East, HK, Australia and NZ. |
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Lot Number: 138
| Date: 1939, May 30 Est. price: £200.00 Category: GB External Description: Rare acceptance from Great Britain for Bermuda, bs Hamilton 8 Jun 39, for carriage on F/F Pan Am Southern Route, airmail etiquette under franked cover with KGVI 1/3d, canc Liverpool cds, black four line "Pan American Airways/First Transatlantic Airmail/Southern Route/via Bermuda, Azores and Portugal", and black two line "First Official Airmail/Despatch from Gt. Britain". Cover was returned to sender in Liverpool where GB 1/- postage due stamp was applied, canc by Liverpool cds, and black "1/-" hs. Only a few covers were prepared addressed to Bermuda, see Clark W.J.,#39.1. |
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Lot Number: 139
| Date: 1939, Oct 30 Est. price: £65.00 Category: GB External Description: First wartime airmail service to France, Shoreham to Paris, no arrival ds, correctly rated 5d for letter, cancelled Sutton Coldfield/Birmingham cds, special printed blue/cream cover with crown over three lions logo and "First Despatch/War Air Mail/30 October 1939", likely BOAC. Following the outbreak of war, flights over the east of England and Scotland were prohibited by the Air Navgation (Restriction in Time of War) Order 1939. The Order required civil planes to be painted bright orange, and operations moved from Croydon to Shoreham. Resumption of the service to Paris followed compliance with this Order. The Shoreham-Paris service was suspended when Germany occupied France in March 1940. An historical and scarce WWII cover in fine condition, Francis Field authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 166
| Date: 1939, Oct 2 Est. price: £75.00 Category: GB Internal Description: Scottish Airways F/F Glasgow to Campbeltown air mail service, bs 2/11 11.15am, company cover with logo on flap franked 1 1/2d canc Glasgow 8am, yellow/black publicity label with details of stage flown. The Company gave no advance notice of the date of the first flights, so this item is scarce. Francis Field authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 221
| Date: 1939, Apr 15 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Madagascar Description: AIR AFRIQUE first through service Tananarive to Paris, bs 23/4, registered (label) cover franked 90c ordinary, 1F60 registration and 3F air, fine strike black framed F/F cachet |
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Lot Number: 245
| Date: 1939, Aug 10 Est. price: £55.00 Category: Newfoundland Description: Scarce Imperial Airways F/F Transatlantic Service, Botwood to England, bs Sutton Coldfield 12/8, official blue/grey IAW souvenir cover correctly franked 30c (5c plus 25c Special Delivery fee). Only 25 official IAW souvenir covers were carried on this flight - the majority were flown out by PAA Northern service to arrive in time. Francis Field authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 283
| Date: 1939, Jan 21 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: South Africa to Poland, JOBURG to WARSAW. By Imperial Airways Durban northbound all- flying boat service DN164 which left Durban 22/1 (Caledonia) and arrived Athens bs 26/1 where transferred to Polish airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. arriving Warsaw bs 28/1 from Athens Arrived 28 January (b/s). Plain cover, Greek currency mark, franked 1/- per ½ oz. South Africa to Europe air mail rate. Good routing, nice item. |
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Lot Number: 284
| Date: 1939, Jan 23 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Anivorano-Nord to Marseille, bs 8/2, via Ambiloes 23/1 transit cds, printed registered (label) cover HIGH FRANKED 18F AIR (6X 3f per 5 gms), 1F20 ordinary, and 1F60 registration fee. Flown AIR AFRIQUE from Tananarive, transit 31/12 cds, to Algiers, then Air France to Marseille bs 8/2. Anivorano-Nord is a small isolated community in the far North. Cover took 9 days to get to Tananarive, by sea and/or road. Uncommon origin, scarce routing, ex Proud. |
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Lot Number: 285
| Date: 1939, May 19 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: East Africa to Denmark, NAIROBI to COPENHAGEN, carried from Nairobi to Kisumu by Wilson Airways, then by Imperial Airways Durban northbound all-flying boat service DN197 (Cambria) which left Kisumu 20/5 and arrived Brindisi 22/5, then on by train to Copenhagen bs 25/5 via road/ferry 'Kobenhavn-Warnemunde TPO bs 25/5. Registered (label) cover franked 1S 80c for DOUBLE RATE 2x75c/1/2oz to Europe + 30c reg. Great routing. |
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Lot Number: 292
| Date: 1939, Nov 7 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Sierra Leone Description: Air France airmail service Freetown to Toulouse, scarce early censored WWII airmail, Magburaka to Kilmarnock, Scotland, 20 Nov receiver on front, registered (hs) cover franked 1/6d, violet straight line Sierra Leone 'Passed By Censor 2' hs, black/pale blue 'Par Avion/Dakar a Toulouse' airmail etiquette. |
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Lot Number: 304
| Date: 1939, Aug 21 Est. price: £15.00 Category: South Africa Description: New link with Angola, Cape Town-Windhoek-Loanda Direct Service, F/F Cape Town to Loanda, bs 22/8, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, violet straight line 'First Flight - West Coast' cachet. Image. |
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