Search Results for: 1940
Lot Number: 64
| Date: 1940, Sep 26 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Australia Description: Canadian cigarette donation to troops in the 2nd Field Regt. RCA. Thank you letter to the cigarette donor from Field Post Office 311. |
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Lot Number: 129
| Date: 1940, Apr 15 Est. price: £25.00 Category: France Description: Scarce WWII uncensored airmail, France to Costa Rica, Paris to San Jose, bs 5/5, airmail etiquette cover franked 15F40, canc Paris/15.4.40 cds, typed 'Par Avion France-Lisbon-New York'. Posted shortly before Germany invaded France in May 1940. WWII uncensored airmail to North and South America is uncommon - to Costa Rica even more so. |
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Lot Number: 196
| Date: 1940, May 31 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: World War II, London to Lisbon, bs 5/5, on F/F BOAC from England to link up with the Pan Am trans Atlantic clipper service from Lisbon to New York.. Flown in a De Haviland plane 'Fingal' (Frobisher Class), and signed by the pilot Commander O.P.Jones.. |
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Lot Number: 197
| Date: 1940, Jun 04 Est. price: £45.00 Category: GB External Description: World War II, London to New York, no arrival ds, carried on BOAC first regular service Heston to Lisbon, franked 1/3d, canc Newport 3 Jun 1940 cds, fine large label "First Air Mail/England-Lisbon/Connecting with Pan American Airways Trans-Atlantic Service". As illustrated p192 Bergier. A Phillips, Newport, authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 198
| Date: 1940, Jul 23 Est. price: £75.00 Category: GB External Description: England to Australia, WWII censored airmail flown 'all air' across the Atlantic, the US mainland and the Pacific, airmail etiquette cover correctly rated 4/6d (inc GVI 2/6d) canc Teddington cds, sealed by Australian NWS, Sydney red/cream OBC with 2 dots censor tape overlaid by violet 'Passed By Censor/S 103' censor mark. The service lasted from July 1940-November 1941. Uncommon. There is a barely visible non invasive vertical fold, otherwise fine. See image. |
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Lot Number: 338
| Date: 1940, Apr 11 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Malaya Description: Johore-Cairo-London, early WW II censored airmail to passenger aboard ship, franked 55c Johore stamps canc Segamat cds, correctly rated 55c for BOAC Singapore-Cairo service 5/9/39-8/5/41 addressed to MV Glenapp, Shipping Agents, Port Said, bs 20/4, via Cairo 19/4, Egyptian censor mark, then re-directed to London 18/5. Violet boxed Singapore "PassedBy/14/Censor". The ship was a Glen Line vessel which survived the war. Ironed horizontal crease and top edge damage, mostly verso. |
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Lot Number: 339
| Date: 1940, May 16 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Malaya Description: WWII censored cover, Penang to London, imprint airmail etiquette cover, correctly rated 55c for the BOAC Eastern Penang-London Sep 39 to May 41 service, canc double ring 'Penang/Malaya' cds', black three line Singapore 'Passed/For/Transmission' censor mark, |
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Lot Number: 351
| Date: 1940, Jul 14 Est. price: £5.00 Category: New Zealand Description: F/F FAM 19, to Auckland from Honolulu, cachet, bs, Pan Am, |
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Lot Number: 352
| Date: 1940, Aug 28 Est. price: £175.00 Category: New Zealand Description: Trans Pacific air all the way from New Zealand to England, World War II censored commercial cover from Auckland to London, franked 2/- x3 and 1 1/2d x2, etiquette, sealed black/white NZ censor tape tied by blue "Passed By Censor NZ/22" censor mark. Correctly for 6/3d 'All Air' Pan Am FAM19 Auckland to San Francisco, US internal air service to New York, Pan Am FAM 18 to Lisbon, BOAC/KLM to London. A short lived rate from 20 Jul 1940 to 9 Sept 1940. See Boyle p 877. A truly scarce WWII item in fine condition. Image, |
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Lot Number: 415
| Date: 1940, Feb 10 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Sierra Leone Description: Air France airmail service Freetown to Toulouse, scarce early censored WWII airmail, Freetown to Kilmarnock, Scotland, 23 Feb receiver on front, registered (hs) cover franked 1/6d, sealed by black/white Sierra Leone censor tape, also framed violet Sierra Leone 'Passed By Censor 2' hs, blue/pale blue airmail etiquette. |
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Lot Number: 430
| Date: 1940, Jan 16 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored FPO airmail, Singapore to England, 5/2/40 arrival ds on front,imprint etiquette cover correctly rated 55c, canc 'Field Post Office/16 Ja 1940/SP 501' cds, fine strike blue 'H.M. Ship' censor mark. |
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Lot Number: 431
| Date: 1940, Feb 13 Est. price: £125.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored cover, Singapore to London, scarcer double rate airmail etiquette cover, 22x10cm, correctly rated 2x 55c for postage on the BOAC Singapore-London Sep 39 to May 41 service, canc double ring 'Singapore/13 Feb 1940', black three line Singapore 'Passed/For/Transmission' censor mark, red/brown/white 'Malaya Patriotic Fund' label. |
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Lot Number: 432
| Date: 1940, Sep 7 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored cover, Singapore to UK, imprint airmail etiquette cover correctly rated 55c for postage on the BOAC Singapore-London service from Sep 39 to May 41, Singapore cds, black 'Passed For Transmission Singapore 14' triangular censor mark, small flap tear and minor top edge damage, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 433
| Date: 1940, Sep 28 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored airmail, Singapore to England, correctly rated 55c, canc Singapore dr cds, sealed brown Singapore censor tape, tied by three line 'Passed by/censor 68/Singapore' censor mark. |
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Lot Number: 434
| Date: 1940, Nov 26 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Singapore Description: Singapore to London, WWII censored airmail etiquette cover, correctly rated 55c for postage by the BOAC Singapore-London Sep 39 to May 41 service, canc double ring 'Singapore/13 Feb 1940', fine strike violet triangular 'Passed For Transmission.Singapore censor mark No.5' |
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Lot Number: 509
| Date: 1940, Jul 12 Est. price: £6.00 Category: United States Description: F/F FAM 19, San Francisco to Auckland, cachet, b/s, Pan Am |
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