Search Results for: 1940
Lot Number: 84
| Date: 1940, Oct 21 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Australia Description: Wartime airmail, Australia to England, Sydney to London,' censored imprint etiquette air cover franked 3/11d (1/-x3,9d and 2d), ms 'Via Canada', violet Australia S.109 censor mark, Correctly rated 3/11d for the air/sea service to England, TEAL to New Zealand, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, US internal air services to New York, then by sea to London. Image. |
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Lot Number: 117
| Date: 1940, Sep 14 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Canton Description: Canton Island to New Caledonia, bs Noumea 15/9, a Clara Adam's self addressed letter carried on the Canton-Noumea leg of the first paying passenger flight from San Francisco to New Zealand, airmail cover franked 10c. Posted by Clara Adams, the well known 'First Flighter' who was a passenger and addressed this cover to herself ,c/o Pan Am, Noumea, and posted it when the plane stopped at Canton. A nice piece of aerophilatelic history and signed, 'Clara Adams/Round Trip passenger'. |
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Lot Number: 162
| 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: 256
| Date: 1940, May 31 Est. price: £40.00 Category: GB External Description: World War II, London to New York, no arrival ds, carried on BOAC first regular service Heston to Lisbon, cover embossed 'Stanley Gibbons/London' on flap, franked 1/3d, typed 'First British War Time/Service to Lisbon', airmail etiquette. |
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Lot Number: 257
| Date: 1940, Jun 4 Est. price: £40.00 Category: GB External Description: World War II, London to New York carried on F/F British wartme service, London to Lisbon, no b/s, first regular service to connect with PAA Lisbon-New York service, franked 1/3d, ms endorsement "First British Wartime Service to Lisbon", plain etiquette cover. (BOAC was only formed on April 1st, 1940). |
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Lot Number: 258
| Date: 1940, Jun 04 Est. price: £50.00 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: 259
| 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: 432
| 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: 433
| 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: 444
| Date: 1940, Jul 18 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, New Caledonia to Auckland, cachet, b/s, Pan Am |
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Lot Number: 445
| Date: 1940, Jul 18 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, New Caledonia to Auckland, cachet, b/s, Pan Am. Image. |
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Lot Number: 446
| Date: 1940, Jul 21 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19 Noumea to Honolulu, green cachet, b/s, air cover, Pan Am |
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Lot Number: 447
| Date: 1940, Jul 21 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, Noumea to Los Angeles, green cachet, cachet ds, b/s, Pan Am |
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Lot Number: 448
| Date: 1940, Jul 21 Est. price: £10.00 Category: New Caledonia Description: F/F FAM 19, Noumea to San Francisco, green cachet, cachet ds, b/s, Pan Am |
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Lot Number: 456
| 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: 558
| 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: 568
| Date: 1940, Jan 16 Est. price: £18.00 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: 569
| 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: 570
| Date: 1940, Apr 27 Est. price: £125.00 Category: Singapore Description: Last BOAC flight before transfer of the direct Singapore-Cairo-Southampton route to the Singapore-Cairo-Durban-Southampton (Horseshoe) route, WWII navy censored cover, Singapore to England, plain cover correctly rated 55c, red framed 'Passed By/Naval/Censor'. |
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Lot Number: 571
| 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: 572
| 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: 573
| 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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