Search Results for: BOAC
Lot Number: 734
| Date: Timetables, brochures Est. price: £30.00 Category: Ephemera Description: BOAC Stratocruiser brochure coloured brochure showing superb cut out of the accommodation and layout of the new BOACC double deck Stratocruiser Speedbird, published 1949, 52 x 22 cm folded x6. Image |
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Lot Number: 687
| Date: Other collateral items Est. price: £40.00 Category: Ephemera Description: BOAC, a magnificent coloured World air route map/poster, 70x52 cm with original folds published in 1949, showing main and subsidiary routes for the North Atlantic and South Atlantic Western Hemisphere services and likewise for the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Eastern Hemisphere services. Produced in association with Qantas Empire Airways, South African Airways, and Tasman Empire Airways. Image. |
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Lot Number: 686
| Date: Other collateral items Est. price: £25.00 Category: Ephemera Description: BOAC passenger ticket and baggage check, Calcutta-Bombay-London July 1955, also Valentines original unused colour PPC of de Havilland Comet. Image. |
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Lot Number: 722
| Date: Picture postcards Est. price: £20.00 Category: Ephemera Description: Imperial Airways, original B&W photocard showing luxurious interior of the lying boat Scylla, unused. Imperial Airways used the Scylla for scheduled flights from London to Paris and other European cities. Two aircraft were built, Scylla (G-ACJJ) and Syrinx (G-ACJK). Both served with the airline until its merger into BOAC in 1939 and both were taken out of service the following year. |
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Lot Number: 743
| Date: Vignettes, etiquettes, labels Est. price: £25.00 Category: Ephemera Description: Imperial Airways, rare baggage label, c1939, black/yellow, 12x13cm, issued for the Atlantic Route. One of the last labels issued by Imperial Airways before it became part of BOAC on the outbreak of WW II, on September 3, 1939. |
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Lot Number: 698
| Date: Photographs Est. price: £18.00 Category: Ephemera Description: City of Alexandria, G-EBVG, Short Calcutta C class flying boat, moored on the Thames with Houses of Parliament in the background. Original BOAC B&W photograph, 14x9cm, unused. |
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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: 578
| Date: 1941, Jun 5 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWI censored airmail, Indian Section Base Office No 4, Singapore to UK, airmail etiquette cover franked 55c, correctly rated for the BOAC Singapore-Cairo-Durban-London (Horseshoe) route, fine strikes purple triangular Base PO 'Passed By Censor No 3465' censor marks front and verso. |
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Lot Number: 566
| Date: 1939, Oct 17 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored cover, Singapore to Karachi, airmail etiquette cover correctly rated 55c for BOAC Singapore-Karachi-Cairo-Durban-London (Horseshoe) service, canc Singapore cds, violet framed Singapore 'Passed by Censor/A' hs, opened by Karachi censor and sealed India red/brown OBC /Crown censor tape tied by black Karachi triangular 'Passed By Censor B 31 with crown' censor mark. |
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Lot Number: 581
| Date: 1941, Sep 30 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Singapore Description: WWII censored airmail Penang to England, registered (label) airmail etiquette cover correctly rated 50c + 15c registration for the post May 1941 postage rate revision for the BOAC Singapore-Cairo-Durban-Southampton Horseshoe service, fine strike mauve 'Passed For Transmission 16 (Singapore omitted) censor mark, franked 40c,12c,8c,5c perfinned Straits Settlements stamps canc 'Penang/Malaya cds, and large red/black Chartered Bank seal verso. Non invasive ironed vertical crease, otherwise in particularly fine condition. See scans. |
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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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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: 567
| Date: 1939, Dec 16 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Singapore Description: Early WWII censored cover, Singapore to London, imprint airmail etiquette cover correctly rated 55c for postage on the BOAC Penang-London service from Sep 39 to May 41, canc double ring Singapore G/ 16 De 1939 cds, black three line Singapore 'Passed/For/Transmission' censor mark, Sender's name and address has been excised neatly from flap. |
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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: 559
| Date: 1942, Dec 22 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Sierra Leone Description: World War II censored registered (hs) air cover to England, no arrival ds, franked 1/6d canc Freetown oval ds, violet Sierra Leone octagonal crown over Passed/QQ censor mark, typed"Air Mail" on flap, blue/pale blue etiquette. Likely carried in BOAC flying boat 'Catalina' along the African West Coast route from Lagos,and round Cape Verde and the Canaries, with occasional stops at Freetown and Bathurst.. See Boyle p 721. |
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Lot Number: 470
| Date: 1942, Jan 28 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Palestine Description: World War II triple censored cover, Bat Yam, Palestine to Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, bs 9/2, via Tel Aviv 29/1, and Salisbury 8/2, registered (label) imprint etiquette cover franked 75ml canc Bat Yam cds, ms 'Written in German', sealed Palestine red/white PC22 censor tape tied by violet Palestine five line censor mark verso and violet triangular 'Passed By Censor/11/S. Rhodesia' censor mark on front, also black Egyptian censor mark on front., Correctly rated 65c + 15c reg for carriage by BOAC, MISR or Sabena, see Boyle p551. An uncommon origin/destination with great routing. Image. |
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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: 443
| Date: 1941, Aug 15 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Netherlands East Indies Description: WWII censored air all the way 'Two Ocean' airmail, Batavia to London, via Honolulu 26/8 and New York 29/8, registered (label) imprint etiquette cover, franked 1G 15c, red 'Censureed/5' NEI censor mark on front. Flown KNLIM to Manila, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, US internal air to New York, Pan Am FAM 18 to Lisbon, BOAC/KLM to London. A well documented WWII item in fine example of KNILM/PAA "two ocean" mail service via Manila; suspended after Pearl Harbour in Dec 1941, see Boyle p 820-828. |
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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: 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: 401
| Date: 1941, Jul 22 Est. price: £100.00 Category: Iraq Description: WWII high frank censored 'All The Way By Air' Trans Pacific airmail cover from the Basrah Petroleum Company Ltd to New York, bs 28/8, via Honolulu 23/8, registered (label) cover, 21x10 cm, franked 65 fls on front and 320 fls verso, canc Basrah cds, ms 'Trans Pacific/A ir Mail', two wax company seals, sealed with ? India brown/red 'Passed By Examiner' with small red 'lion and unicorn' hs. Wartime censored mail from Iraq is uncommon, particularly Trans Pacific. Posted at the time of the Anglo-Iraq war when British forces were protecting UK oil interests. Likely flown BOAC to Singapore, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, and US internal air service to New York. A scarce item with great routing. Image. |
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Lot Number: 349
| Date: 1941, Dec 23 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Gold Coast Description: American Air mail Service, F/F Gold Coast to England via the all air Pan Am FAM 22 West Africa-Brazil-Miami-Lagos-Bathurst service, Accra to Manchester, plain etiquette cover, correctly rated 5/6d for Gold Coast-UK mail, fine strike violet three line "First Flight/Regular Air Mail Service/GOLD COAST-USA" flight cachet, red hexagonal PBC/5/Gold Coast censor mark. Carried by Pan Am 'all the way', first E-W on the new FAM 22 service, then W-E to Lisbon on FAM 18, then BOAC/KLM to London. Crossed the Atlantic twice by air, service discontinued in March 1942. Super wartime item. Image. |
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Lot Number: 283
| Date: 1969, May 6 Est. price: £8.00 Category: GB External Description: First Polar Flight, Osaka to London, official cover, no b/s, BOAC |
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Lot Number: 263
| Date: 1941, Jul 9 Est. price: £150.00 Category: GB External Description: WWII uncensored air mail, England to Australia "All the Way By Air" via the United States,, Sunderland to Sydney, plain cover sent from RAF officer On Active Service, franked KGVI 4/6d (KGVI 2/6d + 1/- x2), ms 'Clipper Air Mail/Via North Atlantic /andTrans Pacific'. Correctly rated for carriage by air by BOAC/KLM to Lisbon, Pan Am FAM 18 to New York, US domestic airline to San Francisco, Pan Am FAM 14 to Auckland and TEAL to Australia. A scarce item in fine condition. |
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Lot Number: 265
| Date: 1941, Dec 2 Est. price: £225.00 Category: GB External Description: World War II censored airmail cover, flown all the way from London to Calcutta, bs 31/1/42, airmail etiquette cover, franked 5 x 1/-, canc Cardigan 2 DEC cds, ms "Via North Atlantic. Trans Pacific Route', sealed India OBC brown/red crown censor tape tied by crown in triangle censor mark. Correctly rated 5/- at 'The Two Ocean' rate, for carriage all the way by air by BOAC/KLM to Lisbon, FAM 18 to New York, US internal airline to San Francisco, FAM 14 to Hong Kong then OAT to India. Until May 22, 1941 the only airmail route to India was by sea to South Africa, then onward transmission by air. A great item, full of history. |
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Lot Number: 275
| Date: 1949, Dec 6 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: BOAC First Stratocruiser service to New York, fine red New York/Dec 8 1949 arrival cds, official souvenir cover franked 1/- containing introductory letter from BOAC management on official Speedbird notepaper. |
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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: 264
| Date: 1941, Oct 17 Est. price: £60.00 Category: GB External Description: Wartime airmail, Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, the 'air all the way' trans Pacific and trans Atlantic clipper service, censored cover, London to New Zealand, no arrival ds, franked 4/6d , canc Ipswich 17 Oct 41 cds, ms "Air Mail/Trans Atlantic Airways/Trans Pacific Clipper", red 'From HM Ship/Passed by Censor' hs. Correctly rated 4/6d for the two ocean clipper service to the UK. Carried by BOAC to Lisbon, FAM18 trans Atlantic service to USA, US internal air service to link with Pan Am in San Francisco then OAT by FAM19 to Auckland. The Pacific Clipper service opened on 3/7/40 when Italy entered the war and ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. An attractive and important item in the study of wartime airmails. |
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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: 55
| Date: 1965, Nov 25 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Collections Description: 1965 BOAC seven first flight stages from Fiji, no duplication. |
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Lot Number: 56
| Date: 1965, Nov 25 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Collections Description: 1965 BOAC six first 1st flights to Fiji from NZ, Australia, GB, Thailand, Singapore & India. |
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Lot Number: 139
| Date: 1941, May 30 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Egypt Description: WWII censored 'all the way by air', Cairo to Ontario, Canada, District Director of Postal Services/London Ont/Jul 30 1941 circular arrival ds on front, red/blue imprint etiquette cover franked 117 ml, canc Cairo cds, typed 'written in English', black Egyptian censor mark. Correctly rated 117 mls for carriage by air from Cairo to Sydney via KLM or BOAC, by air via TEAL to Auckland, by air to USA via Pan Am FAM 19, and by internal air service to Ontario. Super item in fine condition. |
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Lot Number: 88
| Date: 1941, Dec 6 Est. price: £250.00 Category: Australia Description: The last dispatch of airmail for carriage on the 'air all the way' trans Pacific and trans Atlantic clipper service to England before the attack on Pearl Harbour, Melbourne to London, Solihull 23/1/42 arrival ds tying Melbourne postmark and airmail etiquette. Cover franked 5/- robes and 5d x2, ms 'Via Clipper Mail', sealed red/white Australian 3 OBC censor tape tied by violet triangular 'Passed By/Censor/269 hs. Correctly rated 5/10d for the two ocean clipper service to the UK, carried by TEAL to New Zealand, Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to link with Pan Am FAM18 trans Atlantic service to Lisbon, then BOAC/KLM to London. This service opened on 3/7/40 when Italy entered the war on June 10th, 1940 and closed Mediterranean section of the long established Empire (Kangaroo) route through Europe and across the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. An item of considerable aerophilatelic and military significance. Image. |
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Lot Number: 86
| Date: 1941, Feb 13 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Australia Description: Wartime airmail, Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, the 'air all the way' trans Pacfic and trans Atlantic clipper service, Sydney to London, imprint etiquette airmail cover franked 5/- robes, 5d x2, canc Sydney 13/2/1941 cds, typed 'Via New Zealand', violet 'California/Clipper' hand stamp, sealed red/white Australian OBC censor tape tied by violet diamond 'Passed By/Censor/S 296' hs. Correctly rated 5/10d for the two ocean clipper service to the UK, carried by TEAL to New Zealand, Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to link with Pan Am FAM18 trans Atlantic service to Lisbon, then BOAC/KLM to London. This service opened on 3/7/40 when Italy entered the war on June 10th, 1940 and the closed Mediterranean section of the long established Empire (Kangaroo) route through Europe and across the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. An attractive and important item in the study of wartime airmails. Image. |
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Lot Number: 11
| Date: Est. price: £15.00 Category: Collections Description: BOAC six first flights (Nov 1965) ex Australia, Singapore, Bombay, London, Burma and NZ. See the web site for a scan of each cover in the lot. |
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Lot Number: 13
| Date: Est. price: £15.00 Category: Collections Description: BOAC, 7 first flights , 1965 ex Fiji to Australia, NZ, Bangkok, Singapore,Delhi, Beirut and London. See the web site for a scan of each cover in the lot. |
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Lot Number: 24
| Date: Est. price: £25.00 Category: Collections Description: Fiji 1965 BOAC first flights London to Fiji, six inward and 5 outward souvenir covers, no duplication. See scans to identify origins and destinations . |
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Lot Number: 10
| Date: Est. price: £50.00 Category: Collections Description: BOAC miscellany of 32 first flights, 1950-1970 , from the following worldwide services including London-Lima, London-Nandi, Polar Flight, South Pacific, London-Mexico City, Comet 1, Britannia, Rolls-Royce 707 and London-Tokyo, and several others . All fine, light duplication. Images. |
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Lot Number: 12
| Date: Est. price: £18.00 Category: Collections Description: BOAC superb collection of 19 reproduction colour PPCs, all unused, no duplication. Image. |
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