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Lot Number: 573 | Date: Vignettes, etiquettes, labels Est. price: £25.00 Category: Aviation Postal History Description: Baggage label, Scottish Airlines (Prestwick) Limited was formed in 1946 as a subsidiary of Scottish Aviation Limited.[1] The airline commenced worldwide passenger and cargo charter flights from bases at Prestwick and Stansted. It also participated in the Berlin Airlift, Not to be confused with Scottish Airways or Air Scotland. Scarce |
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Lot Number: 386 | Date: 1932, Dec 12 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce/Unusual Routing Description: Accelerated service South West Africa to Germany, WINDHOEK TO BERLIN, carried on South West African Airways (SWAA) to KImberley, then by Imperial Airways African service AN93 which left Kimberley 14/12 on C.Delhi, arriving Kisumu 17/12, Khartoum 18/12 on C.Khartoum flying boat, Cairo 20/12 on C.Glasgow and Brindisi 22/12 on Scipio flying boat. Then on by surface to Berlin bs 24/12.The service operated one day early in order to arrive in UK in time for delivery of the Christmas mail. Airmail etiquette cover RATED 1/2d (1/- air +2d ordinary). |
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Lot Number: 385 | Date: 1932, Jul 12 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Scarce/Unusual Routing Description: Double Rate South Africa To Germany, KINGWILLIAMSTOWN TO HANOVER, by Imperial Airways Africa northbound service AN71 which left Cape Town 13/7 and arrived Athens 22/7 and arrived Berlin bs 24/7, plain over ms 'Per Air Mail, RATED 3/- FOR DOUBLE RATE, 2/6d and 6d. Carried C. Jodhpur to Johannesburg, C. CapeTown to Juba, C. Khartoum to Khartoum, C. Cov. to Alexandria and Satyrus flying boat to Athens. Some top edge crumpling verso, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 383 | Date: 1932, Jun 11 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Scarce/Unusual Routing Description: Kenya To Denmark, NAIROBI TO COPENHAGEN, by Imperial Airways Africa northbound service AN66 which left Nairobi 12/6 on C. Jodhpur to Juba, C.Stonehenge to Khartoum, C.Glasgow to Cairo and Satyrus flying boat to Brindisi bs Brindisi/Posta Aerea/17/6, then train to Berlin and on to Copenhagen bs 'Copenhagen/Warnemunde 19/6 cds' . Airmail etiquette annulled by ms black cross Jusqua applied at Brindisi. The approximate Brindisi-Copenhagen journey time by train is 25-30 hrs. RATED 75c for combined rate. |
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Lot Number: 382 | Date: 1932, Jun 9 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Scarce/Unusual Routing Description: Commercial airmail, South Africa to Germany, PRETORIA TO HAMBURG, by Imperial Airways Africa northbound service #66 which left 9 June and arrived Athens 16 June, on by DLH air to Berlin 17 June (b/s), plain cover franked 1/3 d, ms 'Air Post', nice strike red 'Mit Luftpost Befordert./Luftposampt/Berlin C2' receiver. The rate from SA to Europe was 1/3d, so correctly rated.. |
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