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Lot Number: 379
| Date: 1930, Aug 25 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: First flight South American Panagra air mail Ecuador-Antgua 1930; Guayaquil - St John's 5/9, registered flight cover departed Guayaquil the 25th of August 1930, carried on FAM 9 air service via Port of Spain- Trinidad connecting with FAM 6. Air service via St John's to Miami. From Miami flown on to New York, journey time 25 days. Returned letter flown on FAM 8. Service to Cristobal in the Canal Zone, connecting with FAM 9. South American service from Cristobal to Guayaquil, return journey time of 17 days. Registered Air Mali & Surface Postage Rate, charged at 3Su 60c for the 5 gram letter. Beautifully presented cover with full documentation of route. |
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Lot Number: 377
| Date: 1929, Aug 11 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routings Description: Commercial South American "P. A. G. A. I. " airmail Ecuador , Guayaquil, early commercial example of FAM 9 mail flown by Pan American Grace Airways lnc. demonstrated by the very scarce violet boxed ' P.A.G.A.1 cachet, used on genuine commercial mail, first introduced for use on air mail on the 5th of May 1929. Letter from Guayaquil to Cristobal Canal Zone ) by a " SIKORSKY. S. 383. - seaplane, transferred to Steam Ship service from Colon to Southampton, then by railway service to London. Airmail & surface postage, charged at 16 centavos per 10 grams from Ecuador to Cristobal [Canal Zone) to the United Kingdom. |
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Lot Number: 2
| Date: Est. price: £30.00 Category: Collections Description: Australia Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour, four censored WWII airmails 1940/41 to USA, all correctly rated 4/- per 1/2oz for carriage to US, sealed red/white OBC Australia censor tape tied by censor marks, black, blue and violet 'California Clipper' hs's. Flown by Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to destination. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. See the website for scan of each cover in the lot. |
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Lot Number: 128
| Date: 1939, May 26 Est. price: £5.00 Category: France Description: F/F FAM18 Southern Atlantic route, Marseilles to Lisbon, cachet, b/s, Pan Am |
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Lot Number: 343
| Date: 1929, Jul 12 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Mexico Description: Special flight to commemorate the lfe of the famous Mexican pilot Emilio Carranza, corner cover franked 35 c and a small 'Save the Children' vignette all tied by 'Servicio Aereo/Mexico DF' cds, fine strike large blue commemorative hs. |
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Lot Number: 104
| Date: 1941, Aug 20 Est. price: £125.00 Category: China Description: WWII censored airmail 'by air all the way', Shanghai to Scotland, bs 'Registered Stirling oval 16/9' arrival ds, via Hawaii 4/9, New York 7/9, and 'Registered London oval 15/9, red/blue/grey registered (label) airmail envelope correctly rated $6 40c ($6.15 airmail + 25c registration), violet 'Registered' hs. Carried by the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) to Hong Kong, Pan Am FAM 14 to San Francisco, US Domestic airline to New York, Pan Am FAM 18 to Lisbon, then by European airline to England, Route F Boyd p772). A nice wartime cover with brilliant routing. Image. |
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Lot Number: 275
| 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: 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: 202
| 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: 204
| 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: 68
| Date: 1941, Dec 6 Est. price: £225.00 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: 100
| Date: 1937, Apr 26 Est. price: £50.00 Category: China Description: F/F FAM 14 China Clipper, Shanghai to San Francisco, bs 4/5, franked $1.45, official green "China-USA First Flight" circular cachet, fine blue "Hong Kong to San Francisco....." cachet , and fine red straight line 'Via Hongkong & by U.S. Air Service' hs, typed "Via C.N.A.C. -Hongkong/U.S. Air Service.Image. |
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Lot Number: 66
| 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: 505
| Date: 1937, Apr 21 Est. price: £75.00 Category: United States Description: Acceptance for India for carriage on the FAM 14 F/F from US to Hong Kong, San Francisco to Karachi, framed 'Karachi/Cancelled/5 May 37' hs cancelling airmail etiquette, via Hong Kong 28/4, and reposted to Calcutta 11/5, plain cover franked new issue 50c & 20c, fine strike blue F/14 official cachet 'F/F to Asia' globe overlying 'San Francisco to Hong Kong' globe. HK became the gateway for Far East mail addressed to points beyond and was forwarded by air, as far as India, at no extra cost by airlines of China and by Imperial Airways, scarce. A great item for the exhibit. Image. |
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Lot Number: 108
| 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: 103
| Date: 1941, Jun 6 Est. price: £100.00 Category: China Description: WWII censored scarce double rate air cover , Shanghai to London, imprint etiquette cover franked $11.30, ms 'PAA Pacific and Atlantic', also fine strike violet 'By Pan American Airways Service Via USA' directional hand stamp, sealed B&W OBE 3471 Caribbean censor tape. Correctly rated $11.30 ($5.90 + $5.40) for carriage by surface from China to Hong Kong, then by air to San Francisco by Pan Am FAM 14 route, by US internal air service to New York, by air via Pan Am FAM 18 route to Lisbon, then by European airline to destination (Route 'G', Boyle p774) . Nice item. |
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Lot Number: 367
| Date: 1935, Dec 2 Est. price: £8.00 Category: Philippines Description: F/F FAM 14 "China Clipper", Manila to Guam, cachet, bs 2/12, airmail cover, Pan Am |
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Lot Number: 205
| Date: 1942, Sep 18 Est. price: £45.00 Category: GB External Description: The Red Cross Postal Message Scheme. Cover send to Geneva from London, franked 5d, ms ' Red Cross Postal Message Scheme' and 'Air Mail', opened by censor and dealt with in accordance with the March 1941 Post Office Notice. Under arrangements made by the British Red Cross Society and The Order of St John brief messages could be sent by relatives to persons residing in Enemy Territory. The messages we're limited to 20 words and had to relate to only to family matters. |
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Lot Number: 355
| Date: 1938, May 12 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Newfoundland Description: Superb pre WWII trans Pacific registered (hs) airmail cover franked FDI 1937 Royal Family Coronation set of 4, St John's Newfoundand to Australia bs Coraki NSW 15/6, via Halifax NS 17/5, Levis & Campbelltown RPO 18/5, New York/Regn Div/19/5, San Francisco 20/5 and GPO Sydney/NSW 14/6. Exceptional routing - without doubt one for the exhibit. |
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Lot Number: 203
| Date: 1941, Oct 17 Est. price: £55.00 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: 497
| Date: 1931, Feb 10 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Trinidad Description: Completing the Lindberg Circle, F/F FAM 5, Port of Spain to La Guaira, Venezuela, 13/2 arrival ds on front, airmail cover franked 1/1d, Pan Am. |
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Lot Number: 501
| Date: 1929, May 21 Est. price: £6.00 Category: United States Description: Pan American Airways, F/F FAM 5 Miami-Belize, bs British Honduras, violet boxed flight cachet 'First Flight/Mami * Central America/FAM Route 5' cachet, airmail cover. |
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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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Lot Number: 441
| Date: 1953, May 27 Est. price: £8.00 Category: Singapore Description: Pan Am, F/F FAM 14, Singapore to Saigon (French Indo-China), cachet, b/s. |
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Lot Number: 506
| Date: 1938, Mar 16 Est. price: £5.00 Category: United States Description: F/F FAM 17, inward to Hamilton from Baltimore(US), b/s, cachet, Pan Am |
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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: 508
| Date: 1939, Jun 24 Est. price: £275.00 Category: United States Description: First Pan American and Imperial Airways Round the World Flight carrying the first acceptance of mail for Bangkok and Hong Kong for carriage on F/F Pan Am Northern Trans-Atlantic NY-London service , then OAT to Bangkok by Imperial Airways Eastbound Southampton-Sydney service, Bangkok-Hong Kong by IAW, framed 'American Consulate General /Hong Kong' receiver dated Jul 7- 1939, then HK (10/7 depart cds tying HK stamps) to Honolulu on California Clipper, then Honolulu (25/7 depart cds) to San Francisco and on to New York 28/7 arrival cds. Attractive registered (hs) red/white/blue eagle and stars airmail cover, franked US 50c & 30c airs and HK $3.05, official red FAM18 fight cachet,. Displayed on two album pages including detailed account of route and the original Registered Mailing Receipt. A superb exhibit item in pristine condition. |
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Lot Number: 436
| Date: 1941, May 10 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Singapore Description: Trans Pacific extension to Singapore, F/F FAM 14, Singapore to Manila, cachet, b/s, violet triangular Singapore censor mark, official long cover, Pan Am. |
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Lot Number: 369
| Date: 1941, May 9 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Philippines Description: F/F FAM 14, Manila to Singapore, green F/F cachet, Singapore censored airmail cover, Pan Am. Ironed vertical crease, barely visble, see scan |
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Lot Number: 65
| Date: 1941, Feb 11 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Australia Description: Wartime airmail, Pacific Clipper services up to the attack on Pearl Harbour Canberra-New York, uncensored Intergovernmental cover franked 4/-, Australian violet diamond '2/NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR'. Correctly rated 4/- per 1/2oz for carriage to US, flown by Pan Am FAM19 to San Francisco, then US internal air service to destination. The Pacific Clipper service ceased after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 11/12/41. |
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Lot Number: 316
| 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: 368
| Date: 1937, Apr 28 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Philippines Description: F/F FAM 14, Manila to Hong Kong, bs 28/4, Pan Am Company/Manila Hotel corner cover, franked 52c, canc Manila cds, typed 'Manila to Hong Kong, fine strike 'Manila-Macao-Hong Kong' F/F cachet, signed by the pilot Capt A E La Porte. Nice item in fine condition. |
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Lot Number: 99
| Date: 1937, Apr 26 Est. price: £55.00 Category: China Description: F/F FAM 14 China Clipper, China to San Francisco, bs 4/5, franked $1.70 canc Shanghai cds, official green "China-USA First Flight" circular cachet, and fine official blue "Hong Kong to San Francisco....." cachet, also red two line 'First Flight China Clipper/China-USA' and blue 'Via CNAC-Hong Kong/and US Air Service', registered (label) printed souvenir cover with blue/red route map along bottom and gold "First Air Mail/China to USA" illustrated vignette. |
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