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Lot Number: 670
| Date: 1935, Aug 13 Est. price: £500.00 Category: Wake Island Description: R.O.A. Sullivan Autograph on 1935 PAA Wake Island Survey Cover - tied 8/22/35 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Honolulu to Midway to Wake Island and return - PAA prepared in Hawaii - very scarce large envelope format - only 4 or 5 seen in this style - signed by commanding pilot R.O.D. Sullivan and station managers on Midway and Wake Islands. Very scarce and in fine condition, identical cover retails at 1000+ USD. |
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Lot Number: 646
| Date: 1931, Jul 28 Est. price: £150.00 Category: United States Description: Non-Stop Flight New York - Istanbul, Boardman and Polando, American Legion card postmarked Boston, Sep 8, and backstamped Istanbul, Jul 30, 1931, signed by Russell Boardman front and verso. See AmAMC T/O1145a. |
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Lot Number: 645
| Date: 1931, Jun 21 Est. price: £385.00 Category: United States Description: Post and Gatty Round the World flight in "Winnie Mae", cancelled Mineola, New York, June 21, Berlin Jun 24, and Mineola Jul 1 return arrival ds, all cancellations are on the front of the cover, also two magenta Russian hand stamped seals. Signed by Post and Gatty. Also three photos of plane & flyers. A superb lot in pristine condition. |
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Lot Number: 626
| Date: 1963, Jul 13 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Switzerland Description: Special Pro-Aereo flight Langenbruck-Berne-Locarno, bs 13/7, to commemorate 50th anniversary of Oscar Bider's 1st Alpine Flight, souvenir cover, franked 2F canc special dated flight cachet. Signed by the Swiss pilot Edmond Audemars (1882-1970) who participated in the New-York Belmont park meeting in October 1910, and flew over several US including some flights over Mexico and Cuba. He was the close friend of Roland Garros and stopped to flying when Garros died in 1918. |
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Lot Number: 619
| Date: 1926, Jan 15 Est. price: £325.00 Category: Sudan Description: Return of RAF test flight from Khartoum to Abu Suwer, 17 Jan 1926 arrival hs on front, signed by pilot V.C.Stonar, plain cover, violet three line "By Return of/Special Flight/Cairo to Khartoum" and violet "Khartoum 15/1/25" hs's. This flight was undertaken by RAF Squadron No. 47 as a test of the Fairey IIID aircraft equipped with the Napier Lion engine, and as a prelude to the Cairo-Cape Town flight planned for later in the year. Little is known about this flight, and only 35 covers were carried on the return flight. A 200 word account by Bill Coley can be found in Air Mail News, No 158, p129. |
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Lot Number: 562
| Date: 1934, Dec 14 Est. price: £70.00 Category: Singapore Description: Imperial Airways/Qantas, signed F/F Singapore to Perth, bs 21/12, a fine and cover carried on first regular weekly service UK-Australia, correctly franked Straits Settlements 25c, etiquette cover, ms 'leaving RAF aerodrome, Seletav, Singapore on Sunday 16,12,34', signed by V. Gory Wilson, Imperial Airways chief pilot based at Singapore. |
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Lot Number: 484
| 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: 450
| Date: 1931, Mar 28 Est. price: £16.00 Category: New Zealand Description: Kaitaia Aero Club and Air Survey Transport Co, Auckland to Kaitaia, special green/cream printed cover, posted on arrival, 'Kaitaia Aero Club' and 'Air Survey Transport Co' hs's on front, signed by the pilot, FD Mill, POA, NZAMS Expert Committee expertisation hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 369
| Date: 1928, Sep 20 Est. price: £185.00 Category: India Description: Indo-Burma Flight, By Dutch Plane, 1st Official Mail, 1/4 anna PSC addressed to Genral Ridgeway and tied Park Street/ Calcutta, Sep 20 1928 postmark, to PSE Rangoon G.P.O. Sep 21 1928, arival cds on front. Card signed by Stephen H. Smith and carried on the Calcutta, India-Rangoon, Burma, leg of K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines 1st Official Experimental Airmail from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies, by Captain G. A. Koppen. |
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Lot Number: 371
| Date: 1929, Apr 19 Est. price: £35.00 Category: India Description: Imperial AW 4th flight Karachi to London, ms arrival 5/5 confirmation, uncommon red/white/blue PC with printed "(ms 4th) flight/ India to Great Britain/By Imperial Airways" and "Indian Airways eagle and logo" printed in dark blue, franked 7 1/2 anna canc Karachi cds, black dr "By Air" hs, signed by 'Stephen Smith' verso (not facsimile). |
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Lot Number: 372
| Date: 1929, Apr 29 Est. price: £75.00 Category: India Description: Scarce signature, carried on third IAW flight from India to London, official OHMS envelope with embossed logo verso, from the office of the Director of Civil Aviation in India, franked 4 annas 'Service' opt on front uncancelled but tied by black double ring 'By Air' hs, also and 1anna 'Service' opt x4 verso, signed on front by Lt Col Shelmerdine who was the first Director General of Civil Aviation in India. |
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Lot Number: 374
| Date: 1930, Aug 28 Est. price: £50.00 Category: India Description: Emergency Flood flight operated by the RAF on account of the floods between Sultankot and Shikapur, cover franked 1a, canc Jacobad dr. cds, addressed to Delhi, bs 30/8, carried from Jacobadad to Reti by emergency service, ms "By Emergency Air mail/Jacobadad to Reti". Signed verso 'Stephen Smith' |
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Lot Number: 294
| Date: 1934, May 10 Est. price: £60.00 Category: GB Internal Description: London International Air Post Exhibition 1934, souvenir postcard depicting postcard Ariel Post Box Closed Design, postmarked 7th May 1934 special Expo cancellation, green vignette, yellow Apex cachet, sent to Huddersfield, 8/5 arrival ds on front, signed by Francis J. Field. |
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Lot Number: 310
| Date: 1935, Dec 2 Est. price: £20.00 Category: GB Internal Description: F/F New RAS Contract following the expiry of the Hillman AW contract, first flight Glasgow to Liverpool, plain cover, franked 1 1/2d, bearing the Company's receiving cachet applied at Lime Street Station. Signed by pilot Capt E.F.Finnegan. |
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Lot Number: 299
| Date: 1934, Jun 6 Est. price: £65.00 Category: GB Internal Description: Cover flown on Zucker's first trial rocket flight on the Sussex Downs, bearing purple 1934 Apex vignette overprinted blue for the rocket post, hand stamped with the trial firing cachet in black, red machine postmark Brighton 6 June 1934. Signed by Gerhard Zucker. |
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Lot Number: 297
| Date: 1934, Jun 6 Est. price: £55.00 Category: GB Internal Description: Cover flown on Zucker's first trial rocket flight on the Sussex Downs, bearing blue 1934 Apex vignette overprinted red for the rocket post, hand stamped with the trial firing cachet in black , red machine postmark Brighton 6 June 1934. Signed by Gerhard Zucker. |
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Lot Number: 298
| Date: 1934, Jun 6 Est. price: £65.00 Category: GB Internal Description: Cover flown on Zucker's first trial rocket flight on the Sussex Downs, bearing green 1934 Apex vignette overprinted red for the rocket post, hand stamped with the trial firing cachet in black, red machine postmark Brighton 6 June 1934. Signed by Gerhard Zucker. |
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Lot Number: 309
| Date: 1935, Feb 1 Est. price: £25.00 Category: GB Internal Description: Blackpool and West Coast Air Services, F/F Liverpool to Castletown (Isle of Man), plain cover franked 1 1/2d (all mail now carried at ordinary rates), purple six line 'First Air Mail/Lverpool to Isle of Man ..................' cachet on front, signed by the pilot Cap. J.C.Higgins. |
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Lot Number: 341
| Date: 1966, Jul 5 Est. price: £100.00 Category: GB Internal Description: Rare BEA first scheduled passenger service, Dundee to Glasgow, Wotherspoon cover franked 4d POA Paisley 5 Jly 1966 cds, typed 'First Scheduled Passenger/ Service/ Dundee to Glasgow', signed by the pilot and the Lord Provost. Verso "No 4 of 12 flown" and signed J. Wotherspoon. |
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Lot Number: 236
| Date: 1937, May 5 Est. price: £15.00 Category: GB External Description: Anglo American Good Will Coronation Trans Atlantic Flight, New York May 8th to London, and return London 13 May to New York May 14, blue framed Eastward, and red framed Westward cachets, signed by pilots Dick Merrill and Jack lambie. |
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Lot Number: 195
| Date: 1927, Sep 17 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), Wallingford to Cologne, PSC addressed to an army sergeant based with BAOR at APO 40 based in Cologne, 1d PSC with additional 1 1/2d, dark blue/black airmail etiquette, also bearing ms note "Southern Forward Manoevres 1927/ **** ** cut from PO on/day of abandonmnet of ?manoevres" and signed by Smye 22.9.27. Interesting. |
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Lot Number: 227
| Date: 1934, Oct 19 Est. price: £45.00 Category: GB External Description: MacRobertson Air Race, England-Australia, Mildenhall depart cds, Melbourne arrival 9/11 cds tying Australia 1d stamp on front, 8/11 Melbourne 'clock' receiver verso, official black/grey printed cover carried by Hewitt, Kay and Stewart in Dragon Rapide "Tanui", signed by CE Kay. |
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Lot Number: 226
| Date: 1934, Oct 19 Est. price: £85.00 Category: GB External Description: MacRobertson Air Race, England-Australia, Mildenhall depart cds, Melbourne arrival 9/11 cds tying Australia 1d stamp on front, 8/11 Melbourne 'clock' receiver verso, official black/grey printed cover carried by Hewitt, Kay and Stewart in Dragon Rapide "Tanui", signed by CE Kay and Hewitt. Covers with Hewitt's signature as well are uncommon.. |
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Lot Number: 229
| Date: 1934, Nov 19 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: First acceptance of mail for South Africa from London at the new 3d Flat Rate for post cards, airmail etiquette PC addressed to L.A. Wyndham, House of Assembly, Cape Town, bs 30/11, franked 6x KGV 1/2d, postmarked day of issue, ms '1st Acceptance at 3d Rate'. This card was addressed to a very prominent aero philatelist in the United Kingdom care of an equally prominent aero philatelist in South Africa. Verso a message "Greetings" signed by Francis F. Field. Nice item with aerophilatelic connections.. |
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Lot Number: 228
| Date: 1934, Oct 19 Est. price: £50.00 Category: GB External Description: MacRobertson Air Race, England-Australia, Mildenhall depart cds, Melbourne arrival 9/11 cds tying Australia 1d stamp on front, 8/11 Melbourne 'clock' receiver verso, official black/grey printed cover carried by Hewitt, Kay and Stewart in Dragon Rapide "Tanui", signed by CE Kay. |
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Lot Number: 136
| Date: 1926, Jan 9 Est. price: £300.00 Category: Egypt Description: RAF test flight from Abu Suwer to Khartoum, 11 Jan 1926 arrival hs on front, signed by the commanding officer V.C.Stonar, plain cover, franked Egypt 5ml, violet two line "Special Flight/Cairo to Khartoum" hs. This flight was undertaken by RAF Squadron No. 47 as a test of the Fairey IIID aircraft equipped with the Napier Lion engine, and as a prelude to the Cairo-Cape Town flight planned for later in the year. Little is known about this flight, and only 70 covers were carried. A 200 word account by Bill Coley can be found in Air Mail News, No 158, p129. |
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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: 102
| Date: 1935, Jul 21 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Belgium Description: Brssells-Rozluez, bs, Bollon Belgica special card, MIXED FRANK 50c Belgium air tied special also red 'Raid Belgica dated cachet, verso Poland 5G x2 tied Rozluez arrival cds. PILOT SIGNED. |
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Lot Number: 107
| Date: 1937, Oct 20 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Belgium Description: Phalene Missionary Flight Belgium-Congo, and return, Brussels to Leopoldville, 6/11, and return, 12/11, to Awant-Dinant, commemorative 'Phalene' card in French with map of route verso, franked 3.30F Belgian and 3.30F Congo stamps, green two line 'Phalene' cachet, and scarcer red toothed oval flight cachet. SIGNED BY THE PILOT PIERRE BRADFER. Nice item. |
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Lot Number: 89
| Date: 1947, Dec 1 Est. price: £85.00 Category: Australia Description: Qantas F/F Australia-England service with Lockheed Constellation, Sydney to London, franked 1/6d, bearing special red/white/black Sydney to London label and the blue/grey 25th Anniversary label, official cover with company logo on flap, signed by Capt KG Jackson (flew Mascott-Karachi) and Capt DF McMaster (flew Karachi-London). A fine early post WWII item, see Crome pp 145/6. |
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Lot Number: 79
| Date: 1935, Nov 25 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Australia Description: Adelaide Airways Ltd, F/F Mount Gambier to Adelaide, bs, plain airmail etiquette cover franked 5d, small mail. Signed by the pilot H. Gayton Kirkman. |
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Lot Number: 90
| Date: 1953, Nov 14 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Australia Description: Quantas F/F Australia to Bangkok, bs 16/11, official Quantas souvenir cover franked 1/3d, canc Sydney cds, blue/pale blue/white Qantas vignette commemorating 30 year as Royal Mail carriers. Signed by Capt. J. Pollock and co-pilot A Myers. |
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Lot Number: 39
| Date: Est. price: £25.00 Category: Collections Description: Polynesian Airlines seven experimental flights, 1964-66, ex Fiji (3), Cook Islands (4), no duplication, six pilot signed. See the website for a scan of each cover in the lot. |
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Lot Number: 54
| Date: Est. price: £80.00 Category: Collections Description: World assortment of 20 early flown covers from 1927 inc 16 first flights, noted 1927 25/10 Habana-Key West, 1928 8/5 Doolittle Santiago-Buenos Aires, 24/2 Santiago de Cuba- Havana, 13/4 Yukon AW Carcross-Atlin, 1930 7/3 NYRBA Port au Prince- St Johns, 15/5 London-Berlin night flight, 1934 31/12 pilot signed Hokitika-Okuru, 1939 23/5 Netherland and Switzerland acceptances for first North Atlantic service to USA. Also other interesting from Congo to GB via Imperial AW, Ethiopia censored and 31/3 F/F Reunion-Madagascar, GB FDI 1948 29/7 Olympic set on registered cove to Peru bs. Full of interest. Images. |
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Lot Number: 18
| Date: Est. price: £100.00 Category: Collections Description: Central America, fine collection of 36 airmail covers, 1927-50, including 23 F/F from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Canal Zone, amongst which are 1926 Santa Rosa-Guatemala, 1927 Havana-Key West & Key West Habana, 1928 pilot signed Santiago de Cuba-Port au Prince, 1929 San Juan-Paramibo, 1930 Port au Prince-San Juan, 1931 Mexico Nuevitas-Camaguey1930 F/F Holguin-Santiago de Cuba, 1937 first 24 hour service Canal Zone-Miami, and more mostly pre WWII, also censored, registered, several interesting Jusqua's, attractive frankings with clear postmarks and flight cachets, no duplication. Images. |
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Lot Number: 50
| Date: Est. price: £45.00 Category: Collections Description: South America, collection of 26 airmail covers, 1926-1948, including 10 F/F from Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador amongst which are 1926 Junkers Sales Mission takes over the Trans Rio de la Plata service Rocha -Montevideo, 1930 pilot signed Buenos Aires to Miami, 1930 Rio de Janeiro to La Paz with attractive 1927 "Coreo Aereo/Condor" yellow cross etiquette, 1934 first DLH catapult flight Rio de Janero-Berlin, 1938 Rio de Janero-Asuncion and return, 1948 Lima to Houston, also censored, registered, interesting directional hs, attractive frankings with clear postmarks and flight cachets.Images. |
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