| Lot Number: 408 | |
 | Date: 1918, Oct 7 Est. price: £45.00 Category: South Africa Description: First fight Red Cross Aerial Post, large 3 1/2" wings first Cape flight "Make Your Sixpence Fly" souvenir PC, franked KGV 1/2d canc special 'Aerial Post' datestamp "AERIAL POST/7 Oct 18/SOUTH / AFRICA" cds. The stamp has a scuffed lower lh corner, and the top lh corner of the card has a minor bend. See image. |
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| Lot Number: 409 | |
 | Date: 1925, Feb 28 Est. price: £12.00 Category: South Africa Description: Experimental Flights between Cape Town and Durban March-June 1925, first return from Durban to Cape Town, PC correctly rated 2d, black double ring 'SA Air Mail/AA Lugpos/ 28 Feb 25 'on front. |
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| Lot Number: 410 | |
 | Date: 1929, Aug 26 Est. price: £20.00 Category: South Africa Description: F/F Regular Airmail Service in South Africa, Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, no arrival ds, uncommon red st. line "Miller Service, 1929", "Per First Flight" and "Per Air Mail-Lugpos" cachets, PC franked 4 1/2d. Image. |
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| Lot Number: 411 | |
 | Date: 1929, Aug 29 Est. price: £10.00 Category: South Africa Description: First South African Internal Airmail Service. F/F Durban to East London, bs 29/8, registered (hs) cover correctly rated 9d, Union Airways (PTY) Ltd. |
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| Lot Number: 412 | |
 | Date: 1932, Jan 27 Est. price: £12.00 Category: South Africa Description: Interrupted flight Kimberley to Mbeya, bs 6/2, carried on first regular flight Cape Town-London, left Cape Town January 27 but forced down at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia, delayed 7 days, Springbok cover, Imperial Airways. |
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| Lot Number: 413 | |
 | Date: 1932, May 18 Est. price: £40.00 Category: South Africa Description: SPECIAL FLIGHT carried by the City of Delhi on the occasion of the opening of the airport at De Ar, Cape Town to De Ar, bs 18/5, Wyndham cover with House of Assembly/Cape Town logo on flap, signed by the pilot F.C.Elliot-Wilson. Scarce, only 39 flown |
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| Lot Number: 414 | |
 | Date: 1933, Sep 13 Est. price: £75.00 Category: South Africa Description: First South Africa acceptance for extension of Empire Airmail Service to Burma, Cape Town to Rangoon, bs 1/10, franked 1/- and 4d airs, Wyndham cover with purple House of Assembly/Cape Town logo on flap, Imperial Aw/ITCA. Only few pieces of mail were prepared for this service. |
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| Lot Number: 415 | |
 | Date: 1934, Mar 8 Est. price: £150.00 Category: South Africa Description: The Visit of HRH Prince George to Southern Africa, first acceptance of mail from South Africa via the Royal Train for the RANA F/F from Southern Rhodesia to Nyasaland, bs Limbe 9/3, via Blantyre 9/3 registered (hs) cover franked 9d South Africa stamps, canc fine strikes black oval crown over bilingual 'Royal Tour HRH Prince George/6-II 34/South Africa" postmarks, blue/black airmail etiquette, and violet two line "First Air Mail" and black two line "S.Rhodesia/Nyasaland" cachets. The flight was not announced outside Nyasaland and S. Rhodesia and even then only seven days notice was given. "The most desirable covers are those posted on Prince George's Royal Train while it was in Basutoland and in the Union". See South African Air Mails, Morton D.G., 2005, p25. A scarce item in fine condition. |
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| Lot Number: 416 | |
 | Date: 1934, Dec 6 Est. price: £150.00 Category: South Africa Description: AFRICA TO NEW ZEALAND, Cape Town to Ashhurst, FIRST ACCEPTANCE of African 'all the way' airmail for New Zealand for carriage on the IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AFRICAN NORTHBOUND service AN 196 to Cairo 11/12, to connect with the first extension of the IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EASTBOUND service IE 298 from Singapore to Brisbane. Special violet/cream 'Library of Parliament/Cape Town PC correctly FRANKED 10d, with a message of Christmas greetings HANDWRITTEN BY L.G.WYNDHAM. An exceptional item in very fine condition, ex the Ted Proud archives. |
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| Lot Number: 417 | |
 | Date: 1939, Aug 21 Est. price: £16.00 Category: South Africa Description: New link with Angola, Cape Town-Windhoek-Loanda Direct Service, F/F Cape Town to Lobito, bs 22/8, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, violet straight line 'First Flight - West Coast' cachet. Image. |
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| Lot Number: 418 | |
 | Date: 1939, Aug 21 Est. price: £16.00 Category: South Africa Description: New link with Angola, Cape Town-Windhoek-Loanda Direct Service, F/F Cape Town to Mossamedes, bs 22/8, plain cover franked 1 1/2d, violet straight line 'First Flight - West Coast' cachet. Image. |
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| Lot Number: 419 | |
 | Date: 1940, Feb 6 Est. price: £30.00 Category: South Africa Description: WWII censored airmail South Africa to Switzerland, JOHANNESBURG to GENEVA. By Imperial Airways Africa Service flight # DN250 which left 12 February (9 days late). arriving Brindisi 17/8 (9 days late). Then train via Milan and Chiasso to Geneva.Plain cover sealed South Africa censor tape, Franked 1/3 for air rate. |
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| Lot Number: 420 | |
 | Date: 1948, Nov 14 Est. price: £100.00 Category: South Africa Description: INWARD, Qantas Avro Lancastrian 1st survey flight, Australia to South Africa, blue/cream Australia-South Africa vignette cover with winged 'EA' logo on flap, franked Australia 2 1/2d canc Sydney 14/11/48, also Johannesburg 20/11/48 cds over South Africa 1 1/2d stamp confirming date of arrival. Signed by the pilot Capt. L.R.Ambrose. |
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| Lot Number: 421 | |
 | Date: 1948, Nov 27 Est. price: £125.00 Category: South Africa Description: Qantas Avro Lancastrian return 1st survey flight, South Africa to Australia, blue/cream South Africa-Australia vignette cover with winged 'EA' logo on flap, franked South Africa 1 1/2d canc Jo'burg 27/11, also Sydney 1/12 over Australia 1 1/2d stamp confirming date of arrival. Signed by the pilot Capt. L.R.Ambrose. AAMC 1194 |
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| Lot Number: 422 | |
 | Date: 1952, Apr 14 Est. price: £25.00 Category: South Africa Description: South Africa to Netherlands and return, cover flown by KLM, franked FDI SA Van Riebeek set canc special 'Van Riebeek' cds, and FDI Netherlands 'Van Riebeek' set canc special Culemborg cds. |
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| Lot Number: 423 | |
 | Date: 1954, Apr 3 Est. price: £30.00 Category: South Africa Description: Central African Airways, first "Coastal Viking" direct service Durban-Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, service, bs 3/4, blue/white official souvenir cover, offering a fast, direct service to the South African coast.. Multicoloured CAA propaganda vignette verso. |
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| Lot Number: 424 | |
 | Date: 1954, Nov 7 Est. price: £18.00 Category: South Africa Description: Central African Airways, first direct airmail, Durban to Ndola, N Rhodesia, bs 7/11, attractive blue/dark blue/white souvenir cover, franked 3d, multicoloured CAA propaganda vignette verso. |
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