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Lot Number: 201
| Date:1933, Jun 15 Est. price: £85.00 Category: Interruptions and Accidents Covers with flight, route, and postage details (ex Proud archives) supplemented with data from Wingent's monographs on IAW Aircraft Movements 1927-1939.Description: Germany to Tanganyika, HAMBURG TO MOSHI, carried by DLH to Berlin bs 16/6 and Athens bs 16/6. where it transferred to the Imperial Airways AS120 Africa service, thereby avoiding the 2 day delay of this service at Brindisi (see Wingent p43). It arrived in Moshi bs 22/5 only one day late because the AS120 'Satyrus' caught up one day by omitting the usual overnight stay in Athens. Airmail etiquette cover correctly rated RM1.05 for 25pf UPU plus 4x 20pf air fee. A rare item with superb routing marks and in fine condition. Ex the late Ted Proud's collection. |
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Lot Number: 202
| Date:1934, Nov 12 Est. price: £85.00 Category: Interruptions and Accidents Covers with flight, route, and postage details (ex Proud archives) supplemented with data from Wingent's monographs on IAW Aircraft Movements 1927-1939.Description: India to Tanganyika, BOMBAY to DAR ES SALAAM, departed Karachi 14/11 on Imperial Airways westbound service IW293 arriving Cairo bs 16/11 where it transferred to IAW Africa southbound service AS194 one day late because flying boat Sylvanus was delayed at Athens by headwinds. Printed commercial cover datestamped Bombay 12/11, backstamped Cairo 16/11 and Dar es Salaam 21/11.The AS194 Brindisi-Cairo section was scheduled to be flown in one day, but after Sylvanus arrived at Athens her departure was delayed by headwinds until next morning. The service continued to run one day late until departure from Salisbury on 22/11. The cover was off-loaded at Kisumu on the 20th and was then flown to Dar es Salaam the next day by Wilson Airways' Coastal Service. A truly rare three airline item with fantastic routing, refs Wingent ,and ex the Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 203
| Date:1939, Nov 10 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Interruptions and Accidents Covers with flight, route, and postage details (ex Proud archives) supplemented with data from Wingent's monographs on IAW Aircraft Movements 1927-1939.Description: DELAYED/INTERRUPTED WWII censored airmail, Egypt to Italy, ALEXANDRIA to REVERE. By Imperial Airways Africa Kisumu North Service KN124 which left Alex 12/11on FLYING BOAT 'CERES' and arrived Marseilles 16/11, then by train to Paris bs 18/11. CERES FIRST DEPARTED. ALEX. 06.15 ON 11TH BUT HAD TO RETURN AT 10.15 DUE TO BAD WEATHER. (Wingent pers comm). Printed commercial cover Egyptian censor tape and mark, franked 30 mils for 20 mils UPU plus 10 mils air fee. The KISUMU SERVICE was set up to carry mail under the E.A.M.S. from East Africa and the Sudan, see Wingent p125. |
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Lot Number: 204
| Date:1940, Feb 3 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Interruptions and Accidents Covers with flight, route, and postage details (ex Proud archives) supplemented with data from Wingent's monographs on IAW Aircraft Movements 1927-1939.Description: DAELAYED FLIGHT, censored early WWII registered (label) cover sealed SA censor tape, South Africa to Switzerland, JOHANNESBURG to CT. THURGAU, by Imperial Airways Durban-Southampton Service flight # DN250 leaving Durban 12/2 to Alexandria 16/2 by Caledonia, and by Clyde to Brindisi 17/2, on by train via Chiasso to Thurgau, bs 19/2. Franked 1/3 for air rate, but ?POSTED OUT OF COURSE?(handstamp) so taxed 65cts. The service was 9 days late departing from Durban likely NO AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE - ALL WEATHERBOUMD IN UK AND EUROPE ( Wingent, pers comm.). Nice item - scarce and interesting.. |
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Lot Number: 205
| Date: 1925, Apr 6 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Iran Description: F/F Tehran to Khankin (Baghdad), 6/4 arrival ds on front, Schafer B&W printed souvenir cover franked 20Ch, canc Tehran cds. Uncommon. |
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Lot Number: 206
| Date: 1945, Jun 10 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Iran Description: WWII triple censored airmail, Iran to USA, TEHRAN to CHICAGO, ms 7-17-45 arrival. Commercial corner cover franked 28R50, posted ?10 June, bs 'Baghdad Jun 16', sealed US cellophane EB 30621 (Chicago) censor tape, carried Tehran to Baghdad, then BOAC to Lagos via Cairo, then Pan Am FAM 22 to Miami and OAT to Chicago. Also two Iran Anglo-Soviet-Persian censor marks, and '5' in circle Iraqi 'passed censorship' symbol, and scarce grey/black 'BY PAN AMERICAN AIR MAIL/SE(K ERROR)VICE'. See scan. |
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Lot Number: 207
| Date: 1967, Apr 2 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Iran Description: F/F Tehran to Bombay, attractive souvenir cover franked 6r, official flight cachet, Air India. Image. |
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Lot Number: 208
| Date: 1929, Apr 4 Est. price: £55.00 Category: Iraq Description: Imperial Airways England-India via Baghdad, first regular service Baghdad to Karachi, bs 6/4, plain cover franked 4 1/2a canc. Baghdad cds, scarce purple oval cachet "Airmail/England-India Route/Baghdad/April 3, 1929/First Flight". |
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Lot Number: 209
| Date: 1936, Dec 10 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Iraq Description: MISR Cairo?Cyprus?Haifa?Baghdad service, F/F Baghdad to Amman (Jordan), bs,Imperial Bank of Persia cover franked 20fls, typed 'Iraq-Palestine/First Air Mail/By MISR Air Lines'. Scarce. |
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Lot Number: 210
| Date: 1941, Jul 22 Est. price: £75.00 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: 211
| Date: 1929, Aug 26 Est. price: £18.00 Category: Ireland Description: Experimental flight Galway to London, cover franked 2p canc Galway cds, red oval flight cachet, violet two line 'First Experimental Airmail/Galway-Croydon', Irish Airways Ltd |
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Lot Number: 212
| Date: 1947, Feb 17 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Ireland Description: BEA first day of the reduction of the airmail fee from 3d to 2d for the Liverpool-Belfast service, Londonderry to Sutton Coldfield, no arrival ds, plain cover with airmail etiquette, franked 2d air and 2 1/2d ordinary, canc Londonderry 15 Feb 1947, |
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Lot Number: 213
| Date: 1947, Sep 28 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Ireland Description: F/F All Up Service between N. Ireland and Great Britain, Belfast to Liverpool, BEA ?All-up Service? cover. |
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Lot Number: 214
| Date: 1913, Oct 5 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Italy Description: 'Circuito Dei Laghi Italiani, 5-9 Octobre 1913' printed card with red 'Controllo/di passaggio/Bellagio' cachet and black circular 'Circuito Dei Laghi ...........' in place of stamp. and printed list of competitors verso. Please note: this card might have been printed after the event. Image. |
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Lot Number: 215
| Date: 1917, Jun 27 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Italy Description: F/F, Naples to Palermo, bs 27/6, plain cover franked 1927 25c on 4oc violet opt 'Idrovolante/Napoli-Palermo-Napoli', canc special flight cds . Image. |
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Lot Number: 216
| Date: 1940, Mar 13 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Italy Description: LATI southbound flight, Rome to Rio de Janeiro, bs 18/4, registered (hs) cover franked surface L1.25, air L9,75, registration L1.50. Note Ala Littoria airmail etiquette still in use. |
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Lot Number: 217
| Date: 1929, Oct 6 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Japan Description: F/F Osaka to Seoul, arrival ds on front, special card franked 16 1/2 sen air, red/white/blue Japanese airmail label. |
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Lot Number: 218
| Date: 1929, Oct 6 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Japan Description: F/F Osaka to Tokyo, arrival ds on front, special card franked 18 sen air, red/white/blue Japanese airmail label. |
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Lot Number: 219
| Date: 1929, Oct 10 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Japan Description: F/F Osaka to Fukuoka, arrival ds on front, special card franked 8 sen air, red/white/blue Japanese airmail label, red framed Japanese 'airmail' chop. |
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Lot Number: 220
| Date: 1935, Nov 10 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Japan Description: Japanese Goodwill Flight in honour of the inauguration of the Commonwealth ofthe Philippines on Nov. 15, 1935, Tokyo to Manila, bs 12/11, commercial corner cover franked 10Sn, with the commemorative cancel for Tokyo, Flight ?Cachet? Type 72a in brownish red. |
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Lot Number: 221
| Date: 1958, May 8 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Japan Description: F/F, Tokyo-Singapore, cachet, b/s, souvenir cover, JAL. |
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Lot Number: 222
| Date: 1958, May 8 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Japan Description: Special flight commemorating F/F Singapore-Tokyo, b/s, illustrated souvenir cover, JAL |
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Lot Number: 223
| Date: 1927, Feb 13 Est. price: £55.00 Category: Kenya Description: East African Experimental Air Mail Service, Capt. TA Gladstone, internal feeder mail from Nairobi, addressed to London, carried on the return flight from Kisumu to Khartoum, then by RAF from Khartoum to Cairo, bs 20/2, franked Kenya and Uganda 20c and 50c canc Nairobi cds, red circular "Kenya-Sudan/ 1st/Air Mail/Fe 15/27" cachet (see illustration p86 Newall, rated 100u), ms "Air Mail/ via Kisumu/Khartoum", plain cover with black/pale green etiquette rated 'a great rarity' by Mair. |
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Lot Number: 224
| Date: 1927, Feb 13 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Kenya Description: East African Experimental Air Mail Service, Capt. TA Gladstone, internal feeder mail from Nairobi, addressed to London, carried on the return flight from Kisumu to Khartoum, then by RAF from Khartoum to Cairo, franked Kenya and Uganda 70c canc Malindi 8 Jan cds, red circular "Kenya-Sudan/ 1st/Air Mail/Fe 15/27" cachet , ms 'By Air/Via Kisumu', plain cover FRONT ONLY with black/pale green etiquette rated 'a great rarity' by Mair. |
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Lot Number: 225
| Date: 1927, Feb 15 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Kenya Description: First East African Experimental Air Mail Service, Capt. TA Gladstone, mail from Nairobi 14/2, addressed to London, carried on the return flight from Kisumu bs 15/2 to Khartoum, then by RAF from Khartoum to Cairo, then by Imperial AW from Cairo to London, franked Kenya and Uganda 75c canc Nairobi cds, red circular "Kenya-Sudan/ 1st/Air Mail/Fe 15/27" cachet (see illustration p86 Newall). Plain cover with black/pale green etiquette rated 'a great rarity' by Mair. Closed flap tear, see image. |
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Lot Number: 226
| Date: 1931, Mar 9 Est. price: £85.00 Category: Kenya Description: FIRST FLIGHT NAIROBI TO BOMBAY carried on the FIRST IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AFRICA FLIGHT #AN1 by City of Khartoum to Juba and then by City of Wellington.to Cairo 14/3. Transferred to Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #IE103 departing Cairo 19/3 on City of Cairo to Karachi arriving 22/3, then by the India State Air Service (I.S.A.S.) to Delhi, and on by surface to Bombay arriving bs 24/3. Plain cover franked 80c, ms 'By Air Mail' and 'Via Delhi'. RARELY SEEN. |
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Lot Number: 227
| Date: 1931, Mar 9 Est. price: £225.00 Category: Kenya Description: NAIROBI TO DAVAO (PHILIPPINES) bs 21/4 carried on the FIRST IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AFRICA FLIGHT #AN1 by City of Khartoum to Juba and then by City of Wellington.to Cairo 14/3 Transferred to Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #IE103 departing Cairo 19/3 on City of Cairo to Karachi arriving 22/3, by the India State Air Service (I.S.A.S.) to Delhi, and on by road/rail/sea (5600km) to Davao (Philippines) arriving bs 21/4. Plain cover franked 80c, ms 'By Air Mail' and 'Via Delhi'. RARE.. |
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Lot Number: 228
| Date: 1931, Mar 9 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Kenya Description: NAIROBI TO SAIDAPET bs 25/3 carried on the FIRST IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AFRICA FLIGHT #AN1 by City of Khartoum to Juba and then by City of Wellington.to Cairo 14/3. Transferred to Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #IE103 departing Cairo 19/3 on City of Cairo to Jodhour 23/3, then on by surface to Saidapet bs 25/3. Plain cover franked 80c, ms 'By Air Mail' and 'Via Jodhpur '. RARELY SEEN. |
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Lot Number: 229
| Date: 1931, Mar 10 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Kenya Description: F/F Kisumu to Mwanza, bs, carried on the inaugural London to East Africa service, official "map" cover, nice IAW House cachet verso, Imperial Airways. Only 50 flown. See p 33 Air Mails of British Africa. |
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Lot Number: 230
| Date: 1931, Mar 10 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Kenya Description: F/F, Kisumu to London, no arrival ds, flown on first return Engand-East Africa service, official yellow/blue 'Rising Sun' cover, franked 60c, Imperial Airways. Exceptionally fine. |
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Lot Number: 231
| Date: 1931, Jul 8 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Kenya Description: F/F Nairobi to Kisumu, bs 8/7, Tunstall cover franked 35c, violet "Local Air Fee Paid" hs and ms "By First Flight Nairobi-Kisumu", Wilson AW/Imperial AW. |
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Lot Number: 232
| Date: 1931, Oct 22 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Kenya Description: NAIROBI TO TANGA, 23/10, Kisumu to Nairobi by WILSON AIRWAYS, Nairobi to Mombasa by rail, and Mombasa to Tanga by the TANGANYIKA GOVERNMENT AIR SERVICE.Tunstall cover franked 35c canc Nairobi cds, ms 'By First Flight/Kisumu-Tanga'. Small mail. Francis Field authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 233
| Date: 1931, Dec 12 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Kenya Description: Christmas proving flight, Kisumu to Cape Town, bs 1/12, via Joburg 21/12, Springbok cover, Imperial Airways. |
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Lot Number: 234
| Date: 1932, Aug 17 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Kenya Description: East African coastal route feeder service, Wilson Airways F/F Nairobi to Dar es Salaam, bs 18/8, plain cover franked 35 cents. Small mail. |
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Lot Number: 235
| Date: 1932, Aug 17 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Kenya Description: Wilson Airways feeder service for Imperial Airways, F/F Nairobi to Zanzibar, bs 18/8, plain cover franked 35c, Rated 80 pts by Newall. Francis Field authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 236
| Date: 1932, Aug 20 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Kenya Description: East African coastal route feeder service, Dar es Salaam to Nairobi via Zanzibar, Tanga and Mombassa, first flight Wilson Airways Mombassa to Nairobi, plain cover franked 35 cents, typed 'First Flight Mombassa to Nairobi. Only 29 covers carried on the Tanga to Nairobi leg. Few faint tone spots. |
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Lot Number: 237
| Date: 1942, Sep 1 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Kenya Description: Kenya to USA, MOMBASA to NEW YORK, via Lagos 12/9, censored WWII airmail cover sealed B&W OBE N/365 censor tape. Franked 4sh 40c, posted ?1Sep 42, ms 'Air Mail/Congo & Clipper' and 'Via Congo & Clipper, violet 'By Airmail' hs, and unknown partial violet circular hs.Carried on the trans-Africa service by BOAC to Lagos via Khartoum, on to Leopoldville, and OAT by Pan Am FAM 22 to Miami then US internal air service to New York. |
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Lot Number: 238
| Date: 1945, Nov 9 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Kenya Description: First Post War Service to Great Britain, Mombasa to London, registered (label) cover franked 2 x 1/- South Africa stamps surcharged '70c /Kenya/Tanganyika/Uganda' + 2/- KUT stamp, canc Mombasa Registered cds. |
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Lot Number: 239
| Date: 1926, Jun 3 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Latvia Description: Early air cover addressed to Uruguay, franked pairs of the 1923 War Invalides Charity set canc Riga cds, violet circular "Derluft-Riga" cachet verso, light grey blue airmail etiquette rated very scarce by Mair, printed souvenir cover with green/yellow vignette with biplane and Riga/Lucerne and a cross inside a shield. Image. |
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Lot Number: 240
| Date: 1928, Jul 27 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Latvia Description: Early air cover to Lucerne, Switzerland, private 30/8 receiver verso, franked pairs of the 1923 War Invalides Charity set canc Riga cds, red circular "Derluft-Riga" cachet verso, tied black/light grey blue etiquette rated very scarce by Mair, printed souvenir cover with green/yellow vignette with biplane and Riga/Lucerne and a cross inside a shield. |
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Lot Number: 241
| Date: 1932, Dec 2 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Lebanon Description: LEBANON TO DANZIG, by the weekly Air Orient service flight leaving 2/12 arriving Marseilles 4/12 December. Carried by flying boat to Marseille, then OAT to Danzig via Berlin 5/12 arrival cds. Plain etiquette cover, typed 'Beyrouth-Danzig, very fine strike red two line 'Mit Luftpost befordert/flugpostampt Danzig 5' receiver. Franked 20P for 7.50P ordinary and 9x P1.50 air fee. |
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Lot Number: 242
| Date: 1932, Dec 9 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Lebanon Description: LEBANON TO MARSEILLE by Air Orient weekly flying boat leaving 9/12 arriving Marseilles 12/12 arrival cds. Plain etiquette cover, fine strike red 'Beyrouth-Marseille' hand stamp, franked P14.00. Flap tear verso, hardly detracts, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 243
| Date: 1932, Dec 30 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Lebanon Description: Lebanon to Holland, BEYROUTH TO GRONINGUE, on the weekly Air Orient service light leaving Beirut 31/12 arriving Marseilles 2/1/33 arrival cds, attractive PO Box corner cover, ms 'Beyrouth-Marseille' grey blue/black etiquette cover with black cross control mark applied by the Bureau de Saigon (used until 30/6/31). This control mark testified the correct franking for airmail letters. Franked 14pt. |
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Lot Number: 244
| Date: 1934, Nov 17 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Malaya Description: First acceptance at the 25c inclusive rate, Penang to London, pale grey imprint etiquette air cover, franked 25c B8&Co perfin, carried on IAW regular service, typed 'Per Imperial Airways.' |
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Lot Number: 245
| Date: 1934, Dec 15 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Malaya Description: Imperial Airways/Qantas, F/F Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, bs 22/12, carried on first regular weekly service UK-Australia, imprint etiquette airmail cover correctly franked Straits Settlements 25c canc Kuala Lumpur cds, typed 'First /By Imperial Airways/ (ms 17th) December 1934'. Non invasive ironed vertical crease, does not detract, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 246
| Date: 1936, Nov 18 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Malaya Description: Penang to London correctly rated 60c for KLM 1/2oz rate, franked 60c, canc Penang cds, uncommon and attractive dark blue/white 'By Dutch Airmail/K.L.M.' etiquette. |
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Lot Number: 247
| Date: 1937, Jun 12 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Malaya Description: Penang to Amsterdam by KLM (Dutch) airline, correctly rated 65c per 1/2oz, franked Straits Settlements 50c,2c,1c + 12c Coronation canc Penang large bars + fleuron cds, uncommon attractive imprint etiquette dark blue/grey ' By K.L.M. Dutch Airmail' cover with with opaque 'economy' between large wings on flap. See scan |
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Lot Number: 248
| Date: 1937, Jun 28 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Malaya Description: F/F Penang to Singapore, blue/cream souvenir cover with framed head and shoulders picture in lower lh corner of HM King George VI with 'Crowned/12th May 1937' text , also blue printed 'First Flight/Penanag-Singapore/Internal Malayan/Airmail Service'. The cover is both attractive and uncommon. See scan. |
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Lot Number: 249
| Date: 1937, Jun 28 Est. price: £18.00 Category: Malaya Description: First internal airmail, Penang to Kuala Lumpur, official grey/blue company cover franked 8c, ms 'R.M.A./Delia G-ACWD', Wearne's Air Services. |
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Lot Number: 250
| Date: 1937, Jun 28 Est. price: £10.00 Category: Malaya Description: Wearne's Air Services, first internal airmail, Penang to Kuala Lumpur, bs 28/6, printed blue/grey souvenir company cover franked Straits Settlementts Coronation 8c, canc Singapore cds. Scarcer leg. |
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