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Lot Number: 301
| Date: 1933, Jun 3 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Nyasaland Description: Special RAF Sqn. 6 flight, Zomba to Fort Jamieson, franked 1/- (correct rate), b/s 6/6., special relief cachet "NYD NRHOD AIRMAIL/5 JU 1933" cachet applied at Zomba (ref A Philatelic handbook of Nyasaland 1859-1964, Hillman). A similar cover is illustrated in Newall 2nd Edition, p159. |
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Lot Number: 302
| Date: 1934, Mar 6 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Nyasaland Description: First acceptance of northbound mail from Salisbury, Blantyre to London, bs 19/3, official cachet, Wheatcroft "leopard silhouette" cover, carried on RANA F/F Blantyre to Salisbury, then on IAW Cape to London flight # AN 157, see Wngent p55, RANA/IAW. |
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Lot Number: 303
| Date: 1934, Mar 7 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Nyasaland Description: Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airways first direct official airmail from Nyasaland to South West Africa, Limbe to Windhoek 11/3, via Blantyre 8/3 and Salisbury 8/3, black boxed three line "First Flight Regular Air Mail Service Nyasaland-Southern Rhodesia" cachet, airmail etiquette cover franked 7d. |
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Lot Number: 304
| Date: 1935, Aug 5 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Nyasaland Description: F/F Blantyre to Beira, black boxed "First Flight Regular Air Mail Service Nyasaland-Mozambique", bs 5/8, Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airways official souvenir cover, correctly rated 4d with Nyasaland 3d & 1d Silver Jubilee. |
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Lot Number: 305
| Date: 1932, Oct 11 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Papua and New Guinea Description: Registered airmail cover, Wau to Salamaua, franked 1931 biplane and 'air mail' 5/-, cat SG £70 used. |
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Lot Number: 306
| Date: 1934, Jul 26 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Papua and New Guinea Description: F/F Papua-Australia, PORT MORESBY TO CAIRNS, bs 31/7, etiquette cover franked 8d, violet 'Papua-Australia' cachet. |
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Lot Number: 307
| Date: 1934, Jul 26 Est. price: £12.00 Category: Papua and New Guinea Description: Papua to Scotland, Midlothian arrival cds on front, carried on the first official airmail from Papua to Australia, bs Sydney 1/8, etiquette cover, 21x10cm, franked Papua 1/- (SG120) and 2d canc Port Moresby cds, violet 'Papua-Australia' cachet. |
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Lot Number: 308
| Date: 1934, Jul 26 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Papua and New Guinea Description: Port Moresby to Salamaua, bs 27/7, via Lae 27/7, carried on F/F Papua to Australia, airmail etiquette cover franked 5d, violet F/F cachet. |
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Lot Number: 309
| Date: 1939, Aug 24 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Portuguese Angola Description: First West Coast Flight, Lobito to Cape Town, bs 26/8, carried on the return of the first SAA direct service Lobito-Windhoek, then on the Kalahari feeder extension to Jo'burg, plain cover franked 1A90c. Only three flights on this service before war broke out when service was abandoned due to lack of support. Francis Field authentication hs verso. |
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Lot Number: 310
| Date: 1928, Oct 1 Est. price: £40.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Commercial first flight, MEXICO CITY - PARIS', via Nuevo Laredo ( Mexican Border), 2/10, transferred to Laredo (Texas Border), 3/10. flown via Dallas - Atlanta - Washington to New York, Mexican airmail label cancelled by unframed violet double bar JUSQU'A applied at Varick Street Foreign Exchange Office New York 5/10, on by Mail Steamship Service to Europe (see Mc Queens book on "JUSQU'A MARKINGS " list's this type first seen from 1929 to 1932.), official F/F cachet verso. Full description of route with confirmatory transit cancellations. |
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Lot Number: 311
| Date: 1929, Apr 7 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: India to Egypt, KARACHI TO ALEXANDRIA, carried on the first flight of the Imperial Airways India service IW1 from Karachi to Croydon. Arrived one day early at Baghdad 8/4 and then made an unscheduled call at Cairo on 9/4. Airmail etiquette cover posted Karachi 3/4, bs Alexandria 9/4, black double ring 'By/Air' hs, RATED 6 annas. |
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Lot Number: 312
| Date: 1929, Aug 11 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing 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: 313
| Date: 1929, Aug 15 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: HOLLAND VIA AUSTRIA TO TURKEY; Card sent from the CONFERENCE LA HAYE- 1929 to the Dutch Consul in Constantinople, flown on THE FIRST AUTUMN SCHEDULE OF THE C1DNA VIENNA- CONSTANTINOPLE SERVICE, via Vienna 16/8. also undated 'Consulat Des Pays-Bas/ Constantinople' verso. Pink oblong cachet in Dutch & French is a private handstamp used between 1929 - 1930 & not an official cachet of the Dutch Post Office but the private " JUSQU'A " handstamp of the Dutch Air Post Dealer, GAG Tollan. Often seen on Experimental flight Letters & PC's from Holland. Airmail PC rate charged at 7'A cents. Holland - Turkey. |
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Lot Number: 314
| Date: 1930, Aug 13 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Panagra, airmail cover Guayaquil to Spain, no arrival ds, plain cover franked $2.60, black boxed hs 'Por Avion, By Air Mail/Peso 12 Gms, Porte S/. (ms) 2.60'. Flown FAM 9 to Cristobal, FAM 5 to Miami, US internal air system to New York, then sea to Europe. Black 'Correo Aereo/Panagra' hs cancelled by violet New York double bar jusqu'a. Good routing. |
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Lot Number: 315
| Date: 1930, Aug 25 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing 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: 316
| Date: 1931, Feb 24 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: BELGRADE TO WADI HALFA, Yugoslavia acceptance intended for the FIRST IMPERIAL AIRWAYS AFRICA FLIGHT AS1 FROM LONDON. Registered (label) Aero Philatelic Club of Calcutta cover franked 11D50 canc Belgrade cds's and triangular airmail date stamps, pale blue/black etiquette, uncommon magenta framed 'Par Avion/jusqu'a (ms) Alexandria, ms 'Egypt/London/Cairo/Cape Route' . Verso , Alexandria 'MR/31/day unclear' cds and oval ' Registered/11 R 31/Shellal-Halfa/T.P.O.) hs. Likely to have missed the first IAW Africa flight, but not for want of trying. An scarce and interesting cover never the less. |
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Lot Number: 317
| Date: 1931, Dec 16 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Commercial airmail, Kenya To South Africa. NAIROBI TO CAPE TOWN by Imperial Airways Africa Southbound special Christmas service to South Africa #41 which left Nairobi 17 December and arrived Cape Town b/s 22/12 via Johannesburg b/s 21/12. RATED 55c. This service was extended experimentally to Cape Town in order to position and test aircraft over the new southern part of the route in preparation for the opening of the regular service, which commenced in January 1932 |
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Lot Number: 318
| Date: 1931, Dec 23 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Egypt to Sudan, ALEXANDRIA TO KHARTOUM, Imperial Airways African service AS95, departed Alexandria 24/12 on Sylvanus flying boat , arriving Khartoum bs 26/12 on C.Swanage flying boat. Airmail etiquette cover RATED 20mils. |
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Lot Number: 319
| Date: 1932, Jan 13 Est. price: £65.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Delayed flight, first regular service to be extended to Cape Town, UK TO NORTHERN RHODESIA, LONDON TO BROKEN HILL, carried by Imperial Airways Africa southbound service #47 leaving London 21/1, mail transferred to 'City of Baghdad' at Kisumu 28/1 which then became bogged down at Mpika 30/1. The mail was forwarded by a Rhodesian Aviation Puss Moth, which arrived at Broken Hill bs 30/1. RATED 9d. Flight DELAYED BY 2 DAYS. See Wingent 'Movements of Aircraft on Imperial Airways African Route 1931-1939'. |
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Lot Number: 320
| Date: 1932, Jun 9 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Scarce and 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 was 1/-, so over franked by 3d. |
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Lot Number: 321
| Date: 1932, Jul 8 Est. price: £60.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Lebanon to Austria, BEIRUT TO VIENNA VIA PARIS, carried on the weekly Air Orient service flight, leaving 8/7 cds, arriving Marseille Avion bs 11/7, then sent on the ordinary airmail route via Paris Avion bs 11/7 to Vienna Flugpost 12/7. Carried by flying boat to Marseille. Printed commercial cover, tied grey blue/black etiquette, ms 'Beyrouth-Autriche', franked 20P for carriage 'all the way' by air. Lebanon to Marseille would have been 10P/10g air fee + 4P colonial. Great routing. |
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Lot Number: 322
| Date: 1932, Jul 19 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Denmark To South West Africa, COPENHAGEN TO OMARURU, flown by DDL/DLH to Athens via Hamburg transit ds 19/7, then transferred to Imperial Airways Africa Southbound service AS73, which left Athens 23/7, then by C.Alex from Cairo to Kisumu, then C.Cape Town to Johannesburg arriving 31/7, then OAT by South West African Airways Windhoek arrival ds 1/8. Commercial cover, fine strike red 'Mit Luftpost/befordert/Hamburg' arrival hs, ms 'par avion via Cairo' 1 RATED K3.40. |
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Lot Number: 323
| Date: 1932, Aug 31 Est. price: £125.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Delayed flight, FRANCE, PARIS TO ZANZIBAR. Joined Imperial Airways Africa southbound service AS79 which left Brindisi 2/9 on Scipio flying boat, Wadi Halfa 5/9 on C.Coventry, Khartoum 6/9 on C. Alexandria flying boat after a delay of 24 hrs (reason unknown), and arrived Nairobi 8/9 via Malakal 7/9. Transferred to the Wilson Airways Nairobi-Mombasa-Tanga-Zanzibar service arriving the same day at Zanzibar 8/9 BS. Commercial corner cover ms 'Par Avion' RATED F13.50 canc Paris cds, tied grey blue/airmail etiquette and ms 'Par Avion'. A delayed/interrupted flight with scarce routing, good research documentation, great provenance, and in fine condition. A rare exhibit item. |
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Lot Number: 324
| Date: 1932, Oct 4 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: South West Africa To Germany, OMARU TO GMUND. Posted Omaru 4/10 cds, then carried by South West African Airways (SWAA) via Windhoek ds 6/10 to Kimberley ds 11/10 where it transferred to the Imperial Airways Africa northbound service AN84 which left Kimberley 12/10 and arrived London 23/10, via Juba 17/10 on C.Delhi, Khartoum on C.Alexandria flying boat, Alexandria on C.Glasg, and Brindisi on Sylvanus flying boat, and OAT to Berlin 24/10, delivered 25 Gmund ds 25/. Plain cover RATED 1/-. SWAA was the first commercial air service in South West Africa. It operated from 1930 until 1935, when it was taken over by South African Airways (SAA). |
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Lot Number: 325
| Date: 1932, Dec 12 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and 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: 326
| Date: 1933, Feb 21 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Interrupted flight, South West Africa to Germany,WINDHOEK TO HAMBURG, flown to Kimberley by SWAA, then by Imperial Airways Africa northbound service AN103 which left Kimberley on C.Basra which arrived at Nairobi on 27/2 2 days late, then made up one day in Horsa to Kampala, then on flying boat Satyrus to Alexandria 2/3, flying boat Sylvanus arriving one day late at Brindisi 4/3. Reason for 2 DAY DELAY at Nairobi unknown. Then by train to Hamburg bs 6/3. airmail etiquette cover RATED 1/- for air rate. SATYRUS returned to normal operation of Mediterranean section of route after flying north via this service, see Wingent p38. |
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Lot Number: 327
| Date: 1933, Aug 22 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Madagascar to France, TANANARIVE to LIGINIAC. Posted Tananarive 22/8 cds then carried by postal van and river barge to the port of Majunga bs 25/8 cds, then by the Messageries Maritmes paquebot 'Chantilly' to Dar es Salaam bs 29/8, then by Wilson Airways to Nairobi where transferred to Imperial Airways Africa northbound service AN130 plane 'Sylvanus' which left Nairobi 2/9 arriving Brindisi one day late bs 8/9. She should have arrived 7/9 but made an unscheduled overnight stop at Athens (reason unknown, see Wingent p47). At Brindisi carriage by air was cancelled with a violet framed 'By Air to/Brindisi' Jusqua. Then on by train to Paris 10/9, and delivered to Liginiac bs 13/9. Plain cover, red/black 'PTT Madagascar Serie E no 131/Par Avion' label graded rare by Mair, correctly RATED F4.50 for 50c domestic and 4F/5g air surtax. Small non invasive stain verso, does not detract, see scan. An aerophilatelist's dream - a delayed flight, a scarce and complex itinerary, and detailed route marks. Ex the Ted Proud collection. |
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Lot Number: 328
| Date: 1933, Nov 24 Est. price: £150.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Germany to Tanganyika, FLENSBURG TO KILIMANJARO, bs10/12. By rail to Athens, then by Imperial Airways Africa Service flight AS144 leaving Athens 2/12 on Scipio, transferred to Hanno at Khartoum on 4/12 and to Amalthea at Kisumu on 5/12 , arriving Moshi bs 6/12. Transferred to the Tanga-Kilimanjaro TPO Down on 7/12 bs, then readdressed and put back on Tanga-Kilimanjaro TPO Down 10/12 to Mnyusi. Cover bears Ms '24gr, correctly rated RM1.40 for 40pf UPU (25pf for first 20gr + 15pf for next 20gr and FIVE AIR FEES OF 20PF per 5gr. The Hasani Estate was in Makanya (near the Tanga Railway Line), in the north of the country near the border with the Kenya. Superb item - great routing and franking and rich in social/colonial history - see http://ashvinsblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/farm-in-africa.html |
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Lot Number: 329
| Date: 1934, Jan 6 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Nyasaland to France, ZOMBA to PARIS, by train to Salisbury , then transferred to Imperial Airways Africa Service flight # AN149 which left Salisbury 13 January on Amalthea to Mbeya, Kosti 14/1 on Horsa to Cairo 16/1, 17/1 to Athens on Scipio, 18/1 to Brindisi on Sylvanus, and on to London where flight was annulled by red double bar Jusqu'a. Then back to Paris, bs 21/3 by train. Plain cover, some rough opening top edge, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 330
| Date: 1934, Jan 17 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Denmark to Tanganyika, COPENHAGEN to DAR es SALAAM. By DLH to Berlin bs 18/1, then train to Vienna, then DLH to Athens bs 19/1 where transferred to Imperial Airways Africa southbound service AS151 which left 19/1 (Helena) arriving Nairobi 24/1 (Amalthea) where transferred to Wilson Airways for same day delivery to Dar es Salaam bs 24/1. Etiquette cover franked 1K 16 ore. Minor non invasive top edge defect, see scan.Good routing. |
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Lot Number: 331
| Date: 1934, Jan 18 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Germany to SW Africa, BERLIN TO OMARURU, bs,. By Lufthansa to Athens 19 January (b/s). By Imperial Airways Africa Service flight AS151 on Helena leaving 20 January, transferring to Amalthea arriving Kimberley 27 January. Then from Kimberley to destination by South African Airways 28 January. Franked 95pf for 25pf UPU and (10gm) air fee 70pf. Good routing. |
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Lot Number: 332
| Date: 1934, Feb 23 Est. price: £30.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Kenya to Egypt. By Imperial Airways service AN155 which left Nairobi 25 February on Amalthea and from Juba to Cairo on Hadrian, arriving one day late on 28 February (b/s). Delivered to Port Said 1 March (b/s). Addressed to passenger aboard 'Llandovery Castle' which became a famous hospital ship in WWII. Cover franked 55c for air rate, minor rough flap opening, see scan . DELAY. |
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Lot Number: 333
| Date: 1934, Mar 14 Est. price: £15.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: MAURITANIA, Air France within Africa service, cover postmarked Atar (Mauritania) March 14, 1934 and addressed to an interpreter (for Air France ?) in Port-Etienne (Mauritania) with arrival b/s March 31st and transit b/s in Saint-Louis (Senיgal) of March 23rd. Atar is located in the interior of Mauritania just west of Port-Etienne and much closer to it than the southern city of Port-Louis. Instead of travelling by land from Atar to Port-Etienne this airmail cover travelled by land from Atar to Saint-Louis then, probably because of insufficient postage, went by land all the way up to Port-Etienne. This cover saw a lot of desert roads. Scott 27 (2) and 32 (2). |
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Lot Number: 334
| Date: 1934, Jul 17 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: CONGO-KENYA, Elisabethville to Nairobi, via Broken Hill 18/7, plain cover, black framed 'Avion' hs. To Broken Hill by AERO CLUB DE KATANGA and by Imperial Airways AN 176 on 'Artemis' to Nairobi., FRANKED F5.50 for F2.50 UPU rate plus F3.00 air fee. Nice routing. Some rough opening verso, otherwise fine, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 335
| Date: 1934, Dec 12 Est. price: £75.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Czechoslovakia to Sudan, BRATISLAVA TO UM RUABA VIA KHARTOUM AND HASSA HEISA. Sent by train to Athens because there were no winter air services, arriving Athens Airport 15/12 cds. Missed the AS198 which had departed Athens on 14/121934, so caught AS199 which departed 22/12 arriving Khartoum 23/12 cds and sent on by train to Hassa Heissa, its original destination, where it arrived next day bs 24/12. There it was re-addressed and sent c400 miles by train to Um Ruaba where an **Dec 34 arrival ds was applied. Plain airmail etiquette cover, ms 'Flugpost', violet framed 'Lotecka posta' hs RATED 5k50. The ordinary surface postage was 2.50K for first 20 gr. and Proud gives an air mail rate to Sudan of 2.50K per 10 gr. So it may be 50c overpaid. A scarce journey with superb routing. |
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Lot Number: 336
| Date: 1937, May 29 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Switzerland to Australia, KIRCHEN to SYDNEY by Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #554. Departed London 3/6 on FLYING BOAT CASSIOPIA to Brindisi 4/6, on Hadrian to Hyderabad 8/6, on Artemis to Singapore 11/6 and on 'Brisbane' to Brisbane, b 17/6. Imprint etiquette cover franked 45c air x2 and 40c, ms '5g'. Flap missing and faint ironed vertical crease, see scan. |
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Lot Number: 337
| Date: 1938, Jan 18 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Belgian Congo to Hungary, BOMA to BUDAPEST. Sabena all the way, through service from Boma arriving Russell's 20/1 via Leopoldville bs 20/1, then transferred 25/1 to local Sabena Brussels-Budapest service arriving bs 25/1, Legiposta/Budapest 73 cds. Airmail etiquette cover F6 for F2.0 UPU plus F3.50 air fee. |
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Lot Number: 338
| Date: 1938, Feb 15 Est. price: £200.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: India, KARACHI TO MAURITIUS, departed Karachi 19/2 on the Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight #IW 627 and carried by HANNIBAL TO ALEXANDRIA/CAIRO ARRIVING 22/2. Transferred to Imperial Airways Africa Service flight #DS 69 on 26/2 and carried to Khartoum on Corsair (FLYING BOAT), to Kisumu on Calpurnia (FLYING BOAT), and to Durban on Castor (FLYING BOAT) arriving 1/3. Then carried by sea to Mauritius b/s Rose Hill/ 10 MR 38/Mauritius cds. The only ship arriving that day was the MV 'HOUTMAN' OF KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART-MAATSCHAPPIJ (KPM), a Dutch shipping company (1888?1966) The line's routes included the Indian Ocean ports of Rיunion and Mauritius and Mahי. Plain cover franked 9 1/2 anna, non invasive rh edge trim, see scan. A truly scarce item with great routing. Ex Proud. |
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Lot Number: 339
| Date: 1938, Mar 15 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: AMSTERDAM to ZANZIBAR. By KLM to Alexandria bs 18/3, where transferred to Imperial Airways Durban southbound flying boat service DS75 (Castor) arriving Dar es Salaam/Mombasa 17/3. Transferred to Wilson Airways arriving Zanzibar 21/3. Bilingual etiquette cover, typed 'Via A'dam-Alexandrie/Alexandrie-Durban', franked G1.25. |
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Lot Number: 340
| Date: 1938, Jun 6 Est. price: £25.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: USA to Egypt, NEW YORK to CAIRO. By sea to UK, then by Imperial Airways Durban southbound flying boat service DS101 ?Corsair? leaving Southampton 15/6, arriving Alexandria 16/6, delivered Cairo 17/6 (ms). Airmail cover, Par Avion etiquette ms 'From London', franked 17cts for 5c UPU and double air fee of 12c. |
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Lot Number: 341
| Date: 1938, Jun 23 Est. price: £200.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Austria acceptance for India, VIENNA to CALCUTTA, carried on Imperial Airways, FIRST 'ALL THE WAY' BY FLYING BOAT MAIL TO AUSTRALIA on Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight # IE265, bs Calcutta 30/6, Sydney 6/7, airmail cover mixed franking 70p German and 3G Austrian stamps, 23 Jun 38 cds, ms 'Par Avion'. Flown by Camilla/Cordelia to Calcutta. SCARCE |
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Lot Number: 342
| Date: 1939, Feb 11 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: South Africa to Poland, JOBURG to WARSAW. By Imperial Airways Durban northbound flying boat service DN170 which left Durban 12/2 (Caledonia) arriving Athens bs 16/2 where it transferred to Polish airline Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. arriving Warsaw bs 18/2 Plain cover, Greek currency mark, franked 1/- per ½ oz. South Africa to Europe air mail rate. Nice item, good routing. |
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Lot Number: 343
| Date: 1939, Jul 26 Est. price: £65.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Egypt to Malta, ALEXANDRIA TO VALLETA, The cover is a 'Blue Funnel Line' envelope bearing a 'Port Said/26 July 33) depart cds indicating transfer from cruise ship to Imperial Airways Africa Service flight #DN216. Carried on Caledonia, from Alexandria on 27/7 arriving Brindisi 27/7. Then on by sea to Malta, arriving Valetta b/s 31/3, bears postman?s chop 34, L.R.D. Franked 28 mils for 15 mils Imperial, 5mils Europe, 8mils excess. Interesting and unusual. Ex Proud. |
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Lot Number: 344
| Date: 1939, Aug 1 Est. price: £35.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Airmail Sweden to South Africa, LINKOPING to JOHANNESBURG. Malmo to Berlin via SASSNITZ-BERLIN T.P.O. (b/s 2/8), then DLH to Athens 6/8., the on the Imperial Airways Southampton- Durban Service flight # DS220 arriving Durban 9/8. Plain cover franked F1.30. Closed top edge nick, see scan |
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Lot Number: 345
| Date: 1939, Aug 10 Est. price: £45.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: USA to Southern Rhodesia, SAN FRANCISCO to SALISBURY, by US internal air service to New York and on from Port Washington by PAN AM N11 DIXIE CLIPPER which left 12/8 arriving Southampton 13/8. Transferred to Imperial Airways Southampton-Durban Service flight #DS223 which left 16 August and was flown all the way by 'Cassiopia' to Beira arriving 21/8. Transferred to RHODESIA AND NYASLAND AIRWAYS arriving Salisbury 22/8 arrival cds. Readdressed 22 August. Franked 55c for 52c air rate, 3c excess. Closed tear top edge 50c stamp and flap missing, but interesting item notwithstanding. See scan |
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Lot Number: 346
| Date: 1939, Sep 8 Est. price: £100.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: Uncensored airmail cover Kenya to GB, NAIVASHA (250 miles from Nairobi) TO BOURNEMOUTH. Carried on NAIROBI-KISUMU SHUTTLE BY WILSON AIRWAYS, transferred to Imperial Airways Durban-Southampton Service flight DN229 on flying boat Canopus which left KIsumu 10/9 arriving Alex 12/9, then on flying boat Camilla arriving Poole 15/9, and delivered Bournemouth 18/9 bs. Plain cover franked 1/30c for Empire rate introduced 3 September. An item of aerophilatelic and historical significance - FIRST DN SERVICE TO NEW WARTIME SCHEDULE; FIRST SERVICE TO CARRY S. AFRICAN MAIL AT 1/3d WARTIME RATE; DELAYED 1 DAY AT MALAKAL WITH WIRELESS TROUBLE. Southampton 15 September being delayed one day by a forced landing at Malakal due to weather. Readdressed 18 September (b/s). Franked 1/30c for Empire rate introduced 3 September. to UK. By DN229 which left Mombasa 10 September and arrived Southampton 15 September being delayed one day by a forced landing at Malakal due to weather. Readdressed 18 September (b/s). Franked 1/30c for Empire rate introduced 3 September. |
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Lot Number: 347
| Date: 1939, Dec 28 Est. price: £20.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: WWII censored cover, Siguiri to Bikfaya, Lebanon, bs 11/1/40, via Marseille 7/1 and Beyrouth 10/1, blue frame/white imprint etiquette cover franked 5.50F, C/2 in small black circle (Gabon) censor mark. Interestng routing. |
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Lot Number: 348
| Date: 1940, Jan 3 Est. price: £50.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: WWII censored airmail, Kenya to Hungary, MOLO (125 miles N. Nairobi) to BUDAPEST. Carried on the Imperial Airways Africa Kisumu North Flying Boat Service # KN132 which left 5/1 arriving Athens 7/1, then by train to Budapest, bs 9/1. Carried by CASSIOPIA to Alexandria, then by CORIO to Athens. WWII censored cover sealed Kenya censor tape franked 2/- and addressed to Countess Zichy a Hungarian noblewoman. The Kisumu service was set up to carry mail under the E.A.M.S. from East Africa and the Sudan, see Wingent p125. A cover with historical and routing interest. Has a significant closed tear from lower lh corner not affecting stamps. See scan. |
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Lot Number: 349
| Date: 1940, Feb 7 Est. price: £100.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing Description: India to Northern Rhodesia, MUNSTAD to LIVINGSTONE, N. RHODESIA, by Imperial Airways Eastern Service flight # SW212 which left Karachi 11/2 on FLYING BOAT 'COOGEE' arriving Alexandra 12/2, transferred to Imperial Airways Africa Service flight # DS251 which left 16/2 on FLYING BOAT 'COORANG' arriving Beira 19/2, transferred to Southern Rhodesia Air Services arriving Lusaka 21/2, then by train to Livingstone, bs 22/2. Franked 14As for the Empire Rate. SUPERB ROUTING. |
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Lot Number: 350
| Date: 1941, May 30 Est. price: £65.00 Category: Scarce and Unusual Routing 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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