Auction No. 44
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Lot 553
Air - Mail
Great Britain offices 1930's Lot of 5 covers all addressed to Ezra/Sassoon family in Calcutta and London; Penang and Tangier to Calcutta ; Singapore (x2) and (Port of Spain) Trinidad to London. Nice group of early flights.
Lot 554
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1931, First flight Australia England - 2 covers:
- KLM, Fokker FVIIA/3m trimotor Registered first flight cover sent from Melbourne, Australia and addressed to London, England cover bearing multi franking of 1931 Kingford Smith's World Flights 6d in a block of 6 plus singular (Mi:AU 112 ; Yt:AU PA3, SG 123) and 3d (Mi. 96; SG 122) all stamps are tied by Register postmark May 22. On the reverse is the cachet for the "Australia-Netherlands Indies Special Air Mail Flight - May 1931 Melbourne to Batavia". This flight left Melbourne on May 27, 1931 and arrived in Batavia on May 27, 1931.
- April 1931 Imperial Airways, First official flight British Commonwealth Australia - England, air letter bearing mixed franking of 1931 Kingford Smith's World Flights 2d, 3d, 6d (SG 121-123) & 1929 Airmail 3d. (Mi:89, SG. 115) both tied by 'Toorak VIC / April 22 1931', On reverse 41/2d in mixed franking (SG 116 & SG 117 x2) also tied by Toorak April 22, also rubber hand stamp in violet commemorating the 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL FLIGHT' from Melbourne to London.
Lot 555
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1929 // 1931, Two early flight covers to Sir David Ezra in Calcutta India.
- 1929 (Jul 11) Sydney to Calcutta Airmail cover bearing mixed franking of 3d (Mi:89, SG 115) vertical pair plus 1½ d (Mi: 71XCI, SG. 96a) arrival cds on reverse.
- April 1931 (Apr. 22) Imperial Airways, First official flight British Commonwealth Australia - England, air letter bearing mixed franking of 2d, 3d, 6d (SG 121-123); 1½ d , 3d. (SG 117-118)& 1½ d (SG 105) and 3d. (SG115) All stamps tied by 'Toorak VIC / April 22 1931', On reverse rubber hand stamp in violet commemorating the 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL FLIGHT' from Melbourne to London. and May 4 1931 arrival cds.
Lot 556
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa Imperial Airways 1932, three different covers properly franked w. 1929 airmail stamps the 1932 Jan 26 to Calcutta via Cairo, carries 'CANCELLED' box cachet per heavy rains and delayed flights, delivered day after. Reg Parys CV to London and First Flight Kimberly to Woodstock.
Lot 557
First flights & commercial flights
Toga Niuafoou 1938, Walter Quensell's Tin Can Mail. Signed on reverse, Niufoou Island Reg mail to India Calcutta correctly franked at 5.5d. Cover contains a total of 20 different cachets in several languages.
Lot 558
Zeppelin flight.
Irland Stoltz, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1s, 9d, and 1/2d defines., GAILLIMH double-ring CDs, green AER POST/GAILLIMH-BERLIN cachet of first flight, red LUFTPOSTAMT/BERLIN handstamp, circular red and hexagonal orange handstamp of 9th South American Flight of the Graf Zeppelin, Pernambuco receipt CDs on the reverse of October 27. Adhesive tape at the left edge and on reverse, otherwise fine. Scarce -Davis states only 25 flown.
Lot 559
First flights & commercial flights
COVER SENT BY PAR AVION ADDIS-ABABA - DJIBOUTI Francis J. Field. Sutton Coldfield. To England on. 18 VI. 1931
Lot 560
First flights & commercial flights
Austria 1929 // 1938 group of 6 airmail covers incl. imcl. Postal Stationery Postcard Switzerland Germany Austria Aero Club from Vienna Austria to Lepizig Postmarked in May 12, 1937.; 1929 airmail Vienna to London; 1937 airmail Vienna to Netherlands Indis Calcutta w. box cachet cancelled for one of the legs; etc'.
Lot 561
First flights & commercial flights
INDO-CEYLON 1938, First Regular flight Airmail stationery cover (elephant) FFC from Colombo Ceylon to Calcutta Airmail Slogan cancel, Postmarked in February 28, 1938
Lot 562
First flights & commercial flights
Great Britain 1939, First flight cover for the Imperial Airways Regular Transatlantic Service between Great Britain and North America, numbered 2980. It left Southampton on the Caribou (ShortS.30 series flying boat – G-AFCV) on 5 August, 1939 and arrived in New York on 6th August, as per the back-stamp. The route was Southampton - Foynes (Eire) - Botwood (Newfoundland) – Montreal - New York. franked with KGV 1/- brown SG449 and KGVI _____________________ both perfinned CWS ( Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.) The letter was sent to New York City, USA with circular ring London E1 and "Road Users Take Care Avoid Risks", machine cancels.
Lot 563
First flights & commercial flights
Greece 1929.
Official record page from the collection of famous collector "Lady Ezra"
Lot 564
First flights & commercial flights
1937. lot of two Air Mail covers set to Lady Ezra from Calcutta, the cover was sent by Mr. Smeath.