Auction No. 44
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Lot 565
First flights & commercial flights
1931. Lot of two covers. LAST FLIGHT WITH AIR FEE. BY AIR MAIL Sir David Ezra, Kidd Street, CALCUTTA . INDIA. The second cover was sent from Erlend to 1931 Capt TA Smye 49 Durham St Gosport England.
Lot 566
First flights & commercial flights
1929 Chile, Early airmail cover from Santiago Chile to Buenos Aires Argentina , signed by C.G.A Pilot Jean Mermoz.
Lot 567
First flights & commercial flights
Haiti 1930, First Flight Cover ST LUCIA Air 1930 *NYRBA* Premier Vol Cachet RARE EP515 First Flight airmail cover from Port Au Prince Haiti to Saint Johns antigua Via NYRBA Airways . Postmarked in March 7, 1930 .
this route - a United States line the NewYork - Rio - Buenos Aires Line, or NEBRA generally referred to as NYBRA. was later merged into the Pan American Airways, Inc.Shortly after midnight, February 25, 1930, the first NYRBA plane arrived at Port-au-Prince northbound, where it had been expected at noon Sunday the 23rd.On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the first northbound NYRBA mail left Haiti for Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Havana and the United States.The first southbound plane of the NYRBA Line departed from Miami as well as Haiti on March 7. lncidently this plane had previously been christened the "HAITI." Covers were dispatchedto all points with the usual Port-au-Prince machine cancellation.
Lot 568
First flights & commercial flights
British Commonwealth 1937 group of 10 airmail covers from and to South Africa incl. Coronation George VI & Queen Elizabeth KGVI sets on FDCs : Nyasaland 3v Michel: 49/51 ; Basutoland SG15/17 ; Bechuanaland Protectorate Sc 121-123 FDC ( Botswana) ; Swaziland S/G 25-27., along w. 4 other mixed and multi franking diff cancelations. nice group.
Lot 569
First flights & commercial flights
Costa Rica 1930, Airmail cover franked with 1929 13c on 40c green and strip of 3 1930 20c on 1cor deep lilac 'Airmail' SURCHARGE issue (SG 173 & 178) tied by CORREO AEREO COSTA RICA cds's dated MAR 11 1930. Flown on the San Jose - Panama first flight with boxed first flight cachet on front and boxed 'AGENCIA POSTAL DE PANAMA SERVICIO DE CORREO AEREO PANAMA' boxed first flight cachet applied on arrival on front with PANAMA arrival cds on reverse. Numbered #_____ also on reverse. A rare flight only 255 covers were carried. (Muller #24)
Lot 570
First flights & commercial flights
Guatemala 1926, Airmail first flight cover FFC from Guatemala City Guatemala to Esquipulas . Postmarked July 30, 1926. bearing at bottom left 3 lone rubber stamp cachet in red 'Via / Primer Correo Aero / GUATEMALA - ESQUIPLAS' and a rectangular cachet ' Primer Correo Aerro'. in black ink besides regular cds . Only 140 covers carried . Scarce item.
Lot 571
Rocket Mail.
India 1937 Rocket-flown on February 1, 1937 by Stephen H. Smith. Flight took place in Delhi, India for the 1937 BOY SCOUTS JAMBOREE. Signed "Stephen H. Smith".
Lot 572
Rocket Mail.
Australia 1935 Silver Jubilee rocket mail souvenir sheet - EZ 5C3 The very thin souvenir sheet, commemorating the Silver Jubilee - flown in the "ZODIAK" rocket. Rocket flight was conducted by Alan H Young and the Queensland Air Mail Society. EZ 4C3 - blue sheet - approximately 8" x 10 1/4".
Lot 573
Rocket Mail.
Australia 1935 Silver Jubilee rocket mail souvenir sheet - EZ 5C3 The very thin souvenir sheet, commemorating the Silver Jubilee - flown in the "ZODIAK" rocket. Rocket flight was conducted by Alan H Young and the Queensland Air Mail Society. .EZ 5C3 - red printing on the yellow sheet - approximately 8" x 10 1/4".
Lot 574
Zeppelin flight.
Paraguay 1933 Zeppelin, 5th South America-Europe Flight cover franked with mixed franking w. 1933 Zeppelin issue stamps 4.5$(x2) & 13.5$ (Mi:414, 416; Yt: 63, 65 ; SG. 451, 453) registered from Asuncion to Germany, with appropriate black and red cachets, Friedrichshafen zeppelin arrival cachet in green (29.8.1933)
Lot 575
Rocket Mail.
Luxembourg 1935 (July 17) This remarkable flight was organized by the famous rocketeer of the 1930s, Karl Roberti. The covers bear a 10c Intellectuals stamp with a "Visitez / Clervaux / Son Abbaye / Son Château" slogan cancellation as well as two private Roberti labels (one green, one brown) showing his rocket in flight above Clervaux. The two labels are cancelled with a purple cachet that reads "1. Raketenflug / Mit flüssige treibstoffen / (Kohlensäurerakete) / Clerf-Clervaux 17-7-35 / R.Kr.1 Luxemburgia" (translation: 1st rocket flight; With liquid propellant; (Carbonic acid rocket)). The cover is also signed by Roberti
Lot 576
First flights & commercial flights
Netherlands 1929 // 1937 group of 6 airmail covers: Two Registered Airmail Covers from Amsterdam Netherlands to Calcutta Netherlands Indies, postmarked in September & December, 1929. Transit and arrival cds on reverse G.P.O. Calcutta; 1935 Hotel cover airmail heavily franked for 30gr. Airmail etiquette with a handstamp KARACHI / CANCELLED / 26 JUN 35. cds on reverse; KLM 1935 Batavia Netherlands Indies Airmail with a handstamp KARACHI / CANCELLED / ; 1936 Netherlands indies Cover addressed to Lady Ezra .