Auction No. 44
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Lot 469
Hotel SEMIRAMIS
Egypt 1932 (April 2) Hotel SEMIRAMIS stationery illustrated envelope sent from Cairo to Karachi, with unique white and blue bi-lingual label "Par Avion", mix franking of King Fuad I (1f. 3f. 4f.) and 27f. Airmail De Haviland Plane in Flight (Mi:152, Yt:PA2, SG. 133) all tied by Cairo machine cancellation. the airmail label tied with 'CANCELLED' box cachet referring to the cancelled air leg.
Lot 470
Air - Mail
Austria, 1916 (July 25) R- No 269-Cover sent by "Military Balloon Post" Field Post Office No.75, Registration Cachet in black, Balloon Cachet in 2 lines in violet, Postmark "Military Post" with date. This cover is a historical link of the Great War 1914-1918.
Lot 471
Rocket Mail.
Belgium 1935 (April 8), "1st Firing by Zuecker", sent from Ostende to Dover, Descriptive cachet in purple, two rockets were fired by Zuecker, KI and KII. The former was picked up 24 miles at sea. The latter was lost. Signature of Zuecker on the cover.
Lot 472
Rocket Mail.
Australia 1933 (Dec. 29), cover sent by "Rocket Post K1" from Stausee to Murtal. Date cachet in red December 29th 1933, also double line flight cachet in red. Label "Rocket Catapult" in red white and blue. Rocket Catapult 20 Groschen Stamp. Cover autographed by the inventor Friedrich Schmiedl, who was the first in the world to transport mail by rockets on February 2nd 1931
Lot 473
First flights & commercial flights
Nederland 1929 (May 15), pre-printed flown postcard on line Berlin - Rotterdam - London, franked by two values 25p. , red K.L.M cachet , Sent via KLM by First Night flight. 149 items flown. confirmation pilot's sign on reverse, VF, Est. $140-$180 ,
Southern Rhodesia 1932 29th January, envelope bearing KGV 1d &4d. and 3d small Falls , cancelled 'SALISBURY'. Carried on the first scheduled southbound London - Cape Town flight struck with violet 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' handstamp, . Reverse with Johannesburg (1st February), Cape Town (2nd February) transit strikes and Salt River (3rd February) arrival backstamps.
Lot 475
First flights & commercial flights
Kenya 1931, Imperial Airways first flight England - Africa, blue map cover posted on the return route to Greece, 1 line rubber hand-stamp cachet on top in blue 'First Flight Kisumu to Athens', airplane cachet in Greek underneath it, and Athens March 23rd arrival cds on reverse along with 'Imperial airways House London' violet cds. Only 289 envelopes were flown on that flight,
Lot 476
First flights & commercial flights
French Indochina 1931 (Feb. 3) The Air Orient Saigon – Marseille first flight, only 250 letters were flown , cover franked with 1927, 'Foundation of Saigon' $1(Yt. FR-IC 145; Mi. FR-IC 145; SG. FR-IC 158) tied by the 1st flight cachet. Registered and red airmail labels. arrival cds Feb 16.Original Filing slip written with various details mentioned.
Lot 477
First flights & commercial flights
AUSTRALIA 39 BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION FIRST FLIGHT COBAR . . DUBBO. "The Aust. Air Mail Catalogue, "DUBBO. . N. S. W. UBBC 1 15AP37 / 4 15 7 15AP 37. franked 3+2p
Lot 478
First flights & commercial flights
1934, FIRST AIR MAIL. FLINDERS ISLAND. MELBOURNE. 70 AUSTRA TAS. BY AIR MAIL PAR AVION. MR. A. H. Young, c/o. GAP .FACTORIA. MELBOURNE. If unclaimed within Two days please 1 To . ' -A.H. YOUNG, RIVERVIEW , HAWTHORNE ROAD, GALLOWAY'S HILL, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND.
Lot 479
First flights & commercial flights
Great Britain 1935-1937, group of 5 airmail 6d. covers flown to Calcutta India from couple of locations in Scotland and London.
Poland 1921 // 1929 Two Airmail covers: Cover with the 2 Aero-Targ Air Post Stamps with T.A.B.R.O.M.I.K. advert label Poznan Trade Fair 1921. and genuine Aerotarg cancels in dark red, Poznan 1' June 6 21. cover addressed to Warsaw.airmail cover from Warsaw Poland to Tchécoslovaquie mixed franking of 140 G. incl 1925 airmail stamps 45 G. (1925 - Sc. #C9) & 10 G. (1925 - Sc. #C5) posted May 14 with arrival the following day.