Auction No. 44
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Lot 595
First flights & commercial flights
1937 Johannesburg South Africa First Flight Airmail Cover To Lusaka .(Zambia) Northern Rhodesia. Phase out of Imperial Airways overland service. Cover flown the entire route on the south African Airways inaugural overland flight franked at 4d rate backstamped Lusaka Jun 10
Lot 596
First flights & commercial flights
1936. A special flight cover from Iraq to Egypt, FIRST AIR MAIL. BY MISR AIRLINES. franket with 2fils+20fils on reverse arivel postmark DE. 36.3 Port Said.
Lot 597
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932. R -Air mail cover sent from Lade Azra to Calcutta. on front signature of Sir ALAN j. COBHAM, (British aviator and pioneer of long-distance flight who promoted “air-mindedness” in the British public).
Lot 598
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932 (Dec. 6) Cape Town to Calcutta via Ciro , signed cover. mixed franking of 1932 Pictorials 3d bilinguals (x2) ; 2d and 1931, 1Sh. Wildebeest. All tied by Cape Town Dec 6 cds. hand marked 'Airmail to Cairo' and signed by pilot (of another flight). On back: CapeTown Registeration label, and hand stamp 'Insufficiently paid for Airmail / Cairo' besides 'Cairo Airmail / Dec. 16' cds.Enclosed with 'KISMET // Cape Town' head-letter, tipped and signed by the pilot, explaining his signature on an envelope that was not flown by himself.
Lot 599
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa. Cover carried from De Ar northwards after the official opening of the airport rt. This cover is one of a total of 58 letters, of which only 8 were for India. Signed by the pilot with Cairo and Delhi backstamps.
Lot 600
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932, (Jan. 26) First Flight - weather delayed letter - The Imperial Airways liner 'City of Delhi' after leaving Salsibury on January 29th 1932 encountered a violent storm and was forced to land in a swamp and became bogged. 6 days later the mail was recovered and brought into Broken Hill. Only Registered letters have the Johannesburg and Salisbury backstamping, as seen in the back of this cover.
SOUTH WEST AFRICA - 1932 10d rate Windhoek to cover with Air 10d (SG87) tied by AIRMAIL WINDHOEK-KIMBERLEY LUGPOS cds Reg. beside; On back: Salisbury Jan. 28; Broken Hill Feb. 4 1932.
Lot 601
First flights & commercial flights
NEW ZEALAND 1931 Gisborne Air Transport cover with 2d GV signed Pilot W H Lett, perfect condition only 180 flown, authenticated, Gisborne - Hastings First Flight
NEW ZEALAND 1931 Airmail cover illustrated Dominion Airlines Ltd black rubber stamp, signed by Pilot, superb condition
Lot 603
First flights & commercial flights
NEW ZEALAND 1931, AIRMAIL - New Zealand: 1931 February 6-31, The Hawkes Bay Earthquake Emergency Flights, envelope addressed to Christchurch franked 1d tied by Hastings cds of February 6 alongside violet "EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL" and signed by the pilot 'C.M. Duthie', fine (NZAMC 41a).
Lot 604
First flights & commercial flights
NEW ZEALAND 1930, AIRMAIL - New Zealand: 1930 December 26, Dominion Airways Hastings to Gisborne Flight, envelope franked 1d, alongside original "DOMINION AIRWAYS LTD./SIXPENCE/HASTINGS to GISBORNE" label signed across 'Rosenberg', both tied by Gisborne arrival machine cancellation, signed below 'G B Bolt', fine and rare (NZAMC 38a).
Lot 605
First flights & commercial flights
NEW ZEALAND 1931, 10th Anniversary of New Zealand's first daily air mail service (between Christchurch, Ashburton and Timaru), a special envelope was produced and signed by Capt. Euan Dickson who had been the pilot on the original service. The covers were all postmarked on 31 January 1931 in Christchurch, but as there was no air mail service at that time in New Zealand, they were sent to Sydney by sea to be flown by Qantas from Cloncurry to Normanton. As the 4d postage was sufficient for all Australian airmail services, it is likely that they were flown from Sydney to Brisbane by ANA and then from Brisbane to Normanton via Cloncurry by Qantas. They were back stamped on arrival in Normanton on 18 February. signed by Pilot Euan Dickson.
Lot 606
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932 (Jan 27) South West Africa illustrated cover Imperial Airways bearing (SG 86) 1931 3d Air - pair and SWA 34 - (SG 63)6d single, both tied by tied by Canterbury / SWA cds. On back Johannesburg Jan. 27 and arrival cds. Canterbury / KENT Feb. 17 1932