Auction No. 44
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Lot 535
First flights & commercial flights
Hungary 1910//1923, group of 4 different airmail covers incl. overprinted stamps; airmail stamps and mixed franking. posted to Vienna, Rotterdam and Calcutta.
Lot 536
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932, group of 4 registered airmail covers posted January 26-28 1932 from different towns: Kimberly; Capetown ; Pietersburg; and West Victoria. 3 posted to London and one to Calcutta. All properly franked with the new (Jan 26) flat rate for airmail, Sc #C5-6 (1929) 4p & 1sh Air Post Set.
Early 1932 it was announced that with effect 27 January 1932, the Air Mail rate within the Union wouldbecome an inclusive fee of 4d per half-ounce. Further that Air Mail stamps would be valid for allpostage requirements, including the prepayment of parcels and registration fees.
Lot 537
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1931//1934, group of 3 airmail covers:
- 1931 Sydney Australia First Special Flight Airmail Cover FFC Special souvenir 'First All - Australian Air Mail Flight' envelope, addressed to Calcutta India. Bearing mixed franking of 1931 Airmail 6d (x6) & 1929 King George V 4d. (Mi:113 & 76XC ; SG. 139 & 102) , tied by Sydney Airmail cds,
- 1934 Envelope postmarked with the Royal Train cancel dated 10th December - part of Prince Henry, The Duke of Gloucester, Philatelic tour - the cover was flown on the inaugural Westbound Imperial Airways service on the new Australian extension from Brisbane to Darwin at the start of the first regular airmail route from Australia to England. At Darwin, the 55967 items of mail from Brisbane were transferred to two Imperial Airways aircraft bound for England via Singapore. The scheduled transit time between Brisbane and London was planned to be 12 ½ days.
- 1934 (Dec.11), Imperial Airways Inaugural England - Australia. w. (Scott #C4 and 1/2d GB Geo V (not tied)
Lot 538
Air - Mail
Netherlands Indies 1932 // 1937 group of 6 Airmail cover to and from Netherlands, India and Manila. Nicely franked with early airmail stamps and mixed frankings incl. Airmails 1931, 1932, 1933 (SG. 314, 321, 360) ; 1934 (SG 335, 341) and others.
Lot 539
First flights & commercial flights
France 1930 // 1938, group of 8 airmail covers to India and England, mixed and multi franking, airmail labels, diff. transit and arrival cds.
Lot 540
First flights & commercial flights
Registered letter from Haifa / (Caiffa in French) for Strasbourg franked at 50mils with the commemorative signature of the FIRST FLIGHT STATE OF ISRAEL - FRANCE Departure 10/6/48, arrival Strasbourg, then forwarding to Paris 15/6. Return to sender and arrival Haifa 28/7/48(V.S.O. Bertrand Sinais)
Lot 541
Air - Mail
Switzerland 1924, postally used reply card w. mixed multi franking on 10h Swiss card. 1) Baile Átha Cliath(Dublin) to Zurich Via London Paris w. (x6) 1922 T47 1/2 penny green Saorstát (scott #44) 3-line overprint in black and scott #65 (x2); On Swiss side 2x 5c William Tell(Scott 158) and airmail Scott C5. Scarce item with 3 airmail etiquettes, reinforced on Switzerland side with 2 hinges.
Lot 542
Air - Mail
Postal History, 2 covers: 1902 India to Italy then forwarded to London GB with box cachet ' FLORENCE 6 Nov. 1902 / COOK' , transit and arrival pmk's. ; 1924 , France Express cover cover, lovely airmail label on front, stamps on back. Both in rough (see photos) condition but interesting and scarce postal history.
Lot 543
Air - Mail
India, 1939-1940, Group of 5 Airmail (Sasson's family correspondence in Yiddish) pre paid postal stationery cards w. mixed and Diff. franking to London.
Lot 544
Air - Mail
India 1934, (Dec. 14) Imperial Airways illustrated cover posted India to Sydney Australia to Australia, bearing 1mixed franking of the 1929 airmails SG 219 , 222 and Definitives posted from Calcutta Dec. 14, transit rubber hand-stamp on back ' AIR MAIL SECTION G.P.O.' and arrival Sydney Dec. 21 1934. Horizontal crease on cover not affecting stamps.
Lot 545
First flights & commercial flights
Belgium 1931 first flight cover to Paris France bearing the SABENA 1931 Antwerp Airmail Exhibition stamp Scott #C1 overprinted and #231 both tied with special Exhibition cachet Oct. 14-15 1931 .
Lot 546
First flights & commercial flights
Nigeria, 1936 Air Mail envelope addressed to Calcutta India, bearing King George V 1Sh ; 6P % 2P (SG 37, 40 &41) (Scott #41, 44, 45) tied by Nigeria 29-10 double ring cds. with hand-stamp 'Air Mail / First Despatch / Lagos - London / 29-10-36' in black. arrival cds on back. - Partial first flight leg. The upper left side of the envelope is