Auction No. 44
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Japan 1939 (Sep. 6) mixed franking on Hotel Nikko - Kenya stationery envelope, posted from Tokyo to Calcutta, transit cds Victoria 6 Sep with arrival cds 15 Sep. , censored.
Lot 500
First flights & commercial flights
Uganda 1931, 1931 (Mar 10) Imperial Airways first airmail service East Africa-London, Kisimu-London, official yellow & blue „rising sun“ cover with KUT 50c and 10c tied by Kisumu cds, sent to London incl. original Imperial Airways headed letter, fine and attractive.
Lot 501
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932, group of 3 airmail card posted from Cape Town : 2 cards posted to London England franked w. 5d. w. either Christmas label / Africa India airmail label. ; another 7d. to Calcutta India via Cairo.
Lot 502
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1932, group of 3 Inaugural flight covers: 'First Return flight' Jan 2, 1932 Cape Town 5d Registered airmail stamps to England. ; flight cover from Durban South Africa to Calcutta India, 5d airmail stamps Postmarked January 2, 1932, the Air Mail etiquette being canceled by black bars at Karachi, indicating no air service to Calcutta; Union Airways first airmail cover Germiston Jan 3 1933 to Durban, 4d airmail addressed to Lady Ezra Bombay.
Australia 1934, Australian Registered First Flight Cover 3 February 1934 Aircrafts Pty Ltd Brisbane to Cracow. Backstamped on receipt in Cracow and with Official 'By Air Mail' label. Signed by Robert Adair
Lot 504
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1934 Australian First Flight Cover May 31 1934 Aircrafts Pty Ltd Brisbane to Mandubbera Backstamped on receipt in Mundubbera and with Official 'By Air Mail' and Registered labels. Signed by Robert Adair
Lot 505
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1934., Australian First Flight Cover 24 July 1934 Official Air Mail Australia - New Guinea - then to Calcutta India. Signed by pilot
first airmail from Australia to Papua New Guinea made by Ulm and Allan in the Faith in Australia. 10,145 letters were carried from New Zealand to Sydney, of which 4,167 were subsequently carried on the flight to New Guinea on July 24
East Africa 1927. Experimental Service - Capt. TA Gladstone flight . First flight by the Fairy III D Return partial route - the leg from Kishumu, Feb 15 arrived at Khartoum on Feb. red official circular cachet 'Kenya Sudan 1 air mail Feb 15'. 200 letters were flown the entire return route, only 100 on this leg. Envelope signed by pilot Smith.
Lot 507
First flights & commercial flights
Italy 1934 (17 Aug) Rome-Dublin-New York Attempted Westward Crossing, Rome to New York (AAMC 1214) by Pond and Sabelli, crashed at Newport (Wales), with 19 August New Port (England)" transit cds alongside, v.f., autographed by Cesare Sabelli - a pilot in the 1920's and 1930's who sent the first radio transmission from an aircraft.
Lot 508
First flights & commercial flights
Greece 1931, "ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝ*24.ΜΑΙ.31" first flight registered cover to "PARIS*27.V.31" by IA, commemorative canc. "IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FIRST FLIGHT HERAKLEON (CANDIA) CRETE TO PARIS & LONDON" in red, air-cachet type 15aA in violet. (Hellas FF161C).
Lot 509
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1938, the Australian Territory of Papua and New Guinea, was a weekly service in each direction, taking two and a half days between Sydney-Rabaul. W.R. Carpenter Airlines “CARMANIA” VH-UYU left Australia May 30 with first flights to these exotic places, for which 5d in stamps had to be added to each cover – 2d for postage and 3d for airmail fee. And THEN these covers were “Boomeranged” back from both New Guinea and Papua and same rate – 5d in those stamps were added.
Relevant backstamps on all 3.
Lot 510
First flights & commercial flights
Italy 1929, signed by pilot. Air London-Karachi 3rd flight. Genova acceptance envelope franked 25c, 50c (2) + air L1,20 cancelled Genova 31.3.29. Reverse - Park Street, Calcutta 23.4.29 arrival c.d.s. Endorsed Stephen Smith (Longi 29DVL) Card- 'Imperial Airways all-metal flying boat Calcutta', on the River Thames at Westminster, London, in front of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.