Auction No. 44
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Italy 1926, Verona, Balloon Cup organized by the local Aero Club, special envelopes - NO 7. which bear the signatures of the pilot Usuelli. cover numbered '76' franked w. 60c to Milano.
Lot 512
First flights & commercial flights
Italy 1917, The world's first airmail stamp, Italy Scott C1, was created by overprinting "ESPERIMENTO POSTA AEREA MAGGIO 1917 TORINO-ROMA · ROMA-TORINO" on the 25-centesimo rose-red King Victor Emmanuel III special delivery stamp. The plane, an Italian Air Force Pomilio PC-1 reconnaissance aircraft, carried 480 pounds of mail, mostly specially prepared commemorative cards and 200 newspapers. Most of the mail was postmarked May 20, 1917
Lot 513
First flights & commercial flights
Italy 1931 Tripolitania Africa to Rome airmail 1930 Italia trans Atlantic card franked with 1930 Scott C2 20c. & C4 50c "Virgil Issue"Types of Italian Air Post Stamps Overprinted in Red
Italy 1917 cover franked w. # c2 The 40 C. Special Delivery stamp shown above (Sc. #C2) overprinted to 25 C. ( June 27, 1917) for the first experimental round-trip Airmail Flight by Seaplane from Naples to Palermo.
Lot 515
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1925, (June 15) Two airmail cards East London South Africa First Flight Airmail to Port Elizabeth & to Pretoria. mixed franking of 1925 Airmail 1d (SG 26; Scott # 17) affixed onto 1d pre stamped stationery card, tied by 'East London south africa' cds.
Greece 1930. "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*27.IV.30" first flight registered cover to "DELHI*3.MAY.30" by IA, commemorative canc. "FIRST AIRMAIL FROM SALONICA.*England-India Line" and air-cachet type 15aB in black, 28 covers flown. (Hellas FF100A). Cover unclaimed and returned
Lot 517
Rocket Mail.
Netherlands 1935 Rocket Mail, 3 covers from Holland launch, diff cachets.
Lot 518
First flights & commercial flights
R-cover was sent from Kioto Japan from S.J. DAVID & go.
Lot 519
Zeppelin flight.
Paraguay 1933 (Sep. 27) LZ127 Graf Zeppelin South American flight - return leg Paraguay - Wurttemberg, Germany, Asuncion registered 70c p.s. card uprated with 3p & 22.50 Zeppelin issue, various Zeppelin cachets, Sieger 233 + Zeppelin air & registration etiquettes. (1)
Lot 520
First flights & commercial flights
Indochina Flight Covers 1929 - 1930, 3 Registered Airmail covers w. transit and arrival postmarks :
1) 1929 return flight by Tixier and Robbe was delayed until 24 May because the seaplane’s pontoon needed repairs. The mail from Hanoi to Saigon consisted of 156 letters. POSTAL MARKINGSHANOI R.P. TONKIN 22-5 29 ; airmail label. Reverse: SAIGON-CENTRAL COCHINCHINE 24-5 29 Signed on back by pilot.
2) Lalouette and Goulette ; Saigon - Bangkok - Amsterdam - Europe17-25 October 1930 KLM Air Oriental 's first service posted at Saigon on 17 Octoberand reached Paris on 25 October 1930. Posmarked SAIGON-CENTRAL COCHINCHINE 17-10 30registry and airmail labels on
3) Pilot Lalouette and navigator Goulette 19 November to Hanoi. Letters were numbered, backstamped Hanoi 14:45, 21 November upon arrival. : Posmarked: SAIGON-CENTRAL COCHINCHINE 19-11 30airmail and registration label Reverse: receipt label and HA-NOI R.P. TONKIN 21-11 30
Lot 521
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa, 1931, Lot of 8 different internal flown covers from 5 different cities each franked with Scott #C5 and special Christmas seals, bi-lingual airmail etiquette on each.
Lot 522
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1935 // 1939 , Lot of 4 flight covers:
- 1935 Airmail Exhibition cachet tying King George V Silver Jubilee stamps (SG 65E, 66E , 68A) on air-letterCape town to India, Signed on back.
- 1935 Swaziland KGV Silver Jubilee 3d. pair ( SG 23 ; Sc 22) on Reg. cover to Cape Town
- 1938 (Feb. 19) Airmail Pretoria to India bearing mixed franking of 4d (SG 45c -A; O17b), arrival cds on back. hand marked at front 'Last Flight with Air Fee'.
- 1939 (9. XI) large Airmail cover Cape town to Calcutta bearing bi lingual Se-tenant block of 4 : 1/2d. & 1d. & 12/2 d & (SGSe-tenant (Michel ZA 131-132 ; Yvert ZA 108 and 111 & Mi:ZA 133-134, Sn:ZA B10, Yt:ZA 109 and 112 & Mi:ZA 135-136, Sn:ZA B11, Yt:ZA 110 and 113)