Auction No. 44
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Lot 757
Rocket Mail.
G,B. 1934 June 6th ZUCKER ROCKET MAIL cover, franked 1½d define, tied BRIGHTON & HOVE double-ring c.d.s, also bears Rocket Post opted brown stamp with cachet. include Photo
Lot 758
First flights & commercial flights
INDIA. World Flight by Hon Mrs Victor Bruce, cover flown from Karachi to Rangoon (via Akyab) on 29 October 1930, franked 1 anna, cancelled East Rangoon on arrival 31 October. Souvenir pale blue/cream cover, inscribed: ‘FLOWN COVER OF FAMOUS PILOT’ / New Air Venture by the Hon’ble / MRS. VICTOR BRUCE / Well known Racing Motorist / She learnt to fly only in 6 Days / This letter was carried on her Plane on a Solo flight / LONDON to TOKIYO / and across America Via India. Two depictions of an aeroplane above BLACKBURN BLUEBIRD” and signed Mildred Bruce above Signature of Pilot: The Honorable Mrs Victor Bruce.
Lot 759
Rocket Mail.
FRANCE, Rocket-flown on September 8, 1935 by Karl Roberti; nice LE TREPORT cancels. Red LE TREPORT P.27 cachet; black circular "MAIRIE" hand stamped cachet. Cover is numbered. Reverse is green stamp LE TREPORT. EZ 2C2 - abrasion on left edge (reverse).
Lot 760
First flights & commercial flights
GREAT BRITAIN, 1934 8th May Postcard, 1st Flight by Autogiro, from Hanworth to Hanworth, special card with picture of airplane, cachet in red "by autogiro" cachet in red "APEX 1934 London 7-12 May", Pilot Mr. R. Brie, signed by passenger Mr. John S. Davis, Label "Descriptive" in black on Blue
Lot 761
First flights & commercial flights
THAILAND 1924. Thailand First Flight Ubol to Bangkok, Dec. 1924
Lot 762
Accident at sea.
Mongolia. 1917 (May 31) Postcard from London to Calcutta, water staining, hand-stamped oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA / MONGOLIA / 23.6.17". back stamped at Bombay and Calcutta (Jun 30). The "Mongolia" struck a mine sixty miles from Bombay and sank with the loss of 23 lives.
Lot 763
First flights & commercial flights
1936. Australia cover was sent by airmail on 5.MAY. 36 Flown on "Douglas" Airliner's first trial flight by courtesy of Wm. Holyman Airways Ltd. on cover Commemorating the inauguration of the BASS STRAIT TELEPHONE. on reverse arrival pmk.
Lot 764
Postal History
1911. Chateau Frontenac Quebec Canadian Pacific Railway Earnings Expenses Postcard E93
Lot 765
Accident at sea.
Mongolia. 1917 (May 31). Cover from London to Calcutta, water stamping and the stamp washed off, hand-stamped oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA / MONGOLIA / 23.6.17", back stamped at Bombay and Calcutta (July 26). The "Mongolia" struck a mine sixty miles from Bombay and sank with the loss of 23 lives.
Lot 766
Crash cover
India 1937, From October the service between Karachi and London was operated by Short S23 Empire flying boats. The S23 flying boat Cygnus left Karachi on 2 December and crashed when taking off from Brindisi in Italy on 5 December. A steward and a passenger were killed. This cover is postmarked November 1937 in Wellington and joined flight IW 604 that had left Brisbane on 25 November. It is one of 8,000 from New Zealand salvaged after spending several hours underwater. The cachet DAMAGED BY SEA WATER was applied in London. There is a faint handstamp on the front (presumably applied by the receiving company) with the date 15 December.
Lot 767
Postal History
Australia 1937 Maritime Fremantle WA Paquebot (Machine Mark) tying 1 1/2d. stamp to Calcutta India. cover carried on Orient Line steamer
Lot 768
Accident at sea.
Mongolia. 1917 (May 31) Cover from London to Calcutta, entertaining, with 1d stamp hand, stamped oval "ACCIDENT AT SEA / MONGOLIA / 23.6. 17", back stamped at Bombay and Calcutta (July 3). The "Mongolia" struck a mine sixty miles from Bombay and sank with the loss of 23 lives.