Auction No. 45
Lot 294
First flights & commercial flights
Sweden Flight covers: Stocholm-Amsterdam ,1937 Stockholm to Moskou Reg. FFC; 1929 Stockholm to London and 1929 Stockholm to Berlin. All w. arrival and transit cds.
Lot 295
Rocket Mail.
Belgium 1935 Rocket mail FFC. 10c. (Scott B166; Mi. 402, Yt: 407,; Sg:BE 683 )and imperf DUINBERGEN launch site Rocket Mail Cinderella ( Bel:BE E8ND ) on 1935 local cover First Rocket Flight label tied by special cachets, May 9, 1935. Reverse: UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL fair exhibition cinderella label vignette - 1935 BELGIUM Bruxelles Brussels / hall building cancelled w. 1935 BELGICA Rocket Mail cachet in black. Cover is numbered No. 35. very clean and nice.
Lot 296
Pigeof Post
South Africa, 1937 FDC 'Coronation Day First Pigeon Post' Commemorative envelope No. 56, attached w. pamphlet holding authentic flimsy message sheet carried by pigeon from Worcester to the Strand numbered '484'. Cover franked pair KGVI ½d's tied by Strand cds 12 MAY 37. Unique item.
Hong Kong 1937-1939 a lot of 4, 50c, Airmail covers to Calcutta.
Netherlands 1929, illustrated card Night Airmail Lot of 2 cards franked with ½ c. (SC. 164, Sg.304A) tied by Conference Flight Hague 24/8/1929 cds.
Lot 299
First flights & commercial flights
Persia (Iran) 1928 (Feb, 12) registered and flown First Airmail cover from Teheran via Bouchir (Bushire ) and Baghdad to New York, USA. Franked on both sides, with first air post overprints on front - 1927 3ch and 3kr Mi:IR 546 / 554, Sc. C3 / C11 , Sg. 644 / 652 Airmail overprints And 2 pairs of 1926 Rezā Shāh 9ch. & 6ch Mi. 537, 538, Sc. 727, 728., Arrival NY Feb 29, 1928 on Reverse. fine and colorful cover.
Lot 300
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1933, Cape Town to Cairo by Imperial Airways Liner 'Helena' . Mixed franking of 1932 pictorials 4d. and 1931 Orange tree - SuidAfrika 6d. both tied w. Jan 25, 1933 cds, Blue airmail label. with Cairo arrival cds on reverse.
Lot 301
First flights & commercial flights
India 1933 (April 8) First Mount Everest Survey Flight Cover, 1a3p pre-paid stationery cover addressed to Calcutta. Special Union Jack flag label prepared for the occasion and large fancy cachet in purple. On back - arrival Calcutta datestamp and Stephen Smith pilot. Nice and scarce as only 87 covers flown. Estimate $ 300
Lot 302
First flights & commercial flights
1931 UK to Australia/NZ, cover properly franked with postage rate for the flight 1s 4d per ½ oz. Postmarked London Dec. 21, 1931 with Sydney arrival Jan 28, 1932. Though it is marked as First Experimental Flight Australia - England. - it is not.
Lot 303
First flights & commercial flights
Italy Tripolitania, 1931 (30 March) First flight cover to BERLIN franked by 1.25L in four stamps incl. 50c. airmail all tied by Tripoli d’Africa air cds, Rome transit (same day) plus Berlin bs (2.4.31) and red Luftpostamt cachet and boxed Munich transit on front, lovely and scarce, very fine (Sass. 235e, € 275)
Lot 304
First flights & commercial flights
British Commonwealth 1936 Birmingham to Calcutta 6d. K. G. cover by Imperial Airways Atlantic mail service - The Caledonia, first of the huge flying boats. arrival cds on reverse.
Lot 305
Zepplin L.Z. 127
Germany 1936 (May 5), Pictured Postcard Graf Zeppelin, First Airmail by Hindenburg, from Friedrichshafen to New York, First Flight circular, red cachet "Deutsche Luftpost, Europa-Nordamerika' and Frankfort airmail cds tying LZ 129 50 Pf. and 15 Pf.