| Lot# | Category | Description | |
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| 51 |
1929 apr. 21 |
31/08/1945 Forces airmail to Newcastle, NSW, franked 4d canc Aust Unit Postal Stn/354 (Darwin) cds, violet boxed "Department of the Army/Concession Postal Rate", etiquette cover. Some rough opening verso, otherwise fine. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 52 |
1929 apr. 21 |
13/09/1946 Australian National Airways, F/F Perth to USA, carried on first official airmail flight from Australia to Canada, purple cachet, airmail etiquette, no arrival ds, plain cover franked 2/6d. |
Price: £7.00 |
| 53 |
1929 apr. 21 |
08/11/1947 F/F FAM 19, Sydney to Honolulu, b/s 7/11, airmail cover franked 2/6d, Pan Am |
Price: £7.00 |
| 54 |
1929 apr. 21 |
08/11/1947 F/F FAM 19, Sydney to San Francisco, purple cachet, b/s 8/11, airmail cover, Pan Am |
Price: £8.00 |
| 55 |
1929 apr. 21 |
01/12/1947 Qantas F/F Australia-England service with Lockheed Constellation, Sydney to London, franked 1/6d, bearing special red/white/black Sydney to London label and the blue/grey 25th Anniversary label, official cover with company logo on flap, signed by Capt KG Jackson (flew Mascott-Karachi) and Capt DF McMaster (flew Karachi-London). A fine early post WWII item, see Crome pp 145/6. |
Price: £175.00 |
| 56 |
1929 apr. 21 |
12/04/1948 F/F Dalby to Brisbane via Chelmer Queensland, 13/4, plain cover franked 5d, 'By First Air Mail Flight' hs. |
Price: £20.00 |
| 57 |
1929 apr. 21 |
15/03/1949 Qantas Skymaster survey flight, Sydney to Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2c canc Hong Kong 17/3 arrival cds on front, official company cover with embossed winged logo on flap, franked Australia 2 1/2d canc GPO Sydney/15 MR 49 cds, large red/white Qantas vignette,signed by the pilot, Capt. EC Sims. |
Price: £80.00 |
| 58 |
1929 apr. 21 |
08/06/1955 Canadian Pacific Airways, F/F Sydney-Amsterdam via the polar route, souvenir cover, b/s. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 59 |
1929 apr. 21 |
28/02/1959 Ballarat Festival, souvenir cover carried by helicopter, Ansett/ANA. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 60 |
1929 apr. 21 |
27/10/1959 Qantas, F/F Boeing 707, Sydney to London, b/s 29/10, souvenir cover franked 2/3d. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 61 |
1929 apr. 21 |
01/12/1959 TEAL F/F Sydney-Auckland, b/s, souvenir cover. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 62 |
1929 apr. 21 |
16/11/1960 Qantas 40th anniversary flight Round the World, cachet, b/s, illus souvenir cover |
Price: £2.50 |
| 63 |
1929 apr. 21 |
23/11/1967 50th anniversary 1917 Adelaide-Gawler air mail, replica card with picture of Carey in Bleriot 60 verso, signed by pilot N.S.D.Buckleyand Nelson Eustis. AAMC 1619. |
Price: £8.00 |
| 64 |
1929 apr. 21 |
10/08/1969 50 anniversary 1919 Adelaide-Minalton flight, souvenir card flown Adelaide-Minalton, signed by pilot and N. Eustis. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 65 |
1929 apr. 21 |
23/08/1972 Hovercraft mail from Adelaide, 10th anniversary World's First Hover Mail, fully cacheted souvenir cover. |
Price: £6.00 |
| 66 |
1929 apr. 21 |
26/09/1976 Adelaide Stamp Week, souvenir pigeon post flimsy and pictorial envelope, Eu PP12 |
Price: £6.00 |
| 67 |
austria |
31/03/1930 Oleag/CIDNA/Aeroput F/F Graz-Vienna, arrival ds on front, plain cover franked 1925 air 50g&15g, black/blue etiquette. |
Price: £20.00 |
| 68 |
austria |
21/02/1935 First Austria acceptance for Belgian Congo, Vienna to Coquilhatville, 28/2 arrival ds front and back, plain card carried on the first regular SABENA flight by the aircraft "Edmond Thieffrey" from Brussels to Leopoldville via Marseilles-Oran-Colomb Bechar-Reggan-Gao-Niamey-Zinder-Fort Lamy-Bangui-Coquilhatville, franked Austria 1925 air 10g & 30g, red framed bilingual French/Flemish F/F cachet. Kohl 35.101 A7, 57 flown. |
Price: £85.00 |
| 69 |
austria |
24/05/1958 F/F Vienna to Paris, bs 27/5, and on to Melbourne 10/7, cachet, registration label, registered (label) official illus cover, Austrian Airlines |
Price: £2.50 |
| 70 |
austria |
25/09/1958 Austria acceptance for first TAI direct flight Paris to Tahiti, bs 2/10, four line cachet, "Via Paris/TAI/Premier Vol" hs, franked 5.45S canc special Atomic Energy Conf. Ds. |
Price: £12.00 |
| 71 |
austria |
16/06/1963 First Caravelle flight, Vienna to Paris, cachet, b/s, company cover, Austrian AL. |
Price: £2.50 |
| 72 |
bahamas |
02/01/1929 F/FFAM 7, Nassau-Miami, red two line cachet, b/s, printed souvenir cover, Pan Am |
Price: £10.00 |
| 73 |
bahamas |
12/05/1936 Bahamas acceptance for return of LZ129 Hindenburg, 1st North America flight, Lakehurst to Germany, b/s Frankfurt (Main) 14/5, franked 3/3d canc Nassau cds, violet US Lakehurst-Frankfurt flight confirmation mark. Uncommon acceptance, only 2 flown. |
Price: £750.00 |
| 74 |
bahamas |
19/04/1948 British South American Airways, first flight, Nassau to Miami, bs 20/4, airmail cover franked 6d, typed "Via First Flight, B.S.A.A./Nassau-Miami, Florida" Ilustrated Beith R., p25. |
Price: £85.00 |
| 75 |
bahamas |
21/02/1957 F/F FAM 5 Nassau to New York AMF, cachet, b/s, Pan Am |
Price: £2.50 |
| 76 |
bahamas |
11/04/1961 F/F, Nassau to Lima, official cover, b/s, BOAC |
Price: £2.50 |
| 77 |
bahamas |
22/06/1968 Scarce F/F FAM 33, Nassau to Baltimore, no cachet, no bs, air cover, Eastern Airlines. It is reported that none of the 19 covers actually flown were back stamped by the Baltimore PM because "no proper cachet had been used". Only 19 flown. |
Price: £30.00 |
| 78 |
1953 june 02 |
13/12/1933 F/F Bahrain to Bandon, bs 21/12, carried on the inaugural flight of Imperial Airways/ITCA extension of Indian route to Singapore, franked 1933 opts 1a, 3a (cat £500 used on cover), and 3a.6p, canc fine strike Bahrain 13 Dec 33 cds, black circular "By Air" cachet, official red/blue speedbird souvenir cover. Rare item in fine condition, |
Price: £185.00 |
| 79 |
1953 june 02 |
06/12/1953 Imprint etiquette air cover to Karachi, bs 8/12, franked GB opts. 4 annas, canc Bahrain cds. |
Price: £7.00 |
| 80 |
barbados |
01/12/1934 Incoming cover at 7½d rate from Kalk Bay, South Africa endorsed "by air mail to England/by boat to Barbados" to St. Michael. some imperfections/wear at edges but an interesting commercial item. |
Price: £20.00 |
| 81 |
barbados |
02/02/1943 Censored World War II registered airmail cover to San Antonio, USA at 1/9d rate (Stanley Gibbons numbers 252b, 254 & 255). transparent "Examined by/9808" censor sealing sellotape at left, wide variety of back stamps including postmaster initialled dispatch purple cachet, Trinidad transit (4 Feb), Miami transit (6 Feb), San Antonio arrival (13 Feb) & then re-directed via New York (17 Feb) to Los Angeles (transit & arrival of 21 & 22 Feb). Usual minor transit imperfections but a lovely censored item at a good rate with a fine array of marks & in good condition for one so well travelled. |
Price: £30.00 |
| 82 |
barbados |
14/05/1957 F/F Bridgetown to New York, cachet, no b/s, airmail cover, Pan Am |
Price: £2.50 |
| 83 |
1934 dec. 24 |
22/11/1935 Sabena, First regular return flight, Elisabethville to Brussels, 29/11, F/F souvenir cover franked 3.80F, red two line "Elisabethville-Brussels/Via Sabena/23-11-35", flight cachet. |
Price: £8.00 |
| 84 |
1934 dec. 24 |
03/07/1936 Rare and original unopened flown copy of the 3rd July 1936 'Paris-Congo' newspaper, Brazzaville to Chari Bangoran, via Bangui and N'dele, still in its original wrapper franked 2F & 40c Moyen Congo stamps, canc Brazzaville 8/7/36 cds, black 'Par Avion' hs and four line "Paris-Congo/Hebdomadaire franco-belge d'informations illustrees/B.P. 321- Leopoldville-Congo Belge/B.P. 43 Brazzaville- A.E.F." hs, addressed to the 'Chef du Subdivision, N'Dele, per Bangui/Chari Bangoran'. Flown by Air Afrique or Sabena from Brazzaville to Bangui or Fort Archambault on the Brazzaville-Algiers service, then surface to destination. |
Price: £185.00 |
| 85 |
1934 dec. 24 |
13/10/1937 Sabena, first mail from Libenge to the interior of the Congo, Libenge to Bukama, no arrival ds, commemorative card with map of route, franked 1F50, black two line "1re Avion Sabena/Libenge-Bumba-Stanleyville". |
Price: £12.00 |
| 86 |
1934 dec. 24 |
09/05/1938 Western Congo to England, Banga Tshela to London, no arrival ds, via Boma 10/5 and Leopoldville 12/5, registered (label) commercia airmail etiquette cover franked 8.5F. Likely surface to Boma (250 miles), then Sabena internal service to Leopoldville (150 miles), then OAT to Brussels and London. Uncommon origin. |
Price: £10.00 |
| 87 |
1934 dec. 24 |
04/11/1938 Leopoldville to Brussels, via Paris 8/11, plain etiquette cover addressed to the Societe Muphila, franked 3F 3. |
Price: £6.00 |
| 88 |
1934 dec. 24 |
22/11/1938 Nizi to Brussels, imprint etiquette cover franked 4F 30, black two line cachet commemorating the 100th flight Congo-Belgium, Sabena. Uncommon origin. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 89 |
1934 dec. 24 |
26/11/1938 Leopoldville to Brussels, imprint etiquette cover franked 3F 30, black two line cachet commemorating the 100th flight Congo-Belgium, Sabena. |
Price: £5.00 |
| 90 |
1934 dec. 24 |
24/08/1939 Special flight Congo to Angola, Leopoldville-Kalina to Loanda, bs 26/8, and return from Loanda 31/8 to Leopoldville-Kalina, 1/9, imprint etiquette cover franked 30c Congo and 1A 75 Angola stamps, ms "Liaison speciale (Sabena) Leo-Luanda et retour -Voyage du Governor General/Depart 26 Aout 1939/Retour 31 Aout 1939". Carried the Governor General of the Congo to meet the President of Portugal who was visiting Angola. Also a survey flight to see if it was worth extending the Sabena route as far as angola. A rare item, only 20 flown on each outward and return leg. So this item is likely to be even scarcer.. |
Price: £175.00 |
| 91 |
1934 dec. 24 |
25/08/1939 Special flight Congo to Angola, Leopoldville to Loanda, bs 26/8, plain cover franked 30c, ms "Par Avion Special Leopoldville-Loanda du 26 ASout 1939". Carried the Governor General of the Congo to meet the President of Portugal who was visiting Angola. Also a survey flight to see if it was worth extending the Sabena route as far as angola. Scarce, only 20 flown. |
Price: £85.00 |
| 92 |
1934 dec. 24 |
24/10/1939 F/F new service, Leopoldville to Kikwit, bs 25/10, plain cover franked 60c, black three line F/F cachet. |
Price: £10.00 |
| 93 |
1934 dec. 24 |
25/10/1939 Extension Leopoldville-Tshikapa to Luebo, Kikwit to Luebo, no arrival ds, via Tshikapa, 25/10 transit cds, imprint etiquette cover franked 60c, black st. line "Premier Liaison" cachet. |
Price: £10.00 |
| 94 |
1934 dec. 24 |
26/10/1939 F/F new service, Tshikapa to Brussels, no arrival ds, imprint etiquette cover franked 4F 50, black straight line 'Premier Laison' and red straight line 'Via Leopoldvillle' cachets. |
Price: £6.00 |
| 95 |
1934 dec. 24 |
02/11/1939 Air Afrique/Pan Am Transatlantic early airmail, World War II uncensored registered (label) cover to Chicago, bs 15/12, blue/grey imprint 'plane' airmail etiquette franked 18.50F, canc Coquilhatville cds, carried by Air Afrique to Marseilles, then Pan Am FAM 19 to New York via Lisbon and Horta, uncommon black three line "Par Avion/De (ms New York)/A (ms Marseille)" directional hand stamp. Scarce early WWII item. |
Price: £45.00 |
| 96 |
1934 dec. 24 |
26/11/1939 WWII, F/F new Sabena internal route between Stanleyville and Usumbura, Stanleyville to Irumu, bs 28/11, plain cover franked 60c, ms '1 iere laison aerien par Sabena Stanleyville-/Le 26 novembre 1939" |
Price: £8.00 |
| 97 |
1934 dec. 24 |
27/11/1939 WWII, F/F new Sabena internal route between Stanleyville and Usumbura, Usumbura to Nia Nia, and on to Irumu 30/11, plain cover franked 75c, ms 'Par 1 iere corrier aerien Usumbura-Nania". The previously arranged stage to Nia Nia was cancelled. A nice little specialist item. |
Price: £15.00 |
| 98 |
1934 dec. 24 |
30/04/1940 WWII censored air cover, Stanleyville to London via Leopoldville, 10/5 transit cds, imprint etiquette cover franked 6F, sealed Bermuda B&W PC90 OBE examiner 380 censor tape. This cover bears a Bermuda censor, which suggests it might be two ocean mail via Pan Am, although it is only franked at the 'airmail to Europe rate of 3F 50 (+2.5F overseas rate). Interesting. |
Price: £25.00 |
| 99 |
1934 dec. 24 |
02/10/1940 Wartime airmail to the USA, Leopoldville to New Jersey, ms receiver '7/4/41' verso, imprint etiquette cover franked 8F 25, typed "Via Matadi-Lisbonne/Par Clipper Lisbonne-New York".The Matadi transit stamp indicates passage by ship from that port. Thus, likely carried by sea to Lisbon, via Matadi, then flown Pan Am FAM18 to New York. Also uncensored . Interesting. |
Price: £35.00 |
| 100 |
1934 dec. 24 |
14/03/1941 WWII uncensored F/F Leopoldville to Johannesburg, no arrival ds, high franked plain cover franked 1941 Albert Memorial set of 11 imperforate, superb strike black framed "1er depart laison aerienne/Congo-Afrique du Sud/14 Mars 1941". Uncommon F/F, and the first cover seen with imperforate full set which has passed through the post. Scarce item in fine condition. |
Price: £85.00 |