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Airmail Collector postal auction #64 Feb 21, 2012 - Archive Auction

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1 airship , 1928 oct. 11 First Trans-Atlantic crossing to Lakehurst, arrival ds New York 16/10 on front, oval blue light cachet, card franking inc. 2Rm Zeppelin stamp tied Fried. cds. Si 21A Price: £25.00
2 airship , 1929 nov. 2 Swiss flight, bordpost card dropped at St. Gallen, 2/11arrival ds on front, franked 1923 25c and 50c air, red dr. "Zeppelinpost/Schweizer"" cachet, on sepia scenic PPC. Price: £30.00
3 airship , 1930 may 28 Europe-Pan America Round Flight, Brazilian dispatch, Rio to Friedrichshafen 6/6 to New York 18/6, card franked 10, 000r special Zeppelin Brazil stamp + 300r canc black 28 May Recife cachet, violet diamond US flight cachet, typed "Via Graf Zeppelin/from Pernambuco to Friedrichshafen". Price: £425.00
4 airship , 1931 march 28 Hungary Round Flight, printed souvenir cover, franking inc. 2P Zeppelin stamp canc Budapest cds, also Budapest arrival ds, blue flight cachet, Sieger 102Ab (150 Euro) .Small closed non invasive nick top left hand edge, otherwise fine. Price: £35.00
5 airship , 1931 march 28 Hungary Round Flight, printed souvenir card, franking inc. 1P Zeppelin stamp canc Budapest cds, also Budapest arrival ds, blue flight cachet, Sieger 102Aa (150 Euro). Price: £30.00
6 airship , 1931 oct. 11 Meningen flight, canc Friedrichshafen, dropped Meningen b/s, oval red confirmation cachet. Price: £55.00
7 airship , 1936 june 19 Third North America Flight, Frankfurt to New York, no arrival ds, imprint airmail etiquette cover franked 75pf, ms '5 gm', canc Heilbronn/17.6.36 cds, red double ring 'Europa-NordAmerika cachet, typed "mit Luftschiff/ab Frankfurt/19.Juni". Price: £15.00
8 1932 may 28 , 1932 may 28 Albania to Bulgaria, early airmail cover franked 20q 15q canc Tirane/Posta Aerore cds flown to Sofia, no arrival ds, via Brindisi 29/5, ms 'Par Avion'. Carried by two Italian and one French airline - first by the Italian Societa Aerea Mediterranea from Tirana to Brindisi via Valona, then by Italian Aer Espresso Italian S.A. to Constantinople via Athens, and finally by the French airline CIDNA from Constantinople to Sofia. Interesting item, uncommon origin/destination, nice routing. Price: £35.00
9 1935 nov. 13 , 1935 nov. 13 Rare Andorra acceptance for the Belgian Congo, for carriage on the extension of the regular Congo service to Elisabethville, Andorra la Vieja to Elisabethville, ?21/11, via Seo de Urgo 14/11, Calaf 14/11 and Marseilles 14/11, Victor Nawratil registered (label) etiquette cover, franked Spanish PO Andorra 4P SG24, cat £28 used (scarce on cover), canc Certificado/13 Nov 35/Andora Lavieja boxed registration ds, ms "Correo Aereo Par Avion/Bruxelles-Marseille-Congo Belge". One of the six believed to have been accepted at Andorra for thew service to Elisabethville by Sxabena. A scarce item in superb condition. Price: £150.00
10 1926 oct. 11 , 1926 oct. 11 The Junkers Mission, Buenos Aires to Montevideo, bs 11/10, plain cover franked 34c, canc 'Via Aerea/Buenos Aires/11 Oct 26' cds, ms 'Via Aerea'. With the demise of the Compania Rio Platense de Aviacion the Junkers Mission took over the Buenos Aires-Montevideo route and ran a thrice weekly service between March 1926 and October 1927. Also a photoscan 14x7cm of Junker G 24 flying over Buenos Aires. Price: £20.00
11 1926 oct. 11 , 1928 march 8 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Buenos Aires to Brazil, Bahia 12/3 arrival ds on front, blue/black/orange PPC commemorating opening of the regular South America/-Europe service from Buenos Aires, showing winged postman and "Servicio Aeropostal………1 de Marzo de 1928", franked 5c and 25c airmail (airmail rate 5c per gram), canc 'Via Aerea/7 Mar 28/Buenos Aires', carried on the Buenos Aires to Brazil leg of the second flight. Price: £20.00
12 1926 oct. 11 , 1928 march 28 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Buenos Aires to London, no arrival ds, 1928 red/cream 5c airmail PSE (H&G #1) with additional 7c ordinary and 1928 10c, 30c and 50c airs (airmail rate to Europe 18c per gram), canc 'Via Aerea/28 Mar 28/Buenos Aires', carried on the third flight of the new South America/-Europe service. Note use of Argentina's first airmail stamps to pay the 18c rate (x5) to Europe via West Africa. CGA to Natal then by fast 'Aviso' from Natal-Dakar, then flown Dakar-Toulouse by Aéropostale. CGA to Natal then by fast 'Aviso' from Natal-Dakar, then flown Dakar-Toulouse by Aéropostale. Price: £20.00
13 1926 oct. 11 , 1928 july 18 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Buenos Aires to USA, Verona, NJ Aug 9 1928 arrival postmark on front, Celotex Co corner cover 5c and 20c air (airmail rate 5c per gram), canc Via Aerea/Buenos Aires cds, typed "Alcance por Via Aerea en el puerto de Rio de Janeiro, con el Vapor Vandyck". Flown by CGA to Rio de Janeiro, then by steamship 'Vandyck' to US, a luxurious oil burning passenger steamer owned by the Lamport & Holt Line, New York. Attractive item. Price: £25.00
14 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 march 22 Aeroposta Argentina, Ficarelli F/F Buenos Aires-Asuncion, bs 22/3, registered (label) 1928 blue/cream 12c airmail PSE (H&G #2) with additional 5c postage, 20c regn, and15c airmail stamps (the postcard airmail rate was the same as the airmail rate), large black 'Via Aerea' hs. Price: £45.00
15 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 march 26 Aeroposta Argentina, Buenos Aires-Monte Caseros, carried on the second Buenos Aires-Asuncion flight, bs 22/3, red/cream 5c PSC (H&G #1) with additional 15c fro airmail postage, The flight's departure was delayed by fog at Buenos Aires before leaving mail at ilanded at Monte Caseros to refuel before continuing on the Asuncion, with one other stop at Posadas. Only 25 pieces of mail were carried to Monte Caseros. Price: £75.00
16 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 apr. 8 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale/Aeroposta Argentina, Buenos Aires to Asuncion, bs 9/4, carried on the last leg of the inaugural Rio de Janero to Paraguay flight, plain cover ranked 2x10c, canc Buenos Aires cds, ms 'Via Aerea'. On arrival at Buenos Aires the mail was transferred to the Aeroposta Argentina flight leaving for Asuncion on the last leg of the flight from Rio. Price: £50.00
17 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 july 12 Brazil-Czechoslovakia, cover postmarked Buenos Aires July 12, 1929 with arrival postmark Prague July 22nd. Airmail envelope. All postmarks are on the front of the cover. Franking includes Scott C12 and C14. Rare destination for these early Aeropostale flights. Price: £15.00
18 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 july 14 Aeroposta Argentina, F/F Buenos Aires to Posados, bs 15/7, plain cover franked 4x5c, canc Buenos Aires/Via Aerea cds, ms 'Via Aerea'. Price: £45.00
19 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 sept. 3 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Guillaumet F/F Buenos Aires to Santiago, bs 3/9, plain cover franked 5c posatge + 15c airmail, canc Via Aerera/Buenos Aires cds, boxed green "Premier, Courrier Aerienne/Argentie-Chile" cachet verso, Francis Field authentication hs verso. Price: £65.00
20 1926 oct. 11 , 1929 oct. 11 Panagra, first acceptance for Canada via Cristobal, carried on F/F FAM 9 Extension Buenos Aires to Cristobal, Buenos Aires to Toronto, no arrival ds, plain cover franked 112c postage, 85c airmail canc "Buenos Aires via Aerea" cds. Most covers were flown to USA and South America. Only 19 flown to Cristobal, not known how many were carried to Canada. Immaculate and scarce. Price: £125.00
21 1926 oct. 11 , 1930 feb. 20 NYRBA triple crash and outlaw cover, carried on the first regular through service, Buenos Aires to Miami, no b/s, white with two blue stripes (Argentine flag) across middle, "Lineas Aereas Nyrba/de la Tri Motor Safety Airways" company business envelope, 24x13cm, addressed to Colonel Ralph O'Niel, founder of NYRBA, franked 10c + 35c air, canc Serv. Aeropostal/Buenos Aires cds, red framed Nyrba/Argentina-Estados Unidos flight cachet. This cover was involved in all three crashes of this flight at Bahia. The first was at Porto Alegre, and the second on landing at Santos where mail from Argentina, Uruguay, Porto Alegre had to be unloaded and, together with mail from Santos, rushed 200 miles by car, over mountain roads to Rio. Here it was transferred, along with the Rio mail, to a third machine which took off for Bahia chased by the Rio harbour police who had a warrant to impound NYRBA's mail because of an unsettled legal dispute with ETA. This item is also an 'outlaw' cover because NYRBA had no FAM contract with the USPO guaranteeing that their mail would receive continuing air mail service once it had cleard th first US port of entry. So it was confiscated by the USPO on arrival at Miami, no backstamps were applied, and it was forwarded to its final destination in New York by surface. See 'NYRBA's Triple Crash and Outlaw Flight Covers and Its Postal Marking', Grigore J.Jnr. Price: £50.00
22 1926 oct. 11 , 1930 may 13 Cover carried on one of the last regular NYRBA flights before trans, Buenos Aires to Canada, no arrival ds, Royal Bank of Canada corner cover franked 45c, canc Aeropostale BA cds, red 'Por Via Aerea' hs, typed "Nyrba Via New York". On August 19th NYRBA transferred all its assets to Pan Am. Interesting. Price: £15.00
23 1926 oct. 11 , 1930 june 13 Brazil-France, pre-printed Aeropostale envelope postmarked Buenos Aires (Argentina) June 13, 1930 and addressed to Paris with arrival b/s June 20th. AMFRA 120 (June 14) took place the day after Guillaumet’s famous crash in the Andes. The mail from Santiago was destined for this flight had Guillaumet not crashed. Price: £10.00
24 1926 oct. 11 , 1930 aug. 21 PANAGRA, first flight Buenos Aires to New York, no arrival ds, following the transfer of all NYRBA's assets to Pan Am on August 19th, 1930, Park Davies Cia corner cover franked $0.83 (5c postage + 78c airmail) canc Aeropostale BA cds, typed "Via Aerea/PANAGRA". Elusive item. Price: £25.00
25 1926 oct. 11 , 1931 feb. 05 PANAGRA, further reduction of mail time west coast service from Buenos Aires to New York using the commodore-operated cut-off rote across the Caribbean, Jamie Rotger corner cover addressed to New York, no arrival ds, franked5c postage + $2, 55 airmail, canc Aeropostale BA cds, typed 'Via Aerea/Pan A. Gra', see Airlines of the united States, REG Davies, p224. . Elusive item. Closed tear verso, does not detract, see scan. Price: £40.00
26 1926 oct. 11 , 1931 march 23 Argentina to India, registered cover postmarked Buenos Aires March 23 and 24, 1931 to Adyar (India) with arrival b/s of April 20, 1931. Special Aeropostale/Aeroposta Argentina (a subsidiary) airmail envelope. Small loss of paper on back. The cover may have travelled from France to India by ship. Scarce destination. Price: £30.00
27 1926 oct. 11 , 1931 apr. 03 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Buenos Aires to Prague, Czechoslovakia, bs 14/4, Erwin Schnabel registered (label) commercial cover franked $2.48 inc $2.16 airmail (12 x18 ==216), canc Via Aerea/Buenos Aires cds, typed 'Via Aerea/Certificado'. Franked with the 2P Anniversary of the Revolution which is scarce on cover. CGA to Natal then by fast 'Aviso' from Natal-Dakar, then flown Dakar-Toulouse by Aéropostale. Letter weighed 11g x18 =198. Uncommon destination. Price: £18.00
28 1926 oct. 11 , 1932 june 01 Aeroposta Argentina, weekly service Tinogasta to Puerto Deseado, bs 11/6, via Buenos Aires 3/6, 1928 red/cream 5c airmail PSE (H&G #1) with additional 5c and 25c airs. Tinogasta-Buenos Aires (750 miles), Buenos Aires-Puerto Deseado (1150 miles). Scarce internal cover, with hand drawn map of route. Price: £20.00
29 1926 oct. 11 , 1932 oct. 15 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Buenos Aires to Italy, bs Milan 25/10, Michel & Cia cover corner franked $0.87 inc 1928 72c airmail, canc 'Via Aerea/15 Oct 32', large red printed 'Via Aerea' . Carried on the South America/-Europe service. Note use of Argentina's first airmail stamps to pay the 18c rate (x4) to Europe via West Africa. CGA to Natal then by fast 'Aviso' from Natal-Dakar, then flown Dakar-Toulouse by Aéropostale. Price: £18.00
30 1926 oct. 11 , 1933 march 11 Compagnie Generale Aeropostale, Buenos Aires to Holland, bs Schiedam 20/3, blue/grey registered (label) CGA company cover franked 15c postage, $1.00 airmail, 20c registration canc Buenos Aires cds, carried on the South America/-Europe service. South Atlantic airmail service, CGA to Natal then by fast 'Aviso' from Natal-Dakar, then flown Dakar-Toulouse by Aéropostale. Price: £20.00
31 1926 oct. 11 , 1937 june 9 250th South Atlantic crossing, Condor/Lufthansa, Buenos Aires to Berlin, bs 14/6, flown across the South Atlantic to Europe, red 'flag' flight cachet, red 'Deutsche Luftposta/Europa-SudAmerika' cachet, red "Via Condor" hs, airmail cover franked $0.35 postage + $1.00 airmail. Uncommon from Argentina. Price: £35.00
32 1926 oct. 11 , 1938 jan. 5 Argentina to Czechoslovakia, imprint etiquette airmail cover to Prague, fine 10/1 bs, franked 1P40, canc Buenos Aires cds, typed 'Via Condor'. Uncommon destination. Price: £5.00
33 1926 oct. 11 , 1940 may 4 Argentina to Great Britain, flown by LATI, posted one week before Germany invaded France on 10/5/40. Scarce uncensored LATI WWII printed Air France company airmail cover, Buenos Aires to London, franked 1P 45c, canc Buenos Aires 4 May 40 cds. Correctly rated for LATI to Europe (see Beith p41). Carried by Syndicato Condor to Rio, then by LATI all the way to Seville/Rome thus avoiding the British censorship on the Pan Am North Atlantic service. Price: £35.00
34 1926 oct. 11 , 1954 nov. 1 Aerolineas Argentina, 25th Anniv F/F Buenos Aires-Patagonia, cachet, air cover, bs Rio Gallegos Price: £10.00
35 1929 apr. 21 , 1929 apr. 21 F/F Charleville to Brisbane, violet PMG rectangular cachet with Charleville cds applied to centre, b/s 22/4, airmail cover franked 4 1/2d, canc Charleville cds. Price: £35.00
36 1929 apr. 21 , 1929 june 2 Western Australian AW, F/F (interrupted) Adelaide to Perth, no arrival ds, red/white/blue 'By Air Mail Only' cover franked 4 1/2d, typed 'By First Flight'. No b/s's were applied to ordinary covers, see Eus 136. Price: £15.00
37 1929 apr. 21 , 1931 apr. 21 Australia to France carried on the return of the first Imperial Airways experimental flight England-Australia, Geelong to Nice, bs 15/5, via Paris 14/5, plain cover franked gistered (label) souvenir "All The Way" cover with IAW winged logo and route details, franked Kingsford Smith 6d x2 and 3d, and 1929 3d airs, uncommon black official flight cachet verso, Qantas/Imperial Airways. An uncommon acceptance. Price: £50.00
38 1929 apr. 21 , 1931 may 1 Australian National Airways, F/F Perth to Launceston, bs 2/5, plain cover franked 3d, 2d Kingsford Smith airs, large circujlar violet flight cachet Price: £25.00
39 1929 apr. 21 , 1931 may 16 Return of second experimental flight England-Australia, Melbourne to London, bs Huddersfield 5/6, plain cover franked 1/11d, canc Cremorne 13/5, ANA, Qantas, Imperial Airways. Price: £20.00
40 1929 apr. 21 , 1931 may 22 KLM return flight Melbourne(22/5) to Soerbaja, Java, bs 28/5, via Sydney 23/5, Batavia (Abel Tasman/Batavia-Centrum cachet) 27/5 verso, special oval Melbourne to Batavia violet cachet, plain reg (label) cover, franked 2/3d. Price: £35.00
41 1929 apr. 21 , 1931 nov. 24 New England Airways Ltd, F/F Sydney to Brisbane, bs 24/11, plain cover franked 5d, typed "First Flight/Sydney-Brisbane" Price: £35.00
42 1929 apr. 21 , 1934 june 2 F/F Mundubbera to Brisbane, bs 3/6, plain cover franked 5d inc 2d 'OS' perfin, white/pale blue 'Noth Queensland' air mail label (scarce on cover), Aircrafts Pty. Ltd Price: £75.00
43 1929 apr. 21 , 1934 july 20 Sydney to Port Moresby, bs 26/7, and return, flown by Ulm in "Faith of Australia", Australia and Papua cachets, official "boomerang" cover, franked Australia 8d and Papua 8d, latter canc 26/7 for return, and Sydney 1/8 arrival ds. Price: £15.00
44 1929 apr. 21 , 1934 nov. 16 Centenary Victoria Exhibition Autogiro Flight, green/cream souvenir PPC, franked 1 1/2d, canc Portald Vic cds, special blue double ring flight cachet. Price: £20.00
45 1929 apr. 21 , 1934 dec. 8 First acceptance of mail from Australia to Italy for carriage on the return of the first Imperial Airways experimental flight England-Australia, Sydney to Imperia, bs24/12, via Milan 23/12, registered (label) official blue/black/white souvenir "Kangaroo" cover, franked 1931 Kingsford Smith 6d opt 'OS' (cat SG £55 used, and SG 153b, canc Registered/Sydney cds, ANA/Qantas/Imperial Airways. Price: £75.00
46 1929 apr. 21 , 1935 may 15 Interrupted Kingsford Smith and Taylor Southern Cross Jubilee Air Mail flight from Sydney-New Zealand, Melbourne to Wellington bs 23/5 within a single line circle, dark blue/grey souvenir cover franked QV Queensland 1d yellow block of 4 and SG 148, canc Brisbane cds. Turned back half way across Tasman due to engine trouble and 97% of original cargo was jettisoned over the sea. Plane returned to Mascot Aerodrome and surviving covers carried by ship to Wellington. The Wellington bs 23/5 within a single line circle is the only true authentication of genuinely flown covers on this flight. Price: £65.00
47 1929 apr. 21 , 1935 sept. 15 New England Airways Ltd, F/F Rockhampton, b/s 15/9, carried on the F/F Brisbane-Townsville service, attractive and unusual airmail cover franked SG 156, 157, ms 'First Air Mail Flight/Rockhampton to Townsville/by New England Airways'. Price: £35.00
48 1929 apr. 21 , 1935 oct. 28 McDonald Air Services Ltd, F/F Cooktown to Townsville, bs 29/10, souvenir blue/cream cover with printed map of route with large print details of flight, franked 3d air&2d, signed by the pilot T McDonald. Two perfs lost top right hand edge of 3d stamp, other wise fine (see scan). Small mail. Price: £50.00
49 1929 apr. 21 , 1935 nov. 26 Adelaide Airways Ltd, F/F Adelaide to Mount Gambier, bs 26/11, plain airmail etiquette cover franked 5d, typed "By First Air Mail Flight/Adelaide to Mount Gambier". Small mail. Price: £35.00
50 1929 apr. 21 , 1935 nov. 26 Adelaide Airways Ltd, F/F Mount Gambier to Melbourne, bs 28/11, imprint etiquette airmail cover franked 5d, typed "First Flight/Mount Gambier to Melbourne". Small mail. Price: £35.00

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