1925 (Oct 17): "FIRST AERIAL MAIL/Shanghai-Hongkong/carried by/MAJOR DE PINEDO" framed cachet on FF cover from Nanking, franked with 1925 3c. on 4c., fine (except two small lightly scratched patches at lateral edges), and scarce. Signed Enzo Diena.
36th International Auction- part 2- philately & picture postcards
By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 36th International Auction- part 2- philately & picture postcards
Christoph Gärtner 36th Philatelic Auction -
Starting with the single lots Asia catalogue contains stamps and postal history from all Asian countries from Abu Dhabi to Vietnam. A strong section China is followed by over 300 lots India, Iran, a nice Japan-section including Japanese Occupations, Singapore, Thailand etc.
All world single lots with THEMATICS, ÜBERSEE / OVERSEAS, FLUG, ZEPPELIN & SCHIFFSPOST and EUROPA;
ALTDEUTSCHLAND / GERMAN STATES, DEUTSCHES REICH, DT. AUSLANDSPOSTÄMTER / KOLONIEN , ZENSURPOST,
DEUTSCHLAND nach 1945, DDR / GERMANY after 1945, GDR, BERLIN, BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND.
ANSICHTSKARTEN/ PICTURE POSTCARDS
The collection section includes: ÜBERSEE / OVERSEAS, FLUG UND ZEPPELIN POST, SCHIFFS POST and THEMATIK / THEMATICS and EUROPE.
then comes NACHLÄSSE, WUNDERKARTONS & Nachtrag, DEUTSCHLAND vor 1945 / GERMANY before 1945, DEUTSCHLAND nach 1945 / GERMANY after 1945 closing with LITERATUR and VARIA.
Lot #5262 - airmail
1928, 14 July, Round the World Flight by Mears and Collier, Moukden-Tokyo leg, U.S. 1c. postal stationery card cancelled by "New York, N.Y./Sta. C" duplex (28.6) and bearing China Junk 1c. (2) cancelled by "Mukden" bilingual c.d.s. (10.7), with "New York, N.Y./G.P.O. JUL 22" arrival on reverse.
The flight from Moukden to Tokyo was made on 14 July, after which the aircraft was shipped to Seattle and then flown back to New York. The...
Lot #5263 - airmail
1929, FFC Shanghai-Nanking, biplane 15 C., unification 10 C. and Dr. Sun burial 1 S. tied propeller pictorial dater "Shanghai 18.7.8" plus "SHANGHAI 8.7.29" to registered air mail cover to Nanking poste restante w. same arrival on front resp. backstamp "8.7.8", two stamps slight gum stains.
Lot #5264 - airmail
1931, revised airmails 30 C. (creases), 45 C., 60 C., 90 C. (this RC) and reaper 20 C. tied comemmorative pictorial pmk. "Peiping 20.5.31" to air mail cover endorsed "Air mail ia Manchouli" to USA and fwd. , on reverse transits Berlin, Livington and Detroit. Enclosed original letter stating: "This is coming by the first air mail from China via Europe and will be quite a historical event." Cover vert. crease and torn in but very unusual air...
Lot #5265 - airmail
1933, great wall airmails 15/90 C. and $1 comemmorative as $3.40 frank tied "SHANGHAI 1.6.33" as registered air mail cover to Germany, CNAC official pictorial envelope Chungking-Chengtu FFC used as form. (T)
Lot #5266 - airmail
1933, FFC CNAC Shanghai-Canton, return flight w. air mails 15 C., 30 C. and martyr 10 C. on company cover canc. special dater "Amoy 24.10.3" w."Shanghai 22.10.27" arrival on reverse. (T)
Lot #5267 - airmail
1935, FFC, CNAC Chungking Yunnan Line via Kweiyang, martyrs Szechuan ovpt. 10 C. (3) tied commemorative dater "Pahsien 24.3.26" (March 26, 1935) to official illustrated CNAC cover to Yunnanfu w. arrival "KUNMING YUNNANFU 5.5.35" on reverse, vert. bend. (T)
Lot #5268 - airmail
1935, FFC Chungking-Chengtu, two CNAC illustrated covers from Chungking resp. from Hankow (backstamps); plus 1937 clipper FFC with great wll franking $1.70 "Shanghai 26.4.37" to SF. Total 3 FFC. (T)
Lot #5269 - airmail
1936, Canton-Hanoi FFC by Air France, section Fort Bayard (french Kuangchowwan) with respective boxed cachet: Kouangthchouwan 2 C., 3 C. and 15 C. tied "FORT BAYARD 13-2 36" to smal size registered cover to Hanoi, on reverse "FOT BAYARD 17-2 36", "CANTON 18.2.36" and "HANOI 18.2.36".
Lot #5270 - airmail
1936, new life movement 5 C.-$1 with airmails 15 C., 30 C. etc. tied "SHANGHAI 11.5.36" to registered air mail cover to Switzerland, KLM endorsement, backstamps Singapore and Basel 2.
Lot #5271 - airmail
1937, Doret and Micheletti Paris-Shanghai flight envelope to Shanghai bearing France Air 1.50 f. and Commemorative 3 f., cancelled by cds. "LE BOURGET-AVIATION 22.5" and China Air 15 c. cancelled by "SHANGHAI 26.5." dotted rim d.s., very fine and one of only fifteen covers carried on this stage, signed Calves
Lot #5272A - airmail
1939, FFC Chungking-Rangoon by CNAC , 1939 US constitution set tied "CHUNGKING 4.7.28" (July 4, 1939) to illustrated CNAC cover with map to London, vert. bend. (T)
Lot #5803 - airmail
1911, FIRST U.K. AERIAL POST, special event pictorial postcard bearing KGV 1/2d. green oblit. by special event postmark "LONDON 1 SP 13 1911", ADDRESSED TO MEERUT/INDIA, insufficiently paid and therefore charged by two different marks, circular "OVERLAND POSTAGE DUE" and hexagonal "T10", arrival mark "MEERUT UNPAID 8 OC", some postal wear/imperfections as to be expected. EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION!
Lot #5804 - airmail
1911 First Aerial Post Allahabad-Naini: Small cover to Bagh-Bazar P.O., Calcutta franked with KE 3p. pair tied by superb strike of the special "FIRST AERIAL POST - U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD" Airplane cachet in magenta, Allahabad '18 FE. 11' cds and arrival cds on reverse.
Lot #5805 - airmail
1911 First Aerial Post: Cover from Allahabad to Calcutta franked KE 1/2a. green tied by fine strike of special "FIRST AERIAL POST/U.P. EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD/1911" circled cachet in magenta, and on the reverse with Allahabad '18 FE 11' cds and '20 FE 11' delivery cds. Envelope opened at top and on the right, with slightly creased edges and two staple holes at upper left but still a good cover.
Lot #5806 - airmail
1926, air mail mourning cover bearing KGV 1 anna tied by "CALCUTTA/23 JLY 26" cds preprinted "CALCUTTA TO RANGOON" in red carried by Mr Alan Cobham during his Anglo-India and thence to Australia flight with a potostat label on the back "ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA. 1926/MR ELLIOTT ENGINEER OF THE D.H.60, WAS SHOT ON JULY 5TH NEAR BASRA. HE DIED ON JULY THE 6TH." with "RANGOON/DELY/26 JUL 26" delivery cds on reverse. A total of only 45 covers were...
Lot #5807 - airmail
1929 Air 3a. blue showing variety "IND1A" for INDIA, used along with Air 2a. pair and 4a. on cover from Delhi to Ireland by "AIR MAIL/DELHI-KARACHI/FIRST FLIGHT" (cachet on the reverse), opened somewhat roughly at top, good. An interesting and scarce variety.
Lot #5808 - airmail
1929 Air 8a. purple with "MISSING TREE-TOP" in lower marginal pair with normal used on special airmail envelope for leg Delhi-Croydon, addressed to London, tied by Park Street, Calcutta '17 April 1930' cds, pair signed on sheet margin, cover by Stephen H. Smith on the reverse. Envelope with a few brownish stains otherwise fine. A scarce stamp used on cover!
Lot #5809 - airmail
1929 Air 8a. purple with "REVERSED SERIF" on 2nd "I" of INDIA, used along with Air 4a. and KGV.1a. pair on airmail cover to England, tied by '18 NOV 29' cds (probably from Karachi). A scarce stamp used on cover!
Lot #5810 - airmail
1929 Air set of five (except 8a.) on 8a. postal stationery airmail envelope used registered in 1934 from Quetta to England, tied by Quetta '23 July 34' cds, Reg. and Air labels along with arrival datestamps on the reverse. Envelope lightly creased and opened roughly a little bit but still good. An attractive franking depicting all 1929 Air stamps.
Lot #5811 - airmail
1930 (Oct 31) Mildred Bruce Round-the-World Flight: Printed envelope to New Delhi carried on the Karachi-Rangoon leg, franked India KGV. 1a. tied with "RANGOON G.P.O./31 OCT 30" cds, New Delhi '6 Nov 30' arrival cds on back, signed by Mildred Bruce herself, fine and scarce.
Lot #5812 - airmail
1930 (Oct 31) Mildred Bruce Round-the-World Flight: Printed envelope carried on the Karachi-Akyab leg, franked India KGV. 1a. tied with "EAST RANGOON/31 OCT 30" cds (and further strike on back), signed by Mildred Bruce herself, fine and scarce.
Lot #5813 - airmail
1930 Calcutta-Cape Town First Flight: Cover flown on Dum Dum-Delhi stage by Pilot Abdul M. Murad, franked by Indian KGV. 1a. and a Christmas label, cancelled Chandni Chowk on 22 Dec 30, backstamped Calcutta '24 Dec 30', and with flight cachets in greenish blue, and noted "From A...Morad/Pilot/Cal-Cape" in m/s, slightly stained. A scarce cover from this stage as only 32 covers flown.
Lot #5814 - airmail
1930 Paris to Saigon flight cover flown by Mille Maryse Hiltz on the Calcutta-Rangoon stage, and returned, franked India KGV. 1a. tied by Calcutta '24 NOV 30' cds, and two singles of 1/2a. tied Rangoon '26 NOV 30' cds, Calcutta '1 DEC 30' arrival dater on the reverse, with greenish flight cachet and "VIVE LA FRANCE." violet h/s on front. A few brownish stains but still a good and scarce cover (39 flown).
Lot #5815 - airmail
1931 First Indian Pigeongram: Flimsy carried by pigeon "Marching Orders" from Asansol to Calcutta at 18th Feb. 1931, signed Stephen H. Smith on the reverse + small envelope used within Calcutta for further delivery franked with 1931 Silver Jubilee 1/2a. pair tied Calcutta cds, special pigeon cachet "FIRST INDIAN "PIGEONGRAM"" and s/l "MARCHING ORDERS" alongside, with further strikes along with Calcutta Delivery cds on the reverse. (The flight...
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