1925 (13 May) Flying Boat (Sesto Calende-Australia-Philippines-China-Japan-Rome), Calcutta to Melbourne leg, right half of the envelope franked with 2x1a brown, with red "Italian Consul General's (Melbourne) letter of 12-11-25 / No. 750/11 Calcutta to Melbourne by Seaplane, 13/5/25" cachet, violet "Italian World Air Flight" cachet on back, v.f. Commander Francesco de Pinedo and his mechanic Ernesto Campanelli left Rome in a S.I.A.I. Savoia...
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Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Welcome to our April 25-26 Auction Sale, to be held at our New York City galleries. There are 1,587 lots of rare stamps and postal history of the World, including properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. We begin with a nice selection of United States including back of the book. Western European countries include Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy, Liechtenstein, Spain and Scandinavia. Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. Also featured are flight covers of the world, with selections of Zeppelin dispatches. Sections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world are also noteworthy. The sale concludes with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. Live Internet bidding is available through our website www.cherrystoneauctions.com (via CherrystoneLIVE). A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
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Lot #757 - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers
1927 (3 Nov) Roger Latapie flight cover from Calcutta to Karachi, appropriate "Urgent by Aeroplane Return Trip" label and French Consulate cachet, fine, with arrival pmk, signed Stephen Smith. The plane "Roger Latapie", named after the French aviator who died two years prior, carried a packet of 55 letters from Calcutta to Karachi
Estimate: $300
Lot #758 - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Flight Covers
1927 (18 Dec) "Red Rose" flight from Calcutta to Rangoon, fine, with corresponding label, only 52 carried. Bill Lancaster was an ex-RAF pilot who decided to make a name for himself by flying from England to Australia, in the Avro Avian Red Rose, accompanied by an Australian, a Mrs. Jessie "Chubbie" Miller, who financed the flight, which at the time was one of the longest made in such a small aircraft (also the first England-Australia flight...
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