1919 Feb 24th RAF flown cover (some creasing) during Peace Conference Paris - Kenley Aerodrome, London, French cachet 'Aviation Britannique Ministere Des Munitions - Paris etc. plus Aero Field article.
Sale #156
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #156
This auction features close to 2012 lots of stamps, covers and postcards .
The auction contains a selection of All World mixed lots followed by an All World stamps and covers from Aden to Zanzibar.
The country lots include a range of Great Britain and commonwealth, Omnibus, Germany & Colonies and much more.
Stamp boxes, Cinderella, Thematics and other collectibles.
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Lot #1469 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1926-27 first flight covers (3) for French Toulouse/Dakar service cover from London - Konakry, back stamped Dakar & Conakry, London - Sierra Leone acceptance for Imperial Airways Cairo - Basra. Scarce group.
Lot #1470 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1932 first flight covers (4) 1932 Imperial Airways first regular service London - Pietersburg official cover (24 flown), another London - Windhoek (30 flown), another London - Brokenhill (24 flown), 1932 Imperial Airways London - Limassol official cover with label (about 75 flown).
Lot #1471 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1932-34 first flight covers (4) 1932 acceptance for Imperial Airways for TATA Airways London/Karachi/Madras official cover, 1934 first acceptance for German Catapult service to Brazil registered cover Liverpool - Pernambuco with two red cachets - scarce, 1934 Imperial Airways first direct airmail London - Penang company cover, 1934 first acceptance All-Air to Gambia via German service with cachet & back stamps Stuttgart & Bathurst -...
Lot #1472 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1934 MacRobertson Air Race cover flown by Parmentier & Moll (second placed) official KLM cover on to New Zealand (approx 50), another bit scarcer cover to A. Wittnauer Co. posted New York and flown Turner & Pangborn (third placed) cover returned to New York & fully postmarked, another flown by McGregor & Walker (fifth placed) signed by both aviators - scarce. (3)
Lot #1473 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1934 MacRobertson Air Race Mildenhall - Melbourne flown by Hansen & Jensen (eighth placed) signed by Hansen. Scarce. (1)
Lot #1474 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1934 MacRobertson Air Race Mildenhall - Melbourne, Brook & Miss Lay signed by Brook - especially scarce. (1)
Lot #1475 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1934 Oct 20th MacRobertson Air Race Mildenhall - Melbourne cover flown by Scott & Black - the winner & signed by both aviators on reverse. Scarce. (1)
Lot #1476 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1935 Imperial Airways first flight London - Lusaka 7.3.35 franked 1935 Jubilee set (also a FDC), scarce item only about 12 available - Francis S. Field letter confirms 50 pieces sent of which about 40 were official postal items.
Lot #1477 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1935 Imperial Airways first direct mail London - Port Elizabeth Imperial Airways test letter - scarce, 1936 Imperial Airways first mail flight London - Abecher, Chad via Kano service 10.4.36 with back stamps (3) scarce company test letter. (2)
Lot #1478 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1936 Sept 29th Schlesinger Air Race Portsmouth - Johannesburg cover carried by Victor Smith, forced down in Yugoslavia & Greece, returned to England from South Africa 18.1.37, pilot signed. (39 flown).
Lot #1479 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1937 Imperial Airways Flying Boat first flight Southampton - Beira, another for Southampton - Quelimane, 1938 Empire Air Mail Scheme White Paper flown Southampton - Johannesburg, most unusual & rare. (3)
Lot #1480 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1938 Clouston & Ricketts record flight London - New Zealand - London round flight cover fully back stamped, plus additional related items, 1939 wartime airmail first flight Shoreham - Holland postcard, stamps tied Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham double ring c.d.s, obverse Berg En Dal c.d.s. & CENSOR PERMIT NO C4 hand stamp. (2)
Lot #1481 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1938 Feb 3rd cover despatched from Brighton, England connecting at Beira with the first flight of the Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways (R.A.N.A) plane to Umtali cover bearing Umtali receiver on reverse, with two relevant photographs.
Lot #1482 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1938 June 30th GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER flown Southampton - Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia paper concerning subsidies paid to Imperial Airways for operating the service - most unusual flown item.
Lot #1483 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1944 first Civilian Air Letter service to West Africa (Birmingham to Bathurst), 1946 BOAC first flight London - New York official cover, 1947 BEA first flight London - Geneva official cover, 1947 Qantas first flight London - Sydney official cover signed by both pilots, also enclosed compliments card, 1953 All-Up first flight by BEA London - Reykjavik - scarce.
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