India: Airmails: 1929 (June 14) special flown cover, commemorating first transatlantic flight, with violet cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith, (298 carried)
[Proposed price: £70-90]
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Lot #619 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
Lot #620 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1929 Joan Page special illustrated flight cover to Stephen H. Smith in Calcutta, franked K.G.V 1a. with Dum Dum 1929 (June 25) datestamp, front with blue “Flown Joan Page” cachet (also on reverse), a little staining. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
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Lot #621 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1929 Joan Page special illustrated Dum Dum-Nailac-Dum Dum flight cover to Calcutta, franked K.G.V 1a. (corner fault) with Dum Dum 1929 (June 25) datestamp, front with blue “Flown Joan Page” cachet (also on reverse), a little staining. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #622 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1929 (Dec.) Extension of the London-Karachi service, two envelopes from England to Calcutta, one stamped “BY CITY OF BAGDAD” (last deleted) with “DELHI” added, other with “BY CITY OF TEHERAN”, both signed by Stephen H. Smith,
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #623 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1929 (Dec.) Extension of the London-Karachi service, Hyderabad-Delhi envelope with “BY CITY OF DELHI”, Delhi-Karachi envelope with “BY CITY OF BAGDAD”, 1930 (Feb. 23) Hyderabad-Jodhpur envelope and 1930 (Apr. 7) Karachi-Delhi envelope.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #624 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Aug. 24) Jacobabad-Reti Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, and 1930 (Sept. 1) envelopes, both bearing “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #625 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Aug. 29) Reti-Jacobad, Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, envelope bearing green label and “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #626 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Aug. 29) Reti-Jacobad, Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, envelope bearing red label and “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #627 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Aug. 30) Reti-Jacobabad Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, and 1930 (Sept. 2) 1/2a. stationery cards, both bearing “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #628 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Aug. 31) Reti-Jacobad, Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, envelope bearing green label and “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #629 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Sept. 1) Reti-Jacobad, Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, envelope bearing green label and “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #630 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Sept. 2) Reti-Jacobad, Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, envelope bearing red label and “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #631 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Sept. 4) Reti-Jacobad, Sind Flood R.A.F. emergency flight, envelope bearing green label and “EMERGENCY AIR MAIL” cachet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #632 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1930 (Nov. 2) Calcutta-Bangkok flight envelope, fine, only 64 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #634 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1931 (Mar. 28) Calcutta-Rangoon, Hadley & Pratt flight cover franked for return, with purple flight cachet (both sides) and two line delayed flight cachet, signed by both pilots. Scarce, 45 only carried, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #635 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1931 (May 23) Allahabad-Delhi, flown cover with four line cachet “ASMAN KA GHARI/Via: W.A.A. V.H. UJD/Pilot: Mr. R.P. Mullardf/From, ALLAHABAD” in violet, stated only 45 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #636 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1932 (Feb. 20) Viceroy’s Cup Aeroplane Race envelope bearing special red on blue label and signed by R.N. Chawla pilot of the Gipsy 1, fine, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #637 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1932 (Apr. 14) Bertram Atlantis Expedition envelope from Ichapur to Rangoon, bearing special label tied by “ATLANTIS/ICHAPUR/JUNKERS D-1925” cachet, fine, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-280]
Lot #638 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1932 (Nov. 17) Calcutta-Akyab flown cover by the French-Canadian world flyer J.R. Herbert, with special label and cachet, signed by the pilot, fine, only 57 carried, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #639 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1934 (Jan. 20) Bihar Earthquake Relief Fund flight cover, carried by the ‘Spider’ from Dum-Dum to Calcutta, franked 1/2a., with special label tied by ‘The Flying Circus’ single line cachet, small corner of envelope cut off, apparently only 28 carried, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #640 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1934 (Jan. 30) Dum Dum-Darbhangha Earthquake Emergency flight by F/O Knocker, franked 3p. and 1/2a. pair, with triangular label tied by “EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY FLIGHT” single line cachet in violet, 66 carried, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #641 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1934 (Feb. 10) Madras Air Taxi Service Calcutta-Vizagapatam flight cover, franked K.G.V 3p. and Air 3a., with two strikes of the “1st. FLT. MADRAS AIR TAXI SERVICE” cachet in violet, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #642 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1934 (Feb. 2) Muzaffarpur-Dum Dum Earthquake Emergency flight by F/O Knocker, franked 1a.3p., with square label tied by “EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY FLIGHT” single line cachet in violet and “Delayed in Transit/Plane Damaged” in red, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #643 - british empire and foreign countries india: airmails
India: Airmails: 1941 (Sept. 7) Dum Dum-Calcutta flown “Trump Cards” envelope, franked by 1a. 3p., with “YZ TO CALCUTTA/Vc” cachet in violet, stated only 40 flown, signed by Stephen H. Smith. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
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