19.9.1926. Piraeus - Brindisi, by Aero-Espresso Italiana. Registered cover to Milano, franked with 3x2dr. litho. stamps, canc. "ΠΕΙΡΑΙΕΥΣ * ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ * 18.ΣΕΠ.26", transit "BRINDISI * POSTA AEREA * 19.9.26", arr. at Milano on 21.9.1926. Special rubber cachets "SURTAXE / AΈRIENNE / PERCUE EN / NUMERAIRE" in black & blue (type AC4aB), applied on departure. Airmail fee was paid cash since the airmail stamps were not ready yet. Hellas: FF-18i...
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Lot #1481 - greece - first flights first flights
29.9.1926. Athens-Brindisi: 6th Flight of Aero-Espresso. Cover to England, franked with 3dr. litho. stamp, canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ-ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ / 29 ΣΕΠ.26", arr. "BRINDISI * POSTA AEREA * 29.9.26". Special rubber cachet "SURTAXE AΈRIENNE / PERCUE EN / NUMERAIRE" (type AC4aA with accent on 'E') in violet, applied on departure. Airmail fee was paid cash since the airmail stamps were not ready yet. Hellans FF-16Bic.
Lot #1482 - greece - first flights first flights
23.10.1926. Athens-Brindisi: On 22.10.1926 the Athens P.O. commences the sale of stamps issued by Aero Espresso Italiana. Of the flight of 23.10.1926 less than 10 letters are known with the new stamps. Depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ / 22.ΟΚΤ.26", on back transit "BRINDISI * POSTA AEREA * 23.10.26", arr. "GALLARATE * (MILANO) * 25.10.26". Franking: 3dr. letter rate, 5dr. airmail fee. (Hellas: FF-22).
Lot #1483 - greece - first flights first flights
24.11.1926. Athens - Istanbul: Fourth flight with airmail stamps to Istanbul. Cover franked with 3x20l. litho. plus 3dr. Air stamps, canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ * ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ * 24.ΝΟΕ.26", arr. "GALATA -5- / (date unclear)". Hellas: FF-23Aii.
Lot #1484 - greece - first flights first flights
12.12.1926. Athens - Istanbul: Fifth AEI flight with airmail stamps to Istanbul. Cover franked with 3dr. litho. plus 3dr.+5dr. Air stamps, canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ / 12.ΔΕΚ.26", arr. at Galata (Istanbul) on 12.12.1926. Hellas: FF-23Aii.
Lot #1485 - greece - first flights first flights
25.3.1929 Friedrichshafen (24.3.29)-Athens: Airmail cover handwrittem "Mit Luftschiff LZ 127..." fr. with 2M Deutsche airmail stamp canc. "FRIEDRISCHAFEN*24.MRZ.29" to Athens. Zeppelin cachet in red and airpost label "MIT LUFTPOST", arr. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*30.ΜΑΡ.29". (Hellas FFC35A).
Lot #1486 - greece - first flights first flights
11.7.1929. London - Karachi Service by Imperial Airways via Rome and Athens. Italian PPC franked on view side with Italian 25c. + 50c. 'Imperiale' plus 1,20L. Air (airmail rate per 15grs.), canc. "ROMA FERROVIA * POSTA AEREA * 11.7.29", arr. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) / 12 ΙΟΥΛ. 29". ONLY 10 FLOWN. Hellas: FF-46B.
Lot #1487 - greece - first flights first flights
19.2.1930. Athens - Mytilene. First Flight by Aero Espresso Italiana. Mytilene new landing place on the route Athens - Istanbul. "Athenes - Vue partielle" real photo sepia PPC, franked with 2dr. Air stamp + 1dr. 'Landscapes', canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ * ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ * 18 ΦΕΒ.30", arr. "ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ * ΑΦΙΞΙΣ * 19 ΦΕΒ.30". 103 Flown - Hellas: FF-79B.
Lot #1488 - greece - first flights first flights
15.4.1930. Salonica - Bushire (Persia). First Flight on the new itinerary of the England - India Line by Imperial Airways. Registered air cover to Bushire with boxed violet "PAR AVION JUSQU'A ...." (First Day of Use of this cachet in Salonica) & depart. canc. "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ * ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ * 13.ΙV.1930", arr. "BOUCHIR (ARRIVEE) * 17.IV.30". 24 Flown - Goddard No.94H.
Lot #1489 - greece - first flights first flights
18.5.1930. Salonica - London. First airmail to London on the route India - England by Imperial Airways. Air cover with franking of 3,90drs. (0,90drs. printed matter rate + 3drs. airmail fee) with departure cachet "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ * ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ * 17.V.30" & special boxed violet cachet "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A London". 27 Flown - Hellas: FF-109.
Lot #1490 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*30.JUIL.30" first flight registered cover to "NAPOLI*31.7.30" by AO with air-cachet type 15bA in violet, destination "BELGRAD*2.VIII.30" and returned to sender. All transits cachets. (Hellas FF123J).
Lot #1491 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*4.III.31" first flight cover to "KISUMU-KENYA*10.MR.31" by IA, with commemorative canc. "ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΣΟΥΔΑΝ/ΚΕΝΤΡ. ΑΦΡΙΚΗΣ". (Hellas 139D).
Lot #1492 - greece - first flights first flights
25.5.1931. Karachi - London Line by Imperial airways. First Flight Mirabella Bay (Irakleion) - London. Air cover to London with red commemorative cachet & depart. canc. "ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝ * 24.ΜΑΙ.31" in violet. 75 Flown. Goddard No. 172E.
Lot #1493 - greece - first flights first flights
12.11.1931. Athens - Jannina. First Flight by EEES. Registerede air cover franked with 2x20l. + 2x40l. +5l.+1dr.+3dr. (total: 5,25dr. incl. 1dr. airmail fee), with violet commemorative cachet & depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / 12.ΧΙ.31", arr. "ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ - (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) / 12.ΧΙ.31". Air Arrival cachet in violet on back & special air label (pink/blue) affixed on departure (First Day of Use of the new label). 881 Flown - Hellas...
Lot #1494 - greece - first flights first flights
28.3.1932. Air Crash at Crotone, Italy. Indochina - Greece - Marseilles route by Air Orient. Commercial air cover from Saigon (7.3.1932) to Paris (30.3.1932) with the stamps washed off, handstamped "COURRIER ACCIDENTE" (type CAC1) on arrival. The Corfu to Naples Air Orient seaplane from Corfu to Naples landed at Crotone in bad weather but broke its moorings and was stranded on a beach, the mails being soaked by sea water. Hellas: CF-12.
Lot #1495 - greece - first flights first flights
4.3.1933. Alexandria-Athens by Imperial Airways. "Satyrus" crash mail at Patroclos island. Registered air cover with depart. canc. "ALEXANDRIA / 3-MR.33" & arr. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΦΙΞΙΣ ΣΥΣΤΗΜ. ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / -5.ΙΙΙ.33". The Liner "G ABFC" (Scipio type) was obliged to make a forced landing, due to lack of petrol, on a heavy sea, near Patroclos Island, off cape Sounion. The mail was brought to Athens the same evening. ONLY 3 KNOWN - Hellas:...
Lot #1496 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*19.IV.32" first flight registered cover to Limassol (not arrival cachet) by IA, commemorative cachet "ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΓΚ. ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΚΥΠΡΟΥ" in violet, air-cachet type 6 and air-label type 14A. (Hellas FF235).
Lot #1497 - greece - first flights first flights
9.5.1933. Athens - Kuwait. Imperial Airways England-Greece-India Line. Air cover with violet boxed cachet "ΕΝΑΕΡΙΩΣ / PAR AVION", depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / -9.V.33", arr. "KUWAIT * 11 MAY.33". ONLY 23 FLOWN - Hellas: FF-296.
Lot #1498 - greece - first flights first flights
29.5.1933. Athens - Rome - Friedrichshafen. Return Flight of the Zeppelin Rome-fahrt. Registered cover to England, franked with complete 'Zeppelin' set of 3 (Hellas A5/A7) plus 2x8dr., depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΣΥΣΤΗΜ. ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ / 27.V.33", commemor. connecting AEI cachet in red & Italian connecting cachets of Rome (29.5.33), arr. at Friedrichshafen with special green canc. (30.5.33). ZEIS Certificate (1985). Hellas: FF-293D2a...
Lot #1499 - greece - first flights first flights
10.12.1934. Athens - Waingapoe. First Flight on the England - Dutch East Indies and Australia Service by Imperial Airways (and Qantas Empire Airways - to Australia). IA commemorative cover with special commemorative cachet in blue, depart canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / 10.ΧΙΙ.34", arr. "WAINGAPOE * 27.12.34". Cover returned to Athens on 13.5.35. Only 30 flown - Hellas: FF-349Fa.
Lot #1500 - greece - first flights first flights
"CAIRO*21.AU.36" crash flight "SCIPIO" to "ENGLAND" by IA, crashed at "MIRABELLA BAY*22.8.36" and the mail delivered either by the next IA flight or by rail via "PARIS" to "LONDON" where cancelled with "DAMAGED-BY-SEA WATER" in black type d(SANFORD catalogue), (Hellas CF19).
Lot #1501 - greece - first flights first flights
8.12.1940. Athens - Korytsa by Royal Hellenic Air Force (abandoned at Larissa). Illustr. military PS card with air label (type AL38B), canc. "ΤΑΧ. ΤΟΜΕΥΣ 451 * -8.ΧΙΙ.40", arr. canc. on back "ΚΟΡΥΤΣΑ * -9.Ι.41". Hellas: MF-31.
Lot #1502 - greece - first flights first flights
5.12.1944. O.A.S. military cover to England, canc. on back "FIELD POST OFFICE 776 * 5 DE 44" (Athens) with "Opened by Censor" censorship tape sealed with violet cachet "PASSED BY R.A.F. BASE CENSOR No.29 / 5-DEC.1944". Rare. Hellas: MF-48I.
Lot #1503 - greece - first flights first flights
13.3.1945. Military air cover to Kalimpang, India, franked with Indian 8as., canc. "F.P.O. No 86 / 13 MAR. 45" & violet censorship cachet "PASSED BY CENSOR No 5963", arr. at Kalimpang on 22.4.1945. Hellas: MF-49D.
Lot #1504 - greece - first flights first flights
8.4.1945. British air letter to England, posted free of charge (military), canc. "F.P.O. No 24 / 9 APR. 45" & violet censorship cachet "PASSED BY CENSOR No 3025". Hellas: MF-49C. Text refers, among others, in living conditions in Macedonia ("... locals live in crashed aeroplanes...").
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