"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*24.ΝΟΕΜ.26" flight cover to "GALATA (CONSTANTINOPLE)*25.11.26" by AEI, air-cachet type 5A in violet. (Hellas FF23Aii).
Postal & Live Internet Auction 697 General Philatelic Auction
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A. Karamitsos Postal & Live Internet Auction 697 General Philatelic Auction
Postal & Live Internet Auction № 697
General Sale 3 September 2022
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Lot #715 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*24.MRZ.29" first flight cover to "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*30.ΜΑΡ.29" by GF, commemorative canc. "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN / ORIENTFAHRT 1929" in red, first flight with a post office on board the airship. (Hellas FF35A).
Lot #716 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN*22.4.1929" first flight cover to "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*?.ΑΠΡ.29" by GZ Algerian Cruise. (FF 39A).
Lot #717 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
5.10.1929. London - Corfu - Suda Bay (Crete) by Imperial Airways. Air cover to Corfu franked with stamps 6,5d. (2,5d. letter rate + 4d. air fee), canc. "LONDON S.W.1 / 4 OCT 1929", arr. "KEPKYPA * ΑΦΙΞΙΣ * -7-OKT-1929". (21 Flown - Hellas: FF-61).
Lot #718 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
19.10.1929. London - Corfu by Imperial Airways. Air registered cover to Corfu franked with stamps 8,5d. (4,5d. regist. letter rate + 4d. air fee), canc. "IBSTOCK / LEICESTER / 17 OC 29", arr. "KEΡΚΥΡΑ (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) / 21.ΟΚΤ.29". This cover, although not addressed to, probably was carried with the flight for the Mediterranean Fleet at Corfu. (Hellas 62A).
Lot #719 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"LONDON*9.MY.30" first direct flight cover to "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*12.V.30" by IA, handwritten "ΑΦΙΞΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΗ". The route was effected by Orient express until this flight. Only 12 covers flown from London. Rare. (Hellas FF107).
Lot #720 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*20.ΟΚΤ.30" flight cover to "PARIS*24.10.30" via "ZEMUN*22.X.30" by CIDNA, air-cachets type 6 and 12, (Hellas 124C). Rare.
Lot #721 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
24.7.1931. Athens - Galatz. First Flight by LOT. Athens-Salonica-Sofia-Bucharest-Galatz-Lwow-Warsaw-Gdansk line. Registered air cover with depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΣΤ. / 24 ΙΟΥΛ. 31" & arr. canc. "GALATI / CURSA I / 25 IUL. 931". Transported to Salonica by EEES in a closed airmail bag & delivered by the Polishairline to the final destination. Returned to sender. Hellas FF180C.
Lot #722 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
2.5.1932 Thessaloniki-Paris by CIDNA, post card canc. "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*2.V.32", arr. "PARIS*2.V.1932". (Hellas FF238J).
Lot #723 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
6.5.1932. Athens - Vienna. First Flight by Lufthansa via Salonica. Air cover franked with 40l. Landscapes + 1,50dr./5dr. + 1,50dr./5dr., depart. canc. "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / -6.V.32", black boxed "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / PAR AVION", arr. "1/1 WIEN 1 / FLUGPOST / a / -6.V.32". (Hellas FF240B).
Lot #724 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
Register.cover with label "MIT ZEPPELIN/EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA" & cachet "ΕΝΑΕΡΙΩΣ ΔΙΑ ΠΗΔΑΛΙΟΥΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ/MIT LUFTSCHIFFE" fr.25dr.Litho (pair)+10dr.Landscapes+2dr./5dr.1932 ovpt. (Hellas 397+478+513) canc."ΑΘΗΝΑΙ-ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ*10-ΙΧ-32",arr."BERLIN C*11-9-32" (by Lufthansa),then red cachet "BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*7 Sudamerikafahrt 1932/des Luftschiffe/Graf Zeppelin",arr."PERNAMBUCO*29-IX-32". (Hellas FF230A7a).
Lot #725 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*22.IX.32 seventh flight cover to "PERNAMBUCO*29.IX.32" by Graf Zeppelin with all appropriates cachets, commemorative canc. "Anschuβflug zur 7.Sudamerikafahrt 1932 des Luftschiffs", air-cachet type 31bB in violet and air-label type 17. (Hellas FF230A7).
Lot #726 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*5.V.33 first zeppelin flight registered PS to "PERNAMBUCO*9.V.33" by GZ, commemorative canc. "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST*BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*Anschluβflug sur 1.Sudamerikafahrt 1932 des Luftschiffs*Graf Zeppelin" in red and LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN 1.SUDAMERIKAFAHRT 1933" in blue, canc. "MIT LUFTPOST BERLIN C2-LUFTPOSTAMT", air-cachets type 31a in violet, 31bB in red and 12 in black. (Hellas FF293A1).
Lot #727 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
28.8.1935. Athens - Brindisi. Aero Espresso Italiana complete air set on registered cover to USA, commemorating the LAST FLIGHT by AEI. The cover is bearing the AEI air label, has depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΦΙΞΙΣ ΣΥΣΤΗΜ. ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / 28.VIΙΙ.35", black boxed "PAR AVION JUSQUA Brindisi", arr. at Brindisi on 28.8.35, Italian transit ambulant canc. & arr. "LOS ANGELES, CALIF. / REGISTERED / SEP-12-1935". (Hellas 355A).
Lot #728 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*15.ΙΟΥΝ.36" second flight cover to "USA*20.6.36" by Hindenburg Zeppelin with all appropriates cachets, commemorative canc. "EUROPA-NORDAMERIKA*DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST", air-cachet type 31bB in black(last date of use). (Hellas FF372A2). R.
Lot #729 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
Opened printed "PAR-PREMIERE LIAISON/AIR-FRANCE/PARIS-MONTREAL" registered cover with boxed "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ/PAR AVION" fr. with 1800dr. in marginal pair + 300dr. and posted from "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ-ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ*29.VI.50" (wrong month, VI instead of IX), via "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ", "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*1.X.50" and "PARIS*6 10 1950", arr. "MONTREAL*19 OC. 50". Also 2-line exchange cachet "ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ/ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ 3".
Lot #730 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
Olympic Torch flight cover from ATHENS to AUSTRALIA by QA/RAAF, commemorative canc. "OLYMPIA*2.XI.1956" and "XVI OLYMPIAD*MAIN STADIUM MELBOURNE*VIC AUST*22.NOV.1956" on special QA cover. (Hellas 483a).
Lot #731 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
6.5.1959. Athens - Paris: Air France First Flight Cover by Caravelle. (Hellas 505B).
Lot #732 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"HAMBURG-DUSSELDORF-FRANKFURT (MAIN)-MUNCHEN-ATHEN" first flight for LH294 "HAMBURG-ATHEN" (10 May 1959), canc. "BERLIN NW7*27.4.59". (Hellas 507B).
Lot #733 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*14.V.59" first flight cover to "HAMBURG*14.5.59" by LH, commemorative canc. "LUFTHANSA*ΜΕΤΑΦΕΡΘΗ ΜΕ ΠΡΩΤΗΝ ΠΤΗΣΙΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΑΣ*LH 295*ΤΗΝ 14ην ΜΑΙΟΥ" in violet. (Hellas FF508D).
Lot #734 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
2.12.1959: Vienna - Athens - Cairo. First Flight by Austrian Airlines. Two First Flight commemorative covers, first to Athens, second to Cairo, with special commemorative cachets No.1 & No.2 and appropriate arrival cachets. Hellas: FF517A, Netto: 22 & 23.
Lot #735 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
4.4.61 Brussels-Athens: SAB First Flight, arr. "ATHINAI*5.IV.61". (Hellas FF553A).
Lot #736 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
15.5.62. Nairobi-Athens: LH First Flight by B720. (Hellas FF561B).
Lot #737 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
21.12.1962. Athens-Leopodville: SAB First Flight, arr. "ATHINAI". (Hellas FF563A).
Lot #738 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
7.11.63 Athens-Vienna: AUA First Flight by Caravelle VI. (Hellas FF570B).
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