1931 - Stamp Auctions
Lot 583 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT London-Kampala Uganda, GV 2 x 1d & 2x 2½d tied with London F.S. 27 Feb 1931 machine wavy line cancel & London F.S. Airmail cds cancels on Map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Kampala. On reverse Imperial Airways Airways House cachet in purple & Kampala Uganda 9 March receiving. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £18.40) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 555 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT London-Mwanza Tanganyika, GV 2d x 2 4d, ½d 1d & 1½d tied with Winchester Hants cds 26th Feb 31 cancels. Addressed to The British Vice-Consul Stanleyville Belgium Congo, on Map of Africa llust cover. Reverse shows Mwanza 10 Mar 31 transit, Tabora 13 Mar transit, Kigoma 16 Mar transit & Stanleyville 27 3 31 receiving. Slightly soiled on front but with mutiple GV issues & transit marks on reverse combine to make this a very scarce cover. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £43.20) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 557 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT Sudan-Mwanza, 10mils Air & 2p Air (SG48-49) of Sudan tied with Khartoum 2 3 31 cds cancel. First Flight Khartoum to Mwanza cachet on map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Mwanza. (Written in pencil on front 342 flown). On reverse Mwanza 10 Mar 31 receiving. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £22.40) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 576 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT London-Butiaba Uganda, GV ½d x 2 & 6d tied with London F.S. 27 Feb 1931 cds cancels on Map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Butiaba. On reverse Kampala Uganda 9 March transit & Butiaba 12 March receiving. (Butiaba was a scheduled stop but due to mechanical problems the flight did not land & continued onto Kampala. The Batiaba mail was then collected & flown in on the first return journey arriving on the 12th. So this cover was flown on the first southbound & first northbound flight). {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £32.80) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 569 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT London-Mwanza, GV 6d & 1d tied with London WC 27 Feb 1931 machine way line cancel (Not Foreign Section). Addressed to Germiston South Africa, on Map of Africa llust cover. Manuscript 'Please forward from Mwanza'. Reverse shows Mwanza 10 Mar 31 receiving. Fine & clean cover. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £38.40) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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 Lot 593 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT Philadelelphia USA-London-Kampala Uganda, USA 5c Roosevelt tied with Philadelphia Dec 22 1930 cancel (paying surface mail to UK). Where GV 10d applied & cancelled with London F.S. single ring cds 31 Dec 1930. Then GV 1d & 6d applied to pay air mail to Uganda cancelled with standard London F.S. Airmail cds. 27 Feb 1931 on Map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Entebbe with via London added in red ink. On reverse Kampala Uganda 9 March receiving & Entebbe 9 March. Vertical crease clear of stamps & slightly soiled. Very SCARCE. (image available) {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £54.40) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 580 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT Egypt-Kisumu Kenya, 20mils x 2 of Egypt, tied with Cairo 4 3 31 cds cancels. On map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Kisumu. Kisumu Kenya 10 Mar 31 receiving. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £22.40) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 564 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT London-Mwanza Tanganyika, GV 1½d x 2 & 1d x 4 (this being an irregular Control L18 block) tied by London F.S. wavy line machine cancel plus two strikes of London FS rubber cancel on Map of Africa llust cover. Addressed to Mwanza. Reverse shows Imperial Airways Airways House cachet in purple & Mwanza 10 Mar 31 receiving. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £18.40) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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Lot 585 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT London-Kampala Uganda, GV 2d & 5d tied with Bordon Hants 25 Feb 1931 cds cancels on Map of Africa illust cover. Addressed to Port Bell (Kampala). Redirected first to Daressalaam and then Stoke Newington. On reverse Kampala Uganda 9 March receiving. Entebbe 17 April, Mwanza 22 April & Darassalam 27 April transit marks. {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £27.20) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
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 Lot 556 - General - Imperial Airways 1931 - UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsLONDON-EAST AFRICA 1ST FLIGHT Egypt-Mwanza, 27mils Air plus a further 5 face different issues of Egypt tied with Alexandria 4 3 31 cds cancels. Registered stationary cover from Jean A Frangakis addressed to Cape Town South Africa. Red registration label middle left. Small boxed Air Mail cachet. Unclaimed cachet & Retour cachet all on front. On reverse Alexandria 4 Mar 31 cds x 2, Mwanza 10 Mar 31 transit, Daresalaam registered 14 3 31 & Cape Town returned 8 4 31. Plus boxed Retour cachet. Some minor creasing to top edge. A very interesting cover which tells a story & probably unique. (image available) {C} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £109.60) UPA UPA Sale #86 worldwide CollectionsGeneral - Imperial Airways 1931 |
