EGYPT Flight Covers - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 4656 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal Historye 1914 (22 Jan) Marc Pourpe flight, picture postcard (Omdurman Market) franked with 4m (defective) and tied by Heliopolis cds, addressed to England, message "Greetings by First Flight Aerial Post From the Sudan", with violet "Poste Aerienne Caire-Khartoum/L.N.A. Marc Pourpe 1913-14" cachet, fine and rare card, ex-Garrett (AAMC 4a) (Marc Pourpe took part in an early "Aviation Week" held in 1914, in Heliopolis, near Cairo from January 2 through 12, 1914. While there he made the first airmail flight in Egypt, flying the 1,250 miles from Cairo to Khartoum January 4-12th, with stops in Luxor, Wadi Halfa and Abu Hamed) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 4657 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal Historye 1919 OHMS cover (opened for display), with boxed "Aerial Post E.E.F." handstamp, Army Post Office Ap 19, SZ 11 cds alongside, oval violet "Reception Station / Mustapha", dated "10/4/19", with arrival pmk "Base Army Post Office" Alexandria arrival, plus "Please use this envelope Again" label (torn) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 4658 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal Historye 1925-29 selection of 14 covers or cards, mostly mounted exhibition style on pages, with additional information or collateral material (photos), flights are to or from Egypt, or passed through Cairo during the journey, includes 1925 Baghdad to Cairo registered, 1925 Kano (Nigeria) to Cairo, Return Flight addressed to U.S. General R Ridgway in London, 1929 Zeppelin "Orient Flight" Roessler card to Cairo, 1929 Port Said to Candia (Crete), 1926 Cairo to Baghdad, 1927 Cairo to Karachi, 1927 Alexandria to Basra, 1929 Karachi-London, via Cairo, Cairo to Calcutta, etc., occasional cover flaws or minor toning, mostly fine Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 4659 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal Historye 1937 Imperial Airways, crash cover addressed to Egyptian Consulate Paris with Cairo 28 SE 37 cds, backside with pair of "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES" labels and five line delay cachet applied by the French Post Office, fine (on 1 October 1937, Imperial Airways Short Empire G-ADVC Courtier crashed on landing in Phaleron Bay, Greece due to poor visibility, killing two of 15 on board. It was carrying mail from India, Iraq and Egypt. Most of it was salvaged and turned over to the Greek Post Office for further processing) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 2296 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1925 Experimental Flight from Kano to Cairo, cover franked with 5p and sent to England, where 2p Postage Due was applied, initialed in the corner by Squadron Leader Cunningham, v.f., only 85 covers carried Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 540 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers.1929 (2 Apr) first flight cover from Alexandria to Karachi, India, Cairo transit and arrival pmks, fine Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers.EGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 541 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers.1929 (1 Apr) first flight cover from Alexandria to Calcutta, India, Cairo transit and arrival pmks, fine Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers.EGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 383 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1929 six first flight covers to Chicago, Liverpool, Basra, Candia, Athens and Basel, departure cities Heliopolis, Alexandria, Port Said, mixed condition, mostly fine Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 384 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1931 selection of nine, mostly different first flight covers from Cairo and Port Said to Kampala, USA, Mwanza, Khartoum, Nairobi and London, all with appropriate cachets and markings, one with some toning, others fine-v.f. Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryEGYPT Flight Covers |
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 Lot 313 - EGYPT Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers1929 (1 Apr) first flight cover from Alexandria to Calcutta, India, Cairo transit and arrival pmks, fine Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and CoversEGYPT Flight Covers |
