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 Lot 2558 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 21913/24: 10 s. deep blue & olive-green, wmk. Springbok, an unused block of four, sheet marginal at right with interpanneau margin at top, of superb fresh colour, mounted in margins only, with stamps unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 720+.rnrnProvenance: Stanley Gibbons, London, 28-30 June 1978, lot 1109. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 2574 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 21926/27: Ship 1 d. black & carmine, perf. 13½ x 14, an unused example, sheet marginal at left, variety "Watermark Sideways", large part og. A very rare and elusive stamp Gi = £ 2'750.rnrnProvenance: Grosvenor, London, 23-25 May 2011, lot 2773. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Australian States & Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales, St. Helena, Basutoland The ‘BESANÇON’ Collection - Day 2brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 850.00
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 Lot 522 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3Crash Mail 1920: Handley Page Pioneering Flight "Crash" mail, advertising envelope with enclosed letter, sent from Muizenberg to Johannesburg, dated 13th February 1920, flight left Cape Town 15th February 1920 and crashed near Beaufort West, franked with Union of South Africa vertical pair 1 s. covering the air fee of 2s and 1 d. postage, tied by datestamp 13 February, with flight cachet in red "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE" alongside and endorsed "Per Aerial Post", the enclosed note on Marine Hotel headed paper dated 14th February 1920, "First Aerial Post in South Africa - leave C.T. February 15th 1920 Postage 1d plus 2/", a fine and rare example, one of twenty thought to have survived Nierinck 200217. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 400.00
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 Lot 503 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 31926, Imperial Airways survey, first flight London to Cape Town, souvenir postcard, franked with South Africa, 2 d., sent from Cape Town to London, dated 19 February 1926, typed address to the Editor of the Flight magazine, signed by pilot Alan Cobham, with red perforated flight vignette to front tied by the violet oval flight cachet "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON - / CAPE TOWN", fine condition, scarce, especially with typed address. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 400.00
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 Lot 498 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3South Africa 1911: First South African Aerial Post, illustrated Souvenir Post Card, sent from Kenilworth to Mombasa via Muizenberg, flown 27th December 1911, franked to reverse with Cape of Good Hope 1 d. green tied by 'Kenilworth First Flight' datestamp, with Mombasa arrival alongside dated 15 January 1912, to front with 'Kenilworth / Camp' datestamp 23rd December 1911 and 'Muizenberg / Aerial Post' dated 27th December 1911; card flown from Kenilworth to Muizenber then carried surface mail to Mombasa; has heavy vertical filing crease to right side and some minor imperfections, otherwise fine and scarce example. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 150.00
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 Lot 530 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 31945, Crash of Military Aircraft: Registered envelope sent from Army Post Office "37" Turin, Italy to Durban, dated 6th July 1945, franked with pair of 3 d. blue South African postage, envelope and contents are charred from crash fire, the location and nature of which are unknow as aircraft brought down by enemy action were not publicised and military regulations did not permit access to exisiting records, the enclosed letter is from Signaller Oliver to his son and contains four £1 notes (South African Reserve Bank) which remain intact in the envelope, comes with the ambulance envelope OHMS used to deliver the registered letter, again marked by an Army Post Office dated 25 July 1945, the covers, letter and bank notes are written-up on two album pages, scarce assembly. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 150.00
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 Lot 504 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 31926/27: Pioneering Aviation, Marc Bernard and René Guilbaud flight cover, sent from Mwanza to London carried upon the return leg, dated 12th October 1926 and 3rd February 1927 (delay due to engine failure), flown from Mwanza to St. Raphael, franked with a Tanganyika 15 c. tied and signed by pilot in manuscript "By French Sea Plane / Lt Cmdr Guilbaud'' and a France 1 f. 50 c. tied by an arrival datestamp of St. Raphael 8 March 1927, to reverse a mansuscript note "arrived 10th March", fine and rare; a unique item, the only cover carried from Tanganyika back to France and to London.rnRemarks: The French Pilots Marc Bernard and René Guilband departed from Berre, France on 12th October 1926, Bernard reached Majunja, a northern port city in Madagascar on 21nd November 1926, returning via Lake Victoria and the Nile Valley. Guilbaud was delayed at Lokoja, Nigeria for two months awaiting a replacement engine. He then also returned via Lake Victoria and the Nile Valley flying from Albertville to Mwanza between 1st and 3rd February 2927. The aircraft was a Hydravion CAMS 37 GR.rnProvenance: Ex. William Colley Collection. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 300.00
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 Lot 499 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 31918: Red Cross "RAF" Aerial Post Card, "Make Your Sixpence Fly", Johannesburg, South Africa to Ontario, Canada, dated 1st December 1918, franked with a South Africa 1 d. red, tied by special dated postmark "Aerial Post", with a 1 d. Governor General's Fund Label alongside, personal note to reverse, small tear top right, otherwise fine and a rare combination of label on Red Cross Aerial card; thought to be unique to Ontario. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 200.00
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 Lot 505 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 31934, Royal Tour First Flight, signed by Pilots: Durban, South Africa to Limbe, Nyasaland, dated 7 March 1934, franked 5 d. tied by the special event billingual oval cancel datestamp applied by the Post Office attached to the Royal tour train, with the cachet "S.RHODESIA / NYASALAND" in black and "FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL" in violet, signed by pilots on each stage of the flight; G.W. Bellin (Durban to Johannesburg), Captain E.H. Attwood (Imperial Airways Johhannesburg to Salisbury) and the last leg Captain M.H. Philips (Salisbury to Blantyre), a fine example of this scarce cover. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 150.00
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 Lot 500 - brit. colonies south africa - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 31919: Pigeon Post World War I Peace Treaty Celebrations record card and pigeongram message slip, sent locally in Cape Town, dated 2nd August 1919, number '26', including the original small metal clips either side of message (x4) which held the very light weight paper message in place on the pigeon, some creasing and stains/soiling as is usual, very fine otherwise and extremely rare with the metal clips; one of four surviving examples.rnRemarks: The 2nd August 1919 celebrations in Cape Town were a public holiday in South Africa in recognition of the signing of the Peace Treaty at the end of World War I. These celebrations included the release of carrier pigeons with messages of goodwill. The "Pigeon Post" was in aid of the Governor General's Fund and senders of the "Pigeongrams" were required to post their messages for a payment of 2 s. 6 d. Approximately 410 were carried, although very few have survived. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3brit. colonies south africa |
Price: CHF 500.00
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