1925 June 30th first acceptance for London - Berlin flight and then Konigsberg - Riga franked 2\xBDd + 6d defins, tied Empire Exhibition slogan, reverse Berlin & Riga c.d.s's, 1925 Air Union experimental flight by BAJAC Waddon Aerodrome London - Paris special card, adhesives tied Aerodrome pmk.
Sale #155 of Stamps & Postal History
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #155 of Stamps & Postal History
This auction features close to 1941 lots of stamps, covers and postcards .
The auction contains a selection of All World mixed lots followed by an All World stamps and covers from Aden to Zanzibar.
The country lots include a range of Great Britain and commonwealth, Omnibus, Germany & Colonies and much more.
Stamp boxes, Cinderella, Thematics and other collectibles.
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Lot #1694 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1925 March 2nd acceptance for South African Air Force first experimental flight Cape Town - Durban, franked KGV 2\xBDd + 5d, tied Hornsey double ring c.d.s's, another cover for Cape Town - East London, franked 5d defin + 1924 Wembley set, tied London machine cancel, 1925 May 15th all-up first flight London - Malmo cover, bears on reverse 'SERVICES AERIENS/LUFTPOST cachet. (3)
Lot #1695 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1926 March 31st first acceptance for French Toulouse - Dakar service cover from London - Dakar, franked \xBDd + 10d defins, tied London c.d.s's, reverse Dakar receiver, 1927 Jan 6th Acceptance for Imperial Airways first flight Cairo - Basra cancelled by British Industries slogan cancel, Basra receiver on reverse. (2)
Lot #1696 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1929 Dec 21st Imperial Airways first flight London - Delhi & on to Calcutta, scarce because official acceptance for mail was one week later, another but first official mail, another but London - Jodhpur. (3)
Lot #1697 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1929 March 29th Imperial Airways first flight cover London - Alexandria, another official cover for London - Baghdad, registered with 10d defin tied Christchurch, Hants c.d.s, 1929 Aug 9th acceptance for Union Airways internal South Africa first flight Scotland - Cape Town - Johannesburg - Cape Town, scarce round trip double first flight cover then readdressed back to Scotland. (3)
Lot #1698 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1930 Sept 25th first acceptance for KLM Service to Dutch East Indies, London - Batavia, 1931 Dec 9th Imperial Airways Christmas flight London - Cape Town official cover franked \xBDd, 1d & 10d Control singles, tied Bugle, Cornwall c.d.s's, 1932 Jan 20th, first regular service London - Cape Town with Croydon Aerodrome pmk (only 143 of these flown on this leg), another but an official cover with the very rare special letter that Imperial...
Lot #1699 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1932 Jan 20th Imperial Airways first regular service London - Moshi with Croydon Aerodrome pmk (only 39 flown), another for London - Windhoek (only 30 flown), another for London - Limassol (approx 75 flown). (3)
Lot #1700 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1932 Oct 1st Imperial Airways first flight London - Bahrain, Persian Gulf official staff cover (approx 14 flown), 1933 July 1st Imperial Airways first flight extension to Calcutta official cover with Economic Conference pmk & reg label, franked 1d PUC & 10d defin, 1933 Sept 23rd Imperial Airways first flight route extension to Burma, London - Rangoon official cover with Croydon Aerodrome pmk, reverse bears Rangoon cachet, 1933 Dec 9th...
Lot #1701 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1934 Aug 13th KLM first flight Liverpool - Amsterdam (pilot signed), 1936 Feb 9th Imperial Airways first flight London - Kano scarce official cover, 1936 March 14th Imperial Airways first flight London - Hong Kong, franked 6d, tied Hudson's Place c.d.s, reverse Hong Kong c.d.s. & Kowloon c.d.s. (scarce), 1939 May 21st all-up first flight Southampton - Kuwait, stamps tied by East Anglia T.P.O Down pmk, another for England - Basra. (5)
Lot #1702 - postal history airmails - external first flight covers
1936 April 10th Imperial Airways first mail service London - Abecher via Kano scarce company test letter, franked 2d + 4d obverse bears boxed NON RECLAME & boxed RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR & three back stamps. (1)
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