| 81 | NAVAL CONCESSION RATE: 1797-1804 Trio of covers ex Portsmouth inc. Sailor's concession rate E (faults) ex HMS 'Ramilles' to the Packhorse Inn, Lowwood, Lincs.,with officer's countersignature and 1d charge; also an officer's letter ex 'L'Oiseau' off the Isle of Wight, charged '1/4' plus 1804 soldier's E ex Sunderland charged at full 7d rate. Also (1864) unclaimed concessionary rate cover (faults, opened out) posted in Ireland to Curragh Camp then redirected several times around India, returning to Chatham some 8 months later - India boxed UNCLAIMED, DEAD LETTER OFFICE cds and unusual oval-framed MD in red. (4 items). | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 82 | FRENCH INVASION OF SPAIN, 1823: Group of six letters, in French, from an agent in Perpignan to the British Consul in Paris, containing detailed reports of military action during the French suppression of Spanish Republicanism and restoration of the Monarchy; written between 28.May and 24.October, the letters cover the main Occupation period and mention the siege of Figueras, battles at Tarragona & Urgel, naval blockade, treatment of prisoners etc. Normal civilian mail postal marks. A fascinating insight into this little-known episode. (6 items) | £120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 83 | MEYWAR FIELD FORCE: 1837 EL to Scotland endorsed "Via Bombay" with a fair example of the "P.O. MEYWAR/F.FORCE" mark. Late use of same. Contents not particularly interesting. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 84 | SECOND TURKO-EGYPTIAN WAR - THE SYRIAN CAMPAIGN, 1840: EL addressed to Ireland and written on board HMS 'Asia' at Mytilene with interesting contents inc. "we are now under orders for Syria..." and mentions going via Cyprus; disinfection slits and Malta lazarette h.s. on reverse. Scarce campaign mail. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 85 | CRIMEAN WAR - BALTIC FLEET: 1854 E ex Weston super Mare, franked with 2d Blue & 6d embossed (cut to shape) tied by blurred numeral cancellations of Weston, endorsed 'Baltic Fleet' and addressed to an officer on HMS 'Basilisk'; filing fold and slight grubbiness but a scarce item of mail to the Baltic Fleet at the 8d rate. PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 86 | CRIMEAN WAR: 1854 (29 June) EL with extensive cross-written contents addressed to London with (on flap) black circular "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" datestamp. Cover faults but a good early date for mail ex the British P.O. in the Crimea. PHOTO.. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 87 | GENERAL JOUBERT; 1881 (16.May) Letter on British Government notepaper, addressed from Heidelberg to Major Sir Redvers Buller: The Cart horses having given up, we are obliged to proceed on horseback. Will you kindly be ready in an hours time? written in General Joubert's hand, with fine signature. Also a PPC of the General, another of General Buller's VC feat and a group of scarce Boer War cigarette cards (Faulkner) showing photographic scenes (7) plus 4 of contemporary Society ladies. (14 items) | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 88 | BOER WAR - OFFICERS' LETTERS: Group of letters, 1900-01, mainly to the UK, from British officers serving in Africa inc. long letter to his wife from Colonel Percy Browne at Tafel Kop (May 1901) inc. details of impending attacks on Boers, troop movements and similar indiscretions! Also a CGH card concerning correct postal address, stampless letter concerning the bad press of a British concentration camp & purchase of postage stamps, letter from Middelburg to the writer's father commanding RHG at Knysna and four others. (8 items). | £160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 89 | BOER WAR: Interesting group of covers inc.1899 Boer field-post stampless cover to Newcastle endorsed In Commando dienst with 3-line 'P.K.NewCastle/Z.A.R./9 Dec 1899' receipt mark, another (1900) from Daniels Kuil to Green Point with OAS endorsement, Danish postcard to a prisoner at Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon with mainly fine Camp cachet and 1900 stampless field post E to UK (faults) with officer's countersignature but charged 1d due on arrival (4 items). | £80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 90 | BOER WAR - OFFICER'S LETTERS: March-October 1901 correspondence from 2nd Lt. Harold Davies (Connaught Rangers) to his parents in Ireland from Albert Junction, Bieste-Kraal, Burghersdorp, Rietfontein, Dreifontein Hill etc. with much detail about troop activity inc. attack on 'Fonchee's Commando' and mail arrangements including 'kaffir scout' mail to Aliwal. Most envelopes endorsed 'No stamps available' and with London PAID cds. (10 items) | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 91 | WWI/WWII MISCELLANY: WWI items inc. 1917 scarce APO S47 skeleton, two covers from US troops in Germany, 1918-19, 1915 Red Cross cover ex Alexandria etc. Strength in WWII covers inc. Palestine group (10) with good variety of FPOs & censors, inc. air frankings, India (8) inc. 'B-' cancellations, redirected, Naval censors and Irish bilingual 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' , S.Rhodesia cover (1942) etc. Inspection recommended. [Ex Cornelius] (30 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 92 | WAZIRISTAN FIELD FORCE - 3rd AFGHAN WAR, 1920: OAS env. with 35th Sikhs crest used from Landi Kotal near the Khyber Pass to S.Africa with IFPO No. 150 cds of 28. Feb. 1920 enclosing original letter which mentions the Amritsar Riots and the flurry of excitement linked to the regiment's possible transfer to Ali Masjed, also enclosed are six annotated photographs mentioned in the text, showing Sikh soldiers, Afghan traders and the stunning scenery. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 93 | WWII - R.A.F. CENSORSHIP: An extensive study housed in a small carton with covers arranged by censor type and number, inc. good group of Base censors (25) well written-up and a large quantity of covers organised by type from R1-R19 most with fine strikes and covering a wide range of operational areas with emphasis on Egypt, W.Africa and India. Also a printed listing of types with analysis etc. Superb basis for further development. (100s) | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 94 | WWII - PRISONER OF WAR MAIL - U.K. CAMPS: Good lot of WWII letter-sheets from German or Italian POWs held in the UK (33) with wide variety of Camps noted, the only obvious duplication being 115 St. Columb (5), others inc. 81 Pingley Farm Brigg, 50 Garswood Park Wigan, 92 Bamton Road Tiverton etc. Also POW Camps in India (3), Egypt & Belgium plus a few WWI examples inc. UK Camps at Towcester & Leigh, French transit camps etc. Useful lot.(50 items). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 95 | WWII - WEST INDIES: Rare POST OFFICE/MARITIME MAIL/POSTAGE PAID [Goldup F1] on Naval OAS airmail cover ex Bermuda - attractive. [Two similar items were sold by Cavendish in 1996 for £170 and £120)]. Also several censored items inc. Bermuda PC102 label on US E, fine cachet of Nassau RAF Station 111 on official E to UK plus incoming EL ex London discussing RAF mail service, Jamaica E with fine DB/263 label etc. (8 items0. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 96 | RED CROSS WELFARE OFFICER INDIA & MALAYA, 1945: Box-file containing archive relating to Lieutenant (Miss) E.Gibbon of Newcastle on Tyne, working as a Red Cross officer in Malaya, India & Norway 1945-46 inc. movement orders, tickets, receipts, negatives, correspondence etc. Scope for research. (Qty) | £120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 97 | BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE: Extensive range of post-1945 Forces covers to the 1980's ex BAOR with an excellent spread of FPO cancellations between 128 & 996, Foreign Military Missions inc. China, Australia & Greece, British red Cross E (1946), Signals cover, etc. (Approx. 130). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 98 | MISCELLANY: 1895 Chitral Field Force cover (faults) to UK with 2a6p stamp cancelled by fine and scarce 'FPO 1/No.1a' cds used on the NW Frontier during the siege of Chitral; also scarce ½a wrapper with fine 'FPO 1/No.5a' arrival ds. In addition, a group of covers etc. c1925-30 with various Field Post marks used during exercises and manoeuvres in the UK inc. 'EXPERIMENTAL STATION/PORTON SALISBURY' h.s.. Also WWII Red Cross message sheets to Guernsey (2), from German national in UK to Berlin plus various enquiry forms etc. Useful lot. (20 items). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | MISCELLANY INC. WWII INDIA: Box of ephemera, covers etc. relating to one man's RAF service in India during WWII inc. programmes, menus, magazines, photographs,air-letters, bills etc. Also an unconnected group of military letters & cards inc. set of fine chromo illustrations of uniform c1880s (12), 1843 Chelsea Hospital petition, Eighth Army souvenir silk square etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 100 | WORLDWIDE MISCELLANY: Useful group of (mainly) pre-WWII air covers inc. early USA, 1927 Vienna-Marseille FFC, 1936 Austria Pfingstflug card, Hungary 1932 'Justice' flight card dropped by parachute plus 1925 Budapest air show card, Belgium 1935 pair to/from Congo, Swiss Gordon Bennett Race card, Macao FFC pair etc. (19 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 | COMMONWEALTH MISCELLANY: Group of 9 useful pre-WWII flown covers inc. 1934 Australia-PNG pair (one with Kingsford-Smith set, Papua 1s 3d opt and two reg'n labels) plus a third, 'home-made' example with Papua 2d plus 6d Air; N.Zealand 1931 FFC to Wellington with 3d & 4d air values plus (1934) 'Trans-Tasman' 7d and others on dual-franking cover, 1933 Calcutta-Karachi FFC etc. Also a quantity of modern covers, cut-outs etc.(Qty) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 102 | MISCELLANY: China - attractive 1930 internal flight cover with lilac label and 15c airmail stamp plus 4c 'junk'; Trinidad & Tobago 1930 air cover to UK with KGV 1/- pair cancelled at Trinidad and air label deleted by purple bars; Poland 1934 Warsaw-Berlin FFC with LOT cachets plus 1925 card to Danzig (German 2-line h.s.) with 3 different L.O.P.P. labels. (4 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 103 | MISCELLANY: Attractive 1937 Hong Kong - San Francisco FFC with KGV $3 plus 5c, also reg'd Shanghai - USA leg cover with two different cachets; in addition, 1931 cover & card from the 'Graf Zeppelin' Polar Flight with all four values of the special imperf. stamp issue and 'Malygin' cachets plus 1948 Egypt FFC. Good lot. (5 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 104 | MISCELLANY OF EARLY FLIGHTS: Group of covers inc. scarce WWI French E ex military nurse with s/l COURRIER PAR AVION, 1916 E with 'SERVICE DE L'AVIATION' cachet, 1920 Paris-London air express cover (faults) plus two others with Guynemer labels, 1924 Syria reg'd E with 1924 opt set carried Baghdad-Cairo by air, Italy 1917 Turin-Rome flight (2, both directions) plus Naples-Palermo 'Idrovolante' cover etc. (12 items) | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 105 | AFRICAN AIRMAILS: 1931 env. carried on the 1st flight of Wilson Airways from Nairobi to Kisumu. 1931 (14 Dec) env. carried on the first experimental flight from Kampala to Cape Town. and two others. (4 covers). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 106 | ASIA - 1st FLIGHT COVERS - MOSTLY BY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: 1931-33 A small selection of covers carried mostly by Imperial Airways inc 1929 1st Croydon to Karachi flight x 3 with two being special illustrated envs. 1933 1st London to Calcutta 1933 1st London to Singapore x 2 and 1933 London to Akyab x 2. (10 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 107 | AUSTRALIAN- 1st FLIGHTS: 1931-34 selection of 1st flight (some illustrated) covers inc. 1931 (3 April) Imperial Airways 1st England to Australia with boxed "FIRST AIRMAIL/BURMA-AUSTRALIA" violet cachet. 1931 1st "All the Way" flight from Australia to UK. 1931 2nd "All the Way" flight from Melbourne to London. 1931 1st return flight from UK to Tasmania x 2 and printed "Faith in Australia" env carried from Australia to N.Z. 1st flight. (15 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 108 | AUSTRALIA: 1931-34 group of flown covers inc. 1931 (16 May) Return Flight of Imperial airways second experimental air mail cover addressed to Singapore, 1931 First "All the Way" flight cover to Colwyn Bay bearing Kingsford-Smith 6d block of four including the re-entry (SG.123a), 1931 cover carried on the 2nd experimental flight ex the UK to Australia, etc. (16). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 109 | AUSTRALIA: 1931-34 selection of covers carried on various Australian flights inc. 1931 1st All Australian Air Mail Xmas greetings flight. 1931 1st England to Australia Imperial Airways flight.covers x 3. 1934 Royal Dutch Airlines cover carried on the London to Melbourne Air race.1934 1st Australia to N Z special illustrated "Faith in Australia" cover. (11 covers plus one with a stamp removed). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 110 | CANADA: 1924-27 selection of covers (7) with 1924 (1st. Oct) printed env carried on the 1st Saskatchewan airmail from Esteven to Winnipeg flight with special printed label. 1925 env from Larder Lake to New Jersey with printed Laurentide Air Service label. 1924 env to St. Laubert franked with a similar label tied by a large violet oval "LAURENTIDE AIE SERVICE/ltd/AIR MAIL/LARDER LAKE, ROUYN/FIRST WINTER FLIGHT/1924" cachet. Also a unused Laurentide label. 1926 (26 May) env from Red Lake to East Orange with a fine Elliot Fairchilds Air Service label. 1926 (12 Aug) env from Rouyn to Montreal with a fine Elliot Fairchild label. 1926 env from Chicago to East Orange with a Patricia Airways label and 1927 (19 May) env from Red Lake to Ontario with a fine Western Canada Airways.label. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 111 | CHICHESTER, FRANCIS: 1931 (13 July) cover flown from Mati (Davao) to Ormoc (Leyte) bearing Philippines 16c adhesive flown on a section of the Francis Chichester flight from New Zealand to Japan, endorsed "Via Air Mail" in blue crayon & signed by Chichester to lower right hand corner of the cover. PHOTO. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 112 | CRASH MAIL - 1929 - 'CITY OF ALEXANDRIA' & 'CITY OF ATHENS': 1929 (Oct.) env. from Croydon to India bearing partly very fine "CROYDON-KARACHI/7 DAY MAIL" red cachet initially flown on the sea-plane 'City of Alexandria' to Mersa Matruh (Egypt) where upon coming down to refuel it collided with a buoy and sustained damage after which the passengers & mail were transferred to the 'City of Athens' which, whilst trying to take off, hit a reef and dam ged its hull whereupon the saturated mail was again off-loaded, this time on to the 'City of Baghdad' for (successful!) onward transmission. The env. is endorsed in m/s 'Recovered from Air Mail Seaplane which/was forced down off North African coast'. A scarce cover. Sanford 291026 type a and illustrated on p. 33 of his book. [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | CRASH MAIL - 1932 CITY OF BASRA & CITY OF DELHI/CITY OF CAIRO: Env. from Cape Town to Germany carried on the 1st S. Africa to London flight by the City of Basra which crashed at Salisbury, the mail was transferred to the second flight by City of Delhi for onward transmission this was forced down at Broken Hill, Rhodesia, the mail was again transferred to the the third flight by the City of Baghdad which left seven days later from Cape Town. No cachets were applied. 1931 (3 April) printed 1st Australia Airmail env. from London to Port Darwin carried part of the way on the City of Cairo which crashed at Kupang, Timor. Also a plain cover carried on the same flight. Sanford 310419 type a and 32019B & 32019C. [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 114 | CRASH MAIL - 1935 CITY OF KHARTOUM: Env. from Calne to Cairo with OHMS label (detached) with m/s "Damaged at Khartoum" error, 1935 env. ex UK to Cairo with boxed trilingual "DAMAGED IN TRANSIT" h.s.; also 1935 env. to Calcutta without cachets. Sanford 351231c.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 115 | CRASH MAIL - 1936 'ATHENA': 22nd Sept. env. from London to Sydney with explanatory printed note dated 8th October from G.P.O. in Sydney incorrectly stating that the 'Athena' had been destroyed by fire on 29th August. Also 1936 (21 Sept.) env. ex Rhyl to Sydney affixed to which is another example of the same note but with the date of destruction altered in red to '29 Sep.'. Sanford 360929 types j & k. (2 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson].PHOTO. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 116 | CRASH MAIL - 1936 - 'SCIPIO' - MAIL FROM INDIA: 1936 (17 Aug.) env. from Calcutta to London bearing (on back) a very large violet "DAMAGED BY SEA" h.s. plus a typed message giving details of the wreck, env. of same date ex Bombay to England with (on reverse) a good "DAMAGED-BY/SEA WATER" h.s., further env. of the same date from Chimbura to Scotland bearing a fine example of the same h.s., yet another env. of the same date but this time ex Simla to Camberley bearing not only a larger version of the same wording but also m/s note concerning the wreck, 1936 envs. both from Calcutta to London with good "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachets in red (on front) & black (on reverse) respectively and 1936 env. registered ex Cawnpore to Leicester having a red "DAMAGED/BY WATER" h.s. Sanford 360822 types cc, d, e, f, g, o & y. (7 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 117 | CRASH MAIL - 1936 'BOADICEA': 24 Sept. env. (forwarded within a Mount Pleasant 'ambulance' env.) addressed to Lahore (then in India) with a duplicated label reading "The accompanying packet which was/washed ashore on the coast of England/was apparently conveyed by the Imperial/Airways Airplane "Boadicea" which left/Croydon on the 25th September and failed/to arrive at Paris./The inconvenience occasioned is/regretted./Returned Letter Section,/Mount Pleasant,/E.C.1.". This env. was apparently recovered at Dymchurch, Kent on 10 Nov. Sanford 360925 types d & h. [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 118 | CRASH MAIL - 1937 'CYGNUS': 1937 (20 Nov.) env. from Auckland to Birmingham bearing a very fine boxed violet "DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER" cachet, further examples thereof on 1937 (29 Nov.) Indian 4a blue postal stationery postcard ex Gaya to Worthing & on env. to Edinburgh the latter also having fair boxed "Timbre-poste perdu/en transit/Postage Stamp lost/in transit" h.s. plus (on back) two pieces of tape inscribed "G. [crown] R./Found open or damaged/(Arrivé ouvert ou avarié/and officially secured./et remis en état)", more of the same tape on reverse of 1937 env. to London which also has a different version of the afore-mentioned cachet and a photocopy of a contemporary newspaper article re. mail recovered from the 'Cygnus' plane wrecked at Brindisi on 5th December, 1937. Sanford 371205 types a, b & s plus tapes. (4 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 119 | CRASH MAIL - 1937 -'CYGNUS': 1937 Env. addressed to Boxmoor, Hertfordshire bearing a typed message "POSTED FROM CALCUTTA/ON DEC Ist 1937 AND/DESPATCHED ON THE/'CYGNUS' and also with boxed violet "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT" h.s. below. Sanford 371205 type c. [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 120 | CRASH MAIL - 1937 - 'CYGNUS': Env. addressed to Middlesex with boxed violet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet and (on back) London R.L.S. resealing label, 1937 (29 Nov.) env. registered ex Dharamtala to New York with a similar cachet and extensively sealed round all sides with tape inscribed "Found open or damaged/(Arrivé ouvert ou avarié/and officially secured./et remis en état)", 1937 env. from Madras to Germany with violet "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardée/par accident d'Avion./Priere de ne pas taxer" h.s. + French labels, further 1937 env. this time from Delhi to England bearing boxed violet "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" h.s., another 1937 env. albeit from Bombay to Somerset having a good boxed black "DAMAGED BY WATER" h.s. and (on back) unrecorded "G. [crown] R./GENERAL POST OFFICE/Found open or damaged/and officially sealed" labels. Sanford 371205 types a, d, e, i, k & y plus unrecorded label. ( 5 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 121 | CRASH MAIL - 1937 COURTIER: PPC of Jaffa addressed to Austria together with the Austrian ambulant cover which bears the typed "Die sendung wurde bei einen Flugzeugungluck beschadigt" label dated Oct. 5th with violet "POSTMT/WIEN 1/Abt 8" circular h.s. Scarce. Sanford 371001 type 1 - illustrated on page 133 of his book.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 122 | CRASH MAIL - 1937 COURTIER: Env. from Alexandria to Athens with a clear example of the blue h.s. applied in Greece and with five examples of the circular "TTT" labels on reverse. Scarce. Sanford 371001a.[Ex Harold Wilson]. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 123 | CRASH MAIL - 1937 COURTIER: Env. from Tel-Aviv to Bremen with onion skin "Amtlich verschlossen" label & violet "Aus verurgluck tem flugzeug/durchn asst geborgen" h.s. Sanford 3710001c/j.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 124 | CRASH MAIL - 1938 CALPURNIA: Env. to Timaru with typed "Salvaged from airmail/liner Calpurnia" label & on reverse printed "POST AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT/NEW ZEALAND" with central oval "CHIEF POST OFFICE/TIMARU" d.s. Sanford 381127 s plus an unrecorded label.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 125 | CRASH MAIL - 1939 'CENTURION' - TWO UNRECORDED MISSING LETTER VARIETIES: Env. from Hobart, Tasmania to Dorset bearing a fine "SALVAGED A L/EX-CENTURIA" (sic) h.s. in red (variety missing the letters 'M' & 'I' of what should be 'MAIL') and 1939 (7 June) env. ex Sydney to London with a fine red h.s. reading "SALV GED MAIL/EX·CENTURION" (variety missing the second 'A' in what should be 'SALVAGED'). Sanford 390612 types cc & n varieties. (2 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 126 | CRASH MAIL - 1939 -'CENTURION': 1939 Env. from Rangoon to London with a fair red "SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION" h.s and (on back) two overlapping labels reading "G [crown] R/OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/ RETURNED LETTER SECTION./LONDON POSTAL REGION.", 1939 (12 June) env. also ex Rangoon to London with both red "SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION" and violet boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT" h.s.'s and another (much damaged) env. of unknown origin addressed to Sunderland bearing a red h.s. "ALVAGED MAIL/EX·CENTURION", i.e. with the 'S' missing from what should be 'SALVAGED'. Sanford 390612 types aa, b, e, y & o. (3 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 127 | CRASH MAIL - 1939 -'CENTURION' - MAIL FROM AUSTRALIA: 1939 (6 June) env. from Melbourne to Surrey franked with a 2d adhesive (another stamp having floated off) tied by a good red large part "SALVAGE[D MAIL]/ EX·CENTURIA" (sic) h.s., 1939 (7 June) env. ex Melbourne addressed to a passenger on board the S.S. 'Ormande' ("Gibraltar" added later) bearing a good "ALVAGED MAIL/EX·CENTURION" red h.s. (i.e. missing the first 'A' of what should have been 'SALVAGED') and env. of same date from Adelaide to Nottinghamshire having a fair "SALVAGED MAIL/EX·CENTURIA" (sic) red h.s. & (affixed to back) printed label reading "G.[crown] R./OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/RETURNED LETTER SECTION./LONDON POSTAL REGION.". Sanford 390612 types cc, o & y. (3 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 128 | CRASH MAIL - 1939 -'CENTURION' - UNRECORDED USE OF 'OFFICIALLY SEALED' TAPE: 1939 (7 June) env. from Melbourne to London bearing a fine example of the red "SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION" h.s. with reversed 'D' variety and (affixed to back) parts of four pieces of brown sealing tape together reading "G. [crown} R./found open or damaged/Arrivé ouvert ou avarié/and officially secured./et remis en état." tied by "LONDON F.F.S./9" double-ring c.d.s. and env. of same date also ex Melbourne to London with 5d Australian adhesive still present tied by fine machine slogan cancellation & also having a fine red "SALVAGED MAIL/EX·CENTURION" h.s. Sanford 390612 types a & d plus unrecorded tape. (2 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 129 | CRASH MAIL - 1939 LOCKHEED ELECTRA G-AESY: Env. from Manchester to Stockholm with a typed note in Swedish from the Postmaster at Malmo explaining the reason for delay; plus an envelope from London to Oslo with a typed note in Norwegian ref the delay from the Postmaster at Oslo. Nierinck 390815b/d. (2).[Ex Harold Wilson] | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 130 | EUROPEAN NIGHT FLIGHTS: 1928 env carried on the 1st night flight from Stockholm to London. 1929 env carried on the 2nd night flight from Stockholm to London. 1930 (April) cover carried on the 1st London to Brussels night flight. 1930 May) env carried on the 1st London to Berlin night flight. (4 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 131 | FRANCE: Useful group of covers inc. attractive 1923 Rouen Meeting cover with set of 6 labels to the scarce 5fr, 1939 Montpelier-Marseille FFC, various colonial items inc. Martinique 1945 Victory issue (2) on commercial cover to USA, Senegal, Cameroun, AEF etc. (19 items) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 132 | FRANCE:1925 (30 June) A special printed card carried on the experimental airmail flight by R Bajac from London to Paris. Also a similar card flown from Paris to London. Both are pilot signed. Fine. PHOTO. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 133 | GREAT BRITAIN - CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER REPORT OF MR LUNARDI'S ASCENT IN HIS AEROSTATIC MACHINE: 1784 (16 Sept.) detailed 15" column report in a complete issue of the "General Evening Post" of this historic event at the Artillery Ground, Moorfields, the previous day. A rare survivor.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 134 | GREAT BRITAIN - DAILY GRAPHIC BALLOON CARD: 1907 (12 Oct.) printed Daily Graphic Balloon card addressed to Hull with "TOSSE" c.d.s., triangular "SW/3" & "2D/iS/L" cancellation. A little spotted.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 135 | GREAT BRITAIN - 1911 WINDSOR FLIGHTS: The small group including an example of the dull brown card bearing 1⁄2d adhesive addressed to Blair Atholl with fine pictorial "1901: TEN YEARS: 1911//PROGRESS/With the Compliments of/F.HEDGES BUTLER/Founder of the /ROYAL AERO CLUB" on reverse plus 5 other cards (two defective) & an envelope (address partially excised) in various colours to varied English addresses. (7). PHOTO. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 136 | GREAT BRITAIN - STAMP COLLECTING AERIAL SOUVENIR: 1918 (10 Dec.) Mulready design card issued by Stamp Collecting magazine & flown from France to the UK with "ARMY POST OFFICE/S20" c.d.s.[Ex Harold Wilson] | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 137 | GREAT BRITAIN - PROVINCIAL AND NORTH EASTERN AIRWAYS 1st FLIGHT COVERS: 1933 (25 Nov) A group of covers with special vignettes flown on the 1st Provincial Airways flights from London to Southampton, Southampton to Plymouth (pilot signed), Plymouth to London (pilot signed), Southampton to London (pilot signed), Plymouth to Southampton and London to Southampton to Plymouth. Also an unused pane of four vignettes. 1938 (Oct) covers with relevant North eastern Airways vignettes flown on the 1st Leeds to London, Doncaster to London, Bradford to London, Perth to London and Newcastle to London flights.(12 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 138 | GREAT BRITAIN - INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES LTD. - "THE WESTERN AIR EXPRESS": 1933 A selection of covers all bearing special Western Air Express vignettes tied by various h.s. carried on various 1st flights with 24-8-33 Plymouth to London experimental flight, 26-8-33 Plymouth to London, London to Portsmouth, London to Plymouth x 2 with one pilot signed, Southampton to London, Portsmouth to London and 1-9-33 London to Plymouth. Also a printed time table. A fine lot. (9 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 139 | GREAT BRITAIN - PROVINCIAL AIRWAYS LTD. AND NORTH EASTERN AIRWAYS !st FLIGHTS: 1933 (Nov) A selection of plain covers bearing special Provincial Airways vignettes carried on the 1st Southampton to Plymouth, London to Plymouth and return, Plymouth to London and Southampton to London flights. 1938 North Eastern Airways plain covers with relevant vignettes carried on the 1st Leeds to London, Doncaster to London, Bradford to London, Perth to London (pilot signed) and Newcastle to London flights. (10 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 140 | GREAT BRITAIN: Group of (mainly) KGV period covers inc. GWR FFCs (two different 3d labels noted), 1933 Western Air E with label, similar Provincial Airways, 3 items with different back-stamps advertising the 'All-Up' scheme etc. (16 items) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 141 | GREAT BRITAIN - 1st FLIGHTS:1933-38 A selection of covers (14) carried on various 1st flights inc. 1933 Western Air Express 1st London to Plymouth (pilot signed) and Plymouth to London, both with special vignettes. 1933 Provincial Air Service cover with vignettes carried on Southampton to Plymouth , Southampton to London x 2 and Plymouth to London. 1934 Highland Airways Inverness to Kirkwall x 3 inc. one with special vignette and Kirkwall to Inverness with special vignette. Also two unused North Eastern Airways vignettes. (18 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 142 | GREAT BRITAIN: 1933 env carried by International Airlines on the 1st London to Plymouth flight, pilot signed and bearing special vignette. 1937 (23 Nov) envs x 2 different printed types carried on the 1st Allied Airways flight from Aberdeen to Shetland and a plain env carried on the 1st Shetland to Aberdeen flight. 1948 BEA Helicopter service illustrated covers (7) and a plain cover carried on various stages. (12 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 143 | GREAT BRITAIN - HIGHLAND AIRWAYS:1934 (1 Dec) a series of covers carried by Highland Airways with two types of illustrated covers carried on the 1st Inverness to Wick flight, one bearing a vignette. Two covers (one illustrated) flown on the 1st Wick to Inverness flight. An illustrated cover carried on the 1st Kirkwall to Wick flight and a plain cover flown in the reverse direction. (6 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 144 | GREAT BRITAIN - RAILWAY AIR SERVICES - COVERS DATED 20 AUGUST 1934 AND FLOWN THAT DAY:1934 (20 Aug) A selection of RAS covers flown on the 1st Bristol to Birmingham, London to Liverpool, Liverpool to Plymouth, Liverpool to Cardiff, Liverpool to Birmingham x 2, Glasgow to Manchester and Glasgow to Belfast flights. (8 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 145 | GREAT BRITAIN - RAILWAY AIR SERVICE 1st AND LAST FLIGHT COVERS: 1934 (21 Aug) special RAS envs carried on the 1st Birmingham to London, Birmingham to Manchester, Birmingham to Glasgow & Glasgow to London flights. 1934 (1 Nov) plain covers carried on the 1st Liverpool to Glasgow and Liverpool to London flights. 1934 (30 Nov) plane covers flown on the last Belfast to Liverpool and Liverpool to Glasgow flights. (8 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 146 | GREAT BRITAIN - RAILWAY AIR SERVICES: 1934 group of covers flown on 20th/21st August with a wide range of different routes in evidence. One (Birmingham-Southampton) is pilot signed. (27).[Ex Harold Wilson] | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 147 | GREAT BRITAIN - RAILWAY AIR SERVICES: 1934 (August to November) The selection of RAS flown covers with 20th August 1st flights from Bristol to Liverpool, Bristol to Plymouth, Bristol to Southampton, Bristol to Cowes, Bristol to Teignmouth, Bristol to Douglas, Bristol to Cardiff, Plymouth to Cardiff, Glasgow to Liverpool, Glasgow to Cardiff, Birmingham to Manchester, Liverpool to Birmingham and then onward by Highland Airways to Orkney, Birmingham to Cowes, Birmingham to Douglas, Douglas to Cardiff, Douglas to London, Southampton to Cardiff, Manchester to Belfast, Manchester to Glasgow and Liverpool to Manchester. 21st August Glasgow to Cowes, 1st November Liverpool to Glasgow, Liverpool to Belfast & Manchester to Belfast. 2nd November Glasgow to Liverpool x 2. (27 covers). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 148 | GREAT BRITAIN - RAILWAY AIR SERVICES- COVERS DATED 20 AUGUST 1934 AND FLOWN ON THAT DAY: 1934 (20 Aug) A selection of printed RAS covers dated 20th Aug 1934 and flown that day, with Belfast to Glasgow, Belfast to Bristol, Belfast to Southampton, Belfast to London, Belfast to Manchester, Birmingham to Bristol, Birmingham to Cardiff, Birmingham to Liverpool, Birmingham to Teignmouth, Birmingham to Plymouth, Bristol to Birmingham, Cardiff to Liverpool, Cardiff to Teignmouth, Glasgow to Belfast, Liverpool to Plymouth, Liverpool to Birmingham, Liverpool to Plymouth, London to Liverpool, Plymouth to Birmingham, Plymouth to Teignmouth, Plymouth to Birmingham, Plymouth to Liverpool, Teignmouth to Birmingham, Teignmouth to Liverpool and Teignmouth to Plymouth. (23 covers).[Ex Harold Wilson]. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 149 | GREAT BRITAIN - HILLMAN'S AIRWAYS: 1934 (30 Nov) printed env carried on the 1st London to Liverpool flight with "LONDON/1½d/PAID" red c.d.s as the cover arrived unstamped for posting early in the morning of 1-12-34, pilot signed. 1934 (1 Dec) illustrated env carried on 1st Liverpool to Belfast (pilot signed) flight and plain envs. carried on the 1st Liverpool to Glasgow and Belfast to Liverpool flights. Also 1934 (4 Dec) plain env carried from Glasgow to Liverpool. (6 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 150 | GREAT BRITAIN: Group inc. 1934 (19 Feb.) env. to London with blue "B.I.F., B'HAM TO LONDON" h.s., 1934 (19 Feb.) env. with red "FIRST DESPATCH/BIF TO HOOTON" d.s., 1934 (20 Feb.) env. to Sutton Coldfield with "BR. INDUSTRIES FAIR/B'HAM" c.d.s., 1934 (20 Feb.) env. to Sutton Coldfield with violet "FIRST DESPATCH/SPEKE TO BIF/MIDLAND & SCOTTISH/AIR FERRIES LTD." d.s. (pilot signed), all with relevant Midland & Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. datestamps, 1938 (Oct.) selection of covers with relevant vignettes flown on the 1st flights of North Eastern Airways from Bradford to London (2), Newcastle-London, Perth-London (3), Leeds-London, etc. (11 covers, five unused vignettes & a 1938-39 Winter Timetable for N.E.A.). [Ex Harold Wilson]. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 151 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: 1927-36 group of covers flown by Imperial Airways inc. 1927 (23 Oct.) cover ex Karachi to Scotland via Basrah with circular "BY/AIR", 1929 Rutbah-Karachi with violet cachet, 1929 cover flown over Calcutta and signed by Joan Page (the first British lady pilot of India), 1929 London-Karachi first flight covers (3, one with violet "FIRST FLIGHT/GREAT BRITAIN TO INDIA/VIA/Basle, Rome, Athens, Alexandria, Gaza, Bagdad & Basra), return leg cover ex Karachi to London with circular "BY/AIR", 1929 London-Jodhpur first flight cover bearing PUC low value set, 1929 Karachi-Delhi extension covers (3), 1930 Karachi-Teheran, 1931 Iraklion (Crete)- London via Paris, 1932 Karachi-Madras, 1933 Calcutta-Karachi, 1936 cover ex Egypt to Croydon with violet "HOTEL CECIL/ALEXANDRIA EGYPT/BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION", etc. (38). | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 152 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: Group of covers/cards inc. 1928 (April) programme for the Royal Performance in the presence of the King & Queen of Afghanistan at the London Coliseum flown (!) to Iraq, 1933 "Postjager"card, 1934 covers (2) ex the first & second accelerated flights from London to Singapore, 1936 "CENTAURUS" experimental flight cover, 1937 "CASTOR" cover to Alexandria, 1937 "CAVALIER" covers (2) ex Bermuda to the USA, etc. (14). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 153 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - SOUTH AFRICAN FLIGHTS: Group of covers & cards inc. 1918 Red Cross Aerial Postcard (fault at SE corner) flown from Wynberg to Green Point Common in the Cape Province showing two examples of the circular "AERIAL POST" d.s. (one tying ½d adhesive to card), 1925 postcard flown on the first flight from Durban to Cape Town, 1925 cover flown on the last return flight from Durban to Cape Town, 1925 cover bearing 1d red Air adhesive x 6 and KGV 2d definitive flown from Mossel Bay to Cape Town, 1936 Rose & Bagshaw cover, 1937 inauguration of unsurcharged Empire mail cover signed by Captain F.J. Bailey, flown from London to South Africa, etc. (13). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 154 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - EUROPEAN FLIGHTS: 1924-35 group of flown covers to European destinations inc. 17th June 1924 cover carried on the first flight of the London-Paris-Basel-Zurich route ex Sutton Coldfield to Italy, 1926 cover ex Eire to Egypt with typed "LONDON-BASLE-GENEVA-ZURICH", 1930 cover flown on first regular night service between London & Brussels, 1935 first flight cover from London to Budapest, etc. (6 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 155 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - AUSTRALIAN FLIGHTS: 1931-38 group of covers flown on various legs of the England-Australia service inc. 1931 second experimental flight per "City of Karachi" carried on the Calcutta-Rangoon section, 1931 return leg of same flight with pictorial "VIA THE AIR TRAIL BLAZED BY THE/ROSS SMITH AND COBHAM", 1931 cover flown by Australian National Airways from Croydon Aerodrome to Tasmania, 1931 "City of Coventry" cover ex the UK to Sydney, 1933 first air mail between England & Burma and first return flight from Rangoon, 1933 Sir Alan Cobham "Youth of Britain" cover to Penang, 1933 first return flight of the regular service from Singapore to London, 1934 cover ex Bahrain to Queensland with circular "BY/AIR", remarkable 1938 cover flown from the UK to the Cook Islands which spent some seven years in transit before being returned to Sussex in 1945, etc. (26 covers plus a few "extras"). | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 156 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - SOUTH AFRICAN FLIGHTS: 1931-32 group of covers flown between London & South Africa including 1932 (20 January) cover to Windhoek signed by the Captains of the "Scipio", "City of Bagdad" & "City of Karachi", all three of which were involved in this flight, 1932 (26 Jan.) cover per first return flight flown between Windhoek & Broken Hill, etc. (14) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 157 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - EAST AFRICAN FLIGHTS: 1931 group of covers inc. 28th February first air mail from London to Assuit, 4th March Athens to Aswan leg of the London-Mwanza service with special commemorative cachet,10th March return leg of the London-Mwanza service selection inc. scarce"Africa Sunrise" type, etc. (11) | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 158 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - SOUTH AFRICAN FLIGHTS: 1932-37 group including Jan. 1932 first official air mail cover flown between Salisbury & London, July 1932 cover flown between Karachi & South Africa bearing NZ 1d Map & 4d Air, July 1932 cover bearing a full set of the NZ 1931 Air issue flown between New Zealand & Pietersburg (with violet pictorial cachet), 1932 Basel-Beira, 1934 Blantyre-Salisbury-London, etc. (18 covers plus a few "extras"). | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 159 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA SCOUTS' JAMBOREE COVER: 1934 (8 Dec.) registered cover ex Bugle (Cornwall) to Albury, NSW thence redirected to "Rovers Camp/Scouts Jamboree/Frankston/Vic." bearing seven different GB adhesives (½d x 2, 1d x 2, 1½d x 2 & 1/-). Unusual. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 160 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - FAR EAST FLIGHTS: 1936-37 group comprising 14th March 1936 env. ex London to Hong Kong with two-line "PENANG-HONG KONG/EXTENSION" in red, 27th March 1936 illustrated envelope (showing a view of Hong Kong) to London per first flight from Hong Kong to the UK with violet boxed "FIRST THROUGH FLIGHT/HONG KONG-PENANG-LONDON/VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/27TH MARCH 1936", 3th April 1936 env. ex Cairo to Hong Kong , 22nd Nov. 1936 env. from Swatow to New Zealand &11th June 1937 opened out cover from Shanghai to London with red s/l "VIA HONGKONG AND BY I.A.L.". (5). PHOTO. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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