|
161 |
|
WWI/WWII MISCELLANY: Interesting group inc. 1917 POW E with 1d stamp & fine oval cachet of "ALIENS DETENTION CAMP/DOUGLAS I.O.M.", 1915 E ex USA to Uganda with fine framed "PASSED BY/POSTAL CENSOR/MOMBASA" & scarce Mombasa hexagonal Due mark, WWII items with an emphasis on Africa inc. E. Africa A.P.O. items (five with 69 & 87 noted), etc. (15 items).
|
£100 |
|
162 |
|
WWII MISCELLANY: Useful group of covers & cards with variety of censors inc. Naval & RAF types, returned letters (2), Ceylon War contribution labels (2), 1940 Singapore-UK cover front with fine boxed Singapore censor and Patriotic Fund label, forces in India air-letters,Red Cross messages to Channel Islands (2) etc. Also two Korean War items ex FPOs 707 & 740. (61 items)
|
£120 |
|
163 |
|
WWII - U.S. FORCES: Interesting group of covers inc. APO mail from troops in Italy, 1943-44 (5), Casablanca Airport (2), France, UK, Germany & USA - many using attractive 'patriotic' covers. Also Naval cover plus 3 V-mails - one unused, another a pictorial item for Xmas 1944 sent from the Philippines.In addition, two air-drop propaganda items aimed at US troops and (1950) cover to soldier in Korea, returned with VERIFIED DECEASED cachet.(23 items)
|
£100 |
|
164 |
|
WWII BRITISH SERVICE MAIL: Miscellany with emphasis on forces in Egypt with variety of censors, reg'd postcard ex Tripoli with KGVI 2/6d stamp, 'honour' envelopes, RAF (inc. RAFPO 004) and Naval censors etc. Inspection recommended. (44 items) |
£100 |
| ** |
165 |
|
WWII - SOUTH AFRICAN AIR FORCE: Fine group of SAAF stampless covers with an interesting variety of boxed departmental cachets inc. Air Schools at Potchefstroom, Lyttelton, Milner Park, George plus numbers 24, 61 & 69; also various repair depots (5), Alexanderfontein Station, 'Valhalla' etc. (17 items) |
£180 |
| ** |
166 |
|
WWII EAST AFRICA - CENSORED CIVILIAN MAIL: Group of civilian covers to overseas addresses, illustrating a variety of censorship inc. Kampala s/l mark, encircled 'N/Released/9', octagonal '[crown]/PASSED/N/7' tying OBE 'N/158' tape (1945), returned cover with large boxed INSUFFICIENTLY/OR/INACCURATELY/ADDRESSED, various numbered sealing tapes etc. Useful lot. (13 items) |
£150 |
|
167 |
|
WWII - U.S. FORCES IN HAWAII: Well written up study on leaves, illustrating the US presence in the Islands following Pearl Harbor, 1941-444 inc. USAPOs 33, 455, 952, 955, 957, 958 & 960, US Navy covers (13) plus 10 V-mails from or to forces in Hawaii. Useful lot. (34 items)
|
£120 |
|
168 |
|
WWII - US FORCES IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS : Good group of covers ex USAPO 182 (Bomber Squadron), 234, 237 & 244 plus extensive range of items ex APO 246 - all from servicemen stationed at Guam, 1944-45; also six items of US Navy mail from the same region. (34 items)
|
£100 |
|
169 |
|
WWII US FORCES IN NEW CALEDONIA: 1942-45 Mail from US servicemen stationed in New Caledonia inc. range of different USAPO 502 marks and an example of mail ex APO 81, with variety of censor types inc. scarcer numbered 2-ring types (5), two with anti-Japanese cartoons. (13 items)
|
£100 |
|
170 |
|
WWII - NEW CALEDONIA: Two covers from NZEF in New Caledonia with two different types of NZAPO 150 marks (codes 7 & 10) and triangular censor h.s. Also a group of censored civilian mail inc. attractive 1942 E ex Houailou to USA with New Caledonian & US censor tapes , the former tied by fine 3-ring numbered censor h.s. plus six local covers from different POs all with similar censor h.s. (9 items)
|
£100 |
| ** |
171 |
|
WWII - CEYLON: Stamped airmail covers with IFPO cancellations and triangular field censors ex Colombo. Kandy & Keikarawa plus air-letter with scarce FPO 366 (Sept. 1944); also an airmail E, the stamps with barred RAF 'dumb' obliteration & 'honour' E with ISBO No.9 cds. In addition a 1941 civilian cover with 1r franking a nd 'War Purposes' label ex Kegalla with s/l SALVED FROM THE SEA across address panel. (7 items) |
£100 |
|
172 |
|
WWII P.O.W. MAIL: Group of cards etc. inc. Xmas 1943 item ex Colditz describing British servicemen's Xmas lunch and visit to the Belgian section; also two covers to OFLAGs VIIC and VIIIF - latter with contents; YMCA cover ex Swiss quarantine hospital at Bad Lostorf plus various items from Italian POWs in US custody (notice of capture card noted) and an item ex UK Camp 102 (Llanddarog). (12 items)
|
£100 |
|
173 |
|
GULF WAR, 1991: The magnificent collection of largely Maritime related covers, chiefly bearing ship name stamps/naval postmarks from Coalition countries (strength in GB, France & USA). Postmarks of interest include Canadian CFPO 5071 (2 types), GB FPO 234 (Riyadh), FPO 990 (Al Jubbayl), German Naval MSP56a, French, Italian, etc. A couple of Suspended postal service cachets (Leicester & Southampton) are noted. (114 covers plus sundry related items).
|
£500 |
|
174 |
|
GULF WAR. 1991: A group of covers, cards, propaganda leaflets, etc. with a wide range of frankings & cachets (much of maritime interest). Cachets/cancellations include Swedish Field Hospital, RNZAF 40 Squadron, "Op Granby", sundry Commanding Officer/HQ, Master at Arms cachets, a good range of U.S. Ships' marks (Antietam, Cayuga, Constant, Curtis, Dwight D Eisenhower, Goldsborough, Midway, etc.). A fascinating lot. (Approx. 90 items).
|
£360 |
|
175 |
|
'D-DAY' 1944 - 50th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION: Collection of covers with special cancellations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, most mailed on board ships inc. some of the original vessels that were present in 1944 inc. the USS 'Jeremiah O'Brien', also HMY 'Britannia' (present for the Naval Review - programme included) plus French, Dutch, Norwegian & Belgian vessels etc. Well written up and illustrated with PPCs. (49 covers plus PPCs etc)
|
£150 |
| THE IAN WARN COLLECTION OF WWII P.H. |
|
176 |
|
FORCES MISCELLANY: 1941 German feldpost cover (inc. letter) ex Brussels plus a returned (1942) postcard and two civilian money-order cards; covers from US & Canadian APOs, NZ & Australian forces (1947 E ex Japan noted) plus a group of British FPO covers. Inspection recommended. (19 items)
|
£80 |
|
177 |
|
BRITISH FORCES MAIL: Variety of stampless OAS covers from British & Canadian Forces inc. cds & machine type d.s. from troops in Gibraltar (4), Egypt & MEF, BLA, France and N.Africa with military or RAF censors inc. fine 1943 E ex FPO 41 (Sierra Leone) with boxed RAF censor also several 'honour' Es etc. . Also 1936 E ex Alexandria with BFE 'letter stamp' on reverse. Worth inspection. (65 items)
|
£140 |
|
178 |
|
NAVAL MAIL: Interesting group of covers with naval censorship inc. US (6 inc. scarce censor 'BE.1' of Bermuda) and British (19) items - inc. 'returned to sender', use of Indian boxed POSTAGE FREE h.s., straight-line, 'tombstone', cds and machine marks. Inspection recommended. (25 items)
|
£120 |
|
179 |
|
P.O.W. MAIL: Four letter-sheets/cards to the UK, 1942-43 ex Oflags IIIC (British censor tape) & VIIB and Stalags IIID & VIIIB; also a 1942 cover addressed to a British POW at Singapore. In addition, a 1948 letter-sheet from a German POW at Huddersfield and 3d voucher issued at Working Camp 245. (7 items)
|
£75 |
|
180 |
|
ADEN: Trio of 'honour' envelopes to the UK with Aden frankings inc. 1a & 8a stamps for the 9a concessionary air rate, another at the 2&Mac189;a surface rate and the third a most unusual 'home-made' version with m/s 'honour' declaration and green crayon lines - mailed December 1940. (3 items) PHOTO. |
£100 |
|
181 |
|
ADEN: Scarce group of censored commercial mail inc. covers to India or UK with PC90 labels with 'F' -codes 14 & III; four large reg'd Es to India, two closed with red-printed PC22 labels tied by numbered diamond-shaped h.s., another pair with boxed CENSOR/ADEN and Indian censors; also an incoming E from KUT with fine PASSED/CENSOR/BY/No.1/ADEN diamond. (7 items)
|
£120 |
|
182 |
|
AFRICA: Interesting bundle of covers, largely from East Africa inc, scarce item ex Kilindini Naval Base with 4-line 'postal frank', fine 1941 E to Zanzibar ex Somalia with APO/21 ds and boxed 4-line censor mark plus range of 'APO-U-MPK', 'EA/APO' or 'APS EAF' cds and censors etc. Mixed condition - inspection invited. (21 items) PHOTO. |
£150 |
|
183 |
 |
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: Interesting group of censored civilian air covers from Australia to the UK (37) inc. by direct and trans-Pacific routes, many with CALIFORNIA CLIPPER h.s. and high frankings inc. 10/- 'Robes' value, unusual PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE card from interned alien and 1942 E to Jamaica. Also 1941 large E (reduced at L) ex GB with 13/6d franking inc. 10/- blue. In addition, NZ group (12) of high-franking Es to the UK by the Pacific route inc. 10/- Arms. (49 items)
|
£200 |
|
184 |
|
AUSTRALIA: Interesting variety of censored mail to the UK with red-printed OBC labels and inc.high-value airmail frankings, diamond-shaped, boxed or straight-line censor h.s. inc. airmail postcard ex German POW with 'Approved for Transmission/by Camp Commandant/2/No.18' and three with boxed Irish censors inc. unusual red example. Inspection recommended. (47 items)
|
£120 |
|
185 |
|
BELGIAN CONGO: Censored commercial mail ex Belgian Congo to the U.K. (4 inc. postcard with 'PASSED/T122' and 2 different Congo tapes) plus 1944 incoming cover from UK (fault); also Congo-censored E to Belgium, another to S.Africa and 4 other inc. airmail card to USA with s/l CENSURE CONGO BELGE. (11 items)
|
£100 |
|
186 |
|
BRITISH AFRICA: Forces airmail ex KUT inc. RAF censor on 'honour' E to UK (1940), 1941 air postcard with two censor h.s. and OHMS env. to Nigeria with unusual 4-line POSTAL/FRANK/HEADQUARTERS, EAST AFRICA/2ND ECHELON and Nigerian hexagonal censor; various covers ex Gold Coast (10/- stamp), N.Rhodesia, S.Africa and KUT (3 items to USA/Canada) plus unusual (1942) E to Accra ex USA with NW Airlines label and UK 1s3d frankings to Kenya, Nigeria or S.Africa - last with AIRMAIL SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE. (23 items)
|
£150 |
|
187 |
|
BURMA: Censored commercial airmail covers (5) inc. high-franking trans-Pacific items to the USA inc. scarce KGV 15r value in mixed franking(1941) and trans-Atlantic route; also civilian air items to the UK (4), India and San Salvador (2). (12 items)
|
£120 |
|
188 |
|
CANADA: Group of censored covers, mainly to UK or internal with a range of frankings and British censorship labels, also six internal covers with various 'DB' marked censor tapes, two to India at 90c or $1 and 1941 E to USA ex Newfoundland with tape numbered in crayon. (44 items)
|
£80 |
|
189 |
|
CARIBBEAN: Interesting range of covers, mainly to U.K. inc. Bahamas (3), Bermuda (5), B. Guiana, B.Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago (6 inc. 'honour' E addressed to the Field Censor, London) and Dutch W.Indies (3 with unusual routing cachets); good variety of air frankings. (21 items)
|
£150 |
|
190 |
|
CARIBBEAN: Useful group of censored mail to the U.K. inc. Bermuda (7 inc. 2/- franking with fine Bermuda censor h.s., uprated 1d card, 3 'C-coded' tapes), Jamaica (10 - one a front - with tapes inc. 'I.D.' and red-printed local types), Trinidad (4 inc. 'I.E./8645' tape), Barbados incoming item with US & local tapes), B.Guiana with 'By Air/From British Guiana/To New York' h.s. plus Cuba (11, most with large circular censor h.s. inc. triple censorship). Interesting lot. (33 items)
|
£140 |
|
191 |
|
CHINA: 1941-43 Air covers to USA, one with Calcutta censor, the second with numbered AIR TRANSIT h.s.; also 1944 E to UK endorsed 'B.O.A.C. to Egypt', a 1935 air cover to UK and a registered front to France ex Indochina (1940). (5 items)
|
£100 |
|
192 |
|
CYPRUS, GIBRALTAR & MALTA: Interesting group of censored mail from the Mediterranean inc. Gibraltar (5) inc. two with sealing tape (one with printed number corrected), two triangular h.s. and 'in charge of pilot' stampless E with Admiralty cachet, registered on arrival in London; Cyprus (4 inc.'M/12' & 'M/17' tapes and two with Cyprus censors - one to Fiji!) and Malta (4 inc. 'DD/41' tape and 3 incoming with 1940 'Yankee Clipper' cover and UK pair with Malta tape / h.s. Mixed condition. (13 items)
|
£120 |
|
193 |
|
EAST & SOUTH AFRICA, INDIAN OCEAN: Censored commercial mail from KUT (10) with censor tapes inc. OPENED BY EXAMINER/NAIROBI and 'N' (3) and 'R' codes, boxed PASSED/BY CENSOR/NO.9, detained/released item to USA etc.; South Africa (14) inc. 'Friendship with the/SOVIET UNION' label and cover to Dublin with boxed bilingual Gaelic/English censor. Also Mauritius E to UK with fine 'EE/10'-coded PC90 tape, items ex Zanzibar, Basutuland & Madagascar plus various Portuguese colonies (8). (36 items)
|
£150 |
|
194 |
|
ETHIOPIA & ERITREA: Interesting group of scarce covers inc. multi-franked Ethiopian E with 'MM/8232'-coded sealing tape, plus M.E.F. frankings (4) on mail from Asmara to India or Palestine, the latter with fine deep blue P.C.90 label with 'KK/22439' code. Also intriguing 1942 item ex FPO 187 to Eritrea with KGVI 5d pair & boxed military and Italian censors. (6 items) PHOTO. |
£120 |
|
195 |
|
EUROPE: Interesting group of covers inc. 1943-44 pair by diplomatic bag to UK from Madrid or Barcelona, 1945 UK to Czechoslovakia, returned with NO SERVICE/EXCEPT BY AIR, KGVI 8d franked reg'd airmail E to Geneva, 1940 uprated postcard ex Lisbon, 1941 reg'd E ex Moscow to Denmark, airmail 'honour' E ex FPO 194 (Greece) etc. (16 items)
|
£100 |
|
196 |
|
EUROPE: WWII Censored mail,mainly to U.K. inc. Serbia (3), occupied Poland, Luxemburg, Greece, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal etc. plus a few WWI, Spanish Civil War and post-WWII items etc. Good range of censor tapes and marks. Mixed condition. (143 items)
|
£120 |
|
197 |
|
FAR EAST: Interesting group of covers with Malaya (6) inc. large triangle censors of Penang (1) & Singapore (3), boxed PASSED BY/35/CENSOR and 3-line mark tying sealing tape; China (3) inc. 'C.344'-code tape or PC90 labels plus incoming E from USA with Chinese censor h.s. on reverse. Also Thailand (3) inc. PASSED/FOR/TRANSMISSION and Dutch East Indies (4) inc. Soerabaja 3-ring censor, another censored in Singapore. Mixed condition. (17 items)
|
£150 |
|
198 |
|
FIJI: Two long commercial covers to the USA franked with 1s5d (4) or 1s5d (4), 2½d (2), 3d (5) & 6d (2), each with PC90 censor tape coded 'X/117' or 'X/118'. Scarce pair. (2 items)
|
£75 |
|
199 |
|
GIBRALTAR: British Forces mail carried by civil aircraft inc. (1939) to UK with s/l Naval 'PASSED BY CENSOR', 1½d stamps (4) cancelled by hexagonal d.s. of French cruiser - probably mailed at Gibraltar; 1944 RAF 'honour' E to UK with Gibraltar 3d stamps (2) for airmail; 1942 E to Canada with 1s4d franking cancelled by FPO 475 cds; KGVI 2/- on air cover to Natal endorsed 'via West Africa'. (4 items)
|
£100 |
|
200 |
|
GREAT BRITAIN: Bundle of WWII censored civilian mail with useful range of overseas rates noted inc. Ecuador (2s9d), Canada (2s6d brown), Australia (4s9d by American Clipper route), large correspondence to Argentina with variety of rates, uprated 2d card for air rate to Malta, Orkney Naval s/l CENSORED, returned by censor items etc. (137 items)
|
£150 |
|
201 |
|
HONG KONG: 1939-41 Commercial airmail to UK (4) or Jamaica - the latter with boxed NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR; 1940 'honour' envelope uprated $1.15c for airmail via Durban and a 1942 Indian military E redirected to Hong Kong with 'service suspended' cachet. Also an interesting group of transit mail inc. Indian covers (4) to UK and USA (4) routed via Hong Kong. (16 items)
|
£180 |
|
202 |
|
HONG KONG: 1941 airmail covers to USA or Jamaica with high-value frankings and boxed NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR plus another strike of the mark on paquebot cover from Saigon (some stamps missing); uncensored November 1939 reg'd E to UK plus 1940 incoming air cover from UK (1/- and brown 2/6d stamps) by transpacific service and another ex USA (Nov.1941) with RETURNED TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED. Also 1940 E ex Batavia to Hong Kong with Singapore 3-line censor h.s. and TO BE FORWARDED BY/AIR FROM SINGAPORE. (7 items)
|
£120 |
|
203 |
|
INDIA & CEYLON: Civilian censored airmail covers to UK (5 inc. 2 via Pacific route), USA (8 inc. trans-Africa), Brazil (N. Atlantic route), Belgium, Switzerland & Sweden (last with SERVICE SUSPENDED cachet) plus incoming items ex Sweden and USA. Also 1940 E ex Ceylon to UK. (21 items)
|
£140 |
|
204 |
|
INDIA & CEYLON: Good variety of censorship on commercial covers, mainly to U.K. (34) inc. red-printed sealing tapes (5), one on brown paper on reg'd E to Australia, variety of PC90 tapes tied by 'DH'-coded PASSED marks (4) or s/l marks (4), numbered triangles (2) and octagons (5); NOT OPENED h.s. (6) etc. Also Ceylon with OPENED BY /EXAMINER labels with 'L'-coded numbers (5), RAF censor on multi-franked airmail cover routed via Canada etc. Mixed condition. (42 items)
|
£120 |
|
205 |
|
MALAYA: 1940 Two items of censored forces mail ex Singapore to the UK flown via the 'Horseshoe' route at 55c or $1.10c rates; also (1941) commercial air cover to UK via USA. In addition two UK covers with NO SERVICE cachets and a 1933 E to Singapore with KGV 2d & 9d stamps. (6 items)
|
£120 |
|
206 |
|
MIDDLE EAST: Good variety of censored civilian mail, largely to the UK, inc. Palestine (14) with numbered PC22 labels in yellow (3, one with red print), green, white and red, four tied by boxed censors, octagonal censor h.s. (2) etc. Also Turkey (17) with Egyptian, British or US sealing tapes, Iraq (5) inc. numbered or boxed censors and Iran (3) inc. Anglo-Soviet-Persian censor mark and another censored in Iraq. (39 items)
|
£140 |
|
207 |
|
NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: 1941 registered airmail cover to USA with variety of censor marks and bilingual censor tape; also two items of commercial airmail (1940) to the UK or Holland. (3 items)
|
£75 |
|
208 |
|
NEW ZEALAND: Useful group of censored commercial mail, mainly to UK or USA, with variety of censorship inc. NZ 'Opened by Censor' labels tied by numbered circles in violet (12), red (3) or blue - the last with boxed routing cachet for the trans-Pacific air route; also 8 covers with PC90 sealing tape with 'DDA' codes, octagonal PASSED/DDA/11 and a WWI cover with fine 3-line censor h.s. (25 items)
|
£100 |
|
209 |
|
NORTH AFRICA: Group of OAS mail ex Egypt sent by air to the UK via S.Africa (2) or USA, to USA (4) and New Zealand (last ex NZ/FPO 1); 1940-42 UK or Canadian Es to MEF etc. Also censored E ex Libya to Italy. (14 items)
|
£120 |
|
210 |
|
NORTH AFRICA: Commercial mail, mainly to the UK, with a variety of censorship inc. Egypt (27) with 'O.A.T.' item to Sweden, 'PASSED/ZA/43', RAF censor on E to Canada, 'ZA/17812' label to Morocco etc. Also items ex Morocco (3 inc. to Tenerife) & Algeria (2). (32 items)
|
£100 |
|
211 |
|
PACIFIC ISLANDS: Group of scarce censored covers from the Pacific area inc. v.fine E to USA ex New Caledonia with 3-ring numbered censor h.s. and boxed SERVICE SANITAIRE; US-franked E ex Pago Pago with fine blue PASSED/BY CENSOR/American Samoa; Fiji air cover censored in Australia, Papua newspaper wrapper front with diamond '1/3/NOT OPENED BY/CENSOR/1' and Philippines E to Uk with s/l VIA TRANS-PACIFIC CLIPPER. (5 items)
|
£120 |
|
212 |
|
PALESTINE, INDIA & CEYLON: Useful lot of OAS covers, mainly to the UK, inc. items from Palestine (23) inc. airmail frankings with Palestinian or UK stamps and 'honour' Es (6), good variety of censorship; also India (38) with group of 'honour' Es inc. unusual item to Bombay, RAFPOST, British & Indian FPOs etc. plus 4 airmail items ex Ceylon inc. unusual RAF BASE CENSOR cancellation, uprated 'honour' E and two items ex IFPO 161. (65 items)
|
£150 |
|
213 |
|
PALESTINE: Forces airmail covers to UK inc.1940-41 group (4, 3 being 'honour' Es) via Durban and a fifth routed via Hong Kong & USA also 2½d concessionary rate E to Egypt. Also military cover to Australia and civilian mail. In addition, three items of censored civilian mail ex Iraq to USA. (13 items)
|
£150 |
|
214 |
|
PERSIAN GULF/SOMALIA: Three airmail covers (slight faults) ex Bahrain to the USA or UK (2) with high-value Indian frankings, the former registered and censored plus uprated Indian stationery E (filing holes) to Bombay ex Kuwait; also two OAS airmail covers to UK ex Somaliland one with unusual ARMY POSTAL SERVICES registration h.s. and different censor types. Good lot. (6 items)
|
£140 |
|
215 |
|
PHILIPPINES: 1940 Group of 5 registered airmail covers to the UK with boxed route marks - via Hong Kong (4) or trans-Pacific 'Clipper'; also 1941 air cover to USA and 1942 Canada E to Manila with 2-line 'service suspended' cachet. (7 items)
|
£100 |
|
216 |
|
SCANDINAVIA: Useful group of WWII censored civilian covers, mainly to UK inc. Iceland (6), Sweden (28 inc. 'OAT' item to Spain), Denmark (16 inc. various crowned numbers and an uprated postcard), Norway (4) and an underpaid card from Finland with 1d due. Good range of sealing tapes etc. (55 items)
|
£100 |
|
217 |
|
SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA: High franking airmail covers ex UK to Argentina, Brazil & Venezuela (8) inc. two with 2s6d brown - one with green 'RETURNED TO SENDER' label; also airmail to Europe from Argentina (9 inc. fine Air France postcard), Brazil (11 inc. 'Condor-LATI' label / h.s., 'VIA AFRICA' etc), Chile , Guatemala, Mexico (2), Peru (4) and Uruguay (4 inc. fine Air France label). Interesting group. (42 items)
|
£150 |
|
218 |
|
SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA: Ranges of censored commercial mail to the UK, USA & Canada showing an interesting variety of censor tapes and marks from Bolivia (2), Canal Zone (2), Colombia (4), Costa Rica, Ecuador (4), Guatemala (2), Panama, Uruguay (7) & Venezuela (3). Also a similar bundle ex Mexico (44) inc. several registered covers. Unusual material - mixed condition. (70 items)
|
£150 |
|
219 |
|
SOUTH AMERICA: Commercial correspondence, most to U.K. with variety of censor tapes and marks inc. Argentina (51 inc. reg'd official franking with octagonal 'PASSED/T112' h.s. and good range of rates, frankings and censorship), Brazil (22, several with Brazilin censors inc. unusual boxed CENSURA/POSTAL/SAO PAOLO and Brazilian tapes), Chile (12 inc. boxed LIVRE/DE/CENSURA/D. FEDERAL on pictorial E to Brazil) and Peru (6 inc. 2 to Rhodesia with 'DE/1' h.s.). (91 items)
|
£140 |
|
220 |
|
SUDAN: Uncommon airmail Es ex Sudan to UK (3), India or USA inc. two items of censored OAS mail at concessionary rates and another with censor label. Interesting variety of frankings. (5 items)
|
£100 |
|
221 |
|
THAILAND: Civilian airmail covers inc. 1940 item to Germany endorsed 'By Japanese plane MATUKAZE via Siberia' and another (1942) to Shanghai carried by 'Dai Nippon Airways'; also two covers (1940) to the UK. (4 items)
|
£100 |
|
222 |
|
U.S.A. AND CANADA: Mail to and from N.America inc. various 'TRANSATLANTIC MAIL' endorsements or hand-stamps, 1941 US cover to India ($2.80 franking) by Transpacific Clipper, US 'returned for postage' (2), 'By Air in U.S.A./Exchange Office' h.s. on E to Holland, 1942-43 Es (2) to France with 'service suspended' cachets etc. Good range of rates. (39 items)
|
£120 |
|
223 |
|
U.S.A.: Group of censored covers from the USA with a variety of destinations and censorship inc. U.K. (33 inc. s/l TRANSATLANTIC ROUTE h.s. and V-Mail item), India (13 inc. TRANSPACIFIC CLIPPER, m/s-completed 'EXAMINED BY/E' tape & various 'DHC' censors), British Africa ( 8 inc. boxed (crown) PASSED/R/1 of Tanganyika), S.America (5), Azores, Palestine, PAIFORCE etc. (66 items)
|
£140 |
|
224 |
|
WEST AFRICA: Interesting group of uncommon censored commercial mail, mainly to UK, inc. Gold Coast (6) inc. plain PC90 tape with '00/42' code, boxed '(crown)/PASSED/00/2', and hexagonal numbered h.s. (6, 7 & 8); also Nigeria (4) with local censorship inc. NIGERIA 13/OPENED BY/CENSOR label and Sierra Leone (5) inc. labels coded QQ/14, QQ/18, QQ/28 & QQ/33. (15 items)
|
£150 |
|
225 |
|
UNCENSORED CIVILIAN MAIL: Large group of WWII period uncensored surface mail covers inc. ranges from the UK (10), mail to the UK from various European countries (65), the Caribbean (13), S.America (20), Middle East (7), Africa (29), India, Burma & Ceylon (6) and Australia & N.Zealand (5). Also a qty of research notes and photocopies. (155 items)
|
£150 |
| AIRMAILS |
|
226 |
|
COVER ALBUM containing a good range of flown covers from the 1920s to modern times inc. Imperial Airways, Australia, New Zealand, etc. (Approx. 140). |
£200 |
|
227 |
|
MISCELLANY: 1934 Highland Airways pair with Kirkwall-Northern Ireland & Inverness-Wick pictorial labels, 1931-34 trio ex Tanganyika to the UK ex Lushoto, Voi or Dar-es-Salaam (last with boxed "FEEDER SERVICE"), etc. (8).
|
£75 |
|
228 |
|
MISCELLANY:1928-48 The selection of 1st flight covers inc 1930 1st night flight from London to Berlin, 1928 1st flying boat flight from Liverpool to Belfast, 1929 1st night flight from Stockholm to Amsterdam, 1939 1st North Atlantic air Service, 1935 1st twice weekly air service to Singapore and 1948 BEA Helicopter Service from Peterborough to Great Yarmouth. Some are a little ragged. (23 covers).
|
£100 |
|
229 |
|
MISCELLANY: Group of 1930s covers inc. 1935 SS 'Bremen' ship-to-shore cover with US franking, 1929 Mexico City -Tampico FFC pair, Portugal - UK 'Crilly Airways' signed FFC, Bermuda-USA 1937 FFC,1932 Galway-Berlin, 1937 Stockholm-Moscow etc. (13 items) |
£100 |
|
230 |
|
AIRSHIPS: Group of interesting PPCs depicting early airships inc. the French 'République', 'Ville de Paris' (2) and 'Malécot'; 1912 fine coloured card of zeppelin landing with scarce 'on-board' cachet of the 'Viktoria Luise', 1909 card of 'Zeppelin III' signed by (pilot?) Fritz Hussendorfer and 3 good later cards of the 'Graf Zeppelin'. Also 1908 card showing Wibur Wright's 'plane on the take-off rail at Auvours. and an attractive, scarce E 1916) with vignette of the French 1er Groupe d'Aerostation illustrating airships. (12 items)
|
£150 |
|
231 |
|
B.O.A.C. COMET AND BRITANNIA FIRST FLIGHT COVERS FROM LONDON: 1952-61 The selection of special printed B.O.A.C. covers carried on various 1st flight from London to various destinations inc. Comet flights to Egypt, Singapore, Colombo, Tokyo & Johannesburg, Comet 4 flights to Manila, Santiago, Tokyo & Auckland. Britannia flights to New York, Caracas and Mauritius. A good group. (23 covers).
|
£180 |
|
232 |
|
EARLY FLIGHTS: Fine 1912 Rhein am Main flight card carried on the 'Schwaben' from Frankfurt with 5pf 'Germania' stamp and 10pf air label.Also special card for the 1917 Turin-Rome flight with specially-overprinted 25c stamp cancelled by the Turin cachet and cds. Elusive early cards. (2 items) |
£75 |
|
233 |
|
EMPIRE AIRMAILS: 1930-34 Australia covers (4) inc.Sydney-Melbourne and flights to UK, Papua & New Zealand with good frankings and cachets. Also New Zealand 1932 Whangarei-Auckland and 1934 Auckland-London (last with special 'Faith in Australia' 7d stamp); also India 1930-33 (5) inc. to Athens etc. Useful lot. (15 items) |
£120 |
|
234 |
|
FRANCE - EARLY 3-FRANC FEE PARIS-LONDON "AIR MAIL/EXPRESS" COVER; 1 Apr. 1920 env. (edge wear and internal sellotape but with original contents, a Birthday greetings letter) from Paris to Bedford franked by France 25c+1f(3; some faults) tied by "PARIS 8/BD. DES ITALIENS" c.d.s.'s with red "Par Avion" label and mostly very fine red London "AIR MAIL/EXPRESS" mark on the front. Rare early commercial cover.
|
£75 |
|
235 |
|
MIDDLE EAST: A group of covers flown on the RAF Cairo-Baghdad service & other early Imperial Airways services (GB-Egypt/India/Iraq). We note 1922 Baghdad-Cairo, 1923 Baghdad-Cairo, 1923 Cairo-Baghdad (2), 1927 Imperial Airways First Flight from Cairo-Baghdad, 1927 Basra-Cairo with Jind adhesives, 1927 Bombay-London, 1929 Rutbah Wells-London, etc. (31 covers plus photographs of RAF service & sundry maps). |
£300 |
|
236 |
|
NETHERLANDS/COLONIES: The small group of chiefly 1930s covers inc. large TB Fund cover from Batavia to Amsterdam & others with MacRobertson Air Race interest. (13). |
£100 |
|
237 |
|
TRANS-PACIFIC FIRST FLIGHTS:1937 Covers (9) carried on various Trans-Pacific 1st flights inc. 1937 (28 April) env from Macao to San Francisco, 1937 Pam Am 1st flight from Macau to USA, 1937 (28 April) Ist flight from Macau to Hong Kong, 1937 (21 April) 1st flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong and another from San Francisco to Macao. 1937 (26 April) 1st F.A.M. 14 flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco x 2 inc one with registered Shanghai receipt.
|
£120 |
|
238 |
|
MAINLY USA CONNECTED FLIGHTS: 1934-37 covers (29) carried on 1st flights inc. 1937 clipper Manila to San Francisco, Manila to Hawaii & Manila to Guam. San Francisco to Honolulu, 1935 Philippines to San Francisco. 1937 Guam to Manila and Macao to Manila. Hong Kong to San Francisco and Macao to USA. Some duplication of flights but a good range of cachets and envelopes.
|
£160 |
|
239 |
|
WORLD WAR TWO: Group of commercial covers (mostly censored) with a wide range of frankings & markings inc. GB, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Trinidad, etc. (46). |
£100 |
|
240 |
|
ZEPPELIN MAIL: 1924 E to USA with cachet of the ZR 3, carried on its transatlantic delivery flight and (Feb.1925) FFC from the rechristened 'Los Angeles' to Bermuda; 1928 LZ127 E to USA ex Friedrichshafen with 4Rm zeppelin stamp, 1929 uprated Swiss postcard to UK with special Schweizerflug cachet, Graf Zeppelin round-the-world flight E with US $3.55c franking; also (1936) two Hindenburg covers to USA, one registered. (8 items)
|
£120 |
|
|
|
|