Auction No. 44
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Lot 721
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1936, illustrated cover "Flown on Douglass airliner's first trial flight by courtesy of wm Holyman Airways Ltd"' Sydney to Adelaide.
Lot 722
Zeppelin flight.
PARAGUAY 1932, Postcard Flight by Graf Zeppelin from Paraguay to Germany. 15th April 1932, 2 Cachets diamond shaped in violet and one descriptive in black on front. Registration in black on back and stamped, CONDOR ZEPPELIN Servicio Aereo Transatlantico. Lovely 4 color Registered airmail franking on postal stationery postcard. VERY RARE. VERY FINE in all respects
Lot 723
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1934, Australian First Flight Cover 8 October 1934 Mac Robertson Miller Daly Waters to Adealide, 'Taxed 3d' cachet, along w. 'Unclaimed'
Lot 724
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1929 (Nov. 26) AAMC.145, Streaky Bay - Calcutta - Adelaide cover, flown for Eyre Peninsula Airways with rectangular cachet tied the KGV adhesive. The airline received no subsidy and charged no surcharge for the air mail service, which covered a distance of over 550kms.
Lot 725
First flights & commercial flights
South Rhodesia 1932 marked as 'First Official airmail' to London properly franked with 10+4d stamps for Reg. airmail tied by Salisbury Registered Jan 28. however - Cover addressed to Lady Ezra in London without an arrival postmark. original aircraft (De Havilland 66) was damaged; its' replacement crashed with mail retrieved and reached destinations only Feb. 16. so unclear if this letter actually made the flight.
Lot 726
First flights & commercial flights
Greece 1931. "ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝ*24.ΜΑΙ.31" first flight registered cover to "PARIS*27.V.31" by IA, with destination "FLUSHING, N.Y.*JUN.6.1931", commemorative canc. "IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FIRST FLIGHT HERAKLEON (CANDIA) CRETE TO PARIS & LONDON" in red, air-cachet type 15aA in violet. (Hellas FF161C).
Lot 727
First flights & commercial flights
Australia 1935 March 25 Sydney to Stanmore , signed by pilots.
Lot 728
First flights & commercial flights
NETHERLANDS INDIES. (sabangh) - MARSEILLE - ROTTERDAM. NETHERLANDSCard sent from SDABANG on 26.8.1929 with arrival stamp s' GRAVWENHAGE 13.9.1929.
Lot 729
First flights & commercial flights
Australia, 1935 Air mail cover sent from Sydney to - Townsville First Flight Cover. sent to Mr. H.N. Eustis, Post Restante. TOWNSVILLE.
Lot 730
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1933 JUL.7 Karachi to Calcutta First Extension Flight Cover with Karachi to Calcutta boxed cachet as last leg on a Registered cover originally posted from Cape town 4d & 1d. Air and 3d pictorials tied by 'House of parliament June 20 1933' cds. arrival cds on back.
The first flight by the Indian Trans-Continental Airways was from Karachi to Calcutta via Jodhpur, Delhi, Cawnpore, Allahabad and Asansol. Mail for this flight had left Croydon on 1 July 1933 and, at Cairo, connected with the incoming flight from South Africa, South West Africa and Rhodesia. The mails were transferred to the Imperial Airways airliner Hanno (a Handley Page HP42 G-AAUD) which left for Karachi via Bahrain and Sharjah on 5 July. There the flight was continued by the Indian Trans-Continental airliner Arethusa (an Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta VT-AEF).
Lot 731
First flights & commercial flights
Barbados 1930 (Apri 8), NYRBA first flight Barbados to St Thomas, Virgin Islands,Stationery envelope of Gittens bearing 1/- and 1d tied by 'Barbados/8 Apr 30/GPO', Carried by NYRBA to St Thomas, US airmail service to New York, and by sea to England.
Lot 732
First flights & commercial flights
South Africa 1918, 'MAKE YOU SIXPENCE FLY' aerial first flight postcard to Observatory.
1918 (OCT.7.) AERIAL POST CARD addressed locally to Observatory with 'crested flying wings' MAKE YOUR SIXPENCE FLY inscription bearing 1/2d green 'head' adhesive tied by AERIAL POST/SOUTH AFRICA cds. Some edge crumpling at right but a scarce first flight card with small message reading 'The war will soon be over'.