Auction No. 44
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Lot 559
First flights & commercial flights
COVER SENT BY PAR AVION ADDIS-ABABA - DJIBOUTI Francis J. Field. Sutton Coldfield. To England on. 18 VI. 1931
Lot 560
First flights & commercial flights
Austria 1929 // 1938 group of 6 airmail covers incl. imcl. Postal Stationery Postcard Switzerland Germany Austria Aero Club from Vienna Austria to Lepizig Postmarked in May 12, 1937.; 1929 airmail Vienna to London; 1937 airmail Vienna to Netherlands Indis Calcutta w. box cachet cancelled for one of the legs; etc'.
Lot 561
First flights & commercial flights
INDO-CEYLON 1938, First Regular flight Airmail stationery cover (elephant) FFC from Colombo Ceylon to Calcutta Airmail Slogan cancel, Postmarked in February 28, 1938
Lot 562
First flights & commercial flights
Great Britain 1939, First flight cover for the Imperial Airways Regular Transatlantic Service between Great Britain and North America, numbered 2980. It left Southampton on the Caribou (ShortS.30 series flying boat – G-AFCV) on 5 August, 1939 and arrived in New York on 6th August, as per the back-stamp. The route was Southampton - Foynes (Eire) - Botwood (Newfoundland) – Montreal - New York. franked with KGV 1/- brown SG449 and KGVI _____________________ both perfinned CWS ( Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd.) The letter was sent to New York City, USA with circular ring London E1 and "Road Users Take Care Avoid Risks", machine cancels.
Lot 563
First flights & commercial flights
Greece 1929.
Official record page from the collection of famous collector "Lady Ezra"
Lot 564
First flights & commercial flights
1937. lot of two Air Mail covers set to Lady Ezra from Calcutta, the cover was sent by Mr. Smeath.
Lot 565
First flights & commercial flights
1931. Lot of two covers. LAST FLIGHT WITH AIR FEE. BY AIR MAIL Sir David Ezra, Kidd Street, CALCUTTA . INDIA. The second cover was sent from Erlend to 1931 Capt TA Smye 49 Durham St Gosport England.
Lot 566
First flights & commercial flights
1929 Chile, Early airmail cover from Santiago Chile to Buenos Aires Argentina , signed by C.G.A Pilot Jean Mermoz.
Lot 567
First flights & commercial flights
Haiti 1930, First Flight Cover ST LUCIA Air 1930 *NYRBA* Premier Vol Cachet RARE EP515 First Flight airmail cover from Port Au Prince Haiti to Saint Johns antigua Via NYRBA Airways . Postmarked in March 7, 1930 .
this route - a United States line the NewYork - Rio - Buenos Aires Line, or NEBRA generally referred to as NYBRA. was later merged into the Pan American Airways, Inc.Shortly after midnight, February 25, 1930, the first NYRBA plane arrived at Port-au-Prince northbound, where it had been expected at noon Sunday the 23rd.On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the first northbound NYRBA mail left Haiti for Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Havana and the United States.The first southbound plane of the NYRBA Line departed from Miami as well as Haiti on March 7. lncidently this plane had previously been christened the "HAITI." Covers were dispatchedto all points with the usual Port-au-Prince machine cancellation.
Lot 568
First flights & commercial flights
British Commonwealth 1937 group of 10 airmail covers from and to South Africa incl. Coronation George VI & Queen Elizabeth KGVI sets on FDCs : Nyasaland 3v Michel: 49/51 ; Basutoland SG15/17 ; Bechuanaland Protectorate Sc 121-123 FDC ( Botswana) ; Swaziland S/G 25-27., along w. 4 other mixed and multi franking diff cancelations. nice group.
Lot 569
First flights & commercial flights
Costa Rica 1930, Airmail cover franked with 1929 13c on 40c green and strip of 3 1930 20c on 1cor deep lilac 'Airmail' SURCHARGE issue (SG 173 & 178) tied by CORREO AEREO COSTA RICA cds's dated MAR 11 1930. Flown on the San Jose - Panama first flight with boxed first flight cachet on front and boxed 'AGENCIA POSTAL DE PANAMA SERVICIO DE CORREO AEREO PANAMA' boxed first flight cachet applied on arrival on front with PANAMA arrival cds on reverse. Numbered #_____ also on reverse. A rare flight only 255 covers were carried. (Muller #24)
Lot 570
First flights & commercial flights
Guatemala 1926, Airmail first flight cover FFC from Guatemala City Guatemala to Esquipulas . Postmarked July 30, 1926. bearing at bottom left 3 lone rubber stamp cachet in red 'Via / Primer Correo Aero / GUATEMALA - ESQUIPLAS' and a rectangular cachet ' Primer Correo Aerro'. in black ink besides regular cds . Only 140 covers carried . Scarce item.