Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Great Britain & British Commonwealth - Day 3

1850/1940ca.: Fine lot British Commonwealth, mention should be made of four Cape triangles (two with certificates), Rhodesia $2 red brown (1908) and Rhodesia Falls 1 d. to  5 Sh. unused mounted, very fresh. Ascension issues 1924 and 1934 complete unmounted, Bermuda 1 d. and 2 d. 1865 unused mounted, Newfoundland 1 c. 60 c. 1897, Sudan General Gordon 1935 unmounted set, better India 1882, some New Zealand e.g. TRANS-TASMAN Airmail, North...

1853/63: Lot five stamps primarily used incl. Malta 1860/63 ½ d. buff unsed, Tasmania 1853 1 d. pale blue and 4 d. orange, New Brunswick 1851/60 3 d. red, and Nova Sotia 1851/60 3 d. blue. An interesting lot to be studied.

Aden 1939, 1 a. pale blue, and 8 a. red-orange, used on first flight cover, from Aden to Nairobi, dated 10 February 1944, sent air mail, with violet framed "R.A.F. / CENSOR / 1" with heraldic emblem, signature over, the censor from ''8 Squadron'; the first civilian air mail service commenced 10 February 1944 from Aden to Nairobi operated by BOAC, the Lodestar aircraft going via Asmara and Khartoum; to reverse an arrival cachet for the "...

Chad 1935, Air Afrique: cover franked with pair of French Equatorial overprinted 30 c. red, from Fort Lamy (now N'Djamena) capital of Chard to Paris, dated 29 July 1935, stamps tied by "Pour vos correspondances / Utilisez Les Avion / Air-Afrique / Rapiditè-Régularite" and "Voie Transsaharienne" handstamps in black, carried on a flight from Fort Lamy on 30 July, connection in Algiers arriving in Marseille 1 August 1935, arrival 2 August, the...

1919: R.A.F. Emergency Flight Egypt, printed O.H.M.S. "The Palestine News" wrapper, sent on first military flight from Cairo to Palestine, dated 18th March 1919, with "ARMY POST OFFICE SZ 10" (Cairo) datestamp in black, with additional large format circular cachet "AERIAL POST EEF" (type 1) applied in Alexandria and "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE Z" double circle dated 20th March 1919 and two-line "AERIAL POST / EEF." violet cachet; very rare example...

1925: R.A.F. Survey Air Mail Flight Cairo to Kano, cover from Helwan les Bains, Cairo, Egypt to Kano, Nigeria, dated 26th October 1925, franked with 10 m. tied by Helwan les Bains datestamp, endorsed "By Special Air Mail / Cairo - Kano", to reverse arrival dated 2nd November 1925; addressed by the Commanding Officer of flights, Squandron Leader A. C. Coningham, sent to Sgt. Grant (mechanic flying one of the aircrafts); some opening faults to...

1926: Pioneering Aviation, Costes and de Vitrolles world record attempt flight, Le Bourget, France to Kom Ombo, Egypt and Return flight, dated 27th September 1926, franked with France 10 c. green, 40 c. red and 1 f. blue tied by "BOURGET-AVIATION / SEINE" datestamp and also franked with an Egypt 5 m. brown, applied for the return leg, tied by "KOM OMBO" postmark dated 28th September 1926, with "CHAVILLE / BANLIEUE OUEST" arrival alongside...

1928: Lord John E. Carberry pioneering flight, Amsterdam to Cairo and Cairo to London flight illustrated cover with image of the monoplane 'Miss Africa', addressed to Cairo with yellow Air Mail label and vertical pair of the special flight vignettes on yellow paper ied by boxed in red “SCHIPHOL AERODROME / (AMSTERDAM) / 27 NOVEMBER 1928”, posted from Cairo back to London the reverse, typed address and franked with Egypt 10m. stamp tied by...

France 1911: Pioneering Aviation, 'Le Petit Journal' Morocco Experimental Flight, Pilot Henri Brégi and passenger René Lebaut, picture postcard, from Rabat, Morocco to Paris, France, dated 19th September 1911, franked Morocco 10 c. tied by Rabat datestamp, with special flight bilingual cachet in black alongside, manuscript flight date, card has been manuscript illustrated by hand with names of those pictured and their role in the delivery of...

1931/37: Group of Pioneering Aviation Flight covers, comprising five covers, including 1931 special printed envelope Marcel Goulette and Andre Salel record breaking return flight Djibouti to Marseille, with special cachet (14 printed envelopes with cachet); 1932 first flight to Dakar; and 1937 Andre Japy world distance record return flight to Marseille with cachet correctly dated '1937'; also two registered covers 1930/1 Les Lignes...

1937/1940, Aeromaritime and Air France, study written-up on album pages, comprising eleven covers, origins include; France (2), Ivory Coast, Cameroon (2), Senegal, Liberia (2), Gold Coast and UK (2), varied range of routes, frankings and destinations, noted 1937 Senegal to France cover with first flight cachet, a 1938 registered commercial envelope from Abidjan to Paris, and 1937 Monrovia, Liberia to Ohio, USA with air mail etiquette...

1934/1944, African French colonies air mail collection of five covers, presented upon exhibition pages, with detailed write-up on routes, rates, franking, includes Regie Air Afrique, Air France, Sebena and Imperial Airways, mailings from Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Congo, all have French colonies frankings, noted 1944 registered censored cover from Madagascar addressed to an Officer in the Middle East Forces, franked to 18 fr. 50 c., has been...