Sale #165

WORLD WAR I old album of 260 cards incl. silks, comic, patriotic, military personnel, Zeppelins, tanks, parades, The King at the Front, biplanes, war ruins, Bamforth, flags etc.

JOHNSON, AMY (1903-41) English Pioneer Aviatrix, photograph (9x11) head & shoulders pose, signed 'Amy Mollison' at a clear area of the image & inscribed (...with most pleasant memories of our enjoyable tango lesson) and dated Madeira 5th March 1933 in her hand. Some slight staining to lower edge.

BRITISH COLONIAL POSTAL STATIONERY covers & cards (171) incl. both unused & U, mainly earlier, slight duplication incl. Ceylon 1913 unused 10c registered envelope, unused, Gold Coast 1931 1½d envelope unused, British Guiana 1885 1c postcard Perf SPECIMEN through stamp, Mauritius 1891 50c on 8c envelope with Central P.O Mauritius in red & postmasters initials, Straits Settlements 1891 5c reg envelope unused etc. Nice lot, viewing...

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH (mainly) postal history accumulation 1738-1984 with strength in GB used in Malta and a well written up section of Botswana postage due covers. Covers from Aden, Cyprus, North Borneo & Labuan, Ascension, British Bechuanaland, Cape of Good Hope (incl. Boer War) Morocco Agencies incl. 1738 letter written from Tangier, Indian States (postal stationery) Uganda, B.W.I, WWII Airgraphs etc. Really needs inspection to...

MARITIME COVERS, POSTCARDS, MENUS etc. 20thC early-mid assembly British, French, Belgian, Italian & American shipping line material, some paquebot marks. Cunard, White Star Line PPC's, famous liners incl. Titanic, both Queens, abstract of logs and other vessels documents, Shaw Savill, Elder Dempster, P & O Anchor Line, RMS P. Canadian Pacific, Union Castle Line, French Line vessels, France, Normandie, S.S Champlain & Fabre Line,...

QANTAS first flight covers (4) 1947 July 17th official cover Rabaul - Sydney, signed, by three pilots, another but Hollandia - Lae (pilot signed), 1953 Nov 20th official cover Bangkok - Sydney (pilot signed).

1918 first South American flight cover addressed to Pernambuco, Brazil, franked 2/6d Bradbury & 10d, 10d, tied 'Southend-on-Sea/18.MR.32' numerous h/stamps on obverse & reverse incl. Berlin & Pernambuco c.d.s's 'UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED etc' m/s return to sender, purple Zeppelin cached & large double ring airmail cachet. Attractive cover.

1929 first America flight card & envelope to New York, franked 2rm & 4rm Zeppelin respectively; also 1932 South America flight card franked 1rm Zeppelin. All flight cacheted & fine. (3)

1930 South America flight PPC of LZ127 over Lake Constanz, franked 2rm South America flight Mi.438, tied on board cancel, red flight cachet, Sieger 57c. (1)

1930 South America flight US acceptance envelope to Michigan, franked $2.60 Zeppelin adhesive, tied New York slogan cancel. On obverse also, red 'Sugar Loaf' & violet 'Map' (Type 1) flight cachets.

1931 Lausanne flight - Liechtenstein acceptance card to Meerane, franked 1fr Zeppelin, tied red illustrated Vaduz flight cachet. Obverse also bears Vaduz & Lausanne c.d.s. Card has a couple of stains. Cat. £180.

1932 Eighth South America flight - registered envelope to Paraguay franked Hindenburg to 50pfg (60) + 80pfg defin cancelled Berlin bears red 'Seagull' flight cachet. Reverse shows Asuncion arrival. (1)