Sale #87 worldwide Collections

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Mombasa-Copenhagen via Athens. GV 15c x 5 of KUT, tied with Mombasa 22 Apr 38 cds cancels. On plain cover. Manuscript Air Mail top left. Addressed to Copenhagen Flight DN85. On the reverse Gibson & Company Mombasa on back flap, Copenhagen 27 Apr 38 receiving. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Mozambique Beira-London-New York, 2c Triangle pair, 5 c 20c Zebra & 50c croc of Mozambique, tied with Beira 12 May 38 cds cancels. On plain cover. Typed at top 'Imperial Airways via Londres' Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Broad St New York. No markings on the reverse. Creasing to edges. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kampala-Southampton. 30c Coronation x 2 of KUT, tied with Arura 1 Jul 37 cds cancels. On plain cover. Manuscript bottom left, 'Empire Airmail First Flight Cover 1st July 1937'. Addressed to London EC2. On the reverse wax seal & Kampala 6 Jul 37 transit. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Durban-Southampton. 1½d of SA, tied with Durban 1 Jul 37 cds cancel. On souvenir cover with Union Jack top left & Coronation medal image of GVI & Queen Elizabeth illust cover. Addressed to Brockenhurst. Flight DN2. No markings on the reverse. Back flap missing. Some wear to the edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Southampton, GVI 5c & 15c of KUT, tied with Thika 15 Feb 39 cds cancel on air mail stationary envelope. Addressed to Harpenden & re-directed to Bournemouth. Flight KN86. On the reverse Harpenden 21 Feb 39 receiving. Tear at top affecting one stamp. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Daressalaam-Marseilles, GVI 15c & 30c pair of KUT, tied with Daressalaam 19 Sep 38 cds cancels. On East African Tobacco Co. Ltd stationary envelope. Addressed to Avignon. Flight DN128. On the reverse Avignon 23 Sep 38 receiving. Creasing to edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Khartoum-Mombas, 2½p Air of Sudan, tied with Wad Medani 4 Nov 38 cds cancel. On 2½p registered stationary envelope. Wad Medana registration label. Addressed to Bombasa! (Mombasa). On the reverse 'C/O Frontier Agent, Boma Plateau, via Kopoeta, Sudan' Khartoum registered oval 4 Nov 38 & Mombasa 6 Nov 38 receiving. It is not known when it was handed to the Frontier Agent but Kopoeta is 800 miles from Khartoum. Here...

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Athens, GVI 10c 15c 20c & 30c of KUT, tied with Kigoma 16 Jan 39 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Leipzig. Carried to Dodoma connecting with Wilson Airways feeder service to Kisumu connecting with Flight KN82 to Athens. Then on to destination. No markings on the reverse. With detailed notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Cape Town-Athens, 1/- of SA, tied with Cape Town 22 Nov 38 machine cancel. On Grand Hotel Cape Town stationary envelope. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Germany. South African Airways to Durban, connecting with Flight DN147. On the reverse a further air mail label & Munich 30 Nov 38 receiving. Clean cover with notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Durban-Southampton. 1½d Coronation joined pair of SA, tied with Durban 4 Jul 37 cds cancel. On 'Three Half Pence' illust cover printed in green. Addressed to Yoevil. Flight DN2. No markings on the reverse. Very fine clean cover. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Southampton-Durban. GVI 1½d Coronation, tied with Newport Post Early in the Day 25 Jun 37 slogan cancel. On plain cover. Hotel Majestic 'Clock Face' 5 Jul 37 receiving cachet on front. Addressed to Durban. Flight DS1. On the reverse Imperial Airways map of Africa in red 'All Letters for East & SA Now Go By Air' cachet. Nice clean cover With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Southampton, GVI 30c & 1/- of KUT, tied with Nariobi 2 Oct 39 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Glasgow. RAF shuttle service Nairobi-Kisumu, then Flight DN233. No markings on the reverse. Some creasing to the edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)