Lot
750
$2,000.00
Lot Type: C
A World airmail colln 1911-c70 in 4 binders, incl commercial, reg'd & censored mail, as well as airline FFCs. Noted: 1911 London-Windsor; 1923 Turin-Milan; 1925 Tehran-Baghdad; 1928 Tehran-Bushire; 1928 Basra-Cairo; 1930 Berlin-London (Zeppelin); 1930 USA-Zurich (Zeppelin); 1930 USA Eastbound Catapult mail to Canada; 1931 Bulawayo-Johannesburg EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT; 1931 Sydney-Melbourne 3d airmail FDC signed by Kingsford Smith; 1931 Manila-Katsuuna signed by Chichester; 1932 Windhoek-Kimberley; 1932 Athens-Limassol; 1936 USA-Frankfurt (Zeppelin) etc. 151 covers.
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Lot
751
$500.00
Lot Type: *
India 1934-7 seln “Rocket Mail” on 3 pages re Stephen Smith comprising 1934 1st PARACHUTE DELIVERY / IN INDIA red & blue on cream label with details of Mr R. Wyndham’s pouch of mail (62 covers) & parachute; 1935 2Rp Rocketgram blue & cream Silver Jubilee label with “ROCKET MAIL ….” ovpt in black; rocket mail labels for # 164 & 165 test firings & Dhakuria 27 Feb test firing label; 2 different 1937 1Rp “THE SATURN EXPRESS” labels & 2 x 2Rp rocket fee labels. Each signed by Stephen Smith on front/rear & last 2 additionally by JAL Cooper. 9v, scarce.
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Lot
752
$2,000.00
Lot Type: C
NZ & Australia 1931-67 seln of 273 FFCs (150 different) in shoebox. Noted 1934 3rd Australia-NZ "Southern Cross" cover posted in New Plymouth on arrival & signed by crew members & passengers (NZAMC 101 cat $750), 1934 Sydney-Lismore limited edition cover (1 of 200) from first flight in Australia made by a member of the royal family (the Duke of Gloucester), 50 other signed covers, & 1938 "Calpurnia" crash cover. Mixed condition. NZAMC & AAMC cat $5000+ excl duplicates.
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Lot
753
$750.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1935 Duke of Gloucester Royal Tour special flight Bay of Islands-Wellington (29 January 1935) carried by seaplane from H.M.A.S. Australia in the Bay of Islands to Auckland by Lt L J Sylvester & then to Wellington by Flt Lt S Wallingford & signed by both pilots. Has Auckland C.I. 29 JAN cds & Wellington Delivery 30 JA 35 b/s. Only 1 known. Good condition. NZAMC 115i. Cat $1000.
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Lot
754
$750.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1935 Duke of Gloucester Royal Tour special flight Wellington-Longbeach Station (16 Jan 1935) signed by pilot Flt Lt M W Buckley. One of 4 known. Good condition. NZAMC 115c. Cat $1000.
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Lot
755
$750.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1935 Duke of Gloucester Royal Tour special flight Wellington-Longbeach Station (16 Jan 1935) signed by pilot Flt Lt M W Buckley. One of 4 known. Good condition. NZAMC 115c. Cat $1000.
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Lot
756
$230.00
Lot Type: C
Samoa 1938 airmail cover, canc Apia/Western Samoa cds 10 JA 38, to Auckland. With fine r/s cachet (violet) "SERVICE DIDN OT EVENTUATE" [sic]. With article regarding the cover.
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