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757
$375.00
Lot Type: C
India-China-GB 1941 WWII censored registered air cover ex India to GB, routed "over the hump" (ie: the Himalayas) via Chungking in southern China (temporary routing due to war-time disruption of the normal route). M/s endorsement "India-Chungking-England". From a British officer at "GHQ, M.G.O Branch, Patiala House, New Delhi" to another ("Major E, Flight", possibly a security pseudonym?) On back, 5 diff India GVI stamps totalling 3 rupees 10 annas 6 pies, canc 5 good-fine strikes of "CAMP P.O. L-74" cds 20 NOV 41 (with camp h/s on regn label). Triangular censor "A-11" tying resealing strip. GB receipt b/s 27 JA 42 (over 2 months transit!) This cover probably travelled from Chungking to Hong Kong, then via the USA to GB. Hong Kong fell under Japanese occupation in late Dec 1941, not long after this cover would have passed through. A rare WWII item. Fine condition. With copy of recent explanatory article by David Smitham.
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Lot
758
$4,000.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1928 Kingsford Smith Southern Cross flight from NZ (13 Oct) carried by T H McWilliams. Cover addressed to E Graham (a/c S Whitehead). Enclosed is letter from R Nicol to E Graham saying that his and another letter for S Whitehead are being carried by "Southern Cross" per favour of Mr McWilliams wireless operator (etc). Cover has 1d Australia GV stamp tied by indistinct Sydney 5am 15 OC cds. 16 covers only carried. NZAMC 32. Cat $5000.
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Lot
759
$5,000.00
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World 1910-60s Commercial Propeller Aircraft. Barry Smith's 8 frame exhibit incl: 1911 India fine first ever airmail cover, 1911 UK Aerial Post cover; 1917 Italy Turin-Rome cover; 1918 USA Cleveland-New York crash mail; 1923 GB Daimler Airways 4½d airmail cover to Germany; 1925 South Africa last government experimental airmail (Durban-Cape Town) cover to GB; 1926 Australia Camooweal-Charleville cacheted cover; 1927 France Bleriot 2FR & 5FR used (former genuine, latter forgery) with certs; 1929 France reg'd cacheted catapult mail to New York; c1930 Canada various semi-official post airmail stamps & covers; 1933 GB GWR pilot signed Birmingham-Torquay airmail; 1934 Brazil Condor-Lufthansa Trans-Atlantic cacheted commercial cover to London; 1936 NZ unique Scipio crash mail surviving cover to Germany (NZAMC 1327b); 1938 Mozambique reg'd pilot signed cover to Angola (1 of 16); 1938-9 National Airlines x 2, Lockheed 10 covers each with etiquette (1 redesigned), very rare on year of issue covers; 1942 1F75 Madagascar mint stamp, 1944 Germany INSELPOST/Feldpost (Michel 8b) pair mint with cert. Also incl various FFCs, crash covers, stamps, etiquettes, airline promotional ephemera & 3 s/bs of misc (incl another 1927 France 5FR forgery), m/s mint/MUH/used & cinderellas etc. Also 14 items of related literature. An excellent in depth study of the subject.
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