Sale 1287 — Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 23-24 May, 2023
Category — Other Flights by Country of Origin, Group Lots
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1565
GERMANY, 1919, Flight of the "Bodensee" (Sieger 19A). Germania 10c Carmine tied by Berlin 1.10.19 datestamp on picture postcard to U.S., violet on-board cachet dated Oct. 4, charge 2c due on arrival, with two 1c Postage Due stamp applied (one has since been removed), card with slight corner crease at top left, otherwise Fine
E. 200-300
250
1566
GREAT BRITAIN, 1911, Sept. 9, Official Coronation Aerial Post, London to Windsor (AAMC 8). One cover and one card, cover with Brown Violet cachet and affixed with Great Britain 1p to Lahore, India, card with Red Brown cachet and affixed with Great Britain -1/2p (2) to Calcutta, India, each tied by "First United Kingdom, Aerial Post London, SP 9, 1911" flight datestamps, various transit and arrival datestamps, minor faults including small edge tears and minor creases, Fine and scarce destinations, from the Magnolia collection
E. 500-750
375
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GREAT BRITAIN, 1912, Daily Mail Waterplane Service. Great Britain -1/2p horizontal pair, tied by two strikes of London Sept. 3, 1912 circular datestamps on souvenir picture post card to Belgaum, India, violet "Carried by Daily Mail Waterplane, Promoted by the Grahame White Aviation Co. Ltd." cachet, Belgaum arrival datestamp, card with minor corner crease, otherwise Very Fine, while this flight and cachet isn't particularly rare, this is the only recorded use to India, it was meant as a promotional flight to encourage tourists to the southern coast of England, from the Magnolia collection, with 2014 R.P.S. certificate
E. 400-500
4,250
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INDIA, 1934, Oct. 13-23, 10th South America Flight, Friedrichshafen-Recife (Sieger 280Aa). Picture postcard of Zeppelin originating in India with 2a pair tied by Delhi Sept. 29, 1934 boxed datestamp to Pernambuco, Brazil, Friedrichshafen Oct. 13 transit datestamp and red flight cachet with "C" indicating Friedrichshafen transfer, Recife arrival, Very Fine and scarce India origin, from the Magnolia collection
E. 750-1,000
1,800
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INDIA, 1937, Feb. 2, Princess Elizabeth Rocket Flight (E-Z 23C1; Hopferwieser SS-39a). Cover with green vignette tied by violet Boy Scouts Jamboree circular datestamp, boxed flight handstamp ties the 9p stamp and cachet, violet "By, R. No. 138 "Princess Elizabeth"" handstamp, cover with just a hint of a toning band at bottom, otherwise quite fresh and Very Fine, Hopferwieser €1,250
E. 400-500
550
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IRAQ, 1933, Sep. 7, 7th Zeppelin Flight from Iraq (Sieger 232). Iraq 8f and 30f tied by Baghdad Sept. 7, 1933 double-circle datestamps on flown registered cover to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Baghdad registry label, used with Great Britain 6p King George V horizontal pair affixed in transit in London with Nov. 11 double-circle datestamps, proper flight cachets, three Buenos Aires arrival backstamps, Very Fine and scarce origin, from the Magnolia collection, ex von Uexkull
E. 400-500
850
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IRAQ, 1933, Oct. 5, 9th Zeppelin Flight from Iraq (Sieger 238E). Iraq 8f and 30f tied by Baghdad Oct. 5, 1933 double-circle datestamps on flown registered cover to Pernambuco, Brazil, manuscript "Printed Matter, Registered" and registry label, proper flight cachets, Pernambuco arrival backstamp, Very Fine and scarce origin for this Zeppelin flight, from the Magnolia collection, ex von Uexkull
E. 500-750
750
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IRAQ, 1933, Oct. 8, Zeppelin Mixed Franking Cover from Iraq (Sieger 238Cbb). Iraq 50f tied by Baghdad Oct. 8 double-circle datestamp and used with Germany 1933 4r Chicago Zeppelin Air Post, tied by Friedrichshafen Oct. 12, 1933 circular datestamp on flown registered cover to Germany, Baghdad registry label, proper flight cachets, Very Fine and scarce combination cover with the Germany Chicago Zeppelin air post stamp, from the Magnolia collection, ex von Uexkull
E. 1,000-1,500
1,000
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IRAQ, 1934, May 24, 2nd Zeppelin Flight from Iraq (Sieger 247). Two similarly franked, one on cover and other a post card, Iraq 10f and 15f tied by Baghdad May 24, 1934 double-circle datestamps on flown registered card and cover to Pernambuco, Brazil, Baghdad registry label, used with Great Britain 1p and 1sh King George V stamps affixed in transit in Liverpool with Jun. 4 circular datestamps, Liverpool registry label, proper flight cachets, Stuttgart transit and Pernambuco arrival datestamps, Very Fine, a scarce pair of items on this flight from Iraq, from the Magnolia collection ex von Uexkull
E. 500-750
900
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UNITED STATES, 1926-27 U.S. Army Goodwill Flight Through The Americas. 34 stamps from all the different countries visited (and noted as all countries in South and Central America), includes U.S. stamps cancelled San Juan and St. Thomas each cancelled on arrival during the Goodwill tour, the cover is opened out so all stamps could be accommodated, eight of the stamps had to be put on the inside, also inside is a signed notation by Major Dargue and the crew attesting that these stamps were affixed at the various stops on the flight
Image 2
E. 500-750
500
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UNITED STATES, 1929, Aug. 1, Bremen to Germany, Catapult Flight (Graue-Leder K-2). United States 2c White Plains block of six on front and block of four on back, tied by multiple strikes of Newark Jul. 26, 1929 duplex datestamps on cover to Calcutta, India, proper red flight cachets, signed Stephen Smith on back, Very Fine, while not a particularly scarce catapult cover, the destination of any catapult mail to India is exceptionally rare, from the Magnolia collection
E. 1,000-1,500
3,500
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Czechoslovakia Flight Covers. One binder with 29 mostly first flight covers from 1922 to 1946 (see our website scan for these), also a binder with about 50 balloon covers from 1968-1977, and finally about 200 flight covers from the 1960s-1970s, minimal duplication, Fine-Very Fine
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E. 300-400
425
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Czechoslovakia 1932 South American Zeppelin Fight Covers. Eight, each on a different flight in 1932, from the first to the ninth (no fifth), all but one addressed to Brazil (other is to Bolivia), all flown and with proper cachets, postmarks and backstamps, Second and Third flight covers each with minor gum staining, otherwise a Very Fine group, Czechoslovakia Zeppelin flights to South America are not common
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E. 1,000-1,500
1,400
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German Zeppelin and Flight Cover Lot. 17 covers or cards, earliest is a card with two copies of the 1912 "Gelber Hund" overprint, a few from the 1920s, strength is in Zeppelins, particularly with the Suidamerica, Polar Fahrt and Chicago stamps, including a complete set of each series on a cover (the Chicago even as an additional 1m stamp), also a few Rocket covers, a desirable lot of mostly Very Fine quality
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E. 1,000-1,500
1,200
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India Flight Cover Collection formed by Leon V. Pont. Over 180 covers neatly housed in glassines affixed to page with informative hand-written descriptions of the flight including vital information such as number flown, covers the period from the late 1920s into the early 1930s, we notice numerous different flights and cachets with a heavy focus on the 1st and 2nd Experimental Flights, many with less than ten covers flown such as 1931 1st Experimental from Aallahabad-Akyab (six flown), 1931 2nd Experimental from Karachi-Akyab (three flown), Jodhpur-Victoria Point (two flown), Delhi-Akyab (six flown), among many others, plus quite a few 1930 Emergency Air Mail with violet cachet, 1930 First Flight by a Mohomedan Pilot, 1932 Madras to Karachi with Tata Sons, Ltd. cachet covers, and more, quality is generally well above the norm and with limited duplication noticed, mostly Very Fine, we would highly encourage careful inspection to fully appreciate the depth and scope of this fascinating period of Indian Air Post history, many of these covers would easily retail a couple to several hundred each, Mr. Pont was a close friend to Stephen Smith and often worked in tangent with Smith in organizing various first flights, from the Magnolia collection
E. 5,000-7,500
15,000
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India Flight Cover Collection Balance. Over 60 items from 1920s-30s, most neatly mounted on informative pages, some on black stock pages, wide arrange of different flights and their respective cachets and labels, very little duplication, includes some Middle East such as the RAF Cairo-Baghdad Route of the 1920s and the 1929 J. de Sibour markings, many are signed by pilots such as Alan Cobham, some small flaws but mostly Fine-Very Fine, a worthwhile lot, we recommend careful viewing as we notice quite a few scarce flights with low numbers of covers carried, from the Magnolia collection
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E. 3,000-4,000
4,000
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Iraq Air Post Postal History Collection Balance. Over 80 covers and cards from 1922-1950s neatly mounted and written up on exhibit pages, begins with the 1922 Baghdad-Cairo flights, few better special cachets such as the 1926 Stack & Leete and 1929 J. de Sibour handstamps, numerous better first flights with very low flown numbers such as 1930 Vienna-Baghdad (19 flown), 1933 Basra-Durban (4 flown), 1933 Baghdad-Gaza (33 flown), 1933 Baghdad-Rangoon (33 flown), and many others, we notice better destinations/origins, censor markings, military uses, registered, various Air Post etiquette labels, and even the 1938 "Calpurnia" crash covers, plus a few original photographs of the air port in Baghdad in 1933, mostly Fine-Very Fine, from the Magnolia collection, ex von Uexkull
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E. 1,500-2,000
7,500
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Norway Zeppelin Flown Covers to South America. Eight on different 1932 South America flights, with various Norwegian stamps all addressed to Brazil, proper cachets, markings, and backstamps, also one 1934 South America flight, a couple later Zeppelin flights, and a few flight covers, Fine-Very Fine
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E. 500-750
800
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