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Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 29)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
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Date: 4th May 2012 Time: 12:30PM
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1937 (May 5) Picture postcard addressed to Frankfurt written and posted on the airship on May 5th by a passenger Emil Stockle, bearing an uncancelled Hindenburg 50pf with small portion of a second stamp destroyed by fire, "NEW YORK N.Y / MAY 10 / PAQUEBOT" duplex applied. The New York Paquebot datestamp was applied to 176 uncancelled items of mail recovered from the Hindenburg after the disasterous fire at Lakehurst on May 6th; nearly all these items were put on the airship before departure at Frankfurt, this card being one of just three recorded "Paquebot" items written and posted on board the airship. Because these items were addressed back to Europe they were stored uncancelled in a metal box in the airship post office and would have been cancelled on the return flight. A rare item of "onboard paquebot mail" from the Hindenburg crash, with Dieter Leder Certificate (2008). Photo Inside Back Cover. £8,000-10,000
352
1937 (May 1) Cover addressed to A. Thasler in Friedrichshafen franked 1937 Hitler Culture Fund miniature sheet with 1932 Von Hindenburg 5pf and 1934 Air 10pf and 40pf on the reverse, the miniature sheet with "NEW YORK N.Y / MAY 10 / PAQUEBOT" duplex, the cover severely damaged at left by fire, enclosed within transparent ambulance envelope. Handed in at Frankfurt for posting on the return flight, recovered after the Lakehurst crash on May 6th, the New York Paquebot datestamp applied to the uncancelled recovered mail, much of which was found in crew members pockets. A scarce item of "Frankfurt paquebot mail" from the Hindenburg disaster, with Alexander Berezowski Certificate (1937). Photo Inside Back Cover. £4,000-5,000
353
1937 (May 8) Typed letter on notepaper of F. W von Meister, U.S Representative for the Zeppelin Co. in New York, signed by Max Zabel, Postmaster on the "Hindenburg" who survived the fire on May 6th. Zabel certifies that a letter for Miss Emiliane Huber could not be delivered as it was destroyed in the "Hindenburg" when it caught fire upon landing at Lakehurst on May 6th. Very scarce. £300-350
354
1937 (May 6) Western Union telegram from Greenwich, Conn. to "George Hirschfeld, Paul Kimball Hospital, River Ave" received at the Post Office at 128 Clifton Ave., Lakewood, N.J, - "wonderful to hear your miraculous escape from the appalling tragedy, Schierenberg Schwarz". £80-100
355
1937 (June 8) Letter on "Luftschiffbau Zeppelin" notepaper sent from Friedrichshafen to England, concerning the accident to the "Hindenburg", two signatures include Ludwig Durr, Chief Works Engineer of Construction. £200-240
356
1937 (May 6) Covers from New York addressed care of the German Zeppelin Co. in Frankfurt, franked 55c with red "MAIL VIA AIRSHIP HINDENBURG" label, both with the explanatory cachet "Intended for first eastbound trip of / Airship "HINDENBURG" in 1937. / Could not be forwarded on account / of accident to Airship, May 6, 1937" in differing shades of red ink, and "RETURN TO SENDER / MORGAN ANNEX, N.Y.P.O". (2). £80-100
357
1937 (Apr 21) Cover carried around the world from San Francisco, addressed to Berlin franked 71c, carried on the first flight from San Francisco to Macao and then by surface mail to Germany. Inscribed "via 1st 1937 Trip of Airship Hindenburg Germany to USA" but received too late for this flight (which crashed at Lakehurst), reposted from Berlin to Cincinnati on May 30th franked by Hindenburg 50pf and 75pf. £100-120

Airmail of East Africa

358
British Somaliland/Sudan. 1936 (Feb 12) Cover flown by first Ala Littoria flight from Berbera to Wadi Halfa via Khartoum bearing British Somaliland 3a, 4a, backstamped at Khartoum (Feb 18) and Wadi Halfa (Feb 20). Scarce, just 20 flown. Photo on page 53. £180-200
359
Eritrea/French Somali Coast. 1935 (Nov 26) First Ala Littoria flight cover from Asmara to Djibouti bearing Eritrea 25c, 1lire, with arrival backstamp. Scarce, about ten covers flown. £80-100
360
Tripolitania/French Somali Coast. 1935 (Nov 23) First Ala Littoria flight from Tripoli to Djibouti bearing Libia 5c, 30c, and Tripolitania 80c, arrival backstamp scarce, ten flown. £80-100
361
Tripolitania/Somalia. 1935 (Nov 23) First Ala Littoria flight from Tripoli to Rocca Littoria bearing Libia 10c and Tripolitania 1 lire with arrival backstamp, then returned to the original sender in Rome with Feb.1936 backstamps. Scarce, ten flown. £80-100
362
Somalia/Libya. 1935 (Dec 22) Registered first flight cover from Mogadiscu to Bengasi bearing Somalia 7 1/2c pair, 10c, 20c and 1.25 lire, unclaimed and returned to the original sender in Rome, with backstamps. Scarce, about ten covers flown. £80-100
363
Somalia/Sudan. 1936 (Jan 10) First Ala Littoria flight from Rocca Littoria to Kassala bearing Somalia 1.25 lire, arrival backstamp and boxed "UNCLAIMED" cachet. Scarce, ten flown. £80-100
364
French Somali Coast/Sudan. 1935 (Nov 14) First Ala Littoria flight from Djibouti to Khartoum bearing French Somali Coast 4c, 5c, 1f 75, arrival backstamp. Scarce, very few flown. £80-100
365
French Somali Coast/British Somaliland. 1935 (Nov 18) Ala Littoria first flight from Djibouti to Berbera bearing 20c, 25c and 85c on 40c, arrival datestamp on the front. Scarce, about ten covers flown. Photo on page 53. £130-150
366
Sudan/British Somaliland. 1935 (Dec 16) First flight from Khartoum to Berbera, cover franked Sudan Air Mail 7 1/2pi and bearing an Air Mail vignette, Berbera arrival c.d.s (Dec 24) on the front and violet "UNCLAIMED/RETURN TO SENDER". Returned to Khartoum, backstamped at Port Taufiq and Shellal-Halfa T.P.O. Very scarce, just ten covers flown. Photo on page 53. £350-380
367
Italy/British Somaliland. 1935 (Nov 7) First Ala Littoria flight from Rome to Berbera via Alexandria bearing 20c, 25c and 60c, Berbera arrival datestamps (Nov. 25) on front and reverse, also backstamped at Alexandria (Nov 15). Scarce, 20 flown. Photo on page 53. £130-150

Airmails of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

The fine Gold Medal winning collection written up to exhibition standard, covering all aspects of Nyasaland and Rhodesian airmails from 1911 until 1950, with items sent to, from, within or through the colonies, or which affected the development of airmails in Northern or Southern Rhodesia or Nyasaland. It therefore includes many covers from or to South Africa, Mozambique, Belgian Congo, KUT, Sudan, Egypt, as well as G.B, Europe and many countries further afield.

1911 London to Windsor Aerial Post
368
Real photographic picture postcard "Mr Driver Arrives" showing Head Postman Allen unloading mails from a plane at Hendon, with Driver alongside, boldly signed by the South African pilot E.F. Driver. Photo on page 53. £120-150
369
Foreign bundle label with Sept. 13 London Aerial Post code "1" c.d.s, a little staining, otherwise fine and scarce. Also another example of the Sep. 13 c.d.s cut from another bundle label, cut to shape. No flights took place on Sep. 13th due to adverse weather, 11 bags of mail being flown the following day. (2). £200-250
370
Red London to Windsor envelope with enclosed letter, addressed to Blantyre, bearing two KGV 1d stamps (overpaid by 1d) tied by fine London Aerial Post code "4" c.d.s (Sep 9), backstamped "CHINDE - B.P.O" (Oct 10) and "BLANTYRE, NYASALAND" (Oct 21) squared circles. Very fine, the only recorded 1911 Aerial Post envelope to Nyasaland. Photo on page 53. £800-1,000
371
Red London to Windsor envelope with enclosed letter, addressed to Umtali, bearing KGV 1d tied by fine London Aerial Post code "3" c.d.s (Sep 9) backstamped at Umtali (Oct 7). Very fine and a rare destination, just one other green envelope recorded to Southern Rhodesia. Photo on page 53. £800-1,000
372
Green London to Windsor postcard bearing KEVII 1/2d and KGV 1/2d tied by fine Sep. 9th London Aerial Post code "5" c.d.s (used on mail posted at Hendon Airport), written by P.W Storey to his brother A.J Storey in Blantyre, backstamped by "CHINDE - B.P.O" (Oct 10) and "BLANTYRE, NYASALAND" (Oct 21) squared circles. Very fine, the only recorded 1911 Aerial Post postcard to Nyasaland. Photo on page 56. £600-800
373
Brown London to Windsor postcard bearing two KGV 1/2d stamps tied by fine Sep. 14th London Aerial Post code "5" c.d.s (used on mail posted at Hendon Airport), addressed to Salisbury, Rhodesia. Very light partial arrival backstamp, the only recorded 1911 Aerial Post postcard to Southern Rhodesia. Photo on page 56. £400-500

1911-20 South African Flights
374
1911 (Dec 27) First South African Aerial Post from Kenilworth to Muizenberg, special postcard addressed to Salisbury bearing Cape 1/2d tied by the Kenilworth Aerial Post c.d.s, with Muizenberg Aerial Post c.d.s, Muizenberg c.d.s (Dec 28) and Salisbury machine applied upon arrival (2 Jan 1912), all on the front. A little light staining otherwise fine, the only recorded example of this flight card to Southern Rhodesia. Photo on page 56. £1,200-1,500
375
1911 "First S.A Aerial Post" real photographic postcard showing Driver in his aeroplane with the mailbag being loaded, an inset picture showing the plane in flight, boldly signed "E.F. Driver", the reverse inscribed and signed "Wishing you a happy Christmas, L.E. Wyndham". Also a small original photograph of Driver's Bleriot. A fine and scarce autographed card. (2). Photo on page 56. £180-200
376
1918 (Oct 7) Red Cross flight card carried on the First Flight from Wynberg to Green Point, bearing South Africa 1/2d tied by the special Aerial Post c.d.s, addressed to Bulawayo with machine datestamp applied upon arrival (Oct 14) on reverse. Creasing to lower left corner and a little very minor staining, otherwise fine and scarce. Just three cards from all six Red Cross flights are recorded to Southern Rhodesia, this card unusually being delivered without charge despite being underpaid by 1/2d. Photo on page 56. £300-400
377
1920 (Feb 14) Cover to Johannesburg endorsed "By Aerial Post", bearing South Africa 1d and 6d block of four tied by Cape Town datestamps, carried on the Handley-Page flight from Wynberg to Johannesburg which crashed at Beaufort West. Handstamped by red cachet "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE" and a light circular cachet. Two file holes near the base of the cover, one through one of the 6d stamps, and other minor faults, the file holes repaired internally. An attractive example of this scarce flight cover, the first South African crash cover. 422 covers were carried but only about 30 are now believed to exist. Also a contemporary photograph of the crashed plane. (2). Photo on page 56. £1,200-1,500

1920 London to Cape Town Pioneer Flight
378
1920 (Feb 3) Typed letter on 10 Downing Street notepaper, from the Prime Minister David Lloyd-George to Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa - "My dear General, I am told that two gallant South African Officer, Colonel Ryneveld and Major Brand, are about to start on the pioneer flight to South Africa by the Cape to Cairo route. I am glad to avail myself of this opportunity to send my best wishes to yourself and to South Africa by the first aerial mail. I do not suppose that Cecil Rhodes and the other pioneers of the Cape to Cairo route ever dreamed that the first package to be carried along this route would travel by air and not by rail", signed in ink D. Lloyd George, a little reduced at top and base (but with no loss of text). Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand made the first flight from London (Brooklands) to Cape Town (Wynberg), departing on February 4th and arriving 45 days later, on March 20th. The flight was completed in three different planes after crashes at Cairo and Bulawayo. A unique and important letter, one of just four letter carried over the entire flight. Photo Inside Front Cover. £1,500-1,800

1925 South African Government Air Service
379
1925 Covers and a card carried by experimental Government air service between Cape Town and Durban, comprising cover from London to Port Elizabeth franked 10 1/2d, carried on the March 2nd first flight; March 4th cover from Durban to London bearing Air Post 6d and 1d (2), charged 4d postage due as these Air Post stamps were only valid for the special Air fee and not for the basic 2d postage; and internal postcard from Somerset West to Mossel Bay franked 1d and Air Post 1d. (3). £100-120

1925-31 Alan Cobham Flights
380
1925 Vignettes produced for use on mail carried on the November London to Cape Town flight via Cairo; perforated and imperforate vignettes in both green and red, fine unused. (4). £100-120
381
1925-26 London to Cape Town survey flight souvenir mail card to Durban bearing a red vignette on the reverse tied by oval "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON - / CAPE TOWN" and signed Alan J. Cobham, a further strike of the oval cachet on the front. Franked South Africa 2d cancelled by Cape Town (Feb 23 1926) machine, a fine card. Photo on page 56. £400-500
382
1925-26 London to Cape Town survey flight souvenir mail card addressed by Cobham to his wife in London, unstamped but with Cape Town (Feb 17) c.d.s, the reverse with a message from Cobham, also endorsed and signed "Carried by Alan J, Cobham 17/2/26". 19 Cards were written by Cobham to his wife from various stops on the flight, this being the final card written on the day of his arrival at Cape Town. A unique card, carried back by Cobham on his return flight. Photo on page 56. £1,200-1,500
383
1926 Cover to Brig-General Ridgway in London with typed inscription "By Air from London to Cape Town, Alan J. Cobham's Demonstration Flight" and signed by Alan Cobham, bearing South Africa 1d vertical pair tied by Cape Town c.d.s (Feb 19), carried on Cobham's return flight to London and personally delivered by him. Very scarce, only about a dozen covers carried on this flight. Photo on Back Cover. £800-1,000
384
1926 (Feb 13) Typed letter from the Carlton Hotel, Johannesburg to Lewis Gillen in Pretoria, - "I shall be pleased to carry your letter as requested", signed Alan J. Cobham. Cobham arrived in Cape Town four days later, the letter referred to presumably being carried from Johannesburg to Cape Town, the final leg of his survey flight from London. £100-120
385
Picture postcard of Alan Cobham, signed and dated "Best wishes, Alan J. Cobham, 23/7/30". Also a 5/- passenger ticket for one flight in a 3-engined airspeed limousine at the National Aviation Day Display organised by Sir Alan Cobham. (2). £100-120
386
1931 (July) Experimental flight from London to Central Africa, page from an autograph book inscribed "Crew of Worlds largest seaplane G.AAJY. Short-Bristol "Valetta" on 12,300 miles flight to Central Africa (Lake Kivu) and back - 1931" signed by the six crew, Alan J. Cobham, H.D. Bell, F.H Spencer, P. Parish, S. Bonnet and A. Russell. A scarce souvenir of this flight, which did not carry any mail. £120-15

1926 R.A.F Test and Survey Flights
387
1926 R.A.F test flight from Cairo to Khartoum, cover to Khartoum initialled by the pilot and endorsed "By Kind Permission of OC Flight" bearing Egypt 5m tied by Abu Suwer c.d.s (Jan 9), with violet "Special Flight /Cairo to Khartoum" and "Khartoum. 11/1/26" cachets. 65 Covers carried on this flight. Photo on page 59. £200-250
388
1926 R.A.F Survey Flight from Cairo to Cape Town, cover with oval "HELIOPOLIS DETAILS / 1 MAR 1926 / ROYAL AIR FORCE" cachet addressed to "Major T. M. Barlow, c/o R.A.F Depot (Fairey IIID Flight), Cape Town, South Africa" and endorsed "Per Trans African Air Mail", redirected to "Fairey Aviation Works, Hayes, Middlesex, England". Bearing a South Africa 2d tied by Muizenberg c.d.s (Apr. 19), signed and endorsed "To be carried by Fairey IIID, 31104 C. Pulford, Wing Cdr o/c Cape Flight 25/2/26". A scarce cover, carried on the survey flight from Heliopolis to Cape Town and posted back to England from Muizenberg, a little worn and faded, otherwise fine. Also a typed letter (Apr 14th) from the Air Ministry Press Section with copies of two telegrams sent by Sir Samuel Hoare to Wing Cdr. Pulford or the South African Minister of Defence sending congratulations on the success of the flight, and a copy of the reply to Sir Samuel Hoare. Ex Jeidel. (4). Photo on page 59. £900-1,200

1927 East Africa Flights
389
1927 Covers and cards comprising Jan. 7th cover from Nairobi to London with red "KENYA-SUDAN / 1st / AIR MAIL" skeleton c.d.s (Feb 15); March 7th "Smye" cover from Dublin to Jinja backstamped red "KENYA-SUDAN / AIR MAIL" skeleton (Mar 31), Kisumu and Jinja (Apr 4) and March 9th Francis Field cover from London to Jinja with similar backstamps, also with boxed private cachet "..... abandoned owing to breakdown of Hydroplane on Lake Victoria"; September 28/29 covers from England to Nairobi or Jinja both carried on the "Pelican" experimental flight with red Oct. 17th skeleton datestamps "KENYA-SUDAN / AIR MAIL" or "AIR MAIL / UGANDA SUDAN" and arrival backstamps. (5). £350-400

1929-31 South African Union Airways Flights
390
1929 Covers flown within South Africa comprising registered cover from England carried on the first Cape Town to Durban flight signed by the pilots Alistair Miller and R. Caspareuthus; Cape Town paquebot cover bearing G.B P.U.C 1/2d - 2 1/2d carried on the first flight to Bloemfontein; East London to Cape Town registered first flight cover signed by the pilot Alistair Miller; and East London to Durban first flight to England charged 1d postage due. (4). £150-200
391
1931 (Nov 12) Fire damaged cover from Durban to USA franked 1d strip of three and Air Post 4d, with Dept. of Posts & Telegraphs explanatory slip, "damage to the enclosed letter caused through the crash and destruction by fire of the aeroplane conveying the Air Mail between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town on Friday November 13th 1931". The plane crashed during a storm in the Drakensburg Mountains killing the pilot and his three passengers. Most of the mail was destroyed by fire, about 600 damaged items being salvaged and delivered. Also a contemporary newspaper cutting concerning the crash. (2). £200-250

1926-32 Record Attempts and Pioneer Flights
392
1926 Mittelholzer Africa Flight, registered cover to Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, flown from Zurich (Nov 28) to Alexandria (Dec 13 c.d.s) then carried by surface mail, with arrival backstamp (14 Jan. 1927). The only recorded cover from this flight addressed to Northern Rhodesia. Photo on page 59. £200-250
393
1928 London to Cape Town record breaking flight by Lieut. Pat Murdoch, three contemporary photos of Murdoch and his aeroplane, and a 1938 news cutting reporting the discovery of his crashed plane. Murdoch reached Cape Town in just 13 days, but crashed in Belgian Congo on the return flight to England. A unique record of this flight, no mail being carried by Murdoch in either direction. (4). £150-200
394
1929 (Oct 15) Registered cover from Paris to Broken Hill franked 11fr, with its Certificate of Posting, carried on the first flight from Paris, which continued on to Madagascar, piloted by Capt. Goulette with two crew. A scarce cover, with Broken Hill arrival c.d.s (Oct 25), just one other cover from this flight recorded to Broken Hill. Photo on page 59. £200-250
395
1930 (Oct 4) Cover to Cape Town carried by Capt. Reinholdt Caspareuthus in his record breaking 8 1/2 day flight from Lympne to Cape Town, bearing G.B 1 1/2d tied by London machine with "AIR POST / SPECIAL" cachet, signed R. Caspareuthus, backstamped at Cape Town (Oct 13). Fine and scarce, only about 20 covers carried. Photo on page 59. £500-600
396
1931 (Mar 30) Printed "Glen Kidston London - Cape Town Flight, Lockheed Vega G-ABGK" envelope numbered "19", addressed to Cape Town, with typed dates of arrival and departure at each stop, signed by the pilot Owen Caspareuthus. Franked by G.B 1 1/2d tied by Amesbury c.d.s, KUT 5c, 15c tied Kisumu c.d.s (Apr 3) and South Africa 2d tied Cape Town c.d.s (Apr 6), the reverse with oval cachet "STATION HEADQUARTERS / 1 APR 1931 / R.A.F. HELIOPOLIS". Very few covers were carried on this record breaking 6 1/2 day flight. Photo on page 59. £500-600
397
1931 (Oct 30) Cover carried by Miss Peggy Salaman and Gordon Store on their record breaking 5 days 8 hours flight from Lympne to Cape Town, then posted back to England, franked G.B 1 1/2d tied by Lympne c.d.s and South Africa 2d tied Cape Town c.d.s (Nov 6) with oval cachet "DUTY OFFICE / 31 OCT 1931. LYMPNE AIRPORT". Signed on the reverse by both Salaman and Storey. Very scarce, only about ten covers carried for personal friends. Photo on page 59. £500-600
398
1932 Cover carried by Oscar Garden in his attempted record flight from Cape Town to Croydon in a Spartan Hermes biplane, abandoned when he crashed at Abercorn. Addressed to London bearing a South Africa 1d tied by Cape Town c.d.s (Apr 19) with Abercorn c.d.s (Apr 22) alongside and on reverse, handstamped bilingual "FOUND WITHOUT CONTENTS" and "ACCIDENT AT ABERCORN / 22 APRIL 1932 / Flight Abandoned". Fine and scarce, no more than 25 covers carried. Photo on page 59. £300-400

1931 Imperial Airways Christmas Flight
399
Covers flown to Northern or Southern Rhodesia, with covers from G.B to Mpika (3, one with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s), Bulawayo, Salisbury (3, one with Wilton Rd c.d.s) or Broken Hill; Ireland to Broken Hill or Bulawayo; France to Bulawayo; Belgium to Bulawayo; Kenya covers from Nairobi to Bulawayo or Broken Hill; Tanganyika covers from Mushi to Broken Hill or Mwanza to Salisbury; and Sudan covers comprising Khartoum to Salisbury, Mpika or Bulawayo, Wadi Halfa to Broken Hill or Mpika, Atbara to Salisbury or Broken Hill, and Malakal to Gwelo. A fine lot. (24). £350-400
400
Covers (26) and a front flown from Northern Rhodesia (8) or Southern Rhodesia (19, three registered covers with Certificates of Posting), and three Southern Rhodesia bundle labels with Salisbury handstamps, the Southern Rhodesia covers and bundle labels all with the "Experimental Flight" cachet. A fine lot with covers from Broken Hill (7) or Luanshya to various destinations in Southern Rhodesia or South Africa, the Southern Rhodesia covers from Bulawayo (7), Salisbury (8), Mazoe, Darwendale, Marandellas or Raylton sent internally (3, scarce) or to various destinations in South Africa or South West Africa. (33). £400-500
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 29)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109
Date: 4th May 2012 Time: 12:30PM
Details: Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited
Until Wednesday 18th April - By Appointment
Monday 23rd April - Friday 27th April and
Monday 30th April - Thursday 3rd May - 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options
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