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1930 (Feb 3) Imperial Airways first flight from Delhi to Teheran via Bushire, registered cover bearing ½a and Air 2a, 3a, 6a all cancelled at Park Street, Calcutta, a Teheran c.d.s and boxed "REFUSE" on the front, backstamped at Teheran (Feb. 7), Karachi and Calcutta. Signed on the reverse by Stephen Smith and G. Grant, the designer of the India Air Post stamps. A very scarce first flight, very few flown. £100-150
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1930 (Mar 10) "Maryland Free State" flight from Calcutta to Alameda, California, piloted by Geysendorffer and Scholte, flown cover with India 1a cancelled at Calcutta (Mar. 9) and USA 2c cancelled at Alameda (May 12). Handstamped "AIR LINER / MARYLAND FREE STATE" and signed by Scholte. Fine and scarce, 26 covers flown. Photo on Page 168 £250-300
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1930 (Aug 28 - Sep 1) Jacobabad to Reti emergency R.A.F air service due to flooding, covers flown on differing flights from Jacobabad (2) or Reti (with "Reti to Jacobabad 1930" vignette), all handstamped "EMERGENCY AIR MAIL", fine. (3). Photo on Page 170. £200-250
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1930 (Aug 24-Sep 3) Jacobabad to Reti emergency R.A.F air service due to flooding, covers flown from Jacobabad to Reti (5), covers and a card flown from Reti to Jacobabad (10), five of these bearing red or white "Reti To Jacobabad 1930" flight vignettes, all 15 items handstamped violet "EMERGENCY AIR MAIL". All have arrival datestamps, the items from Jacobabad all carried on different flights, the ten items from Reti carried on seven differing flights. A fine and scarce group. (15). £900-1,200
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1930 (Aug 27-31) Jacobabad to Reti emergency R.A.F air service due to flooding, 1a postal stationery envelopes flown in both directions, from Jacobabad to Reti and back to Jacobabad, backstamped at both towns, all sent on differing flights, handstamped violet "EMERGENCY AIR MAIL". Very few covers were flown in both directions; probably the three finest covers known, all with pencil explanations written and signed by Stephen Smith. (3). Photo on Page 170. £350-450
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1930 (Oct 29/30) Mrs Victor Bruce World Flight, cover bearing KGV 1a cancelled upon arrival at Calcutta (Oct 29), handstamped "CARRIED BY THE HONBLE / MRS VICTOR BRUCE / JODHPUR" and signed "Mildred Bruce", fine and rare, only ten covers flown from Jodhpur to Calcutta. Also a printed cover flown from Karachi to Akyab with a 1a stamp cancelled at East Rangoon (Oct 31), signed "Mildred Bruce". (2). Photo on Page 170. £320-400
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1930 (Sep 30) R-101 Proposed flight from London to India. Ephemera comprising a letter from the Superintendent of Police at Karachi enclosing passes for one car and two people to the Royal Airship Base to see the arrival of the R.101, together with the three specially printed passes, each of which bears the cachet of the "Aircraft Depot, R.A.F, Drigh Rd, Karachi, Adjutants Office", and strangely have adverts for Ardath cork tipped cigarettes on the reverse. Also two photographic postcards of the wrecked airship and coffins of victims in France. A rare group, the R-101 crashed in France so never reached Karachi. (6). £600-650
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1930 (Oct 30) England to Australia flight by Oscar Garden, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with a ½a block cancelled at Park Street, Calcutta, the reverse bearing a 1a stamp cancelled upon arrival at Rangoon (Oct. 31). Signed by the pilot, bearing the "Air Mail, Calcutta To Rangoon" vignette tied by the cachet "ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA FLIGHT / WITH MR OSCAR GARDEN, ACROSS THE BAY OF BENGAL". Light staining but scarce, just 11 covers flown. £100-150
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1930 (Oct 30) R.A.F Demonstration flight to the Straits Settlements, cover flown from Karachi to Calcutta with a 1a stamp cancelled upon arrival at Fort William, violet boxed cachet, signed by the pilot Ft. Lt D.F Anderson. Fine and scarce, just 25 covers flown. Photo on Page 170. £200-250
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1930 (Oct 30) R.A.F Demonstration flight to the Straits Settlements, cover flown from Karachi to Calcutta with a 1a stamp cancelled upon arrival at Fort William, violet boxed cachet, signed by the pilot Ft. Lt D.F Anderson. Fine and scarce, just 25 covers flown. £200-250
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1930 (Nov 4) R.A.F Demonstration flight to Straits Settlements, cover flown from Calcutta to Bangkok with a Union Jack applied and the flight cachet, bearing India ½a cancelled at Calcutta (Nov 2) and Siam 2s cancelled by wavy lines with a Bangkok c.d.s (Nov 7) below. 64 Covers flown. £100-120
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1930 (Nov 18-22) R.A.F Demonstration flight, covers carried on the return flights, from Calcutta to Delhi (43 covers flown), Calcutta to Allahabad (36 covers flown) or Allahabad to Delhi (73 covers flown) all franked 1a cancelled Calcutta (2) or upon arrival at New Delhi, with cachets "By Hanaidi & Wapiti Aeroplanes" and/or cachets of The Cheshire Regt. or Gordon Highlanders, all fine. (3). Photo on Page 170. £300-350
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1930 (Nov 24) Paris to Saigon flight by Mlle Maryse Hiltz, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with two 1a stamps cancelled at Calcutta and Rangoon (Nov 26) and the large bicoloured cachet. Fine and scarce, 39 covers flown. Photo on Page 170. £200-250
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1930 (Nov 24) Paris to Saigon flight by Mlle Maryse Hiltz, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with two 1a stamps cancelled at Calcutta and Rangoon (Nov 26) and the large bicoloured cachet. A little staining around the stamps, otherwise fine and scarce, 39 covers flown. £150-200
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1930 (Dec 21) Karachi to Cape solo flight by Abul Murad, cover flown from Calcutta to Gaya with a 1a stamp cancelled upon arrival, two cachets, signed by the pilot. The flight ended at Shaibah in Iraq when the plane crashed into old war trenches. Fine and scarce, just 27 covers flown. Photo on Page 170. £150-200
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1931 (Jan 25/Feb 6) Air Orient Marseille to Saigon and return first flights, covers flown on the outward flight from Calcutta to Rangoon with a cachet featuring a cat and an elephant (232 flown), or flown on the return flight from Calcutta to Jodhpur, the cachet featuring a cat and a horse, just 35 covers flown. A fine pair, the second scarce. (2). Photo on Page 170. £250-300
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1931 (Mar 26/Apr 1) Hollywood to Singapore flight by the American aviators Ross Hadley and John Pratt, covers flown from Karachi to Calcutta with two ½a stamps cancelled upon arrival at Park Street (just 18 covers flown, light staining), Calcutta to Akyab bearing a photographic vignette showing both aviators with 1a stamps cancelled at Calcutta and Akyab (35 covers flown), or from Calcutta to Rangoon (2 covers each with two 1a stamps cancelled at Calcutta and Rangoon, 45 covers flown). All three flights bear differing "American Flyers" cachets, the flights from Calcutta also handstamped "Held up till 1st April / owing to unforeseen circumstances". One Calcutta to Rangoon cover and the Calcutta to Akyab cover were signed by Pratt; the other two covers are signed by both aviators. A fine group. (4). Photo on Page 172. £500-600
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1931 (Apr 3) England-Australia flight by G.P Fairbairn and K. Shenstone, cover flown from Calcutta to Singapore with "British Flight" cachet, bearing India Air ¼a block and 1a cancelled at Park Street, Calcutta and Straits 6c cancelled Raffles, Singapore c.d.s (Apr 11), also handstamped "DETAINED TILL 5TH APRIL / ENGINE OVERHAULED" and signed by G.P Fairbairn. Fine and scarce, just 20 covers flown. Photo on Page 172. £200-250
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1931 (Apr 13) and 1932 (Feb 26) Bombay to Portuguese Goa experimental flights by Major Craveiro Lopes, two covers carried on the first flight with the First Air Mail cachet and a cover carried on the second flight, this later flight little known and scarce with very little mail carried. (3). £150-180
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1931-33 Air Orient and KLM flights to or from India comprising 1931 (July 1) London to Saigon Air Orient first flight which made a forced landing at Akyab due to a fire on board, the mails being transferred to KLM; 1932 (Oct 4) Air Orient first flights from Calcutta to Bangkok or Saigon; 1933 (Mar 7) first flight from Karachi to Jask with an arrival c.d.s on the front; and 1933 (Apr 4) first flight from Calcutta to Tokyo. (5). £120-150
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1931 (Aug 10) Croydon to Shanghai flight by the American aviators Charles and Gladys Day, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon bearing a photographic vignette of Mrs Day tied by the "American Flyers" cachet, a ½a stamp cancelled at Park Street, Calcutta and a 1a stamp at Rangoon (Sep 20), with handstamped date "3 SEP 1931", the day the couple actually left Calcutta. The flight was further delayed by a forced landing in the jungle near Sandoway. A fine and scarce cover, just 14 covers flown. Photo on Page 172. £250-300
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1931-33 Covers intended for air mail within the USA, the 1931 (Sep. 17) cover from Ganhati to Denver inscribed "Air Mail Karachi to Croydon and New York City to Denver, Colo." franked 9a with a 5c U.S Air mail stamp cancelled in both India and Denver. The 1933 (Oct. 7) cover from Bombay to Palo Alto franked 1a9p with an 8c U.S Air mail stamp applied but ringed as invalid, marked as 25c due, converted to 13 cents in the USA. Handstamped "T" and boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL" with 13c in U.S dues on the reverse, inscribed "Via Air Mail to Europe, Via Air Mail New York to California", correctly sent by surface to England as the India air postage was underpaid, the U.S air mail stamp for internal U.S air mail misunderstood in India and the cover incorrectly sent by surface within the USA. U.S Air mail stamps for air mail within the USA were available from consular offices in many overseas countries; their use from India is rare. An exceptional pair showing the correct acceptance and incorrect disallowing of the U.S air mail stamps in India, on covers to the USA. (2). Photo on Page 172. £300-400
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1932 (Jan 2/5) Delhi Flying Club service to Karachi, first flight covers with cachets flown on January 2nd from Karachi to Delhi or Jodhpur to Delhi, or on January 5th from Delhi to Jodhpur (just 16 covers flown), Delhi to Hyderabad (13 flown), Delhi to Karachi (17 flown), Jodhpur to Hyderabad (9 flown) or Hyderabad to Karachi (16 flown). A very scarce group. (7). Photo on Page 172. £500-600
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1932 (Apr 14) Bertram Atlantis Expedition, Round the World Seaplane flight, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with 1a and 3p cancelled upon arrival (Apr 22), bearing explanatory vignette tied by circular "ATLANTIS / ICHAPUR / 14 APRIL / 1932 / JUNKERS D-1925", a further strike on the reverse. Also handstamped "BERTRAM ATLANTIS / EXPEDITION", backstamped at Calcutta. A fine cover, 75 flown. Photo on Page 172. £150-180
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1932 (Apr 14) Bertram Atlantis Expedition, Round the World Seaplane flight, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with 1a and 3p cancelled upon arrival (Apr 22), bearing explanatory vignette tied by circular "ATLANTIS / ICHAPUR / 14 APRIL / 1932 / JUNKERS D-1925", a further strike on the reverse. Also handstamped "BERTRAM ATLANTIS / EXPEDITION", backstamped at Calcutta. A fine cover, 75 flown. £150-180
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1932 (Oct 15) Tata Airways Karachi-Madras first flight via Ahmedabad, Bombay and Bellary, covers from Brindisi franked 4L (including Air Post 1L and two 50c stamps) to Ahmedabad or Madras, carried by Imperial Airways to Karachi and then transferred to the Tata Airways first flight, both with the boxed Karachi-Madras First Air mail datestamp. Also a cover carried on the October 17th first flight from Madras to Karachi with boxed First Air Mail datestamp. (3). £150-180
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1932 (Nov 17) Round the World flight by the French aviator Jacques Hebert, cover flown from Calcutta to Akyab bearing the orange vignette tied by "Across the Bay, to Akyab / ASMANI CHARI" trilingual cachet, a 1a3p stamp cancelled upon arrival, signed by the pilot. Very fine, 57 covers flown. £100-120
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1932 (Nov 6) Australia to South Africa flight by Capt. James Dickson in the "Spirit of Fun", cover flown from Calcutta to Bombay with the flight vignette tied by "1200 MILES NON STOP FLIGHT / Calcutta To Bombay" cachet, a 3p block cancelled at Calcutta, a further 3p block + single cancelled upon arrival at Bombay, the reverse with a further strike of the cachet and the signature of the pilot, James B. Dickson. A fine and scarce cover carried on the first non-stop flight between Calcutta and Bombay, just 15 covers flown. Photo on Page 172. £250-300
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1933 (Jan 16) Penang to Bombay flight by Prince Ali Khan, son of the Aga Khan, cover flown from Bombay to Calcutta bearing the large "Prince Ali Khan" vignette tied by red eagle cachet, 3p and 1a stamps cancelled upon arrival at Santa Cruz. Very fine, 91 covers flown. £100-120
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1933 (Mar 9) Zurich to Sydney flight by the Swiss aviator Carl Nauer, cover endorsed and signed "Carried from Brindisi to Calcutta. Plane C.H 326 23/3/33, Carl Nauer" with a green air mail label tied by two aeroplane cachets, a KGV 1a3p cancelled on arrival at Calcutta (Mar 23). Fine and very rare, just four covers flown. Photo on Page 175. £400-500
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1933 (April 7) Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition, first survey flight from Purnea to Mt. Everest by Air Commodore P.F.M Fellowes. Indian Air Mail Society notepaper of Stephen Smith bearing a newspaper picture of Fellowes and the Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition flag logo both tied by the circular cachet "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDTN / 1933 / PAR AVION - BY AIR - CORREO AEREO", signed by Fellowes on the day of his first survey flight. The page also signed by Stephen Smith, globetrotter Frank L. Cook and four officials at Purnea, handstamped boxed "PURNEA JUNCTION". A rare and interesting souvenir of this famous flight, presumably produced by Stephen Smith. Photo on Page 202. £300-350
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1933 (Apr 7) Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition first survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes franked 3p and ½a pair cancelled at Purnea (Apr. 8), bearing the flight vignette featuring a Union Jack and an aeroplane over India. Both sides handstamped with the circular flight cachet in violet showing Mt. Everest, backstamped at Calcutta and signed by Stephen Smith. 87 Covers flown, a charge of one guinea per cover being donated to R.A.F charities. Photo on Page 175. £200-250
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1933 (Apr 7) Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition first survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes franked 3p and 1a cancelled at Purnea (Apr. 8), bearing the flight vignette featuring a Union Jack and an aeroplane over India. Both sides handstamped with the circular flight cachet in violet showing Mt. Everest, backstamped at Calcutta and signed by Stephen Smith. 87 Covers flown, a charge of one guinea per cover being donated to R.A.F charities. Photo on Page 175. £200-250
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1933 (April 5) Paris to Hanoi flight by the French aviator Maryse Hiltz, cover from Calcutta intended to be flown to Rangoon but actually carried to Hanoi, subsequently returned by an Air Orient plane and posted in Calcutta (April 21) franked 1a and 3p. Bearing the flight vignette depicting an elephant, tied by the cachet "TRANSPORTE A HANOI / RENVOYE A CALCUTTA PAR L'AIR-ORIENT / POUR ETRE MIS A LA POSTE". Also an unused example of the elephant flight vignette signed on the reverse by Stephen Smith. 90 Covers flown. (2). £100-120
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1933-38 Tata Airways first flight covers comprising 1933 (May 27-30) first flights from Poona to Bellary, Karachi (2, one a postcard flown to England by Imperial Airways) or Madras; 1935 demonstration flights from Bombay to Calcutta (Feb 25), Calcutta to Bombay (Feb 26) or Bombay to Trivandrum (Oct 29); 1937 (Apr. 16) first flights from Bhuj to Karachi, Hyderabad, Bombay, Madras or Ahmedabad, or from Karachi or Bombay to Bhuj; 1937 first flights from Delhi to Bombay (Nov 8) or Bombay to Delhi (Nov.10, two covers); and 1938 (Feb. 28) Trichinopoly to Madras first flight. In May 1933 the Karachi-Madras service altered its stopping place en route temporarily from Bombay to Poona as the result of flooding at Juhu aerodrome, very few first flight covers being sent from the new stop at Poona. In 1937 Tata extended their Madras-Karachi service to a new fair season halt at Bhuj; only two days notice of the change was given and very few first flight covers were therefore sent. A scarce group. (18). £350-400
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1933 (July 7-11) Karachi to Calcutta and return first flights by Indian Trans-Continental Airways via Jodhpur, Delhi, Allahabad, Cawnpore and Asansol. First Outward flight covers flown from Karachi to Calcutta (2), Delhi to Asansol, Allahabad to Asansol or Jodhpur to Asansol, and first return flight covers flown from Allahabad to Cawnpore, Asansol to Allahabad or Asansol to Cawnpore, and a postcard to Sharjah flown from Calcutta to Karachi and then by Imperial Airways to Bahrain with datestamps of Bahrain (July 13) and Dubai (July 25). Most with some toning, the card also with three repaired corners, nevertheless very rare with just three items flown on the Calcutta-Karachi flight and then on to Bahrain. (9). Photo on Page 175. £180-200
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1933 (July 21) Australia to England flight by Capt. James Woods in "The Spirit of Western Australia", cover flown from Calcutta to Lucknow with a 1a3p stamp cancelled upon arrival, bearing a "DUM DUM AIR PORT" label tied by the violet flight cachet, a further strike on the reverse. The cover was signed by Woods in 1958. A few minor tone spots, otherwise superb and very scarce, just 16 covers flown. Photo on Page 175. £150-200
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1933 (July 24) Registered cover from Karachi to Pernambuco, Brazil, "By air mail to London, by Graf Zeppelin from Germany, Printed Matter, Registered", franked 9a9p for the Imperial Airways rate to London, two G.B 5d stamps cancelled in London to pay the printed matter rate for the Graf Zeppelin. Carried on the Graf Zeppelin 4th South America flight with two Zeppelin cachets and circular "MIT LUFTPOST BEFORDERT / LUFTAMT / BERLIN C2" in red, backstamped at Paris, Berlin (Aug 5), and Pernambuco (Aug. 9), a blue "Via Zeppelin. Friedrichshafen" label applied. A fine and scarce Zeppelin acceptance from India. Photo on Page 175. £500-600
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1933-34 Indian National Airways first flight covers comprising 1933 (Dec 1) first flight from Dacca to Calcutta, Rangoon to Akyab, Akyab to Chittagong (3) or Akyab to Calcutta (5); 1933 (Dec 4) first weekly service from Calcutta to Sandoway (actually carried to Akyab and then flown back as the pilot forgot to land at Sandoway), Akyab to Bassein (5) or Akyab to Rangoon (5); 1934 (Dec 1-4) first flights from Lahore to Karachi, Multan or Sukkur and Sukkur or Multan to Karachi, and December 6th return flights from Karachi to Sukkur (2) or Lahore (franked Chamba State stamps, one of 62 covers on this flight authorised to have Chamba stamps affixed). (29). £250-350
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1934 (Jan 29) Bihar Earthquake emergency flight from Dum Dum to Darbhangha bearing pink triangular flight vignette tied by the cachet "EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY FLIGHT", a further strike on the reverse, 3p and ½a pair cancelled upon arrival and Darbhangha (Jan 30). Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 175. £100-120
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1934 (Feb 10/11) Madras Air Taxi Service, first outward flight covers flown from Madras to Gunnavaram or Calcutta, Vizagapatam to Puri or Calcutta (2) or Puri to Calcutta; and first return flight covers flown from Calcutta to Puri, Vizagapatam (2) or Madras, Vizagapatam to Madras (3) or Gannavaram, Puri to Vizagapatam or Gunnavaram to Madras. (16). £80-100
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1934 (Oct 20) MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia, covers carried on the Calcutta to Rangoon leg by the New Zealand contestants Sqn. Lr. Malcolm McGregor and Henry Walker, or by the Australian contestant C. James Melrose flying "My Hildergarde". Both bear explanatory flight vignettes tied by the cachet "THE MacROBERTSON / INTERNATIONAL / AIR RACE / 1934 / England-Australia" and bear a 9p stamp cancelled upon arrival at Mingaladon Cantonment. Two fine and scarce covers, approximately 32 covers carried by each contestant. (2). Photo on Page 175. £200-250
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Scipio Crash. 1936 (Aug 13/18) Covers from India to Great Britain all recovered from the Imperial airways flying boat "Scipio" which crashed upon landing at Mirabella Bay, Crete on August 22nd, and sank, two passengers being killed. The covers franked 7a6p from Devlali or Hyderabad, the third from Bulmarg Hotel bearing 9p pair with a third stamp washed off, handstamped by differing "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER" cachets in black or violet, or boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER I.S" in black. (3). £140-160
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Scipio Crash. 1936 (Aug 12) Cover from Shwebo to London bearing a single KGV ½a with several other stamps washed off, the front bearing a "Found Open and Officially Sealed" label, the reverse unusually with two differing cachets, a boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER" and unboxed loose type "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER". The "Scipio" flying boat made a forced landing at Mirabella Bay, Crete, on August 22nd and sank; two passengers were killed. An unusual "Scipio" crash cover from Burma. Photo on Page 178. £100-120
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Cygnus Crash. 1937 (Dec 1) Covers from India to Great Britain, one from Bombay franked 7a6p, the other two with their stamps washed off, one of these registered from Delhi, all recovered from the Imperial Airways flying boat "Cygnus" which overturned and sank with the loss of two lives when taking off from Brindisi on December 5th. The covers have differing boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachets in violet or black, or violet boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT". Nierinck types 371205 a, b, c. (3). £130-150
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"Malabar-Princess" Crash. 1950 (Nov 1) Cover from Bombay to London franked 12a, the reverse bearing the explanatory label "Salvaged April 1951, from the / Air Liner "Malabar-Princess", which / crashed in the Alps, November, 1950", tied by a London F.S c.d.s of 30 April 1951. The Air India flight from Cairo to Geneva crashed into Mont Blanc on November 3rd 1950 killing all 48 passengers and crew. Mail was recovered at various times over the next 27 years, this cover being from the second mail bag to be found, in April 1951. Central vertical fold, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 178. £150-180
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1920-30 Flight covers in a rather primitive cover album with various notes and 1930s newspaper cuttings, the collection probably formed in the 1930s, including 1920 Bombay - Karachi; 1925 Risalpur R.A.F demonstration flight, Alan Cobham Anglo-Indian Air Survey flights from Akyab to Rangoon (pilot signed) or Calcutta to Delhi, Karachi or Croydon; 1926 R.A.F flights from Calcutta or Karachi to Risalpur, Danish Fokker aeroplane flight from Calcutta to Rangoon or Bangkok, Spanish army aeroplane flight from Calcutta to Rangoon; 1927 Risalpur R.A.F display, Calcutta "Moth" display flight, Imperial Airways via Basra-Cairo with black cachet, Rangoon to Calcutta by Dutch aviators, Calcutta to Paris by Leon Challe, Calcutta to Akyab "Red Rose" flight; 1928 Empire Cruise flights from Calcutta to Akyab (2, differing colour maps of India) or Rangoon, first India-London flight via Marseille, Doisy and Carol Calcutta to Akyab, Van Koppen Rangoon to Bangkok, Baron Huenfeld Calcutta to Tokyo, Calcutta to Rangoon 3rd official Dutch flight actually carried on the 4th flight; 1929 Calcutta-Siliguri covers (2, one cancelled at Darjeeling) and "The Englishman" newspaper wrapper, Karachi to Genoa first flight, Hyderabad to Karachi first flight with incorrect "KARACHI - DELHI" cancel, etc. Some staining, though many are fine. A useful lot with some scarce covers included. (48). £1,800-2,400
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1925-48 Flight covers (24) including 1925 (Feb 16) Calcutta to Karachi Anglo-Indian Survey flight by Alan Cobham (3 covers, minor stains/faults); 1926 (Nov 4) Calcutta to Paris flight by Costes and Rignot bearing Indian and French stamps (split along a heavy vertical fold, still very scarce); 1928 (May 16) Calcutta to Rangoon flight by Doisy and Carol, which crashed at Akyab, very fine; 1929 (Feb 5) Von Koenig Calcutta to Rangoon flight card, very fine; 1929 Joan Page flight at Dum Dum; 1930 Pondicherry to Paris flight by Girier and Weiss (2); 1930 (Oct 30) Calcutta to Rangoon flight by Oscar Gordon, pilot signed (faults to two stamps but very scarce, just 11 covers flown); 1931 Delhi Flying Club first flight to Karachi (2); 1932 (Feb 20) Viceroys Cup Air Race pilot signed cover; 1934 Bihar Earthquake flight (faults); 1935 Quetta Earthquake stampless cover with cachet; etc. Also a few other India covers. (40). £600-700
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Postal Stationery. 1921 In British Occupation ½a surcharge on 10pa green postcard cancelled to order by "KUT S.O" c.d.s (Mar 11), believed to have been distributed as a Specimen, very unusual. £100-120
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1927-29 Covers from Iraq (16) or Persia to England carried on the Imperial Airways Basra - Baghdad - Cairo service (14) or the Basra - London Service (3, one carried on the first flight of 8th August 1929), a front diverted to surface mail, and 1924 (Oct 16) registered cover from Damascus to Cairo bearing Syria 2pi - 10pi set of four overprinted "Avion". Also 1919-20 registered covers bearing Iraq British Occupation 1a pair from F.P.O 85 or 102, and a stampless 1917 cover from F.P.O 55. (22). £200-250
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