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G.B. & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Sale Number 42) (Day 2)
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1100
  1934 R.A.F South African Cruise, log sheets of the flight from Heliopolis to Pretoria and the return flight piloted by Sqn. Leader Saunders, the 30 pages detailing the flight via Assiut, Wadi Halfa, Atbara, Khartoum, Kosti, Malakal, Juba, Kisumu, Nairobi, Moshi, Dodoma, Iringa, Mbeya, Mpika, Broken Hill, Salisbury, Bulawayo, Pietersburg to Pretoria and the return flight, with full details of times and places seen, also three pages giving local times and the times for sunrise and sunset on the route, and a note handed to Saunders during the flight, "Here is the railway, we had better follow it to Balatras L.G". A unique original document of this important flight, with a full transcription. £180-220

Record Attempt and Pioneer Flights

1101
Click to view full image... 1914 Marc Pourpe Flight. 1914 Cover to London flown from Khartoum to Cairo and posted upon arrival, bearing an uncancelled Sudan 5m stamp, and Egypt 1m + 4m tied by Heliopolis datestamps (Feb 3), handstamped violet "POSTE AERIENNE / L.N.A / MARC POURPE / 1913-14 / CAIRE - KHARTOUM", backstamped at Cairo and London (Feb 10). A few minor tone marks, otherwise fine and a rare cover which was presumably handed directly to Pourpe and so remained uncancelled in Sudan. About 65 covers carried very few of which now survive. Photo on Page 164. £1,800-2,200
1102
  1920 (March 18) Transvaal Automobile Club printed menu for a dinner given to Colonel C. van Ryneveld and Major F.C Brand upon their arrival in Johannesburg, signed inside by Van Ryneveld; and a fine press photo of the two pilots alongside their plane after landing at Johannesburg. Van Ryneveld and Brand completed the first London to Cape Town flight, three aircraft being used after crashes at Karosho and Bulawayo. (2). £120-150
1103
  1926 Mittelholzer Africa Flight registered cover from Zurich to Cape Town franked air 1f (S.G. 327, £70) + 20c with flight cachet and Alexandria c.d.s, posted back from Cape Town with 1/2d, 1d and 4d pair on the reverse. £80-100
1104
Click to view full image... 1928 Lord Carberry Holland - Egypt - Kenya flight cover with an illustration of the monoplane "Miss Africa", addressed to Cairo with a yellow Air Mail label and two special flight vignettes on yellow or pink paper each tied by boxed "SCHIPGOL AERODROME / (AMSTERDAM) / 27 NOVEMBER 1928", posted from Cairo back to London, the reverse with a 10m stamp tied by Cairo machine cancel. Fine and scarce, 40 covers flown to Cairo, this cover numbered 34. Photo on Page 166. £250-300
1105
Click to view full image... A similar cover but with a pair of the vignettes on yellow paper, cover number 5, the reverse inscribed "Air Mail, Miss Africa, JEC" by the pilot John Evans Carberry. Photo on Page 166. £250-300
1106
  1930 Walter Mittelholzer "African Safari" Flight. 1930 Cover to J.S Davis at Nairobi bearing uncancelled Sudan 5m + 10m, handstamped "FIRST FLIGHT", endorsed "By Swiss Aeroplane to Nairobi" and "carried by aeroplane from Khartoum to Nairobi by kind permission of Capt. Mittelholzer", the reverse with "F.J Field" handstamp and "Guaranteed Flown, John S. Davis 5/2/30". Walter Mittelholzer flew in a Fokker monoplane from Zurich to Nairobi, picking up Baron Rothschild as a passenger at Alexandria. Letters were picked up at some stops including fifty letters at Khartoum, which were handed over to the Nairobi Postmaster upon landing. £80-100
1107
Click to view full image... 1931 (Nov 1) Fairey Monoplane Proving Flight by S/L A.R Gayford and Ft. Lt. W.L.G Bett, cover flown from Cranwell to Cairo and on to Khartoum, posted upon arrival on November 3rd bearing Sudan 10m pair, addressed to USA. Typed flight inscription, handstamped "T" and "POSTAGE DUE 15 CENTS", backstamped in New Jersey. Also a news cutting reporting their arrival at Cairo, a preliminary stop in their attempt to break the non-stop long distance flight record. Very rare, four covers flown. Photo on Page 166. £300-350
1108
Click to view full image... Amy Mollison London - Cape Town - London Flight. 1932 (Nov 5) Cover from London with 1/2d meter mark, carried to the Cape with circular cachet "CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT / 18 NOV 1932 / WINGFIELD" (with "15.31 hours" added in manuscript) and a South Africa 2d tied by Cape Town c.d.s (Nov 23), the reverse addressed to "Mrs J.A Mollison" at Seapoint. The cover then flown on the return flight by Mollison, addressed to R.V Cholmondeley at Welshpool and redirected to London, backstamped at Welshpool (Nov 7). Mollison flew from Lympne to Cape Town in 4 days 6 hours 54 minutes, beating her husband's previous record by 10 1/2 hours; the return flight took 7 days 7 hours 5 minutes. A rare cover, just a very few covers carried for personal friends. Also a photograph of Mollison possibly taken at Croydon Airport. Photo on Page 166. £2,000-2,500
1109
Click to view full image... 1933 (Feb 6) Cover bearing G.B 1 1/2d cancelled at Cranwell, addressed to Walvis Bay with arrival c.d.s (Feb 8) on the front, carried on the record breaking 57 hours 25 minutes 5341 mile non-stop R.A.F flight piloted by Sqn-Ldr Gayford and Flt-Lt. Nicholetts. Just 20 covers carried on this remarkable flight, very fine. Photo on Page 166. £500-600
1110
Click to view full image... 1934 Cover to London with South Africa 1/- tied by violet circular "CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIR-PORT / 26 JUL. 1934 / WINGFIELD" with a further strike on the reverse, a G.B 1 1/2d applied and cancelled in London (Aug 18), readdressed back to South Africa, both sides signed by Victor Smith. A rare cover from Smith's third solo record attempt flight from the Cape to London, just eight covers carried. Photo on Page 166. £800-1,200
1111
  1936 Schlesinger Air Race from Portsmouth to Johannesburg. Ephemera, news cuttings and articles including official programme signed by the timekeeper and starter A.G Reynolds, menu for the pilots pre-race dinner at the Queens Hotel in Portsmouth, photocopies of two pages from a magazine depicting most of the pilots with autographs of eleven pilots, photo of six of the pilots, press photos of two planes at the start of the race or of C.M Allington alongside his plane "Eagle" and a piece signed by Allington, large press photo of Ken Waller and Max Findley (who died when his aircraft crashed at Abercorn) about to take off for a trial flight, many contemporary news cuttings and later articles. (8++). £160-200
1112
  Schlesinger Air Race. 1936 (Sep 28) Cover with G.B 1/2d cancelled at Portsmouth, inscribed and signed "crashed, engine failure, Felixburgh Rd, Southern Rhodesia, 3rd Oct 1936. A.E Clouston F/O. R.A.F.O". Clouston crashed in Southern Rhodesia but then travelled by car to Bulawayo where he got a ride in another plane to Johannesburg; he carried 45 covers. £80-100
1113
Click to view full image... 1937 Mrs H.B Bonney Brisbane to Cape Town Solo Flight. Three covers flown on the Sudan legs of her flight, bearing Australia stamps cancelled at Brisbane (Apr 8) and Sudan stamps cancelled at Wadi Halfa on June 10th (2, one returned by air mail to Australia with four Sudan air stamps) or at Khartoum on June 13th, all with flight cachets and signed by Mrs Bonney. (3). Photo on Page 166. £400-500
1114
  1937 (Nov 13) Cover with G.B 1 1/2d cancelled in London, with a Cape Town c.d.s (Nov 16) and circular "CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIR-PORT / 16 NOV. 1937 / WINGFIELD" and bearing the label "London - Cape Town / Record Flight by / F/O A.E Clouston / and Mrs Kirby Green / November, 1937". Clouston and Kirby Green flew from London to Cape Town in a new record time of 45 hours 2 minutes; 38 covers carried. Also two contemporary news cuttings. A very fine cover. £120-150
1115
Click to view full image... 1939 (June 20) Seychelles 20c F size registration envelope posted at Victoria, bearing an uncancelled KUT 15c stamp, self addressed to "J. Percival, Flying Boat Guba, Seychelles". Flown by the Flying Boat "Guba" on its Indian Ocean Survey Flight, from the Seychelles to Kisumu, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 166. £150-180

Imperial Airways

1116
  1930-48 British Post Office pamphlets and notices giving rates and details of air mail services comprising complete Air Mail leaflets (form P635) issued between October 1930 and July 1938 (13 different, with all inserts including maps, also photocopies of most missing numbers), 1946-48 "Imperial & Foreign Air Mails" leaflets (4 + 4 supplements), 1931 notice of combined air rates and 1932 notice of reduced postcard rates, and two differing 1938 notices for the Empire Air Service. (25+). £200-250
1117
  1931-46 Post Office notices giving rates or route details comprising 1931 and 1935 notices from Nairobi G.P.O, 1932 and 1946 notices from South Africa (the second with Johannesburg Postmaster cachet) and 1933 notice from Khartoum G.P.O, also 1932 notice for the new direct air mail from G.B. to South Africa. (6). £100-120
1118
  1931 (Feb 27) Cover from London to the Luxor Winter Palace Hotel franked 3 1/2d, inscribed "1st Air Mail Service to East Africa" with enclosed letter signed by Alan Cobham on his personal notepaper, referring to his time spent at the Winter Palace in 1925 on his first survey flight to the Cape and back. A fine Cobham signature. £100-120
1119
  1931 Imperial Airways "England - Egypt & Northern Africa" booklet containing timetables, fares and air mail information, posted from Alexandria (Mar 5) to "A.R Prendergast, Pilot, 1st Egypt - East Africa Airmail, Imperial Airways, Mwanza"; and 1936 (Apr 2) registered cover from Egypt to the Governor of Tanganyika at Dar-es-Salaam bearing 10m, 30m, 40m air stamps, inscribed "By Nairobi - Dar-es-Salaam Air Service. Imperial Airways & Wilson Air Line. First Day Service 2nd April 1936". (2). £100-120
1120
  1931-32 England - South Africa service, 1931 Christmas flight cover containing an Imperial Airways Christmas card, and the 1930 Air Ministry white paper on "England - South Africa Civil Air Transport Service" both posted from G.B franked 1/-; 1932 (Jan 20) first regular flight covers from London to Mpika or Durban both signed by J. Sheppard, pilot of "City of Baghdad" (the cover to Natal also signed by F.J Bailey, "Scipio"); 1932 (Jan 30) Bulawayo to Kimberley first flight cover signed by M.H Pearce and R.F Caspareuthus; and March 15th cover from G.B to Cape Town signed by the pilot George I. Thomson. A good lot, pilot signed covers uncommon. (6). £300-350
1121
  "City of Basra"/"City of Delhi". 1932 (Jan) First flight covers from South Africa to England (5) or Southern Rhodesia (and reposted from Salisbury to Kenya franked 1/6) all carried on the Imperial Airways "City of Basra" which crashed near Salisbury (two with signs of water damage and air mail labels washed off), and five further covers carried on the subsequent service from South Africa, South West Africa (2), Nyasaland or Southern Rhodesia, all eleven covers then flown from Salisbury on the "City of Delhi" which was forced down in a storm 55 miles from Broken Hill, the mails taken into Broken Hill seven days later and subsequently flown on the "City of Baghdad". (11). £300-350
1122
  1932 (Dec 23) Northern Rhodesia 4d H size registration envelope from Lusaka to Latvia franked 1/-, carried on the "City of Karachi" which made an emergency landing 21 miles west of Dodoma on December 30th, the mail and passengers being carried to Dodoma by rail and then flown in "City of Baghdad". Four "Air Mail" endorsements all handstamped large "ANNULLATO" at Brindisi when the cover was transferred to surface mail. Light vertical fold, otherwise fine and unusual, Broken Hill, Italian and Latvian backstamps. £100-120
1123
  1936 (Feb 9) Test letter from London (violet "Wilton Rd, Hudsons Place" c.d.s) to El Geneina, Sudan, inscribed "First British Air Mail Service England - Nigeria" with arrival backstamp (Feb 15), returned to London via Nigeria. Very scarce. £80-100
1124
  1937 (June 26) Cover from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia to London franked 6d, carried on the last service with an additional air fee, signed by the pilots J.W.G James and A.M Carroll, fine and scarce. £100-120
1125
Click to view full image... 1937 (June 25) Cover from Wales to Durban franked 1 1/2d, carried on the first service at the 1 1/2d "all-up" rate, signed all by five crew members of the flying-boat "Centurion", arrival cachet on reverse, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 170. £200-250
1126
  1937-47 Covers from Tanganyika or Kenya comprising 1937 Ford advertising cover to USA franked 70c and cover to Germany franked 4/50 with "Zollfrei" label; 1946 cover to Uruguay franked 60c with red "O.A.T" handstamp, and registered cover to USA franked 12/90; 1947 cover to Fiji franked 2/60. (5). £100-120

Deutsche Lufthansa via Gambia

1127
  1935 (Nov 21) Cover from Pernambuco to Bathurst franked 4200r, bearing a "Por Zeppelin / RECIFE - BATHURST" label with circular "SERVICIO AEREO TRANSOCEANICO / CONDOR / ZEPPELIN / LUFTHANSA / BRASIL - EUROPA" and a Bathurst arrival c.d.s (Nov 25). In November the seaplane tenders "Westfalen" and "Schwabenland" were withdrawn for repairs, the service being maintained by the "Graf Zeppelin" with mail being dropped and picked up by rope at Bathurst. This occurred on three flights of the Zeppelin, special labels being used on these flights on mail to Bathurst. Very fine. £150-200
1128
  1934-37 Covers carried by Deutsche Lufthansa via Gambia comprising 1934-35 covers from Brazil to Johannesburg, the first posted 20 November 1934 carried on the "Westfalen" to Porto Praia as the airport at Bathurst was closed due quarantine; and 1937 cover from Germany to Rio de Janeiro, stained and the stamps washed off, handstamped "ACCIDENT D'AVIATION", from the flight "D-ALIX" which crashed into a swamp seven miles from Jeshawang Airport killing all four crew. (3). £200-240
1129
  Crash Mail. 1937 (Mar 9) Covers from Germany to Brazil with red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA / C" cachets, both with the stamps washed off, one handstamped "ACCIDENT D'AVIATION", the other with manuscript "Flugzeug i.a. Gambia ....." with arrival backstamps (Mar 15). The Deutsch Lufthansa "D-ALIX" crashed into a swamp in Gambia seven miles from Jeshawang Airport killing four crew. (2). £200-250

South Africa

1130
Click to view full image... 1918 (Oct 7) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" card with large arms in blue carried on the first Cape Town flight from Wynberg to Green Point with KGV 1/2d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by the pilot Lt. A.H Gearing. A fine pilot signed card. Photo on Page 170. £200-240
1131
Click to view full image... 1918 (Oct 26) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" card with large arms in blue carried on the second Cape Town flight with KGV 1/2d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by the pilot Lt. A.H Gearing. A fine pilot signed card. Photo on Page 170. £200-240
1132
Click to view full image... 1918 (Nov 20) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in ultramarine, carried on the first Johannesburg flight with KGV 1d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by the pilot Lt. A.H Gearing. A fine pilot signed card. Photo on Page 170 £200-240
1133
Click to view full image... 1918 (Nov 22) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in ultramarine, carried on the second Johannesburg flight with KGV 1d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by the pilot Lt. A.H Gearing. Very minor creasing, otherwise a fine pilot signed card. Photo on Page 170. £200-240
1134
Click to view full image... 1918 (Nov 24) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in light blue carried on the first flight from Germiston to Johannesburg, with KGV 1/2d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by the pilot Lt. A.H Gearing. A few minor tone marks, otherwise a fine pilot signed card. Photo on Page 170. £200-240
1135
Click to view full image... 1918 (Nov 27) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in light blue carried on the flight from Johannesburg to Pretoria with KGV 1/2d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by the pilot Lt. A.H Gearing and Sgt A.T Way who accompanied Gearing on the flight. A little minor staining but a scarce card signed by both crew members. Photo on Page 170. £240-280
1136
Click to view full image... 1918 (Dec 1) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in light blue, written and signed by Major A. Miller who accompanied Gearing on the flights from Johannesburg to Benoni and back, carried on the return flight with KGV 1/2d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s. The message reads "Benoni Race Course, Sunday. My pal Gearing & I had a lovely flight from Joh-burg. I wanted to stop at Germiston but Gearing was in a hurry. With best love, (Major) A. Miller, Royal Air Force, Benoni Depot Aerodrome". A rare card from one of the aviators, addressed to Germiston, very fine. Photo on Page 170. £250-300
1137
  1918 (Dec 16) Red Cross "Make Your Sixpence Fly" second type card with small arms in light blue carried on the Dingaan's Day flight at Cape Town with KGV 1/2d tied by the Aerial Post c.d.s, message reads "Lieutenant Gearing circled over Benoni yesterday, was a beautiful sight. He is landing at the Race Course today .... this card will be taken by aeroplane to J-burg". Also a fine real photo of Gearing in front of his plane boldly signed "A.H Gearing", and a news cutting reporting his flight to Benoni. (3). £220-260
1138
  1919 (Aug 2) Printed "PEACE CELEBRATIONS / CAPE TOWN / Pigeon Post / No. (420) carried August 2nd, 1919" unused form, tiny tear at base, otherwise fine, believed to be the only known unused example of this pigeon post message form. £200-250
1139
Click to view full image... 1920 (Feb 14) Cover to Johannesburg endorsed "Per Aerial Mail", 2d postage + 2/- air fee paid by 2d + two 6d pairs all cancelled by Cape Town c.d.s, handstamped red "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE" and violet circular "HANDLEY PAGE SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORT LTD / AERIAL / POST". The Handley Page aircraft "Pioneer" piloted by Major Meintjies left Cape Town for Johannesburg on February 15th, with 7 passengers and 422 letters, but crashed at Beaufort West, the mail being forwarded by rail. Minor creasing and flap missing but otherwise unusually fine, only about 20 cover from this flight believed to exist. Photo on Page 172. £1,500-1,800
1140
  1925 Experimental air service, February 28th cover franked 2d + air 3d carried on the first flight from Cape Town to Durban signed by pilot R.F Caspareuthus; and March 7th cover unusually franked by three 2d postage stamps, carried on the first flight from Oudtshoorn, signed by the pilot Lt. Burgher. Two scarce pilot signed covers, the first to The Postmaster, G.P.O Durban. (2). £180-220
1141
Click to view full image... 1926 Printed souvenir card "In Commemoration of the Air Mail Service in South Africa, March 1925" with a picture of the aeroplane and the four air post stamps attached, signed "E. Stuurman, Postmaster General, 12/4/26", with the original envelope and compliments slip from the Postmaster-General. These cards were given to the pilots and V.I.Ps, less than 30 cards produced in total, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 172. £200-250
1142
  1929 (Aug 28) Union Airways Johannesburg to Cape Town registered first flight cover franked 1d + air 1/- pair, signed by the pilots G.W Bellin and Allister M. Miller, fine and scarce. 272 Covers carried but very few were signed by the pilots. £80-100
1143
Click to view full image...Click to view full image... Crash Mail. 1929 (Feb 24) Registered cover (no 606) to Cape Town with 1/2d and 1d pairs, 2d and 3d tied by five strikes of scarce "VERNEUK PAN / VPN" skeleton c.d.s used at the temporary P.O for Malcolm Campbell's speed trials, the enclosed letter written by the Postmaster Geoff Grey, with a further strike of the datestamp and the interesting message "no spcl stamps but your letter is going back by aeroplane if I can get Penny to take it back with him tonight". Later this day Penny flew Malcolm Campbell to Clanwilliam but crashed after taking off from there, twelve letters from Verneuk Pan P.O being recovered from the crash and forwarded by train. Some cover staining but possibly the only registered cover from this crash and most exceptional with the enclosed letter. (2). Photo on Page 172. £1,000-1,200
1144
  Crash Mail. 1931 (Nov 12) Cover from Durban to London franked 1d (2) + air 4d and bearing an air mail label, severely fire damaged, forwarded within a bilingual O.H.M.S ambulance envelope which bears Cape Town c.d.s (Nov 19), Official Free cachet and two Postmaster-General cachets, also with enclosed explanatory letter "The Department of Posts & Telegraphs / of the Union of South Africa / tenders regret for the 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 envelope folded at the end to fit into the ambulance envelope (which has the typed note on reverse "This is as it arrived for me in London, with the stamp turned over in order to fit the letter into the Government envelope"), the explanatory letter with some foxing and a little splitting at fold, otherwise fine and scarce, about 600 items recovered, all badly burnt. £240-260
1145
  Crash Mail. 1931 (Nov 12) Badly burnt cover and contents from East London to Cape Town, franked 2d + air 4d and bearing an air mail letter, with similar explanatory letter to the previous lot, the four lines however ending with the words "letter" ..... "the" .... "Elizabeth" .... "1913", the final date incorrectly shown as 1913 and altered to 1931 in manuscript, fine and scarce. £200-250
1146
  1947 Royal Tour. Stampless cover to England from Cpl. P. Hawkins endorsed "On Service Air Mail" with circular violet "THE KINGS FLIGHT / 7 MAR 1947 / ROYAL AIR FORCE", and a philatelic cover with Royal Visit 1d - 6d pairs tied by the Kings Flight cachets dated 16 APR 1947. Also cover with the Royal Visit set tied by the usual Royal Visit datestamps, addressed to Kenya and flown by C.A.A. (3). £90-110
1147
Click to view full image... Crash Mail. 1951 (Oct 13) Cover franked 2d from Riversdale to Pietermaritzburg, signs of singeing at the edges, handstamped violet "SALVAGED CRASHED PLANE 15/10/51", also endorsed "XXX Keep this Envelope. 16 people killed and plane completely burnt out. How these few letters were salvaged is a miracle" and "Plane Paardeburg crashed in Enqelie Mountainside in mist near Kokstad, Cape". Scarce, very little mail recovered. Photo on Page 172. £150-200

East Africa

1148
  1931-43 Covers and cards with various explanatory cachets including Feeder Service (23), Local Air Fee Paid (4), Air Fee Prepaid to Europe, By air to London (8), Par Avion Jusqu'a London (3), By Air to Brindisi (2), etc., also covers partly carried by air mail with the air mail inscriptions or labels obliterated in transit when diverted to surface mail (12), mixed quality with some faults, an interesting lot. (55). £280-320

Gladstone Airways Flight Covers
This airline was started by Captain Tony Gladstone in 1927, operating a service between Khartoum and Kisumu via Jinja. A De Havilland DH50J "Pelican" was purchased for the service but was damaged taxiing on the Nile at Khartoum before the first flight, and the R.A.F therefore lent a Fairey IIID which flew three flights from Khartoum to Kisumu (only the first of which carried mail) and two return flights, in February and early March. On the third return flight the aeroplane crashed and sank on Lake Victoria, the salvaged mail being forwarded by surface route. The air service then ceased until the "Pelican" was repaired, resuming in October 1927. No mail was carried on the first resumed flights in both directions, a second mail carrying flight from Khartoum to Kisumu being completed by October 17th; two days later the "Pelican" crashed again on a test flight and the service ceased for good as a result. The history and postal history of this short lived and troubled service is fully described in "East African Airmails to 1939" by Bill Colley. The following lots represent the finest collection of Gladstone Airways postal history ever formed.

1149
  Piece bearing two proof strikes of the skeleton datestamps "KENYA - SUDAN / 1ST / AIRMAIL" dated "NO 10 / 26", pencil endorsement "Trial Strike, before use". Presumably first prepared on this date these datestamps were intended for use on the first flight in January, which was delayed until February 12th. Also a fine large real photo of the "Pelican", and various notes and reproduction photos, the proof impression piece probably unique. (2+). £100-120
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G.B. & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Sale Number 42) (Day 2)
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