Australia. 1933-38 Covers and cards from G.B (85) or France, the majority from one correspondence to New South Wales franked 1/3, nearly all with the correct rate made up with differing stamp combinations, others franked at 9d, 1/6 or 2/6 rates. (86). £200-250
1931 London to East Africa & Return First Flights |
Ephemera, covers and photos including "1930 Egypt - South Africa Air Transport Agreement" carried on the first flight from London to Mwanza franked 7d; 1929 Imperial Airways letter to J. Davis concerning designs for the proposed first flight cover; Official first flight cover posted in 1930 (two months before the flight) at Asyut; privately produced flight covers posted at Aswan prior to the actual flight (3); G.P.O press notice; notice giving arrangements for handling collectors covers (2 copies); original photos of planes used for the flight (2); newspaper article; copy letters from T.E. Field to Postmasters in Sudan or Kenya concerning numbers of letters carried with reply letters (5) and accompanying covers (7). An interesting group. (26). £200-250
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G.B. 1931 (Feb 23-27) Covers (30) and postcards (2) from G.B, carried on the first flight from London to Assiut, Luxor, Assuan, Wadi Halfa, Kareima, Khartoum (2), Kosti, Malakal, Shambe, Juba (2), Belgian Congo (3, two flown to Kampala, one to Mwanza), Butiaba, Kampala, Kisumu (8) or Mwanza (7, with items to Southern Rhodesia, South Africa and Basutoland). A fine lot, all destinations represented, 26 on printed first flight covers. (32). £250-300
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G.B. 1931 (Feb 27) Imperial Airways special 1st Air Mail envelopes depicting rays of the rising sun and a silhouette map of Africa, all with Imperial Airways first flight publicity letter enclosed, flown from London to Khartoum, Kisumu or Mwanza. Fine and scarce, only a small number of these covers produced, all used exclusively by Imperial Airways. (3). Photo on Page 46. £120-150
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G.B. / Kenya. 1931 (Feb 25) Stampless Post Office OHMS cover with red London Official Paid c.d.s, to the Director of Posts at Kisumu, signed by the pilots J.S Sheppard and A.R Prendergast, also endorsed "Received by First Airmail London - Kisumu, Kenya, left London Feb. 28th 1931, Arrived Kisumu March 9th, J. Woodcock, Postmaster of Kisumu, 10.3.31". A unique official pilot signed cover, backstamped at Kisumu, central vertical fold, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 42. £120-150
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G.B. / Tanganyika / Egypt. 1931 Postcard flown from London to Mwanza, the reverse signed "Stanley John Stocko, Athens - Alexandria 4&5/3/31", "J.S Sheppard, Cairo - Khartoum 6&7/3/31" and "B.C.H Cross, 8·9·10/3/31, Khartoum - Mwanza", carried back to Cairo and posted from Heliopolis to England franked Egypt 5m pair, bearing a "Use Air Mail" label. A unique hand carried and pilot signed card. Photo on Page 46. £120-150
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Ireland / USA. 1931 Printed first flight envelopes posted in Southern Ireland (3) or the USA, all flown from London, the USA envelope (addressed to Cape Town) flown to Mwanza, the Ireland covers flown to Assouan or Mwanza (2, one to Cape Town), unusual origins. (4). £100-120
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Greece / Austria. 1931 Postcard from Vienna and a printed first flight cover from Athens, both flown to Kisumu with arrival datestamps, both signed by Andrew R. Prendergast and J.S Sheppard, fine and scarce pilot signed items. (2). £120-150
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Europe. 1931 Covers from Austria to Mwanza (2); Belgium to Assouan, Khartoum, Juba, Nairobi or Belgian Congo (flown to Kampala); Czechoslovakia to Cape Town (2, flown to Mwanza); Germany to Khartoum (2), Nairobi or Cape Town (flown to Mwanza); Italy to Cairo, Assouan or Port Bell; Portugal to Cape Town (flown to Mwanza), carried on the first flight (9) or second flight (8, two from Germany, three from Belgium, three from Italy), ten on official printed first flight covers, a scarce group from European origins. (17). £280-350
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Greece. 1931 Official first flight envelopes (6) and an Aero Philatelic Club of Calcutta first flight cover (registered with C.O.P) all from Athens, all carried on the first flight to Wadi Halfa, Assouan, Khartoum, Kisumu, Butiaba (2) or Mwanza, all fine. (7). £140-160
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Egypt. 1931 Imperial Airways "England - Egypt & Northern Africa" brochures giving rates for passengers and freight, and air mail information, franked 20m from Alexandria to A.R Prendergast (Pilot) at Khartoum, or 37m from Cairo to A.R Blay (First Engineer) at Kisumu, arrival datestamps, the first with minor toning, otherwise fine and scarce, only a very few of these leaflets flown for crew on the flight. (2). £120-150
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Egypt. 1931 (Mar 3-5) Covers carried on the first southbound flight from Alexandria to Cairo (2), Belgian Congo (flown to Juba) or Mwanza (2); Cairo to Assouan (2), Khartoum (2), Kosti, Belgian Congo (flown to Juba), Butiaba, Kisumu (4) or Mwanza; Luxor to Mwanza; Assiut to Khartoum (rare, only 4 flown) or Mwanza; and first northbound flight covers from Aswan, Assiut, Luxor or Alexandria to London, or Cairo to Mirabella, Crete. Also two photos of Cairo or the Nile from the air. Eleven covers are printed Africa first flight envelopes, four others the smaller "Egypt - East Africa" envelopes. (25). £250-350
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India / Persia. 1931 Aero Philatelic Club of Calcutta first flight covers from Jodhpur to Kampala or Moshi (flown to Mwanza), or Intally to Kisumu, and an official printed first flight cover from Djask to Khartoum franked Persia 2kr + 6ch, all carried on the first flight from Cairo, scarce origins. (4). £120-150
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Sudan. 1931 (Mar 2-7) Covers carried on the first southbound flight, from Wadi Halfa to Kareima, Omdurman, Kisumu or Mwanza (2); Khartoum to Nairobi or Mwanza (2), six printed first flight envelopes, the cover to Nairobi with "FIRST FLIGHT / KHARTOUM TO LONDON" northbound cachet applied in error. Also 1931 (Jan.) Post Office notice showing air mail rates from Sudan, and Khartoum G.P.O notice regarding posting times for the first air mail (endorsed "Copy for D.C., Omdurman"). (10). £160-180
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Kenya & Uganda. 1931 (Mar 4-10) Covers carried on the first southbound flight from Nairobi, Kampala or Kisumu to Mwanza, or Kampala to Nairobi, and first northbound flight covers from Nairobi to Kampala (flown to London in error), Cairo, Alexandria, Malta, or London (5, one to Switzerland, one to USA); Kisumu to Khartoum, Assouan, Cairo, Alexandria (3), Mirabella, Athens, Paris or London (6); Kampala to London (3, one from Entebbe), sixteen are printed "England - Africa" first flight covers, two others the smaller "Egypt - East Africa" envelopes. (31). £300-400
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Tanganyika. 1931 (Mar 7-10) Printed first flight covers from Mwanza (12) and a cover from Dar-es-Salaam, all flown on the first flight from Mwanza to Kisumu, Kasama or Butiaba (both flown to London in error), Juba, Malakal, Kosti, Assouan, Luxor, Assiut (2), Alexandria, Athens or London, the covers to Uganda and Sudan all backstamped at Kisumu then reflown on the same flight, covers for all Egypt destinations flown to Cairo. Also an aerial photo of Mwanza. (13). £140-160
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Kenya. 1931 (Mar 10) Imperial Airways special 1st Air Mail envelopes depicting rays of a rising sun and a silhouette map of Africa, four with the Imperial Airways first flight publicity letter enclosed, all flown from Kisumu to London. Fine and scarce, only a small number of these covers produced, all used exclusively by Imperial Airways, addressees include Lord Baden-Powell, Daily Telegraph Aeronautical Correspondent, Chairman of Anglo-Persian Oil Co., etc. (7). £280-320
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Kenya / India. 1931 (Mar 9) Covers from Nairobi to India (5) or the Philippine Islands, all carried on the first flight to Alexandria and then by air to Karachi, arrival datestamps, scarce destinations for this flight. (6). £180-220
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KUT / Sudan. 1931 (Mar 2-11) Covers from Kisumu or Kampala and a printed first flight cover from Khartoum, all carried on the first flight to London, all three signed by J.S Sheppard, pilot of "City of Arundel" from Khartoum to Cairo, the Kisumu cover also signed by A.R Prendergast, pilot from Athens to London, the Kampala cover with some faults, otherwise fine, pilot signed covers scarce. (3). £120-150
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Sudan. 1931 (Mar 9-13) Covers carried on the first northbound flight from Juba to Khartoum, Assouan, Cairo, Alexandria, Limassol, Mirabella or London (2, one to USA); Malakal to London; Kosti to London; Khartoum to Assouan, Cairo (2), Alexandria, Athens (5, including covers to Vienna, Cologne, Brussels, Paris), or London; Wadi Halfa to Assouan, Cairo, Alexandria (2), Athens or London (3), 21 are official printed first flight envelopes. (28). £300-400
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1931 Covers carried on subsequent flights on the Cairo to Mwanza route including printed first flight envelopes (4), covers from Cyprus and Germany carried on the third flight, July 3rd first official acceptance from Malta (4), November 4th card from Austria to Mwanza carried on the first flight by Aeroput from Vienna to Mwanza via Athens, commercial cover from Liechtenstein, cover bearing Sudan Air Mail 2p with variety "tail to R", etc. (27). £150-180
1931 London to Cape Town Christmas Flight |
Ephemera consisting of Imperial Airways letter, and arrangements for handling collectors covers (2 copies), letter giving details of the pilots on all three 1931-32 Africa first flights, and 1938 letter giving the full schedule for these three flights; also 1931 (Dec 7/8) first flight covers from London to Johannesburg signed "E.H Attwood, Pilot G.AAJH "City of Basra", First Airmail to S. Africa. Xmas 1931" (Kisumu to Johannesburg), or from London to Bulawayo signed by W. Rogers (pilot, London to Paris). (7). £150-180
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G.B. 1931 (Dec 5-9) Covers from G.B, flown from London to Nairobi, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Moshi (2), Dodoma (2), Mbeya, Broken Hill (2), Salisbury (2), Bulawayo, Johannesburg (4, two to Zululand), South West Africa (2, I.A to Johannesburg then feeder service to Omaruru or Windhoek), or Cape Town (6, one posted back to G.B on first regular flight), one with an Imperial Airways Christmas card enclosed, 15 are printed "Springbok" first flight envelopes, two are the Africa map type envelopes (as used for the Feb/March flight). (25). £140-160
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G.B. 1931 (Dec 9) Covers cancelled "CROYDON AERODROME / CROYDON SY" single ring c.d.s, flown to Mbeya, Mpika, Pietersburg, Victoria West or Cape Town (2), these last two both registered with scarce "Croydon 53" registration labels. 127 Covers posted at Croydon Aerodrome were flown from London, all other mail sent earlier to Paris from where it was flown. All fine, registered covers from the Aerodrome very scarce. (6). Photo on Page 46. £200-250
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G.B. 1931 (Dec 9) "Daily Mail" with red framed imprint "SPECIAL EDITION BY AIR", fine and very scarce, just 36 papers produced with this special imprint and flown to South Africa. Also flown covers from London to Cape Town or Khartoum to Broken Hill. (3). £200-250
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Europe. 1931 (Dec 4-7) Printed "Springbok" (3) or "Map of Africa" (2) first flight envelopes from Ireland to Mbeya or Cape Town; Belgium to Mpika, Bulawayo or Windhoek; or Czechoslovakia to Cape Town, the first five carried on the Christmas flight, the Czech cover missing the connection and carried by surface mail, unusual origins. (6). £100-120
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Sudan. 1931 (Dec 12-14) Covers flown from Wadi-Halfa to Moschi, Broken Hill, Victoria West or Cape Town; Atbara to Johannesburg, Victoria West or Cape Town (2); Khartoum to Juba, Moshi (2), Broken Hill, Salisbury, Bulawayo, Johannesburg (with 2d + ½d postage dues applied at Pretoria), Pietersburg, Windhoek, Kimberley (2), Victoria West or Cape Town (4), sixteen are printed "Springbok" first flight covers. Also a photo of Sudan from the air. (25). £280-320
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Kenya & Uganda. 1931 (Dec 10-17) Covers flown from Kampala to Mpika, Salisbury, Pietersburg, Windhoek or Cape Town; Kisumu to Moshi, Dodoma, Johannesburg, Kimberley, Windhoek or Cape Town; Nairobi to Mbeya, Mpika, Bulawayo, Salisbury, Pietersburg, Germiston, Kimberley (2), Windhoek, Victoria West, Muizenberg or Cape Town, nine are printed "Springbok" first flight covers. The Kisumu to Cape Town cover unusually signed by three pilots, R.F Caspareuthus, H.W.C Algar and Capt. Attwood. (23). Photo on Page 46. £280-320
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Rhodesia. 1931 Covers from Northern Rhodesia (4) or Southern Rhodesia (11), flown from Broken Hill to Bulawayo, Pietersburg, Mariental or Victoria West; Salisbury to Bulawayo, Pietersburg, Victoria West, Windhoek or Cape Town; or Bulawayo to Germiston, Windhoek, Keetmanshoop, Victoria West or Cape Town (2). Also bundle labels all with the "EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT" and "SALISBURY" handstamps for letters to Pietersburg, Victoria West, South West Africa, London (Town), London (Forward), Bristol, Southampton (Forward) or Edinburgh (Forward). A fine lot, eight on printed "Springbok" covers, the bundle labels scarce. (15 covers + 8 bundle labels). £300-350
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Tanganyika. 1931 (Dec 18) Covers from Mwanza to Cape Town or Manyoni to Mbeya, Salisbury, Pietersburg, Johannesburg or Victoria West (all flown from Dodoma); Dodoma to Cape Town; Moshi to Mbeya, Broken Hill or Windhoek; or Dar-es-Salaam to Johannesburg (flown from Mbeya), four are printed "Springbok" envelopes, one a "map of Africa" envelope. (11). £120-140
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South Africa / South West Africa. 1931 (Dec 19-21) Covers from South Africa (14) or South West Africa (5), flown from Pietersburg to Johannesburg, Upington, Kimberley, Victoria West, Grootfontein, Keetmanshoop, Mariental, Windhoek (2) or Cape Town; Johannesburg to Cape Town; Kimberley to Cape Town; Victoria West to Cape Town (2); Keetmanshoop to Victoria West or Cape Town; Windhoek to Pietersburg, Victoria West or Cape Town, five are printed "Springbok" first flight covers, the Pietersburg to Grootfontein cover signed by Capt. Attwood, pilot from Kisumu to Johannesburg. (19). £200-240
1932 First Regular London to Cape Town & Return Flights |
Ephemera including invitation and menu for the departure ceremony at Croydon Airport, news cuttings (4), photographs of "Helena" at Croydon (4), Imperial Airways flight publicity letters sent from London (2, one with cover) or Johannesburg, Imperial Airways invoice to J.S Davis for 3,000 special envelopes and a further 220 covers posted at eleven places en route, England - South Africa Civil Air Transport Service agreement carried on the first return flight from Victoria West to England, etc. (20). £240-280
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G.B. 1932 (Jan 20) Printed "Springbok" (6) or "Speedbird" (3) first flight covers all cancelled "CROYDON AERODROME / CROYDON SY" c.d.s, flown to Moshi, Dodoma, Salisbury, Pietersburg, Johannesburg, Upington, Mariental, Victoria West or Cape Town, the cover to Salisbury signed by J.S Sheppard ("City of Baghdad", Kisumu to Broken Hill) and M.H Pearce (Broken Hill to Johannesburg). 504 Covers posted at Croydon Airport, ten each to Upington and Mariental, 24-30 to most other places. (9). Photo on Page 46. £180-200
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G.B. 1932 (Jan 17-20) Covers or cards flown from London to Wadi Halfa, Malakal, Kosti, Tanga, Dodoma, Broken Hill (2), Pietersburg, Johannesburg, Windhoek or Cape Town (4), including printed "Speedbird" (5) or "Springbok" (2) envelopes, one cover to Cape Town posted as a railway letter at Gosport with a Southern Railway 3d parcel stamp affixed. (14). £130-160
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Greece. 1932 (Jan 22-23) First flight covers from Athens flown to Dodoma (2, one for Dar-es-Salaam), Moshi, Broken Hill, Kimberley, Victoria West or Windhoek, or from Heraklion to Nairobi (2), including printed "Speedbird" and "Springbok" (5) envelopes, the cover to Windhoek signed by F.J Bailey ("Scipio", Brindisi - Alexandria), J.S Sheppard ("City of Baghdad", Kisumu - Broken Hill) and R.F Caspareuthus ("City of Karachi", Johannesburg - Cape Town). (9). Photo on Page 46. £200-240
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Europe / Morocco. 1932 (Jan.) Covers carried on the first flight, from Ireland (2), Switzerland (3) or the British P.O in Tangier, all flown from London to Cape Town; Malta to Pietersburg or Mariental and Italy to Cape Town, all flown from Brindisi; or Cyprus to Cape Town, flown from Cairo, including printed "Speedbird" (5) and "Springbok" covers. Also a "Speedbird" cover from Holland to Cape Town carried on the second flight. (11). £200-250
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Egypt. 1932 (Jan 22-24) Covers from Alexandria to Tabora, Beaufort West or Cape Town; Cairo to Dodoma or Cape Town; Assiut to Cape Town (3); Aswan to Cape Town (2), including printed "Speedbird" (3) and "Springbok" (4) envelopes. Also a "Speedbird" cover posted from Cairo to Cape Town in February, and aerial photos of Egypt (7). (11+). £100-120
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Sudan. 1932 (Jan 24-26) Covers carried on the first southbound flight from Wadi Halfa to Atbara or Cape Town; Atbara to Gwelo or Cape Town; Khartoum to Kosti, Broken Hill or Windhoek; Malakal to Mbeya (7 flown), Broken Hill (6 flown), Salisbury (6 flown), Kimberley or Cape Town; Juba to Johannesburg, Victoria West or Cape Town; and Feb 1/2 covers carried on the first northbound flight from Khartoum to Atbara or Wadi Halfa, or from Atbara to Wadi Halfa, includes printed "Speedbird" and "Springbok" (9) envelopes, also three aerial photos. A scarce group. (18+). £220-260
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Kenya / Uganda / Zanzibar. 1932 (Jan 6 - Feb 5) Covers flown on the first southbound flight, from Kampala to Cape Town; Kisumu to Dodoma or Cape Town (signed by J.S Sheppard and R.F Caspareuthus); Mombasa to Windhoek; Zanzibar to Cape Town; Nairobi to Moshi, Dodoma, Mbeya, Mpika, Broken Hill, Salisbury, Bulawayo, Pietersburg, Kimberley, Windhoek or Cape Town (3), includes printed "Speedbird" (3) and "Springbok" (12) envelopes, and two "Springbok" envelopes from Zanzibar to Cape Town carried on the second flight. Also covers carried on the first northbound flight from Mombasa to London; Nairobi to Alexandria ("Springbok" cover), Mirabella Bay, Athens or London; or Kampala to London. A good lot, some stages scarce. (26). Photo on Page 46. £300-350
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Tanganyika. 1932 (Jan 14-27) Printed "Springbok" covers flown on the southbound flight from Tabora to Cape Town (flown from Dodoma), or from Moshi to Dodoma, Mbeya, Mpika, Broken Hill, Salisbury, Bulawayo, Pietersburg, Johannesburg, Windhoek, Victoria West or Cape Town, and a plain cover from Dodoma to Cape Town, all offloaded and sorted at Mbeya prior to being reflown. (13). £140-160
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Rhodesia. 1932 (Jan 28-30) Covers flown on the first southbound flight from Northern Rhodesia (9) or Southern Rhodesia (4), sent from Mpika to Broken Hill, Johannesburg, Upington, Keetmanshoop or Cape Town; Ndola to Bulawayo or Cape Town (both flown from Broken Hill); Broken Hill to Salisbury or Pietersburg; Salisbury to Bulawayo, Lourenco Marques or Cape Town; Bulawayo to Cape Town, includes four printed envelopes in various designs. Also four bundle labels handstamped "FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL" and "BULAWAYO" (2) or a Salisbury c.d.s (2) each for a bundle of letters to Johannesburg or Cape Town. (17). £200-240
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Rhodesia. 1932 (Jan 28-30) Registered cover from Mpika to Cape Town signed by M.H Pearce, J.S Sheppard and R.F Caspareuthus, and a cover from Bulawayo to Victoria West signed by N.H Pearce and R.F Caspareuthus, two fine pilot signed covers. (2). Photo on Page 52. £120-150
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South Africa. 1932 (Jan 21-31) Covers carried on the first southbound flight from Germiston to Upington, Victoria West or Windhoek (written by Capt. Wright); Kimberley to Upington; or Pilgrims Rest to Cape Town; and covers carried on the first northbound flight from Cape Town (27, five posted at Muizenberg), Durban (2, flown to Cape Town by Union Airways), Victoria West (13, one from Port Elizabeth), Upington, Kimberley (6), Johannesburg (13), Germiston or Pietersburg (7). The extensive lot with covers to most destinations within South Africa, Northern or Southern Rhodesia, Tanganyika and Kenya, also covers to Belgian Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Athens, Switzerland, G.B, USA and Australia, one with Croydon Aerodrome backstamp. Sixty covers to places north of Bulawayo all from the double crashes of "City of Basra" at Salisbury and "City of Delhi" 55 miles from Broken Hill, one cover to England with the stamps washed off and endorsed "Received in this condition at Kingston-on-Thames 17.2.32" bearing an Officially Sealed label, accompanied by a letter from the Kingston-on-Thames Postmaster (March 15th, with envelope) to the addressee explaining "the first homeward Cape Air Mail was forced to descend in a swamp near Broken Hill and a portion of the mail was damaged by water. It is probable the stamps were detached and the envelope damaged through this cause". (75 + P.O letter). £500-600
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South Africa. 1932 (Jan 27) Pilot signed covers flown from Cape Town to Brindisi or London (2), one signed by R.F Caspareuthus, H.W.C Alger, J.M Gittens and J.S Sheppard, another by Caspareuthus, Alger and Gittens, the cover to Brindisi signed by D.H Drew ("Sylvanus", Alexandria to Brindisi), all three from the double crashes of "City of Basra" (H. Alger) and "City of Delhi" (Gittens), all fine. (3). Photo on Page 52. £120-150
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South West Africa. 1931 (Dec 19) - 1932 (Jan 27) Covers flown to Kimberley by South West Airways to connect with the first Imperial Airways northbound flight, from Windhoek to Kimberley (signed by the pilot A.O Wright), Bulawayo, Broken Hill (2), Mbeya, Dodoma, Moshi, Nairobi, Port Bell, Sinkat, Cairo (2, one for Calcutta), Athens, Paris (to Germany, signed by the pilot A.O Wright) or London (3, one for USA); Mariental to Johannesburg, Pietersburg or London; Keetmanshoop to Bulawayo, Salisbury, Paris (to Germany); Grootfontein to London (written by Capt. Wright); Omaruru to Johannesburg or London; Otjiwarongo to London, 21 covers to places north of Bulawayo from the double crashes of "City of Basra" and "City of Delhi". (27). £260-300
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South Africa. 1932 (Jan 26) Registered express cover from Table Mountain to London, flown on the first flight from Cape Town franked 1/11, also bearing an "SAC" label, signed by the South African Prime Minister J.B.M Hertzog, former Prime Minister J.C Smuts, and Lord Clarendon, Governor-General of South Africa, a little creasing, otherwise fine and very unusual. Also a 1939 letter written and signed by Clarendon, agreeing to add his signature to the cover. Photo on Page 52. £200-250
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Southern Rhodesia. 1932 (Jan 23-28) Covers from Bulawayo to Salisbury, Broken Hill, Dodoma, Port Bell, Khartoum, Cairo, Alexandria, Athens, Brindisi or London (3); or from Salisbury to Broken Hill, Leopoldville, Nairobi, Kosti, Wadi Halfa (2), Athens or London (3), all from the double crashes of "City of Basra" and "City of Delhi", ten printed "Springbok" covers, also a printed cover from Salisbury to London carried on the second flight. (23). £250-300
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Bechuanaland. 1932 (Jan 22-29) "Robertson" printed flight envelopes from Lobatsi, all flown by Imperial Airways from Kimberley on the southbound flight to Victoria West, or northbound flight to Dodoma, Nairobi, Port Bell, Khartoum or Athens, these five from the double crashes of "City of Basra" and "City of Delhi", all fine. (6). £100-120
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Nyasaland. 1932 (Jan.) Covers posted at Limbe (4) or with T.P.O Nyasaland c.d.s, flown from Salisbury to Broken Hill, Dodoma, Nairobi, Port Bell or Alexandria, all from the double crashes of "City of Basra" and "City of Delhi", one Limbe cover with scarce violet boxed "T.P.O LATE FEE / NOT PAID" ("NOT" crossed out in manuscript). (5). Photo on Page 52. £120-150
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Northern Rhodesia. 1932 (Jan 16-29) Covers flown from Broken Hill to Mpika, Mbeya, Dodoma, Moshi, Nairobi (2), Kisumu, Port Bell, Kareima, Sinkat, Khartoum, Cairo (2), India, Cyprus, Paris or London (3, one to USA); or from Mpika to Mbeya, Dodoma, Moshi, Nairobi, Cairo or London (2), all carried on the emergency flight from Broken Hill to Nairobi due to the crash and stranding of the "City of Delhi" 55 miles from Broken Hill. All fine, 15 are printed "Springbok" covers. (26). £280-320
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