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Dubai. 1911-47 Covers (8), stamps and pieces (19) with Dubai cancels including 1911-15 covers to India bearing KEVII ½a (2 covers) or KGV ½a (2 covers), 1946 cover from Bandar Abbas to Abadan with KGVI 2a, 3a, 1r cancelled at Dubai, 1947 cover to India with KGVI ½a block of five, 1943 censored covers to India (2), etc., some cover faults. (27). £200-250
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Guadur. 1938 Air Mail cover to India with KGV 2a tied by "GUADUR" c.d.s, very fine. £100-120
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Iraq. 1868-1916 Covers (4), stamps and pieces (124) with cancels of Bagdad (32) or Basrah (96), including 1896 cover from Bagdad to India franked ½a, 1896 2a registration envelope franked ½a + 2a to London with Basrah squared circle, 1913-16 covers to India franked KEVII or KGV 2a6p both with Basrah squared circles, "357" numeral cancels on 1865 ½a block of four, etc. (128). £150-180
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Kuwait. 1942-44 Covers (4), stamps and pieces (23), all KGVI issues with Kuwait cancels, two censored covers with opening faults. (32). £100-120
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Linga. 1890-95 Covers with QV ½a tied by "LINGA" squared circles, the 1890 cover to Bushire bearing a single stamp with arrival c.d.s alongside; 1895 cover to Cairo bearing an irregular strip of five, flap faults, an attractive franking. (2). £150-180
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Malaya. 1854-67 Stamps cancelled by Penang c.d.s or "147" obliterator of Penang (6), or octagonal "B/172" of Singapore (41) including two pieces bearing 8p + 2a orange + 8a carmine, or 2a yellow + 8a carmine. (47). Photo on Page 180. £300-350
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Persia. QV-KGV Covers and cards (11), stamps and pieces (c.200) with cancels of Abadan (3, with piece bearing KGV ½a, 6a, 1r, 2r), Ahwaz, Bandar Abbas (32, with 1908 cover), Bushire (114, with six covers), Jask (2, with 1906 picture postcard), Linga (33, with three covers, one franked ½a tied by "K-5" duplex), Mohammera (23) and scarce Maidan-I-Naphtun tying KGV 2a6p to piece. (c.210). Photo on Page 180. £350-450
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Sikkim. 1908 (May 31) ¼a Postcard from Darjeeling to P.O Rangpo, Sikkim, redirected to Gangtok and then to Ghum, with datestamps of "RANGPO" (2, AP 1/2), "GANGTOK" (AP 13) and "GHUM" (2, MA 31 & AP 4), the Rangpo c.d.s very scarce. Photo on Page 182. £300-400
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Tibet/Nepal. 1893-1947 Covers and cards (15), a front and piece, to or from Tibet (15) or from Nepal (2), including 1893 2a6p envelope from Nepal to Hungary, 1909 postcard franked 1a with Yatung double ring c.d.s and Base Office c.d.s alongside, 1915 cover franked KEVII ½a to Nepal with Gyantse double ring c.d.s, 1929 cover from G.B to India redirected to Sikkim and Tibet with various backstamps, 1933 covers from Gyantse (2, one with Air Mail 3a), 1937 cover from Yatung bearing ½a + 1a + 2a (3), 1920 cover from Nepal franked 1a with "T" handstamp charged 1d in G.B, 1941 covers from Pharijong or Gyantse, 1947 cover from India to Tibet with Tibet 1t + 2t on reverse (faults to one stamp but scarce, Flack Certificate), 1947 cover from Gyantse to New Zealand, etc. An interesting collection, written up on album pages. (17). £400-500
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Tibet. 1914 (May 12) Registered cover to W.T Wilson in Birmingham bearing KGV 3p, ½a, 1p and 2p each cancelled "PHARIJONG F.P.O No. 81" c.d.s, the registration label handstamped "PHARIJONG / F.P.O No. 81" in red, philatelic but attractive and scarce. Photo on Page 182. £240-280
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1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, registered cover to Bombay franked KEVII 1r tied by the special pictorial Aerial Post handstamp in magenta with a second strike on the front, reverse with a registration label bearing boxed "R / ALLAHABAD" and datestamps of Allahabad and Bombay. Fine and a scarce high franking, additional strikes of the Aerial Post handstamp usually only applied to privileged mail items with the handstamp in black and to highly franked covers bearing rupee value stamps. Photo on Page 182. £600-800
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1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, cover with embossed "Patiala State Band" flap, addressed to Germany with QV 2a6p cancelled by the special pictorial Aerial Post handstamp in magenta, Allahabad backstamp, signed by Stephen Smith. Unusually fine, uncommon with a QV stamp. Photo on Page 182. £250-300
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1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, registered cover to Indore franked KEVII 5r tied by the special pictorial Aerial Post handstamp in magenta with a second strike on the front, reverse with a registration label bearing boxed "R / ALLAHABAD" and datestamps of Allahabad and Indore. Fine and a rare high franking, additional strikes of the Aerial Post handstamp usually only applied to privileged mail items with the handstamp in black and to highly franked covers bearing rupee value stamps. Photo on Inside Back Cover. £2,000-2,500
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1911 (Feb 18) Allahabad First Aerial Post, cover addressed to "J.E.H Bostock, Exhibition Engineer, Allahabad" franked KEVII 3p and 6a pairs tied by the special pictorial Aerial Post handstamp in magenta, reverse with registration label handstamped boxed "R / ALLAHABAD" and datestamps of Allahabad and "UNITED PROVINCES EXHIBITION / CAMP" (Feb 20). The Exhibition c.d.s rare on flown covers, very few such items being addressed to the exhibition. Photo on Page 186. £1,000-1,200
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1911 First U.K Aerial Post, red envelope (Sep 11) and green card (Sep 9) flown from London to Windsor, both franked 1d to India, both with a vertical crease, otherwise largely fine, with arrival backstamps of Murree (Oct 1) or Quetta (Oct 9). (2). £200-240
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1920 (Jan 24) Sheet of paper bearing KGV 3p - 1r stamps (12 values) all in pairs, each tied by the Bombay Air Post datestamps, as used on mail carried on the first Bombay to Karachi flight. Very unusual. £150-200
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1920 (Jan 23) Karachi to Bombay experimental air service, registered cover carried on the first flight with 3p block of four, 1½a and 8a cancelled by the Karachi Air Post datestamps, unusually signed by the pilot F/O R. Ivelaw Chapman, a little staining. Very few covers from this service were pilot signed. £250-300
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1920 (Jan 23 - Mar 5) Karachi to Bombay experimental air service, registered covers (5) and a card flown on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th flights, all with the Karachi Air Post c.d.s, four with the Bombay Air Post arrival c.d.s. (6). £300-400
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1920 (Jan 25 - Mar 12) Bombay to Karachi experimental air service, registered covers (4) and a postcard flown on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th return flights, all with the Bombay Air Post c.d.s and Karachi Air Post arrival datestamps. (5). £250-350
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1925 (Jan 23) Calcutta to Risalpur R.A.F Demonstration Flight, photographic picture postcard taken by Stephen Smith of R.A.F planes at Ellenborough, addressed to Nowshera with KGV 1a tied by Risalpur c.d.s (Feb 2), signed by the pilot Ft/Lt Gordon with large violet cachet "CALCUTTA - RISALPUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT / CALCUTTA / 1925". Very fine and scarce, 25 of these cards flown. Photo on Page 186. £200-240
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1925 (Jan 23) Calcutta to Risalpur R.A.F Demonstration Flight, covers posted at Risalpur (Feb 2) franked KGV 1a, addressed to Nowshera or Ambala, both signed by the pilot Ft/Lt. Gordon, with violet cachet "CALCUTTA-RISALPUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT / CALCUTTA / 1925". Both fine, 99 covers flown, 35 addressed to Ambala and 64 to Nowshera. (2). £250-300
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1925 (Feb 5) Anglo-Indian Survey Flight by Alan Cobham, cover flown from Calcutta to Akyab, posted upon arrival franked KGV 1a, initialled "AJC" by Cobham. Fine, 34 covers flown. Photo on Page 186. £180-200
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1925 (Feb 5) Anglo-Indian Survey Flight by Alan Cobham, covers flown from Calcutta to Karachi or London both posted upon arrival, with flight vignettes and cachets, the cover to Karachi franked KGV 9p + ¼a cancelled at Drigh Road, the cover to London with an uncancelled KGV 2a, a 3d charge mark and 3d postage due stamp cancelled at Kensington, backstamped at Waddon Aerodrome Croydon (Mar 17). Two fine covers, both signed on the reverse by the flight engineer Arthur B. Elliott. (2). £180-220
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1925 (Feb 7) Anglo-Indian Survey Flight by Alan Cobham, cover flown from Akyab to Rangoon, posted upon arrival franked KGV 1a, initialled "AJC" by Cobham. Fine, 49 covers flown. £150-180
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1925 (May 13) Italian World Seaplane flight by Col. Marchese de Pinedo, cover flown from Calcutta to Melbourne bearing uncancelled KGV ½a + 1½a with three line flight cachet on the front and pictorial cachet on reverse, the left portion of the cover (which was signed) cut away by de Pinedo, who objected to the senders refusal to pay a charity donation. Initialled by Stephen Smith and authenticated by the President of the Aero Philatelic Club of India, numbered "68". 93 Covers flown, few of which seem to have survived. Photo on Page 186. £600-700
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1925 (June 12) Hindubagh to Quetta flood relief emergency R.A.F flight, 1a stationery envelope cancelled at Hindubagh and backstamped at Quetta on the same day, twice signed on the reverse by Stephen Smith. Vertical fold and a little light staining but very rare, just 12 covers flown. Photo on Page 186. £400-500
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1925 (Dec 31) R.A.F Demonstration Flight over Calcutta, leaflets dropped over the city advertising "A Grand Military Searchlight Tattoo", one printed entirely in black with imprint of "The "Statesmen" Press, Calcutta", the other with the heading in red and no printers imprint. Both with circular violet "DELIVERED BY AIR OVER CALCUTTA / 31 DEC. 25 / 10. A.M", one with a KGV ½a cancelled at Park Street, the other with some splitting to central fold. (2). £120-150
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1926 (Apr 4) Danish Copenhagen to Tokyo flight, cover flown from Calcutta to Rangoon posted upon arrival with two KGV ½a stamps, flight vignette and cachet and oval "KGL. DANSK KONSULAT / CALCUTTA". 78 Covers flown, fine. £140-160
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1926 (Apr 21) Spanish Madrid to Manila flight, cover flown on the Calcutta to Rangoon leg posted upon arrival franked KGV 1a, bearing two flight vignettes, signed by the pilot Lt. Loriga. 51 Covers flown, fine. £160-180
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1926 (July 23) England to Australia flight by Alan Cobham, cover with a black printed border and explanation that Arthur Elliot, the flight engineer, had been killed by a bullet fired from the ground between Baghdad and Basra, flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with KGV 1a cancelled at Rangoon, a further Rangoon arrival c.d.s (July 23) on reverse. Very fine, 45 covers flown. £140-160
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1927 (Jan - May) Basra - Cairo air service, covers to England (6) or Switzerland all with boxed "AIR MAIL SERVICE / BASRA - CAIRO / (KARACHI G.P.O)" applied across some of the stamps, two carried on the first flight from Karachi on January 15th, six covers with the cachet in red, a cover of 1st February with the cachet applied in black in error. (7). £150-180
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1927 (Feb 16) Stack and Leete Karachi to Delhi flight, cover and a picture postcard both flown on the Karachi to Lahore leg with boxed violet cancels and "ROYAL AIR FORCE DISPLAY 1927 / LAHORE" arrival datestamps, the postcard franked KGV 3p pair, one with "RS" flaw. Both fine, 60 items flown to Lahore. (2). £160-180
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1927 (Feb 17/18) First Indian Air Pageant, covers franked 1a with "ROYAL AIR FORCE DISPLAY 1927" datestamps of Risalpur on a cover flown to Calcutta (with photographic "By Aeroplane" vignette), or of Peshawar on a cover flown to Delhi, also a cover flown to Delhi with the stamp not cancelled at the office of posting and therefore cancelled upon arrival with the Royal Air Force Display "DELY" c.d.s of Delhi. (3). £120-150
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1927 (Feb 22/23) First Indian Air Pageant at Delhi, covers with the "ROYAL AIR FORCE DISPLAY 1927 / DELHI" c.d.s flown to Peshawar, Kohat, Ambala, Risalpur or Lahore, all with Royal Air Force Display arrival backstamps, all fine. (5). £200-250
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1927 (Apr 1) Rangoon to Penang Air Survey Co. flight by Nevill Vintcent, cover franked on reverse by KGV 1a pair tied by Rangoon c.d.s (Mar 30), a Penang c.d.s alongside (Apr 2), the front with violet boxed "RANGOON-PENANG / FIRST AIR MAIL / APRIL 1927". Fine and rare, Brown states five covers carried. Photo on Page 186. £500-600
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1927 (July 1) Ft/Lt W.H Vetch flight over Calcutta, postcard franked ½a and cover franked 1a both with printed explanation "Carried by D.H "G-E.B.M.O" which won the 1926 Kings Cup", initialled by the pilot, the card signed by Stephen Smith. Both fine, only 49 postcards flown. (2). £120-150
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1927 (July 17) Ft/Lt Vetch Calcutta to Shillong flight, covers addressed to Shillong but posted at Cherrapunji, or addressed to Calcutta posted at Shillong, the first with four line flight cachet, the other endorsed "By aeroplane Calcutta to Shillong D.H Moth G-E.B.M.O". 90 Covers flown, 35 of which were inadvertently posted at Cherrapunji. (2). £250-300
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1927 (Dec 21) England to Australia Red Rose flight by Mrs Keith Miller and Capt. W.N Lancaster, cover flown on the Calcutta to Rangoon leg with flight vignette, a KGV 1a cancelled at Park Street, backstamped at Botataung and Rangoon. Fine, 52 covers flown. £120-140
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1928 (Feb 3) R.A.F Empire Cruise Seaplane Flight, covers with differing flight vignettes flown from Calcutta to Akyab or Rangoon, and a postcard with printed flight vignette flown from Calcutta to Akyab, all cancelled at Park Street, arrival datestamps. All fine, 89 covers and 63 postcards flown to Akyab, 88 covers flown to Rangoon. (3). £160-180
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1928 (Feb 15) Cologne to Calcutta flight in "Germania", card bearing the four vignettes used on flown mail, signed below by the pilots, O. Koennecke and J. Hermann, dated at Calcutta, small tape stains at edges, a unique souvenir of this flight. Also a single flight vignette. £100-120
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1928 (May 14) French Paris to Hanoi flight, printed postcard and cover with flight vignette flown on the Calcutta to Rangoon leg which crashed at Akyab, both with red printed explanations of the crash, "DOISY AND CAROL" aeroplane cachets, and "CONSULAT GENERAL DE FRANCE / CALCUTTA" cachets, stamps cancelled at Calcutta. Also a letter from Stephen Smith sent within a flown cover, bearing the aeroplane cachet. (3). £250-300
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1928 (Sep 20 - Oct 11) Amsterdam to Batavia experimental flights, covers or cards flown from Calcutta to Rangoon with flight cachets, comprising Sept. 20th cover and card carried on the first flight (111 items flown); Oct 4th cover and card carried on the third flight both with "3RD PLANE CRASHED AT CAWNPORE / CARRIED BY:- / 4TH OFFICIAL MAIL PLANE / H-N.A.O.F" cachets (87 covers and 56 cards flown); and Oct. 11 cover carried on the fourth flight (96 flown), all fine, a good group. (5). £400-500
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1928 (Sep 30) Baron von Huenfeld and Capt. Lindener Berlin to Tokyo flight in the "Europa", postcard franked 1½a flown from Calcutta to Tokyo, with cachets "EUROPA / SS", "BARON HUENEFELD" and "TOKIO 18 OCT", fine and scarce, 46 cards carried. Photo on Page 188. £200-240
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1929 (Feb 5) Baron von Koenig World flight in "Kamerad", printed cards franked KGV ½a, flown from Calcutta to Akyab or Rangoon, flight cachets including "Delayed by Unfavourable Weather", also a small photo of the seaplane. Both cards very fine, 41 flown to Akyab, 58 flown to Rangoon. (3). £250-300
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1929 (May 21) Calcutta to Darjeeling flight by Bengal Air Transport Co., flown cover franked KGV 1a with arrival backstamp, and printed newspaper wrapper "PRESS-PACKET / The Englishman / PER BENGAL AIR TRANSPORT Co" with printed address of Darjeeling, inscribed and signed "Genuine flown copy, Stephen H. Smith". 78 Covers flown (64 cancelled at Calcutta), the newspaper wrappers scarce and rarely seen. (2). Photo on Page 188. £250-300
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1929 (Nov 4) Air issue, First Day Covers flown to London, one addressed to the USA, bearing 3a + 4a, 3a + 6a (2 covers), 3a + 8a, a single 8a or single 12a, all printed flight covers, five signed on the reverse by G. Grant, designer of the stamp issue, three also signed by Stephen Smith. A scarce group. (6). Photo on Page 188. £750-1,000
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1929 (Nov 5) Registered covers bearing the 1929 Air issue stamps, all carried on the first flight from India after the issue of the air stamps the previous day, addressed to Basrah, Baghdad, Alexandria, Athens or Vienna. A scarce group, all from Calcutta, four on printed flight envelopes. (5). £500-600
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1929 (Dec 30) Delhi to Karachi service by Indian State Air Service, first flight covers from Karachi, Hyderabad or Jodhpur all flown to Delhi, or return flight covers from Delhi to Jodhpur (Camp Post Office c.d.s) or Karachi, or Hyderabad to Karachi (2), all fine. Covers to and from intermediate stops scarce, one Hyderabad to Karachi flight cover with the cancellation error "KARACHI-DELHI". (7). £240-280
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1930 (May 15) Postcard signed by Man Mohan Singh with the short message "with apologies for late posting", not posted until June, with 14th June arrival c.d.s of Rawalpindi. Singh was the first Indian pilot to fly solo from England to India, landing at Karachi on May 9th. It is possible this card was carried by him on an onward flight within India. An intriguing card signed by one of the most famous Indian aviators, who was killed in World War Two. £100-150
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1930 (Aug) Jacobabad to Reti emergency R.A.F flights due to flooding, covers franked KGV 1a flown from Jacobabad to Reti (Aug 23) or Reti to Jacobabad (Aug 19), and a 1a envelope flown from Jacobabad to Reti (Aug 28) redirected back to Jacobabad and carried on the return flight, the first two with "EMERGENCY AIR MAIL" cachets. (3). £300-350
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