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South America /Germany. 1930-37 Covers and cards comprising 1930 (Mar 21) first Condor flight from Brazil to Europe (2); 1934 (Feb 2) first Condor flight from Germany to Brazil (franked Chicago flight 1m, pencil address rubbed out); 1937 250th Lufthansa South Atlantic crossing, card from Germany to Brazil and return flight cards from Chile, Paraguay or Peru to Germany. (7). £240-300
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Gambia. 1933 (June 3) Cover from Bathurst franked 1/7, carried on the experimental flight to the S.S "Westfalen" in mid Atlantic, with violet "LUFTPOST / 4 JUN 1933 / D. WESTFALEN" arrival handstamp. These experiments were successful, and a regular air service began in 1934 landing on the "Westfalen" to refuel, and taking off by catapult. Very rare. Photo on Page 44. £600-800
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Gambia. 1933 (June 2/6) Experimental flights from the catapult ship "Westfalen", card and cover with violet "LUFTPOST / D. WESTFALEN" datestamps, 15pf card to Germany with June 2 datestamp, boxed "1 Flug vom / Katapultdampfer Westfalen / nach Afrika" with Bathurst c.d.s (June 2), the other cover franked 25pf to Pernambuco with June 6 datestamp and boxed "1. Flug vom / Katapultdampfer Westfalen / nach Sudamerika", Pernambuco (June 6) backstamp. A fine and rare pair. (2). Photo on Page 44. £700-1,000
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Germany. 1926-44 Covers and cards including 1926 card flown from Konstanz to Cologne (to Brazil with 100r postage due), 1929 first flights from Berlin to Canary Islands (2) or Spain, 1932 "Junkers G38 D-2500 Bord stempel" cachets (2, one Berlin to London flight), 1944 Rhodes card bearing Inselpost stamp and Italian stamps for Rhodes, etc., also an Aero Lloyd ticket issued at Konstanz for a round flight. (11). £150-200
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Germany. 1925-38 Covers and cards, all pilot signed, including 1925 round flight card posted at Munich and 1931 U.S cover from Cleveland Air Races both signed by Ernst Udet (WW1 fighter ace with 62 confirmed victories, committed suicide in 1941), 1938 cover from New York signed by Joachim Blankenburg, 1930 Europa catapult flight cover to USA signed by Gerhard Fieseler, 1932 postcard with "Junkers G38 D-2500 Bord Stempel" cachet written by Captain Otto Kramer, etc. (9). £200-250
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Germany - DoX Flights. 1931-33 Covers and cards comprising 1931 (Aug 20) Antigua to St. Thomas; 1932 (Sep 30) card from Bonn to Cologne and November 14th Swiss card flown from Zurich to Altenrhein both with boxed "FLUGSCHIFF / DORNIER "DoX" / D. 1929" and signed by Capt Christiansen; 1931 (Jan 30) first DoX flight from Germany to Rio de Janeiro (signed Capt. Christiansen) and first return flight with stamps of Brazil (Rio, Aug 4) and Colombia (Cali, Sept. 15) backstamped at Trinidad (Aug 19); 1933 covers flown from Leningrad to Berlin then by DoX from Passau to Stad in Switzerland (2, one also with German stamps cancelled at Passau). A good lot. (7). £400-500
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Germany - Aviatrix. 1931 Dusseldorf to London flight by Elli Beinhorn, card pilot signed on reverse, and card flown from Karlsruhe to Mannheim signed by Vera von Bissing and Gerhard Fieseler; also two 1934 covers from Chicago both signed by Elli Beinhorn. Beinhorn completed several long distance solo flights in Africa, Asia, Australia and South America; von Bissing was an aerobatics pilot and test pilot, and ferried over 1,000 aircraft during the war. (4). £150-200
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1954-73 Covers, mainly test flights, including G.B test flights of the Canberra (1956) and EE P1A Jet (1957), 1958 U.K to Venezuela by E.E Canberra Jet Bomber, 1957 R.A.F Comet Lyneham to Venice, others from USA or Canada. (10). £100-150
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1937 (July 5/16) First I.A Survey flight by the "Caledonian" from Foynes to Botwood and return, outward flight cover with stamps of Ireland (Foynes, July 5), Newfoundland (Botwood, July 6) and USA (New York, July 10), and return flight cover with stamps of USA (Port Washington, N.Y, July 12), Canada (Montreal, July 12), Newfoundland (Botwood, July 15) and Ireland (Foynes, July 16). Both addressed to Capt. Wilcockson and signed on the reverse, fine and scarce, very few flown. (2). Photo on Page 44. £300-400
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1938 (July 20) Registered cover from London to USA franked 4d, provisional type registration label, endorsed "for Mercury Maya 1st Transatlantic flight" and signed by Capt. Don Bennett of the "Mercury". Bennett later developed the Pathfinder force in World War Two. Baldwin states "only official greetings and newspapers were flown" and this is the first flown cover we have seen. Very scarce. Photo on Page 46. £150-200
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1927 (Aug 14) Dessau to New York flight in the "Bremen" by Kohl, Loose and von Hunefeld, registered covers (2) and a card to New York, the covers franked 25m in air stamps, all returned with cachets after the flight was abandoned, datestamps of Norderney (Oct. 4), one cover signed on the reverse by von Hunefeld. (3). £150-180
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1928 (May) Cards (5) and a cover produced in the USA to commemorate the first Europe to USA flight in April 1928, all depicting the aviators Kohl, von Hunefeld and Fitzmaurice who flew from Bremen, three cards with wording in English and two in German (one unused), the four used cards all carried on the special Milwaukee to Chicago flight on May 13th; the cover posted at Boston on Bremen day (May 20) and flown to Chicago. Also six covers posted at Blanc Sablon on Greenly Island (Canadian Labrador) on 13 April 1929, where the "Bremen" first landed in North America exactly one year earlier. (12). £150-200
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1929 (Feb 19) France to Indo-China flight in the "Dragon d'Annam", abandoned after the plane crashed near Bondy Station, returned cover handstamped "RAID INTERROMPU / PAR ACCIDENT / Retour a l'envoyeur", unusually signed by the two pilots Costes and Cedos. £100-120
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1929 (Sep) Moscow to New York flight by the Russian plane "Land of the Soviet", flown cover franked 60k in air stamps, also a real photo of the plane, and a press photo of the pilot Semyon Shestakov. (3). £150-200
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1929 (Sep 29) Moscow to New York flight by the Russian plane "Land of the Soviet", cover franked 5c cancelled at Seward, Alaska, New York backstamp (Nov. 2), signed by the four Russian aviators. Rare, just ten covers flown from Seward to New York, this cover possibly unique signed, Mikulski guarantee handstamp. Photo on Page 46. £400-500
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1930 (Dec 15) General Balbo Transatlantic Mass Formation flight from Rome to Rio de Janeiro, cover to Balbo franked 1.25L and the special 7.70L stamp issued for this one flight (S.G. 303, £1,400) tied by the special machine cancel, Rio arrival machine (Jan 22), signed by Balbo and eighteen other pilots and crew, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 46. £500-700
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1932 (July 5) Jimmie Mattern and Bennett Griffin circumnavigation attempt, cover flown from New York to Minsk with USA 5c cancelled at New York, Germany 4pf cancelled at Berlin (July 6) and Russia 15k cancelled at Minsk (July 7), signed by both pilots. The flight was abandoned after a crash in Russia. Very scarce, just ten covers flown, Mikulski guarantee handstamp. Photo on Page 46. £350-400
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1933 (May 21) Picture postcard of Ernst Udet (second highest scoring German fighter ace of WWI with 62 confirmed victories), addressed to Switzerland franked Greenland Pakke-Porto 20ore (corner torn prior to use) and Denmark 40ore, cancelled by violet "Nugatsiak" and "Styr--" handstamps and in Copenhagen, further Greenland handstamps for Umanak and Igollorssuit. Signed by Udet, bearing a blue Luftpost label, red oval "Universal - Dr. Fanck / Greenland-Expedition", violet "Ernst Udet / Greenland Reise 1932" and "Nr. 30 / avane" cachets. Udet was in Greenland starring as himself in the film "S.O.S Eisberg" directed by Dr Fanck for Universal Studios; he was nearly killed in an air crash during filming. Unusual and scarce, apparently flown from Greenland. Photo on Page 46. £300-400
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1938 (Aug 10) Focke Wulf 200 "Condor" record breaking flight from Berlin to New York and back, flown cover with 5pf + 10pf cancelled by red 8pf Focke Wulf Condor meter mark, with flight cachet, signed by the four crew, Alfred Henke, R. von Moreau, Paul Dierberg and W. Kober. The flight to New York completed in 24hr 56min., the return flight in 19hr 56min. Fine and rare, very few covers carried. Photo on Page 46. £500-600
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1938 (Nov 27) Focke Wulf 200 "Condor" record breaking flight from Berlin to Tokyo, completed in 46hr 18min, express cover to Paul Dierberg at the Focke Wulf factory in Berlin, ten German stamps totalling 54pf cancelled at Bremen with four Japan stamps tied by the special pictorial cancel on Nov. 30th. Also a Japanese card with map of the route and 2s cancelled to order with the Japanese datestamp. Vertical fold, otherwise fine and rare, very few covers carried, the same aircraft and crew used as for the August flight to and from the USA. (2). Photo on Page 46. £300-400
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1939 (Apr 28) Moscow to New York non-stop flight, forced to descend in New Brunswick, registered picture postcard (Lenin's tomb and Kremlin) with four stamps totalling 230k, Moscow and "MISCOU LIGHTHOUSE / N.B" datestamps, straight line flight cachet. Fine and scarce, 32 postcards flown, with 2013 L. Hovest Certificate. Photo on Page 48. £500-600
| 1937 Junkers Round Africa Flight |
The following four lots were sent by members of the Round Africa flight, and bear the boxed flight cachet. Mail was only sent by expedition members; no philatelic mail was carried, and mail is therefore scarce.
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1937 (Nov 3) Picture postcard to Germany bearing KUT 5c + 30c cancelled at Arusha, boxed cachet "Junkers Flugzeug-und-Motorenwerke A.-G., Dessau / Rund-Afrika-Flug / 3 Nov. 1937 an Bord der Ju 52 D-AMUO". Very scarce, just one other postcard from KUT recorded by Colley. Photo on Page 48. £250-300
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1937 (Nov 16) Picture postcard to Germany bearing South Africa 6d cancelled at Johannesburg, fine boxed flight cachet, message signed by F.H Koppenburg details the places stopped at en route, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 48. £250-300
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1937 (Nov 23) Cover to Berlin with seven Belgian Congo stamps totalling 17f all cancelled at Stanleyville, superb boxed flight cachet, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 48. £250-300
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1937 (Nov 25) Picture postcard to Germany franked French Equatorial Africa 2f50 and Oubangui Chari 1f cancelled at Bangui, superb flight cachet, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 48. £250-300
| Wolfgang von Gronau flights, 1930-32 |
Wolfgang von Gronau and his crew of three made two flights from Germany to USA, in the "Dornier Wal" in 1930 and again in the "Gronland Wal" in 1931. A third round the world flight was made in the "Gronland Wal" in 1932, again flying westwards to Canada and USA, continuing via Japan, China, Philippines, India and Europe. Also see lot 873.
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1930 (Aug 25/26) Covers carried on the final leg of von Gronau's first transatlantic flight, all posted at Halifax, two on August 25 locally addressed with "Ex-Transatlantic plane / D.1442-Dornier Wahl / at Halifax N.S" cachet or flown to Moncton, N.B with arrival c.d.s (Aug 26); two other August 26 covers flown to New York, one franked Canada 5c + U.S special delivery 10c, the other Canada 2c envelope franked Canada special delivery 20c + U.S 2c. Also a cover received at Halifax too late to catch the flight. (5). £160-200
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1930 (Aug 26/30) Covers posted at New York (3, Aug 26) or Chicago (3, Aug 30), three with von Gronau flight cachets from Montreal presumably flown from there and posted upon arrival, one New York cover signed by von Gronau and his three crew, one Chicago cover signed by von Gronau, two other covers signed by crew members. (6). £160-200
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1931 (July 29) Cover carried on von Gronau's second transatlantic flight from Berlin to Chicago with Germany 10pf + 15pf air stamps cancelled at Berlin, Iceland Air 10aur cancelled at Reykjavik (Aug 11), Canada 1c cancelled at Longlac, Ont. (Sep. 1) and USA 2c cancelled at Chicago (Sep. 3), cachets of "KOLONIEN GODTHAB", "SCORESBYSUND", "HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY / HARRISON" (Aug 30) and "GRONLAND-WAL / D2053 / LIST A / SYLT - CHICAGO / 1931", signed by von Gronau. Fine and rare, very few covers flown. Photo on Inside Front Cover. £1,200-1,500
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1931 (Aug) Cover carried on von Gronau's second transatlantic flight from Iceland to Chicago, with Iceland, Canada and USA stamps all cancelled in pencil, cachets of "KOLONIEN GODTHAB",. "SCORESBYSUND", "HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY / HARRISON" (Aug 30) and "GRONLAND-WAL / D2053 / LIST A / SYLT - CHICAGO / 1931" and datestamps of Longlac, Ont. (Sep 1) and Chicago (Sep 4), signed by von Gronau. Fine and rare, very few covers flown. Photo on Page 48. £600-700
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1931 (Aug 10) Unaddressed cover carried on von Gronau's second transatlantic flight from Iceland to Chicago, an Iceland 10aur cancelled at Reykjavik and USA 2c cancelled at Chicago (Sep 3), signed by von Gronau, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 48. £250-300
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1931 (Sep 1) Cover with flight cachet of Montreal, apparently flown on the final leg of the second transatlantic flight and posted upon arrival, also a Nov 11th cover "New York City again welcomes Capt. von Gronau and his three companions, twice conquerors of the Atlantic Ocean by Air" strangely posted six months later from St. Paul, both signed by all the crew, von Gronau, Albrecht, Hack and Zimmer. (2). £100-150
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1932 (July 21) Cover from Germany, flown around the world with stamps of seven countries comprising Germany (Lyst, July 21), USA (Chicago, Aug. 4), Canada (Prince Rupert B.C, Aug. 20), Japan (Imperial Hotel Tokyo, Sep. 9), Philippines (Manila, Sep. 29), Netherlands Indies (Tarakan, Oct. 2) and Ceylon (Colombo, Oct. 22), also Unalaska, Alaska duplex (Aug. 29) and Montreal flight cachet, two stamps on reverse, a little staining, nevertheless a rare cover, very few carried over the entire journey around the world. Also a photo of the plane signed by all the crew. (2). Photo on Page 48. £1,000-1,200
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1932 (July 27/Aug 2) Covers flown on the Montreal to Chicago leg of von Gronau's round the world flight, two with Canada stamps cancelled at Montreal and boxed Montreal flight cachet dated July 26, six with USA stamps cancelled at Chicago (Aug 2) and the boxed Montreal flight cachet without date, these six with differing news cutting about the flight to Chicago applied. (8). £250-300
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1932 (Aug 10/28) U.S 1c Postcards (2) and a Canada 1c postcard all to R. Aretz in Waconia, Minn., one U.S card with violet oval "VON GRONAU / GRONLAND WAL / MILWAUKEE-MINNEAPOLIS / AUG 10 1932" and cancelled in Minneapolis; the second card cancelled at Wayzata then flown from Milwaukee to Montreal and Alaska with Montreal flight cachet and U.S 1c cancelled at Juneau (Aug 28), the Canada 1c card flown from Milwaukee to Montreal and Winnipeg with Montreal flight cachet, posted at Winnipeg (Aug 12). Also an article by Aretz explaining how he met von Gronau in Milwaukee and got him to carry 14 cards to Winnipeg and 14 cards to Juneau. (3). Photo on Page 52. £250-300
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1932 (Sep 7-29) Covers flown from Tokyo to Manila, Shanghai to Manila (2), Manila to Soerabaja (3, one with 13 differing stamps) or Manila to Friedrichshafen, Tokyo cover with special c.d.s, the first six all with the Manila flight cachet, the scarce Manila to Germany cover signed by von Gronau and one other with Friedrichshafen backstamp (Nov 10) and Montreal flight cachet. Also a press photo of von Gronau at the Imperial Aeronautic Society dinner in Tokyo. (8). £250-300
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1932 (Nov 11) Picture postcard flown from Rome to Friedrichshafen, signed by von Gronau and one other crew with boxed Montreal flight cachet, posted upon arrival with Swiss stamps cancelled by Friedrichshafen Schiffspost auf dem Bodensee c.d.s. Also a cover inscribed as flown around the world from Germany, signed by von Gronau with the boxed Montreal flight cachet, posted over two months after von Gronau arrived back in Germany, at Warnemunde (30 Jan 33) franked 25pf to USA. Two scarce items. (2). Photo on Page 52. £250-300
| Zeppelin Mail
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1913-38 Covers and cards including 1930 English and Swiss flight cards, covers to or from Brazil (4), 1925 covers carried by Airship "Los Angeles" from New York to Bermuda with red Air Mail Service cancels (2), picture postcards of Zeppelins, etc. (17). £100-150
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1932-34 Unused "Condor-Zeppelin" or Air Mail envelopes with proof impressions of differing cachets used on Graf Zeppelin mail from South America in Sep./Oct. 1932 (4) or June 1934, with a guarantee letter from Francis Field, very unusual. (5). £150-200
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1930-35 Covers comprising 1930 Moscow to Friedrichshafen flight card; 1931 Alexandria to Jerusalem flight (Egypt 50m Zeppelin stamp with "1951" error); 1931 (Sep. 18) second South American flight cover from Friedrichshafen redirected back to Germany and carried on the return flight with Brazil stamps applied; 1932 (Aug. 26) Czechoslovakia cover carried on the Berlin to Friedrichshafen and 7th South American flights; 1932 (Oct. 20) Hungary cover carried on 9th South American flight; 1934 (Nov. 27) Cover from Buenos Ayres to Australia intended to go on the Christmas Zeppelin flight but actually flown by Condor Lufthansa and Imperial Airways; 1935 (Sep.) Paraguay flight to Germany bearing 1935 Zeppelin set; 1935 (Nov. 12) registered cover from the British Post Office in Tangier to Bahia, inscribed by Zeppelin but actually flown by Condor Lufthansa. (8). £350-400
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G.B. 1933 (Aug 2) Cover from Plymouth to Brazil flown by G.W.R Air Service to Birmingham, then carried by Zeppelin on the Berlin to Friedrichshafen and 4th South American flights, the 3d G.W.R stamp tied by violet Plymouth (North Road) handstamp, 4d + 6d stamps cancelled in Birmingham, Zeppelin cachets and Rio backstamps (Aug 9), fine and scarce. Photo on Page 52. £250-300
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Denmark. 1932 (Apr 14) Postcard from Sonderborg to Pernambuco franked Air 15ore + 1kr, carried on the Berlin to Friedrichshafen and 3rd South American flights, Recife arrival c.d.s (Apr. 20). S.150. £100-120
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Estonia. 1933 Registered postcards from Tallinn to Pernambuco franked 12s + 80s, both carried on the special Berlin to Friedrichshafen flights, then flown on the 2nd or 6th South American flights, Berlin C2 Luftpost and Zeppelin cachets, Berlin and Pernambuco datestamps, both fine. (2). £200-250
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Germany. 1913 Postcards franked 5pf, a printed Luftpost am Rhein card cancelled "Luftpost / am Rhein / Dusseldorf" c.d.s (Apr 2) and bearing blue 10pf "Erste Deutsche Luftpost am Rhein" stamp; and a postcard of a zeppelin over the Leipzig Heroes Monument written from the Leipzig fair and posted on the "Sachsen" handstamped "Zeppelin fahrt" and circular "AN BORD DES / ZEPPELIN / 24 MAI 1913 / LUFTSCHIFFES / SACHSEN" subsequently reposted with "INTERN BAUFACH / AUSTELLUNG / LEIPZIG" c.d.s (Oct 22). Also an unusual unused aluminium postcard "Zeppelin Luftschiff im Volten Fluge" depicting a Zeppelin in flight and Herr Graf Zeppelin, paper postcard reverse, within a printed envelope. (3). £150-180
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Germany. 1929-32 Covers and cards comprising 1929 (Aug 15) Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst World flight; 1930 (June 22) postcard from Berlin to England with red oval "MIT LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN / BEFORDERT", Berlin and Breslau datestamps, posted too late for the intended Zeppelin day flight but flown on the June 24th flight and dropped at Breslau; 1931 (Aug 29) 1st South American flight card flown from Friedrichshafen to Praia, Cape Verde, with Swedish arrival c.d.s; 1931 (Sep 19) 2nd South America flight card to Pernambuco posted on board franked Polar Fahrt 1m pair; and 1932 cover to Parana flown from Berlin to Friedrichshafen and carried on the 5th South American flight, all fine. (5). £180-220
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Germany. 1935 (June 30) Cover to Pernambuco franked Ostropa miniature sheet (S.G. £1,400, small piece missing from lower left corner), Air 5pf + 1m, posted on the Graf Zeppelin on the 7th South American flight, cancelled by two "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN / 7. FAHRT / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA" datestamps, red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA / d" cachet and Recife backstamps (July 2). A rare use of the Ostropa sheet on a Zeppelin cover. Photo on Page 52. £300-400
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Turkey. 1933 (Sep 26) Registered cover from Galata to Rio de Janeiro franked 2½k, 100k, and 5g Aviation Fund obligatory tax stamp, carried on the Berlin to Friedrichshafen and 8th South American flights, arrival backstamp (Oct. 5), fine and uncommon from Turkey. Photo on Page 52. £150-200
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Yemen. 1933 (Sep 30) Registered cover from Hodeida to Pernambuco franked by seven different stamps, inscribed "Par Graf Zeppelin via Friedrichshafen" but received in Germany too late to connect with the Zeppelin flight. The reverse with an explanatory label tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s (Oct 25), forwarded by Condor Lufthansa, Aden c.d.s and Pernambuco arrival datestamp (Nov 7). An unusual cover. Photo on Page 52. £200-250
| Crash Covers & Interrupted Mail
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Canada. 1921 (Nov 26) Cover from St. John's to Halifax bearing the 35c Air Mail overprint (S.G. 148, £100) intended to be sent on the first flight but actually sent by rail after the flight was abandoned when the plane had to make a forced landing shortly after take off, small faults. Also a 1929 (Jan 25) cover from Fort Simpson, N.W.T, to Fort McMurray handstamped "VIA AIR MAIL", March 9th backstamp, the delay believed to be caused by an air crash. (2). £80-100
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1931-88 Covers and cards including 1934 Stockholm to Malmo flight, window envelope with explanatory slip (N.340706); 1935 (Dec 20) and 1936 (Apr 11) Pan Am crashes at Trinidad, both covers from USA to Brazil handstamped "ACCIDENT D'AVIATION"; 1937 Chile crash (N.370327, front only, from Germany); 1937 Panagra crash at Cristobal, C.Z (N.370803a, Chile to USA cover); 1944 (Mar.) and 1945 (Jan.) Canadian Air Force crashes both handstamped "SALVAGED FROM / AIR CRASH" (N.440300, 450125); 1948 Sabena Belgian Congo crash (N.480513b); 1973 Varig crash at Paris (N.730711a/g); 1976 BA crash near Zagreb (N.760910, part address deleted); 1988 Toulouse to Paris flight (2, differing cachets, N.880129a/b), etc. (16). £400-500
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Argentina/Brazil. 1930-39 Covers comprising 1930 Buenos Ayres to Paris, forced landing 400km from Dakar, rescued by S.S "Phocee" (N.300709); 1938 covers from Brazil or Argentina to England, from Air France crash in the Pyrenees, with four line French cachet (N.38032aa); 1939 Brazil to Paris cover, from the Air France crash in Morocco, handstamped "AVION ACCIDENTE" (N.390502a); 1939 Brazil cover from Ceasa to Sao Paolo, from the Pan Am crash near Cobras handstamped "ACCIDENTE DE AVIAO" (N.390813b), a useful group. (5). £120-150
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