Auctions 239-240
March 16 & 21-23, 2019
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Displaying 49 - 60 of 118
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 130 €
6 M
RAF Far East cruise 1930 envelope from Kuching to Singapore en route to Kuala Lumpur Malaya, franked at 29 cents with Kuching cds 5 jul, with " By AIR MAIL " label and violet registration cachet no. 5492, unusually the cover is also inscribed " Per R.A.F. Airship S1419 " and inscribed " Unknown, return to Mae Ying, 8/7 ". On reverse markings Singapore 7 jy, Kuala Lumpur 8 jy, Singapore 9 jy and Kuching 14 jul
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 120 €
6 M
RAF survey flight 1930, envelope carried on the fifth stage from Sibu to Kuching, franked at 14 cents (2, 4 and 8 cents) cancelled Sibu cds 3 jul and showing " BY AIR MAIL " label at upper left. On reverse the arrival cds Kuching 4 jul.
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 150 €
Sold for: 150 €
6 M
RAF Far East cruise 1930, envelope carried aboard flying boat S1419 from Kuching to Miri, franked at 30 cents due to registration fee (4 cents surface rate, 10 cents airmail fee and 16 cents registration fee) cancelled by Kuching 29 may and registration cachet in violet (nr. 1002) and " BY AIR MAIL " label at upper left. On reverse the arrival cds Miri 30 may
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 140 €
6 M
RAF Far East cruise 1934 envelope carried on flying boat S1043 from Kuching to Singapore on 8 October, it was then flown from Singapore to Amsterdam by KLM aircraft " HAVIK " leaving Singapore on 10 October and at Amsterdam on 20 October from were it was flown to London franked at 55 cents (totally 13 stamps !), a fine colourful cover with some small creases on righthand side
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Auctions 239-240
Opening: 300 €
Sold for: 360 €
6 M
RAF flights 1934-1939, Far East cruise (2 envelopes) and service flight (4 envelopes) flown from Kuching (4x) and Bintulu (2x), a nice group of covers
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 100 €
6 M
RAF flight 1937, envelope flown from Miri to Kuching, marked " By R.A.F. K6910 " franked at 6 cents, arrival cds Kuching 20 jun on reverse
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 120 €
6 M
RAF service flight 1939, envelope flown from Kuching to Singapore, marked " By R.A.F. flying boat " and franked at 5 cents, no arrival marks. Given that no official announcement of an air mail opportunity was made, mail carried must have been limited.
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 500 €
Sold for: 500 €
6 M
Registered Air Mail envelope flown in 1935 by Airship Graf Zeppelin to Brazil. The cover left Seychelles (July 17) by sea (SS Ellora) to Mombasa thence by air on Imperial Airways from Nairobi to Croydon (arriving July 28), onwards by Lufthansa to Berlin, then to Stuttgart and by Lufthansa-Condor "Schwabenland/Westfalen" double catapult flight no L.95 of August 1 to Pernambuco via Natal, arriving August 4. On reverse cds Mombasa, Nairobi, Berlin and Pernambuco. A very rare cover (1 of 2 covers from Seychelles flown on this service)
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 110 €
6 M
Indian ocean survey flight, Catalina flying boat GUBA 2 was the first civil aeroplane to arrive on Seychelles. This cover was send from Hollandia (Dutch New Guinea) 11-5-1939 to Rose Bay N.S.W. Australia on 3-6 routing Port Hedland/Batavia/Cocos Islands/Diego Garcia/Seychelles/Mombasa were it arrived on 21-6, it returned to the USA via West Africa and Brazil, arriving Los Angeles on 17-8. The cover attracted adhesives and courtesy cancellations, on reverse Cocos cds 12-6-1939, the cover is signed by the navigator Yancey and the radio operator Booth. A very colourful cover!
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 150 €
Sold for: 150 €
6 M
Indian ocean survey flight. Catalina flying boat GUBA 2. One of very few genuinely commercial covers flown. It left Victoria on 17-6-1939, arriving Kisumu, there it attracted a K.U.T. 20 cents adhesive (cancelled on 23-6) to prepay the Empire Air Mail "All-Up" rate to India, it arrived in Karachi on 27-6, to finally arrive in Ahmedabad on 28-6-1939.
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Sold for: 100 €
6 M
Giant Tortoise 12 cents reddish violet on envelope. Between 22 March 1938 and 3 Sept 1939, the EAMS air mail rate was 12 cents for a letter not exceeding 15 grams. This cover went by sea from La Digue Island to Mahé, then by sea to Mombasa. This cover probably left there on 27 Jan. carried by the Flying boat "Ceres" arriving in Southampton on 31 Jan. 1939. On reverse Victoria cds Ja 21, back flap missing, rare! 1 of only 3 covers recorded at this - correct - rate
Auctions 239-240
Opening: 100 €
Unsold
6 M
First recorded incoming Air Mail cover November 1926. 8 years before airmail rates were introduced in Seychelles, this cover was flown on USA Contract Air Mail (CAM) from Norfolk (9 October) via Washington to Philadelphia from there it went by land and sea arriving in Seychelles (16 November) from Bombay carried by the SS Karagola, very fine cover