Lot No. 240
| Auction No. | 14 |
| Category |
World Collections, Accumulations and Selections |
| Est. | $120 |
| Status | Archived |
Netherlands FDC's & First Flight covers arranged by airline after NVPH 190-218 complete unaddressed plus duplicated run 198-215. Also 6 Neth New Guinea FDC's. Noted SABENA covers Elisabethville & Stanleyville to Beirut with adhesives of Ruanda-Urundi, SWISSAIR 1957 FFC Zurich-Geneva-Tokyo, SAS 1957/59 covers (12 diff), QANTAS 1959 Sydney-San Francisco & return (2). Jamaica 1939 cover to England bearing KGVI 2/- & cachet "FIRST TRANSATLANTIC AIR MAIL JAMAICA TO EUROPE JUNE 1, 1939" KLM covers with typed address & "Reteur a l'Expediteur" handstamps 1951 Amsterdam-Sydney (with Bombed Churches set, some foxing), 1952 to Philadelphia, another to Mexico, another to Chile with I.T.E.P. set & boxed "Non reclame/ Reteur a l'origino" in violet, 1952 FFC Buenos Aires-Santiago, 1953 Christchurch-Amsterdam, 1954 Amsterdam-Sydney, 1955 Amsterdam-Kabul, 1956 Amsterdam-Ankara & return (both signed by pilot), 1956 Amsterdam-Palma Majorca (signed), to Kartoem (Khartoum), to Sofia (signed), to Budapest, 1957 to Houston & return (2), to Moscow, 1958 to Tripoli (Libya), to Tokyo & return (2). The return by First Polar Flight, to Biak (Neth. New Guinea), Tokyo-Biak & return (2), Biak-Amsterdam, 1959 Amsterdam-Saijondt (2), to Tunis & r (2) to Istanbul & return (1 cover), F/C Neth. Antilles 25th Anniv. KLM set, 1960 Amsterdam-New York (First DC8 flight), to Jeddah, to Amman, Amsterdam-London 40th Anniversary Flight cover, Amsterdam to Casablanca, to Conakry, to Monrovia, to Accra, to Las Palmas, 1961 to Lagos & return (2), Farst DC8 Paramaribo-Amsterdam, Curacao-Amsterdam, Accra-Monrovia, DC8 Amsterdam-Tokyo Polar Route, 1962 to Johannesburg, Groningen-Hilvesum First Blimp (airship) Flight, 1963 Amsterdam to Abidjan, to Kuwait, 1964 to Constanta (foxing), to Varna (ditto). A fine assembly with many difficult & scarce covers. Mostly fine & consecutive reserve to attract bidding. (76 flight covers, 6 Neth. New Guinea FDCs, 57 NVPH 1981/4 FDCs)