Lot No. 364
| Auction No. | 14 |
| Category |
World Collections, Accumulations and Selections |
| Est. | $200 |
| Status | SOLD $260 |
World Airmail covers on leaves. Fascinating & unusual range incl Austrian pre-stamped 1949 balloon flight Wels-Vienna, other balloon flights (3), Concorde FFCs x 4, RAF Museum 1971/72 x 3, BOAC range FFC's 1950s-1960s (66 diff), 1931 FFC London-Australia (with Imperial Airways enclosure & various Belgium & Canada. Also 1927 Egypt 15m Cotton Congress pair tied by "Cook's Post Office Cairo" cds (cover flown Cairo-Basra-Calcutta) & another 1927 cover for first flight Cairo-Calcutta with "CONTINENTAL-SAVOY CAIRO CASH" cds in English & Arabic. Items from France, Germany 1950's-1970's, India FFC 1948 Bombay-London-Geneva (Air India), Fiji 1960 Melbourne-Nadi via Christchurch, NZ (30, mostly DC8 FFCs but incl 4 internal & 1934 "Faith in Australia" Auckland-Melbourne, PNG (3, incl 1938 First Airmail Service Australia-Port Moresby & return (cover on forwarded to Perth), Switzerland 1925 locally flown cover (Geneva-Basel), USA "the 10000th Barrier Flight" cachet in black on 7ยข PSE with 1962 US NAVY machine cancel, addressed to Nebraska plus Chile 1932 Zeppelin opened-out cover addressed to Birmingham, posted Santiago 26/9/32 & bearing 4/10/32 Friedrichshaten machine cachet on reverse complete this varied range. Inspection highly recommended. (c140 items)