Flight cover from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*29.ΣΕΠ.1926" to "BRINDISI*29.9.26" by AEI with air-cachet AC5, fr.with 3x10l.+30l. Lithographic 4th issue, canc. "SURTAXE AERIENNE PERQUE EN NUMERAIRE" with special rubber cachet (without accent on E) in violet. Armail fee was paid cash since the airmail stamps were not ready yet, (Hellas FF16Bic)
Postal & Live Internet Auction 680 General Philatelic Auction
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A. Karamitsos Postal & Live Internet Auction 680 General Philatelic Auction
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Lot #640 - first flights first flights
"FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*24.MRZ.29" first flight cover to "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*30.ΜΑΡ.29" by GF, commemorative canc. "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN / ORIENTFAHRT 1929" in red, first flight with a post office on board the airship. (Hellas FF35A).
Lot #641 - first flights first flights
19.10.1929. London - Corfu by Imperial Airways. Air registered cover to Corfu franked with stamps 8,5d. (4,5d. regist. letter rate + 4d. air fee), canc. "IBSTOCK / LEICESTER / 17 OC 29", arr. "KEΡΚΥΡΑ (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) / 21.ΟΚΤ.29". This cover, although not addressed to, probably was carried with the flight for the Mediterranean Fleet at Corfu. (Hellas 62A).
Lot #642 - first flights first flights
"ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ*12.ΝΟΕ.31" first flight post card to "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*12.XI.31" by EEEΣ, canc. "ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ.ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ-ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΩΝ*1931". (Hellas FF209A).
Lot #643 - first flights first flights
Register.cover with label "MIT ZEPPELIN/EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA" & cachet "ΕΝΑΕΡΙΩΣ ΔΙΑ ΠΗΔΑΛΙΟΥΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΥ/MIT LUFTSCHIFFE" fr.25dr.Litho (pair)+10dr.Landscapes+2dr./5dr.1932 ovpt. (Hellas 397+478+513) canc."ΑΘΗΝΑΙ-ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ*10-ΙΧ-32",arr."BERLIN C*11-9-32" (by Lufthansa),then red cachet "BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*7 Sudamerikafahrt 1932/des Luftschiffe/Graf Zeppelin",arr."PERNAMBUCO*29-IX-32". (Hellas FF230A7a).
Lot #644 - first flights first flights
2.6.1932 Athens-Paris first flight post card (CIDNA commemorative card) with the special cachet in violet canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ*2.VI.32", arr. "PARIS*2.VI.32". (Hellas FF 248Gc).
Lot #645 - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*18.X.36" first flight cover to "MINNA NIGERIA*22.OC.36" by IA, and then to "LAGOS*9.JAN.37" to return, with air-label type 38, (Hellas FF378C).
Lot #646 - first flights first flights
"HAMBURG*27.11.43" flight register cover to "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*2.XII.43" by LW, air-label type 35. The itinerary performed during the German occupation and there are censor cachet and censor tape on the back. (Hellas FF414A).
Lot #647 - first flights first flights
Opened printed "PAR-PREMIERE LIAISON/AIR-FRANCE/PARIS-MONTREAL" registered cover with boxed "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ/PAR AVION" fr. with 1800dr. in marginal pair + 300dr. and posted from "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ-ΣΥΣΤΗΜΕΝΑ*29.VI.50" (wrong month, VI instead of IX), via "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ", "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*1.X.50" and "PARIS*6 10 1950", arr. "MONTREAL*19 OC. 50". Also 2-line exchange cachet "ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΟΣ/ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ 3".
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