29.9.1926. Athens - Brindisi: 6th Flight of Aero-Espresso Italiana. Cover to Brindisi, franked with 2x30l. litho. stamps, canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ * ΕΝΤΥΠΑ * 29 ΣΕΠ.26", arr. "BRINDISI * POSTA AEREA * 29.9.26". Special rubber cachet "SURTAΧΕ ΑΕRIENNE / PERCUE EN / NUMERAIRE" (type II without accent on E) in violet, applied on departure. Airmail fee was paid cash since the airmail stamps were not ready yet, as the design had been rejected.Hellas: FF-...
Public Auction 648 General Stamp Sale
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A. Karamitsos Public Auction 648 General Stamp Sale
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction of stamp, postal history and postal stationary. Starting with stamps & postal history of Greece including Large & Small Hermes Head. Greek Islands and related area with Crete and Dodecanese. Emphasis on Greece issues with Olympics, Greek Islands, Territories & related area, Greece in WWII, postmarks & cancellations. Greek Ottoman Post and Levant.
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Lot #649 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
10.12.1926. Athens - Istanbul: Fifth flight with airmail stamps to Istanbul. Cover franked with 2x30l. litho. plus 3dr. Air stamps, canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΟΥ / 10 ΔΕΚ.26", arr. at Galata (Istanbul) on 10.12.1926. (Hellas 23ii).
Lot #650 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*24.MRZ.29" first flight cover to "ΠΑΤΡΑΙ*31.III.29" via Athens by GF, commemorative canc. "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN / ORIENTFAHRT 1929" in red. (Hellas FF35A).
Lot #651 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*10.ΙΟΥΝ.29" first flight registered cover to "MARSEILLES" (no arrival canc.) by AU and continued to "NEW-YORK*22.6.29" by ship and from there to "CUMMINGTON*25.JUN.29", with commemorative cachet "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΣΥΡΙΑΣ-ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΓΑΛΛΙΑΣ" in violet. (Hellas FF42D).
Lot #652 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
5.10.1929. London - Corfu - Suda Bay (Crete) by Imperial Airways. Air cover to Corfu franked with stamps 6,5d. (2,5d. letter rate + 4d. air fee), canc. "LONDON S.W.1 / 4 OCT 1929", arr. "KEPKYPA * ΑΦΙΞΙΣ * -7-OKT-1929". (21 Flown - Hellas: FF-61).
Lot #653 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*13.IV.30" (performed 15.IV.30) first flight cover to "BAGHDAD*16.APR.30" by IA, air-cachet type 15aB (first day of use) in blue and commemorative canc. "FIRST AIRMAIL FROM SALONICA*England - India Line" in red. (Hellas FF96E).
Lot #654 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"LONDON*9.MY.30" first direct flight cover to "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*12.V.30" by IA, handwritten "ΑΦΙΞΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΗ". The route was effected by Orient express until this flight. Only 12 covers flown from London. Rare. (Hellas FF107).
Lot #655 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*20.ΟΚΤ.30" flight cover to "PARIS*24.10.30" via "ZEMUN*22.X.30" by CIDNA, air-cachets type 6 and 12, (Hellas 124C). Rare.
Lot #656 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*10.VII.31" first flight cover to "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*10.VII.31" by EEES with air-cachet type 16b in blue and type 22A in violet, with commemorative canc. "ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΩΝ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ-ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ" in blue, (Hellas FF173).
Lot #657 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
24.7.1931. Athens - Galatz. First Flight by LOT. Athens-Salonica-Sofia-Bucharest-Galatz-Lwow-Warsaw-Gdansk line. Registered air cover with depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΣΤ. / 24 ΙΟΥΛ. 31" & arr. canc. "GALATI / CURSA I / 25 IUL. 931". Transported to Salonica by EEES in a closed airmail bag & delivered by the Polishairline to the final destination. Returned to sender. Hellas FF180C.
Lot #658 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*24.XI.31" first flight cover to "ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΝ*25.ΝΟΕΜ.31" via Athens by EEES, air-cachet type 5D in black. Two covers known. (Hellas FF214A).
Lot #659 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*26.IV.32" fourth flight cover to "RIO DE JANEIRO*5.V.32" by Graf Zeppelin, commemorative canc. "BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN-DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST", air-cachet type 31bB in violet. (Hellas FF230A4). R.
Lot #660 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*22.IX.32 seventh flight cover to "PERNAMBUCO*29.IX.32" by Graf Zeppelin with all appropriates cachets, commemorative canc. "Anschuβflug zur 7.Sudamerikafahrt 1932 des Luftschiffs", air-cachet type 31bB in violet and air-label type 17. (Hellas FF230A7).
Lot #661 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
6.5.1932. Athens - Vienna. First Flight by Lufthansa via Salonica. Air cover franked with 40l. Landscapes + 1,50dr./5dr. + 1,50dr./5dr., depart. canc. "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / -6.V.32", black boxed "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / PAR AVION", arr. "1/1 WIEN 1 / FLUGPOST / a / -6.V.32". (Hellas FF240B).
Lot #662 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*14.VII.32" first flight cover to "ZURICH*14.VII.32" via (VIENNA) by CIDNA/SA with air-cachet 24aA in violet, commemorative canc. "PREMIER COURRIER AERIEN GRECE-SUISSE" in deep blue. (Hellas FF252Aa).
Lot #663 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"RODI (EGEO)*24.5.33" second Zeppelin flight registered PPC to "ROMA*29.V.33" and "FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*30.5.33" with destination "GENEVE*31.V.33" by AEI/GZ. (FF 293C2a).
Lot #664 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
31.12.1933. Bangkok - Athens. First Flight (with mail) by Imperial Airways. IA commemorative cover with depart. canc. "BANGKOK G.P.O.c / 31-12-33" & faint arr. canc. of Athens on back. This is actually the second flight Bangkok-Athens but the first (24.12.33) carried no mail. (Hellas 324C).
Lot #665 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΔΡΑΜΑ*26.V.34" first flight cover to "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*26.V.34" by ΕΕΕΣ, air-cachets type 16e (first day of use) in black and 22F in blue. (Hellas FF339B).
Lot #666 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*10.XII.34" first flight cover to "WAINGAPU*27.12.34" by IA with air-label type 29, canc. "ΠΡΩΤΗ ΠΤΗΣΙΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΑΥΣΤΡΑΛΙΑΣ". (Hellas FF349F).
Lot #667 - - FIRST FLIGHTS first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*30.VIII.35" first flight cover to "ISTANBUL*30.8.35" by AEI (Last flight by AEI) with air-label type 30, (Hellas FF357).
Lot #668 - - 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 #669 - - 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 #670 - - 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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