Auction # 2629 WORLDWIDE + ARGENTINA: General August auction

4/JA/1877 LIÉGE - Argentina: Folded cover franked with Sc.35 + 37 (Leopold II 25c. olive + 40c. rose), datestamp of Liege, and backstamped "FRANCE MIDI - 5/JA", mark of the steamer line to Buenos Aires "CONFon. ARGne. PAQ. BELGE - 15/JA/77", and arrival mark of Buenos Aires 18/FE, minor spots else VF, very rare!!

1/JUL/1930 Zoute - Köln, first flight, cover of VF quality with arrival backstamps!

16/OC/1931 Antwerpen - London, special flight during Aerophilately Exhibition, franked with 1.50Fr. including a 50c. stamp with special overprint, VF!

1/JUN/1933 Bruxelles - Köln, night flight, special postcard with arrival backstamp, VF quality!

23/MAR/1934 Bruxelles - Leopoldville (Belgian Congo) and return, cover with postage of both countries, bearing on back marks of Leopoldville 28/MAR and Antwerpen 11/AP, very nice!

19/AU/1934 Aviation meeting in Ostende, special postcard, VF quality!

11 Covers + a sheet of the years 1936 to 1962, almost all are FIRST FLIGHTS from or to Belgium (most by SABENA), very fine general quality!

3 Cards flown by balloon on 20/JUN/1937, VF quality

21/AU/1948 Card flown during IMABA Exhibition in Basel (Switzerland), franked with 3 stamps with overprint and "IMABA" perfin, VF quality!

BALLOON FLIGHTS: 23 Covers and cards, most carried in special helicopter flights, others with interesting marks, VF general quality! IMPORTANT: please view ALL the photos of the lot, because all the covers have been scanned.