EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Messina via Durban-Paris. 1/- of SA tied with Messina 17 May 38 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top middle. Addressed to Paris. Flight DN93. By road to Johannesburg, South African Airways to Durban. On the reverse 24 May 38 receiving. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
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Lot #151 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Khartoum-Vieena via Athens. 3p Air of Sudan tied with indistinct Khartoum 22 Apr 38 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label bottom left. Greek customs cachet. Addressed to Vienna. Flight KN43. On the back flap Anastassios Liountris Khartoum. Athens 24 Apr transit & Vienna 25 Apr 38 receiving. Roughly opened at top causing a tear & creasing to edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)...
Lot #152 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Mombasa-Copenhagen via Athens. GV 15c x 5 of KUT, tied with Mombasa 22 Apr 38 cds cancels. On plain cover. Manuscript Air Mail top left. Addressed to Copenhagen Flight DN85. On the reverse Gibson & Company Mombasa on back flap, Copenhagen 27 Apr 38 receiving. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #153 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME MOZAMBIQUE -Lisbon via Marseilles. Etiquette Air Mail label bottom left with postage paid inserted by hand & tied with Mozambique hexagonal cancel 12 Mar 38. Plain cover. Addressed to Lisbon. Flight DN74. On the reverse Lisbon 23 Mar 38 receiving. Vertical crease. With Notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £23.20)
Lot #154 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Mozambique Beira-London-New York, 2c Triangle pair, 5 c 20c Zebra & 50c croc of Mozambique, tied with Beira 12 May 38 cds cancels. On plain cover. Typed at top 'Imperial Airways via Londres' Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Broad St New York. No markings on the reverse. Creasing to edges. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #155 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME PILOT SIGNED. Southampton-Kisumu. GVI 1½d tied with Rotherham 23 Dec 38 machine wavy line cancel and further cancelled with a superb strike of Mongu-Lealui N Rhodesia 9 Jan 39 cds cancel. Plain cover. Signed by the pilot H.R. Kirkham. Addressed to Mongu via Lusaka. Carried from Southampton on Flight DS156 to Kisumu. Arrived 29 Dec one day late thus missing the Wilson Airways flight to Lusaka which in turn meant it...
Lot #156 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kampala-Southampton. 30c Coronation x 2 of KUT, tied with Arura 1 Jul 37 cds cancels. On plain cover. Manuscript bottom left, 'Empire Airmail First Flight Cover 1st July 1937'. Addressed to London EC2. On the reverse wax seal & Kampala 6 Jul 37 transit. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #157 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Port Elizabeth via Durban-Germany via Athens. 1/- x 2 of SA, tied with Port Elizabeth 16 Feb 38 machine wavy line cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Munich. Flight DN67. South African Airways to Durban-Athens-DLH service to Berlin. On the reverse Munich 26 Feb 38 receiving. Creasing to edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £8.00)
Lot #158 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Durban-Southampton. 1½d of SA, tied with Durban 1 Jul 37 cds cancel. On souvenir cover with Union Jack top left & Coronation medal image of GVI & Queen Elizabeth illust cover. Addressed to Brockenhurst. Flight DN2. No markings on the reverse. Back flap missing. Some wear to the edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #159 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Durban-Perth via Alexandria, ½d & 1d of SA, tied with Point 8 Mar 39 cds cancel. On bilingual SA 4d registered envelope. Point Natal Registraton cachet with number inserted by hand. Addressed to Perth. Flight DN177 Durban-Alexandria, connecting with Eastern Service SE98 -Karachi. To Darwin. Then MacRobertson Miller Aviation - Perth. On the reverse Point 8 Mar 39, Darwin 19 Mar 39 transit & Perth 21 Mar 39...
Lot #160 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Southampton, GVI 5c & 15c of KUT, tied with Thika 15 Feb 39 cds cancel on air mail stationary envelope. Addressed to Harpenden & re-directed to Bournemouth. Flight KN86. On the reverse Harpenden 21 Feb 39 receiving. Tear at top affecting one stamp. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #161 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Brindisi-Lourenco Marques, 25pf, 40pf & 50pf of Germany, tied with Hamburg 11 Feb 39 cds cancels. On stationary envelope for W de Boer & Co. Hambuerg. Addressed to Omaruru. Hamburg-Brindisi connecting with Flight DS171 to Lourenco Marques. Transferred to South African Airways flight to windhoek via Johannesburg. On the reverse Omaruru 24 Feb 39 receiving. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40...
Lot #162 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Daressalaam-Marseilles, GVI 15c & 30c pair of KUT, tied with Daressalaam 19 Sep 38 cds cancels. On East African Tobacco Co. Ltd stationary envelope. Addressed to Avignon. Flight DN128. On the reverse Avignon 23 Sep 38 receiving. Creasing to edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #163 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME ROYALTY. Kisumu-Athens, GVI 10c 15c & 50c of KUT tied with Nyer1 16 Jan 39 cds cancels. On plain cover. Addressed to Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid of Sweden later Queen of Denmark. Cover sent by road to Naivisha-Kisumu connecting with Flight DN162-Athens. On to Copenhagen where it wa re-directed to Stockholm. Copenhagen 23 Jan 39 transit on front. On the reverse a small crown on the back flap, Copenhagen 22 Jan...
Lot #164 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Khartoum-Mombas, 2½p Air of Sudan, tied with Wad Medani 4 Nov 38 cds cancel. On 2½p registered stationary envelope. Wad Medana registration label. Addressed to Bombasa! (Mombasa). On the reverse 'C/O Frontier Agent, Boma Plateau, via Kopoeta, Sudan' Khartoum registered oval 4 Nov 38 & Mombasa 6 Nov 38 receiving. It is not known when it was handed to the Frontier Agent but Kopoeta is 800 miles from Khartoum. Here...
Lot #165 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Athens, GVI 10c 15c & 50c of KUT, tied with Rongai 1 Feb 39 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label bottom left. Greek Customs cachet on front. Addressed to Czechoslovakia. Carried to Nakuru on to Kisumu connecting with Flight KN84 to Athens. Then on to destination. On the reverse Nakuru 1 Feb 39 transit & Athens 5 Feb 39 transit. With detailed notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)...
Lot #166 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Athens, GVI 10c 15c 20c & 30c of KUT, tied with Kigoma 16 Jan 39 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Leipzig. Carried to Dodoma connecting with Wilson Airways feeder service to Kisumu connecting with Flight KN82 to Athens. Then on to destination. No markings on the reverse. With detailed notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #167 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Johannesburg-Southampton, 1/- of SA, tied with Johannesburg 3 Dec 38 machine cancel. On plain cover. Addressed to Glasgow. South African Airways to Durban, connecting with Flight DN150. No markings on the reverse. Clean cover with notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #168 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Cape Town-Athens, 1/- of SA, tied with Cape Town 22 Nov 38 machine cancel. On Grand Hotel Cape Town stationary envelope. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Germany. South African Airways to Durban, connecting with Flight DN147. On the reverse a further air mail label & Munich 30 Nov 38 receiving. Clean cover with notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #169 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Southampton-Elisabethville, E8 set of 4 & GVI 2½d (8d paid), tied with Liverpool 17 Nov 38 cds cancels. On Sabena Airways illust cover produced by Sabena to mark their 100th flight to the Belgium Congo. Boxed Insufficient Paid For Transmission by Air Mail cachet. Also Returned from Abroad Reason For Non-Delivery Not Stated cachet. Return to sender marks on front cover. Addressed to Elisabethville. On the reverse...
Lot #170 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Durban-Southampton. 1½d Coronation joined pair of SA, tied with Durban 4 Jul 37 cds cancel. On 'Three Half Pence' illust cover printed in green. Addressed to Yoevil. Flight DN2. No markings on the reverse. Very fine clean cover. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)
Lot #171 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Lourenco Marques-Rome, 1/- of SA tied with Johannesburg 8 Feb 39 machine cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top middle. Addressed to Trieste Italy. South African Airways Johannesburg-Lourenco-Marques connecting with Flight DN169-Rome. No markings on the reverse. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #172 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Southampton-Durban. GVI 1½d Coronation, tied with Newport Post Early in the Day 25 Jun 37 slogan cancel. On plain cover. Hotel Majestic 'Clock Face' 5 Jul 37 receiving cachet on front. Addressed to Durban. Flight DS1. On the reverse Imperial Airways map of Africa in red 'All Letters for East & SA Now Go By Air' cachet. Nice clean cover With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £14.40)
Lot #173 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Southampton, GVI 30c & 1/- of KUT, tied with Nariobi 11 Oct 39 slogan cancel. On plain cover. Addressed to Glasgow. RAF shuttle service Nairobi-Kisumu, then Flight DN234. No markings on the reverse. Top left corner missing. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
Lot #174 - General - Imperial Airways
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Southampton, GVI 30c & 1/- of KUT, tied with Nariobi 2 Oct 39 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Glasgow. RAF shuttle service Nairobi-Kisumu, then Flight DN233. No markings on the reverse. Some creasing to the edges. With notes. {C} [US4] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £9.60)
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