Postal History and Covers: An all World collection of military mail covers and cards on leaves, incl. much censored with Barbados, Cayman Islands 1941 envelope with two line “PASSED BY/CENSOR”, French Colonies, Germany, Jordan, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, Malayan States, Turkey, P.O.W. and Internee mail, etc. (250 items)
[Proposed price: £600-800]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
By: Grosvenor Auctions
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 2,250 lots, featuring the remarkable Mike Phelan collection of Persian Gulf; the exceptional ‘Tuanjai’ collection of Fiji; a further offering from the outstanding ‘Moore & Moore’ collection of Gibraltar; British East Africa stamps and cancellations from the fine collection of Michael Ensor CMG, OBE; Egypt including fascinating material gathered by the late Stanley Horesh; the Frank Deakin collection of British Empire; India and States with the fine ‘Hambledon’ collection of Bundi; the unusual Peter Clough collection of German poster stamps and the second part of the superlative collection of British Levant postal stationery formed by Dr Alan K Huggins MBE, RDP, FRPSL
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Lot #126 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Lot #127 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A collection in three folders, incl. W.W.I and W.W.II green/forces ‘honour’ envelopes, with Ceylon, France, India, Iraq, range of languages, censor marks, and censored mail with military and civil censor marks and labels incl. Ceylon, Egypt, much India, range of R.A.F. censors, also range of India picture postcards and stamps, mixed condition (100s)
[Proposed price: £400-500]
Lot #128 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: An all World accumulation, incl. France, Germany and States, Great Britain, India, Southern Nigeria, Spain, etc. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £300-400]
Lot #129 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A selection of South America maritime covers from 1851 to 1867, incl. Chile with 1852 entire to San Francisco, bearing two line “VAPOR QUITO/P” and unframed “25”, 1855 entire to New York, bearing a fair strike of the Crowned circular “PAID/AT/VALPARAISO” in red, Peru 1856 entire to Cobija, bearing unframed “ARICA” and “VAPOR”, etc. (9 items)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #130 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A selection of Zeppelin mail covers from 1930 to 1936 comprising Argentina 1930 (May 21) Zeppelin flown cover, bearing 1930 Zeppelin overprints in blue 50c. and 3p.60, violet cachet, Great Britain 1932 (Mar.) Zeppelin, 1st. South America flight envelope to Chile, franked 1924–26 2d. and 10d. cancelled “NORWICH” machine cancellation, Hungary 1931 (Mar. 27-28) flight card, bearing 1931 Zeppelin 1p. and 1927-30 Air 12f...
Lot #131 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: An accumulation of Baltic States pre-stamp and stampless covers from 1834 to 1886 with a wide range of markings from Estonia and Latvia. (41)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #132 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A selection of British West Indies items from 1834 to 1953 incl. 1834 cover from the U.K. to Berbice, London to Jamaica with 1850 Rodney Hill arrival marking, postal stationery cards with Specimen overprints, etc. (38 items)
[Proposed price: £160-200]
Lot #133 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: All World accumulation of postal history and postal stationery cards from the 1870s to 1960s, many addressed to Norway, others to Afghanistan, Denmark, Haiti, etc.. (100s)
[Proposed price: £140-160]
Lot #134 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A selection of covers and cards from 1883 to 1911 addressed to the U.K. from France, USA, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Austria, Russia and Egypt all with tax markings, a few minor faults. (13)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #135 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1925 Trans-Polar Flight Expedition souvenir postcard from Norway to Washington D.C., two planes tried to fly over the North Pole and ran into difficulties, eventually landing in the sea near Spitzbergen (Nierinck 250522) and 1928 cover from Cuba to N.Y., plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico on the way to Key West, with “REC. ST. PETERSBURG, FLA./AUG 16, 1928/FR. WRECKED PLANE NC55” cachet in...
Lot #136 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1926 first flight cover to Quiche, plane crashed while landing at Quiche, with “PRIMER CORREO AEREO/GUATEMALA-QUICHE” cachet in violet (Nierinck 261119A) and 1928 cover from Costa Rica to Cuba, plane crashed on the second attempt to take off, with special cachet in violet (281231). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #137 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1927 cover London to Uganda, plane crashed just after leaving Kisumu, with red cachet (Nierinck 271017) and 1928 first flight cover from Halifax to St. Johns, plane was forced to land at Folleigh Lake, mail was then forwarded by train (290128). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #138 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1927 cover from Kenya, plane to Khartoum crashed during take off, the mail was then recovered and forwarded by the normal route, with “Owing temporary failure/Air Service Mail/Forwarded normal route” cachet in violet. Nierinck 270312a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #139 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1928 cover from Argentina to England, plane was forced to land at Malgrat on the journey from Casablanca, with cachet in black (281215a) and 1928 cover to Paris, plane crashed near Gerona, with “ENVELOPPE DETERIORE/ACCIDENT D’AVION” cachet in black. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #140 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: SS “Ile de France”, 1928 (Sept. 13) Ship-Paris by Demougeot cover, plane was forced down near the Scilly Isles after magneto trouble, with two line “Mail Rescued at Sea from Plane/Abandoned 400 Miles from Paris” cachet, faint Paris backstamp. Nierinck 280913. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #141 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1929 registered cover from Paris to Hanoi, “Dragon de l’Annam” plane crashed not long after taking off from Le Bourget, with “RAID INTERROMPOU/PAR ACCIDENT/Retour a l’envoyeur” cachet in violet (Nierinck 290219) and 1929 cover from Madagascar to France, plane was forced to land on the island of Juan de Nova, with “PLI ACCIDEMTE” cachet in red (291207d). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £...
Lot #142 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1929 (June 14) First French Transatlantic flight cover with special cachet, during the flight a stowaway was found in the fuselage, the flight then stopped twice at both Comillas and Mimizan due to fuel problems, finally finishing at Le Bourget. Nierinck 290614. Photo.
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #143 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1930 entire from Argentina to Italy, the plane crashed into the sea between Ceuta and Mellila on 25 January, the plane and crew were never found but two bags of mail washed up on beaches nearby, with seven line typewritten label. Nierinck 300125a. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #144 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1930 to 1938, four covers from Latin America to France, comprising 1930 from Buenos Aires, plane crashed into the sea near Montevideo en route to Natal due to bad visibility, with violet cachet on reverse (Nierinck 3500510a); 1932 cover from Chile, plane crashed after being struck by lightning in a storm, with “Accident d’Avion/Correspondances recucillies en mer/NE PAS TAXER” cachet on reverse...
Lot #145 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1930 cover from Madagascar to France, plane crashed into the forest near the river Kasai, with “RAID/MADAGASCAR FRANCE/ACCIDENT DU/18 JANVIER 1930” cachet in violet (Nierinck 300113a) and 1932 cover from Saigon to France, seaplane was delayed between Corfu and Naples due to bad weather, during a storm the moorings broke and the seaplane became stranded on the beach, with “COURRIER ACCIDENTE”...
Lot #146 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1931 first solo Australia-Japan flight cover, seaplane crashed into telephone lines while circling around Katsuura, with ten line cachet in black, numbered 631 of 872 letters recovered (Nierinck 310815b) and 1931 Tokyo-Seattle first flight cover, plane had to land several times due to a storm, with circular cachet in red (310908a). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #147 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1931 to 1939, Pan Am airlines selection comprising 1931 first flight “American Clipper” cover from Barranquilla to U.S.A., flight was delayed after the plane was damaged during take off (Nierinck 311125); 1935 cover from U.S.A to Brazil, seaplane sunk in Port of Spain after trying to dodge a ship, with “ACCIDENT D’AVIATION” cachet in black (351220a); 1939 cover to Brazil, seaplane crashed near...
Lot #148 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1933 cover from Egypt, “Satyrus” seaplane forced to land into the sea near Cape Sunion on Mar. 4, with Athens c.d.s. on reverse. Nierinck 330304. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #149 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1933 cover from Morocco to Toulouse, plane crashed near Villadrau, with four line dated cachet in violet (Nierinck 330509a) and 1939 cover from London to Stockholm, a fire broke out on the plane and it landed near Storstroem Bridge, with added note (290815bb). (2 items) Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #150 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers: crash and wreck mail
Postal History and Covers: Crash and Wreck Mail: 1933 cover from New York, plane crashed on take off for Baghdad, with “GENERAL DE PINEDO/DIES IN HOP OFF CRASH” cachet (Nierinck 330902); 1935 cover from New York to Rome, trial flight by the Monteverde brothers forced down at sea, with boxed “This is one of 500 letters placed aboard/the “Francesco de Pinedo” -CS-AAk-/at Floyd Bennett Field June 1935” cachet in black (350622a) and 1937 cover...
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