South Africa, 1929, Union Airways. Two covers: First Flight Cape Town - Durban, 26 Aug, signed by the pilot Major Miller, also England - Johannesburg bearing set of four low value P.U.C. cylinder number singles, canceled Cape Town Paquebot, 26 Aug (with PFSA certificate).
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Lot #7177 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Inaugural Flight, Foreign Acceptances, Germany - Cape Town. First acceptance (Unofficial) cover bearing 65pf canceled Cologne, endoresed "By airplane via Cologne to Cape Town", carried by rail to Athens and flown on First Flight to Mwanza (backstamped 10 Mar) thence by rail and sea to Cape Town., Very Fine.
Lot #7178 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Inaugural Flight, Foreign Acceptances, Malta - Alice, South Africa. Official Imperial Airways cover bearing 6d air mail + 1½d canceled Valletta, 27 Feb, but rejected by evidence of the X on 6d stamp, forwarded by sea via Suez to Cape Town, backstamped Alice, 24 Mar, Very Fine.
Lot #7179 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Rhodesia, two covers. Springbok cover Salisbury, S.Rhodesia to Pietersburg, Transvaal; cover Broken Hill, N.Rhodesia to Salisbury franked 4d, with cachet. Also, a mail bundle label, Salisbury to Pietermaritzburg (experimental flight), Very Fine.
Lot #7180 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Southern Rhodesia Acceptance. Plain cover Bulawayo - Upington S.A. via Kimberley franked 5d with experimental flight cachet in black, backstamped; also a very scarce Salisbury to Transvaal mail bundle label stamped experimental flight in violet, initialed by a postal worker., Very Fine.
Lot #7181 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, three blue map covers. Kampala - London (100 flown); Mwanza - Sudan, off-loaded at Juba; Mwanza - Egypt, backstamped Cairo., Very Fine.
Lot #7182 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Missdirected Mail. Two covers: blue map cover flown Wadi Halfa, Sudan - Brussels, but put into Alexandra mail bag, Alexandria backstamp; also plain cover Mwanza - Uganda but flown to London, backstamped Kampala, 11 Apr, Very Fine.
Lot #7183 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Kenya Acceptances. Two covers: Springbok cover Kisumu - Cape Town, signed by pilots Atwood and Alger; plain cover Nairobi - Mbeya franked 35c, backstamped Mbeya 17 Feb (the most remote airfield on route), returned unclaimed., Very Fine.
Lot #7184 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1931, Foreign Accepances, Malta & Ceylon. Two covers: Malta to Cape Town franked 1s1d with boxed cacehet "By Air to Rome Only", "Rome"crossed out and "Mwanza" inserted by hand, Valetta Dec 7 Air Mail cancel, Brindisi transit markings; Ceylon to Cape Town, registered multi franked cover, inscribed Karachi - Cairo and First Flight Cairo - Cape Town, with correct backstamps., Very Fine.
Lot #7185 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1932, United Kingdom - South Africa. Three covers: 1.) Springbok cover franked 1s, canceled Croydon Aerodrome 20 Jan 32 to Cape Town, 1 of 143 covers flown; 2.) Speedbird cover, London to Cape Town; 3.) Speedbird cover, Irish acceptance, franked 1s8d, rare, Fine to Very Fine.
Lot #7186 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1932, Northern Rhodesia, Connecting Services with India. Two covers: Springbok cover Broken Hill - Calcutta franked 10d, short paid for 11d rate to India thus air mail canceled at Karachi (25 flown); Delhi - Broken Hill, registered cover franked 1r3½a canceled New Delhi, 18 Jan, Broken Hill arrival, 2 Feb (22 flown), Very Fine.
Lot #7187 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1934, Royal Tour. Three covers: 1.) registered cover Bulawayo - Athens, 21 Mar, franked 1s3d; 2.) plain cover Salisbury - Limbe, 24 Mar, franked 5d; and 3.) post card Johannesburg - Limbe, 13 Mar, franked 4½d; all three with the special Royal Tour oval cancellation.
Lot #7188 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1935 (Aug 7), the Ovamboland air mail cover. Carried on the Special Flight Windhoek - Ondongua, signed by the pilot, Capt J.N.Cooke, backstamped on arrival, Very Fine.
Lot #7189 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1936, West African Service, United Kingdom to Chad. Four covers: two 2 to Abesher, one to Fort Lamy and one to ATI, plain philatelic covers covers, three with "Non Reclame" markings, Very Fine.
Lot #7190 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1937, Mozambique Mail, Lourenço Marques Feeder Service. Two covers: First Flight Johannesburg - Lourenço Marques, 18 July 37, franked 1d (1½d rate to P.E.A.); also First Return Flight Lourenço Marque - Johannesburg, 19 July, unfranked (from Jul 1937 until Mar 1938 stamps were not required for international airmail) but a "Taxe Perçu" air mail etiquette was applied indicating payment of 1fr50c, Very Fine.
Lot #7191 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1937 (Jun 26), London - Cape Town Record Flight. Cover carried by A.E.Couston and Mrs. Kirby-Green together with a souvenir greeting card depicting them; cover with light foxing, otherwise Very Fine.
Lot #7192 - world airmail postal history south africa
South Africa, 1938, KLM New Year's Flight, "Pretoria 22 Dec 38" c.d.s. ties set of four se-tenant pairs to special flight envelope, addressed Amsterdam, Holland (Scott B5-8), Very Fine.
Lot #7193 - world airmail postal history vatican
Vatican, 1937, Ala Littoria first flight cover, Italy-Palestine, six stamps totaling 1L tied by 6 Apr circular datestamps, 7 Apr Rome circular datestamp alongside, backstamped Haifa, 8 Apr, Very Fine, only 27 Vatican covers were carried.
Sassone 455d; €275 ($380).