"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*7.ΝΟΕ.26" flight cover to "BRINDISI*10.11.26" by AEI, with destination Melbourne, fr. with "Patakonia" complete set, air-cachet type 6 in violet. (Hellas FF22ii).
Auction #495 General Stamps Sale
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A. Karamitsos Auction #495 General Stamps Sale
A. KARAMITSOS is holding a general auction with over 2000 lots 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 #1310 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*10.ΙΟΥΛ.1929" first flight registered cover to Marseilles (trace of arrival canc.) by AU, destination "NEW YORK*21.6.29", commemorative canc. "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΣΥΡΙΑΣ - ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ - ΓΑΛΛΙΑΣ*ΠΡΩΤΗ ΠΤΗΣΙΣ*ΑΘΗΝΑΙ" in violet, air-cachet type 8 in red. (Hellas FF42D).
Lot #1311 - greece - first flights first flights
5.10.1929. London - Corfu - Suda Bay (Crete) by Imperial Airways. Air cover to Chania franked with stamps 6,5d. (2,5d. letter rate + 4d. air fee), canc. "LONDON S.W.1 / 4 OCT 1929", arr. "XANIA * ΑΦΙΞΙΣ * -8.OKT.29". (Hellas 61).
Lot #1312 - greece - first flights first flights
19.10.1929. London - Corfu by Imperial Airways. Air registered cover to Corfu franked with stamps 8,5d. (4,5d. regist. letter rate + 4d. air fee), canc. "IBSTOCK / LEICESTER / 17 OC 29", arr. "KEΡΚΥΡΑ (ΑΦΙΞΙΣ) / 21.ΟΚΤ.29". This cover, although not addressed to, probably was carried with the flight for the Mediterranean Fleet at Corfu. (Hellas 62A).
Lot #1313 - greece - first flights first flights
First flight cover from "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*16.ΙΑΝ.30" to "MARSEILLE*18.I.30" by AU, (Hellas 72).
Lot #1314 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΣΥΡΟΣ*21.ΜΑΡ.30" first flight registered cover to "BRINDISI*22.3.30" by AEI with air-cachet type 11D in red (first day of use), with commemorative canc. "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΔΩΔΕΚΑΝΗΣΟΥ", from there travelled by train to "TORINO*24.3.30" with final destination "NEW-YORK*3.APR.1930". (Hellas FF87D).
Lot #1315 - greece - first flights first flights
First flight registered cover canc. with "FIRST AIRMAIL FROM SALONICA*ENGLAND INDIA LINE" by IA, from "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ*13.IV.30"(perfomed on 15.IV.1930) to "ALEXANDRIA*15.APR.30" with air-cachet type 15aB(first day of use), (Hellas 96C).
Lot #1316 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*28.ΑΠΡ.1930" first flight registered cover from itinerary 2A to "DELHI*3.MAY.1930" by IA with air-cachet type 15aA in violet and cachet "FIRST AIRMAIL ATHENS-DELHI" in black. (Hellas 100B).
Lot #1317 - greece - first flights first flights
First flight cover from England-East Africa Service canc. with "1931*ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΣΟΥΔΑΝ*ΚΕΝΤΡ.ΑΦΡΙΚΗΣ" by IA, with air-cachet type 5A, from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*4.III.31" to "ASWAN*6.MR.31" and returned to Greece. (Hellas 139Aa).
Lot #1318 - greece - first flights first flights
Registered cover from "ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ*25.ΜΑΙ.31" to London, canc. with "IMPERIAL AIRWAYS ENGLAND-INDIA LINE*FIRST AIRMAIL CORFU-LONDON*MAY.1931", with cachets "UNCLAIMED", "RETURN TO WRITER" and air-cachet type 16A in red, returned to "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*20.ΙΟΥΝ.31", (Hellas 161E).
Lot #1319 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*12.XI.31" first flight PPC (air-plane photo) to "ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ*12.XI.31" by EEEΣ, commemorative canc. "ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ.ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΣ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ-ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΩΝ*1931", air-cachets type 6 and 22I (first day of use), circular cachet "AERO ESPRESSO ITALIANA" in violet, on official PPC. (Hellas FF208C)
Lot #1320 - greece - first flights first flights
1932. 3rd Zeppelin flight Athens-Rio de Janeiro. Posted from "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*18 IV. 32", arr. "20.IV.32". VF. (Hellas FF230A3).
Lot #1321 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*19.IV.32" first flight cover to (Limassol*19.4.1932) (no arrival cachet) by IA with air cachet type 5A in black, commemorative cachet "ΕΝΑΡΞΙΣ ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΓΚ. ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ-ΚΥΠΡΟΥ" in blue and "ΠΡΩΤΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΕΚΘΕΣΙΣ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ*18.IV.32" in black. (Hellas 235).
Lot #1322 - greece - first flights first flights
First flight cover from Athens to Limassol (19.4.1932 to 27.9.1932) with commemorative cachet in violet, (Hellas 235a).
Lot #1323 - greece - first flights first flights
2.5.1932. Salonica - Paris. First Flight by CIDNA. "Panorama of Athens" sepia PPC (Panopoulos No.26) with boxed black cachet "ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / PAR AVION" (AC16b), canc. "ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ - ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / -2.V.32", arr. "PARIS / GARE DU NORD AVION / -2-V-1932". 67 Flown. (Hellas 238J).
Lot #1324 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*2.VI.32" first flight PS to "PARIS*2.VI.32" with commemorative cachet "ΠΡΩΤΗ ΑΠ' ΕΥΘΕΙΑΣ & ΑΥΘΗΜΕΡΟΝ ΑΕΡΟΠ. ΣΥΝΔΕΣΙΣ*ΑΘΗΝΩΝ-ΠΑΡΙΣΙΩΝ" in violet, with air cachet-type 6 on official PS. (Hellas FF248Gc).
Lot #1325 - greece - first flights first flights
31.3.1933. Athens - Zinder. First Flight: Athens (Air Orient) - Marseilles (Compagnie Generale Aeropostale) - Algiers (French Air Force) - Zinder (French West Africa). Registered air cover with red cachet "ΕΝΑΕΡΙΩΣ / PAR AVION", depart. canc. "ΑΘΗΝΑΙ - ΣΥΣΤΗΜ.ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΚΩΣ / ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ / 31.IIΙ.33" & violet commemorative cachet, arr. "ZINDER / NIGER / 7 AVRIL 33". ONLY 24 FLOWN. (Hellas 287B).
Lot #1326 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*5.V.33 first zeppelin flight cover to "BUENOS AIRES*11.MAY.33" by GZ, commemorative canc. "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST*BERLIN-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN*Anschluβflug sur 1.Sudamerikafahrt 1932 des Luftschiffs*Graf Zeppelin" in red and LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN 1.SUDAMERIKAFAHRT 1933" in blue, canc. "MIT LUFTPOST BEFORDERT BERLIN C2-LUFTPOSTAMT", air-cachets 31bB in red and 12 in black. (Hellas FF293A1).
Lot #1327 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*4.VII.33" first flight cover to "CALCUTTA*9.VII.33" by IA/ITA with air-cachet type 5A in red, commemorative canc. "KARACHI-CALCUTTA*FIRST AIRMAIL", on official IA cover. (Hellas 310G).
Lot #1328 - greece - 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 #1329 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΑΘΗΝΑΙ*20.VI.34" zeppelin flight registered cover to "BUENOS AIRES*28.JUN.34" by GZ, all appropriate transits canchets, commemorative canc. "1934*LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN ARGENTI...?", air-cachets type 15aA in black, 31a in violet and 31bB in violet, (Hellas FF341A3).
Lot #1330 - greece - first flights first flights
"ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΝ*13.ΑΠΡ.39" first flight commemorative card to "ATHINAI*13.IV.39" canc. with "ΠΡΩΤΗ ΠΤΗΣΙΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟY-ΑΘΗΝΩΝ*(by) ΕΕΕΣ" with air-label type 38, (Hellas FF393).
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