1919 (Apr 23) Stampless O.H.M.S cover to "D.M.S, 1st Echelon, E.E.F" with Base A.P.O 2 c.d.s of Alexandria and boxed "AERIAL POST / E.E.F", backstamped upon arrival with F.P.O GM1 skeleton (April 26) at Haifa, flown by the emergency R.A.F air mail service from Alexandria to Ramleh. This aerial service operated form March until May 1919 when communications were disrupted in Egypt by rioting. A fine cover. Photo on Page 29.
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Lot #172 - holy land air mails
Lot #173 - holy land air mails
1922 Large stampless Dept. of Overseas Trade O.H.M.S cover from London to H.B.M Consul-General in Bushire with scarce circular unframed "AIR / MAIL" cachet signed by Lord Curzon, red official "D.O.T / (crown) / (D.I)" cachet and a red London E.C Official Paid c.d.s (Sep 25), also handstamped "BRITISH FORCES IN PALESTINE" and endorsed "From Smyrna - Redespatched by R.A.F, Jerusalem", backstamped at Baghdad (Oct 23). Central vertical fold,...
Lot #174 - holy land air mails
1926 Cover to Cheyenne, Wyoming, bearing Palestine 4m block of four tied by Jerusalem datestamps and marginal U.S Air Mail 16c cancelled at New York (Mar 18). U.S Air Mail stamps could be used on letters from abroad to pay for internal airmail within the USA, and were sold in some overseas countries; their use from Palestine is very unusual. Photo on Page 40.
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #175 - holy land air mails
1925-48 First Flight covers and cards including 1925 (Nov 13) Jerusalem to Baghdad, 1929 (Apr.) London to Jerusalem (2), Calcutta to Gaza (2), 1931 London to Haifa, 1932 (Apr.) Jerusalem to Limassol (2) or Limassol to Jaffa, 1933 Gaza to Singapore, 1935 Nicosia to Lydda, 1948 ‘Palestine Emergency’ New York to Tel Aviv First Flight to Israel (2), etc. (17).
Suggested price: £ 240-300
Lot #176 - holy land air mails
1933-47 Commercial air mails, covers and cards to various destinations, flown by Imperial Airways, K.L.M, Lufthansa, Air France or Ala Littoria, differing routes and rates including wartime clipper rates up to 390m, many censors and registered covers. Handstamps include bilingual "Insufficiently prepaid for air mail" (2, another cover charged 51⁄2d in G.B), oval "O.A.T" (2), 1947 25m air letter to Canada with boxed "BY AIR TO (UK) ONLY",...
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