Sale #85 worldwide Collections

EASTERN ROUTES London-Brisbane, GV 9d & E8 1d block of 6 tied with Diss Norfolk 11 Jan 37 cds cancels. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Sydney & Re-directed to Elizabeth Bay. Flight IE514. On the front Sydney 'Posted in Suburban Box' Use the Postal Express Messanger Service slogan. On the reverse Sydney 26 Jan 37 Air Mail Section GPO slogan. Slightly soiled. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £19.20)

EASTERN ROUTES Marseilles-Cairo, 10c Sower (damaged) 65c+35c & 5f of France, tied with Bois Colombes 2 Nov 38 cds cancels. One clear of the stamps. On plain stationary air mail envelope. Addressed to Cairo. To Marseilles connecting with Flight SE43 to Alexandria. On the reverse Paris 2 Nov 38 transit & Alexandria 4 Nov 38. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £19.20)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Burma via Alexandria- Durban. GV 9p & 2a of Burma tied with Mawchi Mines 7 Jul 38 cds cancel. On plain air mail stationary envelope. Addressed to Conreef SA. Conreef 21 Jul 38 receiving on front. By road to Toungoo-train to Rangoon. Flight IW668-Alexandria-Flight DS109 to Durban arriving there on 17 Jul 38. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £25.60)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Cairo-Czechoslovaki via Athens. 5mils & 20mils Airs of Egypt, tied with Cairo 10 Mar 38 machine wavy line cancel. On stationary envelope for the Luna Park Hotel Cairo. Air Mail label lower left. Greek customs cachet. Addressed to Cz. Flight DN72. On the reverse Athens 11 Mar 38 transit. Some creasing to edges with small tear middle bottom. With Notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £12.80)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME London via Southampton-Nairobi. GVI 1½d tied with London SW1 12 Apr 38 Empire Exhibition Glasgow slogan cancel. On plain cover. Typed in green top left 'First Regular Accelerated Services. Summer 1938' Also addressed typed in green to Nairobi. Flight DS83. On the reverse typed in green, Please Return to Traffic Manager Imperial Airways Ltd London. Date Received' and inserted by hand 16/4/38. This is a test cover placed...

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Alexandria-Blois France via Marseilles. 5mils & 20mils of Egypt, tied with Alexandria `7 Jun 38 cds cancels, one well clear of the stamps. On a plain stationary envelope for Jack Albert Sasson Alexandria. Flight DN109. Boxed by Air Mail cachet bottom left. Addressed to Blois.Marseilles 18 Jun transit & Blois 21 Jun 38 receiving. Some creasing to edges. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £19.20)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Southampton-Khartoum, two covers 1st GVI 1½d tied 11 Jul 38 Brighton & Hove Empire Exhibition slogan cancel the second Eastbourne 24 Jul 38 wavy line. Both on plain covers. Both addressed to Hassa Heissa Sudan. Both with Khartoum transit of 15 Jul & 29 Jul & Hassa Heiffa 18 Jul & 30 Jul receiving. Flights DS109 & DS113. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £12.80)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME MOZAMBIQUE Lourenco Marques-Dundee via Southampton. Air Mail etiquette label top right with postage paid inserted by hand, tied with Lorenco Marques 8 Jan 38 hexagonal cancel. On plain stationary envelope for Delagoa Bay Agency Ltd Lourenco Marques. Addressed to Dundee. Flight DN56. No markings on the reverse. Folded vertically. Scarce. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £37.60)

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} [US2] (Start Price = £19.20)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Kisumu-Southampton, GVI 30c & 1/- of KUT, tied with Nakuru 7 Nov 39 cds cancel. On plain cover. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to London SW1. Flight KN124. No markings on the reverse. With notes including detailed timetable for this flight. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £25.60)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Poole-Port Bell, GVI 1½d & 1/- on GVI 1½d postal stationary envelope, tied with Dumbartonshire 10 Jan 40 cds cancels. Air Mail label top left. Addressed to Captain C R S Pitman Entebbe. Flight DS246. On the reverse Entebbe 17 Jan 40 receiving. With notes. Including research about Pitman. Some tone spots. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £19.20)

EMPIRE AIR MAIL SCHEME Port Bell-Poole, 30c & 1/- of KUT, tied with Kampala 20 Mar 40 cds cancels. On plain postal stationary air mail envelope. Addressed to London N4. Flight KN143. No markings on the reverse. With notes. {C} [US2] (Start Price = £25.60)