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Lot 03329 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03329 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1931, April 25, EURASIA trial flight for 1st China-Europe international air mail c
1931, April 25, EURASIA trial flight for 1st China-Europe international air mail connection, on cover to Braunschweig/Germany: airmails 15 C. (4, two pairs) tied "SHANGHAI 25.4.31" to EURASIA official envelope and special embossed bilingual seal of "EURASIA AVIATION CORPORATION SHANGHAI", only used with this envelope for the trial flight. The actual flight was 26.4.31 to Manchouli and then per train to Irkutsk. From Irkutsk with W.O.G.W.F. (all union civil flights union, renamed into Aeroflot 1932) to Moscow/Königsberg, then DERULUFT to Berlin and train to Braunschweig. Mounted on exhibition page with german explanations. Scarcer trial flight.
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Lot 03324 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03324 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1929, special red postmark for first flight CNAC Shanghai-Nanking 8 July 1929: rev
1929, special red postmark for first flight CNAC Shanghai-Nanking 8 July 1929: revised design airmail set 15 C./90 C. tied to large piece with red pictorial propeller design commemorative dater of Shanghai. - This vermilion colour was used solely by the temporary p.o. at Shanghai airfield for mails to late to be posted at ordinary post offices.
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Lot 03340 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03340 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1941, air-transit marks: violet "6" on air mail cover to Dallas/Tx, USA; franked N
1941, air-transit marks: violet "6" on air mail cover to Dallas/Tx, USA; franked New York print $1, $2, $5 tied "SHANGHAI 9.9.41", British censortape.
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Lot 03319 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03319 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1928 (18 Dec.), goodwill flight FFC by "Spirit of Canton", Shanghai-Canton by Comm
1928 (18 Dec.), goodwill flight FFC by "Spirit of Canton", Shanghai-Canton by Commander Chang, constitution 1 C. and junk 3 C./4 C. tied "SHANGHAI 17.12.28" to illustrated envelope to Canton w. Dec. 18 arrival on reverse. Showing special flight cachets, boxed "Spirit of Canton/First Aerial Trip/Shanghai-Canton" and large pictoria handstamp, map with portraits of three pilots (Chang, Young and Wang) in violet. Also green pictorial mark of airplane which ties 1 C. stamp. - This goodwill flight of the new nationalist government ran Canton-Hankow-Nanking-Peiping-Moukden-Tientsin-Shanghai and back to Canton. Chang Wai-Jung had acquired a duplicate of Lindbergs "Spirit of St.Louis" airplane on his own cost. Mounted on exhibition page with illustrations and german explanation,
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Lot 03335 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03335 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1936, July 9/10, FFC by SWAC and Air France, Canton-Hanoi-Europe, two illustrated
1936, July 9/10, FFC by SWAC and Air France, Canton-Hanoi-Europe, two illustrated FFC: 90 C. franking "CANTON 10.7.36" to England with transit "PARIS AVION 20 VII 1936" (cover creases); and 55C. franking printed matter registered "CANTON 9.7.36" to Hanoi and returned. Both with the respective commemorate pictorial "propeller" postmark of Canton July 10.
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Lot 03314 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03314 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1923 (June 4), flight Peking-Tientsin by Northern Warlord Aerial Division with Air
1923 (June 4), flight Peking-Tientsin by Northern Warlord Aerial Division with Air first issue 15 C./90 C. cpl. set and junk 8 C. tied bilingual "Peking 4 JUNE 23" to registered cover to Shanghai. Wiith three-line bilingual "To be despatched by/Aerial Service", on reverse transit "TIENTSIN 13.6.5" and arrival "SHANGHAI 8.6.23". Air route suspended in October. Cover vertical bend. Mounted on exhibition page with illustrations and german explanation.
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Lot 03330 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03330 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1931, FFC Berlin-Nanking via Siberia: Germany Zeppelin 1 M. and air mail 10 Pf., 1
1931, FFC Berlin-Nanking via Siberia: Germany Zeppelin 1 M. and air mail 10 Pf., 15 Pf. tied "BERLIN SW11 16.6.31" to air mail cover endorsed "First airmail / Berlin-Nanking" resp. "By airmail to Moscow and within China" with "NANKING 20.6.29" (June 29, 1931) arrival.
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Lot 03325 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03325 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1929, July 29: 1st german catapult flight by steamer "Bremen" and catapult air pla
1929, July 29: 1st german catapult flight by steamer "Bremen" and catapult air plane to New York and then to Hankow/China: airmails15 Pf., 50 Pf. tied "BERLIN NW 40 15.7.29", boxed red "Mit Katapultflug" (by catapult flight), large red boxed "By express steamer BREMEN" and oval "First German Catapult Flight / 22.7.1929 / steamer Bremen-New York", backstamps Shanghai and "HANKOW 26.8.18". This was transported catapult flight to NY and then probably by US continental air mail east coast to west coast, NY-San Francisco and then by surface. Very unusual.
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Lot 03341 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03341 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1941, illustrated FFC (2) Chungking-Calcutta and return by CNAC: franked $3.25 and
1941, illustrated FFC (2) Chungking-Calcutta and return by CNAC: franked $3.25 and tied by commemorate postmark "CHUNGKING 18.12.30" (Dec. 18, 1941) with Calcutta "V" (victory slogan) Dec. 20 backstamp. Signed by pilot Capt. C(huck) L(amar) Sharp. Sharp came to CNAC in 1933 and became chief pilot, was instrumental in the Dec. 1941 evacuation of air staffs from Hong Kong. - The return FFC Calcutta-Chungking with 1 R. 6 1/2 A. frank "Calcutta 23 DEC 41".
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Lot 03320 - China - Flugpost  -  Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

Lot 03320 - China - Flugpost - Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG 52nd Auction - Day 2

China - Flugpost: 1929, FFC Canton-Shanghai, as part of the flight Paris-Tokyo, Rignot&Arrachart (la
1929, FFC Canton-Shanghai, as part of the flight Paris-Tokyo, Rignot&Arrachart (large vermilion cachet) franked unification 10 C. and surcharge 2 C./3 C. (2) resp. 3 C./4 C. (2) for a total of 20 Cts. canc. "CANTON 18.7.13" to Tokyo/Japan, backstamp "TOKIO 22.7.29". This was the first flight from Canton to Shanghai which actually transported mails. Delayed by storm, the actual flight was July 15 with arrival at Shanghai Hungjao air field 2.30 PM. Most of the covers were addressed to Shanghai, ca. 35 to USA, only a handfull actually went to Japan. - Mounted on exhibition page with german text and illustrations.
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