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Auction No 402, Tag: Flight Covers

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Album of flown covers, with many First or Special Flights; including 1920s/30s USA (6) and Canada (4); 1930s/40s Australia (6, one censored);

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Album of flown covers, with many First or Special Flights; including 1920s/30s USA (6) and Canada (4); 1930s/40s Australia (6, one censored); 1970s/80s British Caledonian (7), some RAF Museum types (a few signed). Mainly VG/VF (53)  [For other Flight Covers see also items listed under country of origin later in this catalogue]              

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Album of Flown Covers, all written up, mainly first flights, including 1932 Tanganyika to UK with special label;

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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Album of Flown Covers, all written up, mainly first flights, including 1932 Tanganyika to UK with special label; 1932 Imperial Airways to and from South Africa; 1931 F.F. Australia to UK with 6 air adhesives; 1911 scarce First UK Aerial Post cover London to I.O.Wight with two letter sheets enclosed (one unused); 1923 Motor Glider flown cover Lympne to Hastingleigh; and 1939 First Transatlantic Flights from USA (2). VG/VF (13)

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Zeppelin Airmail Covers (10) 1930-1936 all with appropriate cachets comprising covers from Uruguay, Netherlands (3), Hungary,

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £72
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Zeppelin Airmail Covers (10) 1930-1936 all with appropriate cachets comprising covers from Uruguay, Netherlands (3), Hungary, Brazil (4, one with some stamps removed), and Austria. Also 1935 flown commercial cover from UK to Rio de Janeiro with GV 1s & 2s6d, routed via Lufthansa air service; and 10 other items, mostly modern. Fair to fine. (22) [For other Zeppelin flown mail see items under country of origin later in this catalogue].

First Flight & Special Flight covers & cards 1960s/1980s, many carried by Lufthansa, world-wide; includes some FDCs and unused aerogrammes.

Lot: 207

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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First Flight & Special Flight covers & cards 1960s/1980s, many carried by Lufthansa, world-wide; includes some FDCs and unused aerogrammes. Fine condition. (230). Also bundle of PPCs of Lufthansa aircraft and their timetable for Finland 2002.      

First Flight Covers, 1960s to 1990s, mostly Swissair, worldwide and fine condition, mostly with printed address. (232)

Lot: 208

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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First Flight Covers, 1960s to 1990s, mostly Swissair, worldwide and fine condition, mostly with printed address. (232)

Germany 1931 Dornier “DOX” First Flight Cover to New York via Brazil with cachets in red and black, franked with airmail adhesives.

Lot: 256

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
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Germany 1931 Dornier “DOX” First Flight Cover to New York via Brazil with cachets in red and black, franked with airmail adhesives. Brazil transit mark on reverse. Fine