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Kenia 1931, First Official Imperial Airways Flight London to Kenya, stampless Post Office OHBMS cover sent from London to Kisumu, Kenya, with red London Official Paid datestamp, 25 February 1931, addressed to the Director of Posts, signed by the pilots J.S Sheppard and A.R Prendergast, also endorsed “Received by First Airmail London - Kisumu, Kenya, left London Feb. 28th 1931, Arrived Kisumu March 9th, J. Woodcock, Postmaster of Kisumu, 10.3.31”, central vertical fold, otherwise fine, unique official pilot signed cover.rnAusruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 160 CHFLosnr. : 481 Kenia
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1931, Imperial Airways First Air Mail service East Africa to London, illustrated yellow and blue 'rising sun' official envelope, franked with KUT, 10 c. and 50 c., sent from Kisimu (Kenya) to London, dated 10 March 1931, addessed to the renowned aviation expert and British philatelist "Major K.M. Beaumont", with personal greeting enclosed upon headed Imperial Airways letterheaded paper, combined air mail rate of 60 c. for 1/2oz, slight soiling and tone spots, otherwise a fine and scarce example, with wonderful aviation and philatelic Provenance.rnRemark: Major Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont CBE (1884 to 1965) was a British lawyer, Air Service Corps Officer, and famous British philatelist. Beaumont was a fundemental contributor to the development of international aviation law. He was also the President of the Royal Philatelic Society London (1953 & 1956) and the founder President of the Great Britain Philatelic Society (GBPS) in 1955 the year he signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists (RDP). Beaumont was also an Olympic figure skater who represented Great Briatin in the 1920 summer Olympics.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 260 CHFLosnr. : 482 Kenia
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1931, First Flight Nairobi, Kenya to Karachi, India, Registered cover dated 9 March 1931, franked with five KUT 1 c., a 30 c., and a 75 c., tied by Nairobi registered oval in black, endorsed "First air mail East Africa - India", carried on the first northbound flight from Kisumu on 10 March 1931, reaching Cairo on 14th, then onto Karachi on 'IE 103' by "City of Cairo" arriving 22 March 1931, with arrival to back, scarce cover.Ausruf : 250 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauftLosnr. : 483 Kenia
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1938, 50 c. purple and black, 1 s. black and brown, and 5 s. black and carmine, used on an air mail cover, from Nairobi to New York, dated 1 November 1941, endosred "Clipper Pacific", with violet handstamp "TO BE FORWARDED BY / AIR FROM SINGAPORE", opened by Censor label in Kenya, with Singapore triangular censor handstamp, carried on BOAC "Cleopatra" flight 'NE135' arriving in Cairo 4 November 1941, departing for Singapore 5 November on "Clifton" arriving 11 November, then on 15 November the "American Clipper" left for San Francisco arriving 27 November, transfer to New York the following day, an attractive cover, 6 s. 50 c. rate for ½oz, scarce mail route.Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : 380 CHFLosnr. : 484 Kenia
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1927: Group of four pioneering flight covers, written-up on four album pages, two carried upon first flight Kisumu to Khartoum and Entebbe, Uganda to Newport, Isle of Wight flights by Captain Tony Gladstone, dated 15th February 1927, one with double-ring red "AIR MAIL UGANDA-SUDAN / 1ST / FE 15 / 27" (one of thirteen covers) addressed to London, is creased and stained, the other with the single circle "KENYA - SUDAN AIR MAIL / 1ST / FE 15 / 27" also in red, comes with 1927 'Pelican' Crash cover with violet three line cachet "Owing temporary failure / Air Service Mail / forwarded normal routes", with "AIR MAIL KENYA - SUDAN / MR 12 / 27" single circle in red alongside, some water damage and torn/creased and an 1927 Oxted, Surrey to Kampala, Uganda cover intended to be flown on the 'Pelican' with the "KENYA-SUDAN AIR MAIL / MR 31 / 27", but despite markings evidence indicates it did not travel by air, an excellent and interesting selection, scarce group (4).Ausruf : 200 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauftLosnr. : 485 Kenia
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1931: Wilson Airways, First Flight Nairobi, Kenya to London, dated 7th July 1931, from Captain Tom Campbell, Managing Dircetor, Wilson Airways, with enclosed typed letter to Editor 'Aeroplane' explaining the cover has been flown on first official flight which linked up with Imperial Airways at Kisumu (flight AN 18), franked with Kenya and Uganda 5 c. green, 30 c. blue and 50 c. grey, endorsed by typed "First Nairobi/London through Air Mail / By Wilson Airways Ltd and Imperial / Airways Ltd.", a violet cachet "LOCAL AIR FEE PAID", comes with a newspaper cutting about the service; cover and letter nicely presented upon two exhibition pages, a scarce and historical lot (2).Ausruf : 150 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauftLosnr. : 486 Kenia
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1935, East Africa Airways: Study set out on album pages, comprising four covers, one a large format envelope, write-up desrcibing the routes, rates and flights, includes a registered internal flight cover from Musoma to Nairobi, an envelope addressed to "The Waco Aircraft Company" sent from Kakamega to Troy, USA, which was carried initially by East Africa Airways service No. 1 to Kisumu, then by Imperial Airways to London, the air mail cancelled and taken via sea to New York, also an interesting postage due cover franked to 80c, sent from Kakamega to Simonstown, South Africa, with 5d charge mark and South Africa postage dues tied to reverse and a cover sent locally from Logorien to Nairobi at the 35c rate mounted on a page with reproduction of a Waco UIC aircraft used by the air service, a nice group.Ausruf : 100 CHFZuschlag : 100 CHF -
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