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  • Lot# : 495 Senegal

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    Senegal 1925: Dakar to Niamey First Flight cover, franked with French Senegal 30 c., tied by "DAKAR SENEGAL" circular dated 29th December 1925, additional strike alongside, also a special flight cachet "PREMIER voyage / d'essai / de liaison postale rapide / Ch. de fer-Avion-Auto / DAKAR ZINDER" in blue, carried by air between Bamako, Sudan and Niamey, Niger, arrival to reverse 2nd January 1926, comes with the corresponding first return flight Niamey to Dakar, flown 4th January 1926, also with special flight cachet in black, fine and scarce duo of first flight cover (2).
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 496 Brit. Somaliland

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    Somaliland Protectorate 1936, 3 a. chocolate and grey-green and 4 a. green and black, used on 'Africa Orientale/Via Ala Littoria' envelope, from Berbera (British Somaliland) to Atbara (Sudan), dated 18 February 1936, tied by attractive single strike of the Berbera datestamp in black, flown via Khartoum, the 7a. rate up to ½oz, transit and arrival on reverse dated 18th and 19th respectively, very clean and fresh cover, scarce example with less than a dozen covers flown.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 497 Somalia

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    Somalia 1936/1937, Selection of three air mail covers, two into Japan one from Japan, comprising 1936 commercial registered cover from Dar es Salaam to Kobe, franked with KUT stamps to the value 4 s. 50 c., carried on Imperial Airways flight to Alexandria then to Singapore and by sea to Japan, also a 1937 Registered cover from Mombasa to Osaka, franked with KUT four colour combination to value of 3 s. 10 c., also a 1936 commercial envelope sent from Kobe, Japan to Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika franked with 1 y. and 10 s., endorsed "via Moscow & Ikustsk", all presented and written-up on exhibition pages, expalining routes and rates, a scarce and mainly fine trio, just the odd fault.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 498 South Africa

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    South Africa 1911: First South African Aerial Post, illustrated Souvenir Post Card, sent from Kenilworth to Mombasa via Muizenberg, flown 27th December 1911, franked to reverse with Cape of Good Hope 1 d. green tied by 'Kenilworth First Flight' datestamp, with Mombasa arrival alongside dated 15 January 1912, to front with 'Kenilworth / Camp' datestamp 23rd December 1911 and 'Muizenberg / Aerial Post' dated 27th December 1911; card flown from Kenilworth to Muizenber then carried surface mail to Mombasa; has heavy vertical filing crease to right side and some minor imperfections, otherwise fine and scarce example.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 499 South Africa

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    1918: Red Cross "RAF" Aerial Post Card, "Make Your Sixpence Fly", Johannesburg, South Africa to Ontario, Canada, dated 1st December 1918, franked with a South Africa 1 d. red, tied by special dated postmark "Aerial Post", with a 1 d. Governor General's Fund Label alongside, personal note to reverse, small tear top right, otherwise fine and a rare combination of label on Red Cross Aerial card; thought to be unique to Ontario.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 500 South Africa

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    1919: Pigeon Post World War I Peace Treaty Celebrations record card and pigeongram message slip, sent locally in Cape Town, dated 2nd August 1919, number '26', including the original small metal clips either side of message (x4) which held the very light weight paper message in place on the pigeon, some creasing and stains/soiling as is usual, very fine otherwise and extremely rare with the metal clips; one of four surviving examples.rnRemarks: The 2nd August 1919 celebrations in Cape Town were a public holiday in South Africa in recognition of the signing of the Peace Treaty at the end of World War I. These celebrations included the release of carrier pigeons with messages of goodwill. The "Pigeon Post" was in aid of the Governor General's Fund and senders of the "Pigeongrams" were required to post their messages for a payment of 2 s. 6 d. Approximately 410 were carried, although very few have survived.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 501 South Africa

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    1925: Experimental Air Mail Service, group of three covers and one large parcel post piece, all franked with a combination of South Africa Air Post stamps and postage adhesives, includes House of Assembly, Cape Town cover to Cedarville, via Durban, dated 13th March 1925, central vertical filing crease, also two covers from Kokstad to House of Assembly, Cape Town, one sent registered, both with "S.A. AIR MAIL / S.A. LUGPOS" datestamps and a 1925 Parcel Post printed label affixed to large parcel piece sent from Durban to East London, with small size "S.A. AIR MAIL / S.A. LUGPOS" postmark, sent at a rate of 1 s. 6 d., a scarce selection, some faults although in the main a fine group (4). 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 502 South Africa

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    1925, Pioneering Aviation, Alan Cobham and Arthur Elliott, Imperial Airways survey, first ever flight from London to South Africa. A large envelope sent from London to Pietermaritzburg, via Bloemfontein, dated 16 November 1925, endorsed “By Air Mail. London to South Africa Nov. 16th 1925, per Alan Cobham and A.B Elliott”, signed by Pilot Alan Cobham and Engineer Arthur Elliott, senders cachet of 'Sowden Stoddart Ltd in London' in violet lower left, addressed to their office in Pietermaritzburg, the cover being posted upon arrival at Bloemfontein where it received the 1913/1924, Union of South Africa, 1 d. scarlet, franking, tied by Bloemfontein datestamp 17 February 1926, cover bearing the hotel cachets where Cobham and Elliot stayed during the stages of their flight, these being signed by either Elliott or Government representatives, the stops included; Athens, Cairo, Assouan, Khartoum, Malakal, Kisumu, Bulawayo, and Bloemfontein, the reverse endorsed “Carried by air from London by A.B Elliott, 1 Strathaven House, Brent Street Hendon, London, England” and “Post forward at Bloemfontein”, slight staining and faults to be expected, otherwise fine; a unique and historical cover flown from London to South Africa with cachets/signatures from eight stops en route. Additionally comes with four exhibition pages with postcards of the various hotel stopovers and a photograph of the De Havilland DH 50 fitted with the Jaguar 385  hp engine, an excellent group (x7).rnRemark: Alan Cobham was the first person to fly from England to South Africa and back, which he achieved in his De Havilland D.H. 50J biplane, with his flight Engineer Arthur Elliott.The flight took off from Stag Lane Aerodrome in Edgware, London, on 16 November 1925. The outward journey spanned 94 days and over 8,125 miles by the time he and Elliott reached Cape Town, South Africa on 17 February 1926. On 26 February 1926, they began the return flight to London reaching Stag Lane Aerodrome 16 days later on 13 March 1926.  Upon landing King George V invited them to Buckingham Palace, where Cobham received the Air Force Cross for his pioneering flight. Cobham went on to pioneer within aviation and died in 1973. Elliott sadly died a year after this flight. He was shot as they left Baghdad on 5 July 1926 during a flight to Australia. Stag Lane Aerodrome was a private aerodrome between 1915 and 1933 in Edgware, north London. It became the main base of The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited in 1920. Former wartime aircraft were refurbished in the early years, and the company designed and built large numbers of aircraft at Stag Lane in the 1920s and early 1930s. Stag Lane Aerodrome was sold for housing development in 1933.
    Starting bid : 1,800 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 503 South Africa

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    1926, Imperial Airways survey, first flight London to Cape Town, souvenir postcard, franked with South Africa, 2 d., sent from Cape Town to London, dated 19 February 1926, typed address to the Editor of the Flight magazine, signed by pilot Alan Cobham, with red perforated flight vignette to front tied by the violet oval flight cachet "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON - / CAPE TOWN", fine condition, scarce, especially with typed address.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 504 South Africa

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    1926/27: Pioneering Aviation, Marc Bernard and René Guilbaud flight cover, sent from Mwanza to London carried upon the return leg, dated 12th October 1926 and 3rd February 1927 (delay due to engine failure), flown from Mwanza to St. Raphael, franked with a Tanganyika 15 c. tied and signed by pilot in manuscript "By French Sea Plane / Lt Cmdr Guilbaud'' and a France 1 f. 50 c. tied by an arrival datestamp of St. Raphael 8 March 1927, to reverse a mansuscript note "arrived 10th March", fine and rare; a unique item, the only cover carried from Tanganyika back to France and to London.rnRemarks: The French Pilots Marc Bernard and René Guilband departed from Berre, France on 12th October 1926, Bernard reached Majunja, a northern port city in Madagascar on 21nd November 1926, returning via Lake Victoria and the Nile Valley. Guilbaud was delayed at Lokoja, Nigeria for two months awaiting a replacement engine. He then also returned via Lake Victoria and the Nile Valley flying from Albertville to Mwanza between 1st and 3rd February 2927. The aircraft was a Hydravion CAMS 37 GR.rnProvenance: Ex. William Colley Collection.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 505 South Africa

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    1934, Royal Tour First Flight, signed by Pilots: Durban, South Africa to Limbe, Nyasaland, dated 7 March 1934, franked 5 d. tied by the special event billingual oval cancel datestamp applied by the Post Office attached to the Royal tour train, with the cachet "S.RHODESIA / NYASALAND" in black and "FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL" in violet, signed by pilots on each stage of the flight; G.W. Bellin (Durban to Johannesburg), Captain E.H. Attwood (Imperial Airways Johhannesburg to Salisbury) and the last leg Captain M.H. Philips (Salisbury to Blantyre), a fine example of this scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 506 South Africa

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    1934: Victor Smith, South Africa to England record attempt, flight cover from Windhoek, South Africa, to Leicester, England, dated 27th July 1934, franked with South Africa 10 d. tied by 'WINDHOEK / AIR MAIL" datedstamp in black, endorsed “West Coast Flight Victor Smith” and signed by 'VC Smith' alongside, additional franking of a Great Britain G.B ½ d. green, tied by 'IBSTOCK / LEICESTER" arrival dated 22nd August 1934, fine and rare example; one of eight signed covers.rnRemark: Victor Smith attempted the Cape Town to UK flight via West Africa. This was abandoned when his flight in Mauritania had to make a forced landing near Port Etienne, from where the letters were flown by “Aeropostale” to Dakar and then carried by sea. Just 12 letters carried from Windhoek (entrusted as official mail by the South West Africa Post Office), eight being signed by Victor Smith.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 507 South Africa

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    1936: Pioneering Aviation, Amy Mollison (nee Johnson) pilot signed record breaking flight cover, London to Cape Town, flown from Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia), franked with South Africa ½ d. green and 1 d. red, tied by Windhoek datestamp 6th May 1936, with pilot signature alongside, also "Cape Town / Kaapstaad 22" (Wingfield Aerodrome) arrival dated 7th May 1936 with the same cancel to reverse, a very fine and rare example; one of three covers flown on this leg of the record breaking flight.rnRemarks: Amy Johnson (1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. She set numerous long-distance flight records during the 1930s. She married pilot Jim Mollison a Scottish pioneer aviator. She flew during WWII as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary and disappeared during a ferry flight. The exact cause of her death is not known although has been the topic of much discussion over many years.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 508 Sudan

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    Sudan 1925, Imperial Airways survey, first flight London to Cape Town, souvenir postcard, sent by Alan Cobham from Khartoum, Sudan to Hampstead, London, addressed to Cobham's wife, dated 22 December 1925, personal message; "Dearest, I arrived Khartoum today. All going very well indeed. Shall be here Xmas. I am wishing you greetings to know I shall write you a long letter. Kisses for Geoffrey and self. Love Alan", franked with Sudan, 3 m. green and 5 m. black, with perforated red flight vignette to reverse, some creasing to corners, minor rubs and soiling as would be expected, a very rare example out of Sudan; just three examples recorded.rnProvenance: Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection, Harmers, New York, 1946.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 509 Sudan

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    1927: Pioneering Aviation, René Guilbaud return leg flight cover, from Dongola, Sudan to Paris, France, via Luxor, Egypt, dated 9th February 1927, franked with Sudan 10 m., 15 m. and 2 p., tied by despatch datestamp, very fine 'Winter Palace Luqsor' datestamp in black alongside dated 11 February 1927 and violet boxed "VOYAGE AERIEN / FRANCE-MADAGASCAR", central vertical filing crease, otherwise fine and rare cover; one of four known surviving covers.rnRemarks: After waiting for two months for a replacement engine Guilbaud left Lokoja, Nigeria returning via Congo, Tanganyika, Sudan and Egypt to reach St Raphael, France on 7 March 1927. The aircraft was a Hydravion CAMS 37 GR.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 510 Sudan

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    1924/1925, On State Service, 1½ a. lake, and a pair and single 4 a. violet, used on Registered Official cover, from Baghdad to Khartoum, dated 15 April 1927, addressed to the "Governor General of the Sudan", endorsed "By Air Mail Registered", carried on Imperial Airways flight leaving Baghdad on 16 April arriving in Cairo 17 April 1927, then by surface mail, arrival to reverse dated 23 April 1927, central vertical filing crease well clear of adhesives and flap missing, the rate of 13½ a. for 1oz letter by air or 30-40g by surface, made up of 3 a. registration, 4½ a. surface and 6 a. air fee; the surface rate expressed in grammes while the air fees are in ounces, scarce and interesting cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 511 Sudan

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    1931, Royal Air Force 47 Squadron envelope (flap with insignia in blue), franked with 5 m. brown and black and Air mail 3 p. black, from Khartoum to Kent, England, dated 31 October 1931, sent from the RAF station in Khartoum, carried air mail via Imperial Airways northbound flight to Britain, minor soiling and odd tone spot, a scarce and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 512 Sudan

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    1932, Two Imperial Airways London to Cape Town first flights; both large format Sudan Postal Administration envelopes (27 x 21cm) used to enclose covers carried on this flight, one on the stages from Juba to Nairobi, with violet cachet "FIRST FLIGHT / Juba to Cape Town", manuscript total weight 80g, the other from Khartoum to Nairobi, weight 250g, endorsed "1st Flight Khartoum - Cape Town", rare, two unique envelopes, both sealed with wax impressed with Post Office seals.rnProvenance: T.E. Field Collection.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 513 Sudan

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    1936, Official Military mail, OHMS cover sent from Gebeit, Sudan to Aboukir, Egypt, with datestamp 31 July 1936, "No. 207 (Bomber) Squadron - Royal Air Force - 31 Jul 1936" cachet manuscript "Cert. Official" with signature, to reverse the railway marking "Shellal-Halfa TPO No.2" dated 10 August, Cairo Station and Alexandria transits and arrival all dated 11 August 1936, rare R.A.F. official mail Sudan to Egypt.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 514 Sudan

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    1936, First Flight cover, Khartoum (Sudan) to Kano (Nigeria), signed by pilot Captain Jones, endorsement top, franked with 1931, Sudan Air Mail, 3 m. green and sepia, 5 m. black and green, and 10 m. black and carmine, tied by 14 February 1936 datestamp, with arrival to back dated 16 February 1936, comes with picture postcard of the arrival of the plane "Daelalus" at Kano airport and newspaper cuttings reporting the inaugural flight, minor soiling, a very attractive example.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 515 Sudan

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    1932/1937, Selection of nine air mail covers from Sudan, comprising three internal mails, four to Britain, one to Greece and one to Uganda, all carried by Imperial Airways service, includes 1934 RAF envelope from Juba to Entebbe, Uganda, also a 1934 registered cover sent from Gebel Aulia to Metelin, Greece, carried via Athens, mounted upon seven exhibition pages, describing the routes and rates, a varied range of frankings and postmarks, a few with slight faults, although in the main fine for such mail, scarce assembly.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 516 Tanganyika

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    Tanganyika 1933/1937, Wilson Airways, study of Feeder Service air mail, comprising nine covers written-up and mounted upon exhibition pages, six with violet "Feeder Service" cachet, two with manuscript endorsement, mail originating mainly from Tanganyika (Dar es Salaam and Korogwe) and one from Kenya, sent to destination internally within Africa as well as one example to; Ireland, Scotland and England respectively, noted two covers with "Late Fee" paid, varied rates and frankings, a scarce selection in good to fine condition.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 517 Tanganyika

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    1935, KUT, £1. black and red, two singles, used on a large Registered cover, with 1 s. black and green, 50 c. bright purple and black and 5 c., black and green, from Tanga (Kenya) to Buenos Aires (Argentina), dated 17 February 1938, stamps tied by "TANGA REGISTERED" datestamp, endorsed "Air Mail" and "By Air via France or Germany" the latter pencilled out, rate of £2 1s 55c for 2½oz registered, carried on Imperial Airways flight DN67 which left Kisumu 20 February, arriving Marseilles 25 February, transferred to Air France South America service for Buenos Aires, three vertical filing creases well clear of adhesives, damage top right and some wrinkles and tears as might be expected, however a unique cover franked with two iconic KGV £1 Lion stamps, magnificent, with great eye appeal; an exhibition cover.
    Starting bid : 1,800 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 518 Tanganyika

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    1943, Registered cover from Dar-es-Salaam to New York, dated 24 February 1943, inscribed "via Transatlantic Route via Miami" and "via Leopoldville", franked KGVI 5 c., three 3 s., and Lion £1 black and red, Sudan censor cachet and seal, with triangular Nigeria censor cachet, reverse with Kampala 25 February, Lagos 10 March, Miami 21 March and New York arrival 23 March, most interesting and scarce high value franking, the £1 rare on commercial covers.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 519 Tunisia

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    Tunisia 1917: Pioneering Aviation, stampless cover from Sfax, Tunisia to Lyon, France, dated 4th November 1917, flown on a special military flight with special cachet alongside the datestamp. endorsed across top; the Tunisia to France part of the journey was via surface transportation,;very scarce; examples of early flights prior to 1920 are very unusual for this region.rnNote: A reference in Muller of a 'special flight' April 1917 with this cachet is referenced '1a'.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 520 Uganda

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    Uganda 1926, Pioneering Aviation, Imperial Airways survey, first flight from London to Cape Town, printed flight special event souvenir postcard "Sanctioned by H.M Postmaster General", sent from Jinja (Uganda) to London, dated 13 January 1926, franked with 1922/1927, KUT, 20 c. dull orange, tied by Jinja datestamp, accompanied by the violet oval flight cachet "BY SPECIAL AIR MAIL / 16-11-25 / LONDON - / CAPE TOWN" on both sides, the reverse bearing the green perforated flight vignette, card signed by Alan Cobham with the message "Chamber of Commerce gave us big luncheon, being interested in air development", fine and a rare example from Uganda.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 521 Uganda

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    1931, The Uganda Herald, 'Special Air Mail Souvenir Number', 10th March 1931, Newspaper, including articles regarding recent first flights south by Imperial Airways, tabloid size, printed in black and red, Shell Oil and Petrol advert to front and Castrol to the back, comes with the printed advertising stationery wrapper which would be used to carry the newspaper, some faults and reinforcement to part internally but in remarkable condition, great eye appeal, a scarce survivor. 
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 522 South Africa

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    Crash Mail 1920: Handley Page Pioneering Flight "Crash" mail, advertising envelope with enclosed letter, sent from Muizenberg to Johannesburg, dated 13th February 1920, flight left Cape Town 15th February 1920 and crashed near Beaufort West, franked with Union of South Africa vertical pair 1 s. covering the air fee of 2s and 1 d. postage, tied by datestamp 13 February, with flight cachet in red "CARRIED BY / AEROPLANE" alongside and endorsed "Per Aerial Post", the enclosed note on Marine Hotel headed paper dated 14th February 1920, "First Aerial Post in South Africa - leave C.T. February 15th 1920 Postage 1d plus 2/", a fine and rare example, one of twenty thought to have survived Nierinck 200217.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 523 Brit. Post Morocco

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    Casablanca to Toulouse Aircraft Crash at Barcelona 9th May 1933: Air mail printed Alliance Assurance envelope sent from British Post Office in Casablanca to London, franked with Morocco Agencies overprints including Seahorse 2 s 6d with 3 f. overprint, sent 8th May, mail carried upon Aeropostale flight to Toulouse F-AGIT, left Casablanca stopping at Barcelona, shortly after take-off from Barcelona hit a house in the village Villadrau near Villa Grande, killing the crew and three passengers, some mail was recovered although badly burned, surviving pieces were processed in Toulouse where the violet cachet "CORRESPONDANCE AVION / 9th May 1933" was applied, mail is scarce from this incident Nierinck 330509a.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 524 Great Britain

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    Imperial Airways Collision of 'Horsa' Handley Page HP43 Hannibal Class with "Helena" at Khartoum, 18 December 1933; Air mail cover sent from Sidup (England) to Nairobi (Kenya), dated 12 December 1933, franked with KGV block of four 1½ d. and 1 d., transported south in "Helena" arriving in Khartoum when it collided with "Horsa" which was travelling northbound, arrival to reverse dated 21 December 1933, no special markings are attributed to this incident, however it is explained in Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways on page 71, very unusual, rare, only three covers known. Nierinck 331218 (Horsa).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 525 Dt. Reich

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    Catalogue# : 522X, 603
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    Imperial Airways Crash of Armstrong Whitworth AW XV Atlanta Class G-ABTJ 'ARTEMIS' at Pietersburg, South Africa, 10 February 1936: Cover sent from Germany to Cape Town, dated 30 January 1936, franked with Deutsches Reich 25 pf. and Lufthansa 40 pf., tied by indistinct datestamp ".***SDEBURG BPA *" in black, the plane struck a plantation of trees on the perimeter of the airfield, the mail was recovered and forwarded by rail on 10 February and processed at Johannesburg 12 February where it was resealed and the "POSTMASTER / JOHANNESBURG 12-2-1936" cachet applied; there were no special cachets/markings used for this crash although there is a manuscript note on reverse indicating it was damaged in a crash; the postmarks and dates identify its provenance, scarce example, one of ten recorded. Nierinck 360210.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 526 Great Britain

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    Imperial Airways crash of 'Scipio' G-ABFB at Mirabella Bay, Crete, 22 August 1936: A "Films Paramount" printed envelope with the famous Paramount Films logo from the 1930s, sent from Cairo, Egypt, to Paramount Films in Paris, dated 21 August 1936, the adhesives washed off, the recovered mail was taken to Athens on HMS Duban, then to Paris by rail, the cachet in red "Accident d'Avion", which was applied to mail addressed to France and processed in France, envelope with post office resealing tape, arrival on reverse 1 September 1936, a unusal example, scarce Paramount Films out of Egypt. Nierinck 360822I.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 527 Great Britain

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    Imperial Airways Crash of 'Boadicea' G-ACOX 25 into the English Channel on 25 September 1936: recovered from the first mail bag which washed up on the French coast, where the red five line cachet was applied; "SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS / Correspondence retardée par suite / du naufrage d'un Avion / Reconstituté par le Service Francais / NE PAS TAXER", which allowed the mail to be reconstituted into the postal system without tax and sent onward to Sudan, with arrival on reverse dated 4 November 1936, sent via the Imperial southbound flight AS392. The envelope includes a typed letter from Lawrence Cave, Caterham, Surrey to his brother who was in the Sudan Defence Force, later a signals officer with 'Chindits' in WWII and in 1946 the Chief of Police for the Equatorial Province at Juba, a scarce example to Sudan. Nierinck 360925b
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 528 Sudan

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    Imperial Airways G-ADVB "Corsair" Crash at Faradje, Dangu River, Belgian Congo 15 March 1939: Registered Envelope from Mozambique to Paris, dated 10 March 1939, carried by the Imperial Airways Short S23 seaplane "Cambria" on 12 March 1939, which left Durban, South Africa for England, the plane picked up mail in Beira, Mozambique, Mombasa and landed in Kisumu on 13 March, mail was then transferred to "Corsair" leaving Kisumu on 14 March which lost its way in bad weather and made a forced landing on the river Dangu near Juba, Sudan. All but one of the adhesives are washed off, bearing French special cachet 'AVION ACCIDENTE" in black, applied in Paris only on mail from Mozambique. There are only two covers known from Mozambique - one other recorded in 'Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways' which was thought to be the only example. Nierinck 390315c.rnRef: "Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Predecessor Airlines", by Kendall C. Sandford, page 164.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 529 Great Britain

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    Imperial Airways Crash of Short S.23 'CHALLENGER' at Mozambique Harbour, 1 May 1939: Two covers from London and Southend-on-Sea to South Africa, one with the special "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / SEAPLANE 'CHALLENGER'" cachet, the other with "FLYING BOAT CORRESPONDENCE DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / / VLIEGBOT KORRESPONDENSIE DEUR SEEWATER BESKADIG" cachet, both in violet, the adhesives have washed off, each cover mounted neatly upon an album page, written-up, one with newspaper cutting showing the flying-boat part submerged and the other with an image of the plane intact on water, an attractive duo. Nierinck 390501b & a.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 530 South Africa

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    1945, Crash of Military Aircraft: Registered envelope sent from Army Post Office "37" Turin, Italy to Durban, dated 6th July 1945, franked with pair of 3 d. blue South African postage, envelope and contents are charred from crash fire, the location and nature of which are unknow as aircraft brought down by enemy action were not publicised and military regulations did not permit access to exisiting records, the enclosed letter is from Signaller Oliver to his son and contains four £1 notes (South African Reserve Bank) which remain intact in the envelope, comes with the ambulance envelope OHMS used to deliver the registered letter, again marked by an Army Post Office dated 25 July 1945, the covers, letter and bank notes are written-up on two album pages, scarce assembly. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 531 Collections/lots worldwide

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    1931/1945, Ten Crash covers mounted and written-up on exhibition pages, including 1931, South Africa air disaster involving the De Havilland Moth (Captain Davenport), Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, with charred cover / letter with ambulance envelope and explanatory slip, two covers from the 1937, "Antares" Air Fance crash from Argentina to Britain, two covers from "Sabena" air crashes from 1937 and 1945, both originating from Belgium Congo, a selection of Imperial and Air France disaster mail including from Ivory coast, Algeria, South Africa, India and Corsica, all except one with cachets or manuscript markings, an interestng and scarce selection, nicely presented and described.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 532 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Lots & Collections 1937/1940, Africa Aeromaritime collection of seven covers and additionally two unused picture postcards, neatly mounted and described on exhibition pages, including two first flight covers from Dakar with commemortive cachets, mail origins include; French New Guinea, Togo, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, England and Senegal, noted 1937 cover from Governor of French New Guinea at Conakry to the Governor General French West Africa in Dakar, also two censor mail covers, the postcards depict the aeromaritime route along the African cost and one with flying boat pictured on the sea, an interesting assembly in mostly good to fine condition.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 533 Collections/lots worldwide

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    1934/1941, Selection of five African air mail covers, including two siege of Djibouti 1941 Vichy Government Air Service covers, one with typed endorsement; "First Direct Flight  Djibouti-Marseille 18 hours by Amiot 370 Captain Chief Pilot Durmond", franked with French colonies 1 f., the other sent unfranked on official business and marked with a petroleum tanker cachet sent from Djibouti to Toulon-sur-Mer, France, also two Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airways first flight covers, one 5 August 1935 and a Belgian Congo to Nyasaland first official flight 7 March 1934, also a 1942 Mozambique to Angola censored cover carried upon South Africa Airways Portuguese East Africa flight, an interesting and scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 534 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    1932/1937, Imperial Airways Africa, group of six covers, comprising three first flight and three test flights, including 1934 envelope from Nairobi, Kenya, to Quelimane, Mozambique, carried on the first southbound flight from Broken Hill to Rhodesia, 1934 souvenir cover from Moshi, Tanganyika, to Sydney, Australia, carried on the first air mail service England to Australia, a 1937 typed envelope from London to Nairobi, Kenya, carried on the first "All-Up" UK to Kenya flight from Southampton to Kisumu, includes a headed note from the Imperial Airways traffic manager's office signed by E. Dolby, a 1932 first official air mail cachet on an official test cover from Bulawayo to the Superintendent of Imperial Airways in Brindisi, a 1936 test cover carried on the first through air mail service from South Africa to Nigeria via Khartoum and a 1937 pilot signed test cover for first "All-Up" Kisumu to Southampton flight; additionally a 1936 parcel label sent from Al Fashir to Khartoum, franked with Sudan air mail and postage stamps, an excellent and valuable group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 535 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    1932/1938, Imperial Airways Africa, collection of ten covers studying various routes into and out of Africa, predominately air mail to Europe, although one to Australia, one to Jamaica and unusually an 1937 cover from Lourenco Marques, Mozambique to Macau, carried via Alexandria, Penang and Hong Kong where it travelled by surface mail and then boat, noted 1935 envelope from Mbeya,Tanganyika to Stockholm, Sweden endorosed by violet cachet "By Air to Brindisi", also a late fee to England, an example of parcel post from Mombasa, to England, also an interesting mailing from Belgian Congo to Switzerland and others, condition in the main is fine, some with faults, an excellent assembly neatly presented upon exhibition pages.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 536 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    1935/1944, Study of Africa air mail, set out on eight attractive exhibition pages, detailing routes, rates, flights and airlines, comprising ten covers, includes Air France routes, Sierra Leone to UK, UK to Senegal, Belfast to Sierra Leone, Imperial Airways UK to Gold Coast and the "Horseshoe Route" Tanganyika to UK, a 1943 OHMS Unganda Protectorate envelope to USA, possibly carried by a combination of RAF Transport Command and Pan American Airways, also Elders Colonial Airways Sierra Leone to UK, a neatly presented and carefully written-up study with varied frankings and postmarks, a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 537 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    1931/1937, Imperial Airways, study of northbound flights out of Africa, comprising thirteen covers mounted on exhibition pages and comprehensively written-up, originating from South Africa, Tanganyika, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, to destinations in USA, England, Switzerland and Greece, varied frankings predominently British commonwealth, routes incorporate maritime, rail and surface mail, some eye catching covers, noted 1937, Ford Motor company illustrated advertising envelope sent from Nakuru to Ohio, also 1934, Royal Tour South Africa philatelic cover, sent registered from Basutoland to Athens via air mail, with billingual special event cachet (commemorating visit by Prince George), also "Feeder Service" endorsements and "By Air to / London" cachets, a fascinating and attractive study.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 538 Collections/lots worldwide

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    1941/1943, Pan American Airways, study presented upon exhibition pages, detailing the routes and rates during WWII, comprising seven covers, all with censor markings, origins from Kenya, Gold Coast, Barbados, Peru, Madagascar, noted 1941 First Flight cover sent from Gold Coast to Gloucester, England carried via USA, with violet cachet "First Flight / Regular Air Mail Service / Gold Coast-USA" and rather nicely a letter which contains the quote; "it may seem there is now an air mail service via America......this mail is closing today", study includes three on the westbound route (two Foreign Air Mail 22 - FAM 22, one the "O" service), two eastbound using FAM 22, also 1942 Kenya to Bermuda carried on a combination of Imperial Airways and Pan American Airways, a fascinating group, scarce and beautifully mounted.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 539 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    1932/1937, Wilson Airways, study of air mail routes, comprising ten covers mounted and described on exhibition pages, noted two scarce examples of official OHMS covers originating from "Mafia Island", a location not part of the costal service routes, however Wilson Airways  made ad-hoc 'special' flights, both relate to medical services and are marked "Confidential", other mail includes from Tanganyika, Kenya, Zanzibar and Uganda, destinations within Africa as well as UK and France, also two covers with straightline cachet "Local Air Fee Paid" in violet, and two registered covers one from Zanzibar to Paris the other Uganda to Zanzibar, good range of frankings and values, some flaws to be expected, nice selection of usages, a fine study.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 540 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    1937/1945, BOAC Africa air mail study of flights, routes and rates, comprising seventeen covers, predominantly WWII mailings, with censor marks and labels, including seven covers from Gold Coast one of which is sent to Palestine with censor marks on despatch and arrival, also one very large format envelope which with block of tweleve ½d, a 1944 registered cover from Tripoli, Libya to Hull, England, franked with M.E.F. overprint including a vertical pair of 2 s. 6d. "Arms" issue, three large covers from Kenya, two forces on active service, one to Colombo the other to Cornwall in England with RAF and Naval censor marks repectively, two covers from French Cameroon both with "Arms" high values, includes "Horseshoe Route" 1941 Eastbound Kenya to USA via Pacific endorsed "via Hong Kong", also 1944 first air service to Aden from Nairobi, Kenya, a fascinating group with varied destinations and frankings, many scarcer, valuable assembly mounted on exhibition pages with detailed descriptions. 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 541 Collections/lots worldwide

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    1917/1945: Substantial collection of French Air Africa mail, comprising six albums with over four hundred covers, mounted and written-up upon album pages, covering Aeropostale Air France African Services 1936 to 1941, Air Afrique 1929 to 1938, France North Africa services 1917 to 1944, France LAM (Free French) 1940 to 1945, Vichy France and France Aeromaritime 1937 to 1940, a wide range of frankings and origins, scarce marks and cachets throughout the French colonies, Africa inbound and outbound, an attractive and extensive assembly of the air mail routes and rates, good to fine condition, a valuable and interesting assembly (421).  Ex Edward Proud Collection.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 542 Austria

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    Reinhold Tilling, Rocket Plane (K) FTL 3 1931 (Apr. 15): Photocard '1. Deutscher Postraketenstart am Dümmersee' numbered '116' with original 'Tilling' signature, franked with 'Reichspräsident' 3 Pfg. green, tied by "DIELINGEN15.4.31 3-4N" cds. Fine and rare Hopferwieser RT-01 = Euro 2'000.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 543 Austria

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    Austria  - Friedrich Schmidl 1928/61: Collection with 40 covers/cards and vignettes used/unused starting with 'Höhenballon F.S.1' No.159 (little stained), 'V13', 'V15' (2), 'V16'. 'V17' with imprinted stamp, 'V18' (3 different), 'N1' as well as six diff. photocards of diff. flights (EZ 26C1/27C1), further several vignettes unused. A fine selection Hopferwieser = Euro 3'500+.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 544 Cuba

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    Antonio V. Funes 3rd Test Launch Marilyn 1939 (Oct 8): Cacheted cover with red Rocket Stamp handstamped purple "C 1 25C/ 8 OCT 1939/ 3 R ENSAYO" tied by "Campo Experimental Habana Cuba Octubro 1939". Perfs. little stained, otherwise fine and rare. 21+ covers flown Hopferwieser AF-03a = Euro 2'100.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 545 India

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    Stephen H. Smith Rocket Mail Experiment 'Over Rungpo River' 1935 (13 Apr): Cover with special Silver Jubilee orange & blue label and cancels, overprinted "By Sanction Sikkim Durbar", signed Stephen Smith, rare Hopferwieser SS-18 = Euro 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 546 Netherlands

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    Pioneer Rocket Mail Karl Roberti (1934/35): Group of 18 signed covers, starting with 1934 (Dec. 6) Meteoor P.9, Poolster P.12 (2), Mars P.13 (4 of which three with imperf. labels), Venus OP.15), Icarus R.V.1 (perf./imperf.), Santos Dumont R.V.2, Neerlandia P.P.1 (3), Luxemburgia R.Kr.1, Belgica (2), Jupiter P.26 and Albertine R.V.8, all fine Ellington Zwisler = US$ 5'500.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 547 India

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    Stephen H. Smith, Rocket No. 66, Parcel Rocket Experiment 1935 (June 29): Special printed Rocketgrams (2) franked with Silver Jubilee 9d. and special label, both signed by Stephen Smith. One leaflet with minor stains, second fresh and fine Hopferwieser SS-22 = Euro 560.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 548 India

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    Sikkim 1935 Stephen H. Smith Rocket Mail - Royal Silver Jubilee Firing: Group of four envelopes and two cards of diff. starts as March 23rd 'Diamond Harbour P.O.' and April (7-10) 'Sikkim - Durbar Service' incl. 'Tashi Namgyal Field' green and yellow cards and 'Over River Ranakali' with red label Hopferwieser SS09, SS10, SS11a, SS12a, SS13, SS14 = Euro 1'070.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 549 India

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    1937 (May 12): Stephen H. Smith - group including two cards 'Coronation Rocket No. 141', three cards of  'Rocket Train Eryc Cyn' Behala 22/9/37' as well as card of 'Rocket Train Herbert E. Barber' Sept. 22nd Hopferwieser SS45-SS47 = Euro 740.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 550 Soviet Union

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    U.S.S.R. 1978 (Aug 26): Selection of six covers, incl. two Soyuz 31on-board covers signed by Sigmund Jähn GDR and other crew members, 1981 (March 30) Soyuz 39 registered on-board cover No. 563 with Mongolian postmark together with 1982 (June 24/July 02) Soyuz T-6 stationery envelope, signed by crew members further 1987 (Nov. 21) MIR / PROGRESS 33 / SOJUS TM-3  First Commercial Mail to the Space station MIR cover (0301) addressed to the crew, franked with Sputnik 10 kop. commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Sputnik launch, tied by special cancellation at Moscow General P.O. (Oct. 4) with adjacent Baykonur Cosmodrom P.O. cancel (Nov. 21) and sent by Progress-33 cargo spacecraft up to the MIR space station, receiving a special cancel on board and signed by the Cosmonauts Romanenko and Alexandrov. Returned to Baikonur with Sojus TM-3, confirmed by Arkalyk P.O. special cancel (Dec. 29) and signed on reverse by the Chairman of the USSR Glavkosmos A.I. Dunaev. Cover 301/1000 with certificate Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga (9.3.88).Rare Hopferwieser S6-2g + S6-5e + S7-1f.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 551 People's Republic of China

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    Recoverable Satellites of People's Republic of China 1994/2006: Selection of eight Space flown covers including 1994 cover of Jiuquan Satellite Center (JSLC) taken from the recovered cabin at Beijing, 1999 (Nov. 19/20), Shenzou-1 Space flown covers (2) numbered '0000586', CAST-PRF1 (2-1) and CAST-PRF1 (2-2), both cancelled by JSLC postmark "1999.9.9." with "Beijing China Aerospace City 2006.9.30.11" arrival on reverse, further Shenzou-5,2003 (Oct. 15/16) 'First Time Manned Aerospace Flight' - flown 'DAWN' cover numbered '0000085' together with the mint minature sheet, 18th Recoverable Satellite 2003 (Nov. 03/21) cover numbered '030151' in black, 19th Recoverable Satellite 2004 (Aug. 24 - Sept. 09), Space flown cover numbered on reverese '00208' of 500, bearing 'Jiuquan 2004.9.25.20' cds., 20th Recoverable Satellite 2004 (Sept. 27- Oct.15), 22nd Recoverable Satellite 2005 (Aug. 2 - Sept. 16) cover numbered '007/010' cancelled "2005.8.6.10" and postmarked on reverse "Beijing China Aerospace City 2005.9.17.20" with official certificate as well as 23rd Recoverable Satellite 2006 (Sept. 09/24) cover numbered '10/30' cancelled "2006.8.28.9" postmarked on reverse "Beijing China Aerospace City 2006.9.30.11". All with official folders and certificates. Hopferwieser: SZ-01a, RC-02a, RC-03a+b, SZ-05a+e, RC-04, RC-5a, RC-07a,  RC-08a = Euro 8'000+
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 552 USA

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    1932/92: Selection of var. Balloon Flights starting with Auguste Piccard's 'Century of Progress Stratosphere Balloon Flight' (Aug. 5 1933) commemorating the Stratosphere Balloon ascension during the 1933 World's fair in Chicago, Stratosphere Balloon EXPLORER II - 'U.S. Army National Geographic Stratosphere Flight' Rapid City South Dakota 1935 (July 12), Maj. David G. Simons signed commemorative envelope of his 1957 High Altidude Record Flight at 19 miles (31 km) above the Earth as well as Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger two signed photographs together with 1960 (Sept. 10) cover of his World Record for the highest skydive—102,800 feet (31.3 km) which lasted from 1960 until 2012.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 553 USA

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 554 USA

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    1961 (July 21): Grissom Type I "U.S.S. Randolph (CVS-15)" Prime Recovery Ship, clear and fine strike on 11c. aerogram with PROJECT MERCURY / AUSTRONAUT CAPT. V.I. GRISSOM / SPACECRAFT "LIBERTY BELL 7' in blue. The Mercury-Redstone 4 was the second United States human spaceflight July 21, 1961. The spacecraft Mercury capsule #11, was nicknamed 'Liberty Bell 7' and was piloted by astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom. Recovery ship covers from Grissom's suborbital flight are rare.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 555 USA

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    Lots & Collections US-Rocket Mail and Satellites 1958/70: Fine selection of 65+ covers, including 1959 (Sep.9) Big Joe Project Mercury Launch, Apollo 2 1966 (Jul 5) 'Saturn 1B AS-203' Launch, 1967 (Jan 27) Patrick Air Force Base FL 'Fire in Space Craft', further 1958/59 Explorer Satelite Launches (9) with one of Mombasa (1970), 1960 Wallop's Island (4), 1958 Vanguard (3), Discoverer (27) as well as 1962 Mariner I and Transit 1B and 2A.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 556 Collections/lots Europe

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    Rocket Mail 1933/79: Album 100+ covers of various rocket starts, incl. Gerhard Zucker Stiege 1933 (Nov. 6) properly cacheted cover 'Durch Nacht zum Licht' with perf. 3m. blue & red and Wagner 6 Pfg. green tied by 'Nov. 6. Hasselfelde' cds. (EZ14C1) and Winter Relief Start 'Hexentanzplatz' (five covers, EZ 6C1 +6C1a), GB 1934 Harris - Scarp and 1965 steam rocket 'Grillo' Brighton, 1934 Trieste three different, 1960 Maribor (3), Poland 1960 Klucze, Karl Roberti 1935 'Belgica' and 'Luxemburgia R..Kr. 1', G. Zucker Channel Rocket I (2) as well as 1962/63 Danish Rocket Union (9), 1964 Sweden 'Andra Svenska Postraket-Experiment' (3) plus later postal rockets further a Satellite 'Syncom 2' cover of French Polynesia and 'Ariane L01' compl. cover set of ten, furtherAustralian Rocket Society 1935/37 Maheno - Fraser Island Rocket Flight, 'Orion' Royal Silver Jubilee rocket and R.T.-7 together with 1966 'EUROPA 1' Launch covers and '3rd. ELDO LAUNCH' (EZ F-3) at Woomera South Australia, USA with 1936 1st American Rocket Plane 'Hewitt N.J. Feb. 23' and '1st international Rocket Flight to Mexico, 1939 Official Cuban Rocket Mail (3) with nine 1961 commemorative covers (EZ 46C4), in addition Japanese rocketmail with first Japanese Satellite 'Orumi 1' (EZ J002a).
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 557 USA

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    Prephilately 1813 (1 June): Entire letter from New Orleans, Louisiana via Havana to Veracruz, Mexico, charged in red with '3' reales in transit. Cert. Comex (2014). 
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 558 USA

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    1851: Remarkable tiny entire letter (63 x 33 mm.) with embossed colourless illustration of lady on horseback with wreathed "TO" below, endorsed "per Express" addressed to "J.C. Kindman, Present" and reverse with paper seal reading "IF YOU NEGLECT ME YOU LOSE ME". The love letter enclosed reads: "Agawam¹ '51, Tues. Eve; My dear Charles, Are you still in the land of the living? If so, permit me who am so much the younger of the twain to speak a word to thee. Why in the world do we not either see you, hear from you, or let us know the reason why? Do you know how it grieves me to see you so negligent? Oh! Charles! "You'll break my heart, I fear you will, if you continue so" ² If you do not write soon I fear you will never receive another such a long letter from me as this. Yours to the end, Hannah".rn1. Agawam is now Ipswich, Massachusetts.rn2. The quote in the letter comes from an old Kentucky song called "Fanny Gray, A Ballad of Real Life."rnA quite remarkable and most unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 559 USA

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    Issued Stamps 1847: 10 c. George Washington on folded letter from CINCINATTI to PHILADELPHIA, the stamp has full to very large margins all round, very large at left, tied by red grid cancel, the cancellation is light and clean, signed next to the stamp with pencil and signed 'Ward' on backside.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 560 USA

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    1867 (28 Nov.): Cover from Quincy Illinois to Lenzburg, Switzerland, endorsed "via Liverpool", bearing 1861/62 30 c. orange, tied by Star fancy cancel with adjacent QUINCY despatch cds in black and framed "Franco Preuss. resp. Vereinsl. Ausg. Gr." handstamp in blue at top right, reverse with Prussian "VERVIERS COELN" TPO datestamp in blue, Baden "BAD. BAHNHPOST" TPO in black, BASEL transit and LENZBURG arrival (17. Dez.) cds's.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 561 USA

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    Air Mail 1932: Washington 3 c. purple, used on official First Transatlanic Flight cover from New York to Kaunas, Lithuanian, dated 15 July 1933, tied by Brooklyn duplex in black, carried on the ill fated 'Lituanica' which crash in Poland 650km away from the intended destination, with event postmark in black alongside the commemorative cachet in violet, cover number '270' (there being 983 sold to support the flight costs), to the reverse a Kaunas arrival dated 18 July 1933.rnNote: The 'Lituanica' was a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane flown from New York across the Atlantic by Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas in 1933. After successfully flying 6,411 km (4,043 miles), it crashed, due to undetermined circumstances, 650 km (404 miles) from its destination, Kaunas, Lithuania. Both pilots perished.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 562 USA

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    1918/1928: Group of four air mail covers including, 1920 first flight USA to Cuba with event cachets and arrival franked with three 2 c.; an American Maritime Agencies envelope franked with 24 c. Jenny tied by 'Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. - New York' duplex in violet dated 18 July; 1918 16 c. Jenny tied to 'Winged Letters' Inaugral aerial post flight and 1928 Graf Zeppelin first flight cachet on commemorative postcard from Lakehurst to London; condition very mixed, a scarce selection. 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 563 USA

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    Lots & Collections 1851-2002: Collection from 19th century on mostly modest contents, from 1975 never hinged, including many booklets and mini-sheets, so there is postally valid material for a quite considerable amount. At the end officials, revenues, Canal Zone, Hawaii, 6 albums in total. Catalog value according to the consignor Michel about € 7000.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 564 USA

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    1869/1972: Dealers stock of almost exclusively unused stamps, comprising two large stock books and three folders, in the main never hinged, a very fresh and clean accumulation, some blocks and multiples, imperforates and the odd marginal, good range of the lower values, some better, several sets, signigicant duplication in places, nicely organised chronologically, a very fine collection.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,000 CHF

    Lot# : 565 USA

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    1887/1990 ca: Extensive collection in two large boxes, that consists mostly of US Postal subscription from years 1970 to 1990, incl. three Lighthouse Albums, beginning with a few used items from the classic period. There are a few albums with full sheets (commemoratives and semi-postals), also blocks of four, FDCs, covers, postcards and other valid postage. Over $1´000 valuable face value.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 566 USA

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    1900-1910ca.: About 500 picture postcards either to Switzerland or to France or uncirculated. 168 cards are housed in an album with a good range of topics as Indians, Chinatown, industries, timber industry, buildings, transports and expositions (Louisiana Purchase 1904), there are also American Sports, Patriotic Cards including various presidents, US Army etc. Quite a lot of cards with Irish themes, such as St. Patrick's Day. There are nine souvenir folders from Chicago (Chicago and it's beautiful parks), Cleveland, St. Louis etc. one the cover without the cards (Cherokee).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 567 Argentina

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    Prephilately 1729 & 1741: Documents (2) with 13 May 1729 document regarding the founding of a new Hospital in Buenos Ayres with circular Royal Seal of King Phillip V of Spain in black at top and a futher strike on reverse alongside "Sello Quarto" and date; and 28 January 1741 Papal Bull regarding the teaching of the Catholic religion in Buenos Ayres, signed at base "Yo el Rey" with King Phillip V's embossed seal below. Some age spotting as to be expected but scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 568 Argentina

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    Colonial 1803 (June 25): Long entire letter from Buenos Ayres to Valencia struck on entry with "CADIZ" straight line handstamp and large "10" (reales) marking both in red. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 569 Brasil

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    Air Mail 1926 (May 23 - Oct. 11): Duggan, Oliviero and Campanelli  First Flight USA - Brazil - Uruguay -  Two covers flown from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo, one franked by 1924/32 200r other by 100r and pair of 50r., both tied by Rio de Janeiro cds and neat "AVIÃO "BUENOS AYRES" / =RAID= / New York-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Ayres" framed hs in violet black. Only ten covers flown, a rarity of South American early airmails. Covers minimal toned, otherwise fine and scarce.rnNote: Carried from Rio de Janeiro to Montevideo by the seaplane "Buenos Ayres", piloted by Bernado Duggan, E. Olivero and Ernesto Campanelli. According to the "El Correo Aéreo Rioplatense" handbook by Bousquet, the widow of Bernardo Duggan stated that ten covers were dispatched to Montevideo.rn 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 570 France

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    1930 (May 11): First Successful Crossing of the South Atlantic by Jean Mermoz - Two special printed CGA envelopes from "Paris May 10 1930", one franked with 10f and 50c tied by 'Paris Gare Austerlitz' meter mark to Buenos Aires (May 14) and signed by Mermoz, other franked with 5f and 2f (2) to Pernambuco (May 13) signed by Jean Dabry, both envelopes with special cachet "PREMIER TRAVERSÉE COMMERCIALE / DE L'ATLANTIQUE-SUD / PAR UN HYDRAVION DE L'AÉROPOSTALE" in violet. A fine pair.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 571 Argentina

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    The Makowski Flight from Los Angeles to Poland 1938 (May 13 - June 5): Airmail envelope from "Buenos Aires May 24" franked with 15 c. to Warsaw, carried by a team of LOT Polish Airlines personnel, headed by General Manager Major Wacław Makowski on their experimental flight from Los Angeles via Southamerica back to Poland in a Lokheed 14H Super Electra. Envelope with special flight cachet in violet and "Warszawa 2 "LOT" 5.VI.38.18" arrival mark on reverse. Fine and scarce.rnThe team delivered an L–14H Super Electra aircraft, the fifth Lockheed long–distance civilian passenger and cargo aircraft purchased by LOT (registration SP–LMK). They took off from Burbank, California, and, after touring back South America, crossed the South Atlantic from Natal, Brazil to Dakar,Senegal traveling 1,908 miles (3,070 km) in 11 hours 10 minutes, then via Rome to Warszawa. The distance covered was 15,441 miles (24,850 km) and the flying time was 85 hours, quite a feat at that time. The flight marked a milestone in air freight as, until then, airliners were delivered across the Atlantic as deck cargo on ships. See AIRPOST JOURNAL February 2013 article by Jerzy W. Kupiec–Weglinski and Jacek Kosmala.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 572 Argentina

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    Lot# : 573 Argentina

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    Air Mail Collections 1928/38: Collection in two albums with 85 first flight covers, starting with 1928 James Doolittle test flights, 1929 NYRBA First flight to Montevideo and its extension to New York, FAM 9 route and Panagra extension Buenos Aires - Santiago - Cristobal and further connections to Cuba, First flight Service by Lloyd Aereo Boliviano LAB, compl. airmail set ovpted. '6 de Septiembre 1930-31' on two registered envelopes carried 1931 (Sept. 11) by Panagra service to New York, 1931 Panam First fligth service extending the FAM 10 'Atlantic' route 'Via Ruta Atlantica' from Miami to Buenos Aires of which three with "PANAIR" special cachets from Bahia, including rare leg to Natal and San Juan Puerto Rico (only 11 carried), further Panam service from Kingston Jamaica to Buenos Aires, high $9.20 franking on 1933 (Aug. 25) United Steel Company business envelope to New York, three envelopes with good frankings of Port of Spain, Trinidad (1935/38), 1935 (May 31) First flight Buenos Aires - La Paz Bolivia as well as further First flights to Lima Peru, Cordoba-Salta - La Paz, 1937 First flight from Asuncion, Paraguay to Buenos Aires and at last a 1938 (April 15) envelope from Hamilton Bermuda down to Rosario. A fine offer with approx 90% outgoing and 10% incoming airmail to Argentine.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 574 Zeppelin Acceptances

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    British Acceptances of  Zeppelin Mail to Argentine 1932/34: Selection of nine covers with high frankings, all by Zeppelin mail to Buenos Aires, including 1932 1st South American Flight with three commercially used items with one registered printed matter franked 1s printed matter rate and 3d registration (sic!), 4th SA-flight, 1933 Chicago-flight and 5th SA-flight triple rate commercially used envelope, 1934 registered envelope with high Seahorse franking of 5s and 10s via "Friedrichshafen 18.8.34" of 6th SA flight as well as 1934 Argentine flight with two covers of which one with 2 x 10s Bradbury-Wilkinson Seahorses (SG 417).
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 575 Argentina

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    WW II Airmail connections from and to Southamerica via USA and Transatlantic Air Services to Europe 1939/45: Fine four volume collection 270 covers showing a variety of usages, frankings and destinations, including Panagra Flight service and Pan Am wartime clipper service with many interesting acceptances as Bohemia and Moravia, Curaçao, Switzerland, Sweden (20+), Great Britiain with high frankings, further Argentine Red Cross mail (1942), mail to undercover address for South American volunteers in British Forces (1942), Consular and Diplomatic Mail (1943), P.o.W. mail to Switzerland and further interesting material waiting to be discovered. Viewing essential.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,800 CHF

    Lot# : 576 Argentina

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    Lufthansa Connections to Argentine 1955/2005: The extensive collection 700+ covers/cards of First flight mail to and from Argentine, including diff. legs, starting with 1955 (Aug.15) Hamburg - Buenos Aires with acceptances from Saar (4), GDR (13), Austria (13), Luxembourg (2), Finland (3), Switzerland (2), 1956 (Aug. 18) First Direct Flight Service 'LH520' Hamburg - Paris - Buenos Aires with acceptances from Saar (2), France (4, one with cert. Grabowski) together with Mail from Argentine back to Germany with legs to Brasil, further Swiss acceptances incl. 1957 (April 17) LH502 fligth via Hamburg to Buenos Aires as well as Argentine acceptance to 1960 First flight service Rome-Dharan, Saudiarabia (only five known), all neatly mounted on 300+ album pages, all with accurate description in seven volumes.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 577 Argentina

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    Argentina Lots & Collections 1858-2000ca.: Collection used and unused, classics in mixed condition, what concerns the semi-classic issues, there are several better sets such as airpost / Zeppelin stamps and souvenir sheets. The modern part appears to be complete over long stretches. In 4 expensive Lighthouse-Preptined Albums (hingeless). There is an additional album with sleeves for FDCs.Very attractive to continue and to complete this collection.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 578 Argentina

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    1859/81: Lot eight stamps used / unused and four covers incl. Buenos Aires Cabecitas 1 p. blue unused and used pair, 1 p. rose-carmine, an unused and two used examples, one with variety 'outer frameline completely disappeared'; Republic Escuditos pair 5 c. rose with neat MENDOZA handstamp, Rivadavia 15 c. blue with part CERTIFICADO strike. Also 1862 cover bearing 5 c. Escudito with accent on cover from Rosario to Buenos Aires, 1870 Buenos Ayres to Bordeaux with French steamer 'Niger' with Belgrano 16. c green rouletted, 1878 entire letter Rosario to Mendoza bearing Rivadavia 8 c. lake; and 1881 Ingoing folded letter from Barcelona to Buenos Aires franked with twice 40 c. carried by "Vapor Rio Plata", taxed upon arrival showing "Maso Pintos Barcelona" and "Abonados" handstamps.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 579 Argentina

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    1914/2018: Collection of IRC International Reply Coupns, 37 differnt types, incl. 1914 (March 15) Rome Design Type IV 'Buenos Aires', 1916 (Feb. 28) Rome design Type IV 'Franqueo B.A'. and up to 2015/18 issues, which are quite rarely offered.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 580 Argentina

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    Tierra del Fuego: Selection of six picture postcards unused / used with motifs of the Indian tribes Onas & Yamanes living in this area, also two postcards depicting gold mining at Ushuaia and Sloget Bay, in addition six Liebig cards with Terre de Feu motifs. Lot includes also five postcards with other Indian motifs from Argentina, e.g. from Gran Chaco and Jujuy provinces. A difficult to assemble lot.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 581 Buenos Aires

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    Buenos Aires, 1858 (16 Dec): Lettersheet from Buenos Aires to Corrientes bearing Barquito 4 Pesos vermillion, tied by black 'ponchito' mute obliterator, "CORREIOS DE BUENOS AIRES" despatch datestamp alongside. One of five covers known. Certs. Calves (1990), Gazzolo (2018) Scott = $ 20'000.rnReference: Gazzolo - Barquitos Correspondences as number 70 on page 55.
    Starting bid : 15,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 582 Bolivia

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    Colonial 1824: Quarterly report from the Oruro Post Office dated at base December 31, struck at top with perfect strikes of abbreviated / truncated "RTA. DE CORREOS" Nacional "POR EL REY" and "ORURO" handstamps (Colareta figs. 3+4+5, almost certainly taken from this document) at top all in red. A magnificent document in the finest possible condition - and very probably the last such sent with the "POR EL REY" as Bolivia's Independence was secured the following year.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 583 Bolivia

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    1875: Printed Matter rate cover from La Paz to Versailles, France endorsed "Con impresos" and "via Panama" struck on despatch with oval "REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA / PAZ / FRANCA" in violet, carried by Peruvian P.O. in Tacna (March 16) and British P.O. in ARICA with single ring cds in black (March 17). Three line dated "PANAMA / TRANSIT" in black (March 28) and from Colon on Ligne A Steamer (April 1) to Versailles (April 26) where charged '15' décimes handstruck in black. Cover sensibly opened for Exhibit display, rare.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 584 Bolivia

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    1876: Prepaid cover front from La Chimba (later Antofagasta) to Montevideo via Magellan Straits, struck with "CORREOS DE BOLIVIA / LA CHIMBA / ABRIL 30 76", intaglio oval "CORREOS DE LA CHIMBA / BOLIVIA" with Steamer vignette and oval "CANCELLADO" all in blue - the sole, unique example of all three handstamps applied to the same cover - with Montevideo arrival (June 5) in black and tax mark "10" to pay. Exceptional and very rare.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 585 Bolivia

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    1790/1850c.: The collection on leaves (19 covers/fronts) with six pages from the Ortiz-Patiño collection, from Colonial period onwards with circa 179o turned cover with "FRANCA" and "ORURO" and "3½" in red and "COTAGAITA" on reverse, 1795 cover with "PLATA" to Lima in red and another to Buenos Ayres, 1821 cover with "ORURO" in red, 1822 covers (2) with str. line "POTOSI" in red, prepaid covers with "TUPISA" and "FRANCA" in red and in blue, further entirs from "CALAMA", "PAZ DE AYACUCHO" and "FRANCA / SUCRE" in red etc.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 586 Brasil

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    Prephilately 1839: Printed Matter entire letter written in German to London, endorsed "pr. Alert Pkt.", struck on despatch by fine "RIO-JANEIRO" double arc despatch cds (May 21) in black (early usage, known from January only). Reverse with London arrival (July 22) and manuscript notation "Only Double, Fredk. Huth & Co." and the rate changed from "10/6d." due to pay to a prepaid "7/-" in red manuscript. Scarce.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 587 Brasil

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    Issuance of the Bull's Eyes 1843 (2 Aug): Entire stampless letter from Diamantina to Rio de Janeiro, despatched on the second day of the Bull's Eyes with handwritten note of the date on front, struck by oval framed "V. DIAMANTINA" handstamp in black. The receiver had to pay '120' reis.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 588 Brasil

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    Issued Stamps 1843: 30 r. black with large margins all around and in deep fresh shade. There is a barely detectable pinhole in the right part of the figure '0'. Unused, mounted, lage part og. Scott = $ 4'500, Mi = € 4'300.rnProvenance: Corinphila sale 107, lot 3754.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 589 Brasil

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    1843: Bull's Eyes, group of four used values from different printing states and in different quality, struck by light datestamps or handstamps incl. 30 r., 60 r. (2) and 90 r. Gi = £1'325.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 590 Brasil

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    1846 (14 July): Lettersheet from Santos to Buenos Aires, closed by two single examples of Inclinados 60 r. black, tied by indistinct large double circle "CORREIO DE SANTOS" datestamp. The two adhesives torn when the letter was opened, nevertheless an interesting cover to Argentina, '10' centavos Argentinian charge noted in manuscript.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 591 Brasil

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    1846 ca: Court document comprising four pages of the Tribunal da Relacao in Rio de Janeiro, bearing Inclinados 60 r. and six single examples of 90 r. with suboptimal cut, not postmarked. The document as usual with tears, toning and acid ink, nevertheless a fine presentation.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 592 Brasil

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    1857: Complete Court document comprising four pages of the Tribunal in Rio Bonito, bearing on front a multiple franking of Verticais 30 r. black, with a block of ten, a block of eight, two strips of four, a vertical strip of three and a pair, some irregularities as to be expected, cancelled / tied by framed "RIO BONITO" handstamp in black. A fine and fresh ensemble with this mass franking.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 593 Brasil

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    1852: Complete Court document comprising 44 pages of the Tribunal in Rio de Janeiro, bearing on front a multiple franking of Verticais 30 r. black, with two vertical blocks of twelve and eight, respectively, some irregularities as to be expected, with overall good to large margins, cancelled by five strikes of oval "THESOURA DO CORREIO DA CORTE" court handstamp in black. A fine and fresh ensemble with this mass franking.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 594 Brasil

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    1852/53: Complete Court document comprising 31 pages of the Tribunal in Rio de Janeiro, bearing on front Verticais 30 r. in a vertical marginal pair and 90 r. in a vertical strip of four, the strip touched at vase, the adhesives otherwise with good to large margins, not postmarked. A very fine and fresh document.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF
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