A21 Rod Perry's Airborne Commercial Mail to Australasia 1899-1945 Part 2

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1935-39 selection carried on Imperial Airways services which experienced delays owing to circumstances noted: Flights IE391 (mechanical problems Rangoon Nov 16-17 1935), IE638 (engine trouble Allahabad Mar 29-30 1938), IE654 (head winds Athens May 20-21 1938), SE4 (poor light Allahabad Aug 7-8 1938), SE9 (engine trouble Penang Aug 19-20 1938 – attractive Hotel advertising cover), SE61 (weather delays Athens, Alexandra, Allahabad – scarce unsealed Printed matter), SE64 (unspecified delay Marbella Dec 29-30), rates of between 7k and 21k, useful frankings include 1930 Air 10k and 20k, fine group for Aerophilately specialists. (7) 1936-39 selection from various towns to Henry B Smith of Melbourne, rates from 7k to 20k 50 with frankings including 1930 Air 10k, odd blemish, attractive group. (9)

1937-38 selection of Meter frankings to Henry B Smith of Melbourne, single and multiple impressions for various rates, three separate users, one with partial postage stamp franking. (9) 1939 (Jan-May) trio of more highly franked covers Ceske Budejovice-Sydney and Hodonin-Claremont WA (2, one registered), rates of 22k50, 31k50 (registered – Currency control labels reverse) and 44k, frankings include 1930 Air 10k (3) and 20k, and 1936 10k (4), odd blemish. (3)

1939 (Jan 11) cover (230x150mm) registered Topol’cany to Sydney bearing impressive franking including 1930 Air 20k x3, 5k, and 3k (on reverse), etc, endorsed ‘65gr’ for weight and sent on KLM service via Naples to Netherlands East Indies, aggregate 74k50 representing UPU 7k (60-80gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 6k50 per 10gms x7 (to NEI) plus 1k50 per 5gms x13 (NEI - Australia) + 2k50 registration, minor blemishes, scarce routing.

1939 (Jan 12) Max Roth (Brno) registered to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) bearing very scarce solo franking of 1930 20k Air tied by Brno 1 double-circle, paying UPU 4k (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 4k50 per 10gms x3 plus 2k50 registration, backstamped Praha, Sydney, Registered and Telegraph Office Melbourne, front with superb strike of scarce framed handstamp ‘CARDED/26 JAN 1939/Spencer Street/ GPO, C1’. Fine item for exhibit.

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1939 (Mar 6) registered cover Praha to Australian Jewish Welfare Society (Perth) bearing extraordinary franking including 1930 20k Air marginal strip of five (fault in last unit) tied by Praha 1 segmented-circle cds, aggregate of 101k representing UPU 8k50 (80-100gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 4k50 per 5gms x20 plus 2k50 registration, cover tear at right not unduly detracting, backstamped Praha, Darwin, Perth.

1939 (Aug 16) registered cover (340x130mm) Brno to Christchurch New Zealand bearing remarkable aggregate franking of 236k50 which includes 1936 10k x23, rate representing UPU 19k (220-240gms) plus airmail surcharge 5k per 5gms x43 plus 2k50 registration, Brno circular ‘D.K./Br.2’ censor handstamp, not unexpectedly with some small faults, reverse with currency control and Australia ‘FOUND OPEN/ OFFICIALLY SEALED’ labels, tied by Sydney transit, mss “Received GPO/Sydney with cover cracked/(initial) 29 8 39”, just days prior to declaration of War. The record franking from this origin to Australasia.

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1939 (May 22) cover to Wellington New Zealand bearing on reverse Czech optd 50h and Slovakia 3k block of four, paying UPU 2k50 rate plus airmail surcharge 5k per 5gms x2, a little creased. The only pre-war airmail item from this origin to Australasia recorded by vendor.

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1931 (May 19) cover to Melbourne endorsed for England-India Imperial Airways route (flight IE112) from Brindisi, terminating at Karachi, thence surface to Australia where it joined the Perth-Adelaide internal airmail service, franked 1924 Air 10pf and 2½g tied oval ‘ZOPPOT/(FREIE STADT DANZIG)/LUFTPOST’ datestamp, 2g60 representing UPU 55pf (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 45pf per 10gms x3 (to Karachi) plus 35pf per 15gms x2 (Australia air service was 3d per ½oz), backstamped Danzig. Rare and early airmail origin/destination.

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Danzig (see also Lot no. 856)

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1931 cover to Melbourne from same correspondence as preceding lot, endorsed for London-Karachi-Delhi and Australian internal airmail services, bearing 1924 2g pair tied by oval ‘DANZIG 5/LUFTPOST’ datestamp, rare dual usage of this denomination, backstamped Berlin. Attractive and early.

1931 (Aug 26) cover to Melbourne, endorsed for London-Karachi-Delhi and Australian internal airmail services, bearing 1924 50pf and 1924-25 1g and 5g tied oval ‘ZOPPOT/(FREIE STADT DANZIG)/LUFTPOST’ datestamp, the highest franked of just seven pre-war airmail covers this origin/destination recorded by vendor, backstamped double-circle ‘DANZIG 5/Kur und Seebäder’ and Berlin. Most attractive.

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1932 (Feb 1) cover from Copenhagen to NSW where redirected, endorsed ‘Par avion/en Australie/a’ Delhi’ for Imperial Airways flight IE150 to India, very early entrant of this service for origin/destination, aggregate franking of 1kr75 representing UPU 25ö rate plus airmail surcharge 1kr per 20gms (to India) plus 50ö per 20gms (within Australia), backstamped oval ‘Hamburg-Sallnitz/BAHNPOST/Z.120. 2-2.32’ and Sydney (Mar 5) arrival.

1935-39 selection comprising 1935 2kr40 rate to Dunedin New Zealand, 1937 registered at 6kr40, 1939 2kr30 with L E Bruun perfined 10ö x3 and 1kr pair, and 1939 1kr20 backstamped Berlin (Aug 27 1939 – days before outbreak of WWII) and censored upon arrival in Melbourne, all from Copenhagen except last which is Hirtshals. (4)

1935-40 covers with frankings including 1934 Air 10ö (13, including strips of six x2) and 20ö, 50ö and 1kr pairs, from Copenhagen, Skodsborg (advertising cover – small flap fault) and Odense, to various Australian destinations, rates of 2kr70, 1kr25 and 2kr40. (3) 1937-41 selection from Copenhagen other than 1939 Hirtshals to Melbourne where censored, various rates to 2kr40, noted handstruck ‘NO POST TOWN’ (Victoria marking), 1941 tri-censored cover (Germany, UK, Melbourne - handling faults) to Portugal redirected to Barwon Heads Victoria, etc, odd fault. (6)

1935 (Apr 19) cover Narva to Sydney sent via Sweden to connect with Imperial Airways service (IE335) from Brindisi, franked 1k25 for UPU 25s rate plus airmail surcharge 1k per 5gms, backstamped Stockholm (double-oval handstamp), TPO 2 South NSW & Edgecliff. Four pre-war airmail covers recorded to Australia, three of which are now presented. [Athena landed at Akyab India May 4 1935 with damaged oil tank] 1936 (Apr 21) cover Tallinn to Lakesland NSW with typewritten ‘ESTONIA-CRUSE-AUSTRALIA AIR MAIL’ and handstamped ‘Par avion au delà de Berlin’, franked aggregate 2k30 for UPU 25s plus airmail surcharge 1k per 5gms x2 (overpayment of 5s owing to deployment of 1936 Social Relief Fund 10s+10s), backstamped oval ‘BERLIN-MARIENBURG/BAHNPOST/Zug 2 – 22.4.36’ and TPO 2 South NSW.

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1938 (May 10) registered cover (with original enclosure) Tartu-Vaksal to Goulburn NSW, handstamped registration details, bearing 30s and 1938 2k (scarce on cover) for UPU 25s rate plus airmail surcharge 90s per 5gms x2 plus 25s registration, irregular opening at left, backstamped Darwin, TPO 1 South NSW, Cootamundra, Goulburn. The only pre-war registered airmail cover recorded to Australia.

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1935-37 selection from same correspondence Helsinki-Sydney, conveyed via Imperial Airways service, variety of frankings mostly for 14m50 single airmail rate (5gms), odd small fault, useful group of this origin/ destination which is very scarce in pre-war era. (9)

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1941 (Apr 10) cover Helsinki to Auckland New Zealand with typewritten ‘BY AIRMAIL BY/IMPERIAL AIRWAY LTD./VIA LONDON – GREECE -/SINGAPORE – Auckland’, although backstampings of Stockholm and ‘BERLIN-SASSNITZ/BAHNPOST/Zug 14 – 4.6.38’ indicate surface to Stockholm, thence ferry to Germany and rail to connect with DLH service Berlin-Brindisi and thereafter Imperial Airways service (IE659) to Australia, franked 13m50 for UPU 2m50 rate plus airmail surcharge 11m per 5gms, small faults, very scarce origin/destination for this era.

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1931 (Jun 11) registered cover Paris to Olinda Victoria endorsed ‘via Perth-Adelaide for Australian internal airmail service, franked various issues for aggregate 7f05, representing UPU 1f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 2f per 10gms x2 (within Australia) plus 2f registration, underpaid 45c, backstamped Registered Perth and Melbourne, little roughly opened at base.

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France (see also Lot nos. 3, 18-19, 40, 49, 60, 897, 925, 936, 988, 1037, 1056)

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1932 (Aug 13) cover Brest-Port de Commerce Finistere to Port Kembla NSW bearing colourful franking of aggregate 5f50, unusually routed via northern side of Persian Gulf, representing UPU 1f50 plus airmail surcharge 4f per 10gms, flap fault, backstamped Paris, Marseilles, Sydney.

1934 (May 2) use of 90c Postal Card uprated 5f50 Paris to Broadcasting Station VK2ME Sydney, endorsed for airmail services via Netherlands East Indies and Perth-Adelaide internal, rate of 6f40 representing UPU postcard 90c plus airmail surcharge 3f50 per 5gms (to NEI) plus 2f per 10gms (Australian internal), backstamped Paris, rare and attractive early use of composite airmail services, and important item for Postal Stationery exhibit.

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1934-39 registered selection mostly from Paris, good variety of generally attractive frankings, highest for 31f40, odd small fault, mostly fine. (10) 1935-40 commanding accumulation of generally standard-size (few smaller) covers, wide range of frankings, many attractive, rates between 5f50 to 52f50, one of 9f30 for ‘Imprimes’ (unsealed) airmail, noted 1937 cover (roughly opened) with scarce franking 1936 100th Flight 10f, a few Meters (one in combination with postage stamps), little if any duplication, odd fault, generally suitable for exhibiting. Great hoard, with much potential. (70)

1936 (Jan 10) cover inscribed ‘TIMBRES’ from Lyon-Terreaux Rhone to Melbourne underfranked at 3f 50 for 6f5gms airmail and with manuscript details and handstruck oval ‘T (10d)’ on front, Australia Postage Due CofA Wmk 2d block of five, affixed to reverse and tied by PO Elizabeth St PBR datestamp.

1936 selection of printed ‘Par Avion’ covers including for Air Afrique-Sabena and Air France, carried by Imperial Airways services, flights IE461 and 498 experiencing engine trouble at Karachi (Jul 16-17) and delay at Rangoon owing to undercarriage damage (Nov 25-26), respectively. (3)

1936 (Oct 24) registered cover Marseilles to Sydney bearing aggregate franking 17f, including scarce use of 1936 100th Flight 10f, representing UPU 1f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 4f 50 per 5gms x3 plus 2f registration, framed ‘CLOSED’ applied at Sydney, backstamped Marseilles, Darwin, TPO 2 South NSW, and Registered Sydney.

1936-37 selection bearing frankings of 1936 Air series, comprising 1f50 x2, 3f x5 (including pair) and 3f50, also 1934 2f25 Air, rates from 6f to 29f75, one registered to New Zealand, odd fault, attractive group. (5)

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1937 cover from Marseilles to Adelaide bearing 75c and 1936 100th Flight 10f, 10f75 for UPU 1f75 rate plus airmail surcharge 4f50 per 5gms x2, backstamped Paris, Adelaide.

1938 registered cover from Paris to Sydney franked on reverse aggregate 77f25 including very scarce use 1938 50f Ader, a little roughly opened, franking an apparent miscalculation for UPU 4f75 (60-80gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 4f50 per 5gms x16 plus 2f registration, Sydney arrival.

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1938 (Jul 22) remarkable cover (295x150mm) from Paris to Sydney bearing astounding aggregate franking of 425f75, including 1938 50f Ader x8, apparently slightly miscalculated: we suggest intended to be UPU 15f75 (280-300gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x either 58 (406f) or 59 (413f). Small faults as one would expect of such a heavy article. The record pre-war franking for this origin/destination.

1938 (Jul 25) registered Tulles, Dentelles cover Caudry Nord to Melbourne bearing aggregate franking 154f75, including rare pair of the 1936 Air 50f ‘Banknote’, representing UPU 5f75 (80-100gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x21 plus 2f registration, some handling faults although very attractive.

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1938 (Oct 13) cover (230x150mm) from Paris to Sydney bearing aggregate franking 164f75 including rare franking of 1936 Air 50f ‘Banknote’ x3, representing UPU 10f75 (miscalculation for 100-120gms rate) plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x22, crease at centre not affecting key stamps, backstamped Sydney & Milson’s Point.

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1938-39 highly franked duo featuring scarce frankings of 1938 50f Ader, comprising [1] 1938 (Nov 11) Henri Bendel Co of Paris cover (295x150mm) to Sydney bearing aggregate franking 145f75 including very scarce pair 50f Ader, representing UPU 5f75 (80-100gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x20, small blemishes for article of this dimension; [2] 1939 (Feb 14) registered cover (315x240mm – some handling faults) franked at 259f75 with 50f Ader x3 (one corner fault) for UPU 12f25 (160-180gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x35 plus 2f50 registration.

1939-45 selection with censored in Australia (5, one scarce early WA Civil Censor tape), dual censored France/Australia and France/UK, and censored UK only, sent via Pan Am Trans-Atlantic service (4, one registered), frankings to 52f, uncommon 20f Normandie Arms solo, etc, odd fault. Desirable group from this difficult era. (11)

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Germany (see also Lot nos. 4, 13-14, 28, 34, 42, 55, 58, 862, 889-90, 893, 908, 913, 915-16, 928-29, 937, 940, 947, 953, 965, 974, 994, 99697, 999, 1002, 1007-08, 1019, 1021, 1025, 1033-34, 1040, 1046-47, 1049, 1052, 1059, 1077)

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1931 (May 12) cover (200x130mm) to Sydney bearing 1930 Air South American Flight 2Rm solo tied by Friedrichshafen datestamp, carried on inaugural day of LZ127 Graf Zeppelin Baltic Sea flight via Berlin and Copenhagen where backstamped, thence surface, appropriate pictorial handstamps for this service, Sydney (Jun 10) arrival backstamp. Extremely rare destination.

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1932 (Jan 30) cover Munich to Samarai Papua bearing 1926 Air 1m and 5pf endorsed for airmail Amsterdam-Medan, 1Rm05 franking representing the UPU 25pf rate plus airmail surcharge 80pf per 10gms, ‘Mit Luftpost’ etiquette with ‘KARACHI/CANCELLED/10FEB32’ applied thereover and maNuscript ‘Via Danashkodi’ added at lower right, carried by KLM flight 63 arriving Danish East Indies Feb 14, thence by surface, backstamped Munich. Very early commercial airmail service destined for Papua.

1932 (May 3) cover Dresden-Sydney franked 2Rm65 with typewritten ‘By airmail to/Delhi and in/Australia’, representing UPU 40pf (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 40pf per 5gms x4 (to Karachi) plus 65pf (within Australia where rate was 3d per ½oz), tear on reverse, scarce early composite use of Imperial Airways Karachi service (IE163) and Australian internal airmail; also 1930-31 covers, earlier with stamp missing, the other (front only, stamp faults) franked 5Rm95 for airmail within Australia. (3) 1932-33 covers from same correspondence from Steinach to Sydney carried on Imperial Airways service to Karachi (flights IE194 and 203), and with typewritten instructions for additional airmail service within Australia, franked 1Rm55 and 1Rm90 for 10-15gms and 15-20gms airmail surcharges, respectively, backstamped Sydney, former (small flap fault) also Bologna. Very early examples of use of composite airmail services prior to introduction of through airmail. (2)

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1933 (Dec 5) real photo postcard from Grobschönau to Victoria franked aggregate 65pf for UPU 15pf (postcard) rate plus airmail surcharge 50pf, carried Imperial Airways flight IE246, the first to be extended from Rangoon to Singapore. Postcards accelerated by airmail in this early period very rare.

1934 (Oct 9) Lufthansa airmail cover accelerated by catapult-launched aircraft from Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Europa to connect at Southampton with Imperial Airways service (flight IE290) terminating at Karachi, franked aggregate 75pf (UPU 25pf rate plus airmail surcharge 50pf per 5gms), cancelled by appropriate datestamp, the handstamp in green below, Lufthansa Reise im Flugzeug sealing etiquette affixed to reverse, minor blemishes. Very few catapult service items recorded to Australia.

$750

1934 (Oct 21) real photo postcard (LZ127 Graf Zeppelin) to Melbourne carried to Friedrichshafen by Graf Zeppelin (arrived Oct 23), thence surface to Australia, franked 1Rm40 for UPU 15pf postcard rate plus airmail surcharge 1Rm25, appropriate handstamps applied. Extremely rare to Australia. [Message reads: ‘22 oct 1934/Flying to Europe/on the Zeppelin/I hope I can pay/you some day/a visit/Best regards/Pierre Noiseux’(Buenos Aires)]

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1934-38 trio of attractive frankings carried by Imperial Airways flights which experienced delays, comprising [1] 1934 IE285 engine trouble at Delhi (Sep 14) and at Prachaur Siam (Sep 16-17); [2] 1935 IE307 engine trouble Akyab Burma (Jan 26-27), registered from Bremen to Adelaide with solo 2Rm, ‘Reichstreubund’ (Swastika) etiquette tied to reverse; and [3] 1938 SE62 delayed by inclement weather Alexandria (Dec 2021), higher franking 30Rm10 registered from Leipzig to Sydney includes 2Rm, 3Rm (3, two stamp issues) and 5Rm; some small faults. (3) 1934-37 Fischer & Krecke covers from Bielefeld to Melbourne carried airmail within Australia only and by through airmail service (2), franked 45pf (UPU 25pf rate plus 20pf Australian internal airmail surcharge) and 75pf (UPU 25pf rate plus 50pf per 5gms), these carried by Imperial Airways flight IE429 which experienced engine trouble Karachi (Mar 26-27 1936), or IE608, last with typewritten ‘Via BPA 1 Munchen!’ bearing unusual late usage of 1931 ‘Mit Luftpost’ black/blue etiquette (Mair #GER-A-16). (3)

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The following ten (10) lots comprise higher denomination frankings 1935-39 from the remarkable hoard emanating from Gottfried Rüppel Bremen, Wool Importers, registered to Henry B. Smith Melbourne, Wool Brokers. The covers are generally linen-backed (370x145mm), believed to have contained samples, and accordingly many have blemishes/faults in varying degrees. A skilled restorer could enhance most. The 1934 2Rm Lilienthal and 3Rm Zeppelin, which dominate the frankings, are unchecked for scarcer horizontally ribbed gum. [See also Lot nos. 197, 890, 908, 916, 929, 937, 1021, 1025 )

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1935-39 Selection with frankings from 15Rm45 to 75Rm80 (with 3Rm Zeppelin x25!), including 2Rm (40) and 3Rm (107). (11)

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1935-39 Selection with frankings from 9Rm to 62Rm25 (with 3Rm Zeppelin block of 19), including 2Rm (18) and 3Rm (105). (11) 1935-39 Selection with frankings from 10Rm15 to 63Rm40 (with 3Rm Zeppelin x21), including 2Rm (5) and 3Rm (115), (11).

1935-39 Selection with frankings from 11Rm80 to 62Rm25 (with 3Rm Zeppelin block of 20), including 2Rm (4) and 3Rm (117). (11) 1935-39 Selection with frankings from 13Rm30 to 64Rm55 (with 2Rm Lilienthal x30), including 1924 3Rm Marienburg strip of six, and 1934 2Rm (52) and 3Rm (69). (10)

1935-39 Selection with frankings from 13Rm30 to 69Rm20 (with 3Rm Zeppelin x23), including 2Rm (31) and 3Rm (110). (11) 1935-39 Selection with frankings from 12Rm30 to 67Rm70 (with 3Rm Zeppelin x22), including 1925 5Rm Speyer Cathedral strip of eight, and 1934 2Rm (22) and 3Rm (97). (11)

1935-39 Selection with frankings from 13Rm05 to 72Rm (3Rm Zeppelin x24), including 2Rm (15) and 3Rm (113). (11) 1935-39 Selection with frankings from 6Rm75 (not registered) to 56Rm20 (with 3Rm Zeppelin x18), including 2Rm (17) and 3Rm (84). (10) 1935-39 Selection with frankings from 13Rm75 to 72Rm (with 3Rm Zeppelin x23), including 1925 5Rm Speyer Cathedral x10 (another stamp absent), and 1934 2Rm (12) and 3Rm (94). (10) (Illustrated on IBC) $2,200

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1935-39 selection exclusively with von Hindenburg frankings to Australia, excellent range of compositions with little duplication, noted use of Customs labels, perfins, 1937 redirected by air within Australia (additional KGV 3d affixed for the purpose) upon arrival, 1939 air to Suez, thence to DEI and finally Sydney, highest rated for 20Rm40 registered Leipzig-Sydney bearing remarkable franking of 100pf x20 (two blocks, originally first two vertical rows of sheet), irregularly opened at side, rare early censored upon arrival at Sydney (posted Breslau Aug 29 1939), etc, odd fault, generally fine lot. (76) 1935-39 selection featuring frankings of 1934 Air Golden Eagle to Australia (one to New Zealand), highest franking for 11Rm80 (includes 100pf x11) registered Berlin-Sydney, solo frankings of 80pf and 100pf (meter backstamp), 1938 with Customs labels, one stamp dislodged in transit and Australia Postage Dues affixed, etc, odd fault, generally fine and attractive lot. (24)

1935-39 selection featuring commemorative/special issues to Australia, a number of attractive and scarcer frankings, includes perfins, registered (2), etc, odd fault, generally fine. (19) 1935-39 further selection featuring commemorative/special issues to Australia, again includes number of attractive and scarcer frankings with higher denominations present, perfins, registered (2), etc, odd fault, generally fine. (19)

1935-39 selection of Imperial Airways serviced flights which experienced delays, spanning different flights between IE385 and SE164 (details lightly pencilled on reverse), including IE389 where Mediterranean weather Brindisi-Athens was so poor that SS Calitea carried mails, air service resuming Athens-Alexandria, engine trouble (IE461), damaged undercarriage at Rangoon (IE498), the eventful SE60 which returned Alexandria-Athens Dec 14 1938 to retrieve mail load ex Egeria, later (Dec 16-17) delayed at Jiwani India due to mechanical problems, registered Ratibor to Sydney, etc, some useful frankings, odd fault, generally fine lot. (22) 1936 (Apr 10) real photo postcard (LZ129 Hindenburg) to Perth carried to Friedrichshafen by Hindenburg on maiden voyage for the return flight from Brazil, thence surface to Australia, franked 1Rm50 which paid UPU 25pf letter rate (should have been 15pf for postcard) plus airmail surcharge 1Rm25, appropriate special datestamp and handstamp applied. [Message reads: ‘Tomorrow I will arrive in/Germany after a most/delightful trip on this, the/new Zeppelin Hindenburg./It is the last word in/luxury and comfort/and I am enjoying/every moment of it./With kindest regards to/you all/Adele Veronica Vail.’]

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1937 (Nov 12) Gottfried Rüppel (Bremen) registered linen-backed cover (folded at right by sender to 345x145mm) to Henry B. Smith Melbourne endorsed ‘752g’ and bearing amazing franking of 1934 3Rm Count Zeppelin block of 20, strip of seven (on reverse), and 10pf, aggregate 81Rm10 representing UPU 5Rm80 (740-760gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 50pf per 5gms x150 plus 30pf registration, few faults, however remarkably good for a cover which weighted over three-quarters of a kilogram, Melbourne arrival backstamp. The record franking pre-war airmail cover to Australasia.

1938 (May-Oct) covers (largest 315x145mm) to Sydney, two registered Berlin-Charlottenburg from same correspondence sent same day (Sep 22) and therefore carried together on Imperial Airways service (flight SE26), rated 13Rm 30 and 15Rm45 for 115-120gms and 135-140gms rates, respectively, frankings including 1925 5Rm x5, both with multiple ‘FOUND OPEN/OFFICIALLY SEALED’ labels affixed tied at Sydney (Oct 5), and May 5 and Oct 12 registered covers from same correspondence Leipzig-Sydney endorsed ‘Via Amsterdam’ for KLM service via Naples, franked 8Rm20 and 13Rm, each cover franked with one or more 1925 5Rm Speyer Cathedral. (4)

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199 PS 1941-44 Prisoners-of-War Postal Stationery from New Zealand internees, comprising various editions Lettersheets (3) and Postal Cards (10, three franked 40pf Hitler), earliest two endorsed ‘Air Mail From Baghdad’, balance via USA Trans-Atlantic services, multitude of camp, ‘Taxe perçue’, transit, censor markings, etc, few with faults, generally good, useful lot. (13) 200 PS 1942-44 Prisoners-of-War Stationery from Australian internees, comprising various editions Lettersheets (2, one franked 40pf Hitler) and Postal Cards (5, one franked 40pf Hitler), endorsed for via USA Trans-Atlantic services, multitude of camp, “Taxe perçue”, transit, censor markings, etc, some faults, generally good. (7)

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201 PS 1942-44 Prisoners-of-War Stationery exclusively from New Zealand internee N.H. Atkinson (#8303), to sweetheart in Paekakariki or Otaki, New Zealand comprising various editions Lettersheets (5, one franked 40pf Hitler) and Postal Cards (4, two franked 40pf Hitler, one rare franking 25pf – underpaid?), mostly endorsed for via USA Trans-Atlantic services, various camp, ‘Taxe perçue’, transit, censor markings, etc, generally good. (9) 202 PS 1942-44 Prisoners-of-War Stationery exclusively from W.O. Douglas C. Roper (#5240), Australian internee, to his wife in Newport Victoria, comprising various editions Lettersheets (6) and a Postal Card, earliest two endorsed for airmail service via Baghdad, balance for via USA Trans-Atlantic services, various camp, ‘Taxe perçue’, transit, censor markings, etc, generally good. (7)

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203 PS 1942-45 Prisoners-of-War Stationery exclusively from Lieut John P Crooks, Australian internee, to family in Launceston Tasmania, comprising various editions Lettersheets (10, five with stamp removed) and a Postal Card, two Lettersheets and the Postal Card with 40pf Hitler franking, one ‘Taxe perçue’ handstamp, mostly endorsed for via USA Trans-Atlantic services, dual Camp and Launceston censor handstamps, one tricensored including USA, odd fault aside from excised stamps. (11)

Greece (see also Lot nos. 872, 882, 909, 917, 930, 941, 947, 1022, 1026, 1041, 1053, 1072)

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1932 registered cover Athens to Timaru New Zealand endorsed ‘Par Avion a’ Moshi (Tanganyika)’, handstruck ‘PAR AVION/JUSQU’A’ with ‘Moshi’ inserted by hand applied upper left, 13d rate for UPU 4d rate plus airmail surcharge 5d per 5gms (to Tanganyika) plus 4d registration, backstamped Registered Moshi (Mar 3) and Mombasa (Mar 5). Early and extraordinary routing, utilising Imperial Airways service (flight AS52) to accelerate by air.

1933-35 selection from Salonica to Sydney or Athens to Melbourne rated at 28d, 33d x2, 83d and 58d, frankings including 1927 15d Acropolis x4, 1930 8d Monastery, 1933 Air 25d and 50d, and 1934 10L AntiTB Fund, attractive group. (5) 1935-39 exceptional accumulation of covers from wool buyers in Athens (including Grecian Wool Selling Agency) to Henry B Smith, Wool Brokers, Melbourne, good range of frankings of the era, including 1933 Air 25d x29 and 50d x4, 1936 cover at 15d rate sent by air and not taxed, five with currency control tapes, etc, little duplication, generally fine, sufficient material for an interesting one-frame exhibit. (69)

1936-40 selection from variety of towns, range of rates and franking compositions, one registered (front only), four with currency control tapes, condition more typically mixed than in the preceding lot. (21) 1936-37 selection from Athens to Melbourne at 58d rate (UPU 8d plus airmail surcharge 25d per 10gms x2), differing franking compositions, including 1933 25d Air x2 and 50d x3, 1933 50d Kondouriotis, and 1935 50d Air, generally fine. (7)

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1936-37 selection from Athens to Melbourne at 83d rate (UPU 8d rate plus airmail surcharge 25d per 10gms x3), differing franking compositions, including 1933 10d Air x2, 25d x7 and 50d, and 1935 50d Air, two with currency control tape, one scarce registered, generally fine. (9) 1939 (Aug-Oct) quartet of censored covers J. Molinari (Athens) to Henry B Smith (Melbourne), one very early use of Melbourne uncoded ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR’ handstamp (Sep 8), others with codes ‘V 38’ and ‘V 48’ in blue and ‘V 39’ in red, and first type ‘Opened by Censor’ label, generally fine. (4)

1939-40 censored selection to Victoria (5) and Queensland with censor handstamps and/or tapes (some fragments only), two additionally with exchange control tapes, also 1945 cover from Florina to Canberra with Greek circular censor handstamp, condition mixed. (7) 1940-43 censored selection via Horseshoe route to NSW, Victoria (3) and New Zealand last endorsed ‘On Active Service’, censored Egypt and Melbourne, Melbourne and Greece (2, handstamp only, one registered at Akrata), Greece (tape and handstamp), and Melbourne and Greece (both tapes and handstamps), odd fault, scarce group. (5)

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1940-45 selection from one correspondence to Cairns Queensland, censored Queensland (2, tape and handstamp), and Greece (4, tape and handstamp), three with handstamped ‘PAR AVION/AU DELA CAIRE’ in black, blue or violet, condition mixed, later period very scarce. (6)

$500

1935 (Jul 23) Ilkovits I cover from Budapest to Melbourne bearing attractive aggregate franking of 2p20 including 1933 20f Air and 72f x2, representing UPU 40f rate plus airmail surcharge 90f per 5gms x2, backstamped Melbourne. Very early airmail for this origin/destination.

$350

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1937 (Apr 19) postcard from Budapest to Perth bearing 1936 Air 60f and 1p paying UPU 20f postcard rate plus airmail surcharge 1p40, Perth arrival (which ties ‘PAR AVION’ etiquette), early and rare airmail postcard.

1938-40 selection from Budapest to Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, four registered, three with Hungarian handstruck instructional markings, highest franked 3p20 x2 and 3p70 (registered), one carried on Imperial Airways service flight SE185 which was delayed one day at Alexandria (Oct 17-18 1939) owing to engine trouble, odd fault, generally fine. (10)

1939 (Jan 3) cover (195x135mm) Budapest-Canberra bearing impressive and scarce aggregate franking of 22p, comprising 1936 Air 5p x2 and 2p and 1938 Horthy 5p x2, representing UPU 1p (60-80gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 1p40 per 5gms x15, small blemishes, the record high franking to Australia for this era.

1939-41 censored selection at 1p80 rate to Sydney or Melbourne, Australian censor tapes and handstamps, includes early (Oct 8 1939) and late (May 6 1941) departures, condition a little mixed, scarce group. (6)

1940 (Jan) duo from same correspondence Budapest to Wellington New Zealand, differing compositions for 1p80 rate, NZ censor tapes and handstamps, scarce origin/destination. (2) 1940 (Apr 26) tri-censored cover from Budapest to North Dandalup (WA) redirected to Perth and Nedlands, bearing aggregate franking of 10p40 representing UPU 60f (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 1p40 per 5gms x7, remarkably censored in Singapore, Netherlands East Indies and WA.

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$250

1945 (Jun 4) censored cover Reykjavik to Sydney with typewritten ‘ICELAND-U.S.A’ sent via Pan Am service from Foynes to New York, thence surface to Australia, aggregate franking 1kr50 for UPU 60a rate plus airmail surcharge 90a per 5gms, ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp applied at London - rare late use for this type - & censored at Sydney. Only three covers for this origin/destination in this era recorded (same correspondence), of which this is the only censored.

$1,000

1945 (Jul 30) cover Reykjavik to Sydney with typewritten ‘ICELAND-U.S.A.’ sent via Pan Am service from Foynes to New York, thence surface to Australia, aggregate franking 1kr50 for UPU 60a rate plus airmail surcharge 90a per 5gms, unusually fine strike of altered ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp applied at London, Newtown (Sep 11) arrival datestamp.

$750

1931-32 Italrayon Milano covers to same addressee in Melbourne at 17L, 10L and 11L rates, frankings including 1926 Air 1L and 60c and 1930 10L Pegasus and 1932 3L Dante Alighieri Air pair, respectively, carried by Imperial Airways service (flights IE139 and 189) Brindisi-Karachi, backstamped Brindisi or Bologna Ambulante (TPO), small blemishes, attractive frankings and very scarce early jusqu’a airmail to Australia. (2)

$750

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1933-39 selection comprising 1933 4L25 rate to Karachi with Aero Espresso Italiana etiquette, 2L75 rate carried by Imperial Airways flight IE235 (1st extended service India-Burma), 1935 covers (2) from same correspondence franked 2L75 with indications of insufficient postage, 1938 scarce solo franking 1929 5L carmine endorsed ‘K.L.M.’ for the Dutch service, and 1939 2L25 to London redirected to Sydney, some faults. (6) 1935-38 selection comprising [1] 1935 19L ‘STAMPE’ rate cover for XIth International Horticultural Congress from Rome to Sydney opened and with ‘Officially sealed’ notation upper left; [2] 1935 Lipari Messina to Melbourne at 3L75 rate including scarce franking of 1927 1L20 Air x2; [3] 1938 registered Lucca-Wellington New Zealand franked 33L25 including 1930 10L Pegasus x2; odd small fault. (3)

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1936-40 selection at various rates including attractive frankings, one registered, noted 1938 Lloyd Triestino multicoloured silver foil ‘PER VIA AEREA’ etiquette, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (29) 228 PS 1939 (Dec 18) use of Stationery 75c Postal Card uprated 3L50 for airmail Venezia-Sydney, 4L25 franking representing UPU 75c postcard rate plus 3L50 airmail surcharge. Postcards by airmail to Australia rare in this era.

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1939-44 censored selection, Australian censor tapes (one removed) affixed at Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth, one additionally censored Egypt, some faults. (7) 230 PS 1942-43 Prisoner-of-War Lettersheets from Australian Lieut William Brewer to Eldorado Victoria franked 2L75 cancelled by rectangular diagonal bars obliterator in violet or black, earlier cover tri-censored Italy, USA, Melbourne, latter at Italy and Melbourne only and specifically endorsed ‘Via Aerea – Via Lisbon-America’.

(2)

$400

231 PS 1942-43 Prisoner-of-War Lettersheets to Oamaru and Dunedin N.Z. earlier franked 2L75 cancelled by rectangular diagonal bars obliterator in violet, endorsed ‘POSTA AEREA PER P.G. VIA AEREA ROMA, LISBONA/NEW YORK’, censored Italy, the later stampless with ‘PER CROCE ROSSA/BY RED CROSS/BY AIR MAIL/AEREA POSTE’, message with multiple applications of Italian Censor’s ‘TO AVOID DELAYS IN CENSORSHIP/WRITE SHORT AND CLEAR LETTER’ handstamp, minor blemishes. (2)

$400

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1937 (Jan 22) use of Air France cover but carried by Imperial Airways service (flight IE516), Castelrosso to Innisfail Queensland, franked aggregate 5L50 for UPU 1L25 rate plus airmail surcharge 4L25 per 5gms, backstamped Cloncurry, small blemishes, very rare origin/destination.

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1939-40 covers from same correspondence Calino Egeo to Adelaide, franked aggregate 4L75 for UPU 1L25 plus airmail surcharge 3L50 per 5gms, later cover censored at Melbourne, blemishes, very rare origin/ destination. (2) 1939-40 censored covers from same correspondence Castelrosso-Adelaide franked various compositions for 4L75 rate, Melbourne censor tapes and handstamps except for latest (Mar 2 1940) with Singapore ‘PASSED/FOR/TRANSMISSION’, where presumably ‘35’-in circle also was applied, some faults, rare group.

(4)

$1,500

1940 (May 27) D. Rosenfeld cover to Sydney franked aggregate 4L75 tied by Trieste 2 Ferrovia datestamp, censored Sydney, a rare origin/destination in this era.

$250

1935 (Sep 11) registered cover from Liepaja to Perth bearing aggregate franking 1lL65 for UPU 35s rate plus airmail surcharge 45s per 5gms x2 plus 40s registration, backstamped Berlin, Darwin, Perth, small blemishes. Attractive early and rare registered cover.

$600

Latvia (see also Lot nos. 1003, 1015, 1038).

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1937 (Aug 3) Pavils Buchs (Riga) cover to Melbourne franked 1L25 for UPU 35s rate plus airmail surcharge 45s x2, backstamped Berlin and Melbourne.

1938 (Mar 27) postcard Riga-Melbourne endorsed ‘Passenger per S.S.Jervis Bay’ franked 55s, clearly sent by air via Imperial Airways service flight IE639, attested by Berlin transit (Mar 28) and Melbourne arrival (Apr 8), despite being underpaid (rate to Melbourne should have been UPU 20s postcard rate plus airmail surcharge 1L15). Airmail postcards destined for Australia are extremely rare. [The Jervis Bay plied the Australia-England route, and it may be that the postcard was intended to intercept at Palestine, for which the rate is correct]

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1938-39 correspondence Riga to Sydney to newly arrived Ezwin Edel at 1L25 (2), 1L50 (14) and 2L65 rates, backstampings of Berlin, Marienburg-Konigsberg Bahnpost (Zug 2 and 8) & Edgecliff, mixed condition. The dominant pre-war correspondence to Australia. (17) 1938 (Aug-Oct) covers from Edel correspondence Riga-Sydney at 2L65 rate, varying compositions, representing UPU 35s rate plus airmail surcharge of 1L15 per 5gms x2, backstamped Berlin and/or Edgecliff, blemishes. (2)

1938 (Dec 8) registered cover from Riga to Sydney at high aggregate franking of 10L, including scarce use of 5L, endorsed ‘35g’ for which rate would have been UPU 55s (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1L15 per 5gms x7 + 40s registration = 9L (1s at left applied superfluously), backstamped Marienburg-Eydtkuhnen Bahnpost, Brindisi, Sydney, Edgecliff, small handling faults. Impressive franking.

1938 (Dec 14) real photo postcard sent from Riga to Sydney franked 1L35 for UPU 20s postcard rate plus 1L15 airmail surcharge, Marienburg-Eydtkuhnen Bahnpost transit, minor staining. Rare airmail postcard rate.

1939 (Nov 27) cover Riga to Sydney via Sweden to connect with Imperial Airways service (flight IE652) at Brindisi, franked 1L50, backstamped Stockholm. Extremely rare wartime routing.

1940 (Jan 25) censored cover Riga to Melbourne franked 1L50, censored upon arrival, minor blemishes, the only censored airmail cover to Australia recorded by vendor.

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1931 (Jun 10) Graf Zeppelin LZ127 flight Vaduz-Lausanne, which carried Liechtenstein mails only, thence by surface to Australia (mss. ‘11.7.31’ at base may be arrival at destination), rare and correct solo franking of 1931 Air 2f (the 1f was for postcards) tied by the special cancellation in red and Lausanne arrival, Vaduz departure below. The only cover recorded to this destination.

1939 (May 15) cover from Schaan to Canberra bearing solo franking of 1937 1f for UPU 30c rate plus airmail surcharge 70c per 5gms, sent via Chiasso Switzerland to join the Imperial Airways service (flight SE126) at Brindisi, backstamped Buchs, Sydney. Extremely rare pre-war mail from this origin.

247 PS 1945 (May 22) use of Stationery 10c Postal Card uprated 1f for UPU 30c rate plus airmail surcharge 80c per 5gms, sent from Vaduz to Melbourne, oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp applied at London, Melbourne Censor handstamp.

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1937-38 D. Fain (Kaunas) covers to Henry B Smith Melbourne, varying compositions for 3L40 rate (UPU 60c plus airmail surcharge 2L80 per 10gms), two types of ‘Par avion’ etiquette, one with currency control tape affixed to reverse (tied by Kaunas datestamp), backstampings of Berlin and Melbourne, unusually fine aside from couple small stains. (3)

1937 (Jul 29) registered cover (265x180mm) Kaunas to Melbourne bearing 12L75 aggregate franking, including rare use of highest contemporary 10L denomination, representing UPU 95c (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 2L80 per 10gms x4 plus 60c registration, backstamped Darwin, Telegraph Office GPO Melbourne, Registered Melbourne, creasing not unduly detracting from this high pre-war franking to Australia.

1938 (May-Sep) covers from Edel correspondence Klaipeda to Sydney, varying compositions for 3L40 rate (one 4l registered), sent via Marienburg-Eydtkuhnen Bahnpost for connection with Imperial Airways service at Athens, some small faults. (3)

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1939 (Feb 2) registered flapless cover (275x180mm) Kaunus to Canberra bearing impressive aggregate 18L70 franking, including highest contemporary 5L & 10L denominations, representing UPU 1L30 (4060gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 2L80 per 10gms x6 plus 60c registration, backstamped Berlin, Brindisi, Sydney, Canberra.

252 PS 1939 (Apr 15) use of Stationery 35c Postal Card uprated 2L80 for airmail Kaunas to a Rabbi at Great Synagogue, Sydney, redirected to London, Berlin transit. Airmail postcards in pre-war era extremely rare.

$750

1940 (Apr 4) censored cover from Vilnius to Melbourne franked 3L40 for UPU 60c rate plus 2L80 per 10gms airmail surcharge, Melbourne censor tape and handstamp, the only censored cover from Lithuania to Australia recorded by vendor.

$600

1935 (Mar 11) cover from Monte Carlo to Sydney franked aggregate 19f50 including (on reverse) rare use of Pictorial 5f, 10f and 3f, representing UPU 1f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 4f50 per 5gms x4, small flap fault, backstamped Marseilles and Sydney.

$800

1936 (Sep 4) use Stationery 50c Lettercard uprated 5f50 (1f50 x3 on reverse) for airmail from Monte Carlo to Sydney, UPU 1f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 4f50 per 5gms, backstamped Marseilles& Sydney. Rare origin/destination.

$750

1931-39 selection to Andriesse family in Sydney, earliest (Dec 30 1931) by KLM service flight 58 from Amsterdam to Dutch East Indies thence surface, highest franked being 1935 at 1g32½, 1935 and 1938 KLM inaugural flights, some useful frankings including 40c solo x2, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (14)

$400

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1934-40 selection the earliest endorsed ‘Per Pelikaan’ (KLM flight 217), highest franking a 1935 registered cover-front bearing Wilhelmina 1g x2 + 2½g, variety of other rates and franking compositions, some solos, registered, censored, etc, some mixed condition, generally good. (31) 1935-39 selection with some useful frankings including Wilhelmina 30c + 7½c both ‘CFR’ perfin, 40c solo, 60c black (3, one a dual franking), 1g, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (8)

1937 (Jun-Jul) The Sport & General Press Agency Ltd covers to Sydney franked 3g57½, varying compositions including 1g strips of three x2, earliest endorsed ‘Per Dutch Air Mail/Via Amsterdam’, others via Imperial Airways service, little roughly opened, attractive. (3) 1938 (Jan 7) Express airmail cover (255x170mm) Amsterdam to Argus newspaper Melbourne franked aggregate 17g92½, including Wilhelmina 5g x3 (including a pair), representing UPU 80c (180-200gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 40c per 5gms x42 plus 32½c Express delivery, backstamped Melbourne. Record pre-war franking to Australia.

1938 (Feb 18) cover (255x170mm) from Amsterdam to Argus newspaper Melbourne franked aggregate 17g10, including Wilhelmina 2½g x6 (including nice block of four), endorsed ‘205gr’ but incorrectly calculated as 200gms for UPU rate component, i.e. 80c (180-200gms) plus airmail surcharge 40c per 5gms x41, the Express etiquette scored-over, suggesting this service was not implemented, backstamped Melbourne. Attractive and rare franking.

1938 (Mar 4) Express airmail cover (255x170mm) Amsterdam to Argus newspaper Melbourne franked aggregate 12g67½, including Wilhelmina 2½g + 5g pair, miscalculating by 10c UPU 65c (140-160gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 40c per 5gms x29 plus 32½c Express delivery, backstamped Melbourne.

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1939-40 censored trio to Melbourne and Sydney (2), former very early (Amsterdam Aug 27 1939) with Melbourne rare blank censor tape and unnumbered handstamp, others with Sydney tapes and handstamps, minor blemishes.

$250

1935-37 covers from same correspondence Bergen to Melbourne franked 1kr20 for 5gms airmail surcharge and 2kr10 for 5-10gms, respectively, latter with scarce franking of 1929 200ö Postage Due overprint, backstamped Berlin and/or Melbourne. (2)

$500

1936 (Sep 1 & 7) Hotel covers from same correspondence Balestrand and Oslo to Melbourne, varying compositions for 2kr10 rate (UPU 30ö plus airmail surcharge 90ö per 5gms x2), sent surface to Sweden, to Germany by Trelleborg-Sassnitz ferry, Sassnitz-Berlin by Railway TPO, Berlin-Brindisi by DLH, thence Imperial Airways service (flights IE476-77), backstamped Melbourne, minor blemishes, attractive and rare duo suitable for exhibit. (2) 1937-39 selection with variety of frankings for 1kr20 5gms airmail rate, including 30ö Tourist propaganda ‘F & Co’ (Fiskeprodukter & Co) perfin block of four, odd fault. (4)

1938 (Jun 22) cover Overhalla to Edgecliff NSW redirected to Woollahra with solo franking of 1kr, underpaying 1kr20 rate for connection at Amsterdam with KLM inaugural flight to Sydney via Batavia, taxed accordingly, scarce commercial participant in this well known flight event (AAMC #814), roughly opened.

1945 (Jul 4) censored cover Bergen to Melbourne franked 60ö pair for UPU 30ö rate plus airmail surcharge 90ö per 5gms, sent via London where oval ‘OAT’ handstamp was applied which, together with Norwegian Censor tape, is a very rare combination to Australia, opening faults.

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Poland (see also Lot nos. 858, 881, 973, 983, 1006, 1020, 1024, 1032, 1039)

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1933 (Jul-Sep) covers from Bielsko to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) via Imperial Airways service to Karachi (flights IE226 and 234) at rates of 2z50 (UPU 50g plus airmail 1z per 10gms x2) and 5z (UPU 80g (2040gms) plus airmail 90g per 10gms plus registration 60g), attractive frankings including 1925 Air various, transits of Warsaw and Athens. Superb and early examples of double and quadruple airmail rates for an exhibit 1933-35 Walter Eichler (Bielsko) covers to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) at 310g (registered), 250g, 440g and 370g rates, 1933 registered endorsed ‘Per KLM’ on reverse, other 1933 and a 1934 to Karachi and endorsed for additional airmail service within Australia, 1935 utilising Imperial Airways full airmail service, attractive frankings, early experimentation with the various airmail acceleration options. Rare group. (4)

$1,000

1933-34 covers from Bielsko to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) at rates of 500g (registered) and 250g (2, one registered), earliest with handstruck framed ‘POSTE AERIENNE’ and ‘Poczta Lotnicza/KRAKOW 1’, others with Karachi airmail service termination indications, the registered item unusually with Colombo transit.

Attractive trio. (3) 1934 (Aug-Nov) Markus Silberberg (Lodz) covers to Henry B Smith (Melbourne), with attractive franking compositions of 360g and 365g via Karachi Imperial Airways service (flights IE283 and 294), earlier with manuscript ‘poczta lotnicza’ on front and ‘CHALLENGE 1934’ segmented (Aug 21 1934) backstamp. (2)

$750

1935 AIR FRANCE covers from Carl Jankowski (Bielsko) to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) with varying franking compositions featuring 1925 Air series for 1z55 rate composed UPU 55g plus airmail surcharge 1z per 5gms, backstamped Lwow, Athens, Melbourne. (2) 1935-38 selection to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) with excellent range of franking combinations mostly for single and double airmail rates, fine condition as usually associated with covers from this remarkable source, the basis for a one-frame exhibit. [The Henry B Smith correspondence is the principal source of prewar material from this origin to Australia.] (41)

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1936-39 selection of largely scarcer stamp frankings to Henry B Smith (Melbourne), including 1938 Independence 2z on registered cover, etc, generally fine. (7) 1936 (Jun 27) cover Warsaw to Sydney endorsed ‘Via Bandoeng’ for KLM service, franked 1z65 for UPU 55g rate plus 1z10 per 5gms airmail surcharge, backstamped Warsaw, Athens, Lindfield. This service rarely utilised to Australia.

1937-39 selection of largely scarcer stamp frankings to Australia (5) and New Zealand (2), including 1938 2z Independence, 1939 uprate by 1z of Stationery 55g Airmail Envelope, also 1937 registered cover with Currency control label, odd fault, generally fine. (7) 1937 (Jun 28 & 30) Hotel Pod Poczta (Bielsko) covers to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) carried on consecutive Imperial Airways service flights (IE562-63), rates of 4z85 and 3z85 include a 1935 3z Moscicki franking, backstamped Warsaw, Athens, Melbourne. (2)

1939 (Jan 19) Pol-Wool (Biala Krak) registered cover (315x120mm) to Henry B Smith (wool broker, Melbourne) with high aggregate franking of 8z85, including scarce use of 1938 3z Pilsudski x2, representing UPU 85g (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 90g per 5gms x8 plus 45g registration, Spencer St ‘CARDED’ rectangular datestamp on front for consecutive days, currency control handstamp on reverse together with transits/arrival for Warsaw, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne.

1939 (Apr 1) registered cover from Krakow to Melbourne with attractive and scarce 5z aggregate franking which includes Pilsudski opt on 25g x4 and 3z paying UPU 55g rate plus airmail surcharge 1z per 5gms x4 plus 45g registration, currency control label on front, Warsaw, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne backstamps.

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$800

1937 (Jan 30) Mundet & Co cover Lisboa to Wellington new Zealand with 11e75 aggregate franking including late use of 1925 Centenary 10e, routed via South Africa receiving Johannesburg arrival (Feb 13), framed ‘Vol non effectué/cause mauvais temps’ applied owing to adverse weather conditions, and despite being fully paid for airmail service (UPU 1e75 rate plus 5e per 5gms x2) necessarily sent by sea to Australia, opening fault. Rare routing.

$300

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1938-39 selection to same addressee in Melbourne with varying compositions for 6e75 rate (UPU 1e75 rate + airmail surcharge 5e per 5gms), odd blemish, uncommon origin/destination pre-war. (4) 1940-45 selection to New Zealand and Australia (5, four censored), sent via Pan Am service at rates of 13e75 (3) or 5e25 (3, jusqu’a New York), censor tapes of Sydney (2) and USA (2), odd fault, scarce group.

(6)

1941 (Apr 30) Crespo & Comp (Lisboa) registered cover to Hobart bearing remarkable 76e75 aggregate franking including highest contemporary denomination 1937 50e Air, very scarce on cover, carried by PanAm service (flight no 314) to New York, and via Trans-Pacific route to New Zealand by maiden voyage of California Clipper, rate representing UPU 2e75 (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 12e per 5gms x6 plus 2e registration, censored in United Kingdom and at Hobart, backstamped New York, San Francisco, Melbourne, Hobart, small cover faults in no way detracting from this imposing item, the record origin/ destination franking of the era.

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1931 (Apr 29) cover (not registered despite the crayon lines) from Bucharest to Sydney bearing aggregate 25L50 franking including 1928 Air issues, endorsed ‘PER ROMANIAN AND/AUSTRALIAN/AIR MAIL’ and (in pencil) ‘By air in/Europe’, with Romanian (first type) and Australian Airmail etiquettes, rate representing UPU 10L + airmail surcharge of 15L50 across Romanian and Australia services, backstamped double-oval Bucurest/Par Avion, Istanbul (Apr 30), Egypt (May 7). Rare early jusqu’a airmail to this destination.

1939 (Jan 15) registered cover Bucharest to Canberra franked aggregate 464L, intended to represent UPU 33l (60-80gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 106L per 20gms x4 + 12L registration (469L therefore underpaid 5L), carried by Imperial Airways service (flight SE74) from Athens, where backstamped along with Sydney and Canberra datestamps. Pre-war airmail from this origin/destination, particularly registered is rare.

$400

1940 (Mar 21) registered and censored cover from Tmisdara to Sydney franked 133L, representing UPU 12L rate plus airmail surcharge 109L per 20gms plus 12L registration, backstamped Athens, Sydney, Mosman.

Registered/censored airmail extremely rare to this destination.

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1931 registered use at Charkoff to Cairns Queensland of Stationery 7k reply Postal Card addressee portion uprated 28k and endorsed “By air mail!” for airmail service to Berlin only, where card arrived three days later, Registered Brisbane (Sep 22) transit on reverse. The only pre-war item accelerated by an airmail service for this origin/destination recorded by vendor.

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1937-38 covers from Gerona to Sydney and Barcelona to Melbourne, former rated 3p85 for UPU 60c rate + airmail surcharge 3p25 per 10gms, Spanish Civil War Censor tape and handstamp, backstamped Paris, Paddington; the latter registered (creased) with franking including highest contemporary denomination 10p x2 (another stamp missing), manuscript “Posted from seat of Spanish War” pencilled at base, backstamped Darwin, Melbourne. Pre-war airmail this origin/destination extremely rare. (2)

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1932 (Jul 5) cover Klippan to Melbourne via Imperial Airways service to Karachi (flight IE172), aggregate franking 1kr40 comprising 1930 Air 10ö x4 and 50ö pair, representing UPU 40ö (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge to India 50ö per 20gms x2, backstamped Berlin, oval ‘BERLIN-SASSNITZ (HAFEN)/BAHNPOST’ (Zug 14), small blemishes, very early to Australia.

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1932-41 selection of covers with generally scarcer frankings, including 1935 35ö Riksdagen 500 x2 and 60ö x2, 1936 1kr Postverket 300 pair solo, 1937 with 1930 50ö Air x4, 1938 100ö Swedenborg (10, with pairs x2 and strip of three), 1941 censored with 1931 5kr Royal Palace, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (13) 1933-41 accumulation largely from Henry B Smith (Melbourne) and Swedish Chamber of Commerce (Sydney) hoards, range of frankings and rates, very little duplication, some mixed condition, generally good commercial quality. (48)

1934-38 accumulation of Carl Persson & Söner (Ystad) covers bearing Meter frankings to Henry B Smith (wool broker, Melbourne), rates of 70ö (airmail to Karachi only), 110ö (full airmail service to destination), later 115ö then reduced to 105ö, double 200ö and 230ö and some incremental rates (one of 635ö for 22gms an apparent error), most if not all carried by Imperial Airways service (flight nos. lightly pencilled on reverse – some delays noted), most with ‘BERLIN-SASSNITZ HAFEN/BAHNPOST’ oval (Zug 14 and 18) and Melbourne backstamps, generally fine condition, including Meter strikes. Remarkable resource for the specialist. (166)

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1938 100ö Swedenborg x2), latest item censored Egypt and Sydney, odd fault, mostly fine. (24) 1935-40 selection of covers featuring Postemblem frankings, denominations to 120ö (6, including strip of three), pairs as solo frankings of 90ö (attractive 1939 ‘Allt För Sjön’ Cinderella reverse) and 1kr, other multiples in combination frankings including 60ö strip of four, 85ö pair and 90ö strip of three, odd small fault, generally fine, attractive and scarce lot. (21)

1936 (Jan 22) Sveriges Allmänna Exportförening (Stockholm) cover (195x125mm) to Swedish Chamber of Commerce (Sydney) franked aggregate 13kr45 including 1931 5kr Royal Palace, representing UPU 70ö (6080gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 85ö per 5gms x15, attractive use of highest denomination contemporary stamp, backstamped oval ‘BERLIN-SASSNITZ (HAFEN)/BAHNPOST’ (Zug 14) & Sydney.

1936-38 selection of covers featuring 1936 Tercentenary of Post Office series frankings, comprising 5ö (7), 10ö (6), 15ö (2), 20ö (3), 25ö (8), 30ö (11, including strip of three), 35ö, 40ö (4, including pair), 50ö (redirected Lourenco Marques to Sydney by surface), 60ö (2) and 1kr (14) including strip of four and pairs (2) in combination frankings and pairs (2, one central line) solo, generally fine, exceptional group. (15)

1937-38 covers to Swedish Chamber of Commerce Sydney franked for 6kr45, 8kr35 and 6kr rates, each cover bearing 1931 5kr Royal Palace, Berlin-Sassnitz Bahnpost oval (two types) and/or Sydney backstamps, some handling faults, scarce frankings. (3) 1938-39 selection of covers featuring 1938 Anniversary of Founding of New Sweden USA series frankings, comprising 5ö (2), 15ö (3), 20ö (9), 30ö (22, three strips of three) and 60ö (7, including pair – one corner fault), generally fine, attractive lot. (9)

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1940-41 selection via BOAC Horseshoe route to Swedish Chamber of Commerce (Sydney), mostly censored Cairo and/or Sydney, includes unusual routings via Teheran and Baghdad, two of latter during Iraq Revolt with triangular Iraqi handstamp, another with Sydney “NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR”, and 1941 (Feb 19) with endorsement ‘By air over the Atlantic/through USA and/over the Pacific’, variety of frankings (includes 1931 5kr Royal Palace – corner fault), etc, some rough handling could be enhanced with care, an exceptional research group for the specialist. (43)

1941 (Apr10-26) trio of covers to Swedish Chamber of Commerce sent via BOAC Horseshoe route during time of the Iraqi Revolt, with Baghdad backstamps (Apr 27, 30 and May 11) and Arabic triangular (2) and circular handstamps in dark mauve, black or violet, respectively, some handling faults, very rare to this destination. [The 1941 Iraqi coup d’état was a pro-Nazi coup on Apr 1 1941 that overthrew the regime of Regent ‘Abd al-llah, and installed Rashid Ali as Prime Minister. It was led by four Iraqi nationalist army generals, who intended to use the war to press for full Iraqi independence, following the limited independence granted in 1932. To that end, they worked with German intelligence and accepted military assistance from Germany, which led to a British invasion of Iraq, and subsequent occupation until 1947] (3) 1942-43 selection with London oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamps 50x32mm (6) and 51x33mm (unlisted Heifetz), various rates/frankings, four Meters (one with additional stamps), two censored UK, another UK and Sydney and additionally with rare ‘PASPRESS’ labels tied by ‘AUSTRALIAN PUBLICITY CENSORSHIP/PASSED’ handstamp, some faults, very scarce group. (7)

1942 (Sep 8) cover from Malmo to New Zealand franked 95ö with London oval ‘O.A.T.’ (50x32mm) handstamp and UK censor tape affixed thereover, small flap fault, handstamp very scarce to this destination.

1942 (Jul-Nov) covers from Malmo and Karlskrona to Melbourne at 1kr05 rate (UPU 30ö + airmail surcharge 75ö per 5gms) endorsed ‘Via England’, earlier (Jul 16) being Perspektiv (Malmo) Meter cover denominated 1kr with additional 5ö stamp, apparently received too late for airmail service ex-UK, the latter (Nov 11) with London oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp (51x33mm unlisted Heifetz type), censored in UK. (2)

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1943 (Nov 25) Svenska Fläktfabriken (Stockholm) cover (355x250mm) to Sydney bearing remarkable aggregate franking of 134Kr50, representing UPU 6kr50 (620-640gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 1kr per 5gms x128, including perforated all round 1942 Mute Swans 20kr x5 (with strip of four) and 1941 Royal Palace 5kr x5, some stamp and cover faults as to be expected, London oval ‘O.A.T.’ and Darlinghurst PO handstamps on front, UK censor tape at right. The record franking for era for this origin/destination.

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1945 (Jun-Jul) selection of commercial covers destined for Australia carried via First (2) and Second (4) Swedish Trans-Atlantic Flights from Stockholm to New York, two with ‘Via England’ handstamp, three with tax or ‘Taxe perçue’ markings, censored in USA and/or Melbourne/Sydney, some faults, scarce and unusual group to this destination. (6)

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1932 (Aug 16) registered cover from Zurich to Melbourne endorsed ‘Air Mail Chiasso 2 – Perth/Adelaide’ bearing scarce franking of 1923 Air 15c, 45c and 40c, aggregate 1f representing UPU 30c rate plus 40c airmail surcharge per 10gms plus 30c registration, backstamped Registered Perth and Melbourne, and Clifton Hill arrival. Fine and rare early airmail acceleration.

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1934 (Dec 15) cover from Genève to Thames New Zealand endorsed for airmail ‘Londres Karachi Singapore Darwin’ and destined for Imperial Airways service (flight IE299), franked 3f50 for UPU 50c (20-40gms) rate + airmail surcharge 1f per 10gms x3, backstamped Sydney (Dec 29), thence surface to destination.

1935 (Jul 12) airmail postcard Luzern to Ballarat Victoria at 90c rate (UPU 20c postcard plus 70c airmail surcharge), little soiled. Early and rare pre-war airmail postcard to Australia.

1935 (Aug 31) cover endorsed ‘Londres-Brindisi-Darwin’ from Glion sur Montreux to Ballarat Victoria 1f70 aggregate franking which includes scarce pair 1923 Air 75c, determined at Melbourne to be underpaid (although for 8gms rate is correct: i.e. UPU 30c + airmail surcharge 70c per 5gms x2?) and scarce oval ‘T4½D’ applied, Postage Due ½d and 2d pair affixed to reverse and tied at Ballarat.

1935-37 quartet of attractive frankings featuring 1923 Air issues, including 35c x3 and 75c (dated 6 IV 37 so likely the chalk-surfaced paper), rated from 1f to 2f30, the latter unusually routed via Hungary, odd blemish, generally fine and desirable group. (4) 1935-36 selection from Zurich to same addressee in Brisbane, single (1f) and double (1f70 x2) airmail rates, frankings including 1923 Air 25c, 40c pair and 75c. Attractive and scarce trio. (3)

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1935-39 selection including useful frankings with solo 1f Helvetia (2, 1935-39), combinations with 1923 2f Air (2), 2f Wappenschild (1939), 1932 90c Conference, highest franking 4f70, some mixed condition, two with appearance of having been involved in incidents. (13) 1936-38 selection featuring frankings of 1923 Air series 50c, 1f (6) and 2f (5, including scarce block of four), includes registered cover (360x150mm) 1938 (Oct 4) Zurich-Melbourne endorsed ‘80gr’ and bearing aggregate 13f (additional 1f stamp has not survived journey), the highest franked item in the collection, odd fault. (4)

1936-40 selection featuring frankings of 1924 Wappenschild series, comprising 90c, 1f20, 1f50 (2) and 2f (5, one with additional frankings including 1938 Federal Parliament 5f granite paper), carried by Imperial Airways (8, one via Horseshoe route) and Pan Am (scarce to Australia) services, one registered, three censored upon arrival in Australia, odd small blemish, generally fine and attractive. Suitable for an advanced exhibit of this stamp series. (9) 1937 (Jun 19) cover (235x145mm) from Genève to Sydney bearing attractive quintuple franking aggregate of 6f90, including 1923 75c Air and 1931 3f The Mythen, representing UPU 50c (20-40gms) rate + airmail surcharge 80c per 5gms x8, opening fault not unduly detracting, backstamped Sydney.

1937 (Jul-Aug) trio of attractive frankings featuring 1923 Air and/or 1936-37 Surcharges, rated 1f90, 2f70 and 3f80 (registered), last with pair ‘AROSA’ poster stamps on reverse. (3) 1937-38 selection of attractive frankings for 2f70, 1f60 and 1f90 rates, second underpaid and with handstruck “T” and manuscript “50” inserted, last to Colombo Ceylon with note from sender to redirect to Fremantle WA if too late for Ship Romolo, which was the case, making taxing unnecessary as cover was adequately prepaid for Australia, odd minor blemish. (3)

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1938 (Feb-Apr) covers from same correspondence Zurich to Maryborough Queensland unusually forwarded via KLM services, earlier endorsed ‘Napel-Bandoeng’, later ‘Via Basel/K.L.M., rated 1f10 (UPU 30c rate plus airmail surcharge 80c per 5gms), backstamped Brisbane. (2) 1938 (Aug 22) use of Italia Flotte Riunite postcard (picture of Roma liner obverse) from Innerarosa to Sydney bearing solo franking 1923 1f Air for UPU 20c postcard rate plus 80c airmail surcharge, fine and rare prewar use of airmail postcard.

1939 (Feb-Nov) selection with varying franking compositions for 1f single (2, both 1f solo), 1f70 double (2), and 3f10 quadruple airmail rates, last with the uncommon on cover 1938 3f Symbolische Bilder granite paper, odd fault, generally fine. (5) 1939-40 mostly censored wartime selection, censor tapes of Sydney (10, one handstamped only) and New Zealand, solo frankings of 1f Helvetia (5), 1923 Air (4) and B.I.T., and combination bearing 1940 Pro Patria 30+10 x4, some mixed condition. (13)

1939-41 trio of solo frankings for 1924 Wappenschild series, comprising [1] 90c on 1939 (May 16) postcard from Kandersteg to Melbourne (Blausee handstamp alongside) for UPU 20c postcard rate plus 70c airmail surcharge; [2] 1f50 on 1940 (Dec 21) Basel to Sydney cover endorsed ‘Via Genf-Lissabon/bis New York’ for PanAm service ex Lisbon-New York at UPU 30c rate plus 60c airmail surcharge per 5gms x2 (to USA only), thence surface to Sydney where censored; and [3] 2f on 1941 (Apr 12) Basel to Sydney cover for PanAm as per the 1f50 (same correspondence) but full airmail service to destination prepaid (UPU 30c + 1f70 airmail surcharge per 5gms), censored on arrival, small blemishes; excellent and scarce usage group.

1939-41 selection of censored covers to Sydney featuring late frankings of 1923 Air series, comprising 65c x2, 1f x3 (one solo), 2f x2 (one scarce solo), one endorsed ‘via Genf-Lisboa-New York’ for the Pan Am service, otherwise carried by Imperial Airways (one via Horseshoe route), censor tapes/handstamps applied at Sydney, odd fault, scarce and attractive group. (5)

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1940 (Aug 29) registered cover Zurich to Sydney carried by PanAm service flight 178 Lisbon-New York and FAM 14 San Francisco-Auckland, franked 2f30 representing UPU 30c rate plus 1f70 airmail surcharge per 5gms plus 30c registration, Hong Kong and Sydney censor tapes, backstamped Lisbon, New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Sydney. Very scarce routing in this era.

1940-44 quartet of censored covers with better frankings including 1938-42 3f Symbolische Bilder (2, one granite paper, other registered), and Pro Patria 1940 30+10 strip of three and 1944 30+10 x2, all bear Sydney censor tape, two tri-censored additionally with German and USA censor tapes. Impressive group.

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1941 (Sep 29) registered cover from Lugano to Sydney bearing 1938 5f Symbolische Bilder granite paper, 1924 2f Wappenschild pair, and 30c, an aggregate 9f30, endorsed ‘33g’ and for PanAm service via Lisbon and USA, the rate for which should have been 12f70, tax marking applied at Genève indicating 3f40 deficiency, backstamped New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Sydney, censored in UK. Scarce and attractive item.

1942-44 censored selection to Sydney (3) and Melbourne (5) featuring frankings of 1941 Historische Bilder series, at single airmail rates of Imperial Airways (1f x4) or PanAm (1f70 x4), earliest (Dec 1 1942) with ‘Reteur – Zuruck/Service postal aerien suspende/Luftpostverkehr elngeste’ handstamp scored-over indicating airmail service ultimately effected, two registered, censor tapes of Melbourne, Germany/USA (3), Sydney/USA (2), Germany/UK/Melbourne, Germany/USA/Sydney, odd fault, very exhibitable and important group. (8)

1942-45 selection featuring frankings of 1941 Air series, values to 2f (2, one scarce solo, other registered), earliest bearing 1f block of four + 50c uncensored, balance censored twice or thrice, most if not all sent via PanAm service, odd fault, emminently exhibitable and important group. (9) 1943 (Aug 4) censored registered cover (345x135mm) from Bern to Melbourne franked 10f40, including scarce on cover 1942 10f Symbolische Bilder, handstamped ‘Papiers d’affaires’ and ‘Chargé, rate for 68gms via Pan Am service would normally be 24f10 (1f70 per 5gms x14 + 30c registration), suggesting the article went by air portion of journey only, supported by long duration (arrived Brisbane Nov 16), German censor tape and USA handstamp, backstamped New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Brisbane, Melbourne, some handling faults although spectacular for exhibit.

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1944 cover from escaped Australian POW by then at Camp d’Internment Militaire, Zurich, sent to family c/o Australia House, London, at 20c concessional airmail rate, stamp tied by the Camp handstamp, subsequently transmitted to NSW without penalty, encountering Berlin (circular ‘Ab’) and Melbourne (tape and handstamp) censors en route, apparent arrival date at destination of ‘29/5/44’ on reverse. The only example of this airmail rate to Australia recorded, and a significant item also for the Australian Military specialist. [Gunner J.J. Hyland was captured near Benghazi North Africa in January 1941, and escaped from Italian POW Camp to Switzerland, when Italy surrendered September 1943. As an escaped POW, sender was not subject to Swiss censorship.]

1945 (Jan-Jun) censored selection to Sydney from Chur, Territet, and Geneve, franked 1941 1f Historische Bilder solo, three types of London oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp, earliest dual censored London and Sydney, others Sydney only, some mixed condition, very scarce trio. (3) 1945 (May 31) cover from Chur to Sydney via Basel bearing scarce solo franking of 1945 1f Pax (UPU 30c rate plus airmail surcharge 70c per 5gms), airmail service termination bars apparently applied at Sydney where censor tape was affixed, minor blemishes.

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1937 (Oct 13) Section D’information official registered Imprimés cover (200x135mm – vertical crease at centre) to Sydney bearing overprinted pairs of 1f50 and 50c, and single 35c, aggregate 4f35 representing Imprime 5c plus airmail surcharge 80c per 5gms x5 plus 30c registration. Important item for vendor.

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1939 (Dec 27) Societe des Nations – League of Nations officially inscribed Imprime cover to Sydney bearing overprinted 2f and 15c representing Imprime 5c rate plus airmail surcharge 70c per 5gms x3, repaired tear at front although presents reasonably, extremely rare this destination.

1940 (Jan 24) Societe des Nations – League of Nations officially inscribed Imprime cover to Sydney bearing overprinted 1f20 and 25c representing Imprime 5c rate plus airmail surcharge 70c per 5gms x2, slight creasing in no way detracting from rare franking to this destination.

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1937-38 covers from Izmir to Christchurch and Wellington, endorsed ‘Jusqu’a a Darwin’ in the same hand (presumably at Izmir PO), rated 112k50 and 116k50, for UPU 12k20 rate plus airmail surcharge per 20gms 100k (to May 1937) and 104k (May 1937-39), backstamped Athens/Sydney or Athens only, last with flap fault, rare origin/destination pre-war. (2) 1938 (Oct & Nov) covers from Izmir and Tarabya to Sydney with varying franking compositions for 116k20 rate, last with Air 35k on 40k surcharge pair and 40k, backstamped Athens, small opening faults, attractive.

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1938-39 trio of covers from Istanbul to Henry B Smith (Wool brokers, Melbourne) with variety of frankings for 116k20 rate (one registered), varying transit endorsements, latest bearing Obligatory Tax 1k x5 on reverse, Greece, Sydney, Melbourne, most attractive and scarce. (3) 1938-39 duo Istanbul to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) at 116k20 and 120k60 rates, endorsed via Athens and/or Darwin, earlier with Obligatory tax 1k x5 on reverse and Athens and Sydney backstampings. (2)

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1940-41 censored covers from Izmir to Melbourne and Mersin to Perth via BOAC Horseshoe route franked 50k and 58k, last with scarcer franking of 9k on 15k Air x2 and 40k (cover small corner fault), censor tapes/ handstamps of Melbourne or Perth, backstamped triangular Adana/Mardin/Seyyar datestamp and Baghdad, and Adana, Istanbul and Baghdad, respectively, scarce pair. (2) 1941 (Jun 11) censored cover from Beyoglu to Melbourne carried by BOAC via Horseshoe route, attractive franking for 58k rate (plus Obligatory tax 1k), backstamped Baghdad, censored at Cairo and Melbourne upon arrival.

1941-42 censored group to Swedish Chamber of Commerce (Sydney) from Beyoglu, Çankaya and Ankara, various rates from 30k to 176k, some larger covers (‘LÉGATION DE SUÈDE’ inscribed x3 are 245x135mm), most additionally with Obligatory tax stamps on reverse (one on front), sent via BOAC Horseshoe route, backstampings include Adana/Mardin/Seyyar triangular datestamp, Cairo, Baghdad, Basra, Iraqi Censor handstamps (four types, and ‘NOT EXAMINED’), one with both Iraqi and Sydney Censor handstamps, some censored Cairo, odd fault, a useful resource. (12) 1944-45 censored covers Istanbul to Sydney with varying franking compositions for reduced 38k rate (plus Obligatory tax 2k), backstamped Baghdad, various Censor markings including Sydney tape/handstamps, later with opening faults, also 1945 cover to Melbourne with typewritten instructions for airmail but paid at 2k Imprime rate only, censored India. (3)

Yugoslavia (see also Lot nos. 918, 1071)

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1935-36 group all but one registered, various compositions for single airmail rate, each cover bears 10d x two/three, carried by Imperial Airways service, flight IE415 involved in major incident which involved forced landing at Fallujah Iraq due to severe storms (Feb 7-8 1936), fine. (4) 1935-36 group all but one registered, various compositions for single airmail rate, bearing 10d x one/three, one with 20d King Alexander, carried by Imperial Airways service, fine. (4)

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1936 1936 (Mar 10) registered cover from Belgrade to Melbourne with aggregate franking 55d50 including 1934 10d Air (5, two pairs), backstamped Zemun, Athens, Darwin, Melbourne. Most attractive.

1936 (May 5) registered cover from Belgrade to Melbourne bearing 1934 Air 10d x3, 50p and 1d, representing UPU 3d rate plus airmail surcharge 25d50 per 10gms plus 3d registration, carried by Imperial Airways first bi-weekly UK-Australia airmail service (flight IE442), backstamped Zemun, Athens, Darwin, Melbourne, significant item also for Australian Aerophilatelists, from exotic origin.

1936-37 registered trio from Belgrade to Melbourne correspondence, featuring 1934 King Petar II frankings, one the elusive on cover 30d, another with 1934 10d Air, single airmail rate, carried by Imperial Airways service, fine. (3) 1936-37 registered covers from Belgrade to Melbourne correspondence with elusive on cover 1934 30d King Petar II, fine. (2)

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1936-37 registered covers from Belgrade to Melbourne with elusive on cover 1934 30d King Petar II, attractive franking compositions for 56d, one including 20d, fine. (2)

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1938 (Jan-Oct) registered covers franked 32d and 25d50, comprising 2d plus 30d and 50p plus 5d plus 20d, backstampings include Zemun, Athens, Darwin, Melbourne, both with square ‘CARDED’ datestamp of Spencer Street GPO, later has small flap fault. (2) 1938 (Mar & Nov) registered covers franked 32d and 25d50, comprising 2d plus 30d and 50p plus 5d plus 20d, backstampings include Zemun, Athens, Darwin, Melbourne, fine. (2)

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1938 (Nov 26) registered cover from Samobor to Melbourne bearing 25d50 aggregate franking, comprising 1937 Air 2d50 x2, 10d pair and 50p, representing UPU 3d rate plus airmail surcharge 19d50 per 10gms plus 3d registration, backstamped Samobor, Zemun, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne, Camberwell.

1939-40 censored covers to NSW from Bribir and Novi Sad franked 21d50 for UPU 3d rate plus airmail 18d50 surcharge per 10gms, Sydney Censor tapes/handstamps, earlier backstamped two Yugoslav towns (one unclear, other Zemun) and Athens, later (roughly opened) Zemun and Sydney. Censored mail this origin/destination very scarce.

1940 (Jan 11) censored registered cover Belgrade to passenger (Balazs Nesztel) en route to Australia c/o Lloyd Triestino, Colombo, franked 16d for UPU 3d rate plus airmail surcharge 8d per 10gms (to Ceylon) plus 5d registration, scarce Ceylon Censor tape (code ‘J’), backstamped Zemun, Athens, Colombo.

1940 (Mar 11) registered cover from Belgrade to Sydney from Nesztel correspondence, franked 25d50 for UPU 3d rate, plus airmail surcharge 17d50 per 10gms plus 5d registration, backstamped Zemun, Athens, Sydney, Rose Bay, trifle soiled, attractive.

1940-41 Nesztel correspondence censored quartet, Belgrade-Sydney and redirected, three registered, differing rates between 33d and 21d, sent by Imperial Airways service, the registered items via BOAC Horseshoe route with backstampings including Baghdad, Sydney Censor tapes/handstamps, some faults owing to lightweight airmail stock, very scarce group. (4)

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Egypt (see also Lot nos. 910, 919)

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1934-36 early Imperial Airways service selection, earliest Oct 9 1934 endorsed ‘up to/Kchi at 45m rate, airmail terminated at Karachi, highest aggregate franking 268m (UPU 28m - 20-40gms Empire rate plus airmail surcharge 120m per 20gms x2), balance varying franking compositions for 135m single rate, one with 10m x5 on reverse cancelled by diamond lozenge pattern, another with scarcer franking of 1936 Exhibition 15m and 20m, odd fault, generally good. (5) 1935-38 trio to same addressee, featuring frankings of 1933 Air series, earliest Jul 9 1935 endorsed ‘K.L.M.’ subsequently revised for Imperial Airways service, underpaid in bearing solo 90m and with ‘POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT FOR AIR MAIL’ handstamp x2, 1936 135m airmail service fully paid, and Jul 28 1938 scarce All-up 15m, inaugural flight for that service. Fine lot for exhibitor. (3)

1936-39 selection featuring frankings of 1933 Air series, largely various franking compositions for 135m single rate, one scarce KLM service to Wellington New Zealand, varying compositions (2) for scarce All-up 15m rate, and 65m and 48m jusqu’a items, odd fault, generally exhibitable. (10) 1938-39 selection of Imperial Airways All-up 15m rate covers, one with attractive hand drawn design, some blemishes, useful group of this short-lived rate. (4)

1940 (Feb-Mar) Vayanos A. Vayanoudis (Alexandria) covers to same addressee in Adelaide franked 65m (double) and varying compositions for 45m (single) rates, censored Egypt, earliest with scarce Adelaide Censor tape, odd blemish. (3) 1940-41 mostly censored selection featuring frankings of 1933 Air series, two registered, four militaryrelated, one HM Ship censor cancelled by Sydney ‘PAQUEBOT’ duplex upon arrival, others to Wellington New Zealand, Trobriand Islands Papua (most unusual), and used in Palestine, some carried via BOAC Horseshoe route, Censor handstamps of Egypt and Brisbane, tape for Melbourne, and Unit Censors handstamps, odd fault, generally fine, scarce lot. (8)

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1940-45 dual-censored selection with censor tapes/handstamps for Brisbane, Sydney (3), Melbourne, Hobart, one HM Ship Censor, one registered, one scarce Express, odd fault, generally fine. Attractive group.

(7) 380 PS 1940-41 uprates for airmail of Stationery Postal Card 13m (two issues) and 3m, Alexandria to same addressee in North Sydney via BOAC Horseshoe route, two at correct 43m rate (UPU postcard 13m rate plus airmail surcharge 30m), other underpaid at 40m although untaxed, Egypt Censor markings, one additionally censored on arrival, blemishes, very scarce usages. (3)

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1941 (Feb 3) cover to Christchurch New Zealand with extraordinary franking composition for 40m Military concessional rate, including scarce on cover Express letter 20m and British Forces 3m green, ‘BPO/KW’ datestamps, unit censor handstamp, attractive and rare.

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1937 (Jul 13) cover to Melbourne bearing aggregate franking of 1/9d tied by Qachasnek datestamp (also ties Par Avion etiquette) overpaying by 1d the 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, backstamped Melbourne. Rare origin/destination.

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1944 (Oct 31) Bank of British West Africa Ltd cover registered from Bathurst to Sydney bearing remarkable franking of 1938 10/-, 5/- pair, 4/-, 2/-, 1/-, and 2/6d pair, aggregate 32/- representing the introduced May 15 1943 3/6d combined airmail rate per ½oz x9 plus 3d registration plus 3d ‘A.R.’ fee, Bathurst octagonal Censor handstamp (code ‘NN/3’), backstamped Registered GPO Gambia, Registered Sydney & Manly. A copy of published article by Rod Perry on this cover accompanies. [The likely route out of British West Africa for this item was via PanAm service introduced Oct 1 1944, which would have seen article travel overland to Bolama Nigeria to connect with airmail service Bolama-Fisherman’s Lake-Natal/Belem-Trinidad/San Juan/ Bermuda/New York, thence via North Atlantic Service to Lisbon]

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1936 (Nov 23) cover Kumasi to Marton New Zealand redirected to Auckland, underfranked by 1d at 1/3d for 1/4d combined airmail rate 1/4d per ½oz, circle ‘T’ tax marking front, forwarded via Accra to join Imperial Airways service at Khartoum (flight IE505 ex Alexandria), backstamped Accra, Khartoum, Sydney, blemishes. Rare origin/destination.

$400

Gambia

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1937 (Apr-May) covers from same correspondence from Insu to Eldorado Victoria redirected to Taragowel, bearing varying compositions for 1/4d combined airmail rate per ½oz, endorsed ‘VIA KANO’, ultimately joining Imperial Airways service at Khartoum and flights IE548 and 556 ex Alexandria eastwards, backstamped Khartoum, Melbourne and Eldorado (earlier), blemishes, very scarce origin/destination, particularly this early. (2) 1938 (Apr 28) cover (210x130mm) from Accra to Canberra bearing aggregate franking of a high 3/6d, comprising 1938 original perf 1/-, 2/- and 6d and representing 1/9d combined airmail rate per ½oz x2 via Imperial Airways service (flight IE642 ex Alexandria), backstamped Khartoum, Canberra, minor blemishes.

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1938-39 covers from same correspondence Tarkwa to Mt Lawley (WA) bearing varying franking compositions for 1/9d per ½oz combined airmail rate with 1938 original perf issues, indications for Imperial Airways service including only known use to Australia of ‘Per IMPERIAL/AIR MAIL’ handstamp, later item with good strike Gold Coast censor hexagonal handstamp (code ‘5’) in red, earlier backstamped Accra, Khartoum, Perth. Fine duo. (2) 1938 (Aug 16) cover from Accra to Auckland bearing 1938 original perf 9d and 1/- for combined 1/9d airmail rate per ½oz, tiny stain.

$250

1940-41 censored covers from Dunkwa and Accra to NSW at reduced 1/3d combined airmail rate per ½oz, reasonable strikes of Gold Coast censor hexagonal handstamps, codes ‘8’ and ‘6’, sealing tapes of distinct stocks, very scarce to this destination. (2)

$800

1931 (Apr 17) cover Mwanza to Moree NSW endorsed to join Imperial Airways second trial flight ex London, which departed Apr 25 1931, and to that end departed on Northbound service ex Mwanza Apr 21 (flight AN7), but owing to inclement weather in Southern Sudan the flight was delayed eight days, thereby missing the London departure, franked with Tanganyika issues for aggregate correct 2/- per ½oz rate, datestamp ties also the Par Avion etiquette, backstamped Sydney (Jun 6), small flap tear.

$400

Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika (see also Lot nos. 879, 968)

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1933 (Nov 4) Thos Cook & Son Ltd (Nairobi) cover to branch in Melbourne franked aggregate 65c for combined airmail rate per ½oz to Cairo only, fine strike of ‘PAR AVION/JUSQU’A CAIRO’ handstamp applied at Nairobi, the only example recorded to Australia, carried by Imperial Airways service (flight AN140), backstamped Cairo, Port Said. Important item.

1933 (Nov 28) use of QSL card from Nairobi to Colac Victoria endorsed ‘BY AIR/MAIL/VIA CAPETOWN’ and bearing 25c franking for combined airmail postcard rate, carried by Imperial Airways service to Cape Town (flight AS143), extremely early and rare use of airmail postcard.

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1934 (Dec 27) Barclays Bank cover (opened at base) Nairobi to Melbourne bearing aggregate franking 3s80 for combined airmail rate 1s90 per ½oz x2, endorsed ‘By air via Singapore and with Nairobi applied ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp, carried by Imperial Airways services (Northbound AN199, Eastbound IE301), backstamped Melbourne, attractive example of double rate.

1935 (Jan-May) covers (one mourning) Nairobi to same addressee in Sydney with varying compositions for 1s90 single airmail rate, with Nairobi applied ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp, backstamped Mosman, earlier item roughly opened. (2)

1935 (Apr 29) cover from Kapsabet to Sydney bearing aggregate 1s90 franking for combined airmail rate per ½oz, Nairobi applied ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp, backstamped Eldoret, Sydney.

1935 (Jun-Dec) selection of covers to Sydney (3) and Auckland featuring 1935 Silver Jubilee frankings in varying franking compositions for 1s90 single rate, Nairobi-applied ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp, backstamped Sydney, odd blemish, generally attractive and desirable group. (4)

1935-37 selection featuring 1935 Pictorials varying compositions for 1s90 single rate (two franked 2/apparently for expediency, one has ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp), towns include Gilgil, Escarpment, Nakuru, odd fault, generally attractive. (5) 1937 (Jan & Feb) covers from Iringa to same addressee in New Zealand where redirected, endorsed for airmail service to Cape Town and with varying franking compositions for appropriate 70c per ½oz rate, backstamped Dodoma, Capetown (one), Wellington, very scarce jusqu’a items to this destination. (2)

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1938-40 selection featuring 1938 Pictorials frankings for 1s90, very scarce (to Australia) 20c All-up, and 1s30 (3) rates, from Nakuru and Kilindini to same addressee in Sydney, odd blemish, generally fine. (5) 1938 (Jul 29) R.K. Patel Dar es Salaam Tanganyika cover endorsed ‘all up – airmail/service’ to Melbourne, very fine example of the All-up 20c per ½oz airmail scheme which is very scarce to Australia.

1939 (Dec 2) postcard adapted as Christmas card from Molo to Rosebud Victoria franked aggregate correct 50c for airmail postcard, rare in this era, sender states ‘We are all well and awaiting quietude of enemy sea raiders to return’.

1940-41 ‘ON ACTIVE SERVICE’ covers from same correspondence to Goulburn NSW, varying compositions for civilian 1s30 single rate, ‘APO/U/MPK/6’ and ‘APS/EAF’ datestamps, both with ‘PASSED/BY/MILITARY/ CENSOR/No 258’ duly signed and earlier additionally with boxed handstamp ‘OHMS/N 258/MILITARY/ FRANKED’, one little roughly opened, very scarce pair. (2)

1942 (Mar 18) use to Sydney of formular Stationery Air Mail Letter Card headed ‘RAAF c/- RAF Headquarters/Middle East’ bearing 30c solo for concessional rate, tied by ‘EA 69/APO’ datestamp, fine strike ‘PASSED/BY/MILITARY/CENSOR/EA/No II/3’ duly signed, fine and very rare use to Australia. [writer, AUS 403780 Sgt. D. Dewhurst, provides interesting details of life in “the middle of Kenya”] 1944 (Feb 19) censored cover Nairobi to Balhannah South Australia where redirected to Glenelg bearing 1s30 franking for single rate, South African Censor tape/handstamp, Balhannah arrival, minor blemishes.

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Nigeria

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1939 (Feb 13) registered cover from Umuahia to Jugiong NSW franked (front and reverse) aggregate 2/7d representing 2/4d combined airmail rate plus 3d registration, carried by Imperial Airways service (flight SE88), registration label affixed with local glue, backstamped Registered datestamps for Umuahia, Kaduna Junction, Kano, transits of Cairo, TPO 1 South NSW, Sydney, Coolac. Rare origin/destination pre-war.

$400

1935 (Jan 1) Resident Engineer’s Office D’Anna Mutarara cover to Auckland bearing 1934 3d, 6d, 1/- and 1d tied by Port Herald datestamp, representing 1/10d combined airmail rate per ½oz, carried by Imperial Airways Northbound (AN204) and Eastbound (IE307) flights, the latter delayed at Akyab Burma owing to engine trouble (Jan 26-27), backstamped Cairo, airmail service terminated in Australia, little roughly opened in no way detracting from a most attractive, early and rare origin/destination item.

$600

Nyasaland

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1932-38 covers paid for airmail service to Cape Town only, comprising 1932 registered Johannesburg to Geelong Victoria at 1/6d rate, franking including uncommon on cover KGV 1/3d and 1d coil (cover blemishes), and 1935 Queenstown to Melbourne and Huguenot to Brisbane franked varying compositions for 6d airmail service, former with ‘T’ scored-over (presumably initially an error for assuming 1/8d full airmail service underpaid), scarce jusqu’a items, and 1938 cover Cape Town-Wynyard Tasmania franked 1/4d only endorsed in manuscript ‘over ½oz/Internal flight/only. (4) 1934-41 selection at combined airmail rates per ½oz of 1/4d (2, underpaid, one taxed), 1/8d (6, two fronts only), 1½d All-up (3, one Robertson Stamp Co registered with KGV 1½d coil and Official stamp franking), and 1/3d (3, one Stationery 4d Registered letter uprate – flap missing), condition generally mixed. (14)

$300

1935-38 selection of largely different franking compositions for 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, some bi-lingual pairs, includes nice 1935 uprate of Stationery 4d Registered letter (Koffiefontein-Sydney), 1936 Dunlop Rubber advertising cover (roughly opened) with 6d x3 and 1d pair perfin ‘D R’, 1d x20, Imperial Airways service flight AN350, which experienced engine trouble at Bulawayo and Dodoma (delayed two days), 1937 double rate with Coronation 1/- x3, flight IE638 delayed a day at Allahabad India due to engine trouble, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (17)

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1935 (Mar-May) scarce compositions from same correspondence Johannesburg-Wayville (SA) for 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, comprising Voortrekker 3d plus 1½d x2, 1d plus ½d x2, 2d plus 1d x6 (those on reverse scored-over in indelible pencil) and Silver Jubilee 6d x2, 3d x2 and 1d x2, backstamped Adelaide. (2) 1935-38 selection of bi-lingual pairs utilised in franking compositions for 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, comprising 1935 3d plus 1d pairs on one cover, 1936 6d pair, 1937 4d pair, and 1938 1d plus 6d pairs, generally fine, elusive items for usage specialist. (4)

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1938 (Apr 16) Thos Cook & Wagons-Lits (Johannesburg) cover to Wellington New Zealand office being bilingual pairs of 6d plus 4d for 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, the 6d at left with ‘Molehill’ flaw SG #61b, clear despite intrusion of postmark, Cat £250 in used pair, very scarce as such on cover.

1938-39 selection of covers paid at 1½d All-up airmail rate, comprising varying franking compositions for single (2) and 3d double (2) rates, and registered single rate (2), scarce lot, generally fine, also novel Jul 12 1939 cover fully paid at 1/8d former ½oz rate during the 1½d rate regime. (7)

$500

1939-42 selection of 1/3d combined airmail rate per ½oz (post cessation of Empire Air Mail Scheme), varying franking compositions, includes 1d x15 (carried Imperial Airways service flight DN237 – engine trouble Mozambique), 6d bi-lingual pair, Australian censor tapes/handstamps (2, one scarcer Newcastle), Sunland to Sydney registered cover at 5/- rate (with a 2/6d), etc, odd fault, generally fine. (9)

$360

1936 (Mar 30) cover Bulawayo to Hamilton East New Zealand bearing KGV 10d vertical pair (scarcer Perf 11½), paying 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, carried by Imperial Airways services Northbound AN330 and Eastbound IE433, backstamped Sydney where airmail service concluded, creasing at left, very scarce origin/destination.

$250

Southern Rhodesia

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1937-41 selection at rates of 10d (underpaid – 10d was postcard rate) and 1/3d (4), one of last censored at Melbourne (tape on reverse), a 3d stamp (to make up 1/3d) removed by censor and handstamp applied in its place, two from RAAF servicemen allied with RAF in Southern Rhodesia, odd fault. (5) 1938 (Dec 5) cover from Bulawayo to Sydney bearing KGVI 1½d for All-up combined airmail rate per ½oz, rare for this origin/destination, a very fine example.

$400

1941 (Aug 11) endorsed ‘O.A.S.’ cover from Australian serviceman at Salisbury cancelled Bulawayo for Burnie Tasmania, franked 1/3d the combined airmail rate per ½oz following cessation of Empire Air Mail Scheme, and bearing the ‘WE REALISE IN/RHODESIA/THE SAFE ARRIVAL/OF THIS LETTER/IS DUE TO/ THE BRITISH NAVY’ etiquette, rare to Australia.

419 PS 1941 (Dec 22) use to Middle Creek Victoria of Stationery 3d Active Service Letter Card, cancelled at Bulawayo, sender Sgt Pilot D Nichols RAAF, faint strike of double-oval ‘OFFICIAL FREE/TRAINING GROUP’ handstamp at right, Melbourne censor tape/handstamp. The only example recorded of use to Australia.

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1941-42 trio from same correspondence to Melbourne from RAAF serviceman stationed c/o RAF Southern Rhodesia, franked 1/3d for combined airmail rate per ½oz, two censored on arrival, one additionally with triangular ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/S RHODESIA’, code ‘5’ (unlisted by Little). (3)

$400

1934 (Dec 3) cover Windhoek to Adelaide endorsed for first regular UK-Australia airmail service, correct aggregate franking of 1/4d per ½oz, backstamped Adelaide (Dec 23), a rare entrant for this service, AAMC #469g. [The service, Imperial Airways flight IE298, was eventful: Aurora damaged its undercarriage at Calcutta (Dec 14), Diana at Camooweal damaged is tailskid (Dec 19), necessitating transfer of section of mail load to Hippomenes (Dec 20), which in turn transferred to VH-UJS at Mount Isa, and later to VH-URV.]

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South West Africa

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1939 (Aug 15) cover Windhoek to Waratah NSW bearing solo franking of Official 1938 1½d (SG #O17) for All-up 1½d per ½oz airmail rate, the only recorded example of this rate for this origin/destination, and one of the most desirable origins for the small number of Empire countries which participated in the scheme.

1940 (June 12) Standard Bank of SA (Omaruru) cover to Wellington New Zealand at 1/3d combined airmail rate per ½oz introduced following abandonment of All-up scheme, carried on BOAC inaugural flight of Horseshoe route (flight NE1), departing Durban Jun 19, extremely rare intermediate of AAMC #903d.

1932 (Jan 20) cover Khartoum to Melbourne franked aggregate 2p15, for combined ordinary and airmail to Egypt for an article weighing up to 20gms, carried by Imperial Airways service flight AN46, backstamped Cairo and Port Said, a trifle soiled, very early to Australia.

1934 (May 19) Barclays Bank (Khartoum) registered cover to Melbourne, endorsed for airmail ‘VIA CAIRO’ and (in pencil) ‘and thence/internal’, for inclusion in Australian internal airmail service, franked aggregate 10p8, carried by Imperial Airways service flight AN167 to Cairo, backstamped Khartoum, Cairo, Port Said, Perth, Melbourne, a little stained.

1934 (Dec 8) registered cover Khartoum to Brisbane, which joined the Imperial Airways first service to be extended from Singapore to Australia, AAMC #469f, bearing aggregate franking 10p20, representing 10p combined airmail rate per ½oz plus 20m registration, message on flap indicating this was commercial in nature, although typical of the era sender concludes with ‘Keep this envelope as a curio’, small blemishes.

[Carried by Imperial Airways services Northbound flight AN196, and Eastbound IE298; the latter eventful: Aurora damaged its undercarriage at Calcutta (Dec 14), Diana at Camooweal damaged is tailskid (Dec 19), necessitating transfer of section of mail load to Hippomenes (Dec 20), which in turn transferred to VH-UJS at Mount Isa, and later to VH-URV.]

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1935 (Jan 12) Barclays Bank (Khartoum) registered cover to Melbourne bearing high aggregate franking of 30p20, comprising 1935 General Gordon 10p strip of three and 5m pairs x2, representing 10p combined airmail rate per ½oz x3 plus 20m registration, minor blemishes, important franking for usage specialist, and the highest franked pre-war cover this origin/destination.

1936-38 Younis Ahmed & Abdel Moneim Mohamed (Khartoum) to Keith Harris & Co (Sydney) covers at 6p40, 20p, 10p, and 9p10 rates, attractive range of frankings featuring 1931-37 Air series, backstamped Sydney, odd blemish, very scarce and eminently exhibitable group. (4)

1938 (Jul 26) cover Khartoum to Brisbane bearing solo 15m for All-up combined airmail rate per ½oz, rare for this origin/destination, cover slightly reduced at top.

1940 (Mar-Oct) Younis Ahmed & Abdel Moneim Mohamed (Khartoum) to Keith Harris & Co (Sydney) covers at 45m, 70m, 50m (2, one with solo 5p), and 100m rates, two censored in Sudan, ‘2’ and ‘5’ tapes/ handstamps, four covers with paper adhesions from having been affixed to an album (may be removed with care), extraordinary group for this era to Australia. (5)

1940-41 censored military covers from same correspondence to Queensland, varying compositions for 45m rate (one scarce solo 4½p on 8p), stamps tied by ‘FPO/Nº 23’ and ‘MPO/804’ datestamps, former with Base censor tape/handstamp and British triangular handstamp, additionally censored at Brisbane, latter British triangular handstamp only, blemishes. Rare pair. (2) 1941-42 covers from same correspondence to Nelson New Zealand, varying franking compositions for 45m rate, earlier being a Sudan Railways (Port Sudan) cover, censored on arrival, the other cancelled at Erkowit, also 1944 cover Khartoum to Victoria at same rate, censored in Melbourne, odd fault. (3)

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1938 (Feb 18) Clove Growers Association cover to Sydney franked 2s50 for combined airmail rate per ½oz (rate had actually decreased to 1s80 two days earlier, which apparently went unnoticed by sender), backstamped Sydney, small opening faults. Pre-war mail for this origin/destination rare.

1939 (Apr 21) Smith, Mackenzie & Co cover from Sydney bearing solo franking of 1936 Silver Jubilee 20c for All-up combined airmail rate per ½oz, minor blemishes, surely one of the most unlikely origin/destination participants in this scheme.

$500

1943 (Jul-Aug) covers from same correspondence to Nelson New Zealand with varying compositions for 1s25 combined airmail rate per ½oz, earlier (opening faults) censored in South Africa. Rare origin/ destination this era. (2)

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Belgian Congo

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1935 (Sep 14) cover from Basoko to Sydney bearing aggregate franking of 20f50 (1f and 10f on reverse), representing UPU 2f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 9f per 5gms x2, likely conveyed by Belgian airmail service to Brussels (a regular service between Congo and Belgium commenced Feb 23 1935), then down to Marseilles to connect with Imperial Airways Eastbound service flight IE377, backstamped Sydney, small corner fault. Pre-war airmail this origin/destination is very rare.

$500

1939 (Mar 23) cover from Manono to Christchurch New Zealand redirected to Auckland bearing National Parks 4f50 pair and 2f50 for UPU 2f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 9f per 5gms, Sabena to Brussels, Imperial Airways service ex Marseilles (likely flight SE111), Christchurch transit, little roughly opened. The only prewar cover this origin/destination recorded by vendor.

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1942 (Dec 12) Foreign Service of the USA Leopoldville cover (scissor-opened at left) to Melbourne redirected Perth, bearing attractive aggregate franking of 19f25, faint strike Cairo Censor handstamp (code ‘97’), backstamped Leopoldville, Cairo; also 1945 (Oct 29) cover Matadi-Canberra franked aggregate 18f50, backstamped Leopoldville, Canberra; blemishes. (2) 1945 (Apr 8) Lady’s envelope (message card of Mr et Mrs W Galdermans within) Monkoto to KPM Shipping Captain in Sydney, franked 13f50 for UPU 4f rate plus airmail surcharge 9f50 per 5gms, obverse with handstruck ‘CENSURE CONGO BELGIE’ and KPM arrival (Jul 27 1945), Congo datestamps Monkoto x2, Coquilhatville, Leopoldville. The only Congo censored cover recorded for this origin/destination.

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$250

1942 (Dec 28) censored cover Rabat to Melbourne endorsed ‘Via Lisbonne/jusqu’en Amerique’ franked aggregate 18f50 for PanAm South Atlantic service via Lisbon, apparently UPU 4f rate plus airmail surcharge 7f25 per 5gms x2 (France-USA and internal airmail services), Lisboa backstamp, Melbourne censor tape/ handstamp, small blemishes. Rare origin/destination this era.

$500

1944-45 covers from same correspondence from Mazagan to Sydney with varying compositions for 24f rate for PanAm South Atlantic service via Lisbon, UPU 4f rate plus airmail surcharge 10f per 5gms x2, earliest with Sydney Censor tape/handstamps (unusual ‘15’ ties tape at reverse), two with Lisboa transit backstamps, one additionally with Sydney arrival, odd blemish. (3)

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French Morocco (see also Lot nos. 25, 33)

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Algeria

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1945 (Feb 27) tri-censored cover Tamatave to Sydney bearing 1943 Traveller’s Tree highest denomination 10f and 20f, forwarded via London where censor tape and oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp were applied, a French language censor tape is beneath, and again censored on arrival at Sydney, backstamped Tananarive, minor blemishes. Extremely rare origin/destination.

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1935 (Sep) cover to Adelaide endorsed in manuscript ‘Air Mail to France’, franked 4f50 for UPU 1f50 rate plus airmail surcharge 3f per 10gms, carried by Air France Dakar-Toulouse airmail service (departed Sep 17), termination bars additionally cancel 1f50 stamp, backstamped Wien (Sep 23), which must represent a missending to Austria, small opening fault. Extraordinary origin/destination item.

$500

Senegal

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1938 (Jan 29) cover from Soddu to Mildura Victoria franked aggregate 4L50 for UPU 1L25 rate plus airmail surcharge 3L25 per 5gms, likely joined KLM service via Egypt terminating Netherlands East Indies, roughly opened at left. Another extraordinary origin/destination.

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PORTUGUESE AFRICA

1940 (Jun 27) censored Blue Star Line cover from Lourenço Marques to Sydney redirected Double Bay franked aggregated 15E05, representing UPU 1E75 plus airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2 (overpaid), sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (likely flight NE3), Egyptian Censor tape/ handstamp. Extremely rare origin/destination.

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AIRBORNE COMMERCIAL MAIL TO AUSTRALASIA 1899-1945

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1940 (Jul 10) cover from Beira to Sydney franked aggregate (front and reverse) 14E25, for UPU 1E75 rate plus airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2, sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (flight NE4), backstamped Calcutta, Egyptian censor tape/handstamp (code ‘56’). Most attractive and rare.

Bahrain

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1941 (May 18) Mackenzie & Co embellished censored cover to Sydney franked aggregate 15a, including scarce 1940 8a, apparently representing Imperial letters 3½a rate plus airmail surcharge 11½a per ½oz, joining at Basra BOAC service Horseshoe route (flight NE88), Calcutta Censor, small opening fault at left.

Rare to Australia.

$500

1943 (Jul 13) censored registered cover to Dunedin New Zealand franked aggregate 18a representing Imperial letter rate 3½a plus airmail surcharge 11½a per ½oz plus 3a registration, possibly sent via one of the stop-gap BOAC services then operating between Cairo and Karachi, although ‘RAF/CENSOR/608’ handstamp lower left, beneath Karachi Censor tape, may suggest otherwise, multiple Karachi Censor handstamps and wax seals, minor blemishes. Extremely rare registered cover to this destination.

$600

1934-36 early selection comprising [1] 1934 (Sep 17) registered Barclays Bank (Tel Aviv) window envelope franked aggregate 153m for combined airmail rate to Singapore including registration (13m), backstamped Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Perth, Melbourne; [2] 1935 (Mar 22) Erramle to Sydney franked 50m for airmail service to Karachi only; and [3] 1936 (May 7) Rosh Pinna to Melbourne franked 75m for full airmail service to Australia, backstamped Melbourne.

$300

1935-45 mostly censored civilian mail selection including rare 1938 (Jul 26) inaugural All-up 15m combined airmail rate, 1942 (Feb 27) tri-censored Palestine/India/Australia, a temporary and very scarce arrangement following Japanese invasion of Pacific, includes registered, etc. Interesting lot for specialist, some mixed condition. (22)

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Palestine

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1936 (May & Aug) covers from Tel Aviv to same addressee in Melbourne, carried by Imperial Airways service, earlier endorsed ‘1st bi weekly’, the latter registered, rates of 75m and 73m, backstamped Melbourne, and Tel Aviv, Darwin, Melbourne, Footscray. (2) 1938-39 trio of Empire Air Mail Scheme All-up rate related comprising [1] 1938 (Nov 18) cover Jerusalem to Sydney bearing 15m for combined airmail rate per 10gms, very few recorded to Australia from this origin; [2] 1939 (Feb 5) cover (roughly opened at left) Tel Aviv to Melbourne bearing 10m solo, apparent underpayment for 15m rate, untaxed; and [3] the only recorded 8m postcard rate for this service being a 1939 (Sep 19) use of Stationery 8m Postal card from Haifa to North Sydney, posted two weeks subsequent to cessation of the scheme, but untaxed, censored Palestine and Egypt, latter crucially tying British Par Avion etiquette; exceptional group, worthy of inclusion in the finest of EAMS exhibits. (3)

$1,000

1939 (Sep) cover to Orient Line passenger c/o Colombo, re-addressed to Sydney, bearing solo franking of 10m under Empire Air Mail Scheme, arriving Colombo Sep 21, censor tape/handstamp of Bombay first applied, over which is scarce Ceylon censor tape (code ‘J’), backstamped Sydney (Oct 9), some handling faults, unusual and rare participant in EAMS.

$250

1939-40 duo from same correspondence from Tel Aviv to Sydney, earlier registered at post-EAMS 73m rate (includes 13m registration), stamps tied by double-circle ‘TEL NORDAU TEL AVIV’ datestamp, backstamped two further strikes, Registered Tel Aviv and Haifa, Tiberias, Darwin, Sydney, the latter at 60m rate with Palestinian black on red Censor tape tied by handstamp, minor blemishes. (2) 1940 (Jan 14 & 20) covers from Col G A Vasey Jerusalem to his wife at Wantirna Victoria, varying franking compositions for 60m combined airmail rate per 10gms, earlier censored on arrival at Melbourne, the latter with both Palestinian and Melbourne censorship, important items for military specialists. [Colonel G A Vasey was Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster of the 6th Division and headed the advance party to Palestine, RMS Strathallan departing Port Melbourne Dec 15 1939.] (2)

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1940 military selection from Australian servicemen, wide range of British Censor handstamps, ‘BASE CENSOR’ tapes (2), one additionally censored at Melbourne, good range of franking compositions for 60m rate (two double), typically mixed condition for this material, generally good. (21) 1940 unusual censored covers comprising [1] (Feb 28) underfranked at 45m Sarapand to Melbourne with ‘Insufficiently prepaid/for air mail’ handstamp, rare early ‘CENSORED’ and circular ‘2/1 – FIELD AMBULANCE’ (signed) handstamps; [2] a supporting ‘O.A.S.’ cover of the same date with a smaller version of ‘CENSORED’ handstamp, apparently in use for short duration by either the small Advance party or early arrivals from Australian Forces (from Feb 13 1940); and [3] (Nov 13) cover Haifa to Hobart censored at Palestine and bearing scarce early Hobart Censor black tape; first item small corner fault. (3)

1940-45 interesting duo comprising [1] 1940 (Oct 30) Orient Baltic Trading House postcard from Tel Aviv to Melbourne correctly franked 30m for airmail postcard, rare in this era; and [2] 1945 (May 10) use of Stationery 25m Air Letter from Russian Evacuee Mission in Jerusalem to North Sydney, cancelled Ein Karim, Palestinian Censor handstamp. (2) 1941 (Apr 4) Jacob Feuer registered cover (240x155mm) Tel Aviv to Sydney franked aggregate 435m, including very scarce on cover 200m pair, representing 60m combined airmail rate per 10gms x7 plus 15m registration, backstamped Tel Aviv, Haifa, Darwin, Sydney, Chippendale, small cover faults (some adhesions on reverse can be removed with care). The record franking for this era to Australia.

1941 (Jul 1) censored cover from Tel Aviv correctly franked 60m for airmail service to Sydney, instructional marking in Hebrew to effect ‘Too heavy sent by sea’, whereby a misadventure began, encompassing on front handstamped ‘Damaged by Sea Water’, framed ‘MISSENT TO BANGKOK’, three strikes of ‘Damaged By/Sea Water’ (apparently in Thai), reverse with Australian framed ‘RECEIVED IN/THIS CONDITION/FROM ABROAD’ overwritten by ‘No Contents/Wrong Side/was sealed when/censored’. Postal History par excellence.

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Iran

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1934 (20 Jun) cover to rural NSW with ‘Via Singapore/Imperial Airways’ scored-through, franked aggregate 5kr plus New currency 1r50, which would appear to represent UPU 3r (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 1r50 per 20gms x2 (to Karachi), backstamped Iran and Basra transits, very scarce early item via Imperial Airways service (flight IE274), minor blemishes.

1936 (Nov 18) cover to New Zealand endorsed ‘Via Australia/&/Singapore’ franked aggregate (front and reverse) 10kr60 plus New currency 1r50, apparently for UPU 1r50 rate plus airmail surcharge per 20gms (equivalent of old currency 10kr60), carried via Imperial Airways service flight IE498, which was delayed at Rangoon with damaged undercarriage (Nov 25-26), backstamped Basra, minor blemishes.

1937 (Aug 9) cover to Auckland bearing aggregate franking (front and reverse) 13r plus Old currency 30ch, intended for Imperial Airways service (flight IE573) to Karachi only, where service terminated, the rate for which was then 1r50 per 20gms, backstamped Iran and Basra transits, small handling faults.

1939 (May 21) cover Kaftquel to Sydney franked 5r plus 10ch, apparently intended for airmail service to Europe only, backstamped Abadan.

1942 censored cover from Abadan to Melbourne bearing 10r50 for airmail to India only, where service was terminated, Melbourne Censor tape/handstamp, blemishes.

1942 (Nov 5) censored cover from Khuzistan to Beaudesert Queensland routed via BOAC Horseshoe BasraCalcutta leg (flight IE239), Iran and Basra transit backstamps, Iraqi Censor tape/handstamp, additionally censored Brisbane upon arrival.

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