Great Britain 1931 Experimental Flight “CITY OF CAIRO” CRASH Cover Netherlands Indies
Cover franked with 4d and 1/- KGV, tied by London machine cancel (Apr 3), Imperial Airways Experimental Flight to Australia, carried on the DH66 Hercules "City of Cairo", crashed on the leg from Karachi and Koeping in the Netherlands Indies, with mail being forwarded onwards to Darwin by Kingsford-Smith in the "Southern Cross", Darwin c.d.s. backstamp (Ap 31), scarce and fine.
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Great Britain Australia 1934 Rosecoe Turner Signed Mac Robertson Air Race Airmail Cover
Cover franked with 1/2d KGV of Great Britain, tied by London machine cancel (11 Oct), and 1d KGV of Australia, tied by Melbourne c.d.s. (23 OC), violet Mac Robertson Air Race flight cachet signed "Roscoe Turner" below, no backstamps, scarce and fine; Roscoe Turner was a 3-time Thompson Trophy Air Race winner.
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Great Britain Postal Agency at Vigo Spain 1850 Stampless Folded Cover to London
Stampless folded cover, rated 4/8 in black, postmarked with neatly-struck VIGO double split-ring (May 30), used at the British Postal Agency, to London, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (June 4), filing folds, yet a nice example of this scarce strike; the consular office at Vigo, as well as those in Lisbon, Cadiz, and Corunna, handled British mails despatched by sea. In 1837, a contract was signed with the Peninsular Steam Navigation Co. to provide a weekly service between Falmouth (later Southampton) and Vigo,, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar.
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Great Britain Used in Gibraltar 1878 A26 Folded Cover to Palermo Italy
Folded cover franked with 2-1/2d rosy mauve, Plate 10, tied by superior strike of Gibraltar A26 duplex (Type Z5), to Palermo, Italy, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (10.78), a lovely cover.
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India 1855 1/2a blue Die II Victoria Used on Piece (S.G. 6)
1/2a blue Die II Victoria, four ample to lage margins, tied to piece by diamond of dots, indistinct boxed postmark, some light discoloration to stamp, creases to piece, uncommon. (S.G. 6)
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India 1866 Calcutta to Mauritius VIA GALLE Stampless Postage Due Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined 8 December, with crisp oval handstamp of Calcutta merchants Camin Lamouroux & Co, to Port Louis, Mauritius, struck with ideal example of the scarce VIA GALLE straight-line, struck "6d / TO PAY" in blue, with Calcutta / India Paid despatch and Port Louis c.d.s. arrival backstamps ( Dec 31), chiefly very fine strikes, a most attractive entire.
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