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 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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Greece 1931 Athens to Assuan Aswan Egypt Imperial Airways First Flight Cover FFC
Cover postmarked Athens (4 III), with handstamped violet Greek flight cachet and printed Imperial Airways cachet, to Assuan, with ASWAN arrival c.d.s. struck on front (7 MR), further Aswan b/s (6 MR), the cover evidently returned to sender, with Skelmanthorpe c.d.s.b/s (16 MR), a lovely and visually striking cover.
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Guadeloupe 1874 Pointe a Pitre to Francois Martinique Stampless Folded Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Pointe a Pitre, to (Le) Francois, Martinique, oval CHS & Hayot & Cie commercial handstamp, postmarked Martinique / St. Pierre on front (4 Avril), Martinique / Fort de France c.d.s. backstamp (4 Avril), a fresh and attractive cover.
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Guadeloupe 1878 Postage Due Pointe-a-Pitre to Bordeaux France Stampless Letter SFL
Stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Pointe a Pitre, to Bordeaux, France, endorsed in manuscript "Voie de St. Nazaire" ("by way of St. Nazaire"), struck "7" in black and "T" (Unpaid), postmarked with Paq. Fr/Pointe a Pitre Guade dotted circle datestamp (27 Jan), red octangonal "Col. Fr./Paq. Fr. B No. 4;" TPO (28 Janv), Bordeaux c.d.s. arrival backstamp (13 Fev), horizontal filing fold, else a fresh and fine cover.
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