Great Britain 1911 First UK Aerial Post Postage Due Postcard to Deccan INDIA
First UK Aerial Post postcard, franked with 1/2d KGV, tied by "First United Kingdom Aerial Post" c.d.s. (Sep 9), to Deccan, India, with T/10 and POSTAGE DUE / ON ANNA boxed due markings, multiple SECUNDERABAD / DECCAN c.d.s. (30/31 Sep), edge wear and corner bumps, but a scarce destination.
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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 1d Downey Head John Allen Paper Trial F Machine Finish Underside Block (c. 1911)
1d scarlet King George V Downey Head, corner block of eight, John Allen paper trial F, on special finish paper with machine finish underside, never hinged, horizontal crease through top row, appears very fine. (S.G. 341var)
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Great Britain 1d Downey Head John Allen Special Finish Paper Trial E VF Block (c. 1911)
1d scarlet King George V Downey Head, right margin block of six, John Allen paper trial E, on special finish paper, ungummed, diagonal crease through right-most two stamps, most noticeable from reverse, else very fine. (S.G. 341var)
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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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