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Auction: 21016 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1252

India
Airmails
A large group of covers and cards (c.150), many signed by Stephen Smith, including better items such as 1926 evnelope to Patua with 'hawasae/by air' cachet and large 'by air label, 1926 envelope to Calcutta 'By Spanish Air Flight/Karachi to Calcutta' bearing ''via aeroplane 10' label, 1926 envelope to Bangkok with handstamp 'by danish fokker aeroplanes 1926/calcutta to bangkok' and 'royal danish legion calcutta' cachets (2), franked with 1a. (3) over 'avail air mails/and/save time' label, 1927 pre-printed envelope to Shillong Assam with handstamp 'd.h. "moth" aeroplane/g-e.b.m.o./air 25-7-27 mail/calcutta shillong', 1929 'Kamerad' card to Burma carried on Calcutta - Rangoon flight with handstamp 'delayed by/unfavourable/weather. left/5th february' handstamp, 1931 '2nd. experimental flight,/england .. australia,/"city of karachi', 1931 Aero Philatelic Club of Calcutta experimental registered cover, 1933 envelope to Calcutta with 'first flight./conveying a cargo of fish/in india' label and fish cachet in violet, 1933 'Spirit of Western Australia' cover, 1934 envelope to Calcutta bearing 2/- 'bihar earthquake relief fund' label tied by 'the flying circus' handstamp, 1934 envelope to Calcutta bearing '1st parachute devliery/in india' label tied by 'mr. robert wyndham/the on armed parachutist' cachet, with second strike on reverse, 1934 envelopes to Calcutta each with 'the macrobertson/international/air race/1934./england-australia (3) carried by Entrant no. 2, 7 and 16, 1935 envelopes from Quetta to the U.K. (3) each with 'quetta earth quake postage free' handstamp, three taxed or postage due covers and much more. A very good group

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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£600