U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 29-30, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #186
BELGIUM Flight Covers
1931 (28 Feb) First Flight England-Africa, cover from Brussels to Kisumu, East Africa, with Alexandria transit and Kisumu, Kenya arrival pmks, violet "Imperial Airways London/Airways House" Capt. T.A. Smye handstamps on back, v.f., only 3 dispatches from Belgium
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #187
BELGIUM Flight Covers
1931 (27 Feb) First Flight England-Africa, cover from Brussels to Egypt, with Aswan and Cairo arrival pmks, small cover tear, otherwise v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #188
BELGIUM Flight Covers
1931 (7 Dec) First Flight England-Africa, cover from Brussels to Windhoek, South Africa, with transit and arrival pmks, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #189
BELGIUM Flight Covers
1932 (29 Nov) cover from Antwerp to USA, franked with three Balloon commemoratives, with transit and arrival pmks, cover signed by A. Piccard, also accompanied by a press photograph, plus a set of three blocks of four, each signed by the Balloon pioneer (August Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer, known for his record-breaking hot air balloon flights, with which he studied Earth's upper atmosphere)
Box Envelope *
Catalog #251-253
Price Realized
$425.00

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