U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 28-March 1, 2017

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Lot #698
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1923-1942 four first flight covers, one via London to Paris, another (1932) Dublin, via Rotterdam to Berlin (special oval cachet), another Liverpool to Belfast and 1942 RAS flight from Belfast to Glasgow, fine lot
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Lot #699
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1924 (13 Mar) First flight card via London and Paris to Degersheim, Switzerland, fine
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Lot #700
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1929 (7 Aug) first flights Ireland to South Africa, six covers addressed to Pretoria, Mossel Bay, Bloemfontein, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, most with arrival pmks, fine-v.f.
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Lot #701
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1929 (27 Dec) three first flight covers, two to Delhi, one to Jodhpur, India, the latter with "First Official Airmail Despatch from Gt Britain" cachet, also "By First Despatch on the Extension of Indian Airmail from Karachi to Jodhpur" direction, each cover with arrival (6/7 Jan 30) pmk on back, fine-v.f.
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Lot #702
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1929 (28 Mar) first flight by Imperial Airways to Karachi, India, specially prepared envelope, v.f., with arrival pmk
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Lot #703
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1929 (28 Mar) first flight cover to Basra, Iraq, v.f., with arrival pmk
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Lot #704
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1929 (26 Aug) first air mail service Galway to London, group of 10 flown covers, each with appropriate cachet, mostly with 2p frankings, two mixed with additional English adhesives, fine
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Lot #705
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1931 (27 Mar) first flight cover, via London to Mwanza, Tanganyika, also three (Dec 1931) first flights, two to Cape Town and one to Windhoek, two with Imperial Airways cachets, fine-v.f. group
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Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #706
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1932 Paquebot cover, by air to India, posted at Sea "Dun Laogh" 7 October cancel, Great Britain franking, with boxed "Karachi-Madras" First Air Mail cachet and arrival pmk on back, v.f.
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Lot #707
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1932 (18 Jan) Imperial Airways cacheted first flight cover to Mbeya, Tanganyika, with transit and arrival pmks, returned to sender, v.f.
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Lot #708
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1933 (20 Sep) first flight cover to Rangoon, with "First Air Mail Indian Trans-Continental and Imperial Airways Rangoon-Karachi-London" cachet, arrival pmks, fine and scarce
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Lot #709
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1933 (8 Dec) first flight cover to Singapore, with arrival pmk (19 Dec), franked with British 1/2p green, tied by cds, "certified flown (under cover) return flight" endorsement and signed by Captain Smye, pilot, fine and rare dispatch, only 12 flown
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Lot #710
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1924-33 selection of 12 mostly first flight and special flights to and from Ireland, including rare and unusual items such as 1928 LZ-127 Zeppelin flight from Lakehurst to Dublin, flights to Horta, Brussels, internal usages, some duplication, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #711
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND Flight Covers
1947-49 duplicated selection of 38 first flight covers, many with Pan American World Airways First Air Mail Flights cachets, with Limerick to Calcutta (2), Karachi to Limerick (7), Shannon to Basra (3), Basra to Shannon (2), Calcutta to Shannon (3), Limerick to Calcutta, Karachi (4), Limerick to Ankara (2) and Ankara to Limerick (2), Limerick to Tokyo, Damascus (4), Damascus to Limerick (4), Boston to Shannon (4), fine-v.f.
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