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Last updated: 29th July, 2011
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AIRMAILS
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| SR351 |
1931 18th December, Airmail cover bearing 1d and 4d KGV Field Marshals 'SALISBURY' to Pretoria. Straight line violet 'EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT' cachet alongside for this flight. Arrival backstamps. |
£20 |
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| RA8105 |
1931 18th December, cover bearing 2d and 3d small Falls (SG 17, 18), cancelled ‘SALISBURY, addressed to Sea Point. Struck with violet straight line ‘EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT’ lower left. Johannesburg transit and Cape Town arrival backstamps. Attractive and clean. |
£25 |
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| SR354 |
1932 18th January, Airmail cover bearing 10d KGV Field Marshal (SG 22) cancelled dc 'SALISBURY' datestamp to England. Violet straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' cachet. Very fine and clean. |
£28 |
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| RA2301 |
1932 25th January, Airmail cover bearing 10d KGV Field Marshal (SG 22), QUEQUE cds to England. Struck with violet straight line ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL’ cachet alongside, for the Imperial Airways return flight to England. |
£18 |
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| RA7998 |
1932 28th January, cover bearing 2d and 3d small Falls (SG 17, 18), cancelled ‘SALISBURY’. Addressed to Northern Rhodesia, typewritten upper left ‘By First Air Mail Southern Rhodesia to Northern Rhodesia. Imperial Airways’, and struck with violet ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL’ cachet below, arrival backstamp 4th February. |
£25 |
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| RA2303 |
1932 28th January, company printed cover bearing 10d KGV Field Marshal (SG 22), cancelled BULAWAYO to England. Struck with black straight line ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL’ cachet alongside for the Imperial Airways return flight to England. |
£28 |
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| RA7999 |
1932 28th January, cover bearing two x ½d, 1d and 4d KGV Field Marshals plus 2d and 3d small Falls (SG 15, 16, 17-19), cancelled ‘BULAWAYO’, addressed to Greece. Struck with black ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL’ cachet, Cairo transit and Athens arrival backstamps. |
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| RA8104 |
1934 3rd March, 1½d small Falls postal stationery card (H & G 4), uprated with ½d KGV Field Marshal (SG 15), cancelled ‘SALISBURY’ addressed to Nyasaland. Struck with violet ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIRMAIL’ and black ‘S. RHODESIA / NYASALAND’ cachets, Blantyre transit and Limbe arrival backstamps. Uncommon useage of this card. |
£95 |
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| RA8103 |
1934 9th March, cover bearing 2d and 3d large Falls (SG 29, 30), cancelled ‘SALISBURY’ addressed to Nyasaland. Struck with violet ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIRMAIL’ and black ‘S. RHODESIA / NYASALAND’ cachets, Blantyre arrival backstamps. |
£25 |
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| RA1895 |
1935 1st August, plain cover endorsed 'By First Air Mail Salisbury to Beira 1-8-35' bearing 1d and 3d KGV Silver Jubilee (SG 31, 33), each stamp cancelled 'SALISBURY 1 AUG 1935', Beira arrival datestamp on reverse dated the same day. Fine and clean. |
£30 |
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| RA8009 |
1935 3rd October, printed ‘AIR MAIL’ cover bearing 1d and 3d KGV Silver Jubilees (SG 31, 33), cancelled ‘SALISBURY’ addressed to Umtali. Struck with violet ‘FIRST AIR MAIL / Between / Salisbury / and / Umtali’ and at base ‘RHODESIA & NYASALAND AIRWAYS LTD (RANA)’. Attractive. |
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| SR366 |
1938 7th February, printed cover for the First Inter-Town Air Service Gwelo-Johannesburg-Gwelo, bearing 1d KGVI definitive. Reverse with Gwelo Publicity label, to Que Que with arrival mark. |
£15 |
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AIRMAIL RATES
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| SR367 |
1933 8th March, Airmail cover bearing 1d & 10d KGV (SG 16,22) cancelled dc 'GWELO' datestamp, another below, to Germany. Attractive example of the 11d Airmail rate to Europe. |
£40 |
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| RA4221 |
1934 9th March, cover being the return flight bearing 1d Field Marshal and 3d Falls, tied by 'SALISBURY' datestamp. 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' (as used for 1932 flight) & 'S. RHODESIA / NYASALAND' cachets with signature 'M Phillip / Pilot' between. Blantyre (9 Mar) transit and Limbe (9 Mar) arrival backstamps. |
£30 |
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| SR368 |
1934 18th June, Airmail cover bearing 2d & 3d large Falls, and 4d KGV (SG 19, 29-30) cancelled dc 'UMTALI' to London. An unusual combination for the short lived reduced 9d UK rate. Very fine and clean. |
£60 |
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| SR372 |
1938 17th October, printed O.H.M.S. cover bearing 1½d KGVI (SG 42) machine cancelled 'SALISBURY'. Addressed to H.C. DANN the well known Philatelist and Author. An attractive example of the recently reduced 1½d Airmail rate, and with this rate the use of Airmail labels became unnecessary. |
£18 |
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