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| SR349 |
1931 17th December, printed Flying Springbok cover
bearing 1d and 4d George V (SG 16, 19) cancelled 'SALISBURY' datestamp
to South West Africa. Violet straight line 'EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT'
cachet, Johannesburg transit and 'AIR MAIL KIMBERLEY – WINDHOEK'
strikes on reverse. Fine and clean.
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SOLD |
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| SR351 |
1931 18th December, Airmail cover bearing 1d and
4d George V Field Marshals 'SALISBURY' to Pretoria. Straight line
violet 'EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT' cachet alongside for this flight. Arrival
backstamps.
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£20 |
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| SR352 |
1932 26th January, Airmail cover bearing 10d
George V Field Marshal (SG 22) cancelled 'UMTALI' to England.
Violet straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' cachet and imprinted 'By
first Air Mail Capetown to London' lower left. Salisbury transit and UK
arrival strikes on reverse. Clean and attractive.
Note: Covers with this 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' handstamp in black eminate from Bulawayo, and those in violet from Salisbury. |
SOLD |
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| SR354 |
1932 18th January, Airmail cover bearing 10d
George V (SG 22) cancelled dc 'SALISBURY' datestamp to England. Violet
straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' cachet. Very fine and clean.
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£28 |
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| RA2301 |
1932 25th January, Airmail cover bearing
10d George V 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 |
PHOTO |
| RA3503 |
1932
25th January, cover bearing 8d George V Field Marshal and 3d small
Falls (SG 18, 21), cancelled 'REGISTERED / BULAWAYO S.R.', and sent
registered with black/pink label on the first northbound flight to
London. Struck with black straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL'
cachet and endorsed at top to that effect. Addressed to Nairobi, and as
with all of these, involved with both the "City of Basra' and 'City of
Dehli' mishaps, finally being delivered and receiving a 'NAIROBI'
arrival backstamp dated 7th February. Addressed 'Poste Restante', being
returned to Ndola and receiving a violet 'RETOUR' cachet on front.
'NAIROBI / R. L. O.' strikes on reverse and front dated 24th and 27th
respectively, then 'RETURNED LETTER BRANCH / G.P.O. SALISBURY'
backstamp dated 16th March on reverse. Fine and most attractive. |
SOLD | PHOTO |
| SR357 |
1932 28th January, printed Flying Springbok cover
bearing 2d Small Falls and 8d George V (SG 17,21) cancelled to England.
Black straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' cachet, British arrival
strike on front. Very fine and clean.
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SOLD |
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| SR358 |
1932 28th January, printed 'IMPERIAL AIRWAYS MAIL
SCHEME' cover bearing 10d George V (SG 22) cancelled large dc
'SALISBURY' datestamp to England. Violet straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL
AIR MAIL' cachet for the first return flight to London. Very fine and
clean.
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SOLD |
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| SR359 |
1932 28th January, printed 'by imperial airways /
first air mail / england – africa' cover bearing 10d George V (SG 22)
cancelled dc 'BULAWAYO' datestamp, another alongside to Scotland. Black
straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' cachet for the first return
flight to London. Fine and clean.
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SOLD |
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| RA2303 |
1932
28th January, company printed cover bearing 10d George V 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 |
PHOTO |
| SR360 |
1932 29th January, Airmail cover bearing 1d &
4d George V Field Marshal large 'SALISBURY / S. RHODESIA / 29 JAN 1932'
datestamp to South Africa. Straight line violet 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR
MAIL' cachet alongside.
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SOLD |
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| RA1893 |
1934 8th March, printed cover 'RHODESIAN &
NYASALAND AIRWAYS, LTD / SOUVENIR OF FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL FROM
SALISBURY TO NYASALAND', bearing 4d George V Field Marshal (SG 19a),
cancelled 'SALISBURY * MAR 1934' also struck with black two line 'S.
RHODESIA / NYASALAND' and violet 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL' cachets.
BLANTYRE arrival datestamp on reverse dated 9th March. Very fine and
clean.
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SOLD |
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| RA1069 |
1934 9th March, cover bearing 1d George V Field
Marshal and 3d large Falls (SG 17a, 30), each cancelled SALISBURY
datestamps, and struck with violet straight line 'FIRST OFFICIAL AIR
MAIL' cachet, and additionally with black two line 'S. RHODESIA /
NYASALAND' cachet. Addressed to Blantyre with arrival datestamp on
reverse
dated the same day. Minor faults.
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SOLD |
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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. | SOLD | PHOTO |
| RA6186 |
1934
5th December, printed Imperial Airways cover ‘OPENING OF THE AIR MAIL
SERVICE / BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA’, bearing 2d large Falls and
1/6 KGV Field Marshal (SG 29, 24), cancelled ‘SALISBURY’. Cairo (10
Dec) transit and Brisbane (21 Dec) arrival backstamps. Clean and most
attractive. |
£75 | PHOTO |
| RA1895 |
1935 1st August, plain cover endorsed 'By First
Air Mail Salisbury to Beira 1-8-35' bearing 1d and 3d George V Silver
Jubilee (SG 31, 33), each stamp cancelled 'SALISBURY 1 AUG 1935', Beira
arrival datestamp on reverse dated the same day. Fine and clean.
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£30 |
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| RA1894 |
1935 1st August, printed cover for the 'RHODESIAN
& NYASALAND AIRWAYS, LTD. / SOUVENIR OF FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL
between SALISBURY and BEIRA', bearing complete set George V Silver
Jubilee (SG 31-4), sent registered 'SALISBURY 1 AUG 1935', Beira
arrival datestamp on reverse dated same day. Very fine, clean.
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SOLD |
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| RA1899 |
1937 30th June, printed cover for the
'INAUGURATION FLIGHT Postal rate to Great Britain and African Colonies
2d per half-oz.', bearing 2d George VI Coronation (SG 37), cancelled
'BULAWAYO 30 JUN 1937', sent to England. Very fine and clean.
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£15 |
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| SR366 |
1938 7th February, printed cover for the First
Inter-Town Air Service Gwelo-Johannesburg-Gwelo, bearing 1d George VI
definitive. Reverse with Gwelo Publicity label, to Que Que with arrival
mark.
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£15 |
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| SR367 |
1933 8th March, Airmail cover bearing 1d & 10d
George V (SG 16,22) cancelled dc 'GWELO' datestamp, another below, to
Germany. Attractive example of the 11d Airmail rate to Europe.
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£40 |
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| SR368 |
1934 18th June, Airmail cover bearing 2d & 3d
Large Falls, and 4d George V (SG 19, 29-30) cancelled dc 'UMTALI' to
London. An unusual combination for the short lived reduced 9d UK rate.
Very fine and clean.
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£60 |
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| SR369 |
1935 3rd June, printed 'MEIKLES HOTEL' envelope
bearing 6d George V (SG 20a) cancelled dc 'SALISBURY' datestamp Airmail
to England. Bilingual 'EMPIRE EXHIBITION / SOUTH AFRICA' label. This
rate, reduced from 9d on the 1st December 1934 and in effect until the
2d Empire Air Mail Scheme on 30th June 1937.
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SOLD |
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| SR370 |
1937 22nd July, cover bearing pair 1d George VI
Coronation (overpaid by ½d, SG 36) cancelled large dc 'BULAWAYO'
to Bishop's Stortford, arrival strikes cancelling both stamps. The
reduced 1½d Empire Airmail Scheme introduced three weeks
earlier, when the use of Airmail labels became unnecessary.
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SOLD |
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| SR372 |
1938 17th October, printed O.H.M.S. cover bearing
1½d George VI (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.
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£18 |
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| SR373 |
1940 21st January, printed advertising cover the
'SHINGADIA ECONOMIC STORE' sent Airmail and bearing 3d Large Falls and
1/- George VI definitive (SG 35b, 48) cancelled dc 'MARANDELLAS'
datestamp to India, arrival backstamp. With the onset of WW II, the
Empire Airmail Scheme rate of 1½d was dramatically increased to
1/3 on the 7th September 1939 and remained so until May 1947.
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£25 |
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