David Feldman - Overseas Friday, December 8, 2018, at 10:00 CET

395 Geneva, December 7, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Haiti 53194 DCE 108a 1906 1c on 50c Claret (inverted) unused, fine and scarce, cert. RPS (1970) (Scott $950, SG £850) 150 53195 CC / www American Banknote Specimens: Attractive duplicated stock of over 1100 mint nh Specimens in singles & blocks, showing some Airmails, mostly neatly presented on stockcards, generally fresh & very fine, an excellent lots for the internet seller (1100+)  500 - 700 Iraq 53195A F / 394 1923 (30.8) First Overland Mail cover registered to Haifa, franked with 9 annas of the Pictorial issue, all tied by BAGDAD/30.8.23 cds, being the first day of use of the Overland Mail route, initiated by the Nairn Brothers, very fine and extremely rare, apparently one of only four known covers use on the first day 1’000 53196 F 1927 (16.9) Registered Bagdad to Cairo, Egypt, with 7 1/2a franking applied on reverse and tied by Exchange Square cds, with registered label of the same on front and BAGDAD-CAIRO AIRMAIL & REGISTERED hs alonsgide, fine & a scarce registered usage 80 53197 H / www 1932 Railway Letter Service 10f in three different colours, used, fine 50 53198 F / 394 1933 Airmail cover from Ripley “Garden of Eden” Iraq, addressed to the famous journalist and new correspondent for the New York Walter Winchell, paying the 35f rate tied by BASRA cds, unusual and historic item 240 53199 F 1938 (16.6) First Flight Bagdad to Larnaca, Cyprus, carried by Misr Airworks Ltd., with 21f franking tied by BAGDAD/16.6.38 cds, Larnaca arraival bs, fine & scarce, only 12 flown 100 53200 F / www 1939 Mourning cover from The Royal Palace in Bagdad to Fez, franked 15f tied Bagdad/15.MAY.39 cds, with an array of instructional markings alongside and cover returned to sender due to incomplete address, unusual & scarce Note: The King of Iraq died in an automobile accident in Fez on April 3, 1939 150 Collections, Lots etc. 53201 G F DFE Collection / 394-398 THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DESERT AIR SERVICE 1919-1925 Exhibition collection neatly mounted and knowledgable written on 121 album pages, this collection traces the development if the RAF’s military air services in the Middle East after the British Governments Colonial Office conference of March 21 held in Cairo. The exhibit is illustrated in chronological order under four main sections: 1) RFC & RAF Special & Emergency Airmails Flights - June 1917 - July 1921 (10 pages) 2) Proving Trial Air Services Carrying Official Only Mail - July to October 1921 (4 pages) 3) Regular Airmail Services to and from Iraq - October 1921 to December 1926 (100 pages) 4) Imperial Airway Takes Over the Air Mail Services from the RAF, January 1927 (4 pages) The strength and value is in the Special & Emergency Airmails Flights which were prior to the regular airmail services, nevertheless, the rest of the collection is wonderful in it’s scope of frankings, usages, origins and destinations, an excellent basis for study and expansion 15 - 20’000 53202 F Collection / www 1919-56 Lot of 29 covers, noted FPOs, registered, airs, etc. 100 - 150