David Feldman All World & Collections June 5-7, 2019

163 All World & Collections – June 6 & 7, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 41210 F / 160 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 200 41211 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 80 41212 F 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 100 41213 CC C H J 1967 Flood Relief Issue: Attractive group mint and used arranged on four album pages, mixed to very fine, a scarce assembly (66) 50 Iraq British Occupation Post Offices 41214 F 1919 Flight from Bassorah to Delhi: One Active Service envelope to Aligara, bearing on reverse the very rare boxed cachet “POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F. AERIAL POST-BASRAH-DELHI PER HANDLEY-PAGE AEROPLANE”, with BASE OFFICE/11.1.19 ds and arrival alongside, cvr crease, a very rare flight with only 24 carried according to Muller 2’000 Collections, Lots etc. 41215 C 1918-67, Old-time unused collection on 20 large hand-drawn album pages showing a good deal of completion, neat section of the early overprinted issues, also 1923-25 pictorials and 1927 King Faisal set to 25 rupees, mostly perforated or overprinted SPECIMEN, very fresh, very fine 1’200 - 1’600 41216 F DFE / 164 1920-1942 Overland Mail: Attractive and valuable accumulation of covers and cards housed in two stockbooks, showing strength in the Overland Mail with twenty-five covers showing of array of different Overland labels, handstamps and printed envelope including two Nairn Transport Overland Desert Mail covers, plus array of 26 other covers mostly Iraq, including airmails and crash mail, a few British Occupation usages, Bahrain etc., mixed to very fine 2’000 - 3’000