David Feldman - Great Britain & British Empire Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 10:00 CET

151 Geneva, December 4, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) India (see also Indian states catalogue) 30705 F / 150 1848 (Apr 27) Entire from Jaulnah to Madeira, sent via London and struck with “Detained for Postage” hs, various ms rates, despatch bs, London cds and Portuguese “160” hs, some splits, unusual 200 - 300 30706 H 25 1854 4a blue and red, 4th printing, Head III, Frame II, used with clear to good margins, cancelled with diamond of dots and purple ink marks, cert. BPA (2015) (SG £550) 150 - 200 30707 F / 150 1920 (15 Feb) KARACHI flight registered to Bombay franked India 2a6p + 8a tied by Karachi Air Post with plane insignia, registration label on reverse, fine 100 - 150 30708 F / 150 1925 Cover to from Calcutta to Risalpur franked India 1a cancelled by Risailpur cds and signature of the pilot Flight Lieutenant Graham, special violet cachet CALCUTTA-RISALPUR DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT alongside, 64 flown 200 - 260 30709 F / 150 1925 Postcard of airplane inscribed S.H.Smith addressed to Karachi franked India 3p (pair) with ANGLO- INDIA AIR/SURVEY. D.H.50./CALCUTTA TO KARACHI vignette in red and black, with matching triangular cachet on obverse, signed by the Engineer “Arthur B Elliott” 200 - 300 30710 F / 150 1927 Cover franked India 1a (2) with violet boxed cachet: RANGOON-PENANG/FIRST AIR MAIL/April 1927 with arrival backstamp, ex Francis Field 600 - 800 30711 F / 150 1927 ‘Red Rose’ flight from Calcutta to Rangoon with special vignette applied of a map of India with the rose emblem, franked India 1a tied by Calcutta cds, arrival and transit backstamps, 52 flown 240 - 300 30712 F / 150 1927 Cover to Englandwith printed endorsement in red: FIRST AIR MAIL. “CALCUTTA-PARIS”/PILOT:- CAPT. LEON CHALLE./ENGINEER:-MONS RAYMOND RAPIN./ November 1927”, franked India 1a tied by Calcutta3 Nov 29 cds, 67 flown 200 - 260 30713 F / 152 1928 Printed card franked India 1/2a tied byCalcutta 17 Feb cds, printed “From Calcutta” by Herbert Hinckler/A POSTAL MEMENTO OF NOTABLE FLIGHTS/THROUGHOUT INDIA 300 - 400 30714 F / 152 1928 (3 Feb) Cover fromCalcutta to Akyab with special vignette inscribed ‘British Flight...From Calcutta by Seaplane’ franked India 1/2a 829 tied by Park Street Calcutta cds’s, fine (89 flown) 150 - 200 30715 F / 152 1928 (3 Feb) Special flight from Calcutta to Rangoon with fancy vignette inscribed ‘British Flight by Seaplane’, franked India 3p pair + 1/2a tied by Park Street, Calcutta cds’s, arrival backstamps, fine 100 - 150