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

153 Geneva, December 4, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) 30716 F / 152 1929 ‘BOY PILOT’ Picture Postcard depicting map of India showing Indian Airways routes franked India 1/2a tied by Cacutta 15 Jan29 cds, boxed ‘DELAYED BY/UNFAVOURABLE/WEATHER, LERFT 5th FEBRUARY’ in blue-green, 57 flown 150 - 200 30717 1930 (Apr 23) Peshwar Black Day (The Massacre At the Qissa Khawani), locally printed propaganda printed on native-paper depicting a harrowing scene in black ink, reads ‘British Rule by Bayonets and Bullets…The Peshwar Black Day. 23rd April 1930. A remarkable survival 200 - 300 30718 F / 152 1937 ‘Mrs Bonny’ solo 1st Flight from Brisbane to Capetown franked Queensland 1d (2) + 3d Air with India 4a + 8a applied and cancelled In Karachi, signed 240 - 300 30719 F / 152 1937 Cover from India franked 9pi (2) + 4a tied by Allahabad datestamps, salvaged from the Imperial Airways Cygnus crash and handstamped in violet linear ‘...weekt vliegongeval/Brindisi’, very scarce cachet 200 - 260 30720 CC 1941 HISSAR DISTRICT AEROPLANE/WAR FUND/1941 complete booklet of 10 receipts, fine and scarce 100 - 150 30721 A 1951 Unissued Health 1a maroon, 4a orange-brown and 1R blue handpainted essays, each on card with ms “31.1.51” and the 1a and 4a with “H.C. (High Commissioner) has approved”, plus the 1a and 4a in plate no. marginal blocks of four and 1R in plate no. marginal strip of four, a unique group, ex De La Rue archives (illustrated on pg.4164 in “The De La Rue Collection” by Frank Walton) 4’000 - 5’000

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