David Feldman Great Britain, British Empire & Ireland June 7, 2019

553 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Hib. N° Estimate ( £ ) Ireland – June 7, 2019 51090 F / 550 1924 (May 30) Envelope to Denmark with “By Air Mail” label with very late usage QV 1892 4 1/2d red & green, invalid for postage and highlighted with blue crayon and struck with “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL” cahcet on both sides, and on arrival in Copenhagen franked with strip of four 20ö postage dues, very fine and attractive 100 - 150 51091 F / 552 1924 (Jun 25) Irish Acceptance for RAF “Desert Airmail Service” London-Cairo-Baghdad-Tehran, envelope sent registered from Dublin to Persia with nine Saorstat 1d tied by College Green cds, reverse with despatch, London and Baghdad transits and Tehran arrival, fine 100 - 150 51092 F / 552 69a, 70a 1925 (Jan 26) Irish Acceptance for RAF “Desert Airmail Service” London-Cairo-Baghdad, cover from Dublin and forwarded to Sudan from Cairo, franked with Harrison Coil 1 1/2d pair and 2d strip of three, both showing an example of the “long 1 in 1922” variety, reverse with despatch, London, Shella Halfa TPO and Khartoum ds, fine and scarce varieties on cover 150 - 200 51093 F / 552 1925 (May 26) Irish acceptance for last temporary Cape Town-Durban airmail service, cover from Dublin to Durban with two ovpt 4d (PREVIOUSLY USED), with S.A. AIR MAIL 16 JUN 25 cds and Durban 25 JUN arrival, undelivered with three different cachets and Returned Letter Office bs, Irish 23 JY arrival, fine and interesting cover 120 - 150 51094 F 1927-31, Airmail services from India to Ireland, incl. two covers sent 1927 (Mar 10) Basra-Cairo extension (faults), two sent 1927 (Dec) Basrah-London service, 1928 (Oct) sent Imperial Airways Basra- Cairo, 1929 (Apr 4) sent Imperial Airways Karachi-Croydon, three 1929 covers sent Imperial Airways Karachi-London, two 1929 covers with Airmail frankings sent Imperial Airways Karachi-Croydon, 1929 (Dec 28) Delhi-Karachi first flight, 1930 Delhi-Croydon, 1930 sent Marseilles-London and 1931 (Aug 15) Karachi-Croydon, mixed condition, useful group (15) 150 - 200 51095 F / 552 1927 (Mar 7) Irish acceptance for experimental London-Cairo-East Africa airmail service, 1/2d postal stationery cover from Dublin uprated with Sword and Shield stamps with ms “Per 1st flight from Cairo”, however the aircraft crashed on Khartown-Kisumu route and was forwarded by surface mail, reverse with red KENYA-SUDAN AIR MAIL cds, Jinja and Kisumu arrival cds, very fine 100 - 120 51096 F / 552 1927 (Mar 9) Irish acceptance for experimental London-Cairo-East Africa airmail service, postcard from Dublin to Kenya uprated with Map and Shield stamps with ms “by first flight regular air mail service to Kenya via London”, however the aircraft crashed on Khartown-Kisumu route and was forwarded by surface mail, with Nairobi and Kisumu arrival cds, redirected to Ireland with Irish 1d postage applied on arrival, fine 100 - 120 51097 F / 554 1928 (Sep 24) Imperial Airways flight service Liverpool-Belfast & Belfast-Liverpool, collection in an album incl. Post Office Daily Lists from Sep 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 27th, 28th and Oct 1st  detailing the service, picture postcards and press photos of the plane and a few publicity items, and 20 covers incl. three covers signed by the pilot, a nice lot 300 - 400 51098 F / 552 1928 (Nov 27) “Miss Africa” flight from Amsterdam to Cairo thence to Nairobi (by Lord Carbery if Castlefreke, Ireland), printed cover from Schipol to Cairo with two of the special vignettes tied by special cachet, reverse with Egypt 10m tied by Cairo cds, very fine, numbered “19” of only 40 carried, plus 2 unused pairs of vignettes in yellow and orange 300 - 400 You may bid LIVE by Internet at www.davidfeldman.com