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

555 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Hib. N° Estimate ( £ ) Ireland – June 7, 2019 51099 F / 552 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service, collection incl. 1929 (Apr 6) Imperial Airways 2nd Service, press photo of passengers boarding the plane, four covers 1929 Croydon-Karachi, 1929 (Dec 21) pair of covers sent on first flight Karachi-Dehli (very few known as it was only announced 5 days afterwards), 1929 (Dec 28) Karachi-Jodhpur and Karachi-Delhi extensions (14 + press photo), 1930 (Jan 9) Croydon-Delhi, etc., one underpaid and sent by surface mail, 3 with airmail labels obliterated as they weren’t flown all the way, two incoming (Australia and India), eighteen 1932 (Oct 15) Tata Karachi-Madras covers, etc., plus GPO brochures/notices for England-India airmail services, a great lot for the airmail specialist (55 covers) 900 - 1’200 51100 F / 554 1929-33, Irish Acceptances on flight services to Australasia and incoming from Australasia incl. internal Australia flights, collection in an album incl. 1929 to NSW via London-Karachi, six 1929 (May 9) Perth- Adelaide flights, 1930 Melbourne-Perth flight cover from the Swedish Vice Consul, two from New Zealand and one from Fiji, three 1931 covers flown India-London, two 1931 (Apr 4) London-Koepang- Darwin signed Kingsford Smith, 1931 (Apr 4) First England-Australia flight covers (7), 1931 (Apr 23) First Australia-England flight covers (7), 1931 (Apr 25) 2nd Service London-Australia (4) and return flight (2), advertising cover sent Melbourne-Perth then Delhi-Croydon, 4 covers sent London-Karachi service to Australia redirected to the Philippines, 1931 (Nov 20) ANA first flight covers (12 incl. specially printed covers and one signed by the pilot), 1932 (Nov 29) underpaid with 4d postage due, some newspaper clippings, press photos, etc., a great lot for the Irish or Australian airmail specialist (56) 700 - 900 51101 F / 556 1929-31, Irish Acceptances via the London and Amsterdam services to the Far East, collection on 13 pages incl. two to Hong Kong but sent only by surface mail with “SENT BY ORDINARY SERVICE” cachets, section of 1930 (Sep 25) Amsterdam-Batavia service with 2 to Bangkok, 2 to Kuala Lumpur, 2 to Penang, 2 to Singapore, 1 to Pematang and 2 to Batavia, then 1931 flights to Batavia, Saigon (2), Singapore (4), plus 2 incoming from Kuala Lumpur, a great lot for the airmail specialist 400 - 600 51102 F / 554 1929 (Feb 8) Irish acceptance for “First Air Flight to North Africa”, pair of identical 1/2d postal stationery covers with 4d Sword covers (mounted on a page to show front and back), sent from Dublin to Algeria with Algier arrival, one example with ms on reverse “intended for Marseilles-Algier airmail but service was suspended for the winter. Probably flown London-Paris, minor soiling 80 - 100 51103 F / 556 1929 (Mar 30) Imperial Airways London-Alexandria-Gaza-Baghdad-Basra-Karachi, collection incl. letter from the Depot of Posts & Telegraphs about the forwarding of Irish letters for this service, with four covers sent to Alexandria, four to Gaza, two to Baghdad, one to Basra, six to Karachi (one signed by the pilot), plus 2 unused Imperial Airways envelopes and a press photo of the plane, a fine collection showing the different legs of this service (19 covers) 600 - 800 51104 F / 556 1929 (Apr 22) Irish acceptance for air service New York - Nueva Laredo and thence Nueva Laredo - Mexico City, 5d registered envelope with SE 1/2d, 2 1/2d and 10d from Dublin 22 AP to Mexico City, very unusual 150 - 200 51105 F / 556 1929 (Aug 26) Irish acceptances for first airmail service in South Africa (Cape Town-Durban), group of four covers incl GB KGV 1/2d K29 control block of 6 in combination with Sword tied Dun Laoghaire paquebot cds; Sword and KGV 4d from London, 4 1/2d meter franking and Sword 6d single franking from Dublin, attractive group 100 - 150 51106 F / 556 1929 (Aug 26) Irish acceptances for first airmail service in South Africa (Cape Town-Durban), group of eight covers incl GB KGV 1d J28 control strip of 3 in combination with Sword tied Dun Laoghaire paquebot cds; 4 1/2d meter franking; 2d Connell and 2 1/2d Shield franking from Dublin; 6d Sword franking from Dublin (4); and 1/2d Sword, 1 1/2d Map and 2 1/2d Shield franking, fine group 100 - 150