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

559 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Hib. N° Estimate ( £ ) Ireland – June 7, 2019 51117 F / 560 1931 (Mar 9) Imperial Airways first flight service Mwanza-London, cover with 10m airmail vert. strip of three tied by Sudan Air Mail / Malakal cds with “FIRST FLIGHT / MALAKAL TO LONDON” cachet below, sent to Ulster, minor peripheral faults and soiling 150 - 200 51118 F / 560 1931 (Mar 10) Imperial Airways first airmail service East Africa-London, Kisimu-London, official yellow & blue “rising sun” cover with KUT 50c and 10c tied by Kisumu cds, sent to Belfast, incl. original Imperial Airways headed letter, fine and attractive 60 - 80 51119 F 1931 (Mar 10) Imperial Airways first airmail service East Africa-London, group of three items incl. Kisumu-London flight official yellow & blue “rising sun” cover with KUT 20c (3) incl. original Imperial Airways headed letter (water stains), cover from Dar-Es Salaam with KUT 30c pair sent on the same flight with Tanganyika Territory airmail label and newspaper cutting depicting the mail arriving in Croydon 60 - 80 51120 F 1931 (May 7) Accelerated Service by Sea and Air to Toronto, two covers Dublin 7 MY (one code 4 cds, one Gaelic) by Rimouski - Montreal - Toronto air Service, Toronto arrival MAY 16, fine 80 - 120 51121 F 1931 (Oct 17) Irish Acceptances for Imperial Airways on London-Athens-Cyprus-Haifa service, two covers to Cyprus (one with publicity vignette) and three to Haifa, fine group 80 - 100 51122 F / 560 1931 (Dec 9) Irish acceptance for Imperial Airways Christmas airmail service London-Southern Africa, collection of 40 flight covers from different legs of the service, incl. London-Nairobi (3), London-Nairobi then Mombassa-Zanzibar, London-Mpika, London-Broken Hill (2), London-Salisbury (2) plus 2 Post Office labels for forwarding mail to Ireland or Belfast, London-Bulawayo (2), London-Pietersburg (2), London-Mbeya, London-Dodoma, London-Johannesburg (4, incl. one with “INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR LONDON- CAPE (in ms) AIR SERVICE”), London-J’burg-Upington (2), London-J’burg-Keetmanshoop (2), London-J’burg- Windhoek (4), London-Kimberley, London-Victoria West (2), London-Cape Town (10), plus 3 newspaper cuttings and a printed card of the route and dates, a very comprehensive collection of this air service 800 - 1’000 51123 F / 558 1931 (Dec 9) Irish acceptance for Imperial Airways Christmas airmail service London-Southern Africa, pair of covers with GB KGV 1 1/2d booklet panes, one “INDIA-RUBBER INLAID SPONGE...”, other “Cash’s WASHING RIBBONS...”, both on 1/2d postal stationery envelopes with Dun Laoghaire paquebot cds, sent to Tanganyika with Mbeya and Dodoma arrival bs repsectively, fine and attractive pair 80 - 100 51124 F / 560 1932 (Jan 7) Irish Acceptances for “All Australian” flight service, collection of 23 covers incl. 7 signed by the pilot Kingsford Smith, three covers dropped at Singapore, some sent on internal flights incl. Melbourne-Launceston, Melbourne-Wyndham, Melbourne-Hobart, some forwarded to New Zealand, attractive mix of covers 400 - 600 51125 F / 560 1932 (Jan 20) Irish acceptances for Imperial Airways direct airmail to South Africa, collection of 34 flight covers and a printed notice for the flight, incl. London-Nairobi-Mombassa-Zanzibar, London-Moshi (2), London-Dodoma (2), London-Mbeya, London-Mpika (2), London-Broken Hill (2), London-Salisbury, London-Bulawayo (2), London-Pietersburg (2), London-Johannesburg, London-J’burg-Durban (3), London-J’burg-Upington, London-J’burg-Beaufort West, London-Kimberley (3), London-Kimberley- Keetmanshoop, London-Kimberley-Windhoek (2), London-Victoria West (2), London-Cape Town (6, incl. one signed by Flt. Engineer and one with “INSUFFICIENTZLY PAID FOR / LONDON - CAPE (in ms) AIR SERVICE”, most on Imperial Airways envelopes, very comprehensive collection of this service 600 - 800 51126 F 1932 (Jan 20) Irish acceptances for Imperial Airways direct airmail to South Africa, group of 10 flight covers incl. London-Moshi, London-Dodoma, London-Broken Hill, London-Bulawayo (2), London- Kimberley-Windhoek, London-Victoria West, London-Cape Town (3), fine group 120 - 150