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

561 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Hib. N° Estimate ( £ ) Ireland – June 7, 2019 51127 F 1932 (Apr 16) Irish Acceptances for first Imperial Airways London-Athens-Cyprus service, group of 7 plain covers to Cyprus plus unused official envelope with vignette 100 - 150 51128 F / 562 1932 (Oct 1) Imperial Airways London-Basra-Bahrain-Sharjah-Karachi flight services, group of 11 covers incl. two London-Basra forwarded to Kuwait, three plain covers and three “map” illustrated covers to Bahrain (only 25 covers accepted in Ireland), “map” illustrated cover to Sharjah (one of only 7 covers accepted in Ireland), “map” illustrated cover to Karachi, and an unused Imperial Airways envelope with legend, fine and rare group 1’000 - 1’500 51129 F / 562 1932 (Oct 12) Imperial Airways Dubai-London service, cover with India KGV 1a and block of six 1a3p tied by violet Dubai cds, sent to Liverpool and forwarded to Dublin, minor foxing around stamps, opened for display, fine and scarce 300 - 500 51130 F / 562 1932 (Dec 7) Hong Kong Acceptances for French airmail service by Air Orient, group of three covers/ cards incl. cover with KGV 2c, 5c, 20c vert. pair and 50c vert pair tied by red Hong Kong double circle ds and two 4d postal stationery cards uprated with 20c & 25c, one with red double circle ds and one with red Hong-Kong / Kowloon cds, fine and attractive trio 100 - 150 51131 F 1933 (Apr) Houston Mount Everest Flight, group incl. 1933 (Apr 20) “HOUSTON MOUNT EVEREST FLIGHT / PURNEA” blue cds, with Purnea 21 APR cds below, incl. original letter written by a Times correspondent, very rare; 1933 (Apr 8) cover with vignette tied by pictorial cachet sent to Calvutta and signed on the reverse by Stephen Smith, press photo of the plane and three newspaper clippings, rare group 800 - 1’000 51132 F / 562 1937 (Jul 1) Aer Lingus First Season of Summer Flights to Isle of Man, collection incl. first flight cover from Dublin 1 VII 37 to Douglas, arrival cds for same day, signed on flap by Minister for Posts “Oscar Traynor”, first day of summer service, cover opened for display, rare as few survive, plus four covers that were prepared for this flight sent from Dublin but not carried, 3 pages of newspaper cuttings about the flight, two picture postcards of the plane and a letter from the Postmaster in Douglas explaining that he marked the covers with an arrival cds, a rare assembly 700 - 1’000