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

569 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Hib. N° Estimate ( £ ) Ireland – June 7, 2019 51154 F / 570 1918-44, Collection of WWI & WWII US Naval Air Service and Army Post Offices in Ireland in 3 albums, the first album focussing on the 1918-19 US Naval Service (which had 25 stations in Europe with 5 in Ireland), incl. correspondence from sailors from the training camps in the US, censored covers from Queenstown (16, some incl. violet U.S. NAVAL AIR STA. / QUEENSTOWN IRELAND” duplexes with correspondence, plus one cover incoming), Lough Foyle (2, with “US NAVAL AIR STATION / LOUGH FOYLE IRELAND” hs), Pauillac (France) and Southampton, ephemera incl. sports day programme and invitation card at the Air Station in Lough Foyle, bound set of “The Aero Nut” magazine of the US Naval Air Service Troops at Queenstown signed inside by the Commanders and Editors (then follows several pages of photocopies from these magazines), a menu from the forces at Whiddy Island, two photo postcards and a menu/programme for the farewell dance in Rosslare Strand, then 1942-44 US Naval Base at Derry (12 covers), and 130 covers from the various 1942-44 Army Post Offices in Ireland and Northern Ireland, with APO cancels on British, American and free frankings, etc., an interesting lot for the World War specialist 1’000 - 1’500 51155 F 1922-2011, BALLOON MAIL collection written up in 9 albums, beginning with Switzerland 1922 “Gordon Bennett” balloon race (3 used publicity cards, two with vignettes, 8 picture postcards of the starting grounds in Geneva, etc.), 1936 “Gordon Bennett” cup cover carried and signed by the winning pilot (one of only 10 sent from England), 1949 War Memorial balloon flight (17 covers/cards incl. pilot signatures), Irish acceptances for balloon flights in Austria, glider flight covers, US first missile flight and so on, a wealth of material incl. ephemera such as photos, the bulk being modern balloon/glider championship covers 1’500 - 2’000 51156 F / 564 1926-29 Group of 14 airmails to Persia or Iraq, with two 1926 (Nov 26) RAF Desert Service Cairo- Baghdad, and twelve sent by Imperial Airways incl. 1927 (Jan 6) Cairo-Baghdad-Basra flight forwarded to Abadan (5), 1929 (Apr 6) London-Alexandria-Cairo-Baghdad (3) and 1929 (May 24) London-Bushire flight (2) and Jask extension (2), fine group 600 - 800 51157 F 1927-31 Group of 8 incoming airmail covers on Imperial Airways flights from Baghdad, Basra or Teheran, six with Persia frankings and two from Iraq, incl. “AIR MAIL / BAGHDAD-CAIRO” underpaid to Armagh with postage dues on arrival, some with foxing, useful group 300 - 400 51158 F / 570 1934-51, Collection of BEA and Irish airports (mostly Shannon) in 2 albums, incl. covers/cards with Shannon Airport cancels (26 covers), FDCs, British Air Letter Service labels on covers and mint singles and multiples incl. hree complete sheets (11d+1d in violet and 1s4d+2d in violet with only 3-5 known of each), plus letter explaining their introduction, ephemera such as picture postcards, photos, newspaper clippings, timetables, routes, QSL cards, labels, an attractive lot for the specialist 400 - 600 51159 F / 572 1939-45 Collection of Wartime Airmail Services across the North Atlantic in 5 albums, with incoming and outgoing mail from Ireland, mostly to or from the USA but also from Brazil, Cuba, Bahamas, St. Lucia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand-USA mixed franking via New Caledonia, Canton Is. and Hawaii (ex F. D. Roosevelt), Jamaica, Venezuela, etc., with censored incl. O.A.T. hs, range of censor tapes, different Irish censor hs incl. “Exempt from Censorship” hs, with airgraphs, v-mail, advertising covers, commercial covers, registered envelopes, as well as ephemera incl. press photos, tickets, etc., an interesting collection (300+) 1’500 - 2’000 51160 F 1939 (Jul 26- Aug 5) First Regular Transatlantic Service by Imperial Airways, collection with a comprehensive accumulation of covers showing different legs of the route incl. the scarcer Botwood- Foynes route, several signed by the pilots, with official documents, press photos, postcards, newspaper clippings, etc., throughout (100+ covers) 400 - 600 51161 F 1940-74, Collection of RAF mail in 3 albums, the majority being mail from the WWII London-Belfast Air Despatch Letter Service by the RAF, incl. several “Secret” documents with notices/telegram forms from RAF HQ about the service and changes to the service, sheet of proof strikes of the “AIR DESPATCH / LETTER SERVICE” hs, official stationery sent to Belfast incl. registered envelopes from the Air Ministry, Information Section, War Office, covers variously endorsed “By A.D.L.S” in ms, “AIR D.L.S.” hs,etc. (ca.150 covers), then a range of covers, incl. OAS envelopes, with RAF censor markings and some registered incl. RAF reg’n labels (33), followed by RAF Post Offices in Northern Ireland (15), a very comprehensive collection 600 - 900