Lot 51099 – 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service collection

Stamp of Ireland » Airmails 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service collection
Stamp of Ireland » Airmails 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service collection
Stamp of Ireland » Airmails 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service collection
Stamp of Ireland » Airmails 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service collection

Lot 51099 – 1929-32, Irish Acceptances via the London-India service collection

Ireland » Airmails
Price realised
850 GBP
Estimate
900 – 1’200 GBP
Auction date
Fri 7 Jun 2019 at 19:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

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)

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