Auction UPA 102

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to plain cover with Gwelo 23 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Bournemouth. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury even fewer from Gwelo. Slightly soiled. Very scarce. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £23.20)

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Nyasaland 4d horiz joined pair (SG106?) tied to plain cover with Limbe 23 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Typed address to Mbeya Tanganyika. Double Crash. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Mbeya 6 Feb 32 receiving. Top right corner missing otherwise fine & clean. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.80)

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 4d & 6d (SG19 & 20) tied to plain registered cover with Reg'd Bulawayo 28 Jan 32 cds cancels. First Official Air Mail cachet. Bulawayo reg label. Typed address to Port Bell Kenya. Double Crash. On reverse Reg'd Bulawayo 28 Jan, Nairobi 7 Feb 32 reg oval transit, 2 different Kampala Registered 8 feb 32 receiving. Some light tone marks otherwise fine & very scarce. (...

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to Springbok official illust cover with Salisbury 26 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Walthamstow. No markings on reverse. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. Slight edge wear. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.80)

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Northern Rhodesia 1/- (SG10) on Robertson illust cover with Broken Hill 29 Jan 32 cds cancel. Typed address to Madras India. Air Mail etiquette overstamped in black with Karachi Cancelled 20 Feb 1932 cachet. On reverse Nairobi 3 Feb 32 transit. Teynampet 24 Feb transit & Saidapet 24 Feb 32 receiving. One of only 25 covers carried from Broken Hill to Nairobi on the 'Supplementary Flight'....

CAPE TOWN -LONDON FIRST REGULAR RETURN SERVICE Southern Rhodesia 10d (SG22) tied to plain cover with Fort Victoria 23 Jan 32 cds cancel. First Official Air Mail cachet. Hand addressed to Edinburgh. On reverse Salisbury 27 Jan 32 transit. Double Crash. One of only 150 carried from Salisbury. Slightly soiled. Very scarce. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £16.80)

LONDON CAPE TOWN EXPERIMENTAL CHRISTMAS FLIGHT Southern Rhodesia 2d Victoria Falls horiz joined pair (SG17) tied to plain cover with Salisbury 18 Dec 31 cds cancel. Hand addressed to Bulawayo (just one stage of the flight). Experimental Flight official cachet. Bulawayo 20 Dec 31 receiving on reverse. Vertical fold. Scarce. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)

LONDON CAPE TOWN EXPERIMENTAL CHRISTMAS FLIGHT Southern Rhodesia 1d & 4d (SG16 & 19) tied to plain cover with Bulawayo 18 Dec 31 cds cancel. Experimental flight official cachet. Typed address to Windhoek. Johannesburg 21 Dec 31 arrival & Windhoek-Kimberley 21 Dec receiving.Clean & fine. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £0.99)

LONDON CAPE TOWN EXPERIMENTAL CHRISTMAS FLIGHT Southern Rhodesia 1d & 8d (SG16 & 21) tied to plain registered cover with superb strikes of Bulawayo S.R. Registered 18 Dec 31 cds cancels. Experimental Flight official cachet in black & Bulawayo reg label. Typed address to Sea Point Cape Town. On reverse Bulawayo Registered 18 Dec , Johannesburg Registered 21 Dec transit & Cape Town 21 Dec 31 receiving. Very fine & clean....

LONDON-CAPE TOWN FIRST REGULAR SERVICE GB 2d horiz joined pair & 3d (SG421 & 423), tied to Speedbird official illust cover with superb strikes of Croydon Aerodrome 20 Jan 1932 cds cancels. Typed address to Dodoma. On reverse Dodoma 28 Jan 32 receiving. Believed just 24 covers carried from Croydon to Dodoma. Very fine & clean. Display quality. Very Rare. (image available) {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £56.00)

OTHER FLIGHTS Central African Airways collection much written up on pages of Airway Letter Stamps (Similar to those issued by BEA). Mint pairs as issued with margins, used on piece & on cover. The 3 different printings represented with 6d April 1955 perf 12½, June 1955 perf 11 & June/July 1956 roul. First Flight Airways Letter Service illust covers 1 April 55 x 5. 1959 commercial cover Salisbury to Ndola with 6d joined pair. 14 used...

RHODESIA & NYASALAND AIRWAYS Salisbury-Umtali-Beira first flight. Southern Rhodesia 1d & 3d SJ (SG31 & 33) tied to plain cover with Umtali 5 Oct 35 cds cancel. 'Rhodesia & Nyasalnd Airways Ltd (RANA)' cachet & 'First Air Mail between Umtali and Salisbury' cachet. Typed address to Salisbury. On reverse Salisbury 5 Oct 35 receiving. Reported that just 15 covers carried on this leg, however after much research by the Rhodesia...