Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1928 (Feb. 17) England-Australia first solo flight by Bert Hinckler, printed card flown from Calcutta to Rangoon franked 1/2a, a Rangoon arrival c.d.s, a fine card carried on this famous flight. 50 cards were flown to Rangoon. Photo on Page 165.
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The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1928 (Sep 2) Karachi to Croydon "Princess Xenia" return flight by Capt. C.D Barnard and F/O E.H Alliott, a 1 1/2a postcard (faults, repaired corners at left) with Karachi (Sep. 3), Karachi Unpaid (Aug. 31) and Basrah (Sep. 6) datestamps, signed by Barnard and...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1928 (Sep 20) Amsterdam to Batavia first experimental flight by KLM, a 1/2a postcard and a cover franked by two 1/2a stamps flown from Calcutta to Rangoon, both with an aeroplane cachet and "INDO BURMA FLIGHT / BY DUTCH PLANE / 1st OFFICIAL MAIL". 111 Items...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1928 (Sep 30) Berlin to Tokyo flight by Baron von Huenfeld and Capt. Lindener in the "Europa", postcard flown from Calcutta to Tokyo franked 1/2a and 1a, with the cachets "BARON HUENFELD", "EUROPA / SS" and "TOKIO 18 OCT", fine and scarce, 47 cards flown. Photo...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1928 (Oct 4/11) Amsterdam to Batavia 3rd experimental flight, Calcutta to Rangoon leg, six cards franked 1/2a all with the aeroplane cachet and "3RD OFFICIAL MAIL", a boxed cachet then applied explaining the cards were actually carried on the 4th flight after the...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1928 German Round the World flight by Baron von Koenig in the "Kamerad", flown as a result of a competition for the most sporting amateur flight and in order to win the President Hindenburg Cup. A printed business card with Von Koenigs full name, inscribed "...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1929 (Feb 5) Von Koenig Round the World flight, printed postcard flown from Calcutta to Bangkok with 1/2a cancelled at Park Street, Calcutta (Jan. 15), Bangkok Feb. 14 cachet and a boxed cachet explaining that the flight was delayed until February 5th by...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1929 (Feb. 5) Baron Von Koenig Round the World flight, stampless cover flown from Calcutta to Tokyo via Singapore and Osaka bearing an explanatory label and "KAMERAD" aeroplane cachet, posted at Park Street, Calcutta (June 10) with a 2a due mark. Fine and very...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1929-34 Imperial Airways First Flight and commercial covers showing the development of Imperial Airways routes to, from and within India including 1929 (Apr. 7) London-Karachi route, first flight covers from London (3), Baghdad, Jask, Athens, or sent on the...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1929 (May 21) Bengal Air Transport Co. Calcutta to Siliguri first flight covers all franked 1a, cancelled at Park Street, Calcutta and backstamped at Darjeeling, all superb. 64 Covers carried on this flight. (7).
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The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1929 (June 10) "Maryland Free State" Croydon to Calcutta flight by Van Lear Black, Geysendorffer and Scholte, newspaper wrapper franked by an uncancelled G.B 1/2d and India 1/2a cancelled upon arrival at Park Street, Calcutta, handstamped "MARYLAND FREE STATE",...

The exceptional award winning collection featuring the 1911 Allahabad Flight, 1918-20 flights via the Persian Gulf, the Ross Smith flight to Australia and other pioneer flights.
1929 (Nov 4) - 1930 (May 1) First flight covers bearing 1929 Air Mail stamp issue all signed by the stamp designer G. Grant, four covers signed in the stamp margins or on the stamps (two additionally signed on the reverse of the cover), four other covers signed...