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.
1932 (Nov 17) Round the World flight by the French aviator Jacques Hebert, cover flown from Calcutta to Akyab bearing the orange vignette tied by "Across the Bay, to Akyab / ASMANI CHARI" trilingual cachet, a 1a3p stamp cancelled upon arrival, signed by the pilot...

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.
1933 (Jan 16) Penang to Bombay flight by Prince Ali Khan, son of the Aga Khan, cover flown from Bombay to Calcutta bearing the large "Prince Ali Khan" vignette tied by red eagle cachet, 3p and 1a stamps cancelled upon arrival at Santa Cruz. Very fine, 91 covers...

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.
1933 (April 7) Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition, first survey flight from Purnea to Mt. Everest by Air Commodore P.F.M Fellowes. Indian Air Mail Society notepaper of Stephen Smith bearing a newspaper picture of Fellowes and the Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition flag...

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.
1933 (Apr 7) Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition first survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes franked 3p and 1a cancelled at Purnea (Apr. 8), bearing the flight vignette featuring a Union Jack and an aeroplane over India. Both sides handstamped with the circular...

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.
1933-38 Tata Airways first flight covers comprising 1933 (May 27-30) first flights from Poona to Bellary, Karachi (2, one a postcard flown to England by Imperial Airways) or Madras; 1935 demonstration flights from Bombay to Calcutta (Feb 25), Calcutta to Bombay (...

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.
1933 (July 21) Australia to England flight by Capt. James Woods in "The Spirit of Western Australia", cover flown from Calcutta to Lucknow with a 1a3p stamp cancelled upon arrival, bearing a "DUM DUM AIR PORT" label tied by the violet flight cachet, a further...

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.
1933-34 Indian National Airways first flight covers comprising 1933 (Dec 1) first flight from Dacca to Calcutta, Rangoon to Akyab, Akyab to Chittagong (3) or Akyab to Calcutta (5); 1933 (Dec 4) first weekly service from Calcutta to Sandoway (actually carried to...

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.
1934 (Feb 10/11) Madras Air Taxi Service, first outward flight covers flown from Madras to Gunnavaram or Calcutta, Vizagapatam to Puri or Calcutta (2) or Puri to Calcutta; and first return flight covers flown from Calcutta to Puri, Vizagapatam (2) or Madras,...

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.
Scipio Crash. 1936 (Aug 13/18) Covers from India to Great Britain all recovered from the Imperial airways flying boat "Scipio" which crashed upon landing at Mirabella Bay, Crete on August 22nd, and sank, two passengers being killed. The covers franked 7a6p from...

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.
Cygnus Crash. 1937 (Dec 1) Covers from India to Great Britain, one from Bombay franked 7a6p, the other two with their stamps washed off, one of these registered from Delhi, all recovered from the Imperial Airways flying boat "Cygnus" which overturned and sank...

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.
1920-30 Flight covers in a rather primitive cover album with various notes and 1930s newspaper cuttings, the collection probably formed in the 1930s, including 1920 Bombay - Karachi; 1925 Risalpur R.A.F demonstration flight, Alan Cobham Anglo-Indian Air Survey...

Postal Stationery. 1921 In British Occupation 1/2a surcharge on 10pa green postcard cancelled to order by "KUT S.O" c.d.s (Mar 11), believed to have been distributed as a Specimen, very unusual.
Suggested price: £ 100-120