April 2019 Issue 31 TAKE OFF! AIR31 visit the flight section on our website which has recently been updated with hundreds of new flight covers 1947 Governor Generals Flight Australia - England (Duke of Gloucester returning to England) signed by the seven crew, circa 5 flown YOURS FOR £500 £50 per month for 10 months ARO122 £500 1934 Sydney - Newcastle carried by ‘Faith in Australia’ on the first flight made by a Royal Family member in Australia (Duke of Gloucester), signed by Chief Pilot G.U.Allan, Second Pilot B.Sheil, and Pilot-Engineer R.N.Boulton. JUST £200 £50 per month ARO121 £200 for 4 months VISIT WWW.BUCKINGHAMCOVERS.COM AND CLICK THE ‘FLIGHT’ BUTTON www.buckinghamcovers.com GRAF ZEPPELIN RU168 £280 £28 per month for 10 months 1935 Flown card from Montevideo, Uruguay to Germany with a RU169 £225 £25 for 9 months Friedrichshafen arrival 1931 First South America Flight card from datestamp and a large Germany to Brazil, this was flown from blue Condor Zeppelin Friedrichshafen to St Vicente on the Cape cachet, scarce. Verde Islands, nice illustrations and has a special green flow cachet plus arrival datestamp on reverse. RU170 £150 £15 per month for 10 months 1932 South America Flight card forwarded from the Netherland to Friedrichshafen, Germany where it then flew to Rio, Brazil. Has an unusual blue RU171 £200 £20 per month for 10 months illustration and green flown cachet plus an arrival 1932 South America Flight card forwarded from Hungary datestamp on the reverse. to Friedrichshafen, Germany where it then flew to Paraguay. Has an unusual blue illustration and purple flown cachet plus an arrival datestamp on the reverse. RU172 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1933 Century of Progress flight illustrated cover flown from Chicago to New York with black flown cachet plus an arrival datestamp on the reverse. RU174 £150 £30 per month for 5 months 1930 First Europe to Pan America flight cover 01303 278137 flown from Rio de Janeiro to New York, with EMAIL: [email protected] three Brazilian stamps and a very nice flown label. 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF AIR31 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] AMERICAN PIONEER FLIGHTS RU176 £395 £79 per month for 5 months 1919 American Government First Flight cover flown on the return leg of an experimental flight on October 23rd of 50 miles from Augusta to Portland in Maine, with both appropriate datestamps, very few were flown this is a rare cover. RU177 £175 £25 per month for 7 months 1920 USA to Cuba Experimental Foreign Air Mail Route No.4 first flight cover flown from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba. This 100 miles route was run by Florida West Indies Airways was in operation for less than 10 months. RU178 £140 £20 per month for 7 months 1920 American Government First Flight cover flown from St Louis to Chicago on August 16th piloted by Russell Jones, the service lasted less than a year. BACK FRONT RU179 £80 £20 per month for 4 months 1928 American Army Flight flown cover on the 8,000 mile inspection flight from Washington DC to France Field Canal Zone via Texas and returned by the same route, with a great cachet explaining the flight carried the American Assistant RU180 £80 Secretary of War and the Chief of the Air Corps. £20 per month for 4 months 1929 Universal Airlines Contract FRONT Air Mail Route No.16 First Flight cover flown from Springfield, Ohio BACK to Louisville, Kentucky, signed by the pilot Waldo Robey. RU06 £300 £30 per month for 10 months 1912 Harvest Festival Aviation Exhibition cover originally intended to be flown on 6th August by George Schmitt but his plane was damaged on take-off and subsequently aviator Earle Sandt carried this airmail two days later on 8th August from the festival to the local Post Office. The cover features a superb Aviation Station, Fort Recovery postmark and a great illustration of the festival on the reverse. www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 AUSTRALIAN AIRMAILS ARO118S £35 1938 Sydney - Tamworth signed by the pilot I. Thompson. ARO09E £100 £25 per month for 4 months 1934 London - Melbourne Air Race carried on plane ‘Miles Hawk Major’ and signed by the pilots N. McGregor and H.C. Walker. ARO35 £40 1934 New Zealand - Australia, Muriwai Beach to Mascot Aerodrome Sydney, first official airmail flown by Ulm, Allan, & Boulton in the Avro 10 ‘Faith in Australia’. ARO35S3 £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1934 New Zealand - Australia, flown on the Avro 10 ‘Faith in Australia’, signed by co-pilot & navigator G.U.Allan and engineer R.N. Boulto. ARO35S £75 £25 per month for 3 months 1934 The first official airmail New Zealand - Australia, flown on the Avro 10 ‘Faith in Australia’, signed by the pilot Charles Ulm. ARO86 £25 1933 Auckland - Invercargill non-stop internal New ARO71 £30 Zealand airmail with ‘Faith in 1934 New Zealand - Australia with Australia’ carried cachet, flown purple cachet, carried on Faith in by Ulm, cover issued by the Australia by Ulm, Allan, & Boulton Vacuum Oil Company who from Kaitaia to Sydney. sponsored Ulm for a time. DID YOU KNOW? The first official airmail between New Zealand and Australia took place on 17 February, 1934. The Avro 10, Faith in Australia, left Muriwai Beach, Auckland and arrived in Sydney 14 hours 10 minutes later. Charles Ulm was the pilot, Scotty Allan the navigator/co-pilot and R.T. Boulton the engineer. The first official airmail from Australia to New Zealand left Sydney on the evening of 11 April 1934 and arrived at New Plymouth in New Zealand at noon the next day. The plane was again the Faith in Australia and the crew were Charles Ulm (pilot), G.U. (Scotty) Allan (co-pilot and navigator) and R.T. Boulton (engineer). 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF AIR31 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ARO123 £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1937 Ansett Airways Broken Hill - Melbourne Survey Flight signed by Sir Reginald Ansett and the pilot V.V.Cerche. ARO112S £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1934 Richmond, Australia - Wellington, New Zealand Goodwill Flight on ‘Faith in Australia’, signed by flight Commander Charles Ulm. ARO124 £100 £10 per month for 10 months 1933 Australia - New Zealand postcard flown by Ulm, Allan, & Boulton on Avro 10 ‘Faith in Australia’ from Richmond Aerodrome, NSW to Bell Block Aerodrome, New Plymouth - carried passengers Mrs Ulm and Miss Rogers (Ulm’s secretary), signed by Ulm. ARO26 £30 1934 Australia - New Zealand, Richmond Aerodrome, NSW to Bell Block Aerodrome, New Plymouth, with 01303 first official air mail cachet, carried in ‘Faith in Australia’ 278137 by Ulm, Allan, & Boulton, our choice. ARO26A £30 1934 New Zealand - Australia, Ninety Mile Beach, Kaitaia to Mascot ARO26B £50 Aerodrome, Sydney, 1934 Australia - New Zealand - Australia, the second official air flown on outward leg on 10th arriving in mail, carried in ‘Faith in Auckland on the 12th & then flown on return Australia’, flown by Ulm, flight on 14th in ‘Faith in Australia’, with the Allan, & Boulton. two cachets for each flight. visit the flight section on our website which has recently been updated with hundreds of new flight covers www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 SIGNED AIRMAILS ART176 £50 £25 per month for 3 months Gordon Light signed 1932 USA airmail cover & on reverse has a World Record Lord Wakefield Trophy cachet. ARE225AS £75 £25 per month for 3 months 1935 Blackpool & West Coast Air Services, Isle of Man - Liverpool first flight of the new contract, signed by the pilot Higgins. ARI08AS £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1934 Imperial Airways London - Australia signed by the pilot V.G.Wilson, Commander of Athena, very scarce signature. ARN04S1 £75 £25 per month for 3 months 1938 North Eastern Airways Perth - London, signed by Captain Alan Nash and Flight Officer Boitel Gill. ARR136S £75 £25 per month for 3 months 1935 RAS London - Belfast first flight under new contract, signed by pilot Captain Allen. ARO09 £75 £25 per month for 3 months ARZ03 £20 934 London - Melbourne Mac Robertson International Air 1979 AD 500 G-BECE first Race, flown and signed by Col. flight from RAF Cardington. Rosco Turner who came third The flight lasted 20 minutes, in the speed event. signed by the pilot Captain Giovanni Abrate. 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF AIR31 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ARI13B £150 £15 per month for 10 months 1931 Imperial Airways London - South Africa, special experimental Christmas mail, left the UK on the 9th December and arrived in £50 per month for 3 months ART177 £150 Johannesburg on the 21st December - rare illustrated label cover. 1940 England - USA airmail with Penny Black Centenary values of a block of six 1/2d plus three 2d and two 3d each ARP151 £30 cancelled by a Cardiff CDS, New York arrival datestamp 1908 Henri on reverse, flown by Transatlantic Clipper, attractive cover. Farman vintage postcard with Paris postmark, facsimile signature of Farman ARSI14A £75 £25 per month for 3 months 1929 England - Sweden first night flight to Stockholm with the set of four PUC low values ARE212 £30 1930 London - Brussels, first ARE202B £150 £50 per month for 3 months night flight via 1941 Indian Pigeon Post cover flown from Kalyan - Belgian Airlines. Bombay to raise war funds. £25 per month for 5 months ARE203 £125 Pair of RAF Marham covers from the RAF Museum Series. Both were flown from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire to RAF Tengah, Singapore.
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