Octber 2019 Issue 33 TAKE OFF! AIR33 Jim Broadbent signed 1938 Lympne, England to Darwin, Australia Air Record attempt cover by Broadbent but he crashed at Sesok, Flores Island, Dutch East Indies, only 48 fl own-he later broke the record a month later £100 per month for 3 months ARO16C £300 ARO127S £250 £25 per month for 10 months 1931 Australia - England, fl own from Brisbane to England, signed by Hudson Fysh who fl ew this Brisbane to Darwin leg for Qantas, he was a co-founder of Qantas and later served as Chairman & Managing Director ARZ73 £250 £62.50 per month for 4 months 1925 London - Liverpool fl own by airship cover, number 77 of 100, Flexi-pay available on all items! this was the trial fl ight for the Algarsson North Pole Expedition. No interest charged - payment Led by Frank Worsley and Canadian Grettir Algarsson the 15- options up to 12 months man expedition with mapping and scientifi c objectives, including searching for Gillis Land which had not been sighted since 1707. ARE78A £500 £50 per month for 10 months 1961 50th anniversary of the world’s fi rst Aerial Post from Allahabad to Naini in India, signed by Henri Pequet the pilot of that historic fl ight, this is the fi rst time we have offered this incredible signature VISIT WWW.BUCKINGHAMCOVERS.COM AND CLICK THE ‘FLIGHT’ BUTTON www.buckinghamcovers.com BRAND NEW STOCK ZEPPELINs ARZ10E £125 £25 per month for 5 months Herbert Wiley signed 1933 USS Akron Memorial Day cover, one of only three survivors of the 76 man crew when the Akron crashed ARZ76 £110 £11 per month for 10 months 1932 Graf Zeppelin fl own card from Vaduz to Friedrichshafen, four Lichtenstein stamps cancelled by a superb blue Zeppelin Post postmark and with arrival datestamp ARZ42G £125 £12.50 per month for 10 months Herbert Wiley signed 1934 USS Macon visits Camp Kearney cover ARZ42H £200 £25 per month for 8 months Alger Dresel signed 1933 USS Macon leaves for Lakehurst cover, he commanded both the USS Akron & USS Macon ARZ53A £300 £25 per month for 12 months Charles Rosendahl signed 1938 German card with image of Rosendahl and German text which translates as ‘Rosendahl is in the capital at the invitation of the German Zeppeliners to attend the 100th birthday of Count von Zeppelin on 8th July. Rosendahl was a decorated Vice Admiral in the US Navy and an advocate the American Airship program. He was in command at Lakehurst when the Hindenburg was destroyed at the base in 1937 and led the rescue effort. £10 per month for 10 months ARZ75 £100 1924 USS Los Angeles Germany to USA fi rst fl ight, fl own from Friedrichshafen, Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey with carried cachet and nice illustration of the Zeppelin over the Statue of Liberty 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] 2 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF AIR33 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] SIGNED AIRMAILS ARS12 £60 £20 per month for 3 months 1937 Kirkwall - Shetland via Aberdeen signed by £50 per month for 2 months ARO124 £100 and Captain , 1933 Australia - New Zealand postcard fl own by Ulm, Bernard Wilson E.G. Starling respectively the pilot of Highland Airways & Chief Pilot Allan, & Boulton on Avro 10 ‘Faith in Australia’ from of Allied Airways Richmond Aerodrome, NSW to Bell Block Aerodrome, New Plymouth - carried passengers Mrs Ulm and Miss Rogers (Ulm’s secretary), signed by Charles Ulm ARE278S £100 £10 per month for 10 months 1939 RANA London - Mongu, Rhodesia fi rst fl ight signed by the pilot H.R.Kirkman ARS06D £150 £30 per month for 5 months 1934 Inverness - Kirkwall fi rst fl ight with plane over sea illustration & airmail etiquette, signed by pilot E.E.Fressor ART175 £50 Wilfrid ‘Wop’ May signed 1929 Canadian airmail with fi rst fl ight cachet, May was the fi nal Allied pilot to be pursued by The Red Baron before the WWI German ace was shot down during the dogfi ght ARB302 £50 Nigel Pelly signed 1934 British Industries Fair Want to spread the cost of your cover, distinguished early commercial aviator who covers? Ask us about Flexi Pay! notably fl ew Neville Chamberlain to the Munich Call 01303 278137 for full details. Conference in 1938 for the ‘Peace in our Time’ talks www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 BRAND NEW STOCK RU192 £150 £15 per month for 10 months LZ129 Hindenburg Germany to USA fl own, nicely illustrated cover with two Liechtenstein stamps where it was posted and connected with Zeppelin, with fl own cachet plus USA arrival datestamp on the reverse £50 per month for 3 months RU193 £150 LZ127 Graf Zeppelin fl own Austrian postal stationary card with fl own ‘Landing trip to Vienna’ fl own cachet & uprated with three Austrian stamps RU194 £150 £50 per month for 3 months LZ129 Graf Zeppelin Hungary fl ight with fl own cachet showing Budapest Palace and several good strikes of Budapest cancel, stamps catalogue at over £260 alone RU195 £110 £11 per month for 10 months LZ129 Graf Zeppelin fi rst South America Flight postal stationary fl own card, uprated with German Zeppelin stamp, posted on board during the fl ight from Friedrichshafen to Brazil, with Recife arrival backstamp RU197 £280 £28 per month for 10 months Arthur Clouston & Victor Ricketts signed 1938 fl own cover, only 12 were signed, the pair took part in several air races and record- breaking fl ights in the 1930s. £25 per month for 10 months ARO125 £250 1937 MacKay Aerial Mineral and Geological Survey of Central & North West Australia, signed by pilots Frank Neale & Jim Pollock plus navigator Harry Bennett. A scarce cover with there only being 9 posted at Wiluna. Want to view the latest offers? Sign up to our emails today! www.buckinghamcovers.com/family 4 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF AIR33 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] ARE88 £30 1935 Swiss Glider fl ight postcard with fl own cachet ARE87 £50 1950 Swiss Gyrocopter card with fl own cachet & great illustration, our choice ARO130S £60 1941 First night fl ight ANA Sydney - Melbourne, signed by pilot V.V. Cerche & the air hostess M.Caldwell, only 15 fl own ARQ52S £70 1943 Qantas Sydney - Johannesburg fi rst survey fl ight signed by pilot L.R. Ambrose ARO128S £50 1933 Hart Aircraft Service PTY Ltd Launcester - Melbourne fi rst fl ight signed pilot A J Turner RU198 £95 £23.75 per month for 4 months 1969 Douglas DC 4 Paris to Bordeaux crash mail cover. Piloted by Girard Patrick it crashed when taking off from Orly airport to perform the postal night fl ight. The crew of three all survived unhurt but much mail was destroyed. This surviving example has had a French ‘courrier accidente en cours de transport’ cachet added. RU196 £275 £55 per month for 5 months Lorres Bonney a.k.a. Mrs. H.B Boney signed 1937 cover with superb carried cachet on her fi rst solo fl ight from Brisbane to Capetown in her monoplane ‘ My Little Ship II’, she was the fi rst woman to fl y solo from Australia to England www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FIRST FLIGHTS 01303 278137 IA02 £50 1931 Sudan to London fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways, with three Sudanese camel stamps and a Juba postmark plus a Juba to London cachet. The reverse has a 20th March Anglesey arrival backstamp and a purple Imperial Airways House cachet IA03 £35 1931 Tanganyika (now Tanzania) to London fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways with a pair of 30c Tanganyika stamps, with a 21st March Anglesey arrival backstamp IA07 £25 IA05 £50 1932 Dodoma to 1931 Juba to London fi rst fl ight by London fi rst fl ight Imperial Airways with Africa illustration by Imperial Airways and black fl own cachet, plus two with Springbok Sudanese airmail overprinted stamps illustration, three and a 20th March Anglesey arrival Tanganyika (now backstamp, 371 fl own Tanzania) stamps IA08 £30 1932 England to South Africa fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways with Springbok illustration, IA06 £50 1931 England to South Africa fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways with four South African stamps and a 27th January Springbok illustration, plus two South West Africa stamps and a 20th Victoria West backstamp December Kimberly arrival backstamp 6 Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF AIR33 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] IA09 £50 1932 England to South Africa fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways with Springbok illustration, two South African stamps and a 18th January Salisbury backstamp IA11 £30 1931 England to Africa fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways with Africa illustration, three Tanganyika (now Tanzania) stamps IA10 £50 1932 England to South Africa fi rst fl ight by Imperial Airways with Springbok illustration, two South West Africa stamps and 20th December Kimberley, 8th January Tanga, and 9th January Moshi backstamps ARX44A £40 Imperial Airways timetable brochure advertising ARI01 £95 that you can be in ‘Switzerland by Lunchtime’ 1932 England to Cape Town, South Africa fi rst fl ight, circa 150 fl own, with 1s stamp & Cape Town arrival back stamp TEL: 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] Want to spread the cost of your covers? Ask us about Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details. visit the flight section on our website which has recently been updated with hundreds of new flight covers www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS ARE277 £200 £20 per month for 10 months 1938 Soviet aircraft land by the North Pole & establish a camp for scientifi c research, cover with stamps that commemorate the ARA161 £50 1935 Wiley Post fi rst US airmail stratosphere fl ight from fl ight, plus a postcard Los Angeles to New York, fl own on four attempted with single stamp nonstop stratosphere fl ights cachet on reverse showing a plane at the base, stunning pair RU199 £75 £25 per month for 5 months 1936 Amateur shortwave radio card for the German KW Station with illustration of a ARX39A £125 £25 per month for 5 months Zeppelin above Alan Cobham Great Air Display ticket, these Ravensburg, rare fl ights in South Africa cost 15/- per trip Want to spread the cost of your covers? Ask us about Flexi Pay! 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