1932-49 COMMERCIAL TRANSATLANTIC AIR MAIL - TO UK, USA, COMM...

Hammer

£600

1932-49 COMMERCIAL TRANSATLANTIC AIR MAIL - TO UK, USA, COMMONWEALTH: A box housing 4 albums containing a range of commercial air mail covers mounted on written-up display pages explaining the rates, carriers, etc., carried by Trans-Canada Airways, Imperial Airways, BOAC, Pan-American Airways, or the North Atlantic Ferry Organisation. Inc. an August 1939 "TRANSATLANTIC FIRST FLIGHT" env. (with a fine cachet) flown from Montreal to Southampton on an Imperial Airways Flying Boat (Short Brothers); an Oct. 1939 air mail env. to the UK franked with a 20c postage stamp + 10c Special Delivery Stamp with a large purple "SPECIAL DELIVERY/SERVICE D'EXPRES" hs which has been crossed out as there was no such service in the UK at that time; a 1940 env. to India with a missing stamp and a s/l "SALVED FROM THE SEA" hs; etc. Mainly from Canada, and many addressed to USA or European countries but others inc. Bermuda, Natal, S. Rhodesia, S. Africa, Sudan, or India. All very fine with excellent postmarks or cachets. (131) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS