PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AIRLINES STAMPS & COVERS (INC. 1st FLIGHT...

Hammer

£420

PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AIRLINES STAMPS & COVERS (INC. 1st FLIGHTS): Range of mainly 1920s stamps & covers inc. British Columbia Airways 3 single mint blue 5c stamps (Uni. CL44); Canadian Airways Ltd. 2 single mint stamps (Uni. CL51 & CL52) & 1929-31 1st flight envs. for Arctic Red River to Fort McMurray, Fort McMurray to Athabasca, Edmonton to Fort McMurray, and Edmonton to Athabasca, all with v. fine cachets; Elliot-Fairchilds Air Service a 1926 air mail env. to USA franked with a 2c Admiral and a large "SPECIAL AIR DELIVERY" stamp (Uni. CL9) both franked with a Rouyn Lake cds; Estevan-Winnipeg Promotion 3 specially printed 1924 advertising 1st flight covers franked with either a 3c Admiral or strips of three 1c Admirals, one with a dark red label (Uni. CLP5) on front tied by a blue oval "VIA AEROPLANE/Oct. 1st 1924/ESTEVAN, SASK." cachet; Fairchild Air Transport Ltd. two 1926 envs. franked with 2c Admirals on front and with single company stamps (Uni. CL11) tied on the back with pilot signed 1st flight cachets for Haileybury to Rouyn or Rouyn to Haileybury; Jack V. Elliott Air Service a 1926 env. franked with a 3c Admiral tied by a fine "TORONTO/POSTAL TERMINAL" slogan cancel with a company "FIRST/RED LAKE AERIAL MAIL" stamp (Uni. CL6) on the back tied by a fine blue oval "KENORA/RECEIVED/MAR. 6 1926/(RED LAKE" cachet; Laurentide Air Services four 1924 or 1925 envs. with a large company red 25c (Uni. CL3 & CL4) on the back one cancelled with a "ROUYN LAKE" cds, one tied by a large purple "LAURENTIDE AIR SERVICE/Ltd./AIR MAIL/THREE RIVERS, ROUYN/FIRST WINTER FLIGHT/1924" cachet and signed by pilot (?), and two tied by large green boxed "TRANS -CANADA FLIGHT/1925/VANCOUVER-MONTREAL" cachets; Maritime & Newfoundland Airways a 1931 env. with a "AIR MAIL - CANADA TO ST. PIERRE/FIRST FLIGHT/1931" cds sized cachet (no postage stamp) and a large circular "FIRST FLIGHT INAUGURATION/ST./PIERRE/FRANCE/TO/ST. JOHN'S NFLD/CANADA/AIR MAIL SERVICE" cachet on front, and similar large cachet on back tying a red on yellow company stamp (the flight was refused by the post office), plus 2 blocks of 4 mint stamps with different designs (not listed by Unitrade); Northern Air Mail Service two 1925 envs. for Haileybury to Rouyn or Rouyn to Haileybury flights, one franked with a 3c Admiral + company dark blue 25c stamp on front tied by Haileybury cds's, and the other with the company stamp on the back above a "NORTHERN AIR SERVICE LTD./FIRST FLIGHT/ROUYN, QUE. TO HAILEYBURY, ONT." cachet signed by "B.W. Broatch/Pilot"; and Patricia Airways Ltd. a 1929 env. to Red Lake with a 2c Scroll issue stamp + company 10c green & red on yellow paper stamp (Uni. CL43) both tied by "SIOUX LOOKOUT" cds's. A broad & attractive collection in excellent condition & mounted on well written up pages. (13 stamps & 20 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS