£260 - £360
'FIRST FLIGHTS' AIR MAIL COLLECTION, 1930-1940: Box file housing a collection of covers on display pages inc. several pilot signed examples of the 14 July 1930 first commercial flight between Lautoka & Suva inc. covers for onward carriage to New Zealand & USA; also 14 Aug. 1930 cover carried on 3rd flight between Labasa & Suva with printed details of Fiji Airlines Spartan plane "Adi Lagi"; 16 May 1932 Registered cover carried on the 'Sea-Air-Sea' route to UK via USA; a 1933 group of 6 inter-island first flight covers of Fiji Airways; 7 Dec. 1934 Ireland (TPO) cover to Fiji via first scheduled England to Australia flight, 1935 Silver Jubilee FDCs (2) flown Suva to GB, various 1938 'Empire Air Nail Scheme' covers inc. Southern Rhodesia to Suva, etc., Aug. 1938 Regd. cover to GB with s/l "DAVUTU" cancel, Jul. 1938 covers (2) from Vienna (German frankings) to Suva, 8 Sep. 1939 Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. (TEAL) "Aotearoa" Survey Flight cover to S. Australia, pilot signed and underpaid, plus various later "Aotearoa" flight covers. Also a handful of modern commemorative flight covers. A very good lot. [ex John Hawkes]. (33 covers plus various stamps & PPCs)
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