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Showing posts with label maiden flight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maiden flight. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2016

Maiden Flight Hongkong to Guam USA in 1937

Maiden Flight Hongkong to Guam 1937

Maiden Flight Hongkong to Guam

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Hong Kong 1937: Air mail letter, First Eastbound Flight China to USA Hong Kong to Guam via trans pacific route.

Attached are 30 and 50 cents stamps, tied by a clear Hong-Kong Air Mail 29. AP 37 – cancellation.

Guam arrival-mark at reverse. Good condition.

 More vintage Postcards: HERE

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Zeppelin LZ 129 Trial Flight 1936 Mixed Franking on Board Cancellation

Zeppelin Mail trail flight LZ 129 1936
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Zeppelin Mail first post Flight LZ 129 1936 Hamburg vintage postcard, official postcard by DELAG, Frankfurt with 4 air-mail stamps attached: 5, 10, 15, 20 Pfennig, Luftschiff LZ 126 on-board cancellations from 23.03.36. This was a trial flight.

Sent to Breslau. Good condition. More Zeppelin Postal History: HERE

Sunday, January 08, 2012

First Flight Macau to San Francisco 1937, Trans-Pacific Route

Maiden Flight Macau to San Francisco 1937

cover Macau to San Francisco


Airmail cover Macau to San Francisco by Trans-Pacific Route. Mixed franking, 4 stamps. Commemorative strike. Back-stamped San Francisco.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Mixed Franking on First Glider Flight Wien Semmering 1933 Letter

1933 Air mail cover „ Erster Segelflug Wien Semmering 1933“.


First Glider Flight Cover

10, 15, 25, 30, 80 Groschen and one Shilling air mail stamps. Segelflugausstellung Robert Kornfeld, 22. 1. 33 –cancellations.

1. Oesterr. Segel-Flugpost Wien Semmering Jaenner 1933 – commemorative strike.
Fine condition.

Friday, March 25, 2011

First Clipper Flight Shanghai to Guam. Cover from 1947

Pan American World Airways First Clipper Air Mail Flight Shanghai to Guam.


Firsdt Clipper flight cover

Franked with a SYS 5000 $ stamp with violet commemorative cancellation 7.6.1947.

Decorative PAA commemorative strike.

Fine condition. Guam arrival strike.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Liechtenstein Maiden Flight 1940 Locarno Rome

Liechtenstein 1940: Air mail cover first flight Locarno - Rome. Mixed franking with Schaan 15. III 40 Liechtenstein – cancellations.



Air mail cover


Commemorative cancellation: 1. Volo postale Swissair Locarno - Roma.
Fine condition.

Friday, June 11, 2010

1935: Austrian Air Mail to Hungary. Letter Day

1935: Wien Budapest: Airmail with “Tag der Briefmarke” und „Oesterr. Flugpostsammlerverein Wien“ - cancellations. Fine condition.


Friday, April 09, 2010

1927: Austrian First Flight Wien - Prag - Dresden – Berlin

1927: Austrian First Flight, March 21st 1927: 10 Groschen stationery + 10 Groschen airmail stamp, sent to Berlin (Berlin Post office#2). Red, square "via Tempelhof "– strike. Fine condition.



Friday, August 07, 2009

Switzerland 1939: Postcard with mixed franking

Switzerland 1939: Postcard with mixed franking, 5 stamps with special cancellations „ Swissair Europaflug Nord, Schweizerische Landesausstellung 1939".




Sent Zuerich to Rueti - Tann.

Fine condition.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hong Kong 1937: Pan American Maiden Flight, Mixed Franking with 2 $

Hong Kong 1937: Maiden Flight Hong Kong to San Francisco per Pan American Airways Service.



Multi-color franking with 2 Dollar stamp, 50 Cents and 30 Cents stamps.

San Francisco arrival mark at flip side. Fine condition.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Zeppelin Letter USA to Germany, 1928. Maiden Flight.

USA: 2 Cents stationary, upfranked with 1 Dollar and 3 Cents stamps. Sent as Zeppelin-mail from New York to Hamburg in Germany. Violet „First Flight Air Mail via Graf Zeppelin. United States to Germany. Oct. 28. 1928" - cancellation.


Friedrichshafen Transit-strike. Fine condition.

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