Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1918-20 Pioneer Flights - 1918 Stampless cover signed "A.E Borton, Brig. Gen., R.A.F" and addressed in his handwriting to Ambala, inscribed "Beari...

1918-20 Pioneer Flights - 1919 (Jan 12) India ¼a postal stationery postcard to India, written on January 12th when the "Old Carthusian" was at Ban...

1918-20 Pioneer Flights - 1919 (Jan) Stampless cover to Karachi endorsed "On Field Service" and signed A. Thomas with the magenta cachet "FIRST TH...

1918-20 Pioneer Flights - 1920 (Aug 3) Cover addressed "To Major T.N Holman M.C, c/o Colonel Abbot, c/o 17th Division, Hillah" inscribed "By air c...

1924-37 Pioneer Flights - 1927 (May 20) R.A.F World long distance record attempt, G.B to India flight by F/Lt Carr and Gillman, which ended after ...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1921 (Oct 13) Cover from Huddersfield to Baghdad inscribed "By Air Cairo-Baghdad" and franked ½d block o...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1921 (Dec 28) Cover from Richmond to Basra and redirected back to England franked 9d black, bearing a bl...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922 (Apr 22 - Dec 13) Covers from G.B to Iraq bearing By Air Mail labels in blue-green (4, one with "P....

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922 (Feb 3) - 1926 (Apr 14) O.H.M.S Covers (3) bearing On State Service stamps, the first franked 9a, t...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922-24 Covers to Europe comprising 9a rate covers to Austria or Switzerland, 6a rate covers to Germany ...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1923 (Aug 26) Registered cover from Constantinople to Baghdad bearing British Levant 30pa, 1½pi, 7½pi an...

1927-29 Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo Service - 1927-29 Covers with enclosed letters (10, also one additional letter) written by L/Ac W. Cox of A....

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1930 (June 2) Cover from G.B to Shergat franked 5½d, endorsed "By air mail, Cairo-Baghd...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1930 (Jan 2) Printed matter rate cover from Baghdad to Delhi franked 2a, arrival backst...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1932 (Nov 25) Registered first flight cover from Baghdad to Gwadur franked 28f, arrival...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1933 (Dec 13-30) Extension of the route to Singapore, first flight covers from Basrah t...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1934-35 Baghdad Post Office notices announcing posting times by Imperial Airways or KLM...

Air Letters & Douglas Gumbley Papers - 1933 Air mail letter card, unfolded proof in the issued design but with a red "Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Lt...

Air Letters & Douglas Gumbley Papers - File copy of the original two page report written by Gumbley, headed "Air Mail letter cards", apparently se...

Air Letters & Douglas Gumbley Papers - 1933 15f Air letters unused (5, two fine, one with corner tear, two with later addresses), or used in 1935-...

Air Letters & Douglas Gumbley Papers - c.1946 Formula air letter proofs on white and blue paper, the white paper proof perfined "CANCELLED" and nu...

Foreign Airlines - MISR. 1936 (Dec 10) First flight covers from Baghdad to Port Said, Haifa, Jerusalem or Amman, fine and scarce. (4).

Foreign Airlines - Other Airlines. 1939-56 Covers including 1939 (Apr 11) Ala Littoria first flight from Brussels to Baghdad via Rome (just 15 flo...

- Literature. "The Aero Field" Journal published by Francis J. Field Ltd and edited by N.C Baldwin, a complete run of all 47 volumes from 1937 u...

- Literature. Various books (27) and auction catalogues (5) including 1934 D. Field Catalogue, Airposts of South Africa by L. Wyndham, Pioneer A...

Australia - 1919 (Aug 6) Capt. Harry Butler special flight postcard, flown from Adelaide to Minlaton with KGV 1½d cancelled upon arrival, with the...

Australia - 1926 (Sep 3) Return survey flight between England and Australia by Alan Cobham, cover flown from Darwin to London with a "DARWIN N.T" ...

Belgium & Holland - 1913 (July/Aug) "Flying Post - Ghent Exhibition" postcards used to France with 5c pair or 10c cancelled at Blankenberghe, with...

Egypt and Sudan - 1910 Sixteen page programme for the Heliopolis air meeting with card covers, the front cover with a superb coloured picture of a...

Egypt and Sudan - 1914 (Jan 17) Four page letter from Khartoum, written in French and signed by Marc Pourpe, to his Aunt Margot. The letter includ...

Egypt and Sudan - 1919 (Mar 21) British Red Cross and Order of St. John O.H.M.S envelope from Alexandria to "O.C 44th Stationery Hospital, Kantara...

Egypt and Sudan - 1919 (Apr 2) Long O.H.M.S cover to "D.A.P.S, 1st Echelon, GHQ EEF" with Army Post Office SZ15 (?) c.d.s and circular skeleton ha...

Egypt and Sudan - 1919 (May 3) Long O.H.M.S Cover to "Military Port Control, Port of SueZ" with Army Post Office SZ10 c.d.s, and violet boxed "AER...

Egypt and Sudan - 1926 (Mar 1) Survey Flight from Cairo to Cape Town, cover with oval "HELIOPOLIS DETAILS / 1 MAR 1926 / ROYAL AIR FORCE" cachet a...

France - 1870 (Oct 6) Entire letter to Elbenf endorsed "Ballon Monte", franked 20c tied by numeral "24" within a star, arrival backstamp, carried ...

France - 1870 (Nov 23) Ballon Monte addressed to Birmingham with a red London Paid arrival c.d.s (Dec 2) and boxed "PD", carried on the "Ville D'O...

France - 1871 Reproductions of the miniature front pages of "The Times" and "L'International" newspapers as flown into Paris during the siege, pro...

France - 1870 36 Page booklet with green covers, "LES BALLONS EN 1870" written by the balloonist "Nadar" and published in Paris during the siege b...

France - 1905 (July 21) "Le Matin" Pigeon Post, special picture postcard with an attached envelope "Message Par Pigeon" containing the printed mes...

Great Britain - Literature. Books and catalogues including Early Balloon Post by J. Pringle, The Coronation Aerial Post 1911 by Field and Baldwin ...

Great Britain - 1897 Printed handbill (190x89mm) on thin paper depicting a balloon, headed "A Message from above TO THE ELECTORS OF SOHO WARD", as...

Great Britain - 1907 Daily Graphic Balloon, Miniature eight page booklet produced by the newspaper as part of its publicity surrounding this attem...

Great Britain - 1909 Blackpool Flying Carnival, complimentary Press ticket issued to C.G Grey of the Aero newspaper; and five picture postcards of...

Great Britain - 1911 (Sep 15) London emergency printing envelope in green addressed to India, with KEVII ½d and KGV 1d each tied by the London no....

Great Britain - 1911 (Sep 9) Brown London to Windsor postcard with the pictorial advert for Zog paint printed on both sides in red and black, a KE...

Great Britain - 1912 (Aug 2) "Daily Mail" Aerogram form printed by Lawrence & Fowler of Ross-on-Wye for the French aviator Henri Salmet, dropped b...

Great Britain - c.1918 Leaflet headed "Aeroplane Circular", advertising War Savings Week in Maidstone, dropped over the town from an aeroplane. Li...

Great Britain - 1918 (Nov 12) Similar stampless O.A.S postcard from the same correspondence, written at Sofia (Oct 30) with the F.P.O G.X c.d.s of...

Great Britain - 1919 R34 Airship Atlantic Crossing. Page headed "R34 July 2-13, 1919, East Fortune - New York - Pulham" with a picture of the airs...

Great Britain - 1920 (Feb 3) London to Cape Town First Flight, typed letter on 10 Downing Street notepaper, from the Prime Minister David Lloyd-Ge...

Great Britain - 1920-23 London to Paris service, Instone Air Line programme of flights from Croydon to Le Bourget with an account of a flight (22 ...

Great Britain - 1926 (May 6) Cover from Putney to Mr Robson Lowe in Paris franked 4½d with a blue By Air Mail label applied, flown during the Gene...

Great Britain - 1926 (Dec 27) Cover to Calcutta, carried on the Air Ministry Survey Flight (with Secretary of State Sir Samuel Hoare as a passenge...

India - 1911 Cover with KEVII ½a tied by fake "FIRST AERIAL POST / 1911 / U.P EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD" cancel in red, addressed to Sitapur with fake ...

India - 1911 (Feb 18) Cover to Allahabad with KEVII ½a tied by a fine strike of the "FIRST AERIAL POST / 1911 / U.P EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD" cancel i...

India - 1911 (Feb 18) Cover to England with KEVII 1a tied by a fine strike of the "FIRST AERIAL POST / 1911 / U.P EXHIBITION ALLAHABAD" cancel in ...

India - 1920 (Jan 24) Bombay to Karachi experimental air service, first flight cover franked ½a and 8a cancelled "BOMBAY / AIR POST" c.d.s and bac...

Luxembourg - 1910 (June 11) Picture postcard to Belgium with 5c cancelled superb boxed "MONDORF-les-BAINS / Champ d'Aviation / 11 Juin 1910" in vi...

Siam - 1932 Formula "Air Gram" with ten Air Orient Air Mail labels printed on the reverse, unused (2) or used from Bangkok to Scotland (letter rem...

- 1927-37 Covers including 1931 Australia to England first flight franked by Air 3d (2) and Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d (4) signed "C. Kingsford Sm...