Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1921 (Nov 25) Cover to England endorsed "Air Mail Baghdad-Cairo. Special fee on reverse", the 3a postage...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1921 (Nov 25) Cover to Aleppo "By air service Baghdad-Cairo" franked on the reverse by 3a and 1r, with a...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922 (Jun 23) - 1923 (Jan 13) British Occupation 1a on 20pa postal stationery envelopes to England, thre...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922 (Feb 22) - 1926 (Dec 9) Covers, one only franked 8a (not charged, possibly sent surface mail?); one...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922 (July 21) - 1923 (Feb) Covers (3) and fronts (2) all with the large circular cachet "GENERAL HEAD Q...

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 (June 2) Cover from New York to Bagdad endorsed "Cairo & Bagdad Air Mail" franked USA 15c pair, and...

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 - 1922-26 Covers to or from Middle Eastern countries comprising 1922 cover from Bab-El-Agha to Egypt frank...

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...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1926 Cover to Basrah endorsed "Air Mail" with six Egypt 5m stamps cancelled upon arrival at Basrah (Mar ...

1921-26 R.A.F Baghdad-Cairo Air Service - 1922-26 Covers from Persia comprising 1922 (May 15) cover to London franked 3kr (1kr postage + 2kr air f...

1927-29 Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo Service - 1927 (Jan 5) Covers from G.B carried on the first fight to Basra franked 5½d, registered to Basra ...

1927-29 Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo Service - 1927-29 Covers (38) and postcards (2) all from Iraq to G.B (21), Egypt (7), Sudan, Syria, Malta (r...

1927-29 Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo Service - 1927-28 Covers to Iraq from G.B (4, one from the 1928 Philatelic Congress in London), France, Aust...

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 - 1929 First flight covers carried on the first eastbound flight from G.B to Basra (2) or...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1929-39 Covers and cards, various first or special flights including 1929 (Nov 8) Londo...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1929-39 Covers and cards from Iraq (40) mostly flown in a westward direction, a few flo...

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 (Oct 4/5) Pictorial First Air Mail covers flown from Basrah to Bahrain franked 25f...

Imperial Airways London-Karachi Service, from April 1929 - 1932 (Oct 5) First flight covers from Baghdad (2) or Basrah to Bahrain, and 1933 (Jan 4...

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 - 1933 (July 5-11) Extension of the route to Calcutta, first flight covers from Baghdad t...

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

Imperial Airways Crash Covers - City of Khartoum. 1935 (Dec 24/25) Covers from G.B to Basrah or Hinaidi both water damaged, one franked 6d, the ot...

Imperial Airways Crash Covers - Scipio/"Calpurnia". 1936 (Aug 20) Registered cover from Baghdad Al Samawal to Scotland, the stamps washed off, han...

Imperial Airways Crash Covers - Calpurnia. 1938 (Nov 23) Covers from GB to New Zealand, one franked 6d, the other severely water damaged with the ...

Air Letters & Douglas Gumbley Papers - A scrap album, photos and papers kept by Douglas Gumbley who became Inspector-General of Posts & Telegraphs...

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, overprinted "SPECIMEN" in red with "1933" on the upper flap (from an archive sold by ...

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 - K.L.M. 1928 (Sep 13/15) Covers from Basrah to Karachi or Baghdad to Batavia flown on the first experimental flight to Batavia; ...

Foreign Airlines - German Airlines. 1929 (Apr 2) First flight from Lingeh to Baghdad and April 8 first flights from Teheran to Baghdad (2), April ...

Foreign Airlines - French Airlines. 1930 (Apr 1-3) Air Union Damascus to Beyrouth, first flight covers from Baghdad to Beyrouth (4) or Damascus, B...

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 - 1914 (Aug 24) "Australia's First Aerial Mail, Melbourne to Sydney" special picture postcard depicting the aviator Wizard Stone and org...

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

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

Australia - 1919 (Aug 12) Capt. Harry Butler special flight postcard flown from Minlaton to Adelaide with KGV 1½d cancelled upon arrival, an Unley...

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 (Feb 12) Picture postcard of the De Riensdyek Curtiss biplane at Heliopolis, sent to Paris with 2m pair cancelled by a larg...

Egypt and Sudan - 1910 (Feb 13) Picture postcard sent locally with a 1m stamp tied by fine "HELIOPOLIS / AERODROME" c.d.s with a Heliopolis c.d.s ...

Egypt and Sudan - 1910 (Feb 13) Picture postcard to Cairo franked on the picture side by 3m, 5m and 1pi each tied by a fine "HELIOPOLIS / AERODROM...

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 - 1913 (Dec 23) Stampless advertising cover of the Cairo watchmaker and jeweller L. Kramer with watches depicted on the reverse, a...

Egypt and Sudan - 1914 (Jan 19) Ligue Nationale Aerrienne cover addressed in Pourpe's handwriting to the President of L.N.A (who sponsored the fli...

Egypt and Sudan - 1914 Unused picture postcard of Assouan signed by Marc Pourpe with the circular cachet "POSTE AERIENNE / L.N.A / MARC POURPE / 1...

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 (Mar 22) O.H.M.S Cover to "D.M.S, 1st Ech. G.H.Q, EEF" with "No. 17 GENERAL / HOSPITAL" official cachet, Army Post Office S...

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...