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Aviation, Airmail, Pioneers

Aviation, Pioneers, Famous Pilots

Aviation, Airmail, Pioneers

Lot 285

80.00 CAD

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1930 (October 30), Mildred Bruce, London to Tokyo World Flight signed cover, pre-printed Blackburn Bluebird envelope with printed details

1930 (October 30), Mildred Bruce, London to Tokyo World Flight signed cover, pre-printed Blackburn Bluebird envelope with printed details regarding the pilot, franked with 1a George V definitive, tied by Calcutta c.d.s., backstamped New Delhi (30 Nov), signed by pilot “Mildred Bruce” in ink at lower left, the odd tone spot, else very fine and attractive, a scarce Indian pioneer flight cover

Lot 402

200.00 CAD

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1926 (May 13), Madrid to Manilla, pilot signed first flight cover, carried on the final leg from Aparri to Manila, franked with two

1926 (May 13), Madrid to Manilla, pilot signed first flight cover, carried on the final leg from Aparri to Manila, franked with two 2c green Jose Rizal and one 12c orange Lincoln, tied by two biplane-shaped handstamps, struck on front with Aparri c.d.s. (13 May) and "RAID MADRID-MANILA" commemorative cachet, signed in ink by Spanish aviator Eduardo González-Gallarza, reverse with secondary commemorative cachet of simplified biplane frame enclosing "MADRID TO MANILA FLIGHT / ACCOMPLISHED BY / SPANISH AVIATORS"; ex Truby. The flight from Madrid to Manila, a distance of some 17,500 km, was completed by only one of three Breguet XIX aircraft that departed Spain on 5 April 1926, the other two having been forced down and abandoned in North Africa and China; the surviving aircraft, flown by Eduardo González-Gallarza and Joaquín Loriga, reached Aparri on 11 May before completing the final stage to Manila on 13 May

Aviation, Pioneers, Famous Pilots

Lot 404

150.00 CAD

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1932 (August 1), Iloilo to Manila, Fernando Rein pilot signed first flight cover, franked with 2c through 30c "L.O.F. / 1928" overprinted

1932 (August 1), Iloilo to Manila, Fernando Rein pilot signed first flight cover, franked with 2c through 30c "L.O.F. / 1928" overprinted Air Post issues, tied by black "VIA AIR MAIL" illustrated handstamps, the 16c and 20c further tied by circular blue "SPECIAL FLIGHT / ILOILO - MANILA / AUG 1 1932 / F REIN LORING..." cachet, endorsed in manuscript "Por correo aereo (aviador Rein)" with pilot's bold "F Rein" signature alongside, reverse with crisp Manila duplex receiver (2 Aug), a lovely cover, scarce and very fine. (Sc. C18-C27). Spanish aviator Fernando Rein y Loring (1902-1978) was a celebrated aviation pioneer who famously completed historic solo flights from Madrid to Manila in 1932 and 1933