Petite Treasures – May 2026.

1946/54, Air France : 10 air mail covers including first flights to Nouvelle Caledonie registered, anniversary flights to Buenos Aires, Jean Mermoz and Clermond-Ferrand anniversary, A.O.F., Senegal, plus two Card Max and 1949 Centenaire cover, mainly fine.

1939, First Glider Flight transporting mail Samskeid - Reykjavik 30.7.1939, illustrated card with special cachet, very fine (Scott C1)

1931, Iceland Return Flight, 1 kr. brown/blue and 30 a. red/green tied on registered postcard from REYKJAVIK, 30.VI.31, via Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin cachet in green alongside, addressed to Berlin, very fine

1929, first flight Paramaribo - New York, via Port of Spain / Trinidad to London, flown by the famous pilot Charles Lindbergh, registered letter from Paramaribo 25.9.29 to London with violet aerogramme postmark and good marine insurance overprinted issues ‘Brandkast’ franking, arrival mark Port of Spain 26.9.29, fine and attractive.

1935, Thor Solberg flight, ´Liev Eiriksson´ souvenir envelope franked by Norway 7ø green, cancelled by commemorative roller Bergen, 16.VIII.35, ´Thor Solbergs/Flyvning 1935/U.S.A.-Norge via/Leiv Eirikssons Rute´, on top left blue Serial No. '23´, addressed to New York, signed by pilot, fine and scarce

1917, Arad Airport first air force cancellations on Austrian fieldpost card: "K.u.K. Militärbauleitung am Flugfelde ARAD" in circle with coat of arms and twoliner with same text in violet. The airfield was based on the area where Aurel Vlaciu, a pioneer in Romanian aviation, constucted hanger and buildings with grass runways, vertical crease, otherwise fine. Unrecorded and important early aviation marks.

1931, Polar Flight, Malyguin to Friedrichshafen, registered cover & postcard, former with 35 k. and 2 r. tied by ´BRISE-GLACE MALYGUIN/ ARCTIQUE´ 18.VII.31 special postmarks, red polar flight cachet and violet three-line ´Mit Eisbrecher Malygin und Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin ARCHANGELDSK-NORDPOL-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN´ guiding handstamp at left, violet registration handstamp, red ´Par avion´ etiquette on lower left corner, addressed Friedrichshafen with receiving on face (Michel 205Ag), latter with 30 k. and 1 r. tied by same special postmark, and all other markings, with same destination and similar receiving on face (Michel 205Af), very fine. (Scott C26-C29)

1931, KGV 1½ d. brown and 4x ½ d. green tied to airmail cover by ROTHERHAM 16.10.31 to Tiberias / Palestine with red ms. ´By First Direct Flight / London to Tiberias´ marking on front, transitmarks of Haifa 20.10.31 and Tiberias 21.10.31 on reverse, fine.

1953/87, Six postal stationery aerogramme used and three air letter unused, including 1953/59 British overprinted issues used, FF to China, Express Camel 1987, very fine.

1937/62, five air mail covers and air letter, all with BAHRAIN overprints, to India, USA and England, some different.

1933, The Houston Mount Everest Expedition: Survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes over the Himalayas towards Mount Everest, violet cancel "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDTN 1933 PAR AVION BY AIR CORREO AEREO" on two newspaper clippings with article and photo, scarce and attractive, fold, otherwise fine.

1931, Cover flown at leg Allahabad to Calcutta at "First Experimental Flight / By Imperial Airways England-Australia via India" franked with three copies of 1 a. tied by Allahabad 13 APR 31 cds. On reverse Calcutta 14.4.31 arrival cds., flaw on top, otherwise fine.

19369, California Clipper flown legal sized censored cover, by Clipper from New Zealand to Canton Island with purple boxed "New Zealand-U.S.A. Air Mail Service via New Caledonia, Canton Is. and Hawaii" four-line handstamp, "By Air Mail" label and registration label, Australian stamps tied by WILLIAMSTOWN 30 au 39 cds., with "Auckland N.Z. 19 JL 40" double-circle datestamp when sent and on reverse "G.P.O. Sydney Air 1 SP 39 N.S.W. Aust." circular datestamp, "Canton Island Jul. 22, 1940" red cds. arrival mark, part of flap missing and two flaw on top, otherwise fine and scarce

1930, registered envelope carried on sixth stage of R.A.F. flight S.1419 from Kuching 5.7.30 to Singapore, franked at 44 c. and showing ´by air mail´ label with arrival Singapore 7.7.1930 c.d.s. on reverse, fine and scarce.

1930, envelope carried on sixth stage of R.A.F. flight S.1419 from Kuching 5.7.30 to Singapore, franked at 22 c. and showing ´by air mail´ label with arrival Singapore 7.7.1930 c.d.s. on reverse, fine.

1926, First Flight Singapore - Kuala Lumpur - Pelabohan Kelang (Aug 21), 1 c. black and 3 c. green, tied by Singapore cds. to cover, addressed to Port Swettenham with arrival 23.8.26 on reverse, fine and scarce, only five carried.

1918, MAKE YOUR SIXPENCE FLY: Johannesburg Flight with South Africa 1 d. tied AERIAL POST 1 DEC 18 cds. to Red Cross Aerial Post Card, on reverse message, fine

1930, First Commercial Flight Brazil-Europe by Jean Mermoz, light strike of the special "1 Mala Aerea Transatlantica Para a Europa"  Rio 7.6.1930 ties 3.000 r. franking to airmail envelope with printed cachet for flight and autographed by "Jean Dabry" (Mermoz" navigator), addressed to London and backstamped Rio de Janeiro 7.VI.1930, cover with a light central vertical fold and trivial corner bends at bottom, otherwise fine cover; flight took 12 days to reach London

1947, Air Mail 20 b. ultramarine, die proof with inscriptions and value tablets blank on sunken card (64 x 44mm), signed by the engraver in pencil, Very Fine

1947, Air Mail 20 b. ultramarine large die proof on sunken card (121 x 163mm) with inscriptions, signed by the engraver in pencil, Very Fine

1924, Special postmark honoring the world fliers arrival in USA: Around the World Flight of 4 US Army Douglas World Cruisers 1924. Postal Stationery to Seattle cancelled "Boston Mass. Airport Station Sep 5 1924" and tied by boxed cachet "Boston first landing in U.S. of World flyers", very fine

1931 "Justice for Hungary" flown card from Flint, Michigan, with pre-printed bilingual cachet, 1 c. franking, with Budapest arrival pmk, v.f. (in July, 1931, newspapers all over the world reported on the front page that two Hungarian pilots, Alexander Magyar and George Endress crossed the Atlantic Ocean from the United States to Hungary in a Lockheed-Sirius airplane named "Justice for Hungary." The flight was intended to call attention to the dismemberment of Hungary after World War I. It was a spectacular success. On July 15, 1931, the trans-Oceanic flight left Harbor-Grace for Budapest on a non-stop flight of 26 hours and 20 minutes (Charles Lindbergh\s flight in 1927 took six hours longer) and marked the first time that an airplane crossing the ocean had radio contact both with the starting and landing aerodromes. It was also the first time such a flight was used for political purposes. The pilots were received as heroes in Budapest),

1935, Attempted flight New York - Rome by George and Alfred de Monteverde in their plane „Francesco de Pinedo“, crashed at Floyd Bennett field shortly after the Start: Envelope from New York „City Hall Annex June 14“ bearing two stamps 6 c. orange and 2 c. red, cancelled by machine cds. "City Hall Annex Jun 14 1935 1030 PM“, showing boxed three-line cachet „this is one of 500 letters placed aboard the "Francesco Pinedo"-CS-AAK-/ at Floyd Bennett Field June 1935“ as well as green label on reverse „Transatlantic  Jun 22 1935 Crash Cover of George and Alfred de Monteverde“ and violet “New York JUN/14/1935”, fine and scarce

1912, Flugpostkarte 5 Pf / 1 Mark Eulerflugzeug, Luftpoststempel »WIESBADEN - FRANKFURT (MAIN) LUFTPOST 12.10.12« nach Strassburg mit Grußtext

1924, Flugmarke Berlin - Angora mit Wertangabe 2 GM (=Goldmark) sauber auf rotem Briefumschlag der Junkers-Flugverkehr AG, aufgegeben als Luftpostbrief mit Beifrankatur 10 und 50 Pfg. Holztaube in "BERLIN C 4.7.24" nach Angora, die Flugmarke entwertet mit dem Sonderentwertungsstempel "Erster Flug Berlin-Angora BERLIN 5.7.24" und “First Trip Berlin Angora ANGORA 6.7.24”, rs. rein arab. Ankunftsstempel Angora. Marke rechts stupfe Zähnung, unten zwei kurze Zähne ansonsten einwandfreie Qualität, nur 250 derartige Belege wurden befördert, ausführliches Fotoattest Brettl BPP (2008)