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1946 registered airmail envelope addressed to Boston U.S.A. Franked 2 ...more
1946 registered airmail envelope addressed to Boston U.S.A. Franked 2 x 1/- and a single 2/6 adhesive tied "NUKUALOFA" c.d.s. '24 OC 46'
1942, from Fleet Mail Office CAIRO to CAPE TOWN, South ...more
1942, from Fleet Mail Office CAIRO to CAPE TOWN, South Africa,
franked with 5d King George VI (3), tied by FLEET MAIL OFFICE CAIRO
29 NOV. 1942 oval violet cancel, Royal Navy censor cachet reading
SIGIL OFFI MAG ADMIR MAG AR and signed with 3 11 43 date,
manuscript endorsement By Air Mail, handstamped with double circle
PAQUEBOT, British stamps accepted at naval port under Fleet Mail
regulations, naval airmail sent from Egypt to South Africa during
wartime, scarce destination and usage, carried aboard a Royal Navy
vessel operating in the Eastern Mediterranean during the height of
the North African Campaign, at a time when British and Allied
forces under General Bernard Montgomery were pursuing Axis troops
following the Second Battle of El Alamein, use of FLEET MAIL OFFICE
CAIRO reflects logistical reliance on Egyptian ports including
Alexandria and Suez as central naval hubs for troop and mail
movements, the PAQUEBOT marking confirms acceptance of mail aboard
ship under UPU maritime mail conventions, censor cachet SIGIL OFFI
MAG ADMIR MAG AR attributed to the office of the British
Mediterranean Fleet Command headquartered in Alexandria, the date
of censor signature 3 11 43 indicates delayed censorship and
transmission possibly due to operational secrecy or routing
constraints, the use of 3 x 5d King George VI definitives correctly
pays the airmail rate from Egypt to South Africa under military
concession, CAPE TOWN as destination reflects its strategic wartime
role as convoy assembly point and naval coaling station on the
Empire sea route, ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 400€.
ROMA CONAKRY - 1937 (27 febbraio) - non catalogato - AF ...more
ROMA CONAKRY - 1937 (27 febbraio) - non catalogato - AF +
Aeromaritime - affrancato fronte retro
SAN MARINO 1936, R-LP-Brief ab San Marino 6.5.36 mit ...more
SAN MARINO 1936, R-LP-Brief ab San Marino 6.5.36 mit hübscher
beideitiger Buntfrankatur und Leitvermerk "via von Hindenburg/Ab
Frankfurt a/M./1. Nordamerikaflug" via Bahnpost Pescara - Milano
6./7.5. mit Schiffpost nach New York 15.5
Automatically generated translation:
San Marino 1936, registered airmail letter from San Marino 6.5.36 with pretty on each side franking with different colours and forwarding mark "via from Hindenburg / from Frankfurt a / M. / 1. North America flight" via railway mail Pescara - Milan 6. / 7.5. With ship mail to New York 15.5
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Chris Rainey
Lot 3810
Fixed Price
75.00 GBP
(app. 86 EUR)
(app. 86 EUR)
classicphil
Lot 12027 •
ONLINE LIVE
100.00 EUR
11/02/2025 CET
A.G. Srl Auction Gallery
Lot 5542
Fixed Price
480.00 EUR
Auction house Ulrich Felzmann
Lot 20011
Automatically generated translation:
San Marino 1936, registered airmail letter from San Marino 6.5.36 with pretty on each side franking with different colours and forwarding mark "via from Hindenburg / from Frankfurt a / M. / 1. North America flight" via railway mail Pescara - Milan 6. / 7.5. With ship mail to New York 15.5
50.00 EUR
01/13/2026 10:00 CET
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