178. Auktion Flug- und Zeppelinpost, Astro-Philatelie

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CHINESE AIRMAIL
FLUG- UND ZEPPELINPOST, ASTRO-PHILATELIE
CHINESE AIRMAIL
3 F 6 € 18.000
1920-07-05, First Official Postal Flight in China, Tientsin - Peking with
Handley Page 0/400, Newspaper Wrapper ogf North China Daily Mail
from Tientsin with the rare boxed postmark "CHINESE POST OFFICE
/ Despatched by Aeroplane/ TIENTSIN TO PEKING", violet boxed
postmark "RECEIVED BY AEROPLANE" and Peking receiver 7 p.m., only
24 newspapers were flown but so far just 4 wrappers are known; great
rarity of International Pioneer Aerophilately, Image next page
1 F € 1.000
1919-12-24, Visit of a delegation of the Aero Club of America to Peking;
official letter paper with seal franked with 1 C President Yuan Shih-kai,
boxed postmark "CHINESE POST OFFICE / Despatched by Aeroplane
/ TIENTSIN TO PEKING" handwritten note "Grand Hotel Peking China
December 24 1919", red cachet "AEROPLANE MAIL SERVICE" and
small boxed postmark "RECEIVED BY AERPLANE", added is an updated
Chinese stationery with both boxed postmarks; whether these items
have been flown is uncertain - in any case they respresent the earliest
documents of Airmail in China
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4 F 6 € 15.000
1920-07-05, First Official Postal Flight in China, Peking - Tientsin with
Handley Page 0/400 piloted by Mackenzie and Jones, Envelope of "Pekin
Syndicate Ltd" with letter written by T.A. Barson who was a flight passenger,
violet boxed postmark "RECEIVED BY AEROPLANE"; 35 items were
flown, but only a few exist today, thus ith the full content a really unique
item of International Pioneer Aerophilately, Image next page
5 F 6 € 12.000
1920-07-05, First Official Postal Flight in China, Tientsin - Peking with
Handley Page 0/400 piloted by Mackenzie and Jones, Express/Special
Delivery cover franked with 13 C. and rare boxed postmark "RECEIVED
BY AEROPLANE", Peking receiver on the backside and remains of the
green Special Delivery slip, 40 items were flown but express items are
extremely rare, Image next but one page
6 F 6 € 10.000
1920-07-05, First Official Postal Flight in China, Tientsin - Peking with
Handley Page 0/400 piloted by Mackenzie and Jones, Envelope of "Pekin
Syndicate Ltd" adressed to he flight passenger T.A. Barson in Tientsin,
violet boxed postmark "RECEIVED BY AEROPLANE", 40 items were flown,
but only a few exist today, the cover shows some transport traces, Image
next but one page
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2 F 6 € 600
1919, Registered Demonstration Flight Cover written by Major Charles
Glidden (Member of the Aero Club of America) from Shanghai adressed
to New York, bearing 3 chinese stamps tied by "AEROPLANE MAIL
SERVICE" on reverse ten stamps 1 C green Washington affixed and
cancelled, transit mark SAN FRANCISCO 27. JAN 1920 and arrival mark
NEW YORK 2.2.1920, tiny faults and some border crease usual for such a
large cover, fine and very scarce (Am. Air Mail Cat. T.O.1010)
7 F 6 € 6.000
1920-05-07, First Official Postal Flight in China, Tientsin - Peking with
Handley Page 0/400, Official Announcement by order of Chinese Post
Office regarding mail to be despatched by Handley Page Aeroplan this
afternoon with postmark Tientsin 7 MAY 20, no other comparable item
known
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