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Auction: 19015 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 2113

(x) South Africa
1929-33 Union Airways First Regular Internal Airmail Service
1929 (26 Aug.) envelopes (11) comprising 26 August Cape Town-Bloemfontein, Cape Town-Natal and Cape Town-East London (both registered), Cape Town-Port Elizabeth incoming from Ireland, Port Elizabeth-Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town-Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London, all three incoming from U.K. with P.U.C. values cancelled with Cape Town Paquebot datestamps, 29 August East London-Port Elizabeth and Durban-Cape Town (2, one on to London, underfranked and charged 2d. Postage Due on arrival), three signed by Miller, and 1933 (Jan.) flights (5) with Durban-Germiston and return (signed by Bellin), Johannesburg-Durban and Durban-Johannesburg (2) with one to England and one to S. Rhodesia (registered and signed by Bellin); a few tones in the 1933 group though generally good to fine; also 1929 (22 Dec.) passenger ticket (stained) signed by Capt. Davenport and a photograph of five De Havilland Gypsy Moth's

Note: in 1929 Major Allister Miller established the first regular air mail service in South Africa between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth with extensions to Durban via East London, and to Johannesburg via Bloemfontein, There was a supplementary charge of 4d. per ounce on all postal items excluding parcels. Towards the end of 1933 the company encountered financial difficulties and on 1 February 1934 they were taken over by the Government

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Estimate
£100 to £120