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242670 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
"NEPA / HORSENS 1936" stamp show, registered 6 September 1936 airmail flight cover to the U.S. As part of the stamp show, a special first flight between Horsens and København was arranged with a special handstamped cachet in red. These covers bear that cachet, a separate airmail receiving postmark, and the special stamp show NEPA cancellation. Sent by registered mail, with airmail within Europe (and then supposedly sea mail to the U.S.), via Hamburg, Germany. Scott #234 and 239 [1934 25 øre brown Caravel Type I and 1934 50 øre gray Engraved Christian X] paying the 75 øre rate. NEPA covers sent by show-goers as souvenirs within Denmark are fairly typical, but sent to other countries is quite unusual. ACTUAL item. |
32.00 |
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232203 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
C6, #263 2x 4-blocks with alternating overprint configurations (VF) on 6 September 1938 cacheted (airplane) Stamp Day cover for first flight SLAGELSE - KØBENHAVN, with special Slagelse postmark, violet pictorial (map, plane) handstamp, and København Luftpost receiver. Sent to the U.S. (unusual). The two used blocks sell for $21 EACH off cover (9/08)! A handsome cover priced below "break up value"! REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
39.00 |
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232204 "View REPRESENTATIVE Image"){kind=small} |
C6, C8, #263 4-block (VF) on 6 September 1938 cacheted (airplane) Stamp Day cover for first flight SLAGELSE - KØBENHAVN, with special Slagelse postmark, violet pictorial (map, plane) handstamp, and København Luftpost receiver. Sent to the U.S. (unusual). The used block sells for $21 off cover (9/08) plus the value of the airmail stamps! A handsome cover priced below "break up value"! REPRESENTATIVE image of stamp design. |
24.00 |
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232211 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1951 April 1: First Helicopter Mail Flight in Denmark. Cacheted cover with red pictorial (helicopter) handstamp. Scott #331 pair (first day of use). All ties in to 100th anniversary of Danish stamps. ACTUAL item. |
13.00 |
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214935 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1954 November 15 SAS First Flight to Los Angeles via Greenland. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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249079 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
November 15, 1954 SAS First Regular Service from København to Los Angeles, via Greenland. Flown on the Denmark-Greenland leg of flight. Privately mailed (philatelic) small envelope. Mailed to SAS in Greenland with instructions to return it to Denmark. On 16 November, at the Greenland airport (SDR. STRØMFJORD), it was postmarked for the transit back to Denmark. This particular handing is somewhat unusual compared to what is usually seen from this important first flight. The original mailing in Denmark, with the SAS first flight postmark, bore 30 øre franking that was correct postage from Denmark to Greenland (this was not actual postal-rated airmail at the time). The cover is in perfect condition. This type of privately sent cover is somewhat unusual for this flight; most of the covers were officially arranged by SAS. ACTUAL item. |
12.00 |
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232209 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1960 October 11: København - Tokyo, Japan, leg of SAS First DC-8 Ordinary Jet Flight. Official SAS cachet. Proksch #1131. ACTUAL item. |
7.00 |
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232208 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1961 December 5: København - Geneva, Switzerland, leg of SAS First DC-8 Jet Flight (Scandinavia - South America). Blue handstamped cachet. Proksch #1190 (scarcer leg). ACTUAL item. |
9.00 |
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214938 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1968 January 31 SAS First DC-8 Flight, Copenhagen-Dar es Salaam. ACTUAL item. |
10.00 |
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232212 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
1976 December 15: København - Athens SAS First DC-10 Flight. Official cacheted envelope, with backstamp. About 750 flown. Proksch #1771 ACTUAL item. |
6.00 |