Corinphila Auktion Dezember 2010
Heliopolis Air Meeting & Aviation Rally Week 6th to 13th February 1910
Postcard showing biplane Wright over Cairo, bearing pair of 1 Mill. and tied by scarce last day cancellation “Heliopolis Aerodrome 13-II-1910”
Corinphila Auktion Dezember 2010
R.A.F. Baghdad-Cairo Pioneer Flight 24th February 1919
“on active service” envelope from Baghdad to England, showing fine magenta “Postal Service M.E.F./Aerial Mail Baghdad-cairo/By 31st Wing R.A.F., Mesopothamia” cachet and F.P.O. 55 c.d.s. alongside (Firebrace RAFF 6) with APO SZ 11 (Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria) c.d.s. on reverse. An attractive example of this rare flight.
Corinphila Auktion Dezember 2010
Marc Pourpe First Roundtrip flight Cairo-Karthoum 4th January to 3rd February 1914
Envelope from the returnflight to Cairo showing special cachet and cancelled on arrival “Heliopolis 3-II-14”