388
            
            
              2279
            
            
              1929 (22 Dec) registered envelope addressed to Delhi,
            
            
              franked on front withAirmail stamps 10s, 15s and 50s, tied
            
            
              by framed "GOODWILL FLIGHT BANGKOKDELHI
            
            
              DEC. 22, 1929" duplex in violet. The lead plane crashed
            
            
              on the Burmese border killing the pilot so the mail was
            
            
              returned to Bangkok and forwarded by ordinary mail,
            
            
              endorsed "unclaimed/return to sender" and showing on
            
            
              reverse Dead Letter office cds for Bombay, Lahore and
            
            
              Calcutta, with eventual "BANGKOK G.P.O." cds (21.5),
            
            
              toning. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 1,600 - 1,800
            
            
              2280
            
            
              1930 (7 Nov.) combination cover sent by British Plane
            
            
              R.A.F. from Karachi to Bangkok, franked on front with
            
            
              India KGV la., added with Thailand King Prajadhipok
            
            
              5s, tied by BANGKOK11 roller dater, on reverse with
            
            
              another Bangkok cds. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 700 - 800
            
            
              2281
            
            
              1947 A small collection of Pan American International
            
            
              Air Mail Around the World Inaugural from Bangkok,
            
            
              Thailand to 6 destinations, including Calcutta, San
            
            
              Francisco, Honolulu, Manila, Rangoon and Guam, good
            
            
              condition, total 6 covers. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 9,000 - 10,000
            
            
              
                Other countries
              
            
            
              2282
            
            
              1840 GB 1p with letter KB at bottom, closed margin,
            
            
              used. Sc. 1. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 800 - 1,000
            
            
              2283
            
            
              1864 A comprehensive plate number study of the Red
            
            
              Penny from no.71-225, hinged on 11 pages each stamp
            
            
              with described plate number below, all used with various
            
            
              interesting postmarks, less plate no. 77, high catalogue
            
            
              value. Fine used. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 7,000 - 8,000
            
            
              2284
            
            
              1864 A small selection of the QV stamps and Red Penny
            
            
              in mint condition, each stamp with well noted of the plate
            
            
              number and the catalogue value in sterling including one
            
            
              block 4 and pairs, plus some other QV stamps, black
            
            
              penny used x 1, blue penny x 3, 2 mint and 1 used, 1860
            
            
              1 1/2p dull rose x 2, no gum. 1870 1/2p x 13, with pne
            
            
              pair and imperf. at right variety, 1880 5p indigo, large
            
            
              part o.g. 1883 issues short set up to 6p green, condition
            
            
              good to fine, some stamps no gum, total 158. Gibbon
            
            
              catalogue price sterling 19,986. Photo
            
            
              HK$ 30,000 - 40,000
            
            
              Ex.2298
            
            
              2301
            
            
              2302
            
            
              Ex.2304
            
            
              Ex.2305