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Last updated, 29th November, 2024
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CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS EXPRESS LETTER SERVICE
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| RA788 |
c1956 6d Central African Airways letter service labels, imperf. x roulette. Pair, very fine used. |
£20 |
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| F358 |
c1956 6d Central African Airways letter service labels, horizontal pair with margins all sides, perforated, ex. the booklet and apparently 1st issue. Hinged on margin, gummed. Attractive and uncommon. |
£40 |
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| RA4994 |
c1956 6d Central African Airways letter service labels, horizontal pair with margins three sides (not top), perforated, used with violet boxed ‘CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS / NDOLA’ cachet. Attractive. |
£30 |
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| F567 |
c1960 1/- Central African Airways letter service labels, vertical pair with margins at left, rouletted between and at left, ex. the booklet and apparently 4th issue. Gummed, very fine unmounted. Attractive and uncommon. |
£50 |
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| F561 |
1955 1st April, printed envelope ‘CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS’ for the 1st Flight Airways Letter Service, bearing 2d Federal QEII definitives (SG 3), machine cancelled ‘SALISBURY’, printed address. In addition, applied with 6d perforated CAA Airways Letter Service label cancelled with violet boxed ‘CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS / SALISBURY’ cachet. Fine and clean. Uncommon. |
£50 |
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| F77 |
1955 long envelope bearing pair QEII 3d definitives, endorsed 'PER CAA LETTER' reverse applied with pair 6d perforated 6d CAA Airways Letter Service labels, indistinctly cancelled with special CAA boxed cachets, Lusaka ? to Salisbury. |
£35 |
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| F78 |
1955 8th August (endorsed), long envelope bearing QEII 6d and 2d definitives, endorsed 'PER C.A.A. AIR LETTER SERVICE', reverse applied with pair 6d CAA Airways Letter Service labels, all indistinctly cancelled with special boxed CAA cachets, Ndola to Salisbury. |
£40 |
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| F563 |
1955 21st December (endorsed), long envelope bearing QEII ½d and pair 2d definitives, endorsed 'PER C.A.A. AIR LETTER SERVICE', reverse applied with 6d CAA Airways Letter Service label, all cancelled with special boxed 'Central African AIRWAYS / NDOLA' cachets, to Salisbury. |
£40 |
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| F81 |
1959 unstamped manila envelope endorsed 'PER C.A.A. AIR LETTER SERVICE / To be collected at Town Terminal', reverse applied with 1/- CAA Airways Letter Service label cancelled with violet triple oval 'CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS / LUSAKA, N. RHODESIA' cachet. |
£45 |
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| F84 |
1959 3rd June, manila envelope endorsed 'AIR LETTER SERVICE…TO BE COLLECTED IN SALISBURY' bearing QEII 2½d definitive cancelled with violet triple oval 'CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS / 3 JUN 1959 SALISBURY / CARGO DEPOT' cachet, addressed to Salisbury. Reverse applied with 6d CAA Airways Letter Service label similarly cancelled. |
£60 |
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| F86 |
1960 manila envelope endorsed 'PER C.A.A. AIR LETTER SERVICE / To Be collected at Town Terminal', bearing QEII 1d and pair 3d Kariba all pen cancelled, reverse applied with two x 1/- CAA Airways Letter Service labels cancelled with violet rectangular 'CENTRAL AFRICAN AIRWAYS / LUSAKA' cachets. |
£55 |
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| F395 |
1962 26th February, envelope bearing QEII 3d (SG 22), cancelled with violet boxed 'Central African AIRWAYS / FREIGHT DEPOT / BULAWAYO' cachet, locally addressed. On reverse applied with 1/- CAA Airways Letter Service label (roulette), uncancelled. Attractive and scarce usage. |
£50 |
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AIRMAILS
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| F89 |
1957, seven of eight issued 6d Tourist Publicity Air Letters, fine unused. H&G 3a (7 of 8) |
£25 |
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| F888 |
1958 30th June, printed envelope for the Inaugural flight Salisbury to Mongu by Hunting-Clan African Airways, bearing QEII 2½d (SG 3a), machine cancelled 'SALISBURY', another strike below. Arrival backstamp for the 1st July. |
£35 |
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| F91 |
1959 19th March, set of eight Tourist Publicity 6d Air Letters all cancelled at 'LUANSHYA' but un-addressed. H&G 3a |
£35 |
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| F92 |
1960 set of eight Tourist Publicity Air Letters, each with a different destination. Very fine unused. |
£20 |
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| F93 |
1960 14th September, envelope from Paris for the first UAT DC 8 flight to Salisbury with appropriate cachet. Defective corner. |
£10 |
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| F94 |
1960 23rd September, printed Airmail envelope bearing 3d, 6d and 1/3 Kariba cancelled at Salisbury. For the First Flight by UAT DC-8 Salisbury to Paris and struck with relevant boxed cachet, arrival backstamp. Fine and clean. |
£18 |
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