Lot 304
Iraq: 1919 (9 Jan) First airmail from GB to India via Iraq stampless cover flown by RAF Handley Page aircraft Old Carthusian

Stamps of Asia & The Middle East including The Sura Collection Part III | S26007
Auction: 31 March 2026 10:30 GMT
Description
1919 (9 Jan) First airmail from Great Britain to India via Iraq opened out stampless cover flown by RAF Handley Page aircraft Old Carthusian, signed ‘W. Gillman/MG’ postmarked 'F.P.O. 55/9 JAN 19’ ds with violet cachet POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F./AERIAL POST–BAGHDAD–DELHI/PER HANDLEY PAGE AEROPLANE, backstamped by Delhi (20.1) arrival, also with ‘CARRIED BY AERIAL MAIL/BAGHDAD–DELHI/JANY. 1919’ circular cachet in purple. Carried Baghdad–Ormara by air, then by ship to Ireland. Fine and very rare early airmail envelope. Also

