Bahrain Postal History - Postal Stationery - Airletters

Vendor Details

This list covers Airletters, used and unused, including two OHMS air letters at the end of the list .
To the best of my ability, these items are listed in date sequence, annotated with H&G Numbers (about 10 years ago).
ItemDescription Price
AIRLETTERS
BPS2/01FormulaUnaddressed but with KG VI ½A, 1A, 1½A, 2A and 2½A stamps, cancelled 29 AU/51. View£ 20
BPS2/02FormulaQE II 1½A and 2½A f.d.c. addressed to Sheffield, England£ 20
BPS2/03FormulaQE II 1½A and 2½A fdc to UK£ 20 sold
BPS2/04H&G 1Unused£ 10
BPS2/05H&G 1Used 1 JU 52, believed to be the first day of issue of this air letter form.£ 20
BPS2/06Pair of Great Britain QEII Coronation Airletters, without overprint, showing both printings (etiquettes)£ 10
BPS2/07H&G 2Unused - etiquette I£ 10
BPS2/08H&G 2aUnused - etiquette II - Surcharge set right£ 10
BPS2/09H&G 2with set of Coronation stamps f.d.c.£ 30
BPS2/10H&G 2aUsed 31 AY 53. Earliest recorded usage of this printing.£ 25
BPS2/11H&G 2aUnused - etiquette II - Surcharge set left£ 10
BPS2/12H&G 2aUnused - etiquette II - Surcharge set right£ 10
BPS2/13H&G 2aUsed - etiquette II - 4 o'clock flaw View£ 25
BPS2/14H&G 2aUsed - etiquette II - 4 o'clock flaw repair£ 20
BPS2/15H&G 2Used AU 13 53 to Sussex, England - etiquette I £ 15
BPS2/16H&G 2aUsed 16 JA 54 to Edinburgh - etiquette II - Surcharge set left£ 15
BPS2/17H&G 3Unused - 35mm surcharge£ 10
BPS2/18H&G 3Used 8 FE 54 to New York, USA.£ 15
Reserved
BPS2/19H&G 4Used 23 FE 57 to Northampton, England. Cancelled (contrary to regulations) by Donaldson type 29 which was specified for use ONLY on internal mail£ 30
Reserved
BPS2/20H&G 5Unused - 36½mm surcharge - reverse showing middle line of instruction 102mm £ 12
BPS2/21H&G 5Unused - another£ 12
BPS2/22H&G 5Used 23 AP 55 to New York, USA£ 15
BPS2/23H&G 6Used 23 FE 57 to Northampton, England - illegally cancelled by local cancellation (Donaldson type 29)£ 20
BPS2/24H&G 6Unused - 35mm surcharge - 97mm instruction£ 15
Reserved
BPS2/25H&G 740 np unused - long surcharge (3.7 cm)£ 15
BPS2/26H&G 740 np unused - short surcharge (3.55 cm)£ 15
BPS2/27H&G 740np unused - variety sloping bars at right
£ 25
BPS2/28H&G 7Used 23 NO 57 to Kettering, England.£ 15
Reserved
BPS2/29H&G 830np unused£ 15
BPS2/30H&G 8Used 16 MY 59 to Kettering, England.£ 20
Reserved
BPS2/31H&G 9Sheikh Sulman. Front panel printed at top right of sheet. Unused£ 15
BPS2/32H&G 9Sheikh Sulman. Front panel printed at top right of sheet. Used 12 AP 61£ 20
BPS2/33H&G 10Sheikh Sulman. Front panel printed at bottom right of sheet. Used 11 JU 64 to London£ 40
BPS2/34H&G 10Sheikh Sulman. Front panel printed at bottom right of sheet. Unused£ 30
BPS2/35 "Apsley" air letter form, printed by J Dickenson & Co Ltd and used occasionally when the printed Bahrain air letters were unavailable. Stamped by Sh Isa 30np, cancelled 15 AP 61. Filing holes. View£ 25
Reserved
BPS2/36H&G 11Sheikh Isa - "To open CUT here" - Unused. Senders address panel "square" View.£ 15
BPS2/37H&G 11Sheikh Isa - "To open CUT here" - Used 20 AP 65 to Northampton.£ 20
BPS2/38H&G 11Sheikh Isa - "To open CUT here" - Unused. Senders address panel "indented" View.£ 20
BPS2/39H&G 11aSheikh Isa - "To open SLIT ALONG here" - Unused £ 15
Reserved
BPS2/40H&G 11aSheikh Isa - "To open SLIT ALONG here" - Used 21 AP 65£ 25
Reserved
BPS2/41H&G 12Plane and Map - Medium arrowheads - Unused£ 12
BPS2/42H&G 12Plane and Map - Medium arrowheads - Used 28 SP 66£ 15
Reserved
BPS2/43H&G 12Plane and Map - Small arrowheads - Unused£ 20
BPS2/44H&G 12Plane and Map - Small arrowheads - Used '67 to London£ 25
BPS2/45H&G 12Plane and Map - Large arrowheads - Unused£ 15
BPS2/46H&G 12Plane and Map - Large arrowheads - Used '68. Content and addressing written in arabic£ 35
BPS2/47H&G 13Plane over minarettes - with watermark - Unused £ 15
BPS2/48H&G 13Plane over minarettes - with watermark - Used JU 70 to Kuwait.£ 20
BPS2/49H&G 13aPlane over minarettes - no watermark - Unused £ 15
BPS2/50H&G 14bSh Isa and inscription BAHRAIN - wmk missing 'C' - Unused£ 25
BPS2/51H&G 14bSh Isa and inscription BAHRAIN - with wmk - Used 24/8/70 to Brighton. View£ 20
BPS2/52H&G 15Sh Isa and inscription STATE of BAHRAIN - the scarcest of all Bahrain airletters - Unused View£ 45
BPS2/53H&G 16Plane over airport - Unused£ 15
BPS2/54H&G 17Government Building - Unused£ 15
BPS2/55H&G Plane at terminal - Unused£ 15
BPS2/56H&G Plane at terminal - Printed with Concorde illustrated cachet and carried on the inaugural Concorde flight from Bahrain to London 22 JAN 1976. View£ 40
BPS2/57H&G Falcon - Unused£ 10
BPS2/58H&G Minarette - Early print on blue paper - Unused£ 20
BPS2/59H&G Minarette - Later print on green paper - Unused£ 10
BPS2/60H&G Minarette - Later print on green paper - Used 1984 to Scotland£ 15
Reserved
BPS2/61H&G OHMS Airletter overprinted for use by the Bahrain Postal Superintendent - Unused. Very scarce. View outside or inside£110
Reserved
BPS2/62H&G OHMS Airletter overprinted for use by the Bahrain Postal Superintendent - Unused.
A different printing of the basic airletter and a different overprint - Used 18 MY 63. Very scarce. View outside or inside
£110
Reserved