Lot 901
| | | Estimate: $700T | Realised Price : $525 |
Range of largely airmail covers or first flights, the earliest being 1926 Broome to Melbourne bearing Roo 3d + KGV 1½d Green, 1931 selection of Australia-England services and intermediates incl China, Malaya, printed covers from India or Burma stages, etc, 1934 Aust-NZ (2), one signed by Allan, Boulton & Ulm, the other addressed to J.A.Lyons, various others to 1967, mixed condition (69 items)
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Lot 902
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1924 (Sep) cover carried by W.A.A. bearing KGV 3d Blue + 1½d Red, flown Broome to Perth, straight-line 'PER AERIAL MAIL' cachet in blue, AAMC 69a
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Lot 903
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1929 (20th Dec) privately carried cover with original 5-page letter, flown by Francis Chichester on the Darwin to Sydney stage on his unofficial flight from London, endorsed 'By air from/Darwin to/ Sydney/Francis.C.Chichester', cancelled at Sydney, 'FOUND OPEN' label affixed and then forwarded to the addressee in New Zealand where label is cancelled by Motueka cds, minor tone spots/blemishes. Believed to be unique
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Lot 904
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1930 (19th Feb) cover flown by Australian Aerial Services, Camooweal to Daly Waters, arrival backstamp, AAMC 151. [Only 50 flown]
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Lot 905
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1930 (20th Feb) cover from Adelaide flown by Australian Aerial Services to Brunette Downs via Camooweal, bearing KGV 4½d, AAMC 152a. Scarce intermediate. Cat from AU$350
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Lot 906
| | | Estimate: $250T | Realised Price : $190 |
1931 (25th Apr) cover flown England to Victoria on second experimental flight, signed by pilot of the Sydney to Melbourne leg 'E.H.Chasling', arrival backstamp, AAMC 192
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Lot 907
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1931 (7th Jul) cover flown on "Gypsy Moth" Thursday Island to Japan, signed by pilot Francis Chichester on reverse with six-line cachet, this flight originating from Sydney on 3.7.1931, AAMC 210
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Lot 908
| | | Estimate: $200T | Realised Price : $150 |
1934 (11th May) souvenir cover carried per "Faith in Australia" on 'Goodwill Flight' Australia to New Zealand, AAMC 379, number '200' of 250 flown, signed by Ulm
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Lot 909
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1934 (10th Dec) Imperial Airways/Qantas cover to Dodoma, bearing KGV 1d + 1/6d flown Brisbane to Egypt (AAMC 470a) then by sea via Dar Es Salaam, various backstamps, minor staining
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Lot 910
| | | Estimate: $150T | Realised Price : $115 |
1935 (30th Jul) cover flown on Trans Continental Airways flight Sydney to Darwin, signed by pilot J.Chapman, AAMC 520. [21 flown]
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Lot 911
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1935 (31st Dec) U.K. to Melbourne 'City of Khartoum' crash cover, with cachets (2 - one complete) in violet 'RECEIVED AT G.P.O. MELBOURNE/DAMAGED BY WATER', AAMC 575
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Lot 912
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $115 |
1936 (29th Sep) 'Athena' fire cover U.K. to Sydney, with Australian Post Office explanation letter and accompanying 'ambulance' envelope (3 items)
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Lot 913
| | | Estimate: $250T | Realised Price : $190 |
1938 (15th Mar) cover flown on the DH88 Comet 'Australia Anniversary', England to Australia to New Zealand to Australia to England, signed by pilots Clouston and Ricketts, AAMC 801a. [12 flown]
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Lot 914
| | | Estimate: $125 | Realised Price : $95 |
1938 (27th Nov) cover London to Hobart carried aboard ill-fated 'Calpurnia' showing handstamped 'DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT.' in red, advertising meter 'Stock the Best/"SUNKIST" ORANGES-/LEMONS-GRAPE FRUIT.'. Novel 'fruit' thematic item
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Lot 915
| | | Estimate: $300 | Realised Price : $230 |
1939 (18th Jan) 'Koranga' crash cover London to Hobart showing scarce handstruck 'SALVAGED EX PLANE - Crashed Katharine (sic) 18/1/39' in blue, Hobart P.O. '... IS REGRETTED' sealing label on reverse
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Lot 916
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1939 (24th Mar) cover carried on a Caudron monoplane "Le Aiglon" New Caledonia to Paris by Henri Martinet, AAMC 844
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Lot 917
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1940 (30th Apr) souvenir postcard flown by TEAL on flying boat "Aotearoa" flight Auckland to Australia, signed by commander Burgess and crew, previously flown and signed by Ulm, AAMC 900a
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Lot 918
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1940 (6th May) souvenir postcard flown by TEAL on flying boat "Awarua" flight Sydney to Auckland, signed by commander Garden and crew, previously flown and signed by Ulm, AAMC 900ac
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Lot 919
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1940 (16th Jul) KGVI 1½d Maroon Postal Card uprated with 1/- Lyrebird flown Australia to Hawaii via Auckland, cachet in violet, AAMC 905b. Very few cards carried
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Lot 920
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1940 (16th Jul) registered use of souvenir postcard carried by sea on 'RMS "Niagara"' Sydney to New Zealand then by Pan-am Clipper to Noumea, signed by Captain J.H.Tilton, previously flown and signed by Ulm, Allan and Boulton, AAMC 905c
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Lot 921
| | | Estimate: $60T | Realised Price : $65 |
1940 (11th Nov) cover flown by Butler Air Transport on Gannet monoplane, Sydney to Bega, signed by pilot A.Jacobson, arrival backstamp, AAMC 911c
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Lot 922
| | | Estimate: $300T | Realised Price : $230 |
1941 (19th Apr) cover flown on RAAF Catalina flying boat, Sydney to New Caledonia, backstamped on arrival, AAMC 916. This service connected with the Pan American Airways route to USA. [30 carried]
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Lot 923
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1942-49 Parachute Mail selection (4) to Mornington Island comprising QANTAS 1942, 1943, 1948 and TAA 1949 services, AAMC 950, 970, 1199, 1234. Scarce group - first three with appropriate etiquette and all pilot-signed
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Lot 924
| | | Estimate: $100T | Realised Price : $75 |
1943 (5th Jul) airgraph and original enclosure flown Australia to England on the return service of the first airgraph service from UK, AAMC 953b
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Lot 925
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1943 (25th Oct) intermediate stages of A.N.A. service Broken Hill to Sydney and return, Broken Hill to Melbourne, odd tone, AAMC 964a (3 covers)
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Lot 926
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1945 (2nd Jun) use of KGVI 7d Air Letter Sydney to England, flown on first Qantas Lancastrian service, printed cachet in red, AAMC 1007b
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Lot 927
| | | Estimate: $100T | Realised Price : $75 |
1946 (9th Apr) G.B. airletter with typed overprint flown England to Australia on Qantas Airways 'Kangaroo' route, AAMC 1039b
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Lot 928
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1948 (14th Nov) Qantas souvenir covers with vignettes flown Sydney to South Africa and return, signed by pilot L.R.Ambrose, AAMC 1193-94 (2 covers)
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Lot 929
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1949 (15th Mar) Qantas souvenir covers with vignettes flown Sydney to Hong Kong and return, signed by pilot E.C.Sims, AAMC 1204-05 (2 covers)
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Lot 930
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1953 (2nd Jun) Coronation airletters flown on return flight from G.B. to Australia, Ceylon, Fiji, Mauritius, New Hebrides, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, P.N.G., Singapore and Solomon Islands, AAMC 1318b, (10). Cat AU$750++
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Lot 931
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $95 |
1954 Official 'ambulance' envelope (roughly opened) to Canberra with printed 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13-3-1954' in red, much scarcer than handstamped version of the cachet, AAMC 1337
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Lot 932
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1930 (24th Jun) mourning cover to USA, mss. 'By Air Mail' crossed-out bearing 1½d Sturt (4) tied by Melbourne machine cancel, Sydney cds on reverse together with framed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/ FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE' in red, also British Consulate receiving handstamp of 21.7.1930'. Unusual example of paying the internal airmail rate to Sydney and underpaying the surface carriage to USA, though send as privilege consular mail
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Lot 933
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1932 (28th Apr) registered cover from East Geelong to Bermuda via San Francisco to New York, bearing 1d (2) + 2d + 5d on 4½d paying 2d per ½oz British Empire rate, 3d registration and 4d internal US airmail as this now could only be paid with Australian adhesives, various transit and arrival (6.6.32) backstamps
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