AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, OVERSEAS AIR MAIL RATES

Lot 653		Estimate: $2,500T Two-volume collection of commercial airmails to U.K., 1929 to 1945 (arranged in flight date order), earlier sent via Australian internal airmail service, noted scarcer and unusual rates including 1934 9d card rate (uprated 1½d Postal card - via first regular service), 1934 9/- (5/- Kangaroo (fault) + 1/- Lyrebird block of four), 1938-39 all-up 5d rates (2 x double rate), Clipper rates, multiples of 2/1d rate, useful frankings, registered’s, Too Late and taxed markings, etc, also 1935 Australian Govt airmail to Australia, faults in places, generally fair to fine commercial quality (201). Good basis for specialised study of the individual flights, routes and rates
Lot 654		Estimate: $800T 1945-65 Post-war overseas airmail covers to destinations including Aden, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Fiji, France (one with Postage Due affixed), French India, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Ireland, Malaya, Malta, New Caledonia, N.Z., PNG, Russia, Singapore, Solomons, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., U.S., etc, better frankings including Arms 5/- (2) and 10/- (faults) parcel fragment to British Embassy, Moscow, 5/- Cattle, etc, deficient postage markings, registered’s, scarcer rates including Greetings cards and postcards, etc, some with faults, generally fair/fine (209)
Lot 655		Estimate: $1,250T Selection of commercial covers to overseas destinations (other than G.B.) to 1945 including to Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India (and French India), Ireland, Malaya, N.Z., Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S., various 'A.I.F. Abroad' (one 6/5d Clipper rate), etc, noted higher (6/10d to Germany) and some unusual rates, Late Fees, registered’s, better frankings, terminated airmail markings, etc, faults in places, generally fair to fine commercial quality (77). Useful lot with many scarcer items present
Lot 656		Estimate: $250T 1929 (19 Sep) cover (crease at centre) Sydney to Canada bearing KGV ½d and 4d prepaying internal airmail only and with striking 'INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID' in red which together with bicoloured airmail etiquette makes for an attractive item
Lot 657		Estimate: $200T 1931 (23 May) first flight cover bearing Kangaroos SM Wmk 9d (2) and 2/- + KGV 1d Green flown Sydney to Holland, cachet in violet. Scarce adhesives on cover
Lot 658		Estimate: $350 1934 (13 Dec) KGV 1½d Brown Postal Card used from Adelaide uprated with 9d Macarthur, slogan cancel
Lot 659		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1935 (2) and 1940 airmail covers bearing Kangaroo 9d pair or 3d Vic Centy + KGV 1/4d paying the ½oz rate, the 1940 cover with 3/- adhesives paying double airmail rate
Lot 660		Estimate: $200T 1935 (18 Mar) airmail cover Melbourne to Kungsbacka bearing Kangaroo SM Wmk 2/- + ANZAC 2d, Athens transit backstamp, minor blemishes. Scarce destination
Lot 661		Estimate: $150 1935 (9 Dec) airmailed cover Adelaide to U.K. bearing perfin 'E S' (Elder Smith) 6d Airmail and 1/- Lyrebird tied by slogan cancel
Lot 662		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1937 (12 Feb) airmail cover NSW to Germany bearing Kangaroo 9d + S.A. Centenary 1/- tied by Coogee cds, paying the ½oz airmail rate. Attractive
Lot 663		Estimate: $150 1937 (Nov) airmail cover to Saigon bearing 6d Kookaburra pair punctured 'W/A' tied by Claremont cds, arrival backstamp, filing crease not detracting from this 1/- per ½oz rate cover, paying air carriage the entire journey to Indo China. Exotic destination
Lot 664		Estimate: $125T 1938 (28 June) KGVI 1½d Postal Card uprated with 1932 6d Kookaburra + KGV ½d Orange + 1d QE paying 9d postcard rate to UK
Lot 665		Estimate: $100 1939 (Oct) and 1941 (Feb) airmail covers to USA paying single rate at 1/7d and 4/-, the latter with 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' and censor cachets in violet
Lot 666		Estimate: $100 1940 (Mar) censored airmail cover Victoria to Italy bearing 6d Sepia Air pair + 9d N.S.W. Sesqui, censor tape at left, arrival backstamp. Attractive ½oz foreign rate
Lot 667		Estimate: $100 1940 (23 Sep) censored airmail cover to London bearing 1/- Lyrebird + 6d A.I.F. tied by Perth machine cancel, censor tape and cachet at left. Attractive ½oz rate
Lot 668		Estimate: $250 1941 (20 Jun) registered airmail to Japan, addressed 'Jewish Community of Kobe' bearing 5d + 2/- paying 1oz rate, 3d registration and 3d acknowledgement, censor tape on reverse and cachet, roughly opened. Scarce
Lot 669		Estimate: $100T 1941 (31 Jul) airmail cover Melbourne to Scotland bearing C of A Wmk 2/- (2) + KGVI 5d (2) and 1/- paying 5/10d 'Clipper Mail' rate (endorsed), censor tape and framed cachet
Lot 670		Estimate: $100 1946 (Dec?) airmail cover flown Melbourne to U.S.A. bearing 1/6d Hermes + 1/- Mitchell, the latter particularly scarce on cover, the 2/6d paying the airmail rate for entire trip