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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Hammer Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 82 Bidding closes at 5pm AEST on Friday 23rd August 2024 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
All amounts are in Australian dollars. |
To bid on a Lot, please click the link under the Lot number. | [ Symbols and Codes ] |
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AEROPHILATELY
Lot 1259 | [ C ] |
1935 (4 June) registered airmail cover from Brisbane to Canada franked with Silver Jubilee set of three, backstamps of Brisbane, New York and Toronto, minor blemishes. BW cat AU$400  | ||
| Lot 1260 | [ C ] |
1936 (26 May) airmail envelope from Melbourne to Java, typed 'All Air Mail' bearing 9d Kangaroo and KGV 1d paying the scarce 10d rate where outgoing flight (Imperial IW448) did not stop till Singapore then flew back to Netherlands Indies, backstamped Batavia 30.5.36. This rate not mentioned by Breckon or Walker  | ||
| Lot 1261 | [ C ] |
1939 (1 April) cover from Outer Harbour (SA) to Switzerland franked 1/9d, and with scarce 'AUSTRALIA - ITALY' handstamp in violet  | ||
| Lot 1262 | [ C ] |
1940 (12 Nov) censored 1/7d rate airmail from Melbourne to Stockholm, Sweden, with London annulment bars in red. Includes lengthy handwritten letter in Swedish on Menzies Hotel letterhead  | ||
| Lot 1263 | [ C ] |
1941 (24 Oct) POW airmail cover from Melbourne to Red Cross Switzerland, scarce 5/8d clipper rate via USA, franked Robes 5/- plus 4d Koala (2), fine  | ||
| Lot 1264 | [ C ] |
1944 (2? Jan) large A.R.C.S. Message Service airmail censored cover from Sydney franked 7/5d and addressed to the Red Cross, Geneva  | ||
| Lot 1265 | [ PS ] |
1944 (11 Sep) Aerogramme with QANTAS overprint in red for first airmail, Sydney machine cancel on back, censor label partly removed, unusual non-philatelic use, letter includes 'This air letter is being sent by a special batch . . . Martin has been given three of them', light vertical fold, ink smudge from a postmark on front, BW A1e, AAMC 978c  | ||
| Lot 1266 | [ C ] |
1958 (Mar) registered airmail cover from Brunswick to USA franked with 10/- Arms, 2/- Aboriginal Art, 1/- Lyrebird and 3d QEII paying 2½-3oz rate, corner fault  | ||
| Lot 1267 | [ C ] |
1959 (21 Mar) inwards commercial airmail usage of Russian illustrated 'Sputnik' cover from Latvia to Victoria franked with Russian stamps tied by cyrillic cds of Talsi, cyrillic handstamp and 'AIR SERVICE/COMPLETED/AT SYDNEY' handstamp in violet  | ||
