Lot 265
| | | Estimate: $16,000 | Realised Price : $12,000 |
1919 Ross Smith vignette with margins all round, faintest trace of hinge in top selvedge, signed 'Francis Field' in pencil in lower margin. One of the finest examples of Australia's foremost aerophilatelic rarity
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Lot 266
| | | Estimate: $6,000 | Realised Price : $7,500 |
1920 (26 Feb) cover to England bearing Ross Smith vignette tied by one of two 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL' double-oval cancellations, cachet in blue 'PER/VICKERS "VIMY" AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA' and signed 'Keith Smith'. Eustis No. 326 with 1974 BPA Certificate. One of the finest known covers
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Lot 267
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1931 (30 Mar) cover flown on Trans Tasman service from Norfolk Island to Lord Howe Island with arrival cds, signed by Chichester and numbered '45', AAMC 183
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Lot 268
| | | Estimate: $500 | Realised Price : $700 |
1934 (16 Nov) Melbourne to Portland autogiro postcard, the very rare registered card, label no. 58, AAMC 461. This being only the fourth registered card we have seen
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Lot 269
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1936 (14 Apr) cover to London bearing Kangaroo 5/- and 2/- (2) and KGV 1d tied by Sydney Late Fee machine cancel or Air Mail cds. Attractive example of 9/- sextuple airmail rate (2½-3oz) plus 1d Late Fee
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Lot 270
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1974 (12-27 Jan) Waikerie Gliding Championships, set of covers signed by participating pilots from various countries, including a few additional signed covers (one by Don Dunstan). Not previously listed in Eustis (42 covers)
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