AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, OVERSEAS AIRMAIL COVERS BY RATE

Lot 826		Estimate: $200T Single Rate: 1935 (20 Aug) cover Melbourne to Egypt at uncommon 1/7d ½oz airmail rate, backstamped Alexandria, Port Said
Lot 827		Estimate: $200T Single Rate: 1935 (25 Nov) cover (opened at left) Coolamon (N.S.W.) to Canada at uncommon 2/1d ½oz full airmail service rate via U.K. and U.S.
Lot 828		Estimate: $100 Single Rate: 1936 (14 Jan) cover flown Melbourne to Sweden via Greece bearing five different adhesives totalling 2/2d paying ½oz airmail rate throughout, Athens and Malmo transit backstamps
Lot 829		Estimate: $150T Single Rate: 1938 (30 Jul) attractive illustrated cover Jamberoo (N.S.W.) to U.K. at 5d ½oz all-up airmail rate
Lot 830		Estimate: $200T Single Rate: 1938 (25 Nov) cover Cunnamulla (Qld) to New York with attractive franking for 1/7d ½oz airmail rate via U.K. where airmail service concluded
Lot 831		Estimate: $150T Single Rate: 1939 (12 Apr) cover Melbourne to India at 5d ½oz all-up airmail rate which is scarce to destinations other than U.K., backstamped Calcutta
Lot 832		Estimate: $300T Realised Price : $230 Single Rate: 1939 (30 May) cover R.A.A.F. Laverton (Vic) originally to Colombo 'India' (Colombo Poste Restante datestamp) at 5d ½oz all-up airmail rate, subsequently redirected to Port Said and London where Postage Due stamps were affixed, finally returned to D.L.O. Melbourne, variety of markings accumulated and condition consistent with misadventure. Rare example of 5d all-up airmail rate to unusual destination - relevant in an Australia, Ceylon, Egypt or G.B. collection
Lot 833		Estimate: $100 Single Rate: 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 834		Estimate: $200T Realised Price : $420 Single Rate: 1941 (8 May) censored cover Melbourne to China at 10d ½oz airmail rate via Singapore, backstamped Shanghai
Lot 835		Estimate: $125T Single Rate: 1953 'PMG/Pitcairn Island' airmail cover from Australia bearing 1/- Lyrebird + 1/0½d tied by indistinct Darwin cds, double-circled arrival datestamp of '6.SEP.53'
Lot 836		Estimate: $400 Sextuple Rate: 1941 OHMS printed cover (245x150mm) Sydney to London, bearing Robes 10/- (3) + 5/-, endorsed 'Via New Zealand/& USA', diamond censor cachet and 'CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER' in violet. Remarkable example of 5/10d per ½oz x 6 rate, adhesives faulty due to machine cancelling. Interesting