Crash Mail: 1954 (10 Mar) complete parcel wrapper bearing 2/6d Aborigine block of six cancelled Enfield (NSW) cds to Copenhagen, Denmark, carried on BOAC Constellation which crashed at Singapore airport, and bearing 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13 3 1954' cachet in red, with Danish Post Office official label. Cover bearing scorch marks, and a fine example from this famous crash
Lot 772
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $210
1914 (Jun) A.B. 'Wizard' Stone postcard produced for the scheduled flight Melbourne to Sydney. Addressed and franked with uncancelled 1d Kangaroo, very fine. AAMC No. 2a, Cat. AU$350
Lot 773
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $150
1920 Herald & Weekly Times brown vignette and red Pals vignette unused and 1922 blue vignette mint (toning), Frommer 3/4/5a, also 1925 (4 Dec) cover to Mildura bearing KGV 4d and Angel vignette both tied by machine cancellation (3 vignettes, 1 cover)
Lot 774
Estimate: $75
1931 (19 Nov) Christmas Greetings printed air mail cover from Melbourne to Ottawa, Canada (addressed to the Secretary of the Post Office Department) with 6d Sepia Air Mail (2, one optd 'OS') and 2d KGV tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds. Date of posting is two days after the issue of the 6d optd 'OS'
