Lot 837
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1929 (29 Oct) cover flown Hay to Melbourne bearing 3d Air (2) + KGV 1½d (2), 'Blue Angel' vignettes affixed both sides, weak strike of framed 'FORWARDED/BY AIRMAIL' (latest recorded use from Hay) and straight-line 'PER AERIAL MAIL' both sides, minor creasing
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Lot 838
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1930 (20 Feb) cover from Adelaide flown by Australian Aerial Services to Brunette Downs via Camooweal, bearing KGV 4½d, AAMC 152a. Scarce intermediate. Cat from AU$350
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Lot 839
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1930 (24 Jun) mourning cover to USA, mss. 'By Air Mail' crossed-out bearing 1½d Sturt (4) tied by Melbourne machine cancel, Sydney cds on reverse together with framed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE' in red, also British Consulate receiving handstamp of 21.7.1930'. Unusual example of paying the internal airmail rate to Sydney and underpaying the surface carriage to USA, though sent as privilege consular mail
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Lot 840
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1935 (18 Jul) cover flown Mascot - Richmond on the last flight of the "Southern Cross" with single example of the perforated vignette affixed, signed by pilot Kingsford Smith, AAMC 516
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Lot 841
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1939 (23 Mar) cover flown by Henri Martinet, Noumea - Australia, Brisbane arrival 25.3.39 and Melbourne backstamps, minor blemishes
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Lot 842
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1939 (21 Dec) printed parachute mail cover flown by QANTAS flying boat "Corio", Sydney - Mornington Island, signed by pilot Tapp and endorsed by missionary in charge
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Lot 843
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1940 (6 May) souvenir postcard flown by TEAL on flying boat 'Awarua' from Sydney to Auckland, signed by commander Garden and crew, previously flown and signed by Ulm, AAMC 900ac
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Lot 844
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1943 (25 Oct) intermediate stages of A.N.A. service Broken Hill to Sydney and return, and Broken Hill to Melbourne, odd tone, AAMC 964a (3 covers)
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Lot 845
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1946 (7 Apr) 7d KGVI printed airletter, cacheted in violet, flown Sydney-Singapore, signed by Captains Furze and Moxham. AAMC 1036a
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Lot 846
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $75 |
1948 (14 Nov) QANTAS souvenir cover with vignette affixed flown Sydney - South Africa, signed by pilot L.R. Ambrose, AAMC 1193
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Lot 847
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1948 (27 Nov) QANTAS souvenir cover with vignette affixed flown South Africa - Sydney, signed by pilot L.R. Ambrose, AAMC 1194
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Lot 848
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1949 (15 Mar) Qantas souvenir covers with vignettes flown Sydney to Hong Kong and return, signed by pilot E.C.Sims, AAMC 1204-05a (2 covers)
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Lot 849
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1953 (2 Jun) Coronation airletters flown on return flight from G.B. to Australia, Ceylon, Fiji, Mauritius, New Hebrides, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, P.N.G., Singapore and Solomon Islands, AAMC 1318b (10). Cat AU$750+
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Lot 850
| | | Estimate: $75 | Realised Price : $60 |
1953 (Nov) QANTAS souvenir cover flown Bangkok - Sydney, signed by pilot J Harper. AAMC #1332
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Lot 851
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1954 (Mar) Crash mail meter cover Sydney to Sweden and 10d Airletter Brisbane to Scotland with framed cachet in red or magenta 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954'. (2 items)
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Lot 852
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1959 (18 Mar) souvenir cover flown Perth to Melbourne, signed by pilot Fred Hoinville, Australia's only skywriter, photo and home-made vignette affixed, No. 21 on reverse
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Lot 853
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1960's-1990's Decimal airmail covers (approx 260) to overseas destinations, mostly commercial, including Canada, Europe, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Kenya, N.Z., PNG, Singapore, South Africa, etc, noted higher rates and scarcer Greetings cards and postcards rates, generally fair/fine condition, also bundle (approx 80) 1990's philatelic overseas airmail covers mostly with 'Return to Sender' markings (340)
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Lot 854
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Rocket Mail: 1934 (11 Aug) S.S. 'Maheno' to Fraser Island rocket mail cover with green vignette affixed, AAMC R3
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Lot 855
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Rocket Mail: 1936 (13 Jul) Moggill to Riverview printed cover with 'RT6' vignette affixed and tied by violet handstamp, AAMC R6
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