Lot 894
| | | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $115 |
Bulgaria: 1936 (Aug) commercial air mail cover to Australia bearing attractive tri-colour franking, backstamped Athens, Melbourne. Scarce origin/destination pre-war air mail
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Lot 895
| | | Estimate: $300 | Realised Price : $300 |
Bulgaria: 1938 (4 Nov) commercial air mail advertising cover to Victoria franked 55l for ½oz air mail rate via Greece, adhesives tied by Poste Aerienne-Sofia datestamp, backstamped Athens and on arrival at Melbourne. Rare origin
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Lot 896
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Dodecanese Islands: 1939 (Apr-Dec) air mail covers (roughly opened) from same correspondence Castelrosso to Adelaide, franked at 5.50l and 4.75l respectively, latter censored at Melbourne on arrival (16 Jan 1940). Extraordinary origin
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Lot 897
| | | Estimate: $300 | Realised Price : $230 |
Greece: 1935 and 1936 commercial air mail covers from same correspondence Athens to Melbourne, franked at 33d and 58d respectively, former handstamped 'PAR AVION' and latter with early air mail etiquette, arrival datestamp on reverse. Scarce early air mail
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Lot 898
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Iran/Bushire British Occupation: 1916 (18 Apr) registered cover (a little reduced) from Captain E W Reynolds, 96th Infantry addressed to 'Mrs Reynolds in Sydney' bearing India 2a 6p (2) tied by very fine 'BUSHIRE/REG/18 AP/16' datestamp, Sydney and Edgecliff backstamps. Exceptional
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Lot 899
| | | Estimate: $400 | Realised Price : $300 |
Mexico: 1937 (Apr-Jun) commercial air mail covers from same correspondence to Victoria franked 2p 25c, sent via Pacific and Atlantic routes respectively and showing instructional handstamps to those ends, former without backstamps, latter with Paris transit and Melbourne arrival. Attractive duo, scarce
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Lot 900
| | | Estimate: $1,250 | Realised Price : $1,200 |
Paraguay: UTOPIAN SETTLEMENT NEW AUSTRALIA PARAGUAY: 1925 cover (small faults) with Paraguay Official 1922 'C' opt on 50c (8, two overlap cover) tied by four strikes of 'COLONIA NVA AUSTRALIA PARAGUAY/19 SEP 1925' datestamp, addressed to 'The Bulletin' Sydney, backstamped Asuncion and Buenos Aires. A new discovery to add to the few covers recorded from the Australian Settlement
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Lot 901
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Trinidad and Tobago: 1935 (27 Apr) registered Official cover (light crease at base) bearing solo franking of 6d tied by GPO datestamp, backstamped Trinidad, New York, San Francisco, Melbourne, Geelong
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Lot 902
| | | Estimate: $300 | Realised Price : $360 |
United States of America: 1965 inwards cover from Association of American Railroads, Washington (USA) to Railway Offices, Melbourne (Aust), charred and 'DAMAGED IN HANDLING/IN THE POSTAL SERVICE' and 'TRAIN FIRE IN U S A' applied together with San Francisco cds (9 Jun). Great railways exhibit item
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