AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, OVERSEAS AIRMAIL RATES

Lot 847		Estimate: $2,000T Two-volume collection of commercial airmails to U.K., 1929 to 1945 (arranged in flight date order), earlier sent via Australian internal airmail service, noted scarcer and unusual rates including 1934 9d card rate (uprated 1½d Postal card - via first regular service), 1934 9/- (5/- Kangaroo (fault) + 1/- Lyrebird block of four), 1938-39 all-up 5d rates (2 x double rate), Clipper rates, multiples of 2/1d rate, useful frankings, registered's, Too Late and taxed markings, etc, also 1935 Australian Govt airmail to Australia, faults in places, generally fair to fine commercial quality (201). Good basis for specialised study of the individual flights, routes and rates
Lot 848		Estimate: $700T 1945-65 overseas airmail covers to destinations including Aden, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Fiji, France (one with Postage Due affixed), French India, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Ireland, Malaya, Malta, New Caledonia, N.Z., PNG, Russia, Singapore, Solomons, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., U.S., etc, better frankings including Arms 5/- (2) and 10/- (faults) parcel fragment to British Embassy, Moscow, 5/- Cattle, etc, deficient postage markings, registered's, scarcer rates including Greetings cards and postcards, etc, some with faults, generally fair/fine (209)
Lot 849		Estimate: $500T 1930 (30 Jun) combination franked airmail cover to USA bearing Australia 3d Air pair + U.S. 5c tied by Perth slogan cancel and airmail adhesive additionally by Reading duplex, backstamped, minor blemishes. Attractive example of 6d internal Australia airmail + 5c surface rate
Lot 850		Estimate: $175 Realised Price : $170 1934 (8th Dec) 1½d Postal Card flown Melbourne to Greece uprated with adhesives totalling 9½d, cachet in blue applied, customs label and arrival cds on reverse, carried on QANTAS service
Lot 851		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $270 1934 (7th Dec) cover Melbourne to Tete (Portuguese East Africa) carried on Imperial Airways/QANTAS service bearing KGV 5d + 1/6d Hermes pair, paying 2/5d airmail ½oz rate via Egypt and Rhodesia + 1/- rate to Tete, various backstamps. Rare and unusual
Lot 852		Estimate: $200 1935 (23 Jul) real-photo postcard of QANTAS plane bearing 9d Kangaroo + 2d Jubilee flown Sydney to Germany
Lot 853		Estimate: $100 1936 (14 Jan) cover flown Melbourne to Sweden via Greece bearing five different adhesives totalling 2/2d paying ½oz airmail rate throughout, Athens transit and Malmo transit backstamps
Lot 854		Estimate: $100 1938 (8 Apr) use to France of KGVI 2d Red Lettercard uprated with 1/6d Hermes + 1d QE, transit and arrival backstamps. Attractive example of 1/9d ½oz rate
Lot 855		Estimate: $100 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 856		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1940 (23 Sep) censored airmail cover to London bearing 1/- Lyrebird + 6d A.I.F. tied by Perth machine cancel, censor tape and cachet at left. Attractive ½oz rate
Lot 857		Estimate: $100 1941 (16 Apr) airmail cover to England bearing 6d AIF + 6d Kookaburra 'JOHN ASH' imprint pair by Melbourne cancel, censor tape and cachet at right
Lot 858		Estimate: $100T 1941 (9 Dec) airmail cover Melbourne to Scotland bearing C of A Wmk 2/- (2) + KGVI 1/4d and 6d Kooka paying 5/10d 'Clipper Mail' rate (endorsed), censor tape and diamond cachet
Lot 859		Estimate: $1,000T Realised Price : $1,800 Selection of commercial covers to overseas destinations (other than G.B.) to 1945 including to Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India (and French India), Ireland, Malaya, N.Z., Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S., various 'A.I.F. Abroad' (one 6/5d Clipper rate), etc, noted higher (6/10d to Germany) and some unusual rates, Late Fees, registered's, better frankings, terminated airmail markings, etc, faults in places, generally fair to fine commercial quality (77). Useful lot with many scarcer items present
Lot 860		Estimate: $150T 1924 (Sep) cover carried by W.A.A. bearing KGV 3d Blue + 1½d Red, flown Broome to Perth, straight-line 'PER AERIAL MAIL' cachet in blue, AAMC 69a
Lot 861		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $115 1929-80's Flight cover collection incl 1929 Charleville-Brisbane with 6d Kangaroo and signed by pilot Capt. Moody, 1929 Australia-Karachi, 1931 Australia-England registered with 'FOUND IN THE ORDINARY MAIL/N.Y.P.O. sta. G' cachet + U.S. stamps affixed, range of 1950's and 1960's QANTAS flights, special 1930's flights to U.K., Papua/New Guinea (noted 'JUNE' cachet error), etc (53 items)
Lot 862		Estimate: $250T 1930 (19 Feb) cover flown by Australian Aerial Services, Camooweal to Daly Waters, arrival backstamp, AAMC 151. [Only 50 flown]
Lot 863		Estimate: $200T 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
Lot 864		Estimate: $400T 1931 (7 Jul) cover flown on "Gypsy Moth" Thursday Island to Japan, signed by pilot Francis Chichester on reverse with six-line cachet, this flight originating from Sydney on 3.7.1931, AAMC 210
Lot 865		Estimate: $125 Realised Price : $95 1934 (11 May) Aust-NZ 'Faith in Australia' Goodwill flight cover, No. 150 of only 250 flown, autographed by pilot G.T.P. Ulm, AAMC 379
Lot 866		Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $200 1934 (10 Dec) Imperial Airways/QANTAS cover to Dodoma, bearing KGV 1d + 1/6d flown Brisbane to Egypt (AAMC 470a) then by sea via Dar Es Salaam, various backstamps, minor staining
Lot 867		Estimate: $350T 1939 (24 Mar) cover flown on a Caudron monoplane "Le Aiglon" New Caledonia to Paris by Henri Martinet, AAMC 844
Lot 868		Estimate: $250T 1940 (30 Apr) souvenir postcard flown by TEAL on flying boat "Aotearoa" flight Auckland to Australia, signed by commander Burgess and crew, previously flown and signed by Ulm, AAMC 900a
Lot 869		Estimate: $250 1940 (6 May) souvenir postcard flown by TEAL on flying boat "Awarua" flight Sydney to Auckland, signed by commander Garden and crew, previously flown and signed by Ulm, AAMC 900ac
Lot 870		Estimate: $125T 1940 (16 Jul) KGVI 1½d Maroon Postal Card uprated with 1/- Lyrebird flown Australia to Hawaii via Auckland, cachet in violet, AAMC 905b. Very few cards carried
Lot 871		Estimate: $300T 1940 (16 Jul) registered use of souvenir postcard carried by sea on 'RMS "Niagara"' Sydney to New Zealand then by Pan-am Clipper to Noumea, signed by Captain J.H. Tilton, previously flown and signed by Ulm, Allan and Boulton, AAMC 905c
Lot 872		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1942-49 Parachute Mail selection (4) to Mornington Island comprising QANTAS 1942, 1943, 1948 and TAA 1949 services, AAMC 950, 970, 1199, 1234. Scarce group - first three with appropriate etiquette and all pilot-signed
Lot 873		Estimate: $100 1942 (23 Dec) QANTAS souvenir cover flown Sydney to Mornington Island with black & red vignette affixed, cachet and signed by pilot 'W.H. Crowther, reverse endorsed 'R.E. Braunhol/Missy in chge/ 27.12.42', minor stain, AAMC 950
Lot 874		Estimate: $150 1943 (25 Oct) intermediate stages of A.N.A. service Broken Hill to Sydney and return, Broken Hill to Melbourne, odd tone, AAMC 964a (3 covers)
Lot 875		Estimate: $125 1943 (24 Dec) QANTAS souvenir cover flown Sydney to Mornington Island with black & green vignette affixed, cachet and signed by pilot 'K.G. Caldwell, reverse endorsed 'J.B. McCarthy/Missionary in charge/25.12.43', AAMC 970
Lot 876		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1946 (24 Dec) QANTAS souvenir cover flown Sydney to Mornington Island with orange & brown vignette affixed, reversed endorsed 'J.B. McCarthy/Superintendent/25.12.46', AAMC 1089
Lot 877		Estimate: $175T 1947 (14th Oct) QANTAS souvenir covers with vignettes flown Sydney to Norfolk Island and return, signed by pilot L.R. Ambrose, AAMC 1113-14 (2 covers)
Lot 878		Estimate: $300T 1948 (14th Oct) QANTAS "Catalina" VH-EAX vignette in red, white and blue for New Hebrides - Australia flight, AAMC 1191b, Frommer 73a. [The scarcest of all QANTAS vignettes as these were not prepared in time for flight]
Lot 879		Estimate: $200T 1948 (14 Nov) QANTAS souvenir covers with vignettes flown Sydney to South Africa and return, signed by pilot L.R. Ambrose, AAMC 1193-94 (2 covers)
Lot 880		Estimate: $150 1948 (14 Nov) QANTAS vignettes in blue/white for Australia - South Africa and return flights, AAMC 1193a,b
Lot 881		Estimate: $250T 1949 (15 Mar) QANTAS souvenir covers with vignettes flown Sydney to Hong Kong and return, signed by pilot E.C. Sims, AAMC 1204-05 (2 covers)
Lot 882		Estimate: $100 1949 (Dec) QANTAS 'Q.E.A.' vignettes, red and blue/white booklet containing seven panes of three, minor adhesion, Frommer 85c
Lot 883		Estimate: $50 1950 TAA red, white and blue vignettes, booklet containing three panes of four, minor adhesion, Frommer 87c
Lot 884		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $380 1953 (2 Jun) 'Coronation' souvenir flight covers to and from London, all cacheted including the scarce Cocos flights, few with blemishes, AAMC 1317-18a (24). Cat AU$700+
Lot 885		Estimate: $400 1953 (2nd 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++
Lot 886		Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $230 1974 (17 Nov) cover G.B. to W.A. handstamped 'DELAYED EN ROUTE/-AIRCRAFT HI-JACK-' in purple, two strikes (one incomplete). Six recorded