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Online General Sale No. 85 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 26th September 2025 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AEROPHILATELY
Lot 1052 | [ PPC ] |
1919 (Aug) Captain Harry Butler Souvenir Aerial Post Card for St. Vincent Gulf flight, numbered '229', franked ½d Kangaroo and N.S.W. 1d Centennial with 'CP' monogram cancelled '307' numerals. Minor corner bends, otherwise fine   | ||
| Lot 1053 | [ C ] |
1922 (26 Nov) printed cover to Perth from 'Wong Bros./General Store/Broome' bearing 3d Olive Kangaroo Die I plus KGV 2d Red tied by Broome cds, straight-line 'PER AERIAL MAIL' handstamp and circular time-clock cachet 'ANSWERED' and 'RECEIVED/29 NOV 1922' two-line handstamp beneath, all in violet  | ||
| Lot 1054 | [ C ] |
1929 (24 Aug) 'Per Aerial' cover to Perth with 1½d KGV and 3d Airmail tied by Carnarvon (WA) cds, very fine  | ||
| Lot 1055 | [ C ] |
1932 (1 Aug) underpaid airmail cover to Wales franked with solo 1931 6d Sepia Airmail tied by Goulburn cds, 'T40c' and 4d/I.S.G.' handstamps in black, British 2d postage due pair affixed and cancelled on arrival, minor blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1056 | [ C ] |
1935 (14 Jun) airmail cover to England franked with 2d Macarthur, 2d Anzac and 1935 Silver Jubilee set 2d to 2/- tied by 'AIRMAIL/SYDNEY N.S.W. datestamps  | ||
| Lot 1057 | [ C ] |
1935 (12 Aug) pair of Queensland Air Mail Society S.S. "Maheno" - Fraser Island Rocket Mail covers, franked ½d pair and 1d, and with red and green triangular vignettes respectively, the first with a few minor stains (2)  | ||
| Lot 1058 | [ C ] |
1935 (Dec) England-Australia per Imperial Airways flying boat 'City of Khartoum' which crash landed on approach to Alexandria, long envelope (228mm x 100mm) from British Insulated Cables Ltd. to their office in Melbourne, stamps washed off and with water damage, reverse with Melbourne cds of 19JA36, plus two-line 'RECEIVED AT G.P.O. MELBOURNE/DAMAGED BY WATER' in violet. AAMC 535, cat AU$325   | ||
| Lot 1059 | [ C ] |
1937 (9 Jul) cover to Goteborg, Sweden franked 3d KGV, 1d and 2d pair KGVI and 1/6d airmail tied by 'AIR MAIL/SYDNEY N.S.W.' cds, Goteborg arrival backstamp, very fine  | ||
| Lot 1060 | [ C ] |
1937 (18 Oct) Sydney - Narrandera and (19 Oct) Narrandera - Sydney Ansett Airways survey flight covers between Melbourne and Sydney addressed to E.A. Crome and signed by pilot A.M. Bayne. AAMC 768h, cat AU$160. (Note that the AAMC incorrectly gives the date as 4 October) (2)  | ||
| Lot 1061 | [ C ] |
1937 (24 Dec) large line-lined envelope (365 x 242mm) franked with 2/- and 5/- Kangaroos, 4d Olive KGV (13), 6d Kookaburra (3), 1/- Lyrebird (3) and 3d (6) and 9d (3) NSW Sesquicentenary (6), from Sydney to London, 19/7d franking would appear to represent 13 x 1/6d for a 6½ ounce letter, plus 1d late fee. Vertical fold, and some not unexpected creasing, toning affects the perfs on many of the stamps and the cover itself, nevertheless a spectacular franking  | ||
| Lot 1062 | [ C ] |
1938 (25 Jan) E.A. Crome cover flown by RAAF Flying Boat (Squadron 204) from Darwin to Sydney to commemorate the sesquicentenary, rare with only six covers flown. AAMC 784a, cat AU$175  | ||
| Lot 1063 | [ C ] |
1938 (16 Feb) Light Aircraft altitude record attempt by John Kingsford Smith (nephew of Charles) at Mascot, E.A. Crome cover signed by the pilot, only 20 covers were carried. AAMC 788, cat AU$75  | ||
| Lot 1064 | [ C ] |
1938 (26 Feb) E.A. Crome cover for Parachutist Miss Jean Burns, who parachuted at Kingsford Smith Aerodrome in association with the Australian Sesquicentenary celebrations. This was the first instance of 'parachute' covers in Australia, 50 covers were carried, signed by parachutist. AANC788a, cat AU$125  | ||
| Lot 1065 | [ C ] |
1938 (12 March) E.A. Crome cover carried by G. Elliott in the Sydney-Moree Air Race (in Klemm Swallow VH-AAB) arranged as part of the sesquicentenary celebrations, signed by the pilot and rare with only 10 covers carried. AAMC 795, cat AU$150  | ||
| Lot 1066 | [ C ] |
1938 (13 March) E.A. Crome survey flight cover by North-Western Airlines Ltd. in DH Dragonfly VH-UTJ for their proposed Sydney-Tamworth route, signed on reverse by pilot I.S. Thomson. AAMC 798b, cat AU$75  | ||
| Lot 1067 | [ PPC ] |
1939 (6 Jan) airmail postcard to England, headed 'Jamboree' with KGVI 3d Blue tied by Bradfield Scouts Jamboree hexagonal datestamp, scarce 3d All-up rate  | ||
| Lot 1068 | [ C ] |
1941 (24 Oct) POW airmail cover from Melbourne to Red Cross Switzerland, scarce 5/8d clipper rate via USA, franked Robes 5/- plus 4d Koala (2), fine  | ||
| Lot 1069 | [ C ] |
1964 (27 May) registered airmail cover franked with 3/- Waratah, 5/- Cattle and 9d Magpie sent from Concord (NSW) to England, correctly paying the triple airmail rate 2/3d x 3 plus 2/- registration = 6/9d 1½ ounce rate  | ||
