Lot 1085 SOLD | [ C ] | AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH - AEROPHILATELY [ View this Category ]
Estimate: $140 | Realised Price : $105 |
1938 (4 Aug) opening of Rose Bay Flying Boat base with 2d and 3d (fault) tied by Sydney cds, flown by 'Camilla' to Singapore and Imperial Airways onwards, showing very fine oval 'COMMEMORATING THE OFFICIAL OPENING/OF THE/EMPIRE AIR MAIL SERVICE/AUSTRALIA, 4th AUGUST, 1938' cachet in violet, states 'a small number of VIP covers were in the mail and impressed with a four line cachet . . . wrongly stating it commemorated the opening of the Empire Air Mail Service'. AAMC822b cat AU$275 |