AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AEROPHILATELY, 1925-1934

Lot 1115		Estimate: $120 1951-63 small group of concession rate covers, with 3d airmail rate on 1951 Tattersalls cover from Japan, and 1960 and 1963 illustrated covers from Woomera to Adelaide and U.K. respectively; 1955 local Sydney cover with 1d QEII and 'NAVAL SERVICE' in blue; and 1956 cover from HMAS 'Anzac' with ½d and 4d cancelled 'PASSED FREE/SURFACE/POSTAGE machine and with 'H.M.A. SHIPS' in violet. Generally very fine and a useful group (5 covers)
Lot 1116		Estimate: $150 1925 (21 Jul) KGV 1½d 'Star' embossed envelope uprated with 1½d Red pair flown Broken Hill to Sydney, arrival datestamp. AAMC 88, cat AU$300
Lot 1117		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $105 1929 (22 Apr) Qantas intermediate stage flight Toowoomba to Brisbane with red and black 'INAUGURAL FLIGHT' vignette. AAMC 133aa, cat AU$200
Lot 1118		Estimate: $250 1929 (9 May) cover from London to Consulate of Switzerland (Melbourne) endorsed alongside (and tying) Air Mail label 'Till Marseilles/and again in/Australia', franked 7½d to include 3d airmail surcharges x 2 to France and within Australia, despatched in time and intended for first acceptance of Perth-Adelaide a trmail (AAMC 137) in which it was a rare entrant. Pencilled on reverse is 'First acceptance for flight Perth/Adelaide'
Lot 1119		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $30 1929 (4 Jun) intermediate stage souvenir cover flown Perth to Forrest, signed by pilot N. Brearley. AAMC 137a cat from AU$50
Lot 1120		Estimate: $75 1929 (15 Dec) First Joint Airmail to U.K. via internal (Adelaide-Perth) and Karachi-London services cover (little foxed), originating at Melbourne, correct 10½d rate, AAMC 146
Lot 1121		Estimate: $50 1930 (1 Jun) ANA service registered cover flown Sydney to Melbourne, scarce registered. AAMC162, cat AU$100
Lot 1122		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1930 (10 Jul) registered cover flown by WAA from Roeburne to Hall's Creek, backstamps of Roeburne, Broome and Hall's Creek. AAMC 165a, cat AU$100
Lot 1123		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1933 (28 Jan) registered cover flown from Perth to Salamaua with framed cachet in red, airmail to Brisbane then forwarded to New Guinea on 10 February. AAMC 296b, cat AU$175
Lot 1124		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1933 (13 Oct) Matthews Aviation Co. flight coverfrom Currie to Launceston, only 40 carried. AAMC 339, cat AU$125
Lot 1125		Estimate: $75 1933 (13 Oct) Matthews Aviation Co. registered flight cover addressed to Brisbane, flown Currie to Melbourne, only 40 carried with very few registered. AAMC 341, cat AU$150
Lot 1126		Estimate: $35 Realised Price : $26 1934 (4 Feb) cover carried by Adastra Airways flown Sydney to Bega, signed by pilot F.W. Follett. AAMC 353, cat AU$75
Lot 1127		Estimate: $50 1934 (23 Feb) MacRobertson-Miller Aviation Co. intermediate stage cover flown from Adelaide to Port Pirie. AAMC 363a, cat from AU$100
Lot 1128		Estimate: $80 1934 (23 Feb) MacRobertson-Miller Aviation Co. intermediate stage registered cover flown Port Pirie to Adelaide, very scarce registered. AAMC 363a, cat from AU$100
Lot 1129		Estimate: $75 1934 (29 Mar) Kingsford Smith et al New Zealand - Australia flight souvenir cover addressed to John Gower in his own hand, Kangaroo C & E Club 'Kangaroo' Cinderella tied to reverse, alongside Gower's hexagonal handstamp
Lot 1130		Estimate: $50 1934 (14 Apr) 'Faith in Australia' souvenir cover addressed to Greece, flown Sydney to Auckland, signed by pilot G.U. Allan, forwarded by sea to Athens, with Port Taufiq transit and Athens arrival backstamps, minor blemishes
Lot 1131		Estimate: $100 1934 (6 May) commercial airmail cover from Carnarvon to Perth franked 3d airmail x 6 + KGV 3d pair, aggregate 2/- representing 2d letter rate x 3 + 3d airmail surcharge x 6, attractive despite small blemishes
Lot 1132		Estimate: $75 1934 (16 Aug) advertising cover (blemishes) by internal airmail service to U.K. franked Large Kookaburra 6d x 2 + Victorian Centenary 2d, tied Air Mail Sydney cds, 'LATE FEE' typewritten (1-1½oz: 4d letter + 3d airmail x 3 + 1d late fee = 1/2d). Attractive example of unusual rate
Lot 1133		Estimate: $40 1934 (1 Oct) Holyman Airways flight cover from Launceston to Melbourne. AAMC 423, cat AU$80
Lot 1134		Estimate: $75 1934 (3 Oct) Perth - Daly waters flight by MacRoberston-Miller Aviation Co. franked with KGV 5d on 4½d, arrival backstamp. AAMC 428, cat AU$125
Lot 1135		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 1934 (Nov) Condor Zeppelin flight cover flown Argentina to Brisbane on Lufthansa service via Germany, forwarded to Qantas at Brisbane, black and violet cachets
Lot 1136		Estimate: $35 1934 (16 Nov) Melbourne - Portland autogiro illustrated postcard. AAMC 461, cat AU$75
Lot 1137		Estimate: $100 1934 (16 Nov) autogiro flight postcard registered at Portland, stamps tied by 'M.O.O. PORTLAND/VIC' cds, AAMC 461b, very fine and scarce
Lot 1138		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $38 1934 (Dec) Imperial Airways/Qantas cover flown on intermediate stage (25 Dec) Bangkok to Brisbane, arrival backstamp. AAMC 470k, cat AU$100
Lot 1139		Estimate: $75 1934 (8 Dec) Imperial Airways/Qantas souvenir cover flown on intermediate stage from England to Netherlands East Indies, Batavia arrival backstamp. AAMC 469a, cat AU$150
Lot 1140		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $46 1934 (8 Dec) Imperial Airways/Qantas souvenir cover flown on intermediate stage from Kenya to Australia, with Cairo and Brisbane backstamps. AAMC 469f, cat AU$125
Lot 1141		Estimate: $60 1934 (8 Dec) Imperial Airways/Qantas intermediate stage cover flown Brisbane to South West Africa, Cairo and Windhoek backstamps. AAMC 469f, cat from AU$125
Lot 1142		Estimate: $150 1934 (9-10 Dec) return Australia-England QANTAS/Imperial Airways flight Brisbane to Singapore intermediate cover bearing scarce solo franking of 9d Macarthur, very fine (unopened cover)
Lot 1143		Estimate: $40 1934 (10 Dec) Imperial/Qantas souvenir cover flown on intermediate stage Basra (Iraq) to Australia, Brisbane backstamp. AAMC 470o, cat from AU$75
Lot 1144		Estimate: $75 Realised Price : $85 1934 (17 Dec) 'Herald's Aerial Expedition' cover to Far North of Australia, KGV 2d tied by Tennant Creek cds, signed by pilot F. Neale. AAMC 475, cat AU$150