1929 (29 Oct) cover flown Hay to Melbourne bearing 3d Air (2) + KGV 1½d (2), 'Blue Angel' vignettes affixed both sides, weak strike of framed 'FORWARDED/BY AIRMAIL' (latest recorded use from Hay) and straight-line 'PER AERIAL MAIL' both sides, minor creasing
Lot 611
Estimate: $400T
1935 (30 Jul) registered airmail cover (approx 280 x 120mm - crease clear of adhesives) Campsie (N.S.W.) to England bearing 3d Jubilee, 6d Kookaburra pair and Kangaroo 5/- (C of A Wmk) for quadruple airmail rate plus 3d registration
Lot 612
Estimate: $250T
Realised Price : $320
1935 (9 Dec) commercial advertising envelope (little roughly opened) Adelaide to Kangaroo Is with typewritten 'Emergency Airmail/Adelaide to K.I./Commercial Aviation Co.'. AAMC 570. Far rarer than the AU$75 valuation suggests
Lot 613
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $120
1937 (9 Aug) cover flown Sydney to Port Said, addressed to an officer on the RMS 'Comorin' bearing KGVI 2d Red (7) underpaying the 1/7d ½oz rate by 5d, framed 'T(mss.100)/CENTIMES' in red and Postage Dues 30m and 10m affixed, cancelled on arrival at Port Said
Lot 614
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $150
1937 (Aug) 'Scipio' crash cover to England, one adhesive intact, with cachets in violet on both sides 'DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER' and additionally on front in large capitals 'DAMAGED BY SEA', reverse with Post Office label
Lot 615
Estimate: $500T
1937 (8 Dec) airmail cover (approx 255 x 190mm - crease clear of adhesives) Sydney to England bearing Kangaroo 2/- pair and 5/- (C of A Wmk) for sextuple airmail rate, plus QE 1d for Late Fee (handstamped 'LATE FEE' at left)
Lot 616
Estimate: $150
1939 (Jun) stampless 'crash cover' to U.K., cachet in red 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURIA'. Scarce
Lot 617
Estimate: $125
1939 (June) ‘crash cover’ to London bearing KGV 5d tied by Adelaide machine cancel, cachet in red 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURIA', reverse with Post Office repair tape
Lot 618
Estimate: $600T
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. and U.S., better frankings including Arms 5/- (2) and 10/- (faults) on parcel fragment to British Embassy, Moscow, 5/- Cattle, etc, deficient postage markings, registered, scarcer rates including Greetings cards and postcards, etc, some with faults, generally fair/fine (209)
Lot 619
Estimate: $450T
1945 (2 Apr) Qantas souvenir covers with vignettes, flown Sydney to Lae and return, signed by pilots Deignan and Morton, AAMC 1002-03 (2 covers). Ex Ray Kelly
Lot 620
Estimate: $75
1948 (14 Nov) Qantas vignette, blue and white on pale blue for Australia - South Africa service, AAMC 1193a, fresh unmounted
Lot 621
Estimate: $150
1954 (10 Mar) registered 'crash cover' N.S.W. to Greece with 2/- and 9d adhesives, framed cachet in magenta 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954'. Seldom seen registered
Lot 622
Estimate: $150
'Qantas Aeriana 1920-1954' (1955) hardbound by E.A. Crome, minor staining