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Online Sale No. 80 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, AEROPHILATELY
| Lot 1322 |
1935 (9 Jul) cover from Sydney to South Africa endorsed 'By Air Australia-Egypt-South Africa' with Silver Jubilee 2d (2), 3d pair and 2/-, Alexandria transit backstamp. Scarce  | |||
| Lot 1323 | 1935 (23 Jul) airmail cover from Sydney to Monaco franked with 1832 6d Kookaburra and 1/- Lyrebird plus Silver Jubilee 3d, backstamps of Paris and Monaco. Rare destination  | |||
| Lot 1324 | 1935 (28 Oct) Silver Jubilee rocket mail flimsy in red on yellowish, postmarked in violet, delayed firing postponed until 24 Feb 1936  | |||
| Lot 1325 | 1935 (24 Dec) airmail cover from Sydney to Germany with Silver Jubilee 2d and 2/- tied by 'AIR MAIL/SYDNEY NSW' cds. BW cat for 2/- on cover AU$400  | |||
| Lot 1326 |
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, AAMC 822b (cat AU$275), 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'  | |||
| Lot 1327 |
1939 (1 April) cover from Outer Harbour (SA) to Switzerland franked 1/9d, and with scarce 'AUSTRALIA - ITALY' handstamp in violet  | |||
| Lot 1328 |
1940 (15 Jul) clipper cover from Perth to London with colourful franking including the AIF set of four  | |||
| Lot 1329 |
1941 (1 Dec) prisoner-of-war cover from Melbourne to Switzerland franked 1/6d airmail and 9d Platypus pair, with typed 'CLIPPER/Aust. U.S.A. Portugal' although too late for the last clipper to U.S.A. on this route, paying the very short-lived half-price 3/- POW rate via U.S.A.  | |||
| Lot 1330 |
1958 (Mar) registered airmail cover from Brunswick to USA franked with 10/- Arms, 2/- Aboriginal Art, 1/- Lyrebird and 3d QEII paying 2½-3oz rate, corner fault  | |||
