Airmails 2013 (#414) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 271-280 of 353. Previous|1...262728293031...36|Next Lot #571 29 Oct. 1936 (AAMC.P108) Port Moresby - Melbourne registered cover, flown and signed by Tommy O'Dea for Guinea Airways on a charter flight to the 1936 Melbourne Cup. The "Papuan Courier" of the day reported: "This flight has undoubtedly proved the practicality of an aerial passenger and mail service between Australia and New Guinea." View details Estimate$100 - $125Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #572 23 Nov.1936 (AAMC.P108a variant) Wau - Sydney cover, carried by Tommy O'Dea & Les Ross via Port Moresby and Brisbane for Guinea Airways in a Lockheed Electra. Ex Ray Kelly, who reports a "Small Unofficial Mail carried". View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #573 1 Dec.1936 (AAMC.P109) Sydney - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by R.O.Mant (and his wife) a nd cancelled on arrival after their flight for W.R.Carpenter & Co. in an Avro 642 they were delivering for service in New Guinea. [5 flown]. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #574 30 Dec.1936 - 4 Jan.1937 (AAMC.P110a) Sydney - Salamaua - Port Moresby - Sydney postcard, flown and signed by R.O. Mant (and his wife) on their flight for Mandated Airlines in a DH84 Dragon. The card had previously been flown from Australia to New Zealand in Dec.1933 and signed by Ulm, Boulton & Allan [AAMC.348]. [One of 6 twice-flown cards]. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #575 4 Jan.1937 (AAMC.P110b) Sydney - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by R.O. Mant for Mandated Airlines; returned by sea and cancelled on arrival at BRISBANE (27 JA 37) before being returned to Sydney. [5 flown]. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #576 3-22 May 1937 (AAMC.P110c) Daru - Port Moresby - Sydney cover, flown by H. Davis in a Sikorsky S-38B Amphibian for Papuan Oil Development. Encountering engine trouble at Port Moresby, he returned to Daru, where a new engine was installed and he finally departed again on May 22. As the engine was still not satisfactory, Davis flew to Sydney so it could be completely overhauled. [NB: The plane was destroyed in an accident on the Kikori River a few months later. It had collided with a crocodile whi View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$675StatusSold Lot #577 28 May 1937 (AAMC.P111) Madang - Wewak cover, flown by Les Ross for Guinea Airways. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #578 4 June 1937 (AAMC.P112) Kokopo - Brisbane via Cairns, OHMS cover, flown and signed by T. McDonald in a De Havilland Puss Moth (VH-UQL). This flight (and the following item) were emergency airmails necessitated by violent volcanic eruptions at Rabaul; the planes also carried journalists who were reporting on the devastation in Rabaul and the 507 people who lost their lives. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #579 4 June 1937 (AAMC.P113) Kokopo - Brisbane via Cairns, OHMS cover, flown and signed by Gatenby & Marshall in a Tugan Gannett (VH-UYE). This flight (and the previous item) were emergency airmails necessitated by violent volcanic eruptions at Rabaul; the planes also carried journalists who were reporting on the devastation in Rabaul and the 507 people who lost their lives. View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #580 19 June 1937 (AAMC.P114) Mai Mai (Sepik District) - Wewak cover, flown, endorsed and signed by William Gray for Mandated Airlines, flying a DH83 Fox Moth. The cover was postmarked on arrival at Wewak. This was the first flight from the newly cleared airfield at Wambara at Mai Mai. [21 flown]. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...262728293031...36|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536 Next
