Airmails 2013 (#414) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 201-300 of 353. Previous|1234|Next Lot 501 Airmail covers from KAVIENG: Aug.1931 Kavieng - Wau cover bearing 1d Dated Bird Air imprint pair cancelled by the double-circle "POST OFFICE - KAVIENG" undated postmark [Powell 41] with WAU arrival cds of 16 AUG 31; also, an example of the 43mm "POST OFFICE * KAVIENG" dated postmark [Powell 42 - but with date indistinguishable] tieing a 3d Bird on airmail cover to Namatanai. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 502 23 June 1931 registered airmail cover from RABAUL carried by mailboat to BRISBANE, flown by ANA to SYDNEY, carried across the Pacific by ship to SAN FRANCISCO from where it has been flown to MIAMI via ATLANTA; from MIAMI, PAN-AM has delivered it to its' final destination, NASSAU, BAHMAMAS; with all relevant transit marks on reverse. NB: With original enclosure from R.Simpson, indicating that it was one of 2 such covers prepared and sent. Ex Don Delong. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$675StatusSold Lot 503 31 July 1931 airmail cover from Samarai via Brisbane and Perth by air, thence by sea to CEYLON; with NEBODA arrival cds and BRISBANE REGISTERED backstamp. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot 504 14 Sept. 1931 (AAMC.P31) Salamaua - Samarai cover, flown by P.H.Moody to connect with the mailboat for Australia and thence New Zealand. With additional Papuan and Australian adhesives to pay for additional legs; backstamped SYDNEY & CHRISTCHURCH. [12 flown & delivered to New Zealand]. Ex Ray Kelly View details Estimate$500 - $650StatusUnsold Lot 505 24 Sept. 1931 (AAMC.P32) Port Moresby - Samarai cover, flown by P.H.Moody on the inaugural flight over this route. [10 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 506 24 Sept. 1931 (AAMC.P32) Port Moresby - Samarai cover, flown by P.H.Moody on the inaugural flight over this route. The 3d Airmail overprint with well defined "rift in clouds" variety. [10 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot 507 1 Oct. 1931 (AAMC.P33) Wau - Lae cover, flown by E. Mustar for Guinea Airways on the 3rd mail flight to carry the company's round purple cachet. Ex Ray Kelly, who reports "a small quantity of mail". View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot 508 12 Oct. 1931 Wau - Salamua cover, flown by Guinea Airways with the company's 2-line cachet "GUINEA AIRWAYS LTD/WAU". Plus a piece with "PER HOLDENS'" another rare cachet. View details Estimate$300 - $350StatusUnsold Lot 509 6 Nov.1931 & 7 Jan.1932 (AAMC.P36 & P40) Rabaul - Australia - England and England - Australia - Rabaul cacheted covers carried from and to New Guinea by mailboat to connect with the First All-Australian airmail flights by the "Southern Sun" and the "Southern Star". [100 & 30 flown, respectively]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 510 6 Nov.1931 (AAMC.P36a) Rabaul - Australia - England and England - Australia - Rabaul cacheted cover carried aboard the "Southern Sun" and signed by the pilot, Charles Kingsford Smith. With WALTON-ON-THE-HILL arrival b/stamp. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot 511 Nov.-Dec.1931 (AAMC.P38) Rabaul - Port Moresby - Queensland cover, flown by P.H.Moody in his "Puss in Boots" seaplane; with the New Guinea Airmail adhesives tied by "BULIMBA 3 DE 31" cds's & with BRISBANE backstamp. [10 flown]. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$725StatusSold Lot 512 24 Dec.1931 usage of 5/- New Guinea dated Bird Air on registered airmail cover from MADANG to GERMANY. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 513 8 Feb.1932 example of New Guinea despatched registered airmail (from Rabaul) for acceptance on the Indian Airmail Service via Perth to Calcutta. Numerous backstamps. Early examples are scarce. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 514 1 & 15 March 1932 (AAMC.P41 & P42) Gold Fields Post Offices - Opening Airmail flights by Orme Denny: Lae - Salamua and Bulolo - Salamaua cacheted covers flown by Guinea Airways on the opening days of the Lae & the new Bulolo Post Offices. [The number of covers from Lae is not known; 25 were flown from Bulolo]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot 515 23 Mar.1932 (AAMC.P43) Salamaua - Port Moresby flown registered cover and 28 Sept.1932 (AAMC.P45) Port Moresby - Kokoda flown cover; both carried for Guinea Airways by Orme Denny. [48 & 157 flown]. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot 516 23 Mar.1932 (AAMC.P44) Port Moresby - Salamaua registered cover, flown by Orme Denny for Guinea Airways. [57 covers flown of which 24 were registered]. View details Estimate$125 - $150Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 517 19 July 1932 registered airmail cover from Madang - Salamua - Wau; carried "per favour" by pilot, Harold Woodman, who was the District Officer at Madang and patrolled in the area by air. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 518 28 Sept.1932 (AAMC.P45) Port Moresby - Kokoda registered cover, flown by Orme Denny for Guinea Airways. [157 covers flown of which only 7 were registered]. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$170StatusSold Lot 519 28 Sept.1932 (AAMC.P46) Kokoda - Port Moresby cover, flown by Orme Denny & Frank Drayton for Guinea Airways. [107 covers flown]. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 520 30 Sept.1932 (AAMC.P47) Port Moresby - Salamaua cover, flown by Orme Denny & Frank Drayton for Guinea Airways. This was the first flight of a contract arrangement with the Papuan Government for mails to be flown in to connect with steamships heading south to Australia. [124 covers flown]. View details Estimate$120 - $150StatusUnsold Lot 521 30 Sept.1932 (AAMC.P47) Port Moresby - Salamaua - Wau cover, flown by Orme Denny & Frank Drayton for Guinea Airways in a Junkers F13; with details of the flight on reverse. This was the first flight of a contract arrangement with the Papuan Government for mails to be flown to connect with steamships heading south to Australia. [124 covers flown]. View details Estimate$120 - $150StatusUnsold Lot 522 30 Sept.-17 Oct.1932 (AAMC.P47/48) Port Moresby - Salamaua - Lae - Port Moresby cover, flown by Orme Denny & Frank Drayton for Guinea Airways. This is one of few covers carried in both directions on these contract flights. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot 523 7 Oct.1932 Edie Creek Goldfields - Sydney cover, carried "per favour" to Wau where it would have been carried by the regular flight to Port Moresby via Guinea Airways; thence by steamer to Sydney. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 524 27 Oct.1932 (AAMC.P49b) Port Moresby - Wau - Kokoda - Port Moresby covers, flown by Frank Drayton for Guinea Airways; each cover bearing one of the 3d, 6d or 1/- Aeroplane overprints as a single franking. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot 525 28 Oct.1932 (AAMC.P50) Wau - Port Moresby cover, flown by Frank Drayton for Guinea Airways on the last leg of these first flights. The cover addressed to USA. View details Estimate$120 - $150Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 526 21 Jan.1933 (AAMC.P53) Kainantu (Upper Ramu Goldfields) - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by John A. Jukes for Guinea Airways. As postal facilities were not available at Kainantu, all mail was cancelled upon arrival at Lae P.O. [12 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. [NB: The most recent recorded sale of a P53 cover is $1600 + commission, July 2012 at a Sydney auction.] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot 527 21-25 Jan.1933 (AAMC.P54) Bena Bena (Upper Purari River) - Wau - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport. The time and date of despatch has also been recorded on the cover by H.E.Woodman, the Assistant District Warden. Postmarked en route at WAU as there were no postal facilities at the newly prepared airport at Bena Bena. Backstamped on arrival at Salamaua. [8 flown]. [NB: The most recent recorded sale of a P54 cover is $2600 + commission, July 2012 at a View details Estimate$1,750 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot 528 26-31 Jan.1933 (AAMC.P55) Bena Bena (Upper Purari River) - Wau - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport (to Lae) and Ian Grabowsky for Guinea Airways (to Salamaua). The despatch was recorded on the cover by H.E.Woodman, the Assistant District Warden, who was a passenger on the flights. Postmarked en route at LAE as there were no postal facilities at the newly prepared airport at Bena Bena. Backstamped on arrival at Salamaua. [10 flown]. [NB: The most recent recorde View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,750Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot 529 10 Feb.1933 (AAMC.P56) "FIRST OFFICIAL AERIAL MAIL AUSTRALIA, PAPUA - NEW GUINEA" cachet in 2 on two registered covers from PERTH & MELBOURNE to SALAMAUA; both signed by the pilot, Orme Denny, who collected the mail once it arrived at Port Moresby aboard the "Macdhui"; also, another example despatched from SYDNEY, carried by N.E.A.L. to Brisbane and addressed to LAE. And also, a 17 Mar.1933 commercial cover from Sydney franked 4d and carried by air from Salamaua to Lae and addressed to Jack Dava View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 530 10 Apr.1933 (AAMC.P59) Wahgi River (Goroka) - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown, signed and endorsed by the pilot, Ian Grabowsky for Guinea Airways. Grabowsky carried the first airmails to and from Goroka at the time that the Leahy Brothers Expedition was based in the Wahgi Valley. [5 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. [NB: The most recent recorded sale of a P59 cover is $2800 + commission, July 2012 at a Sydney auction.] View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot 531 21 Aug.1933 (AAMC.P65) Daru - Kerema - Port Moresby cover, flown by W.J.Duncan for Rabaul Airways Syndicate. The flight was intended to demonstrate the feasibility of establishing a seaplane service based in Rabaul. A small mail was carried. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 532 26 Aug.-26 Sept.1933 (AAMC.P66) Port Moresby - Rabaul intermediate flight covers: Port Moresby - Samarai registered (26 Aug.) and Port Moresby - Talasea (26 Sept.), the delay in the flight caused by the need for extensive repairs following a forced landing on the Mambare River. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Lot 533 26 Feb.1934 (AAMC.P67) Bena Bena - Salamaua - Port Moresby cover, flown, signed & endorsed by C.R. "Bob" Gurney in a Junkers F13 for Guinea Airways. As there were no postal facilities at the newly established Bena Bena aerodrome, the cover one of only 3 flown, was postmarked on arrival at Salamaua before the continuation to Port Moresby. View details Estimate$1,750 - $2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot 534 2 Apr.1934 (AAMC.P68) Mogai - Salamaua - Port Moresby cover, flown, signed & endorsed by C.R. "Bob" Gurney in a DH Fox Moth for Guinea Airways. As there were no postal facilities at the newly established Mogai aerodrome, established to service the newly discovered gold deposits nearby, the cover was postmarked on arrival at Salamaua before the continuation to Port Moresby. A very small number of covers flown. View details Estimate$1,750 - $2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot 535 12-22 Apr.1934 (AAMC.P69a) Port Moresby - Cooktown - Townsville - Bowen - Rockhampton - Brisbane cover, flown, endorsed and signed by the pilot, Sidney Marshall in his Westland Widgeon III. This was the first solo flight by land plane from New Guinea to Australia. [102 covers flown; 40 signed]. View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 536 1934-44 range of first and special flight covers together with a few commercial covers. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot 537 1 Oct.1934 (AAMC.P73) Sydney - Port Moresby cover, flown and signed by the pilot, Sidney Marshall in his Westland Widgeon III. This was the return leg of the flight to Australia in April. [5 flown]. View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 538 1 Oct.1934 (AAMC.P73) Sydney - Lae cover, flown and signed by the pilot, Sidney Marshall in his Westland Widgeon III. This was the return flight from Australia. [5 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$625StatusSold Lot 539 1 Oct.1934 (AAMC.P73a) Sydney - Cape York cover, flown, endorsed and signed by the pilot, Sidney Marshall in his Westland Widgeon III. This was the first leg of the return flight from Australia. At a cost of 70 pounds, Marshall had arranged for a rough airstrip to be cleared at Somerset on Cape York, where he could refuel for his flight to Lae. [4 flown]. View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 540 5 Dec.1934 (AAMC.P74a) Port Moresby - Brisbane - London registered cover accepted for carriage on the first regular air service to England by Qantas & Imperial Airways; with all backstamps. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot 541 19 Dec.1934 (AAMC.P75) Port Moresby - Cairns registerd cover, flown by Lord Sempill in his DH80 Puss Moth. This was the first single engine plane to fly from Port Moresby to Cairns. [Of 112 covers carried, only 14 were registered; this is one of 7 to Sydney and the only one known re-posted to Papua - 9 Jan.1935]. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot 542 19 Dec.1934 (AAMC.P76) Port Moresby - Abau cover, flown and signed by Orme Denny for Guinea Airways. Denny landed his Fox Moth on the beach at Dedele Point; the small mail was then transferred to canoe and carried via Robinson River to Abau. [29 flown]. View details Estimate$300 - $350StatusUnsold Lot 543 21 Mar.1935 (AAMC.P77 - new listing) Salamaua - Port Moresby cover to Sydney, flown and signed by R.O.Mant for W.R.Carpernter & Co. (formed in Jan.1933); this being the first recorded airmail carried by the company. View details Estimate$300 - $350Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot 544 10 Apr.1935 (AAMC.P79) Brisbane - Port Moresby cover, flown by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport Ltd in a Fairey 111F (which had previously been flown by C.G. Davies in the MacRobertson Air Race). [One of 25 covers posted back to Brisbane on arrival in Port Moresby]. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot 545 11-19 July 1935 (AAMC.P80) Sydney - Thursday Island cover, flown by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane which was being delivered to the Oroville Dredging Co. [6 flown]. [NB: The AAMC entry appears to be incorrect. Grey reports that 6 covers were flown to Thursday Island and 6 to Daru, for a total of 12]. View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot 546 23 July 1935 (AAMC.P82) Daru - Kerema cover, flown and signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion Seaplane which was being delivered to the Oroville Dredging Co. at Kerema. He was forced to land at D'Albertis Island and all mail was returned to Daru. [Grey reports 4 covers flown; Eustis reports 6]. View details Estimate$1,250 - $1,500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot 547 8 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P83) (Adelaide) - Sydney - Wau cover, flown and signed by Ray Parer in a Fairey Fox; posted on arrival, the 1d OS adhesive teid by 14 AU 35 cds. Some spots. Ex Nelson Eustis. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot 548 8 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P83a) Sydney - Wau cover, flown and signed by Parer and Hemsworth in a Fairey Fox; posted back to Australia on October 14th, having been forgotten earlier. The route was Brisbane to Cape York, a forced landing at Hisiu Beach with engine trouble, then Port Moresby for repairs and finally Wau, arriving on August 14th. The plane had previously been flown by Parer in the MacRobertson Air Race. [12 recorded]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot 549 15 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P84) Wau - Madang covers, flown by Orme Denny for Guinea Airways; one signed by the pilot. The first aerodrome at Madang had only been cleared in mid-1935. [70 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot 550 29-30 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P86-7) Port Moresby - Ioma and return covers, flown & signed by Orme Denny for Guinea Airways in a Junkers 34. [95 & 54 flown, respectively]. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot 551 31 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P88) Daru - Oroville Police Camp (D'Albertis Junction) cover, flown & signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion Seaplane; with receipt endorsement on reverse, signed by Cecil Cowley. [81 flown]. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot 552 7 Sept.1935 (AAMC.P90) Port Moresby - Darwin cover, flown & signed by Squadron Leader A.E.Hempel in an RAAF Southampton Flying Boat. Backstamped at DARWIN 27 NOV. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot 553 1 Sept.1935 (AAMC.P90a) Daru - Port Moresby - Darwin cover, flown & signed by Squadron Leader A.E.Hempel in an RAAF Southampton Flying Boat. Backstamped at DARWIN 27 NOV. The cover is accompanied by the original mail WAY BILL for this flight, signed by the postmaster at Port Moresby and recording one bag of mail for Port Romilly (Papua) and another for Darwin. View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold Lot 554 23 Oct.1935 (AAMC.P91) Oroville Police Camp - Port Moresby cover, flown & signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane; the cover is also signed by Cecil Cowley, the Officer in Charge. [40 flown]. View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot 555 5 Nov.1935 (AAMC.P92) Port Moresby - Kikora cover, flown & signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane; the cover bears a very fine strike of the large "RESIDENT MAGISTRATE/ ("KIKORI") / NOV 5 1935 / DELTA DIVISION" cachet on reverse. [12 flown] View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$625StatusSold Lot 556 5-9 Nov.1935 (AAMC.P93) Port Moresby - Oroville Police Camp cover, flown & signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane; the cover is also signed & dated by Cecil Cowley, the Officer in Charge. [89 flown]. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot 557 5 Nov. - 1 Dec.1935 (AAMC.P94) Port Moresby - Oroville Police Camp - Daru cover, flown by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane; the cover is signed on reverse by Cecil Cowley, the Officer in Charge. With DARU 1 DE 35 arrival cds on front. [12 flown]. View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusUnsold Lot 558 27 Nov. - 1 Dec.1935 (AAMC.P95) Oroville Police Camp - Daru cover, flown & SIGNED by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane; the cover is signed & ENDORSED on reverse by Cecil Cowley, the Officer in Charge WHO HAS ALSO SIGNED ACROSS THE ADHESIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF POSTAL FACILITIES AT THE CAMP. With DARU 1 DE 35 arrival cds on front. [117 flown]. View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 559 6 Mar.1936 (AAMC.P96) Wewak - Salamaua cover, flown by Ray Paper for Pacific Aerial Transport in a Fairey 111F. The flight over a distance of approximately 500km, took five days as a consequence of a crash at Kaup (less than 50km from Wewak) which necessitated makeshift repairs. With Salamaua 11 March arrival b/stamp. [20 flown]. NB: Another example of P96 was sold at a Sydney auction in July 2012 for $650 + commission. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$500 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 560 17 Mar.1936 (AAMC.P97) Port Moresby - Daru cover, flown and signed by Russell Rogers, pilot for the Second Archbold Expedition, in "Kono" a Fairchild NR777 amphibian. The purpose of the expedition was to explore and collect specimens in the area of the Fly River. [12 flown]. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot 561 17.Mar.-17 Apr.1936 (AAMC.P98) Adelaide - Wau cover via Daru, flown by Brearley & Stephens in their DH66 Hercules "City of Adelaide" and cancelled on arrival at Wau. [9 flown] View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 562 17.Mar.-17 Apr.1936 (AAMC.P98,98a) Sydney - Brisbane cover, flown and signed by P. Hawes, and Adelaide - Wau cover via Daru, flown by Brearley & Stephens in their DH66 Hercules "City of Adelaide" for Stephens Aviation Ltd and cancelled on arrival at Wau. [9 flown]. These flights were for the purpose of ferrying the aircraft to Wau however they proved too heavy and cumbersome for operations in New Guinea. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusUnsold Lot 563 28 Mar.1936 (AAMC.P98b) Daru - Port Moresby cover, flown by Rogers & Archbold for the Second Archbold Expedition in a Fairchild NR777 Amphibian "Kono". View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 564 16 Apr.1936 (AAMC.P100) Port Moresby - Daru cover, flown by Rogers & Archbold for the Second Archbold Expedition in a Fairchild NR777 Amphibian "Kono". Signed by Russell Rogers. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 565 24 Apr.1936 (AAMC.P101) Port Moresby - Daru cover, flown by Rogers & Archbold on the fourth flight of the Second Archbold Expedition in their Fairchild NR777 Amphibian "Kono". Signed by Russell Rogers. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 566 28 May 1936 (AAMC.P103) Port Moresby - Daru cover, flown & signed by Russell Rogers on the fifth and final flight of the Second Archbold Expedition. Backstamped on arrival. [12 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 567 18 June 1936 (AAMC.P104) Daru - Mt.Blucher flown cover, signed by pilots Rogers & Archbold; Sept.-Oct.1937 (AAMC.P116a) Sydney - Port Morseby flown cover, signed by pilots Davis & Duryea; 31 July - 2 Aug.1939 (AAMC.P147) Melbourne - Wau flown cover, signed by Ray Parer. A fine trio. Cat.$950. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 568 18 June 1936 (AAMC.P104) Daru - Mount Blucher cover, flown and signed by Archbold and Rogers in the "Kono", the Fairchild NR777 Amphibian which they had used for the Second Archbold Expedition. The mail was dropped by parachute as the plane was unable to land because of bad weather. [192 flown]. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 569 22 Aug. 1936 (AAMC.P104a) Rabaul - Australia - England cover, carried on the ill-fated "Scipio", which crashed in the Bay of Mirabella, near Crete. With boxed cachet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER". Extremely scarce. [AAMC # allocated for next edition]. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$675StatusSold Lot 570 22 Aug. 1936 (AAMC.P104a) England - Australia - Wau part cover, carried on the ill-fated "Athena", which caught fire at Delhi. With 8 Oct.1936 printed letter from the PMG, Sydney explaining how the circumstances to the addressee. Ex Ray Kelly (whose write-up indicates that this is the only recoded example of mail to New Guinea from this flight). View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold 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 Lot 581 26 June 1937 (AAMC.P114a) Wewak - (Lae) - Salamaua - (Port Moresby) cover, flown and signed by William Gray for Mandated Airlines, flying a DH83 Fox Moth. View details Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot 582 28 Aug. 1937 (AAMC.P115b) Wewak - Lae - Townsville cover, flown and signed by Lee Ross on the Lae - Townsville leg in a Ford Tri-Motor; posted on arrival at Townsville. The return flights were oil company charters flown by Guinea Airways. View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 583 Sept.- Oct. 1937 (AAMC.P116a & c) Sydney - Port Moresby and Sydney - Lae covers, flown and signed by Davis & Duryea in their Sikorsky Amphibian owned by Papua Oil Development Co. The Port Moresby cover cancelled on arrival (12 OC); the Lae cover cancelled on arrival (25 OC). [12 flown to each destination]. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot 584 11 Oct.1937 (AAMC.P117) Port Moresby - Lake Kutubu cover, flown and signed by Aubury Koch for Guinea Airways in a Junkers W34. This was a delivery flight to the police camp then under construction at Lake Kutubu. [17 flown]. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot 585 21 Oct.1937 (AAMC.P118-9) Wewak - Angoram & return covers, flown by Kevin Parer for Wewak Air Transport in his DH83 Fox Moth. Besides a very small mail, Parer carried supplies to gold prospectors and the Mission Station in West Sepik District, near the Dutch New Guinea border. Ex Ray Kelly. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 586 24-31 Oct.1937 (AAMC.P121) Lake Kutubu - Port Moresby cover, flown in a Junkers W34d Seaplane and signed by Aubury Koch for Guinea Airways; also signed by Ivan Champion, Officer in Charge. [17 flown]. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 587 Dec.1937 commercial cover bearing 1/6 Papuan airmails tied by BRISBANE PAQUEBOT machine cancel, correctly rated for airmail delivery to England. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 588 10 Jan.1938 commercial cover bearing 3/9 New Guinea airmails tied by RABAUL cds, correctly rated for airmail delivery to Chicago. Correctly rated and endorsed "Per China Clipper from Manila to USA". A rare example of mail from New Guinea carried on the Martin M150 Flying Boat. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot 589 25 Jan.1938 (AAMC.P123) Sydney - Cape York cover, flown and signed by Barbara Hitchins in her DH Gipsy Moth; also signed by her passenger, C.K.Roberts. [5 flown] The Sydney Morning Herald reported: "Grave fears are felt for the safety of Barbara Hitchens, Australian girl pilot, who has been missing for two days. On Monday she left Kerema for Wau at 1.20 p.m. The flight would have taken about an hour and a half, and she has not yet arrived at Wau. She had left Mascot on January 21 carrying as a p View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot 590 25 Jan.1938 (AAMC.P124) Sydney - Port Moresby cover, flown and signed by Barbara Hitchins in her DH Gipsy Moth; also signed by her passenger, C.K.Roberts. [5 flown] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot 591 25 Jan.1938 (AAMC.P125) Sydney - Port Moresby - Kerema - Madang cover, flown and signed by Barbara Hitchins in her DH Gipsy Moth; the inscription of which has been crossed out by a postal official who has added the notation "NOT AN OFFICIAL MAIL". [2 flown] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot 592 18 Mar.1938 (AAMC.P128) Rabaul - Salamaua cover, flown on a survey flight for W.R.Carpenter Airlines by R.O.Mant, flying a DeHavilland DH86. [50 flown]. View details Estimate$80 - $100StatusUnsold Lot 593 1820 Apr.1938 (AAMC.P129 & 130) Sydney - Salamaua & Sydney Rabaul covers, flown and signed on a survey and aircraft delivery flight for W.R.Carpenter Airlines by R.O.Mant, flying a DeHavilland DH86. Ex Ray Kelly (who reports 5 items flown to each destination). View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 594 18-25 Apr.1938 (AAMC.P129, 129a, 129b & 131) Sydney - Rabaul - Port Moresby, Sydney - Rabaul - Cooktown, Sydney - Rabaul & Sydney - Rabaul - Townsville, covers flown and signed on a survey and aircraft delivery flight for W.R.Carpenter Airlines by R.O.Mant, flying a DeHavilland DH86. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot 595 26-28 Apr.1938 (new AAMC.P131a) Sydney - Salamaua cover, signed by G.J.I.Clarke on a survey flight for W.R.Carpenter Airlines in the DH86 "Caronia". Ex Ray Kelly (who observes that "...Clarke carried a very small mail on his flight. Such covers were in defiance of the request that no mails be carried in the aircraft until the official flight in May." View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot 596 30 May - 5 June 1938 (AAMC.P133-34a) Salamaua - Sydney cover, Rabaul - Sydney cover (signed by R.O.Mant), Sydney - Rabaul - Sydney cover, Port Moresby - Cooktown, Cooktown - Port Moresby & Cooktown - Salamaua cover, flown on the first contract mail flights by W.R.Carpenter Airlines. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 597 29 June 1938 (AAMC.P135) Port Moresby - Samarai - Losuia cover, carried by Ken Garden in a Stinson Reliant Seaplane for Guinea Airways. The emergency flight to pick up a sick man who needed urgent transport to Port Moresby hospital, was the first flight to the remote, sparsely populated Trobriand Islands. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot 598 29-30 June 1938 (AAMC.P136a) Port Moresby - Samarai - Losuia - Port Moresby cover, flown and signed by Ken Garden in a Stinson Reliant Seaplane for Guinea Airways. The emergency flight to pick up a sick man who needed urgent transport to Port Moresby hospital, was the first flight to the remote, sparsely populated Trobriand Islands. View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold Lot 599 23 July - 10 Aug.1938 (AAMC.137-38) Empire Airmail Scheme covers carried on the first despatches including one bearing the "RETURNED TO WRITER/UNCLAIMED/PORT MORESBY pointing hand" handstamp. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 600 Aug.1938 registered airmail cover from MADANG to USA, with MADANG, SYDNEY, SAETTLE & TECHNY, Illinois backstamps. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next
