Stamps and Postal History (#111MG) Closed Auction Info 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 311-320 of 1007. Previous|1...303132333435...101|Next Lot #315 1942 (Oct 7) cover from Melbourne to an Australian pilot in England with RAAF Base PO arrival b/s, redirected to "RAF HQ c/- APO 4040" with RAF Bombay arrival b/s of --FEB43, flap removed & opened-out for display. [The rate was 2/1d for surface to/across the USA then by air to England] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #316 1943 (May 12) Melbourne to Switzerland with unusual franking of 5½d Emu x2 + 1/- Lyrebird, Lisbon transit b/s of 13.7.43, German Wehrmacht censor label. [The rate was 1/11d for surface to/across the USA, then by air to destination] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #317 1943 (Sep 1) registered cover with 'AUST FPO/167' b/s in use at Merauke (Dutch New Guinea) & boxed registration h/s, to Sydney with the stamps washed-off & boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT' b/s in red: see AAMC #963a, undercatalogued at $1000: a similar cover in the Prestige auction of 5.3.2011 sold for $1437.. [The plane crashed in Cleveland Bay, Townsville, killing all 13 on board. With photos (modern prints) of the wreckage & letter of condolence to the pilot's wife] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #318 1944 (May) registered OHMS cover from Canberra to American APO 453 on Bougainville with American b/s of APO 927 at Sydney (MAY/30/1944), APO 502 on New Caledonia (JUN/4/1944) & APO 706 on Bougainville (JUN/6/1944). [An example of an underpaid cover carried within the American Forces system all the way by air] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #319 1944 (June 2) 1d Forces Rate cover from Queensland to a RAAF member in Canada with 'RAAF OVERSEAS' h/s & 'MPO 304/JUN12/1944/CANADA' arrival b/s, forwarded to London with 'RAAF/BASE PO No 4/4JUL44' slogan b/s, minor blemishes. The 10 days transit to Canada proves carriage by air. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #320 1944 (Oct 10) cover Sydney to Brisbane with two stamps washed-off & very fine boxed 'RECEIVED DAMAGED/BY WATER AT/GPO SYDNEY 3' in magenta, minor blemishes. From flying boat "Coolangatta" which crashed in Sydney Harbour on 11/10/1944, with the loss of one passenger: see AAMC #984. Ex Rod Perry. [A remarkably fine survivor. Much of the mail was badly damaged: see the next lot] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #321 1944 ditto, large-part badly damaged front to an army officer with 4d Koala paying the Forces Concession Rate tied by Hobart machine cancel of 10OCT/1944, forwarded under cover (not included) with the accompanying roneo'd advice - the only example we have seen - from Army House at Sydney. Ex Rod Perry. [The addressee was prominent philatelist Lewis ("Lew") Viney] (2 items) SymbolcGraded View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #322 1944 (Nov 25) stampless OAS cover with superb 'AFPO/No 201' cds used at Jackson's Field (Port Moresby), to NSW with minor water stain & plain resealing label tied by 'DAMAGED BY WATER - AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT' h/s in violet: see AAMC #P159, Cat $1400. [Very similar to the cover illustrated in the AAMC. The plane crashed between Madang & Lae. Query why mail for Australia was on a north-bound flight?] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #323 1944 (Dec 13) 7d Air Letter with Qantas Kangaroo Postman printed within, to England: see AAMC #992e, Cat $800. [Only 100 were prepared] SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #324 1945 (Mar 2) registered OHMS cover from Sydney to an officer in a military hospital, American Forces APO 927 b/s of the next day & despatch cds of MAR/12/1945, San Francisco arrival b/s of MAR/19/1945, redirected to APO 502 in New Caledonia with arrival b/s of APR/8/1945, then to APO 75 (location?), and then to Luzon in the Philippines with APO 70 arrival b/s of APR/18/1945. A remarkable cover: all for the 3d surface rate! [The dates show that once the cover was within the American Forces system SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...303132333435...101|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101 Next
