Tom Frommer’s Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails (#116MG) 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)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 31-40 of 312. Previous|12345678...32|Next Lot #32 "The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia" by Sir Ross Smith.....With 27 Aeroviews by Capt. Frank Hurley. Fair condition. SymbolL View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #33 - another example but somewhat different; the cover states "New South Wales Edition" and goes on to list the locations of the Aeroviews in that State. Fine condition. SymbolL View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #34 1920 (Jan 1) Adelaide-Victor Harbour-Adelaide #33a cover with violet 'Harry J Butler & Kauper Aviation Co Ltd' cachet and endorsed "per Capt Butler's Aeroplane from Victor Harbour" carried by Harry Butler in his Bristol monoplane 'Red Devil' on the return flight of the same day franked with KGV 1½d brown tied Adelaide roller cancel on arrival, light vertical fold not affecting stamp and small part back flap missing hardly detract, Cat $1,750. [only three covers known] SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot #35 1920 (Jan 26) Adelaide-Jamestown #35 cover endorsed "Aeroplane to Jamestown" without cachet carried by Harry Butler in an Avro 504 biplane on an official airmail flight franked with KGV 1½d brown tied Adelaide roller cancel, very fine, Cat $2,250. [the quantity carried is not known but thought to be small; 194 items were carried on the return flight later the same day] SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,600Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #36 1920 (June 26) Lismore-Tenterfield #39a intermediate cover to Inverell with red typed endorsement "Per Lynn Bros Aerial Mail" carried by Frank Roberts in an Avro 504K biplane on the first official airmail service in NSW (and the first in Australia handled by the PMG's Dept) from Casino to Tenterfield and onwards by surface mail, franked with KGV 1½d brown tied 'CASINO/25JU20/N.S.W.' datestamp and signed 'Frank Roberts Pilot' on face, fine comdition, Cat $2,400. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$1,800Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #37 1920 (July 9) Sydney-Brisbane #40 Perdriau Rubber Co Ltd cover with typed endorsement 'Per Aerial Mail 8/7/20' carried by Lt JH Butler of Perdriau Rubber in the company's Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2E on the first one-day flight between Australian capital cities, repaired tear through face and slightly shortened at right, Cat $2,000. [four unfranked company envelopes were carried, this one enclosing a letter to the acting Premier of Queensland (copy included)] SymbolCGradeC View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #38 1920 (June 30) Melbourne-Traralgon #46 intermediate cover to Morwell carried by Capt EW Leggatt of Aviation Ltd in an Armstrong Whitworth on the 'Herald and Weekly Times' experimental airmail franked with KGV 1½d brown tied 'MORWELL/JU30/20/VICTORIA-M8' duplex cancel on arrival and yellow & purple 'By Herald Aerial Delivery' vignette affixed on back tied 'Herald' office time-clock receiving datestamp, Cat $4,500. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$3,600Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #39 1920 (Aug 4) Aeroflight Company Brisbane Leaflet Drop shield-shaped 'PEACE/BONDS' "leaflet" #47d, undercatalogued at $650. Superb, and rare this fine. [Flown during the Royal Visit of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, who is referred to in the text as "our Digger Prince". Nelson Eustis' example sold for $1092] SymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #40 1920 (Aug 10) Melbourne-Hamilton #48 cover carried by Capt EW Leggatt of Aviation Ltd for "Herald & Weekly Times" with KGV 1½d brown and fine example of brown "Herald/Air Mail" label (Frommer #3a) affixed alongside both tied by 'HAMILTON/2/11AU20/VIC' arrival datestamp, a storm having forced the plane down at Willaura with flight completed the next day, Cat $1800.[Eustis states approx 700 items flown but that "...only about 50 covers now exist"; it appears the number surviving is significa... SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #41 1920 (Aug 27) Serpentine-Melbourne #50 cover endorsed 'By Aerial Derby 2nd Peace Loan' carried by one of the four competitors in the Commonwealth Goverment organised publicity event, franked with KGV 1½d brown tied Melbourne '27AU20' datestamp on arrival and large violet 'CARRIED BY SECOND PEACE/LOAN AERIAL MAIL' cachet on face, couple of trivial small edge faults do not detract, Cat $1,000. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...32|Next1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 Next Previous 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132 Next
