TOM FROMMER’S AIRMAILS PART II – “Famous Pilots & Famous Flights” International Pioneers, Australia, New Guinea & Papua (#136MG) 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 101-200 of 319. Previous|1234|Next Lot #101 1936 (Oct 25) Paris-Saigon Air Race per Arnoux, Japy & Micheletti in Caudron "Goeland" with French 50c tied by 'LE BOURGET-PORT AERIEN' cds & Indian 3p tied by 'KARACHI AIR' cds, flight cachet in violet & signed by Arnoux & Japy. Superb! The plane crashed at Karachi causing the flight to be abandoned. SymbolCGradeA+ View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #102 1936 (Oct 30) New York-London per James Mollison in his Bellanca "Miss Dorothy" making the first direct flight between the two cities, USA Wings 6c tied by US cancel & GB ½d pair & 1½d tied by deformed rubber Croydon cds, signed "JA Mollison" at lower-left & on the enclosed card with typed certificate. SymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #103 1938 (Feb-Mar) Arctic Search Flight per Sir Hubert Wilkins in a Lockheed Electra with Canadian 3c tied by 'EDMONTON' cds with 'AKLABIK/NWT' cds alongside, signed by "Hubert Wilkins" & four others. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #104 1938 (May 24) San Diego-Hollandia-New York Richard Archbold Trans-Pacific Flight cover carried in the PBY5 Catalina Flying Boat NC777 'Guba II' with USA Washington 2c tied New York cancel & Netherlands Indies Wilhelmina 10c tied Dutch New Guinea 'HOLLANDIA/10.5.38' d/s (month error) and Australia Ram 5d tied 'ROSE BAY EAST/3JE39/NSW-AUST', Seychelles KGVI 6c uncancelled & Cocos Islands 'C&W LTD/12JUN39/COCOS' transit b/s from return flight, signed Richard Archbold on face, fine, AAMC Cat $1500. SymbolCLGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #105 1938 (July 10) Around the World Flight by Howard Hughes in a Lockheed 14 with stamps & cancels of United States France & Russia plus large flight cachet in blue & signed by four crew-members. Only a small number of covers were prepared, and given to people associated with the flight. Ex Boris Joffe. SymbolCLGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #106 1938 (Nov 5) Egypt-Australia RAF Long-Range Bombers Flight AAMC#831 cover with Egypt 10mil x2 & 20m tied 'MPO/MOASCAR' d/s and Australia KGVI 2d affixed alongside tied 'DARWIN NT/7NO38/AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s, back flap missing otherwise fine condition, Cat $525. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #107 1939 (Feb 23) Hollandia-Amsterdam-USA-Hong Kong-Melbourne (Around The World) The American Museum of Natural History cover sent & signed by Lewis A Yancey navigator on the Archbold Expedition PBY5 Catalina Flying Boat NC777 'Guba II' endorsed "By KLM to Amsterdam and in the USA" with Netherlands Indies Wilhelmina & Pictorial issues tied 'HOLLANDIA' d/s carried by KLM, PanAm FAM-14 & Imperial Airways/QANTAS with 'AMSTERDAM-CENTRAAL STATION/20 III/1939' & 'VICTORIA/15AP/39'. SymbolCLGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #108 1939 (Apr 28) Soviet Union-Arctic-United States per Russian aviators Vladimir Kokkinaki & Mikhail Gordienko, PPC of the Kremlin with Russian stamps tied by Moscow cds & registration label tied by 'MISCOU LIGHTHOUSE/AP28/39/NB' cds, SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #109 1939 (June 20) Seychelles-Kenya per "Guba" being Size F 20c Registration Envelope with 'VICTORIA/SEYCHELLES' cds & registration cachet, uncancelled KUT 15c, Cat $A650. SymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #110 1939 (June 15) Diego Garcia-Mauritius per "Guba" being printed commemorative cover with uncancelled Mauritius 5c & no postal markings but endorsed "Carried in FB/GUBA, Indian Ocean/Flight Survey 1939" & signed "Jack Percival", slightly aged, Cat $A650. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #111 1941 (Jan 25) USA-Australia QANTAS 'Catalina' Flying Boat Delivery Flight for RAAF cover AAMC#914 with combination franking of USA, New Caledonia & Australian stamps cancelled at San Diego, Canton Island, Noumea & Sydney, signed on the reverse by the pilot "LJ Brain", fine condition, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #112 1957 (Sep-Oct) Arctic-Antarctica per Sir Hubert Wilkins in US Forces C-124 transport, commemorative cover with crude map of Antarctica & signed by "Hubert Wilkins", blemishes on the reverse. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #113 Autographs including Ross Smith, Keith Smith, JM Bennett & W Shiers (the entire crew of the 1919 Vickers Vimy £10,000 Air Race winning flight), also Allan J Cobham, Raymond Parer, GU Allan and Charles Kingsford Smith (the latter on separate piece) on inside front cover of 'The South Cross Autograph and View Album' mounted on title page of the exhibit, fine condition. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #114 Ross Smith memorabilia mounted on exhibit pages including real photo postcards of the Vickers Vimy landing at Darwin on 10.12.19 to win the England-Australia Air Race x3, letter to Wally Shiers reminding him to attend lunch to "collect to £10,000" signed Ross Smith & the luncheon menu with full-colour version of the vignette printed on face signed JM Bennett inside, souvenir fan showing the route and stops, 1920 letter from England to Shiers about "...machine for a round the world flight" SymbolC/LGradeA/A- View details Quantity20Estimate$1,200Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Lot #115 Bert Hinkler memorabilia mounted on exhibit pages including real photo postcards showing him in Avro Baby circa 1921 (autographed) & in Avro Avian landing at Darwin 1928 and with his mother next to the plane, autographed 1919 photo in Sopwith Dove, 1921 telegram to EJ Hart, Secretary of Australian Aero Club requesting banquet dinner be delayed plus three letters to Hart all signed Bert Hinkler including 1931 mentioning the 'Ibis' amphibian he designed & built ... SymbolC/LGradeA/A- View details Quantity22Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #116 Charles Kingsford Smith memorabilia mounted on exhibit pages with a number of items signed C Kingsford Smith including autograph card, 3d stamp block of 4, cover with 2d stamp, printed 'Thank You' card & hand-illustrated letter from Dutch millionaire Dr Hendrik van Loon, also 1930 wedding invitation, 1932 letter from the Prime Minister congratulating him on being knighted for services to aviation signed JA Lyons with envelope franked KGV 2d 'OS' perfin & Programme for Sydney Harbour Bridge SymbolC/LGradeA/A- View details Quantity13Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot #117 GU ("Scotty") Allan memorabilia mounted on exhibit pages with covers carried by him including 1929 Sydney-Brisbane, 1930 Sydney-Melbourne, 1931 Kingsford Smith illustrated FDC, 1931/32 England-Australia covers from GB x2 & Malaya x2 all signed GU Allan SymbolC/LGradeA/A- View details Quantity17Estimate$800Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #118 MRR ("Lores") Bonney memorabilia mounted on exhibit pages including South Australia Centenary Air Race cover carried in her Klemm KL32 with KGV 1d green signed Dolores Bonney, name card & two photographs similarly signed, SymbolC/LGradeA/A- View details Quantity13Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #119 1914 (July 16) Melbourne-Sydney AAMC#3 Official Souvenir postcard flown by Maurice Guillaux in his Bleriot monoplane on the first Australian official airmail flight with Kangaroo 1d tied oval 'AUSTRALIAN/AERIAL MAIL/MELBOURNE/16-JUL-1914/VIC' d/s in violet and 'SYDNEY/18JL14/64' arrival alongside, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #120 1914 (July 16) Melbourne-Sydney AAMC#4b Levuka, Fiji postcard purportedly flown by Maurice Guillaux on the first Australian official airmail flight with Victoria 1d tied forged 'AUSTRALIAN/AERIAL MAIL/MELBOURNE/16-JUL-1914/VIC' oval d/s in violet showing minor differences to the original & forged 'SYDNEY/JL16/14' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $350. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #121 1919 (Aug 6) Adelaide-Minlaton AAMC#20 illustrated 'Souvenir Aerial Post Card' with printed Harry J Butler signature & photograph on the reverse carried in his Bristol monoplane 'Red Devil' with KGV 1½d brown tied 'MINLATON/AU6/19/S-A' squared-circle arrival d/s, minor bumped corners but above-average condition, Cat $550. SymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity3Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #122 1919 (Nov 12) England-Australia AAMC#27b Ross Smith vignette with full margins, very well centred and unmounted with just light traces of hinging in margins only, an exceptional example of this iconic item, Cat $20,000 for mounted mint. Symbol**GradeA+ View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold Lot #123 1919 (Nov 12) England-Australia AAMC#27 cover to 'Lieut Keith Smith' carried by Keith & Ross Smith, JM Bennet & W Shiers in the winning entry in the £10,000 Air Race (Frommer #FR:299) signed Keith Smith on face enclosing letter from his brother signed Ross and bearing a fine example of the vignette tied oval 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' d/s in black with another strike and blue three-line 'Per/Vickers "Vimy" Aeroplane/to Australia' cachet on face. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$6,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSold Lot #124 1919 (Nov 12) England-Australia AAMC#27e intermediate cover from Brisbane endorsed "per Aeroplane post" with enclosed letter dated 19.1.1920 confirming "... carried to Sydney by Capt Sir Ross Smith & party in his Vickers Aeroplane" and KGV 1½d brown tied 'SYDNEY/FE21/1920/NSW' machine cancel on arrival, repaired opening tears & some aging marks, Cat $5,550. SymbolCGradeB View details Quantity2Estimate$4,000StatusUnsold Lot #125 1919 (Nov 12) England-Australia hand-written note signed Sgt JM Bennett who served as mechanic on the Vickers Vimy co-piloted by Keith & Ross Smith giving details of the £10,000 Air Race winning flight "Left England 9am 12.11.19 / Landed Pt Darwin 3.30 10.12.19 / Total Distance 11,150 miles/ Total travelling time spent in air 135 hours / Melbourne 7.3.20". fine condition. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #126 1921 (Dec 4) Perth-Derby AAMC#56a Jas A Dimmett Motor Accessories Castrol Oil advertising cover carried by Western Australian Airways on the inaugural flight of Australia's first regular airmail service with 3d Kangaroo (surface fault) and KGV 2d orange tied Perth cancels paying domestic letter rate plus 3d airmail surcharge with black 'PERTH DERBY/4DE21/AERIAL MAIL' skeleton cachet on face, 'DERBY/20DEC21/WESTN AUSTRALIA' arrival on back, Cat $1,100. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #127 1922 (Nov 2) Cloncurry-Charleville #66 cover to Toowomba, Qld carried by Hudson Fysh and PJ McGinnes on the return trip of the inaugural QANTAS experimental service with their red vignette 'For Aerial Transmission/First Trip Australia's/Second Aerial Mail' affixed alongside KGV 5d brown tied 'CLONCURRY/-5NOV22/QUEENSLAND' datestamp paying 2d domestic letter rate plus 3d airmail surcharge, closed tear on face not affecting vignette or stamp and part back flap missing, Cat $12,000. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$6,000StatusUnsold Lot #128 1924 (June) Adelaide-Sydney AAMC#71/72 two covers carried by Australian Aerial Services Ltd on their inaugural flights via Mildura, Hay, Narrandera and Cootamundra in a Sopwith 'Wallaby' and 'Antelope', the former with KGV 3d and 1½d tied Adelaide 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.../-2JUN24' roller cancel signed by pilots "Frank Roberts", "FS Briggs" and "CA Butler" with Sydney '4JE/1924' arrival b/s, the latter with KGV 4½d tied Sydney '-7JE24' d/s signed by pilots "FS Briggs" and "CA Butler" SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #129 1926 (June 30) England-Australia-England AAMC#95 Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd cover front endorsed "Per Alan J Cobham Esq/Flight to Australia 29/6/26" with Great Britain KGV 1½d and Australia KGV 1½d red both tied Melbourne '16AU26' arrival d/s signed "Alan J Cobham 24/8/26" before leaving Melbourne on the return flight, some aging marks, plus enclosed letter mentioning the DH50J aeroplane "fitted with floats", Cat $4,250. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #130 1926 (June 30) England-Australia-England AAMC#96 cover signed by pilot "Alan J Cobham" and endorsed by him "Carried on board the DH50 Seaplane on its outward journey to Australia & back July August Sept 1926" on face with Great Britain KGV 1½d tied 'SYDNEY/16AU26' d/s on arrival, fine condition, Cat $5000. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #131 1926 (June 30) England-Australia-England AAMC#97 cover endorsed "Aerial Service by Captain Cobham Travelling from UK to Australia" carried to Sydney on the penultimate leg of his outbound flight with Australia KGV 1½d tied 'DARWIN NT/7AU26/AUSTRALIA' d/s, couple of minor aging marks, Cat $1750. SymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot #132 1926 (Sept 25) RAAF Pacific Islands Survey Flight AAMC#102 blue illustrated 'Map' cover to Noumea with KGV 1½d red tied SYDNEY d/s & 'THURSDAY ISLAND/2/10OC26/QUEENSLAND' transit flown by Group Captain Richard Williams in a DH50A seaplane. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$15,000Price Realized$13,000StatusSold Lot #133 1927 (June 19) Around Australia #104a envelope dropped over Albury, NSW from Interstate Flying Services Bristol Tourer G-AUDJ flown by Charles Kingsford Smith & CTP Ulm on their record 11-day around Australia flight with typed endorsement "Will the person picking up this message please take same to the nearest Post Office or Telegraph Station and despatch the enclosed Telegram", roughly opened at lower left not affecting endorsement, Cat $2500. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$3,000StatusUnsold Lot #134 1927 (Oct 14) England-Australia AAMC#111 two intermediate covers to Australia carried by Capt WA Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller in their Avro Avian both with India KGV 1a x2 tied 'PARK STREET/20DEC27/CALCUTTA' d/s and special 'Map' airmail label, one to Adelaide with manuscript receipt on back, the other additionally with Australia KGV 1d green affixed on face tied 'DARWIN NT/21MAR28/AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s endorsed "Certified brought Port Darwin by air from Calcutta" and signed by both pilots SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$800Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #135 1928 (Feb 7) England-Australia AAMC#117 intermediate postcard signed & certified Stephen H Smith on back "Carried by mistake from Karachi to Bundaberg (Australia) by Bert Hinkler" on his record-breaking solo flight with black/yellow 'AIR MAIL/PAR AVION' label endorsed "By Bert Hinkler" and India KGV ½a eventually posted back to Calcutta with 'BUNDABERG/4JL28/QUEENSLAND' d/s, Queensland '20/CTMS/T' tax marking, Indian 'FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE' cachet and 'CALCUTTA GPO/8AUG28/UNPAID' arrival d/s SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Lot #136 1928 (May 31) USA-Australia AAMC#122 cover flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, J Warner & H Lyon in the Fokker FV11B-3M 'Southern Cross' on the first crossing of the Pacific by air franked with USA Washington 2c tied 'OAKLAND/MAY29/CALIF/1928' duplex cancel and Australia KGV 1½d x2 tied 'SYDNEY-39/14JE28/NSW' arrival d/s alongside plus enclosed Union Oil Company of California letter stating "... carried to Australia ... on the first trans-Pacific flight made by man", both fine. SymbolCLGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$16,000Price Realized$12,000StatusSold Lot #137 1930 (Oct 9) England-Australia AAMC#171 Vacuum Oil 'MobilOil' advertising cover endorsed "By Air Mail England to Australia/Per Wing Commdr C Kingsford-Smith" signed C Kingsford-Smith on face and carried unfranked to Vacuum Oil's Aviation Manager Captain FW Haig at Melbourne, fine condition,Cat $3,500. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold Lot #138 1930 (Oct 9) England-Australia AAMC#171a intermediate cover endorsed "Via 'The Southern Cross'/Rome to Australia/by courtesy of Commdt Kingsford-Smith" signed "C Kingsford-Smith" on face with Italy 20c, 80c, 1L20c & 1L25c tied 'ROMA/AEROPORTO DEL LITTORIO-POSTA AEREA' d/s & similar cachet alongside, couple of minor aging marks, Cat $3,000. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #139 1931 (March 19) Melbourne-Sydney AAMC#181 illustrated First Day Cover with world map, list of Charles Kingsford Smith's record-breaking flights and 2d, 3d & 6d tied 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' d/s signed "C Kingsford Smith" on face and flown by him & GU Allan in the ANA 'Southern Moon', fine condition, Cat $350. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #140 1931 (March 19) Sydney-Brisbane-Port Moresby-Salamaua AAMC#P29 cover with Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d tied SYDNEY/19MR31' d/s (First Day of Issue) and Papua Lakatois ½d, 1½d & 3d 'Plane' overprint alongside tied by same, carried by ANA to Brisbane, by ship to Port Moresby and flown to Salamaua by Lionel Shoppee of Papuan Airways, couple of minor blemishes and small part back excised, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #141 1931 (July 25) Australia-England Telegram from pilot JA Mollison upon completion of his record-breaking flight on PMG's Department 'Received Cablegram or Radiogram' form to Opposition Leader (later Sir) John Greig Latham "HAVE BROKEN RECORD BOTH WAYS YOUR ORIGINAL CONFIDENCE A GREAT HELP MANY THANKS MOLLISON" with 'TELEGRAPHS CANBERRA/7AU31/FCT' d/s enclosed in 'House of Representatives' envelope endorsed "Message received from JA Mollison ..." signed JG Latham, both with a few blemishes. SymbolCPSGradeA-/B View details Quantity2Estimate$300Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #142 1931 (Sept 21) Australia-England AAMC#215a intermediate cover carried by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in an Avro Avian on the first leg of his attempt to break Mollison's record time to England endorsed 'Sydney-Melbourne/per "SOUTHERN MINOR"' with KGV 2d red tied "C Kingsford Smith" signature and ½d orange tied 'NEWTOWN/17SE31/NSW' d/s, couple of very minor aging marks, Cat $2,500. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$900StatusUnsold Lot #143 1931 (Sept 21) Australia-England AAMC#215a intermediate cover endorsed "Posted in London by Comdr Kingsford Smith on his record flight from Australia to England Cheribon Java 24th September 1931" carried by & signed "C Kingsford Smith" on face with Great Britain KGV 1½d tied 'LONDON SW1/OCT8/1931' machine cancel, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $3500. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #144 1931 (Oct 31) England-Australia AAMC#219 intermediate cover to Victoria carried by CA Butler in the Comper Swift after his record-breaking flight from Lympne to Darwin franked with 6d Airmail tied 'CAMOOWEAL/12NO31/QUEENSLAND' d/s at the first stopping point on his subsequent Darwin-Sydney flight and signed "CA Butler" on face, fine condition, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$350Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #145 1931 (Nov 17) Melbourne-Melbourne AAMC#221 intermediate cover flown on Round-Australia flight endorsed and signed "Carried by Blue Bird 'Raysola' Aeroplane Darwin to Derby WA/Robert McKenzie Pilot 17/11/3 L.Nudl Owner" franked with 6d Airmail and KGV 'TWO PENCE' on 1½d overprint tied 'DERBY/21NOV31/WESTN AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s with red R label affixed alongside, fine condition, Cat $800. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$450Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #146 1931 (Dec 27) England-Australia AAMC#231a intermediate cover carried by H Jenkins and H Jeffrey from Darwin to Sydney on the last leg of their leisurely 44 day flight with 2d KSmith tied Sydney '16FE32' arrival cancel plus two later covers similarly flown, one signed "RT Richards" & "Lady Chaytor" (who withdrew in India) with 2d Bridge tied '12MAY/1932' (AAMC #252a), the other signed "SG White" with 2d Victorian Centenary tied '4NOV/1934' (AAMC #409), all with minor blemishes, Cat $1,125. SymbolCGradeB View details Quantity3Estimate$400Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #147 1932 (March 9) France-Australia-New Caledonia AAMC#254a intermediate cover to New Caledonia carried by French aviators Baron de Verneilh, ME Deve and E Munch in the Couzinet 33 'Biarritz' endorsed "Via Brisbane/per courtesy/of Capt Deve" with 6d KSmith tied Sydney '30MR32' d/s, Brisbane '31MR32' transit and Noumea '6-4/32' arrival b/s, 'NON RECLAME' and boxed 'RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR' cachets on face, a few minor blemishes, Cat $1,500. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #148 1932 (March 19) Sydney Harbour Bridge Opening AAMC#256 real photo PPC of Bridge under construction carried on 'Southern Cross' commemorative flight with Bridge 2d & 3d tied 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE SE PYLON' d/s & blue/black R label alongside signed by pilot "C Kingsford Smith" and also by Governor of NSW "Philip Game", Premier of NSW "John T Lang", designer "John JC Bradfield" and other dignitaries & passengers, fine condition, Cat $1800. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSold Lot #149 1932 (March 24) Australia-USA-Germany cover with QANTAS 'See Western Queensland' airmail label endorsed "VIA SAN FRANCISCO, BY USA AIR MAIL & CATAPULT FLIGHT" with Queensland 1d & Australia 3d KSmith & Sturt 1½d 'A' perfin x2 plus USA Map Airmail 10c & Winged Globe 5c all tied 'BRISBANE' d/s, carried by New England Airways to Sydney, by mail steamer to San Francisco with 'FERRY STATION' cachet applied on transfer to Oakland Airport on back and US airmail to New York, by SS 'Europa' & catapult SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #150 1932 (April 19) England-Australia AAMC#259 intermediate cover to Sydney endorsed "BY COURTESY OF CWA SCOTT ESQ ENGLAND AUSTRALIA Record Attempt" carried after his record-breaking flight to Darwin signed "C Scott" on face with Bridge 3d & 2d tied 'DARWIN NT/28AP32/AUSTRALIA' d/s, Brisbane '1932/8MAY' transit & Sydney '-9MY32' arrival b/s, fine condition, Cat $1,250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #151 1932 (April 19) England-Australia AAMC#260 intermediate cover endorsed "Brisbane-Sydney" carried by CWA Scott immediately after his record-breaking flight to Darwin and signed "C Scott" on face with 3d Airmail and KGV 2d red tied Sydney '9MY32' datestamp on arrival, fine condition, Cat $1,250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #152 1932 (April 19) England-Australia AAMC#260a intermediate cover endorsed with typed 'Carried by C Scott from Darwin to Brisbane (8 day record flight England-Australia)' label immediately after his record-breaking flight to Darwin and signed "C Scott" on face with 6d Airmail tied Brisbane '3MY32' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $1,250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #153 1932 (April 28) Sydney-Perth AAMC#260b cover signed "Irene Dean Williams" endorsed "This letter was carried by me on my record breaking flight Sydney to Perth April-May 1932/Left Sydney April 28th 1932 @ 6am Arrived Perth April [sic] 2nd 1932 10.45am" with 3d Bridge & 3d Airmail plate #4 single tied 'LATE FEE/11MY32/ADELAIDE RLY' arrival d/s, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #154 1932 (Aug 15) Brisbane-Brisbane AAMC#278 intermediate cover carried on the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia by a woman endorsed "Carried by Mrs H Bonney/Darwin to Melbourne" signed "Mrs Harry Bonney" on back with 3d Bridge x2 & KGV 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d overprint tied Melbourne '16SEP/1932' arrival cancel, forwarded to Darwin with 'SEAFORD/19SE32/VIC' d/s, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $600. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #155 1932 (Aug 15) Brisbane-Brisbane AAMC#278 intermediate cover carried from Perth to Sydney on the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia by a woman signed "Mrs Harry Bonney" on back with 3d Bridge & KGV 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d overprint tied Perth '-3SE32' d/s, Sydney '-9SE32' arrival b/s, fine condition, Cat $600. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #156 1932 (Oct 15) Australia-South Africa AAMC#287 cover endorsed "ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT IN THE LOCKHEED ORION MONOPLANE" carried from Sydney on the Metro Goldwin Mayer 'Spirit Of Fun' signed by pilot James B Dickson on face with Harbour Bridge 3d & KGV 2d and South Africa 2d Pictorial all tied 'JOHANNESBURG/13NOV32' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $2000. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,200StatusUnsold Lot #157 1932 (Oct 15) Australia-South Africa AAMC#289 intermediate Crome cover carried from Sydney to Melbourne on the first leg of a proposed 'Round The World' flight in Metro Goldwin Meyer's Lockheed Orion 'Spirit Of Fun' signed by pilot "James B Dickson" on face with Sydney 3d Harbour Bridge 3d and KGV 2d 'OS' overprint tied 'MELBOURNE/17OC32/VIC' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $1,250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$700StatusUnsold Lot #158 1932 (Dec 12) Australia-Germany AAMC#242 cover endorsed "Carried by Capt K HANS BERTRAM/Australia to England" from Melbourne on his return flight signed Hans Bertram in red ink over 'BERTRAM ATLANTIS/[propellor]/EXPEDITION' cachet and Airmail 3d tied 'DARWIN NT/12DE32/AUSTRALIA' d/s but over-carried to England and returned five years later with Great Britain KGV 1/- affixed alongside tied 'LONDON FS/8DE/37' d/s & 'MELBOURNE/23DE37VIC' arrival b/s, Cat $1750. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #159 1932 (Dec 12) Australia-Germany AAMC#242 CC Wakefield & Co Ltd Castrol XXL large illustrated 'Australia-England Flight/Bertram Allan/Junkers Atlantis' cover showing Australia & Great Britain maps and 'Propellor' logo carried by Hans Bertram & GU 'Scottie' Allan to Java with Airmail 3d tied 'DARWIN NT/12DE32/AUSTRALIA' d/s, Netherlands Indies 10c tied 'SOERABAJA/13.12.32' arrival d/s where delayed by crash and another tied '10.4.33' on departure after repairs, India KGV 2a tied 'AKYAB/12APR/33' SymbolCLGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #160 1933 (Oct 4) India-Australia AAMC#333a intermediate cover carried by Charles Kingsford Smith in the Percival Gull monoplane 'Lady Southern Cross' on his record-breaking 7 day, 4hour, 47 minute flight from England signed C Kingsford Smith on face with light violet 'KARACHI-AIR-PORT/BRIGH ROAD/7OCT1933/SIND' private despatch marking & Australia KGV 2d red tied 'BRISBANE/1933/13OCT/QLD' machine cancel on arrival, fine condition, Cat $2250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #161 1934 (Jan 13) Australia-New Zealand AAMC#350 cover endorsed "Per Aeroplane Southern Cross" carried on the third Trans-Tasman Flight with New Zealand 1d Admiral tied New Plymouth slogan cancel 'JA15 - 1934' on arrival signed by crew members "John SW Stannage" & "PG Taylor" on face, fine condition, Cat $650. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #162 1934 (May 8) Darwin-Sydney #377 cover endorsed "Carried from Darwin by courtesy Miss Jean Batten" flown to Sydney immediately after her successful England-Australia flight in the DH60M Moth G-AARB signed Jean Batten on face with KGV 5d tied manuscript cancel & indistinct d/s, fine condition, fine condition, Cat $1200. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #163 1934 (Sept 11) Perth-Sydney AAMC#401a Palace Hotel, Perth advertising cover endorsed "To Sydney from Perth 9/9/34 per favour Sir Charles Kingsford Smith non stop flight" signed C Kingsford Smith on face carried by him and PG Taylor in their Lockheed Altair with KGV 1d green & Victorian Centenary 2d tied LATE FEE SYDNEY RLY STN/11SE34'' d/s on arrival, fine condition, Cat $1800. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #164 1934 (Sept 17) Australia-England AAMC#405 intermediate cover endorsed "Carried from Adelaide to Darwin in his plane on the Aust-Eng flight Sept 17 1934" and signed by pilot "CJ Melrose" with Victorian Centenary 3d & 2d tied 'DARWIN NT/18SE34/AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s with blue R label affixed alongside 'MORE TO PAY' and 'TOO LATE' cachets on face, charged to addressee HN Eustis on return with Postage Dues 3d x2 affixed on back tied 'ALBERTON/-4OC34/STH AUST' cds, a few blemishes, Cat $1,500. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$800Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #165 1934 (Oct 11) Sydney-Cape York #432b intermediate cover endorsed "Australia New Guinea Flight per courtesy of Sydney Marshall esq Pilot" carried in his Westland Widgeon III with Victorian Centenary 2d tied 'CAPE YORK/-5OC34/QLD' d/s (error for '15') on arrival & signed SD Marshall Somerset Cape York on face & again over stamp, plus cover flown on outward leg Papua-Australia #373 with KGV 2d tied 'ROCKDALE/22AP34/NSW' d/s on arrival also signed across stamp, fine condition, Cat $850. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #166 1934 (Oct 20) England-Australia AAMC#433 MacRobertson Air Race cover carried by the winning entry DH66 Comet 'Grosvenor House' in a total elapsed time of 71 hours even signed by both pilots "CWA Scott" and "Tom Campbell Black" on back with Great Britain KGV ½d tied 'WEST KENSINGTON/19OC/34' d/s & posted back to England with 6d Kookaburra, 3d Airmail x2 and 2d Victorian Centenary tied 'REGISTERED/24OC34/MELBOURNE' d/s with blue R label alongside, fine condition, Cat $1,250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #167 1934 (Oct 21) Australia-USA AAMC#455 Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, Mascot Aerodrome cover flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith & PG Taylor in the Lockheed Altair 8D 'Lady Southern Cross' on the first eastward crossing of the Pacific by air signed "C Kingsford Smith" on face with 2d Victorian Centenary and 3d Airmail tied 'MASCOT/18OC34/N.S.W' d/s, Fiji KGV 3d tied 'SUVA' transit, USA 3c NRA tied 'HONOLULU' transit and Los Angeles 'NOV5/1934' arrival b/s, fine condition, Cat $3,250. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,800Price Realized$1,350StatusSold Lot #168 1935 (Apr 17) Australia-England AAMC#496b registered cover carried on first QANTAS/Imperial Airways passenger-carrying flight addressed to "Lady Louis Mountbatten, Malta" & signed by her Edwina Mountbatten on face with KGV 1d green, 6d Kookaburra & 1/6d Hermes tied 'ROSE BAY/16AP35/NSW' d/s, off-loaded at Brindisi and forwarded by train with Italian 'AMB BRINDISI-ROMA 146' TPO transit & 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/REGISTERED/30AP35/MALTA' oval arrival b/s, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $250. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #169 1935 (May 17-20) Around Australia AAMC#502a Crome cover endorsed "Record Attempt" carried by & signed Harry F Broadbent on face on his record-setting 3 days, 9 hours, 54 minutes flight in the Puss Moth DH60A 'Dabs III' with ANZAC 2d tied 'PERTH/20MAY/1935/WA' machine cancel on arrival, Cat $525. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #170 1935 (July 12) Sydney-Thursday Island-Daru AAMC#P80 intermediate Crome cover endorsed "Australia Papua Flight By Courtesy Of Flight Lieut S Campbell" carried in his Short Scion S16 seaplane with KGV 1d green x2 tied 'THURSDAY ISLAND/1/22JL35/QUEENSLAND' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $1000. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #171 1935 (July 18) Mascot-Richmond AAMC#514a Crome cover carried on the last flight of the 'Southern Cross' with Silver Jubilee 2d tied 'RICHMOND/NSW' d/s and perforated silver label signed on face by C Kingsford Smith and Hubert Wilkins, the Australian Arctic explorer who originally sold the Fokker FVIIb 3m 'Southern Cross' to Kingsford Smith & Ulm, fine condition, Cat $900. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #172 1935 (Aug 8) Sydney-Wau #492a Crome cover endorsed "Australia New Guinea Flight per courtesy of Ray Parer Esq Pilot Aeroplane Fairey Fox G-ACXO" with Australia 2d Macarthur & Undated Birds 2½d 'AIR MAIL' overprint tied 'WAU/14OCT35/NEW GUINEA' d/s signed pilots Ray Parer & G Hemsworth on face, couple of very minor folds, Cat $500. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #173 1935 (Oct 10) Australia-England-Australia AAMC#538/556 Crome cover carried by Harry Broadbent on the outward leg in in his Puss Moth 'Dabs III' as far as Basra, Iraq where he crashed & onwards by regular air service then back in a Percival Gull with KGV 1d green tied 'ENMORE/5OC35/NSW' d/s and GB KGV Jubilee ½d alongside but not accepted with 'DARWIN NT/13NO35/AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s, 'MORE TO PAY' tax marking & Postage Due 2d affixed alongside tied Harry F Broadbent signature, Cat $750 SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #174 1935 (Oct 10) Australia-India AAMC#540 Crome cover carried & signed on face by "Harry F Broadbent" in his Puss Moth 'Dabs III' with KGV 1d green tied 'ENMORE/5OC35/NSW' d/s and returned from the Sultanate of Oman & Muscat with India KGV 12a tied 'GUADUR/16OCT/35' cds affixed alongside, fine condition, Cat $800. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #175 1935 (Oct 18) Australia-New Zealand AAMC#543 Crome cover endorsed "per Zeelandia Sydney Auckland 18/10/35" & signed by pilot W O'Hara on face carried in his Klemm BK1 Eagle with New Zealand 1d Kiwi and Health 1d Keyhole tied 'WARKWORTH/1NO35/NZ' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $800. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #176 1935 (Oct 23) London-Brindisi-London AAMC#545 cover originally carried to England by Imperial & KLM certified on back by B Sheil with Australia KGV 2d tied 'DARWIN NT/3OC35/AUSTRALIA' d/s and then by Charles Kingsford Smith & Tommy Pethybridge on their attempted flight to Australia which was abandoned at Brindisi, Italy after the 'Lady Southern Cross' was badly damaged and posted on return to England with Great Britain KGV 1½d brown x2 perforated 'VO/CoL' for Vacuum Oil SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #177 1935 (Nov 2) England-Australia AAMC#564 Crome cover endorsed "England Australia Flight per courtesy of CJ Melrose Percival Gull VH-UVH" carried on his record attempt which he broke off to search for the missing Charles Kingsford Smith signed CJ Melrose on face with Australia KGV Jubilee 2d tied 'DARWIN NT/29NO35/AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s, fine condition, Cat $800. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$600Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #178 1935 (Nov 15) Sydney-Cloncurry AAMC#557 Crome cover carried on 'Gannet' monoplane flight to search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith with KGV Jubilee 2d tied 'ENMORE/NSW' d/s & KGV 1d green tied same of '22NO35' on return signed by the pilot "PG Taylor" & crew members "H Purvis" & "John SW Stannage", fine condition, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #179 1935 (Dec 10) England-Australia AAMC#569 intermediate cover endorsed "England ...Australia...Flight by courtesy of Roy W Gropler pilot Darwin..Adelaide" & signed Roy W Gropler Eng-Aus Flight 10-12-35 - 20-1-36 alongside with ANZAC 2d tied 'ADELAIDE/6FEB/1936' machine cancel on arrival, fine condition, Cat $400. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #180 1936 (April 29) Adelaide-Sydney AAMC#602 illustrated SA Centenary and 7th Australian Philatelic Exhibition cover endorsed "OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS" carried on South Australian Centenary 'Goodwill Flight' in a Heston Phoenix VH-AJM signed pilot CJ Melrose on face with KGV 1d green x2 tied 'ALBERTON/20AP36/STH AUSTRALIA' d/s & Cable 2d tied 'SYDNEY/NSW/5MAY/1936' machine cancel on arrival, fine condition, Cat $1000. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #181 1936 (May 7) Mornington Island-Brisbane AAMC#602d intermediate cover carried on Imperial Airways Flying Boat from Singapore by Major HG Brackley & Flt Lt Riccard signed & endorsed by passenger Hudson Fysh Member of the Short Singapore III survey party on face with Cable 2d tied 'BRISBANE/20MAY/1936/QLD' machine cancel on arrival, couple of minor folds & blemishes, Cat $1400. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #182 1936 (June 26) Australia-England #612 oversize cover endorsed & signed "Carried on 21,000 mile flight in aeroplane ZKABR Francis Chichester pilot" with Airmail 3d tied Sydney on departure, then stamps & cds of Netherlands Indies 'DENPASAR/13.7.36', Straits Sedttlements 'SINGAPORE/22JY...', Thailand 'DON MUANG', Indochina ''LAOS', Hong Kong 'KOWLOON/3AU...', China 'SHANGHAI' & 'PEIPING', India 'SIMLA/11SEP36', Persia, Iraq 'BAGHDAD AR-RASHID/3OCT36', Egypt '...CAIRE/6OC36' & GB 'LONDON/14OC/36' SymbolCLGradeA- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #183 1936 (Oct 26) England-Australia-New Zealand AAMC#645/646 two Crome covers carried & signed on back by pilot "LE Clark" in his Percival Gull after arriving from England, the first from Darwin with SA Centenary 2d tied 'LONGREACH/7NO36/QUEENSLAND' arrival d/s, the other from Sydney to New Zealand with SA Centenary 2d tied 'ENMORE/14NO36/NSW' & New Zealand Health 1d+1d Keyhole tied 'CHRISTCHURCH/20NOV/1936/NZ' machine cancel on arrival, fine condition, Cat $1225. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #184 1937 (Jan 10) Sydney-Salamaua #703a Crome cover carried on Mandated Airlines DH84 Dragon flight to New Guinea signed pilot RO Mant with Australia KGV 1d green tied 'ENMORE/9JA37/NSW' d/s alongside Dated Birds 1½d 'AIR MAIL' overprint tied Brisbane 'PAQUEBOT' machine cancel (Hosking #1361) on return, fine condition, Cat $900. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot #185 1937 (Feb 20) Germany-Australia AAMC#730 cover carried by Junkers 'Lawrence Hargrave' with KGV 2d cancelled on arrival at Melbourne with 'RELIEF/4MY37/No 4' cds & signed by engineer "Johannes Engelbert"; plus three intermediates (May 15) Melbourne-Sydney #730a cancelled on arrival & signed by the pilot "JA Kerr" and engineers "H Wolfermann" & "Walter Gerisch" and (May 17) Sydney-Brisbane #730b & (May 18) Townsville-Sydney #730d both signed by "JA Kerr" & "J McLaughlin", fine condition, Cat $1000 SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #186 1937 (Apr 9) Brisbane-Darwin AAMC#713 intermediate cover endorsed "Brisbane Capetown Flight per Mrs Bonney 'My Little Ship II' Klemm Monoplane" with KGV 2d tied 'DARWIN NT/13AP37/AUSTRALIA' arrival d/s & signed on the reverse by the pilot "Dolores Bonney", fine condition, Cat $200 for cacheted cover. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #187 1937 (May 25) Australia-China-Australia AAMC#733 Crome cover carried on the McEvoy Family Charter Flight signed by pilot F Neale & the five passengers on face with QE 1d single tied 'ENMORE/NSW' d/s and imprint pair tied 'SYDNEY/NSW-AUST/11JUL/1937' machine cancel on return, couple of minor blemishes mostly on back, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #188 1937 (May 25) Australia-China AAMC#733a intermediate Crome cover carried to Singapore on the McEvoy Family Charter Flight signed by pilot F Neale & the five passengers on face with QE 1d single tied 'ENMORE/NSW' d/s and KGVI 2d & Straits Settlements 8c Coronation affixed alongside tied 'SINGAPORE/10JU/1937' arrival d/s, couple of minor blemishes mostly on back, Cat $550+. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #189 1937 (Oct 19) Australia-England AAMC#771 cover endorsed "Carried on Record Flight Australia-England 5 days 18hrs 15 mins" signed by pilot Jean Batten on face with KGVI 2d tied 'DARWIN NT/18OC37/AUSTRLAIA' d/s & 'CROYDON SURREY/24OC/37' arrival d/s alongside, fine condition, Cat $1000. This was a record-breaking solo flight in her Percival Gull; only two covers recorded carried. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #190 1938 (Mar 15) England-Australia-New Zealand-Australia-England AAMC#801/801a two covers flown by DH88 Comet 'Australian Anniversary' both with Great Britain KGVI 1½d tied London 'Glasgow Exhibition' slogan cancel, Australia KGVI 2d tied 'SYDNEY/19MR38' transit d/s & New Zealand stamps tied 'BLENHEIM/20MR38/NZ' arrival d/s, one signed by pilots HE Clouston & Victor Ricketts on face, the other carried on return flight with Australia QE 1d tied 'DARWIN NT/23MR38/AUSTRALIA' d/s & 'LONDON EC/26MR/28' SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #191 1938 (Dec 17) Darwin-Sydney AAMC#838 intermediate Crome cover endorsed "Germany Australia Flight Flight Lieuts H Pulkowski & R Jenett per monoplane Arado 79 Darwin Sydney" carried after their arrival in Australia with KGVI 2d tied 'SYDNEY/NSW-AUST/18JAN/1939/POSTED IN/PILLAR BOX' machine cancel on arrival, fine condition, Cat $325. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #192 1939 (April 21) Adelaide-Cooktown AAMC#851 cover endorsed "Carried in the Fokker Universal Monoplane VH-UJT from Adelaide to Cooktown on the flight to New Guinea" signed pilots "Ray Parer" & "W Schafhausen" posted on arrival with Kookaburra 6d & KGVI 2d tied 'COOKTOWN/23MY39/QUEENSLAND' d/s & blue R label, fine condition, Cat $850+. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #193 1939 (April 21) Adelaide-Melbourne AAMC#851 cover endorsed "Carried in the Fokker Universal Monoplane VH-UJT from Adelaide to Melbourne on the flight to New Guinea" signed pilots "Ray Parer" & "W Schafhausen" posted on arrival with KGV 5d tied 'GPO MELBOURNE/4/24AP39/VIC-AUST' d/s, blue 'GPO Melbourne C1/(Spencer Street), Vic' R label & oval 'NAVAL RESERVE fine condition, Cat $850. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #194 1939 (Nov 28) Sydney-Brisbane AAMC#885b cover carried by KNILM Fairchild Survey Flight in a Douglas Dolphin amphibean signed by the pilots "FE Secor" & "JR Lund", tiny blemishes, Cat $800. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #195 1940 (April 17) Sydney-Queen Mary AAMC#898a Crome cover endorsed "Carried by Special Flight to 'Queen Mary' 17.4.40 Sydney Morning Herald Flight per Aeronca VH-ACH" signed by pilot "A O'Hara" and by ship's captain "RB Irving" on face with KGVI 2d tied 'SYDNEY/NSW-AUST/POSTED IN/SUBURBAN BOX' machine cancel, fine condition, Cat $375. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #196 1944 (Nov 8) Sydney-Fanning Island AAMC#982 cover endorsed "per 'Catalina' Flying Boat "Frigate Bird" Capt PG Taylor Commander" with ½d Roo & 5d Ram tied 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' d/s & blue R label alongside censored with Sydney cachet and 'POST OFFICE/13NOV44/FANNING ISLAND' arrival b/s, fine condition, Cat $650. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #197 Balance of Collection including 1932 Port Moresby-Wau-Kokoda (#P49a) x2, 1934 Australia-England registered to Quelimane, Portuguese East Africa with Pictorials 4d & 2/6d and Lakatois 3d, 6d & 1/- 'AIR MAIL' overprints via Cairo, Salisbury & Beira, 1938 Sydney-Rabaul-Sydney (#P130a) survey flight addessed to J KingsfordSmith, 1939 Wewak-Salamaua (P142a) on Ray Kelly exhibit page, 1939 Port Moresby-Thursday Island-Darwin by Grumman amphibian, 1940 Goilala Police Camp-Port Moresby (#P150) etc. SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity29Estimate$600Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #198 Autographed Covers comprising "O Denny" on two 1933 covers from Australia by first pre-paid airmail acceptances one with 'New England Airways' label, "S Campbell" on 1935 Daru-Orroville (D'Albertis Junction) cover (AAMC#P88), "HG Davis" & "DG Duryea" on 1937 Sikorsky Amphibian intermediate with 'THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENLAND' d/s, "Ray Parer" on 1938 cover from Salamaua, on two 1940 Sydney-Wau Boeing flight covers (#P153) one an intermediate with 'CAPE YORK/QLD' arrival d/s & two signed later... SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity11Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #199 Inwards Mail to New Guinea & Papua including Australia 1933 Pigeongram flimsy annotated "the only cover known which was posted to New Guinea" with KGV 2d & special label, Malta 1934 with Pictorials 1/6d and KGV 3d & 6d 'AIR MAIL' overprint carried on first Imperial Airways/QANTAS regular service to Australia & by steamer to Rabaul, two Great Britain covers on same flight one with Seahorses 2/6d and three from South Africa, Netherlands 1934 KLM cover to Suriname forwarded to Port Moresby, etc SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity15Estimate$500Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #200 Post-World War II flights including 1945 Re-Opening Flight covers (AAMC #P160 & 161) with labels signed "A Jacobson" & "HH Deigan", first regular civilian airmail (#P164 & 164a), 1949 Kikori-Lake Kutubu cover (#P186) signed "Hugh M Birch", 1951 Rabaul-Buin cover (#P192) & Kieta-Buin cover (#P195) both with 'MV MALAKUNA' ship cachets, a number of QANTAS flights, 1960 last flight covers, overall fine condition, Cat $3000+. SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity20Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next
