Aviation | The Centenary of the Ross & Keith Smith flight and the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (#450) 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)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-110 of 184. Previous|1...91011121314...19|Next Lot #145 Mar.1930 (AAMC.156ad; Frommer 34b) Queensland Air Navigation Co., black & white "chequerboard" (12 squares) 'BY AIR MAIL ONLY' vignette, in a vertical strip of 7, as issued, with roulettes for separating the units. Symbol** * View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot #146 AMY JOHNSON IN AUSTRALIA: (Re: AAMC.158-9) June 1930: Following her solo flight from England (the first by a woman) Amy Johnson spent some time in Australia where she was feted as a heroine. This lot is comprised of an autographed letter on "AMY JOHNSON in AUSTRALIA" letterhead; the envelope with AJ Monogram in which the letter was sent; & 1930s Purina Grain Foods trade card showing Amy Johnson. (3 items). SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #147 CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH'S ATLANTIC FLIGHT - THE FIRST EAST/WEST CROSSING BY AIR 26 June 1930 (AAMC.163b) Harbour Grace (Newfoundland) - New York flown cover, endorsed at upper left "Via AirMail "Southern Cross" Leaving H Grace Nfld for New York. 4.30am June 26th 1930" and addressed to a recipient in New York by the postmaster at Harbour Grace. [One of 7 carried.] Kingsford Smith, together with E. Van Dyk (relief pilot), Pat Saul (navigator) and John Stannage (radio) flew this final sector. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #148 1930 (AAMC.163c) 3d Green airmail stamp, complete booklet of 12 stamps + 12 airmail labels; covers black on bright violet-blue with "AIR MAIL SAVES TIME" on front. Unusually fresh. The Australian 3d green airmail stamp issued on 20 May 1929 was later made available in booklets of 12 stamps. The first cover design and wording was used for 50,000 booklets although a very small percentage of those survive intact today. [See also SG. SB24]. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection. SymbolB ** View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #149 1930 (AAMC.163e) 3d Green Airmail stamp, complete booklet of 12 stamps + 12 airmail labels; covers black on pale green with "USE THE AIR MAIL" on front. Unusually fresh. The Australian 3d green airmail stamp issued on 20 May 1929 was later made available in booklets of 12 stamps. This cover design and wording was used after July 1935 to include reference to the Australia - Singapore - England Airmail Service although a very small number of these survive intact today. SymbolB ** View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,750StatusCLOSED! Lot #150 1929 3d Green Airmail: Presentation Die Proof in the issued colour, on thick stock, 215 x 167mm. One of 12 produced from a special 1-on plate for presentation to the six members of the stamp design committee as well as associated dignitaries. [AAMC.163f; ACSC.134DP(2) - "Of the eleven proofs prepared, five have been traced..."]. An exceptional item. Provenance: Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, March 2003, Lot 158 : $8,740 incl. BP. SymbolP View details Estimate$10,000 - $12,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #151 9 Oct. 1930 (AAMC.171a) England - Australia intermediate cover flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in the Southern Cross Junior endorsed 'ROME to AUSTRALIA/via the "SOUTHERN CROSS"' and signed "C Kingsford-Smith" on face, franked with Italian stamps tied 'ROMA/AEROPORTO DEL LITTORIO-POSTA AEREA' datestamps, fine condition, Cat $3000. Ex Frommer, sold for $3100+ in the September 2016 sale of his Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails Collection. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #152 A RECORD SOLO FLIGHT BY CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH - THE FINAL LEG OF THE FLIGHT FROM LONDON 19-23 Oct.1930 (AAMC.171b) Darwin - Sydney cover, flown & signed by Kingsford Smith on his flight from London in the "Southern Cross Junior". An important precursor to the experimental flights which were to follow in April 1931. An extremely scarce cover in the Kingsford Smith story, with only 3 carried. Provenance: Tom Frommer SymbolC View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #153 THE 2d, 3d & 6d KINGSFORD SMITH COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS OF MARCH 1931 The unique presentation set of three stamps as issued, in sunken card overmounted with cream card, with the ornately hand-lettered dedication: "Kingsford Smith's World Flights. Stamp Issue, 1931. Postmaster General's Department, Commonwealth of Australia." View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$5,250StatusSold Lot #154 6 June 1931 (AAMC.184a) Lord Howe Island - Sydney cover, numbered #118, flown, endorsed and signed (front & rear) by Francis Chichester. The flight from Lord Howe was delayed following a typhoon which had overturned his plane, "Miss Elijah". (approx. 110 - 130 flown). Cat.$650. Provenance: Frank E. Adams SymbolC View details Estimate$450 - $500StatusCLOSED! 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