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 31-40 of 184. Previous|12345678...19|Next Lot #75 26 Feb.1920 (AAMC.27f) forgery of Ross Smith flown cover addressed to Mrs R.P. Ford, 16th A.G. Hospital, Mcleod, Melbourne, with genuine vignette tied by "FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA" oval flight cachet (cachet possibly forged - 'GR' of 'GREAT BRITAIN' at left resembles a '62') , with typed endorsement "Per kind favor of Captain Ross Smith/on his competition flight.", Cat $3000. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #76 30 June 1920 (AAMC.46) Melbourne - Traralgon 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, fine condition with just a couple of trivial marks, Cat $4,500. SymbolC View details Estimate$3,200 - $3,600Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #77 30 July 1920 (AAMC.47) Melbourne - Traralogon cover, flown by Captain E.W. Leggett for "The Herald & Weekly Times"; with special purple of yellow "By HERALD AERIAL DELIVERY" vignette attractively tied on the front of the envelope which also bears a Victorian 1½d adhesive tied on arrival at Traralgon. [Of 266 items reported to have been flown, very few appear to have survived]. Provenance: Frank E. Adams, Charles Leski Auctions, March 2012, Lot 1338 : $2,040 incl. BP. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,800 - $2,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #78 30 July 1920 (AAMC.47) Melbourne - Traralgon KGV 1½d brown 'Star' Envelope cancelled on arrival with 'TRARALGON/30JL20/VIC' cds, purple/yellow 'By Herald Aerial Delivery' vignette tied to the reverse by 'HERALD & WEEKLY TIMES/RECEIVED/30JUL1920' office time-clock d/s, Cat $2000. SymbolPS View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,750Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #79 July 1920 (AAMC.47a) "By HERALD AERIAL DELIVERY" vignette, Unused with full gum. Small gum thin from previous hinge removal. Extremely scarce. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. Symbol* View details Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusCLOSED! Lot #80 Aug.1920 (AAMC.47c) "Velvet Soap" advertising postcard dropped over Melbourne by R. Graham Carey in his Maurice Farman Shorthorn biplane, as depicted on the card. The reverse of the card shows Carey in the cockpit and an aerial view of the soapworks of J. Kitchen & Sons, the manufacturers of Velvet soap. [Eustis says "Only four cards known on his exhibit page.]. Provenance: Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, March 2008, Lot 56 : $4,600 incl. BP. SymbolPC View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,000StatusCLOSED! Lot #81 Aug.1920 (AAMC.47c) "Velvet Soap" advertising postcard dropped over Melbourne by R. Graham Carey in his Maurice Farman Shorthorn biplane, as depicted on the card. The reverse of the card shows Carey in the cockpit and an aerial view of the soapworks of J. Kitchen & Sons, the manufacturers of Velvet Soap and is signed by the pilot. Excellent condition. [Eustis says "Only four cards known". His example, unsigned by Carey, sold for $4000 + commission in our auction of March 2008.] Provenance: John SymbolPC View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,000StatusCLOSED! Lot #82 10 Aug.1920 (AAMC.48) Melbourne - Hamilton cover, flown by Captain E.W. Leggatt for The Herald & Weekly Times. A special "Herald Air Mail" vignette in brown was issued; unusually (and apparently uniquely) this cover bears 2 examples of the vignette; one tied by the Post Office re-sealing tape used in conjunction with a boxed "UNCLAIMED AT HAMILTON' h/stamp. [700 flown, but it is believed only about 50 now exist.]. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #83 10 Aug.1920 (AAMC.48c, Frommer 3b) The Herald & Weekly Times experimental flight Melbourne - Hamilton, 'Herald Air Mail' vignette in brown, complete block 2*/2** with selvedge (rare, only 3 blocks known to exist). Symbol** * View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000StatusCLOSED! Lot #84 27 Aug.1920 (AAMC.50) Serpentine to Melbourne aerial derby to advertise the Second Peace Loan, cover to Rochester endorsed for Peace Loan Aerial Mail bearing KGV 1½d cancelled upon arrival at Melbourne, handstamped with the violet boxed cachet CARRIED BY SECOND PEACE / LOAN AERIAL MAIL, fine and scarce. Cat.$1,000. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...19|Next12345678910111213141516171819 Previous 12345678910111213141516171819 Next Previous 12345678910111213141516171819 Next
