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 111-120 of 261. Previous|1...101112131415...27|Next Lot #111 30 June 1926 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" with Great Britain KGV 1½d tied SYDNEY '16AU26' datestamp on arrival, fine condition, Cat. $5000. SymbolC View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #112 7 Aug.1926 (AAMC.97) Darwin - Sydney - Melbourne registered cover, carried by Alan J. Cobham on the last legs of his epic flight from England in a DH50 seaplane. With appropriate backstamps and original enclosures from J.C. Buscall at the Government Hospital, Darwin. [only 10 flown]. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,750StatusCLOSED! Lot #113 June - August 1926 (AAMC.99b) Alan Cobham England - Australia Flight, printed Calcutta to Rangoon cover with a black border and printed explanation that Arthur Elliott, the flight engineer, had been killed by a bullet fired from the ground between Baghdad and Basra. Franked by India 1a cancelled at Calcutta (July 23) and signed by Sgt. A.H Ward who replaced Elliott on the flight, the reverse bearing a photographic England - Australia flight vignette and a Rangoon c.d.s (July 26). (45 flown). SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #114 30 June 1926 (AAMC.100) England - Australia - England cover endorsed "from Australia to London By Aeroplane" carried by Sir Alan Cobham and Sgt AH Ward on their return flight, franked with Great Britain KGV 1½d brown tied 'THE HYDE SO NW2/2OC/26' datestamp on arrival, signed 'Alan J Cobham' on face, couple of minor blemishes, Cat. $3500. This is the first airmail from Australia to England; Newall states in British External Airmails (1996; pp.264-66) that only 28 covers were carried from Aust. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000StatusCLOSED! Lot #115 August - September 1926 (AAMC.101c) Baghdad - England flown cover, carried by Alan Cobham on his return journey from Australia. With him on the return flight were A.H. Ward (mechanic) and C. Capel (passenger). His aircraft touched down on the Thames, opposite the Houses of Parliament on 1st October. [110 carried]. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot #116 25 Sept.1926 (AAMC.102) A cover flown and signed by Group Captain Richard Williams on his survey flight from Melbourne to various Pacific Islands in a DH50A seaplane. The intention was to follow the east coast as far as Thursday Island and then via Papua, New Britain and the Solomon Islands to the New Hebrides and New Caledonia before turning east again for Fiji and Samoa. Engine trouble and sickness caused the crew of Williams, McIntyre and Trist to fly no further than Tulagi in the Solomons an SymbolC View details Estimate$17,500 - $20,000Price Realized$16,000StatusSold Lot #117 25 Sept.1926 (AAMC.102) Another example of the Williams covers, as above. This one addressed to the Air Board, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne and also signed by Richard Williams. With datestamps of "THURSDAY ISLAND 10 OC 26", "KIETA 31 OC 26" and "SAMARAI 29 NOV 26". An exceptional piece. Provenace: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. SymbolC View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusCLOSED! Lot #118 1927 QANTAS issued booklet with reddish-brown covers [see AAMC.107b; Frommer 25] containing 3 panes of 8 units the black on red "See Western Queensland" airmail labels; issued at the time of the July flights, the route details include Normanton and Cloncurry. Very fine, complete and extremely scarce - only the 2nd example we have offered in 45 years! Provenance: E. A. Crome SymbolB ** View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #119 1927 (AAMC.107b; Frommer 25) QANTAS vignette black on red inscribed 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland', strip of 6 in black on buff booklet covers, no staples. SymbolB ** View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #120 14 Oct. 1927 (AAMC.111 & 113b) England - Australia, two intermediate covers carried by Capt WA Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller in an Avro Avian, the former to Australia with India KGV 1a brown (2) tied 'PARK STREET/20DEC27/CALCUTTA' and special 'Map' airmail label signed by both pilots with Australia KGV 1d green affixed tied Darwin NT '21MAR28' on arrival; the latter to Burma with India KGV 1a brown and special label both tied Calcutta '18DEC27' datestamp signed 'JM Keith Miller' SymbolC View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$900StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...101112131415...27|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 Next
