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 PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-19 of 19. Previous|1|Next Lot 98 THE FIRST AIRMAIL DELIVERY FLIGHTS BY QANTAS: 2 Nov.1922 (AAMC.65) Charleville - Cloncurry cover, flown by P.J. McGinness and Hudson Fysh on the first Qantas regular air mail service on this route. The first vignette for an air service in Australia, produced by QANTAS, is affixed at upper left and is tied by the KGV 1d adhesive and postmark, with 2d (x2) additional adhesives alongside. Extremely scarce and a "foundation" piece in any serious collection of Australian pioneer aerophilately. Prov SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 99 5 Nov.1922 (AAMC.66) Cloncurry - Charleville cover flown by QANTAS on the first return airmail delivery flight over this route and bearing the extremely rare "FOR AERIAL TRANSMISSION" red on white vignette. Flown by Hudson Fysh (Cloncurry - Longreach) and P.J. McGinness (Longreach - Charleville) and addressed to C.G.Grey, editor of "The Aeroplane" in London. Of the approximately 15 covers known from these inaugural Qantas flights, 2 are recorded to N.Z. addresses and this one to G.B. SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 100 circa Jan.1923 (Frommer 7b) Qantas black/pale blue green 'BY AIR MAIL' vignette: exploded booklet comprising three vertical panes of 6 (each with top selvedge) illustrating the two types of font used. Two "intact" booklets are recorded, but neither of them has all four strips of vignettes. Provenance: Tom Frommer, May 2005, Leski Auctions Lot 34 : $3,030. SymbolB View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 133 Feb.1929 (Frommer 31c) Qantas black/red rouletted vignette 'BY AIR MAIL / See Western Queensland': exploded booklet comprising covers & three panes of 8 (one lacks 2 units) otherwise complete with selvedge at top (some faults to panes including adhesion). Rare, only 3 booklets recorded. Provenance: Tom Frommer SymbolB ** * View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 141 19 Feb.1930 (AAMC.152a) Camooweal - Anthonys Lagoon flown cover carried by A.A.S. to link with the newly established Qantas service from Brisbane and signed by the pilot, Frank Neale. Cat.$400+. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 142 19 Feb.1930 (AAMC.152a) Camooweal - Alexandria flown cover carried by A.A.S. to link with the newly established Qantas service from Brisbane and signed by the pilot, Frank Neale. Cat.$400+. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 144 31 March 1930 (AAMC.155-56) Brisbane - Townsville and return, two flown covers carried by Queensland Air Navigation Co. on their inaugural flights over this route. Cat.$300. The service was short lived, with the last flights by QANC in January 1931; QANTAS took over the route and began flights in May 1931. SymbolC View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 155 May 1931 (AAMC.202c; Frommer 36c) Qantas white/blue vignette 'By Air Mail / NORTH QUEENSLAND Australia's Winter Playground': complete booklet comprising of three strips of 8 with black on mauve cover, no staple. Believed to be the only surviving example of this booklet prepared in anticipation of Qantas starting to fly this route in May 1931. SymbolB ** View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusCLOSED! Lot 156 Mar.1931 (Frommer 36c) Qantas white/blue vignette 'By Air Mail / NORTH QUEENSLAND Australia's Winter Playground': exploded booklet comprising covers, two complete vertical strips of 8 & a vertical strip of 6, all with top selvedge. SymbolB ** View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! Lot 157 3 Dec.1931 (AAMC.228) (Darwin) - Birdum - Daly Waters, registered cover flown by QANTAS to connect these centres during the rainy season when the overland route was under water. [Only 20 flown]. Cat.$850. Missing from most QANTAS collections! SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 159 1 Dec. 1932 (AAMC.295b) Birdum - Daly Waters registered Qantas flown cover endorsed in manuscript "Carried by Pilot/from Birdum/Joseph N. Wilson/VH-UGW", provisional Daly Waters registration label, addressed to Seaford (Vic) redirected to Darwin, numerous backstamps, Cat. $400. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 184 Dec.1937 - Jan.1938 (AAMC.775-782) The IMPERIAL AIRWAYS EMPIRE FLYING-BOAT SURVEY FLIGHT Empire Flying Boat "Centaurus." England-Australia-New Zealand Survey Flight, c1937-1938. Silver gelatin photograph, autographed by the crew in ink on image lower left to right, titled in ink on accompanying slips mounted above and below image, 29 x 38cm. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusCLOSED! Lot 187 19 June 1940 (AAMC.903b) Australia - England, Qantas inaugral flight cover per flying boat "Corio.G.AEUH" for the WWII emergency 'Horseshoe' route via Danish East Indies, Cairo, Durban and thence to London, typed endorsement and signed by pilot Captain R. Tapp, adhesives tied by DARWIN N.T. '23JE40' datestamps. SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 188 17 January 1941 (AAMC.912) Australia - Dili (Portuguese Timor) flown cover, carried and signed by Captain H.B.Hussey for Qantas on the first flight to include Dili as an intermediate on the route to Singapore. Only 54 items flown. Cat.$400. SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $350Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 189 21 January 1941 (AAMC.913) Dili (Portuguese Timor) - Australia flown cover, carried and signed by Captain R.B. Tapp for Qantas on the first flight to include Dili as an intermediate on the route to Singapore. Only 21 items flown. Cat.$500. SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 190 4 April 1945 (AAMC.1003) Lae (New Guinea) to Sydney flown cover, carried for QANTAS and signed by the pilots, H.H. Deignan & A. Jacobson on the DC3 re-opening service following the defeat of Japan in the Pacific. Cat.$275. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 242 NEW ZEALAND - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 17th April 1931 (NZAMC.49) per Australia - England airmail, Kingsford Smith signed covers (5) all accepted at Christchurch with '16AP31' datestamps, forwarded on the overnight inter-island ferry steamer to Wellington to meet up with the SS Ulimaroa departing on the 17th for Sydney where special flight cachet applied, thence to Brisbane by ANA, thence to Darwin by QANTAS, Kingsford Smith then flying to Akyab per "Southern Cross" with onward mail travel SymbolC/**/UGradeC View details Estimate$750 - $850Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next