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 1-28 of 28. Previous|1|Next Lot 62 CAPTAIN ROSS SMITH'S PRESENTATION VIGNETTE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT 20th May 1920 dated letter on Prime Minister's Department, Canberra letterhead, address to Captain Ross Smith and with a "First Aerial Post" vignette attractively affixed at upper left. The letter, written by Prime Minister Billy Hughes Personal Secretary, Percival Deane, refers to the "Ross-Smith stamp which I promised you..." Unique and highly important. Provenance: Lucien Toutounji, Leski Auctions, March 2003. SymbolD View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot 63 Nov.19 - Feb.20 (AAMC.27) England - Australia flown cover bearing a fine example of the Ross Smith vignette, tied by one of 2 bold strikes of the oval datestamp. Addressed to Mrs J. Jones, Ejanding, Via Dowerin, Western Australia and listed by Frommer as #171. On an annotated page. Provenance: Lucien Toutounji SymbolC View details Estimate$5,000 - $6,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 64 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) Batavia - Sydney flown cover carried by Ross & Keith Smith on their flight from England in the Vickers Vimy. The cover shows a fine example of the vignette accompanied by Netherlands Indies adhesives, all tied by multiple strong strikes of the oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL" cachet. The cover, #73 in the Frommer listing is one of the more spectacular examples, bearing advertising for the "Oranje Hotel" in Soerabaia and is one of only 15 originating in the DEI. SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 65 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) Ross Smith flight cover with the vignette affixed at left, together with an Iraq ½ anna on 10para in combination with an Australian KGV 1d red; all tied by the 26 Feb.1920 oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL" cachet (with an additional strike below), posted from the ANZAC Wireless Squadron stationed in Mesopotamia (Iraq) en route for Australia. Addressed to Mrs A. Laxton in Lewisham and endorsed at lower left by Lieut. R.L. Laxton, this is cover #193 in the Frommer listing SymbolC View details Estimate$10,000 - $12,500Price Realized$9,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 66 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) Mesopotamia (Iraq) - Australia flown cover endorsed "On active service" at top, flown by Ross Smith, Keith Smith, Jim Bennett & Wally Shiers on their onwards flight to Australia; the vignette tied by one of two superb strikes of the oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL" cachet, addressed to Mrs J.Morris, Maroona, Victoria. Exceptionally, the cover is signed by Keith Smith, J.M.Bennett & W Shiers on the reverse & inscribed "Darwin 12-12-19" in Bennett's hand. SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$7,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 67 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) Syria - Australia intermediate flown cover bearing the Ross Smith vignette, attractively tied by one of 2 strikes of the oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL" handstamp. With faint 3-line cachet in violet and endorsed "Per first aerial flight to Australia by favour of Capt. Ross Smith." SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 68 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) A "Ross Smith FIRST AERIAL POST" vignette cancelled by the oval cachet, on the picture side of a postcard picked up at Baghdad en route and addressed to F. Sammons Esq., at Corowa, N.S.W. Signed "J.M.Bennett, Darwin, 12.12.19" on the address side and with a second oval cachet at centre. Only 31 items in all originated in Mesopotamia, of which very few were postcards & signed by Bennett. An exceptionally rare item. Now recorded by Frommer as #280 and illustrated at SymbolPC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 69 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) a "Ross Smith" vignette attractively tied by one of 2 strikes of the oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL" cachet on a cover picked up at RAMADI, MESOPOTAMIA, one of the refuelling stops on the flight from England to Australia. With the three-line violet h/stamp on the back flap together with the sender's name and address. The lot also includes the original handwritten enclosure "...an aeroplane came hovering around the camp and landed and out came 5 Aussies..." SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 70 1919 (AAMC.27b, Frommer 1a) "Ross Smith" Flight vignette with full margins and superb unmounted mint full gum. Probably the finest example in private hands. This is #C16 in the Frommer listing, illustrated at page 126. Cat. $18,000 for mounted mint. Symbol** View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Price Realized$14,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 71 Nov. 1919 England - Australia (AAMC.27b) Ross Smith vignette with full margins, very well centred and unmounted with just light traces of hingeing in margins only, an exceptional example of this iconic item, Cat. $20000 for mounted mint. [AAMC states "about 25 mint copies are held in museums ... about 50 specimens with complete selvedge exist in private collections"; of the 576 issued, 364 were attached to letters carried and cancelled on arrival in Melbourne on 26 Feb 1920. Symbol** View details Estimate$9,000 - $12,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 72 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27d) A Ross Smith "FIRST AERIAL POST" vignette, Mint with gum, but with margins removed. Rare and fine. This is example M3 in Frommer's listing, illustrated at page 130. Symbol* View details Estimate$7,000 - $9,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 73 Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27e) A Bandar Abbas - Karachi "intermediate" cover flown by Ross & Keith Smith; with 3-line "PER VICKERS "VIMY" AEROPLANE TO AUSTRALIA" cachet and endorsed "By Aerial Post" at left. Accompanied by the original enclosure, dated 23/11/19 from the I.E.Telegraphs office at Bandar Abbas.The cover, addressed to the Superintendent of the Persian Gulf Telegraphs, with KIMARI & KARACHI backstamps. [Only 13 covers documented flown without vignette. This is #7 in the Frommer list. SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$22,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 74 24 Nov. 1919 (AAMC.27e) Ross Smith flight, intermediate cover from Bandar-Abas to Karachi; endorsed "Per Aerial Post" at top and with light impression of the 3-line "Vickers Vimy" handstamp at right. With Kimari and Karachi 25 Nov. arrival backstamps. SymbolC View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Price Realized$20,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 127 31 May 1928 (AAMC.122) USA - Australia cover flown by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner & Harry 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 cds alongside, plus enclosed Union Oil Company of California letter stating "... carried to Australia ... on the first trans-Pacific flight SymbolC View details Estimate$16,000 - $20,000Price Realized$13,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 128 31 May 1928 (AAMC.122a) USA - Australia cover addressed to Lieut CTP Ulm flown by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, J Warner & H Lyon on the first crossing of the Pacific by air endorsed "Honolulu to Australia per the 'Southern Cross'/This Envelope was carried across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Australia" signed "Jas W Warner, Radio Opr" and also signed "C Kingsford Smith" and "Lieut Comdr Harry W Lyon, Navigator" alongside on face, franked with KGV 1½d black-brown SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 129 A RARE COVER FROM THE FIRST TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT: 8 June 1928 (AAMC.122b) Naselai Sands, Fiji - Eagle Farm, Brisbane cover flown by Kingsford Smith with Ulm, Lyon & Warner, on their epic trans - Pacific flight via Hawaii and Fiji in the 'Southern Cross', posted and cancelled in Sydney during the week after their arrival. The cover is signed by Kingsford Smith & the relief pilot Charles Ulm & is endorsed on reverse "From Mrs H.Marks" (Lady Mayoress of Suva) is one of only 6 carried on this leg SymbolC View details Estimate$12,500 - $15,000Price Realized$10,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 130 10 Sept.1928 (AAMC.124) Charles Kingsford Smith & Charles Ulm flew across the Tasman Sea for the first time in the "Southern Cross" on this date. This cover is one of 15 carried and is signed by both pilots as well as their crew, H.A. Litchfield and T.H. Williams. Although the Australian P.M.G. Department did not agree to send an official air mail, this cover was sent by the Department and was addressed to the Minister of Posts & Telegraphs in New Zealand. SymbolC View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000Price Realized$3,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 131 13-14 October 1928 (AAMC.126) New Zealand (Blenheim) - Australia (Sydney) cover, flown aboard the "Southern Cross" on it's return flight following the triumph of the first crossing from west to east in September (see AAMC.124). The crew comprising of Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, H.A. Litchfield and T. McWilliams was the same; this rare cover being signed by Charles Ulm and addressed to his wife. [One of only 16 flown]. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Price Realized$2,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 132 30 Mar. 1929 (AAMC.131) Australia - England cover carried by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, HA Litchfield & T McWilliams on the 'Coffee Royal incident' flight endorsed 'Per Squadron-Leader CE Kingsford Smith & Flight-Lieut CTP Ulm "SOUTHERN CROSS" AUSTRALIA/ENGLAND FLIGHT MARCH 1929' signed "C Kingsford-Smith" and "CTP Ulm" on face franked with KGV 1½d red tied 'RICHMOND/30MR29/NSW' datestamp, Cat $2,750. SymbolC View details Estimate$3,800 - $4,200Price Realized$3,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$2,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history 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$2,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 161 THE SECOND CROSSING OF THE TASMAN FROM EAST TO WEST: 26 Mar. 1933 (AAMC.299) New Zealand - Sydney cover flown on the "Southern Cross" and signed by the whole crew, Charles Kingsford Smith, P.G. Taylor, Tommy Pethybridge and John Stannage: addressed to "Scotty" Allan. [50 flown]. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 163 KINGSFORD SMITH'S THIRD CROSSING OF THE TASMAN: 13 Jan.1934 (AAMC.350) Australia to New Zealand cover, flown by Kingsford Smith in the famous "Southern Cross"; and signed by his crew members, John Stannage & P.G. Taylor. Accompanied by a March 1934 (AAMC.367) New Zealand to Australia return flight cover. (2 items). Cat.$700. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $450StatusCLOSED! Lot 164 THE THIRD TRANS-TASMAN FLIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST: 13 Jan. 1934 (AAMC.350) Australia - New Zealand cover flown in the "Southern Cross" illustrated and signed by Ernie Crome (and self-addressed) & signed by Kingsford Smith, Pethybridge, Stannage & Taylor. [1 of 12 thus, from the small mail]. With departure and arrival cds's. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 173 THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE "SOUTHERN CROSS" 18 July 1935 (AAMC.515) cover #107 bearing the special vignette and signed by all seven personnel aboard this historic short flight from Mascot to Richmond; the pilots, Charles Kingsford Smith and P.G.Taylor were accompanied by Mary Kingsford Smith, John Stannage, Beau Shiel, John Ulm & C.G.Scrimgeour (radio broadcaster). SymbolC View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 175 THE LAST MAILS FLOWN BY CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH 23 Oct. 1935 (AAMC.545) Australia - U.K. - Italy - U.K. cover flown by Kingsford Smith and Pethybridge on their record-attempt flight. [No. 2 of 49 flown] SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next