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 1-32 of 32. Previous|1|Next Lot 229 ANTARCTICA: Dec.1928 Deception Island-Antarctica per Sir Hubert Wilkins & Carl Ben Eielson with Falklands 1d just tied by 'Wilkins Antarctic/Deception/Island/Expedition' cachet in green and by 'PORT STANLEY/29OC/30/FALKLAND ISLANDS' datestamp, another strike of the cachet at upper-left, signed by the pilot "CB Eielson"; subsequently carried on the 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition & signed "Hubert Wilkins". SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 230 CANADA: 9 Oct. 1930 Newfoundland to England cover endorsed "Courtesy of/Captain Boyd and/Lieutenant Connor USNR/Transatlantic/Fliers" carried on the second flight of Airship "Colombia" with 4c Prince of Wales tied by HARBOUR GRACE (Newfoundland) datestamp and signed by pilot J Errol Boyd & navigator Harry P. Connor on the face, minor soiling. Only 20 posted from Harbour Grace. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 231 CHINA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 26 Sept.1925 China - Japan cover carried by Francesco de Pinedo with boxed 'FIRST AIRMAIL/CHINA-JAPAN' cachet in violet alongside 3cts on 4c Junk adhesive tied by bilingual datestamp, signed by pilot "Fde Pinedo" at lower left. The mail was mislaid until March 1926 and only 52 items were recovered and forwarded of which only 6 were signed by De Pinedo, some blemishes on reserve from previous mounting however frontally fine. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 232 FRANCE - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 22 Oct.1909 Menu Card from a celebratory aviation dinner dedicated to Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot and signed by him, just three months after he had become world-famous for making the first airplane flight across the English Channel, the dinner courses themed to match his achievement including "Consomme Bleriot" & "Souffle Glace en Aeroplane"; also included are two contempory postcards showing Bleriot and his aircraft. A wonderful opportunity to acquire a SymbolC View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$4,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 233 GREAT BRITAIN - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 22 July 1933 Great Britain - United States stampless cover sent per James & Amy Mollison in the de Havilland Dragon "Seafarer", typed endorsement on reverse "July 27 1933" referencing the plane having crashed at Bridgeport Connecticut, signed "JA Mollison" & "A Mollison", minor soiling/stains. Only 4 covers were flown. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1976). Ex Boris Joffe & Tom Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 234 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1927 (Apr. 30) USA internal airmail combination franking AAMC.P1b cover to Reading (PA), endorsed "Per/AIR MAIL/via Sydney/& San Francisco" with Huts 1d green (3) tied by Rabaul datestamps paying 3d surface rate to USA, plus USA 16c & 8c Airmails tied by SAN FRANCISCO 'JUN9/1927' paying the USA 24c internal airmail fee, fine and attractive, Cat.$1000. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusCLOSED! Lot 235 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 28 June 1928 (AAMC.P12a) Edie Creek - Wau - Lae cover, flown and signed by pilot Alan Cross for Guinea Airways in a Junkers J-34. Two 4d Huts with typed "BY AIR" overprints tied by EDIE CREEK cds's and scarce "GUINEA AIRWAYS LTD/WAU" 2-line cachet. [One of 2 known - flown & signed by Cross; the other example offered at a recent Sydney auction at $2500-$4000]. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,250StatusSold Lot 236 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 21 Jan.1933 (AAMC.P53) Kainantu (Upper Ramu Goldfields) - Lae - Salamaua cover, flown & signed by John Jukes for Guinea Airways. As postal facilities were not available at Kainantu, all mail was cancelled upon arrival at Lae P.O. [Only 12 flown]. Ex Ray Kelly. SymbolC View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 237 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 10 April 1933 (AAMC.P59) Wahgi River (Goroka) - Lae - Salamaua flown cover, signed and endorsed by the pilot, Ian Grabowsky for Guinea Airways. Grabowsky carried the first airmails to and from Goroka at the time that the Leahy Brothers Expedition was active in the Wahgi Valley. [Only 5 flown]. Cat.$2000. Ex Ray Kelly. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,750StatusCLOSED! Lot 238 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1 Dec.1936 (AAMC.P109) Sydney - Salamaua cover, flown for W.R. Carpenter & Co, postmarked on arrival 10.12.36, signed by pilot R.O.Mant. [Only 5 flown]. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 239 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 10th Jan.1937 Sydney to Salamaua (AAMC.P110b) carried on Mandated Airlines DH 84 Dragon return flight with KGV 1d green tied by ENMORE '9JA37' datestamp on departure and New Guinea 1d Huts optd 'OS' pair cancelled with BRISBANE '21JA37' datestamp on arrival back from New Guinea by surface mail, signed by pilot R.O. Mant, very scarce with only five flown, Cat $900. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 240 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 4 June 1937 (AAMC.P113) Kokopo - Brisbane Emergency flight cover carried by pilots Gatenby & Marshall in a Gannett. The flight was necessitated by volcanic eruptions at Rabaul. The Gannett VH-UYE was the first Australian built plane to be flown overseas. Endorsed and signed by the postmaster. Ex Ray Kelly. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 241 NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 4th Dec.1941 (AAMC.P.154) Rabaul to Sydney endorsed "Carried First Non-Stop/Night Flight - Rabaul - Sydney/per Catalina Flying boat/RAAF/Squadron Leader Davis Commdr/Left Rabaul 5pm 4.12.41" and signed by the pilot "J.Davis", with 5d Undated Bird adhesive cancelled in manuscript "5pm/4-12-41/Rabaul, Enmore Arrival backstamp. Seriously undercatalogued at $275 as only five flown. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $350Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding 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 Lot 243 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1928 (Nov 21) Port Moresby-USA Internal Airmail Combination Franking AAMC.P1a on registered cover to East Orange, NJ with Lakatois ½d (14) & 2d pair tied 'PORT MORESBY/PAPUA' datestamps, red/white registration label, cover carried by ship to Australia and then to West Coast of America, USA 5c Beacon Airmail tied by 'SAN FRANCISCO/JAN20/CALIF/1929' transit to the reverve paying the domestic airmail fee, fine condition, Cat. $800. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 244 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Pacific Islands Survey Flight: Sept. - Dec.1926 (AAMC.P2) 25 Sept.1926 Sydney - Lindenhafen, New Guinea, via Daru and Port Moresby with THURSDAY ISLAND 10 OC 26 cds applied in transit: A cover flown 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 SymbolC View details Estimate$16,000 - $20,000Price Realized$14,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 245 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1926 (Oct.11) Pacific Islands Survey Flight AAMC.P2a with Biplane over Map illustration in blue, addressed to NSW with Lakatois 1½d on face plus 1½d & 3d on reverse all cancelled by DARU '11OC26' datestamps, cover flown by Group Captain Richard Williams internally to Port Moresby, a couple of trivial blemishes, A great rarity of Papuan Aerophilately with only six of the 50 covers carried bearing Papua frankings, Cat. $17,500. Ceremuga Certificate (2009). SymbolC View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 246 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1928 (May 9) Port Moresby-Salamaua-Lae-Wau AAMC.P17 cover endorsed "PER MORLAE AIRLINE/PORT MORESBY & LAE" with Lakatois 1½d (2) cancelled in large manuscript "9.5.29", carried by Ray Parer in a DH-9, fine condition. The only known cover carried on the flight, Cat. $2000. Ex Billy Houston & Roger Lee. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 247 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 21 July 1930 (AAMC.P20) Port Moresby - Salamaua cover, flown and signed by Ray Parer for Morlae Airlines Ltd. Cat.$325. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 248 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 13 Mar.1931 (AAMC.P29) Port Moresby - Salamaua, cover flown by Guinea Airways, arrival datestamp 14.3.31 at Salamaua. Ex Gill. [Only four examples recorded.]. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 249 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 20 Dec. 1932 (AAMC.P51) Kokoda-Salamaua long cover with Lakatois 3d 'AIR MAIL' overprint plus Pictorials set to 2/- tied 'KOKODA ND/NEW GUINEA' d/s carried by F Drayton in a Guinea Airways Junkers F13, minor aging marks on a couple of stamp perfs only, Cat. $850. Only 10 covers flown. The pilot was killed in a crash at Wau six days later. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 250 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 26 Aug. & 26 Sept.1933 (AAMC.P66) Port Moresby - Rabaul intermediate flight covers (2): Port Moresby - Samarai Reg'd (26 Aug.) & Port Moresby - Talasea (26 Sept.); the delay in the flight caused by the need for repairs following a forced landing on the Mambare River. Cat.$600. SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 251 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1 Oct.1934 (AAMC.P73) Sydney - Port Moresby flown cover, signed by the pilot, Sidney Marshall in his Westland Widgeon III. [Only 5 covers flown]. Cat.$600. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 252 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 31 Aug.1935 (AAMC.P88) Daru - Oroville Police Camp (D'Albertis Junction) cover, flown and signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion Seaplane; with receipt endorsement on reverse signed by Cecil Cowley. [81 flown]. Cat.$250. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 253 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 5-9 Nov.1935 (AAMC.P93) Port Moresby - Oroville Police Camp cover, flown and signed by Sturat Campbell in a Short Scoin Seaplane; also signed and dated on reverse by Cecil Cowley, the O.I.C. [89 flown]. Cat.$300. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 254 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 5 Nov.- 1 Dec.1935 (AAMC.P94) Port Moresby - Oroville Police Camp - Daru cover, flown and signed by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scoin Seaplane; also signed and dated on reverse by Cecil Cowley, the O.I.C. DARU arrival cds on front. [Only 12 flown]. Cat.$700. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 255 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 17 Mar.1936 (AAMC.P97) cover flown Port Moresby - Daru on Second Archbold Expedition per flying boat "Kono", signed by pilot R. Archbold, Daru arrival 18.3.36 backstamp. [12 flown].The objectives of the expedition were to explore the Fly River and to collect specimens. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 256 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 31 Oct.1937 (AAMC.P121) Lake Kutubu - Port Moresby, cover flown for Guinea Airways and signed by pilot, A.A Koch, endorsed by officer-in-charge 'Ivan Champion'. [17 flown]. This flight was intended to depart on October 11 (see P117) but was delayed by engine trouble until the 31st; the few covers carried being postmarked on arrival. SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 257 PAPUA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 20 Jan.1938 (AAMC.P123) Sydney - Cape York cover flown and signed by Barbara Hitchins in her Gispy Moth "Felicity", endorsement at left and cancelled (25.1.38) on arrival at Cape York en route for Port Poresby. [5 flown]. SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 258 PARAGUAY: 1932 (Sept.) Paraguay - Germany per "Graf Zeppelin" registered to Australia with flight cachets including oval 'SERVICIO AEREO/CONDOR-ZEPPELIN/TRANSATLANTICO' on the flap, German 'FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (BODENSEE)/21.9.32/MIT LUFTSCHIFF/GRAF ZEPPELIN/BEFORDERT' transit backstamp overstruck with SYDNEY datestamp, 'CENTRAL CONCORD/24OC32/NSW' arrival b/s. Very few Zeppelin covers, either to or from Australia, have been recorded. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 259 SOUTH AFRICA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 27th Dec 1911 Kenilworth - Muizenberg 'FIRST SOUTH-AFRICAN AERIAL POST' PPC with C.O.G.H. KEVII 1d tied by superb strike of 'FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN/KENILWORTH/Dec-27-11/AERIAL POST cachet with KENILWORTH CAPE datestamp alongside, similar MUIZENBERG 'Dec-27-11' arrival cachet with datestamp alongside, couple of very minor blemishes. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 260 THAILAND- Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 6th May 1926 Thailand - Denmark cover flown by Herschend & Petersen endorsed with "BY DANISH FOKKER AEROPLANES 1926/Bangkok to Copenhagen" cachet at upper left and signed by pilot TP Herschend beneath, franked with 2s on 14stg block of 4 cancelled with central strike of Bangkok datestamp, 'ROYAL SIAMESE LEGATION COPENHAGEN/(Garuda bird)' at lower left. Ex Frommer. SymbolC View details Estimate$260 - $300Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next