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 201-261 of 261. Previous|123|Next Lot 201 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Great Britain - Accelerated By Airmail: 1911 (Sept. 12 & 13) fourth and fifth day use of purple-brown postcards at inaugural British air mail service, to Sydney and Melbourne respectively, latter paid at ½d internal rate only and accordingly taxed 1d upon arrival. (2) SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! Lot 202 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Great Britain - Accelerated By Airmail: 1911 (Sept. 14) sixth day use of purple-brown postcard with Organizing Committee printed inscription on reverse for inaugural British air mail service, to Cessnock. The only recorded example of this special printing to Australia. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 203 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Great Britain - Interrupted Mail to Australia:1929 (Oct 24) cover London to Cohuna Victoria franked 4½d for 1½d Empire rate plus airmail surcharge 3d per oz to Iraq, boarded Oct 26 on Imperial Airways flight IE31, which was to experience dual aircraft incidents in Egypt: (i) City of Alexandria upon landing Oct 30 for refueling at Mersa Mutruh experienced a wingtip striking a buoy, the aircraft was damaged... SymbolC View details Estimate$1,600 - $2,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 204 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Gold Coast: 1938-39 covers from same correspondence Tarkwa to Mt Lawley (WA) bearing varying franking compositions for 1/9d per ½oz combined airmail rate with 1938 original perf issues, indications for Imperial Airways service including only known use to Australia of 'Per IMPERIAL/AIR MAIL' handstamp, later item with good strike Gold Coast censor hexagonal handstamp (code '5') in red... SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $400Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot 205 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Gold Coast: 1940-41 censored covers from Dunkwa and Accra to NSW at reduced 1/3d combined airmail rate per ½oz, reasonable strikes of Gold Coast censor hexagonal handstamps, codes '8' and '6', sealing tapes of distinct stocks, very scarce to this destination. SymbolC View details Estimate$320 - $360StatusCLOSED! Lot 206 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Iraq - Accelerated By Airmail: 1927 (Jan. 21) cover specially inscribed for Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo airmail service addressed to Mt Duneed Victoria, bearing British Occupation of Iraq 1a block of six tied by Basrah double-circle (and Jan 23 Cairo arrival slogan), representing UPU 3a + airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x2, endorsed in pencil on front '1st Service'... SymbolC View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! Lot 207 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Iraq - Accelerated By Airmail: 1929 (Oct. 31) registered cover Iraq to Cairns Queensland endorsed 'BAGHDAD-KARACHI' (minor contemporary ink stains) bearing British Occupation of Iraq 3a (2, one on reverse) and 6a tied by Sula Mani datestamp, 'SULAIMANI' blue/white provisional registration label, representing UPU 4½a rate (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x3 plus 3a registration... SymbolC View details Estimate$450 - $600StatusCLOSED! Lot 208 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Iraq: 1941 (July 11) 'O.A.S.' cover to Melbourne franked 125f, stamps tied by 'FPO/Nº 48' datestamp, Unit and Field censor handstamps. SymbolC View details Estimate$140 - $180StatusCLOSED! Lot 209 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika: 1933 (Nov. 4) Thos Cook & Son Ltd (Nairobi) cover to branch in Melbourne franked aggregate 65c for combined airmail rate per ½oz to Cairo only, fine strike of 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A CAIRO' handstamp applied at Nairobi, the only example recorded to Australia, carried by Imperial Airways service (flight AN140), backstamped Cairo, Port Said. Important item. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 210 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika:1933 (Nov. 28) use of QSL card from Nairobi to Colac Victoria endorsed 'BY AIR/MAIL/VIA CAPETOWN' and bearing 25c franking for combined airmail postcard rate, carried by Imperial Airways service to Cape Town (flight AS143), extremely early and rare use of airmail postcard. SymbolC View details Estimate$260 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 211 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika: 1940-41 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' covers from same correspondence to Goulburn NSW, varying compositions for civilian 1s30 single rate, 'APO/U/MPK/6' and 'APS/EAF' datestamps, both with 'PASSED/BY/MILITARY/CENSOR/No 258' duly signed and earlier additionally with boxed handstamp 'OHMS/N 258/MILITARY/FRANKED', one little roughly opened, very scarce pair. (2) SymbolC View details Estimate$260 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 212 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Lithuania: 1937-38 D. Fain (Kaunas) covers to Henry B Smith Melbourne, varying compositions for 3L40 rate (UPU 60c plus airmail surcharge 2L80 per 10gms), two types of 'Par avion' etiquette, one with currency control tape affixed to reverse (tied by Kaunas datestamp), backstampings of Berlin and Melbourne, unusually fine aside from couple small stains. (3) SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 213 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Malaya - Straits Settlements: 1940 (Sept. 28) Fraser & Co (Singapore) dual censored cover to Brisbane with unusual franking composition for 55c combined airmail rate, comprising (front and reverse) 1c, 2c (11) and 4c block of eight, triangular 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/49/SINGAPORE' handstamp, unusually in black rather than violet, additionally with Brisbane Censor tape/handstamp applied. Attractive. SymbolC View details Estimate$140 - $180Price Realized$110StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 214 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Malaya - Johore: 1937 (Dec. 23) use of formular Registered Letter Johore Bahru to Wahroonga NSW with typewritten 'QUANTAS' (sic), franked 25c and 40c for combined airmail rate 25c per ½oz x2 plus 15c registration, backstamped Singapore, Darwin, TPO 2 South NSW, and Relief 'ME/NSW' (Wahroonga). Fine and attractive. SymbolC View details Estimate$220 - $260StatusCLOSED! Lot 215 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Malta: 1931-32 covers from Valletta to Melbourne or Canowindra NSW franked 10½d and 4½d for double and single airmail surcharge to Italy (3d per ½oz), thence by surface to Australia, former registered and with three Australian backstamps, latter with bold double-circle 'AIR MAIL/MALTA' handstamp in violet. (2) SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 216 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Malta: 1944 (Feb. 7) registered cover Notabile to Babinda Queensland, redirected Brisbane, franked 4½d strip of four plus 1d tied by 'NOTABILE BO/MALTA' double-circle cds, scarce Malta 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER DD/26' tape and '1' within circle handstamp in violet, Perth, Babinda, Brisbane transit/arrivals. [Despite use of airmail, journey took virtually three months; such were the vagaries of wartime services] SymbolC View details Estimate$240 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 217 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Mozambique: 1940 (June 27) censored Blue Star Line cover from Lourenço Marques to Sydney redirected Double Bay franked aggregated 15E05, representing UPU 1E75 plus airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2 (overpaid), sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (likely flight NE3), Egyptian Censor tape/handstamp. Extremely rare origin/destination. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 218 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Netherlands: 1938 (Jan. 7) Express airmail cover (255x170mm) Amsterdam to Argus newspaper Melbourne franked aggregate 17g92½, including Wilhelmina 5g x3 (including a pair), representing UPU 80c (180-200gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 40c per 5gms x42 plus 32½c Express delivery, backstamped Melbourne. Record pre-war franking to Australia. SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $450StatusCLOSED! Lot 219 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Netherland Antilles - Curacao: 1938 (Dec. 29) Lago Oil & Transport Co (Aruba) St Nicolaas registered cover to Canberra bearing 1931 Air 60c pair, handstamped 'PAR AVION JUSQU'AUX E.U.A./BY AIRMAIL TO U.S.A.', rate representing KLM service UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 85c per 5gms to USA via Puerto Rico plus 20c registration, backstamped Aruba Oranjestad (and with that registration label affixed), San Juan, Mia SymbolC View details Estimate$240 - $280StatusCLOSED! Lot 220 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Netherland Antilles - Curacao: 1941 (Dec. 12) Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken (Willemstad) dual censored cover to Sydney franked 1931 Air franking aggregate 1g30 for PanAm service UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 1g15 per 5gms, triangular Curaçao Censor handstamp, Sydney Censor tape/handstamp applied upon arrival, trifle creased. SymbolC View details Estimate$140 - $180StatusCLOSED! Lot 221 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Netherland Indies: 1940 (June 25) censored cover Medan to Melbourne franked 35c carried on inaugural Horseshoe flight, a rare commercial intermediate, confirmed by Melbourne Club arrival time clock (Jul 1), rare 'Militaire/(arms)/Censuur - Medan' label and handstamped '2' lower right corner, small blemishes, AAMC.903d. SymbolC View details Estimate$240 - $280StatusCLOSED! Lot 222 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Nicaragua: 1932 (Feb. 27) The Anglo-South American Bank (Managua) registered cover to Sydney bearing aggregate franking (both sides) 1cor27½ for airmail to USA only, backstamped San Francisco, Sydney, very early and attractive. SymbolC View details Estimate$140 - $180StatusCLOSED! Lot 223 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: North Borneo: 1940 (Oct. 29) censored cover from Kudat to Sydney endorsed 'By BOAC' for Horseshoe route, bearing aggregate franking of 60c for post-EAMS combined airmail rate 60c per ½oz, rare framed 'PASSED BY/12/CENSOR/NORTH BORNEO' handstamp. SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $450StatusCLOSED! Lot 224 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Poland: 1934 (Aug-Nov) Markus Silberberg (Lodz) covers to Henry B Smith (Melbourne), with attractive franking compositions of 360g and 365g via Karachi Imperial Airways service (flights IE283 and 294), earlier with manuscript 'poczta lotnicza' on front and 'CHALLENGE 1934' segmented (Aug 21 1934) backstamp. (2) SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 225 Sudan: 1934 (Dec. 8) registered cover Khartoum to Brisbane, which joined the Imperial Airways first service to be extended from Singapore to Australia, AAMC #469f, bearing aggregate franking 10p20, representing 10p combined airmail rate per ½oz plus 20m registration, message on flap indicating this was commercial in nature, although typical of the era sender concludes with 'Keep this envelope as a curio SymbolC View details Estimate$180 - $240Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot 226 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Switzerland 1937 (July-Aug.) trio of attractive frankings featuring 1923 Air and/or 1936-37 Surcharges, rated 1f90, 2f70 and 3f80 (registered), last with pair 'AROSA' poster stamps on reverse. (3) SymbolC View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusCLOSED! Lot 227 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: United States - Accelerated By Airmail: 1926 (Nov. 22) cover San Diego to Sydney with handstamped 'Via Air Mail' paid at 24c for airmail service California-New York for connection to Trans-Atlantic liner, the next air link in that direction being the RAF conducted Cairo-Baghdad service, backstamped San Francisco. The only example of this rate to Australia recorded by the vendor. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! Lot 228 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Commercial Airmail Inwards to Australasia: Yugoslavia: 1938 (Nov. 26) registered cover from Samobor to Melbourne bearing 25d50 aggregate franking, comprising 1937 Air 2d50 x2, 10d pair and 50p, representing UPU 3d rate plus airmail surcharge 19d50 per 10gms plus 3d registration, backstamped Samobor, Zemun, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne, Camberwell. SymbolC View details Estimate$140 - $180StatusCLOSED! 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 Lot 261 A RELIC OF THE FIRST EVER HUMAN ROBOTIC-RETURNED SAMPLE FROM ANOTHER COSMIC BODY, ACHIEVED BY THE SOVIET RUSSIAN LANDING ON THE MOON - SEPTEMBER 1970 View details Estimate$500,000 - $750,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next
