Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#459) 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 1-67 of 67. Previous|1|Next Lot 263 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1931-34 selection including 1931 Australia-Java AAMC.204, 1934 (Apr.) Australia-NZ-Australia AAMC.371 (4), 1934 (July) Australia-Papua, Papua-Australia (2), Australia-Papua-Australia (3) & Australia-New Guinea-Australia (2), 1934 (Nov.) Melbourne-Portland postcard AAMC.461 (2), 1934 Australia-England AAMC.470 (4); also New Zealand 1934 (Feb.) NZ-Australia NZAMC.81e; some with mild toning, condition generally good to fine. (20 items) SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 264 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1932-35 flight cover selection comprising 1932 England-Australia Kingsford Smith flown AAMC.245, 1934 Trans-Tasman #389 signed by Ulm, 1934 Australia-Papua/NewGuinea boomerang covers (3) two signed by Ulm, 1934 Melbourne-Portland Autogiro Flight #461 (2, one with newspaper cuttings hinged to reverse), 1934 (Dec.8) Australia-England Imperial/Qantas FF #469 & 1935 (Feb.1), England-Australia both registered, 1935 Jubilee Air Mail signed by Kingsford Smith ( SymbolC View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 265 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: June 1914 (AAMC.2) Melbourne - Sydney Official Souvenir postcards for proposed first official airmail flight by 'Wizard' Stone which was cancelled following a crash on 1 June which extensively damaged the plane and badly injured Stone, the cards subsequently carried by rail with the Kangaroo 1d tied by 'SYDNEY/AU24/NSW/1914' roller cancels on arrival, the former with 'WIZARD STONE' crossed out and replaced by manuscript 'Guillaux Pilot', the latter with SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 266 20-27 February 1917 (AAMC.12) Hamilton to Melbourne flown souvenir card, carried by Basil Watson in his home-built bi-plane. With a delightful hand-written message referring to the much anticipated flight. Unusually fine condition. Cat.$600. SymbolPC View details Estimate$400 - $450Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 267 20-27 February 1917 (AAMC.13) Casterton to Melbourne flown souvenir card, carried by Basil Watson in his home-built bi-plane. With a delightful hand-wrirren message referring to Watson's flying exhibition and the fact that the writer has taken a "snap" of him. Unusually fine condition. Cat.$600. SymbolPC View details Estimate$350 - $400Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 268 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 4 Aug.1919 (AAMC.19) Major Norman Brearley in an Avro biplane dropped a batch of advertising postcards for Charles Moore & Co over Perth and suburbs. [This example is one of 6 known.]NB: The Nelson Eustis example sold for $3260 in our March 2008 auction of his gold medal collection. SymbolPC View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot 269 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 6 August (AAMC.20) Adelaide - Minlaton, special postcard [#35] carried by Captain Harry Butler in his Bristol monoplane, the "Red Devil"; reverse with photo of Butler, printed message and printed signature. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. SymbolPC View details Estimate$450 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 270 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 6 Aug.1919 (AAMC.21b) Adelaide - Minlaton Harry SymbolPC View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusCLOSED! Lot 271 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 6 Aug.1919 (AAMC.21e) Adelaide - Minlaton Flights Harry Butler souvenir postcard with printed message re. Unley Aviation Day at the Unley Oval; unused. Cat.$650. SymbolPC View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 272 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 3-4 Sept. 1919 (AAMC.23) Hobart - Launceston cover with Peace Loan advertising and KGV 1½d brown, carried by ED Cummings in a Sopwith Pup on the first aerial mail flight in Tasmania, with violet two-line 'FIRST TAS. AERO MAIL/DPMG' handstamp and 'LAUNCESTON/-5SE19/TASMANIA' arrival backstamp, very fine with only 6 examples believed to have survived, Cat $4000. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection. SymbolC View details Estimate$3,000 - $3,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 273 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) Batavia - Sydney intermediate, 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, #14 in the Frommer listing (illustrated at page 25) is one of the more spectacular examples, bearing advertising for the "Ora SymbolC View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 274 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE FAMOUS ROSS SMITH VIGNETTE Nov. - Dec.1919 (AAMC.27b, Frommer 1a) 'FIRST AERIAL POST / ENGLAND/ AUSTRALIA' "Ross Smith" vignette complete with full margins, very fresh, lightly mounted in margins only, the vignette being unhinged. Very Rare in this superb condition. BPA certificate (2002). Cat.$18,000. Provenance: Lucien Toutounji Gold Medal collection. Symbol** * View details Estimate$12,000 - $15,000Price Realized$11,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 275 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27d) A Ross Smith "FIRST AERIAL POST" vignette, Mint with gum, but without margins. Rare and fine. This is example M3 in Frommer's listing, illustrated at page 130. Symbol* View details Estimate$7,000 - $8,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 276 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 30 July 1920 (AAMC.47) Melbourne - Traralgon cover, flown by Captain E.W. Leggett for "The Herald & Weekly Times"; with special purple of yellow "By HERALD AERIAL DELIVERY" vignette attractively tied on the front of the envelope which also bears a Victorian 1½d adhesive + Queensland ½d tied on arrival at Traralgon. [Of 266 items reported to have been flown, very few appear to have survived]. Provenance: Tom Frommer Air Mail Labels & Vingettes 1920 - 19 SymbolC View details Estimate$1,800 - $2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 277 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: July 1920 (AAMC.47a) "By HERALD AERIAL DELIVERY" vignette, Unused with full gum. Small gum thin from previous hinge removal. Extremely scarce. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. Symbol* View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 278 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 27 Sept.1920 (AAMC.51e, Frommer 4b) For the "Herald & Weekly Times" promotional flight from Melbourne to Longreach for "Pals" boy's magazine, 'Pals Air Mail' vignettes in red were prepared; a complete block of 4 with selvedge; extremely rare, with only 4 such blocks believed to exist. Provenence: F.W. Hill, Tom Frommer Symbol* View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 279 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 17 Apr.1922 (AAMC.63, Frommer 5d1) "The Herald & Weekly Times" experimental air mail flight Melbourne - Geelong & return: cover to Geelong with two corner examples of the 'Herald Air Mail' vignette in light blue. Very few covers are recorded bearing multiple vignettes. Provenance: Tom Frommer Collection of Air Mail Labels & Vignettes 1920 - 1960, Charles Leski Auctions, May 2005. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot 280 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 5 Nov.1922 (AAMC.66c) Winton - Longreach QANTAS flown cover, an intermediate carried without the red on white vignette; backflap of envelope printed for "McMaster, Vickery & Field, OBAN" and addressed to Dr. F.A.Hope Michod. Some tone spots and roughly opened at back. Cat.$7500. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 281 30 June 1930 (AAMC.67a) Perth - Reading, Pennsylvania USA, airmail cover bearing 3d Airmails (2) paying for the internal airmail leg + the Trans-Pacific by boat to San Francisco + US 5c Airmail (tied by Perth & Reading cds's) for air delivery to the East Coast. A fine example of this combination arrangement, which ended the following day. Cat.from $500. SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $400StatusCLOSED! Lot 282 7 June 1924 (AAMC.72) Sydney - Adelaide flown cover, carried by Australian Aerial Services Ltd on their inaugural service via Mildura, Hay, Narrandera and Cootamundra. Cat. $550. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 283 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 7 June 1924 (AAMC.72a) Sydney - Adelaide intermediate Sydney - Narrandera with KGV 4½d tied by 'NEWTOWN/4JE24/NSW' cds, very fine, Cat $550+. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! Lot 284 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: "BY AIR MAIL" black on green labels (Frommer 7d & 9d): 11 June 1924 Tambo to Longreach flown cover with the dark green label; 16 April 1926 (Melbourne) - Charleville - Longreach flown cover with light green label. (2 covers). SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 285 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: "See Western Queensland BY AIR MAIL" black on red labels (Frommer 18d) used on four covers: 22 May 1925 from Cloncurry to Charleville; 27 May 1927 Camooweal to Cessnock; 10 Dec. 1928 Normanton to Cairns; and 31 March 1930 (AAMC.155) Brisbane to Cairns. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 286 Australian Aerophilately - 22 July 1925 (AAMC.83) Sydney - Broken Hill flown cover carried by A.A.S. on their inaugural flight linking several new intermediates. Lovely 3-colour franking. Cat.$300. SymbolC View details Estimate$180 - $220StatusCLOSED! Lot 287 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 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$1,250 - $1,500Price Realized$1,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 288 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 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 SymbolC View details Estimate$2,000 - $2,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 289 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE PACIFIC ISLANDS SURVEY FLIGHT BY RICHARD WILLIAMS 25 Sept.1926 (AAMC.102) A specially printed cover flown and signed by Group Captain Richard Williams on his survey flight which originated in Melbourne. This example addressed to the Air Board, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne with datestamps of "SYDNEY", "THURSDAY ISLAND 10 OC 26", "KIETA 31 OC 26" and "SAMARAI 29 NOV 26". An exceptional piece. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski SymbolC View details Estimate$17,500 - $20,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 290 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE FIRST CROSSING OF THE PACIFIC BY AIR 31 May 1928 (AAMC.122) USA - Australia cover flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, J Warner & H Lyon in the Fokker FV11B-3M 'Southern Cross' on the first crossing of the Pacific by air, franked with USA Airmail 10c Map (5) and 5c Roosevelt uncancelled but endorsed "carried across the Pacific Ocean from California to Australia" signed "JW Warner, Radio Opr" on face and further endorsed and signed by th SymbolC View details Estimate$15,000 - $17,500Price Realized$12,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 291 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE LAST LEG OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT 8-9 June 1928 (AAMC.122b) Fiji - Australia cover, flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, J Warner & H Lyon on the first crossing of the Pacific by air endorsed 'Per Aeroplane "Southern Cross from Fiji by courtesy of Captain Kingsford Smith' and "This Envelope was carried across the Pacific Ocean from Fiji to Australia" signed "Jas W Warner, Radio Opr" and also signed "C Kingsford Smith" and "Lieut Comd SymbolC View details Estimate$9,000 - $10,000Price Realized$10,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 292 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 13-14 October 1928 (AAMC.126) New Zealand (Blenheim) - Australia (Sydney) flown cover carried by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, HA Litchfield & T McWilliams endorsed 'Per Aeroplane "Southern Cross" By Air from New Zealand to Australia' and signed "C Kingsford-Smith" and "CTP Ulm" on face; addressed to his mother 'Mrs W.C. Kingsford-Smith' and franked NZ Admiral 1d red tied by 'BLENHEIM/13OC28/NZ' datestamp with 'RICHMOND/14OC28/NSW' arrival alongs SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$3,000 - $3,500Price Realized$3,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 293 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Oct.1929 (AAMC.145b) Eyre Peninsula Airways Ltd vignette (black on pink), block.(4). Extremely rare in blocks. Cat.$750. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, Leski Auctions, March 2008. Symbol* ** View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 294 Australian Aerophilately - 1 Jan.1930 (AAMC.149) Brisbane - Sydney registered first flight cover carried by Australian National Airways; the "Southern Sky" crashed at Ballina and was collected the next day in another ANA plane. Backstamped registered covers are scarce. Cat.$225+. [ANA Ltd was a partnership formed by Charles Kingsford Smith & Charles Ulm]. SymbolC View details Estimate$150 - $175Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 295 Australian Aerophilately - 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$300 - $325StatusCLOSED! Lot 296 Australian Aerophilately - 19 Feb.1930 (AAMC.152a) Brunette Downs - Camooweal 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$300 - $325StatusCLOSED! Lot 297 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Mar.1930 (AAMC.156ad; Frommer 34b) Queensland Air Navigation Co., black & white "chequerboard" (12 squares) 'BY AIR MAIL ONLY' vignette, in a vertical strip of 7, as issued, with roulettes for separating the units. Symbol** * View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 298 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1930 (AAMC.163c) 3d Green airmail stamp, complete booklet of 12 stamps + 12 airmail labels; covers black on bright violet-blue with "AIR MAIL SAVES TIME" on front. Unusually fresh. The Australian 3d green airmail stamp issued on 20 May 1929 was later made available in booklets of 12 stamps. The first cover design and wording used for 50,000 booklets although a very small percentage of those survive intact today. [See also SG. SB24]. Provenance: The Nel SymbolB ** View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 299 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1930 (AAMC.163e) 3d Green Airmail stamp, complete booklet of 12 stamps + 12 airmail labels; covers black on pale green with "USE THE AIR MAIL" on front. Unusually fresh. The Australian 3d green airmail stamp issued on 20 May 1929 was later made available in booklets of 12 stamps. This cover design and wording was used after July 1935 to include reference to the Australia - Singapore - England Airmail Service although a very small number of these survive SymbolB ** View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,750Price Realized$1,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 300 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1 Aug.1930 Amsterdam to Hamburg flown cover headed "Southern Cross Herdenking" [Commemoration], signed by Charles Kingsford Smith and carried by him on a commercial flight following his trans-Atlantic flight in June 1930. Kingsford Smith had been staying with Anthony Fokker while recuperating from an illness before returning to Australia. [35 covers thus carried.] SymbolC View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 301 6 June 1931 (AAMC.184a) Lord Howe Island - Sydney cover, numbered #118, flown, endorsed and signed (front & rear) by Francis Chichester. The flight from Lord Howe was delayed following a typhoon which had overturned his plane, "Miss Elijah". (approx. 110 - 130 flown). Cat.$650. Provenance: Frank E. Adams SymbolC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 302 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1931 Qantas 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' white/grey booklet pane of 8 (Frommer 38b), superb unmounted, Cat $250. Symbol** View details Estimate$120 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 303 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$550 - $650Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 304 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1 Nov.1932 (AAMC.294b) Qantas 'TEN YEARS OF AIR MAIL PROGRESS' white/red vignette, complete sheetlet of 6 (Frommer 39b,) unmounted, Cat $175. Superb. Symbol** View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 305 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 30 Sept.1933 (AAMC.331) Mascot Aerial Derby, large souvenir postcard signed by all the competing aviators; with official yellow vignette on reverse. [Only 50 prepared]. Signatures include Jean Gardiner, J.R.Palmer, H. Broadbent, Frank Neale. AAMC:$550. Fantastic condition. GSTex GSTSymbolPC View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 306 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 10 Apr.1934 (AAMC.371) Australia-New Zealand-Australia registered flown cover, with franking incl. Australia 3d Airmail booklet stamp BW.136 for outward flight and NZ 1d Smiling Boy and 1d Pathway for the return flight, "Tax 6d" endorsement at top, usual flight cachets and backstamps. Attractive & unusual franking for this flight. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 307 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE WINNING ENTRY IN THE MACROBERTSON AIR RACEOctober 1934 (AAMC.433) England - Australia MacRobertson Air Race cover carried by the winning entry DH66 Comet 'Grosvenor House' in a total elapsed time of 71 hours and signed by both pilots "CWA Scott" and "Tom Campbell Black" on the back. Posted on arrival and returned by registered mail to England with blue R label alongside adhesives, fine condition, Cat $1,250. John Cress' similar example sold for $1,52 SymbolC View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 308 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 18 July 1935 (AAMC.516f) "Southern Cross" vignettes (4) in complete IMPERFORATE PROOF sheetlet with large untrimmed margins. Provenance: E.A. Crome. Symbol** View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 309 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 21 Aug.1936 roughly opened cover London-Melbourne, participant in the famed 'Desert incident', where Horsa on Aug 29, during Imperial Airways service flight IE473 (departed Aug.22), overshot Bahrain Aerodrome by 100kms at night, a consequence of the airfield lights not having been switched on, the pilots becoming lost and making a forced-landing in the desert, at Salwa Wells. SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 310 Australian Aerophilately - 7 Nov.1936 (AAMC.645) Darwin - Longreach flown cover, carried and signed (on reverse) by L.E.Clark in his Percival Gull. This was a short internal leg on his epic journey from England to New Zealand via Australia. Only 8 covers carried on this leg. Cat.$375, SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $275StatusCLOSED! Lot 311 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE BRISBANE - ADELAIDE AIR RACE of DECEMBER 1936: 16-18 Dec.1936 (AAMC.666) Flown cover, carried and signed by C.D. Pratt and R.T. Vincent, entrants No.35 who flew a Klemm Eagle Monoplane. [One of only 18 covers carried]. Cat.$275 SymbolC View details Estimate$180 - $220StatusCLOSED! Lot 312 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Australian Aerophilately - THE BRISBANE - ADELAIDE AIR RACE of DECEMBER 193616-18 Dec.1936 (AAMC.667) Flown cover, carried and signed by J. Len Scott,, entrant No.4 who flew a DH60 Moth. [One of only 18 covers carried]. Cat.$275 SymbolC View details Estimate$180 - $220Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 313 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Australian Aerophilately - THE BRISBANE - ADELAIDE AIR RACE of DECEMBER 193616-18 Dec.1936 (AAMC.675) Flown cover, carried and signed by A.H. Tweedle, entrant No.23 who flew an Avro Avian "Gannett". [One of only 18 covers carried]. Cat.$275 SymbolC View details Estimate$180 - $220StatusCLOSED! Lot 314 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Australian Aerophilately - THE BRISBANE - ADELAIDE AIR RACE of DECEMBER 193616-18 Dec.1936 (AAMC.680) Flown cover, carried and signed by J.C.K. MacKenzie, entrant No.10, who flew a DH60 Gipsy Moth. [One of only 14 covers carried]. Cat.$275. SymbolC View details Estimate$180 - $220Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 315 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 22 July 1939 (AAMC.873) Darwin - Dili flown intermediate, signed by the entire crew & the Minister for Civil Aviation "JV Fairbairn", Cat $300+. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 316 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 31 July 1939 (AAMC.875) Melbourne - Wau flown cover, carried and signed by the pilot, Ray Parer, who was making a delivery flight of a Boeing Transport 40B (VH-ADX); cancelled on arrival at WAU 2 AUG 39. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusCLOSED! Lot 317 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 29 May 1940 (AAMC.903) cover flown from London to Darwin and on to Adelaide carried on the Guinea Airways record-breaking flight that departed London 19.5.1940 and cancelled on arrival at Darwin 21 June; signed by the pilots "DG Cameron" & "SD Buckley", Cat $350. [Only 8 flown thus]. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 318 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 17 Jan.1941 (AAMC.912) official cover flown from Melbourne to Portuguese Timor with light DILI arrival b/s of 19.1.41 in violet, signed by the pilot "HB Hussey": Cat $400. [54 flown]. SymbolC View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 319 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: MORNIGTON ISLAND PARACHUTE MAIL COVERS: 1941 from Brisbane (AAMC.936) signed by Sims; 1942 from Sydney & Brisbane (AAMC.950 & 51) signed by Crowther; 1943 from Sydney & Brisbane (AAMC.970 & 71) signed by Caldwell; and then the post-war resumed flights, 1946 (AAMC.1089) signed by McCarthy; 1947 (AAMC.1132) signed by Bruce; and 1948 (AAMC.1199) signed by Meares. (8 covers). Cat.$1275. SymbolC View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! Lot 320 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1941-48 QANTAS 'PARACHUTE MAIL/TO MORNINGTON ISLAND' labels comprising 1941 (undated, unmounted, small thin), 1942 no gum), 1943 (unmounted), 1946 (unmounted), 1947 (no gum) & 1948 (unmounted), Cat $600. Symbol** (*) View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 321 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: Dec.1941 large-part distressed airmail cover-front to England with KGVI 3d x2 - singed, a third missing - tied by 'AIF FIELD PO/NO 24' cds in use at Hama in Lebanon (Proud "Not Seen€), endorsed "Accidentally Burned/ in Transit/28.12.41 [initials]", remnants of four British PO repair labels. [On 27.12.1941, a bag of mail was damaged in transit between FPO 24 & FPO 21 at Rayak in Syria. This new discovery is believed to be the only recorded mail... SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250StatusCLOSED! Lot 322 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: CRASH COVER: Dec.1942 airmail cover recovered from RAAF Beaufort A-119 (7 Squadron), which ditched in the sea on 9 December, near Wednesday Island (off Thursday Island), 'DAMAGED MAIL/SALVAGED FROM SEA' label affixed, signed and tied by 'FIELD P.O./0101' cds of Thursday Island. One of the rarest crash covers of Australia, missing from most major aerophilately collections. Unlisted AAMC and Nierinck. Will be included in the next edition of AAMC... SymbolC View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,200Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 323 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: THE RETURN FLIGHT OF "THE FRIGATE BIRD"10 Nov.1944 (AAMC.982) Sydney - Fanning Island flown cover, registered & censored, 'POST OFFICE/13NOV44/FANNING ISLAND' arrival b/s, signed by the pilot "PG Taylor". Cat $650. [Only 15 covers flown]. SymbolC View details Estimate$350 - $450StatusCLOSED! Lot 324 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 4 Oct.1945 (AAMC.1009) Sydney - Singapore Qantas "Coriolanus" experimental flight cover, signed by the pilots, Caldwell and Allen. This was the first post-war Qantas flight to touch-down in Singapore. The return flight, departing on 12 October, brought home 34 Australian ex-P.O.W.'s. SymbolC View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$110StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 325 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 14 Oct.1947 (AAMC.1113-1114a) Sydney - Norfolk Island & return, QANTAS flown covers, each bearing the relevant brown & lime green vignette created for these flights and accompanied by an unused example of the Norfolk Is - Sydney vignette. (3 items). Cat.$350. SymbolC (*) View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 326 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: INAUGURAL QANTAS "CONSTELLATION" SERVICE TO LONDON & RETURN: Dec.1947 (AAMC.1125a,b,c) Singapore - London and Calcutta - Sydney QANTAS flown intermediate covers, both signed by the pilots and bearing the relevant red, white and black vignettes created for these flights as well as the 25th Anniversary silver/blue vignette; accompanied by an unused example of the Sydney - London vignette and a complete pane of 5 of the 25th Anniversary vignettes. (4 items) SymbolC * View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 327 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 16 Dec. 1947 (AAMC.1128-1129a) Sydney - Japan and return, flown QANTAS covers, signed by the pilots (Morton and Harding) and each bearing the appropriate pictorial vignette created for these flights. Accompanied by an unused example of each vignette. (4 items). Cat.$500. SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 328 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 26 June 1949 (AAMC.1218,1219 & 1219a) Sydney - Hong Kong & return, QANTAS flown covers, both signed by the pilot, Captain Hampshire, and each bearing the blue, black & white vignette created for these flights; accompanied by a MUH example of the Hong Kong - Sydney vignette. (3 items). Cat.$300. SymbolC ** View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 329 AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 1963 MIPEX First Hovercraft Mail: study on exhibit pages with Ted Roberts' accepted artwork for the MIPEX illustrated souvenir cover, artwork proof & intaglio of the commemorative 'BP' cachet which was applied to covers; covers incl. long cover signed by hovercraft engineers, officials & observers incl. Purves, Eustis & Collas (APM.1791/3b), plus 10d aerogramme signed by Bonner & Sangston, parcel tags with cachets (2), plus newspaper cuttings relating to SymbolC View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
