Description:

1914 (July 16) Melbourne-Sydney #4 cover flown by Maurice Guillaux in his Bleriot monoplane on the first Australian official airmail flight with Kangaroo 1d red tied violet oval 'AUSTRALIAN/AERIAL MAIL/MELBOURNE/16-JUL-1914/VIC' handstamp and 'SYDNEY/18JY14/64' arrival datestamp on back, slightly shortened at top not affecting stamp or markings, Cat $5,000. [although approximately 1785 items were carried, almost all of these were postcards, and only two covers are known to exist]