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Tom Frommer’s Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails (#116MG) Closed

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Lot 221919 (Oct 21) England-Australia #26 cover endorsed "per Capt Mathews' aeroplane" franked with India KGV 1a red tied 'SYDNEY/19JE20' datestamp on arrival carried by GC Matthews & TD Kay in a Sopwith Wallaby on their England-Australia Air Race Flight from India to Bali, Netherlands Indies where their plane crashed smashing both wings, forwarded with plane and crew to Australia on board the SS Roggeveen arriving 11 June 1920, Cat $3,250.

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$2,200 (2 bids)
Estimate: $2,000

Tom Frommer’s Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails (#116MG) Closed

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  • 1919 (Oct 21) England-Australia #26 cover endorsed "per Capt Mathews' aeroplane" franked with India KGV 1a red tied 'SYDNEY/19JE20' datestamp on arrival carried by GC Matthews & TD Kay in a Sopwith Wallaby on their England-Australia Air Race Flight from I
  • 1919 (Oct 21) England-Australia #26 cover endorsed "per Capt Mathews' aeroplane" franked with India KGV 1a red tied 'SYDNEY/19JE20' datestamp on arrival carried by GC Matthews & TD Kay in a Sopwith Wallaby on their England-Australia Air Race Flight from I - 2
  • 1919 (Oct 21) England-Australia #26 cover endorsed "per Capt Mathews' aeroplane" franked with India KGV 1a red tied 'SYDNEY/19JE20' datestamp on arrival carried by GC Matthews & TD Kay in a Sopwith Wallaby on their England-Australia Air Race Flight from I - 3