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1934 (Aug 23) Sydney-Melbourne #398 Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, Mascot Aerodrome cover endorsed "1st flight Sydney to Melbourne Monoplane 'Lady Southern Cross' Aug 1934" signed "C Kingsford Smith" on face carried by him and PG Taylor, franked with Victorian Centenary 2d orange tied Melbourne'23AUG/1934' cancel on arrival, couple of minor blemishes, Cat $1,000. [This record-breaking flight in 2 hours 11 minutes was undertaken to prove the reliability of Lockheed Altair for carriage of regular mails and a very small unofficial mail was carried; the John Cress example sold for $915]