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1932 (Dec) Bertram "Atlantis" Expedition Australia-Germany return flight per "Atlantis" intermediate Melbourne-Darwin #240 cancelled on arrival, signed 56 years later by the co-pilot "GU Allan"!, Cat $600. Only 12 carried, but the AAMC states that "some" of these were re-flown in 1937: see the next lot. [The lot includes two small photographs: 1) of Hans Bertram on the wing of his plane, taken at Darwin; and 2) of Bertram & Allan at Soerabaja, a modern reprint.