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Aviation | The Centenary of the Ross & Keith Smith flight and the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (#450) Closed

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Lot 12731 May 1928 (AAMC.122) USA - Australia cover flown by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner & Harry Lyon in the Fokker FV11B-3M 'Southern Cross' on the first crossing of the Pacific by air franked with USA Washington 2c tied 'OAKLAND/MAY29/ CALIF/1928' duplex cancel and Australia KGV 1½d x2 tied 'SYDNEY-39/14JE28/NSW' arrival cds alongside, plus enclosed Union Oil Company of California letter stating "... carried to Australia ... on the first trans-Pacific flight

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$13,000
Estimate: $16,000 - $20,000

Aviation | The Centenary of the Ross & Keith Smith flight and the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (#450) Closed

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  • 31 May 1928 (AAMC.122) USA - Australia cover flown by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner & Harry Lyon in the Fokker FV11B-3M 'Southern Cross' on the first crossing of the Pacific by air franked with USA Washington 2c tied 'OAKLAND/MAY29/
  • 31 May 1928 (AAMC.122) USA - Australia cover flown by Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner & Harry Lyon in the Fokker FV11B-3M 'Southern Cross' on the first crossing of the Pacific by air franked with USA Washington 2c tied 'OAKLAND/MAY29/ - 2