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| AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS | ||||
| Lot | Description | Reserve | Estimate | Your Bid |
| 1389 |
1920 (3 Jul) cover flown Melbourne to Taralgon franked with Victoria QV 1½d & the large Herald Aerial Delivery label purple on buff, with special 2-ring violet h/s. Superb. AAMC 47 cat $2000+ in 2008. The best quality example we have seen. (P) |
A$1500 (US$975) (€840) (£735) |
A$2200 (US$1430) (€1232) (£1078) |
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| 1390 |
1929-35 Airmail 3d green booklet plate stamp with variety 'long wing on plane' on 1931 Registered FFC Launceston to Sydney - 1st Aerial Mail, 1 MY 31 with 5d on 4½d violet KGV & 3d Airmail with variety 'long wing', special flight cachet in violet on back. VF. AAMC 197. SG115b, ACSC 136d(var). Very rare on cover. |
A$800 (US$520) (€448) (£392) |
A$1200 (US$780) (€672) (£588) |
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| 1391 |
1934 (19 Nov) First Melbourne - Cootamundra Air Race. Only 6 carried, signed by pilot CA Butler. VF. Rare. AAMC 462 cat $425. (P) |
A$200 (US$130) (€112) (£98) |
A$300 (US$195) (€168) (£147) |
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| 1392 |
1936 Australia - USA Zeppelin Hindenburg flight cover franked Def 50c (3), Byrd 3c, Airmail 25c & Special Delivery 16c (2), some tied by 'New York May 11 1936' where endorsed 'Posted at New York under cover to Postmaster Brisbane' with 1936 Cable 3d blue tied by 'Brisbane Ship room 29 MY 36' cds, then somehow sent to Philippines where last 3 USA stamps tied by 'Manila JUN 15' cds for return to New York. With Lakehurst-Frankfurt Hindenburg flight cachet & with final b/s 'NY June 24'. Sieger 409. Extremely rare combination. (P) |
A$950 (US$618) (€532) (£466) |
A$1300 (US$845) (€728) (£637) |
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| 1393 |
1940 (12-19 July) FAM-19 intermediate stage flights from Los Angeles to Honolulu (2, cachet in blue & green), Auckland; from San Francisco to Canton Is, Noumea & Auckland; from Honolulu to Canton Is, Noumea & Auckland; from Canton Is to Auckland, Noumea, Honolulu, Los Angeles & San Francisco; from Auckland to Noumea, Canton Is, Honolulu & Los Angeles; from Noumea to Canton Is, Honolulu, Los Angeles & San Francisco; all cacheted in various colours. Generally VF. AAMC 905b cat $3300+. (22). (P) |
A$400 (US$260) (€224) (£196) |
A$600 (US$390) (€336) (£294) |
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| 1394 |
1941 (Jan 17) QANTAS flight Timor (Dili) to Australia franked Airs 1a, 5a & 50a & Charity Tax Stamp tied by hexagonal pmks with 3-line cachet 'Primeira mala aerea directa de Dili para Australia'. VF fresh. AAMC 913 cat $500. Very scarce with only 21 carried. (P) |
A$325 (US$211) (€182) (£159) |
A$400 (US$260) (€224) (£196) |
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| 1395 |
1944 KGVI 7d blue Aerogramme with QANTAS Christmas pictorial cachet on front & inside, Sydney 1944 cds. VFU. ACSC A2d & AAMC 992e both cat $800. Only 100 flown. (P) |
A$250 (US$163) (€140) (£123) |
A$350 (US$228) (€196) (£172) |
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| 1396 |
1953 (Jun 2-3) Coronation Day Airletters, each cacheted in violet, from Australia, British Solomons & Cocos to London, from London to British Solomons & New Zealand. AAMC 1318b cat from $250. (5) |
A$100 (US$65) (€56) (£49) |
A$150 (US$98) (€84) (£74) |
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| 1397 |
1955 (NOV) Cocos Keeling Inauguration Flights to England (2 reg, 1 taxed), NZ (1), USA (2), 1 taxed, mostly illustrated, diff designs. Mostly F-VF. (9) |
A$100 (US$65) (€56) (£49) |
A$150 (US$98) (€84) (£74) |
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