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AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
Lot
Description
Status
2638
1914 (6 July) FFC Melbourne to Sydney First Official Airmail Souvenir Card with 1d Kangaroo, Australian Aerial Mail 16 July cds, received Sydney 18 July, 1960 (16 NOV), many flts but still collectable, FFC QANTAS Round the World with 5/- Arms (tape stain). AAMC 3 scarce. AAMC 3 & 1443 $770. (2) (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$100
2639
1920 Herald & Weekly Times brown vignette. F-VF MLH. AAMC 48A cat $200. Ex Sandy. (P)
 SOLD at A$70
2640
1927 Cloncurry-Normanton FFC franked Parliament 1½d strip of 3, tied by 'Cloncurry 30 JU 27' cds & with 'Forwarded by Air Mail cachet. AAMC 106 cat $175.
 AVAILABLE at A$70
2641
1929-35 First Flight covers with 1929 Perth-Adelaide (2 diff), 1931 Launceston-Victoria-Sydney & 1935 Melbourne-Adelaide. Also 1929 Air cover Perth to USA franked Air 3d & KGV 3d. AAMC 137, 139, 208 & 561, plus the last. (5)
 AVAILABLE at A$70
2642
1934 Christmas Flight England-Australia franked KGV 2d, 4d, & 10d tied by 'London Air mail 17 DE 31' Sydney arrival b/s. AAMC 245 cat $125.
 AVAILABLE at A$50
2643
1931 Christmas Mail England-Australia cover (delayed til January) franked GB KGV 1/- & 2d (2) tied by 'London 17 DE 31' cds, Sydney b/s. AAMC 245 cat $125.
 AVAILABLE at A$50
2644
1933 Brisbane-Salamaua FFC with Brisbane-Port Moresby by ship, then Air to Salamaua. Franked 1931 Airmail 6d brown opt OS, tied by 'Airmail Sydney 3 FE 33' cds, Salamaua arrival b/s. AAMC 296B cat $175
 AVAILABLE at A$60
2645
1934 New Zealand-Australia cover franked 7d blue Trans-Tasman Air Mail opt tied by Hataitai 23 JAN 34 cds, 'Auckland 17 DE 34' transit cds, flight cachet & Sydney b/s. AAMC 360 cat $75. Stamp SG 554 cat £45 as loose stamp & 'from x2' on cover.
 AVAILABLE at A$35
2646
1934 Faith in Australia Flights to NZ 'Feb 1934' franked Faith in Australia opt 7d. Mar 1934 Kaitaia franked Air 7d, April 1934 Aust-NZ & return franked Australia & NZ Airmails. July 34 Kaitaia to Aust franked Air 7d. AAC 360 cat $300. (4).
 AVAILABLE at A$80
2647
1934 England-Australia FFC franked KGV 6d & 9d, tied by 'Edinburgh 5 DE 34' cds. To Sth Aust with Adelaide b/s. AAMC 469 cat $75.
 AVAILABLE at A$30
2648
1930s-50s Butler Air Transport, ANA Australian National Airways multi-colour luggage labels. VF fresh MUH. (2)
 AVAILABLE at A$10
2649
1930s-50s Butler Air Transport, ANA Australian National Airways multi-colour luggage labels. VF fresh MUH. (2)
 AVAILABLE at A$10
2651
1937 Rocket mail cover franked KGV 1d green tied by Brisbane 8 MR 31 cds, with same date vignette & R3 cachet. Superb fresh. AAMC R9 cat $130.
 AVAILABLE at A$60
2652
1937 Commonwealth of Australia oversize 26.5x19cm generic envelope from Mt Gambier to Naracoorte with arrival b/s & (unofficial) m/s notation 'First Mail per AN Airways 'Moogana' Mt Gambier to Naracoorte 9.15a 9.50a 30.8.37'. An extremely rare PO outer envelope for Airmail articles. VF. AAMC 762(var). Only 15 carried. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$400
2653
1938 Australia-Papua-New 'boomerang' FFC franked KGVI 1½d pr, 2d & 3d & Papua Pics 2d pr & 3d, & KGVI 1d tied by Longreach cds. 2nd franked Airmail 3d green & KGVI 2d, with Undated Birds 2d & 3d - numerous b/s. AAMC 812 cat $100+. (2).
 AVAILABLE at A$40
2654
1938 Australia - England cover (vert fold) thrice weekly Flying Boat Service pictorial franked Queen 1d & KGVI 2d (2), tied by 'Sydney 8 AUG 1938' pmk. AAMC 822b cat $275. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$120
2655
1938 Airmail cover franked Kangaroo 2/- maroon CofA wmk, tied by 'Mosman 12 OC 38' cds. To Austria via Greece with circular Greek? h/s, Athens transit b/s. SG 134. ACSC 40 cat $150 on cover.
 AVAILABLE at A$25
2656
1940 NZ-Australia Flying Boat service FFC franked Centenary 5d tied by 'Petone 17 AP 40' cds, plus return flight franked Ram 5d tied by Melbourne 31 APR 1940 pmk. AAMC 899 & 900 cat $200. (2).
 AVAILABLE at A$70
2657
1940 New Zealand-Australia cover franked Centennial 5d tied by 'Wellington 25 AP 40' cds, with flight cachet, plus censor tape & cachet. AAMC 899 cat $100.
 AVAILABLE at A$30
2658
1940 New Zealand-Australia cover franked Centennial 5d tied by 'Rangiora 26 AP 40' cds with flight cachet. Also same service later flight Pictorial cover franked 5d again tied 'Auckland 11 MY 1940' pmk. AAMC 899 & 899(var) cat $100 for 1st flight, plus later cover. (2)
 AVAILABLE at A$30
2659
1940 Australia-NZ Pictorial covers inc to NZ franked Ram 5d tied by 'Arncliffe' cds & from NZ franked Centenary 1½d(2), & 2½d tied by Auckland cds. AAMC 899-900 cat $200. (2).
 AVAILABLE at A$70
2660
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)
 AVAILABLE at A$250
2661
1945 New Guinea - Sydney flight franked Gloucester 5½d tied by No 7 'Aust Base PO 4 AP 45' cds & with green vignette, Sydney arrival b/s. AAMC 1003 cat $275. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$120
2662
1946 Australia-Canada KGV 7d Airletter with 2-line printed cachets top & base, with Sydney 15 SE 46' cds. To Vancouver with flight cachet & arrival b/s. AAMC 1066a cat $400. (P)
 AVAILABLE at A$180
2663
1947 Australia - New Caledonia FFC by Pan Am franked Hermes 1/6 tied by 'Sydney 10 JY 47' cds, with Pic flight cachet, Noumea b/s. VF. AAMC 1102 cat $75.
 AVAILABLE at A$25
2664
1952 Australia - Sth Africa & return 'boomerang' covers to Cocos Is, Mauritius & Sth Africa. VF. AAMC 1308a cat $150. (3)
 AVAILABLE at A$35
2665
1953 Coronation Flight covers from 13 diff nations (Malay States on single cover), plus 2 extra with diff frankings. AAMC cat $300. (15)
 AVAILABLE at A$60
2666
1954 Fiji-Australia FFC franked Pic 1/- tied by 'Nadi Airport 19 MY 54' cds. AAMC 1345b cat $50.
 AVAILABLE at A$12
2667
1954 Australia-Hawaii FFC franked Lyrebird 1/- & QEII 3d tied by Sydney 15 MY 54 cds. Also return flight franked US Bridge 25c tied by Honolulu May 17 1954 pmk. AAMC 1345b cat $100. (2).
 AVAILABLE at A$30
2668
1954 San Francisco & Hawaii to Australia FFC franked Bridge 25c tied by 'San Francisco May 17 1954 & Honolulu May 7 1954 pmks. AAMC 1345b cat $100. (2).
 AVAILABLE at A$25
2669
1954 Australia - Nth America QANTAS 1st Regular Flights, (2), Sydney - San Francisco & return both with multi-coloured vignettes. AAMC 1345 a, 1345 b(var) cat $120 as 2 loose vignettes.
 SOLD at A$20
2670
1958 QANTAS Round The World flight, ea franked QANTAS 2/- (2) tied by 'Sydney 14 JA 58' cds & with flight cachet. 3 diff Pic covers & a plain cover, all with return arrival b/s. Plus the 1960 Round-World flight franked Arms 5/-. VF. AAMC 1386 & 1443 cat $95. (5)
 SOLD at A$20
2671
1959 Sydney-San Francisco FFC plus intermediates for Sydney to Fiji & Hawaii, plus Fiji to Hawaii & San Fran. Then return flight San Francisco & Hawaii to both Fiji & Sydney, plus Fiji to Sydney. AAMC 1406, 07 & 07a cat $185. (10)
 AVAILABLE at A$30
2672
1964 Australia-London via Mexico FFC,, plus intermediates for Australia to Mexico & Bermuda, Fiji to Bermuda & London, Tahiti to London, & Mexico to GB. Then return flight intermediates of GB to Fiji, Bermuda to Tahiti, Fiji, & Australia, Mexico to Tahiti, Fiji & Australia. VF. AAMC 1530 & 30ca cat $520. (15).
 AVAILABLE at A$90
2673
1965 Sydney - Vienna via Hong Kong with Sydney, Hong Kong, Philippines, India & Iran, plus return flight Egypt, Pakistan, India & Singapore. Also earlier March/April flight Thailand & Egypt to Vienna intermediates. AAMC 1543a & 1546-47a cat $350. (12)
 AVAILABLE at A$60
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