Australia 1938 (30 May-5 June) Sydney-PNG return special cover, Sydney 30 June tied 5d Australian stamps, 3 JUN Rabaul (5d New Guinea stamps), b/s Rabaul 1 JUN & Sydney 5 June. Eustis 812. Cat A$50.
Postal Stamp Auction #523
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Postal Stamp Auction #523
Our monthly postal stamp auction #523 has a huge range of 3,800 lots, worldwide, suitable for all collectors!
Every lot is covered by our “Satisfaction Guarantee”.
Remember all estimates are in New Zealand Dollars. (NZ$1 = approx. US61c, €56c, £0.50)
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The closing date for the auction is Tuesday 9th June, and bids should be received by midnight (NZ time is GMT + 12).
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Lot #2264 - flight covers
Australia 6 January 1941 Internment Camp mail, endorsed "Australia-New Zealand-UK" to London, censored & signed by Camp #8 (at Hay, NSW) commandant, with "PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE" purple r/s, 5/- Robes & pair 5d Sheep. Internees were allowed free surface mail postage but not airmail. 2500 Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany were interned at Hay from September 1940 to May 1941. Scarce flight cover.
Lot #2265 - flight covers
Australia 1984 50th Anniversary 1st Official Trans-Tasman airmail re-enactment cacheted souvenir Australia-NZ-Australia FFC with transit b/s. Stapleton 761b.
Lot #2266 - flight covers
Australia 1984 50th Anniv 1st Airmail Sydney-NZ & return Qantas re-enactment cacheted cover, also 40th anniv 1st airmail Melbourne-PNG re-enactment cover with arrival b/s. Eustis 1978, 1984. Cat A$20.
Lot #2267 - flight covers
Belgium-Belgium Congo 1930s flight & FFCs to a wide range of destinations, bearing a range of Belgium, Congo, German & Luxembourg stamps. Incl some official FFCs, some with cachets & some Royal family p/cs. Light staining on some. 47 items. No dupn.
Lot #2268 - flight covers
Brazil 1937 29-30 March) Pan Am pictorial cover inaugural Manaos-Rio Branco & return flight, pmk & cachets for both legs of trip.
Lot #2269 - flight covers
Germany/Australia 1932 (Feb-July) Hans Bertram flight cover (large, unaddressed), printed "Bertram Atlantis Expedition", franked by 14 stamps from 13 diff countries, canc on arrival at various stages incl Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Persia, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Malaya, Neth E Indies, & finally Wyndham W.A. 6 July. Plane lost in NW Australia for 6 weeks from 13 May (then canc at Wyndham). Additional cancel Sydney 15 NO...
Lot #2270 - flight covers
NZ 1930 Wellington to England (4 July) franked GV 9d ( with plate no) + 1d x 3. Inscribed By First Air Mail NZ-England. Australia & canc Wellington 1 JL 30. No other cancels. Stapleton 36. Some toning.
Lot #2271 - flight covers
NZ 1930s 10 FFCs mixed cond, NZ & Australia stamps. Incl NZ 1931 3d, 4d, 5d & 7d, 1934 7d TT Airs & 1934 6d Australia.
Lot #2272 - flight covers
NZ 1931 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Hawera to New Plymouth (132 carried), with red flight cachet, franked 1931 5d Air. Good condition. Stapleton 63m. Cat $60.
Lot #2273 - flight covers
NZ 1931 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Christchurch to Oamaru (138 carried), with red flight cachet, franked 1931 5d Air. Fine. Stapleton 62t. Cat $60.
Lot #2274 - flight covers
NZ 1932 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Palmerston North to Wanganui (only 71 carried), violet flight cachet (& "Merry Xmas" label), franked 1931 3d Air & 1d GV. Stapleton 84f. Cat $65. Fine.
Lot #2275 - flight covers
NZ 1932 Russell-Whangarei cacheted cover (257 flown) with 5d Air. Stapleton 73g. Cat $45.
Lot #2276 - flight covers
NZ 1932 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Wellington Auckland, with green flight cachet, franked 1931 4d Air (VFU). No receipt b/s. Stapleton 843. Cat $45. Fine.
Lot #2277 - flight covers
NZ 1932 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Wellington Palmerston North, with green flight cachet, franked 1931 3d Air & 1929 Health (some perf tone). Stapleton 84a. Cat $50. Nice condition.
Lot #2278 - flight covers
NZ 1932 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Palmerston North to Timaru (82 carried) violet flight cachet, franked 1931 4d Air. Addressed to British Guiana! Fine. Stapleton 83d. Cat $65.
Lot #2279 - flight covers
NZ 1932 (24 Dec) special Xmas Air Mail, Auckland to Christchurch (172 carried) violet flight cachet, franked 1931 4d Air. Very fine. Stapleton 83c. Cat $60.
Lot #2280 - flight covers
NZ 1934 First Trans-Tasman airmail cover bearing 7d TT blue plus 2 x 1d green GV (Aust), addressed to NZ. Canc 19 JA 34 Caversham & 17 FE 34 Auckland, with TT 1934 cachet in purple & b/s Sydney 17 FEB 1934. Tidy.
Lot #2281 - flight covers
NZ 1934 (17 Feb) Kaitaia-Sydney & return "Faith in Australia" 7d TT tied by 25 Jan Balclutha cds, Sydney 17 Feb tied to 1d GV pair (Aust), b/s Sydney 17 Feb & Balclutha 27 Feb cds. Blue on manila envelope.
Lot #2282 - flight covers
(NZ) 1938 Calpurnia crash cover with cachet (partly indistinct) on cover to NZ - incl letter written 23 NOV from Elland (Yorkshire) + GVI FDC that was enclosed. Usual damage incl stamps floated off & subsequent sellotape stains.
Lot #2283 - flight covers
NZ-Australia 1940 (30 April-2 May) TEAL pictorial (flying boat) TT FFC Auckland to Sydney & return. Franked 5d in NZ stamps & Australia 5d Merino. Fine. Stapleton 221a+c. Cat $30+.
Lot #2284 - flight covers
NZ-Australia 1951 (28-29 June) TEAL 1st direct airmail Melbourne to Christchurch & return, set of 2 covers with violet, blue flight cachets. Also 1950 (20 Dec) 1st direct airmail Christchurch to Sydney, cover with violet flight cachet. All very fine. Stapleton #374b, 381a-b. Cat $45.
Lot #2285 - flight covers
NZ 1951 (26 Dec) TEAL FFC Auckland to Papeete & return, with blue flight cachet & transit/receipt b/s. Very fine, Stapleton #389c, 389d (1 cover). Cat $25+.
Lot #2286 - flight covers
NZ 1955 cover (some faults), posted Auckland 27 OC with large TEAL "compliments" label & cyclostyled public letter (21 Oct) accompanying fine Singapore special BOAC pictorial flight cover (long) to London with 5 new defin stamps (5c, 8c, 12c, 20c, 25c) canc 4 SEP (1st day).
Lot #2287 - flight covers
NZ 1978 (9 Sept) special commem flight cover (pictorial) Wigram Airfield to Sydney & return by Cliff Tait in small Fletcher monoplane, marking 50th anniversary of 1st trans-Tasman flight by Kingsford-Smith. Signed by pilot. Stapleton #698, cat $20. Fine.
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