Australia 1923 cover flown McKinlay to Sydney, 1d violet & 4d blue GV tied by McKinlay 17 FEB cds. No b/s. Early QANTAS service. Folded vertically.
Postal Stamp Auction #530
By: Mowbray Collectables
Mowbray Collectables Postal Stamp Auction #530
Our monthly postal stamp auction #530 has a great range of 3,754 lots, worldwide, suitable for all collectors!
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Remember all estimates are in New Zealand Dollars. (NZ$1 = approx. US72c, €60c, £0.54)
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The closing date for the auction is Tuesday 12th January 2021, and bids should be received by midnight (NZ time is GMT + 13).
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Lot #2269 - flight covers
Australia 1934 (11-12 April) Trans Tasman special cover, then flown to Wellington. B/s Wellington 12 April. SG 105c. Cat $40. C
Lot #2270 - flight covers
Australia 1934 (11-14 April) Trans Tasman & return (via Auckland) special cover. Stapleton 105a. Cat $40.
Lot #2271 - flight covers
Australia 1934 (11-12 April) Trans Tasman special cover then flown to Christchurch. Sydney 11 APR cancel. B/s Christchurch 12 APR. Stapleton 105d. Cat $40.
Lot #2272 - flight covers
Australia 1935 cover, pmk Enmore 14 May, addressed to E Crome with unpmk 1d NZ Admiral. Ex Percival colln so maybe carried personally not jettisoned? (No Wellington b/s).
Lot #2273 - flight covers
Australia 1958 30th Anniversary 1st Trans Tasman Crossing Sydney-Christchurch & return FFC with special pmk Woodbourne Air Force, with appropriate transit cancels.
Lot #2274 - flight covers
Australia/Indonesia 1969 Lufthansa special pictorial FFC (Kookaburra) by LH693 Sydney to Djakarta, posted 1 July, with large violet boxed cachet "Air Mail not carried on first flight. Philatelic facilities not arranged with Australian Post Office", receipt b/s 17.7.69. Fine. Unusual.
Lot #2275 - flight covers
Australia 1979 illustrated, cacheted 2nd Scout Day Expedition flown cover (2 DE 79). Eustis 1876a.
Lot #2276 - flight covers
Belgian Congo-NZ 1944 WWII censored air cover ex Information & Publicity Dept. to Belgian consul in Wellington, NZ. Franked 8 stamps to 249.50F, canc Leopoldville 22.11?.44. With circular censor h/s (applied in transit at Cairo, Egypt) & (unusually) with 2 strikes of large "A.V.2" h/s (very scarce P.O. accounting h/s on loose airmail bundles sent to next office of exchange). Extensive edge wear & creasing but rare origin...
Lot #2277 - flight covers
GB-NZ 1976 Jean Batten (NZ pioneer aviator) pictorial commem flight cover (Batten & her Percival Gull plane) with commem pmk 5 Oct for 40th anniv of her record solo flight GB to NZ (a record still intact in 1976). With special insert. Addressed to Batten in Christchurch, NZ (receipt b/s 10 Oct). Fine.
Lot #2278 - flight covers
Germany/Africa 1962 10-15 May) Lutfhansa LH701 FFCs x 3 diff (with special flight cachets) ex Johannesburg, Nairobi, Khartoum to Frankfurt. All scarce (cat 210 Marks in 1980s). Fine.
Lot #2279 - flight covers
Germany/Libya 1964 (29-30 Nov) Lufthansa special printed FFCs x 3 diff for LH732 service Frankfurt to Benghazi (unclear receipt b/s) & LH733 (return) Tripoli (Benina Airport) to Frankfurt & rare Benghazi to Tripoli (good receipt b/s). Fine.
Lot #2280 - flight covers
Germany/USA 1970 (1-2 Nov) Lufthansa FF Hamburg to New York by Boeing 747, 7 diff outward cacheted covers, incl posted Greenland, Iceland (2), Finland, Poland & 3 diff return. Fine. Cat over 200 Marks in 1980s.
Lot #2281 - flight covers
Germany 1971 (1 April) Lufthansa LH 975/976/81`8 FF Bremen to Munich & return, 8 diff cacheted covers, incl posted Norway (regd), Denmark, Finland, Belgium, France, Romania. Fine. Cat 190 Marks in 1980s.
Lot #2282 - flight covers
Germany 1971 (1 April) Lufthansa LH 056/059 FF Nürnberg to Köln & return by Boeing 737, 10 diff cacheted covers, incl posted France (3), Belgium, Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Luxembourg. Fine. Cat approx 225 Marks in 1980s.
Lot #2283 - flight covers
Germany 1971 (1 April) Lufthansa LH 286/287 FF Frankfurt to Turin & return by Boeing 737, 4 diff cacheted covers incl 1 by return flight. Also similar Hamburg to Milan, same date. Fine. (5).
Lot #2284 - flight covers
Germany/Morocco/South America 1971 (13-16 May) Lufthansa LH 508/509 FF, range of 21 diff cacheted covers Munich to South America via Casablanca. Incl 12 outward from Munich to Casablanca to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Asuncion (Paraguay), & Montevideo (Uruguay), & 9 return from these 3 cities to Casablanca & Munich. Also 2 related FFC 15 May Casablanca to Zurich (by LH 507) & Montevideo to Casablance (by LH 507). Fine lot....
Lot #2285 - flight covers
Germany/Bulgaria 1971 (1 April) Lufthansa LH 374/375 FF Munich to Sofia & return by Boeing 737, 5 diff cacheted covers, incl 4 outward & 1 return. Fine.
Lot #2286 - flight covers
Germany/Morocco/Spain 1971 (1 April) Lufthansa LH 190 FF Frankfurt to Casablanca, 3 diff cacheted covers. Also onward flight Casablanca to Las Palmas & reurn LH 191, 4 diff cacheted covers. Fine. Cat 170 Marks in 1980s. (7).
Lot #2287 - flight covers
Germany/Poland 1971 (2 April) Lufthansa LH 346/347 FF Frankfurt to Warsaw & return, 3 diff outward cacheted covers (1 posted Iceland with 3cm tear) & 1 return. (4).
Lot #2288 - flight covers
Germany/India 1971 (2-3 April) Lufthansa LH 694/695 FF Frankfurt to Bombay & return, 3 diff cacheted covers (2 outward, 1 return). Fine.
Lot #2289 - flight covers
Germany/Denmark 1971 (1 April) Lufthansa LH 014/015 FF Hannover to Copenhagen & return by Boeing 737, 11 diff cacheted covers (4 outward, 7 return), incl posted Luxembourg, Greenland, Finland, Norway (2), Sweden (2), France, Poland. Fine. Cat 300+ Marks in 1980s.
Lot #2290 - flight covers
Germany/Morocco 1971 (13-14 May) Lufthansa LH 508/509 FF Munich to Casablanca & return, 6 diff outward cacheted covers (incl posted Andorra & Denmark) & 1 return cover. Fine. (7).
Lot #2291 - flight covers
Germany (West)-Canada 1962 (4 May) pictorial FFC (2 cities) for Lufthansa service LH454 Frankfurt to Montreal. Scarce, fine.
Lot #2292 - flight covers
India 1929 Airmails FDC, attractive illustrated Imperial Airways FFC to London, signed by G Grant (stamp designer), Stephen Smith (aerophilatelist) & JD Lingham (recipient). In pencil on rear: "2nd & last trip all-air via salonica. Route cancelled as unsafe." & detail of plane & Captain. Believed to be one of 3 such known covers.
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