1914 First Official Airmail by Guillaux Melbourne-Sydney use of special card franked Kangaroo 1d tied by 'Australian Aerial Mail Melbourne 16 JUL 1914' special violet pmk, Sydney arrival cds. F-VF. AAMC 3 cat $750. (P)
Estimate A$500
Status International - Sale 377
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Public Auction 377 is huge with 3519 lots catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. There is over 1,100 lots of Australia which consist of collections, singles, sets and covers covering all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values in all watermarks. General Foreign including small and large collections and almost 2,400 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections, highlights being in the British Empire sections and the Pacific including Papua and New Guinea. Also a great selection of USA, Asia , European and The Americas rarities.
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Lot #1177 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
Lot #1178 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1914 'Wizard Stone' colour PPC prepared for First Melbourne-Sydney flight that was cancelled due to aircraft damage & pilot injury. Franked Kangaroo 1d tied by 'Sydney AU 24 14' pmk after being sent by train. F-VF. AAMC 2 cat $800. (P)
Estimate A$400
Lot #1179 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1935 (Oct 25) use of GB long 4½d Registered letter to Melbourne, uprated 1/- blk of six & 1½d for 2-2½oz rate, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE387 where Astraea, when landing Nov 2 at Rangoon, skidded on a wet runway & crashed through the boundary fence, sl damaging the starboard wing tip & cabin floor. The Captain was hurt & mail load was transferred to Arethusa, departing 2 days later. Melbourne arrival (Nov 10). A...
Lot #1180 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1936 UK-Sydney Airmail franked KGV 1/- & 3d, tied 'London 20 AUG 1936' pmk participant in the famed 'Desert incident' where 'Horsa' on Aug 29, during Imperial Airways flight IE473 (departed Aug 22), overshot Bahrain Aerodrome by 100kms at night, as the airfield lights were not switched on! -pilots becoming lost & making a forced landing in the desert, at Salwa Wells. The aircraft was found 40 hours later, & mail & passengers...
Lot #1181 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1937 (Nov 16) USA to Melbourne franked 70c for Pan Am Clipper service departing S.F. Nov 21 per China, some water damage & very fine 'RECEIVED DAMAGED/AT HONG KONG' applied, subsequently joined Imperial Airways (flight IE605), b/s Hong Kong (Nov 29), Melbourne (Dec 10).
Estimate A$300
Lot #1182 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1938 UK-Melbourne Airmail franked KGV 9d & 6d, tied 'Salford 5 JAN 1938' pmk, single rate, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE617 which experienced dual incidents, commencing with (I) Coolangatta force-landing at Corfu Jan 10-11 owing to inclement weather, resuming the following day & (ii) relieved on Jan 15 by Aurora, that aircraft was unable to land at Delhi due to fog, & force-landed 50kms northwest. The aircraft was sl...
Lot #1183 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1938 India-Melbourne Airmail franked KGV 8a & 3a tied 'Bombay Foreign 30 JAN 35' cds single rate carried by Imperial Airways flight IE309 in which Athena force-landed at Surabaya Feb 4 due to broken exhaust pipe, the service resuming following day, confirmed by Melbourne arrival (Feb 9). The only recorded cover India-Australia on this flight. Sandrod (Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways & Predecessor Airlines) states: 'No mail is known...
Lot #1184 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1938 India-Melbourne Airmail franked Pictorials 8a (2) & 3½a, tied by 'Bombay GPO' 1938 cds, double rate. Carried on Imperial Airways flight IE666 where Cassiopeia landed Jul 6 at Koh Samui, Thailand with engine trouble, Cordelia took over the mail load departing Jul 7, b/s 'Melbourne 13 JY 38'.
Estimate A$180
Lot #1185 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1938 UK-Melbourne Airmail franked KGV 1/- & KGVI 3d, tied 'Ayr 11 JY 38' cds, single rate, framed 'Missent to Wellington NZ', carried by Imperial Airways flights IE670 when at Sharjah on Jul 16 Corio was involved in a collision with Cooee, Circe took over the mail load on 17 July.
Estimate A$150
Lot #1186 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1940-41 Pacific clipper airmail covers to Australia at 70c/$1.40/$2.10 rates with President frankings 7c-$1 (pr & single), inc PEX perfin 15c (8) & 10c (2), etc, a couple with stains, two with Transpacific Clipper & one New Zealand Clipper h/s. (12).
Estimate A$300
Lot #1187 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1940-41 Pacific clipper airmail covers (5) to Australia with Airmail issue frankings at 70c (3), $2.10 or $3.50 rates. (5).
Estimate A$250
Lot #1188 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1941 Airmail covers (2) from Stockholm to same address in Sydney, franked at 4kr05 & 1kr30 for quadruple printed matter, or single airmail letter rates (1kr per 5gms), both with indications of immersion in water, former endorsed 'Recd Darwin in this condition minus stamps (initialled)' Sydney Censor tape & h/s. (These are the only recorded covers to Australia from this incident, the precise nature of which has yet to be determined....
Lot #1189 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1948 Airmail Vignettes: ANA Booklet comp with 48 labels in 24 prs. Unlisted in Frommer, cat $480 as individual labels. 1950 TAA bklt comp with 3 panes of 4 labels cat $160 as 12 labels. Total cat $640 (2)
Estimate A$200
Lot #1190 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
1966 Winton crash cover with meter franking 4c inc original contents. Badly water damaged & apparently originaly undelivered with boxed 'Not Known' & RTS finger, & Mt Isa cds of 9 Sept & 22 Sept. PO letter explaining the circumstances. AAMC 1588. Extremely rare crash & certainly unique undelivered. (P)
Estimate A$1000
Lot #1191 - Australia AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLIGHTS / AIRMAILS
FFC & airmails 1926-59 collection starts with 'Angel' vignettes on covers (2), another on cover from Perth with WA Airways vignette, then good range from 1928 inc 1930 via Adelaide-Wyndham (AAMC $80) & Wyndham-Adelaide ($100), 1933 King Id - Melbourne ($150), 1931 Sydney-Bega ($75), 1934 Mac Robertson Air Race London-Melb ($100), 1934 Rocket Mail Maheno ($100), 1931 England-Aust Christmas mail ($125), 1932 England-Aust Kingsford Smith...
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Status International from Sydney, Australia is holding 4 - 6 auctions a year of Philatelic & Numismatic items. The emphasis is on Australian and area material as well as All World stamps,... Read More