51th Auction - Day 4

Australien - Ganzsachen: 1944/1953, POST OFFICE AEROGRAMMES (BW A1-A6), comprehensive collection wit
1944/1953, POST OFFICE AEROGRAMMES (BW A1-A6), comprehensive collection with more than 150 used postal stationery air-letters, comprising a remarkable array of valuable and interesting items. Included are various amounts of air-letters from A1 to A6 as listed below:
7d KGVI blue with admonition 'For letters to members of Forces Overseas' (BW A1, 12 items), i.a. from East Lakes/N.S.W to London and forwarded with additional franking 2 ½d KGVI and one example with Quantas cachet for the Re-opening Flight Australia-England (BW A1 Be); 7d KGVI blue without admonition (BW A2, 17 items), i.a. with cds No.6 Aust.Base.P.O. from Borneo to USA, one example with interior ovp Qantas X-mas Greetings 'Roo & Globe' from Sydney to London (BW A2 Cd) and a further air-letter with Lancastrian Mail Service Australia-England cachet (BW A2 Ce); 7d deep blue KGVI (BW A3, 54 items), i.a. with ffc Australia-England via Singapore cachet (BW A3 Bd) from Sydney to London; 7d deep blue KGVI new layout (BW A4, 49 items), i.a. with scarce 3-line ovp 'Tasman Empire Airways Ltd' and cachet for Melbourne-Christchurch flight (AAMC 1274a) etc.; 10d on 7d blue KGVI (BW A5, 17 items), i.a. with diagonal overprint 'SPECIMEN' and 10d blue 'plane in oval' (BW A6, 7 items.). Also included are many uprated air-letters, registered- and express-mail, censored mail, foreign postage-due, unusual and scarce destinations (Aden, Peru, China, British Guiana, Tonga, Finland, Malta, Newfoundland etc.) and other specialities.
Highly recommended postal history source in F/VF condition.