NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers NEW GUINEA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 871
Symbol: C
Rabaul 1927 (Apr. 30) despatch of USA internal airmail combination franking (AAMC.P1b) cover to Reading (PA), endorsed "Per/AIR MAIL/via Sydney/& San Francisco" with Huts 1d green (3) tied by Rabaul datestamps paying 3d surface rate to USA, plus USA 16c & 8c Airmails tied by SAN FRANCISCO 'JUN9/1927' paying the USA 24c internal airmail fee, fine and attractive, Cat.$1000+.Prepayment of the US domestic airmail fee with US stamps was authorised in 1924 with the arrangement being terminated in 1937. Fewer than 15 examples of combination frankings from New Guinea are known.Provenance: Tom Frommer (Image)
Estimate AU$750-1,000 Min. Bid. AU$60
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 872
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
GUINEA AIRWAYS GROUP (AAMC.P18a, P21, P25): 1929 - 30 flown covers, (5), all bearing the violet round cachet for "GUINEA AIRWAYS LIMITED" comprising 29.Nov.1929 Salamoa - Port Morseby by air (with the earliest recorded date of the cachet); 18 Aug.1930 Wau - Rabaul by air; 22 Sept.1930 Wau - Rabaul signed by pilot C.R.Gurney; another example signed by pilot W.M.Wiltshire, and another example, unsigned. All ex.Frommer. Cat.$1675+. (Image)
Estimate AU$600-750 Min. Bid. AU$460
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 873
Symbol: C
1 Dec.1936 (AAMC.P109) Sydney - Salamaua cover, flown for W.R. Carpenter & Co, postmarked on arrival 10.12.36, signed by pilot R.O.Mant. [Only 5 flown]. (Image)
Estimate AU$500-600 Min. Bid. AU$380
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-22-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 459
Lot No: 874
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1 Feb.1938 (AAMC.P125) Sydney - Port Moresby - Kerema - Madang cover, flown by Barbara Hitchins; on Ray Kelly Gold Medal exhibit page, with a map of the flown route. Hitchins departed Port Moresby on Feb.1st but encountered engine trouble near Kerema and was forced to land on the beach at Auma resulting in damage to the undercarriage. Her departure was delayed 2 weeks and there was considerable concern about Hitchins' disappearance during that period. Only 2 items of mail were carried, both addressed to Ernie Crome. Cat.$2,250.Provenace: The Ray Kelly Collection, Charles Leski Auctions, December 2003. (Image)
