Great Britain and British Commonwealth Aerophilately & Flight Covers - Air Mail Labels &
Sale No: 1
Lot No: 944
Symbol: Δ
1920 Melbourne-Traralgon Experimental Flight 'By/HERALD/AERIAL/DELIVERY' label Frommer 2a tied to piece by very fine strike of the clock cds of 30JUL1920 in violet, Cat $750. Superb!
1920 Melbourne-Traralgon Experimental Flight 'By/HERALD/AERIAL/DELIVERY' superb label Frommer 2a tied to cover - faint vertical bend - by very fine strike of the clock cds of 30JUL1920 in violet, Victorian 1½d paying the correct rate cancelled 'TRARALGON/30JL20/VIC' on arrival, AAMC 47b Cat $2000.
1920 Herald Newspaper 'Herald/[plane]Air Mail' in brown Frommer 3a horizontal pair being the lower-half of a sheetlet of 4, full Offset on right-hand unit & partially on left-hand unit, minor tonespots, full unmounted o.g., Cat $400++; $4000 for a sheetlet of 4.
1920 Herald Newspaper 'Pals/[plane]Air Mail' in red Frommer 4a horizontal pair being the lower-half of a sheetlet of 4, the first unit with Double Perforations at Left (unlisted by Frommer), minor tonespots, full unmounted o.g., Cat $400++; $4000 for a sheetlet of 4. ['Pals' was a magazine for boys]
1922 Herald Newspaper blue/white 'Herald/Air/[plane]/Mail' + KGV 1d violet x2 tied to cover to Carlton by Geelong machine cancellation Frommer 5d, the label with rounded U/L corner & a few short perfs at top, the cover a bit aged & with part-flap missing, Cat $1250. [This experimental flight was Melbourne-Geelong, with covers cancelled on arrival]
1923 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' red & black/green booklet with two strips of 8 - the top strip having been removed - Frommer 10c, the strips adhering to each other & to the back cover, Cat $1500 for a complete booklet. Rare. [The front cover is a promotion for Qantas and air travel in general]
1923 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' red & black/green + KGV 1½d green x4 tied to Qantas cover to USA by 'LONGREACH' cds Frommer 10d, minor blemishes, Cat $150.
1924Pals poster stamp of Wing Commander Goble Frommer 12a in purple-brown, unusually fine with large-part o.g., Cat $250. [These labels were not intended for postal use & no used examples or covers are recorded]
Wing Commander (later Air Vice-Marshal) Stanley James (Jimmy) Goble served during WWI on the Western Front where he was credited with 10 kills. After the war he held senior posts in the RAAF &was three times Chief of the Air Staff]
1924Pals poster stamp of Wing Commander Goble Frommer 12a in dull greenish blue, exceptional centring, unusually fine with large-part o.g., Cat $250. [These labels were not intended for postal use & no used examples or covers are recorded]
1926 Australian Aerial Services Ltd booklet featuring an albatross with 'Angel' vignette three panes of 9 Frommer 14c, the stamps with faults but the cover is quite fine, Cat $600.
1925 Australian Aerial Services 'angel' vignette + KGV 1½d red & 3d blue all tied to commercial cover to Mildura by Melbourne machine cancel with 'COMMONWEALTH ROLLS/...' slogan, minor blemishes.
1926 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' white/red label Frommer 15a tied to commercial cover to McKinlay by boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' cachet with 'CHARLEVILLE' cds, KGV 1½d red strip of 3 with 'FOREST HILL' cds, Cat $200+. [Forest Hill is 670km ESE of Charleville. McKinlay is 900km NW of Charleville. The cover was presumably carried to Charleville by rail]
1926 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' white/red plus KGV 3d blue on 1½d green Letter Card ('MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION SCHEME/...') to NSW with 'POST OFFICE/MILSON'S POINT NSW' arrival cds in violet on the face #F15d, Cat $200+. Beautiful!
1927 'FIRST FLIGHT/THE GULF AIR SERVICE/ BY AIR MAIL/VISIT NORMANTON/FOR BIG GAME FISHING' black/red label Frommer 16a + KGV 4½d violet both tied to cover to Cairns by 'NORMANTON/14DE27/...' cds, the cover endorsed "Normanton-Winton", Cat $150+. [This label was issued for the inaugural flight on 1.7.1927. Other usage is rare]
1929 Australian National Airways 'THIS LETTER/WAS SENT/SYDNEY/BRISBANE/SYDNEY/...' red & blue/white label + KGV 1½d red & SMult Wmk 6d Kangaroo - scarce on internal mail - tied by Brisbane cds to Melbourne with Sydney transit b/s, central vertical fold, Cat $125+. [The rate was 1½d up to 1oz + airmail fee 3d x2 = 7½d]
1930 private 'FIRST FLIGHT/SYDNEY-BRISBANE/AERIAL MAIL' Frommer 29a plus KGV 1½d red & Airmail 3d all tied to cover to Sydney by Wooloongabba cds of 2JA30, 'KYOGLE/2.1.30' h/s in violet, Sydney arrival b/s of the next day, Cat $150. Surprisingly scarce.
1930 private 'BY AIR MAIL' red/white label unrecorded by Tom Frommer on cover to GB with Kangaroo Third Wmk 6d brown + KGV 1d & 1½d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/1FE30/MELBOURNE' cds. Rare. [The rate was Empire letter rate 1½d + Karachi-London by air 6d + 1d late fee = 8½d]
1930 Qantas 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' (sans serif 'BY AIR MAIL') black/green booklet cover Frommer 31c, minor blemishes on the reverse, Cat $1250 intact.
1931 Qantas 'NORTH QUEENSLAND/By Air Mail/Australia's/Winter Playground' white/blue label three panes of 8 (one with the last unit removed) & the black/grey booklet cover with 'HOW TO USE THE/AIR MAILS' #F36c, Cat $800 intact.
(4 items)
1931 New England Airways multicolour vignette with route 'map' complete sheet of 8 comprising four tete-beche pairs Frommer 38b, virtually full o.g. with four units being unmounted, Cat $150+. Superb!
1931 Qantas blue/salmon booklet cover with 'AERIAL TRANSPORT/means a general speeding up of your business' Frommer 38c plus 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' white/grey booklet pane of 8 (unmounted), Cat $900 intact with three panes.
(2 items)
1933 'GALA DAY/SYDNEY/...PIGEONGRAM/...' multicoloured label Frommer 41a tied to Crome cover by Sydney slogan plus 'Australia's/First/Pigeongram' flimsies Frommer 41h1 x2 endorsed on the reverse "Flown Botany" or "Flown North Sydney" & both signed by "Ernest A Crome", Cat $115.
(3 items)
1935 (circa) die-cut red/black advertising label 'RECORD ENGLAND AUSTRALIA FLIGHT/.../WELLWORTHY/ PISTON RINGS/...', part-o.g. Not previously seen by us.
1940 Qantas Empire Airways red/yellow booklet covers Frommer 56c 'AIR SERVICES/SPEED-UP/BUSINESS/ Regular Oversea Flying/Boat Services...' with one strip of 8 labels (a couple of minor faults), Cat $500 intact with three panes.
(3 items)
1941-48 Qantas Empire Airways 'PARACHUTE MAIL/TO MORNINGTON ISLAND' labels comprising 1941 (undated, unmounted), 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947 (no gum) & 1948, a couple of minor blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat $600. The complete 'set'. [These were Christmas supply drops from scheduled Sydney-Singapore services to the mission on the island]
(6)
