Great Britain and British Commonwealth Aerophilately & Flight Covers
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 347
Symbol: C
1931 (April) Calcutta-Darwin-Calcutta AAMC 177 per GP Fairbairn & K Shenstone with 'Lion' flight cachet in purple, India 1a tied by Calcutta cds of 3APR31, KSmith 2d for surface mail to India tied by 'DARWIN/24AP31/NT' cds & another India 1a cancelled on return to Calcutta 25MAY31, Cat $1200. The AAMC states that 43 covers were carried.
1931 (July 3) Australia to Greenland (!) via Japan per Francis Chichester in his Gypsy Moth AAMC 210, 2d red KGV tied by Sydney Airmail cds, Manila transit & Japanese arrival marks, large "I CERTIFY THIS LETTER NO 89 OF ONLY 148 CARRIED FROM AUSTRALIA TO JAPAN..." cachet and signed by Chichester, faults, Cat $525.
1934 (May 11) Australia to NZ "Goodwill flight" by Charles Ulm in "Faith in Australia" AAMC 379 with 1d green KGV pair & 2d KGV tied by Sydney slogan cancel (1d's not cancelled) plus NZ KGV 1d x2 with one tied by Wellington arrival cds for 12MY34, numbered 224/250 & signed by Ulm, Cat $250.
1978 large souvenir cover for 50th Anniversdary of Trans-Pacific Flight with imperf M/S affixed, adorned with cachets & signatures of at least 30 autographs of pioneer aviators - some of whom must have been ancient! - including "N Brearley", "Harold Litchfield", "Lores Bonney", "Keith Virtue", "Bob Boulton", "Nancy Bird" etc etc, endorsed on the reverse by Ernie Crome "One of Fifty only". A lovely souvenir.
Molonglo Defence Camp: 'MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP/29MY18/NSW' very fine large-part strike tying KGV Rough Paper 1d red to small piece. Significantly scarcer than the Concentration Camp cds. PO 7.3.1918; renamed Molonglo Concentration Camp 19.6.1918. Probably the shortest-lived ACT post office!
Molonglo Concentration Camp: 'MOLONGLO CONCENTRATION CAMP/30JA19/NSW' largely very fine strike tying KGV punctured 'OS' ½d green & Rough Paper 1d red to small piece. Renamed from Molonglo Defence Camp 19.6.1918; closed 7.6.1919. One of the shortest-lived ACT post offices.
231: '231' Type 1 of Military Encampment, very fine virtually complete strike on 2d violet on piece. Rated RR. Used at various temporary Military Camps.
232: '232' Type 1 (with side-bars) of Cathcart (2), largely fine strike on Laureates 6d blue. Rated RRR. PO 7.2.1859; closed 6.9.1946. [Goldmining; 6km WSW of Ararat]
232: '232' Type 2 (large thick figures) of Cathcart (2), very fine almost complete strike on Reading 1d rosine pair. Rated RR. PO 7.2.1859; closed 6.9.1946. [Goldmining; 6km WSW of Ararat]
256: '256' of Mount Doran / Elaine (1), very fine almost complete strike on Bell 2d violet. Rated RR. PO 1.3.1859; renamed 24.6.1862; renamed back to Mount Doran 23.10.1877; closed 31.12.1930. [20km SE of Ballarat]
276: '276' Type 2 (Type 1 with bars removed) of Freshwater Creek, largely very fine almost complete strike on Reading 1d brown lightly overstruck by large-part 'FRESHWATER CR .../VI[C]' cds. Rated RR. PO 21.3.1860; closed 25.3.1961. [14km SSW of Geelong]
278: '278' of Jericho / Wehla, largely very fine virtually complete strike on Laureates 4d red. Rated RR. PO 1.1.1860; renamed 17.9.1867; closed 30/4/1966. [Goldmining; 20km S of Wedderburn]
307: '307' Type 1 (original state with side bars) of Growler's Creek, discernible (inverted) strike tying Adapted Design 6d to 1864 cover to London, oval 'GROWLER'S CK/FE18/64/VICTORIA' b/s, Melbourne transit & London arrival of 'AP8/64' in red on the face, soiled & part of the flap missing. Rated RRRR. PO 1.8.1860; renamed Wandiligong 25.1.1875. [Alpine goldmining; 6km SSE of Bright]
320: '320' of Braybrook, one superb and two very fine complete strikes on Reading 1d rosine & 2d violet x2 on piece. Rated RR. PO 1.12.1860; closed 25.3.1955. [10km W of GPO]
324: '324' of Larpent (1), largely very fine virtually complete strike on De La Rue 2d violet (faults). Rated RRR. PO 7.1.1861; closed 2.7.1883. Larpent (2) was allocated BN 1846 when it opened on 11.3.1891. [Western District; circa 10km W of Colac]
325: '325' of Moonambel, largely very fine virtually complete strike on Bantam ½d red pair. Rated RR. Allocated to Mountain Creek PO 5.12.1861; renamed Moonambel 12.10.1863; closed 31.10.1986. [14km NW of Avoca]
345: '345' of Clydesdale, very fine to superb virtually complete strike on Bell 2d violet. Rated R. PO 3.6.1861; closed 31.1.1974. [Goldmining; 7km SSE of Newstead]
349: '349' Type 2 (large spaced figures) of Green Hill, very fine almost complete strike on 1d pink (thinned). Rated RRR. PO 1.7.1861; replaced by Green Hills Railway Station 1.4.1891; renamed Green Hill (2) circa 1904; closed 31.8.1962. [Goldmining; 8km NNW of Kyneton]
741: '741' of Shelbourne East, very fine large-part strike on Bell 2d violet. Rated R. East Shelbourne PO 17.3.1871; renamed circa 1875; closed 10.4.1922. [25km N of Maldon]
787: '787' of Diamond Hill, largely very fine almost complete strike on Naish 2d brown. Rated RR. PO 1.9.1872; closed 21.6.1947. [Goldmining; 5km S of Bendigo]
792: '792' of Callawadda (1) / Bismarck (2), largely fine almost complete strike on Bell 2d violet. Rated RR. PO 1.1.1873; renamed 1.8.1890; closed 1.7.1895. [circa 15km NE of Glenorchy]
801: '801' Type 2 (medium-sized figures 9.5mm high) of Koetong, largely very fine almost complete strike on Naish 2d brown. Rated R. PO 8.5.1873; closed 7.8.1878; re-opened 1.9.1882. [24km ENE of Tallangatta]
813: '813' of Muckleford South, largely very fine virtually complete strike on 1d pink. Rated RR. PO 8.9.1873; closed 31.7.1970. [7km W of Castlemaine]
821: '821' of Trunk Lead (1), largely very fine almost complete strike on 1d pink. Rated R. PO 21.10.1873; renamed Bo Peep (2) 1.11.1907; closed 31.12.1907. [6km NNW of Haddon]
823: '823' of Brimboal, very fine to superb complete strike on 2d violet on piece with small part '...RIMBOA...' cds alongside. Rated R. PO 1.12.1873; RO 15.11.1917; PO 1/7/1927; TO circa 1930; closed circa 1957. [23km N of Casterton]
826: '826' of Myrtle Creek (2), largely very fine almost complete strike on Naish 2d brown. Rated RR. PO 10.1.1874; closed 1.3.1895. [19km ENE of Harcourt]
878: '878' of Merrigum (1) / Harrison, very fine almost complete strike on 2d mauve (minor perf faults). Rated RRR. PO 1.2.1875; renamed 7.12.1887; closed 1.12.1894. [10km SE of Kyabram]
900: '900' of Springbank, large-part superb strike on 1d pink. Rated RRR. PO 1.9.1875; closed 31.12.1966. [16km ENE of Ballarat] Superior to the example illustrated by Hugh Freeman.
916: '916' Type 1 of Khull's Range / Katandra (2), superb virtually complete strike on Bell 1d green pair. Rated RRR (listed as Type 2, but this was the first numeral allocated; Freeman lists a manuscript as Type 1). PO 1.11.1875; renamed 1.7.1878; closed 31.8.1964. [20km SE of Numurkah] Ex Hugh Freeman; sold for $78.
924: '924' of Rhymney Reef, very fine virtually complete strike on Reading 1d brown (corner fault). Rated RR. PO 18.12.1875; closed 31.1.1957. [Goldmining; 12km NW of Ararat]
928: '928' of Campbell's Forest, very fine almost complete strike on Reading 1d brown (minor perf faults). Rated RR. PO 25.2.1876; closed 31.8.1974. [20km NW of Bendigo]
938: '938' of Simmons' Reef, very fine almost complete strike on 2d violet (thinned). Rated RR. PO 18.2.1876; closed 17.4.1900. [Goldmining; 12km S of Trentham]
944: '944' Type 2 (small, thick figures) of Gooroc, largely very fine virtually complete strike on 1d pink (trimmed perfs at right) on small piece. Rated RRR. PO 17.5.1876; RO 1.9.1917; PO 1.7.1927; closed 31.10.1960. [18km NNW of St. Arnaud]
1056: '1056' Type 2 of Byrneside, largely very fine almost complete strike on 1d pink. Rated RRR. Opened as Toolamba North PO 12.4.1878; renamed Baldwinsville -.3.1880; renamed Byrneside 1.1.1895; LPO 26.11.1993. [5km WNW of Tatura]
1057: 'M57' of Kialla East (1), largely very fine almost complete strike on 1d brown (corner fault). Rated RRR. PO 23.3.1878; closed 1.7.1895. [7km E of Kialla]
1074: 'M74' of Tantaraboo, largely very fine virtually complete strike on Naish 2d brown. Rated R. PO 20.8.1878; RO 19.1919; PO 1.7.1927; closed 30.9.1965. [14km NW of Kilmore]
1096: 'M96' of Waterloo Gippsland / Yarragon, largely very fine virtually complete strike on Bell 2d violet pair with another partly overplapping similar strike alongside. Rated RRR. Waterloo PO -.10.1878; renamed Yarragon 20.12.1883. [8km W of Trafalgar]
1108: 'MC/8' Type 1 of Yielima, very fine almost complete strike on 2d mauve. Rated RRR. Allocated when Ulupna West (1) renamed Yielima circa -.11.1878 Ulupna West (2) opened at the same time which continued to use Numeral 584); closed 5.3.1963. [16km N of Nathalia]
