Two cover albums with a nice batch of 1940s Re-Opening Services all pilot-signed, numerous QANTAS international sectors including 1953 Coronation group, etc, also 1930s 3LO PPC of Smithy & Ulm with their facsimile signatures & 1949 Second Class Air Mail uprated Wrapper with the enclosed brochure, quite a few are Ex Hudson Fysh with some signed by him, generally very fine. Includes The Australian Air Mail Catalogue 8th edition.  (200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Box of mostly QANTAS 1950s-1970s international sectors plus lots of modern souvenir covers many with somethimes multiple signatures, c.1938 real photo 'Rose Bay Air Port' postcard of two flying boats on the water plus some modern QANTAS PPCs, generally fine to very fine.  (500 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Fascinating collection of private airmail labels with a few QANTAS including 1932 'TEN YEARS...' sheetlet of 6, other sheetlets including WASP Sydney Harbour Bridge, NEAL tete-beche sheetlet & 1959 ANPEX, 'Cinderellas' including 'Pals/Air Mail' in red (unused) & PlumeMobiloil, lovely group of unused baggage & other labels including for Adastra Airways, Airlines of NSW, Queensland Airlines, Aircrafts Pty Ltd, Barrier Reef Airways and Guinea Airways, QANTAS phonecards x8 different, etc, generally very fine  (120+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1930 (Jan 2) Australian National Airways Brisbane-Sydney AAMC 149 cover with KGV 1½d red & Airmail 3d plus private 'FIRST FLIGHT/SYDNEY-BRISBANE/AERIAL MAIL' black/red label all tied by 'WOOLOONGABBA/ QUEENSLAND' cds, 'KYOGLE/2.1.30' (NSW) h/s in violet on face, Sydney arrival b/s of the next day, a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $225. Carried by the 'Southern Sky', which smashed its undercarriage during a forced landing near Kyogle (60km W of Casino, NSW). The mail was carried by road to Ballina and flown to Sydney the next day. Surprisingly scarce.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1931 KLM Proving Flight 16pp exhibit of mostly philatelic covers from Batavia including a GB acceptance with 2/6d Seahorse & one onwards to New Zealand, mostly with the commemorative stamp including a rare usage of a block of 6; and to Batavia including several onwards to Holland & elsewhere including Estonia, five usages of the printed commemorative envelope one with the stamps clear of the rate information printed at upper-right; several registered & several to or from Dutch consuls, and a few are definitely commercial mail. Ex Brian Pope.  (27 covers)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1932 (March 18) cover endorsed "By Kingsford Smith's/Special Flight to New/Zealand on Mar 19th/Austr National Airways" with Bridge 2d red and Air Mail 6d sepia tied by Sydney Airmail cds, very fine 'AIR SERVICE/NOT AVAILABLE' h/s in violet on face, annotated "Received/Wednesday March 23", a couple of minor blemishes. The AAMC does not list any flights to New Zealand by Charles Kingsford Smith (nor anyone else) at this time. Kingsford Smith did conduct a commemoration flight on 19.3.1932 for the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but crashed: was he planning on flying on to New Zealand later that same day?

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1943 Trans-Indian Ocean Catalina service 'SECRET ORDER OF THE DOUBLE SUNRISE' certificate (215x144mm) signed by the pilot "WH Crowther", in the name of Hudson Fysh and autographed by him. Very scarce. [The non-stop flight between Perth & Lake Koggala in Ceylon was the longest in the world. On this occasion, took 31 hours 45 minutes! Wilmot Hudson Fysh was one of the founders of QANTAS]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1945 Trans-Indian Ocean Liberator service 'ELEVATED ORDER OF THE LONGEST HOP' certificate (220x146mm) signed by the pilot "KG Jackson", in the name of Hudson Fysh. Very scarce. [From late in the war, land-based planes flew across the Indian Ocean from Learmonth (WA) to Colombo's Ratmalana Airport. The transit time was slashed to some 14 hours. From 1.2.1946, flights were again between Perth & Ceylon, with a stop at Cocos Islands]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

AEROGRAMMES: 1944-46 commemorative issues comprising QANTAS Kangaroo Postman, First Lancastrian Service with overprint in red, and Re-Opening of Empire Air Route to Singapore with overprint in violet & to England with overprint in red both signed by two pilots, also standard form with typed endorsement for First Lancastrian Service signed by both pilots & British standard form with typed endorsement for Re-Opening Service signed by three pilots, very fine.   (6)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750