1915-27 £2 Roo purple-black and pale rose, mint with trace of light hinge, excellent centring, usual fluffy perfs, fine and fresh (SG £4'500) (Image)

1920 ROSS SMITH cover to Australia with dark blue air mail souvenir stamp cancelled 'FIRST AIR MAIL GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA/RECEIVED 26 FEB 1920' with hs in small print PER / VICKERS 'VIMY' AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA bottom left, light central vertical fold barely visible, cert. BPA (Image)

1920 ROSS SMITH cover to Australia with dark blue air mail souvenir stamp cancelled 'FIRST AIR MAIL GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA/RECEIVED 26 FEB 1920' with hs in small print PER / VICKERS 'VIMY' AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA at right, plus manuscript "Per Vickers Vimy Aeroplane carried by Sgt Shires", some creases and cover tears, signed A. Diena (Image)

1934 (Dec 9) Souvenir postcard of the "Faith in Australia" flight with departed and arrival cachets on the front with Cptn. Ulm's signature below, unsent at the time of this 1933 flight, and sent a year later to Saigon with 1931 6d airmail and endorsed at left "per Qantas, Empire Airways and Imperial airways", arrival cds, address partially erased, fine (Image)

COLLECTIONS: 1913-57, Collection incl. CTO 1913-14 Roo set to £2 plus various other Roos CTO incl. official perfins with 1915-28 values to £2 (2), CTO KGV Heads, 1932-57 issues with two of each either CTO or mint, incl. CTO Sydney Harbour Bridge set (2), postage dues incl. specimens with 1902-04 up to 20s, etc., an attractive lot (Image)