Australia - 1914 - first official postal flight in Australia, Melbourne-Sidney - numbered commemorative postcard with p.1 violet oval canc. of 16.7.1914 carried by the French pilot Maurice Guillaux aboard Blèriot airplane covering a distance of 580 miles, record of that time - postmark of arrival in Sidney on 18.7.1914 - on the back, effigy of the pilot and text commemorating the event - A.Bolaffi (financial cert.50% 2003) - light defects but uncommon - Foto - (12697F)

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Australia - 2002 - "Spirit of Freedom" flight cover n.388 of 500 issued and carried on the occasion of the first world non-stop solo balloon flight - departure and arrival canc.: Northam, Western Australia, on 19.6.2002 and Eromanga, Queensland, Australia, on 4.7.2002, 3,186.80 miles in 13 days, 12 hours and 5 minutes - commemorative postmark of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, 5.9.2002 - signature of the American Steve Fosset, holder of the new absolute record - authenticity cert. + text in English "The Goal Achieved" by S.Fosset - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2003 with also Fosset text translation) - very good quality - Foto - (12688F)

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Australia - cover from Melbourne to Fanano (Modena) of 3.10.1877 with tricolour franking Victoria p.1+2+4 Yvert n.84+85+87 (p.2 with 2 rounded corners) - "Via di Brindisi" handwritten - on the back, Brindisi d.c. + d.c. "Fanano 17 Nov. 77" + other postmark - rare destination - usual quality - L.Raybaudi - P.V. - Foto - (57999F)

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