Group including range of airmail labels some loose but the majority used on cover including 1929 Brisbane-Charleville (autograph h/s), 1934 WASP Narromine flight, Mornington Island parachute mail 1942, 1943 x2, 1946 & 1948 x2, 1947 Rabaul flight, 1949 Hong Kong x2 with red & blue labels repspectively, 1947 London & return with all the above signed by the pilots, plus range of 1950s flights, also 1914 Guillaux PPC with 1d Kangaroo tied by oval d/s in violet & Sydney arrival cds (faults), 1934 Royal Tour autographed, a few baggage labels, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (Qty 50+ covers + labels) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1959-89 Collection in two binders, mostly QANTAS flights from 1959 San Francisco & London 707 jet flights with intermediaries & return legs, 1960 Round The World & Japan flights, 1963 Tahiti, 1964 Mexico, etc, all on illustrated covers, a couple of the 1980s with pilot autographs, also a few Ansett flights, New Zealand & Ross Dependency flights, etc, condition generally very fine. Weighs 5kg. (Qty 170+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1919 (Nov 12) England-Australia with Ross Smith vignette applied on arrival tied 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/ 26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' oval d/s with another strike alongside AAMC #27, Cat $5250. The cover is tired and tatty, the label has been lifted and re-attached but appears to be complete & fine. Addressed to Dr CN Simmons 'Clifton' Darling Downs (Qld), listed by Tom Frommer in 'The Ross Smith Stamp & Its Postal History' as cover #290. Martin Eichele Certificate (2011).

Grade D (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1920 (July 30) Melbourne-Traralgon flight AAMC #47 with a superb example of the violet/yellow 'HERALD/AERIAL/ DELIVERY' label tied to the face by 'HERALD & WEEKLY TIMES' "clock" cds and KGV 1½d black-brown tied by 'TRARALGON/VIC' arrival cds, Cat $2000 (2009). Most examples seen have faults such as tonespots, surface adhesions etc. Most are also franked with Victorian stamps, this being one of the relatively few correctly rated with the KGV 1½d stamp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

1932 Bridge 3d blue + KSmith 2d red x2 tied to flight-endorsed cover to Germany by Brisbane cds of 19MR32 (FDI for the Bridge set) and United States 15c Air tied by a different Brisbane cds of 28MR32, superb 'FERRY STATION' b/s in purple applied at San Francisco & German 'Mit Luftpost/befordert/Postamt 1 Hannover' cachet in rosine on the face. [Prepayment of US internal airmail fees had been permitted since 1924 but was discontinued by this time. It appears that the GPO clerk cancelled the Australian stamps but referred the cover to a supervisor who, 9 days later, gave approval for the US stamp to be cancelled. The Ferry Station h/s indicates carriage across San Francisco Bay to the airport at Oakland]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1935 (July 18) Last Flight of the "Southern Cross" AAMC #516 with Jubilee 2d cancelled on arrival at 'RICHMOND/NSW' with perforated silver vignette (slight tone on edges) affixed & signed by Charles Kingsford Smith Cat $650 (2008).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1937 Australia Airmail Exhibition perforated M/Ss of 4 labels in red, blue, green-blue or brown, a few minor blemishes but most units are fine unmounted, AAMC #768c, Cat $240. (Qty 4)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1947 First Regular Australian Through Air Mail Service pair of covers both with vignette in red/black and 25th Anniversary of First QANTAS Air Mail Service vignette in silver/blue - Sydney to London cover signed by Captains Jackson and MacMaster, London to Sydney cover signed by Captains. MacMaster and Yates. AAMC #1124-25c. (Qty 2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Collection on a few hundred leaves with range of types including duplex cancels, noted '116', '137', '186', '231', '256' and '289' Bars Removed (all rated RR) plus slightly oily strike of 'MCCC/95' (RRR), a few mis-described and some NSW/Qld 'interlopers', also covers with numeral ties including '473' of Piggoreet on 1875 three-colour franking cover to the Isle of Wight, '742' (R) with 'KOLORA' cds on 1906 envelope and 'MC/91' (R) superb strike alongside 'BOURKE STREET EAST' cds on 1d wrapper, 1871 to Sydney with Laureate 3d orange tied by slightly-unclear strike of '48' (First Type; Rated RR) and largely fine strike of 'HAWTHORNE/MY23/71/VICTORIA' unframed b/s (24½mm; ERD), 1885 with 1d green 'solo' for printed matter, 1889 to Scotland with 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO' duplex b/s, 1894 1d Letter Card with 'UNCLAIMED AT/ BALLAARAT EAST' h/s, a few advertising covers & PPCs, destinations including Finland, Greece, etc, also other postal stationery including 1890 usage of 3d 'Via Italy' postal card (some adhesion on back), Stamped To Order envelopes for John Cook (Wine & Spirit Merchant), Shire of Upper Yarra, Shire of St Arnaud, etc, 1894 wrapper with 'The Romsey Examiner' heading, etc, condition quite variable. Weighs 4½kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

253: First Type Original State '253' with bars of Framlingham very fine strike on Beaded Oval 4d pink (tonespots). Rated RRRRR. [Until 1916, Framlingham was the site of an Aboriginal Mission Station.] A nice bonus for our vendor, who had no idea this was hiding in plain sight in one of his stockbooks.

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1920-23 One Pound (KGV 2d orange) booklet with black/blue cover ACSC B26A containing one complete pane of 15 plus two further panes each with one stamp removed, the cover and contents remarkably fine, Cat $30,000 with complete contents. A surprising new discovery in a family collection. The ACSC still records only one incomplete example. However, a fine & complete example sold for $28,000 in our sale of 25.01.2003.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis ½c to $5 SG 1-16 complete, CTO, Cat £4250. The key QEII set of the entire British Commonwealth. BPA Certificate for the set. This was a very limited provisional issue. Of the denominations between ½c & 25c, no more than 4250 (the 2c) were produced. Of the higher values the numbers were 50c x175, 60c x100, $1 x175, $2.50 x225 & $5 x225. [A very fine unmounted set - Cat £25,000 - sold at our auction of 30.11.2019 for $28,752] (Qty 16)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis 50c St George's Church Tower SG 12, unmounted, Cat £6000. [Only 175 were produced, of which many were CTO]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis 60c Alexander Hamilton SG 13, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £9000. The key value in the key QEII set of the entire British Commonwealth! [Only 100 were produced, of which many were CTO]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis $1 Map of St Christopher & Nevis, unmounted, Cat £4250. [Only 175 were produced, of which most were CTO]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,250

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis $2.50c Map of Anguilla, unmounted, Cat £3250. [Only 225 were produced, of which most were CTO]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

ANGUILLA: 1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis $5 Arms of St Christopher, Nevis & Anguilla, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £3250. [Only 225 were produced, of which most were CTO]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

ANGUILLA: 1967 'INDEPENDENT/ANGUILLA' Overprint on St Christopher Nevis Anguilla QEII 5c blue/blue aerogramme HG FG1, commercially used to "St John's/Antigua" uprated with Anguilla Pictorials 1c Mahogony Tree tied by 'ANGUILLA/25JAN68/VALLEY' cds, full typed message headed "Post Office Department/..." & signed by the Postmaster indicates the 'Independent/Anguilla' stamps sold out by 27.11.1967 and that regarding the aerogrammes "...there is a limited quantity of 5c & 15c...required for local postal use and sales to collectors have been restricted...". Rare postally used. [We have noted a CTO example - also uprated - without message offered online for £450]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

ANGUILLA: 1967 'INDEPENDENT/ANGUILLA' Overprint on St Christopher Nevis Anguilla QEII 15c green/blue aerogramme HG FG2, unused. Extremely rare: only 100 were issued, of which BWI specialist David Druett states only five unused examples are recorded (he offers one for £850). On that basis, this must be the rarest regular-issue aerogramme of the British Commonwealth, if not the world]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BAHAMAS: 1938-52 KGVI Definitives Thin Striated Paper 1/- brownish grey & crimson (not 'scarlet' as in Gibbons) and 5/- reddish lilac & blue SG 155a & 156a, minor imperfections, very lightly mounted, Cat £6450. A rare duo. [Unlike 'laid' paper which has defined lines within the paper itself, 'striated' paper is characterised by faint lines or ridges on the surface of the paper. This can be seen by inclining the stamps to a good light source] (2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

BAHAMAS: 1938-52 KGVI Definitives Chalk-Surfaced Paper 5/- lilac & bright blue SG 156 U/R corner block of 4 with Sheet Number '221', exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat £680++.

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d range of shades stated to be arranged chronologically, one stated to be "May 1931: rare shade"), also 2/6d black & bright orange-vermilion/deep blue SG 89k with a light fiscal cancel, well centred, a couple of tiny problems otherwise very fine used, Cat £960+ (plus SG 89k Cat £3000 postally used). (Qty 9)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d grey-black & pale orange-vermilion/grey-blue SG 89h, exceptional centring, late usage 8NO46, Cat £2750. A rare stamp, classified by Wilson Wong.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

BERMUDA: 1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d black & bright orange-vermilion/deep blue SG 89k, very well centred, light 'ST GEORGES/BERMUDA' postal cds, Cat £3000. A rare shade, classified by Wilson Wong.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250

BRITISH HONDURAS: 1938-47 KGVI Pictorials 1c to $5 marginal blocks of 4, well centred, unmounted, Cat £800+. (Qty 12 blocks)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600