1935 (July 18) Last flight of the "Southern Cross" under the command of Charles Kingsford Smith, cover flown from Mascot to Richmond and posted upon arrival franked 2d, bearing the flight cachet and vignette, signed by Charles and Mary Kingsford Smith and five other crew, numbered "71". Also a c.1933 Photo of "Southern Cross", later photos and commemorative covers. E515, $1,000. Photo on Page 96.
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1937-2003 Covers and cards including (May 12) Coronation Motor Show postcard of the oldest plane in Australia flown over Port Melbourne and signed by the pilot R. Graham Carey (E732, $250), also various postcards or photos of aeroplanes (6), 1937 Airpost Exhibition souvenir covers (2), and 2003 ephemera, cancels and covers from "Aeropex 03", 2001-03 flown covers, etc.