1924 (June 2) Australian Aerial Services Adelaide to Sydney first flight cover franked 41/2d, signed by the pilot Frank Roberts who flew the mail to Hay where an overnight stop was made. Also three contemporary news cuttings. E71, $550. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

1924 (June 6) Registered cover franked 1/4, carried on the Australian Aerial Services first return flight from Sydney to Adelaide, arrival backstamp (June 9) and boxed "CARD TO CALL / DATE". E72, $550. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

1924 (June 4) Cover from Newtown to Hay, carried on the first Australian Aerial Services Sydney to Melbourne flight on June 7th as far as Hay, where the plane stopped for the night. Covers to intermediate stops are scarce. E72a, from $550. Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

1925 (July 21) Cover from Melbourne to Sydney carried by Australian Aerial Services on the first flight ofthe Melbourne to Hay link and then from Hay to Sydney, and a cover from Broken Hill to Sydney carried on the first flight from Broken Hill to Mildura and then from Mildura to Sydney, both franked 41/2d. E86/7, $600. (2).

1925 (July 21) Covers franked 41/2d carried in both directions between Sydney and Broken Hill via the first flight on the link route from Mildura to Broken Hill, or from Denliquin to Broken Hill flown on the first flight from Denliquin to Hay, on the regular route from Hay to Mildura and then the first flight of the Mildura to Broken Hill link. E83, 88, 89a, $900+. (3). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

1925-29 Covers flown on the Melbourne to Hay route (9) or Adelaide to Sydney route, franked 41/2d or 6d, including two 1929 (May 20) First Day Covers of the 3d Air Mail stamp, the others mainly commercial, five bearing blue A.A.S "Angel" Aerial Mail labels, four with "FORWARDED / BY AIR MAIL" cachets of Adelaide (2), Echuca or Denliquin. (10).

1930 (Feb 1) Cover franked 41/2d from Bendigo to England endorsed "First Melbourne - Adelaide Air Mail 3rd February 1930", the reverse with explanatory label "The attached letter has been held here since 17/2/30, but as there is still no prospect of an Air Mail between Melbourne and Adelaide, the letter is now forwarded by ordinary mail. Ship Section, G.P.O Melbourne 11/9/31", tied by Melbourne Ship Mail Room c.d.s, unusual.

1930-43 Covers including 1930 (Feb 3-13) Echuca to Cootamundra and return first flight covers flown by Australian Aerial Services; 1936 (Mar 28) WASP Airlines Wilcannia to Sydney first flight; 1936 (Sep 14) Victorian and Interstate Airways Melbourne to Hay first flight; 1941 (Sep 29) ANA Brisbane to Melbourne first night flight; 1942 (June 29) ANA Mildura to Narranderra and Sydney to Adelaide first flights; 1943 (Oct 25) ANA first flight covers from Sydney to Kerang or Broken Hill, Broken Hill to Sydney or Kerang to Melbourne, Sydney, Mildura or Broken Hill, etc. E149b/c, 596a, 625, 923a, 946, 964, $1,045+. (18).

Unused vignettes comprising Australian Aerial Services "Angel" vignette sheet of fifteen (Frommer 14) with inscription in lower margin; ANA 1948 booklet; Western Australian Airways mint multiples comprising Frommer type 21 strip of seven, type 22 strip of three, type 23 strip of five, type 24 strips of five and seven; QANTAS vignettes including type 18 booklet pane of eight, type 36 strip of six, type 38 booklet (small cover faults, 13 labels remaining) and pane of eight, type 39 strip of six, type 57 strip of five, etc. Also two covers and four ANA luggage labels. Frommer $2,000+.

1925 Australian Aerial Services Ltd booklet containing three panes of nine of the blue "Angel" vignette and an order form for further booklets, the covers with postal information, booking agents for parcels and passengers, and educational notes on aerial transport, fine and scarce. Frommer 14c, E90b, $600. Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

1931 (March) QANTAS booklet containing three panes of eight "North Queensland" vignettes, covers with details of the routes flown and how to use the air mails, also a mint pane. Frommer 36b/c, $1,050. (2).

1931 QANTAS booklet containing three panes of eight "Western Queensland" vignettes, covers with details of routes flown, also a mint pane. Frommer 38b/c, $1,150. (2). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)

1930-31 Australian National Airways Ltd Sydney to Brisbane service, covers carried on the January 1st 1930 first flight flown by C. Kingsford Smith and C.T.P Ulm in "Southern Cloud" from Sydney to Brisbane (180 carried) or Brisbane to Sydney (2, the plane making a forced landing at Kyogle, the 379 covers then taken by rail to Ballina and flown the next day by E.H Chaseling); January 3rd cover with unofficial "KYOGLE 2-1-30" cachet probably applied by the recipient and actually carried on the third flight; and later covers (4) franked 8d or 5d, six with air mail labels, types 21, 26, 27, 29 or 34. E148/9, $700+. (8).

1930 (June 1) ANA First flight covers from Sydney to Melbourne (2) or Melbourne to Sydney (2); 1931 (Mar 19) First Day Covers of the Kingsford Smith stamps bearing the set of three (2 covers) or 2d + 3d (2), two of these flown on Melbourne to Sydney special flight by Kingsford Smith in "Southern Moon" (one signed by Kingsford Smith), and two other F.D.Cs posted at Brisbane, one of these to New Zealand unusually with a "WELLINGTON / PACKET BOAT" arrival c.d.s. Also a fine press Photo of Kingsford Smith, G.U Allan and crew of "Southern Cross" who were involved in the search for the Sydney to Melbourne flight that went missing on 21st March 1931. E161/2, 180/1, $875+. (9).

1934-38 Covers comprising 1934 (Feb 4/5) Adastra Airways Sydney to Bega or Bega to Sydney first flight covers both pilot signed; 1935 (Oct 7) Holymans Airways first flight covers from Melbourne to Sydney (2, one pilot signed) or Canberra (2), Sydney to Melbourne or Canberra, Canberra to Melbourne; 1935 (Jan 29) New England Airways Toowoomba to Sydney first flight; 1938 (Mar 13) North Western Airlines Moree to Sydney via Tamworth survey flight, pilot signed, and May 23rd first regular service covers flown Sydney to Moree, Tamworth to Moree or Sydney, or Moree to Tamworth all pilot signed, also a commercial 1933 Brisbane to Sydney cover. E353/4, 486, 536/7a, 798b, 805/6a, $765. (16).

1933-34 Covers comprising 1933 (Feb 3) Sydney to Salamaua cover carried by sea to Port Moresby and then flown by Guinea Airways, franked 7d, the first official Australian acceptance for mail flown over Papua New Guinea air services; and 1934 (July 24) first Australia to Papua New Guinea flight in "Faith in Australia" covers flown Sydney to Port Moresby, or from Sydney, Brisbane or Rockhampton to Port Moresby and back to Sydney via Lae (Rockhampton cover signed C.T.P Ulm), Melbourne, Townsville or Rockhampton to Lae via Port Moresby, Sydney to Lae via Port Moresby and back to Sydney, Melbourne to Cairns and back to Melbourne, Port Moresby to Sydney via Lae (unusually with flight cachets dated June and July), Cairns to Brisbane, also an unused flight envelope and a fine picture postcard of the "Faith in Australia" at Lae signed by C.T.P Ulm. E296b, 390/5d, $845++. (14). Photo on Page 82. (Image1)

1938-45 Covers with 1938 (May 30) first official flight from Sydney to Port Moresby, Salamaua and Rabaul comprising covers flown Cooktown or Sydney to Port Moresby, Sydney to Rabaul, Sydney to Port Moresby and back to Sydney, Sydney to Rabaul and back to Sydney, Rockhampton to Sydney; also 1942 (Feb.) cover from Brisbane to Wau redirected to Port Moresby then returned to sender with Field P.O 0139 backstamp (June 1) and violet "NOT TRANSMISSIBLE / SERVICE SUSPENDED"; and 1945 (Apr 2) Qantas re-opened Australia - New Guinea service first flight covers carried on the outward or return flights franked 5d, both with flight vignettes and pilot signed, cancelled at No 7 Aust. Base P.O (Lae) or No. 1 Aust. Base P.O (Sydney). E808/12, 1002/3, $770++. (9).

1931-33 First flight covers comprising 1931 (May 1-2) ANA flight covers from Hobart to Melbourne (2), Launceston to Melbourne (2), Melbourne to Hobart (5) or Launceston; 1932 (June 7) Flinders Island to Launceston service flown by L. Johnston, covers from Launceston to Whitemark (2, one pilot signed) or Whitemark to Launceston (pilot signed); 1933 (Aug 22/23) Hart Aviation Co. Melbourne to Launceston or Whitemark, Launceston to Whitemark or Melbourne, Whitemark to Melbourne (2); 1933 (Aug 25) Matthews Aviation Co. Melbourne to Launceston (2, one pilot signed) or Launceston to Melbourne (pilot signed); also 1937 (Oct 13) ANA Melbourne to Hobart at 2d rate. A good lot. E197/8a, 267/8, 318/23, 324/5, 772, $1,420. (23).

1933 (Oct 13) Matthews Aviation Co. King Island service, first flight covers from Melbourne to Currie (2, pilot signed, 30 flown), Launceston to Currie (50 flown), Currie to Melbourne (30 flown) or to Launceston (pilot signed, 40 flown). E338/41, $700. (5).

1934-35 Holyman Airways first flight covers comprising 1934 (Oct 1) Melbourne to Launceston (2, one pilot signed), Hobart to Launceston (2) or Launceston to Hobart; 1934 (Dec 17) resumed service from Whitemark to Hobart, Melbourne to Whitemark or Hobart to Whitemark; 1935 (Feb 4) Melbourne or Hobart to Currie or Currie to Hobart; 1935 (Oct 1) Hobart to Melbourne. E424/6, 477a, 488/91, 530, $740. (12).

1935 (Sep 30) Cover with enclosed letter from Korumburra to Hobart, a little water damaged and the stamp washed off, with enclosed explanatory slip "Recovered from Air Liner "Loina" in saturated condition", backstamped at Hobart (Oct 6). The October 2nd Holyman Airways Melbourne to Whitemark flight in airliner "Loina" crashed into the sea killing all five people on board; the three mailbags containing 301 letters were recovered on October 4th and taken to Hobart where the letters were dried and backstamped. E535, $400.

G.B. World War One (12) and World War Two (30) covers with a good range of explanatory marks on undelivered mail to servicemen, censors, P.O.W mail, etc. (42).

G.B. 1799-1829 Entire letters from soldiers (7) or to soldiers (7), one letter to a soldier posted unpaid so charged the full rate of 1/4, one letter to a soldier written in India but posted at Chatham apparently charged at the 1d rate but then redirected and charged the full 1/8 rate, the others all sent at the 1d concession rate. Noted is an unusual 1827 letter from Stamford endorsed "From John Oldfield Serjeant 3rd Guards Commanding the recruiting party Stamford in the absence of the Officer" which was accepted by the Stamford Post Office, 1827 letter to Woolwich with red crowned "To be / delivered / Free", 1808 letter with red "Woolwich E.O / 1 py Post Paid", etc., a few faults though most are fine. (14).

G.B - Sailors Letters. 1803-12 Entire letters sent at the 1d rate comprising 1803 letter from H.M.S "Zealand" at the Nore to London with red crowned "To be / delivered / Free"; 1810 letter from H.M.S "Attack" at the Nore; and 1813 entire letter from H.M.S "Ajax" off Toulon posted at Dartford to another seaman on H.M.S "Impregnable", the last very soiled, the others with minor faults or soiling but very reasonable appearance. (3).

India. 1827 Entire letter from Cawnpore to England from a soldier in the 11th Dragoons, backstamped at Calcutta, carried by an East India Co. ship and handed into the Post Office upon arrival, therefore only the 1d rate charged as there was no expense incurred by the Post Office in conveying the letter by sea, handstamped by circular "INDIA SEAMAN & c / 1 / LONDON". Upper and lower edge faults but very rare, this 1d rate "Seaman" handstamp not recorded in the County Catalogue of London Postal History by B. Jay, ex Sattin collection. Photo on Page 116. (Image1)