THE KURT GOLDSMITH COLLECTION OF FIRST FLIGHT COVE continued...
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 AUSTRALIA 1933 UK (Lympne) to Australia solo record Kingsford Smith flight group of covers (3), the first bearing GB KGV ½d (3) tied 'London 4 19 33' (stamps with faults, cover somewhat soiled) and with 'Mascot 14 OC 33'
arrival c.d.s, the second a commem cover with 3d Air tied 'Mascot 14 OC 33' c.d.s (cancelled on arrival), the third bearing KGV ½d and Sturt 1½d tied 'Melbourne 20 OC 33'. Each cover is signed by Kingsford Smith, a fine & scarce trio of flight
covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 180-220
Starting Bid £ 180
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1933-34 group of Trans-Tasman flight covers (6), each signed by pilot Kingsford Smith (3 additionally signed by crew or passengers), with 1933 (Jan 11) Gerringong Beach to Gisbourne (believed to be one of just 10
carried), 1933 (March) Ninety Mile Beach to Sydney (2), 1934 (Jan 13) to New Plymouth (2) and 1934 (Jan 13) New Plymouth to Mascot. A fine & scarce group of signed flight covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 250-300
Starting Bid £ 250
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1933-38 range of Trans-Tasman commem flight covers (19) on leaves, a group of four 1933 with 'Faith in Australia' commem labels (signed), four bearing NZ optd 7d 'Faith in Australia' covers, 1934 first official
Sydney to Auckland flight, 1934 (May 11 unofficial 'Goodwill Flight', 1935 (May 15) Jubilee flight (unsuccessful with most covers jettisoned). A fine & interesting group, some scarce covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1933-39 group of flight covers (6) written up on leaves with 1933 (Oct 9) 'Faithful City' England to Australia (signed by pilots Lynch-Blosse and Bishop Sydney), 1933 (Oct 12) England to Australia (signed C. Ulm),
1934 (Mar 22) England to Australia, Darwin to Sydney stage cover, 1935 Darwin to Sydney (signed), 1936 (Sep 14) England to Australia signed J.V. Fairbairn and 1938 (Dec 19) Germany to Australia, Darwin to Sydney stage. (Image)
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Estimate £ 200-250
Starting Bid £ 200
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1934 (Oct 21) Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd, Mascot printed cover flown by Kingsford Smith and P. G. Taylor in the 'Lady Southern Cross' on the first eastward crossing of the Pacific from Brisbane to San Francisco.
Bearing 2d & 3d tied 'Mascot 18.OCt.34', Fiji 3d tied 'Suva 22.OCT.34' and USA 3c tied 'Honolulu' transit strikes, 'Los Angeles NOV 5' arrival c.d.s on reverse. Signed by Kingsford Smith (a similar cover recently sold in Australia for A$1350 +
premium). A second cover, taken on board at Honolulu with USA 3c Parks marginal pair (with inscription) tied 'Honolulu NOV 1' to San Francisco, signed by both pilots. A fine and very scarce pair of flight covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 500-600
Starting Bid £ 500
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1934 group of flight covers (5) with Sydney Marshall New Guinea to Queensland first flight bearing ½d, 1½d and 3d, tied 'Port Moresby 21.MAR.34' (this flight failed to take-off, so re-scheduled for 12th April),
signed by pilot, also the first Australia to New Guinea flight cover, 1934 (Sept 28) UK to Australia and Sydney to Melbourne covers each signed by pilot Freda Thompson and 1935 (Oct 23) B. Shiel Darwin to UK cover (number 8 of 49), then carried on
the return flight by Kingsford Smith (ultimately unsuccessfully, therefore returning to London). A fine and scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 250-300
Starting Bid £ 250
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1934 group of Imperial Airways first flight covers (9) on leaves incl. UK to Australia (8 DEC 34) and to New Zealand (10 DEC), Basra to Netherlands Indies (11 DEC) bearing Iraq issues, Hong Kong to Singapore,
Netherlands Indies to Brisbane (12 DEC), Bangkok to UK (15 DEC) and Sudan (Juba) to London. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 100-130
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1934-39 group of flight covers (6) written up on leaves incl.1934 (May 23) Jean Batten Brooklands to Darwin flight (signed) and also her 1935 Darwin to Croydon flight, 1935 (Mar 15) England to Australia and return
via New Zealand cover (signed by pilots) and 1938 (Nov 5) Egypt to Darwin, signed by crew members. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA group of flight covers (11) incl. Kingsford Smith Sydney to Melbourne (signed) and Melbourne to Sydney covers, 1934 England to Australia Air Race (signed C. Kay pilot), 1929 Perth to Australia etc (4, one signed)
etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-180
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1935 (Nov 15) cover from Enmore intended to be carried on a flight in search of (the missing) Kingsford Smith, signed by three crew members (but flight abandoned), also UK to Australia cover (one of 12) flown by (and
signed) C.J. Melrose (he broke off his flight to assist in the search for Kingsford Smith) and another UK to Australia cover (Oct 1), flown by and signed N. Littlejohn and his wife. A fine & scarce trio. (Image)
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Estimate £ 350-400
Starting Bid £ 350
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1935 2d Jubilee on final flight of the 'Southern Cross' from Mascot to Richmond, addressed to Ernest Crome, with 'Southern Cross Sydney - Richmond 18th July 1935' h/stamp and bearing the special perforated commem
vignette with seven signatures; Kingsford Smith, Mrs. Mary Kingsford Smith and the five crew members. Fine & very scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 180-220
Starting Bid £ 180
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1935-38 covers (4) flown by Harry Broadbent with 1935 (Oct 10) Darwin to UK (crashed in Basra en-route), 1938 (Mar 12) England to Australia (ended on the island of Flores, Dutch East Indies), 1938 (Mar 26) Masco to
London and 1938 (18 Apr) Darwin to London. Each is signed by pilot. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1935-39 group of crash covers (9) written up on leaves incl. 1935 (Dec 31) 'City of Khartoum' crashed at Alexandria en-route to Australia, 1936 (Sep 28) 'Athena' caught fire at Delhi, 1937 (Dec 4) 'Cygnus', crashed
on take-off from Brindisi, 1938 (Nov 27) 'Calpurnia', crashed en-route to Australia at Lake Habbaniyah, Iraq, 1939 (June 12) 'Centurion', crashed en-route to UK into the Hooghly River, Calcutta etc. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 250-300
Starting Bid £ 250
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1935-7 Trans-Pacific Mail group of covers (5) on leaves with Sydney to Pennsylvania bearing KGV 3d tied 'Sydney FE 25 35' c.d.s, taken by sea to San Francisco where 1923 8c & 18c Airs applied, then flown to Reading
via Cheyenne. Also first flight Australia to Hong Kong with attractive franking tied 'Rose Bay 23 MR 36', 'Hong Kong 31 MR 36' arrival c.d.s, first flight Australia to USA (19.4.37) via Philippines and Hawaii, 1937 round the world flight cover with
multiple franking and cachets. (Image)
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Estimate £ 120-160
Starting Bid £ 120
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1937 (April 9) group of commem covers (4) carried on the first solo flight from Brisbane to Cape Town flown by Mrs. H. B. Bonney, three with the commem cachet, one bearing KGV ½d (2) & 1d tied 'Brisbane 8.4.37' and
South Africa 1d tied 'Pretoria 28.8.37', the other three being stage flights to Netherlands Indies (with Australia 3d, Queensland 1d (2) and Netherlands Indies 7½c, 10c & 42½c), to India (arriving on Coronation Day with 3a applied) and to Sudan, with
1m (3), 2m, 3m & 5m applied, tied 'Juba 17.7.37'. Each cover is signed by the pilot, a most attractive & scarce group. (Image)
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Estimate £ 150-200
Starting Bid £ 150
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1930 England to Australia intermediate flight cover by Kingsford Smith on his record making flight, with 'Rome to Australia via the Southern Cross' h/stamp, franked with Italian issues tied 'Roma Aeroporto Del
Littorio Posta Aerea 10 10 30' cancels. Signed by Kingsford Smith. Fine & very scarce. (Image)
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Estimate £ 350-450
Starting Bid £ 350
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1933 (Mar 22) Trans-Tasman Christchurch to Sydney flight cover, signed by Kingsford Smith and the entire crew (40 covers carried), also Rawene (NZ) to Sydney (25 Mar) commem cover, signed by Kingsford Smith. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 AUSTRALIA 1934 MacRobertson Air Race collection of flown covers (19) written up on leaves, mostly signed by the pilots and including covers from 12 of the 20 participants, of which only 9 completed the course in the allotted
time. The collection includes two covers carried by the winners, C.W.A Scott and T. Campbell Black, one signed by both, the other just by Campbell Black (on the rare occasions these come up in auction, they fetch significant prices), two from the
second place plane, the American team of Turner and Pangborn (each signing one of them), also Jones and Waller (third place), signed by both. The remainder include the Dutch team, C. Melrose (Calcutta to Melbourne), the Danes Hansen and Jensen and
New Zealanders McGregor and Walker. Some arrived late and these include H. L Brook, Kay and Stewart, the British duo Davies and Hill (2, both signed by both and with Cyprus 1½pi affixed after experiencing problems in Cyprus) and Wright and Polando
(their mail was confiscated for a day in Persia and they were forced to withdraw in Calcutta). A superb collection of these fascinating and scarce covers, extremely difficult to replicate. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 700-1,000
Starting Bid £ 700
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN well written up collection on 20 leaves covering the Lindbergh First Flights throughout that region. Covers (36) include those to and from the USA, Panama, British Honduras, Canal Zone, Colombia,
Cuba, Dominica and Haiti. A fine lot that needs viewing. (Image)
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Estimate £ 300-400
Starting Bid £ 300
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
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 CHINA 1918 stampless printed letter carried by train to Holland with 'Peking' departure strike on front, 10c blue applied on reverse and 'Opened by Censor' label, along with Russian sealing strips (a Russian anti-aircraft
unit). Some peripheral faults but an attractive & scarce item. (Image)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Nov-11, 12:00 PM |
