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422 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: 1974 (Nov.) airmail envelope to Freemantle (Western Australia) franked Mackin 2p. (2) and £1, and 10p. U.P.U. pair tied by Trafalgar Square c.d.s. with London WC1 registration label and “DELAYED EN ROUTE/-AIRCRAFT HI-JACK -”. The flight hijacked at Dubai and flown to Tunisia. Mail eventually recovered and with a Perth transit c.d.s on reverse. As at Jan. 2000, 42 examples of this mark were recorded of which this is the only registered article. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £400-500


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
423 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: 1978 (May 15) much reduced and charred envelope to Bonny Hills (N.S.W.) franked 18c. tied by Airlie Becah c.d.s. with typed explanatory slip from the Postmaster at Prosperine attributing blame to a fire at Airlie Beach P.O. and with matching official ‘ambulance’ envelope. The only example believed to exist. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £100-120


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
424 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1921 (Nov. 28) envelope “per Aerial Mail” to Roebourne franked K.G.V 1/2d. block of four and 3d. Kangaroo tied by Perth machine and c.d.s. with special cachet and Roebourne arrival c.d.s. below. Crashed en route at Murchison House Station killing two occupants. 52 surviving covers recorded which were flown back to Perth and subsequently sent by surface mail. Eustis 56a. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £750-800


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
425 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1921 (Dec. 19) envelope (consistent faults) “per Aerial Mail” to Perth 21/2d. Kangaroo pair tied by Broome c.d.s. Subject to a forced landing at Cape Latouche and one a dozen examples flown on this first southbound non-contract flight to Perth. Eustis 57b. Ex Williamson. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £750-800


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
426 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1926 (June 24) envelope “By Aeroplane to Australia” to Perth “carried by” with signature of pilot Cobham alongside, the addressee endorsed as “LEFT FOR/ENGLAND” and with Perth G.P.O. printed “Returned to Sender” (to London) label affixed to the reverse. Cobham flew from the River Medway, Kent and during a dust storm between Baghdad and Basra was forced to fly at a height of about 40 feet, resulting in being shot at with his engineer Arthur Elliott killed as a result. He was replaced by a Sgt Ward at Basra for the balance of the journey to Melbourne from where this cover was sent to Perth. A tragic and exceedingly rare flight cover with only ten signed examples believed to have made. Important exhibition item. Eustis 96. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £2,500-2,800


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
427 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1926 (Sept. 8) envelope “per favour of Captain Cobham/on flight Australia/to England” to Bedford, posted on arrival in London franked G.B. 11/2d. tied by a Hyde S.O. c.d.s. and with typed label “Carried by Mr. Alan/Cobham’s DE HAVILLAND/machine on the flight/from Australia” affixed to reverse. The flight, originating in Darwin, subject to a forced landing at Phuket (Siam) and further delays in Burma at Victoria Point and Rangoon due to tropical storms, very scarce with only 18 covers carried. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £750-850


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
428 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1930 (Jan. 1) envelope to Sydney with airmail label manuscript endorsed “First flight” franked 11/2d. and 3d. (2) with Brisbane registration label at lower left. Carried by Charles Ulm on the “Southern Sky” whom made a forced landing due to low cloud in a paddock near Bonalbo damaging the undercarriage as a result, mail was subsequently collected by another flight from Ballina. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £80-100


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
429 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1932 (Dec. 12) pilot-signed envelope “England-Australia/Flight/Darwin-Sydney/by Courtesy of/J.R.Hebert. Esq.” to Sydney franked 3d. tied by Brisbane c.d.s. Carried from England and upon leaving Darwin made a forced landing in paddock due to being unable to find the airfield, overturning in order to miss a herd of goats and damaging the fuselage and wings. The wreck was sold to QANTAS upon rescue and the mail proceeded to Brisbane. Rare, just three covers flown from Darwin to Sydney. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
430 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1934 (Nov. 15) hand-carried envelope to Brisbane “By VH-USG” from England endorsed on reverse by Sir Hudson Fysh “From Crashed DH86b VH-USG/near Longreach 15/11/34/Capt Prendergast and crew/all killed”. The flight was a delivery flight to QANTAS and the crash due to carrying a spare engine on the back of the plane affecting the centre of gravity and by a failed forward fin”. The only example recorded. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £1,000-1,200


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
431 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1935 (Sept. 6) O.H.M.S. envelope to Adelaide franked 2d. and 3d. tied by Darwin c.d.s. and signed by pilot M.V. Mather at left. En route from Tennant Creek to Alice Springs, the starboard engine failed about 80 miles from Alice Springs resulting in crash landing with one passenger leaving the scene to seek help with all involved eventually rescued. Despite carrying fourteen mail bags, fewer than ten examples from this incident are believed to exist. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £500-600


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
432 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1935 (Sept. 30) envelope (consistent slight damage) to Launceston franked 2d. and 3d. tied by Sydney c.d.s. Carried on the “Loina” from Melbourne on Oct. 2 lost and without survivors in Bass Strait with mail bags washed ashore two days later and with a typed official “Inspection Branch” explanatory letter. Eustis 535. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-250


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
433 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1935 (Dec. 31) envelope to Sydney from Milan (all stamps missing) carried on the “City of Kartoum” crashed near Alexandria, from the Brindisi-Darwin mailbag which weighed 4.45lbs. and with “OFFICIALLY SEALED” explanatory label applied to the reverse in Melbourne before being sent on to Sydney. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £120-140


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
434 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1935 (Dec. 31) envelope to Brisbane from London (all three stamps missing) with Brisbane G.P.O. explanatory cachet for “City of Khartoum” crash near Alexandria and a similar typed label used on mail from this incident. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £100-120


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
435 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1936 (Apr. 18) charred and repaired envelope to Sydney franked France 50c. (2) and 5f. tied by Paris c.d.s., the reverse with “AVION ACCIDENTE” mark. Crashed on a night flight from Le Bourget en route to Brussels with occupants killed, salvaged mail postmarked at Senlis where repaired and forwarded. The only example of mail from this incident to Australia. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £1,000-1,200


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
436 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1936 (May 24) envelopes to Sydney or Melbourne franked G.B. ½d., 2½d. and 6d. pair or 3d. and 1s. Carried on the Armstrong Whitworth AW15 “Aurora” which developed engine troubles at Penang from which the mail and passengers were transferred at Singapore to the “RMA Brisbane”. (2 items) Photo (Image1)

Est. £100-120


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
437 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1936 (Sept. 29) severely charred envelope to Wau, New Guinea, franked G.B. 3d. and 1s. tied by Wolverhampton c.d.s., with printed Sydney G.P.O. explanatory label (type K). Carried on Imperial Airways “Athena” destroyed en route by fire at Delhi , the mail forwarded by Dutch steamer “Van Rees” to Port Moresby. The only example of mail from this incident to Papua or New Guinea. Ex Kelly and Grey. Eustis 105a and illustrated by him at page 252. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £250-300


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
438 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1936 (Sept. 29) peripherally stained envelope to Hobart franked G.B. 3d. and 1s. (perfins) tied by Birmingham machine cancellation. Reverse with typed official explanation and manuscript endorsed “Damaged - Ex Athena” with oval Hobart G.P.O. Superintendent of Mails datestamp and Hobart airmail arrival c.d.s. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £120-140


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
439 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1938 (Dec. 16) “AUSTRALIA - ENGLAND/R.A.F. Long distance Vickers Wellesley’s envelope to Sydney with combination franking Australia 2d. and G.B. ½d. One of six covers carried from Sydney to London which were later returned by surface mail from Darwin and cancelled on arrival by London machine mark. Carried by pilot O. Gayford and signed by him following a record-breaking flight from Egypt to Darwin en route to Sydney, on return encountered a fractured fuel line near Munja Station (Western Australia) making a forced landing with pilot and flight lieutenant rescued two days later. Eustis 831a. Photo. (Image1)

Est. £250-300


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
440 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1939 (Jan. 6, 18) postcard and cover to Perth from G.B., both with typed (two slightly different types from the sheet of twelve printed) official explanatory labels affixed. Carried on the Guinea Airways Lockheed “Koranga” which crashed into the Katherine River between Darwin and Adelaide. (2 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £320-350


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.
441 c, entire, etc. imageAustralia: Crash Mail: 1939 (Jan. 6) two envelopes to Hobart with London meter mark or 11/2d. (2) franking respectively, with ”SALVAGED EX PLANE - Crashed Katharine 18/1/39” cachet in grey (shades). Both carried on the Guinea Airways Lockheed “Koranga” which crashed into the Katherine River between Darwin and Adelaide. (2 items) Photo. (Image1)

Est. £200-220


Closing..Mar-11, 08:00 AM EST.

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