Aerophilately & Flight Covers continued...
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Estimate in AU$'s |
| 941 |
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 1919-20 England-Australia Ross & Keith Smith Flight cover addressed in Ross Smith's handwriting to "Mrs Hill, Bellevue House,
Bellevue, Queensland" with enclosed letter written & signed by him on Bellevue House notepaper, a very fine well-centred example of the 'FIRST/AERIAL POST/ENGLAND-/AUSTRALIA' flight vignette tied by one of two very fine strikes of the large
double-oval 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/ 26FEB1920/ GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' datestamp, a couple of tiny trivial blemishes otherwise superb, AAMC 27a, Cat $5750+ (2008).
This was the first completed flight from England to Australia, winning the £10,000 prize offered by the Australian Government for the first aviator(s) to achieve this epic feat, that today we take for granted. Tom Frommer (2011) identifies 364 covers
from the flight, of which this is FR# 202 and illustrated by him at page 60. Most originated in England but significant numbers were uplifted at several intermediate points. However, only a dozen (12) were added after their arrival in Australia while
making their way to Melbourne to claim the prize. No covers are recorded signed by Ross Smith; of the 21 covers known addressed by him, Frommer lists only three others containing letters written by him [in an apparent oversight, this cover is not
listed with those addressed by Ross Smith on page 16, but is so described in the main tabulation].
The Smith Brothers' Vickers Vimy reached Darwin on 10.12.1919, then proceded on a 'Victory Lap' around Australia. This was interrupted when the Vimy's port engine exploded at 900m altitude requiring an emergency landing at Charleville (Qld). The
engine and propellor were repaired at the Ipswich Railway Workshops. Ross Smith had presumably visited Bellevue House, and taken with him the notepaper on which this letter is written; it reads in part "... writing this at Charleville on Feb 10th. It
is just a week since we came back from Ipswich and we have got our machine almost ready to start off for Sydney. Rain delayed us for 3 days otherwise we should be in Sydney now". In 1884, James Taylor MLA purchased Bellevue House for his son Con;
after Con passed away in 1899, his widow Edith married Charles Lumley Hill, also an MLA and owner of various cattle properties throughout North Australia. Together, they built Bellevue House into the social centre of the district, the hostess Edith
Hill being the Mrs Hill to whom this letter is addressed. Later in 1920, Bellevue House hosted HRH Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, during a Royal Visit to Australia. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$6,000
SOLD for AU$9,500.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 942 |
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 1919-20 England-Australia Ross & Keith Smith Flight (Dec 4) England-Australia two real photo postcards of 1) a crowd surrounding
the Vickers 'Vimy' after landing at Singapore Racecourse; and 2) the 'Vimy' in front of the Racecourse Grandstand; minor blemishes on the address sides, unused. Not previously seen by us and possibly unique.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 943 |
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 1932 England-Australia per CWA Scott AAMC 258 signed "C Scott", with GB 1½d not cancelled, Brisbane cds of 3MY32 where endorsed
"T4d" in blue & Postage Due 1d x4 manuscript cancelled, minor abrasion on the face, Cat $1400 (2008). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 944 |
L |
 1933 (Jan 11) 16pp quarto-size brochure 'Souvenir of the Flight of/Sir Charles Kingsford Smith/from/Sydney to New Plymouth',
scuffed on the back cover & vertical mailing fold otherwisae very fine. Very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$130.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 945 |
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 1933 Crome cover with printed world map England-Australia per Charles Kingsford Smith & signed by him, KSMith 2d Plate Number '7'
single with superb 'MASCOT/14OC33/NSW' arrival cds, very minor blemishes on the reverse, AAMC 332, Cat $1750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 946 |
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 1934 Australia-New Zealand-Australia long-format specially-printed illustrated envelope with Kookaburra & Kiwi and maps of
Australia & New Zealand, and 'No.' box with handstamped '248', Australia 3d Airmail & KGV 4d olive tied by Sydney cds and New Zealand 7d Airmail tied by Kaitara cds for 'boomerang' return flight AAMC 371, both flight cachets applied in the
pre-printed boxes and signed by pilots & crew CTP Ulm, GU Allan & RN Boulton in the pre-printed autograph panel at left, Auckland & Sydney receiving backstamps plus 'With Compliments Flight Lieut (Hon) CTP Ulm AFC' slip attached to the reverse
stating 'Five hundred (500) only of these special Souvenir Envelopes have been printed, those numbered 1 to 300 being different from those numbered 301 to 500', a few minor blemishes. There were 11,000+ 'boomerang' covers carried both ways, but we
have never seen this special envelope before, nor is it mentioned or listed in the AAMC. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 947 |
D |
 1934 MacRobertson Air Race Royal Aero Club (London) 12pp 'Official Programme' with the Rules, List of the 64 Entries, Map of the
Route etc and signed on the face by about 40 of the competitors notably "Charles WA Scott" & "T Campbell Black" who won both the open & handicap classes, "KD Parmentier" (2nd in both classes, with JJ Moll), "Roscoe Turner" & "Clyde Pangborn" (3rd
place), "C James Melrose" (3rd in the handicap), "JD Hewitt" & "Cyril Kay", others who failed to finish including "Ray Parer" (withdrew at Paris), "HL Brook" & Miss "EM Lay" (withdrew at Rome), Miss "Jackie Cochran" & "Wesley S Smith" (withdrew at
Bucharest) and "JJ Mollison" & "Amy Mollison" (withdrew at Allahabad), also "HD Gilman" & "Jas KC Baines" (crashed in Italy & both killed), etc. Ex Derrick Ray. A marvellous memento of this important event in aviation, believed to be unique, and in
superb condition. Sold at a Melbourne auction in 2005 for $5825. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$10,000.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 948 |
D |
 1934 MacRobertson Air Race Royal Aero Club (London) 12pp 'Official Programme' with the Rules, List of the 64 Entries, Map of the
Route etc, minor blemishes & two light vertical folds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 949 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race printed 'boomerang' cover for Scott & Campbell-Black with GB ½d tied by 'WEST KENTISH...' cds & 1/2d in
Australian stamps cancelled on arrival at Melbourne with blue & black/white R label, signed on the reverse by "Tom Campbell Black" & "CWA Scott" with 'GROSVENOR HOUSE - Arrived Melbourne/...' cachet in violet, AAMC 433, Cat $1250. Plus press
photographs of the plane (very fine), Scott alighting from the plane at Singapore (minor blemishes) and two of both men fronting the press on their return to England; superb cigarette cards of Scott & 'COMET' and of the two pilots; etc. An important
group regarding the winners of the Race.
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 950 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race printed 'boomerang' cover for Scott & Campbell-Black with GB ½d tied by 'WEST KENTISH...' cds & 1/2d in
Australian stamps cancelled on arrival at Melbourne with blue & black/white R label, signed on the reverse by "Tom Campbell Black" & "CWA Scott" with 'GROSVENOR HOUSE - Arrived Melbourne/...' cachet in violet, minor toning, AAMC 433, Cat $1250. See
also the next lot. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 951 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race plain envelope with American 16c Arms 'SPECIAL DELIVERY' tied by 'MINEOLA NY' machine 'Round the World'
journey, GB 1½d tied by Mildenhall cds & Victoria Centenary 3d tied by Melbourne arrival cds, to "Clyde Pangborn/Gotham Hotel/New York" with New York datestamps of DEC4/1934 on both sides, AAMC 434a, Cat $450. The only such 'round-the-world' cover we
have offered. Plus large news photographs of Roscoe Turner taking delivery of Boeing 247 named 'Warner Bros Comet; Turner & Pangborn with the plane at New York; and the wingless plane being loaded onto SS 'Washington' bound for England.
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Estimate AU$350
SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 952 |
/D |
 1934 MacRobertson Air Race American airmail envelope with GB 1½d tied by London machine & Australia KGV 1d green tied by Melbourne
arrival cds, small race cachet in violet signed "Roscoe Turner" in green, AAMC 434, Cat $100; plus very fine promotional card of Turner & his Boeing 247 named 'Warner Bros Comet', large Acme Newspictures photo of the plane x2 (one in flight over
Mildenhall); second-generation photo of Turner meeting KGV at Mildenhall & signed by Turner in green; contrived photo-montage (creased at the top) of nine men including Turner, Clyde Pangborn and their passenger Reeder Nichols with facsimile
signatures below and a newspaper cutting of the 'photo' & signatures as published; modern PPC of the plane; and a non-contemporary print of Turner and Edward, Prince of Wales at Mildenhall.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 953 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race typed cover for Cathcart Jones & Waller with GB 1½d tied by 'CAMBRIDGE' machine & 'DUTY
OFFICE/2NOV1934/LYMPNE AIR PORT' cachet at lower-left, Victoria Centenary 2d cancelled on arrival at Melbourne, signed "KWF Waller" and "Owen Cathcart Jones" who endorsed the flap "Only 13 examples carried", light spotting, AAMC 435, Cat $1600. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 954 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race plain cover with GB 1½d & KGV tied by deformed rubber 'LONDON/19OCT34/ 345 ' cds with double-oval 'POST
OFFICE/EXPRESS/DELIVERY' cachet alongside & superb 'LONDON CHIEF OFFICE EC/ PO ' backstamp, to Mildenhall then redirected to "Hotel Alexander/Melbourne" with Victoria Centenary 2d (defective) cancelled on arrival at Melbourne, light spotting, AAMC
435, Cat $1600. Very unusual. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 955 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race Calcutta-Rangoon per Jimmy Melrose with red/yellow-buff label & Air Race cachet in purple AAMC 436a, Cat
$550. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 956 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race cover with huge cachet in blue & signed "HL Brook" with GB 1½d tied by 'MELBOURN/ROYSTON HERTS' cds &
Macarthur 2d Dark Hills tied by Melbourne arrival cds AAMC 437, Cat $400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 957 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race JS Davis covers with huge Race cachet in blue x3 or violet x2 signed by pilots "HL Brook", "CE Kay", "CG
Davies" & "CN Hill" (with Cyprus 1½pi tied to the reverse by 'NICOSIA/CYPRUS' cds), "NC McGregor" & "HE Walker", or "M Hansen", AAMC 437-441, Cat $1700; another with the cachet in green crossed-through & not flown. Unusual opportunity.
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 958 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race plain cover to a Sydney dealer with GB ½d & 4d tied by Mildenhall cds & Kingsford Smith 6d tied by
Melbourne cds on arrival, signed "CN Hill" and "CG Davies", minor toning, AAMC 439, Cat $450. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 959 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race cover with huge Race cachet in violet with GB 1½d tied by 'MELBOURN/...' cds & Cyprus 1½pi tied to the
reverse by 'NICOSIA/25OCT/34/CYPRUS' cds, signed "CN Hill" and "CG Davies", AAMC 439a, Cat $450. The first example we have offered.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
| 960 |
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 1934 MacRobertson Air Race three covers with huge cachet in blue or green x2 & all signed "M Hansen", each with GB 1½d tied by
'MELBOURN/ROYSTON HERTS' cds or Mildenhall Aerodrome cds x2 & Macarthur 2d tied by Melbourne slogan x2 & 'MILDENHALL/11DE34/...' arrival backstamp or uncancelled, AAMC 441, Cat $1200.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-23, 07:30 PM |
