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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2118 |
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 1935 (Dec) cover from Great Britain with 'CADBURY BROS LTD' imprint on the flap, boxed 'POST OFFICE/23DEC1935/CADBURY BROS
LIMITED' backstamp in blue & 'BOURNVILLE' R label, per Imperial Airways flying boat 'City of Khartoum' ex Brindisi, which crash-landed on approach to Alexandria, to "Cadbury-Fry-Pascall/Hobart" with Seahorse 2/6d washed-off & roneo'd slip affixed to
the face with 'SUPT MAILS/17JA35/MELBOURNE' cds in rosine, AAMC 535, Cat $325. See Volume Two at pages 352-372: illustrated at page 362.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2119 |
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 1935 (Dec) cover from Leeds, England per Imperial Airways flying boat 'City of Khartoum' ex Brindisi, which crash-landed on
approach to Alexandria, to Melbourne with all stamps washed-off, resealed with a plain piece of paper tied by Melbourne cds and a '.../FOUND OPEN/...' label damaged on opening & crudely repaired, almost fine 'RECEIVED AT GPO MELBOURNE/DAMAGED BY
WATER' cachet in violet, remarkably with the original enclosures, AAMC 535, Cat $325. See Volume Two at pages 352-372: illustrated at pages 361-2.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2120 |
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 1935 'REPORT/of the investigation of the accident to the aircraft...City of Khartoum...' (July 1936) entire 12pp document in
modern binding. Not as comprehensive as one might wish, still an historically important document. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2121 |
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 1936 (May) two covers from England to Sydney or to Melbourne per 'Aurora' Bangkok-Singapore which developed engine trouble & was
delayed at Penang for repairs, the first with a few blemishes, the second (Ex Rod Perry) very attractive, both with arrival backstamp of 30MY36. Qantas sent 'Brisbane' to Penang to expedite the mail, with 'Brisbane' then flying to Darwin & on to
Brisbane, arriving 29.5.1936, only one day late.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2122 |
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 1936 (Apr 18) social cover from France to New South Wales per Belgian Sabena cargo plane that crashed soon after departing Le
Bourget Airport, killing both occupants, attractive peripheral fire-damage, 'SENLIS/22-4/36' cds, French Post Office repair labels at left & base, the reverse with very fine 'AVION ACCIDENTE' handstamp & manuscript endorsement. The only cover to
Australia recorded from this major European incident. Ex Rod Perry; sold for $4190. Illustrated in Volume Three at pages 102-103.
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2123 |
/D |
 1936 (Sep) England-Australia per Imperial to Karachi where mails transferred to 'Athena' which burst into flames just before
takeoff, with no loss of life, selection on Brian Peace's exhibit pages mostly from England plus Ulster (one of 3 to Australia) & Ireland (one of 2 to Australia) to NSW x5 (four with 'Salvaged from Air Iiner' cachet, plus two printed advices with
corrected incident date & a DLO ambulance envelope), Queensland (with 'DAMAGED IN TRANSIT' cachet), Tasmania x2 (one with lengthy typed incident advice on the reverse) & Victoria (plus roneo'd advice & ambulance envelope), AAMC 632, Cat from $250 x9
plus the other items. See Volume Three at pages 155-182, where many are illustrated.
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$1,450.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2124 |
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 1936 (Sep) England-Australia per Imperial to Karachi where mails transferred to 'Athena' which burst into flames just before
takeoff, with no loss of life, Cadbury Bournville advertising cover to their facility in Hobart with KGV Photogravure 3d & 1/- with 'CB/B' perfins & boxed 'POST OFFICE/22DEP1936/CADBURY BROS LIMITED' backstamp in blue, the reverse with 'AIR MAIL
HOBART/8OC36/TAS' arrival cds, official endorsement "Damaged ex Athena" plus typed advice across the flap & superb triple-oval 'SUPERINTENDENT OF MAILS/8OCT1936/GENERAL POST OFFICE HOBART' datestamp in violet, minor peripheral fire-damage, AAMC 632,
Cat from $250. See Volume Three at pages 155-182, illustrated at page 173. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2125 |
/D |
 1936 (Sep) England-Australia per Imperial to Karachi where mails transferred to 'Athena' which burst into flames just before
takeoff, with no loss of life, cover with Great Britain KGV 1/- brown + KEVIII 1d red x3 tied by London cds & on the reverse '.../This packet.../has been compulsorily registered because it/contains ("value")/...' label & secured on all sides with
multiple 'OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/RETURNED LETTER SECTION/LONDON POSTAL REGION' labels, with the enclosed printed GPO Sydney advice with the incident date corrected & a photo (surface faults), AAMC 632, Cat from $250. See Volume Three at pages
155-182, illustrated at page 169. The addressee Frank Walrond was, in 1935, the founder of New Zealand dealers Pim & Co which, for many years, was that country's largest stamp firm.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2126 |
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 1936 (Sep 23) England-Australia per 'Boadicea' which was operating an emergency supplementary service to Paris & Brindisi but
disappeared over the English Channel killing both occupants, water-damage & the stamps lost, roneo'd advice label (Type 6 of 12) affixed with a paperclip that rusted & now separated, superb clock datestamp of 27NOV1936 in violet, another strike on
the accompanying OHMS DLO ambulance envelope - roughly opened with repaired tear at upper-right - with Sydney arrival backstamp of 27NOV/1936, AAMC 631, Cat from $450. See Volume Three at pages 143-154, where it is listed as cover #12 of 22 recorded
to Australia, all to NSW. The label illustrated at page 148.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2127 |
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 1936 (Sep 23) England-Australia per 'Boadicea' which was operating an emergency supplementary service to Paris & Brindisi but
disappeared over the English Channel killing both occupants, three mutilated covers # 2 4 & 14 with different settings of the roneo'd advice labels Type 2 (forwarded unaffixed), Type 4 stuck to the face, or Type 9 pinned to the face, AAMC 631, Cat
from $450 x3 = $1350+. See Volume Three at pages 143-154, where 22 covers recorded to Australia, all to NSW.
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2128 |
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 1936 (Nov-Dec) Australia-England to Alexandria where transferred to 'Scipio' which crashed at Mirabella Bay (Crete) with the loss
of two lives, Brian Peace's self-contained 16-page display with covers from Australia x23, New Guinea, Papua and New Zealand x3 with a good range of frankings & registered x3, also a very scarce usage of KGV 1½d Postal Card, excellent range of
instructional handstamps including the huge 'DAMAGED BY SEA' (120x10mm), 'DAMAGED BY/SEAVATER' (damaged 'W'), 'DAMAGEDBY/SEA WATER' (no space in first line), 'Damaged By SEA WATER', boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER' and the French 'AVION ACCIDENTE', British &
Canadian explanatory letters, British DLO ambulance envelope, mostly to Great Britain but also to Belgium, Canada, France, Germany x2 (one with French and German explanatory labels), and USA, various degrees of distress & most with the stamps
washed-off, AAMC 623, Cat from $175 x28 = $4900 plus the extra items. An excellent lot that could be further expanded. See Volume Three at pages 107-135, where many of these items are illustrated.
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2129 |
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 1936 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) England-Australia large cover (255x205mm) to Melbourne per 'Centaurus' which developed a fault at
Athens causing the mail to be transferred to 'Satyrus', for leg to Alexandria, with Great Britain KGV Photogravure 3d & 1/- x7 + KEVIII 1½d brown pair tied by rubber cds of Bradford, arrival backstamp of 9JA37, central horizontal fold. See Volume
Three at pages 184-5. The rate was was 1/3d x6 = 7/6d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2130 |
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 1937 (Mar 22) RAF cover (insignia on the flap) from England to NSW with Great Britain KEVIII 1½d brown booklet pair (1/- stamp
lost), per inaugural flight of Imperial Airways 'Capricornus' which was caught in a violent snowstorm & crashed into the Morvan mountain range in central France, killing five of the six occupants. The mail was recovered the next day and sent to Macon
for onward carriage per 'Cygnus', 'TPO 2 SOUTH/5AP37/ 2 /NSW' transit backstamp, Sanford 370324, AAMC 710a, undercatalogued at $600. Ex Rod Perry: sold for $1610. See Volume Three at pages 186-191, illustrated at page 188, (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2131 |
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 1937 (May 12) Chevron Hotel cover (emblem on flap) to Brisbane per Airlines of Australia DH86 Dragon Rapide 'Spirit of Shell', with
KGV 5d tied by Melbourne cds very attractive peripheral fire-damage, AAMC 732a, grossly undercatalogued at $450: Brian Peace states that only two other covers are recorded from this incident. Plus the Dead Letter Office Sydney OHMS ambulance envelope
(minor bends) and PMG's Department explanatory letter that states "... salvaged from the Sydney to Brisbane aeroplane which was destroyed by fire at the Kingsford-Smith Aerodrome, Mascot, NSW on 12th May 1937". The pilot Peter Hoskins and three
passengers were awaiting takeoff when the port engine backfired & set the plane on fire. The occupants escaped by breaking windows and climbing out. Illustrated in Volume Three at pages 20-21.
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2132 |
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 1937 (Sep-Oct) 'Penny per Gallon' Around-Australia flight per Jack Clancy & Rod Julius cancelled after return to Sydney, signed
"Jack P Clancy", AAMC 746 (15 carried), undercatalogued at $200. See Volume Three at pages 26-29. The first attempt was abandoned after a crash at Old Bar (NSW). The second attempt departed 3.9.1937 & was relatively uneventful until engine trouble
grounded them near Roebourne (WA). They arrived back in Sydney on 7.10.1937. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2133 |
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 1937 (Nov 16) Hudson Motor Car Co (Sydney) cover endorsed "Australia-Hongkong-USA" to the Head Office in Detroit with rare franking
of Kangaroos CofA Wmk 10/- grey & deep aniline pink (brilliant fluorescence under UV light, Cat $750 used; unpriced on cover) & 2/- maroon plus NSW Sesquicentenary 2d x3 and a further 1/4d in stamps lost in transit, 'VICTORIA/23NO/37/HONG KONG'
transit backstamp & light but legible 'Received in bad condition at/Honolulu Hawaii' handstamp in violet, minor water-damage & wrinkles (barely affecting the 10/-). The rate was 4/8d for the first ½oz + 4/7d for each successive ½oz x2 = 13/10d.
A conundrum: with Brian Peace's detailed review of the various legs, and his conclusion that "Records of aircraft schedules do not reveal an incident which could have caused the damage". Not recorded in Volume Three. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2134 |
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 1937 (Nov-Dec) Australia-England per 'Sydney' from Sydney-Singapore; then per 'Arethusa' to Karachi; and per 'Cygnus' to England
but which crashed in Brindisi Harbour on 5.12.1937 causing two deaths, Brian Peace's exhibit pages with covers x7 mostly with the stamps washed-off, one registered to King George V, one with British explanatory note, one to Holland at 3/5d
(1/9d+1/8d) with French 'SERVICE POSTAL FRANCAIS/Correspondance retardée/par accident d'Avion/...' cachet & PO repair labels, one with Great Britain OHMS ambulance envelope, one for forwarding to Canada, various instruction handstamps & three
newspaper cuttings, AAMC 782a, Cat from $150 x7 plus the other items. See Volume Three at pages 194-210, illustrated at page 207.
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2135 |
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 1938 (Mar 9) England-Australia-England per 'Sirius' with Great Britain KGVI 1½d brown tied by Empire Exhibition Glasgow slogan of
London WC & signed "Jim Broadbent", AAMC 798, Cat $325. Harry ("Jim") Broadbent had an uneventful flight to the Dutch Indies but had a bad landing on Sumba Island, breaking his propellor & ending the flight. Illustrated in Volume Three at page 221. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2136 |
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 1938 (Sep) England-Australia Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) service per 'Calpurnia' which crashed into Lake Habbaniyah (Iraq), with
four fatalities, Brian Peace's exhibit pages with covers to NSW x7 plus three advice of incident letters & DLO ambulance envelopes x2; Queensland overweight with machine 'T' & Brisbane repair tape & a DLO 'RETURNED UNCLAIMED LETTER' envelope to
Scotland endorsed "address/not visible" with boxed crash cachet & DLO cds both in red; South Australia x3 (one with 'T' handstamp) all with roneo'd letters; Tasmania x5 with huge 'SALVAGED/EX CALPURNIA' cachet x3, or boxed cachets of Brisbane or
Auckland (missent to New Zealand); or Victoria x6 all with roneo'd advice but only one with 'Received Water Damaged/Ex.Flying Boat Calpurnia' handstamp; most with the stamps washed-off, AAMC 834, Cat from $125 x23 plus the other items. See Volume
Three at pages 237-275, where many are illustrated.
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2137 |
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 1938 (Sep) England-Australia Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) service per 'Calpurnia' which crashed into Lake Habbaniyah (Iraq), with
four fatalities, covers to NSW with 'Received in/ SYDNEY NSW/DAMAGED' in rosine; Queensland with boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER/ THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT' in red; South Australia with roneo'd advice (tonespots) & DLO ambulance envelope; Tasmania with
huge 'SALVAGED/EX CALPURNIA'; Victoria with roneo'd advice (the stamp affixed on this) & ambulance envelope with DLO cds; and Western Australia with roneo'd advice label (Setting I), four with the stamps washed-off, AAMC 834, Cat from $125 x6 plus
the other items. See Volume Three at pages 237-275, where many are illustrated.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
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