AUSTRALIAN DISASTER MAIL continued...
Air Mail Incidents continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2138 |
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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 Western Australia x6 (one registered) with roneo'd labels Settings A to F complete affixed to the backs, all with the stamps washed-off, AAMC 834, Cat from $125 x6. See Volume Three at pages
237-275, these being illustrated at pages 261-2. A remarkable group.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2139 |
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 1938 (Dec) England-Australia per Qantas flying boat 'Coorong' which broke its moorings at Darwin & was thrown onto the rocky shore,
to Queensland with Great Britain KGVI ½d green & 1d red tied by Belfast slogan cancel, boxed 'DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT' cachet in violet of Brisbane, flap missing & minor blemishes, AAMC 835; unpriced: no mail recorded. See
Volume Three at pages 275-281, this item illustrated at page 277. This was the discovery cover, appearing only in 2009. Brian Peace states only five other 'Coorong' covers have been identified. NB: most items offered as from the 'Coorong' incident
are dated in November & must therefore be from the 'Calpurnia' crash. A very desirable item for the collector of EAMS mail. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2140 |
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 1939 (Jan) Guinea Airways Darwin-Adelaide per 'Koranga' which made an under-powered takeoff from Katherine & crashed into the
Katherine River, killing all four occupants, double-rate cover from Devon to Hobart with Great Britain KGVI 1½d brown x2 and very fine strike of the straight-line 'SALVAGED EX PLANE-Crashed Katharine 18/1/39' cachet (spelling error) applied at
Hobart, AAMC 843, Cat $400.
Guinea Airways won the contract to carry Empire Air Mail Scheme despatches between Adelaide & Darwin. See Volume Three at pages 43-63.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2141 |
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 1939 (Jan) Guinea Airways Darwin-Adelaide per 'Koranga' which made an under-powered takeoff from Katherine & crashed into the
Katherine River, killing all four occupants, cover from Scotland to Launceston with stamp washed-off, fine strike of the 3-line 'Damaged in airliner which/crashed at Katherine River/North Australia' cachet in rosine applied at Launceston, lightly
singed allover, AAMC 843, Cat $400. See Volume Three at pages 43-63, illustrated at page 60. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2142 |
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 1939 (Jan) Guinea Airways Darwin-Adelaide per 'Koranga' which made an under-powered takeoff from Katherine & crashed into the
Katherine River, killing all four occupants, Vyse Sons & Co advertising cover with Great Britain KGVI ½d green & 1d red both with 'VS/C' perfins tied by London slogan, roneo'd incident advice partly affixed to the face, AAMC 843, Cat $400. See Volume
Three at pages 43-63, illustrated at page 60. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2143 |
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 1939 (Jan) Guinea Airways Darwin-Adelaide per 'Koranga' which made an under-powered takeoff from Katherine & crashed into the
Katherine River, killing all four occupants, cover from Ireland (the only recorded example) with 'BAILE ATHA CLIATH' slogan of 6JAN/1939, stamp lost, 'FOOTSCRAY/23JA39/VIC-AUST' arrival backstamp, flap missing, AAMC 843, Cat $400. See Volume Three at
pages 43-63. Ex Ronny Vogt. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2144 |
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 1939 (Jan) Guinea Airways Darwin-Adelaide per 'Koranga' which made an under-powered takeoff from Katherine & crashed into the
Katherine River, killing all four occupants, cover with Great Britain KGVI 1½d brown tied by London machine, to Perth with incident advice label - Type C or J with 'W.' over 'D' of 'Director' - affixed to the reverse at Perth GPO, overall
discolouration, AAMC 843, Cat $400. See Volume Three at pages 43-63. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2145 |
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 1939 (Jan) Guinea Airways Darwin-Adelaide per 'Koranga' which made an under-powered takeoff from Katherine & crashed into the
Katherine River, killing all four occupants, French picture postcard with Bournemouth-Poole machine cancel and the stamp lost, to WA with incident advice label - Type E H or I, with 'W.' over space between 'Deputy' & 'Director' - partly affixed at
Perth GPO, 'THREE SPRINGS MR/27JA39/WA' cds & redirected to Cottesloe, AAMC 843, Cat $400. See Volume Three at pages 43-63. Empire Air Mail Scheme postcards are very scarce: this is the only example we have seen from this incident. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2146 |
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 1939 (Mar 8) cover per 'Capella' ex Sydney which struck a bollard in Batavia Harbour on 12.3.1939 and sank without damage to the
mails, to Hungary with 9d Platypus & 1/- Lyrebird tied by Sydney slogan, Greek Currency Control handstamp & poor Hungarian arrival backstamp, light creases, AAMC 843a, Cat $900. The AAMC, Henri Nierinck and Ken Sanford all incorrectly state that
'Capella' was flying to Australia. This resulted in no mail being identified for many years. This discovery item was identified only in 2013. See Volume Three at pages 285-9, illustrated at page 286. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2147 |
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 1939 (June) Australia-England per 'Centurion' which crashed into the Hooghly River at Calcutta after being struck by a freak gust
of wind, covers to England on Brian Peace's exhibit pages with various cachets mostly in red including 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION' with Reversed 'D' in 'SALVAGED' x3, ' _ALVAGED _AIL/EX CENTURION' ('S' & 'M' omitted) x2, '.../EX.CENTURIA' in error
x2, the first also with boxed 'DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT' in violet, five with one or more stamps washed-off & some water-damage, AAMC 868, Cat from $125 x9. See Volume Three at pages 300-316, where several are illustrated. Probably
the most well-known crash of the Empire Air Mail Scheme period.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2148 |
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 1939 (June) Australia-England per 'Centurion' which crashed into the Hooghly River at Calcutta after being struck by a freak gust
of wind, cover Sydney to Karachi with superb 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION' unusually in black, 'KARACHI/DELY/18JUN39' arrival backstamp, stamps washed-off & minor water-staining, AAMC 868, Cat from $125. See Volume Three at pages 300-316, illustrated
at page 307. Only one other cover to India recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2149 |
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 1939 (June) Australia-England per 'Centurion' which crashed into the Hooghly River at Calcutta after being struck by a freak gust
of wind, cover Sydney to America with 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX CENTURION' in rosine, Great Britain 'OFFICIALLY SEALED.../...' label across the flap, boxed 'POSTAGE STAMP/REMOVED/BEFORE RECEIPT/AT THE/NY PO FOR SEC' cachet where the 'onion-skin' incident
advice label was affixed at upper-left, minor water-damage & light overall soiling, AAMC 868, Cat from $125. See Volume Three at pages 300-316, illustrated at pages 303 & 306. Only eight covers to USA recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2150 |
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 1939 (Aug 30) social cover from Sydney to Auckland per RMS 'Niagara' for connection with PanAm's intended service Auckland-San
Francisco which was postponed because of the outbreak of war in Europe, to "Honolulu/Hawaiian Islands" with 6d Kookaburra & Kangaroos 9d pair, boxed flight cachet in violet & 'AUCKLAND/19JL40/NZ' cds when it eventually left, superb Honolulu machine
backstamp of JUL22/1940, AAMC 905b, undercatalogued at $150. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2151 |
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 1940 (June) Batavia-Sydney per KNILM flight which crashed into the sea soon after takeoff from Bali, killing eight occupants, Brian
Peace's exhibit pages with covers from Netherlands Indies x4 (two registered), Italy, Hungary (registered) & USA (with US 'Insufficiently Pre-paid For/Trans-Atlantic Air Mail Service' cachet), the normal covers with huge 'RECOVERED FROM/LOST FLYING
BOAT' in black, the registered items with 'Recovered From Lost/Flying Boat' in red, four with one or more stamps washed-off, AAMC 888, Cat from $350 x7. Note: the aircraft was a Lockheed land plane, not a flying boat. See Volume 4 at pages 131-148,
where several are illustrated. Only eight registered items recorded, of which three are included here.
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Estimate AU$850
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2152 |
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 1940 (June) Batavia-Sydney per KNILM flight which crashed into the sea soon after takeoff from Bali, killing eight occupants,
underpaid United Air Lines cover to Sydney with 'CHICAGO ILL/JAN3/1940/AIR MAIL FIELD' cds & 'T/NY - CENTIMES/("50")' duplex, water-damaged & the stamps lost, huge 'RECOVERED FROM/LOST FLYING BOAT' cachet in black, Australian Postage Dues 3d pair
tied by 'GPO SYDNEY/ DR /25JA40/ 1 /NSW-AUST' cds, AAMC 888, Cat from $350. Note: the aircraft was a Lockheed land plane, not a flying boat. See Volume 4 at pages 131-148, illustrated on page 146 & on the Back Cover.
The addressee, Miss Nancy Bird, was a pioneer aviatrix who was one of Charles Kingsford Smith's first flying students. In 1935, aged 21, she established a flying doctor service into Outback New South Wales. 1938-39 she worked for KLM in Europe in a
promotional role, returning to Australia at the outbreak of WWII to train women pilots. In 1950, she founded the Australian Women Pilots' Association. She was never involved in an air crash! In 1997, the National Trust declared her an Australian
Living Treasure. Sydney's new international airport is to be named Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) - her married name - in her honour. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2153 |
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 1941 (July 3) Brisbane-Darwin & Darwin-Brisbane first flights per Lockheed 'Islander' which, on the return leg, was delayed at
Cloncurry by engine-trouble, causing late arrival of the mails at Brisbane, the second with Qantas commemorative airmail label, both with lengthy manuscript advice re the delay in red with 'ASST SUPT OF MAILS' & '21JUL1941' cachets & signed "R
Wardrop", both also signed by pilots "SK Howard" & "CHC Swaffield", AAMC 919 (which does not mention the delay), Cat $75 each. See Volume Four at pages 12-13, where the return cover is illustrated.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2154 |
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 1941 (Aug 27) Victoria Insurance Co (Townsville) cover to Townsville with 1d & 2d pair tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 2 /QUEENSLAND'
cds, carried aboard the Airlines of Australia DH80A Puss Moth VH-UQL which crashed at Coen Creek after the port wing separated in flight, killing the three occupants, minor fire-damage, AAMC 921, undercatalogued at $750. Plus the roneo'd incident
advice slip from Brisbane (tonespots). Brian Peace states only three covers recorded, and only the one ambulance envelope. See Volume Four at pages 13-16, both items illustrated at page15.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2155 |
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 1941 (Aug 27) cover with Army '.../Concession Postal Rate' & 'PASSED/UNIT CENSOR' cachets in violet, to Brisbane with QE 1d strip
of 4 tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 2 /QUEENSLAND' cds, carried aboard the Airlines of Australia DH80A Puss Moth VH-UQL which crashed at Coen Creek after the port wing separated in flight, killing the three occupants, peripheral fire-damage, AAMC 921,
undercatalogued at $750. Plus the OHMS 'RE-ENCLOSED LETTER' ambulance envelope (roughly opened with closed tear at top) with 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/2DE41/BRISBANE' cds in red and roneo'd incident advice slip from Brisbane (tonespots). Ex Nutmeg (USA)
auction of 22.11.2005 and David Tett: sold for £960. See Volume Four at pages 13-16, illustrated at 14-15.
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2156 |
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 1941 (Dec) remnants of a cover from Brisbane per Dutch KNILM from Sydney & KLM DC-3 'Nandoe' which was strafed by Japanese aircraft
while on the ground at Medan (Sumatra), to a soldier in the Middle East with the stamp washed-off, with the roneo'd incident advice "The enclosed letter was damaged en route through enemy action CB Lancaster OC AABPO", AAMC 934a, unpriced. See Volume
4 at pages 151-7, illustrated at page 155. Only four covers - two in seriously distressed condition - and two ambulance envelopes from this incident have been recorded.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2157 |
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 1941 (Dec) plain ambulance envelope for the 'Nandoe' Incident, to Queensland because the address on the enclosed cover (not
present) was illegible, with largely superb 'CAUTION PLEASE/ BURNED AIRMAIL' & triple-oval 'POST-TELEGRAAF/MEDAN/...' cachets both in violet, ironed-out folds. See Volume 4 at pages 151-7, illustrated at page 154. Only four covers - two in seriously
distressed condition - and two ambulance envelopes from this incident have been recorded. Ex Henri Nierinck. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
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