Aerophilately & Flight Covers continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 21 |
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 1919-21 Major Norman Brearley Flights 1919 (Aug 4) Charles Moore & Co advertising postcard to promote 'Peace
Celebrations/Children's Day/Aug 4th 1919' with various flags & a halftone photograph of Major Norman Brearley, very minor blemishes & remarkably fine for anything dropped from an aeroplane AAMC 19, Cat $2250. A large number of these cards were
dropped over Perth suburbs but high winds caused most to be lost. The AAMC states "About 6 examples...are known". Nelson Eustis' example sold in 2008 for $3220. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 22 |
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 1919-21 Major Norman Brearley Flights 1921 Western Australian Airways First Scheduled Airmail Service social cover endorsed "Per
Aerial Mail" eight times in red with KGV 2d orange & Kangaroos 3d olive tied by Perth machine cancel of '2DEC21', to Geraldton with very fine strike of the "skeleton" 'PERTH DERBY/4DE21/WA/AERIAL MAIL' cds & superb 'GERALDTON/4DE21/WESTN AUST'
arrival backstamp, light pencilled endorsement on the reverse "£16/10/- RLowe May 2 58" (a fearsome sum at the time), minor blemishes still above-average for these covers AAMC 56, Cat $850. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$350
Currently Opening at...AU$270.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 23 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug 6) Adelaide-Minlaton per Harry Butler in the 'Red Devil' illustrated PPC of the plane over
Yorke Peninsula with brief social message AAMC 20a, minor imperfections, KGV 1½d brown tied by 'MINLATON/AU6/19SA' squared-circle; a similar numbered card with printed message & facsimile signature #20, horizontal crease; another example with roneo'd
promotional message for HV McKay makers of Sunshine Harvesters partly obscured by endorsed message, overall soiling & minor faults; the three cards Cat $1650; also newspaper extracts, 1915 small photograph of Butler on his motorbike inscribed "HJ
Butler 14.3.16", defective real photo postcard of Butler in uniform with his WWI biplane, -.11.1919 small photos of 'Red Devil' on the ground & of Butler with his partner Alex Kauper, and a small enamelled badge commemorating the flight.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 24 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug 6) Adelaide-Minlaton per Harry Butler in the 'Red Devil' illustrated PPC of the plane over
Yorke Peninsula with corporate messages roneo'd for United Insurance Co (stated by Nelson Eustis to be "the rarest of cards from commercial houses"), very fine, or HV McKay (Sunshine Harvester) two different, one fine the other with creasing &
soiling; handstamped 'CORNELL LIMITED' & signed in green ink "W Cornell", light soiling; or with manuscript "Greetings from/G Wood Son & Co", superb; AAMC Cat $3350. A very scarce and desirable group.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 25 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug 6) Adelaide-Minlaton per Harry Butler in the 'Red Devil' illustrated PPC of the plane over
Yorke Peninsula numbered card with printed promotion for Chas Moore & Co Milliners at 'New Adelaide' AAMC 21a, KGV 1½d brown tied by 'MINLATON/AU6/19SA' squared-circle, minor blemishes, Cat $650. Very scarce.
Fun fact: the expression 'New Adelaide' was coined in 1919 and applied to the Adelaide precinct around Victoria Square & Gouger Street. The Central Traders' Association used the term to promote the district as a vibrant commercial alternative to the
established Rundle Street and Hindley Street shopping hubs. They even published a short-lived newspaper 'The New Adelaide News'. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 26 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug 11) Minlaton-Adelaide return flight per Harry Butler in the 'Red Devil' illustrated PPC of
the plane over Yorke Peninsula AAMC 22a, KGV 1½d brown tied by double-circle 'ADELAIDE/AU12/19/- 3 -' cds, to a young girl from "Auntie" whose message refers to Butler's arrival at Minlaton "...it was the best day we have ever seen...You must keep
this card, it wiill be grand to think it has been above the clouds", some creasing & light soiling, Cat $750. Much scarcer than the outgoing cards.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 27 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug 11) Minlaton-Adelaide return flight per Harry Butler in the 'Red Devil' illustrated PPC of
the plane over Yorke Peninsula AAMC 22a, KGV 1½d brown tied by double-circle 'ADELAIDE/AU12/19/- 3 -' cds, to "Sth Yarra/Victoria" with brief eye-witness account "... Harry gave us a most wonderful flight yesterday looping the loop 12 times. The
Minlaton people thought he was great & no doubt he gave them some very good stunts...", a bit knocked-about, Cat $750. Much scarcer than the outgoing cards. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 28 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug) three real photo postcards comprising 1) Butler & others including the Governor and Chief
Justice with the 'Red Devil' at Dry Creek before departing for Minlaton; 2) Butler & Kauper with the Mayor of Unley and TJ Richards in front of the plane after return to Unley Oval; and 3) the 'Red Devil' on Unley Oval; all unused & captioned on the
reverse, some minor blemishes. An example of the first card sold at our auction of 20.1.2007 for $155 (Sale 125 Lot 56). (3) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 29 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Aug) Adelaide-Minlaton per Harry Butler in the 'Red Devil' illustrated PPC of the plane over
Yorke Peninsula with 'Note/CAPTAIN HARRY BUTLER/will be on the Unley Oval with his Wonderful/Monoplane/UNLEY AVIATION DAY/Saturday 23rd August/...' in blue AAMC #21e, light bend, unused, Cat $650. Very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 30 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1919 (Dec 18) 'French Red Cross Appeal/[red cross]/BUTTON DAY/...' flyer dropped over Adelaide by
Harry Butler AAMC 32a, fragile with light horizontal & vertical folds & a minor tear at right repaired with archival tape, endorsed on the reverse "...Dropped by Cap Harry Butler into our garden on Thurs 18th Dec 1919...", Cat $850. A rarity: stated
by Nelson Eustis to be the only recorded example. Ex Nelson Eustis - illustrated in the AAMC; sold in 2008 for $1380 - and sold at a London auction in 2011 for £995. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 31 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1920 (Jan 1) Victor Harbor-Adelaide #33a endorsed "Per Capt Butlers Aeroplane [the 'Red Devil']/from
Victor Harbor" with superb 'HARRY J BUTLER & KAUPER/AVIATION CO LTD' cachet in violet at the base, KGV 1½d brown tied by Adelaide Krag machine cancel with recut '____/BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES/HELP REPATRIATION' slogan, ironed-out vertical fold
reinforced at top & base, small part of the flap missing & minor blemishes, under-catalogued at $1750. Rare: fewer than six covers have been recorded from this return leg, and none from the outward leg. Ex Tom Frommer: sold in 2016 for $3900. Nelson
Eustis's similar cover sold in 2008 for $3500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 32 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1920 (Jan 24) social cover to "Bundaleer Blocks/Jamestown" with KGV 1½d brown tied by Adelaide 'BUY
WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES/HELP REPATRIATION' slogan cancel obscuring a light but discernible strike of the triple-oval 'The Harry J Butler & Kauper Aviation Co Ltd/AERIAL MAIL/SERVICE' cachet in violet at upper-left, faults, AAMC 35, Cat $2250. With
the enclosed letter - stained but wholly legible - stating "As Captain Butler is going to fly up to Jamestown tomorrow...I'm going to send my first letter to you by aeroplane...Perhaps when you are as old as me there will be aeroplanes carrying
passengers..."
In addition to the postage, an aerial fee of 1/- was charged. The AAMC states that "a small mail was carried" & that the return mail was of 194 items. We expect this is an error & that 194 items were carried to Jamestown. This would seem to accord
with Nelson Eustis' statement that only five covers were recorded from this flight, and that only one item is known from the return flight: see Lot 34. The Bundaleer Blocks were a 1912 closer-settlement subdivision of the North Bundaleer Estate.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 33 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1920 (Jan 24) social cover to "Miss Ellen Ryan/Main Street/Jamestown" with KGV 1½d brown tied by
Adelaide 'BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES/HELP REPATRIATION' slogan cancel & a very fine strike of the triple-oval 'The Harry J Butler & Kauper Aviation Co Ltd/AERIAL MAIL/SERVICE' cachet in violet at upper-left, faults, AAMC 35, Cat $2250. Ex Nelson
Eustis who stated that only five covers had been recorded. At his 2011 auction, it was estimated at $1750 but was unsold. With a small photograph of the 'Red Devil' & a small crowd at Jamestown Showgrounds, light stain.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 34 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1920 (Jan 26) social usage of 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on KGV 1d red Postal Card replying to the sender of
the previous lot, with very fine 'JAMESTOWN/26JA20/STH AUSTRALIA' cds & fine strike of the triple-oval 'The Harry J Butler & Kauper Aviation Co Ltd/AERIAL MAIL/SERVICE' cachet in violet at upper-left, AAMC 36, minor blemishes mostly on the reverse,
Cat $2750. Ex Nelson Eustis: sold in 2011 for $2760.
The AAMC states that the return mail comprised 194 items. This is almost certainly an error: we expect that 194 items were carried to Jamestown. This would seem to accord with Nelson Eustis' statement that only five covers were recorded from that
flight, and that only this one item is known from the return flight. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 35 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1920 (Aug) two real photo postcards of Butler & Kauper Aviation airfield endorsed on the reverse re
the Second Peace Loan comprising 1) the four pilots Capt Soltschalk, Capt McNamara VC, Corporal Lane & Lieut Lane and 2) two monoplanes & two biplanes; minor blemishes on the reverse. The AAMC doesn't record any leaflet-drop over Adelaide, only
Butler's drop over Murray Bridge on 14.8.1920. No examples of any such pamphlets have been recorded. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 36 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights 1922 (Jan) real photo postcard of onlookers including children inspecting the remains of Butler's Le
Rhone Avro biplane, repaired 12mm tear at the base, unused. On 11.1.1922, Butler's engine seized at low altitude & the plane was destroyed in the uncontrolled landing. Butler suffered severe injuries, from which he did not fully recover, and he died
on 30.7.1924. With two small photographs, the first of Butler at the controls of the plane, the other of a large group of onlookers with the plane endorsed "...Flown in the South Australian Aerial Derby 1920". (3 items) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 37 |
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 1919-22 Harry Butler Flights Balance of the material with a few small contemporary photographs including with his mother, before &
after the Adelaide-Minlaton-Adelaide flights, his grave, etc, real photo PPC (slightly reduced) of him & three passengers, 19.4.1920 illustrated Butler & Kauper Aviation cover front (faults) to his brother "Tom Butler/Farmer/Minlaton", letters of
27.4.1921 & 5.5.1921 on the company's illustrated letterheads the first to his brother & signed "Harry", the other to "AE McGill" & signed "HJ Butler", condition variable; then a batch of modern commemorative covers & photographs.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 38 |
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 1928-31 Bert Hinkler Flights 1928 (Feb) Indian PPC of 'Merrywether Tower, Karachi' Karachi-Calcutta intermediate with uncancelled
India KGV ½a & black/yellow air mail label endorsed "By/Bert Hinkler" in red, missent to Australia with very fine 'BUNDABERG/4JL28/QUEENSLAND' cds probably where the Indian stamp was scored-through, manuscript "T2" & '20/CTMS/T' handstamp for double
the notional 1d deficiency, returned to India with 'PARK STREET/DELY/8AUG28/CALCUTTA' cds, boxed 'FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE/("2") ANNAS --- PIES' & octagonal 'CALCUTTA GPO/8AUG28/UNPAID' datestamp, minor blemishes & light overall soiling, subsequently
endorsed on the viewside "Carried by mistake from Karachi to Bundaberg (Australia) by Bert Hinkler" & signed "Stephen Smith". AAMC 117, Cat $4250. Acquired many years ago for $6035. The AAMC states that six postcards were missent to Bundaberg, but
this is the only example known to us. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 39 |
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 1928-31 Bert Hinkler Flights 1928 (Feb 27) cover endorsed at upper-left "Carried by Aeroplane/.../Darwin- Bundaberg/B Hinkler" with
KGV ½d orange & 4d olive affixed on arrival for forwarding to Victoria & tied by 'REGISTERED/29FE1928/BUNDABERG' cds (Leap Year), red/white R label, Melbourne transit & Essendon arrival backstamps both of '5MR28', repaired opening tears across the
flap. AAMC 119, 12 carried, Cat $2500. Nelson Eustis' similar cover sold in 2008 for $2070 & again in 2019 for $1910. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 40 |
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 1928-31 Bert Hinkler Flights real photo picture postcards comprising Jack Buscall 'Hinkler at Darwin 22.2.1928' two different, one
with light crease the other superb; Hinkler in double-breasted suit & flying helmet, adhesions on reverse but facially very fine; Hinkler & his mother after his arrival at Bundaberg, minor faults including rounded corners; postcard-size trade card of
Hinkler & his mother & signed by him "B Hinkler" with printed route map on the reverse & advert for 'The Hinkler Spirit/.../Old Court Whisky', minor blemishes; & a battered postcard-size photo of the plane at Bundaberg.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
