The Qantas Story continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 81 |
 PSE |
 1940-51 group including 29.6.1940 Darwin-Sydney signed "RHTapp"; -.7.1941 Brisbane-Darwin & Darwin-Brisbane both signed "PKHoward";
8.8.1941 'Catalina' delivery flight 'POST OFFICE/CANTON ISLAND' to Sydney signed "LJBrain"; 17.1.1941 Australia-Timor-Australia & Timor-Australia both with flight cachet in Portuguese; 1943 Perth-Karachi signed "JLGrey"; 1.6.1945 7d Aerogramme First
'Lancastrian' Service to England signed "OFY Thomas" & "KG Jackson"; 4.10.1945 Sydney-Singapore signed "RG Caldwell" & "FG Reeve"; -.12.1945 Sydney-Colombo & Colombo-Sydney both signed by two pilots; 28.6.1951 7d Aerogramme with printed
'Melbourne-Christchurch/...' and each-way covers signed "DF MacMaster"; etc, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 82 |
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 1941-48 Pacific Islands flights comprising 1.2.1941 Noumea-Sydney, 9.4.1941 Canton Island-Sydney, 18.4.1941 Sydney-Noumea, 5.8.1942
Sydney-Vila, 2.4.1945 Sydney-Rabaul & Rabaul-Sydney both with large QEA Sydney-New Guinea label (& a loose label **), 30.10.1945 Papua-Brisbane with 'PMG'S DEPT C1/QLD AUST' relief cds & 'PORT MORESBY' cachet in lieu of R label, 17-18.11.1945
Sydney-Suva & printed Suva-Sydney, 1.5.1948 Vila-Sydney and 13.12.1948 Kavieng-Sydney for forwarding to New York, several with pilots' autographs, fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 83 |
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 1944 (Oct) social cover to "Group 454/RAAF/Pacific" per flying boat 'Coolangatta' with stamps washed-off but with identifiable
'MIL[DURA]/VIC.' cds and superb 'SALVAGED MAIL' cachet in violet, minor water damage & resealed with brown tape, vertical fold but a very attractive item of disaster mail. Acquired at a Sydney auction in 2008 for $530. The plane experienced
mechanical issues after take-off from Rose Bay Sydney, attempted to return but crashed on approach, with one fatality. Inadvertently omitted from Brian Peace's Volume Four: see loose-page supplement, where only 29 covers are recorded. Only four of
them are from Victoria. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 84 |
PSE |
 1944-46 Commemorative Aerogrammes with Qantas Overprints comprising 1944 Christmas with Kangaroo postman & globe within, 1945
Australia-England per 'Lancastrian' with Red Overprint, 1946 (Apr 7) Australia-England Empire Air Route with Violet Overprint, and 1946 (Apr 9) same with Red Overprint (redirected on arrival, roughly opened with high-grade repair that is virtually
invisible from the face).
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 85 |
PSE |
 1945 (Sep 9) 7d Air Letter overprinted in red for Re-Opening Flight to England most unusually with hand-written social letter
within signed (and on the reverse) "Keith Smith". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 86 |
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 1947-53 Re-Opening Flight covers with large Qantas labels comprising Sydney-London & London-Sydney intermediates from Singapore &
India respectively, Sydney-BCOF (surface abrasion) & BCOF-Sydney, Sydney-Hong Kong & Hong Kong-Sydney charter flights, the same but regular services, 1953 Sydney-Hollandia, Hollandia-Lae and intermediates Lae-Hollandia & Hollandia-Lae, three with
combination frankings, all signed by the pilots, fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 87 |
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 1947-59 'Bird of Paradise Service' group including 18.1.1947 First Flight Rabaul-Sydney with large Qantas label and Port
Moresby-Rabaul intermediate, 21.6.1949 Kieta-Buin & Buin-Sohana, 7.12.1949 Sohana- Nukumanu hand-illustrated, 30.7.1951 Buin-Barakoma (unlisted in the AAMC; sold in 2017 for $240), six later Voyce covers (one with oval 'DISTRICT OFFICE
KIETA/8OCT1951' datestamp in lieu of R label), -.2.1957 'MOMOTE'-Lae & Kainantu to Lae, 22.1.1959 per 'Super Constellation' to Sydney x2, 9.7.1960 Final Service Sydney-Port Moresby-Lae, 7.11.1960 Final Internal Service (unlisted in the AAMC), fine to
very fine.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 88 |
/PSE |
 1949 (Dec 2) Qantas cover endorsed "Printed Matter Only" with GB 5d tied by London machine; use of Australian 1½d Wrapper uprated
to 2/6d with QEA/BOAC label for 'First Flight/Second Class Air Mail'; and an unmounted mint example of the label.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 89 |
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 1949 Bougainville District Flights per 'Catalina' flying boat separate covers from Rabaul to Buin, to Sohano (with 'SOHANA' error
cds), to Kandrian (with 'GASMATA' arrival), to Talasea and to Jacquinot Bay (endorsed "No post office here yet"), all signed by the pilot "Hugh M Birch", AAMC Cat $1150. Ex Hudson Fysh.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 90 |
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 1952 (circa) social usage of Singapore PPC from Pakistan to Melbourne with long 'Qantas Empire Airways' label - rarely seen on
postcards - tied by '.../CATERING/KARACHI AIR PORT' cachet in violet, from "Daddy" to his young son. A very scarce item. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 91 |
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 1952 (Apr 14) social usage of QEA envelope by a passenger with 'QEA/POSTED IN FLIGHT/between ("Bierut" sic) and ("Rome") label on
the reverse (torn before being affixed; not previously seen by us) to New Zealand with Italian Occupations 50L 60L & 100L tied by Roma cds, ironed-out wrinkling. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 92 |
PSE |
 1952-69 Route Network Expansion Flights collection on display pages with lots of intermediates including from unusual stops and
groups for 1952 South Africa x17, 1953 Coronation x46, 1954 Canada x8, 1959 USA x21, 1965 Austria x18 & 1965 Mexico x12, etc, many with Qantas labels & some pilot-signed, many aerogrammes, generally very fine, significant catalogue value.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 93 |
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 1953 (Apr 1) commercial registered cover from Mauritius with 10c Transporting Cane & 1r Deer, to South Africa with long 'Qantas
Empire Airways' label, light toning. A very scarce commercial intermediate cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 94 |
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 1959 & 1961 different Qantas illustrated permit aerogrammes with Permit Number 14 at lower-left, social usages Sydney to Melbourne
(unusual domestic aerogramme usage) and Darwin to Dunedin NZ endorsed on the flap "EE McMillan/Passenger to Singapore". Unusual duo.
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 95 |
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 EPHEMERA: Carton with all sorts of odds 'n' sods including circa 1920s aerial press photograph of Longreach, 1922 two postcard-size
photos of Qantas' first passenger Alexander Kennedy, 1933 Dinner programme with 19 autographs on the reverse, 1946 (spotty) & later undated 'Order of Equatorial Air Voyagers' certificates, a selection of Qantas playing cards including three complete
packs, a range of unused baggage labels including 1950s round, boomerang & Australian map shapes, 1934 Camooweal-Charleville bag tag for 10oz of airmail, a few in-flight menus, attractive selection of modern PPCs with reproductions of classic Qantas
posters, a few books including 'Qantas Aeriana' softbound edition not previously seen by us, 'The Defeat of Distance' by John Gunn (1988) and 'Qantas Commemorative Airmails' by Peter Turner (1992; only 100 printed), etc, condition variable but
generally fine to very fine. A fascinating lot. Weighs 8kg.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 96 |
D |
 EPHEMERA: 1921 (Nov) olive/pale green pamphlet for 'Northern Territory & Queensland Aerial Services Ltd' stating passenger services
would commence in December using 'Avro' Triplane & Biplane, minor peripheral aging but unfolded & remarkably fine. A rare forerunner before the name Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services was settled. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 97 |
D |
 EPHEMERA: 1930 (Oct 25) maroon and silver on cream '.../1920-1930/Souvenir of Commemoration' with 'Q.A.N.T.A.S./[map]/LIMITED'
winged logo on the face, with invitation within for co-founder & chairman Fergus McMaster to attend a 'Smoke-O/to be held at the Cafe Elite Longreach', 33 autographs within including of "Hudson Fysh" & "Fergus McMaster", minor blemishes but otherwise
undamaged & in overall very fine condition. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 98 |
D |
 EPHEMERA: 1930s-40s original photographs of Qantas WWII pilots George Urquhart Allan signed "For my old Pal Ernie/GAllan", Russell
Tapp, LR Ambrose, Bill Crowther, KG Jackson, Lester Brain signed "To Ernie Crome/from/Lester Brain", AA Koch (on 30.1.1942, his flying boat 'Corio' was shot down by the Japanese off Timor), Bill Purton & First Officer M Bateman (on 28.2.1942, they
lost their lives when 'Circe' was shot down by the Japanese at Tjilitjap, Java) and OFY Thomas (on 24.3.1946, his 'Lancastrian' was lost somewhere NW of Cocos Island). An heroic & poignant group.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 99 |
D |
 EPHEMERA: 1943 illustrated certificate for 'Secret Order of the Double Sunrise' with two suns & a Catalina flying boat, signed on
the reverse "EA Crome" otherwise unused. The non-stop flight between Perth & Lake Koggala in Ceylon was the longest in the world, routinely taking more than 24 hours. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 100 |
# /B |
 QANTAS AIR MAIL LABELS: Selection including 1924 black & red/white 'See/BY AIR MAIL/Western Queensland' imperf single stated to be
a proof (small faults; Cat $800); similar 1931 design white/grey block of 8 plus large-part booklet with a pair & two blocks of 6 remaining; 1931 white/blue 'NORTH QUEENSLAND/.../Australia's/Winter Playground' rejoined strip of 8; 1940 QEA white/blue
complete booklet (Cat $500); 1941 21st Anniversary white/maroon complete strip of 5; 1947 25th Anniversary blue/silver complete strip of 5; 1947 Mornington Island parachute mail label **; 1948 unissued Sydney-New Hebrides & New Hebrides-Sydney both
**; 1949 QEA & 1958 Qantas booklets; 1959 '707 Jets' & 1970 40th Anniversary complete sheets of 15 (3x5); and a few others plus usage on seven covers, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$850
Currently Opening at...AU$650.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
