Box of mostly pedestrian flight covers but with several MacRoberston Air Race & a few related photographs also of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith loading mailbags for a flight, 1949 First Day of Second-Class Air Mail, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(60 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 938
Symbol: C
Duplicated range of 1929-1957 items carried both internally and on external flights to or from Australia, condition mixed.
(51) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 939
Symbol: C
Northern Territory pre-WWII selection including 1930 Camooweal-Daly Waters registered from Melbourne with 'LATE FEE' handstamp, Daly Water-Camooweal return flight with 'DALY WATERS' red & black/white R label (small faults), and one from a week later endorsed for first flight "Alexandra (NA) to Brunette Downs (NA)" - neither of which had a Post Office - to "Tanganyika, East Africa" (!) with Airmail 3d and KGV 1½d & 3d uncancelled but with 'ALEXANDRIA/27 FEB.1930' [sic] violet cachet below & on reverse and '6 MAR.1930' (Brunette Downs arrival?) at lower-left, 1931 England-Darwin and return, 1934 Perth-Daly Waters and return, 1934 Imperial Airways/QANTAS Australia-England with stamped tied 'BRUNETTE DOWNS/NT' cds and 'BRUNETTE/-9 DEC 1934/DOWNS' double-ring oval Station Office handstamp, 1935 Adelaide-Darwin pilot-signed & return, 1935 'ALICE SPRINGS' to Adelaide and 'TENNANT CREEK' to Adelaide, 1937 'KATHERINE' to Adelaide, etc, plus 'Edith River' & 'Adelaide River' picture postcards, also 1936 South Australia set on illustrated First Day Cover registered with 'GLENELG' cds and 1938 Sydney Philatelic Exhibition hexagonal datestamp on KGV ½d and Postage Dues ½d plus Exhibition cinderella on illustrated envelope, condition generally fine to very fine.
(23) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 940
Symbol: */**
Qantas Airmail Labels comprising 'See/Western Queensland' black & red/green strip of 4 (no gum), 10th Anniversary strip of 6 (four units **), 25th Anniversary strip of 5 (one tonespot, **) & 1950s colourful tourist labels x12 (**), and 1930s ANA 'TRAVEL BY AIR/...' sheet of 16 (4x4; tonespots, **).
(5 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 941
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$6,000
Opening AU$ 4,600.00
Sold...AU$ 9,500.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 9500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 942
Symbol: C
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.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 943
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 944
Symbol: 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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 130.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 945
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 946
Symbol: CL
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)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 947
Symbol: 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)
Estimate AU$2,500
Opening AU$ 2,100.00
Sold...AU$ 10,000.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 10000
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 948
Symbol: 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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 949
Symbol: C/D
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.
(13 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 950
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 951
Symbol: C
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.
(4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 952
Symbol: C/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.
(9 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 953
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 954
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 955
Symbol: C
1934 MacRobertson Air Race Calcutta-Rangoon per Jimmy Melrose with red/yellow-buff label & Air Race cachet in purple AAMC 436a, Cat $550. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 956
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 120.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 957
Symbol: C
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.
(6) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 958
Symbol: C
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)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 959
Symbol: C
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. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 960
Symbol: C
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.
(3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 961
Symbol: C/D
1934 MacRobertson Air Race 'Uiver' (= stork) mailing instructions in Dutch (reinforced along central fold) with English translation; then a group of covers comprising intermediates to Bandoeng x2, Palembang & Pematang, Batavia-Sydney cover (possibly commercial) & Postal Card; KLM Race envelope unused (very scarce thus) & six to Sydney with all-different frankings, another apparently commercial and one to Christchurch NZ; plain cover with 'BY AIR MAIL KLM/.../AIR RACE 1934' cachet; two plain registered covers; two different Batavia-Melbourne-Batavia 'boomerang' covers, the longer one with characteristic central fold & signed on the reverse by Captain "Parmentier" & the three crew (very scarce thus); long cover Palembang-Sydney with the four signatures; Dutch & Australian (3LO) promotional postcards; press photograph of the plane departing Mildenhall (endorsed on the face); large non-contemporary photo of the plane; generally very fine. See AAMC 444-446.
(29 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 962
Symbol: L
1934 MacRobertson Air Race 'Het Uiver Album/Flying/Dutchmen/...' souvenir book for the flight published by J Vlieger Amsterdam (Nov 1934), in Dutch with a lengthy introduction featuring photos of many of the entrants & their planes, then a well-illustrated telling of the story of the flight to Australia, with the Race results, string-bound, the cover with minor blemishes, damp spotting on the title page & less noticeable on the next few pages thereafter very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 85.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 963
Symbol: C
1934 MacRobertson Air Race mostly KLM envelopes from Sydney by surface mail at 3d rate used to return covers carried per 'Uiver' in the Race datred 6.11.1934 x3, 20.11 x2, 26.11 (registered) or 28.11 x2, all with huge 'ROYAL DUTCH AIRWAYS/...SYDNEY' Race cachet on the reverse, variously addressed to Netherlands x4, England x2, Scotland or Belgium, vertical folds.
(8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 964
Symbol: C
1934 MacRobertson Air Race unaddressed cover with huge Map of Australia cachet in violet, & signed by the pilot "Jack Wright" GB 1½d cancelled at Mildenhall Aerodrome, Iran 20di tied by '.../ABADAN' cds & '.../CONFISCATED/BY PERSIAN GOVERN-/MENT/AND HELD 24/HOURS...' cachet in green AAMC 451a, Cat $550. Superb. The AAMC states 179 covers were impounded, of which 110 were destroyed. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 965
Symbol: D
1934 MacRobertson Air Race four large press photographs with roneo'd labels & cachets on the reverse 1) Jim & Amy Mollison with their de Haviland 'Comet'; 2) the plane on the ground; 3) the Mollisons posing in the plane; and 4) well-wishers around the plane before takeoff; and two small trade cards of the duo. The Mollisons were the first entrants to depart. They withdrew at Allahabad & Jim flew the plane solo back to England. See AAMC 447: "no mail carried".
(6 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 966
Symbol: D
1934 MacRobertson Air Race three large press photographs with roneo'd labels & cachets on the reverse 1) Jacquie Cochran & Wesley Smith before departure from Heston; 2) their fully assembled plane being landed after arriving by ship from America, two small repaired tears at right; and 3) the plane on the wharf beside Wright & Polando's plane 'Utica', minor faults. See AAMC 453: withdrew in Rumania, after damaging the undercarriage on landing at Bucharest.
(3) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 967
Symbol: C
1934 MacRobertson Air Race airmail covers from Sydney to "James A Mollison Esq" and "Captain Neville Stack" both at Darwin both with Brisbane transit & 'DARWIN NT/29OC34/AUSTRALIA' arrival backstamps, 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp of Darwin with further cds of '8NO34' and returned, the first with Sydney Dead Letter Office cachet in rosine, minor spotting. Stated to be the only such "welcome" covers recorded for the Race. See AAMC 447 (the Mollisons withdrew at Allahabad) and 449 (Stack & Turner withdrew at Rome).
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 968
Symbol: C
1934 MacRobertson Air Race cover with 'THE DERBY - 1913' label at upper-left, to "Sqdn Ldr Malcolm Macgregor and Hennry Walker/.../Laverton Aerodrome/Melbourne" with GB 1d x3 & 1½d x4 tied by rubber 'NORWOOD/SE19/...' cds in violet, Melbourne backstamp of '22NO34' & redirected to "Air Force/Wellington/NZ", minor imperfections. Unusual. See AAMC 440. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 969
Symbol: C/CO
1934 MacRobertson Air Race remainders including printed Race envelope with Mildenhall cds but unused, George King cover with 'POSTED OUT/OF COURSE' cachet & registered with Postage Due 2d added, flown covers with pilot/s signatures x8, 'Uiver' illustrated covers x3 (one a Batavia-Melbourne-Batavia 'boomerang' cover) & plain cover with 3-line Race cachet, mostly fine to very fine.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 970
Symbol: C/CO
1934 MacRobertson Air Race a similar group to the previous lot with a few additional items including two Race PPCs, Race cover flown to Germany & race PPC used locally, printed Race cover signed on the reverse by the race winners "CWA Scott" & "Tom Campbell Black", faked Hansen & Jensen cover, and a couple of others, mostly fine to very fine.
(24) (Image1)
Estimate AU$850
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 971
Symbol: D
1934 MacRobertson Air Race file of newspaper extracts about the race, large fold-out page (400x293mm; very fine), large press photos of Charles Kingsford Smith with 'Lady Southern Cross' (which failed to start in the race) & a marvellous shot of spectators watching the planes depart from Mildenhall (very fine), others related to the racers but not the race including 'Smithy' after arrival at Sydney in -.11.1933, Arthur Clouston arriving from his record-breaking return flight after the race, CWA Scott & Giles Guthrie after winning the 1936 England-Africa Air Race and Clive Pangborn after winning the 1931 Ligue Internationales Aviateurs Trophy, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A fascinating archive.
(50+ items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 972
Symbol: CL
1938 (Oct 14) per 'Guba II' Port Moresby-Cairns to effect repairs, red & black/white R label AAMC P140; and (Nov 21) Port Moresby-Sydney for further repairs P40a, both with Papuan stamps + KGV 5d for the return flights to Moresby, Cat $3500.
(2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 973
Symbol: C
1939 (Feb) Australia-England per return flight of RAF 'Wellesley' bomber after flying around Australia, with KGVI 2d & GB 1½d cancelled on arrival with London machine of 17FEB/1939, signed "O Gayford Wing Cdr", light toning, AAMC 831a (only 6 carried), priced $700. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 974
Symbol: CPS
1944-45 Qantas Ceylon flights comprising '12SE44' Perth-Colombo-Sydney 7d Air Letter signed by "LAmbrose", '14NO/44' Colombo-Sydney 10c+10c+10c+10c Air Letter signed by "LAmbrose", '1JU/45' Colombo-Sydney 10c+10c+10c+10c Air Letter signed by "SK Howard" & "HB Hussey", '4OC45' Sydney-Singapore per 'Coriolanus' signed by "KG Caldwell" & "FA Reeve", '29NO45' Sydney-Colombo per 'Liberator' signed "HT House" & "JA Furze", and '2DE45' return flight Colombo-Sydney signed "JA Furze" & "JG Moxham", plus a premium for the signatures.
(5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-23-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
BANKNOTES - Decimal
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4180
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Collection in album with paper $1 1969 Phillips/Randall R73 x2 pairs, 1982 Johnstone/Stone R78 consecutive run of ten; $2 1966 Coombs/Wilson R81, 1985 Johnston/Fraser R89 pair; $5 1976 Knight/Wheeler Gothic Serial Centre Thread R206a, Gothic Side Thread R206b, OCR-B Serial Side Thread R206c, 1979 Knight/Stone R207, 1985 Johnston/Fraser OCR-B R209a, Gothic R209b; polymer $5 Fraser/Cole R214 plus dated (folder note), 1993 Fraser/Evans R216, 1995 R217a, R217ai Narrow Bands, 1996 Macfarlane/Evans R218a, 1997 Test Note Prefixes R218 (prefix 'AT') pair, R218Ti ('CW') pair & ('BN'), 2001 Macfarlane/Evans 'Federation' R219 (2), 2002 Macfarlane/Henry R220a First Prefix run of ten, 2007 Stevens/Henry R221a pair, 2016 Stevens/Fraser R224 run of ten; $10 1988 Johnston/Fraser Bicentennial dated notes (2), Reissue R310b, 1993 Fraser/Evans dated note, & normal R316a, 'Blue & Grey Tenners' folder (4 notes), 1998 Macfarlane/Evans R318c, 2002 Macfarlane/Henry R320a, 2007 Stevens/Henry R321a; $20 1994 Fraser/Evans R416a plus dated note, 1997 Macfarlane/Evans R418a, 2002 Macfarlane/Henry R420a, and 2007 Stevens/Henry R421a, virtually all Uncirculated.
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Estimate AU$700
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4181
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Remainders comprising 1976 Knight/Wheeler $1 run of four, $2 run of three, $5 pair, and $10 x2 (EF); 1992 $5 Fraser/Higgins uncut block of four; 1993 $10 Eminent Women folder (with additional numbered stamp sheetlet); and two ASDA $5 'Inverted Swan' phonecard packs.
(16 notes) (Image1)
Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4182
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PCGS graded notes comprising 1967 $5 Coombs/Randall R202 '58 Choice AU'; 1988 $10 Johnston/Fraser Bicentenary dated R A01a 'Superb Gem 67' x2; 2017 $10 Lowe/Fraser R324F First Prefix 'Superb Gem 67'; and $20 Lowe/Gaetjens R423/L x2 one Last Prefix both 'Gem Unc 66'. (6) (Image1)
2010 $50 Stevens/Henry R509b Low Number First Prefix serial 'AA10 000088', in PCGS holder graded 'Very Fine 30'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4189
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2011 $50 Stevens/Henry R512e The Picket Fence Serial 'AE11 111111', (eight digit Solid, RADAR & Repeater note) small lower right corner-fold otherwise Uncirculated. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1350
BANKNOTES - Decimal - Note Printing Branch Issues
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4190
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Cat No: 521/1500)
1997 Australian Note and Coin Collection NPA Portfolio (#521/1500), comprising Macfarlane/Evans $5 $10 $20 $50 & $100 all with serials 'ZZ97 999479' and 1997 Six-Coin Uncirculated set. (5 notes, six coins) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 240.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4191
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2016-20 Next Generation/Two Generation $5 to $100 NPA folders with 'Next Generation' 2016 $5 Stevens/Fraser; then 'Two Generations' $5 2015 & 2016, $10 2015 & 2017, $20 2013 & 2019, $50 2016 & 2018, and $100 2017 & 2020; all Uncirculated. (6 folders, 11 notes) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4192
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2016-20 Next Generation/Two Generation $5 to $100 NPA folders with 'Next Generation' 2016 $5 Stevens/Fraser; then 'Two Generations' $5 2015 & 2016, $10 2015 & 2017, $20 2013 & 2019, $50 2016 & 2018, and $100 2017 & 2020; all Uncirculated. (6 folders, 11 notes) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-26-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 4193
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UNCUT NOTES: 1990 $5 Fraser/Higgins vertical pair and block of four in PCGS holders both graded 'Gem Unc 66'; 1991 $10 Fraser/cole with pairs x2 both graded 'Gem Unc 66', and block of four graded 'Superb Gem Unc 67'; 1993 $20 Fraser/Cole pairs x2 on with red serials 'A'-'B 000937', and gold serials 'A'-'B 000937' both 'Superb Gem Unc 67'. (7 items, 18 notes) (Image1)
