CLA Auction 193

AEROPHILATELY

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Lot Symbols Description Estimate
1254 PC HOWARD JOLLEY, 1922 postcard of this early Australian aviator, signed on reverse.  $40 - $50
1255 D Apr.1926 (Re.AAMC.95) 'Aircraft' letterhead signed by Major F.A. De V.Robertson the British representative, letter reading 'Cobham has promised to carry this to you.....England - Australia' which took plane on 30.6.26. Affixed to cardboard, minor faults.  $200 - $250
1256 C 1929-51 small cover collection comprising AAMC.136-37, 197, 267, 528a (2), 537a, 549, 549a, 740, 812, 1271, few registered, odd tone. (12) $250 - $300
1257 PC 12 Nov.1929 (AAMC.144e) commemoration postcard of Ross Smith's England - Australia flight, flown from Hounslow and signed by Keith Smith. Lovely item.  $400 - $500
1258 C 28 Mar.1931 (AAMC.184a) cover flown per "Madam Elijah", Lord Howe Island - Sydney, signed by pilot Francis Chichester, minor blemishes. [45 flown].  $450 - $500
1259 C 13 Apr.1931 (AAMC.187a) registered cover flown on intermediate stage Singapore - Batavia and readdressed to Singapore, black/blue-grey vignette (Mair A2a) affixed.  $80 - $100
1260 C 23 April 1931 (AAMC.188) Australia - London flown cover; registered at Sydney & signed by G.U.Allan.  $40 - $60
1261 C 3 July 1931 (AAMC.211) cover flown Francis Chichester Mati - Ormoc, 5-line framed cachet in violet, arrival backstamp, odd tone.  $250 - $300
1262 C 20 Nov.1931 (AAMC.222) registered souvenir cover flown Australia - England, signed by pliots G.U.Allan and R.Boulton.   $100 - $125
1263 C 24 Nov.1935 (AAMC.225) cover flown Brisbane - Sydney by New England Airways, frankings including 3d Green Air 'Long wing to plane' variety though damaged. [87 flown].  $80 - $100
1264 C D 7 Jan.1932 (AAMC.245) "Xmas Greetings" cover with original letter flown England - Australia, unusually signed by both pilots C.Kingsford Smith and G.U.Allan, minor faults. (2 items) $150 - $200
1265 C 7 Jan.1932 (AAMC.245) England - Australian flown cover, addressed to Rosenblum & signed by G.U.Allan.  $60 - $80
1266 C 22-23 Aug.1933 (AAMC.319 & 322) Melbourne - Launceston & return flown covers; both signed by pilot, A.J.Turner. (2) $60 - $80
1267 C 26 Aug.1933 (AAMC.325) Launceston - Melbourne flown cover, signed by pilot, M.Chapman. [30 flown].  $60 - $80
1268 C 13 Jan.1934 (AAMC.350) cover flown Australia - N.Z. by "Southern Cross", signed by pilot C. Kingsford Smith. [Small mails flown].  $450 - $500
1269 C 17 Feb.1934 (AAMC.360) cover flown NZ - Australia bearing 7d opt with Broken "N", signed by Allan, Boukton & Ulm.  $100 - $125
1270 C 17 Feb.1934 (AAMC.360) cover flown NZ - Australia, then by AAS Sydney - Perth, franked NZ 4d KGV & 7d Trans Tasman ovpt, backstamped on arrival.  $80 - $100
1271 C 23 Feb.1934 (Unlisted) "Flood mail" covers flown by H.Frazer for Rockhampton Aerial Services, collected from Injune, Gunniwin, Oralla and Roma and railed to Mitchell for flight to Brisbane, toning in places.  (4) $100 - $150
1272 C 29 Mar.1934 (AAMC.367) souvenir cover flown NZ - Australia, signed by C.Kingsford Smith and T.Pethybridge, minor toning. [22 such signed covers flown].  $300 - $350
1273 C 10 Apr.1934 (AAMC.369) covers (2) flown Australia - NZ, one to Czechoslovakia with cachet in violet; other to NZ with cachet in black (very unusual & scarce).  (2) $150 - $200
1274 C 1934-71 collection including AAMC.369-70, 383, 389, 392, 395, 760, 891, 959, 1064, 1191e, 1192, 1744, (13) $250 - $300
1275 C 14 Apr.1934 (AAMC.370) souvenir cover (blue on manila stock) flown registered NZ - Australia bearing 7d Trans Tasman ovpt pair.  $60 - $80
1276 PC 10-14 Apr.1934 (AAMC.370a) special postcard previously flown as AAMC.348) carried again on the "Faith in Australia" flight; signed by Allan, Boulton, Rogers & Ulm.  $200 - $250
1277 C 11 May 1934 (AAMC.379) Australia - N.Z. Goodwill cover (Nš82 of 250), signed by Ulm.  $100 - $125
1278 C 2 July 1934 (AAMC.389,395) cover flown NZ - Australia - New Guinea - Australia, showing cachets for both services.  $100 - $120
1279 C PC 20 Oct.1934 (AAMC.434, 444) MacRobertson Air Race cover flown and signed by Roscoe Turner, also promotional card, KLM cover flown Holland - Australia.  (3 items) $100 - $125
1280 C 20 Oct.1934 (AAMC.438) MacRobertson Air Race cover flown to NZ by Hewitt and Kay.  $100 - $125
1281 C 21 Dec.1934 (AAMC.481) Sydney - Narromine cover, flown & signed by Keith Virtue. [20 flown].  $120 - $150
1282 C 25 Mar.1935 (AAMC.494 & 495) Narromine - Sydney & return flown covers, both with special vignettes & signed by pilot, H.Purvis. (2) $100 - $120
1283 C 15 Apr.1935 (AAMC.496a) cover flown Australia - New Guinea by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport, with Qld Air Mail Society cachet on reverse.  $150 - $200
1284 C 24 April 1935 (AAMC.497 & 498) Nyngan - Sydney & retun flown covers, both with special vignettes & signed by pilot, H.Purvis. (2) $150 - $200
1285 C 15 May 1935 (AAMC.499) Jubilee flight Australia - N.Z. on covers with various frankings, one reflown to Australia, another to UK. (3) $120 - $150
1286 C 15 May 1935 (AAMC.500a) "Faith in Australia" Relief Flight cover, signed by 11 airmen and officials involved in the rescue mission to the "Southern Cross". With light tone spots, as usual. [25 flown].  $300 - $400
1287 C 18 July 1935 (AAMC.516) Mascot - Richmond cover carried on the last flight of the "Southern Cross", with special vignette & the signatures of all on board incl. Charles & Mary Kingsford Smith, P.G.Taylor, etc. [Numbered #86].  $400 - $500
1288 C 18 July 1935 (AAMC.517) 3rd Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition cover flown Oodnadatta - Sydney, four-line cachet in blue, various backstamps. [50 flown].  $100 - $125
1289 C 19 Aug.1935 (AAMC.523a) cover flown by ATA Oodnadatta - Adelaide. [102 flown].  $60 - $75
1290 C 19 Aug.1935 (AAMC.523a) cover flown by ATA Alice Springs - Darwin, signed by pilot J.Chapman.  $60 - $75
1291 C 29 Sept.1936 (AAMC.632) England - Australia "Athena" crash cover to Tasmania with 4-line typewritten endorsement (unlisted in Nierinck), mss. 'Damaged - ex "Athena"' on reverse, arrival backstamp & Supt of Mails PO cachet.  $100 - $125
1292 C 11 June 1937 (Unlisted) cover to Sydney flown Tennant Creek - Mt. Isa, backstamp of Mt. Isa.  $80 - $100
1293 C 11 June 1937 (Unlisted) cover to Hobart flown Tennant Creek - Mt. Isa, transit and arrival backstamps of Mt. Isa, Melbourne and Hobart.  $80 - $100
1294 C 28 June 1938 (AAMC.814-15) covers flown by KNILM Holland - Australia and Java - Australia, differing cachets. (2) $80 - $100
1295 PC 30 Apr.1940 (AAMC.900a) Special postcard previously flown Dec.1933 (& signed by Ulm), carried on flying boat "Aotearoa" to N.Z. & additionally signed by Burgess, Craig & other crew members.  $150 - $200
1296 C 17 Jan.1941 (AAMC.912) censored cover flown by Qantas Australia - Portuguese Timor, signed by pilot H.B.Hussey. [54 flown].  $250 - $300
1297 C 17 Jan.1941 (AAMC.913) cover flown by Qantas Portuguese Timor - Australia, signed by pilot R.B.Tapp. [21 flown].  $350 - $400
1298 C 24 Dec.1941 (AAMC.936) Sydney - Mornington Island Parachute mail cover with vignette affixed, signed by pilot E.M.Sims, endorsed on reverse by acting supt., R.E.Braunholz.  $80 - $100
1299 C 24 Dec.1942 (AAMC.950) Sydney - Mornington Island Parachute mail cover with vignette affixed, signed by pilot W.H.Crowther, endorsed on reverse by missionary-in-charge R.E.Braunholz.  $80 - $100
1300 C 24 Dec.1943 (AAMC.970) Sydney - Mornington Island Parachute mail cover with vignette affixed, signed by pilot K.D.Caldwell, endorsed on reverse by missionary-in-charge J.B.McCarthy.  $100 - $125
1301 C 30 Nov.1945 (AAMC.1017) cover flown on Qantas "Liberator" service, Ceylon - Australia, signed by pilots J.A.Furze and J.A.Moxham.  $80 - $100
1302 C 30 Mar. - 15 April 1946 (AAMC.1035b) Australia - New Zealand - Malaya cover flown with Lord Louis Mountbatten; signed by pilot, Jack Matthews. [Very few carried].  $200 - $250
1303 ** 14 Oct.1948 (AAMC.1190a) Prepared for use, not issued, Qantas Australia - New Hebrides vignette in red & blue on white. Scarce and undercatalogued.  $80 - $100
1304 ** 14 Oct.1948 (AAMC.1191b) Prepared for use, not issued, Qantas New Hebrides - Australia vignette in red & blue on white. Scarce and undercatalogued.  $80 - $100
1305 C 2 June 1953 (AAMC.1318a) souvenir Qantas 'Coronation' flight covers, flown on intermediate stages to London from Solomons, Ceylon, Cocos (scarce), Fiji, Mauritius, New Hebrides, NZ, Norfolk, Pakistan, PNG & Singapore, mostly fine. (11) $100 - $120
1306 C 13 Mar.1954 (AAMC.1337) Australia - Austria "Belfast" Singapore crash cover with frame 3-line cachet in red, arrival backstamp.   $80 - $100
1307 C 23 Nov.1957 (AAMC.1379c) 40th Anniversary cover flown Adelaide - Gawler, signed by original pilot R.G.Carey.   $80 - $100
1308 C 17 Nov.1969 (AAMC.1650b, 1660) cover flown from RAF Lyneham, England - Australia, signed by pilot R.E.Rudd, also later flight.  (2) $100 - $124
1309 C 12 Jan.1983 (AAMC.1965a) Camden - Perth cover flown on self-launch glider flight, signed by pilot B.J.Willson and ground crew.  $60 - $75