b'1541317 13181313 1316BRITISH OFFICIAL AIR MINISTRY PHOTOGRAPHS: THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.A collection of 1930s-40s original photgraphs with explanationsAnother example of the envelopes flown and fully signed by affixed verso; noted Italian Bombers shot down in Englandall on board the Southern Cross. This envelope is numbered Nov.1940, One of the Seven Downed German Planes43 and bears the very scarce IMPERFORATE form of the 19.6.40, Another Nazi Bomber shot down, Sept.1940, Theround-the-world route map vignette.end of a raid, Bombing the barges at Dunkirk, After the$1,2001,600attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto11/12th Nov. 1940, etc. Mixed sizes, (20 items). 1317$200300 THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.A complete proof sheetlet of four of the round-the-world-route-1314 map vignettes designed by Ernest Crome.THE SUN - TELEGRAPH AIRWAYS EXHIBITION,PROVENANCEFebruary 1935 at the Sun-Telegraph Building, Sydney: From the estate of Ernest Crome.a complete original catalogue for this important exhibition, 24pp$200300+ covers. The exhibition featured A collection of photographs and exhibits illustrative of the development of aviation in the Empire, with special reference to Australian aviators. Section1318E featured many aviators with Australian connections includingTHE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.W.E. Hart, Harry Hawker, Ross Smith, Parer & McIntosh,A complete IMPERFORATE proof sheetlet of four of the round-Allan Cobham, Bert Hinkler, Amy Johnson, etc. Section F wasthe-world-route-map vignettes designed by Ernest Crome.devoted entirely to Charles Kingsford Smith.$120150PROVENANCEFrom the estate of Ernest Crome.$4005001315THE LAST FLIGHT OF THESOUTHERN CROSS.18th July 1935 special envelope carried aboard the Southern Cross on its flight from Mascot to Richmond. The envelope is numbered 16 and has been signed by everyone on board: Charles Kingsford Smith, Mary Kingsford Smith, Beau Shiel, John Stannage, P.G. Taylor, John Ulm and C.G. Scrimgeour. Slef-addressed to well-known aviation historian and collector, Ernest A. Crome, the envelope also bears a perforated example of the Crome-designed vignette which depicts the round-the-world and trans-Australian routes flown by the famous Old Bus. The envelope is accompanied by a photograph of all the above personnel standing in front of the aeroplane. (2 items).$1,0001,500Ex 1315'