b'64429C Dec.1934 (AAMC.470c) Special cover prepared for the opening of the Australia - England service by QANTAS and IA, carried internally from NORMANTON (6/12) via LONGREACH (8/12) to DALY WATERS (12/12); with all appropriate cdss. A scarce despatch. $5075430C THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS: 18 July 1935 (AAMC.514 & 515) comprising covers numbered 46, 49, and consecutively numbered 88 & 89, cover 46 with a IMPERFORATE SPECIAL VIGNETTE (rare on cover) and a personally written note from Ernie Crome on reverse, the others bearing a perforated vignette; all covers are signed by the seven personnel aboard this historic Mascot-Richmond short flight, namely pilots Charles Kingsford Smith and P.G. Taylor, plus Mary Kingsford Smith, John Stannage, Beau Shiel, John Ulm & C.G.Scrimgeour (radio broadcaster); also an unnumbered cover with perforated vignette and bold Kingsford Smith signature on the face. A most desirable group, Cat. $4,650. (5). $3,0004,000Ex 431 432431C THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS: A special envelope postmarked at RICHMOND on 18th July 1935 at the conclusion of the short flight from Mascot; signed by the pilot, Charles Kingsford Smith, bearing a perforated vignette and addressed to Ernie Crome. Accompanied by a QANTAS reproduction photograph of the Southern Cross in flight. Also, a B.D.V. cigarette card featuring CKS. (3 items). $500750432CTHE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS:18 July 1935 (AAMC.514) Sydney - Richmond Aerodrome flown cover, signed by the pilot C Kingsford Smith, Cat $650. $300400433 434433CThe Last Flight of the Southern Cross 18 July 1935 (AAMC.515) a cover (#30) carried from Mascot to Richmond, with special vignette showing the route the aeroplane had followed around the world; signed by Charles Kingsford Smith, Mary Kingsford Smith, P.G. Taylor, John Stannage and all other personnel on board. .$9001,200434C 11-19 July 1935 (AAMC.519) Sydney - Thursday Island cover, flown by Stuart Campbell in a Short Scion S16 Seaplane which was being delivered to the Oroville Dredging Co. in Papua [6 flown]. [NB: The AAMC entry appears to be incorrect. A total of 12 covers were carried; only half terminating at Thursday Island for return to the sender, Ernest Crome.]. Cat.$1000+ $500600'