b'66439 447439C THE RETURN FLIGHT OF THE FRIGATE BIRD: 10 Nov.1944 (AAMC.982) Sydney - Fanning Island flown cover, registered & censored, POST OFFICE/13NOV44/FANNING ISLAND arrival b/s, signed by the pilot PG Taylor. Cat $650. [Only 15 covers flown].$300400440C14 Oct. 1947 (AAMC.1113-1114) Sydney - Norfolk Island & return flown covers; both with special vignettes prepared for the QANTAS flights and both covers signed by the captain, L.R. Ambrose, who piloted the Lancastrian in both directions. (2 covers). .$150200441C 19 Dec.1949 (AAMC.1234) Mornington Island Christmas Mail special cover, flown for TAA and signed by the pilot, R.K. Crabbe and signed verso by the Mission Superintendent; with original TAA headed letter enclosed. (2 items). .$80100442C 27 Mar. 1950 (AAMC.1240) Bairnsdale - Melbourne first flight cover carried by A,N.A. DC3 Skyliner Kanana, with arrival backstamp. Rarely seen example from this flight$5075443C14 March 1951 (AAMC.1271f) Australia - Easter Island flown cover, carried by Captain P.G. Taylor on his Special Survey Flight from Australia to Chile in his Catalina Frigate Bird II; ISLE DE PASCUA * CHILE arrival cachet on front. Cat.$250. $150200444C 5-9 Sept.1953 (AAMC.1323 & 1325) Sydney - Hollandia and Hollandia - Sydney flown covers, each bearing the special Qantas first flight vignette and signed by the captain and crew, (2)$150200445C ROYAL SILVER JUBILEE ROCKET MAIL COVER No.1: 28 Oct.1935 (AAMC.R4a) Riverview - Moggill, flown cover with special vignette in blue tied by red cachet; carried on the failed Zodiac flight. Handstamped cover 1. . $100120Australian Commonwealth Postal History446C FDC PC ASSORTMENT with FLIGHT COVERS 1931 Australia-Batavia (AAMC.204) 1934 Australia-NZ (AAMC.369), 1955 Cocos-Keeling Is to South Africa (AAMC.1354c, x2), 1960 Qantas Around-the-World (AAMC.1443); FDCs 1937 NSW Anniversary registered, 1947 Newcastle with Philatelic Exhibition registration label; also PPC showing Kangaroo used 1955 Canberra to Algiers with d Roo block of 9 and single d on view side, plus some d Roo stamps on a stock card. (9 items) $140180447PC 1915 (Mar.29) use of PPC (Town Hall, Warwick, Qld) addresses to Switzerland with KGV 1d red (2) & d Roo tied by WARWICK 29MR15 machine cancel, PASSED CENSOR/30MR15/BRISBANE datestamp in red, the card likely never leaving Australia with two strikes of UNDELIVERABLE handstamp in red, and fine strike of DEAD LETTER OFFICE/15AP15/BRISBANE datestamp. Lovely item$200300448C PS1928-50 cover group with 1928 Tartana Point (NSW) to Melbourne travelling surface mail to Mildura via Wentworth then by air from Mildura-Melbourne, TARTURA POINT datestamps tying stamps, angel vignette airmail label, MELBOURNE backstamp; 1937 Airmail Exhibition commemorative cover with exhibition label in blue; also 1913-15 d Roo Postal Stationery Wrapper (BW: W1) used and New Zealand 1950 Solent Flying Boat first flight cover. (4 items) . $120160449PS A.I.F. MALAYA: A pair of YMCA covers with BY AIR MAIL cachets in violet; both also with POSTAGE PAID * JOHORE * 25 CENTS cachets in red; one FU Oct.1941 from MERSING to Nth Sydney; the other FU Nov. 1941 from SEGAMAT to Moree; both with relevant A.I.F. FIELD P.O. cdss. (2 items). .$300400450PS 1943 1/- deep blue AIRMAIL Lettersheet (BW:POW2), used by an Italian P.O.W. at No.5 A-Compound, Myrtleford to Arezzo, Italy; the message dated 16 Sept. 1943.$150200'