b'50477C 29 Nov. 1938 (AAMC.831b) Sydney - Canberra flown cover (cancelled on arrival), carried by RAF Vickers Wellesley long-range bomber on the first leg of the return flight to England. One of only 2 covers flown; the pilot returning the England by ship after the plane crashed near Derby. $300400478 479478C 3 April 1939 (AAMC.846) Sydney - Brisbane flown cover, cancelled on arrival in Brisbane and signed by the French pilot, Henri Martinet and Paul Klein, who had joined the flight in Sydney. Rarely seen. Cat.$525. .$250300479C 22 July 1939 (AAMC.874) Adelaide - Dili - Adelaide cover flown both ways to Portuguese Timor, carried by Guinea Airways and signed by the crew and the Minister for Civil Aviation (J.V. Fairbairn), who was also on board. .$200250480B March 1940 (Frommer 56c) QANTAS airmail vignette booklet (lacks staple) with both covers and 3 complete panes of 8 vignettes plus blank margins. Rare. Cat.$500. Ex Tom Frommer Gold Medal Collection, 2003. .$150250481C PS THREE SIGNED COVERS: 23 Dec. 1942 (AAMC.950) Sydney - Mornington Is. Christmas Mail cover with vignette, signed by the pilot; 9 Apr. 1946 (AAMC.1038a) 7d Airletter with red Overprint carried on the Qantas Kangaroo Route opening flight from Australia to London, signed by the pilots; 19 Dec. 1949 (AAMC.1234) TAA flown Christmas mail to Mornington Island signed by the pilot. (3)$200250482 497482C 30 Aug.1944 (AAMC.982) Sydney - Fanning Island, registered flown cover, signed and carried by P.G. Taylor on his Catalina Flying Boat Frigate Bird with Sydney & Fanning Island backstamps. (15 flown). .$300400483C 15 May 1946 (AAMC.1044b) Australia - U.S.A. cover flown on the TWA Skymaster Shamrock and signed by all members of the crew; with Washington arrival cdss. $100150484C 17 January 1947 (AAMC.1092) Rabaul - Sydney flown cover, carried for QANTAS and signed by the pilot, J.A. Bonnington; with special vignette affixed. Very fine. $80100485C 14 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). . $120150'