b'51486C 14 Mar.1951 (AAMC.1271c) Sydney - New Zealand via SAMOA flown cover, inscribed AIR-MAIL via Capt. Taylors Special Survey Flight of the Southern Pacific Route. Australia - Chile, with cachet in violet & APIA cds on reverse. Cat.$200. . $120150487C 14 March 1951 (AAMC.1271d) Australia - Cook Islands flown cover, carried by Captain P.G. Taylor on his Special Survey Flight from Australia to Chile in his Catalina Frigate Bird II; backstamped AITUTAKI. . $120150488C June 1953 (AAMC.1318a) Coronation Day flight covers: London to Norfolk Island, Ceylon, Port Moresby, Singapore, Cocos Islands, and Karachi, together with return flight covers from Karachi and Singapore. Also, a number of BOAC special covers, mostly associated with the first Comet Jetliner flights between London and Johannesburg in May 1952. (Total: 25 flown covers). .$250300489C 5 April 1957 (Unlisted) cover endorsed First Round the World Flight by No.11 Maritime Squadron R.A.A.F. and signed by Flight Sgt. C.J. Prior, 11 Sqdn, RAAF. $150200Australian Postal HistoryIncluding Military & POW Mails490PC RUSSIA to FREMANTLE via BROOME: 1916 (Apr. 8) use of 2k green Arms pair on Esperanto Card from Moscow to Fremantle (with Broome transit cds) with KGV d & 1d added for on-posting to Italy, Moscow; censor handstamp on face. [Broome is an unusual entry port for mail to Australia.] . $100150491C An unique pair of Dec.1934 registered covers (2) from Sydney to Petersham, each franked with 2d Dark Hills & 3d Macarthur tied by REGISTERED/SYDNEY datestamps, both with black/blue registration labels numbered 1 or 10000 respectively, PETERSHAM arrival datestamps on reverse$80120492C 1941 (Nov.15) Sheard cover with NSW 1d Shield GSB perfin (Government Saving Bank) tied by superb strike of RAAF P.O. EVANS HEAD/NSW AUST datestamp, boxed DEPARTMENT OF AIR/CONCESSION POSTAGE RATE handstamp in violet, addressed, in Sheards hand, to City Hall, Brisbane, very fine condition. $100150493PS 1948 (Jan.) usage of KGVI 5d Registration Envelope, uprated for transit to USA with 5/- Robes, 9d Platypus + d Roo tied by SYDNEY datestamps, Supposed liable to customs duty & Passed/U.S. Customs Bureau (Chicago) handstamps, on reverse SAN FRANCISCO transit & MACOMB arrival datestamp. Very fine. .$80100Ex 494494C PS An album containing predominantly a WORLD WAR ONE CORRESPONDENCE between Edgar L. Rich, serving on HMAS Sydney, and his Own darling Ruby Wilkie, of Washington St., Toorak. In an extensive, articulate and interesting correspondence, Rich describes his experiences on-board, largely during the period that Sydney was stationed in the Caribbean as part of the South American Squadron. Later, in 1916, the Sydney and the Melbourne joined the Grand Fleet in the North Sea. A very large percentage of the envelopes still contain their original contents. (60 items). .$1,0002,000495C D 1915 naval cover to Melbourne with 1d Kangaroo tied by triangular chop, fine RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED h/s alongside the stamp, minor damage on opening. The original letter headed H.M.A.S. Sydney / at Bermuda W.I. / 2 January 1915 accompanies the envelope. .I see in the morning war news Kitchener says the war will not last long now, and what he says is generally authentic (2 items).During the early stages of WW1 HMAS Sydney was involved in supporting the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force and escorting the first ANZAC convoy. On 9 November 1914, she defeated the German cruiser SMS Emden at the Battle of Cocos. During 1915 and 1916, Sydney operated on the North America and West Indies Station. .$100200'