b'77877C 11 September 1958 (AAMC.1395a) Australia - New Zealand - Australia flown boomerang covers carried in both directions on the occasion of the Anniversary of Kingsford Smiths first Trans-Tasman flight, (62) Cat.$1,240. $150200878C 9 June 1978 (AAMC.1846 & 1846a) Brisbane - Sydney and Brisbane - Ballina flown covers, carried by Ansett to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 1928 Trans-Pacific Flight by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm; bearing more than 30 original autographs including Norman Brearley, Harold Litchfield, Lores Bonney, Skip Moody, Keith Virtue, Bob Boulton, Ellen Rogers, Harold Affleck, Jack Clancy, G.U. Allan, Harry Purvis, etc., a Whos Who of Australian Aviation.(Only 50 of each flown and signed). $200250879C THE FIRST SOLO HELICOPTER FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD - Pilot: DICK SMITH:August 1982 - July 1983 flown covers, comprising of 5th August 1982 (AAMC.1948a) Fort Worth to London (9, of which 2 are signed and endorsed by Smith); 13th September 1982 (AAMC.1948b) England to Australia (10, of which 2 are signed by Smith); and 25th May 1983 (AAMC.1948c) Australia to Fort Worth U.S.A. (8). All in excellent condition and rarely seen. (Total: 27) AAMC: $2,700. Provenance: The Ernie Crome Collection. .$500750Australian Postal History and POW & Military Mails880C PC 1913-64 covers with single and mixed frankings incl. three Roo covers to Br. Columbia (1d x2 & 3d x1), KGV heads (6), then a mixed range, with frankings to 2/3d, many franked 2/-, registered and/or to overseas destinations. A useful range. (40+ items). .$250300881C MIXED FRANKING: November 1915 usage of a 5d Chestnut KGV head in combination with a pair of TASMANIAN d Lake Marion adhesives, all tied by MELBOURNE cdss on a registered cover to PERTH, with arrival b/stamp. Endorsed per S.S. Zelandia at top. .$200250882C PS An album containing a range of mainly 1930s-50s commercial mails to Europe; some earlier and a few later, and some to other foreign destinations, with a wide range of adhesives and rate, with many being AIRMAIL, several registered, censored, etc. (80+ items). A great opportunity. .$400500883 884883PC A DEAKINS FRUIT JAM POSTCARD FROM GALLIPOLI:Sent from Gallipoli, circa 1915, endorsed On Active Service at top, with part INFANTRY BRIGADE FIELD P.O. cds; signed by the censoring officer and handstamped with a red boxed censorship mark. Writing to his nephew in Napier, New Zealand, the soldier writes These post-cards come 8 in a box of jam, rather handy to send to little nephews, eh? [For the other known example, see Diffens Preparations for War and the Australian Military Campaign at Gallipoli: A Postal History Perspective at p.110; RPSV, 2015]. .$500750884PS October 1917 usage of a 1d South Australian scenic postcard (Carting - Far North) sent from LAMEROO (S.A.) to Australian Prisoner of War Lance Corporal Hurtle J. Blake, 50th Battalion, A.I.F. in Camp Limburg, Germany; sent via the Australian Red Cross in London and with an oval 4th District censorship handstamp. The message, written by the POWs father, seeks to update the son about the family farm, the rains and the two new foals. An extremely rare usage.L/C Hurtle Joseph Blake was repatriated in December 1918; arriving at Ripon on the 18th before his journey back to Australia. .$200250'