878
880
878	
PC.
Dec.1933 & July 1940 (AAMC.905c) a rare registered postcard carried in December 1933 from Australia 
to New Zealand (AAMC.348) and signed by the crew of “Faith in Australia” Boulton, Allan & Ulm; 
posted again in August 1939 but carried by RMS Niagara and delayed in New Zealand due to the outbreak 
of WWII. The card was finally carried again in July 1940 when the Pan Am California Clipper under 
the command of Captain J.H. Tilton (who has also signed) carried it from Auckland to Honolulu, where 
it was stamped on arrival, before finally being returned to the sender in Sydney on 31 August 1940. 
[According to Crome’s records, one of only 6 cards thus carried.].������������������������������������������������$300–400
879	
C.
MORNINGTON ISLAND CHRISTMAS AIRMAIL COVERS carried by QANTAS: 1941 (AAMC.936) from 
Brisbane; 1942 (AAMC.950) from Sydney; 1943 (AAMC.970 & 971) from Brisbane and Sydney; and 1946 
(AAMC.1089) from Sydney; all with special vignettes and signed by the pilots and/or receiving officers. 
(5)�����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$400–500
880	
C.
24 December 1943 (AAMC.970) Sydney - Mornington Island Parachute Mail cover with special vignette, 
delivered for Christmas by QANTAS Flying Boat “Coolangatta” VH-ABB and signed by the pilot, 
K.G. Caldwell.; signed on the back by J.B. McCarthy, the Missionary-in-charge.��������������������������$100–150
881	
.
24 Dec. 1943 (AAMC.970) Sydney - Mornington Island parachute mail cover with green vignette, 
signed by the captain and the missionary in charge, together with a short history of the service, 
and a booklet titled Qantas Empire Airways Comes of Age.����������������������������������������������������������$150–200
882	
** * (*).
QANTAS Special Flight vignettes: AAMC.971a (1943 Mornington Island) **; AAMC.1003b (1945 Sydney 
- New Guinea) **; AAMC.1089a (1946 Mornington Island) *; AAMC.1091a (1947 Sydney - Rabaul) 
No gum; AAMC.1127b (1947 Sydney - Lord Howe Is.) **; AAMC.1132a (1947 Mornington Island) No gum; 
AAMC.1190a (1948 Sydney - Vila - Espiritu Santo) **; and AAMC.1232c (1949 Australia - England 2nd 
Class Air Mail) **. (Total: 8).������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$400–500
883	
C.
11 July 1944 (AAMC.976a) One of 23 covers flown on the first RAAF “Mosquito” A52-1001, 
signed by RAAF pilot, Brian Walker and more than 30 others who witnessed the event.�������������$100–150
886
884
884	
C.
10 Nov. 1944 (AAMC.982) Sydney - Fanning Island, registered cover, flown and signed by the pilot, P.G. 
Taylor aboard his Catalina “Frigate Bird” with Fanning Island arrival backstamp. (One of only 15 flown).
���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$200–300
885	
C.
April 1945 (AAMC.1002 & 1003) Sydney - Lae, and Lae - Sydney QANTAS Re-opening 
flight souvenir flown covers, both with special green vignette, and both signed by the pilots; 
with despatch and arrival cds’s. (2). Cat.$550.��������������������������������������������������������������������������������$350–400
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