b'206161PC 14 Oct.1919 (AAMC.25b) postcard from Chahbar on the Persian Gulf to Karachi, flown by Poulet & Benoist in their Caudron G4 La Mouche with cachet FIRST THROUGH AERIAL MAIL / GREAT BRITAIN TO INDIA / KARACHI 14.10.1919 in violet, with amendment in red ink Paris to Melbourne 11.11. Only three items with this amended cachet recorded, and thus rarer than the Bandar Abbas - Karachi cover [AAMC.25a, 8 reported] which sold for $11,000 plus commission in our December 2003 sale. This card, picked up en route bears the message Just a few hasty lines by the First French Aeroplane., which was en route to Melbourne. Provenance: John Cress$8,00010,000The Ross & Keith Smith flight from England to AustraliaLondon, 12 Nov 1919Melbourne 25 Feb 192062D CAPTAIN ROSS SMITHS PRESENTATION VIGNETTE FROM THE PRIME MINISTERS DEPARTMENT20th May 1920 dated letter on Prime Ministers Department, Canberra letterhead, address to Captain Ross Smith and with a First Aerial Post vignette attractively affixed at upper left. The letter, written by Prime Minister Billy Hughes Personal Secretary, Percival Deane, refers to the Ross-Smith stamp which I promised you. Unique and highly important.Provenance: Lucien Toutounji, Charles Leski Auctions, March 2003, Lot 88. .$10,00015,00070'