b'73202202C Great Britain - Accelerated By Airmail: 1911 (Sept. 14) sixth day use of purple-brown postcard with Organizing Committee printed inscription on reverse for inaugural British air mail service, to Cessnock. The only recorded example of this special printing to Australia. .$7501,000203203C Great Britain - Interrupted Mail to Australia:1929 (Oct. 24) cover London to Cohuna Victoria franked 4d for 1d Empire rate plus airmail surcharge 3d per oz to Iraq, boarded Oct. 26 on Imperial Airways flight IE31, which was to experience dual aircraft incidents in Egypt: (i) City of Alexandria upon landing Oct. 30 for refueling at Mersa Mutruh experienced a wingtip striking a buoy, the aircraft was damaged, passengers and mail were transferred to (ii) City of Athens which, due to lack of wind on take-off had difficulty lifting, and ran in to a reef, ripping the hull. Pilot and passengers escaped unhurt, mail was subsequently loaded aboard City of Baghdad, which resumed the flight Nov 2 arriving Basra the following day, thence surface to Australia. Paper remnants reverse which may be removed with care, the only recorded item to Australia from this dual incident. Sanford.291026. .$1,6002,000ex 204 205204C Gold Coast: 1938-39 covers from same correspondence Tarkwa to Mt Lawley (WA) bearing varying franking compositions for 1/9d per oz combined airmail rate with 1938 original perf issues, indications for Imperial Airways service including only known use to Australia of Per IMPERIAL/AIR MAIL handstamp, later item with good strike Gold Coast censor hexagonal handstamp (code 5) in red, earlier backstamped Accra, Khartoum, Perth. Fine duo. (2) .$350400205C Gold Coast: 1940-41 censored covers from Dunkwa and Accra to NSW at reduced 1/3d combined airmail rate per oz, reasonable strikes of Gold Coast censor hexagonal handstamps, codes 8 and 6, sealing tapes of distinct stocks, very scarce to this destination$320360'