b'50318C 17 Jan.1941 (AAMC.912) official cover flown from Melbourne to Portuguese Timor with light DILI arrival b/s of 19.1.41 in violet, signed by the pilot "HB Hussey": Cat $400. [54 flown]. $250300319C MORNIGTON ISLAND PARACHUTE MAIL COVERS: 1941 from Brisbane (AAMC.936) signed by Sims; 1942 from Sydney & Brisbane (AAMC.950 & 51) signed by Crowther; 1943 from Sydney & Brisbane (AAMC.970 & 71) signed by Caldwell; and then the post-war resumed flights, 1946 (AAMC.1089) signed by McCarthy; 1947 (AAMC.1132) signed by Bruce; and 1948 (AAMC.1199) signed by Meares. (8 covers). Cat.$1275. $7501,000320** (*) 1941-48 QANTAS \'PARACHUTE MAIL/TO MORNINGTON ISLAND\' labels comprising 1941(undated, unmounted, small thin), 1942 no gum), 1943 (unmounted), 1946 (unmounted), 1947 (no gum)& 1948 (unmounted), Cat $600. .$250300321321C Dec.1941 large-part distressed airmail cover-front to England with KGVI 3d x2 - singed, a third missing - tied by \'AIF FIELD PO/NO 24\' cds in use at Hama in Lebanon (Proud "Not Seen"), endorsed "Accidentally Burned/ in Transit/28.12.41 [initials]", remnants of four British PO repair labels. [On 27.12.1941, a bag of mail was damaged in transit between FPO 24 & FPO 21 at Rayak in Syria. This new discovery is believed to be the only recorded mail from this incident].$1,0001,250322322C CRASH COVER: Dec.1942airmail cover recovered from RAAF Beaufort A-119 (7 Squadron), which ditched in the sea on 9 December, near Wednesday Island (off Thursday Island), \'DAMAGED MAIL/SALVAGED FROM SEA\' label affixed, signed and tied by \'FIELD P.O./0101\' cds of Thursday Island. One of the rarest crash covers of Australia, missing from most major aerophilately collections. Unlisted AAMC and Nierinck. Will be included in the next edition of AAMC, currently in preparation.$1,0001,200'