b'51323 334323C THE RETURN FLIGHT OF "THE FRIGATE BIRD"10 Nov.1944 (AAMC.982) Sydney - Fanning Island flown cover, registered & censored,\'POST OFFICE/13NOV44/FANNING ISLAND\' arrival b/s, signed by the pilot "PG Taylor". Cat $650.[Only 15 covers flown]. .$350450324C 4 Oct.1945 (AAMC.1009) Sydney - Singapore Qantas "Coriolanus" experimental flight cover,signed by the pilots, Caldwell and Allen. This was the first post-war Qantas flight to touch-down in Singapore. The return flight, departing on 12 October, brought home 34 Australian ex-P.O.W.\'s. $100150325C (*) 14 Oct.1947 (AAMC.1113-1114a) Sydney - Norfolk Island & return, QANTAS flown covers, each bearing the relevant brown & lime green vignette created for these flights and accompanied by an unused example of the Norfolk Is - Sydney vignette. (3 items). Cat.$350.$200250326C * INAUGURAL QANTAS "CONSTELLATION" SERVICE TO LONDON & RETURN: Dec.1947 (AAMC.1125a,b,c) Singapore - London and Calcutta - Sydney QANTAS flown intermediate covers, both signed by the pilots and bearing the relevant red, white and black vignettes created for these flights as well as the 25th Anniversary silver/blue vignette; accompanied by an unused example of the Sydney - London vignette and a complete pane of 5 of the 25th Anniversary vignettes. (4 items). Intermediates are rarely seen. Cat.$350. .$200250327C 16 Dec. 1947 (AAMC.1128-1129a) Sydney - Japan and return, flown QANTAS covers, signed by the pilots (Morton and Harding) and each bearing the appropriate pictorial vignette created for these flights. Accompanied by an unused example of each vignette. (4 items). Cat.$500. $200300328C ** 26 June 1949 (AAMC.1218,1219 & 1219a) Sydney - Hong Kong & return, QANTAS flown covers, both signed by the pilot, Captain Hampshire, and each bearing the blue, black & white vignette created for these flights; accompanied by a MUH example of the Hong Kong - Sydney vignette. (3 items). Cat.$300. $200250329C 1963 MIPEX First Hovercraft Mail: study on exhibit pages with Ted Roberts\' accepted artwork for the MIPEX illustrated souvenir cover, artwork proof & intaglio of the commemorative \'BP\' cachet which was applied to covers; covers incl. long cover signed by hovercraft engineers, officials & observers incl. Purves, Eustis & Collas (APM.1791/3b), plus 10d aerogramme signed by Bonner & Sangston, parcel tags with cachets (2),plus newspaper cuttings relating to the event. (small qty) .$200300Australian Commonwealth Postal History330C 1916-30 KGV Perf \'OS\' issues on University of Melbourne (Carlton) covers to same addressee in Melbourne, comprising 1d Red Smooth Paper (3),1d red (4) and 2d orange (3); also \'TWO PENCE\' on 1d used on Melbourne Fire Office cover; condition somewhat variable, minimum on-cover Cat. $500. (11 covers) $120160331C 1930s-60s pre-decimal array including registered, express, censored & military mail, solo frankings & scarcer airmail rates; plus FDCs, postal stationery, and a few replica cards of pre-decimal stamps etc. Nice variety.(100+) $150200332C PS 1930s-1990s covers in two shoeboxes with pre-decimal FDCs, decimal commercially used PSEs(some uprated), lots of decimal commemorative/pictormark covers; also 1954 3d concession rate cover, QEII 4c Lettercards optd \'SPECIMEN ONLY\' (7), plus Priority Paid & taxed covers and few foreign interlopers. Worth investigating. (100s) .$150250333C 1960s-1990s decimal covers with registered, certified and priority paid mail, state perfins;also postal stationery (some duplication), PSEs and other philatelic mail. Good variety. (100+) .$100150'