b'50278C March 1923 (Frommer 9b & d) QANTAS black/green BY AIR MAIL vignette attractively used on an Aug.1924 cover from Longreach to Christchurch, New Zealand with mss certification of the unofficial label by the Chief Postmaster; displayed on an exhibit page with the front cover of the vignette booklet and accompanied by a vertical strip of 8 of the vignettes adhered to the back of an original booklet. (Some faults, but very rare.) The cover would have been carried by QANTAS from Longreach to Charleville before travelling by surface to New Zealand.Provenance: Ex Maurice Williams, Director of Australia Post. .$400500279C Late 1923 (Frommer 10) QANTAS black & red on emerald green vignette BY AIR MAIL / See Western Queensland attractively used on an April 1924 flown cover from Cloncurry to Mrs Hudson Fysh, at Dahra, Longreach; displayed on an exhibit page together with the booklet covers (The Spirit of the Times is in Aerial Travel.) and a strip of 7 of the vignettes.Provenance: Ex Maurice Williams, Director of Australia Post. $8001,000280C 1925 (Frommer 13) QANTAS black on red BY AIR MAIL / See Western Queensland vignette tied on Dec.1927 flown cover from Normanton via Cloncurry to Cairns additionally with boxed FORWARDED BY AIR MAIL cachet; accompanied on an exhibit page by the original booklet covers which contained the vignette (AERIAL TRANSPORT means a general speeding up of your business.) together with a strip of 3 and a pair of unused vignettes. Provenance: Ex Maurice Williams, Director of Australia Post. .$500600281C 30 June 1930 (AAMC.67a) Perth - Reading, Pennsylvania USA, airmail cover bearing 3d Airmails (2) paying for the internal airmail leg + the Trans-Pacific by boat to San Francisco + US 5c Airmail (tied by Perth & Reading cdss) for air delivery to the East Coast. A fine example of this combination arrangement, which ended the following day. Cat.from $500. $300400282C 1927-32 covers all with perforated QANTAS Western Queensland red/white vignettes (Frommer.15d) comprising 12 Nov. 1927 cover and 9 Dec. 1927 KGV 1d Letter Card both showing use of FORWARDED/BY AIRMAIL rectangular cachet (AAMC.91), used at McKinlay or at Camooweal respectively; also 1932 commercial long cover (vignette defective) addressed to Hudson Fysh with 1/- Large Lyrebird & 3d Harbour Bridge tied by MCKINLAY datestamp; vignettes alone Cat. $600 on cover. (3 items).$200300283283C July 1926 (AAMC.99a) Karachi - Calcutta flown cover, carried by Alan Cobham during his flight from England to Australia; bearing the special vignette tied by a BY D.H. 50 handstamp and with arrival backstamp.[43 carried on this 2,200km leg]. Cat.$650. .$400500'