b'60424C 14 March 1951 (AAMC.1271e) Australia - French Polynesia flown cover, carried by Captain P.G. Taylor on his Special Survey Flight from Australia to Chile in his Catalina "Frigate Bird II"; RIKITEA arrival cds on front. Cat.$250. $150200425C 14 March 1951 (AAMC.1271f) Australia - Easter Island flown cover, carried by Captain P.G. Taylor on his Special Survey Flight from Australia to Chile in his Catalina "Frigate Bird II"; ISLE DE PASCUA * CHILE" arrival cachet on front. Cat.$250. $150200426C THE 1953 CORONATION DAY FLIGHTS: (AAMC.1317, 1318 & 1318a)Special QANTAS flown covers flown Sydney - London, London - Sydney and similar pairs of covers flown to and from Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, British Solomon Islands, Pakistan, Ceylon, New Hebrides, Mauritius, Singapore & Cocos Island. (24 covers on annotated pages)$200250427C THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT: 9 June 1978 (AAMC.1846a) Special cover flown from Brisbane to Sydney and bearing the signatures of more than 30 aviators who played significant roles in the history of Australian aviation. Noted Lores Bonney, Skip Moody, Norman Brearley, Keith Virtue, Harold Litchfield, Jack Clancy, Frank Roberts & G. U. Allen. (One of only 50).$150200428C 24 June 1936 (AAMC.R5a) Riverview - Moggill flown cover, carried on the delayed flight by "Orion",with vignette in red; cachet in violet and numbered #183. .$80100Ex 429Australian Commonwealth Postal History 429C EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE: 1929-1960s collection on display pages or in cover protectors including 1929 First Flight cover Perth-Adelaide, thence surface to Melbourne endorsed "Express Delivery" corrected franked at 8d including the 4d ED fee; 1938 Birchip to Melbourne with rare solo franking usage of 6d Large Kooka to pay 4d ED plus 2d letter rate; 1935 Unley-Perth airmail with 6d Large Kooka plus 6d Airmail endorsed "Express Delivery" & \'Special Delivery\', 1941 with 6d Small Kooka solo with boxed \'EXPRESS/SERVICE\' handstamp, marked \'IV\' in mss, delivery timeclock handstamp on reverse, 1948 Neutral Bay to Hobart, the 9d rate including 4d ED & d War Tax, 1955 Melbourne-Ballarat used of parcel tag at 2/7d rate including 9d ED Fee, etc; plenty more of interest with typed annotations on the display pages showing rates and other pertinent information. A very good lot. (40) $1,0001,500430C LATE FEE COVERS: Selection of covers sent at a variety of rates with well struck \'LATE FEE\' datestamps and/or handstamps including 1906 NSW to California sent at 2d letter rate plus 2d Late Fee with fine strike of \'LATE FEE PAID/G.P.O.\' circular handstamp, 1936 \'Strongback Plasters\' 1/6d airmail rate to England with 1d added, 1938 1/9d airmail rate to Switzerland with 1d added, 1938 3/- double-rate to England with 1d QM added, etc, 1938 \'Additional Air Transport\' 2/1d rate to Germany via Greece with 1d added, plus six others; generally fine. (11) .$240300'