b"63442C c.1940-41 Anglo-Iranian Oil Co double clipper-rate (5/10d per oz x2) cover to England endorsed 'VIA AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND/ UNITED KINGDOM' with 5/- Robes, 2/- Roo (3), 6d Kooka & KGVI 2d tied by lightly struck diamond cancels in violet, Melbourne 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label and 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/V33' cachet in violet, vertical fold clear of adhesives $120160443C 1941 (Dec.22) J.Kennon & Sons (Melbourne) censored advertising cover to Bangkok with KGVI 3d Blue tied by MELBOURNE SHIP MAIL ROOM '22DEC41' datestamp, Melbourne censor tape and 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/V121' boxed handstamp, 'NO SERVICE' boxed handstamp in violet, 'RETURN TO SENDER big finger in vermilion, DEAD LETTER SERVICE/26FE42/SYDNEY NSW' datestamp also ties stamp.Japan invaded Thailand on the 8th December 1941 hence the the cessation of service. $140180444C NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1954 (May.12) National Geographic Expedition (Melville Island) imprinted airmail cover to USA with KGVI 6d green block of tied by DARWIN '12MAY/1954' machine cancel, underpaid with postage deficiency and 'POSTAGE DUE (mss '44') CENTS' handstamps, tad roughly opened. .$80120445445C WWI - AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS: 1917 (May 7) inwards registered cover from Cuba addressed to Lieut.W.P. Heslop of the AFC, sent by Coronel D. De Battenberg, franked with 2c (6, pair & block of 4) and 1c Definitives tied by 'DIV.de CERT/Habana - Cuba' undated registration cancels, boxed 'HABANA-CUBA/MAY 7' censor handstamp in violet, addressed to Heslop at Wonthaggi, then re-directed on arrival to the AFC at Laverton, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO & MELBOURNE registration backstamps and WONTHAGGI arrival datestamp with another REGISTERED/MELBOURNE datestamp applied following the re-direction; tad roughly opened at top, otherwise very good condition. Inwards WWI Australian Flying Corps covers are rarely encountered. Ex Perry.The sender, Coronel De Battenberg, is believed to be have been a nephew of Alfonso III of Spain and related by marriage to Lord Louis Mountbatten.Bill Heslop (18941983) attended No. 7 Course of Instruction in Aviation at Point Cook in early 1917. He was commissioned into the Australian Flying Corps on 1 May 1917, embarking for overseas service in June. After further training in England, in 1918 he joined No. 3 Squadron AFC in France where he was on Active Service between April and late October. There is a Courtyard named in his honour at the School of Army Aviation Officers' Mess, Oakey in Queensland. $1,0001,500"