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Aviation | The Centenary of the Ross & Keith Smith flight and the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (#450) Closed

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Lot 25An original albumen photograph of The Southern Cross about to depart from California (22x29cm) mounted, framed & glazed together with a card with the hand-written dedication "To: Billy Beausang, With Best wishes, From "Chas" C.T.P. Ulm, 1928". Overall 48 x 54cm. William (Bill or Liam) Beausang was born in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland on 22 May 1900. He travelled to Australia in 1924 after distinguished military service and began working with Kingsford-Smith as an engineer in the late 1920s.

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Estimate: $750 - $1,000

Aviation | The Centenary of the Ross & Keith Smith flight and the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing (#450) Closed

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  • An original albumen photograph of The Southern Cross about to depart from California (22x29cm) mounted, framed & glazed together with a card with the hand-written dedication "To: Billy Beausang, With Best wishes, From "Chas" C.T.P. Ulm, 1928". Overall 48
  • An original albumen photograph of The Southern Cross about to depart from California (22x29cm) mounted, framed & glazed together with a card with the hand-written dedication "To: Billy Beausang, With Best wishes, From "Chas" C.T.P. Ulm, 1928". Overall 48 - 2