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Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#459) Closed

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Lot 272AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 3-4 Sept. 1919 (AAMC.23) Hobart - Launceston cover with Peace Loan advertising and KGV 1½d brown, carried by ED Cummings in a Sopwith Pup on the first aerial mail flight in Tasmania, with violet two-line 'FIRST TAS. AERO MAIL/DPMG' handstamp and 'LAUNCESTON/-5SE19/TASMANIA' arrival backstamp, very fine with only 6 examples believed to have survived, Cat $4000. Provenance: The Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection. 

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Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500

Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#459) Closed

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  • AUSTRALIA: Aerophilately & Flight Covers: 3-4 Sept. 1919 (AAMC.23) Hobart - Launceston cover with Peace Loan advertising and KGV 1½d brown, carried by ED Cummings in a Sopwith Pup on the first aerial mail flight in Tasmania, with violet two-line 'FIRST TA