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Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#464) Closed

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Lot 273AUSTRALIA: 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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Lot closed - Price Realized:$2,000 (1 bid)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000

Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#464) 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
  • 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 - 2