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Extract Catalogue for Auction Mar 06, 2015 Prestige Philately- General Public Auction 199 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers Lot 1436 1436 C 1928 (Mar 28) Darwin-Charleville per Bill Lancaster & Mrs Jesse Miller AAMC #112 registered cover, signed by Lancaster, Cat $1000+. Only 12 covers were carried on this final leg of their journey from England. ]The AAMC states "Mrs Miller was the first woman to travel by air from England"] 500 Lot 1437 1437 CB - (Sep 10) Australia-New Zealand per "Southern Cross" AAMC #124, on arrival the Australian stamp peeled-off! & New Zealand 1d meter applied with Christchurch cds alongside, signed "CKingsford Smith" and "CTP Ulm", Cat $5500. This was the first official airmail delivery from Australia & a key item for the Kingsford Smith or Ulm collector. [The AAMC states only 15 were flown]. 1,500 Lot 1438 1438 C A- - (Oct 13) New Zealand-Australia cover per "Southern Cross" AAMC #126 signed and endorsed "CTP Ulm/Co-Commander/Southern Cross", 'BLENHEIM' departure cds & Richmond (NSW) arrival b/s, Cat:$4250. Ex Ernie Crome & Nelson Eustis: acquired at the Leski auction of 31/3/2008. 2,500 Page:2 Website:www.prestigephilately.com Mar 06, 2015 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 1439 1439 CB - (Oct 13) Blenheim-Sydney First Trans-Tasman Flight from New Zealand AAMC #126 stampless with 'BLENHEIM/12OC28 630AM/NZ' cds & poor tax h/s, endorsed "Per favour of/Squadron Leader Kingsford Smith/in the Southern Cross Sept 1928", 'DELIVERY ROOM/9A 24OC28/GPO SYDNEY' b/s & Postage Due 1d pair tied to the face by two further strikes two hours later, minor blemishes, endorsed "Garanteed [sic] flown/FJField" on reverse, Cat $NZ2000+ (1994), AAMC $4250 (2008). A remarkable cover. Ex Jim Stapleton: sold at the Prestige auction of 7/7/2007 for $2185. RPSofL Certificate (1973). [The AAMC states that only 16 covers were flown] The endorsement on the face is strong evidence that the cover was flown in both directions, having been overlooked on arrival in New Zealand. This is supported by the Sydney cds being 9 days after arrival, further suggesting that the cover had been personally carried and again overlooked! 2,000T 1440 C A/A- 1929 (Jan 1) Inaugural Australian National Airways Flights Sydney-Brisbane per Kingsford Smith & Allan in the "Southern Cloud" AAMC #148, registered, and return flight by Ulm, Sheppard & Chaseling (following the crash of the "Southern Sky") #149, Cat $475. (2) 200 Lot 1441 1441 C A+ - (June 10) Sydney-Sydney "Round Australia" flight perLes Holden in "Canberra" AAMC #139a, transit b/s of Cunnamulla & Charleville (Qld), 'WAVE HILL/NT' & superb Wyndham (WA), Cat $600. Superb! Only 12 covers flown: this is the cover illustrated in the AAMC at p43. [The main purpose of the flight was an aerial survey of North Australia] 300 1442 C - (Aug 19) Adelaide-Cowell inaugural flight for Eyre Peninsula Airways, signed by "JA Mollison", Cat $600. Only 6 covers were carried on this stage. 300 1443 C A/A- 1930 (June-July) Kingsford Smith in America 1) (Jun 27) printed 'Welcome to New York/Major Charles Kingsford Smith/...'; 2) (Jul 4) at Oakland with 'KINGSFORD SMITH/ARRIVES TODAY' h/s; & 3) (Jul 7) at San Francisco; the first & third signed "CKingsford Smith". [Following his successful flight across the Atlantic from Ireland to New York in June 1930, Kingsford Smith and his crew embarked on a tour of the United States] (3) 250 Mar 06, 2015 Prestige Philately- General Public Auction 199 Page:3 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 1444 1444 CA - (Oct) Darwin-Sydney cover per Kingsford Smith on the last leg of his record solo flight from England AAMC #171b, cancelled on arrival, Cat $4250. Only 3 covers carried on this leg. With Nelson Eustis' 1990 letter confirming this as a new discovery, being different from the 15 covers carried from Rome #171a. 1,600 1445 C A/A- 1930 (July 14-20) registered covers flown by Norman Brearley of Western Australia Airways on the extension to Wyndham of their Perth-Derby route, AAMC #165a, all from Hall's Creek to Broome, Derby, Mundabullangana, Port Hedland & Perth, Cat $500+. (5) 250 Lot 1446 1446 C A- 1931 plain postcard with message headed "Hotel Rose/Davos/Switzerland/7th Nov 1930" with message "Just a line to greet you per the flying boat via America..." & with typed "Mit Dornierflugschiff Do X via Amerika", German stamps including Airs 1mk & Sudamerikafahrt 2mk blue (Cat €500 on cover) tied by 'DORNIER/DOX/30JAN31/ D1929/FLUGSCHIFF' cancels in purple, large flight cachets in black & in rosine, forwarded to Australia via Egypt with Port Said cds. Rare acceptance. Ex Lucien Toutounji: acquired at Charles Leski's auction of 24/3/2003 for $1265. 1,250 1447 C B - (June 27) cover from Brisbane with typed endorsement "Last Air Mail from Brisbane carried by Australian National Airways, June 27 1931", registered, a bit soiled. Unlisted in the AAMC. [The company, founded by Kingsford Smith and Ulm in October 1928, ceased trading on 27/6/1931] 100 Lot 1448 1448 CB 1933 (Jan 11) Sydney-New Zealand second trans-Tasman flight AAMC #296 with typed endorsement on the flap, 'GERRINGONG/NSW' cds & 'NEW PLYMOUTH' arrival cds, minor blemishes, signed by "CKingsford Smith" & "PG Taylor", Cat $1750. Only 10 covers flown. 1,000 Page:4 Website:www.prestigephilately.com Mar 06, 2015 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 1449 1449 C - (March) Switzerland-Australia per Carl Nauer AAMC.#306, registered, Cat $850. [Later the same year, Nauer died when his plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean, off the mouth of the Congo River] 400 Ex Lot 1450 1450 C 1933 (9 Oct) England-Australia for Lord Apsley in "Faithful City" AAMC.#334, signed on the reverse by the pilot "PW Lynch-Blosse"; and the return flight #343, Cat $1050+. Only 10 & 12 covers flown respectively. (2) 500 Lot 1451 1451 CA 1934 (Jan 13) Third Trans-Tasman flight per "Southern Cross" AAMC #350, signed by "C Kingsford Smith", "T Pethybridge", "J Percival", "S Neilsen" & one other, NZ 1d with New Plymouth cds for the return flight to NSW, Cat $650. 300 Mar 06, 2015 Prestige Philately- General Public Auction 199 Page:5 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 1452 1452 CA - ditto, Ernie Crome cover with KGV 2d & 'NEWTOWN/NSW' cds & NZ 1d tied by New Plymouth cds, signed by "C Kingsford Smith " & "T Pethybridge", Cat $650. 300 Lot 1453 1453 CA - (Aug 23) Sydney-Melbourne per Kingsford Smith in "Lady Southern Cross" in the record time of 2 hours 11 minutes AAMC #398, Cat $1000. A very small unofficial mail was carried. [Kingsford Smith had entered "Lady Southern Cross" in the MacRobertson Air Race but was rejected because the plane was built in America] 400 Lot 1454 Page:6 Website:www.prestigephilately.com Mar 06, 2015 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 1454 C A- - (Oct 21) Trans-Pacific flight Brisbane-San Francisco via Fiji and Honolulu per Kingsford Smith & PG Taylor in "Lady Southern Cross" AAMC #455, Fiji 3d tied by Suva cds & US 3c tied by Honolulu d/s, Los Angeles b/s, signed "CKingsford Smith", a couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $3,250. 2,000 Ex Lot 1455 1455 CA - Hawaii-California cover from the last leg #455a, signed "PG Taylor" across 3-line handstamp 'Charles Kingsford Smith, Pilot/Lady Southern Cross/Australia-Fiji Islands-Hawaii-USA', Cat $3000. Only 10 flown. Plus a US commemorative cover for the arrival. (2) 2,000 1456 C - (Nov 22) 15th Trans-Tasman Crossing per RG Whitehead & ER Nichol in "Faith in Australia" AAMC #463, Cat $425. Only 12 covers carried. 250 Lot 1457 1457 CB 1935 (May 15) AAMC.500a) Australia-New Zealand with typed endorsement "Per Faith in Australia Relief Flight/..." AAMC #500a, signed by the 11 airmen and officials involved including "PG Taylor", "J Percival", "John SW Stannage" & "RN Boulton", endorsed on the back "One of Twenty-Five EC" (= Ernie Crome), minor blemishes, Cat $700. 350 Mar 06, 2015 Prestige Philately- General Public Auction 199 Page:7 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 1458 1458 C A- - (Oct 3) Darwin-England per B Shiel who handed the covers to Charles Kingsford Smith for return to Australia, carried by Kingsford Smith & Tommy Pethybridge to Italy where bad weather caused them to abort & return to England AAMC #545, reposted 5/11/1935 but too late to be carried on Kingsford Smith's last (and fatal) flight, huge cacet in rosine on the reverse & numbered '41', Cat $650. 49 covers were carried. 300.
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