Online Auction 3 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AVIATION, AVIATORS & FLIGHT See also Postal History, Aerophilately & Picture Postcards Lot 253 AVIATION, AVIATORS & FLIGHT Lot 253 AVIATORS: 1920 illustrated programme for the civic reception for Ross & Keith Smith's Estimate A$250 "Vimy" crew in Adelaide on 23/3/1920 beautifully illustrated on front & back, crew photos & log printed inside, some spotting within. A lovely souvenir of the epic England-Australia Reserve A$190 flight. Ex Robin Occleshaw.[Tom Frommer's similar copy, plus an invitation to the event, sold at our auction of 11.9.2016 for $366] Type: L Quality: B Lot 254 AVIATION, AVIATORS & FLIGHT Lot 254 AVIATORS: 1920 'The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia' folio Estimate A$200 (255x185mm) with photos of the pilots, introduction by Ross Smith, photo of the "Vimy", 27 full-page aerial photos of Sydney City & suburbs & NSW country towns taken by Frank Reserve A$150 Hurley (of Antarctica fame) and advertisement for Indasia toiletries on the back cover, the front cover a little soiled but the contents are generally very fine. A rare and desirable publication. Type: L Quality: A- Lot 255 AVIATION, AVIATORS & FLIGHT Lot 255 AVIATORS: Photograph of Southern Cross Junior signed by "Charles Kingsford Smith"; Estimate A$150 photograph & letter signed by "Charles WA Scott" (winner of the MacRobertson Air Race from London to Melbourne in 1934); "Charles Ulm" signature on piece; letter signed by Reserve A$115 pioneer pilot and aircraft manufacturer Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe; piece signed by Eilliam Wavell Wakefield (England Rugby captain); also unsigned photograph Lady Southern Cross. (7 items) Lot 256 AVIATION, AVIATORS & FLIGHT Lot 256 POSTCARDS: 1934 Australian Broadcasting Commission self-congratulatory postcard for Estimate A$100 assistance given to the Dutch plane 'Uiver' that helped it avert a mid-air crisis and land safely at Albury (NSW) with facsimile telegrams plus photos & facsimile signatures of the Reserve A$75 pilots, unused. Very scarce. [This incident occurred in the closing stages of the MacRobertson Air Race, that was won on handicap by the 'Uiver'. Later in 1934, the plane crashed during a flight from Holland to Java, killing all seven on board] Type: C Quality: A Lot 257 AVIATION, AVIATORS & FLIGHT Lot 257 THE FIRST-CLASS EXPERIENCE: Accumulation of First Class glassware including wine Estimate A$100 glasses, whisky tumblers and other drinking vessels used in First Class cabins with Airline logos including American Airlines, Ansett, BOAC, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Reserve A$75 (possible Bacardi & Coke stains), Continental, Air India, Japan Airlines, KLM, Air New Zealand, Pan Am, Qantas, Yugoslavian Airlines, etc. (44) Quality: A.
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