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Lot No	Description	Est.
Airmails
801 1950's Trans Australian Airlines (TAA) suitcase label in colour showing flying kangaroo over Australian map. Most attractive & in exc MUH cond with… $20  Archived View Lot
802 1950's USA "Fly to the Convention It's Nearer by Flagship. American Airlines Inc." MUH cinderella. Shows DC3 in flight with AA flag. $15  Archived View Lot
803 1959 "The Harry Butler Story" booklet plus "Harry Butler, Airmail Pioneer" by Gordon Ward M.D. leaflet. (2 items) $15  Sold $10 View Lot
804 1960's Advertising card for Castrol RPM Aviation Oil. "TAA Vickers Viscount Airliners (with their Rolls Royce propeller-turbine engines) are fuelle… $20  Sold $30 View Lot
805 1960's Qantas Empire Airways Royal Mail carriers route/map card with legend showing the routes covered by BOAC, SAA & TEAL also. Exc cond. $15  Sold $15 View Lot
806 1968 (Sept) Sir Allan Cobham biography by Francis Field. 4 pages from Airmail collecting booklet. $10  Sold $10 View Lot
807 1931 (19th Feb) Calcutta to Darwin flight by P Fairbairn & K Shenstone crashed in Darwin. This cover with Indian ½a x 2 & 1a tied by Calcutta cds … $220  Sold $220 View Lot
808 1931 (25th April) London to Australia Imperial Airways Second Experimental Mail in DH66 Hercules "City of Karachi". Crashed at Koepang & then carri… $50  Archived View Lot
809 1931 (3rd July) Australia to England Chichester solo flight in the Gypsy Moth, "Madame Elijah". Crashed at Katsuura Japan after take-off to fly to … $300  Sold $240 View Lot
810 1931 (13th Nov) Sir Lowrys Pass crash, South Africa's first Airmail disaster. This envelope address panel from Grahamstown to England is extensivel… $300  Archived View Lot
811 1931 (19th Nov) A.N.A. Ltd First All Australian Mail to England in the "Southern Sun". It crashed at Alor Star (Kedah) when taking off from waterlo… $75  Sold $75 View Lot
812 1932 (2nd Jan) Darwin to Soerabaya Hans Bertram cover flown at the start of his ill-fated return flight to Germany. The plane, a Junkers W33 seapla… $550  Sold $660 View Lot
813 1932 (19th Apr) Oscar Garden Record flight crash cover addressed to London with 1d ship tied by Cape Town cds plus Abercorn NE Rhodesia cds for 22 … $1200  Archived View Lot
814 1932 (13th June) Sydney to Bourke to Sydney (Quaker's Hill) flown cover. Signed by LJR Jones, the designer of the first Australian designed & built… $370  Sold $280 View Lot
815 1934 (20th Dec) KLM "Uiver" crash occurred 250 miles from Baghdad with no survivors. Complete with illustrated newspaper article showing this same … $110  Sold $110 View Lot
816 1934 (20th Dec) ditto but backstamped Batavia 28.12.34 when delivered to addressee in window faced telegram envelope which is also included in this… $110  Sold $85 View Lot
817 1934 (20th Dec) ditto with little damage & backstamped Bandoeng 28.12.34 on delivery. Also 27.12.37 illustrated "500th Flight" cover to Melbourne w… $110  Sold $50 View Lot
818 1935 (10th Oct) Australia to England flight by H.F. Broadbent in a Dabs 111. Crashed at Basra on 15th Oct so he carried onto London on a regular Im… $300  Sold $300 View Lot
819 1935 original newspaper clippings related to HL Brooks attempt at the England to Capetown record & Harry Broadbent's attempt at the solo Australia … $20  Archived View Lot
820 1935 (31st Dec) Imperial Airways England to Australia flight in a Short Calcutta flying boat "City of Khartoum". Crashed at Alexandria Egypt, with … $190  Archived View Lot
821 1935 (31st Dec) ditto but one of the few covers with stamps still attached. "The Screw Factory at Udderholm Hagfors Sweden" printed env with 2 out … $190  Sold $680 View Lot
822 1935 (31st Dec) ditto but env from Italy with remains of Milano C. Corrosp Pacchi cds's addressed to Sydney with "Postmaster-General's Department F… $150  Archived View Lot
823 1935 (31st Dec) ditto but with "Post Office Communications Australia" letterheaded notelet explaining damaged letter. "Received 20 Jan 1936" cachet… $150  Sold $150 View Lot
824 1935 (31st Dec) ditto & also with PMG letter. No stamps but remains of London FS Air Mail part slogan cancel. AAMC 575 Cat. $325 $150  Archived View Lot
825 1936 (22nd Aug) Imperial Airways Australia to England flight in the Short S17 Kent "Scipio". Crashed at Bay of Mirabella near Crete WITH 2 deaths &… $150  Sold $150 View Lot
826 1936 (22nd Aug) ditto with this Edmunds Bros & Co Melbourne company cover also having the 70mm boxed cachet "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION IN SEA WATER I.S.… $110  Archived View Lot
827 1936 (22nd Aug) ditto but with 2 line label attached in French. Intermediate pick up on this flight with Indian & Brindisi Posta Aerea cds's. AAMC … $110  Sold $100 View Lot
828 1936 (22nd Aug) ditto but with the "DAMAGED BY SEAWATER" 41mm 2 line cachet in mauve. This cover from India has ½a, 3a & 4a Airmails tied by Barei… $110  Sold $100 View Lot
829 1936 (25th Sept) Imperial Airways England to Australia flight in the Boulton & Paul P71A mail plane "Boadicea". Crashed off the English Coast with … $260  Sold $260 View Lot
830 1936 (28th Sept) Schlesinger Air Race cover carried "per S. S. Halse", one of the South African entrants in the race (who led the field until crash… $600  Archived View Lot
831 1936 (29th Sept) Imperial Airways England to Australia flight in the Armstrong Whitworth AW15 "Athena". Caught fire in Delhi with mails charred. "S… $150  Sold $150 View Lot
832 1936 (29th Sept) ditto but with "DAMAGED IN TRANSIT" cachet & GB 2/6d Seahorse tied by London Air Mail cds's. Brisbane Dead Letter Office receiving… $150  Sold $170 View Lot
833 1936 (29th Sept) ditto but comes with PMG Sydney letter explaining the incident. GB 3d & 1/- KGV tied by Newcastle on Tyne cds's. Heavily burnt. AA… $150  Sold $150 View Lot
834 1937 (4th Dec) Imperial Airways Australia to England flight in flying boat "Cygnus". Crashed at Brindisi with 3 dead. Although the mails were heavy… $150  Sold $150 View Lot
835 1937 (4th Dec) ditto but single cover with a 2 line boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" cachet. Also without stamps but partial Auckland cds remains. Torn… $75  Sold $55 View Lot
836 1938 (27th Nov) Imperial Airways England to Australia flight in the Short S23 "Calpurnia". Crashed at Lake Habbaniyah Iraq. Capt. E Atwood, the Fir… $55  Sold $55 View Lot
837 1938 (27th Nov) ditto but with one stamp missing & the other a GB 2d KGV tied by Birmingham roller cancel. Addressed to Auckland, NZ with "RECEIVED… $55  Sold $55 View Lot
838 1938 (27th Nov) ditto but with GB 1½d KGVI tied by Putney slogan cancel with the red cachet "Received at SYDNEY N.S.W. DAMAGED" but this one compl… $110  Sold $100 View Lot
839 1938 (27th Nov) ditto but no stamps remaining & 2 strikes of the "DAMAGE BY WATER THROUGH ACCIDENT TO FLYING BOAT" cachets in red. Addressed to Bab… $55  Sold $55 View Lot
840 1938 (27th Nov) ditto also with no stamps nor any cachets but with " The accompanying article was salvaged from the Flying Boat "Calpurnia", which … $50  Sold $50 View Lot
841 1939 (18th Jan) Darwin to Adelaide "Koranga" crash which killed all on board at Katherine River. Cover has extensive water damage with only one adh… $220  Sold $230 View Lot
842 1939 (8th June) Imperial Airways Australia to England flying boat "Centurion", crashed in the Hooghly River Calcutta on landing. Passengers & crew … $35  Sold $40 View Lot
843 1939 (8th June) ditto also with "G.R. OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE RETURNED LETTER SECTION, LONDON POSTAL REGION" seal & no stamps but part NSW cds & r… $50  Sold $50 View Lot
844 1939 (8th June) ditto bit with cachet on front & with one stamp missing but 3d Airmail remains tied by Adelaide slogan cancel. London arrival b/s d… $55  Sold $60 View Lot
845 1939 (8th June) ditto but 2 covers both with red cachet & part Sydney cancels with stamps missing. AAMC 868 Cat. $250+ (2) $60  Sold $60 View Lot
846 1939 (8th June) ditto but with red cachet "SALVAGED MAIL EX CENTURION" on reverse & also with newspaper clipping photo. AAMC 868 Cat. $125+ $45  Sold $45 View Lot
847 1939 (8th June) ditto but with "G.R. OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE RETURNED LETTER SECTION, LONDON POSTAL REGION" seal on the reverse. Cover opened out … $55  Sold $55 View Lot
848 1939 (8th June) ditto but with the incorrect spelling in the red cachet reading "SALVAGED MAIL EX CENTURIA". One cover with 2d & 3d KGVI tied by Da… $110  Sold $100 View Lot
849 1954 (13th March) British Overseas Airways Corp. Constellation G-ALAM "Belfast" (Captain T.W. Hoyle) crashed in Singapore with 31 passengers & two … $60  Archived View Lot
850 1954 (13th March) ditto with red cachet but with 3 x 7½d KGVI & 3 x 8½d Aboriginal all tied by GPO Melbourne cds's. Addressed to Ealing, London. … $30  Sold $35 View Lot

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