Lot No |
Description |
Est. |
Airmails: Airmails - Australia |
2698
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2698_sml.jpg) 1938 (17th Dec) Darwin to Sydney unofficial flight by pilots Pulkowski& Jennet after leaving German. 2d KGVI tied y Sydney 8 JAN 1939 slogan cancel… $170 Archived |
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2699
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2699_sml.jpg) 1940 (Mar) Brisbane to Cape York cover with 4d koala tied by Cape York cds & Thursday is cds also on front. Typed endorsement & signed by pilot Ray… $100 Sold $100 |
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2700
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2700_sml.jpg) 1940 (27th Apr) NZ to Australia illust Flying Boat covers x 3 all signed by pilot JW Burgess. Franked with Centennial issue to make up 5d rate on e… $90 Sold $90 |
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2701
1940 (27th Apr) Australia to NZ Trans-Tasman Flight covers x 2 each on a differently illustrated printed env franked 5d on one & ½d kangaroo & 1½… $70 Archived |
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2702
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2702_sml.jpg) 1940 (27th Apr) As above but one Registered Sydney with 3d Airmail & 6d KS Airmail. VG cond. AAMC 900 Cat. $200 (2) $70 Sold $55 |
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2703
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2703_sml.jpg) 1940 (30th Apr) Australia to NZ Teal Inaugural Trans-Tasman Flying Boat Service long illustrated covers censored & taped at left, one with 1d in fr… $60 Sold $50 |
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2704
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2704_sml.jpg) 1940 (30th Apr) Australia to NZ Teal Inaugural Trans-Tasman Flying Boat Service long illustrated covers x 2 with both pilot signed by JW Burgess. O… $50 Sold $40 |
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2705
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2705_sml.jpg) 1940 (30th Apr) NZ to Australia plain covers x 2 with 5d Centennial with boxed 6 line cachet in violet. Both covers addressed to Australia. Good co… $40 Archived |
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2706
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2706_sml.jpg) 1940 (30th Apr) NZ to Australia to England by flying boat "Aotearoa" all with Centennial issues on pre-printed colour covers x 3. Two of 3 covers R… $90 Sold $90 |
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2707
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2707_sml.jpg) 1940 (30th Apr) NZ to Australia with "First Flight Regular Service New Zealand-Australia" over Maori Warrior Chief illust covers x 2. Each franked … $60 Sold $70 |
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2708
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2708_sml.jpg) 1940 (2nd May) Inaugural Trans-Tasman Flying Boat Service cover from Australia to New Zealand. Pilot signed by Capt. JW Burgess. VG cond. AAMC 900 … $60 Archived |
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2709
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2709_sml.jpg) 1940 (13th May) Sydney to Broken Hill via Melbourne per D.H. Dragon "L.M. Pattinson" This carried on the Broken Hill to Sydney leg & signed by pilo… $75 Sold $130 |
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2710
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2710_sml.jpg) 1940 (16th July) USA to NZ to Australia bearing USA 50¢ Trans Pacific Airmail with "opened by censor" tape at left. (AAMC 905a Cat. $90) Also Aust… $80 Sold $65 |
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2711
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2711_sml.jpg) 1940 (25th Nov) 2d red KGVI embossed PSE uprated with 3d blue annotated "First Flight Reduced Rates for A.I.F." from Sydney to Darwin. Address cros… $30 Archived |
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2712
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2712_sml.jpg) 1941 (21st Jan) Dili (Portuguese Timor) to Australia cover addressed to Nelson Eustis with "Primeira mala aerea directa de Dili para Australia" cac… $200 Sold $240 |
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2713
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2713_sml.jpg) 1941 (9th Apr) Canton Island to Australia PAA Airmail cover addressed to & flown by PG Taylor. GPO Sydney b/s. Good cond with only 18 flown. AAMC 9… $300 Sold $300 |
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2714
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2714_sml.jpg) 1941 (19th Apr) Sydney to Noumea First Direct Flight by RAAF Flying Boat. Addressed to EA Crome with only 30 flown (AAMC 916, Cat. $400) & 1941 (10… $400 Sold $400 |
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2715
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2715_sml.jpg) 1944 (11th Sept) "Re-Opening Flight Australia-England/Airmail Service" in red on 7d KGVI Airletter cancelled GPO Sydney with boxed violet "Passed B… $40 Sold $40 |
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2716
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2716_sml.jpg) 1944 (13th Dec) Qantas 7d Airletter to England ovptd in blue with kangaroo & Christmas greetings. Only 100 such airletters were flown given to pass… $400 Sold $400 |
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2717
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2717_sml.jpg) 1945 (2nd April) New Guinea to Australia re-opening of Qantas Lae to Sydney return flight with 5½d Gloucester tied by "No. 7 Aust Base P.O. A". Bl… $90 Sold $200 |
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2718
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2718_sml.jpg) 1945 (2nd April) As above in VG cond. AAMC 1003 Cat. $275 $90 Sold $90 |
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2719
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2719_sml.jpg) 1945 (2nd June) Australia to England 7d Airletter without cachet in red. Signed by pilots Jackson & Thomas. Faint vertical crease otherwise fine. A… $90 Sold $70 |
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2720
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2720_sml.jpg) 1945 (2nd June) "By First Qantas Lancastrian Service Australia to England" typed in red on 7d KGVI Airletter without the red cachet at left plus an… $200 Sold $160 |
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2721
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2721_sml.jpg) 1945 (4th Oct) Australia to Singapore Qantas flying boat service resumption following WWII. Qantas printed env with 2½d KGVI tied by GPO Sydney Ai… $90 Sold $95 |
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2722
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2722_sml.jpg) 1945 (30th Nov) Australia to Ceylon Qantas env with 1/6d Hermes tied by GPO Sydney cds. Colombo 2PM 1 DE 45 arrival cds also on front. Pilot signed… $40 Sold $40 |
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2723
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2723_sml.jpg) 1946 (15th Sept) Australia to Canada Official Airmail by ANA. 3 covers addressed to USA (minor tears on one) all bearing violet cachet & 2/6d frank… $30 Sold $25 |
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2724
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2724_sml.jpg) 1946 (15th Sept) Australia to Canada First Official Airmail Flight. 2 covers each bearing violet cachet & 2/6d in franking. AAMC 1066 Cat. $60 (2) $20 Sold $15 |
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2725
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2725_sml.jpg) 1946 (24th Dec) Sydney to Mornington Island Qantas "Christmas parachute mail" cover with 2½d Mitchell tied by GPO Sydney cds. Black & red Qantas p… $25 Archived |
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2726
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2726_sml.jpg) 1946 (24th Dec) As above 2½d Mitchell tied by GPO Sydney cds. Black & red Qantas pictorial vignette & endorsed by the Islands Superintendent in ch… $60 Archived |
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2727
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2727_sml.jpg) 1947 (6th Jan) Rabaul to Sydney Qantas DC3 Survey Flight cover signed by Capt. JA Bonnington & with blue/black Qantas illust vignette. Aust 5½d em… $80 Sold $65 |
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2728
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2728_sml.jpg) 1947 (9th Feb) Canton Island to Australia by ANA on printed commem cover with Gilbert & Ellice mixed franking tied by "G&ELC British Post Office Ca… $75 Sold $75 |
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2729
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2729_sml.jpg) 1947 (21st Feb) Noumea to Sydney & Lautoka to Sydney intermediates on PAA Inaugural FAM 19 flight San Francisco to Australia. VG cond. AAMC 1095a, … $30 Archived |
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2730
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2730_sml.jpg) 1947 (28th Feb) Oakland, U.S.A. to Melbourne on first scheduled Trans-Pacific Airmail by ANA Pilot signed by Peter Gibbes & franked on arrival. Onl… $80 Sold $80 |
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2731
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2731_sml.jpg) 1947 (11th July) Australia to New Caledonia by Pan Am with boxed illust cachet in violet. 1/6d Hermes with neat GPO Sydney cds. Exc cond. AMMC 1102… $30 Archived |
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2732
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2732_sml.jpg) 1947 (16th Aug) Quilpie to Charleville & Roma to Brisbane carried on special inland Airmail service by Qantas. Each with 4½d franking & with crown… $40 Archived |
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2733
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2733_sml.jpg) 1947 (14th Oct) Sydney to Norfolk Is Qantas Launceston fortnightly service inauguration. 3 covers all signed by Capt. LR Ambrose & bearing brown/li… $120 Sold $120 |
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2734
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2734_sml.jpg) 1947 (7th Nov) Australia to U.S.A. & intermediate stages to Fiji, Canton Island & Hawaii on Pan Am Clipper flights. All neatly cacheted in violet &… $75 Archived |
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2735
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2735_sml.jpg) 1947 (1st Dec) England to Australia Qantas first regular Australian through Air Mail return service cover with GB 3d & 1/- KGVI. Complete with both… $30 Sold $30 |
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2736
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2736_sml.jpg) 1947 (3rd Dec) First Constellation Flight England to Australia with machine meter cancels of Hayes Middx & London. Both addressed to Qantas Empire … $20 Sold $20 |
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2737
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2737_sml.jpg) 1947 (16th Dec) Australia to Japan Qantas first flight taking over from the RAAF. 1/6d Hermes tied by GPO Sydney Air cds. Complete with Qantas illu… $50 Sold $40 |
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2738
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2738_sml.jpg) 1947 (19th Dec) Sydney to Mornington Island Qantas "Christmas parachute mail" cover with 2½d KGVI tied by GPO Sydney cds. Black & green pictorial … $60 Archived |
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2739
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2739_sml.jpg) 1948 (31st May) Australian National Airways carbon copies of Passenger Tickets numbers 40083/84 with former signed by passenger Oliver Lodge for £… $40 Archived |
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2740
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2740_sml.jpg) 1948 (2nd Jun) Ocean Island to Australia registered cover addressed to Newcastle with mixed Gilbert & Ellice Islands with postmaster signature at b… $75 Sold $75 |
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2741
1948 (4th Aug) Macquarie Island to NZ with A.N.A.R.E. Macquarie Is cds tying mixed franking. "Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 194… $70 Sold $70 |
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2742
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2742_sml.jpg) 1948 (21st Oct) Melbourne to Sydney by TAA Convair Liner signed by pilot Capt. Cooper. Also 1949 (13th July) First CPA Sydney to Vancouver with vio… $30 Archived |
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2743
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2743_sml.jpg) 1948 (14th Nov) Australia to South Africa & return Qantas flight with 2½d KGVI tied by GPO Sydney RCS cds & South Africa 1½d commem tied by Johan… $50 Archived |
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2744
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2744_sml.jpg) 1948 (14th Nov) As above. Both covers with printed pale blue vignettes & signed by Capt. LR Ambrose. Good cond. AAMC 1193a & 1193b Cat. $200 (2) $50 Archived |
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2745
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2745_sml.jpg) 1948 (9th Dec) New Caledonia to Sydney by Air France with black "Premiere Liaison Aerienne Noumea-Saigon via Sydney par Air France (Voyage D 'Etude… $40 Sold $40 |
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2746
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2746_sml.jpg) 1948 (9th Dec) New Caledonia to Indo China via Sydney by Air France with cachet in blue. Saigon arrival b/s. Good cond. AAMC 1194d Cat. $80 $40 Archived |
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2747
![](https://acestampauction.com.au/auctions/22/lots/2747_sml.jpg) 1949 (15th March) Australia to Hong Kong Chartered Qantas Australia survey flight with 2½d KGVI tied by GPO Sydney 118 cds & HK 5c KGVI tied by Ho… $30 Sold $30 |
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