Auction No. 22 Sunday, 8 October 2017 / 8:30 pm start
1940-1953 NZ to Australia flying boat covers incl ...
Estimate $85
Realised: $80 plus premium
Category: Airmails > Airmail Collections
Lot Details
1940-1953 NZ to Australia flying boat covers incl 1940 AAMC 899 with 2 censored bearing 5d NZ & 5d Australia, 1940 (26th & 27th June) covers x 2 bearing NZ 5d Centennial & one bearing 1934 6d Airmail all showing boxed cachet "New Zealand-Australia-England Through Airmail Service Inaugural Flight 1940", 1948 Wellington to Brisbane Airmail cover, 1950 Wellington to Sydney (30¢) with boxed pictorial cachet showing Solent Flying Boat & 1953 Coronation set on folded FDC annotated "Coronation Flight" with set total franking of 2/11d covering return flight to NZ via London. Mixed cond reflected in conservative reserve. (10 covers)
