Auction No. 22 Sunday, 8 October 2017 / 8:30 pm start

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1934 (8th Dec) Opening of the Air Mail Service by ...

Estimate $210
Realised: $260 plus premium

Category: Airmails  >  Airmails - Australia

Lot Details

1934 (8th Dec) Opening of the Air Mail Service by Imperial Airways & Qantas Empire Airways between England & Australia. 5 covers so inscribed comprising England to Aust bearing 1/3d in franking, England to Aust with 7 Dec cds of Holyhead London TPO tying Ireland defins with 1/3½d total franking, London to Darwin Dec 8-18, on flown Darwin to Daly Waters 19th Dec & Daly Waters to Perth Dec 19-21 & Khartoum to Brisbane with 5pi x 2 tied by Sudan Airmail 8.XII.34 Khartoum cds (received Brisbane 21 Dec) plus Rangoon to Warburton (Vic) bearing India KGV 3a, 6a Airs & KGV 1a brown tete-beche gutter pair (received Melbourne 22 Dec). Good cond. AAMC 469 x 2, 469g, h & q Total cat. $475 (5)

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