Auction No. 25 Sunday, 14 October 2018 / 4:00 pm start
1940 (24th June) Penang to Sydney intermediate leg ...
Estimate $190
Realised: $180 plus premium
Category: Airmails > Airmails - Australia
Lot Details
1940 (24th June) Penang to Sydney intermediate leg of the war emergency "Horseshoe" route by Qantas. Signed by pilot RB Tapp on flying boat "Corio". Typed endorsement by Crome, "First Flight Altered Service due to War Conditions. Durban via Egypt to Australia. Inaugurated 19th June 1940" & censored with triangular "Passed for Transmission Penang" cachet. VG cond. Ex Frommer. AAMC 903d, Cat. $250+
