Auction No. 27 Saturday, 25 July 2020 / 1:00 pm start
1917 (15th-27th Feb) Warrnambool to Melbourne ...
Estimate $290
Realised: $280 plus premium
Category: Airmails > Airmails - Australia
Lot Details
1917 (15th-27th Feb) Warrnambool to Melbourne postcard flown by Basil Watson with oval cachet & Warrnambool 20 FE 17 departure cds. "AUSTRALIAN AERIAL MAIL 27 FEB 1917" cachet ties 1d red KGV. Message written by a Flo Campbell to a Mr Russell reads "We received your letter & rang Mr Watson up & he came around to see us. We went out to see him fly yesterday, he is simply wonderful, it is a lovely little machine, so graceful in the air." Small nick out of side otherwise sound with a lovely related message. 326 flown. AAMC 11, Cat. $600
