Auction No. 27 Saturday, 25 July 2020 / 1:00 pm start
1936 (27th Mar) "First Through Flight Hong Kong to ...
Estimate $50
Realised: $40 plus premium
Category: Airmails > Airmails - Australia
Lot Details
1936 (27th Mar) "First Through Flight Hong Kong to Penang to London 27th March 1936" violet boxed cachet on Airmail cover bearing Hong Kong 80¢ in franking & addressed to Thos Cook & son, Brisbane. Accompanied by info about the service inauguration stating: "covers to Australia were conveyed by Flight IE 429 which left Singapore on the 30th March (via Rambang, Darwin, Longreach to Brisbane where they were backstamped on the 2nd April". Exc cond. AAMC 594b, Cat. $100
