Auction No. 34 Saturday, 20 April 2024 / 1:00 pm start
1964 50th Anniv of First Airmail Service covers ...
Estimate $30
Realised: $25 plus premium
Category: Airmails > Airmails - Australia
Lot Details
1964 50th Anniv of First Airmail Service covers with Guillaux pair x 6 or 5d only x 4 incl letter addressed in envelope dated 16 JLY 64 summarising the history of Guillaux's flight & signed by D/G Posts & Telegraphs (F.P.O'Grady) & D/G Civil Aviation (S.G. Anderson). 3 of the covers bear the Melbourne-Sydney brown & blue vignette plus GB 1937 (8th May) "Anglo-American Goodwill Coronation Flight New York to London" blue cachet on long Airmail env with 6c Airmail tied by NY cds & return with "GR" cachet in red with 1½d tied by London cds's. (12 covers)
