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Lot No. 1264

Auction No. 27
Category Airmails - Australia
    Airmails
Est. $250
Status SOLD $280

 

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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

 

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