Lots 12 - 17, Catalogue of Auction #92 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
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Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
12    2
Australia 1914 (July 16-18), Inauguration of Australia's Aerial Mail on Bleriot Monoplane by pilot M. Guillaux, official souvenir postcard delivered on flight Melbourne - Sydney, franked by Kangaroo 1c red,No.1952 at right,allappropriate markings, minor flaws, still F/VF and scarce, Muller #3, 17,500 points, Est. $600-$750
(Ph)
400.00
13    2, 21 x2
1914 (July 16-18), First Flight cover from Melbourne to Sydney, delivered by pilot Maurice Guillaux on Bleriot Monoplane, franked by four values, including State of Victoria 1p rose and three Australian adhesives (twowith perforation faults), tied by oval violet flight ds, addressed to French Consulate in Sydney, arrival markings on front and reverse, F/VF, Est. $300-$400
(Ph)
250.00
14  
1919, First Aerial Post England-Australia, the so-called Ross-Smith vignette in dark blue, watermark Crown over A, bold color and intact perforation 11 1/2, blue favor cancellation at bottom right, large part of OG, VF and veryscarce, only 576 examples were printed, Champion guarantee and D. Bandon certificate, Yvert #1, Est. $1,500-$2,000
(Ph)
1000.00
15    24
1919, Pioneer Flight Across St. Vincent Gulf by Captain Harry Butler, souvenir aerial postcard addressed to Minlaton, franked on colored address side by King George V stamp of 1 1/2p chocolate, message siderepresenting Capt. Butler's portrait and flight description, bottom left corner crease, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
16    94
1929 (April 17-22), Direct and Return Flight pre-printed covers on line "Brisbane - Charleville", each one franked by three values of 1 1/2p brown red, bearing appropriate labels and signed by Pilot Captain P. H.Moody,arrival markings on reverse, mostly VF, Est. $250-$300
(Ph)
200.00
17    
Exhibition Style Collection 1929-34, ten FFC neatly arranged on profusely inscribed pages, represents details of airplanes, itinenaries, weather conditions and etc., including flights "Adelaide - Perth" of 1929(legsCeduna - Forrest - Kalgoorlie - Perth) addressed to Berlin, "Townsville - Brisbane" of 1930, "Hobart - Melbourne" of 1931 delivered due to bad weather by automobile from Hobart to Launceston and then by airplane to Melbourne, ....
(Ph)
400.00

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