Australia
Lot 2283 Australia
Description
1919 (Oct) stampless cover from England to South Australia with a fine example of the 'FIRST/AERIAL POST/ENGLAND-/AUSTRALIA' flight vignette (a few short perfs) tied by one of two very fine strikes of the large double-oval 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' datestamp, small part of the flap missing AAMC #27a, Cat $5750+ (2008). Plus English Photochrom PPC of the flyers & their plane, and three different facsimiles of the label. [See also Lot 2291] This was the first completed flight from England to Australia, winning the £10,000 prize offered by the Australian Government for the first aviator(s) to achieve this epic feat, that today we take for granted. Tom Frommer (2011) identified 364 covers from the flight, of which this is #190. (5 items)
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Lot 2283 Australia
Description
1919 (Oct) stampless cover from England to South Australia with a fine example of the 'FIRST/AERIAL POST/ENGLAND-/AUSTRALIA' flight vignette (a few short perfs) tied by one of two very fine strikes of the large double-oval 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' datestamp, small part of the flap missing AAMC #27a, Cat $5750+ (2008). Plus English Photochrom PPC of the flyers & their plane, and three different facsimiles of the label. [See also Lot 2291] This was the first completed flight from England to Australia, winning the £10,000 prize offered by the Australian Government for the first aviator(s) to achieve this epic feat, that today we take for granted. Tom Frommer (2011) identified 364 covers from the flight, of which this is #190. (5 items)
