Lot
1825
$150.00
Lot Type: C
Cook Isl 1944 1st flight cover to NZ by RNZAF Lockheed Lodestar, piloted by Wg Cdr RFV Taylor, endorsed RAROTONGA-NEW ZEALAND/FIRST FLIGHT, with 3d Pictorial canc Rarotonga 25 NOV. NZAMC 252b. Cat $250.
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Lot
1826
$35.00
Lot Type: C
Czechoslovakia 19369 air cover ("Air France" logo on flap), to Brazil, franked 1930 5K, 10K Air SG 314-5 canc Prague cds 13.11.39 & with light but complete red circular pictorial air cachet (plane & airship, text "Deutsche Luftpost / Europe-Südamerika"). Berlin & Sao Paulo b/s 22, 25.2.39. Vert central fold, otherwise VG. With original typed letter (in German) ex precious metals merchant. Just prior to WWII.
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Lot
1827
$100.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1938 plain air cover to Hong Kong (with vert central fold) to "R. Searle, Poste Restante, Hong Kong" franked GVI 1½d chocolate & 2d Whare cancel. Wellington cds 26 JL 38 (FD of 1½d), with fine r/s cachet (violet) "By First All Up Empire Airmail-Australia-England". With m/s "Via Australia to Hong Kong". Partial Hong Kong cds b/s 18 AU 38. Searle was a prominent NZ airmail collector. Unusual variant of NZAMC #190c. Why postage of 3½d, instead of 1½d? With photocopy of relevant article by D Smitham.
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Lot
1828
$20.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1969 50th Anniv 1st official Airmail pair of (different colours) cacheted 4c airmail postal stationery envelope FDCs. NZAMC 615a, b.
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Lot
1829
$15.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1970 (25, 28 Aug) 50th Anniv Re-enactment of 1st Cook Strait crossings by Capt Euan Dickson set of 2 diff pict covers, special oval cancels & commem pamphlet. Fine. NZAMC 620a-b. Cat $30.
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Lot
1830
$15.00
Lot Type: C
NZ 1978 (9 Sept) special commem flight cover (pictorial) Wigram Airfield to Sydney & return by Cliff Tait in small Fletcher monoplane, marking 50th anniv of 1st Trans-Tasman flight by Kingsford Smith. Signed by pilot. NZAMC 698. Cat $20. Fine.
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Lot
1831
$200.00
Lot Type: C
Tokelau 1949 survey flight by RNZAF No. 5 Squadron (Fiji) Catalina Flying Boat, pict covers (Palms & Yachts), franked 1948 set of 3, pmk Nukunonu 26 AU 49, b/s Apia same day. Addressed to Grant, Apia. Fine & scarce.
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Lot
1832
$45.00
Lot Type: C
USA 1940 long commercial window envelope (no contents), by air to NZ, franked 1926 20c Trans-US Air SG A630 x 2 & 1935 50c Trans-Pacific Air SG A777, canc. Asheville N.C duplex d/s JUN 27 1940. Pencilled "1st Clipper Air Mail". Auckland receipt machine d/s b/s 18 JLY. No US flight cachet applied. See NZAMC #214. Creasing at right edge, otherwise good. Unusual treatment by Pan Am?
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Lot
1833
$100.00
Unsold Pan Am lots from previous auctions, estimated $225+.
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