Lot No. 962
Auction No. | 19 |
Category |
Airmails |
Est. | $750 |
Status | Archived |
1933 (4th Oct) England to Australia Kingsford Smith solo flight in the Percival Gull, the "Miss Southern Cross". Plain env with GB 1½d KGV tied by Sutton, Surrey 2 OCT 1933 cancel & then 2d & 3d KGV applied over this stamp & pmk & tied by Brisbane cds's for 13 OC 33. Addressed to a Mr D Glover c/o Sir Keith Smith KBE in Sydney but then re-addressed to Melbourne. No mention of Brisbane cancelled mail in the AAMC. Signed by Kingsford Smith with Air Mail Sydney 14 OC 40 b/s. Possibly unique & certainly unrecorded. AAMC 332 Cat. $1,750++
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