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Lot No. 260

Auction No. 14
Category World
    Collections, Accumulations and Selections
Est. $250
Status SOLD $250

 

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New Zealand 1934-1995 Airmail covers incl 1934 "Faith in Australia" illust cover addressed to Sydney with STIRLING, NZ cds tying 7d orange brown, 1940 Inaugural NZ-Australia-England addressed to Sydney with rusty 5d Centennial tied by 27/4/40 Auckland machine cancel & a similar but differently illust cover to Melbourne, 24 Apr 1947 plain cover to British Colombia with 2/- Cook tied by machine cancel (stained) plus various later FFC's (Qantas, Solent Flying Boat, local carriers) & interesting diversions such as 1955 "Operation Deep Freeze" bearing NZ Health's & 3 USA adhesives tied by LITTLE AMERICA machine cancel & 1957 BRIT. STATION ANTACTICA U.S.N machine cancel on combination cover (damaged NZ stamps at top, US below), 1959 40th Anniv of First Official NZ Airmail (3 with similar cachet types), 1965 Balloon Post with "FLIGHT CANCELLED BALLOON BURST" on 16/10/65 special cover plus two 23/10/65 covers with "MANNED BALLOON FLIGHT" cancels. 1966 & later Air New Zealand FFCs to Brisbane, Tahiti (4 diff - incl 2 return with French Polynesia adhesives), 1978 North Island Circumnavigation Aero Club cover (seriously rusted), postcards & aerogrammes. Large 1988 cinderella covers (3) with Airmail Society of NZ sheetlets tied by exhibition cancels, 1991 First Concorde Flight Christchurch-Sydney signed by pilot, 1985 Thames-Hastings cover with s/l "INLAND AIRMAIL" cachets, 1989 "Forces Concession" airmail covers with 29/9/89 cds (last day of operation of NZFPO 5, Singapore) & other items chock full of interest. Inspection recommended. (88)