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Lot No. 460

Auction No. 24
Category World
    Collections, Accumulations and Selections
Est. $80
Status Archived

 

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World Cover group comprising Australia 1948 "ANARE Macquarie Is" with cds tying 2½d Newcastle addressed to Qld with tow line Research Expedition detail in violet, NZ 1935 "Bluff to Christchurch Wheelbarrow Push of 400 Miles" illust cover, 1947 "USS Mount Olympus" signed cover to NZ with handstamped "Operation Highjump Antarctic Expedition 1946 & 1947 Task Force 68", cover mailed at Little America Antarctic base & USA 1969 special John Fairfax in "Britannia" cover "Rowing Across the Atlantic Alone in 180 Days" signed & addressed to England. Also 1936 SA Cent & 7th Australasian Philatelic Exhib cover with 3d tied by hexagonal Exhib cancel, 1969 "Cutty Sark" Cent cover with info folder & 9d "Cutty Sark" GB stamp tied by cachet on illust "ship & map" detail. Interesting group. (6)