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Lot No. 528

Auction No. 25
Category Airmails - Australia
    Airmails
Est. $180
Status SOLD $180

 

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1940 (24th June) Penang to Sydney intermediate leg of the war emergency "Horseshoe" route by Qantas. Signed by pilot RB Tapp on flying boat "Corio". Typed endorsement by Crome, "First Flight Altered Service due to War Conditions. Durban via Egypt to Australia. Inaugurated 19th June 1940" & censored with triangular "Passed for Transmission Penang" cachet. VG cond. Ex Frommer. AAMC 903d, Cat. $250+

 

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