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Lot No. 1362

Auction No. 27
Category Airmails - Australia
    Airmails
Est. $60
Status SOLD $60

 

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1936 (18th June) Daru to Mount Blucher with 3d Lakatoi with red Air Mail ovpt tied by Daru cds with additional strike below. Pilot signed by Russell Rogers & Richard Archbold for the Second Archbold Expedition. 192 covers were carried & mail was dropped by parachute as the plane was unable to land because of bad weather. Endorsed on reverse by officer-in-charge of police camp. VG cond. AAMC P104, Cat. $200

 

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