Sale #165

1931-63 first flight covers (20) incl. 1931 May 1st - 2nd experimental airmail to UK addressed to Glasgow, franked 6d & 1s Roo & 5d KGV tied Darwin/N.T, 1931 official illustrated cover ' All the way by Air' to Derby, UK, franked 1s Roo + KGV 2d (4) & 3d, tied Leyburn, Queensland d/stamps, 1937 Imperial Airways to Tynygongl, Anglesey, franked 2d Kingsford Smith (3), 1s Roo & 5d KGV tied Darwin d/stamps, 1932 New Guinea cover addressed locally to Salamana, franked 1d airmail block of four, tied Lae/New Guinea c.d.s's in violet with red flight cachet, 1938 cover addressed locally to Losuia franked Papua 1d (2) endorsed first flight Port Moresby - Losuia, Trobriand Islands per Guinea Airways Stinson Seaplane - flown by pilot K. Garden on Reliant VH-ABJ, a scarce flight flown to pick up a sick patient on Trobriand, 1948 first flight Goondiwindi - Narrabri, 1951 first experimental flight Australia to Chile etc.