Auction No. 44

Lot 724

First flights & commercial flights

Opening $40
Sold for $40

Australia 1929 (Nov. 26)  AAMC.145, Streaky Bay - Calcutta - Adelaide cover, flown for Eyre Peninsula Airways  with rectangular cachet tied the KGV adhesive. The airline received no subsidy and charged no surcharge for the air mail service, which covered a distance of over 550kms.

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Air Mail & Aviation
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