Auction No 147 - Prestige Philately

Jul 27, 2009
Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 17
THEMATICS & SUBJECTS (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
35 CW A/B
ROCKET MAILS: The balance of the collection with useful sections from Great Britain, Canada & the
USA (including 1936 parchute rocket mail mini cover), others from Andorra, Iceland, Italy, Yugoslavia
etc, also Cuba 1939 with the world's first official rocket stamp & non-postal block of 4 with Overprint
Omitted from Two Units. Colourful lot. The material in this section is Ex Peter ("Joe") Duif from
Adelaide.{Page 16.4} (52 items)
400
Ex Lot 36
Lot 37
36 C* A/A- - AUSTRALIA: 1934-37 group comprising 1934 SS "Cannonbar" cover with purple label on the
reverse + M/S; 1935 SS "Maheno"-Fraser Island with red label + red & green M/Ss; 1935 Silver Jubilee
with blue label & blue "flimsy", + red & blue M/Ss both signed by "AHYoung" of the Queensland Air
Mail Society; 1935 Moggill-Riverview with brown label; 1937 Camp Mountain with blue label; 1937
Enoggera with brown label; & 1937 Coronation flight; generally very fine, AAMC Cat $1100.{Page
17.1} (13)
37 PS A+ - 1964 Bell Rocket "Space Flyer" cover AAMC #R13 with Sydney Showground cds & signed by
"GRYaeger", "Ernest Kreutinger" & "Bob Courter", endorsed on the flap "One of six only", Cat $700. [
AAMC states 19 carried]{Page 17.2}
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500
Ex Lot 38 Ex Lot 42
38 C A - AUSTRIA: 1933-35 covers per rockets V18 K1 & N1 (3g Envelope) all signed "Schmiedl", plus five
1960s items.{Page 17.3} (8)
39 C A - BELGIUM: 1935 per K1 signed "GZucker", 1935 "Belgica" signed "KRoberti", 1935 "Zeemeeuw",
1936 "Barbara" signed CRoberti", and 1962 "Europa" & M/S both signed "GZucker". (6 items)
40 CW A/A- - FRANCE: 1935 "Paris P27" (2, one with label on the reverse), 1935 "Guynemer" with accident
cachet, 1935 "La Douce France" & "Garrot" both with 'Expérience Interrompu/...' cachet and the M/Ss
in red or blue. (7 items)
41 CW A/B - GERMANY: 1933 "Herta" night firings (8), 1934 Winter Relief (3, two with sets of imperf labels), two
more 1933 "Herta" covers (one re-carried on 1960 Jubilee flight), 1960-67 colourful group, most items
signed "GZucker".{Page 18.1} (67 items)
42
CW - INDIA: 1934-38 group including 1934 Saugor Island covers signed "WShenton/Lighthouse Keeper"
or "Mary Shenton", 1935 transport of livestock flight (did the animal survive?!), 1937 Boy Scouts flimsy,
1938 "Rowland Hill" & "Martha Paganini" flights etc, most with labels affixed, also some tête-bêche
labels, also three Sikkim covers plus labels. Naturally Stephen Smith's signature is everywhere!{Page
17.4} (22 items)
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