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Sale 120
Lot 303
 
Australia, Airmail, 1919 Ross-Smith First Aerial Post, n.h., full sheet margins, deep rich color and detailed impression, beautiful centering, one of the nicest examples extant. On March 19, 1919, the Australian government offered a £10,000 prize to the first Australian aviator to fly from England to Australia in 30 days or less. On November 12, 1919, Ross Macpherson Smith, Keith Smith, J. M. Bennett and W. H. Shiers left London in a Vickers Vimy aircraft. They arrived in Darwin on December 10; their final destination was Melbourne, Ex 2012 Siegel Rarity auction. Total of 576 labels were made. Of these, 346 were attached to incoming mail carried on the trip. It is reported that 150 were destroyed, and that some of the 87 unused labels were presented to officials and the four crew members .
Estimate $8,500-10,000.
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