Lot 1056
Sale 120 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Cinderella, WASP (Western and Southern Provincial Airlines Ltd) from Sydney to Narromine, they show the Harbour Bridge being a mere 2 years old; the old Sydney skyline and an Aboriginal with spear, this is a full mint unhinged set of 6 vignettes, (AAMC 495a). Fine.
Ex J.P.Melick Collection, previously from Charles Leski Auctions Sale 165 (lot 2551).
The W.A.S.P. in the 1930s conducted a network of Air-Services in N.S.W., mainly in the Western Districts, on the 25th March 1935 the Company issued vignettes for attaching to mail carried on the Narromine-Sydney service. They were offered free of charge and had no postal validity but were approved by the Post Office.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $300