STAMPED ENVELOPES, Commemorative

T1983.341

a. "SYDNEY-BUNDABERG / RECORD SOLO FLIGHT / BERT HINKLER 11 Apr 21 BA AVRO / DICK SMITH 11 Apr 82 BELL JETRANGER." " DEPARTED SYDNEY 9.26 am" "Arrived / Bundaberg / 2.40 pm." 18c stamp depicting Bert Hinkler. b. "FIRST SOLO AROUND-THE-WORLD HELICOPTER FLIGHT / LONDON TO SYDNEY". "THIS FLIGHT ALSO COMMEMORATES / BERT HINKLER'S 1928 SOLO FIXED WING / FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA." 29p. stamp, envelope postmarked - "LONDON", "SYDNEY", "BUNDABERG" and on reverse - "PHUKET, RANGOON, IRAN, DARWIN, NEW DEHLI, SINGAPORE, KEMAYORAH". c. as in b. but with 40c U.S. stamp, postmarked - "FORT WORTH TX & "ARRIVED ENGLAND / 19th August 1982." On reverse - "WESTLAND / HELIPORT / LONDON", "FROBISHER" "MONCTON. N.B." "GRONLAND" "SONDRE STROMFJORD" & "KULUSUK Commemorates "50th ANNIVERSARY OF JIM MOLLISON'S SOLO / EAST WEST ATLANTIC CROSSING IN FIXED / WING AIRCRAFT - 19th August 1932." d. as in b. but postmarked - "SYDNEY" & 27c "AUSTRALIAN / ANTARCTIC TERRITORY" stamp, 25th MAY 1983" arrived in "FORT WORTH TX. JUL / 22 / 1983". Commemorates "50th ANNIVERSARY OF WILEY POST'S SOLO / AROUND- THE-WORLD FLIGHT IN A FIXED WING / AIRCRAFT - 22nd JULY, 1933." On reverse, postmarked - "VANCOUVER", "KOWLOON", "Thursday Island", "Manila" etc.

Department:

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number:	T1983.341
Accession Date:	21 Dec 1983

Material

Paper	Paper

Paper/Paper

Measurement

length	145mm	a.

width	90mm	a.

length	230mm	b-d.

width	100mm	b-d.

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