First Day Cover Post Marked 1st October 2019 at Fannie Bay NT 0820

Stamps on this Issue

$1 - Centenary of First England to Australia Flight

This stamp features a photograph, from the State Library of South Australia, of Captain Ross Smith, Lieutenant Keith Smith, and Sergeants James Bennett and Walter Shiers, in front of their Vickers Vimy.

$3.20 - First Overseas Airmail to Australia

Hundreds of covers were carried on board the first England to Australia flight, some from England and others deposited at various points along the route. Once the letters arrived in Melbourne, a special stamp-like label was applied as well as a date stamp. Ross Smith had requested a ‘special stamp’ in honour of the epic journey. Instead, a stamp-like label, without a denomination, was produced. It was designed by Lieutenant George Benson, an official war artist at Gallipoli and the Western Front.

This envelope has travelled from London to Australia aboard the Southern Sun and will be postmarked by Australia Post in Darwin upon arrival in Australia. They can then be addressed and posted to you (or someone else) or packaged and posted.

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