Australia - Around Australia Flights: 100 Years Maxicards (set of 2)

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE We offer a combined shipment when you purchase multiple different items, with an additional cost of only $0.50 per extra item ($1 for international shipping). We reimburse over-payments on shipping charges! Please contact us if you need more details. Around Australia Flights: 100 Years Maxicards (set of 2)This maxicard set contains maxicards from the Around Australia Flights: 100 Year stamp issue. A maxicard is a prepaid postcard with a stamp affixed and postmarked on the view side. The subject matter of a maxicard is common to the card, stamp and postmark. Prepaid postcards can be posted from any red post box located in Australia or at your local Post Office. They can be sent domestically, or worldwide. This year marks the centenary of the first two flights, by seaplane and landplane, around mainland Australia. The first began on 6 April 1924, when Wing Commander Stanley Goble and Flying Officer Ivor McIntyre set off from Point Cook, Victoria, in a single-engine, open-cockpit, Fairey IIID seaplane, A10-3. Travelling anti-clockwise, they battled poor weather and constant engine trouble. On 19 May, after 44 days and 13,600 kilometres, they alighted at St Kilda beach, Victoria, to a warm welcome from a 10,000-strong crowd. The second round-Australia trip, this time in a landplane, was conducted by the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of Defence to inspect air routes and to test the long-distance efficiency of the De Havilland D.H.50 aircraft. The crew comprised expedition leader Lt Col HC Brinsmead, pilot Captain EJ Jones and mechanic RH Buchanan. They departed Point Cook on 7 August, travelling anti-clockwise around the continent for 12,324 kilometres and arrived back at Point Cook on 29 August. Stamp and cover design: Andrew Hogg Design Specifications:Set of two maxicards, one each for the stamps in the issueMaxicards work like prepaid postcardsSubject matter is common to the card, stamp and postmarkPart of the Around Australia Flights: 100 Years stamp issueIssue date: 21 May 2024Issue withdrawal date: 1 December 2024

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End Time: 2024-10-01T20:00:04.000Z

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