| Australia 1926 (Dec) 1d Green KGV Post Card to Rochester Victoria
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| Postal Stationery Card with 1d Green KGV imprint Stamp (Scratch through top) cancelled "MELBOURNE/18DE--430A/1926" and slogan "POST EARLY/EACH DAY" with Coat Of Arms and "THIS CARD IS FOR USE WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND TO PLACES IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE etc) addressed to Mr. C. Hodgkinson of Rochester Vic and, on reverse, a message from "SOUTHERN CROSS COLLECTORS CLUB, KEW" dated 16th December 1926 and signed by H. J. Spicer. "VERY RARE Coffee Royal Australian flight cover & letter (Item#300134512659). The letter refers to Kingsford Smith having ANOTHER try of the Australia to England flight and also asks for the return of the cover if received. The letter was interesting. It was signed by a Mr. Hodgkinson in Rochester, VIC. Which is even today a very small town of a few thousand people. It is was addressed to Rochester, KENT in England. An unusual connection. I followed up and can confirm there was a Mr. Hodgkinson in Rochester, VIC who had sent a letter on Alan Cobham`s epic flight to from Australia to England on 24 Aug.1926 (AAMC.100) cover. This makes me feel the writer and letter are legitimate. So the intent was there. But did it fly on the Southern Cross and is it a Coffee Royal Cover? My sense is no, it did not fly on AAMC131 Coffee Royal. (Stampboards First Flight Cover Scans Page 1 of 16 "spud2911")
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Item #: INV-111850
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Pricing in AU$
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Within Australia
A$
19.99
(inc GST 1.82 )
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Outside Australia
A$ 18.17
(approx. US$12.18)
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