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The first official air mail in Australia was carried by French pilot Maurice Guillaux. On July 16–18, 1914, he flew his Blériot XI aircraft from Melbourne to Sydney, a distance of 584 miles (940 km), carrying 1785 specially printed postcards, some Lipton's Tea and some O.T. Lemon juice.
A block of four £2 "Roo" stamps showing the printer's imprint in the selvedge 1d King George V, used at Sydney in 1916. The six self-governing Australian colonies that formed the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901 had operated their own postal service and issued their own stamps – see articles on the systems on New South Wales (first stamps issued 1850), Victoria (1850), Tasmania ...
Ernest François Guillaux (24 January 1883 – 21 May 1917), better known by his adopted name Maurice Guillaux, was a French aviator who spent seven months in Australia in 1914. On 16–18 July 1914, he flew Australia's first air mail and air freight flight, from Melbourne to Sydney.
Air mail [29] Melbourne to Sydney: Blériot XI: Maurice Guillaux: 1919: 1919-08-06: Air mail over-water flight (in Southern Hemisphere) [30] Adelaide to Minlaton: Avro 504: Harry Butler: 1919: 1919-11-16: Crossing of continent [31] Melbourne to Port Darwin: B.E.2e: Henry Wrigley and Arthur Murphy: 1919: 1919-12-16: Bass Strait [32] Stanley ...
The first airmail flight in Germany, 1912. The postal system was important in the development of modern transportation. Railways carried railway post offices. During the 20th century, air mail became the transport of choice for inter-continental mail. Postmen started to use mail trucks. The handling of mail became increasingly automated.
Handley Page W.8b inherited from Handley Page Transport when Imperial Airways was formed. Imperial Airways was created against a background of stiff competition from French and German airlines that enjoyed heavy government subsidies and following the advice of the government's Hambling Committee (formally known as the C.A.T Subsidies Committee) under Sir Herbert Hambling. [2]
1935 First flight cover from New Zealand to England with three denominations of airmail stamps paying the 2 shilling and 4 pence rate. The first stamp depicting an aeroplane was a US 20-cent parcel post stamp issued on 1 January 1913 but not intended for airmail duty: the set of 12 showed transportation and delivery methods. [4]
First aeroplane: Arthur Leonard Long: Boulton Paul P.9 biplane Stanley, Tasmania Torquay, Victoria: Long carried 50 letters, making that the first airmail sent across Bass Strait. [1] 28 April 1928 First woman: Jessie Miller: Avro Avian: Essendon, Victoria Launceston, Tasmania: As passenger. Aircraft was piloted by Capt W.N. Lancaster. They had ...