AUSTRALIA 1929 3d Airmail TYPE A/2d Red KGV FIRST AIRMAIL to THE SOUTH 28.OC.35

AUSTRALIA

1929  3d Dull Green Airmail TYPE A: Size of Design 31 x 22 mm  and 1930s  2d Red King George V Head  postal history on advertised Cooktown = = Queen of the North=Greets You. First Air Mail to the South October 28, 1938 cover from COOKTOWN, QUEENSLAND  addressed to MR.MOFFAT, OVERSEER MILLS? G.P.O. BRISBANE dated 28.OC.1935 in good to fine condition.

Back Cover with a special message from The Cooktown independent:

Our Wiskers have grown gray fighting Cooktown's battles since 1885, but we still remain to fight for the greatest centre in Queensland - - Cooktown.

1929 3d Dull Green Airmail Date of Issue was 20 May 1929. A stamp is known postmarked at Grafton, NSW dated 19 May 1929. There were TWO TYPE issued:

TYPE A: Size of Design 31 x 22 mm / TYPE B: Size of Design 31¾ x 21½ mm

Postage & Handling

Normal Surface/Airmail Service: $2 (Australia); $4 (Rest of the World)
Optional Registered Service: $6 (Australia); $20 (Rest of the World)