Australian Air Mail Reaches Skegness
The Australian Air Mail reaches Skegness in 1931!
Mrs. J. W. Moore, of “Holmwood,” St. Andrews Drive, has received three letters from her eldest daughter, Mrs. R. W. Latimer, who is resident in Melbourne.
The distinctive envelopes bear the reproduction of an aeroplane on a blue ground in the left-hand corner, beneath the words “By Air Mail” (Par Avion). Below is the following inscription:
This letter was carried from Australia to England by the First All-Australian Air Mail Service, 193 1, organised and conducted by Australian National Airways, Limited.
The foot of the envelope bears the message: “Christmas Greetings from Australia,” while on the reverse side are instructions for posting the return air mail from London, and also route followed.
These letters, of course, were conveyed by Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith on his recent flight from Australia to England in the Southern Cross Junior.
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