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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  14 Aug 2021 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 732
  15 Aug 2021 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 733 - 1470
• Lot #:
  1312
• Lot Description:
  TRANS-TASMAN AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED: The company MINUTE BOOK
  from 14th June 1935, the first meeting of the Board of Directors: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Captain P.G. Taylor, B.T. Sheil and J.W. Stannage, up to the final entry on 29th May1936 following the loss of Kingsford Smith en route from England. The minutes of the first meeting indicate the allocation of shares was as follows: Kingsford Smith (48), Taylor (8), Sheil (9) and Stannage (3). That document and most subsequent documents and letters bear the original signatures of the directors: Charles Kingsford Smith (5 times), P.G. Taylor (14 times), John Stannage (1), Beau Shiel (2), and J. Percival, as Acting Company Secretary. (1). The volume also includes several loosely inserted original letters and some unused TTAS letterheads.
• Provenance:
  The Estate of Jack Percival, MBE. Stanley Gibbons (Australia) Auction, 16th June 2004, Sydney. Lot 1103
• Notes:
  Fascinating reading and an important and remarkable survivor of this ill-fated attempt by Kingsford Smith and his colleagues to secure the contract for the carriage of airmail and freight between Australia and New Zealand. UNIQUE.
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Memorabilia

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