2014 $1 100th Anniversary of First Air Mail PNC PNCs - 30c Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags

Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog

Tasmania and southern New Guinea

With so few struck

it was essential for the Australian land to be united

Crossing the wide brown land of Australia was an insurmountable task 100 years ago

2014 $1 100th Anniversary of First Air Mail PNC PNCs - 30c Dorothy the Dinosaur and WagsOn 16 18 July 2014 it will be 100 years since French aviator Maurice Guillaux (1883 1917) made the first air mail fight in Australia. It was, however, another eight years before any sort of regular air mail service began, and then only on select regional routes. Guillaux's flight from Melbourne Agricultural Grounds to Moore Park in Sydney was made over two days, with seven stops enroute and a flying time of just 9 hours. Governor General Sir Ronald