First all-Australian direct airmail, manifest between Baghdad and Aleppo, listing 36 bags of mail

Date: 12 December 1931 Reference: CUST 49/1308 Creator: Boards of Customs, Excise, and Customs and Excise, and HM Revenue and Customs Catalogue context: Christmas air mail: first all Australian direct flight, made by Air Commodore Kingsford Smith on 16 Dec in aeroplane Southern Star Categories: Overseas; Transport and travel Subjects: Taxation Topics: Business, finance and innovation; Transport and travel Period: Interwar Places: Australia Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf