BOX LOT Auction #1205

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Proudly Supporting Australia 2013

Box Lot and Literature Auction #1205 Thursday 26th July, 2012 at 4:00pm Level 2, 482 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Welcome to the fifth of our BOX LOT Auctions which also contains a large LITERATURE section.

This Auction includes 171 lots of philatelic literature from around the world. With many preloved and new books, back issues of magazines, journals, auction and stamp catalogues and much more.

The remaining 101 lots, contains the usual Collections and Accumulations from around the world, Australian Decimal Postage, Kiloware and assorted odds and sods.

All our standard auction procedures apply to these Auctions. You can bid in the room, by post, email or through the website. In fact you can bid exactly the same way you do with our normal public auctions. If you intend to bid live online please contact us if you have any queries as to how our online bidding operates.

The majority of the lots contained here do require some consideration as to how they will be despatched to you, so please be aware of the weight and bulk of items if mail is your preferred method of despatch. We do welcome bids from all over, but please be aware as these costs are sometimes very prohibitive!

Viewing will be held Monday to Thursday in conjunction with Auction 14 viewing.

We trust you will find something of interest in these Auctions and we look forward to your active participation.

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Collections and Accumulations 1783-1871 European Postal History including [1] GB 1802 Bristol to Edinburgh; [2] Switzerland 1762 & 1783 entires

with no postal markings & 1836 Lausanne to Fribourg with ‘trop tard’ single-line handstamp; [3] Austria with pre-stamp entires x3 without postal markings, 1850s Lemberg outer with imperf 6k Type III, Austria-Hungary 1871 Postal Card from Steinbruck to Leoben with 2k, 10s Lombardy & Venetia P9½ (SG 35) on outer to Male (Italy), condition variable. (11) $100 1937-40s Range of Covers with some Salvation Army items incl 1942 Censored cover to Surabaya with superb 2 line ‘POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER’ handstamp, Germany 1939 airmail to Mebourne, New Zealand 1941 Wellington to Vic uncensored, 1941 cover ‘GONE : NO ADDRESS’ handstamp plus 3 ‘Officially Sealed’ labels, Wellington ‘DLO’ & ‘UNCLAIMED’ datestamps, few other items incl Australia 1937 NSW Sesqui FDC, Lady Gowrie label on 1941 registered cover, 1940 5d registered Stationery cover, Gilberts (2), Tonga 1936 Tin Can cover, mixed condition. (14) $120 Diverse Range Including [1] 1917 PPC (Hospital Ship ‘SPHINX’) to Naval base in Salonika with ‘MARINE FRANCAIS/ (Anchor)/SERVICE A LA MER’ handstamp. [2] Ceylon 1946 40c (4 x 10c) Aerogramme to ‘H.Q.A.C.S.E.A./Singapore’, ‘R.A.F. POST OFFICE/39/CEYLON’ cds on 2 covers to GB, [3] GB uprated registered envelope to Australia with ‘POSTAGE REFUNDED’ & boxed bi-lingual ‘Contrary to (Finance-mss) Regulations’ handstamps plus leaflet from Customs. [4] India 1946 Official Express cover from New Delhi to Tambaram. (7 items) $100 Eastern European Collection mosty up to early 1960s with strength in the earlier issues, including [1] Bulgaria useful overprints, etc, [2] Czechoslovakia, [3] Hungary various overprints, commems, etc, [4] Poland, many better items noted throughout, inspection recomended, generally fine. (100’s) $120 European Array with [1] Poland to 1950s with sets, part-sets or odd values * or used, STC £250+, also 1935 10g Arms optd ‘PORT GDANSK’, SG #R27 Cat £90; [2] Portugal 1855 25r Die I, 1864 50r yellow-green (internal fault) possibly unused (Cat £1100 as such), 1924 Camoens set * (some lower values with tonespots, key 2E to 20E are fine, Cat £90); [3] Latvia 1939 National Building Fund M/S used (minor toning, Cat £75); condition variable. (150+) $260 European Covers assorted mostly modern era social and commercial including used and unused postal stationery, FDCs and commemorative covers, some pre-WWII. Majority originate in either Scandinavia or the Baltic States with much addressed to Australia with higher rate frankings. (c115) $100 European Selections including [1] Bulgaria & Rumania 1930s-60s mostly mint with modest pickings; [2] Greenland 1938-46 set used plus a range of 1960s-70s issues mostly very fine used on piece with a few FDCs; [3] Netherlands 1940s50s mint sets including 1949 &1951 Cultural Fund sets (blemishes), 1952 Van Riebeeck, 1952 Child Welfare (tonespots, **), 1953 Cultural Fund (ex 2c+3c); [4] Sweden & Finland representative array on Hagners; [5] West Germany M/Ss including 1959 Beethoven *, plus lesser 1960s-70s issues */** or used; condition variable. (100s) $125 Foreign on Leaves including France with many Peace/Commerce issues, range of straight line cancels from Besançon, few Telegraph stamps, Italy, few States & Colonies, Turkey many pre-1920s with opts, etc. Range of cover fronts including France 1857-69 (3), 1940s fronts to France from Algeria (2), Argentina, Chile (6), Martinique, Morocco (3), Peru, South Africa (4), USA (4, including 2 ‘Balboa Paquebot’ cancels) plus 1957 1st Helicopter flight Paris to Brussels (with cachet & ‘RTS’ markings) on registered opened-out cover. Condition is mixed.

(100s & 27 fronts). $100 Interesting Assortment with Australia 3d Kooka M/S (margins on 2 sides only) with Bothwell (Tas) backdated ‘30OC28’ cds, 75c Navigators Plate 3 block of 10 from the top of the sheet **; GB 1952-82 patchy collection * or used in high quality Lighthouse hingeless album, Ross Dependency 1957 FDC signed by Edmund Hillary, 1984 Olympic Collection in commemorative album and a Stanley Gibbons ‘History of the Olympics’ collection. (100s) $80 Odds & Ends [1] Australia 1911 ‘THE FIRST AUSTRALASIAN CONGRESS & EXHIBITION’ souvenir stamps in grey (defect at top) & in blue, both unusually with large-part Melbourne cds cancels; [2] Australia PNCs comprising 1998 Bass & Flinders, 2004 Eureka Stockade, 2007 Surf Lifesaver, Blast Off & Bounding Kangaroos; [3] Lundy Island small group including a few airmail overprints; a few blemishes, mostly fine. (17 items) $80 Pacific Island accumulation including Pitcairn Island 1961 Return from Norfolk (4 sets), 1980 London 80 M/S (52), 1981 Philatokyo pack (5), Samoa 1971 Interpex M/S (4), 1975 Joyita M/S (6),1976 Interphil M/S (10), 1983 Boys’ Brigade (11), etc.

Retail over $350. (few 100) $150 Potpourri with quantity of covers incl strong Railways flavours (USA, Australia, etc), other thematics, Australia only with Frama FDCs and some modern Alpha types; stamps only include **/* GB with QV 1d Plate 159 x2 and ½d Plate 5 plus modern postage, range Br Comm booklets (NZ, Gibraltar, Canada, etc). Much much more so leave inspection time. Looks like a bargain to us. (100s) $150 Private Perfins from QV 2d blue Plate 15 with ‘HUTH’ and 2½d rosy mauve Plates 7-15 group x9 SG #141 plus a 2½d blue Plate 20 with ‘BIRD’ and a 2/6d with ‘C/AN/S’, KEVII to 5d, KGV various incl 2/6d Seahorse with ‘C.L’. much KGVI and QEII to early Machins. Much smaller selections include Australia, Canada, Ceylon, S. Africa, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, France, Germany, Italy, some others. Aerated stamps are a specialised area. (c520) $150 Scandinavia Norway 1850s-1990s collection in large stockbook, includes earlies, mostly used with range shades, perforations, printings, plus duplicated selection of later issues, also a small selection from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Generally fine. (100s) $100 Three Albums With [1] 1984 Lloyd’s Collection set of 16 issues plus FDCs in special numbered, annotated album, [2] New Zealand 1990 NZ Heritage limited edition album and [3] 1994 The Emerging Years limited edition album with 4 small posters.

Generally fine. (3 albums) $100 Variety including Australia States in s/book pmk interest plus mint and used Aust p/dues, PNG multiples on large stock pages incl more common £sd and earlier decimals, mint Hungary from 1988 on leaves with thematic interest. Worth a look. (100s) $160 World forgery collection mostly pre-1920s including Albania, Angola, Bulgaria, Congo, Cuba, various German States, Hawaii, Newfoundland, Persia, Suez Canal Company, etc. If real these would be worth a lot of money. Condition is mixed. (68 items) $100 —- on and off paper with many in margarine tubs, some on piece, loose in envelopes, incl Australia KGV 3d ( 150++, mixed wmks), China, France, Spain, USA, etc, also few sparsely filled albums and few covers. Mostly used, very mixed condition.

(1000s) $100 World 1932-78 Covers variety with odd more useful noting GB 1937 KGVI Coronation illust FDC and two 1964 Shakespeare (one registered with special pmk); Monaco two 1946 to Victoria one censored, one registered; USSR 1932 Moscow to East Geelong; QEII period FDCs from NZ Territories, Fiji, Singapore and other Malaya, PNG, Sri Lanka. Also small bundle 1978 Royal Horticultural Society “Flower Stamps of the World” maxi-type cards, few oddments. (37) $100 World Accumulation mostly sorted separately into envelopes by country (some, eg Germany, in at least eight) and all packed firmly into a shoebox. Must suit packet-makers at least. (1000s) $200 World Bundleware approx 9,500 World stamps in packets of 25, 50, 100 and 200. Key to what’s in each packet may by found on labelled stockcards - seems to be heaps of Eire and Hungary, also Jamaica, India, GB, Australia, etc. (c9500) $125

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World Collection in two springback albums with A-Z mounted higgledy-piggledy within a country or territory (the Senator includes NZ mint and used ‘Official’ opts, Germany with most periods incl post WWII occupations), the other (nameless) with much Canada, Ceylon, Czecho, GB, etc. And in four stockbooks one almost all Australia and fairly useful possibilities in the States mint and used, others with lots more Canada and Germany. Leave lots of inspection time. (100s) $250 —- in thirteen small albums with general world mostly used child’s type collections with a reasonably well-populated Rapkin springback maybe the best of a pretty ordinary group (couple actually look empty). Who knows?. (100s) $75 World Cover Accumulation including Australia with few tax items, PSE’s, Argentina, Bangladesh, China, GB, NZ, Pakistan, PNG 1957 Surcharges (plain) FDCs (4), Romania, USA, etc. Generally fine. (100+) $80 World Covers 1898-1943 variety from uprated lettercard Leipzig to Honolulu with New York and San Francisco transits. Also includes WWI censor, POW, German Feldpost, Russian Red Cross, couple PPCs, 1932 commercial env to Frankfurt from Midelt (Morocco), Burma WWII Japanese Occupation opt of KGV PS envelope. Worth noting too, a 1933 Egypt-London env with NAAFI 1pi label stamp SG #A1 (torn) on the back and, on the front, d/ring crowned ‘EGYPT/5/POSTAGE PREPAID’ in red and ‘M.P.O./4JL33 8-9P/CAIRO’ in black. (9) $120 —- mixed British Commonwealth and World range incl FDCs, first and commem flights (GB, USA, Jamaica, NZ etc), commercial and social usages incl 1938 (Nov 30) Hong Kong to Czechoslovakia via Siberia with KGVI 5c green, parcel pieces noting one c1971 with 24x GB £1 Machin. Some good usages here. (c150) $120 —- including [1] Australia 1970-85 selection of registered covers (68) mostly from S. Aust to ACT, 1937-80s mostly unaddressed FDCs incl 1977 $10, few flight covers, also $20 in MUH stamps. [2] Overseas covers include Belgium, Canada, West Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, US, etc. Some registered. Mixed condition. (200++) $100 World Framas range including [1] Australia 1986-87 Postcode buttons (2 sets, less one 4000-36c), 1990-92 Koala blank labels (8), 1994 45c Family (5), 1994 45c Nambour Pineapple (36), etc, 2 with partial inking, [2] Austria, [3] Denmark (face DK100 plus similar amount CTO), [4] Hong Kong, [5] Sweden. (250+) $120 World Including [1] Australia with Arms £2 (3), Navigators £2, range of perf varieties, Dues, bag of ‘on paper’ material, few QV States & Duty stamps, Cinderellas include 1978 Kookaburra optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (78 - no gum from booklets), various ANPEX 86 souvenirs, Australia 99 Sprintpak ‘Lighthouses’, Wetlands Conservation (face $265) 1989 $5, 1993-94 $10, (5 including sheetlet of 4),1994-95 $10 (3),1996-97 $15 (3 sheetlets of 4 including 2 for Taipei), [2] India 1955 ‘SPECIMEN’ Travellers cheques for 50R (3, all different), 100R, [3] New Zealand small range including 2/- Admiral, etc. Generally used. (100s) $150 World Stamp Exhibition memorablia mostly from Australia including Ausipex 70 & 84, Wapex 72, Anpex 72 with Exhib registered label on cover, Nat Stamp Week 74 & 80, Panpex 77 with 9 booklets (4 with perfin covers), Stampshow 78, Sydpex 80, Zeapex 80, Philatokyo 81 with few FDC & M/Ss, Anpex 82, Palmpex 82, Stampex 86, Cup-pex 87, Sydpex 88, Aeropex 88, Stampex 91. few Palmares items, Cinderellas, Invitations, sheelets, etc. Interesting lot. (100+) $75 World With many 19thC including few China, Cyprus 1902-04 30pa, 6pi, Denmark, French Colonies with some duplicaation, Germany & States some are very doubtful, India 1948 Gandhi 10r, Italian Somalia 1909 Dues (opt at top) to 50c, Netherlands & Indies incl 1867-69 50c gold (faults), North Borneo 1950-52 to $10, Spain & Colonies also range of ‘Barcelona’ issues both perf & imperf, Sweden, Yugoslavia, etc. Generally fine. Worth inspection. (100s) $150 OMNIBUS ISSUES 1935 Silver Jubilee: ten lightly hinged sets with two each Bahamas and Straits Settlements, one each British Solomon

Islands to Trinidad & Tobago. No obvious varieties, very fresh, min cat £150. (40) $80 1937 Coronation: complete collection in Frank Godden special springback album. Includes GB Contro No block of 4 plus slightly foxed FDC by and to Westminster Stamp Co with London WC wavy line cancel. Album lightly foxed mainly at the edges, but few of the stamps checked appear affected. Mostly hinged but some marginal examples mounted only on selvedge. (206) $50 —- incomplete run of sets on cover (44, seven are registered) to Selfridges (London), some toning on cover edges, stamps unaffected. (44) $100 1977 Silver Jubilee: collection in binder comprising stamps (153) and MSs (16) and other printed material. (169) $60 1983 Commonwealth Day: 56 sets on annotated pages in special boxed album along with the ‘black prints’ from Canada and the Falkland Islands. (220+) $100 Royal Omnibus Issues: in special albums, mounts, etc including 1981 Royal Wedding, 1982 HRH The Princess of Wales 21st Birthday, 1985 KA-BE Life & Times of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1986 Royal Wedding, 60th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth, also few ring-ins. (9 items) $120

THEMATICS & TOPICALS Airmail: Selection comprising [1] Austria 1918 gray paper set Mi #225-27 *; [2] Italy 1917 25c Mi #126 *; [3] USA 1918 6c *,

16c & 24c unused, plus 1919 overpaid flight cover (trivial toning) with 24c. (8) $70 Banking: [1] Zimbabwe 2007-08 range of Bearer cheques from 1c to 500 Million Dollars, Banknotes from 10 Trillion to 100 Trillion Dollars; [2] selection of world banknotes from Afghanistan, Burma, Cambodia, GB British Armed Forces £1 Canteen Voucher. Mongolia, Vietnam, etc. All uncirculated. (90+) $60 Birds: Austria 1950-53 5s Bird, fine used. Cat £160. $80 —- Selection of largely black and white unused PPCs plus a few coloured, three items from USS PENGUIN incl two covers with Naval cachets sent during 1920s minesweeping duties, PPC of Union Steam Ship Co ‘PENGUIN’, variable condition. (17) $150 —- Japan 1949 8y violet Moon and Brent Geese, SG 556, very lightly mounted. Cat £140. $80 —- Haiti c1988 Audubon Birds. Unauthorised issue with 475 sets comprising of 15 values in sheets of 25. Also various values in blocks or singles. Generally fine. (7,200+) $100 Chinese New Year: with China 1981-2003 New Year issues complete **, plus various worldwide stamps & M/Ss commemorating Chinese Lunar Year including Hong Kong sets for 1967 *, 1968 *, 1970 **, 1971 **, 1973 ** & 1974 (2, * or **), plus 1988-1997 M/Ss **. (150+) $180 Cricket: [1] Barbados 1966 Independence 35c Gary Sobers on a maximum card signed by Sobers; [2] Grenada “Shane Warne Collection” set of 6 composite M/Ss **; [3] St Vincent/Grenadines of St Vincent, Nevis & Nui Tuvalu “Leaders of the World’ array series featuring cricketers **; fine condition. $60 —- Stamp Show 2000 (Earls Court) ‘Meet Shane Warne’ memorabilia including a signed 45c ‘Shane Warne - One of Wisden’s Five Players of the Century’ sheetlet of 10 and 2 photographs of Warne signing sheetlets at the show. (4) $80 Dinosaurs Galore: in 3 albums with much annotation, all sorts represented, great starter collection for Jurassic Park enthusiast.(100s plus many M/Ss). $150 Exhibitions: [1] 1936 ‘CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION/S.A.’ cds (with time line, APM341) (two strikes) on registered ‘Stalley’ FDC alongside mss registration label for Exhibition; [2] 1938 NSW 150th Anniversary Philatelic Exhibition registered envelope with special label and commem cds, on reverse block of six Centenary Cinderella labels. $120 Fish and Marine Life Issues: in stockbook with Antigua/Barbuda, Ascension 1991 Fish (2 sets), Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Gambia, Ghana, Maldives, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Tristan, Tuvalu 1992 Fishes (2 sets), etc, many M/Ss, also several dinosaur issues. High catalogue value. (100s) $100 —- c1980s-90s with many countries represented including Cambodia, multitude of Grenada and environs, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Greenland, Guinee, Guyana $600 gold & silver fish issues and appropriate M/Ss also various optd issues, Hong Kong 1993 Goldfish & M/S, 2003 Fish & sheetlets, Kiribati, Korea, South Georgia 2002 Sea Mammals & M/S, etc. Fabulous lot for fish collector. (100s) $150

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Olympics: [1] 1956 Main Stadium (Press)/Melb. VIC., AUST.’ label (24th Nov-3rd Day of use); [2] ‘LAKE WENDOUREE/XVI Olympiad, Vic.,Aust.’ label (23 Nov-1st Day of use), both in blue; [3] ‘OLYMPEX/Melbourne Olympic/Philatelic Exhibition’ label in red and blue with Exhibition cds (Runner-19th Nov) all on special Olympic illustrated covers to North Fitzroy. (3) $80 Ships: Marshall Islands 1993-9510 different values to $3 (45 of each value) in large blocks or strips. Face value US$280+, Cat. value US$580+ or £400. (450) $100 —- Colourful array on Hagners with mint x112 including Bermuda 1928 2d light blue & sepia SG #112 *, Falkland Island Deps 1954 5/- * (tonespot on gum) and used x200 including 1984 75c Clipper sheet of 100 with per favour cancels. (312) $80 World Range on Hagners: various topics including Music, Space, Sport, Transport, Costumes, Art, many complete sets, some MSs, few proofs, covers, stationery items, etc. (100s) $250 ALBUMS & ACCESSORIES

Collector’s accessories including Colour guides (several SG), box of small glassines (1000), numerous packets of various sized Hawid & Prinz mounts, 2 magnifying glasses, perf guages, also ‘Johfra’ sweat box, etc. $25 Selection of used albums including Lighthouse, 9 springback albums, 6 Chinese stock books, etc. (21 items) $20 Carton containing small PSE albums 2 (one with 35 plastic pages), 3-ring binder and six 4-ring binders . $15

DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA Royal Life Saving Society: ‘Intermediate certificate’ and Badge awarded in 1943 for “practical knowledge of Rescue,

Releasing oneself from the Clutch of the Drowning and for the ability to render aid in Resuscitating the Apparently Drowned”.

Very interesting item. $40

OTHER COLLECTABLES AFL Memorabilia: with lots of 1980-90s badges including cloth ‘Collingwood Premiers 1990’, player or club tin badges

including Peter Daicos & ‘I HATE...’ types, MCC badges x2 including 1981-82 season; also 1857 Holloways and Hide & De Carle trading tokens (both punctured) and 1930s-60s silver sixpences x6, condition variable. (60+) $60 Badges: [1] Independent Order of Oddfellows membership admission card for Sis. E. Sutcliffe to the ‘Loyal Brighton Prince Alfred’ Lodge in 1975 plus badge; [2] masonic badge. $30

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Large Multiples [1] Gambia 1961 Royal Visit set of 4 in half-sheets of 30, three are lower half with imprint and plate

numbers; [2] Grenada 1961 Postal Centenary set of 3 in complete sheets of 50. (390) $65 KGV-QEII range including [1] Cyprus 1938-51 £1, [2] GB 1925 Wembley pair, 1951 Festival high values, also 1968 Commonwealth Reply Coupons (3). Some values have light gum toning. Cat £220+. (11) $100 Pacific Islands strength in Fiji from monograms but mostly later noting KGVI pictorial defs to 5/- * incl 5d Blue Cane and some Die vars, also KGV SJ 1/- * with leaning second short flagstaff not SG-listed; British Solomon Is has another SJ variety on 1½d diagonal line by turret SG #53f plus 1948 SW pair and 1949 UPU set **. Lesser selections Pitcairn Is., Norfolk Is. Well worth a look. (100s) $180 1952-65 Australia QEII period mostly ** with some earlier oddments (incl £2 Arms blurry corner cds), current Retail c$145.

PLUS South African provincials from Natal KEVII incl fiscally used 5/- and £5 SG #140 & 144 and postal use 2/- (parcel cds) and 2/6d (regd cds) SG #156-7 cat £48 each, from OFS with Orange River Colony similar period inc * and used VRI opt varieties. Oddments Virgin Is., Gibraltar, N. Rhodesia and 1938 Aust-NG-Aust first flight. Confused presentation, good value.

(180+) $100 Mostly QEII Range including AAT 1966 Pictorials (2 sets), 1973 Pictorials (2 packs), Christmas Island 1968-70 Fish, 197273 Ships (5 sets), 1982-83 Birds (2 sets) Cocos 1969 Pictorial ‘Japanese’ pack, 1976 Ships (4 sets), 19 later packs, Fiji, (Few earlier) range of QE commems, Nauru 31 packs, Norfolk Island 1962-80 range of mounted issues to $5 plane, also few CTO issues. (100s) $120 Array mostly part-sets or singles with [1] Canada mostly mixed condition though 1897 Jubilee 5c, 1927 20c Special Delivery 1938 50c & $1 Pictorials are all fine used; [2] New Guinea Birds to 2/- including 1932 Madang registered front with Dated Birds Airs ½d to 2d; [3] New Hebrides with 1908 KEVII MCA ½d *, Crown CA 2d, 5d & 6d marginal blocks of 4 **, 1938 Gold Currency to 5f * (Cat £100), also [4] Oddments with Australia CofA Wmk 10/- Roo (short perfs, Cat £140), Victoria £1 Stamp Statute and £1 & £2 Existing Stamp Duty fiscally used, Ceylon 1899 1r50c & 2r25c SG #263-264 mint (Cat £67); condition variable. $240 Including [1] AAT, [2] Christmas Island, [3] Cocos, [4] Pitcairn, [5] Samoa. Few packs. Face value approx $200. (few 100) $75 Variety mint and used in two stockbooks with more useful flavours in - for example - Malta from late QV, Bahamas incl QEII pictorials to 10/- cds, Bermuda ** KGVI 1938-52 pictorials and some imprint blocks, Cyprus, wide Windies representation to modern era with SPECIMEN opts and strong thematic content. Plenty to look at, good value at estimate. (100s) $200 1939-41 Range of Covers mostly Censored, all from Salvation Army Offices in Egypt (6), and Palestine (6) to (S.Army) Melbourne, useful range of Censor labels or cachets, also Aust 9d on ‘Red Shield’ cover. Generally fine. (12) $100 1939-41 British Africa covers mostly Censored (one registered) from Salvation Army Offices to (S. Army) Melbourne from South Africa (Censored in Vic with Sth African 1d Comforts Committee label on reverse) Southern Rhodesia covers (4), noted ‘P.B.C.’ handstamp (Little IIA) used Salisbury, triangular Censor (No) 1, ditto, etc. (5) $100

First Flight Covers First and Commemorative Range with strength in BOAC, QANTAS, Air New Zealand and Swissair, lesser quantities

South African Airways, BWIA, Continental and others. Mostly fine. (c110)

AUSTRALIA Decimal Issues

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Bundleware maybe as many as 50,000 here mostly in bundles of 100 (look to be mainly common lower values). (1000’s) $120 Variety including APO packs and loose FV c$77, FDCs and some unused PSEs, heap of territories packs. (qty) $80 Postage

1981-92 Year Albums complete. (12) plus additional 1982, 1983 (3), 1984 & 1985 books plus 1988 Bicentennial books (4). $250 1966-2000s with many blocks, gutter pairs, etc. (1000s) $225 1980s-2000s accumulation with many pairs, blocks and singles. Strength in 45c issues. (1000s) $225 sheet folders with mostly 1970s and 1980s in blocks and other multiples with some very minor imperfections and FV $330+.

(100s) $175 APO Year Albums 1981-92 plus Bi-centennial Coll, FV c$370. (13) $190 APO Year Albums 1981-1994 (ex 1985, ‘87, ‘90), FV c$320. (11) $170 disorganised range from 1966 hival Navigators and later values to $20, few booklets, miniature sheets, self-adhesive strips; some used not included in FV c$445. (100s) $225 1982-90 & 1992 Year Albums, FV $$258. (10) $150 1969-2000s Pack selection (90) Face $175 plus array of decimal issues on 8 Hagners Face $87+. (100s) $120 not much after 1990, - sheets, panes and other large multiples, sets and miniature sheets, total FV c$500. Disorganised. (100s) $275 1973-78 Marine Life 1c (200), 2c (400), 3c (500), 4c (500), Gemstones 6c (400), 7c (500), 8c (500), 9c (500), all in complete sheets. (3500) $100 1966-2000s accumulation, values to $20 noted, many in block, strips, gutter pairs or loose. (100s) $250

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NORFOLK ISLAND Postage

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Service, 1985 W.H. Lu Postal History of Amoy (Part 2), 1985 W. H. Lu Selected Rarities of the Straits Settlements, 1986 W. H. Lu Singapore Stamps & Postal History 1948-85, Robson Lowe 1961 Burghard Hong Kong & Treaty Ports. Several have had staples removed in preparation for binding. (5) $60 Auction Catalogues: Named Sales [1] Siegel Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Parts VII, IX & X, [2] Phillips Halford, Gloria [3] Christie’s Hibbert St. Helena, Halifax, Bartrop NZ, Hackmey Grenada, [4] Feldman Hackmey Barbados, also few general sales. Several have had staples removed in preparation for binding. (17) $50 —- including SG Frankfurt (3) 1978 Rio-Brazil, Harmers of San Francisco 1979-86 range (16) including 1980 Sandra Ilene West Bavaria, Harmer Rooke of London 1964-65 range (10). Many have had the staples removed in preparation for binding.

Generally fine. (32) $40 —- Christie’s/Robson Lowe, New York, from Sept.1982 to Jun.1996 and Spink March 1997 to November 2001. Concentrates on fine USA philately but also includes World. Many Named Sales, noted JRW Purves, The Troy Collection, Walter C. Klein, Weill Brothers, American Bank Note Co, Robinson Cuba, Emperor Collection of Mexican Provisionals, and Ryohei Ishikawa. Some hardbound, many with prices realized. (120+) $200 —- Guido Craveri/Harmers sa, Switzerland including Great Britain Shaida, 1913-14 Seahorses, Liphschutz Part I ‘Classic Russia’, Part II ‘Russia Used Abroad’. English text. (5) $40 —- Harmers, Switzerland range includes 1988 Grand Prix Coll’n French Colonies, Large Gold Medal Coll’n Russia, 1989 Greece Hermoupolis, 1992 Cresta/Estense also 3 Zurich General Sales. Most with prices realised and most with English text.

(6) $40 —- HR Harmer London, New York and Sydney Resumé for the Season, from 1937-38 to 1973-74 apparently complete. Most have had staples removed in preparation for binding. Great reading with a few interesting prices eg in 1939 a Ross Smith vignette on small entire fetched £21!!!!. Generally fine (33) $40 —- HR Harmer NY, early range including 1946 (2), 1947 (6, including Sol van Praag Collection), 1949 (3) plus various issues (13) to 1968, several later Named Sales incl Da Gama, Plymouth, etc, 2 different ‘Previews’ for Lichtenstein Sales. Most catalogues have had the staples removed in preparation for binding. Generally fine. (29) $40 —- Harmers of New York, run of auction catalogues, Feb 1972 - Oct 1982 and June 1985 - Oct 1992. Named auctions incl. The Lichtenstein Collections of USA, Bavaria & German States, Rydholm Br. Commonwealth, Consul Weinberger Collection, Denny Shute USA, Epstein Russia Part 1, etc. Many catalogues have had staples removed in preparation for binding, plus bundle of prices realized. (103) $100 —- HR Harmer, London comprehensive run from June 1938 to June 2005, over 850 catalogues in 50 magazine holders.

Includes many rarities and Named Sales including 1989 Wills GB, majority with prices realized and many earlies with staples removed in preparation for binding. (100s) $600 —- Robert A Siegel broken run, Sale No. 748 to 887 incl. Robert Zoellner and David Golden (2 Vol. Hardcover) Collections.

Sales 780 to 830 complete, ex 823 & 829. Covers all aspects of USA philately. Also incl. Rarities Sales and a few other, Auction Previews and The Siegel Despatch. Indispensable for the USA collector. (80+) $375 —- Sotheby Parke Bernet auction catalogues from Danbury, London, Los Angeles, New York, May 1977 to Feb.1982. including range of US, British Empire and Foreign postage stamps and postal history also 1978 (9 Mar) Confederate States Postal History catalogue. (15) $60 Auction Catalogues - Alfred H. Caspary Collection: Harmer New York, 1956-58 Vol 3 Postmasters’ Provisionals, Vol 4 Old German States, Vol 5 Br. Commonwealth BNA, Vol 14 Latin America, Vol 16 Asia Chiefly Japan, plus publicity brochure for the 16 sales. All with prices realised and have had staples removed in preparation for binding. (6) $50 Auction Catalogues - Philatelic Literature: Sylvester Colby 1950-74 range of Named Philatelic Libraries incl. W.R. King (h/bound), King-Farlow, Harry M. Konwiser, Ralph A. Kimble 1953 & 1954, Dr C.S. Hitchins, ‘Kayes’, Earl McCracken, Philip H. Ward 3 auctions in a single binding, Henry A. Meyer, John N. Luff I & II, Frank Rossi, David Lidman and Sylvester Colby. Many are listed at $35+. (15) $150 —- Harry Hayes/H H Sales, solid run, very few gaps, Sale No. 52 - 157, 1972-2006, with Stocklists, Named Sales incl.

Highbury, Haworth, Thackley etc. plus ‘Index to Harry Hayes Philatelic Literature Auctions - Vol. 1 - Publications of the 1980s.

(100+) $150 —- with Phil Bansner (3), James Bendon (11), Charles G. Firby (9), Dr Conrad Graham (7), Huys-Berlingin AG (5), Roger Koerber (9), James Lee (6), Robbins Auctions (4), Schwanke & Sohn (3), Swedish Postmuseum ‘Nyförvärvslista’ 1988-93 & ‘Bibliografi över Filatelistisk Litteratur’, V. Org, 1968 and over 40 various individual catalogues, price lists, etc. Plus ‘Manual of Philatelic Headings’ used by the American Philatelic Research Library and ‘Classification for Philately and Postal Service’, Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum. (100+) $150 —- range of smaller catalogues mostly from GB incl T.G. Barnes (4), Harry Hayes (5), Longley Canada, MAT (2), Philangles (13), Royal, Rugby (2), Sandafayre (6), Thames, several others with much emphasis on literature, also range ‘APF News’.

(100++) $30 Auction Catalogues - Pigeon Mail: The Oded Eliashar Award-Winning Collection of Worldwide Pigeon Post Mail Siegel New York 2002. There are several ‘Seige of Paris’ covers, 110 Great Barrier Island (N.Z.) items including an 1894 ‘WAIRARAPA’ wreck cover, etc. Interesting catalogue. $25 Australia: Proofs by Samuel Reading C. E. Norden, Melbourne, post 1952. Printed on one side of page only and all illustrations are in black & white. 16pp. All items are priced in Guineas! Minor tear on front cover. $50 —- Brusden-White The Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue : Kangaroos and the Early Federal Period (2004), KGV (2007), KGVI (2006), QEII 1952-66 (2006), Decimals 1 1966-75 (1997), Booklets (2003), Postage Dues (1999). Generally fine (7) $40 —- Beating the Odds : The story of Tattersalls Private Mail Network 1902-1930 by D. McNamee FRPSL published by Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne 2002, 141pp. Green leather bound edition, No. 4 of 50, slipcase. $50 —- The Chapman Collection of Australian Commonwealth Stamps by Ray Chapman. Published by RPSV (1999) 500pp, hardbound with dustjacket. As new. $50 —- including Brusden White 1988 Bound edition, Kangaroos (1999), KGV (2001) KGVI (1995 & 2006), QEII 1952-66 (1996), The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia by Rosenblum, 5th Edition 1947-48, Australian Postage Stamps P Collas, 1966,1936 SA Centenary Catalogue, Australian Decimal Varieties 1966-75, range of small Aust Post publications, SG 1969 Part 3, 1978 World, 1982 Part 1, plus empty 7 Seas Hingeless pages 1913-80, etc. Generally fine. (34 items) $40

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—- Australian Numeral Cancellations : A Compendium H. Campbell Melbourne 1983 (with Errata), The Kangaroo Issues of Australian Stamps H. Dormer Legge Melbourne no dustjacket, Australian Air Mail Catalogue Eustis c1937 also 1990 Edition, Christie’s Melbourne Australian Stamps & Postal History Catalogues 1990-94 (5, most with p/r), Kangaroos : The Last Victorian Issue Kellow 1985, ACSC 40th & 42nd editions, ASC 1980,1982 (2),1983 (3). The Date Stamp and Australian Journal of Postal History 22 issues from No. 53 (Sep 1995) to No. 76 (June 2001) (ex No. 62) plus 21 small stamp related publications. (65 items) $60 —- Australia’s Pictorial and Commemorative Postmarks Since 1879 Vols. 1 & 2 plus July 2008 Updates by Woolley & Eury, [2] Trains and Trams - Australia’s Pictorial & Commemorative Postmarks by Woolley & Eury 2004. [3] Australia & Territories Booklet Catalogue 2nd Edition Vols. 1 & 2 by Pfeffer, [4] Australasian Stamp Catalolgue 2002 & 2005, few overseas stamp magazines, SG Colour Key, selection of Hagners (73, including 50 with no holes at left) and 13 stockbooks (including 6 large ‘Chinese’ ). $80 —- KGV selection including King George V One Penny Checklist (1973 [loose pages] and 1979 Editions), George V 3d, 4d & 5d by Davidson & Dix, Line Engraved Issues of 1914 and the Essays, etc. Major H. Dormer Legge, King George V 1½d Die 2 Ward, The 1d King George V Australian Commonwealth Stamps by Neill, Checklist of Varieties of the George V 1d, etc., 3rd Edition Finlayson. etc. Generally fine. (14) $50 —- Handbook of Australian Private Perfins by John Matthews in 2003 (2nd ed), near new. $40 —- The 9d Kangaroo Stamps by Banwell & Parsons published by BSAP in 2005, 60pp. New. $25 —- Australian Official Perfins by David Anderson in 2007 (2nd ed), 236pp, new. $20 Australia & States: Cumulative Index of Source Material Holbeach Melbourne 1960, Local Stamps of Australia B. Hornadge Dubbo 1982, Commonwealth of Australia : The Postage Due Stamps 1902-63 Hyeronimus Melbourne 1980, The ‘Postage & Revenue’ Long Stamps of South Australia Ed. Williams Melbourne 2003, The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia A. Rosenblum Melbourne 1968 2nd impression. Generally fine. (5) $60 Australia - Auction Catalogues: group relating to the collections of JRW Purves incl. Robson Lowe ‘Victoria’ Parts 1-4 and 7 other 1956-83; Christie’s/Robson Lowe, 9 catalogues 1980-88; HR Harmer Sydney 30 Jan. 1970; Stanley Gibbons, London, Purves’ South Australia 18-19 June 1981. Majority with prices realized. (22) $40 —- Group with Harmers of Sydney catalogues (27), Nov.1979 - Feb.1984, including Australia, New Guinea, Papua, Holding, Dr. Freidman, Simmons sales, plus ‘Office Closure’ notice, etc. The New South Wales Philatelic Annual 1951 & 1959; Journal of The Royal Sydney Philatelic Club (11), complete Mar 1972 - Sept 1974; Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, almost complete run of auction catalogues (85), Sales No. 73-179, 1966-2001. Most items have had staples removed in preparation for binding.

(125+) $100 —- Gary Watson/Macray Watson/Premier/Prestige, Sept 1984 to Dec 2010 with Australian and Pacific Islands Named Sales incl. Colonel Harrie Evans, Kevin Nelson and Cecil Walkley. Some catalogues have had the staples removed and have been threaded in readiness for binding. Reasonably comprehensive, many with prices realized, some both soft cover and hard bound. (125+). $120 —- Macray Stamp Sales, Vol. 1-44, Apr.1979 to Feb.1990 in superb red, gold embossed bindings. Melbourne Auction house who sold many important Aust. States, Aust. C’wealth and Pacific Island items. Important New Guinea and Papua sales incl.

Jim Harrison and TL Belknap. (4) $120 —- Millennium. With Nos. 1-28, 30-33, 37, 42 & 48, Specialising in Australia and Colonies & Pacific including 2006 Maire Half Lengths, Jaffé Collection, etc. Many with prices realised. (33) $40 —- Prestige The Kevin Nelson Collection Commonwealth of Australia Postal History 1901-41, 2010, 104pp, hardbound, prices realised. $15 —- Prestige The Cecil Walkley Collection - Postal History of Western Australia 2010, 108pp, prices realised $15 —- Robson Lowe (Australasia) Pty Ltd, auction catalogues, Sale No. 1 - 48, Feb.1970 - June 1978, bound in 5 matching volumes, gold embossed with prices realized. These sales featured many named collections and hence Australian, Papua, New Guinea and Oceania rarities. Names incl. Evan Gill, John H Powell, Harry Napier, Henry Harvey, etc. (5) $200 —- Rodney A. Perry Auction Galleries Sale No. 1 to 203, Sept. 1971 to Oct. 1999. Including Private Treaty Sales, Direct Sales, etc. Melbourne Auction House specializing in Australian Colonies especially Victoria, Commonwealth and Oceania stamps and postal history. Majority with prices realized. (200+) $250 Australia - Australia Post: 1999 A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia by R. Breckon published by Australia Post Philatelic Group, 64pp, limited edition book in slip case containing 28 proofs reprinted in black from the original Dies. $100 Australia - Forgery: Heads I Win : The True Story of David Gee, Australia’s Most Audacious Coin Forger by Watson J, Thomas D & Bennett J published by Angus & Robertson, North Ryde in 1986, 175pp, few tone spots on top edge. $15 Australia - Miscellanea: with Auction catalogues including Leski, Perry 1977 Rarity catalogue & later Private Treaty catalogue, Watson, etc, range of Australia Post Philatelic Bulletins 1970s-80s, Stamp Bulletins 1990s onwards, PNG Philatelic News 1970s-80s, few stamp ‘publicity photos’, 2 empty PMG Presentation folders, Junior ‘Globe’ and 2 ‘Embassy’ albums with next to nothing in them also few empty album pages, etc. HEAVY LOT. $20 Australia - Non Philatelic: Australian Geographic Vol 1.No.1 to Vol 17 No. 68. A complete run from 1986 to 2002, many with maps or liftouts, all housed in special binders. VERY HEAVY. (68) $50 —- Australian Freshwater Fishes - Biology and Management Merrick & Schmida, North Ryde 1984 414pp. (with dedication by authors). $50 Australia - Philatelic Journals: Philately From Australia published by Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, Melbourne in 1951 (Vol 1) to 1972 (Vol 24), including Vol 1-10 index, bound in 7 volumes (ex 1967-69 Vol 19-21). $20 Australia - Queensland: Queensland Post Offices and Their Datestamps 1859-1999 by Ken Smithies in 2011, 1592pp. in 4 volumes, copious colour illustrations. $400 —- Queensland Revenues, Adhesives & Impressed Duties 1866-1930 The International Large Gold exhibit formed by Dave Elsmore published by Australian Philatelic Foundation in 2007, full colour spiral bound. New. $50 —- Queensland Postal Notes by Dave Elsmore in 2004, 40pp. New. $10 Australia - Queensland - Postmarks: 2004 supplement to Queensland Datestamps by Cowan & Dell. $10 —- Queensland Datestamps by Cowan & Dell in includes 2004 supplement, 420+pp, includes a few pencilled additions, fine condition. $40 Australia - South Australia: The “Postage & Revenue” Long Stamps of South Australia Ed Williams FRPSL Melbourne 2003. $25 —- Murray Collection of South Australian Departmental Stamps 1868-1874 1953, 56pp, catalogue of the collection, softcover. $25 —- The Postage Stamps of South Australia compiled by Messrs F.C.Krichauff, A.E.Fryar, W.L.Peek, F.R.Frost, 128pp c1950, minor blemishes on dust jacket also A Catalogue of Squared Circle Postmarks of South Australia R. Overton c 1983. (2) $100 —- South Australia : The Long Stamps 1902-12 JRW Purves, Melbourne 1978 205pp. As new. $50 Australia - Victoria: Victoria-The Postage Dues and Victoria-The Registered and Too Late Stamps both written and autographed by J R W Purves. Both hardbound published by RPSV and printed by Hawthorn Press. (2) $50

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—- Victoria; A short study of the Two Pence Queen Enthroned..., C.A. Stephenson, London 1923 (photocopy); The ‘Emblems’ of Victoria 1857-63, JRW Purves Melbourne 1957, The ‘Beaded Oval’ & ‘Laureated’ Issues of Victoria - The 3d Beaded Oval R. Jones and G. Kellow Melbourne 1994. (3) $50 —- Victoria: The Half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned, Charles Lathrop Pack, New York Collectors Club, 1923, 273 pp with illustrations. Some foxing otherwise fine. $125 —- The ‘Registered’ and ‘Too Late’ Stamps 1854-58, JRW Purves (1966), stated by Purves to be his finest technical work, in mint condition, retail around A$85 each. $40 —- The Stamps of Victoria by Geoff Kellow, the complete history of Victorian stamps, 386 page hard-cover in absolute pristine condition. Retail $165. $100 —- The Stamps of Victoria, G. Kellow Melbourne 1990. 386pp. 16 colour plates and numerous black & white photographs.

One of the best books about Victorian stamps. Retail $165. $100 —- Victorian Government Punctures by Scott & Toop 1993 (5th ed), 66pp. New $15 —- The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria - A History and Catalogue by Kellow & Turner 1996. Hard bound in slip case.

Subscribers edition #35 of 75 and signed by both authors. $100 —- A Subject Index of Victorian Philately G. Kellow Melbourne 1998, 2 Habsburg, Feldman auction catalogues 1987-88 showing Victoria ‘Grand Prix’ Collection plus a folder with an article about the Victorian Colour Trials of 1898’.. (4) $60 Australia - Victoria - Philatelic Journals: Selection of the The Australian Philatelic Record between numbers 52108, The Victorian Philatelic Record numbers between 110-144, The Australian Stamp Journal, various 1916-51 issues, duplicated in places. (qty) $270 Australia - Victoria - Postal History: group with [1] Victoria : The ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Barred Oval’ Cancellations 18501855, JRW Purves, RPSV, 1965; [2] Instructional & Informative Markings of Victoria 1852-1913, A.G. Rigo de Righi; [3] Victoria : The ‘Barred numeral Cancellations 1856-1912, JRW Purves, RPSV, 1963; [4] The Cancellations of Melbourne 1861-1912, Davies, Linfield and Purves, 1980. Ltd Ed. 250; [5] History of Postal Services in Victoria, Aust. Post 1984, privately hard bound; [6] Victoria Gold, KJ Kutz, plus a folder of photocopied articles. Retail $250+. (6+) $120 Australia - Victoria - Postmarks: The Post Offices and Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria by Watson, Webster & Wood, Vol. I (A-B) 308pp, Vol. II (C-G) 346pp, numerous illustrations. $60 Australia - Victoria - Railways - Non Philatelic: Victorian Railways Scarce pamphlets include ‘Victorian Railways Centenary 1854’ by L.J. Harrigan, ‘Power Parade-Centenary edition’, ‘Phoenix Pauses’ 1952, New Look’ 1956, ‘VR Newsletter’, June 1953, August 1954, Centenary Number September 1954, plus ‘Railway Museum, North Williamstown’ brochure. (8) $20 Australia - Western Australia - Postmarks: The Postal Markings Illustrated by Western Australia Study Group in 1984-2002, 975pp loose leaf in two binders. Out of print, ten years since last supplements were completed. Essential reference for the serious postmark collector with recent copies selling for over $1,100 at auction. $800 —- WA Study Circle Monographs No. 1 The Slogan Postmarks to 1983 by B. Whittaker, Perth 1984 88pp, & No. 2 The Machine Date Cases to 1983, Part 1, Offices Other than Perth by Arnold Creaser Perth 1984 42pp. $20 Belgium - Auction Catalogues: Belgique La Collection Antoly Karpov parts I & II published by Feldman, Geneva in (Part I) - December 2011, (Part 2) - April 2012. (Both unopened). $20 British Asia: [1] Numbers in Early Indian Cancellations 1855-84 D.R. Martin/Robson Lowe London 1970; [2] India : Stamps & Covers Christie’s London 1984 (p/r); [3] Sarawak Miri Collection Christie’s London 1990; [4] Malaya & Thailand Stamps and Covers Christie’s Singapore 1993. (4) $40 British Commonwealth: Billig’s Philatelic Handbook [1] Vols 34 & 35 being Great Britain and The Empire in Europe Parts I & II almost as new; [2] Vol 43 The Empire in Australasia Part III being New Zealand and Dependencies (Cook Is, Samoa, Br Solomon Is, Fiji, Gilbert & Ellice Is, New Hebrides, Pitcairn Is, Tonga); some light foxing. Three important QV-KGVI period references for your library. (3) $100 —- The Postage Stamps, Envelopes and Post Cards of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania, RPSL, 1887, 148pp. Encompasses Fiji and the Aust. States. Hard bound with original wrappers. 27 plates bound in with interleaving. Some foxing to the external edges. Internal pages fine. A very scarce and important publication. $400 British Empire - World War I: Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East, 1914-1924, A Postal History by John Firebrace published by Christie’s Robson Lowe in 1991, 460pp, hundreds of line drawings, minor dust jacket wear, contents excellent. $135 British Post Offices in the Far East: by EB Proud, Sussex 1991, 551pp, 8 colour plates and comprehensive illustrations. $60 British West Indies: Bermuda Mails to 1865 - An inventory of Postal Markings, Forand & Charles (signed by latter) 1995, British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group USA, 118pp. Many illustrations. Also ‘Hackmey’ Barbados, Feldman 1986 and The Postage Stamps of St. Vincent by S.A. Brown, London. 1917. (3) $75 Canada - Auction Catalogues: Firby including 1996 & 1997 Harbour Collections, Canadian Overseas Letter Rates Pre-UPU Arfken Collection 1997, Canadian Maritime Provinces 1999, Cusworth Prince Edward Island 2005. (5) $50 Chile: Chile - An outline of the Postal Issues 1766-1919 W. Haworth, MA, FRPSL, London, 1919. (“Stamp Collecting” Handbook No. 17). Minor blemishes. $50 Dealer Price Lists: early group with ‘Price Catalogue of Postage Stamps - First Edition Sept. 1886’, R.R. Bogert & Co, New York, in a modern binding; 1898 ‘Australasian Stamps...’ (fragile), Fred Hagen, Sydney; 1948 ‘Old Aust. States and New Zealand’ and 1953 ‘British Empire Silver Jubilee Stamps’, Wm. Ackland, Melbourne; 1868 Scott reprint and 3 other. (8) $125 Dinosaurs - Non Philatelic: Collection including Australia’s Lost World, Dinosaurs - Revised and updated, Encycl of Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life, Walking With Dinosaurs, The Ultimate Dinosaur Book etc. Great reading. Too many to mention. (41) $150 Diverse Range Including: Guide to the Philatelic Service of the Fiji PO (includes list of POs & Agencies), Australia V for Variety by Pender Dubbo 1967. The Australian Stamp Catalogue 1960, 1963 and 1967, Leski 1989 The Kangaroo Issues 1913-45, Sale 100, Downie 1987 Sale 500, Watson 1985 Aus Cwlth Postal Stationery, Status 1984 with good SA Departmentals, Norfolk Island Proofs, etc, Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia 5th edition Rosenblum Melbourne 1947-48, 1995 Rare Stamps of the World at Claridge’s London. Also several other small publications. Generally fine. (28 items) $50 Europe - Auction Catalogues: range of catalogues including Behr-Paris Anphilex 1996 P/T booklet, Boule Monaco (2), David Feldman 1992 Rarities of the World, plus 2 ‘All World’ Sales, Köhler, SG Specialised Postal History, Christies 1995 R. H. Taylor & T. Belknap sale, Spink Stamps & Postal History (4). (16 items) $50 Exhibitions Catalogues: world group to 1997 incl Australia 1921 2nd Aust. Philatelic Congress, Melbourne, 1934 Victorian Centenary Exhib, 1950 Aust. National Exhib, London 1960 with red QANTAS label attached!, 1965 SG London Catalogue Centenary Exhib, 1971 New York Anphilex, 1980 Sydpex, 1982 Anpex, 1984 Ausipex Awards, Catalogue & Bulletins No. 1-4, 1985 Sunpex, 1986 Stampex, 1986 Ameripex Catalogue plus Bulletin 1-3, 1988 Sydpex, 1992 Philitex Catalogue and Palmares, 1982 Canberra Stampshow, 1989 Melbourne Stampshow and Palmares, 1995 Singapore, 1996 NY Anphilex hardbound catalogue, 1997 Pacifica Handbook (hardbound) and Palmares, etc. Useful lot. (46 items) $60

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Fish - Non Philatelic: Freshwater Fishes of Australia Dr. G.R. Allen, US 1989 240pp. Numerous colour photos and black & white maps. $50 —- collection of books relating to fresh water and salt water fish of the world including Rainbowfishes of Australia & Papua New Guinea, 1985-88 run of Today’s Aquarium, Goldfish Culture for Amateurs London 1929 (some foxing), The Australian Fisherman Vaughan, Butterfly & Angelfish of the World - Vol 1 Steene, etc. Extremely useful lot for fish enthusiast or beginner. No duplication. (85) $200 Fossils - Non Philatelic: Small collection of books including Fossils of the World Turek, et al, also range of interesting fossils including Ammonites (3), Belemnite, Brachiopods, Crinoids, Orthoceras, Trilobite, several fish, ferns, etc, some are 375 million years old, many identified with labels. (21 plus 7 books) $100 German States - Auction Catalogies: John R Boker Jr. - German States, Heinrich Köhler auction catalogues, March 1985 - January 2000, Altdeutschlan (1-8), Prussia I-III (9-11) [missing Auction No. 12] Hannover II-VII (13-18). With pre-sales brochure, prices realized and English translations. Indispensable for the German specialist. (18 items) $200 Germany & States - Auction Catalogues: 1985-2000 Named Sales including Germania-J.P.S. Collection Robson Lowe Zurich 1985, Mrs Green-Saar Phillips London 1992, Hennig-Danzig Köhler Weisbaden 1995, Bavaria 1849-1900 Corinphila Zurich 1997 (p/r), Altdeutsche Staaten/Schwan Corinphila Zurich 1998 (p/r), Hoffmann-Hannover Köhler Weisbaden 2000, Specialised Colonies Köhler 1995. (The last five catalogues all have German text). (9) $75 Great Britain: British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily, Jarvis & Hahn published by Collectors Club, Chicago in 1984, 331pp, few tone spots on end papers, 32 colour plates and numerous bl & wh photos. $25 —- Great Britain Line Engraved Issues 1840-41 This is the Grand Prix Collection formed by Dr. Pichai Buranasombati, Shreves London 2001, Great Britain-The First Cover Feldman Zurich 1999, Robert J. Cooley Gold Medal Collections of Cayman Islands and Great Britain Line Engraved Issues Shreves NY 1995, also small brochure about Thomas E. Field. (4) $40 Great Britain - Philatelic Journals: The Philatelist, edited by Robson Lowe, comprehensive run Oct 1944 - Sept 1966.

Plus Index for 1866-76 & 1934-74. All issues have had their staples removed in preparation for binding. (approx.150 issues).

Hours of interesting reading. $150 —- The Philatelist, edited by Robson Lowe, comprehensive run of the slightly smaller format version Dec 1966 - Dec 1980.

Also Index to The Philatelist 1974-80 and The Philatelist & PJGB Some earlier issues have had staples removed in preparation for binding. Generally fine. (148) $150 —- PJGB (The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain) issues June 1966 - Sept 1980 plus index. Also The Watson Postcards & The Chalon Two Pence both by Robson Lowe. (45 items). $50 —- The Philatelist & PJGB, Feb 1981 to May/June 1983 and May/June 1991 to April/June 1993 and index for same. (26) $125 —- The London Philatelist, June 1893 to December 2010, earlier years broken runs, appears complete 1960s to 2010.

Hundreds of short, authoritative informative articles covering all aspects of philately, indispensable to the serious philatelist.

Includes indexes. Mixed condition, majority fine. 5 Large heavy cartons. (100’s). (100s) $750 —- The Philatelic Record London. Volumes 15-36, 1893-1914 Twelve bound volumes, different bindings, 1893-95, and 190405 both as one. The years 1900-02, 1908 and 1912-14 unbound. Mixed condition. (19) $300 —- Notebook Journal of the London Postal History Group No. 7 (June 1972) to No.173 (Sept 2009). Generally fine. 166 copies in 6 large folders. Numerous illustrations. $20 Great Britain - Philatelic Libraries: Catalogue of the Crawford Library of Philatelic Literature at the British Library, E.D. Bacon, 1991 large format reprint of the 1911 edition and 1926 & 1938 Supplements. Cased limited edition of 500. Details one of the most important philatelic libraries ever formed. $150 Great Britain - Postal History: Islands Postal History Series No.1 - 12 by James A. Mackay, includes all the main Scottish Islands and the Isle of Wight. (12) $80 —- Letter Receivers of London 1652-1856 A history of their offices and handstamps within the General, Penny and Twopenny Posts by H. Feldman, Volumes I & II, hard bound in slipcase. Bristol 1998. $502 —- The Grace Dove Collection of London Postal History 1569-1839. (1992). Plus Gold Medal Traudl Collection of London Postal History 1661-1839 (1999), The Jay Collection notes (2002), published by London Postal History Group. Photocopies of the 3 collections, spiral bound or stapled. (3) $20 —- The British County Catalogue of Postal History, Vols 1 & 2 2nd edition by R Willcocks & B Jay. Published by Willcocks in 1996, 248pp, Single volume listing 22 Counties. Dust Jacket. $20 —- British Postal Guide containing The Chief Regulations of the Post Office, etc published by Post Office in 1857 (1994 Reprint), 173pp, also Postal Directory 1850 (1987 Abstract reprint by London Postal History Group), The Penny Post 16801918 by F.Staff, Lutterworth Press London 1966 tatty dust jacket. (3) $20 —- The Story of the Penny Black and its Contemporaries by A. G. Rigo de Righi published by National Postal Museum, London in 1980, 56pp, also Postal Reform & The Penny Black- A New Appreciation by D. Muir, National Postal Museum, London 1990 242pp. (2) $20 —- Great Britain Post Roads, Post Towns and Postal Rates 1635-1839 by A. W. Robertson in Reprint of October 1961 ‘The Philatelist and Postal Historian’, 62pp. $15 Great Britain - Postmarks: The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red : Illustrated Guide and Catalogue by D. Goldsmith & R. Danzig published by Philatelic Imprint, London in 1991, 168pp, dust jacket and errata. Very well illustrated. $20 —- London Date Stamp Codes by W Stitt-Dibden with additional material Leon Dubus, (1979 Reprint by London Postal History Group) also Section D District Post Cancellations 1840-57, Section I Inland Branch Cancellations from December 1856

by Forrestier Smith, Section J District and Branch Office Cancellations from December 1856 (1980 & 81 editions), Section K Surburban Offices From 1856 all by Parmenter, The Bye Posts & Cross Posts of London by P Bathe, Notebook Edition 118-20 Daily Records and Orders, London EC & FS 1907-21 (1995) all in 3 large loose leaf binders. $20 —- London Cancellations : Repairs and Recutting from 1840 by L Dubus published by l’Académie de Philatélie in 1969, 327pp in 2 volumes with English and French text, small stains on end papers. $100 —- Les Oblitérations de Londres : Retouches et Regravures des Cachets by L Dubus published by l’Académie de Philatélie in 1969, small stains on endpapers. 2 Volumes with French and English text. $100 —- Barred Numeral Cancellations of London by J. Parmenter published by British Philatelic Trust, London in 1999, 358pp, hundreds of line drawings. $25 Greece - Auction Catalogues: Greece published by David Feldman in April 2012, Geneva. Unopened $15 Group With: The World’s Greatest Stamp Collectors and More of the World’s Greatest Stamp Collectors, Stanley M. Bierman, 1990, cased h/cover pair; Opinions - Philatelic Expertizing, An Inside View, Vols I & II, The Philatelic Foundation New York; The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869-1969, RPSL. (4) $120 Hawaii - Auction Catalogues: The Ryohei Ishikawa collection of The Postage Stamps and Postal History of the Hawaiian Islands, Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY (18 Nov 1980). Small faults, an import catalogue. $30 Hong Kong - Auction Catalogues: Postage Stamps and Postal History of Hong Kong and Treaty Ports Sotheby Parke Bernet, London (4 Dec 1980). $50

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India: The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Postcards & Telegraph Stamps of India & Ceylon together with 24 sheets of autotype illustrations published by Philatelic Society of London in 1892, 188pp plus plates incorporated into binding.

Rare and desirable edition. $450 India - Auction Catalogues: India Specialised published by Feldman, Geneva in May 2011, 72pp. (Unopened). $15 Italy and States - Auction Catalogues: Named Sales catalogues including Christie’s Arlberg Collection Zurich 1988, Corinphila Seta Zurich 1998 prices realised (Italian text), Harmer’s Prince Doria London 1963 p/r, Phillips Alphonse Sicily & Parma London 1986, Pontifical States and Sicily p/r London 1990, Modena and Romagna p/r London 1996. (6) $50 Japan: Diverse lot including Designs on Japanese Postage Stamps Major J. J. O’Brien Sexton (Reprinted from Transactions of Japan Society, London 1925), Catalogue of Japanese Postage Stamps 1950 and similar, small range of European catalogues including Musson & Co Europe Since 1939-Germany, Poland, Bohemia-Moravia, c1946, Prinet Allemagne-1945, SG 1948 US & Possessions (2), 1949 KGVI, Borek 1947 Deutschland. (11 items) $40 Korea - Auction Catalogues: Korea Classic Stamps and Postal History The Grand Prix Collection formed by Ichiro Kondo. Feldman Switzerland 1994. Many superb items of Korean philately are offered for sale in this hard bound catalogue. $30 Malaya - Japanese Occupation: Postage Stamps Issued in Malaya During the Japanese Occupation, March 1942August 1945, published by Caxton Press, Kuala Lumpur c1946. Fold out map inside front cover 20pp with (photocopied) ‘Errata’, very minor toning. $40 —- Postage Stamps Issued in Malaya During the Japanese Occupation, March 1942-August 1945, published by Caxton Press, Kuala Lumpur c1946. Fold out map inside front cover, 20pp with ‘Errata’, minor toning also small array (29) of banknotes in mixed condition including Japanese Occupation banknotes to $100 (2, different) and Swedish 1747 2 öre copper coin ‘G’.

(32 items) $40 —- Postage Stamps Issued in Malaya During the Japanese Occupation, March 1942-August 1945, published by Caxton Press, Kuala Lumpur c1946. Fold out map inside front cover 20pp with ‘Errata’, very minor toning. $40 Middle East - Auction Catalogues: Dr. A. Groten’s Via Palestine Nutmeg NY 1999, Kawar Family Collection of Saudi Arabia Ivy & Mader New Jersey 1998, The Kings of Egypt and Their Stamps plus a small selection of Philatelic related items including Philately and the Computer by Wolf & Mari, Nassau Street by Herman Herst. Jr (signed by author), SG 1964 Part III America, Asia & Africa, Cinderella Philatelist Index 1961-85, etc. (17) $50 —- The Nezam Ansari Collection Part II December 2011 (unopened) also Egypt, Persia & Middle East May 2011, both by Feldman, Geneva. (2) $25 New Zealand: Airmails of New Zealand Volume Two by Douglas A Walker published by The Airmail Society of New Zealand in 1986, 346pp, Hardcover with slightly worn dust jacket. Good condition. $100 —- The Penny Universal and Penny Dominion Issues of New Zealand 1901-29 by M. Jurisich 1994. (126+pp). Hard bound privately printed 1 of 3. Signed by the author. (This is a set of colour photo copies of the collection that has won Vermeil Awards). $50 New Zealand - Ross Dependency: A Postal History of Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic) 1955-77 by M. Jurisich 2002, 187pp numerous illustrations. Signed by the author. Also by the same author, a monograph from Aust. Journal of Postal History South Africa’s Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Weather Stations : 1947-90. (2) $50 Norfolk Island: Norfolk Island - A Postal and Philatelic History 1788-1969 by P. Collas & R. Breckon Melbourne 1997. $20 Olympics - Auction Catalogues: Olympic Games published by Feldman, Geneva in December 2011. (Unopened). $15 Papua New Guinea: Franklin’s Guide to the Stamps of Papua & New Guinea M. Franklin Sydney 1970, Papua New Guinea Decimal Stamps 1966-1982 The Story Behind the Stamp by J. Bentley 1982 Bathurst, plus 2 small PNG brochures.

(4) $25 Philatelic Journals - Exhibitions: The Asia Pacific Exhibitor, May 1994, May 1997 and Nov 1998 to Nov 2005 plus Handbook, 10 Year Index, Regulations & Guidelines, plus 3 copies of The Australian Exhibitor’. Invaluable information not only for the exhibitor but when writing up your collection with a view of resale. (39) $50 Philippines - Postal History: Postal History of the Spanish Philippines 1565-1898 by D Peterson & G Lewis, 2000, Washington. 238pp and numerous black & white illustrations, errata included. $75 Portugal - Auction Catalogues: 1995 (21 Nov) Angelo Lima Collection/AFINSA, with prices realised. 262pp with 320 covers or stamps illustrated in colour, English & Portuguese text, boxed. $40 —- 1998 (12 Sep) António Felino Collection/AFINSA, with prices realised, 303pp with 413 covers or stamps illustrated in colour, English & Portuguese text, boxed. $40 —- 2000 (1 April) Dr. Claudino Pereira Collection/AFINSA, 219pp with 520 covers or stamps illustrated in colour. Portuguese text only. $40 Railways - Non Philatelic: Model Trains : Complete Book of Model Railroading Sutton, Steam Railways of the World Whitehouse, Encylopedia of Model Railways, Stamps include Franklin’s Guide to the Stamps of Papua & New Guinea (ex library), Brusden-White 1988 Bound edition, The Stamp Atlas Rossiter/Flower, etc. (9 items) $25 Rates/Desinations: 2003 Emerald Collection of Destination Mail of the World Feldman Geneva 2003, France Tables of French Postal Rates 1849 to Date D. Richardson 1992 Wembley (plus corrections), Parity of Currencies in Postal History 1700-1875 L. Janssen, 2001 English/Dutch text also W. E. Lea Fine Stamps No. 8 (4) $60 Reptiles - Non Philatelic: Reptiles & Frogs of Australia Griffiths, Australian Reptiles & Frogs Hoser, Living Snakes of the World in Colour Mehrtens, Turtles, Tortoises & Terrapins Obst, The Cold Blooded Australians Schmida, several other publications also included. Some books have had dust jackets removed. (14) $120 Robson Lowe: A Review of Private Treaty and Auction Sales from 1938-39 to 1988 almost complete plus several Private Treaty brochures, 1968 ‘Specimen Sample Stamps booklet, 1970 R.L. at Philympia, etc. All have had staples removed in preparation for binding also British Empire Review 1961-68. (50+) $50 Robson Lowe Vol 1 Great Britain & the Empire in Europe: (1952) 2nd edition, signed on inner front page “with best wishes from Robson Lowe”, 456pp. $110 Robson Lowe Vol 5 North America: fine condition, no dust jacket. $75 —- parts I-II and III-IV (1973) 1st edition, 760pp, as new in slip case. (2) $110 Rocks & Gemstones - Non Philatelic: Small selection of books on rocks, minerals & gemstones also many rocks, minerals, etc, identified including amethyst, honey & orange calcite, coquinite, crocoite, greenstone, spotted, red and zebra jasper, pyromorphite, blue, green & rose quartz, serpentine with stichtite, sodalite, thunder eggs, etc. Many small plastic display stands are included. Ideal lot for beginner. (10 books and numerous samples). Heavy lot. $100 RPSV Publications: [1] 1926 edition of The Philatelic Society of Victoria by A. Derrick (ex library copy); [2] J. R. W. Purves : A Philatelic Bibliography G. Kellow Melbourne 1982; [3] Century of Happiness H. Chisholm Melbourne 1992; [4] The Emblems of Victoria 1857-63 JRW Purves Melbourne 1957. (4) $50 Russia - Auction Catalogues: Russian Post Offices in the Chinese Empire : The Dr. Raymond Casey Grand Prix Collection published by Feldman, Geneva in April 2012. (Unopened). $15 Scott Catalogues: 2009 Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue volumes 1-6. Brand new, absolute bargain. (6) $100 —- [1] 2002 Scott Specialized Catalogue of US Stamps & Covers; [2] 2000 Scott Standard Stamp Catalogue C-F; [3] 2005 Scott Standard Stamp Catalogue from C-Z in 5 volumes. $20 Ship Mail: North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-75, W. Hubbard and R.F. Winter, 1988, 419pp with d/jacket. Retails $300+. $150

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—- Understanding Transatlantic Mail. Vol.1, R.F. Winter, Bellefonte, USA, 2006; also includes CD-ROM with many colour illustrations of items in the book. Retail approx US$250. $125 Shipping & Wrecks: Passenger Ships of the World-Past & Present E.W. Smith 1978 2nd edition, Sailing Ships & Their Story E. Keble Chatterton London 1914 (tone spots throughout), Wrecks & Reputation 1977, Shipwrecks of Tasmania’s Wild West Coast G. Broxam Hobart 1993. (4) $80 South America - Auction Catalogues: group with Argentina 1998 The Luis Alemany Collection of Classic Argentina, 2000 The Grand Collection of Argentina and 2001 The Argentine Stagecoach; BRAZIL 1986 The Gordon N. John Collection, 2001 The Santos Collection, First Issues - The Tijuca Collection and 1 other; 1996 Martin de Bustamante Collection of Ecuador etc.; 1994 The Robert LeBow Collection of Classic Peru; 1999 The Gallagher/ Rudman Puerto Rico. An informative group of named auction catalogues. (10) $150 Spain - Auction Catalogues: 1997 (4 Nov) First Postage Stamp of Spain Collection/AFINSA with prices realised.

299pp with 289 covers or stamps illustrated in colour. English & Spanish text. Boxed. $40 Switzerland - Auction Catalogues: Switzerland : Schweiz-Suisse-Svizzera-Svizra & Liechtenstein published by Feldman, Geneva, December 2010. (Unopened). $15 —- Named Sales including Roland Harris Switzerland Harmer’s London 1976 (p/r), Prof. Landau Switzerland Christie’s/R.Lowe Zurich 1987, Helveticus 1 & 2 Feldman Zurich 1991 & 1992, Canton of Geneva - The Collection Feldman Zurich 2000. (5) $50 Thailand: Centennial of Thai Postage Stamps published by CAT 4 August 1963, hardbound in white with gold embossing, presentation copy to Leigh Mardon / CPE Aust Ltd [stamp printers], written in both Thai and English. Plus Standard Catalogue of Thai Postage Stamps pub Sakserm Siriwong 1991, Thai language. (2) $40 —- The Prakaipet Indhusophon Collection of Siam by Prakaipet Indhusophon 1989 hardbound in slipcase pub by 3D Printing Co Bangkok signed by author. Definitely the greatest collection of Siam ever formed, rivalling those put together by Row, Stewart et al. $120 —- Postal Organization of the Kingdom of Siam J. Lancaster Monograph 1992, Thailand Stamp Booklets K.J. Wirth, 1987.

Thailand Philatelic Handbook Vol 1 - The Government Post Offices Blakeney 1997, Thailand : Mail to and From Prisoners of War and Civil Internees 1942-45 Collins (no date). (4) $40 —- Numerous photocopied/handwritten or computer produced pages of a collector’s notes dealing with Registration labels, Thai POs 1960, 1979, 1980, Thai Post Codes 1989, Official Standardised Spelling 1967, POs in Ceded Territories, many illustrations of postmarks, etc. Hours of research has been done to assemble this large quantity of information. (11 folders/binders including Thai language book about PO operations). $100 Thailand - Auction Catalogues: Carlos C. Swanson M.D. Siam Torres, Barcelona 1992 also earlier Torres catalogue with small section of Thailand, both have prices realised and prices penned in. (2) $20 —- Walter Pears Thailand Harmer’s London 1979 (p/r), Charles Stewart Siam Christie’s/R.Lowe Zurich 1984, Prakaipet Indhusophon Collection of Stamps & Covers Christie’s Singapore 1993 (p/r), Rare Stamp & Postal History Feldman Singapore 1995 (p/r), Thailand Leski Melbourne 2005. (5) $50 Thailand - Postmarks: Thailand Philatelic Handbooks - Vol. 1 Government Post Offices 1997, Vol. 3 Thai Railroad Post Offices 1998, Vol. 4 Registered Mail Markings 1997, Vol. 5 Mail Markings 1997, & Vol. 7a Thai Postmark Handbook Part 1 2001 (all by Blakeney and numbered ‘No. 17’ and are ex-Library of Kevin Ryan), Thai Registered Mail Markings - A Preliminary Study 1992, Thailand, The Post Offices and their Postmarks since the introduction of the Postcode System in 1982 also Thai Commemorative Covers Grassi 1987 (Thai & English). (8) $80 United States of America: with The United States 1c Franklin 1861-1867, Don L. Evans, 1997, 418pp, h/cover; The 3c Stamp of the United States 1851-1857 Issue, C. Chase, 1975 with d/jacket, very scarce; The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1855-1857, S.B. Ashbrook; The United States Ten Cent Stamp of 1855-1859, M. Neinkin; The United States 15c Stamp of 1870-1890, W.R. Weiss Jr. Retail $480+. (5) $200 —- Group with History of Letter Post Communications Between the United States and Europe 1845-1875, G.E. Hargest, 2nd Edition 1975; Confederate States Catalog and Hand-Book, A. Dietz, 1959; United States Telegraph Stamps and Franks, G.J. Kramer, limited edition 24/50, signed, 1992 plus Pricing and Control Number Guide. (4) $100 United States of America - Auction Catalogues: 1993 Greg Manning Southern Cross Collection of US Stamps & Plate Blocks (p/r), 1998 Shreves Eliot H Weisman Collection of Important Mint US Stamps & Plate Blocks. Schuyler Rumsey The Renard Collection of the 3c 1851 issue and includes fabulous selection of illustrated covers. (3) $50 —- United States Post Offices in Japan Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York (7 Jul 1981). 143 items described and many photographed. $25 —- Ishikawa Collection of United States Stamps and Covers 1847-69, Christie’s New York (28-29 Sept 1993). Prices realised. 372pp. 746 items illustrated in colour. $40 United States of America - Philatelic Journals: The American Philatelist, July 2000 to Nov 2006. Many articles abound on stamps, postal history, Letters to the Editor, book reviews, new issues, etc, plus bound index Vol 1 (1897) to Vol 100 (1986). Good read. (75) $50 —- The Chronicle of the US Classic Postal Issues (26), Feb 1996 to Aug 2001 with many interesting articles about early US issues and a bundle of The Chairman’s Chatter. (24) Ideal lot for researcher or specialist. $50 —- Philatelic Literature Review, Journal of the American Philatelic Research Library. Volumes 1 to 54, 1950 to 2005, in 31 individual bindings plus 3 unbound issues for 2006 and 1 duplicate. Indispensable for researching available philatelic literature or building a reference library. (35) $450 United States of America - Postal History: History of Letter Post Communication Between the United States and Europe 1845-1875, G.E. Hargest, 2nd Ed. 1975. 234pp. (small dust jacket fault). $40 Western Europe - Auction Catalogues: including Österreich 1850-64-Grosse Collection Köhler Weisbaden 2001 (German text), Flora of the Ottoman Empire-Revenue Stamps Found on the Island of Crete 1830-97 G. Xanthakis 1997.

France Classique-Mont Blanc Corinphila Zurich 1998, Parthenon Collection of Large Hermes Heads of Greece Ivy & Mader New York 1995 also The First Athens Issue of the Large Hermes Heads of Greece Photiadis RPS London 1965 (Limited edition), Scandinavia includes Postiljonen Christian Andersen Denmark, Part 1 (p/r), Classic Denmark Corinphila Zurich 1998, Mellgren Classic Finland Corinphila Zurich 1997, Norway #1 Specialised Postiljonen Copenhagen 1987 (p/r).

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