Auction 44 Section 1

Section 1 Lot 1091: First Wmk 6d Roo Substituted Cliché - Die IIA mint.

Auction No.44 Thursday 24th March 2016, commencing at 9:30am Level 2, 170 Queen Street, Melbourne, Australia.

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Lot 1190: 1d Wmk Reversed pair

Lot 1215: 6d Kooka ‘Top Hat’ Lot 433: Straits $5 Small Second ‘A’ in a pair

Lot 168: Falklands 1933 5/- rare shade

Lot 1167: 5d Bright Chestnut perf ‘OS’

Lot 606: Mauritius 1848-59 2d

Lot 1241: £2 Roller Shift to Upper Right Frame in strip of 3

Lot 1282: 37c Wildlife lower row Imperforate at Base

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Welcome to Phoenix Auctions Auction No.44 Welcome to our second major Public Auction for 2016 comprising nearly 1,450 lots to be held on Thursday 24th March commencing at 9.30am. Please note that the auction is to be held on a Thursday, and not Friday as is usual.

This is our second catalogue in the new economic format which has been well received by our clients, especially as image quality has not diminished. Our review and subsequent reduction of catalogue production costs has also allowed us to maintain our Buyer's Commission rate at 19.25%, and we never charge fees for phone bidding nor for our highly efficient online bidding service. For this auction we have produced a separate supplement with images layed-out in sequential order which we believe will enable our clients to cross reference decriptions to corresponding images with relative ease. Also customer feedback has prompted us to make helpful adjustments to our catalogue text with additional symbols introduced to the second columm namely 'P' for Proof, 'R' for 'Reprint & 'S' for Specimen.

We are actively seeking consignments for future auctions, so if you are thinking of disposing of your collection please call Matt, Ian or David. David, thankfully, has overcome an unfortunate bout of ill-health and is planning to attend the Canberra Stamp Show (along with Ken Pearson) between 18th-20th March where lots from sale 44 will be available for viewing (ex album & carton lots) as well Premier Postal Auctions unsolds, so please drop by and say hello and maybe peruse some lots.

Box Lot Auction #1602 starts at 3:00pm on Wednesday 23rd March.

General Sale #44 Session 1 will start at 9:30am on Thurs 24th and comprises over 870 Foreign & British Commonwealth lots with probably the most extensive Malayan States section we have ever offered, plus plenty of other scarce to rare items from other Commonwealth countries. This whole section is well supported with postal history featuring selected items from Rod Perry's Collection of Airborne Commercial Mail to Australia.

Session 2 will start at lot 878, no earlier than 1:30pm, comprising over 300 Australian Colonies, Kangaroos and KGV Sideface lots, with several rarities including a mint example of Roos First Wmk 6d blue Substituted Cliche - Die IIA, plus a nice selection of ever-popular CTO issues.

Session 3 will start at lot 1194, no earlier than 3:30 pm, comprising over 250 lots with the balance of the Australian material including Decimal Varieties, Postal History, Military Mail plus Australian Territories material.

Viewing for this Auction.

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8am to 9:30am - after 9:30am limited viewing only.

Non-Melbourne based clients are welcome to do early viewing. Simply call us first so we can prepare everything for you.

Auction Agents: Mark Knothe - ph 0414 894 991, email gknothe@bigpond.com Matt Hancock - ph 0401 976 018, email stampsulike@gmail.com Bernie Manning - ph 0412 782 373, email berniemanning@optusnet.com.au Nick Martin (UK) - ph 01205 460968, email nick@loveauctions.co.uk Trevor Chinery (UK) - ph 01205 330 026, email trevortrilogy@aol.com

Special Mention for this Auction to: David Wood, Matt Hancock, Alison Burns, Cathy Bishop, Chamu Chander, and Ian Matthews.

Special thanks to Mark Knothe, Our Consulting Philatelist, and Ken and Betty Pearson for their continued support at Auction times

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My Auction 44 Bidsheet.

As mentioned earlier My Auction Bidsheet is the most important part of the website when you have placed bids in the auction, because it provides everything you need to manage your bidding. With this screen you can change your bids, add limits to ensure you don’t overspend, enter Credit Card details or other special instructions. And it always shows you the current status of your bids.

The lot is highlighted when you have the top bid so it is easy to see the current situation with your bids.

As well as being able to modify your bids there is a +5% button which increases your bid to 5% above the current starting price. At the bottom of this webpage there is also a field to globally increase all your bids by any percentage amount. Very useful when your bids are all way below the starting price or you want to give yourself that extra level of safety.

The website is there to help you get the most when dealing with Phoenix Auctions. We hope you take a little time to use it to your advantage. Remember that we are always happy to help if you have a problem or questions.

Terms and Conditions: These are found on the rear of your printed bidsheet and on the Phoenix website. At this auction the Buyer’s commission is 19.25% (incl GST) Contact Details: Web: www.PhoenixAuctions.com.au email: phoenix@PhoenixAuctions.com.au Phone: 03 8682-9876 +613 8682-9876 Fax: 03 8677-2858 +613 8677-2858 Offices and Auction Room: Level 2, 170 Queen Street, Melbourne.

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How to Get the Most from Our Catalogue These notes are offered as a guide to understanding the information given as symbols.

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Firstly, we have the lot number. Most lots have at least one illustration in the catalogue and on our website many will have multiple illustrations.

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The second column contains a symbol, which represents the item(s) in the lot: ** Mint, unmounted o.g. * Mint, mounted o.g.

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When a catalogue value is extrapolated the value is followed by a ↕, e.g. $2000↕. Typical extrapolations are 40% of the catalogue value for hinged mint when the catalogue only provides values for MUH, 200% for MUH when the catalogue value is for mint hinged.

The following notes apply specifically to postmark description.

Whenever possible postmarks will be described in full, except that the top portion of a postmark is only spelt out when it differs from the post office name or requires some clarification. Bracketed shaded text within a description indicates that these characters cannot be read, while greyed characters are hard to read or are only partly present, as is the case when part of the postmark is on the edge of a stamp.

Very large or small letters are represented by large and small fonts respectively; small fonts are particularly used to indicate the presence of small nylon wheels in the datestamp. The following example illustrates these points: '[POST] OFFICE/21DE86/GARAH'.

After the forscription of the postmark we will indicate the overall quality of the cancel with a bracketed 2 character code. The first character is A-D where A is a fine clear postmark through to D which is barely legible. The second character is a number from 1 to 4 where 1 is complete including all the frame through to 4 where only 25% or less of the cancel is visible. For exceptional strikes we will further qualify the quality code with a ‘+’ and for items which are light etc the code will be qualified with a ‘-’.

For postmark lots the condition of the postmark is the most important aspect of our descriptions. Minor defects in the stamp or cover are mentioned only when the value of the item is significant. Naturally, major defects will always be described.

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No GST is added to the hammer price. The vendors have accepted responsibility for any tax payable.

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We use the following standardised abbreviations: og original gum opt(d) overprint(ed) d/s datestamp cds circular datestamp h/s handstamp mss manuscript; handwritten ERD earliest recorded date LRD latest recorded date o/o opened-out RLabel registration label M/S(s) miniature sheet(s) PPC picture postcard impt imprint mtd mounted provl provisional wmk watermark LDL large dateline (postmarks) SDL small dateline (postmarks) TLC,TRC,LLC,LRC Top Left Cnr, Top Right Cnr, Lower Left Cnr, Lower Right Cnr

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 Country and Regional Classification Afghanistan: 12 Africa: 46-48,63,159-166,196,199-200,204, 227,232-237,242-244,248-250,258, 270-271,314,332,348-349,360, 370-377,685,702,707-733,779-781, 7 8 6 - 7 9 8 , 8 0 1 - 8 11 , 8 2 2 , 8 3 4 - 8 3 5 , 846-847,877,1398 Antarctica: 175-178,653,799-800 Antigua: 13-14 Arab States: 40,51,159-166,200,222, 232-237,270,302,309,332,348-349, 360,391,685,690-691,702,707-708, 771,810,828,846-847,1382,1398 Argentina: 15-18,1350 Ascension: 19-23 Asia: 10,12,36,40,67-76,78-82,114, 117-121,123-139,164,197-198,212, 215,230-231,251-255,303,307-308, 312,316,320,325-330,333-345,347, 351,378-388,397-602,656-684, 686-689,696,708,764-769,782-784, 812, 836, 861, 865, 872, 1287, 1290, 1384-1385 Australasia: 3,14-18,33-36,40,45,50-53, 60-63, 78, 80-81, 110-114, 118-122, 133,136-142,144-146,148-149,152, 155,157-158,164-165,181,193-194, 1 9 7 - 2 0 0 , 2 0 2 , 2 11 - 2 2 3 , 2 2 7 , 2 6 6 , 269-271,292-295,297-298,300-314, 316-318,320,323-324,327-328, 330-332,338-343,346-347,349-350, 354,358,360,364-366,368-369, 373-375,377,391,396,437-440,485, 494,503,566-567,588,605,607-610, 612,614,618-626,629-652,654-655, 683-684,690,692-698,701,705, 707-708,785,795-796,798,808, 810-812,814-819,821-822,825-828, 830,832-833,839-840,843-848, 856-857,859-871,875-876,878-1411, 1413-1448 Australia: 3,11,14-15,17-18,33-36,44-46, 50-53, 55, 60-63, 78, 80-81, 88, 101, 103-105, 110-115, 118-119, 121-122, 133,136,138-142,144-146,148-149, 157-158,164-165,181,193-194,197, 199-200,202,211,213-223,227,255, 266-267,270,272,288,293-295, 297-298,300-313,316-318,320, 323-324,326-328,330-332,337-343, 346,349-350,353-354,358,360-361, 366,368-370,372-375,377,391,396, 423-427,436-440,485,494,503, 566-567,605,607-610,612,614, 618-619,621-626,636-639,647, 654-655,683-684,687-688,690,692, 694-698,701-702,707-708,757, 759-761,779-780,795-796,798,808, 810-812,814-819,821-822,825-830, 832-833,843-848,856-857,859-866, 871, 875-876, 878-1411, 1415-1416, 1418, 1421, 1423, 1426, 1428-1432, 1434-1439 Australia - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 1412,1417-1441 Australia Commonwealth: 1038, 1078-1296,1312,1319-1320, 1326-1327, 1351, 1387, 1418, 1421, 1423,1426,1428-1429,1431, 1434-1436 Australian Capital Territory: 80,148

Australian Colonies - General: 15,17-18, 33-36, 45, 50-53, 60-63, 78, 80-81, 110-114, 118-119, 121-122, 133, 136, 138-142,144-146,148-149,157-158, 164-165,181,193-194,197,199-200, 2 0 2 , 2 11 , 2 1 3 - 2 2 3 , 2 7 0 , 2 9 3 - 2 9 5 , 297-298,300-313,316-318,320, 323-324,327-328,330-332,338-343, 346,349-350,354,358,360,366, 368-369,373-375,377,391,396, 437-440,485,494,503,566-567,605, 607-610,612,614,618-619,621-623, 625-626,654-655,683-684,690,692, 694-698,701,707-708,795-796,798, 808,810-812,814-819,821-822, 825-828,830,832-833,843-848, 856-857,859-863,865-866,871, 875-876,878-1077,1096,1133,1137, 1159, 1174, 1229, 1291-1292, 1307, 1315, 1318, 1324, 1327, 1343, 1349, 1361, 1363, 1373, 1381, 1383-1386, 1388, 1393, 1403, 1406-1408, 1410, 1415-1416 Australian Territories: 212,867-869,1195, 1256, 1260, 1264, 1280-1281, 1294, 1378,1403,1405,1413-1448 Austria: 24-37,59,151 Baden: 205 Bahamas: 38-39 Bahrain: 40 Balkans: 59,77,143,295,314-320,359, 698-700,734,845,873-876 Baltic States: 389-390,396 Barbados: 41-45 Basutoland: 46-48 Bavaria: 736 Belgium: 49-53,1225 Belgium - Transit or Destination Mail: 289 Bermuda: 54-58 Bosnia & Herzegovina: 59 Brazil: 60-63 British Commonwealth: 3,8,11-23,33-36, 38-48, 50-58, 60-76, 78-81, 83-122, 133-134,136-142,144-146,148-150, 152,155,157-181,193-194,197-200, 2 0 2 , 2 0 4 , 2 11 - 2 2 3 , 2 2 7 , 2 4 8 - 2 5 0 , 259-314,316-318,320-354,358, 360-366,368-377,379-386,391-392, 396-456,460-610,612-614,618-698, 701-702,705,707-733,755-769, 772-812,814-819,821-822,825-828, 830,832-835,837-849,855-857, 859-872,875-1411,1413-1448 British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (Bcof): 1359,1412 British Honduras: 64-65 British Military Administration: 449-452, 458,679 British Somaliland: 360,786 British Virgin Islands: 66 British West Indies: 13-14,38-39,41-45, 54-58,66,115-116,321-323,361-366, 613,842-844,849,855 Brunei: 67-76 Bulgaria: 77 Burma: 78-81,164,215,312,316,330,340, 347,685 Cambodia: 82 Canada: 83-113,652,1349,1404 Canal Zone: 114 Cape Of Good Hope: 714,787-788 Cayman Islands: 115-116 Central Africa: 685 Ceylon: 117-121,1349 Chile: 122 China: 6-7,9,110,114,123-139,197-198, 228,230-231,242-243,251-255, 325-330,859,861,865 Christmas Island: 785,1195,1256,1260, 1280-1281, 1294, 1345, 1372, 1375, 1377-1378

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Collections & Accumulations: 1,3,8, 11-23, 33-36, 38-48, 50-76, 78-81, 83-122, 133-134, 136-142, 144-146, 148-150,152-153,155,157-181, 193-194,197-200,202,204-205, 2 11 - 2 2 3 , 2 2 7 , 2 4 2 - 2 4 3 , 2 4 8 - 2 5 0 , 258-314,316-318,320-354,358, 360-366,368-377,379-386,391-392, 396-456,460-610,612-614,618-698, 701-702,705,707-734,755-769, 771-812,814-819,821-822,825-828, 830,832-835,837-849,855-857, 859-872,875-1411,1413-1448 Colombia: 140-142 Crete: 295 Croatia: 143 Cuba: 144-146 Curacao: 147-149 Cyprus: 150,1131 Czechoslovakia: 151-152 Danzig: 153 Denmark: 154-156 Dominican Republic: 157 Dubai: 220,305,313,1384,1386 Ecuador: 158 Egypt: 159-166,270,295,304,332,348-349, 360,685,702,707-708,810,846-847, 1398 Falkland Islands: 167-178,799-800 Falkland Islands Dependencies: 175-178 Federated Malay States: 441-448,457,566 Fiji: 11,179-180,269,1236 Finland: 181 France: 17,52,61-62,82,122,182-195,231, 304,608-609,652,693,895-896,1025, 1349,1375,1385,1410 French Colonies: 196-200,895 French Community: 82,196-203,628,895 Gambia: 1,204 German Colonies: 230-258 German Post Offices Abroad: 230-241 German Post Offices in China: 230-231 German Post Offices in Morocco: 232-237 German Post Offices in Turkey: 238-241 German States: 205,736,983 Germany: 153,205-258,395,735-754,812, 814-819, 831, 983, 1185, 1235, 1251, 1384,1396 Germany - Allied Occupation: 227 Germany - East: 228 Germany - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 232-237 Germany - West: 229 Ghana: 1,270-271 Gibraltar: 259-265 Gilbert & Ellice Islands: 266-269 Gold Coast: 270-271 Great Britain: 8,117,130,137-138,163,227, 267,272-313,352,649,652,655,682, 691, 790-791, 793, 811, 832, 839, 864, 981, 1022-1023, 1053, 1237, 1349, 1360, 1376, 1385-1386, 1388, 1404, 1447 Great Britain - Post Offices Abroad: 326 Great Britain - Transit or Destination Mail: 367 Greece: 35,295,314-320,698-700,845,874 Grenada: 321-323 Gulf States: 40,51,220,222,300,302,305, 309-310,313,317,346-351,771,816, 818,848,876,1382,1384 Honduras: 324 Hong Kong: 114,133-134,136-137, 325-330,861,865 Hungary: 24,59,331-332 Iceland: 1271 Independent Africa: 270-271,779-781, 834-835

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12,40,78-81,117-118,137,139,164, 212,215,303,307,312,316,330, 333-345,347,351,398-402,567,588, 687-689,708,797,812,848,872, 1384-1385 Indian States: 344-345 Indonesia: 1290 Iran: 346-347,351 Iraq: 300,310,317,346,348-351,391,816, 818,848,876 Ireland: 352-354,878 Israel: 355,690-691,828,847 Italian Colonies: 360 Italian Occupied Slovenia: 359 Italian States: 29 Italy: 29,36,130,163,356-360,605,821,983, 1261 Jamaica: 361-366,855 Japan: 131,367-369,1359,1412 Japan - Occupied Territories: 455-456, 571 Johore: 455,459-485 Kedah: 455,459,486-494 Kelantan: 495-503 Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika: 248-250, 314,370-377,1386 Korea: 378 Labuan: 68-69,379-386,397,421-422,457 Laos: 10,387-388 Las Bela: 344-345 Latin America: 15-18,60-63,114,122, 140-142,144-146,157-158,324, 607-610,654-655,692-695,871,1350 Latvia: 389-390 League of Nations - Geneva: 833 Lebanon: 391 Leeward Islands: 392 Liechtenstein: 393-395 Lithuania: 396 Lombardy & Venetia: 29 Lourenco Marques: 707 Malacca: 504 Malaya: 67-76,379-386,397-602,656-684, 764-769 Malayan Postal Union: 453-454 Malayan States: 457-459 Malaysia: 68,379-386,421-422 Malta: 11,603-605 Mauritius: 606 Mexico: 607-610 Middle East: 40,51,159-166,220,222,270, 300,302,305,309-310,313,317,332, 346-351,355,360,685,690-691,702, 707-708,771,810,816,818,828, 846-848,876,1382,1384,1398 Monaco: 611-612 Montserrat: 613 Morocco: 232-237 Mozambique: 708 Mozambique Company: 708 Nauru: 1423 Negri Sembilan: 441,455,505-517 Netherlands: 147-149,614-617 Netherlands - Transit or Destination Mail: 288 Netherlands Colonies: 36,618-626,864, 867 Netherlands Indies: 36,618-625,864 Netherlands New Guinea: 867 New Caledonia: 201-202 New Guinea: 867-869,1405,1417-1441 New Hebrides: 627-628 New Hebrides (French): 628

New South Wales: 15,17-18,34,45,60-61, 63,78,111,121,138-139,142,144-145, 149,158,181,193,197,199-200,202, 211,214,217,221-222,267,297-298, 301-303,311,323-324,332,342-343, 346,354,366,373-375,377,391, 438-439,485,566,610,612,614, 618-619,625,654-655,683-684,690, 692,694-695,698,707-708,798,806, 808,814-816,821-822,826-827,830, 832-833,841,845-848,856,862,871, 875-876, 879-898, 927, 1109, 1133, 1174, 1185, 1194, 1204, 1253-1254, 1291-1292, 1304, 1315, 1333, 1337, 1339, 1348, 1354, 1356, 1364, 1381, 1386, 1388, 1393, 1396, 1399-1401, 1403,1407,1410,1415-1416,1448 New Zealand: 14,16-17,40,114,120, 136-138,152,155,198,269,271,292, 309,314,347,364-365,566,588,610, 620,624,629-652,692-693,705, 839-840, 860, 864-865, 1275, 1387, 1391 New Zealand Territories: 653 Newfoundland: 83-84 Newspaper Stamps: 31-32,207,1130,1139, 1310,1417-1441 Nicaragua: 654-655 Norfolk Island: 1413-1416 North Borneo: 656-684 Northern Ireland: 1053 Northern Territory: 341,604,690,1229, 1335,1361,1381,1393,1409 Nyasaland: 685 Pacific Islands: 45,113-114,149,179-180, 201-203,245-247,256-257,266-269, 627-628,785,837-841,863,870,1236, 1353,1355,1388,1417-1441 Pahang: 518-531 Pakistan: 12,308,320,686-689 Palestine: 690-691,828,847 Panama: 15,692 Papua: 212,1442-1443 Papua New Guinea: 1264,1403,1405, 1444-1448 Paraguay: 694 Patriotic Covers: 1356,1410-1411 Penang: 398,402,438,458-459,532,567 Perak: 441-442,455,518,525-526,533-567 Perlis: 459,568-570 Persia: 346-347,351 Peru: 693-695 Philippines: 696 Poland: 153,697-702 Portugal: 156,200,703-706 Portuguese Colonies: 706-708 Prince Edward Island: 85 Proofs & Essays: 1057,1059,1197 Queensland: 62-63,112,121,140-141,149, 197,330,338,349-350,354,494,695, 811,825,828,863,866,899-941,1096, 1159, 1226, 1349, 1361, 1367, 1393, 1403,1406-1408,1411 Rhodesia: 709-733,807-808 Romania: 734 Ross Dependency: 653 Russia - All Periods: 389-390,396,1358, 1410 Saar: 735-754 Sabah: 656-684 Samoa: 242-243,1353,1355 Sarawak: 764-769 Sardinia: 29 Saudi Arabia: 51,302,771 Scandinavia: 154-156,181,812-822,1271 Scotland: 313 Selangor: 566,571-588 Seychelles: 772-778 Sharjah & Dependencies: 222,309,1382 Sierra Leone: 11,779-781 Singapore: 437,440,485,567,696,782-784 Slovakia: 152

Solomon Islands: 785,870 Somaliland (British): 360,786 South Africa: 714,787-798,801-806 South African Colonies: 204,789-793 South Australia: 17,33,113,134,142,148, 194, 204, 223, 298, 323, 341, 440, 610, 618,626,654,690,692-693,770, 795-796,855-856,859-860,862,871, 942-954,1038,1137,1229,1337,1343, 1352,1361,1370,1381,1385,1393 South Georgia: 799-800 South West Africa: 801-806 Southern Africa: 46-48,707-733,787-798, 801-808 Southern Rhodesia: 807-808 Specimens & Reprints: 891,924,942,1197 Sri Lanka: 117-121 St. Helena: 755-763 Stamps on Cover: 1087,1109 Straits Settlements: 397-440,462-463, 519-521,535,538-541 Sudan: 373,809-811 Sungei Ujong: 505-514 Surinam: 626 Sweden: 135,812-822,1259,1370 Switzerland: 227,394,702,823-833,1137 Tanganyika: 248-250,314,373 Tanzania: 834-835 Tasmania: 298,311,878,955-986,1174, 1291-1292,1373,1383,1393,1401 Telegram Envelopes: 1331 Telegram Forms: 1331 Thailand: 36,197,836,1287 Tonga: 837-841 Trengganu: 589-602 Trinidad: 842 Trinidad & Tobago: 843-844 Turkey: 238-241,845-848 Turks & Caicos Islands: 849 United Nations: 833 United States of America: 12,44,63,107, 111 , 11 4 , 1 3 0 - 1 3 2 , 1 3 4 , 1 4 1 - 1 4 2 , 144-146,148-149,157-158,201, 224-225,227,267-269,323-324, 364-365,607,610,627,654,692-693, 695,705,820,822,829-831,835, 842-844, 850-871, 894, 1028, 1039, 1087, 1257, 1261, 1275, 1333, 1352, 1354,1357,1380,1387-1388 United States Territories: 114 Vanuatu: 628 Venezuela: 871 Victoria: 17,35-36,45,50-53,61,63,81, 110-112, 114, 118-119, 122, 133, 146, 149,157,164-165,213-216,218-220, 270,293-295,298,300-301,305-309, 3 11 - 3 1 2 , 3 1 6 - 3 1 8 , 3 2 0 , 3 2 6 - 3 2 8 , 339-341,343,358,360,368-369,396, 437-439,503,567,605,607-609, 621-623,626,696-697,701,810,812, 817-819,843-844,848,860-861,865, 871,878,987-1039,1225,1259,1310, 1318, 1324, 1327, 1340, 1356, 1373, 1380-1381, 1383-1384, 1386, 1389, 1410 Vietnam: 872 Wallis & Futuna: 203 War Savings Stamps And Certificates: 1312-1313,1386 Western Australia: 111,118,136,145, 218-219,298,304,310,313,331,625, 857, 1040-1077, 1127, 1194, 1307, 1361,1363,1385 Western Europe: 24-37,52,59,82,151,153, 156,182-195,200,205-265,304, 393-395,611-612,702-706,735-754, 812,814-819,823-833,895,983,1137, 1185,1235,1251,1384-1385,1396 Wurttemberg: 983 Yugoslavia: 59,143,359,873-876 Zanzibar: 877

Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 Thematic And Topical Classification Advertising: 366,1025,1027-1028,1348, 1354,1362 Aeroplanes: 117,134,167,172-173,203, 210,292-293,800,1313,1392,1414 Agriculture: 48,108,622,700,1024, 1324-1325 Air Force: 40,341,343,377,503,836 Aircraft Names - Arethusa: 164-165,215, 316,340,614,817 Aircraft Names - Astraea: 164,215,316, 340 Aircraft Names - Atalanta: 301 Aircraft Names - Athena: 303,375,614,697 Aircraft Names - Aurora: 214,217,298,815 Aircraft Names - Brisbane: 318 Aircraft Names - Caledonia: 306,1384 Aircraft Names - California: 113 Aircraft Names - Calpurnia: 310-311 Aircraft Names - Cameronian: 1386 Aircraft Names - Camilla: 1384 Aircraft Names - Canberra: 50 Aircraft Names - Canopus: 1384 Aircraft Names - Capella: 307 Aircraft Names - Capricornus: 304 Aircraft Names - Castor: 1386 Aircraft Names - Centaurus: 218,819 Aircraft Names - Centurion: 1384 Aircraft Names - Ceres: 307 Aircraft Names - Challenger: 36,612 Aircraft Names - China: 110,859,861 Aircraft Names - Circe: 36,222,309,623 Aircraft Names - City of Alexandria: 295 Aircraft Names - City of Cairo: 437 Aircraft Names - City of Johannesburg: 822 Aircraft Names - City of Khartoum: 861 Aircraft Names - Clio: 312 Aircraft Names - Cooee: 53,194,222, 308-309,320,846-847 Aircraft Names - Coogee: 35,219,358,396, 828 Aircraft Names - Cordelia: 35,52,219,223, 358,396 Aircraft Names - Corinna: 875 Aircraft Names - Corio: 220,222,305-306, 309,828,1385-1386 Aircraft Names - Coriolanus: 53,194 Aircraft Names - Corsair: 1385 Aircraft Names - Cygnus: 304 Aircraft Names - Diana: 214,298,815 Aircraft Names - Dixie: 863 Aircraft Names - Faith in Australia: 1381 Aircraft Names - Graf Zeppelin: 211 Aircraft Names - Hadrian: 814 Aircraft Names - Hanno: 816,1382 Aircraft Names - Hawaii: 859,862 Aircraft Names - Helena: 300,317,818 Aircraft Names - Hippomenes: 214,298, 815 Aircraft Names - Honolulu: 110,1388 Aircraft Names - Horsa: 51,302,795,816, 1382 Aircraft Names - Loina: 1383 Aircraft Names - Pelikaan: 618 Aircraft Names - Satyrus: 216,218,819 Aircraft Names - Scipio: 216,295 Aircraft Names - Southern Cross: 437 Aircraft Names - Sydney: 165,817 Aircraft Names - Sylvanus: 216,614 Airmail Stamps: 33-34,114,140,147,151, 186-187, 189, 195, 208, 211, 315, 331, 359,605,611,742-743,748,812-813, 825-826,856-857,873-874,876,1195, 1381,1383

Airmails: 12,14-18,33-37,40,45,50-53, 60-63,77-81,86,89,110-114,117-122, 133-137,139-142,144-146,148-149, 151-153,155-158,164-166,181,186, 190-195,197-200,202,204,210-225, 266,268,270-271,292-320,323-324, 327-332,336-343,346-351,353-354, 358,360,364-369,373-377,389-391, 394-396,437-440,485,494,503, 566-567,588,605,607-612,614-626, 651,654-655,682-685,690,692-701, 705,707-708,742-743,748-749, 795-798,806,808,810-822,825-833, 835,842-848,856-865,871-876,898, 1195, 1226, 1236-1237, 1252, 1257, 1259, 1261, 1264-1265, 1275, 1293, 1330, 1349, 1351, 1356, 1359, 1361, 1363, 1365, 1368-1369, 1373-1376, 1378,1380-1391,1393,1399, 1402-1403,1405,1407,1416 Alcohol: 366,922 Architecture: 10,107,163,203,263,265, 357,750,770-771,1293 Art & Craft: 741,1267-1269 Autographs: 1288,1390-1391 Aviators: 197,1272 Avis De Reception: 204 Banking & Finance: 12,204,785,977,984 Banking,: 12,118,204,222,301,327,330, 567,588,654,785,984,1024,1396 Bird: 168 Birds: 1,167-170,172-175,177-178,203, 357,449,611,664,680,799-800,1043, 1046, 1049-1052, 1141, 1162, 1164, 1198, 1215-1216, 1282, 1290, 1336, 1338,1444-1445 Bisects: 246,518,524 Booklets: 101,129,162,387,642,645,807, 1208,1223-1224,1297-1301 Bridges: 89,1199-1202,1342 Butterflies & Moths: 642,987,991,1277 Cancelled to Order (From Specimen Sets): 126,167,658-659,661,753, 890, 909, 922-923, 1081, 1084, 1086, 1089, 1094-1096, 1098, 1100-1101, 11 0 6 , 111 2 , 111 4 , 111 9 , 11 2 4 , 1126-1127, 1132, 1157, 1159, 1161, 1178, 1181, 1189, 1191, 1199-1200, 1245,1310,1445 Captain Cook: 1240 Cats: 441,523,545,575-576 Censored Mail: 12,40,45,63,81,110,112, 114, 137, 139, 146, 149, 155-158, 166, 198-202,204,224,227,269,323,330, 332,343,351,354,366,377-378,390, 503,567,610,615-616,624-626,655, 682-684,691-692,695-696,702,705, 707-708,798,811,822,828-832,836, 843-844,846-848,858,864-869,871, 875-876,1137,1333,1350,1353,1355, 1357, 1380, 1386, 1388, 1393-1394, 1396,1398,1401,1404,1406-1408 Charity: 182-185,342,591-592,702, 740-741,744-745,747,751-752,1231, 1402 Christmas: 286,1255,1265,1270 Cinderellas: 2,80,132,612,854,862, 1038-1039, 1073-1075, 1197, 1342, 1354,1360,1376,1392 Clothing: 635,1240 Coastal Features - Beaches: 614,1407 Coastal Features - Ports & Wharves: 149, 197,231,263,265,348-350,353,685, 810, 843-844, 868, 980, 1025, 1039, 1409 Coffee & Tea: 622,835 Coins & Banknotes: 3-9

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Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings: 1,3,8,11-23,33-36, 38-48,50-76,78-81,83-122,133-134, 136-142,144-146,148-150,152-153, 155,157-181,193-194,197-200,202, 204-209,211-223,227-229,234-250, 252-254,256-314,316-318,320-354, 358,360-366,368-377,379-386, 391-392,396-456,460-610,612-614, 618-698,701-702,705,707-769, 771-812,814-819,821-822,825-828, 830,832-835,837-849,855-857, 859-872,875-1411,1413-1448 Commemorative Covers: 210,1039,1077, 1332-1336,1342-1347,1354 Commercial Perfins: 217,1344 Consular Mail: 324 Convict Mail: 1023 Covers By Manufacturer: 1332-1336 Creeks & Streams: 938 Cricket: 1296 Customs: 12,840,1360 Dancing & Dancers: 1445 Dead Letter Office: 855,1348 Death: 374,1020 Disaster: 117 Documents & Ephemera: 984 Early Imperforate Stamps: 352,629, 902-903,943-944,955,957,961,968, 987,989-993,1000,1040,1042-1046, 1049 Education: 326 Energy: 79,148,351 Exhibition Collectables: 1286-1296 Exhibitions: 73-74,203,209,357,428,435, 488,635,1198,1286-1287,1289-1293, 1295-1296 Explorers & Pioneers: 83,175-178,653, 799-800,1240-1241,1245-1249,1344 Express Mail: 138,166,301,617,1354,1359 Fauna - Animals: 84,163,170-172,444,449, 517,522-523,542,545-548,551, 575-576,676,678,680,771,780, 799-800,834,1079-1126,1141,1162, 1164, 1236-1238, 1278, 1282, 1293, 1295, 1333, 1336, 1350, 1387, 1418, 1421, 1423-1424, 1426, 1428-1429, 1431,1434-1436,1440-1441, 1444-1445 Fauna - Animals, Birds Etc: 977 First Day Covers: 568,898,1037,1039, 1234,1332-1341 First Flight Covers: 134,225,294,342, 394-395,494,863,1361,1387, 1389-1391 Fish: 10,167,203,799-800,1242-1243,1287, 1373,1375 Flags: 759,800,1410 Flight Covers - Commercial: 12,14-18, 33-37, 40, 45, 50-53, 60-63, 77-81, 11 0 - 11 4 , 11 7 - 1 2 2 , 1 3 3 , 1 3 6 - 1 3 7 , 139-142,144-146,148-149,151-152, 155-158,164-166,181,190-195, 197-200,202,204,210-224,270-271, 292-320,323-324,327-332,338-343, 346-351,353-354,358,360,364-366, 368-369,373-377,389-391,396, 437-440,485,494,503,566-567,588, 605,607-610,612,614-626,651, 654-655,682-685,690,692-701,705, 707-708,795-798,806,808,810-822, 825-833,842-848,856-865,871, 873-876,1380-1388,1416 Flowers: 10,167,203,650,800,1226,1273, 1370,1445 Forests & Woods: 897,930,1030 Forgeries: 505,787,911 Framas: 643 Franked Mail: 839-840,1020-1021,1025, 1363 Free Mail: 196,870,1020-1021,1363, 1365-1366,1373,1396,1398, 1401-1402

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Fungi: 167 Geology: 1262 Georgian Head Issues: 1038,1128-1193, 1312, 1319-1320, 1326-1327, 1351, 1431 Government & Politicians: 703,748,838, 1197 Heraldry: 170,172-173,265,385,449,496, 666,668-669,677-678,709-712, 715-717,1369 Horses: 282,284,296-297,301,1397 Hotels: 699 Illustrated Covers: 210,1019,1333,1337, 1339,1344,1410-1411 Imprints & Plate Numbers: 48,69,86,176, 424,497,528-529,575-576,583, 636-641,647,1124,1127-1129,1143, 1173, 1176, 1184, 1186, 1191-1193, 11 9 6 , 1 2 0 3 , 1 2 0 5 , 1 2 0 9 - 1 2 1 4 , 1216-1218, 1220, 1228-1233, 1309, 1312,1338,1355,1396,1413 Incidents and Interuptions to Mail to and Within Australasia: 296,299,301, 347,437,685,797-798,864,873, 1381-1385 Indigenous People: 163,345,449,635 Indigenous Peoples: 1227,1344 Insects: 800 Interrupted Mail: 51,164,215,292-293,295, 302-304,309-311,316,340,816,822 Islands: 13-14,19-23,38-39,41-45,54-58, 66,83-85,115-121,150,167-180,199, 201-203,245-247,256-257,266-269, 295,321-323,361-366,392,603-606, 613,627-628,696,706,755-763, 772-778,785,799-800,837-844,849, 855, 867, 869-870, 877, 1195, 1256, 1260, 1280-1281, 1294, 1378, 1383, 1387-1388,1413-1416,1423 Jusqu’a Air Mail: 61,118,122,141,144,314, 338,391,685,705,1359,1380 Kangaroo & Map Issues: 1079-1126,1293, 1295, 1387, 1418, 1421, 1423, 1426, 1428-1429,1431,1434-1436 Keyplate Issues: 55,57,392,426,791 Lakes & Dams: 204,307,310,372,385,746, 939 Late Fee: 51,53,121,194,216,337,614,651, 821,896,998,1348,1359 Law & Order: 1350,1352 Local Stamps: 854 Machine Cancellations Incl Meters: 770 Maps: 11,167,172-173,175-176,203,449, 771,800,1079-1126,1295,1387,1424, 1431,1440-1441 Medical & Health: 1257 Migrant Camps: 898 Military & Censor Mail: 44,81,113-114,131, 137,155,198-200,224,227,330,351, 367,377-378,390,449-452,455-456, 503,567,627,652,682-684,691,702, 705,707-708,798,811,829-832,836, 852,858,864,866-870,898, 1037-1038, 1137, 1286, 1312-1313, 1330,1353,1355-1356,1380, 1393-1412 Military - World War I Period: 367,1038, 1137, 1312, 1353, 1355-1356, 1393, 1395-1398,1410-1411 Military - World War II Period: 81,113-114, 137,155,198-200,224,227,330,351, 377,390,449-452,455-456,503,567, 627,652,682-684,691,702,705, 707-708,798,811,829-832,858,864, 866-870,1286,1313,1330,1380,1393, 1399-1409,1412 Military Postmarks: 1038 Miniature Sheets: 209,337,734,770-771, 823, 852, 1198, 1287, 1289-1292, 1294-1296,1444-1445 Mining: 79,655 Monograms: 1173 Motor Vehicles: 52,357,626

Mountains: 21,348,372,857,1037,1342, 1345 Music & Singing: 231,357,1372,1446 Myths & Legends: 973-974,976,1294 Navy: 131,167,1365-1366 Number Ones: 46,67,274-275,486-487, 496-497,574-576,591,735,764,772, 782, 790-791, 799, 902-903, 1040, 1286-1288,1290-1296 Numeral & Letter Postmarks: 897, 924-941,943-944,956-957,965,985, 995,1025,1029-1037 Official Mail: 80,108-109,341,503,560-565, 646-647,686,754,785-786,806,809, 824,833,837-839,890-893, 1020-1021, 1025-1026, 1067-1068, 1081, 1088, 1103, 1108, 1111, 1128, 1130, 1143, 1156, 1158, 1162, 1166, 1174, 1177-1180, 1182, 1187-1188, 11 9 4 , 1 2 5 4 , 1 3 1 5 , 1 3 1 7 , 1 3 2 1 , 1348-1350, 1354, 1363, 1374, 1383, 1441 Official Stamps: 80,108-109,341,503, 560-565,646-647,686,754,785-786, 806,809,824,833,837-839,890-893, 1020-1021, 1025-1026, 1067-1068, 1081, 1088, 1103, 1108, 1111, 1128, 1130, 1143, 1156, 1158, 1162, 1166, 1174, 1177-1180, 1182, 1187-1188, 11 9 4 , 1 2 5 4 , 1 3 1 5 , 1 3 1 7 , 1 3 2 1 , 1348-1349, 1354, 1363, 1374, 1383, 1441 Olympics: 203,1078,1234-1235,1251, 1372,1374 Omnibus Issues: 119,175,263,272,299, 327,339,365,371,438-439,492,559, 796 Onwards Air Transmission (Oat): 199, 623,832 Overprinted Stamps: 10,69,108-109,130, 132,159,175,185,225,230-242,259, 263,326,349,363,381-382,386, 397-402,406,414,417,421-422,428, 431-434,449-452,455,462-463, 465-466,470-471,488,497-498, 505-512,514,520-521,524,526, 533-534,537-541,551,561,580-581, 591,601,627-628,646-647,664-665, 670,674,686-689,728,734,786,790, 793, 801-806, 811, 833, 838, 845, 884, 887, 892, 896, 922, 977, 1121, 1248, 1286-1287, 1290-1293, 1295-1296, 1316, 1364, 1412, 1417-1441, 1444, 1446 Parcel: 1092,1226,1359 Parcel Post: 2,1038,1073-1075,1081,1164, 1226,1359 Patriotic Covers: 1410-1411 Perfins: 118,155,217,272,299,327,397, 454,481-482,484,615,797,952, 1067-1068, 1088, 1103, 1108, 1111, 1128, 1130, 1143, 1156, 1158, 1166, 1174, 1177-1182, 1187-1188, 1194, 1254,1315,1348-1353,1355 ph: 854-855 Picture Postcards: 82,130,163,210, 213-214,231,255,268,290,292-293, 298, 331, 389, 620, 627, 650, 652, 785, 827, 829, 1025, 1225, 1235, 1254, 1257-1259, 1275, 1293, 1348-1349, 1351, 1356, 1359, 1372, 1375, 1378, 1397-1398 Plains & Flats: 63,289,568,843,1038,1077, 1337-1338,1340 Polar: 175-178,208,653,799-800 Postage Dues: 192,197,224,290,308,386, 453,483-484,602,621,648,877,1037, 1185, 1237, 1302-1311, 1349, 1354, 1373 Postal Fiscals: 646,919-921,973-974,982, 1070-1071

Postal History: 10,12,14-18,24,29,33-37, 40,44-45,50-53,60-63,77-82, 110-114, 117-122, 130-142, 144-146, 148-149,151-152,154-158,163-166, 181,190-195,197-202,204,210-225, 227,231,255,266-271,287-320, 323-324,326-332,335-343,345-354, 358,360,364-369,373-378,389-391, 394-396,437-440,449-452,455-456, 485,494,503,566-568,588,605, 607-610,612,614-627,649-652, 654-655,681-685,690-702,705, 707-708,785,795-798,806,808, 810-822,825-833,835-836,839-848, 852,854-876,878,895-896,898,952, 977-978, 980-983, 1014-1015, 1020, 1022-1028, 1037-1039, 1076, 1087, 11 0 9 , 11 3 7 , 11 8 5 , 1 2 2 5 - 1 2 2 6 , 1234-1237, 1251-1254, 1257-1259, 1261, 1264-1265, 1271, 1273, 1275, 1285-1286, 1293, 1312-1313, 1317, 1330,1332-1391,1393-1412, 1414-1416,1447-1448 Postal Rates: 33-34,40,77-81,114,118-121, 133,136-137,140,151-152,155-156, 166,181,190-193,195,198-200,204, 210-213,221,270-271,294,296,299, 301,314-315,319,324,327-328, 330-332,338-339,341-343,346-351, 353,360,373-374,376-377,389-391, 437,439-440,485,494,503,566-567, 588,605,615-617,683-685,690, 698-701,705,708,785,796-798,806, 808,810-813,820,825-827,829-831, 833,842,845,848,856-858,860,863, 865,873,876,1185,1225-1226,1235, 1251-1252, 1254, 1257, 1259, 1273, 1318, 1348-1349, 1351, 1353, 1355, 1357, 1359, 1365-1369, 1371, 1374, 1378,1380,1382,1402,1415 Postal Stationery: 190,224,255,266,269, 297-299,312,335,343,351,377,485, 652,689,793,797,841,857,894-896, 923, 978-979, 983, 1019-1021, 1038, 1076, 1252, 1314-1331, 1351, 1363, 1382,1394,1443 Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes: 266, 854,857 Postal Stationery - Envelopes: 689,857, 896,979,1314,1319-1329,1394 Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official): 1321 Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Ptpo): 979,1322-1329 Postal Stationery - Franks: 1020-1021, 1363 Postal Stationery - Letter Cards: 224,287, 343,351,377,485,1076 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards: 190,224, 255,298,689,793,841,894-895,978, 1019,1314-1318,1382 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official): 1317 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Ptpo): 978,1318 Postal Stationery Registration Envelopes: 297,312,652,797,983, 1025,1314,1351,1443 Postal Stationery - Wartime: 1330 Postal Stationery - Wrappers: 1314

Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 Postmarks: 10,12,14-18,24,29,33-37,40, 44-45, 50-53, 60-63, 77-82, 110-114, 117-122,130-142,144-146,148-149, 151-152,154-158,163-166,181, 190-195,197-202,204,206,210-227, 230-231,237,249-251,255,266-271, 287-320,323-324,326-332,335-343, 345-354,358,360,364-369,373-378, 389-391,394-396,437-440,449-452, 455-456,485,494,503,524,566-568, 588,605,607-610,612,614-627,632, 649-652,654-655,681-685,690-702, 705,707-708,785,795-798,806,808, 810-822,825-833,835-836,839-848, 8 5 2 , 8 5 4 - 8 7 6 , 8 7 8 , 8 9 5 - 8 9 8 , 9 11 , 917-918,924-941,943-944,946, 951-954,956-957,965,977-978, 980-983,985-986,990,994-995, 1014-1015,1020,1022-1039, 1076-1077, 1087, 1109, 1133, 1137, 11 5 9 , 11 8 5 , 1 2 2 5 - 1 2 2 6 , 1 2 2 9 , 1234-1237, 1251-1254, 1257-1259, 1261, 1264-1265, 1271, 1273, 1275, 1285-1286, 1293, 1312-1313, 1317, 1330,1332-1391,1393-1412, 1414-1416,1429,1447-1448 Postmarks - Colours in Names: 10,926 Postmarks - Instructional Markings: 114, 156, 201, 309, 338, 374, 376, 855, 858, 1026,1185,1360,1373 Postmarks - Manuscript Cancellations: 231,524,610,1021-1022,1336,1350, 1360 Postmarks - Meter Cancels: 61,214,311, 817-818,1359,1362,1401-1402 Postmarks - Numerals: 59,90,880,897, 924-941,943-944,956-957,960,965, 977,985,995,1025,1029-1037 Postmarks - Paid Datestamps: 650,840, 848, 856, 878, 896, 981, 1024-1025, 1037,1185,1293,1402 Postmarks - Personal Names - Male: 1034,1042 Postmarks - Pictorial: 210,1039,1077, 1332-1336,1342-1347,1354 Postmarks - Slogan Cancels: 348,1326, 1350,1354,1362,1371 Postmen: 1274,1360 Pre-Stamp Covers Etc: 148,1024 Prisoners of War and Internees: 130,224, 1388,1396 Proofs: 2,66,448,768,906,948,1056-1057, 1059, 1077, 1197, 1224, 1266, 1276, 1288,1362 Radio: 190,304,440,1423 Railway Stamps: 2,1038,1073-1075 Railways & Trains: 2,1038,1073-1075

Rare or Unusual: 17,28,37,40,45,77,118, 122,138,141,144,148-149,190, 198-199, 211, 213, 266, 289, 294, 305, 313,331,350-351,367,377,389, 391-392,408,426-427,429,433-434, 498, 520, 588, 592, 609, 612, 620, 622, 624, 626, 633, 639, 645, 647, 669, 676, 683-685,707-708,710,716-717,728, 780-781,808-809,811,815,827,833, 857, 863, 895, 906, 921, 946, 977, 984, 990, 1013-1014, 1069-1071, 1091, 1140, 1185, 1215, 1224-1225, 1271, 1285, 1306, 1316, 1326, 1332, 1338, 1343,1365,1371,1442 Red Cross: 10,591-592,674 Registered Mail & Registration Labels: 12,18,35,40,44,61-63,118,138-139, 148,155,166,191,193,201-202,204, 215,221-223,225,267,297,299,312, 314, 319, 323, 329, 335, 341, 350, 367, 369, 391, 485, 567, 605, 610, 619, 626, 652,654,690-695,700-701,795, 797-798,830,835,842,844,858,860, 865, 874-876, 983, 1023, 1087, 1226, 1253, 1314, 1332, 1336, 1338-1339, 1343, 1349, 1351-1352, 1354, 1361, 1363,1370,1397,1399,1443,1447 Rel: 10,117,153,307,485,745,750-752,823, 1381,1397 Religion: 130,355,582-583,750 Reprints: 884,975-976,1018,1298 Revenues: 2,70,75,321-322,456,517,578, 589,598-599,646,919-922,973-974, 977, 982, 1010, 1013-1018, 1038, 1070-1075,1360 Rivers: 47,70-71,131,372,620,1335,1401, 1409 Royalty: 8,57,85,160-161,167,171,272, 341, 365, 371, 388, 459, 466, 734, 771, 799-800,1141,1162,1164,1203,1219, 1221-1222, 1293, 1332, 1334, 1336, 1368 Scenic Postal Cards: 163,231 Scouts and Guides: 734,1332,1343 Se-Tenant & Tête-Bêche: 1282,1286 Sheep: 77,1324 Shells: 203,800 Ship Mail: 895,1354 Ships & Boats: 54,109,130,134,166, 169-170,172-173,175,177-178, 230-258,265,357,372,635,759-760, 799,827,894,946,1022-1024, 1200-1202,1342,1347,1354,1444 Specimens: 38,454,475,477-479,481-482, 544,549-550,553,556,573,577,579, 628-629,633,646,660,664,728,885, 888,890-891,906,922-923,942, 949-950, 972, 975, 1010, 1058, 1061, 1115-1117, 1120-1122, 1126, 1196, 1219,1243,1245,1248 Sport: 45,203,616,837,843,1077,1234, 1251,1275,1301 State Government Officials: 51,292-293, 337,1042,1174 Streets & Roads: 270,300,707,876,1348 Swimming: 1077 Telegrams: 1331 Tennis: 45,623,843 Thematics & Topicals: 1,7,1347,1416

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Timber & Trees: 199,304,640,794,977, 1253,1273,1414 Tobacco & Smoking: 1028 Trains: 167 Transport: 163,231,734,1444-1445 Travelling Post Offices: 217,391,485,619, 694,812,814-819,839,983 Unclaimed: 819,1026 Unissued Stamps: 455,594-597 Universal Postal Union: 15-16,18,33-34, 86, 122, 140-142, 144, 148-149, 152, 186,190,193,195,198,200,202, 211-215,220,263,314,316-317,324, 331,346-350,360,368,389,391,396, 461,492,612,617,626,693,696-698, 700-701,707-708,812,816,821, 826-827, 829, 874-875, 1094, 1098, 1112 Unusual Origins or Destinations: 14-15, 3 3 - 3 4 , 3 7 , 4 0 , 5 2 , 7 7 - 8 1 , 11 2 , 11 4 , 118-121,133,136-137,140-141,144, 151-152,156-158,166,181,190-193, 195,198-200,204,210-213,221,224, 255,270-271,297,314-315,319, 323-324,327-328,330-332,338-339, 341-343,346-351,353,360,373-377, 389-391,437,439-440,485,494,503, 566-567,588,605,615-617,624, 683-685,690,694,698-701,705, 707-708,796-798,806,808,810-813, 820,825-831,833,845,847-848,856, 860, 864, 873, 876, 896, 1025, 1271, 1359 Varieties: 20-21,56-57,69,73,76,84-85,87, 90, 96-97, 100-101, 106, 108, 116, 159-161,175-176,180,185,196,253, 269,286,299,322,334,362-363, 370-371,384-385,392,404,428-429, 433-435,455,495,534-535,541,543, 551,563,565,581,589,591-592, 600-601,604,642,644-645,658-659, 661,664,667,671-676,686,759,761, 765,768,773-776,786,794,802-805, 809, 824, 837, 877, 879, 883, 889, 893, 899-901,905,907,915-916,962,972, 994,996,1003-1005,1008,1011,1017, 1040, 1043, 1049-1050, 1063-1066, 1069,1083,1085-1086,1091, 1093-1094, 1097, 1105, 1107-1108, 1110, 1116, 1120, 1122-1124, 1128, 1130, 1133-1134, 1136, 1145-1156, 1158, 1160, 1163-1166, 1169-1172, 1175, 1179-1184, 1186, 1188, 1190, 1192, 1196, 1204-1205, 1208, 1215, 1227,1237,1241-1242,1244, 1246-1247, 1250, 1260, 1262-1263, 1266-1270, 1272, 1274, 1276-1284, 1289,1291-1292,1301,1306, 1310-1311, 1377, 1392, 1412, 1422, 1431,1438-1439,1446 vicd: 980 Wa: 1049,1051 War Tax Stamps: 88,102,684 Waterfalls: 47,201,718 Whale: 1276 Y.M.C.A.: 831,1332,1402 Yachts: 243-244,247,252-255,1278-1279 Zeppelins: 208,211,225,394-395

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Session 1 will commence at 9:30am THEMATICS & TOPICALS | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1 ** Birds 1985-86 Collection of Audubon bird issues brand new VST 32 page stockbook with sets from 60+ countries including Belize, Gambia, Ghana, Jamaica, Malawi, Maldives, Niue, Penrhyn, Tchad, etc. STC £850. (Approx 400 + 46 M/Ss). Visually appealing.

CINDERELLAS 2 **/P Australia: [1] Tasmania 1960 Railways Stamps 1d to £1 set of 14, fresh MUH; [2] Australia Tuberculosis Association Christmas greeting labels set of progresive proofs in pairs, full unmounted gum. (23) COINS & BANKNOTES | Coins 3 UNC Australia: 1936 ½d eight clear pearls.

4 Australia: 1937 Crown (2) circulated VG/F. (2) 5 Australia: 1938 Crown, circulated, VG/F. 6 China: Xi Xia (4) and Liao Dynasty (4) coins with notes helping to identify the coins. (8) 7 China: Xi Xia (Western Xia, Tangut Dynasty 1032-1227 CE) 3 copper coins, plus Liao Dynasty Khitans N.E.China (907-1125) copper coin. some reference notes accompany them. (4) 8 Great Britain: Historic Coins incl ¼d James I (1603-25), Charles II (1674), George II (1734), ½d William III (1700), George I (1722), George II (1746), George III (1807), 1d George III (1806), 3d Charles II (1683), 6d Elizabeth I (1566), George III (1816), 1/- Charles I (1625-42), Anne (1708), George III (1816), Edward VII (1902), Florin Victoria (1880 & 1890), Half Crown James II (1686), Victoria (1887), Crown Victoria 1845. Originally priced to sell at $550+ about 10 years ago. Mixed condition. (20) 9 Indo-Greek Coins: Hermaius silver drachm (90-70 BCE), plus Hippostratus silver tetradrachm (65-55 BCE) (Vendor states that coin was purchased in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China), also a few notes about Hippostratus. (2) ASIA * 10 South East Asia FDC collection from Cambodia 1967 Tourism opts, 1972 Red Cross opts, Laos 1965 Butterflies, 1967 Arts & Decorations (1 of 1,500 produced), Mekong Delta Flood Relief (1 of 1,500 produced, addressed to Djibouti), 1969 ILO, Sth. Vietnam 1965 Hung Vuong, 1970 Reconstruction of Hue, 1971 Fish, 1972 Vietnam Airlines Anniv, etc. STC €1,000+. Fine condition. (70+) BRITISH COMMONWEALTH | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 11 * Selection In Stockbook mostly KGV-KGVI era predominantly complete sets including Aden 1939 set, Bechuanaland 1938-52 set, British Guiana 1931 Centenary & 1938-52 set, Dominica 1938-47 sets x3 and 1951 set, Falkland Is Deps 1946 ‘Thick’ & ‘Thin’ Map sets, Fiji 1912-23 MCA to £1 (disturbed gum) & 1938-55 Pictorial sets x2, each set including Die I 1½d, 2d & 6d and 5d ‘Blue’ Canes, Gibraltar 1938-51 set, Gilberts 1939-55 set, Jamaica 1938 to 5/- x3 & 10/- x2, Malta 1914-21 KGV MCA to 2/6d, 1938 Pictorial sets x4 (one set ex 3d blue), 1948 Self-Government sets x2, Mauritius 1950 set, Pitcairns 1940 sets x2, Sarwak 1950 set, St Vincent 1938-47 set, Seychelles 1917-22 MCA set (some blemishes), Sierra Leone 1938-44 set, Solomons 1939 set, Trinidad & Tobago 1938-44 set, condition a tad variable in places, generally fine, Cat £3,500+. Good lot. (few 100s) AFGHANISTAN | Flight Covers - Commercial * 1940 (Oct 19) registered cover from Afghan National Bank Kaboul to USA bearing 1939-47 2a Shah marginal single imperf at left, 12 15p and 25p, unrecorded Peshawar (Pakistan) censor tapes (similar to Morenweiser #7B1 but arms are 35x31mm) tied by twin strikes of diamond censor ‘H4’ handstamps, USA Customs and arrival markings, small blemishes. Scarce franking.

ANTIGUA 13 */F 1903-07 KEVII 3d & 6d, both fine used, 5/- MLH, SG #35-6 & 40, Cat £185. (3) ANTIGUA | Flight Covers - Commercial 14 1937 (Nov 16) Stanley Humphreys (St. Johns) cover to The Dominion Stamp Co Gore New Zealand, bearing solo franking of 2/6d * (for combined airmail rate 2/6d per ½oz?), backstamped Hong Kong (Nov 29) and Sydney (Dec 10), apparently a participant in PanAm Clipper service to Hong Kong, for connection with Imperial Airways Feeder Service and the west-east service ex Bangkok to Australia. A remarkable origin/destination. [The cover appears to have come in to contact with water en route; evidenced by diffused ink in addressing details, and offset (in reverse) of a handstamp, which must have come from the cover immediately above this: we can make out only ‘AGENCIA POSTAL/RECOMENDADA’] ARGENTINA | Flight Covers - Commercial * 1933 (Sep 27) cover Buenos Aires to Sydney franked aggregate 1p15 for UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 1p per 5gms to Panama 15 only, also 1933 (Jun 20) cover at same rate to Sydney, addressee name excised, very early this origin/destination. * 16 1936 (Mar 29) Rogelio Alcazer Arana (Buenos Aires) cover to Auckland endorsed ‘Via Condor’ franked 1p40 for UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 1p15 per 5gms, very fine framed ‘PAR AVION JUSQU’EN EUROPE’, sent by DLH service (flight L154), a little wrinkled, attractive and early for this destination. * 1937-39 covers Buenos Aires (except one) to New Zealand and Australia (3), comprising [1] 1937 (Jun 24) Banco de Londres cover 17 to Wellington at 1P15 rate, [2] 1937 (Sep 25) AIR FRANCE cover to Sydney at 1p70 carried Air France to Paris thereafter joining Imperial Airways service (flight IE588), backstamped Paris, Sydney, [3] 1938 (Jun 7) varying composition to Melbourne for 1p70 Air France/Imperial Airways link (flight IE663), and [4] 1939 (Jul 14) Santa Elena to Minlaton SA franked 1p45 with framed ‘Par Avion de Buenos Aires a “Londres”‘, small fault, rare marking to this destination. * 1940 (Apr 18) Banco de Londres (Buenos Aires) registered cover to Sydney bearing high aggregate franking of 9p82, representing 18 UPU 32c (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1p55 per 5gms x6 plus 20c registration, backstamped Sydney, attractive and fine.

ASCENSION 19 * 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials ½d to 2/6d (both perfs) and P13½ 5/- & 10/-, between SG #38-47, plus some low denomination changes of perf, Cat £400+. (26) 20 ** 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials ½d black & violet P13 marginal block of 4, variety Long centre bar to E, SG #38ba, fresh MUH, Cat £94+.

21 * 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials 2d black & orange P13, variety Mountaineer flaw SG #41aa, fine mint, Cat £450.

22 ** 1956 QEII Pictorials set ½d to 10/-, SG #57-69, fresh MUH, Cat £140. (13) 23 ** 1971 Evolution of Space Travel ½p to £1 set SG #135-48 in marginal blocks of 4, fresh MUH, Cat £132. (56) AUSTRIA * 24 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 2k yellow Type II, SG #22a, on cover from Pesta to Wien, Cat £170.

25 U 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 complete set of Type II, SG #22a-7a, good perfs & centring, all with red cancels, Cat £600. (6) 26 F 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 2k orange Type II, SG #22b, Cat £700.

27 F 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 3k black sub-Type Ib, SG #23, Cat £375+.

28 F 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 3k black rare sub-Type Ic, SG #23, Cat £375+. * 29 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 Type I on 1859 entires with [1] 5kr from Linz; [2] 15kr from Grosswardien; [3]b 15kr from Trieste to Padua; [4] 10kr from Roveredo to Padua.

30 U 1858-59 Franz Josef Perf 15 3k black Type II, SG #23a, with red cancel, signed by A Diena, Cat £300.

AUSTRIA | Newspaper Stamps 31 F 1858-59 Newspaper (1k.05) blue type I, SG #N28, 4 good margins, straight line cancel, Cat £900.

32 F 1858-59 Newspaper (1k.05) grey-lilac type II, SG #N29a, 4 good margins, Cat £475.

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BAHRAIN | Flight Covers - Commercial * 40 1943 (Jul 13) censored registered cover to Dunedin New Zealand franked aggregate 18a representing Imperial letter rate 3½a plus airmail surcharge 11½a per ½oz plus 3a registration, possibly sent via one of the stop-gap BOAC services then operating between Cairo and Karachi, although ‘RAF/CENSOR/608’ handstamp lower left, beneath Karachi Censor tape, may suggest otherwise, multiple Karachi Censor handstamps and wax seals, minor blemishes. Extremely rare registered cover to this destination.

BARBADOS 41 * 1920-21 Victory Wmk MCA ¼d to 3/- set including Script CA 1d SG #201-12, fine MLH, Cat £150. (12) 42 * 1920-21 Victory Wmk MCA ¼d to 3/- set plus Script CA 1d (trivial hinge thin) SG #201-12, very fine mint overall, Cat £150. (12) 43 * 1925-35 Britannia ¼d to 3/- set SG #229-39 including ½d & 1d P13½x12½, 2½d bright ultramarine, 3d & 1/- shades, fine mint, Cat £110. (18) BARBADOS | Postal History * 1920 (Dec 3) registered cover to Major Elliot, Maulins Battalion, Reserve Officers Training Corps (New York) with 6d Victory SG 208 44 tied by Barbados GPO, black on white registration label, New York oval arrival datestamp on reverse, some creasing. Stamp is fine and is hard to find on commercial cover.

BARBADOS | Flight Covers - Commercial * 45 1941 (Mar) Simeon Hunte & Son censored cover to The Brewer Racket Co Melbourne intended for PanAm Trans-Pacific service, rate for which was 7/7d per ½oz, two stamps aggressively removed (which had to be 2/6d x2 to equal rate), and reverse with ‘Received at Newport/minus stamps’ (four sets of initials) superimposed over which is ‘NEWPORT/5AP41/NSW’ datestamp, a missending for Newport Melbourne, censored at Sydney upon initial arriving in Australia. Rare and enigmatic item.

BASUTOLAND 46 * 1933 KGV ½d to 10/- set SG #1-10, a few values with mild gumside toning (heavier on 2/6d), MLH, Cat £300. (10) 47 ** 1954-58 QEII Pictorials ½d to 10/- set SG #43-53, fresh MUH, Cat £100. (11) 48 ** 1961 QEII Surcharge 1R type II on 10/- black & maroon, SG #68a, marginal block of 4 with large part De La Rue imprint, fresh MUH, Cat £140 as singles.

BELGIUM 49 ** 1926 20f Bright Green P14½ SG #502, fresh MUH, Cat £120.

BELGIUM | Flight Covers - Commercial * 1936 (Apr 17) Fernand Lenain (Verviers) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 8f25 for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways 50 flight IE437, where at Surabaya on Apr 27 Canberra burst a tyre upon landing, delaying the service by a day, backstamped Melbourne (May 2). * 1936 (Aug 21) Fernand Lenain (Verviers) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 8f25 for single rate, in time to have been loaded 51 to Imperial Airways flight IE473, which hosted the so-called ‘Desert incident’, that flight having departed London Aug 22 (Verviers date is confirmed by Bruxelles backstamp of same day), Melbourne arrival of Sep 10 is consistent with flight IE474 arrival in Brisbane Sep 9, IE475 arrived at Brisbane on Aug 10, too late to have carried the subject item (mails received for IE473 were off-loaded by RAF following the desert debacle to join with IE474-75). Previously unrecorded participant in this major incident.

52 1938 (Jan 21) Fernand Lenain (Verviers) cover to Melbourne franked 8f25 for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways service flight * IE617 which experienced dual incidents, commencing with (i) Coolangatta force-landing at Corfu Jan 10-11 owing to inclement weather, resuming the following day, and (ii) relieved on Jan 15 by Aurora, that aircraft was unable to land at Delhi due to fog, and force-landed 50kms northwest. The aircraft was slightly damaged; passengers and mail load were transferred to Delhi by motor vehicle, thence loaded on to Arethusa for resumption of the service, backstamped Bruxelles (Jan 21), Melbourne (Feb 4). Major item for Belgian/Australian Aerophilatelists, this origin/destination believed unique. Sanford #380115.

1938 (Apr 1) Fernand Lenain (Verviers) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 8f25 for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways 53 * service flight IE640 where Coriolanus was delayed Mar 31-Apr 2 by engine trouble at Marseilles, the mail load necessarily transferred to Cooee, which resumed the service two days late, backstamped Melbourne (Apr 12).

BERMUDA 54 * 1906-10 Dry Dock Wmk MCA ¼d to 4d set SG #34-42, a few values with some toning, mint, Cat £160.

55 * 1918-22 KGV Keyplates MCA 2/- to £1 set SG #51b-55, 4/- few toned perfs, fine mint overall, Cat £600. (6) 56 * 1938-53 KGVI Keyplates 2/- purple & blue/deep blue variety Gash in chin SG #116cf, fine mint, Cat £325.

57 * 1938-53 KGVI Keyplates 2/- purple & deep blue/pale blue on ordinary paper, variety Broken lower right scroll SG #116de, fine mint, Cat £700.

58 ** 1953-62 QEII Pictorials set ½d to £1 with both 3d and 1/3d types, SG #135-50, fresh MUH, Cat £138. (18) BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 59 **/*/U 1879-1918 Annotated Extensive Collection in Stockbook with very good selection of Arms issues mint or used with some blocks of 4, various shades & Perfs including 1900-01 New Currency P10½ 2h & 5h to 30h mint (Cat £1,070), 6h on Ribbed paper used (Cat £160), 1901-06 Numerals in Black 30h on Ribbed paper used (Cat £250); also Pictorials with 1906 5k imperforate colour trial in brown, range of other Perfs and imperforates mint or used, 1910 80th Birthday & 1912-14 set mint (Cat £180), etc; condition generally fine/very fine. Good specialist lot and an excellent basis for further development.

BRAZIL | Flight Covers - Commercial 1936-37 Usina Brasil (Pará) covers from same correspondence to Sydney franked 4,400r (one 4,200r) sent by DLH to Frankfurt or 60 * Stuttgart and subsequently joining Imperial Airways service, backstamped Stuttgart, Frankfurt, and/or Sydney, some small cover faults owing to unusual stock.

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1938 (Mar & Jul) jusqu’a covers to Australia comprising [1] (Mar 10) Carlos Silveira São Paulo cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne, Meter franked 5,400r with framed handstamp ‘Surtaxe acquittée/pour VOIE AÉRIENNE/JUSQU’EN FRANCE’, and [2] Fernando Montenegro (Rio de Janeiro) registered cover to Epping NSW franked 2,500r for PanAm airmail to New York only, backstamped Sydney, Epping, minor blemish. * 1938 (May 5) registered cover Rio de Janeiro to Brisbane franked aggregate 12,100r, including very scarce on cover 1937 10,000r 62 Tourist Propaganda, representing combined airmail rate 5,400r per 5gms x2 plus 1,300r registration, carried by Air France to Europe, thence Imperial Airways service (flight IE654), backstamped Darwin, Brisbane.

1941-45 selection, three censored, earliest at 5,800r with ‘VIA AIR MAIL UNTIL - U.S.A.’ handstamp, Melbourne Censor tape/ 63 * handstamp, 1943 with ‘VIA-AFRICA’ handstamp, USA and Portuguese Censor tapes and multiple applications of handstamps, cover with USA/Portuguese tapes and Melbourne Censor tape (over that for USA) which appears to have been re-opened by Censor and plain tape affixed and tied by his handstamp, and immediate postwar covers (2, one registered), odd fault, interesting group, scarce era. (5) BRITISH HONDURAS 64 * 1938-47 KGVI Pictorial Set 1c to $5 set SG #150-61, mint, Cat £190.

65 ** 1953-62 QEII Pictorials set 1c to $5, SG #179-90, fresh MUH, Cat £90. (12) BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 66 1922 De La Rue Die Proof of 5/- value tablet only, in black on glazed card (92x60mm), handstamped ‘AFTER/STRIKING’ and dated ‘5/4/22’ in pencil, fine condition.

BRUNEI 67 F 1895 Star and Local Scene ½c to 10c SG #1-7, odd nibbed perf, fine used, Cat £188.

68 F 1906 Overprints on Labuan 1c to 10c on 16c SG #11-18 including unlisted 8c shade, some perf faults/blemishes most noticeably on 2c on 8c, Cat £407. (9) 69 * 1906 Overprints on Labuan 1c black & purple error Overprint in black SG #11a, from base of sheet with part Waterlow imprint, mint, Cat £2,500.

70 F 1907-10 River View Wmk MCA 1c to $1 set SG #23-33, 8c light vertical crease, 2c & $1 printed on toned paper, cds cancels, Cat £300. (11) 71 F/W 1908-22 River View Change of Colours 1c to $1 SG #34-46 including 1c & 3c Types I & II, $1 has 2mm tear at top, 30c apparently unused, fine overall, Cat £200+. (12) 72 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 1c to $5 set SG #51-59, 3c variety Broken ‘E’ SG #53b, 10c variety Broken ‘N’ #56c, $1 appears to have Short ‘I’ variety but difficult to see against dark background, 3c with paper adhered to gum, generally fine mint, Cat £200+.

(9) 73 F 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 25c variety Broken ‘N’ in ‘BORNEO’ SG #57c, fine used, Cat £130.

74 V 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition 50c black/blue-green SG #58, very fine used, Cat £150.

75 * 1924-37 Wmk Script CA 1c to $1 set SG #60-78, fine mint, Cat £225.

76 ** 1947-51 Wmk Script CA 5c P14 variety ‘5c’ retouch SG #82a in a corner block of 6, stamps MUH, Cat £70++.

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(5) * 1940 (Mar 3) The Burmah Oil Co cover (240x108mm) Rangoon to Sydney franked 28a (1r12a) for post-EAMS combined airmail rate 79 14a per ½oz x2, crease at centre clear of stamps. * 80 1941 (Sep 19) Commonwealth of Australia cover from Rangoon to Canberra franked aggregate 56a (3r8a) for combined airmail rate 14a per ½oz x4, scarce Burma War Comforts 1a label (tear where overlapping flap) just tied, sent via Horseshoe route, little roughly opened. * 1941 (Oct 1) Chas R Cowie & Co (Rangoon) censored cover to Melbourne franked 14a for combined airmail rate per ½oz, sent via 81 Horseshoe route, Melbourne censor tape and handstamp (faint) applied upon arrival.

CAMBODIA | Postal History * 1906 (Jan 25) PPC (view of Hanoi) to France with 1c tied tied by Kompong-Thom datestamp, underpaid but not taxed.

82 CANADIAN PROVINCES | NEWFOUNDLAND 83 * 1920 Surcharges 2c on 30c to 3c on 35c set SG #144-47, fine mint, Cat £329. (4) 84 **/* 1937 Coronation 7c bright ultramarine block of 4, lower right stamp variety Re-entry at right, SG #259b, bottom stamps fresh MUH, Cat £99.

CANADIAN PROVINCES | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 85 ** 1870 2d rose-pink variety ‘TWC’ SG #28b, being the middle unit in the lower row of a marginal block of 6, fresh MUH, Cat £137++.

CANADA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 86 **/*/W 1868-1951 Collection on Album Pages with Small Queens ½c, 2c 3c & 6c unused plus 1c mint, 1899 Surcharge duo mint, later sets with 1927 Confederation & Historical Issue, 1932 Conference, 1933 5c UPU, 1933 5c Steamboat, 1935 Jubilee, 1935 1c to 50c & $1 Monument (MUH), plus 1c, 2c & 3c coil pairs, 1937-38 KGVI to $1 Chateau plus coils, 1938 Air imprint block of 4 (lower units MUH), 1942-48 War Effort plus coils, 1946-47 Peace, also imprint blocks plus Air & Special Delivery issues, few toning/condition issues, generally fine, Cat £1,000+. (170 approx) 87 * 1903-12 KEVII 1c to 10c plus 2c Imperforate, 10c heavy hinged, otherwise fine mint, Cat £395 (ex 10c imperf). (6) 88 * 1911-26 KGV Mint Selection with 1911-22 1c to 50c set of 8 and a few shades, plus imperf x P8 1c x2, 2c x2 & 3c, imperf x P12 1c, 2c & 3c 1922-31 1c to $1 set of 10 plus a few coils including P12 x imperf 2c green, also 1915-16 War Tax issues, and 1926 2c on 3c x2 SG #264-65, odd blemish, generally fine, Cat £700+. (40) 89 **/* 1928-33 Multiples Selection with 1928-29 12c Bridge Plate A2 block of 6 MUH, 20c Harvesting block of 6 fresh MUH (Cat £228+), 1930-31 12c Citadel Plate 1 block of 4 MUH, 1928 5c Air Plate A1 block of 4 MUH, 1932 6c on 5c Air Plate A1 block of 4, 1932 Ottawa Conference 6c on 5c block of 4 (three units MUH), 1932-33 13c Citadel Plate 1 block of 4 (disturbed gum & minor toning), 1933 Steamboat Plate 2 block of 4 (two units MUH), & 1935 6c Air block of 4 (two units MUH), mostly fine, Cat £950+. (9 blocks). (9) CANADA 90 V 1870-91 Small Heads Ottawa & Montreal Printings Perf 12 ½c bright yellow, variety Strand of hair [pos 26] which additionally shows major re-entry of all letters and numerals, SG #75d, very fine used for this, Cat £325.

91 * 1889-97 Small Heads Ottawa Printing Thin Poor Quality Paper 10c brownish-red SG #111, fine mint, Cat £250.

92 * 1893 Dowager Portrait 20c vermilion & 50c blue SG #115-6, 20c mild gum bend & small paper adhesion on gum, strong colours, Cat £525. (2) CANADA(Cont)

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1897 Jubilee ½c to 50c pale ultamarine SG #121-35, 1c with gumside faults, some including 15c are MLH, key 6c is MUH, generally fine, Cat £1,000+. (11) 94 * 1897-98 QV 4-Maple Leaves ½c to 10c set SG #141-49, nibbed perfs 5c, some hinge remnants, part to large-part gum, Cat £425.

(8) 95 * 1898-1902 2-Maple Leaves ½c to 20c set SG #150-65 (ex 5c), 1c repaired corner perf, 8c heavy hinge & associated bend, otherwise generally fine, part to large-part gum, Cat £850. (10) 96 W 1898-1902 2-Maple Leaves ½c black variety Imperforate pair SG #150a, no gum as issued, Cat £475.

97 * 1898-1902 2-Maple Leaves 1c deep green/toned paper variety Imperforate pair SG #152a, fresh MLH, Cat £1,100.

98 * 1898 Christmas 2c shades x3 SG #166-8, 2c lavender minor perf tip toning, fine mint overall, Cat £110. (3) 99 **/*/W 1908 Quebec Tercentenary ½c to 20c set SG #188-95, 2c gum faults, 5c without gum, 7c, 10c & 15c MUH, fine overall, Cat £550.

(8) 100 ** 1908 Quebec Tercentenary ½c sepia pair, right-hand unit variety Re-entry SG #188a, MUH, Cat £80++.

101 * 1911-12 KGV Perf 12 1c deep yellow-green booklet pane of 6, SG #199a, showing Fine horizontal hairlines across stamps (Unitrade #104ai), fine mint.

102 * 1915 ‘WAR/TAX’ Opts 5c, 20c & 50c SG #225-27, mint, Cat £300. Scarce. (3) 103 * 1928-29 KGV Perf 12 1c to 50c Bluenose & $1 Parliament, plus 1c & 2c Coils SG #275-87, 1c coil with a few tonespots otherwise generally fine/very fine mint, Cat £410. (13) 104 * 1930-31 KGV Perf 11 1c to $1 (blunt corner perf) set, plus coil set SG #288-309, generally fine mint, Cat £315+. (22) 105 * 1932-33 KGV Perf 11 1c to 13c set plus imperf x P8½ coil trio SG #319-28, fine mint, Cat £225. (11) 106 */** 1935 Pictorials Perf 12 50c violet Parliament Building block of 4, top right stamp Major entry, SG #350a, lower units MUH, Cat £208 as hinged.

107 ** 1937-38 $1 Chateau De Ramezay SG #367, vertical pair, Cat £130 plus USA 1954-54 $5 Hamilton SG 1053, Cat £80. (3) CANADA | Official Stamps 108 ** 1949 Overprinted ‘OHMS’ 20c Combine Harvester variety No stop after ‘S’ SG #O168a in a Plate Nº 1 lower-left corner block of 4, MUH, Cat £285.

109 ** 1949 Overprinted ‘OHMS’ $1 purple block of 4, SG #O170, fresh MUH, Cat £180.

CANADA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1938-39 covers Montreal to Melbourne sent via PanAm Clipper service to join with Imperial Airways Hong Kong Feeder Service, 110 * comprising [1] 1938 (Mar 21) 90c per ½oz single rate per China (flight 99), and [2] 1939 (Nov 11) $1.80 double rate, on flight 173,

by Honolulu ex SF but replaced by China at Hawaii following delay owing to weather conditions, both backstamped Hong Kong, Melbourne, latter censored Melbourne, little roughly opened.

111 * 1938-42 selection to Australia accelerated via Canadian and/or USA internal airmail services to West Coast, rates of 6c (6, two taxed, another redirected from UK where sent at 3d double All-up rate), 9c (2), 12c and 10c (censored Sydney), odd fault. (10) 1939-41 trio Montreal to Melbourne (2, one censored) and Rockhampton Queensland (Censor handstamp) forwarded by PanAm 112 * North Atlantic service at combined airmail rate 30c per ½oz to UK only, and 60c rate for full airmail service, odd small fault, very scarce routing for this origin/destination. (3) 1941 (Nov 11) cover from RAAF Sgt K. Newbery Ottawa to Adelaide franked aggregate $2.70 including $1 Chateau de Ramezay 113 * pair, representing PanAm Trans-Pacific Clipper combined airmail rate 90c per ½oz x3, conveyed by California, on the penultimate flight of this service, flap faults.

CANAL ZONE | Flight Covers - Commercial 114 * 1939-42 trio to Australia and New Zealand (2) at 85c rate, both exotic destinations, comprising [1] 1939 (Feb 27) cover to Melbourne, handstamped ‘BY TRANS-PACIFIC ROUTE’, via PanAm FAM14 service, Hong Kong backstamp; [2] 1940 (Feb 10) to Wellington New Zealand, handstamped ‘VIA TRANS-ATLANTIC/AIR MAIL’ but again sent via PanAm Trans-Pacific service, evidenced by Hong Kong transit; and [3] 1942 (Feb 5) to Wellington, censored in USA; some faults. Very scarce lot. (3) CAYMAN ISLANDS 115 * 1921-26 KGV Script CA ¼d to 10/- SG #69-83 including 6d deep claret shade, 10/- single nibbed perf, very fine mint overall, Cat £159. (15) 116 * 1938 & 1950 KGVI ¼d to 10/- Pictorial sets SG #115-26 (10/- with Offset) and #135-47, fine mint/MLH, Cat £180. (27) CEYLON | Flight Covers - Commercial 1934 (Jun 7) commercial airmail cover from Cutler, Palmer & Co (Colombo) to London carried by Indian Trans-Continental Airways 117 * Arethusa on Imperial Airways Singapore-Karachi route (Flight #IW 271) which hit an aerodrome boundary post while making a night landing at Jodhpur June 12, damaging her fuselage and necessitating deployment of relief plane for passengers and mail, some blemishes. Desirable airmail incident cover for Ceylon/India/GB specialists. [Sanford in ‘Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Predecessor Airlines’ states of this incident “No mail is known in collectors’ hands”] 1935 (Dec 15) The Mercantile Bank of India registered cover Colombo to Melbourne bearing range KGV perfin ‘MB’ aggregate 118 * franking 98c, representing Imperial letter 18c (1-2ozs) rate plus airmail surcharge 20c per ½oz x3 (Australian internal airmail) plus 20c registration, backstamped Perth, Melbourne, Elizabeth St. Attractive and rare jusqu’a item.

1937-38 varying compositions from Colombo for 69c rate with attractive franking of KGV Pictorial series in combination with 119 * Coronation 9c, sent Imperial Airways service flights IE614 and 616, earlier backstamped Melbourne, minor blemishes. (2) 1938-39 varying franking compositions for Empire Air Mail Scheme All-up 20c rate, one from Matara, odd fault, rather scarce rate to 120 * Australia/New Zealand. (3) 121 * 1939 (Jul & Aug) covers Colombo to Brisbane and Sydney at Empire Air Mail Scheme All-up 20c rate, former single and latter double rate which is particularly scarce, the Aug 23 date of sending very late for this scheme (which ceased Sep 3 owing to outbreak of war).

(2) CHILE | Flight Covers - Commercial 1933-37 trio of covers inscribed for airmail Santiago to Consulado de Chile Melbourne, bearing franking of various Official Stamps 122 * overprints, for UPU letter rate only, earliest 1933 (May-Jun) franked 70c, latest 1p80 (increased UPU rate from Nov 1 1935) with framed handstamp ‘POSTES DU CHILI/correspondence officielle en franchise/de surtaxe aérienne./VOIE ‘AIR FRANCE’/No pas taxer a l’ arrives.’, airmail service terminated France, opening fault in one 70c cover, otherwise fine, rare.

CHINA 123 ** 1965 People’s Liberation Army set of 8 SG #2259-66, fresh MUH, Cat £550. (8) 124 ** 1967 Liu Ying-Chun Commemoration set of 6 SG #2335-40, fresh MUH, Cat £425.

125 1967 25th Anniv of Mao Tse-Tung’s ‘Talks on Literature & Arts’ marginal set. Some minor imperfections. SG #2359-61, Cat £1,800.

(3) 126 V 1960 Mao Tse-Tung ‘Our Great Teacher’ set of 3 SG #2367-9, some edge toning, CTO, Cat £225. (3) 127 ** 1971 50th Anniversary of Chinese Communist Party set of 9 SG #2446-54 the vertical designs in se-tenant strip of 3 #2452a, fresh MUH, Cat £775.

128 ** 1972 Yanan Forum set of 6, SG #2474-9.

CHINA | Booklets 129 B 1980 Gu Dong 1984-90 Year of (Zodiac Animals) complete, SG #SB20-6, Cat £165. (7)

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CHINA | Postal History 130 * 1906-79 Selection including 1906-09 PPCs (3) from GB to China with Shanghai and/or Tientsin transit markings, 1906 PPC to GB with Hong Kong KEVII 4c tied by Shanghai cds, few Junks incl 1925 PPC to Italy, several covers from missionaries incl ‘G.M. Breck, Pao Ting Fu, Nth China’, ‘Rev. H.G. C. Hallock, Shanghai’, also fragile large cover to USA from Rev Howard Galt (missionary in the Siege at Peking during the Boxer Rebellion and later WWII POW at the British Embassy Civilian Camp, Peking), few later covers, some commercial. Mixed condition. (25) 1927 cover endorsed “USS Pope 225...Yangtze River” to Minnesota USA with 10c Junk, four other covers to same addressee one 131 * headed ‘Navy Young Men’s Christian Association’ (Chefoo Branch); also another cover from USS Pope’s visit to Japan, no postal markings; condition is somewhat mixed. (6) 1935-48 Selection incl few ‘US Fleet in China’ covers, several commercial covers mostly to USA incl 1937 registered cover with 132 * superb ‘Peiyang Press’ label, etc, Generally fine. (14) CHINA | Flight Covers - Commercial 133 * 1936-37 covers from Shanghai to Melbourne and Sydney with Post Office ‘VIA HONGKONG AND BY I.A.L.’ handstamps, rated 75c and $1.25, backstamped Hong Kong and/or Melbourne. (2) CHINA | Postal History 1937 (Apr 26) 1st flight China Clipper registered cover to USA with various cachets in blue or green, San Francisco & N.Y. backstamp.

134 * 1938-46 Registered Covers Comprising 1938 Hankow registered cover to Sweden endorsed ‘Via America/Commercial Papers/ 135 * Registered’ with 25c Sun Yat-sen x2; 1940 Shanghai registered to Hungary, endorsed ‘Via Siberia’, $1 Sun Yat-sen solo franking, address obliterated; and 1946 Shanghai registered airmail to Prague. (3) CHINA | Flight Covers - Commercial 136 * 1939 (Jul & Sep) covers Shensi-South to Canterbury New Zealand and Shanghai to Perth conveyed via Imperial Airways Hong Kong Feeder Service at rates of 50c and $2.30, latter posted after escalation in rates (from Sep 1 1939), backstamped Hong Kong, former also Woodbury, minor blemishes. (2) 1941- ? trio of covers from same correspondence Dahsien Chungking to Christchurch New Zealand, earlier two at 75c rate, first with 137 * Hong Kong transit, New Zealand Censor tape tied by handstamp, second Hong Kong ‘NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR’ and backstamp, and latest $46 rate (censored) with Censor tapes of Calcutta (tied by handstamp) and UK. Scarce group. (3) CHINA | Postal History 1945 Registered express envelope sent from Hankow to New Zealand franked with GB KGVI 1d red pair tied by framed ‘EXPRESS/ 138 * DOUBLE REGISTERED’ handstamp in violet, endorsed “British Fleet Mail” at top, reverse with China $500 on 3c x3, $100 on 1c x2 and $50 on 5c tied by Shanghai datestamps, Sydney transit cds applied en route, small faults. Rare and unusual.

CHINA | Flight Covers - Commercial 139 * 1945 (Mar-May) censored registered covers Chunking to Sydney franked $28 and $16, Calcutta Censor handstamps, last also with ‘OPENED BY EXAMINER’ tape tied by Censor handstamp and wax seals, Sydney arrival backstamps. (2) COLOMBIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1929 (Aug 24) cover La Dorado, Caldas, Colombia to Coolangatta Queensland, sender has adapted an inscribed envelope (for a 140 * California automotive company) apparently as an economy measure, reverse bearing SCADTA (Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aereos) airmail etiquette, tied by Barranquilla datestamp (Aug 26), handstamped ‘D/Z’ upper right apparently a Colombian internal marking, sent airmail within Colombia at rate of 49c (UPU 15c, therefore airmail surcharge was 34c), thence by surface to Australia, minor blemishes. The earliest South America-Australia airmail service cover, only cover carried by the SCADTA airmail service.

1934 (Dec 9) cover Bogota to Brisbane endorsed ‘POR AVION/MANCOMUN’, franked 38c for UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 23c 141 * (to USA only), framed handstamp ‘POR AVION/CORREO AEREO/MANCOMUN’, backstamped Barranquilla, tiny blemish, rare early jusqu’a item this origin/destination.

142 * 1936 (Mar 3) cover El Chocó to Sydney endorsed ‘POR AVIÓN HASTA/SAN FRANCISCO’, franked 42c (UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 27c to USA), framed ‘CORREO AEREO/MAN—COMUN/AIR MAIL’ handstamp, Barranquilla transit.

CROATIA 143 V 1941 Founding of Croatian Army overprints set of 15 SG #25a-25o, very fine used, Cat £600.

CUBA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1932 (Dec 6) cover Habana to Sydney endorsed ‘Via U.S.A.’ and franked 18c for UPU 5c plus airmail surcharge 13c per ½oz, crease 144 * at centre, extremely early and rare jusqu’a item this origin/destination.

1937-39 covers with varying franking compositions for 14c rate via USA, to Perth (flap fault) and Sydney.

145 * 146 * 1944-45 censored covers Habana to Melbourne, earlier USA and Melbourne Censor tapes, later Melbourne only, roughly handled, rates of 55c and 85c, respectively.

CURACAO 147 ** 1947 Airs High Values 10g, 15g & 25g SG #279-81, MUH, Cat £380.

CURACAO | Flight Covers - Commercial 1938 (Dec 29) Lago Oil & Transport Co (Aruba) St Nicolaas registered cover to Canberra bearing 1931 Air 60c pair, handstamped 148 * ‘PAR AVION JUSQU’AUX E.U.A./BY AIRMAIL TO U.S.A.’, rate representing KLM service UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 85c per 5gms to USA via Puerto Rico plus 20c registration, backstamped Aruba Oranjestad (and with that registration label affixed), San Juan, Miami, San Francisco, Sydney, Canberra, rare pre-war registered mail.

149 * 1943-45 dual censored trio Willemstad to Australia, featuring frankings of attractive 1942 Air series, comprising [1] 1943 (Nov 27) British Consulate cover to Bowral NSW and redirected, franking 85c, endorsed for airmail ‘to USA Pacific/port & thence/by sea’, unframed ‘GEZIEN/CURAÇAO/CENSUUR’ handstamp and USA Censor tape, [2] 1944 (Dec 11) registered to Netherlands Indies Army Headquarters Melbourne franked 2g60, PanAm service UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 75c per 5gms x3 (to Hawaii), doublecircle ‘GEZIEN/CURACAO/CENSUUR’ handstamp and USA Censor tape, and [3] 1945 (Mar 5) ‘ALGEMEEN MILITAIR/O.A.Z./ CURACAO/COMMANDANT’ cover to Den Legercommandant K.N.I.L. Brisbane franked 2g45, unframed ‘GEZIEN/CURAÇAO/ CENSUUR’ handstamp over which has been placed Brisbane Censor handstamp, some minor faults, eminently exhibitable and rare group.

CYPRUS 150 V 1955-60 QEII Pictorials unoverprinted and overprinted complete sets, SG #173-202, very fine used, Cat £165. (30) CZECHOSLOVAKIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935-37 Glaser & Co attractive trio (earliest from Haida Bohemia) to same addressee in Sydney at 8k, 26k50 and 35k50 rates, 151 * frankings including 1930 Air 10k and 20k and 1936 10k pair, two with Czech/German datestamp, backstamped Praha and Sydney, earliest also at Athens. (3) 152 * 1939 (May 22) cover to Wellington New Zealand bearing on reverse Czech optd 50h and Slovakia 3k block of four, paying UPU 2k50 rate plus airmail surcharge 5k per 5gms x2, a little creased. The only pre-war airmail item from this origin to Australasia recorded by Rod Perry.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 DANZIG | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 153 U 1920-39 Collection mostly used including 1920 Overprints on Germany 3m violet-black, 1921 Constitution to 10m including P14 trio, 1921-22 Arms to 50m x2, 1923-24 surcharges including 250T on 200m, 1924-38 Arms including 55pf & 75pf, 1924 1g black & yellowgreen Oliva, 1924 Airs set, 1929 Neptune set, 1935 Air set, 1936, 1937 & 1938 Winter Relief Fund sets, 1937 ‘DAPOSTA’ M/S with FDI cancel & 50pf Air cut-out from M/S, etc, generally fine condition. Nice lot. (few 100s).

DENMARK | Postal History 1859 stampless outer cancelled with ‘FAABORG/1-/6/1859’ datestamp, addressed to Copenhagen.

154 *F DENMARK | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935-39 selection comprising 1935 2kr40 rate to Dunedin New Zealand, 1937 registered at 6kr40, 1939 2kr30 with L E Bruun 155 * perfined 10ö x3 and 1kr pair, and 1939 1kr20 backstamped Berlin (Aug 27 1939 - days before outbreak of WWII) and censored upon arrival in Melbourne, all from Copenhagen except last which is Hirtshals. (4) 156 * 1937-41 selection from Copenhagen other than 1939 Hirtshals to Melbourne where censored, various rates to 2kr40, noted handstruck ‘NO POST TOWN’ (Victoria marking), 1941 tri-censored cover (Germany, UK, Melbourne - handling faults) to Portugal redirected to Barwon Heads Victoria, etc, odd fault. (6) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Flight Covers - Commercial 1939 (Dec 16) Enrique Pimentel Buñols (Santo Domingo) censored cover (flapless) to Henry B Smith Melbourne, franked 17c for 157 * airmail to USA only, Melbourne unnumbered Censor tape and handstamp applied upon arrival, the only censored cover this origin/ destination recorded by Rod Perry.

ECUADOR | Flight Covers - Commercial 1945 (Feb 11) censored cover Quito to NSW and redirected, aggregate franking 1s55, USA and Sydney Censor tapes, some 158 * handling faults, the only censored cover this origin/destination recorded by Rod Perry.

EGYPT 159 * 1922 Proclamation of Monarchy 20m olive variety Overprint inverted SG #106a, fine mint, signed by Hass, Cat £275.

160 * 1929 Prince’s Ninth Birthday 5m Centre in black & 10m to 20m Centre in brown, SG #178a-81a, mint, Cat £520. (4) 161 V 1929 Prince’s Ninth Birthday 5m Centre in black & 10m to 20m Centre in brown, SG #178a-81a, very fine used, each stamp signed twice, Cat £440.

162 ** 1934 British Forces in Egypt 1p carmine Letter Stamp P14½x14 booklet pane of 4, fresh MUH, Cat £220 as hinged singles.

EGYPT | PICTURE POSTCARDS 163 * 1898-1928 Range: incl 1898-1908 to Germany (3), GB, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, plus 1927-28 (12) all to same addressee in Vienna, rates incl 2m, 4m, 5m & 10m also 1927 PPC Alexandria (10c Mouchon) to Hungary. (20) EGYPT | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935 (Oct 28) cover Alexandria Egypt to Sale Victoria franked aggregate 135m for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE387 164 * where Astraea, when landing Nov 2 at Rangoon, skidded on a wet runway and crashed through the boundary fence, slightly damaging the starboard wing tip and cabin floor. The Captain was hurt, and mail load was transferred to Arethusa, departing two days later. Backstamped Melbourne (Nov 10). The only recorded cover Egypt-Australia on this flight.

165 * 1935 (Nov 18) cover Alexandria to Sale Victoria franked aggregate 135m for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE393 where Arethusa was delayed from Nov 24 for three days at Hua Hin (Siam) due to the airfield being waterlogged; the mail load was railed to Bangkok and transferred to Sydney on 27 November, arriving Darwin three days later, backstamped Melbourne (Dec 3).

1940-45 dual-censored selection with censor tapes/handstamps for Brisbane, Sydney (3), Melbourne, Hobart, one HM Ship Censor, 166 * one registered, one scarce Express, odd fault, generally fine. Attractive group. (7) FALKLAND ISLANDS | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 167 **/V 1987-2002 Collection in boxed KaBe 16 ring album, including 1989 Cape Horn Sailing Ships, 1994 Inshore Marine Life, 1995 Wildlife, 1998 Visiting Birds, 2001 Royal Navy Connections & 2002 20th Anniv.of Liberation sets fresh MUH, also a few M/Ss CTO, STC £1,000 approx. (250+) FALKLAND ISLANDS 168 V 1933 Centenary 5/- black & yellow-orange King Penguin SG #136a, very fine used, Cat £3,750. Far rarer used than mint. BPA Certificate (1973).

169 * 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials ½d to £1 set SG #146-63, fine mint/MLH, Cat £475. (18) 170 */** 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials to £1 x2, plus range of shades and extra 2/6d marginal example (MUH), and 10/- (MLH). SG #146-83, Cat £1,000 approx. (37) 171 * 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials 5/- steel blue & buff-brown with another shade for comparison, SG #161d, Cat £470. (2) 172 */** 1952 Pictorials complete lightly mounted £1 is MUH, SG #172-85, Cat £180. (14) 173 U 1952 Pictorials complete, fine used. (14) 174 ** 1960-66 Birds incl ½d shade & 1966 ½d Wmk sideways. (18) FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES 175 ** 1944-58 Collection complete (ex 1946 Victory & 1954-62 Picts) incl 1944-45 Opts (32, incl 6d shades), 1946-49 Thick Maps (9) ½d to 1/- with additional 6d gap in 80th Parallel, Thin Maps (9). Cat £400. (61) 176 **/* 1948-49 Thin Map ½d to 1/- SG #G9-G16 set in De La Rue imprint blocks of eight (4x2), each value except 2½d showing two examples of the Dot in ‘T’ group transfer error [R 5/4,5/6], mainly fine mint (one of each variety is MUH), Cat £1,065+. (72) 177 * 1954-62 Ships ½d to £1, SG #G26-40, Cat £225 (as MUH). (15) 178 */**/U 1954-62 Ships ½d to £1 set of 15, with additional shades of many values incl 1d (3), 6d, 9d, 2/-, 10/- & £1, some values to 2/- are MUH, also fine used 10/-. SG #G26-40, Cat £460+. Generally fine. (35) FIJI 179 * 1938-55 KGVI Pictorials ½d to £1 set between SG #249-266b, with most Perfs & Dies including Die I 1½d, 2d & 6d, Die II 1½d P14, plus 5d ‘Blue Canes’ & 6d violet-black, some low values with streaky or mildly toned gum, generally fine mint, Cat £300+. (32) 180 ** 1969 9d Raft Imperf vertical pair, SG #377(var), minor crease on lower unit.

FINLAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 181 * 1935-37 selection from same correspondence Helsinki-Sydney, conveyed via Imperial Airways service, variety of frankings mostly for 14m50 single airmail rate (5gms), odd small fault, useful group of this origin/destination which is very scarce in pre-war era. (9) FRANCE 182 ** 1922 War Orphans’ Fund 1f on 5f+5f SG #395, well centred for this issue, MUH, Cat £180.

183 ** 1928 Sinking Fund 40c+10c to 1f50c+50c set SG #466-68, fresh MUH. Cat £100. (3) 184 * 1930 Sinking Fund 40c+0c to 1f50c+50c set SG #485-87, 50c+25c MUH, other values fine mint, Cat £150. (3) 185 ** 1931 Sinking Fund 1f50c+50c, SG #496, variety Displaced surcharge on the right-hand unit of a pair Yvert & Tellier #277a, fresh MUH, Cat €550+.

186 ** 1947 UPU 500fr Air SG #1013, marginal example with control number, MUH. 187 ** 1949-50 Airs 100F to 1,000F set SG #1055-59, fresh MUH, Cat £325. (5) 188 ** 1954 Airs 100f to 1000f set SG #1194-97, fresh MUH, Cat £475. (4) 189 ** 1957-59 Airs 300f to 1,000f set SG #1318-20, fresh MUH, Cat £130. (3)

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FRANCE | Flight Covers - Commercial 190 * 1934 (May 2) use of 90c Postal Card uprated 5f50 Paris to Broadcasting Station VK2ME Sydney, endorsed for airmail services via Netherlands East Indies and Perth-Adelaide internal, rate of 6f40 representing UPU postcard 90c plus airmail surcharge 3f50 per 5gms (to NEI) plus 2f per 10gms (Australian internal), backstamped Paris, rare and attractive early use of composite airmail services, and important item for Postal Stationery exhibit.

1934-39 registered selection mostly from Paris, good variety of generally attractive frankings, highest for 31f40, odd small fault, 191 * mostly fine. (10) 1936 (Jan 10) cover inscribed ‘TIMBRES’ from Lyon-Terreaux Rhone to Melbourne underfranked at 3f50 for 6f5gms airmail and with 192 * manuscript details and handstruck oval ‘T (10d)’ on front, Australia Postage Due CofA Wmk 2d block of five, affixed to reverse and tied by PO Elizabeth St PBR datestamp.

193 * 1938 registered cover from Paris to Sydney franked on reverse aggregate 77f25 including very scarce use 1938 50f Ader, a little roughly opened, franking an apparent miscalculation for UPU 4f75 (60-80gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 4f50 per 5gms x16 plus 2f registration, Sydney arrival.

1938 (Apr 1) cover Paris to Adelaide franked 10f75 for double rate, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE640 where Coriolanus 194 * was delayed Mar 31-Apr 2 by engine trouble at Marseilles, the mail load necessarily transferred to Cooee, which resumed the service two days late, backstamped Adelaide (Apr 12).

1938-39 highly franked duo featuring scarce frankings of 1938 50f Ader, comprising [1] 1938 (Nov 11) Henri Bendel Co of Paris cover 195 * (295x150mm) to Sydney bearing aggregate franking 145f75 including very scarce pair 50f Ader, representing UPU 5f75 (80-100gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x20, small blemishes for article of this dimension; [2] 1939 (Feb 14) registered cover (315x240mm - some handling faults) franked at 259f75 with 50f Ader x3 (one corner fault) for UPU 12f25 (160-180gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 7f per 5gms x35 plus 2f50 registration.

FRENCH COLONIES | CAMEROUN (French) 196 ** 1941 Free French Issue 2fr Error of colour, deep green instead of grey-black, SG #201a, fresh MUH, Brun expertising mark, Cat £350.

FRENCH COLONIES | INDO-CHINA | Flight Covers - Commercial 197 * 1937-38 trio to Sydney and Rockhampton Queensland, comprising [1] 1937 (Jun 17) Hanoi to pioneer aviator Wally Shiers, Airlines of Australia (Sydney), endorsed ‘Hanoi Singapore/Port Darwin’, franked 45c, triangular ‘T’ tax marking, backstamped Bangkok, Mascot; [2] 1938 (Jan 28) Cap St Jacques to Sydney endorsed ‘Via Singapore/Darwin air mail’ franked 32c, backstamped Saigon, Summer Hill; and [3] 1938 (Mar 21) Burns, Philp Line cover from Saigon to Rockhampton franked 32c for single rate; some faults, scarce material to Australia. (3) 1940 (May 24) censored cover Saigon to Auckland franked aggregate 65c for UPU 40c rate plus airmail surcharge 25c per 5gms, 198 * ‘CONTROLE POSTAL MILITAIRE’ Censor tapes (2) tied by multiple handstamps (2 types). Rare origin/destination.

FRENCH COLONIES | MADAGASCAR (French) | Flight Covers - Commercial 199 * 1945 (Feb 27) tri-censored cover Tamatave to Sydney bearing 1943 Traveller’s Tree highest denomination 10f and 20f, forwarded via London where censor tape and oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp were applied, a French language censor tape is beneath, and again censored on arrival at Sydney, backstamped Tananarive, minor blemishes. Extremely rare origin/destination.

FRENCH COLONIES | MOROCCO (French) | Flight Covers - Commercial 1944-45 covers from same correspondence from Mazagan to Sydney with varying compositions for 24f rate for PanAm South Atlantic 200 * service via Lisbon, UPU 4f rate plus airmail surcharge 10f per 5gms x2, earliest with Sydney Censor tape/handstamps (unusual ‘15’ ties tape at reverse), two with Lisboa transit backstamps, one additionally with Sydney arrival, odd blemish. (3) FRENCH COLONIES | NEW CALEDONIA | Postal History 1942-45 Postal History Selection with 1945 Noumea registered & censored 20fr50c cover to Paris, 1945 14fr50c censored cover 201 * to USA with ‘Missent to Chicopee Falls, Mass’ handstamp; also US Post Offices APO ‘502’ (Camp Barnes, Noumea) 1942 cover to South Dakota & 1944 War Ballot Postal Card to New York, plus two other items. (6) FRENCH COLONIES | NEW CALEDONIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1945 (May 26) censored registered cover (250x155mm) Noumea-Sydney franked aggregate 25f, including 20f, representing UPU 4f 202 * plus airmail surcharge 8f50 per 5gms x2 plus 4f registration, censored New Caledonia and Sydney, backstamped Sydney.

FRENCH COLONIES | WALLIS & FUTUNA 203 ** 1992-2003 Collection incl 1993 Copernicus, 1995 Singapore, Cinema, 1996 Olympics, 1999 Finemui, 2000 Sydney sheet, 2003 Gerbault, etc, STC £620. (157 & Sheetlet).

GAMBIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 204 * 1944 (Oct 31) Bank of British West Africa Ltd cover registered from Bathurst to Sydney bearing remarkable franking of 1938 10/-, 5/pair, 4/-, 2/-, 1/-, and 2/6d pair, aggregate 32/- representing the introduced May 15 1943 3/6d combined airmail rate per ½oz x9 plus 3d registration plus 3d ‘A.R.’ fee, Bathurst octagonal Censor handstamp (code ‘NN/3’), backstamped Registered GPO Gambia, Registered Sydney & Manly. A copy of published article by Rod Perry on this cover accompanies. [The likely route out of British West Africa for this item was via PanAm service introduced Oct 1 1944, which would have seen article travel overland to Bolama Nigeria to connect with airmail service Bolama-Fisherman’s Lake-Natal/Belem-Trinidad/San Juan/Bermuda/New York, thence via North Atlantic Service to Lisbon] GERMAN STATES | Baden | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 205 */W/U 1862-68 Arms Selection comprising 1862 6k & 9k Michel #19a & 20a mint, plus 3k & 9k x2 #18 & 20b & ba used, also 1868 used 1k, 3k & 7k plus unused 3k, #23-25, fine/very fine, Cat €290+. (9) GERMANY 206 U 1872 Small Shield 2Kr Red Orange (ziegelrot) Mi #8 (prob SG #9). Couple shallow hinge thins, well-centred, part neat rectangle datestamp, fresh appearance, Cat €400+ (SG £475).

207 F 1872 Large Shield 9Kr Brown Mi #27a (SG #27 shade). Rounded NW corner, some surface scuffs and shortish perfs, corner s/ring cds, Cat €550+ (SG £750). Difficult stamp.

208 F 1928-31 Zeppelin Polar Flight 1928 2m Mi #423, some minor paper adhesions on gum, MUH; also 1931 ‘POLAR-FAHRT’ 1m carmine Mi #456, few toned perfs, postally used. (2) 209 * 1930 ‘IPOSTA’ M/S Mi #Block 1 (#446-49), gummed on the stamps section only, lightly mounted (stamps MUH), Cat €600.

GERMANY | Flight Covers - Commercial 210 * 1912 (May 19) use of specially inscribed postcard for inaugural flight Heidelberg-Mannheim to Sydney, franked 10pf Germania for foreign postcard rate and tied by the special cancellation. The earliest airborne item Germany-Australia, and only recorded example to Australia.

211 * 1928 (Oct 10) corner card inscribed postcard Friedrichshafen to Sydney with Graf Zeppelin oval ‘Mit/Luftschiff LZ127/befördert’ handstamp in blue, bearing 1928 2Rm Graf Zeppelin for airmail surcharge to US and 15pf UPU postcard rate, ‘MIT LUFTPOST’ etiquette tied by datestamp, carried on LZ127 Graf Zeppelin Oct 11 flight to New York (Oct 16 arrival), thence by surface to Australia.

Extremely rare commercial Zeppelin article destined for Australia.

212 * 1932 (Jan 30) cover Munich to Samarai Papua bearing 1926 Air 1m and 5pf endorsed for airmail Amsterdam-Medan, 1Rm05 franking representing the UPU 25pf rate plus airmail surcharge 80pf per 10gms, ‘Mit Luftpost’ etiquette with ‘KARACHI/CANCELLED/ 10FEB32’ applied thereover and manuscript ‘Via Danashkodi’ added at lower right, carried by KLM flight 63 arriving Danish East Indies Feb 14, thence by surface, backstamped Munich. Very early commercial airmail service destined for Papua.

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1934 (Dec 6 & 7) Hamburg-Amerika Linie cover (small fault reverse) to Melbourne and postcard from Hamburg to Mathoura NSW, 214 * former with Meter denominated 65pf uprated reverse with 60pf aggregate stamps, latter rated 65pf [very scarce pre-war airmail postcard rate UPU 15pf postcard plus airmail surcharge 50pf], carried by Imperial Airways first service (flight IE298) to be extended Singapore-Australia, an eventful service which (i) (Dec 13) saw Aurora damage its undercarriage at Calcutta, and (ii) (Dec 19) Diana damaged its tailskid, necessitating transfer of part of load to Hippomenes, backstamped Melbourne (Dec 22) and Sydney (Dec 21), respectively, very scarce intermediates. (2) 215 * 1935 (Oct 25) Gottfried Rüppel (Bremen) registered cover (370x140mm) to Henry B Smith Melbourne, franked aggregate 21Rm40 [UPU 1Rm60 (180-200gms) plus airmail surcharge 50pf per 5gms x39 plus 30pf registration], carried on Imperial Airways flight IE387 where Astraea, when landing Nov 2 at Rangoon, skidded on a wet runway and crashed through the boundary fence, slightly damaging the starboard wing tip and cabin floor. The Captain was hurt, and mail load was transferred to Arethusa, departing two days later. Backstamped Darwin (Nov 7), Melbourne (Nov 10). The only recorded cover Germany-Australia on this flight.

1935 (Nov 1-2) covers Tubin Gen (blemishes reverse) and Salach Germany to Henry B Smith Melbourne, franked 2Rm25 and 75pf, 216 * quadruple and single rates respectively, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE389, backstamped Melbourne (Nov 16). [Imperial Airways flights IE388-89 were disrupted as result of very bad weather in Mediterranean late October-early November 1935. Mail loads for both flights IE388 and 389 went by S.S. Calitea Brindisi to Athens, Satyrus, Scipio and Sylvanus then flew the mails Athens-Alexandria, departing Nov 7. IE388 terminated at Bangkok Nov 11, and combined mails with IE389 went on to Australia.] (2) 1936 (Aug 5) Verlag Scherl (Berlin) cover (290x195mm) inscribed ‘Drucksache’ and with black on red ‘Durch Gilboten’ etiquette to 217 * The Telegraph Newspaper Sydney, franked perfin ‘B.L.A.’ von Hindenburg issues aggregate (front and reverse) 9Rm60, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE467, TPO 2 South NSW transit (Aug 14), some inevitable stamp faults, striking appearance.

218 * 1936 (Dec 24) W.A. Buhmeyer (Bremen) Germany cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 1Rm25 for double rate, carried Imperial Airways flight IE509 wherein Centaurus developed a mechanical problem Dec 30 at Athens, necessitating transfer of mail load to Satyrus for onwards flight to Alexandria, backstamped Melbourne (Jan 9 1937).

1938 (May 30) W.A. Buhmeyer (Bremen) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 75pf for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways 219 * flight IE658 during which Cordelia Jun 7 developed mechanical trouble at Bangkok, and mail load was transferred to Coogee, which departed two days later, backstamped Melbourne (Jun 13).

1938 (May 7) Friedr. Müller (Freital) Germany cover (flap fault) to Melbourne franked 3Rm90 [UPU 40pf plus airmail surcharge 50pf 220 * per 5gms x7], carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE651 where Corio force-landed May 10 at Dubai owing to mechanical problem, the service resuming the following day, Melbourne arrival (May 19).

1938 (May-Oct) covers (largest 315x145mm) to Sydney, two registered Berlin-Charlottenburg from same correspondence sent same 221 * day (Sep 22) and therefore carried together on Imperial Airways service (flight SE26), rated 13Rm 30 and 15Rm45 for 115-120gms and 135-140gms rates, respectively, frankings including 1925 5Rm x5, both with multiple ‘FOUND OPEN/OFFICIALLY SEALED’ labels affixed tied at Sydney (Oct 5), and May 5 and Oct 12 registered covers from same correspondence Leipzig-Sydney endorsed ‘Via Amsterdam’ for KLM service via Naples, franked 8Rm20 and 13Rm, each cover franked with one or more 1925 5Rm Speyer Cathedral. (4) 222 * 1938 (Jul 13) Deutsch Bank (Leipzig) registered cover (roughly opened at left) to Sydney franked aggregate 5Rm85, carried by Imperial Airways service flight IE670 during which at Sharjah on Jul 16 Corio was involved in a collision with Cooee, Circe took over the mail load Jul 17, backstamped Darwin (Jul 22), Sydney (Jul 25).

1938 (Dec 10) registered cover Berlin to Adelaide franked 1Rm05 for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways service flight SE59 223 * Cordelia, which was delayed at Brindisi Dec 11 for two days owing to mechanical trouble, service resuming Dec 14, backstamped Brindisi (Dec 12), Melbourne (Dec 23).

224 *PS 1942-44 Prisoners-of-War Stationery from Australian internees, comprising various editions Lettersheets (2, one franked 40pf Hitler) and Postal Cards (5, one franked 40pf Hitler), endorsed for via USA Trans-Atlantic services, multitude of camp, “Taxe perçue”, transit, censor markings, etc, some faults, generally good. (7) GERMANY | First Flight Covers 225 * 1933 Century of Progress Zeppelin Flight registered cover from Friedrichshafen to Chicago, franked by three values, including Zeppelin 1m and 2m opt ‘Chicagofahrt’’, red flight cachet, arrival backstamp, very fine, Sieger #238, €800, SG cat for stamps alone £825.

GERMANY | Postmarks 226 DS Deutsche Seepost Cancellation Group: including superb ‘DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG-/WESTAFRIKA/23/7.04/ XXXIX’ in violet tying Liberia 3c to piece, also others for ‘OST=/AFRIKA/LINIE’, ‘OST-/AFRIKANISCHE/HAUPTLINIE’, etc. (6) GERMANY - Allied Occupation | Postal History 1946-48 Group of Covers x4, comprising American zone censored to Switzerland and British zone censored to South Africa or 227 * Australia plus an uncensored cover to Australia. (4) GERMANY - East 228 ** 1951 Friendship With China set of 3, Mi #286-8, Cat €300.

GERMANY - West 229 ** 1954 President Heuss 3pf to 3Dm set, Mi #177-96, fresh MUH, Cat €280 (SG #1103-22, Cat £350). (20) GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA 230 W 1896-1901 Forerunners tying German stamps to piece with [1] 2m reddish-carmine Numeral tied to piece by part 1901 Tientsin datestamp Michel #V37f; [2] 10pf lilac-red & 50pf reddish brown Arms tied by very fine 1896 ‘TIENTSIN/KAISERL.DEUTSCHE/ POSTAGENTUR’ datestamp #V47d & #V50d; fine condition, Cat €170+. (c) GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA | Postal History 231 * 1910-12 Selection incl 1910 registered cover to Berlin with mss “Via Sibirien!”, German style ‘Schanghai/(Deutsch Post)’ regn label and 4c (2) & 10c opts tied with three strikes of ‘SCHANGHAI/DEUTSCHE POST’ cds, 1911 PPC (Shanghai, Nanking Road) & 1912 PPC (The Music Stand, Hawrokuyen, Port Arthur) both to same address in France, and 1911 registered piece (14x15cm) to Germany with Yachts 2c (5, incl a pair) & 4c (2) tied by 6 strikes of TSINGTAU/KIATSCHOU’ cds along registered label & mss “Via Sibirien”.

(4 items) GERMAN POST OFFICES IN MOROCCO 232 F/V 1900 Overprints comprising 5c on 5pf #8II, 1p25c on 1m #16II, 2p50c on 2m x2, #17II/I & 17II/II, 3p75c on 3m #18II/II & 6p25c on 5m #19II, all but two with guarantee handstamps, fine/very fine used, Cat €1,295.

233 F 1899 Diagonal Surcharges on German Issues 5c on 3pf to 60c on 50pf set, the top value tied to small piece, guarantee handstamps, fine used, Cat €120.

234 F 1900-03 Surcharges on German Reichpost Issues 2c on 3pf to 2p50c on 2m Type I & 3p75c on 3m Type II Mi #7-18I/II, Schroeder guarantee handstamps, fine used, Cat €330+.

235 F/V 1905 Overprints on Germany No Watermark 3c on 3pf to 6p25c on 5m set Mi #21-33, 2p50c on 2m & 3p75c on 3m both neatly tied to piece, mostly clear contemporaneous postmarks including Mazagan & Tanger, key top value is signed by Richter, fine to very fine condition, Cat €600. (13)

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GERMAN POST OFFICES IN MOROCCO (cont) 236 F 1906-11 Overprints on Germany Watermark Lozenges 3c on 3pf to 6p25c on 5m set Mi #34-45 plus second 25c on 20pf Mi #37c (expertised with Jaschke-L handstamp), two values are neatly tied to small pieces, most stamps with tidy contemporaneous postmarks including Larache & Tanger, all have expert handstamps from Richter or others, condition fine to very fine, Cat €1,440+.

237 F/V 1911-19 Overprints on Germany Watermark Lozenges 3c on 3pf to 6p25c on 5m set Mi #46-58, three values including 1p25c on 1m & 2p50c on 2m are neatly tied to piece, generally crisp contemporaneous postmarks including Casablanca, Rabat & Tanger, all stamps with expertising handstamps, fine to very fine condition, Cat €900+.

GERMAN POST OFFICES IN TURKEY 238 F 1900-04 Surcharges on German Reichpost Issues 10pa on 5pf to 10p on 2m Type I, 15p on 3m Type II & 25p on 5m Type I (ex 5p on 1m) Mi #12I-23I/III, the latter with Jaschke-L certificate as Michel #23I/III plus Richter & Mohrmann guarantee handstamps, other values with Schroeder handstamps, fine used, Cat €600+.

239 F 1905 Surcharges No Watermark 10pa on 5pf green to 15pi on 3m (red-orange overprint) Mi #24-34b, all with Schroeder guarantee handstamps, fine used, Cat €280+.

240 F 1905-12 Surcharges Watermark Lozenges 10pa on 5pf green to 25pi on 5m set (ex 15pi on 3m) Mi #36-47 (ex #46); also 1908 5c on 5pf to 100c on 80pf set #48-52; many, including all the key values, with guarantee handstamps, (25pi on 5m with both Schroeder & Buhler handstamps), fine used, Cat €470. (16) 241 F 1872-1880s Forerunners Constantinople datestamps on various German Arms issues comprising 1872 ¼g grey-violet Mi #V1 (perf defects at top, Cat €650), 2g ultramarine #V5, 2½g bright reddish-brown #V21a (thin), 5g ochre-brown #V22 and 20pf ultramarine #V42b, generally crisp & discernible postmarks, Cat €1,120. (5) GERMAN COLONIES | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 242 U 1889-1913 Used Collection on Schaubek Hingeless Pages with POs in China 1898 48º Overprint 5pf to 50pf, 56º Overprint 3pf x2 (grey-brown & bistre-brown) to 50pf set including 10pf lilac-red Michel #3IIb, 1901-04 3pf to 80pf & 2m, 1905 No Wmk to 1½d on 3m (26x17) #36A, 1905-14 Wmk Lozenges to 1d on 2m #45IAII; POs in Morocco 1905 to 1p25c on 1m (25x16), 1906-11 Wmk Lozenges 1p25c on 1m and 2p50c on 2m #43&44 (Cat €220 each); POs in Turkish Empire 1889 set, 1900 to 5pi on 1m carmine & 10pi on 2m, 1905 to 15pi on 3m, 1906-12 Wmk to 5pi on 1m & 10pi on 2m; German New Guinea with 1897-99 25pf, 1900 Yachts to 50pf; German East Africa 1893 5pf on 10pf (carmine) to 25pf on 50pf, 1896-99 2p on 3pf (grey-brown) to 25p on 50pf set, 190520 Wmk Lozenges 2½h to 45h (x2); German South-West Africa 1900 Yachts No Wmk 3pf to 2m, 1906-19 Wmk Lozenges 2m; Cameroun 1900 Yachts No Wmk 1m; Mariana Is 1900 56º Overprint 3pf & 5pf (tied to piece); Marshall Is 1897-1900 optd ‘Marschall-Inseln’ 10pf & optd ‘Marshall-Inseln’ 20pf & 25pf; also a few Caroline Is, Kiautschou & Samoa; condition mostly fine, many of the better stamps with guarantee handstamps. A very good lot, Cat €3,000+ (few 100s).

243 */** 1889-1913 Mint Collection on KaBe Hingeless Pages with POs in China 1898 48º Overprint 3pf bistre-brown Michel #1Ib, 190104 5m #27III; POs in Morocco 1899 Surcharges (ex 25c on 20pf), 1900 3c on 3pf to 2p50c on 2m Type I, 1905 No Wmk 3p75c on 3m #32B and 6p25c on 5m #33; POs in Turkish Empire 1884 10pa of 5pf, 20pa on 10pf & 1¼pi on 25pf #1b, 2b & 4b; German New Guinea 1897 Overprints 10p lilac-rose #3b, 1900-08 5m Yacht & 1914-19 5m Yacht #23I/AI; German East Africa 1893 Overprints set (ex 5p on 10pf), 1896-99 Diagonal Overprints 2p on 3pf (x3, #6a, b & d shades) to 10p on 20pf, 1905-20 Yachts 1r, 2r & 3r #38IIB, A38 & 39IAb; German South-West Africa 1906-19 3m & 5m; Samoa 1900 Overprints 3pf to 50pf set (ex 10pf); Togo 1909-1919 5m #23IIA (Cat €220) also more modest selections from Cameroun, Caroline Is, Kiautschou, Mariana Is & Marshall Is; odd mild tone, generally fine, Cat €4,300+ (few 100s).

GERMAN COLONIES | CAMEROON (German) 244 * 1897-98 Overprints on Germany 10c dark pink Mi #3c, fine mint, Jaschke-L expertising handstamp, Cat €300.

GERMAN COLONIES | CAROLINE ISLANDS (German) 245 F 1899-1900 48º Overprints 5pf green Mi #2l, fine used, two guarantee handstamps including Schroeder, Cat €750.

246 D 1906 ‘Typhoon’ Provisional 10pf bisect Mi #9H tied to piece by fine strike of Ponape mailbag seal.

247 F 1900 Kaiser’s Yacht 2m blue Mi #17, neat Yap datestamp, Cat €100.

GERMAN COLONIES | GERMAN EAST AFRICA 248 F 1896-99 2p on 3pf light ochre Mi #6e, fine used with 1900 Pangani datestamp, Cat €500.

249 D 1905-20 Watemark Lozenges 7½h Mi #36 x2 tied to separate pieces by 1912 or 1913 ‘MKUMBARA’ datestamps Friedemann Type 39, fine condition. (2) 250 D 1892-95 Forerunners all tying German stamps to piece comprising [1] 2m dark red crimson Numeral tied by 1895 ‘DAR-ESSALAAM’ datestamp Michel #VO37e; [2] 20pf cobalt-blue Arms tied by 1892 ‘DAR-ES-SALAAM/DEUTSCHE/POSTAGENTUR’ datestamp #VO48c; & [3] 20pf violet-ultramarine Arms tied by 1893 Tanga datestamp #VO48d, Cat €370. (3) GERMAN COLONIES | KIAUTSCHOU 251 UW 1898-1901 Forerunners with Kiautschou datestamps used on ‘China’ overprints on Germany with 3pf shades x3 including bright ochre-brown Michel #V1IIc; 5pf x4 including 48º Overprint tied to piece & 56º Overprint pair, 10pf x3 and 20pf 56º overprint #V4II (Steuer guarantee handstamp, Cat €350), generally fine, total Cat €600+. (10) 252 F 1905 Kaiser’s Yacht No Watermark 1c to $1 (25x16 holes) Mi #18-25B, 40c & $½ both tied to piece, all but the 1c with Schroeder guarantee handstamps, fine used, Cat €410+.

253 * 1905 Kaiser’s Yacht No Watermark $2½ carmine & black 25x16 holes Mi #27B (SG #33a), redistributed gum as noted on Michael Jaschke-Lantelme (2014) certificate, Cat €2,600 (SG Cat £2,750). Very scarce.

254 F 1905 Kaiser’s Yacht Wmk Lozenge 1c to $2½ set including 2c green shade Mi #28-37, all but one low value stamp with guarantee handstamps (usually Schroeder), $2½ additionally signed by Ebel, fine used, Cat €1,100.

GERMAN COLONIES | KIAUTSCHOU | Postal History 255 * 1910 (Dec 21) PPC to Germany, via Siberia, with 2c Yacht tied by Tsingtau datestamp; also 1901 5pf+5pf Postal Card fine unused.

(2) GERMAN COLONIES | MARIANA ISLANDS (German) 256 * 1899-1900 56º Overprints 10c lilac-red Mi #3IIb, fine mint, Jaschke-L expertising handstamp, Cat €200.

257 D 1899-1900 56º Overprints 20pf ultramarine Mi #4II, tied to piece by very fine ‘SAIPAN/17/8/00/MARIANEN’ datestamp, Jaschke-L & Engel guarantee handstamps, Cat €150.

GERMAN COLONIES | TOGO (German) | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 258 */U 1896-97 Selection including German 10pf Arms forerunner with 1896 Klein-Popo datestamp, 1897 Overprints 3pf x2 Michel #1a & 1b, 5pf, 10pf, 25pf & 50pf used plus 3pf #1a & 1b, 5pf, 10pf & 20pf mint, condition generally fine/very fine, most with expertising handstamps, Cat €230+. (12) GIBRALTAR 259 * 1889 QV Surcharges 5c on ½d to 75c on 1/- set SG #15-21, 25c on 2½d mild gum crease, fine mint overall, Cat £200. (7) 260 * 1889-96 Spanish Currency 75c to 5p SG #29-33, very fine MLH, Cat £160+. (5) 261 * 1898 Reissue in Sterling Currency ½d to 1/- set SG #39-45, very fine MLH/MVLH, Cat £180. (7) 262 * 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials ½d to £1 set SG #121-31, plus some extra perfs/shades, nibbed perf £1, generally fine mint, Cat £190+.

(22) 263 * 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials x35, including many additional perfs and shades with P13½ 1½d carmine, 3d, 1/-, 2/-, P14 6d, 5/-, also 1948 Wedding & 1949 UPU, Cat approx £1,400. (45) 264 * 1938-51 KGVI 2d Grey P13½ Wmk sideways, coil join single, tiny tone spot on reverse. SG #124ab, Cat £750.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 GIBRALTAR (cont) 265 * 1953-59 QEII Pictorials incl extra shade of 1/-. SG #145-58, Cat £180. (15) GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes 266 PS 1950 Formular Airletter deep blue on grey stock, pen addressed to Suva, franked with 2d KGVI tied by double-circle TARAWA cds, BW #FA1D, Cat $400. Rare.

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS | Postal History 1937-56 Cover Trio comprising [1] 1937 to NSW with KGV ½d strip of 3 tied by Proud Type D3 PO Tabiteuea cancel; [2] 1938 267 * inwards from GB with fine strike of Type D2 Fanning Island datestamp; [2] 1956 Ocean Island registered to USA with QEII 2/-, 1/- & 1d tied by Type D12 datestamp. (3) 268 * 1942-62 Christmas Island Group with [1] 1942 USA APO 215 PPC to Connecticut; [2] 1956-7 air covers x3 from BFPO 170 (atomic tests); [3] 1957 (May 19) Grapple illustrated ‘first day’ cover (Atomic tests) to England [4] 1958 (Nov 1) Registration Envelope, uprated with 6d Commonwealth Games, commercial use to Hawaii, from FPO 158; [5] 1962 air letter from BFPO 170 to England.

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1943-50 Postal History Selection with American Post Offices 1943 APO 967 (Fanning Island) V-Mail to Louisiana, 1943 APO 27 269 * (Makin) to New York, 1944 APO 240 (Tarawa) to USA, 1952 Canton Island/Phoenix Group uprated stationery envelope to Texas; also Crown Colony covers 1950 Ocean Island Tatts cover to Hobart, 1943 censored cover (faults) to New Zealand with Proud Type D6 Funafuti ‘26AU43’ datestamp (LRD), Fiji transit backstamp; condition variable. (6) GOLD COAST | Flight Covers - Commercial 1937 (Apr-May) covers from same correspondence from Insu to Eldorado Victoria redirected to Tragowel, bearing varying 270 * compositions for 1/4d combined airmail rate per ½oz, endorsed ‘VIA KANO’, ultimately joining Imperial Airways service at Khartoum and flights IE548 and 556 ex Alexandria eastwards, backstamped Khartoum, Melbourne and Eldorado (earlier), blemishes, very scarce origin/destination, particularly this early. (2) 271 * 1938 (Aug 16) cover from Accra to Auckland bearing 1938 original perf 9d and 1/- for combined 1/9d airmail rate per ½oz, tiny stain.

GREAT BRITAIN 272 */**/U 1840-1970s Collection in Seven Seas album incl 1840 1d black, 2d blue, both with M/C cancels, 1847-54 Embossed 6d, 10d, 1/-, range surface printed isssues, 1883-84 2/6d, 5/-, 10/-, 1888 £1 brown, 1887-92 £1 green, KEVII 2/6d, 5/-, 10/-, £1, KGV 1913-19 Seahorses 2/6d- £1, (incl additional 2/6d & 5/- both perfin ‘CofA’), KGVI 1948 Wedding £1 corner single (MUH), QE many defin sets and commems both ordinary & phos (some MUH), few Regionals, etc. Condition somewhat variable, Cat £18,200+. (100s) 273 U 1840 1d Black [PG], three good margins and almost touching at base, red Maltese Cross cancel. SG #2, Cat £375.

274 D 1840 1d Black Plate 2 [HG] SG #2, three very good to huge margins, fourth very close/just cutting-into at right, tied to piece by red MC cancel, Cat £375.

275 F 1840 1d Black Plate 5 [KI] SG #2, three good margins, raggedly separated & slightly cut-into at left, on small piece with MC cancel in red, Cat £375.

276 U 1840 1d Black Plate 8 [NB], 4 good to clear margins, red Maltese Cross cancel, SG #2, Cat £525. (5) 277 1841 2d Blue [GK], 4 margins, cancelled with 1844 type postmark in black. SG #14, Cat £90.

278 */U 1870-79 ½d Bantam various plates 3-20 (no Plate 1, 8 or 9) SG #48-49, Cat £1,000+. Two clearly mint (Plate 12 may be **, Plate 13 *) with a third (Plate 4) unused with gum prob not original. Some variable centring and trimmed perfs with better noted Plate 15, Plate 19 x2, Plate 20. (17) 279 F 1847-54 Embossed 1/- pale green SG #54, marginal example with fragment of adjoining stamp at top, Cat £1,000.

280 W 1862-64 Small White Letters 6d lilac [CJ] SG #84, centred to the base, good colour, regummed, Cat £2,200.

281 * 1881 2½d Blue Plate 23 [OC] SG #157. May not have been hinged but some gum disturbance and/or light adhesions. Couldn’t be any fresher, Cat £425.

282 F 1913 Waterlow Seahorses 2/6d deep sepia-brown, 5/- rose-carmine & 10/- indigo SG #399, 401-02, few minor perf blemishes, cds cancels, Cat £995. (3) 283 F 1915 DLR Seahorses worn plate printing SG #412, well centred, cds cancels, Cat £875.

284 * 1915 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses 10/- dull grey-blue SG #417, couple of tiny gum thins, excellent centring, Cat £475.

285 **/* 1939-48 Arms 2/6d (both) to £1 set including 10/- dark blue SG #476-478c, very fine mint, £1 is MUH, Cat £425. (6) 286 ** 1970 Christmas 5d variety Emerald omitted SG #839b, fresh MUH, Cat £140.

GREAT BRITAIN | Postal History 1822-85 Covers/part entires, etc, used mostly from Ireland incl 1822 to London, 1841 entire Dublin to Drogheda with black Maltese 287 * Cross tying imperf 1d red [PJ], 1849 small cover to ‘RUGBY’ (b/s in blue) with imperf 1d red [LL] showing part marginal inscription at right, & also on reverse straight line ‘Hampstead Heath’ handstamp, 1855 cover to Dublin with ‘ROSCREA’ cds (in blue, on reverse), 1872 entire to Vienna with ‘MANCHESTER’ duplex tying 4d pl. 8, Vienna backstamp, etc. Mixed condition. (6) 1860 (Dec 8) outer London to Amsterdam inscribed Via Ostende with 1857 4d rose-carmine pair SG #66 (£300+ on cover) each 288 * cancelled London diamond BN ‘11’, handstamp ‘England/Franco’ in black alongside (prob applied in Ostend). On the back commercial cachet in blue of ‘RICHD BRANDT/LONDON’, black London indented square receiving, red Amsterdam arrival cds two days later. Scorch fault, filing folds not affecting stamps, a bit fragile.

1869 (Jun 24) plain env to Belgium with 6d mauve Plate 8 SG #109 tied London Inland Branch diamond duplex ‘j A/LONDON/JU24/ 289 * 69’ and BN ‘104’ (Pearson Hill parallel machine). The postmark stamp code ‘j’ has Rarity ‘G’ (very rare) as per London Postal History Group cat #104D10. Light folds, light cleanable soiling.

290 * 1925 (Aug 20) PPC to Australia with 1925 1d Wembley underpaying postcard rate, taxed with Australia ½d & 1d Dues added.

Noughties Decimal Security Machins on covers of PPCs mostly with 1st or 2nd Class solo frankings, generally fine. Sure to please 291 * Machin specialists. (100s) GREAT BRITAIN | Flight Covers - Commercial 1911 (Sep 11) First UK Aerial Post Red-brown postcard (small faults) to Wellington New Zealand, franked for internal ½d rate only 292 * and taxed, third day of the so-called Coronation flights, when a Farman-type piloted by C. Hubert crashed because of engine failure upon take off, plane completely destroyed and pilot broke both legs. The eight mailbags were recovered in good condition and placed aboard another plane. First powered flight incident involving mail to New Zealand, believed to be the only recorded postcard to that destination.

293 * 1911 (Sep 11) First UK Aerial Post Grey-green postcard to Melbourne, franked for 1d Empire rate, third day of the so-called Coronation flights, when a Farman-type piloted by C. Hubert crashed because of engine failure upon take off, plane completely destroyed and pilot broke both legs. The eight mailbags were recovered in good condition and placed aboard another plane. First powered flight incident involving mail to Australia, two postcards recorded to that destination.

1929 (Mar 28) cover Rochester Kent to Rochester Victoria carried on Imperial Airways Flight IE1, the inaugural London-Karachi 294 * service, correct rate of 7½d including 6d airmail surcharge. A rare ‘first flight’ worthy of inclusion in the finest Australian Aerophilately collection.

295 * 1931 (May 18) cover Blackpool to Melbourne via Karachi bearing aggregate franking 2/8d including uncommon on cover Bradbury, Wilkinson 2/6d, loaded May 23 to Imperial Airways flight IE113 during which Scipio on May 26 suffering slight damage to one wingfloat at Heraclion (Crete), flight continued to Mirabella Bay where, when landing, the float was totally destroyed. City of Alexandria was dispatched from Egypt to take delivery of African and Indian mails, resuming the journey the following day. Very few examples recorded to Australia. Sanford #310524.

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GREAT BRITAIN | Flight Covers - Commercial (cont) 296 * 1931-40 collection of UK originating Imperial Airways/BOAC/QANTAS service interrupted/delayed mail incidents/events, largely ranging between flights IE300 (includes 106 and 140) and NE31, sixty-five various different flights represented, all experiencing delays detailed in Proud’s ‘Intercontinental Airmails Vol II’, more noteworthy including tri-incident IE303, 309 (forced-landing Surabaya due to broken exhaust pipe), 387 (right wing and nose damaged at Rangoon landing), 415 (forced-landing Fellujah due storms), 437 (burst tyre upon landing Surabaya), 482 (Athena fire), balance with engine problems (13), other mechanical problems/ damage (10), unserviceable aerodrome/unavailable aircraft (3), rest largely miscellaneous causes (predominantly weather phenomenon), etc, some attractive and higher denomination frankings, including Seahorses 2/6d (10) and 5/-, capable of facilitating a notable three/four-frame exhibit of the subject, with scope for further expansion, some faults, generally pleasing/exhibitable quality.

Many years in the making. (65) 297 *PS 1932 (Jan 5) London to Sydney uprate of Stationery 4½d Registration Envelope (size ‘K’), aggregate franking 6/4½d, including Bradbury, Wilkinson Seahorses 2/6d (2, shades), endorsed ‘Direct Australian/Mail’, Sydney and William Street arrivals.

1934 (Dec 5-8) selection of postcards Great Britain to Australia at 6d airmail postcard rate, varying franking compositions including 298 * 1½d Booklet stamps x4, 6d shades x2, Stationery 1d Postal Card uprated 5d, etc, carried by Imperial Airways first service (flight IE298) to be extended Singapore-Australia, an eventful service which (i) (Dec 13) saw Aurora damage its undercarriage at Calcutta, and (ii) (Dec 19) Diana damaged its tailskid, necessitating transfer of part of load to Hippomenes, attractive group, (5). AAMC #469.

299 * 1934-38 excellent selection (71) featuring usage of the handsome GB photogravure series, including Proud ‘Intercontinental Airmails Vol II’ detailed interrupted/delayed flights (19), many attractive/unusual franking compositions, including for uncommon 6d postcard rate, 1½d wmk sideways singles (2) showing vending machine “gripper” malfunction, another cover with ½d wmk sideways plus 1½d x3 uprating otherwise underpaid franking, 9d pairs (3, registered single rate), 10d (9, with ‘BR’ perfin and scarce block of three), 1/perfin ‘WAS/&Cº’ block of ten plus strip of four on registered cover, plus other perfins & Stationery uprates, etc; also 1935 Silver Jubilee selection (12) including 2½d (5, with x4 on one cover, another on 6d postcard); very useful lot for usage specialist, some faults, generally good exhibitable quality. (83) 1936 (Jan 31) cover Bradford Rd Yorks to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked for 1/3d ½oz rate, carried on Imperial Airways service 300 * flight IE415 where Helena force-landed Feb 7 at Felujah (Iraq) due to storms, the service resuming the following day, backstamped Melbourne (Feb 17).

1936 (Jul 11) Bank of New South Wales cover sent Express Delivery London-Melbourne, franked aggregate 16/9d including re301 * engraved Seahorses 5/- and 2/6d x4, for combined airmail rate 1/3d per ½oz x13 plus 6d Express delivery fee, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE461, the Atalanta leg delayed a day at Karachi (Feb 16-17) due to engine trouble, backstamped Melbourne.

302 * 1936 (Aug 20) cover London-Sydney, participant in the famed ‘Desert incident’, where Horsa on Aug 29, during Imperial Airways service flight IE473 (departed Aug 22), overshot Bahrain Aerodrome by 100kms at night, a consequence of the airfield lights not having been switched on, the pilots becoming lost and making a forced-landing in the desert, at Salwa Wells. The aircraft was found 40 hours later, and mail and passengers were flown out by RAF Mail to connect with IE474-75, the service delayed five days. Only two covers from this major incident believed recorded to Australia, the other also from GB (but see next lot). Sanford #360809.

1936 (Sep 19) cover (255x160mm) London to Sydney bearing 10/- Seahorses pair for 1/3d per ½oz x16, boarded on Imperial Airways 303 * flight IE482 Athena which caught fire Sep 29 at Delhi, while the engines were being started; it transpired that oxygen bottles rather than compressed air were used to start the engines, and the aircraft was destroyed. The mail on board largely originated in the UK, and this impressive franking may be the record survivor. Reverse with fine strike of ‘Salvaged from Air Iiner/Athena’, Regent’s Park arrival (Oct 8). Sanford #360929.

1937 (March 23) cover London-Perth franked 1/3d for single rate, another Capricornus participant (on its inaugural flight to Egypt, 304 * was caught in a violent snowstorm Mar 24 in the Rhone Valley. The pilot lost all visibility and circled whilst attempting to determine his position by radio; the aircraft wing hit a tree, and crashed into a mountain at 2,200 feet altitude. Five of the six occupants were killed. The mail was recovered the following day and sent to Macon for onward carriage by Cygnus), backstamped Perth (Apr 7).

Highly desirable item. Sanford #370324.

305 * 1938 (May 6) Fred Pattison & Co (Bradford) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 1/3d for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE651 where Corio force-landed May 10 at Dubai owing to mechanical problem, the service resuming the following day, Melbourne arrival (May 19) on front. Rare item, additionally of interest to Dubai postal historians.

1938 (May 20) cover London to Melbourne franked 1/3d for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE655 which 306 * experienced multiple delays: (i) Caledonia experienced consecutive delays, firstly due to weather at Marseilles May 22-23, and May 23-24 at Athens, following collision with a buoy, (ii) Corio was delayed May 27-29 with mechanical problems, backstamped Melbourne (Jun 5).

1938 (Jun 7) cover Birmingham to Sydney bearing solo franking of 2/6d Seahorses for double rate, carried on Imperial Airways flight 307 * IE660, the Ceres leg of which was caught in heavy monsoon rain en route from Karachi to Singapore, and made a forced-landing in Lake Dugari (Central India). The aircraft was unable to continue, being stuck in soft mud in the shallow lake, and the mail was carried by bullock cart for 32kms, and by car for a further 15kms, to join the railway at Lake Gwalior, where the relief aircraft Capella was waiting on the day of the incident. This cover shows clear signs of having been partially immersed in water. Sanford #380612.

1938 (Jun 11) cover Hamstead to Melbourne bearing 1/3d franking, overweight and taxed double deficiency, Australia Postage Due 308 * 4d block of six and 3d pair affixed reverse (pencil-cancelled) over Melbourne arrival, some handling faults, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE661, where Cooee developed engine trouble Jun 15 after leaving Karachi, necessitating return, service resuming two days later.

309 * 1938 (Jul 11) cover (small fault top right) Ayr to Melbourne franked 1/3d for single rate, framed ‘MISSENT TO/WELLINGTON, N.Z.’, carried by Imperial Airways service flight IE670 during which at Sharjah on Jul 16 Corio was involved in a collision with Cooee, Circe took over the mail load Jul 17.

1938 (Nov 22) cover Bournemouth to Perth on board Imperial Airways Calpurnia which, when attempting to land Nov 23 during a 310 * severe sand storm, and in the dark, struck the water too hard and crashed in Lake Habaniyah (Iraq), killing all four crew members, stamp lost in event, fine strike framed handstamp ‘DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT.’ on front, reverse with affixed explanatory memo from Deputy Director, Perth. Fine example to uncommon destination. Sanford #381127.

1938 Calpurnia crash (killing all four crew members) selection, comprising [1] Liverpool-Hobart bearing 1½d, ‘SALVAGED/EX 311 * ‘CALPURNIA’’ handstamp front and reverse, [2] stampless cover (card enclosure) Bexhill-on-Sea to Corryong Victoria, with Deputy Director (Sydney) explanatory memo, [3] London-Sydney Meter denominated 1½d with handstamped ‘Received at/SYDNEY, NSW/ DAMAGED’ handstamp and same explanatory memo as in 2, and [4] London-Melbourne stampless cover with more specifically worded Sydney explanatory memo, good representation. (4) 312 PS 1939 (Nov 29) use Felixstowe to Ballarat Victoria of 4½d Registration Envelope uprated 2/4½d, carried on Imperial Airways duplicated service flight XSE199, where Clio was delayed Dec 3-6 by mechanical problems at Alexandria and Dec 9-10 at Akyab, Melbourne Dec 14 arrival confirms allocation to this flight.

313 * 1974 BA Hijack (Nov) cover from Fife Scotland to Perth (WA) franked 10p for single rate carried by British Airways VC10 flight London to Far East which was hi-jacked Nov 22 in Dubai, recovered mail for Western Australia receiving a handstamped ‘DELAYED EN ROUTE/- AIRCRAFT HI - JACK -’ in violet. Unlisted AAMC and rare.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 GREECE | Flight Covers - Commercial 314 * 1932 registered cover Athens to Timaru New Zealand endorsed ‘Par Avion a’ Moshi (Tanganyika)’, handstruck ‘PAR AVION/ JUSQU’A’, with ‘Moshi’ inserted by hand, applied upper left, 13d rate for UPU 4d rate plus airmail surcharge 5d per 5gms (to Tanganyika) plus 4d registration, backstamped Registered Moshi (Mar 3) and Mombasa (Mar 5). Early and extraordinary routing, utilising Imperial Airways service (flight AS52) to accelerate by air.

1933-35 selection from Salonica to Sydney or Athens to Melbourne rated at 28d, 33d x2, 83d and 58d, frankings including 1927 15d 315 * Acropolis x4, 1930 8d Monastery, 1933 Air 25d and 50d, and 1934 10L Anti-TB Fund, attractive group. (5) 1935 (Oct 30) Panos J. Gravaris (Athens) cover (opening fault) to Melbourne franked 83d [UPU 8d plus airmail surcharge 25d per 316 * 10gms x3], carried on Imperial Airways flight IE387 where Astraea, when landing Nov 2 at Rangoon, skidded on a wet runway and crashed through the boundary fence, slightly damaging the starboard wing tip and cabin floor. The Captain was hurt, and mail load was transferred to Arethusa, departing two days later. Backstamped, Melbourne (Nov 10). The only recorded cover GreeceAustralia on this flight.

317 * 1936 (Feb 2) Panos J. Gravaris (Athens) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 83d [UPU 8d plus airmail surcharge 25d per 10gms x3], carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE415 where Helena force-landed Feb 7 at Felujah (Iraq) due to storms, the service resuming the following day, backstamped Melbourne (Feb 17).

1936 (Jun 3) Panos J. Gravaris (Athens) cover to Melbourne franked 83d for triple rate, 25d Air corner fault, key 50d fine, carried on 318 * Imperial Airways service flight IE449 during which Brisbane force-landed Jun 9 at Waingapoe NEI, the service resumed Jun 10, arriving Darwin the same day, backstamped Melbourne (Jun 13).

1936-40 selection from variety of towns, range of rates and franking compositions, one registered (front only), four with currency 319 * control tapes, condition typically mixed. (21) 320 * 1938 (Jun 11) Grecian Wool Selling Agency Athens to Henry B Smith Melbourne, attractively franked cover for double rate, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE661, where Cooee developed engine trouble Jun 15 after leaving Karachi, necessitating return, service resuming two days later, backstamped Melbourne (Jun 24).

GRENADA 321 F 1883 Surcharges on Revenue Stamps Half of 1d orange Unsevered pair SG #29a, fine used, Cat £450.

322 F 1883-91 QV Surcharges on Revenue Stamps 4d on 1d orange unsevered pair, variety Surcharge double SG #43a, fine used, Cat £350. RPSofL Certificate (1929).

GRENADA | Flight Covers - Commercial 323 * 1943 (Dec 20) OHMS censored registered cover to Sydney franked 7/7d (registration 3d) for PanAm service to Trinidad (Dec 24), Balboa (Dec 26), Miami (Dec 30), thence apparently surface to New York, San Francisco, Sydney (Mar 11), Hornsby, USA Censor tape, another extraordinary origin/destination.

HONDURAS | Flight Covers - Commercial 1928 (Sep or Dec) covers from same correspondence, US Consulate Tegucigalpa Honduras to Sydney, earlier (Sep 14) with 324 * aggregate franking 44c endorsed ‘Via Tela’ (town in Honduras on northern Caribbean Coast) for UPU 15c + 29c airmail surcharge to Miami, the latter (Dec 14) franked 21c only for internal airmail service, backstamped with ‘TELA-ATLANTIDA/HONDURAS CA’ circular handstamp in violet, and Sydney arrival (Feb 1 1929) backstamp, minor blemishes. Earliest recorded airmail service cover Central America-Australia. [The addressee, EC Belmonte, was the Dutch Consul in Sydney] (2) HONG KONG 325 * 1903 KEVII Wmk Crown CA $5 purple & blue-green SG #75, fresh mint, Cat £650.

HONG KONG | Postal History 1906 (Dec 6) use of QV 1c Postal Card from “Blind Girls School/Foochow” uprated with KEVII 1c & 2c for transit to Camberwell (Vic) 326 * Australia, stamps tied by Foochow cds, Victoria (HK) transit datestamp, small tear at base.

HONG KONG | Flight Covers - Commercial 327 * 1937 (Jul & Sep) Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank covers to same addressee Melbourne featuring frankings of Coronation 25c (6) and KGV 5c perfin, two types of Hong Kong datestamp, both with ‘IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/SERVICE’ private handstamp, backstamped Melbourne, attractive and scarce frankings for 80c per ½oz rate. (2) 1938 (Sep 12) Po Lun Company cover to Melbourne franked KGVI 15c solo for Empire Air Mail Scheme All-up rate per ½oz, very 328 * scarce to this destination, minor blemishes.

1941 (Mar 10 & 14) covers to Melbourne at $1.15 per ½oz rate bearing Centenary issue frankings including $1, the latter registered, 329 * blemishes. (2) 330 * 1941 (Jun 6) The Chartered Bank of India cover to Brisbane with typewritten instructions to forward via Rangoon to connect with BOAC service, bearing attractive and scarce $4.50 aggregate franking for triple $1.50 per ½oz rate including $1 Centenary x4, Brisbane Censor handstamp.

HUNGARY | Flight Covers - Commercial 1937 (Apr 19) postcard from Budapest to Perth bearing 1936 Air 60f and 1p paying UPU 20f postcard rate plus airmail surcharge 331 * 1p40, Perth arrival (which ties ‘PAR AVION’ etiquette), early and rare airmail postcard.

1941 (Mar 27) cover from Budapest to Canley Vale NSW franked for 1p80 rate and most unusually censored in Egypt, with Censor 332 * tape and handstamps applied, Hungarian instructional marking partially beneath tape.

INDIA 333 ** C.1976 Ghandi ‘SPECIMEN’ Essay printed on gummed paper with Ashoka watermark, block of four, unmounted. Scarce.

334 ** 1978 Charlie Chaplin 25p SG #887 Imperforate pair without gold borders, fresh MUH. INDIA | Postal History 335 * 1880-88 covers incl registered ½a stationery envelopes from Cawnpore, Collectorganj & Moradabad (2) all to Sambhar with variety of frankings to 4a, 1888 cover Madanapalle to Palmanep with 1a (2) tied by ‘M’ obliterator. Some roughly opened. (6) 336 * 1890s-1980s including 1934 Karachi-Lahore flight cover, 1935 Solan to Sialkot with ½a Jubilee strip of 3, WWII ‘Blue Triangle’ I.A.F.F. Air Letters x3, 1948 Air India flight cover, plus 1970s-80s higher rate frankings, postal stationery used and unused, phialtelic mail; also some Indian States postal stationery. Interesting lot. (230 approx).

1946 (Dec 6) Stampless ‘Forces Mail’ cover to Victoria, endorsed “Capt. L.A. Heywood/H.Q. Sub Area/Avadi/Indian/Command” at 337 * lower left and backstamped ‘EXPERIMENTAL S.O/6DEC.46/MS.-100’ & ‘TOO LATE FOR AIR MAIL/6 DEC 46/MADRAS SQR RMS AIR’ cds.

INDIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1930-34 selection prepaid for Australian internal airmail service only, comprising [1] 1930 (May 12) town indecipherable to Brisbane 338 * endorsed ‘Via Perth-Adelaide’ bearing scarce solo franking 1929 Air 8a for Imperial letter 2a rate plus airmail surcharge 3a per ½oz x2; [2] 1931 (Aug 4) Ahmedabad-Melbourne with attractive franking Inauguration 2a and 3a for single rate, Air Mail etiquette invalidated and handstamped ‘No air service available/Despatched by rail route.’; [3] 1933 (Oct 1) Bombay-Melbourne franked 5½a to reflect increase in Imperial letter to 2½a; [4] 1934 (Jul 9) Lucknow-Sydney; and [5] 1934 (Aug 27) Bombay-Sydney at 5½a rate; covers backstamped Dhanushkodi or Cawnpore, the last at Sydney only, odd fault. Very scarce early jusqu’a group. (5) 339 * 1934-38 selection to Henry B Smith (wool brokers, Melbourne) carried on different Imperial Airways service flights (numbers lightly pencilled on reverse) between IE299 and 654, KGV frankings only, mostly for single airmail rate, many attractive including Silver Jubilee 8a (3), denominations to 1r (3), highest franking 30a (1r14a), odd fault, condition generally good, significant resource for specialist. (48)

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INDIA | Flight Covers - Commercial (cont) 340 * 1935 (Oct 30) Ormerods (Bombay) cover (corner fault) to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 11a for single rate, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE387 where Astraea, when landing Nov 2 at Rangoon, skidded on a wet runway and crashed through the boundary fence, slightly damaging the starboard wing tip and cabin floor. The Captain was hurt, and mail load was transferred to Arethusa, departing two days later. Backstamped Calcutta (Nov 1) and poor but definite strike Melbourne (Nov 10). The only recorded cover India-Australia on this flight.

1937 (Aug 30) Royal Air Force Kiamari OHMS registered cover to Melbourne bearing ‘SERVICE’ overprint KGV issues aggregate 341 * franking (front and reverse) of 22½a tied by double-circle ‘WESTERN COMMAND/BO/KARACHI’ datestamp, provisional registration label similarly expressed, rate representing Imperial letter 2½a rate plus airmail surcharge 8½a per ½oz x2 plus 3a registration, backstamped Darwin, Melbourne, Elsternwick, some small faults. Official airmails to Australia are very scarce.

1938 (Jul 29) cover Byculla Bombay to Salvation Army Sydney endorsed ‘First through/Air Mail Service’ franked KGV 1a3p pair for 342 * Empire Air Mail Scheme All-up 2½a rate, inaugural service, AAMC #820a, India being an elusive participant in this scheme to Australia.

343 * 1944-45 military concessional rate censored items to NSW or Victoria comprising [1] 1944 (Nov 2) use (by Lt Vincent A Maskens, RANVR) of Stationery H M Forces Air Letter franked 4a tied by datestamp with lower segment obliterated, double-circle ‘395’ datestamp alongside, ‘UNIT CENSOR/J 79’ handstamp, two types of Censor tape tied by Madras Censor markings (2); [2] 1944 (Dec 14) from RAF Corporal J Allison bearing 8a tied by double-circle ‘RAFPOST/1/SOUTH EAST ASIA’ datestamp, censored Karachi (tape/handstamp); and [3] 1945 (May 17) use (by Australian P/O - H B Chatfield - stationed with RAF) of Stationery H M Forces Air Letter franked 3a tied by same datestamp coded ‘2’, faint Censor handstamp lower left.

INDIAN STATES | Las Bela | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 344 */U 1897-1904 Specialist Collector’s Duplicates on stockbook pages predominantly used with some better mint items including 1a black & orange SG #8 pair, ½a mint x7 including pair, used with plated examples of many shades/printings, condition a little mixed, however many are fine. Exciting lot for the specialist. (130 approx).

INDIAN STATES | Las Bela | Postal History 1890s-1900s three neatly cancelled native covers including 1905 with ½a black on pale green SG #12. Nice group.

345 * IRAN | Flight Covers - Commercial 346 * 1934 (20 Jun) cover to rural NSW with ‘Via Singapore/Imperial Airways’ scored-through, franked aggregate 5kr plus New currency 1r50, which would appear to represent UPU 3r (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 1r50 per 20gms x2 (to Karachi), backstamped Iran and Basra transits, very scarce early item via Imperial Airways service (flight IE274), minor blemishes.

1936 (Nov 18) cover to New Zealand endorsed ‘Via Australia/&/Singapore’ franked aggregate (front and reverse) 10kr60 plus New 347 * currency 1r50, apparently for UPU 1r50 rate plus airmail surcharge per 20gms (equivalent of old currency 10kr60), carried via Imperial Airways service flight IE498, which was delayed at Rangoon with damaged undercarriage (Nov 25-26), backstamped Basra, minor blemishes.

IRAQ | Flight Covers - Commercial 1927 (Jan 21) cover specially inscribed for Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo airmail service addressed to Mt Duneed Victoria, bearing 348 * British Occupation of Iraq 1a block of six tied by Basrah double-circle (and Jan 23 Cairo arrival slogan), representing UPU 3a + airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x2, endorsed in pencil on front ‘1st Service’, although actually carried on second service, departing on Jan 21, Port Said transit. Remarkable destination, the earliest recorded from this origin, and earliest IAL service commercial item to Australia.

349 * 1928 (Aug 6) cover (blemishes) Iraq to Brisbane endorsed ‘Via Egypt’ for Imperial Airways Basra-Cairo service (flight W77) bearing British Occupation of Iraq 1½a and 3d tied by Lower Baghdad (Iraq) datestamp, representing UPU 3a + airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms, transit backstamps of Baghdad, Cairo, Port Said.

1929 (Oct 31) registered cover Iraq to Cairns Queensland endorsed ‘BAGHDAD-KARACHI’ (minor contemporary ink stains) bearing 350 * British Occupation of Iraq 3a (2, one on reverse) and 6a tied by Sula Mani datestamp, ‘SULAIMANI’ blue/white provisional registration label, representing UPU 4½a rate (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x3 plus 3a registration, backstamped Cairo, Port Said, Registered Melbourne and Launceston. Extremely rare and early registered item to this destination via Imperial Airways extended service to Karachi (flight IE31).

351 *PS 1945 (Jul 2) use to Melbourne of Iraqi Stationery formular Air Letter franked 35f and cancelled Basra, written by employee of Anglo Iranian Oil at Agho Jori, Iran, Iraqi circular ‘13’ individual Censor handstamp, ‘DHA/225’ Calcutta censor handstamp, blemishes, rare use to this destination.

IRELAND | Postal History 1847 (Sep 17) entire to Nenagh with imperf 1d red Plate 77 tied by Numeral ‘391’ of Rathkeale in blue, Rathkeale, Limerick and 352 * Nenagh backstamps.

IRELAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 353 * 1935-37 (Aug & Dec) covers (flap faults) from Blan Chaisleain and Port Lairge endorsed ‘Air Mail to/Karachi’ or ‘Via Ldn direct’ franked 8d and 2/5d respectively, representing airmail surcharges of 6d and 2/3d. (2) 1940-41 largely censored selection, earliest with Sydney ‘RELEASED BY CENSOR’, mostly 1/3d single rate, one 1/5d, and two 354 * double rate bearing 2/6d solo, an early Horseshoe route cover (roughly opened) with handstamped ‘NO AIR MAIL SERVICE/BY THIS ROUTE AT PRESENT’, some mixed condition, generally good, useful group. (12) ISRAEL 355 ** 1949 Jewish New Year 5pr to 35pr set, long tab singles from the corner of the sheet, SG #18-20, fresh MUH, Cat £1,100.

ITALY 356 ** 1910 National Plebiscite set of 2 SG #83-4. Some disturbed gum (which may not be original), very fresh appearance, Cat £465 as hinged. (2) 357 ** 1950-51 Range incl UNESCO (2), Ferrari, D’Arezzo, Levant Fair, Fine Arts, Righi, Occupations 50l, 1951 Automobile Exhibition, Hall of Peace, etc, MUH, Cat £350+. (18) ITALY | Flight Covers - Commercial 1938 (May 30) cover Messina Italy to Melbourne franked 5L50 for single rate, small faults, carried on Imperial Airways flight IE658 358 * during which Cordelia Jun 7 developed mechanical trouble at Bangkok, and mail load was transferred to Coogee, which departed two days later, backstamped Melbourne (Jun 13).

ITALIAN OCCUPIED SLOVENIA 359 * 1941 Airs 50p to 50d set SG #49-58, minor gumside tonespots on 40d & 50d, hinge remnants, fine overall, Cat £500. Seldom offered.

(10) ITALIAN COLONIES | SOMALIA (Italian) | Flight Covers - Commercial 360 * 1938 (Jan 29) cover from Soddu to Mildura Victoria franked aggregate 4L50 for UPU 1L25 rate plus airmail surcharge 3L25 per 5gms, likely joined KLM service via Egypt terminating Netherlands East Indies, roughly opened at left. Another extraordinary origin/ destination.

JAMAICA 361 * 1912-32 KGV Mint Selection including 1912-20 1d to 5/- set with most shades to 1/-, 1919-21 Pictorials MCA 1/-, 2/- & 3/-, 192129 Script CA 6d to 3/-, 1923 Child Welfare, 1929-32 1d, 1½d & 9d, 1932 Pictorials set, generally fine mint, Cat £300+. (43) 362 * 1883-97 QV Wmk Crown CA 1/- brown variety ‘$’ for ‘S’ in ‘SHILLING’ SG #23a, fine mint, Cat £800. Sought-after flaw.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 JAMAICA (cont) 363 * 1890-91 2½d On 4d variety Surcharge double SG #30b, fine mint, Cat £325.

JAMAICA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1934-36 covers Kingston to Auckland franked for 8½d and 10½d PanAm combined airmail rates per ½oz to and within USA, last with 364 * flap fault backstamped on arrival. (2) 1935 (May 21) Grace, Kennedy & Co (Kingston) cover to Auckland with scarce and attractive franking of Silver Jubilee 1d x2 and 6d, 365 * PanAm combined airmail rate 8d per ½oz to and within USA. 366 * 1942 (Jan 26) Rum Company Ltd (Kingston) dual censored cover to Sydney franked attractive KGVI issues aggregate 4/- for PanAm Clipper combined airmail rate 4/- per ½oz, Jamaica ‘PASSED BY/’1601’/CENSOR’ and Sydney Censor tape, small blemishes, Coruba Jamaica Rum multicoloured labels front and reverse.

JAPAN | Postal History 1916 (May) registered envelope franked 26s by common 1914-25 wmkd defins in SG #170e-176e range to the Naval Air Station at 367 * Great Yarmouth in England. On the back two strikes boxed chop of ‘TADAYASU MAKI/NO.252 SHIMOMAIZU, NAGOYA, JAPAN’, on the front the stamps cancelled three Japanese datestamps ‘5.5.27’ alongside registration label of ‘TSURUGA’ strikes and light violet English language date stamp ‘TSURUGA/29.5.?/JAPAN’. Arrival backstamp x2 ‘REGISTERED/20JU16/GREAT YARMOUTH’.

Brittle, scarce to rare early Air Forces item. [Env inscribed “via Siberia”.]

JAPAN | Flight Covers - Commercial 1937 (Mar 12) Toyoshima & Co (Osaka) cover (240x125mm slightly reduced) with three various handstamped or endorsed route 368 * instructions for airmail service via Shanghai, franked aggregate 336s (3y36) representing UPU 16s (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 80s per 5gms x4, backstamped Hong Kong, Melbourne, blemishes including stains.

369 * 1939 (Aug 12) The Hemmi Seisaku-Sho Co (Tokyo) registered cover to Melbourne endorsed ‘Via Hong Kong’ and with bold ‘COMMERCIAL SAMPLE’ handstamp, franked for high rate of 499s (4y99), backstamped Hong Kong, Melbourne, crease at left.

KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 370 F 1935-37 KGV Pictorials 5c black & green P13x12, variety Rope joined to sail SG #111ba, fine used, Cat £225.

371 * 1935 20c Silver Jubilee with Dot by flagstaff SG #124h, fine MLH, Cat £250.

372 * 1938-54 KGV Pictorials 1c to £1 simplified set SG #131-50, fine mint, Cat £250. (20) KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1931 (Apr 17) cover Mwanza to Moree NSW endorsed to join Imperial Airways second trial flight ex London, which departed Apr 25 373 * 1931, and to that end departed on Northbound service ex Mwanza Apr 21 (flight AN7), but owing to inclement weather in Southern Sudan the flight was delayed eight days, thereby missing the London departure, franked with Tanganyika issues for aggregate correct 2/- per ½oz rate, datestamp ties also the Par Avion etiquette, backstamped Sydney (Jun 6), small flap tear.

1935 (Jan-May) covers (one mourning) Nairobi to same addressee in Sydney with varying compositions for 1s90 single airmail rate, 374 * with Nairobi applied ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp, backstamped Mosman, earlier item roughly opened. (2) 375 * 1935 (Jan 23) cover Escarpment Kenya to Sydney rated 1s90 [combined airmail rate per ½oz], which travelled by Imperial Airways African Northbound service (flight AN206) to join at Alexandria (Jan 29) Imperial Airways service flight IE309 in which Athena forcelanded at Surabaya Feb 4 due to broken exhaust pipe, the service resuming following day, confirmed by Mosman arrival (Feb 9).

Remarkable participant in this event, the only recorded this origin/destination. Sanford (Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways & Predecessor Airlines) states: ‘No mail is known in collectors’ hands’.

1935-37 selection featuring 1935 Pictorials varying compositions for 1s90 single rate (two franked 2/- apparently for expediency, one 376 * has ‘BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE’ handstamp), towns include Gilgil, Escarpment, Nakuru, odd fault, generally attractive. (5) 1942 (Mar 18) use to Sydney of formular Stationery Air Mail Letter Card headed ‘RAAF c/- RAF Headquarters/Middle East’ bearing 377 * 30c solo for concessional rate, tied by ‘EA 69/APO’ datestamp, fine strike ‘PASSED/BY/MILITARY/CENSOR/EA/No II/3’ duly signed, fine and very rare use to Australia. [writer, AUS 403780 Sgt. D. Dewhurst, provides interesting details of life in ‘the middle of Kenya’.]

KOREA | Military & Censor Mail 378 * 1954-57 Stampless Group comprising [1] 1954 to Chungcheong Do province, Korean FPO ‘66’ datestamp in blue; [2] 1957 to Samcock GUN with FPO ‘99’ datestamp; [3] 195(?) cover to Seoul Broadcasting Agency with Korean partially voided datestamp (year removed), endorsed “Recruited Soldier Correspondence”; [4] 1954 to Pusan City with FPO ‘91’ datestamp; all have military mail handstamps in black, violet or blue. Scarce group. (4) LABUAN 379 * 1880-82 Wmk Crown CC 2c yellow-green, 6c orange-brown & 16c blue SG #5-6 & 10, mint, Cat £270+. (3) 380 * 1883 Wmk Crown CA 2c to 40c set SG #17-21, mint, Cat £475. (5) 381 W 1885 Surcharges 2c on 16c blue SG #25, fine unused, Cat £110.

382 * 1885 Surcharges 2c on 8c carmine, diagonal overprint SG #26, dealer handstamp on reverse, mint, Cat £80.

383 * 1885-86 Wmk Crown CA 2c to 16c set including 2c pale rose-red & 8c mauve shades between SG #30-33, fine mint, Cat £225. (6) 384 * 1891-92 Surcharges 6c in black on 8c mauve, Watermark reversed, 2mm setting in complete sheet of 10, SG #35x, fine mint, Cat £450 as singles. Ex Cassels.

385 U 1894-96 6c brown-lake Arms Imperforate pair SG #67a, remainder cancels, Cat £300.

LABUAN | Postage Dues 386 * 1901 ‘POSTAGE DUE’ Ovpts 2c to 24c (x3) set between SG #D1-9, both shades of 8c, 24c, & an unlisted deep shade of 12c, odd tone, overall very fresh mint, Cat £765. (13) LAOS 387 B 1952 Anniv of First Issue Souvenir Booklet complete with twenty-six souvenir sheetlets SG #21b, very fine, Cat £550. Seldom offered.

388 ** 1954 Golden Jubilee of King Sisavang Vong 2p to 50p set SG #40-2, in gutter blocks of 4, fresh MUH, Cat £1,600+. (3 blocks).

LATVIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1938 (Mar 27) postcard Riga-Melbourne endorsed ‘Passenger per S.S.Jervis Bay’ franked 55s, clearly sent by air via Imperial 389 * Airways service flight IE639, attested by Berlin transit (Mar 28) and Melbourne arrival (Apr 8), despite being underpaid (rate to Melbourne should have been UPU 20s postcard rate plus airmail surcharge 1L15). Airmail postcards destined for Australia are extremely rare. [The Jervis Bay plied the Australia-England route, and it may be that the postcard was intended to intercept at Palestine, for which the rate is correct] 1940 (Jan 25) censored cover Riga to Melbourne franked 1L50, censored upon arrival, minor blemishes, the only censored airmail 390 * cover to Australia recorded by Rod Perry.

LEBANON | Flight Covers - Commercial 391 * 1935 (Jun 20) registered cover Tripoli to Cessnock NSW endorsed ‘Beyrouth/Perth’ franked aggregate 28p50 representing UPU 7p50 rate plus airmail surcharge 13p50 per 10gms (to Iraq) plus 7p50 registration, backstamped Tripoli, Beyrouth, Baghdad, Darwin, TPO 1 and 2 South NSW, Newcastle, cover creased. Very rare and early jusqu’a item.

LEEWARD ISLANDS 392 * 1938-51 KGVI Keyplates £1 brown-purple & black/salmon variety Missing pearl SG# 114ba, fine mint, Cat £1,700. Rare.

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LIECHTENSTEIN 393 F 1929 Accession 10r to 70r set SG #92-95, fine used, Cat £160. (4) LIECHTENSTEIN | First Flight Covers 1931 (Jun 10) cover and card franked with Zeppelin 1f or 2f SG #116-17 flown from Vaduz to Lausanne, each stamp tied by red flight 394 * cachet with Vaduz & Lausanne circular datestamps alongside, very fine, stamps alone Cat £730. (2) 1936 (May 2) registered airmail cover franked with Zeppelin 1f & 2f SG #151-2 flown from Triesenberg to New York, Airship 395 * Hindenburg 3-line handstamp and circular flight cachet in red, stamps alone Cat £300.

LITHUANIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 396 * 1938 (May 30) D. Fain Kaunas Lithuania cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked (both sides) aggregate 3L40 [UPU 60c plus airmail surcharge 2L80 per 10gms], carried on Imperial Airways flight IE658 during which Cordelia Jun 7 developed mechanical trouble at Bangkok, and mail load was transferred to Coogee, which departed two days later, backstamped Berlin-Zentralflughafen (May 30), Melbourne (Jun 13).

MALAYA | Straits Settlements 397 */U 1867-1941 Assortment on Hagners haphazard presentation but with better items sighted including 1867-72 Crown CC 2c & 6c (toning) mint, 32c used, 1883-91 Crown CA 4c brown mint x2, 12c mint, 96c used x3 (one with ‘HSB’ perfin), 1892 1c on 4c irregular block of 22, KEVII to $1 x3 used & mint (SG #165), 1906 Overprints on Labuan 4c on 16c used & $1 unused, KGV1912-23 MCA $5 x4 used, 1921-33 Script CA $5 mint (toning) & used, 1936-37 $1 & $2 mint plus $5 used x4, KGVI $2 & $5 (x2) mint, condition a bit variable, mostly fine, Cat £1,500+. (120+) 398 F 1867 Surcharges on Indian Issues 3c on 1a deep brown SG #3, faint bend, ‘D17’ barred cancel of Penang, Cat £95.

399 F 1867 Surcharges on Indian Issues 4c on 1a deep brown SG #4, fine used, Cat £275.

400 U 1867 Surcharges on Indian Issues 8c on 2a, 24c on 8a & 32c on 2a SG #6,8,9, used, Cat £250.

401 V 1867 Surcharges on Indian Issues 12c on 4a green SG #7, very fine used, Cat £325.

402 D 1867 Surcharges on Indian Issues 24c on on 8a rose SG #8, tied to piece barred ‘D17’ cancel of Penang, Cat £100.

403 * 1867-72 Wmk Crown CC 6c dull lilac SG #13, fine mint, Cat £150.

404 * 1867-72 Wmk Crown CC 12c Watermark inverted SG #15w, some soiling and toning, part gum, Cat £650.

405 * 1867-72 Wmk Crown CC 32c pale red SG #18, minor gum shrinkage/wrinkles, Cat £650. Very scarce.

406 F 1879 Surcharges QV ‘Five/Cents.’ on 8c orange & ‘Seven/Cents.’ on 32c pale red SG #20-1, fine used, Cat £390. (2) 407 W 1879 Surcharges 7c on 32c pale red SG #21, straight edge at left, couple tonespots. unused, Cat £180.

408 ** 1880-81 Surcharges 10c on 6c lilac SG #44, fresh MUH block of 12 from the second printing, mild crease on lower row, Cat £1,080++. Rare multiple.

409 F 1880-81 Surcharges 10c on 30c claret SG #46, fine used, Cat £100.

410 * 1882 Wmk Crown CA 4c rose SG #51, fine mint, Cat £160.

411 F 1883 ‘TWO CENTS’ on 8c Type T20a (‘S’ wide) overprint SG #54, mild aging, used, Cat £130.

412 **/* 1883-91 Wmk Crown CA mint group comprising 4c pale brown, 4c deep brown, 5c blue block of 4 (lower units MUH), 6c lilac, 6c violet, 12c brown-purple and 24c blue-green, fine mint, Cat £320+. (10) 413 * 1883-91 Wmk Crown CA 96c olive-grey SG #71, fine mint, Cat £75.

414 U 1884 Surcharges 8c on 12c brown-purple SG #75, tiny shallow thin spot, fine used. Cat £170.

415 ** 1885 Surcharges 3c on 32c pale magenta SG #83 corner block of 36 (6x6), stamps MUH, Cat £250++.

416 F 1892-92 QV Keyplates $5 orange & carmine SG #105, some edge toning, strong colours, neat cds postmark, Cat £325.

417 ** 1898 Surcharges 4c on 5c blue SG #107 marginal block of 12 (4x3), pre-printing paper wrinkle across two upper-left units, MUH, Cat £144++.

418 * 1902-03 KEVII Wmk Crown CA $5 dull green & brown-orange SG #121, fine mint, Cat £225.

419 * 1904-10 KEVII Wmk MCA $1 & $2 SG #136-37, fine mint, Cat £195. (2) 420 F 1904-10 KEVII Wmk MCA $5 dull green & brown-orange on ordinary paper and on chalk-surfaced paper SG #138 & 138a, fine used, Cat £380. (2) 421 * 1906 Overprints on Labuan 2c black & green P14½-15 SG #142a, fine mint, Cat £180.

422 * 1906 Overprints on Labuan 25c green & bluish green P14½-15 SG #149a, fine mint, Cat £110.

423 * 1912-23 KGV Wmk MCA $1 black & red/blue variety Watermark inverted SG #210w, fine mint, Cat £275.

424 ** 1912-23 KGV Wmk MCA $5 green & red/green SG #212a, with Plate #8 tab, strong colours, MUH, Cat £140.

425 * 1912-23 KGV Wmk MCA $5 green & red/green SG #212a, rich colours, MVLH, Cat £140.

426 * 1912-23 KGV Keyplates Wmk MCA $25 purple and blue/blue SG #213, fine mint, Cat £2,500. Rare.

427 F 1921-33 KGV Keyplates Wmk Script CA $100 black & carmine SG #240c, rich colours, fine postally used with 1931 Singapore double-ring datestamp, Cat £3,000. Rare.

428 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA 2c green variety Small second ‘A’ in ‘MALAYA’ SG #241d, fine mint, Cat £95.

429 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA $1 black and red/blue variety Small second ‘A’ in ‘MALAYA’ SG #247d, fine mint, Cat £1,100. Rare and sought-after.

430 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA $2 SG #248 variety Thin & short first ‘I’ in ‘EXHIBITION’, hinge remnants, also Script CA 10c blue SG #254 with variety Broken first ‘I’ in ‘EXHIBITION’ fine mint. (2) 431 F 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA $2 green & red/orange-buff SG #248, fine used, Cat £160.

432 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA $5 green & red/blue-green SG #249, very fine MLH, Cat £450. Scarce.

433 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA $5 marginal pair the left-hand unit variety Small second ‘A’ in ‘MALAYA’ SG #249 & 249d, superb MVLH, Cat £1,150. Rare.

434 F 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk MCA $5 green and red/blue-green variety Small second ‘A’ in ‘MALAYA’ SG #249d, some mild perf toning, unpriced used (Cat £750 mint) and rare thus.

435 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Wmk Script CA $1 black and red/blue variety ‘EXH.BITION’ SG #255h, mint, unpriced in Gibbons.

436 * 1936 KGV $5 green & red/emerald SG #274, Fine MVLH, Cat £140.

MALAYA | Straits Settlements | Flight Covers - Commercial 1931 (Apr 16) cover Singapore to Geelong Victoria carried on first England-Australia airmail service, Imperial Airways flight IE106, 437 * bearing correct aggregate 46c franking, Melbourne arrival.[This service experienced a major incident: City of Cairo on Apr 19 ran short of fuel and force-landed, badly damaged, near Kupang Timor. Charles Kingsford Smith, in Southern Cross, left Sydney Apr 21 arriving Kupang Apr 24, from where he returned with the mail.]

438 * 1935 (Jun & Dec) covers Penang to Sydney and Melbourne bearing 25c Silver Jubilee solo for single combined airmail rate per ½oz and strip of three paying triple rate, the latter with blemishes, backstamped respective cities, most unusual and scarce usages. (2) 439 * 1937 (Jun-Jul) covers Malacca-Sydney and Singapore-Melbourne at 25c single rate featuring attractive Coronation series frankings, backstamped Kingsford and Melbourne. (2) 440 * 1939 (Jun 21) British Malaya Broadcasting Corp cover Singapore to Athelstone SA bearing 8c for All-up rate, enclosure of attractive radio reception confirmation card, backstamped Adelaide.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 MALAYA | Federated Malay States 441 */U 1900-1934 Selection 1900 Opts on Negri Sembilan 2c, 3c & 10c & on Perak 5c block of 4 (toned gum), 1900-01 Crown CA 10c grey and purple plus used 50c (wrinkles), 1904-22 MCA 8c grey-brown & ultramarine, 10c black & purple, 50c grey-brown & orange-brown plus $1 used, 1922-34 Script CA 30c, 35c, 50c & $1 Elephants, plus $1 Elephants used x2, and $2 Elephants x3 tied to individual pieces with other values, also fiscals with 1904-34 $5 x4; condition mostly fine, Cat £750+ (ex fiscals). (28) 442 ** 1900 Overprints on Perak 5c dull purple & olive-yellow marginal block of 8 SG #9, uniform mild aging, MUH, Cat £240+.

443 U 1904-22 Elephants Wmk MCA $2, $5 & $25, all with strong colors, tidy fiscal cancels. (3) 444 * 1922-34 Tigers & Elephants Wmk Script CA 1c to $5 with all listed shades between SG #52-81, fine mint, Cat £765. (32) 445 F 1922-34 Elephants Wmk Script CA $2 green & carmine, SG #78, with Rawang cds of 14JY/1928.

446 D 1922-34 Elephants Wmk Script CA $2, SG #78, used on piece with 1932 datestamp, Cat £95.

447 D 1922-34 Elephants Wmk Script CA $2, SG #78 plus 4c Tigers block of 8 & single tied to piece by 1932 datestamp, Cat £95.

448 W 1922-34 De La Rue $5 Frame Only Die Proof in black on glazed card (92x60mm) stamped ‘AFTER/STRIKING’ and dated “1/4/31” in manuscript.

MALAYA | British Military Administration 449 W/** 1945 Selection comprising North Borneo 1945 BMA overprints set, without gum, SG #320-34, Cat £250; also Sarawak 1945 BMA opts set, MUH, Cat £550; generally fine. (35) 450 ** 1945-48 KGVI $5 green & red/emerald SG #17, characteristic streaky gum, MUH, Cat £110. Key value.

451 F 1945-48 KGVI $5 green & red/emerald SG #17, fine used with Singapore datestamp, Cat £160. Scarce.

452 F 1945-48 KGVI $5 green & red/emerald SG #17, postally used & scarce thus, Cat £160.

MALAYA | Malayan Postal Union 453 * 1936-38 Postage Dues 1c to 50c set SG #D1-6, fine mint, Cat £160. (6) 454 S 1936-38 Postage Dues 1c to 50c set perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #D1s-6s, fine mint, Cat £275. (6) MALAYA | Japanese Occupation 455 */W/U 1942-43 Accumulation incl Johore, Kedah, Kelantan 1942 possibly 50c on 1c (SG #J27), 12c on 8c, (SG #J42), 2c on 40c, 8c on 5c, 10c on 6c, (SG #J42-44), Negri Sembilan, Perak, Selangor, Straits Settlements, etc, various varieties incl inverted opts, sideways 2nd character (several) in blocks, brown opt, few unissued types plus selection partly adhering to album pages. STC in excess of £3,220+. (unissued stamps & ‘J27’ not included in catalogue value). Mixed condition. (200+) MALAYA | Japanese Occupation | Revenues 456 * 1942 Sultan Ismail: Seriffed ‘8c Cents’ Surcharge on 5c, overprinted with Japanese Sunagawa seal in red, fine mint. This value not recorded by Barefoot.

MALAYAN STATES 457 */U Balance Of A Collection On Hagners with FMS Postage Dues 1924-26 set used, 1936-38 12c mint, 1945-49 9c used; Labuan 1896 Jubilee 1c x2 & 2c mint, also various fake overprints, reprints & remainder cancel issues; North Borneo 1961 QEII set mint (tone spots); Sarawak 1869 3c used (faults), 1950 KGVI $2 also 1942 Revenues $1 x2 & $2 x5 mint, Selangor 1885-91 Type 32 vertical overprint on 2c used; Straits Settlements 1867 8c on 2a used, 1880 Type b ‘10’ on 30c SG #34 used, 1922 Exhibtion 5c Oval last ‘O’ in ‘BORNEO’ mint; Trengganu 1937 Dues 4c to 10c mint (Cat £160), 1949 $5 Sultan mint; condition somewhat mixed but generally fine. (approx 200) 458 */U Selection On Hagners mostly mint with Penang including 1949-52 KGVI $1, $2 x2 & $5 x2, 1948 Wedding set used x2 & mint, 1954-57 QEII $5 & 1960 Pictorials set mint; Singapore 1948-52 P14 set to $2 plus $5 x3, P17½x18 $2, 1955-59 Arms $5; BMA Malaya 1945-48 KGVI $5 green & red/emerald; also a few Malacca; condition a tad variable, Cat £1,100+. (97) 459 * 1948 Silver Wedding Sets for Johore, Kedah, Kelantan x2, Malacca, Penang, Perlis (minor tone), Selangor & Trengganu, fine mint, Cat £270.

MALAYAN STATES | Johore | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 460 * 1884-1955 Assortment on Hagner with 1884-91 ‘JOHOR’ overprints on 2c x5 including Type 12 & 13 (thin) mint (both aged), 1891 2c on 24c SG #17mint, 1891-94 No wmk $1 Sultan mint, 1896 $1 Coronation mint, 1904-10 Sultan 50c x4 mint, $3, $4 x2, $5, $10 & $100 fiscally used, 1918-20 50c to $2 mint, 1922-41 $100 fiscally used, 1948 $5 Wedding used, 1949-55 $2 MUH x2, $5 mint x2, condition a tad variable, generally fine, Cat £900+. (60) 461 * 1938-49 Selection on Album Page comprising 1936 12c ultamarine SG #55 plus 30c & 40c, 1940 8c #130, 1948 Wedding & 1949 UPU, 1949-52 Sultan Ibrahim 1c to $5 set (ex 30c), fine mint, Cat £290. (32) MALAYAN STATES | Johore 462 * 1884-91 Overprints on Strait Settlements 2c pale rose with Type 11 ‘JOHOR’ (wide ‘H’) overprint SG #11, browned gum, mint, Cat £120.

463 * 1884-91 Overprints on Strait Settlements 2c pale rose opt type 12 SG #12, fine mint, Cat £80.

464 * 1891 Sultan Abu Bakar 1c to $1 set SG #21-27, fine mint, Cat £95. (7) 465 * 1896 Coronation 1c to $1 set SG #32-38, fine mint, Cat £70. (7) 466 F 1896 Coronation $1 green & carmine, SG #38, fine used, Cat £130.

467 * 1896-99 Sultan Ibrahim Wmk Rosette 1c to $5 set SG #39-53, fine mint, Cat £300. (15) 468 F 1896-99 Sultan Ibrahim Wmk Rosette $4 & $5 Sultan SG #52-53, fine used, Cat £215. (2) 469 F 1903 (Apr) Surcharges 10c on 4c green & carmine variety Tall ‘1’ in ‘10’, minor edge tone, fine used, Cat £140. Scarce.

470 * 1903 (Oct) Surcharges 50c on $3 & $1 on $2 SG #56-57, very fresh mint, Cat £95. (2) 471 * 1904 Surcharges set of 3 SG #58-60, fine mint, Cat £100.

472 * 1904-10 Sultan Ibrahim Wmk Rosette 1c to $10 set SG #61-75, fine mint, Cat £425. (15) 473 U 1904-10 Sultan Ibrahim Wmk Rosette $50 green & ultramarine and $100 green & scarlet SG #76-77, both with tidy fiscal cancels.

(2) 474 U 1904-10 Sultan Ibrahim Wmk Rosette $100 green & scarlet SG #77 x3, all with tidy fiscal cancels. (3) 475 S 1918-20 Sultan Sir Ibrahim Wmk MCA 2c to $10 set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #89s-102s, very fresh mint, Cat £700. (14) 476 * 1922-41 Sultan Sir Ibrahim Wmk Script CA 1c to $10 set SG #103-25, fine mint, Cat £700. (23) 477 S 1922-41 Sultan Sir Ibrahim Wmk Script CA $50 green & ultramarine optd ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #126s, fine mint, Cat £275.

478 S 1922-41 Sultan Sir Ibrahim Wmk Script CA $100 green & scarlet optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #127s, fine mint, Cat £350.

479 * 1922-41 $500 Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #128s, fault and associated thin in right margin, tad aged, part gum, Cat £1,300.

480 * 1935-49 Issues Complete with additional shades between SG #129-51, fine mint, Cat £288. (43) 481 S 1935 8c Treaty Relations perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #129s, fine mint, Cat £80.

482 S 1940 8c Sultan Sir Ibrahim perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #130s, fine mint, Cat £100.

MALAYAN STATES | Johore | Postage Dues 483 * 1938 1c to 12c set SG #D1-5, fine mint, Cat £200.

484 S 1938 1c to 12c set perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #D1s-5s, few blunt perfs, MLH, Cat £160.

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MALAYAN STATES | Johore | Flight Covers - Commercial 485 * 1937 (Dec 23) use of formular Registered Letter Johore Bahru to Wahroonga NSW with typewritten ‘QUANTAS’ (sic), franked 25c and 40c for combined airmail rate 25c per ½oz x2 plus 15c registration, backstamped Singapore, Darwin, TPO 2 South NSW, and Relief ‘ME/NSW’ (Wahroonga). Fine and attractive.

MALAYAN STATES | Kedah 486 */U 1912-1962 Mostly Mint Array with 1912 MCA $1 mint & used and $2, 1921-32 $1 & $2 mint and $3 used (edge faults), 1937 Sultan 12c, 25c, 30c x3, 40c, 50c x2, $1 x6 including pair & $5 x6 including marginal pair, 1950 $5 with plate #1 tab MUH, 1959-62 $5 P13x12½ x2 (one MUH), Cat £700+ (ex 1921-32 $3).

487 * 1912 1c to $5 set SG #1-14, fine mint, Cat £325. (14) 488 F 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhition 21c mauve & purple and 25c blue & purple SG #49-50 both on part paper, postally used & scarce thus, Cat £240. (2) 489 * 1937 Sultan Abdul Hamid Halimshah 10c to $5 set SG #60-68, fine mint, Cat £275. (9) 490 * 1937 Sultan Abdul Hamid Halimshah 10c to $5 set SG #60-68, uniformly toned gum, fine mint overall, Cat £275. (9) 491 F 1937 Sultan Abdul Hamid Halimshah 50c, $2 & $5 SG #65 & 67-68, few nibbed perfs, postally used, Cat £260. (3) 492 * 1948-50 Issues 1948 Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU and 1950-55 set 1c to $5 with the listed shades for 5c, 8c, and additional 4c, 6c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 50c & $1, SG #70-90, fine mint, Cat £244+. (36) 493 ** 1950-55 Sheaf/Sultan Badlishah 1c to $5 set SG #76-90, fresh MUH, Cat £160.

MALAYAN STATES | Kedah | Flight Covers - Commercial 1934 (Dec 12) cover from Alor Star to Brisbane bearing unusual combination franking for combined airmail rate 25c per ½oz, carried 494 * on first flight of the regular airmail service England to Australia, addressed to Imperial Airways Ltd, backstamped Brisbane, small blemishes, AAMC #469n.

MALAYAN STATES | Kelantan 495 */U 1911-63 Mostly Mint Selection on hagners with 1911-15 Arms $25, 1928-35 $1 P14, 1937-40 Sultan 6c x3, 1948 $5 Wedding fine used tied to piece, 1951-55 $1 & $2 plus 2c orange variety Tiny stop in a block of 4, 1957-62 $1, $2 plus $5 P12½ & P13x12½, Cat £450+. (74) 496 */W 1911-15 Arms Wmk MCA 1c to $25 set SG #1-12, 3c & 5c without gum, other values large-part gum, generally fine, Cat £225. Cat £225. (13) 497 ** 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition $5 green & blue SG #36 Plate #1 single, fresh MUH Cat £275+.

498 V 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition $5 green & blue SG #36, mild tone on reverse, very fine used, Cat £500. Rare.

499 * 1928-35 Sultan Ismail selection comprising 1928-35 $1 blue P12 & P14 SG #39 & 39a, 1937-40 2c, 6c, 8c, 10c, 12c, 25c, 30c & $1, odd mild gumside tone, generally fine, Cat £300+. (10) 500 * 1937-40 Sultan Ismail 1c to $5 set SG #40-54, mild gumside toning on some values, key $2 & $5 are very fine, Cat £1,400. (15) 501 **/* 1951-55 Sultan Ibrahim 1c to $5 set SG #61-81, 30c MLH, others fresh MUH, Cat £200. (21) 502 * 1951-55 Sultan Ibrahim 1c to $5 set (ex 30c) SG #61-81, fine mint, Cat £200. (20) MALAYAN STATES | Kelantan | Flight Covers - Commercial 503 * 1941 (Feb 25) OHMS cover (250x125mm) Kota Bahru to Melbourne bearing scarce franking of Sultan Ismail $1, 25c and 10c (last two partly affixed by local glue) for an aggregate $1.35 apparently a miscalculation for multiple of Forces Mail concessional 25c rate, fine strike ‘RAF/CENSOR/82’ handstamp, minor blemishes.

MALAYAN STATES | Malacca 504 * 1949-52 KGVI 1c to $5 set SG #3-17, some low values hinge remnants, key $5 MVLH, Cat £150.

MALAYAN STATES | Sungei Ujong 505 */ 1883-90 Overprints Selection comprising 1883-84 2c brown Optd Types 12+19 SG #28, 1885-90 2c rose x4 Opts Type T22, T26 x2 (shades, one withot gum) & T27 SG #37, 41 x2 & 42; also a crude forgery of ‘SUNGEI/UNJOG’ overprint used; Cat £400 (ex forgery). (6) 506 W 1881 Overprints Wmk Crown CC 2c brown with Type T2 & T7 Overprints SG #6, fine unused, Cat £425.

507 * 1882 Overprinted ‘SU’ 2c brown without stops SG #13, fine mint, Cat £275.

508 * 1882-84 Overprints 2c pale rose with Type T17 (wide ‘E’) & T14 overprints SG #20, mint, Cat £150.

509 W 1882-84 Overprints 2c pale rose with Type T12 & T18 (wide ‘N’) overprints SG #21, unused, Cat £150.

510 */W 1883-84 Overprints Wmk Crown CA 2c brown with Type T12 & T19 Overprints SG #28, fine mint, & another example with Type T12 & T20 Overprints SG #30, unused, Cat £130. (2) 511 * 1883-84 Overprints Wmk Crown CA 2c pale rose with Type T17 & T21 Overprints SG #32, part gum, Cat £140.

512 * 1883-84 Overprints Wmk Crown CA 2c pale rose with Type T12 & T21 Overprints SG #33, fine mint, Cat £140.

513 * 1883-84 Overprints Wmk Crown CA 4c brown with Type T16 & T21 Overprints SG #34, fine mint, Cat £300.

514 * 1885-90 Overprints Wmk Crown CA 2c pale rose with Type T22 overprint SG #37, fine mint, Cat £90.

MALAYAN STATES | Negri Sembilan 515 */U 1895-1963 Selection with 1895-99 3c mint, plus 10c (surface rub), 15c & 20c used, 1935-41 part-set mint including 6c red, 15c & $5 (x3), 1948 $5 Wedding used (toning) 1949 $5 used, condition variable, Cat £400+. (27) 516 * 1891-94 Tigers comprising 1891-91 1c to 5c & 1895-99 1c to 10c between SG #2-10, generally fine mint, Cat £170.

MALAYAN STATES | Negri Sembilan | Revenues 517 ** 1936-39 Elephants: $25 purple & deep blue/blue, Barefoot #5, trivial gum blemishes, MUH, undercatalogued at £75.

MALAYAN STATES | Pahang 518 */U 1889-1962 Selection with 1889 Opts on 2c Type T1 used & Type T2 mint,1897 Bisected Diagonally 2c on 5c SG #18 as is, 189599 5c Tiger mint x2 & used, 1898 Ovpt on Perak 10c used, 1935-41 $5 mint x5 including pair, 1948 Wedding $5 mint x2 & used, 1950-52 Sultan set mint (ex 30c), generally fine, Cat £550+ (ex the bisect). (60) 519 W 1889 Overprints on Straits Settlements 10c slate SG #3, fine mint, Cat £225.

520 * 1891 Overprints on Straits Settlements 2c on 24c Type 6 Surcharge SG #8, mint, Cat £1,200. Rare.

521 * 1891 Overprints on Straits Settlements 2c on 24c Type 7 Surcharge SG #9, fine mint, Cat £450. Very scarce.

522 * 1891-99 Tiger Sets 1c to 5c and 3c to 5c, SG #11-16, fine mint, Cat £93.

523 * 1895-99 Tiger Group comprising 1895-99 3c, 4c & 5c x3, 1899 4c on 8c & 4c on 5c, mint, Cat £230. (7) 524 D 1898 Bisects 3c on top half of 5c blue, surcharged with manuscript “3cts” & initialled beneath by John Fortescue Owen in red ink SG #18d, tied to small piece by superb ‘KUALA LUPIS PO/20MAY/1899’ datestamp, Cat £400. Superb. [Gibbons foootnote states that examples with “cts” after “3” command a premium.]

525 W 1898 Overprints on Perak 50c green & black Tiger SG #22, fine unused, Cat £300.

526 * 1898 Overprints on Perak $1 green & pale green Elephants SG #23, couple nibbed perfs, Cat £425. Seldom offered.

527 * 1935-41 Sultan Sir Abu Bakar 1c to $5 set SG #29-46, fine mint, Cat £190. (18) 528 ** 1935-41 Sultan Sir Abu Bakar 3c green Ordinary paper SG #31 corner block of 9 with De La Rue imprint, some gumside tonespotting, MUH, Cat £585+.

529 ** 1935-41 Sultan Sir Abu Bakar 15c ultramarine Ordinary paper SG #39 corner block of 9 with De La Rue imprint, fine MUH, Cat £375++.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 MALAYAN STATES | Pahang (cont) 530 ** 1935-41 Sultan Sir Abu Bakar $5 green & red/emerald SG #46 block of 4, characteristic streaky gum, fresh MUH, Cat £80++.

531 F 1950-56 Sultan $5 green & brown SG #73, fine used, Cat £110.

MALAYAN STATES | Penang 532 **/* 1949-52 KGVI 1c to $5 set SG #3-22, fine MLH/MVLH, some values including $5 MUH, Cat £140. (20) MALAYAN STATES | Perak 533 **/*/U 1884-1954 Selection on Hagners including 1884-91 ‘PERAK’ overprints on 2c x4 mint or unused, 1887-89 ‘One/CENT/PERAK’ overprints on 2c x6 mint or unused, 1892-95 1c block of 6 MUH, 1895-99 Tigers 8c mint plus 25c & 50c (SG #74) used, 1900 Surcharges 3c on $1 unused x2 & 3c on $2 mint & unused, 1935-37 Sultan 6c x3 mint & $5 used, 1938-41 Sultan with 10c, 25c, 40c, 50c & $1 (x2, one rounded corner) mint, 1948 Wedding $5 mint & used, 1950-56 Sultan set (ex 30c) mint, condition somewhat variable, Cat £1,000+. (88) 534 * 1880-81 Overprints Wmk Crown CC Type 5 (17mm) overprint SG #5 with variety Broken upper limb of ‘E’, fine mint.

535 * 1884-91 Ovpt on Strait Settlements 2c pale rose optd ‘PEPAK’ type 17, SG #20 (var), gum adhesions, mint, BPA Certificate (1980).

536 * 1886 Surcharges 1c on 2c pale rose SG #28, fine mint, Cat £200.

537 W 1887 Surcharges Type T27 ‘ONE CENT/PERAK’ sideways surcharge in blue on 2c pale rose SG #30, unused, Cat £70.

538 F 1887-89 Surcharges on Strait Settlements 1c on 2c bright rose, T39 opt, SG #42, fine used, Cat £250.

539 * 1891 Surcharges on Strait Settlements 1c on 6c lilac-rose T30 opt with bar, SG #43, fine mint, Cat £60.

540 * 1891 Surcharges on Strait Settlements Type T30 (‘PERAK’ at top) 1c overprint on 6c lilac SG #43, fine mint, Cat £60.

541 * 1891 Surcharges on Strait Settlements Type T40 2c overprint on 24c green Watermark inverted SG #48w, mint, Cat £450.

542 * 1895-99 Tiger 1c to 50c dull purple & greenish black and 50c green & black (ex 25c) SG #66-75 (ex 73), generally fine mint, Cat £370+. (9) 543 * 1895-99 Tiger 1c dull purple & green, variety Malformed ‘c’, SG #66a, fine mint, normal for comparison, Cat £140.

544 S 1895-99 Tiger & Elephants set to $5 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #66s-79s, fine mint, Cat £500.

545 F 1895-99 Wmk Crown CA 50c green & black Tiger SG #75, fine used, Cat £170.

546 * 1895-99 Wmk Crown CC $1 green & pale green Elephants SG #76, fine mint, Cat £300.

547 * 1895-99 Wmk Crown CC $2 green & carmine Elephants SG #77, fine mint, Cat £450.

548 F 1895-99 Wmk Crown CC $5 green & ultramarine SG #79, mild aging, postal squared circle datestamp, Cat £600.

549 S 1895-99 Wmk Crown CC $5 green & ultramarine Elephants optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #79s, fine mint.

550 S 1895-99 Elephants $25 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #80s, fine mint, Cat £375.

551 W 1900 Surcharges 3c on $1 green & pale green variety Thinner ‘t’ in ‘Cent’ SG #86a, mild edge toning, unused, Cat £300.

552 * 1935-37 Sultan Iskandar complete set of 15, SG #88-102, fine mint, Cat £250.

553 S 1935-37 Sultan Iskandar complete set of 15 perforated ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #88s-102s, fine mint, Cat £475.

554 * 1938-41 Sultan Iskandar complete set of 19, SG #103-21, fine mint, Cat £1,100.

555 * 1938-41 Sultan Iskandar complete set of 19, SG #103-21, fine MLH. Cat £1,100.

556 S 1938-41 Sultan Iskandar complete set of 19 perforated ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #103s-21s, fine mint, Cat £440.

557 ** 1938-41 Sultan Iskandar 3c green Ordinary paper SG #106 horizontal strip of 10, fresh MUH, Cat £450+.

558 * 1938-41 Sultan Iskander selection comprising 4c orange, 8c grey, 10c dull purple, 12c bright ultramarine, 40c scarlet & dull purple, 50c black/emerald & $1 black & red/blue, fine mint, Cat £430. (8) 559 * 1948-56 Issues complete with listed shades, plus few additional, SG #122-48, fine mint, Cat £196.

MALAYAN STATES | Perak | Official Stamps 560 U 1889 Optd ‘P.G.S.’ 2c, 4c & 8c SG #O1-2 & O4, used, Cat £113. (3) 561 */W 1889 Optd ‘P.G.S.’ 2c to 8c SG #O1-4, 4c unused, other three values large-part gum, Cat £135.

562 * 1889 Optd ‘P.G.S.’ 2c to 24c simplified set of 8, SG #O1-9, fine mint, Cat £985.

563 W 1889 Optd ‘P.G.S.’ 24c green, variety Wide space between ‘G’ and ‘S’, SG #O9a, fine MNG, Cat £750. Ex Wood, Frazer.

564 * 1894 ‘Service’ Ovpt 5c blue, SG #O10, fine mint, Cat £130.

565 F 1897 ‘Service’ Ovpt 5c dull purple & olive-yellow, variety Overprint double, SG #O11a, fine used, Cat £400.

MALAYAN STATES | Perak | Flight Covers - Commercial 1937 (Nov 20) cover to Auckland franked Selangor 6c strip of three and 4c, together with Perak 2c and 1c tied by double-circle 566 * ‘TELOK ANSON/FMS’ datestamp, aggregate 25c for combined airmail rate per ½oz, backstamped Sydney, scarce combination.

567 * 1941 (Aug 5) The Chartered Bank of India censored registered cover Taiping to Melbourne franked aggregate 65c for combined airmail rate 50c per ½oz plus 15c registration, Penang triangular ‘PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/76’ faint handstamp, backstamped Taiping, Registered Singapore, Kew. MALAYAN STATES | Perlis 1948 Silver Wedding 10c & $5 tied to plain cover by Kangar ‘1DEC48’ FDI cancel, typed address.

568 * 569 * 1951-55 Raja Syed Putra 1c to $5 set (ex 30c) SG #7-27, hinge remnants, fine mint, Cat £160.

570 U 1951-55 Raja Syed Putra $1, $2 & $5 SG #25-27, postally used, Cat £245. (3) MALAYAN STATES | Selangor 571 */U 1891-1960 Selection with 1891 2c on 24c SG #44 mint, 1895-99 Tigers 3c & 5c mint and 8c used x2, 1900 3c on 50c mint & used, 1935-41 $1 mint x2 & $5 used, 1941 $1 mint x19 including two blocks of 4 & two pairs, $2 mint x2 & used with ‘FPO’ datestamp, 1948 $5 Wedding used; also Japanese Occupation opts on Selangor group to $5 mint; condition mostly fine, Cat £800+. (56) 572 * 1891-1900 Tigers Group comprising 1891-95 1c to 5c, 1894 3c Surcharge 1895-99 3c, 5c & 50c dull purple & greenish black SG #59, 1900 1c on 5c SG #66a, 1c on 50c & 3c on 50c, fine mint, Cat £230. (11) 573 S 1895-99 Tiger & Elephants set to $5 ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #54s-64s, fine mint, Cat £500. (11) 574 ** 1895-99 Tiger Wmk Crown CA 5c dull purple & yellow SG #56, Plate #1 block of 10, MUH, Cat £140++.

575 ** 1895-99 Tiger Wmk Crown CA 5c dull purple & yellow, SG #56, Plate #1 corner block of 48 (6x8), MUH, Cat £670++. Lovely item.

576 F 1895-99 Tiger Wmk Crown CA 50c dull purple & greenish black SG #59 Plate #1 corner block of 4, fine used, Cat £140++.

577 S 1895-99 Elephants Wmk Crown CC $10 green & purple ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #65s, gum crease, fresh MUH, Cat £170+.

578 F 1895-99 Elephants Wmk Crown CC $25 SG #66, fiscally used, tidy 1900 Stamp Office cancel, Barefoot Cat £250 (Cat £5,000 postally used).

579 S 1895-99 Elephants Wmk Crown CC $25 green & orange ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #66s, fresh MUH, Cat £375+.

580 * 1900 Surcharges 1c on 5c dull purple & olive-yellow SG #66a, vertical strip of 5, paper adhesion on gum of upper two units, mild crease lower two units, three units MUH, Cat £350+.

581 * 1900 Surcharges 3c on 50c variety Dented frame SG #67b, MVLH (possibly MUH), Cat £400. Extremely scarce.

582 ** 1935-41 Mosque 2c orange P14 Ordinary paper SG #70a, fresh MUH, Cat £400+.

583 ** 1935-41 Mosque 15c bright ultramarine Ordinary paper SG #78 Plate #2 corner block of 8 (2x4), mild gumside tone patch, otherwise fresh MUH, Cat £96+.

584 * 1941 Sultan $1 black and red/blue, $2 green & scarlet and unissued $5 green & red/emerald (three units MUH) in blocks of 4, characteristic streaky gum, fine mint, Cat £900+.

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MALAYAN STATES | Selangor (cont) 585 ** 1941 Sultan $5 green & red/emerald block of 4, characteristic streaky gum, fresh MUH, Cat £720++. [See Gibbons footnote which states “Unoverprinted examples are known, but were not issued. (price £180)”] 586 ** 1941 Sultan $5 green & red/emerald marginal block of 4 with jubilee lines, characteristic streaky gum, fresh MUH, Cat £720++. [See Gibbons footnote which states “Unoverprinted examples are known, but were not issued. (price £180)”] 587 ** 1941 Sultan $5 green & red/emerald corner block of 4 with jubilee lines, characteristic streaky gum, fresh MUH, Cat £720++. [See Gibbons footnote which states “Unoverprinted examples are known, but were not issued. (price £180)”] MALAYAN STATES | Selangor | Flight Covers - Commercial 1939 (Jul 5) The Mercantile Bank of India cover Kuala Lumpur to Wellington New Zealand bearing solo 8c for Empire Air Mail Scheme 588 * All-up rate per ½oz. Rare for this origin/destination.

MALAYAN STATES | Trengganu 589 **/*/U 1910-55 Most Mint Selection with 1910-19 Sultan $1 x3 plus 4c carmine-red Plate 1 corner block of 18 & 5c grey Plate 1 corner block of 10, 1917-18 Red Cross 4c+2c orange variety Comma after ‘2c’, 1921-41 Sultan odds including 3c reddish-brown & 8c grey, 1922 Exhibition $1 x2 plus 20c Small second ‘A’ in ‘MALAYA’, 1949-55 Sultan $2 x2 & $5 x2; also 1921 $50 Revenue Barefoot #3 x2 (one on small piece, faults, Cat £250 each); some blemishes, condition mostly fine, Cat £500+ (ex $50 revenues). (84) 590 * 1910-19 Wmk MCA $5 green & dull purple SG #17, tiny gumside inclusion, fine mint overall, Cat £275.

591 ** 1917-18 Red Cross Surcharges 3c+2c carmine-red Plate #1 pair, variety ‘SS’ of ‘CROSS’ inverted (setting IIIa) in the sheet margin below left unit, SG #19b, fresh MUH, Cat £425++.

592 F 1917-18 Red Cross Surcharges 3c + 2c carmine-red variety ‘SS’ in ‘CROSS’ inverted SG #19b, fine used, Cat £500. Rare.

593 ** 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk MCA $5 SG #25 block of 4, fresh MUH Cat £680++. Superb!

594 * 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk Script Crown/CA unissued, 2c yellow-orange, slight toning as always, mint, Cat £325.

595 * 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk Script Crown/CA unissued, 6c grey, slight toning as always, mint, Cat £325.

596 * 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk Script Crown/CA unissued, 8c rose, slight toning as always, mint, Cat £325.

597 * 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk Script Crown/CA unissued, 15c ultramarine, slight toning as always, mint, Cat £325.

598 U 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk Script Crown/CA $50 green & yellow SG #46, separated pair both on individual pieces, faded/ washed-out colours, 1928 datestamp, Cat £1,200 fiscally used.

599 U 1921-41 Sultan Sulieman Wmk Script Crown/CA $100 green & scarlet SG #47, separated pair both on individual pieces, faded/ washed-out colours, Kemaman Stamp Office cancel, Cat £1,200 fiscally used.

600 * 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition set 2c to $5, the 4c, 5c & 20c with variety Raised stop after ‘EXHIBITION’, SG #48-58, fine mint, Cat £622.

601 * 1922 Malay-Borneo Exhibition $5 green & dull purple variety Small second ‘A’ in ‘MALAYA’ SG #58d, some toning, Cat £600.

MALAYAN STATES | Trengganu | Postage Dues 602 * 1937 1c to 10c set SG #D1-4, 8c uniformly toned gum, fine mint overall, Cat £170. (4) MALTA 603 * 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA ½d to 1/- (shallow thin) set SG #38-44, rich colours, Cat £130. (7) 604 * 1948-53 KGVI New Constitution 5/- black & green, variety ‘NT’ joined SG 247a, fine mint, Cat £300.

MALTA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1929-31 R Forbes-Bentley covers from Malta to same addressee in Victoria, sent airmail (6d surcharge) to Italy by Ala Littoria (Italian 605 * National Airline), the 1929 (May 9) cover (crease at left) registered and particularly early for this origin to Australia. (2) MAURITIUS 606 U 1848-59 2d Blue Worn impression SG #22, fine used, Cat £1,200.

MEXICO | Flight Covers - Commercial 607 * 1935-36 selection to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked for airmail to USA with varying compositions of 80c rate (5), one double?

1p10, three with typewritten instructions for surface per SS Mariposa, Monterey or Makura, three with Servicio Aereo Mexico backstamps, odd blemish, generally fine.

1936-39 selection to Henry B Smith Melbourne via Imperial Airways service ex France, various combinations for 2p25 single rate and 608 * one 4p50 double, different flights (one duplicated), includes IE652 which developed engine problems in France, requiring it to return, leaving again after five hours, another underpaid at 75c, faint two-line handstamp to that effect, odd fault, generally fine. (11) 1937 (Mar-Oct) La España Industrial covers to Henry B Smith Melbourne with varying franking compositions for 2p25 rate, earlier 609 * with Post Office applied ‘SERVICIO POSTAL AEREO/TRANS-ATLANTICO’, later second line ‘TRANS-PACIFICO’, to join with Imperial Airways service ex France and via Hong Kong Feeder Service, flights IE536 and 585, respectively, backstamped Paris and Melbourne, Hong Kong and Melbourne, rare and attractive duo.

610 * 1938-39 covers from same correspondence to Melbourne, comprising [1] 1938 (May 24) from Caboce San Lucas franked 2p25 for PanAm service via Manila and Hong Kong, two Mexican backstamps together with Hong Kong, Melbourne, and [2] 1939 (Apr 28) from Guaymas franked 65c with mss. ‘Insufficient/Postage for/Air Mail’ lower left.

MONACO 611 ** 1955-57 Birds Air 100f, 200f & 1,000f P13 set SG #508a,509a & 511a, matching bottom right corner singles, date handstamped in lower selvedge, fresh MUH, Cat £620. (3) MONACO | Flight Covers - Commercial 1938 (Apr 19) cover Monaco to Lady Tempest Sydney where redirected, remarkable franking (aggregate 15f50 - UPU 1f75 plus 612 * airmail surcharge 4f50 per 5gms x3 - overpaid 25c), including Postage Due surcharged 2f50 on 2f, Prince Albert 5f green, and Pictorial 3f lilac and red/yellow x2, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE646 where Challenger was caught in a storm leaving Rome, and on Apr 21 was struck by lightning necessitating return for repairs to damage, the service departing the following day, Cannes cinderella on reverse tied by Sydney arrival (May 2) and Thomas Cook receiving datestamp of same date, little roughly opened, seldom encountered convergence of rare franking/rare incident.

MONTSERRAT | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 613 * 1938-48 KGVI mint ½d to £1 set plus all perf changes to 2/6d (2/6d P13 toned); also 1951 1c to $4.80 set MLH; generally fine, Cat £260+. (35) NETHERLANDS | Flight Covers - Commercial 614 * 1935 (Jan 2) cover Den Haag Netherlands to Sydney, uncommon solo franking of 50c, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE303 which throughout its duration experienced three incidents, two significant, comprising (i) Sylvanus after leaving Athens Jan 9 1935 force-landed at Mirabella with engine trouble, (ii) the Arethusa leg was delayed at Jodhpur Jan 12 January, also due to engine trouble, and (iii) Athena, which had assumed the service at Singapore Jan 15, a day behind schedule, attempted to make up time; the pilot flew without rest throughout the evening, which was prohibited. Halfway across the Timor Sea the aircraft encountered a violent storm, with thunder and lightning. It reached the Australian coast after 4½ hours, just before dawn, and the pilot was unable to sight Darwin Airport, opting to follow the coast eastward and force-landing Jan 16 at Point Stuart, on a beach 100 kms from Darwin.

After being refueled by a QANTAS DH71 (which was damaged upon take off), Athena continued on to Darwin, departing Jan 17, just one day late. Confirmed by Sydney arrival (Jan 20). The only recorded cover Netherlands-Australia on this flight.

615 * 1935-39 selection with some useful frankings including Wilhelmina 30c + 7½c both ‘CFR’ perfin, 40c solo, 60c black (3, one a dual franking), 1g, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (8)

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 NETHERLANDS | Flight Covers - Commercial 616 * 1937 (Jun-Jul) The Sport & General Press Agency Ltd covers to Sydney franked 3g57½, varying compositions including 1g strips of three x2, earliest endorsed ‘Per Dutch Air Mail/Via Amsterdam’, others via Imperial Airways service, little roughly opened, attractive.

(3) 1938 (Mar 4) Express airmail cover (255x170mm) Amsterdam to Argus newspaper Melbourne franked aggregate 12g67½, including 617 * Wilhelmina 2½g + 5g pair, miscalculating by 10c UPU 65c (140-160gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 40c per 5gms x29 plus 32½c Express delivery, backstamped Melbourne.

NETHERLANDS INDIES | Flight Covers - Commercial 1932-33 duo comprising [1] 1932 (Sep 21) N.V. Handelsvereeniging (Medan) cover (235x125 slightly reduced at right) to Adelaide 618 * franked 65c, and [2] curious 1933 (Dec 13) Burns Philp Line cover Soerabaja to Sydney endorsed ‘Via/Amsterdam’ franked 1g30, Pelikaan transit, Amsterdam arrival backstamp, blemishes.

619 * 1937 (Jul 8) Koninklijke Ned - Indische Luchtvaart Mij cover (225x155mm) to Hamilton NSW registered Batavia Centrum at 2g05 rate, KNILM endorsement on flap, backstamped Darwin, TPO 2 South NSW, Newcastle, Hamilton, minor blemishes, attractive high franking.

1937 (Sep 29) real photo postcard (village river scene) Batavia to Auckland franked 12½c, rare pre-war airmail postcard.

620 * 1938 (Mar 23) cover Soerabaja to Melbourne underfranked at 25c and with tax markings and Australia Postage Due 2d, 1d and ½d 621 * (CofA wmk. scarce on cover) tied by Elizabeth St datestamp, backstamped Melbourne.

622 * 1938 (Sep 30) registered tea samples pouch Batavia to Melbourne franked aggregate 2g90, front with handstamped ‘By air to Australia and/onward airtransmission’ (sic), reverse bearing strip of three ‘THEE’ adhesives, double-circle ‘R’ handstamp front and reverse, also 1940 (Oct 25) censored tag (fault at left) franked very high 8g64 for 405gms, including scarce on entire 1931 7½g Air. Rare and unusual survivors.

1938 (Dec 27) Alfa Sports (Batavia NEI) cover, illustrated with tennis players, (roughly opened) to Melbourne franked 45c, framed 623 * ‘By air to Australia and/onward airtransmission’ (sic) handstamp, carried on Imperial Airways service flight SE63 which experienced delays as a result of mechanical problems with two aircraft, on three occasions: (i) Challenger was affected by mechanical failure at Brindisi Dec 19-20, (ii) and Bangkok (24-25 December), and (iii) Circe suffered engine trouble at Koepang NEI Dec 26-29, backstamped Sydney (Dec 30).

1939 (Dec 20) censored cover Batavia Centrum to Wellington New Zealand franked 35c, New Zealand Censor tape affixed upon 624 * arrival and tied by handstamp, censored mail this origin/destination rare.

625 * 1940-41 selection censored in NEI, originating towns include Bondowoso, Soerabaja, Bandoeng, Malang, most with tape, variety of handstamps, some attractive frankings, odd fault, generally good, useful group for specialist. (14) SURINAM | Flight Covers - Commercial 1941 (Jun 27) The New Motor Supply & Imp Co (Paramaribo) dual censored registered cover to Melbourne franked 1930 Air 1½g 626 * solo, PanAm service UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 1g15 per 5gms plus 20c registration, unusually with oval ‘VIA FAM 14/FROM/ SAN FRANCISCO’ handstamp, acknowledging the relevant Clipper service which conveyed article, backstamped San Juan, San Francisco, Melbourne, Newport, Surinam Censor tape tied by datestamp, Melbourne Censor tape affixed thereover and tied by handstamp, minor blemish reverse, attractive and rare, also 1945 (Aug 14) cover from same correspondence, franked 1g10, Surinam Censor tape, damage to reverse of cover. (2) NEW HEBRIDES | Postal History Selection including 1924 cover with both Surcharges sets 1d on ½d to 5d on 2½d SG #40-2 & French Currency 10c on 5c to 50c 627 * on 25c #F38-9 & 41, 1929 PPC showing Plantation Owner’s House with 2½d (25c) SG #46 tied to view side; also US Forces 1944 War Ballot postcards x2 to New York, 1944 APO ‘708’ (Espiritu) stationery envelope, plus one other item. (6) NEW HEBRIDES (French) 628 S 1925 Weapons & Idols 5c to 5f set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #F42s-52s, fine mint, Cat £250. (11) NEW ZEALAND 629 S 1862-64 Chalons Wmk Large Star Imperf 2d pale blue worn plate complete even margins, handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet SG #38s, without gum.

630 W 1862-64 Chalons Wmk Large Star P13 1d orange-vermilion SG #68, blunted perfs at top, deep colour, unused, Cat £2,750.

631 W 1862-64 Chalons Wmk Large Star P13 1d carmine-vermilion SG #69, trimmed perfs at right, deep colour, unused, Cat £2,750.

632 F 1864-71 Chalons Wmk Large Star P12½ At Auckland 2d blue SG #115, strong colour, socked-on-the-nose large fancy ‘S’ cancellation of Invercargill (Southlands).

633 S 1864-71 Chalons Wmk Large Star P12½ At Auckland 1/- pale yellow-green handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet, radiant colour, without gum. Fine and rare.

634 * 1906 Christchurch Exhbition ½d to 6d set SG #370-3, key 6d value MLH, Cat £275.

635 * 1906 Christchurch Exhibition Usual rough perfs, generally fine. SG #370-3, Cat £275. (4) 636 ** 1915-30 KGV Sidefaces 2½d blue SG #419, upper-left Plate #17 block of 4, light crease on sheet margin (no sheet margin at left), stamps are MUH, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$ 900.

637 ** 1915-30 KGV Sidefaces 4d yellow SG #421, upper-left Plate #20 block of 4, fresh MUH, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$650.

638 ** 1915-30 KGV Sidefaces 4d violet SG #422, upper-left Plate #20 block of 4, MLH on sheet margin only (no sheet margin at left), stamps are MUH, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$850.

639 ** 1915-30 KGV Sidefaces 8d indigo-blue SG #427, upper-left Plate #39 block of 4, MLH on sheet margin only, stamps are MUH, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$1,250. Fine and rare.

640 **/* 1940 Centennial 1/- Giant Kauri Tree SG #625 A1 imprint strip of 4, two units are MVLH others MUH. 641 ** 1947-52 KGVI 8d violet SG #684, lower-left Plate #110 imprint block of 6, fresh MUH. 642 ** 1970-76 Definitives 3c Lichen Moth Watermark Sideways SG #918bw booklet pane of 6, slight damage in sheet margin, fine MUH, Cat £192+.

643 ** 1984 Framas Trial Printing 24c, 30c & 35c sets on white paper x4, Retail $600. [Trial period ran from Sep 3 to Oct 16 1984] 644 ** 2001 Tourism Centenary 40c Bungee Jumping SG #2425 self-adhesive pair error Imperforate - die cutting omitted, very fine.

645 ** 2003 New Zealand Landscapes $1.50 Arrowtown SG #2614, self adhesive booklet pane of 5, error Imperforate - die cutting omitted, Campbell Paterson #W92aY Cat NZ$2,000. Fine and rare.

NEW ZEALAND | Official Stamps 646 S 1913-25 Postal Fiscals 5/- green SG #O86 handstamped ‘ESPECIME’ (Specimen) in violet, affixed to piece from a Portuguese colony’s postal archives. Fine.

647 ** 1915-27 KGV 1/- vermilion P14x14½ SG #O105ba Plate #42 marginal pair, mounted in selvedge only, stamps are MUH. Rare.

NEW ZEALAND | Postage Dues 648 F 1899-1908 blocks of 4 comprising 1899 Large ‘D’ 3d SG #D12, Ormondville datestamp, and 1908 2d rose-pink and green SG #D22a, Fielding datestamp; scarce as multiples. (2 blocks).

NEW ZEALAND | Postal History 649 * 1859 (Oct) inwards stampless cover from UK with ‘AUCKLAND/DE25/59/NEW-ZEALAND’ 25mm arrival datestamp, Escrick, York & London transit datestamps; also 1863 (Jul 25) cover to same addressee with ‘AUCKLAND/JY25/1863/NEW ZEALAND’ 20mm arrival datestamp, York ‘930’ duplex cancel tying GB 6d lilac SG #84; some blemishes. (2)

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NEW ZEALAND | Postal History 650 * 1900s-70s Bundle of Covers including 1924 Hastings ‘½d Paid’ permit cover, 1922 Rotorua souvenir folder to Auckland with 1½d Victory solo, 1942 censored surface mail to Melbourne, 1954 oversized cover to Scotland with very scarce franking of 10/-, 4/- & 2/6d Arms, 1965 PPC to England with 1/- Timber & 1d Flower, 1967 Rotorua view folder to UK with 1/- Timber & 8d Flower; plus a good variety of other rates and frankings and some philatelic mail. (60 approx).

NEW ZEALAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 1948 (May 6) use of KGVI 2/-, Otago Centennial set x2 & 2d on air cover to New York, endorsed ‘late fee’.

651 * NEW ZEALAND | Military - World War II Period NZ Forces Selection Mostly WWII including 1941 (Mar 25) FPO1 (Maadi Camp) letter sheet to Wellington, 1942 PPC & 1945 cover 652 * both with NEW ZEALAND ARMY BASE PO UK’ datestamps, 1945 stampless with fine strike of ‘NZFPO (UK)/14JY45’ datestamp, 1945 use of British 3d Registration Envelope to Canada tied by ‘MPO/KW3’ datestamp with ‘KW3’ registration label; also 1916 Auckland to serviceman in France with ‘UNDELIVERED FOR THE REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER/(B.A.P.O.3.)’ and (on reverse) ‘UNABLE TO TRACE/(B.A.P.O.3.)’ boxed handstamps; heaps more of interest, condition variable. Very good lot. (64) ROSS DEPENDENCY 653 ** 1967 Decimals 2c to 15c set in blocks of 4, SG #5-8, fresh MUH, retail $400. (16) NICARAGUA | Flight Covers - Commercial 654 * 1932 (Feb 27) The Anglo-South American Bank (Managua) registered cover to Sydney bearing aggregate franking (both sides) 1cor27½ for airmail to USA only, backstamped San Francisco, Sydney, very early and attractive.

1942 (Apr 4) Neptune Gold Mining Co (Bonanza) dual censored cover to RAAF Officer at Deniliquin NSW, franked 1cor, 655 * handstamped ‘VIA AEREA/HASTA EUROPA’, UK and Sydney Censor tapes, blemishes.

NORTH BORNEO 656 F 1888-92 Arms 50c chalky blue SG #46b (some discolouration), Gayah Proud Type D2 datestamp in blue (rated 150pts), Cat £150+.

[The type D2 datestamp was believed to have lost during the Mat Salleh Rebellion] 657 * 1894 (Feb) Arms 25c to $2, SG #81-4, fine mint, Cat £99. (4) 658 F 1894 (Feb) Arms $5 bright purple, top left corner block of 6 (3x2), each row showing Two horizontal lines of perforations through centre, SG #85 (var), CTO, Cat £102 as normals.

659 F 1894 (Feb) Arms $5 bright purple, marginal block of 4, variety Imperforate, SG #85a, CTO, Cat £130.

660 * 1894 (Feb) Arms $5 Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #85s, MVLH. 661 F 1894 (Feb) Arms $10 brown, top left corner block of 6 (3x2), each row showing Two horizontal lines of perforations through centre, SG #86 (var), CTO, Cat £96 as normals.

662 * 1895 Surcharges on $1 Arms set 4c to 40c, SG #87-91, fine mint, Cat £180. (5) 663 * 1899 ‘4/CENTS’ Surcharges 4c on 5c to 4c on $10 set SG #112-4, 4c on 18c & 4c on 25c with thins, some hinge remnants, mostly fine, Cat £450.

664 S 1899 ‘4/CENTS’ Surcharges 4c on 5c Pheasant variety Surcharge and ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint inverted SG #112asa, central thins, of fine appearance, unused. Undercatalogued at £800 with just one sheet printed and low survival rate. Ceremuga certificate (2014).

665 */W 1904-05 ‘4/Cents’ Surcharges 4c on 5c to 4c on $10 set SG #146-57, gum crease 4c on $5, some values with edge toning, 4c on $1 & 4c on $2 without gum, Cat £200. (12) 666 V 1911 $5 Arms SG #182, very fine used, Cat £140.

667 W 1911 $5 Arms block of 6 (3x2), variety Imperforate, SG #182a, no gum as issued, Cat £675.

668 * 1911 $10 Arms SG #183, tiny hinge thin, fine mint overall, Cat £750. Seldom offered.

669 V 1911 $10 Arms SG #183, very fine used, Cat £800. Rare.

670 **/* 1916 Surcharges 2c on 3c and 4c on 6c SG #186-87 in blocks of 4, some mild tonespots, MVLH/MUH, Cat £240+.

671 * 1916 Surcharges 4c on 6c Rhinoceros variety ‘S’ inverted [R2/5] SG #187a, mild gum toning, MVLH, Cat £110.

672 F 1916 Surcharges 4c on 6c variety ‘S’ inverted [R2/5] SG #187a, mild even toning, used, Cat £110. Scarcer postally used than mint.

673 * 1916 Surcharges 10c on 12c lower-right unit variety ‘S’ inverted [R2/5] SG #188a in a block of 4, gumside tonespotting, MLH, Cat £360+.

674 * 1922 Overprinted ‘RED CROSS/TWO CENTS’ 8c+2c variety Inverted figure ‘3’ for ‘C’ in ‘CENTS’ SG #222a, mild toning, mint, with normal stamp for comparison, unpriced in Gibbons.

675 * 1922 Malay-Borneo Exhibition 3c variety Stop after ‘EXHIBITION’ SG #256a, MVLH, Cat £80.

676 W 1925-28 Pictorials 5c black & yellow-brown Elephant P12½, error Imperforate between in a vertical pair SG #281a, fine unused.

Undercatalogued at £1,200 as just one row of 10 recorded. Extremely rare. Ceremuga certificate (2015).

677 * 1931 Anniversary 3c to $2 SG #295-301, $1 small natural gumside inclusion, overall very fine MLH/MVLH, Cat £157. (7) 678 * 1931 Anniversary 6c to $5 SG #296-302 (ex 3c), fine MVLH, Cat £300. (7) 679 ** 1945 $5 Overprinted ‘BMA’ SG #334, marginal block of 9, a few tonespots, fine overall, MUH, Cat £360+.

680 * 1961 QEII Pictorials 1c to $5 set SG #391-406, fine MLH/MVLH, Cat £160. (16) NORTH BORNEO | Postal History 681 * 1892 (Apr 12) Sandakan registered cover front to England with 6c on 8c SG #55 pairs x4, plus 10c Arms SG #13 & 2c Arms SG #25, some edge toning, stamps (off cover) Cat £150+.

NORTH BORNEO | Flight Covers - Commercial 1940 (Jul 29) airmail cover to England endorsed ‘VIA IMPERIAL’ with 1939 Pictorials 1c to 50c tied by Sandakan datestamps, North 682 * Borneo Censor tape & boxed ‘PASSED BY/20/CENSOR/NORTH BORNEO’ handstamp in black, some mild aging, stamps alone Cat £120+.

1940 (Oct 29) censored cover from Kudat to Sydney endorsed ‘By BOAC’ for Horseshoe route, bearing aggregate franking of 60c 683 * for post-EAMS combined airmail rate 60c per ½oz, rare framed ‘PASSED BY/12/CENSOR/NORTH BORNEO’ handstamp.

684 * 1941 (Jun 24) Dangawan Estate Jesselton censored cover to Sydney bearing aggregate 60c franking (plus compulsory use of 2c War Tax stamp for overseas mail), reasonable strike rare triangular ‘PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/8/NORTH BORNEO’ handstamp in violet (height 36mm), minor blemishes.

NYASALAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935 (Jan 1) Resident Engineer’s Office D’Anna Mutarara cover to Auckland bearing 1934 3d, 6d, 1/- and 1d tied by Port Herald 685 * datestamp, representing 1/10d combined airmail rate per ½oz, carried by Imperial Airways Northbound (AN204) and Eastbound (IE307) flights, the latter delayed at Akyab Burma owing to engine trouble (Jan 26-27), backstamped Cairo, airmail service terminated in Australia, little roughly opened in no way detracting from a most attractive, early and rare origin/destination item.

PAKISTAN 686 **/*/* 1961 ‘PAISA’ Overprint Varieties with annotated surcharge varieties in blocks **/* and on used singles including ‘13 AISA’ for ‘13 PAISA’ in a used strip of 3, plus broken letters, misplaced surcharges, etc, includes some officials. Specialist appeal. (approx 180).

687 U/D 1948 Peshawar Local Overprints handstamped in violet many on dated pieces with values to 25r, also a small group of officials with inverted ‘PAKISTAN’ handstamps including KGV 2a6p, 12a & 2r (tied to dated piece with KGVI 1a). Handy lot for the specialist.

(28) 688 **/* 1948 Local Overprints on India KGV 1a3p & 15r MUH and on 25r MLH, applied due shortages of the KGVI issue in 1948. Very scarce.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 PAKISTAN | Postal Stationery 689 PS Local Overprints On India Selection: with ½a Official Postal Card x5 each with a different type of local overprint; also ‘HALF ANNA’ (in violet) on 9p with Lahore local overprint, and 1½a Envelope handstamped twice; all unused. Useful group. (7) PALESTINE | Flight Covers - Commercial 1941 (Apr 4) Jacob Feuer registered cover (240x155mm) Tel Aviv to Sydney franked aggregate 435m, including very scarce on cover 690 * 200m pair, representing 60m combined airmail rate per 10gms x7 plus 15m registration, backstamped Tel Aviv, Haifa, Darwin, Sydney, Chippendale, small cover faults (some adhesions on reverse can be removed with care). The record franking for this era to Australia.

PALESTINE | Military & Censor Mail 1941-42 Censored Covers to UK comprising [1] 1941 (Jan 24) with 20m Citadel x4 tied by Tel Aviv datestamp, black/salmon ‘PC22’ 691 * censor tape & boxed ‘PALESTINE/OPENED AND/PASSED BY/CENSOR’ handstamp in violet on reverse; [2] 1941 (Mar 9) with 50m & 5m pair tied by Tiberias datestamp, red/white ‘71/10933’ censor tape, Enfield arrival backstamp; [3] 1942 (Apr 20) registered cover 10m block of 5 and 5m tied by oval ‘REGISTERED/TEL AVIV’ datestamp, boxed ‘PALESTINE/OPENED AND/PASSED BY/CENSOR’ handstamp in violet on reverse; minor blemishes.

PANAMA | Flight Covers - Commercial 692 * 1942-44 censored covers with handstamped directions for Atlantic route, comprising [1] 1942 (Sep 21) Fidanque Hnos. E Hijos cover to Auckland, franked 65c (plus 1c Obligatory tax), USA Censor tape, and [2] 1944 (Nov) La Favorita Jeweler (Colon) registered cover to Post exchange Officer/US Army Base/Sydney franked 1b (plus 1c), backstamped Miami (Nov 17 and 28), Balboa, San Francisco, double oval shaped ‘S.F.P.E. APO REG. SEC./1/DEC/1944/SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.’, and Base Forces APO 927, USA Censor, odd blemish, attractive pair. (2) PERU | Flight Covers - Commercial 1936 (Apr & Jul) registered covers from same correspondence Lima to Nelson New Zealand, comprising [1] (Apr 14) with 693 * handstamped ‘Via FAUCETT/y AIR - FRANCE’, franked 1s85 for Air France UPU 15c plus airmail surcharge 1s50 per 5gms (to France) plus 20c registration, airmail service terminated France, backstamped Lima, and [2] (Jul 13) with handstamped ‘VIA EE. UU.’ and ‘P.H.’ and franked 1s70 for airmail to USA only, backstamped Lima, ‘USA Postal Agency-BARRANQUILLA, COL. S.A./ JUL191936/U.H. PARRISH’ handstamp in red, San Pedro, Los Angeles, attractive and very scarce early airmail to this destination.

1937 (Jul 7) Pan American Airways System Asuncion registered cover to Sydney, aggregate franking 136p, carried PanAm to Buenos 694 * Aires, then across Atlantic to Europe to connect with Imperial Airways service (flight IE566), backstamped Darwin, TPO 2 South NSW, Sydney, a trifle stained, most attractive for exhibit, the only recorded pre-war airmail cover this origin/destination.

695 * 1944-45 Lima registered selection, two censored, comprising [1] 1944 (Jan 6) to Brisbane franked 4s30 with the handstamped in violet ‘SERVICIO AEREO NOR - ATLANTICO’, PanAm service to Hawaii, censored USA and Brisbane, [2] 1944 (Nov 11) to Sydney franked 40c only, insufficient for air, but given due consideration apparently at New York for air within USA, and [3] 1945 (Sep 14) 8s20 rate with the handstamped ‘SERVICIO AEREO NOR - ATLANTICO’, now in blue-green, fine lot. (3) PHILIPPINES | Flight Covers - Commercial 1940 (Nov 29) dual censored cover Cebu City to Melbourne franked aggregate 36c for UPU 12 plus airmail surcharge 24c per 5gms, 696 * ‘TO BE FORWARDED BY/AIR FROM SINGAPORE’ and triangular Censor (code ‘5’) handstamps of Singapore, Melbourne Censor tape/handstamp applied upon arrival.

POLAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935 (Jan 18) cover Lodz Poland to Henry B Smith Melbourne franked 1z55 [UPU 55g plus airmail surcharge 1z per 5gms], carried 697 *

by Imperial Airways service flight IE309 in which Athena force-landed at Surabaya Feb 4 due to broken exhaust pipe, the service resuming following day, confirmed by Athens transit (Jan 22) and Melbourne arrival (Feb 9). The only recorded cover PolandAustralia on this flight. Sanford (Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways & Predecessor Airlines) states: ‘No mail is known in collectors’ hands’.

698 * 1936 (Jun 27) cover Warsaw to Sydney endorsed ‘Via Bandoeng’ for KLM service, franked 1z65 for UPU 55g rate plus 1z10 per 5gms airmail surcharge, backstamped Warsaw, Athens, Lindfield. This service rarely utilised to Australia.

1937 (Jun 28 & 30) Hotel Pod Poczta (Bielsko) covers to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) carried on consecutive Imperial Airways service 699 * flights (IE562-63), rates of 4z85 and 3z85 include a 1935 3z Moscicki franking, backstamped Warsaw, Athens, Melbourne. (2) 1939 (Jan 19) Pol-Wool (Biala Krak) registered cover (315x120mm) to Henry B Smith (wool broker, Melbourne) with high aggregate 700 * franking of 8z85, including scarce use of 1938 3z Pilsudski x2, representing UPU 85g (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 90g per 5gms x8 plus 45g registration, Spencer St ‘CARDED’ rectangular datestamp on front for consecutive days, currency control handstamp on reverse together with transits/arrival for Warsaw, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne.

1939 (May 11) registered cover Krakow to Melbourne, aggregate franking of 10z60 including very scarce strip of three of 1938 3z 701 * Pilsudski representing UPU 1z 15 (40-60gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 1z per 5gms x9 plus 45g registration, currency control label on front, Warsaw, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne backstamps. The record pre-war franking for this origin/destination.

POLAND | Postal History 702 * 1944-45 Covers with [1] 1944 (Dec 29) registered to Red Cross in Geneva with 50gr block of 4 tied by Warsaw datestamp, red/white registration label applied by British in Egypt, Geneva ‘27/X/45’ backstamp showing cover was 302 days in transit; [2] 1945 (Jul 5) Poznan registered to same destination, again with red/white censor label applied in Egypt, cover 111 days in transit. (2) PORTUGAL 703 ** 1945 President Carmona 10c to 3E50c set SG #977-984, fresh MUH, Cat £225. (8) 704 ** 1952 NATO 1E & 3E.50 set SG #1065-66, fresh MUH, Cat £516. (2) PORTUGAL | Flight Covers - Commercial 705 * 1940-45 selection to New Zealand and Australia (5, four censored), sent via Pan Am service at rates of 13e75 (3) or 5e25 (3, jusqu’a New York), censor tapes of Sydney (2) and USA (2), odd fault, scarce group. (6) PORTUGUESE COLONIES | AZORES 706 U 1882-85 King Luis Straight Label unsurfaced paper 100r P13½ SG #90 block of 4 tied to piece by 1887 Ponta Delgada datestamps, Cat £520+.

PORTUGUESE COLONIES | LOURENCO MARQUES | Flight Covers - Commercial 1940 (Jun 27) censored Blue Star Line cover from Lourenço Marques to Sydney redirected Double Bay franked aggregated 15E05, 707 * representing UPU 1E75 plus airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2 (overpaid), sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (likely flight NE3), Egyptian Censor tape/handstamp. Extremely rare origin/destination.

PORTUGUESE COLONIES | MOZAMBIQUE COMPANY | Flight Covers - Commercial 708 * 1940 (Jul 10) cover from Beira to Sydney franked aggregate (front and reverse) 14E25, for UPU 1E75 rate plus airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2, sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (flight NE4), backstamped Calcutta, Egyptian censor tape/handstamp (code ‘56’). Most attractive and rare.

RHODESIA 709 W 1892-93 Arms Perf 14,14½ £1 deep blue SG #10, regummed, Cat £325.

710 W 1892-93 Arms Perf 14,14½ £10 brown SG #13, no watermark, fresh unused, Cat £2,750. Rare. Ceremuga certificate (2015). [Ex Waterlow printers archives, flooded during WWII London bombings, hence stamp is without gum] 711 * 1892 Surcharges ½d on 6d to 8d on 1/- set SG #14-17, 2d & 8d with guarantee handstamps, mint, Cat £650. (4) 712 * 1896 Matabele Rebellion Provisional 1d on 4/- SG #52, fine mint, Cat £300.

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RHODESIA (cont) 713 * 1896 Matabele Rebellion Provisional 3d on 5/- SG #53, fine mint, Cat £190.

714 */W 1896 Overprints on Cape of Good Hope ½d to 1/- set SG #58-64, age stain on revese of 1/-, all but ½d & 3d are without gum, Cat £325. (7) 715 * 1897 Arms Scroll Between Legs £1 black & red-brown/green SG #73, fine mint, Cat £450.

716 W 1898-1908 Numeral Value Arms £5 deep blue SG #92, superb fresh unused, Cat £3,250. Very rare. Ceremuga certificate (2014).

[Ex Waterlow printers archives, flooded during WWII London bombings, hence stamp is without gum] 717 1898-1908 Numeral Value Arms £10 lilac SG #93, superb fresh unused, Cat £3,500. Very rare. Ceremuga certificate (2015). [Ex Waterlow printers archives, flooded during WWII London bombings, hence stamp is without gum] 718 */U 1905 Victoria Falls 1d to 2/6d set SG #94-9, 5/- fine used, other values mint, Cat £250. (6) 719 * 1910-13 Double Heads ½d to 1/- mint selection with shades mostly P14 comprising ½d, 1d x2, 2d, 2½d x3 (one is P13½), 3d, 4d P14 & P15, 5d, 6d, 8d P13½, 10d & 1/-, fine mint with strong colours, minimum Cat £670. Attractive group. (15) 720 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 2/- black & ultramarine SG #153, fine mint, Cat £120.

721 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 2/6d (greenish) black & crimson SG #155a, fine mint, Cat £350.

722 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 3/- green & violet SG #158, fine mint, Cat £250.

723 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 5/- crimson & yellow-green SG #160a, fine mint, Cat £300.

724 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 7/6d carmine & pale blue SG #160b, fine mint, Cat £650.

725 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 7/6d carmine & light blue SG #161, fine mint, Cat £900.

726 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 10/- blue-green & orange SG #164, fine mint, Cat £425.

727 * 1910-13 Double Heads Perf 14 £1 rose-scarlet and bluish black SG #166, fine mint, Cat £1,600.

728 S 1913-22 Admirals ½d to £1 set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ between SG #217s-49s, 1½d minor blemishes otherwise generally fine/very fine with MVLH high values, Cat £2,750. Under-rated and rare. (19) 729 * 1913-22 Admirals Double Plates Head Die II Perf 14 3/- brown & blue, very fine mint, Cat £120.

730 * 1913-22 Admirals Double Plates Head Die II Perf 14 5/- blue & blue-green SG #239, fine mint, Cat £95.

731 F 1913-22 Admirals Double Plates Head Die II Perf 14 10/- crimson & yellow-green SG #241, crisp Bulawayo ‘23/MAY/1918’ datestamp, Cat £350.

732 * 1913-22 Admirals Double Plates Head Die II Perf 14 £1 black & purple SG #242, vignette (head) displace to right, fine mint, Cat £425.

733 * 1913-22 Admirals Double Plates Head Die II Perf 15 7/6d blackish purple & slate-black SG #252, fine mint, Cat £160.

ROMANIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 734 ** 1906-47 Collection including 1935 ‘OETR’ Accession, 1937 Accession, Crown Prince M/S, 1943 2nd Year of War (corner blocks of 4), 1943 Artillery (blocks of 4), 1946 Labour Day M/S, Red Cross opts, etc. STC £750+. Generally fine. (320+ & 11 M/Ss).

SAAR 735 F 1920 Overprints on Germany 2pf to 1m set Mi #1-17, a few heavy cancels, Cat €440. (17) 736 F 1920 Overprints on Bavaria 5pf to 3m plus 10m Mi #18-29 & 31, fine used, Cat €800. (14) 737 F 1921 Pictorials 5pf to 25m set Mi #53-69, fine used, Cat €220. (16) 738 F 1921 Surcharges 3c on 20pf to 5f on 25m set Mi #70-83, fine used, Cat €90. (14) 739 F 1922-23 French Currency Pictorials 3c to 5f set plus 1923 Change of Colours 15c to 75c set Mi #84-101, fine used, Cat €105. (18) 740 F 1928 Christmas Charity 40c+40c to 2f+2f part set Mi #128-32, some trivial adhesions on reverse, fine used, Cat €490. (5) 741 F 1931 Christmas Charity 10f (+10f) Painting Mi #150, fine used, Cat €360.

742 F 1932 Air 60c & 5f Mi #158-59, fine used, Cat €125. (2) 743 ** 1932 5f Air Mi #159, marginal example, fresh MUH, Cat €160.

744 F 1932 Christmas Charity 40c (+15c) to 5f (+5f) set Mi #159-65, fine used, Cat €800. Very scarce. (7) 745 F 1949 National Relief Fund 8f+2f to 50f+20f set Mi #267-71, fine used, Cat €650. (5) 746 F 1950 Kolping 15f+5f lake Mi #289, fine used, Cat €100.

747 F 1950 & 1951 Red Cross Fund 25f+10f Mi #292 & 304, both fine used, Cat €160. (2) 748 ** 1950 Council of Europe 25f and 200f Air Mi #294-5, fresh MUH, Cat €225. (2) 749 F 1950 Council of Europe 25f and 200f Air Mi #294-5, the latter tied to small piece, Cat €320. (2) 750 ** 1950 National Relief Fund 8f+2f to 50f+20f set Mi #299-303.

751 F 1950 National Relief Fund 8f+2f to 50f+20f set Mi #299-303, fine used, Cat €380. (5) 752 V 1951 National Relief Fund 12f+3f to 50f+20f set Mi #309-13 as sheet value corner marginals, very fine used, Cat €200. (5) 753 V 1957 Heuss original set & redrawn set Mi #377-94 & 406-26, fine used/CTO, Cat €195. (40) SAAR | Official Stamps 754 F 1922-24 overprinted ‘DIENSTMARKE’ 3c to 1f set plus 1923 Change of Colours 15c to 75c Mi #1l-15l, fine used, Cat €107. (15) ST. HELENA 755 U 1864-80 QV Wmk Crown CC selection between SG #6-30, comprising P12½ 1d Type A & B, 2d Type B & C, 3d Type A, 4d Type A, 1/- Type A & C and 5/- Type B; P14x12½ 1d, 2d, 3d, 6d & 1/-; P14 1d, 2d & 1/-; condition a little variable but mostly fine, Cat £700.

(17) 756 U 1884-1911 QV-KEVII Used Selection with 1884-94 ½d to 1/- set including a few shades and 4d in both overprint sizes, 1890-97 Tablets set, KEVII 1903 Pictorials set (2/- aged), 1908-11 Ordinary Paper 4d x2 & 6; condition mostly fine, Cat £400+. (37) 757 F 1912-16 KGV Wmk MCA ½d to 3/- set SG #72-81, fine used, Cat £350. (10) 758 F 1912-37 Used Selection with 1912 & 1913 4d & 6d sets SG #83-86, 1916-19 War Tax, 1922 1d green #89 (dubious cancel), 191237 MCA 4d, 1/6d & 2/6d #92-94m, 1935 Silver Jubilee 1½d, 2d & 6d, fine condition, Cat £225+ (ex SG #89). (10) 759 * 1922-37 KGV MCA 4d grey & black/yellow variety Torn flag SG #92b, fine mint, bright colours, Cat £275.

760 F 1922-37 KGV Script CA ½d to 10/- including some low value shades SG #97-112, fine used, key 7/6d & 10/- superb used, Cat £750+.

761 * 1922-37 KGV Script CA 1d grey & grey with Broken mainmast, SG #98a, trivial gum crease, Cat £80.

762 * 1938-55 KGVI Pictorials ½d to 10/- set SG #131-40 set plus 1949 bicolours #149-51, fine MLH, Cat £140+. (17) 763 U 1938-68 KGVI & QEII Selection Used with KGVI 1938-44 Badge set plus 1949 Change of Colours, QEII 1953-59 & 1969 Pictorial sets, Cat £140. (51) SARAWAK 764 U 1869 Sir James Brooke 3c brown/yellow SG #1, few nibbed perfs, used, Cat £225.

765 W 1871 Sir Charles Brooke 3c brown/yellow variety Stop after ‘THREE’ SG #2a in marginal block of 6 (3x2), unused, Cat £85+.

766 * 1895 Sir Charles Brooke set 2c to 8c, SG #28-31, fine mint, Cat £90.

767 * 1934-41 Brooke $2 to $10 key values SG #121-5, some very mild gum tone, Cat £240.

768 P 1946 Centenary set of 4 SG #146-9 in imperforate vertical corner pairs (from proof sheets), 8c hinge thin, hinge remnants, Cat £300.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 SARAWAK (cont) 769 **/* 1950 KGVI Pictorials 1c to $5 set in blocks of 4 SG #171-85, the lower two units in each block usually MUH, Cat £480+.

SAN MARINO 770 */** 1945 Government Palace M/S (2, both perf & imperf), minor imperfections. SG #308a, Cat £750.

SAUDI ARABIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 771 ** 1981-84 Collection incl 50th Anniv of Unification of Saudi Arabia (8 & M/S), 1982 New Postal Buildings (4 & 4 M/S), 1984 Al-Eyenah Solar Village (2 & 2 M/S), 1985 International Conference on King Abdulaziz M/Ss (2), etc. Cat £420+. (22 stamps & 9 M/S).

SEYCHELLES 772 * 1890-92 QV Die I & Die II Sets SG #1-14, fine mint, Cat £255. (14) 773 F 1901 QV Surcharges 6c on 8c purple-brown & ultramarine variety Surcharge inverted SG #40a, fine used, Cat £750. Far rarer used than mint.

774 * 1903 KEVII Crown CA 2c chestnut & green variety Dented frame SG #46a, fine mint, Cat £160.

775 * 1903 KEVII Crown CA 3c dull green variety Dented frame SG #47a, fine mint, Cat £140.

776 * 1903 KEVII Crown CA 6c carmine variety Dented frame SG #48a, fine mint, Cat £275.

777 * 1938-49 & 1952 KGVI Pictorial sets SG #135-49 (some hinge remnants, 1r yellow-green has thin) & #158-72, odd perf blemish, Cat £500 (ex 1r yellow-green). (44) 778 * 1938-49 KGVI 2c to 5r set plus 6c green, 9c blue & 15c shades SG #135-49, generally fine mint, Cat £550+. (28) SIERRA LEONE 779 * 1921-27 KGV Die I Script CA £2 blue & dull purple SG #129, usual trace of toning, fine mint, expertising signatures in pencil, Cat £950. Sorani certificate (1984).

780 * 1921-27 KGV Die II Script CA £5 orange & green SG #148, usual mild gum toning, excellent centring, fine mint, Cat £2,750. The key value. Toselli (1984) and Raybaudi (1993) photo certificates.

781 F 1963 Second Anniversary of Independence Surcharge set to 11/- on £1, includes both shades of 10/-, the 11/- on £1 cancelled by part Registered oval cancel - rare commercial usage, SG #257-69, fine to superb used, Cat £257. (14) SINGAPORE 782 * 1948 KGVI Perf 14 1c to $5 set SG #1-15, fine mint, Cat £180. (15) 783 **/* 1948 KGVI Perf 17½x18 1c to $5 set SG #16-30, MLH, some values including $1 to $5 are MUH, Cat £400. (18) 784 ** 1962-66 Pictorials $1 to $5 SG #75-7 in Plate 1 corner blocks of 4, $5 couple of mild gumside tonespots, fresh MUH overall, Cat £200+. (3 blocks).

SOLOMON ISLANDS | Postal History 1930s-80s including 1959 Yandina bank envelope to Honiara with 1/- HMS Swallow solo, 1963 registered OHMS to UK with 1/3d 785 * FFH solo, 1967 Auki to Honiara with 3c on 1½d solo, 1970s Ministry of Natural Resources aerogramme to UK with 15c Nautilus, 1975 inwards from UK with ‘TARAPAINA POSTAL AGENCY/MALAITA IS’ oval handstamp, 1983 PPC to UK with 25c Xmas solo, also other inter-island mail covers and philatelic mail. Good lot. (50 approx).

SOMALILAND (British) | Official Stamps 786 * 1904-05 KEVII Officials 8a grey-black & pale OHMS overprint variety No stop after ‘M’, SG #O13a, fine mint, Cat £600. Grossly under-catalogued.

SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 787 W/U Forgeries & Reprints Of Triangles On Album Page with 1d x9, 4d x9 including a crudely printed pair, 6d x2 & 1/- x8, most are handstamped ‘Forgery’ on reverse, various cancels, a couple are ‘unused’. Interesting reference group. (28) SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 788 F 1855-63 Triangles 1/- deep dark green SG #8b, complete margins, strong colour, Cat £550.

SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | NATAL 789 W 1861-63 Chalons comprising No Watermark Intermediate Perf 3d blue SG #11 & 1d carmine-red P13 SG #19, both without gum, Cat £480. (2) SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | ZULULAND 790 * 1888-93 Overprints on GB ½d to 1/- SG #1-10 (2d & 2½d edge toning); also Opts on Natal ½d x2 (with & without stop) & 1893 6d plus 1891 1d Postal Fiscal, SG #12-3,16, & F1; fine condition overall, Cat £725. (14) 791 U 1888-93 Overprints on GB ½d to 1/- SG #1-10 (9d slight thin), plus 1891 1d Postal Fiscal SG #F1, Cat Cat £550+; also ½d, 1d, 2½d & 1/- duplicates in mixed condition and ½d, 1d & 3d Keyplates. (18) 792 * 1894-96 Tablets ½d to 4/- SG #20-7, fine mint, Cat £300. (8) SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | ZULULAND | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 793 PS 1893 ½d Brown Type B HG #1a, minor blemishes & tape mark on reverse, unused.

SOUTH AFRICA 794 ** 1933-48 Hyphenated Bilinguals 6d green & orange pair, variety ‘Molehill’ flaw SG #61b, fresh MUH, Cat £250.

SOUTH AFRICA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935 (Mar 26) registered cover (small flap fault) Johannesburg to Wayville South Australia franked aggregate (both sides) 3/8d 795 * [combined airmail rate 1/8d per ½oz x2 plus 4d registration], carried by Imperial Airways African Northbound service (flight AN224) to join at Alexandria (Apr 2) Imperial Airways flight IE327, where Horsa on Apr 3 experienced damage to undercarriage at Basra, delaying the service one day, backstamped Darwin (Apr 9), Adelaide (Apr 13), Goodwood (Apr 15). Only three items recorded to Australia on this flight.

1935 (Mar-May) scarce compositions from same correspondence Johannesburg-Wayville (SA) for 1/8d combined airmail rate per 796 * ½oz, comprising Voortrekker 3d plus 1½d x2, 1d plus ½d x2, 2d plus 1d x6 (those on reverse scored-over in indelible pencil) and Silver Jubilee 6d x2, 3d x2 and 1d x2, backstamped Adelaide. (2) 797 * 1935-38 selection of largely different franking compositions for 1/8d combined airmail rate per ½oz, some bi-lingual pairs, includes nice 1935 uprate of Stationery 4d Registered letter (Koffiefontein-Sydney), 1936 Dunlop Rubber advertising cover (roughly opened) with 6d x3 and 1d pair perfin ‘D R’, 1d x20, Imperial Airways service flight AN350, which experienced engine trouble at Bulawayo and Dodoma (delayed two days), 1937 double rate with Coronation 1/- x3, flight IE638 delayed a day at Allahabad India due to engine trouble, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (17) 1939-42 selection of 1/3d combined airmail rate per ½oz (post cessation of Empire Air Mail Scheme), varying franking compositions, 798 * includes 1d x15 (carried Imperial Airways service flight DN237 - engine trouble Mozambique), 6d bi-lingual pair, Australian censor tapes/handstamps (2, one scarcer Newcastle), Sunland to Sydney registered cover at 5/- rate (with a 2/6d), etc, odd fault, generally fine. (9) SOUTH GEORGIA 799 ** 1963-69 Pictorials complete. SG #1-16, Cat £200. (16) 800 ** 1972-2002 Collection in KaBe album, includes 1980 Falkland Islands Dependencies to £3 (undated) and 1984-85 (with date), 1987 Birds to £3, 1994 Whales & Dolphins £5, 1999 Cook World Stamp Expo M/S, etc, fresh MUH, STC £600. (250+) SOUTH WEST AFRICA 801 * 1927-30 Pictorials 2d, 3d, 4d & 1/- P14x13½ in bilingual pairs SG #60c,61b,62b & 64b, fine mint, Cat £150. (4 pairs).

802 * 1927-30 Pictorials 4d bilingual pair, variety No stop after ‘A’ of ‘S.W.A.’ SG #62a on left unit, MVLH, Cat £90.

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SOUTH WEST AFRICA (cont) 803 * 1927-30 Pictorials 4d bilingual pair, variety No stop after ‘A’ of ‘S.W.A.’ SG #62a on left unit, mint, Cat £90.

804 * 1927-30 Pictorials 6d bilingual pair, variety No stop after ‘A’ of ‘S.W.A.’ SG #63a on right unit, mint, Cat £120.

805 * 1927-30 Pictorials 2/6d bilingual pair, variety No stop after ‘A’ of ‘S.W.A.’ SG #65a on left unit, mint, Cat £160.

SOUTH WEST AFRICA | Flight Covers - Commercial 806 * 1939 (Aug 15) cover Windhoek to Waratah NSW bearing solo franking of Official 1938 1½d (SG #O17) for All-up 1½d per ½oz airmail rate, the only recorded example of this rate for this origin/destination, and one of the most desirable origins for the small number of Empire countries which participated in the scheme.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA | Booklets 807 B/** 1945 2/6d Black on Yellow stitched with label attached to inside front cover showing new postage rates SG #SB4a, containing four panes of ½d x6 and three panes of 1d x6, fine condition, Cat £375. Scarce.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1938 (Dec 5) cover from Bulawayo to Sydney bearing KGVI 1½d for All-up combined airmail rate per ½oz, rare for this origin/ 808 * destination, a very fine example.

SUDAN | Official Stamps 809 F 1902 Overprinted At Khartoum 1m brown & pink optd ‘O.S.G.S.’ variety Overprint inverted with round stops SG #O3e, fine used, trivial crease, Cat £1,200. BPA Certificate (2006). Rare.

SUDAN | Flight Covers - Commercial 810 * 1932 (Jan 20) cover Khartoum to Melbourne franked aggregate 2p15, for combined ordinary and airmail to Egypt for an article weighing up to 20gms, carried by Imperial Airways service flight AN46, backstamped Cairo and Port Said, a trifle soiled, very early to Australia.

1940-41 censored military covers from same correspondence to Queensland, varying compositions for 45m rate (one scarce solo 811 * 4½p on 8p), stamps tied by ‘FPO/Nº 23’ and ‘MPO/804’ datestamps, former with Base censor tape/handstamp and British triangular handstamp, additionally censored at Brisbane, latter British triangular handstamp only, blemishes. Rare pair. (2) SWEDEN | Flight Covers - Commercial 812 * 1932 (Jul 5) cover Klippan to Melbourne via Imperial Airways service to Karachi (flight IE172), aggregate franking 1kr40 comprising 1930 Air 10ö x4 and 50ö pair, representing UPU 40ö (20-40gms) rate plus airmail surcharge to India 50ö per 20gms x2, backstamped Berlin, oval ‘BERLIN-SASSNITZ (HAFEN)/BAHNPOST’ (Zug 14), small blemishes, very early to Australia.

1932-39 selection of covers with generally scarcer frankings, including 1935 with 1930 Air 10ö x2 and 50ö x4, 1935 60ö Riksdagen 813 * 500, 1936 1kr Postverket 300 pair solo, 1936 50ö Bromma pair, 1938 100ö Swedenborg (7, with pairs x2 - one scarce solo), etc, odd fault, generally fine. (14) 1934 (Dec 14) Sveriges Allmänna Exportförening (Stockholm) Sweden cover to Sydney franked aggregate 1kr95 (endorsed ‘10gr’), 814 * which joined Imperial Airways service flight IE300, Hadrian experiencing Dec 26 a burst tyre when landing at Baghdad, delaying the service for one day, confirmed by German oval ‘BERLIN SASSNITZ (HAFEN)/BAHNPOST/Zug 14- 15.12.34’ and Sydney arrival (Jan 5 1935).

815 * 1934 (Dec 5) Eskilstuna Metall-Och Eskilstuna to Sydney endorsed ‘First Australian air mail from Sweden/recd Sydney 22/12/34’ carried by Imperial Airways first service (flight IE298) to be extended Singapore-Australia, an eventful service which (i) (Dec 13) saw Aurora damage its undercarriage at Calcutta, and (ii) (Dec 19) Diana damaged its tailskid, necessitating transfer of part of load to Hippomenes, backstamped Berlin-Sassnitz Hafen/Bahnpost (Dec 6), Sydney (Dec 21), minor blemishes, a rare intermediate in this event.

1935 (Feb 20) Sveriges Allmänna Exportförening (Stockholm) cover (245x200mm - a little creased) to Swedish Chamber of 816 * Commerce Sydney, franked aggregate 5kr50 [UPU 40ö (20-40gms plus airmail surcharge 85ö per 5gms x6)], carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE317 where Hanno suffered a damaged undercarriage upon landing Feb 27 at Rutbah (Iraq), mail and passengers were transferred to Horsa, which resumed the service Mar 1, confirmed by Berlin-Sassnitz/Bahnpost (Feb 21) and Sydney arrival (Mar 10).

1935 (Nov 11) Carl Persson & Söner (Ystad) Sweden cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne, Meter denominated 110ö, carried on 817 * Imperial Airways service flight IE393 where Arethusa was delayed from Nov 24 for three days at Hua Hin (Siam) due to the airfield being waterlogged; the mail load was railed to Bangkok and transferred to Sydney on 27 November, arriving Darwin three days later, backstamped Berlin-Sassnitz/Bahnpost (Nov 16), Melbourne arrival (Dec 3).

818 * 1936 (Jan 30) Carl Persson & Söner (Ystad) cover to Henry B Smith Melbourne, Meter denominated 110ö, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE415 where Helena force-landed Feb 7 at Felujah (Iraq) due to storms, the service resuming the following day, backstamped Berlin-Sassnitz/Bahnpost (Jan 31), Melbourne (Feb 17).

1936 (Dec 21) cover Svalöv Sweden to Melbourne franked 90ö (underpaid 20ö) carried Imperial Airways flight IE509 wherein 819 * Centaurus developed a mechanical problem Dec 30 at Athens, necessitating transfer of mail load to Satyrus for onwards flight to Alexandria, backstamped Berlin-Sassnitz/Bahnpost (Dec 22), Melbourne (Jan 9 1937), markings front and back associated with unclaimed article.

1938-39 selection of covers featuring 1938 Anniversary of Founding of New Sweden USA series frankings, comprising 5ö (2), 15ö 820 * (3), 20ö (9), 30ö (22, three strips of three) and 60ö (7, including pair - one corner fault), generally fine, attractive lot. (9) 1940 (Jun 7) Aktiebolaget Svensk Rakklinga Sandviken Sweden cover to Swedish Chamber of Commerce Sydney with ‘Återställes 821 * till avsändaren’ (Return to sender) PO form dated ‘20 december 1940’, fully affixed over address and ‘Par avion’ etiquette, essentially advising article unable to be forwarded through Italian PO due to Italy entering WWII, franked 1kr05 for UPU 30ö plus airmail surcharge 75ö per 5gms. Exceptional instance of delayed wartime mail, the only example recorded to Australia. [This item was contained within the Swedish Chamber of Commerce correspondence hoard, and must have been forwarded under separate cover in late 1940/early 1941.]

822 * 1941 (Jun 13) covers from separate origins in Stockholm Sweden, but to same destination, Swedish Chamber of Commerce Sydney, franked at 4kr05 (quadruple rate, at outset) and 1kr30 for single airmail surcharge rates (1kr per 5gms), both with indications of trauma associated with immersion in water, former inscribed ‘Printed matter’ and with endorsement ‘Recd Darwin in/this condition/ minus stamps/(initialled)’, reverse with strip of gummed paper affixed as an inefficient Post Office (Darwin) repair, Sydney Censor tape and handstamp applied on arrival at destination. [These are the only recorded covers to Australia from this incident, the precise nature of which has yet to be determined. One possibility is they were aboard S.S. Atlantic City, which left UK Jul 23 1941, destined for South Africa to participate in the BOAC Horseshoe route Durban-Sydney (via Darwin). Atlantic City was torpedoed en route, but not sunk, and was towed, the mail eventually being transferred to City of Johannesburg.]

SWITZERLAND 823 ** 1945 War Relief Fund Lifeboat Miniature sheet SG #446a, very fresh MUH, Cat £170.

SWITZERLAND | Official Stamps 824 ** 1918 Industrielle/Kriegs-/Witschaft 3c to 30c Thin Overprint set SG #O299-307, the 7½c grey being thin loop type, very fresh MUH, Cat £1,200 as a hinged set.

SWITZERLAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 1935-36 selection from Zurich to same addressee in Brisbane, single (1f) and double (1f70 x2) airmail rates, frankings including 1923 825 * Air 25c, 40c pair and 75c. Attractive and scarce trio. (3)

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1938 (Aug 22) use of Italia Flotte Riunite postcard (picture of Roma liner obverse) from Innerarosa to Sydney bearing solo franking 827 * 1923 1f Air for UPU 20c postcard rate plus 80c airmail surcharge, fine and rare pre-war use of airmail postcard.

1939 (Nov 28) censored cover Geneva to Manley Queensland franked solo 1f, carried by Imperial Airways service flight SE199 where 828 * Corio suffered tail damage Dec 4 at Tiberias Palestine, and the mail load was transferred to Coogee the following day, confirmed on this flight by Brisbane arrival (Dec 12), censored at Brisbane, apparent Post Office repair to damage at top. The only recorded origin/destination cover from this event.

829 * 1939-41 trio of solo frankings for 1924 Wappenschild series, comprising [1] 90c on 1939 (May 16) postcard from Kandersteg to Melbourne (Blausee handstamp alongside) for UPU 20c postcard rate plus 70c airmail surcharge; [2] 1f50 on 1940 (Dec 21) Basel to Sydney cover endorsed ‘Via Genf-Lissabon/bis New York’ for PanAm service ex Lisbon-New York at UPU 30c rate plus 60c airmail surcharge per 5gms x2 (to USA only), thence surface to Sydney where censored; and [3] 2f on 1941 (Apr 12) Basel to Sydney cover for PanAm as per the 1f50 (same correspondence) but full airmail service to destination prepaid (UPU 30c + 1f70 airmail surcharge per 5gms), censored on arrival, small blemishes; excellent and scarce usage group. (3) 1940-44 quartet of censored covers with better frankings including 1938-42 3f Symbolische Bilder (2, one granite paper, other 830 * registered), and Pro Patria 1940 30+10 strip of three and 1944 30+10 x2, all bear Sydney censor tape, two tri-censored additionally with German and USA censor tapes. Impressive group. (4) 1944 (Jan 7) tri-censored cover from YMCA Geneve to Melbourne franked 1f70 showing brush mark (at centre tending to the 831 * diagonal) from application of copper sulphate solution used by Germans seeking secret messages, censor tapes of Germany, USA, Melbourne, an important item for censorship specialist, the only example of this process to Australia recorded by Rod Perry.

832 * 1945 (Jan-Jun) censored selection to Sydney from Chur, Territet, and Geneve, franked 1941 1f Historische Bilder solo, three types of London oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp, earliest dual censored London and Sydney, others Sydney only, some mixed condition, very scarce trio. (3) LEAGUE OF NATIONS - GENEVA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1940 (Jan 24) Societe des Nations - League of Nations officially inscribed Imprime cover to Sydney bearing overprinted 1f20 and 833 * 25c representing Imprime 5c rate plus airmail surcharge 70c per 5gms x2, slight creasing in no way detracting from rare franking to this destination.

TANZANIA 834 P 1980 Wildlife set (14), imperf proofs on unwatermarked paper SG #307-20.

TANZANIA | Postal History 835 * 1981 Metal Tag registered airmail from TANGA to tea importers in USA with 1981 Nat Parks 1/-, 10/- pair & 20/-. Unusual item.

THAILAND | Military & Censor Mail 836 ***/C 1942-55 comprising 1942 two complete sheets of 20 officially sealed labels (different types), 1943 4 different sheets of 10 military labels (Army x3 & Airforce) plus two stampless covers each with different army labels; also 1955 Cambodia Border Dispute 1 baht military donation stamp complete sheet of 30. (7 sheets & 2 covers).

TONGA 837 ** 1974 Commonwealth Games $1.50 Official self-adhesive error Double overprint SG #O111a, fresh MUH, Cat £170.

TONGA | Official Stamps 838 W 1893 ‘GFB’ Officials 1d to 1/- SG #O1-5 & Surcharges 2½d on 2d to 10d on 1/- #O7-10, fine unused, Cat £400. (9) TONGA | Postal History 1890s official cover to England with Proud Type OPD1 Frank Stamp with Type D2 Nukualofa datestamp alongside; also 1902 cover 839 * to England with 2½d Pictorial tied by Type D4 datestamp, Auckland (NZ), Brighton, and Lincoln Sorting Tender backstamps. (2) 1897-1901 Official Paid Covers comprising [1] 1897 to Nukualofa with ‘TONGA GOVERNMENT/VAVUA’ Proud Type OPD3 frank 840 * stamp with Type D3 ‘31MY97’ datestamp beneath; also [2] 1901 to New Zealand with ‘TONGA GOVERNMENT/HAAPAI’ frank stamp and Proud Type D3 ‘26JE01’ datestamp, oval ‘HM CUSTOMS/HAAPAI’ and Nukualofa & Auckland backstamps; some toning and small blemishes. Very scarce duo.

1908 use of 1d Postal Card ‘The British Residency, Tonga’ to Scotland, corner crease & edge blemishes; also 1937 attractively 841 * franked cover to NSW, the stamps tied by Proud Type D4 Niuatobutabu datestamp, Waverley NSW arrival datestamp. (2) TRINIDAD | Flight Covers - Commercial 842 * 1929 & 1936 commercial airmail covers to USA the former at 2/- rate bearing 1/- black/emerald pair and with short-lived first type ‘BY AIR MAIL’ etiquette, the whole tied by Registration GPO double-circle cds, red and black Trinidad registration label, the latter at 26c rate with ‘PAA’ printed etiquette, fine. (2) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | Flight Covers - Commercial 1941 (Mar 29) Pereira & Co (Port-of-Spain) dual censored cover to The Brewer Racket Co Melbourne franked aggregate 60c for 843 * PanAm combined airmail service 30c per ½oz x2 to USA (note handstamped ‘TO U.S.A./ONLY/BY AIR’), local Censor plain tape tied by ‘OPENED BY CENSOR No. 5.’ handstamp, Melbourne Censor tape/handstamp applied upon arrival, attractive and scarce.

1944 (Jul 13) censored registered cover Port-of-Spain to Maryborough Victoria franked 38c and endorsed ‘Via U.S.A.’ and with ‘N.Y.’ 844 * in ‘N.Y. AIR/STEAMER/ONWARDS’ handstamp revised to ‘C.Z.’, backstamping of Trinidad (two types), also the curious ‘10/TRI’ marking on this occasion in black, Balboa, Cristobal, Sydney, Maryborough, remnant of USA Censor tape at left.

TURKEY | Flight Covers - Commercial 845 * 1938 (Oct & Nov) covers from Izmir and Tarabya to Sydney with varying franking compositions for 116k20 rate, last with Air 35k on 40k surcharge pair and 40k, backstamped Athens, small opening faults, attractive. (2) 1941 (Dec 18) cover Ankara to Swedish Chamber of Commerce Sydney, varying franking composition for 90k rate, carried on BOAC 846 * Horseshoe route flight NE153, censored and backstamped at Cairo.

1941 (Dec 18) censored cover (opening fault) Çankaya Turkey to Swedish Chamber of Commerce Sydney franked aggregate 90k, 847 * carried on BOAC Horseshoe route flight NE153 where Cooee Jan 7 1942 force-landed at Haifa owing to weather, remaining a further day, censored at Cairo where backstamped (Jan 7 1942). Only two covers recorded in this event for this origin/destination.

848 * 1944-45 censored covers Istanbul to Sydney with varying franking compositions for reduced 38k rate (plus Obligatory tax 2k), backstamped Baghdad, various Censor markings including Sydney tape/handstamps, later with opening faults, also 1945 cover to Melbourne with typewritten instructions for airmail but paid at 2k Imprime rate only, censored India. (3) TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 849 * 1938 & 1950 KGVI ¼d to 10/- SG #194-205 and ½d to 10/- #221-33 Pictorial sets fine mint/MLH, Cat £215. (27) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 850 U 1869 Pictorials 30c ultramarine & deep carmine Scott #121, very well centred, cork cancel, Cat $550.

851 * 1887-88 30c orange-brown Commodore Perry Sc #217 (SG #222), intense colour, fine MLH example, Cat $250 (SG Cat £350).

Philatelic Foundation Certificate (2008).

852 **/* 1926 White Plains M/S Sc #630 (SG MS645) fresh mint, Cat $350 (SG Cat £425).

853 * 1929 Kansas & Nebraska Overprints 1c to 10c sets complete Sc #658-79 (SG #655-76), very fine MLH, Cat $480+ (SG Cat £575).

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Postal History 854 * 1851 cover with ‘BLOOD’S/One Cent/DESPATCH’ local (Sc #L39) at left, fine blue ‘PHILADELPHIA/27/JUN/PA.’ and ‘5’ on face, to Princeton.

1903 (Mar 16) cover from Jamaica to San Francisco, with ‘ADVERTISED/MAY 11 1903/San Fransisco, Cal./Due 1 Cent.’ handstamp 855 *F in red and ‘Non=Reclame’ handstamp in purple, triangle Dead Letter Office handstamp on back. Nice cover.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1926 (Nov 22) cover San Diego to Sydney with handstamped ‘Via Air Mail’ paid at 24c for airmail service California-New York for 856 * connection to Trans-Atlantic liner, the next air link in that direction being the RAF conducted Cairo-Baghdad service, backstamped San Francisco. The only example of this rate to Australia recorded by Rod Perry.

857 * 1930 (May 12) uprated use of US Stationery 5c Air Mail Envelope sent from Wyomissing PA to Mt Lawley WA with Australia 1929 3d Airmail affixed at opposite corner in USA and cancelled at Sydney (Jun 7). Rare example of prepayment in USA of Australian internal airmail service surcharge.

1935-45 unusually large selection of covers via USA internal airmail service, to connect at West Coast with various steamers (often 858 * identified on cover), wide range of frankings for various rates, some less encountered, registered, many censored (a few dualcensored), ancillary markings, etc, odd fault, generally exhibitable. (72) 1936 (Jul 22) R.B. Macdonald & Co (Oakland) California cover to Adelaide endorsed ‘Via Transpacific Airmail/to Honolulu to 859 * connect/S.S. ‘Mariposa’’, franked 56c, intended for PanAm FAM14 service flight 17, the China Clipper, due to depart Jul 22 but which was delayed on three separate occasions, necessitating its replacement by Hawaii Clipper, which eventually departed Jul 29, cover has come in to contact with liquid, which may or may not be associated with journey. Unusual delayed mail item.

860 * 1936-38 trio with typewritten instructions for KLM service to Australia (2) and New Zealand (registered), rates of 80c, 44c, and 95c (80c plus 15c registration), use of Dutch airline service particularly unusual for this origin/destination. (3) 1937 (Nov 16) Export Department (Chicago) window envelope to Melbourne franked 70c for PanAm Clipper service departing S.F. 861 * Nov 21 per China arriving Hong Kong Nov 28, some trauma experienced en route and handstruck framed ‘RECEIVED DAMAGED/AT HONG KONG’ applied, subsequently joined Imperial Airways service (flight IE605), backstamped Hong Kong (Nov 29), Melbourne (Dec 10). [The Hong Kong marking is the same applied to City of Khartoum crash mail Dec 31 1935.]

1938 (Jun 28) The East Asiatic Co (San Francisco) cover to Sydney, originally franked 50c only and returned for additional 20c 862 * (affixed in the form of 5c coil strip), handstamped ‘CLIPPER MAIL’, carried by PanAm FAM14 flight 113 in which Hawaii broke a wing strut upon take off at San Francisco Jun 29, repairs were effected and service resumed Jul 3, connecting with Imperial Airways Hong Kong Feeder Service (flight HB39) to Bangkok, thence IE660 to Australia, reverse with Golden Gate International Exposition cinderella, Hong Kong (Jul 12) and Chippendale (Jul 25) backstamps.

863 * 1939 (Jun 28) cover New York to Cunnamulla Queensland endorsed ‘AIR MAIL/Dixie Clipper/28 June 1939/Direct to Australia’, correctly franked for PanAm combined airmail rate 75c per ½oz for Trans-Pacific Clipper service, backstamped Brisbane (Jul 10), rare ‘first flight’ worthy of recognition by Australian Air Mail Catalogue (AAMC).

1939 (departed New York 1939 - Dec 29) extraordinary participant in KNILM major event, to Wellington New Zealand, the cover with 864 * typewritten instruction ‘VIA LONDON AIRMAIL’, franked aggregate 45c indicating surface to UK where boarded to Imperial Airways west-east service, off-loaded to KNILM PK-AFO on the Batavia-Sydney line, which on Jan 22 landed in the sea off Djimbaran (Netherlands East Indies), 2kms south of the destined Bali Airport. Censored in New Zealand, fine strike on reverse of informative marking ‘RECOVERED FROM/LOST FLYING BOAT’. The only recorded item this origin/destination.

1940 (Apr-Jun) PanAm FAM14 selection censored at Hong Kong, comprising triangular unframed ‘PASSED/CENSOR/9/HONG 865 * KONG’ in violet, $2.10 triple rate, censored also at Melbourne, and framed in blue-green, nos. ‘9’ and ‘13’, single rate (one registered to New Zealand), blemishes. (3) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Military - World War II Period Australia 1943-44 Army Post Offices cover selection from APOs ‘31’ (Brisbane) ‘33’ (Logan Village), ‘201’ (Strathpine), ‘500’ 866 * (Brisbane) x2 and ‘923’ (Brisbane); also a 1992 APO cover used at Alice Springs. (7) 867 * Dutch New Guinea Army Post Offices selection with Election War Ballot postcards x8 including APOs ‘6’ (Sansapor), ‘24’ (Hollandia), ‘31’ (Toem), ‘38’ (Oro Bay); also covers x4 including APO ‘920’ (Biak Island) x2. (12) New Guinea Army Post Offices selection with Election War Ballot postcards x9, also covers x5 including APO ‘159’ (Sansapor), ‘322’ 868 * (Finschhafen), ‘503’ (Oro Bay) & ‘929’ (Port Moresby). (14) New Guinea Army Post Offices selection with Election War Ballot postcards x7; also covers x5 comprising APOs ‘6’ (Milne Bay), ‘32’ 869 * (Goodenough Island) ‘43’ (Aitape), ‘322’ (Finschhafen), ‘928’ (Milne Bay). (12) 870 * Solomon Islands 1943-45 covers selection with APO ‘709’ x4 (one a front only), others from APO ‘25’, APO ‘37’ (Guadacanal) endorsed “FREE” & APO ‘717’ (Munda), condition variable. (7 items).

VENEZUELA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1941-43 censored duo comprising [1] 1941 (May 19) Caracas-Melbourne endorsed ‘Servicio Trans-Atlantico’ franked 1b20, 871 * Melbourne Censor tape/handstamp, and [2] 1943 (Sep 16) Varacaibo-Orange NSW with typewritten ‘Via San Francisco’ franked 1b20, USA/Sydney Censor tapes (latter incomplete) with handstamps including unusual bold ‘15’, which ties Sydney tape, blemishes.

(2) VIETNAM | Postal History 1953-64 group of six airmail commercial covers from Saigon to India with an attractive array of frankings. Nice group.

872 * YUGOSLAVIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 873 * 1935-37 group all but one registered, various compositions for single airmail rate, each cover bears 10d x two/three, carried by Imperial Airways service, one on flight IE429 which experienced delayed departure owing to engine problems, fine lot. (5) 1938 (Nov 26) registered cover from Samobor to Melbourne bearing 25d50 aggregate franking, comprising 1937 Air 2d50 x2, 10d 874 * pair and 50p, representing UPU 3d rate plus airmail surcharge 19d50 per 10gms plus 3d registration, backstamped Samobor, Zemun, Athens, Sydney, Melbourne, Camberwell.

1940 (Feb 17) censored registered cover (opening fault) Belgrade Yugoslavia to Sydney franked 25d50 [UPU 3d plus airmail 875 * surcharge 17d50 per 10gms plus 5d registration], carried on Imperial Airways service flight where SE222 Corinna was delayed Mar 2 by engine problems at Karumba, Queensland, over 2000kms from Brisbane.

876 * 1940-41 Nesztel correspondence censored quartet, Belgrade-Sydney and redirected, three registered, differing rates between 33d and 21d, sent by Imperial Airways service, the registered items via BOAC Horseshoe route with backstampings including Baghdad, Sydney Censor tapes/handstamps, some faults owing to lightweight airmail stock, very scarce group. (4) ZANZIBAR | Postage Dues 877 W 1926-30 3c, 9c & 18c vertical pairs upper unit in each pair with variety ‘cent.s’ for ‘cents’, SG #D3a, 5a & 9a, no gum as issued, Cat £240++. (3)

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Session 2 will commence at 1:30pm AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General | Postal History 878 * 1858-61 Trio of Covers comprising [1] Victoria 1858 Lexton outer to Ballarat with imperf Wmk Star 4d Emblems SG #44 & rouletted No Wmk 4d rose-pink #63 tied by illegible cancel, fine unframed Lexton ‘FE13/1858’ crown oval backstamp; [2] 1858 Melbourne cover to Ireland “per Emu” with 6d Woodblock, stamp partly tied by Athy ‘SE11/1858’ receiving cancel, Melbourne & Dublin backstamps; Tasmania 1861 Deloraine cover to Launceston with Numeral Wmk 4d pale blue Chalon tied by BN ‘25’ of Deloraine, boxed ‘PRE-PAID/9MR9/1861’ bachstamp in red. (3) NEW SOUTH WALES 879 F 1851-52 Imperf 1d Laureates No Wmk Bluish Wove Paper 1d brick-red variety Two leaves right of ‘SOUTH’ [R2/5] SG #48b, complete margins with fragment of adjoining stamp at right, postmark clear of the flaw, Cat £425.

880 * 1854 Imperf Laureates Wmk Double-Lined Numerals 3d yellow-green on yellowish wove paper three close margins (4th cut into), SG #87, Cat £200, mint part gum.

881 F 1854-59 Imperf Large Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 8d golden-yellow, 3 clear margins 4th just touching, contemporary dumb barred cancel, SG #97, Cat £1,400. Very difficult stamp.

882 * 1860-72 Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 13 6d purple SG #165, large-part og, Cat £130.

883 * 1860-72 Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 13 6d violet Wmk ‘12’ (inverted) SG #165b, MLH with large-part og, Cat £700.

884 ** 1892 Overprinted ‘REPRINT’ £1 lilac & claret optd ‘POSTAGE’ in blue P12x10 pair, full unmounted gum. Very fine.

885 S 1892-99 ½d Grey P12 block of 30 (6x5) from top of the sheet with Type 12 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints, sheet margins intact with monogram and sheet number at top, fresh MUH. 886 * 1860-72 Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 13 8d red-orange SG #167a, marginal example with straight edge at right, large-part og, Cat £400.

887 * 1894-1904 Fiscals Optd ‘POSTAGE’ in Blue Wmk 2nd NSW 10/- violet & claret P12x11 SG #275b, rounded corner and associated minor gum thin at upper left, otherwise fine, Cat £275.

888 S 1899 ½d Green P12x11½ corner block of 30 (6x5) with Type 14 ‘Specimen’ overprint, fresh MUH. Scarce multiple.

889 * 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Wmk 2nd Crown/NSW Perf 12x11 2d cobalt-blue Imperforate pair SG #302a, even margins, fresh MLH, Cat £300.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Official Stamps 890 S Selection comprising 2d P10x13 SG #O3ba, 3d P10 #O5a, 5d #O7, 8d yellow #O10, 1/- O33 & 8d lilac-rose #O43 all have Type 14 ‘Specimen’ overprints plus ‘GPO’ in concentric ovals CTO cancels, scarce thus. (6) NEW SOUTH WALES | Specimens & Reprints 891 S 1888-90 Officials 1d lilac P12 optd ‘OS’ & ‘Specimen’ block of 30 (6x5), sheet margins intact (minor perf separations), fresh MUH. NEW SOUTH WALES | Official Stamps 892 **/* 1891 Surcharges ½d on 1d grey SG #O55 block of 4, very fine MLH with lower units MUH, Cat £240+.

893 F 1891 Surcharges 7½d on 6d brown SG #O56 horizontal pair, right-hand unit with variety Broken ‘S’ of ‘OS’, tidy datestamp cancel, Cat £140+.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 894 PS 1908 White Fleet 1d Postal Card HG #34, extremely fine unused example with radiant colours.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal History 1895 (Aug 2) 1½d Postal Card to Reunion with Bathurst datestamp and two strikes of ‘LIGNE T/2 AOUT95/PAQ.FR. No1’ 895 * datestamps, some soiling. Rare destination.

896 * Selection including 1868 (?) to England with DLR 2d pale blue strip of 3, 1871 to France with 3d Small Diadem & 6d Large Diadem, 1891 to Paris endorsed “Photos only” with ½d on 1d pair, 1892 Orient Line Sydney to Melbourne long cover with 10d & 2d, 1894 use of 2d Stationery Envelope uprated with ½d for transit to New Caledonia, 1897 to Albury with ‘POSTAGE PAID SYDNEY’ datestamp, 1905 cover to Holland with ‘LATE FEE PAID/GPO’ handstamp. (18) NEW SOUTH WALES | Numerals 897 D 1720: (B2) multiples strikes tying QV 2d & 1d Arms x3 to piece, part ‘[HOL]MWOOD’ cds alongside. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Holmwood-RO 16/3/1891; PO 16/4/1894; closed 31/8/1971.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Datestamps Parkes Camp: ‘PARKES CAMP/1MY51/NSW AUST’ on Federation set (FDI) on air cover Germany, faults on reverse of cover, 898 * informative typed annotation. PO 1/8/1949; closed 3/5/1952. [Migrant Camp] QUEENSLAND | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 899 U 1895-1911 2d Second Sidefaces Varieties Selection printing irregularities including Double perfs, various Void patches, Excess ink & Frame breaks, etc. Good little lot. (20 items) 900 **/* 1895-1911 Second Sidefaces Mint Selection including 1895 2d Thick Paper P12½,13 SG #204 block of 4 plus single stamp variety ‘FWO’ for ‘TWO’ #204a (Cat £80), 1/- P12 SG #205 marginal block of 4 (Cat £152+), also 1890 3d brown block of 5 (heavy thin three units), etc. Handy lot, first three items alone, Cat £250+. (8 items) 901 U 1896-1911 1d Second Sideface Varieties Selection printing irregularities including Line through ‘1’ at lower right, Downward spur and Upward spur both at lower right, various Excess ink & Frame break flaws, etc, some duplication. Absorbing specialist lot. (40) QUEENSLAND 902 F 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 1d carmine-rose SG #1, three good to large margins, 4th just shaved at lower-right; & 6d green three very close to very good margins, shaved at top; both stamps lightly cancelled, Cat £1,600.

903 F 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 1d carmine-rose SG #1, three large margins, just cut-into/shaved at upper right, strong colour, tidy concentric ovals cancel, Cat £800.

904 * 1860-61 Small Chalon Wmk Small Star Rough Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG #14, minor edge toning, strong colour, large-part gum, Cat £200+.

905 * 1860-61 Small Chalon Wmk Small Star Rough Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG #14, variety Double perfs at left (indent at left to the inner row of perfs), fine mint. Very scarce.

906 S 1862-67 Small Chalon No Watermark 1d orange-vermilion Chalon (oxidised) imperforate plate proof on thick card handstamped with Type 1 Diagonal ‘SPECIMEN’ in blue, album page adhesion on reverse, without gum. Rare.

907 U 1862-67 Small Chalon Thick Toned Paper, No Wmk Rough Perf 13 1d orange-vermilion apparently Imperforate, trace of outer frameline of adjoining stamp at base, shaved at top, Rays ‘133’ cancel of Dalby, Cat £2,750 as an imperforate pair.

908 * 1866 Small Chalon Litho 1st Transfer No Wmk 4d grey-lilac SG #54, fine mint, large-part og, Cat £375.

909 V/* 1868-78 Small Chalon Wmk 1st Crown/Q Perf 12 2d pale blue & 1/- purple blocks of 4 with circular CTO cancels applied centrally, lightly mounted with large-part gum.

910 * 1868-78 Small Chalon Wmk 1st Crown/Q Perf 12 3d brown SG #101, gum traces, Cat £110.

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QUEENSLAND (cont) 911 U 1880 Small Chalon Litho Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12 2/- blue, 2/6d bright scarlet apparently postally used plus 20/- rose with bogus Ray ‘148’ cancel in violet. (3) 912 * 1879-80 Sideface Wmk 2nd Crown/Q 1/- pale lilac SG #145 pair, right-hand unit corner crease, large-part gum, Cat £320+.

913 * 1882-95 Large Chalons Recess Wmk 3rd Crown/Q Thick Paper £1 deep green SG #161, fine mint with large-part og, Cat £300.

914 U 1882-91 Lined-Oval Die I Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 9½x12 scarce 1d pale red pair, 2d blue (toning) & 1/- mauve SG #176-78, used, Cat £295. (3) 915 U 1897-1908 4-Corners Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12½,13 2d blue with variety Cracked Electro Retouch (crude filling of the long crack running through Queen’s head) as BW #Q16dv, a few nibbed perfs, postmark well clear of the flaw. [Only the second example recorded, the example in the Bernie Manning Collection of Queensland sold for $1,150 at auction in June 2009] 916 U 1897-1908 4-Corners Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12½,13 2d Comb Perf 12½,13 variety Cracked electro SG #234a,235a shades, Cat £105. (3) 917 F 1907-11 Wmk Crown/A Perf 13x11-12½ 1d SG #302 block of 4 from upper left corner of the sheet, upper units P13x11½, lower units P13x11, postally used with Brisbane datestamps. Very scarce as a used multiple.

918 F 1907-11 Large Chalons Litho Wmk Crown/A 5/- carmine-red SG #310b, Mareeba ‘24FE1912’ datestamp, Cat £275. Elusive stamp.

QUEENSLAND | Postal Fiscals 919 */W/U 1871-72 Litho Wmk Crown/Q 1d to 20/- set SG #F16-23, a few minor blemishes & pinholes, 1d postally used, other values apparently unused. Fine appearance, offered as is. (8) 920 W 1871-72 Litho Wmk Crown/Q 10/- brown SG #F22, fine unused without gum, Cat £800.

921 * 1892 QV Long Types 10/- brown, large-part gum. Rare.

QUEENSLAND | Revenues 922 * Beer Duty: 1898 Beer in Bottles 3d to 12/9d set handstamped ‘CANCELLED’, a few values with additional corner CTO cancel, 3d Watermark inverted, 6d corner faults, minor toning in places, Elsmore online Cat $800. (10) QUEENSLAND | Postal Stationery 923 PS Selection: comprising 3d Postal Card H&G #6 with ‘SPECIMEN’ handstamp in blue; also 1d Postal Card #4, 1½d Postal Card #8 & ½d Wrapper #2 all with Brisbane CTO datestamps. (4) QUEENSLAND | Numerals 924 s with [Rated RRR] ‘98’, ‘422’, ‘467’, ‘542’ & ‘636’; [Rated RR] ‘26’, ‘52’, ‘398’, ‘404’, ‘409’, ‘459’, ‘484’, ‘524’, ‘566’, ‘604’, ‘611’ & ‘617’; also [Rated R] x36 & [Rated S] x17, plus unrated x113; quality of strikes generally good to fine. (184) 925 s 37: (A2) Rays Type 1c central strike on Crown/Q 1d Chalon, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Curriwillinghi-PO 1/1/1864; replaced by Hebel PO 926 927

s s

928 929 930

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933 934 935 936

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16/8/1889; closed 19/8/1989.

$60 $60

N.S.W. PO 1/4/1867.

$70 $70 $70

38: (A2) strike on Truncated Star 2d Chalon, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Barcoo-PO 1/4/1864; renamed Blackall PO 31/12/1868.

52: (B2) part strike on Crown/Q 1d Chalon. [Rated RRRR]. Allocated to Mungindi-PO 1/9/1865; closed 1/4/1867; Re-allocated to Mungindi

55: (A2) fine and large complete Type 1d strike on 1d Chalon pair, [Rated RRRR]. Allocated to Gatton-PO 1/1/1866.

79: (B2) Rays cancel in red on 2½d rose Sideface, [Rated RRRR]. Allocated to Herberton-PO 22/11/1880.

89: (A2) part strike on Truncated Star 2d Chalon of Westwood, [Rated RRR]. Plus ‘594’ BN (A2) largely complete strike on 2½d purple/blue Sideface [Rated RRRR] as Stonehouse or [RR] for re-allocation to Eton.

92: [1] (A1) fine strike on Crown/Q 3d Chalon [Rated RRRR].; [2] ‘102’ (B1) on Crown/Q 6d Chalon [Rated 5R] used at Norley or [Rated 2R] if used at Rockhampton (from 1878).

107: (B2) part strike on Crown/Q 1d Chalon, [Rated RRRRR]. Allocated to Kilkivan-PO 8/6/1868; replaced by Neureum PO 27/9/1876;

renamed Kilkivan PO 18/2/1881.

107: on 2d Chalon (perf faults). [Rated RRRRR] 182: ‘182’ (B2) on 1d 4-Corners. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Neardie-PO 22/9/1881; RO c.1902; closed c.-/7/1909.

191: (A2) largely complete BN Type 2a (8mm) strike on 2d Sideface [Rated RRRR]. Unallocated 213: (B2) largely complete BN Type 2a strike on 1d Sideface, [Rated RRRR]. Allocated to Thane-RO c.-/8/1904; PO c.-/10/1905; closed

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31/7/1976.

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Clarendon-RO c.1901; PO c.-/3/1906; closed 1/4/1970.

$80

c.-/1/1885; PO 22/10/1896.

$70 $70

307: (B2) clearly discernible BN Type 2a strike on 1d Roo, [Rated RRRR] for Commonwealth period. Allocated to Bulimba-PO 1/9/1870.

419: (A2) fine BN Type 2b strike on 1d Roo, [Rated RRRR] for Commonwealth period. Allocated to Torrens Creek-PO 6/10/1885.

422: (A2) bold and largely complete BN Type 2b strike on 1d Roo, [Rated RRRR] for Commonwealth period. Allocated to Lake 544: (A2) fine and largely complete BN Type 2b strike on 1d Roo, [Rated RRRR] for Commonwealth period. Allocated to Dunwich-RO

941 s 634: (C1) discernible complete BN Type 2b strike tying 2d Sideface to piece, [Rated RRRR]. Unallocated SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Specimens & Reprints 942 * ‘SPECIMEN’ 12½mm ovpt on 9d claret, 2/- crimson and 5d on 6d pale brown.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 943 F 1855 Imperf London Printing 2d rose-carmine SG #2 horizontal strip of 3, margins just clear to very good, ‘25’ diamond numeral cancels of Gawler, Cat £240+.

944 F 1856-58 Imperf Adelaide Printing 2d shades group between SG #7-9, margins variable, one is very fine example tied to piece, Cat £200. (4) 945 U 1856-1900 6d Blue Selection various roulettes/perfs including First Roulettes 6d slate-blue SG #17 and perforated Broad Star 10x11½-12½ pair, mixed condition. (8) 946 F 1876-1900 Wmk Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown SG #125, two blocks of 4 tied to piece by 1883 (Nov 19) Adelaide Ship Mail Room duplex cancels, some toning, otherwise fine. Rare usage piece.

947 * 1876-1900 Wmk Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ 1/- dull brown & 1/- chocolate SG #129-30 in blocks of 4, fine MLH/MVLH, Cat £380+.

948 P 1883-99 De La Rue 4d pale violet imperforate plate proof block of 4 on gummed unwatermarked paper, full unmounted gum.

949 S 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ 12½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ 2/6d to £20 all P10 and Wmk sideways. Some aging issues, still a difficult complete set. (13) 950 S 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ 12½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ 2/6d to £20 all P11½-12½ and Wmk upright. Odd fault, still a difficult complete set. (13) 951 F 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ £1 blue P11½-12½ SG #199a, faint crayon line, Wallaroo squared-circle datestamp, fine, Cat £150.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1912 (Jun 28) Colton, Palmer & Preston cover to New York franked with QV 1d red strip of three each stamp with ‘OK’ private perfin 952 * tied by Adelaide machine cancel. Scarce and fine.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps 953 *S Assortment: with Pre-Commonwealth squared-circle cancels on PPCs with good to very fine stikes of commoner cancels, also 1922 Wirrabara datestamp tying KGV 2d to cover and selection of all-different datestamp strikes on 2d AIF x25.(12 covers & 25 stamps).

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps (cont) 954 s Moockra: ‘MOOCKRA/FE6/[?]4/SA’ (B2) largely fine squared-circle cancel on 2d violet, [Rated RRR].

TASMANIA 955 F 1853 Imperf Courier Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG #2, margins clear of outer framelines except at lower-left where just shaved, indistinct cancel, Cat £1,500. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1989).

956 F 1853 Imperf Courier Plate I Worn Impression 4d pale orange SG #9, close (just shaved at base) to large margins, fine BN ‘59’ cancel of Launceston, Cat £450.

957 F 1853 Imperf Courier Plate II 4d orange SG #10, minor thin at centre-left (outside frameline), complete margins, BN ‘20’ cancel of Circular Head, Cat £425.

958 F 1853 Imperf Courier Plate II 4d orange SG #10, margins just clear to very good, bold BN ‘64’ cancel, Cat £375.

959 U 1853 Imperf Courier Plate II 4d dull orange three good margins just touching at top, neat BN ‘59’ of Launceston, SG #11, Cat £375.

960 F 1855 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star 1d carmine SG #14, close to very good margins, deep colour, bold BN ‘60’ cancel, Cat £900.

961 W 1855 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star 4d deep blue SG #17, two clear margins (just shaved at left and at base), slight thin at top, deep colour, Cat £4,250. Ceremuga certificate (2013).

962 F 1857-69 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1d dull vermilion with Double print, three good margins.

963 F 1857-69 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1d dull vermilion SG #28, with two impressive Pre-printing folds, BN ‘60’ cancel. Eye-catching variety.

964 F 1857-69 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 2d green SG #31, horizontal strip of 3, BN ‘62’ cancels, just shaved at base otherwise clear margins, Cat £180+. Attractive multiple.

965 U 1858 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 6d dull lilac SG #40 horizontal strip of 4 with partial sheet edge watermark lettering and watermark lines at top, cancelled by First Allocation BN ‘20’ cancels of Circular Head, somewhat soiled/faded, nevertheless a very scarce multiple, Cat £340++.

966 W 1858 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1/- vermilion SG #41, just shaved at top, otherwise complete margins, radiant colour, fine unused, Cat £750.

967 W 1860-67 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 6d dull cobalt SG #47, just shaved at top and at right, fragment of adjoining stamp evident at base, unused, Cat £1,000.

968 U 1860-67 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 6d reddish mauve SG #49 x12 including a pair on exhibit page, the pair with a cleaned pen cancel, other cancels including BN ‘35’ (Forcett) & BN ‘56’ (Macquarie Plains), one of the singles with bogus cancel over pen cancel, condition generally fine, Cat £1,850+. (12) 969 * 1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Walsh & Sons Perf 12 1d dull vermilion SG #69, part gum also 1864-68 P12½ 1d carmine SG #82 large-part og, Cat £230. (2) 970 * 1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Walsh & Sons Perf 12 1d carmine SG #70 horizontal strip of 3, large-part gum, Cat £300+. Attractive multiple.

971 * 1871-91 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Post Office Perf 12 6d dull claret SG #143 shades x4, fine mint, Cat £192. (4) 972 S 1902-04 Pictorials Wmk V/Crown ½d, 1d & 2d optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #237s,, fine with large-part gum, Cat £370.

TASMANIA | Postal Fiscals 973 * 1863-80 2/6d carmine George and the Dragon P12 SG #F13, fine mint, Cat £275.

974 * 1863-80 5/- sage-green George and the Dragon P12 SG #F15, fine mint, Cat £325.

TASMANIA 975 S 1880 Playpus Revenues 3d, 6d & 1/- overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ vertically on watermarked ‘TAS’ paper; also 1d overprinted ‘REPRINT’ vertically on very thick unwatermarked paper. (4) 976 R 1891 St George & the Dragon perforated 3d, 2/6d, 5/- & 10/- overprinted ‘REPRINT’ in marginal blocks of 4 on thick gummed paper, fresh unmounted mint.

TASMANIA | Revenues 1950s-60s Numeral and Platypus Series: selection on Tasmania Government Tourist and Immigration Dept cheque forms with 977 * Numerals to 5/- including scarce ½d on 1d pair & rare 9d; Platypus/Pictorial series to 10/- with scarce ½d, 2½d & 2/6d pairs and 11d single; many multiple and/or combination frankings, no duplication of configurations sighted, with many quaint/defunct business names noted amongst the payees, generally fine. A desirable lot. (152) TASMANIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) 978 PS 1893 Use of 1d Green Advertising Card (PTPO ?) for ‘BROWNELL BROS’ Half Yearly Sale. This appears to be part of a folder rather than a card. ‘HOBART’ cds. Corners trimmed.

TASMANIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 979 PS 1891 Queen Victoria Embossed Head 1d in red on blue HG #KB3, the Embossing inverted in lower-left corner, flap unsealed, fine unused.

TASMANIA | Postal History 980 * 1849 (Nov 20) entire per “Scotia” to Geelong with fine strikes of framed circular ‘GENERAL POST OFFICE/HOBART TOWN/(crown)/ 20NO20/VDL/1849’ and unframed oval ‘GEELONG/DE6/1849/PORT PHILLIP’ datestamps.

1865 (Nov 23) cover to England with 4d pale blue & 6d grey-violet SG #36 & 46 tied by Hobart dumb cancel, adjacent largely 981 * complete strike of GENERAL-POST-OFFICE/HOBART-TOWN/23NO23/1865’ circular datestamp in red, London/Paid transit on face, Dorchester backstamp, small corner crease at upper right affects the 6d, minor tear at lower right, overall fine and visually appealing.

982 * 1886 (Apr 19) cover to London with 6d Platypus SG #F28 tied by Launceston duplex, London arrival backstamps, cover with filing fold and pinholes clear of stamp.

983 *PS 1894 (Apr 4) use of Queen Victoria Embossed Without Words of Value Registration Envelope uprated with 2½d on 9d for transit to Wurrtemberg with part-strike of the chamfered-boxed ‘REGISTERED/HOBART’ handstamp in violet (this is the earliest recorded usage of the handstamp), superb Italian ‘AMBTE BOLOGNA-ALA/(Nº2)’ TPO transit and Ulm backstamps.

TASMANIA | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 984 Cashier Cheque: 1839 Derwent Bank cheque for £10, odd fault, rare.

TASMANIA | Numerals - Second Allocation 985 s 264: (A2) well stuck & largely complete strike on 2d Sideface, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Nubeena-PO 1/12/1886.

TASMANIA | Datestamps 986 s Kanna-Leena: (A1) ‘KANNA-LEEN[A]/19AU12/TASMANIA’ complete and largely very fine strike on 4d Pictorial (shallow thin), [Rated RRR]. PO 1/4/1912; closed 30/11/1912.

VICTORIA 987 F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 2d grey-lilac [pos 26], SG #6, couple of small thins, 3 good margins, 4th just touching, Cat £200.

988 V 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 2nd State 3d blue [pos 6], SG #7, small abrasion on face, 4 good to close margins, Cat £190.

989 F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 1d dull orange-vermilion [18] SG #8, complete even margins, barred oval cancel, Cat £650.

990 F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State 1d reddish-brown [3-4] SG #12 pair, margins shaved (at base) to good, rare 1854 (Nov 15) use of Glenorchy crown oval datestamp as a canceller, Cat £340+.

991 F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State 2d grey-drab SG #13b, margins just-shaved to close, tidy butterfly cancel, Cat £170.

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VICTORIA (cont) 992 W 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State 3d blue SG #14, margins close to just touching, small tear at left, unused, Cat £1,100.

993 F 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d brick-red SG #26a, good to large margins, used, Cat £110.

994 F 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d orange-brown SG #27, four clear margins, SG #27, Melbourne newspaper oval cancel.

995 F 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson SG #28 pink, rose, lilac-rose shade group x4, all but one with complete margins, barred numeral cancels including BN ‘29’ Rated RR & BN ‘61’ Rated SS, Cat £192. (4) 996 W 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d greenish blue [Pos 16] 3-margins, SG #29a, thinned, mint no gum.

997 W 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d greenish blue [Pos 23] 4-margins, SG #29a, MNG, Cat £1,500. A fine stamp.

998 U 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘Too Late’ with four margins and 1/- ‘Registered’ three margins, both good examples of these printings, SG #33-4, Cat £440. (2) 999 F 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- ‘REGISTERED’, three good margins, SG #34.

1000 W 1858 Queen-On-Throne Wmk Large Star Rouletted 5½-6½ 6d bright blue, SG #73, strong colour, unused, Cat £400.

1001 F 1859 Perf 12 By Robinson 2d pale lilac Emblems SG #77, tidy BN ‘1’ cancel, Cat £450. Elusive stamp.

1002 W 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 3d pale blue SG #90, some minor aging, unused, Cat £200.

1003 F 1860-63 Emblems Wmk Single Lined 2 Perf 12 2d dull reddish-lilac SG #101 with impressive Offset, fine used. Seldom offered.

1004 W 1861-64 Netted Corners Wmk Double-Lined 1 1d yellow-green, SG #105, Wmk reversed and inverted, couple of small thins, Cat £200 as normal stamp.

1005 * 1863-74 Laureates DLR Paper Wmk Single-Lined Numeral 1d green P13 With extensives breaks & distortions of framelines at top, even toned gum. Unusual.

1006 * 1863-74 Laureates Emergency Printing on DLR Paper Wmk Incorrect Single Lined Numeral 3d lilac wmk ‘8’, SG #118, fine mint, Cat £225.

1007 * 1864-80 Calvert Woodblocks 2/- light blue/green SG #129, minor thin at upper-left, mint with large-part o.g, Cat £400. Scarce.

1008 * 1867-81 Laureates Wmk V/Crown Perf 12 5/- bright & blue Type II (glazed paper) SG #148, mildly toned o.g, Cat £500.

1009 * 1873-74 Bell Wmk Single-Lined 10 9d pale brown/pink SG #172, large-part gum, Cat £170.

1010 S 1879-96 Stamp Duty Typographed 2/6d, 3/- drab, 4/-, 5/- claret/yellow, 6/-, 10/- green,15/- brown, £1, £2 & 45/- all with Type 21a italic ‘Specimen’ overprint, 6/- without gum, others part to large-part gum. (10) 1011 U 1884-96 Stamp Duty Typo 1st V/Crown Perf 13 3/- maroon/blue SG #259, with strong Offset on reverse, fiscally used with bogus postal cancel. Unusual.

1012 * 1900 Empire Patriotic Fund set SG #374-5, fine mint, Cat £425.

VICTORIA | Revenues 1013 U Stamp Duty: 45/- lilac P11 block of 10 (5x2), 1959 pen cancels, has retained large-part gum. Rare multiple.

QV High Value Bicolours: on 1960s Transfer of Shares forms (4) bearing P11 £5, £6 (tiny pinholes), £7 or £8 in attractive 1014 * combinations with other Stamp Duty issues. Rare denominations on ‘entire’, particularly the three higher values, Elsmore Online Cat $660 (as used, off entire). (4) Stamp Duty: 1950s-60s group of share transfer forms with values to 45/- & £5, typically between 1 to 5 stamps per form, sometimes 1015 * more. Good lot. (110 forms).

1016 Victoria Stamp Duty 1958-67: Share Transfer forms, organised roughly by duty stamp value affixed showing host of different shades, usage combinations, multiples, etc, to £5 (3), and £10, and to $10 & $20, over 80% pre-decimal, also includes a few without stamps but with Stamp Duty Office markings, typically 1 to 4 stamps per form, sometimes many more. (600++ forms).

1017 ** Stamp Duty C.1990s: $25 Line Perf sheetlet of 10 (5x2) P11, Double perfs between 1st & 2nd columns and Misaligned perforations second and third columns, fresh MUH. Line Perf 11 not recorded by Elsmore.

1018 R Stamp Statute: Reprint of 1871 4d rose, minor gumside blemishes, large-part gum.

VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1019 PS 1908 Fleet Card 1d Die III Postal Card Stieg #P33, very fine unused.

VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Franks 1020 PS Chief Secretary: OHMS Report of Death from Contagious or Infectious Disease form reporting death of infant in Northcote from measles, pneumonia & heart failure, Chief Secretary Frank Karman #V340.4 tied by Melbourne ‘16/11/00’ double-ring cds.

1021 PS Postmaster General: Frank Stamp sample (Die 3) on piece with mss “cancelled” (to avoid possible misuse) attached to notepaper bearing the mss inscription “With J. H. Abbotts Comps/(Acting Postmaster-/General)/16/3/94”.

VICTORIA | Postal History 1850 (Jun 18) lettersheet to Melbourne from GB with mss “3” on front and good strike of ‘SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/NO*1/1850/ 1022 * MELBOURNE’ receiving datestamp in red on reverse alongside black strike of ‘J.B.WILCOCKS, AGENT FOR GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION/(PLY)MOUTH’ handstamp. Slight water staining. Ex Freeman Gold Medal Exhibit.

1023 * 1853 (Jan 1) stampless registered entire to London sent aboard SS Great Britain on the return leg of the ship’s maiden voyage to Melbourne, fair strike of oval ‘SHIP LETTER/JA1/1853/MELBOURNE’ datestamp in red. [The letter bemoans the nefarious activities of escaped convicts from Van Dieman’s Land and their attacks on successful gold diggers on the roads of Victoria and the dangers of being devoured by aboriginal natives on inland treks, amongst other interesting topics!]

1854 (Oct 28) stampless entire to Hoare & Co (bankers) in London containing account for Dalgety, Cruickshank & Co (agricultural 1024 * wholesalers, Melbourne), endorsed per “Great Britain”, Melbourne Crown Oval ‘OC28’ datestamp in red, ‘24JA1855/LIVERPOOL/ SHIP’ boxed transit datestamp & and ‘PAID/25JA25/1855’ London arrival handstamp in red.

1860s-1912 Selection including 1863 to England with 6d Adapted Design tied by BN ‘157’, 1863 Fitzroy to Essendon with 4d 1025 * Laureate tied by BN ‘158’, Moonee Ponds transit backstamp, 1871 to France with 1/- Laureate solo, 1912 Messy-Rhine (constructing engineers) advertising cover to Germany, 1906 PPC Ballarat to Constantinople with Suez transit & ‘BRITISH-POST OFFICE/ CONSTANTINOPLE’ arrival datestamp, 1908 PPCs to France x2 both with fine ‘PR BOX ROOM/MELBOURNE’ datestamps; also stationery including 1901 Treasury Frank Stamp card to London with ‘VICTORIA/(crown)/OFFICIAL PAID’ oval handstamp and ½d Wrapper with 1891 Port Melbourne belt & buckle per favour cancel; condition variable. (17) 1026 * 1862 (Sep 11) Survey Department (Ballarat) OHMS cover to Warrenheip with Watermark in Words 3d Beaded Oval & 1d Netted Corners tied by Ballarat duplex, ‘UNCLAIMED’-in-oval handstamp on face, two good to fine strikes of oval ‘WARRENHEIP’ datestamp on reverse, few small faults.

1891 advertising envelope endorsed “per Britannia” (scored out) and “per Oruba” added, from ‘Edward Waters/International Patent 1027 * & Trademarks Office/Melbourne’ to London where it was re-directed and crowned circle containing ‘R’ was applied. This indicated that no extra charge was incurred as the re-direction was to an address within the same delivery area as the original address. Few tone spots. Ex Linfield.

1028 * 1900 (Oct 23) use of 1d & 2d on fine Wm Cameron Bros & Co advertising cover with Havelock Tobacco collar, from Melbourne to USA. VICTORIA | Barred Ovals 1029 s 93: (A2) light but clearly discernible strike on 1d Emblem, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Cathcart-PO 1/2/1856; replaced by Ararat PO 31/8/ 1857.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 VICTORIA | Barred Numerals 1030 s 288: ‘288’ (B2) on Rouletted 6d Queen-on-Throne. [Rated RRRR - the rating of RRR in Freeman & White is an error.] Allocated to 1031 s 1032 s 1033 s 1034 s

Inglewood-PO 12/3/1860; renamed Old Inglewood PO c.1865; closed 15/5/1882.

383: (A2) fine and largely complete strike on 4d Laureates, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Bruthen-PO 15/1/1862; LPO 3/9/1993.

1261: (B2) weak but discernible strike on 2d violet, [Rated RRRRR]. Allocated to Bismarck-PO 8/2/1882; renamed Nyallo PO 7/6/1882;

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closed 2/12/1891.

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RO c.1902; PO 1/7/1927; closed 31/12/1930.

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1/7/1927; closed c.1933.

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1332: ‘[MC]CC/32’ (B2-) on 2d violet SDuty. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Tarranginnie East-PO 1/8/1883; renamed Bleak House PO 1/12/1888; 1572: ‘MD/72’ (B2) on 1d pink. [Rated RRRR] Allocated to Cannum North-PO 18/7/1887; renamed Aubrey PO 1/2/1889; RO 14/12/1923; PO

1035 s 2003: (B2) two large-part strikes on 1d pair, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Tallandoon-PO 21/1/1899; closed 29/6/1968.

1036 s 2087: ‘2087’(B2) largely complete strike on 1d pink, [Rated RRR]. Allocated to Dalyston-PO 10/8/1904; LPO 8/12/1993.

VICTORIA | Datestamps 1037 *DS Assortment On 1940s-2000s Covers: including 1948 ‘POST OFFICE/MT BEAUTY’ large oval datestamp in violet used as FDI cancel, 1948 ‘SOUTHERN CROSS’ used as FDI cancel, 1957 ‘PAID AT BRUNSWICK EAST’ [Rated RR], 1959 ‘BREAKAWAY CREEK’, plus military cancels & taxed items; also datestamps on loose stamps including Roos & KGV Heads several tying KGV 2d orange to piece plus a few pre-Commonwealth barred numerals including [Rated RR] ‘675’ and [Rated R] ‘675’ & ‘2081’, etc.

Excellent variety and well worth checking. (approx 90 covers + few 100s stamps).

Broadmeadows Military Camp (1): ‘MILITARY CAMP BROADMEADOWS/16AP17/VIC’ (WWW #20 - B1) on South Australian 1038 * Railways pay card, with printed address, accompanied by photocopy the soldier’s service record. [The SA Rly made up the difference between the army pay and the railway pay for their employees.] PO 17/8/1914; closed 29/3/1919.

1039 * Prince’s Pier, Port Melbourne: 1934 (Nov 1) cover to USA with 3d Macarthur tied by ‘PRINCESS PIER MELB SC7/1NO34/VIC’ FDI datestamp, Melbourne Centenary label affixed at top left, informative type annotation. Very fine. PO 18/10/1934; closed 16/11/1934.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1040 F 1854 Imperf Recess 1d black SG #1, complete close to good margins, indistinct grid cancel, Cat £275.

1041 F 1854 Recess Roulette 7½-14 1d black roul 12 on 4 sides, SG #2, cancelled with light 15-bar ‘2’ of Perth, light tonespot and small notch in top margin, Cat £650.

1042 * 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d pale blue SG #3, close to large margins with locally applied black-boy gum, fine mint, Cat £375+.

Scarce in this condition. [See note in Gibbons - “The 1854 issues are hardly ever seen with gum, so the unused prices quoted are for stamp without gum.”]

1043 F 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d pale blue SG #3, variety White patch below ‘TE’ of ‘WESTERN’ [Pos 238] good to very large margins lightly applied grid cancel, Cat £200++.

1044 F 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 4d deep dull-blue SG #3b, complete margins, void grid cancel, Cat £850.

1045 W 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 1/- pale brown SG #4c, marginal example from base of the sheet, margins almost touching to very good, fine unused, Cat £475.

1046 W 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs 1/- pale brown SG #4c, good to large margins, unused, Cat £475.

1047 F 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 2d brown-black/Indian red, SG #16, cut square with close or touching margins, strong Indian red colour, Cat £800. The wmk is 5 parallel lines with ‘IP’ makers? initials.

1048 F 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 6d golden bronze 2 good margins, 2 just touching, SG #17, Cat £2,000. Attractive.

1049 F 1857-59 Imperf Hillman Litho Wmk Swan 6d grey-black SG #19, variety Damage to ‘RN’ of ‘WESTERN’ (possibly an early state of position 130), clear to very good margins, cancelled by 15 Bar ‘17’ of Australind, Cat £550.

1050 W 1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 4d blue Watermark sidways reversed with Pre-printing paper crease. An impressive double variety of SG #26a, 3 close even margins, 4th just touching, Cat £700 for MNG. Fresh and attractive.

1051 F 1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 6d deep sage-green SG #28a, just shaved at top and base otherwise good margins, deep colour, 15-Bar ‘21’ cancel of Vasse, Cat £550.

1052 W 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1d rose SG #33, scissor-cut straight edges at left and at base giving wide margins & preserving design, rich colour, unused, Cat £700.

1053 F 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Perf 14 At Somerset House 4d vermilion SG #40, some clipped perf at top, with BN ‘256’ receiving cancel of Dorchester, England, Cat £180. Unusual.

1054 W 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Clean Cut Perf 14-16 1/- yellow-green SG #43, straight edge at left preserving design, rich colour, unused, Cat £700.

1055 W 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Very Rough Perf 14-16 1d rose-carmine SG #44, unused, Cat £350.

1056 P 1864 1d Bistre imperforate plate proof pair on gummed Crown/CC watermarked paper, margins close to good.

1057 W 1864 6d Grey-Violet Colour Trial imperforate pair on no wmk paper.

1058 S 1871-73 Wmk Crown/CC (Sideways) Perf 14 3d pale brown optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #63s, without gum.

1059 ** 1882-95 3d Brown Plate Proof imperforate block of 4 on Crown/CA paper, from imprimatur sheets.

1060 ** 1885-93 Typo Wmk Crown/CA (Sideways) Perf 14 ½d green, 1d carmine & 2d grey in MUH blocks of 4, SG #94-6, Cat £290+.

1061 S 1885-93 Typo Wmk Crown/CA (Sideways) Perf 14 ½d green optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #94as, large-part gum.

1062 * 1895 Surcharged in Red & Green ½d on 3d cinnamon SG #111b, marginal example Cat £85.

1063 F/G 1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 2d bright yellow & 1/- olive-green (creased), both with Watermark inverted, Cat £270. (2) 1064 * 1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Perf 12½ or 12½x12 9d yellow-range Wmk Upright, SG #122a, Cat £110.

1065 * 1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Perf 12½ or 12½x12 £1 orange-brown, marginal example from right of the sheet with Colour flaw below ‘ND’ of ‘POUNDS’, fine mint, SG #128 Cat £425 (as normal stamp), BW #W66Ad, Cat $750.

1066 * 1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Perf 11 2/- bright red/yellow SG #134, couple nibbed perfs, mint, Cat £275.

1067 F 1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Perf 11 4d pale chestnut SG #154 perf ‘OS’, SG #154, Cat £400 as an unpunctured stamp.

1068 F 1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Perf 11 9d orange SG #157 perf ‘OS’, fine condition, Perth datestamp, Cat £200 as an unpunctured stamp.

1069 F 1905-12 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A Compound Perf (12½ or 12½x12) & 11 1d wmk sideways P12.4 horizontally and P11 vertically, SG #161a, a few spots, Cat £800. A very rare stamp.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Fiscals 1070 F 1893 Wmk CA Over Crown 5/- dull purple, mild soiling, Albany datestamp. Rare postal usage.

1071 F 1897 Wmk W Crown A 2/6d dull purple, light postal cancel. Rare. Simon Dunkerley Certificate (2008).

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Revenues 1072 Financial Emergency Tax: 1931 4d dull rose (tear), 6d grey, 1/- emerald & £1 orange x4. Generally fine. (7) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Railway Stamps 1073 U 1923 Inscribed ‘FORWARD’ mostly Sixth Issue printings comprising 3d blue, 6d deep blue (Fifth Issue), 9d emerald, 1/- yellow-olive, 2/- yellow-brown, 2/6d dull purple, 4/- reddish-purple & 5/- deep olive, above-average condition, Elsmore Online Cat $190. (8) 1074 U 1952 New Designs (Trains & Buses) Series 3A/3B accumulation with 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3d x3 (one unused), 2/-, 2/6d, 3/- x2, 4/(corner fault), 5/- & 10/-, some blemishes as usual, generally fine, many with 1952-53 cancels, Elsmore Online Cat $490. (14)

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Railway Stamps (cont) 1075 ** 1966 Decimal Series with ‘GRASS VALLEY’ Printed Diagonally in Black 2c to $1 x3 & $2 (ex 60c), also ‘ENEABBA’ Printed Diagonally in Black 25c to $1c (ex 50c) including several values in blocks of 4 or in pairs, plus various oddments to 50c including for stations ‘BULLSBROOK’, ‘DUMBLEYUNG’, ‘MINGENEW’ & ‘TAMBELLUP’; fresh MUH condition. (70) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards 1076 PS 1902-05 Trio comprising 1902 1d red Swan (trivial section of discolouration on reverse), 1902 QV 2d brown-red, and 1902-05 QV 2d blue, unused.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Datestamps 1077 1962 Perth Empire Games: complete group of 25 pictorial datestamps on 4 plain sheets of paper (each approx 21x17cm). These appear to be a set of proof strikes.

AUSTRALIA | Collections & Miscellaneous Groupings 1078 P ‘A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia’ boxed hardbound presentation book (1999) with proofs (28) reprinted in black from the original dies including KGV 1d Engraved, 1½d Canberra, £1 Robes, £2 Arms, 2/- Olympics Propaganda & 7/6d Captain Cook, etc, plus AAT 2/-.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo & Map Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1079 * Collection incl 2nd Wmk 2½d, 6d, 3rd Wmk 9d, 1/-, 2/- Maroon, SM Wmk 2/- maroon (tiny thin), CofA Wmk 6d, 9d, 1/-. Generally fine. (9) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1080 * 1d To 1/- Collection incl 2d, 2½d, 4d orange, 6d, 9d, 1/-, generally fine. (7) 1081 Group 2d grey perf small ‘OS’, 6d ultramarine both mint, 1/- blue-green Wmk Inverted postally used with light parcel cancel (much scarcer than CTO). Mixed condition. (3) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark 1082 W 1d Red Die IIA Watermark inverted with variety Cut throat BW 4a(G)i, unused, Cat $400+.

1083 F 1d Red Die IIA Cracked electro - state II [GR26] (Adams, Bell & Pope State 4/5 transitional - tiny notch in upper frameline), offcentre with two rounded corners, tidy corner cds cancel clear of the flaw, Cat $500.

1084 V 2½d Blue with Melbourne ‘[DE 5]/13’ CTO quarter cancel BW #9wc.

1085 * 3d Olive Die I Watermark inverted BW #12a pair, fine mint, Cat $800+.

1086 V/W 4d Orange-Yellow with Melbourne ‘[DE 5/13]’ CTO quarter cancel BW #15wc, without gum, Cat $300.

5d Chestnut plus ½d Roo on 1913 (Feb 22) registered cover from Sydney to USA, Cat $1,000 on cover. Unfortunately the 1087 * registration label has been removed and the tear has been repaired. A very scarce stamp on cover.

1088 * 5d Chestnut Perf Large ‘OS’ BW #16ba, few perf blemishes, hinge remainder, Cat $475.

1089 V/W 5d Chestnut with Melbourne ‘[DE 5/13]’ CTO quarter cancel BW #16wc, without gum, Cat $300.

1090 * 6d Blue BW #17, small crease and lightly toned gum.

1091 * 6d Ultramarine Substituted cliché -Die IIA BW #17(1)ha, faint surface mark at upper-right, excellent centring, fine mint overall, Cat $8,500. Rare. Drury Certificate (2016). [There was no mint example in the Stuart Hardy Collection] 1092 F 6d Ultramarine Substituted cliché -Die IIA BW #17(1)ha, mild even toning, very well centred, part Chief Parcels Office cancel in blue well clear of the frame break, Cat $4500. Drury Certificate (2016).

1093 * 6d Blue perf small ‘OS’, block of 15 (one unit defective 2nd E of PENCE, BW #17(U)d), perf separation and some re-inforcing, faults. BW #17. (15) 1094 V 9d Violet variety Break in left frame opposite ‘A’ and white flaw below ‘AU’ with Melbourne ‘[25]AP13’ UPU CTO cancel BW #24wa(1)e, Cat $250 plus a significant premium for the flaw.

1095 V/W 9d Violet with Melbourne ‘[DE 5/13]’ CTO cancel BW #24wc, very well centred, without gum, Cat $300.

1096 V 9d Violet with part Brisbane [12]NO13’ CTO cancel BW #24wd, full unmounted gum. Only 120 issued.

1097 U 1/- Blue-Green Inverted watermark BW #30a, scarce postally used, Cat $400.

1098 V 2/- Brown with Melbourne ‘AP24/13’ UPU CTO cancel BW #35wa, excellent centring, Cat $600.

1099 * 5/- Grey & Yellow BW #42, fine and fresh mint Cat $900.

1100 V 5/- Grey & Yellow with Melbourne ‘DE[3]/13’ CTO cancel BW #42wb, nibbed perf, excellent centring, without gum, Cat $300.

1101 V 5/- Grey & Yellow with Melbourne ‘DE[3]/13’ CTO cancel BW #42wb, from top of the sheet, with full unmounted gum, Cat $300+.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark 1102 * Selection comprising 2d grey, 2½d indigo & 6d blue, generally well centred, odd tone; also First Wmk 9d with redistributed gum; Retail as fine $800. (4) 1103 * 6d Blue Perf ‘OS’ BW #18ba, some nibbed perfs, mint, Cat $750.

1104 * 5/- Deep Grey & Yellow BW #43, fine mint, Cat $1,500.

1105 * 5/- Grey & Yellow Watermark inverted with variety Broken tail BW #43a(V)e, well centred fine mint, Cat $2,000 plus premium for the variety.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark 1106 * Perf ‘OS’ CTO Selection comprising 9d, 1/-, 5/- with Flaw at top of kangaroo’s tail & 10/- aniline shades x2, Cat $690. (5) 1107 * 2d Grey with Watermark inverted BW #7a, well centred mint.

1108 ** 3d Olive-Green Die I Perf ‘OS’ Watermark inverted BW #13ba, rough perfs, fresh MUH, Cat $425.

1109 * 6d Blue Die II BW #19 plus 2d red KGV tied to opened-out 1923 (Jul 30) cover from Melbourne to Inverell, NSW. 1110 ** 1/- Emerald Die IIB wmk sideways pair, BW #33aa, MLH/MVLH, Cat $400+.

1111 U 5/- Grey & Yellow Perf ‘OS’ BW #44b, rough perfs, bold cancel, Cat $200.

1112 V 5/- Grey & Yellow CTO BW #44w, well centered, undercatalogued at $300. [Non ‘OS’ 5/- CTO values are very scarce, and probably originate from UPU presentation folders] 1113 * 10/- Grey & Pale Aniline Pink BW #48E, rounded corner, small inclusion, woolly perfs in places, MVLH, retail $850.

1114 V 10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink CTO BW #48B, excellent centring, Cat $750.

1115 * £1 Brown & Blue Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B BW #52x, MLH, Cat $900.

1116 * £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C Sub-type 2 - shaved ‘P’ BW #53xd, excellent centring, fresh MUH, Cat $1,000. Premium example.

1117 S £2 Purple-Black & Rose overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C BW #56xb, age spot on gum, well centred, Cat $375.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1118 * 6d To 2/- Collection incl 6d (2), 9d (3), 1/- (2), 2/-. High retail. Generally fine. (8) 1119 V CTO Selection comprising 6d to 5/- plus perf ‘OS’ 9d to 5/-, odd nibbed perf, gnerally fine, Cat $850. (9) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark 1120 * 10/- Grey & Pink Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C BW #48xb, with unlisted varieties Shading breaks in Bight & Break in coastline north of Townsville, rounded upper-left corner, Cat $375+.

1121 * 10/- Grey & Pink Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C BW #49x, MLH, Retail $475.

1122 * £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D with variety White scratch through Kangaroo’s back BW #57x(V)o, single nibbed perf, well centred, Cat $900+.

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Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark (cont) 1123 F £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson variety Fox-faced kangaroo [R38] BW #57(V)s, very well centred, tidy Sydney datestamp, Cat $2,250.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark 1124 V/W 9d Purple Plate 3 Ash imprint (‘N’ over ‘N’) second state with variety Die II substitution with Melbourne ‘19OC32’ CTO datestamps, without gum. Very scarce.

1125 F £2 Black & Red cds, minor fault, BW #58.

1126 S £2 Black & Rose optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D BW #58x, unusually with additional CTO cancel, full unmounted gum. Very scarce.

AUSTRALIA | Engraved Issues 1127 V 1d Red x3 with ‘DE3/13’, ‘DE5/13’ or ‘JY17/14’ CTO cancels BW #59w, wa & wb, without gum; also Plate 4 imprint pair CTO with full unmounted gum; fine condition. (4 items).

AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1128 **/*/U Mint & Used Collection in album and on stocksheets with some better items including mint Single Wmk ½d green variety Retouched shading behind king’s head, 1d Red Die III Watermark inverted (blemishes), 4d orange; LMult Wmk ½d green Thin paper vertical pair (lower unit nibbed perfs, Cat $400+), SMult P14 ½d orange Harrison imprint block of 4 with variety Lower end of left fraction bar thickened, (perf separations, Cat $225), ½d orange variety Cut in right wattles, 1½d Left frame cut opposite kangaroo 3d Type A perf ‘OS’ pair (perf separations); SMult P13½x12½ 2d on 1½d pair Sliced ‘O’ in surcharge; other pickings likely, condition variable. (few 100s).

1129 */** Selection Of Mostly SMult P13½x12½ Imprint Multiples with Perf ‘OS’ Ash imprint pairs comprising 2d red-brown Plate 1 BW #99b(1)z, 2d red Die II #100ba(2)z & 2d red Die III #102baz; also 2d on 1½d ‘N’ over ‘N’ Ash imprint block of 4 with variety Slice ‘O’ in Surcharge #101ze, 1½d brown Perf ‘OS’ pair with Left frame cut opposite kangaroo #93bp; plus two other items. (7 items) 1130 */U Varieties Array Mostly Used with Single Wmk ½d green Perf ‘OS’ White dash in left side of right value tablet & Diagonal scratch through left value tablet, 1d violet perf ‘OS’ Break in left frame 3.5mm from top & white spot in SE Corner, 2d red flaws used x12 plus mint perf ‘OS’ Broken top to crown #96(11)j, 3d perf ‘OS’ Dry ink, 4d Orange Weeping ‘4’ & Line thro’ ‘FOUR PENCE’ (perf ‘OS’), 4d olive perf ‘OS’ White flaw on two blooms of right wattles, 5d perf ‘OS’ White flaw on kangaroo’s neck, LMult Wmk 1d red Notched NW Corner, SMult Wmk P14 1½d red, 4½d Retouched left value tablet & numeral mint; excellent variety, condition variable but generally fine. (69) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark 1131 ** ½d Very Yellow ‘Cyprus’ Green BW #63H block of 8, well centred, radiant colour, fresh MUH, Cat $800+.

1132 VC ½d Green Comb Perf block of 4 from top of the pane with complete strike of Brisbane ‘22MR15 CTO cancel BW #63wd, full unmounted gum, Cat $800++. [Lot is accompanied a photocopy of a letter from Richard Breckon to Ray Chapman confirming CTO dates of archival stocks held of ½d green] 1133 F ½d Green Comb Perf Electro 3 variety Clubbed fraction bar at left [3R11] BW #63(3)j BW #63(3)j, Henty (NSW) ‘30JE16’ datestamp clear of the flaw, Cat $1,250.

1134 G ½d Green Comb Perf Electro 5 with Cracked electro - early first state left wattles, 63(5)h, Cat $5,000.

1135 U 1d Red Die II Mostly Smooth paper selection all plated and showing various angles of the Die II spurs. (20) 1136 U 1d Red Plated Varieties Collection well presented and written-up on album pages, mix of smooth and rough paper printings including Substituted cliché Die II [IV/34] Rough paper x3, Substituted cliché Die I [IV/35] Smooth paper & Rough paper x2, Smooth paper ‘NY’ joined [VIII/25] x3, etc, also examples of many other flaws shown in various states, each flaw described in detail with a magnified illustration.Very nice lot. (500 approx).

1d Carmine-Rose (G30) BW #71V single and block of 4 on 1917 (Sep 1) cover to Switzerland tied by squared-circle ‘PINAROO/SA’ 1137 * squared-circle datestamps, endorsed “Enclosed letter for enemy country”, ‘PASSED BY/4TH M.D./302’ double-oval censor cachet in black, Basel arrival backstamp. Most attractive.

1138 * 1d Red Varieties comprising ‘Ferns’ BW #71(4)ia, ‘RA’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ joined #71(4)j and White spot in SE Corner #71(4)s, Cat $225. (3) 1139 * 1d Carmine Harrison Printing appears carmine-rose shade with [1] variety RA joined BW #74(4)j, o/c a bit high with some woolly perfs; [2] vertical pair [VI/40,46] with NW corner bite & crown slopes down left to right, small faults, nice trio. (3) 1140 F 1d Carmine-Red Die III with aniline quality fluorescing orange under UV (per BW page 4/89, Note 1). Tidy machine cancel, strong fresh colour. Scarce to rare (ought to be listed in future). BW #75, Cat $.

1141 F 1d Carmine-Red Die III wmk inverted BW #75a, some trimmed perfs, machine cancel, Cat $150.

1142 1d Carmine-Red Die III with White flaw on ‘S’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’, BW #75o, some trimmed perfs, rounded corner, adhesions, very fresh, Cat $300.

1143 * 1½d Black-Brown Perf ‘OS’ Electro 3 Harrison imprint pair (imprint 5¾ mm below stamps) BW #83(3)z; also ½d orange Electro 8 Harrison imprint pair with variety Lower end of fraction bar thickened [8L60] #66(8)z; both items MLH, Cat $700+ (as imprint blocks of 4).

1144 F 1½d Brown Die I variety Right side of cliché damaged by many flaws [7R54] BW #85(7)m, mild tonespots, cds cancel slightly impinges, Cat $150.

1145 F 1½d Brown Die I with unlocated constant flaw Cracked electro from left value tablet through oval band and emu’s feet to right frame [C170A] BW #85(U)n, with associated Skipped perf in mid left margin, postmark slightly impinges, Cat $750.

1146 U 1½d Brown Die I Perf ‘OS’ varieties White flaw on kangaroo’s foot [10R8] & Thick large ‘1’ in right value tablet [10R57] BW #86(10)f&j, used, Cat $240. (2) 1147 F 1½d Bright Red-Brown Die I variety Cracked electro - through Roo’s legs to oval [12R22] BW #87(12)n, postmark clear of the flaw, Cat $500.

1148 V 1½d Red Die I varieties selection x15, comprising BW #89(13)g, (14)d,e,g,i,l, (16)d, (17)e,m,sa, (18)o,s,u, (19)d,h, toning in places, Cat $400+.

1149 U 1½d Red Die I varieties selection x5, comprising BW #89(21)p,q, (23)r (Cracked Electro - postmark partly obscuring flaw), (24)f (Cracked Electro in right side of crown) & k, toning in places, Cat $400+.

1150 F 1½d Red Die I with variety Substituted cliché (deformed right frame) [15R40] BW #89(15)ib, cds cancel clear of the flaws, Cat $800.

1151 F 1½d Red Die I with variety Cracked electro from middle of King’s neck to emu’s foot [23R44] BW #89(23)r, some toning, machine cancel barely impinges upon the flaw, Cat $300.

1152 F 1½d Red Die I with unlocated constant variety Cracked electro through right value tablet to right frame BW #89(U)n, some toning at top, machine cancel well clear of the flaw, Cat $600.

1153 F 1½d Red Die I with unlocated constant variety Cracked electro through right value tablet to right frame BW #89(U)n, some toning, cds cancel clear of the flaw, Cat $600.

1154 F 2d Orange Die I variety Cracked electro through base of left wattle, State II with further crack through base BW #95(3)ga, machine cancel largely clear of the flaws, Cat $300.

1155 F 2d Orange Die I variety Cracked electro through base of left wattle, state II, further crack through base [3L19] BW #95(3)ga, postmark impinges upon the secondary flaw, Cat $250.

1156 F 2d Red Die I and 2d orange (quite off-centre), both with Watermark inverted perf ‘OS’, BW #96a,95a, Cat $400.

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AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark (cont) 1157 F 4d Orange Shades Group including 4d orange Watermark inverted CTO, also lemon yellow & pale orange-yellow shades, cds cancels. (9) 1158 F 4d Yellow-Orange Perf ‘OS’ variety Line through ‘FOUR PENCE’ [2R12] BW #110b(2)r, postmark clear of the flaw, Cat $175.

1159 V 4d Orange block of 4 from top of the pane with complete and largely complete strikes of Brisbane ‘12FE15’ CTO cancels BW #110wd, full unmounted gum, Cat $1,000++. Previous examples offered at auction have sold for up to $1,700.

1160 F 4d Orange x3 shades, all with variety Line through ‘FOUR PENCE’ BW #110(2)r, cds cancels, Cat $525. (3) 1161 V 4d Violet with Brisbane CTO quarter cancel BW #111wc, full unmounted gum.

1162 * 4d Blue (3, one with Bar on ‘U’ of ‘FOURPENCE’ variety) plus perf ‘OS’, faults, BW #112,b. Faults. (4) 1163 * 4d Ultramarine Cooke Plates variety Kangaroo’s tongue out [1L57] BW #112(1)j, fine MLH, Cat $200.

1164 F 4d Blue Thin FOUR PENCE deteriorated state with crazing behind letters, parcel cancel clear of variety. BW #112(2)hb, Cat $450.

1165 ** 4d Blue Harrison Plates Watermark inverted BW #113a.

1166 ** 4d Olive Perf ‘OS’ variety White flaw on two blooms of white wattles [4R6] BW #114ba(4)i, MUH, Cat $200+.

1167 * 5d Bright Chestnut Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW #124, particularly well centred for this issue, fine mint, Cat $7,500. Drury Certificate (2016).

1168 V 5d Bright Chestnut Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW #124. Melbourne registered cds Feb 1921, very fine Cat $250.

1169 * 1/4d Greenish Blue Thick ‘1’ at right, BW #128n, Cat $400.

1170 * 1/4d Greenish Blue with Thick 1 at right [1R57], BW #128Bn. Light hinge traces, some minute gum specks, very fresh, retail c$575.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Large Multiple Watermark 1171 F ½d Green Comb Perf Electro 5 variety Cracked electro - second state, left wattles to forearm of kangaroo BW #65(5)ha, corner cds cancel well clear of the flaw, Cat $600.

1172 * ½d Green with variety Thin fraction at right [5R43] BW #65(5)m on the upper right unit of a marginal block of 4, MLH, Cat $175+.

1173 */** ½d Green Perf ‘OS’ Electro 5 ‘JBC’ Monogram strip of 3 BW #65(5)zb, well centred, fine mint, right-hand unit MUH, Cat $400+.

1174 F 1d Red Harrison Printing perf ‘OS’, BW #74b. Plus perf ‘T’ and perf ‘OS/NSW’ x3. (4) 1175 * 1d Carmine-Rose variety Damaged lower right frame [V/30] BW #74(3)g, mild gum bend, mint, Cat $325.

1176 * 1½d Brown Die I Perf ‘OS’ Electro 4 imprint (7mm below stamps) pair BW #86ba(4)z, tone spot, mounted in central gutter - stamps just touched, Cat $575 (as block of 4).

AUSTRALIA | KGV - No Watermark 1177 F 1½d Red Die I Perf ‘OS’ BW #90ba, Melbourne ‘27NO24’ datestamp, Cat $150.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 14 1178 V ½d Orange Perf ‘OS’ BW #67wd, full unmounted gum, Cat $200. Scarce.

1179 ** 1½d Red Die II Perf ‘OS’ Void top right corner [2L59] BW #91bb(2)g, nibbed corner perf, MUH, Cat $225+.

1180 **/* 1½d Red Die II Perf ‘OS’ block of 4 with Type B Re-Entries - Shading behind kangaroo BW #91(4)fa & Duplication of shading above right wattles #91(4)ha, three units including both the variety units are MUH, Cat $3,350+.

1181 V 1/4d Perf ‘OS’ BW #129wd, well centred, without gum, Cat $400.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ 1182 * 1d Green Die II Perf ‘OS’ pair as BW #81ba but with ‘OS’ perfin inverted, slight gumside toning, mint. Scarce.

1183 ** 1d Green Die II BW #81(1)i marginal block of 4, fresh MUH. 1184 **/* 1½d Brown selection with Plate 1 (gum creases) & Plate 3 Ash imprint blocks of 4, Plate 1 dot block of 4 x2 & Plate 3 dot block of 4, some hinge remnants & mild gum toning, Cat $410.

1185 * ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d Red Die II BW #101 solo franking tied Brighton Le Sands (NSW) datestamps to 1930 (Aug 26) cover to Germany, ‘RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/SHORT PAID “1d”/...’ handstamp on front & on reverse plus manuscript “T2D” double deficiency tax marking. Rare solo franking to a foreign destination.

1186 ** ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d Red Die II Plate 1 complete sheet of 120, John Ash ‘N’ over ‘A’ imprint, plus varieties Thick letters of value [1R19] and overprint flaws Sliced ‘P’ in surcharge [1L22] & Short left arm of ‘T’ in surcharge [1R34] BW #101zd, very fresh MUH. 1187 ** 3d Blue Die Ia Perf ‘OS’ Type A BW #107ba, mild evenly toned gum, MUH, Cat $275.

1188 F 4½d Violet Die I perf ‘OS’ with Broken SE corner, plus 4½d Single Wmk perf ‘OS’ and 4½d SMW P14 perf ‘OS’, BW #118b,119b,119bo, usual ‘OS’ centring, Cat $340+. (3) 1189 V 4½d Violet Die II BW #121 with part ‘COMMONWEALTH OFFICES’ CTO cancel, without gum. Very scarce.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark 1190 F 1d Green wmk Reversed rejoined pair, BW #82aa, light machine cancel. A unique multiple.

1191 V 3d Blue Die II Overprinted ‘OS’ Plate 8 Ash imprint block of 8 BW #109(OS)za, couple of perf reinforcements, CTO, Cat $125+.

1192 4d Olive Ash ‘N’ over ‘N’ imprint block of 4 BW #117(4)za, lower units MUH, Cat $350.

1193 **/* 5d Orange-Brown Plate Ash ‘N’ over ‘N’ imprint block of 4 BW #127(2)z, mounted in central gutter just touching upper units, lower units MUH, Cat $350.

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Session 3 will commence at 3:30pm AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1194 */U ‘OS’ And State Perfins mostly used on album pages with plenty of KGV Heads with various state perfins, also commemoratives including 6d Large Kooka perf ‘WA’ pair, 1/- Large Lyrebird x4 perf ‘WA’, ‘T’, ‘G/NSW’ or ‘VG’, 5/- Arms perf ‘VG’ x2, plus a good variety of state types on KGVI defintives. (220) 1195 ** 1963-65 5d Complete Sheets comprising 1963 Xmas,1964 First Airmail & Xmas,1965 Churchill with variety Retouch left of ‘5d’ [UrSh 4/7] & ITU with variety ‘Sputnik’ left of ‘MUNI’ - retouched [LrSh 5/5], odd minor blemish, overall fine fresh MUH. (5) 1196 **/*/S Mostly KGVI Imprint Blocks including 1937-49 1½d brown P15x14 McCracken, 3d blue Die I Ash imprint strip of 4 (perf separation); also 2d scarlet variety Weak entry under ‘POSTAGE’ - retouched in a strip of 3 and optd ‘SPECIMEN’ 10/- & £1 Robes (the later with perf faults and offered as is); condition a tad variable but generally fine, many items are MUH or mounted in sheet margin/gutter only. (44 items) AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Proofs & Essays 1197 * 1954 ‘Stamp News’ Essays James Berry Essay for a 9d Canberra stamp entered in Stamp News 1954 design competition, in the form of a miniature sheet comprising two blocks of four separated by horizontal gutter. Seldom seen item [Berry originally submitted this design to the Australian Post Office in 1947 but the entry was rejected as he was not an Australian resident] (69 MSs) AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1198 **/* 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet BW #133, tiny hinge thin upper margin, the stamps well centred and MUH, Cat $275.

1199 V 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d (both) to 5/- set CTO BW #146w-149w, well centred, Cat $320. (4) 1200 V 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set, CTO, 5/- no gum. BW #146-48, Cat $300+. (4) 1201 U 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge commercially used, very presentable, BW #148.

1202 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge without gum, BW #148w, Cat $300.

1203 ** 1935 2/- Silver Jubilee Plate 1 upper left corner single as BW #168z, lightly mounted in margin only, stamp is MUH, Cat $375 (as a plate block of 4).

1204 * 1937 2d NSW Sesquicentenary variety Man with tail SG #193a, fine mint, Cat £700.

1205 * 1938-41 QM 1d Green Die II Ash imprint left corner block of 4 BW #182zq, with Aberrant Perfs in lower-left corner, uniform gum toning, hinge remnants.

1206 * 1938-41 KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II Coil pair with uniformly large holes BW #188bh, upper unit MLH, Cat $400.

1207 **/* 1938-41 KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II Coil pair with large and small holes BW #188bl, lower unit MUH, Cat $450.

1208 ** 1938-41 KGVI 2d Scarlet Die II booklet pane of 6 Watermark inverted BW #188cd, mild uniform gum toning, MUH, Cat $250.

1209 ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die I White Wattles Ash imprint block of 4 BW #190za, margins slightly trimmed at base, mounted in margin and central gutter only, stamps MUH, Cat $2,250.

1210 ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die I Ash imprint block of 4 BW #191z, hinged in sheet margin only, stamps MUH, Cat $500.

1211 ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die Ia Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #192z, mounted in central gutter only, stamp are MUH, Cat $2,000.

1212 ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die Ia Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #192z, MLH in central gutter only, stamp are MUH, Cat $2,000.

1213 **/* 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II Chalk-surfaced paper Ash imprint block of 4 BW #193zb, lower units MUH, Cat $225+.

1214 ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II Ash imprint left corner block of 4 BW #195z, fresh MUH, Cat $300.

1215 ** 1937-60 6d Kookaburra Perf 14¾x14 ‘Top Hat’ variety BW #203o being the lower-right unit in a block of 4, MUH, Cat $2,500. Rare and seldom offered. [ACSC states it “is a large coloured flaw...constant but of variable appearance, for a short period early in 1950, and was caused by foreign matter adhering to the electro”] 1216 * 1937-59 1/- Lyrebird Perf 13½x14 Single stamp with Sheet A (right) Perf guide mark sheet margin BW #208ba attached, minor toning in margin, Cat $750 for a complete strip of 3.

1217 * 1937-59 1/- Lyrebird Perf 13½x14 Ash centre imprint strip of 4 as BW #208zc, mint, Cat $$400.

1218 **/* 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper 5/- & 10/- Ash & Authority imprint blocks of 4, 10/- Ash block with upper unit mounted, lower units plus the other three blocks all with stamps MUH, Cat $700+. (four blocks).

1219 ** 1938-49 10/- & £1 Robes Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ BW #214x & 216x, key £1 (tiny tonespot on gum) with Ceremuga Certicate (2002) stating “deep dull blue shade...genuine in all respects”, Cat $1,500+. (2) 1220 */** 1938-49 Robes £1 Thick Paper Ash imprint left corner block of 4 BW #216z, upper units MVLH, lower units MUH, Cat $500+.

1221 ** 1947-53 1d Princess Elizabeth No Wmk Coil Perf BW #246bh complete sheet of 160, fresh MUH. [ACSC states surplus stocks of Coil Perf Sheets were placed on general sale in September 1952] 1222 ** 1948-50 1½d Green Queen Mother BW #247 complete sheet of 160 with Authority imprints, fresh MUH. 1223 ** 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet Plate BW #251c complete sheet of 144, one trivial gumside adhesion, otherwise very fresh MUH. 1224 **/W 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet Plate rare booklet plate perforation trial ungummed blank sheet, not seen by us before, plus irregular (three panes) block of 48 MUH, BW #251ca. (2 items).

1952-53 4½d Red KGVI rare solo franking paying postcard surface rate on PPC addressed to Belgium, stamp tied to view side by 1225 * Yarrawonga (Vic) ‘25AP52’ datestamp.

1952-66 2/6d Aborigine usages on airmail covers comprising [1] 1953 Toowong (Qld) registered to Switzerland + KGVI 3d; [2] 1958 1226 * Warrnambool registered parcel wrapper to Portugal, endorsed “Photograph” with 2/6d plus 10/- Arms, 2/- Crocodile and QEII 3d; [3] c.1961 to Germany with 2/6d x3 plus 1/6d Flower paying quadruple 2/3d airmail; [4] 1961 to Germany with solo franking. (4) 1227 ** 1952-66 2/6d Aborigine No Wmk horizontal strip of 4 from base of the sheet, the second unit variety State II - retouch to shading around ‘POST’ and in base of ‘S’ [ShA,12/8] BW #266ea, fresh MUH, Cat $195+.

1228 1949-50 Arms set 5/- to £2, corner Authority imprint blocks of 4, lower units MUH, Cat $1,400. (16) 1229 U 1949 £1 Arms Perf Pip (upper) block of 4 as BW #270b, commercially used with Tennant Creek (NT) datestamp, minor wrinkling, Cat $600 as a mint block of 8, unpriced used.

1230 ** 1951 3d Gold & Responsible Government BW #284-5 complete se-tenant pair sheet of 160, one trivial spot on gum, otherwise very fresh MUH. 1231 **/* 1954 3½d Red Cross bottom left corner blocks of 9 showing the complete set of Plate Nºs 1-4 with dashes BW #312z,zd,zh,zl, mostly MUH, Cat $1,000+. Seldom offered as a complete set. (4 blocks).

1232 * 1954 3½d Red Cross bottom right corner block of 4 showing Plate Nº 1 with dashes BW #312za, MUH, Cat $200.

1233 ** 1954 3½d Red Cross bottom left corner block of 4 showing Plate Nº 3 without dashes, BW #312zj stamps MUH, Cat $125.

1234 * 1956 Olympics usages on cover comprising a fashioned registered FDC with complete set in blocks of 4 tied by ‘31OC56’ FDI cancels, 2/- solo franking on cover to UK, 1956 overpaid cover with 2/- strip of 3, 1/- x2, 7½d x2 & 4d pair plus QEII 1d, plus two other items. (5) 1235 * 1956 1/- Olympics BW #334 on 1956 (Dec 14) PPC to Germany. Scare solo franking paying postcard rate.

1236 * 1960-64 1/- Platypus very scarce solo franking on 1960 (Jun 29) cover to Fiji paying airmail rate to South Pacific, missing backflap & cover with surface fault.

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$200

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AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1237 * 1962-66 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger Helecon Paper (orange u/v reaction) BW #365B solo franking on 1965 (Jun 18) on small taxed airmail cover to UK. 1238 ** 1961-64 5/- Cattle cream and white papers, fresh MUH. (2) 1239 ** 1963-66 QEII Definitives 5d red coil perf BW #402bc strips of four with central join x23 (equates to 46 pairs), fresh unmounted mint, Cat $1,150++.

1240 ** 1963-64 7/6d Cook distinct yellow-olive shade in marginal block of 4, with normal for comparison. Unlisted in Brusden White. (5) 1241 ** 1963-65 Navigators £2 King upper-left corner strip of 3, variety on third unit Roller shift to upper right frame [1/3] BW #409d, fine MUH. Under-catalogued at $650 for a positional strip of three.

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1242 **/*/U Varieties Array On Hagners mint and used mostly ACSC listed including 1966 10c Anemone Fish Retouch over ‘US’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ in pair and in block of 4 & White spot retouch on a single MUH, 1968 Soil Congress Needle in thumb x5 (two in gutter pairs) MUH, etc. Interesting selection. (100+) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 1243 S 1966-68 Post Office Training School selection with QEII blocks of 4 to 5c x2 with ‘SPECIMEN ONLY’ or ‘CANCELLED/SPECIMEN ONLY’, also Pictorials 6c Honeyeater, 6c Kangaroo Paw, 8c Coral Fish & 10c Anemone Fish in blocks of 4 or 6 with similar handstamps. Scarce group. (11 blocks).

1244 ** 1966 Navigators selection of varieties on 75c Cook with Recutting at base in different states, Plate Nº 3 block; $1 Flinders Perf 14.25 selection of varieties in positional blocks, strip and pairs with Diagonal scratches over ‘USTR’, Left frame missing for 3mm at top x4 different, Extensive recut between sails and eye - States I & II - the latter very scarce, Recut shading over ‘TR’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ x2, Recut shading in top right corner and Plate Nº 3 block from base; $4 King block of 4 with Ink stripping (white face), Vertical scratches outside left frame [R4-5/9]; also a normal set; all fresh MUH. (103) 1245 S 1966 Specimen Folder with 1c to 50c Definitives CTO plus 75c to $4 Navigators optd ‘SPECIMEN’, full unmounted gum.

1246 ** 1966 40c Abel Tasman variety Misplaced perforations BW #460b, MUH, Cat $200. Spectacular!

1247 ** 1966 50c Dampier variety Offset BW #461c, MUH, Cat $125.

1248 S 1966-74 Navigators 75c to $4 set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ including 75c and $1 with 15mm overprints, fresh MUH, Cat $380. (6) 1249 ** 1966-74 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾x14 BW #464, fresh MUH, Cat $80 (SG #401, Cat £80).

1250 ** 1966-74 $4 King variety Offset BW #466c, fresh MUH, Cat $400.

1968 Olympics 5c x2 & 25c x2 BW #491-92 on 1968 (Oct 16) De Wolf Fletcher commercial double-rate cover to Germany, fine 1251 * condition. Attractive and scarce franking.

1252 * 1969 Primary Industries on cover usage including 197(?) surface mail cover to Germany with 7c Sugar solo tied by Perth machine cancel, USARP Research Vessel cachet at left, 1970 15c Timber pair on airmail cover to UK, 1970 20c Wheat (plus QEII 1c & 4c) uprating 5c Stationery Envelope to UK, 1970 25c Wool plus 5c Cook on airmail cover to UK, plus six other items, some philatelic.

(11) 1970 15c Timber BW #504 x2 paying postage plus registration on 1970 (Feb 13) small cover from Bilpin to Yamba (NSW).

1253 * 1970 National Development Definitives on-cover usage selection including 1972 surface to UK with 10c solo (stamp has defects), 1254 * 1972 PPC to UK with 10c & 8c, 1974 to UK with 8c x3 plus QEII 6c, 1971 covers to Northern Ireland x2 with 10c used as a makeup value perf ‘VG’ or Perf G/NSW’, plus various other make-up usages, condition a bit variable, mostly fine. (11) 1255 ** 1971 Christmas two cream paper panes of 25 (one MLH in margins only), one white paper pane of 25, BW #572-85, Cat $285. (75) 1256 ** 1971 7c Christmas White Paper BW #579-85 complete sheet of 100, panes #061380 & #016381, pristine MUH. 1257 * 1972-76 Rehabilitation usage selection comprising [1] 18c solo frankings on 1972 greetings card rate cover & on 1974 PPC, both to Germany; [2] 12c & 18c paying airmail rate on 1973 cover to Germany; [3] 24c + QEII 6c paying airmail rate on 1973 cover to USA & 1974 cover to USA with 24c + 1c Shrimp paying the reduced airmail rate. (5) 1258 * 1972 18c Rehabilitation usage group to UK with solo frankings 1972 on PPC and 1972 (unsealed greeting card rate) & 1974(?) on covers, the latter with ‘AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE/POSTAGE DEFICIENCY ADJUSTED’ oval handstamp in red; also pair on 1975 commercial cover. (4) 1972-76 Pioneer Life on cover usage including 1973 to UK with 10c plus 24c Rehab pair & 2c QEII, 1974 to Germany with 15c pair, 1259 * 1974 PPC to UK with 15c solo, 1976 to UK with 50c solo, 1976 to UK with 40c strip of 3 and 5c strip of 3, 1979 Dept of Agriculture (Vic) to Sweden with 15c perf ‘VG’ x2, etc; also some philatelic items. Nice variety. (22) 1260 ** 1972 35c Christmas complete sheet of 100, panes #032094 & #062095, with all listed varieties BW #621d-h, fresh MUH. 1973 National Development on-cover usage group comprising [1] 20c Shipping (+50c Pioneer Transport) on 1973 double-rate 1261 * cover to Switzerland; [2] 25c Iron Ore solo on 1973 airmail cover to Hawaii; [3] 30c Beef Roads solo on cover to USA; [4] 35c Mapping solo on 1973 airmail cover to Italy, cover central fold & without flap. (4) 1262 ** 1973-80 10c Gemstone vertical strip of 10 with top two units Black completely omitted and 3rd unit Value & Australia missing, BW #648ca, Cat $1,200.

1263 ** 1975 Prime Ministers 10c Lyons variety Printed on gummed side BW #694c, Cat $250, (SG #591a, Cat £140).

1264 * 1975 25c PNG Independence BW #729 solo paying airmail rate to UK. Elusive franking.

1265 * 1976 45c Christmas BW #756 solo franking paying airmail rate on small cover to Germany.

1266 W 1977 Silver Jubilee Plate Proof 18c imperforate pair in issued colours, BW #766PP(1) on thicker paper than issued stamp, small surface indent left-hand unit, without gum, Cat $500.

1267 ** 1977-89 $10 Paintings variety Misplaced perforation resulting in ‘AUSTRALIA $10’ omitted BW #784b, MUH, Cat $400.

1268 ** 1977-89 $10 Paintings variety Misplaced perforation resulting in ‘AUSTRALIA $10’ at the top BW #784ba, MUH, Cat $300.

1269 ** 1977-89 $10 Paintings variety Misplaced perforations 3mm to left BW #784bb, marginal example, MUH, Cat $75.

1270 ** 1977 15c Christmas complete sheet of 100, with 3 units showing orange surfboard progessing to yellow & orange surfboard, few minor blemishes. BW #787.

1271 * 1977 45c Christmas BW #788 solo franking on 1977 (Dec 9) cover to Iceland. Rare destination.

1272 ** 1978 Aviators 18c Harry Hawker variety imperforate top right horizontal corner pair, unlisted in Brusden White SG #658a, Cat £750.

1978 Trees on cover usage selection including 1978 18c solo on Perth local cover taxed, 1978 to UK with 25c plus 20c Performing 1273 * Arts & 10c Gem, 1978 & 1979 to UK each with 40c used make-up franking of 55c or 60c rates, 1978 to England with 45c pair, 1979 to England with 45c plus 45c Wildflower, etc. (9) 1274 ** 1980 National Stamp Week complete sheet of 100, the first column of left pane Imperforate at left BW #874b, fresh MUH, Cat $10,000+. [ACSC records only two sheets with this error, this discovery being the third!]

1275 * 1981 Sporting Personalities on-cover usage selection comprising [1] 22c Munro domestic solo usage on cover or on PPC; [2] 55c Brookes solo on 1981 ‘Greetings from’ cover to NZ; [3] 60c Lindrum solo on 1981 airmail cover to Denmark; [4] 1981 22c + 55c on 1981 underpaid cover to USA. (5) 1276 ** 1982 60c Whale Trial Printing with solid-blue green background, BW #930E(1), fresh MUH, Cat $350 - 12 years ago - (SG #841a, Cat £250).

1277 ** 1983 27c Ulysses Butterfly Imperforate Pair BW #1001b, fresh MUH, BW #1001b. (SG #791a, Cat £650).

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AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues (cont) 1278 ** 1986 America’s Cup Triumph 36c Boxing Kangaroo error Grey (inscription & value) omitted BW #1173c fresh MUH, BW #1173c.

1279 ** 1986 America’s Cup Triumph 36c America’s Cup Trophy error Grey (inscription & value) omitted BW #1175c fresh MUH, BW #1175c.

1280 ** 1986 Christmas 36c Christmas vertical strip of 5, variety Misplaced perforations upwards, this variety not listed in Brusden White.

Quite eye-catching.

1281 ** 1986 Christmas 36c vertical strip of 5, variety Misplaced perforations 6mm downwards resulting ‘AUSTRALIA 36c’ at bottom instead of top, the bottom stamp only partially printed BW #1178bb, fresh MUH Cat $750. Spectacular.

1282 ** 1987-88 Wildlife Definitives 37c Wildlife lower-left se-tenant corner block of 10, the lower row variety Imperforate at base, BW #1218ba, fresh MUH, Cat $4,000. Only ten such strips known to exist.

1283 ** 1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas Sheetlet with punchhole at bottom of sheetlet, BW #1752b, Cat $150.

1284 ** 1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas Sheetlet with punchhole at bottom of sheetlet, BW #1752b, Cat $150.

1994 Counter Printed Stamps (Kangaroos & Koalas) five of the six designs denominated $20 at NPC where posted in 1995 (Jul1285 * Aug) for correct TaxPackExpress rate, which guaranteed priority processing of tax returns. These are extremely rare commercial usages; accompanying the lot is an extract from June 2012 Stamp News, wherein Rod Perry explains the reason for these items being in private hands, and states only 25 covers exist bearing the CPS $20 stamps, including one complete set of the six designs.

(5) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Exhibition Collectables 1286 ** 2010 Kokoda Se-Tenant M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in red, limited edition numbered #1 of 500.

1287 ** 2010 Fish of the Reef M/S with Bangkok 2010 stamp show logo, additionally overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in red, being limited edition number #1 of 200.

1288 P 2010 Australian Railway Journeys photographic proof of booklet front, numbered #1 of 500, with Australia 2013 logo in black, being the Final Draft received from Australia Post endorsed ‘AUSTRALIA 2013 APPROVAL/New Colour Black/Accepted’ and signed by Gary Brown.

1289 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage Empire (1st Issue) $5 Imperforate M/S overprinted in grey-black with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo, additionally overprinted ‘PATRON 2013’ issued as a limited edition numbered #168 of 250.

1290 ** 2012 Colonial Heritage Emerging Identity (2nd Issue) Imperforate M/S overprinted in gold for Indonesia 2012 Stamp Championship and again for 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps as a limited edition numbered #1 of 250.

1291 ** 2012 Colonial Heritage Visualising Australia (3rd Issue) Imperforate M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition numbered #1 of 250.

1292 ** 2012 Colonial Heritage Visualising Australia (3rd Issue) Imperforate M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo and ‘PATRONS CLUB Series 3’ in red, limited edition numbered #1 of 250.

1293 * 2012 Pre-Paid Airmail Postcard showing Royal Exhibition Buildings Melbourne overprinted in gold for ‘INDONESIA 2012’ stamp expo and again with Australia 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo being a limited edition, numbered #1 of 250.

1294 ** Christmas Island 2012 Year Of The Dragon M/S overprinted with Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition numbered #1 of 150.

1295 ** 2013 $10 Kangaroo & Map Intaglio Print Imperforate M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps red logo & ‘PATRONS CLUB/Series 4’, limited edition numbered #1 of 250.

1296 ** 2014 The Urn Returns (Ashes) M/S overprinted ‘AUSTRALIA/Celebrating/40 Years/Membership/of FIAP/PhilaKorea 2014’ in silver, limited edition numbered #1 (of 250?).

AUSTRALIA | Booklets 1297 B 1927-66 Selection with 1927 Canberra, 1949-50 2/6d BW #B55 x2, 1952 3/6d #B56 x4 comprising Type A, Type B & Type C & Type Cv (wax interleaving, Cat $200), 1953-57 3/6d (3½d CofA Wmk) BW #B57 x2 (one with wax interleaving) & 3/6d (3½d No Wmk) #B58 x2 (one with wax interleaving, Cat $150), 1957-59 4/- ‘BRITISH EMPIRE’ #B60 x2 (one with wax interleaving) & ‘BRITISH COMMONWEALTH’ #B60B x2 (one with wax interleaving, Cat $200), 1959-60 4/- #B61 x2 (one with wax interleaving, Cat $150), 1960-62 5/- #B62 x2, 1962-64 5/- #B66Ad, B66Dd, B66De, B66Jdw (wax interleaving, Cat $250), 1964-65 5/- #B67Be & B67Bedv (wax interleaving, Cat $275), 1965-66 5/- #B69Af, Cat $1,500+. (26) 1298 B 1966-1996 Extensive Collection in Lighthouse Specialist Booklet Albums with 1966-67 60c Helecon in Ink BW #B71-B88 x6 editions ‘DN9’, ‘DV/3’, ‘G67/2’, ‘DN10’ x2 & ‘DG9’, 60c Helecon Paper x6, editions ‘V67/1’ x2, ‘G67/2’ x3 & ‘N67/2’, 1967 50c Surcharge x6 and $1 Surcharge x6, 1967 $1 x12 including five with wax interleaving (Cat $600), 1967-68 Australian Defence Forces 50c with 5c Thornbill x3 and 5c QEII, 1968-69 $1 Famous Australians x3 one with wax interleaving, 1970-71 $1.20 Famous Australians Stapled Remake #B135dw, 1972-73 $1.40 Prime Ministers Edn ‘V72/1’ Stapled Remake, 1979 Sydney Football unauthorised locals, 1993 Threatened Species $4.50 Fourth Reprint Stamps printed on backing paper #B182a (Cat $250), 1996 AFL Centenary general stock barcodes; later issues include Stamp Show/Exhibtion overprints, experimental security tabs, koala editions, etc. A very nice lot, face value alone $700+. (250 approx).

1299 B/** 1935-37 2/- (2d X12) Black on Green Cover inscribed at base ‘WHEREVER THERE IS A MONEY ORDER POST OFFICE’ second make-up with interleaves BW #B47B, staple missing, Cat $750.

1300 B/** 1935-37 2/- (KGV 2d X12) Black on Green Cover inscribed at base ‘IN MOST MONEY ORDER POST OFFICES’ stamps Watermark inverted BW #B48Aa, fine condition, Cat $500.

1301 BU 1989 39c Fishing part booklet pane of 6 showing dramatic mis-guillotining of the pane, ‘BALLARAT MC’ cancels. Uncatalogued variant of BW #B164.

AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues 1302 S/* 1902-04 2/- emerald-green, optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1908-09 (with stroke) 1/- & 5/- dull-green (some gum discolouration), SG#D58-9, Cat £370++. (3) 1303 */U 1902-53 Collection on album pages mostly used with 1902 Blank tablet to 8d including 6d mint, 1902-04 P11½,12 with 10d to 5/-, 1907 ½d with ‘MO’ part sheet edge watermark, 1909-10 to 5/-, 1915-23 1/- P14 block of 4, later values to 5/-, some multiples sighted, condition a tad variable but generally fine. Could surprise. (150) 1304 F 1902 Converted NSW Plates ½d to 5/- set BW #D1-8, 1d & 3d creases, a few with minor toning on reverse, all unusually with tidy datestamp cancels, Cat $375. Presents well.

1305 U 1902-09 Emeralds [1] Void Base ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d & 6d, all wmk inv except ½d; [2] Base Complete P11½,12 1d & 2d; [3] Base Complete P11½x11,12x11 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d & 5d; [4] Base Complete P11 3d, 5d & 6d; [5] Wmk Crown Small A P11½,12x11 ½d, 1d, 2d, 4d & 5d; [6] Crown of Double-Lined A 1d; [7] Stroke after value 1/- & 5/-. A nice group of used stamps. (26) 1306 F 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/Single Lined A 1d light green P11 Wmk inverted, BW #D48a, Cat $2,000, fine 1908 cds of Carcoar. A very rare stamp.

1307 U 1909-10 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thick Paper Hagners with used 4d x35 including block of 9 & blocks of 6 x2, 6d x5 including marginal block of 4, 1/- x41 including marginal block of 4 (one unit torn), strip of 3, and pairs x5, BW #D85-86 & 88 group, some blemishes mostly fine, Perth datestamps, Cat $1,000+. (81) 1308 U 1909-1938 1/- Postage Due Selection with 1909-10 BW #D88 marginal block of 15 (3x5), strips of 3 x2, pair, plus singles x2, 193136 CofA P11 #D121 pair, plus 1938 #D128 block of 15 (3x5), Cat $650.

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AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues (cont) 1309 **/* 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates ½d to 6d in Authority (no dots) imprint blocks of 4, BW #D129-35 range (SG #D119-25), lower units MUH, mostly fine, Cat $380. $150 1310 V 1959 5d Die II NW corner block of 24 with full selvedge top and left including gutter, 20 units left pane, 4 units right pane, CTO with full og and six light strikes ‘ST KILDA/22AU60/VIC-AUST’ cds. Key to the estimated value of the block is the presence of four horizontal strips of 5 with selvedge both sides BW #D151c proving Die II (not priced used, cat $400 each strip MLH). (24) $160 1311 ** 1958-63 No Wmk 8d Die II top right hand corner block of 30 with variety Crack in upper portion of ‘8’ [B29] BW #D154f, fresh MUH, Cat $785. $100 AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps and Certificates 1312 * WWI War Savings Stamps Booklet with pair of KGV P11 6d blue attached, Albert Mullett imprint on reverse. Fine condition. $260 WWII War Savings Cards x2, one with 6d Defiant P11 x14, the other ‘Spend Wisely - Save and Lend to Australia’ with single 6d P11. $160 1313 * AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery 1314 PS 1915-2000s Extensive Collection in Two Volumes: with KGV Postal Cards, KGVI/QEII Wrappers & Lettercards, KGV Envelopes including official mail, Registration Envelopes, Australian Forces Vietnam envelopes, modern International Post Envelopes, PTPOs & PSEs, etc. Diverse range of material and may surprise. (400 approx). $600 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1315 PS 1918-19 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 1d KGV Sideface on unsurfaced buff card BW #P48E for Government Printing Office, used locally with Sydney ‘20FE19’ cds, some staining, Cat $500. [ACSC state that “the card used for this issue was highly acidic with a tendency to strong discolouration”.] $130 1316 PS 1918-19 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On Obsolete Stock BW #P50, unused, trivial tonespots a top, Cat $2,500. Rare. [ACSC states “Although no record exists of the number of this card surcharged, it must have been small. At least three mint examples are recorded.”] $650 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official) 1317 PS 1928 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 1d Green KGV Sideface Solid ‘OS’ on School Committee meeting card, BW #PO9, unused, scarce. $300 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) 1318 PS 1953-56 3d Green QEII BW #PS32 for Stewart & Lloyds (Australia) based in Melbourne, addressed to Yarram with ½d Roo added, central fold from being posted under cover, uncancelled, Cat $500 used, unpriced unused. $130 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1319 PS 1920-21 2d Orange KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ BW #EP21, unused, trivial toning, unsealed flap, Cat $400. $100 1320 PS 1923-24 1½d Green KGV Star on off-white unsurfaced stock BW #EP27(1), unsealed flap, unused, Cat $200. $70 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official) 1321 PS 1922-23 2d Red KGV Star Solid ‘OS’ With ‘POSTAGE’ 2d scarlet for Education Department, Melbourne BW #EO12, used locally, fine condition Cat $100. $50 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1322 PS 1916-18 ½d Green KGV Star BW #ES25A, flap partially stuck-down, unused, Cat $400. $150 1323 PS 1924-28 1d Green KGV Star With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES43 window envelope for Ford Sherington Ltd (Sydney), internal tear to central window, flap partly stuck down, unused, Cat $200. $70 1324 PS 1920-21 2d Orange KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES59 for Central Wool Committee (Melbourne), tonespotting, flap stuck down, unused, Cat $350. $70 1325 PS 1922-23 2d Red KGV Star With ‘POSTAGE’ on blue stock BW #ES61 for International Harvester Company of Aus Pty Ltd, central folds, gum residue on flap, unused, Cat $200. $80 1326 PS 1930 ‘TWO/PENCE’ On 1d Green KGV Oval BW #ES67 window envelope for HC Sleigh (Melbourne), tied by Melbourne ‘7JAN/ 1932’ slogan cancel, spikehole and large part of backflap missing, Cat $1,500. Rare. [ACSC records that “one unused and three used examples are known”] $480 1327 PS 1930 ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d Red KGV Oval BW #ES70 for Dennys, Lascelles Limited, Geelong, surcharge slightly displaced, minor staining, unused, Cat $400. $70 1328 PS 1941-42 1d Brown KGVI Oval ACSC #ES77 for Australian Defence Canteens, some mild creasing, flap unsealed, unused, Cat $500. $100 1329 PS 1941-50 1½d Green KGVI Oval BW #ES79 window envelope for unknown user, corner blemish & discolouration from window on reverse, also 1951 (Jan 30) used example for user AG Healing (Melbourne), fine condition. (2) $40 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime 1330 PS 1949 4½d Air Medal Section Wrapper ASC #DF27, unfolded & unused in perfect condition $100 AUSTRALIA | Telegram Envelopes 1331 PS 1930-1990s Collection of Envelopes & Forms predominantly unused including Greetings Forms and/or envelopes for Birthday Greetings, Christmas & New Year, Congratulations, Social & Souvenir types, Easter Greetings, Mother’s Day, etc; also modern material including Faxpost forms & Lettergram envelopes. Fascinating assortment. (100s) $200 AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer Challis 1955 3½d YMCA block of 4 on registered FDC by Challis utilizing Royal branded cover, identified by the characteristic cut1332 * down rectangular registration label and the firm’s typewriter and address peculiarities; also 1960 5d Guides Challis adaptation of Girl Guides Association sponsored cover, utilizing the same typewriter. A rare duo. [These two issues are believed to be the only departures from use of the familiar Challis designed cover used between 1946-67. Very few of these covers have been identified by specialists] (2) $80 DC Hughes 1945 Gloucester set of 3 tied to registered cover by Cremorne (NSW) FDI datestamp, generic Kangaroo cachet in 1333 * brown, addressed to USA with censor tape & cachet at left, appropriate backstamps. $190 1334 * London Assurance 1963 Royal Visit 5d & 2/3d tied by Sydney ‘18FEB63’ FDI datestamp, typed address, fine condition. Seldom offered. $50 Smyth/Campe 1946 (Oct 14) Mitchell set on Smyth registered cover with Campe printed address, printed date of issue amended, 1335 * fine condition; also RGS cover commemorating 100th Anniversary of Leichhardt crossing the Roper River with KGVI 2d tied by Roper River (NT) ‘24OC45’ datestamp, some age spotting. (2) $75 Unknown tied to registered illustrated (boxed Kangaroo) cover by ‘MORELAND WEST’ cds, pencil mss “No Att/(Initials)3/8/’ on 1336 * reverse alongside ‘FOOTSCRAY’ & REGISTERED/MELBOURNE’ cds. $200 AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers 1337 * 1930s-80s Collection in well-filled binder including 1936 SA Centenary Glenelg registered, 1937 NSW Sesqui registered x3, 1946 Mitchell registered x2, KGVI 1½d green & 3d brown on separate plain covers with datestamps for FDI in Victoria, Navigators 4/- & 5/- on separate unaddressed covers plus 10/- & £1 on cover with typed address, various private producers sightied including Challis, Haslem & Winslow, Territories including Cocos Is, Norfolk Is plus AAT with base cancels, etc. Condition mostly fine, nice lot. (200+) $300 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird Ash imprint block of 4 on registered plain cover cancelled with Hawthorn ‘15FE32’ FDI datestamp, another 1338 * fine strike alongside and backstamped, typed address, stamps with minor toning. Rare. $500 1339 * 1937-47 group of FDCs with pen & ink illustrations for 1937 NSW Anniv (registered), 1938 4d Kooka, 1938 1d QM & KGVI 2d, 1945 Peace & 1947 for 1d Princess Elizabeth (strip of 3), condition a bit variable some age spots. Unusual. (5) $150

Phoenix Auctions - Thursday 24th March 2016 AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers (cont) 1340 * 1938 (Oct 3) ½d & 1/4d tied to plain registered FDC with strikes of ‘WHITE HILLS/VIC’ cds alongside registration label.

1951-53 better group with 1951 KGVI 3½d on Laker FDC, 1931 3d Foundation se-tenant pair on Plunkett FDC, 1953 QEII 3d strip 1341 * on Standard Stamp Co generic FDC; also four others with more unusual/scarce cachets, all with Brisbane FDI cancels some maybe Standard Stamp Co/Laker designs; all with typed or handstamped addresses. Useful group. (7) AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1939-73 Selection including 1940 Story Bridge cover (faults) with War Fund label, 1949 RGS SS Fortitude sailing ship centenary 1342 * illustrated cover, 1955 Mt Kosciusko ‘29DE55’ pictorial cancel APM #1120 on cover (Cat $250), etc, condition is quite mixed. (10) 1343 * 1936 Scouts Centenary Corroboree (Dec 26) souvenir registered cover used to Norwood franked with KGV 2d plus 3d Cable tied by ‘SCOUTS CENTENARY CORROBOREE/BELAIR’ datestamp, Nº 25 registration label, appropriate backstamps. Rare scouting item.

1948 Arnhem Land Expedition illustrated commemorative cover prepared by Arthur Bergen, with “CP Mountford” (expedition 1344 * leader) & “Yirkalla” applied in manuscript on face, handstamped ‘21JUL1948’ & ‘NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/AND COMMONWEALTH/GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION’ beneath, stamps tied by Darwin ‘2AU48’ datestamp, numbered ‘12’ (of 85) on reverse and signed by Bergen, fine condition, accompanied by informative research notes. [Yirrkala is an indigenous community 18km SE of Nhulunbuy where the expedition set up base camp] 1958 Mt Kosciusko covers comprising [1] 1958 (Jan 9) WCS cover to Scotland with superb strike of The Summit Mt Kosciusko 1345 * datestamp APM #1120 (Cat $250); also [2] 1968 (Feb 13) to UK with APM #1395 tying 25c 1967 Xmas (scarce on cover). (2) 1346 * 1979 Centenary Cooma Post Office Building 1979 (Jul 1) use of unaddressed Australia Post ‘Wattle’ Envelope Almeida #SE30.

Very fine and scarce.

1984 150th Anniversary of Victoria unaddressed covers x2 both with Portland commemorative postmarks, each additionally with 1347 * ‘CARRIED ON/HMAS GEELONG’ cachet, however due to unforeseen circumstances the mail trip never occurred with just a few covers being released before the covers were withdrawn, Cat $150 each. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1913-47 Roo Covers including 1913 1d on TH Wood (Seed merchant, Brisbane) advertising cover to Sandgate redirected to 1348 * Nudgee, Brisbane DLO datestamp on reverse, 1913 Cunnamulla to Brisbane with 1d pair & ‘LATE FEE’ handstamp, 1914 NSW Land Board Office with 1d Perf ‘OS/NSW’, 1915 PPC with ½d pair, 2½d frankings x3 (one a front with Late Fee handstamp), 3d frankings x2, 4d perf Large ‘OS’ on 1916 Perth registered cover, etc, condition rather mixed. (19) 1349 * 1914-37 Kangaroo Frankings Selection 1914 Queensland Intelligence and Tourist Bureau PPC (Paw-Paws, Marburg) to Germany with 1d & ½d tied to face by Innisfail datestamp, 1914 Tasmanian Tourist Association long cover to Canada with 1d, 1916 Broken Hill registered to Canada with Second Wmk 2½d pair & KGV 1d, 1920 Victorian Railways to Ceylon with Third Wmk 2½d perf ‘OS’ (faults), 1929 to UK with 6d chestnut plus 3d Airmail & KGV 1½d taxed with GB 3d Due added, 1930 New Caledonia Secretary General’s Office (Sydney) cover to France with 9d plus 3d Airmail, 1937 Brico advertising cover with 9d pair & 1/6d Hermes (opened on three sides), etc, variable condition. (12 covers & 3 fronts).

1915 (Mar 30) OHMS (Police Dept) Censored cover to Argentina with 1d Roo perf small ‘OS’ tied by Melbourne slogan cancel, with 1350 * ‘PASSED’ handstamp (‘SS’ cut into [as Humphreys M5]), octagonal ‘T/30c’ handstamp, alongside fickle finger ‘RETURNED TO SENDER’ handstamp and mss instruction on reverse, small faults.

1915-38 KGV Era Covers including 1915 PPC to UK with 1d violet solo, 1916 Orient Line to UK with 1d red perf ‘OP[L]’ (G&M 1351 * OPL.1), 1917 to Scotland with 1d rose pair, 1935 & 1938 airmail to UK with 5d solo frankings, otherwise predominantly 1½d or 2d frankings; also some postal stationery including 1921 use of 5d Registration Envelope BW #RE10 to London; condition is somewhat mixed. (80+) 1352 * 1916 (Aug 9) GG Turri & Co (patent attorney, Melbourne) registered cover (opening faults at left) to USA with 2½d Roo pair & KGV ½d green all perf ‘GGT’ (different puncture patterns on each value), San Francisco & Boston backstamps.

1916 (Nov 7) cover to Samoa with 1d red KGV solo tied by Sydney machine cancel, ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/2/GRI/SAMOA’ boxed 1353 * handstamp in violet; also 1918 (May 7) window envelope to Samoa KGV 1d perf ‘SH/&/Co Ltd’ (S Hoffnung) perfin, part ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/3/GRI/SAMOA’ boxed handstamp in green.

1916-1937 KGV Heads on Cover including 1916 Samuel E Lees (Sydney) advertising cover sent locally with 1d red, 1919 to USA 1354 * with 1½d brown x2 & ½d green tied by Sydney ‘HELP REPATRIATION/BUY/WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES’ slogan cancel underpaid & taxed, 1933 window envelope with 3d tied by ‘POSTED SHIP SIDE’ datestamp, 1934 SS Lurline (Matson Line) commemorative ship cover with 3d, cover signed by the purser, 1937 Department of Railway with 2d perf ‘OS/NSW’, Blue Mountains Caves Express label on reverse, 1938 Registered to UK with 5d, etc, condition is variable. (24) 1917 (Jan 2) cover to Samoa with 1d red KGV x3 all perf ‘SH/&/Co Ltd’ (S Hoffnung & Co, imprint on flap) tied by Sydney machine 1355 * cancel, ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/2/GRI/SAMOA’ boxed censor handstamps in green.

1356 * 1917-37 KGV Covers & PPCs Array including 1d red solo frankings x7 including 1917 PPC ‘Emblems of Freedom’ showing flags of Allies over a submarine, 1923 Melbourne to Bourke (NSW) with 1½d green x3, 1926 Myrniong (Vic) registered with 1½d red x6, 1933 to London airmail via Karachi with 4d olive pair, 1937 OHMS oversized with 3d perf ‘G/NSW’, etc, condition is somewhat mixed.

(43) 1918 (Nov 20) cover to USA with 3d Roo plus KGV 1d Red & 1½d brown paying double foreign letter rate plus ½d War Tax, ‘PASSED 1357 *

BY CENSOR’ handstamp in blue, edge blemishes.

1922 (Nov 14) cover from Russia to Sydney with imperf 200r, 250r & 300r tied to the reverse by cyrillic cds of Kharkiv (Ukraine), 1358 * taxed “100c” due to de-monetising of stamps in the previous month, Postage Dues 2d x4 applied on arrival & tied by ‘DELIVERY ROOM/GPO SYDNEY’ cds, opened-out for display. Remarkable item. [Between 1/1/1922 & 28/2/1925, 1d equated to 12½ gold centimes therefore 100c equated 8d.]

1359 * 1927-53 Group including 1927 PPC from Perth to Czechoslovakia franked on view side with 1½d Canberra with message about the visiting Czechoslovakian soccer team; 1927 Brett & Coy registered to Austria with 1½d Canberra pair & KGV 3d, 1936 to UK with No Wmk 1/6d Hermes P11 pair & single,1930 Brisbane 6d meter franking on printed cover to Norddeutschen Lloyd in Germany with ANA airmail label, 1932 to 2/8d rate to UK with 1/- Roo pair, 6d Airmail & KGV 2d, 1936 2/1d rate jusqu’a covers to Germany x2, Late 1940s (datestamp unclear) Murray’s (health food store) gift parcel label with 8/5d franking, 1951 BCOF Tatts cover with KGVI 3d brown tied by ‘AFPO No30/RAAF JAPAN’ datestamp, 1953 express mail to Holland, condition a bit mixed, some are fine. (15) 1929 Commercial cover from GB to Melbourne with ½d PUC tied by machine cancel, ‘AUSTRALIA/CUSTOMS DUTY/½d/LONDON’ 1360 * label, boxed ‘NOT KNOWN BY/POSTMEN/MELBOURNE’ and pointing finger with (poor) ‘RETURN TO SENDER/SEE BACK’ and mss “over” on front and on reverse mss “Gone away/(Initial) 20/8/29”. minor.

1930 (May 29) Perth registered cover to Cootamundra endorsed ‘By AIR MAIL ONLY from/Adelaide to Cootamundra’, multiple re1361 * directions with more stamps added & tied by Darwin NT/Australia ‘28FE30’ datestamp, reverse of cover festooned with backstamps.

1362 * 1930s-70s Slogan & Meter Cancels in Two Volumes with plenty of interest including 1929 (early) meter cancel, excellent variety of slogan cancel on KGVI/QEII Stationery Envelopes, KGV advertising covers with meter cancels, 1930s-40s Perth proof meter cancels. Lots of thematic/topical appeal and would make a great starter lot for a new collecting area. (350+) 1363 * 1931 (Mar 20) PMG’s Dept (Perth) registered cover to UK, endorsed “Per Aerial Mail” with Kingsford Smith set tied by Registered Perth ‘20MR31’ datestamp (second day of issue), fine strike of General Post Office frank stamp Karman #W410.3 in violet (Rated R), minor blemishes.

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AUSTRALIA | Postal History (cont) 1364 * 1933 (Apr 12) House of Representives cover to Kensington (NSW) with 1d KGV optd ‘OS’ pair tied by Canberra machine cancel, opened on three sides, some annotations on reverse.

1951 (Sep 5) British Forces in Australia concessional airmail rate cover to England with 3d Latrobe tied by Air Mail Section Melbourne 1365 * datestamp, ‘AIR MAIL’ & PASSED FREE OF POSTAGE’ straight-line handstamps & ‘NAVAL/SERVICE’ boxed handstamp. Rare usage.

1952 (Mar 24) British Forces in Australia concessional cover to England endorsed ‘HMA SHIPS’ with KGVI 3d tied by ‘PASSED 1366 * FREE/SURFACE POSTAGE’ machine cancel.

1367 * 1960 (Nov 3) unsealed greeting card rate cover to UK with unusual make-up franking of 9d Roo and 5d Qld Centenary paying the 1/2d rate.

1962 (Apr 3) airmail cover from Sydney to UK, with 2/- Royal Visit underpaying 1st weight step by 3d and the 2nd weight step by a 1368 * further 2/3d, deficiency requested from sender with 2/6d Aborigine added on receipt of funds and tied by April 6th datestamp, cover reduced at slightly at left.

1962-63 Oversized Distillers Co airmail covers to UK x2 each franked with 10/- & 5/- plus QEII 3d strip of 3 or 5d Melbourne Cup 1369 * pair each franking paying septuple rate (2/3d x7, one cover 1d overpaid). Scarce duo. (2) 1370 * 1963 (Oct 5) Burnside (SA) cover to Sweden with 2/3d Wattles yellow paper pair, 3/- Flower, 1/2d Tiger & ½d Roo pair paying triple rate (2/3d x3) plus 2/- registration.

1966 (Oct 26) predecimal/decimal combination franking comprising 1/- Colombo Plan & QEII 3c tied by Melbourne slogan cancel 1371 * paying 13c (1/- equated to 10c) unsealed greetings card rate to UK. Rare franking.

1966-90 Decimal Solo Frankings including 1966 5c Thornbill paying Defence Forces concession rate, 1968 35c Olympics, 1971 7c 1372 * Theatre surface rate to UK, 1971 15c Music on PPC, 1972 35c Xmas, 1972 35c Beef, 1976 45c Xmas, 1977 25c Diving, 1977 45x Xmas, 1977 45c Test Centenary, 1978 55c Xmas, 1982 40c Wren, 1987 37c Wombat on underpaid cover to UK with 32p in Dues added, etc; also a few postal stationery uprates. Good lot with plenty of scarcer frankings. (160 approx).

1373 * 1967-84 Taxed Covers with decimal stamps added including 1966 unstamped Melbourne local cover with 4c Life Saving pair added, 1970 Canberra unstamped local cover with 10c Fish added, 1971 12c airmail to Launceston with ‘EXCEEDS DIMENSIONS/FOR FREE AIR CARRIAGE’ with 7d Theatre & 5c QEII added tied by Mowbray Heights datestamp, etc; also 1967-71 covers x4 with cash register labels added. (15 covers + 2 fronts).

1970s-80s Decimal Selection majority to UK including solo frankings 1971 25c Orchid on Queensland OHMS ‘The Land of 1374 * Opportunity’ illustrated cover, 1971 printed matter airmail to Germany with 15c Blue Gum, 1973 surface with 12c Rehabilitation, 1974 greetings card rate with 15c Pioneer, 1975 with 45c Jubilee, 1976 greetings card rate with 25c Diving, 1972 with 35c Olympics, also 1974 with multiple franking including $1 Flinders, condition variable. Interesting lot. (38) 1970s-80s Solo Frankings on small covers majority airmail to UK including 1970 with 30c Cook (to Gemany), 1971 surface with 7c 1375 * Fish, 1971 15c Orientalist x2 one on PPC (to Germany), the other on cover paying greetings card rate, 1976 with 45c Xmas, 1977 with 45c Xmas (to France), 1977 PPC with 25c Diving, 1977 with 45c Test Centenary, 1978 with 55c Xmas, 1979 with 25c Xmas etc.

1376 * 1971 (Mar 12) cover to England with Melbourne-London Emergency Air Mail Service label tied by traingular handstamp, 3d Machin added upon arrival tied by London ‘12MCH71’ datestamp, some faults. Unusual.

1971-77 Covers with multiple frankings of single commemorative values, usually to UK including 1971 with 30c QANTAS strip of 3, 1377 * 1974 unsealed greetings card rate with 10c Pioneer Water pair, left hand unit with variety White flaw adjoining top of pump, 1974 with 15c Pioneer Food strip of 3, 1975 with 20c Wombat block of 4 (one unit torn), 1976 with 25c Anteater x2, 1977 with 45c Test Centenary x2, 1977 with 45c Xmas pair (very scarce), etc; also a couple of items from AAT; mostly fine. (13) 1971-86 Decimal Pairs on Airmail Covers comprising 1971 with 15c Blue Gum, 1974 with 35c Xmas, 1974 with 30c Possum, 1975 1378 * with 9c on 8c Opal pair on PPC, 1976 with 45c Xmas, 1977 with 45c Xmas, 1979 with 15c Xmas. Useful group. (7) 1379 * 1990s-2000s International Post Frankings with excellent variety of rates for the period including solo & multiple frankings, frankings in combination with regular issues, postal stationery, etc. Wide range of destinations and an increasingly popular collecting area.

(129) AUSTRALIA | Flight Covers - Commercial 1930s-50s Airmail Covers including 1936 to Paris with 1/6d Hermes & 3d Vic Centenary, 1938 Sydney to Netherland East Indies 1380 * with 6d Large Kooka solo, 1940 Fremantle 1/7d rate jus’qua cover censored to Holland, 1942 long cover (edge faults) to Scotland endorsed ‘UK/USA Air mail’ with 14/7d franking comprising 10/- Robes, 2/- Roo x2 & 3½d Surcharge pair, 1946 to USA with 5/- Robes solo, condition variable. (15) 1935 (Aug 22) cover from Daly Waters NT to Leichhardt NSW, Australian Transcontinental Airways aircraft Faith in Australia 1381 * experienced engine trouble at Daly Waters, and was replaced by a relief Monospar VH-UTZ, which also experienced engine trouble, en route to Adelaide, backstamped Melbourne (Aug 27).

1935 (Aug 12) cover (opening faults) from Bendigo Victoria to London franked for single rate, and Stationery 1½d Postal Card uprated 1382 * 9d for airmail postcard rate (which was just 9d), adhesions reverse, carried by Imperial Airways service flight IW366, where Hanno at Sharjah Aug 21 developed engine trouble, culminating in transfer of mail load to Horsa two days later. (2) 1383 * 1935 (Oct 1) Official cover Shepparton Victoria to Hobart bearing Airmail 3d solo tied by ‘MOO SHEPPARTON/VIC’ datestamp, recovered from Holymans Airways Loina which crashed Oct 2 into the sea a few miles from Whitemark Flinders Island, killing five persons. Typewritten ‘This envelope containing a/money order advice was included/in the mail which was recovered/in a saturated condition from/the air-liner “Loina’’’, initialed ‘S E D’ and oval ‘SUPERINTENDENT OF MAILS/6 OCT 1935/GENERAL POST OFFICE, HOBART’ applied beneath. AAMC #535, where very conservatively valued at $400.

1938 (Apr-Jun) covers Victoria Australia to Germany at combined airmail rate 1/9d per ½oz carried by Imperial Airways service flights 1384 * which experienced interruptions, comprising [1] (Apr 8) S Cooke cover from Melbourne to Leipzig carried on IW643 where Caledonia force-landed Apr 15 with engine problems at Raj Samand India, Centurion taking over the mail load same day, and [2] (Jun 16) cover Hawthorn to Berlin by IW664 where Canopus developed mechanical problems Jun 28 at Dubai, mail load transferred to Camilla. (2) 1938 (Dec) covers carried on consecutive Imperial Airways service flights at 5d All-up rate which experienced delays, comprising [1] 1385 * (Dec 15) Augusta SA to London on SW57 where Corsair was delayed Dec 21-23 at Calcutta, and [2] (Dec 20) Fremantle-London on SW58 where Corio was delayed by adverse weather at Brindisi and mechanical trouble at Marseilles, minor blemishes. (2) 1386 * 1940 censored covers at single rate Australia to UK via Horseshoe route involved in delays, comprising [1] (Aug 31) Quirindi NSW to London by WS 14 (departed Sydney Sep 3), Castor developing engine trouble Sep 4 at Townsville Queensland, Cameronian took over mail load following day, censored Sydney, and [2] (Oct 24) Melbourne-Nottingham by WS 30 (departed Sydney Oct 28), Corio delayed Nov 5-7 at Dubai with engine trouble, and further at Kisumu KUT due to Captain developing malaria, censored Melbourne.

1941 (Feb 11) cover from Albury to USA franked 2/- Roo pair for Clipper service, censored at Sydney, and flown on Pan Am FAM 19 1387 * Flight 16 service ex Auckland, which developed engine trouble between Noumea and Canton Island, necessitating return to the former where flight was delayed one day, a tad roughly opened. Scarce.

1388 * 1941 (Feb 17) censored covers Sydney to New York and Royston England carried from Auckland (departed Mar 1) by PanAm TransPacific Clipper service FAM19 flight 16, where Honolulu between Noumea and Canton Island experienced engine failure, but was able to return to Noumea where flight was delayed a further day, first at 4/- and second from POW at 5/10d ½oz rates, the USA destined cover with NY backstamp (Mar 11). (2)

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1931 Australia-England (Nov 19) flight AAMC #222, cover with vertical fold and opened-out for display, flight cachet on reverse, 1390 * signed by Charles Kingsford-Smith.

1934 Australia-New Zealand-Australia AAMC #371 with Australia & New Zealand applied flight cachets, numbered #136, signed 1391 * by pilots Ulm, Allan & Boulton, typed address to Ulm in Sydney.

AUSTRALIA | CINDERELLAS 1392 Flight A.N.A.: Australian National Airways complete sheet of 16 imperf at left & right (as issued), (Frommer 53b), with both listed varieties, blemishes. Cat $500.

AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail 1393 */D/U 1940s-1980s Collection of datestamp covers organised by state including 1937 Randwick Military Hospital cover, 1942 MILPO Dubbo on 1d KGVI Stationery Envelope, 1942 MILPO Alice Springs airmail to Melbourne, 1942 MILPO Wayville on OHMS cover, 1945 MILPO Tatura registered, also noted a smattering of WWI camp cancels. Excellent variety with many fine strikes. (100s) 1967 QEII 5c Defence Forces Envelope ASC #X1.14 x2 supplied to Australian Forces in Vietnam, one fine unused the other 1394 * unaddressed with ‘AUST FPO/3DE67/1’ datestamp. (2) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1395 * 1915 (C) Dardanelles Combined Letterette and Reply Sheet very fresh & unused, Scarce. Emery Vol 1. Fig 86.

1918 use of printed POW Envelope to Germany with 25mm ‘PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE’ imprint at upper-right, Lt-Col 1396 * Holman cachet in violet & boxed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR, SD’ handstamp in violet, enclosed letter headed “German Concentration Camp/Holdsworthy/Eastern Compound” and written in English; also 1916 (Mar) cover to Sydney savings bank with 25mm ‘PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE’ handstamp & very fine ‘SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE’ handstamp (curved at right) and largely fine plus very fine ‘RS Sands LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL NSW’ handstamp in violet. (2) Bundle Of WWI Military Covers & Cards including 1915 PPC with superb strike of ‘6th TRAINING BATTALION’ cachet Emery CA 1397 * #100, 1916 PPC with fine strike of ‘AUSTRALIAN BASE/DETAILS PO’ datestamp used at Zeitoun, 1918 Anzac Mounted Division registered cover to Sydney with ‘FPO/TMI’ DS #48 datestamp, 1918 Mossman’s Bay with 1d red KGV to 6th Light Horse Regiment, re-directed to “DMC Relief Camp/Jerusalem” etc, some items annotated, usual variable condition. Could surprise. (37) 1398 * Egypt : 1916 [1] PPCs x3 to Australia with triangular ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/(Crown)/No. 3257’ (8th Infantry Brigade), & ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/AN8’ alongside, ‘No. 3274’ & ‘FPO/A.N.13’( 13th Infantry Brigade) & ‘No.3725’ & FPO/159; [2] 2 OAS covers & a front with ‘MILITARY RECREATION/FREE/....../E’, ‘A,I,F,/Passed by Censor No___/’ with “B” DETAIL/ZEITOUN’ cachet alongside, ‘CENSORED BY/No.Aust. Imp.Force Intermediate Base’ cachet in green and faint AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/NO/STAMPS/ AVAILABLE/1.A.A.P.C./ON SERVICE cachet. Mainly fine. (6) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period Bundle Of WWII Military Covers including 1940 with fine strike of ‘MILITARY CAMP/WAGGA/NSW’ handstamp, 1940 HQ 3rd 1399 * Infantry Brigade with ‘ARMY/SIGNALS’ backstamp, 1941 AIF Recruiting (Adelaide) with large boxed ‘VOLUNTEER/FOR/VICTORY/ JOIN THE/AIF’ cachet in violet, 1941 with ‘NO.7 GUARD/ROCKBANK’ handstamp, 1941 Northern Commands Record Office (Brisbane) Registration Envelope, 1942-43 D.A.T (Directorate of Air Transport) ‘By Safe Hand’ Tags with internal registration labels addressed to RAAF Parafield x2, also several 12th Garrison covers, plus a wide variety of concession rate handstamps. Good lot which should reward close inspection. (65 approx) Middle East WWII selection including 1941 (Jan 1) APO AP1 (Jerusalem, Palestine) to Cairo, (Jan 31) 2nd BDE HQ PO M2 (Libya) 1400 * cover to Melbourne, (Feb 10) 2nd BDE HQ PO W2 (Khassa, Palestine) to UK, (Mar 7) Julis (Palestine) to Melbourne, Palestine to Australia sent via the Horseshoe Reserve Route (initiated on Dec 8th following Japanese advances), (Oct) FPO 44 (Palestine) registered cover to NSW, also several Siege of Tobruk (Libya) covers, etc, condition variable. Excellent variety. (26) 1401 */W Mostly Naval Assortment In Shoebox with several covers to NSW with naval censor cachets & British stamps tied by dumb cancels or BN ‘1’, Naval Post Office No 1 (Darwin) datestamp in violet x2, others with ‘H.M. AUSTRALIAN/SHIPS’ or ‘H.M./NAVAL/SERVICE’ (boxed) handstamps, 1941 meter cover with ‘SAVE OUR SHIPS. BE SILENT!’ handstamp, HMS Poyang (Chinese river gunboat staffed by RAN) to Melbourne with ‘PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE’ handstamp, 1945 Cradoc (Tas) registered to RAN Station 284 Sydney, etc; also some postmarks on piece; typical mixed condition. Worthy of closer inspection. (approx 80 covers + stamps on piece).

1402 * Mostly WWII Military Covers Collection including several Malaya ‘POSTAGE PAID’ meter covers, various YMCA/ACF types with good variety of military postmarks & concession rate handstamps, 1941 ACF Bethlehem Christmas Card, 1944 YMCA Mothers Day card, plus official mail, Air Mail Letter Cards plus a few Australian Forces in Vietnam airmail envelopes. Usual mixed condition, lots to view. (100+) Queensland & New Guinea Unit Postal Station 412 datestamp used ‘20DE44’ at Petrie Staging Camp (Qld) on airmail cover to NSW 1403 * and on ‘15MR45’ at Marooka (New Guinea) on a Tatts cover, the latter usage not seen by Proud. (2) United Kingdom FPOs in UK selection including 1942 inwards from Australia (re-directed from Canada) to RAAF c/o RAF Records 1404 * Office, Ruislip with ‘RAAF Base PO No 4/ENGLAND’ backstamp, 1945 ‘RAAF Base PO No 4/ENGLAND’ cover to Surrey, and c1945 (undated) cover to same addressee with ‘OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS/BASE POST OFFICE/RAAF LONDON’ cancels in violet, etc. (9 items) 1405 * UPS 376 & 407 - New Guinea Unit Postal Station 376 ‘13FE44’ datestamp tying QM 1d to Air Letter, used at Cape Hoskins, New Britain; also UPS 407 ‘9SE44’ datestamp tying KGVI 3d, used at Potsdam (village in Madang district) by 11 Div PU, not seen by Proud. (2) 1406 * UPS ELC9 - Queensland Largely fine strike of framed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/2APR1943/STATION ELC9’ tying QM 1d to cover to Brisbane, AMF boxed censor handstamp in violet. Used at 116 General Hospital, this cancel type not listed by Proud.

UPS ELC24 - Queensland Framed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/23OCT1944/STATION ELC24’ tying 4d Koala (torn) to airmail cover to 1407 * Patonga Beach (NSW), AMF censor handstamp, Used by HQ 1 Armd Regt at Southport and not seen by Proud.

1408 * UPS S89 - Queensland large oval ‘UNIT POSTAL STATION/24AUG1942/S89’ tying QM 1d to cover to Victoria, AMF boxed censor handstamp in black, some age spotting and small tear at right. Used at Atherton and not seen by Proud.

WWII Military Covers With ‘Zero’ Prefix Datestamps Extensive ‘019’ to ‘0143’ accumulation in shoebox including ‘020’ (13MR42) 1409 * Port Moresby BPO Koitaki, ‘034’ (18DE43) Finschafen-Guzika (early date), ‘035’ (17AU43) Milne Bay, several registered covers including for ‘072’ (Adelaide River, NT) x2, ‘074’ early date ‘20AU42’, ‘078’, ‘102’ (Darwin), ‘0130’, ‘0136’ & ‘0138’ (3SE43) HQ AA Group Port Moresby; also Defence Canteens 1d Stationery Envelope with ‘0104’ datestamp; condition quite mixed as is usual.

AUSTRALIA | Patriotic Covers 1410 * 1914 (Oct) early use of illustrated patriotic cover showing flags of Britain, France & Belgium plus flag of Czar of Russia and the Japanese naval ensign, used from Sydney to Melbourne, small edge fault at top.

1411 * 1914 (Oct 31) early use of patriotic envelope illustrated with flags of allies, sent from Brisbane to Armstrong Creek (Qld), couple of upper edge tears & flap repair.

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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) 1412 ** 1946-48 Overprints Queen Mother 1d block of 4 variety Blue-black overprint BW #J2c, fresh MUH, Cat $400+ (SG #J2a, Cat £240), normal stamp included for comparison.

NORFOLK ISLAND 1413 ** 1947 Ball Bay ½d to 2/- set SG # (ex 3d green & 2/- blue) all but ½d value in Authority imprint blocks of 6 with perf pips, fresh MUH. 1947 (Oct 14) Sydney-Norfolk Island (AIMC 1113) & return flight (AIMC 1114) each on Qantas envelope and with appropriate label 1414 * and both signed by the Pilot (Capt.) L R Ambrose. Minor blemishes. (2) NORFOLK ISLAND | Postal History 1415 * 1954 (Apr) cover to NSW franked 1953 Pictorial 3½d, paying 1oz surface rate, minor flap fault. Scarce on cover.

NORFOLK ISLAND | Flight Covers - Commercial 1980s-90s Accumulation of airmail covers to mail order firm in Sydney, heavily duplicated, denominations from 22c-43c, including 1416 * 24c (9), 27c (41), 30c (21), 33c (49), 36c (11), 37c (73), 39c (24), 41c (113), 43c (194), odd fault, appear generally good commercial quality standard-sized covers. Useful resource of hard-to-locate material. (500) NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints 1417 U 1915-16 1d Carmine-Red Die II (a), SG #67c, Cat £140. Retail $425.

1418 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 1/- green Die II SG #81, type c block of 4, well centred, fine mint, Cat £240+.

1419 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 10/- grey & pink SG #84, type c overprint, very well centred, MLH, Cat £150.

1420 **/* 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 2d, 6d, 9d & 1/- SG #86 & 88-90 in abc strips, the 6d & 9d strips each with two units MUH, Cat £220+.

1421 **/* 1915-16 Kangaroos abc strips comprising Second Wmk 2d & 9d SG #86 & 89 & Third Wmk 3d Die I #96, the 2d & 9d strips each with one unit MUH, Cat £150+.

1422 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & chrome SG #92 abc strip upper unit catalogued variety Broken tail on kangaroo, Hollow Stops except after ‘W’ on lower unit, excellent centing, hinge remainders, Cat £300+.

1423 F 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow (a) purple-black overprint, SG #92 with Break in coast in Bight (BW #44(D)t).

1424 U 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow, part Telegraph cancel, SG #92, Cat £110. Retail $200.

1425 U 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow, part Telegraph cancel, SG #92, Cat £110. Retail $200.

1426 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d yellow Die II SG #96a, well centred, mildly toned gum, Cat £100.

1427 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2/- brown SG #97, abc strip of 3, central unit MUH, Cat £140+.

1428 ** 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk £1 chocolate & dull blue type c SG #99, fresh MUH, Cat £325.

1429 F 1918 ‘One Penny’ Surcharges on 1/- green Kangaroo SG #101 abc strip of 3, ‘NAMATANAI’ datestamp in violet (Powell #76), Retail $1,000.

1430 ** 1918-22 KGV Single Wmk ½d green Electro 4 complete forme of 30 [4L1-30] with ACSC listed varieties White spot after ‘2’ in right value tablet [4L2], Retouches SW corner [4L26], etc, mild gum toning & 3 units with creasing. SG #102.

1431 * 1918-23 Varieties mint [1], Single wmk 5d brown White flaw on emu’s breast and breaks in shading lines in lower part of oval (BW #123u); [2] 3rd wmk 2½d Roo with unplated Coloured flaw on S of AUSTRALIA and 3d Roo Die II. (3) 1432 F 1918-23 Third Wmk 3d Roo Die I SG #109 blocks of 4 x2 with 1920 or 1922 Rabaul datestamps; also LMult Wmk KGV ½d green SG #119 with ACSC listed varieties White flaw in dark area above ‘LIA’ [7R52] & SW corner shaved [7R58], Cat £225++. (3 items).

1433 ** 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d greenish olive Die II SG #109a, well centred, MUH, Cat £70++. Premium example.

1434 ** 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Harrison printing 6d grey-blue on highly surfaced paper SG #110a (BW #19E) block of 4, lower units MUH, Cat £168++.

1435 ** 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 9d violet Die IIB SG #112 block of 10 (5x2) comprising aa pairs x5, well centred, fresh MUH, Cat £90++.

1436 F 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 10/- grey & bright pink SG #117, mild toning, used, Cat £250.

1437 ** 1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Watermark inverted SG #119w, MUH, Cat £130+.

1438 * 1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Watermark inverted SG #119w, fine mint, Cat £130.

1439 * 1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Watermark inverted SG #119w, mint, Cat £130.

1440 U 1919-23 3rd Wmk 2d Grey perf ‘OS’, block of 6, minor blemishes do no detract. SG #O6.

NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Official Stamps 1441 U 1919-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 2½d indigo perf ‘OS’, block of 4, minor blemishes do no detract. SG #O7, Cat £1,700.

PAPUA 1442 * 1916-31 Bicolours ½d to 10/- set with all listed shades except the rare 3d, between SG #93-105, mostly good to fine mint, few MUH, Cat £385. (26) PAPUA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1443 PS 4d Orange Lakatoi on Buff Stock small standard format HG C2, only 1,000 issued, very fine example.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1444 ** 1985-95 range with three sets of most issues incl 1987-88 Ships, 1991-93 Birds (incl large ‘T’), 1994-95 Artefacts, Hong Kong ‘94’ strips, M/Ss, se-tenant strips, etc. (Ex 1994 & 1995 Surcharges). Retail A$1,800++. (100s) 1445 U 1987-96 Collection in CTO corner blocks of 4 from 1987-88 Ships to 1996 Beetles, M/Ss are x2, (ex 1994 & 1995 Surcharges). Retail A$1,600++. (100s) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1446 ** 1994 Surcharges 5t on 35t Musical Bow marginal block of four showing shift in surcharge making a triple overprint, minor ink smudges, a fine modern printing error.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Postal History 1447 * 1950 (May 31) registered cover to England with Australian adhesives tied by Abau ‘31MY50’ cds, red & black Abau registration label.

1970s-90s Commercial Covers predominantly addressed to NSW, reasonable variety of thematically appealing letter rate frankings, 1448 * likely to be postmark interest. (100s)

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Lot 51: Belgium 1936 previously unrecorded Flight IE473 ‘Desert Incident’ 8f25 commercial flight cover.

Lot 204: Gambia 1944 registered ‘AR’ nonuple-rate commercial airmail cover.

Lot 211: Germany 1932 extremely rare commercial Zeppelin article destined for Australia.

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Straits Settlements Lot 426: 1912-23 MCA $25 mint & Lot 427: 1921-33 Script CA $100 postally used.

Lot 780: Sierra Leone 1921-27 Script CA £5 fine mint.

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