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Section 3 begins at 4pm AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Accumulations 1109 **/*/U A?B 1913-64 mainly remaindered from 1913 KGV engraved pair *, KGV period commems with several more useful noting two shades 1/- large Lyrebird, fine cds (one is CTO), three 1935 1/- Anzac * imprint pair and single plus two cds; KGVI period with 53 x 3d blues and 5 x 3½d surcharge used, mint and used imprint blocks noting 10/- Arms cds, wide range mint noting 2/6d Aborigine wmk no imprint block. Also few Postage Due used blocks, odd AAT, etc. Mainly fine. (100s) $150 1110 U A/B 1914-37 Sevenseas hingeless pages collection plus varieties, all cds with some CTO including 1914 6d and 1928 3d Kooka ng, 1929 3d Air Mail Type B and 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird optd ‘OS’ og hinged, 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d optd ‘OS’ (no 3d) and 6d Airmail normal and ‘OS’ opt ng. No Kooka M/S or 5/- Bridge but more useful varieties include 1929 3d Air Mail booklet issue Types A & B, 1½d WA with re-entry T and neck, 1932 6d Kooka break upper frame over AL, 1937 NSW 2d man with tail. Mainly fine to very fine with minimum current retail c$675. (57) $150 1111 **/* A/B 1927-65 comprehensive deluxe Euro stockbook collection looks complete with some extras, all issues ex Roos and KGV types with only the very occasional hinged item seen. From 6d engraved Kookaburra and Exhibition M/S fresh ** includes ‘OS’ perfins and overprints complete, BCOF set with both 5/- (couple minor overprint varieties seen), AAT complete, 5/- Bridge a gorgeous NW corner marginal, KGVI includes 3d white wattles, Robes includes 5/- & 10/- thin paper, Navigators with both white papers, some imprint and other pairs, Food blocks of 9 and strips of 3. Overall condition fine to very fine. (c375) $3500 1112 U A,A- 1927-49 Common values in large quantity from 1927 1½d Canberra (c.125) to 1949 2½d Forrest (c.240), includes c.200 each unchecked 5d Merino Ram and 6d small Kooka. (1000s) $75 1113P */U A/A- 1938-60 Fauna Definitives mainly mint, & a few used, blocks, including imprint, various wmks and perfs, including coil perfs, ½d orange (220+), 4d koala (83), 5d ram (40), 5½d emu (8), 5½d surcharge (16), 6d kookaburra (120), 9d Platypus (21) & 1/- lyrebird (55 including P13½x14 Ash imprint with faults). (560+) $190 1114 **/*/F A/B Selection in generally fine to very fine condition comprising [1] 1914 6d Kookaburra well centred CTO BW #60w Cat $80 tiny tone spot and 1928 3d Kookaburra perf ‘OS’ BW #133a * horizontal pair Cat $50; [2] 1929-38 3d Airmail Type B and Type A ex booklet both fresh ** BW #135-6 Cat $90, Type A perf ‘OS’ BW #134ba * horizontal pair Cat $50; [3] Postage Dues with redrawn CofA wmk 8d Type II and 5/- SG #D127 & D131a, no wmk 10d SG #D139 - all fresh ** retail c$75. (10) $75 AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Proofs & Essays 1115P A 1936 Pictorials Essay 3d Surf Life Saving, large pencil design by James Berry, NZ’s most prolific stamp designer, with stamp-size photographic reproduction at base, endorsed “PIPI” in BLC. $900 1116P A - 2d Spirit of Progress (train) & wheat sheaf, large pencil design by James Berry, NZ’s most prolific stamp designer, endorsed “ADVANCE” in BLC. $900 AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1117P ** B 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet complete pane of 15 miniature sheets unfolded, couple of spots, uneven brownish gum discolouration, fresh appearance. A stunning show stopper which hasn’t been seen for years; vendor’s conservative estimate likely to be well exceeded. $3000 1118P F A A1 - from top right corner of the sheet and first day of issue exhibition cancel in red (Oct 29th) BW #133MSw, current retail $375. Original gum, hinged in selvedge, fresh. $135 1119 * A B1 1929-38 Airmail 3d dull green, plate 4 block of 4 x2, both at 31x22mm (Type A) but on 2 distinctly different papers, BW #134zd, Cat $120. $46 1120P ** A C2 1929 WA Centenary vertical pair with lower unit variety re-entry to swan’s neck and T of AUSTRALIA [Pl2/64] BW #138Ae Cat $150. Small perf defects, fresh positional. $75 1121 **/* A/B 1930-35 Plate No and other corner blocks of 4 with selvedge where upper blocks with selvedge hinge, lower blocks with upper units hinged, comprises [1] 1930 Sturt NE corner blocks 1½d NE Plate Nos 1-7 and 2d Plate No 1; [2] 1931 Kingsford Smith NE corner blocks 2d Plate Nos 1-8, 3d Plate Nos 1-3, 3d violet and 6d Air Mail Service ordinary NE corner block both **; [3] 1935 Anzac 2d Plate No 1 all four corners, Plate 2 NE & NW corners, Plate 3 NW & SW corners. (29) $30 1122P F A/B 1931 Kingsford Smith BW #141-144(OS), Cat $148; includes all three ‘OS’ opts with 2d & 3d CTO ng. (7) $55 1123P **/*/F A/B 1931-32 Overprinted OS selection comprising 6d Air Mail Service fresh * and postally used, two shades 1/- Lyrebird neat CTO cancels ng, 2d Bridge block of 4 with 2*/2**; also 1928 3d Kooka perf ‘OS’ fresh * and CTO ng and total Cat $218. (10) $75 1124 **/* A/B 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge with 2d ** and 3d recess plus 2d typo * imprint blocks of 4, 3d Plate Nos 1-4 blocks of 4 fresh **, 3d optd ‘OS’ Plate No 1 single ** (hinge trace in selvedge). Fresh strong colours, variable centring Cat $220. (8) $75 1125P U A/B - set of 4 CTO without gum (5/-) or FU BW #146-9, plus 2d & 3d optd ‘OS’ BW # 146-7(OS) light CTO og, total retail c$320. (6) $135 1126P * A- A2 - 5/- dark green marginal part imprint single, BW #148, Cat $500, some gum creasing, rough perfs. $200 1127P * A A1 - a superb, lightly mounted single, BW #148 $420 1128 **/* A/B B2 1934 Vic Centenary Perf 10½ set of 3 in Ash gutter imprint blocks 2**/2*. 2d missing perf and off-centre left, 3d and 1/- well-centred. Fresh colours. (3) $85 1129P **/* A- B2 1934 Macarthur set of 4 in Ash imprint blocks 2**/2*. 2d dark hills, 3d and, to a lesser degree, 9d have left leg of H in ASH broken variety. Very minor perf/gum imperfections, fresh colours. (4) $150 1130P ** A A1 1948 1/6d Hermes thick paper, Ash imprint block (42.5mm) with unlisted Weak entry over L, globe and Hermes retouched (over globe) and 2 Shifted tranfers upper L & R frames [Plate 1 ShA 9/3,4 & 10/4], BW.162zb, fa & j. Fine. $220 1131P **/* A 1935 Anzac Plate No. blocks of 4 with 2d SW corner Plates variable centring, Plates 1 & 2 one unit and Plate 3 two units light hinge traces, 1/- Plate 2 all units well-centred fresh **. Catalogue well out of date now as ordinary singles current retail almost $300. (4) $170 1132 */** A B1 1937 NSW Sesquicentenary set of 3 in centre imprint blocks of 4. $46 1133P ** A1949 ½d Roo No Wmk complete sheet B with Weak entry in top right corner [L7/5], Coloured flaw under lower branch [R4/4], foggy hills retouch [R6/8] & Fleck of colour over kangaroo’s head [R9/4], plus 2nd sheet without catalogued flaws, a few light tonespots on gum. (2 sheets) $55 1134P F A A1 1938-41 2d Red KGVI Die II coil pair with uniformly large holes BW #188bh. $200

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1938-50 1/4d Magenta KGVI deep shade Ash imprint block from Sheet F with varieties flaw first A of AUSTRALIA and ‘cigarette’ flaw retouch positions 9/1 & 9/2. Deep shade is generally regarded as much scarcer than the paler shade. 1145 */** A 1943-47 1d Purple-Brown QE coil perf pair attached to starter strip, 225be. 1146P ** A C1 1942-50 2½d Scarlet KGVI marginal pair with ‘T’ perfin. 1147 **/* A 1947-53 Princess Elizabeth No Wmk coil perf strip of 6 on cream paper attached to starter strip, BW #246bg. 1148 ** A C1 1951-62 2d Green QM coil perf left part pane of 60 (6x10) with Authority imprint, BW #248zd, Cat $330++. 1149 ** AA 1951-53 3½d Brown-Purple KGVI thin paper (0.086mm) BRC marginal block of 8, BW #253a. 1150P ** AA 1950-52 Definitives 3½d Red-brown KGVI thin paper (0.090mm), Authority Imprint block with printing flaw between R9/1 & R9/2, BW #253a 1151 ** A 1948 2/- Aboriginal Art Wmk CofA BRC block of 10, lower 5 units with double perforation, BW #263b, Cat $375+, surprisingly low catalogue value when BW only record 20 copies. 1152 ** A- C1 1952-66 2/6d Aborigine Wmk CofA no imprint block of 4 with uncatalogued light but clear partial offset on top units, couple of toned perf tips. 1153P ** A/B 1949-64 Arms in fresh well-centred left corner Authority imprint blocks of 4 BW #268za-271za. The £1 lacks the left selvedge, the £2 has one unit where an attempt to remove a natural inclusion has resulted in some gum disturbance and a thin (which has been taken fully into account in arriving at the estimate). (4) 1154P * A 1949-50 Arms Overprinted SPECIMEN BW #269x-271x, Cat $145; light hinge, very well centred and fresh. (3) 1155 ** A 1954 Red Cross 3½d lower right corner block of 4 with Plate No.’2’, with dashes. Superb, BW #312ze. 1156P ** A A1 - lower left corner block of 4 with Plate No. ‘- 3 -’ (with dashes) BW #312zh 1157 ** AA 1955-57 QEII 10d grey-blue definitive, upper and lower corner blocks with ‘CENTRE OF WORK’ engraved in reverse. Upper block partial inscription, lower block full inscription, BW #322z & za (2) 1158P A 1959-66 QEII Definitives official PMG enlarged photos of 1d, 3d & 3½d, with instructions, stamped on back, on how the photgraphs can be used. (3) 1159 ** A 1959 3d Blue-Green QEII 3d blue-green ordinary paper coil perf in left and right Plate ‘3’ (no dashes) vertical strips of 32, each providing a Plate No block of 8 and six blocks of 4 and being variously BW #350bg x12,za,zb with total cat/retail c$720. (64) 1160 ** A - coil perf. marginal block of 12 from right of sheet showing Plate ‘3’ with perf pips and vertical lines above, BW #350zb 1161 ** A - coil perf. Plate No ‘- 3 -’ (with dashes), sheet B with lines below in left marginal block of 18, BW #350zc 1162 ** A - coil perf, Plate No ‘5’ with lines after in left marginal block of 12, BW #350zg 1163 ** A A1 1960-66 8d Tiger Cat Ordinary Paper retouched shading right of animal’s head, State II in fresh well centred SE corner horizontal block of 6 (full selvedge) BW #358(II)sb, Cat $125 (in 2006). 1164P W A- B1 1963-65 5d Green QEII prominent green smudge on TLC, unused. 1165 **/* A A1 1963-66 Navigators set of 6, cream paper, BW #404-9, Cat $215, £2 is hinged. AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Stamps on Cover 1166 * A/C 1930s-1960s Covers Accumulation over 500 with at least 90% to overseas destinations majority appear USA but also quantity GB, Austria and other Europe; appear mostly commercial (eg motor industry, seeds, seismological) but some FDC’s and other philatelically inspired items as well as OHMS types, aerogrammes, PPCs, social correspondence (noting a number of post-WWII censored to Austria), etc. Many better frankings including singles such as several 1950 1/6d Foundation, 1/6d Hermes and 2/- Croc with and without watermarks, odd KGV and a 2/Roo, numerous 1940s wmk and no wmk small animals types often in combination. Heaps more with approximate on cover Cat well over $4000, terrific entree to a usage collection. (500+)

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1930 3d Air Mail Booklet Stamp Type B BW #137 Cat $225 with 1935 2d Silver Jubilee both tied by clearly struck ‘ADELAIDE/19AU35/STH.AUST.’ cds, airmail etiquette alongside, handstamped ‘CARRIED ON/FIRST/ADELAIDEDARWIN/AIR MAIL SERVICE’, small imperfections. [See Lot 1395 for collection of covers from this flight.] $60 $80 1931 Kingsford Smith Airmail Overprinted ‘OS’ tied by Toowoomba cds to 1932 (8 Feb) cover to US via BrisbaneSydney domestic airmail, a little soiled on reverse. Rare solo commercial use for 3d Foreign letter + 3d Airmail surcharge. [This was the only “OS” overprinted stamp available for general use by the public.] $300

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1932 Large Lyrebird Overprinted ‘OS’ pair tied by ‘PARCEL POST/8NO34/PERTH’ (B1) cds to parcel-wrapping from Mines Dept, Perth, ‘PARCELS POST’ label affixed, to J.T. Vinton-Smith MLA at Parliament House, Melbourne. 2/- is the 1-2lbs Scale 4 Parcel rate. Extremely rare franking. [Rod Perry has recorded only four commercial usages of this stamp. This is the only multiple franking.] $5000 $6750

1935 Silver Jubilee set of 3 on philatelic registered air cover to London, BW #166-8, Cat $400+, cancelled with ‘DARWIN N.T./15AP36/AUSTRALIA’ (A1), attractive. 1171P F A - set of 3 on registered air cover to USA via London, BW #166-8, Cat $400+, cancelled with ‘DARWIN.N.T./16SE35/ AUSTRALIA’ (A1). [The correct rate was paid for airmail all the way but the instructions were to use surface from London.] 1172P V A 1/- SA Centenary Pair plus 1d green KGV, cancelled with ‘BATESFORD/19OC36/VIC.’ (A1-) on air cover to Switzerland. [Rate via Italy was 1/9d making this overcharged by 4d. 2/1d was the rate via France until March 1936 when this was reduced to 1/10d.] 1173 F A1937 9d NSW Sesquicentenary plus 1/- Lyrebird, BW #177, Cat $150, on neat 1937 air cover to France. 1174 F A 1961 11d Rabbit Bandicoot Experimental Helecon Printing BW 362A, but with the even scarcer pale orange reaction, solo franking for 3rd weight step on large cover, tied by clear ‘WOOROOLIN/21JY64/QLD-AUST’ cds. BW states ‘Used is best collected bearing dated postmark prior to the distribution of the later helecon printing (4 June 1965)’. Modern rarity. 1175 F A 1962 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger (26 Apr) commercial use on Certified second weight step letter Moorabbin to Melbourne. Far rarer than solo use for airmail postcard/greetings card rate. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Accumulations 1176 ** A 1966-80 ‘Sherwood’ Collections in three albums with outer protective covers. Recent auction realisation $150 plus! Bargain. (3) 1177 ** A 1968 Definitives Pack containing 1c-5c QEII heads, 6c-30c Floral Emblems, 7c-10c Fish, 4c & 5c Coils and 40c$4 Navigators, unopened. 1178 DW A 2000s-Onwards 50c & 55c (about 1600) on piece many different, unfortunately uncancelled, still at 20% of face it is a cheap way to fill up album pages. 1179 ** A 1966-80s Perforation Varieties from one only 1973 $1 Flinders P14.78x14 BW #464 then range 1973 Christmas (20 examples) to 39c Stage & Screen P13.85x13.33 BW #1421 with duplication including blocks and pairs noting 1973 Sydney Opera House BW #654 x12, 1975 Pollution and Bushfire x7 each, $5 Gardens and many more, Fine and fresh throughout with Cat over $450, specialised stock bargain. (c200) 1180 U B Weird & Wonderful even bizarre, seven issues from 1978 18c Ulm perfs misplaced right to 2009 self-adhesive 55c Toys with incomplete die cuts at left and Australia Post with die cut “perfs” misplaced to right. In between 41c Urban Transport booklet guillotine misplaced and three other self-adhesive weirdo’s. All but the first on small piece. (7) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 1181P ** A A1 1966-73 1c Brown marginal block of 4 with good offset, BW #436c, Cat $240+. 1182 ** A A1 - marginal block of 20 (2x10) with partial strong offset angling down top 4 left units, BW #436c. 1183 **/* A B1 - plate ‘4’ bottom right block of 4, BW #436za, Cat $250, 1 unit lightly mtd. 1184 ** A 1966 4c Red QEII set of 6 booklet panes, usual centring. 1185 V A 1966-67 Booklet Panes CTO 4c helecon paper x4, 4c helecon ink x2 & 5c on 4c, BW #441-3, Cat $240+. (7 panes) 1186 ** A B1 1970-73 6c Orange marginal block of 4 with light offset, BW #446c, Cat $400+.

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1986-2004 duplicated stock from Alpine Wildflowers and including vending types, self-adhesives, Christmas, Prestige types with total FV c$900. Barcodes not checked, highly thematic. (c230) $460 $600 AUSTRALIA | Booklets 1239P ** A1927 Canberra in good condition with some very light toning on face an slight rusting of the staple. $38 $50 1240P ** A 1942 2/6d KGVI 2½d scarlet BW #B53. $120 $150 1241P ** A1949 2/6d New Format 2½d red KGVI with wmk inverted, BW #B55, Cat $75. fresh, but some perfs trimmed off. $55 $70 1242P ** A 1964-65 5/- QE II 5d green Edition 6 with wax interleaving BW #B67Pdv. $210 $275 1243P ** A1967-68 Australian Defence Forces 5c Thornbill from pane of 50 with red sheet number opposite RP 10/1, attached by left selvedge, BW #B128Aa, Cat $90, usual minor toning. $75 $100 1244P ** A 1970-71 $1.20 Famous Australians no edition number with wax interleaving, blue stitching, BW #B135dv, Cat $125. $60 $80 1245 ** A 1989 $3.90 Fishing three reprints P14x14.4 on Harrison cream paper BW #B164, Cat $200 each. Comes with one original white paper same perfs BW #B163 for comparison. (4) $230 $300 1246 ** A - four reprints P14x14.4 on Harrison cream paper BW #B164, Cat $200 each (two have covers with heavy-handed writing impressions). Comes with one original white paper same perfs BW #B163 for comparison. (5) $240 $320 1247 ** A - three reprints P14x14.4 on Harrison cream paper BW #B164, Cat $200 each. Comes with one original white paper same perfs BW #B163 for comparison. (4) $150 $300 1248P ** A 1989 $3.60 Christmas with scarce World Stamp Expo ‘89 opt BW #B170ca, Cat $175 (current retail c$200). $75 $100 1249 ** A 1996 AFL two in apparently pristine unopened packs BW #B222w, Cat $150 each. (2) $95 $125 1250 ** A 1997 $4.50 Wetland Birds First Reprint Major Variety complete imperforate and unfolded, unlisted variety of BW #B230B, slight guillotine unevenness and couple very small surface scuffs. $420 $550 AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues 1251 U 1920s-30s Bundleware 3rd wmk ½d x200, 2d x100, CofA Wmk 2d P14 x300, ½d P11 x40, 2d P11 x200, 4d x400, BW #D105,108,116,113,117,119 (SG #D91,94,102,105,107,109), Cat $5,060 (£7,320). Bundleware like this is rarely seen these days. (1,230) $1150 $1500 1252 U A/B 1901-60 duplicated used assembly SG #D1-141 range almost all issues represented; values to 5/- with current retail c$725 (excludes pen and other abnormal cancels). (c190) $95 $125 1253P ** A A1 1902 Converted NSW Plates 3d Emerald-Green, marginal block; one unit with white flaw below ‘3’. BW #D4, A scarce multiple. $210 $275 1254P ** AA - 4d emerald-green, marginal block of 4 LR unit with white flaw below C of PENCE, BW #D5, A scarce multiple. $290 $380 1255 F AA - 1d emerald line P11x11½ with watermark upright SG #D9w cat £130, BW #D5a, Cat $150 - sadly only mss cancel but still a difficult perforation variety. $38 $50 1256P F A/B 1906-09 Issues 1d, 2d, 4d & 6d, SG #D46-7 & #49-50, 1/- and 5/- with stroke SG #D58-9, Cat £115 (local retail c$180). All have Perth cancels with registered oval (5/-), Poste Restante cds (4d), others registered cds. (6) $55 $75 1257P ** A A1 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/Single Lined A 6d Dull Green P11½x11, horiz. gum bend. A scarce stamp, BW #D57, Cat $225 $145 $195 1258P F A 1913-21 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thin Paper 1d carmine & yellow-green P14 on cover with 1½d brown cancelled with light ‘TERANG/4OC20/VICTORIA’. [2d rate began on 1/10/20.] $75 $100 1259 *V A 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/A 6d carmine & yellow-green, BW #D112, Cat $100, on 1935 underpaid double-weight airmail cover from Port Hedland to Perth. $55 $75 1260 ** A- B1 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 1/- top marginal vertical block of 10, BW #D138, Cat $160, light horizontal crease across 2 central units, toned in top selvedge. $70 $90 1261 F A1953-59 New Value Plates For Shilling Values 1/- Die I block of 11 plus 4d, BW #D139, on 1955 Business Reply Post cover, apparently paying for 34 letters at 4d each. $170 $225 1262 F A- 1/- Die I x14, BW #D139, on 1956 Business Reply Post front. $115 $150 1263 F A- 2/- Die I block of 8, BW #D140, plus 6d on 1957 Business Reply Post front. $115 $150 1264 F A- 5/- Die I x6 (one damaged), BW #D141, plus 1d, 4d x2 & 1/- on 1957 Business Reply Post front. [BW# does not provide a catalogue value for this stamp on cover.] $115 $150 AUSTRALIA | Railway Stamps 1265P ***/* A/B 1920s-1970s Mint Range on hagners including Winged Series 3rd Issue 1d Die I, 3d Die I & II, 4d & 7d, 1953-58 Series includong 8d & 10d, 1958-66 Series with 2/-, 3/- & 5/- & a few decimal values. Mainly fine unmounted. (23) $150 $200 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery in variable condition with min Cat $540 and comprising 1266 **/U A/B [1] Aerogrammes with 1945 KGVI 7d ASC #A2 two unused and used, 1952 10d ASC #A5 unused, a poor 1959 10d CIOS, two 1960 10d ‘Overseas Service’ ASC #A14, 1966 9c ASC #A25 unused; [2] Wrappers - unused decimal range QEII 4c red (2) and 5c orange (5); [3] Letter Cards with KGV 1d brown Die I Flinders St. Melbourne scene unused with creased corner, KGV 1½d red used 1927, KGVI unused range 2½d; [4], 3d uprated and 3½d, three QEII 3½d one used; [5] KGV 1d green Die III postcard used and damaged ASC #P31. [6] mass of miscellaneous covers, FDCs and postal stationery with 2 large 1940s registered covers, Santiago, Chile to Melbourne (rated 206p & 160p.) (100s) $90 $120 1267 **/U A/A- 1940s Military Stationery: Selection of various printings ‘Air Mail Letter Card’ comprising unused (4, one 1941-42 Xmas-New Year type, blemishes although scarce unused), and used (censored) bearing 1d (4) or 3d (4), also ‘Active Service’ envelope unused (5) including ‘R.A.A.F.’ inscribed type, odd fault, generally good. (17) $120 $160 A Selection: [1] 1971 7c long and 1976 18c small envelopes albino embossed, very crisp on 7c, less so on 18c, ASC 1268 * E43 & E54 varieties, fine. [2] used Brisbane to Sydney 1930 Registered Letter ‘FIVE PENCE’ on 4½d KGV oval 18mm setting ASC #R25a Cat $50, fine. (3) $55 $75 A+/B 1938-49 KGVI: [1] Postal Cards 1938 1½d brown ASC #P36 and 1942 QM 1d + 1d green ASC #P37 three of each 1269 ** near perfect condition Cat $225, 1943 2d violet off-white stock ASC #P38a small stains (removable); [2] Letter Cards 1943 2½d red ASC #L44 (9), 1946 2½d red ASC #L46 (7), 1949 2½d red with Arms 127mm ASC #L47 and 134mm ASC #L47a two each - some with small faults; [3] Registered Envelope 1942 5½d ASC #R33 (faults); [4] Wrappers 1943 1½d green ASC #W17 (2) and 1½d violet ASC #W19. Plus group of six uprated and/or damaged not included in Cat c.$1300. (37) $115 $150 1270 *** A/B Wrappers: 1931 1d green KGV ‘additional postage’ box, 5d blue QEII x2, 6c red pre-uprated with 1c brown, 7c magenta, 11c on 7c, 25c on 7c, a few extra creases, otherwise fine. (7) $38 $50

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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1271 *F A 1911-30 range all ex the last addressed “The Town Clerk, Richmond” with pre-printed acknowledgements and comprising ASC #P1(2), P3(3), P8(2 - each with filing punch holes away from the franking), P10, P34 to University. (9) $60 $80 1272 *** A 1922-24 KGV ‘POST CARD’ Unshaded 2 cards with 1923 1d Surcharge, 1½d emerald with footnote (#P20) and 1½d emerald without footnote (#P21), ASC #P25,26. $130 $175 A 1937-42 KGVI & QM Fullface QM 1d with advertising on reverse (3), ASC #P35, Cat $300, for ‘The Wranglers’ 1273 *F Debating Society, Myer Emporium, and MMBW (semi-official use), fine used in Melbourne. $115 $150 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official) A1925 1d Green Die III Perf ‘OS/NSW’ HG #D6a, 1927 use from Sydney Harbour Trust to “The Collector of 1274P *F Customs”, a rare card. $150 $200 A1943 KGVI 2d violet on cream perf ‘OS/NSW’, uprated with ½d roo perf ‘G/NSW’. 1951 use by Government Printer. $190 $250 1275 *F AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) 1276P * B 1929 1d green KGV ‘OHMS’ embossed oval, HG #K6, few faults but very scarce Official Post Card. $150 $200 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards B 1962 QEII 5d Blue with commemorative overprint ‘AUSTRALIA’S FIRST/AUTOMATIC POST OFFICE’ at the Royal 1277 * Agricultural Show in Melbourne, social use to Tasmania with meter cancel Sept 25, 1962. Vertical fold, scarce to rare non-philatelic use of ASC #L59a, Cat $200. $60 $80 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1278 *V A 1916-20 KGV Embossed Octagon Without ‘Postage’ 1d red on cream, ASC #E5 uprated with Large Mult ½d $38 $50 green KGV, cancelled with ‘ANGASTON/A9-21AP20/STH AUST’ (time wheels inverted), attractive. 1279 *F A 1930 ‘TWO PENCE’ Surcharge on 1½d octagonal with blue inside, ASC #E19a, 1931 use with 3d KGV for use airmail from Perth to Carnarvon. $75 $100 A 1960 QEII 5d Light Blue Embossed fresh unused with commemorative overprint ‘AUSTRALIA’S FIRST 1280P * AUTOMATIC POST OFFICE/SEPT 62’ at the Royal Agricultural Show in Melbourne, ASC #E38a. [A similar item realised $240 plus premium Lot 1021 in Sale 3 - November 28, 2009.] $150 $200 A/B 1980s prepaid envelopes large accumulation Australia-wide addressed to Govt Dept in NSW, roughly opened to 1281 * varying degrees, many with cds cancels (front and/or reverse), stated to comprise small format envelopes (c.650) and large format (c.130). Good quantity for research. (c.780) $115 $150 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1282 *F A 1915-25 KGV Sideface 5d brown on buff with curved flap and saw tooth sides ASC R13, CTO from Specimen set. $75 $100 A 1953-65 QEII Embossed Circle 2/5d red on brown, text barred out and 11 obliterating lines on reverse, used in 1283 *F Clifton Hill East in 1960 ASC R41a. $80 $100 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes A 1952-60 Specimens 1952 ‘OHMS’ in dark blue and 1960 ‘Jet’ at upper right, both handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’, ASC 1284 *** OA3 and OA7. (2) $115 $150 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes (Official) 1285 * A/B 1944-81 Accumulation from two KGVI 7d ‘AIRLETTER’ diagonally optd ‘SPECIMEN’ one with Sydney CTO cds prob ASC #A2 and including another optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (1960 formular type for ‘Moomba Art Festival’), also two more KGVI 7d types mint and used. Others include Christmas Island 33c and Norfolk Island 33c x10, unused wrappers with KGVI 1½d green and QEII 2½d brown x6, oddments. Although stored flat most have been folded. Big variety. (44) $90 $120 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime A WWI? Australian Commonwealth Military Forces envelope 118x94mm of Australian YMCA further inscribed at 1286 * upper right ‘ON/ACTIVE/SERVICE.’ Light peripheral foxing otherwise in excellent fresh unused condition. $75 $100 B 1916 Australian Imperial Force 1d red KGV Envelope ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE’, ASC #X2.3a, unused. 1287 * [small faults, flap stuck] $115 $150 1288 *** A- 1d red KGV Envelope with ‘A.I.F, ABROAD.’ at base, on white, ASC #X2.4. $115 $150 A - 1d red KGV Envelope with ‘A.I.F, ABROAD.’ at base, on white, ASC #X2.4, Cat $400, fine unused. $135 $180 1289 *** A - 1d red KGV Envelope ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/ABROAD’, ASC #X2.5, unused. $115 $150 1290P *** 1291P *G A/B 1940 Australian Defence Canteens embossed 1d Envelopes in green (16) and brown (20), ASC #X1.5-6, Cat $840, good range of usages including Military and Field P.O.’s, variety of Censor markings, usual mixed condition for these. (36) $135 $180 A+ 1942 Red Cross Prisioners of War Post with inscribed address c/o Japanese Red Cross Society, Tokyo, fine 1292 *** unused and rare. $115 $150 A 1944 7d Airletter (12 Sep) second day use of 7d ‘AIR LETTER’ with ‘(For letters to members of Forces Overseas)’ 1293P *F scored-over to Kenya, censored at Brisbane and with Malindi arrival, also another censored at Melbourne (no message inside) to GB, and 1945 (3 Oct) use by RAF at Parafield SA of 7d ‘AIR LETTER’ to Belgium, ASC #X2.9a (2) and A1. Nice trio. (3) $115 $150 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Miscellaneous 1294 *V A1946 Food Parcel Labels 5/10d blue 43x62mm cut-out on registered air cover to New Zealand, cancelled with light ‘SPRINGVALE/14JY52/VIC-AUST’, most unusual. $190 $250 AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers V 1954-8 Guthrie Covers 1954 3½d Antarctic, 1955 USA Memorial and 1958 War Memorial pair, tied to Guthrie FDC, 1295P * by appropriate PERTH cds, unaddressed. (3) $60 $80 A 1924 1d Green KGV Single Wmk tied by Brisbane slogan of APR25/1924 to PPC to G.B. This item, and a cover 1296P *F dated 30 Apr 1924 (which realized $4400+ at a Melbourne auction in 2009), cast some doubt on the previously accepted issue date of 1 May 1924 for this stamp. $1500 $2000 A 1929 3d Airmail plus 1½d red Die II with cracked plate (BW #92(1)f) tied to S.E. Whellams FDC, by 1297P *V ‘GLENHUNTLY/20MY29/VICTORIA’, scarce. $150 $200 1298 * A 1937 Coronation two proofs of the scarce Shearsby First Day postcard. The first with the typed address of Shearsby. The second and improved design unaddressed but initialled “AJ.S.” underneath the cachet. Presumably unique and a grand addition the specialist First Day cover collector. (2) $115 $150 1299 *F A 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die I tied to plain FDC by Moreland of 2AU37. $80 $100 1300P *F A 1937 3d Blue White Wattles tied to plain FDC, by ‘GPO.MELBOURNE/2AU37/VIC-AUST’, unusual in that most FDC’s seen were serviced in Queensland. 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1951 7½d Blue KGVI tied to hand-illustrated Ogden FDC, by ‘COBURG.N.13 No.1/31OC51/VIC-AUST’. Unique and attractive. $575 1303P *V A 1951 3d Green KGVI pair, tied to hand-illustrated Ogen FDC, by ‘COBURG/14NO51/VIC-AUST’, unaddressed. Highly sought-after and attractive. $575 A 1970 30c Cook Bicentenary tied to APO small envelope by Parramatta FDI cds - still a seriously scarce FDC. $190 1304P * A 1980s-2000s duplicated and disorganised in four tightly packed 3-ring binders - HEAVY. (100s) $75 1305 *F 1306P *F A 1984-99 Framas sets and singles collection on APO FDCs, from 30c Barred Edge types to 1999 Tiwi (general distribution), high catalogue in excess of $230. (175) $75 AUSTRALIA | Philatelic Numismatic Covers A+ Australia $5 coin with 45c Bradman pair First Day of Issue (2) and ‘One People with One Destiny’ Centenary of 1307P * Federation in individual presentation folder. (3) $38 AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1308 D A+ Pictorial Postmarks - 1970s to 2000s All decimal complete strikes majority from 1970s on cleanly clipped small pieces with many from PSEs, also noting coil and booklet stamps. Almost all pictorial or commemorative cancels (some scarcer types seen) jammed into three containers one of which is a glorious technicolour ‘Glenfiddich Pure Malt Scotch Whisky’ presentation tin in very good condition (surely a great collectible in its own right!). (100s) $190 1309 *F A 1962 Commonwealth Games special set of 26 illustrated covers, all with 5d & 2/3d Games, presented to George Owen prior to the Games, apparently not registered as labels were not yet available. $115 A1965 First National Senior Scout Venture registered Official cover bearing two superb strikes front (another 1310P *F reverse) of ‘FIRST NATIONAL SENIOR SCOUT VENTURE/30/DEC/1965/PERTH. W.A. AUSTRALIA’ pictorial datestamp, specially inscribed registration label (No. 100). $75 A/A- 1970s-87 Souvenir Covers in ‘Australian Illustrated First Day Cover’ albums Vols 1 & 2 with an illustrated page for 1311 * every special event, as per Almeida. While there are still a few gaps to fill it is a useful collection. Slight toning appearing on a few pages. (110) $75 A+ 1997 Arthur Streeton [1] Australian Impressionists - Our Heritage in Stamps book has a $5.00 “McMahon’s 1312P * Point” stamp affixed to the title page cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark + a clean strike of the postmark on 17 April 1997, which was the First Day of Use of this postmark at the Olinda PO. [2] An Arthur Streeton print “Impression for Golden Summer” + 41¢ stamp MUH; affixed to the print is a $5.00 “McMahon’s Point” stamp cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997. [3] A very fine cover with a cachet of Arthur Streeton’s House at Longacres + a $5.00 “McMahon’s Point” stamp cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997. [4] An Arthur Streeton Maximum Card with the 41¢ stamp cancelled with the FDI National postmark for that issue + a $5.00 “McMahon’s Point” stamp cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997. [5] An Australian Impressionists FDC (23 August 1989) with full set of stamps + a $5.00 “McMahon’s Point” stamp cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997. [6] A 1997 Lions cover and a 1997 Queens Birthday cover both cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997, which was the FDI of both of these two stamps. So a combined FDC and FDU of a pictorial postmark. [Sadly the current owners of the Olinda PO no longer have this postmark and neither does the Postmarking section of the Philatelic Bureau.] $150 AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1313P *F A 1908 (23 Aug) use of Qld 2d on PPC Brisbane to GB. A rare rate. [2d applied rather than 1d postcard rate where written message extended to both sides of a card, as in this instance.] $75 A/B 1908-41 Group of Covers [1] large envelope cancelled with 1908 ½d PAID MELBOURNE machine; 1314P *U [2] 1d roo (trimmed perfs at base) cancelled with unframed ‘DIGGORA WEST/AU8/13/VIC’ (A1) on mourning cover; [3] 2d orange KGV cancelled with blue ‘PAYNESVILLE/8NO20/VIC’ (B1) on mourning cover; [4] 5d orange-brown KGV cancelled with ‘MILDURA/20JL21/VIC’ (A1 - dashed arcs) with red V2B registration label on cover to Cohuna; [5] 6d dull brown Kingsford Smith pair with 2d red KGV on Nov 1931 air cover to England; [ 6] single wmk 1½d black-brown perf ‘OS’ on Cohuna State Rivers & water Supply Commission cover, a few faults but quite scarce; [7] boxed ‘PAID AT/QUEENSCLIFF’ on 1941 stampless OHMS cover form “3rd Gar Btn/Queenscliffe” (sic). $115 B 1912 use of SA 1d on invitation-size cover with royal coat of arms on flap (SA Governor or Governor-General), 1315P *F overweight so taxed 2d, 1d Pdue thick pair (one damaged) on face, top torn while opening. $55 1316P *U B+ 1914 envelope to Germany double-rated franked 5d by Roos vertical pair ½d green affixed sideways and block of 4 1d red Die IIA upside down (one unit torn) all tied machine cancel ‘SYDNEY/5/JY22—1-30P/N.S.W/1914’, alongside violet ‘RETURN TO SENDER’, boxed blue ‘UNDELIVERED/MAY111915/II.M.D.’, mss ‘L’ in blue; on the back Sydney DLO cds in red weak strike. Peripheral faults, light foxing, very scarce. $115 1317P *U A - envelope to Germany franked 2½d by five lightly foxed ½d Roos in horizontal strip of 3 and pair affixed upside down all tied machine cancel ‘SYDNEY/5/JY22—1-30P/N.S.W/1914’ with alongside violet ‘RETURN TO SENDER’, blue boxed ‘UNDELIVERABLE/MAY19.1915/II.M.D.’ and mss ‘L’ in blue; on the back partial red cds of Sydney DLO on June 3, 1915. Central fold and small peripheral faults. $130 B - envelope to Germany franked damaged 1st wmk 2½d Roo light foxing tied machine cancel ‘THE EXCHANGE/ 1318P *U 8JUL14.2.30PM/SYDNEY.N.S.W.’ with alongside violet ‘RETURN TO SENDER’, blue boxed ‘UNDELIVERABLE/ APR 291915/II.M.D.’ and pencil mss ‘J?’; on the back clear strike in red cds of Sydney DLO on May 6, 1915. Central fold and small peripheral faults. $105 A/B 1914-30 Georgian Heads on Cover with 1d red, 1½d brown Die I x2, 1½d red Die II pair on cover to USA, 2d red 1319P *U Die I x2, 2d red Die II pair on registered commercial papers cover, 3d blue Die II on USA unclaimed cover, 3d Die II perf ‘OS’ with 1½d red perf ‘OS’ on unclaimed registered Titles Office cover from Perth, several advertising covers. (9) $190 1320P *F A 1915 Official Births & Deaths certificates (2) sent unfranked to Hamilton (Tas) from Osterly and Ouse, 1d red KGV perf ‘T’ affixed and tied on arrival, very fine. $115 B - commercial cover to USA with ½d & 2d Kangaroos tied by Melbourne machine cancel 29JA15, with red ‘OPENED 1321P *F BY CENSOR’ label. $80 1322P *F A- (26 Feb) use of 1d red KGV on cover from Surry Hills, NSW to England, black on white ‘OPENED BY/CENSOR./ 218’ label at top. 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1917-18 use of engraved War Savings stamps on two philatelically-inspired envelopes each additionally franked KGV ½d green and addressed to Mrs C.N.Eggleston, the first to her in Perth with 6d indigo War Savings, the second to her in Cottesloe with 2/6d brown War Savings (not seen on cover by us before). The first has Post Office endorsement on back Recd GPO without contents (initials) 16.7.17, the second roughly opened, both machine cancels. (2) $725 1919-30 Georgian Heads on Cover with ½d green x3, 1½d brown Die I x3, 1½d red Die II on French PPC with Port Said Paquebot cds, 2d orange on PPC of SS Largs Bay with Port Said Paquebot cds, 3d blue Die II on cover to USA, 3d Die II perf ‘OS’ with 1½d red perf ‘OS’ on unclaimed registered Titles Office cover from Perth, several advertising covers. (8) 1920s-60s shoebox of envelopes to mostly overseas destinations, some OHMS, some registered, some advertising types, wide range of frankings with better among KGV noting two 5d browns on battered long envelope to Scotland, 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger on ppc to Sweden (faults), 4/6d multi franking on October 1965 long airmail env to UK, pair 5/- Arms on similar 1953 to USA, 1930s air mails, other higher rates. Terrific usage entree, inspect. (100s) 1926 Postal Stationery envelopes of USA (1½c brown) and Philippines (4c red) uprated with Australia KGV 3d and posted in NSW to E H Oesch Esq, San Miguel Estate, Tabaco, Albay, Philippine Islands. Philatelically inspired and very unusual, attractive. (2) 1927-33 selection of 5 long unclaimed covers (3 registered) from Perth all with perf ‘OS’ KGV, wide variety of datestamps and instructional markings. 1930 OHMS small envelope Registered from Perth to Waroona WA with ½d orange, 1½d red and 3d blue KGVs all perf ‘OS’ tied by Perth cds 26 AUG 30 with fine Waroona 27 AU 30 backstamp, fine three colour franking. 1930s-60s Advertising Covers selecton on standard-size envelopes across a wide range of industries. While many are simply printed business and address, several are nicely illustrated. (c.80) 1930s-70s range of mostly single usages on cover with nice 1969 OTC Paddington to Coogee, 1944 5½d emu from HQ USASOS with void security machine cancel, 5d light blue PTPO envelope for NSW Justices Association. Plus small group of K Baker and Baker & Moloney (stamp dealers) covers. (25) 1931 (April) use of Kingsford Smith set of 3 plus 3d Air pair cancelled with light Brock’s Creek, NT, on air cover to Switzerland, endorsed “By Airmail/to Sydney”. [Rate = 9d+3d+4d for 2-3oz rate, overpaid by 1d.] 1932 (April) use of 2d & 3d Bridge plus 3d Air cancelled with light Pine Creek, NT, on air cover to Switzerland underpaid by 1d, straight-line ‘16⅔/CTMS’ on face, Brisbane backstamp. 1932-33 2 covers both with 2d red KGV cancelled with NSW machine relief stamp, one dated OC12/1932 allocated to Burwood by previous owner & 2nd dated SE17/1933 on attractively illustrated Band Association of New South Wales cover with Manly return address. 1936 use of 3d x2 & 1/- SA Centenary, tied by Sydney Air Mail cds to 1936 (4 Sep) cover to GB at 1/6d airmail rate. Neat usage item. - use of stampless local Sydney cover, red boxed ‘TAX/4D/NO3 SYDNEY’ (A2) in TLC, magenta double-circle ‘DEAD LETTER OFFICE/16/DEC/1936/SYDNEY, N.S.W.’ (B1) in BRC, large straight-line magenta ‘DEAD LETTER OFFICE/G.P.O. SYDNEY/REFUSED/TO PAY/TAX’ (A2) on back, a bit spotty. 1937 use of 4d olive KGV x2 & 2/- roo x2 on air cover to USA via Hong Kong. 1938 cover carried on Australia-New Guinea first flight, intended to then be forwarded to US. The Australian adhesives cancelled at Launceston but New Guinea stamp uncancelled and rare P.M.G.’s dept label ‘It is regretted that the provisions of the/Postal Convention do not permit of the/desired indirect routing if this article.’. Fine. - (Oct) 4/8d rate airmail cover from Adelaide to USA, endorsed “via HONG KONG” with ‘VICTORIA/HONG KONG’ transit backstamp. Remarkable usage of 1/4d magenta KGVI x3. 1939 (May) use of 5d KGV & 1/- Lyrebird x3 on double-weight air cover to France and then surface to Holland. Addressed to Bulb Growers in Sassenheim. - use of 3d blue KGVI & 9d Roo vertical pair [3L18,24] (unit 18 with prominent broken shading lines above ‘I’ of ‘ALIA’ etc) on air cover to France. - use of 2d red KGVI, 5d brown KGV on 2d KGVI Envelope, registered express local use in Adelaide. [2d postage + 3d registration + 4d Express]

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1940 use of 6d, 1/- pair & 1/6d on air cover to USA, ‘CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER’ (A1) in face, red on white ‘OPENED BY CENSOR/..’ tape at right sealed by violet ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/S.49’ handstamp. B 1943 use of 2½d pair on cover to New Caledonia, twice censored with black on green New Caledonia tape over red 1346P *F on white Melbourne tape, Melbourne censor tape tied by boxed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/?86....’ and New Caledonia tape tied by triple-circle ‘CENSURE ALLIEE/8/NOUVELLE CALEDONIE’. A1946 neat cover with 2/- roo marginal pair to USA. 1347P *F A1947 use of 5/- & 10/- Arms, 2/- roo x3, 1/6d Hermes x2 & 1/- Mitchell (total 25/- = 4½-5oz rate) on reduced air cover 1348 *G from Sydney to Boston. 1349P *F A1948 Myer Food Parcel Label used with Myer’s 11FEB48 meter franking of 5/10d. This is the only example known where this rate of meter has been used for its intended purpose. Proof impressions dated 10DEC47 are recorded. Minor faults consistant with parcel use. Extremely scarce. B 1950 (March 9) KGVI 7d aerogramme neatly typed and fully signed by Arthur H. Bergen, a legend of Australian 1350P * philately, from Adelaide to a fellow New Zealander and potential philatelic correspondent in San Francisco. Lots of personal information and lots about Arthur’s collecting habits and interests. Fine. A/A- 1953-54 Domestic Airmail selection of 3 covers to the Radio Office on the ‘Koorawatha’ in Freematle. 1351P *F [1] 3½d ANARE pair used Jan 1955, overcharged by 1d [2] 6½d green KGV used Sep 1954 [3] 3½d Railway pair used Oct 1954, overcharged by 1d. 1352P *F A 1953-55 Northern Territory illustrated airmail envelopes on annotated pages, both featuring aborigines and palm trees, one is humourous with poor ‘HMA SHIP’ handstamp on face. (2) A 1956 Olympic Torch Route WCS registered airmail cover with 2/- Olympics cancelled at Darwin and addressed to 1353P *F Cairns and then, as unclaimed, return to Gower at Largs North. On annotated page. A 1964 registered airmail cover to UK bearing scarcer franking of 2/3d Airmail (and 2/- Flower) tied by very poor strike 1354P *F of 27AU64 Trigg cds (only previously recorded as an archival strike), provisional ‘TRIGGS’ registration label. 1355P *F A 1970 registered cover (not FDC) to Israel bearing Cook minisheet and Post Office label inscribed ‘Inspected and Safe for Transmission’, tied by rare oval ‘POSTMASTER/2JUN1970/FAWKNER VIC. 3060’ datestamp and signed, accompanied by PO directive to Postmasters instructing ‘Following explosions in aircraft carrying mail to Israel security aspects of acceptance of airmail to that country are being strengthened…’, backstamped Jerusalem. Early and rare Terrorism precursor. A/B 1980s-90s Commercial Covers appear largely if not entirely base rate issues, including commem/special issues, 1356 * sorted in many cartons. Possibly 100,000 covers. Offered unreserved – buyer to remove from our office (Trolley available). [See Lot 1212 which was found by remarkable chance encounter when packing this lot.] AUSTRALIA | Flight Covers B 1911 UK Aerial Postcard fine strike of special cancel on inaugural day of flights, addressed to NSW. Blemishes, 1357P *F only a very small number of cards were used to Australia. Pioneer jusqu’a air mail item. 1358P * A1933 Queensland two lightly foxed flown envelopes each bearing the scarce ‘NORTH QUEENSLAND/By Air Mail/ Australia’s/Winter Playground’ etiquette Frommer #36d (one also with the famous ‘angel’ label), each franked KGV 2d red CoA wmk and 3d Air Mail Type A (one ex booklet BW #136 Cat $125 on cover). (2) A 1917 Basil Watson Shell Benzine parachute, originally prepared for dropping from the his bi-plane in Victoria, but 1359 * overprinted for Tasmania. Not recorded in AAMC. Basil Watson’s death in March 1917 probably prevented these parachutes from being used. A great flight ephemera item. B 1924 Adelaide - Sydney (June 2) with KGV single watermark 1½d green x2 and 2d scarlet tied double-circle cds 1360P * ‘ADELAIDE/0/JU2/1115AM/24/STH-4-A’ and backstamp Sydney machine cancel of June 4. Light soiling and slight peripheral damage, very scarce HL White cover. A 1925 Angel Vignette Booklet in near perfect condition, AAMC #90a, rarely offered. 1361P *** 1362P * A/B 1927 Adelaide - Cootamundra three folded covers bearing the ‘Angel’ vignette from the same source; each are inscribed by hand in green Per Air Mail Only, two in the same hand to Melbourne, to JRW Purves Esq (from Hay Dec 29) and A Cecil Wright Esq (from Cootamundra Jan 3 1928), the third typed To The Postmaster, HAY from Melbourne with KGV 1½d red x3 tied ‘MELBOURNE/8/28DE27/VICTORIA’ and magenta ‘FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL’ handstamp with ‘SHIP MAIL ROOM/29DE27/MELBOURNE’, rubber backstamp in violet ‘POST OFFICE/29/ DEC/1927/HAY, N.S.W.’ Comes with a 1925 (Sept 25) Orlo Smith envelope also with the ‘Angel’ (not tied) and 2d Roo 3rd wmk, KGV ½d green LM wmk and 2d red single wmk tied ‘NARRANDERA/24SE25/NSW’ cds (one day after the vignette was issued), fine. (4) A1926-27 Charleville - Camooweal route, three intermediate sectors AAMC #91, Cat from $50 each, with different 1363P * coloured ‘FORWARDED/BY/AIR/MAIL’ cachets and 4½d franking, no backstamps, comprises [1] a Davis cover from Camooweal Dec 17, 1926 to NSW with KGV 1½d Die I x3, no backstamp; [2] inscribed “Normanton - Cammooweal” (sic) Nov 17, 1927 various KGV plus 1½d Canberra; [3] inscribed “Normanton - Winton”, black on red Air Mail etiquette promoting ‘... Normanton/for Big Game Fishing’, KGV 4½d single wmk dryish looking print. (3) A/B 1930-36 Balance of Collection in range AAMC #91-389a plus others illustrating usages of a variety of vignette 1364P * types/colours. Wide range KGV and other contemporaneous frankings including one ½d Roo, several 3d Air Mail with two Type B seen, odd registered. Several quite useful seen include [1] late use at Normanton of the rectangular ‘FORWARDED BY AIR MAIL’ cachet on 17 March 1936 AAMC #91; [2] 1933 (Sept 30) Mascot Aerial Derby blue card of ‘The Air Mail Society of NSW’ AAMC #330 signed by Ernest A. Crome as secretary and winning pilot GW Reid, addressed to Messrs Orlo-Smith & Co; [3] 1934 (Sept 28) 6d Air Mail Service BW #144 (cat $100 on cover) with cds of ‘MARRICKVILLE//28SE34/NSW’ and backstamp Sydney Air Mail cds same date - for some reason inscribed First Official Airmail Melbourne-Hobart. (18) 1365P * A1927 Cloncurry - Normanton (July 1) Davis neatly typed envelope AAMC #106, Cat $175 with 1½d Canberra horizontal strip of 3 alongside ‘FORWARDED/BY/AIR/MAIL’ in violet, boxed ‘BY AIR MAIL ONLY’ in black, postmaster signature certifying First Flight, Cloncurry cds of June 30 and backstamp Normanton cds following day, small tone spot. 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1929 Adelaide - Perth - Adelaide (June) fifteen covers in mixed condion with some more renowned makers including two Davis types AAMC #137 with the ‘Earliest Delivery’ vignettes on the back, two registered Ackland one an intermediate Adelaide - Kalgoorlie, a good SE Whellams Kalgoorlie - Adelaide. In summary AAMC #136 x3, #137 x8, #137a x4, condition varies. (15) - seven Frank Hedges neatly addressed registered envelopes for six different intermediate sectors AAMC #137a, Cat $350 (“from”); comprises Perth - Ceduna, Perth - Forrest (2), Ceduna - Forrest, Ceduna - Kalgoorlie, Ceduna Adelaide, Forrest - Kalgoorlie. All are West-East sectors (even though some are inscribed in the opposite direction) franked 7½d in total, all include 3d Air Mail, four have KGV 4½d not checked. some small faults, attractive group. (7) 1929 Sydney - Brisbane (Jan 1) group in somewhat aged condition comprising [1] AAMC #148 Cat $250 signed GU Allan pilot and registered to Ipswich, centre fold beginning to separate, 10½d franking with 3d Air Mail, 3d Kooka and KGV 4½d SM wmk P14; [2] AAMC #149 Cat $225 (in fact a Crash cover - see 2008 AAMC p44) registered and addressed to JH Smyth Ltd, esoteric 7½d franking including Victoria ‘ONE PENNY’ on 2d, KGV single wmk ½d green, 1d red, 1½d black-brown and SM wmk ½d orange, 1929 3d Air Mail; [3] comes with Sydney - Brisbane originated Hurstville NSW on Jan 3 so is not first flight despite being inscribed thus; 3d Air Mail and one in ½d orange strip of 3 with scissor cuts. (3) 1930 Daly Waters - Camooweal three folded and pilot-signed (FNeale) envelopes inscribed for intermediaries to Camooweal (from Newcastle Waters, Anthonys Lagoon and Brunette Downs) each addressed Adram Ersle in Perth and franked 1929 3d Airmail and 9d Roo SM wmk (cat $180 on cover), one additionally with KGV 4½d SM wmk P14. All stamps tied by Camooweal cds, two on Feb 21, one Feb 23; no backstamps but the pilot signature almost certainly shows they were among the 30 recorded as having been carried on these sectors. PLUS a long registered envelope inscribed as being for the first Camooweal - Daly Waters service but not in fact carried until July 30! (4) 1930 Townsville - Brisbane (March 31) AAMC #156 and Brisbane - Rockhampton AAMC #156a (addressed to Mackay), two Ackland registered envelopes various frankings including 3d Airmail, poorly separated registration labels, the first handstamped ‘PER AIR-MAIL’ in violet, the second with fancy Air Mail etiquette. Both ultimately redirected back to Melbourne, a plethora of backstamps, good condition for these. (2) 1930 Melbourne - Sydney and Sydney - Melbourne (June 1) AAMC #161-2 Cat $200, a much better than run-ofthe-mill duo in good condition comprising [1] the first a hand addressed envelope to Messrs Fred Hagen at The Same Mouldy Firm in Sydney, 4½d rate by 3d Air Mail, KGV SM wmk ½d orange P13½x12½ and Victoria ONE PENNY on 2d all tied Melbourne machine pictorial slogan, Sydney/22 backstamp; [2] reverse direction a long registered envelope machine-addressed to Tanganyika, backstamps of Sydney, Melbourne, DHANUSHKODI-F, Dar-Es-Salaam (arr). (2) 1931 England - Australia - England (April 4, April 27) three Imperial Airways special long envelopes, two inbound AAMC #187 with KGV frankings London FS and WC machine cancels, one clean to Brisbane with publicity letter contents, the second foxed to Sydney, one return AAMC #188 clean franked 2/- Roo SM wmk (cat $200 on cover) tied clear cds ‘DARWIN, N.T./26AP31/AUSTRALIA’. Plus a third inbound small plain envelope (folded) to Sydney lightly soiled KGV frankings as before. (4) 1931 Australia - England (April 23) return flight (First Experimental), five covers in mixed condition, one a foxed long plain type from Cairns with 1929 3d Air Mail and various Kingsford Smith to 2/2d total, one with neat advertisement for LENROC Ltd in Adelaide to Birmingham franked 1/11d including SM wmk Roos 9d (cat $180 on cover) and 1/-, three Royal Mail ‘ALL THE WAY BY AIR’ types (one a registered front only), two with frankings including KGV SM wmk P13½x12½ 1/4d BW #130 (cat $350 each on cover), another with ‘FIVE PENCE’ on 4½d BW #125 (cat $200 on cover). [For similar items see Lots 1097,1375 & 1377.] (5) - return flight (First Experimental) destinations other than England, two registered and folded plain envelopes otherwise fine [1] Norwood (South Australia) to Beirut (then part of Syria) AAMC #188e franked Kingsford Smith 2d x2, 3d, 6d violet x3, 1929 3d Air Mail ex booklet Type A (cat $125 on cover), transit backstamps ‘GAZA/PM/9MY/31’ cds and oval ‘REGISTERED/10MY31/HAIFA’ (British type), arrival bilingual ‘BEYROUTH/R.P./11-5-31/. .’, a good destination; [2] Norwood (SA) to Louisiana (USA) AAMC #188 extended, franked KGV SM wmk p13½x12½ 1/4d BW #130 (cat $350 on cover), ‘FIVE PENCE’ on 4/hd BW #125, Kingsford Smith 6d violet tied two light registered cds, backstamped violet Washington DC x2 transit, arrival duplex of ‘COLUMBIA/MAY/25/1931/LA.’ x2 - another good destination. [For similar items see Lots 1097,1374 & 1377.] (2) 1931 Townsville - Brisbane three Les Wright hand-addressed envelopes inscribed Per Final Official Flight and carried by QANTAS on Sept 25, to himself c/o SH Sheard and one to Adelaide. Various etiquettes, two franked KGV 2d red and 3d Air Mail Type A, the third by Kingsford Smith 6d violet (cat $90 on cover). Light soiling, small peripheral faults, attractive items may be scarcer than the first flights (which were AAMC #202 Cat $150 each). (3) 1931 Australia - England (May 15) three plain envelopes, various frankings, from [1] postmarked Perth (May 11) franked 1/11d including SM wmk p13½x12½ 1/4d BW #130 (cat $350 on cover), arrival backstamp Netherton, Yorks; [2] postmarked Darwin (May 1) franked 1/11d including SM wmk Roos 6d and 1/- (latter Cat $150 on cover), no backstamp; [3] postmarked Halifax Qld (May 13) stunning 3/8d franking including seven Kingsford Smith 6d violet, central fold and other faults, no backstamp. [For similar items see Lots 1097, 1374 & 1375.] (3) - (Nov 19) the so-called ‘First All-Australian Air Mail to England’ with four specially designed Greetings envelopes and five plain various sizes and a plethora of exotic frankings; each cover has one or more 6d Air Mail Service BW #144 (cat $100 each on cover), many other Kingsford Smith 2d, 3d and 6d violets, KGV including 5d surcharge BW #125 (cat $200 on cover), 1929 3d Air Mail, etc. All to GB addresses except one to Belgium, five are registered of which two are commercially addressed - one long types (folded) to Superintendent of Mails, GPO from Bank of New South Wales. Some peripheral and other faults, attractive group. (9) 1932 England - Australia (Jan 7) delayed Christmas flight Cat $125 each and comprising [1] two ANA Greetings envelopes one registered to Brisbane with 1/7d KGV frankings including 1929 PUC ½d, 1d, 2½d Brisbane arrival backstamp Jan 21 (not in AAMC), one to Port Adelaide franked 1/4d including KGV 5d strip of 3; [2] late use (by Agent-General for Tasmania in London) of a special envelope (torn corner) prepared for Nov 19 ANA Australia - England flight (AAMC #222), to Tasmania, Hobart machine arr Jan 23; [3] plain registered JH Smyth Ltd envelope to Sydney 1/7d franking various KGV stamps, slightly foxed. (4)

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1932 Perth - Derby - Wyndham (Feb 11 - Apr 13) eight registered AN Deane covers addressed to him at Magill in South Australia variously inscribed and flown on sectors of the Perth - Derby - Wyndham and Perth - Adelaide services; none are first flights, all franked 8d including Kingsford Smith 6d violet BW #143 (cat $90 on cover). Plus two 1934 registered, also not first flights, addressed to him in Renmark from Kimba (May 31) and Cowell (June 1) each being intermediates on the Adelaide - Eyre Peninsula service and franked 9d comprising 1929 3d Air Mail Type A and 1931 6d Air Mail Service (latter Cat $100 on cover). Some small imperfections and cleanable soiling, very attractive group. (10) 1932 Brisbane - Camooweal (Feb 17 - Apr 8) twelve registered AN Deane covers addressed to him at Magill in South Australia variously inscribed and flown on sectors of the Brisbane - Camooweal (including Normanton) and Brisbane - Sydney services; none are first flights, all franked 8d including Kingsford Smith 6d violet BW #143 x 11 (cat $90 on cover) and 6d Air Mail Service BW #144 (cat $100 on cover). Plus two 1934 registereds also not first flights addressed to him in Renmark from Mt Coolon - Rockhampton service (June 7) and Camooweal from Daly Waters - Brisbane service (June 15) both 9d frankings with 1929 3d Air Mail and 1931 6d Air Mail Service (latter Cat $100 on cover). Some small imperfections and cleanable soiling, very attractive group. (14) 1934 Sydney - Bega (Sept 5) and return AAMC #353-4, Cat $150. the outward service being an Adastra Airways envelope with CoA wmk KGV 2d red and 3d Air Mail Type A tied two strikes ‘1-AIRMAIL-1/12—-3FE34/SYDNEY NSW’, inbound plain envelope with ½d Roo, KGV 1½d green and 3d Kooka tied two strikes ‘BEGA/-5SE34/N.S.W’. Some small faults and light cleanable soiling. Difficult covers. (2) 1934 New Zealand - Australia (Feb 17) three envelopes prepared for the ‘Faith in Australia’ flight only two of which made it AAMC #360, Cat $150. All three franked overprinted 7d sky blue SG #554 (cat from £84 each on cover), the last lightly foxed on a KGV 1d red postal stationery envelope hand-stamped unboxed ‘TOO LATE’. One additionally franked Australia KGV 1d green pair for return to NZ. (3) 1935 Australia - New Zealand - Australia (April 10-14) 26 covers of which 13 are boomerang types AAMC #36971, Cat $1300. Eleven one way originate Australia, and of the two prepared for the return flight only one made it, the other (for ‘The Bank of Adelaide’ neatly handstamped in reddish ‘Too Late’). All four envelope designs seen plus a long type for CTP Ulm himself which he, GU Allan and R Boulton signed. Also noted is one addressed to A. Rosenblum with the same three signatures. Many exotic, not to say esoteric, frankings including New Zealand 3d Chocolate SG #548 x6, 4d purple SG #549 x4, 7d Air Mail SG #550 x5 plus various KGV; Australia with odd preCommonwealth, lots of 3d Air Mail unchecked, Kingsford Smith 6d Air Mail Service x12 including one ‘OS’ opt BW #144(OS) Cat $250 on cover. Condition varies. (26) 1934-35 New Zealand - Australia selection in mixed condition in range AAMC #389a-503, and comprising [1] 1934 (July 2) to Hobart, destination could be added to AAMC #389a description; [2] two 1935 KGV Silver Jubilee attempt AAMC #499 one plain with contents (reasonable condition), the other addressed to England and additionally franked in Wellington (central fold, soiling, and other faults), Cat $175 each; [3] three 1935 illustrated envelopes intended for the return KGV Silver Jubilee flight but forwarded to Australia by sea AAMC #503 (one to Queensland NZAC #117c, two to England NZAC #117d), all franked various 1935 Air and Silver Jubilee values SG #570-5 and others. (6) 1934 Australia - Papua , Australia - New Guinea (July 24-Aug 1) so-called ‘First Official Air Mail’, 25 covers including intermediates and boomerang types AAMC #390-395b, Cat $1070+. Cover makers include The Fryer Stamp Co., Panmure, Auckland, NZ for Francis J. Field in England and Berkshire Exchange in Ohio, USA, Queensland map types as usually seen for Les Wright in Cairns, others for Nelson Eustis, WAP Wheeler, SH Sheard. Australia frankings include KGV 3d Blue ‘OS’ opt and others to 5d, 1929 3d Air Mail with ‘OS’ perfin BW #134ba (cat $500 on cover), four other 3d Air Mail including Type B, Kingsford Smith types with three 6d Air Mail Service (cat $100 each on cover), 2d and 9d Roos; New Guinea frankings with Undated Birds to 6d mostly optd Air Mail, Papua frankings include ‘AIR MAIL’ and aeroplane opts, 1932-40 Pictorials to 6d, etc. Mainly fine. (25) 1934 Launceston - Melbourne - Launceston and Hobart - Launceston (Oct 1) in range AAMC #423-426a, Cat $480. Five registered A. Sinclair envelopes franked 8d all except one by KGV 5d and 3d Air Mail Type A, all typed addresses and redirected so a bit cluttered, one plain AAMC #425 neatly typed. (6) 1934 MacRobertson Air Race England - Australia - New Zealand (October 20) AAMC #438a, Cat $150; a flimsy pre-printed envelope addressed to CE kay and unofficially flown in DH Dragon Rapide Tainui ZK-ACO and signed by one of the three pilots C.E. Kay, firstly franked in England with KGV 1d brown cancelled ‘MILDENHALL A’DME/B/ 19OCT34/. .’ hand-stamped addressed c/o Post Office, Palmerston North, New Zealand and franked in New Zealand with KGV 1d Admiral tied ‘PALMERSTON NTH/15.NO.34.8-PM/N.Z.’ Top class condition. - and others in variable condition, min total Cat $500, comprising [1] 1934 (Oct 20) KLM DC2 Uiver PH-AJU env to Sydney AAMC #444 Cat $80, plus aerogramme (folded) to Java with on the back return address in Holland alongside oval rubber handstamp ‘ROYAL DUTCH AIRWAYS/K.L.M.LINER “UIVER”/P.H.A.J.U./Arrived at Melbourne 10.54 A.M./Wednesday, 24-10-34/255 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY’, franked 3d Macarthur tied Sydney machine slogan November 9, Airmail etiquette cancelled by two red crayon bars, no further backstamp (is this AAMC #457a, Cat $300?); [2] 1934 (Dec 8) England - Australia AAMC #469 Cat 475 each, a postcard registered from Holland to Sydney some foxing, a Qantas illustrated envelope Belgium to Qantas in Camooweal (neither with backstamps), another London to Brisbane; [3] 1936 (Oct 27) Port Moresby - Australia plain damaged envelope AAMC #647 Cat $125, the ‘Melbourne Cup’ flight; [4] USA 1928 (Feb 6) two ‘Spirit of St Louis’ Lindbergh covers from Dominican Republic, one to Haiti with special cachets in red (2) and blue, one to Cuba special cachet in blue only; [5] Hawaii - Hobart with fancy cachet of ‘National Air Mail Week/May 15-21, 1938’, social contents. (9) 1934 Java - Holland - Australia - Java - Mac Roberston Race Central Anti-Tuberculosis Foundation cover, leaving Batavia on 2nd Oct to the Netherlands, departing the Netherlands on 15th Oct to Melbourne, departing Melbourne 29OC to Batavia, registered for the first 2 legs, AAMC #444, Cat $80++, some mild toning. 1934 Italy - Bourke registered cover on first regular UK to Australia flight, AAMC #469a. 1934 Australia - England (Dec 9-10) in range AAMC #470-470p, Cat $1000. Some good destinations seen noting Scotland, Bavaria, Iraq and Karachi (via Calcutta), Sudan and South Africa (last two via Egypt) as well as some sectors within Australia (eg Brisbane - Darwin). Both Imperial and Qantas prepared special envelopes and both are well represented here, so are some more well-known stamp people such as LA Wyndham and J Robertson, aerophilatelists in Cape Town, Mr Geo. J King to whom many were sent ‘Post Restante’ in several places. 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1934 Charleville - Cootamundra (Dec 13) four in range AAMC #472-472c, Cat $220. Three intermediates very neatly addressed to HS Thirkell being AAMC #472a x2 and #472c and franked 3d Air Mail Type A and 2d Macarthur dark hills, the fourth not so tidy AAMC #472. Comes with 1934 Melbourne - Portland (Nov 16) autogiro postcard AAMC #461 fine plus an uncertain Katherine - Darwin (Dec 14) which may be AAMC 474 (burn mark). (6) 1935 Wyndham - Ord River seven Ernie Crome covers all but two hand addressed, all with his customary please return to. . . handstamp; all are inscribed ‘FIRST FLIGHT’ for various sectors and intended to be AAMC #513 and #513a Cat from $90 each. Difficult to be sure these were flown as inscribed since all but the first typed cover have transit and return backstamps up to three months later; even the first typed cover has Wyndham cds July 25th. Three are however hand-dated ‘11/7/35’ two of with initials ‘L.D.’ (or ‘L.W.?) suggesting an Argyle connection. Some foxing and other faults, historic material. (7) 1935 Adelaide - Darwin - Adelaide (August 19-22) all but three are Ernie Crome covers, six either AAMC #522 or #523, 12 are #523a, majority pilot signed J Chapman and B Cowan (three just the first). Plus two after Katherine added as an intermediate, posted in Sydney on Sept 4th so NOT first flight (which was on August 26th), neither included in Cat c$1300. Some foxing, mainly fine historic material - see also Lot 1167. (20) 1935 Alice Springs - Farina a Eustis cover, AAMC #523a, with ornate script handstamp on blue provisional registration label on annotated page. 1935 Brisbane - Townsville - Brisbane (Sept 15-17) New England Airways Ltd extension to their Sydney Brisbane service, one all-the-way in each direction AAMC #527-8 (one a Queensland Air Mail Society envelope), six intermediates either direction AAMC #528a (two foxed are the airline’s special envelopes, another a Nelson Eustis cover), one we’re not sure about from Alf Campe in Sydney on Sept 13 to well known aero-philatelist L Wright in Cairns backstamped only in Brisbane on Sept 14. Various frankings including Kingsford Smith 6d violet (cat $90 on cover) and a 1929-38 3d Air Mail Type A with vertical scratch from R of AUSTRALIA to L of MAIL (which might make it BW #136d Cat $125 on cover). Some imperfections, Cat $400+. (8) 1935 Melbourne - Sydney - Melbourne (Oct 7) including intermediates, ten covers AAMC #536-537a, Cat $420+. Five flimsy ‘Pioneer Airmail Envelope’ types addressed to Col W.H. Berry and one to Nelson Eustis. Several to/from Tasmania including King Island, one with cachet of Queensland Air Mail Society, various mainly more common frankings. Some spots and other small faults. (10) 1935-43 Collection in range AAMC #537-959, Cat $1750; majority domestic smaller sector first flights but some long-haul inbound/outbound, others include commemorative and some clearly not flown. Several not recorded eg 1938 Groote Eylandt - Brisbane (July 27), others may be just ordinary flown items. Wide range postal markings including ‘UNCLAIMED AT/MELBOURNE’ alongside the ‘RETURN TO SENDER’ fickle finger on AAMC #584, violet ‘DELIVERY WINDOW/5AUG1936/G.P.O., ADELAIDE’ and ‘UNCLAIMED’ alongside red ‘DEAD LETTER OFFICE/ SE4/36/ADELAIDE’ on AAMC #621a. Typically mixed condition. (c40) 1935 Townsville - Cooktown - Townsville (Oct 27 - 28) McDonald Air Services Ltd AAMC #549-550a x6, Cat $300, plus a seventh intermediate which failed to get on the first flight and went Oct 31 instead. All are illustrated covers prepared by and for noted Cairns aero-philatelist Les Wright and franked 3d Air Mail Type A and CofA wmk KGV 2d red except for one where 2d omitted and so taxed at Cairns where pair 2d Postage Dues affixed. Signature of T. McDonald owner-pilot sometimes crossed out and that of GW Cannon added. Colourful covers. (7) - (Oct 27 - 28) McDonald Air Services Ltd AAMC #549-550a x8, Cat $450. Illustrated and plain covers comprising AAMC #549 x2, 550, 550a x6 and noting two nice boldly cacheted ‘Cooktown==Queen/of the North=Greets/You./ First Air Mail/to the South/October 28, 1935’. Range of frankings including 3d Air Mail Type A x5, Kingsford Smith 6d violet and 6d Air Mail Service, various KGV values. Signature of T. McDonald owner-pilot on some, GW Cannon others. Nice variety in generally good to fine condition. (9) 1935 Adelaide Airways Ltd (Nov 25-26) seven flights with Adelaide as the hub AAMC #558-563 range, Cat $305. Interesting makers include two John W. Gower or Gower’s Stamp Den, one each Ernie Crome and Nelson Eustis. Better postal markings include two with ‘UNCLAIMED AT/MELBOURNE’ alongside the ‘RETURN TO SENDER’ finger, oval rubber handstamp ‘DELIVERY WINDOW/27NOV1935/G.P.O.ADELAIDE’ x2. Good attractive lot. (7) 1936 Goldfields Route (February 17-21) Airlines (WA) Ltd an FGL Hedges covers collection of seven first flights, four outwards on Feb 17-18 AAMC #584, 586, 589 & 590 Cat $215, three return flights on Feb 20-21 mostly ignored by collectors and not listed AAMC being Kalgoorlie - Mt Magnet, Kalgoorlie - Wiluna & Wiluna - Mt Magnet (would Cat $210 if they were outbound first flights). All are franked KGV ‘FIVE PENCE’ on 4½d surcharge (correct rate) Cat $200 each on cover! (7) 1936 Sydney - Broken Hill - Sydney (March 27-28) WASP Airlines intermediates x7 AAMC #596a, Cat $450+ without duplication, five are illustrated envelopes (some spotting) of the Narromine Aero Club typed addresses to the club secretary for sectors from Wilcannia to Sydney, Dubbo, Nyngan, Narromine & Broken Hill all pilot signed P Graham, all KGV 2d & 3d franking; plus Sydney - Wilcannia and Nyngan - Narromine sectors neat handwritten addresses franked 3d Air Mail and 2d KGV, small faults. (7) 1936 Adelaide - American River and return (Jan 1) AAMC #699-700 Cat $100 each, two Nelson Eustis handwritten envelopes, the return with machine backstamp ‘ADELAIDE/8PM/1JAN/1937/S.A’ (AAMC suggests only ‘7PM’ used). Plus Kingscote - Adelaide intermediate AAMC #700a Cat from $100 (very few intermediates known) also with ‘8PM’ in arrival backstamp, SA Centenary label affixed. (3) 1937 Cairns - Normanton - Cairns (April 13-14) AAMC #719-20a, Cat $30 each, six typed addresses, three are by and to Mr B Blumenthal comprising Cairns - Croydon, Normanton - Cairns & Croydon - Cairns; three by and to Mr HK Green light probably removable stains, pilot signed C Jones same sectors except Cairns - Normanton instead of the other way. Plus special envelope of First Australasian Airpost Exhibition in Brisbane June 7-9 AAMC #738b hand addressed (7) 1937 Australia - USA (April 19) AAMC #727, Cat $200 registered neatly typed address to San Francisco exotically franked 4/11d by Roos 1st wmk 1d Die 2A x2, 3rd wmk 3d and 6d Die IIb and 9d Die II (cat $200 on cover), CofA wmk 2/- maroon, KGV 1d green and 2d red look to be CofA wmk, 1/- Large Lyre all tied ‘REGISTERED/ 1230P20AP37/BRISBANE’ cds, two stamps, the registration label and the Airmail etiquette tied by large blue ‘FAM14’ cachet. 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1938 Australia - New Guinea - Australia (May 30 - June 5) WR Carpenter Airlines one-way and ‘boomerang’ covers AAMC #808-812a Cat $280. Comprises AAMC #808, 810, 812 x3 including one long registered originating Sydney and smaller registered originating Melbourne, 812a x2 with one registered originating Port Moresby, the other an Ernie Crome Brisbane - Sydney pilot signed RO Mant. A plethora of frankings and postal markings, mainly fine. (7) - (May 30 - June 5) WR Carpenter Airlines ‘boomerang’ covers AAMC #812 x4 Cat $200. One plain envelope originating Melbourne to/from Rabaul and three illustrated covers originating Cairns to/from Rabaul x2 and Salamau, latter prepared by and for noted Cairns aero-philatelist Les Wright. Australia frankings include three CofA wmk KGV 5d brown and 3d Air Mail Type A, New Guinea with several undated Birds including ‘OS’ optd 2d pair SG #O44 and Air opts ½d, 1d, 2d and 2½d. (4) 1938 Poland - Australia (25 Jun) cover, originating in Poland, which joined the KLM inaugural regular airmail service to Australia, AAMC 815, small cover faults. Rare commercial item for this event, from unusual origin. 1938 Java - Australia (July 3) AAMC #815, Cat $125. Central fold does not detract from very colourful cover. 1938 Normanton - Queensland Cattle Stations (July 8) AAMC #817 x7 and possibly Normanton - Macaroni (July 15) AAMC #818, Cat $480. Eight illustrated covers signed Alan W Tagart pilot and AJ Lloyd Normanton Postmaster, flown various sectors and some additionally signed at one of the cattle stations, prepared by and for noted Cairns aero-philatelist Les Wright. KGV CofA wmk frankings, seven by ½d orange x4 (six are blocks of 4), one by 2d red, all cancelled Normanton cds (no PO’s at the cattle stations), with the Macaroni cover dated July 22 even though certified first official flight by the Postmaster. Fine. (8) 1940 New Zealand - Australia (Apr 27 - May2) and return flying boat service AAMC #899-900, Cat $200. The inward a plain envelope (small nick at top) with ‘FIVE PENCE’ on 3d SG #551 tied Auckland machine slogan, Sydney backstamp; return TEAL illustrated envelope (couple spots) with ½d orange Roo Ash imprint pair and 4d Koala tied Sydney May 1 machine slogan, (2) 1944 ‘Coolangatta’ Crash Cover AAMC #984, (faults) carried by air from Sydney aboard QANTAS Coolangatta, which crashed in Sydney Harbour 11 Oct, informative handstamp in pink, addressed to Brunette Downs, providing unusual Northern Territory connection. 1946 Sydney - Singapore (April 7) 7d KGVI blue-grey aerogramme headed ‘AIRLETTER’ specially overprinted in purple for the re-opening of the EMPIRE AIR ROUTE, AAMC #1036a, Cat $200. Addressed to Qantas in Singapore, signed by both pilots Moxham and Furze, backstamped Singapore GPO next day. 1946 Butler Air Transport (April 18 - Dec 13) twelve envelopes to Mr J.B. Williams (sometimes just Mr B. or Bryan), a member of the company, all inscribed ‘FIRST OFFICIAL AIRMAIL’ followed by the sector flown. Starts with two not listed in AAMC, Sydney - Bourke and return (April 18), then Sydney - Dubbo and return (May 16) AAMC #10456, Sydney - Nyngan (Sept 5) AAMC #1058-9, Sydney - Parkes and return plus Bathurst intermediate (Sept 9) AAMC #1062-3a, Sydney - Walgett and return via Tooraweenah (Dec 11) plus Sydney - Brewarrina (Dec 13) none of which conform to dates recorded at AAMC #1086a-88a. All are pilot signed either TR Young (10) or AR Clancy, mainly fine, Cat c$500. (12) 1946-55 Collection in range AAMC #1057-1351, Cat $2100 at least; domestic smaller sector as well as long-haul inbound/outbound first flights, others include commemorative and some not flown. More useful noted include 1946 Sydney - Mornington Island (Dec 24) AAMC #1089, 1947 England - Australia (Dec 1) AAMC #1025. Not recorded includes 1948 Brisbane - Dalby (Apr 12), 1949 Moree - Sydney (Nov 25). Typically mixed condition. (c70) 1947 Rabaul - Sydney return flight cover franked with 5½d Emu, bearing blue & black ‘Re-opening Flight!/[plane & map]/RABAUL/SYDNEY/QANTAS/EMPIRE AIRWAYS’ vignette affixed, AAMC #1092, Cat $100++, signed by pilot J. Bonnington. 1947 Australia - Norfolk Island (Oct 14) AAMC #1113, and Norfolk Island - Australia (Oct 15) AAMC #1114, together Cat $250. Two Qantas Empire Airways Ltd envelopes to Ernie Crome with special vignette affixed and each signed by pilot LR Ambrose, appropriate backstamps, fine. (2) 1948 Sydney - Narrabri - Sydney (July 5-19) eight pilot-signed envelopes of Butler Air Transport Pty, Ltd franked 5½d Emu, loosely in the range AAMC #1183-3c, Cat $200. All are inscribed First Air Service or First Air Mail Service followed by the sector flown and the date (which does not always coincide with the pmk date). AAMC is less than fully informative with only those flown on July 12th being recorded - it is clear from the covers that some occurred earlier (eg Sydney - Thargomindah July 8th, pmkd July 7th and supporting arr backstamp July 8th) and others may have occurred later (eg Goondiwindi - Sydney July 19th, pmkd July 19th). Some foxing but mainly fine, study material. (8) 1949 Australia - South Africa - Australia on cover franked with 2½d scarlet KGVI cancelled with Sydney of 14NO49 & South African 1½d brown & blue cancelled with Johannesburg of 20XI49, with blue vignette for Australia - South Africa, AAMC #1193-4, Cat $100++. 1953 Sydney - Lae - Hollandia - Lae (Sept 5-8) the three main sector first flights being AAMC #1322-4 (also AAMC #P202, 204, 206) Cat $265. All have the specially prepared vignettes tied by the signature of Capt JB Fawcett, the Sydney - Lae sector signed W Forgan-Smith and A Jacobson as well. The Hollandia - Lae cover lightly foxed around stamps (would clean up with care), otherwise fine. (3) 1954 ‘Belfast’ Singapore Crash AAMC #1337, Cat $100+; envelope Sydney - Singapore recovered and, naturally, water stained. 1955 Cocos (Keeling Is) - Australia (Nov 23) AAMC #1354, plain envelope to Hobart with the scarce to rare red cachet (nearly all were struck in violet), no backstamp. 1956-65 Collection majority QANTAS first flights but others also included in fairly extensive run AAMC #1362-1565, Cat $2700 at very least. Though several may be covered more than once, no obvious duplication seen. Inbound and outbound, round the world, intermediates in some depth (particularly noting the convoluted Australia - Vienna Australia routings in AAMC #1542-3a & 1546-7a). Oddments include mint vignette sheetlets, helicopters, a skywriting flight over Perth, some not flown, some that may have been flown but not in AAMC (eg 1957 (March 11, 17) Brisbane - Mary Kathleen and return). 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1976 Australia - Pacific - Australia 50th Anniversary flights organised by the Australian Air Mail Society, 26 illustrated commemorative envelopes, aerogrammes and a couple of PPCs from New Caledonia AAMC #1800a-b, Cat $390. Official couriers who have signed some of the covers are famous names in Australian philately and include Arthur Bergen, Jack Koch, Nelson Eustis, FR Harris, also pilot Tony Schwerdt. Many have the special vignette, most are in fine to very fine condition. (26) A 1981-2004 Collection fairly extensive run AAMC #1907-2265 (which is where AAMC listing stop), Cat $3000 at very 1430 * least. Several may be covered more than once insofar as some are represented by, for example, complete PS or illustrated envelope sets, otherwise no obvious duplication seen. First and commemorative flights inbound and outbound, round the world, intermediates, parachutes, model planes, helicopters, military as well as civilian, mint vignettes, some not flown, some flown but not in AAMC, some documentary support. Huge variety. (300+) 1431P * A 1968-98 Balloon Flights Collection lovely collection AAMC #B5-B59, Cat $900 at least, from 1968 Miss Kolotex signed x2 AAMC #B5 to 1998 Barossa Valley AAMC #B59. In between we note a group of 17 (5 signed) from the 1972 Trans-Australia ‘safari’ AAMC #B9 and two signed cards from the Wayville Sirius flight AAMC #B10. Oddments include few New Zealand, GB, etc. Generally excellent condition throughout. (c115) AUSTRALIA | Flight Covers - Commercial A1935 Sweden - Sydney (24 Jan) airmail cover Sweden to Sydney carried by IAL Athena from Karachi, force landed 1432P *F at Surabaya D.E.I. 4 Feb owing to ruptured exhaust pipe, confirmed by Sydney backstamp 9 Feb 1935. Far rarer incident than that involving Athena on 29 Sep 1936 (AAMC #632). A1938 GB - Sydney (13 Jul) airmail cover G.B. to Sydney bearing Seahorse 2/6d solo, carried by IAL Corio 1433P *F (confirmed by London slogan cancel) which was involved in a collision with Cooee at Sharjah 16 Jul, and the mail load transferred to Circe. Cover tears (mostly reverse) do not unduly detract. Only four covers from this incident to Australia recorded, with added interest for Middle East aerophilatelists. AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1434P F B 1914 (29 Jul) front + flap to Germany with Roo 2d and 3d tied by double-circle ‘ENGLISH MAIL TPO/OUT’ cds, stopped in London due to war with unusually fine violet ‘UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.’, red pointing finger RTS, censor label on flap. 1435P *F A1 - (5 Oct) use of 1d roo on cover from Thursday Island to England, mss “Censored/J Batteu/5.10.14” on back, rare. [Freshwater missionary horde.] 1436P F B 1914-15 Egypt Infantry Brigade 1914 (24 Dec) front with Egypt 1m (5) tied 1st Aust Div Field PO datestamps and Brisbane censor handstamp, 1915 (10 Jan) unusual Adelaide YMCA OAS envelope with 5m tied by 3rd Aust Inf Bde cds. (2) 1437P A 1914-18 Postcards & Photos selection of mainly Australian related items. Noted 1914 French PPC of Service at an Australian Camp; HMAS Australia PPC, Indian Camel Corps photo; Convoy ship with hand-drawn sails that were erected to get air into the holds for the horses; Hospital patients in Malta; Consecrating the Colours PPC at the MCG in Melbourne?. (16) 1438P * B 1915 envelope of ‘SYDNEY Y.M.C.A/ON/ACTIVE SERVICE/WITH/AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE’ with 5m Sphinx tied Cairo bilingual cds with another alongside. To London, removable adhesions and slight aging. 1439P F B - use of stampless cover to Melbourne, cancelled with ‘2ND AUST. INF. BDE FIELD P.O/2AP15’ (A2+ Mena Camp, Egypt), couple of tears. 1440P A - fine strikes of ‘A.I.F. BASE/21MR15/POST OFFICE’ (Alexandria, Egypt) on GB 1d red block of 4, plus other strikes of various dates on GB 1d, 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 6d & 1/- all on small neat pieces. Mounted on page with 2 additional strikes on plain pieces. (10) 1441P F A - use of stampless PPC from Heliopolis to Adelaide, fine blue ‘MILITARY CAMP/12JL154-5PM/AERODROME, HELIOPOLIS’ (A1) and violet cogwheel cachet ‘27th BATTALION A.I.F./ON ACTIVE/SERVICE/POST FREE/[7]th INF. BGDE.’ (A2), rare. 1442P F A 1915 Egypt (22 Jul) PPC to Pinnaroo, SA, showing fine cogwheel ‘27th. BATTALION A.I.F./7TH. INF. 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C. “D” Company’ cachet in blue-green (Emery CA98B), fair Australian Base Details PO cds. 1446P F A 1915 Egypt Hospitals PPC to Adelaide showing unusually fine double oval ‘FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL’ cachet (Emery CA 41) 1447P F A- (14 Sep) PPC to Melbourne showing cirular ‘FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL/FRANKED’ cachet (Emery CA 40). 1448P F A 1915 Gallipoli (2 Apr) Field Service Card with fine ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR’ in violet, (Emery CM25 used at Lemnos Is), partial 3rd Aust Inf Bde cds. 1449P F A- use of stampless cover to Adelaide, cancelled with ‘1ST AUST. INF. BDE FIELD P.O/18JL15’ (A2 Anzac Beach), nagenta boxed ‘PASSED BY/[crown]/NO 2205/CENSOR’ (4th Battalion) on face. 1450 * B - censored envelope from Gallipoli to London with red boxed ‘PASSED BY/(crown)/No.2638/CENSOR’ initialled in pencil and overstruck by indistinct number cds ‘AUST.INF.BDE.FIELD P.O/?0JL15’. Roughly opened. B - (Sept 2) Field Service Post Card from George to Miss Kirby in London redirected to Wallingford, Berks. Postmarked 1451 * ‘4th. AUST.INF/BDE/-1-IX-15/. . .’ (day before he wrote it!) and receiving wavy line machine ‘EARLS COURT/10.15 AM/20SEP15’. Creases ironed out. 1452P F A- 3 Field Service Postcards (2 different printings) from Gallipoli [1] Anzac Beach to Adelaide cancelled with ‘1ST AUST. INF. BDE FIELD P.O/26JE15’ (A2) [2] Anzac Beach to Erskineville cancelled with ‘1ST AUST. INF. BDE FIELD P.O/4AU15’ (A1) [3] to Adelaide cancelled with ‘[1ST AUS]T. DIV FIELD [P.O]/24AU15’ (A3). 1453P F A- 3 Field Service Postcards (different printings) from Gallipoli [1] Anzac Beach to Perth cancelled with ‘3RD AUST. INF. BDE FIELD P.O/19JL15’ (A2) [2] Anzac Beach to Hobart cancelled with ‘3RD AUST. INF. 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1915 Troopships (Jan) PPC of TSS Ceramic (name partly scratched out) from Sam Allkin, 15 Battn (awarded Military Medal), to Brisbane with black printed improvised label “Passed Censor.....M” handstamped “Australian Imperial Force” (Emery CM24) along with 1d red KGV tied by Sydney machine; another undated PPC (possibly HMT Demosthenes, trimmed at base to censor out name) to Bendigo with similar label partly removed and handstamp, 1d red KGV tied by ‘boot heel’ type cancel, very unusual pair. (2) 1915-16 Egypt 1915 (Oct) - 1916 (Mar) PPCs (latter with pencil message and address rubbed out) showing fair circular ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE/1 A.A.P.C.’ (tear), ‘AIF/ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ FRANKED’ or ‘8TH TRAINING BATTALION’, ‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ (Emery CA18, CA34, CA102 + CM18) (3) 1915-16 Egypt Base Camps group to Aust with Base APO T (Port Said), Australian Imp. Force Base PO (2 settings), AIF Interbase PO Cairo (3 settings), Military Camp Aerodrome Heliopolis, British Camp Heliopolis, Maadi (flts), Base APO Z (Alexandria), also FPO D52 from Div 52 HQ, and 1915 ‘SYDNEY Y.M.C.A./ON ACTIVE SERVICE/...’ env with 5m tied by Pyramids cash cds, mostly VF strikes. (12) 1915-16 Egypt Infantry Brigades group to Aust with 1 (Aust Div Field PO), Inf Bde Field PO 1 (1918 date, presumably 1916), 2, 3, 4 (Gallipoli), 6, 7, AN8, AN14 or AN15 cds, latter 3 being very scarce, one with Egypt 5m, couple with faults, fair to fine cds. (10) 1915-18 Collection to or from Australian Soldiers with rare inwards mail to soldier in the Imperial Camel Corps; 1916 OAS from Zeitoun camp with B Details cachet; 1915 OAS from Mex Camp; 1915 OAS from Abbasia; 1914 1st Convoy letter posted in Aden to WA, 1916 convoy mail & 1917 from Hurdcott Camp. (6) 1915-18 Egypt Hospitals 1915 PPC and two covers showing fair strikes of circular or oval ‘FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL’, oval ‘AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND/CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL/EB Norton/Major’ cachets with Heliopolis or Hilwan cds, oval ‘AUST. GENERAL HOSPITAL PO’ No 3 on 1916 Parcel receipt form, fine No 14 on 1918 cover with APO SZ22 cds, (Emery CA40, 41, 56, 46A, 47) plus two without cachets (7) 1915-18 Middle East Stationary POs group from Army PO SZ3, 4A, 5 (registered, VF 1st Aust Divl Train backstamp, Anzac Beach), 6, 10 (codes A and B, one to NZ), 22 (code A - front, and C), 48 (Palestine). (8) 1915-18 Troopships group mainly with maritime type censor markings, numbered A46 (Emery MCM15), 54 (MCM.1/G), 55, and un-numbered but almost all identified by mss. number or by research, HMT A5 (2), A8 (2, one PPC signed by 8 members of 9 Field Ambulance), A14, A15 (2 different), A17 (2), A34, A38, A72 + RMS Osterley, + two unidentified and seven apparent troopship covers without handstamp, several markings not listed by Emery, rare group, few faults. (25) 1915-19 Western Front 1916-18 group to Australia or AIF London with Army POs S1-S105, also SA1, R13 and R14 cds, one registered with generic blue label. (27) 1916 use of Malta 2d KGV Registration Envelope uprated with Malta 3d KEVII from Capt RE Smith, Virdala Palace to Westwood, Tasmania, opened out, punch holes. - use of green Honour Envelope to Sydney, cancelled with ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/A/3MY/16/A.N.12’ (B1 Serapeum, Egypt). [Rated 300 by Proud] - Military-related usages of 1d red KGV Postal Card and 1d red embossed Envelope. Former to P.O.W. at Spandau Germany, Ruhleben receiving handstamp and latter O.A.S. in GB, cancelled by ‘AUSTRALIAN FIELD.P.O./ NO15/16/PARK HOUSE CAMP’, signed by A.I.F. Lieut. (2) 1916 ‘Dardenelles’ Letterette (13 Sep) to Tasmania by OM Oldham (died of wounds 2.6.18) showing superb FPO TW4 cds of 4th divisional train, Proud allocates to Ypres area from 14.9.16 (‘not seen’). 1916 British Camps (25 Jul) Salisbury letter card to SA showing light oval ‘7th TRAINING BATTALION F.P.O./A.I.F.’ oval datestamp in violet (Emery CA193, early date) along with poor Rollestone cds, very scarce. - OAS env to Australia showing very scarce ‘AUSTRALIAN MILITARY.P.O./+/18AU/16/TIDWORTH’ (ERD). 1916 Egypt (1 Jan) PPC to Yuba, WA, showing fine unframed ‘ON ACTIVE SERVICE/...Lieut/4th TRNG. BATTALION’ cachet (Emery CA98) in violet and Australian Base Details PO cds. - (5 Jan) PPC to Melbourne, headed Maadi showing fine oval ‘16th BATTERY, FIELD ARTILLERY5-JAN1916//6th F,A.B.’ in purple, and curiously ‘PO 2 Aust LH Bde Field PO’ cds (10.1.16), very scarce. - (14 Feb) OAS env + contents to Melbourne, above average oval ‘MILITARY RECREATION/FREE/E’ in red, Cairo cds. 1916 Egypt Hospitals AIF Parcel receipt form showing very fine oval ‘AUST. GENERAL HOSPITAL/P.O./ 12APR16/No.3’ cachet in purple with stars, Emery CA46A. 1916 Pass on scrap of note paper issued to Bombadier Clark to leave the trenches at Fleur-Baise to go to Army HQ and then return. An extraordinary survivor. 1916 Stampless OAS Cover [1] unframed violet ‘A.I.F./PASSED BY CENSOR’ (A1) applied in Egypt; [2] red oval ‘MILITARY RECREATION/FREE/..../E’ (C1), applied at YMCA, Cairo. 1916-17 Egypt TPOs 1917 (10 Dec) Australian YMCA envelope to Cooma with fine bilingual Port Taufiq-Ismailia TPO cds circled cross dumb canceller in green (Firebrace DM10), 1916 (8 Nov) Active Service envelope to Melbourne showing ‘Z AND W TPO/B/8NO16’ cds of Western Field Force, uncommon use by Australians. (2) 1916-17 Western Front group of 8 covers to Mildura, includes GB 2d black Registration Envelope cancelled FPO DW1 of JY22/16, OAS cancelled with FPO TW1 of 10MY/16, French Military LETTRE-ENVELOPPE cancelled with FPO TW1 of 10MY/16, two green Honour Envelopes cancelled FPO DW1 of 28JU/16, OAS cover cancelled with FPO TY of 13SP/17. 1916-18 British Camps Group of OAS or GB franked covers to Aust with different cds Fovant, Durrington, Hurdcott (2), Lark Hill, Park House (2), Perham Down, Rollestone, Sutton Veny (2) or Worgret, plus a few through different civil POs. (19) 1916-18 Collection of Photographs taken by a soldier sent out on the Medic Troopship in 1916. Some of the photos are fading but all have been scanned and enhanced to make them clearer. Includes Gun on the Medic, Demosthenes at Albany; the crowd on the Wharves of Port Melbourne seeing off the troops; sea sick soldiers, mess orderlies on the Medic; Warilda, Demosthenes & Lamonia troop ships & Russian prisoners under the Belgian flag (Nov 1918). (8) 1916-18 Western Front Stationary POs Anzac Corps, Divisional HQ, Divisional Train group with datestamps FPO SW, HW, DW and TW (plus a couple RW) series organised per Proud’s listing, noted annotations ‘not seen’, ‘no allocation’, many VF cds, one registered with pink AIF regn label handstamp ‘RW5’, etc . Two are fronts. 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1917 Service Club Envelopes - 4 covers from AIF Camp 9, two with different printed YMCA cachets, one with violet ‘AUSTRALIAN/YMCA/WITH A.I.F’ in map of Australia handstamp applied to back, one with red ‘AUSTRALIAN/+’ on back flap. 1484 A/C 1917-19 Re-Directed Mail covers showing Undeliverable or Not Traceable handstamp and returned, 1919 from WA to AAMC showing rare ‘Redirected by Army Base Post Office’ label, plus 1 piece, mixed condition. (4) 1485P G A/C 1917-19 Middle East Mounted Divisions from FPOs TM1 (code ‘A’ and ‘B), DM2 (code A, no code), LH 2, 3, 4 and 5, plus PPC headed ‘5th LH Regt, 2nd LH Brigade’ with British Camp Maadi cds, sent to UK showing boxed ‘T’. (9) 1486P *F A1918 use of GB 1d red on PPC headed “3rd Aust Auxiliary/Hospital/Dartford Kent” to an Australian soldier, boxed ‘NOT AT/3 OR 4 CAMP DEPOTS’ handstamp, redirection label added with unusual boxed ‘MARCHED OUT/TO O’STNG.BDE./ON...’ handstamp on label stuck on face. 1487 F A 1918 Australian Flying Corp (21 May) envelope with ‘AFC’ crest on flap used to Melbourne, GB 1d pair tied by Halton Camp datestamps. 1488 F A 1918 British Hospital (28 Aug) use of YMCA env to Adelaide show very fine oval ‘THE BEAUFORT WAR HOSPITAL/BRISTOL’ datestamp in violet (Emery CA209), Bristol machine cancel. 1489P G A1918 Egypt (Dec) use of GB 2d registration envelope to Victoria, from Mounted Divisional Train FPO TM1 at Moascar, pink AIF registration label (Emery RL.1/E) with printed number, mss “TM1”. 1490P G A/C 1918-19 AIF Camps Numbered Camp datestamps 1, 2, 3 (3 different allocations per Proud), 4, 5, 7, 9, 16 and 17, latter 3 being very scarce, also 6 OAS covers with differing Army PO machine cancels, all to Australia, mixed condition. (17) 1491P F A 1919 British Camps envelopes to Melbourne showing fine strikes of oval datestamps ‘AUSTRALIAN ORDNANCE/ TIDWORTH’, ‘AUSTRALIAN ORDNANCE/A.I.F. HQRS. DEPOTS IN U.K.’ or ‘A.I.F. ORDNANCE DEPOT/ TIDWORTH’ in black, green or violet along with AIF Camp PO 1 cds, (Emery CA 185, 182, 183), fine. (3) 1492 F A- (22 May) use of ‘Weymouth Souvenir Letter Card’ to Victoria showing AIF Camp PO 17 cds, being the latest date recorded. 1493 G A 1919 France (19 Mar) use of GB 2d registration envelope to South Australia, from Stationary PO SW2 at Harfleur, France, pink AIF regn label (Emery RL.1/E) with handstamped number, mss “SW2”. 1494P G A/B 1919 London envs from London showing fine Administrative Hd Qrs AIF cachet (Emery CA 166) in violet or ‘AUSTLN IMP FORCES BASE PO ‘cds (DS 73). (2) 1495P A1921? use of OHMS ‘PACKET POST/WAR MEDAL’ ‘BASE RECORDS, MELBOURNE’ envelope to Adelaide, type V2 ‘Bulk Regn. Melb’ registration label, poor ‘Registered/2/Paid Melbourne’ cds, on reverse ‘[Opene]d by authority of the/[Po]stmaster General.’ handstamp. 1496 A Collection of Ephemera mainly Australian, with ‘We Left Our Homes’ poem on Postcard; Silver Leaf postcard from South Africa; YMCA writing pad cover; 1916 Christmas card with patriotic verse; Australian Engineers 1918 Christmas card & 1915 letter from Mex Camp, Alexandria. (7) 1497P ***/F A/A- Private Postal Stationery On Active Service A.I.E.F.’ (Emery Fig 73 ) mint & used (stamp removed), red On Active Service Infantry Brigade (Emery Fig 75) mint & folded, Field Service Letter Card (Emery Figs 68-71) unused but with written note about their use on flap, folded. A rare group. (4) 1498 ATobacco Ration Card produced by NSW Division of the Red Cross for Pte Palmer. Unusual. AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 1499P A/B 1939-45 selection of Army Signals and Army Telegraphs covers, mostly with rare datestamps (including timeclock types), some in violet, one 1945 registered and with bold ‘Regd./S.D.S.’ handstamp, 1942 from Mt.Lawley endorsed ‘Air Courier Service’, etc, odd fault, generally good. Very scarce material. (9) 1500 * B 1940 four censored envelopes to Sydney from sailor A.J. Cook serving on HMAS Stuart (destroyer), two have GB KGVI 1½d brown multiple frankings (7 on one, 10 on another, the first with Sydney machine cancel, the other with four Sydney Paquebot cancels), third with block of 4 Egypt 4m with British ‘M.P.O./19AU40.8-9A/E.603’ cds, fourth with Malta KGV 1/3d with ‘AIR MAIL/6-PM/AP9/40/MALTA’. Various censor markings including Naval. (4) 1501P U A/B 1940-41 Palestine selection with mostly Australian frankings, different datestamps in use at Barbara, Beit Jirja, Deir Suneid, Dimra, Gaza, Julis, Kafar Vitkin, Khasa, Murghazi, Nazeriet, Qastina, etc, various Censor handstamps, generally good strike on typically mixed condition covers. (19) 1502P U A/B 1940-42 Middle East with representations from Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, no duplication, good range Censor handstamps, stationery, etc, generally clear cancellation strikes on typically mixed condition covers. (37) 1503P F A/B 1940-45 selection of covers mainly to Australia. Noted 1940 Base PO (Jerusalem) with ‘PC.22/OPENED BY/ CENSOR/69/6333’ red on white label; 1941 FPO 443 (Egypt?) with censor handstamp 3037; 1945 APO 197 (Moratai) from War Correspondant John Daniell on the MV Sentani at Tagulandang; 1943 APO 197 (Thursday Island); 1942 Sydney to England with Lady Gowrie label on back 1943 Italian POW Postal Card to New Zealand; 1945 No 7 Base PO (Labuan); 1942-3 German POW Postal Cards x3;. (16) 1504P A/B 1940-45 Inwards Censored Covers mainly to Australia, including 1940 from Canada; 1940 air mail from Italy x2; 1941 from Switzerland; 1942 from USA double censored; 1941 air from USA double censored. (15) 1940s Selection of WWII-era and a few postwar covers with printed or handstamped inscriptions for various Military 1505P **/U A/B departments, including 1942 Dept of Defence cover with ‘Call up’ notification enclosed, etc, apparently all different, odd fault, mostly good, an interesting lot. (58) 1506P F A/B 1940s Camp Covers [1] ‘MIL P.O. 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1941 Australian Comforts Fund inwards mail, most redirected with military or local Palestinian or Lebanese backstampings, noted nice hexagonal ‘AL ARZ’ Arabic datestamp, one handstamped ‘SECRET’, another ‘IMMEDIATE’, good range Censor handstamps/tapes, etc, odd fault, interesting lot. (20) 1511 U A/B 1941-42 Middle East selection of covers from Egypt, Lebanon and Libya, noted scarcer FPO 25 Tocra Libya ‘ACTIVE SERVICE’ cover, thrice censored stampless cover from Tobruk, etc, variety of Censor handstamps, odd fault. (12) 1512P U A/C 1941-45 Illustrated Covers wide range mostly hand illustrated, from within Australia, Papua New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, includes cartoon characters (Popeye, Donald Duck, etc) caricatures and other humorous, typically mixed condition, interesting and diverse lot. (25) 1513P A/B 1941-45 Mail to Servicemen abroad at concessional rates, including rare 5d airmail rate, one to US Forces at 1d rate, another stampless (free) endorsed ‘ISLAND MAIL’, good range Censor handstamps/tapes, typically mixed condition. (40) 1514 A/C 1941-46 [1] 1d QE on cover cancelled with ‘MILP.O.MT MARTHA/1/9JY41/VIC-AUST’ [2] 1946 Hollandia (west New Guinea) to Melbourne from the Parachute Trooper School [3] battered Japanese army PPC showing soldiers looking at burning city on horizon. 1515 * A A1 1942(c.) use of 3d brown KGVI, cancelled with violet ‘R.A.F.BASE P.O./CEYLON’ (A1) on air cover to South Aust, violet ‘R.A.F./CENSOR/W 10’ (A1) on face. 1516P U A/B 1942-45 Northern Territory selection of Army/RAAF/RAN P.O.’s, all different numbers/allocations (lightly penciled on reverse), good range of Censor handstamps, stationery, etc, odd fault, generally clear strikes. (40) 1517P G A/B 1942-45 Papua selection of Army/RAAF Field P.O.’s in use in Port Moresby area, including Murray Barracks, Ward’s Field, Bardia Road, no duplication, good range of Censor handstamps/tapes, some envelopes supplied by Salvation Army, ACF, American Red Cross, YMCA, etc, generally clear cancels on typically mixed condition covers. (20) 1518P G A/B 1942-45 Papua & New Guinea good selection of Army/RAAF P.O. datestamps on cover, all different, some with letter enclosures (one ‘ACTIVE SERVICE’ envelope contains very lengthy letter written at Bougainville), wide range of Censor handstamps/tapes, origins lightly penciled on reverse, odd fault, quality of strikes and covers generally good. (46) 1519P U A/B 1942-45 US Forces in Australia wide range of different types, Censor markings/tapes, etc, approximately half with Australia frankings, two scarce Australia/US combinations, Postage due, etc, odd fault, generally good (48). Diverse and useful lot. (48) 1520P U A/B 1943-45 Netherlands East Indies selection comprising FPO nos. 167, 192, 197, and RAAF 250 and 253 datestamps, in use at Biak, Hollandia and Merauke, differing Censor handstamps (one tape), odd fault. (5) 1521 G A/B 1943-45 Papua selection from Buna/Dobadura region, comprising nos. 7, 8, 52, 082, 0140, 221 (‘1954’ date error), and 222 datestamps, three stampless, two with ‘No Stamps Available’ (or ‘N.S.A.’) endorsement, different Censor no. handstamps, odd fault. (7) 1522P U A/B 1944-45 New Guinea selection from Bougainville comprising FPO nos. 12, 13, 069, 156, 167, 314, rubber AC 37, AFPO 200, and Base P.O.’s (2), quality of strikes and covers varies, three items from same correspondence contain lengthy letters. (10) 1523P U A/B - registered selection from Bougainville, comprising FPO datestamp nos. 12, 13, 14, 158, 169 and 161, in use at Motupena Point, Toko, and Torokina, variety of handstamped registration details and Censors (in violet, black, red, green), generally good strikes, odd fault. (6) 1524P U A/B 1945 Netherlands East Indies selection of Army/RAAF Field P.O.’s in use at Balikpapan and Tarakan, Borneo, and Morotai, no duplication amongst datestamps, includes short-lived Type 2 ‘AIR FORCE P.O/20MY45/Nº 73’ on scarce Kogarah Municipal Welfare & Comforts Fund envelope, good range of Censor handstamps (two additionally with tape), three with letters enclosed (one Air Mail Letter Card), generally good strikes, odd fault. (20) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime A 1944 POW Airmail Letter Sheets 1946 (Mar.)use of 1/-, ASC #X3.9, from Murchinson, Victoria to Italy, with straight 1525P * line ‘APPROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP COMMANDANT’ handstamp in red. AUSTRALIA | Postmarks 1526P A/B 1915-1950s Postmark Selection: [1] selection of pre-1940 paquebot cancels, including 1½d red KGV x18 on parcel piece with Auckland ‘PACKET BOAT’ and Nauru 2d ship cancelled at Suva [2] 1930s pieces cancelled with ‘S.S. NIEUW HOLLAND’ and ‘S.S./NIEUW ZEELAND’ x2 [3] selection of military cancels including APO SZ3 on 4d lemon-yellow, 1915 AIF Base Post Office on GB ½d & 3d & 1/- Roo, RAF Base PO Ceylon on 3d brown KGVI [4] range of NSW TPO cancels [5] group of Thursday Island cancels on values to 2/- brown Roo, plus other miscellaneous cancels. (c.95) 1527 D A/B Datestamps: unsorted small accumulation in packets mostly cds types on piece from Victoria and NSW, latter including odds from other states; plus few parcel and other types. (100+) AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES | Collections and Accumulations 1528 **/*/U A/B Variety [1] AAT with pre-decimals duplicated mint hinged singles plus blocks of 4 stamps mostly **, odd used, 1st decimals set *, later used, odd cover; [2] Christmas Is 1958-70s mostly *, some ** M/Ss late 1970s, couple early FDC; [3] Cocos Is very similar; [4] Nauru by far the best from 1916 used KGV optd at base to 1/- (ex 1½d), various Ships to 1/- *, Silver Jubilee set *, then from 1963 as Christmas/Cocos; [5] Norfolk Is 1947 Ball Bay original set of 12 *, 1953-79 looks complete fresh *, then most appear **. (100’s) AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Collections and Accumulations 1529 ** A 1957-2006 Collection near complete on hagners from predecimals and first decimal set of 11, then FV c$78 (includes CAPEX 96 optd MS). Very fresh. 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1533 CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Postal History 1533P * A 1907 (May 22) postcard from CATHCART, SCOTLAND bearing 1d KEVII; addressed to “Mrs W. Darling, Christmas Island, Straits Settlements via Singapore” with double circle ‘PENANG TO SINGAPORE/JU15/1907’ transit cds and ‘CHRISTMAS ISLAND 1907’ [Proud Type B] arrival cds. [A postcard from the same correspondence sold in 2008 for A$4000] $2100 $2750 COCOS ISLANDS | Collections and Accumulations 1534 ** A 1963-2007 Collection nearly complete from 1963-65 pre-decimals SG #1-7, then decimals with local admin FV c$187 (no provisional opts) and Australia admin c$75. (c450) COCOS ISLANDS 1535P **/* A+ 1963 Pictorials set of 6 in imprint blocks of 4, SG #1-6. COCOS ISLANDS | Flight Covers A 1952 illustrated Qantas cover with Australian adhesives cancelled cds ‘R.A.A.F. P.O. COCOS ISLAND/1SE52’ and 1536P *F backstamped Mauritius 3 SEP 1952 and return flight to Cocos 8SE52, boomerang cover. NAURU | Proofs & Essays 1537 A1982 75th Anniversary of Phosphate Shipments original value transparencies on stamp size essay, for the four designs, affixed to card, very similar to issued designs, also FDC of the issued set (2 items). NAURU 1538P * A 1916-23 NAURU At Base selection of marginal singles with control numbers; ½d (H16, I16, J16), 1d (H16, I16), 2d Die I, 2½d, 3d & 5d (all I16), 6d (I.16) & 9d (H16). (11) 1539P * A B1 1916-23 Waterlow Seahorses 10/- indigo-blue overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’, SG #18s, Cat £1000, very lightly hinged. 1540P ** A 19179 Rowland Hill Imperforate set in vertical strips of 3, SG #204-6a. (9) NAURU | Postal History 1541 *F A1947 use of 2½d, 6d & 1/- shiny paper Ships on Administration of Nauru air cover to Lebanon, unusual destination. NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints 1542P * A- B1 1915 1d on 2d on 10pf Marshall Islands with short 1, SG #63c, soiled perfs in TLC, a rare stamp. NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints 1543P * A B1 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d green (cb) horizontal pair, transfer error, left unit with white flaw on top leaf of left wattles [1R58], (BW #63(1)h) & right unit with prominent white flaw above emu’s back [1R59]. 1544P * A- A1 - ½d bright green (acccbc) strip of 6, transfer error, perf separation between 2nd & 3rd and 3rd & 4th units protected with small hinges, light vertical crease on 1st unit. 1545 * A- C1 - 1d red (ac) horizontal pair, transfer error, wax interleaving adherred to gum. 1546P * A C1 - 1d red (acc) horizontal strip of 3, transfer error. 1547P * A C1 - 4d yellow-orange (ac) horizontal pair [1L25-6], transfer error. 1548P * A C1 - 5d brown (bc) horizontal pair, transfer error, left unit with retouched NE corner - state III [2R59] & right unit with flawed P of PENCE [2R60], (BW #122ub,v). 1549P W A B2 1915-16 Roos 1st Wmk 2d grey (acccbc) strip of 6, transfer error, no gum, perf separation between 3rd & 4th units protected with small hinge. 1550P * A A1 - 2d grey (bc) horizontal pair, transfer error, minor gum faults on 1st unit. 1551P * A A1 - 2½d indigo (bc) horizontal pair, transfer error, 2nd unit with islands south of WA [2L30]. 1552P * A C2 - 6d ultramarine (ac) horizontal pair, transfer error. 1553P * A C1 - 6d ultramarine (c) wmk inverted. 1554P ** A A1 - 9d violet SG 79. 1555P * A A1 - 1/- green SG 81. 1556P * A B2 - 1/- green (ab) horizontal pair, transfer error. 1557P * A A1 - 10/- grey & pink SG 84. 1558P **/* A/A- 1915-16 Roos 2nd Wmk 9d & 1/- both in vertical (abc) strips, each with one unit mounted, bottom unit of 9d has light horizontal crease & top unit of 1/- has 3 tone perf tips. 1559P F A 1918 Surcharges 1d on 5d & 1d on 1/-, SG #100-1. (2) 1560P W A A1 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 4d yellow-orange Line through FOUR PENCE, SG #104a, no gum. 1561P * A/B 1918-23 Roos 3rd Wmk 2½d indigo, 3d greenish olive Die II SG #109a, 9d & 1/- both Die IIb latter off-centre with perforation faults, SG #107-113 range, retail c$275. (4) 1562 **/* A - 5/- Grey & Yellow fresh ** SG #116, Cat £60 (as *); plus 1915-16 ½d green block of 4 with Type (c) opt. (5) 1563P * A B1 1918-23 KGV Large Mult Wmk ½d green inverted wmk, SG #119w, attractive. NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Official Stamps 1564P U B/C 1919-23 KGV Single Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 1d red Die I SG #O3 sound example just o/c right, 5d brown SG #O5 surface thin and blunted SW corner; 1921-23 1d to 4d violet SG #O17/20, variable centring and 4d with lower corners blunted. All cds with retail c$675, difficult stamps. (6) 1565P U B 1919-23 Roos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 2d grey SG #O6 Cat £60 just o/c low small perf defects, 3d greenish olive SG #O8 Cat £110 perf damage upper left. Both cds, scarce stamps retail c$275. (2)

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1569 V A A1 1919-23 KGV New Colours Single Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 4d pale blue, SG #O21 NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Postal History B 1923 Inwards (19 Oct) remarkable German inflationary era commercial cover (M29,900,000) from Kaldenkirchen to 1570P *G Catholic Missionary at “Doilon (Madang)/New Guinea via Australia”, franking festooned both sides. [Deulon was on Alexishafen, about 16km north of Madang.] 1571 * A 1931 ‘OHMS’ cover to New Zealand with 2d ‘OS’ Hut, cancelled with ‘RABAUL/13AU31/NEW GUINEA’ cds, Nice official cover. A1937 airmailed commercial cover (opened at left) Wau to Holland bearing scarce franking of Undated Bird Air Mail 1572P *F 1d and 1/- pairs SG #191 and #199, overpaying by 1d the 2/1d ½oz rate via France (where backstamped). B 1941 2d undated Bird on censored commercial envelope to Sydney, cancelled with indistinct office probably Wewak 1573 * with ‘2?NO41’ cds, very late date (previous latest recorded date 31/08/41), red ‘OPENED BY CENSOR’ reseal label alongside rectangle violet ‘Passed by Censor/T.N.G./No.24’ of Wau, another on the back above handstamp of ‘JACK A. THURSTON’ in bright violet over mss ‘Wewak/TNG’. NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Flight Covers 1574 * B 1937 Angoram - Wewak (Oct 21) AAMC #P119, Cat $350. 2½d Undated Bird Air SG #193a tied Angoram cds, another plus Wewak arrival cds alongside, the same two on the back. Some wrinkles and small peripheral faults, should clean up with care. Scarce cover. NORFOLK ISLAND | Collections and Accumulations 1575 ** A 1966-80s accumulation on hagners including miniature sheets, blocks, pairs and other se-tenant arrangements, self-adhesive sets including UPU; also a few pre-decimals including some Ball Bay. Total decimal FV c$496. (100’s) NORFOLK ISLAND 1576P **/* A 1947 Ball Bay original set of 12 in imprint blocks of 4, SG #1-12. 1577P ** A+ - white paper set of 4 in imprint blocks of 4, SG #1a-4a. 1578 ** A+ 1959 New Colours set of two in imprint blocks of 4, SG #6a-12a. 1579P ** A+ 1953 Scenic Views set of 6 in imprint blocks of 4, SG #13-8, excellent condition. 1580P **/* A/A- - set of 6 in imprint blocks of 4, SG #13-8, top two units of 3½d creased just below top perfs, one unit of 5/- block has faults on back from removal of pen mark. 1581 ** A+ 1960 Surcharges set of 3 in imprint blocks of 4, SG #37-9. 1582P ** A A1 1970-71 Birds 3c - 45c values (11) in corner blocks of 4 with sheet numbers, SG #105-15, Cat £110. 1583P * A A1 1997 Butterflies 75c missing Gold with normal for comparison. NORFOLK ISLAND | Postal History 1584P *F A 1957 (22 Jul) airmail cover (minor flap fault) to US bearing rare commercial solo use 1956 2/- Landing. A 1960 (23 Dec) airmail cover bearing commercial use of 2/- blue Ball Bay solo for airmail rate to US, endorsed “Via 1585P *F New Zealand”. Modern rarity. 1586 *V A 1961 (6 Jul) use of 2/8d Local Govt on airmail cover to Germany bearing, overpaying 2/3d airmail rate, used from Melbourne (illegally). A 1962 use of 9d magenta Ball Bay imprint block of 4 cancelled with ‘NORFOLK/30MY62/ISLAND’, on philatelic 1587 * registered air cover to Fitzroy. A/B 1980s-90s selection of commercial covers by airmail to Sydney mail order book club, various franking compositions 1588P * during 22c to 45c rate regimes. Hard to source material. (46) PAPUA | Collections and Accumulations 1589 **/*/U A/C 1901-39 disorganised mint/used presentation on hagners, total Cat around £500 [1] includes New Guinea with lots of lower values mainly used and where noted 1932-34 optd Airs without dates ½d Ash imprint block of 8 plus 1d to 3d blocks of 4 all stamps ** Cat £62 as hinged singles, 1938 boomerang FF AAMC #812 Cat $50; [2] Papua in variable condition as usual with range of Lakatois from 1901 BNG ½d 1d & 2d (36 stamps, some duplicated) and good representation other issues mostly used with total Cat over £300. (c160) PAPUA 1590P V A B1 1908 Small PAPUA 2½d black & bright ultramarine, wmk Crown over A inverted P12½, SG #56Wi, Cat £140 (retail $275), cancelled with part Port Moresby cds in April 1909, very well centred near premium quality stamp. [No difference in value between upright and inverted wmks.] 1591P * A B1 1909-10 Small ‘PAPUA’ Watermark Sideways P11 1d with wmk Crown to right (as seen from back) and 2½d Crown to left. P12½ 1/- Crown to right, SG #60,62,71. Light hinge remains, very fresh. (3) 1592P ** A 1911-15 Mono Colours ½d yellow-green complete sheet of 40 with monograms, fresh unmounted SG 84. 1593P **/* A A1 - 1d rose-pink corner block of 4 with ‘CA’ monogram in lower margin, SG #92w, unit 40 with lower right corner deformed.

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