Phoenix Auction 65

Lot 653: Perkins Bacon KGV 1d State 3 Die Proof. Only 3 examples known.

Auction No.65 Friday 12th October, 2018, commencing at 12.00 Noon 274A Canterbury Road, Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Australia.

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Lot 599: 3rd Wmk £1 brown & blue.

Lot 604: 3rd Wmk £2 CTO.

Lot 686: KGV 1d Lot 608: 3rd Wmk, rare Salmon Eosin + variety.

Specimen Sub-Type.

Lot 654: Perkins Bacon KGV 1d State 3 Die Proof.

Lot 648: KGV 4d Line through flaw.

Lot 797: KGVI 2d Scarlet Plate 4 Gutter Block of 8.

Lots 768-778: Examples from a rare group of Sunken Die Proofs.

Lots 1174-1243: Sample from another strong selection of South Australian Departmentals.

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Phoenix Auctions - Auction No.65 A very warm welcome to our sixth Public Auction for 2018 to be held on Friday 12th October commencing at 12:00 Noon at our Surrey Hills premises. We would like to remind clients that our new offices are an easy 20 minute train ride from the CBD on the Belgrave/Lilydale line, alighting at Chatham station, with just a short 100m walk to our door, via a convenient pedestrian crossing. Viewing will be at our premises, commencing Saturday 6th October.

A reminder that Box Lot & Collections Sale #1806 will commence at 9:00am, prior to Auction #65.

Auction No 65 commences at 12:00 Noon with:Session 1 (Lots 501- 1054) - Australian Commonwealth with Roos including rare mint Second Wmk 9d violet Watermark inverted (lot 560), Third Wmk 10/- Watermark inverted used & mint (lot 595-96), lovely mint £1 chocolate & dull blue (lot 599), £2 CTO (lot 604) and £2 with rare Type ‘C’ Sub-type 1a Specimen overprint (lot 608, with cert); SMult 5/- Ash Imprint block with listed flaw (lot 620), KGV Heads with important 1d Perkins Bacon State 3 Die Proofs (lots 65354), 1d red shades with several used eosins (lots 659-62 & 686) including pair (lot 659) or with listed flaw (lot 686), Rough Paper 1d deep rosine Die I-II pair (lot 698) & Plate 2 ‘CA’ Monogram substitution single (lot 699), mint 4d limeyellow (lot 725, with cert) and rare 4d violet Line through ‘FOUR PENCE’ (lot 731), SMult Surcharge duo on FDC (lot 751) and seldom offered 2d Die III No Watermark MUH (lot 758); other pre-decimals with sought-after Sunken Die Proofs (lots 768-778) including 1960-66 Animal Definitives (+ 3½d UPU) mounted in a large frame (lot 774), also rare 2½d Mitchell Imperforate imprint block of 4 (lot 804), plus an impressive range of private maker FDCs (lots 920-95).

Session 2 (Lots 1055 - 1738) Australian Colonies & Territories, British Commonwealth and Rest of the World follows at no earlier than 2.30pm commencing with Colonies including NSW nice selection of Views on cover (lots 1069 & 1071-77), Queensland Moreton Bay District covers (lots 1092-94), numeral postmark collections & singles (lots 1109-34) & mostly manuscript datestamps (lots 1135-46), South Australia with 1886-96 Postage & Revenue set to £20 with rare 17½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint (lot 1158), another fine selection of Departmentals (lots 1174-1243); Victoria with 3d Campbell ‘Retouched ‘C’ in vertical pair with abnormal combination (lot 1285), plus better covers & TPO datestamps; Western Australia with 1/- & 2/6d Coolgardie Express locals in complete sheets (lot 1345); Territories including New Guinea (lots 1407-17) & Papua (lots 1421-31) postmark selections.

British Commonwealth and Rest of the World with rare varieties including British East Africa 1890 4½a pair Imperforate between (lot 1477), Kuwait 1939 Overprints 1r, 2r & 10r Extended ‘T’ flaws (lots 1657-59), plus strong sections of Canadian Provinces, GB including ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints and British POs Abroad stamps & postal history; foreign material includes useful China, Germany Occupation of Sudetenland collection (lot 1538), Herrnhut (Oberlausitz) set of locals (lot 1542, guarantee handstamps) and Norway 1941 Victory Posthorns in complete sheets (lot 1696).

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Special thanks to Mark Knothe, our Consulting Philatelist, and to Ken & Betty Pearson and for their ongoing support, and to Lyndel Walker.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 Country and Regional Classification Aden: 1442-1444 Africa: 761,1032,1080,1474-1477,1533,1536-1537, 1546, 1555-1560, 1562, 1564, 1567-1569, 1572-1575, 1620, 1650-1655, 1660, 1690, 1718-1724,1726 Aitutaki: 1031 Algeria: 1533 Antarctica: 772,1355-1357,1530-1531,1695 Antigua: 1445-1449 Arab States: 761,1080,1442-1444,1546,1555-1560, 1657-1659 Argentina: 1622 Ascension: 1450-1454 Asia: 820-821,1030,1036,1039-1040,1318,1363, 1367,1437,1439,1510-1523,1534,1553-1554, 1561,1570,1636-1642,1644-1645, 1656-1659,1661-1664,1697-1698, 1716-1717,1727 Australasia: 501-1044,1048,1055-1436,1441,1529, 1571,1635,1642,1665,1670-1695,1703-1704, 1717,1728 Australia: 501-1044,1048-1357,1360,1363,1367, 1385, 1387-1390, 1392-1393, 1406-1409, 1412,1414,1416,1444,1447,1450,1503-1506, 1532,1578,1580,1611,1635,1642,1650,1665, 1678-1680, 1688-1689, 1697, 1703-1704, 1714,1717,1722-1723,1733 Australia - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 503,1044-1054,1385-1394 Australia Commonwealth: 501-857,874-875,890, 892-893,899,908-914,916-917,972, 1010-1011,1013,1020,1044,1048,1336,1353, 1387-1390,1393,1408-1409,1414,1416 Australian Antarctic Territory: 772,1355-1357 Australian Colonies - General: 520,538,626,694, 709,751,762,770,781,783,786,788,790-791, 794-795,812-813,869,873,887,892-893,896, 901,922-923,926,930-932,934,945-946,949, 954,957-959,961-962,964,967,977,980-981, 984,992-994,996,998,1001,1008,1013-1014, 1022,1024,1033,1035,1042,1055-1354,1360, 1406,1635,1642,1665,1703-1704 Australian Territories: 503,772,832,834,1006-1007, 1025,1028,1355-1436 Austria: 1310,1705 Bahamas: 1455 Balkans: 1693 Barbados: 1456-1473 Basutoland: 1474-1475 Bechuanaland Protectorate: 1476 Belgium: 1703-1704,1719 Botswana: 1476 British Commonwealth: 501-1044,1048,1053, 1055-1436,1440-1510,1525-1532, 1536-1537,1539,1546,1567-1569, 1571-1573, 1576-1642, 1644-1645, 1647, 1650-1655, 1657-1662, 1665, 1669-1695, 1697-1698, 1703-1704, 1712-1724, 1726, 1728-1733 British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (Bcof): 1044-1054 British East Africa: 1477 British Guiana: 1478 British Honduras: 1479 British Levant: 1480 British Post Offices: 1450,1576,1632,1647, 1670-1671,1712,1715 British Post Offices Abroad: 1375-1376,1450,1567, 1576,1622-1632,1647,1670-1671,1712,1715 British Solomon Islands: 1441 British West Indies: 1445-1449,1455-1473, 1632-1634,1647,1712,1715,1732 Canada: 1273,1481-1509 Cape Of Good Hope: 1083,1718 Ceylon: 1368,1510 Chile: 1031,1623-1624 China: 1030,1437,1439,1511-1523,1534,1553-1554, 1561,1570,1636-1642 Christmas Island: 832,834,1358-1359 Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 1360-1368,1441

Collections & Accumulations: 501-1044,1048, 1053, 1055-1437, 1440-1515, 1525-1532, 1536-1537, 1539, 1546, 1561, 1567-1569, 1571-1573, 1576-1642, 1644-1645, 1647, 1650-1655, 1657-1662, 1665, 1669-1695, 1697-1698, 1703-1704, 1712-1724, 1726, 1728-1733 Colombia: 1625 Cook Islands: 1031 Crete: 1693 Danish West Indies: 1626 Denmark: 1524 Denmark Colonies: 1626 Dominica: 1525 East Africa & Uganda: 1568,1726 Egypt: 1080,1440,1546 Falkland Islands: 1526-1531 Falkland Islands Dependencies: 1530-1531 Fiji: 1031,1532 Finland: 1545 Forerunners: 1375-1376,1567 France: 761,1308,1310,1437,1439,1533-1534,1540, 1548-1549,1622,1624-1625,1627,1629,1648, 1701-1702 French Colonies: 1032,1534-1535 French Community: 1031-1032,1533-1535,1669 French Polynesia: 1031 Gambia: 1536-1537 German (Deutsch) New Guinea: 1375-1384,1561 German Colonies: 1375-1384,1553-1575,1726 German Post Offices Abroad: 1553-1560 German Post Offices in China: 1553-1554 German Post Offices in Morocco: 1555-1560 Germany: 1315,1319,1375-1384,1437,1439, 1538-1575,1621,1689,1693,1735 Germany - East: 1551 Germany - General Government: 1550 Germany - Occupied France - St. Nazaire: 1549 Germany - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 1555-1560 Germany - West: 1552 Gibraltar: 1576-1579 Gilbert & Ellice Islands: 1580-1581 Great Britain: 679,762,788,812,920,950,998,1019, 1022,1053,1077-1079,1083,1103,1167-1168, 1272, 1306, 1309, 1312, 1352, 1363, 1367, 1369-1371,1375-1376,1444,1450,1476,1539, 1567,1576,1578-1579,1582-1632,1634,1641, 1647,1670-1671,1687-1688,1690,1712,1715, 1733 Great Britain - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 1480 Great Britain - Post Offices Abroad: 1576,1578, 1622,1624-1625,1629,1631-1632,1647,1712, 1715 Greece: 1693 Grenada: 1632-1634 Guam: 1635 Gulf States: 1443,1657-1659 Haiti: 1627 Hawaii: 1736 Hong Kong: 1030,1636-1642 Iceland: 1643 Independent Africa: 1568,1726 India: 1036,1081,1318,1367,1644-1645,1657-1659, 1697-1698 Israel: 1436,1646 Italy: 1036,1043,1532,1578,1721 Jamaica: 1647 Japan: 1029,1044-1054,1648-1649,1656 Japan - Occupied Territories: 1662 Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika: 1477,1567-1569, 1650-1655,1726 Korea: 1656 Korea (North): 1656 Kuwait: 1443,1657-1659 Labuan: 1039-1040 Latin America: 1031,1318,1622-1625,1627-1631, 1699-1700 Madagascar (British): 1660

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Malaya: 821,1039-1040,1661-1664,1716-1717 Malayan States: 1663-1664 Malaysia: 821,1039-1040 Malta: 1665 Marshall Islands: 1563 Mexico: 1318 Middle East: 1041,1080,1436,1442-1444,1546,1646, 1657-1659 Morocco: 761,1555-1560 Namibia: 1572-1573 Nauru: 1369-1373,1441 Netherlands: 1666 Netherlands Colonies: 1667-1668 Netherlands Indies: 1667-1668 New Brunswick: 1481 New Caledonia: 1031 New Guinea: 503,1025,1375-1417 New Hebrides: 1669 New Hebrides (French): 1669 New South Wales: 523,579,620,665,672,676, 686-687,694,727-728,732,751,762,812-813, 862-863,869,873,875,882,886,930-931,943, 945, 977, 981, 991, 1001, 1010-1011, 1015, 1020,1033,1037,1055-1085,1092-1094,1108, 1334,1419,1635 New Zealand: 820,925,965,981,1022,1034,1356, 1529,1642,1665,1670-1695,1728 New Zealand - Transit or Destination Mail: 1353 New Zealand Territories: 1031,1695 Newfoundland: 1482-1496 Norfolk Island: 1006-1007,1028,1374 North Borneo: 1039-1040 Northern Territory: 923,1013,1022,1024,1086-1091 Norway: 1696 Nova Scotia: 1497 Pacific Islands: 812,1031,1369-1373,1385-1394, 1406, 1441, 1532, 1563, 1565-1566, 1571, 1580-1581,1635,1669,1728-1731 Pakistan: 1697-1698 Panama: 1624-1625 Papua: 1418-1431 Papua New Guinea: 820,1432-1436 Peru: 1628,1699-1700 Poland: 1539,1550 Proofs & Essays: 653-654,768-778,1148-1151,1694 Puerto Rico: 1629-1631 Queensland: 520,788,794-795,887,949,959,962, 974, 1008, 1014, 1037, 1042, 1085, 1089, 1092-1147,1406,1642,1665 Rest Of World: 1437-1439 Rhodesia: 1723 Ross Dependency: 1282,1361,1695 Russia - All Periods: 1169,1539,1701-1711 Sabah: 1039-1040 Samoa: 1031,1382,1441,1561,1571 Samoa (German): 1571 Sarawak: 1716-1717 Scandinavia: 1524,1545,1643,1696 Scotland: 1077,1306,1309,1634,1641,1712 Singapore: 1363 South Africa: 1032,1572-1573,1620,1690, 1718-1722 South Arabian Federation: 1442-1444 South Australia: 783,786,790-791,899,922-923,976, 980, 1009, 1013, 1022, 1024, 1034, 1041, 1086-1091,1148-1253,1274,1360,1438,1578, 1629-1631,1703-1704,1735-1736 South West Africa: 1561,1572-1573,1722 Southern Africa: 1032,1474-1476,1572-1573,1620, 1690,1718-1724 Southern Rhodesia: 1723 Spain: 887,1629 Specimens: 597,603,605-606,628,631,636,639,642, 1158, 1160, 1262-1263, 1296, 1442, 1463, 1589-1590,1600,1604-1605,1608,1611,1726 Specimens & Reprints: 799,819,1277,1325,1331 Sri Lanka: 1510 St. Christopher: 1712 St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla: 1712 St. Helena: 1713-1714

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St. Kitts-Nevis: 1712 St. Vincent: 1715 Stamps on Cover: 1012 Straits Settlements: 558,1661 Swaziland: 1724 Switzerland: 1308,1437,1439,1725 Tanganyika: 1567-1569,1726 Tasmania: 595,770,813,876,967,994,1254-1282 Thailand: 1727 Tonga: 1441,1728-1731 Transvaal: 1719 Trinidad: 1473,1732 Tristan Da Cunha: 1733 Turkey: 1480 Uganda: 1568,1650-1655,1726 Ukraine: 1707 United States of America: 527,571,635,687,787, 795,815,820,879,902,927,930,949,957,959, 964, 970-971, 1009, 1012, 1017-1018, 1169, 1313,1317,1357,1360,1471,1539,1545,1563, 1580,1635,1734-1738 United States Territories: 1635 Uruguay: 1318 Usa - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 1635 Vanuatu: 1669 Victoria: 538,673,887,892-893,896,901,926,932,934, 942, 946, 961, 964, 984, 992, 996, 998, 1002, 1033,1052,1091,1283-1338 War Savings Stamps And Certificates: 867 Western Australia: 518,544,568,572,626,709, 780-781,954,957-958,993,1035,1339-1354 Western Europe: 887,1308,1310,1315,1319, 1375-1384,1437,1439,1538-1579, 1621-1622,1624-1625,1627,1629,1648,1689, 1693,1701-1702,1705,1725,1735

Thematic And Topical Classification Accountancy Markings: 1308,1622,1627 Advertising: 898,963,1106,1348-1349 Advertising Covers: 963 Aeroplanes: 767,978,1030,1364-1365 Agriculture: 879,887,922,934,945,962,964,967,977, 1037,1434 Airmail Stamps: 787,1396-1397,1437,1494-1495, 1694 Airmails: 761,788,903-905,918,923-924,999,1006, 1013,1020-1032,1039,1043,1087,1089-1090, 1361-1362,1368,1402-1403,1406,1415,1437, 1439, 1443, 1494-1495, 1534, 1544-1548, 1641-1642,1645,1648,1693-1694,1721,1731 Architecture: 784,867,1305,1435,1697 Army: 918,1050-1051,1053-1054,1297,1367,1690, 1738 Autographs: 921,988,1023,1361,1648 Banking & Finance: 1235-1243,1443 Bicycles: 1345 bird: 820,849-851,1025,1397-1401,1405,1441,1528 Birds: 734,766-767,779,786,802,810-811,847, 850-851, 921, 925, 950, 975, 980, 1044-1048, 1051, 1053, 1116, 1305, 1339, 1356, 1358, 1365-1366,1397,1405,1435-1436,1441,1490, 1528,1543,1694,1717 Booklets: 806,846,850-851,855,858-861,1684 Booklets | Collections & Accumulations: 858 Bridges: 766,784-785,1025,1169,1699 Butterflies & Moths: 1283 Cancelled to Order (From Specimen Sets): 502-503,509,514,532,538-539,541-542,586, 592,604,613,616-619,646,648,723,785,809, 888-890, 901, 1420, 1512-1513, 1519, 1699, 1729 Censored Mail: 527,571,795,1033-1034,1036, 1039-1040,1042,1444,1450,1579,1620,1690, 1693,1705,1716,1720-1721,1727,1738 Charity: 1296-1297,1544,1682,1706 Christmas: 775,794,978,1049,1684 Cinderellas: 1000,1131-1134,1171,1247,1301-1304, 1345,1542-1543

Coastal Features - Ports & Wharves: 1068,1071, 1080, 1165, 1169-1171, 1188, 1194, 1415, 1419-1420,1423,1430,1432-1433, 1506-1507,1529 Coastal Features - Seas & Oceans: 579,587,784, 1545 Coins & Banknotes: 1018 Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings: 501-1044,1048,1053,1055-1437,1440-1515, 1525-1532,1536-1537,1539,1541, 1543-1544,1546,1551,1553-1561, 1564-1642, 1644-1645, 1647, 1650-1655, 1657-1662, 1665, 1669-1695, 1697-1698, 1703-1704,1712-1724,1726,1728-1733 Commemorative Covers: 751,781,920-1008,1328, 1356,1604 Consular Mail: 1315,1660,1703-1704 Covers By Manufacturer: 751,781,920-995,997, 1328,1356 Creeks & Streams: 1113,1116,1123,1142,1145,1281, 1307 Cricket: 1271 Customs: 527,1018,1187-1194,1436 Dead Letter Office: 1052,1087,1090,1274,1317, 1353 Death: 1103,1271,1472 Disaster: 1735-1736 Early Imperforate Stamps: 1058,1072-1074,1077, 1165-1166,1255-1256,1285-1290,1292,1298, 1307,1339,1456-1457,1497,1586,1588,1666 Essays: 840,1694 Exhibitions: 790,944,977,1328,1541,1552 Explorers & Pioneers: 766,772,781,783,804,819, 823-824,953,969,992,1031,1355-1357,1455, 1490,1530-1531,1695 Express Mail: 971,1016,1345,1711 Fauna - Animals: 501-643,734,741,767,774,792, 810-811,818,833,843-846,852-853,857,922, 925,929,934,961,965,972-974,976,982,1018, 1020,1037,1045-1046,1054,1269,1297,1305, 1387-1390, 1393, 1408-1409, 1414, 1416, 1434-1435, 1474-1475, 1528, 1537-1538, 1612,1655,1697 Fdi: 751,781,790-791,800,812-813,815,920,924-925, 927, 931-932, 936, 940-941, 944-945, 950, 952-962,967,969,971-974,976,978-982,985, 987, 989, 992, 1328, 1356, 1358, 1365-1366, 1432-1433 Film & Television: 998 First Day Covers: 751,781,783,786-787,790-791, 800, 812-813, 905, 920-995, 997, 1328, 1356, 1358,1360,1365-1366,1432-1433,1581,1618, 1695 First Flight Covers: 903-904,923-924,1006, 1020-1032, 1087, 1089-1090, 1361-1362, 1406,1534,1544-1548,1645,1648,1694 Fish: 820,1142,1366 fl: 923,1006-1007,1020-1032,1087-1090,1361,1406, 1544-1548,1642,1645,1648 Flags: 803,921,928,1305,1523 Flight Covers - Commercial: 1013,1642 Flowers: 826-827,836,847,855,941,985,991,1018, 1324,1358,1481-1487,1683 Forests & Woods: 1247,1307 Forgeries: 1257,1298,1407,1430,1694 Free Mail: 1034,1038,1270,1320-1321,1352, 1735-1736,1738 Fruit: 1133 Geology: 828-831 Georgian Head Issues: 645-765,874-875,890, 892-893, 899, 908-914, 916-917, 1010-1011, 1013,1336,1353 Golf: 996,1314 Government & Politicians: 791,835,896,931,957, 1174-1175,1177-1178,1180-1186,1188-1198, 1 2 0 0 - 1 2 0 9 , 1 2 11 - 1 2 1 2 , 1 2 1 4 - 1 2 1 5 , 1217-1223,1225,1227-1232,1234-1243,1273 Heraldry: 807-811,847,860,935,1045-1046,1305, 1364,1481-1483,1528,1612,1685-1686 Horse Racing: 777 Horses: 777,1373,1464-1470,1613 Illustrated Covers: 790-791,868,879,887,898,924, 943,945,967-968,984,994,997,1432-1433

Imprints & Plate Numbers: 574,614-615,620,645, 699, 704-705, 711-716, 742, 744, 750, 752, 754-755, 759-760, 763-764, 780, 782, 784, 796-798,804,810,834,838,951-952,987,995, 997,1048,1061,1154,1265,1267,1434,1511, 1678-1680,1683,1716,1724 Independent Africa: 1476 Indigenous People: 842,854,966,1435,1669 Indigenous Peoples: 936,1415 Islands: 832,834,1006-1007,1027-1028,1031,1104, 1358-1374,1394,1417,1430,1441,1445-1473, 1482-1496,1510,1525-1532,1563, 1565-1566, 1571, 1580-1581, 1626-1627, 1632-1635,1647,1660,1665,1669,1693-1694, 1712-1715,1728-1733,1736 Jusqu’a Air Mail: 761,1579 Kangaroo & Map Issues: 501-643,741,972,1020, 1387-1390,1393,1408-1409,1414,1416 Lakes & Dams: 879,1265,1313,1486,1489,1558, 1652,1713 Late Fee: 731,1016,1070,1082,1108,1276, 1287-1290 Law & Order: 1018,1212,1227-1230 Local Stamps: 1345,1542-1543 Maps: 501-643,741,772,790,925,935-937,943,960, 973-974, 983, 1020, 1066, 1358, 1364-1365, 1496,1530 Marine Life: 1208-1209,1383 Medals: 918,1297 Military & Censor Mail: 571,795,800,803,821,874, 907-919, 930, 1019, 1033-1054, 1367-1368, 1383-1384,1443-1444,1450,1533, 1539-1540, 1549-1550, 1579, 1620-1621, 1649,1662,1690,1693,1705,1717,1720-1721, 1727,1738 Military - Boer War Period: 1208-1209,1586,1620, 1690 Military - World War I Period: 571,908-917,919,930, 1033-1035,1384,1450,1621,1705,1720 Military - World War II Period: 795,800,803,918,930, 1033,1036-1054,1367-1368,1444, 1539-1540,1549-1550,1579,1649,1662,1693, 1717,1721,1727,1738 Miniature Sheets: 766,779,1355,1437-1439,1513, 1516,1538,1646 Mining: 1105,1139,1144,1694 Monograms: 574,699,1265,1267 Motor Vehicles: 1328 Mountains: 880,883,1042,1116,1143,1251,1280, 1354,1505,1652 Myths & Legends: 852,860,1456-1457,1460, 1464-1470,1613 Navy: 1019,1383,1444 Number Ones: 1377,1474-1475,1497,1510,1525, 1555,1564,1574,1583-1585,1666,1722-1723 Numeral & Letter Postmarks: 1069,1073-1074, 1076, 1085, 1092-1094, 1108-1134, 1147, 1165-1167,1244,1308-1309,1321,1325-1326 numerals: 1058-1060,1073,1109-1110,1257-1261, 1269,1321,1325,1354 Official Mail: 502-503,513,523,525-527,530,533, 540,552,561,566,579,581,584,586,592,635, 647, 649, 668-670, 681, 689, 692, 709-710, 737-739,760,812-813,869,873-875,892-896, 898,1010-1011,1015,1018,1066-1067,1072, 1104,1164,1169-1171,1174-1243,1270,1273, 1352-1353,1404-1405,1730 Official Stamps: 502-503,513,523,525-527,530,533, 540,552,561,566,579,581,584,586,592,635, 647, 649, 668-670, 681, 689, 692, 709-710, 737-739,760,812-813,869,873-875,892-896, 898,1010-1011,1018,1066-1067,1072,1104, 1164, 1169-1171, 1174-1243, 1270, 1273, 1352-1353,1404-1405,1730 Olympics: 773,815,820,938,990 Omnibus Issues: 774,788,982,1440,1646 Overprinted Stamps: 503,603,608,627,630,751,760, 767,799,809,819,872,879,1044-1046,1048, 1051, 1053-1054, 1262, 1369-1370, 1378, 1384-1394,1435,1439,1441,1455,1476,1480, 1491, 1495, 1517, 1538, 1542-1543, 1550, 1553-1560, 1566, 1572-1573, 1657-1659, 1697-1698,1713,1716,1722,1730,1732

Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 Parcel: 502,564,1172,1301 Parcel Post: 593,1000,1068,1131-1134,1171-1172, 1247,1301-1304,1580 Perfins: 502-503,513,523,525-528,530,533,540,552, 561, 566, 579, 581, 584, 586, 592, 647, 649, 668-670,681,689,692,709-710,737-739,869, 873,1010-1011,1015,1353,1442,1596,1723 ph: 1734-1737 Philatelists: 787,795,1088-1089 Photography: 1406 Picture Postcards: 687,924,1020-1021,1034,1055, 1145,1169,1331-1332,1335,1338,1443,1532, 1538,1547,1649,1669,1719 Pigeon Post: 1694 Plains & Flats: 751,786,942,950,988,1121,1253 Plants: 832,988 Polar: 772,1355-1357,1530-1531,1547,1695 Post Offices: 761,996,1039-1040,1050,1052-1054, 1085,1111,1113-1121,1123,1125-1128,1130, 1135-1138,1141-1142,1144-1145,1214-1217, 1248-1253, 1275, 1279-1280, 1319, 1326, 1328-1331,1333,1362,1368,1408-1414,1416, 1421-1429,1431,1735 Postage Dues: 820,862-866,1083,1169,1299,1313, 1317,1435,1508-1509,1578,1624,1691,1735 Postal Fiscals: 1543,1619,1639-1640,1685-1686 Postal History: 527,571,589,635,644,687,709,741, 751, 761-762, 781, 783, 786-788, 790-791, 794-795,800,803,812-813,815,820-821,825, 857,859,874,907-1055,1068-1084, 1086-1094,1103-1107,1116,1145,1165-1173, 1268-1269,1271-1275,1277,1279,1282,1301, 1303,1306-1324,1328-1333,1335, 1337-1338, 1353, 1355-1358, 1360-1368, 1383-1384, 1406, 1420, 1432-1433, 1436, 1443-1444,1450,1471-1473,1479,1524,1529, 1532-1535, 1539-1540, 1544-1550, 1552, 1562, 1578-1581, 1618-1622, 1624-1625, 1627,1629,1631-1632,1634-1635, 1641-1642, 1645, 1648-1649, 1662-1665, 1669-1671,1687-1693,1695,1698, 1701-1712,1717,1719-1721,1727,1733-1738 Postal History - Military Concession: 1019 Postal Rates: 527,635,644,761-762,787-788,794, 820-821, 825, 879, 1016, 1018, 1071, 1077, 1081-1082, 1093, 1105, 1168, 1170, 1172, 1271-1273, 1315, 1362-1363, 1471-1472, 1532,1581,1622,1627,1634,1642,1665,1670, 1688,1691-1692,1712 Postal Seals: 1463,1543,1561,1620,1727 Postal Stationery: 868-919,1036,1043,1086,1116, 1147,1169,1218-1219,1270,1305,1314,1319, 1331,1346-1352,1374,1382,1419-1420,1544, 1546,1562,1617,1699-1700,1703-1705,1726, 1731 Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes: 903-905,1043, 1171,1731 Postal Stationery - Envelopes: 889-899,909-914 Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official): 892-896 Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Ptpo): 897-899 Postal Stationery - Franks: 1270,1352 Postal Stationery - Letter Cards: 876-888,908, 1093,1346,1350-1351,1576,1578,1591-1592, 1594-1599,1623,1626,1630,1652 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards: 868-875,899,915, 1116,1147,1305,1314,1319,1346-1350,1382, 1544,1546,1562,1699-1701,1703-1705 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Ptpo): 874-875 Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes: 900-902,1165,1169,1419-1420,1726 Postal Stationery - Wartime: 907-918,1036 Postal Stationery - Wartime - Privately Printed: 919 Postal Stationery - Wrappers: 906,918,1169 Postal Stationery - Wrappers (Ptpo): 906

Postmarks: 503,520,527,538,568,571,589,626,635, 644,652,687,694,709,741,751,761-762,781, 783, 786-788, 790-791, 794-795, 800, 803, 812-813, 815, 820-821, 825, 857, 859, 874, 892-893, 896, 907-1055, 1058, 1068-1094, 1103-1147,1165-1173,1244-1253,1268-1269, 1271-1283,1301,1303,1306-1338, 1353-1358,1360-1368,1375-1376, 1383-1384, 1394, 1406-1417, 1420-1433, 1436,1443-1444,1450,1471-1473,1479,1524, 1529, 1532-1535, 1539-1540, 1544-1550, 1552,1562-1563,1565,1567,1570,1574,1576, 1578-1581, 1587, 1618-1632, 1634-1635, 1641-1642, 1645, 1647-1649, 1662-1665, 1669-1671,1687-1693,1695,1698, 1701-1712,1715,1717,1719-1721, 1727-1728,1733-1738 Postmarks - Colours in Names: 1116,1253 Postmarks - Duplex Cancellations: 1313 Postmarks - Instructional Markings: 820,1052, 1274,1276,1308,1310-1311,1313,1317,1354, 1535,1625,1671,1687-1688 Postmarks - Manuscript Cancellations: 1027,1052, 1055,1136,1139-1140,1144,1146,1276,1307, 1310,1333,1415,1634,1689 Postmarks - Meter Cancels: 1549 Postmarks - Money Order: 1276 Postmarks - Numerals: 1069,1073-1074,1076,1085, 1092-1094,1108-1134,1147,1165-1167,1244, 1259,1279,1283,1308-1309,1321,1325-1326, 1354,1456,1473,1626,1647,1674,1715 Postmarks - Paid Datestamps: 1166,1252,1352, 1623,1626,1629,1632,1670-1671,1687-1688 Postmarks - Pictorial: 751,781,920-1008,1328,1356 Postmarks - Relief Cancellations: 925,977 Postmarks - Slogan Cancels: 680,683-684,695,794, 800,972 Postmarks - Squared Circle Datestamps: 1171, 1248-1250 Postmarks Collection: 1084,1107,1173,1275, 1322-1323 Pre-Stamp Covers Etc: 1306,1578,1670-1671,1687, 1712 Prisoners of War and Internees: 1035-1036,1043, 1621,1693,1705,1720-1721 Proofs: 653-654,768-778,837,840,848,860, 1096-1098,1100,1148-1151,1511,1516,1694 Radio: 1361,1394,1408-1409,1414,1416-1417,1518, 1635 Railway Stamps: 1000,1131-1134,1171,1247,1282, 1301-1304 Railways & Trains: 1000,1131-1134,1171,1247, 1301-1304 Red Cross: 928 Registered Mail & Registration Labels: 709,783, 786-787, 790-791, 815, 900-902, 918, 922, 927-928,931,934,944,947,957,960,965,971, 975, 980, 988, 996-1001, 1003-1008, 1016, 1018,1037,1051-1052,1054,1086,1105,1169, 1276,1292,1308,1320,1324,1331,1353-1354, 1357,1362,1384,1389,1419-1420,1423,1436, 1450,1532,1534,1619,1689,1698,1707-1709, 1711,1726 Registration Labels: 709,783,786-787,790-791,815, 918,922,927,931,957,980,996-1001, 1003-1005,1007-1008,1018,1037,1169,1357, 1362,1384,1389,1450 Rel: 925,977,1083,1322,1427,1706 Reprints: 843-846,850-851,1298,1676 Revenues: 1000,1014,1102,1131-1134,1171,1247, 1268-1269,1281,1300-1304,1619, 1639-1640,1685-1686,1706,1710,1716 River Fords: 782,1326 Rocket Mail: 1003 Royalty: 768-769,771,788-789,799,805,814,821, 825,837,848,868,920,924,930,939,941,956, 959,963,969,971,978-979,984,987,989,1018, 1368,1440,1474-1475,1487,1489,1497,1503, 1505-1506,1526,1536,1611-1612,1681,1729 Scouts and Guides: 776,812,952 Sheep: 934,1037 Shells: 1366 Ship Mail: 1077-1078,1080-1082,1108,1165-1166, 1276,1383,1472,1563,1670-1671,1687,1733

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Ships & Boats: 666,784,819,823,1030,1035, 1077-1078,1080,1108,1165,1276,1306,1359, 1364-1365, 1375-1384, 1419-1420, 1430, 1471,1478,1490,1496,1522,1531,1553-1575, 1578,1653-1654 Skating: 1271 Sport: 773,815,938,978,990,1314 Stamp Dealers: 950,1009,1317,1733 Stamps on Stamps: 771,928 State Government Officials: 793,1010-1011,1015, 1083,1271,1649 Streets & Roads: 574,878,881,1120,1306, 1316-1317,1456,1535,1549,1578,1626,1632, 1670-1671,1687,1701-1702,1704,1712-1715 Telegraph Offices: 1616 Telegraph Stamps: 1607,1616 Thematics & Topicals: 773,775-776,820,840,1345, 1437,1441,1531 Timber & Trees: 791,857,940,979,1359,1365,1540 Trains: 838-840,1331,1334,1337 Transport: 1222-1223,1328,1345,1516,1552,1697 Travelling Post Offices: 1091,1116,1140,1142,1147, 1171,1247,1282,1331-1338,1354,1624,1627, 1629,1650 Tree Cutting & Lumber Mills: 1490 Triangular Stamps: 1484-1486,1545,1694,1718 Unclaimed: 709,1080,1087,1274,1307,1313 Uniforms: 799,872,1373,1467-1469 Universal Postal Union: 774,890,982,1641 Unusual Origins or Destinations: 761,820,887,891, 1075,1169,1273,1315,1318,1578-1579,1622, 1627,1642,1665,1703,1736 Used Abroad: 723,1375-1376,1450,1567,1576, 1622-1632,1647,1670-1671,1712,1715 Valleys: 1130 Varieties: 501,504,507-508,510,518-521,530, 543-544,558,560,566,571,574,578-580,587, 589,593,595-596,603,606-608,612,619-621, 628-629, 633-634, 636, 638-643, 645-647, 649-651, 653-656, 664, 666-667, 672-676, 678-686,688,690,694,696-699,701,703-704, 706-707,710-711,713-716,718-720,722-723, 726, 729-733, 736-737, 739-740, 742, 745, 747-750, 753, 756, 759, 765, 782, 785, 789, 792-793, 801-802, 804, 810-811, 818, 824, 826-833,835-839,843-846,848-849,851-852, 856,858,864,900,905,1047-1048,1053,1060, 1063,1067,1071,1074,1076,1078,1096-1098, 1100-1101,1154,1160,1164,1179,1191,1194, 1210,1213,1223,1234,1242,1257-1258,1285, 1300,1343-1344,1347,1359,1369-1371,1378, 1385-1386, 1388, 1390-1393, 1395, 1439, 1453-1454, 1467-1470, 1477-1478, 1487, 1491, 1495, 1530, 1536, 1614-1615, 1638, 1652-1654,1657-1659,1667,1725 Whale: 1528 Writers: 968,1278 Yachts: 1379-1382,1562,1564,1568-1570,1573 Zeppelins: 1541,1546-1547 Zeppelins on Stamps: 1541,1548

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1d Red Die II Watermark sideways - crown pointing to the right BW #3aa, very well centred, fine used, Cat $500.

1d Red Die II with Melbourne ‘DE/3/13’ CTO datestamp BW #3w, full unmounted gum.

1d Red Die IIA variety Cut throat [R12] BW #4(G)j, fine used, Cat $100.

2d Grey BW #5, very well centred MUH, Cat $375.

2d Grey BW #5 block of 4, some nibbed perfs, mild tone patches, three units MUH, Cat $975+.

2d Grey Perf Large ‘OS’ BW #5bb, well centred, fresh MUH, Cat $300.

2½d Indigo with Melbourne ‘[DE]/3/[1]3’ CTO datestamp BW #9wb, full unmounted gum.

3d Olive Die I BW #12 well centred example, fresh MUH, Cat $600.

3d Olive Die I x20 used including pair and one mint, various shades, used stamps with tidy datestamp cancels, Cat $850. (21) 3d Olive Die I Perf ‘T’ BW #12 pair, right-hand unit perf fault, tidy Hobart ‘8OCT15’ datestamps.

3d Olive Die I variety Doubling of right frame and Queensland east coast, 1913 Quairading (WA) datestamp. [A similar used example sold for $4,800 in our March 2010 auction] 3d Olive Die I Watermark inverted BW #12a, well centred, MVLH, Cat $600.

3d Olive Die I Watermark Inverted with neat cds of [ST]ANTHORPE’, (Qld), BW #12a, Cat $225.

3d Olive Die II Watermark inverted BW #12aa, excellent centring, fine used, Cat $1,000. (Error in Brusden White which shows Cat value as 10,000!).

3d Olive Die I Perf Small ‘OS’ BW #12bc block of 4, few nibbed perfs, well centred, superb strikes of ‘ATHERTON/1AU14/ QUEENSLAND’ datestamp, Cat $500+.

3d Olive Die I-II Pair Perf ‘OS/NSW’ BW #12c, some nibbed perfs, excellent centring, fine used with Kempsey (NSW) datestamps, Cat $1,250 plus a significant premium for ‘OS/NSW’ punctures.

4d Orange (Aniline) pair, BW #15B, few nibbed perfs at top, well centred, mint, Cat $4,000+.

4d Orange Perf Large ‘OS’ BW #15ba, some ragged perfs, MUH, Cat $1,500.

5d Chestnut Perf Large ‘OS’ BW #16ba, mildly aged, well centred, mint, Cat $550.

5d Chestnut Perf Small ‘OS’ BW #16bb vertical pair tied by Melbourne cds to 1915 (Jul 9) Department of Trade and Customs cover (265x115mm) to USA, Censor ‘PASSED’ at centre, small blemishes, Attractive and rare franking for quadruple rate.

6d Blue Selection incl pairs x3, one with ‘L/S’ perfin, generally fine/VFU examples with datestamp cancels, minimum Cat $630. (18) 6d Greyish-Blue BW #17, fine MLH, Cat $425. Drury Certificate (2017).

6d Ultramarine Perf Small ‘OS’ Watermark inverted BW #17abc, some nibbed perfs, well centred, tidy datestamp cancel, Cat $4,000.

9d Deep Violet BW #24C, fine MLH, Cat $500.

9d Violet selection comprising pair x2, plus six singles one perf small ‘OS’ and one CTO, odd nibbed perf, overall fine/very fine used, Cat $500+. (10) 9d Violet Perf Small ‘OS’ BW #24bb block of 4, centred to lower-left, used, Cat $400+. Drury Certificate (2018).

1/- Green (Aniline) BW #30B, very well centred, MLH, Cat $1,750. Drury Certificate (2017).

1/- Pale Blue-Green BW #30D, nibbed corner perf, fine used, Cat $250.

2/- Dark Brown BW #35D, nibbed perf, very well centred, Registered Brisbane datestamp in blue, Cat $300.

2/- Brown Perf Large ‘OS’ BW #35ba, odd nibbed perf, fine used pair with Melbourne datestamps, Cat $1,000+.

2/- Brown with Melbourne ‘DE[3]/13’ CTO datestamp BW #35wb, full MLH gum, Cat $300.

2/- Brown Melbourne ‘D[E3]/[13]’ CTO datestamp, slight gum tone, Cat $300. Drury Certificate (2018).

5/- Grey & Chrome with Double perforations at the top perf large ‘OS’, BW #42Ab, mint, Cat $2,000 (used, unpriced mint). [The ACSC states that Double Perfs are found only on stamps perf Large ‘OS’.]

5/- Grey & Yellow Melbourne ‘DE[3]/13’ CTO datestamp BW #42B, light bend, without gum, Cat $300.

5/- Grey & Yellow with ‘[DEC]3/[13]’ CTO half cancel l2l, full unmounted gum, Cat $300.

5/- Grey & Yellow variety White line adjacent to coast in Bight BW #42(D)e, very well centred, fine mint, Cat $1,750.

5/- Grey & Yellow variety Retouch to left frame and WA coast [L31] BW #42(D)g, fine MLH, Cat $1,750.

10/- Grey & Pink BW #47, some surface indentations, of fine appearance, MVLH, Cat $2,000.

10/- Grey & Pink BW #47AA, repaired corner perf at top right, strong colours, used, Cat $1,100. £1 Brown & Blue BW #51A, flattened crease and perf blemishes (repaired lower-right corner perf), very well centred, tidy cds cancel, Cat $3,500. Presents very well. £2 Black & Rose BW #55A, repaired corner perf at lower-right, Registered Sydney ‘11MR13’ datestamp, Cat $6,000.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 2d to 1/- with 2d, 2½d & 6d ultramarine MUH, 6d deep ultramarine (two small gumside tonespots) MLH, 9d MLH & 1/- MVLH, 6d ultramarine & 1/- excellent centring, others values mostly very well centred, Cat $4,500+. (6) 2d to 1/- Selection comprising 2d, 2½d x2 (separated pair), 6d x2, 9d x2 & 1/- x3, all with tidy datestamp cancels, Cat $660. (10)

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2d Grey to 1/- Green with additional 6d, all very lightly mounted, Retail $1,500+. (6) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark 2d Grey Perf Small ‘OS’ BW #6ba, very well centred, MVLH, Cat $425.

2½d Indigo BW #10, fine mint, Cat $200.

2½d Blue & 6d Ultramarine BW #10,18, fine mint, Cat $600. (2) 6d Ultramarine BW #18, well centred, MUH, Cat $2,250.

6d Ultramarine BW #18A, well-centred, fine mint, Cat $400.

6d Ultramarine BW #18A, MUH, Cat $2,250. Drury Certificate (2017).

6d Blue Islands in Bass Strait, should be BW #18(2)e (catalogue entries are mixed up), lightly aged, Cat $1,000.

9d Pale Violet BW #24B, MUH, Cat $2,500.

9d Violet Watermark inverted BW #25a, very well centred, marginal example, huge premium for fresh MUH, Cat $9,000++ (SG #27w, Cat £4,250++). Missing from most collections. [Only 12 examples believed to exist, including a block of 4] 1/- Green Perf ‘OS’ BW #31ba, nibbed perf, well centred, Cat $475. Scarce.

1/- Dull Green BW #31C, very well centred, regummed, Cat $1,250 .

2/- Light Brown BW #36, marginal watermark line at top, fine used, Cat $350.

2/- Light Brown BW #36, tidy Adelaide Parcels cancel, Cat $350.

2/- Brown perf ‘OS’, BW #36ba, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat $4,000.

2/- Brown Perf ‘OS’ variety White flaw under second ‘L’ of ‘SHILLINGS’ BW #36ba(1)f, few pulled perfs, Registered Hobart datestamp, Cat $900.

5/- Deep Grey and Yellow BW #43, single toned perf at base & some light tone flecks on gum, well centred, MVLH, Cat $1,500.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 3d Array mostly Die I with 5 pairs, Die II with Katanning (WA) cds, few Die IIBs including a pair; various shades, many with tidy datestamp cancels. (46) Selection with 2d, 2½d & 3d Die I MUH, 6d blue MVLH, 6d chestnut & 2/- brown mint, 2/- maroon MUH; also SMult 1/- MUH & 2/(slight bend) mint, odd minor gum tone, generally fine, Cat $2,200+. (9) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark 2d Grey Die I BW #7 marginal block of 4, fresh MUH, Cat $500+.

2d Grey Die I variety Extra islands around Tasmania [2R43] BW #7(2)i (+ 1d red KGV) tied by Melbourne ‘1AUG16’ machine cancel to S.Cooke (Printers’ furnishers) cover to USA, ‘PASSED’ censor handstamp in violet, extrapolated cat value $400+.

2½d Indigo variety Heavy coastline to WA BW #11(2)d, toned gum, Cat $100.

3d Olive Die II BW #13 shades x3 (two are creased), used, minimum Cat $600. (3) 3d Olive Die I lower left corner strip of 4 with ‘JBC’ Monogram and varieties Break in top frame over ‘ST’ of ‘AUST’ [1R58] and White flaws under ‘CE’ of ‘PENCE’ [1R60] BW #13(1)zb, well centred, mounted in selvedge only, stamps fresh MUH, Cat $6,175++.

6d Pale Greyish-Violet Die II BW #19G, quite well centred, mint, Cat $575. Drury Certificate (2017).

6d Violet-Blue Die IIB BW #20B, well centred, fine mint, Cat $400. Drury Certificate (2018).

9d Violet Die IIB BW #27, fine mint, Cat $125.

9d Violet Die IIB variety White flaw below ‘IA’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [4R7] BW #27(4)n, fine used, Cat $125.

1/- Blue-Green Die II Selection with block of 4 well centred, also singles x3, one Watermark inverted, another in sea-green shade (dryish ink) perf ‘OS’, the other very fine used with Woollahra (NSW) datestamp, Cat $700+. (4 items) 1/- Blue-Green Die IIB Watermark sideways BW #33aa, MLH, Cat $200. Drury Certificate (2018).

1/- Die IIB Perf ‘OS’ BW #33ba pair, minor gum wrinkles, MUH, Cat $750+.

2/- Brown BW #37A, very well centred, fine mint, Cat $450.

2/- Deep Brown BW #37D, well-centred, fine mint, Cat $500.

2/- Brownish-Grey Perf ‘OS’ BW #37, fine used, Cat $500.

2/- Maroon BW #38, fine mint, Cat $300.

2/- Maroon Perf ‘OS’ CTO BW #38wc, very well centred, Cat $100. Drury Certificate (2018).

5/- Grey & Chrome-Yellow with minor Doubling of the frame, well centred, lightly mounted. [The doubling is most evident across South Australia & Victoria and into the Tasman Sea. The stamp may be related to the major ‘Double Print’ BW #44c] 5/- Deep Grey & Yellow BW #44, extremely well centred, fresh MVLH, Cat $450.

5/- Grey & Yellow BW #44 variety Roo with spiked tail, also Broken shading lines to north-east of Cape York [R56] very fine used. Cat $225 (as a normal stamp).

5/- Grey & Pale Yellow BW #44D, marginal MUH, Cat $2,000.

5/- Grey & Yellow (one pulled perf), 10/- grey & aniline pink (fluffy perfs), both appear to have been cancelled on the same day. BW #44,48E. (2) 5/- Grey & Pale Yellow Perf ‘OS’ CTO BW #44wa, quite well centred, without gum, Cat $200 Drury Certificate (2018).

5/- Grey & Yellow x2 examples with varieties Kangaroo’s foot broken & pointed tail [L52] and Broken coast near Sydney [L2], BW #44(D)d,(V)n, parcel cancels, Cat $875. (2) 10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink BW #48B, rich colours, extremely well centred, MLH, Cat $750. Premium example.

10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink Watermark inverted BW #48Ba, excellent centring, Latrobe (Tas) datestamp, Cat $3,500.

10/- Brownish-Grey and Deep Aniline Pink Watermark inverted BW #18Ca, fine and fresh mint, Cat $4,500.

10/- Grey & Aniline Pink Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B BW #48x, very well centred, Cat $600. £1 Brown & Blue BW #52, used, Cat $2,500. £1 Chocolate & Dull Blue BW #52A, strong colours, extremely well centred, fine mint, Cat $4,000. Lovely stamp. £1 Chestnut & Blue BW #52B, perf blemishes, strong original colour, Cat $2,500. £1 Grey BW #53, well centred, fine mint, Cat $1,000. £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C with variety Retouch under ‘D’ of ‘POUND’ plus Broken value circle BW #53xbf, light gum bends, excellent centring, Cat $1,650 (as an unoverprinted stamp). £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C sub-type C1 Damaged ‘C’ and 2nd example with Type D ‘SPECIMEN’, BW #53xd, both slightly aged gum, Cat $1,375. (2) £2 Purple-Black & Rose CTO BW #56w, very well centred, without gum, Cat $6,500. £2 Grey-Black & Crimson with Type B ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint BW #56x, hinge rem & 10/- Type B ‘SPECIMEN BW #48x, MNG, Cat $1,200. (2) £2 Purple-Black & Rose Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C variety Broken coast in Bight [R8] BW #56xb(D)r, mildly toned gum, MLH, Cat $9,750 (as an unoverprinted stamp). Drury Certificate (2018). £2 Purple-Black & Rose Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C Sub-type 1 overprint variety - damaged ‘C’, plus duty plate flaw White flaw in Bight [R19] BW #56xd(D)s, few tone flecks on gum. Rare combination of varieties, Cat $8,000 (as an unoverprinted stamp). Drury Certificate (2018).

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AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark 9d Violet BW #28, well centred fresh MUH, Cat $375.

9d Purple Die IIB variety Thin-necked kangaroo retouched [3R28] BW #28(3)ga, lightly cancelled, Cat $150.

2/- Maroon BW #39A, well centred fresh MUH, Cat $750.

2/- Maroon unlisted variety Top of first ‘S’ in ‘SHILLING’ and shading lines above missing, well centred MLH. Prominent flaw.

2/- Maroon CTO BW #39w, Cat $125. Drury Certificate (2018).

2/- Maroon plate 1 Ash (N over A) imprint block of 4 BW #39(1)z, three units MUH, Cat $2,250.

2/- Maroon Plate 2 Ash ‘N’ over ‘N’ imprint pair BW #39(2)za, fine mint, Cat $1,000.

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange Perf ‘OS’ BW #45ba, excellent centring, MVLH, Cat $250. Premium example.

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange BW #45w CTO, excellent centring, without gum, Cat $250. Drury Certificate (2018).

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange CTO BW #45w with Vignette displacement showing Kangaroo’s ears just outside of map, Cat $250 (as a normal stamp).

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange variety Ewe-faced kangaroo - State II CTO BW #45w(V)fa, large-part gum, Cat $400 for used.

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange John Ash imprint block of 4, with variety White flaw off NSW coast [R55] BW #45z, mounted at top of central gutter (adjoining units just touched), lower units MUH, Cat $7,500.

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange variety Spencer’s Gulf short [R5,60] BW #45(D)j, well centred, fine mint, Cat $650.

10/- Grey & Pink BW #49, centred to lower left. MUH, Cat $3,000.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink BW #49, well centred & good perfs, Retail $750.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink BW #49, well centred, fine mint, Cat $1,100.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink BW #49, extremely well centred, MVLH, Cat $1,100.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink BW #49, separated pair, minor paper wrinkle on one stamp, Sandstone (WA) datestamp, Cat $1,400+. Most attractive.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C, BW #49x, Cat $475.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C variety Broken coast near Sydney BW #49x(D)d, well centred MUH, extrapolated Cat $2,200+. Very fresh stamp.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink BW #49(V)t, very well centred, variety Foxed-faced kangaroo [R38] BW #49(V)t with additional Grey colour flaw under Roo’s neck, fine used, Cat $1,350. £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D BW #57x, Cat $900. £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D BW #57x, fresh MVLH, Cat $900.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 6d to £1 Grey comprising 6d, 9d, 2/- Die II & Redrawn Die, 5/- (MVLH), 10/- & £1 values with some light gum tone patches, 6d to 2/- (both) MUH, Cat $2,200+. (7) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark 9d Purple Die IIB variety Thin-necked kangaroo retouched [3R28] BW #29(3)ga, left unit in pair, perf faults, 1933 Bairnsdale datestamp, Cat $100+.

2/- Maroon Die II variety White flaw under ‘LI’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [2L49] BW #40(2)k, being the upper unit of a vertical pair, fine mint, lower unit MUH, Cat $250.

2/- Maroon Redrawn Die pairs on 1946 covers x2 paying early postwar 4/- per half oz rate to North America, comprising [1] vertical pair in scarcer deep maroon shade BW #41B on (May 10) Melbourne-Vancouver, and [2] maroon #41A horizontal pair on Official cover (Sep 6) Brisbane-New York. (2) 10/- Grey & Pale Pink Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C Sub-type 2 overprint - shaved ‘P’ BW #50xd, mildly toned gum, Cat $2,000.

Drury Certificate (2018). £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson BW #58, marginal example from base of the sheet, few nibbed perfs, lightly cancelled, Cat $850. £2 Grey-Black & Rose-Crimson variety Small break in coastline north of Bight [L57] BW #58, used, Cat $1,300. Drury Certificate (2018). £2 Black & Rose Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D variety Distorted coastline & broken shading lines in Bight, different to listed flaw at [R19], MLH. £2 Black & Rose Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D BW #58x unlisted variety White-tailed Roo, centred to lower right, Cat $120 (plus premium for variety). £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D variety Ewe-faced roo - State II [L10] BW #58x(V)fa, with additional Breaks in Roo’s back, MLH Cat $8,000 (as an unoverprinted stamp). £2 Grey-Black & Rose-Crimson ovpt ‘SPECIMEN’ Broken coast in Bight [R3], BW #58(D)p, Cat $1,500 as normal used stamp. £2 Grey-Black & Rose-Crimson variety White scratch through Roo’s back [R12] BW #58(V)o, lightly cancelled, Cat $1,300. Drury Certificate (2018).

AUSTRALIA | Engraved Issues 1d Carmine-Red BW #59 solo franking tied by Melbourne ‘11JUL14’ machine cancel to inter-bank cover, Cat $300 on cover, few upper edge faults.

AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1½d Imprint Block Selection with Single Wmk Electro 26 1½d red Mullett imprint block of 4 BW #89(26)z (R55 with Notch in base of right-hand value tablet); SMult P13½x12½ 1½d brown Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 8 BW #93(3)za, CofA 1½d Brown Plate 3 block of 4 BW #94(3)za x2 (two types, one toned); generally fine, Cat $875. (4) 3d Blue Selection with Single Wmk shades x6, varieties Dry ink x2 (one CTO), plus listed flaws BW #104d,e,f,h,l&o; SMult Wmk P14 listed flaws #106(3,4)m & #106(4)h; SMult Wmk P13½x12½ #107(3,4)e,f, & 107(4)g; generally fine, Cat $800+. (21) 5d Selection with Single Wmk perf ‘OS’ shades x8, CofA shades x5 plus Plate 3 varietiesEight wattles at left, Flaw behind King’s neck (middle unit in strip of 3), and Distorted upper frame, BW #127(3)d,e&g; generally fine. (16 items) Mint Array on Album Pages with Single Wmk to 1/4d including MUH 4d lemon-yellow (Cat $950), 4d orange, 4d violet, 4½d violet & 5d, plus 1d red Die III MVLH; No Wmk 1d & 1½d MUH; SMult P14 to 1/4d including 4d greenish-olive MUH; SMult P13½x12½ to 1/4d with a few low value shades and a 4½d violet Die II (CTO); CofA ½d to 1/4d set MUH; a few stamps with tonespots on gum but generally fine MLK/MVLH or MUH, high catalogue value. (64) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1½d Die I Perf ‘OS’ Varieties greens or reds with catalogued flaws #88(14)j, 88(14)o, 89(15)ha, 89(16)k, 89(17)d, 89(17)m, 89(17)n; plus other plated flaws; condition mostly fine. (30) 1½d Red Die I Perf ‘OS’ Varieties x25 including catalogued flaws #89(17)q, 89(17)vba, 89(18)l, 89(18)n; also a couple of 1½d greens including catalogued #88(14)d and 1½d black-brown perf ‘OS’; condition mostly fine. (28) 1d Red Watermark Inverted Selection of identified shades with Smooth Paper x11 including Bright Red (G11) & Reddish Pink (G15), also Rough Paper x5; useful group, generally fine. (16)

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(1,000+) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark | Proofs & Essays Perkins Bacon 1d KGV State 3 Die Proof with Unmasked surrounds, King’s nose straightened and slight modifications to lined background in black on unsurfaced thin white wove paper (123x94mm), part papermaker’s watermark evident at right, Cat $12,500.

Only three examples of this transitional State 2/3 proof recorded..

Perkins Bacon 1d KGV State 3 Die Proof (no endorsements) with King’s nose straightened, in black on thin glazed card (125x94mm) BW #70DP(13)Ad, fine condition, Cat $12,500. Extremely rare.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark ½d Green Comb Perf Electro 5 Cracked electro, left wattle to ‘U’ - early state [5L46] BW #63(5)h, tidy machine cancel slightly impinges upon flaw, well centred, Cat $5,000.

1d Carmine-Red (G1) Single-Line Perf variety Dot before right ‘1’ [VI/21] BW #70A(3)f, machine cancel, Cat $250. Starling Certificate (2017).

1d Bright Brown-Red (G24) BW #71O, ‘20DE17’ datestamp, fine used, Cat $250.

1d Pale Terra Cotta (Brick) (G25) Smooth Paper BW #71Q, fine used with Melbourne ‘3OC18’ datestamp, Cat $250. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Deep Pink Salmon Eosin (G27A) Smooth Paper BW #71SA, rejoined vertical pair, Cat $4,500+. Drury certificate (2015).

1d Deep Pink Salmon Eosin (G27A) Smooth Paper BW #71SA, mild horizontal crease, Cat $2,250. Drury certificate (2015).

1d Deep Pink Salmon Eosin (G27A) Smooth Paper BW #71SA, Cat $2,250.

1d Deep Pink Salmon Eosin (G27A) Smooth Paper BW #71SA, Cat $2,250.

1d Brown-Red (G32) Smooth Paper BW #71W, fine used with 19JE18 datestamp, Cat $150. Drury Certificate (2016).

1d Carmine-Red (G31) Smooth Paper with impressive ‘Tin Shed’ flaw at lower-left, used. Drury Certificate (2018).

1d Red selection of inverted watermarks featuring 74 examples of Die 1 (many different & better shades, few perf ‘OS’ or ‘OS/NSW’), and an example of Die II and Die III. (76) 1d Orange-Red (G24½) Smooth Paper Watermark inverted BW #71Pa, Ship Room Sydney ‘2NOV19’ datestamp, Cat $300.

Starling Certificate (2014).

1d Pink (G28) Smooth Paper Watermark inverted BW #71Ta, very fine used, Cat $200. Elusive shade/watermark variety combination. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Deep Scarlet (Aniline) (G19) Smooth Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW#71Jbb, mint, Cat $300, Drury Certificate (2018).

1d Deep Scarlet (Aniline) (G19) Smooth Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW#71Jbb, MUH, Cat $300+, Drury Certificate (2018).

1d Brown-Red (G32) Perf ‘OS’ BW #71Wbb, fine used, Cat $250. Elusive shade, Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Bright Red (G11) Smooth Paper Die II BW #71B(1)i, very fine used, Cat $100.

1d Salmon-Red (G12) Smooth Paper Die II BW #71C(1)i, fine used with Kempsey (NSW) ‘3FE15’ datestamp, Cat $100. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Brown-Red (G32) Smooth Paper Die II BW #71W(1)i, very fine used with Nathalia ‘29JE1[8]’ (Vic) datestamp, Cat $350. Rare shade/variety combination. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Carmine-Red (G10) Smooth Paper Die II with Watermark inverted BW #71Aa(1)i, very lightly used, Cat $325. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Salmon-Red (G12) Smooth Paper Die II with Watermark inverted BW #71Ca(1)i, fine used, Cat $325 (for cheapest shade).

Rare combination of varieties on elusive shade. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Reddish Pink (Semi-Surfaced) (G15) Smooth Paper Die II with Watermark inverted BW #71Ga(1)i, fine used with Nelligen (NSW) ‘30JY15’ datestamp. Rare combination of varieties. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Carmine-Red Die I-II pair BW #71(1)ia, fine mint, Cat $900.

1d Deep Carmine-Pink (G29) Smooth Paper variety Substituted cliché - Die II [IV/34] BW #71(U)ja, fine used. Rare combination of elusive shade & sought-after variety, Cat $500. Starling Certificate (2014) for then BW #71U(2)ia.

1d Scarlet Aniline (G18) Smooth Paper variety Rusted cliché second state [IV/34] BW #71I(2)j, fine used, Cat $750. Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Society of GB Certificate (1963).

1d Carmine-Rose (G30) Smooth Paper Substituted cliché - Die II BW #72V(2)ja, slogan cancel. Drury Certificate (2004) for then BW #72V(2)ia.

1d Carmine-Rose (G30) Smooth Paper Substituted cliché - Die II perf ‘OS’, BW #72Vbb(2)ja, machine cancel. Drury Certificate (2004) for then BW #72Vbb(2)ia.

1d Red Smooth Paper varieties Substituted cliché - Die I & Die II [IV34&35] BW #71(2)ja&ka, used, Cat $300. (2) 1d Carmine-Rose (G30) Smooth Paper Substituted cliché - Die I BW #72V(2)ka, slogan cancel. Drury Certificate (2004) for then BW #72V(2)ja.

1d Carmine-Rose (G30) Smooth Paper Substituted cliché - Die I BW #72V(2)ka, slogan cancel. Drury Certificate (2004) for then BW #72V(2)ja.

1d Carmine-Red (G31) Smooth Paper variety Substituted cliché - Die I [IV/34] BW #71Y(2)ka BW #71(2)ka, used, Cat $150. Drury Certificate (2004) for then #71Y(2)ja.

1d Salmon Eosin (G27) Smooth Paper BW #71S(3)r, White flaw in right frame opposite emu’s feet part Temora (NSW) ‘?DE1917’ datestamp. Premium example, with brilliant fluorescence, Cat $2,500+. Drury Certificate (2018).

1d Deep Rosine (G70) Rough Paper BW 72J plus LMult ½d green tied to PPC adressed to USA by Waverley (NSW) datestamp.

A rare shade on cover, Cat $800. Starling Certificate (2016).

1d Deep Aniline Scarlet (G60) Rough Paper Watermark inverted BW #72Aa block of 4, lower units MUH, Cat $600+.

1d Deep Aniline Scarlet (G60) Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW #72Aabb, mint, Cat $150+.

1d Dull Rosine (G68) Rough Paper Watermark inverted BW #72Ia, lightly cancelled, Cat $900. Watermark inverted in this shade is rare. Starling Certificate (2014).

1d Rose-Pink (G67) Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW #72Hbb, MUH, small rubbed area on gum, Cat $1,500. Drury Certificate (2018).

1d Rose-Pink (G67) Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW #72Hbb, fresh MUH, Cat $2,000. Drury Certificate (2011).

1d Deep Brownish Carmine-Red (G77) Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW # 72Rbb pair, fine used with Adelaide ‘17NOV20’ cancel, Cat $300+. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Red Rough Paper variety Dry ink BW #72c, fine used with Special Sydney datestamp, Cat $550.

1d Rose-Pink (G67) Rough Paper BW #72HH, slogan cancel, Cat $175. Starling Certificate (2016).

1d Rosine (G68) Rough Paper Die II BW #72I(1)i, very fine used, Cat $325. Rare shade/variety combination. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Carmine-Red (G73) Rough Paper Die II BW #71P(1)i, unused (gum traces), Cat $750. Starling Certificate (2018).

1d Deep Rosine (G70) Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ Die I-II pair BW #72J(1)ia, fine mint. Very rare shade/variety combination, extrapolated Cat $4,000.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 1d Red Rough Paper Plate 2 ‘CA’ Monogram substituted for ‘JBC’ single BW #72(2)ze, mild tone in selvedge, well centred, MUH, Cat $4,000 (as mounted mint). Rare!

1d Red Die III Watermark inverted BW #75a x3 shades, fine used, Cat $450. (3) 1d Red Die III IWmk inverted varieties comprising Break in upper frame at left [15] & Diagonal break in NW corner [68] BW #75ah&ao, fine used, Cat $350++. Scarce variety combinations. (2) 1d Deep Red Die III (G110) variety Thinned ‘US’ - third state, retouched [Pos 40] BW #75Bkb, very well centred, fine used, Cat $2,000. Rare. Drury Certificate (2007) for then BW #75Bmb. 1½d Black-Brown Die I Inverted watermark BW #83a strip of 4, fresh MUH, Cat $700+.

1½d Black-Brown Die I Electro 2 Harrison imprint block of 12 (imprint 9.25mm below stamps) BW #83(2)z, unit [2L59] with Flaw beneath right wattles, mild gum toning around central gutter, eight units MUH, Cat $675+.

1½d Black-Brown Die I Electro 3 Harrison imprint block of 8 BW #83(3)z, reinforced along central gutter, five units MUH, vertical crease through column 3 stamps, Cat $750+.

1½d Green Die I printed on Very coarse mesh paper BW #88a, very fine used, Cat $400. Drury Certificate (2013).

1½d Red Die I Perf ‘OS’ Varieties selection of plated flaws including catalogued #89(24)d, 89(24)h, 89(24)k, 89(24)m, 89(25-28)e, 89(25-28)h, 89(25-28)j; condition generally fine. (30) 1½d Dull Red Die I on Thin & Coarse Mesh Paper BW #89Gab&ac, MVLH. Rare combination of paper varieties, Cat $325+. Drury Certificate (2018).

1½d Red Die I Perf ‘OS’ x3 (two poorly centred), tied by Registered Perth cds to 1924 (Nov 14) locally addressed and unclaimed registered cover.

1½d Scarlet Die I Perf ‘OS’ variety Printed on the gummed side with Watermark inverted strip of 3, BW #89c, left perfs out of register, fine mint, Cat $1,500+ (SG #O80wa, Cat £1,125+).

1½d Red Die I Electro 21 Harrison imprint block of 8 (‘N’ over ‘M’ without stop) BW #89(21)z, lower units MUH, Cat $675+.

1½d Red Die I Electro 22 No imprint block of 8 BW #89(22)za, few separated perfs, mild aging & minor gum adhesions, two lower units MUH Cat $475+.

1½d Red Die I Electro 23 No imprint (Mullett) block of 4 with variety White scratch through left wattles [R49] BW #89(23)za, mild gumside toning, lower units MUH, Cat $400.

1½d Red Die I Electro 24 Harrison imprint (‘N’ over ‘M’, without stop) block of 4 [L54, distinctive shading flaws], mounted at top of central gutter, lower units MUH, Cat $675+.

1½d Red Die I Electro 26 Mullett imprint strip of 6 [L58-60, R55-57], with variety Frame notch under second ‘E’ of ‘HALFPENCE’ [L60] BW #89(26)z, three units MUH, Cat $475 (as an imprint block of 4).

1½d Red Die I Electro 27 Mullett imprint block of 8 with variety Flaw in right wattles [R49] BW #89(27)z, six units MUH, fresh block, Cat $475 (as an imprint block of 4).

2d Orange Die I Perf ‘OS’ Watermark inverted BW #95ba&a, MVLH, Cat $400.

2d Orange Electro 8A perf ‘OS’ blocks [8AL1-4,7-10,13-16,19-22] MUH with catalogue flaw 95(8A)d, & [8AR1-5,7-11,13-17,1923,25-19] with catalogued flaws 95(8A)i,k,l (k is not prominent), 8 units hinged, perf separation issues. (2 blks) 2d Orange Die I unlocated variety Cracked electro vertically through right side BW #95(U)m, machine cancel largely clear of the flaw, Cat $600.

2d Red Die I Varieties Selection Brusden White listed flaws for Electros 2 x2, 8A x3, 10 x4, 11 x6, 12 x3, 12A x5, 13, 14 x3, 15, 16 x4, plus a few unlisted plated flaws; generally fine, Cat $1,500+. (40) 2d Red Die I variety Retouched ‘Roman’ nose [11R10] BW #96(11)i, fine used, Cat $300.

2d Red-Brown Die I variety Large white flaw in left value tablet [16L4] BW #97(16)f, fine mint, Cat $250.

2d Red-Brown Die I Electro 16 right pane lower right corner marginal block of 4 with varieties Lower frame missing [16R59], Damaged upper frame at left and shading below [16R53] & White flaw on emu’s body - state II with Additional white flaws right of left tablet & through ‘A’ of ‘POSTAGE’ and ‘N’ of ‘PENCE’ [16R60] BW #97(16)r,t&ua, centrally struck Melbourne CTO datestamp. Cat $425++. An important positional piece & superb exhibition item.

3d Pale Violet-Blue Die I variety Broken leg of emu [2L19] BW #104Bl on the left-hand unit of a pair, fine mint, Cat $165+.

4d Lime-Yellow BW #110D, well-centred, fine mint, Cat $1,750. Drury Certificate (2011).

4d Yellow-Orange (Aniline) BW #110a Wmk inverted with clear MR11/16 date, an interesting example which is transitioning to lemon-yellow, Cat $150.

4d Lemon-Yellow Perf ‘OS/NSW’ BW #110Cb, 1917 Bathurst (NSW) datestamp, very fine used, Cat $400. Starling Certificate (2018).

4d Pale Orange-Yellow Perf ‘OS/NSW’ BW #110Eb, fine used, Cat $450. Starling Certificate (2018).

4d Violet varieties Weeping ‘4’ at right [2L18] being the right-hand unit of a pair, Left frame worn [1L56] and White flaw on 2nd lowest wattle at left, etc [2R59] BW #111(1)i&(2)f&vf, fine used, Cat $300+. (3) 4d Violet variety Cracked electro [1L32] BW #111(1)e, tidy datestamp cancel clear of flaw, Cat $200.

4d Violet Plate 2 variety Line through ‘FOUR PENCE’ [2R12] BW #111(2)r, minor perf blemishes, Late Fee ‘20DE21’ datestamp slightly impinging upon the flaw, Cat $12,000 (SG #64a, Cat £8,500). Highly sought-after Georgian Head flaw. [ACSC states ‘...at least 15 used examples have been recorded’] 4d Blue Cooke Plates varities comprising Damaged SE corner - worn state [2R19, perf ‘OS/NSW], Splintered SW corner [1L58] & Break in upper-right frame and white spot over ‘FO’ of ‘FOUR’ [2R58] BW #112(1)k&(2)ub&ve, also Elongated dot/gash in upper left border [2R6]; used, Cat $270. (4) 4d Blue Cooke Plates variety Thin ‘FOU’ of FOUR’ [2L8] BW #112(2)ea, ‘28JE22’ cds largely clear of the flaw, Cat $350.

4d Blue Harrison Plates Watermark Inverted, BW #113aa, centred to left, Cat $1,000.

5d Chestnut Die I Smooth Paper Single Line Perf variety Flawed ‘P’ of ‘PENCE’ - State II with Additional white flaw on left ‘5’’ BW #122vfa, used, Cat $120.

5d Brown Varieties Selection with Brusden White listed flaws at [1L3,13,25,33,42,56,57&59] & [1R15&54] BW #123f,h,k,m,o,qb,r,s;t&vc, plus other plates flaws x9; generally fine with cds cancels, Cat $800+. (19) 5d Bright Chestnut Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ Broken NE corner [1L13], BW #124h, jumbo margins, Cat $750.

1/4d Greenish Blue Perf ‘OS’ BW #129b, slightly aged, Cat $1,750.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Large Multiple Watermark ½d Green Perf ‘OS’ variety Thin fraction at right [5R43] BW #65ba(5)s, MUH, Cat $175 (as mounted mint).

1d Carmine-Pink Cooke Printings (G101) BW #73A x3, two plated as [V/10] and [V/18], very good to fine used, Cat $825+. (3) 1d Carmine-Rose Harrison Printing 1919 (Dec 29) use with 2½d Roo (small fault) on cover from Melbourne to Broadford.

1d Carmine-Rose Harrison two-line imprint pair with White flaw in right frame opposite emu’s feet BW #74(3)z, perf reinforcements in margin, mint, Cat $2,250.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 14 ½d Orange perf ‘OS’ BW #67ba, retail $225.

2d Bright Red-Brown Electro 16 Mullet imprint block of 4 BW #98(16)z, few light tones, Cat $1,000.

3d Blue Die Ia BW #106 Type B pair, fine used.

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1/4 Greenish Blue Perf ‘OS’ BW #129b, tiny gum inclusion, fine mint, Cat $1,250.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ 1d Green Die II-I pair BW #81(1)ia, trivial gum blemish, excellent centring, MUH, Cat $150.

1d Green block of 4 [VII 53-54 & 59-60] with varieties Ferns, and ‘RA’ joined BW #81(4)ia&j, some gun toning, lower units MUH, Cat $600+.

1½d Red Die II Thin paper BW #92aa block of 18 [1L1-18], fresh MUH, Cat $4,500+. Rare multiple.

1½d Brown Plate 3 Ash imprint block of 18 BW #93(3)za, fresh multiple with 16 units MUH, Cat $150++.

2d on 1½d & 5d on 4½d BW #101 & 125 (mild edge toning) tied to plain FDC by superb Lakemba (NSW) ‘1AU30’ FD datestamp (another superb strike alongside), typed address to Herbert Nowland, unsealed flap. Extremely rare. [Although the FDI for the surcharged issues is somewhat contentious, this cover was serviced by the Lakemba postmaster, who you expect would have known the official first day of issue] 2d on 1½d Surcharge complete sheet of 120 with margins intact including Plate Dots & Ash imprint, some small perf separations & minor edge blemishes, mild uniformly toned gum, Cat $1,000+.

4d Olive variety Roo’s tongue out [4L25] BW #116(4)e, being the upper-left unit in a marginal block of 4, MUH, Cat $360+.

5d Orange-Brown Die II Ash ‘N’ over ‘N’ imprint block of 4 BW #126z, 3 units MUH, Cat $475.

1/4d Greenish Blue John Ash imprint pair, BW #130z, Cat $3,250 as block of 4.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark 1d Green Watermark inverted BW #82a block of 4, MUH, Cat $300+.

1d Green Plate 1 block of 10 (2x5) [1/21-22,27-28,33-34,39-40,45-46] with Dents in bottom frame flaws at [1/22,28,34,40 & 46] BW #82(1)d,db,dc,dd &de, fresh MUH, Cat $375++.

2d Scarlet Die III error No Watermark BW #102aa, very well centred, fresh MUH, Cat $6,000.

5d Orange-Brown from Plate 3, imprint block of 4 with variety at 3R55 BW #127(3)z, very fresh, plus Plate 2 ‘OS’ imprint pair, Cat $475. (2 blks) 5d Orange-Brown Die II Overprinted ‘OS’ Ash imprint block of 4, BW #127(OS)z, mild aging, Cat $575. (2 items) 1/4d Greenish Blue BW #131 tied by Airmail Brisbane ‘27AU38’ datestamp, used to uprate 5d franked cover to be sent jusqu’a airmail via France to British Tangier, backstamped in French Tangier with British PO Tangier arrival datestamp on face, filing crease well clear of stamps. Very scarce origin/destination for the period, Cat $300 on cover.

1/4d Greenish Blue plus KGVI 2d Die I tied by Artarmon cds to 1938 (Jun 28) 1/6d per half oz airmail cover to GB, endorsed “Opened by/mistake./Many apologies/Irene”, and resealed with stamp selvedge.

1/4d Greenish Blue Ash imprint block of 4 BW #131z, MLH in upper gutter (one unit touched), three units MUH, Cat $1,000+.

1/4d Greenish Blue Ash Imprint block of 12 (6x2), BW #131z, 7 units MUH, Cat $1,000++. Fresh well centred mint 1/4d Greenish Blue varieties comprising Retouched thick ‘1’ at right [1R57], Defective top frame and cross [1L1], Flattened cross of crown [1L3], Retouched SW Corner [1L55] and Retouched NE corner [1R18], BW #161d,f,h,k&na, all fine used, Cat $500. (5) AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1914-1963 Mint Collection (no Roos or KGV Heads) with 6d Engraved Kooka (MUH), Kooka M/S (few mild tonespots), KGV commemorative complete including 5/- Bridge (excellent centring), KGVI 3d blue ‘White Wattles’, Thick & Thin Paper Robes & Arms set MUH, QEII Navigators complete MUH with 10/- & £1 both papers, also KGVI & QEII coil pairs or strips, QEII ordinary & helecon papers, etc; some mild toning mostly on KGV issues, many stamps MUH. (100s) 1931-33 Overprinted ‘OS’ Officials complete, very lightly mounted. Retail $800+. (15) AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Proofs & Essays 1951 2½d Chocolate KGVI Sunken Die Proof with CBA “33/24.4.51” cachet on reverse, presented to Sir D. Lindsay (Stamp Advisory Committee) BW #250DP(1), Cat $3,000. Only 8 Proofs prepared.

1948 2½d Farrer Sunken Die Proof with CBA “26/10.6.48” cachet on reverse, presented to D. Cameron (Postmaster-General) BW #272DP(1), Cat $3,500. Only 8 Proofs prepared.

1953 Tasmania Sesquicentenary 3½d se-tenant pair and 2/- Sunken Die Proofs BW #304/5DP1 & 306DP(1) with ‘CBA’ cachets, initialled ‘30/31.8.53’ and ‘18/31.8.53’ respectively, presented to Sir Daryl Lindsay (Stamp Advisory Committee); also accompanying PMG’s Dept letter with the recipient’s name excised, Cat $8,000. (2) 1953 3d Tasmania Sesquicentenary Sunken Die Proof with CBA “24/21.10.53” cachet on reverse, presented to Sir Daryl Lindsay (Stamp Advisory Committee) BW #307DP(1), Cat $3,000. Only 8 Proofs prepared.

1954 3½d ANARE sunken Die Proof with CBA “25/9.11.54” dated cachet on reverse, presented to Sir Daryl Lindsay of the Stamp Advisory Committee BW #315DP(1), Cat $4,000. Only 8 Proofs prepared. [This was one of the few Die Proofs absent from the Arthur Gray (QEII) collection] 1956 7½d Olympics presentation Die Proof in sunken card mount with cachet and numbered on reverse BW #333DP(1), minor stain at right, Cat $4,000. Lovely Olympic thematic item.

1960-66 Animal Definitives Sunken Die Proofs comprising 6d Anteater, 8d Tiger Cat, 9d Kangaroos, 11d Bandicoot, 1/- Platypus and 1/2d Anteater plus 1949 3½d UPU BW #357DP(1)-364DP(1) & 276DP(1), all mounted under glass in a large frame (450x525mm), Cat $21,500 1959 5d Christmas Sunken Die Proof with CBA “20/21.10.59” cachet on reverse, presented to Sir D. Lindsay (Stamp Advisory Committee) BW #376DP(1), Cat $3,000. Only 9 Proofs prepared. Popular thematic.

1960 5d Girl Guide Movement Sunken Die Proof with CBA “33/1.7.60” cachet on reverse, presented to Sir D. Lindsay (Stamp Advisory Committee) BW #377DP(1), Cat $3,000. Only 11 Proofs prepared. Popular thematic.

1960 5d 100th Melbourne Cup Sunken Die Proof with CBA “40/18.10.60” cachet on reverse, presented to Sir D. Lindsay (Stamp Advisory Committee) BW #379DP(1), Cat $3,000. Only 11 Proofs prepared.

1961 1/- Colombo Plan sunken Die Proof with RBA “18/15-5-61” dated cachet on reverse, presented to J.R.W. Purves of the Stamp Advisory Committee BW #382DP(1), Cat $3,000. Only 10 Proofs prepared.

AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet BW #133M, storage related tone-banding on gum. MUH, Cat $375.

1929 1½d WA Centenary John Ash imprint block of 8 (4x2) with variety Re-entry on swan’s neck and ‘T’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [Pl2/ 64] BW #138zm, minor gum tone on variety unit, plus one normal single. MUH, Cat $375+. (2 items) 1930 1½d Sturt BW #139 tied by Perth ‘2JUN/1930’ FD datestamp to Mitchell FDC, typed cachet & address. Exceptionally fine example.

1931 Kingsford Smith 6d Violet John Ash imprint block of 8 with variety to Re-entry to ‘T’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’, ‘FO’ of ‘FORD’, and ‘LD’ of ‘WORLD’ [Pl1/45], fresh MUH, Cat $275.

1931-38 6d Kingsford Smith Airmail BW #144 ( + 2d Red KGV & 3d Sturt) tied by Adelaide ‘4NO31’ FD datestamp to registered airmail cover, addressed to Sydney, Cat $850.

1932 2d Sydney Harbour Bridge right marginal Plate 3 (3 dots) block of 4 with lower pair MUH, BW #146zc. Light selvedge stain, otherwise fresh appearance.

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1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge Retouch over centre of Bridge BW #148d, fine CTO without gum. Cat $750.

1932-37 6d Large Kookaburra BW #150 tied by Adelaide ‘1JUN32’ FD datestamp to registered plain cover, addressed to Evandale (SA). Very fine example. Cat $325. * 1934-49 1/6d Hermes (No Watermark) BW #161 (plus 4d olive KGV) tied by Sydney Registered FD datestamp to Australia-England airmail service cover, thence to USA where backstamped. Exceptionally desirable example of this stamp with both a first day cancel, and also used for overseas airmail, for which purpose it was issued. Sent by noted Sydney philatelist Ashworth-Spreat. * 1935 Silver Jubilee set BW #166-68 on 1935 (Dec 4) airmail cover from Brisbane to Lloyds Bank in Bristol, England. Cover with light vertical fold through 3d and the 2/- has a few trimmed perfs; 2/- alone Cat $400 on cover.

U 1935 Silver Jubilee selection with 3d varieties Strong retouch to first ‘A’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ and Apostrophe between ‘GEORGE’ & ‘V’ BW #167g,h also dull blue & bright blue shades #167A&B and strip of 3 VFU plus 2/- pair superb used. Cat $180+. (6 items) 1936 Cable 2d & 3d BW #169-70 tied by Centennial Exhibition ‘1AP36’ FD datestamp (time in dateline) to illustrated SA Stamp Co * illustrated FDC with provisional registration label. Rare cover. * 1936 SA Centenary set BW #171-73 tied by Glenelg ‘3AU36’ FD datestamp to SA Stamp Co FDC with ‘Text at left’ type cachet, cover registered at Glenelg which is the location of the Proclamation Tree shown in the cachet. Only one other example is known with the complete set of stamps affixed. ** 1938-66 ½d Orange Kangaroo Perf 14¾x14 CofA Wmk BW #179 Sheet B complete right pane of 80 including variety Coloured flaw from right ear to ‘O’ [R6/8] BW #179g, hinged to album page on selvedge only, stamps MUH, Cat $180+. ** 1938-66 ½d Dull Yellow-Orange Kangaroo Perf 14¾x14 No Wmk (the so-called ‘Mellow-yellow’) BW #180 Coil Perf pair, slightly browned gum, MUH. Only one sheet reported. Brusden-White Cert (1997).

1938-41 1d Green QE Die II BW #182 from coil vending machine (characteristic sharp horizontal teeth) solo franking on 1941 (Dec * 9) Synchronome Electric Co cover locally addressed at Brisbane, fine strike of Santa caricature slogan cancel. * 1941-43 1d Red-Brown QE BW #183 x3, and ½d Kangaroo, all from coil vending machines (characteristic sharp horizontal teeth) tied by Brisbane datestamps to 1944 (May 28) Censored cover to USA, correct rate, handwriting of Seville H Sheard, early philatelist. **/* 1937-38 2d Red KGVI Die I Plate No 1 matching set of corner blocks from all four positions BW #187z-Zc, unmounted or MLH, Cat $2,400. (4) ** 1941-44 2d Scarlet Die II Plate 4 top centre gutter block of 8 BW #188zc with one-hole perf extensions, stamps MUH, Cat $2,500+. **/*/U 1938-49 5/- Robes Thin Paper Tinted Paper (a few tonespots) & White Paper Authority imprint left corner blocks of 4 BW #213z & za, lower units unmounted; also used single stamps x3, Cat $175+. (11) * 1938-49 10/- Robes Thick Paper optd ‘SPECIMEN’ in block of 4, BW #214xa, Cat $750.

1940 AIF 1d to 6d set BW #218-21, unusually tied to FDC by pertinent ‘BUY/WAR SAVINGS/CERTIFICATES’ FD slogan cancel. * ** 1942-50 2½d Scarlet KGVI variety Imperforate horizontal pair BW #230b, fresh MUH, Cat $450. * 1942-51 5½d Emu Misplaced perforation BW #232bb, MVLH, Cat $225. ** 1946 Peace complete set of 3 BW #236-38, in complete sheets of 60 x2 (120 sets), MUH, Cat $720++. (6 sheets) ** 1946 2½d Mitchell Watermark inverted, imperforate left corner block of 4 BW #239ba,zb, mild bend in lower margin, fresh MUH. Only five imprint blocks are known.. ** 1951-62 2d Green QM corner block of 64 comprising coil blocks of 4 BW #248bj x16, some perf separations, MUH. ** 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet Plate BW #251ca half sheet of 72 comprising three panels of 24 stamps, Cat $180+. ** 1949-50 Arms BW #268-71, fresh MUH, Cat $325. (4) U 1949-50 Arms 5/- to £2 BW #268-71 sets x20, fine used, Cat $960. (4) */U 1949-50 Arms Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ very lightly mounted, plus 5/- CTO. BW #269s-71s, Cat $. (4) ** 1949-50 Arms Roller flaw below ‘E’ of ‘POSTAGE’, lower left corner example with part imprint. BW #271d, Cat $450.

U 1949-50 Arms Roller flaw below ‘E’ of ‘POSTAGE’, few short perfs at base. BW #271d, Cat $375. * 1952 3½d Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree BW #287 tied by Sydney ‘19NO52’ FD datestamp to OHMS ‘Deputy Director/Posts and Telegraphs’ FDC, Exceptionally fine example with unsealed flap. * 1953 Tasmanian Sesquicentenary set BW #304-06 tied by Sydney ‘23SE53’ FD datestamp to OHMS Director/Posts and Telegraphs’ FDC, Exceptionally fine example. ** 1954 Royal Visit set of 3 BW #308-10, each in four complete sheets of 80 (320 sets), all sheets folded neatly in half, fine and fresh, Cat $960++. (12 sheets) * 1956 Olympics Set BW #332-5 tied by ‘31OCT/1956’ Olympic Village pictorial postmarks to FDC with VPA cachet, Olympic Village registration label. Typed address to USA with arrival backstamp. ** 1959-63 3d Blue-Green QEII left centre marginal block of 10 (2x5) showing Plate 3 without dashes. BW #350za, Cat $300. */** 1959-63 3d Blue-Green QEII marginal block of 18 (3x6) showing complete Plate 3 with dashes, BW #350zc, Cat $300. ** 1960-66 8d Tiger Cat two lower-right corner block of 8 with varieties Retouched shading right of animal’s head - States II and III and ‘8d’ weak, with shading above retouched, BW #358(Ii)sa,sb & T, MUH Cat $300+. (2 blocks) * 1963-64 Navigators 7/6d to £2 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, BW #406x-09xb, with 10/- 15.5mm opt and £2 at lower right. Very lightly mounted.

(4) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings * 1966-79 Collection of Solo Franking on Covers including 1966 Fish 7c & 10c, Birds 13c & 30c, 1967 Gyno 4c (before rate rise) and 25c Christmas, 1968 25c Olympics, 1969 Primary Industries 7c, 15c & 25c and 25c Christmas, 1970 Cook 30c, QANTAS 30c and National Development 7c & 9c, 1971 Australia/Asia 7c, 15c & 20c, 1972 Primary Industries 30c Fish & 35c Beef, 35c Olympics, Rehabilitation 12c, 18c & 24c and 35c Christmas, 1973 National Development 30c Beef Roads & 35c Mapping and 30c Christmas, 1974 Education 11c & 15c, 1975 PNG 25c, etc; many airmail to New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA or Europe, a few advertising types or with instructional markings, some taxed, note three with British Postage Dues. Condition generally fine. (95 Items) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues * 1966 4c Red QEII BW #439 use on 1966 (Nov 1) airmail cover from Terendak Garrison, Malacca, Malaysia, endorsed ‘FORCES’, stamp cancelled at Melbourne. Rare Concessional rate. ** 1966-74 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾x14 BW #464 marginal pair, fresh MUH, Cat $160+. ** 1966-74 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾x14 gutter block of 8 (central fold) showing almost complete Plate no. 3. Scarce. BW #464, Cat $720.

(8) ** 1966-74 $2 Bass variety Recut shading over ‘AU’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [ShB 1/8] BW #465e in corner block of 6, fresh MUH. Cat $115+. * 1970 30c Royal Visit BW #520 pair, scarce commercial franking for double rate on 1970 (Apr 17) cover Sydney to UK. ** 1971-74 7c Sturt’s Desert Pea Coil error Buff omitted being the upper unit of a pair BW #535ce, fresh MUH, Cat $300+. ** 1971-74 7c Sturt’s Desert Pea Coil error Buff and green omitted BW #535cg pair, fresh MUH. Cat $250+. ** 1973-80 8c Opal error Black omitted BW #644c, fresh MUH. Cat $500. ** 1973-80 8c Opal error Black partially omitted (‘8c’ & upper half of gemstone) BW #644cc, being the upper unit of a vertical corner pair, fresh MUH, Cat $450. ** 1974-80 10c Star Sapphire variety Printed on gummed side BW #648ci marginal strip of 6, fresh MUH, Cat $600+. *

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1974-80 10c Star Sapphire variety Printed on gummed side, BW #648ci, fresh MUH, Cat $100.

1973 7c Christmas Perf 14.06x14.90 error Printed on gummed side with variety Green spot in middle of plant at right [ShB L4/ 10] BW #651ce, fresh MUH, Cat $220+.

1974-78 Marsupial Definitives 30c Brushtail Possum variety Grey doubly printed, most noticeable in word ‘AUSTRALIA’ BW #662cc, with normal stamp for comparison, Cat $250. Undated Brusden White certificate. (2) 1974 10c Christmas Plate No 1/perf pip left and right side gutter blocks of 4 BW #680z&za, MUH, Cat $200. (2 items) 1975 Prime Ministers 10c Lyons Printed on gummed side BW #694c, normal stamp for comparison, fresh MUH, Cat $250. (2) 1975 45c Wildflower vertical strip of 5 with central unit error Dull yellow-green (twigs) partially omitted from second unit and Completely omitted from third unit BW #727ce, fresh MUH, Cat $750 (for same errors in vertical strip of 10).

1977 18c QEII Silver Jubilee Imperforate plate proof pair (on thicker paper than issued stamp) with issued stamp pair for comparison. Brusden White only list the 45c value in a proof pair (BW #766PP(1), Cat $500). (4) 1979 Steam Locomotives specialist collection on album pages, for all four values, including colour bar & autotron blocks, gutter strips, paper types, listed varieties, flyspeck flaws & shades. Comprehensive study of this issue, mostly MUH, face value alone $160+. (see Lot 839 & Lot 840). (100s) 1979 20c Steam Locomotives error Grey-green printing misplaced 1.5mm downwards, to dramatic effect, especially on the word ‘AUSTRALIA’ BW #844c, fresh MUH, with normal block for comparison, Cat $300+. (see Lot 838 & Lot 840).

1979 Steam Locomotives Undenominated Essay similar to 50c design but in unissued colours, with diagonal white line across lower left corner, in a sheet of 14 impressions with colour controls at right BW #846E(1)A, vertical & horizontal folds affect two of the impressions, Cat $1,000. [Brusden White states at page 9/259 The exact purpose of these essays is not known, but these were apparently used for experiments in layout and colour control markings.] (see Lot 838 & Lot 839).

1993 Unissued Pemara Candlestick trial counter printed stamps in black compring No Value Expressed, 45c & $1.00 labels, fine condition. Seldom offered. (3) 1994 International Year of the Family $1 horizontal marginal strip of 5 showing grossly misplaced perfs. BW #1716b, Cat $250.

1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas Second Reprint 45c block of 12 (6x2) Imperforate, vertical crease between 1st & 2nd columns, MUH. Unlisted by Brusden White and of uncertain status.

1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas 4th Reprint Roll Stamp part segment with all six designs repeated over two rows error Unseparated horizontally between the two rows, backing paper intact, with Tab D (in the sixteenth stamp position of a full segment of 25) reading ‘ONLY/10/STAMPS/LEFT!’, each stamp has 4th Koala reprint symbols & ‘SNP CANBEC’ imprinted on reverse of the backing paper.

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1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas Roll Stamps 4th Reprint Imperforate se-tenant strip of 6 BW #1742Eba, very fine, Cat $750.

1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas Booklet Make-up 2 Sixth Reprint variety Imperforate BW #1750(2)b (#B197b), couple of light bends, very fine, Cat $600. Rare. Brusden White state ‘approximately one dozen imperforate booklets exist.’

1995 Fifty Years of the National Trust $1 & $2 perforated Plate Proofs in deep olive-green, BW #1841PP-42PP, Cat $800, marginal examples, mild bends. Seldom offfered. (2) 1996 45c Queen’s Birthday Imperforate corner block of 4 with Queen’s head & ‘45c’ value missing, light wrinkling at top, full unmounted gum. Rare and unlisted in Brusden White.

1997-99 Wetland Birds Roll Stamp part segment BW #1952-55 with all four designs repeated over two rows error Unseparated horizontally between the two rows, backing paper intact, each stamp has ‘SNP CANBEC’ imprinted on reverse of the backing paper. Rare.

1997-99 Wetland Birds Booklet first reprint imperforate, paper fold affecting two units.Brusden White only listed this variety for the original printing (BW #1960(1)b, Cat $750) for which it states ‘Approximately twenty examples ..... have been found’. Extremely rare.

1997-99 Wetland Birds Booklet First Reprint Imperforate, Brusden White only lists this variety for the original printing, Cat $750, for which it states ‘Approximately 20 examples...have been found.’ Extremely rare.

1996 45c Children’s Book Council Imperforate se-tenant marginal block of 4 BW #1980b, margin shaved on upper edge of upperleft unit, sheet edge inscription & illustration, some paper adhesion on gum, Cat $2,000+.

1996 45c Children’s Book Council roll stamp part segments with all 4 designs repeated over 2 rows, error unseparated horizontally between the two rows, backing paper intact including Tab C only 10/STAMPS left which appeared on 5th segment after stamp 11, each stamp has ‘SNP CANBEC’ imprinted on the reverse of the backing paper. BW #1981-84.

1997 45c the Dreaming Imperforate marginal block of 10, minor gum disturbance on reverse. BW #2043b, Cat $1,750.

1998 45c Champagne Roses Greetings Stamp Booklet variety imperforate (non-helecon), BW #2085Ab, Brusden White state ‘Approximately one dozen imperforate booklets have been recorded’. Cat $750.

2009 Corrugated Landscapes 55c Shearing Shed Grossly misperforated at base, lightly cancelled.

2016 Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamp 30c ‘Koala up tree’, used on commercial cover.

AUSTRALIA | Booklets | Collections & Accumulations 1927-63 Selection comprising 1920 Canberra booklets x3 and a booklet pane of eight; 1956 3/6d stapled booklet with waxed interleaves x2; 1950-52 KGVI 3d scarlet booklet pane of 54 stamps, with gutters, (issued for booklet use); 1953-56 wmk Cof A 3/6d reconstruction of eight booklets with wax interleaving (panel A); 1957-59 4/- stapled booklet (no stitch holes) with waxed interleaves; 1959-63 5/- reconstruction of eight 1960 front covers and eight panes of six (panel K) stamps; condition a tad variable. (qty) AUSTRALIA | Booklets 1917-18 2/- black on deep red (missing front cover), revised text on inside back cover BW #B12Ba, two of the original 24 stamps intact, Cat $5,000 (for examples with covers intact, containing any number of stamps).

1949-50 KGVI New Format 2/6d (2½d scarlet) uncut booklet front covers BW #B55(PP) block of 12 (3x4), vertical fold between columns & trivial wrinkles, fine overall. Cat $1,500++.

1972 Prime Ministers 70c Fisher & Hughes booklet Black printing omitted from front cover. BW #B137c. Cat $2,500.

AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues 1902 Converted NSW Plates (Blank At Base) ½d to 6d plus 5/- SG #D1-D6 & D8, odd nibbed perf, fine overall with postal cancels, Cat $160+. (7) 1902 Converted NSW Plates (Blank At Base) ½d to 6d (4d creased), 3d to 6d somewhat toned, mint with key 2d value marginal MVLH, Cat $250+. (6) 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/Single Lined A 1d light green P11 Wmk inverted, BW #D48a, Cat $2,000, fine 1908 cds of Carcoar. A very rare stamp.

1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/Single Lined A 3d light green, BW #D52, few perf faults, Cat $450, rare.

1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates block of 78 comprising left pane x38 and right pane x40, Cat $450+.

AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps and Certificates WWII 6d Blue Canberra War Memorial Savings Certificate Stamp vertical pair, some light toning, mild adhesions do not detract from this scarce pair.

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1911 1d KGV Fullface Coronation used cards x4 comprising [1] KGV Diffused Oval Type 2 in purple-brown; [2] KGV Ornate Unshaded Rectangle Type 1 in blue-green & Type 2 in red-brown; [3] Prince of Wales in Unframed Diffuse Oval in purple-brown; some mild toning/soiling, fine overall. (4)

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 1915-16 1d Red KGV Sideface perf ‘OS/NSW’, BW #P27ea, used locally on ‘28SEP1916’ by Sydney Harbour Trust NSW State Government Department, a few spots, Cat $200.

1923 ‘ONE/PENNY’ on 1½d Red-Brown KGV Sideface Obsolete Stock footnote removed, BW #P58, Cat $250, 1924 use from Melbourne.

1923 ‘ONE/PENNY’ on 1½d Red-Brown KGV Sideface Obsolete Stock footnote removed BW #P58, some faint spots, fine overall, unused. Cat $750.

1923 ‘ONE/PENNY’ on 1½d Emerald-Green KGV Sideface Obsolete Stock footnote removed BW #P59, mild uniform toning, Cat $750.

1925-30 1d Green KGV Sideface New Design Die 3 punctured ‘OS/NSW’ x2, BW #P64(2)e, with printed notice for Main Roads Board. Cat $400. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) 1914-16 ½d Green KGV Sideface BW #PS5 for Department of Defence, Melbourne ‘31DE18’ machine cancel, additional ½d for War tax has been removed, Cat $600. [ACSC states that just 45,450 cards were supplied to Department of Defence in March 1917] 1921-23 1½d Red-Brown Star With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #PS18 for Registrar-General (NSW) addressed to Blackheath with Sydney ‘MR22/1923’ machine cancel, couple of pinholes in upper-left corner. Cat $300.

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards 1911-12 1d KGV Fullface Perf 10 First Line Ending ‘Any’ brown on off-white chalky stock, with view ‘LAUNCESTON/TAS.’, BW #LC3(69), unused, partly stuck down, spotting at top.

1911-12 1d KGV Fullface Perf 10 First Line Ending ‘To’ on grey unsurfaced stock x3, BW #LC8. Unused x2 (brown - Pineapples & deep blue-green - Mosman’s Bay) and used greenish-grey - Sydney Harbour, minor faults (3) 1911-12 1d KGV Fullface Perf 10 First Line Ending ‘To’ text setting B on white enamelled stock x4, BW #LC11. Unused with small faults, blue-green? - Queen’s Gardens, orange-brown - Country Scene, bright violet - Country Scene & sepia - Collins St. (4) 1914-18 1d KGV Die 1 Sideface in deep grey-green with image of Burrinjuck Dam optd ‘MURRUMBIDGEE/IRRIGATION SCHEME” BW #LC17(23B), uprated with KGV 1d red at Sydney 1918 (Aug 24), underpaying by 1d Foreign rate to USA. A rare variant, particularly with sides intact, Cat $1,500+.

1914-18 1d KGV Die 1 Sideface on grey P12½ x5, BW #LC18 unused deep blue - Piccadilly, magenta? - Circular Quay with sky, blue - Coal Mine, grey-black - Mt Ida and sepia Mt Ida. (5) 1914-18 1d KGV Die 1 Sideface on grey P12½ x5, BW #LC18 unused black - City Court, deep grey-blue - City Court, deep greygreen - Flinders St, blue - River Murray & deep purple - Rundle St. with frame. (5) 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Sideface on grey P10, deep purple ‘HARVESTING/TAMWORTH N.S.W.’ and sepia ‘WATERFALL GULLY/ ADELAIDE’, BW #LC21 unused. (2) 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Sideface blue-black on grey P12½ ‘MT. BUFFALO VICTORIA’, BW #LC22(80 ) unused.

1918 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ in Blue on 1d KGV Sideface Design P12½ with view ‘CARTING - FAR NORTH’ (camels), BW #LC36(29), fresh unused 1918-20 1½d KGV Sideface black? on mottled grey stock P12½ with view of ‘ON THE MURRAY/S. AUSTRALIA.’’, BW #LC42, used Narrandera to Sydney 3JA20, no margins 1918-20 1½d KGV Sideface black-brown on grey stock P12½ with view of ‘GIBBERONG CREEK N.S.W.’, BW #LC44, used Sydney to Hobart 17AU20, no margins 1920-22 2d Orange KGV Sideface on grey surfaced card P12½, view ‘BURRINJUCK DAM...SETTLER’S HOME LEETON’ BW #LC48(26), from Maryborough, Vic addressed to Mr Abikhair draper Albury New South Wales/GPO Albury please deliver to Mr Abikhair opposite side of street to Police Station. Message is about purchasing handkerchiefs and studs. Spike hole and couple of creases.

1923-24 1½d Green KGV Sideface P12½, view ‘GPO. HOBART’ BW #LC51x(58B), fine Melbourne CTO cancel, a little bit of perf separation AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1920-21 2d Orange KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ BW #EP21, unused, unsealed flap, scarce, Cat $400; also 1916 2d Violet KGV Star with ‘MELBOURNE/23/3JL16’ CTO datestamp, BW #EP12, minor age stain, flap sealed. Cat $300. (2) 1928 2d Red-Brown KGV Oval CTO for UPU Distribution BW #EP33, faint band of toning, Cat $350.

1937-42 2d Red KGVI Oval 1941 (Jan 13) use at Melbourne of very scarce KGVI 2d on cream wove paper (120x95mm) BW #EP41 (Cat $300), from same correspondence as that illustrated in Brusden White, possibly of STO origin (no unused are recorded); also definite STO QEII 1967 5c in unusual same format as the former, used (Aug 13 1968) at Melbourne. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official) 1913-14 1d Red Kangaroo Dotted ‘OS’ Original Die type 1 long envelope from Victorian Education Department, BW #EO1A, 1922 (Jul 25) use from Eildon Weir, unusually uprated with 1d Roo cutout, a little aged.

1913-14 1d Red Kangaroo Dotted ‘OS’ Original Die type 2 long envelope from Victorian Education Department, BW #EO1B, 1919 (Aug 19) use from Mildura with non-OS ½d green KGV, left edge tatty.

1918 1½d Brown KGV Sideface Solid ‘OS’ OHMS long envelope for Education Department, Melbourne, used. Scarce.

1918 1½d Brown KGV Sideface Solid ‘OS’ BW #EO7B, OHMS long envelope for Education Department, Melbourne, used 1924.

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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1915-17 4d Orange KGV Sideface BW #ES20 cut-down upper portion of Wool Sample Envelope (165x83mm), fine condition.

1922-24 1d Violet KGV ‘Star’ With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES41 x5, for Melbourne based users comprising International Harvester, British Australian Wool Realisation x2, plus window envelopes for Brookes, Robinson & Co and James Moore & Sons, few small faults/blemishes, Cat $500. (5) 1918-1919 1½d Black-Brown KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ Die 2 BW #ES48, for The Register (SA newspaper), flap unsealed, minor blemishes, unused, Cat $100 used, unpriced unused. [ACSC states ‘No mint envelopes have been seen’.]

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo Boxed ‘REGISTERED’ with No line on back flap, BW #RE1c, lightly soiled, Cat $800.

1913 4d Orange Kangaroo Boxed ‘REGISTERED’ with Melbourne CTO datestamp, BW #RE1x, Cat $200.

1928-50s group with 4½d KGV x2 (one used), 5d on 4½d KGV long 18mm setting to USA, uprated with 1d green KGV, 5d KGV x4 (three used), 5d KGVI used to England & 1950s Formular unused (9) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes 1945-50 7d KGVI New Layout optd in purple for the Sydney Singapore leg of the re-opening of the EMPIRE AIR ROUTE. Addressed to Qantas in Singapore, signed by both pilots Moxham and Furze, backstamped Singapore GPO next day.

1945-50 7d KGVI New Layout optd in red for the Sydney-London leg of the re-opening of the EMPIRE AIR ROUTE. 1945-50 7d KGVI New Layout variety Broken 2nd ‘A’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’, Sydney ‘22MY50’ FD cancel BW #A4Ady. Very fine.

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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers (PTPO) 1959-69 Stock Exchange Wrappers mounted on pages with [1] 2½d used 1959; [2] 2½d + 2½d adhesive, used 1963, [3] 2½d ‘SPECIMEN’; [4] 5d deep blue unused; [5] 5d light blue unused; [6] 5d light blue uprated with 2/- pair & 1d, 1965 use to Singapore; [7] 5c orange used 1968; [8] 5c orange uprated with 4c, used 1969. Total Cat $1,300+. A rare offering of an almost complete set. (8) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime 1916 1d Red KGV Sideface ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base grey stock, white inside, electro has Dent in bottom frame at left etc, BW #LCM1, unused, minor soiling, Cat $500.

1916 1d Red KGV Sideface ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base light grey stock, white inside, electro has Small break below 2nd N of PENNY, BW #LCM2, fresh unused, Cat $750. The first we have offered.

1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base 1d carmine setting 1 with 9mm gap between MILITARY and ‘Regimental Number’ (electro has break in left frame and white flaws on E of POSTAGE & TR of AUSTRALIA), BW #ME1, fresh unused, Cat $300.

1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base 1d pale carmine setting 1 with 9mm gap between MILITARY and ‘Regimental Number’, BW #ME1, used at Sydney, Cat $450. This is the “second” type of this setting. Opened a little roughly.

1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base 1d carmine setting 2 with 19mm gap between MILITARY and ‘Regimental Number’, BW #ME2, fresh unused, Cat $1,500. Very rare.

1916-17 1d Red Military Envelope Inscribed ‘A.I.F. ABROAD’ Setting 1, off-white to cream laid paper BW #ME3A, minor toning, fine overall, Cat $300. Note the electro has a white flaw on the O of POSTAGE making it different to the electro decribed in the handbook.

1916-17 1d Red Military Envelope Inscribed ‘A.I.F. ABROAD’ Setting 2, off-white surfaced laid paper BW #ME4A, fresh unused, Cat $300. Note the electro has a white flaw behind the roo’s shoulder.

1916-17 1d Red Military Envelope Inscribed ‘A.I.F. ABROAD’ Setting 2, cream unsurfaced laid paper BW #ME4A, unused, Cat $300. Note the electro has a break in the bottom frame below the 2nd N of PENNY. 1917-19 1d Red KGV Sideface ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD.’ At the Base Military Envelope, setting 1 – top of stamp level with letters, on laid paper, BW #ME5A, pinhole in unsealed flap, fine unused, Cat $300.

1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD’ At Base setting 1 on off-white surfaced laid paper, BW #ME5A, fresh unused, Cat $300.

1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD’ At Base 1d deep carmine setting 2 on grey unsurfaced laid paper, unlisted should be BW #ME6C, fresh unused, Cat $300 for normal stock. This grey stock is very rare and not listed in setting 2.

1949 4½d Defence Forces Wrapper group comprising [1] Army Medal Section 4½d unused; [2] Air Medal Section 4½d, ‘MERCHANDISE ONLY’ handstamp on face x2 (one unused) and unused without handstamp; and [3] documents that accompany the Army Service Medal. (7 items) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime - Privately Printed 1916(C.) A.I.F. Envelope orange on buff wove stock, Emery Fig 75. Addressed but not used, fresh. Rare.

AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer Baldwin Edwards 1937 1d QM & 2d KGVI (pair) tied Melbourne ‘10MY37’ FD datestamp to FDC with printed cachet and address in violet.

Bergen 1946 Peace/Victory set on hand painted cacheted cover, from GREENOCK addressed in pencil to A. Bergen/Prospect, and signed on the back “Arthur Bergen/18.2.46” in blue ink. [His earliest recorded Australian cover] Bergen 1948 1/3d Bull tied by Parafield ‘16FE48’ FD datestamp to Bodin cachet envelope embellished with Bergen hand-printed inscription, Parafield (SA) provisional registration label. Rare.

Bergen 1949 Australia-England Flight Anniversary cover with hand-printed cachet, Darwin ‘10DE49’ datestamps.

Bergen 1951 2½d Chocolate KGVI tied by Sth Kilkerran ‘23MY51’ FD datestamp to image side on ANA DC4 Skymaster postcard, Bergen hand-printed FDC cachet on reverse. Only one other example recorded.

Bergen 1955 Australian-American Friendship tied to hand-printed FDC by ‘RELIEF No.2/1015A-4MY55/SOUTH-AUST’ cds to New Zealand.

Bodin (Rex) 1948 2½d Farrer tied by Balaclava (Vic) ‘12JY48’ FD datestamp to First Day illustrated card.

Broadway Stamp Co 1937 1d QM & 2d KGVI pairs tied by Sydney ‘10MY37’ FD datestamps to registered FDC with coat-of-arms cachet, printed address to USA. Challis 1951-55 selection (8) all with blocks of 4 to same addressee, some registered. (8) Cole (RN) 1959 3d QEII tied to Kangaroo generic cachet envelope by Taree ‘20MY59’ FD datestamp. Believed to be unique.

Collinridge Rivett 1958 5½d War Memorial block of 4 & single tied by Parramatta ‘10FE58’ FD datestamp to embellished Royal cachet cover, numbered #38 of 70, addressed to USA. Erskine 1951 Federation set tied by Beecroft ‘1MY51’ FD datestamp to registered FDC with generic cachet.

Geniality 1947 Newcastle set tied by Horsham ‘8SE47’ FD cancel to FDC with Geniality cachet & printed address.

Gower 1951 3d Dark Green KGVI tied by Largs North ‘14NO51’ FD datestamp to cover with Wesley cachet for 2½d KGVI, amended

by Gower with rubber stamped dateline added. Fine, unaddressed and rare.

Grant (Leslie) 1938 5d Ram P13½x14 tied to registered covers x3 with consecutive registration numbers by Ararat (Vic) ‘1DE38’ FDI datestamps, ‘Country Life’ cachet, addressed to Grant in his own handwriting, minor toning around registration labels. Rare trio.

(3) Guthrie 1952 KGVI Definitives values x4 tied to four FDCs with generic cachets, all in fine unaddressed condition. (4) Guthrie 1952 2/6d Aborigine tied by Perth ‘19MR52’ FD datestamp to FDC with generic cachet, fine unaddressed.

Guthrie 1953-55 Selection to same UK addressee, mostly with multiples including blocks of 4 and 6. Includes 1955 Rotary scarce ‘Orange Map’ type. Mixed condition. (12) Guthrie 1956 Olympics set unusually tied by the relevant Melbourne ‘31OC56’ FD datestamp, unaddressed.

Haslem 1938 KGVI 1½d maroon on unaddressed red illustrated cover, minor blemishes.

Haslem 1944 KGVI 2d pair on illustrated uncensored FDC to New Zealand.

Haslem 1950 1½d Green Queen Elizabeth pair on illustrated generic FDC. Hawker 1947 1d Princess Elizabeth tied by Alexandra (Vic) FD datestamp to plain cover with rubber stamp cachet in violet. Fine unaddressed.

Hornadge 1938 NSW Sesqui set tied by Catherine Hill Bay (NSW) FD datestamp to registered cover, typed address to UK. Hunter Stamp Company 1947 Newcastle 150th Anniversary three registered covers each with Exhibition provisonal labels nos.

1, 2 or 3, on illustrated covers with Newcastle sets tied by strikes sexagonal Exhibition cancel. Rare. Few minor blemishes. Retail price $350. (3) Hunter Stamp Company 1953 Food 3d & 3½d se-tenant strips of 3 tied by Wickham (NSW) FD datestamps to generic design FDC. Kufner (Alex) 1938 9d Platypus tied by Canterbury (Vic) ‘1SP38’ FD datestamp to cover with generic cachet.

Laker (G.A.) 1948 1/3d Bull & 2/- Aboriginal Art tied by Brisbane ‘16FE48’ FD datestamps to matching registered ‘Setmaker’ FDCs, each self-addressed with typed cachets and Laker’s rubber handstamp on reverse of each cover. (2)

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 Mappin & Curran 1956 3½d Responsible Government tied by FDI datestamps to four covers with same cachet design but in different colour combinations, all are fine unaddresssed. (4) Menz (Neville) 1949 2½d Lawson pair tied by West End (Qld) ‘17JE49’ FD datestamp to airmail envelope with Menz rubber cachet.

This cachet was previously only known being used on his illustrated generic cover.

Mitchell 1932 1/- Lyrebird on plain registered FDC from Perth (with Mitchell rubber stamped address, lower left) to Stanley Gibbons, London. Minor blemishes.

Mitchell 1948 Farrer imprint block of 4 with Perth ‘12JY48’ FD datestamp. Fine condition with typed address.

Mitchell 1948 2½d Scouts imprint block of 4 cancelled with Perth ‘15NO48’ FD datestamp on a scarce cachet type FDC. Mitchell 1949 2½d Forrest block of 4 tied by Perth ‘28NO49’ FD datestamp to blue & red cachet FDC. Fine unaddressed.

Mitchell 1949 2½d Forrest tied by Bunbury WA (Forrest’s birthplace) ‘28NO49’ FD datestamp to illustrated FDC. Fine unaddressed.

Mitchell 1950 2½d Scarlet KGVI tied by Perth ‘12AP50’ FD datestamp to illustrated FDC, fine unaddressed condition.

Mitchell 1950 1½d Queen Mother block of 4 tied by Perth ‘19JE50’ FD datestamp to FDC with generic cachet. Fine unaddressed.

Mitchell 1951 Federation set tied by Perth ‘1MY51’ FD datestamp to registered FDC with rare cachet type.

Mitchell 1951 3d Gold & Responsible Government se-tenant pair tied by Perth ‘2JY51’ FD datestamp to FDC with cachet in red & blue. Fine unaddressed.

Mordue 1953 3½d QEII pair tied by Bundaberg ‘21AP53’ FD datestamp to FDC with generic cachet, typed address to USA. Rare!

Northern Stamp Company 1936 Cable set on registered illustrated (map) FDC to England tied by ‘REGISTERED BRISBANE/ 1230P-1AP36/QUEENSLAND’ cds.

Orlo Smith 1938 4d Koala tied by Manchester Road (Vic) ‘1FE38’ FD datestamp to FDC with generic inscription.

Oxford Press 1948 2½d Farrer tied by Rockhampton ‘12JL48’ FD cancel to FDC with scarce cachet. Very fine example.

Philatelic Investment Corp 1937 1d King & 2d Queen on postcard to Prince Francis I, Vaduz, Liechtenstein with advertisments on both sides Phillips 1948 2½d Farrer and 2½d Mueller blocks of 8 on matching FDCs cancelled by Richmond North ‘12MY48’ FDI datestamps, the Farrer cover being the earliest recorded use for this design. Both with typed addresses to USA. Exceptionally scarce duo. (2) PMG’s Department 1938 9d Platypus on registered OHMS/PMG Dept long cover to New Zealand.

PMG’s Department 1950 8½d Aborigine pair on ‘OHMS.’ envelope tied by ‘G.P.O. SYDNEY 130/9-A14AU50/N.S.W.-AUST’ cds, unaddressed, unsealed. Minor blemish.

Quality Stamps 1953 Food 3d & 3½d se-tenant strips of 3 tied by Cooee (Tas) FD datestamp to FDC with cachet showing pastoral scene.

Rochaix 1949 2½d Lawson tied by Brisbane ‘17JE49; FD datestamp to cover with rare cachet.

Royal 1964 £2 King tied by Brisbane ‘26AUG64’ FD datestamp to illustrated FDC. Smith (Frank P) 1938 5d Ram tied by Norwood ‘1DE38’ FD datestamp to cover with rubber stamp cachet in blue, typed address to USA. Rare.

Smyth 1938 £1 Robes marginal example, tied to registered FDC endorsed “EXPRESS” by ‘REGISTERED/1NO38/BRISBANE’ FD datestamp (another strike alongside), addressed to USA with Hong Kong & Honolulu transit backstamps, Pitman (NJ) arrival datestamp; minor edge blemishes. Rare!

Smyth 1938 ½d Kangaroo marginal pair on generic FDC, tied by Sydney ‘INSTAL A TELEPHONE’ slogan cancel, pencil-addressing in hand of Arthur Bergen.

Smyth 1961 5/- Stockman on unaddressed FDC with unusual ‘Smyth’ (?) generic cachet (map of Australia) at left.

Smyth 1962 2d Brown QEII & 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger tied by East Ipswich/Qld cds on long unaddressed FDC (230x100cm) with unusual ‘Smyth’ (?) generic cachet (map of Australia) at left. This cover has been attributed to Smyth.

South Australian Stamp Company 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die I, 6d Kooka & 1/- Lyre on hand-addressed registered ‘Small Crown’ cover with ‘’WOOLLOONGABBA/2AU37/QUEENSLAND’ cds.

South Australian Stamp Company 1938 9d Platypus on illustrated FDC to New Zealand. Cachet is attributed to the SA Stamp Co. Stace 1946 Newcastle Show illustrated cover with ½d Roo x3 tied by ‘ W /21FE46/NSW AUST’ Relief datestamp, being the second day of the show.

The London Assurance matching address selection incl Perth Games with Games pict cds, Royal Visit & Guillaux, also 1962 & 1964 Christmas FDC all neatly addressed to London. (5) Thompson (J.C.) 1944 2d KGVI 14 examples tied to opened out JC Thompson FDC (address missing) and each individually tied by a clear strikes of EDGECLIFF/345P-4DE44’ cds. Small tear at base does not detract. Believed to be unique.

Unidentified 1945 Gloucester set tied by North Norwood ‘19FE45’ FD datestamp to registered FDC with rare Lyrebird cachet.

Unidentified 1948 2½d Von Mueller tied by Gosforth (NSW) ‘13SE48’ FD datestamp to FDC with illustrated cachet by an unknown producer, typed address to NZ. Rare.

Unidentified 1949 UPU 3½d on generic FDC. ‘LARGS NORTH’ cds. Rare cachet.

Unidentified 1953 3d Green QEII tied by ‘17JE53’ FD datestamp to cover with ‘Map of Australia’ cachet by an unknown maker. Rare.

Unidentified 1954 2/- Blue Olympic Publicity tied by Toorak (Vic) ‘1DE54’ FD datestamp to cover with multicoloured generic cachet produced for the Royal Visit, fine unaddressed. Possibly unique usage.

Van Dahl 1960 2/5d Banksia Flower tied by Philatelic Bureau Melbourne ‘16MAR60’ FD datestamp to FDC with generic cachet.

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WEG 1988 Coin & Stamp Show three separate covers each Living Together 80c Armed Forces and a hand drawn illustration (showing Soldier, Sailor or Airman) by WEG (W.E. Green) who designed the stamp, and each tied by ‘COIN & STAMP SHOW/1 MAY 1988’ cancel. (3) Wesley Cover Service 1951 3d Dark Green KGVI imprint pair tied by Largs North ‘14NO51’ back-dated postmark to illustrated FDC. Fine unaddressed condition.

Wesley Cover Service 1948 Farrer 2½d block of 4 on plain registered cover with ‘LARGS NORTH’ provisional label and signed JMGower/Postmaster.

Wesley Cover Service 1951 2½d Chocolate KGVI block of 4 cancelled by Largs North ‘23MY51’ FD datestamp (with another fine strike alongside) on unaddressed, illustrated FDC. Wesley Cover Service 1956 Olympics set tied by Cycling ‘31OCT/1956’ pictorial postmark to illustrated cover with Olympic Village registration label, typed address to UK. Wesley Cover Service 1959-60 Flower 1/6d to 3/- set tied by Botany (NSW) FD datestamps to separate unnaddressed FDCs with Wesley cachets. Very fine and possibly unique set. (5) Wesley Cover Service 1964 £1 Bass tied by Kingsville ‘26FE64’ (Vic) FD datestamp to generic ‘Posthorn’ design FDC, pencilled address erased.

Wesley Cover Service 1967 5c QEII Booklet Panes on matching ‘Posthorn’ cachet, generic FDCs. Scarce duo. (2) Wide World 1949-51 Gutter Pair group comprising 1948 Lawson, 1949 Forrest, 1950 Stamp Centenary & 1961 2½d chocolate KGVI, all with Hobart FD datestamps and to same addressee. (4) Wide World 1950-51 Corner Imprint group comprising 3d scarlet KGVI, 3d deep green KGVI, 3½d brown KGVI, 1½d green & 3d yellow-green QM, all with Hobart FD datestamps and to same addressee. (5)

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AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1938 Eastern Golf Links postcard First Field PO, Eastern Golf Links, Doncaster, three strikes of the special ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/ No2’ datestamps, dedicated registration label No. 57, fine condition.

1948 Adelaide Show Wide World cachet cover with provisional ‘ADELAIDE SHOWGROUNDS’ registration label, franked with 2½d Von Mueller imprint block cancelled with Adelaide ‘13SE48’ FD datestamp, on the 5th day of the Show. Rare, possibly unique.

1960 CIOS cover with #007 provisional registration label with scarce two-line rubber handstamp and ‘22FEB1960/1’ commememorative postmark, being 7 days prior to the earliest listed date in APMCat #1650. Only 31 covers were registered. Rare cover.

1961 IATA AGM cover with provisional registration label, stamp tied by ‘24OC61’ datestamp being the second day of the meeting.

Only 38 covers were registered over the six days of the meeting.

1962 ECAFE Railways Sub-Committee cover with provisional registration label, stamp tied by ‘28MAY62’ commemorative datestamp, being the 1st day of the conference.

1962 World’s Poultry Conference cover with provisional registration label and ‘10AUG/1962’ commemorative postmark being the first day of the Conference. Only 67 covers registered over nine days.

1965 Crystalographic Meeting cover with provisional registration label No. 021 with 2/5d Banksia to Serpentine, Vic, plus stampless PMG envelope with special pmk together with registration receipt also with the special postmark. [47 covers were registered] (3 items) 1966 Woomera Rocket Range ‘Europa 1’ Woomera registered covers for 1966 Rocket launch plus the 1969 F-8 satellite launch, both with Woomera, South Australia registration labels. (2) 1969 ‘Cameron Corner’ registered cover with Cameron Corner commemorative postmark & GPO Brisbane registration label. Only 16 covers were registered.

1969 Five Power Meeting (Canberra) registered cover with first day ‘19JUN1969’ commemorative postmark APM #2760. Only 45 covers were registered over two days.

1981 Chichester Anniversary Flight to Norfolk Island with pictorial datestamp and special Norfolk Is flight pictorial datestamp on reverse, APM #9460-61 & AAMC #1903. Only 9 covers were carried.

1981 Chichester Anniversary Flight to Norfolk Island with pictorial datestamp and special Norfolk Is flight pictorial datestamp on reverse, addressed to Point Cook RAAF base where backstamped, APM #9460-61 & AAMC #1903. Only 9 covers were carried.

1981 Diamond Jubilee of Amberley RAAF Base (Qld) registered cover with pictorial datestamp APM #9530, addressed to Point Cook RAAF Base where backstamped. Believed to be only a handful of registered covers lodged.

AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1916 W.H. Robinson (Brisbane stamp dealer) cover to USA with Queensland 5d pair plus ½d green KGV paying triple letter rate (7½d) plus registration (3d), on reverse San Francisco transit & Norfolk (VA) arrival datestamps, dealer’s red & white label over the flap.

1919 (Mar 1) use of 1d red Single wmk & ½d green Large Multi, both perf ‘OS/NSW’, on opened-out OHMS cover from Department of Lands.

1921 (Dec 3) use of 1½d brown Single wmk perf ‘OS/NSW’, on OHMS cover from Stores Supply Department.

1922 (Jul 19) use of 4d milky blue KGV on commercial cover to USA. Scarce.

1932 (Feb 4) use of 2d red & 2d blue KGV on air cover from Mataranka, NT to Geelong, Brisbane & Sydney backstamps. Very scarce.

1934 (Mar 27) Maroochy River settler’s cover to fellow riverside settler sent via the unofficial Maroochy River Boat Mail Service with KGV 1d green pen cancelled “27/3/34” by the boat’s mailman, inked annotations at base of cover, small faults. Unusual.

1935 (Aug 22) use of 1d green KGV perf ‘G/NSW’ on Department of Railways Post Card, from the Estate Agent for Railways.

1946 (May 9) BHP oversized printed cover (390x290mm) from Sydney to Melbourne, with 4/1½d multi franking paying the combined registration, express delivery & late fees.

1946-47 BHP oversized covers to Melbourne comprising [1] 1946 (Oct 26) airmail cover from Brisbane with 5½d Emu block of 6, 2½d Mitchell x7, plus 2d KGVI, 1½d QM & ½d Roo; [2] 1947 (Jun) airmail from Perth with 10/- Robes x3, 1/4d KGVI x3, 9d Platypus block of 4 & 2d & 2½d KGVI, large-part cover, some faults; also [3] 1946 (Oct 31) 26c surface mail from Philadelphia (USA). (3) 1962 (Feb 28) Royal Mint Melbourne registered cover to USA franked 3/- Waratah and 11d Rabbit Bandicoot, Law Courts registration label, “SPECIMEN COINS” on Customs label on reverse, various USA handstamps, a rare rate [3/11d: 1/11d Merchandise, Patterns and Samples Foreign rate 12-14ozs + 2/- registration] 1976 6c Gemstone on commercial airmail cover (opened out) from Navy Office, ACT to UK with fine strike of boxed ‘NAVY POSTAGE/CONCESSION RATE’. Sender was R.N. Commander.

AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers 1914 Melboure-Sydney Wizard Stone special PPC, AAMC #2, with 1d Roo cancelled at Sydney on 24 Aug, a pair of ½d Roos on the picture side is uncancelled, mailed to Young, NSW, corner fault, Cat $800.

1921 Ex Broome Per ‘Bambra’ cover with 2d orange KGV & Third Wmk 3d Roo Die 1 tied by Broome ‘19DE21’ datestamp, endorsed “Per First Aerial Mail”, taken aboard by Brearley & Kingsford Smith at Broome and travelling just 70 miles before a forced landing at Cape Latouche, a boat then sent to rescue the pilots and retrieve the mail which was subsequently returned to Broome; also a 1992 re-enactment flight PPC showing a Bristol Tourer. (2) 1927-39 Group of mainly first flights, incl 1927 Cloncurry-Normanton, 1929 Perth-Adelaide, 1930 Longreach-Croydon, 1934 Daly Waters-Perth signed by pilot, 1931 Australia-Switzerland via England experimental flight, 1934 NZ-Australia-NZ Faith In Australia flight, 1935 Melbourne-London with 1/- Anzac & 1938 Sydney-Groote Eylandt. Good group. (13) 1927 Cloncurry-Normanton First Flight AAMC #106 with adhesives tied by strikes of ‘CLONCURRY/12—P30JE27 QUEENSLAND’ cds and backstamped ‘NORMANTON/1JL27/QUEENSLAND’, signed “Hudson Fysh-Pilot” and certified by Postmaster Jackson.

1930 Newcastle Waters-Camooweal AAMC #152a, Cat $400, 1½d & 3d cancelled on arrival with ‘CAMOOWEAL/21FE30/ QUEENSLAND’ as there was no canceller at Newcastle Waters.

1934 Australia - New Guinea - Australia AAMC #395 with Australia 5d on 4½d KGV plus 3d Bridge tied by Sydney ‘24JY34’ datestamp for outgoing flight, and New Guinea 3d & 5d Undated Birds tied by Lae ‘30JY34’ for return flight. Fine condition.

1938 Australia - England (Aug 1) cover from Mildura to London, endorsed “Mildura-Adelaide air mail Aust-England first flying boat service” with 1d green QE & 2d red KGVI pairs, AAMC #822b, Cat $275.

1943-47 Parachute Mail to Mornington Island [1] 1943 (24 Dec) QANTAS Parachute Mail Sydney-Mornington Island, signed by pilot “K.G.Caldwell” and green label (1943) affixed, on reverse ‘MORNINGTON ISLAND’ handstamp & mss “J.B. McCarthy/ Missionary in Charge/25.12.43’; [2] 1946 (19 Dec) Parachute Mail Sydney-Mornington Island, and orange/brown label (Frommer 62b) affixed, and on reverse ‘MORNINGTON ISLAND’ handstamp & mss “J.B. McCarthy/Missionary in Charge/25.12.43” [3] 1947 (19 Dec) Parachute Mail Sydney-Mornington Island, and green/black label affixed, signed by pilot “RA Bruce” and on reverse ‘MORNINGTON ISLAND’ handstamp & mss “J.B. McCarthy/Missionary in Charge/25.12.47”. (3) 1947 (14 Oct) Sydney-Norfolk Island with QANTAS green & brown vignette (Frommer 65d), signed by Pilot, and on reverse Norfolk Island arrival cds.

1947 (16 Dec) Australia-Japan flight AAMC #1129, signed by Pilot, QANTAS red & black vignette (Frommer 74d), & on reverse ‘A.F.P.O.28./18DE47/R.A.A.F-JAPAN’ cds. arrival d/s.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 1949 (15 Mar) Sydney to Hong Kong signed by Pilot with QANTAS red & black vignette (Frommer 81d), & on reverse Hong Kong arrival cds.

1951 Australia-Chile Survey Flight set of intermediates on printed Covercraft covers with New Zealand address. Intermediates are New Caledonia, Fiji, Western Samoa, Aitutaki, French Polynesia & Easter Island, AAMC #1271a-g, Cat $1,350. A rare set. (6) 1952 QANTAS Australia-South Africa formular aerogramme from Mauritius to Johannesburg with Jo’burg arrival cds (4 Sep) & Australia-South Africa cachet on reverse. Unrecorded intermediate usage.

AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail 1917-90s Military Datestamp Collection with MILPO types including 1941 Balcombe (Rated 3R), 1942 Foster (Rated 2R), other better cancels including 1917 Duntroon Military Camp, 1918 Molongo Concentration Camp (on Rough Paper 1d red perf ‘OS’), also RAAF types & and a few hospital/repatriation cancels; lots of fine strikes, many on piece. (Approx 90 items) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1915-18 OAS covers; [1] 1915 ‘A.I.F./Passed by Censor .......’ on PPC of ‘T.S.S. GEELONG’ to Blackwood SA, ‘[A.I.F.]/POSTAGE/ FREE’ handstamp on face; [2] ‘AI.F./[Passe]d by Censor No “41”‘ on 1918 cover from Melbourne to NZ. (2) Western Australia cut-out of ‘PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/CMF/5RH MD’ cachet in blue (roughly excised & creased), overstamped with large-part ‘Perth Ship Room 17APR15’ datestamp. Believed to the ERD for use of this cachet.

AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 1944 POW Post Card from No 13 POW Group Murchison to Italy, minor faults. Plus POW Lettersheet from Camp 5 India to Italy, curiously with violet boxed ‘.../PRISONER OF WAR INFORMATION/BUREAU/MELBOURNE,/AUSTRALIA’ handstamp on back. (2) 1939-41 Selection all with 5d Ram Solo frankings including 1940 airmail to serviceman in the 2nd 7th Battalion AIF ABROAD with ‘NOT WITH’ x2 & ‘NO TRACE’ handstamps, 1940 Liverpool (NSW) registered with circular ‘MILT CAMP/NSW’ handstamp, 1940 MILPO Wayville registered to Sydney, 1940 OHMS printed covers to Shortland Camp x2, 1941 MILPO Woodside to Adelaide, etc; also 1939 (Dec 1) Archerfield Aerodrome (Qld) Opening Day registered cover with provisional registration label, condition variable.

(9) Australia - US Forces with 1944 Free of Postage printed Official Election War Ballot airmail envelopes x2; also mostly 6c airmail rate covers or stationery envelopes from Brisbane x3, Canberra, Darwin, Logan Village, Melbourne & Rockhampton, plus three others. (13) Labuan 1945 (Jul 22) stampless cover (roughly opened) from Australian Serviceman to mother in Victoria, clear strike of scarce ‘AIR FORCE P.O./234’ datestamp then in use in Labuan, RAAF Censor 244 oval handstamp.

Labuan (Sep-Oct) covers from Australian Serviceman to mother in Victoria, each with 3d brown KGVI tied by good strikes of ‘No.6.AUST BASE P.O./’ then in use at Labuan, earlier censored, later with enclosure “. . . still in North West Borneo . . .”, roughly opened. One of the scarcer cancels in use. (2) Middle East airmail cover emanating from Middle East to Underdale SA bearing KGVI 3d blue Die III vertical strip tied by fine strike of unlisted (by Proud) rectangular uncoded ‘POSTAL UNIT/15 JAN 1942’.

Queensland Field POs collection including Atherton (one registered), Barrine, Brisbane, Caboolture, Cairns, Ferndale, Goondiwindi, Helidon, Herberton, Kairi, Mapee, Mareeba, Mt Isa, Murgon, Nerang, Petrie, Ravenshoe (one registered), Redbank, Strathpine, Tolga, Toowoomba, Trinity Beach, Wandecla, Warwick, Windola, Wongabel, and Woodford, some with original letters enclosed, good variety of Censor markings, amongst which is little if any duplication, allocation details lightly penciled reverse, some ‘not seen’ by Proud, odd fault, generally good average quality, useful group. (130+) Victoria airmail Myrtleford POW camp to Italy, [1] 1943 lettersheet with 1/- Lyrebird, [2] 1946 7d Airletter. (2) BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) 1946-49 Overprints ½d to 5/- (Thick paper, marginal example) BW #J1-7, fresh MUH, Cat £220. (7) 1946-49 Overprints set with 5/- thin paper plus additional 3d (2, both MUH, one black opt, the other bluish-black opt). BW #J1-J6,J8,, Cat $250. (9) 1946-49 Overprints with 5/- thick paper, BW #J1-J7, Cat $235. (7) 1946-49 Overprints 1/- Lyrebird variety ‘6’ in wrong font [L9/4] BW #J5h, mint, Cat $325.

1946-49 Overprints 1/- Lyrebird John Ash corner imprint block of 8, variety ‘6’ in Wrong font [L9/4] BW #J5hz, fresh MUH, Cat $660+ (SG #J5a, Cat £450+).

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) | Postal History 1946 (5 Dec) Cover with Australian KGVI 3d tied by ‘No.8 AUST.AUST BASE.P.O./-C-’ containing specially printed BCOF Christmas card. (2 Items) 1947 (Dec 20) use of full set on Department of Army economy use eunvelope made from old Honour Envelope, to South Aust.

Cancelled with Aust Army PO 241 (Eta Jima). Small stain affects 5/-, otherwise fine & fresh with typed address and no contents.

1948 (2 Oct) Registered Cover to Queensland with 3d, 6d & 1/- tied by strikes of ‘AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/497’ cds alongside ‘Aust. Army Postal Service/UPS/497’ regn handstamp. Appropriate datestamps on reverse.

1948 (4 Mar) Registered Cover from Glenthuntly to Kure with mss “NOT KNOWN” in red, & “IN JAPAN RETURN TO DLO VIC” in blue and on reverse, eight datestamps incl ‘AUST BASE P.O.’, ‘AUST UNIT POSTAL STN’, ‘REGISTERED/MELBOURNE’ in black and ‘DEAD LETTER OFFICE’ in red.

1948 (30 Sep) Registered Cover to GB with 6d Kooka marginal pair & 5/- Robes (with Raised ‘N’ in ‘JAPAN’) all tied by strikes of ‘FIELD P.O./080’ cds alongside boxed ‘Aust. Army Postal Service/F.P.O./080’ registered handstamp. On reverse ‘A.F.P.O. No. 30/R.A.A.F. JAPAN’ & ‘No. 8 AUST BASE P.O.’ cds. Rare variety on cover.

1949 (7 Feb) Registered Cover to Brisbane with ½d pair & 1d (6, incl pair & marginal block of 4) tied by strikes of ‘AUST ARMY P.O./215’ cds alongside boxed ‘Aust. Army Postal Service’ regn handstamp.

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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - General | Postal History 1859-1910 Selection with NSW 1853 Bathurst to England with 2d Laureates pair (another stamp removed) cancelled indistinctly, Bathurst departure, Sydney transit & Gosport (Hants, UK) arrival datestamps, with copious (typed) annotations; also 1901 Smithfield registered Tatts cover with mss “6d to pay”, 1910 Kogarah use of Registration Envelope uprated for transit to England; Queensland 1876 cover from Warwick to Freestone Creek (no receiving cancel) with 2d Chalon, 1908 Tiaro unstamped PPC to England with tax handstamp; plus two other items. (7) NEW SOUTH WALES 1850 2d Sydney Views Plate II Early Impressions 2d grey-blue SG #23, good to large margins, Sydney bars cancel. Cat £250.

1850 3d Sydney Views Bluish to Grey Wove Paper SG #43, complete balanced margins, BN ‘55’ cancel of Newcastle. Cat £275.

1854-59 Imperf Large Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 8d golden-yellow SG #97, four large balanced margins, neatly cancelled by ‘BRAIDWOOD/OC19/56’ datestamp, Cat £1,400. RPSL Certificate (1960).

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1860-72 Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 13 6d purple Wmk ‘5’ SG #165a, single tonespot, fine mint, grossly undercatalogued at £750.

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

1863-69 DLR Wmk Single Lined 2 Perf 13 2d pale blue SG #192 marginal strip of 5 (4 units MUH), value imprint in margin, Cat £300+.

1867-93 4d Pale Red-Brown SG #204 block of 4, Cat £520.

1871-1902 Wmk 1st Crown/NSW Watermark inverted trio comprising P13 1d (rare), 2d and 6d (rare). Only a couple of examples of 6d are recorded. Ex Hutson. (3) 1885-86 Fiscals Optd ‘POSTAGE’ in Black 5/- lilac & green P12x10 SG #238b, some ragged perfs, unused. Cat £800.

1907 Wmk Crown/Double-Lined A 1d dull rose Die II SG #354 block of 9, fine mint with lower six units MUH Cat £234++. Scarce multiple.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Official Stamps 1890-91 5/- dull lilac Map P12 SG #O49b, marginal example with vertical watermark at right, weak ‘S’ in overprint, few nibbed/blunt perfs, overall fine mint. Cat £800.

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

NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal History 1848 (Nov 30) outer from Yass to Melbourne endorsed “on H M Service” and “With a Small/Parcel” & on reverse “via/Berrima”, ‘YASS/ (crown)/NO*30/1848/NEW.S.WALES’ oval departure backstamp, part-strike of Melbourne, Port Phillip arrival backstamp, opening fault. Very scarce early OHMS cover.

1850 (Jun 7) cover from Gundagai to Sydney with 2d Views Plate I SG #18 tied by weak BN ‘46’ cancel, close but complete margins.

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1850s imperf Diadem frankings on cover with 1855 to London with 1/- solo franking and ‘TOO LATE’ boxed handstamp, 1856 Sydney to Melbourne with 3d green, 1858 Sydney to Rocky River (NSW, Tamworth backstamp) with very fine 2d pair, 1859 to London with 1/9d tri-colour franking, etc; condition generally fair to fine, some covers ex Dale Forster. (10) 1851 (Jan 31) Outer with 2d View Plate IV variety Hill not shaded [R 1/12] SG #32a Sydney & Melbourne/Port Phillip backstamps.

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1851 (Feb 18) Colonial Treasury OHMS cover to Camden with 2d bright blue View Plate II SG #24 (three margins, fragment of adjoining stamp at left), wonderful vibrant colour, Sydney bars cancel. Most attractive.

1851 (Apr 14) outer from Cooma to Sydney with Laid paper 1d Views Plate II (Clouds) pair (just cut-into at base) tied by BN ‘39’ cancels, docketed “Bibbenluke, Maneroo” (no Post Office until 1870), Cooma crown oval backstamp and Sydney arrival datestamp.

Laid paper Sydney View covers are rare. [Previously sold for $600+ in a May 2004 Melbourne auction.]

1851 (Apr 24) cover from Berrima to Sydney with 2d View Plate V (variety Hill unshaded) just tied by fine BN ‘32’ cancel, Berrima and Sydney backstamps. Some discolouration, nevertheless a rare variety on cover. Ex Forster.

1851 (April 24) entire from Sydney to Dungog with 2d indigo View Plate II (close to very good margins) SG #21 tied by Bars cancel, stain at base, otherwise quite fine.

1851 (Jun 3) cover from Goulburn to Sydney with 2d View Plate IV laid paper variety No clouds SG #34c tied by BN ‘35’ cancel, cover with tiny piece missing at lower left, nevertheless a rare variety on cover. Ex Forster.

1852 (Jul 26) small cover rated “8” to Forres (Scotland) per “Neptune” with 3d View tied by Sydney bars cancel, on reverse Ship Letter Sydney departure and Forres arrival datestamps. Ex Forster.

1853 (June 13) cover to England with Laureates Blued paper 1d brick-red (cut-into at top) with variety ‘WALE’ for ‘WALES’ [R1/9] SG #48c and Worn plate 2d ultramarine, tied by BN ‘1’, fine Ship Letter/Sydney departure and London ‘10OC10/1853’ arrival backstamps. Variety is rare on cover.

1859 Cover to GB with 6d Diadem wmk ‘8’ SG #96a (2, both 4 margins), lifted & replaced to confirm watermark. Very fine. [Note : This cover was prepaid with an additional 6d for carriage on the supplementary mail from Sydney to catch the ‘Emeu’ sailing from Melbourne.]

1887 (Feb 18) cover from UK, originally addressed P&O ship SS Ballarat at Port Said, cover handstamped on reverse ‘RECEIVED AFTER/SHIPS DEPARTURE’ in violet, with Alexandria, Suez & Port Said transit datestamps, re-directed to P&O Agent Sydney where boxed ‘ADVERTISED/UNCLAIMED’ handstamp applied.

1899-1905 Selection of non-standard covers x5 from Louis Gille & Co (Sydney) to head office in Lyons, rates between 10d and 1/ 10½d, endorsed for carriage upon ships ‘Ville de la Ciotat’, ‘India’, ‘Cuzco’, ‘Polynesien’ or ‘Victoria’, generally fine for items of such dimension. (5) 1900 & 1905 non-standard covers from Louis Gille & Co correspondence to head office in Lyons, franked 2/11d and 1/10½d, Late fees of 5d and 2½d, respectively, applied to lower left corners. Rare duo. [GPO Late Fee box attracted 2½d, if posted in Central Railway late letter box, up to one hour after GPO box closure, fee was 5d] (2) 1900 Boer War NSW Contingent (Feb 20) cover to Sydney franked with uncancelled GB ½d & 1d plus COGH ½d pair tied by Kimberley ‘FE20/00’ civil office datestamp (5 days after Relief of Kimberley), British stamps not recognized so taxed ‘3D’, Sydney and Hornsby backstamps, mild aging.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Postmarks Collection Datestamp Collection: on commercial covers/stationery, largely post-war, stated by vendor to be without duplication, wide range of stamp usage present, accelerated entry for a new challenge, generally good strikes/condition. (Approx 1,400 items.)

NEW SOUTH WALES | Numerals 108: (B2) largely fine strike on 2d Laureate, Rated 2R. [Moreton Bay District] Allocated to Good’s Inn-PO 1/1/1852; closed 1/12/1859.

NORTHERN TERRITORY | Postal History 1923 KGV 5d brown Registration Envelope ACSC #RE12, inidicium with NE corner damage, uprated with 2d red KGV, and tied by single-ring ‘DARWIN.N.T./10AP23/AUSTRALIA’ and small part red hooded arrival d/s. Backstamped ‘DARWIN’.

1934 (Oct 8) trio of flight covers prepared for Seville H Sheard, originating in Daly Waters, to Carnarvon, Brisbane & Longreach, latter with ‘UNCLAIMED’ and DLO markings. (3) 1934 (Dec 18) Quartet of First Flight covers prepared for Seville H Sheard, flown from Daly Waters to Bourke (backstamped Dec 21), Narromine (Dec 21), Cootamundra (Dec 22), and Adelaide (Dec 24). (4) 1934 (Dec 14) Series of First Flight covers prepared for Seville H Sheard, flown from Katherine to various destinations within NT and Queensland. Scarce group. (15) 1938 (Aug 3-7) Trio of flight covers prepared for Seville H Shead, comprising Karumba-Groote Eylandt, Darwin-Groote Eylandt, and Newcastle Waters-Cloncurry, first two with fine strikes of ‘GROOTE EYLANDT/NORTH-AUST’ cds, latter with DLO handstamps of Brisbane (Nos. ‘1’ and ‘2’) and Adelaide. (3) NORTHERN TERRITORY | Postmarks Quorn-Alice Springs TPO: ‘QUORN-ALICE SPRINGS/25DE34/T.P.O.’ on 2d Vic Centenary on cover to Melboune.

QUEENSLAND | Moreton Bay District 1850 (Oct 5) Cover (lower section missing on reverse) to Sydney endorsed “via Moreton Bay” with 2d indigo View Plate II tied by indistinct BN cancel, Drayton departure backstamp. Rare. [No 234 in Ben Palmer’s census who confirms “must originate in what became Queensland”]

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1860 (Aug 22) cover to Toowoomba with rare usage of 2d Diadem Pl II SG #114 tied by indistinct rays cancel with discernible ‘GOODES INN/22AUG/1860/NSW’ datestamp beneath. Rare. * 1860 (Jan 3) cover to England with Large Diadem Wmk ‘8’ SG 93a with Rays ‘95’ cancel, backstamped at Brisbane & Sydney with Newcastle on Tyne arrival datestamp.

QUEENSLAND W 1862-67 Small Chalon Thick Toned Paper, No Wmk Rough Perf 13 1d Indian red SG #21 with full perfs on all sides, scissor-cut straight edge at left preserves design, shallow hinge thin at top, strong colour, unused. Of superb appearance.

W 1879-81 Sideface Plate Proofs 1d reddish-brown Die I-II imperforate Plate Proof pair on thin card, left unit showing Portion of upper-right frame missing. Very fine.

W 1879-81 Sideface Plate Proofs 2d blue Die II imperforate Plate Proof pair on thick paper, left unit showing Flaw in ‘W’ of ‘TWO’.

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W 1879-81 Sideface Plate Proofs 6d yellow-green imperforate Plate Proof pair on thin card, fine. * 1880 Small Chalon Litho Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12 2/- blue SG #119 pair, mild tone right-hand unit, large-part gum, Cat £320+.

Rare mint multiple. */W 1887-89 Lined-Oval Die II Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12 2/- Colour Trials in brown-purple, grey (marginal) or yellow-brown, also imperforate marginal single in brown unused, together with the issued 2/- stamps in deep brown or pale brown SG #181-82. (6) * 1895-96 Void-Oval Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12½,13 ½d deep green variety Printed both sides SG #209a, minor tonespot on gum, fine mint, Cat £275.

QUEENSLAND | Revenues */W/U Unemployment Insurance Tax: 1923-45 study neatly presented on album pages with Unemployment Card Folders (with stamps) x3 comprising [1] 1923 issued at Townsville with 1d x2 & 3d x19 affixed; [2] 1924 issued at Toowoomba with 3d x6; [3] 1927 issued at Brisbane with 2d x3 and 8d x2, plus [4] page from a 1930 folder with 1/- x3; also unoverprinted values to 5/-, 10/- & 20/- plus Year Date overprinted types to 2/- including 4d (black dates) for 1935, 1937 & 1939-41, 2/- (blue or black dates) for 1933 and (red or orange dates) for 1940 & 1942-44; good lot suitable for further development, Elsmore Online Cat $1,150+. (c. 120 stamps + 3 folders & 1 folder page) QUEENSLAND | Postal History * 1872 (Mar 6) mourning cover to England with 3d & 6d Chalons tied by ‘QL’-in Rays cancels with Brisbane ‘MR6/72’ datestamp alongside, Whitehaven arrival backstamp. Lovely item. * 1897 (Jun 17) OHMS cover to Sydney with 2d Sideface (defects) tied by Rays ‘148’ cancel, at lower-left crisp strike of ‘Clerk of Petty Sessions/”17/6/97”/THURSDAY ISLAND’ oval handstamp, central Thursday Island datestamp, cover with some small faults. Scarce.

D 1897 (Oct 26) two large-part sections of a registered cover festooned with 6d green SG #196 x86 (totalling £2/3/6d) tied by ‘REGISTERED/EIDSVOLD’ two-line handstamp plus additional strikes of Eidsvold ‘OC 26/97’ unframed datestamp, mounted on exhibit page which states that the package originally contained 58oz.18gr of gold originating from Heights of Alma Mine on the Eidsvold Goldfield; some faults as to be expected. Possibly a record franking for the period. (2 items) * 1909 (Nov 3) Hockley & Company (ironmonger, Maryborough) advice card to Gympie with attractive all-over advertising in green & blue.

QUEENSLAND | Postmarks Collection * 1930s-60s Datestamp Collection: on small commercial covers/stationery, without duplication, many scarcer items present, a very useful introduction or addition to this field, generally good to superb strikes, condition mostly fine. (Approx 750.)

QUEENSLAND | Postmarks Miscellany: including ‘NSW’-in concentric ovals (ship mail) on Chalons x4, used abroad, Late Fee & Loose Ship Letter cancels, array of Brisbane datestamps, ‘Q.L.’ & ‘GPO’-in rays types, range of numerals with complete strikes on multiples on piece, etc; interesting lot, worthy of closer inspection. (few 100s) QUEENSLAND | Numerals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings S ‘15’ to ‘712’ Numerals Collection mostly on Sidefaces including (clearly discernible strikes) Rated 4R ‘532’; Rated 3R ‘125’ (on 1d red KGV), ‘323’, ‘376’ (on 1d Roo), ‘562’, ‘622’ (superb strike on 1d Roo, with partial Macknade datestamp alongside), ‘540’, ‘566’ x2, ‘593’, ‘608’, ‘613’, ‘629’, ‘677’, ‘686’, ‘712’ (on 1d red KGV), Rated 2R ‘264’, ‘267’, ‘284’, ‘331’, ‘339’, ‘359’, ‘362’, ‘363’, ‘377’, ‘381’, ‘413’, ‘601’; also some strikes on Chalons and Railways numeral types; a few cancels are optimistically identified/incorrect, however most are accurately identified clear strikes. A very good lot. (100s) S Numeral Cancels on Chalons comprising Rated 3R ‘37’, ‘38’, ‘41’, ‘81’ (Type 1e), ‘114’, ‘133’ (Type 1e), ‘140’, Rated 2R ‘14’, ‘15’, ‘29’ x2 (Types 1b & 1f), ‘31’, ‘42’, ‘47’ (on 6d pair), ‘48’, ‘58’, ‘74’, ‘85’ (Type 1e), ‘86’ (on 2d strip of 3), ‘120’ (tieing 2d pair to piece), ‘163’, Rated R ‘23’, ‘85’ (Type N2a), ‘87’ (Type 2a) ‘96’ (Type 1e), ‘102’, ‘131’, ‘133’ (Type N2a) ‘201’ (Type 2a), ‘214’; plus unrated ‘87’ (Type 1f), ‘96’ (Type N2a), ‘201’ (Type N2a); quality of strikes generally good to very fine. Nice lot. (33) QUEENSLAND | Numerals s 37: (A2) very fine Type 2b strike, used in Commonwealth Period on 1d Roo, Rated 4R. Allocated to Curriwillinghi-PO 1/1/1864; replaced

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155: (A1) complete Type 1e strike Rated 3R tieing 1d Postal Card with fine strike of ‘EMU CREEK SIDING/JY31/85’ Type 3a datestamp Rated 2R at lower left, message side of card is headed “Greenmount/July 31st/85” with Type 1d Greenmount datestamp Rated 3R at lower left, plus TPO transit and Toowoomba arrival datestamps. Allocated to Greenmount-PO 2/10/1871; renamed Emu Creek PO 1/1/1879; renamed Greenmount PO 28/1/1901; renamed Greenmount East PO c.-/2/1910; RO 1/7/1914; PO 2/9/1921; closed 17/12/1976.

168: (A2) largely fine Type 1e strike on 2/- Large Chalon, Rated 4R. Allocated to Tewantin-PO 26/9/1872.

178: (A2) largely complete Type 2a strike tieing 5/- Large Chalon to small piece, Rated 3R. Allocated to Cooktown-PO 1/1/1874.

210: (A2) fine Type 2a part-strike on 2d Chalon, Rated 4R. Allocated to Colo-PO 10/11/1875; renamed Duaringa PO 30/12/1875.

215: (B2) largely fine Type 2a strike on 5/- Chalon, Rated 5R. Allocated to South Brisbane-PO 27/3/1876; closed c.1889; Re-allocated to Melbourne Street PO c.1890; renamed South Brisbane PO c.1892; closed 30/6/1990.

253: (A2) very fine Type 2a strike on First Type 1d Sideface, Rated 4R. Allocated to Thompson’s Flat-PO 18/8/1877; closed 31/8/1882.

348: (A1) fine and largely complete Type 2a strike on 2d Sideface, Rated 4R. Unallocated 373: (A2) very fine Type 2a strike on 1d Roo, Rated 4R. Allocated to Ma Ma Creek-RO 17/9/1881; PO 1/5/1884.

375: (A2) fine Type 2a strike tieing 2d Sideface to small piece, Rated 3R. Unallocated 501: (A2) very fine type 2b strike on 1d red KGV, Rated 4R. Allocated to Yandilla-PO 1/3/1870; RO 1/10/1878; PO 14/3/1892; closed 8/1/ 1973.

511: (B2) largely complete Type 2b strike on 2d Sideface, Rated 4R. Allocated to Mareeba Diggings-PO c.1893; closed c.-/12/1905.

544: (A2) superb and largely complete Type 2b strike used in Commonwealth Period on 1d red KGV, Rated 4R. Allocated to DunwichRO c.-/1/1885; PO 22/10/1896.

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606: (B2) largely fine Type 2b strike on 2d Sideface, Rated 4R. Allocated to Lochnagar-RO c.1898; PO c.1900; closed 7/10/1972.

659: (B2) largely complete Type 2a trike on 1d Sideface separated pair, Rated 5R. Unallocated 676: (B2) largely fine and clear Type 2a strike on 2d Sideface Rated 4R. Allocated to Limevale-RO c.-/7/1907; PO c.-/7/1908; closed 29/6/ 1990.

QUEENSLAND | Railway Numerals 53: (A2) fine Type 2B railway cancellation on 1d Sideface pair, Rated 4R. Allocated to Murphy’s Creek 97: (A2) largely fine Type 2B railway cancellation on 1d Sideface pair, Rated 4R. Allocated to Merigandan 455: (A2) two fine Type 2B railway cancellations on 1d Sideface pair, Rated 4R. Allocated to Monkland 657: (B2) largely fine & complete rectangular strike on 1d Sideface pair, Rated 5R. Allocated to Yarwun QUEENSLAND | Datestamps Ballandean: (A1) two very fine Type 5b ‘BALLANDEAN/25APR14/QUEENSLAND’ strikes on 1d Sidefaces x5, Rated 4R. queenslandPO 1/1/1873; RO 1/8/1890; PO c.1914.

Boolboonda (1): manuscript “Boolboonda/6-12-09” (RO Period) over twin strikes of Bundaberg datestamp tieing 1d Sideface pair to small piece. PO 14/2/1882; RO 18/9/1884; PO 1/7/1925; closed 30/4/1927.

Cape York: (A2) almost complete Type 5b ‘CAPE YORK/17AUG07/QUE[ENSLA]ND’ (RO Period) strike on 1d Sideface pair, Rated 4R. RO c.1897; PO c.-/3/1910; closed 14/9/1960.

Cordalba: undated manuscript ‘R.O./Cordalba” RO Period (1893-96) cancel over Bars ‘456’ cancel with small part of Childers datestamp alongside. RO c.1893; PO 25/11/1896; closed 30/1/1981.

Eastern Boyne: manuscript “E.Boyne/RO Office/20.7.01(?)” over illegible datestamp cancel. RO c.1900; closed c.-/8/1907. [Gold Fields] Miara: manuscript “Miara/8/4/03” RO cancel over twin strikes of TPO cancel on 1d Sideface pair. RO c.1899; closed c.-/6/1914.

Moorland: manuscript “Moorland/19.10.09” (RO Period) on 1d Sideface. RO c.1893; PO 1/7/1927; closed 30/7/1963.

Mullet Creek: manuscript “Mullet Ck/15-3-11” RO Cancel tieing 1d Sideface to small piece with very fine strike of ‘TPO 4 NCR/ DOWN15MR11’ datestamp alongside. Renamed from Littabella Creek RO c.1896; PO c.1924; closed 30/7/1974.

Receiving Offices: manuscript markings on Sideface single stamps or pairs including “Baree/30-12-07”, Cania “14-4-1902” & “9/8/ 04” on a 1d separated pair or pair, “Duingal/12-10-10” on pair, “Mt Larcom/22-3-06”, “Norton/27.7.04” on pair, Woolga “1-4-09” on pair & “22-6-1910” on separated pair; plus a few partial manuscript markings on single stamps and a complete ‘PARSON’S POINT’ handstamp in violet on ½d green pair. (15 items) Targinnie: RO period manuscript “Targinnie/Goldfield/30th June 1904” on 1d Sideface pair. RO c.1900; PO c.-/3/1909; closed c.-/6/1913.

Terrors Creek: (B1) complete Type 3c strike tieing 1d Sideface to PPC endorsed “Terrors Creek/22-1-07”, Rated 3R. Renamed from Hamilton PO c.1892; renamed Dayboro PO 24/5/1917.

Wonbah: manuscript “Wonbah/8-9-13” Receiving Office cancel, overstruck with Bundaberg Registered ‘9SE/1913’ datestamp, on 1d Roo pair. RO c.1898; closed 1/7/1927.

QUEENSLAND | Travelling Post Offices | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Selection mostly Southern & Western Railway including very fine 1884 strike of Type 1 (No1b - with arcs) on defective Postal Card with Bars ‘233’ cancel alongside, various other types including complete Type 5 tieing stamp to piece; also North Coast Railway selection and a few Central Railway and Great Northern Railway; plus a few TPO registration markings and pre-TPO railways cancels. (70 plus 1 cover) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Proofs & Essays 1855 London Printing 1d imperforate marginal plate proof pair in issued colour on ungummed & unwatermarked paper, margins cut-into to good, left-hand unit surface crease. Scarce multiple.

1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ valueless lilac marginal plate proof block of 15 with plate ‘1’ on gummed unwmked paper from the top right of the sheets, minor creasing, full MUH. Superb! [Only two sheets of 60 were prepared.]

1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ 2/6d lilac & blue imperf plate proof marginal vertical pair on gummed unwmked paper from the bottom of the sheets, full MUH. Superb! [Only one sheet of 60 was prepared.]

1900 (C) 2d Posthumous Die Proofs comprising (1) Design Incomplete at Base x2, and (2) Blank Value Tablet at Base, both in black on wove paper; also (3) Value Tablet with Ornaments in orange on thick card. (4) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1856-1900 6d Blue Selection various roulettes/perfs including First Roulettes 6d slate-blue SG #17 and perforated Broad Star 10x11½-12½ pair, mixed condition. (8) 1860-69 Second Roulettes 1d bright yellow-green SG #19, fine unused, Cat £110.

1876-1904 DLR Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 13 1d green SG #175a Plate 2 lower-right corner block of 4, Imperforate between stamps and at base due to being Grossly misperforated horizontally, additionally with Fragment of lower-right unit printed on gummed side of sheet edge margin due to a paper overfold also Double perfs on upper units, some sensible perf reinforcements, fine condition. A fascinating specialist piece.

1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 10 2/6d mauve (small gum adhesion) & 5/- rose-carmine, SG #195-96, fine mint, both Wmk sideways. Cat £280. (2) 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ Large Holes 2/6d to 10/-, SG #195a-97a, 5/- small gum faults, others fine. Cat £465. (3) 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ Small Holes 2/6d to 10/- mint & £1 MNG, SG #195a-97a,199a, all Wmk upright.

Cat £965. (4) 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ 2/6d to £20 P10 set of 13 all overprinted with the rare 17½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, wmk sideways except 2/6d (upright), the £1 to £15 values partially adhered to separate pieces, each value Rated R3 by Walker. Absent from both the APO Archival & Williams sales, it is believed that less than ten complete sets exist. [A set offered in our December 2014 sale realised $7,450.] (13) 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 10 15/- brownish yellow, SG #198, MNG, Wmk sideways, discolouration at bottom right, Cat £750.

1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ 15/- brownish-orange with 12½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, the ‘FIFTEEN/ SHILLINGS’ value Misplaced into the design, usual rough perforations, large-part og. [See Williams at page 43 who states that the 15/-, 50/- & £5 values all exist with value displacements] 1904-11 Thick ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 12 10/- green SG #291, minor colour transfer on gum, fine mint overall, Cat £200.

1904-11 Thick ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 12½ £1 blue (small perforation holes) SG #292a, hinge remnants, fine mint, Cat £250.

1904-11 Thick ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 12½ £1 blue (small perforation holes) SG #292a, fine used with Adelaide ‘OC2510’ datestamp. Cat £160.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Official Stamps 1876-85 Wmk 10x11½-12½ 4d deep mauve variety ‘O.S.’ Overprint inverted SG #O17d, fine used, Cat £275.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1856 cover to England “Pr Ship Lightning” with imperf 6d deep blue SG #3 (three margins, just shaved at right) tied by DN ‘1’ cancel with ‘PORT-ADELAIDE/AU23/1856’ datestamp alongside, Liverpool tombstone arrival datestamp in red partly ties stamp.

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1859 (May 13) mourning cover to England with imperf 6d slate-blue tied by DN ‘66’ with suberb strike of Type UF1 ‘MORPHETTVALE/MY13/1859’ datestamp at lower-left, Rated 4R, Shrewbury arrival backstamp, small section of back excised.

1872 (Nov 4) small cover to England with 9d tri-colour franking, stamp tied by Adelaide ‘NO4/72’ datestamp, Daventry arrival datestamp, missing flap, with original letter. Most attractive.

1874-1911 Postal History Group with covers x13 (four are registered) including 1888 (Jun 8) Adelaide to USA franked at 6d and showing US tax handstamp, 1892 (Mar 4) Rhine Villa to Russia franked at 3½d, 1892 (Mar 11) Murray Bridge to Melbourne franked at 2d & bearing Victoria 1d Postage Due, 1903 (Oct 23) registered Adelaide to USA bearing 2d Sideface and 3d Thin ‘POSTAGE’ Long Toms x2 and 1910 (Dec 12) cover Port Augusta to Dunedin bearing 1d Sideface and 4d Thin ‘POSTAGE’ Long Tom; also OHMS Registration Envelope, stationery wrapper and a postcard. A most interesting selection. (16) 1877 (May 26) OHMS folded notice (280x218mm) to Port Wakefield, endorsed “Book packet”, with 6d optd ‘OS’, arrival backstamp.

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1891 (Dec 10) Cover to Adelaide with 1d green optd ‘OS’ pair tied by Port Augusta squared-circle datestamp, ‘P.A. RAILWAY/DE11/ 91’ squared-circle datestamp on reverse.

1897 (Feb 9) parcel label for S. Marshall & Sons, with QV 1d green tied by Adelaide datestamp, addressed to Petersburg (SA). Rare.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postmarks Collection 1930s-90s Datestamp Collection: on commercial covers/stationery, largely post-war, good range of stamp usage present, stated by vendor to be without duplication. (600+) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Departmental Overprints by User Attorney-General Black ‘A.G.’ on 2d orange wmk Crown/SA P10, 1872 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Attorney-General Black ‘A.G.’ on 6d dull blue Wmk Star P12xRoulette, 1874 Adelaide datestamp, corner fault, Rated 4R. Botanic Garden Black ‘B.G.’ on 1/- red-brown wmk Star P12xRoulette, defect at upper left, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 3R. Botanic Garden Black ‘B.G.’ on 1d grey-green wmk Star P12xRoulette, scissor-cut right edge outside the rouletting to preserve design, 1873 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 4R. Botanic Garden Black ‘B.G.’ on 2d orange wmk Crown/SA Roulette, small hole over ‘B’, Adelaide datestamp, Rated 4R. Botanic Garden Black ‘B.G.’ on 2d orange wmk V/Crown P10, tidy Adelaide datestamp, Rated 3R. Chief Secretary Black ‘C.S.’ on 6d Prussian blue Wmk Star P12xRoulette, tidy corner cancel, Rated R. Chief Secretary Black ‘C.S.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star P12xRoulette, straight edge at left, used, Rated S. Chief Secretary Black ‘C.S.’ on 6d Prussian blue Wmk Star P10x12x10x10, few trimmed perfs, lightly cancelled, Rated S. Chief Secretary Black ‘C.S.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star P12x10, lightly struck Adelaide cancel, Rated R. Chief Secretary Black ‘C.S’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA rouletted, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated S. Crown Lands Red ‘C.L.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk Star P12, clipped perfs at left & right, Adelaide datestamp, Rated 2R. Crown Lands Blue ‘C.L.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Star rouletted, tied to small piece by 1868 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 2R. Customs Black ‘C.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk Large Star P10x12, quite fine, Rated R. Customs Black ‘C.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star P12xRoulette, small repair at base, lightly struck Port Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Customs Black ‘C.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star P12, lightly cancelled, Rated R. Customs Black ‘C.S.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk Star P10, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated S. Customs Black ‘C.S.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk V/Crown P10, few trimmed perfs,1872 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 4R. Customs Black ‘C.’ on 2d orange Wmk CrownSA P10xRoulette, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Customs Black ‘C.’ on 2d orange Wmk CrownSA Compound Perf 10x10x12x10, lightly cancelled, Rated 2R. Customs Black ‘C.’ on 2d orange Wmk V/Crown P10, Port Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Education Board Black ‘E.B.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA P10x10x11½x10 (small tear at left),1874 Adelaide cancel, Rated 2R. Electricity Board Black ‘E.B.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA P10, 1873 Adelaide cancel, Rated 3R. Engineer ‘E’ in black on 4d dull purple Wmk Large Star P12, shallow thinning at top, tidy Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Government Printer Red ‘G.P.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star Rouletted, tidy 1871 Adelaide datestamp cancel, Rated 2R. Government Printer Black ‘G.P.’ on 2/- rose-carmine Wmk Star Rouletted, lightly struck Adelaide cancel, Rated R. Government Printer Black ‘G.P.’ on 1d green Wmk Star P12, two examples (shades), one with corner tone, tidy Adelaide datestamp cancels.

Government Printer Black ‘G.P.’ on 2/- rose-carmine Wmk Star P12, Adelaide dumb cancel, Rated R. Government Printer Black ‘G.P.’ on 2/- carmine Wmk Star P12x10, straight edges at top and at right, used Rated R. House of Assembly Black ‘H.A.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star P12xRoulette, used, Rated R. House of Assembly Black ‘H.A.’ on 1/- chestnut Wmk Star P12, Adelaide dumb cancel, Rated R. Land Titles Red ‘L.T’ No full stop after T on 6d deep ultramarine Wmk Star Rouletted, 1869 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 2R. Land Titles Black ‘L.T.’ on 6d Prussian blue Wmk Star P12xRoulette, Adelaide datestamp, Rated S. Land Titles Black ‘L.T.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk Star P12, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Marine Board Black ‘M.B.’ on 1/- red-brown Wmk Star P12, lightly struck datestamp, Rated 3R. Marine Board Black ‘M.B.’ on 6d Prussian blue Wmk Star Compound Perf 10x12, straight-edge at base, lightly cancelled, Rated R. Police ‘P.’ overprints on pairs selection comprising in blue on 2d Crown/SA rouletted; in black on 2d Crown/SA rouletted, 2d P10, 2d P12x10 and on V/Crown P10; also V/Crown P10 oversized corner single; odd tone, generally fine. (6 items) Police Black ‘P.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA P12xRoulette, tad aged, 1869 Adelaide datestamp, Rated S, but grossly underrated

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Police Black ‘P.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA P10xRoulette, 1870 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 2R. Police Black ‘P.’ on 2d orange-red Wmk Crown/SA P12x10 and P10, plus V/Crown P10 (straight edge at right), tidy Adelaide datestamp cancels. (3) Post Office Black ‘P.O.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA Rouletted, 1870 Adelaide cancel, Rated R. Post Office Black ‘P.O.’ on 6d Prussian blue Wmk Star Rouletted, 1872 Adelaide cancel, Rated 2R. Post Office Black ‘P.O.’ on 1/- red-brown Wmk Star P12xRoulette, straight edge at right, 1870 Adelaide cancel, Rated 2R. Post Office Black ‘P.O.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA P10xRoulette, 1870 Adelaide cancel, Rated R. Private Secretary Black ‘P.S.’ on 3d on 4d ultramarine Wmk Star P10, 1870 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Private Secretary Black ‘P.S.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk Star P10, fine used, Rated R. Registrar-General Red ‘R.G.’ on 6d dull ultramarine Wmk Star Rouletted, 1868 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 3R. Road Board Black ‘R.B.’ on 1d green Wmk Star P10, neatly cancelled, Rated R. Road Board Black ‘R.B.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA Rouletted, 1870 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Road Board Black ‘R.B.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk V/Crown P10, 1872 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 2R. Stipendary Magistrates Red ‘S.M.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Star Rouletted, oxidised, indistinct cacel, Rated 2R. Stipendary Magistrates Red ‘S.M.’ on 6d ultramarine Wmk Star Rouletted, small fault at base, lightly struck datestamp, Rated 3R.

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Stipendary Magistrates Black ‘S.M.’ on 1/- red-brown Wmk Star P12xRoulette, Adelaide dumb cancels, Rated 2R. Stipendary Magistrates Black ‘S.M.’ on 2d orange-red Wmk Crown/SA P10, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated S. Stipendary Magistrates Black ‘S.M.’ on 2d orange-red Wmk Crown/SA P12x10, straight edge at left, indistinct cancel, Rated 2R. Supreme Court Red ‘S.C.’ on 6d ultramarine Wmk Star Rouletted, 1868 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 3R. Surveyor-General Red ‘S.G.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Star Rouletted, 1868 Adelaide datestamp Rated R. Surveyor-General Red ‘S.G.’ on 6d ultramarine Wmk Star Rouletted, 1868 Adelaide datestamp Rated R. Surveyor-General Black ‘S.G.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA P10, nibbed perf, 1871 Adelaide datestamp, Rated S. Surveyor-General Black ‘S.G.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk V/Crown P10, perf fault a top left, Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2/- rose-pink Wmk Large Star P12x10, tidy datestamp cancel, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2/- rose-carmine Wmk Large Star P12x10, undersized example, 1872 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 1/- red-brown Wmk Large Star P12xRoulette, edge blemishes & small 3mm nick at lower right 1873 Adelaide datestamp, Rated 2R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 4d dull purple Wmk Large Star P12 cut-into/straight edge at right, 1873 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2/- rose-pink Wmk Large Star P12x10, tidy Adelaide dumb cancel, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2/- rose-carmine Wmk Large Star P12x10, 2mm nick upper margin, 1872 Adelaide dumb cancel, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Crown/SA Rouletted, 1869 Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk V/Crown P10, marginal example, 1874 Adelaide datestamp, Rated S. Treasury Black ‘T.’ on 2d vermilion Wmk Large Star Rouletted, Adelaide datestamp, Rated R. SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Diamond Numerals Selection on Hagners: mostly duplicated commoner strikes with some rated including [3R] ‘314’, [2R] ‘113’ & ‘295’, [R] ‘8’ x4, ‘63’, ‘89’ & ‘225’ x4, common strikes include ‘167’ on 9d & 1/- Long Toms; generally good to very fine quality of strikes. (100 approx) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Commonwealth Period Rated 3R Selection of large-part strikes comprising Type C1 Carrow on 3d Roo, Custom squared-circle on 2d red KGV, Type C4 examples of McLachlan & Muljarra on KGV 1½d greens. (4) Rated 3R Datestamps comprising part Type F1 ‘EMU DOWNS’, large-part Type F1-2 ‘GLENELG’ on 2d orange and large-part Type UF3 ‘CANOWIE’ on 2d orange. (3) Rated Squared-Circle Datestamps with ‘T.R. HEAD CAMP’ part strikes on 2d orange Rated 3R; large-part ‘MANOORA’ on 2d orange Rated R; also Type SC6 ‘NORWOOD’ squared-circle strike in red on 2d violet. (3) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps Dulwich (2): (B2) large-part Type SC2 ‘JE2/15(?)’ squared-circle datestamp on KGV 1d red. Rated 4R. PO c.-/11/1911; closed 30/6/

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Peters Hill: (B1) complete Type C4 ‘24OC21’ strike [ERD], tieing 2d orange KGV to small piece. Rated 4R. RO 1/4/1914; PO 1/7/1927;

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TASMANIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Miscellaneous Assortment including 1901 inwards Postal Card from UK with rare ‘NOT KNOWN’ handstamp in red, 1903 Gormanston to Hobart cover with 1d & 2d Pictorials, taxed with 2d added, also Double perfs, oversized/wing margin stamps, etc.

(14 stamps, cover & card) TASMANIA 1853 Imperf Courier Plate II 4d dull orange SG #11, miniscule thin spot, four good to large margins, lightly struck BN cancel. Cat £375.

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

1857-67 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1d brick-red SG #27 Watermark inverted pair, with forged pin-perfs, BN ‘48’ cancel; also 1d carmine SG #59 P10x10x10x12½ with forged (P12½) perforations at left, unused. Both items with negative RPSV Certificates. (2) 1857-67 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1d dull vermilion with Double print, three good margins.

1863-71 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 10 comprising 1d x3 SG #57, #58 (superb BN ‘49’) & #59; 2d SG #60 & #61; 4d SG #62 & #63; 6d SG #64, #66 & #67 and 1/- SG #68, very fine. Cat £775. (11) 1870-71 Sideface Wmk Single-Lined Numeral Perf 12 4d blue SG #130, key value, fine used. Cat £475.

1871-91 Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral Perf 11½ 6d dull reddish violet, SG #139, MLH. Cat £200.

1892-99 Tablets Wmk TAS Perf 14 £1 green & yellow optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #225, hinge remnants, mint.

1899-1900 Pictorials ½d to 6d set optd ‘Specimen’ in black SG #229s-36s, fine mint. Cat £550. (8) 1905-11 Pictorials Typo Wmk Crown/A 1d rose-red Compound Perf 11x12 SG #250gd, fine mint. Cat £200. Scarce.

1905-11 Pictorials Typo Wmk Crown/A 6d carmine-lake P12½ SG #254 with ‘JBC’ monogram SG #254, fine MLH. 1906-09 Wmk Crown/A 9d blue Perf 11 block of 4 showing Mixed Perf 11 and 11.8 horizontally between upper & lower rows BW #T73, Cat $1,200+ (2004). Rare multiple.

1912 Pictorials Typo Wmk Crown/A Thin Paper 1d carmine-vermilion P11 SG #261a with ‘JBC’ monogram, fine mint. Very scarce.

TASMANIA | Revenues Wages Tax: 1935 receipt book page with rouletted Wages Tax optd in black 4d x14 & 1/- x7 and optd in red 1/- x7, Elsmore online $145 plus ‘on-cover’ premium.

Stamp Duty: 1955-66 selection of Tasmania Government Tourist and Immigration Dept cheque forms, made out to participants in Tourism and Accommodation industries, bearing wide range of Numeral, Platypus and Thylacine Stamp Duty types, apparently no duplication amongst franking configurations, values to 5/-, generally fine. (170+) TASMANIA | Postal Stationery - Franks Corporation of Launceston: ‘Tasmanian Industrial and Juvenile Exhibition’ (‘Industrial and Juvenile’ struck out) cover with blue frank, locally used with Launceston duplex of MR2/91. [Not recorded by Lancaster, presumed to be an early name for the Launceston Exhibition.]

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1877 (Nov 26) cover to England via Brindisi with 4d pale yellow Sideface pair SG #147 tied by Hobart Town ‘NO26/77’ duplex. Scarce.

1896 (Sep 10) Supreme Court (Hobart) printed cover to Canada with 2½d Tablet tied by Hobart duplex, on reverse, Hamilton & Binbrook (Ontario) backstamps, fine condition with Government of Tasmania crest on flap.

1899 (May 6) cover to Glenelg (SA) with Adelaide transit & (small-part) Glenelg arrival backstamp where opened & resealed, on face ‘ADVERTISED UNCLAIMED/ADELAIDE’ oval double-ring datestamp & straight-line ‘UNCLAIMED’ handstamps, on reverse DLO/ Adelaide datestamp in red & DLO Tasmania oval datestamp in blue, edge blemishes.

TASMANIA | Postmarks Collection 1970s-90s Datestamp Collection: on commercial covers/stationery (few PO forms included), useful stamp usage and/or postmark entry point, stated by vendor to be without duplication, generally good strikes/condition. (Approx 700.)

TASMANIA | Postmarks Miscellaneous Selection of Postal Markings: with Registered datestamps, partial boxed handstamps and ‘R’ in circle or oval types, MO&SB Launceston datestamp in red x4 including on a 2/6d Tablet & a 5/- green George & Dragon, ‘INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED’, LATE/LETTER’ & boxed ‘LOOSE SHIP LETTER’ (including multiple strikes on 6d Tablet block of 6) and ‘PACKET BOAT’ cancels; also a couple of unidentified manuscript cancels. Interesting selection, worthy of closer inspection. (70+ items).

TASMANIA | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Datestamps on Postcards mostly with Pictorial frankings comprising Rated RR+ Black Brush, Bream Creak Type 2B, Rated RR Farrell Siding, Wattle Hill, Rated RR- Levendale, Upper Huon, Rated R+ Blyth (on KEVII 1d Postal Card) Rated R Beach End, Rated R- Evandale Junction, The Nook, West Pine Road, White-Hills, Rated S+ Bream Creek Type 1a x4; also unrated Cambridge, Dunorlan, Forcett, Kelly’s Basin, Kingston Beach, Longford, Queenstown, Westbury & Wt Kentish. Good lot, with many fine strikes.

(26+ cancels on 23 cards).

TASMANIA | Datestamps Bronte: improved Type 3 ‘5SP12’ strike (ERD) on 4d Pictorial, Rated RRRR+ Franklin North (2): (B2) complete strike on 1900 (Oct 24) Postal Card to Hobart with fine BN ‘339’ cancel tieing the stamp. Rated 4R. PO 1/7/1894; closed 30/3/1901.

Mount Hicks Upper: (B2) almost complete 1912 Type 1 strike on 1d on 2d Pictorial. Rated 4R. Renamed from Mount Hicks Road RO 1/2/1907; PO c.1910; closed 20/7/1973.

New River: (A1) fine and complete strike of Type 2 ‘29JAN07’ datestamp on ½d Pictorial, Rated 4R. RO 1/12/1906; closed 5/12/1907.

TASMANIA | Travelling Post Offices TPO Cancels Selection: on Hagners including Type E killer types, Type F dumb cancels (one on piece with Type J 1884 datestamp alongside) & Type G altered BN cancel with ‘41’ partially removed; also 1895 commercial use of 1d Postal Card from Ross to Launceston tied by Type G cancel with ‘TML RY No 2’ datestamp alongside, 1899 use of 2d Stationery Envelope tied by Type F cancel again with ‘TML RY No 2’ datestamp alongside, plus six other cards with TPO datestamps. (30 stamps + 10 covers/cards).

VICTORIA 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 4th State 2d dull brownish lilac SG #15c, cut-into at top & base, Butterfly ‘29’ of Belfast. Cat £180.

1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d orange-red, complete margins, tidy barred oval cancel. Cat £140.

1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 3d blue SG #24 vertical pair [23/17] with Retouched ‘C’ of ‘VICTORIA’ the lower unit, the “abnormal” combination from upper pane (note indented upper right corner in [17]), minor separation between Very attractive, possibly unique in pair. [Perry Collection contained only a single example of the “abnormal” [17] position] 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d rose SG #28a, repair in upper margin, shallow thin, regummed. Presents well, Cat £1,400 (when fine).

1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘TOO LATE’ lilac & green SG #33, good to very good margins, Barred Oval ‘2’ cancel of Geelong. Cat £250. Fine example.

1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘TOO LATE’ lilac & green SG #33, close to very good margins, BN ‘1’ cancel of Melbourne, expertising handstamps on reverse. Cat £250.

1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘TOO LATE’ lilac & green SG #33, just cut-into at base, huge sheet-edge margin at right, lightly struck BN ‘1’ cancel. Cat £250. Fine example.

1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘TOO LATE’ lilac & green SG #33 x5, variable margins & some minor blemishes/defects, quite fine and presentable overall. Cat £1,250. (5) 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ Die 1, 4 margins, 1 just touching, SG #34, fine BO ‘10’ cancel.

1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- ‘REGISTERED’ rose-pink & blue SG #34 x4, all with defects. Cat £800 (when fine). (4) 1857 Imperf Emblems Wmk Large Star 4d vermillion, 4-margins, SG #42, minor gum damage. Cat £550.

1858 Emblems No Wmk Smooth Laid Paper Rouletted 5½-6½ 4d pale dull rose on vertically laid paper SG #71, some mild discolouration showing through from reverse, fine unused overall. Cat £325.

1860-63 Emblems Wmk Value in Words Perf 12 1d pale yellowish-green SG #98, corner wrinkle at lower-right, fine unused overall.

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1897 Hospital Charity Fund 1d & 2½d (small stain) with Type 26 ‘Specimen’ opts in red or in black; SG #353-4s, paper adhesions on gum, Cat £200. (2) 1900 Empire Patriotic Fund 1d (1/-) & 2d (2/-), hinge remains and patchy gum. SG #374-75, Cat £425. (2) 1951 RPSV Reprint of Jeffryes Half-Length 3d Pane A complete sheets of 50.

VICTORIA | Postage Dues 1895-96 New Colours 5/- Pale Red & Yellowish Green SG #D20, fine mint, Cat £140.

VICTORIA | Revenues Stamp Duty: Rouletted ½d on 1d strip of 10 from top of sheet. margins intact, MUH, Elsmore extrapolated Cat $180+.

VICTORIA | Railway Stamps 1936 cover endorsed ‘Press Parcel, to The Age (Melbourne) bearing Victorian Railways Parcel label, handstamped ‘WARRACKNABEAL’, tied by ‘THE AGE/6 DEC 1936/(RECEIVING CLERK)’ handstamp.

1934 Winged Series 3d Die II emerald on white with grey pattern corner block of 4, Craig Cat #3.1457II. Rare multiple. [Rated R1] 1917-41 Winged Stamps Third issue with roul 7 8d violet/green pattern, 2/- buff/brown pattern x2 & 5/- blue/grey pattern from Melbourne, Cat #3.1471,1490,1493 on Orient Line luggage label to Hamilton. Rare stamps, very difficult to find on labels.

1958-66 Eleventh Series 2d black on white complete sheet of 42, Cat #3.1563. A little bit of separation and minor creasing. Rare.

VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1908 US Fleet Visit 1d & 1½d, very minor imperfections. (2) VICTORIA | Postal History 1843 (Dec 20) entire to Scotland endorsed “per James” rated “6” in red & “8” in black, with early example of oval ‘SHIP LETTER/ MELBOURNE’ datestamp in red, May 12 1844 arrival datestamp, some blemishes.

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1855 (Jan 1) cover used locally at Forest Creek franked with Half-Lengths Campbell & Fergusson 1d bright lilac-rose SG #28b x2 [Pos 18 - both units - from stone 4/5, ninth printing] tied by Barred Oval ‘37’ cancel, fine ‘ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED’ handstamp in red, unclaimed mss “149” marking at left, on reverse ‘CASTLEMAINE/(crown)/VICTORIA’ backstamp. Rare and desirable. Ex RA Perry.

1861 (Nov 28) registered cover to Switzerland with Perforated 2/- Woodblock SG 82, and 6d black Beaded Oval tied by BN ‘4’ of Sandhurst, ‘CROWN/REGISTERED’ arc handstamp in red plus Sandhurst, Melbourne & London registered datestamps, rated ‘1/-’ in red, Calais transit on face, backstamped with French boxed ‘POIDS - CACHETS’ plus Paris transit and Locarno arrival datestamps.

[Switz#141 in Ben Palmer’s census] 1862 (Jan 25) cover to Scotland with 3d blue & 6d grey-black Beaded Ovals tied by bold BN ‘148’ cancel, Emerald Hill (smudged), Melbourne & Paisley (arrival) backstamps, minor soiling.

1871 (5 Oct) Stampless Cover to BAIRNSDALE from ‘BRUNECK’ (Southern Tyrol) with Austrian type ‘thimble’ cds endorsed “Via Brindisi” with transit backstamps of ‘’TRIESTE/7/10/71’, then sent west overland to France with ‘LYON/11/OCT/71’, ‘LYON A MARSEILLE/11/10/71’ backstamp, superb strike of the unusual septagonal Anglo-French Postal Convention ‘FR./2f96c postage payable handstamp, oval mss “2/6”/MORE TO PAY’ handstamp, Melbourne transit & Bairnsdale arrival cds. Minor defects.

[There is only one other inwards item recorded bearing any of the Anglo-French handstamps. Bruneck is a medieval town in the Southern Tyrol. Today it is the Italian town of Brunico, 80% of the population still speak German. The routing via France suggests that the cover was mis-directed from Trieste, adding as much as a week to the transit time.]

1872 (Jun 24) Use of 2d DLR on mourning cover from Daylesford to Melbourne, flap has been resealed with stamp selvedge and then handstamped with a very fine & rare ‘RECEIVED OPEN’.

1883 (Mar 26) stampless cover from Portarlington (GB) to Chief Commissioner of Police, Melbourne, with fine rectangular ‘DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d/FINE 6d/1/-’ handstamp, and handstruck oval ‘1/- TO PAY’; also a much-travelled 1892 cover from GB to Melbourne, countless “unknown” and redirection markings. (2) 1891-1910 Postage Due Cover Group comprising [1] 1891 envelope from USA to Melbourne, franked at 12c and with ‘DUE 12’, ‘INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID’ and oval-framed ‘T’ handstamps, bearing 6d blue and brown-lake with crayon stroke cancel; [2] 1892 1d envelope from Melbourne to Hawthorn, “Refused” with 2d blue and brown-lake added; [3] 1899 card from England to Dunolly franked at 1d and charged 3d with 1d & 2d red and green Dues added tied by Dunolly ‘239’ duplex; [4] 1907 stampless postcard charged 2d Due, “Refused” and with boxed ‘UNCLAIMED AT/BENALLA’ handstamp, and [5] 1910 large piece from England to Melbourne marked “Newspaper”, franked at 1d and with ½d red & green pair added & cancelled at South Melbourne; mixed condition. Good lot. (5) 1896 (May 2) use of QV 1d Postal card Melbourne to “Phillip Russell/Golf Hill/Shelford”, unframed Shelford backstamp. [Addressee was father of Alex Russell, said to be Australia’s greatest Golf course architect. The Russell historic homestead “Golf Hill” is thought to represent first record of “Golf” on mainland Australia.]

1901 (Aug 19) double-rate cover to Germany with 2½d x2 tied by Melbourne datestamps, on reverse fine strike of ‘KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES CONSULAT/[ARMS]/IN MELBOURNE’ cachet & Pirna arrival backstamp, small edge faults.

1905 (C.) Pictorial Envelope showing Collins St, Melbourne Kelly #V19, flap partially detached, some soiling. Kelly did not record any unused examples.

1906 (Jun 30) Howard Davis (stamp dealer, George St, East Melbourne) cover to stamp traders in St Louis, underpaid & taxed 15c (should have been 30c for double deficiency), USA 3c dues pair added, refused delivery & returned with US District & Melbourne DLO datestamps on reverse, edge blemishes.

1907-11 Destination Mail comprising PPCs [1] 1907 Melbourne to Uruguay with superb Montevideo arrival datestamp; [2] 1909 Terang to India with Tuticorin transit & Bangalore arrival datestamp; [3] 1911 Melbourne to Mexico, taxed with no Dues added. (3) 1908 1½d American Fleet Card (Aug 23) postally used to Germany, ironed-out vertical crease at right & some edge blemishes.

1911 Registered Free Mail (Dec 29) oversized (262x166mm) Post Office printed OHMS envelope to Imperial fine Art Corporation (London), Melbourne “229” crayon registration marking in blue, “26” accounting marking at left, ‘REGISTERED/29DE11/ MELBOURNE’ datestamp at upper-right, London registered arrival backstamps, small edge faults.

1913 (Mar 4) official ‘POST FREE’ Electoral Claim cover with superb strikes of Barred Numeral ‘678’ and Narrewarren datestamp (similar to that illustrated Freeman p.231).

VICTORIA | Postmarks Collection 1950s-80s Relief Cancellations: large accumulation of covers amassed over three decades, partially sorted but with much work still to be done, generally of good commercial quality. Wonderful opportunity for specialist study. (1,000+) Datestamp Collection: on commercial covers/stationery, largely post-war, many elusive items present, good range of stamp issue usage, postmarks stated to be unduplicated, generally good strikes/condition. (Approx 1,400.)

VICTORIA | Postmarks Bayindeen: ‘BAYINDEEN/30JY71/VIC’ two strikes tieing QEII 6c orange & 30c Waratah to registered envelope to Tatura. [Rated 3R] VICTORIA | Barred Numerals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Barred Numeral Duplex Collection including [Rated R] ‘433’(2), [Rated SS] ‘11’(7), [Rated S] ‘296’(4) x2; many on multiples or pieces, minor duplication. (230) VICTORIA | Barred Numerals 173: (A2) fine large-part Type 1B strike on 8d orange Laureate (tiny thin, Cat £110). [Rated R]. Allocated to Daylesford-PO 1/2/1858; LPO 1/5/1998.

VICTORIA | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Rated 3R or 4R KGVI Era Datestamps comprising complete strikes of Londrigan, Stradbrook & Topiram plus large-part strikes of Litchfield, Speewa, Trawalla & Waggarandall, all on piece. Very useful group. (7) VICTORIA | Datestamps International Motor Show: ‘INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW/26MY38/MELBOURNE.N.3’ on 1d green QE Die 1 on Haslem illustrated FDC. PO 19/5/1938; closed 30/5/1938.

Tabor: ‘TABOR/2AU32/VIC’ on 2d red KGV on cover. Renamed from Tabor R.S. RO c.1910; PO 1/7/1927; closed 30/9/1952.

Topiram: ‘TOPIRAM/26OC33/VIC.’ on 2d red KGV on cover. Renamed from Warneet RO 6/4/1925; PO 1/7/1927; TO 1/7/1957; closed 11/10/ 1963.

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TPO 6: (A1) complete stike of ‘T.P.O.6/DOWN/15MR08’ datestamp Molnar #TPO6-Dn3a (28mm Down-Date) tieing 1d pink to 1908 (Mar 15) PPC to Seymour. [Rated 4R, eight covers recorded] TPO 6: 29mm ‘[T].P.O.6/[D]OWN13NO17/[VICT]ORIA’ (A2) on 1d red KGV. [Rated 4R on stamp.]

TPO 12: (B2) large-part strike of ‘DOWN TRAIN/M.G.12/VICTORIA’ octagonal datestamp Molnar #TPO12-Dn2 on reverse of 1d Postal Card, ‘stamp’ tied by BN ‘706’ cancel with Springhurst unframed datestamp alongside, Barnawartha unframed arrival datestamp WWW #20 (early date ‘JA15/85’), fine condition [Rated 3R, 11 covers recorded] TPO 15: (B2) large-part strike of ‘T.P.O.15/UP’ datestamp Molnar #TPO15-Up2 tieing 1d pink to 1910 (May 12) PPC (Mitchell River, Bairnsdale) to Blackburn. [Rated 3R, twelve covers recorded] WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1854-55 Imperf Lithographs SG #3a, 4d blue (shade) SG #3a, complete margins, fine unused. Cat £450. RPSV Certificate (2017).

1861 Recess Wmk Swan Intermediate Perf 14-16 1/- yellow-green SG #37 wmk upright (inverted), tidy cancel, Cat £250 (as SG #37). [Gibbons do not list Wmk Upright for this stamp, although they do list it for the Clean-cut perf issue] 1861 Recess Wmk Swan Perf 14 At Somerset House 4d vermilion SG #40, some short/nibbed perfs at tip, strong colour, unused.

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1864-79 Wmk Crown/CC (Sideways) Perf 12½ 1/- bright green SG #61, rounded upper-right corner, rich colour, large-part gum.

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1898-1907 Wmk W Crown A 2d bright yellow Watermark inverted horizontal pair, left-hand unit with margin fault, Cat £260. Rare multiple.

1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Single Line Perf 12.4 2d dull yellow Watermark upright (inverted) BW #W17B variant, Geraldton datestamp, Cat $250.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Local Stamps 1894 Coolgardie Cycle Express: 1/- and 2/6d blue in complete sheets of 35, three of 1/- units with slight thins, usual patchy gum.

Rare survivors. (2 sheets) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1879-1910 Selection with 1879 1d blue PSSA #PC2 x4, 1892 ½d Chestnut #PC6 x2, 1910 1d steel blue #PC17.1 (stained, Cat $400); also 1902 1½d+1½d #RPC2 Forwarding Half & Reply Half, plus a couple of cut-outs; condition is variable. (11 items) 1892 Handstruck 1½d in violet on 3d green PSSA #PC5 x4 one with Broken ‘d’ in surcharge (card damaged) another with Surcharge in bluish-grey, Handstruck 1½d in violet on 2d carmine-red #PC14 (tear) & 1912 Surcharged ‘ONE PENNY’ in violet on 2d #PC20 x3; some soiling/age staining, all unused. (8) 1907 1d Paris Blue PSSA #PC15 PTPO for Splatt, Wall, & Co (Perth) with illustrated advertising for American Dunlop Tyres, fine unused. [PSSA state at page 45 in relation to PTPO stationery ‘There are two entries in Register NP-M-5: 14 July 1905 1d Post cards in Paris blue, 101 sheets - (user) Not identified.’. The other entry is for Envelopes] 1907 1d Paris Blue PSSA #PC15, PTPO for Splatt, Wall, & Co (Perth) with illustrated advertising for American Dunlop Tyres, some minor staining, unused.

1902 Reply Postcards 1d+1d and 1½d+1½d PSSA #RPC1-2, both in fine unseparated condition. Cat $200. (2) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards 1902-12 Selection comprising 1902 2d slate blue (text on reverse) PSSA #LC3 x2 (one aged), 1905 2d ultramarine (text on reverse) #LC4, 1912 ‘ONE PENNY’ (in red) on 2d (no text on reverse) #LC6; fine overall. Cat $360. (4) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Franks Governor of Western Australia : 1899 (26 Apr) Cover: from ‘NANNINE’ to GB with bold strike of ‘PAID/OFFICIALLY/WEST AUSTRALIA’ alongside poor strike of ‘GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA’ frank stamp and on reverse Coat of Arms crest in red and ‘ALBANY’ cds in black.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1927 (Apr 22) use of long OHMS envelope registered to New Zealand from the Office of Titles with KGV s/wmk 1½d red and 3d blue perf ‘OS’ BW #88ba and 105b (latter cat $250 on cover). Undelivered with several postal markings, most significant being boxed red ‘DECEASED’ applied in Wellington, also Perth DLO. WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Datestamp Array in Stockbook and on Hagners with ‘A’ to ‘Y’ selection with many fine strike of common and scarcer types including Brown Hill, Eucla, Goldfields TPO, Ida H, Karridale on 5d, part Telegraph Office/Mt Malcolm oval rubber in blue, Savings Bank/Mt Morgan, T.P.O. E.G.F. on 4d pair; also numeral cancels between ‘1’ & ‘35’ + ‘80’ letter codes, few Paquebots, instructional handstamps, rubber Registration Branch types, etc; sure to reward closer inspection. (few 100s) AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 1966-68 Decimal Currency Definitives 1c to $1 complete set SG #8-18 in blocks of 4 tied by Casey ‘30JA71’ datestamps on MS Thala Dan covers x11; also complete sets as singles x2 on two oversized tied by Casey 1970 or 1971 datestamps; very fine condition.

(13 covers) AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | First Day Covers 1961 (Oct 18) 5d Mawson on illustrated Easther FDC to New Zealand with poor Launceston cancel.

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Postal History 1954-55 matching registered airmail covers from all the three bases to the same USA address, each cover with a 2/- Olympic Publicity and 9d Platypus franking, each with Melbourne transit & Wilmington (USA) arrival backstamps. (3) CHRISTMAS ISLAND 1963 Pictorials 2c to $1 set SG #11-20 on Van Dahl generic FDC. Rare.

1986 Halley’s Comet 90c SG #215 block of 4, showing striking Doubling effect of masts, trees and most of the lower inscription.

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS 1963 Pictorials 3d to 2/3d set on two matching Wesley FDCs (one registered, with transit backstamps), serviced at Warradale South (SA), typed addresses to USA. Rare usage. (2) COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | Postal History 1939 Indian Ocean Survey Flight per Flying Boat Guba cover sent from Cocos with John Clunies-Ross’ personal handstamp at top right and Seychelles 2c strip of 3 cancelled on arrival, endorsed on reverse “carried Between/Diego Garcia & Seychelles/.../Jack Percival”. [Percival was the radio operator & official journalist on the flight] 1952 (Sep 3) registered cover flown to Sydney thence by surface mail to UK, RAAF Cocos Island registration label and ‘RAAF PO’ datestamp tieing stamps.

1953 (Dec 24) commercial cover (horizontal crease, unsealed flap) to UK with Singapore 25c KGVI tied by Cocos Island ‘24DE53’ datestamp. Scarce.

1955 Illustrated cover commemorating the Australian Government taking over Admistraton with Australian adhesives tied by ‘COCOS ISLANDS/23NO55’ cds alongisde the very rare triangular cachet in red. Minor fault at left.

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1969 (Jul 9) Pictorials set of 12 on Australia Post ‘Shield’ generic FDC with ‘PHILATELIC/RUSSELL STREET/VIC.AUST’ datestamp.

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | Military - World War II Period Indian Army FPO 46 1945 (Oct 25) stampless OAS airmail cover to England with an largely fine strike of the Indian ‘FPO/No 46’ datestamp used on Cocos, opened a tad roughly.

Royal Air Force PO 301 1945 (Oct 1) stampless OAS cover to England with fair strike of ‘RAFPOST 301/1OCT45’ datestamp, enclosed three-page letter headed “SECTION H / SECTION 301/RAF/CEYLON AIR FORCES” describes an ENSA concert by Gracie Fields compèred by her husband Monty Banks, but complains “the boys disagree with wasting transport to bring stars to the Far East, when the Government babbles about transport difficulties for getting the lads home;- and mail is held up in Ceylon owing to lack of of air facilities to bring it to the remote Cocos Islands!”, cover with minor blemishes only. (4 items) NAURU 1916-23 Overprints on GB 1½d red-brown block of 4, lower-right unit variety Broken leg of ‘N’ of ‘NAURU’ SG #3(Variety), fresh MUH. Cat £220++.

1916-23 Overprints on GB 1½d red-brown block of 4, lower-right unit variety Broken leg of ‘U’ of ‘NAURU’ SG #3(Variety), minor edge tone on gum, MUH. Cat £220+.

1916-23 Overprints on GB 2d orange Die II SG #5, block of 4, upper-right with overprint variety Broken ‘N’ of ‘NAURU’, fine mint.

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1916-23 Central Overprints 1d, 1½d & 2d fine used blocks of 4, SG #14-16, Nauru, Pleasant Island cds. Cat £720+. (3 blks) 1916-23 De La Rue Seahorses 2/6d brown & 5/- bright carmine SG #21-22, mild uniform gum toning 5/-, fine overall. Cat £170. (2) NORFOLK ISLAND | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1949-51 Formular Stationery - Lettercards design similar to Australian 1949-51 2½d lettercard (LC73Aa) with 2½d indicium removed. Unused. Cat $300. ACSC FLC2.

NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Forerunners 1898 German Forerunners (Mitläufer) 25pf Orange-yellow Eagle cancelled with very fine large-part Stephansort datestamp (Powell Type #8) Mi #M49b, Friedrich Steuer applies a x2 premium for this cancel which equates to a €700 catalogue value. JaschkeLantelme Certificate (2016) & expertised by Steuer & Bothe.

1898 German Forerunners (Mitläufer) 50pf bright reddish-brown Mi #M50d, Friedrich-Wilhemshafen ‘29/8/98’ datestamp. Bothe guarantee handstamp.

NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea 1897 Overprints on Germany 3pf to 80pf set Mi #1-6, plus scarce shades 3pf pale ochre-brown & 5pf pale ochre Mi #1b & 1e, also listed shades of 10pf (one without gum) & 25pf and unlisted shades 5pf, 20pf & 50pf (one with rounded corner & thin), fine mint, MVLH or MUH, Cat €750+ (ex thinned 50pf). (13) 1897 Overprints on Germany 25pf dark orange variety Overprint inverted Mi #5bK, fine mint. Rare, only one sheet printed with this overprint error. Cat €2,800. Bothe guarantee handstamp.

1900 Kaiser’s Yacht 3pf to 5m set Mi #7-19, corner perf blemish 50pf, fine/very fine used overall. Cat €1,000. (13) 1900 Kaiser’s Yacht 40pf variety Red flaw at base of right-hand value tablet Mi #13I, thin at base, mint. Cat €80.

1914-19 Kaiser’s Yacht 5m carmine & black Type III Mi #23 II B II, excellent centring, fresh MVLH. Cat €1,000. Jaske-Lantelme Certificate (2016).

NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1900-08 Used Selection comprising [1] 1900 use of Overprints 10pf H&G #P2 from Matupi to Frankfurt endorsed “via Samoa”; [2] 1900 use of Overprints 10pf+10pf #P4 from Matupi to Berlin, unused reply card attached; [3] 1908 use of 10pf Yacht #P9 from Herbertshohe to Aarau, Switzerland, message on reverse; [4] use of 10pf Yacht #P9 from Kaewieng to Frankfurt, dateline indistinct; fine condition, nice group. (4) NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal History 1901 (Jan 29) stampless cover to Kiel (backstamped) with very fine strike of ‘KAIS.DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/No 7’ datestamp and ‘Kommando/SMS Möwe’ cachet, on reverse ‘KAISERLICHE MARINE/[Arms]/COMMANDO S.M. AVISO MOWE’ cachet over the flap.

NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints 1915 Registration Labels Surcharged ‘G.R.I./3d.’ on Herbertshohe (Deutsch Neuguinea) sans-serif registration label SG #36.

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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d green horizontal (acccbc) strip of 6 (unit 6 separated) from the 3rd setting. This combination only occurs once in the forme of 30.

1915-16 ½d Green Electro 5 bottom left part pane of 30 [5L31-60], unit 32 with White flaw in King’s hair, the crack on unit 46 is not apparent, 18 units MUH. This is the 4th NWPI setting with the large dots and No dot after S on unit 12. A rare intermediate setting.

1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 2d Grey SG #73, abc vertical strip of 3, superbly cancelled at Rabaul, well centred. Seldom encountered used.

1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk Watermark inverted SG #78w, well centred, mint. Cat £300. Scarce.

1917 piece with 3d & 9d Roos (SG #89 & 96) plus 1d red KGV SG #67b tied by Rabaul 21JE17’ datestamps, alongside Rabaul (Deutsch Neuguinea) registration label. Attractive.

1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d grey SG #94 Extra islands around Tasmania [2R43], well centred mint. Cat $120 (as an unoverprinted stamp).

1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d grey Die IIA (unlisted by Gibbons) block of 4, upper-right unit variety White flaw over ‘LIA’ [3R24] this stamp also has Retouch in Gulf of Carpentaria, upper-left unit [3R24] overprint varieties Broken ‘W’ and Dot under ‘W’, tone around hinge remainder on upper units, lower units MUH. Cat $750 (as unoverprinted stamps).

1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 5d brown SG #105 variety White spot in king’s hair [1R56] BW #123vd, mildly aged MUH gum. Cat $200+ (as an unoverprinted stamp).

1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d greenish-olive Die II SG #109a, MUH. Cat £75.

NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Postmarks Selection: including Powell [Rated E] Mokareng Type 101 x2 [Rated D] Kaewieng Type 40, Kokopo Type 14a, Namatanai Type 76 x2, Talasea Type 92 x2 (one in red), plus lots of fine strikes of B & C rated cancels; few Radio Station types including Kieta Type 128c, Woodlark Island Type 129, Rabaul Radio Telegraph Department Type 130 & 130a; some minor duplication. (40) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues 1931 Huts Airs ½d orange corner block of 6, Position 1 unusually without overprint variety Short ‘I’ in ‘MAIL’ and scarce thus, fresh MUH. 1931 Huts Airs ½d to £1 set SG #137-49, several values including 9d in marginal pairs, plus a few shades, 10/- disturbed gum, key £1 is MUH. Cat £250+. (21)

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1931 Dated Birds Airs ½d to £1 set SG #163-76, very fine mint. Cat £300. (14) 1932-34 Undated Birds ½d to £1 set SG #177-89, 5/- & £1 values used, other values fine mint. Cat £210. (15) 1932-34 Undated Birds 1d to £1 set SG #177-89, 3d (tiny thin), 5d (mild crease), 5/- tiny wrinkle. Cat £300. (16) 1932-34 Undated Birds Airs ½d to £1 set SG #190-203, well-centred mint. Cat £250. (16) 1932-34 Undated Birds Airs ½d to £1 set SG #190-203, fine used (1d, 1½d & 6d are unused). Cat £250. (16) 1939 Bulolo Air ½d to £1 set SG #212-25, fine mint (10/- very lightly used). Cat £900. (14) 1939 Bulolo Air ½d to £1 set SG #212-25, fine/very fine used. Cat £850. (14) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Official Stamps 1925-31 Huts Optd ‘OS’ 1½d orange-vermilion SG # sheet of 30 with sheet margins with inscriptions complete on 3 sides, fresh MUH, Cat £165++.

1932-34 Dated Birds Optd ‘OS’ ½d to 5/- set SG #O42-O54, few minor condition issues (5/- with marginal tab adhered to gum), fine mint overall, Cat £275. (11) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | First Flight Covers 1935 Australia - New Guinea flown Brisbane to Wau by Ray Parer for Pacific Aerial Transport Ltd AAMC #P79, Queensland Airmail Society guarantee cachet on reverse, only 25 flown. Cat $500. Also a large glossy photo of the aircraft and 5pp of flight/pilot information. (3 items) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Postmarks Base Office: 2/- SG #97, 5/- #116, 10/- #84 & £1 #99 Roos, perf blemishes/faults, all with bogus ‘BASE OFFICE’ cancels (possibly

by Madame Joseph), see attached articles by Belknap and by Stuart Leven. (4) Eitape: large-part Powell Type #128d ‘RADIO STATION/EITAPE’ Radio Station cancel in violet on 2/- Roo SG #97 (well centred, Cat £50). Rated G. Renamed from Berlinhafen PO 30/9/1898; renamed Aitape PO c.-/1/1925.

Kaewieng: large-part Powell Type #128 ‘RADIO STATION/KAWIENG’ Radio Station cancel in violet on 5/- Roo SG #92 (well centred & fine, Cat £110). Rated D. PO 1/1/1904; renamed Kavieng PO c.1925.

Kavieng: Powell Type #39 Kawieng, Type #40 Kaewieng & Type #41 double-ring ‘POST OFFICE/KAVIENG’ Rated C, D & D respectively. Renamed from Kaewieng PO c.1925; closed 21/1/1942. (3) Kieta: (B2) largely complete strike of Powell Type #65 straight-line ‘Station Kieta.’ in blue on NWPI 2½d blue. Rated F. PO c.-/4/1907; closed 23/1/1942.

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New Guinea: 1½d Huts issues used in 1929-30 at Edie Creek or Port Moresby with unauthorised manuscript “BY AIR MAIL” endorsements by Postmaster George Hammond comprising “WAU/TO/PORT MORESBY” on separate pieces, “WAU/TO/ SALAMOA” on 1½d x2 on piece & “SALAMOA/TO/WAU” on a pair. Unusual. (4 items) Rabaul: large-part Powell Type #130 Rabaul Radio Telegraph Department cancel in violet on £1 Roo SG #99 (few trimmed/nibbed perfs). Cat £450. Rated D. Renamed from Simpsonhafen PO c.-/4/1910; closed 23/1/1942.

Woodlark Island: large-part Powell Type #128b ‘RADIO STATION/WOODLARK ISLAND’ Radio Station cancel in violet on 5/- Roo SG #116 (some short perfs), Cat £70. Rated F. PAPUA 1911-31 Monocolours 1d pink & Bicolours ½d myrtle & green both watermark variety Wmk Crown to the right of ‘A’ SG #85w & 93w, with normally watermarked examples fror comparison. Cat £97. (4) PAPUA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1917 4d Orange, size G on old NSW stock, unused.

1917 4d Long format registered envelope CTO ‘PORT MORESBY/20APR22/PAPUA’, some flap damage, nevertheless a very scarce item HG #C2.

PAPUA | Postmarks Bonagai: (A1) superb strike of Lee Type #73 ‘BONAGAI SED/14AUG11/PAPUA’ datestamp, used at Kulumadau, Rated E. PO 1/7/

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Kokoda: (B2) largely complete 1906 strike of Lee Type #68 ‘KOKODA/BRITISH NEW GUINEA’ datestamp on BNG 1d. Rated F. PO

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Nepa (1): (B2) large-part strike of Lee Type #80 ‘/22FE10/BRITISH NEW GUINEA’ blank-at-top relief datestamp on Small ‘PAPUA’ 2d. Rated F. PO 29/1/1910; closed 7/5/1917.

Nepa (1): (B2) large-part strike of Lee Type #81 ‘NEPA/8FE14PAPUA’ datestamp on 1d Monocolour. Rated D. Rigo: (B1) complete strike of Lee Type #83 ‘POST OFFICE RIGO/12JAN10/PAPUA’ datestamp on 1d on 2d Monocolour. Rated D.

PO 1/6/1913; RO 27/7/1919; closed c.1942.

Selection: comprising Queensland 1d & 2d Sidefaces tied by ‘BNG’ nine-bar cancel of Samarai, Large Papua ½d with BN ‘339’ cancel of Thursday Island, Bonagai Lee Type #73 (Rated F), Samaria Type #25 forgery (see Lee page 99), Hisiu Type #92 (Rated D), Tahira Type #93 (Rated D), Bwagoia Type #86, Port Moresby Type #12a (no frameline) & Type #19, Losuia Type #94, Tamata Type #74 used at Ioma (Rated D) & Loose Ship Letter Hoskins #1359 used at Brisbane. (14) Tahira: (B2) largely complete strike of Lee Type 93 ‘TAHIRA/24FE26/[PAP]UA’ datestamp on 1½d Bicolour. Rated D. PO 18/12/1925;

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1957 Surcharges Set SG #16-17 tied by Port Moresby ‘29JA57’ FD datestamp to Bergen FDC with hand-printed cachet, typed address.

1957 Surcharges Set SG #16-17 pairs + additional 4d tied by Port Moresby ‘29JA57’ FD datestamp to Wide World FDC with generic cachet, bumped edges but likely unique.

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REST OF WORLD comprising Belgium 1926 20Fr bright green Perf 14½ (Cat £120), 1952 Consecration of Basilica set, (Cat £48), France 1957-59 Air 300f to 1000f (Cat £130), Germany (East) 1951 Friendship with China (Cat £350), Netherlands 1946-47 Wilhelmina 1g to 10g (Cat £675), Portugal 1951 NATO (Cat £510), Switzerland 1936 Defence Fund (Cat £65) and 1943 Cantonal Stamp Centenary block of 12 (Cat £75), M/Ss, all fresh MUH. Total Cat £1,983. (16 + 2 M/Ss) comprising Belgium 1952 Consecration of Basilica (Cat £475), San Marino 1950 500L Europa sheetlet of 6 (Cat £330), Switzerland M/Sheets 1936 Defence Fund (Cat £65) and 1943 Cantonal Stamp Centenary block of 12, (Cat £75), 1945 Lifeboat (Cat £170), all MUH. Total Cat £1,115. (5 items) comprising Cameroun 1960 Reunification 20F to 60F, France 1957-59 Air 300F to 1000F, (Cat £130), Germany (East) 1951 Friendship with China (Cat £350), Germany (West) 1954 Heuss set to 3Dm, (Cat £350), Sudan 1990 Surcharges handstamps £5 on 20p and £10 on 10p upright and inverted opts, (Michel IV/V, Cat €1,000), Switzerland M/Sheets 1936 Defence Fund (Cat £65) and 1943 Cantonal Stamp Centenary block of 12, (Cat £75), all fresh MUH. (33 stamps + 2 M/S) BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1935 Silver Jubilee complete used on Hagners, including key Egypt issue, some additional values, mostly good to fine. Far scarcer used than mint, Cat £2,000+. (300+) British Commonwealth 1953-67 Mint Sets Selection comprising British Solomons 1956 to £1, 1963-64 Wmk Change to 2/6d, 1965 to £1, 1966-67 Surcharges Wmk Sideways to $2, Cocos 1963 to 2/3d (MUH), Ghana 1957-58 Opts to 10/-, Jamaica 1956-58 to £1, 1962 Opts to £1 & 1963-64 Wmk Change to 3/-, Nauru 1954 to 5/- & 1966 to $1, Samoa 1967 Birds to $4 (MUH), Tonga 1953 to £1, fine mint. Cat £500. (166) ADEN 1946 Victory 1½a & 2½a perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #28-29s, fine mint. Cat £140. (2) ADEN | Postal History 1893-1955 Cover Selection including 1893 Bristol (UK) to Aden with Proud Type D22 ‘AP4/93’ arrival backstamp, 1937 ½a to 2a tied to cover to UK by ‘4APR37’ cancels, 1951 to UK with KGVI 2½a endorsed “FORCES AIR MAIL”, 1951 Kuwait to Aden inter-bank cover with Aden Camp arrival backstamp, plus two other items; also Benghiat & Sons (Turkish shop, Aden) PPCs x3, showing Aden scenes, all used within UK. (9 items) 1939 (Dec 29) cover to England with ‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ boxed handstamp overstruck with oval ‘H.M.W/T STATION/ 29DEC1939/ADEN’ naval Censor, both in blue, the latter rated Rare by Little.

ANTIGUA 1863-67 6d green, fine unused. SG #8, Cat £700.

1872 QV Wmk Crown CC 1d scarlet P12½ Watermark inverted SG #14w, fine unused. Cat £200.

1921-29 KGV Script CA ½d to 4/- set SG #62-80, with all SG listed shades plus several unlisted, generally fine mint. Cat £220+.

(27) 1932 Tercentenary ½d to 5/- set SG #81-90, some hinge remnants, fine mint overall. Cat £225. (10) 1938-51 KGVI ½d to £1 set SG #98-109, including all Gibbons listed shades, plus ½d, 2½d & 5/- unlisted shades; also 1949 Silver Wedding (MUH). Generally fine mint, Cat £250+. (26) ASCENSION | British Post Offices 1912-22 Issues 1916 (Oct 24) cover to London (backstamped) with GB KGV 3d lilac tied by Type Z2 datestamp SG #Z44 (Cat £180 off cover), large void type registration label tied by single strike of datestamp, woodcut ‘CENSORED’ handstamp & signed in violet crayon, minor blemishes. Rare.

ASCENSION 1924-33 Badge SG #10-15d,17-20, ½d to 3/-, excl 6d. Cat £290. (11) 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials ½d to 10/- P13½ set SG #38-47 including 1d Green Mountain & 3d black & ultramarine SG #42, fine mint.

Cat £450+. (13) 1938-53 KGVI Pictorials 1½d black & vermilion P13½ Davit flaw [R5/1] SG #40a (MP #CW4a), characteristic streaky toned gum of 1938 printings, mint. Cat £375.

1938-53 KGVI Pictorials 2/6d black & deep carmine P13½ SG #45 variety Medallion re-entry behind King’s head [R5/6], scarce unlisted variety, fine mint. Murray Payne Certificate (2009).

BAHAMAS 1938-52 KGVI ½d to £1 set with shades of ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d, 3d, 1/- x3, 5/- x3 & £1, no Striated papers; also 1942 Columbus Anniversary overprints ½d to £1 set with shades of 1/-, 2/-, 3/-, 5/- and £1, (ex SG #171b, 172a); SG #149-57a & 162-75a, few values MUH. Cat £1,020+. (48) BARBADOS 1852-55 Blued Paper No Watermark Imperf (4d) brownish-red SG #5, complete margins, fine used with BN ‘10’ cancel of St Peter.

Cat £275.

1855-58 White Paper No Watermark Imperf (½d) yellow-green, (½d) green, (1d) pale blue & (1d) deep blue SG #7-10, largely complete (SG #10) or complete margins (SG #7-9), fine to very fine used. Cat £390. (4) 1855-58 White Paper No Watermark Imperf (1d) deep blue SG #10 marginal block of 4, very fresh MUH. Cat £400++. Rare multiple.

1861-70 No Watermark Rough Perf 14-16 comprising no value expressed (½d) x12, (1d) x4, (4d) rose x3 (one with gum) and value expressed 6d & 1/- both with gum; approx 50/50 split of with or without gum, odd tone, generally fine. Minimum Cat £1,400+. (21) 1873 Wmk Small Star 5/- dull rose SG #64, couple trivial tones, fine mint overall with large-part og Cat £950.

1882-86 Wmk Crown CA ½d to 5/- set SG #89-103 excludes 4d grey (SG #97) but includes all other Gibbons listed shades and additional 6d optd ‘SPECIMEN’, mostly fine/very fine mint. Cat £900+. (14) 1882-86 Wmk Crown CA 1d rose (three units MUH) & 4d pale brown (MUH) SG #91,98 in blocks of 4, very fine. Cat £488+. (8) 1892-1903 Seal of Colony Crown CA ¼d to 2/6d (both) optd ‘SPECIMEN’ set SG #105s-15s, 8d creased, otherwise fine, Cat £275.

(11) 1897-98 Diamond Jubilee White paper ¼d to 2/6d set SG #116-24, 5d mild gum crease, fine mint overall, Cat £300. (9) 1925-35 Badge ¼d to 3/- set SG #229-39 including all changes of perf & shade (ex 2½d bright ultramarine P13½x12½), fine mint, Cat £180. (20)

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 1925-35 Badge ¼d to 3/- set SG #229-39 including all listed shades and changes of perf, fine mint, Cat £200+. (20) 1938-47 Badge 2½d ultramarine variety Mark on central ornament [1/3] SG #251a in marginal strip of 5, also 3d blue variety Vertical line over horse’s head [4/10] #252ca in marginal block of 8 (4x2); both items with mild uniform gum toning, MUH, Cat £195+. (2) 1938-47 Badge 2½d ultramarine marginal block of 16 (4x4) with variety Mark on central ornament x3 [1/3, 2/3 & 3/3] SG #251a, reinforced perf separations between rows 2 & 3, uniform aged gum, Cat £165+.

1938-47 Badge 2½d ultramarine marginal block of 18 (3x6) with variety Mark on central ornament x3 [1/3, 2/3 & 3/3] SG #251a, reinforced perf separations between rows 2 & 3, uniform gum toning, Cat £165+.

1938-47 Badge 2½d blue variety Mark on central ornament [1/3, 2/3, 3/3] SG #251bb, also 4d black variety Curved line at top right [7/8] #253b; both fresh MUH, Cat £235. (2) BARBADOS | Postal History 1839 (Mar 22) entire letter headed “Bridgetown Barbados March 22nd 1839” addressed to Pennsylvania USA, rated “22” with fine strike of ‘NEW-YORK/SHIP/MAY/3’ handstamp in red and manuscript “Recd May 7.1839” endorsement, small blemishes, fine overall.

1847 (Nov 27) mourning cover to London endorsed “Packet/27th Novr”, rated “1/-”, on reverse fine ‘BARBADOES/NO27/1847’ double-arc datestamp, small internal fault on the face.

1859 (Apr 2) outer from Bridgetown to Trinidad rated “4” with imperf (1d) deep blue SG #10 tied by BN ‘1’ cancel, very fine Griffith & Jeffray (merchants) oval handstamp at upper left, on reverse Barbados ‘AP/2’ departure and Trinidad ‘AP/5’ arrival datestamps, fine condition.

BASUTOLAND 1933 Definitives complete. SG #1-10, Cat £325. (10) 1933 Definitives complete. SG #1-10, Cat £375. (10) BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE 1904-13 Ovpts on GB KEVII ½d to 1/- deep green & scarlet and 1/- green & carmine, ½d values hinge remainders, otherwise fine MLH. Cat £140. (6) BRITISH EAST AFRICA 1890-95 4½a brown-purple horizontal pair, variety Imperforate between SG #11ac, ‘MOMBASA/NO23/93’ squared-circle datestamp. Cat £1,000. Rare.

BRITISH GUIANA 1889 Postage & Revenue Ships 8c dull purple & rose variety Watermark inverted SG #199w, fine used (not known mint). Cat £300.

BRITISH HONDURAS 1888-91 London Surcharges 2c on 1d pair, right unit bisected on cover with printed local address, SG #37a, some aging. Cat £110.

BRITISH LEVANT | Overprints on Great Britain 1921 British Currency Optd ‘LEVANT’ 2d to 2/6d x2 (chocolate-brown & pale brown shades) SG #L18-L24 including 6d & 1/shades, 4d nibbed perfs, generally fine mint. Cat £400+. (10) CANADIAN PROVINCES | NEW BRUNSWICK 1851-60 Imperf Blue Paper 3d dull red SG #2, complete margins, couple ink spots at left, lightly cancelled. Cat £350.

CANADIAN PROVINCES | NEWFOUNDLAND 1857-64 Thick Machine-Made Paper 5d brown-purple, SG #5, complete margins, deep colour, very fine unused. Cat £350.

1857-64 Thick Machine-Made Paper 8d scarlet-vermilion, SG #8, close balanced margins, fine mint. Cat £400.

1860 Medium Hand-Made Paper 2d orange-vermilion, SG #10, complete even margins, fine unused, Cat £600.

1860 Medium Hand-Made Paper 3d green Triangle, SG #11, complete margins, mint, Cat £110. Buhler guarantee handstamp.

1860-64 Imperfs comprising 1860 Medium Hand-Made Paper 3d deep green Triangle, SG #11, complete margins, fine mint; 186264 New Colours 1d chocolate-brown SG #16, complete margins, unused and 2d rose-lake SG #17 with good to huge margins, fine unused, Cat £760 (3) 1860 Medium Hand-Wove Paper imperforate 5d violet-brown, lower right corner block of 4 showing small portion of ‘STACEY WISE 1858’ watermark, Unitrade #12Ai (SG #13 variant), fresh MUH, Cat CAD$1,600.

1865-70 Thin Yellowish Paper 12c yellow-brown Queen Victoria, SG #28, block of 4, fine unused, Cat £2,600+. Rare multiple.

1869-79 Rouletted Issue 1c lake-purple Prince of Wales SG #40, excellent centring for this issue, fine mint, Cat £120.

1897 400th Anniversary of Discovery 1c to 60c set SG #66-79, fine/very fine mint, Cat £325. (14) 1897 Surcharges 1c on 3c block of 4 [Rows 4 & 5], the upper pair with Type 36 (thicker) Surcharge SG #80, the lower pair with Type 37 (thinner) Surcharge SG #81, few trivial tonespots, MLH, Cat £500+.

1910 Litho Printing 1c (P12x11, crease) to 15c set SG #96-105,109, 5c shallow thin, otherwise generally fine mint, Cat £475. (12) 1919 Caribou 1c to 36c set SG #130-41, listed shades for 2c, 3c, 4c, plus scarce 15c Prussian blue (Cat £110), also unlisted shades for 4c to 6c, 10c, 12c & 24c, four of lower values plus 15c indigo without gum, otherwise fine mint, Cat £400+. (20) 1919 Trans-Atlantic Air Post $1 on 15c bright scarlet SG #143, fine mint, Cat £130.

1919 Air Surcharge $1 on 15c bright scarlet plus second example variety No comma after ‘AIR POST’ SG #143&143a, fine mint, Cat £290. (2) 1928-29 Publicity Perkin Bacon Printing 1c to 20c including 1c & 2c perf variants, between SG #179-87, also 1941-44 Pictorials 1c to 48c set SG #276-89, both sets fine used, Cat £280. (26) CANADIAN PROVINCES | NOVA SCOTIA 1851-60 Imperf Bluish Paper 1d red-brown SG #1, complete even margins, tidy cancel, 3d deep blue SG #2, tiny central thin, one margin just shaved, 3d bright blue SG #3 few shallow thins, complete margins, plus 6d yellow-green SG #5, shallow thin at left, margins complete; attractive group, present well, Cat £1,345. (4) CANADA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1898-1946 Special Delivery Issues complete between SG #S2-17 including Airs plus officials SG #OS20-21, 1898 10c straight-edge at base, a few stamps MLH, most are fresh MUH, Cat £370+. (17) CANADA 1868-90 Large Heads Ottawa Printing Medium to Stout Wove Paper 12½c bright blue SG #60, perfs improved or reinforced (at left), regummed. Presents well, Cat £950.

1897 Jubilee Issue ½c, 1c orange-yellow, 2c deep green & 3c MUH, 5c slate-blue MVLH, 8c, 10c & 20c fine mint, Cat £465+. (8) 1897 Jubilee Issue $2 violet SG #137, odd nibbed perf, mild gum creases, large part og, Cat £1,000.

1897-1899 Maple Leaves mint selection with 4-Corners ½c black mint, 2-Corners ½c black, 1c blue-green, 3c rose-carmine & 7c greenish-yellow all MUH; also 1899 both 2c on 3c Surcharges MUH, Cat Cat £250+. (7) 1922-31 KGV New Colours Perf 12 1c to $1 set SG #246-55, fine mint with 1c to 4c MUH, Cat £130+. (10) 1928-29 KGV Perf 12 1c to $1 set SG #275-85, MLH/MVLH, a few values including 10c & 20c are MUH, also 1c & 2c Coils #28687 fine mint, Cat £410. (13) 1930-31 KGV Perf 11 1c to $1 Mt Cavell set SG #288-303, fine MLH, a few low denominations MUH, Cat £275. (18) 1932-33 KGV Perf 11 1c to 13c set plus Coil trio SG #319-28, fine MLH, a few values including key 13c are MUH, Cat £225. (10) 1937-38 1c to $1 set SG #357-67, including 10c shade, fresh MUH. Cat £185. (12)

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 CANADA | Postage Dues 1906-28 1c to 10c set including 1c & 5c red-violet SG #D1-D8 (ex #D4) plus 1c, 2c & 5c Thin paper printings, fresh MLH/MVLH. Cat £300+. (10) **/* 1930-65 comprising 1930-32 set SG #D9-D13 mint, 1933-34 &1935-65 sets SG #D14-D24 fresh MUH. Cat £179. (16) CEYLON F 1857 Blued Paper 6d purple-brown, complete margins (close at left), minor colour diffusion, tidy bars cancel. Cat £450.

CHINA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings **/*/W/U1932-41 Republican Period Collection of Martyr Issues with ½c sepia, 1c orange & 20c light blue Imperforate plate proof pairs, good proportion of mint, with some duplication, including large blocks & imprint blocks, the used with lots of postmark interest; condition variable but generally good to very fine. (Approx 3,000) U/* 1981-83 Collection almost complete, no M/Ss, mixed mint/used/cto and generally complete sets, little duplication and all organized

by SG number, includes virtually all issues incl 1981 Marking the Gunwale booklet. Mostly fine, Cat about $400 (c.250) */U 1984-90 Collection almost complete, several M/Ss and sheetlets, mixed mint/used/cto and generally complete sets, little duplication and all organized by SG number, includes virtually all issues with 1983 Mei M/S mint, 1988 Outlaws M/S mint, 1988 Guan Yu M/S mint. Mostly fine. (c.400) **/U 1991-97 Collection almost complete, most M/Ss, mainly MUH and generally complete sets, little duplication and all organized by SG number, includes virtually everything. Mostly fine. (c.550) **/U 2005-16 Collection almost complete, most M/Ss, mainly MUH and generally complete sets, little duplication and all organized by SG number, includes virtually everything. Mostly fine. (1,000+) CHINA ** 1990 Bronze Chariots printer’s design for the miniature sheet, this design was used in the issued sheet, colour proof perf marginal block of 4. (2) U 1943 Various Sun Yat-sen & Martyrs issues with double or inverted overprints. (7) W 1952 Gymnastics By Radio set in blocks of 4, with $400 vermilion x3, $400 orange x3, $400 yellow-brown x2, $400 reddish-violet x2 & $400 pale blue x2, SG #1543a-52a, MNG as issued, presumed to be reprints, Cat £3,000+ as originals. (17 blocks) V 1967 Literature & Art complete set, SG #2359-61, CTO, fine condition. Cat £475. (3) W 1971 Paris Commune Centenary complete set, SG #2442-5, MNG as issued, fine condition. Cat £550. (4) W 1971 Communist Party 50th Anniversay complete set with strip of 3, SG #2446-51,2452a, MNG as issued, fine condition. Cat £600+. (9) W 1972 Merchant Shipping complete set, SG #2485-8, MNG as issued, fine condition. Cat £250. (4) ** 1972 Construction of Red Flag Canal set of 4 SG #2494-97, fresh MUH. Cat £180. (4) DENMARK | Postal History *F 1859 Stampless outer cancelled with ‘FAABORG/1-/6/1859’ datestamp, addressed to Copenhagen.

DOMINICA * 1874 Wmk Crown CC 1d lilac P12½, SG #1 fine mint. Cat £150.

FALKLAND ISLANDS * 1904-12 KEVII 2½d deep blue SG #46b, fine mint. Cat £275.

F 1904-12 KEVII 5/- red SG #50, neatly cancelled. Cat £150. * 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials ½d to £1 set SG #146-63 including several lower denomination shades, fine mint with most stamps MLH/ MVLH. Cat £500+. (23) * 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials 10/- black & orange-brown SG #162 tied by Port Stanley ‘9DE/43’ datestamp to cover addressed to New Zealand. Fine condition.

FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES * 1946-49 Thick Map ½d to 1/- set in marginal pairs, left-hand units variety Gap in 80th parallel SG #G1a-G8a, also scarce 6d black & ochre shade single with same variety SG #G6ea, fine mint, Cat £140+. (17) ** 1954 QEII Ships ½d to £1 set SG #G26-40, some marginal examples, fresh MUH, Cat £225. (15) FIJI | Postal History * 1909-1948 Group with [1] 1909 PPC (‘Kava Party’) to Java at 1d rate; [2] 1932 Suva registered small cover to Austria with 6d KGV; [3] 1934(?) 6d double-rate to Austria with KGV 4d & ½d block of 4; [4] 1948 ½d printed matter rate cover to Italy; some edge blemishes Generally fine. (4) FRENCH COLONIES | ALGERIA | Postal History * 1903 (Apr 22) use of stampless cover from In-Salah to France, fine ‘CORPS D’OCCUPATION DU TIDIKELT/FRANCHISE POSTALE’ handstamp on face.

FRENCH COLONIES | INDO-CHINESE POST OFFICES IN CHINA | Postal History * 1929 (Nov 5) use of Kwangchow 1c & 30c block of 4 (stamps cancelled at Hanoi) on registered air cover from Fort Bayard to France fine boxed ‘VOYAGE/RETOUR RECORD DISTANCE/COSTES-BELLONTE/OCT NOV 1929’ on face.

FRENCH COLONIES | MARTINIQUE | Postal History 1876 (Apr 2) use of imperf General Colonies 5c Ceres and 80c Ceres (faults) on cover from St. Pierre to Paris, endorsed “Steamer * Français”, stamps cancelled with ‘MQE’ GAMBIA * 1902-05 KEVII 1/6d green & carmine/yellow variety Dented frame SG #53a, fine mint. Cat £400. * 1922-29 Wmk Script CA ½d to 10/- set SG #122-42, including the rare 3/- slate-purple shade, fine/very fine mint. Cat £550. (20) GERMANY **/U/C/DOccupation of Sudetenland Extensive collection of issues with M/Ss incl Hitler (5), Brown Ribbons (7), Czechoslovakia 1937 Phil Exhibition (23) plus 10h sheet of 25, covers & PPCs (33+), etc, with many different propaganda cancellations & cachets. Interesting lot. (65+ Items) 1939-45 Nazi Germany six different large format (28x43cm approx) anti-German coloured propaganda posters in the form of sheets of Germania/Hitler stamps or similar with ‘(Swastika)/ADOLF HITLER REICHSTAG 23.3.33.’ circular cachet in black or brown on five posters and various British, American, Russian & Polish propaganda messages. Most likely done by British Occupation Forces. (6) 1943 Propaganda Leaflet in the shape of a maple leaf dopped over France & Belgium with French inscription (on both sides) reading ‘Je suis tombée, ô Churchill!, Où es-tu? Où sont tes soldats?’ (‘I fell out of tree, Oh Churchill! where are your soldiers?’). A rare survivor. **/* 1933 Chicago World Exhibition set of 3, Mi #496-98 2rm & 4rm MUH. (3) GERMANY | Local Stamps ** 1945 (22 May) Herrnhut (Oberlausitz): Complete set with all non-expended values, including the rare Mark values. Each with guarantee handstamp on reverse. Cat €14,000 (Approx). (26) ** Bad Gottleuba: Hitler stamps 10pf & 12 pf issues optd with ‘Town Seal’ and signed ‘ZIERER BPP’ on reverse. Mi #22-23. A rare set in perfect condition. (2)

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 12th October 2018 GERMANY | First Flight Covers 1912 (Jun 14) special 10pf Air Mi #I with 5pf Germania each tied to special postcard by ‘Flugpost am Rhein u am Main/ Darmstadt/14.6.12/*’ cds.

1930 Baltic Sea Flight with 1m Eagle and green triangle ‘LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN/FAHRT RUND UM/DIE OSTSEE 1930’ and Helsinki cds of 24IX30, on face of USA Air Mail Post Card, to USA. 1931 Graf Zeppelin Egypt Flight (Sep 9) use of 1m Eagle on 8pf Obersschlessien Postal Card, ‘[pyramid]/LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN/ÄGYPTENFAHRT 1931’ cachet on face.

1931 Zeppelin Polar Flight with 2rm blue Polar-Fahrt 1931 on PPC of the Graf Zeppelin to Leningrad. Red Polarfahrt cachet and ‘BRISE-GLACE MALYGUIN/27VII31/ARCTIQUE’ handstamp on face.

1936 Erst Postfahrt Des L.Z.129 with 40pf Lufthansa pair & 20pf eagle, cancelled ‘LUFTSCHIFF/23.3.36/LZ129’ to France.

GERMANY - Occupied France - St. Nazaire 1944 Liberation: ‘Ilot de St-Nazaire’ large & small commemorative sheets with stamps affixed and cancelled with ‘LA BAULE/15*/1111/44/LOIRE-INFERIEURE’ cds # 1, 2, in perfect condition. 1945 (8-1) card cancelled with red meter cancel and ‘LA BAULE’ cds in black #3a +b. All cards are numbered in black and have individual Pieles certificates. A very difficult group to assemble. (8 items) GERMANY - General Government 1944 Unissued: ‘POCZTA APOLOWA/1-VIII-1974/WARSZAWA’ opts, all with ‘Dr.Schmutz’ guarantee mark on reverse. Cat €2,500.

Rare. (10) GERMANY - East 1953 Karl Marx Booklet with red embossed cover & 10 impressions on pages, all cancelled with ‘KARL-MARX-STADT 33/18.12.5315/b’ cds. Stamps as Mi #344-53. Scarce.

GERMANY - West | Postal History 1953 Transport Exhibition, Munich set tied to individual Exhibition postcards by special Exhibition cancels (3 are FDCs), all unaddressed. (4) GERMAN POST OFFICES IN CHINA 1898 48° ‘China’ Overprints 3pf pale ochre-brown Mi #1b, Jaschke guaranteee handstamp, fine mint. Cat €170.

1905 Chinese Currency Surcharges Wmk Lozenges $2½ on 5m greenish-black & carmine Mi #47IIb, fine mint, guarantee handstamp. Cat €280.

GERMAN POST OFFICES IN MOROCCO 1899 Diagonal Surcharges 3c on 3pf to 60c on 50pf Mi #1-6 set including scarce 10c on 10pf lilac-red Mi #3d, fine used, Cat €210.

(6) 1899 Horizontal Surcharges 3c on 3pf to 3p75 on 3m (Mi #18I/I) and 6p25c on 5m (Mi #19I/III) set between Mi #7-19, fine used.Cat €600. (13) 1903 Horizontal Surcharges (Sloping Serifs) selection comprising 5c on 5pf Mi #8II, 2p50c on 2m #17II/I, 3p75c on 3m x2 #18II/I & #18/II/II, three higher values Jaschke guarantee handstamps. Cat €875. (4) 1903 Surcharges 6p25c on 5m lake & black Mi #19II, very fine mint. Cat €260. Jaschke-Lantelme Certificate (2016).

1906 Surcharges 3c on 3pf to 2p50c on 2m (guarantee handstamp) Mi #34-44, fine/very fine used. Cat €1,000. (11) 1911 Surcharges 3c on 3pf to 3p75c on 3m (ex 60c on 50pf) Mi #46-57 (ex #53), 10c on 10pf & 25c on 20pf and 1pf on 1m are all on piece, fine used. Cat €435. (11) GERMAN COLONIES | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Balance of Collection predominantly used in Kabe hingeless album with many better items remaining including POs in China 1898 56° Overprints set used, 1906-19 $1 on 2m mint & used plus $1½ on 3m & $2½ on 5m (corner marginal, MUH) mint; POs in Morocco 1906 2p50c used Mi #44 with German Philatelic Society Cert & Bothe handstamp; Levant 1905 No Wmk 10pa on 5pf to 15pi on 3m used (2½p on 50pf is mint); GEA 1893-96 3p of 5pf to 25p on 50pf used,1901 1r & 2r Yachts used, German SWA 1906 Yachts 1m used & 3m MUH; Carolines 1899-190 10pf & 20pf 48° Overprints used (both guarantee handstamps, Cat €320) & 1900 56° Overprints 3pf to 50pf (ex 25pf) 1910 10p bisect on piece with Ponape seal cancel; also GNG, Cameroun, Kiautschou, Marianas, Samoa, Togo, etc; some stamps used on piece, a number with guarantee handstamps. Generally fine. Cat €5,000+. (100s) GERMAN COLONIES | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards Kaiser’s Yacht Selection with Carolines 5pf and 10pf+10pf Reply Card, German East Africa 4h, German South-West Africa 5pf, 10pf and 10pf+10pf Reply Card, Marianas 5pf+5pf Reply Card, Marshall Is 5pf x2, 10pf & 10pf+10pf Reply Card, Togo 5pf; odd blemish. Condition generally fine/very fine. (12) GERMAN COLONIES | Postmarks Seepost Cancels Selection: with [1] Caroline Islands 5pf Overprint with part-strike of ‘NEU-/GUINEA-/ZWEIGLINIE/(HONGKONG)’ datestamp, Friedmann #SP1 (valued at 300Dm in 1967); [2] Caroline Islands 5pf & 40pf Yachts each separately cancelled by part strikes of ‘SYDNEY-/HONGKONG’ Seepost datestamp #SP3; [3] Marshall Islands 30pf Yachts strip of 3 tied to piece by largely fine ‘JALUIT-/LINIE’ Seepost datestamps in violet. (4) GERMAN COLONIES | CAMEROON (German) 1897-99 Overprints 3pf (x2) to 50pf set between Mi #1-6, including 3pf brown & 3pf pale ochre-brown Mi #1a&b, 10pf lilac-red #3d & 25pf yellowish-orange #5a, 5pf nibbed perf, three values used on piece, all values (ex 5pf) with guarantee handstamps, fine. Cat €445+. (7) GERMAN COLONIES | CAROLINE ISLANDS (German) 1899-1900 48° Overprints 5pf opal-green Mi #2I, tied to small piece by 1901 Yap datestamp, Lantelme guarantee handstamp. Cat €750.

1899-1900 48° Overprints 50pf Mi #6I, tied to small piece by ‘YAP/3’4/01/KAROLINEN’ cds and identifying expert handstamp Dr. Lantelme, Cat €1,800. Very fine.

GERMAN COLONIES | GERMAN EAST AFRICA | Forerunners 1888-91 Forerunners (Vorläufer) German 10pf deep rose-red Shield with fine Lamu datestamp Mi #VL41, fine used. Cat €500.

GERMAN COLONIES | GERMAN EAST AFRICA 1901 Kaiser’s Yacht 3r dark red & greenish-black Mi #21b, Jaschke & Pfenninger guarantee handstamps. Fine used, Cat €230.

1905-20 Kaiser’s Yacht Wmk Lozenges 3r dark carmine-red & greenish-black with Buhler & Schroder guarantee handstamps and 3m dark red & greenish-black with Engel guarantee handstamp Mi #39I/Aa & 39I/Ab, fine used. Cat €800. (2) GERMAN COLONIES | KIAUTSCHOU 1905 Yachts Wmk Lozenges 1c to $2½ (nibbed perf) set (ex $1½) Mi #28-37. Fine/very fine used. Cat €860. (9) GERMAN COLONIES | SAMOA (German) 1900-01 Overprints 10pf dark red Mi #3b, fine used. Jaschke guarantee handstamp. Cat €250.

GERMAN COLONIES | SOUTH-WEST AFRICA (German) 1898 Overprints 3pf bright brown-ochre Mi #5c, Jaschke guarantee handstamp, MUH. Cat €300.

1906-19 Kaiser’s Yacht Wmk Lozenges 5m carmine & black Mi #32Aa, fine used. Jaschke guarantee handstamp, Cat €370.

GERMAN COLONIES | TOGO (German) 1897 Overprints on Germany 3pf to 50pf set Mi #1-6, including 3pf shades #1a&b & 10pf shades 3b & 3d (lilac-rose with JaschkeLantelme Certificate) some with expertising handstamps, five of the stamps are tied to piece, fine/very fine. Cat €740. (8)

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GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS | Postal History 1915 (Mar 6) use of 1d red KGV strip of 5 & 2½d Pandanus (cat £250 on cover) on part baggage label to USA, poor Sydney transit of 23MR15.

1939-54 Ocean Island Selection addressed to Australia with 1939-40 5½d rate covers x2 both endorsed for airmail service within Australia, 1943(?) 4d surface rate endorsed “via New Zealand”, 1948 1/8d airmail rate, 1954 2½d surface rate, also 1939 two complete KGVI sets on separate FDCs (one with faults) both addressed to Ooma (small village on Ocean Island). [The sender/ recipient J.C Dulfer was the resident civil engineer on Ocean Island] (7) GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1d Black [IJ], four clear margins, red Maltese Cross. SG #2, Cat £375.

1840 1d Black Plate 1b [SL] SG #2, three very good margins, close complete margin at base, tad aged, faint MC cancel in red. Cat £375.

1840 1d Black Plate 5 [GD] SG #2, margins just touched at base otherwise complete, lightly struck MC cancel in red. Cat £375.

1840 1d Black Plate 5 [JF] SG #2, complete margins, very close at base, lightly struck MC cancel in red. Cat £375.

1840 2d blue [MB-MC] pair in the distinctive steel-blue shade SG Specialised #D1(5), good to huge margins, crisp black ‘MC’ cancels.

Cat £3,800+. Very rare multiple in this shade.

1840 2d Blue [IH] SG #5, complete margins (uneven at base), MC in black. Cat £900.

1841 1d Red-Brown Blued Paper Pair [EB-EC] SG #8, complete margins, strong original colour, fine unused. Cat £1,200+.

1867-80 Wmk Spray of Rose 9d staw [ED] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type 9 (with serifs) SG #110s, fine condition, with gum. Cat £425.

1867-80 Wmk Spray of Rose 10d red-brown [BJ] optd Type 5 ‘SPECIMEN’ 112s, regummed. Cat £500.

1872-73 Uncoloured Corner Letters Wmk spray 6d chestnut Pl II [HI] SG #122a, wing-margin example (blunted perfs on the wing).

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1867-83 Uncoloured Corner Letters 10/- greenish-grey Pl 1 [CD] SG #128, flattened faint corner wrinkles & minor surface abrasion, 1881 datestamp. Cat £3,200.

1867-83 Uncoloured Corner Letters £1 brown-lilac Plate 1 [FI] SG #129, some central discolouration, tidy 1882 Cornhill datestamps. Cat £4,500.

1867-83 Uncoloured Corner Letters Wmk Large Anchor 5/- rose Pl 4, used. Cat £4,200.

1873-80 Large Coloured Letters Wmk Spray 6d grey Pl 15 [JF] SG #147, trivial gum wrinkes, fine mint. Cat £500.

1880-83 Wmk Imperial Crown 2½d blue Pl 21 [AC] SG #157, ‘HH&Co’ private perfin, paper hinge remain. Cat £500.

1880-83 Wmk Imperial Crown 2½d blue Pl 23 [FI] SG #157, fine mint. Cat £450.

1880-83 Wmk Imperial Crown 3d rose Pl 21 [LA] SG #158, fine mint. Cat £500.

1880-83 Wmk Imperial Crown 1/- orange-brown Pl 13 [TJ] SG #163, faint gum bend. Fresh-looking stamp. Cat £875.

1883-84 High Values 2/6d lilac [DH] optd Type 11 ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #178s, part-gum. Cat £425.

1883-84 High Values 5/- rose white paper SG #180, well centred, very fine mint. Cat £1,100.

1885 Wmk Three Imperial Crowns £1 brown-lilac SG #185, creasing, used. Cat £2,800.

1883-84 Lilacs & Greens 2½d lilac SG #190, fine mint. Cat £95.

1883-84 Lilacs & Greens 9d dull green [CM] with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #195w, fine mint. Cat £425.

1883-84 Lilacs & Greens 1/- dull green P12 optd Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #196s (Spec #K26t), Rated R by Samuel (his 2nd highest rating), Cat £625, large-part gum. Cat £625.

1887-92 Jubilee £1 green [SB], SG #212, fresh colour Cat £4,000.

1887-92 Jubilee £1 green SG #212, very good used, Telegraphs cancel. Cat £800.

1902-10 KEVII 2/6d lilac with Type 16 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #260s, fresh condition with large-part gum. Cat £400.

1902-10 KEVII Wmk Anchor 10/- ultramarine SG #265, very fine used with ‘INLAND SECTION/JY14/10/LONDON POSTL.SER’ datestamp. Cat £500.

1902-10 KEVII Wmk Three Crowns DLR £1 dull blue-green SG #266, tidy Guernsey cancel. Cat £825.

1912-24 KGV Royal Cypher 1/- bistre with Type 26 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #395s, thick paper hinge remainder. Cat £375.

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1934 Re-Engraved Seahorses 2/6d to 10/- set SG #450-52, fine MLH. Cat £575. (3) 1958-61 QEII Wildings Graphite-Lined Issue 1½d Wmk inverted, SG #589Wi, MUH. Cat £90.

1964 Shakespeare Festival 1/3d Romeo & Juliet three phosphor bands Watermark inverted SG #648pWi, fresh MUH. Cat £400.

GREAT BRITAIN | Telegraph Stamps 1877 Wmk Three Shamrocks £1 brown-lilac [BN] SG #L236, few nibbed perfs, good used. Cat £950.

GREAT BRITAIN | Postal Stationery 1890 STO Sheets: with all different dated (25/11/90) impressions as either singles or doubletons, all on laid paper with 1890 wmk.

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GREAT BRITAIN | Military - Boer War Period 1899: (Sep 22) cover from Plymouth to Johannesburg, mailed prior to outbreak of war, ‘Postdepartment, Z.A Republiek./GEOPEND VOOR INSPECTIE,/ONDER//DE OOLOGSWET/Postkantoor Johannesburg.’ rare censor seal applied on arrival (use recorded between 10-22 October only). Minor blemishes.

GREAT BRITAIN | Military - World War I Period 1915 superb strike of large oval ‘OFFICERS PRISONERS OF WAR/P.C.I./HOLYPORT’ cachet in violet on 1915 printed cover addressed to Birmingham. [Holyport was a POW Camp for Officers, located near Maidenhead, Bucks] BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | ARGENTINA 1871 (Nov 13) Caride & Massini commercial entire letter to Cognac, France, rated in manuscript, routed via GB with British ‘GB/1f60c’ (per 30gr) accountancy handstamp in black, Buenos Ayres (British Postal Agency) double-arc departure datestamp, London, Angl/ Amb Calais (month slug error) & Paris transits and Cognac arrival datestamp, minor aging, fine overall.

BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | CHILE 1865-81 Issues Used in Valparaiso QV 6d grey Pl 15 SG #Z75 pair plus 1/- Pl 12 SG #Z84 pair & single on small piece with Type 12 ‘C30’ cancels, QV 5/- rose Pl 1 SG #Z88 x2, one with fine & complete ‘VALPARAISO/A/OC14/71/PAID’ datestamp (faded manuscript cancel beneath, minor wrinkling), and 5/- rose Pl 2 with ‘C30’ cancel; generally fine, Cat £1,475+. (4 items) 1864-67 pre-stamp mail “via Panama” to France comprising [1] 1864 large-part outer with British Valparaiso double-arc departure backstamp, ‘GB/2f87.5c’ accountancy handstamp, ‘19’ tax handstamp, London & Calais transits & Amiens arrival backstamp; [2] 1867 entire with ‘GB/1f90’ accountancy handstamp, ‘19’ tax handstamp, London, Calais & Bordeaux transits & Cognac arrival backstamp. (2) BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | COLOMBIA 1855 (Feb 6) French entire addressed to Marseilles endorsed “via Southampton” entering British packet service at Panama with largely fine strike of British ‘PANAMA/FE22/1855’ double arc datestamp, COLONIES/&C ART 13’ accountancy handstamp in red applied in London, Paris transit & Bordeaux ‘23MARS/55’ arrival datestamp.

BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | DANISH WEST INDIES 1865-79 Issues Used in St Thomas selection with 1d red Pl 161 pair, 3d rose Pl 6 & 1/- green Pl 5 wing-margins SG #Z7 & Z29 on piece, 4d vermilion SG #Z10 x30 (various plates) including Pl 12 #Z10 strip of 3, 4d vermilion Pl 15 #Z11 x2, 4d sage-green x2, 6d lilac Pl 5, 6d buff Pl 11, 9d straw #Z23, 9d straw Pl 4 wing-margin #Z26, 10d red-brown x2, 1/- green #Z29 x5 including Pl 5 pair on piece, another on piece with 4d vermilion Pl 12 and a single example tied to piece by superb ‘C51’ duplex, 1/- green #Z30 x3, 2/blue #Z31 x3, and 5/- rose Pl 2 with St Thomas Paid datestamp #Z32 condition variable, many are fine, Cat £5,250. (57) BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | HAITI 1850 (Oct 28) entire to France endorsed “per Steamer” with superb ‘JACMEL/SP19/1843’ British double-arc departure backstamp, scarce boxed ‘COLONIES/&c ART.13’ handstamp in red, London & ANGL/AMB.CALAIS transits, Bordeaux arrival backstamp; also 1869 (Aug 10) Jacmel to Bourdeaux with fine single-ring ‘JACMEL/AU10/59’ departure backstamp, fine hexagonal ‘GB/1f50’ accountancy handstamp, London & Paris transits and Bordeaux arrival backstamp. (2) BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | PERU 1865-79 Issues Used in Callao 5/- rose Plates 1 & 2, tied by clearly discernible ‘C38’ cancels, SG #Z56, Cat £900. (2) BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | PUERTO RICO 1852 (Oct 20) pre-stamp entire to Madrid with ‘PAID AT/SAN JUAN PORTO RICO’ crowned-circle handstamp in black (SG #CC1, Cat £650 on cover), rated “2/1”, very fine largely fine ‘SAN-JUAN-PORTO-RICO/OC20/1852’ British double arc backstamp in black, London Paid & ‘ANGL/AMB.CALAIS’ transits in red, ‘10R’ postage due handstamp & Madrid arrival datestamp.

1865-77 Issues Used in San Juan 9d straw Pl 4 & 10d red-brown both with clear ‘C61’ cancels of San Juan SG #Z101-102, fine used, Cat £475. (2) 1850 (Oct 26) pre-stamp entire headed “Guayama 26th October 1850” to London rated “1/5” with largely fine British ‘SAN-JUANPORTO-RICO/OC29/1850 double arc backstamp in black, part London ‘20NOV20’ arrival datestamp in red, quite fine.

GRENADA | British Post Offices 1851 (Oct 12) entire to Madeira endorsed “pSteamer/via England” with fair strike ‘PAID/AT/GRENADA’ crowned-circle handstamp (SG #CC2, Cat £2,000), two good to fine strikes of Grenada double-arc datestamp in black on reverse, Portuguese ‘160’ handstamp in black. Rare on-cover example of St George’s crowned-circle handstamp.

GRENADA 1938-50 10/- slate-blue & bright carmine, the rare Perf 12 SG #163c, fine mint, Cat £750.

GRENADA | Postal History 1819 entire to Scotland, straight-line ‘GRENADA/JAN 10’ on back, mss “5/2” in black & poor boxed ‘½’ on face.

GUAM | Postal History 1940 (Apr 1) US Forces in Guam cover to NSW with 2c Prexie strip of 3 tied by Guam duplex cancels, with enclosed letter from a radio operator based there. Nice Item.

HONG KONG 1863-71 QV Wmk Crown CC 30c mauve variety ‘GKON’ of ‘HONKONG’ damaged at foot SG #16a, some nibbed perfs, postmark well clear of the variety, Cat £600.

1891 7c on 10c variety Antique ‘t’ in ‘cents’ SG #43a, with normal stamp for comparison, fine used, Cat £160.

1898 Surcharges 10c on 30c with Chinese characters variety Figures ‘10’ widely spaced (1½mm), SG #55b, some nibbed perfs, used, Cat £900. Ceremuga Certificate (2010).

HONG KONG | Postal Fiscals 1874-1902 P15½x15 SG #F1, hint of trivial tone, fine mint overall with large-part og, Cat £425.

1874-1902 P15½x15 SG #F1, fine used, Cat £70.

HONG KONG | Postal History 1946-49 Robertson, Wilson & Co commercial airmail covers to George Wolfe & Sons (spade & shovel manufacturers) Bathgate, Scotland comprising [1] 1946 with $1 Victory solo tied by ‘6OC/46’ datestamp; [2] 1946 double-rate with scarce $2 SG #158 solo franking tied by ‘4DE46’ datestamp, some mild staining on reverse, central fold well clear of stamp; and [3] 1949 with 80c UPU solo tied by ‘13OC49’ datestamp with ‘BY AIR TO LONDON ONLY’ boxed handstamp in violet; all three with typed address lines scoredthrough. (3) HONG KONG | Flight Covers - Commercial 1940 (Feb-Dec) Chartered Bank covers to Brisbane and Wellington New Zealand franked $1.15 and $1.50 for combined airmail rate per ½oz to respective destinations. (2) ICELAND 1902-03 ‘I GILDI/02-03’ Ovpt P12½ 50a carmine & blue complete sheet of 100, SG #80, MUH, Cat £325++.

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INDIA 1866 Postal Fiscal 6a purple on blued paper P14 at sides only, optd with Type 15 curved ‘POSTAGE’ in green SG #66, cancelled with boxed handstamp & ‘B/1’ obliterator, Cat £150.

INDIA | First Flight Covers 1920 Karachi-Bombay 15FEB20 flight (3rd south flight) with 8½a postage, special Karachi cancel and special Bombay backstamp, some soiling on face. This service was abandoned quite quickly due to lack of support.

ISRAEL 1963 Freedom From Hunger complete tête-bêche sheet, SG #254ab, hinged in one sheet margin only, stamps are MUH, unlisted

by Gibbons, Carmel #299F, Cat US$1,500.

JAMAICA | British Post Offices 1859-60 Issues Used in Kingston 1d rose-red P14, 4d rose-carmine & 6d lilac x2 (one with straight edge), all with fine and largely complete strikes of Type Z3 ‘A01’ cancels SG #Z12, Z14 & Z15, Cat £1,725 (4) JAPAN | First Flight Covers 1925 Tokyo-Paris first flight cover with special cachets & signed by both pilots, flight delayed by mechanical issues, finally arriving on 28-9-25. Rare cover with just 82 flown & in fine condition.

JAPAN | Military - World War II Period Patriotic PPCs set of seven postcards showing military scenes with pictorial cachets in violet on view side, along with original envelope, also illustrated. Rare so fine. (7 cards + envelope) KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1935-37 KGV Pictorials 15c (TPO cancel) plus 3/- to £1 (nibbed corner perf) SG #120-23, postally used, Cat £550+. (5) 1938-54 KGVI Definitives mint with most perf variants and some better values duplicated including P13x11¾ 50c x4, 1/- x3, 3/- x2 & £1 P11¾x13 (Cat £500); P13¼ 15c, 20c, 30c, 2/-, 5/- & 10/-; P13¾x13¼ 2/-, 5/- & P13¼x13¾ 10/- x3; P14 10c red-brown & orange, 20c, 30c black & dull violet-blue, 2/-, 5/-, 10/- x2 and £1 x4 (one MUH); generally fine mint. (75) 1938-54 KGVI Definitives 10c black & green Lake Naivasha P13x11¾ variety Mountain retouch [Pl 7B, R 6/7] SG #135a on the upper unit of a vertical pair, fine mint, Cat £95+.

1938-54 KGVI Defintives 50c Dhow P13x11¾ variety Rope not joined to sail [R 2/5] SG #144a, in sheet no marginal block of 4, usual streaky gum characteristic of 1938 printings, MUH, Cat £390+.

1938-54 KGVI Definitives 50c P13x12½ variety Dot removed in pair with normal stamp SG #144eb, mild bend on variety stamp, Cat £150.

1954-59 & 1960-62 QEII Pictorial Sets SG #167-80 & 183-98, the latter set including some shades, all fresh MUH, Cat £210+. (39) KOREA (North) 1950 Liberation From Japan 6wn light green on soft thin paper complete rouletted sheet of 100, SG #N32, ungummed as issued, folded in half, couple of creases, Cat £220. Unusual.

KUWAIT 1939 KGVI Overprints on India 1r grey & red-brown, variety Extended ‘T’ SG #47a, fine mint, Cat £1,100.

1939 KGVI Overprints on India 2r purple & brown, variety Extended ‘T’ SG #48a, fine mint, Cat £1,100.

1939 KGVI Overprints on India 10r purple & claret, variety Extended ‘T’ SG #50a, fine mint, Cat £2,500.

MADAGASCAR (British) 1886 British Consular Mail 8d pair, SG #40, perf separation has been sensibly re-inforced, Cat £1,400+, small gummed patch in corner, as issued.

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

MALAYA | Japanese Occupation 1942 Overprints on Negri Sembilan Type T1 overprint on $5 Arms SG #J175, mint, Cat £800. Rare. APS Certificate (2014).

MALAYAN STATES | Postmarks Datestamp Selection on 1910s-20s Covers: some used internally, identified by Proud reference including 1915 ‘RAWANG’, 1921 ‘BATU GAJAH’, 1927 ‘PADANG RENGAS’, 1921 ‘SUNKAI’, etc. Generally fine strikes. (10) Datestamp Selection on 1910s-20s Covers: identified by Proud reference including 1923 ‘KAMPAR’ 1923 ‘KUALA KUBU’, 1917 ‘PARIT BUNTAR’, 1922 ‘SERENDAH’, etc; mostly fine strikes. (15) MALTA | Postal History 1936 (Jun 13) commercial airmail cover to Brisbane bearing KGV 4½d and 1/- Harbour pair paying scarce 2/4½d per half oz airmail rate to Australia/NZ, Brisbane (Jun 25) backstamp.

NETHERLANDS 1852-63 King William III Imperfs comprising 5c blue, 10c carmine x2 & 15c orange-yellow SG #3b, SG #1-3, complete margins, strong colours, tidy datestamp cancels, Cat £320. (4) NETHERLANDS INDIES 1908 ‘JAVA’ Overprints ½c to 2½g set SG #142-59, plus range of inverted overprints to 50c, also several values to 1g with overprint at top, fine mint, Cat £450+. (36) 1923 Queen’s Silver Jubilee 5c to 5g set SG #296-302, 2½g slight thinning, 5c & 12½c sweated/redistributed gum, Cat £200. (7) NEW HEBRIDES (French) | Postal History 1908 10c adhesive tied by Noumea cds 5-8 08 on fine early native PPC of ‘New Hebrides - Bignambo Village, Malakula’.

NEW ZEALAND | British Post Offices 1848 (Oct 18) entire letter to London with fine strike of ‘PAID/AT/AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND’ crowned-circle handstamp in red SG #CC1 (Cat £300 on cover) and very fine ‘AUCKLAND/A/OC18/1848/A/NEW ZEALAND’ backstamp in black, rated “4” in red & “1/-” in black, London ‘20MAR20/[1849]’ arrival backstamp. [Correspondence is signed by RN Wynyard & initialled by him on the front.

Wynyard was a British soldier and Colonial Administrator who took part in the 1844 Flagstaff War and in 1846 was a member of the party who stormed Ruapekapeka. He was Commander of Military Forces in New Zealand between 1851 and 1858 and later served as Acting Governor of New Zealand for two short periods.]

1848 (Apr 4) entire letter to London with fine strike of ‘PAID/AT/WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND’ crowned-circle handstamp in red SG #CC8 (Cat £350 on cover) and very fine ‘WELLINGTON/AP4/1848/A/NEW-ZEALAND’ backstamp in black, rated “4” in red & “1/-” in black, London ‘21SP21/1848’ arrival backstamp, ironed-out vertical fold.

NEW ZEALAND 1855-58 Imperf Chalons Blue Paper No Wmk 2d blue SG #5, two central thin patches, complete margins, neatly cancelled, Cat £300.

1862-64 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star 1/- green SG #44, close to very good margins, tidily cancelled, Cat £325.

1862-64 Imperf Chalon Wmk Large Star 1/- yellow-green SG #45, slight thinning at lower-left, negligible margins, Bars ‘16’ cancel, Cat £350.

1878 First Sidefaces 5/- grey P12x11½ SG #186, used, Cat £300.

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1906 Christchurch Exhibition ½d to 6d set SG #370-73, key 6d value MLH, Cat £275. (4)

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

1915-30 KGV Sidefaces 4d violet SG #422, upper-left Plate #20 block of 4, MLH on sheet margin only (no sheet margin at left), stamps are MUH, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$850. ** 1915-30 KGV Sidefaces 8d indigo-blue SG #427, upper-left Plate #39 block of 4, MLH on sheet margin only, stamps are MUH, Campbell Paterson Cat NZ$1,250. Fine and rare. * 1926-34 3/- Admiral SG #467, fine mint, Cat £110. * 1929-30 Smiling Boys set SG #544-45, trivial gum blemish 1d+1d, fresh mint overall, Cat £150. (2) ** 1967 Decimal Currency 2½c Flower complete set of counter-coil pairs numbered 1 to 19 in red, CP #ODC4, MUH. Cat NZ$250+.

(19 pairs) ** 1996 $4 Christmas Booklet variety imperforate. SG #SB82.

NEW ZEALAND | Postal Fiscals * 1931-40 Arms £2/10/- red wmk upright SG #F163, faint tone spot on gum, fine mint, Cat £500. ** 1940-58 Arms £2 bright purple Wmk inverted SG #F206w, mild even-toned gum, excellent centring, couple of pencilled initials on gum, MUH, Cat £200.

NEW ZEALAND | Postal History * 1845 (Jun 16) Wesleyan Mission outer to London with fair strike of ‘PAID AT/AUCKLAND’ boxed handstamp in red & almost fine ‘NEW-ZEALAND/JU16/1845’ backstamp in black, rated “4” in red & “8” in black, minor blemishes. * 1846 (Dec 9) cover to England with largely fine strike of boxed ‘PAID AT/WELLINGTON’ handstamp in red, fair ‘WELLINGTON/ [crown]/DE9/1846/NEW ZEALAND’ backstamp, rated “4” & “1/-”, very fine Birmingham ‘MY17/1847’ arrival backstamp in blue.

Unusually fine. * 1894 (Dec 8) registered cover to Germany with attractive tri-colour franking of 1d, 2d & 2½d Sidefaces tied by Pungarehu ‘6DE94’ datestamps, mss “Registered/n.46” marking, on reverse Wellington & Auckland transits & Kiel arrival datestamp.

1901 Boer War NZ Contingent (Feb 24) cover to NZ from S.Gardiner of the 4th NZ Regiment (Rhodesian Field Force), endorsed * “Neither stamps nor money available” with superb strike of ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/26/FE24/01/BRITISH ARMY S.AFRICA’ (Krugersdorp Depot) datestamp, signed by censor at lower left, arrival backstamps. Rare. * 1940 (Mar 11) use of 3d Postage Due strip of 3 on Business Reply Card. Unusual. * 1946-47 Russell & Somers (Auckland) oversized printed covers (360x250mm) sent airmail to BHP (Melbourne), multi-franked at 5/, 6/8d or 7/6d rates. Attractive trio. (3) NEW ZEALAND | Military - World War II Period * Crete 1941 (June 26) Postal Card sent from NZ POW held at a German POW transit camp in Crete sent to NZ via Stammlager VIIIB Camp (oval handstamp on face) in Lamsdorf, Silesia, then by air to Lisbon & London where Censor handstamp applied, some mild aging as to be expected. Nice item.

NEW ZEALAND | Great Barrier Island Pigeon Post * The Great Barrier Pigeongram Agency Perf 11½-12: 6d blue & 1/- red triangulars CP #VP7 & 8. The 1/- is believed to be a forgery, although Campbell Paterson notes that it may be an early essay released in error. He had only seen one example. An imperforate example is also recorded. (2) ROSS DEPENDENCY 1967 Decimal Currency 2c to 15c Pictorials set SG #5-8 tied by ‘10JULY1967’ FD datestamp to Scott Base envelope unusually with * Base rubber handstamp cachet in violet. Fine unaddressed condition.

NORWAY ** 1941 Victory Wmk Posthorn set excl 14ø & 50ø and incl both shades of 15ø, in complete sheets of 100, SG #301A-16A, Cat €10,000. (12 sheets) PAKISTAN */**/U/D1948 Selection with range of Peshawar handstamps, some on local & KGV issues due to shortage of KGVI issues, noted double and inverted opts and a booklet pair tied to piece, also few MUH misplaced opts. Generally fine. Ideal lot for specialist. (20 items) 1948 (May 29) local Peshawar cover with India KGVI 6as & 8as with ‘PAKISTAN’ handstamps in violet applied at Peshawar, Mall * Road blue on white registration label, few faults. Scarce registered Interim period cover.

PERU | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards PS 1883-1914 Collection neatly mounted in one volume, mainly mint, significant specialisation with all the overprint types identified and collected, no view cards, otherwise largely complete, includes 1884 5c with sun in black and sun in brown, 1884 3c (green), 1902 2c on 4c ‘2’ with serifs, 1902 2c on 4c indicium in black & red mint & cto, 1906 2c on 4c and 4c on 2c used, 1910 1c on 3c, 1913 2c both Embossed and without embossing, 1914 Bridge. A great collection with many fine and rare items. (c.85) PS 1902 2c on 4c Post Office with the indicium being printed in both black & red, HG #56, 1904 use from Chiclayo to LIma. RUSSIA - ALL PERIODS | Postal History * 1840 (Jun 25) outer from St Petersburg to Tonnerre, France, red double-oval ‘A·E·D’ and black ‘PP’ on face, fine ‘TONNERRE’ arrival on back. * 1876 (Feb 26) use of 8k carmine & grey on cover from St Petersburg to Boizenburg, Germany. * 1904 (Aug 4) use of 4k Postal Card from the Belgian Consulate in Odessa to the Belgian Consulate on Adelaide. Unusual origin/ destination item. * 1909 (Feb 28) use of 1k x3 on tiny envelope (7.8x4cm) with calling card, from St Petersburg to Moscow. * 1916 (Jun 24) use of Red Cross POW card from Austrian prisoner to his brother, Austrian censor handstamp on face. * 1922 (Apr 20) use of 5000r on 2r light brown and 25r black/rose Postal Savings stamps x4 on American Relief Administration postcard, from Moscow to Washington. * 1922 (May 10) use of 200r brown x2, 300r green x7 & 7500r on 250r slate-purple block of 42 on registered cover from Gurovschina, Ukraine to Berlin. An impressive amount of stamps on a single cover.

1922 (Aug 21) use of imperf 1r orange & brown x6 and perfed 14k carmine & blue x6 on registered letter. * 1922 (Aug 25) use of 10r block of 6 (5 stamps & 1 label) and block of 4, on registered cover from Moscow to Paris. * 1926 (Jan 21) use of 7k Popov on thin pink card from Commercial Industrial Bank of the USSR, 6k fiscal on back, plus three others * differing only by the day. (4) * 1935 (Nov 20) use of 30k Wireless Tower and 5k & 30k on registered express cover from Gorkii to Denmark.

ST. KITTS-NEVIS | St. Kitts | British Post Offices * 1846 (July 13) pre-stamp entire to Glasgow rated “1/-” with ‘ST KITTS/JY13/1846’ double-arc departure datestamp, London transit datestamp in red, boxed Glasgow arrival datestamp, small defects.

ST. HELENA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings */W 1863-94 Mint/Unused Selection with 1863 imperf 1d lake Type A unused, perforated 1864-60 P12½ 1d lake Type A mint, 2d yellow Type B unused, 3d deep dull purple unused (aged), 4d carmine Type B mint, 1/- deep yellow-green Type A unused (few trimmed perfs, Cat £450), P14x12½ 1d mint, plus a few 1884-94 issues; few blemishes, generally fine, Cat £1,000+. (11) ST. HELENA * 1912-16 KGV Wmk MCA ½d to 3/- set including 1d shade SG #72-81, fine mint, key 3/- value MVLH, Cat £160. (11)

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SARAWAK | Revenues 1942 15c Carmine: imprint block of 8 with 7 character opt & further optd with 3 large characters vertically between bars, (Barefoot #91) plus similar stamps (without 7 character opt) optd with three large characters & bars, 4c & 20c (blocks of 6), 5c, 6c & 15c (blocks of 4). [These were intended as Censor seals or control stamps on letters.] Few tone spots throughout. Barefoot Cat £400. (32) SARAWAK | Postal History 1945 Australia 1d QM, 3d brown KGVI, 6d & 1/- Bird definitives tied by ‘KUCHING/8/NOV/1945’ single-ring datestamp, addressed locally to philatelist TE Chen, typed endorsement ‘FIRST ISSUE IN KUCHING/AFTER LIBERATION, 11-9-1945’, fine condition.

SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1863-64 Triangles DLR Printings 4d blue pair one margin cut-into slightly, otherwise good to close margins, SG #19a, Cat £240+, pairs are quite difficult.

SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | TRANSVAAL | Postal History 1904 (Feb 22) use of ½d KEVII on PPC from Johannesburg to Belgium, underpaid & 10c PDue applied at Brussells.

SOUTH AFRICA | Postal History 1916 (Apr 26) use of stampless POW Envelope from POW in Lofthouse Park to Keetmanhoop, censor handstamps on face and reseal label on back.

C.1943 Red Cross Society (Johannesburg) POW censored airmail cover to Italy with Reduced-Size War Effort 3d & 6d tied by ‘J.H.’ handstamps in violet, 6d value overstruck with boxed airmail handstamp, currency control cachet on face, fine condition.

SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1923-26 KGV Bilinguals Mint comprising 1923 Setting I ½d to 1/3d SG #1-8, 1923-26 Setting III ½d to 2/6d SG #16-24 and Setting IV ½d to 5/- #29-38, few gumside edge tonespots, generally fine mint, Cat £400+. (27 pairs) SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1924-29 KGV Admirals ½d x2 (one private perfin), 1d x2 and 1½d to 2/6d (ex 1/6d) SG #1-13 (ex #11), 3d thinned otherwise generally fine with datestamp cancels, Cat £210+. (14) SWAZILAND 1938-54 KGVI P13½x13 5/- SG #37 pair with large part DLR imprint, MUH, Cat £140+.

SWITZERLAND 1907 Standing Helvetias 30c yellow-brown Perf 11½x11 SG #207 (Zumstein #96B), nibbed perf, tidy cancel, signed on reverse by Renggli, Cat £425.

TANGANYIKA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1917 ‘G.E.A.’ on East Africa & Uganda 31c blue with ‘SPECIMEN’ ovpt, HG #IC1s.

THAILAND | Postal History 1942 (Jul 11) cover addressed in Thai to Bangkok with King Mahidol 5s tied Ubol datestamp, scarcer censor’s use of red on white ‘POST & TELEGRAPHS OF THAILAND/OFFICIALLY SEALED’ label, on reverse ‘6’-in circle censor handstamp in brown, some foxing. Seldom seen inter-city censor mail.

TONGA 1900 New Zealand Used In Second Sidefaces marginal 1d strip of 4 with part ‘[NUKU]ALOFA/(??)00/TONGA’ datestamp, fine condition.

1899 Royal Wedding 1d block of 4, SG #54, Vavau 10JE99 CTO cancel, Cat £280+, nice block.

TONGA | Official Stamps 1893 Officials 1d to 1/- set optd ‘G.F.B.’ SG #O1-5, 2d without gum, others part gum, Cat £275. (5) TONGA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes 1950s-1980s Group with Tongan Postal Administration issues, plus various, mostly New Zealand, formular types with stamps added, comprising pre-decimal x8 and decimal era x11, condition generally fine. Hard to source. (19) TRINIDAD 1879-82 Surcharges comprising 1879-82 ½d on ½d & 1d on 1d rosy carmine, 1882 Surcharged by Hand 1d on 6d bright yellowgreen & 1d on 6d deep yellow-green, SG #98, 101, 104-05, fine mint, Cat £125. (4) TRISTAN DA CUNHA | Postal History 1920s-49 Cachets on Cover to UK comprising [1] Cachet III SG #C3 tieing KEVII 1d pair to undated cover (early 1920s); [2] Cachet VI SG #C8 tieing KGVI 1½d brown addressed to Stanley Gibbons, acknowledgement of receipt on reverse dated ‘24MAR1939’; [3] boxed Cachet IX SG #C11 tieing 2d KGV Control ‘S21’, additionally tied by 1948 Cape Town paquebot datestamp; Cat £400+. (3) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Postal History 1870 Cover to New Brunswick with 6d blue Washington, with grill, cancelled with ‘HOLDEN/MAR24/MASS’ with Dorchester and New Brunswick MR28 1870 backstamps.

1906 (Apr 25) stampless earthquake mail cover to Germany, San Francisco machine cancel, New York tax handstamp, Ploessberg arrival backstamp, fine condition. Rare to an overseas destination. [Following the earthquake of the 18th April, the Post Office Department announced that mail from San Francisco was to be sent free of postage until further notice] 1906 (Apr 25) earthquake mail cover to Hawaii endorsed “No stamps/San Francisco”, San Francisco machine cancel, Honolulu & Waimea backstamps. Rare destination.[Following the earthquake of the 18th April, the Post Office Department announced that mail from San Francisco was to be sent free of postage until further notice] 1964 (Mar 17) use of mourning cover to Australia with ‘Jacqueline Kennedy’ signature frank and ‘Mrs. JOHN F. KENNEDY’ print on flap, a link to a tragic time in American History.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Military - World War II Period New Guinea 1944 Soldiers Free Mail cover sent from Battalion HQ, 574th Signal Automatic Weapons Battalion to California with APO ‘7BPO’ datestamp in red and army censor handstamp in violet. Fine condition.

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Lot 620: SMult 5/- Ash Imprint block of 4 with listed variety.

Lot 804: 1946 2½d Mitchell Imperforate Imprint block of 4.

Lot 751: 2d on 1½d and 5d on 4½d Surcharges FDC, Lakemba ‘1AU30’ FD datestamps, addressed to Herbert Nowland.

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