Phoenix Auctions 66

Lot 726: 1935 £5 Bulolo Air Ash Imprint Block of 4.

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Auction No.66 Friday 14th December, 2018, commencing at 12.00 Noon.

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Lot 24: 1st Wmk 10/- CTO.

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Lot 34: 2nd Wmk 1/- Lot 52: 3rd Wmk 6d part Lot 57: 3rd Wmk 9d aniline green mint.

Harrison Impt +flaw. indigo-violet + flaw.

Lot 155: LMult Cooke Lot 156:LMult Cooke Lot 189:CofA 1d opt Lot 196:LHI 2d on 1d rose-red.

1d deep red.

‘OS’ Wmk Inverted MUH. 1½d Provisional.

Lot 8: 1st Wmk 2d corner block of 4 MUH.

Lot 69: 3rd Wmk £2 CTO.

Lot 691: 1d Die II Sub cliché mint.

Lot 104:1d deep red ‘JBC’ Monogram block of 6 MUH.

Lot 858: Emperor Gold Mining 1943 triple rate airmail cover to England.

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Phoenix Auctions - Auction No.66 A very warm welcome to our seventh and final Public Auction for 2018 to be held on Friday 14th December commencing at 12 noon at our Surrey Hills premises. 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 8th December. When submitting bids for this sale please include credit card/payment details so lots can be despatched expediently prior to the Christmas break. Our offices will be closed from 11.30am on 21st December 2018 re-opening on Monday 7th January 2019 at 9.00am, with very limited access to emails or enquiries during this period.

There will not be the usual Box Lot sale prior to main sale. The next Box Lot & Main Sales will be on Friday Feb 1st 2019.

This auction with commence our new regular cyle of holding auctions on the first Friday of every month.

Auction No 66 commences at 12:00am with:Session 1 (Lots 1 - 470) - Australian Commonwealth with Roos including First Wmk 2d corner block of 4 MUH (lot 8), Second Wmk 2/- perf ‘OS’ block of 4 used (lot 36, possibly largest known multiple), Third Wmk 6d Die II blues showing both states of Bite out of Roo’s left leg (lots 51 & 53), 6d milky greyish-blue perf ‘OS’ with part Harrison imprint and listed flaw (lot 52), rare 9d Die IIB indigoviolet shade with prominent flaw (lot 57) and a superb CTO £2 (lot 69), also plenty of high value Specimens with overprint or plate varieties; Georgian Heads including several multiples with Monograms (lots 103,104,151), rare LMult 1d Cooke rose-red & deep red shades (lots 155-56, both with Drury Certs), CofA 1d green optd ‘OS’ marginal MUH Watermark inverted (lot 189); other pre-decimals with 2d on 1½d Sturt Lord Howe Island provisional (lot 196. RPSofV Cert), KGVI 1941-44 2d scarlet Plate ‘4’ top-centre gutter block of 8 (lot 206) and one of the sale highlights a rare 1942-50 2½d scarlet Imperf Authority Imprint block of 4 MUH (lot 212, Ceremuga Cert), decimals include 2016 30c Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamps MUH, used and on cover (lots 246-250), plus 100 lots of mostly private maker FDCs (lots 301-400); postal history including 1919 Australia-England Ross Smith vignette flight cover (lot 443).

Session 2 (Lots 471 - 1057) Australian Colonies & Territories, British Commonwealth and Rest of the World follows at no earlier than 2.30pm commencing with Colonies including South Australia 1886-96 P&R Long Toms scarce ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints (lots 519-521), competition essays for ½d stamp (lot 522) and 2d Postal Card (lot 526), Tasmania with Second Allocation Numerals collection (lot 557), Victoria good selection of Half-Lengths (lots 558-578), 1884-96 £1/10/- Stamp Duty with Type 13 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, WA rare 1864-79 2d lilac Error of colour (lot 633, RPSofL Cert); Territories with New Guinea GRI overprints on stamps and stationery, NWPI KGV 1d Red Die II Substituted cliché mint (lot 691, certificate), New Guinea (Mandated Territory) rare 1935 £5 Bulolo Ash imprint block of 4 (lot 726), Papua 1901-10 Deformed ‘D’ flaws (lots 760-62), 1930 Perf ‘OS’ ½d to 2/6d set (lot 770).

British Commonwealth and Rest of the World with Bermuda lovely selection of KGVI Keyplates (lot 834), Canada seldom-offered 1920s-30s Imperforates (lots 847-50), Fiji with impressive group of 1943-49 Emperor Gold Mining multiple rate covers (lots 858-61), GB with fine QV Specimen Overprints and superb 1885 Parcel Post label with 9d green solo, India 1854 Sheet Wmk imperf 2a SG #31b strip of 3 (lot 951, RPSL Cert), India used in Singapore and used in Pondicherry postmark groups, (lots 966-67).

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Special Mention for this Auction to: David Wood, Matt Hancock, Ian Matthews, Akshay Fowdar, Amy Stephens, and Thomas Birkenes.

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 14th December 2018 Country and Regional Classification Aden: 408,819 Africa: 408,437,456,529-530,835,864-867, 869, 871-875, 882, 1022, 1035-1039, 1049 Aitutaki: 820 Antarctica: 337,358,645-650,821,857,1023 Antigua: 822 Arab States: 408,819,827-828,871-873, 882,984 Argentina: 832 Ascension: 823 Asia: 421,655,657-658,734,813,815,827, 851-855,868,943-944,949-975,983, 985,987-989,1024,1034 Australasia: 1-466,469,471-812,820,863, 884, 888-890, 937, 996-1023, 1033, 1056 Australia: 1-466,469,471-650,656-658, 667-669,675-682,684-688,690-692, 697-705,711-712,714,733,735-736, 743,748-749,751-753,776,779,785, 788,794-795,798,803,809,823,836, 846,863,888,937,963-964,993,996, 1049,1051,1056 Australia - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 467-470,683-714 Australia Commonwealth: 1-250,252-253, 264,295,300,377,408,412-413,415, 469,484,542,545,621,626,667, 684-688,692,697-702,712,714,809 Australian Antarctic Territory: 337,436, 645-650 Australian Capital Territory: 235,347, 486-487,530 Australian Colonies - General: 4,13,24, 64, 101, 125, 182, 196, 201, 210, 216, 218,235,264,280,286,293-294,301, 304,308-310,312-318,321-324, 326-327,330-332,336-337,340-343, 345,347,350-353,360,366,370-371, 376-378,380,386-387,389,392,396, 398,402,412-413,415,419-420, 423-424,430,443,447-448,456, 471-645,647,656,733,735-736,743, 749, 752, 776, 779, 785, 795, 863, 888, 937,1056 Australian Territories: 193,337,645-812, 889-890 Austria: 215,594,824 Bahamas: 825-826 Bahrain: 827-828 Balkans: 863 Baltic States: 856,873 Barbados: 829-832 Belgium: 437,833 Bermuda: 834 Bhopal: 970 Brazil: 879 British Commonwealth: 1-466,469, 471-812,819-823,825-832,834-851, 857-863,875,884-944,949-975,984, 987-993,995-1026,1031-1039, 1048-1052,1056 British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (Bcof): 467-470 British East Africa: 835,894 British Guiana: 836 British Honduras: 837-839 British Post Offices: 823,885,1000-1001, 1048 British Post Offices Abroad: 823,885, 940-941,1000-1001,1048 British West Indies: 822,825-826,829-832, 834,942,1024,1048,1051-1052 Canada: 426,840-850 Central Africa: 864-865,874 Ceylon: 851 Chile: 449,940

China: 734,813,815,852-855,868,943-944, 983 Christmas Island: 193,407,463,651-652, 889-890 Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 653-658 Collections & Accumulations: 1-467,469, 471-813,816-823,825-832,834-852, 857-863,875,884-944,949-975,984, 987-993,995-1026,1031-1039, 1048-1052,1056 Cook Islands: 452,820 Customs Duty: 261-262 Czechoslovakia: 188,208 Denmark: 101,962,964 Djibouti - Republic: 408 Estonia: 856,873 Falkland Islands: 857 Falkland Islands Dependencies: 857 Federated Malay States: 988 Fiji: 483,820,858-862 France: 266,302,436,458,487,813,815, 863-867,871,874,936,941,967,987, 1028 French Colonies: 864-874 French Community: 864-874 Gambia: 875 German (Deutsch) New Guinea: 664-666, 671,678 German Colonies: 664-682,882-884,994 German Post Offices Abroad: 882 German Post Offices in Morocco: 882 German States: 876 Germany: 216,223,264,422,429,607,627, 664-682,734,813,815,876-884,994, 1030 Germany - Overprinted For Use in Other Countries: 882 Ghana: 1049 Gibraltar: 430,885 Gilbert & Ellice Islands: 886-890 Gold Coast: 1049 Great Britain: 224,292,361,410,432,434, 443,453,456,458-459,466,504, 527-530,537-538,587,600,602, 646-647,657-659,730,750,754, 779-780,787-789,821,823,828, 858-861, 885, 889-941, 1000-1001, 1021,1048 Great Britain - Post Offices Abroad: 885, 941 Grenada: 942 Gulf States: 827-828 Hawaii: 889-890,1057 Hong Kong: 734,943-944 Hungary: 945-948 Independent Africa: 869,1049 India: 657-658,827,949-975,988 Indian Post Offices Abroad: 966-968 Indian States: 969-975 Israel: 984 Italian States: 976-982 Italy: 604,976-982 Japan: 467-470,983,1034 Japan - Occupied Territories: 1034 Japanese Post Offices in China: 983 Johore: 989 Jordan: 984 Jordanian Occupation of Palestine: 984 Korea: 985 Korea (North): 985 Las Bela: 971-972 Latin America: 832,879,940-941 Lord Howe Island: 196,491 Luxembourg: 986 Malaya: 987-989,1024,1034 Malta: 990-993 Marshall Islands: 678,994 Marshall Islands (German): 675-677 Mauritius: 962,995 Middle East: 408,819,827-828,984

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Morocco: 882 Naples: 604,976-977 Nauru: 659-660 Netherlands Colonies: 791 Netherlands Indies: 791 New Guinea: 449,664-759,1033 New Hebrides: 996 New South Wales: 2,125,188,196,203-204, 213,217,256,282,334,352-353, 366-367,377,379,398,402,412,419, 423-424,432-434,456,471-485, 488-491,536,645,714,732-733, 735-736,740-743,749,752-753,776, 792,888,1056 New Zealand: 204,311,352,354,416,445, 449-450, 452, 791, 820, 997-1023, 1033 New Zealand Territories: 452,820,1023 Newfoundland: 840-844 Nigeria: 1037-1039 Norfolk Island: 661-663 North Borneo: 1024,1034 Northern Territory: 304,492,647 Pacific Islands: 402,452,483,659-660, 675-678,683-714,820,858-862, 883-884,886-890,994,996, 1025-1026,1033 Palestine: 984 Papua: 760-803 Papua New Guinea: 804-812 Philippines: 421 Pitcairn Islands: 1025-1026 Poland: 1027 Proofs & Essays: 493-494 Puerto Rico: 941 Queensland: 13,44,101,201,332,378,385, 388,447-448,456,488,493-509,752, 779,792 Rest Of World: 178,813-815,951 Romania: 863 Ross Dependency: 443-444,1023 Russia - All Periods: 208,856,873,985, 1027-1029 Saar: 1030 Sabah: 1024,1034 Samoa: 884,1033 Samoa (German): 884 Sarawak: 1034 Sarawak (Japanese Occupation): 1034 Sardinia: 978 Scandinavia: 101,962,964,1040 Scotland: 600,602,647,780,787,1001 Scotland - Transit or Destination Mail: 479 Senegal (Independent): 869 Singapore: 421,655 South Africa: 437,456,529-530,1022, 1035-1036 South African Colonies: 456,529-530 South Arabian Federation: 408,819 South Australia: 280,304,308-321, 323-324,326-327,329,363,376,380, 384,386-387,389,392-393,398,424, 492, 510-545, 597, 608, 611, 647, 656, 783,785,814,820,941 South West Africa: 1036 Southern Africa: 437,456,529-530,1022, 1035-1036 Southern Nigeria: 1037-1039 Spain: 301,430,941 Specimens: 27,29-30,61-63,65-68,70-71, 75-77,85-86,88-90,180,227,296-297, 518-521,588,804,817,819,842, 895-899,901-905,908,910,913-914, 916-919,921-923,925-926,928-929, 931-933,942,993,1037-1039 Specimens & Reprints: 949 Sri Lanka: 851 St. Helena: 1031-1032 St. Lucia: 1024 Straits Settlements: 987

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Sweden: 812,1040 Switzerland: 429,713,813,815,1041-1047, 1049 Tasmania: 4,174,216,301,336-337,354, 412,546-557 Tobago: 1048 Togo (British): 1049 Travancore: 973-975 Trinidad: 1048 Trinidad & Tobago: 1048 Tristan Da Cunha: 1026,1050 Turks & Caicos Islands: 1051-1052 Tuscany: 979-982 Ukraine: 208,1027 United States of America: 138,218,229, 235,294-295,343,353,356-359,368, 391, 400, 411, 416, 424-425, 428, 430, 433, 446, 481, 603, 678, 739, 744, 781, 783,790,794,820,832,858-861, 889-890,994,1053-1057 United States Territories: 1057 Victoria: 4,24,41,116,182-183,200,205, 210,218,269,286,293,322,330-331, 340,345,350-351,370-371,396,399, 418,420,445,453,558-627,646,795, 798,937 War Savings Stamps And Certificates: 260 Western Australia: 2,14,31,53,64,193,264, 294,297,341-343,360,413,415,430, 443,628-644,653-654,688,695,863 Western Europe: 215-216,223,264, 301-302,422,429-430,487,594,607, 627,664-682,713,734,813,815,824, 863-864,876-885,936,941,967,994, 1028,1030,1041-1047,1049

Thematic And Topical Classification Advertising: 282,288,411,414,425,482, 639,821 Aeroplanes: 455,717,799,856,946,1013 Agriculture: 280,304,323,346,368,379, 529-530,806 Air Force: 461 Airmail Stamps: 201,223,421,715, 722-725,749,751-752,768,785,792, 813 Airmails: 223,232,286,305,334,360,367, 415,429,432-433,435,442-455,538, 656-657,724-726,729-731,733, 736-738,741,748-749,751,753-758, 768,783,788-790,792,795-800,813, 815,843,865,879-881,963,965,996, 1024 Alcohol: 279 Antarc: 645-650 Architecture: 511,717,828,833,850,986 Army: 460,464-465,657-658 Art & Craft: 803,986 austri: 215,344,552,824 autog,: 759 Autographs: 442,450,454,799,810 Aviators: 415,443-444,446,799 Avis De Reception: 988 Bicycles: 635-639 Birds: 143-144,151,167,177,189-191,208, 214, 222, 227, 239, 349, 355, 357, 428, 469,486,522,628,632,649-650,661, 715,718-720,722-723,728-731,734, 736-737,739-744,748,750-751,753, 755-757,798,803,807-808,821,845, 957,1030,1040 Bisects: 838-839 Booklets: 251-254,491,661-663,855,1006, 1040 Booklets | Collections & Accumulations: 251 Boxing: 218 Bridges: 197-199,401,560,608,797,947, 986-987

Butterflies & Moths: 562,564,568,576 Cancelled to Order (From Specimen Sets): 2-3,24-26,28,41,60,69,79,91, 100,164,175,180,183-184,197,199, 227,263,272,609 Censored Mail: 101,289,411,428-430,456, 668,741,778,793-794,823,858-859, 869,872,1033 Charity: 327,476,881 Christmas: 243-245,455 Churchill: 359,482,534,835 Cinderellas: 261-262,339,348,415,420, 454,501-502,544,635-639,939,964, 1022 Coil Stamps: 191 Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings: 1-467,469,471-813, 816-823,825-832,834-852,857-863, 875-878,881-944,949-975,984, 987-993,995-1026,1030-1039, 1048-1052,1056 Combination Covers: 4,783 combn: 4,92-95,146,149-150 Commemorative Covers: 200,218, 301-407,410,656,811 Commercial Perfins: 102,115,998-999, 1006,1013 Covers By Manufacturer: 301-400,656, 811 Creeks & Streams: 235,599,908 Customs: 261-262,267,409,417-418,422, 424,426-427,431-434,482-483,492, 527-531,537-538,540,553,596-597, 643 Dead Letter Office: 424,602 Disaster: 416,435 Documents & Ephemera: 466,485,540, 556,614-616,643,864 Early Imperforate Stamps: 471,495,510, 512-514,547,561,569,580,582,599, 628,631,829,892,949-951,959,1002 Education: 605 Energy: 364 Essays: 494,522,526,616 Exhibition Collectables: 254 Exhibitions: 113,200,254,481,485,505, 535-536,552,554,556,594,603-604, 606-607,614-616,863,936, 1055-1056 Explorers & Pioneers: 221,227,230-231, 233-234,306,337,350-351,358, 360-361,370,392,394,452,645-650, 820-821,842,857,1023 Express Mail: 453,536,538-539,635-639 Fauna - Animals: 1-90,143-144,151,167, 177,189-191,214,238,241,243-244, 246-248,252,264,304,341,345,357, 378, 382, 395, 408, 440-441, 468, 511, 542,545,636-638,649,667,683,686, 688,692,697-698,712,805-806,809 Fdi: 203-205,210,213,220,301,304-305, 307,310,314,316,319-324,326-328, 332-333,335-338,340,345,349, 351-352,354-357,360-363,367,369, 371-373,375,377-380,382-384, 386-387,389-390,392-393,395-397, 399-400,440-441,491,624,645,741, 767,778,810,1004 First Day Covers: 204-205,207,210-211, 220,301-400,410,491,645,649,656, 737,745-747,764,767,778,792, 810-811,854,997,1004 First Flight Covers: 232,305,334,367,415, 435,442-455,656,729-731,753-758, 796-800,865,881,965 Fish: 227,229,555 Fishing: 339,419,1033 Flags: 878,994 Flight Covers - Commercial: 429,432-433, 538,879-880,1024 Flowers: 189,219-220,406,476,526, 662-663,816-818,840-841,1021 Forests & Woods: 544,599

Forgeries: 29,190,233-234,877 Framas: 439-441 Free Mail: 527-531,552-554,594-598, 603-604,606 Fruit: 522 Geology: 237 Georgian Head Issues: 91-190,252-253, 295,300,377,412-413,415,484,542, 621,684-685,687,692,699-702,714 Golf: 419 Government & Politicians: 193,215,224, 277,359,486-487,854,956,958,1049, 1057 Heraldry: 191,214,522,588,822,841,948, 995,1016,1018-1019 Horses: 659,831,931,1010 Hotels: 411 Illustrated Covers: 235,269,279,282,288, 315,323-324,326-327,340,342,348, 353,364,379,414,419,425,810 Imprints & Plate Numbers: 103-104,123, 135, 176, 182, 186, 188, 198, 206, 212, 384,389,730-731,738,745-747,857, 956,997-999,1006,1008,1013,1023 Indigenous People: 191,242,662-663,804805, 807, 959, 961, 972, 1016, 1019, 1033 slands: 193,196,421,452,454-455,483,491, 501-502,651-663,675-678,792,820, 822-823,825-826,829-832,834, 840-844,851,857-862,883-884, 886-890,942,962,990-996, 1024-1026,1031-1032,1048, 1050-1052,1057 John Lancaster Exhibitions: 481,485,505, 535-536,552,554,556,594,603-604, 606-607,614-616,863,936, 1055-1056 Jusqu’a Air Mail: 430,790 Kangaroo & Map Issues: 1-90,252,264, 408,542,545,667,686,688,692, 697-698,712,809 Late Fee: 85,150,396,533,576,579, 581-582,602,741,959,963 Law & Order: 276 Local Stamps: 266,347,367,376,501-502, 635-639,751,832,843,888 Maps: 1-90,202,252,324,343,369,545,645, 804-805,857,946,1023,1030 Marine Life: 437,491,596 Medals: 614,616 Medical & Health: 193,336,372,387,476, 862,864,964,986 Military & Censor Mail: 101,289,298-300, 373,380-381,411,428,430,456-465, 467-470,545,554,657-658,667-682, 712, 741, 794, 823, 871, 877, 884, 939, 1022,1029,1033-1034 Military - Boer War Period: 456,892 Military - World War I Period: 101,300,411, 457-459,545,667-682,712,823,884, 939,1022,1033 Military - World War II Period: 289,373, 380-381,428,430,460-465,467-470, 657-658,741,794,877,1029,1034 Miniature Sheets: 233-234,809,813-815, 947-948,957,963 Mining: 236,435,639,858-861 Missent Mail: 647 Monograms: 6,58,103-104,151 Motor Vehicles: 232,414 Mountaineering: 1003 Mountains: 64,315,539,644,799,985,1003, 1014 Music & Singing: 349,425,807 Myths & Legends: 829,831,931,991 Navy: 230,462,792 Number Ones: 512,664-665,775,891 Numeral & Letter Postmarks: 13,488-489, 508,513-514,536,557,587,602, 617-618,620

Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 Official Mail: 7,10,19,36,44,60,99,125,128, 130-131,136,139-140,146-148,158, 161-163,165,175,182,189,277,368, 402, 413, 435, 477, 484, 486, 524, 532, 541,552-554,594-597,603-604,606, 653,655,667-668,703-711,727-728, 743-744,769-770,790,795,832,845, 934-935,958,1015-1016 Official Stamps: 7,10,19,36,44,60,99,125, 128,130-131,136,139-140,146-148, 158,161-163,165,175,182,189,277, 368, 402, 413, 477, 484, 486, 524, 532, 541,552-554,594-597,603-604,606, 653,655,667-668,703-711,727-728, 743-744,769-770,790,795,832,845, 934-935,958,1015-1016 Olympics: 192,217-218,302-303,333,369, 374-375,391,404 Omnibus Issues: 359,740,742,766,860, 943,946,953,997,1025-1026 Orchid: 816-818 Overprinted Stamps: 27,63,71,75,77, 85-86, 90, 196-197, 233-234, 275, 468-470,524,588,659,667-714,717, 728,744,766,772,798,807-808,815, 828,845,853,856,882,913,934-935, 969, 1015-1016, 1019, 1021, 1034, 1036,1049-1050 Parcel: 427,431,610,930,935 Parcel Post: 339,348,417,427,431,433, 538,540,544,610,805,938 Parks & Gardens: 218,293,457,1014 Perfins: 10,14,19,36,44,60,99,102,113,115, 125,128,130-131,136,139-140, 146-148,158,161-163,165,175,182, 2 7 7 , 4 1 3 , 4 8 4 , 6 6 7 - 6 6 8 , 7 0 5 - 7 11 , 769-770,819,993 ph: 1056 Photographs: 614 Picture Postcards: 44,231,344,385,444, 611, 759, 784, 802-803, 821, 832, 864, 866-867,987,1033,1049 Plane: 232 Plants: 399 Polar: 337,358,645-650,821,857,1023 Post Offices: 305,317,401,440-441, 460-462,488,490,508-509,545, 617-618,620,623,625-626,801-802, 858-859,861 Postage Dues: 255-259,381,422,434,604, 608,887,996,1017 Postal Fiscals: 500,550,1018-1019 Postal History: 4,44,101,113,115,125,181, 188,200-201,203-205,207-208, 210-211,213,215-220,223,229,231, 235,246-248,289,298-470,479-484, 486-487,490,504-506,522,527-538, 540,545,551,554-555,566,587,595, 5 9 8 - 6 11 , 6 1 9 , 6 2 4 , 6 2 7 , 6 3 9 , 6 4 2 , 645-650,653-658,667-682,712-714, 729-759,764,767,778-803,810-812, 818,820-821,823,832,835,838-839, 843-844,858-874,877,879-881,884, 888-890,936-939,941,959-965,972, 982-983, 987-988, 996, 1000-1001, 1004, 1020-1022, 1024, 1027-1029, 1031,1033-1034,1036,1049,1056 Postal Labels: 537-538 Postal Rates: 4,188,215-216,218,223,231, 247, 264, 295, 358, 408, 412, 416, 421, 425, 428, 430, 435, 437, 446, 450, 483, 486,504,600,602,604-605,607,668, 736,748,781,783,788-789,791,832, 858-861,937,960,962,987, 1000-1001,1021 Postal Seals: 552,596,643,668,736,1036 Postal Stationery: 263-300,366,385,408, 415,432,458-459,477-478,481-482, 503,526,551-554,594-597,603-604, 606,609,640-641,678-682,774-777, 832,868,881,884,889-890,1024,1055 Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes: 1024 Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes (Formular): 1024

Postal Stationery - Envelopes: 272-291, 300,415,477-478,481-482,641,868, 1055 Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official): 277 Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Ptpo): 278-291,415,478,482 Postal Stationery - Franks: 552-554, 594-597,603-604,606 Postal Stationery - Letter Cards: 270-271, 366,885,901-903,912,940 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards: 263-269, 385,503,526,539,551,609,678-682, 774-775,881,884 Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Ptpo): 267-269,551 Postal Stationery Registration Envelopes: 292-294,408,432, 458-459,641,655,776-777,889-890 Postal Stationery - Wartime: 298-300 Postal Stationery - Wrappers: 295-297, 481,832 Postmarks: 4,13,24,44,64,101,113,115, 125,181,188,196,200-201,203-205, 207-208,210-211,213,215-220,223, 229,231,235,246-248,264,280,286, 289,293-294,298-471,479-484, 486-490,492,500,504-506,508-509, 513-514,522,527-540,542-545,551, 554-555,557,566,587,595,598-612, 617-627,639,642,644-650,653-658, 667-682,687,712-714,729-759,764, 767,773-774,778-803,810-812,818, 820-821,823-824,832,835,838-839, 843-844,858-874,877,879-881, 884-885,888-890,893,908,936-941, 945,959-968,972,978,982-983, 987-988,996,1000-1001,1004, 1020-1022, 1024, 1027-1029, 1031, 1033-1036,1048-1049,1056 Postmarks - Duplex Cancellations: 597 Postmarks - Instructional Markings: 424, 644,789,870,1001 Postmarks - Manuscript Cancellations: 196,418,437,443,454-455,599,608, 713,888,988 Postmarks - Meter Cancels: 740,742,750 Postmarks - Numerals: 13,488-489,508, 513-514,536,547,557,585,587,598, 602,617-618,620,644,885,937,940, 967 Postmarks - Paid Datestamps: 196,425, 434, 480, 527-531, 600, 603, 611, 619, 844,941,1000-1001 Postmarks - Pictorial: 200,218,301-407, 410,656,811 Postmarks - Pre-Cancels: 424 Postmarks - Relief Cancellations: 200, 317 Postmarks - Slogan Cancels: 107,113, 130,138,155-156,217,286,325,360, 390,434,653-654,740,750,788,1004 Postmarks - Squared Circle Datestamps: 597 Postmarks Collection: 506,539,612-613 Postmen: 827 Pre-Stamp Covers Etc: 1000-1001 Prisoners of War and Internees: 429 Proofs: 222,273,493-494,497-498,556 Radio: 425,436-437,693,696 Railway Stamps: 339,348,509,544 Railways & Trains: 339,348,544,617 Red Cross: 429 Registered Mail & Registration Labels: 188,200-201,203-204,207-208, 292-294,332,335,352-353,376-378, 382, 394, 403, 406, 408, 410, 412, 420, 423,432,451,456,458-462,464-465, 483, 487, 490, 504, 507, 555, 583, 607, 641-642,644,671-674,712-714,730, 738,741,745-747,751,773,776-777, 779, 787, 792, 794, 820, 869, 872, 880, 888-890,988,1031,1036

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Registration Labels: 188,200-201, 203-204,207,292-294,332,335, 352-353,376-378,382,403,406,408, 423, 451, 487, 490, 507, 671, 712, 714, 787,792,820,889-890,1031 Religion: 269,964 Reprints: 475,521,949 Revenues: 21,261-262,339,348,475,500, 525,544,546,550,589,592-593, 771-773,1018-1019 Royalty: 192,206,209,220,308-309,313, 322,325,338,347,356,366,369-371, 384-385,397,435,446,466,740, 745-747,766-767,792,833,840, 847-848,943,953,973,1009,1050 Scouts and Guides: 398,402,653-654 Sheep: 210,284,357,378 Shells: 807 Ship Mail: 416,437,466,504,600,653-654, 734,740,742,750,791,1000-1001 Ships & Boats: 199,204,221,230,306,312, 339,386-387,437,466,479,598,651, 664-682,760-761,770,772,775-776, 780-781,785,791,805,845,882-884, 947, 994, 1000-1001, 1023, 1029, 1031-1032 Space: 235,261 Sport: 217-218,302-303,333,344,369, 374-375,390,419 Stamp Dealers: 234,311,358,367,609 Stamps on Stamps: 324,948 strait: 987 Surfing: 419 switz,: 430 Telegraph Offices: 915 Telegraph Stamps: 386,915 Tennis: 419 Thematics & Topicals: 192-193,222,226, 635,639,650,661,813,816-818,936 Timber & Trees: 245,511,651-652,717,719, 809 Tin Can Mail: 653-655 Transport: 396,635 Travelling Post Offices: 509,539,544,597, 601,607,627,644,866-867,915,936, 941 Triangular Stamps: 856 Unclaimed: 599,602,789 Uniforms: 75,209,221,833,878,1005,1015 Unissued Stamps: 719 Universal Postal Union: 100,383,533,774, 860,946,984 Unusual Origins or Destinations: 430, 435,713,858-861,962 Used Abroad: 667-668,823,885,940-941, 966-968,1000-1001,1048 Varieties: 3,5,7,9-10,13-14,18-19,27,29-31, 42-43, 45-46, 50, 52, 56-57, 62-63, 65-68, 70-72, 75-78, 85-86, 89-90, 92-95, 97-99, 102, 107-108, 111-112, 11 4 - 11 6 , 11 8 , 1 2 0 - 1 2 3 , 1 2 6 - 1 2 8 , 131-134,140-143,145,149-151, 153-154,157,165,169,174,178, 183-185,187,189,191,212,220,224, 226,232,236-239,243-245,251-253, 256-257,298,470,497-498,510,521, 524,546,548,559,583,588,590-591, 633-634,651,659,662-663,684-692, 695,697,699-700,702,760-761, 765-767,769,773,780,815-816,822, 825-826,831,839-840,847-848,850, 853,857,943,953,957,969,973-974, 990-992,999,1006,1008,1011-1012, 1014,1021,1025-1026,1050 Waterfalls: 807 Yachts: 312,666,994 Zeppelins: 880

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AUSTRALIA | Kangaroo & Map Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 2/- Brown Group with First Wmk 2/- dark brown, small-part disturbed gum, Third Wmk x2 (shades), deeper shade with small gumside inclusion, paler shade with some toning, Cat $1,500 (when fine). (3) SMult & CofA Officials Used Selection with SMult 6d to 2/- plus 5/- CTO (no gum); CofA 9d x3 with ‘G/NSW’, ‘VG’ or ‘WA’ state perfins, Cat $400+. (8) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Melbourne CTO Group comprising 3d Die II, 6d, 1/- Watermark inverted (mild soiling) & 2/- (excellent centring), Cat $700. (4) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - First Watermark ½d Green 1914 (Nov 26) Ackland cover to Perth with ½d Roo & Tasmania ½d Pictorial tied by Melbourne ‘26NOV14’ machine cancel. Attractive. ½d Green marginal vertical pair Double perfs between stamps and on both sides of upper unit BW #1bb, lower unit MUH, Cat $375. ½d Green JBC Monogram single, very lightly mounted. BW #1(2)zd, Cat $350.

1d Red Die IIA Perf ‘OS’ mild Offset on reverse BW #4(ba)ca, Broken shading lines over ‘AU’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ & flaw on the ‘U’, a tad aged, mint with dulled gum, Cat $600+.

2d Grey BW #5 corner marginal block of 4, MUH, Cat $1,200. Lovely fresh multiple.

2d Grey BW #5a Wmk inverted marginal single, MUH, Cat $475.

2d Grey variety Retouched bottom frame at right and white flaw in Gulf of Carpentaria [1L6], perf large ‘OS’, BW #5bb(1)d, fresh marginal MUH example, extrapolated Cat $800.

2½d Indigo BW #9, MUH, Cat $325.

2½d Blue marginal pair from top of pane, right-hand unit White scratch extending from Cape Leeuwin [2L5] BW #9(2)e, couple of trivial tonespots on gum, stamps MUH, Cat $675++.

3d Olive Die I Watermark Inverted with fine barred numeral ‘376’ of Buderim (Qld). Few toned perfs at top otherwise fine. BW #12a.

3d Pale Olive-Green Die I-II Pair with Inverted watermark with private perfin ‘F&G’ (Foy & Gibson, WA), BW #12E/F,a,c, extrapolated Cat $3,200+. Drury certificate (2017).

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

4d Orange (Aniline) BW #15B, well-centred, fine mint, Cat $2,000. Drury Certificate (2017).

5d Chestnut Thin paper BW #16a, exemplary centring, MVLH, Cat $1,000. Premium example. Drury Certificate (2018).

6d Blue Watermark inverted BW #17a, quite well centred, used, Cat $1,000.

9d Violet Perf Large ‘OS’ BW #24ba x4, one with Shading break under ‘E’ of ‘NINE’, good to fine used, Cat $600. (4) 1/- Green (Aniline) BW #30B, very well-centred, MVLH, Cat $1,750. Premium example. Drury Certificate (2018).

2/- Brown & 6d Roo (trivial tone at left) tied by neat manuscript cancel dated “18/3/15” to small piece. Unusual.

2/- Dark Brown BW #35B, fine mint, Cat $1,500. Drury Certificate (2018).

10/- Grey & Pink BW #47, very fresh MLH, Cat $2,000.

10/- Grey & Pink with Melbourne ‘[DE]5/[1]3’ CTO quarter cancel BW #47wb, without gum, very lightly aged. Only 108 sets distributed.

10/- Grey & Pink with part ‘DE[5]/13’ CTO datestamp BW #47wb, reasonable centring, Cat $2,250. £1 Red-Brown & Blue with Melbourne ‘[DE5/13]’ CTO quarter cancel, BW #51wb, few nibbed perfs, blue colour somewhat faded, small surface mark below Roo’s tail, without gum, Cat $4,000. £1 Red-Brown & Blue with variety White flaw in Gulf of Carpentaria [L26], handstamped ‘Specimen’, BW #51(D)g, Cat $6,500 as normal. £2 Black & Rose with Melbourne 24 ‘[25AP13] CTO quarter cancel, reperfed at top, without gum, Cat $6,000. £2 Black & Rose with variety Scratch from Victorian coast through ‘U’ of ‘POUNDS’ towards the bottom frame [L50], handstamped ‘Specimen’ BW #55Ax, Cat $850 as normal. Drury certificate (2018). [This is the unit used to make the Sperati forgery.

It is prominent enough to deserve catalogue status.] £2 Grey & Deep Rose with variety Colour spot on map north of the Bight [R4], handstamped ‘Specimen’, BW #55x(D)q, Cat $17,500 as normal.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Second Watermark 2½d Indigo horizontal pair, one unit showing Very heavy coastline to WA, BW #10(2)da.

9d Violet BW #25, mildly toned gum, MLH, Cat $350.

1/- Dull Green BW #31C, MUH, Cat $1,250 (as mint hinged, unpriced as MUH). Drury Certificate (2018).

1/- Green (Aniline) BW #31E, excellent centring, fine mint. Very rare and desirable shade, Cat $4,000. Drury Certificate (2017).

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

2/- Brown Perf ‘OS’ BW #35ba block of 4, few nibbed perfs at lower-right, very well centred, Cat $1,600+. Simon Dunkerly believed this to be the largest known multiple.

2/- Light Brown BW #36, Cat $1,500.

5/- Deep Grey & Chrome Watermark inverted, BW #43Ba, Cat $2,000.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 6d Blue Shades Selection including dull dark blue, milky greyish-blue, & pale greyish-blue, also bright blue perf ‘OS’ and a ultramarine shade Watermark inverted; variable centring, generally fine, Cat $600 approx. (9) Mint Selection comprising 2d, 2½d, 3d Die I, 6d Die II & 9d Die IIB, the three lower values regummed, Cat $500.

Perf ‘OS’ Used Selection comprising 2d x2 (one with Federal Parliament House/Vic datestamp), 2½d, 3d Die I & Die II, 6d blue Die II x3 including pair, 6d brown Die IIB, 1/- Die II, 2/- brown, 2/- maroon plus 5/- & 10/- both CTO (former without gum), Cat $800+.

(14) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark 2d Grey Watermark inverted BW #7a marginal block of 4, mild even gum tone, lower units MUH, Cat $850.

2d Grey Double perfs at top BW #7b, fine used, Cat $400.

2d Grey Die I Perf ‘OS’ BW #8b on coloured PPC showing Yarrabam Mission Band (Cairns, Qld), stamp cancelled by Rockhampton ‘16FE18’ datestamp. Attractive.

2½d Indigo Watermark inverted corner marginal pair BW #11a, stamps MUH, Cat $1,050+.

2½d Blue marginal pair with mild Offset on gum, BW #11c, MUH, Cat $800+.

6d Pale Greyish-Violet Die II BW #18, fresh MUH, Cat $1,250. Drury Certifiicate (2017) 6d Pale Ultramarine Die II block of 4, well centred, BW #19, Cat $2,500, light gum toning and lower left unit has crease.

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

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6d Blue Die II with unplated flaw White flaw on bottom left of ‘S’ in ‘AUSTRALIA’ (flaw not plated). Very lightly mounted. 19B, Cat $225+. Drury certificate (2018) 6d Dull Grey-Blue Die II variety ‘Bite out of Roo’s left leg, state II’ BW #19E(2)da, fine used, Cat $2,250. Drury certificate (2017).

6d Pale Greyish-Violet (scarce shade) variety Bite out of Kangaroo’s left leg - State I. BW #19G(2)d, Cat $2,250. fine used. Drury certificate (2017).

6d Milky Greyish-Blue Die II part Harrison imprint, perf ‘OS’ with variety White flaw off W.A. coast [1R55], BW #19Fba(1g), evenly toned gum. Drury certificate (2018). [Note ACSC Note 8 (page 2/83) states “The Harrison imprint is perhaps the rarest imprint outside the bicoloured high value. At present only 3 blocks of 4 can be confirmed’.] Drury certificate (2018).

6d Violet-Blue Die IIB BW #20B, few nibbed perfs & hinge remnant, Cat $400. Drury Certificate (2018).

6d Chestnut Die IIB BW #22 block of 4, upper-left unit mild paper wrinkle, some trivial faint spots on gum, MUH, Cat $400+.

9d Violet Die II Watermark Inverted x2 BW #26a, one with, several wrinkles, and an associated pulled perf. (2) 9d Indigo-Violet Die IIB Perf ‘OS’ BW #27Gba, vivid shade with the characteristically clear print noted in Brusden White, in addition stamp has variety Flaw on ‘R’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [4R14], a prominent flaw worthy of catalogue status in its own right, some ragged perfs, reasonable centring. An appealing combination of a rare shade and plated flaw, Cat $3,750+.

1/- Blue-Green 75% ‘JBC’ monogram single, BW #32(1)zc, indistinct datestamp, slight re-inforcing of selvedge on reverse, Cat $3,250 as mint, unpriced used.

5/- Grey & Yellow BW #44, few faint surface indentations, excellent centring, fine mint overall, Cat $450.

10/- Grey & Aniline Pink Perf ‘OS’ CTO with MLH gum BW #48wa, perfin centred to the left margin, Cat $200.

10/- Grey & Aniline Pink Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B BW #48x, fresh MUH, Cat $600 as mounted mint.

10/- Grey & Deep Aniline Pink ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B with variety Broken coast near Sydney [L6], optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B, BW #48Bx(D)d, lightly aged gum, Cat $1,750 as normal.

10/- Grey & Aniline Pink with variety White flaw below ‘N’ of ‘TEN’ [R21], optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type B, BW #48x(D)h, paper adherance on reverse, Cat $1,750 as normal. £1 Grey BW #53, corner marginal example [L1] with selvedge intact, minor surface scuff, two superb strikes of Mount Magnet (WA) ‘4MR33’ datestamp, Cat $500. £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C with variety Sub-type 2 (shaved ‘P’), BW #53Axf, light even gum toning, Cat $1,000 for mint. £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C BW #53xb, unplated variety Break in value circle at lower-right, uniformly toned gum, MUH, Cat $850. £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C overprint variety Sub-type 2 (shaved ‘P’) BW #53xf, very well centred, MLH, Cat $1,000. £1 Grey Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C with variety Sub-type 2 (shaved ‘P’), BW #53xf, MVLM, Cat $1,000. £2 Purple-Black & Rose CTO BW #56Cw, superb centring, without gum, Cat $6,500. £2 Purple-Black & Rose Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C with variety Sub-type 2 (shaved ‘P’), BW #56Cxf, mild gum bend & evenly toned gum, Cat $1,250. £2 Purple-Black & Rose Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C overprint variety Sub-type 1 (shaved ‘C’) and Duty Plate flaws Break in northern coast of Western Australia & Colour spot over Spencer’s Gulf [L13] BW #56xd(D)e, even toning, very well centred, Cat $1,000++. A rare combination of varieties of which just 15 examples were printed.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark 6d to 2/- very lightly mounted, 9d with Missing shadiing line over 2nd ‘E’ of ‘PENCE’, Retail $400+. (4) 2/- Maroon BW #39, excellent centring, MUH, Cat $750.

2/- Maroon BW #39 shades, one with toned perf and mildly aged gum, the other couple of nibbed perfs, Cat $600.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C overprint variety Sub-type 1 (shaved ‘C’) BW #49xb, uniform gum tone, small gum thin above hinge, very well centred, Cat $1,750.

10/- Grey & Pale Pink overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type C Sub-type 2 (shaved ‘P’), and Damaged grass right of roo etc [R56 - the uncatalogued repaired Sliced tail variety] BW #49xd, mildly aged gum, MVLH, Cat $1,750. [This variety deserves catalogue status.] £2 Grey & Rose-Crimson with vignette variety White flaw on Kangaroo’s leg [L33], optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D, BW #57Ax(V)k, well centred, Cat $8,000 for normal stamp. £2 Grey & Rose Crimson with Kangaroo’s foot broken and pointed tail [L52], BW #57(V)n. Very fine used. Cat $1,750.

AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Selection comprising £1 grey fine used, 6d & Redrawn 2/- both CTO, latter without gum. (3) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - CofA Watermark 2/- Deep Maroon Redrawn Die BW #41B, excellent centring, MLH. Drury Certificate (2018).

2/- Intense Deep Maroon Redrawn Die BW #41C, MUH, Cat $275. Drury Certificate (2018).

5/- Grey & Yellow-Orange BW #46A, very lightly mounted. Retail $350.

10/- Grey & Aniline Pink BW #50D, very well centred, MLH, Cat $1,750. Drury Certificate (2018).

10/- Grey & Pink BW #50A, small selvedge hinge remnant, faint gum wrinkles, very well centred, Cat $750.

10/- to £2 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D, the £2 with Humped back & cuts in grass [L56 - late repaired state], BW #50xe,54x,58x, Cat $290. Very lightly mounted. (3) 10/- Grey & Pink with vignette variety Muzzled kangaroo [R24], optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D, BW #50Axe(V)r, Cat $1,450 as normal. £1 Grey BW #54, plus 5/- & 10/-. BW #54. (3) £1 Grey Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D BW #54x, MUH, Cat $120. £2 Grey-Black & Rose-Crimson variety Additional ‘Black Grass at left caused from ‘Specimen’ overprinting process (not plated). Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ Type D, BW #58Bx. Very lightly mounted. Drury certificate (2018) 10/- Grey-Black & Rose-Crimson with vignette variety White flaw on Kangaroo’s leg [L33], optd SPECIMEN’ Type D, BW #58Bx(V)k, Cat $7,500 as normal.

AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings CTO Selection with Single Wmk ½d green, ½d orange x2 (shades) & 4d blue, SMult P14 2d red-brown P14, SMult P13½x12½ perf ‘OS’ ½d orange & 1d green; with or without gum. (7) AUSTRALIA | KGV - Single Watermark ½d Green Comb Perf block of 4 with Double perfs at top and at sides BW #63b, fine mint, Cat $550+. ½d Green Electro 2 Comb Perf Crack through oval in front of face - early state [2R47], left unit in pair, BW #63(2)q, Cat $2,500. ½d Green Electro 2 Comb Perf Crack through oval in front of face - early state [2R47], right unit in pair, BW #63(2)q, Cat $2,500. ½d Green Electro 3 Comb Perf White flaw on kangaroo’s legs [3L5], BW #63(3)d, Cat $400.

1d Red Smooth Paper Die I Wmk inverted pair x2, BW #71a one unit hinged, Cat $275. (4) 1d Deep Red (G17½) Smooth Paper Watermark inverted BW #71Ha, used. Drury Certificate (2018).

1d Red Smooth Paper Die I-II corner marginal pair with Double Perfs at top BW #71ba(1)ia, Die II unit MUH (minor tonespot on gum). Rare combination of varieties, Cat $1,600++.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 1d Red Smooth Paper Perf ‘OS’ variety Colour flaw outside right frame opposite emu’s neck [IV/46] BW #71bb(2)n, mildly toned gum, MUH, Cat $300+.

1d Red Smooth Paper with ‘[GP]O ME[LBOURNE/2]’ CTO quarter cancel BW #71w, very well centred, without gum, Cat $500.

Premium example. [Brusden White state “1d red was never sent to UPU and was not included in collector’s sets”] 1d Deep Red Smooth Paper Die I-II pair BW #71(1)ia plus Die I single on 1915 (Jul 12) censor cover to Denmark, Brisbane censor datestamp in red, Randers arrival backstamp, Cat $750 on cover.

1d Carmine-Rose (G30) Smooth Paper Substituted cliché Die I BW #71V(2)ka, with unidentified ‘?’-shaped commercial perfin.

1d Red Smooth Paper Plate 3 ‘CA’ Monogram strip of 4 BW #71(3)zb, fresh MUH, Cat $1,250+ (for a mounted strip of 3).

1d Deep Red (G17½) Smooth Paper Plate 6 ‘JBC’ Monogram block of 6 BW #71H(3)zd, MUH, Cat $1,250++ (as a mounted corner strip of 3). Drury Certificate (2015).

1d Brownish Red (G112) Die III BW #75D, machine cancel, Cat $1,500. Rare shade. Drury Certificate (2015).

1d Red Die III Wmk inverted variety White flaw under emu’s tail, etc [10] BW #75ah, very fine used, Cat $200+.

1d Red Die III Wmk inverted variety Break in upper frame at left [15] BW #75aj, slogan cancel, Cat $200+.

1d Red Die III variety Notch in right frame [1] BW #75d, fine used, Cat $200.

1d Carmine-Red Die III (G109) marginal block of 6 [32-34,38-40] with variety Thinned ‘US’ first state, with thinned oval and white flaw in ‘U’ [40] BW #75Ak, minor gumside tone on one unit, otherwise fine mint, Cat $1,050+. Drury Certificate (2017).

1d Red Die III variety White flaw on ‘S’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [56] BW #75m, very fine used, Cat $300.

1d Red Die III horizontal pair with varieties White flaw on ‘S’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ and White flaw on tip of beard [56-57] BW #75m&n, well centred, perfs reinforced/hinge remnants, Cat $650+.

1d Red Die III x3 including pair with varieties White flaw on ‘S’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ & White flaw on tip of beard [56-57] BW #75m&n, all without gum Cat $485 (with gum). (3) 1d Violet BW #76 perf ‘A+R’ (Angus & Robertson) tied by Sydney ‘AP/1934/BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION/ALWAYS ASK FOR/ AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS’ slogan cancel to long envelope addressed to “Public School, Turramurra.”.

1½d Brown Die I Wmk inverted BW #85a block of 4, left-hand units mild gum bends, lower units MUH, Cat $600+.

1½d Brown Die I with Cracked electro through lower shaded oval [C163], BW #85(U)l, fine ‘GW/S/&Co’ perfin of Geo Wood & Sons, Perth, Cat $1,000.

1½d Green Die 1 Very coarse mesh paper BW #88a, rejoined pair, Violet Town (Vic) ‘22FE24’ cancels, Cat $800+.

1½d Green Die 1 Very coarse mesh paper BW #88a, fine used, Cat $400. Drury Certificate (2018).

1½d Green Die I with Cracked electro [12R22], BW #88(12)n, Cat $450.

1½d Pink Die I BW #89H, MLH, Cat $175. Drury Certificate (2018).

1½d Red Die I with Moustache flaw - state II - additionally with cracked electro [15R40], BW #89(15)ia, Cat $800.

1½d Red Die I Electro 15 variety Substituted cliché (deformed right frame) [15R40] BW #89(15)ib, tidy corner datestamp slightly impinges upon flaw, Cat $800. Rarely offered.

1½d Red Die I with Moustache flaw - substitiuted cliché (deformed right frame) [15R40] BW #89(15)ib, postmark largely clear of the frame flaw, Cat $800. Seldom offered.

1½d Red Die I No imprint block of 4, BW #89(22)za, top units hinged, Cat $475.

2d Orange Die I Wmk inverted pair perf ‘OS’ BW #95aba, fine used, Cat $200+.

2d Orange Die I Perf ‘OS’ BW #95ba used on Central Weather Bureau (Melbourne) OHMS wrapper addressed to Yetman (NSW), tax marking and Yetman originating datestamp within.

2d Orange Electro 3 variety Cracked Electro (State II) through base of left wattle and at top of left-hand value tablet [3L19] BW #95(3)ga, cancel largely clear of flaw, Cat $300.

2d Orange Die I variety Cracked electro vertically at right, early state with crack evident from top of oval at right to the wattle above BW #95(U)m, fine used with postmark well clear of flawed area, Cat $600.

2d Scarlet Die I Wmk inverted perf ‘OS’, BW #96ab, fresh MUH, Cat $2,750.

2d Scarlet Die I Wmk inverted perf ‘OS’, BW #96ab, fine used, Cat $300.

2d Red Die I Wmk inverted perf ‘OS’, BW #96ab, slogan cancel, Cat $300.

2d Red Die I Perf ‘OS’ variety Dry ink BW #96bc x2 shades, datestamp cancels, Cat $200. (2) 2d Red Die I Electro 14 variety Retouched face [14L12] BW #96(14)e, nibbed corner perf, unused, Cat $3,000. Extensive & impressive retouch.

2d Red-Brown Die I Electro 16 variety Large white flaw in left value tablet [16L4] BW #97(16)f, machine cancel well clear of the flaw, Cat $150.

3d Violet-Blue Die I Offset BW #104ca, fresh MUH, Cat $450.

3d Violet-Blue Die I Plate 1 Harrison imprint pair BW #104z, left-hand unit MUH, Cat $575 (as an imprint block of 4).

4d Orange Perf ‘OS’ BW #110b, MVLH, Cat $300.

4d Violet marginal vertical strip of 6 from right hand pane with varieties on position [1], [7] White flaw in front of right ‘4’ (not in BW), [13], [19], [25] BW 111(1)n Notch lower frame at left Cat $150, [31] BW #111, Cat $550.

4d Violet BW #111 tied by Perth ‘3MAR22’ slogan cancel to small cover typed address to Hoffman Heater Co, Ohio, USA, Cat $450 (on cover). Rare solo franking.

4d Violet variety Thin ‘FOUR PENCE’ (retouch) [2R12] perf ‘OS’, BW #111(2)ra, postmark only slightly impinging on variety, fine used, Cat $400.

4d Ultramarine Cooke Plates Perf ‘OS’ block of 4, BW #112b, mild tone banding on gum, MUH, Cat $1,500+.

4d Ultramarine Cooke Plates with Thin ‘FOU’ of ‘FOUR’ (retouch) [2L8] BW #112(2)eb, cancel largely clear of the flaw, Cat $350.

4d Deep Ultramarine Cooke Plates with Thin ‘FOUR PENCE’ (retouch) [2R12] BW #112(2)ra, Fremantle datestamp slightly impinges on retouch, Cat $450.

4d Milky Blue Harrison Plates with Watermark inverted. Retail $450. BW #113aa, Cat $1,000.

4d Dull Ultramarine Harrison Plates with Watermark inverted BW #113Baa, tiny natural paper inclusion, Cat $350.

4d Blue Harrison Plates variety Distorted SE corner [4R60] BW #113(4)o, postmark clear of flaw, Cat $150.

5d Chestnut Die I Smooth Paper Comb Perf Perf ‘OS’ block of 4, BW #123b, fresh MUH, Cat $1,900+. Rare multiple.

5d Bright Chestnut Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ BW #124, very well centred for ths issue, Cat $250.

1/4d Greenish Blue Perf ‘OS’ marginal block of 4 BW #128ba, upper units light crease, left units aged gum, Cat $1,500+.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Large Multiple Watermark ½d Green Comb Perf Electro 5 variety Cracked electro - second state, left wattles to forearm of kangaroo [5L46] BW #65(5)ka, Cat $450. ½d Green Comb Perf Electro 5 with Horizontal crack through King’s head early state and 2nd late state with Crack extending over emu’s back, BW #65(5)o [5R26], Cat $100+. (2) ½d Yellowish-Green Electro 5 lower right monogram selvedge block of 24 [37-42, 43-48, 49-54, 55-60] with ‘CA’ monogram substitute, one unit [43] has Thin fraction at right, BW #65(5)zd, Cat $. Ideal Exhibition piece.

1d Carmine-Pink (G101) Cooke Printing BW #73A, very fresh MLH, Cat $500.

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1d Carmine-Pink (G101) Cooke Printing BW #73A, lovely golden orange u/v reaction, very well centred, Melbourne ‘2FE18’ datestamp, Cat $275. Premium example.

1d Carmine-Pink (G101) Cooke Printing BW #73A, correct u/v reaction, well centred, fine used, Cat $275.

1d Rose-Red (G102) Cooke Printing BW #73B, slogan cancel, Cat $6,000. Rare & difficult shade. Drury Certificate (2005).

1d Deep Red (G103) Cooke Printing BW #73CC, slogan cancel, Cat $10,000. Extremely rare & sought-after shade. Drury Certificate (2015).

1d Carmine-Pink (G101) Cooke Printing (correct u/v reaction) variety Distorted ‘ONE PENNY’ [VIII/13] BW #73(4)k, slight thin at top-right, Melbourne ‘9FE18’ datestamp, Cat $500.

1d Carmine-Rose (G104) Harrison Printings Perf ‘OS’ BW #74Ab, fine MLH, possibly Dryish ink, Cat $375. Drury Certificate (2011).

1d Carmine-Pink with variety Thinned left frame, BW #74(3)n, centred to lower right, MLH, Cat $325.

1½d Black-Brown Die I Electro 2 block of 9 [2L20-22,26-28,32-34] with BW listed varieties BW #84(2)d,e&g (#84(2)f, not showing), six units MUH, Cat $300+.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - No Watermark 1½d Red Die I Perf ‘OS’ BW #90ba, fine used, Cat $175.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 14 ½d Orange Perf ‘OS’ BW #67ba, very fine used, Cat $325. [Only 101,520 stamps were punctured ‘OS’.] ½d Orange Perf ‘OS’ BW #67ba, few nibbed perfs at right, fined used, Cat $325. ½d Orange CTO perf ‘OS’, BW #68wd, with gum (mounted), Cat $250. Rare.

1½d Red Die II Perf ‘OS’ Slurred printing BW #91bbc, fine used, Cat $100.

2d Red-Brown Die I Perf ‘OS’ BW #98ba block of 4, MUH, Cat $3,400+. Rare multiple. [Brusden White state that “Archival records indicate the total quantity of stamps punctured ‘OS’ was 187,920] 3d Blue Die Ia corner strip of 4 [3L55-58] with selvedge comprising Type A (3), & Type B, BW #106, centred to base, Cat $625+.

4d Greenish Olive Perf ‘OS’ BW #115b, centred left, without gum, Cat $450 (with gum).

4d Greenish Olive marginal block of 4, upper-left unit variety White flaw in lowest bloom of left wattles [4L37] BW #115(4)f, fresh MUH, Cat $1,400+.

1/4d Greenish Blue BW #129A/B x4 (shades) fine/very fine used, Cat $600. (4) 1/4d Greenish Blue BW #129A, MUH, Cat $1,250.

1/4d Pale Greenish Blue BW #129A, MLH, Cat $375.

1/4d Greenish Blue Perf ‘OS’ BW #129b, fine postally used, Cat $325.

1/4d Greenish Blue variety Thick ‘1’ at right [1R57] BW #129n, fine used with Claremont (Tas) datestamp, Cat $400.

1/4d Greenish Blue Perf ‘OS’ CTO BW #129wd, with gum, Cat $400.

1/4d Greenish Blue Mullett imprint pair BW #129z, mildly toned, light cancel, Cat $3,500 (as a mint imprint block of 4).

AUSTRALIA | KGV - Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ ½d to 1/4d plus marginal block of 4 and ASH imprint block of 4. Retail $250+. (16) 1d Green BW #81 block of 6 (2x3), middle row Excess inking, lower row (crease, perf separation) with Ink stripping, minor gumside blemishes. Impressive piece.

1d Green Plate 1 Ash ‘N’ over ‘N’ imprint block of 12, four Die II units at right [II/50-51,56-57] giving two Die I-II-II strips of 3 BW #81(1)zb & I nine units MUH, Cat $400++.

1½d Red-Brown Die II CTO with weak diagonal ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint in violet running from top centre to lower-left margin BW #93x, defective lower-right corner, Cat $1,500. Drury Certificate (2017) describes this as a “Unique stamp”, although Brusden White records two known examples. [This handstamp was applied to stamps sent to Bechuanaland Protectorate, which were later returned to London GPO] ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d Red Die II Surcharge BW #101 on covers (opened three sides) to Sydney Town Hall, generally good commercial quality, Cat $2,500. (c.100) 3d Blue Die Ia Perf ‘VG’ Ash imprint block of 4 BW #107(var), lower units MUH. 4½d Pale Violet Die II with quarter strike of the rare ‘C’WEALTH OFFICES’ (Vic) CTO cancel, without gum, Cat $125+ for normal CTO. 4½d Violet Die II variety Flawed ‘A’ of ‘POSTAGE’ BW #121f, lightly struck CTO cancel, Cat $600.

5d on 4½d Violet Die II block of 4 [3R5-6,11-12] unit 12 with Extension of inner white border opposite wattle at right BW #125g, minor colour diifusion on reverse, cancels well clear of flaw.

5d Orange-Brown Die II Ash ‘N’ over ‘N’ imprint strip of 4, hinge remnants, outer units MUH, Cat $475 (as imprint block of 4) .

1/4d Greenish Blue with Retouched thick ‘1’ at right in pair, BW #130na, Cat $675+.

AUSTRALIA | KGV - CofA Watermark 1d Green Ash imprint pair BW #82z plus 2d Cable pair tied by Cobar (NSW) datestamp to registered cover addressed to Czechoslovakia, departure & arrival datestamp on reverse.

1d Green Watermark Inverted Overprinted ‘OS’ BW #82(OS)a, marginal single, fresh MUH Cat $2,500 (as mint hinged). Hefty premium for unmounted!

2d Red Postal Forgery Pef 11 on unwatermarked paper. Tiny stain in left margin. BW #103cc, Cat $900.

AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1937-52 Collection on neatly annotated leaves with 1937-49 Defins incl 3d White Wattles Die 1, Die 1a & Die II, etc to 1/4d, Robes Thick & Thin papers also 5/- on toned paper, 2d mauve Wmk inverted, Coil stamps incl ½d strips of 5, or 6 (2) some with joins, 2d purple Medallion flaw in bock of 6, 1940 AIF (2 sets), & several varieties, 1942-50 2d purple coil pair, 1948-56 Arms (4), 1948 2/Crocodile with partial off-set on reverse, 1948-56 1/- Lyre Bird Roller flaw in marginal pair MLH in margin only, 1949 ½d No wmk Ear to ‘O’ flaw (2, in blocks of 6), 1951 3d Booklet pane (block of 18 comprising 3 strips of 6), various imprint blocks, varieties, shades, etc. Very clean collection. (Approx 400) 1940s-50s Complete Sheets including 3d scarlet KGVI Booklet Plate, 1950 2½d Stamp Centenary, 3½d Royal Visit, 8½d Aborigine and 7½d Olympics, MUH. (17 sheets).

1953-59 Complete Sheets including 3½d Red Cross, 3½d WA Centenary, 3½d Railway Centenary, 3½d YMCA, 4d Responsible Govt, 1957 Xmas set, MUH. (20 sheets).

1961-65 Complete Sheets including 5d Melba, 5d Inland Mission, 5d Flight Anniversary, 5d Churchill & 1/- Colombo Plan, MUH. (17 sheets).

AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1927 1½d Canberra BW #132 complete sheet of 80. Vendor advises that some mild tonespots have been neutralised with anti-fungal agent. Fine appearance, MUH. 1930 2d on 1½d Sturt Lord Howe Island Provisional with manuscript endorsement “2d/Paid/PM/LHI”, BW #139c, small-part strike of Lord Howe Island/NSW datestamp at lower left, Cat $875. RPSV Certificate (1987).

1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set (4) plus opt ‘OS’ pair, BW #146-9,146(OS),147(OS), CTO cancels, some with gum, Cat $270+.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 1932 5/- Harbour Bridge Ash imprint single BW #148, fine MLH, Cat $550+.

1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge well centred, CTO, no gum. BW #148, Cat $300.

1934 Victoria Centenary & Macarthur Set tied to separate 6th Australian Philatelic Exhibition covers by hexagonal ‘16NOV1934’ commemorative datestamps APM #300, Exhibition registration labels numbered ‘1806’ & ‘1807’ respectively, each with rare ‘RELIEF STAMP VIC./17NO34/13’ (Elwood) transit backstamps, some soiling. (2) 1934 1/6d Hermes No Wmk BW #161 tied to registered cover by Wondai (Qld) ‘1DE34’ FDI datestamp, cover scissor-cut at top & across top-right corner but not affecting stamp, Cat $500.

1934 1/6d Hermes No Wmk Ash imprint block of 4, mounted in margin only. BW #161z, Cat $650. Retail $380+.

1937 NSW Sesquicentenary set BW #175-7 tied by Collins Street (Melbourne) ‘1OC37’ FDI datestamps to Haslem generic cachet registered FDC, typed address. Very fine condition.

1937 NSW Sesquicentenary set BW #175-7, tied by Registered Sydney ‘1OC37’ FD datestamp to Northern Stamp Co registered FDC with gorgeous multicoloured cachet, typed address to New Zealand. Small section flap missing & paper adhesion on revese.

1941-43 1d Red-Brown QM BW #183 tied by ‘THORNBURY NTH/10DE41/VIC-AUST’ FD datestamp to plain FDC (minor faults) with typed address.

1941-44 2d Scarlet Die II Plate No ‘4’ top centre gutter block of 8 BW #188zc, fine mint with four units MUH, Cat $2,500+ (as a gutter block of 4).

1938-57 4d Koala P13½x14 BW #197 tied by Adelaide Registered ‘1FE38’ FD datestamp to 2d KGVI Postal Stationery Envelope BW #EP40 endorsed ‘First Day/Cover’, few mild spots. Unusual.

1942 6d Kookaburra Wmk CofA Perf 14¾x14 BW #203 1950 (Aug 30) use on ‘Advice of Delivery Card’ from Sydney to Mukachevo, Russia (now Ukraine) endorsed “via Czechoslovakia”, Mukachevo ‘25/9/51’ arrival datestamp, returned to Sydney arriving back ‘22NO51’.

1938-49 Robes Thin Paper set. BW #213,15,17, Cat $200. (3) 1941 Surcharges set BW #222-4 tied by Swan Hill ‘10DE41’ FD datestamp to plain FDC. Exceptionally fine example.

1941 Surcharges set, BW #224y tied by Adelaide ‘10DE41’ FDI datestamps to registered plain Wilson cover addressed to UK, Cat $375.

1942-50 2½d Scarlet KGVI Imperforate Authority Imprint corner block of 4 BW #230b,zm, fresh MUH. A great rarity with very few imprint blocks recorded. Ceremuga Certificate (2013).

1945 Gloucester set BW #233-5 tied to registered FDC by Gloucester (NSW) ‘19FE45’ FDI datestamps, typed address, Gloucester, West Maitland, Lismore & Murwillumba backstamps.

1949-50 Arms 5/- Thin Paper marginal. Mounted in margin only, BW #268a, Cat $225.

1950 1/6d Foundation of Commonwealth BW #283 x2 paying airmail double-rate on 1951 (Aug) small cover to Austria, Wels ‘8VIII/ 51’ arrival backstamp. Scarce usage.

1953 3d Tasmania Stamp Centenary BW #307 x8 paying airmail rate on 1953 (Dec 9) small cover from Melbourne to Germany, fine condition. Nice item.

1954-55 2/- Blue Olympic Games Publicity BW #316 pair tied by Goulburn (NSW) slogan cancel to 1955 (Jan 7) double-rate small cover to Germany. Elusive franking.

1956 2/- Olympics BW #335 tied by Richmond Park Olympic Boxing ‘26NOV/1956’ commemorative datestamp (APM #1182) to correctly rated airmail cover to USA. Unusual commercial usage of the special datestamp.

1959-65 2/3d Wattle Flower on Yellow Paper BW #368 strip of 4, paying 9/- quadruple rate, tied by 1963 (Aug 15) Sydney datestamp to commercial small cover addressed to Switzerland.

1959-65 2/3d Wattle Flower on Yellow Paper variety Oblique line through right side of first ‘T’ of ‘WATTLE’ BW #368f plus 1/Platypus tied by Carnegie ‘9SE59’ FD datestamp to Royal FDC, off-cover Cat $400.

1963-65 Navigators set of 6, BW #404-9, Cat $200+. (6) 1965-66 2/- Golden Whistler coloured pencil sketch, similar to issued design, in black, grey, yellow & pink, on tracing paper (180x240mm) BW #418E(1), intialled ‘BTW’ at base with annotations beneath, Cat $3,000. Wonderful piece of artwork, of considerable appeal to bird thematicists. [From the estate of Betty Temple-Watts, the designer of this issue] 1964 2/3d Air Mail Anniversary BW #424 solo franking paying correct rate on 1965 (Feb) airmail cover to Germany.

1965 5d Churchill complete upper & lower sheets with all four Brusden White listed retouches BW #430d-g, fresh MUH. (2 sheets, 96 stamps).

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1970-72 6c & 7c Commemorative Complete Sheets including 6c RAAF, 6c RSPCA, 6c Dairy Congress, 7c Accounting & 7c Overland Telegraph, few perf separations, MUH. (10 sheets) Noughties Varieties Selection of out-of-register or misperforated die-cut issues, plus a couple of comparison stamps; also 2008 50c Baubles apparently Imperforate used on piece. (14 + two comparison stamps).

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 1966 75c to $4 Navigators Optd ‘SPECIMEN’ plus 2c QEII, 6c Bird & 8c Fish on stockcard attached by paperclip to the back cover only of an Australian Post Office presentation folder with printer’s imprint ‘C.11841/63’, stamps with full unmounted gum.

1967-72 QEII 5c Blue variety Offset BW #444c corner block of 4, fresh MUH, Cat $300+.

1966-70 7c Humbug Fish BW #450 solo franking tied by Ayers Rock ‘18JY69’ pictorial datestamp to surface-rate cover to USA with attractive generic ‘Greetings’ illustration, typed address. Lovely item.

1966-74 $1 Flinders P14¾x14 top left corner block of 4. BW #464, Cat $320+.

1969-72 Primary Industries covers to UK comprising [1] 1970 with 7c Sugar x4, + 2c QEII; [2] 1969 15c Timber solo franking on PPC; [3] 25c Wool solo franking; also [4] a 1972 registered cover to Holland franked with 75c Cook, 1c QEII, 6c Adam Gordon complete booklet pane and two 1971 7c Christmas singles. (4) 1969 50th Anniversary of Flight BW #513 se-tenant sheet of 100 with varieties including Car retouches x7, Long ‘N’ [LP8/1], Broken wheel [LP7/3], ‘E’ flaw [RP5/3] & Broken ‘R’ [RP10/3], fine MUH. 1970 Captain Cook M/Ss unauthorised ‘ANPEX’ sheets numbered #2473 & #20876, fresh MUH, Cat $160. (2) 1970 Captain Cook M/Ss Orlo-Smith (Melbourne dealer) rouletted and perforated sheets x5 of each, MUH. (10) 1972-74 10c Pioneer Water BW #608 very scarce solo franking, tied by Canberra datestamp, paying surface rate on 1972 (Dec 7) Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station (ACT) Final Apollo Mission commemorative cover, addressed to USA. 1973-80 8c Opal BW #644 complete pane of 100, most of the left column progressively affected by Aberrant perfs with the lowerleft corner unit completely bisected.

1974-80 10c Star Sapphire vertical pair, upper unit error Black omitted, lower unit Black partially omitted, fresh MUH, Cat $500 (as a vertical strip of 5 containing the two errors).

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.

1978-84 Birds 20c Little Grebe error Yellow omitted (bird’s eye & beak) BW #805cb corner block of 4, with normal block for comparison, Cat $1,000+. (8) 1994 Advance Bank Teller Machine Sheetlets BW #1791c x10, very fine, Cat $160. (10)

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1996 Children’s Book Council 45c roll stamp part segments with all 4 designs repeated over 2 rows, error unseparated horizontally between the two rows, backing paper intact, each stamp has ‘SNP CANBEC’ imprinted on the reverse of the backing paper. BW #1981-4. ** 1997 the Dreaming 45c imperforate corner block of 4, very fine.

D 2012 Christmas self-adhesive die-cut 55c Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer with spectacular Shift of the shiney-red embossing resulting in Two red noses & two scarves on reindeer, used on piece.

W 2012 Christmas self-adhesive die-cut 55c Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer with spectacular Shift of the shiney-red embossing resulting in Two red noses & two scarves on reindeer, uncancelled on piece.

D 2013 Christmas self-adhesive die-cut 55c Christmas Tree with huge 10mm shift to left & 3mm downwards of gold embossing with ‘AUSTRALIA 55c’ missing, Star shifted to edge of stamp & just a trace of the Christmas Tree base at lower-left, used on piece with normal stamp provided for comparison. * 2016 30c Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamp showing Kangaroo in motion tied to commercial cover with 70c commem by ‘AMC’ (Adelaide Mail Centre) cancel, roughly opened. * 2016 30c Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamp showing ‘Two Kangaroos’ ( + 70c Earth) tied to commercial cover by AMC (Adelaide Mail Centre) ‘19JAN16’ cancel. * 2016 30c Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamp set of 6 on six separate postally used covers. (6) ** 2016 30c Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamp complete set of six values, mint.

U/D 2016 30c Adelaide Emergency Counter Printed Stamp complete set of six values, four used on piece. Very scarce as a complete set.

AUSTRALIA | Booklets | Collections & Accumulations B/** 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 B 1913-17 2/- Booklet with ½d green Kangaroo (12, one unit Break in bottom frame under ‘H’ of ‘HALF’ BW #1(2)g) & 1d red KGV (18) with Wmk inverted (BW #71Aa), with interleaving, BW #B8, Cat $7,500 (as normal stamps). Drury certificate (2018) stating “Rare Booklet in outstanding condition”.

B 1920-23 2/-, 2d Red KGV Single Watermark incomplete, containing one part-pane of four and a 2nd part-pane of five (top left unit in both panes is 16R37), black/rose cover, revised text, BW #B25D, fine, Cat $5,000.

B 1989 $3.60 Christmas with World Stamp Expo (Washington) overprint BW #B170ca [Pfeffer #B161(2)] x5, very fresh condition, Cat $875.

AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues */W/U 1909-60 Selection on Hagners mostly used with Crown/Double-Lined ‘A’ 1909-10 to 2/- x4 & 5/- x2, 1913-23 including ½d P12½ block of 4, 1/- P14 mint, 1922-30 with 1½d block of 8 mint & 6d block of 4 used, 1931-36 CofA including 3d P11 x2 & 1/- P11, 1938 1/- marginal block of 6 used, 1946-57 5d Misplaced centre (3mm upward shift) used, later issues with multiples; condition variable but generally fine. Good lot for the specialist, with plenty of material to work through. (100s) F 1902 Converted NSW Plates 4d emerald block of 6 wmk upright with Diagonal white scratch through lower left spandrel in 2 left units, BW #D8d, Cat $300+.

F 1909-10 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thick Paper 5/- rose-red & green Break in left frame 5mm above left corner & Break in frame over U of AUSTRALIA (partly obscured) in block of 4, BW #D90(FP1)f,g, Cat $340+, ‘T’-in-hexagon cancel.

F 1913-21 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thin Paper ½d rose-red & green pair, BW #D95A, Cat $550. * 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/A 2d carmine & yellow marginal single variety Imperforate between stamp and margin BW #D108b (SG #94var), very lightly mounted, Cat $1,750.

AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps and Certificates * 1918 WWI War Savings 5/- Tank & Mortar, regummed, otherwise fine.

AUSTRALIA | Customs Duty D Customs Clearance Seals red/white Port of Sydney P11½ on 3 side, cancelled Jan 1902.

D Customs Clearance Seals black/pink HM Customs, Victoria, imperf, on piece, Port of Melbourne handstamp. Plus printed ‘Per PACKET POST Samples’ label from Sands & McDougall with Customs and Excise handstamp. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards PS 1911 1d KGV Fullface Coronation mixed mint & used incl unused 1d Roo for G Hall & Sons, 1d red KGV without admonition used, 1½d brown no admonition x3 used, 1925 1d green CTO but addressed, 1d green QE doubleton used. (18) PS 1911 1d KGV Fullface Coronation KGV within Oval Laurel Wreath Frame BW #P7B in purple-black uprated with ½d Roo for transit to Germany, Fremantle ‘15SP13’ machine cancel, fine condition.

PS 1923 ‘ONE/PENNY’ on 1½d Red-Brown KGV Sideface Obsolete Stock footnote removed, BW #P58, unused, mild toning, Cat $750.

PS 1923 ‘ONE/PENNY’ on 1½d Red-Brown KGV Sideface Obsolete Stock x3 BW #P58, one used in 1924, one uprated with 1d for 1930 use to France (faults) & one uprated with ½d for 1932 local use in Melbourne, Cat $750. (3) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) PS 1916-19 1d Red KGV Star Die 1 for Customs House, Sydney, BW #PS9, 1917 use in Sydney.

PS 1941-50 1½d Green KGVI Oval with printed address for Australian Paper Manufacturers, Morwell, BW #PS29. Unused. Some minor stains nevertheless a very rare PTPO card.

PS 1956 4d Plum QEII for The Brotherhood of St Laurence (Vic), addressed to Hughesdale, weak machine cancel, Cat $750.

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Sideface on grey P10, violet-blue? ‘WATERFALL GULLY/ADELAIDE’ and maroon ‘CEDAR LOGS/ QUEENSLAND’, BW #LC21 unused. (2) PS 1917 1d Divided Reply Lettercards Reply Half in purple showing ‘QUEEN’S GARDENS/PERTH, W A’, BW #LC32 (108A), cancelled with Brisbane ‘29MAY17’ machine cancel, addressed locally, edge blemish and a tad aged, Cat $200.

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes PS 1916 2d Violet KGV Star CTO BW #EP12, flap stuck down, Cat $300.

PS 1916 2d Violet KGV Star proof on surfaced laid bâtonné paper BW #EP12(P)1, flap stuck-down unused, Cat $1,000. [Brusden White state this “was used as a sample of the new embossing die for distribution to the six Deputy Postmaster-Generals”] PS 1918-19 1½d Black-Brown KGV Star Die 2 BW #EP17 plus 1919-20 1½d brown KGV Star Embossed Die 3 BW #EP20, both unused, former with sealed flap, Cat $300. (2) PS 1923-24 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 2d KGV Star orange without ‘POSTAGE’ (EP21), BW #EP24. Scarce, rarely seen so clean, Cat $750.

PS 1923-24 1½d Green KGV Star BW #EP27, printed address for Law Institute of Victoria, vertical fold, unused with unsealed flap, Cat $200.

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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1914-16 1d Red KGV Sideface BW #ES14 x9, various users including Webster & Sons (Hobart), Roberts & Co (Hobart), Vacuum Oil Co (Melbourne), Civil Service Stores (Sydney) x4, Adelaide Electrical Supply Co x2; also 1d Roo Envelope for Vacuum Oil Co; machine cancels, condition variable though mostly fine. (10) 1916-22 1d Red KGV Star Die I BW #ES28 illustrated envelope user Resch’s (brewery) sent from Sydney to Balmain.

1924-28 1d Green KGV Star With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES43 and 1½d Red KGV Star With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES56 window envelopes user Clutterbuck Bros (Adelaide) used 1925 & 1928 respectively, both with Adelaide machine cancels. (2) 1919-21 1½d Brown KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ Die II & Die III BW #ES51&52 window envelopes for Perdriau Rubber Co, the latter cancelled on reverse only, some mild age spotting. (2) 1919-21 1½d Brown KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ Die III BW #ES52 illustrated envelope for Gillespie & Co Ltd (Goulburn, NSW), small (reinforced) tear at upper-right, typed address to Wallerawang, however no postal markings, unpriced unused.

1919-21 1½d Brown KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ Die III BW #ES52 illustrated envelope for Alexander Mair & Co (Michelin tyres agents, Melbourne), corner stain, opened on two sides, addresssed locally, Melbourne cancel clear of the indicia.

1923-30 Unused Selection for British Wool Association mostly Long Envelopes comprising 1½d Green KGV ‘Star’ BW #ES55, 1½d Red KGV ‘Star’ #ES56 x2, long & small types 2d Red KGV ‘Star’ #ES61 and 2d Red KGV Oval Die 1 #ES72 (edge blemishes), some creasing from being folded as return envelopes, mostly fine, Cat $1,000. (5) 1920-21 2d Orange KGV Star No ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES59, user Wallaroo Mount Lyell Fertilisers used to New Zealand; also 2d Orange KGV Star With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES60, user Vacuum Oil Co used to Tasmania; Cat $125. (2) 1928-37 1d Green KGV Oval BW #ES64 long envelopes x4 comprising 1931 & 1932 for user Arnall & Jackson, on different stock types to same addressee in Rochester, also 1935 x2 for same user and sent locally to same address, one with ‘USE THE/AIR MAIL’ slogan cancel. All in fine condition.

1928-37 1d Green KGV Oval BW #ES64 x2 for Medallion ‘Custard Powders’ or ‘Saline’, very fine unused. (2) 1928-37 1d Green KGV Oval BW #Es64 window envelopes x2, users AW Sandford or Kitchen’s Sand Soap the former with all-over advertising on reverse for Alpha Laval Cream Separators.

1941-42 1d Brown KGVI Oval BW #ES77 for Australian Defence Canteens x2, both with censor handstamps, one with APO ‘0105’ datestamp, also 1d Green KGVI Oval BW #ES75 for same user x4 all but one with concession rate handstamps, postmarks including MILPOs Bathurst, Greta & Ingleburn; 1d green envelopes in variable condition. (6) 1942(?)-50 2d Mauve KGVI Oval BW #ES84 x3 (shades) user’s Permit No 340 (AL Smith, Turf Commission Agent) x2 or Permit No 354, some minor staining/blemishes, Cat $600. (3) 1950-51 2d Green KGVI Oval window envelopes BW #ES85 x2 1951 usage for Harris, Scarfe Ltd with advertising for Timber supplies or for Rogers ‘MM’ Paint, very fine condition, unsealed flaps. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo, ‘REGISTERED LETTER’ At Top RE3 (Jul 22) use from Sydney to England, London & Romford (Essex) backstamps, fine condition.

1923-24 ‘FOURPENCE/HALFPENNY’ on 5d Brown KGV Sideface BW #RE17 1923 (Oct 10) use to Middle Park tied by South Yarra ‘10OC23’ datestamp, red/white registration label, Registered Melbourne transit backstamp.

1930 ‘FIVE/PENCE’ on 4½d Violet KGV Oval (Revalued on Old Stock, Long Envelope) BW #RE25 1932 (Jan 30) use to USA uprated with KGV 1d & 2d tied by St George’s Terrace (WA) ‘30JA32’ datestamps, Perth, Chicago & Peoria transit datestamps.

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers 1921 1d Red KGV Sideface ‘NEWSPAPER ONLY’ BW #W10 1922 (Feb 22) usage, uprated with (overlapping) ½d green KGV for transit to USA. Scarce.

1953-59 2½d Brown QEII and 2½d dark blue embossed, both optd ‘SPECIMEN’ in red BW #W26w & W28w, very fine, Cat $250.

(2) 1959-65 5d Blue QEII x2 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ in red or handstamped ‘SPECIMEN ONLY’ in violet BW #W29w&wa, fine unused, Cat $175.

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime 1916 1d Red KGV Sideface ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base grey stock, white inside, electro has Break in left frame opposite value shield, BW #LCM1, unused, minor water stains, Cat $500.

1916-17 1d Red KGV Sideface ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base at the base, 1st setting on off-white/cream paper, flap sealed. BW #ME3, Cat $300.

1916-17 1d Red Military Envelope Inscribed ‘A.I.F. ABROAD’ Setting 1 on buff wove paper BW #ME3B, fine unused, Cat $300.

AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer Alfil [Barcelona] 3d Tasmanian Stamp Centenary strip of 3 tied by Sydney ‘11NO53’ FD datestamp to FDC with Tasman’s Arch illustrated cachet, some age spots, typed address to Spain.

APO 1956 Olympics sets on two generic ‘Hermes’ FDCs with Olympic Village FD cancels addressed to French Olympic Delegation at the Village.

APO 1956 Olympics sets on two generic ‘Hermes’ FDCs with Olympic Village FD cancels, matching addresses.

APO 5/- Cattle tied to generic Hermes FDC, by pertinent ‘DARWIN/26JY61’ FD datestamp, fine unaddressed with unsealed flap.

APO 5c Flight Anniversary se-tenant block of 9 with Break in top of ‘R’ of ‘ACROSS’ [RP 10/3] tied by ‘12NO69’ FD datestamp to PO generic FDC, fine unaddressed.

Australian Cover Collectors’ Association 1964 £2 King pencilled address.

Bergen 1948 2½d Farrer on enhanced Haslem FDC with additional text and dateline in blue, Stock Exchange Adelaide FD datestamp, typed address.

Bergen 1948 Royal Adelaide Show souvenir cover with Adelaide ‘6SE48’ (opening day) datestamp tying stamps, minor surface marks.

Bergen 1948 Prince Charles’ Birth with 1d Princess tied to ‘A ROYAL PRINCE IS BORN’ souvenir cover by Parafield (SA) ‘15NO48’ datestamp, fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1948 2½d Scouts on Wide World FDC embellished by Bergen with dateline added in green, Largs North FD datestamp, unaddressed; includes information card printed by Bergen.

Bergen 1949-51 group of eight FDCs serviced by Arthur Bergen at Largs North (SA) post office on behalf on NZ dealer Jim Stapleton. (8) Bergen 1949 Australia-Britain Grain Race souvenir cover for Grain Race Winner ‘PASSAT’ with Port Victoria (SA) ‘12MY49’ datestamp tying stamps, Falmouth (UK) backstamp.

Bergen 1949 Royal Adelaide Show souvenir cover with Wayville Showgrounds ‘8SE49’ (opening day) datestamp tying stamps.

Bergen 1950 2½d Red KGVI tied to illustrated FDC by Largs North (SA) ‘12AP50’ FD datestamp, unaddressed.

Bergen 1950 Mt Gambier 150th Anniverary on illustrated souvenir cover with 1½d QM tied by Mt Gambier (SA) ‘3DE50’ datestamp, pencilled address to Bergen.

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Bergen 1951 2½d Chocolate KGVI tied to illustated FDC by Oodla Wirra (SA) ‘3MY51’ FD datestamp, unaddressed.

Bergen 1951 Opening Prospect North PO souvenir cover with 3d Responsible Government tied by Relief 12 ‘8AU51’ datestamp.

Bergen 1951 SA Jubilee Year Philatelic Exhibition souvenir covers x2 with cachets in different colours, stamp tied by Adelaide ‘22AU51’ datestamps. (2) Bergen 1952 KGVI 4½d Red FDI on Postcard tied by Hindmarsh (SA) ‘20FE52’ FD cds to ANA airmail postcard with DC4 Skymaster image on viewside & Bergen hand-printed cachet on message side, handstamped address to James Stapleton in New Zealand. Plus 4½d & 6½d on Haslam FDC and 4½d uprating 3½d Lettercard to Denmark. (3) Bergen 4½d Red & 6½d Brown KGVI tied by Brighton (SA) ‘20FE52’ datestamp to FDC with rare cachet type, fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1953 3d Green QEII tied to illustrated FDC (long envelope, scarce) by Allenby Gardens (SA) ‘17JE53’, FD datestamp, unaddressed.

Bergen 1953 1d Purple QEII tied to FDC (cachet dated in green) by St Arnaud North (Vic) FD datestamp. Fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1953 3½d Young Farmers’ tied to illustrated FDC by Pennington (SA) FD cancel, fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1953 3d Tasmania Stamp Centenary tied to illustrated FDC by Oodla Wirra (SA) FD cancel. Cachet without outline map of Tasmania, fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1954 3½d Royal Visit tied by Adelaide ‘3FEB/1954’ first day of visit slogan cancel to special souvenir cover, typed address.

Bergen 1954 3½d Telegraph Centenary tied to illustrated FDC by Wayville (SA) FD cancel, fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1954 3½d Red Cross tied to illustrated FDC by Underdale (SA) FD cancel, fine unaddressed condition.

Bergen 1956 3½d Responsible Government tied to illustrated FDC by Adelaide Airport ‘26SE56’ FD datestamp, unaddressed.

Bergen 1957-59 ‘FOUR PENCE’ on 3d Postal Card with Panorama (SA) ‘12JE57’ FD datestamp, hand-printed cachet added by Arthur Bergen.

Bodin (Rex) 1947 1d Princess Elizabeth strips of 3 x2 on separate FDCs with matching black or blue cachets, stamps tied by Kaniva ‘20NO47’ FD datestamps, both fine unaddressed. (2) Bodin (Rex) 1948-49 FDCs x5, all unaddressed with Kaniva (Vic) FD datestamps, probably serviced by AJ Hicks. (5) Cole (RN) ½d Roo & 1/4d KGVI tied by Eildon (Qld) FD datestamps to registered illustrated FDC. Darling Downs 1956 Olympic Games set tied by Newcastle West ‘31OC56’ FD datestamp to generic cachet FDC. Very scarce usage.

Davis Bros 3d Airmail (+ 1d green KGV) tied by Adelaide ‘’20MAY29’ FD machine cancel to cover flown from Adelaide to Cessnock (NSW).

Easther (Max) 1955 1/0½d QEII tied to registered FDC by Launceston FD datestamp, few light spots.

Easther (Max) 1955 3½d Nursing tied by Inquiry Counter Launceston ‘21SP55’ FD datestamp to FDC. Very fine condition for this cachet type, flap never sealed.

Easther (Max) 1957 2/- AAT tied to FDC by Gravelly Beach (TAS) FD datestamp, unaddressed.

Easther (Max) 1957 7½d Violet QEII tied by Launceston ‘13NO57’ FD datestamp to illustrated FDC. Fleetwood 1979 Ferries, Railways & Fishing complete sets on FDCs plus individual values from each set on single FDCs, all with Philatelic Bureau (Melbourne) FDI datestamps, very fine unaddressed. (15) Geniality 1947 Newcastle Anniversary set tied by Horsham (Vic) ‘3SE47’ FD datestamp to illustrated FDC. Very fine.

Guthrie 1950-51 1½d & 2d QM and 3d scarlet KGVI tied to separate generic FDCs by Perth FD datestamp, typed addresses. (3) Guthrie x6 values between 3d and 1/0½d tied to separate generic FDCs by Perth FD datestamps, erased pencilled addresses, retail $480. (6 covers) Guthrie 1955 3½d USA Memorial tied by Wembley Pk West ‘4MY55’ FD datestamp to American-sized illustrated envelope, fine unaddressed.

Guthrie 1955 2/- Green Olympic Publicity tied by Perth ‘30NO55’ FD datestamp to 1936 Austrian Olympic Torch Run PPC with Austrian stamp tied by Vienna pictorial ‘Olympic Torch’ datestamp. Guthrie pencilled address.

Haslem 1938 9d Platypus tied to generic FDC by Prahran ‘1SP38’ FD datestamp. Rare.

Haslem 1953 3½d Young Farmers’ tied to matching covers by Adelaide ‘3SE53’ FD datestamps, cachets in green or blue, unaddressed. Rare. (2) Haslem 1954 Royal Visit Set tied by Camp Royal (ACT) ‘2FE54’ FD datestamp, typed local address.

Haslem 1954 3½d Railway Centenary matching set of the six cachet types, all with Melbourne FD datestamps, typed addresses.

Rare as a set. (6) Haslem 1961 5d Melba tied by Melbourne ‘20SEP61’ FD datestamp to FDC with generic ‘Red Kookaburra’ cachet, typed address.

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Hawker (John) 1963 4/- & 5/- Navigators tied to seperate enhanced WCS FDCs with (extra text) by Hopetoun Gardens (Vic) FD datestamps, typed addresses. (2) Hawker (John) 1964 £1 Navigators on WCS FDC with extra text added by John Hawker, tied by Hopetoun Gardens (Vic) ‘26FE64’ FD datestamp, typed addresses.

Hornadge 1937 NSW Sesquicentenary Set tied by Catherine Hill Bay ‘1OC37’ FD datestamp to registered FDC with Steel (NZ) printed address. Fine example.

Hughes (DC) 1946 Peace set tied to registered illustrated cover by Cremorne Junction (NSW) ‘18FE46’ FD datestamp, typed address to USA. Rare usage.

Jackson [NZ] 1958 8d Trans-Tasman tied by Franklin (Tas) ‘27AU58’ datestamp to illustrated FDC. Kufner (Alex) 1938 1½d Red-Brown KGVI tied by Albury ‘22AP38’ FDC to generic Lyre Bird FDC, very fine unaddressed.

Kufner (Alex) 1938 ½d Orange Roo & KGVI 1/4d tied to registered generic FDC by Bendigo ‘30OC38’ FD datestamp, typed address to USA. Kufner (Alex) 1938 5d Ram P13½x14 (+ ½d Roo pair) tied by Melbourne ‘1DE38’ FD datestamp to generic cachet FDC addressed to USA, minor soiling, appropriate backstamps.

Laredo (John) 1968 (Mar 29) commercial use of WCS ‘Antarctica’ cachet first day cover dated ‘5th July 1961’ with 3c & 4c QEII coil stamps paying surface-rate postage to USA, ‘Laredo’ imprint at top left & printed ‘SAMPLE OF EMBOSSED FIRST DAY COVER’ at base. [John Laredo bought out Wesley Cover Service circa 1967] Marq 1965 5d Churchill x2 tied by Melbourne ‘24MAY65’ FD datestamps to separate FDCs with cachets in orange & black or in red & black, both covers with some edge blemishes, typed addresses to USA. (2) Mitchell 1930 1½d Sturt tied to FDC by Perth ‘2JUN/1930’ Air Mail slogan datestamp, typed address to Mitchell.

Mitchell 1946 Mitchell Centenary set tied to FDC by Perth ‘14OC46’ FD datestamp, printed address added by Mitchell for London stamp trader A. Cattley.

Mitchell 1947 1d Princess Elizabeth tied by Perth ‘20NO47’ FD datestamp to FDC with rare silver and dull gold cachet.

Mordue 1953 3½d Young Farmers tied by Angaston (SA) ‘3SE53’ FD datestamp to FDC with inscribed cachet. Rare.

Opitz 1931 Kingsford Smith set tied by Melbourne ‘19MR31’ FD cancel to ‘Omega lightbulb’ illustrated envelope, typed address.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 Parade 1963 4/- Navigator FDCs x7, each with cachet in different colour or shades, few with minor toning. (7) Philatelic Investment Corp 1937 1d Queen Mother tied by Sydney ‘10MY37’ FD datestamp to printed Letter Card.

Philatelic Investment Corp 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die IA tied to printed FDC by Mudgee (NSW) ‘2AU37’ FD datestamp, flown on the newly formed Southern Airlines & Freighters Ltd inaugural flight which introduced Mudgee to the Sydney-Broken Hill service, not recorded by Eustis but covered by local newpapers. A rare and desirable cover.

PMG’s Dept 1953 3½d Young Farmers’ tied to OHMS small cover to USA by Sydney ‘3SE53’ FD datestamp. Very fine.

Royal 1956 Olympics set tied by Brunswick South ‘31OC56’ FD cancel to FDC with ‘Australia prepares for’ cachet produced for 1954 2/- blue publicity issue. Rare usage.

Royal 1966 Navigators set of 6 on three FDCs, stamps tied by Kalorama (Vic) FD datestamps. (3) Segnit 1947 1d Princess Elizabeth pair (+ ½d Roo) tied to illustrated FDC by Horsham ‘20NO47’ FD datestamp, pencilled Geniality (Horsham) address. The first Segnit cachet envelope.

Set Maker 1954 3½d Red Cross tied by Melbourne ‘9JE54’ FD datestamp to generic FDC, fine unaddressed.

Sheard (Saville) 1940 1d AIF tied by Brisbane ‘15JY40’ FD datestamp to FDC with rubber stamp cachet and address stamp to Sheard.

Sher 1956 Olympics sets tied to covers inscribed ‘First Day...22nd November, 1956’ or ‘Last Day...8th December, 1956’ each set tied by commemorative Stadium cancels, printed addresses to Sher. Rare cachet types. (2) Sher 1956 Olympics set tied to inscribed FDC by pertinent Philatelic Bureau Melbourne ‘31OC56’ FD datestamp, rare cachet type.

South Australian Stamp Company 1936 2d & 3d SA Stamp Centenary on two registered FDCs (different cachets), the stamps tied by Glenelg ‘3AU36’ FD datestamps, typed local addresses. (2) South Australian Stamp Company 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die I plus 3d KGV (which the KGVI stamp replaced), tied to registered FDC

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Standard Stamp Co 1938 5d Merino Ram tied by Registered Brisbane ‘1DE38’ FD datestamp to generic design registered FDC. Unidentified 1948 2½d Farrer tied by Gosford (NSW) ‘12JY48’ FD datestamp to FDC with misplaced and rare ‘Wheat Areas’ cachet type in pale pink, typed address to UK. Unidentified 1946 Peace set to FDC by Rosefield (SA) ‘18FE46’ FD datestamp. Very scarce cachet type.

Unidentified 1946 Peace set tied by RN Barracks (Sydney) ‘18FEB46’ (month inverted) datestamp, rubber handstamp ‘Victory’ cachet, taxed.

Unidentified 1946 Peace Set tied by North Norwood ‘18FE46’ FD datestamp to FDC with rare cachet type.

Unidentified 1949 3½d UPU tied by Sydney ‘10OC49’ FD datestamp to FDC with rare inscription. Only two recorded.

Unidentified 1950 1½d Green Queen Mother Authority Imprint block of 4 tied by Greenock (SA) ‘19JE50’ to ‘Greetings’ generic FDC, typed address.

Unidentified 1952 4½d Red KGVI tied by Chermside (Qld) ‘20FE52’ FD datestamp to first day of issue Postcard with ‘POSTAGE STAMPS OF AUSTRALIA’ cachet, fine unaddressed.

Unidentified 1954 3½d Telegraph Centenary tied by Whyalla (SA) ‘7AP54’ FD datestamp to unaddressed FDC with generic ‘From Whyalla’ ship cachet, unsealed flap, very fine.

Unidentified 1954 3½d Red Cross tied by Whyalla (SA) ‘9JE54’ FD datestamp to unaddressed FDC with generic ‘From Whyalla’ ship cachet, unsealed flap, very fine.

Universal Cover Collectors Club (Jack Koch) 1970 5c Cook Bicentenary tied by Cooktown (Qld) ‘19JUN1970’ commemorative cancel to ‘OFFICIAL COVER’, ‘ARMADA NACIONAL’ circular handstamp. Cachet type not seen by us before.

Wesley 1951 2½d Chocolate KGVI Authority imprint block of 4 tied to illustrated FDC by Victor Harbour ‘23MY51’ FD datestamp.

Wesley 1955 2/- Green Olympic Publicity tied by Melbourne Olympic Games slogan ‘30NOV/1955’ FD cancel to illustrated FDC. Wesley 1957 (July 20) apparently commercial used of Olympics Yachting cachet long cover to USA with QEII 10d pair & 1d block of 4 (paying 2/- airmail rate), tied by Largs North ‘20JY57’ datestamp, on reverse J.M. Gower address label.

Wesley 1964 10/- & £1 Navigators tied by Adelaide ‘26FEB64’ FDI datestamp to unaddressed FDC. Wesley 1964 £2 King marginal example with large-part plate pip tied by Laura (SA) FD datestamp to illustrated FDC. Wesley 1966 Defintives 1c QEII to 40c Navigators in blocks of 4 tied to separate generic registered FDCs by Adelaide ‘14FE66’ FDI datestamps, typed addresses, very fine.

Wide World 1938 ½d Kangaroo pair tied by Adelaide ‘3OC38’ FD datestamp to Stalley (Wide World) FDC with rubber stamp cachet.

Fine unaddressed, flap never sealed. Rare Wide World forerunner.

Wide World 1959 5d Blue QEII tied by St Kilda Rail (Vic) ‘1OC59’ FD datestamp to generic ‘Transport’ cachet FDC. Very late usage for this cachet type.

Winter [UK] 1937 1d QM & 2d KGVI tied by Brisbane ‘10MY37’ FD datestamp to Arthur Winter FDC. Fine and very rare.

Woodger 1948-49 group of four illustrated FDCs with FD cancels for Cooma (NSW) x3 or Moonta (SA), typed addresses. (4) Woodger 1948 2½d Farrer tied to unaddressed FDC by superb strike of ‘WOOMELANG/12JL48/VIC’ FD datestamp, unsealed flap.

Woodger 1957 4d & 1/7d QEII (plus 1d) tied by Cooma North FD datestamp to FDC, type address to USA. AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1932-88 small group of covers with 1940 Storey Bridge, 1959 Qantas Jet Service, 1970 Capt Cook Point Hicks, Sydpex 88, 1932 5th Australasian Philatelic Exhibition, 1937 Field PO NO 1. (6) 1952 Greystanes Scout Jamboree with 3½d Scouts tied to PMG’s Dept OHMS cover by Pan Pacific Scout Jamboree ‘29DE52’ opening day datestamp.

1956 Olympic Games St Kilda Pier cover with special Olympiad registration label and two strikes of pictorial ‘26NOV1956’ datestamp tying 7½d Olympic Games strip of 3 to plain cover. Flap gum staining visible on face.

1956 Olympic Rowing At Ballarat Olympics opening day cover for Rowing at Ballarat, Ballarat Village pictorial postmark and commemorative label.

1960 Congress of Scientific Management, Melbourne registered use with Congress of Scientific Management special cachet, provisional label ‘020’, (APM1422- APM states 31 registered covers serviced).

1962 matching registered souvenir covers for Country Women & World Power Conferences each with provisional registration label & special datestamp. (2) 1974 Mildura Balloon Launching Station (Feb 5) commemorative cover with 7c Xmas tied by Mildura ‘5FE74’ datestamp, unaddressed.

AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1913 (Nov 4) commercial use of 4d Kangaroo Registration Envelope with ½d & 1d Roos added for transit from Sydney to Djibouti via Aden (backstamp), ‘COTE FRANCAISE DES SOMALIS/DJIBOUTI’ arrival backstamp. Marvellous destination item.

1914 (Jul 22) stampless Lettersheet from Customs & Excise Office, Sydney to Messageries Maritimes Co as correspondence acknowledgment sent via boxes in Customs House where shipping companies collected their own mail. Uncommon.

1914-68 group of registered covers, noted 1914 Jackson, 1935 Princes Pier, 1934 All Australia Exhibition x2 & 1937 North Rothbury.

Also registered GB Silver Jubilee FDCs to Australia x2. (20) 1915 (Aug 2) Gepps Aurora Hotel attractive advertising cover to Philadelphia with 2½d Roo tied by Adelaide ‘2AUG15’ machine cancel, censor tape at left, backstamped with Adelaide ‘4AUG15’ machine cancel.

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1915 (Sep 6) registered cover to Moree (NSW) with rare combination franking of Tasmania 3d Pictorial & KGV 1d red tied by Sydney registered datestamp, few minor tones.

1916 (Oct 12) use of 4d orange KGV perf ‘OS’, from WA Lands Titles Dept, Perth to Kalgoorlie, registered and unclaimed, red label.

1923 (Dec 5) Strand Motor Co cover with 1½d green KGV tied by Townsville datestamp, Willys Knight automobile illustration, opened on three sides, small tear at top, somewhat soiled.

1927 (Jun 21) use of attractive Lindbergh New York-Paris cinderella, sealing flap of Vacuuum Oil Company 1½d red window Stationery Envelope. The cover was mailed exactly one month after Lindbergh’s famous landing in Paris. This short time between the flight and and the mailing of this cover strongly suggests that the cinderella was produced locally in WA. A rare piece of ephemera concerning this famous aviator, which is apparently unknown to American collectors. A wonderful item for any Lindbergh collector.

1930 (Aug 11) cover to USA ‘Per s.s. Tahiti’ with KGV 1d & 2d on 1½d x2 tied by ‘WELLINGTON/NZ/LOOSE LETTERS’ double-ring datestamp, at base ‘Salvaged from/S,S,Tahiti/Lost at sea’ three-line handstamp in violet.

1931 (C.) complete parcel label with Customs declaration for Stereo Mats from the Sun Newspaper, Sydney, 5/2d in stamps on label.

1933 (May 12) inwards registered cover from Argentina to Rochester, Vic, blue/white 1928 Assessment Label for 14/10d on face, also mss “T3d” on face twice, a little tatty. Rare.

1933 (Sep 19) Port Macquarie cover promoting ‘Surfing, Fishing, Golf, & Tennis’ with attractive Surfer illustration used from Port Macquarie to Haymarket.

1933-36 group of 4 registered covers all adorned with different Vic Centenary cinderellas, incl Dennis C4 red label and Dennis C3 blue & black label. Plus registered cover with Elizabeth St., Melbourne blue label #10000. Fine and attractive group. (5) 1936 (Jan 28) 10d airmail rate (via Singapore) cover to Philippines with 6d Kingsford-Smith, 3d Airmail & 1d green KGV tied by Sydney datestamps. Unusual destination for the period.

1936 Inwards cover from Germany to Melbourne with triple-circle ‘CUSTOMS/T2D/DUES’ & 2d PDue applied for payment. Customs annotation on back.

1937 (Feb 22) cover to Sydney with 5d brown KGV tied by Inverell (NSW) datestamp, black/white registration label at lower-left, Inverell & Sydney backstamps.

1939 US DL size envelope to NSW with 1½c Harding (Denver pre-cancel), 5 different ‘UNCLAIMED...’, ‘RETOUR’, REBUTS’, etc, on front and on reverse ‘NON RECLAIME (UNCLAIMED.) straight line handstamp, plus Sydney & San Francisco ‘DLO’ cancels & Customs stamps ¼d & 1d just tied by NSW cds & SF DLO cds.

1939 (Jan 19) Australian Broadcasting Commission promotional cover for a series of recitals by Australian bass-baritone singer Alan Eddy, on reverse promotional inscriptions for Jay Whidden’s bi-weekly broadcasts & ‘After Dinner Show’, original enclosure within; addressed to USA with Melbourne 3d Postage Paid machine cancel. Lovely item.

1940s Wrapper from Canada with 3c KGVI to Victoria, handstamp on face states that 2 copies ‘Canadian Home Journal’ Serial 7’ have been seized as prohibited imports.

1942 (Sep 30) Entire parcel wrapper of food from Anthony Hordern & Sons to England, with labels asserting the contents are a bonefide gift from a private address. Complete Customs declaration form on back, 3/7d in stamps. Unusual to find a complete wrapper for these parcels.

1943 (May 10) Gheysens triple-rate commercial surface mail cover to USA with 6d Small Kooka & 1½d QM tied by Sydney machine cancel, censor tape & handstamp at left. [The 7½d rate comprised 3d for 1st oz, plus 2d x2 for the additional 2oz, plus ½d War Tax] 1944 (Feb 23) use of 5/- Robes and 9d Platypus on long Australian Red Cross Message Service air cover to Geneva, via Portugal 1944 (Sep 4) WWII dual censor jusqu’a airmail (between USA-Spain), 1/11d rate cover from Perth to Switzerland, fine Gibraltar ‘3OCT44’ machine transit datestamp cover on reverse, and very fine Berne ‘13/XII/44’ arrival backstamp, over three months in transit, fine condition.

1946 (C.) Complete parcel label from Brisbane to England with 3/7d in stamps. Part of Food for Britain scheme, a little stained. Rare.

Plus a 1945 (Dec 12) letter from the Collector of Customs explaining how much sugar can be included in the parcels. At a later time used cut-outs of the special 3/7d & 5/10d parcel stamps have been glued to the letter. (2) 1948 (May 1) GB KGVI 5½d registered envelope (uprated by 4/9½d for airmail) to NSW with a 1945 blue & white ‘ASSESSMENT LABEL/Customs Duty to Pay £ : “4/8”‘, small green DOUANE C.I. label and boxed ‘MORE TO PAY/3d’ handstamp & KGVI 3d brown added. No markings on reverse. Flap fault.

1950s Complete parcel label with customs declaration for broken shaft... from the Westinghouse, Rosebery, NSW to airmail to New York. 5/- Arms & 1/- Lyre on label.

1953 (Aug 4) ‘London 1½d/Paid’ slogan on cover to NSW with 30mm ‘CUSTOMS DUTY/½d/TO PAY’ in red alongside Australian ½d Postage Due, Postman’s boxed ‘Card Issued’ handstamp on front and on reverse ‘(Clock)/CUSTOMS G.P.O./1OCT1953/ RELEASED/SYDNEY’ handstamp.

1954 (March) Singapore crash covers with ‘SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13-3-1954’ boxed handstamps, comprising [1] Austral Metals to England with 5/- Arms strip of 4, plus 2/- Royal visit pair, with four other (Arms) stamps washed-off; [2] 4/- double-rate to England with British ‘GR’ repair tape; [3] 2/- rate to England x2 (one without cachet); and [4] 1/3d rate to Pakistan, being an unusual destination for mail from this incident; also a superb strike of the cachet on a cover fragment; usual distressed condition. Good lot. (5 cover + one piece).

1967 (May 31) cover from Sydney to France with scarce solo franking of AAT 25c Radio Operator.

1967 (Aug 24) Belgian Expedition to the Great Barrier Reef airmail cover from Cairns to South Africa, ‘De Moor’ ship cachets on front & reverse, ship’s radio operator mss endorsement on flap.

1972 Gold Coast Souvenir Cover contemporary usage with 9c Bauxite.

1985 (Mar 4) Barred Edge Frama rate increase 90c, unaddressed covers comprising Perth, Hobart, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney. (7) 1987 (Jul 1) Platypus Frama rate increase button set 37c, 53c & $1 on unaddressed PO Platypus FDC envelopes. Comprises Gouger St, Adelaide, Canberra & Melbourne. (4) 1987 (Jul 1) Platypus Frama rate increase button set 37c, 53c & $1 on unaddressed PO Platypus FDC generic envelopes.

Comprises Darwin, Perth, Hobart, Brisbane & Sydney. (5) AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers 1932 ‘Thank You’ card sent from Charles & Lady Kingsford-Smith in June 1932 following Smithy’s knighthood, signed by husband & wife; also fragment of fabric from the “Old Bus” (Southern Cross VH-USU) signed by Ernie Crome. (2 items) 1919 First England-Australia Flight (Nov 12) endorsed “Through kindness Sgt Bennett/by Aeroplane - Capt Ross Smith’s” with lightly struck ‘PER/VICKERS VIMY AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA’ cachet in violet, very fine example of the Ross Smith ‘FIRST/ AERIAL POST’ vignette affixed and cancelled with central strike of ‘FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA’ oval datestamp, with another largely fine strike at the left, horizontal fold and small blemishes at base. [This cover is #98 on the AAMC list and unusually addressed to Western Australia. Eustis states the only 40% of the covers received the threeline handstamp] 1919 Australia-England c.1920 black & white PPC showing the four crew members and a Ross Smith cover, fine unused.

1929-34 Selection with 1929 Trans-Australian ‘East-West’ or ‘West-East’ registered intermediates x11, 1931 Tasmania to Netherland Indies, 1934 Trans-Tasman covers with NZ optd 7d Airmail solos x3, etc; better stamps seen include Vic Centenary set & 6d Airmail optd ‘OS’. (20)

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 1929 ‘Coffee Royal’ Australia-USA (Jun 25) ANA printed cover to USA endorsed “Per Southern Cross/via London” at upper-left & “By kind favor of/C.Kingsford Smith/and/CTPUlm” at lower-left with authorised (uncancelled) combination franking of 3d Airmail 3d and USA 10c Air for American internal airmail fee, London ‘JUL11/1929’ backstamp; somewhat soiled. Rare. Previously sold for $1,700+ in a June 2001 Melbourne auction. [Eustis states that only the eight surviving covers from the Coffee Royal episode were carried on this flight This cover, however, is not one of those.]

1930 Alexandria-Camooweal (Feb 21) first flight cover with 3d Airmail and 1½d KGV tied by Camooweal ‘21FE30’ arrival datestamp, signed by pilot Frank Neale AAMC #152a, on reverse ‘ALEXANDRIA’ rubber handstamp cachet in violet.

1931 Australia-England AAMC #188 small cover with 1/- & 6d Roos plus 3d Air Mail & 2d Kingsford Smith tied by Yangan (Qld) ‘21APR1931’ datestamp, flight cachet on reverse.

1930s-80s Selection of mostly modest items including 1931 Australia-England AAMC #188 printed cover with 1/- & 6d Roos, KGV 1½d pair & 2d Kingsford-Smith tied by Darwin datestamps, 1930s Australia-Papua/NG covers including 1934 intermediate #395b, various 1934 Australia-NZ covers, 1951 Australia-Chile x2, 1950s Qantas covers, etc; condition variable. (32) 1930s Selection with group of EAMS covers x10, 1934 Macrobertson Air Race Roscoe Turner covers x2 (one signed by Turner) and a mutilated Melrose Darwin-Charleville cover AAMC #436b, plus 1939 cover intended for Aotearoa delivery flight but detained in Australia until commencement of regular air service to NZ in 1940; also 1938 re-commissioning of HMAS Albatross cover with address segment excised; condition variable. (15) 1931 Brisbane-Maryborough Qantas flight AAMC #202a, registered at Melbourne with 3d & 6d Kingsford Smith, typed address, Cat $175.

1934 (29 Mar) NZ-Aust Flight originating in Cook Islands. Flown by Kingsford Smith in the Southern Cross. Special ‘KIATAIA’ on front & ‘Sydney 29 MCH’ arrival backstamp on reverse.

1934 MacRobertson Air Race GB-Australia Express mail cover sent per Cathcart Jones & Waller (DH88 Comet G-ACSR) AAMC #435, typed endorsements, and British double oval ‘POST OFFICE/EXPRESS/DELIVERY’ handstamp, 2d Vic Centenary added on arrival & tied by Private Box Melbourne ‘25OC34’ datestamp, Cat $1,600.

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’. Blemishes.

1946 (24 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”. Blemishes. (Ex Crome Collection) AUSTRALIA | Military - Boer War Period 1899-1901: annoted group of covers [1] 1899 cover from Pte JC Fraser NSW Infantry to Esrom, NSW, GB 1d lilac cancelled with fine double-circle ‘FIELD POST OFFICE.B.O/*/DE6/99/BRITISH ARMY.S.AFRICA’; [2] 1901 cover from Tpr A Halstad B Coy II Reg NSW M.R (Mounted Rifles) to Eglinton, NSW, GB 1d lilac cancelled with double-circle ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/16/MY4/01/BRITISH ARMY.S.AFRICA’, front only; [3] 1901 (Nov 29) cover to South Brisbane, Transvaal 2½d cancelled at Johannesburg, oval ‘PASSED PRESS CEN[SO]R/JOHANNESBURG’ on face; [4] 1900 cover to England, Natal 1d cancelled with double-circle ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/3/MR30/00/BRITISH ARMY.S.AFRICA’. (4) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1915-18 group of covers and fronts, apparently all different cancels, includes OAS cover from Anzac Beach, 1918 YMCA cover used at AIF Camp 5, 1918 YMCA cover from Sutton Veny Camp, 1918 front of ‘PICTORIAL LETTER FOLDER OF AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL HAREFIELD PARK, MIDDLESEX’ (not recorded by Emery), with blue cachet from Hospital. Condition is mixed as would be expected. (18 items) 1915-18 two field Post Cards from Gallipoli, similar item from France and unused Military Letter Card (BW #LCM1 - small faults) (4 items) 1916-19 mainly 1917 group, 8 with AIF black/pink registration labels and mostly on GB Registration Envelopes. Condition is mixed as expected. (10 items) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 1939-80s collection of PMG operated Military POs, many on cover, with wide range of registration labels. Noted Mil PO Miowera, MIL PO Karrakatta, Mil PO El Alamein & Mil PO Darby No 1. Several overseas covers at back including nice War Economy overprint of Honour Envelope used by Australian Army Staff in London.

1939-80s collection of PMG operated RAAF Camps POs and Military operated RAAF POs, many on cover, with wide range of registration labels. Noted 1947 relief ED (Allonville) cover, 1944 RAAF 6301 on registered cover, 1943 AFP 22 on Registration Envelope, 1947 RAAF PO Moratai registered cover. (400+ items) 1939-80s collection of naval POs, several on cover, with wide range of registration labels. Noted labels for HMASs Melbourne, Quiberon, Vendetta & Yarra, Tokyo Bay Surrender cover, 1944 Darwin Navy PO No1 on airmailed Honour Envelope. A rare group.

(60+ items) 1940s small Airgraph collection, mainly to Australia, noted nice 1943 Xmas greetings with photo of serviceman and unused airgraph form AG1. (10 items) 1940s Army & Field POs many on cover, with wide range of registration labels. Noted FPO 148 on 1943 registered cover, 1945 FPO 184 on Registration Envelope, 1943 FPO 138 registered cover, 1941 3rd BDE W3 used at Crete. (300+ items) 1940s Unit Postal Stations, Base POs & Army POs many on cover, with wide range of registration labels. Noted UPS 388 on 1945 registered cover, 1945 UPS 432 on Registration Envelope, 1943 UPS AP1 cover, 1941 3rd BDE W3 used at Crete. (200+ items) AUSTRALIA | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 1855 (May 7): British James Baines & Co (Black Ball Line of Australian Packets) circular sent from Liverpool to Wigan promoting the PACKET OF THE 5th JUNE/ROYAL MAIL SHIP/DONALD M’KAY’ with printed schedule of sailing details for “our new monster clipper ship”; peripheral aging barely detracts.

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Selection with mint ½d (x2) & 1d (x2) to 2/- plus unused 3d marginal block of 6 and used 1d to 1/-, Cat £160+ BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) 1946-49 Overprints ½d to 5/- (thin paper), BW #J1-6,8, Cat $380+. (7) 1946-49 Overprints ½d to 5/- (Thick paper, marginal example) BW #J1-7, fresh MUH, Cat £220. (7) 1946-49 ½d Roo variety ‘6’ in wrong font [L9/4] BW #J1h, mint, Cat $225.

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1856-59 Imperf Registered (6d) with 4 close to good margins, SG #103, Cat £200. Cancelled by Rays ‘19’ of Ryalston, [Rated 3R] 1856-59 Imperf Registered (6d) orange & Prussian blue SG #106, 3 good to large margins with portion of adjoining unit and showing part manufacturer’s watermark, cancelled by Rays ‘99’ of Walgett, Cat £275.

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NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1912 (Oct 22) use of 1d Arms Die II Stationery Envelope with Vacuum Oil Co imprint at upper-left, very fine.

NEW SOUTH WALES | Postal History 1852 (Jan 9) stampless cover from Sydney to Edinburgh endorsed “by the Kate”, rated “3” in red, cancelled with poor Sydney Ship Letter of JA*9/1852, Edinburgh arrival of ‘MAY/F 1 M/1852’ (A2).

1880 (Nov 19) stampless cover from Binda to Burraga. Endorsed “Paid 2d” in red & “Adeline Branson/Nov 19/80” (Postmistress?), light and very rare Swallow’s Nest of ‘NO27/1880’ on face, other cancels are Binda ‘NO29/18’ (sic), Goulburn ‘NO19/1880’, Bathurst ‘NO20/80’, Paramatta ‘NO20/1880’, Rockley ‘NO22/1880’ (‘22’ inverted) & Burraga ‘NO27/1880’.

1890-1901 Group of US postal stationery items and a covers, all addressed to Miss LA Windeyer from her sister Margaret Windeyer, who was the first female Exhibition Commissioner, representing New South Wales at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition. (6) 1897 (8 Nov) 1d PTPO envelope HG #KB3 for Wall & Molesworth sent from The Exchange to Church Hill with printed notation on front ‘BUSINESS MATTER ONLY’ and gorgeous artwork on reverse. Flap tear.

1907 (Sep 2) use of 1d & 3d (double-weight) on Registration Envelope from Sydney to HM Customs, Suva.

1926 (Feb 13) official postcard for Municipal Council of Sydney with 1d green KGV with ‘SMC’ perfin tied by Sydney machine cancel.

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NEW SOUTH WALES | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 1882-83 Grand Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition: 1882 Printed Booklet (20 pages) detailing the Regulations, Table of Classification & Prize Schedule for the proposed Grand International Juvenile Exhibition to be held at the Garden Palace, Sydney.

Fine. [This exhibition was cancelled due to a fire at the Garden Palace.]

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY | Postal History 1936 (Aug 6) Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (Canberra) OHMS cover to Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, England with 1/- Large Lyrebird & 6d Large Kooka tied by Canberra FCT datestamps, some trivial toning.

1952 (Dec 4) registered cover from French Ambassador (endorsed on flap) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris with 1/6d Hermes pair plus 9d Platypus x4 tied by Manuka ‘4DE52’ datestamps, blue/white registration label, on reverse Manuka, Canberra, Sydney & Paris transit datestamps.

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QUEENSLAND | Proofs & Essays 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 2d plate proof in black on thin card, mild tone upper-right corner.

1880 ½d Sideface imperforate litho essay in vermilion on thick card of the final approved design, with faint Type 1 diagonal ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint. [Essay was prepared as an intended replacement for the ½d on 1d Provisional SG #151] QUEENSLAND 1860 Imperf Small Chalon 6d green SG #3, margins just touching to good, fine example, Cat £850.

1868-74 P13 2d Blue block of 6 with tropicalised gum. SG #61, Cat £450. Very attractive.

1879-81 Sideface Plate Proofs 6d yellow-green imperforate Plate Proof pair on thin card, fine.

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) 1907-11 Large Chalons Litho Wmk Crown/A 2/6d vermilion & 5/- deep rose SG #309&310a, postally used, Cat £140. (2) QUEENSLAND | Postal Fiscals 1871-72 Postal Fiscals 2/-, 10/- & 20/- plus burelé Band 1/- SG #F19, 22-23 & F27 all with dubious postal cancels, Cat £1,225 (for genuine postal usage). (4) QUEENSLAND | Local Stamps Hayles Magnetic Island: 1939 1d red P12 vertical marginal strip of 4, two gumside staple impressions at right, lower three unit MUH, Elsmore Online Cat $240+.

Hayles Magnetic Island: Selection with 1966 5c complete sheet of 12 plus block of 6 & two singles, 1971 20c red sheet of 8 plus pair & two singles, plus 50c single, presented on typed-up album pages; also a 1982 letter from Townsville Cruises to Bill Hornadge discussing stamp availability. Elsmore Online, Cat $290+. (10 items) QUEENSLAND | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1898 1d Scenic Postal Card Selection HG #10 x8 with scenes Haystacks & Lucerne Strippers (Warwick) x2, Wheat Stripping, Canning Downs x2, Glengallan Station x2, Arrowfoot Field Pimpama and Ploughing & Harrowing, Green Hills Farm; all postally used with some better postmark including superb strike of Type 3a ‘YANDINA’ datestamp (Rated 3R) and fair strike of Type 5b ‘MALENY’ (Rated 2R); cards addressed to Gympie or Brisbane, condition variable. (8) QUEENSLAND | Postal History 1877 cover to England with Chalon 2d pair & 6d tied by indistinct cancel with 1877 Bundaberg datestamp beneath & ‘REGISTERED/ BUNDABERG’ two-line registration handstamp at upper left, on reverse part ‘REGISTERED LETTER OFFICE/BRISBANE’ datestamp in violet, London arrival datestamp on front & reverse.

1896 Queensland International Exhibition (Sep 8) use of On Public Service envelope with ‘Queensland International Exhibition/ 1896’ imprint at lower-left & signed by Jules Joubert (the Exhibition Manager) at upper-left, to Backriding Iron Works/Oldham/England with 2½d pink tied by Brisbane duplex of SE8/96, ‘OLDHAM’ arrival backstamp. First of 2 examples recorded. Ex Trevor Davis

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QUEENSLAND | Postmarks Collection Datestamp Collection: on commercial covers/stationery, with strength in £sd-era, stated by vendor to be without duplication, useful lot for entry in to this field, generally good strikes/condition. (Approx 800) QUEENSLAND | Registration Labels collection of 76 different type of labels used in Qld, including both Queensland type and Commonwealth types, noted Black Charters Towers, Main Pay Office, Defence Q3 type, Hawkwood Q7, Gindie Q7a & Thulimba Q7b, Tully Q9 also several on coloured paper, few covers. A difficult group to collect. (76 items) QUEENSLAND | Numerals 146: (A2) fine and largely complete strike on 2d Chalon, [Rated 4R] Allocated to Gracemere-PO 1/1/1871.

QUEENSLAND | Datestamps Maryborough Railway: ‘[MARY]BOROUGH RY’ on 1d pink, blemishes. Rare. PO 6/8/1881; closed c.1892. [TPO between Maryborough & Gympie]

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1855-1900s Collection with imperfs (most incomplete margins) London Printing 1d, 2d & 6d (complete margins), Adelaide Printing 1d x2 (both minor defects), 2d x2 & 6d, First Roulettes 1d x2, 2d, 6d & 1/- x2, Second Roulettes 1d x6, 2d x3, 4d, 6d x6, 9d, 10d on 9d x3, 1/- yellow, 1/- brown x4 & 2/-, 1867-70 Perf x Roulette 1d x4, 4d, 6d x3, 10d on 9d & 1/- x2, 1868-79 P11½-12½ 1d x3, 3d on 4d x2 (ex Prussian blue), 4d x2, 6d x3, 9d x3, 10d on 9d x2, 1/- x3, 1870-71 P10 1d x3, 3d on 4d x3 (no Prussian blue, but includes red overprint), 4d x2, 6d x2 & 1/-, 1870-73 P10x11½-12½ (or compound) 1d x3, 3d on 4d x2, 6d x2 & 10d on 9d; 1870 V/Crown 4d dull lilac P10, 1876-1900 Broad Star P11½-12½ to 2/- x3 and P10x11½-12½ (or compound) to 2/- x2, good coverage of later issues (no ‘Long Toms’) including V/Crown 2d SG #166, surcharges etc; condition variable, but generally fine. Seldom offered to such a degree of completion, high catalogue value. (230 approx) (320+) 1894-96 Colour Trial of 2½d in chestnut & deep lilac, both MUH marginal pairs with Plate No ‘1’ & brown-lilac pair MUH, plus imperf ½d green Adelaide GPO pair (tiny thin). (4 items) SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1856-58 Imperf Adelaide Printing 1d deep yellow-green horizontal pair, margins touching to good, SG #6, indistinct DN cancel, Cat £1,100+.

1856-58 Imperf Adelaide Printing 2d shades group between SG #7-9, margins variable, one is very fine example tied to piece, Cat £200. (4) 1856-58 Imperf Adelaide Printing 2d red SG #9 pair, huge margins, cancelled by light diamond numeral ‘29’ with largely fine Type UF1 ‘LYNDOCH VALLEY/OC20’1856’ datestamp beneath (Rated 3R), Cat £80++ as singles. Premium condition.

1868-79 Wmk Large Star Perf 11½-12½ 9d claret SG #75, unused, Cat £200.

1870-73 Wmk Large Star Perf 10x11½-12½ or Perf 11½-12½x10 or Compound 2/- carmine SG #110, rounded corner perf, small surface spot, large part gum, Cat £350.

1883-99 Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 11½-12½ ½d Red-Brown marginal block of 36 [9x4] with 33 units MUH. 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 10 2/6d to £20 set with Type 2 (18½ x 2½mm) ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints, all Wmk Sideways except £3 (Wmk Upright), odd blemish (£5 slight thinning at top), mostly part to large-part gum. Generally finer & fresher then McCredie’s set which sold for $2,500+ in 2011. (13) 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 10 10/-, 15/-, £1, 50/-, £2, £15 & £20 with Type 6 (15 x 2mm) ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, few minor blemishes (£20 tiny thin), fresh colours, part to large-part gum. Rare group. No complete sets have been recorded with the Type 6 overprint. (7) 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 10 £3 sage-green P10 with 18½mm ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, SG #202s. This is the only specimen overprint described by Williams, as being very rare.

1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Perf 11½-12½ £20 claret (Watermark inverted) reprint optd Type 4 ‘SPECIMEN’ (12½x2mm), SG #208as, minor soiling, without gum.

1896 Competition Essay for ½d stamp, on card in pen & ink (26x33mm) by entrant “EPOH”. with triangular panels showing gumtree, lyrebird, grapes & Coat of Arms divided by ‘SOUTH AUSTRALIA’ within a diagonal panel. Attractive.

1904-11 Thick ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk Crown/SA (Close) Perf 12 SG #292a £1 blue P12½, Cat £250.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Official Stamps 1899-1901 Optd ‘OS’ (Wide Setting) 1d rosine pair, right-hand unit overprint variety No stop after ‘S’ SG #O81c, very fine mint, Cat £149+.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Revenues Stamp Duty: 1915 2d Surcharge on 1d olive-yellow Walker #134, Rated 3R, fresh fine mint.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1896 Competitition Essay for 2d Postal Card in pen & sepia in on thick card forming an attractive design showing the Queen’s head in a pearl-lined lozenge with ferns & flowers on either side, figure ‘2’ in Chinese white, nom-de-plume of entrant ‘Finis Coronet Opus’ at lower-left, on reverse rough pencil sketch for proposed postcard inscription. Unique.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1846 (Nov 9) printed ‘On the Service of The Customs/Collector’ entire letter used London to Adelaide, fine crowned Paid datestamp in red (25MY25/1846) and arrival datestamp in black showing only the day and month slugs ‘9NO6’ (appears to be poorly printed FREE handstamp). One of three known examples. Attractive.

1847 (Feb 5) printed ‘On the Service of The Customs/Collector’ entire letter used London to Adelaide, fine crowned Paid datestamp in red (14SP14/1846) and arrival datestamp in black showing only the day and month slugs ‘’FRE[E]/5FE7’ (poorly printed FREE handstamp). One of three known examples.

1849 (Apr 25) printed ‘On the Service of The Customs/Collector’ entire letter used London to Adelaide, fine crowned Paid datestamp in red (3JA3/1849) and poor black ‘G·P·O/[crown]/AP*25/49/SOUTH AUSTRALIA’ (no century in date now) arrival on face. The message asks that the messages sent be reconciled with the messages received.

1852 (Nov 4) printed ‘On the Service of The Customs’ entire letter used London to Adelaide, fine crowned Paid datestamp in red (18JU18/52) and black ‘G·P·O/NO4/1852/SOUTH AUSTRALIA’ arrival on face. The message advises that copies of the Act have been sent by packet.

1854 (Nov 4) to the Collector of Customs, Port Adelaide fine red ‘PAID/NO4/1854/ADELAIDE.S.A’ on face. Free frank privileges were abolished in 1853.

1865 (Oct 29) Official Assignee’s Office (Adelaide) Insolvency Notice sent locally with Rouletted 2d bright vermilion tied by GPO ‘OC29/65’ datestamp.

1870s-1900s range of covers & postal stationery including several imperf or rouletted 2d frankings (two with ‘TOO LATE’ handstamp), 1875 to Scotland with 9d violet pair, 1891 (May 19) pre-UPU 2½d rate to Wales, 1892 registered to London with 1d x3 & 2½d on 4d P10 pair, 1891 uprated 1d Postal Card to Germany, 1898 OHMS with ‘O.S.’ 1d Perf 15 pair, 1908 registered cover to Melbourne with Long Types 4d plus 2½d pair, Long Type cover fronts, one registered with 6d green + 1d tied by Yardea squared-circle datestamp, the other used in 1909 with 4d pair perf OS; some duplication in the stationery items, variable condition. (103 items). (100+)

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1877 (Jul 3) illustrated letter sheet (St Paul’s English Church) from a deserted wife with 4 children in Wallaroo Bay (SA) to the Inspector of Police, Melbourne requesting assistance to find her husband who fled to Melbourne. Nice early letter. No postal markings.

1887 (May 16) use of ‘Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition, 1887’ cover with 2d orange ‘OS’ and fair Adelaide duplex, Melbourne transit & ‘CARLTON’ arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & the flap removed. Stated to be the only recorded example.

1887 (Jun 17) inwards cover from NSW to C.H. Granlund/Exhibition Buildings/Adelaide with 1d DLR pair tied by BN ‘1106’ of ‘CROYDON/NSW’ backstamp, endorsed “Express/56”, Sydney & Adelaide transits & faint ‘[JUBILEE] EXHIBITION/JU20/87/S-A’ arrival (ERD) backstamp.

1918 inwards cover from GB with black/pink ‘POSTAL CUSTOMS,/SOUTH AUSTRALIA./Passed,’ label on back, opened a little roughly. [This style of Customs label type is only recorded for South Australia.]

1950 (May 17) inwards letter from GB to The News, Adelaide, with black/pink ‘POSTAL CUSTOMS/SOUTH AUSTRALIA/Passed’ label on face. Airmail & Express Delivery labels on face, curiously with boxed ‘SECOND CLASS/AIR MAIL’ handstamp also on face.

1/4d in postage. Plus small parcel piece (1950s?) with same label and 8/3d in postage. (2) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Postmarks Collection 1880-1910: group on Hagners with Kadina Rwy, PP Rwy & Terowie Rwy backstamps on cover, Express Rwy cover. Small selection of pmks on 2d orange incl Cape Jervis, Le Fevres Peninsula, Lochaber, Mt Bryan & Middleton. (40 items) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA Parcel Post: gummed Customs Declaration form between United States & South Australia 5000-22.7.05, unused small faults.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Departmental Overprints by User Botanic Garden Black ‘B.G.’ on 1/- red-brown, Wmk Star P12xRoulette and P Black ‘P’ on 2d orange Wmk VCrown P10, Adelaide cds (2) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings ‘A’ to ‘Y’ Commonwealth Era Datestamps with rated squared-circle cancels including Rated 4R Dulwich (on KGV 4d orange) Rated 3R Moorook (part-strike); Rated 2R Ashville, Arwakurra, Glen Boree, Huddleston, Murloowurtie (on 2½d Roo) & Yardea; other rated datestamps include Rated 3R Type C4-1 Butler Tank, Type C4 Cape Spencer on KGV 1½d green (with Brusden White listed variety), Type C2 Chandada, etc; lots of very fine strikes of lesser rated/unrated cancels, many on piece. (100s) Rated Datestamps with Rated 3R part Type F1 ‘EMU DOWNS’, large-part Type F1-2 ‘GLENELG’ on 2d orange and large-part Type UF3 ‘CANOWIE’ on 2d orange; Rated R Type UF4a ‘ANGASTON’ & ‘PENOLA’, Type SC ‘MOUNT TORRENS’ (6) Rated Squared-Circle Datestamps with ‘ISLINGTON’ large-part 1912 strike on 1/- Long Tom and ‘T.R. HEAD CAMP’ part-strikes on 2d orange, both Rated 3R; large-part ‘MANOORA’ on 2d orange Rated R; also Type SC6 ‘NORWOOD’ squared-circle strike in red on 2d violet. (4) SOUTH AUSTRALIA | Datestamps Morphettville Military Camp (1): ‘MILITARY CAMP/1SE1914/[STHAUSTRAL]IA’ on 1d Roo. [Rated 3R+] PO 21/8/1914; closed 14/11/ 1914.

TASMANIA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1850s-1900s range in stockbook, 4d Courier cut to shape x2, goup of imperf Chalons (1d x11, 2, 4d x20, 6d x2 & 1/- x2) several with fiscal cancels, range of sidefaces to 5/- (fiscal), few tablets and selection of Pictorials, including 1d P11 double perf. Noted few ‘OS’.

Mixture of postal & fiscal cancels throughout. (100s) TASMANIA 1853 Imperf Courier Plate I Worn Impression 4d pale orange SG #9 pair, margins complete (very close in places), thin at top-right (outside frameline), BN ‘59’ cancels, Cat £900+. Scarce multiple.

1857-69 Imperf Chalon Wmk Double-Lined Numeral 1d dull vermilion SG #28 strip of 3, dramatic Pre-printing creases, margins just cut-into/touching at left & at right, good to large margins at top and at base, full og, Cat £975+.

1870-71 Sideface Wmk Single-Lined Numeral Perf 12 4d blue SG #130, key value, fine used. Cat £475.

TASMANIA | Postal Fiscals 1863-80 St George & Dragon 10/- orange imperf (3 margins) SG #F6, lightly obliterated fiscal cancel, Cat £800 for postal use.

TASMANIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) 1893 Use of 1d Green Advertising Card (PTPO ?) for ‘BROWNELL BROS’ Half Yearly Sale. This appears to be part of a folder rather than a card. ‘HOBART’ cds. Corners trimmed.

TASMANIA | Postal Stationery - Franks Corporation of Launceston: 1891-92 Envelopes (blue frank) with various forms of the ‘TASMANIAN EXHIBITION LAUNCESTON 1891-2’ imprint at lower-left and blue Exhibition seal on flap, each with Launceston duplex cancels with time codes A, H, K x2 S or U, all used irregularly to external destinations Victoria, New Zealand, Austria (front only) & England x2 (one registered & rare thus).

(5) Customs Launceston: on unused envelope, plus used piece. (2) Head Quarters Defence Force: 1894 Unusually large postcard (162x119mm) for the Tasmanian Rifle Regiment with printed instructions in preparation for forming the Guard of Honour at the Opening of the Hobart Exhibition on 15/11/1894, very fine ‘HD QR DEF.FORCE’ Frank handstamp in black & fine Hobart duplex of NO12/94, minor soiling & light vertical fold. The only example we have seen.

TASMANIA | Postal History 1885 (Aug 4) use of 6d Platypus postal fiscal SG #F28 and 2d green Sideface x2 on registered cover from Launceston to London.

Rare use of Postal Fiscal TASMANIA | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 1894-95 Tasmanian International Exhibition: ‘Memorandum & Articles of Association of the Tasmanian International Exhibition Association’ [Propsting & Robey, Hobart, 1892] 25pp with pink front cover; also, a proof pull of a newspaper report regarding a meeting of the Board at which Mr John Echlin reports on his attempts to garner interest in England and Europe for the planned Exhibition.

TASMANIA | Numerals - Second Allocation | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings Second Allocation Numerals Collection in stockbook with many rated cancels including [Rated 4R] ‘90’, ‘116’, ‘118’, ‘236’, ‘344’, ‘348’, [Rated 3R] ‘75’ on imperf 4d Chalon, ‘89’ on 4d Chalon P10, ‘104’ on ½d Tablet pair, ‘234’, ‘243’, ‘252’, ‘292’, ‘301’, ‘306’, ‘333’, ‘335’, ‘349’, ‘353’, ‘354’, [Rated 2R]; also unrated cancels on imperf Chalons including ‘1’ on 1d, ‘29’ on 2d, ‘48’ on 2d, ‘64’ on 4d tied to piece with fine ‘OATLANDS’ datestamp, ‘74’ on 4d pair; plus a few useful datestamp cancels including Type U2 ‘CORNERS’ (Rated 2R); many complete commoner strikes on piece or on multiples. Good lot, well worthy of closer inspection. (approx 250 items).

VICTORIA 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 1st State 3d blue SG #4a, thinning under ‘ICT’ of ‘VICTORIA’, complete margins, Butterfly ‘32’ cancel of Portland (Rated 2R), Cat £450.

1850-53 Half-Length Ham 1st State 3d blue SG #4a White flaw in background below ‘V’ [Pos 10], minor thin above Queen’s head, Butterfly ‘1’ cancel.

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F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 3rd State 3d pale greenish-blue SG #11b, BO ‘37’ cancel of Castlemaine, Cat £170.

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F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 3rd State 2d grey-drab SG #13a, just shaved at base, Butterfly ‘1’ cancel, Cat £180. *WU 1850-1857 3d Half-Lengths with Third State ‘White Veils’ 3d blue SG #14 on piece (doesn’t belong) and 3d deep blue SG #14a, faults; also 1858 outer with Campbell & Ferguson 3d greenish-blue (another stamp has been removed). (3 items) F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 4th State 2d grey SG #15b, cut-into at top, Butterfly ‘1’ cancel, Cat £425.

F 1850-53 Half-Length Ham 4th State 2d dull brownish-lilac SG #15c, tiny abrasion in upper-left margin, lightly struck butterfly cancel, Cat £180.

U 1850-53 Half-Length Ham Altered 4th State vertical drapes selection 2d lilac-grey & 2d deep grey #16 & 16a, both with small defects, 2d brown-lilac #16b tiny thin, just cut-into at top, 2d cinnamon SG #17, 2d olive-drab with Butterfly ‘24’ cancel of Horsham (Rated R), and 2d buff #17e, cut-into at base; present quite well, Cat £1,000+. (6) F 1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d orange-red SG #23, very close (at base) to large margins, BO ‘2’ cancel, Cat £140.

F 1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d orange-red SG #23, complete good to large margins, BN ‘1’ cancel, Cat £140.

U 1854 Half-Length Campbell & Co 1d orange-red SG #23, very lightly cancelled; 1d deep orange-red #23 (possibly a pale rose SG #24), close margins (just shaved at upper-right), also 3d SG #24 with small defect at top, Cat £330. (3) V 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d brown SG #26, minor central thin, four balanced margins, lightly struck Newspaper cancellation, Cat £130.

U 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d brown SG #26, faint crease, very good to large margins, oval Newspaper cancellation, Cat £130.

F 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d brown SG #26, shallow thinning at upper-left, also 1d pink SG #28, flattened crease, complete margins, both with tidy BN cancels, Cat £178. (2) V 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d deep dull red SG #26b, four large balanced margins, late use of butterfly canceller, Cat £110. Very fine example.

F 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 1d pink SG #28, three large margins, close at base, barred oval cancel, Cat £140.

U 1854-57 Half-Length Campbell & Fergusson 3d blue shade group between SG #29-31, complete or largely complete margins, a couple with minor thinning, complete or largely complete margins, Cat £350+. (7) U 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d dull orange, 6d ‘TOO LATE’ (close/shaved margins at top & left) & 1/- Registered SG #32a,33 & 34, Cat £450+. (3) W 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d orange-yellow & 2/- dull bluish green/pale yellow (thins, small surface scuff) SG #32b & 35, both stamps negligible margins, unused. (2) F 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 6d ‘TOO LATE’ lilac & green SG #33, minute (barely noticeable) thin at top, good to very good margins, BN ‘1’ cancel of Melbourne. Cat £250.

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

F 1854-55 Imperf Calvert Woodblocks 1/- Registered rose-pink & blue Die 2 (‘V’ & ‘R’ absent under ‘REGISTERED’), complete good to very large margins, SG #34, BN ‘2’ cancel, Cat £200+. [Kellow states that Die 2 stamps are 3 to 4 times scarcer than Die 1] W 1856 Imperf Queen-On-Throne Wmk Large Star 1d yellow-green SG #40, mild stain at left, unused, Cat £300.

W 1860-66 Beaded Oval Wmk Single Lined Numerals 4d dull rose-pink SG #95, very well centred, fine unused, Cat £200. * 1861-64 Netted Corners Wmk Double-Lined 1 1d yellow-green SG #105, some nibbed perfs, good colour, Cat £250. * 1862-64 Adapted Design Wmk 6 6d grey-black SG #107ca oversized sheet corner example tied to 1865 (Oct 25) cover to England by weak strike of BN ‘457’ with equally weak California Gully datestamp alongside, Sandhurst, Melbourne transits & Nottingham arrival backstamps. * 1884-96 Stamp Duty Litho 1st V/Crown Perf 13 £1/10/- deep grey-olive optd diagonally ‘Specimen’ in black, Type 13, with RPSV Cert (2016) stating ‘that it is genuine’. SG #244s. Slight discolouration of gum.

S 1884-1900 Ultra High Values Litho £25 dull blue-green, £50 dull purple & Typo £100 pink-red SG #286b, 287 & 291, some pinholes (more-so on £50), tidy pen cancels. (3) * 1886-96 New Stamp Duty Designs Wmk 2nd V/Crown 1/6d blue SG #322, fine mint, Cat £180. * 1912 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk 5th V/Crown Perf 11 9d rose-carmine SG #463 pair, MLH, Cat £100+. Scarce multiple.

VICTORIA | Revenues U Stamp Statute: £5 black & yellow-green, 7mm closed tear, at top, faded pen cancel, Cat £375 (fiscally used).

U Stamp Statute: 4d rose with tidy “10/10/76” intitialled cancel, no pinholes, Elsmore Online Cat $600.

VICTORIA | Postal Stationery - Franks PS Chief Secretary: Centennial International Exhibition Envelopes [1] internal use at the Exhibition to the Austrian Court with magenta frank scored out, plain embossed ‘VICTORIA’ Belt & Buckle imprint on flap; [2] similar, but longer Envelope, with violet frank (2) PS Minister of Defence: Ordnance Department printed envelope with ‘THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE’ printed die in blue Stieg & Watson #E240 [Rated 3R] tied by Melbourne ‘MR1/89’ duplex. The only recorded example in blue.

PS Trade & Customs: Plain - Commissioner Envelopes 1890 red - blue seal on flap, 1803 violet; Postal Cards 1893 black, 1899 rmagenta, 1892 red x2 ; Plain - Department 1895 red, 1895 blue, both with ornate blue seal on flap; Custom House Commissioner Envelopes 1888-91 red (2), 1895 black (4 - 3 unused); Custom House - Department Envelopes 1895 red, 1895 blue, 1900-01 black (3), Lettersheet 1898 black; Department of Trade & Customs - Commissioner Envelopes 1885 violet, 188991 red (2); Department of Trade & Customs - Department Envelopes 1897-1902 black (4), Postal Cards 1896-98 (2); Customs and Immigration - Commissioner Envelope 1901 red Unrecorded by Stieg & Watson; Marine Board of Victoria - Commissioner Envelope 1891 blue, 1892 red, 1893 violet; Customs and Immigration - Department Envelope 1895 red; Department of Ports and Harbors - Department Envelope 1895 black. Plus a couple of extras. (37) PS Trade & Customs: Department 1902 use for Commonwealth of Australia, Customs and Excise Office. (2) VICTORIA | Postal History * 1854 (Nov 17) outer to Sydney with cut-square imperf 1/- Octagonal tied fair Barred Oval ‘15’ cancel in blue, endorsed “per first steamer”, on reverse superb strike of unframed ‘SHIP LETTER/FREE/NO*17/1854/WARNAMBOOL-VICTORIA’ datestamp on greenish-blue, Sydney Ship Letter arrival backstamp.

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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.

1863 (Feb 24) cover to Scotland with 1d Netted Corners strips of 3 x2, tied by Melbourne ‘FE24/63’ duplex cancels, London Paid transit and Edinburgh arrival backstamp, minor faults. A very rare franking.

1868 (Jan 30) Dyason cover from Elphinstone to Bendigo with 2d Laureate tied by BN ‘38’, on reverse Sandhurst & rare TPO 4 large octagon (only 10 recorded on cover) transits and White Hills arrival datestamp.

1870-73 Cover Selection with [1] 1870 and 1871 covers from Melbourne to Carlton or Buninyong the former franked with 2d DLR with framed ‘UNCLAIMED/AT CARLTON’ in black, the latter with ‘UNCLAIMED AT/BUNINYONG’ handstamp in red, both with DLO datestamps on reverse; [2] 1873 9d Bell tied by duplex ‘98’ of Malmsbury to cover to Scotland via Brindisi; [2] 1883 2d brown Melbourne to Launceston “per SS Flinders”, boxed ‘TOO LATE’ handstamp in black. (4) 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition OHMS wrapper with large imprint at the top, to Massachusetts with Chief Secretary Frank handstamp in blue & Melbourne duplex of ‘1X/FE24/79’, poor ‘PAID/ALL’ handstamp in red, faults but quite presentable.

1882 (Mar 21) Usage of OHMS envelope with Exhibition embossing in blue on the flap & ‘BRITISH COURT,/Melbourne International Exhibition’ imprint at lower-left, to Venice “per Orient Steamer via Naples” with Melbourne duplex of ‘1T/MR21/82, ‘BRINDISI’ transit backstamp (not Naples), taxed “120” with Italian Postage Due 10c pair & 1L affixed & tied by ‘VENEZIA/1/5 82’ cds, small abrasion on face & repaired flap tear clear of the embossing. Ex Trevor Davis [The Exhibition closed 31 April 1881 but usage of of Exhibition stationery continued for at least some months. Stieg & Watson at page 23 state that postage was not required on overseas mail except to countries that were members of the General Postal Union (later the Universal Postal Union). Italy was an original signatory to the GPU, hence the Italian PDues.]

1885 School Report Forms x2, for Vaucluse Ladies College Richmond, sent locally to Richmond or to Stawell (arrival backstamps), each with 1d green tied by Melbourne duplex cancels. Charming insights into 19th century school life. (2) 1888 Envelope with ‘Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888/...’ imprint at lower-left & Exhibition embossing in gold on the flap, to Representative for US America/MCIE/Carlton Gardens/Fitzroy with ‘CHIEF SECRETARY’ frank in red & Melbourne duplex of JE26/88, ‘FITZROY’ backstamp. [The Exhibition post office would not be opened until 16.7.1888.]

1888 (Nov 22) Envelope with ‘Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888/...’ imprint at lower-left & Exhibition embossing in gold on the flap, the OHMS heading crossed-through & endorsed Card only, with slits cut at the sides to permit postal inspection, curiously registered with Astley 6d tied by killer ‘1’ cancel of Melbourne, poor oval ‘REGISTERED/MELBOURNE’ datestamp & fine ‘R’ handstamp below, German ‘KB BAHNPOST/27/DEZ/88’ TPO backstamp & imperf ‘Vom Auslande/uber Bahnpost/KufsteinMunchen’ registration label, minor blemishes. An extraordinary usage. [The printed matter rate was only 2d + 4d registration] 1892 (Mar 11) cover from SA with 1d green x2 tied by Murray Bridge datestamp, ‘MORE TO PAY’ and ‘T (1d in mss.)’ hanstamps in black, 1d claret and blue affixed on arrival and cancelled by square ‘LC2/MR12/92’ datestamp, minor blemishes. Attractive and scarce.

1905 (Aug 7) use of ½d Bantam x2 on CTO’d (FE22/01) 1d Postal Card. From noted philatelist Rev Lane, Cranbourne to early Sydney dealer TH Nicolle, Sydney requesting price list.

1906 (Mar 14) use of black on white Inland Parcel Post label 1/- orange strip of 3, 6d & 2d, tied by MO Office Ballarat East datestamps, paying 3/8d rate for parcel weighing up to 7lbs, corner fragment missing & internal tear (stamps not damaged).

1907 & 1908 Percy Marchant Consulting Optician postcards with fine strikes of the ‘PAID AT GEELONG/½d/7FE/08/VIC’ to Camp Neill, Hamilton, and ‘PAID AT GEELONG/1d/AP 23.07/VIC’ to Kingston, SA Fine examples of the Intrastate & Interstate usage. (2) VICTORIA | Postmarks Collection Eaglehawk to Gymbowen: mostly 1890s-1990s era with many complete strikes tied to piece, plus plenty of covers, larger towns often with good range of datestamp types/sub-types, better pre-decimal items include Emu Flat 1921 unframed on 2d KGV, Federal Parliament House 1914 on 2d Roo perf Large ‘OS’, Flinders Naval Depot on 1954 registered cover, Goyura 1924 on 1½d KGV, 1935 Girgarre East, 1924 Glenmaggie Weir, 1937 Goschen, etc; good lot. (100s) Nagambie to Rutherglen: collection on annotated pages, noted 1934 Nalangil, 1936 Navigators, 1934 Norong cover, 1934 Nyarrin, 1913 Oakleigh West cover, 1948 Peecelba East, 1928 Quantong. Few earlies but strength in 1930s-90s, many fine strikes, with several covers or PPCs of POs. Nice collection. (100s) VICTORIA | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 1866-67 Intercolonial Exhibition Commission: Carte de visite by Henry H Bailey, photographer of Hobart Town, producer of album portraits with photograph on reverse. His card states that he won a medal at the Melbourne InterColonial Exhibition (in Class 5, Group 1 Section 16a; verified in the Official Record). Accompanied by an original albumen print of the Melbourne Public Library (attributed to Nicholas Caire) and a real photo postcard of the same building, which was originally erected for the 1866-67 Intercolonial Exhibition. Also a photocopy of the floor plan of the exhibition. (3 items) 1872 Victorian Exhibition: Wm.J.Lambert & Co. display, comprising a printed advertisement for Wm.J.Lambert & Co, Australian Rubber Stamp Manufacturers; another card headed Melbourne and London Exhibition, 1872-73; also, an original pen drawing of cryer advertising (rubber) stamps for sale. (3) 1888-89 Centennial International Exhibition: Pencil drawing on card by Competitor 12 in the Competition seeking the Centennial Medal design for the Exhibition. Entitled ‘Victoria Leads’, the design was unsuccessful. Plus Obverse and Reverse designs of the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition Medal, on thin brown paper, a plate from the official catalogue. (2) VICTORIA | Barred Numerals 1589: (B2) largely complete Type 15C strike on 2d violet, Rated 4R. Allocated to Moolap R.S.-Replaced Point Henry PO 18/7/1887; replaced

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1748: ‘1748’ Type 17B on 2d violet. [Unrecorded] Allocated to Wharparilla North-PO 25/3/1890; closed 1/7/1895.

VICTORIA | Datestamps Geelong: ‘PAID/(crown)/AU2/GEELONG’ unframed datestamp in red (WWW #1910, Rated 2R) on 1/- (double letter-rate) large-part entire to Fiery Creek (Streatham), Geelong departure & Streatham arrival crown oval backstamps, re-directed on arrival to Muston’s Creek.

McTaggart’s: framed ‘MCTAGGART/SE24/09/VICTORIA’ WWW #10 (LRD) tied alongside 1d pink cancelled with BN 2047 (A2+ Rated 3R). [Extremely rare] PO 1/8/1901; RO 15/2/1918; PO 1/7/1927; closed 30/11/1930.

Melbourne: Melbourne numbers collection on Kangaroos or KGV Heads on special pages with space for each number from 1-24 for Kangaroos and 1-30 for KGV. Missing only the very difficult 28. Good clear strikes, attractively presented. (53) Melbourne: double-circle ‘M[EL]BOURNE/AM/430/5 1 00/1’ WWW #490 (double arcs) an exceptional example on 1d red QV. [Rated 4R - only recorded used from 4-6/1/1900.]

Moe: 20½mm unframed ‘MOE/AP20/71/[VICT]ORIA’ (A2) on piece. The only example recorded by WWW. PO 17/3/1862.

Piedmont (2): ‘PIEDMONT/8SE47/VIC.’ on Newcastle Sesqui-centenary set on unaddressed FDC, very fine backstamp. The first we have seen. TO only. TO 1/10/1936; closed 18/11/1955.

Rosworth: ‘ROSWORTH/23OC54/VIC-AUST’ on 3½d red QEII on piece. [The only previous example sold by us realised $538 in 2012.] Renamed from Bosworth RO c.-/6/1912; PO 1/7/1927; closed 31/12/1960.

Willah: ‘WILLAH/6JY27/VIC’ (A2 - ERD) on 1½d Canberra. RO 8/9/1926; PO 1/7/1927; closed 5/10/1934.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 VICTORIA | Travelling Post Offices English Mail TPO: (A1) fine strike of ‘ENGLISH MAIL T.P.O./IN/26.11.07’ double-ring datestamp Molnar #EMTPO-In3 on reverse of 1907 (Oct 23) cover from Berlin.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1854-55 Lithographs Roulette 7½-14 1/- pale brown rouletted on 4 sides, SG #6a, couple of small surface abrasions, lightly cancelled, Cat £900.

1860-64 Imperf Recess Wmk Swan 6d sage-green SG #28, almost 4 margins close in places but complete, light 15-Bar ‘8’ cancel of Fremantle, Cat £400.

1860 Imperf 6d Sage-Green 3 fair margins, 4th cut into at top. SG #28a, Cat £550.

1860-64 Recess Wmk Swan Rouletted 7½-14 6d sage-green with evidence of rouletting in base and left margins SG #32, good colour, 15-bar ‘1’ cancel in blue, Cat £650.

1861 Recess Wmk Swan Clean Cut Perf 14-16 1/- yellow-green Wmk upright SG #43a, strong colour, regummed, Cat £1,200.

1864-79 Wmk Crown/CC (Sideways) Perf 12½ 2d mauve Error of colour SG #55b, Perth duplex of JA28/1879, reperfed at left.

Cat £14,000. RPSL Certificate (2017). [Rare - only a handful of used stamps are recorded - a very fine example sold for $24,150 at a 2005 Melbourne auction] 1902-12 Wmk V/Crown Perf 12½ or 12½x12 1d to 5/- x2, 10/- x2 & £1 (5d is Perf 11), one of the 5/- & the £1 have disturbed gum, otherwise quite fine; also Crown/A ½d & Wmk W(crown)A 2½d, Cat £1,300+. (17) 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) 1894-96 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co: with Bicycles 1/- unused & 2/6d mint plus Camels 6d, 2/- & 5/- (shallow thin) all large-part og. (5) 1894-96 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co: with Bicycles 1/- & 2/6d both large-part gum, plus Camels 6d, 2/- & 5/- unused. (5) 1896 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co: 6d, 2/- & 5/-, the 6d & 5/- with fine strikes of the two-line Express cancel in violet, 2/6d with a dubious registered datestamp. Rare as a used set. BPA Certificate (1967) for the 5/-. (3) 1896 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co: illustrated advertising card, naming the cyclists and mining districts served, some minor blemishes.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery Letter Cards 1902 2d Red Brown: (bronze-red) in excellent condition. Unused.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1902 2d Orange PSSA #EN3 x2, one a tad aged, unused; also 1902 Victorian Stock 3d red-brown size G Registration Envelopes PSSA #RE1 (normal flap) x2 (one hinge remnants), unused; Cat $400. (4) WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1895 (Oct 2) use of stampless OHMS cover from Office of Titles, locally registered in Perth, unframed ‘NOT KNOWN/BY LETTER CARRIER’ on face. Cover unopened with contents inside. Attractive smaller official envelope.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA Customs: fine intaglio crown seal ‘CUSTOMS/KING GEORGES SOUND’ on piece. Rare 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 | First Day Covers 1979 Ships values x5 tied to Wesley FDC by Sydney Philatelic Sales Centre FD datestamp. Rare mainland serviced FDC. AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Postal History 1954 ‘MAWSON/A.N.A.R.E./15FE54/AUST-ANTARCTIC TERR’ on face of cover with GB 6d purple KGVI. Stamp not cancelled as it was invalid for use in AAT. 6d cancelled with Vic BN ‘1’ killer on arrival in Melbourne, but cover remained untaxed. Unusual.

1955 (Sep 12) incoming envelope from Scotland addressed to Mawson with ‘MISSENT’ handstamp and Darwin/NT Aust ‘26OC55’ alongside, ‘RETOUR’ handstamp in red, returned to Dundee.

1962 souvenir ‘Fra Antarktis’ postcard with 2/3d Emperor Penguins block of 4 on reverse cancelled with ‘WILKES/ANARE/10JA62’ datestamp, another fine strike alongside.

1966 (28 Sep) Pictorials on Wesley FDCs each cancelled with Adelaide cds. Covers with mainland cancels are very scarce. (3) 1980-81 Dansk Polarskib Nanok S expedition cover with Casey, Davis & Mawson base datestamps & cachets including (on reverse) the seldom-seen large boxed Davis Base cachet with Penguins illustration.

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

2015 Christmas self-adhesive die-cut 65c ‘Red Crabs Christmas Tree’ Imperforate, very lightly used on piece. Unrecorded.

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | Postal History 1951 use of stampless OHMS Dept of Civil Aviation cover to Dept of Civil Aviation WA with very fine strikes of ‘TIN CAN MAIL/ COCOS-KEELING IS’ boxed handstamp and ‘Per RMS ORION’ circular handstamp both in violet, stain at right. Rare official mail, endorsed on back “Posted in 1951 June or July”.

1951 (Aug 12) cover to WA with very fine to superb strikes of ‘TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS’ boxed handstamp and ‘Per RMS ORION/”12/8/51”‘ circular handstamp both in violet, franked with 3½d blue KGVI tied by Perth slogan cancel, unfortunate filing holes.

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1952-84 [1] 1952 OHMS cover to Dept of Civil Aviation x2, one with Singapore 10c pr & 20c pr the other with 10c pr and 50c pr; [2] 1953 Coronation flight x2 one with Singapore 10c pr, the other with 10c block of 6; [3] 1984 Barrel Mail cover for Wapex 84; [4] 1984 plain ‘TIN CAN MAIL’ cover for Guildford. (6) COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | First Flight Covers 1955 (Nov 23) Jack Peake “Cocus Islands/First Day Service” flight cover, self-addressed.

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | Military - World War II Period Indian Army FPO 46 1945 (Oct 18) stampless OAS cover by air to England with large-part Indian-type ‘FPO/No 46’ datestamp, opened a little roughly.

Indian Army FPO 46 1945 (Nov 2) stampless airmail cover to England with an very fine strike of Indian ‘FPO/No 46/2NOV45’ datestamp, minor opening tear at upper-left.

NAURU 1916-23 Seahorses De la Rue 10/- pale blue, SG #23, MVLH, Cat £250.

1924-48 Ships Shiny Paper ½d to 10/- set SG #26B-39B, 2/6d & 5/- tropicalised gum, fine MUH overall, Cat £200. (14)

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NORFOLK ISLAND | Booklets 1991-2003 Selection including 2001 $10 ‘Parfums’ x2 (one with ‘Belgica’ overprint), 2001 $2 Green Parrot & $2 Bounty Day, 2003 $5 Lilies containing inscribed gutter pane, etc. Online retail $325. (19) 1995 $1.80 Native Flowers overprinted for ASDA convention consecutively numbered #230 & #231 (of 500 issued), the latter with ASDA logo omitted from front cover, the former containing stamp with variety White spot under ‘A’ of ‘ISLAND’ (stamp 17). (2 items) 1995 $1.80 Native Flowers SG #SB7 x4 comprising green imprint with Pinhole variety (stamp 14), Singapore ‘95’ overprint with imprint in black, Singapore ‘95’ overprint with imprint in green, ASDA overprint booklet numbered #446 (of 500), the latter two booklets with White spot variety (stamp 17). (4) NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea 1897-99 Overprints on Germany 3pf to 50pf set SG #1-6, fine mint, Cat £110.

1897-99 Overprints on Germany 3pf to 50pf set SG #1-6 including 3pf bistre-brown & 3pf grey-brown, fine used, Cat £195. (7) 1901 Kaiser’s Yacht 5m Carmine & Black lower left corner block of 4, SG #19, Cat £900.

NEW GUINEA | Australian Stamps Used in New Guinea | Postal History 1915 (Dec) soldier’s rate cover to Melbourne endorsed “on Garrison Duty/at Rabaul” with 1d Roo perf Small ‘OS’ (rounded corner) tied by Powell Type 51 ‘Rabaul’ straight-line cancel, on reverse Sydney DE14/1914’ machine transit cancel, cover slightly reduced with small section of back missing.

1915 (Dec 13) cover (central fold) addressed to Hambly in Melbourne with 2½d Roo, paying civilian rate, tied by part Powell Type 21 Friedrich Wilhemschafen postal seal, Rated F, with Powell Type 22 Madang ‘13DE15’ datestamp alongside, bold strike of straightline ‘PASSED-BY-CENSOR’ handstamp in violet, original typed letter enclosed. [The date is later than Powell’s or Loughran’s LRD for use of the postal seal.] Ex Max Bulley.

NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints 1914-15 6mm Overprint Spacing on German New Guinea 2d on 10pf carmine [Stg 1, Pos 9] SG #3, fine mint, Cat £90.

1915 ‘G.R.I./3d. on Registered Label with bold lettered ‘Rabaul’/&[seriffed] ‘(Deutsch Neuguinea)’. SG #33, Cat £275.

1915 ‘G.R.I./3d. on Registered Label on Herbertshohe (Deutsch Neuguinea) sans-serif registration label SG #36. Fresh unused.

1915 ‘G.R.I./3d. on Registered Label with bold lettered ‘Manus/&[seriffed] (Deutsch Neuguinea). Marginal example. SG #39, Cat £325.

1915 ‘G.R.I./3d. on Registered Label seriffed letters ‘Friedrich Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch-Neuguinea), no gum. SG #41, Cat £275.

1915 ‘G.R.I./3d. on Registered Label seriffed letters ‘Käwieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)’.

1914-15 5mm Overprint Spacing on Marshall Islands 1d on 5pf [Stg 2, Pos 3], 2d on 10pf [Stg 2, Pos 6] & 2d on 20pg [Stg 2, Pos 9] SG #51-53, all fine MLH. Cat £134. (3) 1914-15 5mm Overprint Spacing on Marshall Islands 2d on 10pf carmine marginal block of 4 [Stg 2, Pos 6-7] SG #52, mild gum bend upper units, fresh MUH. Cat £104++.

1914-15 5mm Overprint Spacing on Marshall Islands 2d on 20pf pair [Stg 2, Pos 2-3] SG #53, MUH. Cat £54++.

NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1915 ‘1d.’ on 5pf of Marshall Islands #PS1 [Stg A] (Borek Type 11 of 1900 issue), unused, rated Rare by Gibbs. Much scarcer than GNG cards.

1915 ‘1d.’ on 5pf Watermarked #PS2 [Stg A] (Borek Type 13) unused, fine condition, rated Very Scarce by Gibbs.

1915 ‘2d.’ on 10pf No Wmk #PS3 [Stg B] (Borek Type 9), lightly toned, single pinhole, unused, rated Very Scarce by Gibbs.

1915 ‘1d.’ on 5pf Watermarked matching pair of Setting B (severed) send & reply cards #PS4 (Borek Type 10), rated Very Scarce

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1915 ‘2d.’ on 10pf No Wmk [Stg A] reply half of Reply Card #PS5 (Borek Type 11) with Powell Type #53 Rabaul ‘FEB/27/1915’ oval datestamp. Gibbs records no used examples, however vendor knows of this and one other example.

NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1915-16 Kangaroo abc Strips comprising 1st Wmk 2d & 2½d SG #73-74 2nd Wmk 1/- #90 & Third Wmk 3d Die I #96 (mild gum toning, crease centre unit), fine mint overall. Cat £156+. (4 strips) 1915-22 KGV Varieties comprising [1] 1d red SG #67 White spot in SE corner [VIII/54] used, [2] 1d red SG #103 Notched NW corner [VI/40] mint, [3] 1d violet SG #120 Notched NW corner [VI/40] mint, fine condition, Cat $145 as unoverprinted stamps. (3) 1918-22 KGV Minor Varieties Selection on Single Wmk ½d x2 mint, 1d red x2 used, LMult ½d mint, New Colours Single Wmk 1d violet mint & 2d rose-scarlet mint x2 & used x3, mostly fine. (11) 1918-23 Mint Selection Kangaroos 3rd Wmk with Kangaroos 3rd Wmk with 2d x3 (one toned), 2½d x2 (one with Colour spot over ‘ST’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’, gum tone), 3d Die I x2, 9d Die II x3, 1/- Die II x4, 2/- & 5/-; also KGV Heads New Colours 1d to 4d set; mostly fine, Cat £240+. (21) NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d carmine-red Die II SG #67c tied to piece by complete strike of Type 53 ‘RABAUL/MAY-1915/NEW BRITAIN’ oval datestamp in violet. Lovely item.

1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 2½d indigo (c) SG #74, variety Heavy coastline to WA BW #9(2)d, fine used, Cat $120 as an unoverprinted stamp.

1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d grey with strong Kiss print of ‘PAC’ of ‘PACIFIC’ and ‘L’ of ‘ISLANDS’ SG #94, well centred, fine mint.

1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 1d carmine-red SG #103 block of 6 (2x3), upper-right unit variety Nick near top of left frame [VII/32] (BW #71(4)g), perf separations & minor toning on upper two units, four lower units MUH, variety unit Cat $75 as an unoverprinted stamp.

1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 1d carmine-red Die II Substituted cliché [IV/34] SG 103ba (BW #71(2)ja), well centred, MVLH. Fine and very fresh, Cat £1,000 (Cat $3,000+ as an unoverprinted stamp). Premium example. BPA Certificate (2007).

1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 5d brown SG #105 abc strip of 3, centre unit [1R15] variety Shaved lower-left corner, Cat $125 (as an unoverprinted stamp).

1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d to 5/- SG #106-16, including 3d Die I & II and 1/- Die II (unused) & Die IIB, 5/- with weak radio station cancel, mostly fine, Cat £350+. (10) 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d to 5/- including 1/- Die II & Die IIB (toned gum), generally well-centred fine mint, Cat £150+. (9) 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2½d blue & 2½d indigo (toning) both with variety Heavy coastline to WA - State I [2L55] SG #107,107a, mint, Cat $200 as unoverprinted stamps. (2) 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk used selection with 2½d, 3d Die I x3 (one poor), 6d Die II (Radio Station cancel), 9d, 1/- Die II x2, 2/x2, plus an unusd 5/-, good to fine overall, Cat £330 approx. (12) 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d greenish-olive Die II SG #109a, MVLH. Cat £75.

1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 6d greyish-ultramarine Die IIB SG #110b, bogus corner cancel, Cat £750 used (unpriced mint).

1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Watermark inverted SG #119w, fine mint, Cat £130.

1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Watermark inverted SG #119w, some ragged perfs, fine mint, Cat £130.

1918-23 KGV New Colours 1d to 4d violet and 4d ultramarine set SG #120-24, fine used, Cat £100. (5)

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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Official Stamps 1919-23 KGV Perf ‘OS’ Selection with 1d carmine-red SG #O3 plus New Colours 2d rose-scarlet x4, 2d orange (heavyish cancel) & 4d violet (faded colour), used, Cat £360+. (7) Perf ‘OS’ Selection comprising KGV Smooth paper 1d red SG #O3 (pen cancel), 2d orange & 2d rose-scarlet #O18-19 plus 1/- Roo # Die II #O11 (couple trivial thins), used. Cat £298. (4) 1919-23 KGV Perf ‘OS’ Selection with 1d carmine-red SG #O3 plus New Colours 2d rose-scarlet, 2d orange (short corner), 4d violet & 4d ultramarine (pulled perf) #O18-O21, Cat £400+. (5) 1919-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 2d grey SG #O6, mild gumside tone, well centred, Cat £400.

1919-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 2d grey SG #O6, nibbed perf, excellent centring, VFU, Cat £80.

1919-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 2½d indigo SG #O7, few nibbed perfs, mint, Cat £600. Scarce.

1919-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 6d greyish-ultramarine Die IIB SG #O9b, few toned perf tips a top, fine used, Cat £200.

1919-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 9d violet Die IIB, rounded corner, pulled perf, very lightly used, Cat £150.

1919-23 KGV New Colours Perf ‘OS’ 1d violet to 4d ultamarine set SG #O17-O21, variable centring, fine used, Cat £400+. (5) NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Postal History 1918 (Jul 18) registered Wilson cover with 2/- Roo SG #91 (Gibbons on-cover Cat £650) tied by Powell Type 76 Namatanai datestamp in violet Rated D, German-type Namatanai/(Deutsch-Neuguinea) registration label.

1920 (Jun 21) Registered cover to Switzerland with 10/- Roo SG #117 (rounded corner) tied by Powell Type 28 Eitape datestamp in violet, mss “Reg No 194” marking, Sydney & Basel backstamps. Most attractive. Peter Holcombe opinion (1987).

1922 (Oct 16) registered cover to prominent collector HL White at Scone (NSW) with 4d ultramarine KGV SG #124 cancelled with Powell Type 56 Rabaul datestamp, black registration label, on reverse rare ‘’THE TREASURY/16 OCT Rec’d/RABAUL’ oval datestamp in violet, plus Rabaul & Sydney transit backstamps. Superb condition. Gibbons on-cover Cat £900.

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1932-34 Dated Birds Airs Accumulation with used 2/- x2 (one surface fault) 10/- (short perfs) & £1 x2, duplicated lower values mint and/or used including 1½d x2 and 6d x2 used, condition variable. (75) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues 1925-27 Huts ½d to £1 set SG #125-36, variable centring, fine/very fine used, Cat £650. (13) 1931 Hut Airs Retail $875. Very fresh & unmounted. (13) 1931 Dated Birds 1d to 10/- SG #150-61, fine mint, many values MVLH, Cat £180+.

1932-34 Undated Bird ½d Orange as SG #190 but without overprint. unissued. Unmounted. [See note after SG# 189] 1932 Undated Birds 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 10/- & £1, SG #179-89, few small perf faults otherwise fine, Cat £180. (9) 1932 Undated Birds Airs ½d to £1 set SG #190-203, fine used (5d & 9d are unused), Cat £250. (16) 1932 Undated Birds Airs ½d to £1 ex 3½d & 9d, SG #190-203, few small perf faults, otherwise fine used, Cat £275. (14) 1932 Undated Birds Airs 2/- to £1 SG #200-3, plus ½d & 2d, fine used, Cat £250. (6) 1935 Bulolo Air £2 bright violet SG #204, Wau datestamp, fine used. Cat £140.

1935 Bulolo Air £2 bright violet SG #204, couple of lightly toned perfs, Cat £140.

1935 Bulolo Air £5 emerald-green Ash imprint block of 4, minor storage related gum toning, lower units MUH. An extremely rare and very attractive block, very few recorded.

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Official Stamps 1925-31 Huts Optd ‘OS’ ½d to 2/- set (6d bistre mint) plus 6d yellow-brown shade SG #O22-30, 9d ragged perfs, fine used, Cat £190.

1933-34 Undated Birds Optd ‘OS’ ½d to 5/- set. SG #O42-54, Cat £275. Unmounted. (13) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Postal History 1931 (Oct 27) apparently flown commercial cover to Wau with 1d & 2d Dated Birds Airs tied by Powell Type 106 ‘POST OFFICE/ SALAMOA’ datestamp Rated C, stamps with some minor edge toning.

1932 (May 21) Iremonger registered cover to England with 1/- Dated Birds marginal example tied by Powell Type 111 Marienberg datestamp Rated C, rubber registration cachet, Rabaul & Sydney transit backstamps. Extremely scarce.

1932 (July 19) early Guinea Airways airmail cover to Wau with Undated Birds Air 1½d imprint pair tied by Powell Type 23 Madang datestamp, another strike tying airmail label & backstamped. Ex Belknap.

1932 (Aug 10) Eastern & Australian Steamship Co (imprint on flap) cover to NSW with 2d Huts tied by Powell Type 59 Rabaul datestamp.

1932 (Dec 1) commercial cover to NSW with ½d Undated Birds Air pair & 2d Huts Air tied by Powell Type 108 ‘POST OFFICE/ SALAMAUA’ datestamps.

1933 (Apr 4) cover to Germany with 3d Undated Bird tied by complete boxed ‘PAQUEBOT’ (similar to Lee Type S5), on reverse sender’s address in Rabaul, light central folds and two filing punctures, small faults.

1933 (Sep 28) commercial cover to NSW with 2d Undated Birds Airmail tied by Powell Type 77 Namatanai datestamp (bit slurred), Rated C, cover small edge faults.

1934 (Feb 27) large-part cover (reduced at left) to NSW with ½d & 3d Undated Bird Air pairs tied by Powell Type 117 Wau datestamps, on reverse complete ‘N.G.C/LTD’ (New Guinea Co) wax seal. Ex Belknap.

1934 (Oct 4) Woodman cover with 2½d Undated Bird Air tied by Powell Type 100 Gasmata ‘4OCT34’ datestamp (Rated C) with another datestamp alongside & on reverse, stated to be FDI for this stamp at Gasmata.

1934-37 [1] 1934 (Jan 4) cover with 1½d Undated Birds Air Ash imprint pair, from Bulolo to Sydney; [2] 1934 (May 25) 5d Undated Birds imprint pair on Voyce cover from Buka Passage to Bougainville; [3] 1937 (May 20) 5d KGVI Ash imprint pair with violet ‘ANGORAM/20MAY37/NEW GUINEA.’ and registration handstamp on face. (3) 1935 (Jan 25) cover to USA with 2d & 3d Undated Birds tied by Powell Type 68 Kieta datestamps, fine condition.

1935 (Sep) cover to Newcastle (NSW) with 2d Jubilee overprints pair tied by Cairns ‘26SEP35’ machine cancel, boxed Paquebot cancel beneath (similar to Lee Type S5), repaired tear.

1935-42 Covers Selection comprising [1] 1935 registered to Sydney with Undated Bird Airs ½d to 3d with Rabaul registration handstamp; [2] 1936 to Melbourne with 1½d Undated Birds plus ½d Undated Bird Air tied by Powell Type 120 datestamp, [3] 1937 (May) Coronation set on Rabaul registered illustrated FDC to NSW, Registration handstamp in violet; [4] 1937 (Oct 23) Voyce cover with 3½d Undated Birds block of 4 tied by Powell Type 68 Kieta datestamp; [5] 1942 (Jan 8) with 4d Undated Bird (stamp torn) tied

by Powell Type 62 Rabaul datestamp (late use), signed boxed AIF censor handstamp, some faults; condition variable. (5) 1937 (Mar 9) Bank of NSW (Rabaul) commercal cover with 2d Undated Bird tied by Brisbane machine Paquebot cancel, cover opened on three sides, corner defect.

1937 (Aug 18) OHMS long cover to NSW with 2d Undated Bird tied by Powell Type 68 Kieta datestamp.

1937 (Oct 19) OHMS cover to USA with 3d Undated Bird optd ‘OS’ tied by Powell Type 59 Rabaul ‘19OC37’ datestamp. Overprinted ‘OS’ stamps correctly used on cover are very scarce.

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1937 Coronation 2d to 1/- set SG #208-11 in imprint pairs on individual registered covers, stamps cancelled with Powell Type 115 Wewak FDI datestamps, Wewak rubber registration handstamps. Fine. (4) * 1937 Coronation 1/- imprint pair tied to registered cover by Powell Type 122 Angoram ‘20MY37’ datestamp in violet (Rated C) with another fine strike alongside, Angoram rubber registration handstamp initialled beneath by Postmaster. Believed to be FDI for Angoram. * 1937 Coronation (May 18) registered cover to Ambunti with 2d to 1/- Coronation set tied by Powell Type 115 ‘Wewak 18MY37’ FDI datestamps, rubber registration handstamp, Powell Type 104 Ambunti backstamp. * 1938 (Dec 28) commercial airmail long cover to Sydney with 2d Undated Bird plus 1/- Air tied by Powell Type 77 Namatanai datestamp (Rated ‘C’), edge blemishes.

1939 commercial airmail cover to Sydney with 2d & 3d Bulolo Air tied by Powell Type 87 Manus datestamps. (Rated D) rare on * commercial cover. * 1939 (May) commercial airmail cover to London with 2d Undated Bird and 1d & 2d Bulolo Airs tied by Brisbane Paquebot machine cancel, edge blemishes. * 1939-40 Covers used from Kavieng comprising [1] 1939 (Jan 18) registered to UK with NWPI 1d red KGV & 3d Undated Birds pair tied by weak Kavieng datestamp, registration handstamp; [2] 1939 local cover with ½d Dated Bird Air plus 9d & 1/- Huts Airs tied by weak Kavieng datestamp; [3] 4d Undated Birds block of 4 with central Kavieng ‘26AP40’ cancel on local cover; some minor toning.

(3) 1940 Bulolo Frankings with (Jun 24) surface to Queensland with 2d tied by Rabaul ‘24JE40’ datestamp & (Aug 17) airmail to NSW * with 5d, fine Salamaua backstamp.

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | First Flight Covers * 1938 Australia-New Guinea-Australia flights comprising [1] to Brisbane on illustrated cover with 5d Undated Bird Air Mail plus Australian 4d Koala & 1d QM tied by Rabaul or Brisbane datestamps; [2] to NSW with Australia NSW Anniv set, Papua 3d & 5d Pictorials & New Guinea Undated Birds values x4, tied by Sydney, Port Moresby or Rabaul datestamps; [3] long cover unusually emanating in New Guinea to Sydney with New Guinea 2d Undated Birds Airs & Papua 2d Declaration tied by Wau (May 31) datestamps (Lee Type 118) with adjacent Post Office Wau (Jun 4) datestamp (Lee Type 116), some spotting. (3) * 1930 Wau-Rabaul (Sep 30) Aero Field cover addressed to England with 1½d Huts tied by Powell Type 116 Wau datestamp in violet Rated C, fine strike of circular Guinea Airways cachet in violet, AAMC #P25. Very fine. Cat $325. * 1932 Lae-Salamaua (Mar 1) cover with 3d Dated Bird Airmail tied by Powell Type #119 Lae datestamp with another fine strike alongside, Powell Type 107 Salamaua backstamp AAMC #P41, central fold well clear of stamp, fine overall. Cat $225. * 1932 Bulolo-Salamaua (Mar 15) with 3d Dated Bird Airmail tied by Powell Type 120 Bulolo datestamp in violet, another fine strike alongside, Powell Type 107 Salamaua backstamp AAMC #P42, fine condition, just 25 flown. Cat $250. * 1935 Wau-Madang (Aug 15) flight cover piloted by Orme Denny with 3½d Undated Bird Air tied by Powell Type 117 Wau datestamp, Madang backstamp AAMC #P84, fine condition. Cat $225.

1938 Rabaul-Salamaua (Mar 18) flight cover with 5d Coronation tied by Powell Type 107 Rabaul datestamp, Salamaua backstamp * (Powell Type 107). AAMC #P128, Cat $80.

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | PICTURE POSTCARDS * New Guinea & Papua: unused selection, three in colour, one black and white real-photo card signed in 1910 by Anthony Musgrave, Government Secretary of British New Guinea, condition variable. (8) PAPUA F 1901-05 BNG Wmk Horizontal 4d variety Deformed ‘d’ at left [R4/3] SG #5a, Port Moresby datestamp well clear of the flaw, Cat £500.

U 1901-05 BNG Wmk Horizontal 4d variety Deformed ‘d’ at left [R4/3] SG #5a, BNG bars cancels slightly impinges upon flaw, mild surface abrasions at top of stamp, Cat £500.

F 1907-10 Small ‘PAPUA’ Wmk Upright (Inverted) P12½ 4d variety Deformed ‘d’ at left [R4/3] SG #57a, flaw partially obscured by Samaria datestamp, Cat £170. ** 1932-40 Pictorials McCracken Printing ½d black & buff SG #130a block of 4 MUH, with Ash Printing single for shade comparison.

Cat £76+. * 1934 Declaration [1] 1d (pair) to 3d tied by Port Moresby FDI datestamps to separate Fryer Co illustrated FDCs; [2] 1d Declaration 1d to 5d sets tied to separate covers by Abau or Bwagaoia FDI cancels, the former registered; [3] 1d & 5d tied by Losuia FD cancels to registered cover to UK; all covers with clear datestamp strikes. (6 covers) **/* 1935 Silver Jubilee set in imprint blocks of 4, 1d, 3d & 5d values with Accent flaw [R5/4] SG #150a-153a, lower units of each block MUH, Cat £400+. (4 blocks) * 1935 Silver Jubilee 5d Accent flaw [R5/4] SG #153a, plus normal 1d (gum tone) & 3d, mint, Cat £100+. (3) * 1937 Coronation on-cover array with [1] set on Port Moresby registered FDC, 1d value with Halo flaw; [2] mostly registered FDCs x10 from Abau, Buna Bay (handmade registration label, Lee #R20), Bwagaoia, Daru, Ioma, Kokoda (two-line registration handstamp in violet), Kulumadau, Losuia, Port Moresby and Samarai (not registered), all are backstamped, ex the latter, with clear datestamp cancels; [3] compete sets on Hiler covers addressed to Wau x4 with sequentially numbered registration labels between 43961-4, each backstamped at Port Moresby & Wau; generally fine. (15) ** 1941 1/6d Air McCracken imprint block of 4, upper-right unit gum crease, mild edge tone affecting three units, MUH, Cat £120++.

PAPUA | Official Stamps V 1908-10 Small PAPUA 2½d Wmk Sideways P11 Perf ‘OS’ variety Thin ‘d’ at left [R4/2] SG #O17a, very fine used, Cat £110. * 1930 Bicolours Perf ‘OS’ ½d to 2/6d set SG #O46-O54, fine MLH. Cat £600. Seldom offered. (9) PAPUA | Revenues */U Stamp Duty: optd ‘Stamp Duty’ selection with 1907-10 Large ‘PAPUA’ P11 ½d x3 (one mint), plus single Small ‘PAPUA’ ½d; Small ‘PAPUA’ 1d x5 (two mint) one stamp with several Inking flaws over ‘PAPUA’, Large ‘PAPUA’ 1d P12½ (SG #76) x3 (one mint & one unused), various watermark orientations, mostly fine, some with toned gum. Interesting group for specialist. (12) */W/U Stamp Duty: selection with optd ‘Stamp Duty.’ on Small ‘PAPUA’ 6d Wmk Upright P11 SG #53 mint and on Monocolours 1d (unused) & 6d, optd ‘STAMP DUTY’ on Monocolours 1915 1d P14, curved ‘STAMP DUTY’ on Bicolours 1d x2. Useful group, Barefoot Cat £230 (6) V/** ‘Stamp Duty: Small ‘PAPUA’ Wmk Sideways P12½ Cat # irregular marginal block of 4 [14-15,20,25], unit 14 variety ‘Lobster’ flaw over leaves at lower right, unit 15 White dot in right border opposite ‘O’ of ‘POSTAGE’, unit 20 Black under right ‘P’ in vignette (giving impression of a ‘double stop’ after ‘Stamp Duty’), per favour ‘REGISTERED/SAMARAI BNG’ handstamp across upper units and Samarai ‘9JA1909’ datestamp on lower unit, centre unit MUH, all units uniformly toned full gum. Interesting specialty piece.

PAPUA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards PS 1901 1d red on buff cancelled with Lee Type 30 Samarai ED datestamp with a second fine strike beneath. Prepared for UPU. PS 1901 1d red on buff & 1½d blue on buff HG #1-2, unused. (2) PAPUA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes PS 1917 4d Orange Size G on old NSW stock HG #C1, fine unused.

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PAPUA | Postal History 1908 (Aug 15) registered Wilson cover to England with Large ‘Papua’ ½d to 2½d tied by Port Moresby (Lee Type 9) ‘15AUG08’ datestamp, superb Cooktown ‘SP11/08’ and Brisbane backstamps. Most attractive.

1913-24 Selection with [1] 1913 to Sydney with 1d Monocolour tied by Daru (Lee Type 44) datestamps; [2] 1922 to Scotland with 1d Monocolour tied by Port Moresby datestamp; [3] 1919 (Mar 1) to Scotland with 1d Bicolour pair tied by Port Moresby datestamp; [4] 1924 to Sydney with ½d Bicolours strip of 3 tied by Port Moresby datestamp (Lee Type 13a, ERD?); some faults. (4) 1914 double-rate cover to USA with Large Papua 1d x2 (one with Cut in Sail variety) and Monocolours ½d x2 & 2d tied by weak but discernible Kanosia datestamps (Lee Type 79). Rated D, some soiling.

1927-28 Covers with solo 1½d Bicolour frankings comprising [1] 1927 (Oct) to UK with Harrison 1½d tied by Buna Bay datestamp (Lee Type 77); [2] 1928 (Aug 14) to UK with Mullett 1½d tied by Samarai datestamp (Lee Type 31); [3] 1928 (Nov 8) to Burns Philp Samarai with 1½d tied by Kulumadau datestamp (Lee Type 64). (3) 1928 (May 24) cover to USA with combination franking of Surcharges 1d on ½d block of 4 cancelled with Port Moresby ‘24MAY28’ datestamps (another fine strike beneath) alongside USA 10c Air tied by San Francisco duplex, San Francisco and Cleveland backstamps. US internal air fee prepayment covers are rarely seen.

1928 (Jun 23) RP PPC showing Port Moresby town and harbour with 6d Bicolour SG #101b tied by Port Moresby ‘23JE28’ datestamp (Lee Type 11).

1930(?) cover to South Australia with Harrison 3d optd ‘AIRMAIL’ SG #113 pair plus 1½d Bicolour tied by indistinct Port Moresby datestamps, comparison cover included with Cooke 3d optd ‘AIRMAIL’, stamps alone Cat £150+. (2) 1931 (Oct 13) commercial cover to Burns Philp in Samarai with 2d Bicolour SG #96a tied by Buna Bay datestamp (Lee Type 77) with a second strike alongside.

1935 (Oct 30) cover to Scotland with 5d Silver Jubilee pair tied by Kulumudau ‘30OCT35’ datestamp (Lee Type 65), red/black registration label, Melbourne transit & Paisley arrival backstamps.

1937 Coronation airmail cover from UK to Anglican Mission Dogura via Samarai with GB KGV 1/- & 3d tied by Windsor machine cancel, Brisbane slogan transit backstamp. Uncommon inwards mail.

1938 (Jul 23) inwards cover from UK with GB KGVI 1½d tied by Newport machine cancel, lightly struck Empire Air Mail Scheme cachet, Pointing Finger ‘RETURNED/TO/WRITER/GPO/Port Moresby/UNCLAIMED’ handstamp (Lee Type 108A, Rated E), Townsville & Port Moresby backstamps.

1938 (Jul 22) Port Moresby OHMS Treasury jusqu’a airmail cover to USA endorsed ‘AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND’ (for airmail) with Pictorials 6d strip of 3 & 1d tied by Port Moresby ‘22JL38’ datestamps, fine condition.

1938 Ship Mail Covers comprising [1] KPM Line (crest on flap) cover to NZ with 2d Pictorial tied by Brisbane datestamp with boxed ‘PAQUEBOT’ handstamp (Lee Type S5) alongside; [2] cover to England with Coronation set tied by two stikes of S.S. Swartenhondt oval datestamp in violet (Lee Type S14) and Soerabaja datestamps. (2) 1938-39 Air Sets on FDI long covers comprising [1] 1938 50th Anniv set tied by Abau ‘6SP38’ FD datestamps, addressed to midshipman on HMS Shropshire [The Shrophire was given to the RAN by the Royal Navy after the Canberra was sunk off Savo Island in 1942]; [2] 1938 50th Anniv set tied by Port Moresby FD datestamps to registered cover to Granville (NSW); [3] 1939 2d to 1/- Air set tied to registered cover by Port Moresby ‘6SP39’ FD datestamps, addressed to Goondiwindi (Qld). (3) 1940 (Jan 22) censor cover to Sydney with 1d Pictorial & 2d Coronation tied by Port Moresby datestamp (Lee Type 18) with another fine strike alongside, ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/S.62’ handstamp in violet, a tad aged.

1940 (Dec 3) inwards registered long cover from USA with 10c Remington & 2c Defence strip of 5 addressed to Port Moresby, Brisbane censor handstamp, on reverse ‘*POST OFFICE*/13/JAN/1941/PORT MORESBY, PAPUA’ datestamp in violet (Lee Type 23, Rated C). Uncommon WWII inward mail.

1941 (Feb 2) OHMS air mail long cover to Melbourne with 4d Pictorial tied by Port Moresby ‘2FE41’ datestamp (similar to, but not identical to Lee Type 18), straight-line ‘RAAF PORT MORESBY, PAPUA’ handstamp at lower left, opened on two sides.

PAPUA | First Flight Covers 1932 Port Moresby-Kokoda (Sep 28) first flight cover piloted by Orme Denny AAMC #P45 with 2½d Bicolour plus 3d optd ‘AIR MAIL’ tied by Port Moresby datestamp (Lee Type 18) with Kokoda arrival datestamp alongside (Lee Type 70), flight endorsements on reverse, cover addressed to M.C. Rich, then Assistant District Officer for Kokoda, Cat $160.

1934 Matching pair of Australia-Papua flight covers (1) franked with Victoria Centenary 2d + 3d pair plus Papua 2d & 6d Pictorials; (2) franked with Bridge 2d & 3d pair plus New Guinea Undated Birds 2d & 6d Air Mail. (4) 1934 comprising [1] Aust-Papua with 3d Bicolour Airplane opt, 2d Pictorial & New Guinea 3d & 6d Undated Bird Airs tied by Port Moresby/Lae datestamps, flight cachet in violet, Brisbane backstamp; [2] Aust-Papua with Australia 6d Air & 2d Vic Centenary tied

by Melbourne datestamps, addressed to Ioma, unusually with no Papua or New Guinea stamps, cachet in violet, Port Moresby backstamp, faults on reverse. (2) 1936 Daru-Mt Blucher Police Camp (June 18) flight cover per amphibian plane ‘Kono’ with 3d Airplane overprint tied by Daru datestamp (Lee Type 45), signed by pilots Roberts & Archbold, signed on reverse by Michael J Healy O.I.C. (18/6/36), Cat $200.

[Mail was dropped by parachute as it was too wet to land] 1936 Port Moresby-Melbourne (Oct 29) Tommy O’Dea’s Melbourne Cup flight with 2d Pictorial tied by Port Moresby datestamp (Lee Type 18), some staining, Cat $125.

PAPUA | Postmarks Rigo: cover to Port Moresby with 1d on ½d Monocolour block of 4 cancelled with ‘POST OFFICE RIGO C.D./12FEB18’ datestamp (Lee Type 83, Rated D), with another fine strike alongside. PO 1/6/1913; RO 27/7/1919; closed c.1942.

Tahira: ‘TAHIRA/12JY26’ fine strike tying 1½d Bicolour to RP PPC showing coastal village scene. PO 18/12/1925; closed 31/10/1926.

PAPUA | PICTURE POSTCARDS Art Series (Australia) coloured PPC portraits of Birds of Paradise x2, unused. (2) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1952-63 Group with 1952-58 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman optd ‘SPECIMEN’ MLH, also 1963 £1 Queen optd ‘SPECIMEN’ MLH plus unoverprinted 10/- Rabaul (gum abrasion). (4) 1960 Parcel Tag (30x9cm) bearing £4/4/8d in postage comprising £1 Fisherman, 10/- Map (3), 2/6d (6), 2/- (4), 1/-, 9d (8), 7d Mill (4), 3d (9) & 1d, all tied by strikes of ‘SAMARAI’ cds. Few blemishes otherwise a very rare piece. The highest value franking from this period that we have seen.

1958-60 1/7d Cattle SG #22 corner block of 4, MUH, Retail $200++.

1994 (Aug-Nov) Surcharges set. SG #730-40, Cat £200. (11) 1995 (Aug) Surcharges set of 4 optd with ‘21t (large ‘t’). SG #755b-8b. (4) 2003 WWF Tree Kangaroo Sheetlets SG #MS993 x10, fresh MUH, stated Retail $340. (10 sheets) PAPUA NEW GUINEA | First Day Covers 1957 Provisionals Cat #16-17 tied by Port Moresby ‘29JA57’ FD datestamp to Bergen FDC with hand-printed cachet, Bergen’s rubber stamped address and his signature on reverse.

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Postal History 1948 (Jan 20) registered airmail cover to Sweden with Australian 1/6d Hermes & 3d brown KGVI tied by Relief No 2 ‘20JA48’ datestamp, Sydney transit backstamp, opening tear at top right.

REST OF WORLD European selection 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) Europe miniature sheets selection 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) Foreign selection 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) THEMATICS & TOPICALS Orchids: Kedah 1965 10c Orchids Red (petals) omitted, fresh MUH. Orchids: Colombia 1947 1c to 10c set, each stamp punctured and optd ‘SPECIMEN’ in red, mild tone band on one stamp, fresh MUH overall. Only 300 sets issued. (6) Orchids: Trading Cards with Carreras cigarettes 21 of 24 plus duplicates in mixed condition, plus complete set in mostly fine/very fine condition, various other orchid cards from Arm & Hammer, Carreras & Tuckfield Teas (very fine); some duplication, condition variable. (100 approx) ADEN 1939 KGVI Pictorials ½a to 10r set (ex 14a) perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #16s-27s (ex #23as), mild gum toning on some values, fine mint overall, Cat £375. (12) AITUTAKI | Postal History 1930 (Jul 2) Cook Is 1/-, 2/- & 3/- SG #127-29 tied by ‘AITUTAKI/2JL38/NZ’ datestamps to separate registered covers addressed to USA, each with Suva (Fiji), San Pedro (CA) & Lowell (MA) backstamps. (c5) ANTARCTICA | PICTURE POSTCARDS Great Britain: black and white PPC of ‘EMPEROR PENGUINS’, as Wharton GA-6 but with Plasmon Biscuits advertising, using 1909 endorsement from Shackleton.

ANTIGUA 1977 Tenth Anniversary of Statehood $2 Imperforate marginal pair SG #566 (variety), Pierron online #ATG1132a, Cat £325.

[Approx 25 such pairs recorded] ASCENSION | British Post Offices 1912-22 Issues 1916 (May 22) commercial cover to UK with GB KGV 1d red SG #Z40 tied by Type Z2 datestamp, largely fine ‘PASSED CENSOR/ASCENSION’ two-line handstamp in violet, ‘ASCENSION’ printed in blue on flap, opened on two sides, minor blemishes.

AUSTRIA 1850 Arms Hand-Made Paper SG #1ba 1k brown-orange type I 4 margins, Cat £900, Macoveanu certificate (1980) & Ferchenbauer certificate (1988).

BAHAMAS 1938-52 KGVI 2d scarlet variety Short ‘T’ SG #152ba, fine marginal MUH, Cat £140.

1938-52 KGVI 2d scarlet variety Short ‘T’ SG #152ba, fine used, Cat £120.

BAHRAIN Bahrain 1938-41 Overprints on India 8a slate-violet Post Truck SG #30, fresh MUH, Cat £350. Key stamp of the series and popular thematic.

1955-60 10 Rupees on GB DLR 10/-. SG #96ab, MUH, Cat £100.

BARBADOS 1858 No Watermark Imperf 6d pale rose-red, 6d deep rose-red & 1/- black SG #11,11a,12a, all with complete margins, fine used, Cat £375. (3) 1882-86 Wmk Crown CA 1d rose (three units MUH, gum evenly aged) & 4d pale brown (MUH) SG #91,98 in blocks of 4, very fine.

Cat £488+. (8) 1938-47 Badge varieties comprising ½d bistre Recut line SG #248ccb, 2½d ultramarine Mark on central ornament SG #251a in a strip of 5 MUH plus single used example, also 2½d blue Mark on central ornament mint, Cat £230+. (4 items.)

BARBADOS | Postal History 1906-1935 Cover Selection comprising [1] Nelson Centenary on-cover usages comprising ½d (printed matter rate) & 1d solos on PPCs to UK, ½d on official wrapper to USA, 2d & 2½d on 1906 registered cover to USA; [2] 1907 Kingston Relief Fund 1d on 2d pair on local cover, right-hand unit variety No stop after ‘1d’ (SG #153e), minor toning, (stamps Cat £110+); [3] 1935 airmail cover to Argentina with attractive ½d, 4d & 2/- tricolour franking paying PanAm converted (from US $) airmail rate, red on white airmail label; generally fine condition. (6) BELGIUM 1919 King Albert At Fernes 5f deep blue ‘FRANKEN’, nice Antwerp cds. SG #193, Cat £225.

BERMUDA 1938-53 KGVI Keyplates selection on Hagners mint selection on Hagners with 2/6d x9 including SG #116, 116a & 116b (Line Perf 14¼), 5/- x6 including #117a (Line Perf 14¼, Cat £600), 5/- x13 including #118, #118a & 118b, also #118f with Plate ‘1’ tab, 10/- x7 including #119 (Cat £450), #119a & #119b (Line Perf 14¼, Cat £550), 12/6d x5 including #120 (Cat £550), £1 complete ‘set’ of all 5 shades; few duplicates, condition generally fine/very fine, Cat £6,000+. (44) BRITISH EAST AFRICA | Postal History 1899 (Feb 22) Church Missionary Society (crest on flap) cover to England with BEA 2½a blue & Uganda Typeset 2a SG #56 x2 all tied by weak strike of Mombassa (?) squared-circle datestamp, several other stamps missing at left, on reverse Mombassa ‘22FE/ 99’ departure and Clapham ‘5AP99’ arrival datestamps.

BRITISH GUIANA 1913-52 Mint Selection with KGV 1913-21 2c 4c & 5c plate 1 corner blocks, 1934-51 Pictorials 1c to $1 set plus some duplicates, KGVI 1938-52 set with all listed shades & change of Perf including rare $1 P14x13 (Cat £550), generally fine MLH/MVLH, Cat £1,000+. (75) BRITISH HONDURAS 1865 No Wmk P14 6d rose SG #3, fine used, Cat £170.

1888-91 London Surcharges 2c on 1d bisect on wrapper?, SG #37a, addressed locally, Cat £110.

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CANADIAN PROVINCES | NEWFOUNDLAND 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.

1862-64 New Colours 2d rose-lake, SG #17, complete close to large margins, fine unused, Cat £300.

1897 400th Anniversary of Discovery 2c to 60c set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ diagonally in red SG #66s-79s Unitrade #61-74, fresh MUH, Cat CAD$1,500. (14) 1921 Halifax Air Surcharge 35c red 2¼mm Overprint Setting variety No stop after ‘1921’ SG #148a, and 35c red 1½mm Overprint Setting SG #148f, both on Halifax local covers, fine condition. (2) CANADIAN PROVINCES | NEWFOUNDLAND | Postal History C.1918 cover from Clarke’s Beach to St John’s with clear strike of ‘POSTAGE PAID/GPO/ST JOHN’S, NEWF’L’D’ three-line datestamp in violet. Short period of handstamp usage recorded at base of cover.

CANADA 1950 Officials in blocks of 4, two units in each MUH. SG #0178-79, 0181-82,0184-90., Cat £950.

1911-12 KGV Perf 12 1c to 50c sepia set of 8 between SG #197-215 including 10c brownish-purple (hinge remnant), several lower values MUH, Cat £275. (8) 1927 60th Anniv of Confederation - Commemorative Issue Confederation 5c violet pair, variety Imperforate SG #269 (footnote), fresh mint, Cat £120.

1937-38 KGVI Perf 12 2c brown pair, variety Imperforate, SG #358 (footnote), fresh mint, Cat £375.

1937-38 KGVI Perf 12 4c yellow pair, variety Imperforate, SG #360 (footnote), fresh mint, Cat £375.

1937-38 Pictorials Perf 12 1937-38 KGVI $1 Chateau pair, variety Imperforate, SG #367 (footnote), fresh mint, Cat £900.

CEYLON 1857-59 QV Wmk Star imperf 5d chestnut SG #5, close to large margins, fine and fresh mint with strong colour, Cat £1,600. BPA Certificate (1997).

CHINA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1998-2004 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.500) CHINA 1949 Foochow Opts 4c (Misplaced opt in margin), 10c, 16c & 20c, all no gum as issued. (4) 1949 People’s Political Conference $30 to $200 set in folder, stamps cancelled by commemorative FDI datestamp in violet, some soiling & toning. China’s first commemorative issue in a special folder.

CHINA | Booklets 1983 Terracotta Figures complete and fine, SG #SB19, Cat £225.

ESTONIA 1923 Airs perf pairs 10m on 5m, 20m on 5m, plus imperf set of 3, scarce set. All with streaky gum. (5 prs) FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES 1946-49 Thick Maps ½d to 1/- set in matching lower right corner Plate Nº 1 blocks of 4 showing variety Gap in 80th parallel [R5/9], SG #G1/8, 1a/8a, fresh MUH, Cat £77++. (8 blocks).

FIJI | Postal History 1943 (Jun 3) Emperor Gold Mining Co triple-rate (4/6d x3) airmail cover to England via USA with 13/6d franking comprising 5/- pair, 2/-, 1/- & 6d tied by PO Vatukoula datestamps, British censor tape on reverse. Most attractive.

1943 (Nov 27) Emperor Gold Mining Co cover to England via USA with KGVI Pictorials 5/- pair, 2/6d & 1/-, tied by PO Vatukoula datestamps, paying triple the 4/6d per ½oz airmail rate via USA, British censor tape on reverse.

1944-49 framed group of Emperor Gold Mining Co covers to England with double-rate via USA (4/6d x2) comprising [1] 1944 (Feb 28) with 1/- Pictorial x9; [2] 1945 (Feb 13) with 2/- x2, 1/- x4, 6d & 3d x2 plus Fiji Bomber Fund Label; [3] 1945 (Mar 6) small cover with 2/6d x2, 2/-, 1/-, 6d & 3d pair; also [4] 1949 (Nov 29) to England with 1/6d UPU solo paying 1/6d airmail rate via Australia; all stamps are tied by Vatukoula (meaning gold rock in Fijian) datestamps, where the company’s mining operations were based. Total weight 4kg+. (4) 1945 (Nov 6) Emperor Gold Mining Co cover to England with 6d violet-black SG #261a x9, tied by PO Vatukoula datestamps, paying 4/6d airmail rate via USA, fine condition. Stamps alone (off-cover) Cat £250+.

1951 (Sep 19) KGVI 1d+1d Health tied by Suva ‘19SP51’ datestamp to contemporary colour print of the original photo upon which the stamp design was based; edge faults. Possibly unique.

FRANCE | Postal History 1900 Exposition Universelle De Paris (Oct 11) ‘Commission Royale de l’Australie Occidentale/...’ cover to Roumania with 25c tied by ‘PARIS 106/PLACE DU TROCADERO’, Bucarest arrival backstamp & light strike of the postman’s ‘posthorn/94’ delivery handstamp in violet on the face, very fine. The enclosed letter, signed Geo Aytoun/[Secretaire] accompanied a list of publications about Western Australia.

FRANCE | DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA PPC of 15c French Congo Stamp: used as a 1910 raffle ticket receipt, raising money for a Sanatorium.

FRENCH COLONIES | CONGO (French) | First Flight Covers 1930 Brazzaville - France (Mar 20) use of 3f on 5f pair on cover to Switzerland.

FRENCH COLONIES | GUINEA (French) | Postal History 1904 (Oct 8) use of 10c on PPC, from Conarky to Cauderan, France, octagonal ‘LOANGO A BORDEAUX/9/OCT/04/L.L.NO4’ TPO cancel on face.

1909 (Oct 8) use of 10c on PPC, from Conarky to France, octagonal ‘MATADI A BORDEAUX/30-8/094/L.L.NO1’ TPO cancel on stamp & back.

FRENCH COLONIES | INDO-CHINA | Postal History 1932 (Oct 12) internal use of 5c Stationery Envelope to Phan Tiet (Annam) cancelled with Pnompenh/Cambodge datestamp, Saigon Central transit & Phantiet arrival datestamps on reverse.

FRENCH COLONIES | IVORY COAST | Postal History 1945 (Mar) use of Senegal 1f50 on 15c x2 & 5f50 on 65c x3 and Mauritania 5f on 65c on registered cover from Grand Bassam to New York, censor reseal at left.

FRENCH COLONIES | MARTINIQUE | Postal History 1878 (Jul 27) use of imperf General Colonies 5c Peace & Commerce and 30c Ceres on entire from St. Pierre to Le Havre ‘STEAMER ANGLAIS’ green handstamp on face.

FRENCH COLONIES | MOROCCO (French) | Postal History 1908 (Apr 16) use of stampless mourning cover, endorsed “Colonne d’occupation d’Oudjda”, poor ‘TRESORS ET POSTES/16/ AVRIL/08/48’ on face, to France.

1916 (Sep 27) use of 25c on 25c pair on registered cover from Fez-Mellah to Switzerland, censor reseal at right.

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FRENCH COLONIES | UBANGI-CHARI | Postal History 1934 (May 3) use of 10c orange-vermilion & blue and 40c Woman on tiny cover (8.2x6.2cm) from Bangui to France.

GAMBIA 1912-22 Wmk MCA 1/- black/green variety Split ‘A’ of ‘POSTAGE’ SG #97b, fresh mint, Cat £275.

GERMAN STATES Bavaria: 1 Kr black Mi 1 with four large margins, some thinning at top but fine appearance.

GERMANY 1944 War Propadanda Forgery Mi #32A imitating the 1944 issue Anniversary of the March to Feldherrnhalle (Mi #906), fresh marginal MUH, Cat €800. Roland Pieles Certificate (2018).

1945 12th Anniv of Third Reich set, fine used. Mi #909-10, Cat €90. (2) GERMANY | Postal History 1936 (Apr) use of 75c Zeppelin & 2rm Lilienthal on air cover from Leipzig to Rio de Janeiro, red Europa-Sudamerika cachet on face, middle fold detracts little.

1936 (May 1) use of 50pf & 75pf on registered air cover from Lorch to New York, Hindenburg handstamp on face with EurpoaNordamerika cachet.

GERMANY | First Flight Covers 1912 (Jun 10) special 10pf Air Mi #I with 5pf Germania each tied to special postcard by ‘Flugpost am Rhein u am Main/Frankfurt/ (MAIN)/10.6.12/*’ cds.

GERMAN POST OFFICES IN MOROCCO 1899 Diagonal Surcharges 10c on 10pf deep red-carmine Mi #3c, fine used, Jaschke guarantee handstamp, Cat €260.

GERMAN COLONIES | MARIANA ISLANDS (German) 1899-1900 48° Overprints 20pf violet-ultramarine Mi #4I, MUH, Mansfeld guarantee handstamp, Cat €700.

GERMAN COLONIES | SAMOA (German) | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1899 Use of German 10pf postal card to Oppeln, Germany tied by ‘APIA/KAISERL.DEUTSCHE/POSTAGENTUR/8-7/99’ datestamp, greeting message on reverse from W von Bulow. Fine condition.

GIBRALTAR | British Post Offices 1859-84 Issues wing-margin selection with ‘A26’ cancels comprising 4d vermilion Pl 12 #Z37, 6d lilac Pl 3 #Z43, 6d lilac Pl 5 #Z44, 6d lilac Pl 6 #Z45, 6d purple Pl 6 #Z46, 6d buff Pl 11 #Z48 x2 (both VFU), 6d grey Pl 12 #Z49 & 6d grey Pl 13 #Z50; odd tone spot, fine overall. (9) GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS 1922-27 Wmk Mult Script CA 10/- green & red/emerald, SG #35, minor tone spots on reverse, MUH, Cat £160.

1940 Postage Dues set SG #D1-D8, MUH, Cat £180. (8) GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS | Postal History 1939 (Jan 23) oversized Burns Philp envelope to Sydney with KGV ½d block of 4 plus strip of 4 tied by manuscript “HULL IS/7.1.39/ JWJ” lined cancel (JWJ = JW Jones the local Burns Philp supervisor), Tarawa ‘23JA39’ transit datestamp and registration handstamp on face, Sydney backstamp, few folds well clear of stamps. Rare commercial item.

1958 (Sep 15) use of GB QEII 6d (Size G) Registration Envelope used to Hawaii with additional GB 6d x2 added tied by ‘BFPO/ CHRISTMAS ISLAND/15SP58’ datestamp, FPO “158” registration label at left, Honolulu SEP/17/1958’ arrival backstamp.

1958 (Oct 27) use of GB QEII 6d (Size G) Registration Envelope endorsed with printed ‘MINIMUM REGISTRATION/6d/EXTRA’ with GB 3d pair added for postage tied by ‘BFPO/CHRISTMAS ISLAND/27OC58’ datestamp, addressed to Honolulu, Hawaii with ‘OCT/29/1958’ arrival backstamp.

GREAT BRITAIN 1840 1d Intense Black Plate 5 [QG] SG #1, complete margins (close at top right), tidy MC cancel in red, Cat £525. Attractive example.

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 Plate 3 [AA] 3-margins, touching left, light oxidation, fine black London ‘8’ Maltese Cross, Cat £1,000. A very popular plate position.

1870 Bantams ½d plate 10 SG #49, gumside with two partial ‘Sugden’ private handstamps in black, Cat £130. [Lot 835, a BEA cover, from the same collection, which is addressed to Mr Will Sugden of Armiston House, Clapham Common] 1855-57 No Corner Letters Wmk Emblems 6d deep lilac with Type 4 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #69s, fresh example, strong original colour, large-part gum, Cat £600 (Cat £1,800 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1862-64 Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 3d deep carmine-rose with Type 5 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #75s, straight edge at right, large-part gum, Cat £500 (Cat £4,800 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1862-64 Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 3d deep carmine-rose with Type 5 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #79s, rich original colour, without gum, Cat £425 (Cat £2,200 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1862-64 Small White Letters 9d bistre Plate 2 [TA] Type 6 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #86s, good colour, without gum, Cat £725 (£5,250 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1867-80 Large White Letters Wmk Spray 10d red-brown [OK] with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, SG #112s, fresh example, MNG, Cat £500 (non-specimen Cat £3,500).

1867-83 High Values Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- pale rose Plate 2, used SG #127.

1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- pale rose Pl 2 with Type 8 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #127s, without gum. Fine example, Cat £1,750 (Cat £18,000 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- pale rose Pl 2 with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ seriffed overprint SG #127s, minor shallow thins & a few tones, without gum. Cat £1,750 (Cat £18,000 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1867-83 Maltese Cross 5/- pale rose Pl 1 with Type 6 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #127s, without gum, fine, Cat £1,000 (Cat £11,000 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross 10/- greenish grey [AC] with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #128s, strong colour, large-part gum, Cat £4,250 (Cat £60,000 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1867-83 Wmk Maltese Cross £1 brown-lilac [FJ] with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #129s, fresh example, large-part gum, Cat £6,250 (Cat £90,000 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1867-83 QV Wmk Anchor White paper 5/- rose Plate 4 SG #134, minor perf blemishes & faint corner creases, very well centred, tidy cancel, Cat £4,200. Scarce stamp, seldom offered, Cat £4,200.

1867-83 QV Wmk Anchor White paper 10/- greenish grey Plate 1, SG #135, professionally improved/repaired lower left corner, few barely visible flattened creases at top, excellent centring, tidy London hooded datestamp, Cat £4,500.

1882 £5 Orange White Paper Wmk Large Anchor [CK], SG #137 (SG-Spec #128a). Neatly struck s/ring cds ‘CHESTER/115PM/ NO10/99’. Near perfect centring, very fresh, Cat £4,750.

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Phoenix Auctions - Friday 14th December 2018 1873-80 Large Uncoloured Colour Letters Wmk Orb 2½d rosy-mauve Plate 12 SG #141 from base of the pane with part marginal imprint, MLH, Cat £525; also Wmk Imperial Crown 2½d blue Plate 22 SG #157, MVLH, Cat £450. (2) 1873-80 Large Coloured Letters Wmk Orb 2½d Plate 17 [AC], Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #142s, with ‘POS’ part marginal inscription, SG #142s, a few light tonespots, Cat £160.

1873-80 Large Coloured Letters Wmk Large Garter 4d sage-green Plate 16 [BG], SG #153, left wing-margin example, thin paper (almost pelure), re-gummed, few short perfs, Cat £1,250.

1880-83 Wmk Imperial Crown 2½d blue Pl 23 with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #157s, without gum, Cat £175.

1883-84 High Values Blued Paper 2/6d lilac ovpt type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #175s, gum bend, Cat £600 (Cat £6,750 as an unoverprinted stamp), fresh well-centred MLH. 1883-84 High Values Blued Paper 2/6d lilac with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ seriffed overprint SG #175s, large-part gum, Cat £625 (Cat £6,750 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1883-84 High Values Blued Paper 10/- ultramarine [FG,GF] SG #177, cancelled with very fine oval ‘MICHELDEVER/STATION/ L&S.W.RY’ cancel over a previously struck lined cancel, Cat £8,250. RPSL Certificate (1984).

1883-84 High Values White Paper 2/6d lilac [BF] optd ‘SPECIMEN’ type 9, SG #178s, Cat £425 (normal £600), well centred, without gum.

1883-84 High Values White Paper 2/6d lilac [IB], Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint, SG #178s, mild toning, well centred, without gum, Cat £425.

1883-84 High Values unissued 5/- rose P12 with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ seriffed overprint SG #180s (Spec K12u), top left perfs slightly thinned, without gum, Cat £450 (Cat £1,200 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1883-84 High Values 5/- rose with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ seriffed overprint SG #181s, fine example, Cat £450 (Cat £1,100 as an unoverprinted stamp).

1884 £1 Brown-Lilac Wmk Three Imperial Crowns [TD], SG #185, good colour, 1887 London ‘105’ duplex, Cat £3,000 1883-84 High Values White Paper 2/6d lilac [FG] with Type 11 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #187s, part og, Cat £425.

1883-84 Lilac & Greens ½d to 1/- set with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints SG #187s-196s, 9d without gum, other part to large-part gum, Cat £1,790. Seldom offered as a complete set. (10) 1883-84 Lilac & Greens 4d green P12 Colour Trial with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ seriffed overprint SG #192s (SG Spec #K22t), without gum, Cat £600. Extremely scarce.

1883-84 Lilacs & Greens 1/- dull green SG #196, some wrinkling, mint with large-part gum, Cat £1,600.

1883-84 Lilac & Greens 1/- dull green with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #196s, 3mm closed tear centre left, strong original colour, Cat £375.

1887-92 Jubilee Issue 2½d, 3d, 4d & 6d with Type 9 ‘SPECIMEN’ seriffed overprints, strong colours, fresh MUH, Cat £350 but worth double that in MUH condition. (4) 1887-92 Jubilee 1/- dull green SG #211 corner block of 9, eight units MUH. Fresh multiple, Cat £2,475++.

1887-92 Wmk Three Crowns £1 green with Type 11 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #212s, well centred, without gum, Cat £1,100.

1902-10 KEVII 1½d Pale Dull Purple & Green with Type 17 ‘SPECIMEN’ curved overprint SG #223s, Rated S by Samuel, his third highest rating, without gum, Cat £650.

1902-13 KEVII High Values with 2/6d x5, 5/- x4 & 10/- x2, various shades, good to very fine used with cds or mostly tidy parcels cancels, Cat £2,500 (minimum). (11) 1913-19 Seahorse Waterlow Printing 2/6d deep sepia-brown block of 4 ovpt ‘SPECIMEN’ type 26, SG #399s, some blemishes, Cat £2,600+. Seahorse specimen multiples are very rare.

1913 Waterlow Seahorses 10/- indigo-blue with Type 26 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #401s (SG Spec #N69t), large paper hinge, well centred with rich colour, Cat £1,200.

1913 Waterlow Seahorses £1 green with Type 26 ‘SPECIMEN’ overprint SG #403s (SG Spec #N72t), large paper hinge, superb centring with deep colour, Cat £3,250.

GREAT BRITAIN | Official Stamps 1884-1902 Group with ‘I.R./OFFICIAL’ QV 1884-86 ½d, 2½d & 1/-, 1887-92 ½d, 2½d & 1/-, 1887-1900 ½d, 6d & 1/-; ‘O.W./ OFFICIAL KEVII ½d, 1d & 2d, some heavy cancels as to be expected, Cat £5,300. (12) 1887-1902 Government Parcels Group with QV 1887-90 1½d, 6d, 9d & 1/-, 1891-1900 1d, 2d, 4½d & 1/-, KEVII 1d, 2d, 6d, 9d & 1/-, SG #O61-78, some heavy cancels as to be expected, Cat £1,745. (13) GREAT BRITAIN | Postal History 1867 (May 25) cover with embossed Fairlie & Co (Engineers) on the flap, to their representative at No 17 Casse 63/L’Exposition/ Paris with GB 1d Plate 81 strip of 4 tied by London duplex of MY25/67, ‘ANGL/AMB CALAIS D’ TPO transit on the face, two fine to largely very fine ‘EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE/3E|26/MAI/57POSTES’ and ‘2E|27’ arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Enclosed note: “...take care of all your Cases and get the goods well packed...If they are left to the Mercy of the Railway Companies there is no knowing when we may, if ever, receive them here”.

1876-79 Group of Covers x8 from the Watford to Wangaratta (Vic) correspondence with solo frankings of 6d grey Plate 15 x2 and Plate 16 x4; also 1878 with 8d orange Plate 1 x2 and 1879 with 8d single (defective); all stamps are tied by Watford ‘1849’ duplexes, each cover with Melbourne transit & Wangaratta arrival backstamps; condition variable. (8) 1885 (Nov 12) use of Parcel Post label on small piece (80x45mm approx) with 1883 9d dull green tied by fine strike of ‘LEAMINGTON SPA’ datestamp, Cat £4,750 on cover. Superb. Very rare item.

GREAT BRITAIN | CINDERELLAS 1915 Lord Roberts Memorial Fund Stamp Album For Soldiers & Sailors: a complete set of 144 poster stamps mounted in a blue & gold album (the most expensive of the 3 Official albums) complete with the original receipt for 18/6d!!. Generally fine.

BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | CHILE 1865-81 Issues Used in Valparaiso ‘C30’ cancels on 4d vermilion Pl 12 & 13, 4d sage-green Pl 15 & 16, 6d violet Pl 8 x2 & Pl 9, 6d chestnut Pl 11, 6d grey Pl 12, Pl 15 & Pl 16 x3, 9d straw Pl 4 x3, 10d red-brown x2 (one with Vaparaiso datestamp), 1867-73 1/green Pl 4, Pl 5 x2, 1873-77 1/- green Pl 12 x2 & Pl 13 x3, 1/- orange-brown, 2/- blue x2 & 5/- rose x2; variable condition with some nibbed perfs or straight edges, many are fine, Cat £4,000+. (17) BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD | PUERTO RICO 1852 (Jun 15) pre-stamp entire to Madrid with partially obscured ‘PAID AT/SAN JUAN PORTO RICO’ crowned-circle handstamp in black (SG #CC1, Cat £650 on cover), rated “2/6”, fair ‘SAN-JUAN-PORTO-RICO/JU15/1852’ British double arc backstamp in black, ‘13R’ postage due handstamp & Madrid arrival datestamp.

GRENADA 1969 Gandhi 6c to $1 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ set (6c & $1 overprinted twice) SG #358s-361s, MUH, Cat £. (4) HONG KONG 1935 Silver Jubilee 3c to 20c SG #133-36, 5c Hairline over Curfew Tower, marginal MUH. (4) 1954-62 QE $5 both shades. Unmounted. SG #190,190a, Cat £200. (2) HUNGARY 1871-73 Lithograph SG #3 3k green, framed ‘[SZABADKA.M.]THERESIOPEL/[SU]BOTICA/12/8/71’ cancel, Cat £1,400. Orbán certificate (1987).

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1949-50 UPU M/S SG #1072, Cat £750.

1949 Centenary of Budapest Chain Bridge M/S, SG #1077a, Cat £600.

1951 80th Anniversary of First Hungarian Postage Stamp set of 3 miniature sheets, (60fi with very light hinge mark, the other 2 are MUH). SG #1199a, Cat £275. (3) INDIA | Specimens & Reprints W 1895 Lithographic Reprint Sheet of 1854-55 Imperf 4a sheet of 12 (4x3) with complete marginal inscriptions, on stout yellowish wove unwatermarked and ungummed paper, surface scuffing affecting two units. Seldom offered.

INDIA W India 1854 imperf ½a blue Die II SG #6, four good even margins, unused; also 1a red Die I, negligible margins except at left, tiny pinhole, unused; total Cat £1,880. (2) F 1854 2a green Sheet Wmk Type 10a strip of 3 [Row 7, units 6-8] SG #31b, lightly cancelled, Cat £2,400+. RPSL certificate (2017) notes ironed-out horizonal crease. * 1856-64 No Wmk P14 4a grey-black & 8a carmine (few nibbed perfs) SG #46 & 48, mint, Cat £2,200. (2) * 1935 Silver Jubilee variety Doubling of outer frameline SG #242 (var), fine mint. * 1937-51 KGVI Issues complete between SG #247-336, generally fine mint (10r Gandhi creased), Cat £1,200+. (72) **/* 1940-43 KGVI 3a Watermark inverted SG #271aw pair, left-hand unit MUH, Cat £300+.

W/* 1948 1½a Gandhi SG #305 x16 all with sheet number tabs at base, unused (three stuck-down on piece); also another example with ‘B3’ plate number at base, mint with hinge remainder. (17) ** 2010 Pigeons & Sparrows 5r Pigeons SG #2729 marginal block of 4 and M/S SG #2731 (gum bend) with Colours out-of register, creating a doubling effect, particularly pronounced on the miniature sheet, MUH. (2 items) U 1948 1½a Gandhi optd ‘SERVICE’ SG #O150b, used, defects as described on BPA Certificate (2013), Cat £2,750. Rarely offered.

INDIA | Postal History * 1855 (Mar) flimsy native cover from Bombay to Cutch-Unjar (now Anjar) with imperf ½a deep blue Die I SG #4 (good margins) tied by 1’-in diamond of parallel lines (Cooper #2) cancel, boxed ‘TOO LATE’ handstamp, some faults.

1855 (Oct) outer Meerut to Calcutta with ½a Die I tied by Type I (9x9 dots) lozenge cancel, on reverse ‘MERRUT/13/OCT/1855’ * double-ring datestamp in red, with adjacent Calcutta ‘GPO/1st DY/1855/OCT1’ arrival datestamp. * 1856 (Nov 6) native cover from Beawur to Lahore with imperf ½a blue Die I tied by Cooper Type #4 diamond cancel, appropriate backstamps, some condition issues. (c) * 1861 (Sep 2) Prudhomme & Co commercial entire from Tranquebar (Danish settlement on Coromandel Coast) to Pipon Bell & Co in Port Louis, backstamped Mauritius ‘SP24/61’. Scare origin/destination item. * 1946 (Dec 6) Stampless ‘Forces Mail’ cover to Victoria, endorsed “Capt. L.A. Heywood/H.Q. Sub Area/Avadi/Indian/Command” at lower left and backstamped ‘EXPERIMENTAL S.O/6DEC.46/MS.-100’ & ‘TOO LATE FOR AIR MAIL/6 DEC 46/MADRAS SQR RMS AIR’ cds.

1948 (Dec 14) cover from Saldoha Leprosy Colony (Bihar, Northern India) to Denmark with 12a Gandhi & 2a KGVI tied by * Mohulpahari datestamp, on reverse attractive Danish ‘Santalmissionen Kalder’ cinderella. * 2015 World’s 1st Solar Flight (Mar 18) carried from Ahmedabad to Varanasi by Andre Borschberg on Solar Impulse 2, very fine condition, mounted on presentation page.

INDIAN POST OFFICES ABROAD U Indian Used in Singapore Selection with ‘B/172’ cancels on Indian imperf issues comprising ½a x2, 1a, 2a x4 and 4a x2 (both cutto-shape), quality of strikes fair to fine. Very scarce group. (9) U India Used in French Indian Settlements Selection of Pondicherry ‘C/111’ cancels on Indian imperf issues comprising ½a x3, 1a x3, 2a x7 and 4a x2 (both cut-to-shape) ; quality of strikes is good to to fine. Very scarce group. (15) U India Used in French Indian Settlements bold strike of ‘C/147’ cancel of Karikal on India imperf ½a Die II (negligible margins).

INDIAN STATES **/*/U Convention States Overprint Varieties: with mint Patiala State 1884 ½a block of 4 one unit variety ‘8TATE’ for ‘STATE’; 2a block of 4, one unit variety ‘FUTTIALLA’ for ‘PUTTIALLA’; 1885 ½a block of 8 one unit Extra character ‘L’ before ‘PUTTIALLA’; plus two other variety items, generally fine. (5 items) INDIAN STATES | Bhopal **/* 1944-49 Officials 3p bright blue SG #O350 complete pane of 81 (9x9), margins intact (except for 2 small corner sections), some paper adhesions on gum and a thin affecting two central unit.

INDIAN STATES | Las Bela | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings */U 1898-1900s Selection comprising range of ½a used (18), mint (3), & ½a black & orange mint. (22) INDIAN STATES | Las Bela | Postal History * 1904 ½a black on pale green SG #12 on native cover, usual pen cancel and indistinct datestamp.

INDIAN STATES | Travancore * 1939 Maharaja’s 27th Birthday 1ch yellow-green vertical pair and 3ch brown horizontal pair, both variety Imperforate between SG #64ba and 67ba, fine mint, Cat £145. (2 pairs) * 1939 Maharaja’s 29th Birthday 6ca blackish violet vertical and horizontal pairs, ¾ch brown vertical pair and 8ca scarlet horizontal pair, all variety Imperforate between, SG71ab & ba, 72bb, 75ab, fine mint, Cat £180+. (4 pairs) W 1941-42 Officials 1ch yellow-green vertical pair, variety Imperforate between SG #O96a, no gum as issued, Cat £85.

ITALIAN STATES | Naples F 1858 Arms SG #6A 20g rose 3½ good margins (just touching at 2 corners), part double-boxed ‘ANNULLATO’ cancel, slight crease, Cat £1,500 V 1858 Arms SG #7 50g lake 4 large margins, part boxed ‘ANNULLATO’ cancel, Cat £3,500 ITALIAN STATES | Sardinia F 1853 Victor Emmanuel II Embossed on Coloured Paper SG #9 5c blue-green 4-margins, ‘NIZZA MARITTE/31/GEN/54/[?]’ (Nice) cancel, Cat £1,400.

ITALIAN STATES | Tuscany F 1851-52 On Coloured Paper SG #2 1q black/grey, 4 close/touching margins, Cat £1,800.

F 1857 on White Paper SG #25 1s yellow-buff, 4 close/touching margins, Cat £5,500. Raybaudi certificate (1997) F 1860 Provisional Government SG #50 80c pale red-brown, 4 close/touching margins, Cat £1,400.

ITALIAN STATES | Tuscany | Postal History * 1866 (Sep) use of 10c deep brown Arms on outer from Pontedera to Livorno, small adhesions on face.

JAPANESE POST OFFICES IN CHINA | Postal History *PS 1894 (Mar 10) use of 3s green Postal Card, cancelled with light ‘I.J.P.O. SHANGHAI/10 III/1894/MEIJI*27’ to Germany, fine ‘YOKOHAMA*JAPAN/15 III/1894/MEIJI*27’ transit on face, some aging and other small faults.

JORDANIAN OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE ** 1949 UPU Double overprint on 1m to 50m set SG #P30b,P31c,P32b & P33c (variety not listed for 50m), ‘K.F’ expertising handstamps, fresh MUH, Cat £440 (ex unlisted 50m). (5)

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KOREA (North) 1946-55 Russian Occupation 50ch rose-red P10 Diamond Mountains marginal block of 30 (10x3), lightly cancelled, Cat £1,380+.

LUXEMBOURG ** 1935 International Fund For Intellectuals 5c to 20f, (5f with minor damage) otherwise fine. SG #324-38, Cat £800. (15) MALAYA | Straits Settlements | Postal History * 1904 (Jan 5) PPC (South Bridge Road, Singapore) sent at printed matter rate to France with Straits KEVII 3c tied by ‘TANJONG PAGAR’ Proud Type D2 datestamp, Singapore transit datestamp.

MALAYA | Federated Malay States | Postal History 1926 (Mar 26) use of 12c Registration Envelope H&G #4, from Klang to India uprated with 3c, 6c & 12c Tigers for overseas postage, *PS ‘AR’ handstamp & mss marking, Kuala Lumpur transit & Negapatam arrival datestamp.

MALAYAN STATES | Johore F 1922-41 Sultan Sir Ibrahim Wmk Mult Script CA SG #127 $100 green & scarlet, fiscal cancel, Cat £150 for fiscally used, not catalogued for postally used.

MALTA F 1938-43 KGVI 1½d slate-black variety Broken Cross SG #220b, postmark clear of flaw, fine used, Cat £70. * 1938-43 KGVI 2/6d Statue of Neptune variety Damaged value tablet [R4/9] SG #229a, fine MLH, Cat £400. * 1938-43 KGVI 5/- Palace Square pair, left-hand unit variety Semaphore flaw [R2/7] SG #230a, fine MLH, Cat £85. */W 1938 KGV Pictorials Perf ‘SPECIMEN’ ¼d to 10/- set SG #Between 217s-231s (ex six low values), MVLH, Cat £700 (for complete set); also 1902 1d on 2½d optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #36s, a little aged. (15) MARSHALL ISLANDS * 1901 Kaiser’s Yacht No Watermark Set 3pf to 5m, very lightly mounted, SG #G11-G23, Cat £250. (13) MAURITIUS * 1902 Overprinted ‘Postage & Revenue’ 4c to 2r50c set SG #157-62, fine mint, Cat £160. (6) NEW HEBRIDES | Postal History * 1947 (Jun 21) philatelic air mail cover to Australia with impressive franking of French & British issues including 40c Postage Dues SG #D9 & #FD68 plus other Gold Currency issues to 40c; the two postage due stamps alone Cat £245 (off cover).

NEW ZEALAND | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings **/*/U/C 1935-50 Collection on album pages including 1935 Silver Jubilee set mint & used and set on separate FDCs, 1936 Commerce set in Plate 1 corner blocks of 4, used set in blocks of 4, plus complete set on separate FDCs, 1937 Coronation with sets in blocks of 4 on separate FDCs, set in imprint blocks of 4, set in Plate blocks of 4 including all eight plates of the 1d, 1940 Centennial set plus set on FDCs; also 4 covers with cinderellas afftixed, KGVI low value Definives on FDCs, etc. Mostly fine. (qty) ** 1953-59 QEII Counter Coil Pairs Collection on album pages between CP #NC1-NC8 including 2d (Small Figures) myrtle-green #NC1(a) coils ‘1’ to ‘19’ complete, (Large figures) #NC4(a) ‘4’ to ‘8’, ‘10’ & ‘11’ & ‘13’ to ‘18’ 3d vermilion #NC3(a) ‘1’ to ‘19’ complete, 6d mauve #NC2 pairs x9 (Cat NZ$450), 8d light-brown #NC8(d) x2 (Cat NZ$100), other values to 1/6d x5 & 1/9d x3, generally fine, MUH. Nice lot. (110+ pairs) **/*/U 1960-66 Pictorials study on album pages with set to £1 including a few plate blocks & chalky papers printings, also Chambon experimental perforations in multiples, booklet panes, Counter coil pairs including 2d with Offset of coil number, 3d Chalky paper CP #OC5a(Z) (Cat NZ$175), 1/9d bistre-brown x2 CP #OC15a & #OC15b (Cat NZ$110), 2d & 2½d #OC3b & #OC4b coil nos ‘1’ to ‘23’ complete, etc; generally fine, many items MUH. (approx 150 items) NEW ZEALAND | British Post Offices 1847 (Nov 3) entire letter, written at Nelson, to England endorsed “via Sydney” with largely fine strike of ‘PAID/AT/WELLINGTON * NEW ZEALAND’ crowned-circle handstamp in red SG #CC8 (Cat £350 on cover) and very fine ‘WELLINGTON/NOV3/1847/A/NEW ZEALAND’ backstamp in black, rated “4” in red & “1/-” in black, London transit backstamp and fine Burnley double-arc arrival backstamp in blue. [Letter was probably sent privately from Nelson to Wellington to either avoid the 4d internal mail fee or to catch an earlier ship departure from Wellington. At some point the letter has been tidied up by removing excess “white paper”, making the entire thinner and easier to display.]

1847 (Oct 15) entire letter to Glasgow with fair strike of ‘PAID/AT/WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND’ crowned-circle handstamp in red * SG #CC8 (Cat £350 on cover) and very fine ‘WELLINGTON/OC15/1847/A/NEW-ZEALAND’ backstamp in black, rated “4” in red & “8” in black (private ship letter rate), London transit & part boxed Glasgow arrival backstamp.

NEW ZEALAND F 1857-63 Chalons No Wmk 1/- blue-green on soft paper SG #17, complete margins (minute nick in upper-right margin) with fragment of adjoining stamp at left, fine used with tidy Bars ‘15’ cancel. Lovely stamp, Cat £1,800. * 1898 No Wmk Perf 12-16 5/- Mt. Cook, SG #259, lightly mounted, Cat £300. * 1925 Dunedin Exhibition ½d to 4d set tied to FDC by ‘NO17/1925’ Exhibition slogan FD roller cancel, Wilcox Smith typed address.

Flap discolouration on reverse, otherwise very fine. Exceptionally rare. * 1926-34 Admirals 2/- light blue, 3/- pale mauve, MLH. SG #469-70, Cat £205. (2) U 1938-41 KGVI 1d red Plate #5 booklet pane of 6 Watermark inverted CP #W6a(W), lower perfs guillotined, used, Cat NZ$450 mint (unpriced used). ** 1940 Centennial ½d to 1/- set SG #613-25 in blocks of 4, MLH with lower units MUH (ex 1/-), Cat £280+. (13 blocks) **/* 1953-61 QEII Definitives on album pages including ½d to 1/9d in Plate Blocks of 4 (½d to 8d Bradbury Wilkinson imprints) plus 2d on 1½d for both ‘dot’ sizes; also 1d & 3d booklet plates including Inverted watermark, 1961 2½d on 3d Wide & narrow pair; some units MUH. (50 items) * 1953-59 Definitives 1/- black & carmine-red QEII Die II SG #732b, MLH, Cat £180. ** 1953-59 Queen-On-Horse 2/6d to 10/- set SG #733d-736, in blocks of 4, MUH, Cat £392++. (4 blocks) ** 1958 2d on 1½d ‘Stars’ error SG #763b, fresh MUH, Cat £130.

F 1958 2d on 1½d ‘Stars’ error SG #763b, fine used, Cat £170. ** 1960-66 Pictorials 1/9d bistre-brown ‘Aerial Top Dressing’ counter coil pairs, with coil numbers in black, CP #OC15a, all with ‘VALUE £14’ imprint (only present in one in 10 rolls), fresh MUH, Cat NZ $1,000+. (19 pairs) ** 1960-66 Pictorials 3/- bistre, blue & green Watermark inverted SG #799w corner value block of 4, MUH, Cat £360+.

NEW ZEALAND | Official Stamps U 1927-33 Admirals 1d x2 plus 2/- pair with indistinct cancel, SG #O111-2, Cat £260+. (4) U 1933 5/- Green optd ‘OFFICIAL’ sideways SG #O113, 1936-61 optd ‘Official’ horizontally SG #O119 , used, Cat £440. (2) NEW ZEALAND | Postage Dues F 1899-1908 blocks of 4 comprising 1899 Large ‘D’ 3d SG #D12, Ormondville datestamp, and 1908 2d rose-pink and green SG #D22a, Fielding datestamp; scarce as multiples. (2 blocks). (2 blks) NEW ZEALAND | Postal Fiscals * 1940-58 Arms £2 bright purple wmk upright SG #F206, fine MLH, Cat £225. * 1940-58 Surcharges 3/6 on 3/6d (both), 5/6 on 5/6d, 11/- on 11/- & 22/- on 22/-, all lightly mounted. SG #F212-16, Cat £658. Retail NZ$600+. (5) F

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NEW ZEALAND | Postal History 1953 (Jul 6) triple rate (1/9d x3), small printed airmail cover to Germany with 2/6d Arms plus 2/- & 9d KGVI tied by Wellington ‘6JL53’ datestamp.

C.1961 1/6d cover (central crease clear of stamps) to England with 3d flower plus 2½d on 3d Surcharge block of 6 comprising two narrow-narrow-wide setting strips of 3; Cat £70 off-cover, very scarce on-cover.

NEW ZEALAND | CINDERELLAS 1915 1/- Botha Souvenir: with light staining and small surface abrasion. A rare patriotic label.

ROSS DEPENDENCY 1967 Decimal Pictorials 2c to 15c SG #5-8 set in matching corner Plate blocks 4, MUH. (4 blocks) NORTH BORNEO | Postal History 1948 (Apr 5) use of formular Air Mail Letter Card from Jesselton to St Lucia, 15c pair on back. Contents are social and discuss the Police setup etc.

PITCAIRN ISLANDS 1965 ITU 2/6d Wmk inverted SG #50w, marginal MUH, Cat £200.

1965 ICY 1d variety ‘TRISTAN DA CUNHA’ offset on reverse in reddish-purple SG #51a, with normal stamp for comparison, fresh MUH, Cat £800. Seldom offered.

POLAND | Postal History 1872 (Mar 3) use of 10k blue & red-brown on cover from Warsaw to Lemberg, curved ‘FRANCO’ on face endorsed “7½” in red.

RUSSIA - ALL PERIODS | Postal History 1909 (Sep 19) use of 5k purple strip of 4 on registered cover from Kiev to London 1944 (Oct 18) use of stampless letter card with picture of battleship SAAR 1950 Admission to the Council of Europe set, 200f tied to piece with part ‘METTLACH’ cds. Mi #297-8, Cat €320. (2) ST. HELENA 1922-37 Badge ½d to 1/- SG #97-106 on 1938 (Apr 25) registered cover to London, fine condition.

1922-37 Badge ½d to 7/6d SG #97-111, strong colours, generally fine mint, Cat £290. (14) SAMOA | Postal History 1916 (Aug 24) PPC (Native Canoe scene) to Denmark with Overprinted NZ 1d Dominion tied by Apia ‘24AU19’ datestamp, fine strike of ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/2/GRI/SAMOA’ boxed handstamp in violet.

SARAWAK (Japanese Occupation) 1942 Diagonal Overprints in Blue $1 scarlet & sepia SG #J21a marginal block of 4, fine MUH Cat £2,200+. Rare Multiple.

SOUTH AFRICA 1930-44 Pictorials 2/6d blue-green & brown block of 4 SG #49, odd nibbled perf, fine central 1940 Braemar cds, Cat £240+.

SOUTH WEST AFRICA | Postal History 1932 (Jun 7) use of Type H2 Registration Envelope H&G #10a from Kub to Windhoek (arrival datestamp), wax seal on face.

SOUTHERN NIGERIA 1901-02 QV Crown CA ½d to 10/- set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #1s-9s, fine mint, Cat £225. (9) 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA ½d to £1 set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #10s-20s SG #10s-20s, fine, Cat £325. (11) 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA £1 green & violet optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #20s, mild gum toning.

SWEDEN | Booklets 1953 Flying Swan 200 Kr Booklet with pane of 10, ‘invisible gum’, Facit #337 H212. Good bird thematic.

SWITZERLAND 1854-62 Seated Helvetia - Berne Printing Coloured Thread Thin Paper SG #40 10r pale blue (carmine thread), 4 close/touching margins, Cat £425.

1854-59 Seated Helvetia - Berne Printing Coloured Thread Thin Paper SG #41 1f grey-lilac (yellow thread), 4 margins, crease, Cat £7,500.

1854-62 Seated Helvetia - Berne Printing Green Thread Thin Paper SG #43 10r blue, 3 close/touching margins, Cat £950.

1862-64 Seated Helvetia SG #60,60a 1f bronze-gold & 1f gold, Cat £545. (2) 1881 Seated Helvetia Granite Paper SG #108 15c lemon-yellow, Cat £500. Marchand certificate (1985).

1881 Seated Helvetia Granite Paper SG #111 40c slate, Cat £3,750.

1881 Seated Helvetia Granite Paper SG #112 50c purple, Cat £600.

TOBAGO | British Post Offices 1858-60 Issues 6d lilac wing-margin with clear strike of ‘A14’ cancel SG #Z3, fine used, Cat £275.

TOGO (British) | Postal History 1916 (Sep 29) PPC (Government Station, Kpandu) with Overprinted Gold Coast 1d KGV tied to view side by Lome ‘29/9/16’ datestamp, addressed to Switzerland.

TRISTAN DA CUNHA 1963 Tristan Resettlement Opt 3d with Watermark inverted, SG #58w, Cat £850.

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS 1922-26 KGV Wmk MCA 3/- black/red, SG #175 block of 4 on small registered piece, Cat £168++. Very scarce used multiple.

1938-45 KGVI 2/- bright rose-carmine, 5/- deep green & 10/- bright violet SG #203a, 204a & 201 in blocks of 4, three units of each block MUH, Cat £440+.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1857-61 Perf 15-15½ Sc #26 3c orange-brown, type III with side frames extending through stamp, Cat $550.

1861 First Design Perf 12 Sc #62B 10c dark green, well centred, couple of shortish perfs, Cat $1,600. An attractive and rare stamp.

(2) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1876 Centenary Single Line under POSTAGE 3c red x2 (unused x1) & unused 3c green, Double Line under POSTAGE 3c green used (small repair), Sc #U218,219,221. (4) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Postal History 1876 (Nov 22) cover to Augustus Morris/New So Wales Commissr/Main Exhibition Building/Philadelphia with 3c green Washington tied by New York duplex ‘15’, poor Philadelphia arrival backstamp, repaired flap faults.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Hawaii 1893 Provisional Govt Black Overprint Sc #69 12c red-lilac, Cat $500

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Lot 36: Second Wmk 2/- ‘OS’ block of 4.

Possibly largest recorded used multiple.

Lot 212: 2½d KGVI Imperf Authority Imprint block of 4. Very few recorded.

Lot 443: Ross Smith vignette on 1919 Australia-England flight cover with three-line cachet in violet.