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ex 1015 AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1015 **/* ‘VG’ Perfin Mint Selection mainly in irregular large blocks from late 1940s to mid-1960s, includes 2/- Constellation block of 48, 1/- Lyrebird x78, helecon 1/- Colombo x3, 3d QEII x40, & 8d Tiger Cat x37 etc. Unusual quantity, few faults but generally fine. 1016 * 1913-41 Selection with Engraved Kooka 6d, Victoria Centenary set in both perfs, Macarthur, ANZAC, Jubilee, SA Centenary, NSW Centenary & AIF sets, etc, some gumside blemishes, centring variable, generally fine, retail $400+. (54)
$200 $160
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ex 1018 ex 1022 ex 1020 1927-1930s Array on Hagners including Vic Centenary 1/- P10½ & P11½ x7, 1/- ANZAC, 2/- Jubilee x3, SA Centenary 1/- x13, also minor varieties/retouches on SA Centenary 2½d x20, plus heavily duplicated commemorative low values with datestamp interest including for NSW including Black Mountain, Dora Creek, Dooralong, TPO North and Queensland with Bouldercombe, Cunningham, Haden (on 6d Large Kooka pair), Tannymorel, Telegraph Office Toowoomba etc. Well worth inspection. (100s) 1018 **/* 1928-40s Mint Array mostly MUH with singles and lots of multiples & imprint blocks including 1/- Large Lyrebird x2 (both shades), Kingsford Smith 6d violet strip of 4, 3d Victoria Centenary P10½ deep bright blue block of 6 and 1/- x2, Macarthur 3d block of 4 & block of 8 MUH & 9d mint, 2/- Jubilee MUH (gum toning), KGVI with imprint blocks, Robes Thick Paper 5/- x3 plus imprint pair (one stamp defective) and 10/- x2 etc, condition mostly fine. (100s) 1019 */**/U 1947-77 Issues in 2 good quality stockbooks, mostly MLH with 1948-56 Arms optd ‘SPECIMEN’ (3), 1959-64 5/- Cattle white paper, 1963-65 Navigators (6), (ex 1966 Decimals), 1971 Christmas blocks of 7 (2), later issues, also few odd imprint blocks, etc, range of fine used issues plus odd unmounted issue throught out. (100s) 1020 **/* KGVI-Early QEII Range with KGVI No Wmk ½d Kangaroo flaws Dilly bag, Foggy hills & Line from ear within multiples, 3d blue Die 1a & Die II, lots of imprint blocks of 4 to 2/6d including 1½d brown P15x14 McCracken (gum toning), basic array of QEII issues, generally fine. (few 100s). 1021 **/* Selected Issues 1931-38 6d Air Mail Service BW #144, fresh well-centred SE corner block of 4 (3x MUH), selvedge crease. Plus 1934 Victoria Centenary 1/- p10½ BW #153 VLH, 1964 5/- Cattle cream paper BW #373 MUH. All fine, min cat $175. (6) 1022 **/* Selected Issues 1940 AIF set of 4 imprint pairs, part BW #218za-221za, fresh well-centred MUH. Plus 1964 7/6d Navigator BW #406 SW corner vertical block of 10 (MUH x8). All fine, min cat $230 (imprint pairs at 50% block of 4). (14)
1017 U
$300
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1026 1023 **/*/W Selection on Hagner with 6d Kingsford Smith optd ‘OS x5 (four are MUH), 1935 Jubilee set (3d no gum) plus 2d & 3d imprint pairs, AIF set, Robes Thick Paper 10/- block of 4 unused & 5/- Thin Paper 5/- MUH, Arms set (plus extra 10/-), some gumside blemishes, Cat $300+. (28) 1024 V Circa 1960 PO Specimen Folder with the original envelope containing 26 stamps in a cellophane packet with CTO values to 5/- Arms and Arms ‘SPECIMEN’ opt set, very fine CTO/MUH. (26) AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1025 ** 1927 1½d Canberra upper-left corner block of 4 with full Plate Nº 12 BW #132zk, fine MUH, Cat $500 (as hinged). 1026 **/* 1927 1½d Canberra upper-left corner block of 4 with full Plate Nº 12, BW #132zk, 2 units MUH, Cat $500. 1027 * 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet BW #133MS BW #133. From the bottom of the sheet, Retail $175. Very fresh appearance.
$130 $350 $350 $350 $85
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1929 3d Airmail Type A NW corner blocks of 4 from Plates 2 & 4 BW #134zb&zd. Just the slightest hint of aging Plate 4, well centred, Cat $200 (in 2007). (2) 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge MUH, trivial gum fault. 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge CTO BW #148, very well centred, without gum, Cat $300. 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge CTO BW # 148w, without gum, Cat $300. 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge very fine corner CTO BW #148w. No gum, near perfect centring, very fresh.
$100 $800 $180 $160 $200
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1934 9d Macarthur on 1934 (Dec 8) PPC airmail Sydney to London. Extremely rare solo franking paying the correct postcard rate to UK. Only a few solo frankings are recorded. 1934-49 1/6d Hermes (No Wmk) BW #161 vertical pair, few blunt perfs, unmounted, Cat $200. 1949 No Wmk ½d Kangaroo handstamped with large ‘O.S.’ in magenta used on piece with 1950 2½d NSW Stamp Centenary punctured ‘G/NSW’, tied by 1951 Deniliquin (NSW) datestamp. Rare.
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1039 1036 ** 1037 **/* 1038 **/* 1039 ** 1040 */** 1041 **/*
$350 $75 $400
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1938-41 QM 1d Green Die II Coil pair with uniformly large holes, BW #182bh, MUH, Cat $225. 1941-42 KGVI 1½d Green imprint block of 4 with Cracked plate - State II BW #186zg. Three units MUH, very fresh, Cat $350 (in 2006). KGVI 3d Blues Perf 13½x14 varieties with Die IA x4 (one MUH), Die II chalk-surfaced hinged, Die II unsurfaced x4 (one MUH). Small blemishes, retail c$350. (9) 1942-55 6d Kookaburra Perf 14¾x14 in fresh No imprint - gutter block of 8 BW #203zl. Near premium-quality centring, Cat $150 (as block of 4 in 2006). 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper 5/- mint & MUH, 10/- both shades mint or MUH & £1 with part Ash imprint MUH, Thin Paper 5/mint, 10/- MUH & £1 mint, Cat £300+. 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper imprint blocks of 4 comprising 5/- Ash lower units MUH, and Authority MUH, 10/- Authority with three units MUH, £1 Ash lower units MUH, Cat $490+. (4)
$100 $200 $100 $80 $140 $260
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1951 3d Scarlet KGVI coil roll stated to contain 205 pairs with 41 joined pairs. Retail as pairs A$4,100. (410) 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet sheet of 144 comprising 3 panes of 48 (16 x3) with horizontal gutter margin between. BW #251c. 1951 KGVI 3d green coil roll stated to contain 146 pairs with 28 joins, BW #252bd, Cat $5,840. (292) 1952-53 KVI 4½d Red solo franking on 1953 (Jan 30) RP PPC from Canberra to Austria paying postcard surface rate. Very rare usage.
$1,000 $70 $1,200 $500
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1949-50 £2 Arms Authority imprint corner block of 4, left-hand units with variety Roller flaw below ‘E’ of ‘POSTAGE’, BW #271ze, MUH. Retail as singles $1,200. 1949-64 £2 Green Arms with Roller flaw ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’, BW #271d, Cat $1,000 (see footnote 3). A very rare combination. 1954 3½d Red Cross matching bottom left corner hand blocks of 6 (4 MUH) with plate numbers 1-4, BW #312z,zd,zh,zl, Cat $1,000. Difficult set. 1959 9d Kangaroo tied to coloured MaxiCard of Kangaroos by Philatelic Bureau FDI. Very scarce MaxiCard FDC combination.
We DO NOT have ‘T’ lots, all lots are sold inclusive of GST. GST is only applicable to buyer’s commission and despatch costs.
$700 $750 $575 $125
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1050 * 1964-66 1/6d Galah Bird BW #416 very scarce solo franking paying airmail rate on 1965 (Dec 20) cover from Perth to India. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1051 ** 1966-82 Selection comprising [1] 1966 75c Navigators RP block of 10 with varieties Hooked “c” of 75c, Extensive recutting at base & recutting at base - State IV; [2] 75c to $4 set opt ‘SPECIMEN’; [3] 1973 7c Agate and 1975 18c Wildflower both with Black omitted; [4] 1978 20c Little Grebe Yellow (beak & eye) omitted; and [5] 1982 60c Whales Solid blue background; fine MUH. (18) 1052 ** 1971 Christmas Cream Paper ‘Green Cross’ left pane sheet number block of 25 BW #585za, hinged in margins only, Cat $175; also Navigators 75c to $4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ MUH Cat $100. (2 items) 1053 **/U/C 1984-2003 FRAMAS extensive collection Barred Edge to Farewell Frama types and most in between. Covers incl domestic and overseas usages, many make-up values and most with some degree of philatelic inspiration, FDCs, exhibition types (eg AEROPEX 88, CUP-PEX, SYDPEX 88, PHILATAS ‘89, NORPEX 91, STAMPEX 91, etc), some ex Jack Koch. MUH (total FV c$165) includes Button sets noting the more difficult 37c rate Platypus set of 9, a number of printing flaws (over-inking, underinking. smears, blobs, blurs, clichés with blank areas and completely blank, etc). Practically impossible to replicate now, excellent value. (100s) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Proofs & Essays 1054 C1966 Australia Post black & white publicity photos (22) affixed to four printed blue sheets (21.50x34.5cm) with details of proposed issues, blemished on 2 sheets. AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Proofs & Essays
$80
$600 $110
$200 $75
part 1055 1055
1984 Christmas previously unrecorded proof of the 50c design but with 30c value on laminated card (120mm x 160mm). A mss ‘B’ has been printed to the left of the design. ACSC makes no mention of any sort of proof or essay for this issue. (Full image is shown on our website)
$2,500
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AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 1056 * 1967 Presentation Album for 1966-67 Decimal general & commem issues, also includes Territories incl AAT 1966 Picts, Nauru 1966 Picts, Norfolk 1966-April 67 Ships, PNG 1966-67 Beetles. This was presented ‘with the compliments of Hon. Alan Hulme Postmaster-General, Commonwealth of Australia’. (106) 1966-67 6c Honeyeater BW #449 rare solo franking on 1967 (Jan 31) concession rate cover to England tied by Canberra 1057 * ‘SERVE PART TIME/WITH CITIZEN/MILITARY FORCES’ slogan cancel, boxed ‘DEFENCE FORCES POSTAGE CONCESSION’ handstamp in violet & ‘ON SERVICE’ handstamp in red, British Defence Liaison Staff address stamp on reverse. 1966-74 Navigators usage on cover including 1967 Express cover Sydney to Woronora River (NSW) with 50c block of 4, 1970 1058 *D to Honduras with 75c 1971 Overseas Express Delivery to UK with 75c & $1 plus 20c Flower, 1974 to Canary Islands with $1 solo, some items on fronts or piece, condition a bit mixed. (19 items).
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1059 1059 ** 1060 **/U 1061 **/U 1062 ** 1063 ** 1064
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1065 ** 1066 **
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$80 $100 $160
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1966-72 50c Dampier Plate -2- top right block of 14, BW #461zb, Cat $275 as block of 4. 1966-74 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾x14 appears reddish maroon shade BW #464A. Two fresh very well-centred MUH, plus one fine cds, Cat $182. (3) 1966-74 Navigators Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ the 75c and $1 with the scarcer 15mm (or slightly less) overprint BW #462xb, 463xa, 465x & 466x. Just the lightest hint of gum tone indicative their Queensland provenance, not common, Retail c.$330. (3) 1968 25c Olympics complete sheet of 100 fresh MUH. 1970 Post Office Pack No ‘P7’ BW #466w in envelope with “Greetings” slip and card “The Australian Post Office THANKS YOU for yor order”. A scarce pack missing from most collections, current retail c$650 (quite amazing when you think about it, isn’t it?). (23) 1970-73 9c Bauxite to Aluminium solo franking on cover endorsed ‘PRINTED MATTER’ paying surface mail letter rate from Camberwell North (Vic) to USA. 1970 Christmas top marginal single with Missing yellow, BW #544c, Cat $3,000 (SG #475a, Cat £2,250). RPSV certificate (2014). Only 10 examples believed to exist. 1971 Christmas comprising [1] 7c mauve, green & blue BW#574 x48 (only 8 stamps per sheet of 100); also [2] in gutter pairs x50 (only 2 gutter pairs per sheet of 100); odd minor gum blemish, Cat $962. (98)
$325 $75 $100 $100 $130 $60 $1,200 $75
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1067 1067 ** 1068 **
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1972-76 80c Paddle Steamer horizontal marginal pair, error Black completely missing on left stamp, and partly on right hand stamp, MUH, BW #618c variant, Cat $1,500++. 1975 45c Wildflower horizontal pair the right-hand unit with black omitted, the left-hand unit with Black partially omitted, some perf separation, fresh unmounted, SG #609a, Cat £1,000++, BW #727cg, Cat $1,500++.
$800
1975 25c PNG Independence plus 20c Wombat tied Goodna (Qld) datestamp on airmail cover to UK with oval ‘AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE/POSTAGE DEFICIENCY ADJUSTED/BRISBANE MAIL EXCHANGE’ handstamp in magenta. Unusual. 1978 45c Trees plus 55c Lotus Bird paying airmail rate to UK. Hard-to-find value on cover.
$60 $65
$500
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1978-80 Birds FDCs x6 all signed by stamp & cover designer Kay Breeden Williams, three of the covers with limited edition numbered handstamps. (6) 1979 20c Locomotives with Grey-green omitted (locomotive shading, ‘AUSTRALIA’ & ‘20c’), normal stamp included for comparison, fine unmounted. [A block of 4 realized $16,387 when sold in 2008, and will be listed in the next edition of BW Decimals II] 1981-85 24c Thylacine marginal vertical pair Imperforate at top BW #903b, fine unmounted, Cat $1,500. 1985-88 33c Leafy Sea-Dragon BW #1048 vertical strip of 4 Misperforated, the accompanying RPSV Certificate (2012) stating “deep blue-green colour missing from the first unit & partly missing from the second unit” & “stamps are genuine with varieties as noted”, MUH. Striking flaw not listed by BW or Pierron. 1989 Sport 39c Fishing BW #1179 Misperforated with part-inscription of the adjoining stamp below, scissor cut at top; also $2 Gardens BW #1199 Out-of-register to the base with wide border at top & no border at base. (2)
$75 $750 $800 $1,900 $80
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1076 **
1990 43c Skateboarding Missing Cyan in uncut block of 24 (4x6), 90% missing x3, 50% missing x7 and missing to a lessor extent x8, BW #1383Ec, Cat $7,500+++. A very rare missing colour with only 4 previously recorded in ACSC. A spectacular block suitable for any serious collector.
$10,000
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1077 1080 1077 ** 1078 U 1079 U 1080 D
1994 ATM Sheetlet Trial Printing Sheetlet of 45c x20 with Kangaroo facing left BW #1784E(1), Cat $500. Seldom offered. 2008 Tourist Precincts Self-Adhesive 55c Luna Park SG #3060 & 55c Fisherman’s Wharf #3063 both Grossly out-ofregister with wide margin at top & inscriptions excised at base, normal stamps for comparison, faint cancels. (2) 2009 Bicentenary of Postal Services Self-Adhesives 55c Early Letter Box, 55c Family Reading Letter & 55c Express Post all Grossly out-of-register with margins & portions of adjoining issue included within the design’ all used on piece. Striking flaws. (3) 2012 Farming Australia (2nd Series) block of 4 SG #3743 on piece (+ $3 Sunflowers pair, 10c Butterfly & 5c Fish) the lower pair Misperforated due to the narrower vertical margins between stamps. Most unusual and a technical conundrum.
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AUSTRALIA | Booklets 1081 ** Selection with 1959 4/- ACSC #B61 (2 stamp missing), 1962-64 5/- #B66, 1960-67 60c x3 Edns DN10, 11 & 13, Famous Australians $1 & $1.20, Prime Ministers $1 & $1.40, etc. (16) 1082 ** 1996 $4.50 AFL Centenary complete set of 16 booklets in folder BW #B222w, Cat $150. AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues 1083 */**/U 1922-60 Small collection with few useful items incl 1922-30 3d, 4d, 6d, (MLH), 1958 No wmk 1/- (4, 2 pairs), 2/- (6, incl block of 4) MUH plus few used multiples. Retail $390+. Generally fine. (39)
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1088
$120
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1909-10 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thick Paper ½d to 10/- set with Melbourne CTO cancel of SE30/09, BW #D76x-91x, Cat $650. Only 480 sets produced. Rare. (10) 1913-21 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thin Paper OHMS Infectious Disease circulars with single deficiency only - 1914 with 1d P14 BW #D97, 1919 with ½d and 1d P11 BW #D96-7 (includes War Tax). Mss cancels, very scarce. 1923-34 Covers with Third wmk Postage Dues added including 1923 & 1924 PPCs from GB each with ½d & 1d for minimal fee, 1930 with boxed ‘LOOSE SHIP LETTER’ cancel & ‘T 1D/LATE FEE’ handstamp of Melbourne, 1925 & 1930 with invalid revenue stamps each with 3d affixed, 1930 WA airmail cover with 3d single & block of 4, etc, condition variable. (12)
1087 1087 **/*
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$150 $80
$350 $100 $400
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1925 1½d Carmine & Yellow-Green - Mullett nicely centred imprint block of 4 BW #D107Bza. Hinge reinforced, Cat $275, scarce. 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/A 3d carmine & yellow-green Ash imprint block of 4 BW #D109zb, lower-left unit with Broken frame and shading right of stop, BW #D109Er (E10-LP60), lower units MUH. 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 6d carmine & green Authority Imprint block of 8 with dot BW #D135ze, seven units fresh MUH.
$100 $200 $100
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ex 1093 1090 AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps 1090 WWI War Savings Stamps Booklet with ‘Mullett imprint at base complete with 35 6d War Savings stamps. Complete booklets are extremely rare. Unfortunately this booklet has been attacked rather viciously by invertebrates. 1091 */C WWII War Savings Folder with single 6d Spitfire P11 adhered, also a 6d Spitfire P11 MLH. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery 1092 PS OHMS Returned Registered Letter: 1943 use from Dead Letter Office Melbourne addressed to Stamp Dealer Wm. Ackland, nice item. 1093 PS 1914-1970s Collection: mixed mint & used apparently all different selection of all types of Stationery, includes Imperial Reply Coupons x2, Commonwealth Reply Coupon, 1d Coronation card, a few PTPO items, several telegram forms from 1916 onwards, several covers which have paid postage with stationery cut-outs, including one which has been “perfed”. Excellent value. (150+)
ex 1094
$500 $75 $125
$300
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1094 PS
1911-39 Range of Issues: [1] Postal Cards 1d Full-face x6, 1d Roo, 1½d on 1d KGV, 1½d brown x2 & 1d green x2, 1½d KGVI censored; [2] Letter Cards 1d Roo, 1d KGV x2 (all used fronts), 1½d red KGV, 2d on 1½d red KGV; [3] Envelopes 1½d brown CTO (BW #EP20w, Cat $150),1½d brown Die 3 (#ES52), 1½d red KGV, 1d green oval PTPO, 2d red oval; [4] Registered Envelopes 5d Sideface, 5d oval x4; [5] Wrapper 1d green Die 1 with 14MY24 CTO cancel (#W12, Cat $75) with London address! Condition is a bit mixed. (29) 1095 * Unused Selection: with 1944-57 Lettercards KGVI 2½d BW #LC71 & LC73, 3d LC74 uprated for rate change, QEII 3½d Die II LC79 x2, a few minor blemishes; also Aerogrammes KGVI 7d on grey & on pale yellow x2 and Wrappers QEII 2½d x7 of which four uprated with QEII 2d; condition of wrappers & aerogrammes is variable. (15) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1096 * 1911 Coronation Issue 1d Prince of Wales in Unframed Diffuse Oval Type 1 BW #P16(1)A, fine unused, Cat $100.
1097 1098
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1911 Scenic View of Victoria 1d rose-pink Setting 1 ‘BOURKE ST. MELB.’ BW #P21(3), corner blemishes, fine used. 1911 Scenic View of Victoria 1d rose-pink Setting 1 ‘SWANSTON ST. MELB.’ BW #P21(7), corner blemishes, fine overall, Cat $75. 1932-38 1d Green KGV Printed Matter Rate use, with printed ‘Second Class Mail Matter’, 1933 use within Melbourne, illustrated reverse headed ‘MYER’S ARE BUILDING’ explaining redevelopment of Bourke Street site in conjunction with launch of Myer Winter Sale. Scarce.
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$200 $85 $100
$60 $65 $100
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1941-43 QEII 1d + 1d Green BW #P71 mint example Misprinted resulting in right impression being partly printed over design of left hand impression in a deeper colour. Most unusual. 1953-57 3d Green Queen Elixabeth II opt ‘SPECIMEN’ in red BW #P75w, Cat $100. 1101 * AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official) 1102 PS 1930 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ on 1d Green With Solid ‘OS’ in Die on School Committee meeting card, HG #PO9, scarce. *
$400 $80 $250
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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards 1103 PS 1914-16 1d Deep Blue KGV Die II Perf 10 view of ‘GEELONG HARBOUR’ BW LC21(49), fine unused. 1104 PS 1920-22 2d Orange KGV Perf 10 view ‘SYDNEY HARBOUR/NSW’ CTO ‘MELBOURNE 10 DE 23’ BW #LC45(128B)x, unusually addressed, prepared for UPU distribution. 1105 PS 1954-85 majority unused range with duplication in ASC #L53-L75 range with some uprated types (eg 4d + 1d, 4c + 3c). Some mixed condition, more useful noted 1966 4c red x3 (two uprated 3c for o’seas use, one heavily over-inked franking giving blurred impression), odd FDI cancel (1983 Kestrel and 1985 Owl), odd variety (1969 5c orange ‘POSTCODE’ added x3, 1972 and 1973 7c mauve texts). High catalogue $420+. (50)
$80 $125
$80
ex 1106 AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1106 PS Mostly Used PTPO Collection on Hagners including 1916 Metropolitan Board of Water Supply (Sydney) use of 1d Roo ‘OS’ BW #EO1 window envelope, KGV 1d Star Die I #EP7, Parke, Davis & Co KGV Stars on Window Envelopes with 1½d brownblack Die 1 (Malformed ‘2’ in the left ‘½’) With Triangles #EP16 (Cat $300) & 1½d brown to red-brown Die 2 With Triangles #EP17 and 2d orange #EP21 x2 (the company inscription in different fonts), KGV Ovals including 2d on 1½d red, KGVI Ovals including 2½d uprated or transit to UK with KGVI 3½d + 1/- Small Lyrebird tied by ‘P.I.C.A.O./4FE47/MELBOURNE’ cds, KGVI Rounds including 3d Window with ‘UNCLAIMED AT/FOOTSCRAY’ boxed handstamp, plus QEII mostly decimal array with a few uprated, condition variable but generally fine. (64) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1107 * 1919-1920 ½d Green + 1d Red King V ‘Star’ Embossed for user Harry Shelley of 185 Clarence St, Sydney, early use in 1919 (Feb 28) to Newcastle, some spotting, opened on three sides, Cat $500. [This user is unrecorded by ACSC] 1108 * 1922-24 1d Violet KGV Star Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES41, unused, for the British Australian Wool Realisation Association Ltd., Melbourne. Couple barely visible pinholes and scuffs, unfolded (unusual) and unsealed flap, scarce cat $400.
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1922-24 1d Violet KGV Star Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ window envelope for user Alfred Lawrence (wholesale chemists), tied by Sydney machine cancel, unsealed flap. [ACSC does not record this user] 1924-28 1½d Red KGV Star Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES56, unused, for the British Australian Wool Realisation Association Ltd., Melbourne. Hardly visible erased pencil notations, usual vertical fold, unsealed flap, scarce cat $200.
1924-28 1½d Red KGV Star Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES56 on long envelope (270x115mm) for British Australian Wool.... (Melbourne), several vertical folds as is usual, unused, Cat $200. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1112 PS 1923-24 4½d On 5d Chestnut KGV variety Envelpe BW #RE17d. Couple small wrinkles, fine unused, Cat $200.
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1924-51 KGV & KGVI unused selection mainly fine with [1] KGV 4½d violet No top to crown BW #RE19d cat $100; [2] KGVI 5½d brown BW #RE32 (damaged) and RE33 (fine) cat $60 each, 1/0½d BW #RE36 cat $30 (fine). (4) 1114 PS 1930-37 KGV 5d Embossed Oval Die II (‘Regulations’ on back 1mm closer to dividing line) BW #RE27, used 1937 (Feb 15) airmail Sydney to France uprated 1/7d by 1/6d no wmk Hermes BW #163 and KGV 1d green SM wmk P13½x12½ appears Plate 1 LVT flaw. Backstamp ‘PARIS/14 30/1?-3/REDISTRIBUTION’, pen obliteration of some address details doesn’t detract from very nice usage. PLUS similar but Die I BW #RE26 used 1932 (March 15) Yass to Sydney a bit frayed at the edges. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes 1115 PS 1953 (Dec 31) use of PTPO Airletter (Nº 6) with inscriptions in black, franked with KGVI 2½d & 7½d Coronation used from Stockwell (SA) to Germany. Scarce commercial usage.
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1117
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$100
$150 $80
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$80
1945-50 King George VI 7d New Layout with Qantas Australia-England via Singapore Service cachet BW #A3d, Sydney ‘9APR46’ datestamp, unsigned, Cat $225. 1962 10d 7th British Empire & Commonwealth Games handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet for archival purposes, BW #A18w Cat $150. 1963 10d Christmas handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet for archival purposes, BW #A21w Cat $150.
$90
$75 $125
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ex 1121 1119 * 1964 10d Christmas handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet for archival purposes BW #A22w, Cat $150. 1965 10d Christmas handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet for archival purposes, BW #A25w cat $150. 1120 * AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers 1121 PS 1914-1970s Collection mixed range from Roos to decimals, incl ½d Roo mint & used, 1d red KGV used, ½d green KGV used x2, 1d green Die 1 CTO (#W12x Cat $75), with London address, 2½d oval KGVI (#WS27, Cat $100) x2, each with an uncatalogued Cracked die. Good range of used items uprated for overseas destinations. (45)
AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime 1122 * 1941 25c YMCA Envelope handstamped in red ‘POSTAGE PAID/25 CENTS/JOHORE’ and without Air Mail inscription BW #IFB2, the franking cancelled indistinctly dated ‘A.I.F FIELD P.O./No 18’ (which, per Proud 1991, was in use at Mersing, Johore, from Aug 1941 to Jan 1942). Addressed to Comforts Fund in Forbes, NSW. Scarce cover. 1123 PS 1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base BW #ME1 (‘Regimental Number’ 8mm below line & 37mm long), some tonespotting mostly on reverse, unused, Cat $300. 1124 PS 1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base BW #ME1 (‘Regimental Number’ 8mm below line & 37mm long), used example addressed to “Pioneer Division/France” mild tonespotting & peripheral blemishes, Cat $450.
1125 PS 1126 PS 1127 PS
1128 PS 1129 PS 1130 PS
1916 (Sep) 3rd Issue ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base on cream laid paper, BW #ME3A (Thick over Thin Rule Lines below the Heading), very fine unused example, Cat $300. 1916 (Sep) 3rd Issue ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base on laid paper, BW #ME4A (Two Thick Rule Lines below the Heading), unused, Cat $300. 1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD’ At Base bright scarlet printing on lightly surfaced laid paper, BW #ME5A, fine unused, Cat $300.
1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD’ At Base on highly surfaced/laid paper, BW #ME5A, flap stuckdown, unused, Cat $300. 1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD’ At Base on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourced from Victorian State Government Printer as a response to wartime paper shortages, BW #ME5B, very fine unused, Cat $300. 1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD’ At Base on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourced from Victorian State Government Printer, BW #ME5B, flap stuck-down, unused, Cat $300.
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AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer 1131 * CCS 2/3d Wattle White Paper tied by Rockhampton ‘28OC64’ FDI cds, unaddressed, fine condition. CCS 2/3d Wattle White Paper tied to registered FDC by Rockhampton ‘28OC64’ FDI cds, unaddressed, minor foxing on 1132 * reverse, fine overall. Very scarce. Collinridge Rivett 120th Anniversary of Australia’s First Overland Mail Service Rivett illustrated commemorative cover, 1133 * further embellished with watercolours, endorsed ‘OVERLAND VIA SYDNEY’, the stamps tied by ‘Collins St Melbourne cds (dateline unreadable), sent express, numbered #27 of 80 on reverse, Brisbane & Rockhampton backstamps, typed address, blemishes. Scarce.
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Collinridge Rivett 100 Years of Postal Services at Bandon Grove Post Office Rivett illustrated commemorative cover further embellished with watercolours, the stamps tied by Bandon Grove (NSW) ‘1JA58’ cds, sent express, numbered #14 of 30 on reverse, Rockhampton backstamp, minor blemishes. Very Scarce. Collinridge Rivett 100 Years of Postal Services at Rockhampton Post Office Rivett illustrated (signature within design) commemorative cover, further embellished with watercolours, stamps tied by Rockhampton (QLD) ‘1AP58’ cds, sent express, numbered #5 of 40 on reverse, minor blemishes. Very Scarce. Collinridge Rivett 100 Years of Postal Services at Pitt Town Post Office Rivett illustrated commemorative cover further embellished with watercolours, the stamps tied by Pitt Town (NSW) ‘2FE59’ cds, numbered #22 of 50, ‘AFDC BAULKHAM HILLS NSW’ (Art First Day Covers) rubber handstamp on reverse, typed address, some foxing. Very scarce.
$80 $100
$80
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Guthrie 1949 Henry Lawson 2½d tied by Kalgoorlie FDI cancel, typed address to New Zealand, minor corner mount staining. Guthrie 1949 UPU with; [1] Type 1 (flecks of white on red letter illustration) tied by Newscastle FDI cancel, unaddressed & unsealed [2] Type 2 illustration (no white flecks on letter), addressed to USA and tied by Perth FDI cancel. (2) Guthrie 1950 Postage Stamp Centenary 2½d se-tenant pair tied by GPO Perth ‘27SE50’ FDI datestamps typed address, fine condition.
Guthrie 1951 KGVI 3d Red tied by GPO Perth ‘28FE51’ FDI datestamp, typed address, unsealed flap. Guthrie 1951 Melbourne-Christchurch First Official Flight with generic FDC illustration, flight cachet in violet, stamps tied by Melbourne ‘28JE51’ datestamp, Christchurch backstamp. Guthrie 1951 Responsible Government 3d se-tenant pair, tied by GPO Perth ‘2JY51’ FDI datestamp, fine unaddressed & unsealed condition.
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Guthrie 1951 KGVI 7½d tied by GPO ‘31OC51’ FDI cancel, unaddressed & unsealed, superb condition. Guthrie 1951 KGVI 3½d Brown with; [1] Type 1 illustration in yellow-brown & scarlet superb unaddressed & unsealed; & [2] Type 2 illustration in red & brown, typed address and very fine; both covers with GPO Perth ‘28NO51’ FDI cancels. (2) Guthrie 1955 Rotary 3½d tied by Perth FDI cancels to covers with identical illustrations in blue & gold or in blue & orange, the latter being particularly scarce, both in fine unaddressed condition. (2)
Guthrie 1955 USA Memorial 3½d tied by GPO Perth ‘4MY55 FDI datestamp, fine unaddressed with unsealed flap. Guthrie 1955 Cobb & Co 2/- & 3½d tied by GPO Perth ‘6JY55’ FDI datestamp, unaddressed & unsealed. Guthrie 1955 Nursing 3½d tied by Wembley Pk West (WA) FDI datestamp, fine unaddressed and unsealed condition.
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Guthrie 1955 SA Anniversary with; [1] Type 1 illustration in dark green & jet black with pencilled address to Guthrie; [2] Type 2 illustration in green & black, unaddressed; both are tied by GPO Perth ‘17OC55’ FDI datestamps, fine condition. (2) Guthrie 1955 Stamp Centenary 3½d tied by round The Summit Mt Kosciusko ‘23DE55’ day of opening datestamp, generic illustration, addressed in pencil, unsealed flap. Guthrie 1956 Responsible Government 3½d tied by GPO Perth ‘26SE56’ FDI datestamp, Type 1 illustration, unaddressed & unsealed, superb condition.
Guthrie 1957 QEII 10d tied by GPO Perth ‘6MR57’ FDI datestamp, generic illustration, Certified Mail label in red, unaddressed. Guthrie 1957 QEII 4d tied by GPO Perth ‘13MR57’ FDI datestamp, generic illustration, unaddressed, unsealed flap, fine condition. Guthrie International Geophysical Year Expedition to the Antarctic Macquarie Islands commemorative cover with QEII 3½d tied by ‘ANARE MACQUARIE IS/10DE58/AUST’ datestamp, fine unaddressed condition.
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Guthrie 1959 2/- Flannel Flower tied by GPO Perth ‘8APR59’ FDI datestamp, generic illustration, typed address, unsealed flap, fine condition. Guthrie 1959 Post Office Anniversary 4d tied by GPO Perth ‘22APR59’ FDI datestamp, unaddressed, unsealed flap. Overseas Mailers 1955 Cocos Is - Australia Inauguration of Airmail Service flight cover with QEII 1/0½d tied to embellished Guthrie FDC by ‘COCOS ISLAND/23NO55’ datestamp, flight cachet in purple, fine unaddressed, flap unsealed.
Overseas Mailers 1956 Responsible Government 3½d tied to embellished Guthrie FDC by GPO Perth ‘26SE56’ FDI datestamp, unaddressed & unsealed, superb condition. Postmaster-General’s Department 1961 5/- Cattle on ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE/POSTMASTER-GENERAL’ envelope tied by BRISBANE FDI cds and addressed to J.W. Rawlinson. [J. W. Rawlinson was PMG Public Relations Officer, Brisbane.] Postmaster-General’s Department 1961 1/- Colombo Plan on ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE/POSTMASTER-GENERAL’ envelope tied by ROYAL SYDNEY PHILATELIC EXHIBITION’ cds (last day) and neatly addressed to J.W. Rawlinson.
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Postmaster-General’s Department 1961 Melba, Christmas and AAT 5d blue all with BRISBANE FDI cds, typed address to J.W. Rawlinson. (3) Postmaster-General’s Department 1962 8d Tiger Cat & 2d brown QEII on ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE/POSTMASTERGENERAL’ cover tied by BRISBANE FDI cds, neatly typed address to J. W. Rawlinson. Postmaster-General’s Department 1962 Stuart, Inland Mission, Country Women Association, Commonwealth Games (pair) all with BRISBANE FDI and Christmas 5d with CANBERRA PARLIAMENT HOUSE/ACT-AUST cds all addressed to J.W. Rawlinson. Minor blemishes. (5)
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Postmaster-General’s Department 1963-64 Navigators on four ‘OHMS/Postmaster-General’ envelopes with neatly typed addresses to J.W. Rawlinson. 3 covers have ‘CANBERRA PARLIAMENT HOUSE/ACT/AUST’ cds. Generally fine. Scarce. Postmaster-General’s Department 1963 Royal Visit (pair), Walter Burley Griffin, Red Cross, Blue Mountains, Export, Christmas, Cable with BRISBANE or CANBERRA CITY FDI cds or PARLIAMENT HOUSE cds and neatly addressed to J. W. Rawlinson. Minor blemishes. (7) Postmaster-General’s Department 1964-65 Birds set of 7 on three ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE/POSTMASTERGENERAL’ Dept envelopes all neatly addressed to J. W. Rawlinson. Few blemishes.
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Postmaster-General’s Department 1964 2/3d (White paper) Wattles, Airmail (pair), 1965 ITU, 5d green QEII, three covers with CANBERRA PARLIAMENT HOUSE/ACT-AUST cds, all neatly addressed to J.W. Rawlinson. Minor blemishes. (4) Postmaster-General’s Department 1965 ANZAC set on ‘ON HER MAJESTY’s SERVICE/POSTMASTER-GENERAL’ Dept cover addressed to J. W. Rawlinson.
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Royal 1961 5/- Cattle Cream Paper tied to Royal FDC by ‘LONSDALE ST.C.I/26JY61/VIC-AUST’ cds, plus MUH and VFU single on intermediate cream paper. Also plain FDC of 1931 (March 19) 3d Kingsford Smith with Kangaroo Flat cds. (4) WCS 1964 5d Green Booklet Complete Pane tied to WCS Posthorn generic FDC by Brisbane ‘17JE64’ FDI cancels, unsealed 1170 * flap. Very scarce, retail $240. AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers 1171 * 1932-69 Collection from 1932 3d Bridge to 1969 Flight strip with good representation in between noting 1936 Cable, 1937 KGVI 3d + 6d Kooka & 1/- Small Lyre, 1953 Tasmania Centenary on Southern Cross env, lots of QEII era shilling values incl 1961 5/Cattle. Decimals include ALL first 1966 (Feb 14) issues on six APO generics, some booklet types. Includes a few commem types incl odd First Flight, some mixed condition and bits of tone early on. Good value. (c160)
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1960s-80s Accumulation with few £sd with 1970 Expo, 1971 Christmas block of 7 (3), 1974 Paintings, 1977 Painting $10, various A.Post, Excelsior, OTC incl 1968 Intelsat, Royal, Wesley, etc, range of unserviced covers, Territories incl AAT few Base cancels, Cocos 1963 Picts on OTC long FDC with special purple cachet, etc. Mostly unaddressed. (100s) 1937-62 FDC & Commemorative Covers with 1937 Coronation SA Stamp Co FDCs with Scott’s Flat (NSW) ‘10MY37’ (FDI) or ‘12MY37’ datestamps, 1938 KGVI 1/4d on plain registered cover to NZ tied by ‘3OC38’ FDI cds, 1951 Gold/Responsible Govt 3d se-tenant pair tied Essendon FDI cancel to Haslem FDC, 1957 QEII 4d, 1/7d (+ 1d violet) tied to Koala generic FDC by Essendon ‘13MR57’ FDI cds; Tasmania ‘ART, ANTIQUE AND HISTORICAL EXHIBITION/HOBART 1931’ cachet on a 1943 Hobart cover, etc; condition variable but mostly fine. (10) 1930s-60s Range mostly Australia FDCs in album with slipcase, mostly pre-decimal, few flight covers, Territories, New Zealand, etc. (150+)
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1960s-90s Range of Decimal FDCs with values to $20, etc, mostly unaddressed (few 100s). 1937-64 Selection including 1940 AIF FDC with Money Order Office (Perth) registration label, Wesley FDCs for 1959-60 Flowers 1/6d to 3/- set & 1959-62 Zoologicals 8d to 1/2d also 1960 SAPEX commemorative cancels on 6d Anteater covers x2, plus two other items. (15)
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1984-99 FRAMAS on APO illustrated envelopes, mostly complete sets but few lacking the blank cliché (eg Gouger Street). Best is 1987 (July 1) Platypus 37c set of 9 plus extra which retails c$400 - not to be confused with the 1986 (Aug 25) 36c version nor the 1987 (Sept 2) 37c Echidna. Sadly only 5 (of 9) 33c Bar Design is not complete, also includes 1988 SYDPEX set of nine dates, ends with 1999 Tiwi Art incl ‘Australia 99’ issues. (135) 1928 3d Kookaburra tied with ‘ROCHE[STER]/-2NO28/VIC.’ (FDI) to sepia PPC of Moore St, Rochester’, to Elsternwick. Cat $2,000. 1931 Kingsford Smith set tied to plain cover by ‘FREMANTLE/19MCH/1931/WA’ FDI machine cancel, minor blemishes.
$125 $500 $65
ex 1181 1932 6d Kookaburra tied to registered plain FDC by ‘OAKLEIGH/1JE32/VIC’ cds, related registration label alongside, neat handwritten address. Damage at back due rough removal from earlier mounting. Scarce FDC, cat $275 (2007 catalogue). AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1181 * 1928 International Philatelic Exhibition ‘INTERNATIONAL PHILATELIC/EXHIBITION MELBOURNE’ cds; [1] of 29OC28 (Opening Day) in red with manuscript “Philatelic Ex/Melbne” on red/white provisional registration label, minor blemishes; [2] of 30OC28 in blue tying 3d Kooka to Fred Hagen Exhibition cover, superb; [3] of 31OC28 in blue plus strike in red on plain red/ white provisionakland Exhibition card, very fine.
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge ‘SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE/24MR34/N.S.W.’ (old ‘SE PYLON’ removed and base reengraved) tying KGV 2d & 3d to plain cover with ‘SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE’ handstamp in violet on blue & black/white registration label, 43mm embossing ‘LOOKING DOWN ON SYDNEY...’ on the flap of cover. This regular PO operated in the South-East Pylon from 18/3/1934 until 14/7/1942. 1932 Garden Fete ‘GOVT HOUSE GARDEN FETE/6OC32/SYDNEY’ tying KGV 1d green imprint pair to, presumably overweight, plain cover, mss “T4” & oval ‘TAX 4D’ handstamp both in red, Postage Due 1d block of 4 & ‘KOORAWATHA’ cds on the reverse, minor blemishes. 1932 Garden Fete ‘GOVT HOUSE GARDEN FETE/7OC32/SYDNEY’ lovely strike on plain cover, minor blemishes. PO 6/10/ 1932; closed 7/10/1932.
1934 Victoria Dock ‘VICTORIA DOCK MELBOURNE/11OC34/C.3’ fine strike on 6d Kingsford Smith on Anpex cover, blue & black/white registration label No 5. [PO 9/10/1934; closed 13/11/1934 - This temporary PO serviced visiting warships during the Centenary celebrations.] 1934 Princes Pier ‘PRINCES PIER, PORT MELB.S.C.7/18OC34/VIC.’ (Opening Day) two good strikes on 3d Vic Centenary on 2d KGV Oval Envelope with blue & black C2 registration label No 257. [PO 18/10/1934; closed 16/11/1934 - The first label used was ‘No 251’.]
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1934 Princes Pier ‘PRINCES PIER, PORT MELB.S.C.7/16NO34/VIC.’ (Closing Day) superb strike tying 2d & 3d Macarthur, early blue C5 provisional registration label. [PO 18/10/1934; closed 16/11/1934.] 1934 All Australia Exhibition ‘ALL AUST.EXHIBTN.MELBNE.N.3/13OC34’ (Opening Day) two very fine strikes on 2d & 3d Vic Centenary, Exhibition registration label ‘No 261’, minor blemish on the face. [PO 13/10/1934; closed 10/11/1934 - The first registration label used was ‘No 251’.] 1934 All Australia Exhibition ‘ALL AUST.EXHIBTN.MELBNE.N.3/110NO34’ (Closing Day) perfect strike on 9d Macarthur, Exhibition registration label ‘No 362’ & endorsed “Last article registered/6pm 10.11.34/WE Scott/OIC”. Wonderful!
1934 Royal Train ‘ROYAL TRAIN/16NO34/AUSTRALIA’ on Centenary 2d on plain cover, ironed-out vertical fold. [Includes schedule, showing the train was in Tasmania on 16/11/1934] 1934 Bendigo Showground ‘“SHOW GROUND”/29NO34/BENDIGO’ (‘MILITARY CAMP’ removed) on 6d violet Kingsford Smith (very fine backstamp) with mss “BENDIGO/SHOWGROUND” on blue provisional C5 registration label. [Rare: only a few such covers are recorded, all dated 29/11/1934 - This post office was probably open for just the one day] 1935 Bendigo Showground ‘BENDIGO E /19OC35/VIC’ (‘PARC L POST’ removed) four fine strikes on 2d Anzac imprint pair & ½d green Roo pair with mss “BENDIGO/SHOW GROUNDS” on blue C6 provisional registration label. [Rare: only a few such covers are recorded, all dated 19/10/1935. - This post office may have been open for just the one day.]
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1937-39 AIF Golf Days each cancelled with ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/NO [#]/VIC-AUST’; [1] No 1/30SE37 on 10th Victorian AIF Cup multi-response postcard; [2] No 2/29SE38 on FPO PPC of mail van, registered; [3] No 3/28SE39 on 12th Victorian AIF Cup multi-response postcard, registered. These post offices were each open for only one day. No 3 is rare, especially registered. 1938 British Empire Games ‘BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES/17JA38/SYDNEY AUSTRALIA’ on 4d olive KGV with registration label ‘No 08’. [PO 3/1/1938; closed 19/2/1938 - The PO was at the athletes’ village & most usage was by the athletes. Only about 80 registered items were processed.]
1938 Newcastle Philatelic Exhibition ‘NEWCASTLE PHILATELIC EXHIBITION/16FE38/N.S.W.’ (Closing Day) on 2d & 3d NSW Sesquicentenary on attractive illustrated Exhibition cover, huge straight-line handstamp on provisional C6 registration label. 1938 Anzac Rifle Range ‘ANZAC RIFLE RANGE/8FE38/N.S.W.’ two very fine strikes on 1d Anzac Plate 1 block of 4 with mss “Anzac RR” on provisional C6 registration label. [Rare. PO 1920; closed c.1938 - Open only during the annual shooting competition, in October. This was an additional opening during the Sesquicentenary celebrations, for the British Empire Games shooting events.] 1938 International Motor Show ‘INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW/19MY38/MELBOURNE N.3’ (Opening Day) two strikes on 1d, 1½d & 4d on Kufner Lyrebird FDC, with 3-line handstamp in green on provisional C6 registration label. [Similar covers have sold for $333 in 2006.]
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1938 Christian Endeavour Convention ‘CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR CONVENTION/4AU38/MELBOURNE.N.3.VIC’ two fine strikes on 2d & 3d KGVI with 2-line handstamp in violet on provisional C6 registration label. PO 2/8/1938; Closed 8/8/1938. 1938 Bradfield Scouts Jamboree PPC showing Bank of New South Wales Australasian Branch (Bradfield) addressed to Adelaide with KGVI 1½d brown tied APM #530 hexagonal ‘29DE38’ (opening day) datestamp, mild tonespotting. Very scarce. 1939 AIF Golf Day ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/NO 3/28SE39/VIC-AUST’ perfect strike on 6d violet Kingsford Smith with ‘3rd Field Post Office/...’ registration label. [Rare: only 28 items were registered. A similar cover sold for $632 in 2008.]
1940 Storey Bridge (Jul 6) illustrated registered cover franked 4d tied by ‘STOREY BRIDGE’ datestamp Pictormarks APM #590, autographed Miss PO Amy Huggins, blue & dark blue registration label Nº A44 (misplaced PO name). 1960 CIOS (Feb 22) 10d Aerogramme registered at Sydney with provisional label Nº 026 used to Wollongong, commemorative cancel & datestamp on both sides. Only 33 items were registered, with less than 6 aerogrammes so recorded.
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ex 1205 AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1203 * Undated inwards cover (presumed to be 1950s) from McGraw-Hill Publishing, USA to Parramatta with red ‘CUSTOMS DUTY/ 1D/TO PAY’ and violet ‘RELEASED/OCT12 P.M./by/CUSTOMS’ clock handstamp, both on face. 1907 (Sep 24) use of Vic 2d violet on PPC from Ararat to Stan Hocking/C/- Coast Inspector’s Office, Shangai (Custom/Coast 1204 * Guard). Cancelled on arrival with both British and Local Post cancels of Shanghai. 1205 * 1910-20s KGV Perf ‘OS’ Selection three solo franked small OHMS envelopes with Sydney machine cancels and each cat $150 - 1919 with 1½d black-brown BW #83b, two in 1924 with 1½d greens BW #88ba. Plus long registered OHMS env from Perth Office of Titles with 2d orange BW #95ba and 3rd Wmk 3d Roo Die I perf ‘OS’ undelivered and returned with the usual mss and handstamped markings. Difficult material cat c$540 (2007 catalogue). (4)
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1914 And 1919 unstamped OHMS folders for Notification of Infectious Diseases. Both are correctly taxed with single deficiency only, the first 1914 (Nov 17) with ‘T 1D’ handstamp and 1d postage due affixed, the second in 1919 (May 10) with ‘T 1½D’ handstamp (incl War Tax) and 1d and ½d postage dues affixed taxed. Dues hand cancelled. (2) 1914-2007 Postage Due Collection with wide range of items including Postage Due Adhesives, tax handstamps, underpaid handstamp etc. Mainly domestic, but also a few inwards as well. Also noticed a couple of covers with Customs Duty stamps, three infectious diesases notifcations, which are not taxed the deficiency. Quite a good selection of later items. An interesting group. (95)
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1915 (Dec 18) cover to England with beautifully executed coloured illustration of a mermaid perched on a cliff edge with short poem alongside, on the inside of the cover is a message with a “white feather” reference - used in WWI to symbolise cowardice - cover endorsed “p RMS Macedonia” (on reverse) with 1d Roo pair tied by Newcarnie (WA) datestamp, slightly reduced at top with backflap missing. Most attractive.
$1,000
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1917-36 KGV Era Covers including 1917 PPC Hobart to UK with 1d Rough Paper solo, 1920 oversized cover Sydney to USA with 2d orange x10 + 1d red, 1931 OHMS Goondiwindi (Qld) local cover with 1d green, 1932 Airmail to UK with 4d olive x2 tied by ‘LATE FEE/MELBOURNE’ datestamp, 1935 surface to UK with 2d red block of 4 plus 1d green added to pay Late Fee; also commemorative frankings with 3d Bridge & 3d Macarthur solos; mixed condition. (28) 1919 (Apr 10) use of 1½d black-brown KGV LM wmk on home-made newspaper wrapper, sent from Melbourne and backstamped at its destination of Talbot on 1030AM the same day!!!
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1920 (Oct 22) Perth solicitors registered AR cover addressed to Cue (b/s) with KGV 4d orange & LMult 1d red tied by ‘REGISTERED PERTH’ cds, ‘UNCLAIMED’ handstamp x2, fine condition overall. 1920-30 Perth Land Titles Office OHMS registered covers with KGV frankings comprising [1] 1920 (Aug 20) with perf ‘OS’ 4d orange & LMult ½d green & [2] 1930 (May 28) with SMult perf ‘OS 3d & 1½d P13½x12½; both with ‘UNKNOWN BY LETTER CARRIER’ & boxed ‘CALLED/LCR’ handstamp, some edge blemishes. (2)
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1920s-30s Covers Array mostly KGV Solo frankings including 1926-26 with 1½d red x7, 1930-34 1d green covers x150+, also ‘PAID AT/1½d/HOBART’ x9, also a few 2d & 3d rate covers, limited postmark interest as mostly used at Newcastle or Sydney. (180 approx). (180+) 1920s-1940s Covers in Two Albums mostly domestic letter rate with 1930s KGV 1d Green covers x65+, KGV 1½d red covers x30, also 1920s-40s registered stamp dealer covers x8, plus a few WWII censor covers; postal stationery PTPO Envelopes with 1920s KGV ‘Star’ Embossed 1½d red, 1½d green & 2d red, also 1930s Oval Embossed 1d green covers mostly for Vaccuum or Neptune Oil companies x60+; condition variable but mostly fine. (180+) 1920s-1960s Covers in Two Albums mostly domestic letter rate including 1930-31 with KGV 2d red x22 being mostly advertising types for Hop Lee & Co (wholesale fruiterers, Sydney), 1938-48 x90+ including solo frankings of AIF 1d x9; also New Zealand 1920s-40s WWII censor covers x12, plus a some PPC & photographs; mixed condition in places. (170+)
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1922 (Jun 21) envelope from Coombe Cottage, handwritten address by Nellie Melba to Prime Minister Billy Hughes. 2d red KGV cancelled with scarce ‘[T.O.COLDS]TREAM/21JE22/VIC’ (inverted decade wheel). Minor faults, desirable. 1923-24 better solo usages with 4d blue Cooke BW #112 on small 1923 (Feb 17) envelope of Wills, Gilchrist & Sanderson Limited, Brisbane (cachet on flap) to Bremen, Brisbane machine cancel; plus 4½d violet BW #118 on small plain registered 1924 (Dec 12) envelope to F.R.L’Estrange in Brisbane, Ballarat cds. Small imperfections. (2) 1927-55 Commercial Covers mostly with solo frankings including 1½d Canberra x2, 2d Harbour Bridge, 2d Victoria Centenary x22, 2d Macarthur x7, 2d Jubilee x5, fair proportion of advertising types sighted including for Tasmanian Orchardists and Producers’ Co-op Assn, Hop Lee & Co Ltd (fruit wholesalers, Sydney) RayNeon (neon signs, Sydney), Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate, predominantly cancelled in Newcastle or Sydney. (90+)
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1929 Cover From WA to S. Aust with 3d Airmail re-directed to USA with oval fair ‘DELIVERY WINDOW/(ADELAIDE)’ alongside ‘T/3’, ‘T/25CTS’ in circle and NEW YORK NY/GPO/DUE/5/CENTS’ duplex and mss via Airpost and on reverse boxed ‘INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTER....’ 8 line cachet from POSTAL DEPT/COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA’, minor tear at top. 1929-46 Selection with 1929 (Aug 26) airmail Derby to Perth with KGV SMult 4½d P14 x2 plus 1½d x3, 1931 (Nov 16) airmail Perth registered to NSW with Kingsford Smith 6d Airmail plus 2d, 1935 Perth to Singapore with 9d Roo solo (cover with singed corner), 1946 Swanbourne (WA) registered to USA with 2/- Roo pair & KGVI 3d and 1946 airmail to USA with 2/- Roo pair, mostly fine. (5) 1930-33 Commercial Covers nearly all with solo frankings of KGV 2d reds mostly advertising types for Australian Fruit & Produce Co Ltd, AJ Carter (fruit importer, Brisbane) or Hop Lee & Co Ltd (fruit wholesalers, Sydney), some town datestamps including Billinudgel, Jilliby, Ourimbah & Rocky River (NSW) but mostly Sydney or Brisbane slogan cancels or Newcastle machine types; also 1932 use of 1930-37 2d Red KGV Oval Embossed PTPO Envelope for Brunton & Co (flour mills Sydney) with all-over advertising in red on reverse; condition variable but largely fine (150 approx).
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1930s-50s KGVI Era Covers mostly to UK including 1937 1/6d airmail with QM 1d added for Late Fee, 1938 registered to Italy with KGVI 1½d brown x4, 1939 to USA taxed with admonition on reverse, 1941 5/10d rate endorsed ‘CALIFORNIA CLIPPER’ & censored, 1940 censored with 1/6d Hermes x3, 1947 5½d Newcastle solo to NZ, 1947 5½d rate to Solomons with boxed ‘AERIAL SERVICE/COMPLETED-SYDNEY’ boxed handstamp in violet, 1953 7d aerogrammme uprated with 3d Produce Food, etc. Good variety, condition a bit mixed. (85) 1930s-1990s Cover Accumulation with 1932 to England with 2d & 3d Harbour Bridge, 1936 Australasian Budgerigar Council to England with KGV 5d, 1941 LJ Thomas (Gympie, Qld) with all-over advertising on reverse & 1d Lady Gowrie label adhered, commemorative covers including 1937 NSW Anniversary FDC, 1940s with Newcastle 150th Anniversary with Exhibition registration label, 1946 RGS Mitchell FDC unaddressed, other pre-decimal FDCs including 1949 Miller Bros Henry Lawson with Carlton FDI machine cancel (no stamp), 1955 Wesley Cobb & Co with cachet in green, 1961 5/- Cattle, also postal stationery and some AAT, condition variable but mostly fine. (180+)
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1930s-2006 Range in Shoebox with 1930s flight covers, decimal covers addressed to Latvia, mixed frankings, FDCs, etc, possible postmark interest. (100s) 1931-33 Official Selection all solo frankings comprising 1932 2d optd ‘OS’, 1933 1d optd ‘OS’, SMult 2d Die III perf ‘OS’ x5 plus another perf ‘G/NSW’, Sydney or Newcastle machine cancels. (8) 1932-33 Tooth & Co (Kent Brewery, Sydney) advertising window envelopes x5, four with Sydney 2d Paid slogan cancels in red, each cover with a colourful beer advertising label on reverse comprising perforated ‘Drink More Beer’ x2 and rouletted ‘Country Special Ale’ x2 or ‘Sheaf Stout’, covers with opening faults. (5)
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1932-33 Commercial Covers mostly with solo frankings of KGV 1d Greens, some with dual frankings, plenty of advertising types sighted with high proportion being related to wholesale agriculture & addressed to The Australian Fruit & Produce Co including for Foster & Sons (one with ‘20 POSTED’ handstamp), Foster’s Seeds, Steggles & Queensland Fruits Ltd & Yenda Producers Co-op Society Ltd, some town datestamps including Braxton & Kentucky South (NSW) and Palmwoods (Qld) but predominantly Newscastle machine or Sydney slogan cancels. (90+) 1933-34 1d Green on cover, predominantly solo frankings, some advertising types including for Fosters Seeds, Queensland Fruits & Steggles, some town datestamp sighted including Cooranbong & Tirrikiba (NSW), Bowen, Cleveland & Palmwoods (Qld), otherwise mostly Newcastle or Sydney cancels. (100) 1934 (Dec 7) 1/6d airmail cover flown to England franked with 2d, 3d & 9d Macarthur plus two other 2d commems tied by ‘GLASS HOUSE MTS/DE34/QUEENSLAND’ cds. The 9d Macarthur alone Cat $350 on cover.
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1934 airmail cover endorsed “per QANTAS” to Sydney franked Netherlands Indies 15c strip of three tied by Batavia cds, manuscript “T50 cms” in red at lower left, Postage Dues 1d x3 including pair (one defective) and 3d applied on arrival & tied by Sydney GPO Delivery Room cds, minor blemishes. Attractive. 1934 (Dec 7) underpaid airmail cover from GB to Melbourne franked KGV 1½d x3, ‘T’-in hexagon & “1/210” tax markings, and additionally upon arrival with ‘T’-in oval & manuscript “1/9”(d) with postage dues 3d plus 6d strip of 3 added and tied by manuscript cancel in pencil. 1934-36 OHMS ‘COMMERCIAL PAPERS ONLY’ printed covers x3 from Sydney to same addressee in Pleasant Hills, with KGV perf ‘G/NSW’ 3d blue, 4d olive or 5d brown solo frankings. Scarce trio. (3)
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1935 (Jan 2) commercial inwards airmail cover from Eastbourne, Great Britain to Melbourne carried on the highly eventful Imperial Airways Flight #IE303 which sequentially experienced [1] Sylvanus force-landing 8 Jan at Mirabella (Italy) with engine trouble; [2] Arethusa delayed 12 Jan with engine trouble (Jodhpur); and [3] Athena blown off course at night 16 Jan from Koepang (Dutch East Indies), landing on a beach about 60 miles east of Darwin. Athena was refueled by a QANTAS DH61, which itself was damaged on takeoff; all confirmed by the Melbourne ‘20/JAN’ arrival backstamp. Very few covers from this multiinterrupted flight recorded. 1936 Recovered Mail from the aircraft Athena destroyed by fire at Delhi on Aug 29, 1936. The outer OHMS PMG’s envelope and advice to the addressee of charred social envelope enclosed, itself franked 3/9d by KGV 3d and 1/- photogravure SG #444 & 449 PLUS 2/6d re-engraved Seahorse SG #450. Nice to have the entire communication. Fragile. 1936-47 Selection comprising [1] 1936 2/1d airmail rate to Holland via Singapore; [2] 1936 1/9d rate jusqu’a cover to Sweden; [3] 1936 1/9d airmail rate to Germany; [4] 1940 5/10d clipper rate to England [5] 1946-47 1/6d rate covers to Germany x3, each with ‘US CIVIL CENSORSHIP/GERMANY’ handstamp; condition variable. (7)
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1937 (Sep 24 & Dec 8) covers to Java paying 9d airmail rates + 1d late fee, the former (minor spotting) franked with 9d Roo & 1d QM, the latter with KGV 4d & 6d Kooka, both with ‘QanTas’ handstamps in violet and Palembang backstamps. (2) 1937-47 KGV & KGVI Range incl [1] 1937 Philatelic Investment Coy private reversable letter card x2; [2] late-1930s air letters to Germany x2, one with 5/- Robes; [3] 1940 Flying Boat covers to New Zealand x3; [4] ‘VG’ covers x4; [5] rare unused Australian Air League cover; etc. Reasonable condition overall. (21)
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1938 (Mar 14) inwards Express Delivery airmail cover (254x177mm) from Netherlands with 5g35 Wilhemina multiple franking, addressed to “Argus” newpaper office in Melbourne (b/s), in very good condition. 1940 (June-July) selection of censored airmail covers from same Sydney-UK correspondence conveyed by Imperial Airways’ final regular services SW #248-49, which were diverted from Cairo to Durban, and earliest “Horseshoe” route services (WS #17 range), odd opening fault. Such continuity in this turbulent era is difficult to find. (6)
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1940 (Sep 9) from GB by air, envelope inscribed ‘VIA TRANSATLANTIC AMERICA’ franked 4/6d by KGVI 4d, 10d x2, and 2/6d brown SG #468, 474 & 476. Sender Lieut N.M. Cahill, A.I.F., U.K, who signed the env on front (his own censor?), addressed to (presumably) his parents in St Kilda, Victoria. Nice example of this routing. 1940-46 Censored Mail to Overseas Destinations comprising [1] USA x8 with six reseal labels and two handstamped only, frankings include 1941 AIF set, 1942 (July 14) with 3½d surcharge solo, 1941 (April 4) use of KGVI PSE uprated QM 1d green; [2] GB x10 incl 2x Airmail, all with reseals ex one handstamp only, includes 1943 (Sep 20) 2/1d Air to Edinburgh by 2/- Roo CofA wmk + 1d QM, 1944 (Feb 21) with Lady Gowrie Red Cross Appeal label; [3] S. Africa 1940 (June 1) to East London. (19) 1950s-60s QEII Pre-Decimal Array most to UK including 1952 with 2/3d Wattle x2, 1/- Colombo Plan x2 & QEII 3d, 1955 1/ 0½d Registration Envelope to Austria uprated with 5/- Arms & 9d Platypus, 1956 registered surface mail with Olympics 1/-, 7½d & 4d plus ½d Roo, 1957 registered with 2/6d Aborigine pair & QEII 3d, 1959 OHMS with 1/- Small Lyrebird x2 & QEII 3d punctured 1962 registered with 3/- Flower pair, 2/6d Aborigine & QEII 3d perforated ‘VG’,1964 PPC with 1/2d Tiger, 1965 surface with 8d Tiger Cat solo & green customs label, 1965 with 2/3d ICY solo, variable condition, mostly fine. (45)
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1951 (Aug 21) cover from Daylesford to “Mr Dustin Marshall/with Mr Bill Walters Party/Bogong High Plains/Via “Shannon Vale”/ Via Omeo/Victoria”. A rare example of inwards mail to a drover taking the cattle up to the high plains for summer grazing. 1955 underpaid cover to Austria franked with QEII 1d pair tied by Watson Bay cds, ‘HMAS LABUAN’, ‘HMA/SHIPS’ and framed ‘COMMANDING OFFICER/25 MAY 1955/RESERVE SHIPS SYDNEY’ cachets in violet, 70gr and 8gr Postage Dues (scarce on cover) applied on arrival tied by Wien cds over two different tax cachet endorsements. Unusual. 1958 Registered Airmail Cover from India with boxed ‘IRREGULARLY/POSTED’ and oval ‘T’ handstamps with mss “1/7” and on reverse Postage Dues 2d (block of 9 attached by margin) and 1d (part imprint) cancelled alongside mss notation Found on No 2 face up/9.30pm 26/2/58/(Signature), roughly opened, minor faults.
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1958-99 Concession Rate Covers comprising [1] 1958 (Jul 12) to Adelaide with QEII 1d tied by ‘MIL PO WOODSIDE’ (SA) cds; [2] 1960 (May 10) 1d rate for serviceman based at Puckapunyal camp; [3] 1971 Forces in Vietnam with 30c Flower, FREE FORCES MAIL’ handstamp with ‘FREE’ scored through; 1999 (Dec 12) stampless cover from East Timor with ‘AFPO 5/ 12DEC1999/AUSTRALIA’ oval datestamp. (4) 1960-70s Covers With Definitive Issues some solos including 1966 5c Bird on Forces Mail cover to WA with ‘DEFENCE FORCES CONCESSION POSTAGE’ handstamp & boxed ‘INTERSTATE’ backstamp, 1966 airmail to Germany with 25c Robin, PPCs 1966 with 13c Avocet & 1968 with 15c Galah, 1972 to UK with QEII 7c taxed with 3p due added; multiple frankings 1966 to UK with QEII 1c plus 24c Kingfisher, 1970 OHMS from Tasmania to UK with ‘T’ punctured QEII 5c pair plus 20c Flower; condition variable but generally fine. (70)
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1960s-80s Decimal Frankings mostly to UK with solo frankings including 1972 18c Rehabilitation, 1973 7c Opera House (by surface), 1973 35c Grave Posts, 1974 Pioneer Food, 1975 20c Wombat, 1976 25c Diving, 1977 Performing Arts, 1978 30c Bird, 1980 28c Xmas, 1981 35c Bird, 1984 50c Possum, 1986 Nudibranch, all paying unsealed greetings card rates; also 1968 Special Delivery with 30c Flower & 7c Fish, 1983 Overseas Express Delivery with $1 Magpie strip of 3, 1983 Registered with 75c Fire engine x5 etc; condition variable but generally fine. (37) 1960s-2000s Decimal Covers used internally mostly solo frankings including 1974 PPC with 7c Charter of Justice, strength in 1990s-2000s era with underpaid/taxed, stamp dealer covers RTS, PPCs & lots of hard-to-find letter rate issues on cover, etc, condition variable but mostly fine. (250 approx).
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1966 (Oct 11) official ‘LEGAL DOCUMENTS ONLY’ cover with Law Courts Melbourne registration label addressed to Manangatang bearing QEII 4c plus 2/- Flannel Flower both perf ‘VG’ being a rare £SD/decimal combination offficial cover, small faults. [A virtually identical cover realized $900 at a Melbourne auction in 2011] 1968-83 Decimal Multiple Frankings on Cover mostly airmail to UK including 1966 OHMS with QEII 1c & 4c + 20c Bird perf ‘G/NSW’, 1968 with 25c Intelsat + QEII 5c pair, 1970 with 20c Wheat + 10c Fish 1970 with 25c Wool + 5c Cook, 1971 $1.37 multiple franking including 75c Cook, 1971 triple rate with 35c Grave Posts strip of 3, 1972 with 30c Fish plus QEII 2c & 3c, 1972 with 20c Aboriginal Art pair, 1982 surface with 25c Border Collie pair, etc, condition variable. (19)
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1970s-2000s Decimal Dual Franking Covers all franked with pairs or singles x2 mostly to UK including 1971 with 15c Blue Gum pair, 1974 with 15 Pioneer pair, 1974 with 30c Cave Painting pair, 1975 PPC with 9c Gemstone pair, 1976 with 45c Flower pair, 1976 (?) with 18c Anniversary of Nationhood pair (to Tuvalu), 1981 with 60c Christmas pair, 1983 with 27c Frog pair taxed, 1997 surface (seamail) to Switzerland with $1.20 von Mueller pair, etc. Unusual assembly. (60) 1971-77 Solo Frankings on Postcards all to UK comprising [1] 1971 airmail with 15c Timber; [2] 1972 airmail with 18c Rehabilitation; [3] 1977 with 25c Diving paying surface rate. Scarce trio. (3) 1980s And 1990s CERTIFIED Covers incl uprated PSEs, some commercial (eg Doubleday Australia) but mostly addressed Registry Births, Deaths & Marriages or similar. Wide range frankings incl higher values (eg $2 Gardens, $2 Kakadu), mostly fine. (240)
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Group of Censored Inwards and Outwards Covers including 1941 from Ireland, c.1940 from Japan, much redirected and double censored 1944 to Capt Voyce, 1943 to USA underpaid and taxed, 1941 long clipper cover to USA with 1/- x3 & 6d x2 all perf ‘AS/&S’ (A Simpson & Son, Adelaide) and 2nd similar cover with 1/- x4, also noted 2 outwards covers censored at Newcastle, good range with several registered. (62) Mostly 1930s Covers with 1932-33 Hop Lee (wholesale fruiters, Sydney) advertising covers with KGV 2d red x100+ with various Sydney slogan cancels, 1930-34 KGV 1d green mostly on window envelopes x60+, also ‘PAID AT/1½d/HOBART’ covers x6 etc, condition generally fine. (180 approx) Mostly 1930s Selection mostly KGV 1d solo frankings, lots of advertising type including 2d Postage Paid types for IXL Jam x4, also Foster & Sons (including 1931 with ‘20 POSTED’ handstamp), Hop Lee (fruit merchants) Merrett’s (hat manufacturers), Rosella Preserves, William Brooks (printers) & Yenda Producers’ Co-operative, also 1926-28 ‘PAID AT/1½d/HOBART’ slogan covers x16, etc, condition variable but generally fine. (150+)
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Mostly Decimal Assortment in shoebox including registered, certified & security post, also re-directed mail, commemorative postmarks & philatelic mail etc. Well worth viewing. (180 approx). Quantity Decimal QEII commercial mail, many to overseas destinations with lots to International Youth Service in Finland (also USA, USSR and GB seen). Plenty of higher value frankings with this kind of material getting more and more popular. Inspection recommended. (c1,000) Range of covers incl [1] 1967 Guide Camp 1st & Last day, 1970-71 Leppington Scout 1st & Last Day, 1973-74 Woodhouse 1st Day & 7th Jan [Day after Camp closed], [2] FDCs incl Parade, Royal, Wesley, [3] 1931-53 range ‘BRISBANE/PAID’ cancels on advertising covers (8), few 1937 Meters, also few oddities incl 1972 ANPEX sheet tied to card with special cds alongside signatures of Nelson Eustis, Wilson Ilbery, Peter Stally, Bert Wajer, etc. selection of Duck Hunting stamps incl 1989 $5 sheetlet (3), 1990 $5 sheetlet (5), 1992-93 $10 optd SPECIMEN (6, incl imprint block of 4 all MUH). Generally fine. (approx 100 + 20+ stamps)
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AUSTRALIA | Flight Covers - Commercial Inwards 1261 * 1911 (Sep 9) first day use of red-brown Coronation Flight postcard at inaugural British air mail service from Windsor to London, franked at correct 1d rate to Hobart, Tasmania. A very scarce destination. 1262 * 1925 (Mar & May) South Africa internal airmail service covers to New Zealand earlier (Mar 10) Durban to Nelson where redirected to Auckland, the later (Apr 25) Port Elizabeth to Auckland, both franked 2d + Air Post 6d and handstamped ‘SA.AIR MAIL/SA JUGPOS’ in black or in violet respectively, some flap faults. Rare to this destination. (2) 1263 1928 (Aug 21) postcard Stockholm to St Kilda Victoria endorsed ‘Per Air Mail/via London’, bearing ‘Par avion’ label and 25ö stamp for 15ö UPU postcard rate plus 10ö airmail surcharge to Great Britain. Rare and very early airmail accelerated article Scandinavia to Australia.
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1929 (Jan 11) registered cover Iraq to Bicheno, Tasmania bearing British Occupation of Iraq ½a, 4a, 1½a and 6a, tied by Baghdad HQ double-circle cds, representing UPU 4½a (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x3 plus 3a registration, backstamped Cairo, Port Said, Registered Melbourne and Launceston. Extremely rare registered item via Imperial Airways Basra-Cairo service to this destination.
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1929 (Aug 26 or 29) covers carried on South African internal airmail services to South Australia and Victoria, earlier on the Port Elizabeth-Durban inaugural service, latter Durban-Cape Town, franked 1/7d and 1/6d, respectively, one with black/orange Air Mail etiquette, minor adhesions reverse. Rare to Australia. (2) 1929 (Oct 31) cover South Africa to Melbourne endorsed ‘To Australia via SA Air Mail Service/Port Elizabeth to Cape Town’ bearing 4d Airmail plus 1d pair for internal airmail service surcharge. 1929-30 selection of US internal airmail service covers to Australia (5) or New Zealand at 8c, 9c, 10c (3) or 12c rates, two of 1929 with large format ‘AIR MAIL’ etiquettes (2 types) tied, another with ‘MISSENT TO/WARBURTON’ handstamp, 1930 postcard at 8c, New York to Tasmania with tied ‘AIR MAIL’ etiquette and mss ‘to San Francisco’ beneath. (6)
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1931-32 covers from Valletta to Melbourne or Canowindra NSW franked 10½d and 4½d for double and single airmail surcharge to Italy (3d per ½oz), thence by surface to Australia, former registered and with three Australian backstamps, latter with bold double-circle ‘AIR MAIL/MALTA’ handstamp in violet. (2) 1936 (Jun 12) cover from Larnaca to Sydney sent airmail from Alexandria via Imperial Airways service (IE453), bearing 1934 18pi for ½oz inclusive airmail tied by double-circle cds with ‘CYPRUS/(Map)/FOR A HOLIDAY’ slogan to left, backstamped Cairo, Sydney. Early airmail service item for this origin/destination. 1940 (Oct 31) use at Dublin of Stationery 5d Registered Letter, uprated 1/3d for airmail Sraid An Diuic to Sydney, apparently four Censor tapes, a plain brown tape over Irish tape, followed by UK and Sydney tapes, Sydney transits and Five Dock arrival.
1943 (May 6) dual censored cover Baile Atha Cliath to Mackay Queensland franked aggregate 3/9d for triple rate, London handstamped ‘O.A.T.’ at left, some handling faults. AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers 1272 * 1930 Australian Aerial Services (Feb 21) Anthony’s Lagoon-Camooweal intermediate stage cover signed by pilot Frank Neale, AAMC #152a, Cat $400.
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1930 Australian Aerial Services (Feb 21) Brunette Downs-Camooweal intermediate stage cover signed by pilot Frank Neale, AAMC #152a, Cat $400. 1931 Melbourne - Sydney (March 19) use of special commercial PTPO 2d envelope (as ASC #L38) of “The Texas Company” of Sydney crudely endorsed ‘SPECIAL FLIGHT BY/AIR COMMODORE/KINGSFORD SMITH’ and uprated KS 3d blue (thereby creating a quirky FDC). Arrival backstamp, sadly rather soiled and creased, scarce item though.
1931 Melbourne - Java (May 22) large cover from Melbourne to Semerang with range of issues to 2/- Roo, includes 1/4d SM Mult P13½x12½ (Cat $350 on cover). Special Melbourne to Batavia cachet on face. The flight from Sydney to Batavia is catalogued, but not this flight from Melbourne.
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1938 (Mar 9) cover flown England to Dutch East Indies and forced landed at Flores, signed by pilot H.F. Broadbent AAMC #798, only 48 carried, Cat $325. 1945 Qantas Lancastrian Service 7d KGVI Air Letter with printed ‘FIRST FLIGHT COVER/LANCASTRIAN MAIL PLANE/ SERVICE’, in red, flown Australia to England, AAMC #1007b, Cat $300. 1947-54 QANTAS Selection on annotated pages with 1947 (Jan) Rabaul - Sydney, 1947 (Dec) Aust. - England & return, Australia - Japan & return, 1948 (Nov) Australia - Sth Africa & return, 1949 (Mar) Hong Kong – Australia, 1953 (Sep) Sydney Hollandia and 1954 (May) Australia - San Francisco (AAMC #1092, 1124-25, 1128-29, 1193-94, 1205, 1323 & 1345b) all with vignettes and apart from the 1954 cover, all pilot signed, Cat $900+. (10)
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1952 Qantas Australia - South Africa flight covers x4, three are intermediaries carried to Cocos Is AAMC #1308a (all backstamped), one cover with “All fuel and lubricants by Shell” illustration, others the more usual Qantas illustrations, all with flight cachets in violet, minor edge blemishes, Cat $185+. (4) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1280 * 1915 (Dec 27) PPC of “EGYPT - Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza” addressed to NSW and inscribed On Active Service but no censor marks, neatly struck cds ‘A.I.F.INTER.BASE P.O./27-DE-15/CAIRO’. Per Proud 1991, this canceller used at Hotel Victoria, Cairo (perhaps by Australian Intermediate Base Depot’s Records Dept, per Emery 1984). Well documented neat display page presentation. 1281 * 1916-18 inbound to NSW, all part of the same Sykes correspondence from various theatres, most appear Egypt. Condition varies poor to fair only, many have original correspondence, range of mainly British postal/censor markings with a number more useful - eg ‘10.X’ and ‘11.X’ (Canadian), ‘2.Y’ (Mounted Brigade). Includes a couple later (WWII period) oddments. (20) *
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AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 1282 * 1940-44 Censored Mail in mixed condition with low value KGVI stamps to Australian addresses (ex one to England) with range of censor handstamps incl British and USA, six Tattersall’s (four registered one with BCOF optd 3d brown), envelope types incl Red Cross, ACF and YMCA, differently numbered datestamps incl AIF FIELD PO, AUST ARMY, AUST UNIT POSTAL STN. And finally one 1967 from Viet Nam with ‘FORCES CONCESSION RATE’ handstamp and 5c Thornbill stamp, not censored. Some comprehensive write-ups. Good variety, good value. (21) 1283 * 1940-44 Inbound Censored Mail in mixed condition to Australian addresses with non-Australian frankings. Comprises [1] three to Mrs Pettigrew in Haberfield NSW with Palestine (2) or Egypt stamps; [2] three with Papua 4d SG #135, one with normal Port Moresby cds, others FPO types; [3] one each from Uganda with KUT 20c on S. Africa 6d SG #153, USA, Bolivia and Malaya (with Straits Setts KGVI 25c SG #286 and AIF PO cds); [4] GB KGVI low values on an envelope and piece Australia BCOF cancels, envelope to Brisbane with ‘EGYPT/26/14JL43/POSTAGE PREPAID’ cds (quite difficult). (13) 1284 * Germany 1942-44 German POW lettersheets ex Stalag VIIA, 10g or XXID all addressed to Perth, plus a fourth to a relative attached to HMS Challenger re-directed on arrival in Australia. (4)
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New Guinea Selection of mostly 3d rate covers to Australia including AFPO ‘74’ (Port Moresby), AFPO 201 (Milne Bay) x2, Air Force Post Office 252 (Aitape), Air Force PO 233 (Jacquinot Bay) x2, Air Force Post Office 254 (Balikpapan, Borneo), also registration labels x4. (11 items) New South Wales Selection of Field POs with different numbers (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse, rare types include FPO 024, 031, 153, 441 plus various rubber datestamps (4), no duplication, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (30) Northern Territory ‘AIF FIELD PO 25’ selection comprising usages by 19th Bde 6th Div (2, one registered) or ‘NTF PU’. (3)
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Victoria Selection of Field POs with different numbers (per Proud), including good strike of rubber UPS S33, details lightly pencilled on reverse, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (15) AUSTRALIA | CINDERELLAS 1291 ** Australian Wetlands Conservation: 1989 $5, 1992-93 $10, $10 optd SPECIMEN, $10 optd National Park Pass, 1993-94 $10 Duck, $10 optd SPECIMEN, $10 optd National Park Pass all in MUH sheets of 20. Total face value of $1,300 incl 2 Specimen sheets. (140) AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1292 * 1900s-90s Range of covers, postal stationery items, FDCs, including Christmas Island with 30c Registered Envelope used, Cocos few flight covers, Nauru, Norfolk with Australia used in covers (4, one with NZAPO cds), formular stationery unused, Papua 1901 1d Postal Card unused, PNG Australia used in covers, stationery items, etc. (approx 220). *
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Queensland registered selection of Field POs with different numbers (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (20) Selection including 1941 Tobruk censored to Victoria x2, 1943 Aust FPO No 155 registered to Tasmania, 1943 Australian Red Cross Society Brisbane to Switzerland via Portugal (one stamp missing), 1945 V-Mail from Townsville to California, 1948 BCOF Japan AFPO No 30 to Netherlands, plus two other items. (8)
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CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Booklets 1293 ** 1996 $4.50 (45c Fish X10) SG #SB1 with 28OCT1966 last day cds, stapled at top, fine & rare. CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Postal Stationery 1294 PS Group: mainly mint with Aerogrammes range from 12c to 65c, Lettercard proforma with map & picture of island, Registration Envelopes 30c (mint & used) & 53c, plus a few other odds & ends, including 2002 Lord Howe Island HMS Nottingham Under Tow cover. CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Covers By Manufacturer 1295 * Guthrie 1958 Christmas Island 10c tied by ‘CHRISTMAS ISLAND/15OC58’ FDI datestamp, attractively illustrated, fine unaddressed condition, flap unsealed. NAURU | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1296 ** 1916-99 Collection on Seven Seas Hingeless pages incl 1916 KGV opts to 1/- incl Unlisted broken N variety, 1935-87 issues apparently complete plus few later issues. (100s) NAURU
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1916-23 Seahorses Waterlow Printing 5/- rose-carmine marginal single showing part of the cross, SG #17. [Significantly under-catalogued, Buckingham states p.67 “certainly seems as scarce as the 10/- indigo”, a stamp which catalogues at £11,000.] 1916-23 Seahorses Waterlow 10/- indigo-blue with Double ovpt, one albino top marginal single, SG #18a, small thins on a few perfs at right, disturbed gum, Cat £13,000. Exceptionally rare only 6 mint examples known to us and significantly undercatalogued compared with the cat for the normal stamp being £11,000. Keith Buckingham’s example (o/c with a bend) realised $25,000 in 2006.
$6,000
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1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 5/- bright carmine corner single with column 4 flaw Damaged left serif of A of NAURU, SG #22 (var), gum evenly aged. 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 5/- bright carmine, SG #22, with Overprint sloping about 0.2mm to left. [Buckingham, when talking about this flaw on the 10/-, states pp 70-1 “This variation appears on no other Nauru Seahorse values seen by the author”.] 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 5/- bright carmine two distinct shades, SG #22, lightly aged gum.
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1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- pale blue corner single with column 4 flaw Damaged left serif of A of NAURU, SG #23 (var), gum lightly aged. 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- blue with column 4 flaw Damaged left serif of A of NAURU, SG #23 (var), MVLH. 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- blue with column 4 flaw Damaged left serif of A of NAURU & split top left serif of N, SG #23 (var). Fine light Pleasant Island cancel of 1919.
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1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- deep bright blue, SG #23d, hinge rem, Cat £500. 1937-48 Ships Shiny Paper ½d to 10/- set SG #26B-39B, 10/- with oxidisation at top, a few values with trivial toning on reverse, Cat £200. (14) NAURU | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes (Formular) 1307 * 1950 Formular Aerogramme 1952 use of deep blue/grey form with blank rectangle, addressed to USA, franked with 6d Ship tied by NAURU/CENTRAL PACIFIC cds, BW #FA1A, unpriced. It is believed that only 500 air letters were delivered to Nauru in April 1950. Not previously seen by us.
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ex 1309 NAURU | Postal History 1308 * 1970 (Feb 15) airmail to Tarawa (Gilbert & Ellice Is) with optd 5c SG #84 tied s/ring cds ‘NAURU/15FE70/CENTRAL PACIFIC’ with arrival backstamp s/ring ‘TARAWA/16FEB70-3.00PM/GILBERT/&/ELLICE ISLANDS’. Very neat cover, very unusual fromto usage. NORFOLK ISLAND | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1309 **/*/U 1953-80s Selection mostly mint with 1953 set, 1960-62 1d to 10/- set plus 10/- optd ‘SPECIMEN’ at upper-left MUH & at lowerright mint, 1966 Decimal Currency set MUH ($1 both types) and CTO, later odd values to $5 x2, generally fine. (80+) NORFOLK ISLAND 1310 **/U 1960 2/8d Local Government marginal blocks of 4 MUH and superb used, Retail $200. (2)
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ex 1313 ex 1312 NORFOLK ISLAND | Postal History 1311 * 1954 (Apr) cover to NSW franked 1953 Pictorial 3½d, paying 1oz surface rate, minor flap fault. Scarce on cover. 1960-62 selection of stampless mail, largely OHMS with violet ‘OFFICIAL POST’ cachets, to the same addressee in NSW, few 1312 * packet wrappers, including six registered, (20 items). Ex Garrard. (20) NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea 1313 F 1900-01 Yachts No Wmk the set complete Mi #7-19. All have expert handstamp of R.Steuer except the highly prized 5M Mi #19 which has R.Steuer photo certificate. Mostly clear cds, the 50pf and 80pf are on small piece, total cat €1,000+. (13)
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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Postal History 1314 * 1917 (Mar 21) Blatter cover to Switzerland via Sydney (b/s) with scarce albeit philatelic franking of overprinted type c Second Wmk 6d, 9d, 1/- & Third Wmk 2/- wmk inverted Roos plus KGV 5d (stamps lifted for inspection) all tied by Rabaul datestamps, ‘THE TREASURY/RABAUL’ oval cachet in violet, German-type registration label, very fine ‘[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/ 23MAR1917/RABAUL’ d/s in violet on the reverse, fine Italian ‘MILANO/POSTA ESTERA’ transit handstamp in black on the face, fine condition overall. RPSV Certificate 2007. 1315 * 1918 (Feb 14) Blatter cover to Switzerland via Sydney (backstamp) with Second Wmk 5/- Roo type c (lifted for inspection) tied by Rabaul cds, German-type registration label, Bern backstamp, fine condition. RPSV Certificate (2007). NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues 1316 * 1914 Surcharges on Marshall Islands 3d on 30pf SG #55. Large part og, very fresh, scarce, Cat £425. 1317 * 1915 Surcharges on Marshall Islands 1915 1d on GRI 2d on 10pf carmine SG #63, fine mint, expertised by Bothe and Richter, Retail $375.
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1935 Bulolo Air £2 Bright Violet SG #204, very fine used, Retail $225. 1935 Bulolo Air £2 Bright Violet average used, indistinct cancel. 1939 Bulolo Air ½d to 3d SG #212-16, 6d to 2/- #219-22 & £1 #225 fine mint, Cat £360. 1939 Airmail 2/- & 5/- Bulolo both with cds, minor toning on 5/-.SG #222-23, Cat £225.
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NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Official Stamps 1322 ** 1915 Overprinted ‘OS’ Surcharges 1d on 3pf brown and 1d on 5pf green, SG #O1-O2, very fine MUH. Retail $500. (2) PAPUA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1323 * 1906-31 Better Values comprising Large ‘Papua’ 1/- SG #19, Small Papua 2/6d #37, Large ‘PAPUA’ 2/6d P11 #48, Large ‘PAPUA’ 2/6d P12½ #83 (Type C), Moncolours 2/6d, Bicolours 2/6d to 10/- (minor toning 5/- & 10/-), fine overall, Cat £470. (8) 1324 U/* Selection with [1] 1937 horiz wmk ½d black & green thin paper SG #34a (quite scarce, retail c$325), vert wmk 1d black & carmine SG #39, both with Port Moresby 1907 cds; [2] 1931 surcharges 1/3d on 5/- Cooke, 9d on 2/6d yellowish paper Harrison, 5d on 1/- Ash, SG 123-5. Neat selection, min retail $395. (5) PAPUA 1325 * 1932-40 Pictorials £1 Delta House SG #145, fine mint, Cat £250.
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1326 1326 F
1989 20t On 17t Fish SG # 602 variety Grossly misplaced overprint tied to piece by Lae datestamp, with normal stamp for comparison. 1327 F 1994 Surcharges 21t on 80t Shells SG #734 variety Grossly misplaced overprint tied to piece by 1994 Alotau datestamp, with normal stamp for comparison. PAPUA | Postal History 1328 *F 1906 (Sep 26) use of 2d BNG x2 on cover to ‘Mrs M.J.W. Mongan/Haselbury Bryan Rectory’, stamps cancelled with fine ‘BNG’ (A1+) tied with ‘SAMARAI/26SP06/BRITISH NEW GUINEA’. Nice cover with just a few rough edges.
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1929 (Aug 16) OHMS The Papuan Villager wrapper-front to NSW with Monocolours 1d pink perf ‘OS’ tied by Port Moresby datestamp. Attractive. PAPUA | PICTURE POSTCARDS 1330 * Papua: circa 1920 Shepherd & Newman ‘Papuan Ethnological Studies’ series B1-12 complete with original envelope from The Australian Museum, Sydney, photos by Frank Hurley on yellow cards. Cards all superb fresh unused. A similar set realized $1,200+ at auction in 2008. (12) PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1331 ** 1952-65 Collection on Seven Seas Hingeless pages almost complete (no Dues) incl 1952-58 to £1, 1963 Picts, 1964-65 Birds, etc. (82) *
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1952-65 Collection on Lighthouse hingeless pages almost complete incl all SPECIMEN opts (7), and both sets of Postage Dues, (ex 1957-60 Cattle 1/7d and Postage Due 6d on 7½d SG D1). Generally fine and mostly MUH. (106) 1952-65 Collection on Lighthouse hingeless pages almost complete (including 1963 Rabaul 10/- 15.5mm & both QEII SPECIMEN opts all MLH), 1960 Dues SG D2-14 (ex 1952, 1963 Rabaul 10/- SPECIMEN opt & 1964-65 Bird SPECIMEN opts, 1960 Dues 6d on 7½d SG D1). Generally fine. (103) 1966-84 And 1994-2005 Collection on Seven Seas Hingeless pages (ex 1994 Provisional opts [11] and 1995 Bird opts [8]) with numerous sets, many M/Ss or sheetlets incl Stamp Centenary, Queen Mother, Tree Kangaroo, etc, 2003-05 issues are in Year albums, additional 1994-95 K1, K10, etc. Very high retail value. (100s) Selection comprising 1952 10/- Rabaul and £1 Fisherman optd ‘SPECIMEN’ SG #14s & 15s, 1960 Postage Due 1d to 3/- SG #D2-6. Clean lot, retail c$190. (7)
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1336 ** 1952-63 Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ £1 Fisherman SG #15s & £1 Queen #45s, fresh MUH. (2) 1337 ** 1963 10/- Map & £1 Queen SG #44-45 in marginal blocks of 4, fresh MUH. 1338 ** 1985 Unissued Ceremonial Dwellings set of 4. 1339 ** 1985 Unissued Ceremonial Dwellings set of 4 in blocks of 4 with issued set of singles for comparison. (20)
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