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AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1730 * 1913-17 Documents relating to the Postmistress Mrs Gerturde Grove of Neuarpurr, from her letter of appointment on 28/9/1913 when she took over from Mrs. EA Macintosh to 1/3/1917 when she handed ove to Miss LA Souter. Includes examples of all the implements used at the PO as well as all the stationery. A rare and fascinating set of documents.(6 items) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1731 PS 1918-19 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 1d KGV Sideface, New Design Punctured ‘OS/NSW’ on unsurfaced buff card BW #P48E for Government Printing Office, used locally with Sydney ‘20FE19’ cds, some staining, Cat $500. [ACSC state that “the card used for this issue was highly acidic with a tendency to strong discolouration”.] 1732 PS 1918-19 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On KGV 1d, Obsolete Stock BW #P50, trivial tonespots a top, Cat $2,500. Rare. [ACSC states “Although no record exists of the number of this card surcharged, it must have been small. At least three mint examples are recorded.”]
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1923 2d Red KGV Sideface For Foreign Use on off-white card BW #P55, fine unused, Cat $500. [ACSC states “no overseas use of this card has been recorded”] AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official) 1734 PS 1928 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 1d Green With Solid ‘OS’ in Die on School Committee meeting card, BW #PO9, scarce. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO) 1735 PS 1916-19 1d Red Star Die 1 for Customs House, Sydney, BW #PS9, 1917 use in Sydney.
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1953-56 3d Green QEII Embossed BW #PS32 for Stewart & Lloyds (Australia) based in Melbourne, addressed to Yarram with ½d Roo added, central fold from being posted under cover, uncancelled, Cat $500 used, unpriced unused. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards 1737 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 10 with view ‘PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND’ in deep blue, BW #LC21(103). Fresh unused. 1738 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 10 with view ‘WATERFALL GULLY ADELAIDE’ in deep blue, BW #LC21(140). Fresh unused.
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1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 12½ with view ‘MT. BUFFALO, VICTORIA’ in deep blue, BW #LC22(80). Fresh unused. 1920-22 2d Red KGV Perf 12½ view ‘GIBBERABONG CREEK, N.S.W.’, BW #LC49(51), partly stuck down. 1922-23 2d Red KGV grey surfaced stock P12½ with view of ‘GOVERNMENT HOUSE PERTH’, BW #LC49(56E), partly stuck down. Fresh unused.
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1923-24 1½d Green KGV Sideface Design P12½, view ‘GPO. HOBART’ BW #LC51(58B), a bit of perf separation at right, otherwise, fresh unused. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes 1743 * 1916-70s Collection Post Offices issues including 1916-20 Star No ‘POSTAGE’ 1d red, 1½d black-brown & 2d orange, 1930 KGV Oval 2d red-brown & 1942 KGVI Oval 2½d on cream with grey security print within and PTPO KGV Oval 1½d red & 2d red, all these are unused; also a modest group of Aerogrammes & some airmail labels. (52 + labels). 1744 PS 1916 1d Red King George V Star Embossed ‘MELBOURNE/17/26JE16/VICTORIA’ CTO datestamp, fine condition, Cat $100. Only 378 issued for UPU distribution. 1745 PS 1916-18 1d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed Die 2 Knife 2 with variety Die crack over ‘E’ of ‘PENNY’ BW #EP8(1)e, central fold as sent under cover to be used as a return envelope to Melbourne stamp dealer W Ackland, minor edge toning, Cat $200. 1746 PS 1916-18 1d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed Die 3 Knife 1 variety Left point of star broken BW #EP9(4)f (Cat $200) tied by Brisbane ‘7FEB18’ machine cancel and sent to POW held in Rheinland Germany, censor label, POW Camp handstamp in blue, Victoria Barracks (Brisbane) RTS label on reverse, some aging. [This is the earliest recorded date seen for Broken star flaw]
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1920-21 2d Orange KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - Without ‘POSTAGE’ BW #EP21, trivial toning, unsealed flap, Cat $400. 1923-24 1½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ on off-white unsurfaced stock BW #EP27(1), unsealed flap, unused, Cat $200.
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1928 ½d Orange KGV Oval Embossed with part Melbourne ‘■■DE28’ CTO cancel BW #EP29, flap unsealed, very fine, Cat $350. [The ½d oval embossed die was not used for Post Office stationery being utilised for PTPO stationery only, however 416 Post Office envelopes prepared for UPU distribution] 1750 PS 1928 2d Red-Brown KGV Oval Embossed on white stock with blue security lining, poorly struck Melbourne CTO cancel, flap unsealed, very fine, Cat $350. [A single small supply was prepared for UPU Distribution, number unknown, but presumably 416] AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official) 1751 PS 1920 2d Orange KGV Sideface BW #EO9 window envelope for Commonwealth Treasury, Melbourne 1922 (Jun 15) machine cancel, fine condition, Cat $500.
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1922-23 2d Red King George V ‘STAR’ Embossed 2d scarlet for Education Department, Melbourne BW #EO12, used locally, fine condition Cat $100. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1753 * 1919-56 Selection of Postal Stationery envelopes incl KGV [1] 1½d brown Star, [2] 1d green oval (3), [3] KGVI 3d green round (8), [4] 3½d round red (6, all Shell, one unused), [5] QEII 3d green round (14), [6] 3½d red round, orange round (2, one 25mm, one 29mm), 5d blue round (2, one unused). Generally fine. (38) 1754 PS 1913-15 ½d Green Kangaroo BW #ES1 for Shire of Colac, flap unsealed, fine unused, Cat $400.
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1918-18 ½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #ES25 (pale green shade) for Australian Drug Co (NSW) used in 1918 (Jan 31) from Sydney to Hobart, ‘20 POSTED’ handstamp in violet, small piece of brown paper adhered to reverse, flap unsealed, Cat $200. [Shade variations were due to ink shortages during WWI] 1916-18 ½d Green KGV Star BW #ES25A, flap partially stuck-down, unused, Cat $400. 1924-28 1d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES43 window envelope for Ford Sherington Ltd (Sydney), internal tear to central window, flap partly stuck down, unused, Cat $200.
1920-21 2d Orange KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - Without ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES59 for Central Wool Committee (Melbourne), tonespotting, flap stuck down, unused, Cat $350. 1922-23 2d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ on blue stock BW #ES61 for International Harvester Company of Aus Pty Ltd, central folds, gum residue on flap, unused, Cat $200. 1930 ‘TWO/PENCE’ On 1d Green KGV Oval Embossed BW #ES67 window envelope for HC Sleigh (Melbourne), tied by Melbourne ‘7JAN/1932’ slogan cancel, spikehole and large part of backflap missing, Cat $1,500. Rare. [ACSC records that “one unused and three used examples are known”]
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AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1761 * 1935 (Apr 8) Consulate General of Peru (Melbourne) registered cover to Peru with Tasmanian Cable 3d & 2d x2 tied by Melbourne datestamp, endorsed ‘VIA SANFRANCISCO’, backstamps Melbourne, San Francissco, New Orleans & Lima, repaired fault on reverse. 1762 * 1935-56 Cover to Asian Destinations comprising [1] 1935 Campsie (NSW) registered to Ceylon with 2d & 3d Jubilee, Colombo & Dolosbage backstamps; [2] 1936 Singapore to Melbourne redirected to Java with Straits KGV 25c tied by slogan cancel, 9d airmail redirection paid with Australia KGV 3d plus 3d airmail x2 plus1d for late fee all tied ‘AIRMAIL LATE FEE/ SYDNEY’ datestamps, Soerabaja ‘29/6/36’ arrival backstamp; [3] 1953 Alexandria (NSW) registered to Pakistan with 6d Small Kooka pair + ½d Roo; [4] 1965 airmail to Malaya with 6d Small Kooka solo. (4) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1763 PS 1930 ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d Red KGV Oval Embossed BW #ES70 for Dennys, Lascelles Limited, Geelong, surcharge slightly displaced, minor staining, unused, Cat $400.
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1941-42 1d Brown KGVI Oval Embossed ACSC #ES77 for Australian Defence Canteens, some mild creasing, flap unsealed, unused, Cat $500. AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1765 * 1938-65 Registered Destination Mail comprising 1938 Adelaide to Cyprus surface rate, then airmail 1938 Sydney to Newfoundland, 1948 Melbourne to Finland, 1950 Missenden Road (NSW) to Mexico,1957 Fairy Meadows (NSW) to Argentina, 1960 Windsor (NSW) to Holland, 1961 Mary Kathleen (Qld) to Germany; 1965 2/5d Registration Envelope uprated with 11d Bandicoot pair for transit to Greece. Nice group. (8) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO) 1766 PS 1941-50 1½d Green KGVI Embossed BW #ES79 window envelope for unknown user, corner blemish & discolouration from window on reverse, also 1951 (Jan 30) used example for user AG Healing (Melbourne), fine condition. (2)
AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1767 PS 1916-20 4d Orange KGV Sideface on NSW Stock with obliterating device in orange on flap, Setting 2 (115mm, printed crossed lines out of postion) BW #RE7B, trivial stains, unused, Cat $500. 1768 * 1930 ‘FIVE/PENCE’ On 4½d Violet KGV Oval Surcharge Setting 2 (18mm) BW #RE24B, very fine unused, Cat $100. 1769 PS 1930 ‘FIVE/PENCE’ On 4½d KGV, Revalued on Old Stock, Long Envelope Setting 2 BW #RE25B, minor wrinkling; also a used example of #RE24B, sent Bathurst to Sydney with a boxed ‘CLOSED’ handstamp in red; Cat $190. (2)
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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes 1770 PS 1945-50 7d KGVI With Qantas Cachet for Australia-England flight via Singapore two used examples one signed by pilots Solly & Nicholl BW #A3d (AAMC #1038a), fine condition, Cat $450+. (2) AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime 1771 PS 1943-44 6d Airmail Postcard 1946 (Nov) late use from Tatura (Vic) to Germany, ‘APPROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP COMMANDANT’ one-line handstamp in blue, minor aging, fine overall, Cat $400 for destinations other than Italy. AUSTRALIA | Telegram Forms 1772 PS Selection Of Forms And Envelopes with illustrated 1936 Congratulatory form + envelope used at Perth plus 1936 & 1937 Forms only used at Perth or Dubbo, 1941 Birthday Greetings form + envelope used at Port Lincoln; also undated envelopes for Greetings x3, Birthday, Mothers’ Day and Christmas & New Year, plus a plain 1943 form used at Lorne (Vic). Attractive group. (12)
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AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer 1773 * Haslem 1937 3d Blue KGV Die I on generic cover for Centenary Postage Stamp Co. London Assurance 1963 Royal Visit 5d & 2/3d tied by Sydney ‘18FEB63’ FDI datestamp, typed address, fine condition. 1774 * Seldom offered. 1775 * Max Easther 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games 5d & 2/3d tied to airmail FDC addressed to PNG by Launceston ‘1NO62’ FDI cancel, a tad roughly opened at right. Scarce.
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Overseas Mailers 1954 Gloucester set of 3 tied to cover by North Melbourne ‘19FE45’ FDI datestamp, Crown cachet unusually at upper-right, flap unsealed, typed address, very fine condition. 1777 * SA Stamp Company 1936 SA Centenary set tied to registered cover with Buffalo Warship cachet by Collins St Melbourne ‘3AU36’ FDI cancel, typed address to UK, fine condition. 1778 * Unknown 1945 Gloucester set of 3 tied to registered cover by Cremorne (NSW) FDI datestamp, generic Kangaroo cachet in brown, addressed to USA with censor tape & cachet at left, appropriate backstamps. AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers 1779 * 1937 (Aug 2) 3d Blue Die I KGVI & 6d Kookaburra tied to registered illustrated (boxed Kangaroo) cover by ‘MORELAND WEST’ cds, pencil mss “No Att/(Initials)3/8/’ on reverse alongside ‘FOOTSCRAY’ & REGISTERED/MELBOURNE’ cds. 1780 * 1938 (Oct 3) ½d & 1/4d tied to plain registered FDC with strikes of ‘WHITE HILLS/VIC’ cds alongside registration label.
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AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1781 * 1939-73 Selection including 1940 Story Bridge cover (faults) with War Fund label, 1949 RGS SS Fortitude sailing ship centenary illustrated cover, 1955 Mt Kosciusko ‘29DE55’ pictorial cancel APM #1120 on cover (Cat $250), etc, condition is quite mixed. (10) 1782 * 1936 Scouts Centenary Corroboree (Dec 26) souvenir registered cover used to Norwood franked with KGV 2d plus 3d Cable tied by ‘SCOUTS CENTENARY CORROBOREE/BELAIR’ datestamp, Nº 25 registration label, appropriate backstamps. Rare scouting item.. 1783 * 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition illustrated commemorative cover prepared by Arthur Bergen, with “CP Mountford” (expedition leader) & “Yirkalla” applied in manuscript on face, handstamped ‘21JUL1948’ & ‘NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/AND COMMONWEALTH/GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION’ beneath, stamps tied by Darwin ‘2AU48’ datestamp, numbered ‘12’ (of 85) on reverse and signed by Bergen, fine condition, accompanied by informative research notes. [Yirrkala is an indigenous community 18km SE of Nhulunbuy where the expedition set up base camp]
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1958 Mt Kosciusko covers comprising [1] 1958 (Jan 9) WCS cover to Scotland with superb strike of The Summit Mt Kosciusko datestamp APM #1120 (Cat $250); also [2] 1968 (Feb 13) to UK with APM #1395 tying 25c 1967 Xmas (scarce on cover). (2) 1984 150th Anniversary of Victoria unaddressed covers x2 both with Portland commemorative postmarks, each additionally with ‘CARRIED ON/HMAS GEELONG’ cachet, however due to unforeseen circumstances the mail trip never occurred with just a few covers being released before the covers were withdrawn, Cat $150 each. (2) 1966-76 Rocket Launches AAMC #R103-R224 range with many, including balloon flights, not AAMC-listed. Wide range of special postmarks from 1966 (May 24) Eldo F4 AAMC #R103 (cat $100), 1967 (Aug 4) Eldo F6.1 AAMC #R105 - three incl one registered (cat $50 each) all the way to 1976 (Nov 5) Skylark 229. Extras include a 1957 (Apr 29) piece with Woomera cds alongside big violet boxed ‘R.A.A.F./SERVICE’, couple 1970s Voyager-1 commem types, couple Salyut-6, Soyuz 26 &27 space link-ups. Catalogue close to $1,000. Fantastic stuff! (140+)
AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1787 * 1905-65 Taxed/Undepaid Group with 1905 stampless PPC to Uruguay with 2c Due added tied by Montevideo datestamp, 1939 to Belgium with KGVI 2d, taxed with 60c Dues pair added, 1951 to Brazil with 1/6d Hermes solo, taxed with no dues added, 1952 to India with ‘OVERLAND POSTAGE/DUE’ handstamp, 1956 to Germany with 4d Olympics solo franking, tax handstamps but no dues added, 1965 to Canada with 5d Xmas x2 with ‘POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT/FOR AIR MAIL/SENT BY SURFACE/ SYDNEY No 2’ & UNDERPAID/FOR AERIAL SERVICE’ handstamps. (6) 1788 * 1909-1931 Perf ‘OS’ Group with [1] 1909 (Jul 14) use of Vic 2d & 1/- pair on parcel front to USA from the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Quite difficult, the much more common non-perf ‘OS’. is catalogued $300 on cover; [2] 1918 (Sep 30) use of 2½d Roo pef large ‘OS’ on front from Quarantine Service, Melbourne to the Surgeon-General, Washington, nice ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/7/3rd, Military District’ handstamp; [3] c.1918 parcel piece with 1d red & 4d orange x8; [4] c.1930 piece with 1/- Roo Die IIB 3rd wmk strip of 3 & 3d blue KGV Die II with complete undated ‘CHIEF PARCEL OFFICE/MELBOURNE’ cancel; [5] 1930 1d green KGV on Meteorological Bureau wrapper from Melbourne to Condobolin; [6] 1931 1d green & 2d red pair on unclaimed cover from WA Titles Office. 1789 * 1910-70 Selection with 1913 PPC (Port Pirie view) to Germany with 1d & ½d Roos, 1929 PPC to Germany with 3d Kooka, 1938 airmail to Greece with 1/- Roo, 3d Jubilee, 3d Kooka & 1½d WA Centenary pair, 1943 registered to India with censor tape, 1945 registered Army Postal Service concession rate Tatts cover, 1959 Seymour (Vic) registered concession rate cover, etc; also New Guinea 1933 to Switzerland with Undated Birds Air 2d pair; condition variable. (16)
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1913-47 Kangaroo Frankings comprising 1913 to England with 1d, 1914 to England with 1d strip of 3, 1914 to USA with 2½d, 1937 Brisbane registered airmail to UK with CofA 6d brown x2 plus 3d Cable pair, 1940 Melbourne censored to USA with 2/pair, 1947 airmail with 2/- plus 5d Ram & ½d Roo pair, & 1947 registered with 2/- plus 9d Platypus, both to USA, condition variable. (7) 1914-38 KGV Head Frankings with 1914 to British Guiana with 1d Red pair, Georgetown backstamp, 1923 PPC to Switzerland endorsed “SS Khyber/via Suez” with ½d green strip of 3 and single, 1925 advertising cover to Netherlands, redirected, 1931 Toorak registered to Sweden with 2d on 1½d & 5d on 4½d plus 2d Kingsford Smith, 1934 registered to Java with 4d olive plus 2d Victoria Centenary, 1938 to UK endorsed “ADELAIDE-DARWIN-SINGAPORE” with 5d pair paying double the 5d “all-up” Empire airmail rate, plus one other item. (7) 1916 (Aug 9) GG Turri & Co (patent attorney, Melbourne) registered cover (opening faults at left) to USA with 2½d Roo pair & KGV ½d green all perf ‘GGT’ (different puncture patterns on each value), San Francisco & Boston backstamps.
1916-33 Kangaroo Cover Group comprising First Wmk ½d pair on PPC, 1d solo, 2½d to USA, 4d perf large ‘OS’ registered Perth to Gosnells, various DLO markings; Second Wmk 2½d to Denmark; Third Wmk 2½d (3, two solo frankings, other a strip of 4 + KGV 1d red pair), 3d (3, two solo frankings, other 3d + KGV 2d registered to Singleton), 6d blue (2, one solo, other 6d + KGV 5d – both registered); Small Mult Wmk 6d (3, one solo perf OS, others 1929 endorsed “Commercial Papers Only”, franked 6d + 1/- per Aerial Mail with boxed ‘CLOSED AGAINST INSPECTION’ handstamp, both registered and 1932 6d + 2d Bridge to Brisbane); condition variable, Cat $2,500++. (16) 1916-1937 KGV Heads on Cover including 1916 Samuel E Lees (Sydney) advertising cover sent locally with 1d red, 1919 to USA with 1½d brown x2 & ½d green tied by Sydney ‘HELP REPATRIATION/BUY/WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES’ slogan cancel underpaid & taxed, 1933 window envelope with 3d tied by ‘POSTED SHIP SIDE’ datestamp, 1934 SS Lurline (Matson Line) commemorative ship cover with 3d, cover signed by the purser, 1937 Department of Railway with 2d perf ‘OS/NSW’, Blue Mountains Caves Express label on reverse, 1938 Registered to UK with 5d, etc, condition is variable. (24) 1917 (29 Oct) First Overland Mail illustrated envelope with KGV 1d red tied by Fremantle machine cancel, addressed to Mooroopna Hospital (Vic), minor aging.
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1926-55 Airmail Selection including 1926 1½d Stationery Envelope uprated with 3d KGV (plus Angel vignette) from Newtown (NSW) to Melbourne, 1929 (Jul 4) Mt Gambier to Malta with 3d Airmail & 1½d Canberra, Valetta (Aug 7) backstamp, 1933 Sydney to London “via Karachi” with 4d KGV pair, 1936 to London with 1/- Large Lyrebird x3, 1941 to Canada censored with 5d Ram & 4d Koala each with ‘ET’ (Elder’s Trustee & Executor Co) perfins, 1943 Red Cross cover to Switzerland with 5/- Robes & 9d Platypus, Lisbon transit backstamp, 1952 PPC to Czechoslovakia with 9d Platypus also Cocos Island 1955 to Canada with 2/- Cobb & Co, inaugural flight cachet in violet, plus two others. (10) 1927-53 Group including 1927 PPC from Perth to Czechoslovakia franked on view side with 1½d Canberra with message about the visiting Czechoslovakian soccer team; 1927 Brett & Coy registered to Austria with 1½d Canberra pair & KGV 3d, 1936 to UK with No Wmk 1/6d Hermes P11 pair & single,1930 Brisbane 6d meter franking on printed cover to Norddeutschen Lloyd in Germany with ANA airmail label, 1932 to 2/8d rate to UK with 1/- Roo pair, 6d Airmail & KGV 2d, 1936 2/1d rate jusqu’a covers to Germany x2, Late 1940s (datestamp unclear) Murray’s (health food store) gift parcel label with 8/5d franking, 1951 BCOF Tatts cover with KGVI 3d brown tied by ‘AFPO No30/RAAF JAPAN’ datestamp, 1953 express mail to Holland, condition a bit mixed, some are fine. (15) 1929 Commercial cover from GB to Melbourne with ½d PUC tied by machine cancel, ‘AUSTRALIA/CUSTOMS DUTY/½d/ LONDON’ label, boxed ‘NOT KNOWN BY/POSTMEN/MELBOURNE’ and pointing finger with (poor) ‘RETURN TO SENDER/ SEE BACK’ and mss “over” on front and on reverse mss “Gone away/(Initial) 20/8/29”. minor.
1930 (May 29) Perth registered cover to Cootamundra endorsed ‘By AIR MAIL ONLY from/Adelaide to Cootamundra’, multiple re-directions with more stamps added & tied by Darwin NT/Australia ‘28FE30’ datestamp, reverse of cover festooned with backstamps. 1930-32 Inwards Postage Due Covers from UK, all with Sydney tax markings comprising [1] 1930 PPC underpaid ½d and taxed at double deficiency with ‘TAX 1d’ in oval & 1d Due added; [2] 1930 1d Postal Card & 1931 PPC similarly underpaid with boxed ‘TAX/1d/No 3 SYDNEY’ handstamp, both with 1d Dues added; [3] 1932 unstamped cover with boxed ‘INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR/TRANSMISSION BY AIRMAIL’ handstamp, sent surface mail with boxed ‘TAX/3d/No2 SYDNEY’ applied on arrival and 1d strip of 3 Dues added. (4) 1930s-50s Airmail Covers including 1936 to Paris with 1/6d Hermes & 3d Vic Centenary, 1938 Sydney to Netherland East Indies with 6d Large Kooka solo, 1940 Fremantle 1/7d rate jus’qua cover censored to Holland, 1942 long cover (edge faults) to Scotland endorsed ‘UK/USA Air mail’ with 14/7d franking comprising 10/- Robes, 2/- Roo x2 & 3½d Surcharge pair, 1946 to USA with 5/- Robes solo, condition variable. (15)
1930s-50s Airmail Selection including 1937 to Berlin endorsed “Australia via Italy” with 1/- Large Lyrebird, 6d Airmail & 3d Airmail, 1940 Newcastle 1/7d rate jus’qua cover censored to Holland, 1941 4/- clipper rate censored to USA via NZ, 1947 to USA with 5/- Robes solo, condition variable. 1930s-60s Array of Covers mostly to UK with better items including 1943 Innot Hot Springs (Qld) registered, 1946 to Dublin with Australian & Irish censor tape, 1951 airmail with 5½d Commonwealth block of 4, 1955 Tatts Cover Perth to Melbourne with WA 1d Revenue Duty pair added & taxed and 1957 Broken Hill to Sydney with 3d Stamp Duty not taxed, 1963 unsealed surface rate to Holland with 8d Tiger Cat, 1964 overpaid to 1965 use of New Zealand Croxley aerogrammme with QEII 10d, 1964 overpaid with 5/- Dampier & 2/3d Wattles white paper, etc. condition variable. (50+) 1930s-60s Bundle of Covers with some higher rate frankings including censored to UK 1944 at 2/1d rate & 1945 at 4/2d double rate, 1954 to UK with 2/- Tasmania Sesqui pair, 1954 to Scotland with 2/- Aboriginal Art Strip of 4 and single, 1965 to UK with 3/- Waratah solo, also parcel wrapper piece with attractive multiple franking including 10/- Arms, condition variable a lot includes a few fronts. (37)
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1934 (Apr 27) airmail cover to Paris with 5/- Roo, KGV 1/4d & 9d Roo (defective) tied by Late Fee Melbourne datestamp, endorsed “Karachi-London/Air Mails”, somewhat reduced all four sides. 1935 (Jan 9) inwards commercial cover from UK with 4½d franking underpaying 1/3d rate by 10½d, taxed at double deficiency (1/9d) with postage due 3d pair & single plus 2d block of 4 & pair added. Attractive exhibitable item. 1938 (Jul 5) Thursday Island registered cover to Germany with 1/6d Hermes pair, 6d Kingsford Smith pair, 3d Airmail & QM 1d paying double rate (2/1d first ½oz plus 2/- second ½oz) plus 3d registration, Thursday Island, Brisbane, Athens & Mannheim backstamps.
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1946 (Nov 26) use of 7d Airletter from Italian POW at Cowra to Naples, violet ‘Service of Prisoners of War’ and ‘Approved for Transmission/by Camp Commandant’ both on face. 1947 (Apr 2) surface mail cover adressed to Sumatra, Medan ‘19/5/47’ backstamp, ‘No postal communication/Return to sender’ label adhered to face with adjacent ‘NOT DELEVERED/FOR REASONS STATED’ large boxed handstamp in violet, Pointing Finger RTS handstamps on front & on reverse, plus Adelaide DLO datestamp on face. [Cover was undelivered due to the outbreak of the Indonesian National Revolution with Dutch Forces preparing to make a military major offensive to take control of Sumatra & Java] 1948-58 Travelling Post Offices collection of 34 covers with some blemishes and all but two addressed to GB. Comprises a 1948 Commonwealth Railways env with ‘QUORN-ALICE SPRINGS T.P.O’, two 1950s with Trans-Australian Railways ‘PAY TRAIN’ (index nos ‘1’ and ‘2’), then 31 illustrated envs for NSW Railway TPO’s with mid-1950s stamps with different numbers and index code cds’s (eg ‘T.P.O. 2 NORTH/(date)/3/N.S.W-AUST’, others include ‘NTH WEST’, ‘NTH COAST’, etc). PLUS 24 assorted adhesives from 1915 to 1950s with TPO cancels from all states ex Tasmania and WA. Very nice. (58)
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1962-63 Oversized Distillers Co airmail covers to UK x2 each franked with 10/- & 5/- plus QEII 3d strip of 3 or 5d Melbourne Cup pair each franking paying septuple rate (2/3d x7, one cover 1d overpaid). Scarce duo. (2)
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1970s-80s Decimal Selection majority to UK including solo frankings 1971 25c Orchid on Queensland OHMS ‘The Land of Opportunity’ illustrated cover, 1971 printed matter airmail to Germany with 15c Blue Gum, 1973 surface with 12c Rehabilitation, 1974 greetings card rate with 15c Pioneer, 1975 with 45c Jubilee, 1976 greetings card rate with 25c Diving, 1972 with 35c Olympics, also 1974 with multiple franking including $1 Flinders, condition variable. Interesting lot. (38) 1970s-80s Solo Frankings on small covers majority airmail to UK including 1970 with 30c Cook (to Gemany), 1971 surface with 7c Fish, 1971 15c Orientalist x2 one on PPC (to Germany), the other on cover paying greetings card rate, 1976 with 45c Xmas, 1977 with 45c Xmas (to France), 1977 PPC with 25c Diving, 1977 with 45c Test Centenary, 1978 with 55c Xmas, 1979 with 25c Xmas etc. 1971-77 Covers with multiple frankings of single commemorative values, usually to UK including 1971 with 30c QANTAS strip of 3, 1974 unsealed greetings card rate with 10c Pioneer Water pair, left hand unit with variety White flaw adjoining top of pump, 1974 with 15c Pioneer Food strip of 3, 1975 with 20c Wombat block of 4 (one unit torn), 1976 with 25c Anteater x2, 1977 with 45c Test Centenary x2, 1977 with 45c Xmas pair (very scarce), etc; also a couple of items from AAT; mostly fine. (13)
1971-86 Decimal Pairs on Airmail Covers comprising 1971 with 15c Blue Gum, 1974 with 35c Xmas, 1974 with 30c Possum, 1975 with 9c on 8c Opal pair on PPC, 1976 with 45c Xmas, 1977 with 45c Xmas, 1979 with 15c Xmas. Useful group. (7) 1980-96 High Franking Covers with Overseas Express Delivery x4 including 1988 To Netherlands with $5 Paintings + 70c Panorama; Security Post x4 including 1989 with Paintings $5 & $2 pair + 80c Living Together & 1996 small cover with $10 Botanic Gardens + $1.20 Cockatoo & 50c Koala; some faults, generally fine. Bundle Of Decimal Taxed Covers mostly used within Australia including 1978 unstamped & taxed with ‘REFUSED ON ACCOUNT/OF TAX’ & RTS handstamp & DLO backstamp, 1986 to UK unstamped with ‘INSUFFICIENTLY/PAID FOR/AIR TRANSMISSION’, boxed ‘NO STAMPS’ & Melbourne Tax handstamp; also a few predecimal items; overall an excellent range of tax handstamps and associated markings, some items reduced or are fronts only. Nice lot for the specialist. (150+)
Collection In Ringbinder with Victoria 1910 OHMS Public Works Dept mourning envelope and Education Dept cover both with 1d perf ‘OS’ & addressed to Clyde, 1917 OHMS stampless cover to Greta with Neuarparr datestamp, Victoria Barracks (Melbourne) 1916 cover with KGV ½d green solo and 1918 registered cover with perf ‘OS’ Third Wmk 6d blue Roo (damaged) & KGV ½d green & Rough Paper 1d red, 1918 Public Works Dept with KGV 1d perf ‘OS’; ; Western Australia 1904 used of 1d Postal Card Albany to Deloraine (Tas) 1907 use of Pictorial Envelope ‘In King’s Park, Perth’ (faults, view not recorded by Kelly) sent from Coolgardie to Goroke (Vic); also a few overseas items including Dominica 1947 aerogramme to Australia & New Zealand 1934 flight cover. (27) Kangaroo Frankings Selection 1914 Queensland Intelligence and Tourist Bureau PPC (Paw-Paws, Marburg) to Germany with 1d & ½d tied to face by Innisfail datestamp, 1914 Tasmanian Tourist Association long cover to Canada with 1d, 1916 Broken Hill registered to Canada with Second Wmk 2½d pair & KGV 1d, 1920 Victorian Railways to Ceylon with Third Wmk 2½d perf ‘OS’ (faults), 1929 to UK with 6d chestnut plus 3d Airmail & KGV 1½d taxed with GB 3d Due added, 1930 New Caledonia Secretary General’s Office (Sydney) cover to France with 9d plus 3d Airmail, 1937 Brico advertising cover with 9d pair & 1/6d Hermes (opened on three sides), etc, variable condition. (12 covers & 3 fronts). KGV Era Covers including 1917 (Jan 31) with 4d pale orange-yellow solo, 1918 (Sep 16) with 4d buff-orange solo both registered to Canada, undated late fee cover to Paris with 1d red strip of 5, 1935 by ship to Michigan then by airmail within USA with 5d pair, 1936 PPC to India with 1½d brown tied by Proud Type SL8 ‘PAQUEBOT/ADEN’ datestamp, 1936 registered ‘AR’ 5d cover from Melbourne to Oakleigh; Postal Stationery with ½d Green ‘Star’ Embossed Envelope CTO (Cat $250); lots of other useful covers; condition variable. (32)
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KGVI Era Covers including 1940 to Spain with Australian & Spanish censor tape & Madrid backstamp, 1942 censored to Brazil, 1948 OHMS to Madagascar with stamps perf ‘G/NSW’, 1956 (?) Nicaragua inwards with ‘DESPATCHED FROM SYDNEY/BY SURFACE MAIL’ handstamp, 1942 use of 1d Australian Defence Canteens Envelope BW #ES77 to UK, etc. (15) AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers 1846 1929-37 Selection comprising [1] 1937 (Jan 1) ANA Adelaide to Kangaroo Island with Kingscote backstamp AAMC #700a; also [2] 1929 (Jun 4) to England sent airmail Adelaide to Perth #137, then by ship to UK; [3] 1929 (Jun 4) Perth-Adelaide #137 with West Australian Airways vignette Frommer #23d affixed to reverse; [4] 1934 (Dec 13) Charleville-Cootamundra #472; generally fine. 1847 * 1920 Pals Promotion Flight Souvenir (Oct 12) PPC montage of photographs put out by the Melbourne School of Flying and titled Flight Certificate, inscribed “first flight”, and issued to Mr. McM. . ? & Daughter . . ? at Yerong Creek, and signed by the legendary R. Graham Carey, pilot. SW corner missing scarcely detracts from an early “grand flying tour” souvenir that relates to AAMC #51b. *
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1931 Chichester Lord Howe Island - Australia AAMC #184a, with 3 lined violet handstamp, 6d violet KSmith cancelled with ‘LORD HOWE ISLAND/6JU/1931/N.S.W’. Fresh & clean. 1931 Australia-England AAMC #188 small cover endorsed ‘BY EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT AUSTRALIA to ENGLAND/BY AIR ALL THE WAY’ with 3d Airmail block of 4 (on reverse) pair & single plus 3d Kingsford-Smith all tied by Serpentine (Vic) datestamps, flight cachet on reverse. 1931 Australia-England (Nov 19) flight AAMC #222, cover with vertical fold and opened-out for display, flight cachet on reverse, signed by Charles Kingsford-Smith.
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1934 Australia-New Zealand-Australia AAMC #371 with Australia & New Zealand applied flight cachets, numbered #136, signed by pilots Ulm, Allan & Boulton, typed address to Ulm in Sydney. 1934 New Zealand-Australia AAMC #389 x2, both with flight cachets, one with typed address and signed by pilot Ulm, the other rather toned and signed by pilots Ulm & Allen. (2) 1935 Last Flight of the ‘Southern Cross’ (July 18) from Mascot to Richmond, signed “C Kingsford Smith” AAMC #514, perforated silver vignette designed by EA Crome affixed, horizontal fold & some tonespotting, Cat $650.
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1937 Perth-Melbourne (Nov 11) AAMC #774a, two plain envelopes neatly addressed to himself c/o Melbourne GPO by the now-renowned - mostly for FDCs - WA cover maker S. Mitchell each with 6d Air Mail Service BW #144 (cat $100 each on cover). PLUS 1931 (Mar 20) almost FDC (missed by one day!) for Kingsford Smith set of 3 BW #141-3 on registered env from Melbourne inscribed, and presumably intended for, Adelaide-Perth regular service. (3) 1938 Australia-New Guinea-Australia (May 30) Mascot Aerodrome registered cover, prepared by Ernie Crome, handwritten endorsements on reverse signed by Crome including “Presented to the peoples of Papua New Guinea...first mail for overseas from the aerodrome Post Office...”, cover also signed by pilot Dick Mant, accompanied by informative typed annotations vand a reproduced photo of the De Haviland ‘Carmania’ used to transport the mails. 1934-35 Rocket Mail the Queensland Air Mail Society special illustrated enevlopes for the first two Rocket flights cat $100 each [1] 1934 (Dec 4) SS Canonbar - Brisbane AAMC #R1 with A.H. Young signature, 3d Macarthur tied Pinkenba cds, addressed to Hobart (arr backstamp), single vignette tied to flap by society handstamp, another (cat $15) on piece with imprint inside envelope; [2] 1935 (Aug 11) Fraser Island - SS Maheno AAMC #R2, pair KGV ½d orange tied Pialba cds, society backstamp, include imperf vignette blocks of 4 red and green AAMC #R2a & R3a cat $75 each. Infrequently offered, total cat $350. (4)
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1935 KGV Jubilee Rocket ‘ZODIAC’ Flight (Oct 28) Riverview-Moggill AAMC #R4a with KGV 2d red tied Moggill cds and special vignette tied Australian Rocket Society cachet, serial no 169. Comes with uncancelled sheetlet of four blue vignettes (thinned upper left) and blue flimsy facsimile of Telegraph front page (cancelled same cachet, flown in the cover), AAMC #R4c & f. Undercatalogued, very scarce, very nice. (3) 1935 KGV Jubilee Rocket ‘ZODIAC’ Flight (Oct 28) Riverview-Moggill AAMC #R4a with KGV 2d red tied Moggill cds and special vignette tied Australian Rocket Society cachet, serial no 225. Comes with uncancelled blue vignette and blue flimsy facsimile of Telegraph front page (uncancelled, flown in the cover), AAMC #R4d & f. Undercatalogued, very scarce, very nice. (3) 1936 Rocket ‘RT6’ Flight (Jul 13) Moggill-Riverview AAMC #R6 with KGV 1d green tied Riverview cds alongside special brown triangle vignette tied special Australian Rocket Society cachet, serial no 174. Comes with another vignette for a later firing inscribed ‘RZ2/YOUNG ROCKET EXPERIMENT/13-7-37/AUSTRALIA’ AAMC #R10c. Undercatalogued at $175, scarce and very fine. (2) 1936 Rocket ‘RT7’ Enoggera Firing (Sep 24) commem env (small wrinkles) AAMC #R7 with KGV ½d orange pair tied special hexagonal datestamp of the Queensland Phil Soc Exhibn, another alongside plus special green triangle vignette tied special Australian Rocket Society red cachet, serial no 264. Comes with an MUH vignette AAMC #R7c. Undercatalogued at $145, scarce, fine. (2)
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1964 ‘Europa 1’ Rocket Flight (Jun 5) QEII 5d PSE with Woomera cds commemorating the first firing ‘Eldo’s Blue Streak Rocket’, addressed to the legendary Mr E.A. Crome in NSW and signed by Ministers of Aviation and Supply, the SecretaryGeneral - ELDO, and finally the local Postmaster. The envelope flap inscribed by hand For Nelson Eustis from Ern Crome - plus “One of Twenty Two” over initials EC. Very fine, very scarce, Cat $500. AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail 1865 */D/U 1940s-1980s Collection of datestamp covers organised by state including 1937 Randwick Military Hospital cover, 1942 MILPO Dubbo on 1d KGVI Stationery Envelope, 1942 MILPO Alice Springs airmail to Melbourne, 1942 MILPO Wayville on OHMS cover, 1945 MILPO Tatura registered, also noted a smattering of WWI camp cancels. Excellent variety with many fine strikes. (100s) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1866 * 1915 (Jun 23) unfranked formula postcard (central fold) from Gallipoli to Aldgate (SA) with cds ‘4th.AUST.INF./BGDE/23-VI-15/ FIELD/P.O.’ quite weak and noting ‘B’ of ‘BGDE’ under ‘A’ of ‘AUST’, as Emery Fig DS #20/1 p50 - who suggests this canceller may have been “lost due to enemy action” in June 1915 (not illustrated in Proud). Could be quite a rare late date. *
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1915 (Jul 30) unfranked sepia-toned PPC ‘Egypt - Sunset on the desert’ colour enhanced, inscribed On Active Service with oval cachet in violet believed ‘2nd LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE/A.I.F’ a bit smudged with central facsimile signature of E C Baghitt (similar to Emery Fig CA #108, p78) alongside cds ‘BRITISH CAMP/P.D./30JL15/MAADI’ (Emery Fig DS #64, P122) and Cairo transit same date. To sender’s sister with Healesville (Vic) arr cds August 31, message including we will have turkey in the pot by the end of August. . .. Very scarce, fine. 1915 (Sep 26) PPC of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel unstamped with superb oval ‘FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL/ AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE’ in violet with, in the centre, mss Palace Hotel Heliopolis via Cairo 26.9.15. Alongside unevenly struck part ‘...T AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL/FRANKED/...’ and blue bi-lingual cds ‘HELIOPOLIS/30.IX.15 89AM’. From Cyril and addressed fondly to Miss Daisy Bell in Hampton, Melbourne. [Comes with five 1917-18 PPCs with no postal markings, four of places in France, one Belgium, same Cyril, same Daisy] (6) 1915 (Nov 30) unfranked monochrome PPC ‘CANAL of SUEZ - TUSSUN curve’ to Adelaide, inscribed On Active Service, censored and postmarked ‘3rd AUST.INF.BDE.FIELD P.O/30NO15’ at Sarpi Camp on the island of Lemnos (Emery Fig DS #13, p47) just after moving from Gallipoli. Conveys Christmas and New Year greetings. Very fine and quite rare.
1915 (C) Dardanelles Combined Letterette and Reply Sheet very fresh & unused, Scarce. Emery Vol 1. Fig 86. 1915 Gallipoli (Sep 3) On Active Service cover from 4th Australian Infantry Brigade Field PO to London; also PPC (Malta scenes) with British Type ‘ARMY POST OFFICE/B/JY615/SZ2’ datestamp. (2) 1915 Gallipoli (Lemnos) two Egypt scene PPCs unfranked from Lemnos inscribed on Active Service, one dated ‘8/4/15’ addressed to Wallaroo SA, the undated other to London. Both have the distinctive Lemnos unframed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR’ initialled handstamp, in grey-blue and violet respectively. (2)
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1915 Gallipoli Covers comprising [1] (Jun 18) Field Service Postcard to Ballarat with fine strike of 4th.AUST.INF.BGDE datestamp; [2] (Oct 27) PPC to Sydney headed “Gallipoli/25.10.15”with 5th.INF.BDE. datestamp; [3] (Nov 26) battered cover to Newcastle (NSW) with two strikes of 5th.INF.BDE. datestamp; [4] (Oct 1) cover to Sydney with fine strike of 6th.INF.BDE. datestamp; upper edge tears. (4) 1915-18 Group mixed condition range mostly to Australia but also NZ, GB. Includes PPCs (Egypt, France), envelopes and Field Service postcards noting couple from Gallipoli, many censored, couple colourful embroidered types. Also noted 1900 Boer War front with ‘V.R.I./1d’ surch on Orange Free State 1d mauve Bloemfontein cds addressed to Cape Colony, oddments post-WW1 (Lunatic Asylum, disease notifications). Inspection needed. (22) 1916 (Nov 9) use of comic tram station street scene by I. Jaffe of Cairo inscribed On Active Service and bearing neat strike of ‘3rd LIGHT HORSE/A.I.F/08.XI.16/FIELD POST OFFICE’ cds alongside pale red triangular censor handstamp. Excellent thematic in excellent condition.
1916 (C.) POW envelope from Berrima Detention Camp to Danzig, with violet ‘’SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE’ and ‘PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE’ h.s on face. 1916 Trial Bay POW Stationery Envelope and letter to Germany, with appropriate censor handstamp on the face. Very good condition. 1917 (Mar 12) small envelope from Melbourne with KGV 1d red (damaged) addressed to a trooper in the Australian Light Horse. Not delivered and handstamped on front with violet boxed ‘UNABLE TO TRACE/MILITARY BASE POST OFFICE/VICTORIA BARRACKS/MELBOURNE’ (Emery Fig CA.4B), plus two PO instructionals. On the back part of smudged magenta cds of the Return Letter Office, Base Records Melb (Emery Fig DS.2) Inscribed ‘SWAK/X’ on the flap. Scruffy and scarce.
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AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 1882 * 1941 (Sep 2) use of Australian Red Cross envelope handstamped ‘PRISONERS OF WAR POST’ and ‘BY AIR MAIL’ inscribed ‘Clipper Aust., U.S.A., U.K.’ and addressed to a POW c/o Red Cross in Geneva franked 5/8d by pair and single 1/6d Hermes BW #162 (nick one stamp), 1/- small lyrebird and 2d KGVI Die II postmarked ‘AIR MAIL SECTION/2SE41/MELBOURNE-VIC’. Censor handstamp alongside and on the back tying reseal label. Very colourful and attractive. 1883 * Australia 1946 cover to Java, with original letter dated “Melbourne 4 Jan 1946”, franked 1/6d Hermes tied by oval Royal Netherlands Navy cachet in violet, Soerabaja arrival backstamp. Rare cancellation. Brighton, Tas, POW Camp 1944 (Sep 13) use of stampless lettersheet from Italian POW to Sicily. Red on white ‘6 OPENED 1884 * BY CENSOR’ label Little #L6-6a (LRD). This was a very small camp with only 300 POWs, and mail from here is rare.
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Greece (Apr 16) use of lightly stained ACF envelope inscribed ‘Air Mail’ addressed Pierre Gorman, Caulfield, Victoria (a Gorman signature appears alongside triangular censor handstamp - family correspondence?). 9d Platypus tied ‘RAILHEAD/ 16AP41/R.M.1’ cds. Roughly opened, damaged flap, rare. [Australian Forces began evacuation eight days later, on April 24] Middle East WWII selection including 1941 (Jan 1) APO AP1 (Jerusalem, Palestine) to Cairo, (Jan 31) 2nd BDE HQ PO M2 (Libya) cover to Melbourne, (Feb 10) 2nd BDE HQ PO W2 (Khassa, Palestine) to UK, (Mar 7) Julis (Palestine) to Melbourne, Palestine to Australia sent via the Horseshoe Reserve Route (initiated on Dec 8th following Japanese advances), (Oct) FPO 44 (Palestine) registered cover to NSW, also several Siege of Tobruk (Libya) covers, etc, condition variable. Excellent variety. (26) New Guinea parcel tag inscribed souvenirs only (and sender’s details), horiz strip of 5 KGVI 3d brown tied ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/19AU42/020’ (used Port Moresby, Murray Barracks - Proud #D1). Alongside red handstamp of Censor ‘2717’, on the reverse violet registration handstamp of the Army Postal Services with number inserted by hand in red (Proud #R2). The rate comprises 1/- parcel rate, 3d registration & airmail fee, rare non-letter rate.
$120
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$140
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1888
*
1889
*
1890
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Queensland & New Guinea Unit Postal Station 412 datestamp used ‘20DE44’ at Petrie Staging Camp (Qld) on airmail cover to NSW and on ‘15MR45’ at Marooka (New Guinea) on a Tatts cover, the latter usage not seen by Proud. (2) United Kingdom FPOs in UK selection including 1942 inwards from Australia (re-directed from Canada) to RAAF c/o RAF Records Office, Ruislip with ‘RAAF Base PO No 4/ENGLAND’ backstamp, 1945 ‘RAAF Base PO No 4/ENGLAND’ cover to Surrey, and c1945 (undated) cover to same addressee with ‘OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS/BASE POST OFFICE/RAAF LONDON’ cancels in violet, etc. (9 items) UPS 376 & 407 - New Guinea Unit Postal Station 376 ‘13FE44’ datestamp tying QM 1d to Air Letter, used at Cape Hoskins, New Britain; also UPS 407 ‘9SE44’ datestamp tying KGVI 3d, used at Potsdam (village in Madang district) by 11 Div PU, not seen by Proud. (2)
$120
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UPS ELC9 - Queensland Largely fine strike of framed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/2APR1943/STATION ELC9’ tying QM 1d to cover to Brisbane, AMF boxed censor handstamp in violet. Used at 116 General Hospital, this cancel type not listed by Proud. UPS ELC24 - Queensland Framed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/23OCT1944/STATION ELC24’ tying 4d Koala (torn) to airmail cover to Patonga Beach (NSW), AMF censor handstamp, Used by HQ 1 Armd Regt at Southport and not seen by Proud. UPS S89 - Queensland large oval ‘UNIT POSTAL STATION/24AUG1942/S89’ tying QM 1d to cover to Victoria, AMF boxed censor handstamp in black, some age spotting and small tear at right. Used at Atherton and not seen by Proud.
$100 $80 $80
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1895
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1896
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Victoria 1942 (May 6) late use of lightly soiled unfranked POW Service Letter Sheet (Collas p74 - first group Form ‘250m a.w. 5/41’). From an Italian internee to Calbria with handstamps ‘No 13 P.O.W. GROUP, MURCHISON’ and ‘SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR’, censor handstamp tying reseal label and s/r censor’s handstamp ‘287/1’ within, all in violet. PLUS arrival Italian censor reseal and d/ring handstamp. [Usage date 6 months later than Collas latest recorded date] Victoria 1944 (Nov 29) use of lightly stained POW Service 6d Air Mail Postal Card (BW #POW1, Cat $400) with Melbourne machine cancel, from German internee at Camp No. 13 (Murchison, Vic) with handstamps ‘APPROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP COMMANDANT No 13B’ in black, passed locally by censor in violet, German arr censor in red. Very scarce. Victoria 1946 (Aug 22) late use of lightly soiled unfranked POW Service Letter Sheet (Collas p75 - second group Form ‘a.w.150mm 9/45’). From an internee at Camp No. 13 (Murchison, Vic) with handstamps ‘P.W. GROUP, MURCHISON’ and ‘APPROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP COMMANDANT’, both in violet. [Appears part of series husband to wife correspondence, usage date is less than two weeks before Collas latest known date]
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1899
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1900
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Western Australia 1940-42 unfranked envelope to San Francisco (USA) from Italian internee at Harvey and handstamped on the front ‘NO 11 INTERNMENT CAMP’ and ‘SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR’ alongside undotted light ‘PASSED BY/ CENSOR’; on the back ‘REPLY TO/(writer’s name)/(write name clearly)/G.P.O. BOX P1218/PERTH’, tied censor reseal label. Some indistinct postal service markings, very fine. Western Australia 1941 (Nov 25) unfranked envelope with Perth cds, to the Red Cross in Geneva from Italian internee at Harvey handstamped on the front ‘Services Prisoners/of war. Camp No 11’ (Collas Fig 43, p28) and ‘SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR’ alongside boxed ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR’ (five dots each side indicative of the 5th Military District); on the back ‘RISPONDETE A/(writer’s name)/(SCRIVETE CHIARO)/G.P.O. BOX P1218/PERTH/WEST AUSTRALIA’ (Collas Fig 53, p30 lower part last line missing), tied censor reseal label. Fine. Western Australia 1942 (Apr 22) env to Minnesota USA franked 3½d by KGVI 1½d green pair and Roo ½d, Merriden cds, censor reseal and violet handstamp and colourful label ‘JUNGLE FIGHTING’S TOUGH!. . .’ of the ACF Battle Stations Appeal. Took a long time to get there - handwritten notation Rcd Monday morning Sept 28th 1942 (over 5 months!). Western Australia 1945 (Apr 28) inter-camp usage of POW Service stampless postcard between German internees, to Camp No. 13 (Murchison, Vic) with handstamps ‘Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant/No 16 PW Camp Marrinup WA’ in black and passed by censor in violet. Rare.
$130
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AUSTRALIA | Patriotic Covers 1901 * 1914 (Oct) early use of illustrated patriotic cover showing flags of Britain, France & Belgium plus flag of Czar of Russia and the Japanese naval ensign, used from Sydney to Melbourne, small edge fault at top. 1902 * 1914 (Oct 31) early use of patriotic envelope illustrated with flags of allies, sent from Brisbane to Armstrong Creek (Qld), couple of upper edge tears & flap repair. AUSTRALIA | CINDERELLAS 1903 Flight A.N.A.: Australian National Airways complete sheet of 16 imperf at left & right (as issued), (Frommer 53b), with both listed varieties, blemishes. Cat $500. 1904 QANTAS: vignettes incl 1932 10th Anniversary pane of 5 (Frommer 39a), 1941 Brisbane-Darwin (Fr. 57a), 1943 Mornington Island Parachute Mail (Fr. 60a), 1947 Sydney-Rabaul Re-opening Flight (Fr. 63a), 1947 Sydney-London & return (Fr. 68a,69a), 1949 QEA booklet pane of 3 (Fr. 85b), 1952 30th Anniversary pane of 5 (Fr. as 92b), 1954 1st Regular Australia/Nth. America (2, one on cover signed by 2 Pilots) (Fr. 99d), Christmas vignette on 10d aerogramme (Fr. 98e3), 1955 Fiji Publicity label, 1960 40th Anniv sheet of 15 (Fr. 105a), also 2 luggage labels. High catalogue value. Generally fine. (18 items)
$150 $150 $150
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) 1905 * 1946-49 set of seven to 5/- (thick Paper) BW #J1-7. Very lightly hinged with fresh appearance, 2/- and 5/- exceptionally well centred. (7) 1906 ** 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- on thick (Ceremuga certificate) and thin papers BW #J1-8, fresh MUH, Cat $620. (8) 1907 **/* 1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- thin paper set in bottom left corner imprint blocks of 4, apart from upper ½d units all stamps are fresh MUH, Cat $2,315. 1908 * 1946-48 set of 7 BW #J1-J7 tied on slightly battered registered envelope to NSW by three strikes ‘AUST ARMY P.O./-7AP48/ 215’ cds, violet registration handstamp alongside. Appropriate backstamps. Set fine used retail $225+.
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1946-48 Overprints Queen Mother 1d block of 4 variety Blue-black overprint BW #J2c, fresh MUH, Cat $400+ (SG #J2a, Cat £240), normal stamp included for comparison. 1946-48 Overprints 6d Kookaburra block of 4, bottom left unit variety ‘B’ and first ‘A’ of ‘JAPAN’ in wrong font BW #4g, fresh MUH. Scarce variety in a block. 1946-48 Overprints 6d Kookaburra variety ‘B’ and first ‘A’ of ‘JAPAN’ in wrong font BW #4g, tied to 1947 (23 Oct) registered airmail cover by ‘AFPO 28/RAAF JAPAN’ datestamp, another on reverse, Adelaide transit & St Peters arrival datestamp. Rare variety on cover.
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) | Military Postmarks 1912 * A.F.P.O No. 30/R.A.A.F-JAPAN selection of usages [1] 1949 (Jul 23) tying 3d optd BCOF BW #J3 to envelope air mail to WA; [2] Registered parcel pieces x2 with special IWAKUNI registration label and contemporaneous defins, one in 1949 incl KGVI 3d brown x12, the second incl 1/- lyrebird pair; [3] two ordinary pieces incl 2/- Roo (1949), 3d Foundation and 6d kooka (1951). (5) CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Postal History 1913 * 1906 (Aug) inwards Darling correspondence PPC from Dublin addressed to “Christmas Island, c/o Messrs Boustead & Co, Singapore” with superb strike of ‘PENANG TO SINGAPORE/AU3/1909’ double-ring datestamp, fine condition. COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | Postal History 1914 * 1953 (Sep 30) Clunies-Ross printed envelope with Singapore 10c Coronation stamp tied by ‘COCOS ISLAND’ datestamp, addressed to Captain Hugh Birch a personal friend of Clunies-Ross who at the time was the Singapore manager for Qantas Empire Airways, includes the original letter mentioning the upcoming London to Christchurch Air Race and is signed by CluniesRoss. Rare and most exhibitable.
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NAURU 1915 * 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing SG #23, 10/- pale blue, gum aged, MUH, Cat £250. NAURU | Postal History 1916 * 1940 cover to Melbourne franked with 1½d Ship, ‘3 Opened by Censor’ tape at left handstamped ‘PASSED BY/CENSOR/V87...’ in violet, imprint of SC Lau at lower left. 1942-43 Japanese Occupation illustrated military postcard to Tokyo showing Japanese submarine and leaves of Palm Tree 1917 * from unit ‘U83’ being the Nauru Branch of 4th Naval Equipment Department, censored by Kimijima, vertical fold, otherwise fine. Mail from this Japanese unit on occupied Nauru is seldom seen.
NORFOLK ISLAND 1918 * 1947 (Oct 14) Sydney-Norfolk Island (AIMC 1113) & return flight (AIMC 1114) each on Qantas envelope and with appropriate label and both signed by the Pilot (Capt.) L R Ambrose. Minor blemishes. (2) NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1919 1897-1919 Selection with 1897-99 Overprints 3pf (x3) to 50pf, 1901 Yachts No Wmk 3pf to 5M, 1914-19 Watermarked 3pf to 5M (x2) beween SG #1-23c, odd tone, generally fine appearance, Cat £490. (26) NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1920 * 1898-1913 Unused Selection of six items including 1898 watermarked 5pf & 10pf H&G #1&2, 1900 5pf+5pf H&G #10, tonespots in places, generally fine unused. (6) 1921 * 1898 PTPO 10pf Postal Card headed ‘Gruss aus Neu-Guinea’ with Friedrich Wilhelms Hafen illustration HG #2, fine unused.
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NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal History 1922 * 1897 1897 (Mar 22) use of German 5pf Postal Card from Matupi to Herbertshöhe. Scarce internal mail. 1905 (Nov 11) use of 5pf Postal Card to Germany, message side headed “Sattelberg” (Saddle Mountain) “11 Nov 05”, weak 1923 * Finschhafen datestamp, fine Gunzenhausen ‘12JAN/06’ arrival datestamp. NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints 1924 * 1914-15 GRI Overprints comprising [1] 6mm Setting 2½d on 20pf SG #4 fine mint; [2] 5mm Setting 2½d on 10pf SG #20, some minor toning; also [3] 1d on 3pf overprinted ‘O.S.’ SG #O1, small surface scuff top left, mint; Cat £347. (3)
1926
1925 * 1926 W 1927 W
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1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-Serif Registration Labels ‘Rabaul(Deutsch Neuguinea)’ from Setting A Position 1 SG #33 marginal example from left of the sheet, part-gum, Cat £275. 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-Serif Registration Labels ‘Käwieng/Deutsch Neu-Guinea’, SG #37b Setting B positions 1 & 2 block of 4, unused, Cat £1,300+. 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Serif Registration Labels ‘Käwieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)’ Setiing B Positions 3 & 4 block of 4 with No Stop after ‘3d’ on the two right-hand units SG #42 & a, unused, Cat £1,450+.
1928 **/*/U 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 1d on 5pf unused & used (rounded corner, Brisbane cds), 2d on 10pf mint (minor toning) & 2d on 20pf fresh MUH, SG #51-53 group, Cat £207. (4) 1929 * 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 4d on 40pf SG #56 fine mint, expertised on reverse, Cat £170. NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards 1930 * 1915 ‘1d.’ On 5pf Green with watermark Gibbs #PS2, fine unused. 1931 * 1915 ‘2d.’ On 10pf Carmine Gibbs #PS3, unused. scarce.
ex 1932
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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1932 */U 1915-23 Mostly Mint Collection on hingeless album pages with spaces for a, b & c types including 1915-16 KGV ½d to 5d including 4d pale orange-yellow, Roos First Wmk 2d x2, 2½d x3, 3d Die I x3 and 9d x3, Second Wmk 2d x3, 6d x2, 9d x3, 1/, 5/- x3, Third Wmk 2d x3, 3d Die I x3, 2/- x2 (one inverted wmk) & £1, 1918-23 including LMWmk ½d Watermark Inverted, Roos 2d to 5/- including 3d Die II, plus 2/- used, KGV New Colours set, condition mostly fine, Cat £1,550+. (78) 1933 */U Accumulation In Two Stockbooks with 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d red mint x5 and used x19 including a pair, 4d used x7 & 5d brown x2, Roos First Wmk 2d mint x2 & used x2, 2½d mint abc strips x2, used singles x4, 1/- mint x2 & used, Second Wmk 6d x2, 9d x3 & 1/- x2 mint plus used 6d & 1/- x3; 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 4d used x2, Roos Third Wmk mostly used with 2d x2, 2½d, 3d Die I x2 (mint & used) 6d x2, 9d (mint), 1/- x3 (one is mint), 2/- x3 (two have oval radio station cancels), 5/x2 (one with radio station cancel), KGV LMWmk ½d block of 4 and pairs x3 used, Single Wmk Colour Change including 1d violet x10 & 4d violet, etc, condition variable but many are fine. (200+)
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KGV Head Mint Array with Single Wmk 1915-16 to 5d including ½d & 1d shades the 4d with variety Break in upper right frame and white spot over ‘FO’ of ‘FOUR’, 1918-23 ½d to 5d including ½d shade, Change of Colours 1d to 4d including shades of 1d violet, 2d orange & 4d ultramarine, also LMult ½d, some stamps with gumside toning, generally fine, Cat £125+. NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints 1935 **/* 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk abc strip selection comprising ½d green x2, 1d pale rose, 1d dull red & 1d carmine-red, 4d yelloworange x2, and 5d brown SG #65-72 group, one unit per strip MUH, Cat £180+. (8 items). 1936 **/* 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d green Comb Perf Electro 4 complete forme of 30 [4L31-60] with ACSC listed varieties White flaw on King’s ear [4L32], Flaw on King’s ear [4L35] & White flaw in right side of crown [4L56] also 4th Setting overprint variety Stop after ‘S’ largely missing [5L42], gum somewhat aged, twenty units MUH. 1937 **/* 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d green Comb Perf Electro 5 complete forme of 30 [5L31-60] with ACSC listed variety White flaw in King’s hair [5L32], also 4th Setting overprint variety Stop after ‘S’ largely missing [5L42], some perf separations & reinforcements, aged gum, majority of units MUH.
1938 **/* 1939 ** 1940 **/* 1941 * 1942 U/*
1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d bright green Comb Perf Electro 2 complete forme of 30 [2R1-30], showing all catalogued varieties, being Purves 3rd NWPI setting with the acccbc transcription error on the 5th row, gum somewhat aged, most units MUH. 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d bright green Comb Perf Electro 4 complete forme of 30 [4L31-60] with ACSC listed varieties White flaw on King’s ear [4L32], Flaw on King’s ear [4L35] & White flaw in right side of crown [4L56] also 4th Setting overprint variety Stop after ‘S’ largely missing [5L42], mild gum toning, MUH. 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d red SG #67, complete forme of 30 from the lower half of Pane V [L31-60] with with ACSC listed varieties Broken top to crown [V/38], White scratch behind kangaroo [V49] & Notched NE Corner [V/59], excellent centring, mild gumside toning, many units MUH, Cat £210++. 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 5d brown SG #72 horizontal pair, Transfer error - types b-c, fine mint. 1915-16 Varieties 2d grey used except noted, [1] 1st wmk Extra islands around Tasmania (BW #5(2)i), mint; [2] 2nd wmk Scratch from value circle through map to T of POSTAGE (BW #6(2)f); [3] 3rd wmk Scratch of coast at Albany (BW #7(2)d) and Coloured flaw at SE corner (BW# 7(U)e). Retail as normal stamps $175. (4)
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1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 1/- green Die II SG #81, type c block of 4, well centred, fine mint, Cat £240+. 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 10/- grey & pink SG #84, type c overprint, very well centred, MLH, Cat £150. 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 10/- grey & pink SG #84, marginal example with vertical watermark line at right, very well centred, Madang datestamp, Cat £180. 1915-16 Kangaroos abc strips comprising Second Wmk 2d & 9d SG #86 & 89 & Third Wmk 3d Die I #96, the 2d & 9d strips each with one unit MUH, Cat £150+. 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 2d, 6d, 9d & 1/- SG #86 & 88-90 in abc strips, the 6d & 9d strips each with two units MUH, Cat £220+. 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 2d type b, 6d b, 9d c, 2/- a & 5/- a SG #86, 88-89 & 91-92, some mostly mild gumside toning, generally well centred, Cat £219. (5) 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & chrome SG #92 abc strip upper unit catalogued variety Broken tail on kangaroo, Hollow Stops except after ‘W’ on lower unit, excellent centing, hinge remainders, Cat £300+. 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow (a) purple-black overprint, SG #92 with Break in coast in Bight (BW #44(D)t).
1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d yellow Die II SG #96a, well centred, mildly toned gum, Cat £100. 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2/- brown SG #97, abc strip of 3, central unit MUH, Cat £140+. 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk £1 chocolate & dull blue type c SG #99, fresh MUH, Cat £325. 1918 ‘One Penny’ Surcharges on 1/- green Kangaroo SG #101 abc strip of 3, ‘NAMATANAI’ datestamp in violet (Powell #76), Retail $1,000. 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk ½d green Comb Perf Electro 4, overprint Setting 5 complete forme of 30 [4L1-30] with all ACSC listed varieties, some peripheral aging, MUH, varieties alone Cat $300++ as unoverprinted stamps.
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1957 **/*
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1918-23 KGV Single Wmk ½d green Comb Perf Electro 4 5th Overprint Setting complete forme of 30 [4R31-60] with ACSC listed varieties Eight wattles at left [4R34], Barb on fraction bar at right [4R40], White spot before ‘2’ in right value tablet [4R55] & White spot between ‘TA’ of ‘POSTAGE’ [4R56], some perf separations, mild gum toning & gum wrinkles on left-hand units, all but one unit MUH. 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 5d brown SG #105 complete form of 30 [1R31-60] with ACSC listed varieties White scratch in right frame [1R36], Damaged SW corner [1R42], White flaw on roo’s neck [1R54], White flaw in King’s hair [1R56] and Flawed ‘P’ of ‘PENCE’ with additional white flaw on left ‘5’ [1R60], all but the four corner units are MUH, the varieties alone Cat $750 as unoverprinted stamp. Scarce as a complete forme. 1918-23 Varieties mint [1], Single wmk 5d brown White flaw on emu’s breast and breaks in shading lines in lower part of oval (BW #123u); [2] 3rd wmk 2½d Roo with unplated Coloured flaw on S of AUSTRALIA and 3d Roo Die II. (3) 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d to 5/- between SG #106-116, including 2½d blue, 6d greyish ultramarine & 5/- shades, some generally mild gumside toning (heavier on 9d), 2/- hinge bend, mostly fine, Cat £260. (11)
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1960 **/* 1961 F 1962 ** 1963 ** 1964 ** 1965 *
1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d greenish-olive Die I, SG #109 complete forme of 30 [1L1-30], 17 units are MUH, Cat £690++. Complete formes are rare. 1918-23 Third Wmk 3d Roo Die I SG #109 blocks of 4 x2 with 1920 or 1922 Rabaul datestamps; also LMult Wmk KGV ½d green SG #119 with ACSC listed varieties White flaw in dark area above ‘LIA’ [7R52] & SW corner shaved [7R58], Cat £225++. (3 items). 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d greenish olive Die II SG #109a, well centred, MUH, Cat £70++. Premium example. 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Harrison printing 6d grey-blue on highly surfaced paper SG #110a (BW #19E) block of 4, lower units MUH, Cat £168++. 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 9d violet Die IIB SG #112 block of 10 (5x2) comprising aa pairs x5, well centred, fresh MUH, Cat £90++. 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 10/- grey & bright pink SG #117, uniformly toned gum, very well centred, MLH, Cat £170.
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1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 10/- grey & bright pink SG #117, mild toning, used, Cat £250. 1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Watermark inverted SG #119w, MUH, Cat £130+. 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, mint, Cat £130. 1918-23 KGV New Colours 1d violet SG #120, complete forme of 30 [VII/31-60] with ACSC listed varieties Wattle line [VII/31], Nick near top of left frame [VII/32], Flaw under neck [VII/37], ‘Ferns’ [VII/54] and ‘RA’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ joined [VII/60], fresh MUH. Scarce as a complete forme. 1918-23 KGV New Colours 4d violet SG #123 block of 24 [1R7-30] with ACSC listed varieties White scratch from crown to head [1R11], White notch in bottom frame at left corner [1R25], some perf separations & reinforcements, several units MUH, Cat £480++.
NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Official Stamps 1972 F 1919-23 KGV Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ 1d rosine SG #O16 horizontal pair, Rabaul datestamp, Cat £380+. Rarely offered as a pair. NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues 1973 ** 1931 Huts Air Mail ½d to £1 set SG #137-49, marginal examples with part imprints, mostly fresh MUH, Retail $900. (13) NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | PICTURE POSTCARDS 1974 * New Guinea: with unused French Sacred Heart Fathers x7 including Port Leon view, Missionary Sister at Yule schoool, Hanuabada port scene, water saw-mill at Ononghe; others Types including Native Carriers New Ireland and Bogadjim Natives; condition variable but mostly fine. (12)
PAPUA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1975 */U 1901-32 Most Mint Collection with BNG Watermark Vertical & Watermark Horizontal ½d to 1/-, Large ‘Papua’ simplified ½d to 1/- (ex 4d), 1910-11 Crown/A ½d to 6d mint plus 1/- & 2/6d used, 1911-15 Monocolours ½d to 1/-, 1916-31 Bicolours part set with 2/6d & 10/- mint & 5/- used, 1917 ‘ONE PENNY’ Surcharges set, 1931-32 ‘OS’ Overprints set, odd tone, generally fine Cat £1,100+. (75) 1976 * 1910-15 Sets comprising 1910-11 Large ‘PAPUA’ ½d to 2/6d (both) SG #75-83, plus 1911-15 Monocolours ½d to 2/6d including 1d rose-pink P14 #84-92, fine mint, Cat £250. (18) 1977 */U Mostly Mint Selection On Hagner including 1917 ‘ONE PENNY’ Surcharges set, 1929-30 Surcharges including 1930 3d ‘AIR MAIL’ Harrison printing SG #113, 1931 Ash 2d on 1½d ‘POSTACE’ at right used, 1932 9d lilac used, etc, generally fine, Cat £180+. (21) PAPUA 1978 * 1906 Large ‘Papua’ Overprints, Wmk Horizontal, Thick Paper 2/6d SG #20, excellent centring, very fine mint, Cat £160.
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1906 Large ‘Papua’ Overprints, Wmk Vertical, Thin Paper ½d to 6d SG #21-26, fine mint, Cat £300. (6) 1906 Large ‘Papua’ Overprints, Wmk Vertical, Thin Paper 4d SG #25, Daru datestamp, Cat £160. Fine example. 1916-31 Bicolours ½d to 10/- set with all listed shades except the rare 3d, between SG #93-105, mostly good to fine mint, few MUH, Cat £385. (26) 1916-31 Bicolours ½d to 10/- set SG #93-105, minor toning 5/-, fine mint overall, Cat £250. (13)
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1983 */**/U 1916-31 Bicolours 1½d pale grey blue & brown reconstructed pane of 35 of 40 units with POSTACE and Rift varieties incl block of 25 with 16 units MUH, plus similar reconstruction for used issues (31, mostly singles) incl POSTACE & Rift varieties. SG #95. (66) 1984 1916-31 Bicolours 6d dull & pale purple variety ‘POSTACE’ at right SG #101c, fine mint, Cat from £90. 1985 ** 1917 ‘ONE PENNY’ Surcharges ½d (both) to 2/6d set SG #106-11, fresh MUH. (7)
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ex 1988
1986 F 1987 V 1988 ** 1989 *
1929-30 ‘AIR MAIL’ overprint on Harrison printing 3d sepia-black & bright blue SG #113, Samarai datestamp. 1930 Air Mail aeroplane overprint in carmine-lake on Harrison printing 1/- sepia & olive SG #117 variety, from a very scarce trial printing carried out on a few sheets from the first printing, slight toning as is usual. Much rarer used than mint. 1932 Pictorials Ash imprint block comprising ½d, 1d, 1½d, 2d & 6d, also 5d Ash imprint pair, bands of mostly mild toning on gum, MUH. (6 items). 1932 Pictorials ½d to 5/- including ½d McCracken printing, between SG #130-43, MLH, Cat £200+.
1991
1990 U 1991 ** 1992 **
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1992
1932 Pictorials ½d to £1 set SG #130-45, 2/- shallow thin, £1 heavy crease, otherwise fine, Cat £250 (ex 2/- & £1). (15) 1932 Pictorials ½d Motuan Girl SG #130a McCracken imprint block of 8, fresh MUH, Cat £144++. 1932 Pictorials 1d Chieftain’s Son SG #131 McCracken Imprint block of 4, mild tone banding on gum, MUH. Rare.
$180 $180 $350
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1993
1993 ** 1994 * 1995 *
ex 1994
1995
1932 Pictorials 4d Mother & Child SG #135 McCracken imprint pair, mild gum toning, stamps are MUH. 1932 Pictorials 2/6d Pottery Making & 5/- Native Policeman SG #143 Ash imprint pairs, tone banding on gum, mint, Cat £190+. 1941 Air 1/6d olive-green SG #168 McCracken imprint block of 4, mint, Cat £120+.
PAPUA | Official Stamps 1996 * 1931-32 ½d to 2/6d set SG #O55-66, fine mint, Cat £130. (12) PAPUA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 1997 PS 4d Orange Lakatoi on Buff Stock small standard format HG C2, only 1,000 issued, very fine example. PAPUA | Postal History 1900s-40s Group with 1901 long cover to Sydney with BNG ½d strip of 3 (4th stamp removed) tied by Type 7 ‘BNG’-in bars 1998 * cancels, fine Port Moresby ‘31DE01’ datestamp, Thursday Island transit backstamp, 1930s (datestamp unclear) Kulumadau to Denmark with 2d Pictorial, early 1940s AIF censor covers with 4d Pictorial solo frankings x3; New Guinea 1939 to USA with 3d Bulolo solo, 1941 Madang censored to Sydney, Salamaua transit backstamp; also BNG 1d Postal Card H&G #1 (small tear) tied by Port Moresby datestamp, addressed in pencil to Buna; condition variable. (8)
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$200
2001
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1999 * 1952-63 Specimen Group comprising 1952 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman plus 1963 10/- Rabaul & £1 Queen SG #14-15s & 4445s, MLH/MVLH, Cat £180. 2000 ** 1952 Pictorials 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman optd ‘SPECIMEN’, fresh MUH. 2001 ** 1994 Surcharges 5t on 35t Musical Bow marginal block of four showing shift in surcharge making a triple overprint, minor ink smudges, a fine modern printing error. PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Postal History 1947 (Feb 24) cover to Burns Philp Port Moresby with Australian adhesive tied by Kairuku ‘24FE47’ cds. 2002 * 2003 * 1947-64 Cover Selection with Australian stamps comprising 1947 airmail to Sydney with Australia KGVI 2½d x2 tied by Port Moresby datestamps, ‘DEFICIENT POSTAGE TAX’ handstamp, 1949 airmail to UK with KGVI 1/4d & QM 1d x2 tied by Manus datestamp, 1952 Kairuku registered to England with KGVI 1/0½d; with PNG stamps 1960 Relief No 5 airmail to Bougainville, 1964 Lae airmail to Turkey with 2/- Dancer, plus one other item. (6)
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$100