Lot 20: 1840 1d Black block of for on cover from Edinburgh to Kirriemuir
Session 4 Auction No.41
Thursday 5th November 2015, commencing at 10:00am and Friday 6th November 2015, commencing at 10:00am Level 2, 170 Queen Street, Melbourne. Australia.
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Session 4 will commence at 3:30pm
AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1539 **/* 1940-1970 Mint Collection with many pairs and blocks of 4, with KGVI & QEII coil pairs, QEII booklet panes, plus lots of ASCS listed lesser flaws catalogued between $20-$50, other useful oddments including 10/- Arms (MUH), £sd Navigators 4/- to 7/6d plus £2. Good lot with potential for further specialist development. (100s) 1540 U Accumulation In Ringbinder on hagners with 6d Engraved x7 (one CTO), 1/- ANZAC x8, Vic Centenary 1/- P10½ x10 including pair & P11½ x3, 9d Macarthur x10, 2/- Jubilee x5, NSW Anniv 9d x6, Robes £1 Thick Paper x5, £1 Arms x11, £2 Arms x5, Navigators 7/6d, 10/- x7, £1 x3, £2 x2, plus heaps of heavily duplicated lesser values, etc. Plenty of potential with postmark interest likely. (many 100s). (100s) 1541 **/*/U Assortment of mostly mint with some better items including 1946 BCOF set (5/- MUH), 1/6d Hermes No Wmk P11 MUH, 1/Large Lyrebird MUH & optd ‘OS’, Victoria Centenary P10½ set, Jubilee set (2/- MUH), 1942-51 3½d blue KGVI Thin Paper pair MUH (Cat $250+), and Ink Stripping ‘White Face’ (not an extreme example) imprint block of 4 MUH, other KGVI imprint blocks to 5/-, etc, some condition issues, mostly fine. (few 100s) 1542 ** Plate Number Selection with 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d blocks of 4 comprising Plate ‘2’ (toned), ‘4’ x2, ‘5’ & ‘6’, 3d Plate ‘1’ singles x2, 2/- Plate 1 singles x2 all mounted in margins only (stamps MUH); also a small selection of other KGV Plate Nos. (16 items). 1543 **/*/U Selection On Hagner mostly mint with Engraved 6d Kooka x2 (used), 1/- Large Lyrebird x2 (one optd ‘OS’), 1/- ANZAC, 9d Ram MUH, 1936 SA Centenary MUH sets x2, AIF MUH set plus 2d to 6d MUH imprint pairs, Robes Thick Paper 10/- & £1 and Thin Paper 5/-, 10/- & £1, a few small blemishes, mostly fine. (29)
$400
$350
$200 $100 $150
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AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 1544 V 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet horizontal pair from the top of the sheet with Exhibition cancel in red BW #133MSw, some perf separation between, tone banding on reverse, full unmounted gum, Cat $600+. 1545 V 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet with Exhibition cancel in green BW #133MSwa, premium example from centre of the sheet, fully unmounted gum, Cat $500. 1546 ** 1929 WA Centenary with Re-entry to swan’s neck and ‘T’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ [Pl2/64] BW #138e, fresh MUH, Cat $175. 1547 V 1931 Kingsford Smith Overprinted ‘OS’ CTO sets BW #141(OS)-142(OS) x4, one set with gum, Cat $340.
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1931 6d Airmail Ash imprint block of 6 BW #144zd, MUH Cat $325. 1931 6d Air Mail Service Optd ‘OS’ BW #144(S) top marginal block of 20 (5x4), few perf separations, fresh MUH, Cat $1,000+. 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird Overprinted ‘OS’ block of 4 with centrally struck ‘GPO/19DE32/MELBOURNE’ CTO cancel BW #145(OS)w, upper units MVLH, lower units MUH, Cat $200+.
$36 $360 $80 $200
$140 $400 $200
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Recess 2d & 3d plus Letterpress 2d in Melbourne CTO marginal blocks of 6 BW #146w,147w,149w, without gum. 1932 2d Sydney Harbour Bridge right marginal Plate 3 (3 dots) block of 4 with lower pair MUH, BW #146zc. Light selvedge stain, otherwise fresh appearance. 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge BW #148, very well centred, scarce postally used with light parcels cancel, Cat $500.
1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge BW #148, very well centred, parcels cancel, Cat $500. 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird Overprinted ‘OS’ with large thick ‘OS’ ovpt, NSW cancel with indistinct date. 1934 1/- Victoria Centenary P10½ variety Vertical line through ‘R’ of ‘AUSTRALIA BW #153d, postmark slightly impinges upon flaw, Cat $200. 1934 1/- Victoria Centenary P10½ Ash imprint pair BW #153z, MUH, Cat $550 (as an imprint block of 4).
$100 $300 $260
$250 $100 $80 $130
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1934 1/- Victoria Centenary P11½ BW #156 block of 4, excellent centring, lower units MUH, Cat $370+. 1934 1/- Victoria Centenary P11½ BW #156 plus 1/- SA Centenary, 3d Cable, 3d Airmail & 6d Kingsford-Smith tied by Air Mail Sydney datestamp paying airmail double-rate on 1937 (Jun 29) cover to UK. Gorgeous five-colour franking. 1934 9d Macarthur BW #160, plus 3d Airmail x3 tied by Melbourne machine cancel, paying airmail rate to UK, some peripheral aging. Scarce on cover.
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1561 ** 1562 * 1563 ** 1564 **
$180 $250 $100
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1934 1/6d Hermes No Wmk BW #161, fresh MUH, Cat $100. 1935 Anzac 2d BW #164 strip of 3 tied by Sydney ‘24AP35’ datestamp to London Furs express delivery cover to Melbourne, cover with some wrinkling. Rare usage. 1935 Silver Jubilee Set BW #166-68, fresh MUH. 1935 Silver Jubilee Plate 2 Ash Imprint block of 4, upper-right unit variety Vertical line through right numeral BW #166(2)zd, well centred, MUH, Cat $500.
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1935 Silver Jubilee 2d Plate 3 BW #166(3) block of 18 [3C/L1-8,11-16,21-26] with varieties Bird in sky right of ‘King’s Head [L23] & Retouch to crosshatching below ‘AUSTRALIA’ and ‘POSTA’, few nibbed perfs & perf separations, MUH, Cat $$430+. 1938-41 1d Green QE Die II coil pair with uniformly large holes, BW #182bh, MUH, Cat $225. 1938-41 2d Red KGVI Die II coil pair with Uniformly large holes BW #188bh tied two strikes ‘MIL.P.O.ROYAL PARK.N.2./6JE40/VIC-AUST’ alongside provisional reg label. Central fold doesn’t detract from a very scarce usage, Cat $800↕. 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die I White Wattles BW #190, MUH, Cat $400.
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$200 $110 $400 $180
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1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die I BW #191 corner block of 8 (2x4), uniform gum toning, Cat $480+. 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die Ia CTO BW #192w, full unmounted gum, Cat $75. 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II BW #193 MUH, also Die III 3d deep blue #195 perf ‘VG’ MUH, Cat $135. (2) 1938-57 4d Koala prominent Offset BW #198c, fresh MUH, Cat $250. 1937-39 1/- Lyrebird Perf 13½x14 BW #208v, with inscription variety ‘LYPE’ for ‘LYRE’, fine mint. This variety not seen by us before. Unusual. 1937-39 1/- Lyrebird Perf 13½x14 Ash centre imprint (38mm) block of 4 BW #208zd, lower units MUH, Cat $200.
$130 $75 $90 $120 $100 $100
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1575 $80 ** 1576 * 1577 W 1578 ** 1579 **
part 1579 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper set of 3, 5/- & 10/- corner marginal examples with part imprints, fresh MUH. (3) 1938-49 5/- Robes Thick Paper BW #212 (few nibbed perfs) rare solo franking paying double airmail rate on 1946 (Jun 2?) small cover from Albury to USA. 1938-49 10/- Robes Thick Paper optd ‘SPECIMEN’ BW #214x block of 4, some nibbed perfs, without gum, Cat $200+. 1942 1½d Green QE gutter block of 8 from top showing portion (as always found) of Plate Nº 19 without crack at base of figures, BW #227za, MUH, Cat $4,000. 1951-62 2d Green Queen Mother BW #248, complete sheet of 160, fresh MUH.
$120 $120 $1,000 $120
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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 pane issue, 71 panes of 6 in part sheets or large multiples. BW #251c, Cat $710. (426) 1951 3d Scarlet KGVI Booklet sheet of 144 comprising 3 panes of 48 (16 x3) with horizontal gutter margin between. BW #251c. 1951-53 3d Green KGVI Green-tinted paper printing BW #252a, mild gum bend, MUH, with normal stamp for comparison, Cat $1,250. Rarely offered.
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1951 3d Green KGVI coil roll stated to contain 146 pairs with 28 joins, BW #252bd, Cat $5,840. (292) 1951-53 3d Green KGVI Gutter imprint block of 8 - repaired tear and reinforced showing portion of Plate Nº 6, BW #252zk, four MUH, Cat $5,000. 1951-57 7½d Blue KGVI BW #257 complete of 160, fresh MUH.
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$400
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part 1584
1584 ** 1585 **/*
$650 $100 $50
1588
$800 $500 $120
1589
1949-60 1/6d Hermes Thin paper BW #261a corner block of 4, lower units MUH, Cat $300++. 1949-60 1/6d Hermes Authority imprint strip of 3 variety Double perfs BW #261(ze)ba, fresh MUH Cat $675++. 1952-66 2/6d Aborigine No Wmk variety Heavy retouch to shading at base, right of ‘POSTAGE’ - State II [ShA 12/8] BW #266db in a lower-right corner block of 8, fresh MUH, Cat $255+.
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1952-66 2/6d Aborigine No Wmk emergency printing, Authority corner imprint block of 4, BW #267z, well centred, fresh MUH. 1949-50 Arms set 5/- to £2, corner Authority imprint blocks of 4, lower units MUH, Cat $1,400. (16) 1949-50 Arms Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ set BW #269s-271s, fresh MUH, Cat $275. 1953 Produce Food 3d & 3½d, pane of 50 of each value comprising 3 blocks of 9 and 6 strips of 3 on each sheet. Retail $240+. BW #287-92, Cat $260+. (100)
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$250 $600 $125 $100
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1954 Royal Visit 3½d varieties presented on annotated album page comprising Re-entry to ‘ROYAL VISIT [ShC 8/2] in lowerleft corner block of 16, and Retouch to Duke’s forehead - State II [ShD 3/6] x2 used, Cat $550+. (3 items). 1956 1/- Olympics BW #334 solo franking tied by Stadium (Press) Winner’s Podium ‘29NOV/1956’ commemorative postmark APM #1169, paying the correct PPC rate to Germany. Very scarce usage. 1962 2d Pale Brown QEII gutter block of 8 from bottom showing Plate Nº 3, BW #348zb, hinged in central selvedge, stamps fresh MUH, Cat $2,500. Probably 3 or 4 known.
1959-65 2/3d Wattle Flower on Yellow Paper BW #368 pair plus QEII 1d tied by Bankstown (NSW) datestamps paying postage due on 1963 Dunlopillo business reply card. 1959-65 3/- Waratah BW #372 pair plus QEII 2d tied by Bankstown (NSW) datestamps paying postage due on 1963 Dunlopillo business reply card. 1961-64 5/- Cattle cream and white papers, fresh MUH. (2)
1601 1602 1964 5/- Cattle White Paper BW #373C on airmail env (with 1/6d Galah) registered to England tied ‘G.P.O.SYDNEY/ 29MR65/N.S.W.AUST’ cds very light, another clearer on the back. Very scarce to rare, the first one we’ve seen. 1961 5/- Cattle White Paper BW #373C perf ‘VG’, MUH. Seldom seen. 1965 QEII 5d Red Helecon in Ink with Misplaced perfs BW #402bb. Very fresh marginal block of 4, full selvedge. Blocks are scarce. 1963-64 Navigators 7/6d to £2 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ set,10/- with 15.5mm overprint BW #407x, £2 with overprint in lower-right corner BW #409xb. (4)
$250 $250 $1,000
$80 $80 $100
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1964-65 Stamps on Telegrams 1963-64 Bird 6d & 3/- tied to Telegram form by one of two strikes of ‘BRISBANE BASE HOSPITAL/-8SE65/QLD-AUST’ cds scarce. TG 41.SCH C9364 - 11/63 at base. 1605 * 1965 2/3d ANZAC on airmail cover to USA. Very scarce solo franking. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 1606 ** 1966-73 1c Brown QEII marginal pair with strong Offset BW #436c, fresh MUH, Cat $120+.
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1966 4c Red QEII Annotated collection with various helecon papers or inks, few non helecon, many Plate numbers (mostly blocks of 20 from top or bottom of sheets) incl ‘- 16 -’ (2), ‘17’ (lower), ‘- 19’. ‘- 19 ‘, ‘20’ (2), ‘- 20 -’ (4), ‘- 20’, ‘21’ (2), ‘- 21’ (2), ‘- 22 -’ (3), ‘-23-’, (2), etc, up to ‘- 28 -’ (4), experimental papers, many blocks with sheet disposition, varieties incl Broken earring, few large & small pips. Difficult collection to re-assemble. Mostly MUH. BW Cat. $1,300++. (44 blocks of 20 plus many smaller blocks). 1966-73 5c Blue QEII with heavy Offset BW #444c, fresh MUH, Cat $75. 1966-68 30c Ibis BW #459 strip of 3 (one stamp damaged) tied by Bankstown (NSW) datestamps paying postage due on 1966 Dunlopillo business reply card.
$100 $100 $100
$300 $60 $80
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1966-72 Navigators usage collection for all values to $1 used mostly to UK in combination with other decimal and/or Navigator issues including 1968 (?) with $1 & 50c, 1970 registered with 75c plus 10c Fish, 1971 with $1 plus 20c Seacraft, 1972 registered with $1 & 50c plus QEII 5c, 1972 registered with 75c plus 10c oil, condition variable. (27) 1966-72 40c Navigators BW #460 plus 30c Ibis & 4c Gynaecology pair tied by Bankstown (NSW) datestamps paying postage due on 1967 Dunlopillo business reply card. 1966-72 50c Navigators BW #461 strip of 3 plus 30c Bird and 10c & 8c Fish tied by Bankstown (NSW) datestamps paying postage due on 1968 Dunlopillo business reply card. Very scarce multiple on cover. 1966-72 50c Dampier Plate -2- top right block of 14, BW #461zb, Cat $275 as block of 4. 1966-74 Navigators 75c to $4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, fresh MUH, Cat $100. 1966-74 $1 Flinders $1 Navigators BW #463 plus 50c Navigators & 5c Bird tied by Bankstown (NSW) datestamps paying postage due on 1968 Dunlopillo business reply card. 1967 25c Christmas BW #479 solo franking on 1968 (Feb 3) airmail cover to UK.
$240 $80 $120 $325 $60 $120 $80
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1968-71 Flowers on cover usage collection including 1968 15c solo on PPC to South Africa, 1968 registered to NZ with 20c plus 25c Olympics, 1969 13c solo on PPC to USA, 1969 airmail to UK with 20c, 1970 surface to Poland with 6c plus QEII 1c,1970 registered to UK with 30c x2 plus 25c Wool, etc. (27) 1971-72 Animals 12c & 18c BW #560-61 paying airmail rate on 1971 (Oct 6) airmail cover to UK. 1971-72 Animals 24c BW #562 plus 10c Oil & QEII 1c paying airmail rate on 1972 (Feb 14) cover to England.
1971-72 Animals usage selection with solo frankings 1972 12c to NZ, 1971 18c on PPC & 18c greetings card rate both to England; also 1971 with 24c plus 6c RSPCA & QEII 6c to England, 1972 with 12c x2 plus 6c Famous Australians airmail to USA, 1972 7c stationery envelope to England uprated with 18c plus 10c Oil. (6) 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) 1972 35c Christmas BW #621 solo franking on 1972 (Dec 5) airmail cover to UK. 1973-80 Gemstones 7c Agate error Black omitted, fine mint BW #642c, also 9c on 8c Opal variety Surcharge misplaced to the right #646c MUH, Cat $175. (2) 1975 45c Wildflower marginal block of 4 variety Dull vermilion misplaced upwards into ‘AUSTRALIA’ BW #727cj variant, Cat $320+.
1976 Explorers 18c Hume & Hovell complete sheet of 100 (gutter fold), the left pane with stunning Paper join nearly vertical and - more or less - affecting 18 units. Grubby gum smears selvedge and one unit (NOT one of the varieties). Quite remarkable. 1978 Aviators 18c Kingsford Smith, Imperforate pair, BW #792b (SG #660a), fresh MUH. 1978 40c Trees solo franking on cover to UK paying unsealed greetings card double-rate, some spotting. Very few examples of such usage recorded. 1978 45c Trees plus 55c Lotus Bird paying airmail rate to UK. Hard-to-find value on cover. 1978 45c Trees BW #799 solo franking paying airmail rate on 1978 (Jun 20) cover to England. (Sent just prior to the 1/7/78 rate increase).
$120 $65 $65
$80 $50 $80 $100 $120
$500 $100 $80 $50 $80
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1984 30c Nordic Skiing with, as per ACSC, Black, magenta and yellow omitted which is qualified in footnote as In addition has superimposed a print of the Slalom design lacking the cyan colour, BW #1036c, Cat $400. Very striking - with normal for comparison. (2) 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. 1988 Living Together Series on-cover array, with solo frankings, make-up usage, economy air, greetings card rate, postcard rate, aerogramme uprates, taxed covers, etc. Some out-of-period/philatelic usages, overall an interesting selection. (60+) 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.
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$275 $1,300 $150 $6,400
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1994-97 Australian Wildlife (2nd series), 45c imperf block of 21, and 2 imperf blocks of 18 all with ‘AUSTRALIA’, ‘45c’ and ‘Koala’ or ‘Kangaroo’ crossed through with straight line extending across the blocks. All have backing paper with ‘PRINTSET CAMBEC’ on reverse. Also 1994 Greetings stamps (Poppies & Tulips) imperf marginal strip of 3 with two units imperf between. Condition is poor with water damage and staining. (4 items) 1992 Imperforate 45c Threatened Species Sheetlet with World Columbian Stamp Expo overprint BW #1567ca, Cat $500. [These sheetlets came from the stock sold by Australia Post at the exhibition. It is believed a single printer’s sheet of 48 units was sold] 2007 Modernist Architecture Limited Edition Imperf Sheets both left & right panes with certificates in their original Australia Post storage & wrappings. (2)
2012 Farming (2nd Series) 20c Pineapple block of 15 (5x3) with Narrow margin between stamps on lower row resulting in an apparent misperforation, fresh MUH. [Corrected in the later reprints]
$100 $200 $100
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AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Exhibition Collectables 1638 * 2010 Centenary of Powered Flight PNC overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in red, limited edition numbered #1 of 500. 2010 The Ashes PNC overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in red, limited edition numbered #1 of 250. 1639 * 1640 B 2012 Kokoda Booklet overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in black, limited edition numbered #1 of 500.
$160 $160 $120
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AUSTRALIA | Booklets 1641 B/C 1927 2/- Canberra BW #B38, some tonespotting on front cover and on a few stamps, Cat $125; also unrelated 1944 Ingleburn (NSW) APO ‘0107’ registered meter cover to Ultimo, appropriate backstamps including timeclock types in violet. (2) 1642 B 1927 2/- Canberra BW #B38 containing two panes of 8 of 1½d Canberra, minor spotting on cover, Cat $125. AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues 1643 * 1902 Converted NSW Plates ½d to 8d optd ‘SPECIMEN’ vertically; also 1902-04 Filled Tablet 5d, 1/- & 2/- also optd ‘SPECIMEN’ vertically; some gumside toning, Cat $900+. (10) 1644 * 1902-04 Filled Tablet ½d to 20/- set optd ‘SPECIMEN’ between BW #D13s-D44s, mild gum toning on some values, Cat $1,100. Elusive set. (14) 1645 * 1902-04 Design Completed Wmk Crown/NSW 3d P11 BW #D25, fine mint, Cat $275.
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1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/Single Lined A 1d light green P11, BW #D55, a couple of minor faults, lightly cancelled, Cat $1,250 (SG #D51, Cat £900). Very scarce. RPSV certificate (2013). 1909-10 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thick Paper 1d red & green used pair with CA Monogram, BW #D78zc, Cat $175 as mint single. 1913-21 Wmk Crown/Double Lined A Thin Paper OHMS Infectious Disease circulars with single deficiency only; [1] 1914 with 1d P14 BW #D97; [2] 1919 with ½d and 1d P11 BW #D96-7 (includes War Tax). Mss cancels, scarce. 1925 1½d Carmine & Yellow-Green - Mullett nicely centred imprint block of 4 BW #D107Bza. Hinge reinforced, Cat $275, scarce. 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates ½d to 6d in Authority (no dots) imprint blocks of 4, BW #D129-35 range (SG #D119-125), lower units MUH, mostly fine, Cat $380. 1953-59 New Value Plates For Shilling Values 1/- carmine & deep yellow-green, 2/- carmine & deep green & 5/- carmine & deep green Die I, BW #D139B,140C & 141C, Cat $210.
$60 $80 $300 $750 $140
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AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps and Certificates 1652 * WWI KGV 6d Deep Blue single and two very scarce pairs in the original booklet with Albert J Mullett imprint on reverse, very fine condition. 1653 ** WWII No Watermark 6d Defiant P14 Authority imprint block of 4 with plate dots, superb fresh MUH. 1654 **/* WWII No Watermark 6d Defiant P11 McCracken imprint block of 4, upper left unit hinge thin, lower units MUH. Scarce. 1655 */W/C Selection with WW1 KGV P11 6d unused x4 (two with gum), WWII 6d Defiant P11 x3 mint (including pair) & unused x2, Perf 14 mint pair & unused single; also WWII War Saving Card with 6d Defiant P14 x28 attached, plus 1944 stampless OHMS business reply postcard seeking Second Victory Loan contributions. (14 items).
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1941 WWII War Savings Booklet inscribed ‘Don’t be an Onlooker - Be in the fight...’ with 6d Defiant P14 x12 affixed, some blemishes. AUSTRALIA | Railway Stamps 1657 Vic, Qld, WA And National Railway on hagners, includes WA 1905 6d, 9d & 1/-, 1907-large type with 4d, 6d & 1/- x2, Central Bus Station tickets, 1973 Vic Railway ‘Specimen.’ meter. (80+)
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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery 1658 PS 1945: (Apr 9) use of 6d POW Postal Card from Myrtleford (Vic) to Italy and (Apr 4) use of 1/- POW Letter Sheet from Murchison (Vic) to Germany. (2) 1659 PS 1916-33 Selection: used [1] envelopes with six KGV 1d Stars types from BW #EP7 and incl PTPO’s (red x4, green x2); [2] two 1d green 1929 (Die III) and 1933, latter Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works pre-printed acknowledgment; [3] four 194445 cutout of Air Mail lettercards franked QM 1d purple-brown with cds cancels ‘A.I.F./No 14’ or ‘AUST UNIT.../158, 214 & 368’. (12) 1660 PS Unused Selection: with 1944-57 Lettercards 2½d KGVI BW #LC71 & LC73, 3d LC74 uprated for rate change, 3½d QEII Die II LC79 x2, a few minor blemishes; also Aerogrammes KGVI 7d on grey & on pale yellow x2 and Wrappers 2½d QEII x7 of which four uprated with 2d QEII; condition of wrappers & aerogrammes is variable. (15) 1661 PS 1930 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 1d Green Die I With Solid ‘OS’ in Die on School Committee meeting card, BW #PO9, scarce. 1662 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Scenic Views postally used [1] South Perth in blue P12½ BW #LC18 Scene #124b; [2] ‘OFF FOR THE SEAT OF WAR’ grey-green P12½ as BW #LC27, Scene #M7Ba (ie ‘A40’ not deleted) - pinholes through plain part of card doesn’t detract. Both somewhat roughly opened. (2)
$160
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1914-18 1d King George V Sideface Design 1d Die II P10 in purple-black with view ‘AVON RIVER, YORK, W.A.’ BW #LC21(7), very fine unused. 1978 20c Gouldian Finch PSE No. 001, ASC #E58 variety ungummed (except on flap). Light cleanable soiling, unused except for original owner’s rubber handstamped address on flap.
1923 ‘THREE/HALFPENCE’ On 2d Red KGV Star Embossed BW #EO14 for user Education Department (Vic), addressed but uncancelled, Cat $250 used, unpriced unused. 1913-20 2d Grey Roo Die IIA BW #ES6 cut-out with ‘LAUNCESTON/94520JA14/TASMANIA’ cancel. No Tasmanian users recorded. 1924-28 1½d Red KGV Star With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES56 on long envelope (270x115mm) for British Australian Wool.... (Melbourne), several vertical folds as is usual, unused, Cat $200.
$80 $65
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1944 ‘AIR LETTER’ usage (Sept to Oct) of 7d blue KGVI with admonition scored through BW #A1d x3 used from Perth to Northern Rhodesia, Sudan or Tanganyika, without messages, latter two with arrival backstamps. Attractive early use trio. (3) 1946-1949 KGVI Embossed Myer Emporium 5/10d blue parcel label BW #PL4, trimmed at base, Melbourne roller cancel, Cat 1669 * $800. 1670 PS 1941 25c YMCA Envelope handstamped in red ‘POSTAGE PAID/25 CENTS/JOHORE’ without Air Mail inscription BW #IFB2. Indistinct dated cancel appears ‘A.I.F FIELD P.O./No 18’ (per Proud 1991, in use at Mersing, Johore, from Aug 1941 to Jan 1942). Addressed to Comforts Fund in Forbes, NSW. Scarce. AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer 1671 * Caltex Oil 1962 Royal Visit pair on illustrated advertising cover for Perth Games and additional photos on reverse, locally used with ‘GEELONG/FIRST DAY/OF/ISSUE/18FEB63 VIC AUST’, also CIBA Pharmaceuticals long cover for 1976 (10 MAR) ‘100 Years of Telephone’ issue used NSW to Vic. 1672 * Haslem 1953 QEII 1d Violet block of 4 tied to FDC by Melbourne ‘19AU53’ FDI datestamp, typed addess to Canada; also 1955 (Jun 17) illustrated FDC (Haslem ?) with QEII 3d definitive tied by Melbourne ‘17JE53’ FDI datestamp; both covers serviced by Mappin & Curran with typed addresses to Canada, fine condition. (2) *
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Mitchell 1951 KGVI 3d scarlet (Feb 28), 2½d chocolate (May 23) and 3d dark green (Nov 14) in blocks of 4 on three different illustrated types (very slight aging) addressed to Port Elizabeth in South Africa, all with GPO Perth s/ring datestamps. The first two look to be very scarce types. (3) Monash University 1965 5d John Monash tied by Monash University ‘23JE65’ FDI cancel to printed cover, handwritten address. Quite scarce. Northern Stamp Company NSW Sesquicentenary set tied to registered FDC by Sydney ‘1OC37’ FDI datestamps, some agespotting at top.
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PMG’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.] PMG’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. PMG’s Department 1961 Melba, Christmas and AAT 5d blue all with BRISBANE FDI cds, typed address to J.W. Rawlinson. (3)
PMG’s Department 1962 8d Tiger Cat & 2d brown QEII on ‘ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE/POSTMASTER-GENERAL’ cover tied by BRISBANE FDI cds, neatly typed address to J. W. Rawlinson. PMG’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) PMG’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) PMG’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) SA Stamp Company 1936 SA Centenary set in Ash imprint blocks of 4 tied to separate illustrated FDCs by Adelaide ‘3AU36’ FDI datestamps, fine condition. Seldom offered with imprint blocks.
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AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers 1684 * Most Decimal Array of FDCs & commemorative covers including 1969 5c ILO FDC with Brighton East type 30B datestamp (‘S6’ 7 & right arc removed, rated RRR), 1991 Across Town Parcel Post labels for Sydney & Perth tied by FDI cancels, some pre-decimal items including 1946 Mitchell set on plain registered cover with Dooen (Vic) FDI cancels, etc, general fine condition. Worth investigating. (250 approx). 1937-54 Selection including 1937 AC Campe Coronation cover with typed address, 1937 NSW Anniv (crease), 1940 AIF, 1954 1685 * Guthrie ANARE illustrated FDI at Macquarie Is, RGS covers x6, three addressed to Rex Bodin, etc, condition a bit variable. (13) 1686 * 1943 1d Queen Elizabeth x2 (plus QE 1½d green) tied to plain cover by Sydney ‘1JAN/1943’ FDI machine cancel, addressed to Canada with censor tape at left, fine condition, Cat $400.
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AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers 1937 Airmail Exhibition registered covers x2 with Airmail Exhibition labels in red or in greenish-blue, typed addresses, very 1687 * fine condition, Pictormarks Cat $160 each. (2) 1956 Olympics complete set of the 52 different commemorative postmarks cancelling the 10d Aerogrammes, each with a 1688 * pencilled Brisbane address. Rarely seen as a complete set on postal stationery. 1962 Empire Games complete set of the 25 different commemorative postmarks cancelling 10d Aerogrammes, each with typed 1689 * address to USA. Rarely seen set on posytal stationery.
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AUSTRALIA | Postal History 1690 * 1905-65 Taxed/Underpaid Group with 1905 stampless PPC to Uruguay with 2c Due added tied by Montevideo datestamp, 1939 to Belgium with 2d KGVI, 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 and ‘POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT/FOR AIR MAIL/SENT BY SURFACE/ SYDNEY No 2’ & UNDERPAID/FOR AERIAL SERVICE’ handstamps; also 1953 to Holland with 7½d KGVI handstamped ‘INSUFFICENTLY/PAID FOR/AIR TRANSMISSION’, and 1964 despatch note (stapled to customs declaration & Indonesian receipt form) to Sentani, West Irian, Indonesia, with overprinted West Irian 40s Due SG #D19 tied by ‘KOTABARUIRIAN’ cds. (7) 1691 1911-91 Advertising 1911 Royal Agricultural Show Melbourne illustrated folder for ‘J.C. Hutton’s Hams & Bacon’ with illustration of a pig & dog & 2 factories, 1938 Bank of New South Wales PPC of their branch at 1938-39 Scout Jamboree, Bradfield, 1947 ‘BRITISH TRADE IN THE MIDDLE EAST’ cover NSW to Vic, 1953 3M meter cover to Vic, and 1991 APost ‘Insect’ poster plus labels. (6 items) 1692 * 1913-30s Covers Used From Sydney including 1913 stampless to Binda (NSW) with ‘SYDNEY NSW/20MY/PAID ½D’ machine cancel, 1932 with 2d Stamp Duty tied Sydney slogan cancel, also lots of 2d KGV Head or 2d commemorative frankings, plus postage paid types, official perfins, postal stationery etc. Condition rather mixed. (65 approx).
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1914-40 KGV Period social and commercial usages to Ceylon (OHMS - Telegraph Office cds), USA (2), Ireland, Scotland (2) and England (11). All envs ex noted, frankings include Roo 1d, several KGV thru CofA wmk from 1½d brown s/wmk, 1d violet on Melbourne PPC, comm/spec issues include a 1935 env to GB franked 1/6d by 1/- lg Lyre and 6d Kooka typo, several with 1/6d Hermes no wmk and 1937 wmk, various others (few later dates censored). Typical non-philatelic usage, min on cover cat $425. (18) 1918-1977 Naval Selection including 1918 (May 7) envelope and contents from a navy officer to his aunt in Neutral Bay franked GB 1d scarlet KGV with slogan cancel and alongside d/ring handstamp ‘PASSED SHIPS CENSOR/(signature)/H.M.A.S YARRA.’ (a destroyer built on the Clyde), 1924 telegram forms x2 ex HMS DELHI (Radio Sydney) and from HMS DRAGON in Brisbane, 1940 (May 13) philatelic registered env to NSW franked 4d and ‘MIL.P.O.NAVAL BASE/WEST AUST’ cds, 1960s & 70s Pacific usages x5 various cachets eg ‘No stamps available/-POSTAGE PAID-’, unboxed ‘FREE/POSTED IN/H.M.A.S. VENDETTA/DD08’, boxed ‘FREE/POSTED IN/HMAS PERTH/AN AUSTRALIAN ASSET’, couple more, generally fine. (9) 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!!!
$130
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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+) 1922 (Mar 27) Butler & Co (Melbourne) cover to Switzerland with Third Wmk 6d Die IIB (Kiss print - doubling of frameline a right) and KGV ½d pair plus two singles all tied by Late Fee/Spencer St Vic datestamps, paying 4d foreign letter rate & apparently a 4d late fee charged at single rate of postage, 6d Roo with rounded corner otherwise fine condition. 1926-38 KGV 1d Green Covers Collection franked single, four SM P14, seven P13½x12½ (incl colour changeling) and CofA wmks plus a PTPO env. Mostly commercial covers with some attractive advertising cachets, couple postcards incl 3LO radio reception acknowledgment to New Zealand (1926), one perf ‘G/NSW’. Few with pencil notations re minor probably platable flaws. (20)
$100 $130
$100
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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. 1929 (May10) use of long OHMS env by Office of Titles in Perth to Waihai, New Zealand, with 1½d SM wmk P12½x13½ perf ‘OS’ tied Perth slogan plus plethora postmarks front or back incl ‘NZ/THAMES/15JULY1929/UNCLAIMED’, Wellington (NZ) and Perth DLOs, plus a large Perth ‘Returned to Sender’ reseal label. 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)
$260 $130 $220
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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) 1929-45 comprising [1] 1929 FF intermediate cover endorsed ‘RAWLINNA-ADELAIDE’ AAMC #137a with KGV 3d & 3d Airmail tied by Kalgoorlie datestamp; then WWII [2] 1941 3d Air Letter FPO 13 (Beirut) to NSW, [3] 1942 Third Brigade FPO 1 (Palestine) 9d airmail cover to Wollongong, [4] 1945 FPO 0102 (Green Island, New Guinea) to 3d airmail to Hobart. (4)
1930 (Aug 2) Rinne, Harris commercial cover to Germany with 3d Sturt & 3d Airmail paying combined 3d internal airmail, 1½d internal letter rate & 1½d foreign letter rate, Western Australian Airways vignette at left is also tied by the Melbourne machine cancel. 1930-50 Insufficiently Prepaid or Returned For Additional Postage Covers on exhibit pages comprising [1] 1930 to UK with ‘INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR/TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL’ two-line handstamp; [2] 1930 to USA with ‘INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/FOR AIRMAIL SERVICE’ boxed handstamp in red on reverse; [3] 1930 R Moore & Son (Perth) advertising cover to USA with ‘RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/SHORT PAID “1” d’ boxed handstamp; [4] Lancaster Cotton Co covers to same addressee in UK with Returned For Additional Postage Labels attached showing the postage shortfall for each item in manuscript. (5) 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-60s Covers including 1931 Australia-England with 3d Airmail x3 & KGV 2d, 1935 1/7d airmail rate to Egypt x2, 1938 airmail rate to Argentina, 1950 3/- double airmail rate to Denmark with ‘MS KINA’ ship handstamp, 1952 to USA with 2/- Royal Visit solo, 1966 (?) parcel fragment with 4/- Navigators x2, etc, condition variable. (35) 1931 (Nov 17) Wm Ackland registered plain env to Coolangatta with KGV SM wmk ½d, 1d and 2d Die III alongside Tasmania late pictorials ½d green and ‘ONE PENNY’ on 2d cancelled four strikes ‘REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST’ cds, backstamp Melbourne x2 types, Sydney, Tweed Heads and Nov 20 Coolangatta arrival. Colourful combo cover. 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)
$130 $130 $85
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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) 1932-65 Mostly Airmail Covers to European Destinations airmail x2 plus 1d KGV tied by ‘LATE FEE/SPENCER ST’ datestamp, 1938 (?) jus’qua to to Sweden at 1/8d rate, 1939 to Norway at 1/7d rate endorsed “Australia-England”, 1939 1/10d rate to Finland endorsed “AUSTRALIA GREECE FINLAND”, 1940 triple censored to Switzerland, 1947 unsealed 2½d printed matter rate to Finland, 1948 to Czechoslovakia with 5/- Robes & 2/- Aboriginal Art x2 (cover reduced), 1950 uprated Registration Envelope to Czechoslovakia with Dues added, 1952 to Denmark with 3d dark green KGVI block of 6, 1965 10d unsealed surface rate to Denmark, etc. (18) 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 (Feb 7) Swift & Co cover from Sydney to Scotland, endorsed ‘Per Adelaide-Perth Air Mail’with 3d Macarthur plus KGV 1d & 2d tied by Airmail Sydney datestamp, paying 5d internal airmail rate plus 1d Empire letter rate. 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. 1936 (Jun 29) Stanley (Tas) & Apollo Bay (Vic) registered covers to England with Cable 2d & 3d tied by ‘29JE36’ datestamps, appropriate backstamps. [Apollo Bay & Stanley were the cable landing points.]
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) 1936-63 Covers to More Unusual Destinations including 1936 surface mail to Shetland Is (GB), 1944 registered surface mail censored to Bermuda, New York transit backstamp, 1947 4d rate to BCOF Hospital, Kure, Japan endorsed “Air”, 1948 to registered airmail to Soviet Zone, Germany, 1948 surface mail to Palestine with Arabic censor tape, RTS handstamp, 1949 Ham Radio Card 1/2d airmail rate to Bolivia, US Embassy (La Paz) handstamp, 1949 registered airmail to Peru, others to Bahamas, Hawaii, Kenya, Lundy Is (GB), Malta or Seychelles. (13) 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)
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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) 1938-65 KGVI & QEII Covers Assembly on overseas covers majority to GB, also USA, Cyprus, Italy, Ireland, Germany, India, Netherlands, NZ. Most if not all commercial/social usages in usual condition, but some clear philatelic influences in choice of frankings (eg imprints, se-tenants). Several of note - 1946 Aust-Canada FF, 1948 BCOF 3d Tatts, 1953 Ballarat-London with both Produce Food strips + 4½d make-up, 1966 Canberra-House of Lords, Westminster in env with ornate Crown on flap believed ex Gov-Genl Lord Casey to CSA Dobson Esq, the librarian at the House of Lords. Some very good usages here. (c55) 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.
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1940-46 Censored Mail to Overseas Destinations comprising [1] USA x8 - 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 Airmail x2, 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) 1943 (Nov 18) Red Cross Bureau printed envelope to Switzerland with 5/- Robes, 2/- Roo, 4d Koala & 1d QM tied by Sydney datestamps, Sydney censor cachet & tape, minor edge blemishes. 1949 (Nov 16) 7d Airletter from Sydney to Uzhgorod-Karpatska Ukraina via Czechoslovakia. Undelivered, small ‘RETOUR/ INCONNU’ label on face. Unusual.
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. 1954-65 2/- And 2/3d Solo Frankings on small airmail envelopes to England. 2/- comprises Royal Visit, blue Olympics Propaganda, Cobb, Croc no wmk, 1956 Olympics; 2/3d AAT penguins, wattle flower (cream), First Air Mail, ICY. Mostly m/c slogan cancels, typical non-philatelic use, all social or commercial, none common. (9) 1957-65 Stamps on Telegrams 1957 2/6d Aborigine & 1959-64 6d Anteater (pair) tied to Telegram form by ‘CHERMSIDE WEST/5 P26NO64’ cds, with TG 41. C 9061 - 11/62. at base. 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; [4] 1999 (Dec 12) stampless cover from East Timor with ‘AFPO 5/ 12DEC1999/AUSTRALIA’ oval datestamp.
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1959-64 Stamps on Telegrams 2/- Flannel Flower (pair) tied to Telegram form by ‘CHERMSIDE WEST/5-P20NO64/QLDAUST’ cds. with TG 41. C 9061 - 11/62. at base. 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 7c QEII taxed with 3p due added; multiple frankings 1966 to UK with 1c QEII plus 24c Kingfisher, 1970 OHMS from Tasmania to UK with ‘T’ punctured 5c QEII pair plus 20c Flower; condition variable but generally fine. (70) 1960s-70s postcard rate usage selection comprising solo frankings of 13c Avocet, 15c Blue Gum, 15c Timber, 15c Pioneer Food & 25c Broken Bay; also 9c on 8c Opal pair and a 15c Science Education + 3c Crab combination franking. Scarce group in generally fine condition. (7)
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1960s-90s Decimal Multiple Frankings predominantly to UK plus other destinations including Cyprus, Denmark, India & Liechtenstein; noted uprated PSEs, various rates including greetings card, some out-of-period usage or overpaid/philatellically inspired frankings, condition variable but generally fine. (190) 1964-65 Stamps on Telegrams 6d Anteater & 3/- Waratah tied to Telegram form by ‘BROADWAY/15MY64/QLD-AUST’ cds alongside boxed ‘TELEPHONED/TO..... handstamp. Sch. C-8526 - 12/60 at left. Small fault at upper left. 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]
1966-68 Dunlopillo Business Reply Cards x11 plus two card fragments, with various decimal frankings paying postage due including 1967 with 24c Bird strip of 3, 1967 with Navigators $1 strip of 3 & 40c plus 30c Bird, 1968 with 30c Bird strip of 3, etc. Scarce group. (13) 1966-79 Decimal Solo Frankings to overseas destinations, mostly airmail including 1967 25c Christmas, 1967 50c Dampier, c.1969 to NZ with 7c Sugar (greetings card rate), 1970 with 30c Cook, 1972 with 35c Beef, 1975 with 25c PNG Independence, etc. Plenty of elusive frankings. Good lot. (36) 1967-88 Solo Frankings on overseas covers majority airs to GB. More useful noted include various Christmas top values, 1970 Cook 30c, 1971 use 30c Warratah, 1972 35c Beef, 1983 45c Woodswallow P14 to Netherlands, 1968 Aerogramme uprate, a 1968 to Sudan taxed, several 63c, many more. One exception - 1987 Alpine Flowers $1 booklet pane paying correct rate to Germany. Usual social/commercial usage. (c55)
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1970s-90s Solo Frankings [1] on covers with 5c Chisholm booklet stamp sent surface to Rhodesia, 35c Mapping, 40c Performing Arts, 45c Test Centenary, 1978 55c Xmas, 75c Aboriginal Culture; [2] on PPCs including 5c World Weather Watch surface rate to Scotland tied by Leigh Creek Coalfield (SA) cds, 15c Blue Gum, 18c Rehabilitation, 18c Fauna conservation, 25c Australian Scenes, 30c Performing Arts, 63c Living Together; plus excellent range of 1980s solos, condition variable but mostly fine. (150 approx). 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) 1970s-2000s WA Covers wide range postal markings on covers incl overseas destinations (some maxicards incl $20 International in 2006), some certified, even a 1996 PAQUEBOT. Big range extra markings eg ‘UNCLAIMED, UNDERPAID, RETURN TO SENDER’, etc (one very attractive back to Brunei), many Tax types. Some earlier oddments, few fronts, small pieces. Hard to imagine replicating this. (200+)
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. 1980-2000s Framas on Cover either solo, multiple or as make-up values on social, commercial and philatelically inspired covers. Lots of overseas destinations mostly GB, also Belgium, Brunei and Switzerland seen. Includes 1984 Barred Edge set of 7 FDCs and MUH, group 1987 CUP-PEX, a 2010 env to GB with $1.10 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ which escaped the normally eagleeyed APO. Mainly fine, certain postmark interest. (80+) 1980s-90s Return to Sender WA Covers many if not all with varieties of fickle finger of fate handstamp usually town specific and, if not, with datestamp to tell us from where the return was made. So postmark interest for sure. Mostly commercial (several certified), little if any duplication, hard to replicate assembly. (200+)
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1989 Sports Series on Cover with solo frankings including 1992 90c Soccer to Thailand, 1993 85c Diving economy air to Belgium; also multiple frankings, combination usage with commemorative issues, Economy Air, Priority Paid, PSE & aerogramme uprates and PPC usage; some out-of-period usage or philatellically inspired frankings, mixed condition, majority fine. (85) Late 1950s (year date unclear) parcel label with 2/6d Aborigine pair, 1/6d Hermes pair & 4d Koala sent from Loxton (SA) to Brisbane paying 8/4d rate for parcel weighing between 8lb & 11lb sent to a non-adjoining state, some blemishes. Noughties International Post Covers with excellent variety of frankings, sometimes in combination with regular issues, on covers and PPCs with values to $3.70 & $4.50. Increasingly popular collecting area and a very nice lot. (150+) Certified Mail - Decimals Era over 300 mostly 1980s with wide range of frankings incl $$$ values. Many are to Registrar Births, etc, in Sydney, also to Book Clubs. Huge variety, no obvious duplication. This vendor’s cover lots are always popular (and good value!). (325)
AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers 1752 * 1929-57 Selection including 1929 Brisbane-Charleville AAMC #132 x2 plus return flight #133, 1931 Ackland illustrated for Australia-England flight #203, 1932 Sydney-Lismore #281a, 1953 Sydney to Lae-Hollandia #1323 signed by Capt Fawcett, 1951 Melbourne-Christchurch signed, 1953 Sydney-Bangkok & return flight both signed, plus three others, condition mostly fine. (12) 1929-34 Mostly Australia-England flight covers with 1929 (Jun 9) Adelaide-Perth x2, 1931 (Mar 19) City Road (Melbourne) 1753 * registered with Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d (+ 3d Airmail) tied by FDI cancel, 1931 AAMC #222 registered with Third Wmk 2/- Roo solo, 1934 (Oct 1) Melbourne-Launceston, etc; condition somewhat variable. (13) 1931 Australia-England (Apr 27) return flight cover AAMC #188 endorsed ‘AIRMAIL/FIRST FLIGHT’ with SMult Wmk 2/- Roo 1754 * (Cat $300 on cover) tied by Darwin NT ‘26AP31’ datestamp, Imperial Airways timeclock cachet on reverse, Tynygongl (Anglesey) arrival backstamp.
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1935 Holymans Airways Intermediates AAMC #537a comprising Canberra-Sydney with CofA 6d Roo optd ‘OS’ solo (Cat $400 on cover) tied by Canberra (FCT) ‘7OC35’ datestamp; also Sydney-Canberra with 3d KGV opt ‘OS’ & 2d Harbour Bridge perf ‘T’ tied by Air Mail Sydney ‘7OC35’ datestamp; both cover addressed to Alec Rosenblum, fine condition. 1938 Calpurnia Crash inwards envelope & Christmas card from London, incorrectly addressed to Darling Point, Mebourne the stamp washed-off & items are water-damaged as to be expected. Includes roneoed explanatory slip which was used for mail to Melbourne instead of applying cachets to the cover. (3) 1942-49 QANTAS special covers with vignettes and signed by the pilots, comprising [1] 1942 Sydney to Mornington Island; [2] 1946 Australia to England AIRLETTER for the re-opening flight of the Qantas/BOAC service to London; [3] 1947 Australia to England & return flight; [4] Australia to Hong Kong; AAMC #950, 1038a, 1124-25, 1128-29 & 1218. (5)
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1947 Sydney-Norfolk Island QANTAS first regular service AAMC #1113, Cat $125. Airline’s logo on flap, brown and lime green vignette affixed, damaged stamp, signed by the pilot Capt L.R. Ambrose. 1949 Australia-Hong Kong flight covers x2 comprising (Mar 15) First Charter return flight AAMC #1205 with Qantas vignette in red/black signed by pilot EC Sims and scarce thus; also (Jun 26) First Regular Service AAMC #1218 with Qantas vignette in blue/grey; both in fine condition. (2) 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)
1950s-60s Flight Covers with 1953 Qantas Coronation flight covers x26, 1959-62 BOAC x3, 1951 Melbourne-Christchurch x4, 1951 Around Australia x2, plus four others. (40) AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period 1915 Gallipoli (Jun 18) Field Service Post Card with superb strike of ‘4th AUST INF/BGDE/18-VI-15/FIELD PO’ datestamp, 1762 * addressed to Cairo (transit d/s), redirected to Bacos. 1915 Gallipoli (Aug 6) colourful advertising PPC for Deakin’s Jams & Marmalades with fine strike of ‘4th AUST INF/BGDE/61763 * VIII-15/FIELD PO’ datestamp, addressed to Sydney with Crown censor #2232 handstamp, some edge blemishes. *
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1915-17 South Australia large-part military camp cancels on KGV 1d reds comprising 1915 Military Camp, 1916 Military Camp Exhibition & 1917 Military Camp No 2; also two 1916 covers with Military Camp Mitcham datestamps. (5) 1915-17 Censored Mail covers (6 to USA) in mixed condition with 1d Reds or ½d greens with a variety of Censor markings, 1915 cover with ‘OPENED BY/CENSOR.’ label, 1916-17 incl straight line ‘PASSED’ (4, three with octagonal ‘T/30c’ handstamp), 1915 ‘PASSED CENSOR/BRISBANE’ in red alongside US Tax markings & on reverse 2c Due, 1917 oval ‘PASSED BY/4th M.D. [at left] CENSOR’, & one to Switzerland with boxed [P]ASSED BY/[C]ENSOR, 3.’ and on reverse ‘MILANO/POSTA ESTERA’ in red alongside Swiss arrival cds. (8) 1916 Tasmania ‘MILITARY CAMP .1/TASMANIA’, 2 covers (MY8 & MY12) with bold strikes of this cds on 1d reds, also c1916 Yarrawonga cover to ‘Bombadier P.K.Clark, 21st Howitzer Bge, 1st Division, Aust. Imperial Forces-Abroad’ with boxed UNDELIVERABLE/A.B.P.O./RETURN TO SENDER’ (Emery CA.145) in violet. Mixed condition. (3) 1916 (March 14) registered cover to Iowa, USA, with KGV 5d & ½d paying letter rate plus registration, both tied REGISTERED/2-P14MR1916/BRISBANE’ datestamps in blue, seriffed ‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ handstamp (unrecorded by Humphreys), appropriate transit & arrival datestamps, some light foxing. 1916 France (May 16) use of official On Active Service grey-green envelope signed Harry James “on my honour” with ‘ARMY POST OFFICE/B/16MY/16/S.2’ cds (France). Part of a correspondence to Miss Monica Turner, “Hilfarance”, Glenberrie (sic) Road, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria. Good condition for a near centenarian.
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1917 Rare inwards cover to Menangle Military Camp (NSW) from USA, fine ‘MENANGLE MILITARY CAMP/20DE17’ arrival datestamp. 1918 use of 1d ‘ASH LOG/QUEENSLAND’ lettercard BW #LC18(6) with fine strike of ‘MILITARY CAMP 1/20FE18/TASMANIA’ datestamp. 1918 (Nov 15) cover to Melbourne, with KGV 1d & ½d tied by fine ‘ENOGGERA CAMP/15NO18/QUEENSLAND’ datestamp, cover crease well clear of stamps.
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AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 1940-44 Censored Mail in mixed condition with low value KGVI to Australian addresses (ex one to England) with range of 1772 * 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. Lastly, one 1967 from Viet Nam with ‘FORCES CONCESSION RATE’ handstamp and 5c Thornbill, not censored. Some comprehensive write-ups. Good variety, good value. (21) 1773 * Koepang, Timor 1945 (Dec 23) use of Sailors Comforts Fund envelope addressed to Bexley NSW with 3d brown KGVI tied first by part light violet ‘HMASHIPS’ (51x10mm), then cds ‘AUST UNIT POSTAL STATION/29DE45/416’. Number ‘416’ issued HQ12/40BN, from HMAS QUIBERON (pencil note on back), a destroyer, at Timor from Sept 15, 1945 until at least March 1946. [On page with detailed write-up] North Borneo FPO/APO small brown censored covers (Tatts, Book Depot, etc) with mid-1945 x2 from ‘037’ (Labuan) each 1774 * Proud 750 pts, Sept 1945 ‘035’ (Beaufort, Br N. Borneo) quite difficult Proud 1,500 pts; couple earlier with Feb 23, 1944 ‘182’ (Finschhafen, Kelona) Proud 200 pts, Mar 3, 1945 ‘AUST ARMY PO/242’ Tatts Proud Not Seen. Mainly fine, good value. (5)
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1776 ex 1778 Papua group of 1942 covers (March-July, four without stamps) to Sydney from (or via) ‘APO 58’ or ‘FPO 139’ (both Port Moresby), all censored (several twice). Nine addressed to the Rev MA Warren, mostly from members of the clergy, two from the office of The Bishop of New Guinea (one appears from the Bishop himself), the earlier pmkd initially ‘BUNA BAY/3MAR42/ PAPUA’ cds and, 5 weeks later, ‘ARMY POST OFFICE/8AP42/058’ (long tough transit). Historic material. (11) 1776 * Western Australia (Nov 15) cover from RAAF Station, Pearce to NSW with provisional registration label, AIF 1d & 3d tied by RAAF PO Pearce datestamps, Perth & Sydney backstamps. AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail 1992-93 Correspondence to (79) and from (49) a Warrant Officer in Cambodia. Addressed to him at ASC UNTAC, AFPO 4, 1777 * International Mail Centre, Sydney; from him to family at Viewbank, Victoria. Unrepeatable assembly. (c125) AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES | Postal Stationery 1778 PS Postal Stationery: unused mainly fine range comprising [1] Norfolk Is formular type letter card BW #FLC3A cat $50; [2] Christmas Is with Registration envs 1959 30c (Malay currency) BW #CI1 and 1972 25c (Aust currency) ASC #RE2 cat $150, Aerogrammes 1971 10c ASC #A1 x2; [3] Nauru two small (1970) and one large (1971) 10c Aerogrammes ASC #A1 & 2; [4] PNG 1961 envelope BW #PNG1 plus 1959 and 1963 10d Aerogrammes BW #PNG7&8, decimals long envs 5c blue x2 and 7c brown ASC #E2&3, decimal Aerogrammes 9c, 10c small x2, 10c large ASC #A6, A8&9. Good variety, not often offered. (2)
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) | Postal History 1779 1948 Commercial Mail three covers bearing multiple GB KGVI definitives, all addressed to Messrs Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co, Ltd in London. Two 1/3d rate cancelled ‘AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/(date)/388’ in May and June, the third (5/rate) cancelled ‘AUST ARMY P.O./-1SE48/214’ (Tokyo). Scarce to rare usages. 1949 (Aug 26) cover from Kobe to Sydney, with unusual franking of Aust 1d Princess x5 & 3d brown KGVI x3 PLUS GB 1d pale 1780 * red x2 & 3d pale violet x10. Cancelled with poor strikes of Aust Unit Postal Stn 452 (Osaka). Opened a little roughly at left. Rare. Civilian mail could be sent through this PO from about July 1949.
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NORFOLK ISLAND 1781 **/U 1960 2/8d Local Government marginal blocks of 4 MUH and superb used, Retail $200. (2) NORFOLK ISLAND | Postal History 1782 * 1954 (Apr) cover to NSW franked 1953 Pictorial 3½d, paying 1oz surface rate, minor flap fault. Scarce on cover. 1956 (Jun 8) cover to USA with Centenary of Pitcairners Landing 2/- plus 3d pair & single, used on first day of issue, paying 2/1783 * airmail fee plus 9d registration.
NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints 1918 Wilson registered cover (with German-type label) to GB with philatelic franking of KGV ½d & 1d horizontal pairs both type 1784 * ‘c’, tied by four strikes of ‘EITAPE/7MY17’ cds, no markings on reverse. 1785 * 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d red (c) with Run N state II (BW #71(4)va), SG #67. 1786 **/* 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 9d violet (mild gumside toning) & 1/- emerald SG #89&90 abc strips of 3, Cat £108+. (2 items). 1787 * 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk 1d carmine-red Die I SG #103, variety Small White Dot on ‘Y’ of ‘PENNY’ [IV/41], fine mint, Cat $300 (as an unoverprinted stamp). 1788 * 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk selection mostly MUH comprising 2½d x2 (one MLH), 3d Die I single & pair, 6d Die II, 9d violet Die IIB, 1/- emerald Die II x2 plus used x2 between SG #107-113, condition generally fine, Cat £160+. (11) 1789 F 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow SG #116, ‘CANCELLED/NAURU’ postmark in violet, Cat £70. 1790 ** 1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Inverted wmk, SG #119w, attractive MUH.
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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Postal History 1919 (Nov 17) Neu Guinea Compagnie Rabaul (Rabaul scored through, Kokopo pencilled in above) cover to Berlin with ½d 1791 * KGV & 2d Roo tied by ‘KOKOPO/17NO19’ cds (‘QUEENSLAND’ removed at base), black/yellow-buff ‘Opened by Censor Rabaul’ tape, & fair strike of oval ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/No 2/AN & MEF’ cachet in violet. Fine and attractive. NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues 1792 * 1931 Huts Air Mail ½d to £1 set SG #137-149, fine MLH/MVH, Cat £250. (13) 1793 * 1931-39 Mint Collection on Lighthouse album pages with Dated Birds 1d to 10/- & Airs ½d to £1 set, Undated Birds & Airs sets complete, Bulolo Airs ½d to 5/- & £1 (toned); also Birds Officials complete between SG #O22-O54; condition generally fine, Cat £1,875. NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Military - World War II Period 1794 * 1944 group of 5 censored letters from sailor in 122nd Naval Construction Battalion at Milne Bay, writing home to his wife.
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1944 group of 4 censored letters from sailor in 122nd Naval Construction Battalion at Milne Bay and Hollandia, writing home to his wife. Plus a sad letter from his friend, trying to patch things up. PAPUA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1796 */U 1901-32 Most Mint Collection in high quality Lighthouse hingeless album (retail $500) with slipcase including BNG Horizonal & Vertical Wmks to 6d, Large ‘Papua’ 6d x2 (both wmks) & 1/- Wmk Vertical, Small ‘Papua’ Wmk Horizontal 2/6d and Wmk Vertical ½d tor 2/6d (Thin paper) set, Small ‘PAPUA’ Wmk Upright & Sideways P11 & P12½ sets (ex 6d SG #70) plus Rift in cloud to 1/-, Large ‘PAPUA’ P11 2/6d & Perf 12½ set to 2/6d (both), Monocolours set to 2/6d x2, Bicoclours to 2/6d x2 & 5/including 1½d ‘POSTACE’ x3 (two are used) & 6d ‘POSTACE’; also Officials mostly used with perf ‘OS’ Small ‘Papua’ 2/6d SG #O1, Small ‘PAPUA’ Wmk Upright P11 to 1/- (ex 6d), P12½ 2d, 4d & 1/-, Wmk Sideways P11 & P12½ (ex 6d!) sets, Large ‘PAPUA’ to 2/6d SG #O36, Monocolours to 1/-; condition generally fine, Cat £3,000+. Primed for expansion. PAPUA 1901 British New Guinea original government ‘PUBLIC NOTICE’ (200x243mm) stating ‘On and after 1st July, 1901, British New 1797 * Guinea STAMPS will be used for POSTAL PURPOSES in the Possession instead of Queensland Stamps’ authorised ‘D Ballantine/Chief Postmaster/Port Moresby 14th June 1901’, adhered to an album page, minor age spotting on the face of the document. Rare, possibly unique survivor. 1795
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1798 * 1906 Large ‘Papua’ Overprints, Wmk Vertical, Thin Paper 4d black & sepia, SG #25, mint, Cat £225. 1799 **/* 1932-40 Pictorials ½d black & buff SG #130a McCracken imprint block of 8, lower units MUH. A rare imprint. PAPUA | Official Stamps 1800 * 1931-32 Lakatois Perf ‘OS’ ½d myrtle & apple-green SG #O46 Ash imprint strip of 3, central unit with varieties Extra stop in left-hand value tablet & Flaw on ‘½’ in right-hand value tablet, some mild toning.
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1801 * 1931-32 Overprinted ‘OS’ 1/- brown & yellow-olive SG #O64 Ash imprint strip of 3, mint. PAPUA | Postal History 1905 (Dec 11) PPC to (real photo of the Methodist Overseas Mission church at Kiriwina, Milne Bay district) to Murtoa Victoria 1802 * with BNG 1d cancelled with 9-bars ‘BNG’ with fine strike of ‘SAMARAI/BRITISH NEW GUINEA’ datestamp (Lee #28) beneath. 1803 *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.
1911 (May 11) registered cover to UK (address excised) with Large ‘PAPUA’ 6d and ½d block of 6 tied by ‘SAMARAI/11MY1911/ PAPUA’ datestamps, Melbourne, London transits & Warrington arrival backstamps. 1940 Censor Covers comprising (Mar 4) to Makambo Solomon Islands with Pictorials 1d x2 & 2d tied by Samarai datestamps, 1805 * ‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ handstamp; also (Apr 27) to California with Pictorials 1d x2 tied by Port Moresby datestamp, ‘OPENED BY CENSOR’ label in red on white. (2) PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 1806 ** 1952-2010 in 2 Seven Seas Hingeless albums almost complete with numerous opts (ex 1994 set of 11) incl Birds, M/Ss galore, se-tenant issues, etc. Postage Dues both sets (D2-6, D7-14). Massive retail value. Great for thematic collectors. HEAVY LOT. (100s) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1807 ** 1952-63 Overprinted ‘SPECIMEN’ £1 Fisherman SG #15s & £1 Queen #45s, fresh MUH. (2) 1804
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10 - Plate 1b
84 - May 25, 1840
69 - Plate 11 21 - Plate 2
67 - Plate 11
294 - Broken Frame variety
307 - 1st Sunday Use
231 - White Paper MUH
227 - Colour Trial
119 - Treasury Roulette
309 - 6th May, 1840 Use
Lot 444 - $1 Chateau de Ramezy pair ‘Imperforate Horizontally’.
Lot 681 - 1867 12c on 4a green with ‘Surcharge Double’.
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