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AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1282 */ U ‘OS’ Overprints and Perfins hagner with mint and used mostly fine [1] ‘OS’ Overprints with Bridge 2d x5 (3 used, 2 mint) and

3d x2 used, 6d Airmail used (3, one CTO) and mint (3), 1/- Lyre MLH very well-centred, KGV 4d olive CTO ng; [2] Perf ‘OS’mint with 3d Kooka block of 4 (two MUH), 3d Air Mail Type A vert pair MUH. Interesting lot, retail $300+ (not counting faultystamps). (21) $125

1283 U 1913-51 mainly fine used from 6d engraved kooka to Arms set of 4. No duplication, includes CTO 2d and 3d Bridge optd ‘OS’,Macarthur set with both 2d, ANZAC pair, KGVI 3d blue varieties. Retail c$400. (61) $125

1284 **/*/ U 1914-40s Selection mint and used with some duplication from nice cds 1914 6d engraved Kooka with other used (somecommercial cancels) incl 6d Air Mail Service x2, 1/- Large Lyre x10, 6d Kooka typo x9 (8 are perf ‘G/ NSW’), Robes 5/- & 10/-thick paper. Mint includes KS 6d x15 incl Blocks of 6 and 4 (9 MUH), 6d Air Mail Service (9, 6 MUH), BCOF 1d to 2/- MLH.Mainly fine, noted items alone retail $800 (not including commercially cancelled). (85) $175

1285 **/ * 1928-64 Selection fresh lightly hinged ex noted from 1928 3d engraved Kooka block of 4 (3x MUH) to 1961 and 1964 5/- Cattlecream and white papers. In between noted Kingsford Smith set of 4, Macarthur set of 3, Cable pair MUH, SA Centenary set of3, Robes 5/- & 10/-. Clean lot, retail c$270. (20) $120

1286 **/ * 1931-50s Selection MUH ex noted comprising 1930s KS 6d violet single and block of 4, 6d Air Mail Service both shades MLH,1/- Large Lyre and 6d Kooka typo, then all three 1/6d Hermes (thin paper watermarked MLH). KGVI period with 1/- small lyrebirdSW corner pair, Robes thin paper 5/- (tinted) and 10/- (MLH), 1956 1/6d Hermes no watermark. Clean lot, retail $525+. (17) $180

1287 **/ * 1937 1d QM and 2d KGVI Die I MUH (ex noted) in quantity with 1d x55 plus 1938 Die II incl block of 4 with 2 units hinged plusDie II coil strip of 3 uniformly large holes ACSC #182bh, and 2d x96. Total cat $450+. (158) $80

1288 */ F 1938-50 Robes selection with [1] thick paper 10/- x2 and £1 fine used, £1 MLH plus 10/- ‘SPECIMEN’ opt MUH (toned perf);[2] thin paper 5/- white paper 5/- (light bend) and 10/- MLH, 5/- fine used. (8) $90

1289 V 1914-54 CTO Selection with better issues including 6d Engraved Kooka, 1/- Victoria Centenary both Perfs, 1/- ANZAC, 2/-Jubilee, Robes 5/- x2 & 10/-; also Officials optd ‘OS’ 1/- Lyrebird x3, Kingsford Smith x3 sets, Bridge x2 sets, etc; with or withoutgum, generally fine. (120) $250

AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals1290 **V Circa 1958 Presentation Folder with original envelope containing stamps in cellophane pocket including Arms optd

‘SPECIMEN’ set MUH and CTO values to 5/-. Superb! $3501291 **V Circa 1960 Presentation Folder Arms optd ‘SPECIMEN’ set MUH and CTO values to 5/- including Flower values to 3/-. Superb!

(27) $3501292 ** 1927 1½d Canberra upper-left Plate No 9 corner pair BW #132zh, MUH, Cat $1,000 as a block of 4 of which only 25 are

recorded. $3001293 **/ * 1927 1½d Canberra upper-left corner block of 4 with full Plate Nº 12, BW #132zk, 2 units hinged, Cat $500. $350

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1294 ** 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet BW #133MS. From top of the sheet, selvedge pinhole and suface scuff hardly detractsVery fresh, Cat $225 (in 2007). $100

1295 * 1929-38 3d Airmail selection of solo frankings comprising [1] Type A early usage (23 MY 29) to New Zealand, and to theunusual destinations of Lebanon or Ethiopia; [2] Type B to US or Bavaria; generally fine. (5) $100

1296 ** 1929 3d Airmail Type A NW corner blocks of 4 from Plates 2 & 4 BW #134zb&zd. Just the slightest hint of aging Plate 4, wellcentred, Cat $200 (in 2007). (2) $125

1297 * 1929-38 3d Airmail Type B Perf ‘OS’ BW #135b x4 plus Kingsford Smith 6d Air optd ‘OS’ #144(OS) x2 on 1933 (16 Sep) OHMScover to Perth tied by Port Hedland datestamps, slightly reduced at top. Rare & desirable combination franking. $600

1298 * 1929-38 3d Airmail Type B Perf ‘OS’ BW #135b plus KGV 2d opt OS on 1932 (Jul) OHMS cover used from Melbourne toBrock’s Creek (NT). Fine commercial use, the 3d on cover Cat $600. Very rare franking. $400

1299 ** 1929 3d Airmail Type B NW corner blocks of 4 from Plates 2 BW #135zb. Fresh, Cat $200 (in 2007). $1251300 * 1929-38 3d Airmail Booklet Plate Type A very scarce usage selection, comprising [1] rare 1936 solo franking to Finland

(portion of stapled selvedge attached); [2] 1934 3d + KGV 2d domestic airmail service Aberdeen (squared-circle) to Carnarvon;[3] 1932 3d x2 + 2d Bridge from Railton to UK double domestic airmail surcharge; [4] 1934 3d + Vic Centenary 3d and 2d doubledomestic airmail underpaid 1d for foreign letter, fine strike of scarce rectangular ‘INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTER’handstamp on reverse; odd blemish, generally fine. (4) $240

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1301 * 1930 3d Airmail Booklet Stamp BW #137, with 2d red Die II (SM wmk P13½x12½), both tied to small envelope by‘CARNARVON/ 28AU32/W.A.’ s/ ring cds. Opened two sides with neat handwritten address and By Air Mail inscription. Very smallblemishes, opened two sides, 3d Air Mail on cover cat $225+. $110

1302 ** 1929 WA Centenary 1½d vertical pair, one unit Re-entry to ‘T’, etc plus1931 Kingsford Smith 6d Re-entry to ‘T’, one in a blockof 4, one single. BW #138e,143,43d, Cat $430. (7) $100

1303 V 1931 Kingsford Smith Overprinted ‘OS’ 2d & 3d CTO blocks of 4. 3d has vertical perfs re-inforced at base. Ex Miller Bros.Fine and rare. $1,000

1304 F 1931 Kingsford Smith Overprinted ‘OS’ 3d (faults) commercially used on piece from OHMS cover. Very rare only 28,000printed (less than 5/- Bridge). $120

1305 * 1931 6d Violet Kingsford Smith usage selection for domestic airmail from Perth to livestock stations in the north comprising[1] rare upper-right corner solo paying single rate (5d + 1d Late fee) with superb backstamp strike of rareMUNDABULLANGANA/ 21JUN31/ WESTERNAUSTRALIA’ cds; [2] pairs (2) in combination with KGV ½d pair or KGV 1d payingtriple rate (4d double Letter + 9d airmail surcharge); fine condition. Desirable trio. (3) $160


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1306 * 1931 6d Brown Airmail overseas airmail usage selection comprising [1] 1934 neat combination with 1/- Lyrebird for 1/6d rateto UK; [2] curious 1938 2/- franking to UK with 6d x3 and 3d Airmail x2 (one is torn), which could have flown at 1½d ‘all-up’ rate(informative rectangular marking to that effect on reverse); [3] 1935 combination with 1/- Lyrebird and 3d Macarthur (covercreased) for 1/9d rate to Germany. (3) $130

1307 * 1932-37 Large Lyrebird rare solo use on 1935 (Sep 9) air express delivery letter from Sydney to Brisbane. [1/- = 2d postage+ 3d airmail per ½oz x2 + 4d Express delivery.] $450

1308 * 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird BW #145 x3 plus KGV 2d strip of 3 tied by Port Kembla (NSW) cds to 1937 (Apr 29) parcel post labeladhered to Australian Fertilizers Ltd parcel tag addressed to Melbourne. [The 3/6d rate paid for a parcel weighing up to 8lbssent to an adjoining state] $130

1309 V 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird Overprinted ‘OS’ BW #145(OS)w. Well centred very fresh full original gum unhinged block of four withneat central ‘SYDNEY/ 14JE33/ 22’ CTO cds, Cat $200 (as 4x singles). $100

1310 V 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d to 5/- BW #146-48 set of 3 CTO, MUH with full gum. $2501311 F 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set of 4 BW #146-9. 3d and 5/- corner CTO ng, others fine used. Some woolly perfs and slightly

variable centring. (4) $1801312 */ ** 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d Type A plate block of 4 Right side - two dots BW #146Azb. Upper right unit small thin at

top, lower units MUH, Cat $400. Very scarce. $250

1313 D 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge BW #148 plus SMult 9d Roo tied to parcel wrapper fragment by 1932 Collins St Melbournecds, very fine commercially used, Cat $500+. $450

1314 V 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge with Retouch over centre of bridge, BW #148d, Cat $500. $3601315 V 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge BW #148w, Cat $300. $160


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1316 V 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge CTO BW #148w, excellent centring, Cat $300. $2001317 V 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge fresh CTO BW #148w. Very well centred. $1801318 * 1934 1/- Victoria Centenary Perf 10½ BW #153 rare solo franking tied to Parcel Post Label by indistinct Adelaide parcels

cancel, adhered to Associated General Electric Industries parcel tag addressed to Loveday (SA). [1/- payed the the Within Statebut beyond 30 Miles rate for a parcel weighing up to 2lbs] $300

1319 * 1934 3d Macarthur solo franking selection comprising curious late (1944) use on ‘AR’ card from Boolaroo to Tax Office Sydney,foreign letter rate to US (addressed to actor John Boles) and a fashioned envelope endorsed ‘Cards Only’ to Philippines. (3) $80

1320 * 1934 1/6d Hermes No Wmk Dull Lilac Plate Proof BW #161PP(1). On gummed unwatermarked chalk-surfaced paper, verylightly hinged. June 2013 RPSV certificate it is genuine, being an official trial printing. A great rarity, only one recorded in privatehands. $10,000

1321 * 1935 Anzac 2d & 1/- on plain covers with FDI Perth cancels BW #165y, the 1/- cover is registered, Cat $300. (2) $2501322 * 1935 1/- ANZAC BW #165 rare solo franking tied to Parcel Post Label by Norwood (SA) ‘1MAY35’ cds, adhered to parcel tag

and addressed to Loveday (SA). [1/- payed the the Within State but beyond 30 Miles rate for a parcel weighing up to 2lbs] $4001323 ** 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d red Plate 2 John Ash imprint block with Retouch between IA of AUSTRALIA BW #166(2)ze. Nicely

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1324 * 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- violet, BW #168, Cat $400, scarce solo franking on registered cover from Elizabeth St to England. $1601325 ** 1935 Silver Jubilee 2/- Plate No ‘1’ block of 4 from top left of sheet, marginal crease and minor perf separation. BW #168z, Cat

$375. $2001326 ** 1936 SA Centenary 12 sets in Ash imprint blocks of 4, BW #171-73, Cat $480. (36) $1501327 * 1936 SA Centenary 2d carmine Ash imprint block of 4 with Retouched sky below AU, BW #171zb. $1501328 * 1936 1/- SA Centenary BW #173 very scarce solo franking tied to Parcel Post Label by ‘WINGHAM/ 3NO36/ NSW’ datestamp. $1501329 **/ * 1937 9d NSW Sesquicentenary Ash imprint corner block of 4 with lower-right unit with Roller shift to right frame over ‘AU’

and ‘88’, BW #177zb, three units including variety stamp MUH, Cat $250. $175

1330 ** 1938-66 No Watermark ½d Orange Perf 14¾x14 large and small holes coil perf strip of 12 with join attached to ‘960’ coil starterBW #180bi, MUH. $60

1331 **/ * 1941-42 KGVI 1½d Green imprint block of 4 with Cracked plate - State II BW #186zg. Three units MUH, very fresh, Cat $350(in 2006). $250


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1332 **/ * 1938-41 2d Red KGVI Die II Plate 4 interpanneau top marginal block of four BW #188zc. Slightly brownish gum, upper selvedgelight hinge and small adhesion, premium quality centring with very fresh appearance. Very scarce, Cat $2,000 (2006). $1,200

1333 */ ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die II Thick Paper top right corner block of 8, small faults in margin only. Retail $480. $1601334 * 1937-60 6d Kookaburra CofA Wmk Perf 14¾x14 BW #203, imperforate at right due to Jumped perfs, marginal example from

base of the pane, uniformly toned gum, MVLH. $1001335 ** 1937-60 6d Kookaburra Perf 14¾x14 with No Imprint left corner block of 4 BW #203zj, stamps MUH, Cat $150. $1001336 ** 1942-55 6d Kookaburra Perf 14¾x14 in fresh No imprint - left corner block of 4 BW #203zj. Premium-quality centring, Cat

$150 (in 2006). $1001337 ** 1942-55 6d Kookaburra Perf 14¾x14 in fresh No imprint - gutter block of 8 BW #203zl. Near premium-quality centring, Cat

$150 (as block of 4 in 2006). $1001338 **/ * 1937-59 9d Platypus Wmk CofA Perf 14x14¾ with No Imprint left corner block of 4 BW #206z, upper-left unit faint hinge touch

others units, MUH, Cat $100. $801339 ** 1937-39 1/- Lyrebird Perf 13½x14 from Sheet B, left marginal single with top portion of perforation guide mark, BW #208bb

(cat $800 as strip of 3). $651340 **/ * 1937-39 1/- Lyrebird Perf 13½x14 John Ash (38mm) imprint block of 4, BW #208zd, lower units MUH, well centred, Cat $200. $1201341 * 1938-49 5/- Robes Thick Paper plus 2/- Roo & KGVI 2½d pair tied by Sydney cds to 1943 (Sep 29) printed Red Cross airmail

cover to Switzerland, Australian & German censor tape, peripheral blemishes. [7/5d paid the airmail rate of 1/ 11d per first ½ozplus 1/ 10d x3 for each additional ½oz for item weighing 1½oz to 2oz] $200


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1342 ** 1938-49 10/- Robes Thick Paper block of 4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ BW #214xa, fresh MUH. Rare. $1,2001343 ** 1938-49 £1 Robes Thick Paper BW #216, fresh MUH. $801344 * 1938-49 £1 Robes Thick Paper BW #216 plus 2/- Roo, 1/- Small Lyrebird & 9d Platypus tied by Brisbane ‘19AU41’ cds to Red

Cross censored envelope sent by Clipper Service to Geneva at 23/9d quadruple rate (6/- first ½oz plus 5/ 11d x3 for eachsubsequent ½oz), minor edge blemishes. Rare on-cover usage of the £1 Robes. $1,000

1345 V 1938-49 10/- Robes Thin Paper with Authority imprint corner block of 4, BW 214za, very fine used. $2001346 ** 1938-49 £1 Robes Thin Paper Authority imprint corner block of 4, BW #216, Cat $450. $3001347 F 1949 £1 Robes Thin Paper with Authority Imprint left corner block of 4 BW #217z, upper-right unit rounded corner, rare

commercially used with tidy Melboune Air ‘2MR55’ datestamps, unpriced by ACSC as a used block. Very scarce. $400


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1348 * 1949 £1 Robes Thin Paper BW #217 plus 5/- Arms, 2/- Art, 9d Platypus & 6d Small Kooka strip of 3, tied to fragment of a thickenvelope by GPO Sydney Air ‘30AU49’ datestamp. [Very few (if any) £1 Thin Paper Robes are recorded on complete postalarticles] $250

1349 ** 1942 1½d Green QE block of 4 Grossly misplaced perfs with portions of adjoining units at right, variety Imperforate at right,minor separation, MUH. $350

1350 ** 1942-51 3½d Blue KGVI thin paper BW #231a (issued 1951), o/c high NE corner marginal block of 4. Selvedge gum with lightpencil notation and crease not affecting any of the stamps, very fresh, min Cat $300. $125

1351 ** 1942-51 3½d Blue KGVI thin paper BW #231a (issued 1951), strip of 6, very fresh, min Cat $300. $2001352 ** 1942-51 3½d Blue KGVI thin paper BW #231a (issued 1951), strip of 6, very fresh, min Cat $300. $2001353 **/ * 1948-53 1/3d Hereford Bull variety thin paper in fresh imprint block of 4 BW #260a&z, three units MUH, cat $285 as single

stamps. $1001354 * 1948 1/6d Hermes marginal vertical pair from left of the sheet with complete Plate Nº. ‘-2’, BW #261zb, minor wrinkles, mint,

Cat $500 (as a block of four). $1501355 ** 1948 2/- Crocodile Wmk CofA imprint pair with At least six sets of additional perfs in the margin, some gum toning issues.

This is visually much more dramatic than the catalogued Double perfs. $1001356 F 1952-66 2/6d Aborigine No Wmk cds varieties [1] from Sheet A Retouch in and above ‘O’ and over ‘TA’ of ‘POSTAGE’ and

State II - heavy retouch to shading at base, right of ‘POSTAGE’ [12/8] BW #266d & 266db; [2] from Sheet B Weak entryaround ‘POSTAGE’ [10/4] BW #266f. Very infrequently offered, Cat $245 (8+ years ago - in 2006). (3) $150


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1357 * 1952-66 No Watermark 2/6d Black-Brown Aborigine BW #266B rare solo franking on 1965 (July 30) airmail cover(265x215mm) from Wandoan (Qld) to Brisbane. Rod Perry has recorded only two solo franking usages of this issue. $150

1358 * 1949-61 5/- Arms BW #268 blocks of 4 x2, pair & single (damaged) plus 2/6d Aborigine BW #265 x6 including a pair tied bySydney machine cancel to 1955 (Feb) Link Belt Co cover (295x215mm) to Chicago, central fold clear of the stamps, edgeblemishes. Impressive franking. [£3/10/- paid 2/- airmail rate x35 for article weighing between 17-17½oz] $400

1359 * 1949-50 Arms 10/- & 5/- tied by Melbourne cds to 1955(?) OHMS printed matter cover, endorsed ‘PRINTED MATTER ONLY’& ‘SECOND CLASS AIR MAIL’ sent at other postal articles rate of 3/- per 2oz x5 for an item weighing up to 10oz, minor edgeblemishes. $300

1360 * 1949-64 10/- Arms BW #269 very scarce solo franking paying quintuple rate on 1952 (May 20) cover from Sydney toSwitzerland. $250

1361 * 1949-64 10/- Arms BW #269 very scarce solo franking paying quintuple rate on early 1960s (dateline indistinct) cover fromSydney to USA. $300

1362 **/ V 1949-50 Arms Overprinted SPECIMEN BW #269-71x. Very fresh MUH, Cat $240. Plus 5/- CTO og MUH BW #268w. Premiumcondition, cat $240. (4) $120

1363 U 1949-50 Arms £1 & £2 BW #270-71 fine used blocks of 4 and scarce thus, Cat £128+. $125


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1365 * 1949 £1 Arms BW #270 plus 2/- Aboriginal Art, 6d Small Kooka & ½d Roo tied by indistinct 1940s Registered Perth cds to parceltag adressed to Millars’ Timber & Trading Co in Harvey (WA). An extraordinary franking for a domestic parcel. $500

1366 V 1950-64 £2 Arms block of 4, BW #271, very fine used, Cat $100+. $751367 * 1950-64 £2 Arms BW #271 pair (closed tear on left-hand unit) tied to unaddressed parcel tag by Melbourne Air ‘10MR62’ cds,

airmail label and uncancelled 3/- Waratah pair on reverse. Rare franking. [The £4/6/- franking probably paid the 2/- per ½ozairmail rate x43 to USA] $750

1368 * 1950-64 £2 Green Arms with Roller flaw below E of POSTAGE BW #271d. Very light hinge trace, well-centred and fresh, Cat$200 (2006). $120

1369 F 1950-64 £2 Green Arms with Roller flaw below E of POSTAGE - retouched BW #271da. Neat March 1964 cds (quite late),well-centred, Cat $275 (2006). $160

1370 * 1951 3d Gold & Responsible Government BW #284-85 se-tenant pairs x3 paying airmail rate on 1951 (July 20) commercialcover to Dusseldorf in British Zone of Allied Occupied Germany. A very scarce franking. $150

1371 * 1953 Produce Food 3d & 3½d se-tenant strips BW #287-292 plus KGVI 4½d tied by Burwood (NSW) cds to 1953 (May 4) coverto USA franked at correct 2/- airmail rate. Scarce usage. $150

1372 * 1953 2/- Tasmania Sesquicentenary BW #306 solo franking tied by Collins St Melbourne ‘23SE53’ cds to a registered ExpressDelivery cover to Mont Park Asylum. $80

1373 * 1957-59 4d Claret Booklet Pane of Six BW #320c paying 2/- airmail rate tied by Cairns cds to 1957 (Nov 29) cover to Canada,edge blemishes. Scarce usage. $120


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1374 * 1958 2/- QANTAS plus 1/- Platypus both perf ‘VG’ tied to 1960 (Jun 10) oversized (335x225mm) OHMS Police Depot registeredcover addressed to Manangatang Police Station. $80

1375 * 1960-66 8d Tiger Cat BW #358 solo franking tied by Hawthorn cds to 1961 (May 25) Hills Hoists cover with illustrated addresslabel, endorsed ‘COMMERCIAL PAPERS ONLY, fine condition. [The 8d franking paid the commercial papers rate seceondweight-step for item weighing up to 8oz] $75

1376 */ ** 1960-66 8d Tiger Cat Ordinary Paper with Retouched shading right of animal’s head - State IV - Typhoon retouch BW#358(II)sc being the upper left unit in a corner block of 6 (3x2), variety unit fine mint, lower units MUH, Cat $200 (as MUH).Elusive in a positional block. $150

1377 * 1961-66 11d Rabbit Bandicoot BW #361 solo franking on 1964 (Jan 29) Country Party cover from Melbourne to Underbool,paying 3rd weight step (up to 3oz) letter rate. $75

1378 * 1961-66 11d Dull Indigo Rabbit Bandicoot Helecon Paper Printing BW #362a (pale orange u/v reaction) desirable solofranking on 1964 (Oct 28) Mobil Oil printed cover (270x215mm) from Mondure (Qld) to Brisbane. $120

1379 V 1961 5/- Cattle Cream Paper CTO BW #373a corner block of 20 (4x5), Sydney ‘1JE64’ datestamps, full MUH gum, Cat $300+. $1401380 * 1961 5/- Cattle Cream Paper BW #373 x2 plus QE 2d x2 tied to 1962(?) registered parcel tag by Elizabeth St (Melbourne) cds,

addressed to California with ‘PASSED FREE’ customs handstamp, black/ green customs declaration on reverse for “copperbracelet”, some creasing. $100

1381 ** 1961 5/- Cattle White Paper corner block of 4, BW #373C, Cat $500. $2001382 ** 1962 Commonwealth Games 100 sets in glassines and priced to sell at $525 $1301383 ** 1965 QEII 5d Red Helecon in Ink with Misplaced perfs BW #402bb. Very fresh NE corner block of 4, full selvedge. Blocks are

scarce. $4001384 ** 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £1 set, MUH. $1201385 ** 1963-64 Navigators set of 8 (both papers 10/- & £1) very fresh, retail $275. BW #404-09, Cat $. (8) $2001386 ** 1963-66 Navigators (6) in blocks of 4, BW #404-09, Cat $850+. (24) $400


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1388 * 1963-64 10/- Flinders BW #407 plus QEII 2d tied by Rockhampton cds to 1964 (May 7) Mobil Oil oversized airmail cover(360x255mm) to Brisbane, fine condition. [The 10/2d franking paid 5d for 1st oz plus 3d x39 for each subsequent oz for an itemweighing 2½lbs] $180

1389 * 1963-64 10/- Navigators BW #407 paying quintuple airmail rate on 1964 (Apr 28) commercial cover (tear at base) to USA. Rareas a solo franking. $180

1390 D 1966-74 Navigators £1 Bass white paper BW #408B pairs x2 (one corner marginal) & 10/- Flinders cream paper single tied toa fragment of parcel wrapping by GPO Sydney Air ‘4JL65’ cds, fine condition. $100

1391 V 1964 Air Mail Anniversary 5d Re-entry to second A of AUSTRALIA and back of fuselage of plane [UrSh 4/4], BW #423d,Cat $200. $140

1392 F 1964 5d Air Mail Anniversary with Re-entry to second ‘A’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ and . . . [UrSh4/4] BW #423d. Parts two cds,scarce variety, retail c$275. $120

1393 * 1964 2/3d Air Mail Anniversary pair and single on 1964 (Oct 8) Jason Wool Scouring commercial cover from Melbourne toUSA, overpaid 9d (rate was 2/- per ½ox x3), some blemishes. Scarce franking. $120

1394 * 1965 2/3d ANZAC solo franking tied by Minto (NSW) cds to 1965 (May 28) airmail cover to UK. Rare commercial usage. $1401395 * 1965 2/3d Anzac solo franking tied by Perth slogan cancel to 1965 (Apr 20) unsealed airmail cover to Germany. Rare

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AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1396 1966-93 Decimal Errors and Varieties Selection comprising QEII 5c Blue and 6c Orange both with Offset, 1970-71 7c Flower

coil Buff omitted - green misplaced downwards, 1973-74 Gemstones 10c Star Sapphire & 1973 7c Christmas both Printedon gummed side, 1974 UPU 7c & 30c optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 1975 10c IWY Misplaced perfs, 18c Wildflower Black omitted, 1978Birds 20c Grebe x2 one Yellow (beak & eye) omitted the other unlisted Yellow misplaced to right, 1982 Whale 60c Trialprinting with solid background. All fresh MUH, Cat $1,415+. Ideal starter collection. (11) $700

1397 * Late 1970s Decimals Perf ‘VG’ Array on cards (150x75mm) x120+ believed to have used to pay the postage due bygovernment departments receiving unfranked/ underfranked incoming mail, wide range of commemorative/ definitive frankingssighted with values to $1 Paintings all tied by Victorian town datestamps. Good lot for specialist. (120+) $150

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues1398 ** 1975 18c Wildflower two copies one with Black completely missing the other with Black missing at the top, BW #425c. $701399 */ ** 1966 QEII 4c Red Helecon Paper Plate 23 to Plate 28 Selection selection of plate/ perf pip blocks of 20 comprising Plate 23

upper x6 & lower x4; Plate 24 upper x3 & lower x3, Plate 25 upper x2 & lower x3, Plate 26 upper x4 & lower x6; Plate 27 upperx3 & lower x3, Plate 28 upper x3 & lower x4; a few listed flaws sighted, some units hinged, mostly fresh MUH, Cat $1,320+ (44blocks). $380

1400 * 1966 4c Red QEII (Feb 13) QEII 4c red tied to plain cover by Canberra ‘13FEB/ 1966’ slogan cancel being one day before theofficial date of issue. $65

1401 */ ** 1966 QEII 4c Red specialist array on album leaves with Ordinary Paper Plate 22 blocks of 20 upper x3 & lower x3, Plate 23lower blocks of 20 x2 with Weak area below ‘4c’ to hair state I retouch & State II retouch; ordinary or helecon paper arrayof varieties in blocks or multiples including, Weak entries, Recut frame [1/1], Missing frame & weak shading [2/1], a study inblocks of 4 of Recut ‘4c’ & surrounds [1/9], Recut shading [4/2], also experimental papers/ helecon ink variations, somestamps hinged but predominantly fresh MUH. Good lot for the specialist. (100s) $350

1402 **/ * 1966 QEII 4c Red Ordinary Paper Sheet D Plate #12 (lower)/ perf pip block of 20 BW #439z, MUH except for four of theupper units, Cat $2,000 (as MUH). Extremely rare. [ACSC states at page 9/16 “it is believed that only two examples arerecorded”] $1,250

1403 **/ * 1966 QEII 4c Red Non-Helecon BW #440 multiples comprising upper-right corner blocks of 4 x2 with only the faintest trace ofHelecon ink plus marginal strip of 5 and Plate 25 (lower) block of 20 with Helecon ink streaks the first unit [9/1] of the plate blockapparently devoid of Helecon ink BW #440ab; the same block with listed flaw Weak area below ‘4c’ to hair [9/ 4]; fine conditionwith most units MUH. (4 items). (4) $200

1404 **/ * 1966 QEII 4c Red Helecon Paper Sheet F Plate 20 (lower) blocks of 20 all with Weak area below ‘4c’ to hair retouched [F9/4]comprising State I retouch BW #440ma, State II retouch #440mb x2, & State III retouch #440mc x2, some units hinged,otherwise fresh MUH, Cat $500+. (5) $180


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1405 **/ * 1966 QEII 4c Red Helecon Paper Plate 16 to Plate 21 selection of plate/ perf pip blocks of 20 comprising Plate 16 upper &lower x2; Plate 19 upper x3 & lower x4; Plate 20 upper x7 & lower x7 one with State II retouch [9/ 4]; Plate 21 upper x5, lowerx12 including [9/4] Weak area below ‘4c’ to hair plus State I & State II retouches; a few other varieties sighted; some unitshinged, mostly fresh MUH, Cat $1,200+ (41 blocks). $350

1406 **/ * 1966 QEII 4c Red Helecon Paper Plate #17 blocks of 20 comprising Sheet D lower with complete ‘17’ (minor edge staining);Sheet B top right with partial ‘17’; Sheet E bottom right with partial ‘17’; BW #440zba, zbb & zbc, a few units hinged, otherwisefresh MUH, Cat $900 (for complete Plate Nos). (3) $240

1407 ** 1967-72 QEII 5c Blue block of 4 with Offset BW #444a, MUH, Cat $300+. $1501408 * 1971 50th Anniversary of Rotary 6c solo franking tied by ‘HMAS CERBERUS WESTERNPORT/ 27MY71’ cds paying British

Forces airmail concession rate to England, boxed ‘NAVY POSTAGE/ CONCESSION RATE’ handstamp in violet. First examplewe have seen paying this rate. $120

1409 * 1966-74 75c Navigators BW #462a (dark pink UV reaction) tied by ‘BROOKVALE/ 15JE73’ cds to Overseas Express Deliverycover to London. Rare solo franking. (A small cover with a solo 75c realised $300+ at Melbourne auction in 2008). $120

1410 * 1966-74 $4 King plus $1 Flinders tied to a fashioned parcel tag by Kingsford NSW cds; also three pieces all headed‘COMMERCIAL PAPERS’ with $4 King included within $4.80 x2 or $6.60 frankings. (4) $250

1411 * 1966-74 $4 King plus $2 Paintings and Pioneer Life 40c & 5c tied by Perth Cloisters Square cds to 1974 (Sep 26) to oversizedregistered solicitors envelope (360x127mm) to England, central fold well clear of stamps. $150

1412 ** 1968 30c Waratah marginal block of 16 (8x2), seven of the lower units with Green partly omitted. This is sheet 049821, BW#488cb, MUH, Cat $2,800+. This block would appear to contain most of the known examples. $750


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1413 * 1969 7c Sugar BW #503 rare solo franking paying surface rate on 1970 (Jul 29) cover from Dumbleyung (WA) to USA. $1401414 * 1969 Primary Industries 15c Timber BW #504 pair tied by Perth ‘28NOV/ 1969’ slogan cancel, making up the 30c airmail rate

to England. Scarce usage. $751415 * 1969 15c Timber BW #504 solo tied by RAAF PO Darwin cds to 1970 (Feb 6) illustrated cover to Singapore paying airmail rate. $801416 * 1969 25c Christmas BW #508 strip of 3 plus 15c Timber & 20c Wheat on commercial Special Delivery airmail cover to

Switzerland, the $1.10 franking paying airmail triple rate + 20c Express Delivery fee. Very scarce multiple franking of 25cChristmas. $150

1417 ** 1971 7c Desert Pea Coil strip of 4 Buff omitted (green misplaced downwards), BW #535ce, Cat $1,200+ SG #466bb, Cat£900+. RPSV Certificate (2001). $600

1418 * 1970 Famous Australians 6c Duigan Brothers booklet stamp BW #548a (salmon U/V reaction) tied by Canberra ‘30JNE/ 1971’slogan cancel paying British Forces in Australia concession rate to England, straight-line ‘ON SERVICE’ & boxed ‘DEFENCEFORCES/ POSTAGECONCESSION’ handstamp in red, slogan cancel. Very scarce usage. $100

1419 ** 1971 Christmas Cream Paper two panes of 25 (one no selvedge), a block of 20 giving two blocks of 7, 2x APO packs. Trivialblemishes, very fresh, min retail c$275. (70+) $100

1420 * 1971 Christmas 7c mauve, green & blue solo franking paying British Forces in Australia concession rate to England sent byBritish Squadron Leader based at RAAF Fairbairn Canberra, straight-line ‘ON SERVICE’ & boxed ‘DEFENCE FORCES/POSTAGECONCESSION’ handstamp in red, slogan cancel. First example we have seen of a 7c Christmas stamp paying thisrate. $160

1421 * 1972 Prime Ministers Booklet Panes commercially used paying 35c airmail rate to England comprising 7c Hughes BW #588catied by Essendon 1972 (Apr 10) cds, plus 7c Fisher BW #586a tied by indistinct 1973 (Feb) cds. Scarce duo. (2) $80

1422 * 1972 Prime Ministers 7c Bruce complete booklet pane of 5 (with tab) BW #589ca tied by Surfers Paradise cds to 1972 (April6) airmail cover to England. Very scarce usage. $85

1423 * 1972 Primary Industries 20c Fruit BW #591 rare solo usage tied by FPO 5 cds to 1973 (Mar 6) ANZUK Forces in Malaysiaairmail cover to Canberra [Airmail rate was 5c per ½oz] $180

1424 * 1972 35c Christmas BW #621 solo franking (corner crease) tied to 1972 illustrated ‘Greetings from MAROOCHYDORE’ airmailcover to Denmark. Very scarce solo franking. $80

1425 * 1973 20c National Development BW #631 solo franking on 1973 Nissens (Brisbane) small advertising cover, Priority Paidlabel, & two-line ‘RECEIVED LATE DUE TO/ AIRLINE DIFFICULTIES’ handstamp in violet. Scarce usage. $75


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1426 * 1973-74 6c Gemstones Pair BW #641 paying double the 6c concession rate on 1976 (Jun 3) British Forces serving in Australiaairmail cover from Canberra to England, fine strike of ‘BRITISH DEFENCE FORCES MAIL/ (crown)’ circular handstamp in violet,central fold. $140

1427 ** 1973 7c Christmas variety, Printed on gummed side SG #673a, BW #651c, with normal stamp for comparison, Cat $200. $1201428 * 1974-81 $4 Paintings very scarce solo franking on 1974 (Jun 24) Margate Beach (Qld) registered Overseas Express Delivery

small cover to Germany, Hamburg & Bad Ems backstamps. $1201429 * 1974-81 $4 Paintings BW #666 pair tied to registered cover by Currie (Tas) ‘18JA79’ cds, addressed to Telecom Australia in

Burnie. $1201430 * 1974 15c Science Education BW #684 solo franking paying unsealed greetings card rate on a 1974 (Dec 15) cover to USA,

very scarce thus. $1001431 ** 1975 45c Wildflower vertical strip of 6, the third unit with Yellow-green partly omitted & the fourth unit with Yellow-green

omitted BW #727ce, fresh MUH, Cat $750. $300

1432 1975 Independence of Papua New Guinea 25c BW #729 tied by Sydney ‘18DEC/ 1975’ cancel paying unsealed greetings cardairmail rate to Sweden. Very fine condition and rare usage. $120

1433 * 1975 25c PNG Independence BW #729 solo franking paying unsealed greetings card rate to USA. Very scarce useage. $1001434 * 1975 25c PNG Independence BW #729 solo franking paying correct postcard rate to Germany. Scarce useage. $1001435 * 1978 25c Trees BW #797 pair paying Zone 4 rate on 1978 (Jul 13) cover to USA. Scarce usage franking. [Zone 4 airmail rate

increased from 40c to 50c as of 1/7/78.] $1501436 * 1978 40c Trees BW #798 solo franking paying unsealed greeting cards card rate on 1978 (Dec 12) cover to England. Rare

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1437 * 1978 45c Trees BW #798 solo franking paying airmail rate on 1978 (Jun 28) cover to Switzerland. [Cover was sent just prior to1/7/78 Zone 5 airmail rate increase from 45c to 55c] $150

1438 * 1978 45c Trees BW #799 pair paying Zone 5 double-rate on 1978 (Aug 4) cover to Germany. Very scarce usage. $150

1439 ** 1978 20c Little Grebe unrecorded Yellow colour shift approx 5mm to right and 2mm up variety of BW #805. A fresh NWcorner block of 4 (cat $1,000 if yellow completely missing). $100

1440 ** 1978 20c Little Grebe unrecorded Yellow colour shift approx 5mm to right and 2mm up variety of BW #805. A fresh blockof 4 (cat $1,000 if yellow completely missing). $100

1441 ** 1978 20c Little Grebe error Yellow (beak & eye) omitted, fresh MUH, SG #673a Cat £140, BW #805cb $250. $1201442 ** 1978 20c Little Grebe marginal strip of 10 with error Black partly omitted on upper two units, BW #805cg, fresh MUH, Cat

$2,000 (2002) Only 10 such strips recorded. $750

1443 ** 1981 24c Thylacine marginal block of 8 Dramatically misplaced perfs - Type 3, BW #902bd. This is the block illustrated inBW. $525

1444 ** 1982 Whales 60c essay with solid blue background, BW #930(E)1, Cat $350. $2701445 ** 1986 Decision to Settle 33c Arthur Phillip with uncatalogued Double perfs. $1251446 ** 1992-94 Threatened Species 45c sheetlet of 5 with World Columbian Stamp Expo overprint in gold Imperforate BW #1567cb,

Cat $500. [Imperforate sheetlets were sold by Australia Post at the exhibition, ACSC states at page 9/ 973 “it seems likely thata full printer’s sheet was sold in this way”] $300


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1447 * 1992 Box Link Undenominated Label BW #1592,1992-94 usage on four separate commercial covers. Elusive. $751448 ** 1994 International Year of the Family $1 horizontal strip of 5 with Misplaced perforations - the most dramatic being 4mm up

and 2mm to the right, BW #1716b. $250

1449 ** 1994-97 Kangaroos & Koalas with Imperforate marginal block of 18, ‘LEIGH-MARDON’ on back. $1,000

1450 ** 1986 Christmas block of 10 (5x2) with Double perfs in the left 2 columns and Misplaced perfs horizontally on all stamps.Similar to BW #1778b&ba. $225

1451 ** 1993 Unissued Candlestick Trial Counter printed stamp group of 3 comprising [1] ‘no value’ printed on stamp, [2] 60c [3]$1.20. (first two with minor blemishes). $110

1452 ** 1994-2000 Counter Printed Stamps ‘45c NPC’ literal Doubly printed on Family Group of Koalas, variety of BW #1794D. Amodern rarity, unseen by us before. $100

1453 W 2001 Desert Birds SNP Ausprint Photo-litho 45c Painted Firetail BW #2474 Misperforated resulting in Oversized value tablet& design partly missing at right including ‘firetail’ & last ‘A’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’’, mild stain at top, unused. $60

1454 D 2004 50c Cats & Dogs Bundleware 100 sets with sheet perfs on piece and cut close. Sheet stamps only comprise approx 2%of the entire printing of the whole issue and as such are very difficult to assemble. (400) $80

1455 D 2004 Trains Bundleware 100 sets with sheet perfs, on piece and cut close. Sheet stamps only comprise approx 2% of the totalprinting of this issue and as such are very difficult to assemble (500) $80

1456 ** 2007 Modernist Architecture Limited Edition Imperf Sheets both left & right panes with certificates in their original AustraliaPost storage and wrappings. $130

1457 D 2011 National Gallery Flowers Bundleware 100 sets on piece and cut close. Sheet stamps only comprise approx 2% of theentire printing of this issue and as such are very difficult to assemble. (500) $100

1458 D 2012 Medical Science Bundleware 100 sets with sheet perfs, on piece and cut close. Sheet stamps only comprise approx 2%of the entire printing of this issue and as such are difficult to assemble. (500) $100

1459 D 2012 Greetings Bundleware 100 sets cut close on piece. Sheet stamps only comprise approx 2% of the entire printing of thisissue and as such are very difficult to assemble. (500) $100


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AUSTRALIA | Booklets1460 BC 1913-17 2/- Red on Pink inside cover printed in red on blue-green BW #B7A, exploded with ½d x3 remaining, original rusted

staple with tissue interleaving intact (one with stamp-sized piece cut-out), edge blemishes, Cat $3,000 (as an incompletebooklet). Rare survivor. $400

1461 B** 1927 2/- Canberra BW #B38 - two booklets with full panes, usual rust stains from ancient staples (which have convenientlybeen removed) and other small imperfections. Better than average copies, Cat $250. (2) $100

1462 B 1992-94 Threatened Species $4.50 Fourth Reprint booklet with variety Stamps printed on backing paper BW #1566(3)a Cat$250. $120

1463 B** 2003 $10.95 Prestige Murray River Shipping with First pane inverted Pfeffer #PB12v. Superb, cat $170. $90AUSTRALIA | Registration Labels1464 Collection: mixed condition, majority from Queensland (c375) various types Adaville to Yarraman Creek, some numbers only

and including red, white, handstamped (eg Graceville) and many manuscript (eg Severnlea, Narko, Kyoomba, etc). Smallerrepresentations other States with NSW incl 38 Sydney types (78), Victoria mostly Melbourne area (25), SA & WA with large andsmall Adelaide and Perth types, one only Tasmania. Some light duplication in places, good variety. (c500) $125

AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues1465 * 1929-60 Postage Dues on Cover Group comprising [1] 1929 PPC bearing 2c used from USA to Sydney, circled

‘CENTIMES/10/T’, paid by Third Wmk 1d; [2] 1950 cover from USA to Melbourne bearing 10c and 15c (damaged), circled ‘T/(mss.150)/ CENTIMES’ in violet, pencilled “4/2”, with 1946-56 2d single and 3d block of 16 affixed and tied to reverse by NorthFitzroy datestamps; [3] 1960 (8 Jan) business reply envelope used at Sydney with 1953 2/- and 1958 No Wmk 1/- pair, payingfor multiple taxed items; mixed condition. $300

1466 ** 1902 Converted NSW Plates ½d line P11½-12 BW #D1, a double variety block of 4 with ‘F’ of ‘HALF’ & ‘P’ of ‘PENCE’ joined[5/3] and White flaw left of top serif of ‘1’ [6/4] BW #D1d&j. Vertical crease left units hardly detract from scarce and desirablepositional block, new Postage Due cat $180↕ (as singles). $100

1467 * 1902 Converted NSW Plates 2d BW #D7 tied by Perth ‘NO/ 02’ to unstamped Perth local Mathieson cover, circled ‘T’ struck inblack, the 2d due paying deficient postage at ½oz rate for an unstamped item. Early Commonwealth postage due use. $250

1468 * 1902 Converted NSW Plates BW #D11. Small traces of ‘NSW’ letters still showing in panel at base probably don’t qualify asthe BW-listed variety. Very light hinge trace, very fresh. $325

1469 * 1902 Converted NSW Plates 4d BW #D11 tied by Perth ‘AU5/ 02’ to unstamped Perth local Mathieson cover, circled ‘T’ struckin black, the 4d due paying deficient postage at 1oz rate for an unstamped item. Very early Commonwealth postage due use. $350

1470 G 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ Single Lined A 3d light green, BW #D61, few perf faults, Cat $450, rare. $1601471 * 1908-09 Stroke After Shilling Values 1/- and 5/-, slight toning, very fine appearance, Retail $800. (2) $1501472 * 1909-10 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thick Paper 5/- rose-red & green, BW #D90, gum aged, Cat $125. $60


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1473 * 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/ A ½d BW #D105 plus CofA 1d Perf 11 BW #D115 pair tied by ‘DELIVERY ROOM/ GPO SYDNEY’cds paying deficiency on 1934 (15 Jan) underpaid cover from USA to Sydney with 5-line US Post Office cachet in violet, circled‘CENTIMES/20/T’ struck in black, cover folds and minor blemishes. Scarce two-issue postage due use. $150

1474 ** 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/ A 1½d Plate 1 Harrison imprint block of 4 with Break in frame over U of AUSTRALIA (FP1)g, BW#D107z, 2nd line guillotined off, gum toning, MUH, Cat $475+. $150

1475 ** 1958-63 No Wmk 5d Die II marginal block of 4, BW #D151, Cat $320. $1801476 ** 1958-63 No Wmk 5d Die II corner block of 4, BW #D151, Cat $320. $180

AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps1477 U 1945 War Savings Stamps 6d Canberra War Memorial and Mt Ainslie vert pair with adhesions (probably due ungainly removal

from unsurrendered savings folder). Scarce pair. (2) $2001478 1940s 6d Defiant x21 with at least 4 multiples, on blue card (corner faults). $1001479 * 1940 WWII War Saving Certificates sequential run of 5 between #FC087120-24, ‘PRINTED BY THE AUTHORITY...’ imprint at

base, issued by National Bank of Australia (Adelaide), superb condition. (5) $400AUSTRALIA | CINDERELLAS1480 W ‘PALS’ Scenic Labels: set of six unused marginals claret (Qld, Vic), green (Tas, SA), blue (NSW, WA). Small imperfections,

very clean. (6) $1201481 1939-48 Petrol Ration Tickets: for use in NSW, Qld, Tas & Vic also Australia wide incl 1 gallon (18), 2 gallon (14), 5 gallon (4),

10 gallon (3) and a 44 gallon ticket. Most unused and generally very fine. A hard group to assemble. (40) $5001482 C1940 Petrol Ration Tickets: for use in Western Australia (although valid in all States). A complete unused sheet of 10 Series

B 44 gallon tickets comprising 5 téte-béche pairs, also Series A 1 & 2 gallons (used) & 5 gallon pair (unused). Generally fine.(14 items) $800

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery1483 L Australian Commonwealth Specialists’ Catalogue Postal Stationery Including Australian Territories: (2013) illustrated

fully in colour, 401pp looseleaf housed in A4 ringbinder. An essential reference, Retail $225. $200


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1484 PS Officials Collection: Valuable group with Envelopes unused (5, two ‘OS’ in die) and used (63, 21 ‘OS’ in die), latter with 1918½d + 1d Die I (ACSC #ES34), penalty envelopes (5, two unused), ‘Returned Letter’ (9), 1942 5d Registered envelope uprated½d in cash, Postal cards with ‘OS’ in die unused (2), various used cards (4), and perf ‘OS/ NSW’ used (2, one rare KGVI 1½d),and Letter cards (3, one unused), many scarce items present, little if any duplication amongst configurations, odd fault, generallyfine. (94) $2,100

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards1485 PS 1911 Full-Face Design New Layout uprated with ½d Roo for transit to Hungary all tied by Broken Hill ‘12NO13’ datestamp,

weak Verbo arrival datestamp. Scarce destination. $1301486 PS 1913 Kangaroo & Map Original Die Plate 1 BW #x2 one PTPO for G Hall & Sons and Plate 2 (short corner) PTPO for District

Council of Neales, unused, Cat $260. (3) $1201487 PS 1913 Kangaroo & Map Original Die Heading Plate 2 (lines above and below admonition 4.2mm apart) with OHMS overprint

above the heading BW #P24(2)e (BW makes no catalogue distinction between Plate 2 ‘above stamp’ or ‘above heading’ for theOHMS overprint), fine unused, Cat $200. Scarce. $150

1488 PS 1932 (Mar 12) use of ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ on 1d Postal Card BW #P66, uprated for airmail from Perth to Goodwood (SA) with3d Airmail, fime condition. $60

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards1489 PS 1911-15 Used Selection including [1] KGV 1d Full-Face 1911 (Aug 10) Grey Unsurfaced Card BW #LC8 (Exhibition Buildings,

Melbourne) to England, 1912 use of LC11 (Launceston Tas) to UK, 1915 local use of #LC10 (Lorne Victoria); [2] 1d KangarooLettercard x4 including 1913 (Dec 17, ERD) use Die I Card uprated with 1d Roo to England; [3] KGV 1d Sideface Die I Perf 10(Murray River West Aust) 1915 use to UK; condition variable but mostly fine. (8) $240

1490 PS 1911-12 KGV Full Face 1d in bright violet, text setting B (St George’s Terrace), BW #LC11(119Ad), severely cropped at left andright of photograph, unused. $120

1491 PS 1913 1d Kangaroo & Map Original Die Selection BW #LC14 comprising illustrations [1] ‘Botanic Gardens, Portland, Vic’ inchestnut (15b); [2] ‘On the Murray, S.Australia’ (94b) x3 in grey-black, red-brown, or bright purple; [3] ‘St. George’s Terrace,Perth, W.A. (119d) in purple-black; very fine condition, Cat $550. (5) $380

1492 PS 1913 1d Kangaroo & Map Original Die #LC14 with ‘Botanic Gardens, Portland, Vic’ framed rectangle illustration in greenish-black, with Griffiths Bros printed address/ advertising, fine unused. $75

1493 PS 1913 Kangaroo & Map Original Die 1d bright purple with ‘On The Murray, S.Australia’ illustration on reverse BW #LC14, fineunused, Cat $100. $75


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1494 PS 1913-14 Kangaroo 1d Die II all with view of Zoological Gardens Perth WA incl [1] ‘unframed oval’ LC14 (143B) 2, differentcolours and No stop after CARD, [2] unframed oval and No sky in blackish-green, LC 14 (143C), [3] rectangular view in deepgrey green for Griffiths Bros, Melbourne, LC 14 (143D), all unused. (4) $450

1495 PS 1913 Kangaroo & Map Original Die 1d group in chestnut (‘The Gorge, Launceston, Tas.’), bright purple (‘Mt Lofty Ranges,South Australia’), grey-black (Lorne Victoria) or black-brown (‘The Two Brothers, Queensland’), some minor damp staining, fineoverall, Cat $400. (4) $160

1496 PS 1913 Kangaroo & Map Original Die 1d bright violet with ‘Botanic Gardens, Portland, Vic’ illustration on reverse BW #LC14, fineunused, Cat $100. $75

1497 PS 1913-14 Kangaroo 1d Pink rectangular view of St. George’s Terrace, Perth, BW #LC14(119E), unused. $120

1498 PS 1913 1d Kangaroo & Map Die II BW #LC16 with oval ‘Town Hall, Sydney’ illustration (133) in bright pink, unused, Cat $120. $901499 PS 1913 1d Kangaroo Die II with view ‘PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND’ in purple-black BW# LC16(103), very fresh unused. $1001500 PS 1913-14 Kangaroo 1d Red-Brown Die II view of ‘Avon River York W.A.’, BW #LC16(7), unused. $1801501 PS 1914-18 KGV P10 1d Blue with view of ‘MURRAY RIVER WEST AUST.’ with framed oval (and sky), unused, very fine. BW

#LC17(87a). $80

1502 PS 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die II, perf 10, view ‘CEDAR LOGS/ QUEENSLAND’ in purple-black BW #LC21(31), very freshunused. $100

1503 PS 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die II, perf 10, view ‘HUONVILLE, TASMANIA’ in black BW # LC21(66), very fresh unused. $1001504 PS 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die II perf 10, view ‘LAKE ST CLAIR/ TASMANIA’ in dark blue BW #LC21(68), very fresh unused. $100

1505 PS 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die II, perf 10, view ‘PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND’ in red-brown BW #LC21(103), very freshunused. $100

1506 PS 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die II, perf 10, view ‘PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND’ in blue BW #LC21(103), left value tablet withFlaw at base, which is only found in this colour, very fresh unused. $120

1507 PS 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die II, perf 10, view ‘WATERFALL GULLY/ ADELAIDE’ in deep violet BW #LC21(140), very freshunused. $100


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1508 PS 1915 Military Views KGV 1d Sideface ‘H.M.A.S. “YARRA” ON TRIAL - ON CLYDE’ view in blue-black, Top half of inside withprinted advert for Feldheim Gotthelf, Sydney in red, BW #LC27(M4B), minor faults, unused. A rare Letter Card. $200

1509 PS 1923-24 KGV Sideface 1½d green perf 12½, view ‘THE GILDEROY RANGES/ VICTORIA’, CTO at Melbourne for UPUdistribution BW # LC51(52)x. Superb & fresh and much rarer than catalogue suggests. $180

1510 PS 1943-51 KGVI Sideface 3½d red with ovptd ‘SPECIMEN’, BW #LC75w, mild sunlight stain at left, only 356 produced. $70

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes1511 PS 1923-4 ‘THREE HALFPENCE’ on 2d Orange No POSTAGE BW #EP 24. Scarce, rarely seen so clean, Cat $750. $4001512 PS 1918-19 Star Doubleton 1d red Die 3+½d green on light grey laid bâtonné paper, BW #EP13, minor corner crease, otherwise

fresh unused. $801513 PS 1913 1d Kangaroo & Map Original Die PTPO for Roberts & Co Ltd (Auctioneers, Hobart) BW #ES4 postally used with Hobart

‘10APR13’ machine cancel, addressed to Mangalore, fine condition. $100

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes1514 PS 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo & Map boxed ‘REGISTERED’ unused BW #RE1 & CTO #RE1x; also ‘REGISTERED LETTER’

#RE3 unused; some trivial blemishes, fine overall, Cat $800. $3001515 PS 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo & Map with boxed ‘REGISTERED’ BW #RE1, plus 4d Orange with ‘REGISTERED LETTER’ at top

BW #RE3, each with some tonespots, Cat $600. (2) $2501516 PS 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo & Map Long Envelope BW #RE2, very minor blemishes upper edge, overall fine unused, Cat

$1,000. $350

1517 PS Collection in Two Cover Albums comprising unused (33) and used (60, one CTO), includes 1942 5½d rounded flap at rightused (BW #RE30 – Cat $250), scarce inscription and stock types of QEII 2/5d with 1965 Helecon used (BW #RE44 Cat $100),no duplication apparent, odd fault, generally fine (93) $1,700


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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes1518 PS 1974 (Aug 12) use of permit aerogrammme with 7c Sport x2, from Sale (Vic) to England, re-directed to Hawaii but undelievered,

‘RETURN TO SENDER’ handstamp applied, Melbourne ‘16OCT/ 1974’ backstamp, some blemishes. $801519 PS 1962 10d Christmas handstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ in violet for archival purposes, BW #A19w, Cat $150. $120AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers1520 PS 1913 ½d Kangaroo & Map BW #W1 (break in left frameline opposite Roo’s head), fine unused, Cat $75. $601521 PS 1913 ½d Kangaroo & Map with small type O.H.M.S. overprint BW #W1e, very fine unused, Cat $300. $180

1522 PS Collection in Cover Album ranging from ASC W1-30, comprising unused (27) and used (53, one registered, four CTO),commencing with nice used Kangaroo ½d and the 1d uprated with ½d and 1d to Germany, useful KGV, some possibly of PTPOorigin, attractive uprates, etc, odd fault, generally fine. (80) $1,600

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime1523 PS 1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base BW #ME1 (‘Regimental Number’ 8mm below line &

37mm long), some minor tonespotting, unused, Cat $300. $1101524 PS 1916-17 1d Red Military Envelope inscibed ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ (thick & thin line under ‘MILITARY ENVELOPE’) on cream laid

paper BW #ME3A used ‘FE1/ 1917’ from Majors Creek (NSW) to 13th Battalion of 4th Brigade stationed in France, horizontal &vertical folds and minor spotting, Cat $400. $150

1525 PS 1916 (Sep) 3rd Issue ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base on cream laid paper, BW #ME3A (Thick over Thin Rule Lines below theHeading), flap stuck down & discolouration on the reverse, unused, Cat $300. $180

1526 PS 1916 (Sep) 3rd Issue ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base on buff wove paper, BW #ME4B (Two Thick Rule Lines below theHeading), some minor soiling/ tonespots unused, Cat $300. $160

1527 PS 1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ ABROAD’ At Base on laid paper, BW #ME5, minor edge toning, unused,Cat $300. $140


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1528 PS 1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ ABROAD’ At Base on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourcedfrom Victorian State Government Printer as a response to wartime paper shortages, BW #ME5B, a few tonespots on face,unused, Cat $300. $140

AUSTRALIA | Telegram Forms1529 PS 1938 Special Event Telegrams ‘Congratulatory’, ‘Birthday Greetings’ & ‘Christmas & New Year Greeting’ all with Nhill cds of

23 or 24DE38. An attractive group to the one recipient. $100AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer1530 L Australian First Day Covers by Michael Moore, Colleen Woolley & Frank Pauer, a guide to identifying Australian illustrated FDI

covers and their publishers, 210pp spiralbound. $501531 * Bergen 1948 Pan-Pacific Jamboree on Wide World cover with Bergen insert, clean Stapleton cover. $80

1532 * Bergen 1949 30th Anniversary of Ross Smith Flight ½d & 1d cancelled Darwin cds of 10DE49, clean pencilled address. $1001533 * Bergen 1951 Melbourne Christchurch Direct Flight AAMC #1274, 3d Federation pair cancelled Melbourne cds of 28JE51,

clean Stapleton cover. $1001534 * Bergen 1951 Opening of Prospect North PO 3d Gold with Relief 12 cds of 8AU51, clean Stapleton cover. $100

1535 * Bergen 1951 Opening of Prospect North PO ½d Roo x2 with Relief 12 cds of 8AU51, clean unaddressed cover. $1001536 * Bergen 1951 SA Jubilee Year Philatelic Exhibition ½d x2 & 2d cancelled Adelaide cds of 22AU51, clean Stapleton cover. $1001537 * Bergen 1951 7½d KGVI with North Adelaide cds of 31OC51, clean unaddressed cover. $100

1538 * Bergen 1952 1/ 0½d KGVI with Brighton cds of 19MR52, clean unaddressed cover. $2001539 * Bergen 1953 Coronation set with Booborowie cds of 25MY53, clean registered Stapleton cover. $2001540 * Bergen 1954 Antarctic Exhibition 3d Tas Stamp Centenary cancelled with Mawson cds of 15FE54 on ‘4 penguins’ cover. $901541 * Bergen 1954 Antarctic Exhibition 3d Tas Stamp Centenary cancelled with Mawson cds of 15FE54 on ‘Survey Flight’ cover. $100


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1542 * Bergen 1954 1/- Postage Due BW #D139 tied to unaddressed Arthur Bergen FDC by ‘TRANS AUST RAILWAY/ 17FE54/ PAYTRAIN’ FDI datestamp, with another fine strike on reverse. $600

1543 * Bergen 1954 3½d Red Cross with Underdale cds of 9JE54, clean unaddressed cover. $1001544 * Bergen 1954 Antarctic Exhibition 3½d AAT cancelled with Macquarie Island cds of 28DE54 on ‘Antarctic Map’ cover. $901545 * Bergen 1955 Antarctic Exhibition 3½d SA Stamp Centenary cancelled with Macquarie Island cds of 13DE55 on ‘4 penguins’

cover. $100

1546 * Bergen 1971 Antarctic Treaty pair with Glenelg cds of 23JE71 on ‘Penguin on Icefloe’ cover. $901547 * Challis 1953-57 QEII Definitives on clean registered covers with neat typed addresses; [1] 1953 3½d block of 4; [2] 1953 3d

block of 4; [3] 1955 1/ 0½d block of 4; [4] 1957 4d pair & 1/7d pair. $2001548 * Challis 1953-54 Commemoratives on clean registered covers with neat typed addresses; [1] 1953 3½d Young Farmers block

of 4; [2] 1953 3d Tas Stamp Centenary block of 4; [3] 1955 3½d Telegraph block of 4; [4] 1954 Red Cross block of 4. $2001549 * Challis 1954 Royal Visit set on clean addressed cover; PLUS 1953 Coronation set on Cover Craft clean addressed cover. (2) $60

1550 * Challis group of neat covers with typed addresses; [1] 1954 3½d Railway; [2] 1955 3½d Rotary; [3] 1958 War Memoral; [4]1960 Xmas. $160

1551 * Foster 1941 1½d Green KGVI tied to J Foster cover by St Kilda Rail ‘10DE41’ FDI cds, Fine condition, with dateline muchclearer than usually seen, Cat $500. $220

1552 * Guthrie group of addressed cover [1] 1954 Railway Centenary on Train cover; [2] 2/- blue Oympic Publicity on MCG cover; [3]1/ 0½d QEII on 2 different generic covers; [4] Cobb & Co set on Stage Coach cover. (5) $120

1553 * Guthrie group of addressed cover with blocks of 4 [1] 1954 Railway Centenary on Train cover; [2] 1955 Rotary on Rotary cover;[3] 1955 SA Stamp Centenary on Adelaide GPO cover. $100

1554 * Official 1966 Decimal Currency complete set on 5 different Shield covers, all with neat addresses, tone spots on one of thelow-value covers otherwise fine. (4) $200

1555 * Official 1970 selection of unaddressed covers [1] Expo set on APO cover; [2] Grasslands on APO cover; PLUS [3] Royal Visitset on Excelsior cover. Scarce group. $100


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1556 * South Australia Stamp Company SA Centenary set of 3 tied SA Stamp Company Glenelg registered airmail cover to NZ by‘3AU35’ FDI cancel, with original Gower’s Stamp Den circulars contained within, some minor edge toning. $120

1557 * Taylor 1946 Peace set with Carlton South cds of 18FE46, clean unaddressed cover. $1601558 * Taylor 1952 6½d Green KGVI with Carlton South cds of 9AP52, clean unaddressed cover. $100

1559 * Unknown 1953 Coronation set on fine 3-colour illustrated cover with Queen’s head and map of Australia superimposed onglobe, neat hand address. Not seen by us before. $135

1560 * Wills 1948 1/3d Bull & 2/- Crocodile on very fine hand illustrated cover, registered airmail from Brisbane to USA, neat printedaddress, unclaimed and returned to the sender G. Wills. Rare ‘P.DT GRACEVILLE SW3/6-1-8AP48/ QLD-AUST’ backstamp. $180

AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers1561 * 1930s-50s Assortment including KGVI 3d Die I, 6d Kooka & 1/- Lyrebird tied to plain cover by Malvern ‘2AU37’ FDI cancel,

1936 Cable x2 (one with faults) tied to plain covers by Malvern FDI cancels, 1937 NSW Anniv official FDCs x4, therafter mostlyplain cover with FDI cancels; also 1951 flight covers x5; condition variable. (approx 100). $120

1562 * 1931-65 Collection in album mainly FDCs but a few others as well, noted 1937 3d White Wattles on Wagner cover, 1938 4dKoala on plain cover with slogan cancel, 1947 Princess on Smyth cover, 1959 Flying Doctor long covers signed by doctor x4,1955 3½d Cobb & Co on unidentified Brisbane cover, 1959-62 Zoologicals. Good range and mix with little duplication. Generallyfine condition. (150+) $480

1563 * 1932 2d Harbour Bridge used on commercial cover with Sydney ‘14MAR/ 1932’ FDI slogan cancel, Palace Theatre promotionalletter enclosed. $150

1564 * 1932 Large Kookaburra 6d tied to plain cover by ‘ST GEORGES TERRACE/-1JE32/ WESTERN AUSTRALIA’ cds, blue/ blackregistration label. $180

1565 * 1945-52 Group all neatly addressed; [1] 1945 Gloucester set on registered Cole cover; [2] 1952 1/ 0½d KGVI on registeredHaslem cover; [3] 1948 1/3d Cattle & 2/- Crocodile on plane cover; [4] 1952 2/6d Aborigine on plain cover. $120

1566 * 1954 (Jun 23) QE 2½d & 6d, tied to illustrated FDC, (specially made up for the opening of the ‘New Learmonth Post Office’) bynew LEARMONTH cds, to Director, Posts & Telegraphs, GPO, Perth with accompanying letter mentioning visit of Governor &party, the release of the new issues and opening of the Official PO all happening in Learmonth that day! $120


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1567 * 1966 Hartog to 2004 almost complete collection on Aust Post, Excelsior, Royal or Wesley covers in 5 albums and on numerousHagners incl 1971 Christmas, 1990 Garden $20, 2001 International $20, peel & sticks, booklet issues, se-tenant strips, Framas,few commem postmarks incl overseas stamp exhibitions, etc. Very clean lot. (100s) $320

1568 * 1966-70 Group incl 1968 Soil/ Medical gutter pair, thick lines on PO generic Shield cover with BRISBANE GPO FDI cds, 1970National Development on PO illustrated cover, ESSENDON FDI cancel, both unaddressed, also 1966 Hartog block of 6 onregistered FDC (with cachet at left cut from Excelsior envelope) from CLARENCE ST and plain FDC for 1967 Christmas 25cboth addressed. Generally fine. (4) $100

1569 * 1970 Captain Cook Anniversary 30c tied to APO small FDC by KYABRAM cds. Tiny removable hinge trace. The scarce one! $100AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers1570 * Stamp Fairs/ Exhibitions 1970s-2000s range of fairs or exhibitions including National Stamp Week (several), 1984 WAPEX,

AUSIPEX, 1985 SUNPEX, AUSTRALIA 99, STAMPEX, Polphil, many APTA or smaller regular fairs, few overseas exhibitionsincluding Philanippon, Singpex, Jakarta 95, Pacific 97, Essen, Bangkok, etc. Interesting range of postmarks, some for particularexhibitions only, cachets or labels, many sets, few MS noted. There is some duplication. (100s) $120

1571 * 1970s-80s selection of commem covers incl Radio (2), Stamp Exhibitions (3), 1982 ‘Lindy Chamberlain Committed’ cover withspecial cachet, 1982 & 1985 Railways (2), 50th Anniv ‘Dog on the Tucker Box’ (7, numbered covers), 1983 Wesley ‘CougarChallenge’ cover, signed, few Football covers, 1984 ‘BP/ Solar Trek’, signed and numbered (22/ 200) cover, etc. Interesting lot.(35) $75

1572 * 1970-95 Collection with many Australia Post covers all identified by Almeida numbers incl 1974 Royal Easter Show on long‘Wattle’ cover with red cachet and Showgrounds cds, 1982 Mt Morgan Gold Mining Centenary cover signed by postmarkdesigner (A.C. Batchelor), Opening of Rosny PO with special machine cancel, 1987 CUP-PEX set (7), Cooktown PO Centenary(without cachet!!), 1992 Collingwood PO with different date line, few exhibitions, etc. Retail stated to be approx $500. Allunaddressed. (77) $120

1573 * 1935 Australian Jamboree Frankston plain cover to Moonee Ponds with 2d tied by largely fine strike of the ‘AUST JAMBOREEFRANKSTON/ 1JA35/ VIIC’ cds (WWW #30; rated RRR), ‘CENTENARY/ JAMBOREE’ (kangaroo) label on flap. $160

1574 * 1938 & 1939 AIF Golf Day [1] ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/ NO 2/ 29SE38/ VIC-AUST’ on 1½d KGVI on Field Post Office PPC; [2]‘FIELD POST OFFICE/ NO 3/ 28SE39/ VIC-AUST’ on 1½d KGV on Eastern Golf Club Service Post Card. Quite difficult to get. $80

1575 * 1955 Pan Pacific Scout Jamboree at Clifford Park (Victoria). QEII 1/ 0½d BW #323 tied by first day of use special pictorialdatestamp (APM #1140/5) to registered envelope addressed, at first in pencil, then in his own hand in ink, toA.J.Peake/S.Australian H.Q/ Sub Camp 2/ Clifford Park. Commem label on back tied similar datestamp. $60

1576 * 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games complete first day of use set of the 52 different pictorial postmarks issued tying either 4dKoala or 4d Olympics to Post Office generic covers to the same addressee, plus an unaddressed Olympic Stadium OpeningDay cover with commemorative cancel, fine condition. (53) $130

1577 * 1962 Commonwealth Games set of 25 different cancels on separate APO Hermes covers to England, each with 5d & 2/3d,neat printed label addresses. $200

1578 * 1970 Royal Visit complete set of 22 postmarks on Australia Post souvenir covers. Unaddressed. APM3020-42. $601579 * 1978 ‘The Air Race/ Brisbane/ Sydney’ 50th Anniversary re-enactment flight covers (4) with cachet on reverse plus 2 ‘SMITHPEX’

covers and souvenir brochure relating to Kingsford Smith, also 1981 GB 62nd Anniversary of 1st Flight to Australia numberedcover with cachet certifying that ‘the piece of fabric enclosed within is genuine and was part of the original Vimy aircraft’ etc. (10items) $80


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AUSTRALIA | Postal History1580 * 1897-1931 Selection in mainly fine condition [1] South Australia 1897 2d orange on front to Adelaide with Yacka s/r cds; [2]

WA 1910 (Aug 1) long env (trimmed and separated front & back) with pair 2d yellow and two Kalgoorlie cds, to Coolgardie (b/sjust over 4 hrs later); [3] 1925 (Dec 29) PMG’s Dept ‘No 3’ unfranked env Fremantle to Brisbane; [4] 1928 (Dec 24) PS envKGV 1½d scarlet ASC #E16a cancelled ‘GRAWIN/ NSW’ cds (not the easiest pmk); [5] 1931 commercial env Sydney to Brisbanewith 1d metered ‘POSTAGE PAID’. (5) $120

1581 * 1900s-50s Covers Collection inbound range in mixed condition [1] from North America in bundles with considerable proportionaddressed to legendary collector Stan Davis of East Geelong and comprising Canada (17) mostly 1930s local first flights sevenfranked with pair (6) or block of 4 1932 6c on 5c Air SG #318 Cat £20 each (ie £320 in total), USA (38) 1930s FDCs majorityblocks of 4 - most of these sent by Frederick Hambrock Jr of Toms River, New Jersey; [2] small group of 8 from South Africa1905-52 incl pairs 1935 KGV SJ with ½d incl Cleft skull variety SG #65a. (53) $80

1582 * 1901 (Sep 27) mourning cover GPO Sydney with very fine strike of the ‘GOVERNOR-GENERAL/ [arms]/ FRANK STAMP/AUSTRALIA’ handstamp in blue tied by Sydney ‘SE 27/ 01’ datestamp, a couple of insignificant blemishes. Post-Federationusage outside of Victoria is particularly scarce. $180

1583 * 1903-12 group [1] 1903 (Jan 13) 2d Pictorial & ½d Tablet on cover from Hobart to Bangkok; [2] 1904 (Nov 8) stampless coverMelbourne to Sydney, 4d Postage Due P12x11 on face; [3] 1905 (Nov 1) Australian Widows’ Fund illustrated cover fromLancefield to Hobart; [4] fine real-photo PPC of ‘LANDING PLACE TASMANIAN CABLES/ SHOWING TEST HOUSESFLINDERS’ with fine Flinders duplex of NO16/12. $130

1584 * 1912-1913 PPCs to Germany sent at 1½d rate to same addressee in Munich showing transition from State to Commonwealthfrankings with [1] 1912 (Aug 3) to 1913 (Jan 7) x4 with Victoria state frankings; [2] 1913 (Jan 23) with 1d Roo & Victoria ½dcombination franking; [3] 1913 (Feb 6) to 1913 (Dec 22) x8 franked with Kangaroo 1d & ½d; nice selection of view-side scenesincluding Lake Catani (Mount Buffalo), Fish Market & Railway Viaduct Melbourne, River Yarra from Flinders Street RailwayStation, Shipping Port Melbourne and a Russell Street animated scene, etc. Lovely group. (13) $450

1585 * 1913 (Apr 16) use of New Zealand PPC (Tram scene Queen Street, Auckland) to England with Kangaroos 1d red Die I tied by‘POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS/ PER ORIENT STEAMER’ boxed handstamp in violet, Sydney transit cds alongside. [Previouslysold for $287 in 2010 Melbourne auction] $240

1586 * 1913-60s [1] range of covers with LATE FEE cds or handstamps, Roos with 1d pair, 2½d, KGV incl 4d olive, few QEII period.Destinations include GB (3), Monaco (with 6d Air & KGV 1d), USA (2) mixed condition; [2] 1937 Large Airmal cover(24½x11½cm) with 1/6d Hermes (5, one unit with Retouch to top left of right hand globe (BW #106d ?)) plus KGV 1d tiedby 6 strikes of ‘AIRMAIL LATE FEE/1/ SYDNEY’ cds. Some creases to be expected with a cover this size, minor blemishes; [3]on airmail postcard (21OC64) from Perth to Germany. $130

1587 * 1914-16 Perth Land Titles group of registered covers with kangaroo frankings comprising 1915 (Aug 6) & 1916 (Feb 17) withFirst Wmk 4d orange perf Large ‘OS’ solo frankings; also 1914 (Dec 21) First Wmk 1d perf Large ‘OS’ block of 4 & 1915 withSecond Wmk 2d Perf ‘OS’ and KGV 1d Perf ‘OS’ x2; various instructional markings, condition variable. (4) $300

1588 * 1915-65 mostly small conventionally sized envelopes and odd PPC to overseas destinations with many better frankings, - eg toUSA 1929 (June 4) with KGV 3d Die I and 3d Air Mail, 1930 (Aug 19) 3d Sturt cat $60+ on cover; to GB with frankings includingmore KGV 3d blue dies, 1934 (Oct 31) lovely real photo PPC of Sydney Harbour Bridge and RMS Strathnaver with 2d Macarthurlight hills, 1935 (July 15) with 1/- large Lyre and 6d Kooka typo, 1940 5/ 10d California Clipper censored front. Many otherdestinations include Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, India (a sadly damaged env with 1/6d Galah unclear date), Austria,etc. Huge variety, mixed typical commercial usage condition. Min on cover cat $850. (c35) $130


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1589 * 1917-31 Cover Selection [1] USA 1916(?) with 1d red pair & single or 1917 Guildford (WA) to Battle Creek with 1d red pair +½d, both with ‘PASSED BY/ CENSOR’ handstamp; [2] 1916 PPC to Sweden with 1d & ½d; [3] taxed to USA with 1d red Die IIoverlapped by 1d red Die I, US 2c due added; [4] 1922 Bulahdelah (NSW) registered with 2d orange x2 + 1d red; [5] 1923Melbourne to Toowoomba with 4d blue solo; [6] 1923 Doblo’s Studios (photographers) illustrated to USA with 2d red x2; [7]Tasmania 1924 with LMult 1d green & Single Wmk ½d orange, fine Taroona backstamp; [8] 1930 Brisbane registered with SMult4d P14 (+ 3d Airmail & SA ½d on 1d); plus 2 other items, condition variable. (11) $200

1590 * 1920 (May 26) HRH Edward, Prince of Wales - his embossed symbol heading a typed copy of his speech acknowledging thewelcome he was receiving on his arrival in St. Kilda on that date for the Royal Tour. Signed, as was his custom, Edward P inblack ink. Historic. $300

1591 * 1925 (June 20) Cloncurry-Brisbane commercial use on cover of QANTAS fine lettering ‘BY AIR MAIL’ black on pale blue-greenetiquette (Frommer #7d, printing considerably misplaced), blemishes although presents well, also 1929 philatelic cover bearingWA Airways etiquette (#24d) mis-rouletted. (2) $100

1592 * 1925 (Dec 19) Whim Creek registered air cover to Perth (then onwards by surface to England). ‘BY AIR MAIL ONLY’ handstampin black, KGV 3d & 4½d tied by ‘WHIM CREEK/ 19DEC25/ WESTN AUSTRALIA’ cds, red registration label zig-zag rouletted ontwo sides, Whim Creek & London oval registered ‘25JA26’ backstamps. $200

1593 * 1928 (Feb 29) inwards cover from England addressed to Essendon Melbourne with two strikes of ‘W.4’ handstamp in violet onthe front and ‘TO EXPEDITE DELIVERY PLEASE ADVISE/ YOUR CORRESPO[N]DENTS THAT/W.4./ SHOULD APPEAR ASTHE LAST LINE OF YOUR ADDRESS’ in violet on the back, faults. [Very early example of the use of a Postal District Numberwhich were introduced in suburban Melbourne in February 1928] $100

1594 * 1930 (Jul 24) British General Electric Co Ltd cover to England with Roos SMult Wmk 6d chestnut Die IIB and KGV SMultP13½x12½ 1½d red, ANA vignette airmail label (Frommer #26d, Cat $125 on cover), vertical folds well clear of stamps. [Therate was 1½d letter rate plus 6d for Karachi-London airmail service] $100

1595 * 1930s Commercial Covers to Perth being Goldsbrough Mort & Co inner-branch long covers from Carnarvon (3) or Onslow,all with the company’s oval receiving datestamp stamp in violet, three at 8d rate one at 1/1d (double rate), all have 3d KGV or3d Airmail combination frankings. (4) $180


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1596 * 1930s Mostly 5d Airmail Covers to Perth with 1932-36 from Carnarvon (3, one at 8d rate), 1931 from Dardanup (2d surfacerate) or 1931 from Onslow, also 1932 Perth to Carnarvon, various KGV or KGV/3d Airmail combination frankings, conditionvariable. (6) $150

1597 * 1932 (Jul 9) printed airmail long cover to Goldsborough, Mort & Company in Perth with P13½x12½ 5d brown strip of 5 & 2d redpair tied by Carnarvon cds cancels, company’s oval ‘12JUL1932’ receiving cancel in violet. $150

1598 * 1934-37 selection of airmail covers to Holland at rates of 2/1d via France, 3/5d double rate, and at 1/7d (underpaid for 1/9d ratealthough not taxed). Attractive variety of frankings. (3) $100

1599 * 1935 (Jul 4) use of 1d green KGV for 2nd class mail. incorrectly stamped ‘CLOSED AGAINST/ INSPECTION’ and thenoverstruck with boxed ‘CONTAINS A/ COMMUNICATION’ and endorsed “Recipe Book”. oval ‘T2D’ on face. $80

1600 * 1935 (Sep 10) attractive franking of KGV 1d, 3d Jubilee & 6d Large Kookaburra from Melbourne by airmail to Singapore, tiedby Melbourne late fee cds [rate 9d ½oz. airmail + 1d Late fee]; also a 1938 airmail cover (corner fault) from Sydney toNetherlands Indies at 9d rate. (2) $100

1601 * 1936 (Apr 28) cover from Toorak to US attractively franked with KGV 1d + 6d Large Kookaburra + 3d Cable for scarce airmailwithin US 10d rate. $100

1602 * 1936 (Jun 4) airmail cover from Sydney to the uncommon destination of Greece, prepaid for 1/9d ½oz rate, trivial blemishes. $801603 * 1936-37 selection of covers to Germany with various franking compositions for 1/9d ½oz rate, one being double rate (KGV 5d

with Flaw on Kangaroo’s head), another carried on Imperial Airways Flight IW534 which experienced delayed departure atAlexandria owing to strike of Egyptian wireless staff, generally fine. (4) $130

1604 * 1940 (Apr 12) use of 10/- robes thick paper, 1/6d Hermes pair & 6d on slightly reduced air cover to England. 13/6d = 1/6d per½oz x9. $180

1605 * 1940-56 Multiple Rate Airmail Covers to Great Britain comprising [1] 1940 censored double-rate with 1/6d Hermes pair; [2]1946 septuple rate with 10/- Robes (corner defect) & 6d Small Kooka; [3] 1950 quintuple rate to Scotland (1/6d rate x5 plus 6dregistration); [4] 1953 double rate with 2/- Crocodile pair & [5] 1956 triple rate with 5/- Arms & 1/- Small Lyrebird; conditionvariable. (5) $160


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1606 * 1940s Censored Covers to Overseas destinations including Bermuda, Canada, GB, India, Ireland, New Zealand, etc, rangeof censor markings and tapes, few advertising and airmail covers noted. Generally fine. (42) $160

1607 * 1941 (Feb 6) Avis De Reception card sent from Whyalla (SA) to Boulder (WA) with KGVI 3d perf ‘WA’ tied by ‘BOULDER MOO’datestamp, ‘CLERK OF COURTS/ 10FEB1941/ BOULDER’ oval datestamp on front & on reverse. $60

1608 * 1941 (Apr 1) Clipper Mail cover from Melbourne to USA with 5/- Robes, 2/- Roo, 9d Platypus & 2d KGVI. Censor reseal at left. $100

1609 * 1941 (Oct 20) Clipper Mail cover from Melbourne to USA with 10/- Robes, 1/6d Hermes & 2d KGVI. Censor reseal at left. $2751610 * 1946 (Jan 29) use of pink Parcel Post Label addressed to Hong Kong for a package of woollen cardigans weighing 6lbs 15oz

with 2/- Roo & 5½d Emu pair tied by Rundle Street (Adelaide) datestamps, minor blemishes. $100

1611 * 1950 (Aug 28) Busselton local cover, with invalid use of WA 1d Stamp Duty, hexagonal ‘T’ handstamp and mss. “5d” markingson face, Dues 1938 ½d block of 4 and 1946 1d block of 3 on reverse all tied by Busselton cds. $135

1612 * 1950s-80 Accumulation incl 1953 parcel tag from Rockhampton to Melbourne (address partly excised) with ½d Roo (4), KGVI6½d (6), 3d Wheat (making up 3/8d rate), 1975 Surfers Paradise ‘Greetings’ cover with aerogramme 14c cut-out tied to coverwith 4c Queen, range of advertising covers, few meters, etc. Mixed condition. (58 items) $65

1613 * 1954 (Mar 3) Nestlé’s Foods cover to Switzerland with Arms 10/-, 5/- & 1/6d Hermes pair paying 2/- per ½oz airmail rate x9,significant charring on right edge (10/- Arms badly damaged) as a result of the 1954 (Mar 13) crash of the BOAC Belfast atSingapore on which this cover was carried. $130

1614 * 1957 small boxes (188x60x45mm) x2 each with 2/- Crocodile x2 + 9d Platypus tied by weak Merewether or Woollahra NSWcds, both with Cash On Delivery orange labels for monies due, one with ‘UNCLAIMED’ handstamp, both with “RTS” markingsin manuscript, original contents - two shoe brushes! - still intact; also late 1940s (?) Yarraville registered small box(93x93x30mm) with 5½d Gloucester tied by indistinct cds. (3) $65

1615 * 1959 (Jun 12) Vealls stampless advertising cover for Westinghouse Refrigerators taxed on arrival at double deficiency with 7dDue added and tied by fine Elizabeth Street (Melbourne) ‘12JE59’ cds. Fine condition. $80


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1616 * 1964-65 2/3d Commemorative Solo Frankings all on small airmail covers to England comprising [1] 2/3d Cable tied by Albany‘8JAN/ 1964’ cds; [2] 2/3d ICY tied by Hornsby ‘18OCT/ 1965’ slogan cancel, and [3] Cocos 2/3d Bird tied by Hobart ‘15MR65’cds; small blemishes. Scarce trio. (3) $75

1617 * 1960-90s Decimal Covers Array mostly solo frankings predominantly airmail to UK including 1967 25c Robin (to Germany),1973 15c Pioneer Food (paying unsealed greetings card rate), 1974 7c agate surface rate, 1979 4c Performing Arts, 1979 25cXmas (paying unsealed greetings card rate), 1979 55c Horse Racing, later material with 1991 & 1996 commercial use of $1.20Framas, 1997 Casuarina (NT) with $1.20 Cockatoo, plus lots of attractive large format issues and International Post frankings.Good lot. (200 approx). $200

1618 * 1960-90s Decimal Group to England including 1972 surface rate with 7c Munich Olympics solo, 1974 7c QEII solo with GB‘5½d/TO/ PAY’ tax handstamp, 1975 Brisbane Hospital use of 14c Aerogramme uprated with 6c QEII, 1975 (?) with 18c Flowerand ‘POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT/ FOR AIR MAIL/ SENT BY SURFACE/ SYDNEY No 2’ handstamp on front & back (cover torn),1980 60c Performing Arts tied by ‘RELIEF/ 113/ NSW-AUST’ cds, 1982 with 27c Aboriginal Culture & ‘UNDERPAID’ handstamp,1988 with 70c Octopus & Qantas ‘SAL’ label, 1991 & 1995 Economy Air covers, plus four other items. $120

1619 * 1960s-70s Decimal Solo Frankings on small airmail covers to UK comprising 1967 25c Christmas, 1970 30c Qantas, 197235c Munich Olympics, 1972 35c Christmas & 1973 35c Mapping, generally fine. Desirable group. (5) $130

1620 * 1960s-2000s Internal Covers & PPCs with values to 60c including mid/ late 1960s (datestamp illegible) with 5c Thornbill tiedby FPO cancel, ‘DEFENCE FORCES/15/ POSTAGE CONCESSION’ handstamp, modern covers with fine datestamps includingAdelaide River & Batchelor (NT), Boondall Heights, Mount Larcom, Community Postal Agency Mt Perry, Rainbow Beach(pictormark in blue) & Wolguru (Qld), Poatina, Rocky Cape, Savage River & Tarraleah (Tas), condition generally fine. (295) $110

1621 * 1970 (April 23) apparently commercial usage of 5c Envelope to Tanzania uprated with Cook 30c & 5c se-tenant strip of 5, 20cExpo and 5c Royal Visit all tied by ‘LONDONDERRY/ NSW AUST’ cds, trivial edge wrinkles. $100

1622 * 1970s-90s Victorian Advertising Covers for Victorian firms and institutions, standard-sized, diverse subject matter, notedmedia/ entertainment, sport, automotive/ transport, political, community services, primary industry, health, domestic, mining,tourism, etc, graphically from the mundane to quite striking, good range of stamp issues. Nostalgia-a-plenty. (c.800) $240

1623 * 1970s-2000s Decimal Solo Frankings on PPCs mostly to UK including 1970 15c Blue Gum, 1972 18c Fauna Conservation,1973 18c Rehabilitation, 1976 25c Anteater, 1977 Olympic Diving, 1979 30c Performing Arts, 1981 35c Victor Trumper, 198135c Fungus, 1982 35c Whale, later issues with International Post including $1.35 World Youth Day. Very little duplication,condition generally fine. (60) $150

1624 * 1972-76 British Defence Forces Concession Rate covers from Canberra to England comprising [1] 1972-73 with QEII 6corange x3 each with ‘ON SERVICE’ straight-line handstamp & ‘DEFENCE FORCES/ POSTAGE CONCESSION’ boxedhandstamp in dark blue or red; [2] 1973 with 6c Gemstone and ‘BRITISH DEFENCE FORCES MAIL/ (crown)’ circularhandstamp in magenta; [3] 1976 with QEII 7c reddish-purple with ‘ON SERVICE’ straight-line handstamp & ‘DEFENCEFORCES/ POSTAGE CONCESSION’ boxed handstamp in dark blue; desirable group in fine condition. (5) $200

1625 * 1972-83 Decimal Solo Usages on Airmail Postcards comprising 15c Pioneer Food tied by Green Island (Qld) cds, 18c FaunaConservation, 18c Rehabiitation, 25c Olympics & 45c Masked Woodswallow P14 BW #819; handy usage group. (5) $80


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1626 * 1990 (Jul 23) cover to Bougainville PNG with manuscript “RTS” and boxed ‘RTS/ POSTAL SERVICES TO BOUGAINVILLEISLANDS/ SUSPENDE DUE TO CIVIL UNREST’ handstamp in red. Modern rarity. (C) $65

1627 * 2011 (Feb 17) airmail cover to Christchurch NZ with International Post $1.40 Russell Falls & 5c Platypus pair tied by SheppartonSouth (Vic) cds delivered to PO Box prior to Feb 22 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand Post label attached explaining thatmail could not be retrieved until April 12 due to CBD cordons, fine condition. $120

1628 * Advertising Covers Collection attractively presented on exhibit pages mostly with meter cancels with Fowlers Vacola 1960-61 x3; McKay Massey Harris x2 including 1935 with printed advertising ‘SUNSHINE FARM IMPLEMENTS/ WORK WELL ANDLAST LONG’ repeated in the slogan cancel; Avondale Stud (Boisdale, Vic) 1955 with Guernsey Cow illustration; Metters 1937x2 with Furnace illustration with 1d meter paying unsealed rate or Gas Stove ilustration (cover damaged) with 2d meter payingsealed rate; Mortein 1934 Running Dog illustration window envelope with ‘PAID AT SURRY HILLS/ NSW’ cds; MGM 1964 ‘Mutinyon the Bounty’ ship illustration; also decimal covers plus modern advertising postcards & an array of lesser items loose;condition generally fine. Popular collecting area. $280

1629 * Decimal Unsealed Greetings Card Rate Covers mostly solo frankings [1] to Hong Kong 1982 with 40c Aboriginal Culture,1986 with 40c Fish, 1986 with 50c Fish (not tied); [2] to Holland 1983 with 50c Possum P14 and 1986 with 50c Nudibranch; [3]to UK x5 including 1970 with 10c Oil & Gas pair, 1976 with 40c Olympic Cycling + 10c Gem & 1981 with 35c Bower Bird Solo;condition variable. (10) $130

1630 * KGV-QEII Pre-Decimal Selection predominantly airmail to UK with better items including 1952 with KGVI 1/ 0½d, 2½dChocolate & 9d Platypus and TAA airmail label, 1953 with 2/- Tasmania Sesqui solo, 1957 to Burma with 2/- Crocodile, 1959Gair’s Melbourne (household goods) advertising cover, 1959 with 3/- Flower solo (overpaid), 1962 surface to Hungary with 1/-Colombo Plan solo (overpaid), 1965 to India with 1/6d Galah solo; also 1934 MacRobertson Air Race KLM Holland-Australiaflight cover AAMC #444 (Cat $80) and 1963 philatelic ship mail cover with AAT 5d Mawson tied by ‘TABITUEA/ ELLICEISLANDS’ cds and MV TULAGI cachet in violet; mixed condition. (48) $200

AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues | Stamps on Cover1631 * Perforated ‘OS’ Selection including NSW 1921 Governtment Printers postcard with 1½d brown, 1923 with 1½d green perf ‘OS/

NSW’, SA 1924 Attorney-General’s Office to USA with 1½d green x2, WA Office of Titles registered 1925 to Maylands(backstamp) redirected to Mt Lawley with Single Wmk 1½d & 3d and 1928 with SMult 1½d P13½x12½ strip of 3, plus two otheritems. (7) $150

AUSTRALIA | Postal History1632 * Selection of Mostly Decimal Solo Frankings including [1] 1966 15c Galah to India, 1968 Intelsat to England, 1969 15c Timber

(on PPC) to Switzerland, 1971 30c Cook to Luxembourg, 1974 30c Possum to England (tied by Adelaide Royal Visit slogancancel), 1977 45c Silver Jubilee to UK, 1981 40c Wren to England; [2] Woomera 1968 Europa Rocket covers to Singapore x3;[3] 1968 & 1972 contrived decimal/ pre-decimal combination covers; [4] 1974-85 Paquebot covers x4; plus 2 other items,condition variable. (18) $120

AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers1633 * 1914 Melbourne-Sydney Guillaux PPC AAMC#3 with a photo of Maurice Guillaux on the reverse, franked 1d Roo tied by

‘AUSTRALIAN/ MELBOURNE/16-JL-1914/ VIC/ AERIAL MAIL’ oval datestamp in violet, repaired long tear and damp staining. $1501634 * 1917 brown on yellow PPC for Basil Watson’s flight from Casterton (fine ‘20FE17’ cds at lower-left) to Melbourne AAMC #13,

KGV 1d red & ½d green tied by oval ‘AUSTRALIAN/ MELBOURNE/ 27FEB1917/ VIC/ AERIAL POST’ arrival cds, minor adhesionmarks at left, very fine overall, Cat $600. $400


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1635 * 1919 (Aug 12) Minlaton-Adelaide unsigned & un-numbered illustrated PPC for Capt Harry Butler’s return flight cancelled onarrival with ‘ADELAIDE/ AU12/ 19’ datestamp AAMC #22a, cormer blemishes, Cat $750. $360

1636 ** 1920 Pals Air Mail Vignette in Red AAMC #51c, fine MUH, Cat $200 as mounted. $1501637 * 1922 (Apr 18) cover to Geelong with KGV 2d red & Herald and Weekly Times vignette tied by ‘MELBOURNE/20/ 18AP/ 22’ cds,

‘JC KING/ BARWON SOAP WORKS/ GEELONG’ printed address on flap, some staining, Cat $1,500. $600

1638 * 1929 Sydney - Brisbane registered cover for ANA flight, AAMC #148, Cat $250, backstamped Brisbane 2JA30, rare. $1351639 * 1931 Darwin - England 1931 (Apr 26) Darwin on special long blue on white cover, includes letter on First England-Australia Air

Mail letterhead paper. $601640 * 1931 Francis C Chichester envelope addressed to Nagasaki, picked up from Thursday Island postmarked July 7, backstamp

transit Manila machine slogan. Japan arrival backstamp alongside Chichester signature attesting to this being ‘7 of only 145carried. . .’ and noting the abandonment of his flight due to ‘total wreck there of my plane’. AAMC #210, Cat $525. $320

1641 * 1932 First Flight cover flown Calcutta-Rangoon, carried by Bertram on his ‘Atlantis Expedition’, white vignette affixed, propellercachet in blue & circular Atlantis/ Ichapur handstamp in violet, signed by Stephen Smith on reverse. AAMC #244a, Cat $650.Very rare with only 75 flown. $500

1642 * 1932 England - Australia (Jan 7) delayed Christmas flight to Sydney, signed by Kingsford Smith and GU Allan, with enclosedleaflet printed for the flight. $120

1643 * 1934 New Zealand - Australia [1] 1934 (Mar 29) registered NZ to Australia on special blue on white cover; [2] 1934 (Apr 6)Adelaide - NZ - Melbourne on black on cream cover; [3] 1934 (Apr 9) Sydney - NZ - Sydney long red & black on white cover,addressed to Ulm. Signed by Ulm, Allen & Boulton. Includes note about this being 101 of 300 special envelopes. $120

1644 * 1934 Australia - Switzerland registered cover flown on First Regular Service to England, unclaimed and returned to Melbourne.Stamps are 4d olive KGV, 6d sepia Kingsford Smith & 1/6d Hermes. $125

1645 * 1934 Australia - Yugoslavia registered cover flown on First Regular Service to England, unclaimed and returned to Melbourne.Stamps are 3d Airmail, 6d sepia Kingsford Smith ‘OS’ & 1/6d Hermes. $125

1646 * 1934 Australia - France registered cover flown on First Regular Service to England, unclaimed and returned to Melbourne.Stamps are 3d Airmail x2 & 1/6d Hermes. $125

1647 * 1934 Australia - Italy registered cover flown on First Regular Service to England, unclaimed and returned to Melbourne.Stamps are 1d green KGV, 6d sepia Kingsford Smith & 1/6d Hermes. $125


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1648 * 1934 Australia - Spain registered cover flown on First Regular Service to England, unclaimed and returned to Melbourne.Stamps are 3d Airmail, 6d sepia Kingsford Smith ‘OS’ & 1/6d Hermes. $125

1649 * 1934 Australia - Hungary registered cover flown on First Regular Service to England, unclaimed and returned to Melbourne.Stamps are 9d Macarthur & 1/6d Hermes. $125

1650 * 1938 Guba Survey Flight printed cover flown New York-Hollandia-Sydney-Cocos Island (backstamp - Mombassa - New York),signed by pilot Richard Archbold, carried aboard Consolidated flying boat AAMC #867, Cat $1,500. Very rare. $900

1651 * 1940 (Jan 22) KNILM Bali Crash survivor (AAMC #888) which originated in Mass, US, on Dec 29 1939, intended for Trans-Atlantic route but showing handstamped ‘Insufficiently Prepaid For/ Trans-Atlantic Air Mail Service’, and sent westbound,meeting up with ill fated KNILM service departing Batavia Jan 21 1940 for Sydney, very fine strike of handstruck ‘RECOVEREDFROM/ LOST FLYING BOAT’, trauma consistant with misadventure. Very few covers from this incident emanating from US exist. $380

1652 * 1946 Australian National Airways (Sep 15) 7d KGVI Air Letter with printed ‘TRANS-PACIFIC AIR SERVICE/ AUSTRALIA-CANADA’ in blue, flight cachet in violet, Vancouver arrival backstamp, AAMC #1066a, Cat $400. Only 100 flown. AAMC #1066a,Cat $400. $225

1653 * 1947 Rabaul - Sydney return flight cover franked with 5½d Emu, bearing blue & black ‘Re-opening Flight!/ [plane & map]/RABAUL/ SYDNEY/ QANTAS/ EMPIRE AIRWAYS’ vignette affixed, AAMC #1092, Cat $100++, signed by pilot “J. Bonnington”. $70

1654 * 1949-74 Variety including 5x 1960s Woomera launch types noting 1967 (Dec 6) AAMC #R108, 4x 1974 FAI Conference P.Vizzard balloon flights AAMC #B13, 1971 (Aug 31) RAAF Golden Jubilee x2 and Battle Honours special envs with 6c and RAAFPoint Cook cds, exhibition types incl 1972 ANPEX signed hovercraft mail, several FF’s from 1949 (July 22) Sydney to VancouverAAMC #1222 and including QANTAS, BOAC, TEAL, plus some commemorative oddments. Mainly fine, min cat (just the flightcovers) $375. (24) $70

1655 * 1954 Belfast Crash (Mar 12) cover to Switzerland with Arms £1, 10/-, 5/- pair & single & 1/- Small Lyrebird tied by GPO SydneyAir ‘12MR54’ datestamp, fine boxed ‘SALVAGED MAIL/ AIRCRAFT CRASH/ SINGAPORE 13.3.1954’ handstamp, the coversomewhat reduced by peripheral charring & adhered to reinforcing card with tape. [Believed to be highest franked Australiancover surviving from the Belfast crash, the £2/6/- franking paying the 2/- per ½oz airmail rate x23] $600


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1656 * 1969 London to Sydney Air Race selection of competitor-flown Brander covers comprising RP Bennett competitor #9, Kentleys#21 (pencil notation on reverse “2 carried”), Hector Taylor #28, GH Horton #43, GJ Dunster #49, all were posted to Brander onarrival in Australia between 4th and 14th January. Rare as only between two and five covers were carried by most of thecompetitors. (5) $200

AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail1657 L Australian Imperial Forces Postal History 1914-18, Plus the Supplement by B. Emery, FRPSL, FSPH, published by B.

Emery (1983) and Supplement (1988), Book 1 343pp, Supplement 193pp, both books have been signed by the author. $801658 * 1914-1960s Collection mainly on torn piece and stamps but with a few covers. Basically a starter collection with the odd nice

item, such as 1953 rubber Naval Post Office Nowra on registered piece, 1946 Victoria, Labuan on piece. Covers include 1944watercolour & ink Piper, 1945 illustrated airmail cover from Morotai & 1942 US censored air cover from Melbourne? to USA. $140

1659 * 1941-71 Covers incl [1] 1941 ‘MIL.PO/ SEYMOUR No. 17’ registration label and cds on opened out cover to Melbourne, [2]‘AUST FPO/ 15DE42/ 152’ on registered cover to NSW’ with ‘MIL PO RUTHERFORD’, ‘TPO 1 NTH WEST’, ‘WEST MAITLAND’& ‘MALABAR’ cds on reverse, [3] Vietnam 1967-71 covers (3) from AFPO 1 (1) or 4 (2, one a machine cancel). Mixed condition.(5) $100

1660 * 1960s-90s Vietnam to Namibia group of covers, tags etc with 1968 mail bag tag to AFPO 2, Ubon Thailand, 1970 parcel bagtag to AFPO 5 Phan Rang, 1986 Hobart Freedom of City signed cover, 1980s Sinai covers, cancelled (unaddressed) NZ V forcecovers with Australian stamps, 1990 Namibia last day cover. (23 items) $80

1661 * 1965 (June 8) shipmail cover to Austria sent from on board HMAS Vendetta with large oval ‘HMAS VENDETTA/8/ JUN/ 1965/COMMANDING OFFICER’ handstamp in violet, Malayan Federation 30c Rubber Research Conference tied by Sydney‘17JNE1965’ slogan cancel, fine condition. [HMAS Vendetta was involved withdeterrence patrols during the 1965-66 Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation] $130

AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period1662 * Egypt : 1916 2 OAS covers & a front with ‘MILITARY RECREATION/ FREE/....../E’, ‘A,I,F,/ Passed by Censor No___/’ with “B”

DETAIL/ ZEITOUN’ cachet alongside, ‘CENSORED BY/No.Aust. Imp.Force Intermediate Base’ cachet in green and faintAUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/NO/ STAMPS/ AVAILABLE/1.A.A.P.C./ON SERVICE cachet. Mixed condition. (3) $65

1663 * Egypt : 1916 PPC from ‘ISMALIA’ to Australia with ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/ INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/ 88’, Indian type‘FPO/No 29’ cds and Hobart Censor cachet, also cover (flap fault) from ISMALIA bearing no censor markings, plus 1919 (July)PPC with poor strike of ‘ARMY POST OFFICE/ SZ22’ (no censor marking as war had ended), all with mss “On Active Service”or “OAS”. (3) $80

1664 * Egypt : 1916 PPCs x2 to S. Aust, both with ‘INTERBASE P.O./ CAIRO’ cds, one with boxed A.I.F./ PASSED BY CENSOR’ andpoor strike of ‘9th LIGHT HORSE RGT/A.I.F.’ handstamp, the other with ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/ INDIAN EXPEDITIONARYFORCE/ 125/E’ circular cachet in violet. $80

1665 * Egypt : 1916 PPCs x3 to Australia with triangular ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/ (Crown)/No. 3257’ (8th Infantry Brigade), & ‘FIELDPOST OFFICE/ AN8’ alongside, ‘No. 3274’ & ‘FPO/A.N.13’( 13th Infantry Brigade) & ‘No.3725’ & FPO/ 159. (3) $80

AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period1666 * 1942 unstamped inwards cover from from Pachino (Siracuse) Sicily to an Italian POW, addressed to “POW CHIEF POSTAL

CENTRE/ MELBOURNE” with ‘POW LABOUR DETACHMENT/ YANCO NSW’ & ‘Not known at Hay’ handstamps in violet, signed& witnessed typed chit attached stating ‘THIS LETTER IS NOT MINE/ AND I REFUSE TO ACCEPT/AS MINE’, returned to Italywith Posta Estero (foreign mail) backstamp, Italian & Australian censor tape. Most unusual. $260


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1667 * 1943 (Jun 13) Censored cover from A.I.F. FIELD P.O./51 (Mingenew, WA) to Melbourne with superb black and white cartoon(by unknown illustrator) on reverse. Minor blemishes. $80

1668 * New Guinea Aitape/ Wewak area registered selection comprising ‘A.I.F. FIELD P.O.’ 21 and 24, ‘AUST F.P.O.’ 156 and 173(curiously with ‘25’ in registration panel), ‘AUST ARMY P.O./ 217’ (unusually in violet), and ‘AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/ 360’,handstamped registration details, generally good quality for covers/ cancels. Scarce group. (6) $100

1669 * Syria 1941 Army Signals circular and rectangular datestamps on Official covers (2), one franked Syrian stamps, other unfrankedand censored, full of character, very scarce. Ex Collas. $65

1670 * Tobruk group of 8 air covers from FPOs 34, 35 & 36, various censor handstamps, from multiple senders. Priced to sell severalyears ago for over $300. Handy selection. $160

1671 * Western Australia 1941 (Dec 2) stampless cover to Red Cross in Geneva with very fine ‘Services Prisoners/of war.Camp No11’ handstamp used at Harvey Camp & very fine boxed ‘RISPONDETE A/ SCRIVETE CHIARO/ GPO BOX P1218/...’ cachet onreverse, censor handstamp & tape, fine condition. $200

AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES1672 **/ U 1947-2001 mixed variety MUH (ex noted) on hagners with [1] AAT from 1957 £sd set of 7 and first dec set of 11 with FV c$56

(141 stamps); [2] Cocos Is quite sparse 1969 and 1976 sets of 12 SG #8-31 only; [3] Christmas Is a bit better from 1963 setof 10 and 1968-70 Fish set of 12 (47 stamps); [4] Norfolk Is 1947-70 fine used/ CTO collection with issues to 1966 cat £110+(130 stamps); [5] Fiji 1946 Victory/ Peace sets x18 in large multiples (some small faults). (375+) $80

1673 **V 1963-65 three different presentation folders with original envelopes (two stamped TERRITORAL/ SPECIMEN SET in violet),containing SPECIMEN opts and CTO values housed in cellophane pockets comprising [1] folder inscribed in black & redcontaining Christmas Island 1958 set, Nauru 1954 set, Norfolk Island 1960-62 to 10/- Bird SPECIMEN, Fish 5 values to 1/6d,PNG 13 values incl 10/- Rabaul and £1 QE SPECIMEN; [2] similar folder additionally handstamped in red Territory of ChristmasIsland containing Christmas Island 1958 set, Nauru 1954 set, Norfolk Island 15 values incl 1953 5/-, 1961 10/- Bird opt‘SPECIMEN’, PNG 18 values including 1952 10/- Map & £1 brown opt ‘SPECIMEN’; [3] cover inscribed in black housed inglassine pockets containing Christmas Island 1963 set, Nauru 1954 set, Norfolk Island 17 values incl 10/- Bird SPECIMEN, PNG12 values incl £1 QE and 10/- Bird opt SPECIMEN, also incl roneoed apology note from PMG stating that 6d, 8d & 1/- PNGcannot be supplied in this folder. Scarce trio. (3) $1,000

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1674 ** 1957-61 Pre-Decimal Complete Sheets 1957 2/- blue sheet of 60, 1961 5d blue sheet of 120 with Re-entry left side [R1-2/5]

& 5d Mawson sheet of 120, odd selvedge blemish, MUH, BW Cat $1,365. (3 sheets). $250

CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Postal History1675 * 1972 (May 30) airmail cover to Israel with attractive philatelic franking and rare ‘Inspected/ and Safe for/ Transmission’ label tied

by ‘POSTMASTER/ CHRISTMAS ISLAND/ INDIAN OCEAN’ handstamp and signed, green customs label & Jerusalem arrivalbackstamp. Accompanied by PMG’s Department notice “Following explosions in aircraft carrying mail to Israel security aspectsof acceptance of airmail to that country are being strengthened...”. Rare anti-terrorism mail. (2) $150

1676 * 1972 (May 30) airmail cover to Israel with attractive philatelic franking and handstamped ‘Inspected/ and Safe for/ Transmission’with POSTMASTER/ CHRISTMAS ISLAND/ INDIAN OCEAN’ handstamp beneath (& signed), green customs label & Jerusalemarrival backstamp. Accompanied by a photocopy of a PMG’s Department notice stating “Following explosions in aircraft carryingmail to Israel security aspects of acceptance of airmail to that country are being strengthened...”. Rare anti-terrorism mail. (2) $150

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | First Day Covers1677 * 1966 Decimal Currency Pictorials 5c Bird to $4 King set of 18 (ex QEII low values) tied to five Australia Post generic FDCs

by ‘COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS/ INDIAN/ 14FE66/ OCEAN/ AUST’ datestamps, typed address. (5) $75COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS | Postal History1678 * 1945 RAF Post 301 stampless cover ‘On Active Service’ airmail cover to UK from a member of the RAF, Ceylon Air Force, with

a three page enclosure from No. 2250881, ACI Simmons H.R., Section H, Section 301, RAF, Ceylon Air Force, who wasstationed on Cocos. A scarce item. $130


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1679 * 1970 (Nov 10) registered airmail cover to Israel with attractive philatelic franking, handstamped ‘Inspected/ and Safe for/Transmission’ with ‘POSTMASTER/ COCOS(KEELING) ISLANDS AUST’ handstamp in violet beneath (& signed), greencustoms label & Jerusalem arrival backstamp. Accompanied a photocopy of PMG’s Department notice stating “Followingexplosions in aircraft carrying mail to Israel security aspects of acceptance of airmail to that country are being strengthened...”.Rare anti-terrorism mail. (2) $200

1680 * 1970 (Nov 10) registered airmail cover to Israel with attractive philatelic franking, handstamped ‘Inspected/ and Safe for/Transmission’ with ‘POSTMASTER/ COCOS(KEELING) ISLANDS AUST’ handstamp in violet beneath (& signed), greencustoms label & Jerusalem arrival backstamp. Accompanied a photocopy of PMG’s Department notice stating “Followingexplosions in aircraft carrying mail to Israel security aspects of acceptance of airmail to that country are being strengthened...”.Rare anti-terrorism mail. $200

NAURU | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1681 */**/ 1916-80s Accumulation in 32 page stockbook incl few opts to 5d (3), 1924-48 Ships (14, to 1/- mint & 2/6d-10/- no gum), 1954-

65 Picts (6 sets, 3 used), 1966 Pictorials (4 sets), 1968 Opts (5 sets), 1978 Surcharges (4 sets plus 2 ‘black prints’), 1978-79Pictorials (7 sets), numerous later issues mostly 4 or 5 sets of each, also few used issues. Generally fine with most stampsMNH. (100s) $150

NAURU1682 */ ** 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 5/- bright carmine block of 4, SG #22, aged gum, two unit MUH, well centred. $6001683 * 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 5/- bright carmine two distinct shades, SG #22, lightly aged gum. $220

1684 */ ** 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- pale blue marginal block of 4, SG #23, aged gum, tone spot on one unit, two unit MUH,well centred. $1,200


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1686 * 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- deep bright blue, SG #23d, hinge remains, Cat £500. $4801687 W 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- deep bright blue, SG #23d, no gum. $270

1688 * 1937-48 Ships White Paper set of 14 with ½d P14. SG #26B-39B, Cat £180, very lightly mounted. $120NORFOLK ISLAND1689 V 1956 2d Reddish Violet White Paper SG #4a. Very fine well-centred cds, Cat £180. Key value. $100NORFOLK ISLAND | First Day Covers1690 * 1958 Surcharges 7d & 8d tied by fine Norfolk Island ‘1JY58’ datestamp to illustrated FDC with typed address, trivial toning. The

scarcest of all Norfolk Is FDCs. $120

NORFOLK ISLAND | Postal History1691 * 1947-68 Covers Group comprising 1947-48 x3 with 5½d frankings and 1959 (?) with 10d franking & ‘LATE FEE’ handstamp

all addressed to Bradley Bros in Sydney; also 1968 Registered to New Zealand with 20c Petrel and 1c & 3c Ships; mixedcondition. (5) $180

NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal History1692 * 1900 (Aug 6) stampless cover to ‘KIEL’ (backstamp) with two strikes of ‘KAIS/ DEUTSCHE/ MARINE-/ SCHIFFSPOST/No 7/6 8/

00’ cds (one very fine) and ‘Kommando/ SMS Möwe’ cachet, largely fine ‘KAISERLICHE MARINE/ [arms]/ COMMANDO SMAVISO MOWE’ cachet across the flap. $240

1693 PS 1902 Inwards German 10pf Postal Card originally sent to an unknown address (covered up) in New Orleans then redirected toHerbertshöe via San Francisco & Honolulu (US 2c applied for redirection fee), forwarded again to German Consul in Brisbaneand then to Nerang where it was finally returned back to Potsdam via the German Consulate General in Sydney (NSW ½d &1d applied for redirection fee). A fascinating example of the efforts taken to deliver the postcard. $250

1694 * 1912 (Feb 2) use of German 3pf on 2pf Postal Card (HG #85) uprated with 3pf Germania, cancelled with ‘HERBERTSHÖHE/DEUTSCH-/ NEW-GUINEA/ 2/ 2/ 12’. Staple holes at top suggest that this was used as some form of AR card. Minor tone spots,quite unusual. $180

1695 * 1913 (Nov 17) use of 30pf Yacht on registered cover cancelled at Rabaul. From Curt A. Schultze, Lebrechtshot, Kawieng toHildesheim and then redirected to Bremen, boxed ‘Porto’ on face. $180


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NEW GUINEA | Australian Stamps Used in New Guinea1696 * 1914 (Oct 22) cover to Brisbane with 1d Roo tied by very fine strike of two-line ‘-*RABAUL*-/ *Oct 22 1914*’ datestamp in violet

(Powell #49b), faint ‘T2’-in oval tax marking, black/ white ‘OPENED BY CENSOR’ tape, Sydney machine transit backstamp,opened on two sides with some edge blemishes. $750

1697 F 1914 2d grey Kangaroo 1st watermark perf small ‘OS’ (BW #5bc) light soiling, tied to small piece by violet rubber handstamp‘RABAUL/ NOV 2 1914’ as Powell #49c (leaf ornament and star front and back of ‘RABAUL’, asterisk after ‘1914’). $200

1698 * 1915 commercial cover to Sydney endorsed in manuscript at top-left “From Senior Missionary/ Joh Flierl Finschhafen/ NewGiunea, via Rabaul” with rare franking of Kangaroo perf Small ‘OS’ ½d block of 4 & single tied by poor strikes of defaced courtseal of Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (Powell #21), oval ‘CENSORED BY/ DISTRICT OFFICER/WM OGILVY’ cachet plus scarceseriffed ‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ handstamp (without hyphens) x2 all in violet, backflap removed. An impressive cover. Ex StuartLeven. [A disfiguring ‘PASSED CENSOR RABAUL’ label which had been affixed to the face was removed before being offeredat a 2009 Melbourne auction. The label is included with this lot] $3,000

1699 * 1916 (Feb 24) cover with perf Small ‘OS’ 2d, 1d Die IIA pair (left-hand unit Plate K flaw White flaw below first ‘A’ of‘AUSTRALIA’ [L36] BW #4(K)d - advanced state) & single all tied by ‘MADANG/ 24FE16’ cds, paying double rate to cover toHolland (Rotterdam backstamp), endorsed at top “Letter for enemy country enclosed”, sender’s Finschhafen address on theflap, boxed ‘PASSED BY/ CENSOR SD’ handstamp in red, original letter enclosed plus typed transcript, fine condition. $2,500


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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1700 Forgeries comprising [1] First Wmk 2d overprint forged; [2] Third Wmk 6d brown with forged Inverted overprint unused with

BPA negative certificate, [3] 9d violet with forged overprint & postmark; interesting refernce group. $1601701 * Selection fresh and reasonably well-centred overall comprising [1] 1915-16 Kangaroos all Type(a) with 1st wmk 2d grey, 2nd

wmk 6d ultra x2, 3rd wmk 2/- brown Watermark inverted; [2] KGV ½d Green 1915 single wmk Type (c), 1919 LM wmk. Cleanlot, retail c$180. (6) $85

NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints1702 D 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk SG #73 abc strip tied to piece by Rabaul ‘11SE15’ datestamp, German-type registration label,

Cat £195+. $2401703 V 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk SG #76 Broken right side of ‘W’ of Overprint (unit 23), very well centred, Herbertshöhe

datestamp. $75

1704 V 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 9d Violet Die II SG #79 Type b, excellent centring, very fine Herbertshöhe cds, premium example. $751705 ** 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 1/- Roo Die II SG #81 Type a strip of 3, right-hand unit with a few nibbed perfs, very well centred,

MUH, Cat £180++. $2001706 F 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 10/- grey & pink (a), SG #84, very fine used, SG 84, Rabaul cds, Retail $275. $1601707 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 10/- grey & pink abc strip of 3, middle unit with Broken coast near Sydney and white flaw after

I of AUSTRALIA [#47(D)j], SG #84, Retail $900+, all units affected by some toning. $2701708 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 10/- grey & pink (b) with Broken coast near Sydney and white flaw after I of AUSTRALIA

[#47(D)j], SG #84, Retail $225+. $1801709 ** 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Kangaroo 3d olive Die II (b), SG 109a, fresh MUH. Retail $450. $2501710 ** 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d olive Die II-I horizontal pair SG #109ab, superb and fresh MUH. Retail $1,500. $8001711 F 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow SG #116, Rabaul cds, Retail $175. $120


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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Official Stamps1712 F 1918-23 3rd Wmk Kangaroos Perf ‘OS’ 2d grey SG #O6, unusual block of 4 with ‘RABAUL/ 30MR21’ clear cds strikes. Small

perf blemishes, well centred, current retail $500. $1501713 U 1918-23 3rd Wmk Kangaroos Perf ‘OS’ 1/- emerald and 2/- brown (damaged corner) SG #O11, O12, unusually both tied to

small piece by clear cds strikes ‘MADANG/ 3SE21/ NEW GUINEA’. As loose stamps retail $550. $801714 F 1919-23 KGV New Colours Perf ‘OS’ 1d violet to 4d violet with 2d scarlet horiz pair SG #O17-O20, Cat £267 (retail c$350).

Neat cds copies, 2d scarlet and 4d og may be CTO. (5) $100NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Postal History1715 * 1916 cover to USA with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Second Wmk Roos 1/- type c & 2/- type c (small corner defect)

SG#90-91 tied by Herbertshöhe cds, German-type registration label, very fine ‘[crown]/ PASSED CENSOR/ RABAUL’ ovalhandstamp in violet, New York arrival backstamps. Second Wmk 2/- is particularly scarce on cover. $600

1716 * 1919 (Nov 17) Neu Guinea Compagnie Rabaul (Rabaul scored through, Kokopo pencilled in above) cover to Berlin with ½dKGV & 2d Roo tied by ‘KOKOPO/ 17NO19’ cds ( ‘QUEENSLAND’ removed at base), black/ yellow-buff ‘Opened by CensorRabaul’ tape, & fair strike of oval ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/No 2/AN & MEF’ cachet in violet. Fine and attractive. $1,500


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1717 * 1924 (Feb 7) cover to Stanmore NSW with 3d Roo Die I SG #109 & KGV 2d rose-scarlet tied by very fine ‘RABAUL/ NEWGUINEA’ datestamps, Rabaul Registration handstamp at upper-left, Rabaul, Sydney & Petersham backstamps, cover slightlyreduced at base. $360

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues1718 **/*/ U 1901-41 with Papua mint and used, some mixed condition with lots of useful values from lower value BNG Lakatois, Papua

opts with three large (to 2½d) and few more small (to 2/6d MLH) mostly mint; then good representation mainly more commonvalues (but noting 1931 Huts air 5/- and 10/- SG #147-8 MLH) incl odd ‘OS’ and other opt, Airs, surcharges, page of postmarks(with odd Australia used in), handful NWPI opts. Basis for several collections here, needs inspection. (100s) $200

1719 ** 1932-34 Undated Birds 2/- dull-lake SG #186, complete sheet of 30 with ‘JOHN ASH’ imprint, fresh MUH, Cat £150++. $2001720 * 1932-34 Undated Bird Airs complete set of 16, SG #190-203, Retail $375. $220

1721 1935 Bululo Air Proof The unique sunken die proof of the £5 in violet (the colour of the £2). The back of the die proof cardhas been separated and is still with the proof, light Stamp Printing Branch handstamp and initials & “21/2/ 35” on back. $20,000


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NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Official Stamps1722 * 1932 Undated Birds complete set of 13, SG #O42-54, Retail $375 for mint. $220PAPUA1723 L The FIP Large Gold Medal Collection of British New Guinea and Papua Formed By the Late Peter Troy Prestige

hardbound auction catalogue (2009). An important sale. $15

1724 1916 Colour Trial in chestnut & carmine-pink, affixed to a plain envelope, which has small filing holes from DLR’s record book.The proof is in very fine condition. This is one of the three unique color trials sent by JB Cooke to DLR on 15/3/ 1916. Thecentres of the others were in dull grey and black. When sold in auction in 2009 it realised $6,600 RPSL cert (1971). Ex BelknapRybak and Troy. $5,500

1725 1916 Essay For New Values 3d die proof of Reading’s essay in black on thin wove paper (62x48mm). Ex Estate of SamuelReading, Croaker, Blair and Troy. Unique & superb!. $12,000


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1726 ** 1929-30 ‘AIR MAIL’ overprint on Lakatoi 3d black & blue-green Ash Printing on white paper with variety Overprint double, onealbino SG #114aa, superb fresh marginal example pristine MUH, Cat £2,500 for mint hinged, should be double for MUH. RPSLCertificate (2010). $3,500

1727 ** 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d, 3d & 5d, sheets of 40 with Ash imprints, 3d & 5d with ‘Accent’ flaw SG #151,152a-53a, odd tone, minorselvedge blemishes, MUH. (120) $400

1728 1938 British Possession Proof photographic essay for an unadapted design of the 2d. Stamp Printing Branch handstamp onback along with initials and “22/10/ 37”. $500

1729 ** 1934 Declaration 1d to 5d set SG #146-49, sheets of 40 with Ash imprints, fine MUH, Retail $3,600 as singles. (160) $750


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PAPUA | First Flight Covers1730 * 1935 cover flown Oroville to Daru franked with 3d Air Plane overprint tied by the signature of the officer in the police camp “Cecil

Cowley”, pilot signed by “S Campbell”, a type-written and signed endorsement on the reverse, arrival backstamp, AAMC #P95,only 117 flown, Cat $375. $225

PAPUA | Postmarks1731 D Kokoda: BNG ½d tied to small fragment of OHMS Envelope largely fine strike of ‘ASSISTANT RESIDENT MAGISTRATE

KOKODA ND/”1/10/ 05”‘ datestamp, Lee Type #67 Rated ‘E’. PO 1/7/ 1905; closed 14/2/ 1942. $150PAPUA NEW GUINEA (Australian Stamps)1732 * 1951 (24 Dec) Registered: cover with Australia ½d Roo & 1/- Lyrebird tied by bold strike of ‘RELIEF No. 6/ PAPUA-N.G.’ cds

(and also on reverse) alongside red & black registration label No 1 of IHU, with typewritten message ‘IHU Post Office/ opened24/12/51. / (signed)/P.M.’, to Hohoro, Papua. [Garwood/ Heward give opening date as 20 Dec 1951.] $100

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1733 U 1952-80 complete on Seven Seas leaves in binder, few later issues, includes Postal Charges, SG D2-14, mostly very fine to

superb. (100s) $1001734 ** 1952-80 complete on Seven Seas hingeless pages in binder includes Postal Charges SG D2-6, fresh MUH. Retail $800+. (100s) $2501735 U 1952-95 Duplicated Selection including 1952-60 Map 10/-, 1963-64 Rabaul 10/-, £1 QE, 1964-65 Birds to 10/-, plus 1967

Pacific War (14 sets), 1969 SPGames (18 sets), 1973 Telecom (8 sets), 1981 Planes (12 sets), 1982 Food (8 sets), 1994-9521t on 80t Shell (92), etc. All identified and in glassines and priced to sell at $950+. Mostly CTO. (100s) $160

1736 F 1952-98 on leaves collection mostly fine to very fine used with many CTO or CTO-quality cancels. Pre-decimals and others prefull independence complete SG #1-293 with the odd mint noting 1/7d Cattle top marginal MUH (selvedge hinge). Thereafter notfar short of complete (no 1990s provisionals). (100s) $125

1737 **/ F 1987 & 1989 Varieties comprising [1] 1987 70t Spine-Cheeked Anemone Fish MUH Completely imperf variety of SG #542;[2] 1989 20t on 17t Whitebonnet Anemone Fish Surcharge double SG #602a, plus normal, both cds on small piece. (3) $125

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Booklets1738 B** 1970 (28 Jan) 70c Booklet with ‘POSTAGE STAMP’ in seriffed type, minor blemishes on cover do not detract. $200PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Revenues1739 ** 1988 Stamp Duty Overprint: 20t on 15t Cessna Aircraft, Barefoot #71. Fresh well-centred top marginal cat £300. Barefoot

(2008 edition) states “7 known”. $250


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