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Canterbury VIC 3126, Australia
| Lot | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5251 | 1907 Design Completed Wmk Crown/Double Lined A BW #D57ab 1d light green Wmk 'Marginal Letters' horizontal pair, 1908 'MILLICENT/SA' squared-circle datestamp, Cat $150+. Nice item. |  | A$80 |
| 5252 | 1916 WWI War Savings 2/6d P14, quite well centred, part gum. (2) |  | A$130 |
| 5253 | 1916 WWI War Savings Stamps Booklet with 'Mullett imprint' at base with 6d blue KGV filling 23 of the 35 available spaces. Booklets with such a relatively high degree of completion are seldom encountered, with this example being particularly fine. |  2 | A$950 |
| 5254 | 1940s War Savings Stamp out the Enemy in brown card with Bomber on front, internal illustrated spaces showing explosive war scenes, the card bearing 6d Defiant x15. Unusually fine. |  2 | A$450 |
| 5255 | 1940s WWII 6d Defiant P14 Wmk CofA Authority imprint block of 4 showing Perf pips, fresh MUH block of 4. Scarce so fine. |  | A$130 |
| 5256 | 1940s WWII War Savings Booklet printed in green showing tank on the front cover, with 6d Defiant P14 affixed (x17, incl 2 pairs). |  2 | A$130 |
| 5257 | 1940s WWII War Savings Booklet printed in black showing flag & coat of arms on front cover with 6d Defiant P11 corner block of 10 (mild staining) affixed, horizontal fold. |  2 | A$100 |
| 5258 | 1943 National Savings Stamp Booklet with two 5/- brown National Savings Stamps affixed to one of the two separated internal pages; some age staining on covers. |  2 | A$460 |
| 5259 | 1946 Savings Certificate Card with 6d War Memorial & Mt Ainslie blue certificate stamp x4 affixed. Rare in such fine condition. |  2 | A$1,000 |
| 5260 | 1911 1d Red KGV Fullface Victorian Scenes BW #P21 type 1 rose-red shade with most scenes except Spring St Melb, Buffalo Mts, Gold Dredging, Gold Mine & Comaida, some duplication due to extra shades, unused, Cat $1,250. (10) |  3 | A$300 |
| Lot | First Flight Covers | Estimate | |
| 5261 | 1922-23 2d Red KGV Sideface BW #LC49(102B) oval view 'PINEAPPLES/QUEENSLAND' (pickers), fine unused, Cat $250. |  2 | A$120 |
| 5262 | 1923-24 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 2d KGV Star BW #EP24 orange without 'POSTAGE' (EP21), scarce, rarely seen so clean. Cat $750. |  | A$400 |
| 5263 | 1913-14 1d Red Kangaroo BW #ES4 Die for James Moore & Sons (City Road, Melbourne) 1913 (Sep 4) use of window envelope, all-over advertising on reverse, tape repairs to damaged flap |  2 | A$100 |
| 5264 | 1946-47 1½d Green KGVI Oval on 2½d Red Defaced KGVI Oval BW #ES81 (oval of four obliterating bars) window envelope for Warburton, Franki (Melb) Ltd, unsealed backflap, tidy Melbourne '13AUG/1947' slogan cancel, minor blemishes. [ACSC states about one dozen used entires are recorded] |  | A$1,000 |
| 5265 | 1944-45 7d Blue KGVI - Admonition Removed BW #A2e (Jun 1) flown Sydney to London per Qantas Lancastrian Mail Plane Service, red boxed cachet, Cat $300. |  | A$150 |
| 5266 | 1945-50 7d KGVI New Layout BW #A3d with purple 'Re-Opening Empire Air Route' cachet, flown Sydney to Singapore by Qantas, signed by pilots Furze & Moxham, Cat $225. |  | A$100 |
| 5267 | 1949 2½d Red KGVI Oval + 2½d Red KGVI Oval BW #WS28 2½d+2½d KGVI oval doubleton complete wrapper used 1950 from Melbourne to USA. Undercatalogued at Cat $75 with only 2,700 printed. All known examples are used. |  | A$80 |
| 5268 | 1913-14 covers to USA comprising [1] 1913 to Saginaw, Michigan with 2½d Roo tied by Melbourne '22APR13' machine cancel, handstamped at base 'PLEASE RETURN THIS/ENVELOPE TO POST/OFFICE'; [2] 1914 (Oct 28) to Columbus, Ohio, underpaid with 1d red KGV and taxed on arrival with US 1c & 5c Dues added, redirected to Pittsburgh; [3] 1914 to Boise, Idaho with ½d Roo and 1d red KGV (2) tied by Albury (NSW) datestamps; first two cover with edge faults. (3) |  3 | A$90 |
| 5269 | 1918 (Oct 1) cover to USA with attractive tri-colour franking comprising 3rd Wmk 2½d Roo, Single Wmk 1d red KGV & LMW ½d green KGV strip of 3, stamps tied by 'Stock Exchange Vic/Late Fee' cancels, violet-blue 'PASSED BY CENSOR' 3-line handstamp. |  | A$150 |
| 5270 | 1922 (Jan 16) Dalgety & Co entire advertising poster (1210x760mm) for the sale of Coriyule Estate of 1219 acres, subdivided into 12 allotments, on the Bellarine Peninsula, folded to large letter size and posted to Geelong with KGV 1d red tied by 'CURLEWIS/16JA22/VIC' cds (A2, Rated 3R), damage at the corners, minor peripheral tears & some separation along the folds all repaired with archival tape. The Printed Matter rate was 1d per 2oz, with no requirement to pay the ½d War Tax required for other classes of mail. An extraordinary postal history item. The largest 'cover' we have ever offered. |  2 | A$500 |
| 5271 | 1924 (Apr 9) small registered printed cover to Toledo Stamp Company USA with 3rd Wmk 2½d Roo & Single Wmk 5d KGV tied by Melbourne cds, paying double rate plus 2½d registration, GPO red/white registration label, Toledo arrival backstamp, USA 'Officially Sealed' label to reverse. |  2 | A$150 |
| 5272 | 1934 (Dec 3) double-rate jusq'ua airmail cover sent at the then recently introduced 1/7d airmail rate (1/6d for additional ½oz) with 1/6d Hermes pair & KGV 1d green tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' datestamps, attractively festooned on reverse with Victoria Centenary labels. Early use of Australia/Singapore/UK airmail service introduced in December 1934. |  | A$120 |
| 5273 | 1934-63 Covers to Czechoslovakia (6 are registered) sent at various surface or airmail rates incl 1934 Consulate cover with 3d blue KGV, 1935 printed matter rate with ½d orange KGV pair, 1938 1/9d airmail to Rakovnik (backstamp) with Greek currency handstamp, 1948 registered with violet 'POST OFFICE/MORELAND N13' boxed datestamps, 1952 7½d surface rate with customs & currency control labels; generally fine. (13) |  5 | A$160 |
| 5274 | 1938 (Jan 6) real-photo PPC (view of Great Ocean Road) sent airmail to Canada, endorsed with 'BY AIR TO "Destination" ONLY' handstamp and with mss "By AIR MAIL. New Zealand - U.S.A. Service", franked with 1/6d Hermes, 1/- Lyrebird & 6d Kooka tied by Footscray (Vic) datestamps, apparently overpaying (by 1d) the 1/1d plus 2/4d rate for all-the-way airmail service to destination. |  2 | A$120 |
| 5275 | 1940 (June 27) scarce use of 1d Australian Air League unofficial envelope, the 1d oval imprint in blue tied by 'BOOROWA/27JE40/NSW' cds, sent locally and backstamped. |  2 | A$100 |
| 5276 | 1940 (June 21) Bovril Australian Estates (Victoria River Downs, NT) airmail cover to England sent at 1/6d airmail rate, stamps tied by 'VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS/N.T.' datestamps, 'OPENED BY CENSOR' pink/white censor tape (Little Type Type L7-1ab ), boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/D2' (Type H7-1a) handstamp; small opening faults at right. |  | A$180 |
| 5277 | 1949 (Mar 10) social usage of KGVI 7d 'AIRLETTER' to New York (message in German) with KGVI 3d purple-brown tied by Sydney cds, blue/white registration label, San Francisco transit backstamp of 'MAR/13/194', New York next-day arrival backstamp. Registered aerogrammes are very scarce. |  2 | A$400 |
| 5278 | 1956 (June 6) Morris Hedstrom Ltd airmail envelope (275x125mm) to Samoa with Sydney machine cancel and stamps washed off, obvious damage from immersion in water, very fine strike of violet straight-line 'SOILED MAIL EX VASU' handstamped at Apia on face. [The mail was flown to Fiji, then per wooden motorship 'Vasu' which foundered in rough seas about 300km north of Tonga, and was abandoned. Brian Peace states, at page 322, that '29 pieces of mail were recovered'.] |  | A$250 |
| 5279 | 1959 Land Titles Office (Hobart) printed registered envelope franked with ½d Kangaroo pair, 4d Koala, & 1/- Small Lyrebird pair all punctured 'T' (different puncture types on each value), stamps tied by 'HOBART NORTH' dstestamps, addressed to Launceston. Very fine. |  2 | A$100 |
| 5280 | 1937 Australia-Philippines AAMC #728a PPC flown by Pan-Am, Sydney to Manila, Hong Kong transit and Manila arrival backstamp, circular violet cachet, Cat from $250. |  2 | A$150 |
| Lot | NEW SOUTH WALES | Estimate | |
| 5281 | 1947 Australia-Norfolk Island AAMC #1113-14 Sydney-Norfolk Island and return flight, each being Qantas envelopes with illustrated labels, both signed by the Pilot (Capt.) LR Ambrose, Cat $250. (2) |  2 | A$120 |
| 5282 | 1900 BOER WAR: (May 29) cover to Scone (NSW) with '1ST AUSTRALIAN HORSE' imprint on flap, franked with ORC ½d & 1d pair tied by Field Post Office/British Army S.Africa datestamps, Sydney transit & Scone arrival backstamps. [The 1st Australian Horse formed part of the 2nd New South Wales Contingent.] |  2 | A$130 |
| 5283 | 1946 (Jul 2) cover from Auburn (NSW) addressed to serviceman aboard HMS Gould at Colombo (Ceylon), redirected to HMS Terror, addressee not located so bold strike of boxed 'NO TRACE/"TERROR"' handstamp applied and blue 4-line 'TO BE RETURNED TO/SENDER BY ORDER OF/ADMIRALTY, IN VIEW OF/TIME ELAPSED SINCE/LETTER WAS WRITTEN' (both handstamps not seen by us before), various mss markings and 'Pointing Finger' RTS handstamps on front and reverse, OHMS War Economy sealing tape on three sides. Interesting cover, the 1946 Auburn cds may be a slug error ('1946' for '1940') as the HMS Terror was scuttled in February 1941 (all crew evacuated) and HMS Gould was sunk by U-boat in March 1944, the likely slug error argument is supported by the manuscript endorsement "7/10/40" at left side, in the same grey ink colour as the notation on the resealing tape; cover has some edge faults. |  2 | A$100 |
| 5284 | POW Airmail 1940 (Sep 17) use of 5/- Robes, 1d AIF & 9d Platypus paying 5/10d Clipper rate on cover to England endorsed "By Air-Mail via New-Zealand/By Air to Sydney", well struck 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' & 'PASSED BY CENSOR/S.327' handstamps on face, sent by POW interned at Camp 8, Eastern Command; central fold, otherwise fine. |  2 | A$120 |
| 5285 | 1915 Subscribe to The/LIBERTY/LOAN: (flags & ship, 'Liberty Loan' in red) complete sheet of 25 labels, minor separation of rouletting, full unmounted gum. |  | A$300 |
| 5286 | 1953-56 Adelaide Children's Hospital Appeal: 1/- seal complete sheets of 20 for each year, fine unused (4 sheets) |  4 | A$200 |
| 5287 | Late 1940s Anti-Tuberculosis Christmas Seal: complete multicoloured sheet of 30, plus colour separation sheets in blue, yellow, & bright pink plus tricolour sheet in red-brown, red & pink; some mild peripheral aging, full unmounted gum. (5 sheets) |  5 | A$150 |
| 5288 | Queensland: violet 'TOWNSVILLE NTH Q/UGLY MAN/A.D. 1940/PATRIOTIC APPEAL', label, lightly struck machine cancel. Rare. Elsmore Online Cat $200. |  | A$80 |
| 5289 | Trans-Australian Railway: 12th Nov 1917 violet label for the WA State School Empire Fund, marginal example, fine MLH. |  | A$100 |
| 5290 | Victorian Railways: 'LOOK AND LIVE/CROSS CROSSINGS CAUTIOUSLY' multicoloured label, circa mid-1920s, some light paper wrinkles, without gum. Seldom offered. |  | A$80 |
| 5291 | 1949-49 BW #J3PP(2)A KGVI 3d brown Trial overprint in black affixed to piece and tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/18OCT46/241' cds. Cat $750. |  | A$350 |
| 5292 | 1945-52 Forces commercial mail comprising two Tokyo Bay 'Surrender' covers with the 3-line HMAS 'Shropshire' cachet in black (OHMS to Flinders Naval Depot) or in red; registered covers with 'AFPO/IWAKUNI' registration label or rubber APO 215 cachet; three stampless (one to GB with 'BCOF POSTAL UNIT' cachet) plus five Tatts covers to Hobart (one with '.../HUBBA HUBBA' cachet); generally fine to very fine. (12) |  5 | A$400 |
| 5293 | All States Array on Hagners, plus some Commonwealth issues, arranged by postmark from barred numerals to datestamps, some TPO's, Revenues, etc, plus range of registration labels. Allow plenty of viewing time. (few 1,000s). |  8 | A$750 |
| 5294 | Specimens & Reprints. 1861-88 SG #180 5/- reddish purple Coin, Wmk '5/-' positional block of ten, optd 'REPRINT', fresh MUH, Cat £3,500 as unoverprinted stamps. |  | A$250 |
| 5295 | 1850 1d Sydney Views With Clouds Hard Toned White to Yellowish Paper SG #9(Var) 1d crimson-lake with Double/Kiss Print impression, complete margins (close at top left), indistinct bars cancel, Cat £400 (as a normal stamp). |  2 | A$380 |
| 5296 | 1850-51 3d Sydney Views Bluish to Grey Wove Paper SG #42 3d yellow-green on wove paper, large to huge margins, Cat £300. |  | A$250 |
| 5297 | 1854-59 Imperf Large Diadems Wmk Double-Lined Numeral SG #98 8d dull yellow-orange, strong colour, complete even margins, dated example with Sydney 'JY21/59' cds, Cat £1,500. |  | A$575 |
| 5298 | 1894-1904 Fiscals Optd 'POSTAGE' in Blue Wmk 2nd NSW SG #277b 10/- violet & rosine chalk-surfaced paper P12x11, fine mint, Cat £375. |  | A$150 |
| 5299 | 1897 Charity SG #280-81 1/- and 2/6d set, fine used, Cat £325. (2) |  2 | A$250 |
| 5300 | 1897 Charity SG #280-1 1/- and 2/6d tied to separate local covers by Oxford Street (Sydney) duplex of 'JY6/97' or Mosman duplex of 'JY3/97'. (2) |  2 | A$500 |
