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AUSTRALIA continued...

AUSTRALIA continued...
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
376 1916-46 Mourning covers including 1930 cover to London with the stamp washed off and boxed "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON / S.S COMORIN", some with enclosed cards or letters, also a few covers from G.B to Australia. (35).

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
World War One Forces Mail
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377 1915-18 Covers and cards to or from Australian soldiers in G.B (6) or Egypt, including scarce oval "NOT AT / No. 3 AUSTRALIAN AUXILIARY / HOSPITAL DARTFORD / RETURN AUSTRALIAN BASE / POST OFFICE / MT PLEASANT, LONDON", "NOT AT / No. 3 AUSTRALIAN AUXILIARY HOSPITAL", cachets of No. 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Southall or The Beaufort War Hospital at Bristol, etc. Also Christmas cards (9, one from Gallipoli) and picture postcards (10, one silk card), etc. (29).

Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
378 Transport Ships. 1914-18 Covers and cards from Transports, most with unnumbered censors, various types include "A.I.F. / Passed by Censor No ...." (8), "PASSED BY CENSOR" (4), "CENSOR", "Passed by / Censor" (3), "PASSED", "A.I.F / Passed by Censor", "A.I.F / PASSED BY CENSOR", "A.I.F / Passed by Censor .....", crowned oval "PASSED BY / LIEUT. COLONEL / CHIEF CENSOR / THE CENSOR", etc., some of these types apparently unrecorded. One cover with Canal Zone 5c cancelled at Cristobal with enclosed letter on Y.M.C.A stationery, two with oval "T1d" and 1d due stamps, one with circular "A.I.F / POSTAGE FREE", datestamps include "A.I FORCES POSTAGE FREE / VIC" (3), Bombay + "PAQUEBOT", English Mail T.P.O, Cape Town (2), Base Office Aden, Port Taufiq, London, Fremantle, Melbourne, etc. A good group. (28).

Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
379 Transport Ships - South Africa/Sierra Leone. 1916-19 Covers and cards comprising 1918 stampless card of Freetown with violet "A.I.F / Passed by Censor No. (60)" of S.S "Aeneas", 1916 cover with Australia 1d cancelled at Durban, stampless covers and cards with violet "A.I.F / Passed by Censor No....." (6, two with manuscript "34" of S.S "Persic" or "37" of S.S "Anchises") and cancels of Cape Town (5) or Durban, other stampless O.A.S cards with Cape Town cancels (3, two with "G. O'Halloran Wright, A.I.F" cachets), two on differing A.I.F Y.M.C.A envelopes. (11).

Est. £240-280

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
380 Transport Ships. 1915-16 Covers and cards with "A.I.F / Passed by Censor No ....." cachets, all with the Transport number added in manuscript, one cover from Transport 43 with Australia 1d cancelled in Colombo, the others all stampless, comprising numbers 24, 29, 34 (on postcard of New York), 35, 37, 40 (4, two on cards of the ship), 43, 50, 60, 67 (2, one on card of the ship), 68, 70, 75. Cancels include "A.I. FORCES POSTAGE FREE / VIC" c.d.s (2) and similar Melbourne machine, A.I.F Base P.O c.d.s of Alexandria (2), Fremantle, Port Taufiq, etc., also picture postcards of ships (7), two items on Y.M.C.A stationery. A good lot. (24).

Est. £500-600

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
Air Mails
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381 image1919 (Nov 12) England to Australia first Aerial Post, cover addressed to "Mrs A. Bertram, Moonya, Patey Street, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia" carried in the Vickers Vimy G-EAOU flown by Ross Smith, Keith Smith, J.M Bennett and W.H Shiers (which won the £10,000 prise for the first flight from England to Australia), bearing the blue flight vignette tied by the oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL / RECEIVED / 26 FEB 1920 / GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA" applied on the day the aeroplane reached Melbourne, a second strike alongside, with light violet "PER / VICKERS "VIMY" AEROPLANE / TO AUSTRALIA". The cover with "THACKER & Co LIMD BOMBAY" embossed on the inner flap, therefore almost certainly originating en route in India (or possibly Iraq or the Persian Gulf), a small portion of the original letter enclosed, written by the addressees son, mentioning Ross Smith and the first aerial service to Australia from England. An unusually fine cover from this famous flight. Photo on Page 52. (Image1)

Est. £2,000-3,000

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
382 1929 (Nov 12) Picture postcard depicting a cover carried on the 1919 England to Australia flight, the Vickers Vimy aircraft, and the four crew, the card posted from Hounslow to Melbourne franked G.B 1d, redirected to Kew with an Australia 1d (26 Feb 1930), the front of the card signed by Keith Smith and W.H Shiers. Only 10 of these cards were signed by Sir Keith Smith, and very few by W.H Shiers, the two survivors from the 1919 flight. A scarce signed card, with a commemorative folder.

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
383 1929-80 Flight covers in an album, mainly first flights, some commercial covers including 1941 cover to G.B with "Privileged Mail, Governor of Queensland" cachet, etc. (151).

Est. £180-220

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
384 1931 (Nov 18) Registered Australia to England first flight cover franked 1/5, signed by Charles Kingsford Smith and G.U Allan, a good pilot signed cover.

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.

BAHAMAS

BAHAMAS
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385 image1859-90 QV Issues, mint and used selection on pages with G.B 1d red cancelled "A05" (faults), 1859 imperf 1d reddish lake Specimen with horizontal ink line (horizontal crease), 1d dull lake used; 1861-62 rough perf 1d and 6d used, 4d unused no gum (thinned); 1862 perf 11½ 4d unused no gum (minor toning), 6d used; 1863-77 Crown CC 1d vermilion with "C38" cancel of British P.O at Callao, perf 12½ 1/- used (2), perf 14 1/- deep green mint; 1882 Crown CA perf 12 4d and perf 14 1d both unused no gum, some watermark varieties; 1883 4d on 6d used; 1890 6d malformed "E" mint and used with manuscript cancel; also cancels including "27" numerals, village and P.O.S.B. datestamps, forgeries. Some faults but an interesting group with some unusual stamps. (104). Photo on Page 12. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
386 QV-QEII Mainly mint selection in a stockbook and on pages including 1926 £1, a study of the 1938-52 KGVI set with the scarce 1/- brownish grey and scarlet on thin striated paper (S.G. 155a) and all three £1 printings, also some used and a few Specimens. (100s).

Est. £300-350

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
387 image1884-90 1d - £1 Set of six (with additional 1d, 2½d shades) and 1902-07 1d - £1 set of seven, KEVII £1 with pencil number on reverse, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 47/57, 62/70, £725+. (16). Photo on Page 12. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £140-160

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
388 1901-46 Specimen stamps including 1901-03 set of four, 1919 (Mar 21) 3d War Tax overprint, 1919 (July 14) War Tax set of four, 1931 2/- and 3/-, 1937 Coronation set, 1938 4d - 8d set of three, 1946 Victory pair, 1918 Special Delivery 5d, all fine mint. S.G. £775. (23).

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
389 image1912-37 KGV ½d - £1 Multiple Crown CA and Multiple Script CA sets overprinted or perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 81/9s, 119/25s, £900. (20). Photo on Page 12. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. £240-280

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
390 image1938-46 KGVI ½d - £1 Set of fourteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint, a scarce set. S.G. 149/57s, £650. (14). Photo on Page 12. (Image1)

Est. £180-200

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
391 image1942 Landfall of Columbus ½d - £1 set of fourteen perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint, a scarce set. S.G. 162/75s, £650. (14). Photo on Page 12. (Image1)

Est. £180-200

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
392 image1965 Pictorial definitive issue, unadopted stamp size essays for the unissued 5d value (2) depicting Modern Dairying, and the 2/6 value (2) depicting Shipbuilding (the issued 2/6 depicting aircraft). The essays all with handpainted backgrounds (including perforations and country name, value and "Modern Dairying" on the 5d essays, "Postage" and "Revenue" on the 2/6 essays), printed cut out proofs of the vignettes and Queen's head applied, all in differing colours, the Queens Head on the 5d essay the same portrait used in the adopted designs. The 2/6 essays with the value and "Shipbuilding" handpainted on the central vignette, all with a handpainted black surround, affixed to card bearing a label "Designed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd", the essays lettered "A" to "D", the card 198x247mm. Four fine and unique essays from the papers of Bradbury Wilkinson engraver Derek Fry. (4). Photo on Page 60. (Image1)

Est. £600-800

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.

BARBADOS

BARBADOS
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393 image1858-1968 Mainly mint collection in a stockbook and on pages including Britannia issues with some multiples, 1873 5/- dull rose, 1886 5/- bistre, 1892-1903 set, 1897 Diamond Jubilee set, 1905 set, 1912-16 and 1916-19 sets, 1920-21 Victory sets, watermark varieties, some used, Specimen stamps including1921-24 set, mainly fine. S.G. £4,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £500-600

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
394 1873-86 Issues with locally applied "SPECIMEN" handstamps, comprising 1873 5/- with handstamp BAR1 in black, 1875-81 Perf 14 Crown CC ½d, 1d (thinned), 1/- with BAR1 in red, 3d, 4d, 6d with BAR1 in green, 1d, 3d, 4d, 6d and 1/- with BAR2, 1882-86 3d, 4d, 6d and 1/- (2) with BAR2, minor toning and eight stamps without gum but a scarce group. (17).

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
395 1897-1927 Specimen stamps comprising 1897 Diamond Jubilee set, 1906 Nelson Centenary set and Tercentenary 1d, 1909 1d - 1/- (missing ¼d), 1912-16 and 1916-19 sets, 1917 War Tax 1d, 1918-20 4d and 3/-, 1920-21 Victory set with both 1d watermarks, 1921-24 and 1925-35 sets, 1927 Tercentenary 1d, all fine mint, the 1912-16 ¼d - 6d all with broken "M" variety. S.G. 116/240s, £2,070+. (84).

Est. £500-600

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
396 image1937 Coronation 1d - 2½d set of three perfined "SPECIMEN", all in lower left corner marginal strips of three, as distributed by the U.P.U, superb unmounted, scarce. S.G. 245/7s, £285++. (3 strips). Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £140-160

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
397 1938-46 Specimen stamps comprising 1938-46 ½d - 5/- set of sixteen, 1939 Tercentenary set and 1946 Victory pair, the 1938-46 set a little toned. S.G. 248/63s, £725. (23).

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.

BECHUANALAND

BECHUANALAND
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398 1888-97 Issues handstamped or overprinted "SPECIMEN", including 1888 unappropriated die 2d - £5 (ten values, missing the 1d, 2/-), 1891 Cape 1d and 2d with British Bechuanaland overprint reading upwards, Bechuanaland Protectorate 1897 ½d - 6d, etc. (20).

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
399 image1937 Coronation set of three and 1938 KGVI ½d - 10/- set of eleven (with additional 2/6 - 10/-) all perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 115/28s, £515. (17). Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.
400 Revenues. 1931 Page from a Notarial Bond bearing two blocks of four of the c1930 South Africa £1 green and red Revenue overprinted "Bechuanaland Revenue Only." in two lines with 2mm spacing, all neatly pen cancelled, excellent colours, considered the finest piece bearing one of the scarcest Bechuanaland revenue stamps. Barefoot 53. Ex Springbett & Libra

Est. £500-600

CLOSED
Closing..Apr-24, 11:59 PM EST.

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