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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA continued...

Postal Stationery continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate and Min. Bid in AU$'s

780

1911-12 1d Full-Face Design perf.10 on white card with cream interior "Mosman Bay - Sydney" in sepia, fine unused, (BW:LC11/77); 1913-14 1d Kangaroo Design Die 2 perf.10 on greenish-grey card, "Ballarat" (2) one in purple-black, the other in brown, both with some storage-related tone banding, otherwise fine (BW:LC16/8) also KGV 1914-18 1d KGV perf.12½ on grey surfaced card "Circular Quay, Sydney", faint tone-banding, unused (BW:LC18/34A); total Cat. $675. (4) (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$160

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

781

Attractive group, all Unused except where noted; comprising LC13 "Giant Red Gum, Vic. / Queen's Gardens Perth W.A." CTO; LC14 "Botanic Gardens, Portland, Vic."; LC21 "Avon River, York W.A." (2, different colours); LC21 "Harvesting, Tamworth N.S.W."; LC21 "Waterfall Gully Adelaide" (2, different colours); LC22 "Mt.Buffalo, Victoria". Mainly fine. (8). Cat.$1200. (Image)

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Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

782

1911 1d + 1d Full-Face Design Reply Lettercard, 'Giant Red Gum,Vic' and 'Queen's Gardens Perth, WA' illustrations, in olive-green, fine unused; BW:LC13. (Image)

Estimate AU$120-150
Min. Bid. AU$100

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

783

1911 1d + 1d Full-Face Design Reply Lettercard, reply halves (2) comprising unused with 'Queen's Gardens, Perth, W.A.' illustration; also 'Viaduct near Adelaide, S.A.' (corner fault) postally used in 1911 from Moonta (SA) to Wallaroo Mines (SA); BW:LC13 - Cat. $1000+. (Image)

Estimate AU$300-500
Min. Bid. AU$240

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

784

DIVIDED REPLY LETTERCARD::1917 (BW:LC29/133) KGV 1d Outward Half with obliterating bars through "REPLY", zig-zag rouletted 15, "Town Hall, Sydney" illustration, 1917 (Sept.14) FU, Cat $400. (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$160

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

785

Attractive group, all Unused except where noted; comprising LC42 "Hawkesbury River N.S.W." CTO (tiny scrape); LC45 "G.P.O. HOBART" CTO (some foxing); LC54 "Gibberabong Creek N.S.W."; LC58 1½d red, rounded corners; LC58b 1½d red, squared corners; LC61; LC62; LC63 & LC64. Mainly fine. (9). Cat.$1125. (Image)

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Estimate AU$200-300
Min. Bid. AU$160

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

786

1922-23 (BW:LC49/128B) 2d Red KGV Sideface perf.12½ on Unsurfaced Grey Card (inside and out), "Sydney Harbour, NSW" illustration, very fine unused. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-120
Min. Bid. AU$80

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

787

1915 (EP4) 1d carmine KGV (Die 1) very fine Unused; 1916 (EP9f) 1d red KGV "star" with variety "Left point of star broken" Unused (but partly addressed); and (EP10) 1d red KGV "star" Die 4 Unused (minor faults). (3 items). Cat.$750. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$80

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

788

Aug.1920 "double-taxed" usage of 1½d brown KGV Star Embossed Envelope, uprated 1d Red KGV tied by 'NSW/T/10' tax stamp; sent to Holland; DELFT arrival b/stamp and 5c Postage Due tied by the same cds for re-direction from Delft to Overveen. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$80

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

789

1923 (BW:E27 [1] & [2]) 1½d green KGV Star on on-white unsurfaced paper and another example with blue internal security lining. (2) fine Unused. Cat.$400. (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$120

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

790

1918 (RE8) 4d orange KGV Registration Envelope, FU 27 Feb. 1918 from "PARLIAMENT HOUSE QUEENSLAND", uprated 1½d at BRISBANE P.O. with cds in red, for delivery to NEW YORK; with transit and arrival backstamps. A most attractive usage in VF condition. (Image)

Estimate AU$150-175
Min. Bid. AU$120

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

791

KGV - QEII decimal period; duplicated range in album. (40+). Mixed condition. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$75

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

First Day & Commemorative Covers

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate and Min. Bid in AU$'s

792

"RICHMOND PARK KIOSK 3 / XVI Olympiad, Vic., Aust." temporary registration label used on Dec.1956 postal card to East Germany bearing the East German Olympic adhesives tied by OLYMPIC PARK pictorial cds's; with Melbourne & Sydney backstamps and KARL-MARX STADT arrival cds on front. An extremely unusual use of the registration label. (Image)

Estimate AU$160-180
Min. Bid. AU$140

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

Aerophilately & Flight Covers

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate and Min. Bid in AU$'s

793

AN ARCHIVE OF AMY JOHNSON MEMORABILIA.
The archive comprises: a signed postcard of Johnson standing next to her DH60G Gipsy Moth; Amy Johnson's fur-lined leather flying helmet by Pike Brothers of Brisbane; a leather-bound and boxed "Presentation [album] to Miss Amy Johnson...from the New South Wales Masonic Club..." June 9th, 1930, with hand-coloured illustrations and tipped-in photographs; a Percy Marks leather ring presentation box (now empty) with gold lettering "TO MISS AMY JOHNSON. FROM THE HULL CITIZENS OF SYDNEY. LONDON TO SYDNEY FLIGHT 1930."; 2-page printed "thank you" from the Johnson family and a 78rpm record with "Johnnie, Our Aeroplane Girl" to side A, and "A Lone Girl Flyer" to side B, in original paper sleeve. (6 items).Miss Amy Johnson completed a solo flight from England to Australia in May 1930. She was the first female pilot to achieve this remarkable feat (Image)

Estimate AU$3,000-5,000
Min. Bid. AU$2,400

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

794

AIRMAIL LABELS & VIGNETTES: An accumulation in 2 albums with official Post Office issues, aviation company and publicity issues. Noted 1920 "Herald" labels (4), red "PALS" label (1), 1925 "Angel" vignette (sheetlet of 15), 1937 Airmail Exhibition sheetlets (8), N.E.A.L. (complete sheet), QANTAS "See Western Queensland" labels, QANTAS pictorial labels, etc. (qty). (Image)

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Estimate AU$500-750
Min. Bid. AU$400

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

795

4 Aug.1919 (AAMC.19) Major Norman Brearley in an Avro biplane dropped a batch of advertising postcards for Charles Moore & Co over Perth and suburbs. [This example is one of 6 known.]Provenance: Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, March 2008, Lot 23 : $3260 incl. BP. (Image)

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Estimate AU$1,500-2,000
Min. Bid. AU$1,200

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

796

4 Sept. 1919 (AAMC.23) Hobart - Launceston cover with Peace Loan advertising and KGV 1½d brown carried by ED Cummings in a Sopwith Pup on the first aerial mail flight in Tasmania, violet two-line 'FIRST TAS. AERO MAIL/DPMG' handstamp and 'LAUNCESTON/-5SE19/TASMANIA' arrival backstamp, very fine with only 6 examples believed to have survived, Cat $4000. Accompanied by photo of the Sopwith Pup circling Hobart GPO. Ex Frommer Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails Collection. (Image)

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Estimate AU$2,000-2,500
Min. Bid. AU$1,800

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

797

November - December 1919 (AAMC.27) A cover carried on the first flight from England to Australia, crewed by Ross & Keith Smith, Jim Bennett and Wally Shiers. With the rare "Ross Smith" vignette attractively tied by the special "FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED" handstamp. with another alongside. Address to S.H. Long at Lake Macquarie. (Image)

Estimate AU$6,000-7,500
Min. Bid. AU$5,000

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

798

Nov.1919 - Feb.1920 (AAMC.27a) A Ross Smith flight cover with the vignette affixed at left, together with an Iraq ½ anna on 10para in combination with an Australian KGV 1d red; all tied by the 26 Feb.1920 oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL" cachet (with an additional strike below), posted from the ANZAC Wireless Squadron stationed in Mesopotamia (Iraq) en route for Australia.Addressed to Mrs A. Laxton in Lewisham and endorsed at lower left by Lieut. R.L. Laxton, this is cover #193 in the Frommer listing [illustrated at page 59]. The cover is signed and dated "12.12.19" on reverse by crew member Sgt. J.M. Bennett and is accompanied by a [1981] E. Diena Certificate.One of the most noteworthy of the flown covers being the only example with stamps of Iraq and Australia, signed by a crew member and being an intermediate. (Image)

Estimate AU$8,000-12,000
Min. Bid. AU$7,500

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM

799

1919 (AAMC.27b, Frommer 1a) "Ross Smith" Flight vignette with full margins and superb unmounted mint full gum. Probably the finest example in private hands. This is #C16 in the Frommer listing, illustrated at page 126. Cat. $18,000 for mounted mint.The AAMC entry states "about 25 mint copies are held in museums ... about 50 specimens with complete selvedge exist in private collections"; of the 576 issued, 364 were attached to letters carried and cancelled on arrival in Melbourne on 26 Feb 1920, 125 were destroyed and of the 87 remaining about 20 had the selvedge removed in anticipation of being affixed to envelopes. (Image)

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Estimate AU$12,500-15,000
Min. Bid. AU$10,000

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Closing..Dec-18, 04:00 PM