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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1241

1910 (June 27) Broad Arrow Series PPC of two Japanese warships & Rear-Admiral Ijichi to Northern Ireland with 1d tied by Albany cds, the message states "This card was issued to honour the visit of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's war vessels". A rare card. The 'Aso' & 'Soya' made a goodwill visit to Albany & Fremantle in May 1910.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1242

1915 HMAS 'Australia' two covers each with GB 1d red tied by different security 'dumb' cancel, with boxed 'PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' or double-circle 'PASSED/SHIP'S CENSOR' handstamps, the latter redirected from Subiaco to Cottesloe with cds of 7AP15 or 8AP15 respectively, minor staining and the latter with repaired flap-tears. Very scarce duo, the markings known to have been used aboard 'Australia', which spent most of the war in British waters, where it was twice rammed by "friendly forces". (2 items)

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1243

1915-16 HMAS 'Sydney' OAS usages of PPCs from Nova Scotia x2 & Jamaica x2, all to "Vera" in Perth, carried in naval bag(s) to Melbourne where variously processed, two with 'A.I. FORCES POSTAGE FREE/ VIC' cds, one with 'A.I. FORCES/POSTAGE FREE' slogan & the last (stained) with one of the scarcer boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' markings tying a 1d Kangaroo. Tough group, especially being inwards to Western Australia. Vera may have been a child: one card is redirected to "Children's Hospital", another to "Cape Naturaliste". [After sinking the 'Emden' off Cocos on 9.11.1914, 'Sydney' proceeded to England then it spent 18 uneventful months patrolling the east coast of the Americas and the Caribbean] (4)

Grade B/C (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1244

1916 (Feb 22) PPC of Sandakan in North Borneo with the caption apparently erased by the censor, to Wales with KGV 1d red tied by Albany cds and very scarce 'PASSED SHIP'S CENSOR' handstamp in violet, redirected on arrival 31MR/16, a little soiled. HMAS 'Encounter' spent the early part of WWI patrolling the near Pacific & Malayan areas. On 11.2.1916, she was despatched from Sandakan to work in Australian waters & was at Albany 21.2.1916 to 9.3.1916. The message states "...We are on patrol duty in these seas and find it rather more interesting than our previous show".

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1245

1940-46 World War II display pages including 1940 per SS 'Otranto' with huge 'HM TRANSPORT No 4' cachet, 1941 cover believed to be from HMAS 'Sydney' which was sunk later that year, 1942 from War Signal Station Albany with 'NAVAL/SERVICE' cachet, 1942 with 'HMA/SHIPS' & 'tombstone' censor cachets to a soldier on Rottnest Island, 1942 illusrated RAN cover with typed "HMS KANIMBLA' & 3d with security cancel, 1943 with 'HM TRANSPORT/No 11' cds & Canadian-pattern 'RAAF/ 5 /CENSOR' cachet, 1943 cover to a sailor on HMAS 'Bonthorpe' at Fremantle with plain redirection label & endorsed "This rating was drowned in Ftle approximately 18 months ago" (!), 1945 (Dec 9) OAS cover with boxed 'MAIL OFFICE/HMS ARGONAUT' cachet, 1946 three items from HMS 'Victorious' (one with ship's cachet in blue, one an Air Mail Letter Card to England with message "...we are sitting pretty in the harbour at Fremantle owing to damage to the Victorious..."; covers from shore stations including HMAS 'Leeuwin' one with large cachet in red, Naval Staff Office Fremantle x4, Naval Victualling Yard Fremantle x2, RAN Armament Depot Byford and Armament Supply Office Fremantle; American Forces with Navy Department covers x5 (three with 'UNITED STATES NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT/FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA' cachet), 1943 two covers to USS 'Black Hawk' that visited Fremantle 6-10.3.1942, 1944 & 1945 covers from submarine tenders USS 'Pelias' & 'Euryale', 1945 civilian airmail cover to "Submarine Base/New London/Conn", two covers endorsed from naval Patrol Wing 10; Dutch Forces 1943-45 with 'ROYAL/WESTERN/AUSTRALIA/NETHERLANDS NAVY' cachet x3 (one registered); 1947 airmail to Greece with 'HMAS LEEUWIN' cachet and 1954 OHMS registered to "HMAS Parkes/.../Rockingham" endorsed "DESERTER/..."; etc, philatelic post-WWII items, condition rather mixed. With 'WA: The Forces POW & Censor Mail" by Haynes & Pope (stained on the edge of the pages). (87) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51) (Image52)

Estimate AU$1,500

Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1246

1952 (June 23) British airmail cover at the concessional Forces rate of 6d, to "HMS Campania/co GPO London/(Ship in foreign waters)", small piece of the flap missing. Nothing to look at but it's the only inwards cover we have seen directly related to the Atomic Bomb Test at the Montebello Islands, off the Pilbara coast of NW Western Australia. ['Campania' was a WWII aircraft carrier, chosen as the command ship for the British invasion of the islands. It visited Fremantle & arrived at the islands 8.8.1952. It was hopeleesly inappropriate for its role, causing most of the scientists and engineers to pitch camp on terra firma. The nuclear test was on 3.10.1952. Two more nuclear tests were conducted in the islands in 1956] The illustration is above Lot 1242]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

Australian Picture Postcards

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1247

Handy batch from all States (only a little Victoria) with many pickings including numerous attractive topographicals, Rose & similar real photo types, many government issues including a good lot of Queensland c.1908-10 Tourist Bureau types and a few 1911 Coronation 1d Postal Cards, plus Australiana with about 100 Bush Artists and a batch of Large Letter views, etc, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg. (500 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Estimate AU$600

Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1248

Box of "licorice all-sorts" from the Golden Age`to moderns including excellent reproductions of classic cards, plenty of better topographicals including socially interesting Rose and other real photo types, several Talma Actresses, 1908 American Fleet ships in blue, Australiana, etc, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg. (500+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$360.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1249

Unsorted bundles in a box mostly NSW and Victoria with some Australiana, better cards noted, condition variable but generally fine. (400 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1250

Wide-ranging pre-WWII array of mostly topographicals, about 80% are from NSW, South Australia and Victoria plus oddments from the other States, many better views & unusual perspectives, numerous real photo cards including many early Rose and similar types, condition variable but a large number are fine to very fine. Historically and socially compelling. (300 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$320.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1251

Australian artist cards including rural & bush scenes by JA Turner x51, J Hutchings x34, Laura Davey x15, Edward de Closay x11, Charles Hammond x21 including 'Robbery Under Arms' set of 6, A MacInnes x6, J Scheltma x12 & Harry Weston x4, Birds by JM Castle x22 (including Birds of Paradise) & Neville Cayley x12, others by Albert Namatjira x10 & Lloyd Rees x18, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A good basis for serious expansion. (200+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1252

Box with about 100+ better cards including many real photo types notably 1911 Easter Military Camp at Kilmore x3, 1911 Wonthaggi x2 and 'Chelsea - Holiday Train Arrivals', excellent suburban group including construction of Kerferd Road (Albert Park), other RPs with Northern Territory x4 including 'Train at Brock's Siding', '...Bathurst Island Mission Station' (20+ Aborigines on wooden jetty) & a terrific 'Pine Creek Township' multi-view, also a few WWI 'Our Boys at the Front'; 100+ foreign cards including attractive Japanese Undivided Backs & English Celesques; the other half being 'ladies' subjects' with many Greetings types, children, actresses including a few Talma (Melbourne) cards etc; condition variable but the view-sides are generally good to very fine. Weighs 2kg. (500 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$440.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1253

Useful little bundle including some very attractive early Rose cards of Victorian towns, several WWI subjects, c.1920 Ballarat Avenue of Honour arch with caption 'The Lucas Girls Tribute...', several portraits & a few others, good to fine. (41) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$85.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1254

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1912 real photo card of scouts with signaller & tents inscribed on address-side "1st Adelaide Troop...Mylor 1911-1912" with sadly unsigned message headed "Jan 1st 1912" states "...we have just finished a 10 days camp at Mylor...In this photo you can see me signalling N...", abrasion clear of the message, used under cover. Very early: the first Australian troops were founded in 1908; also 1940s 'THE DINKUM SCOUT' artist card, unused. [The illustration is above Lot 1255] (2)

Grade B/A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1255

VICTORIA: Substantial array of mostly Golden Era cards with lots of attractive topographicals including Suburbans and early Rose or similar real photo types, good range of government-issue 'Garden State' cards, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg. (500 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

Estimate AU$800

Currently Opening at...AU$625.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1256

VICTORIA: Selection with eight Post Offices, some better suburbans & town views, Niven 'CLIFTON SPRINGS HOTEL' (soiled), 1904 '...English Eleven at Play' (MCG, unused), a few real photo types including 'Market Street, Melbourne' (rare) & 'Entrance to Railway Station/Kyabram', etc, most are fine used. (60 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1257

VICTORIA: Mostly Rose series real photo types of San Remo x14 including the wharf, fishing fleet, suspension bridge to Phillip Island, etc, and Wonthaggi x4, generally fine to very fine unused. [Gippsland]

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$100

Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

Subjects

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1258

ADVERTISING: Marvellous mostly pre-WWI group from Victoria including Sunshine Harvester x2, Cletrac Tractors, MacRobertson Chocolates x3, Adams' Cakes, 'Yalart' Stud x2, Australian Mercantile Land & Finance Co and 3LO ('Miss Beppie de Vries'); NSW Lassetter's Encyclopaedia, Exeter Bulb Farm, Anderson's Seed Warehouse, Wyandotte Cleaners and Asco Scales; South Australia Australasian Implement Co, Exchange Tobacco Store and 1910 Exhibition (Castle Salt); Queensland 1910 Jubilee Carnival; etc, mostly featuring products or premises, a few problems but most are fine to very fine. (27) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

Estimate AU$500

Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1259

AUSTRALIANA: The Bush, Rural Life, Agriculture etc including the best array we have seen of Regal views with lines of poetry by Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson and others (100+ with some minor duplication), mostly Talma actress types, Humour, Mining, artist cards etc, numerous real photo cards including a range of 'A Handful of Australia' types, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (300 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$250.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1260

AUSTRALIANA: Small box with good selections of Aborigines x21 and Rural Life, etc, several novelty types etc, most are fine to very fine. (68) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$210.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

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