DISASTER MAIL: 1847 entire letter from Sydney Australia to Glasgow, carried by the ''S.S. Berkshire'' which was caught in a storm and damaged and had to make port into the French Port of Cherbourg for repairs, bearing crowned Sydney ship letter oval for NO 7 1846, backstamped by London arrival marks and Glasgow boxed h/s for 3 APR 1847 a journey time of 145 days! Very fine.
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The ''S.S. Berkshire'' carried 18 officers, and 150 seamen from the French corvette 'Seine' which was shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean, the scheduled stop in Cherbough to disembark the French sailors also satisfied an urgent need for repairs. (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
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Lot No: 95
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Australia States. Small range of twelve used imperfs on leaves with Tasmania SG 11 (good margins) and 1857-8 1d, 2d, 4d and 1/- x 2, a couple touched in places but all of good appearance; Victoria SG 5, four margins, 5a (thinned) and 7 (nicked corner), and Western Australia SG 1 (two, one fine, the other close at top and with faint stain at right), and SG 3 (four margins). Also seven forgeries and one reprint (Image)
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Lot No: 97
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1913 watermark 2½d green corner strip of three with CA monogram, heavily hinged o.g.; 1d red Die IIA single with JBC monogram, large part o.g. but foxed on reverse; and 2d with JBC monogram, fine o.g. Also a page of Thursday Island cancels on Queensland (four plus a card to Scotland) and on Australia (4), and another page with Tasmanian cancels (10, including smaller offices) (Image)
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Lot No: 99
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Cat No: 15
1913-14 £1 brown and ultramarine, wmk 2, showing "clipped tail" variety, neat Melbourne cds, fine, BPA cert (2009), SG15 (Image)
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Lot No: 100
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1913 £1 Kangaroo, large part og, a shorter perf at top, good colour and fresh appearance. SG 15 (Image)
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Lot No: 101
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1913 £2 Kangaroo, large part og, well centred, a few shorter perfs, attractive and rare stamp. SG 16 (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 102
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1913 Kangaroo set to 10s, part to large part og, a few small flaws here and there but generally fine and fresh, (13 values) (Image)
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Lot No: 103
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Cat No: 37, d
1915-27 3d yellow-olive Die I with JBC monogram, large part o.g. with inconsequential buckling and some slightly uneven perfs, from Plate 1; and a fine o.g. Die II example with CA monogram, also from Plate 1. SG 37, 37d (Image)
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Lot No: 104
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Cat No: 40b var.
1915-27 1s blue-green, die IIB, wmk 6, left marginal example, showing complete offset of design on reverse, unmounted (hinged in margin). ASC BW33c, SG 40b VAR (Image)
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Lot No: 105
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Cat No: 44
1916 £1 chocolate and dull blue Kangaroo, large part og, well centred, short perf at right, typical perfs for this issue, scarce, SG 44 (Image)
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Lot No: 106
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Cat No: 45b
1924 £2 purple-black and pale rose Kangaroo, large part og, typical perfs for this issue, fresh appearance, SG 45b (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 107
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Cat No: 74w
1923-24 2s maroon, wmk 6 INVERTED, large part og. Ex Julian Sterling, fine example of this rare stamp, SG 74w (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 108
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Cat No: 75
1924 £1 grey Kangaroo, large part og, with left-hand Interpanneau margin showing partial T.S. Harrison imprint, fresh, SG 75 (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 109
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Cat No: 111
1929 5/- grey and yellow, watermark Multiple Crown and A. John Ash imprint strip of four, fine large part o.g. with good perfs. The third stamp (R10/1RP) with the quite sizeable flaw, 'white area off NSW coast'. Attractive and very scarce in this form. SG 111 (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 110
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Cat No: 112
1929 10s grey and pink Kangaroo, fresh large part og, with right-hand margin SG 112 (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 111
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Cat No: 114
1930 £2s black and rose Kangaroo, fresh large part og, fine and rare, SG 114 (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 112
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Cat No: 138
1934 £2s black and rose Kangaroo, fresh large part og, a few shorter perfs at top but this hardly detracts, SG 138 (Image)
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Lot No: 113
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Cat No: 176/8
1937-49 5s, 10s and £1, all on chalky paper, lower left-hand corner blocks of 4 with imprints ("BY AUTHORITY" (5s) or "JOHN ASH" (others)), unmounted mint with the odd minor gum wrinkle, 5s with trivial marks in margin, an attractive group, SG 176-178 (Image)
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Lot No: 114
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Cat No: 230d/da
1948-56 1s grey-green, no wmk, lower left corner block of 8 (4x2 -upper plate/left pane), showing "Green mist" retouch on third stamp of upper row (R9/3), large part og (six stamps, including variety are unmounted). KGVI Expertising cert (2010) fine positional piece, SG 230d/da (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 116
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Cat No: D44
POSTAGE DUE: 1902-04 20s dull green, wmk type D2 showing marginal wmk "PO(STAGE)", fresh og, a few shorter perfs, a fine example of this rare stamp, RPS cert (2012), SG D44 (Image)
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Lot No: 117
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Cat No: D86
POSTAGE DUE: 1912-23 10s scarlet and pale yellow-green, wmk w11, perf 14, large part og., tiny surface mark, fresh appearance, only 343 sold, SG D86 (Image)
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Lot No: 118
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Cat No: D87
POSTAGE DUE: 1913-23 £1 scarlet and pale yellow-green, wmk w11, perf 14, lower marginal block of 4 with "JBC" monogram, unmounted mint (tiny wrinkle at foot of margin), only 708 issued. Ex Martin West, exhibition quality, ASC D104z, SG D87 (Image)
Opening GBP 1,700.00
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Lot No: 119
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Cat No: SB25a
BOOKLET: 1930-33 2s booklet, green on pale green cover, containing two panes of 6 (3x2) of 1931-36 2d golden scarlet (inverted watermark = SG 127w) with tissue paper interleaving. Front cover with a couple of minor marks, back cover inscribed "USE THE AIR MAIL". Scarce, SG SB25a (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 120
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Cat No: Collection
1850-2018 Comprehensive collection housed in 28 albums with an emphasis placed on completeness with miniature sheets, booklet panes, self-adhesives, coil stamps etc. collected alongside normal issues. Also, with parallel collections of Australian Territories, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island. Good range of Kangaroos, 1913 1d KGV in marginal block of eight with imprint and plate No1, marginal strip of 6 with imprint and plate No2, marginal pair with partial imprint and plate No3. 1913 6d Kookaburra in marginal strip of 4 with imprint and plate No1. 1929 3d Airmail in corner plate blocks of four (Plate 1,2,3,4), also marginal block with John Ash imprint. 1929 Cent. of Western Australia in blocks of four, with plate flaws, John Ash imprint, plate numbers from 1 to 12. 1931 3d Kingsford Smith in corner plate block of 6 with “Aeroplane dropping mailbag variety”. 1932 Lyrebird in marginal pair with John Ash imprint. 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set in marginal multiples showing John Ash imprints, etc. The same depth of collecting throughout with some additional material such as 1885 underpaid GB cover to Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, with boxed “Deficient Postage” boxed handstamp, 8d manuscript in an oval “More to Pay” handstamp. An excellent source for specialist items, viewing recommended (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 121
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Cat No: Collection
1913-2020 balance of mint collection in one carton with many better stamps: 1915 Kangaroos 9d, 2s, 5s, 1915-27 Kangaroos 2s, 5s, 10s, 1929-30 Kangaroos 6d to 5s, 1931-36 Kangaroos 5s, 10s, £1, 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set to 5s, 1937-49 set to £1 etc, mostly large part og., all neatly housed in album on printed hingeless Davo pages. Modern material housed in stock books and on Hagner pages, and is mostly unmounted mint. Fine lot with much to recommend it (Image)
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Lot No: 123
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Cat No: Collection
An early to modern mixed mint and used accumulation arranged in four volumes and loose in packets, contained in one and a half cartons, including 1913-36 Kangaroos values to 1s mint and used values to 10s, 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5s used, later issues mint to 2010 (c) with some blocks; also 'OS' overprinted and perforated issues and postage dues with 1937 New Zealand parcel tag bearing 1931-36 1d and 4d (pair). An interesting lot with careful inspection essential. (thousands)
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This Lot is is being sold on behalf of Oxfam. (Image)
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Lot No: 124
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Cat No: Collection
1913-63 mint and used collection (few hundred) in red Simplex album, a proper old-fashioned collection. 1913 Roos values to 2/- mint, watermark 5 Roos 2½d, 6d bright blue and 1/- mint, watermark 6 10/-s (2) used (one with slight foxing) and mint to 1/-, 1918-23 to 1/4d (2, one unmounted), 1926-30 perf 14 set to 1/4d mint less 2d, 1929-30 6d to 2/- mint, to 10/- used (10/- short perfs), 1931-6 to 2/- mint and to £2 used, the latter fine save for ink mark at top right; 5/- Bridge used but faulty, thereafter a useful run-through to 1937 with 1937 set plus extra 3ds mint. Some mixed condition but quite a few better stamps appear to be first hinge (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 125
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Cat No: Collection
1850-1980 (c) mainly used accumulation housed in a small blue stockbook including Australia with Kangaroos to 10s, 1932 SHB 5s, New South Wales 1850 1d, 2d (3, one with BPA Certificate -1991), 3d (2), Victoria 1850 1d, 3d pair, Western Australia 1854 1d black (3). Condition very mixed. (hundreds) (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 127
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Cat No: Collection
1913 to 1970 mixed mint and used collection in two SG albums including 1932 £1 and 1930 £2 overprinted 'SPECIMEN' later commemoratives mint, used includes selection of Roos to 1s, 1913 6d Kookaburra, 1918 5s, 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge to 5s, a few states etc. Mixed condition still many good to fine, well worth careful viewing (hundreds) (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 128
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Cat No: Collection
1913-2000 used collection in green album (many hundreds) with a fair run of Roos and King's Heads, early commems and KG VI with 3d White Wattles, Navigators to £2, a very good degree of completion from about 1934, most having fine CDSs (Image)
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Sale No: 5938
Lot No: 129
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Cat No: Collection
KGV to early QEII mainly used selection in two stock books, including selection of roos to 2s, commemoratives, a few booklet panes, plus a number of FDCs, plus two junior stock books with a little US, New Zealand and Canada. Mixed condition throughout. (hundreds) (Image)
