Great Britain and British Commonwealth AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY Postal History
Sale No: 98
Lot No: 789
Symbol: c
1948 (Mar 7) opening day registered small cover from Macquarie Island, with eleven contemporaneous values to 1/-, blue/white '394' registration label without 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' handstamp. (Image1)
Estimate AU$55
Opening AU$ 42.00
Sold...AU$ 42.00
Closed..Jul-02-2023, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 42
Sale No: 98
Lot No: 790
Symbol: c
Cat No: Collection
1954 2/- blue Olympic Publicity tied to Hermes generic air mail covers serviced by the PMG for the same US addressee each with the official First Day of Issue rubber stamp cachet. Comprises Heard Island & Macquarie Island + all 3 bases registered with additional 9d Platypus franking. Scarce group. (5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$110
Opening AU$ 85.00
Sold...AU$ 85.00
Closed..Jul-02-2023, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 98
Lot No: 791
Symbol: c
1958-59 Season registered covers from Macquarie Island & Davis Bases. Three from each base franked with 2/- Map & Australian stamps making up the 3/3d air mail rate within Australia. Macquarie includes provisional registration labels bearing different size font rubber stamps. Each base set on different colour cachet Royal generic covers with Sydney dealer John Shaiak rubber stamp address. Very scarce usages of this generic type. (6) (Image1)
