1930s-60s range the majority sent to the USA including some better cachets, noted Haslems for 1938 5d Ram & 9d Platypus (the latter registered), Guthries for 1954 Railways, 1955 YMCA, US Memorial & Rotary and 1958 Tasman Airmail, Postcards for 1955 Nursing, US Memorial & Rotary, also a few flight & commemorative covers noted a very fine strike of 'SCOUTS CENTENARY CORROBOREE/26DE36/BELAIR SA' (Opening Day) cds on 2d SA Centenary, etc, condition generally very fine.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2211
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1963-2002 collection of Royal, Wesley, and Australia Post mostly unaddressed covers in albums with M/Ss including $10 Kakadu, self-adhesives, Framas, Counter-Printed, se-tenant strips, maximum cards, International post, etc, includes 1971 Christmas block of 7, 1990 $20 Paintings, 1994-95 PNCs, joint issues, AAT, and some additional 'product', condition overall very fine. Weighs 20kg.
(approx 400)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2212
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1970s to recent massive accumulation absolutely jam-packed in 20 archive boxes, generally very fine, an excellent source for fine used/CTO, the original cost price from the Post Office would have been many $1000s. Weighs 150kg. Imagine what you could do with this lot: paper a wall - paper a room - paper the house with them, start an eBay store, wash and soak and sort for the next 5 years! A similar lot in sale 247 sold for $1800. (1000s)
1931 'AIR MAIL SERVICE' 6d sepia plus KGV 1d green tied by 'SOUTH MELBOURNE/4NO31/VIC' cds to cover to Kansas endorsed "via USA Airmail", Cat $850+. [The rate was Foreign Letter 3d + American domestic airmail 4d]
1935 Anzac Commemoration 1/- black pair tied by Brisbane cds of 25AP35 (ANZAC Day; not First Day) to printed commemorative airmail cover endorsed "Brisbane to England", blue/white R lavel, arrival b/s of 14MY/35.
1938 Coronation Robes Thick Paper £1 dull blue tied by Sydney slogan cancel of 1NOV/1938 to plain cover to California, blue/white R label (fault), Los Angeles arrival b/s of NOV/28/1938, Cat $3750.
1949 Henry Lawson 2½d block of 4 with 'GPO SYDNEY 130/17JE49' cds and another strike alongside on PMG's Department OHMS penalty envelope, registered with typed address, blue R label & 'FIRST DAY COVER' h/s in violet, Concord West (NSW) transit b/s, a few toned perfs & minor blemishes.
