AEROGRAMMES: 1945 'AIRLETTER' 7d with 'TRANS-PACIFIC AIR SERVICE/AUSTRALIA-CANADA' overprint in blue ACSC A3f with flight cachet in violet, Cat $400. Only 100 printed.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 147
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
ENVELOPES: KGV 1d red Star group mostly Post Office issues with variety of dies & different paper stocks including ½d green + 1d red 'doubleton' on buff stock, also STO for Adelaide Electric, Vacuum Oil (faults), Howard Smith (long format; aging marks) and Vacuum Oil (Adelaide) ½d green + 1d red 'doubleton' (central fold), plus KGV 1d Sideface Die I envelope STO for Barrow Brothers and KGV 1d green 'Stars' envelopes STO for Adelaide Co-Op & Percy Lawrence, condition quite variable used.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 148
Symbol: PS
ENVELOPES - MILITARY: KGV 1d red with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD', the flap sealed & a few minor blemishes, unused.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 149
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
ENVELOPES - OFFICIAL: 'OS'-in-the-Die group with Kangaroo 1d the three sub-types, KGV Sideface 1d red Type 1, 1½d red-brown Type 2, 2d orange x2 (both with minor faults), Star with 'POSTAGE' 2d orange, 1½d green, 1½d on 2d scarlet, 1½d scarlet x4 (one unused), 2d on 1½d, Oval KGV 1½d & 2d x3 (one unused & very scarce thus), various users but all the long types are for the Victorian Education Department, some postmark interest including the scarce 'WALLACEDALE NORTH/VIC', generally fine to very fine, Cat $4000.
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Sale No: 4
Lot No: 150
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1918-23 KGV 'Star' all-different selection comprising 1d red x6 including for Shire of Dandenong, 1d violet x2 including for British Australian Wool Realisation Association unused, 1d green x18 including illustrated for Kitchen's Sand Soap & Bosch with machinery on reverse, 1½d black-brown Die II (triangles) for Dalgety & Co with scarce 'MELBOURNE VICTORIA 2' machine cancel and Die III for Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, 1½d brown Die I (triangles) plus Die II x5 and with 'POSTAGE' x3, 1½d red 'POSTAGE' x10 including for Hobart Savings Bank & Wool Realisation Association unused and illustrated for Perdriau Rubber and Clutterbucks Machinery, 2d orange without 'POSTAGE' x 7 including for Melbourne Electric Supply Co (pinholes) unused, Government Chalet Mount Buffalo with 'MT BUFFALO/10FE21/VICTORIA' cds & Borough of Carrum, and 2d red 'POSTAGE' x3, a number of window-face envelopes at printed matter rates, a few on coloured stock, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine, Cat $3,000+.
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Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 151
Symbol: C
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1930 KGV 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d red ACSC #ES70 for Moran & Cato, Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (Melbourne), unused, couple of minor blemishes. Cat $400.
LETTER CARDS: 1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d all-different views with some scarcer including 'BURRINJUCK DAM.../Irrigating a young Citrus Orchard...', 'COLLINS ST' No Sky (vertical), 'MOSMON BAY' (spelling error), 'MURRAY BRIDGE', 'PERTH', 'ROYAL MINT', 'SYDNEY HEADS' No Sky, 'SOUTH PERTH' No Sky, 'VINEYARD' and 'WALHALLA', mostly fine to very fine used.
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LETTER CARDS: 1922 KGV 2d scarlet ACSC LC49 'GIBBERABONG CREEK, NSW' (CTO), 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/PERTH' and 'PINEAPPLES/QUEENSLAND' (pickers), plus 1½d scarlet 'THE GILDEROY RANGES/VICTORIA', varying degrees of 'suntanning' on the address panels, Cat $1150.
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LETTER CARDS: 1924 KGV 'THREE/HALPENCE' on 2d Scarlet ACSC LC54 all-different views comprising 'CARTING - FAR NORTH' (camels), 'MOSMAN'S BAY' (some perf reinforcing with archival tape) and 'NATIONAL PARK NSW' (boy with rowing boat), unused, Cat $1200. [The Stamp Printer, Thomas Harrison, was ambivalent towards the scenic cards & allowed the plates to deteriorate, which ultimately resulted in their discontinuance. 'NATIONAL PARK' is an excellent example of the consequences of Harrison's disregard & neglect]
(Qty 3)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 161
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
LETTER CARDS: 1924 KGV 1½d Scarlet on Grey Stock ACSC LC55 all-different views comprising 'BLUE LAKE...', 'BOTANIC GARDENS/PORTLAND' (with printed advice & address for Mercantile Mutual Insurance, unused), 'GPO HOBART' (CTO, the margins removed), 'MURRUMBIDGEE IRRGATION SCHEME/...', 'NATIONAL PARK' (vertical with no boat), 'PHANTOM FALLS' (unused) and 'RIVER YARRA' (CTO), some problems but all the view-sides are attractive, Cat $2300. A rare group.
(Qty 7)
MILITARY: WWII selection with 'AUSTRALIAN/DEFENCE/CANTEENS' 1d green x3 (one unused & scarce thus) and 1d brown x4; also POW 6d Postal Card & 1/- Letter Sheet both to Germany, 'POSTAGE/1d/PAID' in red on formular aerogramme used at FPO 26, Air Medal Section 4½d Wrapper (superb unused) & a couple of others; plus Vietnam 5c Envelope, unused
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 164
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL CARDS: Attractive group including Coronation x4 different, Victrorian Scenes x5 different, 'ONE/PENNY' on 1½d brown & on 1½d green ACSC P58 (badly stained on the reverse) & 59 both with the Surcharge at an Angle, 2d scarlet (stained on the reverse), QEII 4d on 3d with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, etc, also 'OS' KGV 1d green Die I both types of 'O S' & 1½d on 1d Die I with "solid" 'O S', and STO Star with 'POSTAGE' 1d green for Cayce-Paul Motors (Sydney), generally fine to very fine unused, Cat $4200+.
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Estimate AU$450
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 165
Symbol: PS
POSTAL CARDS: KGV 1d on 1½d brown with Footnote ACSC #P57 (a bit aged), 1d on 1½d red-brown with Footnote Removed #P58 (bumped corners but fine), 1d on 1½d emerald with No Footnote #P59 (superb!) & 1d on 1½d emerald with Redrawn Header & Footnote Added #P60 (very fine), all unused, Cat $2800. Rarely available as a "set".
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Sale No: 4
Lot No: 167
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL CARDS: KGV 1d green all-different group mostly Die III with variety of all-different printed messages including for Grand Lodge of Western Australia Freemasons, Australian Gas Light Co, Waltons Cocoa, Chocolate & Confectionery, McEwan's Hardware Annual Sale, Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Commonwealth Club of Adelaide, WC Douglass Ltd 'ABC Tea', etc, all used after 1.8.1930 paying printed matter rate, a couple endorsed "Second Class Mail Matter" or similar, condition generally fine to very fine. [On 1.8.1930 the postcard rate was increased to 1½d each and the 1d cards could be used only for the printed matter rate; the ACSC states these "... are scarcer than cards used for the postal card rate (price $75 used)"]
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POSTAL CARDS - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1924-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1d green ACSC PS22 for 'CITY OF COBURG' (Vic) with printed message headed 'Electric Supply' on back, unused, couple of very minor marks, Cat $400.
POSTAL CARDS - STAMPED TO ORDER: KGV Oval 1d green ACSC #PS23 stamped-to-order for The Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Australia, S.A. DISTRICT INC. with printed message on back re meeting, used 1937 to Rev Dr CF Graebner, Concordia College, Unley endorsed "Second-Class Matter" with fine 'ROSEDALE/19AP37/STH AUST' cds, one slightly bumped corner, Cat $200. [On 1.8.1930 the postcard rate was increased to 1½d each and 1d cards could be used only for the printed matter rate; the ACSC states these "... are scarcer than cards used for the postal card rate"]
REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1916 KGV 4d orange with Stamp Box on the Flap Obliterated with a Star Device in Orange Setting 2 BW #RE7B, unused, Cat $500. Superb! [Envelopes with the Orange Star are much scarcer than those with the Red Star. NB: As always, the text on the reverse is inverted in relation to the face of the envelope]
WRAPPERS: Selection of mostly used including Kangaroo ½d green used locally in SA and another to NZ, KGV ½d green without heading x2 both used in Queensland one to "Woombye, NC Line", KGV 1d red without heading & with 'NEWSPAPER ONLY' heading, KGVI 1½d green with variety of different upratings, KGVI 1½d green stamped-to-order (no heading; minor blemishes), KGVI 2½d red stamped-to-order x2 (different papers) and 2½d+2½d doubleton all to USA, also QEII Decimals x5 with variously uprated, etc, condition generally fine to very fine.
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