Great Britain and British Commonwealth Cocos Islands
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 984
Symbol: C
1953 (c.) PPC of Perth WA to France with Singapore KGVI 20c blue x2 tied by part 'COCOS/ISLANDS' cds, very minor blemishes. [The social message in French - signed "Phileas Fogg", a reference to Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days - states the card was posted after leaving Australia & before arrival at the Cocos Islands. NB: Colin Riddell had no Tin Can postcards]
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 985
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1953 Orient Line PPC of RMS 'Otranto' to Gloucestershire with GB Coronation 2½d tied by largely very fine strike of the 'COCOS/5OCT53/ISLANDS' cds, slight corner bend. [The social message states "Here is another for your collection. This is placed in a Barrel & thrown in to the sea off Cocos Island...". At the request of Cable & Wireless to the Orient Line, this was the last barrel mail. Colin Riddell's cover from the same event - with the enclosed letter - sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $1747]
Sale No: 243
Lot No: 986
Symbol: P
Cat No: Collection
1963 Pictorials 3d to 2/3d complete set of six die proofs in the issued colours set in a single recessed card (251x195mm) ACSC CK1-6DP(1), the reverse of the display card with six impressions of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cachet in violet dated "28.6.63" and numbered "9", protected by a fold-back cover page that has faults but the proofs themselves - apart from a tonespot on the 8d - are superb, Cat $15,000. The most important item of the stamp-issuing period, being a complete set of die proofs for the first stamp issue. [Ten such composite proofs were produced, numbered "1" to "9" (for Eric Westbrook of the Stamp Advisory Committee) and the last unnumbered for the Royal Collection. This is only the third example we have recorded]
