Great Britain and British Commonwealth First Day Covers
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 198
Symbol: C
Box of pre-decimal covers mostly Royal, Wesley & Excelsior plus Post Office generic types, some other smaller producers noted, some registered & many are unaddressed. Seek & ye shall find!
(few 100)
2004-2018 Un-addressed with special cancels, appears to be complete with some duplicates, includes International Post, M/Ss, Norfolk Is., Cocos and AAT.
(200+)
1927-36 Issues in three cover albums, some including Macarthur & Jubilee sets are on plain covers, many better private producers including Mitchell, Haslem, Bodin, Challis etc, very little duplication, a few are registered & one is hand-illustrated, generally fine to very fine.
(200 approx)
1930s-60s batch of covers produced by smaller publishers with some readily identified as by Miller Bros, Haslem, etc & many more that are unfamiliar to us, some are registered, generally fine to very fine with some being unaddressed. [This & the next lot are from the same estate. We have divided them into those postmarked in Victoria - this lot - & 'the rest']
(120 approx)
1930s-60s batch of covers produced by smaller publishers with some readily identified as by Mitchell, Guthrie, Haslem, etc & many that are unfamiliar to us, some are registered, generally fine to very fine with some being unaddressed.
(100+)
1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 10 2d 3d & 1/- tied to plain FDC with Victoria Centenary label (Kookaburra) by 'REGISTERED/2JY34/ ADELAIDE SA' cds, blue & black 'R' label with Rat's Tail, Cat $800+.
1937-65 Issues in six small cover albums, lots of Wesley & Royal but also many better private producers including Guthrie, Mappin & Curran, Queensland Stamp Mart, Standard Stamp Co etc, very little duplication, a few are registered & we noted one unidentified Peake screenprinted cover, generally fine to very fine.
(370 approx)
1976 75th Anniversary of Nationhood 18c on two different Australia Post covers, one signed by the six State Premiers, the other signed by the Governor-General "John R Kerr" & the Prime Minister "Malcolm Fraser". [With a letter from the PM's office returning the second cover]
(3 items)
1997-2003 in eight albums and loose in two cartons, mostly unaddressed and still in original packaging, includes International Post to $20, PNCs (28) including 2000 $1 Victoria Cross x3, Anzacs x3, AAT, Counter-printed, Framas, PSEs, M/Ss, self-adhesives, setenant strips, Stamp Show cancels, some Norfolk Island and Christmas Island, etc.
(qty)
NEVILLE MENZ: 1949-50 Arms 5/- red to £2 green tied to generic 'Darling Downs' covers by appropriately dated cds, the £1 & £2 are registered at Brisbane & Perth respectively.
(4)
ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN:1965 Sir Winston Churchill 5d tied to screenprinted cover by 'NORTHCOTE N16/24MY65/VIC-AUST' cds, unusually without Ogden's signature.
JACK PEAKE: 1951 Federation Jubilee complete set tied to long cover - Commonwealth Coat of Arms & State Emblems - by 'KAROONDA' cds of 1MY51. Most attractive.
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 256
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
JACK PEAKE:1966 Christmas 4c and 1967 Christmas 5c & 25c tied by Stock Exchange cds of 19OC66, 18OC67 or 27NO67 respectively, each with 'sticky tape' residue on the flaps.
(3)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 257
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
JACK PEAKE:1967 Christmas 5c & 25c tied by Stock Exchange cds of 18OC67 or 27NO67 respectively, each with 'sticky tape' residue on the flaps. [Different illustrations from those in the previous lot]
(2)
