Great Britain and British Commonwealth First Day Covers
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 2330
Symbol: C/CL
1945 Duke of Gloucester set on RN Nolan generic cover overprinted with issue-specific text and Sydney cds of 19FE45, registered, a little aged, and a second example unaddressed but with faults; 1946 Peace set on RA Kingston cover with printed text & 'CHIEF PARCELS OFFICE/ 5 /18FE46/NSW' cds (rarely seen on cover), faint toning; and 1953 Tasmania Sesquicentenary 3½d se-tenant pair & 2/- on three long covers (240x105mm) with different Port Arthur illustrations by Jack Peake.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-21-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 2331
Symbol: C
1928 Kookaburra 3d x2 tied to plain cover to Ipswich by the scarce 'MARKETS/2NOV28/BRISBANE' machine, some toning that affects the stamps, Cat $2000. With the enclosed letter that states "...the Government are issuing a new Kookaburra Stamp today..."
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1942-50 Definitives Queen Mother 1d purple-brown x2 (+ 1½d green) tied to correctly rated cover to New Jersey by Sydney machine cancel of '1JAN/1943', 'KENVIL NJ/RECD' cds in purple at U/L, Cat $400+.
1948 Definitives 1/3d Bull and 2/- Aboriginal Art tied to OHMS cover by 'GPO SYDNEY 116/16FE48/NSW-AUST' cds, registered air to New York with three US backstamps.
POSTAGE DUES: 1946-57 Redrawn Dies 8d red & green tied to Royal generic FDC by superb 'ELIZABETH ST PO/PBR/23AP57/MELBOURNE C1' cds, unaddressed, Cat $300. [The ACSC states the official FDI was 24,4,1957 but that "first day covers exist dated one day earlier"]
