Great Britain and British Commonwealth First Day Covers
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 395
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Small group of 1946-49 covers mostly illustrated with nice variety of cachet-makers noted many by or to 'Victorian Stamp Mart' with some registered including 1949 Arms 5/- & 10/- , a few with multiples including imprint blocks, etc, also a few souvenir covers & commemorative postmarks noted 1947 Newcastle Exhibition & 1948 Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree both with provisional R labels, 'PICAO/MELBOURNE', Queensland Royal Geographical Society cancels for Mitchell & Kennedy Centenaries, Antarctic 1947 ANARE registered covers from Macquarie & Heard Islands, plus a half-dozen 1930s-40s Flight Covers, a couple with Cinderellas, little if any duplication, condition generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 75+)
1949 Sir John Forrest 2½d tied by 'PARKVILLE/28NO49/VIC' cds to handpainted & autographed EW Ogden cover showing map of coastline between Adelaide, Bunbury & Perth.
1951-52 Definitives KGVI 3½d brown-purple booklet pane of 6 tied to John Hawker cover by 'ELIZABETH ST PO/ PBR /-1JY52/ 2 /MELBOURNE' cds ACSC #253ya, typed "BOOKLET STAMPS/First Day of Issue" in red at upper-left, Cat $2000. The ACSC states "At least six first day covers are recorded..."
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"]
