Great Britain and British Commonwealth Postal History - Commercial Airmails
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 630
Symbol: CPS
Box with a batch of family covers by air to GB with some unusual frankings including setenant issues, defective food parcel labels at 3/7d & 5/10d rates, some very fine 1950s unaddressed FDCs, etc. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 631
Symbol: C
Crash mail comprising 1937 'Cygnus' GB-Australia x3 with different 'DAMAGED BY SEA WATER' cachets; EAMS 'Calpurnia' GB-Australia x7 including an extraordinary 'pair' to the same address joined with repair tape & 'FOUND OPEN/...' label & resealed with pieces of the rarely-seen 'CONTENTS FOUND LOOSE/...' label of Brisbane GPO, one to Perth with roneo'd explanatory label on reverse, one with Sydney explanatory letter, and two onwards to New Zealand; 'Centurion' Australia-GB; WWII KNILM landplane from Hungary with erroneous 'RECOVERED FROM/LOST FLYING BOAT' h/s; and 1954 'Belfast' landplane Australia-GB x2 with Singapore crash h/s; a few with the original enclosures, characteristic damage from water &/or fire. Full of character. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
The image is above Lot 632. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 632
Symbol: C
1925 (Oct 29) to NSW endorsed "Per Aerial Mail" with early QANTAS 'BY AIR MAIL' black/green label (issued March 1923) affixed on face and KGV 1½d green & Kangaroos 6d blue (Third Wmk Die IIB; Cat $325 on cover) tied by 'BLACKALL/QUEENSLAND' cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d letter up to 1oz plus double the 3d per ½oz airmail fee; carried by QANTAS to Charleville and onwards by rail to Sydney.
1927 (July 2) to Queensland with Angel vignette affixed on face tied by boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s in blue with Melbourne 'SHIP MAIL ROOM' cds and Canberra 1½d marginal strip of 3 tied by machine cancel, plus a further boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s in violet with 'CHARLEVILLE/-6JL27' cds, Normanton '8JL27' arrival b/s, some minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d letter rate plus 3d per ½oz airmail fee; carried by Australian Aerial Services to Cootamundra, by rail to Charleville, and by QANTAS to Normanton (on the second flight of their extended Camooweal service).
1929 (May 23) Frank C Mueller, Solicitor, Echuca envelope to Bendigo (Vic) endorsed "By Aerial Mail" with Angel vignette affixed on face and largely very fine strike of the boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s with 'ECHUCA' cds alongside, two further strikes tying KGV 1½d red & 3d Airmail (3 days after issue), very fine. Carried by Australian Aerial Services Hay (NSW) to Melbourne route via Deniliquin & Echuca (service conmenced July 1925; discontinued June 1930) then presumably by rail to Bendigo.
1930-36 Commemoratives frankings including KSmith 3d pair registered to Dutch Indies; Macarthur 3d + KGV 4d registered to GB, 9d + Large Kookaburra 6d pair on inaugural airmail service to Germany, and 9d pair + Vic Centenary 3d & Hermes 1/6d double-rate registered to GB; ANZAC 1/- + 2d x4 & KGV 1d to Germany, and 1/- + 2d & KGV 4d to GB; Jubilee 2/- registered to Johore, and 2/- & 3d + ANZAC 2d to Germany; SA Centenary 1/- & 3d pair to GB; plus others with letter-rate values, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 636
Symbol: CPS
1930s-1960s mostly commercial airmail covers to overseas with strength in the pre-1950 period including with many scarce frankings, uprated Postal Stationery, WWII high rates & POW mail including to a POW Camp in America, a few very scarce postcard rates, postmark & censorship interest, better destinations include Hong Kong, Greece, India, Canada, Ireland, Israel, China, Malaya, Singapore, Forces Abroad & in Palestine, Belgium, New Guinea, etc, and a couple of BCOF usages, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Priced to sell at $9550. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 637
Symbol: CL
1931 (May 15) Ryall Ltd printed Air Mail cover to GB endorsed "By Australian-England Experimental/Air-Mail" with very scarce franking of Kangaroos Small Multiple Wmk 2/- x2 & 5/- grey & yellow (Cat $1200 with other stamps on cover) plus Kingsford Smith 3d tied by Sydney cds, three vertical folds well clear of the stamps. The Second Experimental Through Service departed Darwin 19.5.1931. The rate was 1/11d for half an ounce. However, this cover indicates that for each subsequent half-ounce the rate was 1/10d x4 = 88d + 23d = 111d = 9/3d.
1931 (June 5) long cover to New Zealand endorsed "via Air Mail Melbourne to Sydney" with KingsfordSmith 6d violet pair (Cat $150 for solo; unpriced for multiple usage) tied by 'MALVERN/VIC' cds, light vertical fold clear of adhesives & a couple of minor blemishes. The item paid double the 1½d per 1oz Empire surface letter rate plus triple 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge for acceleration to meet the Trans-Tasman steamer at Sydney.
1933 (March 23) to Brisbane with QANTAS 'NORTH QUEENSLAND/By Air Mail/Australia's/Winter Playground' blue/white label affixed on face and KGV 1d green x3 & 2d red tied by boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s in black and 'NORMANTON/QUEENSLAND' cds x 4 (one just tying the label), Brisbane '26 MAR' arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d letter rate plus 3d per ½oz airmail fee; carried by Qantas via Cloncurry to Brisbane. Nice commercial usage of a label seen almost exclusively on philatelic covers.
1934 (July 18) registered airmail cover to Monaco with Victoria Centenary 2d 3d pair & 1/- tied by 'RAINBOW/VIC' cds black & blue/white R label with Rat's Tail, two Italian TPO transits & 'MONTE-CARLO' arrival b/s. The rate was 5d air within Australia + Karachi-Brindisi airmail supplement 6d per ½oz x2 + 3d registration = 1/8d.
1934 (Dec 7) real photo PPC ("The Welcome at Parliament House, Canberra, to the Duke of Gloucester") to London "per Australia-Singapor-England Air Mail" with rare solo franking of Macarthur 9d violet tied by fine 'CANBERRA/FCT' cds, a couple of very minor bends. Ex Kevin Nelson: sold at our auction of 27.11.2010 for $510. [The regular Australia-UK airmail service commenced 8.12.1934. The postcard rate was 9d, half the letter rate of 1/6d. This item was posted in time for the inaugural flight. NB: early Canberra PPCs are rare, this being one of very few we have seen with a Royal Visit subject]
1935 (April 15) Registration Envelope KGV 5d brown airmail to Germany uprated with Kangaroos CofA Wmk 9d & 2/- plus ANZAC 2d red & 1/- black (ACSC $450 on cover) tied by Elizabeth St Melbourne cds with blue & black R label alongside, via Greece with Athens '27.IV.35' transit & 'LEIPZIG/29.4.35' arrival b/s, a couple of tiny blemishes. The rate for 'all-the-way' airmail via Athens was 2/1d for the first ½oz and 2/- per additional ½oz, plus 3d registration fee.
1935 (Dec 10) flimsy airmail envelope to Germany endorsed "AUSTRALIA-/GREECE-/GERMANY" with KGV 1d green marginal with part-imprint and 1/4d blue irregular 'block' of 3 tied by Sydney 'AIR MAIL' cds, German currency censor labels affixed on revsers tied by 'PLAUEN/26.12.35' cds and very fine 'Bei Devisennachschau-/stelle gepruft' [censored by currency inspection station] h/s in violet on face, light folds & minor edge faults from bulky contents. The rate for 'all-the-way' airmail via Athens was 2/1d for the first ½oz and 2/- per additional ½oz.
1936 (Feb 4) cover to Chicago, Illinois endorsed per "SS Monterey" & "By Air Mail in USA" with KGV 2d red pair & Kookaburra 6d Typographed tied by Sydney machine cancel, The rate was 3d foreign letter plus 7d surcharge for carriage by domestic US airmail from the ship's West Coast arrival port to the Mid-West.
1936 triple-rate to Austria via Greece (b/s) with KGV 5d, 1/6d Hermes & 2/- Roo tied by Sydney cds, Vienna arrival and two different 'TELEGRAPHENAMT...' cds, mss endorsement re opening for inspection & resealed with three red/white imperf labels tied by two very fine strikes of 'TELEGR AMT 73 WIEN IX 2/DIENSTSTELLE DES P-A 71' h/s, minor wrinkling. [The rate was 2/- for the first ½oz + 11d x2 for each additional ½oz + 1d late fee = 3/11d. The Telegraph labels & postmarks, plus the red "73" on the face all indicate the letter was handled within Vienna's Pneumatic Post system]
1937 (March 2) Royal Melbourne Golf Club envelope airmail to passenger aboard the RMS 'Strathaird' at Ceylon with KGV 2d red & 1/- South Australia Centenary tied by Melbourne 'SHIP MAIL ROOM' cds, 'CALCUTTA GPO/8 MAR 31/DBN' arrival b/s, small closed edge tears at top not affecting stamps. The 1/2d per ½oz rate paid the airmail rate via Singapore to India and onwards by train.
1937 (Aug 17) large airmail cover (252x187mm) to GB with very scarce franking of CofA Wmk 5/- grey & yellow and 10/- grey & pink (rounded corner at L/R, Cat $1750 on cover with other stamps) + Queen Mother 1d green tied by 'AIRMAIL LATE FEE/ 1 /SYDNEY' cds, some wrinkles & soiling that don't affect the stamps. Ex 'Tillie Mitchell': sold at our auction of 29.8.2020 for $1015. [The rate was 1/6d per ½oz x10 + 1d late fee = 15/1d]
1938 (Jan 10) registered airmail to Indiana, USA with KGV 1/4d greenish blue & Small Kookaburra 6d tied by 'CAPTAIN'S FLAT/NSW' cds with blue R label alongside, Sydney & New York transits and 'GARY, IND/FEB/4/1938/REGISTERED' arrival b/s in violet, a couple of tiny marks hardly detract. 1/7d airmail letter rate for carriage to London and trans-Atlantic steamer to USA plus 3d registration fee. [Compare Lots 607255 & 607015]
1938 (Apr 1; April Fools Day) cover to Switzerland airmail to Italy with CofA Wmk 5/- grey & yellow + Koala 4d tied by Sydney cds, blue/white R label, airmail label obliterated with jusqu'a bars of Brindisi, 'CORCELLES/ (NEUCHATEL)' arrival b/s, part of the reverse removed on opening. [The rate was 1/9d for the first ½oz + 1/8d for each successive ½oz x2 + 3d registration = 64d = 5/4d]
1938 (July 15) airmail to Michigan endorsed "Aust/England/USA" with KGVI 2d red, 6d Large Kookaburra & 1/6d Hermes tied by 'GREEMOUNT/QUEENSLAND' cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. The rate was 2/2d for carriage by QANTAS/BOAC to England, ship to New York and US domestic airmail to destination. This was a little-used service, as most mail to the US East Coast was addressed to New York or cities close by and required no further airmail, and that addressed to the West Coast could be sent by ship at 3d up to 1oz to arrive in about the same time.
1938-60 1/- Small Lyrebird frankings on commercial covers mostly by air with a good range of rates both solo - including a block of 4 to USA - & in combination with other values including Robes 5/- & Arms 10/- x2, a good range of destinations including Aden, Austria, Bahamas, Fiji, Germany American & Soviet Zones, India, Japan & Perak, generally fine to very fine. The intended basis for a stillborn exhibit. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 653
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1939-42 WWII airmails on the Empire & Horseshoe Routes display collection from outbreak of war & suspension of the subsidised Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) to Italy entering the war & introduction of the Horseshoe Route (air to Durban from Cairo, then by sea to GB), to Japan's invasion of Malaya and the collapse of the Horseshoe Route. Included are many intermediates, notably to Thailand Iraq & Uganda plus feeder services to Hong Kong China Japan & Ceylon, and rare covers to Burma from the short-lived Emergency Routes in late-1941 (these with filing holes), plus Service Suspended covers to Singapore & Hong Kong, interest in the Australian censor labels & cachets. The east-bound route GB-Australia includes mail from Spain registered x2 (with rare frankings of both types of the 10pta Large Franco), Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey, Empire Air Training Scheme in Southern Rhodesia, KUT, Nigeria, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand & Malaya including of 31.12.1941 via Singapore-Batavia Shuttle then to Darwin via Broome. There is also mail to & from Australian Forces Abroad. The condition is variable but many are fine to very fine. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan. (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 3,400.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 3400
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 654
Symbol: C
1940 (May 10) cover to a Canadian with a Germanic name, Opened by Censor label tied to both sides by very fine strikes of the rare boxed 'RETURN/TO/SENDER' h/s in violet (incorrectly stated by John Little to be a Post Office marking), Sydney DLO b/s of 23MY40 in red, roughly opened/repaired at back.
1940 (May 1) cover Sydney to Michigan flown to Auckland (b/s of 2MY40) suggesting that the 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' h/s - which implies delay - was applied in error for 'UNOPENED/BY/CENSOR', then by sea to Seattle (6.6) & by rail to Detroit (8.6). [The rate is problematic, apparently paid 5d for air to New Zealand (which is correct) + 3d surface to USA (?) + 3d registration]
1940 (July 6) airmail to USA endorsed "via Hong Kong" with Kangaroos 2/- maroon pair & Koala 4d x2 tied by Melbourne cds, 'VICTORIA/22JY/40/HONG KONG' transit b/s where 'G [Crown] R/OPENED BY CENSOR/ HONG KONG' resealing label affixed, re-directed on arrival with 'NORFOLK/AUG19/1940/VA' duplex on face, minor blemishes. The 4/8d per ½oz rate paid for airmail carriage by Qantas to Bangkok, Imperial/BOAC feeder service to Hong Kong and PanAm FAM-14 Trans-Pacific Clipper service to the USA. This item was carried on the last 'via Hong Kong' service: from 12.7.1940, PanAm opened its new FAM-19 Trans-Pacific Clipper service to Auckland NZ, and Australian mails were accepted at 4/- per ½oz, carried from Sydney to Auckland by TEAL Flying Boat.
1940 (Sep 22) cover Sydney to "Soudan" with 2d & 4d tied by light strike of 'MIL PO DARWIN NO 1' cds &, despite Forces '.../Concession Postal Rate' h/s in violet taxed "T2/-", plain label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' h/s & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/("D4")' h/s both in rosine, 'KHARTOUM/5OCT40' arrival b/s & forwarded to Egypt, minor blemishes. A very scarce & desirable cover. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan. [The rate is problematic. The 9d Forces airmail rate was introduced on 22.11.1940, so this was apparently shortpaid 1/- for the Horseshoe Route. Was the sender informed otherwise? It's doubtful the 13 days transit from Darwin was possible by sea]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 658
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1940 (Oct 21) plain postcard with 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' h/s in violet, by Pan Am Clipper to Massachusetts with Small Lyrebird 1/- x2 tied by Sydney cds & with Sydney censor h/s, light vertical fold hardly detracts. The rate was 2/- being half the letter rate of 4/-. [Social letter in English states "...I was interned [in UK] on June 28th. A fortnight later I joined a transport to Australia [the infamous 'Dunera']...I have no news at all about [my family] who were in France, and I fear the worst. You will understand that I am here without any means, and even had to borrow the money for this air mail postcard...I am living here [Hay NSW] with a group of boy scouts..."] (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 659
Symbol: C
1941 (Feb 6) censored double-rate cover to Argentina with 2d 1/6d & 5/- Robes tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, Buenos Aires slogan arrival b/s of 6.3.1941, minor blemishes. The 3/4d rate rate, in effect for only 11 months, was for trans-Pacific surface to the USA, thence air to Argentina. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
1941 (Feb 7) censored Clipper cover to Trinidad with Kookaburra 6 x8 tied by Adelaide cds, minor opening faults. The rate was 3/11d by air to the USA, then by surface, so there is a convenience overpayment of 1d. Perversely, despite the extra distance travelled, the Empire rate was 1d less than the foreign rate, despite the carrier being American. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
1941 (Feb 25) airmail to UK with KGVI 2d red & 1/4d magenta tied by 'TOWNSVILLE' cds, censored and resealed with Brisbane 'OPENED BY CENSOR.' red/white label with text in one-line & without dots or number (Little Type L1-3) tied by superb strike of Townsville '1/2/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1' h/s in violet, a couple of minor blemishes. The Brisbane labels were used provisionally at Townsville prior to the introduction of specific labels inscribed '1/2'; Little records four such usages.
1941 (May 5) airmail to India with 4d Koala & 9d Platypus tied by Hobart cancel, censored with Hobart '6 OPENED BY CENSOR' resealing tape tied by cachet in red, India triangular censor h/s and '17MAY41/MUSSOOREE' (Uttar Pradesh) arrival b/s, minor blemishes. The 1/1d rate paid for carriage by QANTAS/BOAC flying boat to India.
1941 (July 31) Richardson Gears envelope to England endorsed "via USA Clipper" with 4d Koala, KGVI 1/4d magenta & 10/- Robes tied by 'FOOTSCRAY/VIC-AUST' cds, censored with Melbourne label & h/s, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was double the 5/10d per ½oz rate for carriage by both Pacific & Atlantic Clippers. A very scarce usage of the 10/- on a small cover.
1941 (Nov-Dec) covers from one correspondence from Perth to Burma carried on the three short-lived Emergency Route variations to the Flying Boat schedules 1) Penang-Mergui-Rangoon, bypassing Bangkok; 2) Penang-Sabang-Port Blair- Rangoon bypassing southern Thailand; and 3) Batavia-Sumatra-Port Blair-Rangoon, bypassing Malaya; two with ½d war tax unnecessarily paid, each with filing holes at the base. A rare trio. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
1941 (Nov 11) airmail "Via Clipper" to Switzerland with 5d 1/6d & 2/- pair tied by Sydney cds, cut-down Sydney censor tape across the flap, Lisbon machine transit b/s of 15.12.1941, minor folds clear of the stamps. Carried on the final completed trans-Pacific 'Clipper' service per TEAL ex Sydney 12.11.1941 & PanAm ex Auckland 24.11.1941.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 666
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1941-46 WWII Trans-Pacific routes & rates display collection including 1941 (Nov) to Fiji (very scarce), 4/- to USA x2, group to GB at 3/11d, 5/10d x7 (including plus 1d late fee, plus 3d registration, & at double-rate), internee postcard at 3/- (rare but defective), 2/1d x6 (including overpaid from 'VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS/NT', underpaid but still flown, & 4/2d double-rate x2), 7d Air Letter x3 (one with commemorative overprint in red for new Lancastrian service), a couple of part-air covers to America, others to Switzerland at 6/-, to a POW at 3/-, 1/11d x2 (one + 3d registration), to New Zealand at 4d Forces rate, 5½d including War Tax & 10d double-rate (underpaid ½d), and two to POW in Thailand but not forwarded from Melbourne. Inwards covers include from GB at 3/- or 9/-, Switzerland, Dutch East Indies x2, America & Brazil and a few others. The condition is generally fine to very fine. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 667
Symbol: C
1942 (Aug 13) to Townsville with 2½d & 3d tied by 'CAIRNS' machine cancel, censored on arrival with Townsville '1/2 PASSED BY CENSOR' resealing tape (Little Type L1/2-3) unusually tied by 'AUSTRALIAN/MILITARY FORCES/PASSED BY CENSOR/3053' boxed h/s in violet, a couple of small stains on the reverse. The Japanese repeatedly bombed Townsville in July 1942, leading to the evacuation of many civilians and the transfer of control to the Australian Army, presumably also impacting the civilian censorship office. [We know of only one other such usage, on an airmail cover of 31.7.1942 from Townsville to the UK]
1944 (Aug 11) airgraph censored at Newcastle, to India where a redirection label was affixed, and the delivery envelope with boxed 'NO TRACE/I.A.F. RECORDS/...' handstamp & makeshift label with 'RETURN TO SENDER/.../RAFPOST BOMBAY' h/s in violet, various Indian cds & DLO h/s on reverse obscured by Sydney DLO label & cds in red, minor blemishes. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
1944 (Aug 5) to Michigan with the airmail indicia endorsed "IN U.S.A." and 1½d & 2½d x3 tied by Sydney cancel. The 9d rate paid for carriage by ship to the US West Coast and US domestic airmail to destination. This mixed surface/air service had been withdrawn in 1937, but was re-instated in May 1942 five months after the Trans-Pacific Clipper services were suspended following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
1944 (Nov 16) Forces 'green' privilege envelope by air to London with 3d for the Forces airmail rate tied by 'AFPO/No 27' cds in use at Sattler (NT). Carried per 'Liberator' bomber Perth-Ceylon, surface to Karachi, then air to GB via Gibraltar or Lisbon. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
1944-45 7d Air Letters to Britain x6 or Bahrain (philatelic) with all-different longer censor labels specifically for resealing aerogrammes comprising red/white provisional types from Sydney Melbourne & Perth and standard-issue red/yellow types from Brisbane Sydney Melbourne & Adelaide, generally fine to very fine. Scarce to rare special-purpose labels. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
1945 (Dec 21) to Canada with KGVI 1/4d magenta x3 tied by Sydney cds, originally endorsed "First Mail Original" but this has been crossed out. Richard Breckon states that the airmail service began around March 1946 & Martin Walker (unpublished) gives January 1946 as the start, but this item strongly suggests it was available even earlier.
1945-70 commercial covers to Britain all underpaid for airmail & sent surface with a variety of different instructional handstamps, one taxed with GB Postage Dues, one taxed in error & corrected, generally fine to very fine. An interesting lot. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 674
Symbol: C
1953 (Aoril 6) Forces in Korea registered airmail to Commonwealth Bank in Perth endorsed "Pass Book" with 1/- Lyre Bird solo tied by 'A.F.P.O. No30/R.A.A.F. JAPAN' cds used at Iwakuni Airfield and Australian-type 'A.F. P.O. 30/IWAKUNI, JAPAN' blue R label on face, Perth '14APR53' arrival d/s.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 676
Symbol: C/CL
Cat No: Collection
1953-65 QEII-Period frankings on commercial covers many by air & mostly going overseas, better items include solos of 2/- Crocodile to Israel, Coronation 7½d x2, Royal Visit 7½d x2 & 2/- (1954 Singapore crash cover), Olympics 7½d x3, Cobb & Co 2/- to East Germany, Flowers 1/6d to Japan and Airmail 2/3d x2, others include Flowers 1/6d + Aborigine 2/6d registered air to USA, Flowers 1/6d & 3/-, Flowers 2/3d + Birds 6d 9d & 3/- registered air to Germany, Flowers 2/5d to Rumania, Birds 6d & 9d pair, 9d & 1/6d, Commonwealth Games 2/3d + Flowers 2/3d to East Germany, Cattle 5/- on White Paper + Colombo Plan 1/-, Arms 10/- + Colombo Plan 1/- registered air to Germany, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A good basis for a QEII usage collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 677
Symbol: PS
1954 Aerogramme to Germany with Adelaide machine cancel and largely very fine strike of the 'ENCLOSURE/ TRANSMITTED BY ORDINARY MAIL' h/s on face with the Air Mail indicium crossed out. See illustration above Lot 674.
1956 (June 6) Morris Hedstrom Ltd oversized envelope (275x125mm) airmail to Samoa with Sydney machine cancel and stamps washed off, obvious damage from immersion in water, very fine strike of the straight-line 'SOILED MAIL EX VASU' h/s in violet applied at Apia on face. [The mail was flown to Fiji, then per wooden motorship 'Vasu' which foundered in rough seas about 300km N of Tonga, and was abandoned. Brian Peace at page 322 states that "29 pieces of mail were recovered".]
1957 (Aug 5) airmail to Hawaii with Melbourne Olympics 7½d pair tied by 'RINGWOOD/VIC-AUST' cds paying the 1/3d per ½oz North Pacific airmail letter rate. (Image1)
