Bradfield Scout Jamboree: rubber hexagonal 'AUSTRALIAN SCOUT JAMBOREE/29DEC1938/BRADFIELD NSW AUSTRALIA' largely superb strike in violet, also blue/white Jamboree R label. [Much scarcer than the steel d/s. A similar cover sold at the Prestige auction of 8.5.2013 for $728]

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Posted on Train: 'POSTED ON TRAIN/1OC31/LFO SYDNEY' ( = Late Fee Office) very fine strike on 2d on PPC to USA.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Railway Sidings: Annotated commercial covers with straight-line handstamps 'POSTED AT BONGALONG SIDING' (1933), 'POSTED AT BRINGAGEE' (1919; 1½d block of 6 only), 'Posted at Brogans Creek' (1940; large piece), 'POSTED EGELABRA SIDING/NO POST OFFICE' (1953), 'ILLAWA SIDING' (1909), 'MAIMURU' (1933), 'Posted at Nelungadoo Siding' (1906), 'Posted at NERANGHI Unattended Siding' (1955), 'POSTED AT SANDY CREEK/NO POST OFFICE' (1932), 'POSTED AT UARDRY' (1948) & 'POSTED AT YANGALAKE' (1929), also boxed 'Posted at/CHARLTON SIDING' (1913 front & 1933 piece) & a few manuscript endorsements, many with TPO cds, condition variable. A very scarce lot. (17 items)

Estimate AU$1,000

Relief Datestamps: mounted selection with 'POST OFFICE/NSW No 2' x, 'RELIEF STAMP 1' x2 & '2', two covers with 'RELIEF STAMP/NSW' machine, then cut-down types with strength in the KGV period on stamp or piece plus 11 covers to QEII including registered ' P ' 1924 at North Goulburn, ' CK ' 1940 at Warwick Farm Mil PO & ' DG ' 1942 at Hume Mil PO. (49 items)

Estimate AU$200

Tumbarumba Railway Camp (1): 'TUMBARUMBA RLY CAMP/29-E1-/=NSW=' (incomplete dateline) superb strike on KGV 1d red. PO 1.5.1916; closed 29.9.1917. Rare, and a wonderful item: sold at our auction of 29.6.2016 for $600. [Hopson & Tobin record usage in 1919 only, during the second opening]

Grade A A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Telegraph Office datestamps 'IPSWICH RTS/...' cds; double-oval 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE/...' types of Townsville (two different, both undated) & Rockhampton; also double-oval 'WOOLOONGABBA/QUEENSLAND' & 'POST OFFICE MACKAY/QUEENSLAND' mostly on 9d to 2/- values. (6 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Mailbag seals 'POST OFF[ICE]/{crown}/THORGOMI[NDAH]' on 'REGISTERED' (6d) & 'ROCKWOOD' (?) on ½d Wrapper; 'PAID' datestamps including superb 'PAID/JA10/03/...' on 1/- block of 4; Loose Ship Letter cancels including boxed type on Chalon 1d pair; and 'R'-in-Oval cancels on values to 2/- turquoise. (29 items)

Estimate AU$300

Numerals selection with Rays '83' (rated RRR) & '151' on KGV 1d (RRRR), then Barred Numerals including '37' on KGV 4d orange (RRRR), '182' of Neardie (RRRR), '191' (RRRR), second-type '195' (RRRR), '213' (RRRR), '422' on 1d Kangaroo (RRRR), '622' on KGV 1d red (RRR) & '635' (RRR), and a few others. (13 items)

Estimate AU$300

Bingera Plantation: fancy oval 'BINGERA PLANTATION/.../QUEENSLAND' (RO period) largely very fine strike in blue on 2d overstruck 'TPO No1 NC RWAY/DOWN/NO22/05/...' RO 1894; PO -.1.1907. [Sugar mill 16km from Bundaberg]

Grade (A-) A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Cunnamulla: Second Type 'CUNNAMULLA/NO17/2/QUEENSLAND' cds (RRRR: large '2' for '82') on 1882 spotty overweight cover to London endorsed "Via Melbourne & Galle" with First Sidefaces 1d & Second Sidefaces 2d block of 4 tied by fine Rays '100', unusual '1/-' tax h/s, Melbourne transit b/s where fine unframed 'Deficient Postage 6D/Fine 6D - 1s' h/s applied, London arrival b/s of JA16/83. [From February, the via Melbourne rate was 9d per ½oz. The fine due was therefore 1/6d, not 1/-]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Moreton: double-oval 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE/("20.6.04")/MORETON' tying 1d pair to Tatts cover, 'COEN/JY9/04/...' cds alongside. TO 1887; RO 1896; PO 1.7.1927; TO -.9.1961; closed 28.2.1977. [A remote outpost, 108 miles N of Coen near the tip of Cape York]

Grade A- A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Railway Numerals: Oval '49' x2, '62', '78' & '455'; Rectangle '99', '154' (faint), '208', '237', '266', '351', '436' (poor), '489', '512' (poor), '639' of Goomeri in violet on PPC to "Gatton/TPO South", & '657'; all on postage stamps; and Concentric-Circles '5' '6' & '7' all on ½d Wrappers. A very scarce group. (19 items)

Estimate AU$300

Railway Numerals: selection to '489' (rated RR) used postally including '53' (RRRR), '97' (RRRR) & '99' (RRRR); also '95' (RRRR) & 'TOOLBURRA' cds on 1d claret Postal Card to Austria with superb '10/CTMS/T' h/s, '99' (RRRR) of Muckadilla on PPC with 'TPO No 5 S&W/DOWN.../...' cds, '455' (RRRR) & 'MONKLAND' cds and '568' (RRRRR) & 'PIALBA' cds on Tatts cover, plus two other indecipherable cancels on PPCs; & a further group x29 on Railway Stamps. A very good lot. [The four cards/covers are all illustrated by Bernie Manning at pp242-246] (44 items)

Estimate AU$600

Royal Train: 'ROYAL TRAIN/4DE34/AUSTRALIA' two superb strikes on Macarathur 2d, locally addressed at Chelmer. Usages other than in Tasmania are rare.

Grade A A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Toolooa: fancy oval 'TOOLOOA/10OCT1904/GLADSTONE LINE (Queensland)' (RO period) two light to largely fine strikes in violet on 1d x5 overstruck 'TPO No3 NCR/DOWN 10OC04/...' with very fine 'REGISTERED/TPO No 3 NC R'WAY' h/s below. From Skyring's Mill as RO 16.3.1899; PO c.1905. A rare cover. [Timber mill 10km from Gladstone]

Grade A- B1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Untidy collection on pages with 'MARINE PO' unframed to P&R 5/- & framed to 'POSTAGE' 2/6d with 'ES/&Co/LTD' perfin, 'ENG MAIL TPO/S AUSTRALIA', Italian 'Piroscafi posta/Inglesi' on DLR 2d pair, scarce boxed 'LOOSE/LETTER' & 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s, colourful group to 1/- all with 'TOO LATE' h/s, Late Fee group, 'REGISTE[RED]' on Imperf 2d, '[TR] HEAD CAMP' squared-circle, superb '251' (rated RRRR) on 6d, etc. Ex John Forrest. (90 items)

Estimate AU$400

245 Mile Siding East-West Railway: boxed 'POSTED AT 245 MILE' handstamp superb strike in violet, the stamp cancelled on arrival with Adelaide cds of 5DE30. [See 'Hand-Held Postmarks' at page 1]

Grade (A-) A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BARRED NUMERALS: Numerals in Circle '1' & '5' (both R), then Diamond Numerals '5' on Perkins Bacon 2d imperf strip of 3, '19', '20' (RR), '23' (R), '25', '32' (R) on 'TEN PENCE' on 9d surcharge, '35' (RR), '41', '43', '69', '70', '71', '96' (RRR), '105' (RR) on KGV ½d green, '112' (R), '141' (R), '176', '203', etc, minor duplication, condition mixed but mostly fine strikes. (40+)

Estimate AU$200

- Barred Numerals: '91' of unrecorded office fine strike on PBacon Rouletted 2d. Rated RRR.

Grade A A2+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BARRED NUMERALS: '254' of unrecorded office largely fine strike on DLR 2d. Rated RRRR. The illustration is above Lot 691.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Uworra (1): 'UWORRA/16MY32/S.A' superb strike on Bridge 2d. Rated RRRRR. From Charra as a TO only 1.1.1930; closed 30.4.1953.

Grade A A2+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

BARRED NUMERALS: Selection with First Allocation '7', '12' manuscript, '13' manuscript x2, '16', '26', '29' (RR) x2, '31' manuscript, '36' manuscript, '39' (RR), '42' (RR), '47', '48', '60', '61', '62' & '69', quite a few fine 4-margin stamps, Second Allocation RRR '47', '50' (Type 1), '88', '274' x2, '292', '306' & '335' and RR '79' (Type 1), '104', '117', '215', '228' x2, '229' x3, '239' x2, '240' x3, '242', '243', '254' on Pictorials x2, '279' x2, '283' x2, '301' x2, '318' x2, '337' & '339', plus a couple of crude forgeries, etc, condition mixed but mostly fine to very fine strikes. (140+)

Estimate AU$400

BARRED NUMERALS: Second Allocation '90' of Tinder Box Bay/Pearson's Point superlative strike on Sideface 1d. Rated RRR.

Grade A A1+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BARRED NUMERALS: '353' of Teepookana, very fine strike on Sideface 2d. Rated RRR. [The closest most will ever get to owning the cds!]

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BARRED NUMERALS: '372' of Thirlstane (1) very fine strike on 2d Pictorial. Rated RRRR. Opened 13.10.1899; closed 30.09.1903.

Grade A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Kanna-Leena: 'KANNA-LEENA/2AU12/TAS[MANIA]' superb strike on Pictorials 1d. Rated RRR. PO 1.4.1912; closed 30.11.1912.

Grade A A2+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Lady Bay: 'LADY BAY/18OC/20/TASMANIA' on KGV ½d green. Rated RRRR in CofA period.

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Royal Train: 'ROYAL TRAIN/16NO34/AUSTRALIA' very fine strike on Vic Centenary 2d, to GPO Melbourne.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

TPOs: partly-sorted collection with better items including dumb 'tombstone' & cds b/s on letter bills, 'TML RY No 1' cds & bars cancel on Postal Card, 'TPO No 1' on 'ONE PENNY' on 2d on cover to GB, 'TPO No 5' on 2d LCard ('RIVER DERWENT...') with Pictorial 1d for late fee, 29mm 'TPO No5' on KGV 1d red on cover, worn 'TPO WESTERN LINE' on 1931 OHMS cover, etc, plus lots of strikes on stamps or piece including recut numerals, 'KANNA-LEENA' on Pictorial ½d, 'QUE TPO' on 1d pair, rubber 'MYALLA RLY' in violet & in blue. (100+ items)

Estimate AU$600

1970s philatelic covers many with scarce/rare SDL datestamps including Last Days from 'CARDIGAN' (rated RRR), 'FRYERSTOWN/VIC-3451' (RRRR; not last day), 'KENNETT RIVER' (RRR), 'KOOROOCHEANG' (RRR), 'RHEOLA/ VIC-AUST' & 'YUROKE', etc, many with additional strikes on piece; also unrelated bundle of KGVI covers. (100+ items)

Estimate AU$250

1874-84 Justice of the Peace 'turned' lettersheets all with scarcer duplexes including 'NHILL - MCCC/11' (rated RR) x2, 'HORSHAM - 51' (RR), 'BELFAST - 6' x2, 'PRAHRAN - 69' x2, 'ST KILDA - 78', 'WINCHELSEA - 84', 'WOODS POINT - VICTORIA', etc, some other postmark interest, condition variable. [From the final release of material from the hoard discovered in the 1980s] (17)

Estimate AU$250

1874-84 Justice of the Peace 'turned' lettersheets selected for Gippsland content with numerous scarce to rare cds & cds/numeral 'ties', many record dates & very fine strikes, condition variable. A veritable 'goldmine', with strong goldmining content. [From the final release of material from the hoard discovered in the 1980s] (44)

Estimate AU$1,500

BARRED NUMERALS: Collection from '1' (various types) to '2098' virtually all on Kangaroos or KGV Heads with a sprinkling of better values, many scarcer numbers & numerous fine to very fine strikes including some on piece, some minor duplication & a few on cover of postcard. A very difficult collection to assemble. (100s)

Estimate AU$1,000

Flinders: 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE/JA3/21/FLIN[DERS]' on KGV 2d orange with Tin-Shed Flaw. Rated RRRRR: recorded 2 days only.

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Melbourne: undated 'D.L.O./MELBOURNE'-in-circle on Emblems Perf 12 1d.

Grade A- A2- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

Relief Datestamps: 'POSTAL F DEPARTMENT/10MR42/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' on comforts fund cover, better strike on provisional R label endorsed "FPO 1" & superior b/s.

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

- Relief Datestamps: cut-down ' I /11-3-41/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' & ' J /8-7-40/...' on Leek covers with provisional R labels with 'MILITARY PO BUNBURY' or 'SHOWGROUNDS/("Mil PO")' h/s. (2)

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Subiaco: 'POSTAL B DEPARTMENT/19OC20/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' relief (dateline inverted) arrival on OHMS cover, various h/s & returned with 32mm 'SUBIACO/28OC20 11.15A/...' cds (ERD by 6 months & possibly the first day of use).

Grade A- A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Tingerup Railway Siding: manuscript "Posted at Tingerup Siding" & 1d Kangaroo with Albany cds of 22MR13, at Perth redirected to "Government House/Rottnest" (Island), minor spotting & repaired opening tear. RO 1906-1909 & 1914-1924: PMI states "No marking known".

Grade C A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100