Sale No: 250
Lot No: 303
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Array with Company Security Overprints or Handstamps mostly on pre-Federation & pre-decimal low denominations as used on receipts but a few others to 30/-, a wide variety of patterns including some elaborate types, some handstamped twice & other varieties, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A fascinating collection of this increasingly popular material. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 304
Symbol: #O
Cat No: Collection
Victorian Postal Notes x3 with faults & 1946 10/- which is fine; and WWII Petrol Rationing tickets group with provisional overprints including 2gal block of 4, also 10gal green block of 6 with McCracken Imprint and NSW issues including 2gal complete sheet of 10, some weakness along the rouletting.
For a recent discovery of Proofs of Victorian Postal Notes, see Lots 323 to 328. (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: 305
Symbol: O#
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: Bottled Gallons 1923 New Design ten values complete to 210/- (not listed in this issue by Dave Elsmore) right-hand halves only (as always), generally fine to very fine; also 1947 remainders CofA Wmk set of 4 & No Wmk 14 different to 400gal, plus Casks set of 8, condition rather mixed with lots of toning; Cat $1600 + the unlisted 210/-. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 306
Symbol: *#
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1947 Modern Design Expressed in Volume Only Unwatermarked 1) No Prefix 3 4 10 160 & 400gals; 2) Prefix 'A' 2gal x2 (one on Thin Paper), 12 16 20 40 60 80 100 120 200 & 400gals; both 400gals are ungummed, otherwise with large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $345.
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1947 Modern Design Expressed in Volume Only CofA Watermark with Prefix 'A' 6gals, 8gals with the Watermark Inverted, 16gals & 24gals, large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $240. Superb. These are the only 'denominations' recorded by Dave Elsmore.
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1920-33 No Watermark 45/6d ('HALF/HOGSHEAD') dull violet, faults, superb 'VICTORIA BREWERY/MELBOURNE/CANCELLED/14-3-23' cachet in grey-blue, Elsmore Online under-catalogued at $170. [This is the label illustrated by Dave Elsmore but significantly cropped on all sides]
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1942 Provisional Surcharge Boxed '30/-' in violet on 20/- black, fault at upper-left & a couple of minor defects, unusual '8AUG1942 - CANCELLED - 8AUG1942/QUEENSLAND BREWERY LTD' cachet in violet, Elsmore Online undercatalogued at $170. [This is the label illustrated by Dave Elsmore but significantly cropped on all sides] The illustration is above Lot 311.
BROADCAST LISTENER'S LICENCE: 1961 Card for the payment of a Broadcast Listener's or Television Viewer's Licence Fee by Postage Stamps' with Aborigine 2/6d x40 affixed inside tied by 'BURNLEY E.1/VIC-AUST' cds for payment of £5 fee, 'CANCELLED' h/s in violet on face, a couple of stamps affixed over internal fold, minor aging marks hardly affecting stamps & clipped corner at L/R. At least nine of the stamps - including the block of 8 - appear to be Whiter Paper 2/6d black-brown ACSC 266B, even though the ACSC surmises that these came from the August 1964 printing.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 314
Symbol: #O
Cat No: Collection
CUSTOMS DUTY: Collection arranged by issue with values ¼d to 1/- & 'ONE/CENT' on ½d to 'TWENTY/ CENTS' on 1/- including many scarce to rare stamps, various multiples including an uncancelled 1/- block of 6 (3x2), some company perfins & handstamps, a good range of cancellations with some postal types including 19th century numerals!, & a few oddments including perforated 'AUSTRALIAN HM CUSTOMS/[arms]/PORT OF SYDNEY' label in scarlet (Elsmore Online Cat $250) and large '.../NEW/SOUTH/WALES/CLEARANCE SEAL HM CUSTOMS' (clipped corner, with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet: Cat $200 thus), condition variable but many are fine to very fine. An excellent basis for expansion. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 2,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,500.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 315
Symbol: #O
Cat No: Collection
MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: Advanced collection on Hagners with 'values' to 44gal x2 and 100gal x2 including 1941 'CONSUMER MUST ENDORSE THIS TICKET/...' Overprints to 10gal + 100gal, five different blocks of 4 to 10gal & 1gal complete sheet of 10 (2x5) with McCracken Imprint, several other singles with part-imprint, many used mostly with endorsements &/or handstamps on the reverse, condition variable with some faults in the used material but otherwise generally fine to very fine. [Far more extensive than Tony Blakemore's collection of 57 stamps including 44gal x6 but with no 100gal that sold at our auction of 3.12.2021 for $1075] (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 316
Symbol: #
Cat No: Collection
MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1941 'D' Security Overprint in Violet 1gal (corner fault) to 44gal Blakemore PCO25-29, all but the last with a 2-digit number on the reverse, the 10gal & 44gal with the right- & left-halves of a tiny 'WCG McCRACKEN, AUSTRALIAN NOTE AND STAMP PRINTER' Imprint in the lower margin, Cat $3300. Rare: absent from Tony Blakemore's collection.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 318
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1942 'EMERGENCY RATION TICKET' 5gal Blakemore PCO93 on Granite Paper, clipped L/L corner otherwise very fine, 'NORMANTON/5DE42/QUEENSLAND' cds. Rare: not previously seen by us. [Tony Blakemore stated that these were issued in northern Queensland in anticipation of Japanese invasion. Apart from five 'values' up to 100gal from the War Memorial, only a used 1gal is illustrated. Blakemore had none in his collection & did not note the use of granite paper]
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 319
Symbol: #O
Cat No: Collection
MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1949-50 collection of issues for the individual States on Hagners for NSW x35 to 44gal x4 including a tete-beche pair plus 'O. S.' Overprints 2gal (used) & 44gal; Queensland x20 to 44gal x3 including a tete-beche pair; South Australia x22 to 44gal x2; Tasmania x18 to 44gal; Victoria x21 to 44gal x2; and Western Australia x18 to 44gal x3 including a horizontal pair, plus three with printed 'LFC/DWAC...' on the reverse; some with part-Authority Imprint and thirteen tete-beche pairs in all, many used mostly with endorsements &/or handstamps on the reverse, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. [In the State issues, 44gal was the highest 'value'] (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 320
Symbol: #O
Cat No: Collection
PATENT FEES: Collection with 1954-61 2/6d to £12 largely complete (missing the 2/-, one of the Pounds & the £4) plus £5 pair, Cat $1750; Decimals 50c to $60 (missing only the 25c) plus $1 & $4 pairs, Cat $1225; 1977 No Wmk $16 $20 & $40, Cat $140; Modern Design selection to $100 plus $40 & $50 pairs & $100 strip of 3, Cat $600+; generally very fine, total Cat $3700+.
PATENT FEES: 1954-61 Pre-Decimals 6/8d deep green & scarlet horizontal strip of 3, boxed 'TRADE MARKS OFFICE/3MAY1960/MELBOURNE' cancel in violet, Cat $1800+, for singles. Superb! [6/8d x3 = £1]
POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 7/6d + 2d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb.
Following the sale of a similar 10/- proof in our auction of 22.7.2022 for $1495, the vendor consigned the balance of the proofs held by him. For the record, in addition to the X proofs offered here, single duplicates of the 10/6d & 20/-, and of the Underprint, will be offered by us during 2023.
POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 10/- + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. The only other recorded example of this proof sold in our auction of 22.7.2022 for $1495.
POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 10/6d + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. A really unusual denomination, for which we expect there was a specific purpose. [The only other recorded example of this proof will be offered by us later in 2023]
POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 15/- + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. The only recorded example of this proof.
POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 20/- + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. [The only other recorded example of this proof will be offered by us later in 2023]
POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, printer's proof of the Security Underprint 'POSTAL/COMMONWEALTH/ NOTES' in black (110x44mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. An unusual proof. [The only other recorded example of this proof will be offered by us later in 2023]
TAX INSTALMENT: Pre-Decimal array with unused/mint setenant pairs x23 to £2 plus 3d block of 24 (= 12 pairs), 1/- block of 8, 4/- block of 8 (2x4) & 5/- block of 4, used 'TAX/INSTALMENT' singles x28 to £10 and 'TAX/CHECK' singles x24 to £5; Decimals mint or used pairs to $20 plus used blocks of 16 (= 8 pairs) of 50c 80c $1 & $2, used 'TAX/INSTALMENT' singles x21 to $20 and 'TAX/CHECK' singles x5 to $10; Security Print with Wmk selection and No Wmk mint pairs x18 to $20 plus used 'TAX/INSTALMENT' singles x27 (missing only 30c, $40 blue & pink & $200 green & black) and 'TAX/CHECK' singles x26 to both $200; generally very fine with some mint being unmounted.
TAX INSTALMENT: Security Print with No Wmk 40c upper-right corner block of 16 (= 8 pairs) with the Red Printing ('40c') Completely Omitted from three 'TAX/CHECK' Halves & 90% Omitted from one 'TAX/INSTALMENT' Half, light tonespots, unused. Not listed by Dave Elsmore. A striking error caused by a stray piece of paper on the press.
UNION SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPTS: Fascinating array of mostly Australian Railway Union types, also for various maritime unions & a few others, some multiples & six pages from FMS&PA contributions books festooned with 10/- labels, generally very fine. Not previously seen by us. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 332
Symbol: #O
WINE & SPIRIT ASSOCIATIONS: Range of imperf, rouletted & perforated labels in many designs for various associations, condition variable with some being badly defective but many are fine to very fine. Rarely available in good numbers. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Feb-27-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 858
Symbol: O
Mounted selection of Queen Victoria Stamp Duty issues comprising Large Chalons No Wmk to 2/6d plus 6/- amd Crown/Q Wmk to 5/-, Small Chalons Crown/Q Wmk to 10/- including 5/- x3 (one possibly postally used), plus postage stamps fiscally used with 1880 High Values set to 20/- & Large Chalons to £1 x2 (one postally used), a few problems but most are fine to very fine. Ex Alan Griffiths. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 859
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Fiscal usage of Postage Stamps 1882-95 Large Chalons 2/- blue group stated to be unchecked for Watermark & Paper types, condition generally fine to very fine. Not usually seen in this quantity, which presents an excellent research opportunity. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 860
Symbol: P/CTO
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 proofs in or close to the issued colours on thin to medium card (each 27x3mm approximately), comprising 6d deep mauve (CTO), 1/- vermilion, 2/- red-violet & 2/3d deep blue-green, Elsmore Online Cat $1200. At first glance, these appear to be plate proofs. However, the wide margins - especially on the 2/3d - raise the possibility that they are die proofs, and the question: "Have any multiples been recorded?" (4)
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 Crown Security Backprint 1/- ('4 GALLONS') vermilion, minor thin; 1/3d ('5 GALLONS') buff-yellow, very fine; 4/6d ('18 GALLONS') black, very fine; & 6/9d ('27 GALLONS') blue, minor soiling, manuscript "2.8.87"; unframed (the 1/-) or framed 'CANCELLED' handstamps, Elsmore Online Cat $575 plus the 1/3d, which is unrecorded by Dave Elsmore in this issue. [The backprint is a large but usually faint crown that is difficult to see without a magnifier] (4)
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1885 Crown Security Backprint 3d ('1 GALLON') light brown & 2/- ('8 GALLONS') dull claret both with part of the Papermaker's Watermark '[VA]LLE[Y]' (Sideways), framed 'CANCELLED' handstamps. Dave Elsmore doesn't record the 2/- with Security Backprint, and doesn't record any stamps from this issue with the papermaker's watermark. He does note this variety on the No Watermark 3d & 4/6d, Cat $350 each. (2)
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1901-18 Provisionals 1898 Crown in Design Bisected with Central Horizontal Line of Perf 12, being the Upper-Half of 6d ('2 GALLONS') orange-buff, manuscript endorsement "Silver/[signature]/Jan 07/1908", seriffed 'CANCELLED' handstamp in violet, Elsmore Online Cat $800. Rare & curious. The first example we have seen.
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1903 Commonwealth Watermark V/Crown 'BARLEY MALT & HOPS EXCLUSIVELY' 4d black/pink ('ONE DOZ BOTTLED') with part of the marginal watermark 'VICTOR[IA]', small repaired tear at the base, large-part original gum, Elsmore Online Cat $250.
BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1903 Commonwealth Watermark Q/Crown 'N E I' (= Not Elsewhere Included) 2/- khaki, small repaired tear at lower-left & overall soiling, large boxed 'CANCELLED/27OCT1908/WEST END BREWERY LTD' cachet, Elsmore Online Cat $1000++. A rarity. [The catalogue price is $500 for a mint label, x2 for a used half but complete used labels are not recorded]
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1886 Chalon Portrait No Watermark 6/9d 'HALF-HOGSHEAD', central fold & a couple of repaired tears, 'CANCELLED' h/s & manuscript "August 18th 1886", Elsmore Online Cat $500. Dave Elsmore records this issue as being of 1887.
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1886 Chalon Portrait No Watermark 12/9d 'ONE HOGSHEAD' with Complete 'VALLEY' from the Papermaker's Watermark (Inverted), fault at left & some creasing, 'CANCELLED' h/s & manuscript "June 9th 1886", Elsmore Online Cat $500 but noted as "Unseen". The papermaker's watermark is also unrecorded
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design selection comprsing 1/3d, 2/6d, 4/6d, 6/6d (Skewed Offset on the Reverse), 9/- & 12/9d variously handstamped 'SPECIMEN' or 'CANCELLED' &/or CTO with quarter-circle cancels, the 4/6d & 12/9d also most unusually with strikes of the full dumb-circle cancel, the 4/6d imperf (?) at left, a few minor defects, no gum, Elsmore Online Cat $900.
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 1/3d ('5 gallons') lilac, ironed-out creases & soiling, large boxed 'CANCELLED/8DEC1905/WEST END BREWERY LTD' cachet in violet, Elsmore Online Cat $300. [NB: in a departure from usual practice, catalogue prices are for unused examples, with used attracting a 100% premium]
BEER DUTY - BULK: 1897 Crown in Design 2/- ('8 GALLONS') shades comprising pale dull pink (1899, oval 'SUB-COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS/BOWEN'), rose-pink (March 1901) & brilliant aniline rosine (November 1901, "CITY"), the first two a bit soiled, 'CANCELLED' cachet in blue or violet, Elsmore Online Cat $300.
