1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis ½c Lighthouse, 1c Sugar Train, 10c Hibiscus & 15c Sea Island Cotton tied to airmail cover to Massachusetts by 'ANGUILLA/27SP/67/VALLEY' cds, Cat £65 CTO but very scarce postally used on cover.
1967 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints on St Kitts-Nevis 3c Stone Gateway with the Watermark Inverted SG 4w, socked-on-the-nose cds of 12OC/67, Cat £50.
1967-68 'ANGULLA' Pictorials 1c Mahogony Tree strip of 3 & 5c Plantation House on unsealed commercial cover to USA with cds of '5DE/67', tiny blemishes. Presumably contained a Christmas card, sent at the Printed Matter rate. Very scarce.
1969 'INDEPENDENCE/JANUARY, 1969' Overprints 1c to 40c SG 52a-j plus the unlisted 20c 60c $1 $2.50 & $5, unmounted. [Gibbons state that only values to 40c have been seen on commercial mail & apparently treats the unlisted values as unissued. Quite perverse!]
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1969 'INDEPENDENCE/JANUARY, 1969' Overprints 1c to 40c SG 52a-j plus the unlisted 20c 60c $1 $2.50 & $5 all tied to large printed FDC by 'ANGUILLA/9JAN69/FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' cds, registered to GB with boxed R h/s and two strikes of the '1967-69/ANGUILLA'S INDEPENDENCE/FROM ST. KITTS-NEVIS' in the same ink, London arrival b/s of 11JA69, minor blemishes. [Gibbons state that only values to 40c have been seen on commercial mail & apparently treats the unlisted values as unissued. Quite perverse! This cover, while philatelic, clearly passed through the mail and arrived in London after only two days]
1969 'INDEPENDENCE/JANUARY, 1969' Overprints 2c 4c 6c 15c & 40c plus the unlisted 20c & 60c tied to philatelic airmail cover to Texas by 'ANGUILLA/26MAR69/VALLEY' cds. [Gibbons state that only values to 40c have been seen on commercial mail & apparently treats the unlisted values as unissued. Quite perverse!]
1969 'INDEPENDENCE/JANUARY, 1969' Overprints 15c 25c & 40c plus the unlisted 20c 60c $1 & $2.50 tied to philatelic airmail cover to GB by 'ANGUILLA/8APR69/VALLEY' cds. [Gibbons state that only values to 40c have been seen on commercial mail & apparently treats the unlisted values as unissued. Quite perverse!]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1967 apparently commercial airmail cover to "Charlotte Amelie/St Thomas" (US Virgin Islands) correctly rated with 'Independent/Anguilla' Overprints 20c Boat Building SG 10 tied by 'ANGUILLA/4OC/67/VALLEY' cds. Very scarce postally used, especially on correctly rated mail.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1970 cover endorsed "FORCES MAIL" by air to Berkshire with Machin 5d tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/30NO/70/1046' cds in used at Anguilla, sender's endorsement "Pache APU BFPO 643" on the flap. [FPO 1046 was used on Anguilla -.4.1969 to -.11.1970]
POSTAL HISTORY: c.1970 apparently commercial airmail cover from St Thomas (US Virgin Islands) to "West End/Anguilla" with US 10c tied by straight-line 'ANGUILLA AIRWAYS' h/s.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1939 (Sep 12) commercial cover to Suriname with a complete OHMS label used for censorship (Petter Burrows #L3; rated 10) with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/("2")' h/s (#H3; rated 7), Georgetown 'CABLE AND WIRELESS/VIA IMPERIAL' slogan b/s applied in transit & 'PARAMARIBO/25.9.39' arrival b/s. Very early WWII censorship.
112: '112' 1st Type very fine strike on 1867 cover with Laureates 2d pair & 4d, 21½mm 'DUNKELD' (the later of only two recorded examples) and 'BALMORAL' arrival b/s, repaired flap fault and small peripheral tears. Rated RRR. [Goldmining]
338: '338' First Type Original State (Side Bars) very fine strike on OHMS piece with over-inked 'WANNON/FE-16/62/ VICTORIA' cds alongside. Rated RRRRR. [Western District: located at Redruth R.S.]
349: Type 1 with side-bars bold strike on turned 1883 OHMS lettersheet with very fine strike of the almost as rare 'GREEN HILL/MR28/81/...' b/s, also with largely very fine 'LANGLEY' b/s, minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR. PO 1.7.1861; closed 1.4.1891. [NB: all four recorded strikes of the cds have the date error '81' for '83']
1002: 'M2' (Second Type with 'M' = 11mm High) of Kalkee, light but obvious strike on Reading 1d orange. Rated RRRRR; no cds recorded. PO 9.8.1877; closed 1.7.1895. [Wimmera; 19km N of Horsham]
23: '23' of Swan Hill or Violet Town fine strike in blue on Half-Lengths White Veils 1d pinkish red SG 12a (margins close to large; Cat £180). Rated RRR.
1853-55 Imperf 4c pale blue SG 20, margins close - at the top - to good, overinked but clear 'B G/A 5 C/DE7/1857' cds of Sparta (Proud Type D1), Cat £700. A very scarce stamp, especially this fine.
1938 KGVI Pictorials 1c 2c 3c (from the KGV series) 6c 12c 36c & $1 each with diagonal 'Marine Detachment' Overprint in Black or in Red, characteristic gum tropicalisation. Status? [A well-referenced online article states there was a small American Marines Detachment in British Guiana between 1942 & 1944: see https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/294209-1944-marine-detachment-in-british-guiana/]
1954-63 QEII Pictorials 3c Water Lilies imperforate plate proof block of 6 (3x2) of the vignette only in brown/buff, the other side with $2 part-block of 6 in magenta plus Perlis 1c Copra two part-blocks of 6 at 90 degree angle. Lotsafun! [What appears to be a vertical crease is actually the heavily impressed edge of the Perlis stamps]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 AE Morlan, Jeweler, Belize PPC ('Mahogany Logs On Truck' showing workers with logs tied to wagon on railway track), to USA with 'WAR' overprint 1c only tied by 'BELIZE/FE20/20/BRITISH HONDURAS' cds on view side, message & address on back, couple of minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1931 Arturo Burgos General Merchant & Commission Agent envelope airmail to England with KGV 4c 5c & 10c tied by 'BELIZE/10SP/31/BRITISH HONDURAS' cds, carried by PanAm FAM-5/6 'Lindbergh Circle' service to Miami and onwards by domestic airmail to New York where violet double-bars jusqu'a marking applied on face and onwards by ship, couple of very minor blemishes.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 809
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 18b-33
1938-40 KGVI Definitives 1p to 10r brown & myrtle SG 18b-33 (unmounted), 'MILY ADMIN' set SG 35-50 and 1946 New Colours SG 51-63, plus a couple of shades, mostly well centred, some minor blemishes/aging, Cat £290.
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1912 'Zeyat, Mandalay' postcard to England with India KEVII 1a tied 'SHWEBO-CANT/21AP12' cds, returned with British 'Insufficiently addressed' cachet, Indian 'UNCLAIMED/RETURNED/LETTER/From the Dead Letter Office at ...' label affixed with 'D.L.O./BOMBAY' & 'D.L.O./RANGOON' boxed d/s and 'SHWEBO CANTONMENT/DELY/11JE13' cds, couple of very minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1941 cover airmail to USA with ettiquette endorsed "via Hong Kong", return address "MP Spear, Methodist Mission, Pegu" and India KGV 12a 'BURMA' overprint tied 'R-33/9APR41/SET 1' TPO cds, taxed with 'T / ["14c"]' cachet, censored locally with violet 'X PASSED/CENSOR/7' triangular cachet and Hong Kong 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR' alongside, 'VICTORIA/19AP/41/HONG KONG' transit b/s, US Postage Due pre-cancelled 3c affixed to face, couple of very minor blemishes.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 566
Symbol: CL
Cat No: Collection
1874-84 Circular Datestamps on Court Returns group all with either Minister of Justice or Solicitor General Frank Stamps, includes 'BARFOLD' 1883 (second recorded strike; ERD), 'CORINDHAP' 1884 (RRR; ERD and earliest postmark from this office), 'CARAMUT' 1884 (RR; ERD), 'FERNTREE GULLY' 1881 (RRR; date error), 'HAWKESDALE' 1883 (22½mm diameter; unrecorded by WWW), 'IVANHOE' 1883 (ERD), 'JAMIESON' 1884 (recorded 1882-84 only), 'LEARMONTH' 1884 with Barred Numeral '176', 'LINTON' 1874 (ERD), 'LYONVILLE' 1884 in violet (ERD), 'PAKENHAM' 1874 oval, 'RAYWOOD' 1883 (21mm diameter), 'WILD DUCK CK' 1884 (second recorded strike; ERD), 'YAMBUK' 1874 (24mm diameter with dot arcs), etc, a couple with duplex cancels & barred numerals, quality of strikes varies but all are identifiable and many are fine, the circulars with minor blemishes as usual.
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Sale No: 4
Lot No: 567
Symbol: CL
Cat No: Collection
1874-84 Circular Datestamps & Barred Numerals on Court Returns group all with either Minister of Justice or Solicitor General Frank Stamps, includes 'COROP' 1884 (RRRR) with BN '612', 'KOROIT' 1884 with BN '193' both in blue, 'MAJOR PLAINS' 1884 (ERD) with BN '703' (R) and 'CASHEL' (RRR; ERD) b/s, 'PENSHURST' 1883 (ERD) with BN '141', 'POMBORNEIT RY STN' 1884 (ERD) with BN 'MCCC/55' (R), 'POOTILLA' 1884 (ERD) with BN 'M80' (R), 'SKIPTON' 1874 (ERD; second recorded strike) with BN '184', 'WARBURTON' 1874 (24mm diameter; unrecorded by WWW) with BN '400' (second type; RR), 'WOODEND NORTH' 1884 with BN '414' (R; earliest recorded 'tie'), etc, quality of strikes varies but all are identifiable and many are fine, the circulars with minor blemishes as usual.
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Barmah Township: 'BARMAH TOWNSHIP/FE [ ]/22/VIC' cds on KGV 2d orange on cover to Sydney, minor edge faults & part back flap missing. Rated RR; latest recorded date. PO 2.5.1902. [Murray Valley; 22km W of Nathalia]
Elizabeth Street: huge 'PARCEL OFFICE/MELBOURNE/ELIZABETH STREET' rubber h/s with frame-distortion, largely complete strike tying Kangaroos Third Wmk 1/- + KGV 2d brown to entire black/white Parcels Post label, weight entered as "2" pounds. [Between 1901 & at least 1925, the weight for an interstate parcel weighing between 1 & 2 lb was 1/2d]
Muskvale: 'MUSK VALE/20JE24/VIC' (error: two words; ERD) largely very fine strike on KGV 1d red 'OS' envelope for the Victorian Education Department. PO 1.5.1870; closed 15.9.1965.
Talgarno: 'TALGARNO/16JL13/VIC' largely fine strike on Kangaroos ½d green & 1d pair, on cover to the Canal Zone with superb 'EMPIRE CZ/AUG25/1913/RECD' arrival b/s.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 572
Symbol: CL
Cat No: Collection
Travelling Post Offices: 1874-84 Justice of the Peace 'turned' lettersheets with various TPO strikes with some duplication, also lots of interest in the non-TPO cds including some record dates, condition variable. [From the final release of material from the hoard discovered in the 1980s]
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 573
Symbol: C
Travelling Post Offices: 'T.P.O.3/UP 11JA16/VICTORIA' largely very fine strike (the '3' is a little indistinct but confirmed) tying Kangaroo 2d grey punctured 'OS' (Cat $400 on cover) to cover to London, vice-regal crown in blue on the flap. Rated RRRRR: only the second example recorded on cover. [Almost certainly put on the train at Macedon: the Governors had a summer residence at Macedon Upper/Mount Macedon]
Travelling Post Offices: 'TPO 19/DOWN 3NO12/VICTORIA' largely very fine strike on 1d on PPC of Warrnambool with the message headed "Warrnambool", to Carlton with scarce 'T 1D/LATE FEE' h/s, Rated RRRRR: only the third example recorded on cover. [Use of Down cds on Up journey, as is one of the other two recorded covers]
Superb proof impressions of 'BOHNOCK/24MR63/NSW-AUST' and 'BROUGHTON VILLAGE/24JA63/NSW-AUST' on Morag Campbell covers. The latter is rare, the PO closing 29.6.1963. (2 covers)
Australian Scout Jamboree: rubber hexagonal 'AUSTRALIAN SCOUT JAMBOREE/29DEC1938/BRADFIELD NSW AUSTRALIA' d/s in violet superb strike on cover to Victoria with blue/white Jamboree R label. Much scarcer than the steel d/s: a similar cover sold at our auction of 29.2.2020 for $455. [Bradfield was named after John Job Crew Bradfield who was Chief Engineer for the Sydney Harbour Bridge]
Fremantle, Hamilton Road: 'HAMILTON ROAD FREMANTLE/6OC1908/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' (LRD) two very fine b/s on OHMS cover, triple-oval 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/GPO PERTH WA' b/s in violet (PMI #ORS3a). [PMI records 4SE1908 only]
Goongarrie: 44x27mm double-oval 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/15MAR98/GOONGARRIE, W.A.' very fine strike in violet on 1d Postal Card to Germany with ½d stamp neatly removed, full message in German. Not recorded in PMI.
Perth: 'M.O.O/21OCT46/PERTH.W.A.' cds (25mm diameter) very fine strike on 'Money Order' form with 'RECEIPT ONLY' h/s in red for "12/-" payable to Hong Kong, plus letter from Hong Kong GPO acknowleding remittance and enclosing the purchased stamps.
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