POSTAL CARDS: 1913 Kangaroo 1d with advice for Sydney Harbour Trust punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC P24eb, Sydney machine cancel of 19DE - 1913, minor blemishes, Cat $400.
POSTAL CARDS - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 Kangaroo 1d red Die II on buff with pre-printed address & advice for Vacuum Oil Co at Melbourne, a couple of very minor imperfections, unused, Cat $250.
POSTAL CARDS - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 Kangaroo 1d red Die II on buff with pre-printed address & advice for Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk Co at Sydney with double-oval 'LOOSE SHIP/+ LETTER +' h/s & Sydney cds. Superb! [We can offer no explanation as to how a card from Cootamundra, SW of Sydney, came to be on a ship! Sold at the Prestige auction of 8.11.2013 for $372]
LETTER CARDS: 1913 1d with view 'ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS/PERTH WA' (oblong) in black illustrated on the face with the sender's wife's portrait, sent to UK with just discernible 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds, opened by splitting the 'WESTERN AUSTRALIA/OFFICIALLY SEALED' label affixed at the base, minor blemishes. An extraordinary botanical usage. [Affixed within are dried wildflowers & four small photographs, three of the elusive & reclusive Herbert Appleby] See also Lots 1-5, 212 & 227.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 245
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 1d on grey-blue stock for GS Holgate (Hamilton) to Melbourne with 'HAMILTON/VIC' cds. Unusual for being on this stock, and for being for a country user.
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 1d for P Sheahan & Co (Dairy Produce Merchants) with illustration on the face & advertising on both sides all in blue, used in 1914 with Melbourne machine cancel. Superb!
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1920 2d grey ACSC ES5 with imprint of Australian Drug Coy at U/L, Sydney machine cancel of NO1/1920, redirected to Lindfield with 'BEECROFT/NSW' cds on the face, light toning on the reverse, Cat $500. [This is a very scarce item. 2d envelopes issued in 1913 paid double the 1d rate; those issued in 1919 paid the 1½d rate + ½d war tax; those issued (or used) after 1.10.1920 paid the 2d letter rate]
ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1916 6d grey-blue linen-lined envelope (235x177mm) with printed 'Wool Sample only' at U/L & a London address, the flap still attached, minor edge discolouration at right - clear of the stamp impression - and at the base otherwise very fine unused, Cat $6000. A key item for the Kangaroo enthusiast. Rare & one of the most sought-after Australian postal stationery issues. [The ACSC states that only "about six examples are recorded", of which at least a couple have had the flap removed. The last example we are aware of sold at a Melbourne auction in 2014 for $7487]
