PRESTIGE PHILATELY: 2004-2013 auction catalogues between #110 (15.5.2004) and #185 (8.11.2013) including a couple of Rarities Auctions, some with P/R, very fine. Excellent reference source. Weighs 20kg.
(Qty 39) (Image1)
Estimate AU$20
Opening AU$ 16.00
Sold...AU$ 16.00
Closed..Oct-01-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 16
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 841
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
PRESTIGE/MOSSGREEN: 'The Arthur Gray KGV Collection' (30.10.2015), h/b, 270pp. To that date, the finest auction catalogue ever produced in Australia, for the greatest KGV collection ever formed. Including prices realised.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 842
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
SHREVE (NEW YORK): 'The Arthur Gray Large Gold Medal Collection of Australia Kangaroo and Map Series Postage Stamps' (22-23/2/2007), 849 lots, h/b, 269pp, with p/r. The finest Kangaroos collection ever formed.
Books & Catalogues by Country (see below for Aucti
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 795
Symbol: L
AUSTRALIA: Carton of mostly out-of-date ACSC volumes plus 'Billig's Handbook: The Empire in Australasia" Volumes I to III, 'Place names of Victoria' by Blake, 'Melbourne Metropolitan Postal District System' (1936), fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$75
Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00
Closed..Oct-01-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 796
Symbol: L
AUSTRALIA: Australian Commonwealth Specialist Catalogues comprising 'KGV' (2016), ' KGVI' (2006), 'QEII Pre-Decimals' (2006), 'Decimals' Volumes I-III (2002) and 'Booklets' (2003), all clear-contact covered. Weighs 6kg. Excellent reference.
(Qty 7)
AUSTRALIA: 'Beating The Odds, The Story of Tattersall's Private Mail Network 1902-1930' by David McNamee (2002), published by The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 141pp, hardbound with d/j.
AUSTRALIA: 'THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH SPECIALISTS' CATALOGUE" by Brusden White, the first looseleaf edition (1988), plus loose leaf editions 'King George V' (1994 & 2014), 'Kangaroos' (2013), 'The Early Federal Period' (2004, still the current edition!), 'Postal Stationery' (2013), softbound editions 'Booklets' (2003), 'Kangaroos' (1999). Weighs 10kg.
(Qty 7)
AUSTRALIA: KGV reference material including 'The Redhead' by Colin Beech, magazine articles, auction catalogues, variety catalogues. Weighs 9kg..
(Qty 18)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 802
Symbol: L
Cat No: catalogues x2
AUSTRALIA: General titles including SG catalogues x2, auction catalogues x5, 'The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Vol IV' (the cover in terrible condition), 'Philately from Australia' journals x11. Weighs 17kg.
(Qty 43+)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 803
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: Auction catalogue for the 'Kilfoyle Gold Medal Collection of Australian Commonwealth' (Harmers of London, 16-17.10.1961). The first major CofA collection at public auction, incorporating the TE Field collection which Harmers were to have sold in 1948 but the entire sale was acquired by Ken Baker for Jack Kilfoyle and the auction cancelled!
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 804
Symbol: L
Cat No: reen, 2014
AUSTRALIA: 'The Julian Sterling Philatelic Auction' Parts I, II and III (Mossgreen, 2014), also 'The Morgan Collection of Australia Commonwealth Stamps' in two parts (Spink, 13-14/11/2012).
(Qty 5)
AUSTRALIA: Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue 'Decimals I: 1966-1975', 'Decimals II: 1975-1991' & 'Decimals III: 1992-2001' (all 2002), a few notations still very fine.
(Qty 3)
AUSTRALIA: King George V One Penny reference books comprising 'The Surface Printed KGV 1d Sideface Issue Variety Catalogue' by G Monk 1999 & 2006 editions, 'A Checklist of Varieties of the George V 1d' Third Edition compiled by Tony Finlayson (BSAP), 'Plating the KGV 1d Die 2' by B Wajer & G Monk, 'The Redhead' by Colin Beech, 'Australian KGV 1d Red Shades' by Alan White and 'Australian Postmarks & Slogans 1917-1979' by DS Wallen OBE, most are spiral-bound & all showing some signs of regular use. Weighs 3kg.
(Qty 7)
AUSTRALIA: 'Post Office Guide Part 2' (1952) being the complete listing of all currently-operating post and telegraph offices in the Commonwealth (plus all registered telegraphic addresses), 450pp+ softbound, cover faults but internally generally very fine. A must for every collector of Australian postmarks. [NB: the last edition was published in 1969. Editions up to and including the 1950s are rarely available]
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - GENERAL: Box with important auction catalogues for Dale-Lichtenstein 'Australasia'; Burrus SA Tas & WA; NSW quartet of Slade-Slade, Boucher, Leon & 'Espana'; Tasmania John White, Lew Viney & Sebastian Earl; Western Australia John Gartner; etc; Billigs Vols 4 & 6, several issues of 'The Courier' (Tasmanian PS) including the Special 50th Edition,
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'History of the Post Office and of the Issue of Postage Stamps in New South Wales' by Andrew Houison (1890), 128pp + plates h/b in what is apparently the original binding, some foxing but most pages are fine to very fine.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 811
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'The Guybon Hutson Collection of New South Wales' auction catalogue (19.2.2013) 855 lots extensively illustrated in colour. An important collection.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: 'Queensland Postage Stamps 1879 to 1912' by Ken Scudder (2013), 416pp hardbound with dustjacket(minor damage on d/j). Highly regarded study, awarded the Royal of London's prestigious Crawford Medal for the best philatelic book of 2013.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: Queensland study material including 'Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways' by John Kerr, 'Queensland Postal History' by Hugh Campbell, Post Office reference documents, datestamps & numeral references in binders. Weighs 12kg.
(Qty 10)
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: Queensland study material including 'Queensland Postal History' by Hugh Campbell, 'Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927' by Joan Frew (spiral bound), references for postal history, datestamps & postal markings, numeral cancellations/obliterations, registration labels mostly spiral bound. Weighs 21kg.
(Qty 24)
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: "Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927" by Dr Joan Frew (1981), 470pp softbound with large foldout insert map, NOT falling-apart (as has usually happened). [A must-have for anyone who is interested in the history of the Post Office in Queensland, Queensland postmarks, or Genealogy]
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 'The Long Stamps 1902-1912' by Bill Purves (1978) h/b; and 'Squared Circle Postmarks' by Rodney Overton (1980s) s/b.
(Qty 2 books)
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: 'The Half-Length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned by Charles Lathrop Pack' (1923), 300pp h/b with rough-cut pages as is always the case, pp234-260 damaged corners at L/R otherwise a fine copy of this important pioneering work. [A slightly superior example sold at our auction of 6.8.2021 for $192]
FIJI: 'Compendious Grammar of the Feejeean Language with Examples of Native Idioms' by the Reverend David Hazlewood (1850), 12pp octavo bound with thread in non-contemporary paper cover (which has a fault at the back). Rare: published at the Wesleyan Mission Press at Vewa and considered one of the most important early works published in the Islands. [This is the first 12pp of 72. A complete copy in non-contemporary case-binding with Hazlewood's Feejeean-English Dictionary is currently available online for US$2500. The seller records eight other copies, all in major institutions including the British Library, the Bodleian Library and at Cambridge University. There is also a copy in the National Library in Canberra]
FRANCE: 'La Poste Maritime Francaise Tome VI: les Paquebots de l'Ocean Indien' by Raymond Salles (1993 reprint), 200pp board covers. In French but simple to follow.
GREAT BRITAIN: 'British Postal Guide' (1.4.1876) published quarterly, 260pp softbound, the cover a bit soiled & starting to separate but the pages are generally very fine; also GPO greatcoat buttons x16; and NSW 1848 defective outer with boxed 'PAID AT/MAITLAND' & ovoid 'MAITLAND/NEW.S.WALES' b/s. (Image1)
Estimate AU$60
Opening AU$ 55.00
Sold...AU$ 55.00
Closed..Oct-01-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 55
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 822
Symbol: L
MALAYA: 'Postal History of the POWs & Civilian Internees...Vol 1: Singapore & Malaya' by David Tett, 400pp h/b with d/j.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 823
Symbol: B/R
Cat No: Collection
MAURITIUS: 'Mauritius Classic Stamps and Postal History: the Collection formed by Hiroyuki Kanai RDP' hardbound Feldman auction catalogue (3.11.1993), 208pp profusely illustrated in colour + p/r, plus the 'Supplement' 92pp softbound with extensive plating notes for the classic stamps, together in the original slipcase. One of the truly great single-country collections. [Plus three non-contemporary 'pulls' from the original 'POST OFFICE - MAURITIUS' plate in vermilion x2 or blue-black]
(Qty 5 items)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 824
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Group including 'Franklins Guide to the Stamps of Papua & New Guniea' by Mark Franklin (1970), 'Post Office Registration Labels of Australia and its Territories including Papua and New Guinea' by Kevin J. Burt (2018), 'The Postal History of Papua New Guinea 1945-98' Vol 1 part 1 & 2, Vol 2, Vol 3 and various other titles. Weighs 8kg.
(Qty 14)
PAPUA: 'Stamps of Papua' by Alec Rosenblum, 'Postal History; by Roger Lee h/b with d/j, auction catalogues, journals, printing records. Weighs 13kg.
(Qty 44+)
THAILAND: Auction catalogues comprising Walter Pears (1979), Charles Stewart (1984), Prakaipet Indhusophon (1993), Vichit Eurtivong (1993), Pichai Buranasombati (1995) and Kevin Ryan (2006). Outstanding sales.
(Qty 6)
'The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Vol III: the Empire in Asia' by Robson Lowe (1951), well-used with the binding a bit loose but the pages are generally very fine. Required reading for Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, Malayan Region, etc.
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 793
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
'The Royal Philatelic Collection' edited by Sir John Wilson (1952), being a complete catalogue of the most important and valuable stamp collection ever formed, compiled by the Keeper of the Royal Collection himself, the standard edition bound in red cloth with the Royal coat-of-arms emblazoned in gold on the face. Without doubt, this is the finest philatelic book of all time, produced on the highest-quality paper, extensively illustrated with 64 black & white plates and 12 exceptional colour plates, some very minor spotting at the long edge of the pages. Weighs 7kg. [Less well known but also less often offered than the deluxe leather-bound edition. The production costs were so high that the publishers, the Dropmore Press, were bankrupted]
Auction catalogues in three archive boxes including Premier/Prestige x30 between Nos 104 & 198 (2003-14), Phoenix Nos 1-42, Millennium x19, and more, emphasis on Australia & Colonies. Weighs 46kg.
(Qty 122)
'Philately in Australia' 1936 Vol 1 No.1 to Vol 2 no.1 1937, also 'The Australasian Stamp Collector' (1950-56) x12, 'The Royal Sydney Times' x12, 'The Royal Sydney Philatelic Club Journal' (1994-2000) x26 and South Australian Philatelic Council booklets. Weighs 2kg.
(Qty 50+)
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 831
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
'Stamp Talk' of the Australian Philatelic Specialists' Group based in Adelaide Volumes 1-14 (1975-88) apparently complete. A scarce run. (Image1)
Estimate AU$50
Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00
Closed..Oct-01-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 6
Lot No: 832
Symbol: L
'The Australian Journal of Philately' published by Smyth & Nicolle (Sydney Vol 1 (hardound) to Vol 5, missing only Vol 2 No 1, usual mailing fold still excellent great condition for such early & important journals. Weighs 2kg.
(Qty 45+)
'The Australian Philatelist' Volumes 1-2 (1894-96) hardbound, plus Vols 2-5 (1895-1899) incomplete, and some issues from the 1920s, condition variable with some being rather brittle. Weighs 2½kg.
(Qty 40+)
'The Australian Stamp Journal' published by J.H. Smyth (Sydney) Vols 1, 4-8, 10, 11, 14-15 in 7 harbound books (Nov 1910 to Nov 1925), some aging to bindings but the pages are generally very fine, also 3 single issues. Weighs 5kg. [Bound Volumes 1 & 3 only sold at our auction of 29.11.2016 for $148]
(Qty 7 books)
