PHILATELIC LITERATURE Auction Catalogues & Auction Houses
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1112
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Worldwide single-owner sales comprising 2005-06 Sir Gawaine Baillie Part III Australian States and Commonwealth, Parts IV & IX GB and Empire; 2009 Joseph Hackmey Ceylon Part I & New Zealand Part I; 2010 Lady Mairi Bury Great Britain Parts I & II; 2014 Julian Sterling Parts I II & III; 2013 Stuart Hardy Kangaroos; Rod Perry Commercial Airmails to Australia; and 2015 Arthur Gray Australia KGV. Weighs 13kg.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1113
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
Two cartons from Premier, Prestige, Mossgreen & Abacus including 'Colonel Harrie Evans' collection, 'Kevin Nelson Kangaroos Postal History', 'Brian Peace's FIP New South Wales Postal History', 'Victoria: Max Watson's Franks and Les Molnar's TPOs', 'Tom Frommer's Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails', 'Tom Frommer's Aimails Part II: Famous Pilots & Famous Flights', etc. Weighs 43kg.
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Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1114
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
Two cartons from Status, Phoenix, MIllennium, Ace and Spink including 'Vestey Collection', 'Hutson Collection of NSW', 'The Chartwell Collection', 'Australian States of Drs Joanne & Edward Dauer', 'Arthur Gray collections of QEII Pre-Decimals' and 'Australian Pre-Decimal Booklets', etc. Weighs 32kg.
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USA important 'name' sales comprising Fosdyke 'Black Jacks', Weill Brothers 'Confederate States', Cunliffe 'Classic Revenues', Ainsworth 'Abraham Lincoln' (h/b, with p/r), Liberman 'Essays, Proofs & Errors' (with p/r) & Hall 'Carriers, Locals & Western Expresses' (with p/r), plus a few lesser or general sales. Weighs 8kg.
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Name sale catalogues including 'Carrington New South Wales', 'Stu Leven New Guinea', 'Peter Troy Papua' (h/b), 'Sir Gawaine Baillie Australia & Colonies', 'Ello GRIs of New Guinea', 'Julian Sterling Australia' Parts I to III, etc. Weighs 8kg.
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Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1118
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: 'Arthur Gray KGV Collection' Parts I & II (2015/16), 'Tim Rybak Collection' (2008), 'Artemis Collection', 'Besancon Pacific Islands', 'Australian Rarities from the Lionheart Collection', etc. Weighs 8kg.
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Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1119
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
BRITISH WEST INDIES: 'The Sir Henry Tucker Collection of Bermuda', 'The Forsyth British West Indies', The Forsyth St Vincent', 'The Olive Blossom Barbados Collection' & 'The Henry D Hicks Bermuda Collection'.
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KETCHESON, H F (CANADA): 1890s 4pp auction catalogues 'In Montreal, on the Evening of August 13' and 'On the Evening of August 26/in Belleville', both without year, the first with 191 lots from as late as 1889 including "the finest lot of Canada Stamps ever offered at one sale", the other of 160 lots from as late as 1891, fragile but presentable & quite fine for the poor-quality paper on which they were printed. Among the earliest stamp auction catalogues we have seen.
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TUTTLE, GEORGE R (NEW YORK): 1897 catalogues for his Fourth to Eighth sales of 840, 459, 918, 504 & 440 lots respectively, fascinating early documents that yield such gems as "Each lot is sold for so much per piece...", "My terms for Auction Sales will be 15 per cent", and "...I act as Buying Agent...at all the Stamp Auctions in New York City...for...10 per cent commission on sums purchased..." Tuttle was also Superintendent of Purchasing & Sales Department of the American Philatelic Association. Also 1897-99 CL Moreau catalogues for his 13th 14th 17th & 23rd auctions, on similar terms as Tuttle. Rare early auction ephemera.
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AUSTRALIA: 'The Australian Philatelist' published by B&K Philatelic Publishing Vol 1 Numbers 1-6, Vol 2 Numbers 1-3. Includes the important series 'Australian Postal Rates' by Richard Breckon. A journal that was years ahead of its time.
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Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1097
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: Group including 'Sydney Views' #1-54 (incomplete), 'The Courier' #1-17 (incomplete), 'Philately from Australia' & 'The Australian Commonweath Collectors Club of NSW Bulletin'. Weighs 7kg.
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AUSTRALIA: 'The Australian Stamp Collector' by B&K Philatelic Publishing, Numbers 1-6 (1991), 'The Australian Exhibitor' Vol I 1-3, Vol II 1-3, Vol IV 1, 'Australasian Stamps' #5-7, 'Alcock's Weekly News' Nos 498-528 (incomplete). Weighs 2kg.
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Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1099
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - GENERAL: 'The Federal Australian Philatelist' Jan 1891 (spotty but, unusually, unfolded) & Apr 1891, 'The Australian Stamp News' Oct 1893, Dec 1893 to Mar 1894, & Apr 1898, some characteristic blemishes mostly on outer pages; also 1846 Colonel Maberley's Report into the Post Office in Van Diemens Land transcribed by hand with tables & appendices. Very scarce group. Ex Owen Ingles.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1100
Symbol: L
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'The Postage Stamps, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards and Telegraph Stamps of New South Wales' by AF Basset Hull published for the Royal Philatelic Society, London by Stanley Gibbons, Part I (1911) 260pp plus 17 photogravure plates which have been re-bound into plain green boards (some separated from binding), minor aging marks mostly on the early pages.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: 'The Pre-U.P.U. Mail of Queensland' by Ben Palmer (2021) published by the Australian States Study Circle, h/b with d/j, 345pp. Limited Edition #62 of 100 only (!).
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: 'The Emblems of Victoria 1857-63' (1966), 80pp and 'Victoria:The Registered and Too Late Stamps' (1957), 105pp, both by Bill Purves, both h/b.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: 'The Post Offices and Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria' by Watson Webster & Wood A-B (1989) & C-G (1992), 'Victoria: Philatelic Short Stories' by Les Molnar (2012), 'Franked! The Official Mail of Victoria 1864-1902' (2008) by Steig & Watson, all h/b with d/j. Weighs 6kg.
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USA: 'United States Telegraph Stamps and Franks' by George J. Kramer, h/b, limited edition 24/50 also includes '1992 Pricing Guide Control Number' supplement by George J. Kramer, s/b.
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WORLD WAR II: 'Postal History of the POWs & Civilian Internees...Vol 1: Singapore & Malaya 1942-1945' and 'Vol 3: Burma Thailand & Indo-China 1942-1946' both by David Tett, 400pp h/b with d/j. As new.
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Box with two volumes of British Acts of Parliament re the Post Office 1710-1837 & 1838-1844 (1977 & 1976 reprints) h/b with matching cloth bindings; Billig's Vol 34 'GB & Empire in Europe Part I'; 'Stamps of ...Australia' by Rosenblum (1968); and 'POs of Victoria Vol 2: C to G' by Watson Webster & Wood.
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Carton with ACSC 'KGV' (2007), 'Great Britain Concise' (2009), 'The Story of Definitive Stamps' by Richard West, 'Australasian Stamps' magazines, United Kingdom hingeless preloved albums x5. Weighs 18kg.
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Cartons including 'Australian Commonwealth Postage Stamps' by Cummings, 'George V Halfpenny' by Dix & Rowntree (1959), 'The 1d King George V' by Neil, 'King George V 1d Surface Printed' by Wallen, etc, also various Australia Post publications and product including an America's Cup Travel Bag plus two heavy boxes of travel brochures, old street directories, cook books, etc, etc. Weighs 29kg.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-03-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1093
Symbol: L
Box with 'The History of the Post Office...in New South Wales' by Andrew Houison (1983 reprint), 'Franked! The Official Mail of Victoria' (2008) by Steig and Watson x3 (as new), 'The Postal History of Brighton (Vic)' (1981), 'The Post Offices and Postal Cancellations of Fiji' by Hugh Campbell (1957), etc. Weighs 7kg.
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Sale No: 248
Lot No: 1094
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
General group including earlier editions of the Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue, collecting encyclopedia, Michel titles, auction catalogues, price lists and guides in three cartons. Weighs 31kg.
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