PHILATELIC LITERATURE Auction Catalogues & Auction Houses
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2672
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
Name sales including 'Carrington New South Wales', 'McCredie Specimen Stamps' with p/r, 'Pericles KGVI Issues' with p/r, 'Greirson-Smith Collection of Australian KGV', 'Lord Cornwallis Australia', 'The Besancon Collection Part II', 'Sir Gawaine Baillie Australia', 'Nelson Eustis Airmails' and 'Alan Davidson Halfpenny Georgian'. Weighs 6kg.
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Important name sales 'Don Pearce South Australia: Departmentals', 'Cecil Walkely WA Postal History', 'Kevin Nelson Kangaroos', 'Maxwell Joseph CofGH', Feldman 'Rarities of the World' (Spring 2008), all h/b, plus booklet for Arthur Gray's Display to the Collectors Club of New York. Weighs 5kg.
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Name sales comprising Cunliffe 'Inverted stamps of USA' and '...the World', Ryohei Ishikawa 'USA' with p/r & Hackmey 'New Zealand Part 1', plus a few general titles. Weighs 12kg.
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SPINK: Name sales 'Gary Diffen Half-Lengths of Victoria', 'Lord Vestey Western Australia', 'Arthur Gray Australia Queen Elizabeth II Pre-Decimal Issues' and 'The Chartwell Australia' with p/r.
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AIR MAILS: 'Intercontinental Airmails Vols I, II and III' by Edward B. Proud, dustjacket wear, aging on outer pages. Encyclopaedic and indispensable references. Weighs 7kg.
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AIR MAILS: 'Bridging the Continents in Wartime: Important Airmail Routes 1939-1945' by Hans Aitink & Egbert Hovenkamp (2005), in English with airline schedules & useful maps, and 'Airmail Operations during World War II' by Thomas Boyle Jr., (1998). Weighs 4kg.
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CIVIL CENSORSHIP: World War II 'British Empire Civil Censorship...Africa' by Little, 'Canada and Colonies' by Miller, 'British Asia' by Morenweiser, 'United Kingdom' by Torrance & Morenweiser, 'Mediterranean Sea & Middle East' by Little Torrance & Morenweiser. Weight 4kg.
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DISASTER MAIL: 'Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Predecessor Airlines' by Kendall Sanford (2003), s/b, 200pp+, 'Maritime Disaster Mail' by Hoggarth & Gwynn (2003), h/b with d/j, 350pp+
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FORGERIES: 'Forged Postage Stamps of the Americas' (1991) and 'Forged Postage Stamps of the British Empire' (1990), both by Bynof-Smith, both s/b. The latter has pages loose from the spine.
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FORGERIES: 'Postal Forgeries of the World' by Fletcher, 'Early Forged Stamps Detector' by Dalton Lewis & Pemberton, 'The Forged Stamps of all Countries' photocopied pages, 'La Philatelie sans experts?', by Sperati (the cover is loose), 'Fakes Forgeries Experts Vols 3 & 5'. Weighs 3kg.
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ANTARCTICA: Including 'Postcards of Expeditions 1898-1958' by Margery Wharton (1998), 'Antarctic Posts' by Dr. J.H. Harvey, 'The Postal History of The Australian Antarctic 1911-1965' by R. Milner, 'The Postal History of the Antarctic 1904-49' by Bagshawe and Goldup and other reference material. Weighs 3kg.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2616
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: 'The Arthur Gray KGV Collection' (30.10.2015), h/b, 270pp; 'The Arthur Gray Kangaroos' (22/23.02.2007), h/b, 269pp; and 'The Julian Sterling Kangaroos' Part II (2014).
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AUSTRALIA: Sel Pfeffer's booklet catalogue Vols 1 & 2 (2nd Edition), 'Postmarks of NSW Part 1', 'Trains & Trams', 'Cricket in Australia', 'Postmarks of Tasmania', 'Passion & Pitfalls', 'NSW TPOs 1870-1983' by Peck, and other titles. Weighs 5kg.
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AUSTRALIA: Carton of mostly minor titles including 'Penny Kangaroo' by Legge, 'Penny Kangaroo Flaws' by Sluman, 'George V Halfpenny' by Dix & Rowntree, 'Commonwealth of Australia: The Postage Due Stamps 1902-1963' by Hyeronimus, 'The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia' by Rosenblum and other titles, generally fine. Weighs 5kg.
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AUSTRALIA: 'Philatelic Archival Sale by Public Tender' for Australia Post No 1 (Feb 1987) & No 2 (Nov 1987), both 16pp softbound. Important references. (2)
AUSTRALIA: 'The Australasian Air Mail Catalogue', 'Labels and Vignettes 1920-60', 'The Three Plates of the 2d Kangaroo' by Pope, auction catalogues, ACSCs and other titles. Weighs 10kg.
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AUSTRALIA: 'Australasian Crash Mail and Other Incidents, Volume Two:1931-1935' (2019), 290pp s/b, and 'Australasian Wreck Mail', 2nd Ed (2013) 433pp h/b with d/j, both by Brian Peace.
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AUSTRALIA: 'Australian Air Mail Catalogue' (6th Edn, 1997), 'The Routes of the Valkyries' by Pickering, 'The Ross Smith Stamp & It's Postal History' by Frommer, 'The Ross Smith England-Australia Flight' by Smith, 'The Great Air Race: England-Australia 1919' by Eustis and 'The Aerogrammes of Australia and It's Dependencies' by Stein, also includes 'Australian Aerophilatelist' & 'Airgraph and V Mail Catalogue (1948). Weighs 6kg.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2630
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: WWII military group including 'Internees & POWs in Australia' (1982) & 'The Australian Army' (1986) both by Collas, 'Means of Communication Available to Internees and POWs in Australia' by Bakker, 'Civil Censorship in Australia and Dependencies' by Smith, plus WWI 'Patriotic Labels of Australia & New Zealand' with supplement No 2 both by Jackson. Weighs 4kg.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2632
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIA: Spiral-bound colour photocopies of Kevin Nelson's 8-frame International Gold Medal exhibit 'Australian Commonwealth Postal Rates 1901-1941', one of the most important Australian Postal History collections ever formed. Only four copies were made.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'The History of the Post Office...' by Houison (1983 reprint), 'The Postal History...1788-1901' by White et al (1988) and other titles. Weighs 5kg.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: 'The Pre-UPU Mail of Queensland' by Ben Palmer (2021) published by the Australian States Study Circle, h/b with d/j, 345pp. Limited Edition #62 of only 100 only.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - QUEENSLAND: 'Cancellations and Other Postal Markings 1860-1913' by Campbell, 'The CDS...1913-1985' by Sellars, 'Colonial Postal History' Vol I & II by Manning, 'The Revenue Stamps' by Craig. Weighs 4kg.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2641
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 'Post Telegraph and Telephone Offices of South Australia & Northern Territory' by Walker, 'Revenue Stamps' by Walker, 'Squared Circle Postmarks' by Cox & by Overton, 'Numeral Cancellations' by Pearce & Campbell, 'Murray Collection of Departmental Stamps', 'The Postage Stamps of South Australia' by James. Weighs 3kg.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - TASMANIA: 'The Pictorial Stamps' by Lancaster, 'Post Offices and their Datestamps' by Hardinge, 'Where in Tasmania' by Dennison, 'Bibliography for Tasmanian Philately' by McNamee, 'Postal History & Postal Markings' (1962), etc. Weighs 6kg. (8)
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: 'Post Offices & Hand-Held Datestamps' by Watson Webster & Wood A-B (1989) & C-G (1992), 'Victoria: Philatelic Short Stories' by Les Molnar (2012), all h/b with d/j. Weighs 4kg.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2644
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: JRW Purves Victoria group comprising 'The Port Phillip District 1835-1851', 'The Butterfly & Barred Oval Cancellations' and 'Australian Numeral Cancellations: a Compendium' by Hugh Campbell. Weighs 3kg.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: 'The Half-Lengths of Victoria: the Stamps and Postal History 1850-59' by John Barwis & Rod Moreton being the authors' final draft, extensively illustrated in colour, abd 'Census of Victoria Half Length Covers', both spiral bound. One for the true bibliophile.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - VICTORIA: The pre-UPU Destination Mail of Victoria' by Ben Palmer (2009), 325pp hardbound with d/j. An important reference, of which only 150 copies were printed.
