1984 commercial usage of 1nu25 aerogramme with Traditional Dancer at L/L, to North Carolina with 20ch Citadel, 1nu UPU & -on the reverse - 5ch Goofy tied by very worn cds. Lengthy message from presumably the country's only stamp dealer. From the country with the world's highest GNH = Gross National Happiness!
POSTAL HISTORY: 1968 usage of formular aerogramme to Israel with Sultan 15c + 1400th Anniversary of the Koran (Qu'ran) 25c tied by 'KUALA BELAIT/20AP/68/BRUNEI' cds, Haifa bilingual 'MARTYRS AND HEROES/REMEMBRANCE DAY' slogan arrival b/s, very chatty letter in English. Terrific origin/destination item featuring both Islamic and Israeli propaganda.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1970 usage of formular aerogramme to New York with Sultan 4c x3 + Children's Centre 6c x3 tied front & back by 'BRUNEI/BRUNEI' cds still underpaid with triangular ' T /("40") CENTIMES' h/s in violet, contains a penpal request in schoolboy English.
POSTMARKS: 1903-04 pieces from two covers & a Straits Registration Envelope (weep!) with discernible part-strikes of the 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND' cds.
(Qty 3 items)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1963 (Mar 1) cover addressed to "MS Bryant Esq, Junk 'Ying Hong', c/o Cable & Wireless, Cocos Keeling Island" and endorsed "Wait Until Collected", from "Kuching Port Authority/Tanah Puteh/Kuching" with Sarawak QEII 15c Turtles 20c Basket Making & $1 QEII tied by Kuching cds, boxed R h/s in red, partial Singapore & Sydney b/s, central fold & minor blemishes. Excellent origin/destination cover.
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3090
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
Collection in stockbooks from 1918-19 Hradcany issues and a few Overprints on Austria mint & used plus used duplicates sorted in envelopes, 1940-44 Bohemia & Moravia German Occupation issues mosty unmounted & heavily duplicated in parts including some gutter pairs & labels, then 1945 onwards ** with 1950 Prag Exhibition blocks of 4, 1954 Zapotocky M/S x2, 1955 Animals, 1966 Art sheetlets, 1970s-1990s with lots of M/Ss, sheetlets, booklets, FDCs, etc, also 1993-2000s Czech Republic & Slovakia issues duplicated range, plenty of thematic interest especially flora & fauna, birds, sports including Olympics, transport, etc, condition generally very fine. Weighs 17kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
FRENCH COMMUNITY
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3114
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
Algeria to Zanzibar collection on stockcards with better complete sets from Benin, French India, French Morocco, Polynesia plus some better Commemoratives, Lebanon, New Hebrides etc, also 'CFA' Overprints for Reunion, many 1950s-60s High Value Airs, some Omnibus issues, etc, some adherance noted but generally very fine with some used, Cat £5000+.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3115
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection
MARTINIQUE: 1886-92 Surcharges on old French album page comprising 1886 '5' on 20c, 1886-88 set of 4 (the '15' on 20c with no gum), 1888-91 missing only the '05c' on 4c & '15c' on 4c but including '05' on 35c black/orange block of 4 (**), 1892 '05c' on 25c & '15c' on 25c, and Postage Dues 1891-92 Black Overprints complete & Red Overprints complete plus an extra '15c' on 20c, fine to very fine, STC £1000+.
(Qty 28)
MONACO - POSTAL HISTORY: 1901 usage of real photograph postcard showing crowd of people & pigeons in square, to "Lower Burma, Indien" with message on view side headed "Monte Carlo" and Prince Albert 10c carmine tied 'MONTE-CARLO/ 24/MARS/01/PRINCIt DE MONACO' cds, carried via Bombay-Aden Sea Post with fine strikes of 'SEA POST OFFICE/B/AP7/01' transit and 'KYAIKTO/20AP/01' arrival alongside, couple of minor blemishes. An exceptional origin/destination item.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1904 Chinese red/pink greetings envelope with Tablet 10c pair & 15c tied by scarce 'HOA-BINH/ TONKIN' cds, to Sweden with 'HANOI' transit b/s. Gorgeous!
POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 Peace & Commerce 10c postal card with very scarce 'SONG-KHONE/17OCT/..../LAOS' double-ring d/s and 'SAIGON-CENTRAL/COCHIN CHINA' arrival on face. Personal message mentions upcoming trip "...sur un Paquebot port Marseilles". Very rare mail from this small Mekong River office.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1935 airmail cover to Australia with KGV Pictorials 5c and KGV Silver Jubilee 20c 65c & 1/- tied 'NAKURU/ 21DE/35/KENYA' cds, two-line 'BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE' cachet in violet on face, Adelaide '13JAN/1936 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA/CENTENARY/CELEBRATIONS/1936' arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes.
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3198
Symbol: */**
Cat No: Collection
Comprehensive mint collection in two boxed Ka-Be albums with 1918 Second Vilnius Issue (used), 1919 Kaunas Issues with no gum as issued, 1920 Assembly 50sk 60sk & 80sk scarce colours Mi 81i-83i, 1922 Surcharges & Airs, 1924 'KARO NASLAICIAMS' set, 1925-40 issues complete including 1935 Atlantic Flight (guarantee handstamp) & imperf sets, very fine, Cat €4000+. Then post-Independence 1990-2007 issues complete plus First Issue sheetlets of 16 & later sheetlets of 10, unmounted.
(Qty 100s)
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3199
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Carton with extensive collection remainders & duplicates with issues to 1940 mostly used including three pages of 1919 Vilnius & Kaunas primitives, then a huge array of post-Independence issues including sheets, sheetlets & booklets, generally very fine. High thematic content. Weighs 13kg.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 480
NETHERLANDS
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3219
Symbol: */**O
'Importa' album with sparse earlies, Centenary to 2g50c, 1945-92 issues largely complete & mostly unmounted including 1946 High Values & 1947-48 Wilhelmina (but missing 1949-51 Julianas, Seagulls & 1952 Exhibition), array of later issues including M/Ss & Framas, some toning noted.
(Qty many 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3220
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Three large stockbooks with modest pre-WWII, 1942 Legion M/Ss (*), pickings through the 1950s to 1970s, then unmounted & used/CTO array to 2011 including M/Ss & Priority Stamps, condition of the earlier material is quite variable. High thematic content. Weighs 7kg.
(Qty 1500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
NORWAY
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3379
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
1920s-2016 collection on home-made pages predominantly mint including 1925 Amundsen set *, 1933 Nansen set *, 1946 Haakon VII set * (5K **), 1947 Post Office set **, 1950-57 Haakon VII set ** (1950 35o *), 1955 Oslo Exhibition overprints set **, then almost complete ** from 1960-2013 including M/Ss, se-tenants, semi-postals, sheetlets, self-adhesives, etc, also used range from 2001-2016, plus three albums of 1970s-2000 FDCs, lots of thematic interest, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 15kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
RHODESIA & NYASALAND
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3427
Symbol: *
Cat No: 90
RHODESIA: 1898-1908 Arms £1 dull purple SG 90, a few characteristic short perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £375.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1945 (Dec 12) usage of Southern Rhodesia 3d 'ACTIVE SERVICE/LETTER CARD' to a military addreess in Queensland where redirected to "LAE" (Papua) with 'FIELD PO/11JA46/099.' arrival b/s (LRD), on-forwarded to Victoria, light vertical fold. [Letter between two female airforce members, the sender having been discharged: "...I wasn't sorry to get out of uniform..." During WWII, Southern Rhodesia, along with Canada, was a major contributor to the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS)]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1961 commercial usage of formular tourism aerogramme (sailing on Lake Nyasa) to Switzerland with Rhodesia & Nyasaland QE 1d coil stamp mangled in the machine plus Pictorials ½d Tea, 2d Copper Mining & 2½d Statue tied by SALISBURY/S RHODESIA' cds.
1963 Second Anniversary Overprints '11 Shillings' on £1 SG 269, characteristic toning for this issue but unmounted, Cat £850. [Only 540 printed. A similar example sold at a Sydney auction in 2018 for $750+]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1944 commercial usage of Nurse 3d+3d aerogramme to Yorkshire with 'MOSSEL BAY/BAAI/3 X 44' cds being the First Day of Issue, faint '20 OCT Recd' h/s in violet at L/L, social message with Christmas greetings. Superb!
POSTAL HISTORY: 1950 (Nov 15) Korean War ultimate multi-national usage of an American Forces formular aerogramme from a South African serviceman with a British 3d tied by Australian 'AUST ARMY PO/214' cds used at Empire House in Tokyo, and it's entirely commercial, requesting spare parts for a radio!! An absolute cracker!
POSTAL HISTORY: 1951 commercial usage of formular aerogramme to NSW with 6d Oranges only tied by very fine 'UVONGO BEACH/20JAN51' cds, manuscript "T6d" indicating 3d shortpaid with Australian Postage Due 2d strip of 3 manuscript cancelled, horizontal fold through the bottom stamp. [Uvongo is in Natal, 126km SSW of Durban]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1953 commercial usage of Springbok 6d aerogramme to the Australian Broadcasting Commission with 6d Oranges tied by light but legible 'ENTUMENI' cds, minor creasing & blemishes. [The writer thanks the ABC for "the excellence of your programs...[we are] in the backwoods and wild bush of rural Zululand where white people are few and far between..." Entumeni, now in KwaZulu-Natal, is home to a major nature reserve]
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3462
Symbol: C/L
Cat No: Collection
PROVINCES - CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: Postal History really interesting group with superb 1787 entire to Stellenbosch & endorsed "Sieto"; 1794 defective but presentable entire from Keurboom Rivier to the Cape before inland postal services were established; very fine 1796 outer to "Graaffe Rijnet"; early undated outer to Zonnebloem; 1827 official mourning notice re death of the Duke of York; 1836 & 1840 outers from missionaries to London; undated defective letter signed "Saul Solomon [& Co]" printers of the famous 'Woodblocks"; two very fine outers with Crown h/s, the first from GPO to Tulbagh, the other 'POST OFFICE/STELLENBOSCH' with GPO arrival on the face; 1861 OHMS entire with free frank of "Charles Bell" who is credited with having designed the Cape Triangles; and a few others.
(Qty 16 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3463
Symbol: *
Cat No: 127-139
PROVINCES - NATAL: 1902-03 KEVII 'POSTAGE - REVENUE' ½d to 4/- SG 127-139, lightly mounted, Cat £225. A very colourful set.
(Qty 13)
PROVINCES - TRANSVAAL: Used in Swaziland 1897 & 1899 commercial pieces each with ½d & 1d pair SG Z30 & 31 tied by two very fine strikes of the 'BREMERSDORP/ZAR' or 'DARKTON/ZAR' cds, Cat £140+.
(Qty 2 pieces)
1938 Voortrekker Centenary Memorial, setenant pairs, 1939 Huguenot setenant pairs & 1941-43 War Effort setenant pairs all very fine used on three registered covers to Western Australia, the last with Perth censor tape & cachet, Cat £300+ as used pairs.
(Qty 3 covers)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1957 commercial cover to Sir Irving Gane in London with 3d Island Boat tied by superb strike of the cds, minor blemishes. [In the late-1880s, following the failure of the island's potato crop & the loss of 15 of the island's best boatmen at sea, the Gane Fund To Help Tristan Islanders was established to provide financial and other support to the island. The founder was London solicitor Douglas M Gane, father of the addressee Sir Irving Gane, who took over as Secretary of the Fund in 1935]
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3489
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
Accumulation including used collection on Ka-Be pages from 1859 12c black & 1862 24c lilac, also noted 1893 Columbus to 15c, 1895 15c blue & $1 Type II, 1903 $1, range of 1900s-1930s commemoratives, then largely complete to 1970s, plus extras in albums & loose, a few FDCs, plus 1980s year collections and other modern ** with US$350+ face value, condition generally fine. Weighs 15kg.
(Qty 100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3490
Symbol: C/CO
COVERS: Four & a half large cartons with some early material, military, official, commercial airmails, FDCs etc, frankings include Prexies, Libertys & modern high denomination Airs, condition variable. A bargain at cents per cover. Weighs 43kg.
(Qty many 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
YUGOSLAVIA
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 3491
Symbol: PS
POSTAL HISTORY: 1948 (Oct 18) commercial usage of Workers 5d aerogramme to Switzerland with Tito 9d tied by 'ZAGREB 1/ 2 ' cds, red & blue/white R label and red/white 'HITNO/Expres' labels, Zurich arrival b/s of 24.X.48, vertical fold & minor blemishes. A very scarce usage: despite paying for the express service, this item took 6 days to cross the Adriatic & the Alps, suggesting at least part of the journey was by rail.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1951 (Dec 21) commercial usage of 5d Airmail Envelope to New Zealand with Occupations 3d & 16d tied by Cyrillic/Roman '.../KRUSEVAC' cds, blue/white R label, Sydney transit & 'PETONE' arrival b/s, remnants of a blue (AR ?) label on the reverse, minor blemishes. [Krusevac is a city in what is today Serbia. During WWII it was the site of mass executions by the Germans]
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 2981
Symbol: O*/**
Cat No: Collection
1860-1999 collection with duplicates in seven stockbooks, early imperfs, later blocks including imperforate, imprints and with sheet numbers, noted 1932 National Council 60p Proof, 1951 76th Anniversary of UPU 125p orange (as SG 354, not listed), also Airmails, Parcel Post, Postage Dues and M/Ss, condition mixed. Many of the early imperfs appear to be genuine but personal inspection is reccommended. Weighs 13kg.
(Qty 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Nov-22-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 3
Lot No: 2982
Symbol: PS
1971 usage of green/green apparently undenominated aerogramme featuring a jetliner inscribed 'ARIANA' with 'POSTES AFGANES' at the base, overprinted with the more correct 'POSTES AFGHANES' & '14 AFS' (value) at right & in Afghani at left, the values crudely scored-out & equally crude '8 Afs...' surcharge h/s at the top, to New Jersey with lengthy social letter, minor 'sticky tape' stains. Surely the aerogramme most difficult to describe! [Aryana Airlines was formed in 1955. It is unclear when the name was changed to Ariana but it was before the issue of theis aerogramme. Snce the 1980s it has been known as Ariana Afghan Airlines]
The letter provides a travel itinerary, commencing with a bus from Kabul to New Delhi, then by air to Kathmandu, "...Nepal is getting uptight about extending visas due to...something in the beginning of the year...[The Afghans are] really fine people...How do you explain an electronic computer to somebody who lives in a mud house...The closest we could come was the abacus that the pharmacist used..." Useful thing, an abacus. Then, "...it takes 45 minutes to cash a travellers check because everything is done by hand..."
The reference to a ruckus in Nepal was to the King & Queen being murdered by their son who also shot himself but survived for three days during which time he was anointed as king!! Outstanding social history!
AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Sturt tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet. Superb!
AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Canberra tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet, plus almost as fine a strike in violet across the flap. Superb!
