1992 Christmas 40c to $1 as SG 273-5 but Imperforate pairs from the base of the sheets, unmounted. Believed only one set of imperforate sheets was released.
(Qty 3 pairs)
1993 Corals 45c to $1.20 as SG 276-9 but Imperforate pairs from the base of the sheets unmounted. Believed only one set of imperforate sheets was released.
(Qty 4 pairs)
1993 Early Currency 45c to $1.20 as SG 280-3 but Imperforate pairs from the base of the sheet, unmounted. Believed only one set of imperforate sheets was released.
(Qty 4 pairs)
OFFICIAL STAMP: 1991 'OFFICIAL PAID/MAINLAND' on 90c SG O1 marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, undated 'CTO' cancel, unmounted, Cat £360+. Blocks are very scarce. [** We have been advised that the undated cancel was applied at Canberra and NOT on the islands. However, it is stated to be the scarcer type, distinguished by the upper inscription being larger & the lower inscription being smaller than on the island cancel **]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1945 (Sep 5) Indian-pattern 'AIR MAIL/LETTER CARD' to NSW with unusually fine strike of the Indian-pattern 'FPO/No 46' cds used on Cocos, a bit of wear, self-censored by Lt Alan Benson who states "...the war is over at long last...air passages are very precious & difficult to get...could [you] send me a few food parcels...big stores do the packing & despatch for you...What an ingenious new name you have chosen..." The last comment is pertinent to Jews who were sent from Britain aboard the 'Dunera' to Australia where many of them anglicised their names: what must "Kurt Lichtenstein" have been originally? Hundreds were released from internment camps to serve with the Australian Army's Employment Companies.
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 1117
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL HISTORY: 1951 (Sep) commercial cover with superb strike of the boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' cachet in violet, unusually to Ceylon but endorsed "Airmail" & with Australia 6d Kookaburra pair paying the correct airmail rate from Australia, carried southwards with cachet of SS Orontes & the stamps tied by Perth slogan of 28SEP/1951, faults at the base where pulled from a file. Very scarce: Colin Riddell's exceptional Cocos collection had no Tin Can cover addressed to Ceylon. [A new discovery, from the family of the addressee]
Sale No: 7
Lot No: 1118
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POSTAL HISTORY: 1952 commercial airmail cover-front with superb strike of the boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' cachet in violet but crossed-through in red, Singapore 50c tied by 'SINGAPORE/4MAR52' cds. Very scarce: Colin Riddell's exceptional Cocos collection had no Tin Can cover with the cachet obliterated. A new discovery, from the family of the addressee. [The cover was probably carried by hand to Singapore where it was placed in the mail]
