AUSTRALIAN: 1912 Kinsey cover to Christchurch with New Zealand 1d Dominion 'VICTORIA/LAND' overprint affixed at U/R tied by 'BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD/3MR/12' cds and Tasmania 1d Pictorial affixed at L/L tied by 'HOBART/25MR13/TASMANIA' cds, 'LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED IN/ANTARCTICA/[penguin]/SY AURORA/AAE' cachet at U/L partly overstruck by ''AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC/EXPEDITION 1911/COMMANDER OF SHIP' cachet with signature "JK Davis", a couple of very minor aging marks otherwise very fine. A similar cover - without the additional handstamp & signature of the ship's commander - sold for £1320 at a London auction in March 2020.
John King Davis - Douglas Mawson's deputy - purchased the ship in 1910. In late-1911 Aurora transported Mawson and his party to Macquarie Island and then to Cape Denison, which became base camp for the Expedition. She returned in late-1912 with fresh supplies and left a party to wait for Mawson who was overdue from a sledging trip. In late-1913, 'Aurora' finally picked up Mawson and the party and returned them to Hobart in February 1914.
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!
AUSTRALIAN: 1948 (July 21) commercial cover to Perth with Lyrebird 1/- tied by Macquarie Island cds, makeshift registration cachet, transit b/s of Sydney, 'RAAF PO RATHMINES/NSW-AUST' & Perth and 'COTTESLOE' arrival b/s. The lengthy social letter refers to carriage on "the first Antarctic airmail" and also states "...It is not a bad sort of place...suppose you heard about our tragedy last week...we have not found the body yet...It is so rugged that a couple of miles a day is a good trip..." [On 4.7.1948, engineer Charles Henry Scoble died in a skiing accident when ice on a lake gave way under his weight. A replacement engineer was flown in by the RAAF and this cover was carried on the return flight]
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AUSTRALIAN: 1960 PMG's Department generic FDC for the 2/- Map tied by 'MAWSON' cds, to New York with minor water-staining & superb 'DAMAGED BY/WATER' cachet, knife-cut at left & through the cover at the base inflicted in 2020 by Australian Customs. Double disaster cover! [Carried on MV Thala Dan which sprang a leak in the hold]
AUSTRALIAN: 1987 Antarctic Scenes (Third Issue) stampsize colour photographic essays of the five designs all denominated with the issued values endorsed below "2c 10c 20c 36c 60c", affixed to thin greenish card (230x170mm), a couple of tiny blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1954 registered airmail to Australia with Costumes 30g & 1.50s and Airmails Birds 20s Eagle tied Vienna '19.III.54' cds with black on buff 'R' label alongside, Melbourne and 'CAMBERWELL ___ /29MR54/VIC.' (postal district code excised) b/s, couple of very minor blemishes. Nice usage of the top value of the Birds airmail series.
1933 Orval Abbey 5c+5c to 10fr+40fr Mi 354-365, excellent centring, very lightly mounted except for the top three denominations that are unmounted, Cat €2200. A superb set!
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1924-32 KGV Keyplates Script Wmk 2/6d range of shades stated to be arranged chronologically, one stated to be "May 1931: rare shade"), well centred, lightly mounted, Cat £550+.
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Sale No: 4
Lot No: 820
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: numbers
1938-49 KGVI Pictorials partly sorted and annotated mostly mint array to R5 x3 with most SG numbers including 50c SG 394a, many shades noted as per the Commonwealth Catalogue, some used to R5 x2, generally fine to very fine. Potential.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 821
Symbol: */**
Cat No: F1
1938-49 KGVI Pictorials 2c to R5 complete including all listed perfs and shades plus the Postal Fiscal R10 SG F1, and a few extras, some characteristic minor tropicalisation, generally very fine lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £1600+. A difficult set to complete.
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1938-49 KGVI Pictorials R5 KGVI on Chalk-Surfaced Paper SG 397 marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, the first unit with a minor stain at the top, the other units unmounted, Cat £220+.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 usage of Kandy Undivided Back multi-view picture postcard to Australia endorsed "Per NL Oldenburg" for carriage by German ship with KEVII 6c tied Colombo cds, nevertheless carried by the British India Steam Navigation Co with two magnificent strikes of the 'S.S. ASKA/10APR1905/B.I.S.N.Co.' double-ring oval d/s in violet applied over stamp and alongside, couple of very minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1933 'Amateur Photographic' illustrated advertising cover showing Box Brownie camera on face and Agfa film boxes on back, airmail to Germany with KGV 30c & 50c tied 'COLOMBO/9SP/33' cds, 'BRAUNSCHWEIG/18.9.33' arrival b/s, couple of minor blemishes. Very attractive.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1937 airmail cover to England with KGV Pictorials 50c pair tied 'COLOMBO/27NO/37' cds, carried on the ill-fated Imperial Airways Flying Boat 'Cygnus' which crashed on take-off at Brindisi (Italy) on 5.12.1937 killing 2 of the 13 passengers & crew, salvaged from the wreck and forwarded with British 'DAMAGED BY SEA-WAT[ER]' violet boxed h/s on face, a few blemishes as to be expected. Scarcer origin for Cygnus crash mail, enhanced by the stamps still being in place.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1942 "On Active Service" airmail cover to England with KGVI Pictorials 50c tied British 'FIELD POST OFFICE/40(?)' cds, censored with 'C151' Unit Censor cachet and unusually also with diamond 'PASSED BY 5 IND FD CENSOR UNIT/G' and scarce Indian-pattern 'OPENED BY/FIELD CENSOR' green-on-white resealing label, minor edge faults & aging marks.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1943 (July 11) usage of Forces formular aerogramme to Ontario endorsed "via Ceylon, Lagos, Brazil, USA, Canada" & with 'CANADA/AND USA/ONLY' h/s in violet, franked KGVI Pictorials 10c 15c 20c & 30c for the 75c Forces rate tied by dumb cancels formerly used on telegrams, faint RAF censor h/s, sender's endorsement ".../RCAF Ceylon/SECM". Very scarce: only a small Canadian contingent served in Ceylon during WWII.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1945 airmail cover to USA with KGVI Pictorials 30c pair & R1 pair tied 'KOLLUPITIYA/6FE/45' cds, censored locally with 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER/L478' label, carried by BOAC to London where red circular 'O.A.T.' cachet applied on face for onwards carriage by Trans-Atlantic Clipper Flying Boat service to USA, couple of minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1895 (Dec 16) illustrated Eastern Telegraph Company red/buff 'TELEGRAM' envelope to Madagascar with Egypt 1p ultramarine pair tied by 'SUEZ/ P /...' cds, boxed registration cachet at right affected by a major repaired opening tear, 'MARSEILLE A LA REUNION/18/DEC/95/LV No 4' transit b/s.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (Mar 18) illustrated Eastern Telegraph Company red/buff 'TELEGRAM' envelope locally used "Care Cook" & redirected to "Shepheards Hotel" with Egypt Pictorials 1m & 2m each with 'TC/&S' perfin tied by 'COOK'S OFFICE/ R.P/...' cds, minor faults.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1943 black/buff 'TELEGRAM' envelope with 'Route/Your/Reply/Via Eastern' or/Via Marconi' at L/L, the reverse with double-circle 'P.T.O./15APR1943/BASE ARMY POST OFFICE' cds presumably at Cairo & British Forces 'FIELD POST OFFICE/66' cds stated by Ted Proud to be in use in Syria.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 863
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PICTURE POSTCARDS: Selected group of chromolitho cards noted 'Canal de Suez' with shipping & map unused; 'Tombeaux des Mamelouks/Sphinx' used 1900 to Canary Islands with 2m pair tied by 'CAIRO/SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL' cds carried by French Paquebot with 'BORDEAUX A LOANGO/LL No.3' octagonal d/s alongside; 'Shepheard's Hotel Cairo' with stamps neatly removed; 1904 'Les deux Obelisques a Karnak' posted on board ship to England with Germany 10pf Germania tied by 'DEUTSCHE/SEEPOST/AUSTRALISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/g' cds and light 'ADEN' transit d/s alongside (minor edge faults); Port Said 'Hotel Eastern Exchange'; 'Panorama'; 'Queen's Victoria Diamond Jubilee' [sic]; 'Rue du Commerce' used 1902 with 'ADEN' cds alongside partial 'PAQU...' (one stamp sadly removed); 1903 Alexandria 'Fort Napoleon' from Malta with KEVII 1d tied by 'VALETTA' cds; and 1923 'Place d l'Eglise et Hotel Abbat' to Australia with GB KGV 1d and 'PAQUEBOT' cachet; etc, almost half are used, a few with some blemishes but condition generally above-average to very fine.
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Sale No: 4
Lot No: 870
Symbol: */O
Cat No: 104-114
1903 KEVII Crown CA Watermark ½d to 5/- * SG 104-114 plus 1904-09 Small Multiple Crown CA Watermark ½d used and 1d & 1/- * SG 115-117, a couple with minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £180+.
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1906-12 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Watermark ½d green to £1 purple & black/red SG 118-124, reasonably well-centred, most with light hinge remainders, a few minor blemishes but the £1 is lightly hinged & very fine, Cat £375.
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1912-23 KGV Multiple Crown CA Watermark ¼d to 5/- * SG 125-137 including various extra shades & papers, plus 1922-27 Multiple Script CA Watermark ¼d to 5/- * SG 228-241, 'WAR STAMP' overprints and 1935 Silver Jubilee set, a couple with minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £250+ minimum.
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1938-55 KGVI Pictorials complete set SG 249-267 including all listed dies, shades & perforation varieties, plus ½d Perf 13½ Sheet Number corner block of 4, unmounted, a few with minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £450+.
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1954-59 QEII Pictorials complete set SG 280-295 plus 1959-63 Pictorials set SG 298-310 and 1962-67 Pictorials set SG 311-325 (all ex shade varieties), unmounted, a couple of lower values with minor gum tropicalisation, Cat £170+.
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POSTAL HISTORY: Mostly commercial airmails to Australia including registered x14 noted 1981 with Architecture 45c pair and posting receipt attached (!) and 1984 large cover with Architecture 20c Bridge & $1 Lighthouse, some official mail including 1960s registered with World Cup 2/- 'solos' x2, also 1958 Hunts Travel Service illustrated advertising cover with QEII 1/- and 1968 with Kingsford Smith 1/- and Bligh 1/- 'solos', 1975 with Flowers 10c tied 'BA/G.S.B' [= Government Savings Bank] cds, 1980 Coco Club Resort illustrated envelope with Architecture 30c pair, 1981 Registration Envelope 8c+4c with WWII Aircraft 18c & 60c added, etc, condition variable but many fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 880
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1905 usage of 'River Scene - Ovalau' Undivided Back picture postcard to NSW with KEVII 1d tied by very fine strike of straight-line 'LAUTOKA' h/s (ship marking?) in violet, fine 'PEEL/NSW' arrival cds, minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1908 usage of Morris Hedstrom (Levuka) picture postcard to NSW with KEVII 1d tied by very fine strike of the scarce undated triple-circle 'POST OFFICE SAVU SAVU' cancel in violet.
