1916-17 inwards POW KreigSGefangen-Sendung cards sent by 3639 Pte HA Pryor, 54th Bn AIF to Australia from Germany with printed texts for Stendahl or Wittenberg with camp censor cachets. 4 sound, others very mixed condition inc with tape repairs etc. Very rare mail from Australian POW in Germany. (9). (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1922 cover franked KGV 4d dull blue (perf tones) tied by 'Special Sydney NO 15 1922' pmk by 'SS Sonoma' to San Francisco. SG 65b cat £15 & 'from x5' on cover. ACSC 112C cat $125+ on cover. (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1927 Lettersheet franked KGV 1½d red OS NSW perfin tied by 'Sydney FE 22 1927' pmk, printed message for Office of the Railway Commissioners NSW. VFU, reverse opening flts. (Image1)

Estimate AU$20

1930 'Cormoran' wreck cover stamp floated away & a bit 'wrecked' with 2-line cachet 'Damaged by water on SS Comorin'. (Image1)

Estimate AU$220

1932 Bridge 2d red typo tied to cover by Sydney Harbour Bridge 26 MAR 1932 boxed pmk & boxed 'Posted on Bridge During Opening celebrations'. VR U. (Image1)

Estimate AU$40

1932? Long cover franked KGV 2d red-brown SM wmk perf 13½ x 12½, tied by 'Adelaide 5 SE 32'? Cds. SG 98. ACSC 99 cat $100 on cover. (Image1)

Estimate AU$30

1934 cover franked Vic Cent 3d perf 10½ & 1/- perf 11½, plus Hermes 1/6 no wmk perf 11, tied by 'Port Pirie 6 DE 34' cds. SG 148, 149a, 153 cat £32 as loose stamps & 'from x3-12' on cover. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1936 SA Centenary & 7th Aust Philatelic Exhib printed covers in green or blue franked 2d & 3d, with Exhib reg labels & 20 OCT 36 Exhib pmk. Also printed in orange cover franked Canberra 1½d pr tied by Exhib pmk. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1937-45 Airmail covers to Australia (1 to NZ) mostly via Europe, 1937 (2) at R4200 rate via Frankfurt or Le Bourget to Sydney, carried all by air though only paid to Europe, 1938 registered (2) at R12,100 rate (inc scarce usage of 1937 Tourist R10,000) or R33,700 rate, 1939 at R7,200, 1941 R5,400 with air to USA h/s & 1945 at R16,200 rate. Interesting group, scarce usages (7) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1943-44 Inwards Registered censor covers from Peru. 1st franked 40c to Sydney in 62 days, 2nd at S4.30 to Melbourne in 26 days, 3rd to Brisbane same rate in 21 days. Last 2 both with 'Servicio Aereo Nor-Atlantico' cachet, but flown via Panama to Hawaii, then by US Naval Air transport to Australia. Very scarce group. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

1948 Airmail cover franked Hermes 1/6 tied by 'Sydney 25 NOV 1948' pmk. To Japan but unable to deliver with label to that effect, plus 'Retour Inconnu' cachet, censor tape & cachet. Returned with DLO cachet in red, Osaka b/s. ACSC 163 cat $35 on cover, plus premium for censored & undeliverable. (Image1)

Estimate AU$40

1959-65 Airmail covers franked 2/3 with Flowers both papers single & double frankings. 1962 Games, 1963 Royal Visit & Cable, 1965 ANZAC & ICY. Most to Denmark. ACSC cat $460. (9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$220

1966 (6 Aug) QEII Booklet 4c pane of 6 (post Your Parcels), plus Robin 25c on Airmail Registered cover to Germany with Hobart GPO provisional reg label. Correctly franked with 20c pane registration fee & 25c Robin airmail rate. Postally used booklet unlisted ACSC with panes cat $375 as FDC. Very rare, possibly UNIQUE! (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Military - POW: WWI POW printed card from Private AT White AIF to wife in WA (very rare), WWII 1941 POW double reply card from same man, so POW in both wars, plus 1941 POW Lettersheet, 1944 POW card by air to Queensland franked Hitler 40pf for going by air & 2 poor envelopes, 1st faded with 'Prisoners of War Information Bureau' oval cachet, & finally Geneva Red Cross censored cover to Australia (6). (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Military: 1916 postcard with specimen strikes of 'Australian Intermediate Base PO 12 SE 16' cds (4 strikes), plus boxed cachet 'Not At Base Cairo'. Most unusual. (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

Military: WWII Field POs 1943-45 inc On Active Service, Registered, virtually all censored, wide range of cds inc Unit Postal Stn, Field PO, Aust Base PO, AFPO, AIF Field PO, RAN Post Office Number 2, etc. Many identified as in Papua & New Guinea - typical condition for these. Plus some related inc Australia used in PNG, some PPC (8), etc. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Official Mail: 1940 use of stampless OHMS Money Order Advice envelopes (4) to 'The Triangle' PO in UK, 3 with London Official Paid pmks, 1 with h/s 'Via Airmail Australia - Singapore', plus 1 uncancelled. Also Airgraph Letter envelopes apparently used for ordinary mail with 'Airgraph' struck out & addressed above the window -both Used 'Geraldton 14 SE 43'. (6) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Sports/Games: 1935-95 advertising/illustrated covers from 1935 Melbourne Centenary Games (rare) to 1995 World Police & Fire Games inc lovely 1940 Apsley Athletic & Cycling Carnival, 1944 Spalding hand illustrated, a few 1956 Olympics, many diff 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games inc a rare example for first Commonwealth Paraplegic Games & reg for Garry Nicholls cricket bat. (22) (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

Tasmania Instructional Markings: Range of covers 1920s-80s from KGV but strength in 1970s-80s with a few received damaged, open, repaired markings, many RTS sorted by town inc 2 with large Postman check boxes, also 'your correct address' markings, repaired by tapes etc, little duplication of types (55). (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Australian Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue - Australian States Federal Period 1901-1912 covering New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria & Western Australia. Latest 2023 Edition A4 size extensively updated inc details on proofs & essays, errors & plate varieties etc, with huge amount of info not found anywhere else. 352pp. Profusely illustrated. Essential must have for collectors of this period. In colour. New. (Image1)

Estimate AU$170