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image Sale No: 254
Lot No:3323
Symbol:O=C
Cat No:Collection

Balance of collection with a selection of mostly very fine complete Commonwealth-period strikes on piece noted 'CANNING WEIR', 'INGLEWOOD NORTH' 1929 on KGV ½d orange & 4d olive (ERD & superb), 'JOURDIE HILLS' on 1d Kangaroo, 'No1 STATE MILL VIA MANJIMUP', 'TUART HILL' 1934 on blank blue R label (ERD), 'WALLAL' 1914 x2  on 1d Kangaroo strip of 3 (LRD) and many more, a few 'PAID' cds & machine cancels, then a bundle of Colonial-era strikes and four thin sparsely-filled stockbooks of Swans, Decimal-period stockbook of strikes on piece plus covers x100+ with various machine cancels, etc. Plenty of pickings throughout. Ex Cecil Walkley. Weighs 6kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 700.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00


Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 700

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:3324
Symbol:=

Mail Bag Seals of 'COLLIE CARDIFF', 'MONGERS PARK', 'TARIN ROCK F.B.', 'WALLIS SIDING' and 'WANNAMAL', posthumous per favour impressions in red wax on cards, each in a protective pouch with an illustration alongside. Impossible to obtain any other way. Ex Cecil Walkley. (5) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:3325
Symbol:C

Bayswater: 'SAVINGS BANK/17DE/12/BAYSWATER' framed cds (22mm diameter; dot arcs; unrecorded by PMI), largely very fine complete strike on 1d rose on French 'Bordeaux - La Passerelle' postcard to England, minor blemishes not affecting the stamp or cancel. RMB 1.1.1895; PO 1.8.1898 [Suburb 6km NE of Perth]. Ex Cecil Walkley.

Grade A- A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00


Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 260

image Sale No: 254
Lot No:3326
Symbol:C

Mount Sir Samuel: 'MT SIR SAMUEL/SP 4/01/W.A.' framed cds (PMI Type CDS 3b), fine complete strike alongside 2d yellow tied by large-part 11-bar Dumb Obliterator on Tatts cover, carried by train with largely very fine 'GOLDFIELDS/SP 9/10/T.P.O.' cds (PMI Type EG 5) transit backstamp [year error; not recorded after 1907], minor blemishes not affecting the stamp or cancels. RO -.4.1897; PO 1.10.1900; RO 29.6.1917; Free Bag 1.7.1930; PO 15.5.1935; Free Bag 24.9.1951; closed 27.4.1956 [Gold Mining; 43km N of Agnew]. The Pope & Reynolds (2005) census does not record the use of any Dumb Obliterator at Mount Sir Samuel: it is possible that this may be 12- or 13-bar, but 11-bar appears to be the most likely. Ex Cecil Walkley.

Grade A- A2- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
image Sale No: 254
Lot No:3327
Symbol:S

Trans Australia Railway: ‘TPO TRANS RAILWAY/28JUL15/WESTN AUSTRALIA’ cds fine large-part strike ('...WAY' and base inscription faint) on KGV 1d red. Very scarce. PO 26.1.1915; closed 21.1.1918. A lesser strike on KGV 4d orange sold at our auction of 2.10.2021 for $566.

Grade A A3- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Dec-06-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75


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