RAILWAY STAMPS: Accumulation including scarcer values noted 1891 No Wmk 3/- violet & brown overprinted 'OS' very fine, 1918-25 NSW/R Wmk 4d red & green, 5d rose & 2/- blue & light blue (faults) plus Crown/A Wmk (apparently unlisted by Elsmore) 5d pink (pulled perf) & 1/- violet (faults) and 1929 Design 3/-, then a quantity of Decimal issues in envelopes with values to $10, also a few pages of Victorian Decimal issues with values to $5, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine.  (few 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

REVENUES - STAMP DUTY: KEVII 10/- gold & pale blue with 'NUF' commercial perfin solo affixed to Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Limited 'Renewal Receipt' document tied by very fine complete '19FEB1917' oval company datestamp in violet, small thin & minor folds not affecting the adhesive.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

REVENUES - STAMP DUTY: Insurance documents comprising 1898 United receipt with QV 1/- solo, 1910 Royal receipt with KEVII 9d solo, 1915 North British & Mercantile receipt with KEVII 2d pair & 1/-, 1921 Royal policy with KEVII 4d & 5/- 'RI/Co/Ld' perfins, 1925 Liverpool & London & Globe policy with KEVII 4d 4/- & 5/- 'LLG' perfins, 1949 Promissory Note with 1/- red impressed plus other receipts x7, a few with minor faults but generally fine to very fine.  (14)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POSTAL STATIONERY - ENVELOPES - OFFICIAL: 1890-93 'OS' 1d violet from various printings each with printed 'Department of Public Instruction' address & 'OFFICIAL RETURNS ONLY' at U/L from seven Public Schools and four Infants Schools at Albion Street & Leichhardt Street both in Sydney, Cooma & Young, various cancels including numerals, also 1886 usage of OHMS 'O S' Overprint on 1d red 'WISEMANS-FERRY' to 'WINDSOR', good to fine.  (12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL STATIONERY - POSTAL CARDS: 1897 printer's proof without stamp 'HORNSBY LIGHT HOUSE/SYDNEY NSW' in grey-black, a couple of tiny blemishes otherwise superb. A very rare unadopted design by the Government Printer, William Gullick. Only six examples, all in different colours, are known.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTMARKS - NUMERAL CANCELS: Collection with many better throughout including a superb '1272' of Upper Coldstream (RRRR) on 1d Arms pair, '1401' of Bringagee (RR) & '1491' of Merigal (RR) and classics First Types '26' of Shoalhaven & '47' of Tumut and '141' in rays of Cundleton on Diadem 2d imperfs, '72' in rays of Wee Waa on (6d) 'REGISTERED' imperf & '104' of Sofala on Diadem 6d imperf, also CDS strikes on Colonial-period and a few KGV Heads, then a range on Tatts mail and other 1890s-1910s covers & postcards including '36' multiple strikes on parcel post label, very fine '1513' (RRR) tied to 'LLANGOTHLIN' cds on 1½d Letter Card, etc, condition mixed but many are fine to very fine. An excellent basis for expansion.  (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POSTMARKS - DATESTAMPS: Collection from A-K on leaves mostly 1960s-80s complete strikes on stamps on piece plus a small box full of partly-sorted strikes from KGV Heads to modern, another shoebox with 1980s 'PAID' cds in red on 100+ covers, a stockbook with TPO cds from the Colonial period to modern some on covers with many superb strikes, also a duplicated batch of loose registration labels, condition mixed but mostly fine to very fine. An excellent basis for expansion. Weighs 6kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POSTAL HISTORY: 1846 (Aug 30) tiny 'ladies' envelope used locally to "Bligh Street" with fine strike of 'POST PAID/AT SYDNEY' boxed handstamp in red rated "2"[d] and light but very fine ' 1 /O CLOCK' cachet alongside, large-part very fine '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFF[ICE]/SYDNEY' datestamp on reverse (because there was simply no more room on the face), a couple of very minor blemishes & miniscule pen annotation on reverse. A Two Penny Post was established in Sydney in 1831. From 1.1.1850 the rate was reduced to 1d per ½oz up to 1oz and 2d per 1oz thereafter. After -.7.1839, time markings were used only on local Sydney letters, the '1 o'clock' indicating that the item was posted before the the afternoon delivery and would be delivered later that day. One of the smallest 'covers' we have seen, and certainly the earliest such item we know about.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POSTAL HISTORY: 1857 (Oct 13) mourning cover to London endorsed "via Marsailes" [sic] with Diadems Imperf 6d grey & 1/- red (both four close to good margins) with bars cancels & Sydney backstamp, 'LONDON/DE 9/57/PAID' arrival in red on face, very fine, plus an earlier mourning cover to "Huntingdonshire", England endorsed "Per ship Maid of Judah" with Diadems Imperf 6d grey (four margins; minor faults), Sydney 'NO*25/1856' backstamp and superb large '3' accountancy marking on face, 'PLYMOUTH/FE28/1857/ B / SHIP LETTER' transit and 'PETERBOROUGH/MR 2/1857' arrival backstamps, minor blemishes. NSW retained half the postage on mail carried by private ships, hence the '3'[d] marking. Accountancy was abolished from 1.1.1857, each administration retaining the whole of the pre-paid postage.  (2)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400