Attractive batch of pre-WWII covers including 1913 to USA with 1d Kangaroo pair + NSW ½d, 1918 taxed to USA with KGV 1d red Saddle on Emu, Queensland Cotton Board covers to USA with KGV 1½d brown pair or 3d Sturt, 1934 (Dec 8) air to GB with KGV 4d & Macarthur set; registered including 1918 KGV 4d Registration Envelope with Orange Ornament on the Flap to Switzerland endorsed "Letters for ENEMY Territory", 1928 to NZ with KGV ½d orange & 4d olive tied by 'CRYSTAL BROOK/S.A' squared-circle & red/white R label, and 1933 consular cover to Peru; OHMS including 1913 registered with Kangaroos punctured Large 'OS' 2d pair (one damaged), 1920 registered with punctured 'OS' 3d Kangaroo & KGV 1½d brown, and 1937 NSW Department of Education cover with '150th Anniversary/Celebrations' advertising; flight covers; FDCs including Mitchell (Perth) 1928 Kookaburra single from M/S with red Exhibition cds, 1930 Sturt duo & 1932 Large Kookaburra; etc, all these are fine to superb, plus some others in variable condition.  (29) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Box of mostly commercial decimal covers with many airmail & registered covers, lots of better frankings including 75c Cook block of 6 on 1968 (philatelic) cover to Germany, 4c Lifesavers on 1966 Printed Matter to Germany, 25c Intelsat x2, 1967 Christmas 25c x2, 30c Captain Cook, 35c Beef x2, 1972 Christmas 35c, 45c Wattle x2 (both used in the one month before the rate went up), etc, several better destinations including Gilberts (philatelic), Japan, Luxemburg, Morocco, Northern Ireland & Saudi Arabia, and a batch from PNG, generally fine to very fine.  (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Box of pre-decimal covers & postal stationery, mostly commercial with a few States issues, some KGV &KGVI frankings, then strength in post-WWII material with many airmails, registered covers, 2/- & 2/3d commemoratives, etc, a few better destinations including Ceylon, Norway & Nova Scotia, small batch of 1930s airmail covers from Latvia (mostly stained), some postmark interest, also New Guinea 1930s registered parcel piece to California (stamps damaged), and PNG including 1957 Surcharges on plain FDC & 1950s parcel piece to America with US Customs cachet, condition variable but much is fine to very fine.  (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Commercial perfins usages including 1929 A Simpson & Son Ltd advertising cover with 'Pioneer Field Gates' illustration on reverse and KGV 1d green 'AS/&Co' perfin, 1930 International Harvester envelope with KGV 1½d red 'IH' perfin x2, 1937 Paterson Laing & Brice Ltd window-face envelope with KGV 1d green 'PL/&B' perfin solo, 1943 Henry Berry & Co KGVI 2½d Stamped-to-Order envelope with QE 1½d brown 'HB/&Co' perfin added to USA censored, 1956 David Jones Ltd QEII 3½d Stamped-to-Order envelope with QEII 3½d maroon 'DJ/LTD' perfin added airmail to New Guinea, etc, also parcel piece with Kangaroos 2/- & 1/- and KGV 4d olive pair all with Farmers elaborate 'JF' perfin, condition a little variable.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1913 (May 3) usage of Registration Envelope Kangaroos 4d orange First Type with box (Setting 2) ACSC RE1B to England with 'MOSMAN/NSW' cds and red/white R label on face (the 'Mosman' added in dark orange), Sydney & London transits and 'REGISTERED/6 JU 13/ROMFORD' oval arrival backstamps, a few minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 (Sept 29) cover registered to Germany with four-colour combination franking of New South Wales 2½d blue and Kangaroos ½d green, 2d grey & 2½d indigo tied by Sydney cds with red/white R label alongside, the back flap (with arrival marking) missing & a small closed tear clear of the stamps & markings. The rate was double 2½d per ½oz foreign letter rate plus 3d registration fee, the ½d underpayment going undetected.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1914 (July 30) usage of Scenic Letter Card Kangaroos 1d violet-brown with 'ON THE MURRAY/S. AUSTRALIA' Paddle Steamer view on reverse, to Norway without added franking and taxed with Adelaide 'T/30CTS' circular handstamp & 'T' in oval cachet, on arrival rated "24" in blue pencil with Norway Postage Dues 4o purple & 20o blue affixed tied by 'SLEVIG/19IX14' cds, small corner fault at lower-left & a few blemishes. Letter Cards were subject to letter rates, the foreign rate at the time being 2½d per ½oz.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1914 (Oct) usage of Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force 'Bush Hut Fernshaw Victoria' picture postcard by Australian serviceman Clarry Seaton with message dated "31-10-14", to Victoria carried by Adelaide - Melbourne express train with a largely very fine strike of 'ENG MAIL TPO/IN -7DE14/VIC' cds and Melbourne 'PASSED' censor handstamp in violet, unfranked and taxed on arrival with Melbourne 'T1D' oval cachet and Postage Due 1d with pencil cancel affixed, a couple of minor aging marks. Australian servicemen were not afforded free letter postage privileges until February 1915, but unfranked letters from servicemen overseas or en route were charged only single deficiency payable by the addressee. The card was written the day before the first troopship convoy left Albany (WA) but not forwarded until over a month later: this was a common practice of "censorship by delay of the mails".

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1915 (Mar 8) illustrated advertising cover fot The Cable Company to Massachusetts with Kangaroo 2½d (probably Second Wmk) tied by Melbourne machine cancel, 'PASSED' handstamp in violet.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1915 pre-printed cover to Wm Henry Maule (Seed Merchants) in Pennsylvania with Kangaroos ½d green & 4d orange plus KGV 1d red and the red/white 'CARNARVON' R label all tied by 'CARNARVON/MY18/15/WA' cds, Perth double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet in blue at lower-left, New York transit & Philadelphia arrival backstamps both in purple. Delightful.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1915 (June 21) cover to London with KGV 1d red tied by partial 'THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENSLAND' cds with another fine complete strike alongside, censored on the island with light but very fine complete 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' handstamp in violet on the face, minor aging & a couple of pencil 'doodles' on the reverse.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1916 (Jan 19) envelope to Holland with 'Per RMS Makura' handstamp & Kangaroos 2½d, censored violet/cream resealing label tied by superb 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' double-boxed handstamp in rosine plus a largely very fine strike of the scarce 'PASSED BY CENSOR/31JA16/C.S' supervisor's cds alongside, minor defects.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1918 unsealed cover endorsed "Printed Matter" to leading philatelist Hiram Deats in New Jersey with KGV 1d red tied by Sydney machine & 'HELP PAY FOR THE WAR/.../Therefore Collect Stamps' label irregularly affixed to the face.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1922 cover to "Republic Tcheco-Slovakia" with scarce franking of Kangaroos 3d olive (rounded corner) & KGV 4d violet tied by 'DULWICH HILL/NSW' cds, scarce red/white R label, Sydney & London transit backstamps.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1923 (Feb 26) usage of Victoria Education Department OHMS Penalty Envelope 1d pink with 'OS'-in-Die to Melbourne with KGV 1d red punctured 'OS' added tied by 'HAMILTON/VIC' cds, plus a similar envelope used in 1926 with KGV ½d orange punctured 'OS' added tied 'STAWELL/VIC' cds, both with a couple of minor blemishes.  (2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1923 cover with all-over promotion on the face for 'BELL,/THE/MAGICIAN', addressed to the American magician S Wilson Bailey in Massachusetts with KGV 4d ultramarine tied by Melbourne machine cancel. Lovely item. [By 1915, David Bird was a fulltime professional magician. During the 1940s, he was Resident Magician at the Melbourne Aquarium]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1925 (Nov 18) usage of Registration Envelope KGV 4½d violet ACSC RE19 to Melbourne with 'LEEDERVILLE/WESTN AUST' cds and red/white R label on face (Burt type W11; rated RRR), Melbourne '23NO25' arrival backstamps, a few very minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1926 (May 4) Pflum cover to Reading, PA endorsed "per airmail via San Francisco" with combination franking of KGV 1½d red pair and USA 4c Washington & Airmail 10c pair to pay the US internal airmail all tied by light Sydney roller cancel, San Francisco 'MAY 25' & New York 'MAY 28' transit backstamps, some aging marks & repaired lower-right corner.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1932 (March 4; two weeks prior to Opening Day) usage of Sydney Harbour Bridge illustrated telegram with message promoting the Opening Ceremonies "Great Historic Event ... also Royal Show Interstate Cricket Racing Bowling Surf and other carnivals ... Railways providing cheap excursion trains ..." from HW Newman, Secretary (for Railways), to H Chauncey, Manager Bank of NSW Taree with very fine 'TAREE/NSW' arrival cds, a few aging marks. [An almost identical form sold at our auction of 16.5.2023 for $701]  

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1936 (Nov 13) airmail to Germany endorsed "via Athens-Berlin" with KGV 4d olive & SA Centenary 1/- green x2 tied by 'KAPUNDA/STH AUST' cds with blue/white R label on face, Adelaide, Melbourne & Athens '28.XI.26' transits and 'MINDEN/-1.12.36' arrival backstamps, minor aging marks.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1936 (Dec 7) dealer's cover to USA with 1d only with rare 'MINIMUM POSTAGE COMMERCIAL/PAPERS TO ("USA") 3D' cachet (not previously seen by us) & boxed 'RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/...' handstamp, KGV 2d added & tied by Melbourne cds of the next day.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1940 (Apr 24) social PPC to New York with KGVI 3d & 1/4d tied by Melbourne slogan, jusqu'a bars applied at London. Scarce short-lived postcard rate. The 1/7d part-air rate applied 5.9.1939 to -.6.1940 only.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1955 (Dec 12) Multi-Hue Brick & Co merchant envelope to "12 Duro Street, New Guinea" [no town given] with QEII 3d green tied by Geelong machine cancel, the addressee not found at Lae or Rabual at which point the item was sent to Netherlands New Guinea with 'HOLLANDIA/18.5.56' transit on face, endorsed "Not DNG try TNG again" from where it was apparently returned to sender, minor transmission marks. Australian domestic rates applied for mail to & from Papua New Guinea: the domestic printed matter rate was 3d up to 4oz. The foreign printed matter rate was 3d up to 2oz, so the item was actually properly paid to either destination.  

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1957 (Dec 17) usage of Aerogramme 10d Plane & Globe registered to Hungary with 6d Kookaburra & 9d Platypus tied by 'WEST MARRICKVILLE/17DE57/NSW' cds & blue/white R label on face, Sydney transit backstamp but no arrival, lengthy personal message inside, the writing inside showing through otherwise very fine. The registration fee was increased from 9d per article to 1/3d on 1.10.1956, and again to 2/- from 1.10.1959. Aerogrammes sent by registered mail are not often seen.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1966 (Sept 11) usage of QEII 'DEFENCE FORCES ENVELOPE' 5c indigo registered to NSW with return address "Base Support Flight RAAF Vung Tau" and AAT Definitives 15c added tied by 'AUST F.P.O./ 3 ' cds with 'R/AFPO 3/No ...' rubber handstamp on face, Sydney & Chester Hill backstamps, undercatalogued at $200. Very scarce postally used (albeit philatelically with no message).

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200