'RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/SHORT PAID ...' cachet in violet on 1938 cover to USA with KGVI 2d red to which a QE 1d green has been added and then forwarded, also similar cachet in purple on 1947 Small Arms Factory, Lithgow NSW OHMS cover to USA with 2½d meter cancel apparently forwarded without any additional postage paid, plus 1950 Government Statistician, Brisbane window-face cover originally franked with 2½d Forrest only and 1d Princess added after a typed notice with similar wording was attached, the first with a couple of minor blemishes. Scarce trio. (Qty 3)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Pre-World War I Military Mail with NSW 1d 'OS' Envelope with 'Cadet Corps at ["Casino"]' imprint at L/L, 1900 1d Postal Card to Malta with three part-strikes of the rare 'THE CAMP/NSW' cds (ERD & the only recorded examples on cover), 1901 1d Postal Card with message headed "Paddington Camp", and 1911 PPC 'SCEGS Sanitorium, School House, Library' to a cadet at Waverley with ...Captain/Area Officer/Training Area 19B' cachet in violet (the only such pre-WWI cachet we have seen); South Australia Postal Cards with printed advices for Tatiara Defence Rifle Club (outside) & SA Rifle Volunteer Force, PPC of school cadet, and 1911 'RECORD BOOK' re exemptions from attending military training issued to a schoolboy & details of two unit transfers with 'RIFLES CLUB OFFICE/SA' cachet in red on the reverse; Tasmania mail to militiamen at Ulverstone (1905), Forth (1910 - with '1st Battalion Tasmanian Rangers' imprint - & undated) or Ross Camp (1911 and 1913), also 1916 with 'TASMANIAN RANGERS' crest on flap and 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' cds to Egypt; Victoria OHMS envelope with '...COMPANY/Victorian Mounted Rifles' imprint at at L/L, minor blemishes, 1895 OHMS postcard with 'C BATTERY/Field Artillery Brigade/Albert Park' imprint at L/L, PPC headed "12-4-09 Camp/Langwarrin", YMCA Field Service Department postcard headed "Wallan/4.3.1913", and 1d Letter Card headed "13th AAMC/Lilydale/10.2.14" with 'MILITARY ENCAMPMENT/VIC' cds; condition a bit mixed. A very scarce group. (Qty 19) (Image1)

Estimate AU$460

Interesting bundle with a variety of instructional markings including 'NO POST TOWN' on 1918 cover with KGV ½d green pair, 'POSTED/OUT OF/COURSE' on 1925 cover from Sydney, 'CLOSED' on 1932 registered cover, 'More to pay 1d LATE FEE' on 1935 cover from Werris Creek (torn), 'POSTAGE INSUFFICIENT/FOR AIR MAIL ...' on 1953 cover to UK, range of 'NOT KNOWN ...' and similar on 20+ covers, 1941 to Canada censored with 'REBUTS' h/s, etc, also 'Thursday Island' postcard with 1916 message written on board SS Mataram and KGV 1d red tied 'DARWIN NT' cds, plus a small group of WWI military items noted unused 'Motor Work Shops' postcard inscribed 'Printed on Board Troopship A40 ... Mediterranean Sea, Feb 1915' and a few 'OAS' covers with various FPO cancels, etc, etc, condition is variable but many are fine to very fine. (Qty 50+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Sydney machine cancels on covers & cards including 1909 & 1911 postcards with two slightly different continuous rollers, 1919 'BUY PEACE BONDS' roller slogan on KGV 1½d brown to UK, 1920 'HELP REPATRIATION' roller slogan with year as '20' only on KGV 1½d brown x2 to USA and another strike on KGV 1½d brown to UK, 1930s group of 'trip' cancels with date-heads 'CITY BOX', 'PILLAR BOX', 'CIRCULAR BOX', 'OVERSEA BOX' including two on postcards to England with KGV 1½d brown Die II solos, 1937 airmail to UK with 'LATE FEE' date-head, also 1940s-50s with range of slogans including on KGVI stamped-to-order envelopes x3 different, plus a few meters, advertising envelopes, etc, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine. (Qty 33) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1930s-60s commercial mail group including 1938 airmail to Canada "via London' at 1/8d rate, 1941 PanAm Clipper airmail to USA with KGVI 3d blue, 4d Koala pair, 2/- Kangaroo & 5/- Robes paying second weight-step (4/- + 3/11d) censored, 1953 KGVI 1/0/½d Registration Envelope airmail to Israel with QEII Coronation 7½d & 2/- and others making up double 2/- per ½oz airmail rate plus 9d registration fee, 1955 long cover (cut-down) airmail to UK with Olympics Publicity 2/- blue x9, 1957 airmail parcel tag with QEII 2d green, 1/- Lyrebird x5 plus AAT 2/- Map, 1961 airmail to Djibouti, France (!) with QEII 3d green, 6d Anteater & Colombo Plan 1/- x6 paying triple 2/3d per ½oz rate, 1964 to UK with 2/3d Cable pair, 1964 airmail parcel piece to Scotland with Navigators 4/- Tasman and a variety of other issues making up 33/- rate, various airmail postcards including 1955 to Hungary with 1/- Lyrebird solo & 1961 to Germany with 1/2d meter, 1/2d Thylacine solo on 1965 PPC to Holland and on 1965 greeting card rate envelope to Italy, etc, condition a little mixed but many are fine to very fine. (Qty 38) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1950s-60s covers with AAT Pre-Decimal frankings commercially used from Australia, all values represented comprising 2/- Map solos on airmail to UK tied 'GREENSLOPES REPAT HOSP/QLD-AUST' cds, to Sweden & to USA plus uprating a QEII 3½d Lettercard airmail to USA with ½d Kangaroo, and a pair on 1957 airmail cover to Latvia "Soviet Union" returned, 5d Magnetic Pole brown solo on Frost Engineering, Hamilton, Vic envelope and five singles (one faulty) on airmail cover to Japan, 8d Oil Drums solo "Ship Mail' from Melbourne to NSW, 1/- Dog Team on Certified Mail cover with QEII 2d, 2/3d Pengiun solo airmail to Italy, on 1962 registered cover with QEII 2d green, and on similar 1964 registered cover with boxed 'AR' cachet, 5d Magnetic Pole blue solo on Derby, WA illustrated tourist envelope and with QEII 3d green & 1/- Colombo Plan on 'SPECIAL DELIVERY' cover with red label, and 5d Mawson solo on High Court of Australia OHMS cover, condition a little mixed but mostly fine to very fine. Rarely seen group. (Qty 15) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1913 (Feb 17) 'Cape Bridgewater' picture postcard sent from "Portland/Feb 17th" to Bung Bong with Kangaroo 1d red solo franking tied 'T.P.O.11/UP 18FE13/VICTORIA' cds, taxed with oval 'T 1D/L[ATE] FEE' h/s in violet at U/L and 1d Postage Due affixed tied by initials in red crayon, couple of minor aging marks. Apparently posted directly onto the train at Portland; as the card was franked for the 1d postcard rate only without the 'late fee' payable for this service, it was taxed. From Portland there were two options to get the item to Bung Bong, situated on the Ararat-Maryborough railway line: 1) direct by way of the Portland Line to Ararat (which did not have a TPO service); or 2) by a 'great circle route' via the Port Fairy Line to Geelong and the Ballarat Line to Ararat. The use of the 'TPO 11' cds employed on the Ballarat Line strongly suggests that the item was carried by this circuitous route; however, the possibility remains that this canceller was applied at Ararat, to which the Ballarat Line mail vans occassionally extended their trips (see Molnar & Waugh p32).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1913 (Aug 12) usage of Kangaroo 1d brown Scenic Letter Card ('Central Rwy Stn, Brisbane' view) to Austria with added combination franking of New South Wales ½d green and Kangaroo 1d red tied Sydney cds paying 2½d per ½oz foreign letter rate, lengthy personal message inside, neatly opened in the European tradition without tearing off the perforated edges, a couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1913 PPC underpaid PPC to Sweden with Kangaroo 1d only & 'NSW/T/10' h/s, Swedish black/green 'LOSEN' (= taxed) label & 4o violet x2 with pencil cancels, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1913 (Nov 17) usage of Western Australia 3d brown Registration Envelope to England with added combination franking of Kangaroo 1d red pair & single tied by fair strike of 'NEWCARNIE/WEST AUST' cds paying triple 1d per ½oz Empire letter rate plus 3d registration fee, no registration label but endorsed "No.121" on face, 'SCARBOROUGH/DE14/13' arrival b/s, a few bends & aging marks but still presentable.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1913 (Nov 20) Australian Museum Sydney OHMS envelope with logo on back flap sent to France with combination franking of NSW 2d blue and Kangaroo ½d green both punctured 'OS/NSW' tied by Sydney continuous machine cancel paying 2½d foreign letter rate, Paris arrival b/s, skilfully repaired U/R corner leaving small part back flap missing, minor blemishes.

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1913-15 Kangaroo frankings on advertising covers group comprising Heindorff Bros, Brisbane large-format 'Gramophone' illustration envelope with ½d green solo paying printed matter rate (repaired edge faults), Accident Underwriters patented perforated envelope with ½d pair (pencil cancels), Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works postcard with ½d solo 'MBW' perfin (torn before affixing), Robert Reid & Co window envelope with 1d solo 'RR/& Co' perfin, also 1d singles on two matching Jagger & Kibblewhite and ET Kibblewhite & Co envelopes to London, on two Union Bank postcards, on St George Starr-Bowkett Ballot & Sale Society (!) with 'UNCLAIMED' cachet, and on Union Manufacturing & Agency Co envelope, some blemishes but still presentable. Attractive group. (Qty 10)

Grade A-/(B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1914 (Feb 10) usage of New South Wales 3d red Registration Envelope with flap & value on reverse to Switzerland with added combination franking of Kangaroo ½d green & First Watermark 2d grey (ACSC $275 for non-solo use on cover; rounded corner) tied 'NEW ANGLEDOOL' cds paying 2½d per ½oz foreign letter rate plus 3d registration fee, no registration label but endorsed "139" on face, Sydney transit and 'WEGGIS/20.III.14' arrival b/s, light crease on reverse & minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1914 (May 22) Fred Hagen cover with his seal across the flap registered to Massachusetts with scarce albeit philatelic combination franking of Kangaroos First Wmk 1/- (corner fault; Cat $1250 on cover) + Qld 1d & SAust 5d, US postmarks including boxed 'PASSED FREE OF DUTY/PORT OF BOSTON, MASS' h/s on the face & 'BOSTON (BACK BAY STA) MASS/REGISTERED' arrival b/s, minor soiling & bends. The rate was Foreign Letter 2½d per ½oz x6 + 3d registration = 1/6d.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1914 (May 12) Longmores Melbourne Chemists envelope with pre-printed return address and Engraved KGV 1d carmine-red solo franking (ACSC $300 on cover) tied 'OUYEN/VICTORIA' cds paying the domestic letter rate, couple of minor aging marks.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1914 (July 28) cover to Germany with Kangaroos 1d red Die IIA pair (one damaged before being affixed) & ½d green tied by Sydney machine cancel, British complete 'G [crown] R/OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/RETURNED LETTER SECTION/...' label across the flap, very fine boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/APR 15 1915/II. M.D.' cachet in blue over 'RETURN TO SENDER.' h/s in purple, Sydney DLO b/s of APR/22/1915, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1914 (Oct 27) cover to Netherlands Indies with Kangaroos ½d green & 1d red pair tied 'THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENSLAND' cds, censored locally with a very fine strike of the large 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' cachet (83x10mm) in violet on face, return address of crew member (or passenger?) on board the Royal Dutch Packet Steamer "SS Houtman", '[WEL]TEVREDEN/6.12.14' arrival b/s partly missing where a seal (?) has been excised from the flap, a few rather minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1914-15 Kangaroo frankings on official mail group comprising Deputy Federal Commissioner of Taxation postcard on pink stock with 1d punctured Large 'OS' solo (ACSC $150), Public Health Department postcard with 1d punctured Small 'OS' solo (ACSC $200), two NSW long OHMS envelopes for Crown Land Agent's Office with 1d punctured 'OS/NSW' solo and for Commissioners of Taxation (envelope faults) with 1d punctured 'OS/NSW' pair, and Australian Museum postcard (hole-punched) to Tasmania with ½d green pair punctured 'OS/NSW', most are fine to very fine. (Qty 5)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1915 usage of Dutch KPM PPC of Sulawesi to California with KGV 1d red only tied by part-'THURSDAY ISLAND' cds, complete 93x6mm 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s in violet. [Between 1912 & 1918 postcards to America were accepted at the concessional rate of 1d, instead of 1½d]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1915 (July 2) part-front to Pennsylvania with very scarce 4-Colour franking of Kangaroos First Wmk 2½d indigo, 3d olive pair & 1/- bright blue-green + Second Wmk 2d grey tied by Melbourne cds, some perf faults, horizontal crease through the stamps & vertical crease at left. The rate was Foreign Letter 2½d x9 = 1/10½d. [NB: the Second Wmk 2d was issued -.1.1915, the 2½d in -.7.1915 & the 1/- in -.8.1915. The Third Wmk 3d was issued -.10.1915]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1915 (Aug 4) cover to USA with combination franking of KGV 1d red pair plus Western Australia ½d Swan tied by Melbourne continuous machine cancel paying 2½d foreign letter rate, censored with 'P a s s e d' h/s in violet applied at Melbourne on face, couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1915 (Aug 24) OHMS long envelope sent locally registered with Kangaroo First Watermark 2d grey punctured Small 'OS' pair (ACSC $400 for non-solo use) tied by Perth cds with red R label alongside paying the 1d per ½oz domestic letter rate plus 3d registration fee, returned with 'NOT KNOWN ...' h/s and 'CALLED/LCR' [Letter Carrier Room] boxed d/s in violet on face and 'L.C.ROOM/PERTH' cds on reverse, 'D.L.O./PERTH' [Dead Letter Office] d/s with docketing number also on face, contents enclosed being a notice from the Assistant Registrar of Titles, a couple of very minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1915-18 WWI Military Camps in Australia covers with KGV 1d reds tied by 'ENOGGERA CAMP' x2 (one an illustrated YMCA front), 'MILITARY CAMP MITCHAM', 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' in blue & 'MILITARY CAMP/GEELONG' with 'THE SALVATION ARMY/CAMP AND INSTITUTE' imprint at U/L, rather mixed condition. (Qty 5)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1916 (Aug 21) cover registered to England with KGV 1d red pairs x2 tied 'BROOKTON/WESTN AUST' cds paying 1d Empire rate plus 3d registration fee, large blank red 'R' label zig-zag rouletted at top & left (Burt type W5a) affixed at U/L used provisionally with 'BROOKTON' h/s, Perth & London Registered b/s, a few aging marks and closed edge tears.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1916 (Sep 27) commercial cover to Temora with scarce franking of 4d lemon-yellow (Cat $600 on cover) tied by very fine 'JUNEE/NSW' cds, red & black/white R label, light overall soiling.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200