1930s-60s pre-decimal array including registered, express, censored & military mail, solo frankings & scarcer airmail rates; plus FDCs, postal stationery, and a few replica cards of pre-decimal stamps etc. Nice variety.(100+) (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$120

1930s-1990s covers in two shoeboxes with pre-decimal FDCs, decimal commercially used PSEs (some uprated), lots of decimal commemorative/pictormark covers; also 1954 3d concession rate cover,  QEII 4c Lettercards optd 'SPECIMEN ONLY' (7), plus Priority Paid & taxed covers and few foreign interlopers. Worth investigating. (100s) (Image)

Estimate AU$150-250
Min. Bid. AU$110

1960s-1990s decimal covers with registered, certified and priority paid mail, state perfins; also postal stationery (some duplication), PSEs and other philatelic mail. Good variety. (100+) (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$70

1917 (Aug.7) Ackland registered cover to Russia with attractive combination franking of KGV 1d red, Tasmania 2d Pictorial & SA 2½d tied by REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/MELBOURNE datestamps, red/white registration label, MOSCOW '26.10.17' arrival backstamp (during the October Revolution), the cover undelivered and returned to Melbourne via Kobe, Japan (backstamp), DEAD LETTER OFFICE/MELBOURNE '7FE18' datestamp on face.  (Image)

Estimate AU$240-280
Min. Bid. AU$170

1919 (Oct.27) cover from New Jersey to Melbourne bearing 6c Air Post for 1oz USA internal airmail service, thence by surface. The earliest known airmail service accelerated item USA-Australia. Ex Perry (2013 realized $2213)  (Image)

Estimate AU$500-750
Min. Bid. AU$380

1928 (Oct. 10) postcard from Friedrichshafen to Sydney with Graf Zeppelin oval 'Mit/Luftschiff LZ127/befördert' handstamp in blue, bearing 1928 2Rm Graf Zeppelin for airmail surcharge to US and 15pf UPU postcard rate, 'MIT LUFTPOST' etiquette tied by datestamp, carried on LZ127 Graf Zeppelin Oct.11 flight to New York (Oct .16 arrival), thence by surface to Australia. Extremely rare commercial Zeppelin article destined for Australia. (Image)

Estimate AU$900-1,200
Min. Bid. AU$70

1940 (Oct. 29) censored cover from Kudat, NORTH BORNEO to Sydney endorsed 'By BOAC' for Horseshoe route, bearing aggregate franking of 60c for post-EAMS combined airmail rate 60c per ½oz, rare framed 'PASSED BY/12/CENSOR/NORTH BORNEO' handstamp. (Image)

Estimate AU$250-350
Min. Bid. AU$180

1941 (June 24) inwards censored cover from Dangawan Estate, Jesselton, North Borneo to Sydney bearing aggregate 60c franking (plus compulsory 2c War Tax stamp for overseas mail), reasonable strike of rare triangular 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/8/NORTH BORNEO' handstamp in violet (height 36mm), minor blemishes. (Image)

Estimate AU$200-300
Min. Bid. AU$160