1904-12 illustrated advertising covers balance of consignment all from NSW for 1) PLC Shepherd & Son Nurserymen & Florists also with all-over adverts on the reverse, to France; 2) Prescott & Co Produce Merchants front only to USA with 'ONE HUNDRED POSTED' h/s in blue; 3) Robert C Swan & Co, underpaid to USA with Postage Due 2c; 4) G Austen & Co Seed Merchants registered to France with early Sydney R label; and 5) return-use of Quaker Stamp Co (Toledo Ohio) envelope; condition variable. (Qty 5) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1905 (Nov 11) illustrated advertising cover for WJ Moxham & Co & 'Cling Surface' printed in blue on bluish, to New York "Per RMS Sonoma" with Diadem 5d tied by 'SYDNEY/ 30 ' cds, San Francisco transit & Le Roy arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [William James Moxham was Sydney agent for many American firms. He was also a shameless self-promoter who claimed to have been a naval captain when, in fact, he was a ship's carpenter!]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1906 (Oct 30) illustrated advertising cover for Louis Gille & Co and Australian General Catholic Depot to Germany "Per RMS Britannia" with NSW ½d & 1d pair, Berlin arrival b/s. Superb! [Imprint states 'SUPPLIERS BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HIS HOLINESS PIUS X'. Suppliers of what?]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1907 illustrated advertising covers for NSW firms 1) Comino Bros Fish Oysters Fruit & Confectionary registered, 2) Australian Hotel Cowra; and 3) Criterion Hotel Narandera (error for Narrandera); all to Tattersalls in Hobart, filled spikeholes. [The two hotel types have a common generic design that was probably widely used] (Qty 3)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1907 (May 29) usage of NSW 2d STO Envelope for Reschs Ltd with illustration of the brewery in olive, to New Caledonia with ½d tied by Sydney cds, 'NOUMEA' arrival b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1912 (Oct 30) illustrated advertising cover for Harringtons Ltd Photographic Stock window envelope going abroad with NSW ½d & 1d pair, light central fold.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1919 (June 5) illustrated advertising cover for Hiscox's Guildford Hotel with Third Wmk 6d blue tied by 'GUILDFORD/WA' cds, large blank R label with 'GUILDFORD' h/s, to America with Perth transit & New York arrival b/s, part of the flap removed on opening. Ex 'Tillie Mitchell': sold at our auction of 29.8.2020 for $575.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1919 (July 4) illustrated advertising cover for Craven's Drapers of the Moment (!) registered double-rate to GB with Kangaroos Third Wmk 2½d & 3d tied by 'RUNDLE STREET/ADELAIDE' cds, early red/white R label, minor blemishes & repaired flap fault. The rate was Empire Letter 1d per ½oz x2 + ½d War Tax + 3d registration = 5½d.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

1919 (Dec 31) illustrated advertising cover for Essex R Picot Ltd to New York with Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d tied by 'HELP REPATRIATION/BUY/WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES' slogan cancel, minor blemishes. The rate was Foreign Letter 2½d + ½d War Tax.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1920 (Feb 11) illustrated advertising cover for The NSW Bookstall to New Jersey with KGV 1½d brown x2 - with varieties ACSC 85(8)L & 85(5)k - tied by Krag slogan cancel of Sydney, minor blemishes. The Foreign Letter rate was 2½d + ½d war tax. The rate rose to 4d on 1.10.1920.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

1921 (Aug 17) illustrated advertising window envelope for Queensland Machinery Co window envelope underpaid to the USA with KGV 2d orange only tied by Brisbane machine, '20/CTMS/T' h/s & 'US CHARGE/COLLECT 4 CENTS' h/s, torn across the window still a beautiful cover.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1921 (Oct) illustrated advertising cover for Wincombe Carson Ltd & 'Lister' Oil Engines, to New York with KGV 1d red & 2d orange tied by Brisbane cds, minor bends.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1927 (May 19) illustrated advertising cover for EW Cole Book Arcade with monochrome rainbow!, to Portland (b/s) with KGV 2d & Canberra 1½d tied by 'BOURKE STREET E/MELBOURNE' cds with red/white 'Bourke-street East' R label, repaired flap fault. Registered advertising covers are rarely seen.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1932 (Dec 30) illustrated advertising cover for Nobles Ltd - with 'PTY.' h/s added - Transport & Customs Agents to GB with KGV 2d tied by Brisbane 'PREVENT/BUSH FIRES' slogan, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1934 (Jan 17) illustrated advertising cover for Robert Fleming & Barnet Glass Tyres to Perth with KGV 1d green pair & 3d tied by 'KELLERBERRIN/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, blue & black/white R label, minor soiling.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1934 (March) illustrated advertising cover for Albert & Son Books & Music by air to Sydney with KGV 5d tied by 'PREVENT/BUSH FIRES' slogan of Perth.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1935 (May 3) illustrated advertising cover for 'Cooinoo, Turramurra' registered to England with KGV 5d tied by superb 'TURRAMURRA/NSW' cds, blue/white R label 'No 0001' (fault), opened-out. [The stately home Cooinoo on Kissing Point Road, was built for William James Adams, heir to the Tattersall's fortune. During the 1920s, it was converted into an upmarket guest house]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1936 illustrated advertising cover for Matches (Aust) Ltd to Switzerland with Kangaroo 2/- maroon + KGV 1d green tied by 'LATE FEE/SYDNEY NSW - AIR MAIL/SECTION/GPO' slogan cancel, Paris transit b/s.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1936 (Oct 23) illustrated advertising cover for Wenzel Pty Ltd by air to Harrods in London with 6d Large Kookaburra, 1/- SA Centenary & KGV 1d tied by Melbourne cds of 25OC34 (error for '36'), opened-out. Most attractive. [Wenzel & Co is an Australian-owned wholesale textiles business, founded in Melbourne in 1911]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1937 (Mar 4) illustrated advertising cover for Hygienic Baby Carriages with Stork delivering Baby, printed matter usage to Geelong with KGV 1d green tied by 'COM'LTH ELECTIONS/VOTING/COMPULSORY' slogan of Melbourne.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1937 (July 22) Exide Batteries Starting Lighting Radio multi-coloured illustrated advertising envelope showing motor car with headlights on country road, sent registered to Queensland with KGV 1d green & 2d red pair tied 'GUYRA/NSW' cds with blue R label alongsdie, carried by train with TPO 2 NORTH/DN-24JL37/NSW' transit b/s, re-directed on arrival with 'POST OFFICE/TENTERFIELD, NSW' arrival b/s, couple of minor blemishes. The illustration looks like an adhesive label, but it is definitely printed on the envelope. Pre-WWII multi-colour advertising envelopes are very scarce.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100