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Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Postal Stationery
image Sale No: 251
Lot No:462
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1940s-50s apparently all-different bundle all used including KGVI Oval 2½d Barastoc Stock Feed red & blue illustrated envelope, Vacuum Oil uprated for airmail to USA, Sidney Cooke to Germany taxed, etc, and KGVI Crowned Circle 3d green Bayer's Aspirin Tablets, Harpers Easi Oats illustrated, Persil, Peters Ice Cream, etc, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine.  (59)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 340

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:463
Symbol:PS

ENVELOPES: 1920s-50s Post Office issues all used with plenty of better items including KGV 'Stars' 1½d red with KGV 3d added & 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' h/s, registered to Holland with KGV 4½d added & red 'KERANG' (Vic) R label and to Switzerland with KGV 1d green & 1½d red added tied Melbourne 'LATE FEE' cds, KGVI Oval 2½d airmail to USA 1946 uprated to 4/- and 1947 uprated to 2/6d with Mitchell 1/- pair, 1949 registered to Germany with 'ROCKLANDS DAM/VIC-AUST' cds, KGVI Crowned Circle 3½d with 'LORD HOWE ISLAND' cds x2 one registered with 9d Platypus added, with 'FINKE/NORTH-AUST' cds to Port Augusta Railways, registered airmail to Austria uprated with 3½d Food strip, etc, a couple censored & a few taxed, other postmark interest throughout, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine.  (75+)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:464
Symbol:PS

FOOD PARCEL LABELS: MYER EMPORIUM: 1946 Myer 5/10d blue (with Tear Flaw) with 'A GIFT PARCEL FROM AUSTRALIA' at the Base ACSC PL4A with Edition Number 'MO77' at Lower-Right, small repaired tear at the base, unused with the gum removed, Cat $2000.

Grade (A) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:465
Symbol:PS

LETTER CARDS: Kangaroo 1d quartet with Queensland views 'CAIRNS RAILWAY' (waterfall) in red-brown (minor soiling) & in black-brown, 'CENTRAL RLY STN' in black-brown & part-oval in blue-violet, unused.  (4)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:466
Symbol:PS

POSTAL CARDS: 1940s-50s bundle all used comprising KGVI 2d mauve domestic usages x10 two with printed messages on reverse and two uprated with 1d Princess, plus overseas airmail usages x6 including 1946 to Switzerland uprated to 9d & to USA uprated to 2/4d and 1952 from Darwin (NT) to Holland, also 2½d brown x6 including two 1951 airmail to Germany, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine.  (23)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:467
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

POSTAL CARDS: KGVI 2d mauve airmail usages to Europe uprated for the 9d rate, comprising 1944 to France and 1945 to Greece x2 & to Holland all censored, 1946 to Austria x2 and to USA via Australia-Canada first flight, to Germany in 1946 & 1947 with Allied Occupation censorship, 1951 to Switzerland with 5d Ram only added and taxed, and 1951 to Czechoslovakia, fine to very fine. A very scarce group.  (11)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:468
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: KGV 'FIVE/PENCE' on Oval 4½d violet group comprising regular-format ACSC RE24 18mm spacing unused and used x4 one to Germany with KGV 3d blue added & one to Holland with KGV 1d green pair added plus 13mm spacing used, also long-format ACSC RE25 18mm spacing unused and used x5 one to Sweden with KGV 1d green & 2d red added plus 13mm spacing used x2 both to USA, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat $800+.  (13)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 210

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:469
Symbol:PD
Cat No:Collection

WRAPPERS - STAMPED-TO-ORDER: 1966 QEII 4c red ACSC WS38 for Sydney Stock Exchange Official Gazette, to Epping (NSW) with Sydney '22FE67' parcel roller cancel, very small closed tear at upper-right not intruding on the value indicium, undercatalogued at $250.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:599
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

Unused group with Postal Cards x6 including De La Rue 1d red with Australian Widows' Fund illustrated advertisement printed on reverse & Numeral 1½d blue 'Broken Hill Silver Mines' CTO, Letter Cards 1½d orange x7 on various stocks including one with amended text on reverse & another slightly mis-perforated, Envelopes De La Rue 2d blue overprinted 'OS' plus an unstamped 'Commonwealth/Electoral Papers Only/OHMS' long-format envelope, Registration Envelopes in a variety of formats and on various stocks comprising 4d x6 including long-format with pointed flap, 'THREE PENCE' on 4d x6 and 3d x8 including De la Rue stock with value added locally, and Wrappers De La Rue 1d red on wove paper x2, condition generally fine to very fine.  (38)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:800
Symbol:PS

Remainders with Postal Cards including 1d sepia unused & used ('EAST WARD ELECTION' notice on the reverse) & a grotty but collectable 1d Fleet Card to NSW with message headed "Albany.../Sept 15 08", 1907 Tatts usage of 3d Registration Envelope from 'MT SIR SAMUEL', condition variable; also superb ½d Wrappers WR1 unused & WR3 CTO with concentric-rings cancel. Ex Brian Pope.  (28) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 440.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 480

image Sale No: 251
Lot No:801
Symbol:P
Cat No:94

POSTAL CARDS: 1879 ½d die proof in black on highly surfaced stock (92x60mm) handstamped 'Dec 11 1878' at upper-left & 'AFTER HARDENING' at upper-right and initialled "BNS" (?) at lower-right, minor surface rubbing just intrudes on the design. Ex Brian Pope. Note that the first ½d adhesive stamp, SG 94, wasn't issued until 1885.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750



Opening AU$ 1,600.00
Sold...AU$ 2,700.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 2700
image Sale No: 251
Lot No:802
Symbol:PS

POSTAL CARDS: 1892 ½d sepia-brown PC7, correct local usage with Perth duplex of AP9/1895, tiny corner fault at lower-left otherwise superb, Cat $300. Very scarce. The hand-written message is a notice for the Ladies Chess Club.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$125



Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00


Closed..May-15-2023, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 160


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