Great Britain and British Commonwealth Postal Stationery - Postal Cards
Sale No: 231
Lot No:244
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection
Mostly unused selection with Fullface 1d ACSC #P1 & P23 x2, Coronation 1d Prince (used), Victorian Scenes 'SPRING ST' (used), Kangaroo 1d with 'OHMS' above Stamp, Sideface 1d Die 1 #P27 x4 (two used), #P28 x2 & Die 2 #P28d, 1½d brown with Footer & with Footer Removed, 2d scarlet CTO, 1d violet, 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1d Die 3, etc, also Stamped to Order Sideface ½d ACSC #PS5 for Department of Defence (used, minor blemishes) & KGVI Oval 1d green (creased, used), generally fine to very fine, Cat $3500 approximately.
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1911 Fullface 'ADDRESS ONLY...' 1d with Underlined 'OHMS' Overprint Above the Header ACSC #P1ea, handwritten message for South Australian Department of Mines, used, Cat $500. Rare.
Sale No: 231
Lot No:249
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection
1911 Coronation 1d ACSC #P2-19 group of all-different portraits of KGV x6, Queen Mary & Prince of Wales x2, two with printed address & advice for GA Bremer & Co, unused, Cat $1125.
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1913 Kangaroo 1d Original Die with 'OHMS' Above Heading ACSC #P24ea & 'BOARD OF ADVICE' notice on reverse, superb 'BIRDWOOD/31JL34/STH-AUST' cds, Cat $350. Extraordinarily late usage.
1917 Re-Issue of 1d+1d Reply CardsTasmania 1892 '1d.' on 1½d outward-half with 'THE ANNEXED CARD IS INTENDED/FOR THE ANSWER' Barred-Out ACSC #P39, unused, Cat $3000.
1917 Re-Issue of 1d+1d Reply Cards Tasmania 1892 '1d.' on 1½d reply-half with 'REPLY' Barred-Out ACSC #P40, unused, Cat $3000. [John Sinfield's example sold at the Prestige auction of 14.11.2014 for $2645]
1918 New Shaded Heading 1d red ACSC #P47 with printed advice for S Hoffnung & Co & uprated with KGV ½d green - 'SH/&/Co LTD' perfin - for the War Tax, corner bend at lower-left & a bit soiled, Cat $1500. Rare: the ACSC states that fewer than 10 used & only three unused examples have been recorded. All the used examples have been uprated. The vast majority from this printing were surcharged.
1919-23 Penny Halfpenny Sideface 1½d brown with 'OS/NSW' Puncture BW #51e for Sydney Harbour Trust, 1½d red-brown with 'OS/NSW' Puncture ACSC #P52e 1) for the Lands Department & 2) with Missing Pin in 'O' & Damaged Pin at U/L of 'N', for Sydney Harbour Trust, a few faults, Cat $700. Scarce trio.
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1919-23 Penny Halfpenny Sideface 1½d emerald-green with Footnote Added ACSC #P54 to Illinois uprated with KGV ½d green tied by Adelaide Krag machine cancel with scarce 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION/ALWAYS ASK FOR/AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS' slogan, minor blemishes, Cat $300. A very scarce uprating.
1919-23 Penny Halfpenny Sideface 1½d emerald-green with Footnote Added ACSC #P54, to New Zealand in 1924 with Melbourne slogan cancel, Cat $300. Superb!
1923 'ONE/PENNY' Surcharges 1d on 1½d brown without Footnote (#P52) with Overprint Misplaced Diagonally BW #58ca with printed advice for Michaelis Hallenstein & Co, discolouration at the base, addressed but unused, Cat $1250. [The ACSC states only one example is recorded]
1923 'ONE/PENNY' Surcharges 1d on 1½d emerald without Footnote & the Surcharge Significantly Misplaced ACSC #P59d with unlisted plate flaw Broken Line to Right of 'CARD', unused, Cat $1250+. [This is an unlisted variety & a more dramatic misplacement than the card illustrated in the ACSC, which item is stated to be unique]
Sale No: 231
Lot No:274
Symbol:PS
Cat No:P61e & 62e
1924-37 KGV Sideface 1d green Die 1 on Buff for Sydney Harbour Trust & 1d green Die 3 on White for Lands Department both punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC #P61e & 62e, a couple of tiny problems, Cat $450.
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Sale No: 231
Lot No:275
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection
1924-37 KGV Sideface 1½d brown with 83mm Footnote ACSC #P67 x2 (one in a very unusual dull shade with RACQ notice on the reverse), & with 88½mm Footnote #P68(1) in a brighter shade, and on Flimsy Stock #P68(2), unused, Cat $420+.
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1924-37 KGV Sideface 1½d brown with 83mm Footnote and No Stop after 'Empire ' punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC #P67d/e for Sydney Harbour Trust, unused & unpriced thus. Superb!
1938-51 KGVI Issues 1½d brown punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC #P70e for the Maritime Services Board, to Mosman with Sydney slogan cancel, Cat $400. [The damaged pins in 'O' & 'N' had been replaced by mid-1936]
1938-51 KGVI Issues Queen Mother 1d+1d with two 'OS/NSW' Perfins BW #P71e for the Government Printing Office, to Perth in 1943 with Sydney machine cancel, Cat $500. A very desirable "doubleton". Ex John Sinfield: sold at the Prestige auction of 8.11.2013 for $437.
Sale No: 231
Lot No:280
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection
1938-51 KGVI Issues 2d mauve on off-white stock punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC #P72(2)e for the Government Printing Office, to Gunnedah in 1948 with Sydney slogan cancel, Cat $300. [This was the last Postal Card provided with the 'OS/NSW' perfin]