POSTAL CARDS: ½d William Bell Essay Se-Tenant Pair in rose-red with void or lined background, both units with Reversed 'Q' of 'QUEENSLAND', on ungummed, unwatermarked paper. Only example known.Ex Besancon.  (Image)

Estimate AU$300-400
Min. Bid. AU$240

POSTAL CARDS: 1880 1d unissued Postal Card Essay in Black with two impressions of the First Sideface 1d Die I in the upper-left or upper-right corners of the card, with identical wording on the face and reverse to the ½d Postal Card essay (see lot 1). Only 3 recorded.Ex R.A. Butler.     (Image)

Estimate AU$4,000-5,000
Min. Bid. AU$

POSTAL CARDS: Perkins Bacon Die Proof of Chalon Head vignette used in the 1880 Postal Card design, on thick ungummed, unwatermarked wove paper.Ex Perkins Bacon Archives.  (Image)

Estimate AU$400-600
Min. Bid. AU$320

POSTAL CARDS: (H&G #1) 1882 (Jun.19) use of 1d Postal Card from BOGANTUNGAN to South Australia, taxed as deemed invalid for interstate use, taxed at 2d double deficiency with boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY/PRE-PAID' handstamp applied.The 1d Postal Card rate was not introduced to the Australian Colonies until January 1887 so 1d Postal Cards sent interstate prior to this date were treated as short paid & taxed accordingly. (Image)

Estimate AU$80-120
Min. Bid. AU$40

POSTAL CARDS: (H&G #4) 1888 (Oct.16) use of 1d Postal Card (horizontal fold) to London, not uprated so taxed for deficiency with manuscript "Def Postage 1d/Fine 2d} 3d" marking and bold strike of '3D/620' handstamp, Rays '128' cancel with HEMMANT Type 3a datestamp beneath (rated 4R), WOOLLOONGABBA & BRISBANE transits & LONDON S.W. arrival datestamp.  (Image)

Estimate AU$80-120
Min. Bid. AU$40

POSTAL CARDS: (H&G #7) Range of 1891 Types 'A' to 'G' 1d Reply Postal Cards including postally used (15) including 1897 (May 11) to Sydney with weak strike of Type 3c DOWNFALL CREEK departure datestamp (rated 4R), 1903 uprated from Rockhampton to Presteigne, Radnorshire, England, 1911 (Apr.25) use of Reply Half to remote Tola in Southern Nigeria with GARUA (Cameroons) transit datestamp and a Type 5a HATTON VALE departure datestamp (rated 4R); other destinations include Austria, Germany and USA plus a taxed 1893 Reply Half to Switzerland with Swiss 10c added; also unused cards (10), and a specimen example with weak strike of BRISBANE cto cancel, this being the only recorded example. Impossible to replicate. (26 items) (Image)

Estimate AU$400-500
Min. Bid. AU$320

POSTAL CARDS:1891 UPU 1½d Reply Postal Card set of 6 Government Printer Essays on buff card comprising Message Halves in green, bistre or black, all roughly separated by hand, and Reply Halves in carmine, brown or salmon, all machine cut, each Card with inscription at lower left 'The annexed Card is intended for the answer./(Le Carte jointe est destinie a la response).' Rare assembly. (6) (Image)

Estimate AU$3,000-3,500
Min. Bid. AU$

POSTAL CARDS:1891 UPU 1½d Reply Postal Card set of Government Printer Essays on buff card comprising Message Half in dull violet and Reply Halves in bright violet, green, or brown, each endorsed "Essay 1891" in the upper left corner; some light adhesions on reverse (4).Ex R.A. Butler (Image)

Estimate AU$2,000-2,500
Min. Bid. AU$

POSTAL CARDS: (H&G #9) 1891 UPU 1½d Reply Postal Card Types 1 to 3 range comprising unused (5) & used (6) including "Deformed 'R'" flaws unused (4) and used (2); plus the only known examples of Reply Halves used, 1897 Rockhampton to Prussia (with 'REPLY' scored-through) and 1905 Brisbane to Austria; condition varies. (11). (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$160

POSTAL CARDS: 1911 1d Four Corners stamp design, with admonition in italics 'The Address only to be written on this side' added as the Fourth Line of Heading, on cream stock, two examples, one unused and the other addressed to Sydney (no postal markings); age spotting on the latter. Unlisted by Higgins & Gage. The only known examples. (2)   (Image)

Estimate AU$600-800
Min. Bid. AU$440

POSTAL CARDS: (H&G #18) 1911 1d Four Corners stamp design, with printed 'ADDRESS' removed, on cream stock, comprising unused and used (3) including 1911 uprated from Townsville to Kobe, Japan with NAGASAKI purple transit stamp. (4 items)  (Image)

Estimate AU$120-150
Min. Bid. AU$80

POSTAL CARDS: (H&G #19) 1911 1d Four Corners stamp design, Dividing Line on address side with 'A.J. CUMMING. GOVT PRINTER' imprint alongside, without a view on reverse and rare thus. Only 3 or 4 examples recorded. (Image)

Estimate AU$400-600
Min. Bid. AU$320

POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1912 1d Official Post Card unpunctured Essay prepared for the Surveyor-General's Office with the intention of perforating the indicia 'OS' when issued. The essay has inadvertently been utilized by the Survey Office as a receipt notice and postally used in 1912 (Sept.24) between Brisbane and Bowen. Only known example.  (Image)

Estimate AU$600-800
Min. Bid. AU$460

POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1912 1d Official Post Card punctured OS, actually an Essay with printed 'ADDRESS' below the header, prepared for the Department of Public Lands and utilized by them as an advice notice, the card tied by BRISBANE 5 NOV 1915 machine cancel; minor faults, but the only known example.   (Image)

Estimate AU$600-800
Min. Bid. AU$460

POSTAL CARDS - WITH REPLY: (H&G #20) 1910 UPU 1d Four Corners stamp design, Dividing Line on address sides, comprising unused, specimen example with 'COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet on both halves, plus two rare commercially used examples, one being the only recorded use of a Reply Half. (4 items).  (Image)

Estimate AU$400-500
Min. Bid. AU$300

POSTAL CARDS - WITH REPLY: (H&G #20) 1910 UPU 1d Four Corners stamp design, a selection comprising unused example uprated with ½d Roo, 1912 (Nov.19) uprated with NSW ½d for transit to USA; also 1912 (Sept.2) used from Brisbane to Maryborough, with message on front and back of card, as permitted under regulations. (3)   (Image)

Estimate AU$80-120
Min. Bid. AU$60

POSTAL CARDS - WITH REPLY: (H&G #21) 1910 UPU 1½d Reply Postal Cards comprising unused, Specimen examples (2), one a Reply Half with BRISBANE CTO cancel, the other an Outward Half with 'COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet, plus a 1911 (Sept.29) use of Reply Half from Albion to Bavaria, being the only recorded non-philatelic use of a Reply Half. (4 items).The used card alone previously sold for $1380 (incl. BP) at a May 2008 Melbourne auction.  (Image)

Estimate AU$500-750
Min. Bid. AU$400

POSTAL CARDS - WITH REPLY: (H&G #21) 1910 UPU 1½d Reply Postal Cards used (3) comprising 1912 (Nov. 27) rare commercially used example from Brisbane to London; also 1913 (Mar. 5) Brisbane to Germany and 1913 (Nov.2) Maryborough to Germany (outward half only). (3 items)Only 5000 were printed, and usage was extremely limited, Collas states "used copies...are particularly difficult to obtain". In fact the vendor has recorded only 3 genuine commercial uses of this card. (Image)

Estimate AU$300-500
Min. Bid. AU$240

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): (H&G #10) 1898 1d Medallion Design with Two-Line Header and Curved-Corners to Views: unused (2) "Parliament Hose, Brisbane" & "Vineyard, Nudgee" and 1899-1902 postal usages (5), comprising "Parliament Hose, Brisbane" (2), "Corner Queen and Edward Streets, Brisbane", "Glengallan Station, near Warwick" and "Arrowroot Field, Pimpama", the latter with advertising on the face for Albert E Harte (Sharebroker) contrary to Postal Act, and the only known example; condition a little variable, mostly fine (7)   (Image)

Estimate AU$200-250
Min. Bid. AU$140

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): 1898 1½d Medallion Portrait Post Card Essay Proof on thick pale blue-green stock, captioned image of 'Loading Cane at North Isis Sugar Mill'; plus the issued design, unused, and used in 1904 from Brisbane to Germany. Ex R. A. Butler. (3 items)   (Image)

Estimate AU$2,000-2,500
Min. Bid. AU$

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): 1898 1½d Medallion Portrait Post Card Essay Proof on blue-green stock, captioned image of 'Pineapple Field'; plus the issued design registered in 1900 (Jan.11) to England with 3d added, being the only known example of a registered card. Ex R. A. Butler. (2)It was never intended that Postal Cards be available for registration however no specific provision was made in the 1891 Regulations to prevent or prohibit such use.  (Image)

Estimate AU$2,500-3,000
Min. Bid. AU$

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): 1898 1½d Medallion Portrait Post Card Essay Proof on thick pale blue-green stock , captioned image of 'Cane-field and Selector's House'; plus the issued design used in 1903 from Brisbane to Torino, Italy. Ex R. A. Butler. (2) (Image)

Estimate AU$2,000-2,500
Min. Bid. AU$

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): 1902 use of 1½d Medallion Portrait Post Card with captioned image of 'A Queensland Schoolhouse' to Belgium, the message headed "Merauke 30-10-02", with fine strike of Rays '147' tying card and 'THURSDAY ISLAND/NO1/1902/QUEENSLAND' datestamp alongside, Brussels arrival datestamp; a few surface marks/abrasions. Believed to have been posted at Merauke, Netherlands Indies, Papua Province (Burns Philp Trading Post), or at Port Moresby, British New Guinea and placed into Queensland mail system at Thursday Island. Rare external use of a Queensland Postal Card.   (Image)

Estimate AU$800-1,200
Min. Bid. AU$60

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): (H&G #12 & 12a) 1904 Medallion Portrait 1d Chocolate-Brown cards with images of "Botanic Gardens, Brisbane" on poor quality stock as originally issued, and "Glengallan Station, near Warwick" on better quality, whiter card, issued towards the end of the printing; unused. Scarce and underrated. (2)  (Image)

Estimate AU$100-150
Min. Bid. AU$60

POSTAL CARDS (VIEWS): (H&G #12) 1904 Medallion Portrait 1d Essay in black on poor quality stock with captioned image "Brisbane River from Parliament House" (torn); also the issued card in Chocolate-Brown, also on poor quality stock, unused and used in 1905 from Waterford to Ipswich with weak strike of BN '267' cancel tying card with 'WATERFORD' datestamp alongside (rated 4R). (3)    (Image)

Estimate AU$300-500
Min. Bid. AU$240