Large shoebox of military covers sorted by postmark type etc, principally WWII but some earlier & plenty of later material including BCOF & Vietnam War, wide variety in cds & other datestamps including civil POs at Army & RAAF bases, vast array of censor, unit & concessional cachets, etc, many are registered, a few illustrated covers, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An excellent basis for developing into a major collection. (Qty 500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Small box of covers with Kangaroo frankings with a few Kangaroo/State combinations, WWI with several censored, war tax x2, a group of 1930s airmails & a few WWII with rates to 5/10d, taxed, registered & paquebot usages, a few attractive advertising covers, better items include 1913 Perth town letter forwarded to "Government House/Rottnest", 1914 wedding invitation sent as a tiny folded entire, 1921 to USA with 6d grey-blue pair, 1921 merchandise cover with 3d x7 (the rate was 3d up to 4oz + 1½d for each additional 2oz x12), 1922 to NZ with 3d & 9d + KGV 1d violet (the rate was 2d per ½oz x5 + 3d registration), the condition is rather mixed but many are fine to very fine. (Qty 70 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Interesting group including 1905 Codlin Moth Act entire with Tas 1d punctured 'T', 1915 OAS PPC from Egypt with superb '("E Murphy") Major/OC A Coy 20th Btn AIEF' cachet in violet, 1917 POW Envelope from Trial Bay to Germany with the enclosed letter headed 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA', 1943 'AIR MAIL/LETTER CARD' with printed 'POSTAGE/ 1d /PAID' in red used in Northern Territory, 1944 POW 1/- Letter Sheet to Germany (stained), 1962 5d Letter-Sheet with Postage Due notice within, 1980 set of seven Fauna schoolbook labels, etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex Hans Karman. (Qty 25 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Collection of covers with invalid frankings including revenues, 'Cinderellas', foreign stamps including in combination with valid stamps, & even pieces of selvedge!, some taxed but most have passed successfully through the post, generally fine to very fine. A low-cost lot that would be loads of fun to expand. (Qty 76) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Batch of commercial mail with frankings including Kangaroos ½d solo on 1913 printed matter cover, 1d punctured Small 'OS' on postcard, Third Wmk 3d punctured 'OS' solo on large printed matter cover, Third Wmk 3d x4 & 1/- pair on long cover to America and SMult Wmk 6d on registered cover to Italy, also WWII family correspondence including mail to or from the Northern Territory & to or from Ceylon, etc, condition variable. (Qty 35 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Commercial mail accumulation from Colonial to modern including a few NSW postcards with numeral cancels & cds interest, Stereo Cards for 1908 Amercian Fleet Visit x5, WWI with '10th Field Amb' censor & Vietnam with HMAS 'Brisbane' h/s, Decimal array including illustrated advertising & tourist envelopes, greeting card rates, solo frankings, registered mail, special services, taxed items, meters, postal stationery usages, etc, also a shoebox of mostly modern inwards airmails to Australia from Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, USA, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 20kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Album of QSL ham-radio cards with many illustrated types & related envelopes including Radio Station advertising covers. An attractive lot. (Qty 78) (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

Box of mostly pre-1966 collection remainders with paquebot, airmail & official covers, lots of advertising covers, slogans & meters (mostly fronts) with thematic interest, telegram envelopes including a couple of social types, commercial postage paid imprints etc, condition variable. [This lot was sold in our Online Auction #7 for $495. The buyer has removed a dozen advertising covers & the lot is otherwise as before] (Qty 240+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Two stockbooks of covers with strength in advertising including some illustrated types, many with meters, noted OHMS, commercial airmails etc, also some FDCs & commemorative covers, a few registered & other special services, social cover with QEII 4c cancelled at Sydney 12FEB/1966 (two days before official issue), condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (Qty 200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Mostly WWI military group with letters, photographs, PPCs, 'Cinderellas' including a few unusual ones, Australian Comforts Fund strip of 8 'A GIFT FROM/...' linen labels, 'Colour Patches of the Australian Forces' folded in 8 (front cover creased otherwise quite fine), etc, also WWII soft-cover 'The Battle of Egypt: the Official Record in Pictures & Map' (dog-eared), rather mixed condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Small batch with three 1931 covers to Homebush NSW all with '.../PLEASE HAVE YOUR/ CORRESPONDENCE/ADDRESSED TO/HOMEBUSH' (curious; one with all but the last line erased), WWII four to a soldier in Palestine one with 'REDIRECTED BY AABPO' label, & a few others, condition variable. (Qty 14) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Carton of advertising covers from all States with some pre-WWII types but strength in the 1940s to 1960s with numerous attractive & occasionally humorous illustrated covers, noted unusual products, suburban & regional businesses, etc, some postmark interest especially in the slogans & meters, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An excellent basis for what could be developed into a really fascinating collection, for a modest outlay. Weighs 6kg. (Qty many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1940s domestic mail lots of advertising interest including illustrated types & meter cancels, also a few KGVI Oval 1½d Stamped-to-Order Envelopes noted for Peters Ice Cream & HJ Heinz plus one with Myer Emporium Christmas label on face, 1930 Gartrell White Bread & Pastry Manufacturers multi-colour illustrated envelope with KGV 2d red, two 1918 KGV 1d red Military Envelopes one with AIF redirection label on face, a quantity of 1980s-90s FDCs & PSEs, also a batch of 1960s-90s inwards mail to Australia, condition mixed, the modern very fine. Weighs 11kg. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Covers accumulation including 1917 Trans-Australian Railway envelope (closed tears) with KGV 1d red, The Farmers Gazette private newspaper wrapper to USA with KGV ½d green x2 taxed, two 1936 large envelopes to USA with 10d & 1/- frankings respectively tied by 'POSTED SHIP SIDE/SYDNEY' cds, a few 1930s airmails & some censored mail, two 1950s usages of Australian stamps in PNG with 'AK ROVIANA' or 'MV MALAKUNA' ship h/s, Pre-Decimal FDCs & commemorative covers, modern commercial mail including inwards to Australia, etc, also two albums of WWI & WWII Military Mail and Military Camp postmarks on covers & stamps on/off piece, two covers with 'BCOF/JAPAN' overprints plus 'Postal History of the Australian Army During WWII' by Collas book, condition quite variable. Weighs 6kg. (Qty 120+ covers + qty stamps/pieces) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1966-2000s Decimal covers large accumulation in two archive boxes, mostly commercial mail including a wide variety of frankings from 1966 Definitives onwards with plenty of solos, some multiples, a few AAT issues, taxed items with postage stamps affixed in lieu of postage dues, advertising including a few illustrated tourist envelopes, postcard rates, uprated postal stationery, unclaimed & returned mail, special services with plenty of Priority Paid mail, postmark interest including 'Clocks', Paids & Reliefs, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Weighs 21kg. (Qty 1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1914 (Feb 3) rare usage of WA 'ONE PENNY' on 2d carmine Postal Card uprated with Kangaroo ½d green to "Aux Cayes/Haiti" with very fine 'PORT AU PRINCE/29/MAR/1914/HAITI' b/s, letter requesting exchange of stamps, a few defects. [More often called Les Cayes, the town is 200km WSW of Port-au-Prince]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1915 (May 26) usage of USA Washington 2c red envelope with Dan Patch Novelty Co (Indiana) 'corner card', to "Oscar Blau ... Sidney" [sic] without added franking and taxed with 'CENTIMES/30/T' h/s, at Sydney 'OPENED BY CENSOR' purple/transparent cream resealing label applied at left and Postage Dues Perf 11 1dstrip of 3 (lower unit with minor corner fault) affixed on face tied by cds, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1915 (Aug 17) Fred Hagen (stamp dealer) double-rate registered cover to Massachusetts with scarce combination franking of NSW 2d blue and Kangaroo Second Wmk 6d deep ultramarine ACSC 18B (Cat $3000 for non-solo use on cover) tied by Sydney cds with red R label, US 'REGISTERED' & '79743' h/s in purple on face, various transits & two different Boston arrival b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1916 (June 11) usage of KGV 1d Sideface Lettercard ('Mt Buffalo'), to a soldier in "D Company 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Australian Division, AIF Abroad", lengthy personal message, endorsed "Wounded 4/8/16" on face but apparently delivered to addressee, a couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1916 (July 30) Ceylon PPC with message headed "Barracks/Colombo", stampless OAS usage to Victoria with a fine strike of the rare 'TRANSPORT/CENSOR/COLOMBO' h/s in blue.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1918 printed POW Envelope endorsed on the flap "B Laeschke, Bourke/NSW", unusually unsealed to Switzerland with 'BERN/18.III.18/BRIEFTRAGER' arrival b/s. Rare. [Bourke Internment Camp was a small facility at Bourke Gaol that housed German nationals deported from Malaya Ceylon Fiji & Hong Kong. Opened in 1915, in 1918 the inmates were moved to Molonglo Camp]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1918 (Aug 22) illustrated advertising cover for Canada Cycle & Motor Agency Qld to Michigan with KGV Single Wmk 1d red x3 tied by Brisbane 'QUEENSLAND/HELP TO WIN THE WAR/...' slogan cancel, very minor blemishes. The rate was 2½d but the ½d convenience overpayment could be seen as being in anticipation of the ½d War Tax introduced two months later.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1918 & 1919 POW lettersheets with internal heading in German 87mm or 70mm Long, from different senders at Liverpool (NSW) Camp both to Germany with Lieut-Colonel Holman cachet in blue (unusual) or violet. (Qty 2)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1921 (Dec 2) 'OHMS/WAR MEDAL ONLY' linen-lined envelope with Victoria Barracks Sydney imprint at lower-left, to Yass with Kangaroos Third Wmk 6d grey-blue punctured 'OS' (ACSC 19E; Cat $800, for solo franking on cover) tied by Sydney cds, tiny fastening hole below the stamp, minor blemishes. Ex Kevin Nelson: sold for $930 at our auction of 27.11.2010. The merchandise rate was 1½d per 2oz x2 = 3d + 3d registration. [Such items were sent with the flap unsealed but secured with a metal fastener. Most such envelopes have multiple creases]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1922 (Jan 16) Dalgety & Co entire advertising poster (1210x760mm) for the sale of Coriyule Estate of 1219 acres subdivided into 12 allotments on the Bellarine Peninsula, folded to large letter size and posted to Geelong with KGV 1d red tied by 'CURLEWIS/VIC' cds (ERD; rated RRR), damage at the corners, minor peripheral tears & some separation along the folds all repaired with archival tape. The Printed Matter rate was 1d per 2oz, with no requirement to pay the ½d War Tax required for other classes of mail. An extraordinary postal history item. Curlewis PO 1.11.1866; closed 30.6.1973. [Built in 1849 for Anne Drysdale after whom the adjoining town takes its name, Coriyule Homestead is the oldest & one of the finest residences on the Bellarine Peninsular. It was designed by the celebrated colonial architect Charles Laing]

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200