Kevin Nelson's 8-frame International Gold Medal exhibit 'Australian Commonwealth Postal Rates 1901-1941' spiral-bound colour photocopies of one of the most important Australian Postal History collections ever formed. Only four copies were made.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Box of Morisset (NSW) Mental Hospital mail mostly with KGV Heads punctured 'OS/NSW', the majority unclaimed with a plethora of markings including DLOs, principally domestic but includes items returned from England, Wales, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and even Norway (a very scarce destination, with Kangaroos 1d & 2d), also some 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelopes with their contents, rather mixed condition. Never before on the market & almost certainly unpicked for varieties.    (150 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Box with bundles of postally used KGVI Envelopes & Registration Envelopes, scenic Letter Cards 1d Kangaroo & KGV 1½d purple, WWII mail including mail to Italian POWs at Cowra & Hay Camps, postcards & lettersheets from Australian POWs in Germany, 1942 OHMS 'RE-ENCLOSED LETTER' envelope with 'PRISONERS OF WAR SERVICE' h/s (most unusual), a bundle of later FDCs including a few 1950s Sigma types & some duplication, and a batch of PPCs with WA content, condition variable.    (250+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Miscelleny with KGV frankings including a few post-WWI covers at war tax rates & two 4d rates, commercial covers with 3d Kooka & 3d Sturt, a couple of commercial airmails including 1941 double-rate (11/8d) to GB, 1930s homemade wrapper to Tonga with KGV 5d & various Tin Can Mail cachets, etc, condition variable.  (34) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Carton of commercial mail with many internal oversize airmail covers with an array of frankings, then a quantity into Australia from many different countries including a few from Aden & we also noted 1947 Holland to Brunei!, the best item is a complete 1930 registered mailing tube with 'UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE' address label and KGV 2d & 3d tied by scarce 'MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY' cds; then a batch of schoolboy collections in albums, a quantity of stamps in packets, & a bag of complete matchboxes. Ferrets wanted.  (Qty) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Accumulation including 1917 to USA with Kangaroo 2½d & Hobart 'CL1' censor h/s, 1930 AR Form with KGV 3d 'OS' tied Narrogin (WA) cds, 1936 South Australia Centenary 'Mount Gamier Celebrations' illustrated envelope to Canada (minor marks), 1946 American Traveller cover airmail to USA with 1/- Mitchell & 1/6d Hermes and their own private large 'AIR MAIL' label (plus another with the American Airlines label they apparently copied), 1949 airmail to NZ with KGVI 2d mauve 'VG' strip of 3, 1957 Department of Agriculture of Victoria OHMS wrapper with QEII 2½d blue 'VG' pair, 1968 County Court Offices, OHMS registered with 13c Avocet 'VG' pair, also Victoria 1894 to USA with 2½d orange/yellow strip of 3, 1908 Grocer's Association postcard with ½d Bantam pair & unclaimed mail, lots more including postmark interest, some FDCs, flight & commemorative covers, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.  (100 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Accumulation with lots of KGV frankings including 1d red solos on Victoria 'Garden State' publicity PPCs x3 different, on 1915 cover to New Caledonia with Sydney 'NSW/T/30' h/s, on Union Bank advice postcards x5, on Hotel Esplanade (Perth) cover and on Tasmanian OPSO circular re-directed to Bruny Island with 'ADVENTURE BAY' cds,1d violet solo on 1923 PPC to UK, pre-WWII commercial airmails including to GB 1935 with Vic Cent 1/- (rounded corner), 1936 with SA Cent 1/- and 1937 with 1/6d Hermes tied by superb 'JERVIS BAY' cds, 1934 to Germany via Italy, 1938 to Holland via France & 1944 censored to UK via USA at 2/1d rate, also postmark interest including WWII registered covers from 'RAAF PO TOCUMWAL', 'MIL PO CANUNGRA' x2 (one provisional R label) & 'MIL PO REDBANK' x2 (different R labels) plus 1938 Eastern Golf Club postcard with 6d tied 'FIELD POST OFFICE/No2/VIC-AUST' cds and matching R label, a batch of Queensland Tatts covers, an exploded Canberra booklet, 1941 Surcharges set FDC, 1967 philatelic use of Vietnam War Envelope with 'AUST FPO/5' cds, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.  (120+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Advertising Mail with Postage Dues group including 1910 Callaghan & Co Commission Agents with 4d 'Blank-At Base' single, 1940 Shell window-envelope with Dues 1d x2, 1942 Yallambee Estate Poultry Farm & Hatchery with Dues 1d x5, 1952 Elias Southwell Home Furnisher & House Agent Queanbeyan with '    LI    /NSW-AUST' cut-down relief cds and Dues 3d & 4d, 1952 Bradley Bros illustrated envelope with 6d Due, 1954 T Stott & Sons with 7d Due, 1955 Frappell & Sheary Earth Moving illustrated long cover with 3½d Cobb & Co, 'EXCEEDS "1" OZS' h/s & 5d Due, 1959 Vincent Love & Co with 8d Due, 1961 Victorian Forests Commission 'Prevent Bush Fires' illustrated envelope with 10d Due, also 1963 Ajax Bolts window-envelope with QEII 5d green pair & 1964 Dawson Trevena Real Estate cover with QEII 10d blue used in lieu of Postage Dues, condition generally fine to very fine.  (20)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Advertising covers in large carton from all States, Colonial to modern with strength in the 1930s to 1960s including some KGV frankings and a few Stamped-to-Order Postal Stationery Envelopes plus a Victoria 'Beer & Baccy' card with Virginia Tobacco printed reverse, includes numerous attractive & occasionally humorous illustrated covers, noted unusual products, suburban & regional businesses, some postmark interest especially in the slogans & meters, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An excellent basis for a fascinating collection. Weighs 10kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Airmails with Postage Dues group of domestic underpaid covers including 1927 with Canberra 1½d pair only tied 'WINTON/QUEENSLAND' cds also struck on ''FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' h/s and Dues 1d & 2d affixed for double the unpaid 1½d letter rate, 1929 from Melbourne with 3d Airmail only & 3d Due tied 'HAY/NSW' and with KGV 1½d red x2 & 3d Airmail x3 and Dues 3d pair tied Perth cds, three 1930 oversized covers from Carnarvon to Perth 1) endorsed "Commercial Papers Only" with 3d Airmail & Kangaroos 1/- SM Wmk with Dues 6d pair, 2) with KGV 1½d red x12 and Dues 3d x4 pairs and 3) with 1½d Swan pair & 3d Airmail and Dues 3d x6, 1931 from Hobart with Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d over ½oz and Dues 2d pair & single tied Melbourne cds, 1931 NSW to Queensland with KGV 2d & 3d Airmail taxed "T 1/4" and Dues 2d pair & 6d pair (one faulty) tied 'NORMANTON' cds, 1954 from Sydney with KGVI 6½d green taxed 'EXCEEDS ["½"] OZS' h/s and 6d Due tied Melbourne cds, 1957 cover with QEII 3½d pair taxed 'EXCEEDS ["½"] OZS' h/s and 6d Due tied 'PORT ADELAIDE' cds, etc, plus seven 1930-38 Flight Covers with Dues affixed, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine.  (22)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Business Reply Mail group comprising 1959 Colonial Mutual with 4d 1/- & 5/- Dues tied Melbourne cds and 1961 Passionist Fathers with Dues 6d & 1/- pair tied Goulburn (NSW) cds each for multiple items, also 1958 Trousseau Creations with ½d & 4d Dues, Victorian Tractor Supplies with ½d 1d & 3d Dues, 1961 Nicholas Pty Ltd postcard (hole-punched) with 6d Due tied Sydney cds and 1962 Canvas Awning & Tent Co with Dues 10d x2, plus 1944 with Brisbane 'TAX 3d' h/s, 1947 with Adelaide 'T3D' h/s & 1965 with Perth 'T6d' h/s without Dues affixed, condition a little mixed.  (9)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Food Parcel Labels balance of collection with various contemporary references & later advices, an array of Parcel Post labels including five different unused Customs Declaration types, various such labels used at 1/11d (rare; for under 3 pounds weight), 3/7d x8, 5/10d x6 & 8/10d (poor) plus a few unstamped usages, a piece with Myer 5/10d meter with Gift Parcel slogan; embossed cutouts 3/7d x6 & 5/10d x14 (two on philatelic covers) and large-part to complete 5/10d Myer labels x4; various forms of 'thank you' cards & letters from GB, Lord Mayor of London's Thanksgiving Fund 2/6d colour trials x4, issued set to 10/- pairs & 1/- irregular usage on cover to New Zealand; also a range of labels - some addressed & flown - to be carried in bulk to England where affixed to pre-packaged food parcels; some photocopies & ephemera. Ex Neil Russell.  (lots) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Food Parcel Labels 1940s illustrated address labels 1) for John Martin & Co (Adelaide) with 3/4d meter, a bit grubby; 2) Barry & Roberts (Brisbane) with 1d 9d & 5/- Robes, repaired along heavy horizontal fold clear of the stamps; and 3) Sanitarium Health Food Co (Hobart) with 1d 6d & 1/6d x2. Ex Neil Russell.  (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Inwards Mail with Postage Dues including Canada 1947 airmail with 10c x3 taxed 'T/['120"]' h/s and Dues 1d 2d & 3d strip of 3, 1958 airmail with QEII 5c x4 taxed 'B/T/30/CENTIMES' and Dies 5d pair, Cape of Good Hope 1905 cover (aging marks) with Completed Design Dues ½d pair & 2d tied 'TOOWOOMBA' cds, Ceylon 1953 airmail taxed 'T/["13"]/CENTIMES' with 4d Due, Egypt 1956 airmail with 6d Due, Japan 1923 The Tokyo Koshinjo unfranked with Melbourne 'T3D' h/s, Malaya - Johore 1957 with 10c solo and Dues 1/- & 6d, New Zealand 1958 posted on board ship with 'ASST PURSER/P&O SS STRATHAIRD' h/s and illegal use of Australia 4d with Dues 1d pair & 1½d block of 4, Netherlands Indies 1930 Maintz Productenhandel cover with Wilhelmina 12½c solo and 1d Due & 1931 KPM Shipping Line PPC with Numeral 7½c and 1d Due, Switzerland 1937 illustrated Hotel cover airmail via Budapest with Dues 1d 2d strip of 3 & 4d, Turkey 1924 OHMS long cover (faults) with Dues 1d & 2d, South Africa 1946 airmail with Tree 6d bi-lingual pair and Dues 3d & 1/-, etc, the majority of the Postage Dues tied by cds cancels, a few with mostly minor faults.  (30+)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

KGV Heads frankings including ½d green solo on Glen Iris Valley Rifle Club (Vic) postcard paying printed matter rate, 1d red x3 on cover to WWI "Agent de Liaison" in France with Brisbane censor cds, 1d red plus Kangaroos 2d grey on cover to USA with Hobart 'CL1/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s in blue, and 1d red Die II solo on PPC to UK, 1½d brown solo as Postage Due on a Tasmanian OHMS folded circular (poorly repaired), 2d red Die I on PPC (closed tear) to Hungary tied by Dutch 'SS/ROGGEVEEN' ship cachet with Netherlands Indies 'SOERABAJA' commemorative d/s alongside, 4d orange 'OS' puncture solo on registered cover & with ½d green 'OS' on 1919 registered cover paying the additional War Tax, 4d violet solo to France (cover with edge faults), a few instructional markings, advertising envelopes, etc, also Victorian Centenary 2d & 3d tied by very fine to superb 1934 strikes of the 'ALL AUST. EXHBTN. MELBNE N.3' cds on separate covers, plus modern commercial mail including a bundle of PPCs inwards to Australia, condition mixed but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.  (50 + moderns) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

KGV Frankings with Australian Postage Dues group including 1918 Hotel Arcadia, Sydney envelope (minor aging marks) with KGV 1d red taxed 'MORE TO PAY/2D' with 2d Due, 1931 posted in Ireland (!) with KGV 2d red not accepted & boxed alongside Dublin cds, taxed "T 40" manuscript converted with Melbourne 'T3D' h/s and 3d Due, 1936 Felton Grimwade large cover 'SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER' with 2d red solo, Melbourne oval 'T2D' h/s endorsed "over 4ozs" and 2d Due, 1936 airmail to Brisbane with 1d green x3 & 2d tied 'COOKTOWN' cds and Dues 2d strip of 3, 1938 airmail from Brisbane with 5d solo taxed oval 'T6D' h/s and Dues 1d x3 & 3d, etc, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine.  (19)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Late Fee Mail covers with various NSW markings including 1904-12 double-oval 'SHIP LETTER/ 1D /LATE FEE' h/s x3 & 1908 with similar 'TRAIN LETTER/ 1D /LATE FEE' h/s, c.1910 'POSTED IN LATE FEE BAG' h/s, 1931 PPC & 1932 cover with 'POSTED ON TRAIN/1OC31/LFO SYDNEY' (= Late Fee Office), 1933 with fantastic 'Posted in Late Fee Box without/fee - Detained until next mail', 1934 two with boxed 'Posted on train/without late fee/To Pay...1d' both with Postage Due 1d, 1943 with 'RLY STN SYDNEY/ LF /...' cds & superb 'TOO LATE/SYDNEY/LATE FEE OFFICE' h/s, 1953 philatelic TPO cover with mss "TPO 2 WEST DN/R 6953" in lieu of R label & 'LATE FEE/ 2D /TO PAY' h/s, 1974 'LATE FEE HAYMARKET' cds & 'LATE FEE/CENTRAL RAILWAY' h/s, etc, also some on stamp or piece. A very good lot. Ex John Booker: sold at our auction of 29.2.2020 for $1220.  (34 covers etc) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Late Fee Mail 1903 1d Postal Card by train cancelled on arrival at Launceston with partial '("1")D/MORE TO PAY' h/s & a superb strike of the rare straight-line 'LATE FEE' h/s; 1904 Tatts cover to Hobart with Pictorial 2d + 1d for the late fee cancelled with Burnie cds, 'Late Fee' h/s of Burnie (only one other cover & a piece recorded) alongside, Ex JRW Purves, Randall Askeland and Patrick Reid; and 1906 (circa) Beattie (Hobart) PPC 'Springs & Organ Pipe...' to Bendigo with Pictorial 1d tied by boxed 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s of Melbourne & boxed 'LATE FEE' h/s alongside, superb 'T 1D' h/s & Postage Due ½d x2 manuscript-cancelled. Ex John Booker: sold at our auction of 29.2.2020 for $1065. (3)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

Official Mail with Postage Dues group of 1950s-60s NSW Government Departments long covers franked with 'G/NSW' perfins including ½d Kangaroo, 3d QEII, 3½d Railways, 3½d US Memorial and 5d QEII, mostly taxed as overweight with a variety of 'EXCEEDS ... OZS/TAX ...' h/s and either 5d or 6d Dues plus one with 'EXCEEDS TWO OZS' h/s and 1/- Due, also 1955 Department of Public Works large cover with 1/- Lyrebird 'G/NSW' perfin tied by 'ADAMINABY DAM' cds (Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme) and 4d Dues pair, condition a little variable with some minor faults.  (17)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Officially Registered group comprising 1933 with KGV 1d & 2d endorsed "Contains Value, Coins/ Overweight" with 'AMBLESIDE/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' R label added & taxed with Postage Dues 2d & 3d pair, 1937 with Melbourne 'OFFICIALLY REGISTERED/SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN COIN' h/s tying 'Bulk Registration' R label and Dues 2d & 4d, 1937 Marine Board of Strahan envelope (opening faults) with KGV 2d endorsed "Officially Registered" taxed 'T ["6d"]' and 'STRAHAN/TASMANIA' R label added with Dues 1d block of 6 on reverse, 1940 with KGVI 2d tied 'CHURCH POINT/NSW' endorsed "Believed to contain coin" with Manly (NSW) R label and Dues 2d & 4d, 1953 with KGVI 3½d solo endorsed "Officially Registered" with Melbourne 'T ["1/6d"]' h/s & Dues 6d strip of 3, 1955 with Melbourne 'IRREGULARLY/POSTED' h/s & 'BULK POSTAGE' R label added and Dues 6d & 1/- attached by pins(!), 1957 endorsed "Believed contents note value" with Dues 6d & 1/- pair, 1958 endorsed "Appear to contain coin/Irregularly Posted" with Dues 1d x2, 4d & 1/- pair and 1959 registered but tax marking crossed out, condition a little mixed.  (9)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Postmarks on KGV-period covers & fronts mostly 1920s-30s KGV Heads 2d reds with South Australian postmarks, a few other values noted and a few later issues also, condition mixed.  (200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Pre-decimal mail to unusual destinations including Bahamas, Jamaica, Philippines, Peru, Palestine, Lebanon, Venezuela, Uruguay, New Guinea, etc, many are commercial including some airmails.  (21)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1903-09 Postage Dues 'Blank-At-Base' affixed to Taxed Mail comprising 1d singles on postcards from UK x4 and 1d pair on cover from New Zealand all with manuscript cancels, also Tatts covers from Victoria with 2d single and with 4d single x2 and another from South Australia with 'PORT AUGUSTA' Squared Circle on 2d violet and 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE/FINE' cachet plus large '4' h/s all with Hobart cds cancels.  (9)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1903-10 Postage Dues 'Completed Design' affixed to Taxed Mail including 1d on unsealed envelope endorsed "Card Only" with NSW ½d solo and Sydney 'MORE TO PAY' h/s, 2d on unfranked postcard with 'MOONTA/SA' Squared Circle & Adelaide 'T' h/s, also inwards mail from Great Britain 1903 postcard with KEVII 1d solo taxed at letter rate due to message alongside the address, Sydney '3D' h/s and 1d & 2d Dues plus another with 1d strip of 3 and a similar PPC with Adelaide '3' h/s, 1904 large envelope with KEVII 2½d solo taxed with Adelaide large '5' h/s and 1d & 4d Dues, 1905 postcard with KEVII ½d solo tied by 'MINEHEAD' Squared Circle and 1d Die tied by 'NSW' concentric-rings cancel plus three others with Sydney '1D' h/s, condition generally fine to very fine.  (12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1911 (Dec 11) with Victoria 1d pink tied Warracknabeal-355 duplex cancel, presumably found to contain valuables (most likely coins or banknotes) at the GPO where the oval 'REGISTERED' cachet was applied and endorsed "Officially/No 4" at U/L with a largely fine strike of the 'REGISTERED/ 3 /MELBOURNE' cds, 'T (6d)' h/s for double the unpaid 3d registration fee, on arrival Postage Dues 2d Die I strip of 3 affixed tied by 'AVOCA' unframed cds, a couple of minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200