Pre-stamp entires including 1598 to Bartolomeo Corsini in London, 1782 London-Margate with very fine '1/IA' (1st January) Bishop Mark, 1788 London-Leeds with Bishop Mark across the flap & 'OXFORD' b/s, 1816 headed "Poole" to Portugal with very fine 'POOL/116' mileage mark, 1819 to Portugal "p Lisbon Packet/via Falmouth" with 'DART MOUTH/215' mileage mark, & a couple of others, mostly fine to very fine. (8 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Interesting group including 1848 stampless with superb 'Red-Lion-St/1D - PAID' h/s, 1856 with unusual '159/GLASGOW JY 23 1856/D N' d/s, 1860 with 'Law Life Assurance Society/BONUS LETTER' imprint, 1914 Clark's College wrapper with KGV ½d 'C/CS/C' perfin & taxed with 'Contains a letter in/typewriting characters/I S' h/s, 1968 badly charred PPC with 'sorry' label affixed, etc, and Stamped to Order KEVII ½d illustrated lettersheet for Army & Navy Co-Op Society, KEVII ½d illustrated envelope for Exors of James Mills Ltd, & QV ½d+3d registration envelope for Alfred Smith & Son to Greece with 1d lilac added, all those mentioned are fine to very fine. (24 items)

Estimate AU$300

1833 envelope endorsed "Wandsford December thirty first" & at lower-left "Free/Wellington", to Kingston-on-Thames with undated 'WANDSFORD', minor soiling is hardly worth mentioning. An unusually fine free-frank entire cover - most are fronts only - from one of the most illustrious personages of the era. [Online retail sites price similar items at upwards of £500] The illustration is on page 176.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

AEROGRAMMES: Accumulation from 1945 'FORCES LETTER' and civilian issues to modern, party-annotated types & varieties, plenty of postal history interest including usages to India, Curacao, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Palestine, etc, also some formular types with variety of frankings, QEII 6d aerogramme cut-out with Castles 2/6d x2 on registered airmail cover to South Africa, condition mixed but many fine. Ideal for further study. (100s)

Estimate AU$100

1921 (Dec 2) Perth-Geraldton cover to "Rev W Sharp/Rector/Carnarvon" endorsed "Per Aerial Mail" in red with KGV 5d tied by Perth machine cancel, largely very fine strike of the 'PERTH DERBY/4DE21/ W A /AERIAL MAIL' cds, light central fold & repaired flap, Cat $1100. [Three aircraft were involved. After leaving Geraldton, one was forced to land & a second crashed while investigating, killing the pilot. Norman Brearley abandoned the flight & returned to Perth with the mail. The mail was consigned to SS 'Bambra' & delivered by sea] The illustration is above Lot 259.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1929 (June) Darwin-Adelaide per 'Canberra' signed by the pilot "Capt Holden" AAMC #141, KGV 1½d red cancelled on arrival at Adelaide, light horizontal fold, Cat $550

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1944-51 Commemorative flownaerogrammes on display leaves from 1944 BOAC/QANTAS Liberator with red overprint x2, 1944 QANTAS Christmas Greetings (minor edge fault & light bend), 1945 Lancastrian with & without overprint x2 the first signed "OFY Thomas" & "K Jackson", 1946 Singapore with purple overprint signed "A Furze" & "J Moxham", 1946 Kangaroo Route with red overprint plus return flight GB Airletter signed "HG Mills", "K Jackson" & "O Mant", 1946 Canada overprinted 'TRANS-PACIFIC...' (grubby), 1951 New Zealand overprinted 'TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS...', mostly fine to very fine. (11)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1950s-1970s duplicated array of Qantas & other souvenir covers between Australia & numerous destinations, also some rocket & hovercraft items, many signed by pilots &/or dignitaries. (250 approx)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Accumulation with Basutoland £1 Royal Silver Wedding **, 1954 QEII set * & various 1961 Surcharges including all three types of 'R1' on 10/- *; Bechuanaland 1885 Overprints 3d & 4d * plus ½d & 3d used and Anchor wmk 6d & 1/- used, 1888 1/- 2/6d & 5/- * plus £5 fiscally used and Surcharges '1d', '2d' & '6d' * plus '1s.' with indistinct BN cancel, 'Protectorate' overprints '3d' on 3d and '4d' in Red on 4d *, Wedding ** & 1955 QEII set (ex 4d) **; Gambia Keyplates QV set, KEVII CA wmk to 1/- plus 2/- and CA wmk to 1/-; Rhodesia with range of 1890s Arms used, 1909 Overprints 1/- (two shades), 2/6d, 3/- & 10/- * and Surcharges set *, 1910 Double-Heads 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 6, 8d (Perf 14 and Perf 13½) & 1/- * plus range of used; Sierra Leone 1938 KGVI set, £1 Wedding & 1956 QEII set **; Cape of Good Hope Triangles x11 including 1d Heavily-Blued Paper; Sudan 1935 Airmails '2½ PIASTRES' on 5m imprint strip of 5 cancelled 'OMDURAMAN/20 OCT 35' cds with one unit showing Second Arabic Letter From Left Missing; etc, condition mixed but many fine, Cat £4000+. (100s)

Grade A/B- (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Array with numerous better items & sets - mint unless noted otherwise - with Bechuanaland Seahorses 2/6d & 5/-, KGVI set & used; Gambia QV Keyplates, 1902-03 KEVII (ex 4d), 1912-22 KGV & KGVI Elephants; Gold Coast KEVII 10/-, KGV 5/- x2 (one **) & 10/-, 1928 Photogravure; KUT KGV Pictorials, 1941-42 Overprints 1/- Crescent Moon in block of 4; Morocco Agencies 1898-1900 20c with Inverted 'V' for 'A', Seahorses 2/6d x3 (one with 'SPECIMEN' Opt) 5/- & 10/-; Northern Rhodesia KGV 10/- U, KGVI set, 1929-52 Postage Dues 4d used block of 6; Rhodesia Falls 5d with Bird in Tree SG 96a used, Double Heads 8d & Admiral 3/-; Sierra Leone KGVI used set; Somaliland KGV set; South Africa bilingual pairs to 10/- & Official pairs to 10/-, Southern Rhodesia Admiral & Field Marshall used sets, Sudan 1898 & 1902-21 sets, 1948 'S.G.' Overprints; Swaziland 1961 Decimals + 'R1' on 10/- SG 76b; etc etc, condition variable so careful examination is recommended. (900 approx)

Estimate AU$750

BASUTOLAND: Commercially used aerogrammes comprising 'SUID-AFRIKA' 3d with native's letter to a missionary serving with the MEF, 1949 'Basutoland' on 'SUID-AFRIKA' uprated to USA with KGVI 1½d pair tied by 'MAMATHES' cds, QEII '5c' on 6d to GB and 5c to Holland, also a few unused examples, 1968 airmail PPC to GB & what appears to be a crude 'phantom' on envelope addressed in French. (14)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BECHUANALAND: 1888 British Bechuanaland 1d to £5 SG 10-21 & Overprints on GB SG 33-36 (h/s in violet) all with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, lightly mounted, Cat £1170. (16)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$700

BECHUANALAND: 1890 mourning cover from 'TULBACH' (CofGH) with 'TAUNGS/BECHUANALAND' transit on face & poor 'KURUMAN' arrival b/s; 1895 CofGH 1d Envelope registered with 'TAUNGS' h/s in rosine & Cape ½d x16 on the reverse with fair 'TAUNGS' cds; 1895 with British Bechuanaland 2d tied by 'VRYBURG/BP' squared-circle & part 'MAFEKING/BECHUANALAND' arrival b/s; 1894 Cape ½d Postal Card uprated Kimberley-Vryburg with ominous message "...send permit for 500 rifle cartridges & 500 shot cartridges which I wish to take to Matabeleland for my own use..."; three different unused Registration Envelopes one on GB with 'TWO' crossed-out by hand & 'FOUR' handstamp applied; etc, generally fine to very fine. (17 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

BECHUANALAND: REVENUES: 1887-95 documents with various adhesives including 'BRITISH/BECHUANALAND' on CofGH Stamp Act 1/- (and another on a small piece), Green & Lilac Keyplates including on Certificate of Ownership (Land Title) x2 each with £1 strip of 4, & on a part-Deed with £1 x2 + £5 single & block of 4, etc, condition variable but the stamps are very fine, Barefoot (2012) Cat £1450+ just for the stamps. A very good lot. For illustration of the £5 item see the Inside Front Cover. (20 items)

Estimate AU$1,000

BECHUANALAND - STELLALAND: 1880s documents & pieces with various Postal Fiscals mostly from the 1886 series with Monogram handstamp including a document with 6d 1/6d x2 5/- & 10/- + defective £1, piece with 6d orange x6, piece with Stellaland/British Bechuanaland combination franking, 1/- block of 6 (one damaged) all units with the Monogram Inverted (a rare multiple), etc, Barefoot (2012) Cat £900+ just for the stamps. (11 items)

Estimate AU$600

EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: 1904-07 KEVII MCA ½a to 10r SG 17-31 and KGV 1921 Script 1c to 5r SG 65-74, a few small blemishes &/or hinge remainders, Cat £900. (23)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: 1912-21 KGV MCA 1c to 10r plus both 20r SG 44-60, very fresh & lightly mounted, Cat £1425. (17)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: 1919 Surcharge '4/cents' on 6c with Double Overprint SG 64b marginal block of 4 from the left of the R/H pane, the upper units creased, Cat £640+.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: 1935-37 KGV Pictorials 1c to £1 SG 110-123, lightly mounted, Cat £475. (14)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: Revenues: 1950 King George VI 1/- KODI (Poll Tax) Perf 13 Barefoot #2a top right corner block of 10 with sheet number in upper margin, vertical crease through centre stamps, Cat £1750+ as used singles. [Believed to be the largest recorded multiple]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$9,000

KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: Revenues: 1954 £1 QEII with horizontal overprint 'KENYA/REVENUE' Barefoot #8 block of 6, Cat £300+ (for singles).

Estimate AU$250

SIERRA LEONE: 1933 Abolition of Slavery ½d to £1 SG 168-180, very fresh but hinge remainders, Cat £1100. (13)

Grade A- B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

SOMALILAND: 1904 KEVII ½a to 5r SG 32-44 plus 1904-05 KEVII Officials ½a to 1r SG O10-15 'SPECIMEN' Opts all affixed to archival page & tied by '.../COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine. (18)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

SOMALILAND: 'OHMS' OVERPRINTS: 1903 'SERVICE' set SG O6-9 without 'SPECIMEN' plus 1904-05 KEVII ½a to 1r SG O10-15 optd 'SPECIMEN' all affixed to archival page & tied by '.../COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

SUDAN: 1898 Camel Postman 3m to 10pi each without 'SPECIMEN' overprint but with diagonal seriffed handstamp applied by the receiving authority, the 5pi with a small fault at the base, a little tropicalised. Ex Bechuanaland Archives. BPA Certificate (1985) for the set. The illustration is above Lot 1043. (6)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600