1956 Melbourne Olympics. The fine exhibit collection on 54 pages including illustrated First Day Covers, slogan cancels in red and black, special franking handstamp used by Australia House in London, the issued stamps in mint blocks all showing various constant varieties, special cancels from the main stadium and other locations with registered covers (7) bearing registration labels of Nedlands Park, Main Stadium (Press), Richmond Park Kiosk 1, Olympic Village, Mobile Post Office 1 or 2 and Melbourne Airport, Olympic aerogrammes mint and used (posted at the stadium, with message from a news reporter), rare unused formula aerogramme with view of the Olympic village (only sold in the Olympic village canteens), souvenir postcards used or unused, labels, stadium ticket with special folder, special flight covers, Olympex covers, cancels and labels. (90).

1956 Melbourne Olympics. Illustrated "Southern Cross" First Day Covers bearing the 4d Olympic stamp, each with a differing Olympic Games datestamp, a complete set of all 52 cancels used, each depicting a differing sport. (52).

1956 Melbourne Olympics. Illustrated First Day Covers produced by various private printers for the 1955 2/- blue (22), 2/- green (20) or 1956 set of four (24, several with Olympics cancels), makers include Hermes, Royal, Wide World, Southern Cross, A.M.C Guthrie, I. Challis, S. Mitchell, Standard Stamp Co., Maxwell Easther, Arnold Wheeler, Wesley Cover Service, Mappin and Curran, Melbourne Games Cover Distributors, also the pharmaceutical companies Sigma and Parke, Davis & Co. Ltd, virtually all differing designs or colours, most very fine. (66).

1956 Melbourne Olympics. Various stamps and covers on pages including Melbourne slogan proof impression on PMG cover dated 13 Dec 1954 (one of four examples known on that date), the issued stamps showing various flaws, illustrated First Day Covers, official aerogramme and the private illustrated aerogramme (only sold in the Olympic village) both used, stadium tickets (4) with special folder, stamps and covers produced by various foreign countries, etc. Also the well illustrated hardbound book "The Olympic Games Melbourne 1956" published shortly after the games, listing the events day by day. (55+).

1962 Perth Commonwealth Games. Covers including illustrated First Day and other envelopes, postmarks of the stadium, village, velodrome, aquatic centre, etc., two with special registration label. (18).

2000 Sydney Olympics. The extensive collection including special cancels, covers, postal stationery and stamps, Gold Medallists composite sheet from the 2000 Annual Collection Album, IOC Gold Medallists covers set (limited to 500 sets), Torch Relay cancels, Maximum cards, booklets, Olymphilex cancels (including two Royal Mail cancel covers, fewer than 100 sold), booklets and labels, stamps issued by various other countries, also tickets, programmes and various ephemera, Official Souvenir book, and Australian related items from 1960-96 and 2004 Olympics. (100s).

1882 (Oct 5) Cover bearing G.B 6d grey plate 18 tied by Wimbledon 801 duplex, addressed to "L. Darwin, Royal Engineers, Transit of Venus Expedition, Brisbane, Australia", redirected to Jimbowo, backstamped at Brisbane (Nov 23), Macalister and with a T.P.O c.d.s. Expeditions were sent to observe the 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus in order to determine the distance of the sun from the earth, but the 1882 expedition was unsuccessful due to optical difficulties. Very unusual. Photo on Page 144. (Image1)

1899 1/2d (10) and 2d (2) Colour trials, perf 121/2 on watermarked gummed paper, all pen cancelled in various colours or with Melbourne (JY 14) trial datestamps (2), then treated with various chemicals by the government analyst, Mr C.W Blackett, to test the reaction of the cancelling inks and of the actual stamps. Three with pieces torn away and one severely stained by the chemicals, the others all reasonable appearance, an interesting and unique group. (12). Photo on Page 140. (Image1)

1854 Imperf 1d black unused without gum, four good margins, fine. S.G. 1, £1,500. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1854 Imperf 4d deep dull blue unused without gum, four large margins, thinned at top, good appearance and a scarce shade. S.G. 3b, £2,750. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1855 Imperf 1/- pale brown, unused without gum, four margins with part sheet margin at base and marginal lines of watermark, fine. S.G. 4c, £500. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1861 Perf 14 4d vermilion, mint with large part original gum, full perforations at top, very fine. S.G. 40, £475. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1861 Rough perf 14 6d purple on blued paper, unused without gum, complete blind perfs at top and left sides, fine and scarce. S.G. 45, £4,250. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

Officials. 1870 Long O.H.M.S cover from Perth to "Asst. Storekeeper McCarthy, Commissariat, Guildford" bearing 1864-79 1d bistre and 6d violet each with an official punch hole, tied by Perth G.P.O duplex. Cover with two vertical folds at left well away from the stamps, otherwise fine and a rare use of these official stamps on cover. Photo on Page 144. (Image1)

1871 3d Die Proof in black on card, inset into thick card (36x32mm) with a mica covering, very fine, ex Vestey collection. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1874 "ONE PENNY" surcharge on 2d yellow mint, part original gum, a couple of trimmed perfs at lower right, otherwise fine. S.G. 67, £750. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1881 Perf 14 4d carmine, watermark Crown CC (with crown to right of CC and reversed), mint with a large part original gum, fine. S.G. 74y, £650. Photo on Page 146. (Image1)

1885 De La Rue stamp size handpainted essay of the Key-plate design adopted for the 1885-93 21/2d - 1/- values (and later 4d and 9d stamps), painted in red with the country name in Chinese White, the value tablet blank, on tracing paper (43x50mm) lettered "A" with pencil initials and number "106". A superb and unique essay from the De La Rue archives, ex Vestey collection. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)

1898 Archive page bearing imperforate 2d colour trial proofs in orange, orange-brown, bright yellow and lemon yellow, two sets of initials alongside the bright yellow proof which was chosen for the colour of the issued stamp, the page initialled and dated "4/4/98". Two proofs crossed by horizontal folds, otherwise fine and a unique page from the De La Rue archives, ex Vestey collection. Photo on Page 148. (Image1)

1894-1909 Covers comprising covers to G.B bearing 1885-93 1/2d + 2d or 1/2d pair + 1899 2d yellow (Pinjarrah datestamps), registered covers to New Zealand bearing 1898-1907 1d + 6d or to Tasmania bearing 1d + 2d yellow pair, and a 1903 cover from Kalgoorlie to Canada franked by two 1901 21/2d stamps. (5).

1912 Commonwealth of Australia 1d lettercard ("Log Train, Jarrah Forest, WA" depicted on reverse) to Germany uprated Western Australia 1905-12 perf 121/2 1/2d and 1d, written at Fremantle but posted at sea, each cancelled boxed "PAQUEBOT" with Port Taufiq c.d.s, unusual. Photo on Page 156. (Image1)