1915 Gallipoli Campaign makeshift Postcard using lid from Special Crown cigarette box endorsed 'On active Service No Stamps Available'. Message headed 'Shrapnel Gully' with rest of location obliterated by censor, while he says having a good time! To Miss DS Harding 'Fairholme' Mosman Bay Sydney. Censor cachet in red & '1st Aust Inf Bde Field PO 14 JE 1915' cds. Very interesting item of great historical importance. (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Express/Special Delivery 1953-65 with mostly multiple frankings, some also by airmail, all diff with defins 3½d (6), 5d (4), 6½ pr, 10d pr, Colombo 1/- pr, Commems 4d (5), 3 with 5d (4), another 5d (7) + a 3d, also 1/7d defin solo, very scarce (11). (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Found Open Officially sealed labels 1931-86 covers (27) inc from overseas (5) with all diff printings of label (1929-79) one undated, also 3 unused labels. (27, + 3 labels). (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Queensland Instructional Markings Interesting lot 1930s-90s inc a few Unclaimed sorted by town, Brisbane RTS labels, 1940 Brisbane 'This cover was torn in transit' label, Received Damaged, Repaired tapes, Stamps Lost in Transit etc. Mostly covers, a few are pieces (70) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

South Australia Instructional Markings 1930s-2000 range of covers inc variety of Damaged mail with h/s or m/s markings, one letter from PO, a few repaired, Stamp Fallen Off, Unclaimed/RTS markings or labels, Posted Out of Course (2), Post Town Unknown etc. (46). (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

Tasmania: registered Covers mostly 1967-70 Bicheno-Zeehan, the Wynyard with 'MO' in cds (RR) all diff blue labels. (49). (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1935-49 Inwards commercial covers mostly Airmail to same addressee, from Burma (2), Canada (7), Ceylon (2), Cyprus, Egypt, Fiji, GB (19) inc Perfins, Arms 2/6, taxed with Australia 6d Postage Due, Registered etc, India (13), Iraq, Jamaica, Japan (4), KUT, Malaya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone 1937 PPC with boxed 'Posted on Steamer' cachet, South Africa & USA (38) with 12 by Air inc meter adhesives, 'via Trans-Pacific Route', censored (24), plus a few non-Australia destination with Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador Sudan all to GB, others, with Censored, Registered etc (120) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1940s Inwards commercial covers to same addressee in Sydney with Belgium (15) inc Airmail, Registered, 1947 Airmail with 7Fr meter imprint x15!, Czechoslovakia (7), 6 by air inc reg, Curacao 1941? Censored, Denmark (3) inc air, France (2) by air, French Oceania, Greece, Netherlands (8) inc censor & air, Palestine opts on Egypt reg air, Lebanon (2), Yugoslavia, Norway, Sweden (4) inc 200o meter franking & airs, Switzerland (12), 1937 Pro Juventute M/sheet, meter franking & Syria air. Nice lot with wide range of high value frankings, 45 being Airmails. (60) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Victoria Registered Mail: Huge collection of registered covers sorted by label types, stated all diff, from 1930s-80s but majority from early 1950s to early 1970s with blue labels, includes A1 Mine Settlment, Altona Nth (2) & West, Ararat Nth & Sth, Archerton, Arnold, Arthurs Creek, Ascot Vale Central, East & West, Avonsdale, Axedale, Bairnsdale East, Bambra Rd, Bambra Rd Sth, Banyena, Beauville, Benjeroop, Bennison, Bentleigh Nth (2), Berrybank, Bleak House, Bolwarrah (2), Boorhaman, Brighton - North Rd, Were St & West, Bullen West, Burleigh (2), Byaduk Nth, Camp Pell, Cannie, Cardigan, Carranballac, Castella, Cathkin, Childers, Chinkapook, Christmas Hills, Clarinda, Clonard, Clyde, Codrington, Coghills Ck, Colac East, Colginabbin West, Combeinbar, Coragulac, Crimea, Cross Keys (2), Cudge, Cumberland Park, Dendy, Diggora West, Draytonville, Dutton Way, Echuca Sth, Elgar Park (2), Eltham Nth, Ensay Sth (front), Faversham, Fentons Creek, Footscray - Argyle St, Ballarat Rd (5), Geelong Rd (3) & Park (2), Fortuna, Galah, Gardner, Gilbank (2), Glenalbyn (Rail), Glengala, Granya, Greythorn, Hattah, Healesville West, Heatherdale, Hernes Oak, Highton, Hillside, Horhsam Nth, Sth (2) & West, Hunter, Ivanhoe East & West, Jacana, Jumbunna, Katandra, Kerrisdale (Rail), Kiata, King Valley, Kongwak, Kurting, Licola, Lillimur Sth (2), Lima Sth, Lyndhurst, Macclesfield, Marybyrnong, McKillop, Merri (2), Metropolitan Farm, Mittyack, Modewarre, Moondara, Moordialloc Nth (2), Morwell - Bridge, East & Upper, Mt Buffalo Chalet, Mt Moriac Mt Waverley Nth (2), Munro, Murray Lock No 9, Napoleons, Navigators, Nelsons Hill, Nerrina (front), Neewhaven, North Blackburn (2), Pedrina Park, Pennydale (2), Petersons, Pirron Yallock, Poolaigelo, Portland West, Redesdale, Reservoir Eat, Ross Bridge, Seaholme (2), Sinclair (2), Smith Gully Rd, South Blackburn, South Purrumbete, Springmount, Steiglitz, Sylvester (3), Tahar, Taranginnie, Tarranyurk, Teddywaddy, Toolondoo, Toolong, Tottenham East (2), Tyabb, Tyntynder Central, Tysons Reef, Waaia, Wandong, Wangaratta West, Warrambook - East, Nth, Sth & West, Wensleydale, Western Camp (2), Whitfield, Whittington, Williamstown Beach, Willow Grove (2), Wollert, Woodfield & Yabba Nth. Many inc the A-G letters with cds rarity RR-RRRR noted on reverse. Mostly F-VF. This collection is an amazing effort that took very many years to achieve. (over 1700). (Image1)

Estimate AU$9,000