Single-volume collection with some better stamps including NSW Laureates to 8d including 6d pair, Registered Imperf with Papermaker's Watermark, 20/- Governors, 'OS' to 5/- Coin, Postage Dues set; Queensland Charity duo; Victoria Beaded Ovals 6d orange (a very scarce stamp), both Charity sets, KEVII £1 mint & £2 CTO; etc, condition very mixed but those mentioned are fine to very fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$1,500

Oddments on stockcards including NSW Laureates 1d forgery pair, Queensland Lined Background 2d defaced plate proof tête-bêche pair, postmark interest including Victorian BN 'M52' superb strike (rated RR), condition variable. (119 items)

Estimate AU$400

Postal Stationery with Tasmania 2½d Envelope 'DIANA'S BASIN...'; Victoria 1d Postal Card with 'REPLY' Barred-Out (rare, but stained), three uprated Letter Cards to Germany (one taxed), ½d green STO Envelope uprated & registered to Germany (philatelic but rare), 1d 'OS' Education Department Envelopes x3 used, and a few others; and Western Australia 1½d Postal Card unused (rare, but stained) & CTO; condition variable. (18 items)

Estimate AU$600

Travelling Post Offices collection on display pages from all Colonies/States mostly on Colonial stamps including on covers and cards plus some Commonwealth material, noted New South Wales 'ENGLISH MAIL/NSW' d/s on 1910 cover from Hungary, Queensland Great Northern 'GN RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' on Chalon 6d and 'TPO 6 S&WR' on Papua 2d Lakatoi, South Australia early 'RAILWAY/SA', squared circles and partial 'PAY TRAIN/TRA...' (Trans-Australian Railway), Tasmania 'TPO' and 'TML' types on Pictorials on picture postcards, Victoria 'DOWN TRAIN/GM4' error (RRR) on 1880 postal card, Western Australia 'TPO EGF/WA' (Eastern Goldfields) on Swan 1d blue postal card, etc, condition variable but many fine. (40 entires plus 100s)

Estimate AU$500

Copper watermark bits on small pieces of dandy roll comprising Victorian V/Crown, Queensland Crown/Q, NSW Small Crown/A, Australian Crown/A Second Wmk & Third Wmk, and GB Crown/GvR, all recessed in a single cardboard mount (254x128mm) with 'EDWIN AMIES & SON/MAIDSTONE' h/s in rosine on the reverse, the mount a bit soiled. [Edwin Amies & Son is still in business in Maidstone (Kent). They are manufacturers, especially of paper-making machinery]

Estimate AU$500

Covers & Postal Stationery group noted NSW 1852 with 2d Laureate tied numeral '56' of Singleton and 1854 with 1d Laureate pair and 'ALBURY' crowned oval arrival, Queensland 1912 registered with early 'R/STANTHORPE' red & black label, a few PPCs, advertising covers, TPO cancels and other postmark interest, plenty of unused postal stationery, some Tatts mail, condition variable. (100+)

Estimate AU$300

'List of Post and Telegraph Offices' published by the Postmaster-General's Department (1963), minor cover staining but internally very fine. A fantastic official source for postmark collectors.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50