1913-36, group of 19 Kangaroo stamps mint including 1913-14 5d., 6d., 9d. and 1s., stamps of further issues with 1923 6d. chestnut top marginal gutter pair showing "broken leg" on left-hand stamp, up to 1931-36 6d. blocks of four. In addition 1926 KGV. 1d. green bottom marginal block of four with watermark inverted, good to very fine. (SG from about £1100) (Image)

1916, ½d bright green KGV, Electro 2, with variety "Crack through oval in front of face", used with part of cds Melbourne 12, 5.FE.16. VF condition. Very scarce and distinctive variety, probably responsible for the replacement of Electro 2, ACSC 2500.-AU$ (Image)

1916, ½d bright green KGV, Electro 2, with variety crack through "P" of "POSTAGE", used with part of machine cancel (Victoria), flat perforation at bottom right, else F/VF condition. Very scarce variety and probably responsible for the replacement of Electro 2, ACSC 2250.-AU$ (Image)

1916/1934 Kangaroos four high values optd. "SPECIMEN", with 1916 £1 chocolate & dull blue, 1919 £2 black & rose and 1924 £1 grey, all with third watermark, plus 1934 £2 with Wmk "C of A", mint lightly hinged or never hinged, fine.
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)

1919, 2 £ black and rose kangaroo, third watermark, two stamps with different ovp 'SPECIMEN' in type B and C, VF mint hinged condition. ACSC 1100.-AU$ (Image)

1927 registered cover from Hobart to Chemnitz, Germany via Melbourne franked by Roos 2s., 1s., 9d. and 6d. in combination with KGV. 4½d., 3d., 2d., 1½d., 1d. and ½d. all tied by "REGISTERED HOBART/5 JAN 27" c.d.s., Reg. label alongside, despatch, transit and '11.2.27' arrival datestamps on the reverse. A philatelic cover but a most attractive 10-colour franking. (Image)

1927 KGV. 1½d. red, Perf 13½x12½, bottom marginal gutter pair with A.J. Mullett imprint, variety "ST of POSTAGE joined, State II with scratch through left value" (Plate 4), used along with 1930 2d. on 1½d. on airmail cover from Melbourne to Chimbu, NEW GUINEA by First Air Mail per Mandated Airlines, tied by "SHIP MAIL ROOM MELBOURNE/28 MY 38" c.d.s., 'Air Mail Sydney 30 MY 38' and Madang '16 JN 38' transit datestamps on front, Salamaua and Madang tranist datestamps on the reverse, fine. (Image)

1931 Air 6d. sepia overprinted "OS" used along with 1929 Air 3d. on printed 'Hotel Pacific, Cairns' envelope to Fort Moresby, PAPUA by First Official Australia-Papua Airmail in 1934, both tied by "TOWNSVILLE QUEENSLAND/5 JN 34" c.d.s., airmail cachet 'JUNE 1934' on front and similar 'JULY 1934' cachet on back, fine. (Image)

1933, Gala Day PIGEONGRAM, Australia's first flown pigeongram with souvenir cover, prepared by the Air Mail Society of N.S.W., the grey-green pigeongram signed on back by Society secretary Crome, flown within Sydney to suburb Botany, cover with single franking 2d KGV together with multicolor commemorative label affixed and tied by machine cancel besides violet strike of pigeon handstamp. VF condition. Only 550 items flown, described in Bofarull (p.105) (Image)

1934, 2d - 9d 'MacArthur Death Centenary' (merino ram), complete set on registered FIRST DAY COVER from Kilkenny/S.A., 1.NO.1934, to Hamburg in Germany, arrival mark (3.12.34) on reverse. ACSC 550.-AU$ (Image)

1939, RADIO STATION / WILLIS ISLAND, 7.APR.1939, oval handstamp in violet on cover with single 2d scarlet KGVI addressed to Buka Passage Bougainville New Guinea, on the frontside straight line h/s "WILLIS ISLAND", stamp canceled on arrival BUKA PASSAGE/NEW GUINEA, 3.JE.39, backflap with imprint 'Burns Philp Lines'. F/VF condition. Scarce mail from a remote and tiny island in the Coral Sea. (Image)

1940, ½d orange 'wallaroo', block of 4, multiple franking on cover from NORFOLK ISLAND / AUSTRALIA, 28.AP.40, to Lincoln S.A., on the frontside boxed 'Passed by/Censor 2/NORFOLK ISLAND' h/s in violet, arrival mark on reverse. Envelope with minor traces of usage, otherwise F/VF condition. Scarce WWII censored mail! (Image)

1947, QUANTAS ffc Australia-Japan cover with single 1s 6d 'Hermes' from Sydney, 16.DE.47, to Bofu, arrival mark A.F.P.O.28, 18.DE.47, pilot signed Capt. J.G.Morton; in addition return flight Japan-Australia cover with single 3d KGVI ovp 'B.C.O.F. Japan' from A.F.P.O.28, 19.DE.47, to Sydney, pilot signed Capt. E.A.Harding, both covers with special flight vignette. VF condition. Eustis 1128 + 1129. Scarce! (Image)

1948 Registered cover from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition 1947 to South Yarra, Victoria sent from Macquarie Island via Melbourne, franked by 1945 Kangaroo 2s. bottom marginal pair with Authority imprint, cancelled by "A.N.A.R.E. MACQUARIE/7 MR 48" c.d.s., Reg. label alongside, Melbourne transit dater and South Yarra '3 AP 48' arrival datestamps on the reverse, fine. (Image)

1949 Qantas First Charter Flight Sydney-Hong Kong: Cover to Hongkong franked by KGVI. 2½d. tied by Sydney "15 MR 49" c.d.s., also franked (on arrival) by KGVI. 5c. green tied by "KOWLOON HONG KONG/17 MR/49" c.d.s., with special Qantas vignette alongside, and on the reverse with Hongkong arrival dater, signed E.C. Sims, fine. (Image)

1916/1931, TASMANIA OFFICIAL MAIL - KGV PUNCTURED "T", group of 4 covers with perfin "T" on KGV stamps, comprising single 1d red, single 1d violet or 2 x ½d orange each on 'Birth Registration' letter (postage paid on delivery) addressed to Hamilton; furthermore 5d brown single on registered envelope from Treasury, Hobart to Bellerive. Attractive group in VF condition. (Image)

1924, 2s maroon kangaroo, third watermark, punctured small "OS", long stamp with part of neighbouring stamp at bottom, unmounted mint and fresh condition. ACSC 1250.-AU$ (Image)

1933, PROVISIONAL "OS" PUNCTURES: 1d green KGV, watermark CofA, punctured "OS" (S with 12 holes!), single franking on cover with machine cancel from Sydney, 25.MAY.1933, addressed to Haymarket. F/VF condition.
The 12-hole OS was originally a two-line punch, with OS on the top line and NSW on the bottom. In 1933, for a period of a few weeks, the OS alone was used. Covers with these stamps are very scarce! (Image)

1921 4d. carmine & green, perf 14, WATERMARK SIDEWAYS, used and cancelled by part strike of "P(ERTH)/9..." c.d.s., very fine. A SCARCE VARIETY. (SG £475) (Image)

1906, 5 S. dull green with wmk. crown-A (D6) with UPU-specimen handstamp "ULTRAMAR" and corner cancel of "(PE)RTH".
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium. (Image)

1947, 5s claret, single on registered airmail cover from AUST UNIT POSTAL STN 497, 26.AU.47 (British Com. Base KURE), to Vancouver in Canada, transit and arrival marks (11.SP.47) on reverse. VF condition. (Image)

1948, ½d - 5s ovp B.C.O.F., complete set tied by cds 'FIELD P.O. 080, 20.AP.48 (allocated to Hiro, Proud 150) , along with boxed registration mark "F.P.O. 080", on registered cover to Kensington Gardens/S.A., envelope with vertical fold (not affecting stamps) otherwise VERY FINE. (Image)

1949, 5 ½d brown KGVI registered stationery envelope, uprated with ½d orange ovp B.C.O.F., sent by airmail from AUST.ARMY P.O., 27.JA.49 (allocated to Kure) to Hindmarsh/S.A., transit cds Adelaide (31.DE.49) and arrival mark (1.FE.49) on reverse. VF condition. Scarce mixed postage with & without overprint "B.C.O.F." to make up the A.I.F. reduced 6d rate for a registered airmail letter. (Image)

1911/1913, 1d KGV 'full face' pictorial lettercard, selection of 3 uprated lettercards addressed to Germany, comprising 1d olive-green with view 'EXHIBITION BLDGS. MELB. VIC.' (LC8/46) uprated with South Australia ½d & 1d QV from Adelaide, 14.NO.11, to Hannover; 1d brown with view NATIONAL PARK N.S.WALES (LC10/92A) uprated with Victoria ½d & 1d QV from Melbourne, 26.DE.12, to Frankfurt/M. and 1d dull purple with view NATIONAL PARK N.S.WALES (LC10/92A) uprated with Western Australia ½d & 1d pictorials from Macquarie Plains, 8.FE.13, to Bremen. F/VF condition. Very attractive group presenting the usage of lettercards with additional postage from three different Australian States! (Image)

1916/1917, 1d red KGV military envelope with imprint 'A.I.F., ABROAD' (Setting 1) and a second envelope with imprint 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, ABROAD' (Setting 1), both envelopes in F/VF unused condition. ACSC 600.-AU$ (Image)