ALAND: 1911 plain postcard to Finland with NSW ½d & 1d tied by Newcastle cds, trilingual 'HELSINGFORS * HELSINKI/[Cyrillic]' cds & redirected with similar & very fine 'MARIANHAMINA * MARIEHAMN/...' arrival cds, the message apparently in Swedish. A rare destination. [Mariehamn is the capital of the Aland Archipelago. After WWI, 95% of the population voted to become part of Sweden. However, in 1921 the League of Nations decided Aland should remain part of Finland as a neutral autonomous region, but Swedish would be the official language! This is the same mob that approved the victorious Allies carving-up of the Ottoman Empire, creating artificial countries including Trans-Jordan, Syria, Palestine & Iraq]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

ALAND: 1911 cover to "Mariehamn/Finland" with South Australian ½d & 1d pair tied by Adelaide machine, trilingual 'MARIANHAMINA * MARIEHAMN/[Cyrillic]' arrival cds. A rare destination. [Mariehamn is the capital of the Aland Archipelago. After WWI, 95% of the population voted to become part of Sweden. However, in 1921 the League of Nations decided Aland should remain part of Finland as a neutral autonomous region, but Swedish would be the official language! This is the same mob that approved the victorious Allies carving-up of the Ottoman Empire, creating artificial countries including Trans-Jordan, Syria, Palestine & Iraq]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

ARGENTINA: 1895 (Jan 19) stampless OHMS cover headed 'THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, SYDNEY' with oval Museum cachet at L/L, to the National Museum in Buenos Ayres, largely-superb 'ABONADOS/AB1/93/...IURNO' arrival b/s (Abonados = Subscribers: que?)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BOLIVIA: 1911 cover to Oruro with Queensland 2½d purple/blue tied by Brisbane duplex, largely superb Chilean 'ANTOFAGASTA/28JUL11/RECEPCION' transit b/s. With social letter from a migrant lady recently arrived from England, to her sister who had recently married in Holland & emigrated to Bolivia. [Ororu's silver mines were pillaged by the Spanish. The town was re-established in the 19th century as a tin mining centre] (Qty 2 items)

Grade A-/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

GERMAN NEW GUINEA: c.1910 Queensland ½d Wrapper uprated with similar ½d adhesive to 'Hotel Lloydhof/Raboul [sic] New Britain', minor defects & light soiling.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

JAPAN: 1901 usage of NSW 1d Postal Card to Tokyo with the message entirely in Japanese, mss "T5" in blue for the ½d underpayment, two strikes of a vertical-boxed Japanese chop with mss endorsements, minor soiling.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

NEW CALEDONIA: 1896 (Mar 5) usage of STO Envelope 2d Emu for D Mitchell & Co Merchants (blue insignia on the flap), with ½d grey tied by Sydney duplex, no other markings, a couple of very minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

RHODESIA: 1912 (Oct 6) PPC with South Australia 1d with pencil cancel & tied by Adelaide machine cancel with 'BULAWAYO/4.11.12/S.RHODESIA' machine arrival.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOUTH AFRICA - NATAL: 1898 (Dec 14) usage of NSW STO Envelope 2d Queen for D Mitchell & Co Merchants (blue insignia on the flap), superb 'NSW/ T / 5 ' h/s for the ½d deficiency & '1d'-in-circle h/s of Durban for double deficiency, minor blemishes mostly on the reverse.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCES - ORANGE FREE STATE: 1904 (May 6) double-rate use of NSW 3d Registration Envelope with Jubilee 2½d indigo pair with part monogram tied by Sydney cds, 'DURBAN/NATAL' transit & 'REGISTERED BLOEMFONTEIN/ 2 ' arrival b/s, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

TONGA: 1900 usage of NSW 1½d Postal Card with Sydney duplex & very fine 'NUKUALOFA/TONGA' arrival b/s, full message about stamps, very minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

URUGUAY: 1912 (Aug 29) commercial double-rate usage of NSW 3d Regisration Envelope with ½d 1d x2 (one on the reverse) & 2½d tied by Sydney cds, endorsed on the reverse "via Wellington NZ/and Athenic", 'MONTEVIDEO-URUGUAY/13OCT1912/RECOMENDADA' arrival b/s. [The sender, Edgar J Rouse, was 18yo at the time. In 1929, he became Joint Managing Director of Kodak (Australia), alongside his father! The family home, 'Kardinia', was built in 1908 & is one of the last surviving Federation/Edwardian-era mansions in the affluent suburb of Potts Point]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150