See also Penny Kangaroo First Day of Issue at Melbourne: Lot 43.

1930s-60s selection with variety of producers including 1937 NSW Sesquicentenary on multi-coloured "Northern" Series cover, 1953 Produce Food strips on single covers x2, a number of registered items, a few 'First Day Cards' including 2/- green Olympic Publicity and a particularly attractive Cobb & Co illustrated card, some unaddresed, also various non-FDC commemorative covers & cancels noted 1948-49 Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree on five covers with differently-coloured cachets & 1950 Stamp Exhibition items, etc, condition generally fine. (100+)

Estimate AU$200

1949 Henry Lawson 2½d strip of 3 tied by 'SUNSHINE/17JE49/VICTORIA' cds, hand-illustrated perhaps by Eric Ogden but not signed, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1970 National Development 9c Bauxite pair on oversize Alcoa FDC with enclosed promotional booklet for the company; also Qld Geographical Society 1946 Leichhardt x2 different, one with QGS Leichhardt brochure, and 1946 Mitchell x3 different, one with QGS fundraising brochure. Unusual lot. No reserve. (7 items)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

ARCHIBALD MOUBRE GUTHRIE: 1954-59 group including Royal Visit registered, Railways block of 4, ANARE block of 4, Olympic Propaganda 2/- blue, US Memorial block of 4, SA Responsible Government block of 4, QEII 7d block of 4, War Memorial pair, etc, several of the later covers are generics, five are unaddressed. (21)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: Eric Ogden produced a small number of FDCs for most issues between 1949 & 1965. They were variously hand-painted or screen-printed entirely or in part. All those offered here are signed "E Wm Ogden" & are unaddressed.

1949 Henry Lawson 2½d tied to handpainted cover by 'BRIGHTON RD S3/17JE49/ VIC-AUST' cds. [This was the first issue for which Ogden produced FDCs. Six covers are known, all with different designs. Ogden's handpainted covers have often sold for more than $500 each]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1950 Aborigine 8½d tied to handpainted cover by 'PARKVILLE/14AU50/VIC' cds, a few tiny tonespots.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1952 Scout Jamboree 3½d tied to screenprinted cover by 'COBURG N13 No 1/19NO52/VIC-AUST' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1953-56 QEII Definitives 3d green tied to screenprinted cover by 'COBURG N13 No 1/17JE53/VIC-AUST' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1953-56 QEII Definitives 3½d red on handprinted cover with small photograph of the Queen inserted, tied by 'COBURG N13 No 1/21AP53/VIC-AUST' cds, endorsed "The first stamp portraying the Queen, issued on Her birthday...", a few minor tonespots. [A similar cover for the 3d sold at the Prestige auction of 11.6.2008 for $920]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1954 Red Cross Society 3½d tied to screenprinted cover by 'CARLTON STH N.3/9JE54/VIC-AUST' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1954 Railway Centenary 3½d Trains tied to handpainted cover by 'THORNBURY/13SE54/VIC' cds. [Unusually, the design is incomplete, with details of the trains not added]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1955-63 Issues on screenprinted generic covers with Kangaroos Hopping to Left comprising SA Stamp Centenary, SA Self-Government, Broken Hill, Animals 6d - with Numbat pencil-sketch - 11d pair & 1/2d, Flowers 1/6d, NT Centenary, Melbourne Cup, Queensland Stamp Centenary, AAT 5d blue, and Blue Mountains, a few minor blemishes. (12)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1958-63 Issues on screenprinted generic covers with Trees & Kangaroos Hopping to Right comprising Kingsford Smith, Flowers 2/5d & 3/-, Queensland Self-Government, Post Office Sesqui-Centenary, Animals 8d, Guiding, Colombo Plan, Inland Mission, CWA & Canberra Anniversary, a few minor blemishes. (11)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1959-63 Flowers 2/- Flannel Flower tied to screenprinted cover by 'CARLTON N3/8AP59/VIC-AUST' cds.

Grade a (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1963 Red Cross Centenary 5d tied to screenprinted cover by 'COBURG N13/8MY63/ 4 /VIC-AUST' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ERIC WILLIAM OGDEN: 1965 Sir John Monash 5d tied to screenprinted cover by 'NORTHCOTE/23JE65/VIC' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

JACK PEAKE: Group with 1950 8½d Aborigine hand-painted, stencilled illustrations for 3½d Swan x7, Railways x2, USA Memorial x16 & YMCA x7, also EW Ogden for 1954 Red Cross & 1955 Rotary plus generics for Flying Doctor & 8d Tiger Cat x2, mostly unaddressed & generally very fine. (38)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

JACK PEAKE: This & the following covers were all hand-painted by noted Adelaide illustrator, the late AJ (Jack) Peake. Jack's work, much of which is highly artistic, gained a new following from the sale of covers from his estate by Prestige between 2007 & 2012. Many sold for more than $500 each, and several topped the $1000 mark. Unless stated otherwise, all covers are very fine & unaddressed.

1951 Federation Jubilee complete set tied to long cover - Parliament House & State Emblems - by 'KAROONDA' cds of 1MY51.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

JACK PEAKE: 1968 State Floral Emblems 6c to 30c on individual covers each tied by Stock Exchange (SA) cds of 10JY68, the 25c with 'sticky tape' residue on the flap. (6)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

JACK PEAKE: JACK PEAKE: 1969 Primary Industries 7c to 25c on individual covers each tied by Stock Exchange (SA) cds of 17SE69. (4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$280

JACK PEAKE: 1984 Christmas 24c to 85c tied to separate covers by Hindmarsh FDI cds of 31OCT1984. (4)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$280

JACK PEAKE: 1984 Aboriginal Art set tied to two covers by Hindmarsh FDI cds of 7NOV1984. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

JACK PEAKE: 1987 Bicentenary of Settlement - First Fleet at Teneriffe - 36c se-tenant pair & $1 tied by Hindmarsh FDI cds of 3JUN1987. [Evocative illustration of ship approaching port]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

STANDARD STAMP CO: 1949-50 Arms £2 green tied to generic cover to New York by very fine 'GREENSLOPES REPAT HOSP/16JA50/QLD-AUST' cds. Ex George Lang: sold at the Prestige auction of 13.6.2009 for $1955.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000