Mint collection on Minkus pages with Kangaroos including Third Wmk 9d Harrison Imprint pair plus punctured 'OS' 6d blue and 5/- & 10/- (both CTO), SMult 1/- Ash Imprint pair, KGV Heads mint to 1/4d x4 including 4d lemon & a few varieties, Engraved 6d Kooka & 3d M/S, 1/- Large Lyrebird, Vic Centenary ANZAC & Jubilee sets, 'OS' Overprints apparently complete (no certificates for the Kingsford Smith duo), later issues virtually complete unmounted - no 5/- Cattle on White Paper - including Robes both papers, BCOF set with both 5/-, Arms & Navigators 'SPECIMEN' sets, also some Postage Dues, generally fine to very fine. (few 100)

Estimate AU$1,750

'OS' Overprints complete plus extra SMult Wmk 6d Roo block of 4, KGV CofA Wmk blocks of 4, Bridge imprint blocks of 4, 1/- Lyrebird singles x3 (one punctured 'G/NSW') & a corner block of 4 (**), a few minor blemishes but generally very fine. (54)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$650

Archival collection on hingeless pages with Kangaroos CTO including First Wmk to £2 (no 2/-; the £2 with a light bend) mostly with the 'MELBOURNE/ 24 /VIC' cds, Third Wmk £1 grey & punctured 'OS' to £2 (small thin), various KGV Issues, Postage Dues overprinted 'SPECIMEN' 1902 Blank Tablet (the 5/- without overprint) and 1902-04 set to 20/- plus CTO Bicolours to £1 (no gum) & a few others; also an array of 1940s to 1990s issues missing many of the better items, generally very fine. Ex Belgian Post Office Archives. [The stamps were originally mounted and there are some hinge remainders, minor black adhesions from the old pages & the occasional fault from the remounting process] (100s)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

CTO array from collectors' sets with Kangaroos including Third Wmk £1 grey plus punctured 'OS' 5/-, 10/- (Roo Misplaced with Tail in Tasman Sea), £1 grey & £2 (characteristic centring & irregular perfs), SMult Wmk 5/- plus 'SPECIMEN' 10/-; Engraved 1d & 6d; KGV Single Wmk including 4d orange, 4d violet, 4d blue & 1/4d, SMult Wmk Perf 14 1/4d plus 'OS' values including SMult Wmk Perf 14 1/4d, etc; Other Issues including Large Lyrebird, Bridge 5/-, Vic Centenary, Macarthur, ANZAC & Jubilee sets, Arms set & others to mid-1950s, all with large-part o.g. & mostly with hinge remainders; also some mint including Roos Third Wmk 10/- & CofA 5/-, KGV CofA 1/4d, KGVI Definitives plus Robes Thick Paper set, mostly with hinge remainders; Cat $9000+. (240 approx)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

CTO array a similar but smaller selection with Kangaroos including Third Wmk punctured 'OS' 5/-, 10/- (Roo Misplaced with Tail in Tasman Sea), £1 grey & £2 (characteristic centring & irregular perfs), SMult Wmk 5/- plus 'SPECIMEN' 10/-; KGV including SMult Wmk Perf 14 1/4d plus 'OS' values including SMult Wmk Perf 14 1/4d, etc; Other Issues including Large Lyrebird x2 (one 'OS'), Bridge 5/-, Vic Centenary, ANZAC & Jubilee sets, Arms set (very scarce), etc; also some mint including Robes Thick Paper set, some light bends, unmounted, Cat $8000+. (180 approx)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

Album pages with a mostly CTO selection including Engraved duo, KGV to 1/4d & punctured 'OS' to 1/4d, Bridge Victoria Centenary ANZAC & Jubilee sets, Arms set (very scarce), etc, also some mint including Robes Thick Paper set, generally very fine with large-part o.g. (200+)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Australian Territories collection in two large Scott albums, AAT, Christmas & Cocos Islands, Norfolk & Papua New Guinea all apparently complete to about 2001 including PNG Postal Charges SG D1 (no certificate), all the Emergency Surcharges, M/Ss plus many with Show Overprints, etc, all the key sets are unmounted & we expect the collection is at least 95% unmounted. Terrific thematic content. (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Selection of commercial pieces many with very scarce WA/Commonwealth frankings with WA values to 2/6d & Roos to 1/-, etc, also some loose Roos, postmark interest. To appreciate the extent of this tragedy, had the covers been left intact, they would have been worth upwards of $20,000! (36 pieces + loose)

Estimate AU$500

On-paper quantity in large tea-chest mostly Decimal period but noted some earlier including KGVI issues. Potential postmark interest. Must be collected. Weighs 38kg. (1000s)

Estimate AU$100

Pre-decimal accumulation mostly used with range of Kangaroos x300+ noted 4d small 'OS' x2, 5/- Third Wmk x8 & 5/- CofA Wmk x11, quantity of KGV Heads with values to 1/4d plus packets & some on piece, later issues noted £2 Arms, £1 Navigators x2, etc, a few mint & some Colonies also, plenty of official punctures including 'OS/NSW' & 'G/NSW', commercial perfins, potential postmark interest, condition variable. Weighs 11kg. (1000s)

Estimate AU$400

Accumulation of mint and used, some Roos, KGV Heads and other Pre-Decimal blocks of 4 including imprint blocks, 'OS' overprints, late Pre-Decimal sheets and part-sheets, Decimals, coil strips, Postage Dues including on 1947 large cover from USA, condition mixed. Inspection may reward. Weighs 11kg. (many 100s)

Estimate AU$100

Collection on clear pages with Kangaroos including First Wmk to 10/- plus a regummed & reperforated £2, Second Wmk set, Third Wmk to 10/- + £1 grey (2, one punctured 'OS', CTO), SMult Wmk to 10/- & CofA Wmk to £1, KGV all watermarks apparently complete, Kookaburra M/S (fragile but **), 5/- Bridge, later unmounted including Vic Centenary both perfs, Macarthur, ANZAC & Jubilee sets, KGVI 3d blues, Robes Thick Paper x2 sets, Arms, QEII issues complete including 5/- Cattle White Paper & Navigators set of 8, KGVI-QEII Coil Pairs complete, etc, also a mounted BCOF set, condition variable in the Roos & KGV Heads otherwise generally very fine. (few 100)

Estimate AU$6,000

Post Office Training School range of Decimals to $1 Flinders including QEII 3c sheet of 100 (margins removed) with various 'SPECIMEN ONLY' or 'CANCELLED' handstamps, also a contrived registered cover with handstamped 5c & 20c x2 tied by AUST FPO/ 7 ' cds. (163 + cover)

Estimate AU$200

Two ancient suitcases with tins & packets of stamps mostly off-paper Australia & Colonies plus some world-wide, also box of covers & stationery that 'escaped' soaking, noted Tasmania 'ONE PENNY' on 2d violet 'Lake Agnew' Lettercard unused (no borders), WA 2d Lettercard used 1903, KGV 1½d Postal Card 'ONE PENNY' overprint used 1924, bundle of PTPO envelopes, a few inwards with India 1941 uprated postal card airmail to Victoria censored, couple of PPCs including 'Zirkon Ratile Factory, Byron Bay', etc, condition variable. Weighs 14kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$300

Two cartons containing collections in albums and stockbooks, some Colonies, Kangaroos, KGV Heads, other pre-decimals and Decimal duplicates, appears to be mostly pedestrian, however noted huge 1937 Cycling label (faults) signed "Hubert Opperman", condition very mixed. Weighs 27kg. (many 100s)

Estimate AU$200

Box of covers 1930s to modern, a few FDCs plus inwards mail to Australia from GB, USA, etc, condition variable. Weighs 4kg. (200+)

Estimate AU$100

Two volume collection with many better items including Kangaroos 10/- Large 'OS' (perf faults; no certificate), SMult Wmk 10/- x2 (one with telegraph puncture), CofA Wmk £1 & £2 x2 (one reperforated, the other with amateurish repair), KGV including 4d lemon x3 (one with the Watermark Inverted) & 4d orange Line through 'FOUR PENCE', 5/- Bridge commercially used (much scarcer than CTO or mint), ANZAC 1/- strip of 3, Thin Paper Robes, £sd Navigators, Decimals with booklet panes & 1971 Christmas block of 25, then apparently complete to 1999 mostly with Australia Post's printed cancels but including 41c Cycling booklet pair Imperf Between CTO and self-adhesive Wallaby Miscut with 'AUSTRALIA 45c' Omitted on commercial piece. The first volume also includes a large number of blocks - most notably Robes imprints - with fake cancels. Caveat emptor! (Qty)

Estimate AU$1,000

1913-65 in Seven Seas hingless album, Kangaroos include First Wmk 1/- *, used to 2/-, Second Wmk used to 5/- the 9d and 1/- mint, Third Wmk to £1 grey used, the 2½d & 5/- mint, CofA 5/-, 10/- & £1 fine used, KGV SMult to 1/4d mint, CTO or used, Kookaburra M/S unmounted, Large Lyrebird 'OS' *, 5/- Harbour Bridge CTO, Vic Centenary both *, NSW Sesqui **, and BCOF to 5/- *, etc, condition variable but many fine. (150+)

Estimate AU$1,000

Carton with two stockbooks containing some Colonies, Kangaroos including Second Wmk Perf 'OS' to 5/-, KGV Heads, other Pre-decimal perf 'OS' and Decimal 'VG', 1966-86 mint or used in Seven Seas hingless album, Decimal 'Specimen' opts to $10, plus shoebox with a few covers, FDCs and PNCs, condition mixed. Weighs 6kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$250

Collection in Seven Seas hingeless album with Kangaroos including First Wmk to 5/- (ex 6d & 9d, the 3d & 4d are very fine unmounted) + 10/- & £2 'Specimen', Third Wmk to 2/- brown + extra 6d blue & 9d also 'SPECIMEN' 10/-, £1 brown & blue x2, £1 grey & £2, SMult Wmk 'SPECIMEN' 10/- very fine * & £2 no gum; KGV Heads largely complete simplified with Single Wmk to 1/4d including Rough Paper 1d red Die II punctured 'OS' ** & 4d lemon very lightly mounted, CofA Wmk to 1/4d, and 'OS' overprints, etc; other Pre-decimals largely complete including 1/- Large Lyrebird ** (superb), KSmith 'OS' pair CTO, 5/- Bridge, KGVI 3d blue Dies (Die Ia is incorrect), BCOF set to Thick Paper 5/- unusually well centred, Robes Thick Paper set **, Arms **, White Paper Cattle very lightly mounted & Navigators set of 6 **, etc; the pre-WWII issues need to be closely checked for quality, providing the opportunity to continue upgrading. [This lot also includes a little surprise packet of Australian Colonies] (100s)

Estimate AU$3,000

Kangaroos with First Wmk 2d 2½d 3d & 5d (a little aged) all unmounted, Second Wmk 2½d unmounted, lots of mostly minor used varieties but including Third Wmk 5/- ACSC #44(D)va & CofA 5/- #46(V)s, also some 'OS' punctures, then an array of KGV Heads, condition variable but generally fine to very. (100s)

Estimate AU$600

Decimals array in a box, including 'SPECIMEN' singles & blocks, also some commemorative telegram envelopes, a few FDCs, also British Empire oddments including four 1948 Silver Wedding Overprints sets, plus Arthur Gray's Kangaroos auction catalogue. (few 100)

Estimate AU$180

Stockbook with duplicated used Kangaroos to 2/- and KGV Heads to 1/4d including SMult Perf 14, also some mint with KGV 1d Engraved x3, 3d blue Kooka, 6d Kooka and 1/- Large Lyrebird, condition mixed. (approx 150)

Estimate AU$150

Collection remainders in carton with Australia 1970s decimal 20c to 55c sheets and part sheets, some stamp packs and FDCs, 1934 Melbourne-Hobart First Flight covers x4, plus World in 'oldtime' album, stockbook and on leaves, very mixed condition with some toning issues. Weighs 8kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$100

Mint & used accumulation including a few Kangaroos & KGV Heads, KGV Commemoratives with some imprint blocks, 5/- Bridge CTO, later pre-decimals with blocks & part-sheets plus quantity used, a few 'OS' overprints & punctures, commercial perfins, some postmark interest, condition generally fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$300