1882-1930s General Birdwood correspondence with 1882 Egypt 20m Postal Card to Clifton College from his mother, post WWI items including 1920 Australia 1½d Envelope to Govt House, Wellington & 1932 cover addressed "Please Mr Postman deliver me to General Birdwood who is visiting Western Australia", other covers to India (5, one from eponymously named Birdwood in SA) or Peterhouse College Cambridge (2, one redirected to Deal Castle), and a 1938 card from Peterhouse signed by Birdwood. (Image)

Estimate AU$350-450
Min. Bid. AU$260

1914 (Nov 11) triple-rate printed cover to Scott Stamp & Coin Co with attractive tri-colour franking comprising Roos First Wmk 4d orange and 2½d plus KGV 1d red paying the correct 7½d rate, adhesives tied by indistinct PERTH (?) machine cancel, cover with small edge tear. (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$120

KGV Heads on cover with ½d green pair on 1915 cover,  Smooth Paper 1d red solos (8), including 1915 Fred Hagen (stamp dealer) handstamped "HELP/(Cross)/AUSTRALIA DAY/JULY 30TH" within "map" in violet, and a perf OS example on 1917 on District Pay Office cover, 1d violet solo on Mc Hugh Bros (Launceston) cover to Launceston, 1931 Perth Airmail to Melbourne with 2d strip of 3, etc; unchecked for varieties, probable slogan postmark interest, mixed condition. (Image)

Estimate AU$250-500
Min. Bid. AU$180

1935-1942 collection of 20 hand-illustrated envelopes (12 posted during WWII), all but one addressed to "Tom Whitford" in Springwood (NSW), sent from various NSW locations, the attractively-executed watercolour images include Australian soldiers in uniform all with patriotic captions including "Australia's Tank Corp will be there" & "A Job in Palestine/a Coldstream Guard at Jerusalem", one item (front only) is signed "W. Whitford", others are illustrated with flags or birds, cats & dogs. A most delightful group. (19 covers & 1 front) (Image)

Estimate AU$600-800
Min. Bid. AU$450

1935 (Apr 10) JB Were oversized printed airmail cover (358x254mm) to England with Roos CofA 10/- pair & single and 5/-, plus 1/- Anzac, 1/6d Hermes pair & 1d green KGV all tied by 'LATE FEE/MELBOURNE' datestamps, 'LATE FEE' boxed cachets in violet, vertical fold clear of the stamps, cover a little battered around the edges with small tears/blemishes affecting the 1/6d pair, the 5/- & one of the 10/- Roos. A most desirable and spectacular franking. [The £1-19-1d franking comprised 1/6d per ½oz airmail x26 plus 1d Late Fee] (Image)

Estimate AU$900-1,200
Min. Bid. AU$70

1936-39 (few earlier) KGV or KGVI 2d letter-rate covers, many being Commonwealth Parliament Library (Canberra) covers from Larry Lake (Parliamentary Librarian) to family members, also three 1936 covers with 'Posted in Late Fee/letter receiver at/ALBURY RAILWAY STATION/To pay...1d' boxed handstamps (one a superb strike); other postmark interest likely. Mixed condition with many covers retaining their original enclosures. (200+) (Image)

Estimate AU$150-250
Min. Bid. AU$100

1940s-90s slogan cancels in three volumes mostly on covers, large variety of services and themes covered including airmail services, express post, national census, commonwealth rolls, mail centres, postal district, post early. etc. Would make a nice entry into a new collecting area. (Image)

Estimate AU$100-200
Min. Bid. AU$80

1941 (Mar.8) Dept of the Navy registered double-rate airmail cover to England endorsed "Australia-New Zealand-United Kingdom with 10/- Robes, 1/- Lyrebird, 6d Kooka and KGVI 3d & 2d, paying 5/10d clipper rate x2 plus 3d registration, stamps tied by TELEGRAPH OFFICE/GPO MELBOURNE datestamp, cover addressed to "Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P.R. Pound". Typed annotations describe the flight route. (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$120

1941 (Apr.16) quintuple-rate airmail cover to USA  with 19/8d franking comprising 10/- Robes,  5/- Robes, 2/- Roo pair & 4d Koala pair paying airmail fee of 4/- for the first ½oz plus 3/11d x4 for each subsequent ½oz, stamps tied by SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE datestamp. Typed annotations describe the flight route. (Image)

Estimate AU$150-200
Min. Bid. AU$120

FOOD PARCEL LABEL: c.1948  complete green/white parcel post label to England with 1/- Small Lyrebird strip of 5 & Ram 5d pair paying the 5/10d rate Food Parcel Scheme rate for parcels weighting up to 11lbs (at 7½lbs the parcel just exceeded the 3/7d rate for parcels weighing up to 7lb), adhesives are tied by weak strike of "WOODVILLE/SOUTH AUST" datestamp, very fine condition. (Image)

Estimate AU$200-300
Min. Bid. AU$150

1955 (Dec 3) cover from Melbourne to Chile with 2/- Crocodile tied Melbourne machine cancel, underpaid with "RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/SHORT PAID "1/-" d./POSTAL DEPARTMENT/COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" label affixed. Not seen by us before. Unusual. (Image)

Estimate AU$150-250
Min. Bid. AU$120