'A Postal History of Postcards' being an attractive one-frame exhibit of mostly common NSW & Victorian material but including three very desirable advertising PPCs plus 'stamp' PPCs for NSW & New Zealand (with inset view 'PUBLIC LIBRARY AUCKLAND'), condition a bit variable. (Qty 30 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Pre-World War I Military Mail with NSW 1d 'OS' Envelope with 'Cadet Corps at ["Casino"]' imprint at L/L, 1900 1d Postal Card to Malta with three part-strikes of the rare 'THE CAMP/NSW' cds (ERD & the only recorded examples on cover), 1901 1d Postal Card with message headed "Paddington Camp", and 1911 PPC 'SCEGS Sanitorium, School House, Library' to a cadet at Waverley with ...Captain/Area Officer/Training Area 19B' cachet in violet (the only such pre-WWI cachet we have seen); South Australia Postal Cards with printed advices for Tatiara Defence Rifle Club (outside) & SA Rifle Volunteer Force, PPC of school cadet, and 1911 'RECORD BOOK' re exemptions from attending military training issued to a schoolboy & details of two unit transfers with 'RIFLES CLUB OFFICE/SA' cachet in red on the reverse; Tasmania mail to militiamen at Ulverstone (1905), Forth (1910 - with '1st Battalion Tasmanian Rangers' imprint - & undated) or Ross Camp (1911 and 1913), also 1916 with 'TASMANIAN RANGERS' crest on flap and 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' cds to Egypt; Victoria OHMS envelope with '...COMPANY/Victorian Mounted Rifles' imprint at at L/L, minor blemishes, 1895 OHMS postcard with 'C BATTERY/Field Artillery Brigade/Albert Park' imprint at L/L, PPC headed "12-4-09 Camp/Langwarrin", YMCA Field Service Department postcard headed "Wallan/4.3.1913", and 1d Letter Card headed "13th AAMC/Lilydale/10.2.14" with 'MILITARY ENCAMPMENT/VIC' cds; condition a bit mixed. A very scarce group. (Qty 19) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

World War I group including mail from Hospital Ships 'Kanowna' with large oval cachet & 'Karoola' x2 both with straight-line cachet, OHMS lettersheet with 'AUSTLN IMP FORCES/BASE POST OFFICE' cds, 1916 Comforts Fund covers with 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' cds in black or blue, 'The Dardenelles/Combined/LETTERETTE & REPLY SHEET' folder with two complete forms within, etc, & a range of mostly Australian naval PPCs, condition variable. A very good lot. Ex Michael Blake. (Qty 34) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

PPCs into Australia including P&O 'SS India', variously with 'ENGLISH MAIL NSW' machine x2, Victorian 'ENGLISH MAIL' machine & 'ENG MAIL TPO/IN.../VIC' cds, a few faults. (Qty 4)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1903 cover from Ceylon with QV 6c tied 'COLOMBO' cds taxed with small 'T' endorsed "15c" in blue pencil, on arrival Sydney '3d' cachet applied and Postage Dues Completed Design 1d x3 affixed with pencil cancels, some aging marks, plus three covers from Victoria (one with 'Drummond's Victoria Hotel, Hamilton' imprint) to Tatts franked with 1d pinks and taxed the first two with Postage Dues Blank At Base 4d affixed both pencil-cancelled and the other with 2d tied 'HOBART' cds, some belmishes including the usual closed spike holes. (Qty 4)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1910 (Apr 18) WJ Little (Hobart) real photo PPC ('Bridgewater near Hobart Tas') to Russia with Pictorials ½d & 1d tied by 'BRIDGEWATER' cds, three Cyrillic cds & '4.' postman's h/s.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1911 (May 20) underpaid PPC (church in Launceston) to Russia with Pictorials 1d only tied by 'RINGAROOMA' cds, 'T' h/s & mss "10c", three Cyrillic cds & light strike of a 2-line h/s in violet at the base.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1914 (Jan 21) cover to Hobart with rare franking of Kangaroos First Wmk 1d (fault) 2d pair & 3d olive-green Die II ACSC 12D (Cat $1250 on cover) tied by 'THE EXCHANGE/NSW' cds, red & black/white R label. Very desirable First Wmk three-colour franking. Ex Martin Frischauff. [The rate was 1d Empire letter x3 + 3d registration]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1914 (Dec 14) registered cover to Canada with scarce franking of Engraved 6d Kookaburra (exceptional centring, short perfs at top) tied by light 'MONEY ORDER/BENALLA' cds, red/white R label, Canadian 'HOBBY CLUB' label on the flap, 'C&V RPO/BC' transit b/s & Winnipeg arrivals (one of which ties the label), readdressed locally, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$460

1915 usage of Dutch KPM PPC of Sulawesi to California with KGV 1d red only tied by part-'THURSDAY ISLAND' cds, complete 93x6mm 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s in violet. [Between 1912 & 1918 postcards to America were accepted at the concessional rate of 1d, instead of 1½d]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1915 stampless OAS cover to Oxfordshire but with two obliterating bars across the address & endorsed "Return/to/writer/Official/open/&/contravenes/FS Regs/Para 11 Sec 100 (6)", the 5pp letter within headed "HQ Sigs/7 Bn 2 Bde 1st AIF/Abroad/15 4 1915" was apparently considered too descriptive of troop movements etc. [The writer was Pte James Bowhill] (Qty 2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1915 (Apr) stampless cover endorsed on the flap "...Langwarrin/Prisoners of War Depot" & with a faint but legible strike of the rare 'PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/LANGWARRIN' h/s in green at left, to the Red Cross in Geneva with Melbourne cds & the scarce 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' h/s surmounted by 'PASSED' h/s & with unrecognised '3' h/s all in violet.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1915 The Daily Telegraph (Tasmania) complete newspaper of 'June 14, 1915' posted to Williamstown (Vic) with address hand-written at U/L of title page and KGV ½d green affixed alongside tied by complete but poorly struck 'POSTAGE PAID/LAUNCESTON TAS' cds in black (Hardinge Type 1c(iv) rated RRRRR), the stamp with minor creasing, the newspaper with minor edge faults & aging marks, plus another edition of 'March 4, 1915' posted to same addressee with Kangaroo ½d green tied by poor Launceston duplex cancel, this one with more extensive aging marks. Scarce survivors showing that newspaper wrappers were not always available or used. (Qty 2)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1915 (Sep 4) usage of KGV Sideface 1d red Wrapper ACSC W4 to England where forwarded to Switzerland with GB KGV ½d green added & tied by London cds. Ex Martin Frischauff. [We query if this was a permitted uprating under the UPU Regulations. It certainly created a very attractive combination franking]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1915 illustrated cover for the YMCA at Brisbane to Tasmania with very fine strike of the scarce triple-oval 'NO 1 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP/1NOV1915/KAROOLA' datestamp in blue-green & a spectacular second strike on the reverse, minor blemishes. Ex Michael Blake.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1915-18 WWI Military Camps in Australia covers with KGV 1d reds tied by 'ENOGGERA CAMP' x2 (one an illustrated YMCA front), 'MILITARY CAMP MITCHAM', 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' in blue & 'MILITARY CAMP/GEELONG' with 'THE SALVATION ARMY/CAMP AND INSTITUTE' imprint at U/L, rather mixed condition. (Qty 5)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1916 PPC with KGV 1d red tied by very fine 'MILITARY CAMP/23FE16/BALLARAT' cds.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1916 cover with boxed 'YMCA' in blue & KGV 1d red tied by 'MILITARY CAMP 1/2AU16/TASMANIA' cds, opened-out with two filing holes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1916 (Dec 13) usage of KGV Sideface 1d red Wrapper ACSC W4 to the Netherlands uprated with KGV 1d red x2 tied by 'STAWELL/VICTORIA' cds, minor defects. Ex Martin Frischauff. [The rate was 1d for the first 4oz + ½d for each succesive 2oz x4 = 3d for an article weighing between 10 & 12oz]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1917 cover with 'Church of England/.../Soldiers' Institute/Expeditionary Force Encampment' imprint at U/L & KGV 1d red tied by 'MILITARY CAMP MARIBYRNONG/24MY17/VIC' cds.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

1918 'SCENIC SYDNEY' photo wallet (the internal photos removed) with KGV 1d red tied by very fine 'LIVERPOOL MILITARY CAMP/3AP18/=NSW=' cds, minor peripheral wear. Very attractive.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1920 long envelope with 'OHMS' header, printed endorsement 'Packet Post' and violet oval 'Clerk of Petty Sessions/Gatton' cachet added at L/L, sent to student at Queensland Agricultural College, Gatton with KGV 1½d brown tied 'GATTON/14AU20/...' cds, returned undeliverable endorsed "Left College/address unknown" supposedly re-posted into the Southern & Western Railway TPO box at the nearby station with very fine strike of 'T.P.O.7.S&W.R/UP 17AU20/...' cds applied on face although it appears never to have travelled by train, then held at Gatton for almost two months until sent to Brisbane with 'UNCLAIMED/GATTON' h/s and 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/120C20/BRISBANE' arrival on face even though the sender's endorsement - in Gatton - is right there alongside, tiny bit of back flap missing otherwise very fine. Bizarre!; see lenghty write-up included; the original contents - a 'Notice of Objection Lodged by Electoral Registrar' in that "...you do not live in Queensland" - enclosed. (Qty 2 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1920s-30s Advertising covers for South Australian firms including some illustrated types & some with advertising on the reverse, also a few enclosures, plus 1907 Gawler Jockey Club cover, condition variable. (Qty 40 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1921 (Jan 27) cover to Germany with scarce franking of Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die II ACSC 13F (Cat $500 on cover; SG 37d) tied to cover to Germany by Melbourne Krag machine cancel, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1922 (Nov 27) usage of Star with 'POSTAGE' 2d scarlet Envelope with scarce franking of Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die II ACSC 13F (Cat $500 on cover) tied by 'RUNDLE STREET'STH AUST' cds, red/white R label. Ex Martin Frischauff.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$140