'SPECIMEN' Overprint in Red 80x13mm on KGVI 2½d brown Wrapper & QEII 5d Letter Sheet, and 104x17mm on QEII 2½d brown & 5d blue Wrappers & 10d Constellation Aerogramme, Cat $525. (5)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Useful batch including Territories formular Letter Card, KGVI 2½d Envelope with Albino Embossing, STO Envelope QEII 5d for RAS Show used x2, KGV 1d 'MILITARY ENVELOPE' Type I (superb), QEII Letter Sheet overprinted for use as a postage due advice superb used), three different WWI POW Envelopes, WWII 4½d 'AIR MEDAL SECTION' Wrapper (superb unused), and a few others; also a folio of unused private formular aerogrammes with various permit numbers. (17 + Aerogrammes) [See also Parcel Labels Lots 173 to 177]

Estimate AU$400

1966 Australian Post Office 'APO Mailing Course Information Kit' with an array of forms & brochures plus 4c Letter Card, Envelope both sizes, Wrapper & Letter Sheet and Reply Coupons x4 all with sans serif 'SPECIMEN ONLY' h/s in violet. We haven't previously offered a complete kit.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

c.1967 Australian Post Office 'APO Mailing Course Information Kit' different format with a lesser selection of forms & brochures plus 4c Letter Card, Envelope both sizes, Wrapper & Letter Sheet, 24c Registration Envelope and Reply Coupons x2 all with seriffed 'SPECIMEN ONLY' h/s in violet.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

'SPECIMEN' or 'SPECIMEN ONLY' handstamps on various QEII issues, good variety. Scarce material. (13)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Album with Postal Cards KGV Full-Face Coronation x3 unused, Victorian Scenes 'FLINDERS ST MELB' & 'GOLD DIGGERS, VICTORIA' unused, Star 1d red STO for Customs House Sydney x2 used, scenic Letter Cards 1d Fullface x2, Kangaroo x3, Sideface 1d blue 'PERTH ROAD, ARMADALE,WA' (scarce view) & 2d red 'MOSMAN'S BAY', Registration Envelopes mostly used some with added KGV frankings, Wrappers including ½d Kangaroo unused and KGV ½d+½d doubleton used, a few KGVI & QEII Envelopes with some STO, also a few Aerogrammes and two Telegrams (one with envelope), condition mixed but many fine. (95)

Estimate AU$500

POSTAL CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d exhibit pages with P1 the three different Re-Entries of the Banner unused (Cat $500 each), & uprated with SAust ½d to Germany, Coronation types x4 different one uprated with SAust ½d to Germany, New Admonition P23 uprated with SA ½d to Austria and uprated with ½d Roo to Belgium, Hungary & Italy, and a few later issues, generally fine to very fine. (18)

Estimate AU$500

LETTER CARDS: 1911-12 Fullface 1d issues first line ending '...any' on Green and on Flimsy Off-White; first line ending '...to' on various stocks x9 different views, 1d+1d Reply Letter Card x2 different view combinations, 1917 'REPLY' Barred-Out Zig Zag Roulette Outer-Half, and Perf 12½ Inner-Half x3 different views (one trimmed in the left-hand margin), some minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine unused (16)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

LETTER CARDS: 1911-12 Fullface 1d issues first line ending '...any' on Flimsy Off-White x3 different views, first line ending '...to' on various stocks x14 views - a couple duplicated but in different colours - including 'HUON RIVER' & 'SHEEP STATION/WIMMERA SA' and a few scarce colours, condition variable but all are presentable used (no folds or filing holes) & some have full margins, a couple are CTO. [NB: as a general rule, all scenic issues are scarcer used than unused, a fact that is not reflected in their respective catalogue values] (16)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' on Pale Green Stock ACSC #LC1 'ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS/PERTH WA' in sepia, unused, Cat $200. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' on Off-White Flimsy Stock ACSC #LC3 'LAUNCESTON/TAS' in dull purple, unused, Cat $300.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' on Off-White Flimsy Stock ACSC #LC3 'QUEEN'S GARDENS/PERTH WA' in dull lilac, unused, Cat $300.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' on Off-White Flimsy Stock ACSC #LC3 'ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS/PERTH WA' in blue-grey, unused, Cat $300.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' Rouletted ACSC #LC5 'MOSMAN'S BAY/SYDNEY NSW' (Ferry in Distance), small corner selvedge missing & the view side a bit faded, Cat $1000. The rouletted cards are very scarce.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' Rouletted ACSC #LC5 'ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS/PERTH WA' in red-brown, slight misfold, very fine local usage but uncancelled, Cat $600.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...to' on Grey Stock ACSC #LC10 'HUON RIVER/TASMANIA' in blue, unused, Cat $400. [This was a substituted view, in use for only a short period]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...to' on Thick White Stock (Off-White Inside) ACSC #LC11 eight different views in six different colours, unused, Cat $1200. (8)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

LETTER CARDS: 1911 Fullface 1d first line ending '...to' on Thick White Stock (Buff Inside) ACSC #LC12 four different views in four different colours, unused, Cat $700. (4)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

LETTER CARDS: 1911 1d+1d Reply Letter Card ACSC #LC13 ('ZOO, ADELAIDE' & 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND'), unusually fine & intact, Cat $300. [The scarcest of the five view combinations]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

LETTER CARDS: 1930-38 KGV 2d red with ½d Kangaroo added & price at upper-left scored-through, 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet twice on the card & Double Impression One Inverted on the ½d, a few pinholes from where affixed to a notice board at the Melbourne GPO. Unlisted in the ACSC. An important item for collectors of 'SPECIMEN' material: the double handstamp error has not previously been seen by us. [Despite being a KGV issue, this item must date from 1942 when the rate was increased to 2½d & the cost to 3d]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

LETTER CARDS: 1942 KGVI 2½d with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet across the stamp & centrally ACSC #LC69Aw, Cat $500. Superb! [The ACSC states "one example is recorded"]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

ENVELOPES: 1979 Founding of Hobart Anniversary 20c with Dark Blue Printing (Building) Omitted, unused. With a normal envelope for comparison. A striking error. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

ENVELOPES - OFFICIAL: 1918 Sideface 1d red with 'OS'-of-Dots + Sideface ½d green with Solid 'OS' ACSC #EO5 for Deputy Commissioner of Maternity Allowances, to Maryborough in 1919 from where redirected to Footscray, minor faults, Cat $2000.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 Kangaroo 1d Die 2 with 'Gheringhap and Maroona Railway Construction Trust' imprint at top, used at Colac. The only example we have seen for this user.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1920 Star 1½d brown + Sideface ½d green ACSC #ES53 window envelope for Henry Berry (imprint on flap), minor spotting, Cat $750. [Much scarcer than the similar Vacuum Oil emissions]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$150