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Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Postal Stationery - Letter Cards

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:276
Symbol:PS

1911-18 Scenic Issues including Fullface 'COLLINS ST MELB' (enamelled card; trams), 'CENTRAL RLY STN/SYDNEY' (error for Brisbane) and 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' (waterfall); Kangaroo 'CENTRAL RLY STN/BRISBANE' unframed oval plus another with rectangular view and 'Griffiths Bros' advertising within (minor discolouration) and 'CAIRNS RAILWAY'; KGV Sideface 1d 'COAL MINE/QUEENSLAND' (fine on view side but discoloured on face), 'FLINDERS ST MELB', 'GEELONG HARBOUR' (shipping), 'STURT ST BALLARAT' (tram) x2 (one Without Sky retouch; fine on view side) and 'PUBLIC BUILDINGS/BENDIGO' Without Sky retouch (fine on view side), condition unfortunately quite mixed but those mentioned are generally fine unused except as noted. (32)

(Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:277
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1911-18 Scenic Issues another unused group with Kangaroo 1d 'TOWN HALL, SYDNEY', 'LAKE ST CLAIR/TASMANIA' and 'MT LOFTY RANGES/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' (stamp and view slightly mis-placed), plus KGV Sideface 1d Die I 'MURRAY RIVER WEST AUST' and Die II 'PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND', 'WATERFALL GULLY/ADELAIDE' & 'HARVESTING TAMWORTH NSW', couple of minor blemishes but generally fine. (7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:278
Symbol:PS

1911-18 Scenic Issues including Fullface 'CENTRAL RLY STN/SYDNEY' (error for Brisbane) to Germany with Kangaroos ½d & 1d added opened with edges intact & lengthy message inside (minor blemishes) and complete Reply Card 'HOBART FROM THE BAY' + 'VIADUCT/NEAR ADELAIDE SA' to London (no message); Kangaroo 1d 'CENTRAL RLY STN/BRISBANE' (rectangular) x3 (one a philatelic use to Austria with NSW ½d and Tasmania 1d Pictorial added); KGV Sideface 1d 'RUNDLE ST ADELAIDE', ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND', 'SHIPPING BUTTER, BRISBANE' (hinge remainder) and '2nd AIF EMBARKING', condition unfortunately quite mixed but those mentioned are generally fine used except as noted. (30)

(Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 525

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:279
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d unused group of all-different railway & tramway-related views in various colours comprising 'MONTEZUMA FALLS, HOBART' (train on bridge), 'COLLINS ST MELB' (trams), 'LOG TRAIN/JARRAH FOREST WA', 'CENTRAL RLY STN/SYDNEY' (error for Brisbane), 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' and 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND' x2 (one on grey stock, the other on enamelled card), a couple with minor blemishes. (7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:280
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d 1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d used group of all-different railway & tramway-related views in various colours comprising 'VIADUCT/NEAR ADELAIDE SA', 'MONTEZUMA FALLS, HOBART' (train on bridge), 'COLLINS ST. MELB' (trams) with 'BALAKLAVA/SA' squared circle, 'LOG TRAIN/JARRAH FOREST WA', 'CENTRAL RLY STN/SYDNEY' (error for Brisbane), 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' with 'TERANG/VICTORIA-254' duplex cancel, and 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND', a couple with blemishes but condition generally fine.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:282
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d first line ending '...any' on Ivory Surfaced Stock ACSC #LC4 'SHEEP STATION/WIMMERA SA' (error for Victoria), used to GB, minor blemishes, Cat $400. Very scarce view, from a small print-run.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:283
Symbol:PS

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d Rouletted ACSC #LC5 'BOTANIC GARDENS/ADELAIDE SA' in blue, intact but the viewside a bit grubby, unused, Cat $1000.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:284
Symbol:PS

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d Rouletted 'EXHIBITION BLDGS/MELB VIC' in red-brown, minor discolouration of the margins at right, unused, Cat $1000.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 420

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:285
Symbol:PS

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d Rouletted ACSC #LC5 'LAUNCESTON/TAS' (King's Bridge) in brownish black, minor blemishes, used at Melbourne 27FEB12, Cat $600.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:286
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d Re-Introduction of Greenish Grey Stock with No Comma after 'AUSTRALIA ' ACSC #LC10(2) 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' in brown, 'CENTRAL RLY STN/SYDNEY' (an inscriptional error for 'BRISBANE'; full message but not addressed) in greenish black, 'LAKE ST CLAIR/TASMANIA' in black, 'LORNE/VICTORIA' in magenta, 'MT LOFTY RANGES/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' in dull green, 'NATIONAL PARK/NS WALES' - vertical with boat - in greenish blue with Griffith Bros address & advice, 'THE GORGE/LAUNCESTON TAS' in bright blue, 'THE TWO BROTHERS/QUEENSLAND' in grey-black, & 'VICTOR HARBOUR/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' (another of Cooke's errors: oddly, the spelling has always been the American-style 'HARBOR') in brown (used at Brinkworth SA but with the margins intact), a few minor blemishes, Cat $1375.
Chronologically, the September 1912 printing was the last of the Fullface issues. A completely new set of electros was created: the stamps all show minor damage at the U/L corner, in effect a new die state, and in the text the comma after 'Australia ' was removed. And 11 of the 12 views were completely new. So this group need their own catalogue number. For all these reasons, we suggest that LC11 & 12 should be renumbered LC10 & 11, and the September 1912 printings should become LC12. (6)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 360

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:287
Symbol:E

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d 1d+1d Reply Letter Cards 'UNIVERSAL/REPLY LETTER CARD' undenominated essay in blue/grey in horizontal format with the Reply-Half folded vertically within the Message-Half, some internal separation/reinforcing with archival tape, a few minor blemishes but quite fine for such a fragile article. [Noted as having been liberated from a presentation book associated with the Postal Union Congress at Rome in 1906. In any event, it is an important precursor to the 1911 issue]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$800



Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 700

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:288
Symbol:PS

1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d 1d+1d Reply Cards ACSC #LC13 'HOBART FROM THE BAY'+'VIADUCT/NEAR ADELAIDE SA' and 'ZOO, ADELAIDE SA' (Flamingos)+'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND', minor splitting along the roulettes. (2)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:289
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1913-14 Kangaroo 1d unused group of all-different railway-related views comprising 'GEELONG HARBOUR' (shipping & rail carriages on pier), 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' (bridge & waterfall) x2 (rectangular & framed oval) and 'CENTRAL RLY STN/BRISBANE' x3 (rectangular, unframed oval & Without Sky retouch), a couple with minor blemishes but mostly fine. (6)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 360

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:290
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1913-14 Kangaroo 1d used group of all-different railway & tramway-related views comprising 'COLLINS ST. MELB' (trams), 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' (bridge & waterfall) x2 (rectangular & framed oval with 'SADDLEWORTH/SA' squared circle) and 'CENTRAL RLY STN/BRISBANE' x4 (rectangular, framed oval, unframed oval & Without Sky retouch), a few blemishes but mostly fine. (7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 320

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:291
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d unused group of all-different railway & tramway-related views comprising 'COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE' (vertical; trams), 'FLINDERS ST MELB.' (railways), 'CITY COURT MELBOURNE' (tram), 'GEELONG HARBOUR' (Die II; shipping & rail carriages on pier), 'STURT ST, BALLARAT' (tram), 'PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BENDIGO, VIC' (tram), 'NORTH TERRACE/ADELAIDE' (tram tracks), 'SHIPPING BUTTER, BRISBANE' (bi-coloured; railway carriages) and 'RAILWAY SLEEPERS/QUEENSLAND', a few blemishes but mostly fine. (9)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:292
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d unused group of all-different railway & tramway-related views comprising 'COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE' (vertical; trams), 'CITY COURT MELBOURNE' (tram), 'PALL MALL, BENDIGO, VIC' (tram), 'RUNDLE ST ADELAIDE', 'PORT PIRIE/STH AUSTRALIA' (smelter & railway carriages), 'MURRAY BRIDGE SA' (railway bridge; pin holes on address side), 'A BLUE GUM LOG/TASMANIA' (on railway carriages; 'EUDUNDA/SA' squared circle), 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND' and 'RAILWAY SLEEPERS/QUEENSLAND' (Die II), plus Military View '2nd AIF EMBARKING' (railway tracks on pier), a few blemishes but mostly fine. (10)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 200

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:293
Symbol:PS

1914-18 KGV Sideface 1d Die 1 Perf 12½ ACSC #LC18 'STURT ST BALLARAT' (tram in foreground), and Recut with Sky Removed both in dull blue, unused, Cat $350. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$180



Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 160

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:295
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1917 Re-Issue of 1d+1d Reply Cards Perf 12½ group with 'REPLY' obliterated by red bars in various colours comprising Outward Halves 'VIADUCT/NEAR ADELAIDE SA' x2 & 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND' x3 and Reply Halves 'ALBERT BRIDGE...' x2 plus 'VIADUCT...' used (trimmed at base), a few blemishes but mostly fine unused. (8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:296
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1918 'THREE/HALFPENCE' Surcharge on KGV Sideface 1d Harrison Printings on Mottled Grey Stock (Off-White Within) Die 1 Perf 12½ ACSC #LC36: 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/PERTH' in purple, unused, Cat $400.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 170

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:298
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1918 KGV Sideface 1½d in Various Colours 1918 KGV Sideface 1½d in Various Colours used group with 'VIADUCT NEAR ADELAIDE' x2 (blue & brown) and 'LOG TRAIN/JARRAH FOREST WA' used x2 (one in 1922 with KGV ½d added), plus 1918 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1d overprints 'VIADUCT...' & 'LOG TRAIN...' unused, 1922 2d red 'LOG TRAIN...' CTO and 1923 1½d green 'SPRING ST MELB' (tram), a few blemishes but mostly fine. (8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:304
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1923 KGV Sideface 1½d Green Uniform Grey Stock Perf 12½ ACSC #LC51 'RIVER YARRA/VICTORIA', unused, Cat $750.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$450



Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 340

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:307
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1924 'THREE/HALFPENCE' Surcharges on 2d Scarlet on Grey Stock Perf 12½ ACSC #LC54 'NATIONAL PARK NSW' (horizontal; boy with rowboat) with Two Retaining-Pin Marks above the View, unused, Cat $500+. A most unusual, if transient, variety.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:310
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1925 KGV Sideface 1½d Scarlet Unsurfaced Grey Stock ACSC #LC55 'PHANTOM FALLS/VICTORIA', unused, Cat $500.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 239
Lot No:311
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1925 KGV Sideface 1½d Scarlet 1925 KGV Sideface 1½d Scarlet Unsurfaced Grey Stock ACSC #LC55 'TRENTHAM FALLS', unused, Cat $750.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$380



Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 340
image Sale No: 239
Lot No:312
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1925 KGV Sideface 1½d Scarlet Mottled Grey Stock (Cream Within) Perf 12½ ACSC #LC56 'RIVER YARRA/VICTORIA', unused, Cat $1000. This is a rare issue: the ACSC notes that only eight cards, and a mere two views, are recorded.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00


Closed..Nov-29-2019, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 500


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