Great Britain and British Commonwealth Postal Stationery - Letter Cards
Sale No: 239
Lot No:276
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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.
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Sale No: 239
Lot No:277
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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.
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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.
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Sale No: 239
Lot No:279
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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.
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Sale No: 239
Lot No:280
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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.
Sale No: 239
Lot No:282
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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.
Sale No: 239
Lot No:286
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1911-12 KGV Fullface 1dRe-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.
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1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d1d+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]
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.
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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.
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Sale No: 239
Lot No:295
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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.
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Sale No: 239
Lot No:298
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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.
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Sale No: 239
Lot No:307
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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.
Sale No: 239
Lot No:312
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1925 KGV Sideface 1½d ScarletMottled 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.