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Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Stamped to Order

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:285
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

Selection comprising Star with 'POSTAGE' 1d green for Silver Star Starch, KGV Oval 1d for NSW Registrar- General & Woodroofe's Cordials (unused, faults), QM 1d for Myer & for Accountants Students' Society, KGVI 1½d for Edible Oil Industries & Henry Jones & Co, Crowned-Circle 3d for Wallace & McGee (unused) and QEII 5d light blue for Drug Houses of Australia, Cat $1400 not including the damaged item. (9)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 800

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:286
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1913 Kangaroo 1d red BW #PS3 on buff stock for Vacuum Oil Company at Melbourne, printed "C' at U/L, unused, Cat $250.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:287
Symbol:PS

1914-16 KGV Sideface ½d pale green ACSC #PS5 with printed 'OHMS' & 'DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE' imprint at L/L, to a German POW at "Detention Barracks/Berrima" with Lt-Col Holman cachet in violet applied on arrival, Cat $600+. A very scarce usage.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 1050

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:288
Symbol:PS

1914-16 KGV Sideface 1d red Die 1 ACSC #PS6 for Bacchus Marsh Milk Co at Melbourne, minor abrasion on the reverse, unused, Cat $250. Ex John Sinfield: sold at the Prestige auction of 8.11.2013 for $218.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 480

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:289
Symbol:PS

1916-19 Star 1½d red-brown Die 3 ACSC #PS17 for the NSW Registrar-General, to Corowa with Sydney machine cancel of SP6/1920, minor corner bend, Cat $400.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 160

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:290
Symbol:PS

1916-19 Star 1½d red-brown Die 3 (No Triangles) ACSC #PS17 for the NSW Registrar-General, to Corowa with Sydney machine cancel of OC31/1921, Cat $500. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 340

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:292
Symbol:PS

1921-24 Star with 'POSTAGE' 1½d red-brown ACSC #PS18 for Concrete Constructions with Melbourne British Empire Exhibition slogan cancel of 10MY/1923, minor bends, Cat $300. Illustrated in the ACSC at page 53.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$180



Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 270

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:293
Symbol:PS

1921-24 Star with 'POSTAGE' 1d green ACSC #PS22 with 'CITY OF COBURG/Electric Supply' header on reverse, unused, Cat $400.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:295
Symbol:PS

1928-30 KGV Oval 1½d brown ACSC #PS24 for NSW Registrar-General locally used at Sydney in 1932, faint discolouration on reverse, Cat $1500. Rare.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 650

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:296
Symbol:PS

1938-50 KGVI Oval 1937 1d green ACSC #PS25 1) on white for the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of SA, superb; 2) on pale yellow for Frank O'Brien Glass (NSW), addressed but otherwise unused, fault at right probably caused by the typewriter; & 3) on grey for Adelaide Co-Operative Society, superb; all unused, Cat $750. (3)

Grade A+/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 500

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:297
Symbol:PS

1938-50 KGVI Oval 1½d green Blotter Card ACSC #PS29c in blue on light blue for John Danks & Son Hardware (NSW) with 'BLOTTER' printed at upper-left, to Armidale (NSW) with Sydney slogan cancel of 28MCH/1949, minor blemish on the reverse, Cat $1000. Most attractive. Ex John Sinfield: sold at the Prestige auction of 8.11.2013 for $862. [The only Blotter Card we have seen other than from South Australia]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800



Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 2,200.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 2200

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:298
Symbol:PS

1938-50 KGVI Oval 2d red ACSC #PS27 for Department of the Interior to Holland with Canberra cds of 10AU39, 'HEEMSTEDE' arrival cds & forwarded to Laan, Cat $2000. The earliest of only 3 recorded examples. [The advice concerns the addresse's application to migrate to Australia]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 2,600.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 2600

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:299
Symbol:PS

1938-50 KGVI Oval 1d brown ACSC #PS28(2) on white for Spectacle Makers Pty Ltd (NSW) uprated with ½d Roo tied by part-machine cancel, message dated "7/10/1947", Cat $3000. Superb! Illustrated in the ACSC. [The ACSC states this is the only recorded example]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000



Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 2,300.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 2300

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:301
Symbol:PS

1938-50 KGVI Oval 1½d green ACSC #PS29 small size (102x75mm) for School Committees (Vic) with OHMS header in red, unused. Very scarce. [This was the last issue of Victorian Board of Advice/School Committee Postal Cards, and the only one to not have 'OS'-in-the-Die]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:308
Symbol:PS

1956-65 QEII Smaller Die 4d plum ACSC #PS34 for The Brotherhood of St Laurence (Vic), small-part machine cancel, Cat $750.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 420

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:309
Symbol:PS
Cat No:Collection

1956-65 QEII Smaller Die 4d plum ACSC #PS34 for WR Carpenter Holdings (ACT) to Epping (NSW) with Canberra City slogan cancel of 21NOV1957, faint discolouration, Cat $750. Illustrated in the ACSC.

A dramatic slump in Postal Card sales prompted the Post Office to withdraw remaining stocks effective 30.6.1959. Thereafter, until the introduction of scenic issues in 1976, the only Postal Card printings were Stamped to Order issues.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 440

image Sale No: 231
Lot No:310
Symbol:PS

1956-65 QEII Smaller Die 5d light blue ACSC #PS36 for Drug Houses of Australia (Vic), to a chemist in Mildura with Melbourne slogan cancel of 17AUG/1963, Cat $300. [No official reason was given for the colour being changed from indigo but it was almost certainly because postmarks didn't show up well against the darker embossing]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
image Sale No: 231
Lot No:311
Symbol:PS

1966 New Currency 4c scarlet ACSC #PS38 with 'OHMS' heading & 'CONTROL YOUR DOG - FEED NO OFFAL' at base, 'HYDATIDS LIMITATION PROGRAMME' heading on reverse, unused. Rare & unpriced unused; Cat $500 used. A key Decimal issue.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00


Closed..Nov-22-2018, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 625


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