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