Array with Company Security Overprints or Handstamps mostly on pre-Federation & pre-decimal low denominations as used on receipts but a few others to 30/-, a wide variety of patterns including some elaborate types, some handstamped twice & other varieties, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A fascinating collection of this increasingly popular material. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Victorian Postal Notes x3 with faults & 1946 10/- which is fine; and WWII Petrol Rationing tickets group with provisional overprints including 2gal block of 4, also 10gal green block of 6 with McCracken Imprint and NSW issues including 2gal complete sheet of 10, some weakness along the rouletting.  For a recent discovery of Proofs of Victorian Postal Notes, see Lots 323 to 328. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: Bottled Gallons 1923 New Design ten values complete to 210/- (not listed in this issue by Dave Elsmore) right-hand halves only (as always), generally fine to very fine; also 1947 remainders CofA Wmk set of 4 & No Wmk 14 different to 400gal, plus Casks set of 8, condition rather mixed with lots of toning; Cat $1600 + the unlisted 210/-. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1947 Modern Design Expressed in Volume Only Unwatermarked 1) No Prefix 3 4 10 160 & 400gals; 2) Prefix 'A' 2gal x2 (one on Thin Paper), 12 16 20 40 60 80 100 120 200 & 400gals; both 400gals are ungummed, otherwise with large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $345.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$160

BEER DUTY - BOTTLES: 1947 Modern Design Expressed in Volume Only CofA Watermark with Prefix 'A' 6gals, 8gals with the Watermark Inverted, 16gals & 24gals, large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $240. Superb. These are the only 'denominations' recorded by Dave Elsmore.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

BEER DUTY - BULK: 1920-33 No Watermark 45/6d ('HALF/HOGSHEAD') dull violet, faults, superb 'VICTORIA BREWERY/MELBOURNE/CANCELLED/14-3-23' cachet in grey-blue, Elsmore Online under-catalogued at $170. [This is the label illustrated by Dave Elsmore but significantly cropped on all sides]

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BEER DUTY - BULK: 1942 Provisional Surcharge Boxed '30/-' in violet on 20/- black, fault at upper-left & a couple of minor defects, unusual '8AUG1942 - CANCELLED - 8AUG1942/QUEENSLAND BREWERY LTD' cachet in violet, Elsmore Online undercatalogued at $170. [This is the label illustrated by Dave Elsmore but significantly cropped on all sides] The illustration is above Lot 311. 

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BEER DUTY - BULK: 1947 Modern Design Expressed in Volume Only 1) No Prefix 10 26 35 & 52gals; 2) Prefix 'A' 2 5 & 9gals; and 3) Perfix 'B' 17gals; unused without gum as issued, Elsmore Online Cat $150.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BEER DUTY - BULK: 1947 Modern Design Expressed in Volume Only 1) No Prefix 9 & 17gals; 2) Prefix 'A' 9 & 17gals; and 3) Perfix 'B' 17gals; characteristic soiling & some minor faults, 1954-57 cancels, Elsmore Online Cat $375.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

BETTING TAXES: Selection of complete tickets x29 with the tax expressed in various ways, plus a variety of cutouts x35.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

BROADCAST LISTENER'S LICENCE: 1961 Card for the payment of a Broadcast Listener's or Television Viewer's Licence Fee by Postage Stamps' with Aborigine 2/6d x40 affixed inside tied by 'BURNLEY E.1/VIC-AUST' cds for payment of £5 fee, 'CANCELLED' h/s in violet on face, a couple of stamps affixed over internal fold, minor aging marks hardly affecting stamps & clipped corner at L/R. At least nine of the stamps - including the block of 8 - appear to be Whiter Paper 2/6d black-brown ACSC 266B, even though the ACSC surmises that these came from the August 1964 printing.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

CUSTOMS DUTY: Collection arranged by issue with values ¼d to 1/- & 'ONE/CENT' on ½d to 'TWENTY/ CENTS' on 1/- including many scarce to rare stamps, various multiples including an uncancelled 1/- block of 6 (3x2), some company perfins & handstamps, a good range of cancellations with some postal types including 19th century numerals!, & a few oddments including perforated 'AUSTRALIAN HM CUSTOMS/[arms]/PORT OF SYDNEY' label in scarlet (Elsmore Online Cat $250) and large '.../NEW/SOUTH/WALES/CLEARANCE SEAL HM CUSTOMS' (clipped corner, with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet: Cat $200 thus), condition variable but many are fine to very fine. An excellent basis for expansion. (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: Advanced collection on Hagners with 'values' to 44gal x2 and 100gal x2 including 1941 'CONSUMER MUST ENDORSE THIS TICKET/...' Overprints to 10gal + 100gal, five different blocks of 4 to 10gal & 1gal complete sheet of 10 (2x5) with McCracken Imprint, several other singles with part-imprint, many used mostly with endorsements &/or handstamps on the reverse, condition variable with some faults in the used material but otherwise generally fine to very fine. [Far more extensive than Tony Blakemore's collection of 57 stamps including 44gal x6 but with no 100gal that sold at our auction of 3.12.2021 for $1075] (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1941 'D' Security Overprint in Violet 1gal (corner fault) to 44gal Blakemore PCO25-29, all but the last with a 2-digit number on the reverse, the 10gal & 44gal with the right- & left-halves of a tiny 'WCG McCRACKEN, AUSTRALIAN NOTE AND STAMP PRINTER' Imprint in the lower margin, Cat $3300. Rare: absent from Tony Blakemore's collection.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1941 '...VALID ONLY UNTIL/31 MAY 1941' Security Overprint in Violet 1gal 10gal & 44gal Blakemore PCO19 22 & 23, Cat $650. Rare: absent from Tony Blakemore's collection. (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1942 'EMERGENCY RATION TICKET' 5gal Blakemore PCO93 on Granite Paper, clipped L/L corner otherwise very fine, 'NORMANTON/5DE42/QUEENSLAND' cds. Rare: not previously seen by us. [Tony Blakemore stated that these were issued in northern Queensland in anticipation of Japanese invasion. Apart from five 'values' up to 100gal from the War Memorial, only a used 1gal is illustrated. Blakemore had none in his collection & did not note the use of granite paper]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

MOTOR SPIRIT RATION TICKETS: 1949-50 collection of issues for the individual States on Hagners for NSW x35 to 44gal x4 including a tete-beche pair plus 'O. S.' Overprints 2gal (used) & 44gal; Queensland x20 to 44gal x3 including a tete-beche pair; South Australia x22 to 44gal x2; Tasmania x18 to 44gal; Victoria x21 to 44gal x2; and Western Australia x18 to 44gal x3 including a horizontal pair, plus three with printed 'LFC/DWAC...' on the reverse; some with part-Authority Imprint and thirteen tete-beche pairs in all, many used mostly with endorsements &/or handstamps on the reverse, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. [In the State issues, 44gal was the highest 'value'] (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

PATENT FEES: Collection with 1954-61 2/6d to £12 largely complete (missing the 2/-, one of the Pounds & the £4) plus £5 pair, Cat $1750; Decimals 50c to $60 (missing only the 25c) plus $1 & $4 pairs, Cat $1225; 1977 No Wmk $16 $20 & $40, Cat $140; Modern Design selection to $100 plus $40 & $50 pairs & $100 strip of 3, Cat $600+; generally very fine, total Cat $3700+.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

PATENT FEES: 1954-61 Pre-Decimals 6/8d deep green & scarlet horizontal strip of 3, boxed 'TRADE MARKS OFFICE/3MAY1960/MELBOURNE' cancel in violet, Cat $1800+, for singles. Superb! [6/8d x3 = £1]

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

PATENT FEES: 1966 Decimals 50c electric blue & carmine marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet, unused, Cat $900+, for singles. Superb! 

Grade A+ C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 7/6d + 2d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb.  Following the sale of a similar 10/- proof in our auction of 22.7.2022 for $1495, the vendor consigned the balance of the proofs held by him. For the record, in addition to the X proofs offered here, single duplicates of the 10/6d & 20/-, and of the Underprint, will be offered by us during 2023. 

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 10/- + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. The only other recorded example of this proof sold in our auction of 22.7.2022 for $1495.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 10/6d + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. A really unusual denomination, for which we expect there was a specific purpose. [The only other recorded example of this proof will be offered by us later in 2023]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 15/- + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. The only recorded example of this proof.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POSTAL NOTES: 1915-18 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' with 'J.B. COOKE, COMMONWEALTH STAMP PRINTER' imprint at base, 20/- + 3d Poundage printer's proof in black (172x86mm) on highly surfaced wove paper (230x150mm), some very minor peripheral soiling but the impression is superb. [The only other recorded example of this proof will be offered by us later in 2023]

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000