1888 stampless OHMS Postal Card with 'Fremantle Rifle/Volunteers' imprint at L/L & parade notice over name of Captain George Bland Humble, a bit aged & soiled. Rare postal stationery. Ex Cecil Walkley.

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Mostly unused selection including ½d & 1d both with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp, ½d sepia used, 1d Zinco with Dunlop Tyres advert, 1d on Glazed Stock x2, 1½d blue/green (superb!), etc, mostly fine to very fine. (30)

Estimate AU$600

Collection on Swans extensively written up on pages by Region including 'BARRAMBIE', 'BEDFORDALE', 'BROWN HILL', 'BUCHANAN', 'COONGAN', 'EULAMINNA', 'GABANINTHA', 'GEORGINA', 'GOLDEN RIDGE', 'HAMELIN POOL', 'HANNANS', 'KULYALING', 'KURNALPI', oval 'POST OFFICE/MARBLE BAR' x3 on 3d block of 9, oval 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/MURRIN MURRIN', undated 'POST OFFICE/NANGEENAN', 'PALACE HOTEL', 'ROEBUCK BAY', 'SMITHS MILL', 'STAKE WELL', 'THE GRANITES', 'TURKEY CREEK', 'WANNAMAL', 'WARRAWOONA' x2, 'WESTBROOK', 'WOOLGAR' x2, etc, also Savings Bank types from Broome Hill, Greenough, Kojonup, Moora (violet), Pingelly, Waroona, Yalgoo, etc, plus a few TPOs, Letter & Numeral cancels, quality of the strikes is variable but many are fine to very fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$2,000

Anaconda: 'ANACONDA/OC7/03/W.A' 21mm cds bold, slightly smudged strike on 2d Swan. PO 18.08.1903; renamed Eulaminna 15.10.1906. PMI records type but gives no dates of usage. [Copper mining]

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Barrabupp: 'ST JOHN'S BROOK MILL/20JA10/[W.]A' 26mm cds on 2d Swan. St John's Brook Mill PO 15.09.1909; renamed Barrabupp (two 'P's) 1.12.1909; renamed Barrabup (one 'P') 15.7.1911; closed 29.11.1924. PMI records usage only in the 2½ months before the first name-change, not afterwards; the ERD for a Barrabupp cds is 13.04.1910. [Timber Mill]

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Collie: 'MONEY ORDER OFFICE/10SEP00/COLLIE, W.A.' 32x20mm double-boxed d/s in violet on 2d Swan pair. Renamed from Collie Fields 27.10.1899. Unrecorded in PMI. [Coal mining; 48km E of Bunbury]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Lake View: 'LAKE VIEW/--18/04/WA' 21mm cds on 1d with 'WA' puncture. Renamed from Trafalgar (1) 02.1904; renamed Trafalgar (2) c.1905. Recorded March-May 1904 only. PMI gives the official renaming as 1909 but notes archival reference to "Trafalgar" from 01.1905 and datestamps inscribed 'TRAFALGAR' in use from 1906 onwards. [Goldmining]

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Mount Sir Samuel (1): 'SAVINGS BANK/OC24/05/MT SIR SAMUEL' 21mm cds two light but fine part-overlapping strikes on 1d Swan pair on piece. Opened as RO 1897; to PO 1.10.1900; reduced to RO 29.06.1917; closed 1.7.1930. PMI records only one partial strike of the same date. [Goldmining]

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Swan Mills: 'SWAN MILLS/-6DE10/WE[STN A]UST' 28mm cds (ERD) on 2d Swan. RO only 29.11.1910; closed 31.01.1915. PMI records usage in 1913-14 only. [Timber Mill]

Grade A A2+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Waterfall: 'WATERFALL/17NO1908/WESTERN [AUSTRALIA]' 26mm cds on 2d. PO 1.10.1907; renamed Golden Ridge -.06.1911. PMI records one probable strike only, dated 18NO1908. [Goldmining]

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Widgemooltha: 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/18APR1909/WIDGEMOOLTHA WA' 44x23mm double-ring oval d/s in pink almost complete strike on ½d strip of 4. Opened as RO 1.04.1896; to PO 19.10.1896. Unrecorded by PMI. [Goldmining]

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Mostly used on pages with 1860-64 Imperf 2d (possibly deep vermilion SG 25b) & 6d x3 all used, 1861 Intermediate Perf 1d 2d & 6d x2 & Clean-Cut Perf 6d, 1864-79 to 1/- (both shades), 'ONE PENNY' on 2d, Perf 12x14 1d, 'Half-penny' Overprint in Red & Green both shades (mint), condition rather mixed so inspection is recommended. (83)

Estimate AU$400

1863 (c.) imperforate stamp-size essay for a 1d White Swan plate proof in pale violet-blue on ungummed unwatermarked paper, close even margins. Rare. [NB: all Australian swans are black]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1864-79 Crown/CC 2d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in bluish green on ungummed watermarked paper from the base of the sheet, margins just touching - at lower-left - to huge. Rare. [Only a few examples are recorded, this being the only recorded block]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$3,500

1864-79 Crown/CC Perf 12½ 1/- bright green with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp as SG 61s but with 'SPECIMEN' Inverted, repaired 10mm tear at right, part-o.g., Cat £225++. Believed to be the only recorded example of this error.

Grade (B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1876-81 Crown/CC Perf 14 6d lilac SG 75 block of 4, large-part o.g., Cat £800++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1885-93 New Designs master die proof for the higher values with blank value tablet, in black on highly glazed card (91x60mm), handstamped 'AFTER/STRIKING' at U/L & '23JAN89' at 'U/R, no surface rubbing.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1905-12 Crown/A Perf 11 3d brown with the Watermark Sideways (Reversed) BW #W28aa (SG 153var), large-part o.g., Cat $750; and punctured 'OS' Perf 12½ 1d rose-red with the Watermark Sideways BW #W14A marginal block of 13 (5x3, less the first two units), some creasing, unmounted. Unlisted & rare. [The ACSC states that "OS punctures are found only in the rose-red shade with watermark upright, and are very scarce"] (2 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1879 De La Rue master die proof with blank value tablet on highly surfaced card (93x61mm) with 'Dec 21 1878' h/s at U/L & 'BEFORE HARDENING' h/s at U/R, no surface rubbing.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500