1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Vertical Medium to Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown SG 16, 'PORT MORESBY/4NO05/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, Cat £4000. Ceremuga Certificate (2012) states "Very rare".

Grade A C1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1907-10 Small 'PAPUA' Watermark Upright (Inverted) Perf 11 6d black & myrtle-green SG 53 L/L corner block of 4, excellent centring, unmounted, Cat £72++ (mounted). Superb!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

35: '35' First Type (with side bars) of Durham Ox largely superb almost-complete strike on Beaded Oval 6d blue, minor faults. Rated RRRR. PO renamed from Hardy's Inn 1.1.1855. [Loddon-Campaspe; Goldmining]

Grade B A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

169: '169' First Type of Crowlands largely fine almost-complete strike on Laureate 'NINEPENCE' overprint on 10d purple-brown, trimmed perfs. Rated RRRR. PO 1.6.1851; closed 31.12.1854; re-opened 1.4.1858. [Goldfields]

Grade B A2- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

259: '259' First Type ('9' reversed) of Tullamarine largely fine strike on Redrawn 6d black. Rated RRRR. PO 4.3.1859.

Grade A A1- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

349: Type 1 with side-bars bold strike on turned 1883 OHMS lettersheet with very fine strike of the almost as rare 'GREEN HILL/MR28/81/...' b/s, also with largely very fine 'LANGLEY' b/s, minor blemishes. Rated RRRRR. PO 1.7.1861; closed 1.4.1891. [NB: all four recorded strikes of the cds have the date error '81' for '83']

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1346: 'MCCC/46' of Timmering East on 1d Postal Card cut-out. Rated RRRR. PO 1.7.1883; closed 1.12.1930.

Grade B B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

74: '74' of Hobart fine strike used as 'killer' on Victoria Queen-on-Throne 6d Roulette.

Grade A- A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

28: '28' of Mount Macedon (1)/Kyneton legible strike of Queen-on-Throne 2d with good to large margins. Rated RR.

Grade A B2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

39: '39' of Broken River/Benalla large-part very fine strike of Half-Lengths 2d cinnamon with close to huge margins & a fragment of the adjoining unit at left (Cat £190). Rated RR. Superb!: an opportunity to add a lovely Classic stamp to a postmarks collection.

Grade A+ A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

REVENUES: 1961 New Currency R1 and c.1967 'R1' on R10, light oval cancels in violet. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

KGVI to QEII selection comprising ACSC B53Aa, 55, 56B, 57, 58, 67N Edition N6 and 69F Edition N7, a few toned perf-tips noted, Cat $500. (Qty 7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

1927 Canberra empty booklet cover with HMS 'Renown' on the reverse autographed by the Parliament House postmaster & 28 of his staff, reinforced with archival tape along the fold.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1927 Canberra "jumbo" booklet of 3½ of the eight marginal panes of 8 (2x4) stapled in the upper margins with backing paper of the same stock as the issued Canberra booklets, minor rust around the staple otherwise remarkably fine. Rare. [Geoff Kellow at page 63 states "Several are recorded, most with some panes of stamps removed". In fact, this is only the second complete example we have recorded. Long considered a 'mystery' issue, perhaps of private manufacture, Kellow goes on to state that these booklets were prepared by the Post Office: a Post Office memorandum states "...these will be in strips of 8 fastened into lots of 80 to represent the number in the whole sheet". If the Post Office could call a Registration Envelope a 'Registered Letter', it could call a block a 'strip']

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1935-37 CofA Watermark 2/- (2d red with the Watermark Inverted) with 'WHEREVER THERE IS A MONEY ORDER/POST OFFICE' on the Face ACSC B47Aa, a few minor tonespots but of very fine facial appearance with no rust around the staple, Cat $600.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1998 Wetland Birds $9 'pochette' with 45c x20. A rather scarce little item, unusually with the covering letter/questionnaire that was sent to consumers with the 'booklet' and the Business Reply Paid envelope. We have not previously seen the whole package. (Qty 3 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1945 airmail cover with naval crest in green at U/L to GB with KGVI 3d purple-brown x3 tied by the woodcut 'TOKYO BAY/JAPAN' cancel with 'HMAS SHROPSHIRE/Official Signing of/Japanese Surrender' cachet in red and British 'POST/OFFICE - MARITIME/MAIL' machine in red, opened-out & minor blemishes. Unusual usage.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

1946-48 Overprints ½d to 5/- Robes Thin Paper (unusually well centred) tied to plain cover by 'AUST ARMY PO/12OC48/214.' cds, Cat £275. (Qty 7)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1949 airmail cover (230x168mm) to London with rare franking of unoverprinted 3d 1/- Lyrebird & Robes Thin Paper 5/- strips of 3 (Cat $750 for a single on cover) tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/11JE49/214' cds in use at Empire House in Tokyo, vertical fold & minor blemishes. A very scarce franking in any circumstances, all the more desirable for being a BCOF in Japan usage. ['Tillie' Mitchell's similar cover with 5/- pair sold for $659]

Grade B

Estimate AU$500

1949 (Nov 5) registered airmail cover with rare solo franking of unoverprinted Thin Paper Robes 5/- (ACSC 213B) tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/214' cds used at Tokyo, boxed R cachet in violet at L/R, 'No 8 BASE PO/ A ' transit b/s of the same date, Adelaide arrival b/s of 11NO49, very minor bends. This is a really significant item. Firstly, the BCOF Overprints were withdrawn on 12.2.1949, after which unoverprinted stamps were used. Secondly, it is a rare non-Forces cover with imprint & wax seals of the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (Tokyo) on the reverse. Thirdly, this is a very scarce stamp on any type of cover. The ACSC prices it at $450 on cover. However, it is not recorded & priced as a solo franking.

Grade A-

Estimate AU$500

POSTAGE DUES: 1940 1c mint & used, 2c mint & used x3 and 12c mint x2 & used x3, plus 1952-55 Chalk-Surfaced Paper set mint, Cat £160. (Qty 15)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

OFFICIALS: 1875 1c black mint (tonespots) & used, 2c orange unused & used x3 and 24c used SG O1 2 & 5, plus 1877 2c orange SG O7 used, some short perfs as usual, Cat £900. (Qty 8)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1924-37 Script Definitives 1c to $1 SG 60-78 including the colour changes, the 6c black badly tropicalised otherwise very fine, Cat £250. (Qty 19)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1981 Pictorials 5c to $8 complete, unmounted. (Qty 12)

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$40

1964 Australian Registration Envelope QEII 2/5d by air to Melbourne with '3' cds of '27AP64' and 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands/Indian Ocean' R label. [Although Cocos' first stamps were issued on 11.6.1963 and replaced the use of Australian stamps, no Cocos postal stationery was issued so Australian issues remained in use] (Image1)

Estimate AU$150