1919 (Aug 6) Adelaide-Minlaton AAMC #20a unnumbered PPC per Harry Butler cancelled on arrival with 'MINLATON' squared-circle, minor blemishes but in far above average condition, Cat $550.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1929 usage of KGV Oval 4½d Registration Envelope to England with 'HAY/NSW' (?) cds obscured by added GB PUC 1½d x3 with commercial perfins & tied by oval 'REGISTERED/VICTORIA ST BO SW1' d/s & with 'London SW3' registration label, endorsed on the face "Per favour/Southern Cross/Australia-/England/many many thanks" & signed "OK/CTPUlm", minor blemishes: see AAMC #142, Cat $2750. Only 12 carried. [With two-page social letter that mentions a personal connection to Charles Kingsford Smith] (2 items)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1929 (Dec 10) advice on Australian National Airways Ltd letterhead regarding issue of shares, signed "RE Ludovici/ Secretary", with the accompanying Certificate #110 for 100 shares (274x202mm) with large 'CONTRIBUTING SHARES' h/s in magenta and signed by Ludovici, "CKingsford Smith" & "CTP Ulm", embossed with NSW Stamp Duty 6d. A marvellous item that would enhance the finest of airmail - or revenue - collections. (2 items)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1934 (Oct 21) Brisbane-San Francisco AAMC #455 Trans-Pacific flight via Fiji and Honolulu per Sir Charles Kingsford Smith & PG Taylor in 'Lady Southern Cross' , Fiji KGV 3d tied by Suva cds & US NRA 3c tied by Honolulu d/s, Los Angeles b/s, signed "CKingsford Smith", a couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $3250.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$900

1936 to Melbourne endorsed "Via Airship HINDENBURG and via AIRMAIL via London" with USA 25c Clipper block of 4 (one stained), b/s including New York 10.5 despatch, Frankfurt 'MIT LUFTSCHIFF.../14.5.36' and 'DARWIN NT/23MY36' transits plus 'GPO MELBOURNE/26MY36/2' arrival.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1880s-1930s share certificates including Jacksons Reef Gold Mining (Kimberley WA) x2, Marvel Loch Gold Development (WA) x10, Northern Golden Mile (WA) x2, Mount Zeehan Silver-Lead Mines (Tas) x2, Nugget Tin Mining Co (Tas) x2, and a few others, filing folds otherwise generally fine to very fine. From two branches of the one family. (20)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1908 Visit of the US "Great White Fleet" complete set of the 1d & 1½d Postal Cards for the six States plus the officially issued formular types 'TO/SYDNEY' & 'TO/MELBOURNE', the South Australian with corner bend otherwise very fine unused. Rarely offered as a set. [Numbers sold were NSW 1d x9560 & 1½d x2320; Queensland x5760; South Australia x4500; Tasmania x2000; Victoria 1d x19,008 & 1½d x7404; & Western Australia x9249] (10)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

Collection on Hagners mostly from New South Wales including a few Laureates, Diadems including superb imperf 1d pair, perf 6d x13 (one with Double Perfs) 8d x4 & 1/- x3 (one Grossly Mis-Perforated), others including 'OS' Overprints & 'OS/NSW' perfins to 5/- Coin; also Western Australia with some better stamps, 'DUTY STAMP' 1d from the top of the sheet Imperf at the Top, etc; plus some Queensland & Victoria, condition variable. (few 100s)

Estimate AU$650

Large box of pre-1913 postmarks on stamp or piece from NSW, Queensland, South Australia & Western Australia. Could be finds a-plenty. (many 1000s)

Estimate AU$400

Mint & used accumulation including NSW with Diadems including 8d * (faults), Qld with values to £1, SA with Long Toms to 5/-, Tasmania Pictorials and 1950s Railway Parcel stamps to £1, Victoria with later issues in quantity, WA 1d black imperf (faults), also a few revenues, some postmark interest, condition very mixed. (100s)

Estimate AU$400

Basic collection with pickings including NSW Laureates 6d x3 (one very fine), Queensland Imperf 6d (probably repaired), South Australia "Long Toms" & 'OS' Overprints, Tasmania Pictorials mint set, Victoria scrappy Classics including fine Barred Oval '51' (rated RR), BN First Type '103' (RRRR),1897 Charity duo mint, No 'POSTAGE' mint set to 5/-, etc, condition rather mixed. (few 100)

Estimate AU$500

Oddments comprising NSW 8d Lyrebird mint; Queensland Small Chalon 2d SG 111 with superb Rays '93' cancel; South Australia DLR 2d SG 170, very fine with large-part o.g.; Tasmania Numeral Watermarks Chalon 4d pale blue, close even margins, large-part o.g.; Victoria Emblems 4d SG 87, minor defects, unused, Stamp Statute 1d, rust spot on reverse, large-part o.g., and 15/- brown CTO. (7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Forgeries with NSW Sydney Views 1d & 2d x5, Tasmania 1d Courier, Victoria 1d Half-Length & 2d Queen-on- Throne, etc, condition variable; also a genuine Victoria Laureates 5/- blue/yellow with repaired corner. (13)

Estimate AU$300

Pre-WWI parliamentary group with Tasmania including 1872 cover to GB with '[crown]/FREE' cds & Hobart cds both in red, three covers with manuscript free franks, superb 'LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL' frank in blue on wrapper, very fine 'HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY' frank in rosine on unused envelope; Victoria including 1883 OHMS with 'MISSENT TO/BERWICK' h/s, 1896 & 1900 both with 'THE SPEAKER' frank in blue, 1900 with 'THE PRESIDENT/...' frank in red, 1903 with '.../THE SENATE' imprint & 2d punctured 'OS', 1908 PPC with rare 'FEDERAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE' cds with dateslugs, 1913 Free 'ELECTORAL CLAIM' Envelope, 1937 'Claim for Enrolment...' envelope taxed with 1d Postage Due, etc; and Western Australia 1902 very fine Senator Matheson cover with 'RECEIVED AT/GPO WITHOUT/CONTENTS' h/s & Postage Dues 1d pair; condition very mixed, etc. (35 items)

Estimate AU$350

Railway stamps selection with NSW mint 10c blocks of 4 & 8 in different shades & 20c block of 4; Queensland pre-decimals used to 2/-, decimals mint blocks 25c from 'CALEN', and used to $10; and Western Australia including 'TOTAL/WEST PARCEL' types to $3 (2 different), 'BULK PARCEL' types x2 different, & a good range of different cash register label types; & a few others, condition variable. (120 approx)

Estimate AU$150

1945 (Sep 2) Japanese Surrender (VJ Day) group including naval covers x26 from HMAS "Shropshire" x3, "Warramunga" x2 & "Hobart" x3, HMS "Teazer", "Duke of York" x4, "King George V", "Wolf" & "Newfoundland" (with Australian stamp, to Tasmania), HMNZS "Gambia", and USS "Botecourt", "Missouri", "Cecil", "Missoula", "Mount Olympus" x2, "St Paul" & "Delta", many with woodcut cancels/cachets & including some apparently non-philatelic items; also some related commemorative covers & ephemera.

Estimate AU$750

1948-51 commercial covers with Spelling Errors in the registration cachets 1) with UPS 453 cds & 'SEAVICE' for 'SERVICE', a bit wrinkled ; 2) with UPS 388 cds & 'Servise' for 'Service'; 3) with UPS 496 cds & 'Servise' for 'Service'; & 4) with APO 215 cds used at Kure, & 'POSTAR' for 'POSTAL' in blue, opened-out. (4)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$160

BAHAMAS: Stockbook collection with QV £1 fiscally used, KEVII mint to 5/- including shades, KGV MCA to 5/- x2 plus a tropicalised £1, Staircases, Badges including shades, Tercentenary sets ** & CTO, KGVI to £1 * & U, Columbus set **, 1948 Eleuthera set **, Wedding **, 1954 Pictorials **, etc. (200 approx)

Estimate AU$500

ST VINCENT: 1880 Perf 11-12½ 6d bright green SG 30, exceptional centring, large-part o.g., Cat £475. Superb!

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Range of early Australian & British Cricket cards for WD & HO Wills, Capstan, Havelock & De Reszke mostly of Australians including Bill Woodfull, Syd Gregory, Bill Ponsford, Arthur Mailey, Wally Hammond, Clarrie Grimmett, Alan Kippax, Jack Ryder etc, also a few Brits & South Africans, the Wills cards include 11 with blank backs (proofs), some soiling but generally good to very fine. (62)

Estimate AU$600

1950 cover to England with "LJ Wheatley/Cocos Islands/co Cable & Wireless Ltd/Singapore" return address and superb strike of Leigh-Parkin's boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' h/s in violet alongside Australia 1/6d Hermes (fault) applied for airmail & cancelled with Perth '5 OCT' slogan, endorsed "First Day Cover" for the cachet's introduction, plus real photo PPC of tiny yachts collecting Tin Can Mail from the passing P&O "Orion" off Cocos Islands. (2)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1951 Leigh Parkin airmail cover to Devon with very fine strikes of the boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' h/s & straight-line 'Per WAVE BARON' h/s both in violet, Ceylon 75c for airmail affixed & tied by Colombo cds of 22JA/51, very minor blemishes. Ex Kim Dwyer: sold at the Prestige auction of 24.6.2006 for $2185. [This was the only tin can mail per 'Wave Baron'. On 5.1.1951, an attempt by RMS 'Orion' to collect the Tin Can Mail 'barrel' failed. The 'Wave Baron' passed the islands on 17.1.1951 & was able to collect the mail]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

Annotated group of "false" coils constructed from normal sheets with Roos ½d & 1d strips of 4 with joins, ½d strip of 6 & 1d used with join still present, KGV 1½d red Die 2 strip of 4 with perforated pink leader & strip of 4 with join. Uncatalogued but scarce to rare. (9 items)

Estimate AU$400

1927 KGV Small Multiple Watermark Perf 13½x12½ 1½d red strip of 4 [1R42/60] with complete blank/pink coil starter strip inscribed '960 THREE HALFPENNY STAMPS/VALUE, £6' ACSC #92bb, the starter folded at an angle for display, Cat $6000. A great coil stamps rarity. [The ACSC states that only one such strip - with three stamps atached - has been recorded]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1937-65 KGVI & QEII Issues annotated collection with Coil Machine Tester pairs in red & green in both perfs & another on blank paper, a few "false" coil pairs from normal sheet stock including 2d strip of 3 with join, Coil Perf 2d red pair, 2d mauve with the Watermark Inverted mint strip of 3 & used single, 1942 2d mauve pair & strip of 4 with join, blocks from coil perf sheets including 1959-64 2d Plate Numbers '1' & '2' blocks of 8, 3d Plate Number '3' block of 14 & Plate Number '5' block of 8, good range of starter strips including ½d '960', 1d purple-brown '960', 1942 Wmk 2d '960', Queen Mother 2d '960' in Red & in Green, No Wmk ½d '720' & '960' x23, 3d scarlet '960', 3d green '960' x2, QEII 3d green '960' x2, 1959-64 2d '960' x2 (one endorsed "Helicon"), etc, many identified varieties, generally very fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$2,500