Single-volume collection with some better stamps including NSW Laureates to 8d including 6d pair, Registered Imperf with Papermaker's Watermark, 20/- Governors, 'OS' to 5/- Coin, Postage Dues set; Queensland Charity duo; Victoria Beaded Ovals 6d orange (a very scarce stamp), both Charity sets, KEVII £1 mint & £2 CTO; etc, condition very mixed but those mentioned are fine to very fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$1,500

Oddments on stockcards including NSW Laureates 1d forgery pair, Queensland Lined Background 2d defaced plate proof tête-bêche pair, postmark interest including Victorian BN 'M52' superb strike (rated RR), condition variable. (119 items)

Estimate AU$400

Postal Stationery with Tasmania 2½d Envelope 'DIANA'S BASIN...'; Victoria 1d Postal Card with 'REPLY' Barred-Out (rare, but stained), three uprated Letter Cards to Germany (one taxed), ½d green STO Envelope uprated & registered to Germany (philatelic but rare), 1d 'OS' Education Department Envelopes x3 used, and a few others; and Western Australia 1½d Postal Card unused (rare, but stained) & CTO; condition variable. (18 items)

Estimate AU$600

Travelling Post Offices collection on display pages from all Colonies/States mostly on Colonial stamps including on covers and cards plus some Commonwealth material, noted New South Wales 'ENGLISH MAIL/NSW' d/s on 1910 cover from Hungary, Queensland Great Northern 'GN RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' on Chalon 6d and 'TPO 6 S&WR' on Papua 2d Lakatoi, South Australia early 'RAILWAY/SA', squared circles and partial 'PAY TRAIN/TRA...' (Trans-Australian Railway), Tasmania 'TPO' and 'TML' types on Pictorials on picture postcards, Victoria 'DOWN TRAIN/GM4' error (RRR) on 1880 postal card, Western Australia 'TPO EGF/WA' (Eastern Goldfields) on Swan 1d blue postal card, etc, condition variable but many fine. (40 entires plus 100s)

Estimate AU$500

Copper watermark bits on small pieces of dandy roll comprising Victorian V/Crown, Queensland Crown/Q, NSW Small Crown/A, Australian Crown/A Second Wmk & Third Wmk, and GB Crown/GvR, all recessed in a single cardboard mount (254x128mm) with 'EDWIN AMIES & SON/MAIDSTONE' h/s in rosine on the reverse, the mount a bit soiled. [Edwin Amies & Son is still in business in Maidstone (Kent). They are manufacturers, especially of paper-making machinery]

Estimate AU$500

Covers & Postal Stationery group noted NSW 1852 with 2d Laureate tied numeral '56' of Singleton and 1854 with 1d Laureate pair and 'ALBURY' crowned oval arrival, Queensland 1912 registered with early 'R/STANTHORPE' red & black label, a few PPCs, advertising covers, TPO cancels and other postmark interest, plenty of unused postal stationery, some Tatts mail, condition variable. (100+)

Estimate AU$300

'List of Post and Telegraph Offices' published by the Postmaster-General's Department (1963), minor cover staining but internally very fine. A fantastic official source for postmark collectors.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1937 KGV 2/- (CofA 2d red) Black/Green cover inscribed '...IN MOST MONEY ORDER POST OFFICES' with 'PASS BOOKS' on the inside front cover ACSC #B48B, the stamps with trivial blemishes, the cover as fresh-as-a-daisy, Cat $500.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1938-41 2/- (KGVI 2d Die II) with the Watermark Inverted ACSC #B51ba, a couple of trivial cover blemishes; and 1942 2/6d (2½d) #B53A, superb; Cat $650. (2)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1949 KGVI 2/6d (2½d scarlet) block of 8 booklet front-covers (printed both sides) BW #B55(PP) from the upper-left of the sheet, some minor defects that hardly detract, Cat $1000+.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1989 Non-Olympic Sports 39c Fishing as ACSC #B165 but Miscut at an Angle resulting in three upper units with Part-Inscriptions Omitted and three lower units with Additional Part-Inscriptions, unmounted. A striking error. Unrecorded in the ACSC.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

PROOF OVERPRINTS - THIN TYPE: Large piece (128x167mm) with 24 impressions (4x6) from the lower-right of the right-hand pane [Rows 5/10 Pos 5 to 8] in red including Stop after 'JAPAN.' [Row 5 Pos 5], 'B' in Wrong Font (Smaller 'B') [Row 7 Pos 6] & the unlisted Broken 'C' [Row 10 Pos 8], small paper inclusions, Cat $2600+. Ex Sybrand Bakker. [NB: Row 9 Pos 7 shows the '6' intact, which means that the unlisted Broken '6' variety occurred later due to wear]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

PROOF OVERPRINTS - THIN TYPE: Inter-panneau piece (101x76mm) from the top of the sheet with 8 impressions - 4+4 - comprising left-hand pane [Rows 1/2 Pos 7 & 8] including '4' in '1946' in the Wrong Font (Long Serif at Base) [Row 2 Pos 7] & right-hand pane [Rows 1/2 Pos 1 & 2] in red, faint bend, Cat $900+. Ex Sybrand Bakker.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

PROOF OVERPRINTS - THIN TYPE: Inter-panneau piece (101x120mm) from the base of the sheet with 16 impressions - 8+8 - comprising left-hand pane [Rows 7 to 10 Pos 7 & 8] in gold including 'B.C,O.F.' [Row 10 Pos 8] & right-hand pane [Rows 7 to 10 Pos 1 & 2] in red including unlisted Broken 'C' [Row 7 Pos 1] ACSC #J1(PP)1Cz, folded in the gutter, Cat $3800++. Ex Sybrand Bakker. [The largest, or equal-largest, surviving inter-panneau piece]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1945 commercial air cover with superb woodcut 'HMAS HOBART/2 SEPT/1945/TOKYO JAPAN' Surrender Day cachet in magenta, KGVI 3d cancelled on arrival at Sydney, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Mostly commercial covers including some postal stationery and a few PPCs, noted Jamaica 1840s pre-stamp outers to London x2, Bermuda 1893 to USA, Bahamas 1919 'WAR TAX' overprints covers x2 and 1960s airmails with values to 2/-, Dominica 1954 airmail to Australia with QEII 48c, St Kitts 1944 airmail to UK with KGVI 1/- & 3d, St Lucia 1947 OHMS piece with 10/- Arms, also British Guiana, Cayman Islands, St Christopher, St Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago, registered, taxed, postmark interest, etc, condition mixed but many fine. (100+)

Estimate AU$200

BARBADOS: Nice little lot of Britannias comprising Blued Paper 1d deep blue, White Paper ½d yellow-green & 1d deep blue, Imperf 6d rose-red, above-average 5/- rose, 'HALF PENNY' plate proof in black, and '1D.' on 5/- bisect SG 86, Cat £1300; also 1850 entire from Trinidad (b/s) & 1856 to Trinidad with 1d blue (full margins but small corner fault) and 'JU5/1856' b/s with no inscription. (7 + 2 covers)

Estimate AU$600

TRINIDAD: 1851-55 Blued Paper 1d brick-red x2, 1854 White Paper 1d rose-red, 1852-60 Lithographs 1d blue from various printings x5 & 1d red block of 4 (unused), 1860 Clean-Cut perf 1d, 1861 Rough Perf 4d brownish lilac, 6d yellow-green & 1/- indigo, 1863 Perf 13 1/- bright mauve, 1869 5/- (faded) & three different bisects on small pieces, condition variable, Cat £3000+; also 1834 entire to Cuba with superb 'TRINIDAD' h/s in red, 1841 outer to London, 1850 defective outer to Scotland, 1859 cover to "Barbadoes" with Imperf 1d SG 12, b/s 'MR25/1859' with no office name, 22mm & 25mm 'TRINIDAD' cds & 'MA28/1859/ 3' arrival of St Philip, and large 1861 piece to Dominica with 1d rose-red (a few trimmed perfs). (23 + covers)

Estimate AU$1,000

River View issues identified by printings to $1 plus duplicates and a used $10, noted Script 10c violet/yellow *, 50c black Perf 13 used, etc, also 1922 Exhibition 1c 2c 3c & 10c *, Japanese Occupation 8c red & 15c imprint strips of 3 used, also a few later issues, condition generally fine, Cat £600+; also Proud handbook and Robson Lowe plating study. (100+)

Estimate AU$250

1958 airmail with 1/- Lyrebird x2 paying the Australian domestic rate of 4d for the first 1oz & 2½d per additional oz x2 + 1/3d registration fee tied 'COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS/ INDIAN/OCEAN/AUST' cds, Sydney arrival b/s, a few blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Large carton with packets of mostly unused PSEs. Postage opportunity. (Qty)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Yearbooks 1981-94 complete plus extra 1984, 1985 x2 and 1989-94 x2 each, also quantity of mint stamps from the same period much still in original packaging often duplicated x3 each including some MS's, gutter pairs, FDCs & PSEs, substantial face value, fine condition (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Yearbooks 1981-1996, 1998 & 1999, 2001-05, 2010 and 2012-15, substantial face value. Heavy! (28 books)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1966-2015 Issues including M/Ss, gutter pairs, peel & stick, stamp packs, complete up to around 2015 including Sydney Oympics Gold Medal sheetlets, some larger blocks and a box full of booklets. Substantial face value. (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1970-75 PMG's Department Publicity Cards for most issues in the period including Captain Cook strip & separate 30c, 1971 Floral Coils & Christmas block of 4 (hilarious!), 1972 Primary Industries & Christmas, 1974 Paintings etc, unusually fine, Cat $150 to $200 each. [The most extensive group we have offered] (62)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000