Opportunity beckons in this box including a very fine Harry Butler PPC with 'MINLATON' d/s, 1940 from Dutch Indies with 'RECOVERED FROM/LOST FLYING BOAT' cachet, 1946 & 1949 Mornington Island parachute mails, 1949 wrapper to GB with 'FIRST FLIGHT/Second Class Air Mail' vignette, 1951 Australia-Chile multi-franked covers x2, 1930s array including with signatures of pilots "H Purvis", "F Neale", "N Brearley", "J Chapman", "O Denny", "Harold O Cook", "HF Broadbent", etc, some with better frankings, etc, generally fine to very fine. (200+)

Estimate AU$1,000

Annotated collection with some better items including 1934 Hewitt Kay & Stewart NSW-NZ-NSW, Imperial Airways group including to SWA, 1935 Jubilee Flight to NZ, 1941 Adelaide-Timor & Timor-Adelaide, 1942 Sydney-New Hebrides (stained), 1946 & 1947 Mornington Island Christmas flights with Qantas vignettes, 1947 Australia-NZ & Australia-GB both with Field Marshall Montgomery aboard, 1949 uprated wrapper with Qantas/BOAC 'Second class Air Mail' vignette, 1961 non-stop flight Australia-GB per 'Vulcan' signed by the crew, etc, some inwards covers including 1934 from Argentina by Zeppelin to Germany, 1934 from Hong Kong, 1934 from Switzerland, 1941 RAAF Delivery Flight Noumea-Sydney intermediate, 1946 per 'Mosquito' from NZ, 1947 Nauru flight to test the island's Homing Beacon, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell. (150+)

Estimate AU$1,000

1926 Darwin-London AAMC #101 per Alan Cobham to his wife with typed/handwritten 'DEPARTED ("Sept 4th 1926"/ARRIVED ("Oct 1st 1926" & signed "Alan J Cobham" in the same hand, 'DARWIN NT/3SE26AUSTRALIA' cds & on arrival GB 1½d tied by light 'HAMPSTEAD SO' cds, minor flap fault & slightly reduced at left when opened otherwise very fine, Cat $2750 (2008). With a typewritten certificate headed "New York City, January 3rd 1927" & signed "Alan J Cobham" in which he states this is #9 of only 9 covers flown. [There was no example in the collections of John Cress or Tom Frommer. John Crowe's example sold in 2019 for £1320]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1927 (Oct 12) Leeds Printing Co (Iowa) cover to Victoria endorsed Via/Aviation Flight/San Francisco Oct 15" with 5c Roosevelt & 10c Air tied by 'SIUOX CITY IO' cancels, San Francisco transit b/s of OCT13/1927, then carried by sea & docketed "Recd 10.XI.27", some soiling. With the intriguing letter "I have little idea if I can get this letter on the flight...leaving San Francisco Oct 15, for Australia via Hawaii..." [Presumably, it was intended to travel with Kingsford Smith on his trans-Pacific flight but that did not occur until 31.5.1928] (2)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1934 MacRobertson Air Race annotated group including per Scott & Campbell-Black (Cat $1250) registered back to GB, per Roscoe Turner, and per Hewitt Kay & Stewart signed "Cyril E Kaye", then a group per 'Uiver' including intermediates & return to Holland plus propaganda printed on reverse of unseparated Dutch 'POSTGIRO' form (unused), plus 1934 (Dec) 'Uiver' crash cover & planned return cover with 'UIVER/BATAVIA-C' cds but carried per 'Ysvogel', generally fine to very fine. A good lot. Ex Neil Russell. (13 items)

Estimate AU$750

1938 Clouston & Ricketts covers from GB x3 one forwarded to New Zealand, the first two signed by both pilots, two covers from NZ with Blenheim & Darwin cds, also an uprated ½d Wren Postal Card - apparently the only example recorded from this flight - similarly cancelled & signed "AE Clouston", and a contemporary PPC of the aviators. Ex Neil Russell. (7 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1945-53 Re-Opening of Services with covers to & from New Guinea (1945, and 1947 intermediate from Port Moresby), Fiji, Ceylon, Norfolk Island, GB per Constellation, Japan & Hong Kong, plus 1945 developmental flight to Singapore and new services to & from Canada, South Africa, Dutch Indies and Christchurch, also a few intermediates, almost all with appropriate cachets &/or Qantas vignettes - plus four loose vignettes - & many are pilot-signed. Ex Neil Russell. (38 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1949 (Dec 19) TAA Christmas land-plane flight to the mission at Mornington Island signed by the pilot & with TAA roneo'd letter re the flight, a different TAA cover from Cloncurry & return, and a privately prepared cover for the flight, also an unlisted return flight cover appropriately endorsed but cancelled at 'TENNANT CREEK/21JA50/NT'. Apart from the first item, these are the only examples we have seen. Ex Neil Russell. [Also includes 1976 letters between Neil Russell & Ernie Crome with comment on the Christmas flights.] (5 items)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

MORNINGTON ISLAND PARACHUTE MAILS: Qantas Christmas flights 1939 ex Sydney, 1941 ex Sydney & Brisbane, 1942 ex Sydney & Brisbane, 1943 ex Sydney & Brisbane, 1946 ex Sydney, 1947 ex Sydney & 1948 ex Sydney, all with appropriate labels &/or autographs, plus an unmounted set of the six Qantas labels. Ex Neil Russell. (16 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Well-filled Seven Seas album with New South Wales including Sydney Views 1d No Clouds apparently unused but it has been professionally repaired & 3d x3 (one with No Whip, & one with BN '78' - rated RR - of Cassilis), Laureates to 8d, 'REGISTERED' Imperf x4, Charity duo, 'OS' Overprints QV 10/- & £1 CTO reprints, Postage Dues set mint or CTO, etc; Queensland including 'Half-penny' on 1d Die II mint, Charity duo mint but a bit soiled, QV Revenues to £5 black, etc; South Australia Imperf 2d apparently a Double Print/Dry Print, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' plate proof with blank value tablet & 'SPECIMEN' Overprints to £20, Thin 'POSTAGE' set mint or used/CTO, etc; Tasmania including Courier 1d with full margins, Tablets £1 used, 1899-1900 Pictorials mint, etc; Victoria with a couple of very attractive Half-Lengths, 'REGISTERED' 1/- with large margins, Laureates 8d orange & 10d grey, Bell Emergency Printings 1d green/drab, Stamp Statutes to £5 including an apparently mint 3d (no certificate), Large Stamp Duty £1/10/- CTO and 35/- & £6 to £9 all fiscally used, Ultra-High Values £50 (stained) & £100 both CTO, 1886-96 High Values fiscally used, 1900 Charity duo mint, KEVII £2 punctured 'OS' CTO, Postage Dues both sets mint or used, etc; and Western Australia including 1854-55 1d & 4d both with full margins, Hillman 2d with BPA Certificate, later issues to £1, Long Revenues postally used to 1/-, Telegraph duo postally used, etc; condition rather mixed but many including most of those mentioned are fine to very fine. Huge catalogue value, especially if one takes into account the numerous faked imperfs, forged overprints etc, that we have completely ignored in arriving at the estimate. (100s)

Estimate AU$10,000

A clean but rather sparse collection on Scott leaves, mint pickings include NSW 2/6d Lyrebird x2, Charity duo & 5/- Coin with Floral Margin, Queensland Large Chalons £1 & Charity duo, South Australia Thick 'POSTAGE' set to £1, Tasmania Tablets to 10/- & 1899-1900 Pictorials, Victoria oddments to 5/- & KEVII £1 (regummed), Western Australia V/Crown set to £1, etc, generally fine to very fine. (200+)

Estimate AU$1,250

Odds 'n' sods with New South Wales including Sydney Views 1d x3 & 3d rejoined pair, Queensland postally used 2/6d 10/- & £1 x2, etc, condition variable. (250 approx)

Estimate AU$250

Postal Stationery selection including scenic Postal Cards from NSW x2, Queensland x2, South Australia x2 & Victoria1½d Fleet Card, also NSW 1d STO Postal Card for Shell Transport & Trading (rare; minor blemishes), NSW 1½d with printed illustration 'Gruss aus der umgekehrten Welt/...' on the reverse, etc, most unused & generally fine to very fine. (49)

Estimate AU$500

Postal Cards bundle from all Colonies/States, mostly pedestrian but including Queensland 1d 'KAMERUNGA STATE NURSERY...' used, South Australia 1d 'WORLD'S RECORD...' unused & Western Australia uprated 1d Reply Card used to Germany, generally fine to very fine. (53)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Box containing stockbooks, envelopes and shoebox, strength in Tasmania with a range of Courier & Chalon forgeries, Pictorials sorted by denomination, fiscals with St George to 10/-, Sidefaces to 5/-, some NSW and Qld, condition mixed. (100s)

Estimate AU$150

Two cartons of stockbooks from all Colonies/States with lots of pickings throughout but rather mixed condition. Inspection is strongly recommended. (Qty)

Estimate AU$500

Postal Stationery Duplicated predominantly unused array of mostly Postal Cards from NSW including Fleet Card 1d x2 & used 5d OHMS Registration Envelope used x2; Queensland with Postal Cards 1d Chalon x8 & Sideface 1d x4 all unusually clean; Tasmania with 2d green Envelope 'IN DENISON GORGE...' (very fine); and Victoria including 3d red/green x4, 'Beer n Baccy' card, etc, also some Envelopes & Wrappers including a few pairs & sheets of 4 but with some damage; condition variable & quite a bit of light soiling that can be greatly improved with a soft eraser; also a very modest group of Victorian Barred Numerals. (few 100)

Estimate AU$400

Accumulation of mostly used in quantity with potential postmark interest, Govt punctures & 'OS' overprints, commercial perfins, Postage Dues, plus albums of Railway Parcel Stamps & Revenues including Qld to £10 Stamp Duty & £50 Impressed Duty, Tasmania 'WAGES TAX' overprints, Victoria 'CATTLE' & 'SWINE' overprints, WA Fiscals to 10/- violet and 30/- bi-coloured, also Customs Duty including overprints to 'TWENTY CENTS', Patent Office to $100, plus 1895 Victorian 'Miner's Right', 1963 10/- Travellers' Cheque, etc, condition generally fine. Weighs 9kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$500

Small box of covers etc including 1910 with stamps of all 6 States, NSW 1896 unpaid local letter with Postage Due 2d, Queensland 1d scenic Postal Cards x2, Victoria very fine group of CTO'd Postal Stationery x13, etc, condition variable. (80 approx)

Estimate AU$200

Collection in four stockbooks mostly from New South Wales with Sydney Views 1d x8, 2d x3 & 3d x6, Laureates 1d x12 (one unused - small fault - Ex Burrus), 6d x3 & 8d x2, Imperf Diadems 6d x9 & 1/- x2 all with full margins, array of 5/- Coin with shades, Cracked Plate & 'OS' Overprints, Governors 20/- x5 (one mint), Charity duo, QV 10/- x5, etc; and Queensland with Imperf 1d SG 1 x2, Litho 4d lilac x11 & 4d yellow x10 and 20/- x2 (questionable cancels), etc; condition rather mixed especially in the earlier issues but inspection should be rewarded. (many 100s)

Estimate AU$2,000

Mostly mint collection with many unmounted including NSW 2/6d Lyrebird, Charity pair and 'OS' blocks of 8 of 2½d 4d & 8d; Queensland Crown/A 2/6d to £1 (all lightly mounted); South Australia Thin 'POSTAGE' set to £1; Tasmania Tablets £1; Victoria Charity set x2 & CTO set (no gum); etc, condition generally fine to very fine but some key items have no gum or have been regummed including NSW 5/- Map with Double 'Specimen' Overprint, QV 10/-, SA Thick 'POSTAGE' set to £1, Tasmania 1899 Pictorials, Victoria No 'POSTAGE' 5/- and WA £1. (few 100)

Estimate AU$2,000

This & the next two lots are dated collections of mostly low denominations but with the odd better stamp, and lots of postmark interest. These are the most extensive pre-1913 "calendar" lots we have seen. Ex 'Tamiami'.

South Australia in three expensive Lighthouse binders, from 1888 with a good degree of completeness, virtually all on 1d & 2d values.

Estimate AU$300

This & the next two lots are dated collections Victoria in three expensive Lighthouse binders, 1870s to mid-1890s very patchy then from 1895 with a good degree of completeness, a few better stamps noted, high concentration of Melbourne single-ring & double-ring cds. (few 1000)

Estimate AU$300

This & the next two lots are dated collections Western Australia in three expensive Lighthouse binders, from 1869 rather sparse until the 1890s then with a good degree of completeness, noted many better denominations to 5/- x5 & some Postal Fiscals. (few 1000)

Estimate AU$500

Useful balance with East Africe & Uganda 1907-08 'SPECIMEN' set; Egypt 1914 Pictorials 20m to 200m; Seychelles largely complete to 1952 - no KGVI 1r green - plus some Plate Numbers to 2r25c, 1903 Surcharges 'Specimen' set, KGV to 5r, 1952 Pictorials marginal set (**), etc; Uganda 1896 1a 3a & 8a and 1898 1r & 5r; Zanzibar with a few rupee values & a few Postage Due varieties, etc; also some British Occupation of Italian Colonies, Morocco Agencies & Tangier; a few minor problems but generally very fine. (few 100)

Estimate AU$500