1950s-2000s issues on mostly commercial mail almost all used in Australia (sometimes in combination with Australian issues) but we did note a rather knocked-about 1980 'Greetings from AAT' illustrated tourist envelope airmail to Holland with Ships 5c x2 25c & 55c, noted Pre-Decimals 2/3d Penguin on registered cover and a few 2/- Map solo airmails to USA, First Decimals $1 Mock Sun with 50c (faults) & 7c pair on registered parcel piece to USA, 1973 25c Plane solo airmail to USA, lots of Ships frankings and later issues, some taxed items, official mail, advertising covers, etc, condition a little mixed but most are fine to very fine. Weighs 5½kg. (Qty 500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1966 Pictorial sets on Australia Post official 'Emblem' covers with 'WILKES', 'MAWSON' & 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' Base Cancels, then sets of four Base Cancels FDCs with the latter two plus 'CASEY' & 'DAVIS' for 1971 Treaty singles & blocks of 4, 1972 Cook singles & blocks of 4, 1973 Pictorials blocks of 4 and larger on 48 individual covers, 1979 First Flight Anniversary singles & Ships Part I singles, condition very fine. (Qty 86 covers)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

2012 Centenary of the 1911-14 Mawson Expedition M/S SG MS223 with Perforations Misplaced Down by 10mm causing Decapitation at Right, a few gum blemishes but unmounted.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

c.1904 One Pound as ACSC B1 but in Purple on Pink with Bright Yellow Within, 'ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL/...' block imprint at L/L & Photograph of 'GENERAL POST OFFICE, PERTH' on the reverse, no stamps but with selvedge from a complete sheet of NSW 1d Arms still in place, the front cover with vertical crease at left from having been opened-out numerous times. Unlisted in the ACSC. A fantastic rarity! [Arthur Gray's similar example - Lot 11; misdescribed as "purple-brown" on pink - sold for a very modest £840] What we love about this item is that the printed ledger pages within have been neatly completed with enough detail for us to be confident the user was a firm of solicitors. We can't recall seeing another Pound Booklet in which all the usage details for all 240 stamps were entered. In addition, this is the first booklet we have handled with Perth GPO on the reverse: unlike the other GPO photographs, it is printed sideways. Also, the photo exhibits colour diffusion from bright magenta at left to dull purple at right, which was a feature of the so-called 'bicolour' scenic letter cards. [We note that the user has, in an idle moment of whimsy, lightly pencilled-in the State borders, further dating the booklet to before creation of the Northern Territory on 1.1.1911]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1915 2/- (Kangaroo ½d x12 + KGV Sideface 1d x18) with dark red/pink cover & red/pale green within ACSC B8 (SG SB2a) with Kangaroo ½d block of 6 & a single KGV 1d red remaining, a few minor blemishes, Cat $7500 (£4000). Rare dual issue booklet. Ex Martin Frischauf: sold for €1240. [In the 2003 edition of the ACSC 'Booklets', it was stated "...prices for pre-1928 booklets are for booklet covers containing any quantity of the relevant stamps...". However, in a classic voltre-face, the current 2020 edition states "...prices are for complete booklets with all stamp panes intact & original..." Just to confound matters further, the catalogue price in the two editions is the same!]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1927-28 2/3d (KGV SMult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ 1½d red x18) with 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA' at the Top & an unsevered block of 18 stamps ACSC B35 (SG SB20; wrongly noted as having three panes of 6), light spotting on the front cover otherwise unusually fine, Cat $2500 (£1400). [NB: the Gibbons booklet listings contain numerous errors. On the face of it, this could be SB20 or 23. The difference is that SB20 has a folded block of 18 and SB23 has three panes of 6, the first booklet to have this configuration. Note also that SB19 does not have the CofA Header & therefore 19a with CofA Omitted is an erroneous entry]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1927 Canberra so-called 'jumbo' booklet complete with ten marginal panes of 8 (2x4) stapled in the upper margins with no cover - as always - & backing paper of the same stock as the issued Canberra booklets, minor rust around the staple otherwise remarkably fine. Rare: only the third we have seen. 'Tillie Mitchell's complete booklet sold at our auction of 29.8.2020 for $1015. [Geoff Kellow at page 63 states "Several are recorded, most with some panes of stamps removed". 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$750

2000 The Last Anzacs 45c peel & stick booklet with Gold Printing ('45c' & Stylised Map) Completely Omitted from the two Alec Campbell stamps ACSC #B252c, Cat $2000. [A similar booklet sold at our auction of 6.8.2021 for $2155]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1946-48 Overprints ½d to 1/- mint & used, a few minor defects, plus 5/- Robes Thick & Thin Papers unmounted mint & VFU, Cat $1000+ (£785). (Qty 16)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR I: KGV Perf 11 6d mint x2 (one with defective part-imprint, both **) & 2/6d (no gum), and Perf 14 6d no gum x2 (one 'postally used') & the very scarce 2/6d (no gum). Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR I: 'War Savings Stamps/Booklet' three editions with printer's codes '4.17' on deep buff - horizontal crease - with 6d Perf 11 x4; '8.17' on light buff with 6d Perf 11 x7 including two pairs, both with space for 35 stamps; and '4.19' on light buff with 6d Perf 11 x5 & Perf 14 x1 and with revised text & space for 31 stamps, each with 'Albert J Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne'; the second & third are remarkably fine. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 3 booklets)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR II: 6d blue Aeroplane Perf 11, Perf 14 & the very scarce Perf 12½, 5/- brown, and 6d blue War Memorial, a few bends but all with full unmounted o.g. Tough to assemble. Ex Tony Blakemore. [NB: the aeroplane is usually referred to as a Spitfire. In fact, it is another British product, the Boulton Paul Defiant] (Qty 5)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR II: 6d blue Aeroplane on Crown/A Paper Perf 11 WCG McCracken Imprint block of 4, minor gum-aging but unmounted. Ex Tony Blakemore.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR II: 6d blue Aeroplane No Wmk very scarce Perf 12½ block of 4, a couple of faint bends, unmounted. Ex Tony Blakemore.

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR II: 6d blue Aeroplane No Wmk Perf 14 Authority Imprint block of 8 (4x2), a couple of very minor blemishes, unmounted. Ex Tony Blakemore. [A similar block with two units mounted sold at a recent Melbourne auction for $358]

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR II: Collection of all-different 'WAR SAVINGS BOOKLET' types comprising 'Make Your Money Fight...' x2 (both rather aged & reinforced along the folds), 'Don't be an Onlooker...' x6, 'Every stamp stuck in is/another nail in the Axis/coffin!', bi-fold 'Personal Sacrifice is the Measure of National Service' x4 & an austere type with no propaganda messaging, all with 6d blue Aeroplane stamps - various perfs, 197 in all - including three completed with 6d x32, condition variable but generally good to fine. An extraordinary lot of by far the most different cards we have seen. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 14 cards)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS - WORLD WAR II: 5/- Tank & Howitzer horizontal pair - a rare multiple - in an almost complete (four of five pages) red white & blue 'National Savings Stamp Book', some light toning. Rare. Ex Tony Blakemore. [The booklet had five detachable pages that could be removed & banked in multiples of £2. The only complete booklet we have seen - with 5/- x4, three of which were creased - sold at our auction of 20.5.2021 for $575]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

WORLD WAR I WAR LOAN LABELS: Selection with 13 different designs plus seven duplicates & a defective block of 8, condition variable, some with large-part o.g. (Qty 28) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

WORLD WAR I WAR LOAN LABELS: Complete sheets of 25 of 'For all they mean/to you/...', 'He/expects/you to/do your/duty/...' (tonespots) and 'GUARD YOUR FUTURE/...' each with AJ Mullett Imprint at the base of each unit, and 'Keep it up!/Buy/War Loan Bonds' with HJ Green Imprint at the base of each unit, a few minor bends & blemishes but generally very fine with most units unmounted. Rarely seen in this format. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 4 sheets) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

PROPAGANDA LABELS: World War I Delandre 'Glory of the Anzac!/1914-1917/EGYPT/DARDENELLES/ FRANCE' angels label, well centred, lightly mounted o.g. Superb! [See 'New Zealand Cinderellas Catalogue' #OS12, Cat NZ$300 20 years ago]

Grade A+ B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

PROPAGANDA LABELS: WWII selection promoting War Loans including a sheetlet of 8 (4x2), Story Bridge War Fund Appeal sheetlet of 6 (no gum & reinforced), '.../Collect/Old/Alumium/...' marginal block of 4, 'HELP NEWCASTLE'S/EFFORT/...' in carmine (torn) green (with postmark) or purple (mint), two very unusual circular labels & a 1943 weight ticket with 'Buy War Savings Certificates/...' printed on the reverse, condition a bit mixed but mostly fine to very fine. A very scarce group. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 37)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

RATIONING - MOTOR SPIRIT: Attractively presented 1940-50 reference collection to 44 gallons x6 (one with 'O. S.' Overprint) that indicates by the photocopies included just how scarce the wartime, all high 'values' & the 'O.S.' Overprints are, a few with parts of the official imprint on the stamps themselves, a few used (condition variable), generally fine to very fine. Very attractive. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 57) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

RATIONING - MOTOR SPIRIT: Collection of wartime & later 1940s issues for the various States x63 including scarcer issues for Queensland South Australia & Tasmania, many are used & not often seen thus; also six complete tete-beche sheets of 10, generally fine to very fine without gum as issued; plus various types of Motor Vehicle Consumer's Licence x9 in variable condition, and six fine to very fine unused Application for Ration Tickets. Another desirable lot. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

COMMEMORATIVE LABELS: 1934-35 Centenary of Melbourne including 'CENTENARY/FUND' rouletted blue or red mint pairs, an array of advertising types for various companies including for Joubert & Joubert 'Delage' Cars, Beecham's Pills, Stone & Co 'Only Sponge House in Australia' (!) & Silverton Tramway, etc, condition variable, mostly unused (a few with gum) & a couple with postmarks; also 'Centenary/Thanksgiving Service' programme (14.10.1934, at the MCG). Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 39 + programme) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

COMMEMORATIVE LABELS: 1934-35 Centenary of Melbourne & Victoria three different sheets of 15 poster stamps comprising 'Come Celebrate a Great Occasion' (faults), smaller format with Lyrebird at U/L (**) & a revised version with the central column of 4 replaced with labels for the Scout Jamboree (**), plus complete singles with no gum for the first - plus two Imperf labels - and last. Ex Tony Blakemore. (Qty 77) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200