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Lot No:687
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AIRMAIL: 'The Aero Field' Vol 1-21 (1937-57) h/b in 19 volumes range 1943-54, s/b (27+). Weighs 12kg.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$50



Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 160

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:688
Symbol:L
Cat No:Collection

AIRMAIL: Australia Group including 'The Australian Aero Philatelist' (60); 'The Ross Smith England-Australia Flight' by Col. L Smith, 2 Vols; 'Labels & Vignettes 1920-60' by Frommer; 'Airgraphs' by Collyer; 'Airmail Catalogue' by Eustis (1984) signed #439; '1955 QANTAS Aeriana' by Crome, h/b 195pp with blue cover, condition variable. Weighs 8kg. (Qty 72) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 90

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:689
Symbol:L
Cat No:Collection

AIRMAIL: World Group including 1939-1943 'Airmail Magazine' by Phillips; 'Airmails and Pigeon Posts of New Zealand' by Collins (1931); 'Newfoundland 1919-39' by Dalwick & Harmer; India 'Diary of Stephen Smith' by Jatia; 'D. Fields Priced Catalogue 1934'; 'Sanabria' (1943) and Musson (1946) priced catalogues; 'Hong Kong Air Mails' by Webb; condition mixed. Weighs 8kg. (Qty 21) (Image1)

Estimate AU$50



Opening AU$ 38.00
Sold...AU$ 38.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 38

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:690
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AVIATION: Box with 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Flight 1848-1939' in 300pp!! by Batchelor & Lowe (2004), 'Flying the Mail' by Jackson (1982), 'The History of Australia's Airlines' by Brimson (1988) & 'The Qantas Story 1920-1995' by Stackhouse for Qantas (1995), plus three auction catalogues with significant airmail content. (Qty 7) (Image1)

Estimate AU$50



Opening AU$ 38.00
Sold...AU$ 46.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 46

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:691
Symbol:L
Cat No:Collection

COLLECTING: 'The Art of Collecting National Heritage: The Letters of Henry Luke White 1910-1913' compiled by Judy White (2007), extensively illustrated with numerous colour plates, No. 281 of 300, signed by the author, 188pp hardbound with d/j. One of the most enlightening books on the psyche of the collector. [HL White's fabulous stamp collection reposes in Sydney's Mitchell Library. His legendary collections of bird eggs and skins are housed in the Museum of Victoria. The dispersal of his library of Australiana titles caused a sensation]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$40



Opening AU$ 30.00
Sold...AU$ 30.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 30

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:692
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COLLECTING: Carton with mixture including 'The World of Classic Stamps 1840-1870' by Mackay, 'Postal Saints and Sinners' by Stiles, 'Phantom Philately' by Melville, 'Stamp Curiosities' by Sutton, 'Stamps of the Empire' by Todd, 'The Stamp Collector' by Hardy & Bacon, 'Post Dates, Intriguing events in the Mails and Philately' by Wood, 'From Pillar to Post' (1961) by Zilliacus, 'Doctor of Millions, The Rise and Fall of Stamp King Dr. Paul Singer', some fiction including 'The Vanished Stamps Mystery' (1950) by Poole, 'Blue Mauritius' by Helen Morgan, etc. condition mixed. Weighs 14kg. (Qty 30+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$20



Opening AU$ 16.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:693
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EXPLORERS: 'La Australia Del Espiritu Santo', The journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to 'The Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quios to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627), edited by Celcus Kelly, 2 vols, with fold out maps & lists, 446pp, h/b, d/j.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$60



Opening AU$ 48.00
Sold...AU$ 55.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 55

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:694
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FORGERIES: Including 1905 'Album Weeds' by Earée, both Vols, spine damage; Jean de Sperati 'La Philatelie sans experts'; 'Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks' by Derek Worboys (RPSL); 1977 'Postal Forgeries of the World' by Fletcher, h/b; 'Philatelic Forgers' by Tyler, etc. condition mixed. Weighs 8kg. (Qty 28) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 90

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:695
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FORGERIES: 'Vade-Mecum du Specialiste-Expert En Timbres-Poste D'Europe' (Fakes and Forgeries of Europe) by F. Serrane (1926), h/b, 313pp.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$50



Opening AU$ 40.00
Sold...AU$ 95.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 95

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:696
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PHILATELIC EXHIBITIONS: Two cartons of Exhibition Programmes & Catalogues, etc, 1950s-2001. Weighs 20kg. (Qty 100+)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$30



Opening AU$ 24.00
Sold...AU$ 24.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 24

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:697
Symbol:L
Cat No:Collection

PHILATELIC EXHIBITIONS: Australia group with programmes and catalogues from 1982 ANPEX, Ausipex 84, Sydpex 88, Adelaide 2006, etc.. Weighs 15kg. To be collected. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$30



Opening AU$ 24.00
Sold...AU$ 24.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 24

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:698
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POSTAL STATIONERY: Higgins & Gage "World Postal Stationery Catalog" (1970s) in 11 matching black binders, stated to include all price supplements plus the Ausipex 84 "Australasia" edition & price supplement. Generally very fine from having apparently been little used. [Despite this seminal work being 30+ years old, for numerous countries it is still the best & often the only English-language reference]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 270

image Sale No: 4
Lot No:699
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ROYALTY: Queen Victoria; 'V.R.I. Her Life and Empire' (1901) by The Marquis of Lorne, 396pp, h/b; and King George V 'King Emperors Jubilee 1910-1935' by F.G.H. Salisbury, 160pp, h/b, cover faded. Non-philatelic. Weighs 4kg. (Qty 2)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
image Sale No: 4
Lot No:700
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STAMP PRINTERS: 'The De La Rue History of British & Foreign Postage Stamps, 1855-1901' by John Easton, h/b with d/j, 846pp.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$30



Opening AU$ 24.00
Sold...AU$ 55.00


Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 55


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