1970s-90s covers selected for clear strikes of steel & rubber CDS plus some commemorative cancels and boxed d/s, includes wide variety of frankings, lots of registered mail & overseas airmails, some postal stationery usages, a few PPCs, etc, condition generaly fine to very fine. Weighs 10kg. (Qty 1000+)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Modest collection mostly on loose KGV Heads with some Kangaroos & a few later items, many closed offices & numerous fine to very fine strikes. (Qty 600+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Five-volume collection entirely from offices that closed up to the 1980s, strength from the 1960s-on but a good number of earlier closures, includes some ACT & Snowy Mountains Scheme offices, most of the 1980s strikes are per favor. An excellent basis for serious expansion. Weighs 15kg. (Qty 800 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

12-volume collection with strength in the period from 1980s to 2010s with a bewildering array of rubber types many of which were short-lived & are extremely scarce, a high percentage of the 1980s strikes are per favor but the later material is mostly from commercial mail, noted hundreds of LPO types, also Paid, Money Order, Postal Manager & other restricted types (what on earth is an 'OFFICE SERVER'?), includes ACT offices. Weighs 26kg. A fantastic lot for the modern postmark enthusiast, priced at cents per item. (Qty 1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Album of cds/numeral 'ties' including some duplexes, mostly on PPCs or Tatts covers, condition variable but with many very fine strikes. (Qty 50 + pieces) (Image1)

Estimate AU$125

Relief markings small group including 1925 envelope with KGV 1½d red tied by 'T /NSW' cut-down cds, 1935 cover with 1d green pair tied by 'RELIEF STAMP/NSW' machine, 1983 'PAID AT RELIEF NO.5' in red & 'RELIEF NO.84' on Certified Mail, and 1988 'RELIEF NO.80' on Priority Paid item, plus a range of others on covers & stamps on/off piece, condition mostly fine to very fine. (Qty 10 covers + 19 stamps/pieces) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Sydney: Rhombus-of-Dots very fine strike on Sydney View 3d emerald SG 41 [Pos 6] (margins just touching - at U/L - to large, small defects, Cat £375). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001). This handstamp was used in the Sydney Ship Letter Branch. For many years, it was wrongly believed to have been applied to NSW stamps used at Noumea, in New Caledonia. This is the first example we have handled for many years]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Travelling Post Offices: Extensive annotated collection including 'GNRP/NSW' obliterator & double-ring d/s on two 1876 1d Postal Cards, 'TRAVELLING POST SOUTH' 1889 oval on cover to Tharwa, 'TRAVELLING POST WEST' 1880 oval on OHMS cover, 'TPO 1 NORTH' 1909 machine b/s on cover from Queensland & 1910 cancel on PPC, 'TRAVELLING PO No2 SOUTH' 1923 on KGV 5d Registration Envelope "AR" to Germany, 'TPO 2 SOUTH/UP.../2' 1936 transit on inwards airmail cover from Egypt & 1937 transit on registered airmail cover from Switzerland via Hungary to New Zealand with customs labels, 'TPO SOUTH WEST' 1917 on KGV 1d on home-made wrapper endorsed "Pass Book Only" with 'CLOSED AGAINST/INSPECTION' h/s and 4d Postage Due, 'TRAVELLING PO No3 WEST' 1901 on officially registered Tatts cover, 'TPO 1 WEST/...1' on two different 1926 Postal Cards from Sodwalls Gravel Quarry, various 'WEE WAA', 'MOREE' & 'WERRIS CK...' cds, 'ENGLISH MAIL' markings including 1915 cds transit on Kangaroo 4d Registration Envelope from Adelaide & 1910-11 machine cancels on covers from Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & UK and 'POSTED ON TRAIN' types, instructional markings including 'TRAIN LETTER/1D/LATE FEE' 1905 oval h/s and 'Posted on train/without late fee/To pay ...1d' h/s on two 1930s KGV covers, plus a range of Colonial & Kangaroo/KGV Heads stamps & pieces with TPO cancels including obliterators & datestamps, etc, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 2½kg. Ex Ken Killeen. (Qty 140+ covers/cards + qty of stamps/pieces) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000