1970s-90s covers selected for clear strikes of steel & rubber CDS plus some commemorative cancels and boxed d/s, wide variety of frankings, lots of overseas airmails, some registered mail & postal stationery usages, a few taxed, etc, generaly fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg. (Qty 300+)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Modest collection mostly on loose KGV Heads with some Kangaroos & a few later items, many closed offices & numerous fine to very fine strikes. (Qty 400 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Closed Post Offices substantial duplicated quantity of 1970s-90s 'Last Day Covers' with per favor strikes, some commemorative covers including a few illustrated and/or signed by Postmasters, mostly very fine. Weighs 11kg. (Qty many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Three-volume collection with strength in the modern period with an array of rubber types, many of which are extremely scarce, many closed offices mostly 1980s per favor strikes. Weighs 10kg. (Qty 1500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Covers group including 'KUITPO COLONY' 1936 to the Canal Zone, a few other KGV-period frankings & stationery but mostly later with commercial mail and a range of Pre-Decimal FDCs including scarcer cachets, bundle of Adelaide 1930s-59s machine 'PAID' & meter cancels on advertising covers some illustrated, etc, also a small selection on stamps on/off piece, condition quite variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 2½kg. (Qty 150+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Annotated collection including Squared Circles 'AMERICAN RIVER' 1896 on cover to UK, 'BARUNGA' on Snowtown PPC (corner fault), 'BEETALOO VALLEY' x3 on PPCs, 'CRYSTAL BROOK' 1909 on taxed cover with 4d Postage Due, 'ENFIELD' 1905 arrival on PPC, 'NELSHABY' 1890 on unclaimed OHMS cover alongside 'P.P. RAILWAY' b/s, 'REDRUTH' 1904 on Tatts cover, etc, also CDS including 'STREAKY BAY' 1937 on Kangaroo 9d & KGV 5d on Parcels Post label, 'WHYTE YARCOWIE' 1918 tying Kangaroo 3d on 1d Star Envelope, Adelaide special-purpose markings including 'ADVERTISED UNCLAIMED/ADELAIDE' vertical oval on NSW 1d Centennial Envelope, 'CORRESPONDENCE OFFICE/SA' 1912 in violet on OHMS cover, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/ADELAIDE' 1884 in violet on Port Augusta court circular with 'RAILWAY/2.../S.A' TPO b/s, also telegrams, taxed & undeliverable mail, etc, plus a range of Colonial & Kangaroo/KGV Heads stamps & pieces including a few with Diamond Numeral cancellations, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg. Ex Ken Killeen. (Qty 250+ covers/cards + qty of stamps/pieces) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Travelling Post Offices: Annotated collection including 'P.O. RAILWAY' 1868 b/s on cover to Port Adelaide, 'RAILWAY/2.../S.A' 1881 b/s on 1d Postal Card with 'DEFICIENT POSTAGE ...' h/s and 1886 b/s on cover to UK, 'RAILWAY/4.../S.A' 1881 b/s on cover to UK, 'EXPRESS RAILWAY' machine cancels x3 & cds cancelling NSW stamps x3, 'KADINA RAILWAY' 1901 on unclaimed OHMS cover, 'PORT PIRIE UP' & 'P.P. RAILWAY UP' on 1920s KGV stationery envelopes, 'TEROWIE RAILWAY' 1893 on Mail Way Bill & 1897 on E Daw (Fish & Poultry Market) advertising cover, etc, plus a range of Colonial & Kangaroo/KGV Heads stamps & pieces with TPO cancels including Perkins Bacon Rouletted 2d orange with large-part '[PO R]AILWAY' cds, condition quite mixed but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg. Ex Ken Killeen. (Qty 120+ covers/cards + qty of stamps/pieces) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

Odds 'n' sods with some early GPO cds, 1887 registration receipt, rare 1898 Avis de Reception Envelope registered to England, 1940 (Mar) uncensored registered cover from Spain with 'FOUND OPEN' label possibly affixed by the Adelaide censor (??), etc, also 1957 & 1970 Returned Registered Letter envelopes from DLOs at Sydney or Melbourne. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1842 & 1847 Leake entires to Tasmania, the first "per Emma" with an unusually fine & virtually complete b/s of the huge GPO d/s of 17DE17/1843 & Tasmanian rounded-boxed 'SHIPLETTER/9JA9/1843' b/s, the other of 5.8.1847 with postmaster's manuscript "PO/Mt Gambier" at U/L, GPO transit cds of AU+28/1847 & Launceston arrival b/s of 17SP17/1847. [Carriage of the later item would have been a month shorter if sent first to Portland] (Qty 2)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1855 envelope to Kent "Per Norman" with London Printing 2d rose-carmine SG 2 strip of 3 (margins close to large - except at left where a little cut-into - & a fragment of the adjoining unit at left) tied by circle-in-bars cancels of the GPO, light but obvious 'PAID/MY12/1855/=ADELAIDE SA=' cds in red, London transit cds of 1OC1/1855 in red on the face & very fine 'ROCHESTER' arrival b/s of the same day, minor blemishes. A very attractive First Issue cover.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1859 large-part entire to Scotland with Adelaide Printing 6d slate-blue SG 10 (margins just shaved - at right - to huge with fragments of adjoining units below & at left, affected by a very light ironed-out filing fold) tied by superb dumb small circle-in-bars cancel, 'PAID/JA14/1859/=ADELAIDE-S.A.=' cds in blue & very fine 'P M/ EDINBURGH/AP1/59' arrival b/s. A very scarce franking. Ex Michael Blake. [The letter headed "Govt Free School/Adelaide" & signed "John Forsyth" who requests a loan, stating that interest "is at a high rate in this Province 12½[%] on £1000, 15 on £300, & 20 to 25 upon smaller sums. To borrow at such a rate is useless..." John & Elizabeth Forsyth arrived at Adelaide on 23.1.1849 per "Derwent". He taught first at Nairne, then in Adelaide. He was declared insolvent in 1860]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1889 cover to a typographer in "Helsingborg/Sweden" with DLR Perf 10 2d orange strip of 3 tied by very fine 'SEMAPHORE/JA7/89/S.A' squared-circle, Italian 'NAPPOLI-EUCCLE [ ? ] FERROVIA' transit b/s, minor blemishes. Scarce destination. [Helsingborg is a coastal town 9km across a waterway from Helsingor Denmark & nothing to do with Helsinki Finland]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Well-developed & neatly presented collection with London Imperfs including 1d with full margins & a huge 2d, Adelaide Imperfs including 1d with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold, a huge 6d with portion of the adjoining unit at R & the very scarce 1/- red-orange all with full margins, First Roulettes set, Second Roulettes array of shades, Rouletted 9d later Perforated SG 49, 1868-79 shades to 2/- including '3-PENCE' on Prussian blue Dry Print SG 66var (with RPSofV Certificate), V/Crown 4d, Broad Star shades to 2/-, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' used/CTO to £1 plus an unusually fine 'SPECIMEN' set including £5 brown with 15mm Overprint, Thin 'POSTAGE' 1/- Bicolour, mint 5/- & 10/- and CTO £1, Thick 'POSTAGE' postally used to £1 plus extra 10/-, 'O.S.' Overprints with Perf 11½x10 1d SG O2, a good selection of Missing Stops, a couple of Inverted Overprints and Wide Spacing 1d with Double Overprint SG O81b, etc, some postmark interest including numerals & 'TOO LATE' h/s on '3-PENCE'on 4d, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Acquire a solid basic collection now, with the approaching opportunity to add key pieces from Dr Donald Pearce's outstanding collection in November 2022. (Qty 400+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,000

Handy selection of 'Long Toms' comprising 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 2/6d with large-part Sheet Number, reprinted set to £20 (the 5/- damaged; no £5 brown) with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint; Thin 'POSTAGE' 2/6d; Thick 'POSTAGE' 2/6d x3 & 5/- x3 shades; mosrly fine to very fine. (Qty 21)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1855 London Printings 2d rose-carmine SG 2 horizontal strip of 3, good to very large margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, light strikes of Diamond Numeral '31' of Angaston, Cat £270++. A beautiful multiple.

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1855 London Printings 1/- imperforate plate proof in black on ungummed unwatermarked paper corner block of 4 - two rejoined horizontal pairs - from the L/R of the sheet, margins close to huge, characteristic misalignment of the units & minor plate-burnishing between the lower pair, a little soiled as is usual for this proof. Important positional piece.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1/- orange SG 12, margins just touching (at lower-right) to large, unusual All-Over Kiss Print, dumb cancel of Adelaide, Cat £500+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1860-69 Second Roulettes 2d bright vermilion (marginal example, a little oxidised), 6d violet-blue (no gum), 6d greenish blue, 9d grey-lilac, 'TEN PENCE' in Blue on 9d yellow, 1/- chestnut, 1/- lake-brown & 2/- rose-carmine (no gum) between SG 25 & 43, mostly with part- to large-part o.g., Cat £3000+. (Qty 8)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,600

1868-79 Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' on 4d deep ultramarine (unused), 4d slate-violet, 6d prussian blue, 9d bright mauve, 9d red-purple, 9d rose-lilac, 1/- red-brown & 2/- crimson between SG 68 & 86, large-part o.g., Cat £1390. (Qty 7)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1870-71 Perf 10 '3-PENCE' on 4d bright ultramarine SG 93 marginal example from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left SG 93var, unused, Cat £375+. [Gary Diffen's mint example - with perfs trimmed at the top - stated to be "the only unused example recorded" - sold for £384]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1876-1900 Broad Star Perf 11½-12½ '3-PENCE' in Black on 4d bright ultramarine SG 112 horizontal pair, large-part o.g., Cat £380++.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1876-1900 Broad Star 1/- bright red-brown as SG 125 but from the base of the upper pane Imperf between Stamp & the Wing-Margin, a bit soiled, 'ANGASTON/29SE82/SA' cds. [It appears that the lower-quarter of the printed area was also imperforate, which would explain the irregular separation]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1876-1904 De La Rue Narrow Crown/SA Perf 10 1d green with Double Print SG 167bb, quite well centred for this issue, tonespot that shows through to the face, undercatalogued at £400. BPA Certificate (1993) as the then SG 169var, plus a letter from the editor of the Gibbons catalogues confirming that this stamp would be listed from the 1994 edition. [Far more attractive than the only other recorded example, which is poorly centred]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 11½-12½ £5 brown SG 205, minor repair at U/R, CTO with Melbourne quarter-circle as usual, large-part o.g., Cat £1100 for CTO. [No postally used examples have been recorded]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d to £1 SG 268-279 plus ½d 1d 2d & 2½d all CTO with GPO Adelaide cds from a Presentation Set, a few short perfs, large-part o.g. (Qty 15)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300