EUROPA: 1956-89 Issues largely complete mint - much of it unmounted, including San Marino 1961 sheetlet - and to a lesser extent used, including sheetlets & M/Ss, plus some earlier related material & patchy later issues including the odd booklet and cover, also Council of Europe, UNESCO & NATO issues, generally very fine, high catalogue value. The thirteen boxed Davo albums would have cost more than the stamps are worth. Weighs 42kg. (Qty)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

POLICE:` Collection in 14 large-format albums arranged by country with much Australia & Colonies noted 1895 NSW 'OHMS' cover with 'HM GAOL/MUDGEE' cachet, Quensland Police cachets including on QV 1d red stationery envelope with 'OHMS' cachet used 1897, South Australia Departmental overprints 'P' x3 & 'CP' plus 1892 Shierlaw front with 'LABOR PRISON' cachet & 2d tied 'STOCKADE' cds, some better stamps noted Fiji KGVI & QEII £1 Policeman, Papua 5/- Pictorials, etc, covers including commercial mail noted Canada 1856 Magistrate Certificate folded entire with 'BAYFIELD/CW' & 'GODERICH/UC' d/s, illustrated types including advertising, flight & commemorative covers, US postal cards notifying theft of cars, PPCs noted topographical & humorous types, etc, condition generally fine. Great basis for expansion. Weighs 32kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$600

SPORT: Attractive group on Hagners with better items from Albania including 1963 Winter Olympics perf & imperf sets, Germany 1937 Brown Ribbon M/S, Japan 1950 Athletics block, Russia 1935 Sparttacus Games CTO, Taiwan 1954 Runners, etc, mostly unmounted. (230 approx)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

SPACE: Attractive group on Hagners with better items from Albania, Gulf States, Jordan, Latin America, Hungary etc, also French ITU for Antarctica & Polynesia, mostly unmounted. (200+)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

BIRDS - PARROTS: Stamps selection with Belize 1984 Amazons setenant issue imperforate proof plate number '1D' block of 8 with the four vertical stamps incorrectly inscribed 'Amazona autumnalis autumnalis'; French Guiana 1947 die proofs on thick wove paper for 25fr in green & in violet, and 40fr in sepia, in dark brown, in brown-red & in black, two signed by the designer "P Gandon" & two with large '.../MINISTERE DES COLONIES' embossing; East Germany 1975 5pf Macaw imperforate proofs in the issued colours, & with Orange Printing (Highlights on Breast) Omitted, unmounted; Paraguay 1994 Paraguayan Red Cross 500g Ambulance & Macaw with Cross in Black, withdrawn on day of issue, and on registered cover to Argentina; Spain 1952 Stamp Day 60c from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left; Sweden 1939 Carl von Linné 3kr booklet (15o x20) with 'LINNE' on the Face Facit #H41A (superb!); & USA 1996 Banknote Corporation of America diecut 'BCA PERF TEST' undenominated Macaw Scott #TD128; a few minor blemishes but generally very fine & the stamps unmounted. Ex "Pretty Polly".

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

BIRDS - PARROTS: Original artwork comprising 1) Belgium 1982 preliminary sketches by J Van Noten in India ink & watercolour on thin art paper (138x212mm) for Antwerp Zoo 1fr+50c Red Loris, signed by the artist, with the issued stamp affixed; 2) Philippines 1984 Racquet Tail by GL Vasarhelyi for the 2p80 design in India ink & watercolour on art paper (175x210mm) with the inscriptions on an acetate overlay (detached); and 3) Ciskei 1982 artist's design by Richard Findlay in pencil & watercolour on thin paper (118x147mm) for 30c Ishikwenene (issued as 50c). Ex "Pretty Polly".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

BIRDS - PARROTS: Cover selection including Australia 1946 philatelic with provisional registration label with 'MIL PO PARAP NT' h/s; NSW 1875 cover to GB with 1d & 2d block of 4 tied by Rays '278' - rated RRR - of 'NOWRA' (b/s); French Guiana 1948 & 1949 registered covers to USA with 25fr 40fr & 50fr or 25fr strip of 3; Germany Stamped to Order Postal Cards with parrots on the viewsides both unused, Bavaria 5pf with Parrot-Shooting Competition used x2 & Danzig 10pf for Gregor Mendel CTO, 1933 Fifth South America Flight per Graf Zeppelin with parrot cachet, several meter cancels including superb strike with parrot & swastika on 1935 record card; and Mexico 1857 entires with 'VERA CRUZ' Reading Downwards 2r tied by octagonal 'Sn AN Ds TUXTLA' h/s in blue or Reading Upwards 1r x2 with 'SANTIAGO/TUX-TLA' h/s; some minor problems. Ex "Pretty Polly". (22 items)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

FACIAL HAIR: Companion lot of mostly stamps including some proofs, NSW 20/- Governors colour trial in brown, mint & two different 'Specimen' Overprints, Austria 1910 Pictorials proofs on card to 5kr, Costa Rica 1c printer's sample sheetlet, Madagascar Gallieni page of errors & 50c die proof, also some covers with a few better commercial usages & a nice selection of meters. Ex "Whiskers" being material that didn't make the cut for the Large Gold Medal exhibit. (Qty)

Estimate AU$750