AUSTRALIAN: Basic collection to 2008 plus an array of mostly unaddressed FDCs & commemorative covers.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

AUSTRALIAN: 1961 Mawson photographic essay by Donald Cameron of unadopted design showing portrait of Mawson (similar to the issued stamp) alongside the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, also FDC of the issued stamp autographed by "Donald Cameron" and "PG Law" (ANARE leader). (2 items)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

NEW ZEALAND: 1908 philatelic cover to "Mr TD Robertson/King Edward VII Land/South Pole" endorsed "per Nimrod" with New Zealand ½d "John Bull printing kit"-type 'NOT KNOWN AT/KING ED-VII Land' h/s in purple, returned via Lyttelton (1DE06) & Christchurch where hexagonal 'NZ/CHRISTCHURCH/9DEC1908/UNCLAIMED' d/s applied in rosine, superb 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/23DE/08/NZ' b/s in magenta, small repaired tear at lower-right.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1858 Franz Joseph set Mi 10-15 (SG 22-27) comprising Types I & II of each of the 2kr yellow, 3kr black, 5kr red, 10kr brown & 15kr blue plus 3kr green on small piece, the Type I 2kr yellow & 3kr black (corner fault) together on piece tied 'RIVA' cds, centering a little mixed but all with neat cancels, Cat €1385 (£1700). (11)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

1945 Hitler Overprints comprising 'Osterreich' Overprints Mi 660-663 (SG 826-829) CTO plus unissued 3pf Mi A IV unmounted with 'STURZEIS' expertising mark, Vienna diagonal 'Osterreich' Overprints Mi 668-672 (SG 861-867) plus Va-Vd unissued Mark values CTO up to 12pf & higher values unmounted, and Graz vertical 'Osterreich' "Prison Bars" Overprinta Mi 674-696 (SG 830-852) unmounted, also Commemoratives Overprints Mi 664-667 (SG 857-860) CTO, Cat €1300+ (£950+ plus unlisted values). The Mark values with 1970s Albert Matl certificates " ... Marken und Aufdrucke echt" (= " ... stamps and overprints genuine"). (44)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1945-2003 Collection in seven SAFE hingeless albums virtually complete except for post-war overprints & Renner imperfs, the majority unmounted mint with a few Postage Due sets used or CTO, noted Costumes, Scenes & Birds with paper varieties, modern with M/S & sheetlets, issues to 1960 Cat Mi €2000 (£2300+). (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Selection of better issues including 1912 Albert 5fr with Sunday Label, 1922-27 Definitives 5fr & 10fr, 1931 Anti-TB, 1932 Infantry Memorial, 1934 Leopold, 1952 Thurn & Taxis, 1952 Cultural Fund 4fr & 8fr with '+9fr' labels, etc; Miniature Sheets - the stamps unmounted - 1924 Exhibition, 1930 Exhibition, 1931 Soldiers' Fund, 1957 Antarctic Expedition & 1960 Refugees (**); Newspaper Railways 1928 & 1929 sets; etc, plus three pages of booklet stamps with advertising labels or tête-bêche pairs; also Belgian Congo 1918 Surcharges; some blemishes & hinge remainders but generally very fine. (160 + 13 M/Ss)

Estimate AU$750

Airmail covers 1929-60 mostly commercial but the earlies are philatelic: Part One to GB including 1929 (June 23) First Acceptance x2, 1931 per little used Delhi-Karachi Extension & First Acceptance to Kenya (only 6 carried), 1935 inwards "City of Khartoum" crash with the "ambulance" cover & roneo'd label, 1936 "Scipio" crash x2 (one with cachet unrecorded by Nierinck), 1937 "Cygnus" crash, good range of frankings including lots of Jubilees & a part-parcel tag with KGV 50r!! and rates including 1936 20c & 1937 25c postcard rates, 1946 & 1949 parcel tags at 3r60c & 8r80c - including a 5r - rates, etc; Part Two to Europe including 1933 to Trieste, 1935 triple-rate to Sweden with 1927 2r, 1937 to Switzerland with 'BY AIR TO MARSEILLES' jusqu'a h/s, 1937 to Austria delivered by Vienna's Pneumatic Post!, 1939 underpaid to Switzerland with Postage Dues, 1946 to Hungary x2, 1947 from Swiss Consulate at 1r80c triple-rate, etc; Part Three to Other Destinations including 1922 flown within the USA (apparently commercial), 1931 to Java (philatelic; only 14 carried), 1932 underpaid to Java with Postage Dues, 1934 registered to New Zealand with 'MBI' perfins, 1937 linen parcel tag to New Zealand at 3r72c rate, 1937 underpaid to Newfoundland, 1939 to USA with '...has taken the liberty of forwarding this letter to you BY AIR...' label on the reverse, 1947 5r20c double-rate to USA with KGVI 5r, 1947 paquebot usage of Australian aerogramme back to Australia, etc; also a few inwards including 1948 from Aden & 1946 from Sarawak; generally fine to very fine. (78 items)

Estimate AU$2,000

Airmail covers pre-WWII mostly commercial to Britain including 1929 First Acceptance, 1933 2r58c quadruple rate, 1935 & 1936 Paquebot usages, 1934 3r47c quintuple rate with 1927 1r & 2r, 1936 4r56c septuple rate, EAMS x2, etc, and to Other Countries including Australia 1935-36 x3, Burma 1934, Czechoslovakia 1936, Egypt 1936, France 1929 (very early) & 1937 Paquebot usage, Germany 1936 with 'BY AIR VIA ATHENS' h/s, 1937 2r10c triple-rate, 1937 & 1938 both underpaid and 1938 with 5c late fee, Iraq 1929 & 1931 both registered, Ireland 1933 usage of formular registration envelope & 1936 underpaid, Italy 1939 scarce 30c postcard rate, Sweden 1936, Switzerland 1936 from the Swiss Consulate, and United States 1932 1934 & 1937 all with London jusqu'a bars, etc, a few registered & a couple of PPCs, generally very fine. Ex David Norris. (59 items)

Estimate AU$1,000

1841-53 Pre-Stamp Mail largely annotated on pages with Colombo Shield 'POST PAID' (Reversed 'S') 1841 in black & 1842 in red (Ex Joseph Hackmey), oval 'POST PAID' 1843 & 1846, oval 'POST FREE' 1846 with a partly fine colourless embossing of the very rare 'CEYLON/[crown]/DIEU ET MON DROIT/GOVERNMENT' device, also 'GAMPOLLE/POST- ' (1849), half-circle 'KARUNDUGALLE' (1855), 'KORNEGALLE/=POST-PAID=' (1848), and 'STEAMER LETTER' cds of Colombo (1849 & 1853), Jaffna (1848) & Kandy (1844 & 1850), condition generally fine to very fine & way above-average for this scarce material. (13)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

1842 entire to Kandy with light but fine strike of the rare octagonal '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST FREE/14NO14/1842' with Reversed 'S' d/s in red (Proud #OPD8; the later of only two recorded examples) partly across a very fine colourless embossing of the rare 'CEYLON/[crown]/DIEU ET MON DROIT/GOVERNMENT' device (the earliest of only 5 examples recorded). One of the most important items of the pre-stamp period, and of remarkable quality, being thought to be the finest of the five recorded examples. Ex Ted Proud. [This Colombo Free marking doesn't conform to any of Oxley's listings]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,750

1859 cover to "Calcutta/India" but perversely endorsed "Via Marseilles" with Imperf 1d deep turquoise SG 2 (margins at places) & 2d green vertical pair (margins just shaved to huge, with part of the adjoining unit at base) lightly cancelled, very worn 'BATTICALOA/("23 Mai/1859")/POST-PAID' b/s in red & very fine boxed 'CALCUTTA/ SHIPLETTER/1859AP23/BG ("1-6")' arrival b/s; also 1861 internal outer Karundegalle-Kandy with Rough Perf 1d; 1864 two covers to Kandy each with 1d; 1868 usage of 1d Envelope Kandy-"Anaradhapoora"; and 1870 Matale-Bombay with 5d olive (badly defective) & De La Rue 1d pairs on the reverse; rather mixed condition. (6)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1899 illustrated cover for an American newspaper's presence aboard US Transport "Sheridan" heading for the Spanish-American conflict in the Philippines, to the USA with 15c olive tied by Colombo duplex, 'WINCHESTER, MASS/24/APR/1899/RECD' arrival b/s, minor flap tear.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL STATIONERY: Well-developed collection on pages with Postal Cards x148 including 1879-80 UPU Overprint Essay Rodrigo #P2 2Aa & 3d plus unlisted type with 'Universal Postal Union,' in One Line, then used 6c blue #P4, '2½ cents' on 6c #P7, '2½ cents' on 8c #P8 & with Misplaced Surcharge #P8a, '10 cents' on 8c #P14 (& unused with unlisted Stop after 'cents.'), '5 CENTS' on 6c #P16, good range of KEVII & KGV usages, KGVI No Dividing Line 5c #P102; Letter Cards x13; Envelopes x58 (plus 1857-59 1d to 2/- set of 10 cutouts) including 1d unused & used and 1/- unused, then used including QV 'FIVE/CENTS' on 4c in Black (Inverted) & in Rosine, KEVII 2c, KGV 6c carmine 241x114mm (*), '5 Cents.' on 6c carmine, 5c purple with Trilingual Pricing in Purple (stamps removed) & in Black, KGVI 6c 241x114mm (*); Registration Envelopes x17 with used including QV DLR 10c x2 sizes, KGV 10c 202x126mm x2, formular types x3; Wrappers x11 with used including KGV 6c rose, 3c green x2 (one with No Text & unlisted thus), 3c yellow-olive, KGVI 'THREE CENTS' on 2c, STO QV 2c 'ANNUAL TEA CIRCULAR'; and Aerogrammes x87 including KGVI 10c+10c+10c+10c First Issue #A1a (*), #A2 , #A3-6 group x4, 10c+10c+10c+5c #7-9 group x14 (*), 35c on Rough Buff with Horizontal Wmk Line #A12a, 20c with 'Fold here - ...' only 58½mm long & unlisted thus, Republic 30c+50c #A31 (*) & 80c #A32 (*), 1955 & 1968 different 'OHMS' types (both unlisted); etc.

The condition throughout is well above-average with probably 90%+ grading fine to superb. Apart from the scarce/rare items noted, the strength is in the usages including postmarks, registered, taxed, unusual destinations etc, plus some 'SPECIMEN' Overprints, all providing an outstanding basis for a serious collection or exhibit.

Items priced at £50+ in Chanda Rodrigo's catalogue alone total £12,000+. This doesn't include the Envelopes & Registration Envelopes, which have not yet been listed. Considering also the quality and range of the collection, the estimate must be viewed as being very conservative. (320+ items)

Estimate AU$3,000

POSTAL STATIONERY: WRAPPERS: Selection with 'SPECIMEN' Overprints on QV 2c & 5c, KEVII 6c (tape stain) & KGV 4c green (folds), used STO issues for "Times of Ceylon" QV 5c, KEVII 5c & 6c, KGV 6c x2 (one with text in blue, 2c 'T/OF/C' perfin added), two others fine to very fine. (11)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTMARKS: Extensive QV-KGVI collection remainders 'ADALAWATTA' to 'YOGIYANA' in 24 bulging albums, well picked-over but lots of fine to superb strikes remain many on Pictorials & other larger stamps plus multiples, on-piece & probably 300+ covers & postal stationery, noted numerals, QV-period 'PAID' types, a few 'MO&SB' types, Parcels & Registereds, fantastical placenames, etc, quality of the strikes & condition of the covers is very mixed; also a box of loose & completely unchecked material. Ex Ted Proud. Opportunity! (1000s)

Estimate AU$1,000

Collection including 1892 set used, a few Queens noted Crown overprint on 1d used & Terns, KGV 1919 overprints Two-Perf Pairs *, New Zealand Postal Fiscals noted 'RARATONGA' Overprints 1921 & 1926 sets (couple with minor faults), 1931 2/6d to £1 plus £5 with 'COOK/ISLANDS' Overprint, 1936 Cowan Paper set (4) all * then 1967 Decimal Surcharges $2 $6 & $10 **, QEII earlies * then unmounted up to 1980s with some thematic interest, plus range of Penrhyn Island overprints on New Zealand Pictorials, KEVII & KGV issues mostly *, generally fine. (100s)

Estimate AU$500

Large accumulation in albums etc with many earlies in rather mixed condition but some attractive stamps noted, later issues in profusion, some modern mint, booklets & FDCs, also five pages of mostly mint Julen labels including blocks of 4, some DWI & Greenland. (1000s)

Estimate AU$500

1851-62 Classics array on leaves with Ferslew "Mercury" essay in brown (thinned), 2RBS Facit #1 x2 (both with almost full margins) & a forgery (2 margins), 2sk x49, 4sk x360+ (wide array of shades & two stated to be Privately Perforated), 8sk x27 (one apparently unused & stated to be Privately Perforated) & 16sk x22 (one possibly rouletted), condition variable but many have full margins &/or are fine to very fine, lots of numeral cancels, Cat SKR110,000+ (= $A16,000+) plus the essay & the perforated stamps. (460+)

Estimate AU$1,400

POSTMARKS: All-different numeral cancellations on 4RBS brown, the strikes are all fine to superb, condition variable but many have full margins &/or are fine to very fine, Cat SKR16,800+ (= $A2400). Attractive lot. [Facit states "Numerals are rare on stamps printed by Ferslew..." At least a few of this group are stated to be from the Ferslew printing] (33)

Estimate AU$400

POSTMARKS: All-different numeral cancellations '1' to '286' largely complete missing only '108', '164' (not recorded = NR), '167' (NR), '198' (NR), '200' (NR), '201' (NR), '202' (NR), '236', '237', '244' (NR), '253' (NR), '259' (NR), '271' (NR), '274', '275', '276', '281', '284' & '285' meaning that only nine recorded numbers are missing, mostly on Bicolour Ore issues but including some Imperfs & Large Ovals; plus other "target" types including 'MAARUM', 'VTOFTE', 'K/1' to 'K/3', 'N', 'N/2' & 'O/1'; most strikes are fine to superb "socked on the nose" examples. (300+)

Estimate AU$550

1921-27 Surcharges on Pictorials accumulation of large blocks, part-sheets & some complete sheets between Scott #136 & 153 with innumerable "errors" noted on the interleaving, includes impressive quantities of many values including 1g on 3t #146 sheet of 100, ½g on 8g #148 sheet of 100 & 1g on 12g #153 block of 40 & half-sheet of 50, etc, the vast majority are very fine unmounted; also four apparently commercial covers to Dire-Daoua (three roughly opened), flight covers from Djibouti 1930 with '2.SERVICE AVION/Djibouti-Addis' h/s x2 (both roughly opened, one possibly commercial) & 1931 with similar h/s for the Fifth Flight & registered, 1942 Au Service du Marachal registered cover with Somali '10F' on 5fr, & a few others. (many 100s)

Estimate AU$300

1871-1972 mint collection including CR 1d blue (part og), 1872 Surcharges (12c no gum), 1876 'VR' Script overprints 1d & 6d, 1878-99 VR Crown range with various perfs & surcharges, apparently complete from 1903 KEVII set with extra £1, 1904 Multiple Wmk, & 1906 New Colours, KGV 1912 set with £1 both dies & 1922 set, some extra shades, KGVI 1938-55 Pictorials set * with dies & perfs, then mostly unmounted from 1954 & 1959 QEII Pictorials sets except 1962 set *, a few with minor blemishes, gum aging or a hint of toning but many fine so careful inspection required, Cat £3000+. (100s)

Estimate AU$800

POSTAL HISTORY: Mostly pre-WWII range with lots of postmark interest including bilingual & trilingual cds, straight-line cancels, numerals, TPOs etc, many fine to superb strikes, also some unused Postal Stationery including early issues, condition variable. (100 approx)

Estimate AU$400

British Empire unmounted sets including Bermuda KGVI Pictorials & Keyplates, British Antarctica SG 1-15, Ceylon KGVI Pictorials (ex 2r carmine), Dominica 1938-47 Pictorials, Montserrat 1953-62 Pictorials, Nyasaland KGVI Definitives/Keyplates, Pitcairn KGVI Pictorials Wedding & 1957-63 Pictorials, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954 QEII (£1 rounded corner) & 1959-62 Pictorials, Sierra Leone 1956-61 Pictorials, Singapore 1969 Founding M/S (folded along the central horizontal perfs), Sudan 1951 Pictorials, and a few others, Cat £1700+.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,250