AUSTRALIAN: 1911 real photo PPC 'SS Aurora Outward Bound for Antartic [sic] Regions', Hobart machine of 7DEC11, stamp removed. Ex Prof Owen Ingles.

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIAN: 1953 social cover with ANARE & 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' h/s, to "Glen Huntly Melb" with superb 'MISSENT TO/BRIGHTON' h/s & 'BRIGHTON' cds. [The enclosed letter states "...on board the Kista Dan in preparation for unloading"] (2 items)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIAN: 1954-78 group of correctly-franked covers & PPCs comprising 1954 registered airmail to USA with 2/- Crocodile & 9d Platypus tied 'MAWSON' cds with blue 'R' label, 1957 airmail to USA with 2/- Olympics and 'MAWSON/AUST. ANTARCTIC TERR.' cachets, 1967 Brights (Geelong) 'A Christmas Message from the Antarctic' illustrated envelope (Santa Claus) to Geelong with 7c Pictorial tied 'MACQUARIE IS' cds, 1977 airmail to Germany with 25c Plane tied 'CASEY' & 1978 airmail to Czechoslovakia with 30c Plane tied 'MACQUARIE IS', also 1961 Abbott 'Dear Doctor' postcard to USA with 8d Pictorial tied 'WILKES' and four 'Nella Dan' PPCs to Australia at 5d rate from each of the bases, some appear to be commercial, a couple with minor blemishes. (10)

Grade a/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

NEW ZEALAND: 1908 'King Edward VII/Land' Overprint in Green on Royle Printing 1d carmine SG A1 with faint 'SPECIMEN' handstamp in violet, characteristic rough perfs, affixed to a small piece, Cat £475+ (mint). Rare. Ex Natal Postal Archives. BPA Certificate (1981).

Grade A A2 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

NEW ZEALAND: NEW ZEALAND - ROSS DEPENDENCY: 1963-90 group of non-FDI covers noted 1963 to New Zealand with 3d and 'USS ARNEB (AKA-56)' ship cachet on face and 'OPERATION/DEEP FREEZE' cachet on back, 1966 to Germany x2 with 'NZ ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION/SCOTT BASE' cachets both signed "DH Brown", 1974 endorsed "Via Air Drop/RNZAF ORION/ON OR ABOUT AUG 7th" and 1984 Operation Deep Freeze illustrated cover to Alaska with New Zealand 58c Antarctic Research tied 'SCOTT BASE' cds, 'McMURDO SOUND/DRILL/PROJECT' triangular cachet & "L. Weller, Scott Base, Antarctica, c/o GPO Christchurch" return address, some obvious souvenirs but a couple appear to be commercial.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Attractive array of Classics providing one of those viewing experiences that's like walking through a pretty minefield. For instance, among the Imperfs there are four of the 4d rose - what's the chance of that? - two of which actually have Star Wmk but almost certainly have had the perfs trimmed-off. The Perf issues include many genuine stamps & a few including 8d 9d & 2/- that may actually be unused, and a very fine 10d pair on piece absurdly described as Imperf Betweeen: it isn't. Lots of potential but... (350+)

Estimate AU$1,000

1885 Surcharges 10c on 24c, 15c on 16c x3, & 1r12c on 2r50c x3, plus pairs of the 5c on 8c to 30c on 36c and 50c on 96c block of 4, also used set (ex 10c on 24c), condition variable, Cat £930+. (36)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

SRI LANKA: Array of mostly modern varieties including Perforation Errors, Misplaced Inverted or Omitted Overprints, Double Prints etc, also Tamotherampillai Wrong Portrait, toning in the earlier ones but generally very fine & unmounted; also 2007 Muralidaran M/S & FDC in special folder autographed on the face. (50+ items)

Estimate AU$300

Selection with Federation mint & used sets plus 10d forgery 'used', set on cover to 'PAPEETE' (b/s; the 10d damaged), and 1893-1900 Perf 11 set SG 11-20a blocks of 4 including listed shades of the 1½d 2d 2½d 6d & 1/-, generally very fine, Cat £2000+, plus the cover. (70 + cover)

Estimate AU$750

Attractive mostly unused/mint array including Federation x3 sets (one used), better Makea & Torea Definitives including 2d with Baby in Beak (used) & 2½d rose Irregular Compound Perfs SG 8ab (Cat £3000; no certificate), 1901 Crown Overprint that looks suspect, Pictorials with a few imperf plate proofs, Arms to £1 x3, etc, condition variable. (300+)

Estimate AU$750

1920 two registered covers to Sweden 1) with 1d red & 10d x3; and 2) with 1/- carmine single & pair. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Stockbook with 1874 'V.R.' Gothic 2c on 1d SG 16 (unused) & 12c on 6d SG 18 and Roman 2c on 1d SG 19 & 12c on 6d SG 21, 1875 '2d.' in Red on 6c on 3d SG 22, '2d.' on 12c on 6d SG 26 (thinned), modest Kings, mostly unmounted QEII array, 1940 Postage Dues (**), etc, condition rather variable in the earlies, STC £3500+. (few 100)

Estimate AU$1,200

1874-75 'V.R.' Overprints comprising Gothic SG 17 unused and 18 unused & used; Roman SG 19 unused & used x2 and Large Stop after 'R.' SG 19f; '2d.' in Red SG 23 used; '2d.' in Black SG 25 used & Inverted 'A' for 'V' SG 26c on piece; a few problems but mostly of very fine appearance, Cat £8000+. (10)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1876-77 Script 'VR' Underprints 1d grey-blue with the Major Void Corner SG 28c unusually used as a fiscal, on small piece, Cat £425 postally used.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

1958-62 OHMS Formular Aerogrammes x13 (!) of various types all to GB; 1956 airmail to Honduras at 1/9d rate; 1965 P&O cover with 'ROYAL VISIT' 3d strip of 3; duplicated postmarks on KEVII-KGV stamps with some scarcer types & a few outstanding strikes including straight-line 'NATAWA', 'MATUKU' & 'WAINIBOKASI', also undated rubber 'SAVU SAVU POST OFFICE'; etc, and covers with KGVI 2d tied by single-line 'MOALA' or 'WAIMOTU' h/s. (25 + postmarks)

Estimate AU$500

Selection with DNG simplified set '1d.' on 5pf to '8d.' on 80pf, the 3d on 25pf with a pulled perf, the 4d on 40pf used, also 'OS' duo & 'GRI/3d' on Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' registration label SG 42 (no gum); Cat £2200 minimum. (13)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf green marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet on local cover, both R/H units with Flat Top to '1' SG 2 & 2c, central 'STEPHANSORT/ 13 ' "frozen" cds in blue, Cat £1320++.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff SG 8 (Cat £475) uncancelled on cover with typed 'I hereby certify that the attached stamp is one of the original sets of surcharged stamps issued by the British [sic] Administration of German New Guinea' & signed "Walter P Fry Capt/Treasurer".

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1914-15 5mm Spacing '4d.' on 40pf SG 24 horizontal strip of 10 from the top of the sheet comprising all 10 positions of the overprint forme, mostly well centred, unmounted, Cat £1800++ (for mounted singles). Peter Holcombe Certificate (1991). A very desirable item.

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

1914 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf to '8d.' on 80pf SG 51-58, the '3d.' on 25pf with a few short perfs, a couple of low values unmounted; also '1' on '2d.' on 10pf SG 63; Cat £2200. (9)

Grade A B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Australian Territories collection with Nauru including Marshalls Overprints on Germany set, Marshalls Yachts set, Overprints on GB to 10/- plus a badly aged 5/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Ships Shiny Paper set to 10/-, etc; New Guinea including Overprints on Germany set, Yachts set to 5mk, a few GRIs with minor faults, NWPI simplified set to £1; Norfolk pre-decimals including 10/- Bird 'SPECIMEN' (*); PNG pre-decimals including 1952 10/- & £1 'SPECIMEN' (both **) and 10/- with Training School 'SPECIMEN 1' h/s in rosine (VLMtd), Birds 10/- 'SPECIMEN' (**), etc; many unmounted. (few 100)

Estimate AU$1,000

British Commonwealth in carton with albums containing Australian Colonies, some Roos and KGV, QEII Territories in album, Aden 1951 New Currency opts to 10/- (*), QV-QEII issues for Cyprus including QEII to £1 (*), Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malaya with KGVI to $5 used including 'B.M.A.' overprints, Malta including KGVI to 10/- used (the 5/- with Semaphore Flaw), Mauritius, Eritrea 1943 'M.E.F.' overprints on GB 6d-2/6d FDC addressed to Massawa, New Zealand, Straits Settlements KGV to $5, etc, many 1935 Silver Jubilee issues, condition mixed, inspection may reward. Weighs 8kg. (many 100s)

Estimate AU$500

Postal History selection with GB including 1864 registered to Melbourne with Small Corner Letters 1/- with wing-margin, 1870 & 1871 to Queensland both at 1/1d rate, 1960s dealers covers from GB & Greece, Tonga Tin Can Evacuation Mail with manuscript cancel, etc, condition of the early material is quite mixed. (60 approx)

Estimate AU$100

Esoteric range mostly used including Colonies noted NSW Sydney Views 2d Plate 1 (four close margins), Victoria Half-Lengths 1d Ham printing and 3d 'ECHUCA' railway parcel stamp, quantity of Kangaroos & KGV Heads including official punctures & potential postmark interest, later issues ** some in blocks, also Worldwide noted Hong Kong QEII Definitives to $50 **, New Zealand QV Postal Fiscals to 10/- used, Sudan Camels * incuding 'SG' overprints, etc, plus a few bundles, packs, covers, etc, condition variable but pickings throughout. Weighs 3.5kgs. (100s)

Estimate AU$250

Two cartons containing Australia FDCs loose and in albums, mostly unaddressed with 1989 High Values to $10, also AAT, PSEs, and M/Ss, two albums of Telecom Phonecard presentation packs, plus Great Britain FDCs with some late pre-decimal then decimals, condition mixed. Weighs 25kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$100