AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Sturt tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

AUSTRALIAN: c.1930 philatelic cover with 1½d Canberra tied by superb strike of the undated 'BANZ/1930 [penguin] -31/ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXP' cachet, plus almost as fine a strike in violet across the flap. Superb!

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

AUSTRALIAN: 1987 Antarctic Scenes (Third Issue) stampsize colour photographic essays of the five designs all denominated with the issued values endorsed below "2c 10c 20c 36c 60c", affixed to thin greenish card (230x170mm), a couple of tiny blemishes.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

BRITISH: 1963-69 Pictorials £1 HMS Endurance SG 15 marginal example from the base of the sheet, well centred, unmounted, Cat £120.

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

1850 Arms 2kr black Type IIIb, margins good to huge, '9-11 Fr/WIEN/6-XI' cds in bright red, Cat €600. Superb! Stated to have a Goller Certificate (2015), now lost.

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1858 Embossed Type II 2kr yellow (poorly centred), 3kr (well centred with Wien cds in red) & 3kr green (very well centred with superb oval Wien d/s) Mi 10ii-12ii, Cat €470. (Qty 3)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1933 Orval Abbey 5c+5c to 10fr+40fr Mi 354-365, excellent centring, very lightly mounted except for the top three denominations that are unmounted, Cat €2200. A superb set! (Qty 12)

Grade A A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 illustrated Halifax & Bermudas Cable Co Ltd black/buff 'TELEGRAM/IMMEDIATE' envelope registered to "Baileys Bay" with Caravel 1d strip of 3 & grey-blue/white R label.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$180

POSTAL HISTORY: 1926 illustrated Halifax & Bermudas Cable Co Ltd black/buff 'TELEGRAM/IMMEDIATE' envelope to "Inverurie Htl/Paget" with 'COME TO BERMUDA/THE ISLES OF REST' slogan cancel of Hamilton, the flap partly separated & rejoined; with the red/yellow form (major repaired tear). (Qty 2)

Grade B/(B) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POSTAL HISTORY: 1935-57 all-different illustrated 'TELEGRAM' envelopes for various firms, mostly blue/white types but also a blue & red/gold type, and a plain envelope with company's cachet, a few with 'CONFIRMATION COPY' h/s & a few with arrival b/s of 'BAILEY'S BAY', 'PAGET', 'WARWICK EAST' or 'WARWICK WEST', the first soiled otherwise fine. (Qty 9) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1938-49 KGVI Pictorials partly sorted and annotated mostly mint array to R5 x3 with most SG numbers including 50c SG 394a, many shades noted as per the Commonwealth Catalogue, some used to R5 x2, generally fine to very fine. Potential. (Qty 200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1938-49 KGVI Pictorials 2c to R5 complete including all listed perfs and shades plus the Postal Fiscal R10 SG F1, and a few extras, some characteristic minor tropicalisation, generally very fine lightly mounted or unmounted, Cat £1600+. A difficult set to complete. (Qty 143)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

BOOKLETS: 1r80c black/blue booklet cover with airmail labels, Coronation 6c pair & Silver Jubilee 6c pair affixed to the interleaving!!, Cat £1200+. A new discovery of a hybrid booklet, or someone having a bit of fun?

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CINDERELLAS: c.1930s 'Ceylon Tee/Bohringer' poster stamps set (?) of ten different, large-part o.g. Very scarce. (Qty 10)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CINDERELLAS: 1949-66 selection of Anti-Tuberculosis labels including three different languages for 1953 1954-55 & 1956, hinged to small pieces. (Qty 17)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$75

TAMIL ARASU: 1961 Ship & Anchor 3c purple Postal Card and 10c dark blue Envelope x2 apparently from different printings, a few faults. Very scarce. [Tamil Arasu was the name given to the Tamil districts in the north (Jaffna) & east (Batticaloa) that declared independence from Ceylon. With an undated newspaper cutting stating 2500 envelopes & 1500 postcards had been sold] (Qty 3)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

TAMIL EELAM: 1970s 1r sheetlet of 20 in unusual format with two designs x6 each & four designs x2 each, apparently Printed on the Gummed Side!

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

POSTAL STATIONERY - ENVELOPES: 1857-68 £sd 1d blue, 2d green, 6d purple, 8d brown, 10d vermilion, 1/9d green & 2/- dark blue, some mostly minor aging/blemishes, unused. (Qty 7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

TELEGRAPH STAMPS: Hagners of QV & KEVII upper-halves with lots of shades, some better values, surcharges & multiples, plus four pieces from telegram receipts, condition variable. Study potential. (Qty 180 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

WAR SAVINGS: WWII 'CEYLON WAR SAVINGS STAMP CARD' printed in blue/buff with 20c Tea Plucking x13 & 25c Temple of the Tooth affixed within, minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SLOGAN POSTMARKS: Album of covers from KGV to 2001 with a range of slogans or meters including a defective 1924 cover with 'SUPPORT/THE KANDY SHOW/...' h/s that may be seen as a precursor of the machine types; also 'The Machine Postmarks of Ceylon' by Harsha Rupesinghe; and a few unrelated covers. (Qty 140 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$60

POSTAL HISTORY: 1914 (June 6) illustrated Eastern Telegraph Company red/buff 'TELEGRAM' envelope with 'NO CHARGES TO PAY' at U/R, to a ship's captain at Port Said with double-oval 'GRINDLAY & Co/PORT SAID' arrival cachet on the reverse, minor crease at right; with the enclosed red/pale buff inwards form with 'PORT SAID STATION' header. (Qty 2 items)

Grade B/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

TELEGRAMS: Marconi Radio Telegraph Company of Egypt group with crimp-sealed 'TELEGRAM' forms black/white x2 or blue/white all with British Forces d/s, various forms - one to Belgian Congo - with a range of cachets & two with words excised by the censor, two different blue/buff 'MARCONIGRAM' forms from Alexandria or Cairo (with its blue/brown 'MARCONIGRAM' envelope), condition variable. A very interesting lot. (Qty 12 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1871 Cakobau 'CR' 1d 3d & 6d SG 10-12, a few small faults, each with a part- to large-part strike of the rare undated 'G.P.O./FIJI' cancel, Cat £770, as they have been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson. (3)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1872 Surcharges 'Two/Cents' on 1d deep blue SG 11a horizontal strip of 3, one toned perf otherwise superb!, large-part o.g., Cat £165++. A scarce multiple. Ex Gerald Patterson.

Grade A+/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$150