BRITISH: 1963-96 issues apparently complete SG 1-269 including QEII Pictorials with both £1 values & overprints, 1973 Explorers including Chalky Papers, later issues with M/Ss, lots of thematic interest also, very fine unmounted, Cat £600+.  (250+)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

BRITISH: 1963-84 issues lightly duplicated on Hagners including QEII Pictorials with both £1 values & Overprints set x2, 1966 Churchill, 1971 Treaty, 1973-81 Explorers range noted 1980 Perf 12 set x5, 1977 Whales x2, 1984 Marine Life x5 sets, etc, very fine unmounted, Cat £800+.  (many 100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

FRENCH: 1955-2020 selection on Hagners from Madagascar 15f overprint *, 1956-60 Pictorials including 50f & 200f * and 20f, 85f & 100f **, 1962 Pictorials 10f & 20f * and 50f **, 1963 5f Crozet *, 100f Quiet Sun *, the 2000-onwards Euro values with a good range of M/Ss, etc, lots of thematic interest, condition generally very fine, Cat £2500+.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

FRENCH: Dealer's counter book all unmounted mint from 1957 Geophysical Year including 1962 Pictorials to 20f Albatross (key value), 1963 5f Crozet and 20f & 100f Quiet Sun, 1965 30f ITU, 1967 30f D'Urville, 1968 40f & 50f Airmails, 30f WHO and 30f Human Rights, 1969 85f Concorde, 1971 Port-aux-Francais strip with label, 1972 Insects, then almost complete to around 2002 with some extras noted 1999 Tourism, 2001 Adelie Land & 2003 Voyages booklets, M/Ss, a little light duplication plus a small display collection including 1970s-90s FDCs and expedition covers x28, lots of thematic interest & substantial catalogue value, condition generally very fine. Weighs 2kg. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1945-98 Issues largely complete simplified collection including Overprints on Hitler Mi 674-696 (*), 1947 Pictorials (**), 1948-58 Costumes (at least the key values are **), 1950 Plebiscite (**), 1950-53 Birds (U), etc, also pages of 1918-20 'cheapies', generally fine to very fine, Cat €2000+ just to 1955.    (1000+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

CINDERELLAS: Album of circa 1890s-1920s labels including imperfs (proofs?), setenants, Perf Errors, etc, many blocks of 4 or 6 plus two 'junction blocks' of 16, some poster types, most are unmounted. A very attractive & appealing lot.  (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POSTAL HISTORY: 1914-19 WWI collection comprising Military Field Post Cards x150 (approx) with a wide variety of different unit postmarks & cachets noted 'SMS KAISER MAX' and plenty of interest in the messages such as "... it is a certainty we were betrayed, as three of our own men escaped to them ...", then mail to Austro-Hungarian POWs in care of the Danish Red Cross or Russian "Moskauer Hilfscomite" in Denmark x200 (approx) including quite a number from Hungary, a batch of Austrian POW cards x20+ to prisoners in Italy many sent from Prag and other Czechoslovakian towns, plus a group Russian POW cards to Austria x60+ with various different forms including reply portions, Russian censors & postmarks, a little civilian mail also, wide range of censor handstamps & labels, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine. A most interesting group that could be developed into one or more exhibits & displays. Weighs 3½kg.  (450+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1954 (1st July) £1 Davidson/Donovan/Davis Pick 53a, serial 'C/2 79,855', teller flick left, creases & folds at right, retaining crispness, gVF. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1980 QEII $10 Barnes/Tomkins Pick 79, Denomination Figures 8mm, serial 'B/2 138716', Uncirculated, Cat US$190 (2018). (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

1994-2000 20 to 200 francs group comprising 2000 20f Pick 69a x2; 1994 50f P70a; 1997 100f P72b; and 1996 200f P73a x2, condition variable, all lightly circulated.  (6) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1964-76 unmounted mint selection lightly duplicated including 1964 Olympics set & M/S, 1967 Battle of Britain M/S perf & imperf x2 each, 1967 Scout Jamboree overprint M/S perf & imperf, 1968-69 Birds set imperf, etc, plenty of thematic interest, condition generally very fine, stated Cat £300+ (but many unlisted/unpriced).  (few 100)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Extensive collection to 2005 with 1879 Large Lion set to 1fr, 1884 Postage Due set Perf 5-7½ used, 1931 Balkian Olympics set used, 1932 Air set used, 1933 Balkan Olympics set mint plus 6L and 10L used, 1950-70s mainly CTO, includes some covers, generally very fine. Weighs 13kg.  (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1980 Moscow Olympics 1977 silver (0.900) Proof sets x4, each comprising 10 roubles (33g) x2, and 5 roubles (16.5g) x4, plus 1979 10r x3 different and 5r x2 different, total asw 594g.  (29) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1890s-1980s mint & used collection on leaves lightly duplicated in places from 1892 Toned Paper set (minor faults; the 2½d & 10d no gum), 1898-1913 Makea Takau & Tern range, 1919-28 'RARATONGA' overprints selection including Postal Fiscals 2/- no gum & 10/- * plus Admiral 2/- used, 1924-27 Pictorials set used, 1931-32 Postal Fiscals 'COOK ISLANDS' overprints 10/- (rounded corner) & £1 * plus 1943-54 10/- **, 1938 Pictorials 2/ & 3/- **,  1944-46 Pictorials set CTO, 1949 Pictorials set * x2, etc, then a range of later issues & M/Ss with lots of thematic interest especially birds, fish, animals, planes & ships, condition of the earlies a little variable with minor faults but then mostly fine to very fine, stated Cat £2200+. Weighs 2kg.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1928 British Rule Anniversary set SG 123-132, the centring a little variable & a few with small hinge remainders, the £1 well-centred & lightly mounted, Cat £300.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1955-60 QEII Pictorials set SG 173-187 including 15m bistre & indigo SG 177a plus 1960-61 'Republic' overprints set SG 188-202, unmounted, Cat £320.  (31)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1870s-1950s mint & used selection from 1876-77 Surcharges 'Two Pence' on 3d green, 1878-99 Surcharges 'Two Pence' on 3d green & 'Four Pence' on 3d mauve used, 1890-92 Surcharges '2½d' on 2d green used & '5d' on 4d purple used, 1903 KEVII Crown/CA Wmk set to 5/- plus Multiple Crown/CA Wmk £1 *, 1912-23 KGV 5/- & £1 *, 1938-55 KGVI Pictorials set with Die & perf variations *, 1954-59 QEII Pictorials set used, 1959-63 Pictorials set *, etc, also Postage Dues 1940 set *, condition a little variable so inspection is recommended, stated Cat £2000+.  (165) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

FLIGHT COVERS: 1939 (Oct 21) First Airmail Fiji-Tonga with KGVI 1d Huts pair, Nukualofa arrival backstamp of the next day, vertical fold.

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1990s-2000s Yearbooks & Packs with duplicates. Weighs 37kg. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers.  (60+)

Grade A

Estimate AU$200

1914-15 6mm Spacing on German New Guinea '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff with 'I' for '1' SG 8a [Stg 1; Pos 10], well centred, small professionally repaired tear at lower-right, oval Rabaul datestamp in violet well clear of the variety, Cat £1500. 

Grade (A) B1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf brown with Double Overprint SG 16e [4, with Flat Top Serif on '1'], excellent centring, very lightly mounted, Cat £1500+. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1993) identifies the stamp as from the scarce Sixth Setting Robert Gibbs 16db priced "x5". Superb.

Grade A+ A1 (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,400

1914-15 5mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf SG 18 plus '2d.' on Marshalls 10pf SG 52 & 'G.R.I./3d.' on 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea}' R label SG 33 all tied by oval Rabaul datestamp, Cat £445.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1915 'G.R.I./ 3d.' on German New Guinea Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Kawieng/ (Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42 horizontal pair from the top of the sheet with Printer's Guide-Marks at the top of both units, the right-hand unit with some slightly trimmed perfs at the top, large-part original gum, Cat £500+.

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POSTMARKS: 'BUKA/(DEUTSCH-/NEUGUINEA/16 11/14' cds (Powell #91) superb large-part strike in violet on 'G.R.I./1d.' on 3pf SG 16 (Cat £110). Rated F. The German cds saw limited philatelic use in the early days of the Australian Occupation. This use appears to predate the issue on 16.12.1914 of the 5mm Overprints, but the postal clerk had been unable to change the date slugs. Ex David Hopper. [Erich Schlieper's ('Ello') two lesser strikes on a small GRI piece sold at our auction of 14.3.2009 for $3495]

Grade A A2+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

British Commonwealth dealer's counter books from Antigua to Turks Islands including some duplication, noted Ascension KGV Badge set (ex 4d & 6d) CTO and KGVI Pictorials 2/6d 5/- & 10/- *, British Central Africa 1897 Arms 4/- with very fine 'CHINDE' cds, British Honduras 1865 No Wmk 6d rose used, Falkland Islands range including KGVI Pictorials 5/- used x3, Fiji QV 5/- CTO x4 and KGV Heads range to 5/- *, Hong Kong QV Crown/CC Wmk 4c grey * plus a page of Revenues, India from 1854-55 imperfs ½a blue x2 & 1a red, QV to 3r used x2, 1948 Gandhi 12a ** x2,  official overprints to 10r and a small range of States & Pakistan, then Malaya with North Borneo & Labuan including remainders & forgeries, Rhodesia Arms including 1d carmine & emerald (stated to be SG 29a) plus a range of Double-Heads & Admirals, South Africa including a few Cape Triangles, Orange Free State & Transvaal Revenues, 1925 Airs set * & used, Pictorials bi-lingual pairs, etc, St Christopher 1870 Crown/CC Wmk Sideways 1d rose *, St Helena 1864-80 'ONE PENNY' (Type B) * & 'TWO PENCE' * x2 plus a selection of used, etc, etc, potential postmark interest, other pickings await but condition quite variable so inspection is recommended. Weighs 6kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000