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 ...", mail to Austro-Hungarian POWs c/- 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 Czech towns, plus Russian POW cards to Austria x60+ with various forms including reply portions, Russian censors & postmarks, a little civilian mail, wide range of censor handstamps & labels, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 3½kg.  (450+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1967 (1st January) £1 Ritchie/Griffith/Cruickshanks Pick 53i, serial 'C/24 56926', light vertical bends, teller flick at right, EF. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1949-2000 group including 1949 100 new rupiah purple on yellow P35G Unfinished Note - no serials, 1960 10r x3 P83, 100r P86, 1995 20,000r P135d, and 2000 1000r P141a consecutive run of thirty-five, all Uncirculated.  (44) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1970-1979 group comprising 1975 100 francs Panouillot/De Lattre P18c, 1970 500f  Postel-Vinay/Clappier P19a, 1979 500f Roland-Billecart/Theron P19c consecutive pair, and 1979 1000f P20c consecutive pair, most with usual wavy paper, all Uncirculated, Cat US$950 (2018).  (6) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1920s-1940s group in box including 1920 (30 November) 1000 dinara Forgery P24x.1 Without Watermark or Serial (Unc), 1929 100d P27b Watermark Smaller Head x5 (pairs x2, and run of three, Unc), 1931 1000d P31; Serbia German Occupation 1941-42 50d P29 x15, 100d x8, 500d x13, 1000d overprinted on 500d P24 x7, 1944 Provisional Issue 100d P23 x8, condition variable, circulated unless otherwise stated.  (55+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

Selection of Classic issues comprising Epaulettes 1c & 20c, Medallions Imperf 1c, 10c x3 (one apparently unused), 20c x3 & 40c x3, Perf 1c to 40c unused (the 40c with Sergio Sismondo Certificate "part original gum") and used, a few numeral cancels, condition variable but presentable to fine.    (20) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1849 Epaulettes 10c grey-brown Mi 1a (SG 1a), margins just clear to good, tiny imperfections, hinge remainder on large-part original gum, Cat €2500 (£4750). Pierre Kaiser Certificate (2012).

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1849 Epaulettes 20c blue Mi 2a (SG 2a), margins just shaved to good, minor blemishes, Cat €2200 (£5500).

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1861 Large Medallions No Watermark 1c green, 10c grey-brown & 20c blue (minor surface abrasions) Mi 6ii-8ii (SG 12-14), all with margins just touched/shaved to close, unused, Cat €1200 (£2275); and a very fine 40c rose Mi 9ii (SG 15) with good to large margins except at the base where just shaved, large-part original gum, Cat €3500 (£7500). Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel Certificate (2004) for the 40c. (4) 

Grade B/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

BELGIAN CONGO: Early issues with 1886 Sideface 5c to 5fr unused plus used 5fr, 1887-94 Three-Quarter Face 5c to 10fr (ex 5fr violet) very fine mint and both 5fr used (the violet with a rounded corner), 1894 Pictorials mint (5fr with hinge remainder) & used to 1fr with straight-line 'Kigoma' or 'TABORA' (the 25c) handstamps, 1909 'CONGO BELGE' Handstamps 5c to 10fr fine used (the 25c with telegraph datestamp), generally very fine, Cat £2500+. Luc Vander Marcken Certificate (2019) for the Local Handstamps set.  (48)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

RUANDA: 1916 'RUANDA' Handstamps on Belgian Congo 5c to 5fr SG 1-7a, the 5c and 15c with black handstamps are a little aged, the 10c 25c 40c  & 50c (lightly mounted) with violet handstamps are all superb unmounted & are probably from the Brussels 'reprints', the 1fr with black handstamp & 'URUNDI' cds (none of these are priced used), the 5fr with purple handstamp has no gum but with Pierre Kaiser (2000) and Luc Vander Marcken (2015) Certificates, Cat £4880 (the 5fr £4250).  (8)

Grade A-/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

URUNDI: 1916 'URUNDI' Handstamps on Belgian Congo 5c to 5fr SG 8-14a, all but the 10c with the handstamp in violet, the 5c & 15c are a little aged, the 10c has no gum, 25c to 1fr are very fresh & probably from the Brussels 'reprints', \the 5fr has part-original gum, Cat £4880 (the 5fr £4250).  (8)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1738 Knights of Malta Ramon Despuig 2 silver scudi (24.25g) Gatt #24-2S-10N10, re-struck (15 degree rotation) on a previously poorly struck planchet showing clear seperated doubling on many of the obverse and reverse legends. John Gatt's superb comprehensive census 'Coins Minted by the Knights of Malta 1530-1798' (2018) lists 14 of this type in museums and 34 in private hands (excluding this coin). Known examples are weakly struck, this coin being in above average condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1737MF 8 reales "Pillar Dollar" KM103 mintmark 'Mo', obv. crowned shield flanked by 'MF/8', rev. crowned globes flanked by crowned pillars with banners, aEF. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

UTRECHT 1612 Nederlandse Rijksdaalder KM14 (Dav 4836), strong rim indent, obverse detail VF, reverse William The Silent with sword, detail gVF. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

WEST FRIESLAND 1760 Ducaton (silver rider) KM127.1, obv. armoured knight on horse, rev. crowned arms with lion supporters, some rim flattening, VF. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Stockbooks of mostly pedestrian definitives; Faroes dealer's counter book with mint sets, blocks, M/Ss and sheetlets; and Greenland with 1990s M/Ss; condition variable. Ex Australian Philatelic Wholesalers. Weighs 9kg.   (many 100s)

Estimate AU$400

FAROE ISLANDS: New issues from the 1980s (possibly earlier) to 2000s, still in envelopes as received & many not even opened. Weighs 8kg.   (100's) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

1862 (Oct 20) stampless cover to "Ballarat/Australia" with 'KJOBENHAVN/20/10' cds, oval transit of 'HAMBURG/21.10.62' & London cds of OC23/62 in red all on the face, the reverse with poor Melbourne transit of JA13/63 & superb 'BALLAARAT' arrival (note the spelling), one rear flap missing, contemporary ink-stains and some aging/soiling. The second-earliest recorded item from Denmark to Victoria. 

Grade C (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Carton of commercial and philatelic covers with some pre-WWII items including taxed to the Philippines x3, mostly QEII Patterson Family/Company mail, a wide array of decimal frankings, several 2d & 2c town letters and scarce internal airmails, machine & meter cancels including scarce types, 80+ official covers with an array of departmental cachets & one with small ovoid 'FIJI POST OFFICE/LEVUKA/SAVINGS BANK', a selection of different 'TELEGRAM' envelopes, and a batch of mostly unused modern postal stationery, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Weighs 5kg. [See also Lot 2511]  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1871-1973 Issues mostly mint in two Hagner albums including basic surcharges and 'VR' overprints, 1881-99 1/- perfs & shades x4, 1882 5/-, 1903 set to £1 stone & ultramarine, 1912-23 KGV to £1 Dies I & II plus 5/- marginal block of 6 *, Script 'SPECIMEN' opts to 5/-, and used to 5/-, KGVI Pictorials blocks of four to 5/- plus 10/- & £1 imprint pairs **, Victory perf 'SPECIMEN', 1948 Silver Wedding ** & used, 1954 & 1959-63 QEII Pictorials sets **, decimals with blocks of four ** & CTO, condition very fine.  (100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

Mint selection of low denominations comprising on New Guinea 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 20pf x2 and '2½d.' on 10pf & on 20pf (the last with Ceremuga Certificate), 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf and '3d.' on 30pf (rounded corner) plus '3d.' Registration Label 'Kawieng/Deutsch Neu-Guinea' (light crease) and Officials '1d.' on 3pf x4 (one used) and '1d.' on 5pf x2, also on Marshall Islands 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf & on 5pf x2, '2d.' on 10pf & on 20pf, '4d.' on 40pf and '8d.' on 80pf plus '1' on '2d.' on 10pf used, also German New Guinea 1901 Yacht set to 3mk plus 1914 5mk and Marshall Islands 1899 Overprints & 1901 Yachts sets, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat £3000+.  (55) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1914-15 5mm Spacing '2½d.' on 10pf carmine SG 20 block of 20 (4x5) from the base of the sheet, very well centred, fragile with some perf separation, the gum a little aged but unmounted, Cat £4500++, for * singles.

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000

1949-89 collection on leaves apparently complete to 1969 and then again from 1978 onwards including M/Ss noted 1967 Social Day, 1968 Borobidur, 1978 Wildlife Essen Exhibition, 1978-80 Orchids (3), 1980 Birds, 1982 Football World Cup 'ITALIA' overprint in Black & in Red (£130 each), 1984 Birds PhilaKorea, 1988 World Expo perf & imperf, etc, lots of thematic interest especially birds, fish, animals, flowers, plants & sports, virtually all are unmounted and the condition is generally fine very fine, stated Cat £3500+.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Mint accumulation with some earlier issues from 1951 Independence onwards but strength in 1990s-early 2000s with a duplicated range of up to 6 each including plenty of M/Ss, sheetlets & se-tenants, some exhibition overprints plus FDCs x30+, lots of thematic interest especially birds, fish, animals & sports, apparently all unmounted & very fine, stated Cat £2400+. Weighs 3kg.  (many 100s)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400