Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 561 |
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 1917 (Jan 1; New Year's Day) stampless picture postcard (Bremen) from Germany without postal markings to "Prisoner of War Bourke/Commandant Germany Concentration Camps/Liverpool NSW", British '* P.C. *' POW censor
h/s in black, unusually not censored in NSW. Mail to this small camp is rare.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 562 |
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 1917 election candidate's unsealed advertising envelope with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' handstamp, KGV ½d green tied by superb 'ORANGE/5MR17/=NSW=' cds. [The NSW State election was held 24.3.1917, the Federal election
only six weeks later, on 5.5.1917. In both instances, the aftermath of the 1916 Conscription Referendum caused disaffected Labor members to leave the ALP to form the Nationalist (not National) Party, which had landslide wins in both ballots]
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 563 |
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 1917 (Nov 25) stampless picture postcard (Bremen) from Germany without postal markings, to "Prisoner of War Bourke/Commandant Germany Concentration Camps/Liverpool NSW", Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR S.D.' boxed cacet
in violet. Mail to this small camp is rare.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 564 |
PSE |
 1918 printed POW Envelope endorsed on the flap "B Laeschke, Bourke/NSW", unusually unsealed to Switzerland with 'BERN/18.III.18/BRIEFTRAGER' arrival b/s. Rare. [Bourke Internment Camp was a small facility at
Bourke Gaol that housed German nationals deported from Malaya Ceylon Fiji & Hong Kong. Opened in 1915, in 1918 the inmates were moved to Molonglo Camp]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 565 |
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 1918 (Apr 2) Parsons Brothers Rolled Oats cover with beautiful multi-coloured advertisment, to Samoa with KGV Rough Paper 1d red tied by 'help to win the war/...' slogan cancel of Sydney, Samoa censor cachet in
green. Gorgeous. A very similar cover was sold at our auction of 2.3.2019 for $475.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 566 |
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 1918 Angus & Robertson Booksellers advertising cover to New York with Rough Paper 1d red Die II x2 both with misplaced 'A+R' perfins & normal ½d green tied by 'HELP TO WIN THE WAR/...' slogan of Sydney. A very
scarce & desirable franking: commercial perfins are rarely seen on mail going abroad.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 567 |
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 1918 (Nov 22) Franzone & Ongarello advertising cover to Italy with Third Wmk 6d blue Die II (Cat $450 as a solo franking) tied by superb 'NORTHCOTE/VIC.' cds that also ties the red/white R label, London transit of
11FE19 & poor Bologna arrival b/s. The rate was 2½d foreign latter + 3d registration + ½d war tax = 6d. [V Franzone operated a wine bar in Northcote until 1921, when ownership passed to the Ongarello Family who operated the business until 1965. A
son, Tony Ongarello, played football for Fitzroy in the VFL]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 568 |
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 1919 (Jan 9) illustrated advertising envelope for a Queensland optometrist to Michigam with scarce franking of KGV 1d red Die III (Cat $850 with additional stamp/s) + Kangaroo 2d grey tied by Brisbane cds &
machine cancel.
Grade A- (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 569 |
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 1919 (c.) woven mailbag (approx 240x190mm flattened-out) sent from Mutual Stores Ltd to Scotland with Kangaroo Third Wmk 2/- brown (torn, Cat $2000 for on cover with other stamps; unpriced as a solo franking) tied
by part-strike of Melbourne's huge oval undated parcels cancel, black/yellow Customs Declaration and British 'CHARGE' labels affixed to reverse, British Postage Dues 2d x3 & 1d added to pay the customs fee, faults consistent with irregular bulky
contants, declared as "1 Sweet" (that's some jube!) An incredible survivor. The rate was 2/- for a package weighing between 2 to 3lb to GB by the "long sea route".
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 570 |
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 1919 (Oct 24) to Sydney endorsed "Urgent" by sender and "Express Delivery" in blue pencil by postal clerk with KGV 1½d brown & Kangaroos Third Wmk 6d blue (Cat $300 on cover) tied by Melbourne 'SHIP MAIL ROOM'
cds, further endorsed "Posted Elizabeth Street PO, Vict, 24/10/19, 2.50pm" in blue pencil on reverse, partial '[EXPRESS] DELIVERY/[MES]ENGER' black/green flimsy label still affixed to face, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was 1d letter, ½d war
tax plus 6d express delivery fee.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 571 |
|
 1919-62 annotated collection of covers to many Hollywood actresses & actors including Alice Faye, Mary Pickford, Shirley Temple, Doris Day, Yvonne de Carlo, Deanna Durbin, Joan Fontaine, Judy Garland, Betty
Grable, Sonja Henie, Ginger Rogers, Katherine Hepburn, Charlie Chaplin, Nelson Eddy, Gene Autry, Raymond Burr, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Victor Mature (who said "I was not an actor & I have 64 films to prove it"!), and a good number of lesser lights,
some minor duplication, many underpaid with various tax markings & a few with American Postage Dues affixed, some from WWII Forces, many refused or not claimed, generally fine to very fine. An interesting social history collection for the nostalgia
buff.
Grade A/B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 572 |
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 1920 (Nov 16) cover to USA with scarce solo franking of 9d violet Die IIB (Cat $550 for a solo franking) tied by 'REGISTERED/BALLARAT VIC' cds that also ties the red/white R label, 'SANTA ROSA' arrival b/s of
DEC/15/1920, minor defects. The rate is problematic: according to Richard Breckon, from 1.10.1920, the foreign letter rate was 4d for the 1st ½oz + 2d for the 2nd ½oz + 3d registration = 9d. However, it may be the 4d base rate came in only on
1.1.1922 and that from 1.10.1920, the rate was 3d per ½oz x2 + 3d, again = 9d.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 573 |
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 1921 2d orange on beautiful advertising cover to America with '20/CTMS/ T ' handstamp of Brisbane & 'US CHARGE/TO COLLECT - 4 CENTS' handstamp, the window with lengthy but difficult-to-see tear.
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$75
SOLD for AU$60.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 574 |
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 1921 (Sep 28) long cover with minor defects & (Oct 5) fine but truncated cover both to America with Third Wmk 3d x2 & 1/- or solo 1/- minor defects. The rate is problematic: according to Richard Breckon, from
1.10.1920, the foreign letter rate was 4d for the 1st ½oz + 2d for each additional ½oz x7 or x4. However, there is evidence that the 4d base rate came in only on 1.1.1922 and that from 1.10.1920, the rate was 3d per ½oz x6 or x4.
Grade B/A- (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 575 |
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 1922 (Aug 3) usage of Melbourne 'The Block, Collins Street' real photo postcard with view of trams, buildings & advertising, to Hungary with KGV 2d red Die I solo tied by light but legible 'KONINKLIJKE
PAKETVAART/S.S./NIEUW HOLLAND/MAATSCHAPPIJ' undated ship h/s in violet-brown, Soerabaja 'JAARBOERS' transit cds of 27.9.1922 in blue on face.
Grade A B2 (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 576 |
PSE |
 1924 usages KGV Registration Envelope 'FOURPENCE/HALFPENNY' on 5d ACSC RE17 to Adelaide with 'BRIGHTON/SA' Squared Circle cancel, plus another with 'envelpe' variety ACSC RE17a to Sydney with 'PT AUGUSTA/SA' cds,
both with scarce large-format red/white R labels, minor blemishes/edge faults.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 577 |
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 1925 (August) Commonwealth Bank of Australia combined parcel tag & postcard, the parcel tag side addressed to 'The Saving Bank Officer/"FORBES" Post Office' with excellent franking of KGV Heads Single Wmk ½d
orange, 4½d violet & 1/4d greenish-blue (Cat $1500 on cover) tied by Sydney 'CHIEF PARCEL OFFICE' roller cancels, the recipient - having signed the 'RECEIVED 20 Money Boxes' receipt on the face and clipped off the string eyelet at L/R - returned the
'POST CARD' reverse unstamped to Sydney with 'FORBES/N.S.W' cds, a few minor blemishes. The 1/9d franking paid the intra-state parcel rate for a shipment weighing up to 5lbs (at 9d for the first 2lbs and a further 3d per additional pound); the 1d
postcard rate for the return was not paid, presumably because the Post Office Savings Bank was entitled to free postage on official correspondence.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 578 |
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 1925 (Sep 4) registered cover to Switzerland with scarce franking of KGV punctured 'OS' 1d green x2, 1½d red & 3d blue tied by 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds, 'ZURICH/17.X.25/BRIEFTRAGER' (postman) arrival b/s,
redirected to Germany with the stamps obliterated with indelible pencil, the R label largely removed & Swiss 70c affixed over the remnants & tied by 'ZURICH/22.X.25/(AUSSERSIHL)' cds, light 'LEIPZIG/23.10.25' arrival b/s. A very interesting cover.
[Aussersihl is in Zurich's District 4. It is often called Chreis Cheib (archaic Swiss German "cadaver district"): historically, the area was used for disposing of dead animals]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 579 |
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 1927-31 Illustrated Melbourne advertising covers for Goldberg & Co Painters & Decorators, Robertson & Son Fly-Wire Doors, HB Chalmers Pumps and Ruston & Hornsby Atomisers part-air to England, also for Preservene
Soap (stained but unused). Nice lot.
Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 580 |
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 1928 (Feb 23) The Westralian Farmers Limited, Produce Auctioneers packet sent to Wagin, WA endorsed "Sample only Rape Seed" with KGV Single Wmk 1d green tied by Perth cds. The 'packet' is a long envelope that has
been ingeniously folded & hole-punched so that it could be sealed with a pin but still opened for inspection as required of 'merchandise' items. The domestic merchandise rate was 1d per 2oz.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
