Postal History - Commercial Airmails continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 661 |
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 1941 (Feb 25) airmail to UK with KGVI 2d red & 1/4d magenta tied by 'TOWNSVILLE' cds, censored and resealed with Brisbane 'OPENED BY CENSOR.' red/white label with text in one-line & without dots or number (Little
Type L1-3) tied by superb strike of Townsville '1/2/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/1' h/s in violet, a couple of minor blemishes. The Brisbane labels were used provisionally at Townsville prior to the introduction of specific labels inscribed '1/2'; Little records
four such usages.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 662 |
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 1941 (May 5) airmail to India with 4d Koala & 9d Platypus tied by Hobart cancel, censored with Hobart '6 OPENED BY CENSOR' resealing tape tied by cachet in red, India triangular censor h/s and
'17MAY41/MUSSOOREE' (Uttar Pradesh) arrival b/s, minor blemishes. The 1/1d rate paid for carriage by QANTAS/BOAC flying boat to India.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 663 |
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 1941 (July 31) Richardson Gears envelope to England endorsed "via USA Clipper" with 4d Koala, KGVI 1/4d magenta & 10/- Robes tied by 'FOOTSCRAY/VIC-AUST' cds, censored with Melbourne label & h/s, a couple of minor
blemishes. The rate was double the 5/10d per ½oz rate for carriage by both Pacific & Atlantic Clippers. A very scarce usage of the 10/- on a small cover.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 664 |
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 1941 (Nov-Dec) covers from one correspondence from Perth to Burma carried on the three short-lived Emergency Route variations to the Flying Boat schedules 1) Penang-Mergui-Rangoon, bypassing Bangkok; 2)
Penang-Sabang-Port Blair- Rangoon bypassing southern Thailand; and 3) Batavia-Sumatra-Port Blair-Rangoon, bypassing Malaya; two with ½d war tax unnecessarily paid, each with filing holes at the base. A rare trio. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 665 |
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 1941 (Nov 11) airmail "Via Clipper" to Switzerland with 5d 1/6d & 2/- pair tied by Sydney cds, cut-down Sydney censor tape across the flap, Lisbon machine transit b/s of 15.12.1941, minor folds clear of the
stamps. Carried on the final completed trans-Pacific 'Clipper' service per TEAL ex Sydney 12.11.1941 & PanAm ex Auckland 24.11.1941.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 666 |
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 1941-46 WWII Trans-Pacific routes & rates display collection including 1941 (Nov) to Fiji (very scarce), 4/- to USA x2, group to GB at 3/11d, 5/10d x7 (including plus 1d late fee, plus 3d registration, & at
double-rate), internee postcard at 3/- (rare but defective), 2/1d x6 (including overpaid from 'VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS/NT', underpaid but still flown, & 4/2d double-rate x2), 7d Air Letter x3 (one with commemorative overprint in red for new Lancastrian
service), a couple of part-air covers to America, others to Switzerland at 6/-, to a POW at 3/-, 1/11d x2 (one + 3d registration), to New Zealand at 4d Forces rate, 5½d including War Tax & 10d double-rate (underpaid ½d), and two to POW in Thailand
but not forwarded from Melbourne. Inwards covers include from GB at 3/- or 9/-, Switzerland, Dutch East Indies x2, America & Brazil and a few others. The condition is generally fine to very fine. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 667 |
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 1942 (Aug 13) to Townsville with 2½d & 3d tied by 'CAIRNS' machine cancel, censored on arrival with Townsville '1/2 PASSED BY CENSOR' resealing tape (Little Type L1/2-3) unusually tied by 'AUSTRALIAN/MILITARY
FORCES/PASSED BY CENSOR/3053' boxed h/s in violet, a couple of small stains on the reverse. The Japanese repeatedly bombed Townsville in July 1942, leading to the evacuation of many civilians and the transfer of control to the Australian Army,
presumably also impacting the civilian censorship office. [We know of only one other such usage, on an airmail cover of 31.7.1942 from Townsville to the UK]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 668 |
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 1944 (Aug 11) airgraph censored at Newcastle, to India where a redirection label was affixed, and the delivery envelope with boxed 'NO TRACE/I.A.F. RECORDS/...' handstamp & makeshift label with 'RETURN TO
SENDER/.../RAFPOST BOMBAY' h/s in violet, various Indian cds & DLO h/s on reverse obscured by Sydney DLO label & cds in red, minor blemishes. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
Grade A/B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 669 |
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 1944 (Aug 5) to Michigan with the airmail indicia endorsed "IN U.S.A." and 1½d & 2½d x3 tied by Sydney cancel. The 9d rate paid for carriage by ship to the US West Coast and US domestic airmail to destination.
This mixed surface/air service had been withdrawn in 1937, but was re-instated in May 1942 five months after the Trans-Pacific Clipper services were suspended following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 670 |
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 1944 (Nov 16) Forces 'green' privilege envelope by air to London with 3d for the Forces airmail rate tied by 'AFPO/No 27' cds in use at Sattler (NT). Carried per 'Liberator' bomber Perth-Ceylon, surface to
Karachi, then air to GB via Gibraltar or Lisbon. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 671 |
PSE |
 1944-45 7d Air Letters to Britain x6 or Bahrain (philatelic) with all-different longer censor labels specifically for resealing aerogrammes comprising red/white provisional types from Sydney Melbourne & Perth and
standard-issue red/yellow types from Brisbane Sydney Melbourne & Adelaide, generally fine to very fine. Scarce to rare special-purpose labels. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan.
Grade A/B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 672 |
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 1945 (Dec 21) to Canada with KGVI 1/4d magenta x3 tied by Sydney cds, originally endorsed "First Mail Original" but this has been crossed out. Richard Breckon states that the airmail service began around March
1946 & Martin Walker (unpublished) gives January 1946 as the start, but this item strongly suggests it was available even earlier.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 673 |
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 1945-70 commercial covers to Britain all underpaid for airmail & sent surface with a variety of different instructional handstamps, one taxed with GB Postage Dues, one taxed in error & corrected, generally fine to
very fine. An interesting lot. Ex Daphne ('Dee') Pullan. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 674 |
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 1953 (Aoril 6) Forces in Korea registered airmail to Commonwealth Bank in Perth endorsed "Pass Book" with 1/- Lyre Bird solo tied by 'A.F.P.O. No30/R.A.A.F. JAPAN' cds used at Iwakuni Airfield and Australian-type
'A.F. P.O. 30/IWAKUNI, JAPAN' blue R label on face, Perth '14APR53' arrival d/s.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 675 |
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 1953 (July 28) to Taiwan with Coronation 2/- tied by Sydney slogan, 'TAIPEI' arrival b/s in blue.
Grade A (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 676 |
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 1953-65 QEII-Period frankings on commercial covers many by air & mostly going overseas, better items include solos of 2/- Crocodile to Israel, Coronation 7½d x2, Royal Visit 7½d x2 & 2/- (1954 Singapore crash
cover), Olympics 7½d x3, Cobb & Co 2/- to East Germany, Flowers 1/6d to Japan and Airmail 2/3d x2, others include Flowers 1/6d + Aborigine 2/6d registered air to USA, Flowers 1/6d & 3/-, Flowers 2/3d + Birds 6d 9d & 3/- registered air to Germany,
Flowers 2/5d to Rumania, Birds 6d & 9d pair, 9d & 1/6d, Commonwealth Games 2/3d + Flowers 2/3d to East Germany, Cattle 5/- on White Paper + Colombo Plan 1/-, Arms 10/- + Colombo Plan 1/- registered air to Germany, etc, condition variable but most are
fine to very fine. A good basis for a QEII usage collection. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 677 |
PSE |
 1954 Aerogramme to Germany with Adelaide machine cancel and largely very fine strike of the 'ENCLOSURE/ TRANSMITTED BY ORDINARY MAIL' h/s on face with the Air Mail indicium crossed out. See illustration above Lot
674.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 678 |
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 1956 (June 6) Morris Hedstrom Ltd oversized envelope (275x125mm) airmail to Samoa with Sydney machine cancel and stamps washed off, obvious damage from immersion in water, very fine strike of the straight-line
'SOILED MAIL EX VASU' h/s in violet applied at Apia on face. [The mail was flown to Fiji, then per wooden motorship 'Vasu' which foundered in rough seas about 300km N of Tonga, and was abandoned. Brian Peace at page 322 states that "29 pieces of mail
were recovered".]
Grade C (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 679 |
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 1957 (Aug 5) airmail to Hawaii with Melbourne Olympics 7½d pair tied by 'RINGWOOD/VIC-AUST' cds paying the 1/3d per ½oz North Pacific airmail letter rate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
| 680 |
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 1959 commercial airmail usage of Russian illustrated 'Sputnik' cover with Russian stamps tied by Cyrillic cds of Talsi in Latvia (sender's address on the flap), to Victoria with Cyrillic handstamp & 'AIR SERVICE/
COMPLETED/AT SYDNEY' h/s in violet.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-27, 06:00 PM |
