Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1257 |
 |
 1915 ANZAC Landings interesting group confirmed by the cds or censor h/s as having been sent from Gallipoli including cover with cds
of 1OC15 self-censored "NM Smyth Br Genl" (later Maj-Gen Sir Neville Maskelyne Smyth VC; faults) & cover with cds of --DE15 self-censored by Brigadier "Granville Ryrie" (later Maj-Gen Sir Granville de Laune Ryrie), cover self-censored by Chaplain "F
Colwell" with censor No 2630 cachet in red, Greek PPC with cds of 18NO15 & message headed "3 AGH" (= Australian General Hospital), "Evening Express" tobacco card with brief note headed "Gallipoli 7.11.15", etc, a couple of Imbros and Mudros covers,
two PPCs from soldiers recuperating at Malta & small-part '[WOUNDED P]OST OFFICE/[crown]/[MALT]A' h/s on piece, also Australian War Memorial photo of Lt-Gen Birdwood, etc. Extensively annotated by Tony Finlayson.
(18 items) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
(Image12)
(Image13)
(Image14)
(Image15)
(Image16)
(Image17)
(Image18)
Get Market Data for [Australia Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1258 |
|
 1915 ANZAC Landings covers to Tasmania all but one with imprint of the Excelsior Palace Hotel (Palermo, Sicily), three with cds &
registration labels of Palermo 7 or Palermo 20 x2 (one with 'GENOVA POSTA ESTERA/(CENSURA)' cds, the earliest - not registered - with lengthy letter on matching hotel notepaper, one with '[Red Cross]/BRITISH HOSPITAL/FOR OFFICERS/(EXCELSIOR PALACE
HOTEL)/PALERMO SICILY' b/s in red, a few filled filing holes. Very scarce group. [The letter states "Forty two officers...all out of danger but not yet fit for work have been sent to Palermo...as convalescents. We left Malta ...in Lord Dunraven's
yacht, the "Grianaig" [real photo PPC included]...All expenses are being paid by the Military Authorities...Yesterday we saw in the papers that...troops occupying Suvla Bay & Anzac had been withdrawn..."]
(6 items) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
Get Market Data for [Australia Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1259 |
|
 1916 (circa) complete 'NEW SOUTH WALES/Interstate Parcel Post' black/pink label specifically printed for 'FARMER & CO LTD Sydney'
franked with KGV 4d orange pair tied by 'CHIEF PARCEL OFFICE/SYDNEY' undated hand-held roller cancel, to Tasmania with a remnant of the address label attached, minor faults. The rate was 8d up to 1oz inter-state parcel.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1260 |
(B) |
 1917 (Feb 21) The National Bank of Australasia Limited envelope to USA with three-colour franking of Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey, 2½
blue & 3d olive tied by largely very fine 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST VIC' cds, censored with Melbourne 'Passed' handstamp in violet on face, repaired ipper-left corner & a few blemishes. The rate was double 2½d per ½oz foreign letter plus Late Fee, which
at the time was another rate of postage (reduced to 1d per item in 1922).
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1261 |
|
 1918 (circa) blue/off-white envelope with printed address 'Australian Squadron/Australian Flying Corps/Abroad', minor blemishes,
unused. The only pre-addressed envelope for the AFC that we have seen. [In modern parlance, an air force squadron is between 8 & 24 aircraft]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1262 |
|
 1918 cover to "26th Battery/Australian Field Artillery/..." with KGV 1d red & 4d yellow-orange (rounded corner) tied by
'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds & red/white R label, arrival b/s of NO13/18 in France, a bit soiled.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1263 |
|
 1923 (July 8) registered to Germany with KGV 2d red & 5d brown tied by 'REGISTERED/HOBART' cds with Hobart red/white rouletted R label
alongside, Naples (Italy) transit and Berlin '12.8.23' arrival backstamps. The rate was 4d foreign letter (reduced to 3d from 1.10.1923) plus 3d registration fee.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1264 |
|
 1923 (circa) home-made newspaper wrapper to Germany with Kangaroos Third Wmk Harrison Printings 6d ultramarine Die IIB solo tied by
untidy Buntine (WA) cds, a few minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d per 2oz foreign newspapers to 1.10.1923, thereafter 1d per 2oz.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1265 |
|
 1924 (April 27) registered to Germany with Kangaroos Third Wmk Harrison Printings 6d pale ultramarine Die IIB solo tied by very fine
'MARREE/STH AUST' cds with large red R label (Burt Type S6b) on face, Adelaide transit and 'REMSCHEID/-3.6.24' arrival backstamps, light folds clear of the adhesive, Cat $500.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1266 |
|
 1927 (March 31) registered to Germany with KGV 2d brown Die I & 4d olive tied by Sydney cds with red R ('Rat's Tail') label alongside,
carried by train with German 'MUNCHEN 2/BZ/609/5.5.27' oval TPO backstamp, a couple of tiny blemishes do not detract. The rate was 3d foreign letter plus 3d registration fee.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1267 |
|
 1927 (July 2) to Queensland with Angel vignette tied by boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s in blue with Melbourne 'SHIP MAIL ROOM'
cds and Canberra 1½d strip of 3, another boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s in violet with 'CHARLEVILLE/ 6JL27' cds, Normanton '8JL27' arrival b/s, some minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d letter rate plus 3d per ½oz airmail fee; carried by
Australian Aerial Services to Cootamundra, by rail to Charleville, and by QANTAS to Normanton.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1268 |
/ |
 1928-37 KGV Heads registered mail to Germany group including two W Brett & Co 'formular' Registration Envelopes (one long-format) and
three with 4½d violet frankings one from Blakehurst NSW with 1½d red apparently added in transit at Kogarah to make up the correct rate, 1931 from Perth with 'TWO/PENCE' overprint on 1½d red strip of 3, 1937 with German 'MUNCHEN 2 BZ' oval TPO
backstamp, etc, condition mostly fine to very fine.
(9)Grade A/A- (Image1)
(Image2)
Get Market Data for [Australia Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1269 |
|
 1930 (May 26) to ship's passenger on board an Australasian United Steam Navigation Co ship at Rockhampton with KGV 1½d red & Airmail
3d plane tied by Townsville machine cancel also tying Queensland Air Navigation Company 'chequer-board' airmail label Frommer 34d, light vertical fold slightly affecting the label, a couple of minor aging marks on the reverse & small part back flap
missing, Cat $100+ for the label used on cover plus a substantial premium for the apparent commercial usage.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1270 |
|
 1933 (March 23) to Brisbane with QANTAS 'NORTH QUEENSLAND/By Air Mail/Australia's/Winter Playground' blue/white label on face and KGV
1d green x3 & 2d red tied by boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AERIAL MAIL' h/s in black and 'NORMANTON/QUEENSLAND' cds x 4 (one just tying the label), Brisbane '26 MAR' arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes. The rate was 1½d letter rate plus 3d per ½oz
airmail fee; carried by Qantas via Cloncurry to Brisbane.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$135.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1271 |
|
 1933 (circa) complete parcels label with Kangaroos Third Wmk 9d two pairs & Large Lyrebird 1/- pair tied by a largely very fine
strike of the huge rubber 'PARCELS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' undated cancellation (deteriorated - "scalloped" - frame), Cat $350 for a single 9d on cover. Rare & attractive. Ex Arthur Gray: sold at our auction of 30.10.2015 for $435. [The rate was for
between 8 & 11 pounds to an adjoining State, or for between 5 & 8 pounds to a non-contiguous State, New Guinea or Papua. NB: In the period prior to 1.3.1933, there was no 5/- parcel rate. The 16.12.1929 rates for between 5 & 11 pounds were
inadvertently copied by Richard Breckon from the rates as at 1.3.1933] (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$450
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1272 |
|
 1935 (Aug 22) registered airmail to Germany endorsed "Australia-Greece-Germany" with KGV 1/4d blue and Hermes 1/6d pair tied by Sydney
cds with blue & black R label alongside, Athens '-7 IX 35' transit and 'ERFURT/10.9.35' arrival backstamps, a couple of trivial marks. The rate was 2/1d for the first ½oz and 2/- for the second ½oz for 'all-the-way' airmail service plus 3d
registration fee. This rate provided airmail service by QANTAS/Imperial Airways to Greece and by Lufthansa to Germany, as compared to airmail to France or England and onwards by surface at the lower rate of 1/9d for the first ½oz and 1/8d per
additional ½oz.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1273 |
|
 1935 Anzac Commemoration 1/- frankings on three registered First Day Covers, illustrated Anzac Landing registered cover, 1935-36
airmail covers to GB x3 (one with 1d late fee) or Germany (redirected to Holland), solo franking on intrastate parcel tag, pair on 1937 first flight Australia-USA via Hong Kong, and pair + 6d Large Kookaburra affixed in lieu of Postage Dues to 1935
cover from GB with invalid franking (minor faults), also eight covers with the 2d including underpaid to Denmark with Danish Postage Dues, condition variable. An excellent basis for a One Issue One Frame exhibit. [The taxed cover from England is
probably the best example we have seen - edging out a 9d Macarthur - of postage stamps used to pay postage due]
(19)Grade A/B (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1274 |
= |
 1937 to 1963 parcel pieces including one of woven fabric, to Germany x3, Argentina or USA, two with R labels & two with Customs
labels, condition rather mixed. Very scarce material.
(5) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1275 |
|
 1937-51 commercial covers with mostly letter-rate stamps used on their First Days of Issue. Quirky.
(27) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1276 |
PSE |
 1938 (Feb 14) commercial use of KGVI 5d Registration Envelope uprated with Kangaroo 9d pair & KGV 5d, by All Up air to Denmark with
Greek currency control transit mark & Copenhagen arrival b/s of 1MRS38. The rate was 2/2d + 3d registration, so 1d underpaid but not taxed.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$125
SOLD for AU$180.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
