Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1277 |
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 1938-39 Empire Airmail Scheme covers with Postage Dues group inwards from Great Britain with KGVI 1½d brown solo frankings including
Canadian Pacific envelope with 'CPR' commercial perfin taxed "30" [centimes] and Melbourne 'T3D' h/s with Dues 1d & 2d tied 'COHUNA/VIC' cds, two with London '30' [centimes] h/s one of which has 3d Due tied by very fine 'MURRABIT/VIC' cds, another
unclaimed with Sydney Dead Letter Office markings and returned, also 1939 (June) franked KGVI ½d & 1d pair underpaying 3d double rate with 1d Due tied Sydney cds, all bar one with boxed 'PLEASE ADVISE SENDER THAT/LETTERS SHOULD BE PREPAID/1½D FOR
EACH HALF OUNCE' h/s on reverse, condition a little variable.
(6)Grade A/B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1278 |
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 1938-50s Small Lyrebird 1/- frankings on commercial covers mostly by air with a good range of rates both solo - including a block of 4
to USA - & in combination with other values including Robes 5/- & Arms 10/- x2, a good range of destinations including Aden, Austria, Bahamas, Fiji, Germany American & Soviet Zones, India, Japan & Perak, generally fine to very fine. The intended
basis for a stillborn exhibit.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1279 |
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 1938-50s KGVI 1/4d magenta frankings including pre-war airmails to USA at 1/7d rate (air to the UK then ship across the Atlantic) x3
two with jusq'ua markings and to Germany at 1/9d rate x3 two with Greek currency censorship, PanAm Clipper covers to the USA at 4/- rate and to the UK at 6/2d rate both censored at Sydney, plus post-war airmails to occupied Europe noted one from
Stanley Stamp Service with Austrian stamp exchange authorisation label, quite a few registered, some postmark interest, a couple of flight covers, etc, condition mostly fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1280 |
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 1939-45 WWII civil censored airmails including 1939 (Dec) registered to Switzerland with early Adelaide label (no dots), 1940 (April)
to Italy at 1/9d rate, 1940 (Nov) to AIF serviceman in Palestine at 9d rate, 1940 long Clipper cover to USA at 7/11d double rate, 1941 to USA at 1/7d rate with London jusqu'a bars & re-directed to Canada, 1941 to Canada at 3/11d Clipper rate, 1941 to
England at 5/10d Clipper rate re-directed to RAAF serviceman, 1942 to New Zealand at 5d rate, 1944 to UK at 2/1d rate for ship to USA and onwards by air, also two to Australian military personnel in Canada one at 1d rate endorsed "By Air Mail Aust
and Canada" with Melbourne censor and the other at the 4d rate with Brisbane censor, also inwards from Jamaica 1941 (July) with KGVI Pictorials 2/- pair and from USA at the 70c rate x2 (one posted on 24.11.1941 and thus likely carried on the last
Clipper flight before Pearl Harbour suspended the service), condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1281 |
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 1940 (April 24) airmail to Netherlands Indies with QE 1d green and AIF 2d red & 6d brown tied by 'GUILDFORD/W.A' cds, censored with
Perth 'PASSED ...' handstamp and 5-dot red/white resealing label at left, unsually censored a second time on arrival with Dutch 'DOOR CENSUUR GEOPEND' black/white label affixed over the top, minor blemishes. The rate was 9d for the first ½oz for
carriage by the QANTAS/Imperial Airways Australia-London service to Singapore only and onwards by ship (or 1/- for carriage by KNILM 'all-the-way' airmail). Both services were suspended after the Japanese invasion in early 1942.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1282 |
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 1940 (Nov 18) airmail to England endorsed "all the way" for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clippers with 4d Koala,
KGVI 1/4d magenta & Kangaroos 2/- maroon single & block of 4 tied by Perth cds, censored locally with 'PASSED ...' handstamp and 5-dot red/white resealing label at left, light central fold clear of the stamps & a couple of minor blemishes. The rate
was double 5/10d per ½oz.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1283 |
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 1940-45 WWII commercial airmails group including PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clipper to the UK x8 one with Robes 5/- & 10/-
and another with 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' cachet plus two later by ship to USA then Trans-Atlantic Clipper one from 'JERVIS BAY/FEDERAL TERRITOTY', also Trans-Pacific Clipper to Canada with '5½d' on 5d Ram x2 & 1/6d Hermes x2 and Postal Card KGVI
1½d with AIF 2d, 3d & 6d x3 carried on the first flight, other destinations include Malaya & South India, various censor labels & cachets, two with 'HMA/SHIP' handstamps one with 'PAQUEBOT/SYDNEY' cds, a couple registered, etc, also 1947 Parcel Post
Customs Declaration form to UK at 5/10d food parcel rate, a few with mostly minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1284 |
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 1941 (Jan 29) airmail to Portugal endorsed for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clippers with KGVI 2d red, 9d Platypus
& 5/- Robes tied by Melbourne cds, censored locally with 'Opened ...' red/white resealing label tied by 'PASSED ...' handstamp at left, Lisbon '21.2.41' transit and 'OEIRAS' arrival (same day) backstamps. The rate was 5/11d per ½oz, a 1d increase on
the 5/10d rate to England for delivery to a non-British Empire country. A very scarce destination & rate for this short-lived service.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1285 |
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 1941 (Feb 19) long cover airmail to London endorsed for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clippers with Coronation
Robes 5/-, 10/- and £1 tied by Melbourne cds, censored with 'Opened by ...' label tied by 'Passed ...' handstamp at left, minor edge faults from bulky contents. The rate was six-times 5/10d per ½oz, which comes to exactly £1/15/-. A remarkable & very
attractive 'set' franking.
Grade ` (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1286 |
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 1941 (March 26) correspondence postcard with 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' handstamp from "Gerhard Brunn, Hut 1, Camp 8 East Command"
(Hay, NSW) airmail to England endorsed "Clipper Service" for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clippers with 5d Ram, 6d Kookaburra & Kangaroos 2/- maroon tied by Sydney cds, censored locally with 'PASSED ...' handstamp at top and
Oxford '18 APR/1941' arrival cancel. The rate was 2/9d per postcard, half the 5/10d per ½oz letter rate for the same service. POWs and internees were granted free surface postage, but airmail fees had to be paid in full. The writer was a
Jewish-German Dunera Boy transported from internment in England in July 1940. The Dunera Boys were eventually released into Army service in Australia or repatriated to England in mid-1943.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1287 |
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 1941 (Nov 3) Food Parcel Label 'Customs Declaration' black/pink form stating contents "2 cream 1 coffee 1 asparagus 1½ sugar 2 tins
paste" & weight "5" lbs, to England with KGVI 2d red & 1/4d magenta pair (right-hand unit with minor faults) and 9d Platypus tied by three largely very fine strikes of 'YUNGABURRA/QUEENSLAND' cds, removed from the parcel wrapping, two repaired tears
at base do not unduly detract. The rate was 3/7d for a parcel weighing between 3 to 7 pounds. Much scarcer than the 5/10d rate for parcels weighing over 7lbs up to the 11lbs maximum. Virtually all such parcels were sent as part of the 1946 'Food For
Britain' campaign: this is one of the earliest such items we have seen.
Grade (B) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1288 |
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 1941 (Jan 29) Australian Red Cross Society 'Message Service' long-format envelope airmail to the Swiss Red Cross, Geneva with printed
endorsement for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clippers and QE 1d green, 9d Platypus, 1/- Lyrebird and Robes 5/- & 10/- tied by Melbourne cds, censored locally with 'Opened ...' red/white resealing label tied by 'PASSED ...'
handstamp at left, Lisbon '-8JAN.42' transit backstamp then onwards by rail, minor bends from bulky contents. The rate was 5/8d for the first ½oz plus 5/7d per additional ½oz. However, the item missed the California Clipper which left Auckland on
24.11.1941 and was the last to carry mail before the service was suspended after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Presumably carried by the Matson Line SS 'Mariposa' which left New Zealand for the USA immediately after the attack, then by US
domestic airmail to New York and PanAm Atlantic Clipper to Portugal.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1289 |
PSE |
 1941-45 WWII military mail group including a variety of different Army & Air Force Field Post Office numbers and some from Australian
Military Camps, noted a registered envelope from 'AIR FORCE P.O. 71/QLD-AUST' with matching R label, Air Mail Letter Card to Scotland at 9d rate, a few Unit Postal Stations, etc, the condition quite variable.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1290 |
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 1942 (July 9) cover from Canada with partial 'BEDFORD/P.Q.' duplex cancel and stamp lost in transit, 'RECEIVED DAMAGED/BY WATER
AT/G.P.O. SYDNEY 3' boxed h/s in violet on face, resealed with black/pink 'It is very much regretted that the cover/of the enclosed article was inadvertently/damaged while in transit through the/post' label with Sydne '28AU42' cds, minor faults. This
handstamp was used (in magenta) on mail received from the Flying Boat 'Coolangatta' which crashed in Sydney Harbour on 11.10.1944. It is not known what the incident was in this case.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1291 |
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 1942-43 Australian Red Cross 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' envelopes airmail to Australian POWs in Italy 1) with Code Letter 'A'
at lower-left additionally inscribed 'KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST' at upper-left censored locally only and 2) with Code Letter 'B' at lower-left censored locally & in Italy; plus 3) with Code Letter 'C' at lower-left and printed Red Cross, Geneva address to
a British POW censored locally & in Germany; each with 1/- Lyrebird solo tied by Melbourne cancels, minor blemishes. The concessional 1/- per ½oz POW rate paid for service by ship to the US West Coast, US domestic airmail to New York, PanAm Atlantic
Clipper to Portugal and rail to destination. A nice 'ABC' trio.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1292 |
PSE |
 1944 skilfully hand-illustrated Air Mail Letter Cards to Perth with images of Adolf Hilter being punched in the face, Digger drinking
a beer, RAAF servicewoman, a topless native beauty, etc, all with 'AIR FORCE POST OFFICE/No.252' cds used at Aitape, Papua New Guinea, two franked KGVI 3d or QE 1d x3 to pay airmail service, the others unfranked, plus YMCA Comfort Funds envelope by
another artist (probably Phil Collas) with an Australian soldier hanged from a palm tree captioned "He got no mail for over three weeks", a couple with minor blemishes. Striking & scarce.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1293 |
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 1944 skilfully hand-illustrated covers to "Miss M Tate/Homebush/NSW" with a range of themes including domestic duties, gardening,
flowers, period costumes, also a foiled mugging with our 'hero' punching the armed assailant, and one with Hitler being bombed in his castle, all with 'AIF FIELD PO/54' cds used at Ravenshoe (Qld), many on YMCA Comfort Funds envelopes, a few with
mostly minor edge faults. A wonderful group.
(17)Grade A/B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1294 |
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 1946 (April 24) airmail to Netherlands Indies from Royal Netherlands Navy serviceman at their Melbourne Headquarters (return address)
with Hermes 1/6d solo (minor faults) tied by Sydney machine cancel, carried via Queensland with 'NETHERLANDS/POST/25 APR 1946/OFFICE/BRISBANE' cds in violet on face where presumably transfered to Netherlands Indies Government Air Transport (NIGAT)
plane to Java, minor edge faults on the reverse. Dutch Forces in the Netherlands Indies evacuated during the Japanese invasion in early 1942 and conducted operations from bases in Australia during WWII and the subsequent National Revolution until
Indonesian independence was declared in 1949. [The Illustration is above Lot 1290]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1295 |
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 1947 (July 30) registered airmail to Austria with QE 1d brown, 4d Koala & KGVI 1/4d magenta tied by Sydney cds, censored on arrival
with British Occupation Zone 'GEOFFNET!' black/white resealing label tied by red '0037' cachet on face and again by violet '0516' cachet on reverse, slightly trimmed at top & right not affecting stamps or markings otherwise very fine. [The
Illustration is above Lot 1291]
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
| 1296 |
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 1951 (circa) parcel label and small-part wrapping airmail to USA with Lyrebird 1/- , Parliament 1/6d x2 and Robes 5/- & 10/- (both
with minor perf faults), on arrival 'US CUSTOMS/PASSED FREE ...' & 'LETTER PACKAGE/COLLECT TEN CENTS' cachets in violet and Postage Due 10c red affixed alongside.
Grade B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-19, 08:00 PM |
