Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3178 |
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 1914 (Oct) usage of Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force 'Bush Hut Fernshaw Victoria' picture postcard by Australian serviceman
Clarry Seaton with message dated "31-10-14", to Victoria carried by Adelaide - Melbourne express train with a largely very fine strike of 'ENG MAIL TPO/IN -7DE14/VIC' cds and Melbourne 'PASSED' censor handstamp in violet, unfranked and taxed on
arrival with Melbourne 'T1D' oval cachet and Postage Due 1d with pencil cancel affixed, a couple of minor aging marks. Australian servicemen were not afforded free letter postage privileges until February 1915, but unfranked letters from servicemen
overseas or en route were charged only single deficiency payable by the addressee. The card was written the day before the first troopship convoy left Albany (WA) but not forwarded until over a month later: this was a common practice of "censorship
by delay of the mails".
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3179 |
|
 1915 (Mar 8) illustrated advertising cover fot The Cable Company to Massachusetts with Kangaroo 2½d (probably Second Wmk) tied by
Melbourne machine cancel, 'PASSED' handstamp in violet.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3180 |
|
 1915 pre-printed cover to Wm Henry Maule (Seed Merchants) in Pennsylvania with Kangaroos ½d green & 4d orange plus KGV 1d red and the
red/white 'CARNARVON' R label all tied by 'CARNARVON/MY18/15/WA' cds, Perth double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet in blue at lower-left, New York transit & Philadelphia arrival backstamps both in purple. Delightful.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3181 |
|
 1915 (June 21) cover to London with KGV 1d red tied by partial 'THURSDAY ISLAND/QUEENSLAND' cds with another fine complete strike
alongside, censored on the island with light but very fine complete 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' handstamp in violet on the face, minor aging & a couple of pencil 'doodles' on the reverse.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3182 |
|
 1916 (Jan 19) envelope to Holland with 'Per RMS Makura' handstamp & Kangaroos 2½d, censored violet/cream resealing label tied by
superb 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' double-boxed handstamp in rosine plus a largely very fine strike of the scarce 'PASSED BY CENSOR/31JA16/C.S' supervisor's cds alongside, minor defects.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3183 |
|
 1918 unsealed cover endorsed "Printed Matter" to leading philatelist Hiram Deats in New Jersey with KGV 1d red tied by Sydney machine
& 'HELP PAY FOR THE WAR/.../Therefore Collect Stamps' label irregularly affixed to the face.
Grade A (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3184 |
|
 1922 cover to "Republic Tcheco-Slovakia" with scarce franking of Kangaroos 3d olive (rounded corner) & KGV 4d violet tied by 'DULWICH
HILL/NSW' cds, scarce red/white R label, Sydney & London transit backstamps.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3185 |
PSE |
 1923 (Feb 26) usage of Victoria Education Department OHMS Penalty Envelope 1d pink with 'OS'-in-Die to Melbourne with KGV 1d red
punctured 'OS' added tied by 'HAMILTON/VIC' cds, plus a similar envelope used in 1926 with KGV ½d orange punctured 'OS' added tied 'STAWELL/VIC' cds, both with a couple of minor blemishes.
(2)Grade A- (Image1)
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(Image4)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3186 |
|
 1923 cover with all-over promotion on the face for 'BELL,/THE/MAGICIAN', addressed to the American magician S Wilson Bailey in
Massachusetts with KGV 4d ultramarine tied by Melbourne machine cancel. Lovely item. [By 1915, David Bird was a fulltime professional magician. During the 1940s, he was Resident Magician at the Melbourne Aquarium]
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3187 |
PSE |
 1925 (Nov 18) usage of Registration Envelope KGV 4½d violet ACSC RE19 to Melbourne with 'LEEDERVILLE/WESTN AUST' cds and red/white R
label on face (Burt type W11; rated RRR), Melbourne '23NO25' arrival backstamps, a few very minor blemishes.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3188 |
|
 1926 (May 4) Pflum cover to Reading, PA endorsed "per airmail via San Francisco" with combination franking of KGV 1½d red pair and USA
4c Washington & Airmail 10c pair to pay the US internal airmail all tied by light Sydney roller cancel, San Francisco 'MAY 25' & New York 'MAY 28' transit backstamps, some aging marks & repaired lower-right corner.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3189 |
|
 1932 (March 4; two weeks prior to Opening Day) usage of Sydney Harbour Bridge illustrated telegram with message promoting the Opening
Ceremonies "Great Historic Event ... also Royal Show Interstate Cricket Racing Bowling Surf and other carnivals ... Railways providing cheap excursion trains ..." from HW Newman, Secretary (for Railways), to H Chauncey, Manager Bank of NSW Taree with
very fine 'TAREE/NSW' arrival cds, a few aging marks. [An almost identical form sold at our auction of 16.5.2023 for $701]
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3190 |
|
 1936 (Nov 13) airmail to Germany endorsed "via Athens-Berlin" with KGV 4d olive & SA Centenary 1/- green x2 tied by 'KAPUNDA/STH AUST'
cds with blue/white R label on face, Adelaide, Melbourne & Athens '28.XI.26' transits and 'MINDEN/-1.12.36' arrival backstamps, minor aging marks.
Grade B (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3191 |
|
 1936 (Dec 7) dealer's cover to USA with 1d only with rare 'MINIMUM POSTAGE COMMERCIAL/PAPERS TO ("USA") 3D' cachet (not previously
seen by us) & boxed 'RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/...' handstamp, KGV 2d added & tied by Melbourne cds of the next day.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3192 |
|
 1940 (Apr 24) social PPC to New York with KGVI 3d & 1/4d tied by Melbourne slogan, jusqu'a bars applied at London. Scarce short-lived
postcard rate. The 1/7d part-air rate applied 5.9.1939 to -.6.1940 only.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3193 |
|
 1955 (Dec 12) Multi-Hue Brick & Co merchant envelope to "12 Duro Street, New Guinea" [no town given] with QEII 3d green tied by
Geelong machine cancel, the addressee not found at Lae or Rabual at which point the item was sent to Netherlands New Guinea with 'HOLLANDIA/18.5.56' transit on face, endorsed "Not DNG try TNG again" from where it was apparently returned to sender,
minor transmission marks. Australian domestic rates applied for mail to & from Papua New Guinea: the domestic printed matter rate was 3d up to 4oz. The foreign printed matter rate was 3d up to 2oz, so the item was actually properly paid to either
destination.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3194 |
PSE |
 1957 (Dec 17) usage of Aerogramme 10d Plane & Globe registered to Hungary with 6d Kookaburra & 9d Platypus tied by 'WEST
MARRICKVILLE/17DE57/NSW' cds & blue/white R label on face, Sydney transit backstamp but no arrival, lengthy personal message inside, the writing inside showing through otherwise very fine. The registration fee was increased from 9d per article to
1/3d on 1.10.1956, and again to 2/- from 1.10.1959. Aerogrammes sent by registered mail are not often seen.
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3195 |
PSE |
 1966 (Sept 11) usage of QEII 'DEFENCE FORCES ENVELOPE' 5c indigo registered to NSW with return address "Base Support Flight RAAF Vung
Tau" and AAT Definitives 15c added tied by 'AUST F.P.O./ 3 ' cds with 'R/AFPO 3/No ...' rubber handstamp on face, Sydney & Chester Hill backstamps, undercatalogued at $200. Very scarce postally used (albeit philatelically with no message).
Grade A (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3196 |
|
 1986 (July 23) Melia International Travel Organisation long envelope airmail to New Zealand with 'International Priority Paid'
tracking number label and Marine Life $1 Starfish & Paintings $10 Coming South tied by 'NTH SYDNEY SHOPPING WORLD/NSW-2060' cds and 'PRIORITY PAID' time-clock rubber cds alongside, circular 'International Priority Paid' orange & blue sticker on face
and posting receipt label attached to reverse, Sydney 'INTERNATIONAL MAIL/CENTRE' & Wellignton time-clock cds backstamps, small punch-hole at lower-left not affecting stamps or markings otherwise very fine. A little-used service & scarce in-period
usage of the $10 Painting.
Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
| 3197 |
PSE |
 2001+ International Post commercial mail covers & some PPCs mostly airmail to Europe with range of issues, noted mixed
domestic/international frankings, Economy Air, greeting card rates, a few stationery items, potential postmark interest, huge quantity crammed into 3 archive boxes. Weighs 37kg.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM |
