Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 441 |
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 Annotated collection with instructional handstamps principally from Victoria (some scarce types noted) with others from NSW,
Queensland, South Australia & Northern Territory, the majority originating from Tatts in Hobart, datestamp interest including 'BULLENGAROOK EAST/VIC' (rated RR) and 1940 small boxed 'FITZROY/N.6' with date omitted! (not previously recorded), quality
of the cachets is variable but the covers are generally fine to very fine.
(100 approx) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 442 |
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 Kangaroo oddments comprising First Wmk 1/- on registered cover to New Caledonia (another stamp - probably a 3d - missing: weep!);
Large 'OS' 2½d on Quarantine Service cover front to USA; Large 'OS' 5d (another stamp missing) on large wrapper piece to Germany; and 'OS/NSW' 3d & 6d pale blue (faded) on OHMS piece; also 1964 parcel piece at £2/7/3d rate with remarkable franking of
Airmail 2/3d, Cattle 5/- Cream Paper and White Paper pair, Arms 10/- & Navigators £1.
(5 items)Grade A/B (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 443 |
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Mostly KGV- period annotated covers the majority underpaid to America or Britain with an array of postage due markings up to 'T/50c' plus fractional types from the 1940s, a few other instructional cachets, also some pre-1920 slogan cancels including
scarce ones from Launceston & Perth, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 444 |
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 1906 commercial cover with Orient Line embossing on the flap, from Melbourne where detected as being overweight & superb
'T4D'-in-oval h/s applied, Postage Due Filled Tablet ½d Perf 11¾x11 x8 (two blocks of 4) affixed to the reverse & struck with 'TOOWOOMBA' cds, minor blemishes, opened-out for display. Ex Alan Griffiths. [The ½d is very scarce on cover. This is an
exceptional Postage Dues franking]
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 445 |
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 1911 commercial cover to "Mariehamn/Finland" with NSW ½d green single & block of 4 on the reverse & superb Sydney machine of
JA21-1911 on the face, the stamps cancelled (where?) with pencil-squiggles, part-strike of the trilingual arrival backstamp. Marienhamn is the 'capital' of the Aland Islands, the most difficult European destination from Australia. The inhabitants
speak Swedish but Sweden ceded the group to Russia in 1809 as part of the Grand Duchy of Finland. [The illustration is above Lot 444]
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 446 |
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 1913 (Sep 22) triple-rate cover to Switzerland with scarce CofA/State combination franking of Kangaroo 1d + Queensland ½d pair (one
damaged) 2d & 3d all tied by Brisbane cds, shortpaid ½d so '10/CTMS/T' handstamp applied, Swiss 'TAVANNES/1.XI.13' arrival backstamp, two minor repaired tears and crumpling caused by the bulky contents. The foreign letter rate was 2½d x3 = 7½d.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$1,200.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 447 |
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 1913 (Nov) Oriental Hotel envelope to California with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo First Wmk 3d (Die II ?) & Victoria
2½d tied by 'REGISTERED/ 1 /MELBOURNE' cds, red/white GPO R label, US 'REGISTERED' handstamp & two San Francisco backstamps of 30 & 31.12.1913 all in purple, light overall aging.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 448 |
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 1915 usage to Perth of Ceylon PPC from an Australian soldier, superb 'AIF/Postage Fr[ee]' handstamp in violet, ship's name at
upper-left obliterated by the censor.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 449 |
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 1915 PMG's Department cover to the esteemed Parisian dealer Theodore Champion with an exceptional CofA/State combination franking
of South Australia 2½d punctured 'OS' & Kangaroos 3d punctured Large 'OS' tied by Adelaide cds, red/white registration cds, very minor blemishes. Sold at our auction of 26.6.2017 for $1098. Theodore Champion was born in Switzerland but moved to Paris
in 1899 where he was employed by Alfred Forbin, of Revenues fame. In 1902, he acquired Forbin's postage stamp business. In the 1920s, he purchased a large quantity of superb material from the Ferrari auctions, much of which has come onto the market
only in the past 20 years or so, reinforcing his position as one of the great dealers of his era.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,400.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 450 |
|
 1915 (Feb 13) to Michigan with Kangaroos 1d red Die I coil stamps x8 including a vertical pair tied by 'GEORGE ST NORTH/NSW' cds
with red/white R label alongside, the label overstruck with US 'REGISTERED' cachet in violet, Sydney & Chicago transits and Detroit 'MAR/17/1915' arrival backstamps, back flap missing & a few blemishes. The ACSC states that "the 1d Kangaroo was
issued in coil form": all these stamps have trimmed perfs at right and correspondingly 'wide' perfs at left (to the point of the perforation holes being complete) consistent with being dispensed from a coil machine.
Grade B (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 451 |
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 1915 (May 17) OHMS Birth Declaration folded form sent unfranked with 'OUSE/TASMANIA' cds, on arrival Kangaroo 1d red punctured 'T'
affixed tied by 'HAMILTON/MY21/15/TASMANIA' cds on face to pay the postage. [The illustration is above Lot 450]
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 452 |
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 1915 Gallipoli 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..."]
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 453 |
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 1915 two stampless covers from an Australian POW in Turkey to different relatives in England, the first with sender's endorsement
"JH Wheat/No 319/Late Submarine AEII" on the flap which is sealed with Ottoman white/green censor label, very fine Arabic-script censor cachet on the face, London transit of DEC 8 15 in red on the face (making this one of the earliest confirmed
mailings from Turkey), minor aging; the second sealed with similar white/red censor label & almost fine strike of a different censor cachet on the face, no transit or arrival markings, two vertical folds; and a Wills cigarette card of the vessel.
[According to the Australian War Memorial website, there were 217 Australians held by the Ottomans as POWs, of which about one-third died in captivity. The sender, Able Seaman John Harrison Wheat, was aboard Submarine AE2 when it was sunk in the
Dardenelles on 30.4.1915. These covers were probably sent while he was interned at a prison at Kiangheri (now Cankiri)]
(3)Grade B (Image1)
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(Image6)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,350.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 454 |
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 1916 (circa) stampless cover endorsed on the flap from an Australian POW in Turkey with large but faint Red Crescent cachet at
upper-right & Red Cross cachet at upper-left both in rosine, Ottoman white/green censor sealing label across the flap & light censor cachet on the face, minor blemishes and repaired corner at upper-right. [According to the Australian War Memorial
website, there were 217 Australians held by the Ottomans as POWs, of which about one-third died in captivity. The sender, Private SJ Drake, was captured -.8.1915 at Gallipoli; and sent to the convalescent camp at Bor, north of the Taurus Mountains]
Grade (B) (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 455 |
|
 1918 (Apr 30) stampless & unendorsed cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland with Adelaide 'HELP TO WIN THE WAR/...' slogan but not
taxed, most unusually sent unsealed with sender's note "Open" on the flap, on arrival struck with French-language 'Prisonnier a AFION-KARA-HISSAR' (Turkey) cachet in violet. There is no indication of the POW's name and it is unclear if the article
was forwarded "as is" in a diplomatic bag, or if the contents were removed and forwarded separately. [According to the Australian War Memorial website, there were 217 Australians held by the Ottomans as POWs, of which about one-third died in
captivity. Afion-Kara-Hissar was a remote camp in central Anatolia, situated about 250km WSW of Ankara]
Grade A (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 456 |
PSE |
 1918 (May 23) use of KGV 'Star' 1d red Envelope to ".../New Zealand Forces/Prisoner of War/Afion-Kara-Hissar/Asia Minor", very fine
'BACKWATER/NSW' cds & 2-line cachet 'CARE OF RED CROSS...' that appears to have been applied at Sydney because it is partly obscured by the black/white censor label, very minor blemishes. [According to the NZ History website, there were only 25 New
Zealanders held by the Ottomans as POWs, of which six died in captivity. The addressee, Private Reg Davie, was captured at Gallipoli 8.8.1915 & was released 5.11.1918. Afion-Kara-Hissar was a remote camp in central Anatolia, situated about 250km WSW
of Ankara. See also Lot 1435]
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,300.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 457 |
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 1918 (mid) stampless OAS cover to NSW with very fine strike of the rare double-boxed 'PASSED BY/SHIPS CENSOR/HMAS.....' cachet
(49x22mm) with illegible notation in the space for the ship's name to be entered, superb 'A.I.FORCES POSTAGE FREE/5AU18/VIC' arrival backstamp, very minor blemishes. The only example we have seen of the naval cachet, and possibly the only recorded
example. The only reference we could find was in Bob Emery's Supplement at p172 where it is illustrated ("exact size unknown") & stated to have been used in conjunction with the backstamp of 5AU18, presumably a reference to this cover.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 458 |
PSE |
 1918 (Nov 2) usage of Stamped To Order Envelope Star ½d yellow-green with KGV ½d dull yellow-green added for the newly introduced
War Tax & tied by Adelaide 'HELP TO WIN THE WAR/...' slogan, unsealed as required for Printed Matter & with private '20 POSTED' handstamp in purple at upper-left, minor blemishes. A cracker: the War Tax was introducxed on 28.10.1918. Usage in the
first week is rare.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 459 |
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 1920s-30s advertising covers with KGV Heads frankings all-different group of Queensland firms with many attractive illustrated
envelopes including for Australian Glass Manufacturers (bottles), Bottomley Bros 'Crystal Brook' ice block, 'Bushells Blue Label Tea' on Pierpont & Sons Universal Providers Stanthorpe, Crown Stoves (chef & cakes), Enterprise Cream Cans, Ironmongeries
'Qualcast' mower, Mining & Hardware Supplies (mine head), Nambour Chronicle (printing machine), Strand Hotel Cairns (multicolour banana tree), Waugh & Josephson Engineers ('Crossley' engine), and many more, some postmark interest amongst the town
datestamps & machine cancels, condition generally fine to very fine. An outstanding lot that we expect Rod Perry had intended to exhibit. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry).
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,000.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
| 460 |
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 1924 (March 24) cover to Epping (NSW) posted on board ship with Kangaroos 3d olive solo tied by Sydney cds with very fine complete
strike of the 'LOOSE SHIP/* LETTER * ' oval undated handstamp (Hosking #1501; rated C) alongside, minor blemishes. The domestic letter rate was 1½d per 1oz plus 1½d late fee.
Grade A- (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM |
