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| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2321 |
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 1943 (Oct 21 & Nov 13) airmail covers from Washington DC or Wisconsin with 20c Transport pair or 20c Prexies pair (damaged), both
to the American Embassy in Brazil to await arrival there of missionaries in transit from Asia aboard the second repatriation voyage of the 'Gripsholm' that arrived at Rio de Janeiro 14.11.1943, both opened a bit roughly at right. Scarce duo.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 2322 |
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 1943 (Nov 29) airmail cover to New York with Victory Eagle 3c pair tied by 'ARCADIA CALIF' machine, to an American internee
repatriated from East Asia on the second exchnage voyage of the 'Gripsholm'. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
| 2323 |
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 1945 (Aug 15) VJ Day cacheted cover with 3c Eagle tied by 'SAINT PAUL/AUG15/1945/MINN' machine, signed on the face "Paul Tibbets,
Pilot/B29 Enola Gay/6 Aug 1945". During WWII, Colonel Paul Warfield Tibbetts was one of America's most experienced bomber pilots. He was selected to lead the mission to drop the first nuclear bomb, named "Little Boy", on Hiroshima. His B-29 was named
'Enola Gay' after his mother. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$5,000.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
VIETNAM
VIETNAM
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2324 |
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 Selection of early issues mostly mint including a group of 1945 Overprints on French Indo-China unused, then 1951 Independent State
Pictorials set **, South Vietnam 1955 Turtle & Refugees sets ** and 1956 Republic UPU set *, National Front 1963-67 issues complete mostly unused, and North Vietnam 1946 Overprint on Indo-China 25c blue * plus a range of 1948-55 Ho Chi Minh issues
including pairs, imperfs & surcharges to '20d', 1954 Dien Bien Phu sets, etc, without gum as issued, generally fine to very fine, Cat £1900+.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-28, 08:00 PM |
MILITARIA
General & Miscellaneous Lots
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3001 |
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 Balance of collection including framed 'Souvenir of the Great War Scarf' embroidered 'To Dear Roy, From Mother'; '1st Div
Australian Artillery Band' photograph with 25 signatures; WW1 handkerchief 'The Allies Victories, Malta 1914-1915'; dispay re Sir Thomas White (one of the first airmen trained for the Australian Flying Corps) with wallet & wife's ration cards; WW1
soldier photos (2); 'Manchester Unity Friendly Society' 1910 Certificate; SAS patch with photograph; 'No.9 RAAF Fleet Co-Operation Sqaudron' crest; 3 photographs of Corvette P.47; photo of loading helicopters during Vietnam War, mainly Fair/Fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3002 |
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 Collection comprising Japan WW2 samaurai sword (original red tassel, now lost, indicates Naval officer?); Germany WW1 'Panzerblend
DRGM' tank lamp (battered) & WW1 Field Postcard for writing to troops; Nepal WW2 Gurkha Khukuri (Kukri, curved blade) in original sheath (one small knife missing); Australia WW1 18pdr shell case original condition; WW2 Australian helmet (with red &
white bands); WW2 Australian Army machete in sheath, mainly Fair/Fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,250.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3003 |
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 Badges & Buttons collection including 1866-7 South Australian Regiment uniform badge; 1895-1902 1st Australian Horse uniform badge;
1902-10 NSW Railways KEVII uniform badge; WW2 2nd AIF uniform badge; shoulder patch 1st Division Machine Gun Bn brass 'A' showing the wearer was at Gallipoli; badges with 27 Bn (South Australia) WW1 lapel badge - enamel blue & brown diamond on brass
rising sun; WW1 enamel Australian blue ensign showing 'R' (Returned?) on rising sun lapel badge; WW1 NZ 'Onward' hat badge; WW1 'Returned from Active Service' badges (2 - 113816 & 121234); WW2 2nd AIF metal identity discs on original leather neck
cord; 2nd AIF collar badge; Rising Sun hat badges black (school cadets) & gilded (current army); medallions with 1919 Peace (6), 1938 Sesquicentenary, 1945 Victory (2), 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee (2), 1970 Wagga Wagga Centenary, 1991 Henry VIII
Quincentenary, mainly Fair/Fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3004 |
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 Badges with strength in Australian and Israeli Military insignia, also airline & tourist badges and pins, keytags, drink coasters
just to name some of the many hundreds of items including the book 'AUSTRALIAN ARMY INSIGNIA 1903-1966' by Alfred N. Festberg, inspection is highly recommended. Weighs 13kg.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3005 |
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 Badges - Royal Flying Corps cap badge & radiator badge, Fine condition. The RFC was the air arm of the British Army from 1912-1918,
when they merged with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3006 |
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 Reference Books including 'Mentioned in Despatches' and 'The Australian Commonwealth Horse' by Newbury, 'Casualty Roll for the Zulu
and Basuto Wars South Africa 1877-79' by Tavender, 'Services of Military Officers 1920' (1986), 'The Military General Service Roll 1793-1814' by Mullen (1990); 'British officers taken prisoner between August 1914 and November 1918', 'Statistics of
the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914-1920' (1992); 'The Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1662-1982' signed #16/750 by Cook (1987), etc, mainly Fine/Very Fine. Weighs 14kg.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3007 |
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 Reference Books - Indian Rolls and Regiments including 'Soldiers of the Raj' by De Rhé-Philipe & Irving (h/b 386pp), 'Roll of the
Indian Medical Sevice 1615-1930' by Crawford (h/b 710pp), 'Indian Army List Jan 1924' & 'Jan 1939', 'War Services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941', 'N.W Frontier of India-History of Operations' by Imperial War Museum; also 'The
Second Afghan War 1878-1880 Casualty Roll' by Farrington (h/b 189pp), 'Services of Military Officers - alphabetically corrected to December 1920' by Hayward & Son (h/b 2080pp), plus Army lists 1936, 1939-40, etc; all in Very Fine condition. Weighs
20kg.
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3008 |
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 Reference Books - World War I 'The Times History of the War', bound volumes 1-18 (of 22) illustrated, published by The London Times
(1914-19), Fair/Fine condition. Weighs 40kg.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3009 |
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 Book 'The Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919' [Melbourne, c.1921], presented to the Yandoit Hills School. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$80
SOLD for AU$60.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3010 |
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 Reference Books - World War I 'The Great War', complete set of 13 illustrated volumes, edited by Wilson (1914-19), Fair/Fine
condition. Weighs 38kg.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3011 |
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 Reference Books - World War I 'The War Illustrated - A Pictorial Record of the Conflict of Nations' edited by Hammerton (1914-19),
complete set Volumes 1-9 bound, Fair/Fine condition. Weighs 16kg.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3012 |
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 Secret Compass hidden within airman's belt buckle, plus other button-type and waterproof compasses, WWII period silk
escape/survival maps (9) including China-Japan-PNG-Pacific area showing ocean currents, North Borneo, Japan and South China Sea, East Java, Bangkok and Saigon, French Indo China, RAAF Celebes, Penang and Singapore, and Sumatra and Java.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3013 |
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 Uniforms Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps jacket & pants 1966; Australian Navy dress jacket; Australian Army Band Corps jacket;
The Australian Army black blazer; RAAF blazer (moth holes), mainly Fair/Fine.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
MEDALS
MILITARY
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3014 |
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 Remainders in box with various including QSA to Hospital Corps (no suspender); WWI BWM & Victory to RAF, mounted trio to R.F.A.,
1918 15th Battery 5 Australian Field Artillery Brigade Rugby Premiers Peronne (name buffed out), Australian Comforts Fund SA Division bronze (51mm) medallion x2; QEII Vietnam Medal (name buffed out); plus a few other bits 'n' bobs including
cuff-links and miniatures, condition variable.
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3015 |
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 AUSTRALIA: WWI Stars with ribbons in registered 'DEFENCE' postage paid box to 'J. P. Preston' readdressed to New Zealand containing
unnamed 1939-45, Atlantic, Africa, and Pacific Star with rosette. (4 medals plus box) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
| 3016 |
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 AUSTRALIA: Queensland Police Medal For Merit engraved 'CONSTABLE SAMUEL MICHAEL O'FARRELL No 974', obv. crowned head of King Edward
VII, edge knock, worn ribbon. Very scarce, instituted in 1906 with only 46 KEVII medals awarded "For an act of courage or conspicious bravery". Opportunity for further research (Police record sealed until 2053). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$3,400.00
Closing..Aug-29, 08:00 PM |
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