Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 381 |
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 1922 (Dec 8) official cover with 'TASMANIA/[coat-of-arms]' on the flap apparently posted in a Launceston pillar box but it
presumably contained something of value so endorsed "OR/To Pay 1/6" & the solo KGV 2d scarlet tied by Registration cds, scarce red/white R label with tiny 'Launceston' affixed, remarkable mixed issue Postage Dues franking of Blank Tablet (issued
1902) 4d single & strip of 3 + Third Wmk Thin Paper 2d tied by fine to very fine strikes of the rubber 'DEVONPORT WEST/TASMANIA' cds in violet.
At the time, the rate was 2d per half-ounce. We surmise that the item weighed close to 2oz so was shortpaid 2d x3 = 6d + the registration fee of 3d + an equivalent fine of 9d = 1/6d due. Beautiful, and an absolute cracker! One of the most outstanding
Postage Due covers we have seen. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 382 |
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 1923 (March 3) registered to Germany with Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die IIB & KGV 4d blue tied by Adelaide cds with red/white R
label alongside and superb 'AR'-in-oval handstamp for Avis de Reception (Advice of Delivery) service, Italian transit & Magdeburg '2.4.23' arrival backstamps, a little minor edge wear. The rate was 4d foreign letter plus 3d registration fee, the AR
fee being paid separately. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 383 |
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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. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 384 |
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 1924 (March 28) registered to Massachusetts with Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die IIB strip of 3 tied by two fine strikes of
'TOOPERANG/SA' cds (RO period) with 'FINNISS' large red/white R label alongside, Finniss & Adelaide transits, US 'REGISTERED' cachet, Boston transit and Marblehead arrival backstamps, slightly trimmed at left. Tooperang Receiving Office 18.4.1910; PO
1.7.1927; closed 31.1.1974. Receiving Offices had no registration facilities. The rate was foreign letter 3d per 1oz x2 + 3d registration.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 385 |
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 1924 (June 6) Official Receiver's Office lettersheet used locally with KGV Large Multiple Wmk 1d red punctured 'OS' (Cat $750 for
solo use on cover) tied by Adelaide cancel for the 2oz commercial papers rate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 386 |
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 1926 (June 26) airmail to Victoria with KGV 4½d tied by worn 'HAMELIN POOL' (WA) cds, largely very fine 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL'
handstamp with 'CARNARVON/28JUN26/...' cds, a few minor blemishes. Hamelin Pool is some 200km S of Carnarvon, the cover being carried overland to join the air service Carnarvon-Perth. The AAMC records only one date (18.9.1926) for use of the
'FORWARDED ...' marking on mail from Hamelin Pool, this now being the earliest recorded usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 387 |
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 1928 (Aug 8) Treasury Adelaide OHMS formular Registration Envelope, to Port Pirie with KGV Small Multiple Wmk Perf 14 4½d punctured
'OS' (ACSC 119ba; Cat $750 solo franking on cover), red/white R label minor adhesion on the reverse. The rate was 1½d + 3d registration.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 388 |
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 1928 (Oct 9) airmail to Perth with KGV 1½d red & 3d tied by very fine 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' handstamp in violet over-struck by
largely very fine 'MUNDABULLANGANA' (WA) cds, minor faults. Mundabullangana PO 16.7.1906; reduced to Free Bag 1.5.1919; closed ?. The 'FORWARDED ...' handstamp is recorded used here on this date only [see AAMC p36]. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 389 |
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 1929 (Dec 17) Tasmanian formular OHMS Registration Envelope, to "West Bay" with KGV Small Multiple Wmk Perf 14 4½d punctured 'T'
tied by Hobart cds, red/white R label, Launceston arrival backstamp, a few minor marks. The rate was 1½d domestic letter + 3d registration.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 390 |
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 1930 (circa) large piece with return address "Coreen, NSW", to Melbourne with KGV 2d 3d & 4d tied by indistinct cds of Coreen with
red/white R label, minor bends from the bulky contents (which presumably caused the poor cds strikes). The lowest parcel rate to an adjoining State was 1/- up to 1lb. This item was paid at the domestic letter rate 2d per 1oz x3 + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$170.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 391 |
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 1930 (June 4) Court House OHMS envelope with Workers' Compensation Insurance advertising on the reverse, to Lucknow (NSW) with KGV
Small Multiple Wmk Perf 13½x12½ 4½d punctured 'OS' (ACSC 120ba; Cat $800 solo franking on cover) tied by 'ORANGE/NSW' cds and blue & black/white R label alongside, minor adhesion on the face clear of the stamps & markings. The rate was 2d domestic
letter (increased from 1½d on 4.8.1930) + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 392 |
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 1930 (Aug 8) Court House OHMS envelope with Public Trustee advertising on the reverse, to Lucknow (NSW) with scarce Federal/State
Government combination franking of KGV Small Multiple Wmk Perf 13½x12½ ½d punctured 'OS/NSW' and Perf 14 4½d punctured 'OS' (ACSC 119ba; Cat $1000 other franking on cover) tied by 'ORANGE/NSW' cds, blue & black/white R 'Rat's Tail' label alongside,
minor adhesion on the face. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 393 |
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 1930 (Aug 10) Office of Titles OHMS long-format envelope to Elliminyt (Vic) with KGV Small Multiple Wmk punctured 'OS' Perf 13½x12½
½d orange and Perf 14 4½d violet (ACSC 119ba; $1000 other franking on cover) tied by Elizabeth St Melbourne Registered cds and blue & black/white R label alongside. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 394 |
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 1930 (Nov 4) Engineering Department OHMS formular window-face Registration Envelope, KGV Small Multiple Wmk Perf 14 punctured 'OS'
1d & 4d (ACSC 115b; Cat $750 for other franking) tied by Adelaide cds, red/white R label , very fine 'SADDLEWORTH' (SA) arrival backstamp, minor defects. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 395 |
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 1930s airmail covers comprising 26.4.1931 Darwin-GB at 1/11d; 1936 all-up Sydney-Holland at 1/9d; 1937 Australia-Hong Kong-USA at
3/9d + 3d registration; 1939 Sydney-Sweden at 1/7d; 1939 all-up Sydney-France at 1/9d; and 1939 Greece-Victoria; plus Papua 22.5.1937 Daru-Melbourne per H Davis.
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(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 396 |
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 1930s-40s airmail covers with 1/6d Hermes or 2/- Kangaroo frankings comprising pre-WWII to GB & Switzerland both with Late Fee,
wartime to Switzerland x4 including POW 3/- rate x2, Palestine or USA, and post-war to USA x2, Palestine or China at the scarce 3/6d rate (to the Jewish Ghetto in Shanghai).
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 397 |
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 1931 (Apr 24) airmail cover to Italy with Kangaroo 1/- + KSmith 6d violet x2 tied by Brisbane cds, Qantas 'NORTH QUEENSLAND/By Air
Mail/Australia's/Winter Playground' label, small corner fault at lower-left. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 398 |
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 1931 (Nov 4) Office of Titles commercial papers OHMS envelope (265x106mm) to Mortlake with the flap unsealed and KGV Small Multiple
Wmk Perf 14 4d olive punctured 'OS' (ACSC 115b; Cat $1200 for solo franking) tied by Elizabeth Street (Vic) cds, blue & black/white R label.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 399 |
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 1932 Electrolytic Refining & Smelting Co (Port Kembla) unaddressed parcel tag with outstanding 5-values multicoloured franking of
Kangaroos Third Wmk £1 grey + Small Multiple Wmk 6d chestnut, 2/- maroon, 5/- grey & yellow and £2 grey & rose-carmine tied by poor 'WOLLONGONG/8DE32/NSW' cds & blue-pencil registration lines, blue & black/white registration label, a couple of minor
bends well clear of the High Values. Ex Kevin Nelson (sold at our auction of 27.11.2010 for $13,225), Peter O'Rourke (sold in 2020 for $11,160), and Andrew Tan. RPSofV Certificate (2011). A highly significant item for the collector of Kangaroo usage,
or parcels. Only two other entire postal articles franked with the Small Multiple Watermark Two Pounds: one is a parcel tag & the other is a large parcel piece with three examples: see the next Lot.
The ER&S Co was established in 1908 at Port Kembla to smelt copper and, to a lesser extent, silver & gold. It is expected that the parcel contained ore samples and was sent to America. Bullion was required to be sent at letter rates (at this time 3d
per ounce). However, a concessional rate of 2d per ounce - the same as the domestic letter rate - applied. The rate was thus 2d x403 = 806d = £3/7/2d for an ingot weighing 403oz (= just over 25 pounds) + 3d registration + 1d convenience
over-payment. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$10,000
SOLD for AU$10,000.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 400 |
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 1933 (Mar 25) large parcel-piece (rebacked on a slightly larger piece of 253x178mm) endorsed at upper-left "accepted/weight/32lbs/J
Hart/Inquiry Office/GPO/Sydney/£17.1.4", by airmail to "Donald Harkness/Newcastle Waters/Nthn Territory" with outrageous franking of Kangaroos Third Wmk £1 grey x11 (including two pairs & a strip of 3) and SMult Wmk 1/- & £2 x3 (including a pair) +
KGV 4d olive tied by generally poor Sydney cds (consistent with the bulky nature of the contents), minor stains, professionally restored with numerous creases ironed-out. Ex Martin Greive, Martin Walker, Rodney Perry (once advertised by Rod for sale
for $140,000), and Andrew Tan.
Because the weight exceeded the maximum parcel limit of 11 pounds (lb), the article had to be paid at the prevailing letter rate of 2d per oz x512 plus airmail supplement of 3d per ½oz x1024 = £17/1/4d, making this the highest-franked item of
pre-WWII Australian postal history recorded. Only ten covers bearing the Third Wmk £1 grey are known, this being the record franking. Only three items - the others are parcel tags: see the previous Lot - are recorded bearing the SMult Wmk £2, again
this being the record franking.
Donald James Harkness was an Australian aviation & motoring enthusiast. In 1925, he broke the Australian land speed record over one mile with a run of 108mph, increasing that in 1929 to 128mph. In 1932, over a distance of 10 miles, he set a world
record of 164mph. In 1930, he developed the 'Harkness Hornet' aero-engine, the first built locally to pass the government's airworthiness testing. We were unable to locate information about the incident in the Northern Territory but we expect his
vehicle suffered a mechanical breakdown and required parts to be rushed to him by air. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$25,000
SOLD for AU$19,000.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
