Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 401 |
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 1933 (Nov 30) to Cairns with Qantas 'NORTH QUEENSLAND/By Air Mail/Australia's /Winter Playground' blue/white label, KGV 2d & 3d
Airmail tied by very fine 'DALY WATERS/N.A.' (= North Australia) cds, Camooweal (Qld) transit of the next day on the face, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 402 |
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 1934 (Dec 10) oversize envelope (253x190mm) airmail to England with 1/6d Hermes x7 tied by four largely very fine strikes of 'ROYAL
TRAIN/AUSTRALIA' cds with another very fine strike below, light folds & edge faults including a closed tear affecting one stamp & repaired lower-right corner. The rate was 1/6d per ½oz airmail letter x7 for an item weighing up to 3½oz. Posted at
Brisbane, the day the touring party departed for New Zealand aboard HMAS 'Australia'. Usages other than in Tasmania are rare. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 403 |
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 1935 (Jan) large piece with London News Agency 'HRH THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER/Australasian Tour/ OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS' complete parcel
label, airmail to England with KGV Heads ½d orange, Victorian Centenary 1/- black (corner fault) and Kangaroos CofA Wmk 10/- grey & pink (Cat $1750 on cover) marginal example all tied by untidy 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, minor creases affecting
the ½d & 1/-, the 10/- apparently very fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 404 |
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 1936 (Aug 4) commercial airmail to Austria with Kangaroo 2/- & SA Centenary 3d tied by Sydney cds, blue/white R label, the reverse
with Athens transit, Vienna arrival of 17.VIII.36 and two different 'TELEGRAPHENAMT' cds indicating transported in the city's Pneumatic Mail system.
(Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 405 |
O |
 1936 (Aug 8) long registered airmail cover (304x152mm) to London with Kangaroos 9d 2/- & £1 grey - Cat $5000 on cover - tied by
'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds, some creasing that affects the stamps. The rate was 1/6d per ½oz x15 = £1/2/6d + 3d registration. Ex Andrew Tan: sold at our auction of 22.6.2019 for $3775. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 406 |
O |
 1936 (Aug 8) long registered airmail cover (304x152mm) to London with Five Colour Franking of South Australia Centenary 3d, Large
Kookaburra 6d, Hermes 1/6d pair and Kangaroos 5/- & £1 grey - Cat $5000 on cover - tied by 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds, some creasing that affects the stamps & soiling on the reverse. The rate was 1/6d per ½oz x19 = £1/8/6d + 3d registration. Ex
Andrew Tan: sold at our auction of 22.6.2019 for $3185. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 407 |
PSE |
 1937 (Mar 20) use of KGV 1½d Postal Card with KGV 3d tied by Perth cds, airmail to 'PT HEDLAND/WA' (arrival cds of two days later
on the face), the message in Esperanto. In this period, it cost only ½d more to send a letter, so postcards by air are very scarce.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 408 |
|
 1937 (May 10) usage of Sydney Harbour Bridge promotional envelope with colourless embossing on the flap & 'To my Mother' printed in
violet on the face, to England with KGV 2d red tied by 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE/NSW' cds, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 409 |
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 1939 (Feb 26) EAMS cover from Palestine betweeen Esperantist teachers with 2m single & block of 4 tied by 'HAIFA' cds,
'BROADMEADOW/NSW' arrival cds & redirected to Sydney; and 25.7.1938 from GB with 1½d tied by 'SOUTHAMPTON/PAQUEBOT' machine.
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$175
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 410 |
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 1940 (Oct 17) Hotel Esplanade envelope airmail to Bandjermasin, Borneo, Netherlands Indies with Kookaburra 6d horizontal pair tied
by Perth WA cds paying the 1/- per ½oz airmail rate, censored locally with red/white 5-dot resealing label at left & 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' boxed handstamp in violet on the face and again on arrival with 'DOOR CENSURR GEOPEND' black/white 'enamel'
paper resealing label affixed over the top tied by two very fine 'GECENSUREERD' cachets in magenta on front & reverse, a couple of trivial blemishes. An unusual destination with scarce censor cachet believed to have been applied on Dutch Borneo. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 411 |
/ |
 1940s censored overseas commercial airmails with destinations including Egypt, India, Netherlands Indies at 9d rate (censored
again on arrival) & New Guinea (with Newcastle censor label) but most to the UK noted various at 2/1d airmail from the USA (one a double-rate) and one at 5/10d Pacific & Atlantic Clipper rate (plus 3d for registration), and to the USA a number with
'CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER' handstamps one at 8/- double rate, etc, good variety of censor markings, condition a little variable but generally fine to very fine.
(30) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 412 |
|
 1941 (Mar 15) plain postcard to a German emigré in GB with superb 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' cachet in violet & 9d Platypus tied by
Sydney cds, British security machine arrival backstamp, message in English, minor bends. From a civilian interneee with a questionably German name.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 413 |
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 1941 (Aug 3) Australian Red Cross Society envelope to an Australian Prisoner of War c/- Swiss Red Cross POW Agency endorsed
"Clipper Aust USA UK" for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clipper services with 5d Ram + KGVI 1/4d magenta + Kangaroos 2/- maroon x2 tied by Melbourne cds, forwarded to "Hospital Kokinia" in Greece. [The Allied campaign in Greece was
an unmitigated disaster. Troops were forced onto Crete & thousands were captured by the Germans] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 414 |
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 1941 (Sept 17) usage of Australian Red Cross envelope to an Australian Prisoner of War c/- Swiss Red Cross POW Agency endorsed
"Clipper Aust. USA UK" for carriage by PanAm Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic Clippers with KGVI 2d red x2, 4d Koala & 1/- Lyrebird x5 tied by Melbourne cds, censor label & cachet on reverse. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 415 |
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 1942 (Jan 3) commercial airmail cover to Fiji with QM 1d Die II x3 & '2½d' on 2d x6 tied by 'CAIRNS' cds, Sydney censor label &
cachet and the airmail label crossed-through. Fiji was added to the trans-Pacific schedule in -.11.1941 but the service was suspended after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7.12.1941. The cover appears to have been forwarded, but by surface
mail. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 416 |
|
 1946 registered airmail from Netherlands Indies with partial black/green Customs label on the reverse, inspected on arrival with
brown resealing tape at left tied by 'Form P.P. C.5/ASSESSMENT LABEL/Customs Duty to Pay "13/3" [mss]/Quarantine Fees to Pay ...' blue/white label affixed on the face, 'MORE TO PAY/Postal Fee for/special handling/on dutiable goods/3d' boxed handstamp
in violet at lower-right, minor bends & a few blemishes. A rare & unusual item. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 417 |
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 1949 (Oct 5) commercial airmail cover to London with rare franking of Robes Thin Paper 10/- (Cat $3000 on cover) + Aboriginal Art
2/- pair tied by 'CASTLEREAGH ST/NSW AUST' cds, blue/white R label, black/green 'DOUANE/(Customs)' label endorsed "Trade samples/no value" tied by British '[crown]/CUSTOMS/ AND/EXCISE' cachet in violet, and GPO 'Opened for Customs/examination and
duly/closed again...' label with very fine 'LONDON/L&F/12OCT49/ 16 /PARCEL SECTION' cds in violet, some wrinkling from bulky contents.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 418 |
|
 1955 (June 30) airmail from Samoa with Pictorials 1d & 3d + QEII Coronation 2d pair tied by Apia cds, 'TAX/("8d")' boxed handstamp
in violet and Postage Dues 2d & 6d tied by Leeton (NSW) cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. The airmail rate was 1/-, so underpaid 4d.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 419 |
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 1956 (Feb) large piece with 'FORWARDED THROUGH THE/INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE/ SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/...' cachet in blue,
complete University of California address label with 'SMITHSONIAN' handstamps and tied by 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' and 'Forwarded through the/Public Library of New South Wales/...' cachets both in rosine, 2d 9d Platypus & 1/- Lyrebird all punctured
'G/NSW' tied by 'SYDNEY/NSW 29' parcel roller. A remarkable usage & the only such item we have seen. The rate was 3d up to 4oz + 2d per additional 4oz x10 for a packet weighing between 40 & 44oz = 2lb12oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 420 |
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 1959 (Oct 7) registered to Adelaide with QEII 4d lake booklet pane of 6 (ACSC 354; Cat $300 on cover) tied by 'PT AUGUSTA' (SA)
cds, blue/white R label, taxed with 'T'-in-oval handstamp endorsed "10d" in pencil and "Received in Private Bag" in pen, Adelaide arrival backstamp, a few aging marks. The rate was 5d domestic letter + 2/- registration fee (increased on 1.10.1949
from 1/3d). Only the registration fee had been paid, so double the letter-rate deficiency was charged. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
