Postal History - KGVI Usages and Rates continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 521 |
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 1946 (Mar 13) JW McGregor & Co cover to Massachusetts with scarce franking of KGVI 1/4d magenta (Cat $400 for solo usage) tied by
Sydney slogan, very minor wrinkling. Between mid-1945 & early-1946 only (exact dates not known) the rate for surface to America then internal airmail to destination was 8d per ½oz x2. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 522 |
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 1946 (May 3) PPC airmail to New York with solo franking of Kangaroo Redrawn 2/- tied by very fine 'BROOKLYN/ NSW' cds. The
pre-Pearl Harbor rate was reinstituted by -.8.1945, but via GB. By 11.7.1946, the trans-Pacific route was reintroduced, for which the postcard rate was only 1/3d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 523 |
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 1946 (May 22) airmail to Chile with KGVI 3d purple-brown, 9d Platypus pair & 2/- Kangaroo pair tied by 'LYGON ST NORTH/VIC' cds,
the reverse with transits of Sydney, New York, Miami and Santiago (5JUN46) and 'VINA DEL MAR' arrival of the next day. A rare cover: the all-up airmail rate was 5/6d + 3d registration. [Vina del Mar is 120km NW of Santiago, on the Pacific coast] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 524 |
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 1946 (July 12) airmail to Peru with Queen Mother 1d purple + Robes Thick Paper 5/- tied by 'RED CLIFFS/VIC' cds,
'AREQUIPA/30JUL46/* * *' arrival backstamp. A rare cover. Between -.1.1946 & -.1.1947, the all-up airmail rate was 5/1d. [Arequipa is inland from Mollendo, almost 1000km SE of the capital, Lima, but is effectively the judicial capital of the
country!] (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 525 |
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 1946 (July 11) large registered cover (370x240mm) airmail to New York with rare franking of KGVI 3d purple- brown + Robes Thick
Paper £1 well-centred block of 4 tied by Sydney cds, 'NEW YORK NY/JUL/17/1946/ WALL STREET STA' arrival backstamp in purple, faint US Customs '.../FREE OF DUTY/...' cachet on the face, central vertical fold & light toning but the Pound stamps are
very fine. The only item we know of with a One Pound block. The rate was 2/6d per ½oz x16 + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 526 |
PSE |
 1946 (July 29) usage of KGVI 5½d Registration Envelope to Spain with 1d tied by Perth cds, Madrid boxed arrival backstamp of
26SEP46. A very scarce destination. The rate was 3d + 3d registration + ½d war tax = 6½d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 527 |
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 1946 (Sep 1) airmail to Massachusetts with Lyrebird 1/-, Kangaroo 2/- + Robes Thick Paper 5/- & £1 x4 tied by Melbourne cds,
ruptured in transit & largely repaired at both ends with brown tape, American poor-quality '.../OFFICIALLY SEALED/...' label tied to the revese by 'Received [...]/GPO MAILING DIVISION' cachet in purple & poor Boston datestamp, '333'-in-oval
inspector's (?) handstamp, roughly opened at back through the '333' mark but clear of the label. Full of character. The rate was 2/6d per ½oz x35 for an article weighing between 17 & 17½oz. Clearly, the contents were too bulky for the envelope. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 528 |
PSE |
 1946 (Sep 6) usage of KGVI 5½d Registration Envelope from Adelaide to "Gilbert & Ellice Is/Pacific Ocean" crossed-through &
endorsed "Tarawa Is" in red-pencil, Sydney transit & double-circle 'POST OFFICE /24SP/46/ OCEAN ISLAND' arrival backstamp. A scarce destination, even to the Postmaster. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 529 |
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 1946 (Nov 7) double-rate airmail to Massachusetts "Via Pacific" with Robes Thick Paper 5/- tied by Sydney slogan cancel. Martin
Walker (unpublished) states the 2/6d rate was introduced by -.1.1947. However, usage is recorded from -.9.1946. On 1.6.1947, it was reduced to 1/6d.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 530 |
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 1946 (Dec 14) registered airmail to New York with scarce solo franking of Robes Thick Paper 5/- (Cat $250 as a solo use) tied by
Brisbane cds, Sydney transit & 'NEW YORK NY/DEC/24/1946/GRAND CENTRAL STA' (Christmas Eve) arrival backstamp, opened a little roughly on the reverse. Between mid-1946 & 31.5.1947, the rate was 2/6d per ½oz x2. The 3d registration fee was not paid, a
most unusual oversight at a GPO. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$125
SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 531 |
O |
 1946 (Dec 2) cover (220x152mm) to the Netherlands with printed Philips Electrical address label, KGVI 1/4d strip of 3, Kangaroo 2/-
pair & Mitchell 1/- tied by Sydney cds, minor wrinkling. The rate was 1/6d x6 = 9/-. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 532 |
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 1947 (circa) tiny parcel tag to the ES&A Bank in Melbourne with QM 1½d + Robes Thick Paper 10/- & £1 vertical pair (rounded corner
at upper-left) tied by poor Bendigo (Vic) cds. The package almost certainly contained a gold sample. Bullion was required to be sent at the letter rate of 2d per ounce x299 + 3d registration + ½d wartax = £2/10/1½d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 533 |
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 1947 (circa) to Ontario with scarce solo franking of Robes Thick Paper 10/- (Cat $800 as a solo use) tied by poor Sydney cds, light
central fold & minor wrinkling. Between mid-1946 & 31.5.1947, the rate was 2/6d per ½oz x4. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 534 |
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 1947 (Jan 9) airmail to Argentina with Kangaroo 2/- vertical pair + Mitchell 2½d x2 tied by 'MORAWA/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds with
blue/white R label, the reverse with Sydney transit of 12JA47 & undated Argentine registration cachet, minor blemishes. The rate was 4/- for air to USA then surface + 3d registration so 2d overpaid. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 535 |
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 1947 airmail to Canada with rare 'solo' franking of Robes Thick Paper 5/- + KGVI 3d purple-brown tied by 'ROYAL EXCHANGE' (NSW) cds
with blue/white R label, the reverse with huge Canadian Customs cds of 17FEB1947, Toronto transit & 'PARIS/ONT' arrival cds. The short-lived rate of 2/6d per ½oz (x2 + 3d registration) applied from circa -.1.1947 to 30.6.1947 only, after which it was
reduced to 1/6d. A rare cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 536 |
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 1947 (Mar 24) registered airmail to Connecticut with KGVI 3d purple-brown + Robes Thick Paper 10/- (exceptional centring) tied by
'COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE' cds, New York transit & 'BRIDGEPORT, CONN/APR/1/1947/ BARNUM STA' arrival backstamp in purple, on the face Customs '.../FREE OF DUTY/...' & very fine 'COLLECT 10c POSTAGE DUE/FOR CUSTOMS SERVICE' both in purple, Postage Due 10c
tied by smudged cancel, opened-out for display & the flap removed. Between mid-1946 & 31.5.1947, the rate was 2/6d per ½oz x4 + 3d registration.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 537 |
PSE |
 1947 (May 27) airmail usage to St Lucia of KGVI 5½d Registration Envelope with KGVI 3½d Wrens & 1/- Lyrebird pair tied by 'QUEEN
VICTORIA BLDGS/NSW' cds & straight-line handstamp in violet on blue/white provisional R label, the reverse with transits of San Francisco (JUN/4) & New York (JUN/5) and oval 'REGISTERED/10JU47/CASTRIES ST LUCIA' arrival that probably indicates
surface carriage (from Miami?). Sold at our online auction Number 4 for $283. [Martin Walker (unpublished) records the 2/6d rate from 1952 only, but this item indicates it was in place five years earlier] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 538 |
O |
 1947 (May 28) oversize cover (235x150mm) airmail to Massachusetts with Kangaroo ½d + KGVI 2½d + Robes Thick Paper 5/- 10/- x2 & £1
tied by Sydney cds, the reverse with New York transit & Boston arrival of JUN/3/1947, boxed 'Passed Free/US Customs/Boston Mass' cachet in purple, minor blemishes from the envelope-adhesive. The rate was 2/6d per ½oz x18 + 3d registration = £2/5/3d.
A rare franking with a full set of the Robes definitives. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 539 |
= |
 1947 (July 11) registered parcel piece (187x122mm) to Austria with complete dealer's address label (printed 'Used Postage Stamps'
scored-out & "Coffee" entered), Major Mitchell 3½d & 1/- pair tied by faint 'NELSON BAY/NSW-AUST' cds & 'REGISTERED NEWCASTLE/NSW' cds at lower-right, Austrian makeshift orange label with '28AUG' arrival handstamp & superb
'ZENSURSTELLE/BRIEF-/ZENSUR/E/ Z.1 ' cachet both in violet, worn 'Zollfrei' cachet (= Customs free), minor blemishes. A rare Food Parcel usage other than to Britain: the rate to GB for a parcel up to 3lb was 1/11d + 3d registration + ½d war tax (plus
1d convenience overpayment). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 540 |
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 1947 (Oct 3) airmail to Uruguay with Hermes 1/6d lake only tied by Sydney slogan and rubber boxed 'T/("120")/CENTIMES' tax
handstamp in violet, no transit, arrival or Uruguayan tax markings. From -.8.1947 the rate was 2/3d, so the deficiency was 9d, and the postage due was the equivalent of 1/6d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
