Postal History - KGVI Usages and Rates continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 541 |
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 1947 (Oct 6) airmail to GB with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/CONCESSIONARY AIR SERVICE' & unframed-boxed 'RAF MISSION - TO AUST - AND NEW ZLD
- MAIL OFFICE/6OCT1947' cachets both in violet, to GB with 1944 2d bright purple tied by 'SOUTH YARRA SE1/VIC-AUST' cds, minor imperfections. The only example we have seen of the dated cachet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 542 |
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 1947 (Oct 1) & 1948 (Nov 29) airmail to New Caledonia or Tahiti with 9d Platypus tied by slogans of Strathfield (NSW) or Sydney,
the first with Noumea arrival backstamp of 3-10/47 (only 2 days transit!), minor blemishes. Martin Walker (unpublished) states the 9d rate to New Caledonia was introduced on 1.6.1947.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 543 |
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 1947 (Nov) airmail to Bolivia with KGVI 3d purple-brown + 2/- Kangaroo tied by light 'BOX HILL E11' (Vic) cds, La Paz cds & boxed
arrival backstamps of 1DIC1947. The rate was 2/3d between -.8.1947 & 31.7.1952. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 544 |
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 1947 (Dec 10) airmail to GB with oval 'UK/INDIA ELEMENT/ON ACTIVE SERVICE/AIR MAIL CONCESSION RATE/JCOSA', to GB with 1944 2d tied
by Melbourne machine, light central vertical fold. Almost certainly contained a Christmas card. Only the second example we have seen of the cachet. [JCOSA = Joint Chiefs of Staff in Australia was formed in 1950 to provide oversight of BCOF operations
in Japan] (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$120
SOLD for AU$90.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 545 |
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 1947 (Dec 31) airmail postcard to Java with KGVI 2½d scarlet pair tied by light 'BONDI JUNCTION' (NSW) cds. From -.1.1947, the
letter rate was 9d and the postcard rate 5d = half-9d rounded up to the next 1d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 546 |
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 1947-53 apparently commercial registered airmail covers that don't conform to Martin Walker's (unpublished) rates, comprising
13OC47 to British Guiana paid 2/7½d; and trio to Argentina of 20OC50 paid 2/-, 3JL52 paid 5/2d or 5MR53 paid 2/2d; none of them taxed, a few minor blemishes.
(4) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 547 |
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 1948 (early?) large parcel piece (270x190mm) airmail to Western Australia with Five Colour Franking of Kangaroo ½d orange, KGVI 3d
purple-brown, Aboriginal Art 2/- chocolate pair, Robes Thick Paper £1 & Thin Paper 5/- on Tinted Paper tied by poor GPO Melbourne cds, scarce red & black/white 'B RAAF MELBOURNE' R label, unfolded & remarkably fine for such an item.
We have dated this article on the basis that the 2/- was issued 16.2.1948 & the Thin Paper 5/- on c. 27.1.1948. The Thin Paper £1 was issued 4.4.1949. The rate was therefore domestic letter 2d per oz x44 (88d) + airmail supplement 3d per ½oz x87
(261d) = £1/9/1d (shortpaid 1d) + registration 3d + war tax ½d. An exceptional domestic rates item. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 548 |
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 1948 (Jan 20) Clinton Williams (Sydney) cover airmail to Ontario with Lyrebird 1/- + Robes Thin Paper 5/- on Tinted Paper (Cat $700
on cover) tied by Sydney slogan, very minor blemishes. From 1.6.1947, the rate was 1/6d per ½oz x4. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 549 |
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 1948 (Feb 5) handmade muslin envelope to Switzerland with unusual rouletted label endorsed "Mt Lawley" franked 4d Koala, 1/6d
Hermes & 5/- Robes tied by 'MT LAWLEY/WEST-AUST' cds, apparently endrosed at upper-right "Contene [sic]/Old Coat" but the envelope is not large enough so other interpretations are invited, minor blemishes. A very unusual item, and a real
head-scratcher. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 550 |
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 1948 (Feb 10) airmail to "Cochabamba/Bolivia" with KGVI 3d purple-brown + 2/- Kangaroo tied by Bondi Junction slogan, indistinct
machine arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. From about -.8.1947, the all-up rate was 2/3d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 551 |
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 1948 (Apr 7) homemade wrapper airmail to Walt Disney Studios in California with remarkable franking of Lyrebird 1/- + Robes Thick
Paper 5/- x4 (including a pair) tied by GPO Perth cds, refolded horizontally to reveal most of the address. The rate was 1/6d x14 = £1/1/-.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 552 |
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 1948 (Aug 2) registered to Belgian Congo with ½d orange x3 + Farrer 2½d x2 tied by light 'NAILSWORTH/ SOUTH-AUST' cds,
'ELISABETHVILLE J/17-9-48/[posthorn]' arrival backstamp. The foreign surface rate was 3d + 3d registration + ½d war tax. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 553 |
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 1948 (Sep 10) Gibbs Bright & Co (imprint on the flap) airmail to "Forest Department/Sandakan, North Borneo" with Hermes 1/6d lake
tied by Brisbane slogan. A rare destination. The rate applied from c. -.1.1946 until it was halved to 9d on 13.10.1947. This was either payment of the old rate, or the new rate x2. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 554 |
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 1948 (Oct 4) airmail to French India with 1/- Lyrebird tied by Hobart slogan, boxed Indian-pattern '.../BUY SAVINGS
CERTIFICATES/.../13OCT48/.../PONDICHERRY' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. Almost certainly from Tattersalls (George Adams) in Hobart. Martin Walker (unpublished) records the 1/- rate from -.9.1949. However, to "British" India, the 1/- rate was
introduced on 13.10.1947, and we expect it applied also to the few remaining foreign settlements from that date. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 555 |
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 1948 (Nov) airmail to China with 6d Kookaburra + 1/- Lyrebird x3 tied by 'ELWOOD' (Vic) cds, Shanghai arrival backstamp with
Chinese date & postman's (?) chop on the face, minor blemishes. Between -.3.1945 & -.9.1949, the all-up airmail rate was 3/6d. After World War II, many of Shanghai's Jewish population migrated to Australia. The sender, Rudolph Reismann, was a
'Dunera' Boy, a deportee from Britain on the shameful & infamous voyage of the 'Dunera' in 1940] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 556 |
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 1948 (Nov 9) PPC airmail to Java with Farrer 2½d pair tied by Sydney parcel-roller, very minor blemishes. A very scarce postcard
usage. The rate was reduced from 9d to 5d on 13.10.1947. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 557 |
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 1949 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) quintuple-rate airmail to New York with Lyrebird 1/-, Hermes 1/6d lake & Robes Thin Paper 5/- tied
by Melbourne cds, central vertical fold & light soiling. The rate was 1/6d x5 = 7/6d. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 558 |
PSE |
 1949 (Feb 16) usage of KGVI 5½d Registration Envelope to ".../Asmara Eritrea/British Military Administration" with Adelaide cds,
Aden transit & Italian-pattern 'ASMARA-CENTRO/21.3.49/SEZIONE RACC' arrival backstamps. A rare destination. The surface rate was 3d per ½oz + 3d registration + ½d war tax, so it was shortpaid 1d but not taxed. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 559 |
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 1949 (March 8) airmail to Iran with 9d Platypus & 1/- Lyrebird tied by 'ST PETERS/SOUTH-AUST' cds, blue/white R label, the reverse
with Adelaide Sydney & '.../14MAR44/BASRAH' transits & large-part '.../17 III 49/TEHERAN ARRIVEE' arrival cds, Farsi characters & triangular censor (?) handstamp on the face. The rate was 1/6d + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$175
SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 560 |
PSE |
 1949 (March 10) social usage of 7d 'AIRLETTER' to New York with message in German, KGVI 3d purple-brown tied by Sydney cds &
blue/white R label, San Francisco transit backstamp of MAR/13/1947 & New York arrival backstamp of the next day. Registered aerogrammes are very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
