Postal History - KGVI Usages and Rates continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 581 |
 |
 1953 (Feb 25) registered cover to Sussex with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Aborigine 2/6d + Arms 5/- 10/- & £1 tied by
Elizabeth Street (Vic) cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 582 |
|
 1953 (May 6) Winns Ltd airmail to "Yaren District/Nauru Island/Central Pacific" with 1/- Lyrebird tied by Sydney slogan, 'AIR
SERVICE/COMPLETED/AT SYDNEY' (struck in error & crossed-out) and 'AIR SERVICE/ NOT AVAILABLE' cachets both in violet, 'NAURU/7JE53/CENTRAL PACIFIC' arrival cds on the face, minor imperfections. There were no regular air services to Nauru until the
1970s. The airport was built in the Yaren District during WWII by the Japanese using forced labour. However, until 1970 it was used only irregularly. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 583 |
PSE |
 1953 (June 27) airmail usage of KGVI 1/0½d Registration Envelope to the Philippine Consul in Djakarta with 1d Princess + KGVI 7½d
tied by Sydney cds, Dutch-pattern 'DJAKARTA/30.6.53' arrival backstamp. The rate was 1/- + 9d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 584 |
|
 1953 (Sep 14) airmail to Argentina with Aboriginal Art 2/- only tied by Melbourne machine, 'T/("72")C'- in-octagon handstamp, the
reverse with boxed '.../21SET53146/DECARGO BAIRES' cachet (decargo = charge; '146' = 1p46c postage due). The rate was 3/-. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$135.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 585 |
|
 1954 (Feb 9) airmail postcard to Colombia with Hermes 1/6d black tied by Sydney slogan, 'CORREO AEREO/16.2.54/CARTAGENA' arrival
cds, minor blemishes. Airmail postcards to Latin America are rare. The rate from 1.8.1952 was 1/6d. [Cartagena is almost 1000km NNW of the capital, Bogota, on the Caribbean coast. The Miami-Bogota airmail service probably had a stop at Cartagena] (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 586 |
|
 1954 (Mar 11) PPC to Derbyshire with 1/- Lyrebird tied by Sydney machine, minor damp-spotting & burn mark at the base, fine strike
of the boxed 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954' cachet in rosine. Covers from the crash are regularly seen, but postcards are very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$140
SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 587 |
|
 1954 (Mar 12) large-part oversize cover (305x250mm) airmail to Switzerland with Lyrebird 1/- + Arms 5/- x3 10/- & £1 tied by Sydney
cds, very fine boxed 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954' cachet in rosine, partly-burned clear of the adhesives. Standard articles from this crash are regularly seen, and they are mostly addressed to Britain. Examples to other
countries are scarce, and over-size items are rarely available. Brian Peace's Census includes only seven items to Switzerland. Andrew Norris' similarly damaged oversize cover to Austria (six items recorded) sold this year for £980. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 588 |
|
 1954 (Mar 12) complete oversize cover (360x238mm) airmail to London with extremely rare franking of Arms £2 green & 5/- tied by
Sydney cds, two largely very fine strikes of the boxed 'SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954' cachet in rosine, secured with adhesive tape apparently applied before despatch. Rodney Perry stated "fewer than five covers with the £2 green
are known". We expect this is the only such survivor from this famous disaster. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$2,700.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 589 |
|
 1954 (June 4) Signs Publishing Co airmail to "Central Pacific Union Mission/.../Fiji" with 6d Kookaburra & 2/6d Aborigine tied by
'WARBURTON/VIC-AUST' cds, a little aged. The rate was 1/- x3. Both organisations are outreaches of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
(Image1)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 590 |
|
 1954 (Sep 27) airmail to a ham radio operator in the Canal Zone with 6d Kookaburra + 2/- Aboriginal Art tied by Melbourne machine,
not transit or arrival markings. From 1.8.1952, the rate was 2/6d, the same as to the Republic of Panama, (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 591 |
|
 1954 (Oct 18) airmail to the American Embassy in Afghanistan with 2/- Aboriginal Art tied by Sydney slogan, light horizontal fold,
tape-stain on the reverse & a bit aged. A rare destination. Martin Walker (unpublished) states the rate between 1.8.1952 & 13.7.1958 was 1/3d, confirmed from a cover in Andrew Norris' collection. We expect that the sender thought because he was
sending to the American Embassy (legally US territory) he had to pay the 2/- rate to the USA. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 592 |
|
 1954 (Oct 21) airmail to British Forces in Korea with KGVI 7½d + QEII 2½d tied by 'HURSTVILLE/NSW' cds, the reverse with Sydney
transits & 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/27OC51/495' arrival cds. The Forces rate was 1d + 9d registration. However, airmail required an extra 3d so it was underpaid 3d but not taxed. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 593 |
|
 1954 (Nov 7) airmail to Chile with 6d Kookaburra & 2/6d Aborigine tied by light 'ABERDARE/NSW' cds, almost fine 'PUENTE ALTO'
arrival backstamp of 25NOV54, minor blemishes. The rate from 1.8.1952 was 3/-. [Puente Alto is a commune 25km SSE of Santiago & today an outer suburb of the capital] (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 594 |
|
 1955 (Feb 4) John Sanderson & Co (imprint on the flap) airmail to "Jesselton Borneo" with Lyrebird 1/- tied by Melbourne machine. A
rare destination. The rate was increased from 9d on 1.8.1952. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 595 |
= |
 1955 (June 2) large-part OHMS linen parcel tag with printed address 'The Secretary of State for/External Affairs/ Ottawa, Canada'
and endorsed "SEA", with exceptional franking of QM 2d + Lyrebird 1/- + Arms 10/- & £2 green (undercatalogued at $1250 on cover with other stamps) tied by Canberra cds, smudged Ottawa arrival cds of JUL/12/1955, corner clipped. Ex Arthur Gray: sold
with Lot 607 for £660. Because the weight exceeded the parcel limit of 11lb, it had to be paid at the Empire surface rate of 3½d for the 1st oz + 2½d for each successive ounce x240 = £2/10/3½d for an article weighing 15lb1oz + registration 9d, so 1½d
convenience overpayment. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 596 |
|
 1955 (Dec 14) airmail to Austria with scarce franking of Aborigine 2/6d block of 4 tied by 'WENTWORTH FALLS/NSW' cds, minor
imperfections. The rate was 2/- x5. The cover probably contained a Christmas card, so it could have been sent at the "Other Articles" rate of 3/- per 2oz. However, that was a slower service. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$140
SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 597 |
|
 1956 (Aug 27) airmail to Brazil with KGVI 7½d blue x2 & 2/6d Aborigine tied by 'WILLIAM STREET' (NSW) cds, no transit or arrival
markings, a bit soiled. The rate was 3/- + 9d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 598 |
= |
 1956 (Nov 13) Ditter's (Adelaide) red/white address label (140x112mm) on a slightly larger parcel-piece, to Hampshire with
Kookaburra 6d + Arms 5/- tied by the previously unrecorded oval 'ADELAIDE STH AUST/PARCEL POST' datestamp. Between 1.10.1956 & 30.9.1959, the rate for a parcel up to 1lb was 5/6d. From 1.10.1959, the rate soared to 10/-. [Ditter's is a retailer of
fruit & nuts, founded in Adelaide in 1918] (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 599 |
|
 1959 (Apr 8) airmail postcard to Uruguay but paid at the letter rate in error with 6d Kookaburra + 2/- Aboriginal Art tied by
Sydney slogan. The postcard rate was 1/3d, and examples are rare. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
| 600 |
|
 1960 (Mar 21) oversize cover (252x191mm) registered airmail to Hannover (West Germany) with scarce franking of Aborigne 2/6d + Arms
£1 blue pair tied by Bankstown (NSW) cds, red-pencil line across the Pound pair, wrinkling & minor peripheral faults caused by bulky contents (clothing?). (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$280.00
Closing..Aug-26, 08:00 PM |
