Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 461 |
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 1949 (Nov 10) large-part cover with rare franking of Robes Thin Paper 10/- violet (Cat $3000 on cover) & Arms 5/- claret tied by
Sydney parcel roller cancel, airmail to "Abbott Laboratories Export Corporation", Chicago, USA, sealed on reverse with cellotape. The rate was 1/6d per ½oz airmail letter x8. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 462 |
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 1951 (circa) Millars' Timber & Trading Co Ltd parcel tag to the firm's branch in Harvey (WA) with Arms 5/- maroon & £1 blue (ACSC
$350 on cover) plus QE 1½d green tied by slightly indistinct Perth Registered cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 463 |
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 1951 (circa) Millars' Timber & Trading Co Ltd parcel tag to the firm's branch in Harvey (WA) with Arms £1 blue (ACSC $350 on cover)
plus KGVI 3½d blue & 2/- Crocodile tied by indistinct Perth Registered cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 464 |
PSE |
 1951 (July 8) OHMS Registration Envelope with 'POSTAGE/5½d./PAID AT/[ ]/SYDNEY' boxed indicium in red ('MELBOURNE' blocked out) and
Commonwealth of Australia imprint at lower-left altered with 'DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY/NSW ECH. & REC. SYDNEY' added nevertheless used from Melbourne with 'BULK POSTAGE/MELBOURNE,C.1,Vic.' R label in blue with 'Army' handstamp and 'ARMY MEDAL SECTION
...' cachet at lower-left, 'KINGSGROVE [ ]/11JY51/NSW-AUST' arrival cds on reverse, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 465 |
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 1953 (Aug 4) cover from Great Britain to Leeton (NSW) with London '1½d/PAID' machine cancel in red, Sydney 'CUSTOMS G.P.O./12 OCT
1953/RELEASED ...' time-clock cds in violet on reverse and very fine bold 'CUSTOMS DUTY/½D/TO PAY' handstamp on face with Postage Due ½d affixed but not tied. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 466 |
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 1956 (Nov 20) to "Infant Welfare Centre, Southern Road, Heidelberg" with 4d Koala solo tied by 'FOSTER/ VIC-AUST' cds, endorsed
"NOT in Olympic Village" on the face with very fine complete strike of 'XVI OLYMPIAD/ 21NOV/1956/[torch runner]/OLYMPIC VILLAGE VIC-AUST' pictorial commemorative datestamp on the reverse, a few minor blemishes mostly on the back flap. Extremely
scarce inwards mail to the Olympic Village and non-philatelic use of the pictorial cancel. [The Olympic Village was located on Southern Road, Heidelberg, but we have been unable to locate any details of an associated Infant Welfare Centre] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 467 |
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 1959 (Nov 4) Land Titles Office Hobart printed registered envelope with scarce Punctured 'T' franking of ½d Kangaroo pair, 4d
Koala, & 1/- Lyrebird pair tied by 'HOBART NORTH' cds. Superb. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 468 |
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 1965 (Nov 2) double-rate registered airmail express cover to Germany with rare franking of Captain Cook 7/6d & QEII 3d tied by
scarce 'RUSSELL STREET C1/ 4 /VIC-AUST' cds, blue/white R label & Melbourne transit backstamp, truncated about 25mm at the base. The rate was 2/3d airmail x2 plus 2/- registration & 1/3d express fees. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $4320. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 469 |
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 1966 (Oct 18) English & Scottish Australian Bank pre-addressed envelope with 'BANK VOUCHERS ONLY' printed endorsement sent
unfranked, taxed with Melbourne 'T 8c' circular cachet in violet, 8c Coral Fish affixed in lieu of Postage Dues tied by Caulfield East (Vic) cds, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$0
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 470 |
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 1966-75 commercial group with Navigator frankings including 40c & 50c x2 solos, 40c pair registered air to USA, 75c Cook + 60c
Pioneers registered air to Wiltshire, $1 +12c 18c & 20c air to Finland, 75c & $1 + 15c Pioneers on registered air to a Radiology Congress in Spain, etc, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 471 |
/ |
 1966-89 batch with many better frankings including Navigators 40c on two 'MESSENGER/DELIVERY' covers & 50c punctured 'VG' on
postage docket, 1970 Messenger Delivery + Priority Paid with 7c Fish & Qantas 30c, 1970 PPC to Yugoslavia with 15c Timber, 1966 apparently commercial FDC with 13c Avocet, 'SPECIAL/ DELIVERY' labels on internal x2 & air to USA covers, etc,
destinations include Latvia, Sri Lanka, Hawaii & Chile, several are registered, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 472 |
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 1967-78 postage stamps used in lieu of Postage Dues comprising four unstamped envelopes with Fish 10c Anemone solo, QEII 7c pair,
Justice 7c pair and Gemstones 7c Agate pair respectively, 1967 with QEII 4c solo underpaying the increased 5c domestic letter rate and QEII 2c green affixed, 1968 over-weight domestic letter with 5c Olympics and 6c Bird & 10c Fish affixed, 1970
domestic letter with QEII 3c green underpaying the 5c rate and QEII 4c red affixed and 1978 domestic letter with 18c Flower underpaying the 20c rate and Marine Life 4c Jellyfish affixed, also taxed airmails from France x2 with QEII 2c green & 4c red
affixed and with 6c Bird & 10c National Development affixed plus another from Great Britain with 5c Bird affixed, all except the last with the 'postage dues' tied by CDS cancels, a couple with minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 473 |
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 1969 (March 24) cover with Navigators 40c Tasman tied by Launceston cds with blue/white R label alongside, 'AR'-in-double-circle (=
Avis de Réception = Advice of Delivery) in violet on face and endorsed "REFUSED/INVERMAY" in red pen with 'INVERMAY/26MR69/TAS-AUST' cds on face and returned to sender. With the enclosed solicitor's letter seeking payment of a debt. The rate was
domestic letter 5c + registration 25c + advice of delivery fee 10c = 40c. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 474 |
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 1969 (Aug 30) registered double-rate airmail cover to Czechoslovakia under Russian Occupation, with scarce franking of Captain Cook
75c + 10c Fish (surface scrape) tied by Melbourne GPO cds, blue/white R label & Sydney transit backstamp, Czech small #24 censor (or Customs?) cachet in green & 'BEZ CLA' (= Duty Free) handstamp in violet both on the face, minor wrinkling. The Zone 5
airmail rate was 30c x2 plus 25c registration. Because of moderate reforms introduced by the government of Alexander Dubcek, on 20.8.1968 Soviet forces invaded Czechoslovakia and imposed harsh measures. The purging of reformers lasted until 1971.
Today Bratislava is the capital of independent Slovakia. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $870. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 475 |
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 1969 (Nov 2) double-rate registered airmail cover to "Office of Antarctic Programs/.../Washington DC" with rare solo franking of
Captain Cook 75c tied by 'COOLBELLUP/WA-AUST' cds, blue/white R label & DC arrival backstamp, a couple of trivial blemishes. The Zone 4 airmail rate was 25c x2 plus 25c registration. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $600. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 476 |
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 1970 oversized commercial cover to Hobart with 40c Tasman tied by 'COLLINS ST___/ 4 /15DE70/VIC-AUST' cds ('C.1' removed), most
unusually with Priority Paid and Messenger Delivery labels at upper-left. The rate was 9c non-standard airmail letter plus 6c standard letter for Priority Paid (usually double standard letter rate) plus 25c Messenger Delivery fee = 40c. A very scarce
usage. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $2400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 477 |
F |
 1971 (Sept 15) Vogue Australia business reply envelope (front only) returned with Brisbane machine cancel, endorsed "70/$5.60" to
pay for 70 articles with Navigators 50c $1 & $2 pair plus National Development 10c affixed tied by Sydney GPO cds, a couple of minor edge faults not affecting adhesives. The Business Reply Mail service required the provider of the envelopes to pay
the letter rate plus a fee on receipt, in this case 6c letter rate plus 2c fee per article. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $204.
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 478 |
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 1971 (Nov 29) cover to NSW with 1971 7c Christmas & 40c Tasman tied by rare 'WOOLOONGABBA___/QLD-AUST' cds ('S.2' removed; not
recorded by Ken Smithies), orange/white 'MESSENGER/DELIVERY' label, cup-stain on the reverse. The rate was 7c (from 1.10.1971) plus 40c Messenger Delivery fee. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $252. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 479 |
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 1975 (Jan 28) registered triple-rate airmail cover to India with scarce franking of Captain Cook 75c & Painting $1 tied by light
Degraves Street (Melbourne) cds, blue/white R label & GPO transit backstamp, light soiling. Between 1.10.1974 & 31.8.1975 (only 11 months) the Zone 3 airmail rate was 25c x3 plus $1 registration fee. Sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $252. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
| 480 |
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 1975 (April 2) registered express delivery airmail with Navigators 75c Captain Cook & Paintings $1 Sergeant tied by
'TOOWOOMBA/RC/QLD-4350' cds with R label and orange/white 'MESSENGER DELIVERY' label, Nerang (Qld) arrival backstamp of the next day, minor blemishes. The rate was 10c domestic letter plus $1 registration fee and 65c express fee for delivery by
messenger from the receiving post office. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-09, 05:30 PM |
