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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
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 1952 (Jan 22) Millars' Timber & Trading Co Ltd parcel tag to the firm's branch in Harvey (WA) with Arms £1 blue (ACSC $350
on-cover) plus QE 1½d green & 1/6d Hermes tied by slightly indistinct Perth cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1952-65 2/6d Aborigine usages including solo frankings on Mobil Oil oversized envelope domestic airmail to Brisbane and to Austria
& Germany x2 over-paying the 2/3d airmail rate, 1956 with QEII 3d green airmail registered to Canada, 1958 with 9d Platypus registered airmails to England & USA and to Germany with a pair plus 9d Platypus, 1959 with 1/- Lyrebird registered airmail to
UK paying the increased 2/3d airmail rate, 1963 business reply postcards with a solo, with a strip of 3, and with 3/- Flower, 1964 with QEII 5d blue on registered cover endorsed "Comp 2/6" (compensation fee), lots of others on domestic registered
mail, etc, also Broadcast Listener's Licence cards x8 with singles (up to 40) affixed tied by postal cds cancels including 'RINGWOOD/M.O.O./VIC-AUST', condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1954 (Feb 24) airmail to "The Lord Bishop of North Borneo, Right Rev N Cornwall, Bishop's House, Kuching" with KGVI 6½d green only
tied by Wentworth (NSW) cds, boxed 'T ("33")' cachet & largely very fine strike of the scarce 'GPO KUCHING/To pay ("33") cents.' handstamp both in violet, a couple of minor blemishes & a little roughly opened on the reverse. The rate was 1/- per ½oz,
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Estimate AU$350
Currently Opening at...AU$270.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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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$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1959 (Dec 21) airmail to "Mr Roy P Clark, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific Ocean via New Zealand" with ½d Kangaroo, QE II 2½d blue &
5d Christmas 1959 tied by West Ryde (NSW) machine cancel, superb complete 'PITCAIRN ISLAND/31DE59/POST OFFICE' arrival on the face, a couple of tiny cellotape marks on the reverse hardly detract. The rate was 8d per ½oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1962-65 2/3d Commemoratives usages including Empire Games solos airmail to England, to Germany & to USA (overpaid), Royal Visit
solo airmail to England and with 2/- Flower registered airmail to Germany, Cable solo to Germany and with 5d Christmas on domestic second weight-step registered, Airmail solos to England, to France on UNICEF envelope & to Canada (overpaid), ICY solo
& pair both to England, pair to Switzerland plus with QEII 5d red domestic second weight-step registered, also AAT Penguin solos airmail to England, Germany & to Switzerland, the majority on standard-size envelopes, condition generally fine to very
fine.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 767 |
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 1963 (March 19) Dunlopillo business reply postcard returned with Elsternwick (Vic) cds cancel and Flowers 1/6d Christmas Bells
(ACSC #366; Cat $300 solo usage on-cover) afffixed in lieu of Postage Dues tied Bankstown (NSW) cds paying 6d postage x3 (5d postcard rate plus 1d reply mail fee), very fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 768 |
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 1964 (Jan 20) airmail to "Taipei, Taiwan, China" with scarce solo franking of Flowers 1/6d Christmas Bells (ACSC Cat $300) tied by
light Sydney machine cancel, 'TAIPEI' arrival backstamp in red with offset on face, sealed with cellotape on reverse & a couple of minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 769 |
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 1964 (Aug 22) Dunlopillo business reply postcard returned with Sydney machine cancel and Birds 6d Thornbill, 2/6d Aborigine &
Cattle Industry 5/- White Paper (ACSC #373C; Cat $400 on-cover) afffixed in lieu of Postage Dues tied Bankstown (NSW) cds paying postage on 16 similar articles at 6d each (5d postcard rate plus 1d reply mail fee), very fine. Scarce usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 770 |
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 1964 (Oct 26) Dunlopillo business reply postcard returned with Werribee cds cancel and Birds 6d Thornbill & Cattle Industry 5/-
White Paper (ACSC #373C; Cat $400 on-cover) vertical pair afffixed in lieu of Postage Dues tied Bankstown (NSW) cds paying postage on 21 similar articles at 6d each (5d postcard rate plus 1d reply mail fee), very fine. Extremely scarce multiple
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 771 |
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 1965 (July 29) Dunlopillo business reply postcard returned with Melbourne machine cancel and Birds 3/- Ibis horizontal pair
afffixed in lieu of Postage Dues tied tied Bankstown (NSW) cds paying postage on 12 similar articles at 6d each (5d postcard rate plus 1d reply mail fee), light diagonal fold clear of the adhesives. Scarce multiple usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 772 |
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 1965 to 1975 Vietnam War Military Mail accumulation from 1965 airmail to Canberra with QEII 3d green pair tied 'AUST F.P.O/2' cds
used at Ubon, Thailand (scarce; very short period before Decimals were introduced), Decimals usages for letter rates until free postage concession introduced in 1970, then later usages for registration, parcel & official rates plus mail to
non-Australian destinations (which were not covered by the concession) with various issues including Birds 30c Ibis and Navigators 50c 75c & $1, a wide variety of Unit cachets & endorsements, concession & 'Postage Paid' markings, illustrated
envelopes including US types, a few 'Hubba Hubba'-type handstamps, naval mail from HMAS 'Hobart' & HMAS 'Perth', RAAF mail from Butterworth with Hong Kong QEII $1.30 or British FPO '948' cds and from Paya Lebar Airport with Singapore 10c Dancer, Post
Office forms, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Plus files of research papers including copies of PMG's Department memoranda including re the establishment of a PO at Butterworth Air Base (Malaya), drafts of Phil Collas'
articles on the subject including locations of POs and postal rates, etc. An exceptional lot, which deserves to be developed into an exhibit and potentially a book. Ex Rod Perry's Woodchip-Free Zone.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1965 (Nov 10) parcel wrapper piece airmail to England with the extraordinary high-value franking of Navigators 5/- Dampier pair,
7/6d Cook block fo 4, £1 Bass single (rounded upper-left corner) and block of 4 tied by St Ives (NSW) cds, very fine. Both the 7/6d Cook and £1 Bass are very scarce on-cover: the only other 7/6d Cook we have offered - with QEII 3d registered airmail
express to Germany - sold at our auction of 10.12.2024 for $3600 (Sale 258 Lot 468); the only other £1 Bass we have offered - a solo franking also registered airmail express to Germany - sold at our auction of 28.4.2022 for $7375 (Sale 247 Lot
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Estimate AU$5,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,800.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
| 774 |
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 1966-2000s Decimals accumulation of commercial mail with a wide variety of frankings including solos, International Post, lots of
overseas airmails including to United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, and USA, some advertising envelopes, some uprated postal stationery, official mail, plenty of postmark interest, condition generally very fine.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1970-73 Messenger Delivery trio with Navigator frankings comprising 1) oversize Carnegie (Vic) to Wodonga (Vic) with 50c + QE 2c,
Messenger Delivery & Air Mail labels, central fold; 2) Heidelberg West (Vic) to Sydney with 40c + QE 7c and a pair of the orange/white labels, odd boxed 'CITY/DELIVERY' handstamp, opened-out; and 3) very large cover St Mary's (NSW) to the NSW
Registrar-General with 75c + Aboriginal Art 20c, 'NO ATTENDANCE/DELIVER BY ORDINARY MAIL' cds, central fold & opened-out.
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1971 (June 23) Wondoflex Yarn Crafts illustrated address label to Papua New Guinea with QE 1c & 6c + Navigators 40c & $1 x2 tied by
light 'GARDENVALE' (Vic) cds with blue/white R label with 'PARCEL POST - CUSTOMS DECLARATION' affixed to the reverse declaring contents as "knitting wools" weighing 14lb8oz valued at $20.80c, minor wrinkling & imperfections. Very unusual Navigators
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
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 1972 (Aug 8) large-part parcel wrapper to England with large 'Surface Air Lifted' (SAL) green & blue/white sticker and
'DOUANE/(Customs)' black/green label franked with National Development 10c, Rehabilitation 12c & 18c and Navigators $2 Bass tied by Mermaid Beach (Qld) cds, minor marks from cellotape (removed). Scarce in-period use of the $2 value on a short-lived
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-24, 05:30 PM |
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES
General & Miscellaneous Lots
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 778 |
 #O |
 Mostly unused/mint selection on Scott leaves with South Australia 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' six values to £3 overprinted 'SPECIMEN',
Thick 'POSTAGE' 5/- & punctured 'SA' £1 (very scarce), Wide Setting 'O. S.' 1d with the Overprint Inverted; Tasmania Tablets to 10/- and 1899-1900 Pictorials; Victoria Laureate 1d, Large Stamp Duty 2/6d orange & 5/- maroon/yellow, 1/6d blue x2,
'POSTAGE' to 5/- x3 (one punctured 'OS' + CTO £1 & £2, Charities (no gum) 1897 'Specimen' duo & 1900 2d, Postage Dues Blue & Maroons set (5/- part-gum) and Red & Greens set CTO; and Western Australia with an almost very fine Penny Black (3½ margins),
a superb Litho 4d (used) & very fine 1/-, 4d vermilion x2, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d, V/Crown 5/- x2 (one used with rare boxed 'PARCELS/FREMANTLE' datestamp) & £1 and Crown/A 5/- (used); etc, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine. Rather
patchy still quite a good lot.
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 Consignment remainders with some useful Western Australia including two unusually large 'Penny Blacks' both with faked roulettes,
Lithos 4d x2 & 1/- all with margins in places, Hillman Lithos 2d (clipped corner) & 6d (repaired corner), 1860-64 4d apparently used but probably a fake cancel & 1/- (very lightly cancelled), 1861 Intermediate Perf 1/- & 6d faked to appear as if it
is on blued paper, several mint to 2/-, nine values to 5/- CTO with concentric-circles, a few commercial perfins, 2/- 2/6d & 5/- each with telegraph punctures & 2d with 'Medical' Handstamp; Numeral Cancels unsorted array on Hagners including a page
of WA, some very fine strikes & potential for 'finds'; a page of SA pickings including multiples & very fine 'GUMBOWIE' squared-circle (rated RR); and oddments from all Colonies/States; condition variable.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 Official & commercial perfins array on clear pages with all Colonies/States represented including strong sections of NSW, South
Australia to 2/- & Victoria plus Tasmania to 6d x6, two pages of Kangaroo 3d punctured 'OS' & some KGV, bound to be many scarce patterns & we noted a few perfin errors, some better Commonwealth stamps including Engraved 6d, Robes 5/- x19, 1953
Tasmania 2/- pair, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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