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PHILATELIC LITERATURE continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1601 |
L |
 NEW GUINEA: 'G.R.I.: the Postage Stamps of the German Colonies Occupied by the British 1914-1918' by Robert Gibbs (1988), hardbound
without dustjacket, the title page with minor blemishes otherwise very fine. Indispensable for every dealer and student of GRI issues. Long out-of-print and always in demand. The last copy we offered sold at our auction of 21.2.2024 for $354 (Sale
255 Lot 1043). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 1602 |
L |
 NEW ZEALAND: 'The Postage Stamps of New Zealand' (RPSNZ) volumes IV, VII, VIII x2, and Campbell Paterson's 'Loose Leaf Catalogue of
New Zealand Stamps' (1855 to 1996). Weighs 10kg.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 1603 |
L |
 PACIFIC ISLANDS: 'Postage Stamps of Fiji 1878-1902' by Purves (circa 1938), 'Fiji Stamps & Postal History 1870-75' by Rodger &
Duberal (1970), 'Postage Stamps of New Zealand Vol VII: Postal History 1820-1874' (1988), 'Papua Airmail Overprint Varieties' by Kelly (2011), 'Plating Papua Part I' by Ryan (2013); auction catalogues for 'Harrie Evans...Pacific Islands' (2002),
'William Frazer's Australia & Pacific Islands' (2003), 'Gawaine Baillie Vol. X: British Empire Part Two & Sperati Forgeries of the World' (2007), 'Stuart Leven's New Guinea 1888-1942' (2008); plus minor bits & pieces. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
AUSTRALIAN DISASTER MAIL
Criminal Acts
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2001 |
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 1859 New South Wales entire from "Police Goulburn/NSW 25th Aug 1859" to "The Detective Alexander/Beechworth Via/Albury" with
defective 6d Diadem & poor numeral cancel, the reverse with 21mm cds of 'GOULBURN', 'YASS' & 'ALBURY' and 'BEECHWORTH/AU29/59/VICTORIA' arrival, ironed-out filing folds. The letter relates to "... three horses ... supposed to be stolen ..." and in
the margin names the alleged offender as bushranger "Paddy Farrell/alias/McCarthy". Farrell arrived in NSW as a convict in 1837. On 24.5.1859, he and two others held-up the Beechworth-Melbourne mail coach, robbed the passengers & absconded with the
mail bags. After extracting valuables, the letters were burned. Farrell escaped to NSW but was caught & sentenced to ten years hard labour. See 'Mail Robberies by Bushrangers in Australia 1833-1908' by Brian Peace (2011). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2002 |
D |
 1862 New South Wales large-part Post Office Way Bill for five registered letters from residents on the Forbes-Lachlan Goldfields
from 'YASS' with fine strike of the scarce 'LAMBING FLAT/OC13/1862/=NSW=' arrival cds, contemporary endorsement on the reverse "Recovered from/Murrumburrah/Mail Robbery", overall soiling & minor repairs still an historically important artefact. The
local mails were delivered on horseback. On 15.10.1862, mailman George Hunter alleged he had been held-up by two armed bushrangers who took his horses & the mailbags. The horses & desecrated mailbags were later recovered. Hunter was suspected &
charged but was acquitted. In -.2.1863, another suspect was charged but released for lack of evidence. See 'Mail Robberies by Bushrangers in Australia 1833-1908' by Brian Peace (2011) at pages 53-55, where both sides are illustrated. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,000
SOLD for AU$1,500.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2003 |
D |
 1864 New South Wales partly-printed advice of receipt of £1/4/- with postscript: "The letter had been scattered with others at
Lapstone Hill but contents seem to have passed the notice of the knights of the road & was forwarded in very dilapidated condition but money safe/CH [?] Addison", filing folds & repaired central spikehole. At about 2:15am on 11.3.1864, the Western
Mail Coach was stopped by three bushrangers. A quantity of cash and gold & other valuables from the mail were stolen. See 'Mail Robberies by Bushrangers in Australia 1833-1908' by Brian Peace (2011) at pages 78-81, where illustrated. It isn't
mentioned that the coach-driver recovered what he could of the mail but, for this item to be dated the day of the hold-up, that must have been the case. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2004 |
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 1866 Queensland OHMS cover with 'Electric Telegraph Station' imprint at lower-left with mss "Taroom 11th Jany 1866" added, endorsed
"Vouchers", to Brisbane with Chalons 2d blue horizontal strip of 4 tied by three fair to very fine strikes of Barred Numeral '152' (rated RR) and 'TAROOM' backstamp, unceremoniously ripped-apart in the search for valuables and carefully reconsituted
for display, Post Office endorsements at left "recovered/from Robbed/mail/ Taroom/1866/RH Watt" in pencil & on the reverse "Recovered from robbed mail from Taroom 12th inst" in red ink. Retrieved from mails stolen and ransacked by the bona fide
bushranger Alexander McPherson on 12.1.1866 between Taroom & Condamine.
This is the only recorded postal article recovered from a bushranger incident from anywhere in Australia. Considering that Brian Peace has documented 430 bushranging incidents, this is quite extraordinary. Two Victorian covers of 1851 & 1856 were
long believed to be from bushranger incidents. However, it has been proven that, in both cases, the mailman & an accomplice conspired together and that no hold-up or violence was involved. In a twist of fate, this marvellous cover was discovered only
after Brian's Bushrangers book was published in 2011. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$10,000
SOLD for AU$8,500.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2005 |
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 1900 South Australia cover to a member of the South Australian 2nd Mounted Rifles in South Africa, very fine 'Recovered from the
Mails/looted by the Boers on June 8' cachet, redirected to England with 'LONDON EC/AU1100/ A1 ' arrival backstamp, light overall soiling, with the enclosed note on Pirie Chambers letterhed signed "WJ Belt". Very attractive. Mail from the South
Australian Contingent is very scarce; incoming mail is rare. Brian Peace records only this one item from South Australia with the robbery cachet: sold at our auction of 14.8.2004 for $3024 (Sale 111 Lot 697).
Wiiliam James Belt was an Adelaide solicitor. Francis Walter Belt was his brother & law partner. He was also a member of the 1894 WA Horn Scientific Expedition into Central Australia. During WWI he was commissioned into the Royal Navy, serving in
Belgium, Russia, Romania, Galicia and Persia! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2006 |
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 1900 New South Wales cover to an NCO with the New South Wales Mounted Rifles in South Africa, 'GPO CAPETOWN/MY6/00/CGH' arrival
backstamp, largely very fine 'Recovered from the Mails/looted by the Boers on June 8' cachet, overall soiling and reinforced central horizontal fold, opened-out for display. Incoming mail to Boer War soldiers is very scarce. Brian Peace records only
one other item from NSW with the robbery cachet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2007 |
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 1920 (April 10) cover to Ballarat East with KGV 1½d brown tied by Melbourne machine cancel, largely very fine to superb strikes
front & back of the very rare 'Opened by/Burglars/P.O. Ballarat' handstamp, ripped open at left with tears repaired with archival tape, light toning. Over 700 mail items were ransacked by thieves at the Ballarat PO over the weekend of 11-12.4.1920:
the culprits were never apprehended. Brian Peace states only two other examples are recorded. Kevin Nelson's example sold at our auction of 27.11.2010 for $5825 (Sale 160 Lot 1021) and again at our auction of 29.8.2020 for $4310 (Sale 242 Lot 1270).
The third cover sold at our auction of 11.5.2012 for $3960 (Sale 173 Lot 246). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
SOLD for AU$2,700.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2008 |
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 1941 Great Britain illustrated Ceylon & India General Mission cover to Victoria with 'RUSHDEN - ½D/PAID' machine cancel in red,
very fine 'RECOVERED FROM/STOLEN MAIL BAG' & rubber 'NUNEATON/10AUG41/WKS' cds both in violet. A remarkable Printed Matter item, presumably underpaid but not taxed, delayed not by WWII but because of common criminals. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2009 |
/D |
 1959 (Dec 21) cover to Coopers Plains (Qld) with Christmas 5d tied by 'BRISBANE/.../POSTED IN/PILLAR BOX' machine, crudely torn
open through the stamp. With the roneo'd incident advice letter of 7.1.1960 from Brisbane GPO, advising of a mail robbery at the delivery office.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2010 |
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 1964 (Aug 31) Commonwealth Bank envelope registered from suburban Sydney to Papua New Guinea, the reverse with Port Moresby cds of
'2SE64', Popondetta cds of '3SE64' and endorsed "Received it in damaged/condition [signature] 3.9.62" referring to it being ripped open at right. With the typed incident-advice slip that inadvertently states the robbery was in "late-September" at
Jackson's Air Strip while in the custody of Papuan Air Transport Ltd. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2011 |
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 1974 Great Britain commercial airmail cover to Western Australia with 10p Machin tied by Kensington '20NOV' slogan & very fine
strike of the Type A 2-line 'DELAYED EN ROUTE/AIRCRAFT HIJACKED' handstamp on the reverse (with a set-off on the face), minor blemishes. The first example we have offered: Brian Peace has recorded only ten covers with the Type A cachet, compared with
42 with the Type B cachet.On 21.11.1974, a British Airways plane en route to Singapore was hijacked at Dubai. 23 passengers - including Australian aboriginal activist Kath Walker - had stayed aboard & were taken as hostages to Libya. Demands for the
release of Palestinian prisoners in Holland & Egypt were agreed to after a German national was executed.** See also Lot 2032, as amended online **
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$725.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2012 |
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 1974 commercial airmail cover to Western Australia with Churchill 4½p & 5½p (fault) tied by Hereford '19NOV' slogan and superb
strike of the Type B 2-line 'DELAYED EN ROUTE/-AIRCRAFT HI-JACK-' handstamp in violet, minor blemishes. From the England-Australia flight hijacked at Dubai on 21.11.1974: one hostage was killed. Only mail to Western Australia received a handstamp.
Brian Peace has recorded 42 covers with the Type B cachet. With British Airways letter of 23.11.1978 advising the hijacked mails were returned to London & forwarded on the next British Airways flight &, erroneously, 'that any cachets...would most
probably have been affixed [sic] by the British Post Office'.** See also Lot 2032, as amended online ** (2 items) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$440.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2013 |
O |
 1974 Great Britain commercial airmail cover to Western Australia with Machin 2p x2 (one torn) & £1 black + UPU 10p Flying Boat pair
tied by 'TRAFALGAR SQUARE/20 NO/74' cds & 'London WC1' R label alongside, British Customs & VAT labels on the reverse, superb strike of the Type B 2-line 'DELAYED EN ROUTE/-AIRCRAFT HI-JACK-' handstamp in blue (another strike on the reverse), 'MAIL
EXCHANGE PERTH/29NO74/WA-6000', minor blemishes. From the England- Australia flight hijacked at Dubai on 21.11.1974. Only mail to Western Australia received a handstamp and this is the only registered item recorded from this incident. It proves that
total transit time including the unscheduled diversion to Libya was only 8 days.** See also Lot 2032, as amended online ** (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2014 |
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 1980 United States airmail cover with 31c Plane tied by 'HALL NY/JUN/2/1980' cancel, ripped open and resealed with 'REPAIRED
BY/POSTAL DEPT/NSW' tape, endorsed "Damaged in Robbery/12 6 80" over superb 'POSTMASTER/17JUN1980/KINGS CROSS NSW 2011' cds in violet. There was no news coverage of the incident because journalists were on strike at the time, and there is no
information on Google. Only one other item recorded, from China. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2015 |
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 1994 (May 19) cover to Hobart with photocopied label affixed to the reverse stating "On 19.5.94 an Australia Post transit van
containing a small amount of mail was stolen from the Frankston area ... recovered by Victoria Police today (27.5.94) ... / Southern Mail Centre". Only one other item recorded, to Queensland. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
Fires
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2016 |
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 1892 Queensland OHMS cover to Canada endorsed "Circular" with 1d paying the Printed Matter rate tied by Brisbane cds, overall smoke
damage & American black/vermilion incident advice label affixed reading 'This piece of mail was recovered from storage mail car that was burned ... near Wells Nev on the night of Oct 28 1892/ ...' Brian Peace states that only one bundle of mail from
Brisbane & Adelaide was recovered. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
| 2017 |
PSE |
 1901 Great Britain 1d Postal Card to New South Wales with Sydney transit of 'DE10/01' and 'BROKEN HILL/DE13/1901/NSW' arrival cds
both on the face, redirected to "Grosvenor Hotel/Victor Harbour" [sic] with light but very fine 'Damaged by FIRE/Broken Hill Rly Station 13 Dec' handstamp in rosine, poor Adelaide backstamp, overall light soiling & slightly singed at the edges. A
major incident, for which only one other example is recorded.
Just after departure of the Broken Hill to Adelaide Express, a fire was caused by an explosion in the mail & luggage van. The carriage was destroyed along with most of the mails. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Jun-24, 07:30 PM |
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