Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3427 |
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 1909 (April 27) usage of Great Northern Steamship Company envelope with 'Flag' logo on back flap and 'ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC
EXPOSITION/SEATTLE 1909' illustrated advertising on the face, to USA with KEVII Keyplates 1c x2, 2c x2 & 4c tied by 'VICTORIA/HONG KONG' cds, a couple of minor blemishes. The foreign letter rate was 10c per ½oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3428 |
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 1934 airmail to England via ship to the Netherlands Indies and then per KNLIM/KLM endorsed "Bandoeng-Amsterdam Airmail Service/Per
S.S. Rajaputana" with KGV 5c pair, 20c & 50c tied by 'VICTORIA/ 13JY/34/HONG KONG' cds, minor edge faults at top. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3429 |
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 1935 (Aug 7) Chau Yue Teng, China Buildings, Queen's Road envelope airmail to London with KGV Silver Jubilee 10c & 20c x2 plus KGV
Heads 50c black/green tied by '.../AIR MAIL' cds cancels for double ½oz Imperial Airways service rate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3430 |
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 1937 Lacet & Cannan Ltd merchant envelope with Ellerman logo on face airmail to England with violet 'VIA IMPERIAL ARIWAYS' cachet
on face and KGV 50c & $1 tied 'VICTORIA/12NO/37/HONG KONG' cds paying triple 50c per ½oz airmail rate, a couple of minor blemishes.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3431 |
PSE |
 1937 (March 5) usage of Postal Card KGV 2c green with lengthy message from incoming visitors including "thanks for advice about
vaccination we have all been done", airmail to Shanghai, China with KGV 3c grey and 30c purple & orange added tied by 'KOWLOON' cds, 'HONG KONG' transit backstamp of 30 minutes later. The rate was 35c airmail postcard for carriage by China National
Airways Corp (CNAC). (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3432 |
|
 1938 usage of Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen "Gneisenau" steamer cruise ship postcard airmail to Germany from passenger forwarded with
'MELCHERS & CO' cachet, KGVI 10c & 25c pair tied 'VICTORIA/ 22MY/38/HONG KONG' cds, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3433 |
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 1938 WR Loxley & Co (Canton) merchant envelope airmail to China with Chinese airmail etiquette and Hong Kong KGVI 10c & 25c tied by
'VICTORIA/2JU/38/HONG KONG' cds, '.../3.6.27/HANKOW' arrival backstamp. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3434 |
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 1940 (May 10) envelope front with pre-printed 'Commonwealth Bank of Australia' address airmail to Australia with KGVI 15c red, 30c
olive and $1 blue & violet x3 all with 'HS/BC' [Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank] perfins tied by Victoria cds cancels, a few minor bends. These stamps had a short period of usage before the Japanese Occupation. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3435 |
|
 1940 (June 28) Australia ES&A Bank airmail cover to Indiana endorsed "Australia - Hong Kong - USA" with Australia 4d Koala pair &
Kangaroos 2/- maroon pair tied by Melbourne cds, censored locally and at Hong Kong (backstamp of 10JY/40), a few minor blemishes. From mid-1940, this service operated concurrently with the less expensive PanAm FAM-19 San Francisco-Auckland at 4/- per
½oz. (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3436 |
|
 1940 (Nov 21) scarce Printed Matter cover endorsed "Greeting Card" to Ceylon with 5c University & large 'BRITISH WAR ORGANISATION
FUND/HONG KONG' label on the face, scarce Ceylonese ' 4 /PASSED CENSOR' 'V'-cachet in violet. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3437 |
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 1941 (Oct 28) National Trading Corporation Importers & Exporters envelope airmail to South Africa with Centenary 15c black & red
(tiny closed tear at base) and KGVI Heads $1 lilac & blue tied by 'VICTORIA' cds cancel, censored on arrival with resealing label at left, minor blemishes. Carried by Imperial Airways feeder service to Bangkok, then Flying Boat service via India to
Alexandria and transferred to their African service. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3438 |
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 1942 (Sep 8) Japanese Occupation Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Canadian airmail cover from 'BRANTFORD/ONT' to "Civilian
Internee/Prisoner of War/.../Hong Kong/China" with 'POSTAGE FREE/ PRISONER OF WAR MAIL/...' cachet, Canadian & Chinese (damaged) censor labels, Japanese Red Cross roundel in violet on the reverse and superb circular han of Takamatsu in scarlet,
endorsed "A4/14" in red-pencil, opened-out for display. Full of character. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3439 |
PSE |
 1942 (Oct 26) Japanese Occupation Stanley Civilian Internment Camp irregular usage of British 2½d blue POW Aerogramme with a
lengthy chatty letter from Lancashire with British censor in purple, to a woman at "Block 13 Room 61/Indian Quarters" with very fine han of Maejima in scarlet, light overall soiling. There was no airmail service to East Asia until -.3.1944. These
forms were intended for POW mail to Europe. A similar but very fine example of 23.9.1942 sold at our auction of 28.8.2024 for $1405 (Sale 257 Lot 1296). (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3440 |
|
 1943 (circa) Japanese Occupation Argyle Street Prisoner of War Officers' Camp (Camp N) simple Japanese POW envelope to London with
British censor label lifted to reveal superb han in scarlet, the reverse with rubber 'HOME POSTAL CENTRE/ R.E. /8JAN1944/A.P.O.' cds in violet and 5-line 'The original address on this letter/was incorrect or incomplete/.../War Office AG17c' cachet in
rosine, redirected locally with London machine of 13JAN/1944, and again to "Bovington Camp" with 'WAREHAM/17JA/44/DORSET' arrival cds which obscures pencilled "Full unit/details not provided". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3441 |
PSE |
 1943 (Jan 29 & Oct) inter-camp usages of Japanese 2s Warrior of Horseback Postal Cards both from Stanley Internment Camp to
Shamshuipo Camp (Camp S) or Argyle Street Officers Camp (Camp N) with Japanese censor cachets & han of Maejima (very fine) or Hasagawa both in scarlet. The second is endorsed "Recd 13.1.44", showing that even local delivery of POW mail could take up
to three months.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3442 |
PSE |
 1943 (Apr 2) Japanese Occupation Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Australian Red Cross POW envelope with Thick Obliterating Bar at
the Base, from Armidale NSW processed through Melbourne as usual, to "Bungalow E/.../Stanley/Hong Kong" with very fine Japanese boxed censor cachet & han of Matsuda (a relieving censor) in scarlet, endorsed at upper-left "Sent 2.4.43/Recd
25.10.1944", unusually fine. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3443 |
PSE |
 1944 (circa) Japanese Occupation Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Australian Red Cross POW envelope with Thick Obliterating Bar at
the Base, from Sydney processed through Melbourne as usual, to "Bungalow E4/.../Stanley/Hong Kong" with very fine Japanese boxed censor cachet & han of Sekiguchi in scarlet, endorsed on the reverse "Received 18.11.1944", minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3444 |
PSE |
 1944 (July 29) Japanese Occupation Stanley Civilian Internment Camp British 3d POW Air Postal Card from Sussex to a British woman
at "Block A4 Room 14" with British censor in rosine, Japanese censor in violet & very fine han of Matsuda in scarlet, minor blemishes.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3445 |
|
 1946 On Active Service airmail cover to London with a largely fine strike of the intaglio 'FPO/No 127/4DE' mailbag seal (Proud D2;
recorded 30.4.1946 to 29.12.1946 only) in use at Kowloon. Very scarce postal usage. See 'Indian Army Postal Service Volume III' at page 554.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3446 |
|
 1989 express airmail to Australia with 'SPEEDPOST/HONG KONG POST OFFICE' label and QEII $5 $10 & $50 tied by 'KINGS ROAD HONG
KONG/26AP/89' cds, inspected with 'CUSTOMS/SCREENER' handstamp on the face and 'RECEIVED/28APR1989/SPECIAL SERVICES/PERTH WA' time-clock arrival backstamp in red. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
