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Estimate in AU$'s |
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 Scarcer frankings on overseas mail 1930s-60s group including surface mail Kangaroo ½d orange pair printed matter to India with 'NOT
OPENED' censor cachet, QM 1½d solo on private wrapper to New Zealand, KGVI 3d blue Die II solo to Sweden, Airmail 6d brown 'OS' overprint solo registered to USA, 7½d Coronation, Royal Visit & Olympics solo frankings to USA, also airmails 5½d
Newcastle solo to New Zealand, 5½d Memorial se-tenant pair with 7d Flying Doctor x2 to USA, 7½d Coronation pair to Ceylon and another to Hong Kong, 7½d Olympics pair to Hawaii, 8d Tiger Cat solo to Papua New Guinea, 8d Kingsford Smith solo to New
Zealand plus another with AAT 8d Oil Drums solo, 9d Kangaroo x3 to England, 1/- Lyrebird solo to Singapore, 1/- Olympics solo for the greeting card rate to Austria, 1/- Colombo Plan block of 4 to USA, 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger solo for the greeting card
rate to London, KGVI 1/4d magenta strip of 3 airmail to USA at immediate post-WWII 4/- rate (reduced to 2/6d in 1946), 3/- Waratah Flower pair to USA, etc, most are on standard-size envelopes, condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Permit Mail (sealed envelopes at otherwise unsealed rates) franked with KGVI 1½d purple-brown x3 (two for Shell with different
permit numbers, and an illustrated advertising cover for Martin Wilson Bros in Brisbane), 2d scarlet Die II, 2d mauve x2, 1942 2d mauve x2 (one probably No Wmk), 5½d Emu airmail, and 1951 2½d brown (Cat $500 for a solo franking), a few blemishes.
Very scarce group.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Destination mail 1920s-65 group including to Canal Zone with KGVI 3d blue solo censored, Denmark with 1d Kangaroo to "poste
Restante" Copenhagen, Finland 1930 KGV 1½d red for postcard rate and 1950s at 2½d printed matter rate, French India with 6d Kookaburra x3, Greece at 4½d surface greeting card rate, Hawaii airmail with 7½d Olympics pair, Iceland airmail at 2/3d rate
(½d overpaid), Italy 1925 KGV 1½d red for postcard rate, Jamaica airmail with 1/6d Hermes taxed, Kenya at 2/- airmail rate on The Canberra hotel illustrated envelope, Malta surface mail with ½d Kangaroo & 2d purple coil singles, Norway private
newspaper wrapper at 3½d rate, Palestine 1942 at 4½d surface rate with British repair tape tied 'TEL AVIV' cds, other destinations include Belgium, Canada, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Malaya, New Zealand (one with AAT 8d Oil Drums solo),
Nigeria, Papua New Guinea (at domestic rate), Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, etc, a number with arrival cancels or other transit markings, the majority on standard-size envelopes, condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Long airmail covers to London at multiple rates including 1936 with SA Centenary 1/- green x3, 1936 with 1/6d Hermes x3 plus KGV 1d
green for late fee, 1937 with 6d Kookaburra & Kangaroos 2/- maroon pair, also 1939 Blue Funnel Line small-format envelope with KGV 5d brown solo tied 'VAUCLUSE/NSW' cds paying the single Empire Air Mail Scheme rate, a few with minor edge faults &
light folds.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Postage Dues on incoming overseas mail selection comprising Victorian Postage Dues 1d on 1903 postcards from France & from England
(with 2d Due also; treated as letter), 1905 postcards from Cuba (!) & Italy, 1906 postcard from Japan and 1907 postcard from USA, then Australian Postage Dues 1918 from USA with 3c Washington solo and 2d Due, 1921 Germany postcard with stamp fallen
off & Sydney '3D' large cachet applied in its place with 1d Dues x3 affixed, 1920s group of British postcards to Sydney underpaid with 'TAX/1D/No2' boxed handstamp & 1d Due, to Queensland x2 one with very fine 'T 1½D' cachet and ½d & 1d Dues, to
Victoria x2 and to Western Australia x2, 1926 US 1c printed matter rate envelope with 'CUSTOMS DUTY/½D/TO PAY' marking and ½d Due tied Sydney 'DELIVERY ROOM' cds, and 1934 New Zealand 'Faith in Australia' flight cover unfranked with 'INSUFFFICENTLY
PREPAID FOR/TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL' cachet and 2d Due, condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Australian stamps used in lieu of Postage Dues 1963-80s group (after the withdrawal of Postage Dues) including QEII 10d blue on
unfranked mail x7 for double 5d letter rate (a couple on Australian Railways Union envelopes), 1965 oversized envelope with 5d solo only taxed with Birds 6d Thornbill affixed (very scarce; pen-cancelled & small surface fault), 1967-70 unfranked
envelopes with 8c Coral Fish solo (scarce) & with 10c Anemone Fish solos x3, 1975 unfranked with 10c Sapphire pair, 1976 unfranked with 6c Gemstone & 20c Possum and 1978 with 18c Flower solo underpaying increased 20c rate with 4c Stinger all tied by
cds cancels, also a batch of 1967-70s Dunlopillo business reply postcards with Decimals Definitives values to 30c Birds & $1 Navigators, condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Airmail postcards to overseas destinations including QSL cards '5FH' (Glen Osmond, SA), 'VK2AMB' (Cremorne, NSW) & 'VK3YL'
(Murrumbeena, Vic) all to England with 9d Platypus or 1/- Lyrebird solos, 1952 to Czechoslovakia with 9d Platypus solo, other 1/- Lyrebird solos to USA (business reply postcard), Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland, Hungary & Sweden, 1961
Orient Line SS Orontes to New Zealand with QEI 2d green x2, 1965 'Cairns' postcard wallet airmail to England with Flowers 2/3d Wattle green/white solo, 1966 to South Africa with 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger Helecon Printing solo, also to USA with 1/-
Platypus, 1/- Olympics & 1/- Colombo Plan solo frankings and to Italy with 1/- Olympics solo, plus surface-rate items noted 1939 Royal Australian College of Surgeons receipt card to Japan with QE 1d pair, 1940 to USA with 2d AIF solo, 1941 Perth
'Photographic Booklet' to New Zealand with QE 1d solo (while entitled to reduced rates), 1951 Melbourne postcard wallet to USA with KGVI 7½d solo for foreign letter rate (no longer entitled to reduced rates), 1963 to South Africa with 8d Tiger Cat
solo, etc, condition generally very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 Commercial mail group which includes flight covers with some signed, postmark interest, condition a little variable. Weighs 14kg.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2358 |
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 1911-13 Commonwealth/WA combination frankings comprising two different Coronation 1d Postal Cards to Germany or Austria each
uprated with ½d, 1d Letter Card 'SETTLER'S HOME...' to Germany uprated with ½d & 1d, and cover to Germany with ½d + Kangaroo 1d pair tied by 'ARGYLE' cds (recorded 1910-16 only), minor blemishes; plus a page of pieces only from the same period with
Kangaroos to 4d including 3d punctured Large 'OS' and WA to 10d x2 & punctured 'OS' 2/- tragically all cut off the envelopes.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2359 |
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 1913 (Dec 16) local envelope with KGV Engraved 1d pale red from Plate 1 tied by very fine 'MALVERN/1/VIC' cds cancel, a couple of
very minor blemishes not affecting the adhesive or marking. The Plate 1 ACSC 59A is very scarce on cover; Cat $750 for solo usage.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2360 |
PSE |
 1914 (April 5) usage of Scenic Letter Card Kangaroo 1d brown 'ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS/PERTH WA' to "Prag, Austria" (Bohemia, later
Czechoslovakia) with lengthy personal message and Kangaroos ½d green & Engraved KGV 1d red (rounded corner), carefully opened to retain the margins, a coupe of tiny transmission marks otherwise very fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2361 |
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 1915 (Feb 24) usage of Sideface 1d Letter Card ('RIVER DERWENT') in red-brown with rare franking of First Wmk 3d Die II (Cat $1250
on-cover) tied by 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds, red & black/white R label, 'MOSS VALE' arrival backstamp, adhesion on the viewside. [Registered letter cards are very scarce: the letter states "Enclosed please find Money Order £3-7-0..." NB: the Third
Wmk 3d was not issued until about October 1915] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 1915 plain POW envelope with '.../FREE' cachet in blackish-blue & straight-line POW cachet in violet, from Liverpool POW Camp to
"German General Consul/San Francisco/USA" with scarce 'PASSED BY CENSOR/30SE15/=C.S=' cds in magenta, light overall aging & central stain.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2363 |
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 1916 printed POW envelope with '.../FREE' at upper-right, from Bourke POW Camp to "Consul General Bopp/San Francisco" with scarce
'PASSED BY CENSOR/30SE15/=C.S=' cds in magenta, light overall aging & central stain, Lt Col Holman signature handstamp & boxed censor cachet of Sydney both in violet. Superb. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 1916 printed POW envelope with '.../FREE' at upper-right, from Liverpool POW Camp to "Imperial German Consul General/San Francisco"
with Lt-Col Sands signature handstamp in violet, 'REGISTERED/25AU16/SYDNEY NSW' cds and red & black/white R label. Registereed POW mail is very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2365 |
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 1917 printed POW envelope with large '.../FREE' at upper-right, from Trial Bay POW Camp to San Francisco with Lt-Col Holman
signature handstamp & Sydney censor cachet both in violet, the reverse with superb 'Theatre Committee' and 'TRIAL BAY' cachets also in violet, flap crease & light soiling. With the enclosed 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA' letterhead thanking the
German firm for sending a "...Parcel containing Theatre Plays...", 'Theatre Committe' x2 & '.../PRISONERS OF WAR CANTEEN/TRIAL BAY' cachets all in violet. We have not previously seen any of the cachets used by the POWs.
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2366 |
PSE |
 1917 (Sept 18) usage of KGV Star 1d red Envelope to Lieut D'Arcy Jackard in London with 'CROWS NEST/ NSW' cds, re-directed to him
as a Prisoner of War at Stroehen Officers' Camp near Hannover, Germany with British 'OPENED BY CENSOR/PW635' label affixed at base, plus 1918 Australian Red Cross parcel receipt card returned to the Society's London office by Pte Terrence Riley being
held in Germany, each with a couple of minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
| 2367 |
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 1918 (mid) stampless OAS cover to NSW with very fine strike of the rare double-boxed 'PASSED BY/SHIPS CENSOR/HMAS.....' cachet
(49x22mm) with illegible notation in the space for the ship's name, superb 'A.I.FORCES POSTAGE FREE/5AU18/VIC' arrival backstamp, very minor blemishes. The only example we have seen of this cachet, and possibly the only recorded example. The only
reference we could find was in Bob Emery's Supplement at p172 where it is illustrated ("exact size unknown") & stated used in conjunction with the backstamp of 5AU18, presumably a reference to this cover. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 1923 KGV 1d violet solo frankings comprising "Commercial Papers Only" long-format envelope from Quilpie (Qld) taxed with 'T'
handstamp & Postage Due 1d tied by very fine 'CLIFTON/QUEENSLAND' cds on the face; Commonwealth Bank postcard with Sydney 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION' slogan cancel; and 'Death from a Notifiable Infectious Disease' folded form with 'HEIDELBERG/VIC'
cds, condition a little mixed.
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$105.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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 1923 (Nov 19) registered to Germany with Kangaroos Third Wmk 6d pale ultramarine Die IIB solo tied by 'REGD.ADELAIDE/STH AUSTRALIA'
cds, Adelaide R red/white label, 'MUNCHEN 2a/28.12.23' oval arrival backstamp, Cat $500 on cover. The rate was 3d foreign letter plus 3d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-23, 07:30 PM |
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