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Kangaroo Issues - Postal Stationery continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1251 |
PSE |
 LETTER CARDS - SCENIC: Kangaroo 1d Die I ACSC LC15 unused group including 'BRIDAL VEIL FALLS N.S.W' x4, 'CAIRNS RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND'
(bridge & waterfall) x3, 'GEELONG HARBOUR' (shipping), 'LAKE ST CLAIR/TASMANIA' (horse), 'LORNE/VICTORIA' with sky & without sky x2, 'MT LOFTY RANGES/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' (horse & buggy; no sky), 'MT LOFTY RANGES/STH AUSTRALIA' (homestead), etc, good
range of colours, a few minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $2250. Ex David Adams, almost all on his pages with copious notes on value indicia & other printing varieties.
(15) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1252 |
PSE |
 LETTER CARDS - SCENIC: Kangaroo 1d Die II ACSC LC16 used group including 'AVON RIVER YORK WA' rectangular view (creases), then oval
views 'BOTANIC GARDENS/PORTLAND VIC.' with very fine Tyenna (Tas) cds cancel, 'CEDAR LOGS/QUEENSLAND' x2, 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/PERTH' (very fine), 'HARVESTING TAMWORTH N.S.W' with Ingham (Qld) unframed cds, 'HUONVILLE, TASMANIA' with 'BLUMBERG/SA'
squared circle cancel, etc, good range of colours, most commercially or socially used, condition variable but many are fine to very fine, Cat $1050+. Ex David Adams, some on his pages with copious notes on value indicia & other printing varieties.
(14) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1253 |
PSE |
 LETTER CARDS - SCENIC: Kangaroo 1d Die II ACSC LC16 unused group including 'AVON RIVER YORK WA' rectangular view, then oval views
'BOTANIC GARDENS/PORTLAND VIC.' x3 one mis-guilottined so that the perfoations cut the side of the value indicium, 'TOWN HALL, SYDNEY' x5 two showing Plate Wear at Right, 'THE TWO BROTHERS/QUEENSLAND' x4 one CTO with Melbourne cds (flaps stuck down),
etc, good range of colours, a few minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $5600+. Ex David Adams, almost all on his pages with copious notes on value indicia & other printing varieties.
(32) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$800
SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1254 |
PSE |
 LETTER CARDS - SCENIC: Kangaroo 1d Die II with Damaged Cliché (Scratches at Upper-Left) 'CATARACT GORGE/LAUNCESTON TAS.' oval view
ACSC L16(30B)d in sepia unused & used with Ashfield (NSW) '30SE13' cds cancel, and in deep violet unused, minor blemishes, Cat $650. The ACSC states that "later in the printing run the cliché was substituted with an undamaged unit". Ex David Adams,
on his pages with copious notes on the varieties. (3) (Image1)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1255 |
PSE |
 LETTER CARDS - SCENIC: Kangaroo 1d Die II 'MT LOFTY RANGES/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' ACSC L16(84A) in blue-green, to Germany with lengthy
personal message that mentions the writer is leaving the next morning on the steamer 'Scharnhorst', endorsed per "S.S. Orvieto" with Tasmania Tablet 5d '1½d' Surcharge added tied Sydney '1913/18FE' continuous roller machine cancel, a few minor
blemishes. A wonderful States/Commonwealth combination franking for the 2½d foreign letter rate. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1256 |
PSE |
 LETTER CARDS - SCENIC: KGV Sideface 1d Die I Perf 12½ 'MOB OF CATTLE/QUEENSLAND' ACSC LC18(74) in grey-black, and another in
bluish-black with Horizontal Plate Crack at Right-Centre LC18(74c), unused, Cat $350. Ex John Sinfield: sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $383 (Sale 233 Lot 2100).
(2) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1257 |
PSE |
 POSTAL CARDS: Kangaroos 1d red Die I on white surfaced stock Punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC P24eb with printed message for Government
Printing Office on the reverse, used 1914 to Hay, NSW with Sydney continuous roller machine cancel, a few minor transmission marks, Cat $400. PCNZA Certificate (2025). Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1258 |
PSE |
 POSTAL CARDS: Kangaroos 1d red Die I on buff unsurfaced stock Punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC P25e additionally with Diagonal Scratch from
Left Frame to WA Coast ACSC P25f, a few minor blemishes, unused, Cat $400+ for the normal card used (unpriced unused; unlisted in combination with the variety). PCNZA Certificate (2025). One of the electros used for printing the Postal Cards was
Plate A Pos [R24] which showed this variety; see also Lot 1071 for the variety unit in a block of 4. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1259 |
PSE |
 POSTAL CARDS - STAMPED-TO-ORDER: Kangaroos 1d red Die I on buff unsurfaced card with pre-printed stamp 'box' and return address for
Vacuum Oil Company on the face and order form on the reverse, a few minor bends, unused Cat $250. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1260 |
PSE |
 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: Kangaroos 4d orange long-format envelope ACSC RE2 (Cat $400), to Germany with Kingsford Smith 2d red added
tied by 'ST. KILDA SOUTH S.2/29.4.31/VIC' cds cancel with blue & black/white R label at upper-left, Melbourne transit and 'BERLIN W/31.5.31' arrival backstamp, a few light bends & minor transmission marks. The rate was 3d foreign letter plus 3d
registration fee. The long-format envelopes were extraordinarily unpopular, and of the few that were used, most were long after issue.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
Kangaroo Issues - Postal History
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1261 |
 |
 1913 (circa) plain wrapper with 'GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF/QUEENSLAND' cachet in violet at lower-left & endorsed "Circular" at
upper-left, to Columbia University in New York with 1d red Die I punctured Large 'OS' tied by partial Brisbane cds, minor repair at the base. A very scarce Printed Matter usage. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$125.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1262 |
|
 1913 (Jan 28) Tasmanian 'The Pavement, Eaglehawk Neck' picture postcard to Que Que, Rhodesia with Kangaroos 1d red Die II solo tied
by Hobart cds, redirected to 'Antelope Mine, Matoppos via Bulawayo" with largely very fine complete 'ANTELOPE MINE/5-APR.1913/S.RHODESIA' arrival datestamp on the face, horizontal fold clear of the adhesive & markings. The rate was 1d British Empire
postcard. (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1263 |
|
 1913 (April 21) hand-illustrated envelope with a cameo portrait of William Shakespeare by Herbert G Appleby to England with
Kangaroo 1d red Die I solo tied by a largely fine complete strike of 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds, endorsed on the reverse "p RMS Mooltan/P&O 22nd Apl", slightly trimmed at left and a few minor blemishes. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1264 |
|
 1913 (April 21) hand-illustrated envelope showing a lady in a pink dress reading a newsletter titled 'The Prize Tit-Bit Original
Complete Letter' by Herbert G Appleby to his wife in England with Kangaroo 1d red Die I pair tied by light 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds, endorsed on the reverse "p RMS Mooltan/22nd April", slightly trimmed at right and a few minor blemishes. Ex David
Adams. (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1265 |
F |
 1913 (April 21) hand-illustrated envelope front showing a lady wearing Indian dress, headscarf with gold clasp & hooped gold
earings titled 'If woman can make the worst wilderness dear, think! that what a heaven she must make of Cashmere' by Herbert G Appleby, to his wife in England with Kangaroos 1d red Die I pair tied by 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds with another largely
fine strike alongside, slightly trimmed not affecting the stamps and a few minor blemishes. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1266 |
|
 1913 (April 25) hand-illustrated envelope showing three ladies in silhouette titled 'The three old maids of Lee!' by Herbert G
Appleby to his wife in England with Kangaroo 1d red Die I pair tied by light 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds, endorsed on the reverse "p RMS Macedonia/Apl 28", slightly trimmed at both sides and a few minor blemishes. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1267 |
|
 1913 (May 5) hand-illustrated envelope showing a young lady with a rose in her hair by Herbert G Appleby to his wife in England
with Kangaroo 1d red solo tied by a largely fine complete strike of 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds, endorsed on the reverse "p RMS Orontes/Orient 6th May" with 'LEEDS/JU 2/13' arrival backstamp, slightly trimmed at right and a few minor blemishes. The
item was almost certainly carried by the RMS Otranto which visited Fremantle on 15.7.1913. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1268 |
|
 1913 (May 17) OHMS cover (front & flap only) with superb fancy '11th LIGHT HORSE/Headquarters/MAY 17 1913/(AUSTRALIAN HORSE)'
cachet in blue, to "Wombeyan Caves Road/Via Taralga" with scarce solo franking of ½d green punctured Large 'OS' (Cat $350 on cover) for Printed Matter rate (confirmed by '20 POSTED' cachet) tied by 'GOULBURN/NSW' cds, minor faults but a very
desirable usage. (Image1)
(Image2)
|
Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1269 |
|
 1913 (June 2) hand-illustrated envelope showing a kaleidoscope titled 'The Shoughophalum: Chinese Speciality/When Nature painted
all things gay!!" by Herbert G Appleby with instructions "Turn this in a circular motion - watch result" on the reverse, to his wife in England with Kangaroos 1d red Die I pair tied by two largely fine strikes of 'NEWCARNIE/WESTN AUST' cds, endorsed
on the reverse "p RMS Omrah/Orient 3 June", slightly trimmed at top & right not affecting the stamps and a few minor blemishes. Ex David Adams.
(Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1270 |
|
 1913 (June 4) usage of Victorian Public Health Department postcard to Shire of Metcalfe with rare franking of 1d red Die I
punctured Large 'OS' coil stamp unusually with the characteristic trimmed perfs on both sides tied by Melbourne machine cancel, very minor bend at upper-left. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
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