Kangaroo Issues - Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1291 |
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 1914 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) envelope to AH Basset Hull Esq, Sydney with Kangaroo 1d red solo tied by very fine 'LHI'-in-bars
cancel and a largely very fine complete strike of 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/NSW' cds alongside, a few minor blemishes. Ex David Adams. Andrew Johnston's similar cover sold at our auction of 16.5.2023 for $504 (Sale 251 Lot 605). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1292 |
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 1914 (March 12) envelope addressed to "Mr Henry Lees, c/o US Eng. Dept., Carabao Island, Manila Bay,, Philippine Islands" with
Kangaroos 1d red Die II x2 affixed with partial 'QUE[ENSTOWN]/TASMANIA' cds cancel later invalidated with two "X" manuscript cancels in black ink, taxed with Hobart (?) 'T'-in-oval cachet apparently originally endorsed "1d" later changed to "20c"
[centimes], undeliverable with various transits, 'ADVERTISED/JUN/15/1914/MANILA P.I.' triple-circle instructional datestamp and 'UNCLAIMED' & 'NON RECLAME' cachets all in violet on the face and 'DEAD LETTER OF[FICE]/AUG/14/1914/Manila P.[I.]'
backstamp in violet, returned via Queensland with 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/20OC14/BRISBANE' backstamp in red & 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/OC28/14/TASMANIA' arrival in black also on the reverse, minor blemishes & bends lightly affecting the adhesives. The 2½d per
½oz foreign letter rate was under-paid by ½d, hence the item was taxed, but no postage due appears to have been collected. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1293 |
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 1914 (May 4) hand-illustrated envelope showing a woman wearing a green blouse, straw hat & red cravat by Herbert G Appleby, to his
wife in England with Kangaroos 1d red Die II (Plate F Substituted Cliché with additional flaw Island off Queensland Coast [Pos L19] ACSC 3(F)e; Cat $100 for used) solo tied by Perth machine cancel, endorsed on the reverse "p RMS Orontes/Orient 5th
May", slightly trimmed at sides not affecting the stamp and a few minor blemishes. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1294 |
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 1914 (July 3) usage of Rockhampton (Qld) 'Boating Sheds, Fitzroy River' picture postcard to "Siam" (Thailand) endorsed "per RMS
Montoro" with Kangaroos ½d green & 1d red Die IIA tied by Brisbane machine cancel, 'SINGAPORE/23JY/14/B' transit and '.../29-7-14/Bangkok 2' arrival cds alongside, slightly bumped corners not affecting the stamps and a few minor blemishes. The
foreign postcard rate was 1½d. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1295 |
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 1914 (Aug 21) mourning cover unusually registered to New York USA with scarce franking of Kangaroos First Wmk 4d orange horizontal
pair tied by unframed 'MONEY ORDER/EAGLEHAWK' (Vic) cds with red/white R label alongside, San Francisco backstamp and American 'REGISTERED' handstamp in purple, minor repaired opening faults. Sold at an Australian auction in 2008 for $1900. Rare
usage: how many registered mourning covers have you seen? The rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1296 |
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 1914 (Aug 24) 'Wizard' Stone, Aviator and PV Ryan, Organizer & Manager picture postcard headed 'AUSTRALIA'S/FIRST AERIAL
MAIL/MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY' showing their Bleriot Bi-Plane and 'Promoted by Arthur Rickard & Co Ltd' printed on the reverse, correctly franked with Kangaroo 1d red (rounded corner) tied by Sydney arrival continuous machine cancel AAMC 2, a few minor
blemishes still unusually fine, Cat $800 (2008). The message states "This card is going to take a short cut from the CTA [?] to Sydney Post Office via Melbourne, there by train & back by monoplane", further endorsed in pencil "Owing to an accident
this flight was abandoned, but Guillaux carried another mail". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1297 |
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 1914 (Oct 28) Australasian United Steam Navigation Co envelope to San Diego, California, USA with Kangaroos 1d red Die IIA
horizontal strip of 4 (one unit with small perf fault) tied by Port Adelaide (SA) cds cancels, taxed with local 'T'-in-oval cachet endorsed "70 ctms" [centimes] and 'US CHARGE/TO COLLECT/"12" CENTS' handstamp applied on the face with pre-cancelled
Postage Dues 2c & 5c pair affixed alongside, minor edge faults & a few light aging marks on the perfs. The foreign letter rate was 2½d per ½oz; the item weighed up to 1½oz and was 3½d underpaid. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1298 |
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 1914 (Dec) 'Season's Greetings' slightly oversize Christmas card envelope endorsed "Posted at Jaluit MI" [Marshall Islands], to
Australia posted on board ship with Kangaroos 1d red Die IIA [Plate G Pos L46] tied by 'YOKOHAMA/2.11.15/JAPAN' cds cancel in violet where first landed, Sydney 'FE4/1915' continuous roller machine cancel arrival backstamp, small part back flap
missing, light vertical fold clear of the adhesive & markings, and a few aging marks. A remarkable item from the Marshall Islands under Japanese Occupation after the surrender of the German Colony administration. Ex David Adams. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1299 |
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 1915 (Jan 13) Webster & Sons (Hobart) envelope to Sweden with Kangaroos 5d chestnut solo franking (very fine & well-centred; ACSC
Cat $1000) tied by Hobart machine cancel, censored in Melbourne with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' black/white label at left, Stockholm '12.3/15' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was double 2½d per ½oz foreign letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1300 |
F |
 1915 (Feb 18) large envelope front (250x113mm) to San Francisco, USA endorsed "Per USS Co Makura" with Kangaroos First Wmk 5d
chestnut pair & 1/- green and KGV 1d red tied by Sydney cds cancels, two Sydney 'OPENED BY CENSOR' resealing labels affixed one at right-angles across the other at left (and kept intact when back removed), minor blemishes & edge faults. The rate was
ten-times 2½d per ½oz foreign letter with a ½d convenience overpayment. A rare & remarkable franking: the ACSC lists the 5d at $1200 and the 1/- at $1250 for on-cover usages. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1301 |
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 1915 (May 22) long cover (275x123mm) with large Werner Pfleiderer & Perkins Engineers & Patentees cachet across the flap, to their
office in Cambridgeshire UK unusually per American ship USS 'Moana' with First Wmk 3d (defective) & 6d blue (probably Second Wmk, Cat $1500 on cover) plus KGV 1d red tied by 'SYDNEY/ 50 ' cds, a few faults including heavy central vertical fold well
clear of the stamps. A very scarce franking paying either Empire letter rate 1d x10 or x9 plus 1d late fee. [The Second Wmk 6d is recorded from -.4.1915. Both the Third Wmk 3d & 6d were not issued until late-1915] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1302 |
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 1915 (Nov 1) The Colonial Bank of Australasia envelope to USA with Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey & 3d olive Die I tied by 'LATE
FEE/1/6-P/SPENCER ST VIC' cds cancels, censored with 'PASSED' straight-line cachet in violet on the face overstruck by Melbourne '12 15A -2NO16' cds (year error) of early the next morning, a couple of minor transmission marks. The rate was 2½d
foreign letter plus 2½d late fee at one additional rate of postage. The late fee on overseas mail was not reduced to 1d (2d for registered items) until 1922. Unusually for an item with late fee paid, it was not posted in that day's mail; it remained
in Melbourne until the next day as evidenced by the second datestamp, presumably because of the need for censorship. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1303 |
PSE |
 1915-23 usages of Kangaroos 1d red with 'OS'-of-Dots-in-Die long-format envelopes ACSC EO1A-D Types for the Education Department,
Melbourne with printed 'OHMS' heading & 'Penalty' notice at upper-left, comprising 1915 Type C with KGV ½d green added tied 'CLAYTON/VICTORIA' unframed cds, 1919 Type D with KGV ½d green added tied 'BURKE'S FLAT/VICTORIA' unframed cds, 1919 Type B
with KGV ½d green punctured 'OS' added tied 'SWANPOOL/VIC' cds, 1922 TypeA with KGV 1d red punctured 'OS' added tied light 'NORADJUHA/VICTORIA' unframed cds, and 1923 Type A with KGV ½d green punctured 'OS' x2 added tied 'WANGARATTA/VIC' cds taxed
with Melbourne 'T 2D' oval cachet, a few minor blemishes, Cat $1250 for the stationery. A scarce assemby.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1304 |
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 1916 (Feb 28) OHMS cover with 'Sheriff's Office/Adelaide' imprint at lower-left to "The Superintendent/Stockade" with 'OS' perfins
on 4d orange (Cat $1500 on cover with other stamps) & KGV Smooth Paper 1d red tied by fair Adelaide cds, red/white R label at left, central vertical fold. A very scarce franking on anything other than WA Titles Office mail. The rate was domestic
letter 1d x2 + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1305 |
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 1916 (April 10) envelope to Denmark with combination franking of Kangaroos 5d chestnut & Tasmania Pictorials 2d violet tied by
Hobart continuous roller machine cancel, censored locally with Hobart 'CH.1/PASSED BY/CENSOR' crowned circular cachet in blue on the face and again in transit with Melbourne 'OPENED BY CENSOR' black/white resealing label at left & 'PASSED' cachet in
violet also on the face, Copenhagen '27.5.16' machine cancel arrival on the reverse, some closed edge tears & light aging. The foreign letter rate was 2½d per ½oz, so the item appears to have underpaid the triple rate, but was not taxed. The 5d is
scarce on any postal article (ACSC Cat $1200 on cover), let alone in such a combination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1306 |
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 1916 (Sep 4) cover (front only) with bicoloured advertising for South Broken Hill Musical Hall Coy, to Illinois USA with Second Wmk
2½d tied by very fine 'SOUTH BROKEN HILL/=NSW=' cds. Superb and delightful. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1307 |
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 1917 (June 19) triple-rate cover to Sweden with Third Wmk 2½d indigo single & pair tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, 'PASSED'
handstamp in violet & Swedish 'GOTEBORG/4.9.17' arrival backstamp, minor bends. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1308 |
PSE |
 1917 (Nov 19) commercial usage of KGV Star 1d Envelope to Massachusetts USA uprated with Kangaroos 3d olive x2 (different shades) &
KGV ½d green pair tied by 'SOUTHERN CROSS/VIC' cds, scarce red/white R label, the reverse with KOROIT - 193' duplex, Melbourne, San Francisco and Boston transits, minor blemishes. The foreign letter rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1309 |
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 1918 OHMS cover with Quarantine Service imprint at lower-left to US Surgeon-General in Washingtom DC with Third Wmk 3d Die I
(rounded corner) tied by Sydney machine cancel of 'JA10/1918'. At this date the foreign letter rate was 2½d. War Tax of ½d was imposed from 28.10.1918. Continuous machine cancellers had multiple dateheads and we expect the postal clerk overlooked
that one of them had not been set to 1919. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$125
SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
| 1310 |
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 1918 (Aug 6) merchant's cover to Maine USA uprated with Kangaroos 6d blue & KGV ½d green & 1d red tied by 'LATE FEE/MELBOURNE' cds,
'LATE FEE PAID' & 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ 7 /3rd Military District' cachets both of Melbourne. The foreign letter rate was 2½d x2 + late fee of an extra rate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Dec-02, 05:30 PM |
