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HONG KONG
HONG KONG
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2611 |
F |
 1863-71 QV Crown CC Watermark 2c brown SG 8a (Z772) wing margin example from the left-hand side of the pane with 'NCH' commercial
perfin of the North China Herald, partial 'S1' cancel of the British Post Office at Shanghai. RPSL Certificate (2022). (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2612 |
 |
 1891 Jubilee '1841/Hong Kong/JUBILEE/1891' Overprint on QV 2c carmine SG 51, well-centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2613 |
G |
 1904-06 KEVII Keyplates Multiple Crown CA Watermark $3 slate & dull blue SG 88, well-centred, '.../[G.]P.O.' cds cancel almost
clear of the King's head, Cat £350. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2614 |
 |
 1938-52 KGVI Heads 1c to $10 complete set SG 140-162 including all 1938 values (a few including the $5 & $10 with characteristic
light gum tropicalisation), the post-War new values & colour combinations including $2 $5 & $10 Plate Number singles, plus the Perf 14x14½ issues, unmounted, Cat £1345.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2615 |
B |
 1997 QEII Definitives Classics M/Ss Nos 7, 8 & 9 plus 1997 Year of the Ox M/S SG MS872a, 872b, 872c & 878, each in 'bricks' of 100,
plus Year of the Ox booklets x5, Cat £1530.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2616 |
 |
 POSTAL HISTORY: 1933 (April 14) airmail to England endorsed "Saigon-Marseilles Air Service" with KGV 20c purple & sage-green and $3
green & dull purple (Cat £255+ on cover) tied by two very fine strikes of 'HONG-KONG/AIR MAIL' cds cancels, a couple of very minor closed edge tears not affecting the adhesives or markings. Acceptances for mail to and from Great Britain on the Air
Orient service bagan from October 1932, with the rate from Hong Kong set at $1.60 per ½oz. Mail was carried by sea to Saigon, air to Marseilles, and air & rail to London. The rate was reduced to $1.36 per ½oz from June 1933. The Imperial Airways
service via Singapore did not commence until 1934, with a feeder service to Hong Kong via Penang providing all-the-way airmail service from 1936. Ex Graham Hayward. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2617 |
|
 POSTAL HISTORY: 1938 (Oct 14) usage of P&O SS 'Rajputana' India Mail & Passenger Service picture postcard airmail to Australia with
KGVI 10c violet solo tied by 'VICTORIA' cds cancel for the Empire Airmail Scheme postcard rate. EAMS was extended to Australia from August 1938, providing airmail service at surface mail rates, and withdrawn on the outbreak of World War II in
September 1939. Postcards sent at the EAMS rates are particularly scarce. Ex Graham Hayward. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
INDIA
INDIA
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2618 |
/ |
 Mint collection from East India 1854 QV Imperf 2a green (virtually no margins), 1856-64 QV No Wmk 1a brown, 4a black (tiny hinge
thin) & 4a grey-black, 1865 QV Elephant Head Wmk range including ½a blue, ½a pale blue, 1a pale brown block of 4 */** with partial marginal inscription, 2a brown-orange, 4a green (small gum loss/thin) and 1868 8a red Die II, and 1866-78 New Designs
4a deep green, 4a blue-green & 6a8p grey, then Empire 1882-90 set plus extra shades, 1895 QV High Values set plus 2r red & brown, 1902-11 KEVII set to 5r (minor gum bend; unmounted) plus extra shades including 2r carmine & brown, 1911-23 KGV Star Wmk
set to 10r plus extra shades including unlisted 5r pale ultramarine & pale violet, 1926-33 Multiple Star Wmk set to 15r (ex 10r) plus 15r pair **, and 1932-36 New Designs set, 1929 Airmails, 1931 New Dehli, 1935 Silver Jubilee, 1937-40 KGV 1r, 2r,
5r, 10r, 15r & 25r **, 1940-43 KGVI White Background set **, then reasonably complete */** to late 1960s (ex 1948 Gandhi & 1949 Pictorials), also Official overprints range including 1874-82 QV Elephant Head Wmk 'On HMS' ½a, 1a, 2a & 4a, 1883-99 Star
Wmk set plus extra shades and 1900 2a violet & 2a mauve, 1909 KEVII 2r (both shades) *, 10r ** & 15r * plus 'ONE RUPEE' on 15r & 25r, 1912-23 KGV Star Wmk set to 5r, 1926-31 KGV Multiple Stars Wmk set, 1932-36 KGV set, 1937-39 KGVI set * and others
mostly ** to 1960s, plus China Expeditionary Force 'C.E.F.' overprints QV & KEVII sets plus KGV ½a to 3a, etc, and a few stock pages with extras/duplicates including values to 15r & some multiples, condition of the earlies a little variable then
increasingly fine to very fine, Cat £12,000+. An excellent basis for expansion.
(many 100s) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2619 |
/O |
 Accumulation with highlights including QV Litho 4a blue & red (upper-left corner clipped), 1928 KGV 15r blue & olive x3 mint (one
unmounted), 1940-43 Pictorials KGVI mint 12a x4 & 14a x7, 1948 Gandhi set *&U and 3½a & 12a imprint blocks of four **, 1949 Pictorials set to 5r * including 1r x4 (two **) & 12a x4, 1950 Inauguration set x2 *, 1952 Indian Saints and Poets set x5 *,
India & States revenues, plus some early Tibet, condition of the earlies variable but then generally fine to very fine.
(1000s) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2620 |
|
 1948 Independence Mahatma Gandhi 10r purple-brown & lake SG 308 horizontal pair, excellent centring, unmounted, Cat £800+ for
singles. Superb. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2621 |
|
 CONVENTION STATES - CHAMBA: 1895 'CHAMBA/STATE' overprint on QV 3r green & brown SG 20, light gum tropicalisation, small hinge
remainder, Cat £200. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2622 |
# |
 FEUDATORY STATES: Unused selection from various States including Bamra 1888 ½a black/rose & 2a black/green, Bhopal 1935-36
'SERVICE' Overprints '¼A' in Red on ½a & on 2a and 'THEEE/PIES' in Red on 2a, Charkhari 1p tete-beche pair SG 33a (minor tonespots), Cochin Large '2' Inverted on 3p SG 22a, Rajpipla SG 1 to 3 complete 'country', Sirmoor Small 'On/S S/S' Overprint in
Red on 1a bright blue SG 59, Soruth 1868-75 Devanagari Script 4a SG 15, etc, generally very fine, just those mentioned Cat £1600. From an American dealer who believed they are all genuine but nothing has been expertised so our estimate is necessarily
conservative.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2623 |
PSE |
 POSTAL HISTORY: Box of entirely unsorted envelopes, postcards and postal stationery mostly from the QV period including a few
pre-stamp items, lots of postmark interest including Numerals, Railway TPOs, Experimental POs, etc, many from small towns and some from Feudatory States, noted attractive advertising postcards, registered insured and official mail, etc, some later
content to KGVI, very mixed condition but generally better than average for such accumulations.
(many 100s) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2624 |
S=PSE |
 POSTAL HISTORY: Annotated pages of 1850s-80s covers and some stamps with emphasis on the postal markings including killers,
numerals, duplexes and insufficiently paid mail, many very fine to superb strikes, the overall condition is very mixed but there are many fine to very fine items.
(84 covers + stamps) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2625 |
PSE |
 POSTAL HISTORY: 1896 (July 23) Dongola Campaign - Suakin usage of Indian 'SOLDIERS' AND SEAMEN'S ENVELOPE' 'One [crown] Anna' on
9p, correctly endorsed & countersigned "AW Paton Capt/...Saukin", to Karachi with fine 'BASE OFFICE/ B ' cancel & 'SEA POST OFFICE/ C /JL5/96/ + ' transit backstamp, repaired opening tears on the reverse. Scarce usage in Sudan. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2626 |
|
 POSTAL HISTORY: 1913 (May 22) complete muslin bag (435x270mm) to Wales with KEVII 12a & 1r plus KGV 2a tied by 'GORGAUM' cds, small
handstamp on R label, light British datestamp at lower-left, folds still remarkably fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2627 |
|
 POSTAL HISTORY: 1942 (June 3) airmail cover endorsed "Mid-East Force" to a Lt-General in New Delhi with 2a 3a & 4a tied by very
fine 'FPO/No 86' cds in use at Decamere Eritrea and similar 'FPO/No 90' transit in use at Asmara Eritrea, an unusually fine Forces cover.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2628 |
|
 PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1926 real photo cards documenting the September 5th Cyclone at Drigh Road, Sind (now in Pakistan) comprising
'Monsoon Nearing', 'During Cyclone' showing streets under water & buildings awash, 'Refugees', 'NWR [North Western Railway]' x2 different views of damaged tracks & bridge, and 'Repairing Camp Water Main after Cyclone'. A very scarce group.
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
IRAQ
IRAQ
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2629 |
PSE |
 AEROGRAMMES: 1933 King Faisal 15f grey-blue with tiny 'REGISTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL' imprint at lower-left, unused. Generally
acknowledged as the World's First Stamped Aerogramme, and thus a must-have item for every Aerogramme collection. This is also a technically interesting item: the blanks were surface-printed but the stamp was added from a recess die. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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