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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4035 |
PSE |
 1911 KGV Fullface 1d red 'The left half ...' New Layout ACSC P23 used by Australian serviceman on the First Convoy headed "HMT
Miltiades, 31st October 1914" to British Prisoner of War "Sergeant John Egan, "B" Coy, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, (The Old Dirty Shirts), British Field Force, Berlin, Germany", the message including "We have been mobilised since August 9. I hope to
be with you soon ... Have only seen officers casualty list so far: I hope both your brothers are among the gallant 240.", not postmarked or censored in Australia or en route until a 'LONDON/DEC 11 14' machine cancel was applied on the face with
British 'POST FREE/ * P.C. * /PRISONER OF WAR' circular censor cachet alongside, on arrival 'Nicht in Döberitz.' [Not in ...] boxed cachet in rosine on the face and endorsed "Nicht ermittlet" [Not delivered] in indelible pencil, two corners trimmed
off, minor bends & blemishes. An important item - possibly the only item of mail addressed to Germany from the First Convoy - and still presentable despite the faults.
The transport ship 'Miltiades' was part of the first convoy of Australian troops to Egypt, which left King George's Sound, Albany, WA early in the morning of 1.11.1014, the day after this card was written. Until February 1915, mail from Australian
troops was subject to payment of postage. On 27.8.1914, after the Battle of Mons, the Munsters were given the task of defending the British retreat. Their day-long rear-guard action kept the Germans at bay and allowed their division to escape, but
cost them 9 officers and 87 other ranks killed, with most of the rest of the battalion being surrounded and taken prisoner after running out of ammunition. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4036 |
PSE |
 1911 KGV Fullface 1d red 'The left half ...' New Layout Punctured 'OS/NSW' ACSC P23ea and 'Sydney Harbour Trust' printed message on
the reverse, used 1913 to Five Dock, NSW with small-part Sydney machine cancel, some blemishes & light overall aging, Cat $1000. Rare: the ACSC states that these are believed to derive from a small quanity of cards included with Kangaroo 1d cards
sent for puncturing. As the earlier 'ADDRESS ONLY ...' card was not released in NSW, this is the earliest possible 'OS/NSW' perfin on an Australian Postal Card. Sold at our auction of 19.6.2015 for $900 (Sale 205 Lot 399). John Sinfield's similar
card - minor corner bend - sold at our auction of 8.11.2013 for $1840 (Sale 186 Lot 2027). These are the only two examples we have offered.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4037 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 with additional printed advertising comprising 'James & Alexander Brown Line'
pre-printed notification of ship's sailing with illustration of the Melbourne Line's flag in blue & red used 1915, 'Commonwealth Club of Adelaide' notification of Luncheon Meeting used 1915, and 'Alfred Shaw & Co Hardware Merchants and Wholesale
Ironmongers' with 'STANTHORPE/QUEENSLAND' 1916 cds, also 'G. Hall & Sons, Edward St, Norwood', Adelaide notice of return of empty bottles unused, a couple with minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4038 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 overseas usages group comprising 1913 to Germany without added franking x2 both taxed
with Melbourne 'T/10c' octagonal cachets one additionally with Berlin 'Porto 2' & 'Bezahlt' [Paid] handstamps, 1913-15 cards x4 to Austria, Belgium, Germany & Sweden each with Kangaroo ½d green added, and 1915 to "Cher Soldats d'France, Fortress
Belfort, France" endorsed per "SS Orsova" with Melbourne 'PASSED' & French 'CONTROLE' censor cachets, also 1d red Die I on buff card ACSC P25 to "Corfu, Greece" with KGV ½d green added tied 'SMITHTON/JU19/17/TASMANIA' cds and Melbourne 'PASSED'
censor cachet (aged), some mostly minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4039 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used to Victoria with message signed "DS Wanliss" to his wife "... you will get a
letter probably in less than three weeks. At present we cannot well write ...", 'ALBANY/21OC14/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds cancel and superb strike of the rare naval 'PASSED/...("DG")...' fancy-boxed censor cachet in violet, a few bends & blemishes. David
Sydney Wanliss was Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, AIF, and was awarded the CMG at Gallipoli; at the time he was preparing for the arrival of the SS 'Miltiades' to take his troops on the First Convoy to Egypt. Sold at our auction of 28.11.2016
for $708 (Sale 217 Lot 511). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4040 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1915 to "Pondo, Post Rabaul, New Guinea" with message in German headed "Sydney 1
Febr 1915, Darling Hurst Gaol" signed "Jhn Bredemann" including [translated] "You may be jealous of us not because of our stay here in the penitentiary but because on 13 Febr we will leave for America and then to Germany ...", Kangaroo ½d green added
tied by 'PADDINGTON/-3FE15/N.S.W' cds cancels, very fine Australian Military '3rd. Batt. N. and M. Forces/Trop. Unit.' cachet in violet presumably applied on arrival as a censor marking, minor blemishes & transmission marks. Dr Bredemann was
previously the director of the Rabaul Botanical Gardens, and as a leading member of the Colonial Administration of German New Guinea, he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. He was being held pending his deportation to the United States which was neutral.
The rate was 1½d foreign postcard, as he was not considered to be an internee or POW. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4041 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1915 to French Prisoner of War in Germany addressed to "M. Octave Marvussie, 6c
Cie. Barraque 15, Prisonnier du guerre, Gardelegen, Allemagne, Germany" with lengthy message in French dated "17-2-15", Sydney machine cancel of the same day and 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' civilian boxed cachet, carried across the Pacific via the USA
with 'WASHINGTON/APR 6...' transit on the face, minor edge faults & transmission marks. A very scarce usage to a French POW. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4042 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1915 from an internee at the German Concentration Camp Liverpool, NSW to
"Soerabaja, Java", Netherlands Indies with lengthy personal message headed "G. Wehrs, Prisoner of War No.172 from Singapore" including "We arrived here on the 13th April ...", very fine strike of the scarce 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' boxed cachet in
violet at lower-right, Liverpool '6-MY15' cds where 'CENSORED/["DO Griffiths Adjt"] MAJOR/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.' cachet in green applied and Sydney '10MY15' cds alongside where again censored with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.'
civilian boxed cachet, German-language business arrival marking, minor blemishes & light aging marks. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4043 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1915 from an internee at the German Concentration Camp Liverpool, NSW to Germany
with lengthy personal message dated "20.V.15" including "... the nights are cold and two days ago we had 2 degrees below zero ...", light but fine strike of 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' circular cachet and 'CENSORED/["RS Sands"] MAJOR/GERMAN
CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.' cachet both in pale bluish green, Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' civilian boxed cachet, minor blemishes & transmission marks. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4044 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1915 from an internee at the German Concentration Camp Liverpool, NSW to Germany
with lengthy personal message headed "GC Camp, Liverpool" including "...I was so sorry to learn from my wife that you were wounded ... hope that it is nothing serious ...", very fine strike of the scarce 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' boxed cachet in
violet alongside the stamp indicium which was not cancelled, 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' straight-line handstamp in violet and 'PASSED BY CENSOR/24JL15/C.S' cds in violet all on the face with another strike of the cds on the reverse, minor
bumped edges & transmission marks. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4045 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1916 from a German internee at Trial Bay Detention Barracks, NSW to Germany with
return address at upper-left on the face and lengthy personal message dated "19th January 16", very fine strike of 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' circular cachet in violet over the stamp indicium and 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' handstamp
alongside, censored in transit through Liverpool with 'RS Sands/LIEUT. COL./GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.' cachet and again with Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' civilian boxed cachet, a few blemishes & light aging marks. Scarce usage
with the 'FREE' marking applied over the stamp indicium; it is suggested that these cards were given out free to internees. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4046 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used 1918 addressed to Australian Air Force serviceman "Capt RA Austin MC, 67th
Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Egypt" with 'LAKE BOLAC/10AP18/VIC' cds cancel, endorsed "Prisoner of War 28/5/18" and counter-signed by the commanding officer the next day, 'ARMY POST OFFICE/29JU18/ DLOSZ 3 ' Dead Letter Office skeleton cds used
at the Australian Base PO, Suez, Egypt (Proud: the only date recorded) backstamp and presumably returned to Australia but without further markings, some mostly minor bends & bumped edges.
Capt RA Austin MC enlisted on 20.3.1916, and qualified as a first class pilot from the Aeronautics School, Abbassia, Egypt in March 1917. He was awarded the Military Cross for taking photographs of the enemy lines under fire. On 19.3.1918, he was
escorting a bombing raid on the railway at Kutrani, Palestine. On the return flight, he landed in the desert to assist a grounded pilot, but damaged his machine and was unable to take off. The two pilots burnt their machines and headed south along
the Dead Sea on foot, but were captured by Arabs near Kerah and handed over to the Turks. After being transported via Amman and Damascus to Istanbul, they were held in the Turkish Prisoner of War camp at Afion until liberated. With a typed transcript
of his statement. A most important item. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4047 |
PSE |
 1913-15 Kangaroo 1d red Original Die ACSC P24 used to a Catholic Missionary at "Betio, Tarawa" with social message in Gilbertese
dated "7 March 1921" on the reverse, Gilbert & Ellice Islands Palm Tree 1d red affixed at lower-left tied by 'GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY/ * /P.O./TABITEUEA/ISLAND' undated cachet in violet, a largely very fine complete strike of the cachet on
the value indicium (which was not valid and should have been marked as such), a few minor corner bends & blemishes. Tabiteuea is Gilbertese for "no chief allowed", the island priding itself on its egalitarian community. An extraordinary usage in the
Gilbert & Ellice Islands of an Australian Postal Card. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4048 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 with additional printed advertising on the
reverse comprising 'FT Knox' sole agents for Abdullas' Cigarettes, etc (WA), 'Kalgoorlie Benevolent Society' (WA), 'Malvern Red Cross Branch' (Vic) and 'Yalumba Vineyards, Angaston, SA' all unused, and 'Farmer & Company, Victoria House, Sydney' with
illustration of premises, 'Adelaide Racing Club Birthday Meeting 1917' call for nomination of horses for feature races, 'Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation' (Sydney) Cuticura Soap & Ointment samples, 'Presbyterian Church of Australia, Presbytery of
Sydney', 'Royal Society of Victoria' (to USA at 1d treaty rate) and 'Town Clerk's Office, South Melbourne' (with KGV ½d green added for the War Tax) all used, some mostly minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4049 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 overseas usages group comprising 1916 to
Switzerland & to Italy with KGV ½d green added the former with Melbourne 'PASSED' censor cachet plus to the Netherlands without added franking and 'N.S.W./T/10' [centimes] tax marking, 1917 to Russia without added franking and taxed with Brisbane
'10/CTMS/T' cachet and Russian boxed censor handstamp in violet, and 1918 to South Africa with 'Royal Society of Victoria' printed notice and KGV ½d green added (some adhesion on reverse), also 1d red 'An additional ½d ...' Admonition Added Die I on
buff card ACSC P28 used 1918 to Yokohama, Japan with 'Colonial Bank of Australasia' message, KGV 1d red added and Melbourne 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ 7 /3rd Military District' censor handstamp in blue (slightly cut-down), others with some mostly minor
blemishes but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4050 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 used mid-1915 from an internee at the German
Concentration Camp Liverpool, NSW to "Batavia, Java", Netherlands Indies with lengthy personal message, light but fine strike of 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' circular cachet in blue over the stamp indicium and 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE'
handstamp alongside, 'RS Sands/MAJOR/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.' censor cachet, Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' civilian boxed cachet, minor blemishes & transmission marks. Scarce usage with the 'FREE' marking applied over the stamp
indicium; it is suggested that these cards were given out free to internees. The writer Paul Butzmuehlen was a German businessman in New Caledonia before being interned. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4051 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 used 1915 from an internee at the German
Concentration Camp Liverpool, NSW to Germany with lengthy personal message in German dated "13. Oktober 1915", very fine strike of 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' circular cachet in blue over the stamp indicium and 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE'
straight-line handstamp in violet, not censored in the camp but with Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' civilian boxed cachet, carried via England with British 'POST FREE/ * P.C. * /PRISONER OF WAR' circular censor cachet in rosine on the face, minor
blemishes & transmission marks. Scarce usage with the 'FREE' marking applied over the stamp indicium; it is suggested that these cards were given out free to internees. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4052 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 used 1915 with transcript of telegraphic
message from Cocos Island to Shanghai, China headed "Cocos 23.10.1915" advising "Your two letters received this boat answering by Nov mail/Kerr" on the reverse, small-part Perth '25.OCT.15' machine cancel, private 'SHANGHAI/NOV 27 1915/CLUB' arrival
cachet in violet on the face, a few minor blemishes. The card was sent without added franking and not taxed, the British Post Office in China qualifying for Empire 1d rate. Ex Colin Riddell: sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $2714 (Sale 233 Lot
2342). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4053 |
PSED |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 used 1917 to Australian Prisoner of War in
Germany with 'MAFFRA/VIC' cds cancel, addressed to "Leslie Linton 4584, Compagne 10 Baraque A, Giessen, Germany c/- Australian Red Cross Commissioners", London and forwarded with 'Kriegsgefangenenlager/Geprüft/Giessen' circular cachet (the censor's
number blacked out) on the face, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4054 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Without Admonition on surfaced white card ACSC P27 used 1915 from an internee at the German
Concentration Camp Liverpool, NSW to Germany with lengthy Christmas greetings message dated "Oct 25, 1915", light 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' circular cachet in blue over the stamp indicium and 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' handstamp
alongside, 'RS Sands/MAJOR/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.' censor cachet, censored again with Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, S.D.' civilian boxed cachet, some blemishes & transmission marks. Scarce usage with the 'FREE' marking applied over
the stamp indicium; it is suggested that these cards were given out free to internees. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
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