AUSTRALIA continued...
Postal Stationery - Letter Cards - Post Office Iss continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4235 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die I Perf 12½ 1d brown with 'STURT ST. BALLARAT', Victoria (tram; with sky) view ACSC LC18(127A), used to
German internee at "German Concentration Camp, Berrima", NSW with lengthy message including "... hope dear that your eye is better I am so sorry it is so dangerous ..." and 'RANDWICK/-3AP15/N.S.W' cds cancel, largely very fine strike of the scarce
'CENSORED/BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' cachet in violet on the face, a couple of very minor blemishes. An exceptional & rare usage: mail to an internee from his wife, who had not been interned. A similar letter card sold at our auction of
18.12.2010 for $1150 (Sale 161 Lot 255); see Lot 4219 above. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4236 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die I Perf 12½ 1d grey-blue with 'STURT ST., BALLARAT' (buildings & tram; no sky) view ACSC LC18(127B), used
1915 to Sydney with the letter in German headed "Stilton House" and Glebe (?), NSW cds cancel, the edges removed & resealed with multiple Sydney 'OPENED BY CENSOR' purple/white labels, some minor blemishes & aging marks. It was unusual for domestic
mail to be censored during World War I. In this instance, the addressee was probably a parolee. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4237 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die I Perf 12½ 1d rose-red with 'TASMAN PENINSULA/TASMANIA' view ACSC LC18(130), used 1917 to a German
internee at Pietermaritzburg POW Camp, Natal, South Africa with lengthy message in German, Sydney machine cancel and 'PASSED BY CENSOR' straight-line cachet in violet on the face, a few minor marks two affecting the view. A very scarce usage:
although mail to and from Internees & Prisoners of War did not require the payment of postage, this item lacked the required endorsement. The Pietermaritzburg camp held around 4,500 German internees from the German Colonies in Africa that had been
occupied during the war. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4238 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die I Perf 12½ 1d blue with 'WALHALLA, VICTORIA' (gold mining township) view ACSC LC18(139), used 1915 to
Australian Prisoner of War in Germany with lengthy message to "My Dear Cousin ... Father, Will, ... are up the river shearing. They will be finished up there by the time this reaches you ...", addressed to "No.3027 Private Roland W Carter, 50th
Infantry Battalion, Aus Imperial Force, Limburg, Germany c/o Aus Red Cross", London with 'POINT McLEAY/STH AUSTRALIA' cds cancel, censored with British 'OPENED BY/CENSOR./P.W.611' large black/white resealing label at base and forwarded to Germany,
censored again on arrival with violet circular cachet on the face and 'Geprüft/...Limburg/101' boxed cachet in rosine on the face & inside, re-directed to "Werben" and then to "Gefang. Lager Zerbst", some light overall soiling. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4239 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die II Perf 10 1d ACSC LC21 complete 'set' of all-different views as listed in the ACSC in a good range of
colours plus Perf 12½ ACSC LC22 'EMPRESS FALLS BLUE MTS, N.S.W.' & 'MT. BUFFALO, VICTORIA, all unused, some with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $1900.
(12) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
|
Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4240 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die II Perf 10 1d ACSC LC21 usages comprising 'AVON RIVER, YORK, W.A.' with 1914 Kaniva, Vic cds cancel,
'BALLARAT' 1914 with the margins intact, 'HARVESTING, TASMWORTH, N.S.W.' to England with 1914 Melbourne cancel (some creasing), and 'LAKE ST CLAIR/TASMANIA' (horse) 1914 to USA with Kangaroos ½d green & 1d red added, plus Perf 12½ ACSC LC22
'BROOKFIELD QUEENSLAND' (orchards) to an Australian serviceman endorsed "Missing 11-4-17" and signed by his commanding officer, 'BURRINJUCK DAM, NEW SOUTH WALES./Irrigating a young Citrus Orchard ...' 1917 to SA, and 'RAILWAY SLEEPERS/QUEENSLAND'
with 1917 'YORK PLAINS/TASMANIA' cds, some with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine except as noted, under-catalogued at $700. The Die II cards are generally much more difficult to find used than unused.
(7) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
|
Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4241 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die II Perf 10 1d blue with 'AVON RIVER, YORK, W.A.' (bridge; rectangular) view ACSC LC21(7), used 1915 to
Bolivia with lengthy letter in Spanish and KGV 1d red pair added tied by Kalgoorlie, WA '-6AP.15' cds cancels, censored with a largely very fine strike of the Perth 'PASSED BY/CENSOR.' double-lined box cachet in greenish-blue at upper left, La Paz
'21.JUN.1915' arrival backstamp, two filing holes at left not affecting the markings. The rate was 2½d UPU foreign letter rate with a ½d convenience over-payment. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4242 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die II Perf 10 1d brown with 'BALLARAT' (statue) view ACSC LC21(9), used 1915 to Ovingham, SA headed "Military
Encampment, Blackboy Hill, WA" and erronously dated "14-2-14", cancelled in transit with 'M.R.R. PERTH/16FE15/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' [Mail Receiving Room] cds, a couple of minor blemishes. Haynes & Pope 'Western Australia Forces, POW & Censor Mail'
states that Blackboy Hill had been raised from a Receiving Office to a Post Office to serve the camp on 11.9.1914, so it is unclear why the item was not processed there. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4243 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die II Perf 10 1d yellow-brown with 'WATERFALL GULLY/ADELAIDE' view ACSC LC21(140), used to "Dr. Lederer,
Canberra, Murdoch-Str, Cremorne, Sydney" from an internee at Liverpool POW Camp with message "It is now allowed to get news-papers. Please send ... to me in the camp by post every day ...", 'LIVERPOOL/10.DE.14/N.S.W.' cds cancel and 'CENSORED/GERMAN
CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' large three-line cachet in green at upper-left, opened in the European fashion with the margins intact, a few mostly minor stains & aging marks. Dr Lederer was a leading member of the Colonial Administration of German
New Guinea, and had signed the German surrender of the Colony in September 1914. He enjoyed diplomatic immunity, and was allowed to return to Germany via the USA in 1915. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4244 |
PSE |
 1914-18 KGV Sideface Die II Perf 12½ 1d purple-brown with 'BROOKFIELD QUEENSLAND' (orchards) view ACSC LC22(18), used 1917 to
Australian serviceman "Private Mors W Paine, 20th Reinforcements, 13th Battalion", AIF Abroad with Sydney machine cancel but endorsed "Missing 4-4-17" and signed by his commanding officer, a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $400+ for the scarce view
plus a premium for the scarce usage. Sold at our auction of 31.8.2019 for $271 (Sale 237 Lot 1421). (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4245 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d ACSC LC25 group of 8 of the 12 views in a good range of
colours including '2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING' (troops boarding HMAT 'Themistocles' transport ship) Plate A (complete orb lamp at left) & Plate B (incomplete orb lamp), 'H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE' Plate A & Plate B, 'H.M.A.S. "YARRA" ON TRIAL - ON CLYDE' (navy
torpedo boat destroyer) Plate A & Plate B, 'MARCH PAST through streets of MELBOURNE/of A.I.F.' (mounted troops & field ambulances) Plate A ('Cole's Book Arcade' sign incomplete) & Plate B (sign complete), etc, plus Perf 10 ACSC LC22 'OFF FOR THE
SEAT OF WAR' (transport ship), 'MARCH through the streets of MELBOURNE of A.I.F.' (infantry with rifles), 'SIGNALLING EXERCISE' (flags) in an unlisted red shade, and 'TROOPS on board TRANSPORT' (vertical), all unused, some with minor blemishes but
generally fine to very fine except as noted, Cat $2600+.
(16) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
(Image12)
|
Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4246 |
|
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d ACSC LC25 group comprising 9 of the 12 views all used
without added frankings, mostly to domestic addresses but noted one to England and another to Scotland, including 'MARCH through the streets of MELBOURNE of A.I.F.' (Infantry with Rifles; Plate A without Town Hall steps) with the margins intact, '2nd
A.I.F. EMBARKING' (troops boarding HMAT 'Themistocles' transport ship) Plate A & Plate B, and 'SIGNALLING EXERCISE' (flags) Plate A with scarce 'VECTIS EAST/VIC' arrival cds in the view, plus Perf 10 ACSC LC26 'SIGNALLING EXERCISE' (flags) Plate A &
Plate B the latter in an unlisted red shade, some with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $1400+.
(12) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
(Image12)
(Image13)
(Image14)
(Image15)
(Image16)
(Image17)
(Image18)
(Image19)
(Image20)
|
Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4247 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d ACSC LC25 usages comprising '2nd A.I.F. EMARKING'
(gangway Plate A) 1915 to England with KGV 1d red added, '2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING' (massed troops Plate B) 1915 to the USA with KGV 1d red added and Melbourne 'PASSED' censor cachet, 'TROOPS on board TRANSPORT' (horizontal Plate A) in black & in brown
both to Sydney the latter with 'GULGONG/NSW' cds, and 'SIGNALLING EXERCISE' 1916 to England endorsed per "SS Ventura", some minor blemishes, Cat $600+. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4248 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d grey-black with 'HMAS MELBOURNE' (battleship; Plate A)
view ACSC LC25(M3A) with 'Standard Fire & Marine Insurance Co of NZ Pty Ltd', Adelaide printed advertising inside, very fine unused, Cat $175+. Rare added advertising on a Military Scene card; see also the next Lot & Lot 4261 below. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4249 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d red-brown with 'MARCH PAST through streets of
MELBOURNE/of A.I.F.' (mounted troops & field ambulances; Plate A 'Cole's Book Arcade' sign incomplete) view ACSC LC25(M5A) with printed advertising around the view for 'D Mitchell & Co Ltd, Sydney' promoting Sip Coffee, Good Shot Baking Powder & Myfa
Breakfast Meal and notice inside, used 1915 to Narrabeen, NSW with Randwick, NSW '22SE15' cds cancel, small surface fault on view side, minor blemishes & aging marks. Rare added advertising on a Military Scene card; see also the previous Lot & Lot
4261 below. Ex 'Tillie Mitchell': sold at our auction of 10.10.2020 for $496 (Online Sale 2 Lot 373). (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4250 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d brown with 'MARCH PAST through the streets of
MELBOURNE/of A.I.F.' (mounted troops & field ambulances; Plate A 'Cole's Book Arcade' sign incomplete) view ACSC LC25(M5A), used to Australian serviceman in Egypt addressed to "No. 1994, Corporal LK Meller, 5th Reinforcement, 10th SA Infantry, 3rd
Brigade ... On Active Service" with message headed "Goodwood, 25-8-15" and Adelaide '26.AU.15' machine roller cancel being the earliest recorded date of use of a Perf 12½ Military Scene card, a few bends & light water stains, Cat $120+. The ACSC
states of both the Perf 10 & Perf 12½ cards that "The earliest date of use seen is 8 September 1915". See also Lot 4253 below for an earlier usage of a Perf 10 card. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4251 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d purple-black with 'MARCH PAST through streets of
MELBOURNE/of A.I.F.' (mounted troops & field ambulances; Plate B 'Cole's Book Arcade' sign complete) view ACSC LC25(M5B), used by German internee "Gustav Weissflug" with message headed "Holdsworth Camp, Company 38, 6.3.1916", to "Mr Myles McPhee,
Arncliffe, Sydney" with lengthy message including "I left the key of my house at Mr Low's my neighbour. See him please and pack up all my things ... also sell my fowls if you can ... please send up some cash next month ...", 'PRISONER OF WAR
LETTER/FREE' cachet across the value indicium and 'Service des prisonniers de guerre' handstamp alongside both in blue, very fine strike of 'CENSORED/RS Sands LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ LIVERPOOL, N.S.W.' cachet in violet at lower-left,
some aging marks. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4252 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d brown with 'TROOPS on board TRANSPORT' (HMAT 'Ceramic'
transport ship stern deck; Plate A four portholes) view ACSC LC25(M12A), used 1916 from Australian serviceman in Egypt with message headed "2nd-1-16, Zeitoun Camp" including "... we had just come back from the trenches, I mean the trenches in Egypt
..." (training), to North Richmond, Vic endorsed "On Active Service" with 'AUSTRALIAN BASE/DETAILS P.O.' cds cancel and 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ .... Lieut,/4TH. TRNG. BATTN.' unit censor cachet in violet on the face, a couple of minor blemishes, Cat
$120+. Rare Forces homewards usage of a Military Scene letter card. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4253 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 10 on grey card (pink inside) 1d deep blue with 'MARCH through streets of MELBOURNE/of
A.I.F.' (infantry with rifles; Plate A without Town Hall steps at upper-left) view Text Setting A ACSC LC26(M6A)d, used to Balmain, NSW with Sydney 'AU16/1915' machine cancel being the earliest recorded date of use of any Military Scene card, very
fine, Cat $120+. The ACSC states of both the Perf 10 & Perf 12½ cards that "The earliest date of use seen is 8 September 1915". (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4254 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 10 on grey card (pink inside) 1d deep brown with 'SIGNALLING EXERCISE' (troops with
flags; Plate B building roof 5mm from upper frame) view ACSC LC26(M9B), used 1915 to India with lengthy message dated "26-12-15" (Boxing Day) and Sydney roller machine cancel, Calcutta GPO transit and 'WELLESLEY/16.JAN.16/CALCUTTA' arrival cds on the
face, minor blemishes, Cat $120+. Scarce overseas usage of a Military Scene card; the rate was 1d per ½oz British Empire letter. (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
|
Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
Previous Page,
Next Page or Return to Table of Contents
|
