Postal Stationery - Letter Cards - Post Office Iss continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4255 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 10 on grey card (pink inside) 1d black with 'TROOPS on board/TRANSPORT' (HMAT 'Ceramic'
transport ship with 'A40' on hull; vertical; Plate B bow clear of frame at right) view ACSC LC26(M11B), used 1916 to French Prisoner of War in Germany addressed to "Monsieur Paul Rameau, No.4216, 3 compagnie, Kriegsgefangenenlager Merseburg,
Allemagne" with lengthy message in French "Mon cher petit Paul ..." and KGV ½d green & 1d red added tied by Sydney cds cancels, very fine British 'POST FREE/* P.C. */PRISONER OF WAR' censor cachet on the face, minor aging & transmission marks. A very
scarce usage to a French POW unnecessarily paying the 2½d per ½oz UPU foreign letter rate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4256 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d ACSC LC27 group comprising 7 of the 12 views including
'OFF FOR THE SEAT OF WAR' (transport ship; Recut with 'A40' Removed) and 'TROOPS on board TRANSPORT' (vertical) Original View & Recut with 'A40' Removed, etc, all unused, some with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $1800+.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4257 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d ACSC LC27 group of five all-different views used
without added frankings to domestic addresses including '2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING' (troops boarding HMAT 'Themistocles' transport ship; Plate B incomplete orb lamp at left; Recut with 'A32' Removed) view LC27(M2C) - the scarcest of all the Military
Scenes; some faults - plus 'HMAS MELBOURNE' used to England, also Perf 10 ACSC LC28 'SUBMARINE A.E.1 (NOW SUNK)' used 1919 to Moreland, Vic with KGV ½d green added tied 'WARBURTON/VIC' cds cancels paying the additonal War Tax, the latter with some
aging marks & blemishes otherwise mostly fine to very fine, Cat $1400.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4258 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d purple-black with '2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING' (massed
troops with 'We're Here' flag; Plate B soldier's parcel touches frame at lower-right) view ACSC LC27(M1B), used 1915 to St Kilda, Vic with lengthy message headed "Seymour Camp, 24.5.16" and largely very fine 'SEYMOUR MIL. CAMP/VIC' cds cancel, a
couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $120+. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4259 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d purple-black with '2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING' (troops
boarding HMAT 'Themistocles' transport ship; Plate B incomplete orb lamp at left; Recut with 'A32' Removed) view ACSC LC27(M2C), a little very light discolouration otherwise very fine unused, Cat $750. The scarcest of all the Military Scenes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4260 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d black with '2nd A.I.F. EMBARKING' (troops boarding
HMAT 'Themistocles' transport ship; Plate B incomplete orb lamp at left; Recut with 'A32' Removed) view ACSC LC27(M2C), used 1916 to China with lengthy personal message and KGV ½d green & 1d red added tied by Perth '27MAR16' machine cancel,
'KIUKIANG/20 APR/16' arrival cds on the face, unusually not censored, a couple of minor opening defects on the reverse & transmission marks, the earliest recorded date for a deleted identification number view, Cat $400+. The rate was 2½d per ½oz UPU
foreign letter. The ACSC states that "The earliest recorded date for any of the views with deleted identification numbers is 27 March 1916", presumably refering to this card. Ex John Sinfield: sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $649 (Sale 233 Lot
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4261 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d blue-black with 'H.M.A.S. YARRA ON TRIAL - ON CLYDE'
(navy torpedo boat destroyer; Plate B top of mast 6mm from upper frame) view ACSC LC27(M4B), printed advertising for 'Feldheim Gotthelf Ltd', Sydney in red on the inside including illustrations of their premises, unused, corner crease and some marks
& blemishes, Cat $175+ for a normal unused card. Rare added advertising on a Military Scene card; see also Lots 4248 & 4249 above.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4262 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d deep brown with 'H.M.A.S. "YARRA" ON TRIAL - ON CLYDE'
(navy torpedo boat destroyer; Plate B top of mast 6mm from upper frame) view ACSC LC27(M4B), used 1916 to Denmark with lengthy message and KGV 1d red added tied Newcastle, NSW '14AP16' cds cancels, taxed locally with "T 10" manuscript in blue pencil
and rated "8"[ore] to pay on receipt with Copenhagen '-2.6.16' arrival backstamp, opened in the European fashion with margins intact, some bends & blemishes, Cat $120+. Scarce overseas usage of a Military Scene letter card; the rate was 2½d per ½oz
UPU foreign letter. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4263 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d blue-black with 'MARCH through streets of MELBOURNE/of
A.I.F.' (infantry with rifles; Plate B with Town Hall steps at upper-left) view ACSC LC27(M6B), used to German civilian internee "Mr M Eberhard, German Cons. Camp, Liverpool", NSW with lengthy message including "I am very sorry they have taken you to
Liverpool ..." and Sydney 'MR8/1916' roller machine cancel, 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' large three-line cachet in violet on the viewside, light soiling & small internal fault. Some "enemy aliens" were permitted to remain in the
community for many months or even years before being interned; see Lot 4225 above for an item from an enemy alien in the community "on licence". A scarce usage: mail to and from Prisoners of War and internees in Australia did not require the payment
of postage. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4264 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d purple-brown with 'SUBMARINE A.E.1 (NOW SUNK)' (Plate
B; top of bow 19mm from left frame) view ACSC LC27(M10B), used to German civilian internee "Hrn A Schwan 41/6, G Concentration Camp, Liverpool", NSW with lengthy message including "... we might as well be dead as let anyone know your name's German
..." and Launceston, Tas '14.OCT.18' roller machine cancel, two strikes of 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' large three-line cachet in violet on the viewside and resealed with a small white label, some minor blemishes. A scarce usage:
mail to and from Prisoners of War and internees in Australia did not require the payment of postage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4265 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d violet-blue with 'OFF FOR THE SEAT OF WAR' (HMAT
'Ceramic' transport ship; Plate B bow clear of frame at left; 'A40' on hull) view ACSC LC27(M7B), used 1916 to England with lengthy message dated "19.3.16" including "... the Germans have been held up before Verdun the last 2 or 3 weeks ..." and
Melbourne machine roller cancel, a couple of very minor blemishes, unrecorded on this stock (the ACSC lists only the Recut with 'A40' Removed view on this stock, Cat $200). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4266 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d black with 'OFF FOR THE SEAT OF WAR' (HMAT 'Ceramic'
transport ship with 'A40' on hull; Plate B bow clear of frame at left) view ACSC LC27(M7B), used 1916 to the Netherlands with lengthy message in Dutch and Sydney '25FE' machine roller cancel but without added franking, taxed with Sydney 'N.S.W./T/30'
shield cachet in black, on arrival Netherlands Postage Due 15c light blue affixed tied by 'LEEUWARDEN/20.IV.16' cds but undeliverable with 'AFGESCHEVEN' almond-shaped cachet, re-directed with a further Postage Due affixed tied 'TERSCHELLING' cds,
tiny corner fault at lower-right & minor blemishes, unrecorded on this stock (the ACSC lists only the Recut with 'A40' Removed view on this stock, Cat $200). The rate was 2½d per ½oz UPU foreign letter, and despite Sydney correctly assessing 3d (30
centimes) double deficiency, the Dutch charged only single deficiency. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4267 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (white inside) 1d 'TROOPS on board TRANSPORT' (vertical) Recut with
'A40' Removed ACSC LC27(11C) in grey-black (small hinge remainders on the addres side), in purple-black and in violet-blue, all unused, Cat $1200. Each card shows a small flaw in the frame at upper-right that probably occurred at the same time as the
recut.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4268 |
PSE |
 1915-18 KGV Sideface Military Scenes Perf 12½ on grey card (pink inside) 1d black with 'TROOPS on board TRANSPORT' (HMAT 'Ceramic'
transport ship stern deck; Plate B partial fifth porthole at left) view ACSC LC26(M12B), used 1916 to Scottish Prisoner of War in Germany addressed to "Pte Charles Brash, 8297, C Coy, 2nd Arg & Suth [Argyle & Sutherland] Highlanders, Englische Lager
(Senne Lager), via Padderborn, Germany" with lengthy message "My Dearest Brother ... have wrote so many PCs to you & have never had any answer ...", endorsed "Left Open for Inspection" on the reverse, and Adelaide machine cancel, very fine British
'POST FREE/* P.C. */PRISONER OF WAR' censor cachet on the face, minor aging & transmission marks. A very scarce usage: although mail to and from Australian & British POWs overseas did not require the payment of postage, the British required a 1d
'handling fee' for mail routed via England. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4269 |
PSE |
 1917 KGV Fullface Reply Cards Re-Issued as Single Cards Rouletted Message-Half 1d red-brown with 'NATIONAL PARK, NSW' view and
Obliterating Bars Double One Diagonal & Single Bar Diagonal on Reverse ACSC LC29(91)ca, unused, margins removed with some opening faults at base on the reverse, Cat $1000. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2010) states "Only example recorded & probably
unique". The ACSC states that "Three unused examples are recorded", but then goes on to mention only two, the second "with perforation [our emphasis] with margins removed and damaged, has the National Park NSW view". The latter statement presumably
refers to this item, but the card is definitely rouletted and not perforated. Absent from John Sinfield's comprehensive collection; his Obliterating Bars Double example sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $679 (Sale 233 Lot 2183). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4270 |
PSE |
 1917 KGV Fullface Reply Cards Re-Issued as Single Cards Rouletted Reply-Half 1d violet with 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND.' view, 1d
purple with 'PHANTOM FALLS/VICTORIA.' view, 1d olive-green with 'PHANTOM FALLS/VICTORIA.' view, and 1d myrtle-green with 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND.' view ACSC LC30(3A) & (100A) x2 each, all unused (none sealed), a few minor blemishes but generally
fine to very fine, Cat $1200. (3) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4271 |
PSE |
 1917 KGV Fullface Reply Cards Re-Issued as Single Cards Rouletted Reply-Half 1d blue with 'ALBERT BRIDGE/QUEENSLAND.' view ACSC
LC30(3A), used 1917 to Michelago, NSW with lengthy personal message and Perth machine cancel, remarkably with the outer margins intact, some minor blemishes, Cat $600. The separated cards proved unpopular, and used examples are elusive. The
reply-halves were even more unpopular than the message-halves, as the cost was the same but the writing space was significantly less.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4272 |
PSE |
 1917 KGV Fullface Reply Cards Re-Issued as Single Cards Rouletted Reply-Half 1d brown-black with 'VIADUCT /NEAR ADELAIDE, S.A.'
(steam locomotives & train on bridge) view ACSC LC30(136A), used 1917 to Parkside, SA with short personal message "I am leaving tomorrow for Melbourne ..." and Adelaide cds cancel, small opening faults at lower-right, Cat $600. The separated cards
proved unpopular, and used examples are elusive. The reply-halves were even more unpopular than the message-halves, as the cost was the same but the writing space was significantly less. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4273 |
PSE |
 1917 KGV Fullface Reply Cards Re-Issued as Single Cards Rouletted Reply-Half 1d red-brown with 'VIADUCT/NEAR ADELAIDE SA' (steam
locomotives & train) view and Obliterating Bars Double ACSC LC30(136A)c, faint bend at upper-right does not detract from the very fine appearance, unused, Cat $1000. Illustrated in the ACSC at page 142, which states that "Two unused examples ... are
recorded"; the examples mentioned on both message-half & reply-half cards all have different variants of the error, which suggests that they may have been overprinting trials. Ex John Sinfield: sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $679 (Sale 233 Lot
2183). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4274 |
PSE |
 1917 KGV Fullface Reply Cards Re-Issued as Single Cards Perforation-Trial Proof 1d myrtle-green 'TOWN HALL SYDNEY' on imperforate
remainder stock message-half only subsequently Perforated 10 ACSC LC31P(1), unused, a little minor discolouration at right on the view side only otherwise very fine, Cat $4000. The ACSC states that two examples were prepared: one of them is in the
Australia Post Archives. They are the only Reply Letter Cards perforated 10. Note that the 'REPLY' was not barred-out because this was merely a perforation trial for internal assessment. It was decided that the Perf 10 pins were too worn, and that
the Perf 12½ machine would need to be used. Illustrated in the ACSC at page 142. Ex John Sinfield: sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $2714 (Sale 233 Lot 2184). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
