AUSTRALIA continued...
Postal Stationery - Letter Cards - Post Office Iss continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4335 |
PSE |
 1918-25 KGV Sideface Scenic Issues 1½d red on grey mottled card (cream inside) with 'HOBART, FROM THE BAY' (navy warship & yacht)
view ACSC LC56(63), used to Marrickville, NSW with lengthy personal message and Tamworth, NSW 'OC 2 1924' machine cancel, a couple of minor aging marks, under-catalogued at $800. The issue on this stock is rare: the ACSC notes that only eight cards
are recorded, and that only two views are known; six cards have the 'River Yarra Victoria' view, but only two - "one used and one unused" of this view are recorded. Absent from John Sinfield's extensive collection; his philatelically used 'River
Yarra' card sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $345 (Sale 233 Lot 2304). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4336 |
PSE |
 1918-25 KGV Sideface Scenic Issues 1½d red on off-white card with 'BLUE LAKE, MT GAMBIER, S.A.' view ACSC LC57(12), unused, a
couple of minor marks & blemishes, Cat $750.
The 1½d red on white stock cards were the very last released. All views are scarce to rare. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4337 |
PSE |
 1918-25 KGV Sideface Scenic Issues 1½d red on off-white card with 'HAWKESBURY RIVER/N.S.W.' view ACSC LC57(62), used 1925 to
Melbourne with lengthy personal message and Perth machine cancel, some aging marks, Cat $300. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4338 |
PSE |
 1918-25 KGV Sideface Scenic Issues 1½d red on off-white card with 'RUSSELL FALLS/TASMANIA' (waterfall) view ACSC LC57(118), a
couple of tiny blemishes otherwise very fine unused, Cat $750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4339 |
PSE |
 1918-25 KGV Sideface Scenic Issues 1½d red on off-white card with 'BURRINJUCK DAM' (in flood) view ACSC LC57(22), used to furniture
warehouse Booth & Coy in Newcastle without message (believed to have contained a cheque or money order payment) with 'WARATAH/MY6/1925/NSW' cds cancel, a couple of minor bends & blemishes, under-catalogued at $2500. One of the rarest & most
sought-after of all the views, being a substitution for 'THE GILDEROY RANGES' made in April/May 1925, only months before the scenic issues were discontinued. Only three examples are recorded, all used in NSW in mid-1925, and this believed to be the
finest known. Ex John Sinfield: sold at our auction of 19.5.2018 for $4720 (Sale 227 Lot 254). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4340 |
PSE |
 1918-25 KGV Sideface Scenic Issues 1½d red on off-white card with 'HOBART, FROM THE BAY' (navy warship & yacht) view ACSC LC57(63)
with Diagonal Band of Colour Disturbance across the View & Stamp Indicium, unused, some minor marks & blemishes, Cat $750+. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4341 |
PSE |
 1925-38 KGV Sideface 1½d red Perf 11¾ ACSC LC60, used registered to "Suriname, Dutch Guyana" with KGV ½d orange & 1d green and
Kookaburra 3d blue added tied by 'EXCHANGE/24AP29/N.S.W' cds cancels and red/white R label alongside, endorsed "via New York" with three oval transit backstamps, 'PARAMARIBO/23.6.29' cds arrival backstamp where redirected internally, carefully opened
with two margins intact, a few very minor blemishes. The rate was 3d up to 1oz foreign letter plus 3d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4342 |
PSE |
 1925-38 KGV Sideface 1½d red Perf 11¾ ACSC LC60, used to "C.H. Customs, Harbin, China", Manchuria with lengthy personal message and
KGV 'TWO/PENCE' Surcharge on 1½d red added tied by very fine 'ROCKHAMPTON/19AU30/QUEENSLAND' cds cancel, partial Shanghai transit on the face and Harbin arrival backstamp, opened in the European manner with the margins intact, some minor blemishes.
The rate was 3d up to 1oz foreign letter with a ½d convenience over-payment. Note that the domestic letter rate had increased from 1½d to 2d on 4.8.1930, which necessitated the overprint on the adhesive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4343 |
PSE |
 1925-38 KGV Sideface 1½d red Perf 11¾ ACSC LC60, used to France with typed message from leading Stamp Dealer 'W Brett & Coy'
[Brettschneider] offering Australian postal stationery and 'business card' label at base, KGV 1½d green just tied by Melbourne '25MAR27' machine cancel and then heavily struck with 'SHIP MAIL ROOM' datestamp obliterating all value indicia, taxed with
Melbourne 'T/10c' octagonal cachet (the 'T' with two horizontal cuts) and on arrival Franch Postage Dues 50c maroon pair affixed tied by Paris cds, a couple of minor blemishes. The rate was 3d up to 1oz foreign letter, and the item was fully paid. It
seems clear that the postal clerk thought the added stamp was a Penny green, and charged 10 centimes for double the perceived ½d deficiency.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4344 |
PSE |
 1925-38 KGV Sideface 'TWO/PENCE' Surcharge 1½d red Perf 11¾ ACSC LC63, used to "C.H. Customs, Harbin, China", Manchuria with
lengthy personal message and KGV 1d green added tied by Melbourne '24JAN/1931' machine cancel, Hong Kong '13 FE.31' cds transit backstamp, Shanghai machine transit on the face, redirected with '.../MANCHOULI' arrival backstamp, opened in the European
manner with the margins intact, some minor edge faults & blemishes. From 4.8.1930, the domestic letter rate had increased from 1½d to 2d, but there was no associated change in the foreign letter rate, which remained at 3d up to 1oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4345 |
PSE |
 1925-38 KGV Sideface 2d red with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' diagonal handstamp in violet on the value indicium and twice more on the face
of the card ACSC LC66w, three small holes where affixed with pins to a display-board, a couple of very minor aging marks, under-catalogued at $500. The ACSC states that "One example is recorded ... This formed part of a display of current stamps and
postal stationery at the Melbourne GPO". Andrew Johnston's KGV ½d orange stamp with the same handstamp in black - which may well have been part of the same display - sold at our auction of 19.9.2023 for $3186 (Sale 253 Lot 243). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$1,350.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4346 |
PSE |
 1937-57 KGVI 2½d red with admonition inside on grey card ACSC LC69 with all-over printing inside for the 'Hendon Ammunition
Factory, Somewhere in South Australia, Easter 1943' with illustration of bullets spelling out 'HENDON', Easter Bunnies dressed in uniforms with egg inscribed 'Ammo ... Food for Axis' and 'Egging You On!' patriotic song lyrics below, used to
"Lieutenant Chris Weske, Naval Base, USA" with Adelaide '19 APR/1943' machine cancel, censored with Adelaide resealing tape & cachet at left, 'US NAVY' transit backstamp where first redirected to "Naval Supply Dep, San Diego, Calif" with machine
cancel backstamp and then to "Clearfield, Utah", some opening faults. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
Postal Stationery - Letter Cards - Stamped-to-Orde
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4347 |
PSE |
 1915-19 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I with printed return address of Reid Bros Ltd, Timber and Iron Merchants, Adelaide in block
letters and 'ELEPHANTS STACKING TIMBER/...' printed illustration on the reverse ACSC LCS1A(1) in black on grey granite stock, typed "R.S.D.T" endorsement at upper left, minor gum marks at edges, light central fold from having been posted under cover,
unused, Cat $5000. Unrecorded used. A spectacular item for collectors of Elephant thematics and KGV 1d reds. These Letter Cards were sent to clients under cover, to be filled-in with orders and returned; the typed endorsement presumably relates to
keeping client records. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4348 |
PSE |
 1915-19 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I (flaw on stamp) with printed return address of Reid Bros Ltd, Timber and Iron Merchants, Adelaide
in cursive script and 'Felling Timber/...' (workers with saws & axes) printed illustration on the reverse ACSC LCS1A(3) in grey-brown on grey-green granite stock, typed "M.R." endorsement at upper-left, a few minor aging marks, small parts of gum on
inside edges missing or with adhesion marks, light central fold from having been posted under cover, unused, Cat $5000. Unrecorded used. A spectacular item for collectors of Timber thematics and KGV 1d reds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$2,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,900.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4349 |
PSE |
 1915-19 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I without printed return address with 'Raw Timber for Reid Bros Ltd, Timber Merchants, Adelaide '
(long logs on flat railway goods car) printed illustration on the reverse ACSC LCS1A(4) in grey-brown on grey-green granite stock, typed return address for Reid Bros and "J.H.V./15" endorsement at upper-left, light central fold from having been
posted under cover, unused, Cat $5000. Unrecorded used. A spectacular item for collectors of Railways & Timber thematics and KGV 1d reds.
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4350 |
PSE |
 1919-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown ACSC LCS4 on blue-grey stock with printed return address for 'Messrs W.H. Burford &
Sons, Sturt Street, Adelaide' and printed advertising on the reverse for soap, candles, polish, oils, grease, epsom salts, etc, front panel only with light central fold consistent with having been sent out under cover and a tiny closed edge tear at
the base, Cat $1500. Rare. The ACSC does not make it clear that its pricing is for a front only, but considering that other contemporary complete items are priced at $3000 each, this does seem to be the obvious conclusion. Almost identical to the
item that sold at our auction of 24.11.2018 for $738 (Sale 231 Lot 238). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4351 |
PSE |
 1922-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1½d red ACSC LCS4 on buff granite stock with printed return address for 'Messrs Reid Bros, Timber
and Joinery Merchants', Adelaide and illustration in brown on the reverse of their sprawling Port Adelaide 'Timber & Iron Merchants' factory complex with three ships tied up at their wharf, unused, the margins removed, a few minor blemishes, Cat
$2000. Unrecorded used. A spectacular item for collectors of Shipping thematics. Stephen Schumann's similar item - margins intact but with central fold - sold at our auction of 22.4.2006 for $1955 (Sale 121 Lot 315). [The illustration is above Lot
4349] (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
Postal Stationery - Letter Cards - Military Issues
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4352 |
PSE |
 1916 KGV Sideface 1d red First Issue with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' at Base on grey unsurfaced stock ACSC LCM1, a little very
minor discolouration on the reverse otherwise very fine unused, Cat $500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4353 |
PSE |
 1916 KGV Sideface 1d red Second Issue with 'A.I.F., ABROAD' at Base on pale grey unsurfaced stock ACSC LCM2, a few minor marks
otherwise very fine unused, Cat $750. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4354 |
PSE |
 1916 KGV Sideface 1d red Second Issue with 'A.I.F., ABROAD' at Base on pale grey unsurfaced stock ACSC LCM2, to "Private Walter
Page, 18th R/A Company, Fourth Battalion" with lengthy message inside including "Did you get the two packages we sent? Did you get the Treasury Bank Note we sent in a Registered Letter? ..." and 'AUBURN/14JA17/NSW' cds, light soiling, small surface
abrasion at lower-left & minor repaired tear on the reverse, grossly under-catalogued at $2000. Private Page was killed in battle in France later in 1917. The ACSC states that "Only two used examples are recorded", and that no used examples of the
earlier 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' at Base Letter Card are known. More than 83,000 of the two issues combined were prepared, so it is remarkable that more than 100 years later only two should be known to have survived. Ex Tony Finlayson: sold at our
auction of 14.11.2014 for $11,500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$6,000
Currently Opening at...AU$4,600.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
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