Postal Stationery - Envelopes - Post Office Issues continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4375 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 2 on off-white stock ACSC ES8(1), used 1917 to "Kowloon, Hong Kong, China" with
Perth machine cancel where censored with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' double-box handstamp in violet on the face, 'HONG-KONG/KOWLOON-BRANCH' arrival backstamp, some light aging/soiling. The rate was 1d per ½oz British Empire letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4376 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on cream stock ACSC ES9(1), used 1917 to "Khartoum, Sudan" with KGV 1d red added
tied by Wynnum, Qld cds cancels, overweight and taxed with Brisbane '20/CTMS/T' cachet on the face and transit cds alongside, 'PORT TAUFIQ' and 'SHELLAL-HALFA/TPO/No 2/S' transit backstamps, some edge faults from bulky contents. The rate was 1d per
½oz British Empire letter; the item weighed over 1oz and was charged 20 centimes for double the 1d deficiency, but this was not collected on arrival. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4377 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on cream stock ACSC EP9(1) used 1917 registered to Australian serviceman "Pte
Raymond A Baldwin, 3rd Battalion", AIF Abroad with Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d olive Die I added tied by Parramatta, NSW '-7NO17' cds cancels and manuscript "R/3827" endorsement at upper-left in lieu of an R label, redirected to him "c/- Miss F Sadlier,
Woodside, South Godstone, Surrey", England with 'A.I.F. CAMP P.O./12' and 'AUSTRALIAN IMP. FORCES/BASE/POST OFFICE' backstamps, some transmission & aging marks. An unusual registered usage to an AIF serviceman abroad. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4378 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on cream stock ACSC EP9(1) used 1918 to Australian officer "Captain GH Oswald, D
Company, 43rd Batallion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Division", AIF Abroad with 'TEROWIE/26JE18/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, 'UNDELIVERABLE/A.B.P.O/RETURN TO SENDER' boxed handstamp in violet and 'DECEASED' cachet in black on the face, 'RETURN TO SENDER (SEE
BACK)./RETURNED LETTER OFFICE, A.I.F., MELBOURNE' label and Terowie '14JL19' cds on the face, some edge faults & blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4379 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on greenish-grey stock ACSC EP9(3) used 1918 to Australian serviceman "Pte A
Arkins, C Company, 33rd Battalion", AIF Abroad with 'MOAMA/26JE18/N.S.W' cds, 'UNDELIVERABLE/A.B.P.O/RETURN TO SENDER' boxed handstamp and two strikes of 'DECEASED' cachet all in violet on the face, 'RETURN TO SENDER' fickle-finger handstamp and
Sydney DLO label on reverse tied by very fine 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/SYDNEY N.S.W.' double-ring cds, some bends & blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4380 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on greenish-grey stock ACSC EP9(3), used to Switzerland with KGV ½d green & 1d
red added tied by Perth 'HELP TO WIN THE WAR/BUY WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES/ELIGIBLES ENLIST' machine slogan cancel and 'SHIP ROOM/29AUG18/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds cancel, censored with very fine strike of Perth 'PASSED BY/CENSOR, 1.' double-lined box
cachet in violet on the face and again with British 'Opened by Censor' black/white resealing label at left, very fine 'UZWIL/31.X.18' arrival backstamp, minor transmission marks. The rate was 2½d per ½oz UPU foreign letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$220.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4381 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on greenish-grey stock ACSC EP9(3) used 1918 registered to German civilian
internee "Mr A Diecke, German Concentration Camp, Liverpool", NSW without added franking, 'BULIMBA/11SE1918/QUEENSLAND' cds cancel and red & black/white R label at upper-left, Brisbane & Sydney transit backstamps, unusually not censored on arrival,
small opening faults at top & some blemishes. A scarce usage: mail to and from Prisoners of War and internees in Australia did not require the payment of postage (including registration fees). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4382 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on greenish-grey stock ACSC ES9(3), registered to New Jersey, USA with Kangaroos
Third Wmk 3d olive Die I and KGV ½d green & 1d red added tied by 'REGISTERED/11 SP 18/PERTH.W.A.' oval datestamps and large rouletted red/white R label alongside, US 'REGISTERED' cachet in black on the face and New York '10-14/1918' transit
backstamps, small closed tear at base & a little light aging. The rate was 2½d per ½oz foreign letter plus 3d registration fee. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4383 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 on greenish-grey stock ACSC ES9(3), registered to "Bahamas, West Indies" with
Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey Die I (corner fault) and KGV 1½d black-brown added tied by 'BLYTH/15MR19/STH AUSTRALIA' cds cancels and blank red/white R label alongside, carried via the USA with 'REGISTERED' cachet in violet on the face, San Francisco,
New York & Miami transits and 'NASSAU/10MAY.19/BAHAMAS' arrival backstamp, small corner fault & a little light aging. The rate was 1d per ½oz British Empire letter plus ½d War Tax (introduced on 28.10.1918) plus 3d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4384 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 3 + ½d green Doubleton on light grey stock ACSC ES13, used to the Netherlands with
'JENOLAN CAVES/SP9/1919/N.S.W' cds cancels but without added franking and underpaid so taxed with Sydney 'N.S.W./T/30' shield cachet, very fine 'APELDOORN/21.X/1919' arrival backstamp and Postman's delivery cachet, small opening fault on the back
flap, Cat $100+. The rate was 2½d per ½oz foreign letter plus 3d War Tax; 30 centimes was equivalent to double the 1½d deficiency, but this was not collected on arrival. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4385 |
PSE |
 1916-21 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d orange ACSC EP22 used 1922 to Germany endorsed "per Mantua via Fremantle" with KGV Heads 2d
orange & 4d violet (Cat $600 on cover) added tied by Sydney '-8AP22' cds cancels, some minor aging marks including on a couple of perf tips. The rate was 4d foreign letter for the first 1oz plus double 2d per each additional 1oz. Scarce usage of the
4d violet. Between 1.1.1922 and 30.9.1923 only, the foreign letter rate was 4d for the first 1oz and 2d per additional 1oz. From 1.10.1923, this was reduced to 3d for the first 1oz and 1½d per additional 1oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4386 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' usages group including 2d red to Cuba with KGV 1d violet & 1½d brown added, 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on
2d red 1924 to Finland with KGV 1½d red added tied by Sydney 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION ...' slogan roller machine cancel, 1½d green 1924 registered to the Netherlands with KGV ½d orange & 2d red pair added, 1½d green with 'RECEIVED TORN/AT G.P.O.'
boxed handstamp on stamp selvedge used to repair left edge, 1½d red to USA without added franking underpaid & taxed with US Postage Dues, 1½d red airmail to Sydney with KGV 3d blue and 'Angel' airmail vignette added tied alongside 'FORWARDED/BY AIR
MAIL' cachet, 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d red 1931 airmail to Carnarvon, WA with Kingsford Smith 3d added tied Perth machine cancel, etc, a few with 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 |
| 4387 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1½d red ACSC EP28, used 1925 registered to Germany with 'Botolph Trading & Development Society,
Western Australia' cachet on the reverse, KGV 1½d red & Kangaroos Third Wmk 6d brown added tied by 'SUBIACO/-9FE25/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds cancels with 'SUBIACO' red & black/white R label alongside, Perth transit and 'BRESLAU/-7.3.25' arrival backstamp,
some minor blemishes from bulky contents. From 1.10.1923, the foreign letter rate was reduced to 3d for the first 1oz and 1½d per additional 1oz; the rate was therefore 6d for the third weight-step 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 |
| 4388 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1½d red ACSC EP28, used 1926 to "The Hague, Holland" with Sydney 'AU 4/1926' slogan machine
cancel but without added franking and taxed with manuscript "T25" in blue pencil, on arrival Netherlands Postage Due 15c blue affixed on the face tied by 's'GRAVENHHAGE/-5.IX.26' cds cancel, very fine. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4389 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1½d red ACSC EP28, 1927 philatelic usage airmail to Sydney with KGV 3d blue added tied by
'MCKINLAY/QUEENSLAND' cds cancel also applied on 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' boxed cachet in violet alongside AAMC 91 (recorded 12.11.1927 to 24.5.1929 only), 'See/Western Queensland' red/white airmail label and 'POST OFFICE/ * /MILSON'S POINT, N.S.W./
*' double-ring rubber arrival cds on the face, very fine. The rate was 1½d per 1oz domestic letter plus 3d per ½oz airmail surcharge.
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4390 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1½d red ACSC EP28, used 1928 to Java, Netherlands Indies with KGV ½d orange & 1d green added
posted on board ship and tied by two largely very fine complete strikes of Dutch 'KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/S.S. TASMAN/MAATSCHAPPIJ' undated oval cachets in violet, 'SOERABAJA/ 4.2.28' arrival cds on the face, minor opening fault on the reverse
otherwise very fine. The rate was 3d per ½oz foreign letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4391 |
PSE |
 1930 'TWO/PENCE' Surcharge on KGV Oval 1½d red ACSC EP35, carried on 1931 Norfolk Island-NSW flight AAMC 184 with 'NORFOLK
ISLAND/30MR31AUSTRALIA' cds at upper-left, 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/1 AP/ 1931/N.S.W.' cds at lower-left and three-line 'CARRIED BY AIR/FIRST FLIGHT ...' cachet autographed by the pilot "Francis Chichester" and numbered "55" below, a couple of insignificant
marks otherwise superb, Cat $950. Margaret Hamilton's similar item sold for $1438 at our auction of 11.7.2008 (Sale 137 Lot 1114).
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4392 |
PSE |
 1930-37 KGV Oval 2d red Die I ACSC EP36, carried on 1931 Australia-Japan flight per 'Madame Elijah' AAMC 210, to Canada with KGV 1d
green & 3d Airmail added tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 2 /-7JL31/QUEENSLAND' cds, Manila 'JUL24/1931' slogan cancel and Japan '6.9' cds backstamps, and large cachet '... NO ("74") OF ONLY 145 CARRIED FROM AUSTRALIA ...' signed by the pilot "Francis C
Chichester" on the reverse, a few minor transmission marks, Cat $525. The flight was delayed in Manila for 19 days to effect repairs. Taking off from Katsuura Bay in Japan, the plane clipped a telegraph wire & crashed. Chichester was critically
injured, but recovered; his plane was a write-off and the flight was abandoned. Brian Peace's similar item sold for $312 at our auction of 25.6.2025 (Sale 260 Lot 2078). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4393 |
PSE |
 1930-37 KGV Oval 2d red Die I ACSC EP36, carried on 1932 Sydney-Lismore-Brisbane flight AAMC 282 endorsed "First Sunday Service
18.9.32" addressed to "E.A. Crome, C/o Miss P Gurney, New England Airways" with KGV ½d orange, 1d green & 1½d brown Die II added tied by 'AIR MAIL / 1 / 17SE32/SYDNEY N.S.W' cds cancels endorsed on the reverse "Plane crashed shortly after leaving
Lismore" [our emphasis], some water staining, Cat $600. New England Airways operated a charter joy flight with pilot R. Virtue and passengers Capt. Les Holden and Dr Hamilton in a Puss Moth VH-UPM; the plane crashed at Myocum near Byron Bay killing
all aboard; stated that only 16 items of recovered mail are known. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4394 |
PSE |
 1937-51 KGVI Oval 2d red ACSC EP40, used 1939 registered to "Wien, Germany" (Austrian Anschluss) with 4d Koala added tied by
'REGISTERED PERTH/8.SEP.39/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds and blue/white R label alongside, censored with 'OPENED/BY CENSOR' geometric-border red/white resealing label affixed at left tied by 'SOUTH PERTH/11SE39/W.A.' cds and 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER'
boxed cachet in blue on the face, very fine. The rate was 3d per ½oz foreign letter plus 3d registration fee. Upon the declaration of World War II on 1.9.1939, mail service to Germany - including the annexed Austria - was suspended. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$340.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
