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Postal Stationery - Envelopes - Stamped-to-Order I continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4415 |
PSE |
 1913-29 Kangaroos 6d dull-blue ACSC ES10 oversized linen-lined envelope (reduced to 235x83mm at base only retaining its full width
including partial linen-bag extension) with printed 'Wool Sample only/No....' at upper-left, unused, Cat $6000 for a complete envelope. The ACSC states that only "about six mint examples are recorded". No used examples are known. A key item for the
Kangaroo enthusiast even in its reduced form. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4416 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface ½d bright emerald green ACSC ES12 long-format envelope on blue-green stock with the flap at right for
'Caledonian Collieries Limited', used 1916 to East Prahran, Vic with the flap unsealed and Melbourne cds cancel, light central fold clear of the value indicium & a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $1250. The rate was ½d per 2oz domestic printed matter.
The ACSC states "survival is poor", which tends to be the rule for envelopes designed to deliver what is today described as "junk mail".
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4417 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I all-different used group including for 'Australian Drug Coy Limited, Sydney', 'City Treasurer,
Town Hall, Sydney', 'Dalgety & Co', Albury, NSW, 'Henry Berry', Melbourne promoting Glen Valley Tea & Union Jack Coffee on the face, 'James Moore & Sons Timber Yards', Melbourne promoting Doors, Windows, Baths, Chimneys, etc, on the reverse, 'Vacuum
Oil', Sydney on blue, 'White Mercantile Agency', Brisbane on blue, etc, a few with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $650+.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4418 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I ACSC ES14 for 'Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd/Melbourne' with illustration of Gargoyle logo in black & red
on the back flap, very fine unused, gummed flap unsealed, Cat $250. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4419 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I ACSC ES14 for 'W.M. Richards' Boots, English & American (Para Mount Brand), opp. Town Hall,
Melbourne' with fancy imprint at upper-left, used 1917 to Norwich, England with Melbourne machine cancel, exceeded the basic ½oz British Empire letter rate weight and taxed with Melbourne 'T'-in-oval cachet, blacked-out on arrival with British '2D'
tax handstamp and Postage Due 2d affixed alongside tied by cds cancel, small surface fault at lower right & minor bends from bulky contents.
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4420 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I ACSC ES14 window-face envelope for Rosella Preserving & Manufacturing Co (Melbourne) with superb
illustration of a rosella bird on the face, Melbourne '14OC15' continuous machine cancel, light central fold not affecting the value indicium or illustration. Beautiful: one of Australia's most desirable advertising envelopes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4421 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 1d red Die II ACSC ES15 window-face envelope for Rosella Preserving & Manufacturing Co (Melbourne) with superb
illustration of a rosella bird on the face, 'HAWTHORN/2OC14/VIC' cds cancel, a couple of tiny blemishes do not detract in any way. Beautiful: one of Australia's most desirable advertising envelopes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4422 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 1d red Die I Post Office Issue + ½d green Doubleton ACSC ES16 with no user indicated but used to the "Lutheran
Publ[ishing] Co, Rundle St, Adelaide, SA" with superb strike of 'TARRINGTON/22MR20/VIC' cds cancel, light central vertical fold clear of the value indicia consistent with it having been previously posted under cover, minor inks marks & blemishes, Cat
$7500. An extraordinary hybrid Post Office/Stamped-to-Order issue. The ACSC states that "At least two unused and two or three used examples are recorded ... It is thought likely that the envelopes were ordered ... for the Evangelical Lutheran Synod
in Australia (Hamilton, Vic) ... it is suggested that the two combinations in total comprise the 150 envelopes printed in March 1920". On 28.10.1918 (a mere two weeks before the Armistice), a ½d War Tax was introduced; the envelope was uprated to
meet the combined domestic letter rate plus War Tax. Ex Stephen Schumann: sold at our auction of 22.4.2006 for $3450 (Sale 121 Lot 263). See also Lot 4444 below for a similarly-uprated KGV 'Star' 1d red envelope, being the other "combination"
referred to by the ACSC. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4423 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 4d orange ACSC ES20 linen-lined envelope (227x180mm plus linen-bag extension folded under) with printed 'Wool
Sample only/No....' at upper-left and Messrs Kreglinger & Fernau, London address, a few very minor blemishes, unused, Cat $4000. The ACSC states "about eight mint [sic] examples are recorded". No used examples are known. A key item for the KGV Heads
enthusiast, and one of the most sought-after Australian postal stationery issues. John Sinfield had only a partial envelope. Martin Frischauff's similar complete example sold at our auction of 5.8.2021 for $1475 (Sale 245 Lot 386). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4424 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 4d orange ACSC ES20 linen-lined envelope (230x180mm) with printed 'Wool Sample only/No....' endorsed "5221" at
upper-left and Messrs Ernest Hirst & Co, Huddersfield address, the linen-bag flap trimmed off, a few minor blemishes, unused, Cat $4000. The ACSC states "about eight mint [sic] examples are recorded". No used examples are known. This is the only
recorded example of either Wool Envelope to any address other than 'Krelinger & Fernau'. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,500
Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4425 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 4d orange ACSC ES20 oversized linen-lined envelope (reduced to 235x70mm retaining its full width including
partial linen-bag flap) with printed 'Wool Sample only/No....' endorsed "5158" at upper-left, unused, a few minor blemishes, Cat $4000 for a complete envelope. The ACSC states "about eight mint examples are recorded". No used examples are known. A
key item for the KGV Heads enthusiast even in its reduced form. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4426 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 4d yellow-orange ACSC ES20 oversized linen-lined envelope (reduced to 235x84mm retaining its full width
including partial linen-bag flap) with printed 'Wool Sample only/No....' endorsed "5252" at upper-left, unused, a few minor blemishes, Cat $4000 for a complete envelope. The ACSC states "about eight mint examples are recorded". No used examples are
known. A key item for the KGV Heads enthusiast even in its reduced form. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4427 |
PSE |
 1914-37 KGV Sideface 4d blue ACSC ES22 for Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, used 1923 to Footscray, Vic with Melbourne
cds cancel, repaired tears & light vertical folds not affecting the value indicium, Cat $5000. Illustrated by the ACSC at page 252, where it is stated that "Three entires are recorded ..." - two of which are "defective". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,200
Currently Opening at...AU$900.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4428 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d green ACSC ES25A for 'Harry Shelley' used 1922 to Whitton NSW unusually uprated with KGV
1½d brown for the 2d domestic letter rate, ½d yellow-green ES25B for 'The Australian Drug Coy Sydney' used 1918 to Eudunda, SA with the flap unsealed paying the printed matter rate, ½d blue-green ES25C used 1918 to Unley, SA with very fine
'TARRINGTON/VIC' cds cancel for the 1d domestic letter rate, and ½d blue-green + 1d red Die 5 Doubleton ES27 used 1920 to Saddleworth SA with KGV ½d green added tied 'HAMILTON/VIC' cds for the 2d domestic letter rate, some minor blemishes, Cat $1100.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4429 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d green ACSC ES25A for 'The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., Sydney' with imprint at
upper-left and belt & buckle logo on the back flap, unused with the flap unsealed, a few minor blemishes, Cat $400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4430 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d yellow-green ACSC ES25B for 'Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd/Sydney' with illustration of Gargoyle
logo in black & red on the back flap, used 1917 to "F. Wilhelmhwfen [sic] Esq, New Guinea" with '20 POSTED' cachet in violet at upper-left and Sydney '26MY' machine cancel, Australian Occupation of German New Guinea '[crown]/PASSED CENSOR/24 JUN
1917/RABAUL' cachet in violet on the face, some closed tears & edge faults still quite presentable, Cat $200+ for non-illustrated. The rate was 1d per 2oz domestic printed matter. Circulars reproduced from a written or typewritten original were
permitted at the printed matter rate provided at least 20 identical copies were posted at the same time and each cover was marked "20 Posted". An exceptional destination, even if the company clerk was a little confused: Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen (now
Madang) is a town in New Guinea, not a person! (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4431 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d yellow-green ACSC ES25B for 'The Australian Drug Coy, Limited, Sydney', used 1918 to
Eudunda, SA with the flap unsealed and '20 POSTED' cachet in violet at upper-left, Sydney 'JA24/1918' machine cancel, light bends at right slightly impacting the embossed stamp & a few minor blemishes, Cat $200. The rate was ½d per 2oz domestic
printed matter. Circulars reproduced from a written or typewritten original were permitted at the printed matter rate provided at least 20 identical copies were posted at the same time and each cover was marked "20 Posted". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4432 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d deep green ES25C for 'The Australian Drug Coy, Limited, Sydney', used 1917 to the USA with
Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey and KGV ½d green added tied by Sydney machine cancel, small edge fault at top & minor bends, Cat $200. The envelope was intended for the domestic printed matter rate; it has been uprated for the 3d up to 2oz commercial
papers (invoices, statements, etc) rate. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4433 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d green + 1d red Die 5 Doubleton ACSC ES27 with no indication of the user, used to Temora,
NSW without added franking, superb 'TARRINGTON/17SP20/VIC' cds cancel, a couple of minor blemishes where opened at left, Cat $500. The rate was 1d domestic letter plus ½d War Tax. The ACSC states that these were produced for the Hamilton Lutheran
College, and "almost certainly ordered at the same time as the rare ... ½d Sideface combinations" (see Lot 4422 above and Lot 4444 below). The order is believed to have been that of 15 March 1920, the ACSC further stating that "An example is known
used at Hamilton on 14 May 1920 ... Most other examples are used later and uprated for 2d postage". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4434 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' ½d yellow-green + 1d red Die 5 Doubleton ACSC ES27 with no indication of the user, used 1921
to Germany with KGV ½d green strip of 3 added tied by Melbourne roller machine cancel, light aging, Cat $500. The rate was 3d up to 1oz foreign letter. The ACSC states that these were produced for the Hamilton Lutheran College, and "almost certainly
ordered at the same time as the rare ... ½d Sideface combinations (see Lot 4422 above and Lot 4444 below). (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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