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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 4455 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown all-different used group comprising Die 2 (triangles) for 'Parke Davis', Sydney and
for 'Perdriau Rubber Co' with illustration in blue of their 'Rubber Works Sydney', and Die 3 (no triangles) x14 including for 'Australian Drug Coy Limited Sydney' 1919 to the USA with KGV 1½d brown added for 2½d foreign letter plus ½d War Tax,
'British Imperial Oil Co' with Shell logo on the reverse, 'Civil Service Stores', 'Civil Service Co-Operative' (unused return-addressed envelope; folds), 'Elliott Bros Ltd Wholesale Druggists', Brisbane on pink stock, 'H.R. Carter & Coy, Brokers,
Melbourne' 1920 to Italy with KGV 1½d brown added for 2½d foreign letter plus ½d War Tax, 'Perdriau Rubber Co' with a different illustration in blue of their works, 'Vacuum Oil Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne' with Gargoyle logo on back flap, 'Warburton,
Franki (Melb)', etc, some with mostly minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $1400+. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4456 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown Die 3 (no triangles) ES52 for 'Gillespie & Co Ltd, Goulburn, NSW' with illustration
of their factory & warehouse with automobiles out the front surrounded by a spray of Wattle flowers on the face and 'Advance Australia' Kangaroo & Emu Coat of Arms on the reverse all in grey, used 1920 registered to the USA with KGV ½d green & 4d
orange with Line through 'FOUR PENCE' tied by Goulburn cds and red/white R label, Sydney transit and San Francisco arrival backstamps, a couple of closed tears mostly on the reverse & a few minor blemishes hardly detract from the facial appearance.
Stunning. The rate was 3d per ½oz foreign letter plus 3d registration fee (on 1.10.1920 the foreign letter was increased from 2½d to 3d per ½oz, but the ½d War Tax was abolished, so the effective rate remained at 3d for the first ½oz). Ex Stephen
Schumann: sold at our auction of 22.4.2006 for $1265 (Sale 121 Lot 280). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4457 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown Die 3 (no triangles) with Stamp Indicium Misplaced at an Angle ES52c for 'Melbourne
and Metropolitan Board of Works', used locally with Melbourne '-2SE/1920 - FINISH THE JOB/BUY PEACE BONDS' slogan machine cancel, a couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $250. The rate was 1d per ½oz domestic letter plus ½d War Tax. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4458 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown Die 3 + KGV Sideface ½d green Doubleton ACSC ES53 window-face envelope for 'Vacuum
Oil Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne' with logos for Laurel Kerosene, Gargoyle Lubricants and Plume Motor Spirit in green, orange & black on the reverse, used with Melbourne '-2NOV/1920' machine cancel, a few minor blemishes, Cat $750. The domestic letter
rate was increased from 1d per ½oz plus ½d War Tax to 2d per ½oz on 1.10.1920. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4459 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown Die 3 + KGV Sideface ½d green Doubleton ACSC ES53 window-face envelope for 'Vacuum
Oil Company Pty Ltd, Melbourne' with logos for Laurel Kerosene, Gargoyle Lubricants and Plume Motor Spirit in green, orange & black on the reverse, used with Melbourne '-2NOI/1920' machine cancel, a few minor blemishes, Cat $750. The domestic letter
rate was increased from 1d per ½oz plus ½d War Tax to 2d per ½oz on 1.10.1920. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4460 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown Die 3 + KGV Sideface ½d green Doubleton ACSC ES53 for 'Henry Berry & Co Pty Ltd,
Melbourne' with logo on back flap, used locally with Melbourne '14DE/1920' roller machine cancel, small opening faults at top & tiny aging mark, Cat $750. The domestic letter rate was increased from 1d per ½oz plus ½d War Tax to 2d per ½oz on
1.10.1920. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4461 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1½d brown Die 3 + KGV Sideface ½d green Doubleton ACSC ES53 for 'Vacuum Oil Company Pty Ltd'
with 'Commercial Road, Bulimba', Qld return address printed at lower-left and logos for Laurel Kerosene, Gargoyle Lubricants and Plume Motor Spirit in green, orange & black on the reverse, used 1921 to Maryborough, Qld with Melbourne machine cancel,
small opening fault at upper-right & minor transmission marks, Cat $750. The domestic letter rate was increased from 1d per ½oz plus ½d War Tax to 2d per ½oz on 1.10.1920. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4462 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d violet ACSC ES58 without added printing, unused with the flap sealed and a tiny aging mark
at base, Cat $1000. The ACSC states "The first printing of 1,000 envelopes on 12 May 1916 was on stock similar to that used for Post Office envelopes. This has given rise to the belief that [it] was sold at post offices, but ... this is not correct.
The envelopes were probably ordered by Melbourne philatelist P.T. Berry". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4463 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d violet ACSC ES58 with 'BOX NO. 774 G.P.O' return address at upper-left, unused with the
gummed flap unsealed, a couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $1000. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4464 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d violet ACSC ES58 without added printing, used 1916 to Sydney with 'LATE FEE/11MY16/SPENCER
ST VIC' cds cancel being the earliest recorded date of use, 'P.T. BERRY' cachet on the reverse endorsed "Just out, first printing, Die Cut in Melbourne, PT Berry", a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $500. The ACSC states that "Archival records indicate
it [this embossing die] was probably used for a single printing of 1000 envelopes on 12 May 1916 [clearly an error]... An example is known used at Rialto (Vic) on 11 May 1916. Now there are two examples that prove the printing must have been earlier.
The order is believed to have been submitted by Melbourne philatelist PT Berry". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4465 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d violet ACSC ES58 without added printing but with 'HENRY BERRY & CO. PTY. LTD.' dated cachet
in blue on the reverse, used to London, England with 'LATE FEE/16JA1917/ SPENCER ST VIC' cds cancel, some minor blemishes, Cat $500. The rate was 1d British Empire letter plus 1d late fee. This user is not recorded by the ACSC. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4466 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d violet ACSC ES58 long-format envelope with the flap at left for 'Melbourne and Metropolitan
Board of Works, 110 Spencer Street, Melbourne', used 1917 to the Moorabbin Shire Council, Vic with Melbourne cds cancel, central fold clear of the value indicium & a few minor blemishes, Cat $500. The rate was double 1d per ½oz domestic letter. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4467 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 1d violet ACSC ES58 without added printing, used 1925 registered to prominent stamp dealer "Mr
W Brettschneider" with KGV ½d yellow-green and 1d green pair added tied by 'G.P.O. MELBOURNE/ 2 ' cds cancels and 'GPO Melbourne' red/white R label (small corner fault) alongside, a few minor blemishes, Cat $500. The rate was 1½d domestic 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 |
| 4468 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d orange all-different used group including for 'A.G. Healing & Co, Cycle and Motor Trade
Suppliers' window-face envelope 1921 with KGV 1d red added for the 3d foreign letter rate and Netherlands Indies 'MAKASSER' arrival backstamp, 'Adelaide Electric Supply Company', 'Arnall & Jackson, General Printers & Lithographers' Melbourne with
ornate illustrated reverse, 'Australian Glass Manufacturers' Sydney, 'British Imperial Oil Co' with Shell logo on the back flap, 'Central Wool Committee' returned pre-addressed envelope, 'Elliott Bros Wholesale Druggists' Brisbane, 'International
Harvester', 'Noske Bros Millers and Grain Merchants' Melbourne, 'Parke Davis', 'Percy J.A. Lawrence' to the USA with KGV 1d red added tied Adelaide '20DEC20' cancel for the 3d foreign letter rate, 'Wallaroo Mount Lyell Fertilisers' Adelaide, 'Vacuum
Oil Co' Melbourne with Gargoyle logo on reverse, some with mostly minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $900+.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4469 |
PSE |
 1916-22 KGV 'Star' without 'POSTAGE' 2d orange ACSC ES59 with 'Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields, No Liability, Commonwealth Chambers,
Bendigo' imprint at lower-left and printed return address, unused with the flap unsealed, a little very lightly aged bend at left, Cat $350.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4470 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 5 ACSC ES40 for 'The Australian Drug Coy, Limited, Sydney', used 1922 to Parramatta,
NSW with the flap unsealed and '20 POSTED' cachet in violet at upper-left, Sydney 'FE3/1922' machine cancel, a couple of minor blemishes, Cat $7500. 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". Extremely rare: approval to include the word 'POSTAGE' on the 1d 'Star' Die was given in
September 1921, at a time when the domestic letter rate was 2d per ½oz. The 1d denomination was intended for the printed matter rate, and the colour was changed to violet from February 1922. The ACSC records only this user and 'The Mt Lyell Mining &
Railway Co' for the 1d red (see the previous two Lots), and states that "Three examples have been recorded". (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4471 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 5 ACSC ES40 long-format envelope for 'The Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Co' (Tasmania)
Melbourne office, used 1921 to Scotland with the flap at left unsealed and Melbourne '22DE/1921' machine cancel, light vertical fold clear of the value indicium & some minor blemishes, Cat $7500. The rate was 1d per 2oz British Empire printed matter.
Extremely rare: approval to include the word 'POSTAGE' on the 1d 'Star' Die was given in September 1921, at a time when the domestic letter rate was 2d per ½oz. The 1d denomination was intended for the printed matter rate, and the colour was changed
to violet from February 1922 (as was the colour of the corresponding KGV Heads stamp). The ACSC records only this user and 'The Australian Drug Co, Sydney' for the 1d red (see the previous Lot), and states that "Three examples have been recorded",
this being the equal-earliest recorded date of usage (see the next Lot). We have recorded one more example of this envelope - the flap missing - which sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $4830 (Sale 193 Lot 335). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4472 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1d red Die 5 ACSC ES40 long-format envelope for 'The Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Co' (Tasmania)
Melbourne office, used 1921 to Switzerland with the flap at left unsealed and Melbourne '22DE/1921' machine cancel, small closed tear & minor bends at right from bulky contents & some minor blemishes, Cat $7500. The foreign printed matter rate was
1½d per 2oz; the underpayment apparently not noticed. Extremely rare: approval to include the word 'POSTAGE' on the 1d 'Star' Die was given in September 1921, at a time when the domestic letter rate was 2d per ½oz. The 1d denomination was intended
for the printed matter rate, and the colour was changed to violet from February 1922 (as was the colour of the corresponding KGV Heads stamp). The ACSC records only this user and 'The Australian Drug Co, Sydney' for the 1d red, and states that "Three
examples have been recorded", this being the equal-earliest recorded date of usage (see the previous Lot). We have recorded one more example of this envelope - the flap missing - which sold at our auction of 15.8.2014 for $4830 (Sale 193 Lot 335). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4473 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1d violet all-different used group including for 'British Wool Realisation Assn' (107x157mm) with
flap at right, 'Bunyip Soap Co Ltd, Adelaide', 'James Moore & Sons Timber Yards' Melbourne, 'Kitchen's Soap Extract' with illustration in blue of a packet on the face, 'Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co' long-format envelope, 'Perdriau Rubber Co' with
illustration of Sydney works on the face, 'Texas Company Texaco Motor Spirit', etc, some with mostly minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine, Cat $1000+.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
| 4474 |
PSE |
 1921-28 KGV 'Star' with 'POSTAGE' 1d violet ACSC ES41 with printed return address for 'British Australian Wool Realisation
Association Ltd', the flap ungummed & unsealed, very fine unused without any of the usual folds, Cat $400+ for unfolded. The envelopes were sent to wool brokers, and were often folded to fit into the original mailing (see the example illustrated in
the ACSC). (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-29, 07:30 PM |
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