Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2191 |
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 1916 (Jan 4) long cover (270x117mm) to Switzerland "Per OSS Sierra" with rare franking of Kangaroos Second Wmk 1/- blue-green - a
distinctive Second Wmk shade - ACSC 31B (a few short perfs; Cat $2500 on cover) & Third Wmk 3d olive-green plus KGV ½d yellow-green tied by 'THE EXCHANGE/NSW' cds, scarce red & black/white provisional R label with 'THE EXCHANGE' handstamp ,
violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label of Sydney, London transit & 'BERN/14.II.16/BRIEFTRAGER' (= postman) arrival backstamp, some minor soiling & light bends from the bulky contents. The rate was 2½d per ½oz x5 = 1/0½d plus 3d registration. The
Second Wmk 1/- was issued in -.8.1915; the Third Wmk 1/- was issued in -.6.1916. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2192 |
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 1916 (Jan 20) cover with imprint of Herbert J Solomon (Circular Quay) on the flap, to Massachusetts with 'PER MAKURA' handstamp in
violet & rare franking of Kangaroos Second Wmk 2½d indigo strip of 6 - the fifth unit defective at base - tied by 'SHIP ROOM/ 2 /SYDNEY NSW' cds, violet/white censor label of Sydney, minor peripheral damage from the bulky contents and repaired
opening tears on the reverse. The foreign letter rate was 2½d per half-ounce x6. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2193 |
PSE |
 1916 printed POW envelope with '.../FREE' at upper-right, from Liverpool POW Camp to "Imperial German Consul General/San Francisco"
with Lt-Col Sands signature handstamp in violet, 'REGISTERED/25AU16/ SYDNEY NSW' cds and red & black/white R label. Registered POW mail is very scarce. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2194 |
PSE |
 1918 (circa Nov) printed POW Envelope with 29mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE/ - -' (first hyphen omitted) at upper-right endorsed
on the flap "GBantle/Holdsworthy/E37", to a hotel in Switzerland with light 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet, 'CHAUX-DE-FONDS 1/16.XII/EXP LETTR' machine arrival backstamp, small fault at upper-left & the flap partly rejoined. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2195 |
/ |
 1918-24 Kangaroo 3d olive frankings comprising 1918 (Dec 5) to USA with War Tax & ½d convenience overpayment, 1921 Die II solo (Cat
$575 on cover) to USA, 1923 single plus KGV 1d violet to USA, and 1924 WA OHMS (folded) registered with punctured 'OS' single plus KGV 1½d green (Cat $250 on cover).
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2196 |
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 1920s parcel piece with punctured 'OS' Kangaroos 1/- x5 (including a vertical strip of 3) & KGV 4d orange pair; black/red parcel
label with Kangaroo 1/- (rounded corner) & KGV 4d pair; black/white parcel label with Kangaroo 1/- & KGV 2d brown; and black/pink overseas parcel label - fault at base - with Kangaroos 6d brown & 2/- maroon plus KGV 4d olive and two small Post Office
labels affixed. A very desirable trio with scarce frankings. (4) (Image1)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2197 |
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 1921 (June 21) cover to Massachusetts with superb & well-centred Engraved 6d Kookaburra (Cat $2500 on cover) and Kangaroos Third
Wmk 3d tied by 'REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/MELBOURNE' cds and red/white R label, San Francisco transit backstamp of 'JUL/19/1921' in purple. A lovely cover. The rate was 4d for the first ounce + 2d for each successive ounce (x1) + 3d registration. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2198 |
/ |
 1921-23 mostly long covers with Kangaroo 6d blue (shades) frankings comprising 1922 solo to USA paying double rate (4d + 2d), 1921
plus KGV 2d orange used within NSW, 1922 plus KGV 1d deep violet x2 Melbourne-Toowoomba, 1923 plus 1d violet to GB apparently registered but without an R label, punctured 'OS' 1921 plus KGV 1d red Rough Paper and plus KGV 1½d brown both registered
within Victoria.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2199 |
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 1921-35 covers with Kangaroo 6d brown frankings comprising solos on 1925 registered cover to Czechoslovakia and punctured 'OS' on
large 1930 registered cover within Victoria; also Third Wmk 9d violet (Cat $350 on cover) & KGV 2d orange on 1921 registered to NZ, solo on grossly overpaid 1926 PPC to USA, and with 1/- Large Lyrebird on 1935 airmail to Germany.
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Estimate AU$350
Currently Opening at...AU$270.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2200 |
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 1932 (Oct 1) OHMS cover to the Irrigation & Water Supply Commission in Brisbane with scarce franking of Bridge 2d red overprinted
'OS' tied by 'LATE FEE/1OC32/BRISBANE' cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2201 |
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 1932 (Dec 12) Wakefield & Co Castrol XXL Oil illustrated envelope (226x150mm) with logo of the Bertram Allan Junkers Atlantis
Expedition AMC 242 with Airmail 3d green tied by 'DARWIN NT/12DE32/AUSTRALIA' cds with 'DARWIN, N.T.' cachet alongside, Netherlands Indies Airmails 10c violet x2 tied by Soerabaja cds of '13.12.32' or '10.4.33', and Germany Airmail Eagle 10pf red
tied by 'BERLIN/17.4.33/ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN' cds, unaddressed and the flap unsealed, Cat $1750. Superb. A very fine example sold at our auction of 28.1.2005 for $1495 (Sale 113 Lot 332). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2202 |
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 1933 (Mar 25) official cover with scarce franking of 1928 3d Airmail punctured 'OS' two pairs (damaged before being affixed) tied
by 'LONGREACH/QUEENSLAND' cds, 'LATE FEE' handstamp at lower-right, Brisbane machine arrival backstamp of '1933/26MAR'. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2203 |
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 1933 (Oct 6) OHMS cover to Carlton with scarce franking of KGV 5d overprinted 'OS' ACSC 127(OS) (Cat $1000 for a solo franking)
tied by 'ALTONA/VIC' cds, blue & black/white R label, minor blemishes & part of the flap removed. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2204 |
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 1936 (Aug 18) commercial cover to Sudan paid at the All Up rate of 1/10d with KGV 1d, SA Centenary 3d & 1/6d Hermes tied by
'LUTWYCHE/QUEENSLAND' cds, Alexandria transit & 'SUDAN AIR MAIL/1.IX.36/ KHARTOUM' arrival backstamps, stained on the reverse. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2205 |
/ |
 1936 JC Williamson Theatre cover airmail to Germany with Kangaroos 2/- maroon & No Wmk Hermes 1/6d tied by 'LATE FEE/ *
/1DE36/MELBOURNE VIC' cds paying 1/9d for the first ½oz + 1/8d for the second ½oz plus 1d late fee = 3/6d; also 1953 philatelic cover registered airmail to USA with very late usage of Kangaroos 5/- plus Coronation 2/-, minor faults.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2206 |
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 1937 (Apr 30) ES&A Bank airmail cover to India with Kangaroos 5/- (aged), KGV 2d scarlet, SA Centenary 3d & Airmail 6d sepia tied
by 'LATE FEE/ * /MELBOURNE VIC' cds, very fine 'CALCUTTA GPO/ DELY/ 7MAY37/D.B.N.', vertical fold clear of the stamps and minor blemishes. The Empire airmail rate to India was 1/2d per ½oz x5 + 1d late fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2207 |
PSE |
 1937-48 better airmails comprising 1937 to Dutch Indies with 1/- Small Lyrebird; 1937 KGV 1½d Postal Card uprated for 1/2d All Up
rate to Germany; 1939 Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) very scarce postcard to GB with KGVI 3d blue; 1941 at 1/9d to Yugoslavia; 1946 registered to USA with scarce solo usage of 5/- Robes; and 1948 at 3/6d to China (from 'Dunera' Boy Rudolph Reismann).
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2208 |
PSE |
 1937-51 quirky group of 27 commercial covers with mostly letter-rate stamps used on their First Days of Issue; also 1937 airmail
usage of KGV 1½d Postal Card with KGV 3d tied by Perth cds, airmail to 'PT HEDLAND/WA' with message in Esperanto (in this period, it cost only ½d more to send a letter, so postcards by air are very scarce); and 1951 local 'CYGNET/TAS' cover at 3d
unsealed printed matter rate.
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Estimate AU$125
Currently Opening at...AU$95.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2209 |
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 1938 (April 18) Australia-England per Harry 'Jim' Broadbent AAMC 804 with typed endorsement "5 days, 4 hrs, 21 mins Record Solo
Flight", Australia KGVI 2d red tied by 'DARWIN N.T./AUSTRALIA' cds cancel, 'H.M. CUSTOMS/22APR1938/LYMPNE AIRPORT, HYTHE' KENT' triple-ring rubber oval datestamp in violet and Great Britain KGVI 1½d brown tied by London 'EMPIRE/EXHIBITION/GLASGOW'
pictorial slogan machine cancel, Cat "from $400", plus sepia photograph postcard showing the pilot in his cockpit. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
| 2210 |
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 1939-45 Civil Censorship neatly annotated collection on display pages with emphasis on the myriad censor labels & cachets used
within Australia including on incoming mail, many unusual and scarce types noted but nothing eye-popping, lots of airmails including a few aerogrammes with red/yellow censor labels, some unusual destinations noted, generally fine to very fine. A good
foundation for an advanced study.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-09, 07:30 PM |
