COCOS ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY continued...
RAAF Post Office 1951 to 1954 continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 241 |
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 1952 (Feb 12) cover endorsed "Forces Airmail" to "WO Len Dunn/Medical Section/No 2 ACS Cocos Isld/co GPO Perth" with Koala 4d tied
by Port Adelaide slogan cancel & very fine 'RAAF PO/15FE52/COCOS ISLAND' arrival backstamp, printed 'PHILATELIC MAIL' but roughly opened with repaired tear at the top & part of the flap missing. Carried per the second Qantas Courier Flight ex
Sydney. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 242 |
D/ |
 1952 (Feb 26) Cable & Wireless red/white telegram with 'RAAF PO/26FE52/COCOS ISLAND' cds with another strike on the accompanying
blue/white C&W envelope, the telegram also with double-ring 'C&W LTD/31DEC51/COCOS' cds suggesting that a batch of pre-cancelled forms were used-up over a period of at least two months.
(2 items) (Image1)
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(Image3)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 243 |
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 1952 Forces cover to "Married Quarters/RAAF/Richmond NSW" with superb 'RAAF/SERVICE' cachet in violet, unusually paid for surface
mail only with Princess 1d tied by large-part 'RAAF PO/COCOS ISLAND' cds, repaired flap-tear. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 244 |
|
 1952 (Apr 11) philatelic cover to Texas USA with 2/- Aboriginal Art tied by very fine 'RAAF PO/COCOS ISLAND' cds and blue/white
'RAAF Cocos Island' R label, rubber 'HOUSTON/APR/18/1952/TEXAS' arrival backstamp & endorsed on the face "Hold until 5-1-52' (= 1st May). Carried per the sixth Qantas Courier Flight ex Cocos 11.4.1952. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 245 |
/D |
 1952 (Apr 21) social cover to "A Bergner" [sic] with ½d & 3d tied by very fine 'RAAF PO/COCOS ISLAND' cds, repaired tear across the
flap. Carried per the eighth Qantas Courier Flight ex Cocos 25.4.1952. With the enclosed letter signed by the medical officer "Len Dunn" who states "...I took a patient to Sydney by plane via Singapore Darwin [&] Sydney [a reference to the Mercy
Flight on 3.1.1952]...We are having trouble getting in second class mail, the planes are too loaded with food ect [sic]...the ship being late will cause a few shortages it is now a month late...Their [sic] is not much to write about in this dump..."
Marvellous!
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 246 |
|
 1952 (June 5) Tattersalls cover to Hobart with 'RAAF/SERVICE' cachet in violet & Koala 4d tied by very fine 'RAAF PO/COCOS ISLAND'
cds, Tatts arrival cachet of '11JUN52', opened a little roughly with repaired tear across the flap. Carried per the eleventh Qantas Courier Flight ex Cocos 6.6.1952. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 247 |
|
 1952 (Aug 30) Forces cover to Toowoomba Qld with worn 'RAAF/SERVICE' cachet in black & Qantas Empire Airways label, 4d Koala tied
by very fine 'RAAF PO/30AU52/COCOS ISLAND' cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
Singapore Postal Agency 1952 to 1955
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 248 |
PSE |
 1948 (Nov) Qantas Survey Flight Sydney-Johannesburg & Johannesburg-Sydney with the different blue/blue map labels for the flights;
1952 regular service five items including registered covers to England & to Canada; 1953 Coronation flight six items including with Malay-pattern 'Cocos Island' R label; some blemishes but generally fine to very fine.
(13 items) (Image1)
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(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
(Image9)
(Image10)
(Image11)
(Image12)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 249 |
|
 1952 (Dec 13) social airmail cover to Sydney with Singapore KGVI Perf 17½x18 10c strip of 3 tied by a fine strike of the
'COCOS/13DEC52/ISLAND' cds, much of the flap removed on opening. Colin Riddell's earliest commercial cover from this period was dated 2.2.1954; this is 14 months earlier and the only cover we have seen at the the 30c rate. The envelope probably
contained a Christmas card. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 250 |
|
 1953 (July) cover with Shell Company of Australia Ltd imprint at lower-left & illustrated advertising on the flap all in red, to
the company's head office in Melbourne with Singapore KGVI Perf 17½x18 10c & 20c pair tied by a largely fine strike of the 'COCOS/ISLAND' cds, light vertical fold & opened at the base a bit roughly with repaired tear at lower-right. (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 251 |
|
 1953 (Sep 1) social usage of P&O envelope with a superb strike of the newly introduced boxed 'BY AIR/FROM/KEELING COCOS/ISLANDS'
cachet in violet, to a child in Australia with Singapore KGVI 50c tied by 'COCOS/1SEO53/ISLAND' cds, on arrival redirected to Sydney. Probably from the first mail on which the cachet was used. Colin Riddell's earliest example of the cachet was dated
'2FE54' - sold for $708 (Sale 233 Lot 2476) - and he had no non-philatelic cover in this period to Australia. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 252 |
/D |
 1953 (Sep 30) cover with 'JC CLUNIES-ROSS/KEELING-COCOS ISLANDS' imprint on the flap, to Singapore with rare non-philatelic
franking of Singapore Coronation 10c tied by large-part 'COCOS/ISLAND' cds. With the enclosed 'OCEANIA HOUSE/KEELING-COCOS ISLANDS' letterhead with social letter stating "...you will probably be somewhat pre-occupied with the imminent air-race..." &
full signature "John Clunies Ross". Captain Hugh Birch was Qantas Empire Airways' manager in Singapore. Apparently, Clunies-Ross was unaware that many race competitors would pass through Cocos rather then Singapore & that, in fact, none of them would
land at Singapore.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 253 |
|
 1954 (Nov 20) commercial airmail cover to Perth WA with Singapore KGVI Perf 17½x18 20c & 50c (corner fault) tied by two strikes of
the 'COCOS/20NOV54/ISLAND' cds, Malayan-pattern blue & black/grey 'Cocos Island' R label (small fault at upper-left), Sydney transit backstamp of 22NO54, opened-out, minor blemishes. At this time, airmail services to Australia went directly to
Sydney. Colin Riddell's only registered cover from this period was philatelic & dated two days after the Singapore agency closed.
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 254 |
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 1955 (Mar 19) rare albeit philatelic usage of GB black/pink Avis de Réception card with Wilding 6d tied by 'KING STREET
BO/PLYMOUTH/19MR/55/DEVON' cds, endorsed received "28.3.55" with 'COCOS/28MAR55/ ISLAND' arrival cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 255 |
|
 1955 (Aug 29) real photo PPC of Qantas plane at the airport with message headed "West Island/29.8.55" and boxed 'BY
AIR/FROM/KEELING COCOS/ISLANDS' cachet in black, social usage to Scotland with Singapore Perf 17½x18 KGVI 35c tied by Singapore '30AUG/1955' slogan cancel, message "Have just flown down here on a job for the weekend & am on my way back to Singapore
in an hour or so...", minor corner bend. Colin Riddell's similar PPC dated "5.11.55" & with Cocos cds to England sold for $1355 (Sale 233 Lot 2483).
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
Australian External Territory 1955 to 1963
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 256 |
PSE |
 1955 Opening Day/Inaugural Flight commemorative covers x4, OHMS cover with 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' imprint in red, and two uprated 10d
Aerogrammes (one with the flight cachet in black), some blemishes but generally fine to very fine. Colin Riddell's cover with the cachet in black - stated to be only two recorded - sold for $945 (Sale 233 Lot 2489).
(7) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
(Image5)
(Image6)
(Image7)
(Image8)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 257 |
|
 1956 (Jan 3) philatelic airmail cover with Cable & Wireless colourless embossing on the flap & triple-oval 'CABLE AND WIRELESS
LIMITED/MANAGERS/3JAN1956/OFFICE/COCOS BRANCH' cachet (the only example we have seen) in violet at lower left, to "Victoria NSW" (!, happily corrected) with Australia QEII 6½d orange tied by superb Australian-pattern 'COCOS ISLAND' cds. Ex Colin
Riddell: part of a group of ten items that sold for $6490 (Sale 233 Lot 2492). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 258 |
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 1956 (Feb 29; Leap Year) philatelic airmail cover to Victoria with Australia QEII 6½d orange & 9d Platypus tied by superb
Australian-pattern 'COCOS ISLAND' cds, blue/white 'COCOS ISLAND' R label (damaged before being affixed). Ex Colin Riddell: part of a group of ten items that sold for $6490 (Sale 233 Lot 2492). (Image1) (Image2)
|
Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 259 |
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 1956 (Feb 29; Leap Year) underpaid philatelic airmail cover to Victoria with Australia QEII 3d green x2 tied by superb
Australian-pattern 'COCOS ISLAND' cds, 'T ("1d")'-in-oval presumably applied on the island & Australia Postage Due 1d pen-cancelled "3.3.56", minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 260 |
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 1956 real photo PPC of staff quarters with message "Arrived Cocos Island. Same stamps as Australia" and boxed 'BY AIR/FROM/KEELING
COCOS/ISLANDS' cachet in black, social usage to Scotland with Kookaburra 6d pair tied by Australian-pattern 'COCOS ISLAND' cds. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
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