NORFOLK ISLAND continued...
Commonwealth of Australia Administration 1914 to 1 continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 421 |
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 1934 (Apr 5) commercial cover to Sydney with KGV 2d & 3d tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/5AP23/AUSTRALIA' cds (date error for '34'; very
fine backstamp), crude R label fashioned from glassine-tape with 'NORFOLK ISLAND' handstamp in violet over "R297" in blue pencil, Sydney arrival backstamp of '9AP34', minor blemishes. This particular label illustrated in NICPM at page 82. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 422 |
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 1935 (May 23) commercial cover to "The Melanesian Mission/.../Sydney" with Macarthur 3d & ANZAC 2d tied by 'NORFOLK
ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds, blue pencil "NI/REG 219" (this style not recorded in NICPM) in lieu of R label, Sydney arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. The Mission ceased operations on Norfolk Island in 1920, when its administration was relocated to
Sydney. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 423 |
PSE |
 1936 (Apr 18) commercial usage of Australian KGV 5d Oval Registration Envelope with KGV 2d tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds,
blank blue/white R label with pre-applied 'NORFOLK ISLA[ND]' handstamp, Sydney arrival cds unusually on the face, a bit stained. Rare pre-WWII usage of a Registration Envelope on Norfolk Island. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 424 |
/D |
 1936 (June 11) cover to Dunedin with invalid franking of New Zealand Kiwi 1d strip of 6 tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds but
with pencilled "T.P. 4d", New Zealand 'TO PAY/ 4d ' cachet and Postage Due 2d pair (creased) affixed, minor imperfections. A very unusual cover. With the enclosed PMG's Department notepaper with 'NORFOLK ISLAND' handstamp & signed "GH Wickstead/PM"
advising that the stamps were invalid but that he was going to postmark them anyway! In 1928, GH Wickstead succeeded Frank Heaps as postmaster. He was also the island's policeman.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 425 |
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 1936 (June 29) cover to England with Cable 2d & 3d tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds, blank blue/white R label with two
partial strikes of 'NORFOLK ISLAND' handstamp in black, Sydney transit & 'CHINGFORD ...' arrival backstamps. David Murray-Brown's similar cover sold for $780 (Sale 254 Lot 3464). This item clearly shows that the handstamp was applied to sheets of R
labels before these were affixed to mail. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 426 |
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 1936 (Sep 21) cover to California with Large Kookaburra 6d tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds, blue/white 'NORFOLK ISLAND/NEW
SOUTH WALES' R label, poor Sydney transit and two different San Francisco arrival backstamps. Ex Stephen Bradford: sold for $325 (Sale 99 Lot 115).
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 427 |
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 1937 (Mar 19) cover with 'NORFOLK ISLAND TOURIST BUREAU' imprint at upper-left to New York with KGV 1d & 2d tied by 'NORFOLK
ISLAND/AUSTRALIA' cds, a bit spotty. The only example we have recorded. Ex Stephen Bradford: sold for $358 (Sale 99 Lot 116). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 428 |
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 1937 (July) philatelic cover with triple-ring 'HM CUSTOMS/[crown]/NORFOLK ISLAND' cachet at lower-left, to New Jersey with French
New Hebrides 75c pair tied by 'NEW HEBRIDES/VILA' cds, minor blemishes. Unusual. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 429 |
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 1938 (Sep 30) hand-illustrated envelope by Karl Lewis to Oregon with KGV ½d 1d & 1½d tied by the newly introduced 'NORFOLK
ISLAND/AUST.' cds (recorded from '7SE38'). Very attractive. Karl Lewis was an American photographer & illustrator who lived in Japan. He was a prolific producer of watercolour scenes on envelopes but created very few of Norfolk Island scenes. This
view is across to Nepean & Phillip Islands. Stephen Bradford's very similar cover sold for $1065 (Sale 99 Lot 118). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 430 |
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 1939 complete issues No 114 & 115 of the roneo'd & stitched 'Norfolk Island Weekly' endorsed "Printed Matter" & "from/O
Olsson/Norfolk Island", to Guildford (WA or GB?) with KGVI 2d tied by discernible Norfolk Island cds, a bit aged but an extraordinary survivor. The Printed Matter rate to Australia & Empire destinations was 1d per 4oz so this was either overpaid
(probably) or contained several more issues). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 431 |
PSE |
 1939 (Mar 4) commercial usage of KGVI 5d Oval Registration Envelope to England with 'NORFOLK ISLAND/ AUSTRALIA' cds, blue/white
'NORFOLK ISLAND/NEW SOUTH WALES' R label, Sydney transit cds on the face, minor adhesions & opened-out. Rare pre-WWII usage of a Registration Envelope on Norfolk Island. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 432 |
PSE |
 FLIGHT COVERS: 1931 (Apr 1) Norfolk Island-Lord Howe Island-Sydney per 'Madam Elijah' AAMC 184 use of 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d Envelope
with 'CARRIED BY AIR/FIRST FLIGHT ("Norfolk Is") TO/AUSTRALIA ("Francis Chichester") PILOT' cachet in violet & numbered "40" & 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/1AP/1931/NSW' (April Fools Day) cds alongside; a similar item with KSmith 3d & 3d Airmail (damaged) tied
by 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/6JU/1931/NSW' cds & light strike of the cachet numbered "72"; Cat $1600. Plus eight second-generation photographs of arrival at Norfolk, the plane being craned onto the jetty & being stored against the cliff. Note: the AAMC
wrongly states that the plane was 'Miss Elijah'.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 433 |
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 FLIGHT COVERS: 1931 (Apr 1) Norfolk Island-Lord Howe Island-Sydney per 'Madam Elijah' AAMC 184 plain envelope with Australian Coat
of Arms embossed on the flap and endorsed "By Kindness Mr Francis Chichester/per Seaplane from New Zealand", addressed to "Air Vice Marshall Sir Philip Game/.../Governor of New South Wales", 'CARRIED BY AIR/FIRST FLIGHT ("Norfolk Is") TO/AUSTRALIA
("Francis Chichester") PILOT' cachet in violet & numbered "53", Airmail 3d affixed but uncancelled with 'LORD HOWE ISLAND/1AP/1931/NSW' cds (April Fools Day alongside), a few blemishes, Cat $950+. With the enclosed notepaper with British Coat of Arms
over 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/NORFOLK ISLAND' embossed in blue stating "...Mr Francis Chichester landed here yesterday evening Saturday 28.3.31 by sea-plane being the first visitor by air to Norfolk Island..." & signed "AJ Bennett/Colonel/Administrator".
The AAMC states that that only two such covers were flown. All other covers seen are Postal Stationery 2d Envelopes, that also have the Norfolk Island cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 434 |
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 FLIGHT COVERS: 1931 (June 6) Lord Howe Island-Sydney per 'Madam Elijah' AAMC 184a cover with KSmith 3d & 3d Airmail tied by 'LORD
HOWE ISLAND/NSW' cds & very fine 'CARRIED BY AIR/FIRST FLIGHT ("Lord Howe Island") TO/AUSTRALIA ("Francis Chichester") PILOT' cachet in violet & numbered "26", a few blemishes, Cat $650. The plane was damaged by a cyclone while at anchor in the
lagoon at Lord Howe Island. Parts had to be brought by ship from Sydney & the next stage was delayed for just over two months. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
World War II until 1947
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 435 |
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 1939 (Sep) social cover to Sydney with KGVI 2d tied by 'NORFOLK ISLAND/AUST' cds with illegible date, very fine strike of the rare
provisional 'PASSED BY CENSOR' cachet (Little #H1) in violet, the flap removed. Ex Garrard Family: sold for $299 (Sale 167 Lot 838). Illustrated in NICPM at page 69. John Little records four examples, between 11.9.1939 & 21.9.1939 only. There was no
example in his collection. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 436 |
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 1940 airmail cover to "Norfolk Island Chemical Depot/Norfolk Island/Via Sydney" with 9d Platypus tied by light but discernible
British 'FIELD POST OFFICE/245' cds in use with the 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats), superb boxed 'AERIAL SERVICE/COMPLETED SYDNEY' jusqu'a handstamp in violet & the airmail label crossed-out, minor blemishes. Outstanding origin-destination
cover. Sold at our auction of 30.4.2011 for $390 (Sale 164 Lot 767).
The de Chesne family arrived on Norfolk Island in the 20th century. We could find no contemporary reference to a chemical storage facility on the island during World War II, only comments that there was no such depot on Norfolk. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 437 |
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 1940 (Nov 5) New Zealand YMCA cover to "Cascades/Norfolk Island/Via Australia" by air with Egypt Army Post 10m x4 tied by British
'FIELD POST OFFICE/245' cds in use with the 7th Armoured Division (the Desert Rats), minor blemishes & the flap removed. Outstanding origin-destination cover. Sold at our auction of 30.4.2011 for $390 (Sale 164 Lot 766). In -.11.1940, the 7th
Armoured Division routed the Italian forces at Sidi Barrani, with some 20,000 being taken prisoner. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 438 |
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 1940-44 covers with boxed Norfolk Island censor cachet #2 to Melbourne, underpaid to Holland & philatelic to Nova Scotia; to
England & to America censored at Sydney; censored at Melbourne; and three to America all censored twice, two at Sydney & in the States, the other on the island with Melbourne-pattern 'Opened by Censor' label tied by boxed censor cachet #2 & at
Sydney. Interesting group.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 439 |
PSE |
 1941 stampless Prisoner of War postal card from Germany to "Mrs KC Whisker/Police Station/Norfolk Island/via Australia" with German
'STALAG 306 (XV111D)/GEPRUFT' cachet and security cds of '21X41', 'DEFENCE FORCE/MAIL/NO POSTAGE REQUIRED' machine applied at Sydney where Censor S107 handstamp also added, a few blemishes. A truly extraordinary origin/destination item. The cheerful
message states "...it won't be long before I'm Home again". Sold at our auction of 10.4.2010 for $1665 (Sale 155 Lot 380).
Stalag 306 (XVIIID) was situated at Marburg an der Drau (now Maribor in Slovenia, in what used to be Yugoslavia). In 1941, the area was annexed by Germany. Most of the Australian & New Zealand POWs held there had been captured on Crete. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 440 |
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 1942 NZ National Patriotic Fund Board OAS cover endorsed "42787 Lieut GC Broad" on the flap, to "2NZEF/Middle East Force" with
boxed 'CENSORED/Signature/...' cachet in blue, multiple erasures on the reverse. Remarkable inter-Forces usage. Construction of a new airfield began in -.8.1942 under control of New Zealand 'N' Force, supported by Army Post Office 50. Mail can
usually be identified only by knowledge of the sender who, in this case, helpfully wrote "NZ APO50" on the face. (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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