Postal History - WWI Prisoner of War & Internee Ma continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 1375 |
PSE/D |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (Mar 19) usage of POW Postal Stationery Envelope 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right
First Variant with sans-serif 'SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS' on the flap, endorsed "Ad Frede PoW GCC Liverpool/21 Komp 8 Messe", to Germany with large sans-serif 'RS Sands LIEUT/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney
in rosine, Geneva arrival backstamp of 14.IV/1916, faint overall discolouration & minor bends. With the enclosed letter of 19.3.1916 to his sister on plain notepaper.
(2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1376 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (Apr ?) usage of POW Postal Stationery Envelope 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right
Second Variant with seriffed 'SENDER'S NAME, COMPANY AND MESS' on the flap, endorsed on the flap "O Blau, officers quarters GCC Liverpool", to his wife in Sydney but endorsed by the censor "Over 150 words" and rejected, a couple of very minor
blemishes. The two variants without/with 'AND MESS' on the flap are both recorded from -.3.1916. The Second Variant is recorded to 27.4.1916 only, and is probably the scarcer type. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1377 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (Apr 27) usage of POW Postal Stationery Envelope 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right
Second Variant with seriffed 'SENDER'S NAME, COMPANY AND MESS' on the flap, endorsed on the flap "O Blau, officers quarters GCC Liverpool", to his wife in Sydney with large seriffed 'CENSORED/RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet &
'LIVERPOOL/27AP16/=NSW=' cds, minor blemishes & ironed-out central vertical fold. The two variants without/with 'AND MESS' on the flap are both recorded from -.3.1916. This Second Variant is recorded to 27.4.1916 only, and is probably the scarcer
type. The latest recorded usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1378 |
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 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 stampless envelope endorsed on the flap "A Sandmann/Prisoner of war/Trial Bay Detention Bks" with deformed
'SERVICE...' & 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets in violet, sent unsealed to the Philippines with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in blue & boxed Sydney cachet in rosine, American-pattern 'MANILA PI/JUN27/1915/RECD' arrival
backstamp. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1379 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (mid) usage of POW Postal Stationery Envelope 'SERVICE...' & 24½mm 'POST/FREE'-in-circle at upper-right First
Variant with sans-serif 'SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS' on the flap, endorsed "G Boyser PoW Liverpool GC Camp/36d Comp 12th Mess", to London with large 'RS Sands LIEUT/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in dull violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney
unusually in black, unusually fine. The two variants, without or with 'AND MESS' on the flap, are both recorded from -.3.1916. This First Variant is recorded 3.3.1916 to 19.5.1916 only. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1380 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 & 1917 printed POW Envelopes with differing degrees of damage to the 'FREE' indicium, both endorsed on the
flap "W Flierl German Detention Barracks E4/Trial Bay" to a Lutheran minister in Queensland with 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in blue, the first with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney, the other with 'KEMPSEY/11AP17/=NSW='
cds, both apparently rejected by the censor & returned with large "X" in pencil across the face, minor blemishes. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1381 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (mid) printed POW envelope with 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE/-', endorsed on the flap "Capt E
Gatlermann/Detention Barracks/Berrima", to the captain of a German ship at "Honolulu/Hawaiian Isl" with very fine 'RSSands LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet & light boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in
violet, minor blemishes & a few wrinkles. Excellent destination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1382 |
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 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (mid) plain envelope with distorted 'SERVICE...' & 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachets both in violet,
endorsed on the flap "FH Landesmann pow/...Holdsworthy n Liverpool/.../35th Comp 1st Mess", to the famed "Waldorf Astoria Hotel/.../New York/USA" with large sans-serif 'RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet & partial boxed 'PASSED
BY/CENSOR SD' cachet unusually in red, large 'MAIL/1916 AUG 5.../WALDORF ASTORIA' arrival cachet proving this to be by far the earliest dated reference to Holdsworthy Camp. Neither Elliott, Finlayson & Russell nor Gary Diffen record any Holdsworthy
mail before -.02.1917. Gary Diffen records the distorted 'SERVICE...' handstamp between 17.1.1916 & 5.8.1916. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1383 |
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 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1916 (Dec) printed POW envelope with 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE/-', endorsed on the flap "Erich Brauns
Berrima", registered to prominent Sydney stamp dealer JH Smyth with 'BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' (rated RRR) partly overstruck with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet both in violet, superb
'LIVERPOOL/14DE16/=NSW=' cds and manuscript "503" in lieu of a registration label. Brauns had been the radio operator on Nauru, which was occupied by Australian Forces. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1384 |
PSE/D |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: (1917 Jan 5) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "Ad[olf] Schmidt/Trial Bay
Detention Barracks/A46", to Germany with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' in violet, with the enclosed message on 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA/PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/TRIAL BAY' letterhead. (2 items) (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1385 |
PSE/D |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1917 (Jan) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "H Ermekeil POW B24/Trial Bay
Detention Barracks", to Germany with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' in violet, with the enclosed message on 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA/PRISONER OF WAR LETTER' letterhead with manuscript "TBay
1.22.1917". (2 items) (Image1)
(Image2)
(Image3)
(Image4)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1386 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1917 (Apr) printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'FREE' indicium, endorsed on the flap "H von Blankensee/Trial Bay", sent
with unsealed flap to the Philippines with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' in blue & Sydney 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' boxed handstamp in violet, 'MANILA PI/MAY15/1917/RECD' arrival backstamp. Superb. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1387 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1917 printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' at upper-right (most outer letters damaged;
recorded by Gary Diffen 21.1.1917 to 17.5.1919), endorsed on the flap "Max Sander/17C 7M", to Sydney with 'CENSORED/RSSands LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet, the reverse with three strikes of the 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/3AP17/=NSW=' cds
(recorded 19OC15 to 10OC19), Liverpool transit & Sydney arrival of the next day, red & black/white provisional R label #1 amended to "121" then to "122", overall light soiling & spotting. This is the earliest Holdsworthy mail recorded by Elliott,
Finlayson & Russell: see page 89. Gary Diffen had not recorded this earliest type of R label. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1388 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1917 (circa) usage of printed POW Envelope with 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' at upper-right, endorsed on the
flap "Capt W Mollermann/Bourke", to an internee at "Liverpool Camp" with 'CENSORED/RHolman LIEUT COL/...' cachet in violet, slightly trimmed at left on opening. Rare inter-camp mail from Bourke. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1389 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1917 (Nov) printed POW Envelope with 27mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE'/ - at upper-right, endorsed on the flap
"AWKlatt German Camp 39-3/Liverpool", to Tasmania with seriffed 'CENSORED/RHolman LIEUT COL/ .../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet, manuscript "R3257" in lieu of an R label & 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/1NO17/=NSW=' cds, three more strikes on the back plus
'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' & 'REGISTERED/ HOBART' cds. Gary Diffen states of the "R" endorsement "only a couple of examples recorded".
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1390 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1918 (Jan 21) printed POW Envelope with 27mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE/-' (one of only three examples we have
noted from Berrima), endorsed on the flap "G Hartl Berrima NSW/Det Barracks", to prominent Sydney stamp dealer JH Smyth with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet & 'BERRIMA/JA21/1918/NSW' cds. Gary Diffen
records these Envelopes 5.11.1917 to 18.8.1918. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1391 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1918 printed POW Envelope with 27mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' at upper-right, endorsed on the flap "Fr
Banscher 10", to Sydney with 'CENSORED/RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet and unidentified oval-of-bars both in violet, red/white 'NSW/Holdsworthy Mil Camp' R label (Diffen Type 2; rated RRR) & 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/7FE18/=NSW=' cds, the reverse
with another strike plus 'LIVERPOOL' transit & 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' arrival, some soiling & the R label damaged. Gary Diffen notes that despite the cds & the various R labels being inscribed for the adjacent Military Camp, all recorded covers are
from POWs or internees. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1392 |
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 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1918 (May 30) stampless cover to Sydney with faint strike of the 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachet in violet &
light strike of the rare 'DETENTION BARRACKS, BERRIMA' cachet in violet but with no evidence of censorship, typed "REGISTERED" & blue registration lines, 'MOSS VALE/30MY18' & 'REGISTERED/31MY18/SYDNEY NSW' backstamps, central vertical fold. Ex Kevin
Nelson: sold at our auction of 27.11.2010 for $1320 (Sale 160 Lot 1292). Gary Diffen records the straight-line cachet 16.4.1917 to 22.7.1918. We suggest it is underrated at RRR. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1393 |
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 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1918 (June 6) stampless envelope from Germany to "Frau/Margarete Rohrmann/Bourke/co Commandant German
Concentration Camps/Liverpool..." with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet in violet of Sydney, insignificant imperfections. Probably the finest Bourke-related item we have seen. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
| 1394 |
PSE |
 NEW SOUTH WALES: 1918 (Nov 1) printed POW Lettersheet with 29mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE/ - -' (first hyphen omitted) at
upper-right 87mm 'Nicht zwischen die Zeilen schreiben!' (= do not write between the lines) within, endorsed on the flap "H Ermekeil POW/Holdsworthy CC EC/Liverpool", to Germany with 'RHolman LIEUT COL/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet & partial
'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney in purple, unusually fine for these items. Gary Diffen records these Letter Sheets between 11.9.1918 & 22.5.1919, the German admonition in three lengths 70mm; 82mm; or 73mm with no exclamation mark. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-17, 07:30 PM |
