Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 141 |
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 1907 (Sep 4) Irish International Exhibition PPC to "Christmas Island/Straits Settlements" with GB 1d tied by 'DUBLIN/ 12 ' cds,
very fine 'PENANG TO SINGAPORE/SE27/1907' marine sorter cds & doubled but largely fine strike of the first double-ring 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND' cds, minor creasing. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 142 |
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 1907 (Nov 7) Australian PPC to "Master Russell Darling/Christmas Island/Via Singapore" with South Australian 1d tied by Adelaide
cds, 'SINGAPORE' transit & fair 28mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/DE14/1907' arrival cds. Only three other items from Australia have been recorded from this correspondence. Ex Colin Riddell: sold for $945 (Sale 231 Lot 975). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 143 |
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 1929 philatelic cover to Pennsylvania USA with Straits 6c scarlet x2 tied by two largely fine strikes of the 31mm 'CHRISTMAS
ISLAND/DE25/1929/ + ' cds (Christmas Day; month before day). Superb. Colin Riddell's very similar cover sold for $650 (Sale 231 Lot 978).
(Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 144 |
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 1931 apparently commercial airmail cover to Warwickshire with Straits 4c purple & 6c scarlet x5 tied by two fair to fine strikes of
the 31mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/25AP/1931/ + ' cds (day before month), Singapore transit backstamp of '29AP/31', Malayan black/grey-blue 'BY AIR MAIL' label, vertical fold just clear of the label. The rate is problematic. Ted Proud states the rate was 6c
per ounce plus airmail fee of 42c per Imperial Airways Karachi-London (or plus 50c per KLM). This is therefore apparently 14c underpaid but was neither taxed nor diverted to surface mail. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 145 |
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 1932 (Nov 3) social cover to Northumberland with Straits 4c orange pair tied by large-part 'CHRISTMAS I[SLAND]/3NO/1932/ + ' cds,
superb 'SINGAPORE/8NOV/1932' machine transit backstamp. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 146 |
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 1933 (Mar 10) social cover to Northumberland with Straits 4c orange pair tied by large-part 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/10MR/1933/ + ' cds,
'SINGAPORE/15MCH/1933' machine transit backstamp, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 147 |
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 1934 (Oct 13) social cover to "Klang (FMS)" with KGV 5c brown tied by light but obvious 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/3SP/1934/ + ' cds,
overall aging and some light toning. Rare local/domestic rate cover @ 5c up to 2oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 148 |
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 1934 (Dec 25; Christmas Day) unsealed philatelic cover to Washington State with KGV 3c green tied by very fine 'CHRISTMAS
ISLAND/25DE/1934/ + ' cds, very minor blemishes. We could not locate a Printed Matter rate in this period, but we expect that was the intention here. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 149 |
PSE |
 1935 (circa) commercial usage of KGV 15c Registration Envelope Size G from a Chinese resident at "South Point/Xmas Island" to
Singapore with address in Chinese on the reverse, endorsed in red "Insured $20.oo" & with scarce black/pink 'P&T R&P 17/INSURED/(Valeur Declarée)' label folded-over at the top, blue & black 'Christmas Island' R label sliced-through on opening,
overall aging & rust from a paperclip. A very rare and, despite the faults, desirable item. 15c covered 5c local/domestic rate + 10c registration. Stamps for the insurance fee have been removed at right. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 150 |
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 1936 (Mar 18) philatelic airmail cover to Cornwall with KGV 10c purple/yellow & 1936 25c & 40c tied by two fine to very fine
strikes of the 30mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/1936/18MR/10.1AM/ + ' cds (year & time slugs transposed), blue & black 'Christmas Island' R label, 'SINGAPORE/13AP/1936/ H ' transit & 'SALTASH/23AP/36/ CORNWALL' arrival backstamps. Superb. The cds is presumably
Ted Proud's D7 but his illustration is 29mm. We have not previously noted the variant with the year & time slugs transposed. Superior to the philatelic cover - the R label on the reverse - that sold at our auction of 6.3.2015 for $3040 (Sale 199 Lot
1668). (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$3,000
Currently Opening at...AU$2,300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 151 |
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 1937 (Oct 13) social cover to "GJ Hess/RE [= Royal Engineers] Survey Section/Fort Canning/Singapore" with 1936-37 KGV 5c brown tied
by largely very fine 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/10MR/1933/ + ' cds, faults but presentable. Rare local/domestic rate cover @ 5c up to 2oz. Fort Canning was British Army HQ prior to World War II. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 152 |
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 1938 cover to London with Straits KGVI Keyplates 4c orange pair tied by a magnificent strike of the 30mm 'CHRISTMAS
ISLAND/MR30/1938/ + ' cds. Spectacular. On 23.2.1938, Malaya officially joined Stage Two of the Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS). The rate per Imperial was 8c per half-ounce, greatly undercutting the KLM service. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 153 |
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 1938 (Mar 30) cover to England with Straits Settlements KGV 1c plus KGVI 10c & 12c tied by two superb strikes of the 30mm
'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/MR30/1938/ + ' cds (Proud D7), rare blue/white R label with upper-case 'CHRISTMAS/ISLAND' (recorded in 1938 only), Singapore transit backstamp of '8AP/1938', very minor blemishes. An exceptional Malayan Agency Period cover, and a
marvellous item for the collector of Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) material. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$4,000
Currently Opening at...AU$3,000.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 154 |
D |
 1938 the black/white receipt for the previous lot with a fine strike of the 30mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/MR30/1938/ + ' cds, light
central fold. (Image1)
(Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 155 |
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 1939 cover endorsed on the reverse "From G Davis/Christmas Island", to New York with Straits KGVI Keyplates 12c ultramarine tied by
a superb strike of the 30mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/SP2/1939/ + ' cds, largely very fine boxed 'PASSED BY/ 10 /CENSOR' handstamp of Singapore applied about four days later. One of the earliest recorded WWII censor covers from Christmas Island. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 156 |
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 1940 airmail cover endorsed on the reverse "From Ell Pous [?]/Christmas Island", to London with Straits KGVI Keyplates 1c black x2
& 6c scarlet (rounded corner) tied by two just identifiable strikes of the 30mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/ + ' cds, largely very fine triangular 'PASSED FOR - TRANSMISSION/ 6 ' censor handstamp of Singapore. Paid at the Empire Air Mail Scheme (EAMS) 8c rate
and not taxed or diverted to surface mail so apparently flown from Singapore, light folds & wrinkling. Rare censored mail from Christmas Island. EAMS was suspended on 3.9.1939. The triangular cachets were introduced from March 1940.
In -.1.1942, following Japanese air-raids, most of the civilians were evacuated to Perth. On the night of 10-11.3.1942, Indian troops stationed on the island mutinied & executed the British officer & four NCOs, and threatened to kill all other
Europeans who had remained on the island. The Japanese occupied Christmas Island from 31.3.1942 until the end of the war. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 157 |
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 1948 philatelic cover with Singapore Silver Wedding 10c violet & $5 brown horizontal pairs tied by 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/23DEC48' cds
in blue, blue & black/white 'Christmas Island' registration label, very minor blemishes. A very similar cover with only one set sold at our auction of 7.12.2012 for $483 (Sale 177 Lot 891). In 1946, Christmas Island was transferred to Singapore,
which had become a separate Colony. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 158 |
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 1950 (Mar 14) cover endorsed at lower-left "PM George/Xmas Island", to Tattersalls in Hobart with Singapore KGVI Keyplates Perf 14
3c x2 & 20c plus Perf 17½x18 4c tied by Singapore-pattern 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/14MAR50', blue & black/white 'Christmas Island' registration label, the reverse with transits of 'FREMANTLE/2-MR50/...' & 'REGISTERED/ 3 /31MR50/MELBOURNE' and 'REGISTERED
HOBART/1AP50/...' arrival cds, Tatts cachet of '4APR---0' in red on the face, small opening fault clear of the stamps. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 159 |
PSE |
 1950 (Oct 6) usage of Australian Forces formular aerogramme by a woman serving at American HQ in Tokyo to her husband aboard "Yacht
Seven Seas II/co Port Captain/Christmas Island/Indian Ocean" with Australian ½d & 3d tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/6OC50/214' cds (LRD), 25mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/6NOV50' arrival cds & light strike of the rarely seen triple-ring 'DISTRICT
OFFICER/[arms]/CHRISTMAS ISLAND' cachet in violet at lower-right, redirected to Hawaii with 29mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/19NOV50' cds.
An extraordinary BCOF usage. Phil Collas recorded the cds used at Tokyo only until -.9.1950. Sadly only the address panel remains but with significant excerpts from the chatty letter including "...out in Siberia (Tsukushima Is)...Mt Asama...had
erupted the week before...The mtn was fuming..." (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
| 160 |
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 1955 (Apr 12) commercial cover to "Singapore Turf Club" with Singapore KGVI Perf 17½x18 10c x3 (one with surface damage) tied by
25mm 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND' cds, blue & black/white 'Christmas Island' R label, 'SINGAPORE/17APR55/ C ' arrival backstamp, docketing on the face identifies the sender as "Lee Tuan Huat", small opening fault at upper-left. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-16, 07:30 PM |
