Balance of collection including overprinted provisional stamps, aerogrammes (very scarce even philatelically used) and QSL cards. Ex Kim Dwyer.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2043
Symbol: P
1984 Tin Can Mail and Barrel Mail Cambec stamp-size photogravure proofs.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2044
Symbol: **$
2014 Sydney/Emden limited edition pack with imperforate miniature sheet with 50c Sydney/Emden Uncirculated coin. Only 150 produced. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 135
Plantation Tokens
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 3327
Symbol:
1913 10 Cents Renniks TOK2, obv. serial '4844', 'C.10/J.S.CLUNIES ROSS/1913', strong colour with minor wear, gVF. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Dec-04-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Postal History
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2045
Symbol: PS
1917 (Oct 28) usage of British 'Prisoners of War' Letter Sheet to Germany endorsed on the back flap from "Willy Pieper Maschinenmaat, Emden's party, Prisoner of War 1089, Malta, Fort Salvatore" and letter headed "Malta 28.X.17", light oval 'FREE FROM PRISONER OF WAR/PC/MALTA' cachet in blue on the face, light transmission marks. The SMS 'Emden' was crippled in a battle with the Australian warship HMS 'Sydney' off the Cocos Islands in 1914 and beached on the Islands. Some crew members escaped. Those who were captured were held in Australia and Ceylon, the latter subsequently transferred to Malta. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2046
Symbol: C
1938 (May 24) Archbold Expedition long-format envelope with printed flight details to Netherlands Indies returning via Australia, the Indian Ocean & Africa at lower-left and signed by expedition leader "Richard Archbold" AAMC 867, USA 2c red tied by New York machine cancel, Netherlands Indies 10c orange tied by 'HOLLANDIA/10.5.39' cds, Australia 5d Ram tied by 'ROSE BAY EAST/3JE39/NSW-AUST' cds and Seychelles KGVI 6c uncancelled, very fine 'C&W LTD/12JUN39/COCOS' [= Cable & Wireless station] double-ring cds transit backstamp, vertical fold at right not affecting the stamps & a few minor blemishes, Cat $1500. The Australian Government contracted the flying boat 'Guba II' to undertake a survey flight from Australia across the Indian Ocean to Africa to assess the feasability of such a route in the event of disruption to the London-Singapore-Sydney route. On 3.6.1939, Guba flew non-stop Sydney-Port Hedland (WA), then on to Cocos & beyond. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2047
Symbol: C
1939 (June 3) envelope endorsed "Per Trial Crossing of the Indian Ocean, Australia - Africa" for carriage by the Archbold Expedition flying boat 'Guba II' with Australia KGVI 2d red tied by 'ROSE BAY/3-JE39/ NSW-AUST' cds with another complete strike alongside and very fine 'C&W LTD/12JUN39/ COCOS' [= Cable & Wireless] double-ring cds transit on the face, Seychelles KGVI 2c x3 tied by 'VICTORIA/JU 17/39' cds, Belgian Congo 50c tied by 'COQUILHATVILLE/21.6.39' cds, KUT KGVI 15c (a little oxidised) tied by 'KISUMU/23 JU/39/KENYA' cds, and USA 2c red tied by New York 'AUG 4/1939' arrival, plus South Africa 1d Ship bi-lingual pair affixed but uncancelled, a few minor blemishes. Colin Riddell's very fine example - the Cocos datestamp partly obscured by a stamp - sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $1003 (Sale 233 Lot 2366). (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2048
Symbol: C
1939 (June 3) envelope with typed endorsement on the reverse for carriage by the Archbold Expedition flying boat 'Guba II' Indian Ocean & Africa return leg including "Wake I[sland]-Hollandia/Port Hedland [WA]-Mombasa first flight" signed by expedition leader "Richard Archbold", with Australia 5d Ram tied by 'ROSE BAY EAST/3JE39/NSW-AUST' cds, Seychelles KGVI 2c x3 tied by 'VICTORIA/JU 17/39' cds, Belgian Congo 50c tied by 'COQUILHATVILLE/21.6.39' cds, KUT KGVI 15c (a little oxidised) tied by 'KISUMU/23 JU/39/KENYA' cds, and USA 6c Eagle tied by San Diego undated oval arrival handstamp, very fine complete 'C&W LTD/12JUN39/COCOS' [= Cable & Wireless] transit backstamp, a few minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2049
Symbol: PS
1945 (Nov 27) usage of South East Asia Command illustrated 'XMAS AIR LETTER' showing Santa in a turban and his sleigh drawn by oxen in front of a mosque, lengthy message from LAC Peter Ansell headed "The Cocos Isles" begins "This is about the last letter I shall be writing from these Islands; in a few hours time I shall be flying up to Ceylon in a Liberator ...", to Essex UK with an unusually very fine complete 'RAFPOST 301/27NOV45' Indian-Pattern cds applied on the reverse (as there was no blank space on front), small closed tear at top on opening otherwise very fine. The RAFPOST 301 cds was used at the heavy bomber airfield constructed by the RAF on Brown's West Island and is notorious for being poorly struck: this is about as fine as it comes. Colin Riddell's similar example - with a short greetings message & fine strike only; minor defects - sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $2360 (Sale 233 Lot 2458). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2050
Symbol: C
1950 (Aug 4) airmail envelope from England with KGVI 1/- brown tied by Torquay Devon machine cancel, to "ER Leigh Parkin Esq, c/o Cable & Wireless Ltd, FOR COCOS, PO Box 146, Singapore" with very fine strike of 'COCOS IS/("20 8 50")/PER ("Frigate")' handstamp in violet on the reverse, small closed tear clear of the arrival marking and a few minor transmission marks. Carried by airmail to Singapore and onwards by Royal Naval Frigate HMS 'Glen Dhu' arriving at Cocos on 20.8.1950 (or 22.8.1950 ?). (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2051
Symbol: C
1950 (Nov 9) airmail envelope from the USA with Airmail 25c blue tied by 'SHENT/N.Y.' duplex cancel, to "ER Leigh-Parkin, Cable & Wireless Ltd (Cocos Islands), c/o PO Box 146, Singapore, Malaya", superb circular 'ORION/Barrel' and boxed 'COCOS' Tin Can Mail cachets in violet on the reverse, the latter with '5JAN51' handstamp added, small cellotape seal on the reverse clear of the markings and a few minor transmission marks. The backstamps are probably the two rarest markings of Cocos. Absent from Kim Dwyer's collection. Colin Riddell's superb example - from Great Britain - sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $3068 (Sale 233 Lot 2443). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2052
Symbol: C
1951 (April 12) Cable & Wireless Limited unfranked envelope to "Captain Whinfield, Commander, RMS Orion, c/- The Agents, Colombo" Ceylon, very fine 'Per RMS ORION' circular cachet in violet endorsed "12 4 51" in manuscript green ink and superb boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' boxed cachet in violet on the face, light vertical fold clear of the markings and a few minor blemishes. Most surviving covers from this period are to or from ER Leigh-Parkin who was also responsible for the various cachets. This, most unusually is to the captain of the passing ship, effectively sent privately without postage. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2053
Symbol: C
1951 (April 25) airmail envelope from Great Britain with London 1/- meter in red, to "The Librarian, Staff Library, Cocos Islands, Cable & Wireless Ltd, PO Box 146, Singapore", makeshift typed 'QANTAS/SURVEY FLIGHT/CATALINA/VH-EBA/DARWIN-COCOS/VIA DJAKARTA' label tied to the reverse by a superb complete strike of 'C&W LTD/30MAY1951/COCOS' arrival backstamp, small closed tear clear of the label & arrival marking and a few minor transmission marks. Colin Riddell's similar example - with KGVI 1/- stamp - sold at our auction of 3.3.2019 for $1357 (Sale 233 Lot 2458). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2054
Symbol: C
1951 (Aug 12) envelope to Western Australia with "Stevensen, c/o Cable & Wireless Limited, PO Box 146, Singapore" return address above woodcut 'ERL PARKIN/COCOS' cachet in violet on the reverse, very fine 'Per RMS ORION' circular cachet in violet endorsed "12 8 51" in manuscript ink and boxed 'TIN CAN MAIL/COCOS-KEELING IS' boxed cachet in violet on the face, minor water-staining - causing the stamp to be washed-off - and repaired edge faults. The 'barrel' was a flour tin with the lid soldered-on. On this occasion, the soldering was sub-standard and some water entered the tin. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Dec-03-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 262
Lot No: 2055
Symbol: C
1964 (May 1) social usage of local PPC ('Highest Landmark, Cocos Island') to GB with Pictorials 3d Copra x2 + 8d Map tied by #3 cds. The airmail postcard rate was 1/2d. (Image1)
