1891/1943, group of 14 covers and cards, incl. French and German liners, transit and outbound mail, WWI censored covers, etc., mostly fine 

1850, soft yellowish paper, 1 d. carmine, horizontal pair with large margins, neatly cancelled, very fine

1850, soft yellowish paper, 1 d. reddish rose, horizontal pair with good to large margins, neatly cancelled "25" KIAMA, very fine, certificate BPA (1959)

1850, Plate I, 1 p. reddish rose and 2p blue, plate I, retouched, both with large margins, tied by oval grids with adjacent red "PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY/AP*19/1850" to letter sheet to Wellington, New Zealand, with frontside arrival mark of May 4th 1850. "4" d. incoming ship letter fee charged to the receipient. 2 d. with inconspicuous closed tear at upper left, otherwise very fine and rare. (Census 50/94)

1850, plate II, hard yellowish paper, 1 d. dull carmine, horizontal pair, good to large margins, used, very fine

1850,plate II, hard greyish paper, 1 d. crimson-lake, nice large margins, used, very fine

1850, Plate I, intermediate impression, 2 d. greyish-blue, large margins, tied to entire letter from "SYDNEY FE 12 1850" to Melbourne; a fine early letter, signed Georg Bühler

Plate I, intermediate impression, 2d. greyish blue, good to mostly large margins, neatly tied to local lettersheet with reverse side "SYDNEY JA 8 1851", very fine

Plate I, 2 d. greyish blue, position 19 (retouched), good to large margins, tied to cover to Wollongong  showing on reverse  despatch mark "SYDNEY AP 15 1850" and oval Wollongong arrival mark. A fine and scarce cover. Certificate Holcombe.

Plate II, early impression , 2 d. grey blue, horizontal pair with good to large margins, lower left sheet corner, cancelled by two neat strikes of lozange of dots of New Caledonia, very fine and rare

Plate II, early impression ,2 d. deep grey-blue, rich shade, position 10, four large margins, cancelled by neat Victoria Butterfly handstamp "37" MELBOURNE. Tiny creasing at upper left, otherwise very fine. 

Provenance: Alfred Caspary (H.R.Harmer, 1958) V.P. Manwood (Siegel 1995)

Plate II, early impression, 2 d. bright blue, horizontal pair with good to enormous margins, left stamp with "No Whip" variety, lightly cancelled, very fine

Provenance: Alfred Caspary ( H.R. Harmer, 1958)

Plate II, worn impression, 2 d. dull blue, good to large margins, tied to small envelope with adjacent "MIDDAY MAIL" 1850 to Raymond Terrace and re-directed to Newcastle. A scarce usage of the "MIDDAY MAIL" handstamp during the stamp period.

Plate II ,2 d. dull blue, retouched, good to large margins, tied by numeral "94" to letter sheet from "EDEN SE 23 1850" to Sydney. Very fine.

Plate III, 2 d. ultramarine, good to large margins, tied to entire letter from  Edinburgh, Scotland,  with clear "PAID AT EDINB. JUN 3 1850" to Sydney, here franked and forwarded to Carcoar. Very fine. A very rare and attractive incoming letter. (Census 50/259)

Plate III , 2 d. ultramarine, good to large margins with ca. 5mm sheet margin at top, tied numeral ”33"to small envelope with despatch mark "MARULANFE 7 1851" on reverse. Some minor staining, still fine and attractive.

Plate III, 2 d. deep blue, large margins, lightly cancelled, very fine

 Plate IV, 2 d. ultramarine, horizontal strip of three, central stamp "No Waves" variety, large margins all round, tied to double rate cover front with one backflap,  endorsed "per Ship Duke of Wellington", to Birmingham with arrival marks of 25.9.1851. A fine and scarce strip on entire. 

Provenance: V.P. Manwood (Siegel,1995) 156. Corinphila-auction (2008)

Plate IV, vertically laid paper, 2 d. ultramarine, worn state, position 21 and 23, both with large margins, tied by crisp strikes of ”48" numeral to double rate entire letter from ""TARCUTTA MY 2 1851" to Sydney, very fine.

Soft wove paper, 3 d. myrtle green, nice typical fresh shade, large even margins, tied to entire letter with adjacent red "PAID SHIP LETTER SYDNEY AP 19 1852" and endorsed "per Johnstone" ,to London. Very fine. An exceptional and very rare entire. Certificate BPA(1999)

Provenance: V.P. Manwood (Siegel,1995) 156. Corinphila-auction (2008)

Bluish to grey wove paper, 3 d. yellow green, horizontal pair with good to mostly large margins, neatly cancelled "48" TARCUTTA; tiny scissors cut closed at upper left, otherwise very fine

Greyish wove paper, 3 d. yellow green, good to large margins and fresh vivid colour, tied to lettersheet with adjacent boxed "QUEEN'S WHARF" and red "SYDNEY DE 19 1850" to London, endorsed "per Seringapatam", London arrival cds. of May 19th. A very fine and scarce entire. Certificate Brandon (1999)

Bluish to grey wove paper, 3 d. yellow green, good to large margins,  tied to letter sheet with adjacent red "Paid Ship Letter Sydney JU 5 1851" to New Norfolk, Tasmania. A fine and scarce  cover. Provenance: Collection Bombieri (Spink 1999, 156. Corinphila, 2008) 

Bluish wove paper, 3 d. emerald-green with clear impression, large margins, tied by numeral obliterator "55" to letter sheet with adjacent extremely rare 'NEWCASTLE / N.S.W. / P.OFFICE' negative intaglio seal handstamp, to Sydney with arrival mark of  3.1.1852. Very fine and rare entire. Certificate BPA (2001)

Bluish wove paper, 3 d. emerald green , in combination with 1851, laureate 2 d. ultramarine, both with good to large margins, tied by "36" in bars of Braidwood, to envelope via Sydney to England with "Sydney ship Ietter" and "Plymouth ship Ietter" on reverse. The franking paying the 5 d. rate (2 d. to Sydney + 3 d. ship ietter rate). A rare mixed issues-cover. Certificate RPSL (1948) and Holcombe (1988)

Provenance: John F. Seybold, Syracuse (owner's mark on reverse) 

1851/52, Laureate 1 d. vermilion on bluish paper, horizontal pair with clear to mostly large margins, tied by numeral "55" to envelope from "RAYMOND TERRACE OC 12 1853" to Sydney.

1854, 2 d. ultramarine, wm "2", Pl. III, horizontal strip of five, left stamp with variety 'WALES partly covered by wavy lines', full to large margins, used, very fine (natural paper wrinkle in central stamp)

Provenance: V.P. Manwood (Siegel 1995)

1850/55, small lot with two pairs Sydney view 1d., Laureate pair 1d., 2d. in strip of four and single and pair on covers

1882, Queen Victoria 4d. yellow, 6d. green and 1sh. lilac (3) tied by numeral barred oval postmark on a registered cover to Germany, endorsed "per Orient Steamer Sydney 7th Dec. via Naples", alongside cds. "BUNDABERG QUEENSLAND 30 NO 83", on reverse arrival cds. "HERRNUT", slight aging on the sides otherwise very fine 

1865, Emergency Printings Victoria 10d. grey, fresh color, without gum, few short perforations, otherwise fine, certificate RPSL (1991)

CANCELLATIONS: "37" MELBOURNE, clear butterfly cancel on NSW Sidney View 2 d., plate III, late printing

1854/1973, Aden to Zululand, very attractive and comprehensive, unused and used collection, including a variety of better values, in addition a good section of Great Britain Officials, all neatly mounted, mostly good condition 

1866/1960 accumulation of mint and used stamps, contained within six albums, one which is an old time black leather bound Schaubek, four devoted to British Commonwealth covering Arab countries, Caribbean, Africa and Australia, two albums are Asia and Persia which do not contain British issues, early periods are very mixed and much incomplete, better coverage for later issues, better condition here and there and especially on the modern, hundreds of stamps and also some covers and postal stationery, a useful lot. 

1882/1941 postal history study written-up upon twenty five album pages, comprising forty six covers, cards and wrappers, includes ten registered mailings, one visually spectacular large envelope sent 1890 franked with twenty 1 c. on $1, made up of an irregular block of eighteen and a pair, scarce postmarks of Bellfield, New Amsterdam and Anna Regina, the latter a 3 c. postal stationery card surcharged 2 c., also a scarce combination of an 8 c. and a British 1 d. on a redirected 1889 envelope from Good Success to Ruthin, Wales, forwarded to Wrexham, noted two covers endorsed `Per Tjomo` and one the Norweign based `Terrier`, a neatly written-up assembly, in the main good to fine condition, a fine collection.  

1822, kompletter Faltbrief (datiert Belize 1.5.1822) mit Leitvermerk "pr. Ship  Robert Fulton via N York" mit rotem EKr. "NEW-YORK MAY 21" und rotem L1 "SHIP" nach Portsmouth, New Hampshire in einwandfreier Erhaltung. Dazu zweiter Faltbrief aus New Orleans 1821 befördert mit der SS Robert Fulton via "NEW YORK JUL.24" nach Boston. Für beide Briefe waren die Briefgebühren nach "Act of 1816" 150-400 Meilen 18,5 Cent + Gebühr für Schiffsbrief 2 Cent = 20,5 Cent. Sehr seltener Schiffbrief, befördert mit dem ersten kommerzielen Ozean-Dampfschiff

1822, folded cover (dated Belize 1.5.1822) with routing mark "pr. Ship Robert Fulton via N York" with red cds. "NEW-YORK MAY 21" and red straigt line "SHIP" to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in perfect condition. In addition a second folded letter from New Orleans 1821 carried by the SS Robert Fulton via "NEW YORK JUL.24" to Boston. For both letters with letter rates according to "Act of 1816" 150-400 miles 18.5 cents + fee for ship's letter carge 2 cents = 20.5 cents. Very rare ship's letter, carried on the first commercial ocean steamship.

1867/87, Virgin 4 d. blue green, Colour Die Proof on card, fine and scarce

3 p.-25 r., cpl. set used, fine, very scarce

1937, King George V 5 r.-25 r., unused, 10 r. small crease and 25 r. gum toning, still fine, very scarce

CRASH MAIL: 1937, Airmail envelope from Burma to England, franked with 2½ a. and 12 a., tied by cds. "MAYMYU 27 NOV. 37", adjacent violet cachet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" (Nierinck 371205), applied after the transport plane `Cygnus´ crashed into the sea during take-off, minor water stains as expected, very fine and scarce

INDIA USED IN BURMA: 1899, 1 a. purple, fresh colours, tied by cds. "RANGOON 28 JA 99" to postcard to Belgium, various transit handstamps, taxed upon arrival with postage dues tied by cds. "CHARLEROI (STATION) FEV 1899", very fine

Used in Burma: 1874, oval "BURMAN RANGOON" on envelope to Gènes, Italy, with India 1 a., 4 a., and 8 a. tied by Barred Obliterator and "RANGOON NOV. 8", adjacent "PD", reverse transit and arrival cds. "GENOVA 25 DIC 74"; cover slightly shortened at left, fine and scarce

1882/1946 (ca.), group of over 20 covers and cards, with multiple frankings, registered and airmails, alos incoming mail from Bavaria, mixed condition

1852/1983, used collection with some better items including a good section of States New South Wales, Queensland, South-Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, somewhat mixed condition

1931/45, group of 10 Airmail covers, incl. envelope to London with cachet "SPECIAL AIRMAIL FLIGHT NOV. 1931", also flight cover Melbourne to Batavia with "AUSTRALIA-NETHERLANDS INDIES MAY 1931", mostly fine  

1906, Numeral ½-6d., fresh color and good perforation, unused, very fine

1956, Ganzsachen-Aerogramm 10 Pence "XVI TH. OLYMPIAD MELBURNE 1956" mit Aufdruck "SPECIMEN", ungebraucht, einwandfrei, selten

1956, postal stationery aerogramme 10 pence "XVI TH. OLYMPIAD MELBURNE 1956" with overprint "SPECIMEN", unused, fine, rare

1921, Jamaika "WAR STAMP" ½ Pence und 3 Pence mit Stempel "KINGSTON, JAMAICA REGISTERED MAY 25.1.21" auf R-Vordruckbrief "Ocean Letter" der Firma "Marconi International Marine Cooperation" als Ortsbrief. Der Umschlag senkrecht gefaltet und kleine Randfehler, sonst in guter Gesamterhaltung, seltene Verwendung aus Jamaica

1922, Italien König Viktor Emanuel III. 20 Centesimi und 1 Lire je mit Stempel "GENOVA 6.5.26" auf R-Vordruckbrief "Lettera Oceanica" der Firma "Marconi International Marine Cooperation" nach Verona mit Ankunftsstempel. Der Umschlag mit Alterungsspuren und ein Öffnungsfehler oben mit Einriss

1922, Italien König Viktor Emanuel III. 10 Centesimi (3) und 40 Centesimi je mit Stempel "GENOVA 20.2.22" auf R-Vordruckbrief "Lettera Oceanica" der Firma "Marconi International Marine Cooperation" komplett mit Inhalt im Ortsverkehr. Der Umschlag rechts mit starken Öffnungsmängeln, die Marken in guter Erhaltung. Der vermutlich früheste Verwendung eines Umschlages dieser Firma

1922, Portugal Ceres 60 Centavos mit Stempel "LISBOA 20.DEZ.22" auf R-Vordruckbrief "Ocean Letter" der Firma "Marconi International Marine Cooperation" nach Schweden in guter Gesamterhaltung, seltene Destination Schweden