AUSTRALIA: Box with 'Australian Air Mail Catalogue' by Frommer (2008; the latest edition), 'Qantas at War' by Hudson Fysh (1968), 'Catalina in Australian Service' by Wilson, 'Tom Frommer's Grand Prix Pioneer Australian Air Mails' auction catalogue (2016) & a batch of journals including 'La Catastrophe', condition variable.
AUSTRALIA: 'The Commonwealth Specialists' Catalogue' various editions between 1935 (4th Edn) to 1982 (41st Edn), some with missing/repaired covers; then Brusden White 'Kangaroos' (1993 1999 & 2013) plus 'Kangaroos & Early Federal Period' (2004; still the current edition for the States issues), 'KGV' (1994 2001 2007 & 2014), 'KGVI' (1995), 'QEII' (1996), 'Decimals 1966-75' (1997), 'Booklets' (1995) & 'Postage Dues' (2014) plus the awesome 'Postal Stationery' loose-leaf in binder; plus 'The Stamps of...Australia' by Rosenblum (1928 1947 + 1952 supplement & 1966: the final edition). Valuable referencesy showing price developments, plus information (especially footnotes) that has been deleted from recent editions. Weighs 16kg.
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AUSTRALIA: 'Australian Slogan Cancellations Vol 1: 1917-1988 Commemoratives and Short Term Markings' and ...'Vol 2: 1917-1990 Definitive and Long Term Markings' by Occleshaw, minor signs of use.
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AUSTRALIA: 'Qantas Aeriana 1920-1954' by Ernie Crome (1955), 196pp hardbound with blue cover, minor blemishes. An important history, from the airline's inception through the turbulent years of WWII.
AUSTRALIA: 'Intercontinental Airmails Volume Two: Asia & Australasia' by Ted Proud (2009), 900pp identifying every airmail service between GB & Australia per Imperial/BOAC & Qantas including Indian Ocean services between Perth & Ceylon, USA & Australia per Pan Am, and Australia & NZ per TEAL with detailed itineraries, notices of crashes & other interruptions to services etc, a little soiled from regular usage. An absolutely indispensable book for the postal historian or dealer.
Sale No: 251
Lot No: 828
Symbol: L
Cat No: 47 of 75)
AUSTRALIA: 'The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria: A History and Catalogue' by G Kellow & R Turner (1996), the subscriber's edition (#47 of 75), 514pp hardbound with slipcase.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'The Numeral Cancellations of New South Wales' by Hugh Freeman (2012), 380 pages, hardbound with dustjacket, includes CD-ROM. Long out-of-print.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'Post, Receiving, Telegraph & Telephone Offices' by NC Hopson & R Tobin (1991), complete A-Z in four staplebound volumes, minor signs of use.
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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES - NEW SOUTH WALES: 'Priced Catalogue of New South Wales Revenue & Railway Stamps' by Richard Peck & David Ingle Smith (1999) spiralbound, as new.
Sale No: 251
Lot No: 835
Symbol: L
Cat No: 1 & #108
AUSTRALIAN/VICTORIAN PHILATELIC RECORD: 1918-27 incomplete run between #1 & #108, originally published by Wm Ackland & HT Hull, then by Orlo-Smith & Co and from the 1923 first re-naming by the Philatelic Society of Victoria et al with A Rosenblum as editor, apparently bound into a volume from which they have been removed and the condition is a little mixed; plus 1927-30 larger-format issues #109-144 complete through the second re-naming (back to 'Australian Philatelic Record'), and Rosenblum's subsequent publication Australian Stamp Monthly 1930-36 and 1945-49 apparently complete runs, the condition of the earlier ones a little mixed, the later issues generally fine to very fine. Weighs 15kg.
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