Silver $1 1oz Liberty (.999) 2012 x2, 2015, 2020 x5, 2021, 2022 x3, and 2023 x2, total asw 14 troy oz (0.435kg), Unc.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Aug-29-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Postal History
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2313
Symbol: C
1850s (undated) stampless cover to "Melbourne/Australia" endorsed at lower-left "Per Express Adams & Co" with no postal markings, extensive instructions added on the face "...now at or near Ballarat...it may be...months before he will call for this mail" and on the reverse "Let this remain in the office at Melbourne until sent or called for..." and in another hand "Advtd" (= Advertised), minor blemishes. Rare & unusual 'post restante' express company cover. Ex Dale Forster. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2314
Symbol: CPS
Cat No: Collection
1862-87 mail to Victoria comprising 1 & 2) 1862 private ship letters from Indiana with 3c Washington or 5c Franklin, each with 'KANGAROO FLAT' arrival on the face, both a bit stained; 3) 1877 from Minnesota with 5c Taylor x3, rated "50" (centimes) at New York, London transit in red & 'SANDHURST' arrival; 4) 1877 2c rose Envelope uprated with 1c & 3c x3 to "Bagshot/Victoria"; and 5) 1887 from Ohio at 12c Treaty Rate with 2c brown + 5c sepia x2, 'KILMORE' arrival backstamp. Scarce group. Ex Dale Forster. [See also Victoria-USA covers Lot 988] .
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2315
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1863 lengthy stampless entire in French headed "New York 16 Juin 1863 and signed "A Iselin et Cie", to France "p Persia" and improperly endorsed "Printed Circular", very fine '3 ETATS-UNIS 3/29/JUIN/63/SERV BRIT CALAIS' cds in red, Lyon arrival backstamp of 30/JUIN and with '15c' (decimes) handstamp (unusually with the 'c') in red. 'Persia' departed New York 16.6.1863. Built in 1856, it was Cunard's first iron-hulled paddle-steamer. On an early voyage, it set record times in both directions.
With translation of the contents including "...The invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the Confederate Armies, the news of which has reached us this morning, will probably stop trading entirely..." But then follows a glowing report of a booming stock exchange and "...Gold has been almost entirely neglected by speculators..." [Plus stampless entires 1847 NY-Edinburgh per 'Arcadia' with '1/-' handstamp, & 1860 London-NY per "Africa Via Queentown" rated "38" with very fine '48' handstamp]
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2316
Symbol: CPS
1885-88 trans-Pacific mail to New South Wales at the 12c Treaty Rate comprising 1) 5c Envelope uprated with 2c brown + 5c sepia from Seattle; 2) with 2c brown x4 + 4c green from San Francisco; 3) from a wholesale druggist in New York with 5c only, fragment of Deficient Postage label on the reverse, 2c + another 5c added the next day; and 4) 5c Envelope from 'HECKATOO/ARK' with 'Short Paid' in rosine & mss "Due 7c", 'DEAD SECTION/ST LOUIS MO' backstamp in rosine, no evidence of the fine being paid but Sydney arrival backstamp of JA10/89; minor blemishes. Ex Dale Forster.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2317
Symbol: C
1931 (Jan 5) airmail to Austria with Airmail 15c tied by San Fancisco machine, by domestic airmail to New York and onwards by ship, then by airmail from France with Vienna arrival & 'TELEGRAPHENAMT WIEN 1' backstamp indicating carriage by the city's pneumatic post, apparently damaged in transit and repaired with Austrian official seal at right, minor blemishes. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2318
Symbol: C
1938 (Feb 2) Ponds Extract Company airmail envelope to Australia with Washington 2c red x2, Roosevelt 5c blue & Fourth Bureau 20c Goldern Gate x2, 'AIR MAIL/FROM LONDON' jusqu'a cachet in purple on the face. The rate for carriage across the Atlantic by steamer and Imperial Airways/QANTAS to Australia was 5c surface letter plus 44c per ½oz airmail surcharge. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2319
Symbol: C
1942 (Sep 16) American cover to an "American repatriate Returning from China/by MS 'Gripsholm'/Lourenco Marques/Portuguese East Africa" and endorsed at lower-left "Postmaster NY City/Please despatch by MS Gripsholm". Ex David Tett: illustrated by him in Volume 4 at page 366. The 'Gripsholm' had already departed from New York 10.6.1942. It seems that the cover was held for an anticipated second exchange voyage, that actually departed 2.9.1943, carrying more than 60,000 mai items that had accumulated since late-1942. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2320
Symbol: CL
1943 (Sep 22) American cover with superb 'MILES CITY/MONT' machine, Censor label with blue-pencil line, the address obliterated with paper-tape (small piece removed to confirm the address in the Philipines) and small green/white 'RETURNED/TO SENDER/BY CENSOR' label. The sender presumably offended against the POW postal regulations. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2321
Symbol: C`
1943 (Oct 21 & Nov 13) airmail covers from Washington DC or Wisconsin with 20c Transport pair or 20c Prexies pair (damaged), both to the American Embassy in Brazil to await arrival there of missionaries in transit from Asia aboard the second repatriation voyage of the 'Gripsholm' that arrived at Rio de Janeiro 14.11.1943, both opened a bit roughly at right. Scarce duo.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2322
Symbol: C
1943 (Nov 29) airmail cover to New York with Victory Eagle 3c pair tied by 'ARCADIA CALIF' machine, to an American internee repatriated from East Asia on the second exchnage voyage of the 'Gripsholm'. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2323
Symbol: C
1945 (Aug 15) VJ Day cacheted cover with 3c Eagle tied by 'SAINT PAUL/AUG15/1945/MINN' machine, signed on the face "Paul Tibbets, Pilot/B29 Enola Gay/6 Aug 1945". During WWII, Colonel Paul Warfield Tibbetts was one of America's most experienced bomber pilots. He was selected to lead the mission to drop the first nuclear bomb, named "Little Boy", on Hiroshima. His B-29 was named 'Enola Gay' after his mother. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 5,000.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 5000
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2304
Symbol: **/O
Cat No: Collection
Former dealer's stock in two cartons with smattering of earlies then mostly mint duplicates in stockbooks with sets, M/Ss, blocks, sheetlets, self-adhesives including booklets, se-tenants, airmails, NVI's, postage dues, etc; also Hawaii; Micronesia; Marshall Islands; Palau; condition variable. Weighs 23kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 725.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2305
Symbol: **/*O
Cat No: Collection
A large untidy hoard in six cartons with albums, auction lots, collections, covers, mass-marketed FDCs, and much more. Well worth a look. Weighs 55kg.
(10,000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2306
Symbol: */**O
Cat No: Collection
Collection with sparse earlies, 1893 Columbus to 15c used (ex 4c), 1920 Pilgrim 5c *, 1924 Huguenot set *, then reasonably complete mostly mint from 1927 onwards including 1932 Washington set, 1933-34 Imperf M/Ss, Prexies to $1, Famous Americans complete mostly *, significant postage array with high thematic content, Airmails with 50c Baby Zeppelin * & Transports ** and later issues to $10.75, some Special Delivery & Postage Dues, minor duplication, condition generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £3500+. Weighs 5kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2307
Symbol: #O
Cat No: 1//17
Classics selection from Imperforate 1847 Franklin 5c red-brown Scott 1 (SG 1) with red "X" manuscript cancel, also Washington 10c black (repaired) with pen cancel plus 1875 Reproductions duo (the 5c with PSE Certificate 2010 "tiny thin & light crease"), 1851-57 Franklin 1c blue used x3 (one with Weiss Certificate 2014 as Type IIIa Scot 8A "small internal thin"), Washington 3c orange-brown x2 one apparently unused, Jefferson 5c brown used (Philatelic Foundation Certificate 1968 "slight crease"), Washington 10c green used x2 (one with Philatelic Foundation Certificate 1990 as Type II Scott 14) and 12c black used, margins mostly clear to good and of fine facial appearance, but several others also with faults, minimum Cat US$5600+.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 1,450.00
Sold...AU$ 2,000.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2308
Symbol: P
1882-88 selection of American Bank Note Co plate proofs on thin ungummed unwatermarked paper x5 or on thin card x9 with values to 90c in bright violet, good even margins. Superb. Stated to be Ex Arthur Hind.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2309
Symbol: #*O
CONFEDERATE STATES: 1861-63 Imperforate selection predominantly unused/* comprising 1861-62 Jefferson Davis 5c green (badly thinned) & Thomas Jefferson 10c blue (shallow thin), 1862 Jackson 2c green, 5c blue (large stamp; vertical crease) & 10c rose with small-part cds and De La Rue 5c light blue, 5c blue & 1c orange *, 1863 Jackson 2c brown-red * (adhesion on reverse), Jefferson Davis 10c blue (framelines; thinned) with Alabama cds & Washington 20c green, and 1863-64 Jefferson Davis 10c blue (no framelines) x3, margins mostly clear to good, condition variable but generally of fine facial appearance, none have been expertised, so necessarily offered strictly 'as is', minimum Cat US$5000+ if genuine.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2310
Symbol: *#O
POSSESSIONS: 1899-1901 Overprints on USA 'CUBA' Surcharges set, 'GUAM' 1c to $1 (Type I) set, 'PHILIPPINES' 1c to 50c set including both 10c types plus 50c No Wmk & $1 (Type I), and 'PURTO RICO' set, centring variable as usual, the key values mostly lightly mounted or with small hinge remainders, some without gum, plus a couple of used extras, a few with minor faults but generally fine to very fine, none have been expertised, so necessarily offered strictly 'as is', minimum Cat US$2800+ if genuine.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2311
Symbol: *
Cat No: 3 (Scott 3
POSSESSIONS - CANAL ZONE: 1904 'CANAL ZONE' Handstamp on Panama 10c orange SG 3 (Scott 3) mint with hinge remainder & adhesion plus obvious forgeries of the 2c & 5c, also 1904 'CANAL ZONE/PANAMA' Overprints on USA set SG 4-8 (Scott 4-8) mint, plus a few 1904-06 'CANAL/ZONE' Overprints on Panama including '8 cts' on 50c brown 'PANAMA' 13mm both Reading Up SG 15 (Scott 15) mint, a few short perfs & repaired tear at left (Cat £1900; US$2000), condition otherwise mostly fine to very fine. The last with APS Certificate (1995), the others not expertised and so offered strictly 'as is'.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Aug-28-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 257
Lot No: 2312
Symbol: #*O
HAWAII: 1853 King Kamehameha II 13c dark red Scott 6, margins close to good, clipped corner at upper-left, unused with small-part original gum (PSAG Certificate 2011) plus 1868 Re-Issue 13c dull rose unused, margins good to just shaved at lower-left, also 5c blue unused & used x2 all with clear margins, presumably 1868 Re-issues or 1889 Reprints (or forgeries), plus forgeries of Missionaries 2c blue & 13c blue both with bars cancels, condition variable.
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