Great Britain and British Commonwealth Commemorative Covers & Cancels
Sale No: 6
Lot No:277
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1928 International Philatelic Exhibition M/S with central strike of the Exhibition cds of 29OC28 (First Day of Issue) in green ACSC 133MSwb, minor faults, undercatalogued at $625. Underrated: the ACSC states "The green is quite rare". [For decades, the ACSC listed red & green inks only. However, that was an historic error for red & blue, that has been corrected in later editions. Only a small number of examples with the true green ink have been recorded: we have sold several examples for between $800 and $1000. NB: suggestions that the blue ink is an admixture of the red & green inks are nonsense]
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green solo franking tied to Postmaster General's Department OHMS cover by 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE SE PYLON/19MR32' cds on the Opening Day, registered to New Zealand with blue/black 'Sydney Harbour Bridge/S.E. PYLON' R label, another strike of the cds on reverse plus 'PALMERSTON/NORTH' arrival b/s, a few blemishes & some aging marks largely clear of the stamp.
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green solo franking tied to Usher's Metropolitan Hotel, Sydney cover by 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE - POSTED ON BRIDG[E]/DURING OPENING/CELEBRATIONS' slogan machine cancel of 19MAR/1932 which was the Opening Day, a couple of tiny aging marks on upper perf tips & very minor blemishes on envelope.
1956 Melbourne Olympics complete set of pictorial datestamps tying 1/- Olympics to PMG's Department 'Hermes' covers with roneo'd address to New Zealand. [Unusual with the 1/- stamp]
(Qty 52)
1981-87 Naval Commemorations group of privately produced covers for HMAS "Canberra" x4 or "Sydney" with various signatures, 1987 Tall Ships set of 8 signed "Rothsay Swan/Rear Admiral/Director Tall Ships" (Sydney also signed by the NSW Premier) etc, & a few Frama Last Day & First Day covers, all unaddressed.
(Qty 19)