Priority Paid mail huge accumulation of 1970s-90s material completely filling four archive boxes with a wide variety of standard, 'time-clock' & rubber postmarks from all over the State including Reliefs as well as instructional markings including 'DELAYED BY/AIRLINE DIFFICULTIES', 'RECEIVED OUT OF COURSE' & 'LODGED AT POST OFFICE AGENCY - ACCEPTED ON A NO GUARANTEE BASIS', also advertising, Business Reply, Certified Mail, Advice of Delivery, etc, lots of commercial usages of PSEs including rarely-seen commemorative issues, also counter-printed labels, meters, etc, condition a little variable but most are fine to very fine. Weighs 34kg. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry).  (10,000+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Molonglo Defence Camp: 'MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP/30AP18/NSW' two largely complete very fine strikes on KGV 1d pink punctured 'OS' (ACSC 71Tbb; Cat $400+ for singles) amateurishly rejoined horizontal pair. WWI internment camp in the ACT: PO 7.3.1918; renamed Molonglo Concentration Camp 19.6.1918, only three months later. Michael Drury Cerificate (2017) as ACSC 71Ta (watermark inverted; which they are not). (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Mount Kosciusko: 'MOUNT KOSCIUSKO/29DE1920/N.S.W.' largely very fine complete strike (ERD?) on KGV 2d orange on cover to Sydney with superb 'HOTEL KOSCIUSKO, NSW' handstamp in blue at lower-left, a few minor blemishes. Renamed from The Hospice (Kosciusko) PO 5.6.1909; TO 29.7.1942; PO 1.4.1946; closed 23.5.1961. The only similar item we have offered in the last 25 years sold at our auction of 27.7.2009 for $299 (Sale 147 Lot 365). (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Sue City: 'SUE CITY/3FE60/NSW-AUST' largely very fine strike on 1/- Lyrebird on real photo PPC of the settlement to California dated "JAN 28" suggesting the PO may not have operated every day. PO 5.1.1959; closed 8.12.1961. Commercial or social mail from any of the short-lived Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Scheme POs is very scarce. The sender was apparently the daughter of an engineer employed by one of the American contractors, probably the Henry J Kaiser Corporation. See 'Here Today - Gone Tomorrow: the Temporary [Snowy Scheme] POs' by American-born Mark Diserio, whose father was an engineer on the Snowy, & who lived at Sue City for two years. No, Mark is not the vendor! (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Travelling Post Offices: Mostly KGV period collection in Devon album with many scarce items & many fine to very fine strikes including on eight covers, condition variable.  (200+ items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Selection on Scott leaves with Centennial 5/- & 20/- used, 'O S' Overprints including 5/- Coin postally used (rare thus), 5/- Map postally used (short perfs), 5/- Map with Red Overprint CTO & QV 10/- CTO, mint values to 2/6d Lyrebird x2, etc,   (48) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Perkins Bacon imperf plate proofs selection comprising Small Diadems 1d in black x2, in pale red & in vermilion/blue x2, 2d in black x2 & 3d in deep blue-green plus 1d & 2d in issued colours with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint & two different posthumous undenominated reprints; and Large Diadems 5d in deep blue-green (slight thinning in the upper margin), a huge 6d in fawn (light tonespots) & 1/- in rose-red with Pre-Printing Paper Fold plus die proof for the vignette only in deep green, generally very fine.  (16) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

Perforated Diadems multiples stated to be Perf 12 1d pairs x6, 2d pairs x5 & strips of 3 x2, 3d pairs x2 and 6d pairs x3, Perf 13 1d pairs x4 & strip of 4, 3d pairs x2, 6d pairs x2 & block of 4; Perf 13 1d pairs x4 & strip of 4, 3d pairs x3, 6d pairs x2 & strip of 3 and 1/- pairs x3 & strip of 3; 5/- Coin pairs x7 (one on 1885 piece), strip of 3 & block of 4; plus Crown/NSW 5d pairs x3, strips of 3 x2 (one marginal) block of 4, block of 5 and 8d strip of 3; generally very fine. Very scarce and highly desirable lot.  (50 items) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,200

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Worn Impressions 2d greyish blue SG 17, enormous corner example from the upper-right of the sheet with margins good to huge & outer framelines except at the base, untidy bars cancel of Sydney, Cat £225. Superb. Ex 'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr415. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background) Early Impressions 2d indigo SG 26, margins good to large & outer framelines at top & right, untidy numeral cancel, Cat £400. Superb. (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Horizontally Lined Background) Worn Impressions 2d ultramarine with 'CREVIT' Omitted SG 26b late state with most of the inscription in the circle missing, huge example with margins good to huge & outer framelines except at right, very fine BN '88' cancel of Port Macquarie, Cat £750. Superb. Ex 'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr488. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1854-59 Large Diadems 5d deep green SG 88, margins good to large, very lightly cancelled, European guarantee handstamp on the reverse, Cat £700. Superb. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

1854-59 Large Diadems 6d imperforate plate proof block of 4 in black on unwatermarked wove paper, good even margins. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1854-59 Large Diadems 6d greyish brown SG 96 corner block of 4 from the upper-right of the sheet, margins good to enormous except for the lower-left unit which is defective, light soiling, tied to slightly larger piece by 'NSW'-in-concentric-ovals cancels, Cat £150+. A very scarce multiple. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- rosy vermilion x15 including two pairs & three with Error of Watermark '8', pale red two strips of 3, and brownish red x20 including five pairs (two with the Watermark Inverted & Reversed) and a block of 4, all large examples with full margins, Cat £4600+, for singles. A remarkable lot. Wouldn't it be great if all Classic stamps had margins like this?  (43) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500

1885-86 in Black £1 lilac & claret Perf 12 SG 240a with slight doubling of the overprint, from the top of the sheet so imperf at the top, lightly mounted, Cat £12,000. Ex Guy Hutson - sold as Lot 215 at our auction of 20.4.2015 for $8900 - and 'Dubois' (Part I): sold for SFr5565. RPSL Certificate (1956) as the then SG 246a. Possibly the finest mint example of this very rare stamp. (Image1)

Estimate AU$7,500

1894-1904 Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue Wmk '59' 10/- violet & rosine Perf 12x11 SG 277b marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, excellent centring, very lightly mounted, Cat £1600+ for singles. Gorgeous & superb. Ex 'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr610. (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1897 Diamond Jubilee triptych proof with the 1d 2d & 2½d (sideways, as usual) in deep myrtle-green on thick surfaced paper (143x94mm). Superb. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1897-99 Coin Re-Issue 5/- reddish purple Perf 11 horizontal pair Imperforate Between SG 297cca, well-centred, a few short perfs & natural horizontal paper-crease, lightly mounted, Cat £9500. Ex Guy Hutson - sold for £5400 - and 'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr4270. (Image1)

Estimate AU$5,500

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 2d ultramarine Imperforate Block of 8 (4x2) SG 302a from the right of the left-hand pane, margins close to good, the upper units very lightly mounted, the lower units are superb unmounted, Cat £1200+ for mounted pairs. Ex  'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr610. (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 4d red-brown Imperforate Block of 4 SG 303bc, margins close to large, the upper units with a hinge remainder, Cat £1200+ for pairs. Ex  'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr366. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1903-08 Re-Issued Diadems 3d yellow-green Perf 12 SG 327b marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet Imperf at Left, large-part original gum. Ex Gary Diffen: each of his two pairs sold for £264. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1905 'COMMONWEALTH' Crown/A 9d yellow-brown & blue Perf 11 ACSC N51 (SG 352a) corner block of 4 from the upper-right of the sheet, light bend across the upper-right unit (unmounted), lightly mounted, Cat $1200+ (£520+) for mounted singles. Ex  'Dubois' (Part IV): sold for SFr244. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1907 Emergency Printings on Victorian Crown/A Wmk Paper 1/- purple-brown Kangaroo ACSC N61 (SG 362) marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $480+ (£300+) for mounted singles. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

'O.S.' OVERPRINTS: 1890-92 duplicated array with many blocks & a few varieties, 'Specimen' Overprints & Monogram blocks, better items include ½d on 1d blocks of 4 x2 & block of 8, 7½d on 6d 'HALFP NNY' & block of 4, 12½d on 1/- two blocks of 4 (one with Broken 'O' in 'O S'), etc, generally fine to very fine with some unmounted units. Good study lot.  (123) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800