RHODE ISLAND: 1786 (May) One Shilling (1/-) uniface, Pick S3034,  'In Lawful  Silver Money', manuscript serial '11,134', two pin holes at right otherwise Uncirculated. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Military Payment Certificates Vietnam War era group comprising 1964 'Series 611' $1 Pick M54, 1970 'Series 692' 5 cents, & 10 cents Pick M91-92, and $1 Pick M95 (lightest of soiling top right), all Uncirculated. Scarce in this grade.  (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1850 cover to "Rev Dr Jarvis/Middletown/Connt" with very attractive 5c Franklin Scott #1 (virtually full margins & outer framelines except where touched at lower-right) tied by light but legible 'HARTFORD Ct/ 5 ' cds in red, Cat US$475 with red town cancel on cover. Ex Bernard Rank. [Samuel Farmar Jarvis was a Methodist minister, and "a theological writer of distinction". Middletown is home to Wesleyan University, founded in 1831. Jarvis died there in 1851]

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1877 official cover with 'Post Office Department/...' imprint at upper-right with POD 10c black (Scott Cat US$400 on cover) tied by an indistinct cancel, to Virginia opened a bit roughly clear of the stamp & repaired with archival tape, overall light soiling. With the enclosed POD Commission on high-quality laid paper (436x360mm) appointing "John SR Burwell" as Postmaster at "Finneywood" and signed "DM Key" at lower-right, POD wafer in red at lower-left has caused a light stain across the signature otherwise the document is in exceptional condition. A marvellous Post Office artefact. David McKendree Key was a colonel in the Confederate Army and, later, 30th Postmaster-General of the United States, serving 12.3.1877 to 1.6.1880. He was the only Democrat in Rutherford B Hayes' administration. Finneywood VA is barely a dot on the map. The earliest online reference we could find to the town is for 1895: this document is 18 years earlier. Richard Helbock in "Post Offices Vol VI: Mid-Atlantic" states Finneywood PO operated 1877-1937, so Burwell was almost certainly the first postmaster.  (2)

Grade B/A (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1943-55 covers with part-Prexie frankings including 1943 air to "RAF/Middle East Forces" with 10c, 1947 air to NSW with 10c, 1948 usage of Allied Occupation of Germany (20pf+)30pf reply-half to Munich with unnecessary 5c added, 1950 PPC from a nurse (?) in Germany with 1c solo tied by APO 541 cancel, 1954 to "Free Territory of Trieste" with 5c pair & 1955 to "Trieste Italia" with 10c pair, and 1950 two oversize covers to "Australian Jewish Welfare Society/Sydney" with 1c x14 + 10c or 1c x42, & a few others, the last two are a bit knocked-about. Scarce group.  (12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1930s-1970s used accumulation on stocksheets then mixture of mint and used to 2011, some Postage Dues, Pre-Cancels and the odd Revenue, the main value is in unmounted postage which includes various M/Ss & sheetlets. Weighs 9kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

Valuable pre-WWII collection with many very fine quality stamps including 1847 10c with "X" cancel, 1851-57 Imperf 1c & 5c, 1857-61 5c 12c 24c (PSE Certificate) & 30c plus an apparently unused 90c, 1861-62 12c 24c (& another apparently unused) 30c & an ugly 90c, 1869 Pictorials 15c (apparently unused) 30c & 90c (minor corner crease; PF Certificate), 1870-71 15c orange (PF Certificate), 1894 $2 (PSE Certificate) plus unused $1 & $5 (regummed; PF Certificate), Trans-Mississippis with one straight edge 50c (mint) $1 (unused) & $2 on piece, 1902-03 $5 (mint), Baby Zeppelin (characteristic gum-skip but unmounted), etc, high catalogue value. An unusual opportunity (at least in Australia) to acquire a much better-than-average collection.  (300 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,500

Plate Block collection from late-1930s to 1960 in four Minkus speciality albums including 1932 Washington 6c, 1934 National Parks set plus 1935 imperf set, 1938 Prexies to 50c, 1940 Famous Americans complete, 1943-44 Overrun Countries 'Name' blocks, 1954 Liberty Series complete with $5 Moore, also Airmails to 1989 including 1941-44 Transports set, Postage Dues 1959 complete set including $1 & $5, etc, condition apparently very fine with the majority unmounted (but the diabolical Minkus mounts make it impossible to check them all), stated retail US$2500+.  (few 100) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Accumulation from 1860s to modern including a range of classics in quite variable condition on stockcards and in albums with Banknotes to 30c, Columbus to 10c x5, Mississippi to 10c and lots of later issues mint & used including Airmails, Parcel Post, Special Delivery, Postage Dues, booklets, modern ** including blocks & sheetlets with thematic interest and quite a bit of face value, etc, also a stockbook of 'EFO's (errors, freaks & oddities) with mis-perfs, mis-cuts, slurred prints, etc, including Washington Franklin 5c rose error * (Scott 505; disturbed gum) in a block of 9 se-tenant with 2c reds, and an album of 150+ mostly commercial 1890s-1950s covers plus two share certificates, a couple of sheets of Christmas Seals, etc, condition mixed but the modern fine to very fine. Weighs kg.  (many 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Modest collection with a few earlies including 30c orange (mss cancel), Banknotes including 7c (unused) & 24c (rounded corner), Columbus unused to 15c & used 30c, Trans-Mississippi unused to 10c plus used 50c, Pan-American unused set, Louisiana Purchase unused set, a purported Scott #491 that we don't think is correct, $5 Hamilton mint x2, Baby Zeppelin 50c mint x2 (one unmounted), several mint Duck Stamps including 1934 (no gum), 1936, 1937 (no gum) 1940 & 1953, etc, those listed are generally fine to very fine, the balance in variable condition.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (280 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Collection with some early issues including Grills 2c 3c x2 & 12c x2, Banknote Issues to 90c carmine x3, Trans-Mississippi to 50c, about 40 Officials including Agriculture values to 30c, a page of Hawaii mostly unused to $1 violet plus a couple of  Officials & Revenues, then Documentary Stamps Rouletted values to $50, Duck Stamps x22, other Revenues x180 approx with a good range of First Issues etc & a few propritary types, condition rather mixed. Inspection recommended.  (100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1893 Columbian Exposition $1, $2, $3 (very lightly cancelled, small thin & reperforated), $4 (unused) & $5, Cat US$3950. (5) 

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$800

1930 Graf Zeppelin 65c (marginal example from the top of the sheet) $1.30 & $2.60 Scott C13-15, unusually well centred (especially the $2.60), matching undated 'PITTSBURGH/CPO/Pa' cancels, Cat US$1050. Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel Certificate (2002). (3) 

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400