2014 Baseball Hall of Fame domed coins comprising $5 gold (8.35g 0.90) Proof; and $1 silver (26.73g 0.90) Uncirculated, and Proof; all cased with certificates and cardboard outers. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

2017 $10 ¼oz Gold Eagle (8.48g 0.917) KM217, Saint-Gaudens Liberty, Uncirculated. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1861 (Jan 1) cover to Victoria with delightful Three Colour franking of 1c Prussian blue, 10c deep green horizontal pair & 12c black (minor overlapping but all are apparently very fine) just tied at right by manuscript "Plymouth Mass/January 7 1861", 'BOSTON BR PKT' transit backstamp & London cds of JA22/61 in red on the face, part Melbourne arrival backstamp of AP15/61 in red & endorsed on the reverse "No such Number on 8 walk", part 'LC' (= Letter Carrier) datestamp & redirected within the city. A beautiful cover. Ex Dale Forster. (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

1862 (July 8) double-rate cover to New South Wales with very scarce franking of 3c deep pink x2 (one with perf faults) & 30c orange horizontal pair (rounded corner at upper-right) all with bars cancels of 'NEW LONDON/CON' (cds in red alongside), 'BOSTON BR PKT/PAID' backstamp in red, London transit of JL21/62 in red on the face, part-Sydney backstamp of SP11/1862 & 'BRAIDWOOD' arrival of the next day, minor flap faults & light blemishes on the face. Ex Dale Forster. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

1865 (Mar 11) cover to Victoria with 3c deep pink (very fine) & 30c orange (poorly centred but very fine) tied by superb bars-in-circle cancels of 'DOVER/NH'' (cds alongside), light 'BOSTON BR PKT/PAID' backstamp in red, London transit of MR28/65 & '28' (credit to GB) both in red on the face, very fine Melbourne arrival backstamp of JU-6/65 in blue, very minor blemishes. Ex Dale Forster. Addressed to "Capt John Smith/Barque Island City", an American vessel that had been involved in court action in the States in 1855. (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

1867 (Mar 1) cover to Victoria "Per Henry Chauncey/Via Panama" with 10c dark green & 12c black (straight-edge at left) tied by New York datestamp, British 'PANAMA/MR19/67' transit on the face & '12' handstamp in red for credit to GB, the reverse with Sydney cds of MY1/1867, Melbourne of MY7/67 in blue & framed Sandhurst arrival of the same day, overall soiling. Ex Dale Forster. By rail from Colon to Panama City, then by New Zealand ship 'Kaikoura' ex Panama 25.3.1867; arrived Auckland 25.4.1867 & Sydney 1.5.1867. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1868 undated cover to "Algemeiner Krankenhaus/Vienna/Austria" (= General Hospital) with Lincoln 15c black Scott 77 with geometric cork cancel & tied by 21mm 'WASHINGTON/NOV/6/DC' cds, largely very fine 'N YORK 12 BREM FR/NOV/7/PAID' cds in red, very fine German 'AMERICA/UBER BREMEN/FRANCO' h/s in blue, very fine double-boxed Vienna arrival & 'ALSERGRUND IN WIEN' b/s, docketed on the reverse "Arrivée/Nov 3 68". A very appealing cover to a scarce destination. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1875 (Nov 30) trans-Pacific cover to New South Wales with 3c green single & strip of 3 with target cancels of 'TURLOCK/CAL' (cds below), assessed as overweight with 'INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID' handstamp & superlative strike of the '12' handstamp of San Francisco, Sydney transit of JA7/1876 & Newcastle arrival of the next day, minor blemishes. Ex Dale Forster, who advises that provided one rate was pre-paid, only the additional postage was required with no penalty, NSW retaining the second 12c/6d. Early example of underpaid Treaty mail from San Francisco. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

1884 (early June) cover with 'Boone Lodge No 1/IOOF' imprint at upper-left, to Queensland but paid only 5c Garfield, San Francisco backstamp of JUN/11 & rubber 'RETURNED/FOR/POSTAGE' in purple on the face, unusual "fish" 'HELD FOR/POSTAGE' handstamp, extra 2c red-brown & 5c Garfield tied by LOUISVILLE/ JUN/25/1884/KY' duplex, the reverse also with Brisbane transit of AU--/84 & 'GYMPIE' arrival of AU5/84, 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp (on the face) & tiny Brisbane Dead Letter Office cds of SP24/84, returned via Washington DC (on the face) with triangular DLO datestamp & 'LOUISVILLE KY/JAN/4/1886/RECD' (hopefully an error for 1885) arrival, a bit soiled. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

1898 Spanish-American War stampless cover with straight-line 'USS Cincinatti' h/s, to Illinois with superb 'DUE/N 2 Y/CENTS' h/s; 1900 cover to Kansas with 2c optd 'PHILIPPINES' tied by very fine 'MIL STA No 2 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS/CAVITE' duplex; and merchant's cover from Puerto Rico to France "p Catalina Via Espana" with combination franking of USA 2c pair & 1c optd 'PUERTO RICO', scarce 'T - CENTIMES/ 15 /P.R.' h/s, French Postage Due 10c x3 with crude triangle cancels. (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1941 (Nov 24) airmail cover from Belgium with 1fr75c & 5fr tied to the reverse by 'FALISOLLE' cds, to "1780 Avenue Massaghusets/Washington/via Lisbonne", German censor label & cachet in rosine; and cover from Cuba with huge Ministry of Communications cachet to "230 Park Avenue/New York"; being the undercover/accommodation addresses for Belgian POWs Fund or the Maritime Marine.   (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1945 usage of Japanese Prisoner of War pre-printed envelope with 'ZENTSUJI WAR PRISON CAMP/ NIPPON' heading and 'COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE/GENEVE SUISSE' footer from "Capt DC Gregg, Capt JC Curtis, Capt CD Matzen" typed at upper-left, to "Chief of Finance United States Army Washington DC, USA" with camp censor in violet & unusual boxed han of Hosotani, plus another censor & han alongside, no postal markings but two private receiving cachets of Sept 1945 on reverse, some transmission marks & minor edge faults. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

1857-61 Perf 15½ Washington 3c red-brown (stated by our vendor to be "rose-brown") Type III Scott 26 with the Major Horizontal Plate Crack Pos [71L18] (Late State), straight-edge at left, light cds, Cat US$400. A very attractive example of the famous Big Crack; plus the adjoining unit [72L18] with the continuation of the crack through the upper-left rosette & 'PO' of 'POSTAGE', a few trimmed perfs, faded from someone trying to erase the parallel-lines manuscript cancel, Cat US$250. (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

1930 Graf Zeppelin 65c green, $1.30 brown & $2.60 blue Scott C13-15 (SG A687-689), quite well-centred, lightly mounted, the $2.60 with a small hinge remainder, Cat US$1080 (£1400). (3) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

NEWSPAPER STAMPS: 1875 Soft Porous Paper $24 dark violet Scott PR76, very well centred, very fresh with large-part original gum (hinge remainder), Cat US$800. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250