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Welcome to Phoenix Auctions Auction No.21

Phoenix Auctions are delighted to offer the Rod Perry Airborne Commercial Mail to

Australasia 1899-1945 Collection, in its entirety.

This is the most diverse collection of its kind ever formed, with extraordinary depth of

representation of origin countries, including many exotic ones. it features earliest and record

frankings, utilization of highest denomination frankings, and interrupted mail. The

abundance of rarities present is reminiscent of that other great collection formed by Rod,

his Grand Prix Victoria (AUSIPEX 84). Rod is fond of saying “When I decide to collect

something, I do tend to go about it with a sledgehammer”. After you have viewed this

auction we are sure you will agree him.

A collection as broad as this offers a wide variety of material which will appeal to many

collectors, and not just the collectors of flight covers. As you browse the catalogue you will

find military and POW material, civil censorship items, complex postal routings, many

jusqu’a items a mass of thematic possibilities.

One example of the preponderance of rarities is provided by the Zeppelin-related content.

Very few collections contain a single example of a commercial Zeppelin article destined for

Australia; the Perry collection has eleven. There are three of the four recorded Hindenburg

carried covers (#196, #742, #945), the latter involved in an interrupted mail incident

following transfer to Imperial Airways onwards service to Australia.

A collection such as this needs to be well illustrated and we have done that by providing an

image for every single lot, surely a first for any postal history auction. It also needs to be

thoroughly cross-referenced and we have provided this with over 9 pages of cross-

referencing. We have also produce a special tabulation of the airlines and aircraft names

mentioned in the description. In fact there are 82 different aircraft mentioned by name in the

catalogue.

Rod’s high profile in the auction industry from the early 1970s onwards often placed him in

the envious position of having “first bite of the cherry”, when material initially surfaced in the

philatelic market place or elsewhere. The acquisition of the lion’s share of the Henry B Smith

hoard, several decades ago, is a case in point. This style of accumulating goes a long way

in explaining why the overwhelming proportion of what is on offer has not been seen, yet

alone previously owned by other Philatelists.

Phoenix Auctions - Friday 7th June 2013

The catalogue format for the Perry Collection is our most luxuriant yet, in terms of

proliferation of illustrations of subject lots. Given the diversity of the material, with so many

items in the Philately as Art genre, this was the appropriate manner in which to present this

collection. Many more scans will be found in the on-line version of the catalogue.

The collection is presented in three broad sections:

SECTION 1: 1899-1930: Pre-1931 Experimental airmail services England to Australia.

Arranged in year order. (Lots 1 to 61)

SECTION 2: 1931-1945: Arranged geographically (West-East in spirit of Imperial Airways

England-Australia route, and East-West for Pan Am The Americas flights). (Lots 62 to 846)

SECTION 3: Incidents and Interruptions: Including mail from and within Australia. Arranged

in year order. (Lots 847 to 1096)

The entire collection will be on view at the Phoenix Auctions Stand Nº 194 at Australia

2013, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, May 10th to 15th. Rod will frequently be

present at the Stand to assist with questions from collectors.

Rod has generously allowed Phoenix Auctions the discretion to accommodate extended

payment terms to buyers. Contact David Wood or Ken Pearson in confidence prior to the

auction date of 7th June if that offer will assist.

VIEWING:

In MELBOURNE in our offices at Level 2, 170 Queen Street Melbourne.

Saturday 1st June 10am to 5pm

Sunday 2nd June 10am to 5pm

Monday 3rd June 10am to 5pm

Tuesday 4th June 10am to 5pm

Wednesday 5th June 10am to 5pm

Thursday 6th June 10am to 6pm

Friday 7th June 8am to 10am

Viewing outside of these times is available by appointment only.

AIRBORNE COMMERCIAL MAIL TO AUSTRALASIA 1899-1945


Rodney A Perry

I commenced my philatelic journey in the 1950s, whenmy grandfather presented me with a pile of G.B. 1951“Festival” £1’s, which had arrived on parcels containingparts for his engineering firm in Melbourne. One Poundwas a lot of money to a seven year old and, incurablymesmerized, this introduction to the allure of philatelywould envelop me for the next near sixty years, andcounting.

E.W. (“Ted”) Proud first introduced me to that parallelphilatelic universe, Postal History, when I met him in1973, during my inaugural Le Grand Tour as aprofessional philatelist. Ted suggested that Australia was a largely untapped market forP.H., and I would be unlikely to meet with much opposition if I was to take it on as aspeciality. Wise counsel, which I was not about to ignore. And so it came to pass thatduring the 1970s, at a time when I had commenced constructing my Grand Prix Victoria, Ipursued a second philatelic passion: hoarding world commercial covers/stationery. This Ifound therapeutic, the general entry point per unit was refreshingly modest, at a timewhen items sourced for a mainstream collection could come at breathtaking sums.

It mattered not that I knew little of the finer philatelic points of the hoard I was rapidlyaccumulating, that could evolve with time and, besides, in the interim I was having funonce again being a collector of whole world. It was nostalgic revisiting what were oftenfamiliar stamps, some of the type which had once graced the pages of my schoolboyalbums. Seeing those same stamps, but on intact postal articles for the first time wassomething of a revelation.

My airborne mail collection is essentially an adaptation of the whole world collectingconcept, the destination of Australasia being the common denominator which binds itlogically. This concept has universal applications, and it is to be hoped that it may beexported broadly, and more will be inspired to consider taking on collecting inwards mailto their chosen country, or geographic region.

The collection now presented evolved from the hoard garnered during four decades ofaggressive acquisition. An exciting aspect in constructing it was the ever present thoughtthat for most items in the collection, I was the first to lay philatelically appreciative eyes.It’s a fact that most of the items in this catalogue have not been on the market in over 30years; many have never been offered at auction or by other traditional means.

Particularly pleasing to me is the depth of material I was able to garner in two categories:the pioneer airmail routes era, when daredevils fearlessly took to largely uncharteredskies, and landed in virtual paddocks; and interrupted mail, where nature, human error,and just about everything else which could go wrong, conspired to thwart the mostmeticulous of planned schedules. Very satisfying was the amateur detective work“finding” many of the latter, involving researching tens of thousands of covers of thesubject period, most handled by a philatelist for the first time in their existence. Of manyitems offered, just that one example from a given origin to destination has thus far beenfound. The thrill of the chase remains omnipresent.

This collection, which I regard as my favourite since forming my Victoria, expresses alsomy fondness for studying the use of stamps for the purpose for which they were primarilyintended; to service postal needs. Higher aggregate frankings, particularly thosedeploying highest denominations, were enthusiastically sought.

I take this opportunity to thank Ronald M. Lee, with whom I have been involved in recentyears in the production of a fine forthcoming publication on the subject of Australasiancommercial airmail, Distance The Last Frontier, David Collyer, Malcolm Groom, BrianPeace and Kendall Sanford for their kind assistance and advice, and of course TedProud, who got me “started”.

I hope new caretakers will derive as much pleasure from their new ownership as I have.


Table of Contents1899-1930 AIR ACCELERATED MAIL TO AUSTRALASIA: 1-61

1939-45 THE EXPANSION OF AIR ROUTES TO AUSTRALASIA

Great Britain: 62-88

BRITISH EMPIRE IN EUROPE

Cyprus: 89-91

Gibraltar: 92-93

Ireland: 94-103

Malta: 104-108

NON-BRITISH EUROPE

Albania: 109

Austria: 110-122

Belgium: 123-128

Bulgaria: 129-131

Czechoslovakia: 132-143

Danzig: 144-146

Denmark: 147-150

Estonia: 151-153

Finland: 154-155

France: 156-171

Germany: 172-203

Greece: 204-213

Hungary: 214-221

Iceland: 222-223

Italy: 224-231

Dodecanese Islands: 232-234

Trieste: 235

Latvia: 236-244

Liechtenstein: 245-247

Lithuania: 248-253

Monaco: 254-255

Netherlands: 256-263

Norway: 264-268

Poland: 269-281

Portugal: 282-285

Romania: 286-288

Russia - Soviet Union (1923-1991): 289


Spain: 290

Sweden: 291-310

Switzerland: 311-338

League Of Nations - Geneva: 339-342

Turkey: 343-350

Yugoslavia: 351-372

BRITISH EMPIRE IN AFRICA

Egypt: 373-381

Basutoland: 382

Gambia: 383

Gold Coast: 384-389

Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika: 390-404

Nigeria: 405

Nyasaland: 406

South Africa: 407-414

Southern Rhodesia: 415-420

South West Africa: 421-423

Sudan: 424-432

Zanzibar: 433-435

NON-BRITISH AFRICA

Congo (Belgian): 436-439

Algeria: 440

Morocco (French): 441-443

Senegal (French): 444

Somalia (Italian): 445

Mozambique: 446

Mozambique Company: 447

MIDDLE EAST

Bahrain: 448-449

Palestine: 450-461

Iran: 462-468

Iraq: 469-480

Lebanon: 481-483

Syria: 484

BRITISH EMPIRE IN ASIA

Brunei: 485

Burma: 486-494

Ceylon: 495-505


Hong Kong: 506-523

India: 524-544

Straits Settlements: 545-558

Federated Malay States: 559-560

Johore: 561

Kedah: 562-564

Kelantan: 565-567

Negri Sembilan: 568-569

Pahang: 570-571

Perak: 572-576

Selangor: 577-579

North Borneo: 580-585

NON-BRITISH ASIA

Indo-China: 586-595

China: 596-623

Japan: 624-636

Netherlands Indies: 637-661

Netherlands New Guinea: 662

Timor (Portuguese): 663

Philippines: 664-675

Thailand: 676-692

BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE CARRIBEAN

Antigua: 693

Bahamas: 694

Barbados: 695-696

Bermuda: 697-699

Cayman Islands: 700

Dominica: 701

Grenada: 702

Jamaica: 703-711

Trinidad & Tobago: 712-717

NON-BRITISH CARRIBEAN

Curacao: 718-723

BRITISH EMPIRE IN NORTH AMERICA

Canada: 724-738

Newfoundland: 739


NON-BRITISH NORTH AMERICA

United States Of America: 740-757

Canal Zone: 758

CENTRAL AMERICA

British Honduras: 759

Cuba: 760-765

Guatemala: 766

Honduras: 767

Mexico: 768-776

Nicaragua: 777-780

Panama: 781-782

BRITISH EMPIRE IN SOUTH AMERICA

British Guiana: 783-784

NON-BRITISH SOUTH AMERICA

Surinam: 785-786

Argentina: 787-801

Bolivia: 802-803

Brazil: 804-814

Chile: 815-817

Colombia: 818-822

Dominican Republic: 823-824

Ecuador: 825-826

Peru: 827-832

Uruguay: 833-835

Venezuela: 836-839

BRITISH EMPIRE IN THE PACIFIC

Solomon Islands: 840

Tonga: 841-844

NON-BRITISH PACIFIC

New Caledonia: 845-846

INCIDENTS AND INTERUPTIONS TO MAIL TO AND WITHIN AUSTRALASIA

1911-1929: 847-849

1930-1934: 850-869

1934-1939: 870-1065

1940-1944: 1066-1089

1953-1974: 1090-1096


Airlines and Aircraft index

Air France: 45, 162, 232, 273, 444, 599, 768, 773, 789, 793, 797, 804, 808-10, 812-13, 815,828

Airlines of Australia:

Kiata: 977

Laurence Hargrave: 978

Ala Littoria: 53, 92

Australian Military Aircraft: 1083, 1086, 1089

Australian National Airways: 1085

British Airways: 1094-96

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines: 1090

BOAC: 2, 88, 303, 304, 347-49, 372, 378, 380, 423, 446-49, 467, 472, 482-83, 520, 582-83,851, 1077, 1079-80, 1084, 1093

Condor: 788-1, 794, 807, 816

Czechoslovakia Airlines: 1091

Deutsch Zeppelin-Reederei and Precursors:

Graf Zeppelin: 34, 42, 58, 172, 178, 245, 807

Hindenburg: 196, 742, 945

Schwaben: 14

Faith in Australia: 902

Gelber Hund:: 14

Guinea Airways: 1051-54 (Koranga)

Holymans Airways: 905 (Loina)

Imperial Airways:

Arethusa: 70, 868-72, 906-11, 914-21, 933,950, 980, 982-83

Astraea: 858, 876, 903, 906-11

Atalanta: 74, 979

Athena: 62, 151, 469, 868-75, 877-85, 894-85, 934, 961-96


Aurora: 421, 426, 532, 858, 860-63, 896-99, 903, 942-45, 952-53, 971, 982-83

Boadicea: 900, 942-49, 959-60

Caledonia: 990, 1000-02, 1055

Calpurnia: 995-97, 1042-44

Cameronian: 1074

Camilla (interchange with QANTAS): 990 (see also 1084)

Canopus: 990, 1037-41, 1056-58

Capella: 1011-17, 1055

Capricornus: 975-76

Cassiopeia: 980, 1024-27, 1082

Castor: 773, 980, 995-97, 1074

Centauras: 9 72-74, 1055

Centurion: 990, 1036

Ceres: 1011-17

Challenger: 991-94, 1049

Champion: 1060

Circe: 1028-35, 1049-50

City of Alexandria: 849, 854-56

City of Athens: 849

City of Baghdad: 849

City of Cairo: 526, 545, 853

City of Coventry: 852

City of Johannesburg: 1076

City of Khartoum: 922-23, 981

City of Stonehaven: 935, 958

City of Swanage: 934

City of Washington: 850

Clio: 1059-60, 1063

Cordelia: 984-86, 1003-10, 1024-27, 1046-47, 1061

Corinna: 1071

Corsair: 1048, 1082

Cygnus: 975-762

Daedalus: 1010

Delia: 730

Denebola: 421, 730

Diana: 426, 860-63

Dorado: 1010

Egeria: 118,195

Hadrian: 865-67, 935

Hannibal: 68, 859

Hanno: 68, 859, 886-90, 901

Helena: 73, 857, 864, 876, 924-32

Hengist: 891, 979

Horsa: 857, 886-90, 892-93, 901, 956-57, 970, 980

Satyrus: 912-13, 972-74

Scipio: 854-55, 912-13, 954-55

Sylvanus: 868-72, 891, 912-13

KLM: 121, 123-24, 139, 173, 198, 256-57, 267, 270, 276, 323, 375, 445, 586, 602, 638, 641,676, 719, 742, 744, 747, 1081

Pelikaan: 257,640

KNILM: 121, 614, 645, 648, 654, 663, 670-72, 1066, 1068-70

Lot: 1003

Lufthansa: 177, 807

PanAm: 83, 93, 101, 285, 327, 329, 331-3, 383, 441-42, 538, 666, 668, 673-75, 693-97, 699,701-16, 709-11, 713, 715, 720-22, 728-35, 737, 745, 747-59, 762, 766-67, 774, 779,781, 783-85, 787, 792, 798-89, 802-03, 811, 813, 817, 821, 822, 827, 830-32, 834, 837,844, 951, 981, 986, 1010, 1023, 1065, 1075, 1078

California: 285, 737

China: 729-30, 762, 951, 981, 1065

Dixie: 750

Hawaii: 728, 951, 1023

Honolulu: 729, 734, 1075



Pacific: 87, 711, 1078

Philippine: 730, 1010, 1065

Pan American Airways System: 778, 805, 813, 827

PANAGRA: 61, 792, 797, 825, 834

QANTAS: 43, 560, 580, 584, 604, 637, 643, 645-47, 716, 742, 851, 853, 868, 949, 1088,1092

Brisbane: 900, 942-45, 946-49

Calypso: 1036

Camilla (interchange with Imperial Airways): 1084 (see also 990)

Canberra: 937-41

Carpentaria: 1056-58, 1072

Cooee: 987-89, 1018-22, 1028-35, 1072, 1079-80

Coogee: 1003-10, 1059, 1062

Coolangatta: 982-83, 1088

Coorong: 1045

Corio: 998-1002, 1028-35, 1048, 1051-54, 1062, 1064, 1074

Coriolanus: 987-89, 1061

Hippomenes: 421, 426, 860-63

Southern Wave: 1092

Sydney: 914-21, 934

Sabena: 162, 437, 936

SCADTA: 43

Southern Cross: 526, 545

Transcontinental Airways: 902, 904

Country and RegionalClassification

ADEN: 122

Africa: 12, 15-16, 20, 22, 25-27, 30,33, 37, 44, 47, 88-90, 122, 204,212, 216, 221, 229, 282, 296,299, 303, 336, 348-349, 352,373-435, 438, 440-447, 453,476, 482-483, 749, 799, 814,876, 879, 892, 895, 910, 919,922-923, 959, 968, 970, 1055,1076-1077, 1079-1080, 1092

ALBANIA: 109

ALGERIA: 440

ANTIGUA: 693

Arab States: 20, 25-27, 30, 33, 37,89-90, 122, 212, 216, 221, 229,2 9 6 , 3 0 3 , 3 4 8 - 3 4 9 , 3 5 2 ,3 7 3 - 3 8 1 , 3 8 4 - 3 8 6 , 3 9 1 ,4 0 5 - 4 0 6 , 4 2 4 - 4 2 5 , 4 3 8 ,4 4 1 - 4 4 3 , 4 4 5 - 4 6 1 , 4 7 6 ,481-484, 799, 876, 901, 910,919, 922-923, 935, 956-957,970, 1028-1035, 1055, 1062,1077, 1079-1080

ARGENTINA: 787-801

ASIA: 5, 28, 41, 51, 61, 70, 110-111,122, 147, 151, 173-174, 234,271, 291, 322, 329, 352, 370,447-450, 454, 461, 463, 469,480, 485-623, 632, 664-692,745, 747, 751, 755, 758, 834,858, 873-874, 876, 883-884,903, 906-911, 920-921, 948,961-964, 966-969, 980-982,990, 1011-1022, 1024-1027,1037-1041, 1048-1049, 1054,1056, 1063, 1065, 1083

AUSTRALIAN CAPITALTERRITORY: 211, 217, 246,251, 287, 386, 438, 492, 516,719, 730, 732, 763, 797

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES -General: 1-3, 5-10, 12,1 5 - 1 7 , 1 9 - 2 1 , 2 4 , 2 8 - 3 4 ,37-38, 42-50, 53-61, 64-66,70-74, 76, 80, 82-83, 85-86,89-91 , 95 -100 , 102-103 ,105-106, 108-110, 112-114,119-120, 122, 126, 128, 136,1 3 8 , 1 4 1 , 1 4 4 , 1 5 2 - 1 5 4 ,156-157, 163, 165-169, 171,1 7 4 - 1 7 7 , 1 8 1 - 1 9 1 , 1 9 4 ,196-198, 203, 211, 213-215,217, 220-221, 232, 236, 239,2 4 3 , 2 4 6 , 2 4 8 - 2 4 9 , 2 5 1 ,2 5 4 - 2 5 6 , 2 6 1 , 2 6 4 - 2 6 5 ,2 6 7 - 2 6 8 , 2 7 0 , 2 7 4 , 2 7 6 ,2 8 0 - 2 8 1 , 2 8 3 , 2 8 5 - 2 9 1 ,295-296, 299-300, 303, 308,310-314, 316, 320, 322-324,326, 328-330, 334, 336-344,346-350, 357-359, 364-367,369, 371-372, 377, 380, 382,384-387, 390-392, 394-396,4 0 1 , 4 0 3 - 4 0 5 , 4 0 7 , 4 1 0 ,414-419, 421, 424-433, 436,4 3 8 - 4 4 8 , 4 5 0 , 4 5 2 - 4 5 6 ,458-462, 465-471, 473-474,476-479, 481-482, 485-489,492-497, 500, 503, 505-513,515-518, 520, 523-524, 526,528-532, 534-535, 537-538,541-553, 555-577, 579-586,588-589, 591-598, 600-604,606-607, 609-613, 616-620,622-625, 627-644, 646-648,650-654, 657-663, 665-678,6 8 0 , 6 8 3 - 6 8 9 , 6 9 1 - 6 9 2 ,694-696, 698-702, 706-707,709-717, 719-722, 724-732,7 3 4 , 7 3 6 - 7 3 8 , 7 4 4 , 7 4 6 ,750-751, 755-756, 758-766,768-777, 779-787, 789-794,796-807, 809-812, 814-815,817-827, 830-833, 835-847,8 4 9 - 8 5 0 , 8 5 2 - 9 0 0 , 9 0 2 ,904-931, 933-934, 936-954,956-1042, 1044-1066, 1068,1071 -1081 , 1083 -1086 ,1088-1090, 1092-1096

AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES:173, 378, 401, 626, 662, 1064

AUSTRIA: 28, 110-122, 132-133,140-141, 444, 922-923, 996,1007, 1019, 1034, 1049, 1052,1059, 1077

BAHAMAS: 694

BAHRAIN: 448-449

BALTIC STATES: 151-153, 172,2 3 6 - 2 4 4 , 2 4 8 - 2 5 3 , 4 5 9 ,1003-1004, 1015, 1038

BARBADOS: 695-696

BASUTOLAND: 382

BELGIUM: 123-128, 436-439,680, 683, 888, 926, 938, 957,964, 985, 989, 995, 1001, 1013

BERMUDA: 697-699

BOLIVIA: 802-803

BRAZIL: 45, 196, 804-814

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH:1 - 3 , 5 - 1 2 , 1 5 - 2 4 , 2 6 - 3 9 ,41-116, 119-120, 122, 124,1 2 6 , 1 2 8 , 1 3 4 , 1 3 6 , 1 3 8 ,141-144, 147-148, 151-157,1 6 3 - 1 6 9 , 1 7 1 , 1 7 3 - 1 7 7 ,181-191, 194, 196-199, 201,203-204, 211-217, 219-221,226, 229, 231-232, 234, 236,2 3 9 , 2 4 3 , 2 4 6 , 2 4 8 - 2 4 9 ,2 5 1 - 2 5 2 , 2 5 4 - 2 5 6 , 2 6 1 ,264-265, 267-268, 270-271,2 7 4 , 2 7 6 - 2 7 7 , 2 8 0 - 2 9 1 ,295-296, 299-300, 302-303,3 0 6 , 3 0 8 - 3 1 4 , 3 1 6 , 3 2 0 ,322-324, 326, 328-330, 334,3 3 6 - 3 4 4 , 3 4 6 - 3 5 0 , 3 5 2 ,357-359, 364-367, 369-586,588-598, 600-613, 615-654,656-739, 744-747, 749-751,755-777, 779-850, 852-900,9 0 2 - 9 5 4 , 9 5 6 - 1 0 6 8 ,1070-1090, 1092-1096

BRITISH GUIANA: 783-784

BRITISH HONDURAS: 759

British Somaliland: 445

British West Indies: 693-700,702-717, 757, 764, 798, 932

BRUNEI: 485

BULGARIA: 129-131, 1035



BURMA: 70, 179, 225, 406, 463,486-494, 520, 522-523, 894,9 0 3 , 9 0 6 , 9 0 8 - 9 11 , 9 5 2 ,1037-1041, 1063

CAMBODIA: 587

CANADA: 35, 49, 67, 724-740,1078

CANAL ZONE: 696, 700, 714, 716,758

CAYMAN ISLANDS: 700

CEYLON: 51, 271, 322, 370, 454,495-505, 921

CHILE: 815-817

CHINA: 61, 329, 506-523,5 8 6 - 6 2 3 , 6 3 2 , 6 6 6 , 6 6 8 ,729-730, 745, 747, 751, 755,758, 762, 834, 951, 981, 1065

CHRISTMAS ISLAND: 401, 1064

COLOMBIA: 43, 818-822

CONGO (Belgian): 436-439

CRETE: 854-856, 980

CUBA: 760-765

CURACAO: 718-723

CYPRUS: 89-91

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 132-143,1091

DANZIG: 144-146, 856

DENMARK: 147-150, 172

DJIBOUTI - Republic: 122

Dodecanese Islands: 232-234

DOMINICA: 701

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:823-824

DUBAI: 990, 998-999, 1074,1094-1096

ECUADOR: 825-826

EGYPT: 20, 26-27, 30, 37, 89-90,212, 216, 221, 229, 286, 296,303, 348-349, 352, 373-381,3 8 4 - 3 8 6 , 3 9 1 , 4 0 5 - 4 0 6 ,424-425, 438, 445-447, 453,476, 482-483, 799, 805, 849,854, 876, 910, 919, 922-923,9 7 0 , 9 7 5 , 1 0 5 5 , 1 0 7 7 ,1079-1080

ESTONIA: 151-153

Federated Malay States:559-560, 572

FIJI: 134, 842

FINLAND: 154-155

FRANCE: 3, 18-19, 25, 33, 39-40,45 , 50 , 68 , 156 -171 , 232 ,254-255, 273, 290, 441, 444,597, 599, 768, 770-771, 773,789, 793, 797, 804, 808-813,815, 828, 850, 897, 925, 936,954, 959-960, 967, 975-976,984-985, 988, 1037, 1048,1055-1056

French Community: 25, 33,4 4 0 - 4 4 4 , 5 8 6 - 5 9 5 , 7 5 5 ,844-846

GAMBIA: 383

GERMANY: 4, 13, 28, 34, 42, 55, 58,11 0 , 11 6 - 11 8 , 1 2 0 , 1 2 2 ,144-147, 152, 155, 172-203,2 3 6 - 2 3 7 , 2 3 9 - 2 4 0 , 2 4 8 ,251-252, 264-265, 289, 291,295, 298, 300, 332, 335-336,742, 816, 833, 856, 861-862,8 6 6 , 8 6 9 - 8 7 0 , 8 8 0 , 8 8 7 ,889-891, 893, 908, 912-916,927-929, 937, 939-940, 943,953-955, 965, 972, 974, 990,9 9 2 , 9 9 4 , 9 9 7 , 9 9 9 ,1002-1003, 1005, 1008, 1014,1021, 1025, 1031, 1033, 1036,1038, 1040, 1046-1047, 1077

GHANA: 384-389

GIBRALTAR: 92-93

Gold Coast: 384-389

GREAT BRITAIN: 2, 20, 27, 38-39,41, 46, 62-88, 98, 252, 268,2 8 5 , 3 0 9 , 3 3 7 , 4 3 1 , 6 1 5 ,7 1 5 - 7 1 6 , 7 8 0 , 8 4 7 - 8 5 0 ,8 5 2 - 8 5 5 , 8 5 7 , 8 5 9 - 8 6 0 ,864-865, 868, 876-878, 886,891-892, 894, 896, 899-900,906, 922, 924, 933-935, 942,946, 950, 952, 956, 958-963,970-971, 975-976, 979-980,982, 984, 991, 998, 1000,1011-1012, 1018, 1028-1030,1036, 1042-1045, 1048, 1051,1055, 1060-1061, 1063-1064,1070, 1074-1075, 1082, 1087,1093-1096

GREECE: 109, 114, 119, 131-132,155, 204-213, 232-234, 269,273, 276, 278-280, 287-288,3 4 3 - 3 4 6 , 3 5 4 , 3 5 8 - 3 5 9 ,364-368, 371, 527, 854-855,872, 882, 891, 909, 917, 930,935, 941, 947, 954, 980, 1007,1022, 1026, 1041, 1053, 1072

GRENADA: 702

GUATEMALA: 766

Gulf States: 26-27, 30, 37, 48, 57,68, 73, 199, 303-304, 347-351,355, 372, 448-449, 462-480,864, 886-890, 901, 924-932,935, 956-957, 990, 998-999,1028 -1035 , 1042 , 1060 ,1094-1096

HAWAII: 61, 697, 722, 728-729,745, 752, 756, 831-832, 951,1023

HONDURAS: 32, 767

HONG KONG: 329, 506-523,600-601, 604-608, 610-613,615-617, 632, 666, 668, 745,747, 751, 755, 758, 834, 981,1065

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HUNGARY: 214-221, 315, 1058

ICELAND: 222-223

Independent Africa: 384-389,444

INDIA: 5, 28, 70, 110-111, 118, 122,144, 147, 151, 173-174, 195,225, 291, 311, 350, 352, 409,447-449, 451, 454, 463, 466,469, 480, 486-494, 496, 504,517, 520, 522-544, 573, 576,578, 615, 622-623, 635, 653,681, 852, 855, 858, 873, 876,883, 899, 903, 906-911, 920,931, 948, 961-964, 966-969,980, 982, 990, 1011-1017,1027, 1037-1041, 1048, 1054,1063

INDO-CHINA: 586-595

IRAN: 462-468, 480

IRAQ: 26-27, 30, 37, 48, 57, 68, 73,199, 303-304, 347-351, 355,372, 448, 462, 464, 467-481,8 4 9 , 8 5 9 , 8 6 4 , 8 8 6 - 8 9 0 ,924-932, 1042, 1060

IRELAND: 41, 94-103, 875

ISRAEL: 450-461, 1055, 1062,1079

ITALIAN COLONIES: 445

ITALY: 53, 59, 104-105, 120, 175,224-235, 243, 246, 251, 336,445, 954-955, 967, 1009,1049, 1055, 1069, 1073

Italy - Overprinted For Use InOther Countries: 234

JAMAICA: 703-711, 932

JAPAN: 42, 624-636, 1084

Johore: 561

JORDAN: 970

Kangaroo & Map Issues: 934

Kedah: 562-564

Kelantan: 565-567

KENYA UGANDA &TANGANYIKA: 204,390-404, 879, 968, 1074

LATIN AMERICA: 32, 43, 45, 61,6 9 6 , 7 0 0 , 7 1 4 , 7 1 6 , 7 5 8 ,760-782, 787-839

LATVIA: 236-244, 1003, 1015,1038

LEAGUE of NATIONS -GENEVA: 339-342

LEBANON: 481-483

LIECHTENSTEIN: 245-247

LITHUANIA: 248-253, 1004

LOURENCO MARQUES: 299

MALAYA: 485, 545-585, 608, 616,1083

MALTA: 53, 104-108, 891

MAURITIUS: 1092

MEXICO: 768-776

MIDDLE EAST: 20, 26-27, 30, 37,48, 57, 68, 73, 89-90, 122, 199,2 1 2 , 2 1 6 , 2 2 1 , 2 2 9 , 2 9 6 ,3 0 3 - 3 0 4 , 3 4 7 - 3 5 2 , 3 5 5 ,3 7 2 - 3 8 1 , 3 8 4 - 3 8 6 , 3 9 1 ,4 0 5 - 4 0 6 , 4 2 4 - 4 2 5 , 4 3 8 ,445-480, 482-484, 799, 864,876, 886-890, 901, 910, 919,922-932, 935, 956-957, 970,990, 998-999, 1028-1035,1042, 1055, 1060, 1062, 1077,1079-1080, 1094-1096

MONACO: 254-255, 993

Morocco (French): 25, 33,441-443

MOZAMBIQUE: 446-447

Mozambique Company: 447

Negri Sembilan: 568-569

NETHERLANDS: 256-263, 586,718-723, 742, 871, 987

NETHERLANDS COLONIES:637-662, 785-786, 863, 885,9 4 9 , 1 0 4 9 - 1 0 5 0 , 1 0 6 4 ,1066-1070, 1081-1082, 1084

NETHERLANDS INDIES:6 3 7 - 6 6 1 , 8 6 3 , 8 8 5 , 9 4 9 ,1049-1050, 1064, 1066-1070,1081-1082, 1084

NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA:662

NEW CALEDONIA: 755, 844-846

NEW GUINEA: 626, 662

NEW SOUTH WALES: 2-3, 7-10,12, 19, 24, 28-29, 32-34, 42, 45,49, 55, 60, 64-66, 70-74, 83,89-90, 96-99, 102, 104, 106,109, 113, 120, 122, 126, 138,1 4 7 , 1 5 1 - 1 5 4 , 1 5 7 , 1 6 3 ,166-167, 169, 174-175, 177,198, 212, 221, 239, 243, 251,254-256, 267, 276, 286, 288,290, 296, 299-300, 303, 308,312, 320, 324, 326, 328-330,336-342, 344, 349-350, 369,371-372, 380, 384, 389-390,3 9 4 - 3 9 6 , 4 0 2 - 4 0 3 , 4 0 5 ,414-415, 417, 422, 428, 430,433, 436, 439-440, 442-443,446-448, 453-455, 459-462,465, 468, 471, 474, 478-479,481, 485-489, 495, 497, 503,507, 509-510, 516, 518, 530,532, 534, 537, 543-544, 548,550, 553, 559, 561, 564, 568,5 7 2 , 5 7 9 - 5 8 0 , 5 8 2 - 5 8 6 ,588-589, 591, 593-594, 600,6 0 4 , 6 0 6 , 6 0 9 - 6 1 3 , 6 1 6 ,618-619, 622, 628, 631-635,638-644, 646, 648, 653, 657,659-661, 663, 668, 674-675,6 8 0 , 6 8 3 , 6 9 1 , 6 9 4 - 6 9 6 ,698-700, 702, 706, 709-710,712, 716, 721-722, 724-725,727, 732, 736, 746, 755-756,759-762, 764, 766, 774-777,779-784, 786-787, 789-793,7 9 6 - 8 0 1 , 8 0 4 , 8 0 6 - 8 0 7 ,810-811, 814, 817, 819-820,822-823, 825-827, 830, 832,835-836, 838-840, 844-846,860-864, 866, 868-871, 875,877-880, 884-885, 887, 893,897-899, 902, 920, 922-923,9 2 5 , 9 3 3 - 9 3 4 , 9 3 6 , 9 4 0 ,9 4 3 - 9 4 4 , 9 4 6 , 9 4 8 , 9 5 3 ,955-956, 958-962, 966-967,975, 978-979, 986-987, 993,1003, 1023, 1033-1034, 1036,1038, 1040, 1044, 1046, 1055,1057-1060, 1065-1066, 1068,1071, 1073-1077, 1079-1080,1086, 1088-1089, 1092


NEW ZEALAND: 1, 11, 18, 23, 29,35-36, 52, 63, 67, 72, 78, 101,115-116, 124, 134, 142-143,148, 155, 164, 199, 201, 204,2 1 9 , 2 2 6 , 2 3 1 , 2 7 7 , 2 8 2 ,284-285, 302, 306, 312, 326,343, 375, 378, 381, 384, 388,396, 398, 412, 415, 423, 432,4 3 5 , 4 3 7 , 4 4 9 , 4 6 3 - 4 6 4 ,471-472, 475, 483-484, 488,501-502, 515, 532, 538, 559,564, 572, 578, 590, 600, 607,610, 615, 621, 629, 649, 656,664, 679, 681-682, 690, 693,697, 703-705, 708, 718, 723,732-733, 735, 739, 744, 751,756-758, 767, 774-776, 782,788, 793, 795, 801, 808, 813,816, 828-829, 834, 844-845,848, 878, 932, 1028, 1043,1067, 1070

NEWFOUNDLAND: 739

NICARAGUA: 777-780

NIGERIA: 405

NORTH BORNEO: 580-585

NORTHERN TERRITORY: 126,141, 163, 236, 249, 290, 343,346, 358-359, 364-367, 452,455, 460, 471, 476, 488, 526,535, 549, 568, 596, 875, 902,904, 946, 1045, 1051-1054

NORWAY: 264-268

NYASALAND: 406

Pacific Islands: 81, 83, 87, 101,134, 285, 303, 451, 695, 699,701, 711, 722, 732-735, 737,745, 747-750, 752-758, 767,781, 798, 821-822, 840-846,1010, 1075, 1078, 1090

Pahang: 570-571

PAKISTAN: 41, 1018-1022

PALESTINE: 450-461, 1055,1062, 1079

PANAMA: 781-782, 787, 792, 817

Papua: 173, 378

PARAGUAY: 827

Penang: 135, 548, 569, 571, 576,600, 608, 614, 616, 636, 942

Perak: 572-576

PERSIA: 462-468, 480

PERU: 61, 827-832

PHILIPPINES: 664-675, 1065

POLAND: 144-146, 269-281, 856,858, 881, 973, 983, 1006,1020, 1024, 1032, 1039

PORTUGAL: 150, 282-285,441-442

PORTUGUESE COLONIES:299, 446-447, 663

QUEENSLAND: 30, 43, 48, 57, 66,83, 99, 103, 108, 119, 211, 213,232, 289, 316, 323, 334, 407,426, 429, 431, 467, 503, 506,509, 515, 517, 520, 524, 541,555, 562, 571, 575, 589, 624,636-637, 654, 660, 676, 722,724, 731-732, 734, 738, 750,812, 814, 818, 831-832, 852,876, 921, 946, 977-978, 980,1045, 1059, 1062, 1090

RHODESIA: 415-420

ROMANIA: 286-288

RUSSIA - ALL PERIODS:151-153, 236-244, 248-253,289, 459, 1003-1004, 1015,1038

RUSSIA - Soviet Union (1923-1991): 289

Sabah: 580-585

SAUDI ARABIA: 956-957

SCANDINAVIA: 2, 31, 147-151,154-155, 172, 222-223, 243,264-268, 291-310, 349, 861,866, 869-870, 880, 887, 891,907, 912, 914, 927, 939, 972,992, 1005, 1014, 1031, 1073,1076, 1087

Scotland: 935, 1094

Selangor: 572, 577-579

SENEGAL (French): 444

SENEGAL (Independent): 444

SHARJAH & DEPENDENCIES:901, 935, 1028-1035

SINGAPORE: 234, 450, 522,5 4 5 - 5 4 7 , 5 4 9 , 5 5 1 - 5 5 5 ,5 5 7 - 5 5 8 , 5 6 1 , 5 6 8 , 5 7 3 ,575-576, 592-593, 596, 598,608, 616, 667, 669, 673-675,874, 884

SLOVAKIA: 143

SOLOMON ISLANDS: 840

SOMALIA (Italian): 445

SOMALILAND (British): 445

SOUTH AFRICA: 12, 15-16, 22,44, 47, 88, 282, 392, 398, 404,407-414, 421-423, 435, 749,892, 895

SOUTH ARABIANFEDERATION: 122

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 21-22, 44,47, 58, 83, 90-91, 102, 112,126, 141, 163, 165, 236, 249,2 9 0 , 3 4 3 , 3 4 6 , 3 5 8 - 3 5 9 ,364-367, 377, 404, 410, 421,4 2 3 , 4 4 4 , 4 5 2 , 4 5 5 , 4 6 0 ,470-471, 476, 488, 526, 535,538, 549, 552, 568, 596-597,623, 640, 671, 714, 737-738,744, 793, 804, 828, 837, 860,875, 892, 902, 904, 946, 949,951, 955, 988, 1010, 1012,1045, 1047-1048, 1051-1054,1093

SOUTH WEST AFRICA: 421-423

SOUTHERN RHODESIA:415-420

SPAIN: 290, 712-717

SRI LANKA: 51, 271, 322, 370,454, 495-505, 921

Straits Settlements: 545-558,560

SUDAN: 387, 390, 424-432

SURINAM: 785-786

SWEDEN: 2, 31, 151, 155, 243,265, 291-310, 349, 861, 866,869-870, 880, 887, 891, 907,912, 914, 927, 939, 972, 992,1005, 1014, 1031, 1073, 1076,1087


SWITZERLAND: 39, 245-246,310-342, 867, 898, 966, 1016,1057, 1062

SYRIA: 484

TANGANYIKA: 204, 390, 400

TASMANIA: 6, 37, 203, 285, 407,418, 458, 508, 573, 592, 665,685, 687-689, 797, 860, 905,964, 1044, 1085

THAILAND: 461, 532, 589, 591,597, 676-692, 1024-1027,1049, 1056

Timor: 526, 545, 663, 853, 868

TIMOR (Portuguese): 663

TONGA: 841-844

TRIESTE: 234-235

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 712-717

TURKEY: 28, 343-350, 1079-1080

UNITED NATIONS: 339-342

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:17, 21, 23-24, 29, 32, 35-36, 40,52, 54, 56, 61, 67, 84, 87, 93,1 9 9 - 2 0 3 , 2 2 2 - 2 2 3 , 2 3 0 ,284-285, 301, 303, 309, 327,329-332, 334-335, 438, 441,6 0 8 , 6 1 0 , 6 9 4 , 6 9 6 , 6 9 8 ,700-705, 707, 713, 715-719,722-723, 725-726, 740-761,763-765, 768-769, 774-778,781-784, 786, 797, 799-802,814, 818-819, 822-824, 826,828-832, 835-837, 839, 931,944-945, 951, 958, 969, 981,986, 1010, 1023, 1065, 1070,1075-1076, 1078, 1090

United States Territories: 696,700, 714, 716, 758

URUGUAY: 833-835

VENEZUELA: 836-839

VICTORIA: 1, 5, 9, 12, 15-17, 20, 31,38, 44, 46-47, 50, 53-54, 59, 61,64, 74, 76, 80, 82, 85-86, 95-96,100, 102, 105, 110, 114, 119,128, 136, 144, 156, 168, 176,181-191, 194, 197, 211, 214,248, 261, 264-265, 268, 270,274, 280-281, 283, 291, 295,310-311, 313-314, 347-348,3 5 0 , 3 5 7 - 3 5 9 , 3 8 2 , 3 8 5 ,391-392, 401, 407, 416, 419,424-425, 427, 432, 438, 441,445, 450, 452-453, 456, 458,466, 473, 476-477, 479, 482,4 9 3 - 4 9 6 , 5 0 0 , 5 0 5 , 5 0 7 ,510-513, 516-517, 523, 526,5 2 8 - 5 2 9 , 5 3 1 - 5 3 2 , 5 3 5 ,5 4 4 - 5 4 6 , 5 4 8 , 5 5 0 - 5 5 1 ,5 5 6 - 5 5 8 , 5 6 0 , 5 6 5 - 5 6 7 ,569-570, 573-574, 576-577,601-603, 617-620, 623-625,6 2 7 - 6 3 0 , 6 3 6 - 6 3 9 , 6 4 7 ,650-652, 654, 658, 660, 662,666-667, 669-670, 672-673,677-678, 684, 686, 692, 695,701, 707, 711, 713, 715, 717,720, 722, 724-725, 727-729,731-732, 734, 736, 738, 744,7 4 6 , 7 5 1 , 7 5 8 , 7 6 3 , 7 6 5 ,7 6 8 - 7 7 3 , 7 8 1 , 7 8 5 , 7 8 9 ,793-794, 802-803, 809, 811,814-815, 817, 822, 824, 830,833, 838-839, 841-843, 847,849-850, 853-858, 860, 862,865, 867, 872-873, 881-883,886, 888, 890-891, 894-896,9 0 0 , 9 0 2 , 9 0 5 - 9 1 9 , 9 2 4 ,926-931, 937-939, 941-942,945, 947, 950, 952, 954, 957,9 6 3 , 9 6 5 , 9 6 9 - 9 7 4 , 9 7 7 ,981-985, 989-992, 994-1002,1 0 0 4 - 1 0 11 , 1 0 1 3 - 1 0 2 2 ,1024-1032, 1035, 1037, 1039,1041, 1044, 1049-1050, 1056,1063, 1072, 1074, 1077-1078,1083-1085

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 49-50,54-56, 64, 138, 171, 196, 215,220, 310, 322, 347, 387, 438,440, 469, 496, 542, 547, 549,551, 563, 581, 595, 598, 607,6 3 7 , 6 5 7 , 6 5 9 , 6 6 1 , 6 7 2 ,674-675, 725-726, 738, 761,805, 821, 837, 859-860, 874,889, 968, 974, 976, 994, 997,1008, 1042, 1048, 1051-1054,1061, 1064, 1081, 1094-1096

YUGOSLAVIA: 234, 351-372,918, 1071

ZANZIBAR: 433-435

Thematic And TopicalClassification

advertising: 35, 112, 129-131,135, 149, 409, 538, 554, 665,710, 764, 1051

aeroplanes: 3, 6-13, 15, 584, 633,700, 716, 847-848, 904, 936

Agriculture: 206, 226, 279, 351,433, 588, 652, 1041

Air Force: 93, 403, 416, 449, 474,4 7 8 , 5 3 5 , 5 4 2 , 5 4 4 , 5 5 6 ,566-567, 694, 1086, 1089

Airmail Stamps: 17, 19, 22-25, 29,34-36, 41-44, 47, 50, 53-54, 56,59, 104-105, 107, 112-114,117, 119, 123, 130, 132-136,140-142, 149, 156, 163-165,167, 170, 205, 209, 214-215,2 1 7 , 2 2 6 , 2 3 0 , 2 3 5 - 2 3 6 ,2 5 0 - 2 5 1 , 2 5 3 , 2 6 9 , 2 7 3 ,2 8 5 - 2 8 6 , 2 9 1 - 2 9 3 , 3 0 2 ,310-311, 314-318, 320-321,325-326, 328, 333, 352-361,3 6 4 , 3 6 6 - 3 6 8 , 3 7 1 - 3 7 2 ,374-375, 378, 381, 428, 525,597, 604, 610, 743, 745-749,7 5 2 - 7 5 3 , 7 5 7 - 7 5 8 , 9 0 2 ,904-905


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Alcohol: 710, 728, 876

Architecture: 298

Army: 304, 457-458, 477, 504, 537,722, 782, 1083, 1086, 1088

autographs: 1091

Aviators: 3, 589

Avis de Reception: 383, 533

Balkans: 109, 114, 119, 129-132,204-213, 232-234, 269, 273,2 7 6 , 2 7 8 - 2 8 0 , 2 8 6 - 2 8 8 ,3 4 3 - 3 4 6 , 3 5 1 - 3 7 2 , 5 2 7 ,8 5 4 - 8 5 5 , 8 7 2 , 8 8 2 , 9 0 9 ,917-918, 930, 935, 941, 947,954, 980, 1022, 1026, 1035,1041, 1053, 1071-1072

Balloon: 2, 4

Banking & Finance: 14, 72, 84,168, 383, 393

banking,: 4, 14, 72, 74, 383, 393,423, 425, 427, 450, 471, 474,488, 496, 511-512, 514-515,517, 520, 525, 538, 541, 573,576, 578, 595, 621, 626, 635,671, 673, 681, 733, 777, 991,1033, 1045

birds: 1, 130, 308, 338, 581

Booklets: 75, 77, 577

Catalogued Plate Flaws: 608

Censored Mail: 62, 77, 81, 87,90-91, 93, 98-99, 102-103,108, 124, 127-128, 131, 142,1 4 8 , 1 5 0 , 1 7 1 , 1 9 1 , 1 9 4 ,199-203, 210-212, 217-222,224, 229-231, 233-235, 244,247, 253, 257-259, 263, 268,284-285, 288, 290, 293, 296,3 0 3 - 3 0 9 , 3 1 9 , 3 2 6 - 3 3 2 ,334-338, 347-350, 369-370,372, 377-381, 383, 387, 389,402-404, 414, 416, 419-420,4 3 0 - 4 3 2 , 4 3 5 , 4 3 8 - 4 3 9 ,4 4 1 - 4 4 3 , 4 4 6 - 4 4 9 , 4 5 1 ,453-459, 466-468, 473-475,4 7 7 - 4 8 0 , 4 8 2 - 4 8 4 , 4 9 1 ,493-494, 504-505, 516-518,520, 522, 530, 536, 538-544,555-557, 566-567, 569, 571,575-576, 582-585, 590-593,608-609, 611-623, 632, 634,6 3 6 , 6 4 6 , 6 5 4 , 6 5 6 - 6 6 1 ,6 6 8 - 6 7 0 , 6 7 2 - 6 7 5 , 6 8 4 ,686-689, 692, 694-696, 698,700-702, 710-711, 713-717,720-723, 729, 731-732, 734,7 3 6 , 7 4 1 , 7 4 3 , 7 4 7 - 7 4 8 ,751-755, 757-759, 763-766,7 7 4 - 7 7 6 , 7 7 9 - 7 8 0 , 7 8 2 ,785-786, 797-802, 814, 817,8 2 2 , 8 2 4 , 8 2 6 , 8 2 9 - 8 3 2 ,8 3 4 - 8 3 5 , 8 3 8 - 8 3 9 , 8 4 2 ,844-846, 1062, 1069-1072,1074-1080, 1084, 1087

Central Africa: 406, 436-439

Charity: 537

CINDERELLAS: 123, 247, 297,321, 418, 492, 541, 657, 775,993, 1023

coastal features - seas &oceans: 1-2, 172, 282, 401,461, 676, 714, 722, 825, 830,868, 884, 905, 922, 934, 955,984, 1044, 1066, 1069-1070,1085, 1089

Coffee & Tea: 499, 501, 652

Commemorative Covers: 5, 13

Commercial Perfins: 853, 950,953, 1029

Concessional Stamps: 85, 126,133, 170, 266, 282, 408, 428,4 3 0 , 4 3 4 , 4 4 8 , 4 6 8 , 4 7 5 ,490-491, 493, 499, 501, 555,568, 571, 593, 599, 602-603,625, 627, 630, 636, 638, 667,691, 693, 695, 701, 705, 709,7 1 3 , 7 1 5 , 7 1 8 - 7 2 0 , 7 2 8 ,742-743, 746, 748, 780-781,7 8 4 - 7 8 5 , 8 5 7 , 9 4 2 , 9 4 4 ,948-951, 969, 971, 984, 998,1017, 1023, 1029-1030, 1040,1051, 1065, 1085

Consular Mail: 32, 39, 438, 586,614, 680, 683, 795, 802

Customs: 82, 85, 118, 191-192,833

Dancing & Dancers: 665

Dead Letter Office: 586, 1083

Death: 20, 358, 394

Disaster: 534, 922

education: 670

Energy: 448, 468, 480, 490, 638,719

Esperanto: 889

exhibitions: 5


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Express Mail: 74, 79-80, 83,260-262, 379, 381, 606, 743,864

Fauna - animals: 497, 554, 934,1092

First Flight Covers: 38-39, 44,196, 256, 421, 423, 426, 526,537, 562-563, 565, 750, 904,1093

flags: 802

Flight Covers - Catapult: 177

Flight Covers - Commercial:1-1096

Free Mail: 419, 534, 568

Fruit: 90

Geology: 14

Georgian Head Issues: 509

Government & Politicians: 5, 14,82, 319, 730, 1061

Heraldry: 81, 84, 87-88

Horses: 63-66, 70-74, 76, 78-80,97, 851

Hotels: 35, 135, 265, 278, 497, 634,653, 664, 712, 776, 779, 884,945

illustrated covers: 3-4, 6-13,15-16, 40, 247, 665

Indigenous Peoples: 489

interrupted mail: 847-848,8 5 3 - 8 5 5 , 8 5 8 , 8 8 6 - 8 9 0 ,9 0 6 - 9 11 , 9 2 2 - 9 2 3 , 9 3 6 ,954-957, 959-969, 975-978,982, 1010, 1028-1030, 1032,1034 -1035 , 1037 -1045 ,1051-1054, 1056, 1066-1069,1076 -1077 , 1081 -1083 ,1085-1086, 1088-1093

Islands: 1, 51, 53, 61, 89-91,104-108, 134, 271, 322, 370,401, 433-435, 454, 495-505,663-675, 693-717, 739, 745,7 5 2 , 7 5 5 - 7 5 6 , 8 4 0 - 8 4 6 ,853-855, 905, 921, 932, 980,1024, 1064-1065, 1075, 1085,1090, 1092

Judaica: 252

Jusqu’a Air Mail: 93, 110-111,204, 224, 284, 286, 307, 332,3 3 8 , 3 4 3 , 3 7 5 , 3 9 1 , 3 9 8 ,406-407, 415, 441, 444, 450,4 6 4 , 4 6 6 , 4 6 9 - 4 7 0 , 4 8 1 ,495-496, 524, 527, 546-547,559, 637, 664, 740, 760, 794,805, 811, 815, 817-818

late fee: 55, 57, 60, 71, 84, 107, 180,218, 222, 282, 307, 322, 328,503, 505, 523, 560, 641, 661,868, 912, 934, 955, 957, 987,1073

Law & Order: 898

Medical & Health: 4, 509, 641, 734

Military & Censor Mail: 81, 87,9 3 , 1 0 2 , 1 2 7 , 1 4 8 , 1 7 1 ,200-203, 210, 212, 230, 233,244, 284-285, 288, 303-304,326-327, 330-332, 334-335,337-338, 349, 369, 377-378,380, 387, 389, 402-403, 414,4 1 8 , 4 2 0 , 4 3 1 , 4 3 5 , 4 3 8 ,4 4 1 - 4 4 3 , 4 4 6 - 4 4 8 , 4 5 1 ,454-458, 466-467, 473-474,4 7 7 - 4 8 0 , 4 8 2 - 4 8 4 , 4 9 1 ,493-494, 504-505, 516-518,5 2 0 - 5 2 3 , 5 3 6 , 5 3 8 - 5 4 3 ,5 5 5 - 5 5 6 , 5 6 6 , 5 6 9 , 5 7 1 ,5 7 5 - 5 7 6 , 5 8 2 , 5 8 5 , 5 9 0 ,592-593, 608, 611-616, 694,736-738, 741, 743, 747-748,752-755, 757-758, 1070,1084, 1086, 1089

Military - World War Ii Period:81, 87, 93, 102, 127, 148, 171,200-203, 210, 212, 230, 233,244, 284-285, 288, 303-304,326-327, 330-332, 334-335,337-338, 349, 369, 377-378,380, 387, 389, 402-403, 414,4 1 8 , 4 2 0 , 4 3 1 , 4 3 5 , 4 3 8 ,4 4 1 - 4 4 3 , 4 4 6 - 4 4 8 , 4 5 1 ,454-458, 466-467, 473-474,4 7 7 - 4 8 0 , 4 8 2 - 4 8 4 , 4 9 1 ,493-494, 504-505, 516-518,5 2 0 - 5 2 3 , 5 3 6 , 5 3 8 - 5 4 3 ,5 5 5 - 5 5 6 , 5 6 6 , 5 6 9 , 5 7 1 ,5 7 5 - 5 7 6 , 5 8 2 , 5 8 5 , 5 9 0 ,592-593, 608, 611-616, 694,736-738, 741, 743, 747-748,752-755, 757-758, 1070,1084, 1086, 1089

Mining: 88, 490, 571, 573, 780

Missent Mail: 52, 444, 461, 1028

mountains: 12, 25-26, 56, 387

myths & legends: 76, 78-79, 97

Navy: 92, 418, 542, 736

Official mail: 124, 340, 342, 402,419, 422, 492, 535, 556, 558,566, 905

Official Stamps: 124, 340, 342,402, 419, 422, 492, 535, 556,558, 566, 905

Olympics: 1091

OMNIBUS ISSUES: 69, 77, 396,4 1 0 , 4 3 4 , 5 0 0 , 5 0 6 - 5 0 7 ,511-512, 528, 530-532, 548,550, 705, 896, 920-921

Onwards Air Transmission(OAT): 102-103, 128,222-223, 247, 268, 305-308,337, 443, 738, 1050, 1087

overprinted stamps: 30, 97, 107,123, 280, 341-342, 344, 347,421-423, 431


We DO NOT have ‘T’ lots, all lots are sold inclusive of GST.

GST is only applicable to buyer’s commission and despatch costs.

parcel: 72, 85

parcel post: 72, 85, 247, 567

parks & gardens: 437, 631, 712,961

perfins: 62-63, 69, 75, 77, 81, 86,148, 191, 193-195, 258, 266,409, 491, 496, 511-512, 525,538, 743, 746, 748, 853, 857,950, 953, 1029

Photography: 176, 178, 196, 242,489, 538, 649, 662, 752

PICTURE POSTCARDS: 2, 4, 6-7,9-13, 15-16, 28, 31, 52, 95, 122,176, 178, 215, 238, 242, 302,313, 324, 327, 339, 489, 649,6 5 1 , 6 6 2 , 7 8 9 , 7 9 4 , 8 1 6 ,847-848, 860, 862, 889, 1091

Pigeon Post: 1

Pneumatic Mail: 120

Post Offices: 100, 118, 161, 308,343, 513, 599-600, 629, 740,749, 755, 983, 1073

Postage Due Handstamps: 646

Postage Dues: 2, 9, 66, 161, 192,199-203, 264, 267, 296, 309,314, 322, 331, 384, 407, 440,469, 478, 507, 525, 532-534,540, 542, 589, 642, 650, 884,1012, 1018

Postal History: 1-1096

Postal Labels: 690, 1087

Postal Rates: 5-13, 15, 17-44,46-56, 58-64, 66-80, 84-94,97, 100, 104-120, 122-171,173-198, 204-207, 209-242,244-284, 287-306, 308-313,315-318, 320-336, 338, 340,342-364, 366-367, 369-397,399-401, 403-445, 447-518,520-526, 528-533, 535-540,543-547, 549-556, 559-569,571-572, 574-576, 578-588,590-598, 600-615, 740-742,744, 746, 749-758, 850-851,875, 901, 934, 954-955, 958,1090-1092

postal seals: 126, 681, 1091

Postal Stationery: 7-8, 16, 56,61-66, 69, 77, 98, 114-117,158, 199-203, 228, 230-231,247, 252, 255, 277, 289, 380,403, 408-409, 419, 440, 453,459, 480, 484, 529-530, 533,536, 539, 544, 549, 553, 557,561, 588, 738, 740, 755-756,842, 860, 894, 901, 906, 963,1063

Postal Stationery -Aerogrammes: 36, 56, 738

Postal Stationery - Envelopes:8, 56, 114-117, 277, 588, 740

Postal Stationery - Letter Cards:61, 199-203, 230-231, 255,403, 419, 440, 459, 480, 530,544, 561

Postal Stationery - PostalCards: 158, 199-203, 228,252, 289, 380, 453, 484, 529,539, 557, 860, 901

Postal Stationery - RegistrationEnvelopes: 16, 64-66, 98,408-409, 533, 536, 549, 553,842, 894, 906, 963, 1063

Postmarks: 1-1096

postmarks - instructionalmarkings: 51, 55, 57, 59-60,100, 117, 122, 134, 150, 216,231, 282, 332, 374, 393-397,461, 524-525, 543, 595, 602,604, 614, 616, 740-741, 749,755, 758, 864, 1028, 1083,1090

Postmarks - Meter Cancels: 62,111, 137, 160, 192, 295, 305,307, 809, 811, 862, 891, 907,912, 914-915, 927, 939, 965,992, 1005, 1014, 1031, 1044,1052

postmarks - pictorial: 5, 13

Postmarks - Slogan Cancels:26, 89-90, 92, 1064

prates: 194

Prisoners of War and Internees:199-203, 230, 336, 838, 1075,1077-1078

Private Carrier Stamps: 247

Radio: 158, 392, 552, 594, 936, 975

railways & trains: 247

Registered Mail & RegistrationLabels: 16, 25, 33, 37, 40,48-49, 53, 63-66, 69, 78, 81,87 -88 , 98 , 104 , 108 -110 ,114-115, 117-120, 126, 131,134, 138-142, 148, 153, 156,159, 163, 166, 168, 171, 179,181-195, 197-198, 204, 207,209, 212, 216, 226-227, 236,241, 249-251, 257, 269-271,2 7 5 , 2 7 7 , 2 7 9 - 2 8 1 , 2 8 5 ,287-290, 310, 318-319, 321,329-333, 340, 345, 351-352,3 5 4 , 3 5 6 - 3 6 8 , 3 7 0 - 3 7 2 ,378-379, 383, 405, 407-409,413-414, 425-427, 449-452,455, 460, 471, 476, 481, 483,488, 496, 514, 516-517, 519,525, 533, 535-536, 540-541,5 4 9 , 5 5 3 , 5 5 6 , 5 5 8 , 5 6 1 ,567-568, 573, 576, 586-587,591, 596, 605-606, 608, 613,617, 621-622, 626-627, 630,6 3 2 - 6 3 5 , 6 4 4 - 6 4 6 , 6 4 8 ,660-661, 665, 671, 676, 678,680-681, 685, 687-688, 690,696-700, 702, 717, 719, 726,741, 744, 749, 751-754, 756,759, 774, 776-777, 782, 785,791-792, 795-797, 802-803,809, 811-812, 814, 827-828,830, 832, 836, 842, 844, 846,878, 885, 892, 894, 897-898,906, 908, 916, 929, 931, 937,963, 986, 1007, 1019, 1025,1033, 1037, 1040, 1046-1047,1057, 1061, 1063, 1068, 1071,1082, 1095

rel: 152, 561, 902, 904, 1011, 1096

religion: 252, 620

royalty: 293, 298, 300, 303, 308,3 9 6 , 5 3 5 , 7 0 5 , 7 3 3 , 8 9 6 ,920-921

Sheep: 129, 206, 527, 531, 965

Ship Mail: 50, 60

ships & boats: 92, 106, 322, 324,378-379, 509, 651, 736, 743


Southern Africa: 12, 15-16, 22,44, 47, 88, 282, 299, 382, 392,3 9 8 , 4 0 4 , 4 0 7 - 4 2 3 , 4 3 5 ,446-447, 749, 892, 895

Sport: 73, 259, 695, 713, 720, 1091

Stamp Dealers: 529

Streets & Roads: 41, 66, 76, 79,191, 220, 225, 322, 372, 385,398, 404, 437, 446, 924

Tennis: 695, 713, 720, 1050

Timber & Trees: 4, 443, 975, 1051

Transport: 247

Travelling Post Offices: 147,151-153, 155, 163, 224, 239,241-242, 250, 265, 291, 295,298, 300, 405, 471, 481, 488,507, 561, 568, 644, 648, 680,791, 827, 861, 866, 868-870,878, 880, 885, 887, 891, 897,907, 912, 914, 927, 939, 953,972, 975, 992, 1003, 1005,1014, 1031, 1038

Unclaimed: 972

Universal Postal Union: 25-26,28, 30-34, 37, 40, 42-43, 45, 48,57-60, 67, 106, 109, 112-113,127, 131-132, 139-144, 147,1 5 1 - 1 5 3 , 1 5 5 - 1 5 8 , 1 6 3 ,165-170, 173-174, 176-178,180, 196-197, 204, 208-209,214-215, 217, 220, 222-223,2 2 8 , 2 3 2 - 2 3 3 , 2 3 6 - 2 3 8 ,2 4 0 - 2 4 2 , 2 4 6 - 2 4 9 , 2 5 1 ,2 5 3 - 2 5 5 , 2 6 0 - 2 6 2 , 2 6 5 ,268-269, 273, 276, 279-283,285-288, 290-291, 298, 302,3 0 7 - 3 0 8 , 3 1 0 - 3 1 4 , 3 2 0 ,323-324, 327, 329, 338-339,343, 351, 358, 360, 368-371,3 7 3 , 3 8 0 , 4 3 6 - 4 3 7 , 4 3 9 ,441-442, 444-447, 462-463,469, 471, 473, 475, 481-482,586, 590-591, 594-595, 598,600, 605, 613, 624-625, 627,6 3 7 , 6 4 3 - 6 4 4 , 6 5 1 , 6 6 2 ,664-665, 667, 669, 676-684,718-722, 760, 762, 766, 785,7 8 7 - 7 9 2 , 7 9 6 , 7 9 8 , 8 0 4 ,815-816, 818-819, 821-822,828, 846, 858, 862, 867, 872,8 8 1 - 8 8 2 , 8 8 5 , 8 8 7 - 8 9 0 ,897-898, 908-909, 916, 922,926, 929-930, 949, 983, 993,999, 1003-1004, 1015, 1037,1071-1073

unusual origins or destinations:1-13, 15-17, 22-34, 36-37,40-45, 47-51, 53-55, 58-61,6 5 , 8 7 , 8 9 - 9 4 , 9 7 , 1 0 0 ,104-115, 117-119, 121-134,136-147, 149-164, 166-198,200-207, 209-242, 244-285,287-306, 308-313, 315-318,320-336, 338, 340, 342-364,366-367, 369-397, 399-518,520-526, 528-540, 542-547,549-556, 559-569, 571-572,574-576, 578-588, 590-598,600-615, 656, 663-664, 676,679, 693-694, 696-698, 700,7 0 2 , 7 1 8 , 7 3 1 , 7 3 5 , 7 4 4 ,758-760, 766-767, 783, 787,802, 817-818, 823-827, 838,8 7 9 , 8 9 2 , 9 5 4 - 9 5 5 , 9 5 8 ,966-969, 983, 985, 1010,1015 , 1053 -1054 , 1062 ,1069-1070, 1079, 1090-1092

Varieties: 69, 84, 90-91, 107, 128,210, 296, 412, 516, 521, 543,592, 608

War Tax Stamps: 584-585

Western Europe: 3-4, 13, 18-19,25, 28, 34, 39-40, 42, 50, 55, 58,92-93, 110-122, 132-133,140-141, 144-147, 150, 152,155-203, 236-237, 239-240,245-248, 251-252, 254-255,264-265, 282-285, 289-291,2 9 5 , 2 9 8 , 3 0 0 , 3 1 0 - 3 4 2 ,441-442, 444, 742, 816, 833,850, 856, 861-862, 866-867,869-870, 880, 887, 889-891,893, 897-898, 908, 912-916,9 2 2 - 9 2 3 , 9 2 5 , 9 2 7 - 9 2 9 ,9 3 6 - 9 3 7 , 9 3 9 - 9 4 0 , 9 4 3 ,953-955, 959-960, 965-967,972, 974-976, 984-985, 988,990, 992-994, 996-997, 999,1002-1003, 1005, 1007-1008,1014, 1016, 1019, 1021, 1025,1031, 1033-1034, 1036-1038,1040 , 1046 -1049 , 1052 ,1055-1057, 1059, 1062, 1077

zeppelins: 34, 42, 58, 172, 178,196, 245, 742, 807, 945

Zeppelins on stamps: 181-190,193-195, 197, 245



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2. The second column contains a symbol, which represents the item(s) in the lot:** Mint, unmounted o.g. * Mint, mounted o.g.V Used, Very fine. F Used, FineG Used, Good H Used, HeavyU Used,quality unspecifiedW Unused, no gum D Piece

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Whenever possible postmarks will be described in full, except that the top portion of a postmark is only spelt out when itdiffers from the post office name or requires some clarification. Bracketed shaded text within a description indicates thatthese characters cannot be read, while greyed characters are hard to read or are only partly present, as is the case whenpart of the postmark is on the edge of a stamp. Very large or small letters are represented by large and small fontsrespectively; small fonts are particularly used to indicate the presence of small nylon wheels in the datestamp. The followingexample illustrates these points:

'[POST] OFFICE/21DE86/GARAH'.

After the forscription of the postmark we will indicate the overall quality of the cancel with a bracketed 2 character code. Thefirst character is A-D where A is a fine clear postmark through to D which is barely legible. The second character is a numberfrom 1 to 4 where 1 is complete including all the frame through to 4 where only 25% or less of the cancel is visible. Forexceptional strikes we will further qualify the quality code with a ‘+’ and for items which are light etc the code will be qualifiedwith a ‘-’.

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7. We use the following standardised abbreviations:o.g. original gum opt(d) overprint(ed)d/s datestamp cds circular datestamph/s handstamp mss manuscript; handwrittenERD earliest recorded date LRD latest recorded dateo/o opened-out RLabel registration labelM/S(s) miniature sheet(s) PPC picture postcardimpt imprint mtd mountedprovl provisional wmk watermarkLDL large dateline (postmarks) SDL small dateline (postmarks)TLC,TRC,LLC,LRC Top Left Cnr, Top Right Cnr, Lower Left Cnr, Lower Right Cnr


1899-1930 - AIR ACCELERATED MAIL TO AUSTRALASIA(Prior 1931 Experimental airmail services England to Australia, arranged in date order

1 * 1899 (Jul 28) use of complete flimsy carried by pigeon from Great Barrier Island to extraordinary destinationof Melbourne, appropriate 6d rate to Auckland, where placed in a regular envelope to complete journey toMelbourne by sea. The sender states ‘I have been here on a holiday and since communication from the

place is kept open with Auckland (200 lonely miles away) by means of homing pigions (sic) I send you a

line in the hope that the novelty of the winged messengers with stamp attached may prove of interest to

your good self’. RPSofNZ Certificate (2002). [The only other 19th Century airborne mail article to anAustralian Colony is the Ballon Monté cover to Sydney, which sold for $188,000 at a Sydney auction in 2009.] $15,000

2 * 1907 (Oct 14) posting at Tösse Sweden (where retrieved) of The Daily Graphic produced postcard, droppedin a canister from balloon over North Sea, pre-addressed to Sydney by sender, ‘T’ tax marking without sumexpressed applied in Sweden, accordingly untaxed on arrival at Sydney (Nov 8). The addressee states‘Please forgive me sending this unstamped – the conditions of postage prevent it as there is no knowing

in what country it will fall, & should it fall in a foreign country an English stamp will be useless.’ One ofthree surviving postcards to Australia.[The Daily Graphic produced this postcard for carrying aboard the Balloon Mammoth on its world recordbreaking long-distance flight, which commenced at the Crystal Palace, London, 14 October 1907. 15,000postcards were carried in canisters, which were dropped from the air over the North Sea, with instructionsto finders to facilitate onward transmission to the addressee indicated on the pre-addressed postcard.] $5,000

3 * 1910 (Jun 22) use to Sydney of attractive illustrated cover for Grande Semaine d’Aviation (Englishtranslation: ‘Grand Week of Aviation’) in Rouen, attended by the leading aviators of the day, bearing France25c tied by Rouen datestamp, North Sydney (Jul 25) backstamp. [Whilst there is no proof this cover wasairlifted at the event, such flown souvenirs were produced. The only recorded use of the commemorativecover to Australia.] $1,000

4 * 1910 (Oct 19) use from Baeumenheim of Aero Club of Augsbourg inscribed ‘Balloon’ postcard (littlecreased) to ‘Doctor’s House’, Melbourne (still standing - opposite Reserve Bank building).The sender states ‘Our first ascension in a balloon with Hylda was Frankfurt from 10am to 5pm. We landed

on top of a tree. Then went up again to land balloon very smoothly in a field.’A particularly early aerial incident and the only recorded example to Australia. $4,000

5 * 1911 (Feb 18) world’s first airmail cover (opening faults) from Allahabad via Bombay to Yendon, Victoria,bearing 1a for British Empire surface rate, cancelled by ‘FIRST AERIAL POST/ (aeroplane)/ 1911/U PEXHIBITION ALLAHABAD’ commemorative handstamp in magenta, backstamped Allahabad (Feb 18) &Bombay (Feb 20). The earliest powered flight airmail cover, and the only example recorded to Australia.[The addressee, Clyde Fiskin of Lal Lal House, won the House of Representatives seat of Ballarat at the 1934Federal elections.] $5,000

The following six (6) lots are from 1911 Inaugural British Air Mail Service flights, Windsor-London, destined for Australia/N.Z.

6 * 1911 (Sep 9) first day use of red-brown postcard at inaugural British air mail service from Windsor to London,franked at correct 1d rate to Hobart, Tasmania. A very scarce destination. $750

7 * 1911 (Sep 9) first day use of bright rose envelope (with insert) at inaugural British air mail service to Sydney.The envelopes were sold at 1/- (postcards were 6d) and are rare to Australia. This is the only recordedexample in this colour. $2,000

8 * 1911 (Sep 9) first day use of deep dull green envelope (with insert) at inaugural British air mail service toSydney. Two examples recorded in this colour to Australia. $1,500

9 * 1911 (Sep 12 & 13) fourth and fifth day use of purple-brown postcards at inaugural British air mail service,to Sydney and Melbourne respectively, latter paid at ½d internal rate only and accordingly taxed 1d uponarrival. (2) $1,200


10 * 1911 (Sep 14) sixth day use of purple-brown postcard with Organizing Committee printed inscription onreverse for inaugural British air mail service, to Cessnock. The only recorded example of this special printingto Australia. $1,500

11 * 1911 (Sep 15) seventh day use of deep dull green postcard at inaugural British air mail service to Dunedin.Only 41 postcards were addressed to New Zealand, few survive. $750

12 * 1911 (Dec 29) posting to Albury NSW of special postcard for carriage aboard first ‘SOUTH AFRICANAERIAL POST’ from Kenilworth to Muizenberg, intended for December 30 flight but delayed until January 31912, redirected to Queenscliff on arrival. The earliest airborne item from South Africa to Australia, and onlyrecorded example to Australia. $5,000

13 * 1912 (May 19) use of specially inscribed postcard for inaugural flight Heidelberg-Mannheim to Sydney,franked 10pf Germania for foreign postcard rate and tied by the special cancellation. The earliest airborneitem Germany-Australia, and only recorded example to Australia. $3,000

14 * 1912 (Jun 12) use of specially inscribed airmail postcard at Darmstadt during experimental air mail flightson Rhein and Main, bearing 10pf for foreign postcard rate and mandatory 10pf etiquette for airmailsurcharge, both tied by the special cancellation, addressed to Govt Geologist, Launceston. The pioneerZeppelin airship Schwaben and airplane Gelber Hund serviced the flights, raising the possibility that this isthe earliest Zeppelin-flown item to Australia, aside from being the only recorded example to Australia.[Remarkably, the subject matter is wholly commercial, referring in part to German Bank concessions in“Nyassa Land”.] $5,000

15 * 1918 (Oct 7) Wynberg-Green to Point Common South Africa RAF flight postcard addressed to Melbournebearing ½d x2 tied by double-circle ‘AERIAL POST/ SOUTH/-7.OCT.D 18/ AFRICA’ datestamp, minorblemishes, reverse containing personal message from sender. The only recorded example to Australia. $1,500


16 * 1918 (Dec 1) Turffontein-Benoni South Africa flight by RAF, specially printed postcard addressed toMelbourne bearing 1d tied by ‘AERIAL POST/ SOUTH/-1. DEC.B 18/ AFRICA’ datestamp, personal messagefrom sender on reverse. The only recorded example to Australia. $1,500

17 * 1919 (Oct 27) cover from New Jersey to Melbourne bearing 6c Air Post for 1oz USA internal airmail service,thence by surface. The earliest known airmail service accelerated item from USA to Australia. $2,500

18 * 1920 (May 7) cover Paris to Timaru New Zealand endorsed ‘Par Avion – Paris : Londres’ and bearing earlyblack on salmon ‘Par Avion’ etiquette, franked (both sides) 10c x33 (few with faults) for aggregate 3f30c(overpaid 5c for 3f25 rate), 2f of which was attributed to the Paris-London airmail service surcharge,departing London May 19 on P & O Kyber arriving Sydney early June from where it was transferred tosteamer bound for New Zealand. This is the earliest commercial international airmail service item toAustralia and New Zealand. [Of far greater philatelic significance than the Aug 1920 cover carried by Parer

& McIntosh claimed to be the first “ordinary” airmail letter to Australia (from Straits Settlements), franked at4c for surface rate only and was not carried by an official airmail service yet still realised $14,375 at aMelbourne auction in 2011] $20,000


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19 * 1920 (Aug 25) cover Paris to Sydney endorsed ‘Air mail by London’ bearing early tied use of pictorial ‘ParAvion’ etiquette, reverse franked 60c x5 and 25c for 3f25 rate including 2f Paris-London airmail servicesurcharge, thence by P&O Malwa to Australia, Sydney arrival date indeterminable, some opening faults. Theearliest commercial international airmail service item to terminate in Australia. $20,000

20 * 1921 (Aug 11) mourning cover London to Malvern East Victoria bearing GB early ‘BY AIR MAIL’ etiquette,½d, 1½d and 2d, the whole tied by London double-circle datestamp, endorsed ‘Via Suez’ in manuscript atupper left, the rate of 4d representing 2d Letter rate plus 2d per oz airmail fee to Egypt. Very early exampleof airmail acceleration for the long haul to Australia. $1,000

21 * 1923 (Aug 24) cover Chicago to Brighton South Australia endorsed ‘Per Air Rout to San Francisco’ and inanother hand ‘Via/ Airplane’ bearing Washington 1c coil imperf x perf 10 strip of five tied by Chicago duplex,backstamped San Francisco (Aug 25), some flap damage. [From Jul 18 1919 no specific internal airmail rateapplied; mail was carried by airplane on space available basis at 2c per oz, but airmail service was notguaranteed. The one day delivery time from mid west to west coast and bold endorsement suggest this itemdid travel aerially within USA] $500


22 * 1925 (Mar & May) South Africa internal airmail service covers to New Zealand earlier (Mar 10) Durban toNelson where redirected to Auckland, the later (Apr 25) Port Elizabeth to Auckland, both franked 2d + AirPost 6d and handstamped ‘SA.AIR MAIL/SA JUGPOS’ in black or in violet respectively, some flap faults.Rare to this destination. (2) $600

23 * 1926 (Oct 6) Post Office approved printed air mail cover Chicago to Hastings New Zealand, franked USA16c Air Post and ½c block of four tied by Chicago duplex, typewritten ‘VIA AIR MAIL-CHICAGO TO SAN

FRANCISCO’, 18c being correct rate for airmail service 1,000/1,500 miles plus 5c Overseas surface,backstamped Chicago. Rare early use of USA internal air service to New Zealand. $400

24 * 1926 (Nov 22) cover San Diego to Sydney with handstamped ‘Via Air Mail’ paid at 24c for airmail serviceCalifornia-New York for connection to Trans-Atlantic liner, the next air link in that direction being the RAFconducted Cairo-Baghdad service, backstamped San Francisco. The only example of this rate to Australiarecorded by vendor. $500

25 * 1926 (Dec 28) registered use of printed ‘PAR AVION’ envelope from Rabat Medina to Mt Gambier SouthAustralia bearing range Airmail issues with aggregate 5f franking, representing UPU 1f50 + 2f 10-20gmsairmail surcharge to France (details printed reverse) + 1f50 registration, thence by surface, backstampedAdelaide & Mt Gambier. The earliest airmail service item French Africa to Australia. $1,000

26 * 1927 (Jan 21) cover specially inscribed for Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo airmail service addressed to MtDuneed Victoria, bearing British Occupation of Iraq 1a block of six tied by Basrah double-circle (and Jan 23Cairo arrival slogan), representing UPU 3a + airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x2, endorsed in pencil onfront ‘1st Service’, although actually carried on second service, departing on Jan 21, Port Said transit.Remarkable destination, the earliest recorded from this origin, and earliest IAL service commercial item toAustralia. $1,200

27 * 1927 (Mar 31) cover (trifle stained) from London to Melbourne bearing ‘BY AIR MAIL’ etiquette with ajacentmanuscript endorsement ‘ONLY/ Cairo-Karachi’, franked 7½d for Imperial Airways seventh flight service viathis route, connecting with air service at Cairo (Apr 6), arriving Basra following day where backstamped.Rare participant to Australia via this service. $1,000


28 * 1927 (May 18) postcard (creases) from Schneidemühl Germany to Sydney bearing Airmail 10pf x2 and 20pf,endorsed for transmission via Constantinople, Bombay and Netherlands Indies, the 40pf frankingrepresenting 25pf UPU rate plus 15pf Berlin-Vienna airmail surcharge. The earliest recorded postcardEurope to Australia accelerated by an airmail service. [The reduced UPU rate of 15pf for postcards was notintroduced until Aug 1 1927] $1,200

29 * 1927 selection of USA internal airmail service covers to Australia (5) or New Zealand comprising threefoolscap ‘Via/ Air Mail’ inscribed covers (a little stained, handling faults) from same Danbury to Sydneycorrespondence at 44c, 23c and 26c rates, respectively, last two with ‘AIR MAIL VIA NEW YORK’handstamp, also 14c rate Detroit to Melbourne cover with inset of Lindbergh, 2c Stationery envelopeuprated to 15c Newcastle IND to Victoria, plus the New Zealand cover from Los Angeles to Christchurch at10c rate. (6) $400

30 * 1928 (Aug 6) cover (blemishes) Iraq to Brisbane endorsed ‘Via Egypt’ for Imperial Airways Basra-Cairoservice (flight W77) bearing British Occupation of Iraq 1½a and 3d tied by Lower Baghdad (Iraq) datestamp,representing UPU 3a + airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms, transit backstamps of Baghdad, Cairo, Port Said. $800

31 * 1928 (Aug 21) postcard Stockholm to St Kilda Victoria endorsed ‘Per Air Mail/ via London’, bearing ‘Paravion’ label and 25ö stamp for 15ö UPU postcard rate plus 10ö airmail surcharge to Great Britain. Rare andvery early airmail accelerated article Scandinavia to Australia. $600


32 1928 (Sep or Dec) covers from same correspondence, US Consulate Tegucigalpa Honduras to Sydney,earlier (Sep 14) with aggregate franking 44c endorsed ‘Via Tela’ (town in Honduras on northern CaribbeanCoast) for UPU 15c + 29c airmail surcharge to Miami, the latter (Dec 14) franked 21c only for internal airmailservice, backstamped with ‘TELA-ATLANTIDA/ HONDURAS CA’ circular handstamp in violet, and Sydneyarrival (Feb 1 1929) backstamp, minor blemishes. Earliest recorded airmail service cover Central America-Australia. [The addressee, EC Belmonte, was the Dutch Consul in Sydney] (2) $1,200

33 * 1928 (Sep 20) ‘PROTECTORAT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE AU MAROC’ registered cover Rabat toSydney, bearing range Airmail issues with aggregate franking 4f25, representing UPU 1f50 + 1f25 per10gms airmail surcharge to France + 1f50 registration, tied by Rabat cds. [The addressee, EC Belmonte

was Dutch Consul in Sydney]. $500

34 * 1928 (Oct 10) corner card inscribed postcard Friedrichshafen to Sydney with Graf Zeppelin oval ‘Mit/Luftschiff LZ127/ befördert’ handstamp in blue, bearing 1928 2Rm Graf Zeppelin for airmail surcharge to USand 15pf UPU postcard rate, ‘MIT LUFTPOST’ etiquette tied by datestamp, carried on LZ127 Graf ZeppelinOct 11 flight to New York (Oct 16 arrival), thence by surface to Australia. Extremely rare commercialZeppelin article destined for Australia. $4,000

35 * 1928 (Oct 20) King Edward Hotel Toronto cover to Christchurch New Zealand franked Canada SpecialDelivery 20c for accelerated delivery to Detroit, and USA Air Post 5c and Washington 2c x2 for USA internalairmail service and foreign postage, the whole tied by Detroit duplex, connecting with National Air Transport

to Chicago, thence Boeing Air Transport to San Francisco (backstamped Oct 22), surface by SS Maunganui

(Oct 31), arriving Wellington New Zealand (Nov 19), opening faults. Attractive and probably uniquecombination use Special Delivery stamp to this destination. $500


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36 * 1928 Selection of USA internal airmail service covers to Australia (3) or New Zealand at 20c, 10c, 12c, and5c rates, first two endorsed for airmail service St.Louis-California or Boston-San Francisco, the last DrexelHill PA to West Coast. (4) $300

37 * 1929 (Jan 11) registered cover Iraq to Bicheno Tasmania bearing British Occupation of Iraq ½a, 4a, 1½aand 6a, tied by Baghdad HQ double-circle cds, representing UPU 4½a (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge1½a per 10gms x3 plus 3a registration, backstamped Cairo, Port Said, Registered Melbourne andLaunceston. Extremely rare registered item via Imperial Airways Basra-Cairo service to this destination. $1,000

38 * 1929 (Mar 28) cover Rochester Kent to Rochester Victoria carried on Imperial Airways Flight IE1, theinaugural London-Karachi service, correct rate of 7½d including 6d airmail surcharge. A rare ‘first flight’worthy of inclusion in the finest Australian Aerophilately collection. $800

39 * 1929 (May 9) cover from London to Consulat of Switzerland (Melbourne) endorsed alongside and tying ‘ParAvion’ etiquette ‘Till Marseilles/ and again in/ Australia’, franked 7½d for 1½d Empire letter rate plus airmailsurcharge 3d per ½oz (to France) plus Australian internal airmail surcharge 3d per ½oz, despatched in timefor first acceptance of Perth-Adelaide airmail (AAMC #137), in which it is a rare external entrant. $600

40 * 1929 (Jul 13) registered illustrated cover from Le Havre to Melbourne bearing 75c x8 and 50c pair,typewritten ‘Par Avion Via New-York – San Francisco endorsement, aggregate 7f representing 1f50 UPUrate plus 4f air surcharge to USA plus 1f50 registration, six USA backstamps, Melbourne (Sep 2) arrivalbackstamp. Most attractive and rare. $800

41 * 1929 (Aug 12) redirection back to Australia by airmail of cover (opening faults) originally sent surface to GB(Jun 1), bearing Ireland 4d and 2d tied by Dun Boinne double-circle cds, early Karachi airmail service at 6dper ½oz, Registered Perth (Sep 10) backstamp. Unusual. $500


42 * 1929 (Aug 15) remarkable and unique commercial usage of cover (small flap faults) from Freidrichshafen toSydney carried to Japan aboard Graf Zeppelin Round The World Flight (Aug 7-Sep 4), bearing 1928 GrafZeppelin 2Rm pair (airmail surcharge) and 25pf (UPU rate), typewritten ‘Mit Luftschiff “Graf Zeppelin” bis

Tokio’, handstamped ‘Friedrichshafen (Bodense) – Tokio’, and pictorial ‘LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN/WELTRUNDFAHRT 1929’, light arrival datestamp ‘TOKIO/19.8.29’ upper right. $5,000

43 * 1929 (Aug 24) cover La Dorado, Caldas, Colombia to Coolangatta Queensland, sender has adapted aninscribed envelope (for a California automotive company) apparently as an economy measure, reversebearing SCADTA (Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transportes Aereos) airmail etiquette, tied byBarranquilla datestamp (Aug 26), handstamped ‘D/Z’ upper right apparently a Colombian internal marking,sent airmail within Colombia at rate of 49c (UPU 15c, therefore airmail surcharge was 34c), thence bysurface to Australia, minor blemishes. The earliest South America-Australia airmail service cover, only covercarried by the SCADTA airmail service. $1,000

44 * 1929 (Aug 26 or 29) covers carried on South African internal airmail services to South Australia and Victoria,earlier on the Port Elizabeth-Durban inaugural service, latter Durban-Cape Town, franked 1/7d and 1/6d,respectively, one with black/ orange Air Mail etiquette, minor adhesions reverse. Rare to Australia. (2) $500

45 * 1929 (Sep 14) Compagnie Générale Aéropostale cover from Rio de Janeiro to Sydney bearing aggregatefranking of 3,000r, typewritten ‘PAR AVION VIA TOULOUSE’, conveyed by Air France, rate representingUPU 500r + airmail surcharge 2,500r per 5gms, Sydney (Oct 25) backstamp. Attractive. $500

46 * 1929-30 covers London to Victoria franked for Australian internal airmail surcharge, comprising [1] 1929 (Oct17) to Cohuna franked 7½d (1½d Empire letter rate plus 3d per ½oz x2); and [2] 1930 (Jul 10) to Melbournefranked 11½d including scarce on cover Wmk Block Cypher 10d (Empire letter rate 2d (1-2ozs) plus 3d per½oz x3 – overpaid ½d), blemishes. (2) $250


47 * 1929 (Oct 31) cover South Africa to Melbourne endorsed ‘To Australia via SA Air Mail Service/ Port Elizabeth

to Cape Town’ bearing 4d Airmail plus 1d pair for internal airmail service surcharge. $300

48 * 1929 (Oct 31) registered cover Iraq to Cairns Queensland endorsed ‘BAGHDAD-KARACHI’ (minorcontemporary ink stains) bearing British Occupation of Iraq 3a (2, one on reverse) and 6a tied by Sula Manidatestamp, ‘SULAIMANI’ blue/ white provisional registration label, representing UPU 4½a rate (20-40gms)plus airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x3 plus 3a registration, backstamped Cairo, Port Said, RegisteredMelbourne and Launceston. Extremely rare and early registered item to this destination via Imperial Airways

extended service to Karachi (flight IE31). $1,000

49 * 1929 (Nov 12) registered cover from Vancouver Canada to Perth endorsed ‘Airmail/ from Sydney to/ Perth’bearing Australia 1929 Airmail 3d and Canada Quebec Bridge 12c, latter cancelled at Vancouver and bothtied by handstamped registration details, arrows drawn to emphasise presence of Australia stamp forprepayment of Australian internal airmail system, backstamped Vancouver, Sydney, Perth, Leederville,minor blemishes. The only example recorded by vendor of the reciprocal agreement between Canada andAustralia which permitted the prepayment of airmail charges between the respective countries. $2,000

50 * 1929 (Nov 21) cover from Reims France to Melbourne bearing 40c, 50c and 1f50c (2f40 second weight step)and Australia 1929 3d Airmail for Perth-Adelaide airmail service, the whole tied by ‘REIMS –PRINCIPAL/11/21 -11/29/ MARNE’ cds, French dispatch label upper left endorsed for P&O “Mooltan” ex-Marseilles, following which is ‘and by/ Air Mail/ from/ Fremantle, blemishes although attractive. The onlyexample recorded of Australian internal airmail surcharge being paid within France. $2,500


51 1929 (Nov 18) cover from Ceylon to North Brighton Victoria with typewritten ‘Per Perth-Adelaide Air Route’and bearing 20c and 10c tied by Colombo datestamp (which also ties ‘AIR MAIL’ etiquette), rare and earlyuse of the Australian internal airmail service, for which surcharge was 21c per ½oz in additional to 9cImperial rate, sent to Bentleigh owing to insufficient address and with scarce label to that effect affixed. $500

52 * 1929-30 selection of US internal airmail service covers to Australia (5) or New Zealand at 8c, 9c, 10c (3) or12c rates, two of 1929 with large format ‘AIR MAIL’ etiquettes (2 types) tied, another with ‘MISSENT TO/WARBURTON’ handstamp, 1930 postcard at 8c, New York to Tasmania with tied ‘AIR MAIL’ etiquette andmss ‘to San Francisco’ beneath. (6) $300

53 1929-31 R Forbes-Bentley covers from Malta to same addressee in Victoria, sent airmail (6d surcharge) toItaly by Ala Littoria (Italian National Airline), the 1929 (May 9) cover (crease at left) registered and particularlyearly for this origin to Australia. (2) $500

54 * 1930 (Feb 26) apparently commercial use of cover (with postcard and message) from Beech Forest Victoriato Boston endorsed ‘By American Air Mail’ franked 1929 1½d WA Centenary pair for Foreign letter rate andUSA 1928 5c Air Post pair for USA 10c per ½oz internal airmail service, the whole tied by Beech Forest cds.Rare and attractive example of the reciprocal agreement between USA and Australia which permittedprepayment of airmail charges between the respective countries. $1,500

55 * 1930 (Apr 26) Oskar Schenck cover (250x165mm) from Pforzheim Germany to Sydney with typewritten ‘JnAustralia by Air Mail’, black on blue ‘Mit Luftspost’ etiquette, bearing aggregate 4Rm franking (whichincludes equivalent of 3d per ½oz Australian internal airmail), fine strike in greenish blue of the rare Perth‘RECEIVED AT PERTH TOO LATE/ FOR DESPATCH BY AIR MAIL’ rectangular handstamp, backstampedMünchen, minor creasing. [The handstamp was applied where mails intended for Perth-Adelaide airmailservice were received after the advertised closing time. Articles appropriately indicated, such as this, andprepaid for the air service, were held over for despatch by the next scheduled service. See Lot 60.] $800


56 * 1930 (May 12) uprated use of US Stationery 5c Air Mail Envelope sent from Wyomissing PA to Mt LawleyWA with Australia 1929 3d Airmail affixed at opposite corner in USA and cancelled at Sydney (Jun 7). Rareexample of prepayment in USA of Australian internal airmail service surcharge. $500

57 * 1930 (May 14) cover Iraq to Cairns Queensland, inscribed ‘AIR MAIL’ segment scored-over andhandstamped ‘RECEIVED TOO LATE/ FOR INCLUSION IN AIR DESPATCH’ applied, bearing BritishOccupation of Iraq 6a and 3a tied by Mosul double-circle cds, Baghdad (May 15) backstamp, minor flapfault. Given the article at 9a is sufficiently paid for airmail service to Karachi, for which rate was UPU 4½a(20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x3, the “too late” must refer only to Imperial Airways flightIE59, which departed Basra May 15 1930. $500

58 * 1930 (Jun 22) use of Graf Zeppelin postcard addressed to South Australia carried on Graf ZeppelinGermany Round Trip (Jun 21-25) Munich-Berlin sector, bearing Airmail 1Rm for 15pf UPU postcard + 85pfairmail surcharge tied by ‘LUFTSCHIFF/22.6.1930/ GRAFZEPPELIN’ datestamp, Berlin arrival of same day.Extremely rare commercial use destined for Australia. [Father (possibly Walter Schrapel Tanunda) writingto daughter states ‘I am writing on board the Airship ‘Graf Zeppelin’. We had booked for Berlin but have

been several trips over Hamburg. Think we are going to land again as we left Captain & II Officer behind.’] $3,500


59 * 1930 (Sep 15) cover Biella Italy to Melbourne bearing 10c, 50c Airmail, 1L25 and 60c Airmail tied by ‘BIELLANº1 (PORTA TORINO)/ VERCELLI’ datestamp, endorsed per “Orontes” via Naples, typewritten ‘By Air Mail

Perth-Adelaide’, handstruck bilingual ‘TRANSPORTATO PER VIA AEREA/ TRANSPORTE VIA AVION’ frontand reverse, backstamped Torino Ferrovia, Napoli (2 types). Rate of 2L45 represents 1L25 UPU + 1L20Australian internal airmail service surcharge, rare from Italy in this era. $800

60 * 1930 (Oct 29) cover Paris-Sydney (where redirected) franked 3f50 comprising UPU 1f50 rate + 2f per 10gmsAustralian internal airmail surcharge, ‘Par Avion’ label tied by Sydney (Dec 1) arrival datestamp, superbstrike in dark green of the rare Perth ‘RECEIVED AT PERTH TOO LATE/ FOR DESPATCH BY AIR MAIL’rectangular handstamp, backstamped Paris and Marseilles Paquebot duplex, minor flap damage. [Thehandstamp was applied where mails intended for Perth-Adelaide airmail service were received after theadvertised closing time. Articles appropriately indicated for airmail, such as this, and prepaid for the airservice, were held over for despatch by the next scheduled service. See Lot 55 for this handstamp.] $800

61 PS 1930 (Nov 30) use of Peru Stationery 10c Lettercard (minor stains) uprated 50c and endorsed ‘Servicio

Aereo/ Via NY &/ San Francisco/ Honolulu’, addressed to Melbourne and carried on Panagra serviceconnecting at New York with airmail through to Honolulu, thence surface to Australia, Chinese Legation andPeru Servicio Aereo handstamps on reverse. The earliest recorded airmail service item for this origin/destination. $750


1931-1945 - THE EXPANSION OF AIR ROUTES TO AUSTRALASIAGreat Britain (see also Lot nos. 6-11, 20, 27, 38-39, 46, 847-49, 851-55, 857, 859-60, 865, 868, 877-78, 886, 894, 896, 899-900, 906, 924,

933, 942, 946, 950, 952, 956, 959-63, 971, 975-76, 979, 982, 984, 991,998, 1000, 1011-12, 1018, 1028-30, 1042-45, 1051, 1060-61, 1063, 1093-96)

62 * 1931-40 extensive collection of Imperial Airways service different flights, largely featuring those from IE298(Singapore-Australia extension) to SE242, five in the difficult early 1930s period include IE109 franked perfin‘A P/ Cº’ 1/- block of four, 196 9d scarce solo (Karachi plus internal services) and 279 scarce 11½d rate(perfin ‘K’ 9d + 2½d), Proud ‘Intercontinental Airmails Vol II’ detailed interruptions/ delays (28) with 309(forced-landing Surabaya due broken exhaust pipe), 335 (oil tank damaged landing Akyab), 387 (right wingand nose damaged landing Rangoon – nice 2/6d Seahorses franking), 482 (Athena fire), etc, many attractivefrankings (only three Meters), perfins, censored, Stationery uprates, uncommon 6d postcard rate, somefaults, generally good, exhibitable quality; also selection (20) for BOAC Horseshoe route and laterindeterminate flights to 1944. Commanding lot for the specialist. (194) $3,500

63 * 1931-38 excellent selection featuring usage of GB Wmk Block Cypher and Seahorses series, includingProud ‘Intercontinental Airmails Vol II’ detailed interrupted/ delayed flights (19) former including 6d solo (5,one airmail to Karachi only, others postcard rate, one to New Zealand, another rare registered), 9d scarcesolo (Karachi plus internal services), 10d (2), latter with 2/6d (12), one franked Bradbury Wilkinson, re-engraved issue with perfin ‘WJB/& Cº’ pair, 5/- (2, one rare solo from Imperial Airways flight IE309 whichforced-landed at Surabaya due to broken exhaust pipe), some unusual/ attractive franking compositions,perfins (nice ‘CWF’ on 9d x3), Stationery uprates, etc. Some faults, generally good & of exhibitable quality.Very fine basis for exhibit. (60) $3,600

64 PS 1931 (Jun 11) uprate from London to Sydney of Stationery 4½d Registration Envelope (size ‘K’), aggregatefranking 8/ 5½d, including scarcer Bradbury, Wilkinson Seahorses 2/6d and 5/-, cover endorsed ‘VIA DELHI

& AUSTRALIAN (INTERNAL), carried by Imperial Airways service (flight IE116), Perth, Melbourne, Sydneytransits/ arrival datestamps, minor blemishes, the tying by London datestamp of Australian ‘BY AIR MAIL’etiquette suggests a stock of that device was maintained at some UK POs. $800


65 PS 1932 (Jan 5) London to Sydney uprate of Stationery 4½d Registration Envelope (size ‘K’), aggregatefranking 6/ 4½d, including Bradbury, Wilkinson Seahorses 2/6d (2, shades), endorsed ‘Direct Australian/

Mail’, Sydney and William Street arrivals. $500

66 PS 1932 (Oct 27) uprated from Wood Green to Sydney (where redirected to Rockhampton) of Stationery 4½dRegistration Envelope (size ‘K’), aggregate franking 3/8d, including Bradbury, Wilkinson Seahorses 2/6d(creased by overlapping flap), endorsed ‘Via Karachi & Internal’, ‘TAX/ 9d’ endorsement for redirection byairmail, Australia Postage Due 2d x4 plus 1d affixed in taxing and tied at Rockhampton, Sydney, Exchange,Brisbane, Rockhampton transits/ arrival. $400

67 * 1932 (Nov 11) cover Willesden to Christchurch New Zealand with typewritten route instructions ‘Per Air Mail/

across U.S.A. or/ Canada. Per first/ available steamer from/ San Francisco or Vancouver to/ New Zealand’,franked 1/- for Empire letter 2d (1-2ozs.) plus airmail surcharge 2½d per ½oz x4, blemishes, the onlyexample of this early utilisation of North American airmail services to New Zealand noted by vendor. [UPUregulations from Jul 1 1930 governed the transit of mail by overseas air service, and use of the Par Avionetiquette and the airmail service to be used could be expressed. An alternative to the London-Karachiservice for air acceleration for New Zealand bound mails was to utilise the Canadian or USA airmail servicesto connect with New Zealand bound steamers, delivering a time saving of about one week over the surfaceroute.] $800

68 * 1932-34 interesting selection of less usual early uses of airmail services to or within Australia, comprising [1]1932 (Aug 18) cover (flapless) endorsed ‘To Marseilles’ at 4d ½oz; [2] 1932 (Nov 3) endorsed ‘PER SS

‘ORAMA’/ VIA TOULON/ VIA AUSTRALIAN INTERNAL AIR MAIL’ franked 2/ 8½d [Empire letter 5½d plusAustralian airmail surcharge 3d per ½oz x9]; [3] 1933 (Dec 5) postcard at 4d [1d Empire postcard plusAustralian airmail surcharge 3d]; [4] 1934 (Mar 9) 9d solo for Karachi and Australian internal airmail services;[5] 1934 (Oct 22) 8½d rate [1½d Empire letter plus 4d airmail to France plus 3d Australian airmailsurcharge], [6] 1934 (Nov 23) 6d airmail postcard via Karachi, carried on Imperial Airways service flightIE296 where Hanno suffered engine problems at Rutbah (Iraq) and mail load was required to be transferredto Hannibal, also [7] 1929 (Oct 4) bearing PUC franking of curious 3½d; odd blemish, generally fine, veryscarce group. (7) $400


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69 * 1934-38 excellent selection (71) featuring usage of the handsome GB photogravure series, including Proud

‘Intercontinental Airmails Vol II’ detailed interrupted/ delayed flights (19), many attractive/ unusual frankingcompositions, including for uncommon 6d postcard rate, 1½d wmk sideways singles (2) showing vendingmachine “gripper” malfunction, another cover with ½d wmk sideways plus 1½d x3 uprating otherwiseunderpaid franking, 9d pairs (3, registered single rate), 10d (9, with ‘BR’ perfin and scarce block of three),1/- perfin ‘WAS/ &Cº’ block of ten plus strip of four on registered cover, plus other perfins & Stationeryuprates, etc; also 1935 Silver Jubilee selection (12) including 2½d (5, with x4 on one cover, another on 6dpostcard); very useful lot for usage specialist, some faults, generally good exhibitable quality. (83) $2,000

70 * 1935 (Jan 19) cover (350x265mm) to Sydney bearing impressive franking aggregate £3/13/9d including 10/-Seahorses x7 (with two vertical pairs), carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE307, the Arethusa leg ofwhich experienced engine trouble at Akyab Burma Jan 26-27, backstamped Sydney, some small faults,relatively minor for an article of these dimensions and weight. $2,000

71 1935 (Feb 15) cover (230x155mm) from London to Sydney aggregate 12/6d franking comprised of 2/6d re-engraved Seahorses and rare late use of 10/- Bradbury, Wilkinson, cover endorsed ‘Received/in City

Section/ with cover torn/ [initial] 1/3/ 35’, backstamped Sydney. $1,000

72 * 1935 (Apr 12) use of parcel label with printed address for National Bank of New Zealand on reverse, frontbearing scarce and attractive franking of 10/- re-engraved Seahorses block of four & single, plus 1/- and 3d,tied by London FS Air Mail cds, Sydney (Apr 23) arrival backstamp. [£2/11/3d for 1/3d per ½oz inclusiveairmail x41] $1,500


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73 * 1936 (Feb 1) The Sport & General Press Agency cover (190x150mm) from London to Sydney bearing veryscarce solo franking re-engraved Seahorses 10/-, carried by Imperial Airways service flight IE415, theHelena leg of which force-landed at Fellujah (Iraq) due to extreme storms (Feb 7-8), backstamped Sydney. $1,000

74 * 1936 (Jul 11) Bank of New South Wales cover sent Express Delivery London-Melbourne, franked aggregate16/9d including re-engraved Seahorses 5/- and 2/6d x4, for combined airmail rate 1/3d per ½oz x13 plus6d Express delivery fee, carried on Imperial Airways service flight IE461, the Atalanta leg delayed a day atKarachi (Feb 16-17) due to engine trouble, backstamped Melbourne. $400

75 * 1936-37 selection featuring GB KEVIII frankings, noted booklet stamps, uncommon 6d postcard rate,interrupted/ delayed flights, perfins, attractive/ unusual franking compositions, etc. Useful group, odd fault,generally fine. (41) $800

76 * 1937 (Jan 9) Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd cover (355x230mm) Wilton Rd London to Melbourne officebearing stunning franking of £1 PUC and re-engraved Seahorses 2/6d x2 and 5/- x2, neatly tied by ‘WILTONRD/ HUDSON’S PLACE SW1’ datestamp, flap damage in no way detracting from this very rare franking[£1/15/- for 1/3d per ½oz. inclusive airmail x28] $10,000


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77 * 1937-44 selection featuring GB KGVI first series, also few 1937 Coronation and 1940 Stamp Centenaryfrankings, a few interrupted/ delayed flights, 1½d booklet pane including labels, uncommon 6d and 7dpostcard rates, perfins, censored, Stationery uprates, etc. Colourful and useful lot, generally fine. (59) $1,000

78 * 1937 (Jul 13) registered cover (280x250mm) Luton to Christchurch New Zealand bearing rare franking ofSeahorses 10/- x8 (block of six and pair) and 2/6d and 3d, tied by Registered Luton oval datestamp, theaggregate £4/2/9d representing 1/3d per ½oz. inclusive airmail x66, some creasing does not detract.Perhaps the record pre-war franking for Great Britain to New Zealand. [Reverse bears rather randomcomment regarding addressee: ‘On November 15, 1936, Leonard Ernle Clark (the addressee) was one of

the first men to fly solo from England to New Zealand – he was known as “The flying farmer” . . .’] $3,000

79 * 1937 (Sep 27) cover (255x175mm) to Newspaper office in Melbourne bearing impressive franking of re-engraved Seahorses set, comprising 2/6d x3, 5/- x4 and 10/- x3, 6d for Express Delivery additional service,tied by Wilton Rd datestamp, Melbourne (Oct 12) arrival datestamp, some creasing does not unduly detract.[£2/18/- for 1/3d per ½oz. inclusive airmail x46 + 6d Express Delivery fee] $1,200

80 * 1938 (Feb 16) cover sent Express Delivery London to Melbourne, aggregate franking of £1/9/3d unusuallyincluding each denomination of re-engraved Seahorses, 10/- a pair, for combined airmail rate 1/3d per ½ozx23 plus 6d Express delivery fee, backstamped Melbourne. $800


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81 * 1939-45 selection of GB KGVI High denomination frankings, for multiples of 1/3d per ½oz rate, largely 4/6dper ½oz, Trans-Atlantic/ Trans-Pacific Clipper service and multiples thereof, highest franked £4/10/3d (4/6dx20 plus 3d registration) bears 2/6d brown x21 (plus 5/- x4) which is record to Australia, also includes 10/-dark blue (3), perfins, censored, etc. Some faults, generally good exhibitable quality. Desirable lot. (50) $2,500

82 * 1940 (Oct 22) Northern Transport Agency (London) address label to Dept of Information Melbourne, affixedto cinema film canister, Customs declaration attesting to length of 367 feet, franked £20, comprised of KGVI10/- dark blue x40, block of twelve front, blocks of ten and eighteen reverse, unsurprising some damagedin transit, and a 5/- missing (originally to left of Customs label), to complete £20/5/- franking, or Clipperservice rate 4/6d per ½oz x90 (= £20/5/-). The record franking for 10/- dark blue, and for a postal articlepre-1950 to Australasia. $8,000

83 * 1941 (Jul-Oct) trio of censored (two dual censored) London Press covers sent via PanAm North Atlantic/Trans-Pacific Clipper service, and for Express Delivery within Australia, at multiples of two, five and six timesthe 4/6d ½oz rate, plus 6d Express delivery fee, attractive frankings including KGVI 10/- dark blue (4),generally fine. $1,200


84 * 1941 (Jul 18) linen-backed cover (365x210mm) London to Melbourne bearing record franking on cover for10/- dark blue (34, including blocks of four and eight x3 – first of which has listed Blot on scroll – SG #478b),9d x2 and 5/-, the aggregate £17/6/6d for 4/6d per ½oz Clipper service via USA x77, representing thehighest franked cover pre-1950 to Australia, some creasing as is to expected of an article weighing 38-38½ozs. [This truly remarkable cover has not previously been offered individually. It was discovered only in1980, in a philatelic auction carton lot, laying face down as a liner. The late Peter Jaffé, RDP, FRPSL, andeminent international exhibitor, rated this item a contender for the greatest 20th century cover of the BritishEmpire] $25,000

85 * 1941-45 Brown, Jackson & Co Manchester highly franked parcel-wrapping portions to same addresseeMelbourne, comprising [1] 1941 (Aug 14) bearing KGVI 10/- dark blue x25, including block of ten, 1/- and5/-, relatively minor damage for heavy article, endorsed for Clipper service [4/6d per ½oz]; and [2] 1945(Dec 13) bearing KGVI 10/- ultramarine x21, including block of ten [combined airmail rate 1/3d per ½ozx168], Customs and Excise handstamp, unusually fine and attractive, record franking of this stamp toAustralasia, possibly outright. (2) $4,000

86 * 1941 (Oct 29) Gordon & Gotch London cover (280x125mm) to Melbourne branch bearing perfin ‘G’ KGVI10/- dark blue block of four and pair front, 1/- pair, 2/6d, 5/- pair/ block of four reverse, aggregate £4/14/6dfor Clipper service 4/6d per ½oz x21. Attractive. $1,000


87 * 1941 (Nov 15) registered censored cover London to Greymouth New Zealand endorsed for the Trans-Atlantic/ Trans-Pacific Clipper service via USA (the final service it transpires) arriving Greymouth Dec 101941, franked at 4/ 10d for 4/6d ½oz airmail plus 4d registration (including 1d for Compensation to £20).Perhaps the most attractive of the small number of final flight covers recorded to New Zealand, particularlygiven the registration backstamps. [The Pilot of Pacific Clipper which conveyed this article to New Zealandwas 2 hours out of Auckland on Dec 8 1941 when notified of the attack on Pearl Harbour; the aircraft hadbeen at Honolulu a few days earlier] $750

88 * 1942 (Jan 4) use of cotton bag originally containing platinum, registered from London to Sydney bearingKGVI 10/- dark blue x3, 2d, 4d and 1/- [£2/11/3d for 1/3d per ½oz inclusive airmail x41], carried byRichmond Castle departing United Kingdom Jan 9 1942 for Durban to connect with BOAC Horseshoe routeNE163. Rare and attractive survivor. $800

BRITISH EUROPECyprus

89 * 1936 (Jun 12) cover from Larnaca to Sydney sent airmail from Alexandria via Imperial Airways service(IE453), bearing 1934 18pi for ½oz inclusive airmail tied by double-circle cds with ‘CYPRUS/ (Map)/ FOR AHOLIDAY’ slogan to left, backstamped Cairo, Sydney. Early airmail service item for this origin/ destination. $500

90 * 1940 (Jan 5 & 9) covers from Nicosia to Sydney & Larnaca to Adelaide bearing KGVI 18pi tied by respectivedatestamps, ‘CYPRUS/ (Map)/ ORANGES’ slogan, later cover with curious ‘V’-within circle in blue at left,endorsed for airmail service “To Sydney”, ‘PASSED CENSOR/7/ CYPRUS’ and Egyptian Censor markings inviolet-black or red. (2) $600

91 * 1940 (Feb 20) Daniel K Antoniades Larnaca Cyprus to Adelaide dual censored cover (opening faults)franked 36p for double rate, ‘V’ within circle beneath, ‘PASSED CENSOR/7/ CYPRUS’ handstamp, CairoCensor and backstamp. $500


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Gibraltar

92 * 1936 (Feb 18) HMAS Sydney (Monogram on flap) cover to Melbourne posted during naval exercises inMediterranean, flown Ala Littoria, Italian National Airline, to Alexandria for connection with Imperial Airways

service (IE421) to Australia, backstamped Melbourne (Mar 8), rare franking of KGV 2/- tied by Gibraltarslogan, which overpays 1/3d per ½oz inclusive airmail. Early airmail service item for this origin/ destination. $600

93 * 1942 (Apr 8) cover from Australian RAAF pilot serving at Gibraltar (details on flap) bearing KGVI 2d pair and1/- tied by ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/ 475’ datestamp, endorsed ‘Jusqu’a New York’ for sending by PanAm NorthAtlantic service via Lisbon (where backstamped), rate of 1/4d per ¼oz, Gibraltar and Sydney censor tapesand RAF censor handstamp in green. $500

Ireland (see also Lot no. 41)

94 * 1935-37 (Aug & Dec) covers (flap faults) from Blan Chaisleain and Port Lairge endorsed ‘Air Mail to/ Karachi’or ‘Via Ldn direct’ franked 8d and 2/5d respectively, representing airmail surcharges of 6d and 2/3d. (2) $600

95 * 1936 postcard Cloch Liath to Melbourne franked 3½d, a rare pre-war airmail postcard rate. $300

96 * 1936-38 selection carried on separate Imperial Airways service flights, rates of 1/3d, 2/5d, and 1/5d, a fewwith faults, generally good. (9) $360


97 * 1937 (Jun 16) cover (205x230mm) bearing extremely rare franking of re-engraved Seahorses 10/- opt (SG#101 – Cat £325 used), 6d and ½d tied by Baile Atha Cliath double-circle, 10/ 6½d representing 11½d per½oz inclusive airmail to Singapore Malaya x11, vertical crease not affecting high value. $3,000

98 PS 1940 (Oct 31) use at Dublin of Stationery 5d Registered Letter, uprated 1/3d for airmail Sraid An Diuic toSydney, apparently four Censor tapes, a plain brown tape over Irish tape, followed by UK and Sydney tapes,Sydney transits and Five Dock arrival. $300

99 * 1940-41 largely censored selection, earliest with Sydney ‘RELEASED BY CENSOR’, mostly 1/3d single rate,one 1/5d, and two double rate bearing 2/6d solo, an early Horseshoe route cover (roughly opened) withhandstamped ‘NO AIR MAIL SERVICE/BY THIS ROUTE AT PRESENT’, some mixed condition, generallygood, useful group. (12) $800

100 * 1941 (Feb 24) roughly handled cover (230x155mm) to East Melbourne bearing 1/- x 13 (including block ofeleven) and 9d tied by Port Lairge double-circle, carried via Horseshoe route at rate of 1/3d per ½oz.inclusive airmail x11, handstruck ‘RECEIVED TORN AT/ GPO MELBOURNE’ applied upon arrival. At 13/9d,the highest franking of era recorded by vendor. $600

101 * 1941 (May 5) censored cover Aonach Urmhumhan to Auckland where redirected, bearing aggregatefranking for rare 4/ 10d PanAm North Atlantic/ Trans-Pacific Clipper service, franking including scarce 2/6d,Auckland transit, minor blemishes. $400


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102 * 1941-45 censored selection bearing London oval ‘O.A.T.’ handstamp, 1/3d single rate, mostly dualcensored, two tri-censored, a few with faults, generally good, unusually large group of this uncommonhandstamp. (8) $1,200

103 * 1943 (May 6) dual censored cover Baile Atha Cliath to Mackay Queensland franked aggregate 3/9d for triplerate, London handstamped ‘O.A.T.’ at left, some handling faults. $300

Malta (see also Lot nos. 53, 884)

104 * 1931-32 covers from Valletta to Melbourne or Canowindra NSW franked 10½d and 4½d for double andsingle airmail surcharge to Italy (3d per ½oz), thence by surface to Australia, former registered and withthree Australian backstamps, latter with bold double-circle ‘AIR MAIL/ MALTA’ handstamp in violet. (2) $750

105 * 1934-35 selection of covers from Valletta to Vial family in Victoria, franked 5½d and endorsed ‘Internal’ forlocal airmail service only or 2/ 4½d (2, varying compositions) for Imperial Airways service via Brindisi, airmailsurcharge for which was 2/3d per ½oz, backstamped Brindisi and/or Melbourne. Attractive and scarce trio.(3) $1,000

106 * 1937 (Apr 26) cover to Sir John Peden KCMG Chatswood NSW bearing scarce and attractive franking of1930 Postage & Revenue 2/6d, 1½d and 2/- tied by ‘AIR MAIL/ MALTA’ double-circle, aggregate 4/ 7½drepresenting 1½d UPU rate plus 2/3d per ½oz airmail surcharge x2, backstamped Chatswood. $600

107 * 1938-40 covers to Sydney at 2/ 4½d (2/3d per ½oz airmail surcharge) and 1/3d inclusive airmail rates, formerwith 1/- x2 and 1½d strip of three centre unit broken cross (SG #220a – Cat £80 used), latter with late useof KGV Air Mail opt 6d x2 (Jul 20 1940). (2) $300


108 * 1944 (Feb 7) registered cover Notabile to Babinda Queensland, redirected Brisbane, franked 4½d strip offour plus 1d tied by ‘NOTABILE BO/ MALTA’ double-circle cds, scarce Malta ‘OPENED BY/ EXAMINER DD/26’ tape and ‘1’ within circle handstamp in violet, Perth, Babinda, Brisbane transit/ arrivals. [Despite use ofairmail, journey took virtually three months; such were the vagaries of wartime services] $500

EUROPEAlbania 109 * 1938 (Nov 12) Lloyd Triestino registered cover from Tirane to Sydney bearing attractive aggregate franking

of 3f40, representing 25q UPU rate plus 2f75 airmail surcharge plus 40q registration, reverse with Triestinoetiquette, backstamped Athens, Sydney. Extremely rare pre-war use of airmail service for this origin/destination, only one other commercial cover recorded by vendor. $750

Austria (see also Lot nos. 922-23, 996, 1007, 1019, 1034, 1049, 1052, 1059, 1077)

110 * 1932 postcard and cover Vienna to Victoria with handstamped ‘Jusqu’a’ markings, former indicating airmailservices to be applicable to India and within Australian internal system, latter to and within Germany only,rates of 1s and 1s40 (registered), respectively. Scarce early airmail service items. (2) $600

111 * 1933-36 Henry B Smith correspondence Vienna-Melbourne via Imperial Airways service flights with Meterfrankings denominated ‘150’, ‘190’, ‘280 + 60’, ‘320’ (8) and ‘450’ (3), one from 1934 to Karachi only and withadditional postage stamp franking of 75g on reverse for Australian internal mail service, the 1935 dual Meterfranking originally with mss ‘jusqu’a Bombay’ scored-over to indicate additional airmail service paid beyondIndia. (14) $400


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112 * 1935 (Apr 15) Alois Hammer advertising cover from Knittelfeld to Adelaide bearing attractive range 1925 Airseries, aggregate 2s20 representing 60g UPU rate plus 1s60 per 5gms airmail surcharge, Vienna (Apr 20)transit and Adelaide (May 4) arrival. Early origin/ destination item for Imperial Airways England-Australiathrough service. $300

113 * 1935 (Jul 31) cover Vienna to Sydney bearing scarce franking of Air 5s and 80g tied by Wien 1 datestamp,5s80 for Imperial Airways service (IE361) representing 60g UPU rate plus 1s30 per 5gms airmail surchargex4, backstamped Sydney. $400

114 * 1937-38 uses at Vienna of Stationery 40g Airmail Envelope uprated 2s80 and 1s30 for double and singleairmail surcharge respectively, and 1938 registered Vienna to Melbourne and redirected bearing 11s70franking including 1926 5s x2 carried by Imperial Airways flight IE661, which developed engine trouble afterdeparting Karachi (Jun 15) and returned for a two day delay, backstamped Athens, Darwin, Melbourne,Woodend, minor fault. Attractive trio. (3) $300

115 * 1937-38 selection of Austria frankings only to Australia (10) or New Zealand, some attractive includingdenominations to 3s, highest rated 6sch, one registered, another with uprate of Stationery 40g AirmailEnvelope, some small faults. (11) $400

116 1938 Anschluss period selection with combination Austria/ Germany frankings to Australia (7) and NewZealand (2, one endorsed “Via America”), some attractive higher denomination frankings, one for 32s40 +21pf (including 5s Air x6), the highest rated in this auction, two punched holes at base clear of stamps,uprated Stationery 40g Airmail Envelope, odd small fault, scarce and desirable group. (15) $1,000


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117 * 1938-39 Anschluss period selection of Germany frankings only to Australia, good range of rates/ frankings,registered (8), Austria Stationery 40g Airmail Envelope uprates (2, one for 7Rm58), one registered withExchange control and Australian ‘FOUND OPEN’ label on reverse, one used at Graz, some small faults.Useful group, with a number of attractive items present. (29) $1,200

118 1938-39 Anschluss period further selection of Germany frankings only to Australia, mostly Wien althoughnoted Linz and Schwechat, includes registered (9), some attractive frankings (highest 6Rm35), delayedflights including the eventful Imperial Airways flight SE60 which returned Alexandria-Athens Dec 14 1938 toretrieve mail load ex Egeria, later (Dec 16-17) delayed at Jiwani India due to mechanical problems, andSE94 delayed by mechanical problems Batavia (Mar 8-9) and Koepang (Mar 9-10 1938), one registeredapparently damaged in transit and with Wien PO label affixed to reverse, another with Customs labels x5affixed and tied, some small faults. (23) $1,000

119 * 1938 (May & Sep) covers from Vienna to Queensland and Victoria bearing highest denomination 1935 10sAir, earlier registered with additional franking 3s, 20g and 3g, backstampings including Athens, later a veryscarce solo franking (marginal), backstamped Sydney, Melbourne. (2) $500

120 * 1938 (Aug 6 &13) registered covers from same correspondence Wien-Sydney endorsed ‘Rohrpost’,Germany frankings rated 2Rm65 and 1Rm65, backstampings include Telegraphenant Wien 1 R/b, Brindisitransit, and Sydney arrival, (2). Rare use of Pneumatic post service to Australian destination. (2) $400


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121 * 1938-39 covers by KLM/ KNILM airmail services to Australia (2) and New Zealand (small paper adhesionreverse), former including rare commercial item carried on inaugural Java-Australia flight, latter endorsed“VIA NAPOLI-/ NEAPEL”. Mail by this carrier scarce from this origin/ destination. (3) $300

122 * 1939 (May) Germany frankings on postcard and covers (2) sent Vienna to Böhmer family members aboardpassenger ships in Australia or destined thereto, the postcard franked 26pf only (rate to Australia 65pf,although transit time of nine days to Sydney suggests it travelled by airmail full distance), covers addressedto “Aden/ Arabia” and India, former with ‘Received after/ Ship’s departure’ handstamp and Djibouti transit,latter with handstruck ‘rééxPedié’, Bombay transit, both with Sydney arrivals, blemishes, unusual trio. (3) $250

Belgium (see also Lot nos. 888, 926, 938, 957, 964, 985, 989, 995, 1001, 1013)

123 * 1935-38 selection of six covers bearing frankings of Air 1930 and 1935 Surcharges, comprising 50c (2, COB

unpriced on commercial airmail cover), 2f (4), 5f deep lake (4), 1f on 1f50 (4) and 4f on 5f (3, including pair),correct 8f25 single (one registered) or 21f25 triple rates, one carried by scarce KLM route, another with Willy

Coppens Red Cross etiquette, odd small fault, attractive and scarce group. (6) $350

124 * 1935-40 selection with many items suitable for advanced exhibit, includes 1935 scarce early KLM serviceto Australia, 1936 with 1931 5f and 10f, censored (4, two with 1936 20f), 1940 uncensored New ZealandOHBM Official cover to Wellington franked 35f25 and registered to Sydney at 66f50 rate including 20pf pair,etc, odd fault. (22) $750


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125 * 1935-39 Henry B Smith (Melbourne) accumulation from Fernand Lenain of Verviers via Imperial Airways

service, largely if not wholly different flights, frankings including 1931 5f (23, one with 5f x3) and 10f (2),generally fine. Unusually large pre-war hoard. (63) $1,500

126 * 1936 (July-Aug) heavy duty Anton Smit & Co registered covers (weight approx 20gms) to Sydney bearingremarkable frankings of 77f and 110f50, former including 1929 P14x14½ 50f and 20f (neither priced oncommercial cover in COB), latter 1927 10f (COB €400 on cover) and 1929 P14x14½ 100f (unpriced oncommercial cover), unusually fine condition for heavy articles. The two highest denominations on relativelystandard-sized covers is an unlikely bonus, suitable subjects for the finest of 20th century usage collections.(2) $2,000

127 * 1939 (Nov 29) Union Commerciale des Glaceries Belges cover from Bruxelles to Sydney bearingremarkable aggregate franking of 183f25, including 1929 P14x14½ 50f x3, representing UPU 7f75 rate (120-140 gms) plus airmail surcharge 6f50 per 5gms x27, censored Sydney. The highest franked cover Belgium-Australia of this era recorded by vendor. $800

128 * 1945 (Jun & Sep) covers from Tournai or Mechelen to Melbourne and Sydney franked 11f75 (including pair1943 5f) and 15f75 (includes scarce-on-cover 1944 75c) bearing London oval ‘OAT’ handstamps (Heifetz

Types V and VI – latter the trimmed development), former censored (French/ German bilingual tape) andMelbourne, small faults. Rare origin/ destination for these handstamps. (2) $400


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Bulgaria (see also Lot no. 1035)

129 * 1935-38 Henry B Smith Melbourne selection mostly from Behar & Assael of Sofia (4 have advertising) at 55Lairmail rate, good range of largely different franking compositions, rare origin/ destination, very few itemsrecorded outside of the Smith correspondence. Fine and attractive lot. (9) $1,200

130 * 1935-37 Henry B Smith covers from Behar & Assael, the latter item an attractive advertising envelope,varying franking compositions for 55L airmail rate. (2) $400

131 * 1939 (Jul & Dec) covers from Sofia to Sydney or Melbourne, former registered at 110L rate (UPU 7L rateplus airmail surcharge 48L x2 plus 7L registration), Lloyd Triestino etiquette tied to reverse, the latter a Behar

& Assael advertising cover at 55L rate, early Melbourne censor tape, ‘Par Avion’ etiquette and handstamprespectively, both items with Greek transit. The only recorded registered and censored covers of the erafrom this origin/ destination. (2) $700

Czechoslovakia132 * 1934-35 early Imperial Airways services covers to Henry B Smith of Melbourne, earlier (Jun 18 1934) from

Reichenberg franked 12k50 to Karachi only where air service was terminated [underpaid 1k as airmailsurcharge per 10gms had increased from 5k to 5k50 in Apr 1934], latter (Jun 13 1935) at correct 13k50 ratefor UPU 2k50 rate plus airmail surcharge 5k50 per 10 gms x2 to Australia, backstamped Praha, Athens, andthe last Melbourne. (2) $350

133 1935-37 Glaser & Co attractive trio (earliest from Haida Bohemia) to same addressee in Sydney at 8k, 26k50and 35k50 rates, frankings including 1930 Air 10k and 20k and 1936 10k pair, two with Czech/ Germandatestamp, backstamped Praha and Sydney, earliest also at Athens. (3) $300

134 * 1935-39 selection with rates varying from 7k50 to 22k50, good range of stamp issues, including 1930 Air10k (4), 20k, and 1931 10k, five registered (one of these with Exchange control labels on reverse), two withCzech handstruck/ handstamped instructional markings, 1938 to New Zealand redirected to Suva(‘PAQUEBOT’ on reverse), then to Australia, a few with faults, mostly fine. (17) $750


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