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AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals

1274 ** 1927 1½d Canberra complete Plate Number ‘4’ corner block of 4 ACSC #132zc, unmounted, Cat $3,500 (mounted). [ACSC statesthat only 5 blocks of Plate Number ‘4’ are recorded of which this may be the only example showing the complete integer. Anexample with incomplete ‘4’ sold for $2,415 at a recent Melbourne auction] $2,750

1275 ** 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet ACSC #133MS from the upper-left corner of the sheet, MUH, Cat $225. Ex Australia PostArchival Sale Number Two (Lot #111, illustrated in the tender catalogue and still in the original AP numbered sleeve). $180

1276 * —- from bottom of the sheet ACSC #133MS. Hinge traces selvedge only, couple small separations and very light storage-relatedbend. Very fresh. $110

1277 * —- ACSC #133MS from the lower-right corner of the sheet, a few peripheral tonespots including on the lower-right unit, mountedon upper selvedge only (shallow hinge thin), stamps are MUH, Cat $150. $90

1278 V —- ACSC #133MSw, well-centred pair of miniature sheets from top centre of the sheet (couple tiny spots in top selvedge), eachneatly cancelled in bright red by the special Exhibition cancel on Oct 30. Very attractive. $450

1279 G —- with green Exhibition cancel, tiny thin in upper margin and trimmed at base. $2001280 * 1928 3d Kookaburra single (from M/S) tied to small envelope with ‘29OC28’ FDI exhibition cancel in red ACSC #133MSya,

Ackland address stamp, Cat $100. $80

1281 * 1931 Kingsford Smith Overprinted ‘OS’ ACSC #141-2(OS). Both with signature on the back upper left reading upwards appearsPruck. Nicely centred (3d almost perfect) and very fresh, retail c$475. $200

1282 ** 1931 Kingsford Smith 3d bright blue in left marginal horizontal pair with plane dropping mailbag ACSC #142d. Well centred andfresh, popular variety. $60

1283 * 1931 6d Airmail 40 mint examples, a few have slight gum discolouration, nevertheless a very presentable gathering. $2001284 * —- on 1934 (Mar 22) cover to Czechoslovakia endorsed “Per Karachi-London/ Air Mail”, underpaid for airmail service with airmail

label scored through and Czech 5k due added & tied by ‘JABLONEC NAD NISOU/ 18IV34/ GABLONZ AN DER NEIBE’ cds, Greektransit backstamp. $90

1285 * 1931 6d Air Mail Service uprated KGV 1d green on clean Airmail envelope to USA, each stamp tied ‘SOUTH MELBOURNE/4NO31/ VIC’ cds. Very scarce FDC ACSC #144y cat $700. $350

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1286 ** 1932-37 1/- Yellow-Green Large Lyrebird Ash Imprint block of 4, mildly suntanned gum, unmounted, Cat $400. [Yellow-greenshade imprint blocks are rarely seen] $380

1287 * 1935 (Feb 27) very large (bigger than a4) envelope (soiled, peripheral faults) Brisbane-Melbourne airmail franked 13/4d comprising12x 1/- Lyrebird ACSC #145 (block of 9, pair & single), 5x 2d Vic Centenary p11½ ACSC #154 (block of 4 + single), 6d KookaburraACSC #150, some foxing. [The 13/4d rate is made up of 20x 2d letter rate + 40x 3d air fee.] $100

1288 * 1932 1/- Large Lyrebird tied to plain FDC by Cessnock (NSW) ‘15FE32’ cds, ASC Cat $450. $3001289 * —- tied by ‘REGISTERED/ 15FE32/ SYDNEY.N.S.W.’ to lightly soiled plain registered envelope addressed to Burwood NSW,

backstamp, ACSC #145y cat $300. $1351290 *F 1932-37 1/- Large Lyrebird Overprinted ‘OS’ pair tied by ‘PARCEL POST/ 8NO34/ PERTH’ (B1) cds to parcel-wrapping from

Mines Dept, Perth, ‘PARCELS POST’ label affixed, to J.T. Vinton-Smith MLA at Parliament House, Melbourne. 2/- is the 1-2lbsScale 4 Parcel rate. Extremely rare franking. [Rod Perry has recorded only four commercial usages of this stamp. This is the onlymultiple franking.] $4,800

1291 ** 1932 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge ACSC #148 lower-left corner marginal example, a few nibbed perfs, excellent centring, freshMUH, Cat $1,000. $750

1292 * —- ACSC #148, retail $525, lightly mounted, few nibbled perfs at base. $3001293 * —- ACSC #148, retail $525+. $4001294 * —- ACSC #148, quite well centred, fresh condition, MLH, retail $525. $360

1295 * —- ACSC #148, reasonable centring, a few fluffy perfs, retail $525. $3401296 * —- ACSC #148 marginal example from the upper-left corner of the pane, excellent centring, MVLH, retail $525+. $4601297 V —- CTO ACSC #148w, very well centred, MUH, premium example, retail $295+. $2251298 V —- CTO, well centred, large-part gum, Cat $300. $180

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1299 V —- CTO without gum marginal single, ACSC #148, excellent centring, retail $380+. $1801300 * —- Retouch over left centre of bridge, ACSC #148e, mild aging, MUH, Cat $1,500. $1,0001301 * 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d scarlet letterpress ACSC #149 vertical pair on plain envelope cancelled March 19 ‘POSTED ON

BRIDGE. . .’ slogan (4.45pm). Soon determined that perhaps the lower stamp not properly cancelled so cds ‘SYDNEY HARBOURBRIDGE/1’ applied (also 4.45pm - quick, but inaccurate, thinking!). This cds cancelling stamps very scarce to rare, meant fortelegram usage only. $175

1302 ** 1932 6d Large Kookaburra Plate 2 Ash Imprint block of 4 ACSC #150za with ‘G/ NSW’ perfins, unmounted, Cat $125+. $1501303 * 1934 Victoria Centenary 2d & 1/- Perf 10½ tied to separate FDCs by Cessnock (NSW) ‘2JL34’ cds, some minor soiling, ASC Cat

$275 for the 1/- alone. (2) $3001304 ** 1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 10½ set of 3 in vertical pairs 2d & 3d both Cowan paper, ACSC #151-3, retail ($220). $801305 */ ** 1934 Vic Centenary Perf 10½ set in Ash Imprint blocks of 4, lower-left unit of 1/- block with some toning, 2d & 3d blocks with lower

units unmounted, 1/- block lightly mounted, Cat $235. (3 items) $1251306 ** 1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 10½ 1/- Ash Imprint block of 8, excellent centring, unmounted. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale

Number Two (Lot #145, illustrated in the tender catalogue and still in the original AP numbered sleeve). $3801307 ** —- set of 3, 2d Wiggins Teape paper, ACSC #154-6, retail ($290), 1/- centred right. $50

1308 ** 1934 Victoria Centenary Perf 11½ set in Ash Imprint blocks of 4, the 2d (Wiggins Teape) block with some nibbed perfs, all havebands of toning on gum, Cat $500. $300

1309 ** 1934 Macarthur set in Ash Imprint blocks of 8 (ex 2d Dark Hills), excellent centring, MUH, Cat $630+. Ex Australia Post ArchivalSale Number Two (Lot #152, illustrated in the tender catalogue and still on the original AP numbered stocksheet). $380

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1311 ** 1935 Anzac 2d & 1/- Ash Imprint blocks of 8, the lower-right unit on the 1/- block with a few toned perf tips, otherwise freshunmounted, Cat $730+. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale Number Two (Lot #159, illustrated in the tender catalogue and still onthe original AP numbered stocksheet). $480

1312 *F —- 1/- black on registered cover to Buckland Hill, WA, cancelled with light Perth of 18MAR35, clear backstamp. Plus 2d red oncommercial local Perth cover. $240

1313 ** 1935 Silver Jubilee Set in Ash Imprint blocks of 8, 2d with some toning on upper units, superb unmounted. Ex Australia PostArchival Sale Number Two (Lot #163, illustrated in the tender catalogue and still on the original AP numbered stocksheet). $460

1314 * 1935 Silver Jubilee on two plain registered envelopes (2d & 3d, 2/-) each with poorly struck ‘BALLARAT/ 2MY35/ VIC’ cds (sameon back), addressed to Hicks at Kaniwa with backstamp ‘NHILL/ 3MY35/ VIC’. Consecutive registration numbers but the labelswhich appear to have some part cds offsets. A bit grubby but quite scarce. (2) $75

1315 * 1936 Centenary of South Australia set of three on two illust envs addressed to New Zealand (one typed), backstamp, ACSC#173y cat $100 each. Illustrations are of Sir John Hindmarsh from The Trouchet Stamp Co, Glenelg (clean), the second TheProclamation Tree from a CA Brown in Sydney and sent from Haymarket, NSW (light soiling mainly on back). (2) $100

1316 */ ** 1941-44 2d KGVI Purple 11 coil pairs in strips including a coil join pair, 1942-50 QM 1d coil pair in a strip of 4, plus 1960-62 5dblue booklet pane, 1965-66 5d red booklet pane (2) etc. (71) $100

1317 U 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI roughly sorted by type and accompanied by hand illustrated display of Dies and paper variations, fewmultiples noted. Generally fine. (c.300) $120

1318 * 3d Blue White Wattles tied to 1940 (May 16) censored airmail envelope to GB, additionally franked KGV 3d blue CofA wmk and1/- small lyre. Roughly opened. White Wattles cat on cover $400. $160

1319 ** 1937-41 3d Blue KGVI Die IA block of 6 (2x3), ACSC #192, (retail $1,950), diffuse blue flaw under right 3d in left column, o/cslightly right, very fresh. $575

1320 * 1937-38 Zoologicals four plain envelopes registered in Perth and to same addressee in NZ with [1] 1937 (Aug 2) with 6d Kooka,1/- Lyre ASC #194 & 196 and KGVI 3d Die I ASC #178 (this alone cat $200 for FDC!); [2] three single values in 1938 with 4d Koalapair (Feb 1), 5d Ram (Sep 1) and 9d Platypus (Dec 1) ASC #192-3 & 195. Small peripheral imperfections, scarce group with catc$400. (4) $140

1321 ** 1938-49 Robes Thin Paper set of 3, ACSC #213,215,217, MUH, Cat $192. $1501322 V 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper 10/- imprint pair, ACSC #214z, neat Melbourne 16AU50 cancel, Cat $90 as mint block of 4. $90


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1324 * 1942 1½d Queen Mother tied to plain cover by clear ‘STOCK EXCHANGE ADELAIDE/ 1DE42/ SA’ cds, possibly Nelson Eustisserviced. Very tidy unsealed example of this scarce FDC, Cat $800. $400

1325 * 1950 KGVI 2½d Scarlet imprint block of 4 tied to registered PMG’s Department OHMS cover by first day ‘GPO SYDNEY/ 12AP50’cds. $100

1326 * 1948 1/3d Bull tied to OHMS envelope of Postmaster-General’s Department, Sydney, NSW by ‘G.P.O.SYDNEY 116/4-P16FE48/N.S.W-AUST’ cds. Handstamped in the department with violet ‘FIRST DAY COVER’ and registered to Philadelphia USA.Appropriate backstamps, scarce official FDC. $100

1327 ** 1949-64 Arms set, ACSC #268-71, Retail $255. $1801328 ** —- set of marginal singles, ACSC #268-71, Retail $255. $2001329 ** 1949-61 5/- Arms Thin Paper ACSC #268a, Retail $140. $1101330 * 1949 Arms 5/-and 10/- tied to individual illustrated covers with ‘MELBOURNE/ 22’ cds ACSC #268y & 269y; the 5/- neat typed

address, the 10/- a lower marginal on unaddressed. (2) $150

1331 *F 1949 10/- Arms on parcel tag with 2/- Crocodile wmk x2 and QEII 2½d blue x2 making 14/5d rate, to Salzburg, Austria. Creasesaffect lower values. Scarce. $80

1332 * 1949 £1 Arms + contemporary issues tied by Registered Perth cds to 1950 (May 2) neat gold bullion parcel tag addressed toHarvey. The aggregate franking of £1.2.2½d represents letter rate 2½d 1st oz plus 2d for additional ozs x129 + 6d registration [PostOffice rules dictated that articles bearing gold, silver and precious metals were ineligible for parcel rates and had to be sent at letterrates & could be registered only when paid at letter rates] $400

1333 U 1949-64 £2 Green Arms 37 examples mostly with cds. Generally fine. $2501334 ** —- imprint block of 4 with Roller Flaw on both of the left-hand units ACSC #271zb, tonespot at top, unmounted, Cat $1,000. $750


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1335 * 1951 5½d Federation scarce solo franking paying foreign letter rate on neat commercial cover from Melbourne to USA tied by1951 (May 21) strike of Jubilee slogan cancel. [A very similar item from this correspondence realized $287 in Sale 14] $200

1336 * 1956 Olympics airmail rate frankings comprising [1] 1/- x2 on 1957 (Jan 30) small cover to Israel (Jerusalem backstamp); also [2]1/- & 2/- on 1957 (Feb 15) cover to Peru. Elusive destinations. (2) $100

1337 ** 1958 QANTAS variety re-entry last A of AUSTRALIA ACSC #340dn very well centred right marginal horizontal block of 6 veryfresh MUH. Not highly catalogued but very infrequently offered. $60

1338 * 1959-66 Definitives Helecon Paper [1] 8d Tiger Cat (orange reaction) on 1965 (Set 22) cover to New Zealand & [2] 1/2dTasmanian Tiger (pink reaction) on 1965 (Aug 25) PPC to UK. Scarce duo. (2) $120

1339 *V 1959 9d Kangaroo tied to coloured MaxiCard of Kangaroos by Philatelic Bureau FDI. Very scarce MaxiCard FDC combination. $1251340 * 1959-66 Flowers with [1] 2/- plus QEII 3d on advertising cover to Malta; [2] Yellow Paper 2/3d plus QEII 1d on photographic

booklet to Czechoslovakia or with 2/- Flower on registered small cover to Ukraine; [3] White Paper 2/3d solo to France; [4] 3/- plusSmall Kooka on Angliss registered cover to Grenada; elusive destinations. (5) $150

1341 * 1965 QEII 5d Red Booklet Samp non-helecon ink, ACSC #403a being lower-left corner unit from the pane, tied by 1965 (Dec 14)Penola cds to neat commercial cover to Melbourne. Very scarce on cover. $150

1342 * 1963-66 Navigators 7/6d, 10/- £1 & £2 on separate registered addressed WCS FDCs. All with Brisbane FDI of 26AUG64 cds. (4) $1501343 ** —- set of 6 simplified, ACSC #404-9, Cat $213. $1001344 */ ** —- set of 8 (incl 10/- and £1 white papers) ACSC #404-9. All lightly hinged ex 5/-, 7/6d & £2 MUH. Very fresh. (6) $1001345 F —- complete including white paper 10/- and £1 with extra white paper £1 strip of 3, generally fine (11). ACSC #404-9, Cat $260. $1601346 * 1964-66 Birds 6d, 9d x2, 2/- & Cream Paper 2/5d Wren plus QEII 1d on 1966 Balaclava (Vic) registered double-rate cover to

Germany paying 4/6d double-rate airmail plus 2/- registration. An attractive and scarce commercial franking. $901347 ** —- 6d (60), 9d (70), 1/6d (129), 2/- (159), 2/5d (29 white, 35 cream), 2/6d (19), 3/- (10), few BW varieties noted, very high retail.

(500+) $1501348 ** 1963-66 Birds 9 sets, mostly in blocks of 4, the 2/- & 2/6d with listed ACSC varieties. (63) $80AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals | Stamps on Cover1349 * 1960-65 2/3d Rates single frankings to GB (x3), France and West Germany with 1960 AAT Emperor Penguins, 1962 Perth Games,

1963 Royal Visit and Cable, 1965 ICY. Clean machine cancels, uncommon usages. (5) $175AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Accumulations1350 ** 1970-75 Stamp Packs Selection of scarcer types with [1] Australia 1970 Royal Visit text in Japanese ASC #P4J, 1972 Primary

Industries and Christmas ASC #P15 & P19, 1975 Christmas Gift Pack ASC #P38a; [2] AAT 1970 Definitives ordinary and text inJapanese ASC #PA1 & PA1j, 1973 Pictorial Definitives x2 ASC #PA4. Good clean lot cat over $370. (8) $100

1351 U 1960s-70s Decimal Bundleware with values to Navigators $1 x500 & $2 x100 including 1971 Christmas 7c x50 sets,1974Paintings $2 x1100 & $4 x250, also sighted bundles of 6c booklet panes & early commemoratives including Primary Industries,also some stamps in envelopes. Excellent potential lot for the postmark or variety hunter. $200

1352 V 1966 Navigator $1 (69), 1972 Primary Industries Fruit (100), Fish 30c (200, mostly in pairs), Beef 35c (185) and 1977 Painting$10 (57). Many cds and generally very fine. High retail. (800+) $250


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1353 ** 1966-70s Decimals With Complete Sheets including 1970 Royal Visit 5c extended tiara strip of 10 30c Royal Visit with RPretouches ACSC #520d-f, other values in gutter strips or larger multiples some with annotated varieties, toning concerns, facevalue $500+. (100s) $260

1354 U 1966-85 issues by year on individual stockcards including 1966 (16sets), 1967 (13 sets), 1968 (16 sets), 1969 (13 sets), 1970 (16sets), 1971 (14 sets-Christmas singles), 1972 (16 sets), 1973 (15 sets), 1974 (13 sets), 1975 (14 sets), 1976 (15 sets), 1977 (15sets), 1978 (14 sets), 1979 (14 sets), 1980 (16 sets), 1981 (14 sets), 1982 (14 sets), 1983 (12 sets), 1984 (15 sets), 1985 (14 sets)includes strips, pairs, etc, on a simplified basis (ex all M/ Ss). Outdated retail price was $3,950. (1,000s) $1,600

1355 U 1966-1990s Accumulation in 3 stockbooks with much duplication in certain areas including 1966 $2 Bass (18), $4 (3), 1989 $10Gardens (19), numerous commems $1 or higher, many issues are CTO. (100s) $100

1356 ** 1966-2001 Approvals made up into selections and priced to sell at $3,430 in total with $30 (2), $60 (2), $90 (4), $150 (6), $200(5), $300 (3). (100s) $750

1357 U 1966-2002 Decimals including 1966 Navigator $1 P14.75, 1971 Christmas (block of 7 from FDC plus set in singles), 1984-86Marine Life (3 sets), 1997 Wetlands $10 M/S (2), range of M/Ss, se-tenant strips, few booklet stamps, etc, mosty cds or CTOcancels. Priced to sell at $350+. (274 & 11 M/ Ss). $100

1358 ** 1966-2004 Decimals including 1966 Navigators (6), 1968 Soil/ Medical gutter pairs (3) with thin lines, 1971 Christmas (2 blocks of7 and 2 sets in singles), 1997 $10 Wetlands, 1998 Living Together set, 2001 Federation M/S (4), few se-tenant strips, peel & stickissues, etc. Priced to sell at $570+. (260+ & 4 M/ Ss). $200

1359 ** 1970-92 Post Office Packs Selection comprising 1970 Cook (4 in sealed packing, one in env only), 1970 Selected Issues (11),1971 Selected Issues (3) and Christmas (4 - one opened has CTO block!), 1991 Across Town Sydney (5 packs plus loose label)and Across Town Perth (5 plus loose label and FDC), 1992 Box Link (6 plus three loose labels). Current ASC cat c.$625. (41) $120

1360 U 1970-2007 Accumulation of miniature sheets (mostly CTO) including 1970 ANPEX, 1998 Orchids (14), 2000 Federation (7), 2002Jubilee (10), 2003 Coronation (5), World Cup (6), 2004 Tasmania (10), & ‘Paris’ opt, Eureka (3), 2005 Farm (4) etc. Generally fine.(approx 150). $100

1361 U 1970s-2001 fine used selection of issues in glassine bags, priced and ready to sell, including 1971 Christmas (singles), 1989 $10Gardens (36), 1993 Dinosaurs (15 sets), 2000 Olympic Medals (8 sets), 2001 Fed. Parliament $2.45 (15), International stampsincluding 2001 $20 Uluru (11), etc, few se-tenant pairs or strips, some issues CTO. Priced to sell at $1,200+. (100s) $400

1362 ** 1980-97 Selection of M/ Ss on Hagners with Exhibition opts including 1990 ‘NZ 1990’, ‘Indonesia ‘96’ (2), 1991 Phila-Nippon’ (4),1993 ‘Poznan’ (2 blocks of 4), 1994 Zoos (6), 1996 Pets (3 different), 1997 Pets Hong Kong (2), Bangkok 2000, also AAT 1995Whales Singapore opt. (30) $100

1363 V 1986-2004 Range of Issues with 10 of each set or M/S including 1986 Wildlife strip, 1999 Children’s TV strip, 2000 Gardens strip,Gold Medallists, 2002 QEII Jubilee pair & M/S, Namatjira, 2004 Tas Bicenty, Archive Treasures, etc. Priced to sell at A$1,200+,most issues are CTO with gum. (100s) $400

1364 U 1990-96 Range on Schaubek Pages with many booklet issues, several panes, self adhesives, etc, few earlier include 1971Christmas block of 7, many MSs including some for Exhibitions, few FDCs [2] also AAT 1957-96 issues apparently complete. Allfine used mostly with cds cancels. (few 100) $120

1365 U 1990-97 Decimal year sets (made up as per Seven Seas) in fine used/ CTO condition with extra 1990-93 sets. (100s) $1001366 U 1990s-2000s Issues in large stockbook with moderate duplication, including 2006 Creatures of the Slime M/S (8, all CTO), also

noted 1966 4c booklet panes set of six slogans & 1967 5c on 4c set of six both with cds cancels plus selection of on paper issues(approx 500g) with small selection of ‘International’ issues. (100s) $100

1367 V 2001-06 Accumulation of se-tenant strips, miniature sheets, sheetlets, includes 2004 $5 Kangroo/ Map sheet (10), 2005 $5 20/-/Carrington sheet (3), etc, all fine used or CTO, packed and labelled for resale at $1,250+. (100s) $360

1368 **/ C Assortment with decimal Sydney 2000 Olympics Album with medallist M/Ss x16, Teapot of Truth x8 and Classic Cars x3 prestigebooklets, ‘Across Town Sydney’ stamped labels in stamp packs x10, unaddressed FDCs including 1994 ATM kangaroo triangularsx5 & Zoos M/S x3, 2003 Rugby World Cup M/S x6, also 1992 Sydney Harbour Tunnel comemorative medal & 1997 Bradman PNC,etc. (approx 100 items). $80

1369 **/ V Complete Sheets comprising 1967 25c Christmas with damaged second ‘A’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ ACSC #479d, 1968 20c WorldWeather Watch, 25c Intelstat with all three lower pane ACSC listed retouches ACSC #482d-f, 5c Soil/ Medical x2 both with 2.1mmlines in gutter & needle in thumb flaw, 25c Olympics, 1970 5c Grasslands with right pane cylinder variety ACSC #521d, 1971 20cOrientalists with all ACSC listed varieties ACSC #554d-h, all sheets are folded along central gutter with some mild gumsidetonespots sighted; also 1990s $1 x8 or $1.20 x12 blocks of 4 with ‘SPECIMEN’ overprints plus 1994 $2.80 Zoos/ EndangeredSpecies M/Ss x10 & 2003 $3.25 Rugby World Cup x10 CTO; generally fine. (38 items) $140

1370 **/ U Decimals Accumulation loose with the odd pack and total FV c$625 (includes AAT and Xmas/ Cocos modern Australia adminperiod), also Norfolk Is FV c$30 and mint oddments USA, GB and elsewhere. PLUS countless Australia FDCs, inbound social envsmainly ex-UK, made up packet oddments. (100s) $400

1371 U Ex-Dealers fine used Decimal issues including 1966 Navigators $4 (30), 1970 Expo 20c (99 CTO in almost complete sheet),QANTAS 30c (150 incl complete sheet CTO), 1974 Painting $4 (60) $5 McMahon’s Point (68), $10 Home Coming (30), etc. All fineused or CTO. Retail approx $800. (500+) $250

1372 */ ** Ex-Dealers Stock in Envelopes from 1966-80s including 1967 Christmas 25c (56), 1968 WWW/ Intelsat (20+ sets), 1969Christmas 25c (61), 1970 Expo 20c (200), Royal Visit 30c (150+), Cook (39 sets plus additional 32 strips, No M/S), 1972 Olympic35c (50), 1975 Christmas 45c (16), etc, selection of 3c coils (450+ with many long strips), few booklet issues with tabs, se-tenantstrips, small selection of water damaged issues NOT included is tally. Also quantity of 1993 Dreamings issues CTO. Retail is$1,300++. (1,000s) $400

1373 **/ U Range of Souvenir Stamp Sheets including [1] 2000 Star Wars (6 sheets), 2001 St. Kilda Football Club, 2002 The Seekers, AlanBorder, StampShow Melbourne, 2003 Kathy Freeman, plus 2001 Peace/ Goodwill & 40c Christmas Sheets (CTO), [2] severalearlier M/Ss including 1970 Cook (2, one ANPEX opt), [3] 1986 30c Christmas 2 pairs with minor misplaced perfs, [4] alsoCollectors’ Year Books (3) for 1990/91, 1991/92 & 1992/93. (few 100) $100

1374 Sheetlet Accumulation All CTO with gum including 1996 Atlanta Olympics (24 sheetlets), 1999 Sydney 2000 Olympic Emblem(4 sheetlets), 2000 Athens 45c sheetlet, 2001 Queen’s 75th Birthday (7 sheetlets), 2007 Surf Lifesaver M/S (9), Blast-off (5 M/S),also 1995 World Down Under M/S (5, each with special cancel & opt for Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne & Perth), plus fewother M/S or sheetlets. (66 items) $120

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues1375 ** Sheetlets Collection including [1] 2005 Parrots optd ‘25th ANNIVERSARY’ in gold (10), [2] 2006 Queen’s Birthday (10) both with

2005 or 2006 ‘Collection of Australian Stamps’, [3] 2010 Fish (10) also [4] Norfolk Island/ Australia Parrot (10) (40) $400AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Accumulations1376 Used Array with some handy Noughties commemoratives to $2 and International Post to $3.60, also some 1990s-2000s M/Ss,

condition variable. Best offer secures. (100s) Offer1377 ** Varieties [1] 1978 20c Little Grebe on uncoated paper ACSC #805aa vertical strip of 3; [2] 1987 Echidna Frama paper (for 37c

rate) strip c53cm long totally unprinted; [3] AAT 1979 55c Ship S.Y. Discovery variety white paper two blocks of 4 and a horiz stripof 4. (16) $80


1378 ** Varieties Selection with 20c Golden Whistler vertical pair the upper unit with a striking deep pink 12½mm band of colour runningacross the stamp, 1972 7c Country Women’s Association blocks of 4 x2 with retouches, 1972 Olympics 7c Athletics retouch ontrack in block of 8, 1973 7c Metric Conversion (Mass) block of 4 lower-left unit with colour flaw. (7 items) $120

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1379 ** 1993 Unissued Candlestick Trial Counter printed stamp group of 3 comprising [1] ‘no value’ printed on stamp, [2] 60c (fewwrinkles), [3] $1.20. $240

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues1380 ** 1966-73 1c Brown marginal block of 4 with good offset, ACSC #436c, Cat $240+. $1201381 ** —- plate ‘4’ top right corner block of four, ACSC #436z. $1001382 ** 1966-67 QEII 4c Red Booklet Panes set of 6 (3 helecon ink & 3 helecon paper), centring mixed. $801383 ** 1971 QEII 7c Reddish Purple ACSC #447A, a large horizontal block of 30 with selvedge either end, the seventh unit in each row

with overinking at left (most noticeable upper unit where ‘AUSTRALIA’ markedly distorted). PLUS 1956 QEII 3d ACSC #295 NEcorner block of six with paper fold before perforation and showing extra selvedge with angled perforations (quiet a spectacularpiece). (36) $100

1384 ** 1966-74 Navigators 75c to $4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ of 4, the $1 with scarce 14½mm overprint, fresh MUH, Cat $315. (4) $1251385 ** —- ‘SPECIMEN’ set of 4, 75c & $1 both have the 15mm ovpt, Cat $230, very light tone spots on 75c. $60

1386 ** —- 75c to $4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, ACSC #462xb-466x, (75c & $1 are 15mm long), all are top right hand corner examples. (4) $1201387 ** 1966-74 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾x14 vertical corner pair, ACSC #464, one unit showing broken frame at right. $801388 ** 1970 Australian Definitive Stamp Series Pack No. PO7 Issued 7 September 1970, some stamps slightly displaced, retail $375. $701389 ** 1970 Australian Definitives Pack No. PO7 (Sept 7) FV $10.32, Cat $450. Very unusually, stamps firmly in place. (23) $1001390 *** 1969 Flight Strip of Three (3) with each ‘CAPT. WRIGLEY, POINT COOK-DARWIN’ unit signed by the pilot ‘Captain H. N. Wrigley’

plus P.O. pack advertising leaflet also signed by him. $1201391 ** 1971-74 7c Sturt’s Desert Pea Coil strip of 4 with buff misplaced. $1201392 ** 1971 Christmas cream paper, pane of 50 from right hand side of the sheet. $1001393 ** —- four panes of 25, (one white, 3 cream) most with minor blemishes. $100


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1394 ** —- comprising [1] 7c mauve, green & blue ACSC #574 x48 (only 8 stamps per sheet of 100); also [2] in gutter pairs x50 (only 2gutter pairs per sheet of 100); odd minor gum blemish, Cat $962. (98 items) $140

1395 * 1972 35c Christmas solo franking or pair (paying double-rate) on Corrigans Express Co airmail envelopes to USA. Scarce duo.[Solo frankings have sold for up to $195 at public auction and a pair sold for $390 at a Melbourne auction in February 2010] (2) $150

1396 ** 1973-74 Agate Missing Black ACSC #642c, with normal for comparison. $701397 V 1974-81 Paintings $4 Shearing the Rams, ACSC #666, CTO with gum, mostly in blocks of 4. (200) $1001398 ** 1975 18c Wildflower BLC strip of 4 top row with missing black and 2nd row with partly missing black, ACSC #725c. $901399 ** 1977 20c Performing Arts lower left corner block of 4 with all units showing Missing black [R.TAMBLYN RBA] at base and 3

units showing part ‘Australia’ missing, not catalogued as yet. $1601400 ** 1979 National Parks se-tenant strip of 3, the pair at left almost completely imperforate, the right unit misperforated top and

right, imperforate left and bottom. The pair at left have been scored between, reason unknown. Offered as is. $120

1401 ** 1979 20c Locomotive Missing Grey-Green (back of train & AUSTRALIA), normal single for comparison. (Will be listed in the nextBW). A block of 4 when sold in Adelaide in 2008 realized $16,387. $1,800

1402 ** 1979 Steam Locomotives Essay undenominated design similar to 35c Puffing Billy. Not recorded by ACSC. $2001403 F 1992-4 45c Little Pygmy-Possum variety misplaced die-cut - no ‘AUSTRALIA’ and hardly any ‘45c’ - ACSC #1561ba (not valued

as used). Light bend. $601404 ** 1993 Women in Parliament 15 panes of 25 stamps including 3 sheets, plus 11 reversed panes of 25. Face value approx $300. $1501405 ** 1994 ATM Sheetlet Trial Printing with stamp design showing kangaroo facing left. ACSC #1784E(1), Cat $500. $4501406 ** 1994 ATM sheetlets with original cover, each with overprint ‘A.S.D.A. Qld Chapter/ Celebrating 21 years of service...’, ‘ADELAIDE/

STAMPEX 2003’ or ‘Salisbury Stamp/ Fair 2009’, plus unoverprinted normal and reprinted sheetlets. $1001407 F 2006 50c Ford TT Truck Self-Adhesive uncatalogued variety of ASC #2384a (SG #2678) 2006 inscription omitted tied cds to

small piece (with normal for comparison). PLUS 2008 The Rocks - Sydney Self-Adhesive two examples on small piece, eachshowing a degree of colour mis-registration resulting most noticeably in a doubling of Sydney in the inscription (in two differentcolours). (4) $100

1408 ** 2007 $4.45 Australian Architecture Limited Edition imperforate sheet of 12 with Certificate of Authenticity No 0463 of 2000; oneunit with small adhesion away from design, current retail c.$600. $200

1409 V 2008 150th Anniversary of Football 50c ($5) Sheetlets 100 examples, all CTO with ‘G.P.O. MELBOURNE/7 JUL/ 2010/ VIC 3000’cds. $100

1410 * 2008 Organ & Tissue 50c ($5) Sheetlets (100 examples) all CTO with ‘G.P.O. MELBOURNE/7 JUL 2010/ VIC 3000’ cds. $100

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1412 * 2011 60c RAN Centenary tied to cover showing grossly misplaced perfs resulting in the hull of the ship at the top of the stampand helicopter and Sailor at base, flap missing. $130

AUSTRALIA | Booklets1413 ** 1997-2005 Range of Prestige Booklets including 1997 Classic Cars, 1998 Teapot of Truth (3), 2002 Lighthouses (2), Wedding

(5), 2003 five different ‘Special Occassions’, Rugby with special label on back cover with letter ‘J’, 2004 Eureka (2), 2005 Australiaat War. etc. Retail $350+. (23 items) $150

1414 ** 1992-96 Array of Overprints including 1992 Canberra (4), Columbian (4), Kuala Lumpur (3), 1992 Sydney Stamp & Coin Show(2), 1993 Taipei (2), 1993 Qld Stamp Show (2), etc. (35 items) $80

1415 1981 Royal Wedding Booklet with purple covers, ASPC 7A, two booklets with left hand stapling, five booklets with right handstapling. Pfeffer Cat $157. (7 items) $80

1416 1998 Planet Ocean Booklet with ‘APTA 50th Anniversary’ opt. Numbered 176-79. Pfeffer Cat $120. (4 items) $801417 B 1927 Canberra complete in good condition ACSC #B38, Cat $125 (retail as such c$140). PLUS KGVI 1952-3 3/6d ACSC #B56A

(couple spots, trimmed perfs one side). (2) $85

1418 B 1931 2/- Green on Pale Green both panes CofA wmk inverted ACSC #B42a, (Pfeffer same number, cat $900). Rarely seen insuch excellent overall condition (even the original staple hardly any rust at all). $450

1419 */ ** 1935-37 KGV 2/- (2d X12) Black on Green Cover inscribed at base ‘IN MOST MONEY ORDER POST OFFICES’ being thesecond make-up with interleaves, with front and back cover advertisements reversed ACSC #48Ab, exploded with the stampsand interleaving detached, each pane of 6 with two units hinged, one pane with diagonal gum crease, Cat $500. $75

1420 ** 1966-67 4c Helecon Ink [1] ‘Post Early...’ ed DGb; [2] ‘Use Postal Orders...’ Ed DG9. $1201421 ** —- [1] ‘Registered...’ ed DGb; [2] ‘Send money securely...’ Ed DG9. $1201422 ** 1989 $3.90 Fishing original CPL printing part perf left Pfeffer B157a; 2x Harrison cream paper reprint Pfeffer #157A very much

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AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues

1423 * 1902 Converted NSW Plates 2d single line perf 11.8 ACSC #D8, two examples hand-cancelled on two underpaid spiked andotherwise damaged Tatts envelopes to Hobart (cat $100 each on cover), common NSW frankings and ‘MORE TO PAY/ 2d’ s/ ringhandstamp. $100

1424 * 1913-21 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thin Paper OHMS Infectious Disease circulars with single deficiency only - 1914 with 1dperf 14 ACSC #D97, 1919 with ½d and 1d perf 11 ACSC #D96-7 (includes War Tax). Mss cancels, very scarce. $200

1425 **/ * 1938-63 New Frame Plates ½d and 4d Authority (no dot) imprint blocks of four, ½d ** and 4d lower units **, ACSC #D122za & zb,Cat $135. (2) $100

1426 ** —- 4d carmine & green fresh block of 4, upper left unit with unlisted damaged value tablet frame lower right ACSC #D126 (SG#D116). Retail $200 (as 4x normal). $70

1427 ** 1958-63 No Wmk 5d Dies I & II, each in marginal block of 4. Fresh. Retail $500. (2) $115AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery

1428 PS KGV-QEII: variety including KGV postal cards perf ‘OS/ NSW’, mixed range OHMS and PTPO types, aerogrammes used & unused.Of particular note a 1938 PTPO KGV 2d air mail env Brisbane to Evandale SA uprated by KGVI 3d blue Die 1a. Destinationsinclude GB, USA, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Poland. (c95) $100

1429 PS KGV-QEII Motley Accumulation: including [1] Postal cards KGV 1½d green Die III (1 unused and 26 ‘used’ but not postallycancelled), [2] Envelopes (15+), [3] Lettercards (13) [4] Newspaper Wrappers KGV (3) QEII (6), [5] Registered envelopes (3), etc.several uprated items, few OHMS plus 7 Victorian Lettercards. Mixed condition. (84 items) $60

1430 PS Mixed Group: Letter Cards 1930 ‘TWO/ PENCE’ on 1½d red, ASC L37, Registered Envelopes 1923 ‘FOURPENCE/HALFPENNY’ on 5d brown with envelpe error, ASC R18a, 1930 5d brown, ASC R27, Aerogrammes including 1959 10d (2, onehandstamped ‘SPECIMEN’ and unfolded), 1965 10d Tail (2, different), all fresh unused also 1930 Sturt 3d plate block of 4 (No. 2& 3) unmounted. (9 items). $80

1431 PS —- comprising Lettercards 1d Full Face ‘Mt Lofty Ranges’ (stuck), Adelaide Savings Bank (cnr faults) and optd or handstamped‘SPECIMEN’ Envelopes KGVI 3d green, 3½d red (scuffed), Registered Envelope 2/5d & OHMS Airletter. (6) $160


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1432 PS OHMS Returned Registered Letter: 1943 use from Dead Letter Office Melbourne addressed to Stamp Dealer Wm. Ackland, niceitem. $125

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards1433 PS 1911-12 KGV Fullface 1d+1d violet, ASC #L4 (HG A4) ‘Hobart from the bay (warship)/ Viaduct (Steam train)’, light sunlight toning

on face. $180AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes1434 PS Mostly Used PTPO Collection on Hagners including 1916 use of 1d Roo ‘OS’ OHMS window envelope, KGV 1d Octagon Die I,

Parke, Davis & Co KGV Octagons on Window Envelopes with 1½d brown-black Die 1 (Malformed ‘2’ in the left ‘½’) With TrianglesMenuz #PE19A (Cat US$900) & 1½d brown to red-brown Die 2 With Triangles and 2d orange x2 (the company inscription indifferent fonts), KGV Ovals including 2d on 1½d red, KGVI Ovals including 2½d uprated or transit to UK with KGVI 3½d + 1/- SmallLyrebird tied by ‘P.I.C.A.O./ 4FE47/ MELBOURNE’ cds, KGVI Rounds including 3d Window with ‘UNCLAIMED AT/ FOOTSCRAY’boxed handstamp, plus QEII mostly decimal array with a few uprated, condition variable but generally fine. (64) $800

1435 PS 1990 Postage Paid National Parks DL envelope showing pronounced double printing of black on front and reverse, postallyused at Shepparton ‘21SE90’. Striking and rare item. $125

1436 PS 1922 KGV 2d Scarlet Embossed Octagon With ‘Postage’ ASC #E11 uprated KGV s/ wmk 1d violet and LM wmk 1½d brown withElectro 12 variety blurred flaw on Roo’s foot & ‘PO’ of ‘POSTAGE’ [12L34], all with Melbourne slogan on New Year’s Day (Jan1, 1923) addressed to Cuba where two slightly different wavy line backstamps ‘HABANA, CUBA/ FEB13/ 1923’ (different times).Uncommon destination. $100

1437 PS 1985 Bowls photographic proof by Lowanna Cummins, mounted on page, rare. $250AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official)

1438 PS 1930s KGV ‘OS’ in Oval 2d on long brown OHMS Education Dept envelope, HG #DB24, rare. $175AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes1439 PS 1949-50 Uprated Duo comprising [1] 1949 KGVI 5½d Envelope uprated to the 3/3d rate by Ackland for transit to USA with obsolete

issues including Qld 2/6d Large Chalon; [2] 1950 Finsbury (SA) use of KGVI 8½d Envelope uprated to 5/- rate with 2/- Crocodilepair & KGVI 3½d for transit to Germany, customs label on reverse, ‘Zollamtlich freigegeben/ Postzollamt Munchen’ boxedhandstamp on face; minor blemishes. (2) $100

1440 PS 1922 KGV 5d Brown ASC #R14 uprated pair KGV 1d violet, addressed to Hawaii all cancelled ‘REGISTERED/ 17MY22/ SYDNEYN.S.W.’. Red registration label, inscribed The “Donna”, backstamp violet d/ ring arrival ‘HONOLULU, HAWAII/ JUN/3/ 1922’.Removable adhesions, scarce and attractive. $100


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AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime1441 PS 1916 Envelope Proofs 1st Type black on red stock stampless envelope with ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES’ at the base,

trivial wrinkling, unused. [Believed to be a trial printing/ essay for Military Envelopes, no used examples recorded, this item believedto be the only recorded specimen] $675

1442 PS 1916 Envelope Proofs 2nd Type inscribed ‘A.I.F.’ at the base, unused. While the stock and layout are identical the fonts areentirely different from the 1st proof/ trial. [Again no used examples are recorded & this is believed to be the only recorded specimen] $675

1443 PS 1916 (March) 1st Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base ASC #x2.3a (‘Regimental Number’ 8mm below line &37mm long), used example addressed to “Pioneer Division/ France” mild tonespotting & peripheral blemishes, Cat $400. $275

1444 PS —- ASC #X2.3a (‘Regimental Number’ 8mm below line & 37mm long), some minor tonespotting, unused, Cat $350. $1801445 PS —- ASC #X2.3a (‘Regimental Number’ 8mm below line & 37mm long), some tonespotting mostly on reverse, unused, Cat $350. $1801446 PS 1916 (Aug) 2nd Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.’ At the Base ASC #X2.3 (text re-set with ‘Regimental Number’ 19mm

below Printer’s Rule & 33mm long), repaired flap fault, minor aging, unused, Cat $1,100. Rare. $4601447 PS 1916 (Sep) 3rd Issue ‘A.I.F., ABROAD’ At the Base ASC #X2.4 (Two Thick Rule Lines below the Heading), unused, Cat $400. $275

1448 PS —- ASC #X2.4 (Two Thick Rule Lines below the Heading), some minor soiling/ tonespots unused, Cat $400. $2501449 PS —- ASC #X2.4 (Two Thick Rule Lines below the Heading) from Mosman with North Sydney machine cancel, boxed ‘ABPO/

UNABLE TO TRACE/ RETURN TO SENDER’ handstamp overstruck with large ‘OVER’ handstamp, Sydney DLO label on thereverse with ‘RETURNED MAIL OFFICE/ VICTORIA BARRACKS/ SYDNEY’ handstamp & ‘Returned to Sender/ FROM RETAINEDMAIL OFFICE/ VICTORIA BARRACKS SYDNEY/...’ handstamp on the face. $300

1450 PS —- ASC #X2.4 (Thick over Thin Rule Lines below the Heading), flap stuck down & discolouration on the reverse, unused, Cat $400. $2751451 PS —- ASC #X2.4 (Thick over Thin Rule Lines below the Heading), very fine unused example, Cat $400. $360


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1452 PS 1917 4th Issue ‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ ABROAD’ At Base ASC #X2.5 on surfaced/ laid stock, minor edge toning,unused, Cat $300. $220

1453 PS —- ASC #X2.5 on highly surfaced/ laid stock, flap stuck-down, unused, Cat $300. $2201454 PS —- ASC #X2.5, used example from Marrickville (NSW) with very fine ‘DECEASED’ handstamp & boxed ‘UNDELIVERABLE/ ABPO/

RETURN TO SENDER’ handstamp both in violet, Sydney DLO label & backstamp in black, edge faults. $2751455 PS —- ASC #X2.5.1 bright scarlet printing on lightly surfaced stock, fine unused. $240

1456 PS —- as ASC #X2.5.2 but on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourced from Victorian State Government Printer as a responseto wartime paper shortages, a few tonespots on face, unused. $225

1457 PS —- as ASC #X2.5.2 but on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourced from Victorian State Government Printer as a responseto wartime paper shortages, very fine unused. $240

1458 PS —- as ASC #X2.5.2 but on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourced from Victorian State Government Printer, flap stuck-down, unused. (PS) $225

1459 PS —- as ASC #X2.5.2 but on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock sourced from Victorian State Government Printer used fromMarrickville (NSW) with ‘DECEASED’ & boxed ‘UNDELIVERABLE/ ABPO/ RETURN TO SENDER’ handstamp both in violet, large‘OVER >’ handstamp, Sydney DLO label on reverse with ‘RETURNED MAIL OFFICE/ VICTORIA BARRACKS/ PADDINGTON’handstamp in violet & related ‘Returned to Sender/...’ handstamp on the face, minor edge blemishes. Ex John Sinfield. $280

1460 PS —- as ASC #X2.5.2 but on poor quality unsurfaced stock addressed to 13th Battalion with Sydney ‘AP2/ 1917’ machine cancel,censor tape & manuscript “Hospital/17/6/ 17” in violet crayon, slightly reduced at base. $240

AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers

1461 * 1931-37 Selection comprising 2d & 3d Kingsford Smith, 2d Macarthur, 2d ANZAC, 3d Cable & 1/- Small Lyrebird Perf 13½x14(ASC Cat $100) all tied to separate covers by Cessnock (NSW) FDI cancels, some minor soiling. (6) $240

1462 * 1937-64 mostly FDC illustrated types addressed to various S. Africa destinations, from 1937 Coronation (pmkd May 12) to LonelyMine, So Rhodesia. Then nice range incl blocks and registereds to 1964 Air Mail 50th Anniv. Odd commercial use, one ANARE,plus nice 1935 (Sept 7) colour PPC of The Blue Funnel Line to East London with KGV 1½d red-brown SM wmk p13½x12½cancelled ‘OUTER HARBOUR’. Good value. (22) $120

1463 * 1959-2005 including range of various Australia Post, Royal and Wesley types with most issues since 1983 unaddressed, many areon 60+ ‘2 strip’ Hagners, also GB/ Aust 2000 50p/ 50c PNC Heritage FDC and small range of Territory covers incl 1966 AAT issues(10) on FDC with ‘MACQUARIE ISLAND’ cds. Generally very fine. (100s) $140

AUSTRALIA | Philatelic Numismatic Covers1464 1995 End of WWII Anniversary FDI covers (6), 1997 Bradman (with 1997 $5 coin) and Franklin Mint 2001 Centenary of Fedaration

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1465 * 1932 Harbour Bridge Illustrated Mitchell Covers [1] (Mar 15) registered with 2d & 3d tied by NE PYLON ‘15MR32’ cds, NE Pylonblue/ black rgistration label; (Mar 19) 2d tied by ‘POSTED ON BRIDGE’ machine cancel; fine condition. (2) $100

1466 * 1934 6th Australian Philatelic Exhibition registered covers (3, 2 plain), one has provisional Exhibitional label with text in blueand red, other has printed label, 3rd cover is illustrated and also contains ‘Pigeongram’ flimsy and ‘AIRMAIL SOCIETY’ cachet plus‘PIGEONGRAM/16 11 1934’ handstamp in blue, all covers are cancelled with special sexagonal Exhibition postmark of ‘17 NOV1934’. (3) $75

1467 * 1947-67 Pictorial Postmark Range including [1] ‘P.I.C.A.O./ 4FE47/ MELBOURNE·AUST’ (A1 backstamp) on 2½d red embossedoval envelope, uprated with 3d brown, to NZ; [2] ‘BRITISH EXHIBITION 1964/25/ SEPT/ 1964/ SYDNEY-N·S·W · AUST.’ on coverto England; [3] ‘13th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE/OF/ AGRICULTURAL/ ECONOMISTS/ 21AUG1967/ SYDNEY N.S.W.AUSTRALIA’ on 4c cover to England; [4] ‘6TH. WORLD POWER CONFERENCE/19/ OCT/ [logo]/ MELBOURNE 1962 - VIC. AUST’(A1) on ½d Roo x8 on cover to England, with octagonal ‘T/ ”6”C’; [5] ‘EXHIBITION BUILDINGS/ GRAND/ EASTER/ SHOW/23MAR64/ MELBOURNE VIC AUST.’ (A1-) on ½d Roo x10 on cover to England, etc. (8) $80

1468 * 1948 Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree with hexagonal ‘PAN-PACIFIC SCOUT JAMBOREE/ VIC/ 28DE48/ AUST/ YARRA·BRAE’ tying2½d Jamboree pair & ½d Roo on Wide World FDC, with blue provisional R6 registration label; also 1968 (Jul 30) ‘ASIAN ANDPACIFIC COUNCIL (Canberra) cds APM #2570 & (Aug 24) ‘STATE GIRL GUICE CAMP’ (Lismore, NSW) cds APM #2600 oncovers to England. (3) $120

1469 * 1950s-2000s Collection in 4 albums with vast array of pictorial or commemorative postmarks including 1987 (undated - no dayor month) Traralgon pictorial cancel, Scout cover autographed by numerous scouts, few ‘PO Openings’, ‘Last Days’, Centenaries,etc. Generally fine. (400+) $120

1470 * 1956 Olympic Pictorial Postmark set of 52 different on APO FDC envelopes, addressed. $1601471 * 1962 Perth Commonwealth Games (Nov 19 to Dec 1) set of 25 covers each with 2/3d & 5d tied by a different venue postmark

on postmark specific Royal covers, pencilled address. $250

1472 * 1967-70 Cover Range incl 1967 5c on 4c and 5c booklet panes each with tab on A.P.FDCs both neatly addressed, 1970 RoyalVisit, 23 of 24 special postmarks (some with both R.V. stamps, some just with 5c) (ex Sydney 29th April), and 4 different CookBicentenary cancels with 30c Cook on small A.P. Cook covers, all unaddressed. (29) $60

1473 * 1997 Arthur Streeton [1] Australian Impressionists - Our Heritage in Stamps book has a $5.00 McMahon’s Point stamp affixedto the title page cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark + a clean strike of the postmark on 17 April 1997, which was the FirstDay of use of this postmark at the Olinda PO; [2] An Arthur Streeton print ‘Impression for Golden Summer’ + 41¢ stamp MUH;affixed to the print is a $5.00 McMahon’s Point stamp cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997; [3] A very finecover with a cachet of Arthur Streeton’s House at Longacres + a $5.00 McMahon’s Point stamp cancelled with the Olinda PictorialPostmark on 17 April 1997; [4] An Arthur Streeton Maximum Card with the 41¢ stamp cancelled with the FDI National postmarkfor that issue + a $5.00 McMahon’s Point stamp cancelled with the Olinda Pictorial Postmark on 17 April 1997; [5] An AustralianImpressionists FDC (23 August 1989) with full set of stamps + a $5.00 McMahon’s Point stamp cancelled with the Olinda PictorialPostmark on 17 April 1997; [6] A 1997 Lions cover and a 1997 Queens Birthday cover both cancelled with the Olinda PictorialPostmark on 17 April 1997, which was the FDI of both of these two stamps. So a combined FDC and FDU of a pictorial postmark. $100


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AUSTRALIA | Postal History1474 * KGVI & QEII mixed condition ranges with [1] 1937-65 group of over 100 mostly commonly franked commercial & social envelopes

majority within NSW with cds and machine cancels (incl slogans); [2] approx 70 envelopes mainly early post-WWII to 1950s withwide range of markings OAS, concessional, RAAF (one to Malaysia 1969), Naval Service; [3] miscellany including two 1d Roo DieII with Feb & Apr 1913 cancels, two 1932 (Mar 19) with low value Bridge issues and ‘POSTED ON BRIDGE/ DURING OPENING/CELEBRATIONS’ slogan cancels, handful 1950s FDCs, some oddments. (c190) $100

1475 * 1884-1965 Range including 1951 Registered cover to Tasmania with ‘IVANHOE, NSW’ rubber cds (A-,1 back stamp in purple) alsoVictoria 1951 Public Offices registered cover to England; South Australia 1952 Hindmarsh ‘PAID’ cds; Egypt 1949 Port Said‘PAQUEBOT’ tying Australia 2½d Farrer on cover to England; etc.; PLUS diverse array of items from NSW (2), Qld (3 PPC), SA,1951 ‘RELIEF/No. 29’ cds on Tas Pictorial 1d & 2nd, Victoria 1d PTPO for Shire of Marong, 1941 censored cover ‘AUS FPO 34’cds to Australia, 1948 use of 2½d & 1953 use of KGV 3½d stationery envelopes, both uprated, one to GB, also GB Forces Air letterc1968 to UK from member of ‘Australian Police Detachment/U.N.Forces/ Cyprus’ interesting lot, generally fine. (21) $130

1476 1913-42 Cover Selection comprising [1] taxed covers with 1913 to USA with 1d Roo taxed but dues not added & 1928 (?)Townsville West to USA with KGV 1½d, taxed with 5c due added; [2] KGV covers to USA with 3d rate x3, plus 1933 Harmers‘Roosevelt Collection’ 2d printed matter double rate (?) cover addressed to the “The President”, [3] philatelic covers including AIFFDC and a July 16 (2nd day) uprated with 1/- Small Lyrebird strip of 3 to pay 4/- clipper rate to USA, 1942 PMG’s Dept OHMSregistered small cover with Surcharges set of 3, plus one other item; condition generally fine. (10) $120

1477 * 1913-56 Solo Frankings paying single surface rate to British Empire countries, selection comprising 1913 1d Kangaroo to UK (4,three being PPC), 1922? KGV 2d orange to England, 1935 2d Macarthur to England, 1940 1d AIF to London, 1947 1½d QM toNZ, 1947 3½d Mitchell on ‘The Xmas 1946 Western Mail’ newspaper wrapper paying 1d per 4oz x3 + ½d war tax, 1956 4d Koalato Trinidad, mostly fine. (10) $90

1478 *U 1914 envelope to Germany franked damaged 1st wmk 2½d Roo light foxing tied machine cancel ‘THE EXCHANGE/8JUL14.2.30PM/ SYDNEY.N.S.W.’ with alongside violet ‘RETURN TO SENDER’, blue boxed ‘UNDELIVERABLE/ APR291915/II.M.D.’ and pencil mss ‘J?’; on the back clear strike in red cds of Sydney DLO on May 6, 1915. Central fold and smallperipheral faults. $100

1479 * —- (Oct 28) cover from White Cliffs, NSW to Treibs Brothers New York with ½d & 1d Roo Die II pair, glassine ‘OPENED BYCENSOR’ label at left. $100

1480 * 1915 (Aug 4) POW cover headed in manuscript “Prisoner of War Information Room’ (London address beneath has been scoredthrough) with KGV 1d x2 & ½d tied by ‘MELBOURNE/2/ 4AU15’ cds (over-cancelling a ‘4AU34!’ machine cancel), with adjacent‘POST FREE/PC/ PRISONER OF WAR’ circular handstamp in blue-black, addressed to Senne I (Sennelager) Camp in Germany,boxed ‘NICHT SENNE I’ handstamp applied, re-directed to Gesecke. Interesting cover. $100

1481 * 1917 (Dec 13) Queen Victoria Markets (NSW) registered small cover to USA (New York & Boston backstamp) with 4d yellow-orange pair paying letter rate x2 plus 3d registration. $260

1482 * 1919-1940 Selection including 1920s KGV 1½d red and 2d orange solo frankings on PPCs with ‘PAQUEBOT/ PORT-SAID’cancels, 1919 KGV 1½d Launceston-Hobart 1½d rate covers x2, 1940 1/3d inwards airmail cover from England; also 1916 1dOctagonal Die I PS Envelope unused (tonespots), plus one other item. (7) $100

1483 * 1920-30 Perth Land Titles Office OHMS registered covers with KGV frankings comprising [1] 1920 (Aug 20) with perf ‘OS’ 4dorange & LMult ½d green & [2] 1930 (May 28) with SMult perf ‘OS 3d & 1½d Perf 13½x12½; both with ‘UNKNOWN BY LETTERCARRIER’ & boxed ‘CALLED/ LCR’ handstamp, some edge blemishes. (2) $160


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1484 1928 [1] (Jan 10) Australian Glass Manufacturers PTPO 1½d Envelope uprated with KGV 1d green tied by d/ ring‘WELLINGTON/NZ/ 10JA28/ LOOSE LETTERS’ cds; [2] 1930 (May 13) National Insurance Co (of NZ) PTPO 1½d Long Envelopeuprated with KGV 1d green tied by smudged ‘AUCKLAND NZ/ LOOSE LETTER’ cds; both items opened on three sides withperipheral blemishes. (2) $80

1485 * 1929 (Mar 1) PMG’s Department printed OHMS long cover to USA with colourful franking of SMult Perf 13½x12½ 3d Die I x2 (onewith broken frameline in lower-left corner [4L 42]), 1d & ½d paying 4½d for a letter weighing up to 2oz + 3d registration, ‘BulkReg GPO Melb’ red registration label, New York & Washington backstamps. $200

1486 * 1930 cover to Belgium underpaid with KGV 2d tied by slogan cancel, NSW shield tax handstamp in red x2, Belgian 1.20fr PostageDue tied to the face by Brussels cds, redirected to Switzerland (Fribourg backstamp), and again to France with French 30c, 50c &1fr Dues added & tied by indistinct cds, peripheral blemishes & small repaired tear. $140

1487 * —- (Dec 24) inwards cover from Yemen franked with 6b blue SG #7, tied to reverse by bilingual Hodeida cds. Exotic origin/destination usage of short-lived issue. $150

1488 * 1932 (Mar 19) cover to Germany with combination franking of 2d Kingsford Smith x2, 3d Bridge plus USA 15c Airmail tied byBrisbane datestamps, typewritten endorsement at top ‘Mit Flugpost von Australien via Honolulu - San Francisco/ nach New York.Mit Schnelldampfer Europa and Katapultbe-/ forderund nach Hamburg’, German three-line cachet in red, Qantas olive ‘WesternQueensland’ airmail label Frommer #38a. A very unusual combination. $500

1489 1933 cover to No 55 Squadron based at Hinaidi in Iraq with 3d Air Mail paying internal airmail fee and KGV 2d paying British Empiresurface rate to destination, ‘TOO LATE’ boxed handstamp. Scarce destination. $75

1490 * 1933-63 Solo Frankings on covers paying single surface letter rate to foreign countries, selection comprising [1] 1933 6dKookaburra on registered to Australia, [2] 1942 3½d Surcharge to USA, [3] 1948 3½d Newcastle to Germany (US Zone), [4] 19547½d Royal Vist to USA, [5] 8d Tiger 1961 to Holland, [6] 1963 to Ecuador and [7] 8d AAT 1960 to Ecuador, mixed condition. (7) $120

1491 * 1935 (Feb 18 & Feb 25) airmail covers from Sydney to Kenya at 2/3d ½oz airmail rate, conveyed by consecutive Imperial Airwaysflights on both westbound and southbound services, the latter item redirected to Nairobi, with Escarpment backstamp, a littleroughly opened. (2) $200

1492 * —- (Jan 2) commercial inwards airmail cover from Great Britain from Eastbourne to Melbourne carried on the highly eventfulImperial Airways Flight #IE303 which sequentially experienced [1] Sylvanus force-landing 8 Jan at Mirabella (Italy) with enginetrouble; [2] Arethusa delayed 12 Jan with engine trouble (Jodhpur); and [3] Athena blown off course at night 16 Jan from Koepang(Dutch East Indies), landing on a beach about 60 miles east of Darwin. Athena was refueled by a QANTAS DH61, which itself wasdamaged on takeoff; all confirmed by the Melbourne ‘20/ JAN’ arrival backstamp. Very few covers from this multi-interrupted flightrecorded. $400


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1493 * 1936-65 Airmail Rates mainly to overseas countries with multiple frankings including Austria 1961 registered 2d + 2/6d, Germany1964 2/2d, Great Britain (9, incl three PPCs) with 1935 1/6d x3, 1962 2/3d Games (2), Japan 1960 1/3d, South Africa 1947registered, Switzerland 1946 1/ 8½d and 1956 2/-, USA 1958 2/- QANTAS (4), few others at surface rate with PPC bearing 19271½d Canberra + 9d Kangaroo, 1940 ½d pair to British Guiana, 1947 1/9d, etc, plus few inward from GB 1972 3p concession rate,mixed condition. (27) $180

1494 * 1937 (Feb & Jul) airmail covers Sydney to passenger on SS Mooltan c/o Port Said, earlier at correct 1/7d rate, latter at 1/6d onlyand with tax handstamp and Egyptian Postage due 4m strip of three affixed & tied by Port-Said cds. (2) $200

1495 * —- covers (2) from same correspondence Melbourne to Germany at ‘via Italy’ airmail rates of 1/9d (½oz) and and 3/5d (½-1oz)latter Jusqu’a and a particularly scarce rate, attractive frankings. $140

1496 * —- (Oct 18) outbound envelope to Tonga with on arrival the usual proliferation of multi-coloured Tin Can Mail markings front andback, franked KGV CofA wmk ½d orange pair and 2d NSW Sesqui each tied ‘SHIP MAIL ROOM/4/ 18OC37/ MELBOURNE’ cds.[Not philatelic by any chance?] $80

1497 * —- 1/5d airmail rate cover to Java with NSW Anniv 2d & 3d plus 1/- Small Lyrebird paying double rate (9d first ½oz & 8d for 2nd½oz), scarce ‘QanTas’ handstamp in violet, Buitenzorg backstamp. $80

1498 * 1938 (Mar 14) inwards Express Delivery airmail cover (254x177mm) from Netherlands with 5.35g Wilhemina multiple franking,addressed to “Argus” newpaper office in Melbourne (b/s), in very good condition. $180

1499 * —- (Aug 22) airmail cover from Hobart to UK at correct 8d ‘all-up’ second weight step rate (½-1oz), however curiously taxed uponarrival for exceeding ½oz, British handstamped/ handstruck tax markings and 4d Postage due affixed and cancelled at Eastbourne(Sussex), conveyed on Imperial Airways Flight #SW7, which was delayed with mechanical problems at Rajkot (India) for two days. $150

1500 * 1939 (Feb 27) real photo postcard (‘The Three Sisters, Katoomba’) from Sydney to Copenhagen underpaying by 1d the 11d airmailpostcard rate but untaxed. Airmail postcards to Scandinavia in this era are rare. $160

1501 *F —- use of 3d blue KGVI & 9d Roo vertical pair [3L18,24] (unit 18 with prominent broken shading lines above ‘I’ of ‘ALIA’ etc) on aircover to France. $180

1502 1939-47 A. Simpson & Sons, Adelaide three commercially cacheted envelopes to USA 1939 (with Adelaide censor circle ‘V’),1940 and 1947. Low value contemporaneous KGVI definitive frankings (one 3d blue Die II), good quality commercial usages. (3) $120

1503 * 1940 (Mar) covers from same correspondent in Sydney to Hungary at very scarce 1/ 11d full airmail service rate, one with SydneyCensor tape tied by censor handstamp, the other backstamped Budapest. Fine duo for exhibit. (2) $400

1504 * —- [1] (May 16) inbound censored from Antigua underpaid by KGVI 1½d brown SG #100 tied d/ ring ‘ST. JOHN’S/A/ MY16/40/ANTIGUA’ another alongside plus large ‘ANTIGUA/ (crown)/ PASSED BY CENSOR’ handstamp; taxed with appropriate markings,1d p/ due with pen cancel ‘8/7/ 40’; central fold, removable adhesions. [2] 1942 (May 2) censored long env New Hebrides to Sydneywith 10c tied cds ‘NEW HEBRIDES/ 2MAY42/ INTER-ISLAND’, creased, stains. Interesting duo. (2) $80


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1505 * —- (June-July) selection of censored airmail covers from same Sydney-UK correspondence conveyed by Imperial Airways’ finalregular services SW #248-49, which were diverted from Cairo to Durban, and earliest “Horseshoe” route services (WS #1-7 range),odd opening fault. Such continuity in this turbulent era is difficult to find. (6) $150

1506 * —- (Aug 15) 4/- clipper rate commercial censor cover to USA with unusual combination franking of 1/6d Hermes pair & 6d AIF pair(scarce on cover), no backstamps, trivial edge blemishes. $120

1507 * —- Censored airmail cover to Tel Aviv, Palestine with 1/6d Hermes tied by ‘G.P.O. SYDNEY/ AIR’ cds with ‘PRISONER OF WARSERVICE’ [Collas Fig. 34] and 2 strikes of ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/S. 327’ handstamps in purple. [Sender was a POW at Camp 8,Eastern Command (Hay, NSW).] $80

1508 * 1940s Censored Covers to Overseas destinations including, Canal Zone, Fiji Artillery B. Force c/- GPO, Wellington, NZ, Greece,GB, Hongkong, India, Malaya, New Zealand, Singapore, USA, various Censor markings, some advertising covers, few items areairmail, generally fine. (32) $240

1509 * 1940s-80s Bewildering Assortment in A Large Carton including a [1] Certified Mail Label collection mostly ‘greens’ types withsome ‘reds’, a few on cover, also unused Posting Receipts Forms with receipt tabs attached and a batch of 400 unused greenlabels; [2] Postage Paid covers including private user selection; [3] Underpaid/ Postage Due covers and articles including 1943 with5d in Dues added & 1956 OHMS unstamped with 4d Due added; [4] registered covers with some better frankings including 9d 1/6d& 2/5d Birds on Chinchilla FDI cover, plus Postage Paid types; [5] assorted oddments including Parcel Post labels on cover or onpiece, Priority Paid covers with counter-printed labels, roller cancels, 1981 Australia Post memo with trialled postmark sampleattached. Heaps to sort through. (1,000s) $200

1510 * 1941 (Dec 5) commercial airmail censored cover from Melbourne to Boston franked at 19/8d (including Robes 5/- and 10/-) forquintuple Clipper rate, censored at Melbourne, posted in time for inclusion in TEAL Flight AE103a Sydney-Auckland, for connectionwith PAA FAM 19 which, due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, returned to USA via New Caledonia, Australia, Dutch EastIndies, Ceylon, India, Bahrain, Sudan, Belgian Congo, Brazil and Trinidad, arriving back in America Jan 6 1942, and becoming thefirst commercial plane to fly around the world. Some handling faults, although eminently exhibitable example of this scarce andmomentous flight. $400

1511 * 1945 (Jan or Feb) uprates of 2d Postal Cards for airmail from Hobart or Sydney to Greece, the former at 1/- rate, the latter atreduced 9d rate, censored in Australia and in Greece, exceptional pair of scarce airmail postcard rates for this difficult period. (2) $400

1512 * 1945 Inwards Censored Covers from Argentina [1] (Feb 5) 21c rate seamail to Melbourne; [2] (Mar 27) Panagra 1p.40c rateairmail cover with Airmail to North America cachet and mss ‘Written in German’ to Victoria; [3] (May 9) 1p.70c rate airmail cover toSydney. $100

1513 * 1945 Range of Censored Commercial Covers from [1] Fiji (3), [2] New Hebrides, one registered from Australia with boxed‘RETURN TO SENDER/ (non-transmissible,/ vide statutory rule/ 1939, No. 91.)’ handstamp (cover fault), [3] British NH, [4] FrenchNH registered cover dual censored, [5] New Zealand, [6] Tahiti (2 both locally censored), [7] Western Samoa (2). Some airmail orregistered. Mixed condition. (11) $120

1514 * 1951 Australian Military Mission (Migration Office, Cologne) OHMS economy envelope with ‘CERTIFIED OFFICIAL’ handstamp,addressed to Hamburg, circular ‘1/BY CIVILIAN POST/ FREE OF CHARGE/ (PORTO FREI)/ KOLN’ handstamp and mission cachetin violet, Koln ‘25/5/ 51’ cds alongside. [Contains a typed letter in English & German relating to Migration enquiry] $100


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1515 * 1952 (Nov 21) Frank Thornhill (Melbourne stamp dealer) Springvale registered cover to USA (Burbank Calif backstamp) with out-of-period use of KGV 1d violet + SMult 1/4d perf ‘OS’ P14 vertical pair (lower unit creased). [If the stamps had been used in-periodthis would have been a rare cover!] $120

1516 * 1956 (Dec 9) cover to Hamilton, NZ with Air Mail etiquette but franked 7½d Olympic Games ACSC #333 (surface rate) and taxedon arrival. This stamp rarely seen as solo usage. $80

1517 * 1960s-2000s Decimal Array mostly on airmail covers with solo frankings including 1967 25c Christmas, 25c Wool, 13c Avocet onPPC, 35c Olympic Games, 1976 45c Christmas, 1977 45c Christmas, 60c Lindrum; multiple frankings including 40c & 50cNavigators or 75c Navigators + 15c Flower (part cover) paying 90c rate to UK, 1969 25c Christmas pair + 10c Fish, 6c Honeyeater+ 6c Kangaroo Paw, heaps of other picking. Heaps of other pickings for the modern postal historian. (100s) $380

1518 * 1962 (Feb 28) airmail envelope Victoria to UK franked with QEII 3d paying ½oz concessionary rate for visiting overseas forces,boxed ‘DEFENCE FORCES CONCESSION POSTAGE/2’ in violet. Scarce. $120

1519 * —- a4 size OHMS envelope (small peripheral faults) air mail to London franked 10/- Arms ACSC #269 (cat $125 on cover), 5/-Cattle reddish brown ACSC #373B and 9d Kangaroos ACSC #360. Nice usages. $100

1520 * 1963 Stamps on Telegrams (Dec 20) 3d QEII, 1/6d Christmas Bells and 5/- Cattle (none punctured) on complete form tied twonice strikes ‘KEDRON/ 20DE63/ QLD AUST’. [Sch. C-8526-12/60.] $100

1521 * —- (Dec 17) 4/- Tasman x2 and 6d Anteater (none punctured) on complete form tied three nice strikes ‘KEDRON/ 17DE63/ QLDAUST’. [Sch. C-8526-12/60.] $100

1522 * 1964 Stamps on Telegrams (May 20) 3d QEII and 3/- Waratah on complete form tied clear strike ‘BALD HILLS/ 20MY64/ QLD-AUST’. [C 9061-11/62.] $100

1523 * 1964-65 Stamps on Telegrams [1] 1964 (Nov 4) 6d Anteater and 2/- Flannel Flower x2 tied to complete form by two strikes‘KEDRON/-4NO64/ QLD-AUST’ cds (telephone transmission handstamp); [2] 1965 (Sept 20) 3d QEII x2 and 3/- Ibis tied two strikes‘BRISBANE BASE HOSP/ 20SE65/ QLD-AUST’ cds. [Both SCH C9364-11/ 63] (2) $125

1524 * 1965 (Jul 31) Ouyen (Vic) registered cover to South Korea with 5d Monash, 8d ANZAC, 11d Bandicoot & Helecon Paper 1/6d Galah(scarce on cover) paying 1/6d airmail rate & 2/- registration, Seoul backstamp, peripheral blemishes. Unusual destination. $75

1525 * —- (Dec 20) airmail cover Perth to Calcutta with 1/6d Galah for ½ oz rate, a scarce single franking to a member of the Flavier family(from the same correspondence as that offered at Lot 1874 in Sale 9). Minor faults. $80


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1526 * 1965 Stamps on Telegrams (Oct 15) 2/6d Scarlet Robin and 4/- Tasman (neither punctured) tied to complete form by clear strike‘BRISBANE BASE HOSP/ 15OC65/ QLD-AUST’. [SCH C9364-11/ 63] $100

1527 * 1966 (Jun 2) airmail cover Geranium (SA) to England franked with £sd stamps (7) totaling 1/ 6d=15c and decimals 1c, 2c and 7c,paying the 25c ½oz rate. Scarce. $80

1528 * —- (Oct 18) roughly opened large long registered OHMS envelope of the Office of Titles in Melbourne with ‘VG’ perfin £sd 2/-Flannel Flower for 20c registration and 4c QEII for printed matter rate, to Manangatang. A bit battered, scarce mixed pre-decimal/decimal franking. $160

1529 * —- (Oct 11) official ‘LEGAL DOCUMENTS ONLY’ cover with Law Courts Melbourne registration label addressed to Manangatangbearing QEII 4c plus 2/- Flannel Flower both perf ‘VG’ being a rare £SD/ decimal combination offficial cover, small faults. [A virtuallyidentical cover realized $900 at a Melbourne auction in 2011] $300

1530 * 1966-83 Solo Frankings on postcards paying airmail to Great Britain comprising 1966 13c Avocet, 1970 15c Timber, 1971 9c Crab,1972 18c RSPCA, 1973 18c Rehabilitation, 1980 35c Bird and 1983 45c Bird, generally fine. (7) $90

1531 * 1967 (May 5) 32c rate airmail cover to UK with QEII 4c complete booklet pane of 5 + slogan tab & part booklet pane of 3 + slogantab, paying the correct rate. Desirable usage. $150

1532 * 1968 (Apr 6) Space Thematic envelope to Bamberg, West Germany franked pair 1965 pre-decimal 5d ITU ACSC #429 (twomonths after validity of £sd stamps expired), with the d/ ring cachet in green of ‘HONEYSUCKLE CREEK TRACKING STATION/APOLLO 6/4 APR 1968/ FLIGHT/ CANBERRA, A.C.T. AUST.’ to which has been added in red mss ‘AS502’, also the handstampaddress in red of the Station Director who has also signed the cover. Very attractive. $80

1533 * 1970 registered cover (not FDC) to Israel bearing Cook minisheet and PO label inscribed ‘Inspected and Safe for Transmission’,signed, together with Israeli Red Cross label, the labels tied by rare oval ‘POSTMASTER/ 18SEP1970/ BRUNSWICK EAST, VIC.3057’ datestamp (49x33mm), accompanied by PO directive to Postmasters instructing “Following explosions in aircraft carryingmail to Israel security aspects of acceptance of airmail to that country are being strengthened . . .”, Israel’s Red Cross etiquettetied to front, backstamped Jerusalem. Early and rare Terrorism precursor. $200

1534 * 1974 Cover addressed to or sent by a seaman of the R.A.N. Contingent aboard the Royal Yacht ‘Britannia’, also illustratednotepaper and an ‘OHMS’ envelope from ‘Britannia’ in the New Hebrides to NSW. Minor blemishes. (6 items) $80

1535 * 1978 (May 6) long airmail envelope to Fleet, England with 5c Richmond Bridge paying concessional rate, inscribed ‘FORCES’ withhandstamp in magenta circular ‘BRITISH FORCES DEFENCE MAIL/ (crown)’. Scarce usage. $90

1536 * Small Collection Of covers & cards including 1918 PPC with 1d red Die II Rough paper to Sth. Yarra, also several Victorianadvertising covers (one from a stove manufacturer with brochures), 1906 OHMS Public Works Office covers with 1d perf ‘OS’, plus1899 registered front from Sorau in Germany (now in Poland) to Melbourne plus small stock with QV Victorian issues with rangeof numeral cancels, etc Very mixed condition.(100s plus 45 covers, etc). (100s) $100


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1537 * Taxed Covers very untidy accumulation of 100+ underpaid taxed covers, fronts and small pieces in mixed condition. Some fromoverseas but majority Victoria usage. (c100) $80

AUSTRALIA | Flight Covers - Commercial Inwards

1538 * Asia [1] 1948 China with $50,000 Sun Yat Sen; [2] 1948 Singapore 2 covers with 10c Silver Wedding; [3] 1948 BMA Malay with10c & 25c; [4] 1948 Sarawak with 15c Centenary & 20c cypher; [5] 1947-48 Thailand 4 covers with values to 2b; [6] 1938Netherland Indies 3 covers values to 50c. (12) $120

1539 * British Africa [1] 1943-48 South Africa 4 covers with values to 5/- plus 2 seamail; [2] 1948-49 Southern Rhodesia 2 covers; [3]1948-49 KUT 3 covers with values to 50c (2 underpaid). (11) $100

1540 * British Commonwealth [1] 1948-49 Cyprus values to 9pi; [2] 1947-48 Malta 3 covers values to 1/ 6d; [3] 1948 Trinidad & Tobago12 x4 (1 stamp missing); [4] 1948-49 Fiji 2 covers values to 6d plus 2 surface, one with ½d printed matter rate; [5] 1947 NewZealand. $120

1541 * Egypt & Sudan group of covers [1] 1948-49 from Sudan, 5 covers with values to 4p; [2] 1948 Egypt 9 covers, values to 50m. (14) $1501542 * Indian Sub-Continent [1] 1948 Portuguese India 3 covers values to 1T; [2] 1947 Ceylon with 50c Elephant; [3] 1948 Burma, 2

covers values to 8a; [4] 1945 India from RAF Base with 1a & 6a. (7) $100

1543 Middle East [1] 1947-49 Iraq 2 covers with values to 40f and 5f obligatory tax plus 4 surface mail; [2] 1948 Iran 3 covers withvalues to 10r; [3] 1948 Israel; [4] 1947 Lebanon with 100p; [5] 1949 Turkey 2 covers with values to 50k. (13) $125

1544 * World [1] 1922-49 USA 1 airmail, 1 special delivery, 5 mainly oversize; [2] 1938-48 GB 3 airmail & 2 others; [3] 1938 Argentina 3airmails values to 2p; [4] 1948 Portugal 3 airmails values to $50; [5] 1946 France with 40f pair; [6] 1947 Belgium with 10f plis 1seamail; [7] 1948 Greece 2 covers values to 1000d; [8] 1938-48 Netherlands 6 covers including 4½g & 7½g airs plus 2 seamail(1 reg & 1 oversized). (33) $150

AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers1545 * 1930 (Jul 14) registered cover flown on WAA service from Hall’s Creek to Roeborne AAMC #165a with red registration label, Hall’s

Creek, Broome & Roebourne backstamp, framed ‘UNCLAIMED’ handstamp in black & Perth DLO cds. $1001546 * 1931 (Mar 19) cover bearing Kingsford Smith 2d and 3d + 3d Airmail endorsed with typewritten ‘By Australian National Airways/

Flown Day of Stamp Issue’, signed “E. Chaseling/ Pilot”. Highly unusual FDC for Kingsford Smith issue. [Chaseling was later amember of the record-breaking 63 hours England-Australia flight crew – see AAMC 901-03a] $150

1547 * 1931-40 Range Including [1] 1931 1st England-Australia/ Imperial Airways flight, [2] Melbourne-London flight, [3] (May)Melbourne-Hobart flight with special cachet, [4] 1934 (July) Aust-New Guinea, [5] (Dec 8) Aust-England (2, one registered), [6]1937 (Jun 28) Kingscote-Adelaide, [7] 1938 (Aug) 1st flight Brisbane-Groote Eylandt, [8] 1940 (May 2) Aust-NZ flight, AAMC #187-900 range. (10) $160

1548 * 1930s Selection including 1931 (Apr 23) AAMC #188 with Kingsford Smith 6d block of 4, (Nov 19) All Australian Flight #222 (3,one with GPO repair tape at base, another with 6d Airmail imprint strip of 3), 1934 (July) Australia-New Guinea flights x2; also 1931Petrie Terrace registered airmail covers to Wonthaggi (Vic) or Hobart at 8d or 11d rates; mixed condition. (8) $130


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1549 * 1931-38 Selection mainly fine total cat c$300, some esoteric frankings: [1] 1931 (Apr 23) Australia-England AAMC #188 (flapmissing); [2] 1934 (Apr 10) Australia-NZ registered with 10d franking including 6d Air Mail optd ‘OS’ ACSC #144(OS) cat $250 oncover; [3] two 1938 (May 30) “boomerangs” Papua and New Guinea AAMC #812. Also [4] 1937 (Oct 5) Airmail Exhibition specialenvelope registered locally franked 5d with red vignette AAMC #768bb. (5) $120

1550 * 1931 Australia-England (Apr 27) flight cover AAMC #188d to Athens bearing Roo 2/- with Aust-England cachet and Greek airmailcachet alongside. Greek arrival cds on front and reverse. Also similar cover with damaged 2/-. (2 covers) $80

1551 * 1931-34 covers comprising [1] 1931 (Nov 19) ANA LtdG ‘1st All-Australian Air Mail Service’ flight to UK with Kingsford Smith set &6d Airmail tied by ‘REGISTERED/ CAIRNS’ cds, Oxted (Surrey) arrival backstamp and 1934 (9-10 Dec) Australia-England‘QANTAS/ Imperial Airways’ registered flight cover, both addressed to Derwent Wallace (famous Qld photographer); also [2] 1934(Apr 10-14) ‘Faith in Australia’ flight to New Zealand x4 or GB; generally fine. (7) $140

1552 * 1933 (3 Dec) Australia-NZ illustrated souvenir postcard with departure and arrival cachets. No Postal markings. Light crease doesnot detract. $100

1553 1934 (Dec) Imperial Airways/ Qantas printed covers flown England-Australia, Brisbane-England, Cloncurry-Singapore (unclaimed& forwarded to England), Gaza-Brisbane or Brisbane-Athens AAMC #469, 470, 470f, 470o, & 470p, odd tone, Cat $285. (5) $125

1554 * —- (Dec) Imperial Airways/ Qantas printed covers franked with 3d Airmail + 2d Macarthur (mostly Dark Hills) flown on intermediateflights Camooweal-Charleville, Camooweal (Alexandria Station) - Darwin, Camooweal-Daly Waters, Daly Waters-Darwin,Toowoomba-Newcastle-Waters, Toowoomba-Brunette Downs or Toowoomba-Daly Waters, three with ‘UNCLAIMED’ cachets,AAMC #469q, Cat from $75 each. (7) $300

1555 * —- 1934 (Dec) Imperial Airways/ Qantas printed covers franked with 2d & 3d commems flown on intermediates services by ButlerAir Transport from Bourke-Charleville, Bourke-Cootamundra, Bourke-Narromine, Charleville-Cootamundra, Charleville-Narromine,Charleville-Bourke, Cootamundra-Bourke & Cootamundra-Narromine, three with unclaimed handstamp in violet, odd tone, AAMC#471 Cat $40 or 472a Cat from $60 each. (11) $250

1556 * 1935 (Aug) Australian Transcontinental Airways covers flown Adelaide-Darwin (2) and Darwin-Adelaide (registered with provisionalregistration & signed by pilot J Chapman); also intermediate services Darwin-Pine Creek, Darwin-Daly Waters, Alice Springs-Oodnadatta (signed by pilot J Chapman), Alice-Springs-Darwin, Adelaide-Oodnatta, Adelaide-Alice Springs, all with backstamps,AAMC #522, 523 & 523a, Cat $630++. Scarce Northern Territory group. $300

1557 * 1935 Brisbane - Townsville - Brisbane (Sept 15-17) New England Airways Ltd extension to their Sydney - Brisbane service,one all-the-way in each direction AAMC #527-8 (one a Queensland Air Mail Society envelope), six intermediates either directionAAMC #528a (two foxed are the airline’s special envelopes, another a Nelson Eustis cover), one we’re not sure about from AlfCampe in Sydney on Sept 13 to well known aero-philatelist L Wright in Cairns backstamped only in Brisbane on Sept 14. Variousfrankings including Kingsford Smith 6d violet (cat $90 on cover) and a 1929-38 3d Air Mail Type A with vertical scratch from R ofAUSTRALIA to L of MAIL (which might make it ACSC #136d Cat $125 on cover). Some imperfections, Cat $400+. (8) $100


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1558 * 1938 KLM/ KNILM Amsterdam-Batavia-Sydney special envelopes (opened out) with special cachets with just small peripheralimperfections, both “boomerangs” with [1] from and to Holland with inbound franked 10c and 27½c defins and returned with KGVI3d blue Die II; [2] from Java with NedIndie special 30c triangle, to Holland with KGVI 3d as before, central fold. Nice pair both asAAMC #815a cat $125 each. (2) $120

1559 * 1940 Australia - New Zealand 5d Ram tied by Hobart ‘1 MAY/ 1940’ slogan cancel to censored cover carried on board TEAL flightAAMC #900 departing Sydney on 2nd May, no backstamps, minor aging. $80

1560 * 1944 Sydney-Fanning Island first air crossing of Central Pacific registered cover, endorsed “COMMANDO/ FLIGHT”, censored atSydney with tape (on reverse) and handstamps, backstamped at Fanning Is, AAMC #982, only 15 carried with number of registeredcovers carried unknown. $400

1561 * 1941-65 Range Including [1] 1946 (Sep 9) T.A.A. 1st flight to Sydney, [2] 1951 (Jun 29) 1st Official Flight Melbourne-Christchurch,[3] 1957 (Mar 2) England-Australia & England-Australia (6 different) and publicity letter, [4] 1957 (Nov 25) Sth. Africa-Australia, [5]1960s QANTAS flights (4), [6] 1965 Balloon Teijin 1 sheetlet and 1965 cover with flight ‘Cancelled/ Due to Accident/-2Jul 1966’cachet, also 1941 (Nov) New Zealand-Fiji Inaugural Flight. Generally fine. (17 items) $100

1562 1953-81 Qantas selection of 7 flights with a few duplicates, AAMC $240. (14) $100

1563 * 1938 Australia - New Guinea Survey Flight (April 18) a neat Ernest A Crome envelope AAMC #P129a (also AAMC #802) franked(on the back) QM 1d Die I tied ‘MASCOT AERODROME/ 18AP38/N.S.W-AUST’ cds, on the front Papua 2d (light foxing) tied ‘PORTMORESBY/ 20AP38/ PAPUA’ cds, another alongside. Flight details on front with pilot R.O. Mant signature below. $90

AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period1564 1915 (Sep 22) postcard to England endorsed “Soldier on Active/ Service” cancelled Australian Base Details PO cds, superb and

scarce triple-oval “SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION/ ZEITOUN” handstamp in violet (signed) at left. $1501565 * 1915-17 General and Convalescent Hospital cachets on covers (3) or postcards (2), with differing handstamp types, one of the

PPCs written at Heliopolis Camp with message “We are garding a great Big Hospidile”; some faults, nevertheless a scarce group.(5) $250

1566 * Accumulation of 177 covers or postcards from theatres of war in GB, Belgium, France, North Africa and Middle East, notedregistered (2, black on pink labels), Military Camps, POW, Hospital cachets, wide range of censor handstamps, inscribedstationery, some researched Field PO allocations and senders including YMCA cover and letter written by Tpr Philip Champion DeCrespigny ten days before killed in action, condition is mixed; also quantity of digger’s letters (without covers), cancellations onpiece, postcards, and related ephemera, etc. Opportunity for specialist. (200+) $1,000

1567 * Interesting Selection including covers from Egypt with ‘MILITARY RECREATION/ FREE’ oval handstamp in red x2 (used atEzbekiah Gardens Club, Cairo), GB ½d wrapper used in Middle East sent to Australia, GB 1917 2d Registration Envelope toAustralia with pink Australian Imperial Force pink registration label, also 1915 (Sep 1) postcard sent from 4th AUST INF BDE(Gallipoli) to England, plus a range of other FPO covers with various censor markings (some with original contents), also a WarCensus Wealth and Income Card, usual mixed condition. (22 items) $260


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AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period

1568 * 1940-46 mostly censored selection including 1940 from German internee held at Orange Camp (opened Feb 1940; closed June1941) with Sydney ‘6AU40’ arrival cds; undated POW Information Bureau (Melbourne) to Camp Pell; 1946 Tatura Camp airmail toAmerican Express Co in Holland with 1/- Small Lyrebird; also 1946 Arnstadt (Russian Zone) to Graytown logging camp (addressed“Graytown near Nagambie”) to a German survivor of the sinking of ‘SMS Kormoran’; plus 4 other items, condition variable. (8) $360

1569 **/ U 1940s Selection of WWII-era and a few postwar covers with printed or handstamped inscriptions for various Military departments,including 1942 Dept of Defence cover with ‘Call up’ notification enclosed, etc, apparently all different, odd fault, mostly good, aninteresting lot. (58) $160

1570 —- ‘ACTIVE SERVICE’ inscribed envelopes (RAAF Form #E/E 121) with inscription ‘R.A.A.F.’ unused and used (1945 – rare), andwithout ‘R.A.A.F.’ inscription unused and used. (4) $100

1571 1941-45 Collection of ‘Thankyou’ notes to ‘The Leisure Club’ from numerous members of the Armed Forces, all hand written onheaded note paper from ‘ACF/ Sir John Monash Recreation Hut and ANZAC Buffet’, ‘Flinders Naval Depot’, ‘HMAS Ceberus’,‘RAN’, ‘RAAF, Mt. Gambier’, ‘RAAF Laverton, Officers’ Mess’, ‘RAAF, Port Moresby, Papua’, ‘Catholic Welfare Organisation’,‘YMCA’, ‘Salvation Army’, ‘Red Cross’, etc. One ACF page is endorsed “Killed in Action/ Middle East/ 1942’. Several ‘AIF Abroad’,‘AIF Pacific’, etc. Interesting lot. (140+ items). $75

1572 * Censored Cover Selection with Airmails including 1940 to AIF Abroad with 1/- Small Lyrebird & 6d AIF, 1943 1/5d airmail coversto New York x2 both with ‘G/ NSW’ perfins, 1945 ‘OAT’ to Red Cross in Switzerland, also Simpson & Son (manufacturers, Adelaide)advertising cover to USA with private perfins, better destinations including Cyprus with ‘PASSED CENSOR/18/ CYPRUS’ circularhandstamp in red, Sydney to China endorsed “Written in German”, Fiji (registered) & Palestine, plus some inwards mail, conditionvariable. (39) $300

1573 * Crowned Circle Censor covers, 1942-45 range mostly with blue Censor tape, some covers from New Guinea or NorthernAustralia, good range of ‘UNIT POSTAL STATION’ ( incl cover [S 196-Albury] to a Private at 33 Garrison, Barmera, 14A, SA. [Thiswas the Loveday Internment Camp]), ‘FIELD PO’, ‘AFPO’, ‘AUST ARMY’ etc, cancels, few mss “No Stamps Available”, “NSA” or“FLM”, etc, ‘H.M. SHIPS’, ‘H.M. AUSTRALIAN/ SHIPS’, ‘RAAF CENSOR’, cachets, etc. Very mixed condition. (77) $200

1574 * —- covers, 1942-45 range mostly with blue Censor tapes, mostly addressed to Australia from New Guinea, Labuan, Australiaincludes Darwin, Larrimah, Perth, Thursday Island, etc. Crowned Censor numbers range ‘6’ to ‘151’. Some with additional‘AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL (or MILITARY) FORCES/ PASSED BY CENSOR’ cachets, few with mss “NSA”or “No Stamps Available”notations, range of AIR FORCE PO, ARMY PO cds, plus 1942 cover Tennant Creek to soldier at “14A Internment Camp, Loveday,S.Aust.” (faults), also 12 pages of notes from ‘The Australian Forces Mail Research Group’ about ‘Crowned Circles’. Mixedcondition. (64 items) $200

1575 * Interesting Selection including 1941 HM Australian Ships addressed to “No.2 Aust General Hospital” redirected to AustralianConvalescent Depot, Palestine with ‘TRANSFERED/TO/ AUS CON DEP/ KFAR VITKIN’ handstamp in black, postal stationeryincluding ‘OAT’ Air Letters x5, lots of aid organisation covers plus a few HM Transport covers, good variety of concession rate &censor handstamp sighted, condition variable. (79) $300

1576 * Middle East 1940-42 range of censored covers mostly to Australia from Egypt, Gaza, Palestine, Syria, etc. Many Censor markings,some tapes, few ‘ACF’ or ‘Salvation Army’ envelopes. Condition is very mixed. (140+ items). $150

1577 New South Wales Selection of Field POs with different numbers (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse, rare types includeFPO 024, 031, 153, 441 plus various rubber datestamps (4), no duplication, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (30) $200

1578 * Northern Territory ‘AIF FIELD PO 25’ selection comprising usages by 19th Bde 6th Div (2, one registered) or ‘NTF PU’. (3) $100


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1579 *F/ G —- Aust F.P.O.:Selection with ‘163’ (3), two registered (one with ‘072’ registration label), ‘189’ (4, two registered), usages at BerrySprings, Darwin and Commalie (defective although not recorded by Williams and unseen by Proud), and ‘190’ (3, one registered),generally very good strikes of cancellations. (10) $950

1580 * —- 1942-44 selection of covers (including 9 registered) with good range of Censor markings (at least 32 different), noted ‘AIFFIELD PO/ 25’ (2), ‘AIF ARMY PO/ 50’ (2), ‘ARMY POST OFFFICE/ 065’, ‘ARMY PO/ 0117(2), ‘0126’ (2), ‘0127’ (2), ‘0128’ (2), 0129’,‘0134’, AUST ARMY PO/ 228’, ‘230’, ‘232’, ‘FIELD POST OFFICE/ 072’ (2), ‘FIELD PO/ 089’ (2), ‘095’ (2), ‘0102’ (2), ‘0136’ (2),‘AUST FPO/ 151’ (2), ‘163’ (2), ‘AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/ 346’, ‘349’, ‘350’, 351’ (2), ‘359’ (2), ‘423’, ‘433’. Posting towns includeAdelaide River, Alice Springs, Banka Banka, Batchelor, Darwin, Elliott, Katherine, Larrimah, Mattaranka, Noonambah, etc.Generally fine. (42 items) $225

1581 *F POW - Thailand 1944 (Jul 17) Australian POW stampless card from Melbourne to Maj John de Crespigny at Camp #4 Thailand -notation reads “Received 24/8/ 45”, violet diamond ‘3/ PASSED/BY/ CENSOR/ 44’ and Japanese censor ‘Inspected/ Ishigura’. $80

1582 *F —- 1944 (Aug 14) Australian POW stampless card from Melbourne with partial St Kilda Rail cds to Maj John de Crespigny at Camp#4 Thailand - notation reads “Received 24/8/ 45” with violet diamond ‘3/ PASSED/BY/ CENSOR/ 376’ and Japanese censor‘Inspected/ Ishigura’. $80

1583 *F —- 1945 (Jun 20) Outward Australian POW card (13.5x8.2cm) missing stamp but with printed ‘4d STAMP’, partial ‘SHIP MAILROOM/ MELBOURNE’ cancellation, printed Air Mail cachet, to Maj John de Crespigny at Camp #4 Thailand. Melbourne censor#195. Printed redirection sticker in black to St Kilda dated 10 November 1945. $60

1584 *F —- 1945 (Jun 28) two different design outward Australian POW cards (13.5x8.2cm) to de Crespigny from Melbourne (stampsremoved); one addressed to him at Australian Headquarters Guard Battalion, Japan, printed Australian Prisoner of War, c/oJapanese Red Cross, Tokyo, Japan (some minor faults); the other to POW camp Thailand which has printed air mail etiquette, bothwith partial Australian censor marks - both redirection sticker in black to St Kilda dated 15 November 1945. $120

1585 *F POW Airmail 1940 (Nov 15) use of 2/-, 9d & 2d on postcard to England endorsed “By AIRMAIL/ via New Zealand/ Pacific - NorthAtlantic”, ‘PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE’ & ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/S.186’ both on face. Similar to Bakker #PW/I PC 1.2 but withthicker heading font. Fine. $200

1586 *F —- 1941 (Mar 17) use of 2/-, 6d & 5d on postcard to England endorsed “By AIRMAIL/ CLIPPER New Zealand/ Pacific - NorthAtlantic”, ‘PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE’ & ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/S.110’ both on face. Similar to Bakker #PW/I PC 1.3 but withdifferent heading font. Fine. $200

1587 * Queensland Field PO covers with numbers/ allocation details (per Proud) lightly pencilled on reverse, various from FPO 12 throughto UPS ELC 14, some in variable condition, generally good strikes, all different. (65) $200

1588 —- registered selection of Field POs with different numbers (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse, some variablecondition, generally good strikes. (20) $200

1589 * —- 1940s cover to USA bearing solo franking of 1/6d Hermes tied by framed ‘SOLDIERS/ MAIL’ handstamp in same ink as theBrisbane diamond Censor handstamp below, typewritten “AIRMAIL/BY SEA & AIR TO USA”, countersigned by U.S. Capt RussellL Sinton, further censored at Melbourne where red/ grey tape and oval handstamp were applied. Attractive and rare treatment ofUS Forces in Australia mail. $200

1590 *F/ G —- range with numbers/ allocations (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse, several noted as ‘not seen’ by Proud, thedesirable rubber datestamp types (25) include at least one unrecorded, stated to contain no duplication, condition generally goodas is quality of strikes. Excellent lot. (130) $525


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1591 * RAAF Covers 1943-45 selection of covers, many with oval ‘RAAF CENSOR’ cachets (at least 20 different), few ‘RAAF Base POs’,many to NSW, few to or from Pacific area or New Guinea, several hand drawn covers, condition very mixed. (35) $150

1592 * Tokyo Surrender - 1945 envelope (light crease at right) addressed to Australian Stamp Monthly in Melbourne, Victoria andhandstamped ‘H.M.A.S. “SHROPSHIRE”/ Official Signing Of/ Japanese Surrender’, KGVI 3d brown tied neat cds ‘TOKYO BAY/ 2ndSEPT/ 1945/ JAPAN’. Not censored. $120

1593 * Victoria Selection of Field POs with different numbers (per Proud), including good strike of rubber UPS S33, details lightly pencilledon reverse, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (15) $100

AUSTRALIA | Military Postmarks1594 * Aust Field P.O. ‘AUST FIELD P.O./ 7NO45/ 251’ (Changi, Singapore) cds struck in violet on 2 stampless covers (the 2nd dated

1NO45) to Victoria. Proud’s extremely high rating of 1,000 points. [The few known strikes are poor and all come from thiscorrespondence. The writer was part of a small force sent to Singapore to help repatriate POWs back to Australia.] (2) $360

AUSTRALIA | Postmarks1595 * Queensland & Western Australia Postmark Selection: of single date line or timed single date line cds cancels mostly on 1960s

4c or 5c rate Tatts covers (some are fronts) with Queensland x44 with 37 different locations identified including Annerley, Cooroy,Cotton Tree, Dara, Goomeri, Home Hill, Jandowae, Millmerran, Pallas Street, Pittsworth, Pomona & Tully; Western Australia x30from 24 locations including Bentley, Gosnells, Greenhills, Harvey, Kellerberrin & Pemberton; a few faults but mostly fine. (74) $80

AUSTRALIA | THEMATICS & TOPICALS1596 * Wheels - Cars & Motor Industry: fanciful narratives taking the invention of the wheel as a starting point and using mostly

commercially cacheted covers to highlight inter alia car makers, suppliers to the industry including oil companies, tyres, spare partsand an eclectic group of other fairly reasonable related activities. Just the odd non-Australian item seen. (145+) $100

AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES | Collections and Accumulations1597 ** 1950s-2000s Accumulation including [1] AAT 1957-61 sets(11 sets), [2] Christmas Island 1968-70 Fish (4 sets), [3] Cocos, [4]

Norfolk Island 1959 Ball Bay (2 sets), 1960 Surcharges (3 sets), 1960 Local Gov’t 2/8d (4), PNG. All in glassines and priced to sellat A$1,400+.Generally fine. (100s) $500

1598 **/ U Array of mostly incomplete sets including [1] Christmas Island 1963 Pictorials (6 sets ex 2c orange plus 6 sets 2c to 50c, CTO),1987-88 Wildlife (3 sets ex 41c). [2] Cocos 1979-80 Fish $2 (4), 1985-86 Shells and Molluscs incl 20c-40c (14 of each), 50c (7),$1(10), 1982-83 Butterflies/ Moths (4 complete sets in blocks of four, also oddments including $1 & $3, 6 of each), [3] Nauru 1973Pictorials (8 sets ex 15c), [4] Norfolk Island 1966 Opts (3 sets [simplified], CTO plus many additional CTO values to 50c (7)), 1987-88 Scenes 80c-$2 in blocks of 10, MUH, [5] PNG 1952-58 Picts 7½d Yam House (7), 2/- Masks (block of 9), 2/6d Shepherd (9),mostly CTO, few later issues. (100s) $150

1599 * Christmas Island 1993-2003 Duplicated unaddressed FDC selection including 1993 Scenic Views (4), 1994 Steam Locomotives(5), 1995 Marine Life (4 sets), various M/S, etc, (124 covers), [2] Cocos 1994-2003 unaddressed FDC range including 1994 MaineLife sheetlet (1), strips (3 sets), 1995 Sea Birds set (4), M/S (6, including 2 with ‘Jakarta’ opts), Insects (4), Fish (2 sets), 1996Quarantine (4), etc, (64). Overall retail approx A$630+. (188) $200

1600 **/ U Collection Including [1] Cocos including 1969 Japanese Pack, 1978 1985-86 Shells & Mulluscs (9 sets), [2] Nauru 1978 DefinitivePack, 1983 Independence (11sets), 1985 Air Nauru (9 sets in sheets), Audubon Birds (7 sets), Christmas (sheet), 1986 Transport(7 sets), Bank (6 sets).etc Retail A$400+. (few 100) $150

1601 ** Definitive Issues From [1] AAT 1966-68 Pictorials (2 sets), [2] Christmas Island 1968-70 Fish (2 sets), [3] Norfolk Island 1960-62 Pictorials (3 sets). (85) $150

1602 U Ex-Dealers Approval Selection of used issues priced on cards in packets of $90 x4, $100 x4, $150 x6, $200 x4 from AAT,Christmas Isl, Cocos, Nauru, Norfolk, PNG. Priced to sell at $2,200. (100s) $600

1603 ** Territories Gathering from [1] AAT 1966-68 Pictorials, [2] Cocos 1979-80 Fish, 1982-83 Butterflies/ Moths, 1985-86 Shells &Mulluscs (2 sets), 1994 Aust Post Transfer (8 sheetlets), [3] Norfolk Isl. 1960-62 Picts to 5/- (5 sets), 2006 QEII Baton Relay (12sets in a block), Traditional Hats (16 sets in sheets), [4] PNG 1977 Headdress K2 (7), etc. Retail $ 300+. (280+ & 8 sheetlets). $120

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Collections and Accumulations1604 ** 1957-61 Pre-Decimal Issues in Complete Sheets SG #1-7, all with some or several units affected by gumside tone spots or

patches showing through to surface in places, generally fresh, all folded centrally, MUH, Cat £1,100+ as single stamps. (7 sheets) $1801605 ** 1957-2002 Collection almost complete. Retail $200.(150+ & 1 M/S). $901606 ** —- almost complete. Retail approx $200. (Approx 140 & M/S). $1001607 */**/ U 1966 Decimal Pictorials 10 sets, (comprising 2 sets unmounted, 6 sets mounted and 2 sets ‘CTO’ with Australian cancels) SG

#8-18. (110) $1001608 * 1980-2002 Unaddressed FDC collection almost complete with lightly duplicated array varying between 2 and 6 covers for most

issues. Many with KINGSTON, TAS cancels. Vendor states retail is $500+. (100+) $200CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Collections and Accumulations1609 ** 1958 Definitives 6 sets including 2 marginal sets. Retail $400+. (60) $1501610 **/ U 1958-2006 Accumulation in two Lighthouse stockbooks (one almost empty) with many odd value definitive issues incl 1968 Fish

15c (8), $1 (6), 1982 Birds $2 (6), $4 (4), 1987-88 Wildlife $2 (7), $5 (11), 1990 Transport (4 sets including 3 packs), 1992 Shells(set, plus additional $2 x2). Commems include 1971 Christmas (23 sets),1973 Christmas (6 sets), 1986 Halley’s Comet (11 sets),1990 Abbott’s Booby M/S ‘NZ 1990’ (2), 1991Mining (5 strips), Christmas (5 sets), 1993 Seabirds strip (16), M/S (8), Scenes (19sets), Naming $2 (8), 1995 Year of Pig M/S (4), 1996 Year of Rat M/S (10), 1998 Marine Life sheetlet (3), 1999 Year of Rabbit M/S(10), 2000 Year of Dragon M/S (6), 2004 Underwater sheetlet (3), 2006 Year of Dog Zodiac sheetlet, etc, Many M/S plus smallarray of used/ CTO issues including 1958 Queen set, 2003 Zodiac sheetlet (8), etc. Retail approx A$1,850+. (100s) $800

1611 ** 1968 Fish (3 sets), 1982-83 Birds (6 sets). Retail approx A$270. (132) $1201612 ** 1978-2005 Accumulation including 1979 Roland Hill Strips (10), 1981 Christmas M/S (11), 1991 Police M/S (6), 2000 Year of

Dragon M/S (13), 2004 Underwater Sheetlet (11), 2005 Year of Rooster M/S (7, plus Zodiac Sheetlet & 6 gutter strips), etc. RetailA$800. (100s) $400


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1613 ** 1994-2005 Miniature Sheet selection with Exhibition/ Stamp Show opts including 1994 Year of the Dog Hong Kong opt, MelbourneStamp & Coin Show (2), Canberra (3), Queensland (2), 1995 Year of Pig Melbourne (4), Taiwan/ Sydney (numbered sheet), 2005Year of Rooster Taipei opt (7). Retail $280+. (20 M/ S) $120

COCOS ISLANDS | Collections and Accumulations1614 ** 1958-90 Collection almost complete. Retail $450+. (200+ & 2 M/S). $2201615 **/ U 1963 Pictorials 6 sets, including one CTO. (36) $1201616 ** 1963-93 Collection almost complete. Retail $280+ (240+ & 2 M/S). $1501617 **/ U 1963-2004 Accumulation in large battered Lighthouse stockbook with few earlies, 1969 Pictorials (7 sets), 1976 Ships (7 sets),

1982-83 Butterflies (8 sets), 1985 Shells & Molluscs (11 sets), Coconut (3 sets) M/S (5),1989 Sydney-Embden strip (3) M/S (2),2004 Royal Visit (16 pairs) M/S optd ‘Singapore’ (8), many commem sets in gutter blocks or pairs, few packs incl 1969 Pictorials(2, one is Japanese pack, both with stamps askew as usual), also Australia 1966 Decimal issues 1c to $4 incl coil pairs (ex 2c) allcancelled with ‘Cocos’ cds. Retail value far exceeds A$700+. (1,000s) $300

1618 **/ U 1981-2006 Sheetlet or Miniature Sheet accumulation including 1987 America’s Cup opt,1988 Coconut M/S (3), SYDPEX M/S,1989 Sydney-Embden strips (4), M/S (3), 1992 WWF M/S (4), sheetlets (4), 1984 Marine Life Sheetlet (8 incl 5 unmounted). RetailA$330+. (53 items) $120

COCOS ISLANDS

1619 ** 1963 Pictorials Set in marginal blocks of 4. (24) $1001620 1963 Pictorials 5 sets including 4 sets in blocks. (30) $120NAURU | Collections and Accumulations1621 */**/ U 1916-90s Collection on partially annotated pages including range of Ships (14) to 2/- (used), many later issues almost complete

and mostly unmounted. (400+ & 6 m/s). $801622 ** 1924-90 Collection on stock cards almost complete with many defin sets, 1978 Provisionals, etc. Retail approx A$300+. (320+) $1201623 ** 1954-2000s Accumulation in two 64 page sparsely filled Schaubek albums including 1963 Picts, 1974 1st Contact (2 sets), 1979

Pictorials (4 sets), 1980 London M/S (7), 1991 Flowers (4 sets), 1995 Asia opt M/S, Peace sheet, 1997 Fish strips (5), sheetlet (3),QEII Wedding M/S (3), 1999 Aust Expo M/S (3), 2000 Phosphate Corp M/S (perf & imperf), 2002 QE Jubilee M/S (3), Fire Fighters(2 sets & 2 M/S), 2003 Anemone/ Fish M/S, Zeppelin sheetlet (2), M/S (3), Reed Warbler M/S (3), 2005 Birdlife M/S (3 sets of 3M/S), etc. Retail Approx A$2,500. (100s) $750

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1624 * 1916-23 Overprints on GB KGV complete SG #1-16, Cat £150. First 2d is Die I SG #4, couple a bit off-centre but all designs clearof perfs. Very fresh, retail c$240. (15) $80

NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints1625 ** 1914 ‘GRI’ on Marshall Islands 5mm Spacing 1d green block of 4, SG #51, lightly tropicalised, minor gum bend, a few separated

perfs, Cat £600. $225NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards1626 PS 1915 Surcharged ‘G.R.I.’ 2d on 10pf, HG #2, cancelled with very fine triple-oval ‘RABAUL/ FEB27 1915/ NEW BRITAIN’, light

pencilled address to Derby, England unusually with pencilled shorthand message on back. Fresh. $150NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Collections and Accumulations1627 */ U Selection on Hagner with KGV 1918-23 ½d to 5d mint plus 4d & 5d used, Change of Colours to 4d violet & 4d ultramarine mint;

Roos mostly mint with 1915-16 5/- SG #92 used (Cat £110), 1918-23 3d SG #109 & 2/- SG #115 mint; also G.R.I. Overprints onMarshall Islands 2d on 10pf & 2d on 20pf SG #52-53 (both toned) & on New Guinea 2d on 20pf SG #19; some stamps in mixedcondition so estimated accordingly, Cat £300+. (40) $160


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1628 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 1st Wmk 1/- green (c), SG #81, very fresh and well centred plus1918-23 3d greenish-olive SG 109, both wellcentred. (2) $80

1629 F —- 10/- grey & pink (b), SG #84, Cat £160, tiny thin at base, fine ‘KOKOPO’ cds blank at base. $1201630 F —- 10/- grey & pink (a) on piece, ACSC #84, fine ‘RABAUL/ 27MY20’ cancel, retail $275. $2001631 F —- 10/- grey and pink (c) SG #84. ‘CANCELLED/ NAURU’ d/ ring cancel, very fresh, current retail $275. $1401632 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey and yellow (c) SG #92. Just o/c SE, strong fresh colours, current retail $175. $1001633 */ U 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk [1] 2/- brown (a), [2] 2/- brown (a) with wmk inverted, both mint, [3] 2/- brown (c) with bogus cds,

SG #97. $80

1634 F —- £1 chocolate and dull blue (c), SG #99, (retail $675), nice ‘RABAUL’ cds, few short perfs at left do not detract. $4001635 ** 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 3d olive Die I block of six, SG 109. Fresh. Retail for MUH $300. $1001636 * —- 3d greenish olive Die II SG #109b. Tiny gum spot upper left hardly seen from front and slightly o/c right. Very fresh, retail c$225. $1001637 F 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 4d orange SG #O4, couple light perf discolouration, part Rabaul 1920 corner cds. Just o/c

right with strong colour, retail c$225. $1001638 F —- Perf ‘OS’ 5d brown (comb perf) SG #O5. Barely off centre left and light part cds, strong colour, retail c$175. $901639 F 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 2d grey and 6d greyish ultramarine SG #O6 & O9a. Both just o/c right cds examples (bit

heavy on 2d), strong colours with retail c$450. PLUS a just o/c 1916 2/- brown wmk inverted SG #97w MLH retail c$75. (3) $2201640 F —- Perf ‘OS’ 2½d indigo SG #O7. Well centred, neat light corner cds and strong colour, retail c$325. $1601641 F —- Perf ‘OS’ 9d violet Die IIB SG #O10. Roughly struck cds, almost perfectly centred with strong fresh colour, retail c$275. $1301642 V 1918-23 KGV Single Wmk Perf ‘OS’ 4d ultramarine (pale shade) SG #O21. Almost perfect centring with part light Rabaul cds.

Strong colour, retail c$225. $120


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NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Official Stamps

1643 F 1919-23 KGV Rough Paper Perf ‘OS’ 1d rosine SG #O16. Off centre SW with 1923 cds, strong colour, retail c$375. $160NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints | Postal History1644 * 1924 envelope (storage fold, missing flap, pinholes and small peripheral reinforcement) to Toledo, Ohio, USA franked 1d violet SG

#120 block of 4 cancelled two neat strikes ‘RABAUL/ 27FE24/ NEW GUINEA’ cds. Scarce to rare multiple franking, uncommoindestination. $325

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Collections and Accumulations1645 */ U 1925-39 Collection With 1925 Huts to 1/-, 1931 Hut Airs various to 1/-, Dated Birds to 1/-, 1932-34 Undated Birds various to 2/-,

1939 Bulolo to 4d, etc, used include 1932-34 Undated Bird Airs 10/-, generally fine. Cat £300+. (61) $100NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues1646 */ U 1925-31 Huts Selection comprising 1925-27 set to 2/- mint or used, 1931 Airs to 2/- mint plus 5/- & 10/- used, plus Officials set

mint, odd minor blemish, generally fine, Cat £380+. (31) $2501647 */ U 1931 Dated Birds to 10/- MLH (4d is used) SG #150-161 & Airs to 10/- (9d is used) SG #163-175, a few values with gumside

tonespots, generally fine, Cat £400+. (25) $2501648 */ U 1932-34 Undated Birds to 10/- mostly mint plus £1 used, Airs to 5/- mostly mint plus 10/- & £1 used, optd ‘OS’ to 9d mint plus 1/-

& 2/- used, a few blemishes but generally fine, Cat £650+. (42) $280

1649 * —- ½d to £1 complete set SG #177-89 mint, key 5/- to £1 MVLH, Cat £250. (15) $2251650 * —- ½d to £1, SG #177-89, (retail $375), very fine. (15) $2201651 ** 1932-34 Undated Birds Airs ½d orange SG #190 Without Overprint see Gibbons footnote, seldom offered, fine unmounted. $3001652 * —- set to £1, SG #190-203, Cat £250, (9d & 10/- minor faults), £1 (**). (16) $1901653 U —- set to £1, SG #190-203, Cat £300, generally fine, few nibbled perfs. (16) $1501654 * 1935 £2 Bright Violet Bulolo Air SG #204, (retail $375), fresh. $220

1655 F —- SG #204, part Wau cds, Cat £140. $1101656 F 1935 £5 Emerald-Green Bulolo Air SG #205, 1938 Wau cds, Stolow guarantee handstamp, Cat £450. $3801657 */ U 1939 Bulolo Air set used except ½d (gum fault), 1½d, 4d, 6d & £1 which are MLH, some blemishes (2/- has a shallow margin thin,

10/- a small surface rub), overall of fine appearance, Cat £700+. (14) $380NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Official Stamps1658 * 1931 Birds ‘OS’ Overprints Set SG #O31-O41, Cat £225. (11) $1601659 * 1932-34 Undated Bird Airs Optd ‘OS’ set of 13 SG #O42-54, (retail c$375). Fine. (13) $160


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NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Postal History

1660 *F 1938 (26 May) airmailed cover (small opening tears) Perth to Port Moresby per inaugural airmail to Papua, overweight andunderfranked at 6d, showing ‘TAX’ (violet) and mss. “10d” and bearing Undated Bird 3d and Air 5d and 2d affixed at Rabaul to paytax. Extremely rare adaptation of regular stamps for Postage Due purposes. $440

1661 * 1939 (Feb 10) Bank of New South Wales airmail cover to Switzerand franked with undated Birds 1d, 2d, 6d & 1/- tied by Salamuadatestamps, Townsville (Qld) transit backstamp. $100

NORFOLK ISLAND | Collections and Accumulations1662 */**/ U 1947-90 Collection in as new ‘Prinz’ 32 page stockbook with many earlies including 1947-59 Ball Bay to 2/- (both), 1956 White

papers (4), 1960 Pictorials to 10/-, Local Gov’t 2/8d, 1961 Fish, 1970-71 Birds, all unmounted, etc, few M/Ss, many later issuesmostly unmounted, light toning on some issues. Generally fine. $100

1663 **/ U 1947-80s Accumulation of low value definitives with many in sheets or part sheets, blocks, etc, including 1960-62 2/- (32), 2/5d(15), 2/8d (15), good range of 1966 Decimal opts (some values 30+) to $1(4), 1976-77 Butterflies (8 sets), few later commem issuesin blocks of 4 or gutter blocks of 10, etc. also few packs plus 2001 Green Parrot Newspaper wrapper diagonally optd ‘SPECIMEN’in red, range of low value CTO issues (many with gum). (1,000s) $250

1664 ** 1947-97 Ex-Dealer’s Stock in 64 page Schaubek stockbook including1960 Defins also additional 10/- Bird (2, & ungummed13½mm ‘SPECIMEN’), 2/8d Local Gov’t, 1973-75 Buildings (4 sets), 1974 UPU M/S (2), 1980-81 Aircraft (5 sets), 1984 Flowers(7 sets), 1987-88 Scenes (2 sets), Parrot Strip, 1994 Pacific Explorers (7 sets), 1995 Victory Singapore $10 (8), 1996 Tourism (13sets), 1997 50 Years of Norfolk stamps (3 sets). Plus duplicated range of commems, and useful odd definitives, many M/S, etc,Retail A$2,000++. (1,000s) $750

1665 */**/ U 1947-96 Collection mostly mint including Ball Bay White Paper 3d green & 2/- blue MUH, 1960 Surcharges set & 2/8d Local Govtblocks of 4 MUH, 1970-90s sets largely complete MUH in blocks of 4 or larger multiples but many are affected by toning, also fewstamp/ phonecard packs. Modest estimate applied. (100s) $150

1666 */ ** 1953-85 Issues on stockcards mostly unmounted including 1953 Definitives, 1960-62 to 10/-, 1966 Decimal with both 1c & $1,1970-71 Birds, etc, (1960 2/8d Local Gov’t & 1973-75 Buildings are mounted). Retail stated to be $600+. (330 + & UPU M/S). $300

1667 ** 1960 Surcharges 4 sets. SG 37-39. (12) $801668 ** 1966-80s Accumulation in 2 sheet file books, some earlier issues in sheets with many of the early 80s issues in blocks of 15.

Retail approx A$600. (100s) $3001669 ** 1975-80 Ex-Dealer’s Stock on Hagners including 1977 Jubilee (33), 1978 Guides (9 sets), Cook Northern Voyage (33 sets), 1979

R. Hill (56 sets) M/S (29), 1980 Lions (40), Rotary (46), Queen Mother (30 sets), etc. Retail A$400++. $1501670 ** 1979-90s Miniature Sheet accumulation on Hagners including 1981 Migration (15), 1986 Ameripex (6), 1990 Fragrance (10), 1992

QE Jubilee (4),1998 Year of Tiger (9), Diana (5), 1999 IBRA Duck (4), also range of issues in sheetlets or blocks of 10 including1982 Philip/ Nepean Island (15 sets), 2002 Norfolk-New Caledonia Sperm Whale (50 sets in sheetlets), 2003 Lilies (10 blocks of10), Personalised stamps (23 sets in sheets), etc. RetailA$1,600+. (100s) $500

1671 ** 1980-82 Accumulation mostly in panes of 50 including 1980 Rotary (25), Queen Mother (50 sets), 1981 Migration (100 sets),Christmas (50 sets), Silver-Eye (20 strips in sheets), 1982 Shipwrecks (50 sets), 1982 Military Uniforms (20 sets). Retail A$800+.(1,100+) $400

1672 ** 1985 Whaling Ships (both series) in complete sheets of 50. Retail $370. (400) $1501673 ** 1993-2004s Booklet Selection including 1993 Tourism (2, one with gutter strip), 1994 Birds (2), Nudibranch, few later, range of

‘Local’ issue booklets, also 2001 Fragrance booklet (6), Retail A$400+. (36) $2001674 ** 1998-2009 Ex-Dealer’s Stock in Lighthouse 48 page stockbook with 1998 Fish (7 sets), 2003 Flowers (5 sets), Flight set & M/S

(7 sets), many other issues with 5 or more sets of most issues.Many M/Ss incl fewStamp Exhibition M/Ss. Retail A$3,000+++.(100s) $1,500

1675 ** 2001 Fragrance Prestige Booklet ‘BELGICA’ cover. Retail A$275. (5) $1201676 AA 2004-05 Fragrance Prestige M/ S optd ‘SPECIAL/ EDITION’, SG MS887.Retail A$280. (8) $1201677 * Cancels on 13 lcovers or fronts, including one reg. and 7 cutouts mostly on exhibition pages with notations, Bicentennial Log-Book

mostly complete and 1953 series with latter period surcharges. $80NORFOLK ISLAND1678 ** 2003 Powered Flight M/ S with Hong Kong opt. Retail A$450. (5) $2001679 ** 1986 Christmas set of 3 in imperforate gutter pairs with colour bars. Believed that only one sheet of 50 for each value was

produced, with gutter pairs being rare. $250NORFOLK ISLAND | First Day Covers1680 * 1947-80s Extensive accumulation including 1947-59 Ball Bay (3 sets), 3d green & 2/- blue (12 sets), 1953 Pictorials to 5/- (3 sets),

1956 Pitcairners (24 sets), 1959 Post Office (4), 1960 Surcharges (4 sets), numerous other pre-decimal issues including someregistered. Decimals to approx mid 1980s with many commemorative and definitive sets noticed, range of first flight covers (somesigned), condition in earlies is mixed and many covers are unaddressed. Retail approx $3,500. Suit re-seller. (100s) $500

1681 * 1958 Surcharges 7d & 8d tied to illustrated FDC by ‘NORFOLK ISLAND/ IJY58/ AUST’ cds, typed address, trivial toning. Thescarcest of all the Norfolk Is FDCs. $120

PAPUA | Collections and Accumulations1682 */ U 1901-10 Array on Album Pages with BNG mint or used including mint 6d Wmk Horizontal mint & 2½d Wmk Vertical, Large ‘Papua’

Wmk Horizontal 6d mint & used & 1/- mint, Small ‘Papua’ Thick Paper 2½d Wmk Horizontal mint & Wmk Vertical 2½d mint(inverted ‘d’ for ‘p’) & used and 1/- mint, condition variable however key items are generally fine, Cat well over £500. (29) $380

1683 * 1901-32 with 1901-05 to 2½d, 1906-07 Opts various to 2/6d, 1907-10 various Large Papua to 2/6d, 1929-30 Airmail opts (4), 19329d & 1/3d. Generally fine. (34) $150


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1684 */ ** 1901-1917 Selection incl 1901-05 Lakatois ½d to 1/- thick paper, wmk horizontal, 1901-05 wmk vertical 1d-2½d, 6d & 1/-, also1917 ‘ONE PENNY’ Surcharges. Generally fine, few unmounted. (20) $180

1685 */ U 1910-39 Collection on Album Pages with Large ‘PAPUA’ Perf 12½ to 1/- (ex 1d) mint, Monocolours mint and used including 1dwith oval ‘LOOSE LETTER’ cancel & KPM ‘TASMAN’ straight-line ship cancel in violet, ‘ONE PENNY’ Surcharges mint and/or used,Bicolours mint and/or used to 2/6d used & 5/- mint including mint varieties ½d Hairline, 2d Rift in sky (in a pair) & 6d Deformed2nd ‘P’ of ‘PAPUA’ plus 1½d ‘POSTACE’ used, optd ‘OS’ set mint (ex 9d & 1/ 3d), 1929-31 Overprints & Surcharges including‘AIRMAIL’ opt on 3d Harrison Printing yellowish paper SG #113 mint, Ash 2d on 1½d ‘POSTACE’ in a mint block of 4, 1932 9dBicolour used, 1932 Pictorials to 2/- used, 1934 Declaration mint & used, 1935 Jubilee mint & used, 1938 Air mint, conditionvariable but mostly fine, Cat £750+. $380

1686 * 1916-30 6d ‘POSTACE’ Flaws At Left comprising 1916-31 Cooke (toning) & Ash Printings in pairs SG 101c x2, 1920 Harrison &Ash Airplane overprints SG #116a & #119a, Cat £335. (4 items). $240

1687 */ **U 1931-1980s Collection on Hagners with New Guinea mint Dated Birds Airs to 5/-, Undated Birds to 2/- & Airs to 5/- (ex 2/-); Papuamint 1932 Pictorials to 6d, 1935 Jubilee & 1938 Declaration (mild tonespots on gum); PNG 1952 Pictorials used to £1, 10/- Rabaul& £1 Queen (minor gum adhesions) MUH, 1960-80s sets mint (many MUH) or used; generally fine condition. $200

1688 */**/ U Lakatoi Accumulation with BNG to 1/- mint (gum faults), Large ‘Papua’ Wmk Vertical ½d to 2½d SG #21-24 used, Small ‘Papua’2/6d perf ‘OS’ SG #O1 used, various Large ‘PAPUA’ mint or used to 2/6d x3 SG #48 mint (‘S’ of ‘POSTAGE’ at right joined toframeline beneath) SG #82 & 83 used plus ½d Perf 11 optd ‘Stamp Duty’, Monocolours set mint, Bicolours mint or used to 2/6dSG #103 used & 5/- marginal MUH plus 1/3d optd ‘OS’ mint, 1917 Surcharges set mint, 1929-32 mint or used including optd ‘AIRMAIL’ Harrison 3d SG #113 used, 2d on 1½d Mullett block of 4 SG #121 used (Cat £96+), 2d on ½d Ash corner marginal pair with‘POSTACE’ at right SG #122a mint & 1932 1/3d SG #128 used, 1938 Declaration used, 1939-41 Air to 1/6d mint or used; alsoPNG pre-decimals with 1952 Pictorials to £1 plus 10/- & £1 optd ‘SPECIMEN’ all MUH; mixed condition but heaps of value atestimate, Cat well over £1,000 (excl BNG set). (250+) $750

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1689 * 1901-05 British New Guinea Wmk Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown SG #8, very well centred, hinge remainder, Cat£650. $525

1690 * 1901-05 British New Guinea Wmk Horizontal Thin Paper ½d black & yellow-green SG #1a, lightly mounted, Cat £275. $2201691 * —- 2½d black & ultramarine SG 4a, some mild toning at top an on gumside, Cat £375. $2401692 * 1901-05 British New Guinea Wmk Vertical Thin Paper 1/- black & orange SG 15a, some light toning at top, vCat £850. $420

1693 * —- 2/6d black & brown SG #16a, lightly mounted, Cat £600. $4801694 * 1906 Large ‘Papua’ Wmk Horizontal Thick Paper 4d to 2/6d SG #17-20, fine mint, Cat £492. (4) $4501695 —- 4d black & sepia SG #17, excellent centring, MUH, Cat £250+. Premium example. $2001696 * 1906 Large ‘Papua’ Wmk Vertical ½d to 4d SG #21-25, fine mint, Cat £268. (5) $240

1697 * 1906 Large ‘Papua’ Wmk Vertical Thick Paper 4d black & sepia deformed ‘d’ at left SG #25a, some minor toning at top and ongum, excellent centring, Cat £1,600. [Mint examples absent from both the Rybak & Troy Auctions] $1,000

1698 W —- 1/- black & orange SG 27, some toning at top & slight oxidisation, gum traces, Cat £1,800. $750


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1699 * 1907 Small ‘Papua’ Wmk Horizontal Thin Paper ½d SG #34a MVLH & 2½d SG 35a MLH, Cat £135. (2) $1201700 * —- 2½d black & ultramarine SG 35a & 2½d black & dull blue SG 35ac (gum bend), both with excellent centring, Cat £370. [The

dull blue shade is undercatalogued with many of the examples offered to the market being incorrectly identified] $3601701 * 1907 Small ‘Papua’ Wmk Horizontal Thick Paper 1/- black & orange SG #36, excellent centring, Cat £275. $2601702 * 1907 Small Papua Wmk Vertical ½d to 1/- SG #44b & 2/6d SG #45a (ex 2½d), most values lightly mounted, Cat £188. (7) $150

1703 * 1907 Small ‘Papua’ Wmk Vertical 2d black & purple SG #40 with offset overprint on the reverse, lightly mounted. $801704 * 1907-10 Small ‘PAPUA’ Wmk Upright Perf 11 1d black & rose SG #49 with transient ‘OP’ Flaw in ‘PAPUA’. Eye-catching variety. $80

1705 * 1909-10 Small ‘PAPUA’ Wmk Sideways Perf 12½ 6d SG 70 6d black & myrtle-green SG 70 being the key issue in the series,some trivial gum loss at top where stamp was previously hinged, Cat £4,500. $3,600

1706 * 1916-31 Bi-Colours ½d to 10/- (toned gum) (includes Official ‘repair tags’ on 2d, 4d unused), also 1932 9d & 1/-, SG #93-105,127-28, Cat £212. Several minor varieties noted. (16) $250

1707 * —- 10/- green & pale ultramarine SG #105, lightly mounted, Cat £160. $1251708 */ ** 1932-40 Pictorials set to £1, SG #130-45 MVLH, some values including key 2/6d to £1 are unmounted, Cat £475+. (16) $4501709 */ U —- ½d to 2/- MVLH including McCracken Printing ½d plus fine used 2/6d to £1 (couple of nibbed perfs), Cat £450+. (16) $3801710 */ W —- set to £1 (small thin & 5/- no gum), SG #131-45, Cat £450. (16) $250


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1711 */ ** 1935 Silver Jubilee Ash imprint blocks of 4, the lower left units on the 1d, 3d & 5d blocks with accent flaw, 1d block with papercrease through lower units, lower units of each block MUH, Cat £220. (4 blocks). $140

1712 * —- Ash imprint pairs tied to cover by Ioma ‘11JUL35’ cancels, the lower-left units of 1d, 3d & 5d pairs with accent flaws, sometonespotting, Cat £250+. $140

PAPUA | Official Stamps1713 */ ** 1931-32 Lakatois Optd ‘OS’ complete, 3d, 4d & 6d have partial ‘JOHN ASH’ imprint impressions in selvedge. Generally fine. (12) $1001714 * —- to 2/6d (both) SG #O55-O66a, a few including 2/6d SG #O66 with moderate gun toning, Cat £185. (13) $1201715 U —- ½d to 2/6d maroon & pale pink excluding 9d & 1/3d, the ½d, 1d & 1½d in pairs, Samarai 1931 “per favour” cancels, Cat £250+. $180PAPUA | Postal History

1716 *F 1906 (Sep 26) use of 2d BNG x2 on cover to ‘Mrs M.J.W. Mongan/ Haselbury Bryan Rectory’, stamps cancelled with fine ‘BNG’(A1+) tied with ‘SAMARAI/ 26SP06/ BRITISH NEW GUINEA’. Nice cover with just a few rough edges. $750


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1717 * 1941 1941 (Jun 8) registered commercial airmail cover to New Zealand with scarce franking of 1941 1/6d Air tied by Port Moresby‘3JE41’ cds, diamond ‘1/ 3/ PASSED/BY/ CENSOR/1’ censor cachet in violet, Sydney backstamp, fine condition. [Almost all coversbearing this stamp were posted on the first day of issue] $250

1718 * Cover Selection comprising 1934 Australia-Papua flight cover, FDCs with 1937 Coronation plus registered 1938 Airs (2, one witha two complete sets) & 1939 Air 2d to 1/-, mostly fine, stamps alone Cat £160+. (5) $120

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Collections and Accumulations

1719 * 1952-58 Pictorial Set to £1, also additional values to 2/6d plus 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman (both with sweated gum) optd‘SPECIMEN’. (31) $100

1720 * 1943 ‘Postage/1d/ Paid’ Airmail Letter Card (small fault) from soldier at FPO 069 (9 BDE 5 DIV. -Milne Bay) to Darwin, [2] WWIIundated OAS envelope with ‘BUKA/ (flag)A.V DAPHNE (flag)/ BOUGAINVILLE’ endorsement to Rev. Voyce, Buin, [3] PNG 1960 (9Apr) ‘RELIEF No 6/ PAPUA N.G.’ cds tying 1/7d Cattle & 5d on ½d opt pair alongside ‘KAINANTU’ registration label and on reverse‘LAE’ & ‘PORT MORESBY’ cds. (3) $80

1721 **/ F 1952-80s close to complete MUH and fine used on hagners and on leaves, from first pictorial defins complete fresh MUH and FUwith extras, ditto 1958-60 new values including 1/7d Cattle MUH x2 and VFU x3, 5/- Coffee MUH x2 and VFU x4 (some mis-registration giving appearance of broken stem), £1 QEII MUH x3 and VFU. Postage dues include 1960 set of 8 MUH. Good valuelot, min local retail $650+. (100s) $175

1722 */**/ U 1952-88 Accumulation in battered 64 page stockbook with issues including 1952-58 various MUH/ MLH to 10/-, used to £1, 1958-60 1/7d MLH, used (3), 1963 Rabaul 10/-, £1 Queen (5, incl 4 CTO), 1964-65 Birds 10/- (5), 1966 Butterflies 12c (7), $1 (35), $2(30), 1984 5k Bird of Paradise (5), numerous other definitive issues, sets, part sets, etc. Generally fine. Very high retail. (100s) $250

1723 **/ * 1952-92 almost complete per Ka-Be hingeless pages SG#1-674 including more common postage dues. Some earlier * (eg £1Fisherman, 1/7d Cattle, £1 QEII, 1964 Birds set) otherwise looks to be ** throughout. Pre-decimals **/* retail c$250, mainly fine tovery fine. (100s) $140

1724 */**/ U 1952-1980s Collection mostly mint with patchy pre-decimals including 1952 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman (colour transfer on gum)MUH, decimals mostly in multiples MUH including 1984 5k Raggiana Bird corner blocks of 4 x2 & 1985 Wood Carvings in blocksof 10, 1986 ‘Ameripex’ Birds corner blocks of 6, toning concerns throughout. $80

1725 AA 1960s-80s Accumulation including 1962 SPC in imprint blocks of 4, 1964-65 Birds, 7 sets (all ex 5/-) plus lower values in largemultiples with 1/- (93), 2/3d (38), 1968-69 Shells $1 (12), 1977-78 Headdresses (4 sets), 1982 Anpex 16 sets in corner blocks, fewbooklets & odd packs. (100s) $100

1726 ** 1966-89 Collection almost complete on stockcards with many definitive sets, etc. Retail stated by vendor to be $500+. (400+) $2001727 ** 1968-69 Shells 13 sets (including blocks of 12 of all values). (195) $1501728 ** —- 20 sets including several in blocks. (300) $2001729 ** 1980-2002 ex-dealer’s stock with up to 8 or 10 sets of many issues including 1988 Butterflies (10 sets), 1991-93 Birds small ‘t’ to

10k (3 sets), large ‘T’ (4 sets), 1993 Freshwater Fish (8 sets), 1994 HK Bird strip (4), 1994-95 Artifacts (3 sets), few opts, many M/S’s, etc. Retail $2,300+. (100s) $600

1730 ** 2003-09 Ex-dealers stock with multiple sets of many issues including 2003 Coastal Villages (9 sets), Dolphins (6 sets & 6 M/S),2004 Fish (4 sets) many later issues, Personalised sheets (2), M/Ss, few booklets. Retail $3,000+. (100s) $750


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1731 ** 1952-58 ‘SPECIMEN’ Overprints 10/- Map and £1 Fisherman SG #14s-15s. Very fresh well-centred, Cat £100. $851732 ** 1952-65 ‘SPECIMEN’ Overprints optd fresh MUH (ex noted) ‘SPECIMEN’ 10/- Map, £1 Fisherman, 10/- Rabaul MLH 15½mm opt,

£1 QEII, 10/- Bird, SG #14-5s, 44-5s, 71s. Very fresh, Cat £275. PO 10/10/ 1946. (5) $1601733 ** —- 10/- Map, £1 Fisherman, 1963 10/- Rabaul & £1 QEII and 10/- Bird, SG #14-15s, 44-45s & 71s, fine unmounted. $3001734 ** 1994 Provisional Surcharges set of 11 SG #730-740, retail c$350. (11) $1251735 ** 1994 5t on 35t Musical Bow Surcharge SG #731, marginal pair from top of sheet showing ‘5t’ and ‘block’ heavily over-inked. $60

1736 ** 1994 Emergency Surcharges (Oct 3) 5t on 35t Musical Bow SG #731 in NE corner imprint block of 4. Well-centred and very fresh- as four normals, extrapolated retail c$240. $120

1737 ** —- (Oct 3) 5t on 35t Musical Bow vertical pair variety of SG #731 with strong overprint offset. Well-centred and very fresh, ascarce uncatalogued variety. $120

1738 ** —- (Aug 28) 21t on 80t Shells SG #734, two NE corner well-centred imprint blocks of 4, one very light overprint with original valueclearly seen beneath the overprint on all four units. $120

1739 ** —- (Aug 28) 21t on 80t Shells SG #734, in the four well-centred corner positional imprint blocks of four, the SW corner blockshowing the overprint shifted slightly low. (4) $150


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1740 ** —- (Nov 28) 50t on 35t Rouna Falls SG #735 in upper marginal well-centred fresh block of 4, min current retail (as 4 singles) $180. $1001741 * —- (Nov 28) both 50t on 35t SG #735 & 736 on separate envelopes air mail from Lae to Queensland in November 1995. [No matter

how they arose, these Emergency Surcharges on cover are very scarce.] (2) $1001742 ** 1995 Second Bird Overprints 21t on 45t (1992) small ‘t’ & 21t on 90t (1992) small ‘t’. 3 sets. (6) $3001743 ** 1995 Bird of Paradise Overprinted Surcharges (Aug 4) SG #755b-758b, the difficult second printing with distinctive obliterating

bars, the opts on small ‘t’ have ‘1993’ imprint, on large ‘T’ with ‘1992’ imprint. (4) $1001744 ** —- (Aug 4) SG #755b-758b, the difficult second printing on two August 30, 1995, air mail covers to Queensland, one with original

small ‘t’ (1993 imprint), the second with large ‘T’ (1992 imprint), and each uprated to 50t with 1994 Emergency 5t on 35t MusicalBow SG #371 and 3t Rhododendrum SG #585. [These overprints are very scarce on cover.] (2) $100

1745 * —- second printing 21t on 90t (Aug 4) SG #756b with the very scarce ‘1992’ imprint, used within Lae on commercial envelope withQueensland Insurance cachet. [Overprints on small ‘t’ with the 1992 imprint are extremely scarce, even more so on cover.] $180

1746 * 1995 Fish Opts Set (3) dated ‘20.06.95’ with ‘PORT MORESBY’ FDI cds with another cover for the same issue dated ‘19.06.95’.(The day before the Official release date). Both covers are plain and unaddressed. $80

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Postal History1747 * 1946 Higatura trimmed creased brown paper envelope inscribed “Official”, unfranked and registered to Sydney, from “A.D.O./ TUFI/

PAPUA” with contents dated Oct 24, 1946 returning “three enclosed envelopes” explaining that the request to register them couldnot be complied with “as Tufi has no Official Post Office”. Envelope has bright red “T 1/9” but whether this was collected is not cleardue cut down state. Backstamps include an incomplete ‘RELIEF’ cds. $60


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PAPUA NEW GUINEA | First Flight Covers1748 * 1953 Coronation Day illustrated flight cover with 10/- Map tied by ‘PORT MORESBY/ 2JUN53’ cds, flown to Brisbane via London,

cachet in violet, London & Sydney backstamp. $125PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Postmarks1749 * Daru: ‘DARU/ 14JE50/ PAPUA-NEW GUINEA’ on 3½d UPU strip of 3 on Wells cover with mss registration label. PO 30/10/ 1945. $1001750 * Madang: ‘MADANG/ 24AU46/ PAPUA-NEW GUINEA’ on ½d Roo & 5d Ram on air cover to Sydney PO 25/3/ 1946. $75

1751 * —- 1956 (Jan 18) commercial cover to Port Moresby with 3½d Native tied by very fine strike of ‘MADANG/ 18JA56/ PAPUA-NEWGUINEA’ cds Type #MA-2. Ex Max Bulley. [Rutherford states “...was in use only about 3 weeks, and strikes from it are among thescarcest post-war postmarks of TPNG (with the second digit being apparently too small MA-2 was withdrawn and returned toAustralia for repair but never used again)] $2,000

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Registration Labels

1752 W 1946: ‘SALAMAUA’ registration label in red, numbered ‘13’ in black being the highest number recorded for this extremely rare labeland possibly the only example known off cover. A registered cover with this label sold for $6,800+ in September 2000. $500


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