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AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1300 ** 1928-2014 M/S Collection in three volumes with basic sheets including 3d M/S, largely complete with lots of extras including

2006 Red-Back Spider M/S, 2012 Road Trip Australia Limited Edition pack, 2013 Banknote Centenary M/S with Australia 2013show overprint numbered #206 of 250, plus show overprints, imperforate sheets, limited editions, etc, face value $900+,however this is much more than just a ‘postage’ lot, a number of the specials retail at over $50 each. $1,400

AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues1301 * 1972-76 Rehabilitation usage selection comprising [1] 18c solo frankings on 1972 greetings card rate cover & on 1974 PPC,

both to Germany; [2] 12c & 18c paying airmail rate on 1973 cover to Germany; [3] 24c + QEII 6c paying airmail rate on 1973cover to USA & 1974 cover to USA with 24c + 1c Shrimp paying the reduced airmail rate. (5) $150

1302 * 1981 Sporting Personalities on-cover usage selection comprising [1] 22c Munro domestic solo usage on cover or on PPC; [2]55c Brookes solo on 1981 ‘Greetings from’ cover to NZ; [3] 60c Lindrum solo on 1981 airmail cover to Denmark; [4] 1981 22c+ 55c on 1981 underpaid cover to USA. (5) $75

1303 ** 1966-74 Navigators selection incl set 4 optd ‘SPECIMEN’, 50c horizontal strip of 5 showing ‘grossly misplced perfs’ to the right,$1 Flinders perf 14¼, BW #460-66. (10) $120

1304 ** 1966-74 $1 Flinders Perf 14¾x14 BW #464. $601305 * 1966-74 $2 Bass BW #465 plus 10c Oil & Gas on 1972 Bank of NSW cover to London. Very scarce on cover. $100

1306 * 1967 25c Christmas BW #479 scarce solo franking on 1968 (Nov 11) Business Reply cover to USA. $651307 * 1968 Olympics 5c x2 & 25c x2 BW #491-92 on 1968 (Oct 16) De Wolf Fletcher commercial double-rate cover to Germany, fine

condition. Attractive and scarce franking. $1001308 * 1970 15c Timber BW #504 x2 paying postage plus registration on 1970 (Feb 13) small cover from Bilpin to Yamba (NSW). $1001309 * 1969 15c Timber BW #504 solo frankings paying [1] unsealed greetings card rate on 1969 (Dec 9) cover to UK; [2] combined

postage plus certified fee on 1969 (Sep 22) cover, stamp with some edge toning. (2) $1201310 * 1969 25c Christmas BW #208 solo franking on 1969 (Dec 15) airmail cover to Canada. $65

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1311 * 1970 20c Expo BW #518 pair paying combined airmail & special delivery fee on 1970 (May 8) cover to Ceylon, Colombobackstamp, minor edge blemishes. Unusual usage. $100

1312 * 1970 20c Expo usage on cover comprising [1] pair on 1970 (Nov 4) registered cover to New Zealand & [2] in combination 5cExpo & 5c Rail on 1979 (Mar 31) airmail cover to USA; both items in fine condition. (2) $100

1313 * 1970 Captain Cook various frankings including [1] 30c solos paying combined postage & registration fee within Tasmania orpaying airmail rate to USA; [2] 5c se-tenant strip of 3 paying combined postage & certified fee; [3] 5c strip of 6 paying airmailfee to Switzerland or 5c strip of 5 plus 5c Expo paying airmail to Germany; [4] double-rate to USA with 5c strip of 5 plus 25cOrchid or to UK with 30c plus 20c Expo & 10c Fish also [5] imperforate 30c single on philatelic cover to Germany and two otheritems. (10) $160

1314 * 1970 30c Captain Cook BW #527 x2 on small 1970 (Jun 28) double-rate airmail cover to Germany. Rare franking. $1001315 * 1970 30c Captain Cook imperforate (from M/S) with Flinders Island Tourist Committee private overprint in upper and lower

margins, tied to a cover by Whitemark ‘23DE70’ datestamp, addressed to UK, fine condition. [Cover is believed to have beenserviced by RJ McIlroy the government medical officer on the island at the time] $100

1316 * 1971 Australia - Asia 1971 on cover usage group comprising [1] 7c Theatre perf ‘T’ on Tasmanian Tourist Bureau intra-statecover; [2] 15c Music solo airmail to Austria plus a pair on airmail cover to UK’; [2] 20c Sea Craft solo airmail to Hawaii plus incombination with QEI 1c & 4c to USA; generally fine condition. (5) $100

1317 * 1971-72 Animal Science usage selection including [1] 6c in combination with other issues paying 25c airmail rate to USA; [2]12c plus QEII 3c paying unsealed greetings card rate to USA; [3] 18c solo paying unsealed greeting card rate to UK; [4] 24c incombination with 6c on two covers paying 30c airmail rate, or in combination with 10c & 1c paying 35c airmail rate;. (6) $160

1318 ** 1971 Christmas cream paper, complete sheet of 100, tone spots in gutter only. BW #572-78, Cat $380. $2001319 * 1972 Primary Industries solo frankings comprising [1] 20c Fruit solo on 1973 (Jan 15) surface rate cover to Germany, stamp

with small fault; [2] 30c Fish on 1972 (Jul 6) airmail cover to USA & [3] 35c Beef solo on 1972 (Nov 5) airmail cover to Germany.(3) $100

1320 * 1972 18c Rehabilitation usage group to UK with solo frankings 1972 on PPC and 1972 (unsealed greeting card rate) & 1974(?)on covers, the latter with ‘AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE/ POSTAGE DEFICIENCY ADJUSTED’ oval handstamp in red; also pairon 1975 commercial cover. (4) $80

1321 * 1972 35c Christmas BW #621 paying airmail rate on 1972 (Dec 4) unsealed cover to Botswana. Elusive destination, very finecondition. $75

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1322 * 1973 National Development on-cover usage group comprising [1] 20c Shipping (+50c Pioneer Transport) on 1973 double-ratecover to Switzerland; [2] 25c Iron Ore solo on 1973 airmail cover to Hawaii; [3] 30c Beef Roads solo on cover to USA; [4] 35cMapping solo on 1973 airmail cover to Italy, cover central fold & without flap. (4) $120

1323 ** 1974-78 9c On 8c Opal variety Surcharge misplaced to the right prominent example with bars over ‘AU’ of ‘AUSTRALIA’ andwith the ‘9c’ numeral over the top left corner of the opal, plus comparison block of 4 showing normal surcharge, MUH. $50

1324 * 1973 30c Christmas BW #652 solo franking on 1973 (Oct 8) airmail cover to Germany. $65

1325 * 1973 Architecture 40c & 50c BW #656-57 on 1973 (Nov 9) Krutsch& Co (Melbourne) registered cover. $801326 * 1974 30c UPU BW #677 scarce solo franking paying airmail rate on small cover to USA. $651327 ** 1974 Christmas complete sheets with 10c ‘pip’ & ‘5’ at right, 35c ‘pip’ & ‘2’ at right. Minor blemishes on 35c. BW #680zi,681za,

Cat $300+. (200) $100

1328 * 1976 45c Christmas BW #756 strip of 5 on 1977 (Jul 18) registered cover from Sydney to Marion (SA). Rare multiple franking. $1001329 * 1976 45c Christmas BW #756 solo franking paying airmail rate on small cover to Germany. $651330 ** 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee 18c Imperforate marginal block of 4 BW #765b, minor indent lower-left unit, fresh MUH, Cat $400+. $1301331 ** 1977 QEII Silver Jubilee 18c Imperforate marginal block of 6 (3x2) BW #765b, fresh MUH, Cat $600+. $2401332 W 1977 Silver Jubilee Plate Proof 18c imperforate pair in issued colours, BW #766PP(1) on thicker paper than issued stamp,

small surface indent left-hand unit, without gum, Cat $500. $240

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1333 * 1977 45c Christmas BW #788 solo franking on 1977 (Dec 9) cover to Iceland. Rare destination. $651334 **C 1978 Aviators Group of items including 18c Hawker Misperforated - perforations shifted 2mm to right & 18c Hinkler Out of

register single both MUH, plus a few other items including signed flight cover AAMC #1846b. (7 items). $651335 ** 1978-79 20c Little Grebe error Yellow (beak & eye) omitted, very fine fresh MUH, BW #805cb $250. $100

1336 * 1983 45c Masked Woodswallow P14x14.40 solo frankings on PPCs to UK x2, also on cover to Germany or in combinationwith 30c Wallaby to UK. Hard-to-find usage items. (4) $80

1337 * 1978 Horse Racing on-cover usage group comprising [1] 20c local use on 1979 Sydney cover; [2] 50c solo on 1978 (Dec 28)Queen’s Beach (Qld) cover to USA; [3] 35c & 55c on 1979 (Jan 5) double-rate cover to Switzerland. (3) $65

1338 * 1979 55c Christmas BW #852 solo franking on 1979 airmail cover to Denmark. $60

1339 ** 1982 60c Whale Essay with solid-blue green background, BW #930E(1), fresh MUH, Cat $350 - 12 years ago - (SG #841a,Cat £250). $225

1340 * 1992 Imperforate Threatened Species 45c Dunnart from 2nd to 6th Reprint on 1993 (Jul 30) cover from Sydney to Clovelly(NSW), Cat from $400 off-cover, especially rare on cover. $250

1341 ** 1992-94 Threatened Species 45c sheetlet of 5 with ‘WORLD COLUMBIAN STAMP EXPO 92’ overprint in gold Completelyimperforate BW #1567cb, in the original pack accompanied by Wetlands vending machine booklet and an Exhibition card with45c Wallaby tied by Koala cachet, Cat $500. [Imperf sheetlets were sold by Australia Post at the exhibition and it is believed afull printer’s sheet, comprising 48 units, was sold in this way] $350

1342 ** 1992 Imperforate 45c Threatened Species Sheetlet with World Columbian Stamp Expo overprint BW #1567ca, Cat $500.[These sheetlets came from the stock sold by Australia Post at the exhibition and probably a complete printer’s sheet of 48 unitswere sold] $250

1343 * 1994-98 ATM Sheetlet Stamps reprint solo frankings on 1998-99 covers x8 between BW #1784B-1791B, generally fine. (8) $751344 * 2001 $1 Koala Greetings Stamp overprinted with International Post signifier at right BW #2418 plus 55c Rat tied by Perth

machine cancel. The first example of this overprint we have recorded on cover. $120

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1345 ** 2012 Farming (2nd Series) 20c Pineapple block of 10 (5x2) with Narrow margin between stamps on lower row resultingin an apparent misperforation, fresh MUH. The first mint example we have offered. $250

AUSTRALIA | Booklets1346 B 1913-17 2/- Red on Pink inside cover printed in red on blue-green BW #B7A, exploded with 1d x6 remaining (one with Break

in lower left of value circle #4(K)h), staple removed, with tissue interleaving intact, edge blemishes, Cat $3,000 (as anincomplete booklet). Rare survivor. $200

1347 B** 1928-30 2/3d Green on Pale Green cover with three panes KGV 1½d red P13½x12½ Watermark inverted (BW #92cc cat$325 each), BW #B39Aa, perfs at top of each pane trimmed, the back cover with some small rust marks. $250

1348 B 1990 Sydney International Airport Provisional with strip of 70c x5. Pfeffer catalogues the 75c & $1 but does not list the 70c.Extremely rare, available at the airport for about 3 months. Includes letter from the Postal Manager explaining how thesebooklets came about. $1,500

AUSTRALIA | Postage Dues1349 U 1909-1938 1/- Postage Due Selection with 1909-10 BW #D88 marginal block of 15 (3x5), strips of 3 x2, pair, plus singles x2,

1931-36 CofA P11 #D121 pair, plus 1938 #D128 block of 15 (3x5), Cat $650. $240

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1350 U 1913-30 Selection of used blocks [1] Thin Paper Wmk Crown/ Double-Lined A 1d P11 wmk sideways rejoined block of 8 withpoor BN ‘376’ used at Sydney GPO & 1d P14 ‘CA’ monogram vertical strip of 3; [2] 3rd Wmk 1d block of 4, 3d block of 4 x2,4d P11 blocks of 4 & 6. $150

1351 */ U 1902-58 Collection on Album Leaves with 1902 Converted Plates ½d block of 4 with Hobart CTO cancel, 2d Compond PerfP11½x11 SG #D10 (Cat £170), 3d x3, 4d x3, 1902-04 Completed Design 4d P11, 1931-36 P11 ½d used & 2d mint; Tasmaniandatestamps sighted including 1902 Liffey & 1906(?) Adventure Bay. (125) $275

1352 * 1902 Converted NSW Plates ½d to 5/- complete set P11½-12. Retail $750. $5501353 U 1902 Converted NSW Plates ½d to 5/- complete set P11½-12. Retail $350, good used with cds cancels. $2501354 U 1902-04 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ NSW ½d to 5/- complete set (ex 8d, plus extra 2d) P11½-12x11 or P11x11½-12.

Retail $250+, good used with cds cancels. (12) $1501355 * 1902-04 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ NSW 3d P11, BW #D25, Cat $275. Fine mint. $1751356 F 1902-04 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ NSW 5/- line P11, BW #D43. Neat corner cds, Cat $375. $1101357 F 1902-04 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ NSW 5/- line P11, BW #D43. Neat corner cds, Cat $375. $1101358 F 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ Single Lined A 1d light green P11 Wmk inverted, BW #D48a, Cat $2,000, fine 1908

cds of Carcoar. A very rare stamp. $1,0001359 G 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ Single Lined A 3d light green, BW #D52, few perf faults, Cat $450, rare. $1201360 V 1906-08 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ Single Lined A 3d P11½-12 x11, BW #D52, neat cds corner cancel. Cat $450. $3501361 * 1907 Design Completed Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A complete set (½d Wmk inverted), BW #D56-60, Retail $1,500, Fine

mint. (5) $1,1001362 U 1908-09 Stroke After Shilling Values 1/- BW #D61 strips of 3 x9 and pairs x12 plus a single all with Perth datestamps, some

blemishes, mostly fine, Cat $1,500++. Seldom offered in this quantity, especially as multiples. $3501363 * 1908-09 Stroke After Shilling Values 2/-, BW #D63, fine mint, Cat $1,500. A rare stamp. $1,000

1364 * 1909-10 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thick Paper complete set (1d & 2d are both Die I) Perf 12x12½, BW #D76, Cat $1,700+. $1,4001365 U 1909-10 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thick Paper complete set (1d is Die II & 2d Die I) Perf 12x12½, Retail $970. All with

cds cancels, 10/- is CTO. (11) $6501366 U 1909-10 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thick Paper Hagners with used 4d x35 including block of 9 & blocks of 6 x2, 6d x5

including marginal block of 4, 1/- x41 including marginal block of 4 (one unit torn), strip of 3, and pairs x5, BW #D85-86 & 88group, some blemishes mostly fine, Perth datestamps, Cat $1,000+. (81) $240

1367 * 1909-10 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thick Paper 10/- Perf 12x12½, Retail $425. Fine mint. $3251368 V 1909-10 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thick Paper 10/- Perf 12x12½, CTO, BW #D91w, Cat $200. Only 480 produced. $150

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1369 **/ * 1913-21 Wmk Crown/ Double Lined A Thin Paper ½d Watermark Sideways P11 SG #D94 marginal block of 18 (6x3,seventeen units MUH), plus blocks of 6 & 4 MUH, fine and fresh, Cat $800++. $300

1370 **/*/ U 1922-60 Array on Hagner with 1922-30 4d P14 block of 4 used, 6d P14 MUH and 4d P11 pair **/* and two singles MUH, 1946-57 3d block of 6 */**, 4d block of 13, 6d block of 4 & 8d block of 7 all MUH, 1958-60 No Wmk 10d gutter block of 6 and pairMUH plus a used pair, Cat $1,000+. (49) $240

1371 **/ * 1922-30 Wmk 3rd Crown/ A Third Wmk 6d Harrison and Mullett imprint blocks of 4, slight separations, BW #D112z & za, Cat$1,150. (2 items) $300

1372 U 1931-37 Wmk CofA 1½d to 1/- (ex 6d) P11 set, BW #D113, Retail $170. $1001373 * 1938-63 New Frame Plates set of 7, BW #D122, retail $220. $1501374 U 1938-63 New Frame Plates set of 7, BW #D122. $70

1375 **/ * 1938 Original Plates 4d Authority imprint blocks of 4 without dot from upper and lower plates, BW #D126zb, Cat $150. $801376 ** 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 1d Authority imprint block of 8 with dot showing variety White flaw in base of ‘1’ with

additional notch & break in top frame, BW #D130da&zd, fresh MUH, Cat $115. $601377 */ ** 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 2d block of 4 with Misplaced centre, BW #D131c, one unit MUH, Cat $550+. $400

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1378 F 1953-59 New Value Plates For Shilling Values 1/- carmine & deep yellow-green, 2/- carmine & deep green & 5/- carmine &deep green Die I, BW #D139B,140C,141C, Cat $210. $125

1379 F 1958-63 No Wmk complete simplified set, fine used. $751380 V 1959 5d Die II NW corner block of 24 with full selvedge top and left including gutter, 20 units left pane, 4 units right pane, CTO

with full og and six light strikes ‘ST KILDA/ 22AU60/ VIC-AUST’ cds. Key to the estimated value of the block is the presence offour horizontal strips of 5 with selvedge both sides BW #D151c proving Die II (not priced used, cat $400 each strip MLH). (24) $250

1381 ** 1958-63 No Wmk 8d Die II top right hand corner block of 30 with variety Crack in upper portion of ‘8’ [B29] BW #D154f, freshMUH, Cat $785. $150

AUSTRALIA | War Savings Stamps1382 * 1940 6d Defiant [1] 3rd Wmk pale blue imprint block of 4; [2] No Wmk McCracken imprint pair. $2001383 W WW1 6d Blue Savings Stamp without gum. Very slight perf tone, good centring, strong colour. $75AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards1384 PS 1911 Coronation Queen Mary in ornate shaded frame in slate-green, BW #P12A, small red ink flecks, cancelled with very fine

‘ALICE SPRINGS/ AU24/11/ S_A’ (A1+) squared-circle, to Germany. $120

1385 PS 1915-16 1d KGV Sideface Die I Punctured ‘OS/ NSW’ BW #P27ea used locally on ‘28SEP1916’ by Sydney Harbour TrustNSW State Government Department, trivial stain, Cat $200. $120

1386 PS 1915-16 1d KGV Sideface Die 2 Type 1, BW #P27(d), headed in manuscript “Yongala Vale/17.4.17” with stationery orderbeneath, addressed to “Public School, Terowie”, uncancelled, small corner crease, Cat $400 as unused. $150

1387 PS 1918-19 ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ On 1d KGV Sideface, New Design Punctured ‘OS/ NSW’ on unsurfaced buff card BW #P48Efor Government Printing Office, used locally with Sydney ‘20FE19’ cds, some staining, Cat $500. [ACSC state that “the cardused for this issue was highly acidic with a tendency to strong discolouration”.] $200

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1388 PS 1918-19 ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ On KGV 1d, Obsolete Stock BW #P50, trivial tonespots a top, Cat $2,500. Rare. [ACSCstates “Although no record exists of the number of this card surcharged, it must have been small. At least three mint examplesare recorded.”] $1,000

1389 PS 1923 2d Red KGV Sideface For Foreign Use on off-white card BW #P55, fine unused, Cat $500. [ACSC states “no overseasuse of this card has been recorded”] $200

1390 PS 1930 ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ On 1d Green KGV Sideface Die 3 BW #P66 unused plus used for Melbourne And MetropolitanBoard of Works with Melbourne ‘9OCT/ 1930’ slogan cancel, Cat $140. (2) $80

1391 PS 1930-37 1½d Brown King George V Oval Embossed BW #PS24 for user Registrar-General’s Department (NSW) used toBlackheath (NSW), some discolouration otherwise fine, Cat $1,500. A rare card.. $750

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official)1392 PS 1930 ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ On 1d Green King George V Sideface - ‘OS’ in Colourless Dots Type 1 BW #PO8A Victoria

Education Department 1933 (Sep 7) use for Korumburra School committee meeting announcement, minor spotting & clippedcorner, Cat $800. [ACSC states “Used cards are rare.”] $400

1393 PS 1928 ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ On 1d Green With Solid ‘OS’ in Die on School Committee meeting card, BW #PO9, scarce. $300AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (PTPO)1394 PS 1916-19 1d Red Star Die 1 for Customs House, Sydney, BW #PS9, 1917 use in Sydney. $2001395 PS 1953-56 3d Green QEII Embossed BW #PS32 for Stewart & Lloyds (Australia) based in Melbourne, addressed to Yarram with

½d Roo added, central fold from being posted under cover, uncancelled, Cat $500 used, unpriced unused. $200AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Letter Cards1396 PS 1913-70s Group of eight, incl 1d Roo Die 2 (pineapples) unused #LC16, 1½d KGV #LC58 unused; 2d red KGV #LC64 used to

South Africa via SS Ulysses; plus three Registration Envelopes. (13) $150

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1397 PS 1911-12 1d Purple-Black KGV Fullface First Line Ending ‘To’ on thick white enamelled stock, P10, text setting B, with view‘COLLINS ST. MELB.’, BW #LC11(40)d, couple of hinge marks on view side, unused. $80

1398 PS 1911-12 KGV Fullface - 1st Line Ends ‘To’ with view National Park N.S.W and text setting ‘B’ (no comma after ‘AUSTRALIA’).To Shanghai uprated Queensland 1d red postmarked machine cancel ‘BRISBANE/ OCT12/ QUEENSLAND’, and part ShanghaiB.P.O. arr cds Oct 24. A bit battered but an unusual usage. $100

1399 PS 1911 1d+1d Full-Face Design Reply Lettercard BW #LC13(50)+(108A) in purple (views of ‘GIANT RED GUM VIC’ +‘QUEEN’S GARDENS PERTH, W.A’), minor perf separation, fresh unused. Only c.38,000 of all sorts were sold. $200

1400 PS 1913 1d Black-Brown Kangaroo & Map Original Die with ‘BOTANIC GARDENS, PORTLAND, VIC.’ framed oval, BW#LC14(15A). Fresh unused. $100

1401 PS 1913 1d Red Kangaroo & Map Original Die with ‘THE GORGE, LAUNCESTON, TAS.’ framed oval, BW #LC14(55B). Freshunused. This card has text setting B, whereas BW notes that all examples have text setting A. $100

1402 PS 1913 1d Red Kangaroo & Map Original Die with ‘MT LOFTY RANGES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.’ framed oval, BW #LC14(84C).Fresh unused. This card has Part dot after AUSTRALIA, whereas BW notes that all examples of this view have no dot. $100

1403 PS 1913 1d Red Kangaroo & Map Die 2 with ‘THE TWO BROTHERS QUEENSLAND.’ framed oval, BW #LC16(135B). Freshunused. $100

1404 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 10 with view ‘HUONVILLE, TASMANIA’ in purple-black, BW #LC21(66). Fresh unused. $1001405 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 10 with view ‘PINEAPPLES QUEENSLAND’ in deep blue, BW #LC21(103). Fresh unused. $100

1406 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 10 with view ‘WATERFALL GULLY ADELAIDE’ in deep blue, BW #LC21(140). Fresh unused. $1001407 PS 1914-18 1d KGV Die 2 Perf 12½ with view ‘MT. BUFFALO, VICTORIA’ in deep blue, BW #LC22(80). Fresh unused. $1001408 PS 1915 Military Views KGV 1d Sideface Die I P12½ (pink inside), with view in black of OFFICERS & CREW including H.M.

KING GEORGE..., BW #LC25, fine unused. $100

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1409 PS 1917 1d Divided Reply Lettercards - Reply Half King George V Full Face in olive-green on buff stock, ‘REPLY’ scored throughwith red obliterating bars, zig-zag roulette 15, view PHANTOM FALLS/ VICTORIA’ BW #LC30(100A), card sealed then neatlyopened along the rouletting, uprated with KGV ½d and sent from Brighton to Middle Park, 1924 Melbourne machine cancel, Cat$600. $200

1410 PS 1917 1d KGV Fullface Divided Reply Lettercards - Outward Half in brown on buff stock, ‘REPLY’ scored through with redobliterating bars, perforated 12½, view ‘HOBART, FROM THE BAY’ BW #LC31(63), small tear, Cat $200. $120

1411 PS 1920-22 2d Orange KGV Perf 10 view ‘GIBBERABONG CREEK, N.S.W.’, BW #LC45(51), uprated with 1½d green KGV pairfor 1921 use to USA, no message. $200

1412 PS 1920-22 2d Red KGV Perf 12½ view ‘GIBBERABONG CREEK, N.S.W.’, BW #LC49(51), partly stuck down. $2001413 PS 1922-23 2d Red KGV grey surfaced stock P12½ with view of ‘GOVERNMENT HOUSE PERTH’, BW #LC49(56E), partly stuck

down. Fresh unused. $1501414 PS 1923-24 1½d Green KGV Sideface Design P12½, view ‘GPO. HOBART’ BW #LC51(58B), a bit of perf separation at right,

otherwise, fresh unused. $120

1415 PS 1923-24 1½d Green KGV Sideface Design P12½, view ‘MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION SCHEME...’ BW #LC51(88), veryfine unused. $150

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes1416 PS 1915-16 1d Carmine KGV Sideface Die I BW #EP4, minor toning, flap sealed, Cat $250. $1201417 PS 1916 ½d Green King George V Star Embossed ‘MELBOURNE/17/ 3JL16/ VICTORIA’ CTO datestamp, fine condition, Cat

$250. Only 378 issued for UPU distribution. $150

1418 PS 1916 1d Red King George V Star Embossed ‘MELBOURNE/17/ 26JE16/ VICTORIA’ CTO datestamp, fine condition, Cat $100.Only 378 issued for UPU distribution. $60

1419 PS 1916-18 1d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed Die 2 Knife 2 with variety Die crack over ‘E’ of ‘PENNY’ BW #EP8(1)e, central foldas sent under cover to be used as a return envelope to Melbourne stamp dealer W Ackland, minor edge toning, Cat $200. $120

1420 PS 1916-18 1d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed Die 3 Knife 1 variety Left point of star broken BW #EP9(4)f (Cat $200) tied byBrisbane ‘7FEB18’ machine cancel and sent to POW held in Rheinland Germany, censor label, POW Camp handstamp in blue,Victoria Barracks (Brisbane) RTS label on reverse, some aging. [This is the earliest recorded date seen for Broken star flaw] $200

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1421 PS 1918-19 1d Red Die 3 + ½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed on light grey paper BW #EP13, trivial marks on reverse, unsealedflap, fine unused, Cat $150. $110

1422 PS 1920-21 2d Orange KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - Without ‘POSTAGE’ BW #EP21, trivial toning, unsealed flap, Cat $400. $1601423 PS 1923-24 1½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ on off-white unsurfaced stock BW #EP27(1), unsealed flap,

unused, Cat $200. $100

1424 PS 1928 ½d Orange KGV Oval Embossed with part Melbourne ‘■■DE28’ CTO cancel BW #EP29, flap unsealed, very fine, Cat$350. [The ½d oval embossed die was not used for Post Office stationery being utilised for PTPO stationery only, however 416Post Office envelopes prepared for UPU distribution] $180

1425 PS 1928 1d Green KGV Oval Embossed with part Melbourne ‘DE28’ (day absent) CTO cancel BW #EP30, flap unsealed, veryfine, Cat $200. [This 1d Die was only used for PTPO stationery, with just 416 Post Office envelopes prepared for UPUdistribution] $120

1426 PS 1928 2d Red-Brown KGV Oval Embossed on white stock with blue security lining, poorly struck Melbourne CTO cancel, flapunsealed, very fine, Cat $350. [A single small supply was prepared for UPU Distribution, number unknown, but presumably 416] $240

1427 PS 1942-50 2½d Red KGVI Oval Embossed BW #42 sent registered airmail from Port Moresby, PNG to Norwood (SA), upratedwith Papua 2d & Australia QM 1½d & 1d all tied by ‘RELIEF NO 2/ 1FE47/ PAPUA-N.G’ datestamp (used at Port Moresby), boxed‘RAAF Concession/ Postal Rate’ boxed handstamp, Melbourne & Adelaide backstamps. Unusual usage. $100

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official)1428 PS 1920-59 Vic Education Department all different used selection of long P2-style covers; [1] 1½d brown ‘OS type 2, 1920 use

from Lancefield; [2] 1½d red Star ‘OS’. 1920 use from Moonee Ponds, endorsed “Commercial papers only”; [3] 2d on 1½d redStar ‘OS’ uprated with ½d Roo & 1d violet QEII, 1953 use from Richmond North; [4] 2d red KGV Oval ‘OS’, 1950 use fromKongwak; [5] 2d on 1½d KGV Oval ‘OS’ uprated with 2d green QE, 1959 use from Nathalia. BW #EO7B,12,16,17,18, a fewfaults, but difficult group, Cat $480. $120

1429 PS 1920 2d Orange KGV Sideface BW #EO9 window envelope for Commonwealth Treasury, Melbourne 1922 (Jun 15) machinecancel, fine condition, Cat $500. $250

1430 PS 1922-23 2d Red King George V ‘STAR’ Embossed 2d scarlet for Education Department, Melbourne BW #EO12, used locally,fine condition Cat $100. $75

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1431 PS 1923 ‘THREE/ HALPENCE’ On 2d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #EO14, long envelope for Education Department,Melbourne, Eldorado (Vic) ‘17AP26’ datestamp, some blemishes, $250. $100

1432 PS 1924-28 1½d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #EO15 for Commonwealth Sub-Treasury (NSW), minor toning, flap unsealed,unused, Cat $250. $100

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO)1433 PS 1930-70s Accumulation of mint and used with mix of Stamped-to-Order and PO issues, wide range of users. Condition a bit

mixed. Noted unused 1½d on 2d red Star, used 1½d green Star. Good research material with strength in the pre-decimal QEIIperiod. (170+) $120

1434 PS 1913-15 ½d Green Kangaroo BW #ES1 for Shire of Colac, flap unsealed, fine unused, Cat $400. $2401435 PS 1918-18 ½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #ES25 (pale green shade) for Australian Drug Co (NSW) used in 1918 (Jan 31)

from Sydney to Hobart, ‘20 POSTED’ handstamp in violet, small piece of brown paper adhered to reverse, flap unsealed, Cat$200. [Shade variations were due to ink shortages during WWI] $80

1436 PS 1918-18 ½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #ES25A for an unknown user, slight edge toning, flap unsealed, Cat $400.[Identical to the Post Office envelope, however ACSC state that none were issued to the public] $200

1437 PS 1919-20 ½d Green + 1d Red Die 5 KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #ES27 presumed to be for Evangelical Lutheran Synod, upratedfor transit to Germany in 1921 (Sep 5) with KGV 1½d brown to pay foreign letter rate, flap sealed, edge blemishes, Cat $500.[Seldom-seen 1½d uprating of a scarce doubleton envelope] $200

1438 PS 1922-24 1d Violet KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES41 for British Australian Wool Realisation Ltd (Vic) usedin 1923 (Nov 27) from Melbourne to Ballarat, flap on left side of envelope to allow easy insertion of a pre-paid returns envelope,some trivial toning, Cat $100. $65

1439 PS 1923 1d Violet + ½d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES42 for Fisken, Read & Co 1924 (Mar 17) localuse being a front only, Cat $5,000 (for a complete envelope). Rare [ACSC states “About six envelopes are recorded & “Thisenvelope represents the only recorded use of the ½d ‘Star’ embossed design in green with ‘Postage’ added] $400

1440 PS 1924-28 1d Green KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES43 window envelope for Ford Sherington Ltd (Sydney),internal tear to central window, flap partly stuck down, unused, Cat $200. $100

1441 PS 1924-28 1½d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed With ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES56 for Bagot, Shakes & Lewis Ltd (Adelaide), central fold,hinge remainders on reverse, flap never sealed, unused, Cat $200. $80

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1442 PS 1916-1917 2d Violet KGV ‘Star’ Embossed BW #ES58, stain at right, flap stuck down, unused, Cat $1,000. [Identical in colourand style to the Post Office issued envelope, however ACSC states there was a distribution of 1,000 PTPO, without useridentification, probably ordered by Melbourne philatelist PT Berry] $300

1443 PS 1920-21 2d Orange KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - Without ‘POSTAGE’ BW #ES59 for Central Wool Committee (Melbourne),tonespotting, flap stuck down, unused, Cat $350. $100

1444 PS 1922-23 2d Red KGV ‘Star’ Embossed - With ‘POSTAGE’ on blue stock BW #ES61 for International Harvester Company ofAus Pty Ltd, central folds, gum residue on flap, unused, Cat $200. $120

1445 PS 1930 ‘TWO/ PENCE’ On 1d Green KGV Oval Embossed BW #ES67 window envelope for HC Sleigh (Melbourne), tied byMelbourne ‘7JAN/ 1932’ slogan cancel, spikehole and large part of backflap missing, Cat $1,500. Rare. [ACSC records that “oneunused and three used examples are known] $750

1446 PS 1928-30 1½d Red KGV Oval Embossed BW #ES69 for Bebarfalds Ltd (Sydney), ½d orange KGV added, central fold & minorwrinkling, unused, Cat $300. $100

1447 PS 1930 ‘TWO PENCE’ on 1½d Red KGV Oval Embossed BW #ES70 for Dennys, Lascelles Limited, Geelong, surcharge slightlydisplaced, minor staining, unused, Cat $400. $100

1448 PS 1941-42 1d Brown KGVI Oval Embossed ACSC #ES77 for Australian Defence Canteens, some mild creasing, flap unsealed,unused, Cat $500. $150

1449 PS 1941-50 1½d Green KGVI Embossed BW #ES79 window envelope for unknown user, corner blemish & discolouration fromwindow on reverse, also 1951 (Jan 30) used example for user AG Healing (Melbourne), fine condition. (2) $60

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes1450 PS 1913 4d Orange Die 2 Kangaroo Long Envelope (230x100mm) on cream stock BW #RE2, central fold & other blemishes, Cat

$1,000; also Smaller Envelope Size G2(146x88mm) with variety Large ‘T’ in MUST #RE3d fine unused, Cat $250. (2) $200

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1451 PS 1916-20 4d Orange KGV Sideface on NSW Stock with obliterating device in orange on flap, Setting 2 (115mm, printed crossedlines out of postion) BW #RE7B, trivial stains, unused, Cat $500. $200

1452 PS 1930 ‘FIVE/ PENCE’ On 4½d KGV, Revalued on Old Stock, Long Envelope Setting 2 BW #RE25B, minor wrinkling; also aused example of #RE24B, sent Bathurst to Sydney with a boxed ‘CLOSED’ handstamp in red; Cat $190. (2) $100

AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes1453 PS 1945-60s Group of mainly fresh unfolded aerogrammes, plus violet ‘SPECIMEN’ Official x2 (1952 & 1959 Jet). (12) $1201454 PS 1944-45 7d Blue KGVI - Admonition Removed with Qantas Christmas greetings message and Kangaroo Postman printed

within BW #A2d to England, 1944 Sydney cds, fine condition, Cat $800. $6001455 PS 1945-50 7d KGVI With Qantas Cachet for Australia-England flight via Singapore two used examples one signed by pilots Solly

& Nicholl BW #A3d (AAMC #1038a), fine condition, Cat $450+. (2) $200AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers1456 PS 1920 ½d + ½d KGV Sideface with Type 4 ‘NEWSPAPER ONLY’ rubber handstamp in violet BW #W8(4), 1921 (Mar 15) use

from Melbourne to NZ, front of wrapper only, Cat $100 unused; unpriced used. $501457 PS 1920 KGV ½d Green + ½d Green ‘NEWSPAPER ONLY’ Setting 3 BW #W9(3), unused, Cat $150. $80AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wartime1458 PS 1943-44 6d Airmail Postcard 1946 (Nov) late use from Tatura (Vic) to Germany, ‘APPROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP

COMMANDANT’ one-line handstamp in blue, minor aging, fine overall, Cat $400 for destinations other than Italy. $160AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Miscellaneous

1459 PS 1946-49 3/7d Magenta KGVI PTPO Parcel Label for Myer Emporium sent from Heidelberg (Vic) to England, Melbourne parcelscancel, minor blemishes, Cat $2,000. Rare. [Issued as part of the post-WWII ‘Food for Britain’ campaign, the 3/7d label paid forparcels weighing up to 7lbs] $1,400

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AUSTRALIA | Telegram Forms1460 PS Selection Of Forms And Envelopes with illustrated 1936 Congratulatory form + envelope used at Perth plus 1936 & 1937

Forms only used at Perth or Dubbo, 1941 Birthday Greetings form + envelope used at Port Lincoln; also undated envelopes forGreetings x3, Birthday, Mothers’ Day and Christmas & New Year, plus a plain 1943 form used at Lorne (Vic). Attractive group.(12) $180

AUSTRALIA | Covers By Manufacturer1461 * Bergen 1951 Melbourne Christchurch Direct Flight AAMC #1274, 3d Federation pair cancelled Melbourne cds of 28JE51,

clean Stapleton cover. $1001462 * London Assurance 1962 Commonwealth Games 5d & 2/3d tied by Perth Games Village ‘14APR65’ pictorial FDI datestamp

Pictormarks APM #1705, typed address, very fine condition. Seldom offered. $75

1463 * London Assurance 1963 Royal Visit 5d & 2/3d tied by Sydney ‘18FEB63’ FDI datestamp, typed address, fine condition.Seldom offered. $75

1464 * London Assurance 1964 First Air Mail 5d & 2/3d tied by Sydney ‘1JLY64’ FDI datestamp, typed address, very fine condition.Seldom offered. $75

1465 * London Assurance 1965 ANZAC set of 3 tied by Sydney ‘14APR65’ FDI datestamp, typed address, very fine condition.Seldom offered. $75

1466 * Mitchell 1938 5d Ram tied to registered cover by Perth ‘1DEC38’ FDI datestamp, cover with light central fold, typed addressto Mitchell. $100

1467 * Mitchell 1950 8½d Aborigine tied to illustrated cover by Perth ‘14AU50’ FDI datestamp, flap unsealed, very fine unaddressedcondition. $150

1468 * Nirlay Kundu 2009 Dolphins 55c tied by Sorrento (Vic) pictormark FDI cancel APM #41310, numbered #2 of 10; also 2009(Jun 9) 55c Queensland Anniv tied by Brisbane FDI cancel APM #41330, also numbered #2 of 10; both with hand painted all-over illustrations and in fine unaddressed condition. (3) $100

1469 * Nirlay Kundu Laser-printed copies of original Nirlay artwork on FDI covers with pictormark datestamps comprising 2007 BlastOff (Space) x2, 2008 Hot Air Balloon, 2009 Astronomy & 2009 Let’s Get Active (Cricket), all in fine unaddressed condition. (5) $100

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1470 * Nirlay Kundu 2007 Christmas hand painted covers each bearing $1 Hubble Telescope tied by Woomera (SA) pictormark FDIcancels APM #39620, each cover numbered #1 of 1 and unique thus, both in fine unaddressed condition. Delightful! (2) $120

1471 * Nirlay Kundu Laser-printed copies of original Nirlay artwork on FDI covers with single stamp frankings tied by pictormarkdatestamps comprising 2007 Christmas x2 (Australia & Christmas Island), 2008 Love Blooms, 2008 Legends, 2008 WorkingDogs & 2008 Quarantine, all in fine unaddressed condition. (6) $100

1472 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Australian Legends 50c Dame Murdoch tied by Hope Valley pictormark FDI cancel APM #39861,numbered #7 of 10; also 2008 (Mar 25) Centenary of Rugby League with 50c Panthers tied by Glebe pictormark FDI cancelAPM #40050, numbered #7 of 27; both hand painted and in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

1473 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Organ & Tissue Donation 50c tied by Hopetoun (Vic) pictormark FDI cancel APM #39890, numbered #8of 10; also 2008 (Jun 24) 50c Olympic Games tied by Loch Sport (Vic) pictormark FDI cancel APM #40230, numbered #10 of12; both hand painted and in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

1474 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Scouts hand painted cover with 50c tied by Frankston pictormark FDI cancel APM #39900, signed by artist,unusually unnumbered, fine unaddressed condition. $75

1475 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Scouts hand illustrated covers x4 with 50c or $2 tied Frankston pictormark FDI cancel APM #39900, all aresigned by the artist but unusually not numbered, fine unaddressed condition. (4) $180

1476 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 International Post Gorgeous Australia $1.35 Grose River Gorge tied by Halls Gap (Vic) pictormark FDIcancel APM #39970, numbered #11 of 13, attractive hand painted illustration of a rock climber, fine unaddressed condition. $75

1477 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Hot Air Ballooning 50c tied by Ayr (Qld) pictormark FDI cancel APM #40161, numbered #10 of 20; also2008 (June 10) Working Dogs 50c Labrador tied by Mount Barker (SA) FDI cancel APM #40221, numbered #3 of 11; both handpainted and in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

1478 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Olympic Games 50c tied by Loch Sport (Vic) pictormark FDI cancel APM #40230, numbered #3 of 12; also2008 (Oct 1) $1.10 Megafauna tied by Monash University (Vic) FDI cancel APM #40640, numbered #5 of 18; both hand paintedand in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

1479 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Living Green 50c Save Energy tied by Greenacres (SA) pictormark FDI cancel APM #40261, numbered#3 of 10; also 2008 (Oct 31) 50c Christmas tied by St Marys (NSW) FDI cancel APM #40761, numbered #3 of 8; both handpainted and in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

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1480 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 150th Anniversary of Australian Football 50c tied by Melbourne pictormark FDI cancel APM #40360,numbered #3 of 10; also 2008 (July 15) 50c Quarantine tied by Canberra FDI cancel APM #40440, numbered #3 of 10; bothhand painted and in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

1481 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Aviation 50c Bristol Tourer tied by Sydney Airport (NSW) pictormark FDI cancel APM #40390, numbered#7 of 13, attractive hand painted illustration of biplane in flight, fine unaddressed condition. (1) $75

1482 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Tourist Precincts set of 7 to $2.75 tied by Mount Pleasant (Qld) pictormark FDI cancel APM #40540,numbered #1 of 1, quirky hand painted illustration, fine unaddressed condition. Unique! $90

1483 * Nirlay Kundu AAT 2008 International Polar Year $1.10 se-tenant pair tied by Kingston (Tas) pictormark FDI cancel APM#40550 numbered #5 of 8, hand painted penguin illustration, fine unaddressed condition. $60

1484 * Nirlay Kundu 2008 Christmas attractively handpainted covers x2 with 50c or 50c, 55c & $1.20 tied by St Marys (NSW) FDIcancels APM #40761, numbered #5 of 8 & #4 of 4 respectively, fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

1485 * Nirlay Kundu 2007 Christmas 45c and 45c se-tenant tied to separate covers by Christmas Hills (Tas) pictormark FDI cancelsAPM #39720, numbered #4 of 10 or #9 of 10; also Christmas Island 45c tied by pictormark FDI cancel APM #39730, numbered#10 of 10; each cover hand painted with colourful illustrations and in fine unaddressed condition. (3) $100

1486 * Nirlay Kundu 2009 With Love 55c Red Roses on hand painted covers x2 tied by Darlington (WA) pictormark FDI cancels APM#41040, numbered #2 of 10 & #5 of 10, both in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $75

1487 Nirlay Kundu 2009 Desserts 55c Pavlova tied by Eaton (WA) FDI cancel APM #41280, numbered #2 of 10; also 2009 (July28) Micro Monsters 55c Beetle tied by Sydney pictormark FDI cancel APM #41450 numbered #5 of 10; both hand painted andin fine unaddressed condition. $75

1488 * Nirlay Kundu 2009 International Post $1.45 Koala tied by Gumly Gumly (NSW) pictormark FDI cancel APM #41380,numbered #5 of 10; also (Jun 26) Australia’s Favourite Stamp 55c Kangaroo £2 tied by Sydney FDI cancel APM #41362,numbered #5 of 10; both with hand painted illustrations and in fine addressed condition. (2) $100

1489 * Nirlay Kundu 2009 Parks & Gardens 55c tied by Botany (NSW) pictormark FDI cancel APM #41400, numbered #5 of 10; also2009 (Aug 11) Corrugated Landscapes 55c Water Tank tied by Rippleside (Vic) FDI cancel APM #41510, also numbered #5 of10; both hand painted and in fine unaddressed condition. (2) $100

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1490 * Nirlay Kundu 2010 Mary MacKillop 60c tied by Sydney pictormark FDI cancel APM #42800, numbered #2 of 3, hand paintedillustration, fine unaddressed condition. $75

1491 * Nirlay Kundu 2011 Royal Wedding 60c Royal Wedding tied by Williamston (Vic) pictormark FDI cancel APM #43361,numbered #5 of 6, hand painted illustration, fine unaddressed condition. $70

1492 * Overseas Mailers 1954 Gloucester set of 3 tied to cover by North Melbourne ‘19FE45’ FDI datestamp, Crown cachet unusuallyat upper-right, flap unsealed, typed address, very fine condition. $180

1493 * Plunkett trio comprising 1949 Forrest, 1951 Commonwealth with 3d se-tenant pair & 1951 KGVI 3½d brown all with FDIdatestamps with generic Flag cachet, typed or handstamped addresses to USA. (3) $120

1494 * Plunkett 1948 2½d Farrer tied by Chelsea (Vic) ‘12JY48’ FDI datestamp, generic Koala cachet, unsealed flap, typed addressto USA. $80

1495 * SA Stamp Company 1936 SA Centenary set tied to registered cover with Buffalo Warship cachet by Collins St Melbourne‘3AU36’ FDI cancel, typed address to UK, fine condition. (1) $180

1496 * Unknown 1945 Gloucester set of 3 tied to registered cover by Cremorne (NSW) FDI datestamp, generic Kangaroo cachet inbrown, addressed to USA with censor tape & cachet at left, appropriate backstamps. $300

AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers1497 * 1937-2012 Assortment with 1937 NSW Anniversary x2 (one registered), 1940 AIF registered, 1953 Food x2 (one illustrated,

one registered), 1971 Xmas block of 7, 1977 $10 Paintings, 1989 41c Cycling x2 & 43c Skateboarding booklet panes, 1990 $20Paintings, 1991 Across Town Postage Paid & 1992 Box Link, 2001 International Post Panoramas to $20, also commercial 1939KGVI 3d blue Die III on cover to USA & 1965 Vietnam Force Mail concessional cover with 5c Bird, toning in places, mostly fine.(60) $180

1498 * 1937-65 Accumulation good range, mainly Officials, Royals & Wesleys. Nowever noticed 2½d Lawson block of 4 on PMG’sDepartment Sydney reg cover tp NZ & JJ Potts, Kaniva 1d Princess (we have not heard of this maker before). Good lot. (100+) $200

1499 * 1927-65 Range from 1927 (May 9) 1½d Canberra on cacheted env of Messrs Buckley & Nunn Ltd., ‘The Great Mail OrderHouse. . .’ (not shy, were they?) to 1965 (Apr 21) reg illust env with 2/-, 2/6d & 3/- Birds. In between 1929 (Sept 28) with pair1½d Swan on commercial env, 1937 (Aug 2) KGV 3d Die I plus 6d Kooka & 1/- Lyrebird, 1937 (Oct 1) NSW Sesqui set BW#177y, 1938 9d Platypus (Sept 1) and 5d Merino (Dec 1) BW #200y & 205y. Couple others, small blemishes, min cat $300. (11) $80

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AUSTRALIA | Philatelic Numismatic Covers1500 * 1969 50c embedded in Nuphil Associates PNC and sealed in cellophane giving the coin a somewhat dulled appearance,

serviced and registered at Yarralumla (ACT), with registration label No #0186, fine condition. [A special striking of the 50c hadto made at RAM Canberra to service the Nuphil order. Although 1130 covers were produced the survival rate appears to be quitelow, with examples selling for $750+ in recent years] $500

1501 1994-2001 group incl 1994 Year of the Family, 1995 Weary Dunlop, 1997 Bradman, 2000 Victoria Cross & 2001 ArmyCentenary. Retail $500+. (5) $200

AUSTRALIA | Commemorative Covers1502 * 1932-60s Assortment with Bodin, Guthrie, Royal & WCS FDCs, 1945 RGS Leichhardt illustrated cover with Roper River (NT)

datestamp,1956 Melbourne Olympics covers with 7½d x23 or 4d x3 tied by event/ commemorative cancels, a few flight covers,etc, very little duplication, aging in places mostly fine. (170) $250

1503 ***/*/ C 1937 Airmail Exhibition array attractively mounted on display sheets with [1] covers x5 all with printed exhibition cachet, fourwith commemorative winged postmark tying stamps of which two are registered with Air Mail Exhibition registration labels(Pictormarks Cat $160 each); also [2] exhibition vignette perforated sheetlets x4 in blue, red, brown or green plus imperforatesheetlet in red, some perf separations/ blemishes, Frommer Cat $320. (10) $180

1504 * 1939-73 Selection including 1940 Story Bridge cover (faults) with War Fund label, 1949 RGS SS Fortitude sailing shipcentenary illustrated cover, 1955 Mt Kosciusko ‘29DE55’ pictorial cancel APM #1120 on cover (Cat $250), etc, condition is quitemixed. (10) $80

1505 * 1936 Scouts Centenary Corroboree (Dec 26) souvenir registered cover used to Norwood franked with KGV 2d plus 3d Cabletied by ‘SCOUTS CENTENARY CORROBOREE/ BELAIR’ datestamp, Nº 25 registration label, appropriate backstamps. Rarescouting item.. $750

AUSTRALIA | Postal History

1506 * 1907 Tatts cover to Tasmania underpaid & taxed with 1902 Converted 2d Due added, and additional Design Completed 5dP11½-12 x4 (including a pair) added to pay the postage due on the entire bundle. The 5d is extremely rare. Ex Du Pont. $2,000

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1507 * 1910-70 Selection with 1913 PPC (Port Pirie view) to Germany with 1d & ½d Roos, 1929 PPC to Germany with 3d Kooka, 1938airmail to Greece with 1/- Roo, 3d Jubilee, 3d Kooka & 1½d WA Centenary pair, 1943 registered to India with censor tape, 1945registered Army Postal Service concession rate Tatts cover, 1959 Seymour (Vic) registered concession rate cover, etc; also NewGuinea 1933 to Switzerland with Undated Birds Air 2d pair; condition variable. (16) $120

1508 * 1914-30s KGV Cover Selection with 1914-16 1d red covers x6,1919 1½d black-brown on Methodist Book Depot cover to UK,928 cover with International Philatelic Exhibition datestamps in red and in blue, 1929 PPC to Czechoslovakia with 3d, 1932registered cover to USA with 3d pair, lots of 1½d red covers, etc; condition is very mixed. (38) $120

1509 * 1915 (May 23) double-rate cover to Holland with 1d red x5 including two pairs tied by Ship Room Sydney datestamp, circular‘PASSED BY CENSOR/ 25MY15/ CS’ Emery #CM41 in violet applied in Sydney (Rated ‘A’ - rare by Humphreys), indistinct arrrivalbackstamp. $150

1510 * 1915-38 KGV Heads group of 17 covers, including 1d red x4 covers, 1½d brown x2 (one has Prominant breaks in left frame[7L19]), 1½d red Die II with Thinned top frame above right wattles (#91(1)q), 3d blue solo, 5d brown x4 on Air cover toGermany. Nice group with diverse range of usages. $120

1511 * 1916 (Sep 25) oversized cover (260x202mm) from Melbourne to Sydney, headed ‘PHOTOGRAPHS ONLY’, franked with KGV1d red pair for payment of the 8oz printed matter rate, framed ‘CLOSE AGAINST/ INSPECTION’ handstamp in black, ‘T’handstamp & “1/6” (mss) tax markings with 1d Postage Due blocks of 6 and 12 affixed and cancelled by pen-strokes. It can bepresumed that the contents were not photographs and payment for 5½oz-6oz letter rate should have been 1/8d, thus the 1/6ddeficiency. Faults as to be expected for a cover of this size. $200

1512 * 1916-33 Kangaroo Cover Group comprising First Wmk ½d pair on PPC, 1d solo, 2½d to USA, 4d perf large ‘OS’ registeredPerth to Gosnells, various DLO markings; Second Wmk 2½d to Denmark; Third Wmk 2½d (3, two solo frankings, other a stripof 4 + KGV 1d red pair), 3d (3, two solo frankings, other 3d + KGV 2d registered to Singleton), 6d blue (2, one solo, other 6d +KGV 5d – both registered); Small Mult Wmk 6d (3, one solo perf OS, others 1929 endorsed “Commercial Papers Only”, franked6d + 1/- per Aerial Mail with boxed ‘CLOSED AGAINST INSPECTION’ handstamp, both registered and 1932 6d + 2d Bridge toBrisbane); condition variable, Cat $2,500++. (16) $400

1513 * 1917 (Mar 17) HJ Corder (Melbourne) advertising cover to USA underpaid with KGV 1d red, various American tax cachetsapplied, 2c Dues strip of 3 added, fine and attractive. $100

1514 * 1917 (Oct 24) First Overland Mail illustrated cover with KGV 1d red tied by Perth machine cancel, addressed to Melbourne,design of cover necessitated it being inverted before the machine cancel could be applied. $120

1515 * 1917 (Oct 24) ‘THE LINK THAT BINDS’ illustrated cover lo London with KGV 1d red tied by Perth machine cancel, some minoraging. $150

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1516 * 1917 (Apr 27) censored cover from Mount Morgan (Qld) to Holland with KGV 1d red x2 (left-hand stamp with Ferns variety)underpaying by ½d the foreign letter rate, taxed with Netherlands 7½c & 12½c Dues added, edge blemishes. $120

1517 * 1918 (Mar 27) double-rate cover to Rome with KGV 1d strip of 3 and pair, tied by Perth slogan cancel, ‘PASSED BY/ CENSOR,2’ boxed handstamp in blue applied at Perth, Rome backstamp. $140

1518 * 1918 (Jul 26) Bank of Australia cover to New Zealand with KGV 1d red paying postage plus KGV ½d & 2½d Roo payingregistation fee, Ipswich (Qld) red/ black registration label, Ipswich & Brisbane backstamps. $140

1519 * 1918 (Nov 20) cover to USA with 3d Roo plus KGV 1d Red & 1½d brown paying double foreign letter rate plus ½d War Tax,‘PASSED BY CENSOR’ handstamp in blue, edge blemishes. $100

1520 * 1918 (Nov 9) authorised use of KGV 1d bisect commercially used on KGV 1d Stationery Envelope within Melbourne. [The new1½d stamps issued after the imposition on War Tax did not arrive in Melbourne until November 9th, and in most cases bisectedstamps were accepted by postal authorities without additional charge. In December 1918 the post office published a noticeannouncing the mutilation of stamps in this way was contrary to regulations and they would no longer be accepted.] $200

1521 * 1919-1960s Cover Selection with KGV 1919 Melbourne to Broadford with LMult 1d plus Third Wmk 2½d Roo, 1933 StateElectricity Commission with 2d perf ‘VG’; advertising types including 1930 & 1932 for Melbourne Technical CorrespondenceSchool, 1931 Warburton, Franki advertising card showing radio set, 1931 Angus & Robertson with KGV 2d perf ‘A&R’, etc,mixed condition. (30+) $140

1522 * 1920 (Mar 20) registered cover to Parkville with KGV 1d red plus 4d orange paying 2d postage plus 3d registration, Hamiltion(Vic) red/ white registration label, fine condition. $100

1523 * 1922 (Nov 14) cover from Russia to Sydney with imperf 200r, 250r & 300r tied to the reverse by cyrillic cds of Kharkiv (Ukraine),taxed “100c” due to de-monetising of stamps in the previous month, Postage Dues 2d x4 applied on arrival & tied by ‘DELIVERYROOM/ GPO SYDNEY’ cds, opened-out for display. Remarkable item. [Between 1/1/ 1922 & 28/2/ 1925, 1d equated to 12½ goldcentimes therefore 100c equated 8d.] $300

1524 * 1927-53 Group including 1927 PPC from Perth to Czechoslovakia franked on view side with 1½d Canberra with message aboutthe visiting Czechoslovakian soccer team; 1927 Brett & Coy registered to Austria with 1½d Canberra pair & KGV 3d, 1936 toUK with No Wmk 1/6d Hermes P11 pair & single,1930 Brisbane 6d meter franking on printed cover to Norddeutschen Lloyd inGermany with ANA airmail label, 1932 to 2/8d rate to UK with 1/- Roo pair, 6d Airmail & KGV 2d, 1936 2/1d rate jusqu’a coversto Germany x2, Late 1940s (datestamp unclear) Murray’s (health food store) gift parcel label with 8/5d franking, 1951 BCOFTatts cover with KGVI 3d brown tied by ‘AFPO No30/ RAAF JAPAN’ datestamp, 1953 express mail to Holland, condition a bitmixed, some are fine. (15) $240

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1525 * 1930 underpaid airmail cover to Perth franked with 5d on 4½d (Cat $200 on cover) tied by Carnarvon cds, 1oz rate was 8d,framed ‘T’ in black, mss 6d, Postage Dues 2d strip of 3 affixed to pay double deficiency and tied on arrival. $200

1526 * 1932 (Apr 12) cover from USA to Thomas Cook Sydney with 2c Washington x2 & 1c Franklin tied by Belmont (Mass) machinecancel, redirected on arrival by air to Darwin with 3d Airmail x2 added and tied by Sydney datestamps, ‘Thomas Cook‘21MAY1932’ datestamps on reverse, a few stains on reverse. $100

1527 * 1933-51 Selection comprising [1] 1936 Hobart ‘PAID AT’ machine covers to South Australia all with Adelaide DLO cds and RTSlabels on reverse; [2] 1949 Tatts 2½d machine cover to WA, unclaimed with RTS label; [3] 1950 Tatts cover to Brisbane with‘INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS/NO POST TOWN’ handstamp in red & Brisbane DLO ‘EXAMINER 1’ & ‘EXAMINER 2’ handstampsin violet; [4] 1951 Hobart local cover with ‘CALLED-POSTMEN/ 22JAN1951/ GPO HOBART’ boxed handstamp and oval DLShandstamp (on reverse) both in violet; also [5] 1933 Pyengana (Tas) uprated Wrapper front to North Wales; condition variable.(7) $100

1528 * 1933-64 Group of Taxed Covers mostly addressed overseas, including 1933 to France with KGV 2d red, superb NSW ‘Shield’tax handstamp in red, 1957 to UK with Olympics 1/- pair & 4d marked “above ½ oz”, with two tax handstamps, 1957 to Scotlandunderpaid with ‘2½D/ ISP’ handstamp in green, 1964 to USA to New York with “Postage Due 6 Cents...” handstamp with 6cRoosevelt added & tied by Lake Placid datestamp, plus others with a good variety of tax markings, condition variable but mostlyfine. (14) $130

1529 * 1937 Airmail OHMS Cover to ‘Discovery’ Committee, London bearing KGV 5d tied by ‘FREMANTLE/W.A.’ cds along sideboxed ‘2/ 2(mss)(d)/F. S./ MORE TO/ PAY/ RATE/ ABOVE....’ scored out, alongside mss “T260” in blue pencil. Flapless and slightlytrimmed at top. $65

1530 * 1938 (Dec 12) small cover to Monaco (backstamp) with combination franking of 1½d brown KGV & 1½d brown KGVI paying 3dsurface rate. Scarce destination. $70

1531 * 1939 (Sep 18) cover from internee at Bathurst Internment Camp to Sydney, violet ‘PASSED BY/ CENSOR 4’ on face. Rare mailform this early and short-lived camp. [Bathurst Internment camp was at Bathurst Gaol and was only opened from 7/9/ 1939 until5/10/ 1939.] $300

1532 * 1940 (Oct 17) use on 10/- & 5/- Robes with 2/- Roo & 9d Platypus on registered Clipper cover from University of Melbourne toLondon, endorsed ‘Air Mail (America)’. $120

1533 * 1943 (Feb 23) use of 5/- Robes and 9d Platypus on long Australian Red Cross Message Service air cover to Geneva. Mountedon page $400

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1534 * 1945 (Aug 6) inwards use of ‘Prisoners of War Post’ stampless Red Cross card, violet ‘P/W MIDDLE/ EAST 176’ handstamp onface, by an Italian POW to another Italian POW at Camp 5 Myrtleford. Inwards mail from one POW to another is rare. Finecondition. $150

1535 * 1946 (Nov 26) use of 7d Airletter from Italian POW at Cowra to Naples, violet ‘Service of Prisoners of War’ and ‘Approved forTransmission/by Camp Commandant’ both on face. $120

1536 * 1948 (Apr 28) use of 1/6d Hermes, cancelled with Relief 3, on air cover from Bonegilla Immigration Camp to Lubeck, Germany. $120

1537 * 1950s-70s Covers Mostly With Melbourne Tax Markings on annotated exhibit pages showing tax handstamps used in theperiod, including [1] 1953 to UK with 2/- franking underpaying 2nd weight step, taxed at double deficiency, octagonal taxhandstamp; [2] 1950s-60s covers x5 with various circular or oval tax handstamps, taxed at double deficiency; [3] 1968 SpecialDespatch business reply envelope with 10c Fish solo, circular ‘T7c’ handstamp indicating the postage and fee to be paid thepermit holder upon receipt; [4] 1971 & 1977 covers to UK, earlier cover with ‘CLOSED AGAINST/ INSPECTION’ boxedhandstamp & circular tax handstamp, the latter with CME (Central Mail Exchange) rectangular tax handstamp (‘MELBOURNE’misspelled ‘MELBOURE’), introduced after the formation of the Australian Postal Commission in 1975, both with British duesadded; also [5] 1978 Darwin cover to USA with 18c Flying Doctor underpaying 25c overseas rate, tax handstamp applied atAdelaide. (10) $180

1538 * 1950s-80 Accumulation including 1953 parcel tag from Rockhampton to Melbourne (address partly excised) with ½d Roo (4),KGVI 6½d (6), 3d Wheat (making up 3/8d rate), 1950s (?) Ginger Meggs illustrated (poor condition), 1968 with ‘PAID ATNARROMINE’ datestamp, 1988 with ‘NOT AT/ PRINCESS ALEXANDRA/ HOSPITAL’ handstamp, plus range of advertisingcovers, Postage Paid, RTS, & taxed items, mixed condition. (100+) $100

1539 * 1951 Adelaide local cover with 3d Federation, probably suspected to have contained cash by Post Office so compulsoryregistration enforced, ‘OFFICIALLY REGISTERED’ handstamp & mss “T 1/5” marking in red crayon applied with Dues 6d pair,1d pair & 3d added on reverse, opened on three sides. Postage dues are seldom seen on registered covers. [Deficiency of 1/5d= 2½d 2nd weight step + 6d Registration + 8½d fine.] $55

1540 * 1953 Concessional Mail to UK comprising [1] (Oct 29) QEII 1d violet tied by Melbourne slogan cancel, with ‘UK SERVICELIAISON/ON ACTIVE SERVICE/.../ STAFF IN AUSTRALIA’ oval cachet in violet, used on mail from the Atomic Testing Site atthe Montebello Islands off WA, endorsed on flap “Major A Brooks/ Design and Inspection Branch”; [2] 1953 (?) QEII 3d tied by‘NAVAL PO BALMORAL/ NSW-AUST’ datestamp with ‘CONCESSION RATE/R.N./ON ACTIVE SERVICE’ three-line handstampin blue, from an officer serving at HMAS Penguin; both covers with some blemishes. (2) $100

1541 * 1953-62 Postage Due Covers x11 (+3 fronts) including QEII 3½d Stationery Envelope from Timboon (Vic) to Tatts Melbourne,compulsorily registered at Melbourne due to valuable (cash) enclosure with 1/6d in dues added, 1955 with sellotape over 3½dstamp preventing cancellation with 7d added, 1956 Australian Institute of Archaeology stampless with Melbourne OlympicGames slogan and 7d added, 1959 with 7d Flying Doctor & QEII 4d underpaid for weight step with 9d in dues added, 1961Forests Commission (bushfire illustration) unstamped with 10d due added, etc. Interesting group. (14 items) $180

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1542 * 1954-73 Covers With Instructional Markings including 1954-59 x3 with ‘INSUFFICIENTLY/ PAID FOR/ AIR TRANSMISSION’boxed handstamp, 1954 registered with ‘SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN A/ VALUABLE ENCLOSURE’ boxed handstamp, 1963Sandown Village (Vic) registered with ‘DEBIT DOCKET/ ISSUED/ GPO MELBOURNE’, 1970 Fortitude Valley to Melbourne with‘PRIORITY PAID/ TEST ARTICLE’ handstamp in violet, 1973 inwards from Ministry of Defence UK to Perth with RTS handstamp,WA 1957 & 1964 OHMS unclaimed, etc, condition variable. (18) $130

1543 * 1960s-80s Taxed Covers to Overseas Destinations with large variety of tax markings with several underpaid Co-operativeInsurance Society covers to UK including 1972 with 12c Animal Science solo, 1972 with Prime Ministers booklet stamps x5,1973 airmail with 30c Fish & 7c Cook booklet stamp & ‘EXCEEDS 1½oz’ handstamp, 1974 surface with 11c Schools &‘EXCEEDS 20G’ handstamp, 1978 with 35c Gorge & ‘INSUFFICIENT/ POSTAGE FOR/ AIRMAIL’ boxed handstamp; good lotworthy of closer inspection. (80+) $200

1544 * 1962 (Apr 3) airmail cover from Sydney to UK, with 2/- Royal Visit underpaying 1st weight step by 3d and the 2nd weight stepby a further 2/3d, deficiency requested from sender with 2/6d Aborigine added on receipt of funds and tied by April 6thdatestamp, cover reduced at slightly at left. $90

1545 * 1964 (Mar 10) despatch note (stapled to customs declaration & Indonesian receipt form) from Anthony Hordern & Sonsaddressed to Evangelized Field Mission Sentani, West Irian, Indonesia, the receipt with overprinted West Irian 40s postage dueSG #D19 tied by ‘KOTABARUIRIAN’ cds. Most unusual. $120

1546 * 1964-65 Covers x5, all taxed at double deficiency comprising four stampless covers with QEII 10d or 5d pair added, plus a fifthcover from Tolga (Qld) to Melbourne underpaid by 4d, with 6d Bird plus QEII 1d pair added. (5) $120

1547 * 1964-66 Interrupted Mail Covers both accompanied by PMG’s Dept letters of apology comprising [1] 1964 (May 8) OHMS fire-damaged cover sent from Sydney to Melbourne, PMG’s letter stating “the enclosed letter...was included in a quantity of maildamaged by fire as a result of a road accident”; also [2] 1966 (Aug 23) Adelaide cover to Melbourne, the PMG’s Dept noteexplaining “the attached article was recently found amongst a quantity of mail stolen on 23rd August,1966 and deposited in adisused quarry...”. (2) $100

1548 * 1965 (Aug 12) cover to UK with Birds 1/6d pair plus 6d tied by Pennant Hills (NSW) datestamps paying 2/3d airmail plus 1/3dExpress Mail fee, boxed ‘EXPRESS FEE PAID’ handstamp, arrival backstamp, fine condition. $80

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1549 * 1965 (Nov 17) British Forces in Australia PPC from Canberra to England with QEII 3d Helecon paper (pink u/v reaction) BW#351A tied by Canberra machine cancel, boxed ‘DEFENCE FORCES/ POSTAGE CONCESSION’ handstamp. $150

1550 * 1966 (Mar 19) commercial decimal/ pre-decimal combination cover to UK with 2/3d White Wattles (22c equivalent value) plusQEII 3c paying 25c airmail rate, tear on reverse, presents well. $130

1551 * 1966-87 Decimal Solo Frankings including 1966 24c Kingfisher to Germany, 1966 30c Ibis to Germany, 1966 15c Galah toPakistan, others mostly to UK with 1968 50c Navigators, 1970 25c Wool, 1970 30c Cook, 1972 35c Beef, 1972 35c Olympics,1974 35c Xmas, 1975 11c Schools (unsealed surface rate), 1976 45c Xmas, 1977 45c Xmas, 1981 35c Funghi on PPC, 198275c Rose, 75c Commonwealth Games & 75c Xmas, condition generally fine. (63) $240

1552 * 1966-91 Covers mostly illustrated ‘Greetings From’ tourism promotional envelopes types including 1966 Brisbane to Pakistanwith 6c Bird & 9c Crab, 1977 with 15c Christmas strip of 3, 1981 Narooma to UK with 60c Funghi; also 1967 registered specialdelivery to USA, 1974-79 uprated aerogrammes x4 & 1978 Overseas Express Mail to Mexico, condition mostly fine. (36) $100

1553 * 1967-84 Taxed Covers with decimal stamps added including 1966 unstamped Melbourne local cover with 4c Life Saving pairadded, 1970 Canberra unstamped local cover with 10c Fish added, 1971 12c airmail to Launceston with ‘EXCEEDSDIMENSIONS/ FOR FREE AIR CARRIAGE’ with 7d Theatre & 5c QEII added tied by Mowbray Heights datestamp, etc; also1967-71 covers x4 with cash register labels added. (15 covers + 2 fronts). $130

1554 * 1971-77 Covers with multiple frankings of single commemorative values, usually to UK including 1971 with 30c QANTAS stripof 3, 1974 unsealed greetings card rate with 10c Pioneer Water pair, left hand unit with variety White flaw adjoining top ofpump, 1974 with 15c Pioneer Food strip of 3, 1975 with 20c Wombat block of 4 (one unit torn), 1976 with 25c Anteater x2, 1977with 45c Test Centenary x2, 1977 with 45c Xmas pair (very scarce), etc; also a couple of items from AAT; mostly fine. (13) $150

1555 * 1971-84 Underpaid Covers to UK taxed with British dues added including 1973 with 7c Metric Conversion and 3p added, 1974Cowandilla (SA) stampless with 11p in dues added, 1977 with 18c Jubilee and 20p Due added, 1978 with 25c Plover and 16pin dues added, 1984 with 30c Moth and 32p in dues added, etc. Generally fine and a colourful lot. (17) $180

1556 * 1972 (Feb 1) registered airmail cover to Netherlands with scarce franking of 5c Famous Australians Adam Gordon booklet paneof 5 + tab, plus 75c Navigators, 1971 Xmas 7c x2 & QEII 1c. $100

1557 * 1975 (July) post Cyclone Tracy free mail covers comprising Darwin registered mail & certified mail items to same addressee inMortdale (NSW). (2) $75

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1558 * 1975-79 Bulk Postage account payment cards nearly all with perf ‘VG’ multiple frankings with Victorian datestamp cancels,some stamps damaged, mostly fine. Colourful. (approx 250 cards). $250

1559 * 1978-79 Australia Post Redirection of Mail Forms (PM15) x4 used at Trentham (Vic) franked with 1978 15c Christmas x12 onthree of the forms or 1979 15c Christmas x12 on the other form. Umusual usage. (4 forms) $100

1560 * 1979 (Oct 15) Telecom Australia registered cover from Currie, King Island to Burnie with rare Paintings franking of $1 Sergeant,$2 Red Gums & $5 McMahon’s Point, fine condition. $120

1561 * 1992-93 Box Link Covers x3, two commercially used within Sydney with boxlink machine cancels, the third philatelically usedwith Brisbane boxlink clock cancel. (3) $80

1562 * Lord Howe Island Collection with four covers incl 1952 registered to Sydney and 1953 paquebot from MV Malaita, also 1949Flying boat ticket from Rose Bay, including accomodation voucher. Variety of articles etc. Nice lot. $150

1563 * Stamps On Cover 1953 and 1955 philatelic correspondence, three registered air mail Springvale (Victoria) to Burbank(California) with kaleidoscopic frankings incl [1] in 1953 (Apr 27) 6d blue Die II perf ‘OS’ BW #19ba also 2/- Croc with pre-printinghoriz crease creating void line across upper third of stamp; [2] two with 5/- BW #44 (one 1953 creased, one 1955 torn), thesecond including 9d 1st wmk BW #24 (catalogue an amazing $1,000 in proper period of use). Interesting group, must have valueat estimate. (3) $100

AUSTRALIA | First Flight Covers1564 * 1914 Melbourne-Sydney Guillaux PPC AAMC #3, with a photo of Maurice Guillaux on the reverse, franked 1d Roo tied by

‘AUSTRALIAN/ MELBOURNE/16-JL-1914/ VIC/ AERIAL MAIL’ oval datestamp in violet, couple of creases at right where therebefore the stamp was applied. Addressed to Murrumburrah, NSW. $300

1565 * 1917 (Feb 15) Mt Gambier-Melbourne illustrated Basil Watson PPC with very fine ‘MT GAMBIER/ 15FE17/ STH AUST’datestamp with KGV 1d red tied by superb double-oval ‘AUSTRALIAN MELBOURNE/ 27FEB1917/ VIC/ AERIAL MAIL’datestamp AAMC #10, very minor blemishes, Cat $600. $400

1566 * 1917 (Feb 15) Hamilton-Melbourne illustrated Basil Watson PPC with fine ‘HAMILTON/ 15FE17/ VIC’ datestamp with KGV 1d redtied by superb double-oval ‘AUSTRALIAN MELBOURNE/ 27FEB1917/ VIC/ AERIAL MAIL’ datestamp AAMC #12, very fine, Cat$600. [Although postmarked 15th Feb the card was not picked up by Watson until the 20th] $450

1567 *F 1921 Geraldton - Derby plain cover endorsed “per Aerial Mail” with 5d KGV [1L53], from Subiaco to Broome (19DE21backstamp), WAA Perth Derby cachet on face, AAMC #56a, Cat $1,100. Small faults. The flight was abandoned at Geraldtonand mail to the north continued on the Bambra. Plus photo of plane crew and pasengers. Both the photo and the cover havebeen signed by Norman Brearley in his later years. $500

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1568 *W 1925 Angel Vignette very unusual blue-green example, not seen by us before, with mint pair in the normal blue colour forcomparison. Plus 4d yellow-orange Roo perf large ‘OS’ and perf small ‘OS’. These are dubious and sold “as is”. $120

1569 * 1931 Chichester Lord Howe Island - Australia AAMC #184a, with 3 lined violet handstamp, 6d violet KSmith cancelled with‘LORD HOWE ISLAND/ 6JU/ 1931/N.S.W’. Fresh & clean. $550

1570 * 1931 KLM Flight Australia-Holland AAMC #205 small cover franked at correct 3/7d rate to Europe with SMult 2/-, 1/- & 6dRoos plus KGV 1d green tied by Airmail Sydney datestamp, Cat $150. $100

1571 * 1933 (Oct 12) Faith In Australia England - Australia signed and posted on arrival in Sydney. With original letter explainingthat the writer was invited to be a passenger on the flight, but declined as he preferred to travel by boat. He sent half-a-dozenletters instead. A rare flight. $300

1572 * 1935 Last Flight of the ‘Southern Cross’ (July 18) from Mascot to Richmond, signed “C Kingsford Smith” AAMC #514,perforated silver vignette designed by EA Crome affixed, horizontal fold & some tonespotting, Cat $650. $280

1573 * 1942-49 QANTAS special covers with vignettes and signed by the pilots, comprising [1] 1942 Sydney to Mornington Island; [2]1946 Australia to England AIRLETTER for the re-opening flight of the Qantas/ BOAC service to London; [3] 1947 Australia toEngland & return flight; [4] Australia to Japan & return flight (BCOF); [5] Australia to Hong Kong; AAMC #950, 1038a, 1124-25,1128-29 & 1218, Cat $925. (7) $400

1574 * 1942 Mornington Island QANTAS label on cover (Dec 23) from Brisbane, AAMC #951, tied by QANTAS cachet & signed onfront by Commm W.H. Crowther and on reverse single line ‘MORNINGTON ISLAND’ cachet and pencil mss “R Bromholz/ Missyin Charge/27/12/ 42”. The cover has been opened out for display. $100

1575 ***/ * 1943 &1946-48 Mornington Island QANTAS Parachute Mail labels, (1948 has minor hinge mark). Frommer #60a, 62a, 76a &79a. Cat $400. Very fresh. (4) $200

1576 * 1944 ‘Coolangatta’ Crash Cover AAMC #984, (faults) carried by air from Sydney aboard QANTAS Coolangatta, which crashedin Sydney Harbour 11 Oct. Includes the original cover to Cpl Dollin, the ambulance envelope and the roneoed explanatory letterfrom the Army. A scarce group of 3, mounted on page. $650

1577 * 1945 Australia-Singapore Per Flying Boat ‘Coriolanus’ being the first civil air service flight to Singapore after WWII AAMC#1009, signed by pilots Caldwell & Reeve, Cat $200 (as an unsigned cover). $140

1578 * 1947 (16 Dec) QANTAS printed covers flown Australia to Japan & return flight, both with special vignettes affixed, signed bypilots Morton and Harding, AAMC #1128-1129a, Cat $300. (2) $160

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AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail1579 */ D/ U 1940s-1980s Collection of datestamp covers organised by state including 1937 Randwick Military Hospital cover, 1942 MILPO

Dubbo on 1d KGVI Stationery Envelope, 1942 MILPO Alice Springs airmail to Melbourne, 1942 MILPO Wayville on OHMScover, 1945 MILPO Tatura registered, also noted a smattering of WWI camp cancels. Excellent variety with many fine strikes.(100s) $300

AUSTRALIA | Military - World War I Period1580 *U/ D/ C1901-18 Selection of cancellations on stamps for 1901-13 Easter Camps x6, plus WW1 military camps including Ballarat,

Dubbo, Flinders Naval Base strikes x3 tying KGV 1½d perf ‘OS’ pair & strip of 3 to piece, Langwarrin, Menangle, Trial Bay &Warrnambool, also covers x5. A good lot well worthy of inspection. (51 +five covers). $500

1581 * 1914 (Oct 31) PPC to Yilliminning (WA) with KGV 1d red tied by Perth datestamp, real-photo view side shows military campparade scene, edge blemishes. $70

1582 * 1915 Australian Expedtionnary Force colourfully illustrated PPC, addressed but not postally used. Most attractive. $1001583 * 1915 (Apr 14) cover to Private Ralph Summers of the 1st Infantry Brigade based at Mena Camp Cairo, mss “Recd 10/5/ 16” in

red ink, however by this time the brigade had departed for Gallipoli where Pte Summers was killed in action on May 2 1915reflected in the manuscript marking “Missing” signed “A R Dignam Capt” and boxed handstamp ‘UNABLE TO TRACE/ RETURNTO SENDER’, subsequently backstamped on return ‘RETD LETTER SECTION/ 15MY16/ BASE RECORDS MELB’ and returnedto sender in Woollahra. [Private Summers is buried at 6 Lone Pine Cemetry, Gallipoli. Captain Arthur Reginald Dignam wascourt-martialled at Gallipoli on 27th July 1915, just prior to the Lone Pine assault, for being drunk on duty. He was found guilty,dismissed and returned to Australia. In 1917 he re-joined the AIF as a private in the 54th Battalion, and ended the war as asergeant in the 53rd.] $200

1585 * 1915 Gallipoli Covers comprising [1] (Jun 18) Field Service Postcard to Ballarat with fine strike of 4th.AUST.INF.BGDEdatestamp; [2] (Oct 27) PPC to Sydney headed “Gallipoli/25.10.15”with 5th.INF.BDE. datestamp; [3] (Nov 26) battered cover toNewcastle (NSW) with two strikes of 5th.INF.BDE. datestamp; [4] (Oct 1) cover to Sydney with fine strike of 6th.INF.BDE.datestamp; upper edge tears. (4) $240

1586 * 1915 Gallipoli Related Selection comprising [1] (June 25) defective postcard with Australian Intermediate Base PO datestamp,Adelaide machine arrival datestamp; [2] (June 28) PPC to Tasmania message reads “We have just finished a week in thetrenches and are now camped down in a gully”, part Australian Intermediate Base PO datestamp; [3] (Aug 26) PPC headed“Alexandria/ August 14 1915” written on board ship on night of departure for Gallipoli, APO SZ5 datestamp; [4] (Sep 8) agedcover to Sydney with fine strike of ‘AUST & NZ ARMY CORPS/ HEADQUARTERS/ FIELD PO’ datestamp; [5] PPC headed“Gallipoli/ Xmas 1915” addressed to Tasmania, marked in mss “No Stamps/On/ Active/ Service”, no postal markings. [6] Britishtype APO SZ5 ‘1NO15’ datestamp used on Active Service Envelope addressed to Bowraville (NSW). Sent by A. Lang servingwith 4th Battalion at Anzac Cove, see Emery page 92. $240

1587 * 1916 (C.) POW envelope from Berrima Detention Camp to Danzig, with violet ‘’SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE’and ‘PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/ FREE’ h.s on face. $400

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1588 * 1916 POW envelope and letter from Berrima detention Camp to Germany, mounted on page with rare card giving instruction onhow to send mail to the camp. $400

1589 * 1916 Trial Bay POW Stationery Envelope and letter to Germany, with appropriate censor handstamp on the face. Very goodcondition. $130

1590 * 1916-19 Convoy/ Transport Mail with [1] 1915 PPC from Ceylon with fine ‘A.I. FORCES POSTAGE FREE/ 22JE15/ VIC’datestamp; [2] 1917 (Jan 11) cover from Convoy 27 serviceman aboard A24 Benalla anchored off Dakar Senegal, processedthrough Lark Hill Camp England due to a submarine blockade; [3] Convoy 33 cover sent from the A32 Themistocles whichtravelled to Europe via Panama Canal route; [4] 1919 (Aug 18) to Sydney with two-line ‘TRANSPORT A42/SS BOORARA’handstamp in violet, with contents; plus three other items. (7) $180

1591 * 1917 covers x3 all addressed to Pte Higgins of the Army Medical Corp all sent prior to his embarkation to Europe comprising(Jun 14 & Jun 26) to the Isolation Camp at Ascot Vale & (Jul 12) to the Military Rest Camp at Macleod, all with KGV 1d red tiedby Melbourne x2 or Brighton datestamps. Lot includes printout of addressee’s embarkation roll & vendor’s notes. (3) $85

1592 * 1917-18 Citizens War Chest Fund 1917 cover & 1918 postcard (tear at base) both addressed to local coordinators of the fund,both with KGV 1d reds tied by Sydney machine cancels. (2) $80

1593 * 1918 (Apr 16) Win the War League New South Wales Recruiting Committee long cover to Singleton with KGV perf ‘OS/ NSW’tied by Sydney ‘ELIGIBLES ENLIST’ slogan cancel. [The use of a perf ‘OS’ stamp shows the level of government support forsuch organisations] $125

1594 * Egypt : 1916 [1] PPCs x3 to Australia with triangular ‘PASSED BY CENSOR/ (Crown)/No. 3257’ (8th Infantry Brigade), & ‘FIELDPOST OFFICE/ AN8’ alongside, ‘No. 3274’ & ‘FPO/A.N.13’( 13th Infantry Brigade) & ‘No.3725’ & FPO/ 159; [2] 2 OAS covers &a front with ‘MILITARY RECREATION/ FREE/....../E’, ‘A,I,F,/ Passed by Censor No___/’ with “B” DETAIL/ ZEITOUN’ cachetalongside, ‘CENSORED BY/No.Aust. Imp.Force Intermediate Base’ cachet in green and faint AUSTRALIAN IMPERIALFORCE/NO/ STAMPS/ AVAILABLE/1.A.A.P.C./ON SERVICE cachet. Mixed condition. (6) $110

AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period1595 * Brighton, Tas, POW Camp 1944 (Sep 13) use of stampless lettersheet from Italian POW to Sicily. Red on white ‘6 OPENED

BY CENSOR’ label Little #L6-6a (LRD). This was a very small camp with only 300 POWs, and mail from here is rare. $2501596 * Queensland & New Guinea Unit Postal Station 412 datestamp used ‘20DE44’ at Petrie Staging Camp (Qld) on airmail cover

to NSW and on ‘15MR45’ at Marooka (New Guinea) on a Tatts cover, the latter usage not seen by Proud. (2) $1401597 * UPS - Western Command on cover comprising [1] UPS W4 ‘21DEC43(?)’ datestamp tying 4d Koala to airmail cover to Yarram

(Vic) and [2] UPS W31 ‘27OCT/ 1942’ (5 Inf Tps Workshops, Wongon Hills) to Merredin (datestamp on face), redirected toKalgoorlie, small tear; neither cancel seen by Proud. (2) $160

1598 * UPS 313 - Nauru UPS 313 ‘28NO45’ datestamp tying KGVI 3d to cover to Sydney with another fine strike alongside. Used atNauru between 13/9/45 & 20/12/45, and not seen by Proud. $250

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1599 * UPS 313 - Nauru Unit Postal Station 313 ‘30NO45’ datestamp tying G&E 3d to cover to Sydney, with accompanying letter fromsender confirming use of canceller on Ocean Island following its re-occupation by Australian Forces on 1st October 1945,however it is more likely this cover was serviced in Nauru on the return of the Australian garrison. $250

1600 * UPS 376 & 407 - New Guinea Unit Postal Station 376 ‘13FE44’ datestamp tying QM 1d to Air Letter, used at Cape Hoskins,New Britain; also UPS 407 ‘9SE44’ datestamp tying KGVI 3d, used at Potsdam (village in Madang district) by 11 Div PU, notseen by Proud. (2) $100

1601 * UPS 416 - Timor UPS 416 ‘11OC45’ (Koepang 12/40 Battn) tying KGVI 3d & QM 1d x2 to airmail concession rate cover to NewZealand, Proud 1,000pts. $150

1602 * UPS ELC9 - Queensland Largely fine strike of framed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/ 2APR1943/ STATION ELC9’ tying QM 1d tocover to Brisbane, AMF boxed censor handstamp in violet. Used at 116 General Hospital, this cancel type not listed by Proud. $120

1603 * UPS ELC24 - Queensland Framed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/ 23OCT1944/ STATION ELC24’ tying 4d Koala (torn) to airmailcover to Patonga Beach (NSW), AMF censor handstamp, Used by HQ 1 Armd Regt at Southport and not seen by Proud. $100

1604 * UPS S89 - Queensland large oval ‘UNIT POSTAL STATION/ 24AUG1942/ S89’ tying QM 1d to cover to Victoria, AMF boxedcensor handstamp in black, some age spotting and small tear at right. Used at Atherton and not seen by Proud. $100

1605 * UPS Y9 - Queensland fine unframed rectangle ‘UNIT POSTAL/ 11JUL1943/ Station Y9’ tying 4d Koala to airmail cover toLithgow, boxed AIF censor cachet in red, section missing from the back. Not known by Proud. $100

AUSTRALIA | Patriotic Covers1606 * 1915 (Feb 11) patriotic propaganda PPC illustrated on the view side with a letter mocking Kaiser Wilhelm and his fear of the

Royal Navy’s firepower, sent from Hobart to Bothwell (Tas) and in fine condition. $80

1607 * 1915 (Feb 22) use of patriotic envelope illustrated with allied flags, used within Sydney and addressed to the Victoria Barracks,couple of upper edge tears. Lot includes printout of addressee’s embarkation roll & vendor’s notes. $180

1608 * 1914 (Oct) early use of illustrated patriotic cover showing flags of Britain, France & Belgium plus flag of Czar of Russia and theJapanese naval ensign, used from Sydney to Melbourne, small edge fault at top. $180

1609 * 1914 (Oct 31) early use of patriotic envelope illustrated with flags of allies, sent from Brisbane to Armstrong Creek (Qld), coupleof upper edge tears & flap repair. $180

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AUSTRALIA | Postmarks1610 SD 1890s-1940s: accumulation of stamps, mainly KGV Heads, collected for their pmks, many are obviously common, but a few

scarcer were noticed such as, 1924 Dudley, 1921 Lyndoch, 1921 MO&SB Clunes, 1938 Groote Eylandt, 1922 Yalgarup Mill,1913 Perth TPO. Plus a range of WWII Military POs with UPS Ws x4, W24 & W31 (Not Seen). About 50% are of WA origin.(250+) $150

AUSTRALIA | CINDERELLAS1611 1937 Hubert Opperman: autographed large black and red stamp (minor faults) commemorating his arrival in Melbourne in Nov

1937 as part of his ride from Fremantle to Sydney. The proceeds supported infantile paralysis care in Victoria. [HubertOpperman won enormous fame for his long distance cycling, in the 1920s & 1930s, winning many race in Australia and Europe.] $250

1612 1938 NSW Sesquicentenary: sheet of 30 labels, with margins, perfs separation issues. Rare as complete sheet. $1201613 Western Australia Motor Spirit Ration Tickets: unused group with 1 Gallon Series ‘A’ black/ salmon single, Series ‘1949

expiry’ 1 Gallon green/ pale green tête-bêche block of 4, and 2 Gallon black/ pale green single. Pristine. (6) $1001614 Western Australia Motor Spirit Ration Tickets: unused Series ‘B’ 2 gallon blue, 5 Gallon violet & 10 gallon yello-green. Both

5 & 10 Gallon are endorsed by the consumer. Clean & fresh. (6) $200

AUSTRALIA | PICTURE POSTCARDS1615 * [1] multi-coloured ‘Borthwick’s Puncture Cure’, 1907 use from Collingwood; [2] multi-coloured Singer Sewing Machine ‘Familar

Australian Singers’ featuring birds; [3] Victorian ‘Beer and Backy’ card with light CTO cancel. $1301616 Comic: used group with [1] Red Nolan ‘Bull & Bush’, Nuttall x2 ‘Tennis’ & ‘Down the Bay’; [3] PS ‘I’M NOT AS GREEN AS I

LOOK’; [4] Taylor ‘The break-up of the Drought’. $1201617 Swallow & Ariell’s: attractive multicoloured PPC with Zeppelin flying over the factory, unused. $1001618 World War I: three different Tom Cross cards, unused, two are fine, the other is a bit spotty. Rare. $120

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AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings1619 **/*/ U Array with singles, blocks and sheets AAT 1966 Decimals to $1, 1972 Cook & 1973 to $1 (x2 sets of each); Christmas Island

1971 Christmas (x50 sets); Norfolk Island 1967-68 Ships to $1 (x7 sets); PNG 1966 Butterflies to $2 (x5 sets), 1969 Shells to$1; etc, mostly MUH. (100s) $150

AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES | Booklets1620 B 1990s Lord Howe Island Courier Post [1] booklet with four $1.80 Courier Post stamps; [2] booklet with for $1.80 emergency

labels. $100AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY1621 ** 1966-68 Pictorials complete sets x2 in two Post Office Packs with Japanese inserts. (2) $1201622 ** 1966-72 Sets Comprising 1966-68 Definitives to $1, 1971 Treaty and 1972 Cook SG #8-22 all in fresh MUH corner blocks of 4,

Retail $320. (60) $1001623 ** 1971 Treaty 6c & 30c SG #19-20 in complete panes of 50, fresh MUH, Retail $300. $75

AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Postal History1624 * 1960 (Feb 10) use of 5d brown AAT on Russian PPC. Sent by Christopher Armstrong the expedition Surveyor, to a friend in

England. Christopher got the card when the Russian Polar ship Ob visited. The stamp is cancelled with Mawson cds of 10FE60and also a Davis cds of 3FE60. Non-Philatelic mail is very rare from these bases. $1,000

CHRISTMAS ISLAND | Booklets1625 B 1995-96 Provisional with 45c White-eye gutter block of 6 stapled to booklet cover made from surplus presentaion packs. (see

note at beginning of section in SG Australia catalogue.) Rare. $200NAURU1626 * 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 5/- bright carmine, SG #22, Cat £100. $801627 * 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- pale blue, SG #23, Cat £250. $1801628 * 1916-23 Seahorses DLR Printing 10/- deep bright blue, SG #23d, hinge rem, Cat £500. $320

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NAURU | Postal History1629 * 1920 (Jul 24) philatelic cover to New York with Overprints at Base ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d & 1/- tied by ‘P.O.PLEASANT ISLAND/

JL24/20/ (NAURU)’ cds, fine boxed registration handstamp in purple, minor aging/ toning, small tear on left edge. $551630 * 1943? Japanese Occupation cover and letter from Tadao Hashiba, who was a member of the Yokosuka 2nd Special Land

Marines. A partial translation is included, stating that he is kept awake by the air raids and that everyone is coming down withdengue fever. $400

1631 * Early 1970s cover to King George V EBS School in Bikenibeu, Kiribati with Overprinted 5c Anibare Bay tied by ‘REPUBLIC OFNAURU/ CENTRAL PACIFIC’ cds (dateline not clear). Very scarce origin/ destination mail. $100

NORFOLK ISLAND1632 * 1973 35c Cook Bicentenary imperforate die proof (small fault top left) mounted on Harrison & Sons presentation card plus an

issued perforated stamp for comparison. Rare. $300NORFOLK ISLAND | Booklets

1633 B 1989 Unissued SPCE Booklet with 41c Internal Government x10. While 1,000 were printed these were withdrawn anddestroyed. Only thirteen are believed to have survived. $1,100

NORFOLK ISLAND | Postal History1634 * 1970-80s commercial covers to NSW with attractive variety of commemorative solo frankings or multiple frankings with make-

up use of 1c, 2c or 4c values, generally fine. (67) $200NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea1635 * 1897 Overprints on Germany set of 6, Mi #1-6, fine mint. $1301636 U 1897 Overprints on Germany set of 6, plus extra 10pf, Mi #1-6. 3pf, 5pfm 10pf & 25pf on piece, Cat €215. 25pf with cancel

from SS Kiatschou of the East Asiatic Line. (7) $1301637 F/ V 1897 Overprints on Germany set of 6 Mi #1-6. All have expert handstamps incl Jaschke-L identifying 3pf Mi #Ib. Fine to very

fine, Cat €215+. (6) $90

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1638 V 1897 Overprints on Germany 25pf orange gutter block of 4, Mi #5ZS, cancelled with ‘STEPHENSORT/30/9/ 01’. Used gutterblocks are rare. $300

1639 V 1900-01 Yachts set of 13 Mi #7-19. Various clear contemporaneous postmarks incl Friedrich Wilhelmshafen, Rabaul,Stephansort. All with expert handstamps, the key 5M with Dietrich. Very fine near premium quality stamps, Cat €1,000+. (13) $500

1640 * 1914-19 5m Yacht Mi #23IIBI, Jäschke guarantee handstamp, mint, Cat €40. [Lot includes a 1988 BPA Certificate incorrectlyidentifying the stamp as Mi #23IIBII] $60

NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal Stationery1641 PS 1901: 2m Parcel Post Form on grey granite stock H&G #1 used by New Guinea Compagnie for sending parcels, superb unused. $250

NEW GUINEA | German (Deutsch) New Guinea | Postal History1642 * 1895 (Mar 15) commercial cover to Germany with German 20pf tied by ‘DEUTSCHE/ SEEPOST/ AUSTRALISCHE/

HAUPTLINIE’ code ‘f’ datestamp (SS Oldenburg), Colombo backstamp & French ‘LIGNE N/ PAQ FR No 4’ marine sorterdatestamp on the face, Nordern arrival backstamp, flap fault. $180

1643 * 1897 1897 (Mar 22) use of German 5pf Postal Card from Matupi to Herbertshöhe. Scarce internal mail. $1001644 * 1901 (Mar 21) commercial usage to Germany of German 2pf Postal Card Reply Half uprated with GNG 3pf tied by Herbertshöhe

datestamp, Sydney transit (‘10’ for ‘01’ year slug error) & Halle arrival cds. Unusual item. [Message side headed “Ralum BismArch”, a plantation on Blanche Bay] $250

1645 * 1905 (Nov 11) use of 5pf Postal Card to Germany, message side headed “Sattelberg” (Saddle Mountain) “11 Nov 05”, weakFinschhafen datestamp, fine Gunzenhausen ‘12JAN/ 06’ arrival datestamp. $100

1646 * 1906 (Dec 23) commercial used to Germany of Germania 3pf + 2pf Postal Card uprated with GNG 5pf tied by Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen datestamp, the Germania 3pf & 2pf cancelled on arrival in Germany by Wilhelmshafen datestamps, corner bendotherwise fine. $180

1647 * 1910 (Mar 29) use of 5pf Postal Card to Namanula, Rabaul, message side headed “Kabaira 29/ III/ 10”, fine Simpsonshafencancel. $100

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NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints1648 * 1914-15 GRI Overprints comprising [1] 6mm Setting 2½d on 20pf SG #4 fine mint; [2] 5mm Setting 2½d on 10pf SG #20, some

minor toning; also [3] 1d on 3pf overprinted ‘O.S.’ SG #O1, small surface scuff top left, mint; Cat £347. (3) $2001649 F 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 6mm Setting 1d on 5pf, 2d on 10pf & 2d on 20pf, SG #2,3,4, all with Rabaul first day

cancel of OCT17 1914. $4501650 ** 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 6mm Setting 2½d on 10pf MUH block of 4, SG #5, Retail $500 for hinged. $5001651 F 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 6mm Setting 2½d on 10pf, SG #5, 1915 oval Rabaul cancel. $2001652 F 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 6mm Setting 3d on 25pf, SG #7, on piece with 1915 Rabaul cancel. $4501653 V 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 5mm Setting 1d on 3pf with 1 with straight top serif, SG #16c, vertical crease

detracts little, blue straight-line ‘Rabaul’ cancel (used December 1914 only) $1501654 * 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 5mm Setting 1d on 5pf SG #17 with No serif at top of ‘1’, MLH. $751655 V 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 5mm Setting 1d on 5pf pair, right unit with 1 with straight top serif, SG #17c, blue

Stephensort CTO cancel. $200

1656 V 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 5mm Setting 1d on 5pf with 1 with straight top serif, SG #17c, on piece with 1916oval Rabaul cancel. $150

1657 ** 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 5mm Setting 2½d on 10pf SG #20, fresh MUH, Cat £225+. $2501658 F 1914-15 On German New Guinea Ovpt 5mm Setting 3d on 25pf, SG #22, Cat £250, violet Rabaul oval cancel. $3001659 * 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-Serif Registration Labels ‘Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)’ from Setting A Position

1 SG #33 marginal example from left of the sheet, part-gum, Cat £275. $3001660 * 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-SerifRegistration Labels ‘Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen/ (Deutsch Neuguinea)’ from

Setting B Position 3, SG #35, a few short/ nibbed perfs, large-part gum, Cat £250. $2401661 W 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-Serif Registration Labels ‘Herbertshöhe/ (Deutsch Neuguinea)’ from Setting B

Position 5, some short/ nibbed perfs, unused, Cat £300. $300

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1662 W 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-Serif Registration Labels ‘Käwieng/ Deutsch Neu-Guinea’ SG #37b Setting Bpositions 1 & 2 block of 4, unused, Cat £1,300+. $1,400

1663 * 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Sans-Serif Registration Labels ‘Manus/ (Deutsch Neuguinea)’ SG #39 Setting CPosition 5 marginal example from right of the sheet, part-gum, Cat £325. $350

1664 */ W 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Serif Registration Labels ‘Käwieng/ (Deutsch Neuguinea)’ SG #42 x5 for Setting A -Positions 1 to 5, three with gum, a few blemishes, Cat £1,250+. Difficult assembly. (5) $1,300

1665 W 1915 ‘3d.’ Surcharge on German-Type Serif Registration Labels ‘Käwieng/ (Deutsch Neuguinea)’ Setiing B Positions 3 & 4block of 4 with No Stop after ‘3d’ on the two right-hand units SG #42 & a, unused, Cat £1,450+. $1,600

1666 **/*/ U 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 1d on 5pf unused & used (rounded corner, Brisbane cds), 2d on 10pf mint (minortoning) & 2d on 20pf fresh MUH, SG #51-53 group, Cat £207. (4) $150

1667 * 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 2d on 20pf SG #53 (surface abrasion) tied to unaddressed cover by Rabaul ‘JAN26 1915’ oval datestamp in violet. $100

1668 * 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 3d on 30pf, 2nd setting, SG #55, fine mint, Retail $875. BPA certificate (1984). $6001669 * 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 4d on 40pf SG #56 fine mint, expertised on reverse, Cat £170. $1801670 * 1914 On Marshall Islands Opt 5mm Apart 8d on 80pf, 2nd setting, SG #58, ovpt ink across top, part o.g, Retail $875. Only

about 490 printed. Ceremuga certificate (2012). $600

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NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints | Official Stamps1671 V 1915 Overprinted ‘OS’ 1d on 3pf, SG #O1, neatly tied to piece with fine oval Rabaul of FEB28 1915 (2nd day of use). $120NEW GUINEA | ‘G.R.I.’ Overprints | Postal Stationery - Postal Cards1672 PS 1914 G.R.I. 1d on 5pf H&G #1, watermarked lozenges, fine unused. $1001673 PS 1914 G.R.I. 2d on 10pf H&G #2, minor aging, unused. $100

1674 PS 1915 1d On 2d Surcharge 2d struck out and ‘Sold at 1D.’ typed at side of indicia, ‘Stephensort’ CTO, a few small insect holes.Gibbs notes “A very rare card I have only recorded 3 examples”. $2,700

NEW GUINEA | ‘N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS’ Overprints1675 * 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk ½d green (acccb) horizontal strip of 5, transfer error. Toned gum and minor separation, 2nd unit with

White marks in bottom frame and right value tablet [2R26], & 3rd unit with Scratches on King’s beard and neck [2R27](BW #63(2)g,h). A rare strip. $200

1676 */ U 1915-16 Range [1] Single Wmk KGV with ½d x6 (mint x3 incl (bc) pair), 1d x2 mint, 4d x4 mint (incl White scratch behindemu (ACSC #110(2)v)), 5d 3x mint; [2] 1st Wmk Roo 2d x2 mint, 2½d x2 (one mint); [3] 2nd Wmk Roo 2d x3 (one mint), 6dx3 mint, 9d x2 (one mint), 1/- x3 (2 mint incl Break in bottom frame under O of ONE (ACSC #31(2)j)); [4] 3rd Wmk Roo 2dx3 (mint x2), 3d Die I x3 (mint x3). Nice group in generally fine condition, Cat £380+. (37) $400

1677 * 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d red (c) with Run N state II (BW #71(4)va), SG #67. $1001678 * 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d carmine-red Die II (c), SG #67c. $1501679 * 1915-16 KGV Single Wmk 1d red (a) with Die II substituted cliché, SG #67ca, Cat £1,800. $1,500

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1680 U/ * 1915-16 Varieties 2d grey used except noted, [1] 1st wmk Extra islands around Tasmania (BW #5(2)i), mint; [2] 2nd wmkScratch from value circle through map to T of POSTAGE (BW #6(2)f); [3] 3rd wmk Scratch of coast at Albany (BW #7(2)d)and Coloured flaw at SE corner (BW# 7(U)e). Retail as normal stamps $175. (4) $200

1681 F 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow (a) purple-black overprint, SG #92 with Break in coast in Bight (BW #44(D)t). $1201682 * 1915-16 Kangaroos 2nd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow (b) purple-black overprint, SG #92 on registered cover from Rabaul (German

New Guinea label) to Switzerland. $3501683 F 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk £1 chocolate & dull blue (c), SG #99, small surface abrasion, fine Kokopo of 10AP20, Retail

$725. $300

1684 */ * 1915-16 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk £1 chocolate & blue (abc) strip of 3, SG #99, perfectly centred with good perfs, middle unit MUH.A very fine strip. $2,500

1685 F 1918 ‘One Penny’ Surcharges 1d on 5d KGV (a) strip of 6, SG #100, on piece with Rabaul cancel of 31MY18. Retail $1,000+ $500

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1686 F 1918 ‘One Penny’ Surcharges 1d on 1/- green Kangaroo (abc) strip of 3, SG #101, violet 18MY18 Namatanai per favourcancel. $600

1687 F 1918 ‘One Penny’ Surcharges 1d on 1/- green Kangaroo (b) strip of 6, SG #101, on piece with Rabaul cancel of 31MY18.Retail $2,000+ $1,000

1688 **/*/ U 1918-23 Range [1] Single Wmk KGV with ½d x2 (one mint); [2] 3rd Wmk Roo all MUH except noted 2d Die I, 2½d (hinged),3d Die I, 6d Die II, 9d Die IIb, 1/- Die II & 2/- (hinged); [3] Large Mult Wmk KGV ½d mint. Nice group in generally fine condition,Cat £80+. (10) $100

1689 * 1918-23 Varieties mint [1], Single wmk 5d brown White flaw on emu’s breast and breaks in shading lines in lower part ofoval (BW #123u); [2] 3rd wmk 2½d Roo with unplated Coloured flaw on S of AUSTRALIA and 3d Roo Die II. (3) $180

1690 **/ * 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 2d grey Die IIA block of 12 [3L10-12,16-18,22-24,28-30] unit 10 with White scratch below AU(BW #8e). 9 units MUH. Retail $480 as hinged singles, generally fine. $450

1691 * 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Kangaroo 3d olive Die II, SG #109a, fine mint. Retail $225. $1401692 V 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk Kangaroo 3d olive Die II, SG #109a, very fine used. Retail $275. $1751693 V 1918-23 Kangaroos 3rd Wmk 5/- grey & yellow, SG #116, 1933 Rabaul cds, Retail $175. $1201694 ** 1918-23 KGV Large Multi Wmk ½d green Inverted wmk, SG #119w, attractive MUH. $150

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues1695 U 1931 Huts Ovpt Airmail complete set to 2/-, SG #137-46, Cat £75, good used. $1001696 * 1931 Huts Ovpt Airmail complete set of 13, SG #137-49, Cat £250, fresh mint. $3001697 * 1931 Dated Birds to £1 set to 5/-, SG #150-60, very fresh. (11) $1001698 * 1931 Dated Birds Overprinted Airmail complete set to 5/-, SG #163-74, Cat £75. Fresh mint. (12) $100

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1699 * 1931 Dated Birds Overprinted Airmail complete set of 14, SG #163-76, Retail $450. Fresh mint. $3001700 U 1931 Dated Birds Overprinted Airmail complete set of 14, SG #163-76, Retail $475. $3751701 * 1932-34 Undated Birds ½d to £1 set SG #177-89, odd minor perf blemish, generally very fine for this issue, mint/ MLH, Cat

£250. (15) $1501702 U 1932-34 Undated Birds SG #177-89, good condition. Retail $325. (15) $100

1703 U 1932-34 Undated Birds SG #177-89, average condition. Retail $325. (15) $1001704 ** 1932 Undated Birds 10/- pink MUH corner block of 4, SG #188, odd gum bends on lower units detract little from this desirable

block. $4001705 * 1932-34 Undated Birds - Air complete set, SG #190-203. Very fresh with good centring. Retail $375. Good value. (16) $2001706 U 1932-34 Undated Birds - Air complete set, SG #190-203, retail $325. (16) $2001707 V 1935 Bulolo Air £2 Bright Violet SG #204, very fine used, Retail $225. $1251708 ** 1939 Bulolo Airs set of 14 to £1, SG #212-25, lightly toned gum, MUH, Cat £1,100+. $700

NEW GUINEA | Mandated Territory Issues | Official Stamps1709 * 1925 Huts set of 9, SG #O22-30. $551710 * 1932 Undated Birds complete set to 2/-, SG #O42-53, Fresh mint. $1251711 * 1932 Undated Birds complete set of 13, SG #O42-54, Retail $375 for mint. $250PAPUA (Queensland Stamps)1712 Port Moresby & Samaria: [1] Port Moresby 2d blue Sideface pair; [2] Samarai 2½d Rose, 1d vermilion pair & 1d vermilion &

4d yellow on piece. (4) $100

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PAPUA1713 * 1901-05 BNG Lakatoi Wmk Horizontal thick paper set to 1/-, SG #1-7, Retail $265. Odd small fault, generally fine mint. (7) $1801714 V 1901-05 BNG Lakatois Wmk Horizontal 2/6d black & brown thick paper, SG #8, very well centred, with good perfs, Cat £550.

With rare, German Seepost cancel possible from the SS Coblenz. $3501715 * 1901-05 BNG Lakatoi Wmk Vertical thick paper set to 1/-, SG #9-15, Retail $290 (8) $2001716 * 1901-05 BNG Lakatoi Wmk Vertical thick paper set to 1/- plus thin paper 2/6d, SG #9-16a, Cat £830. (8) $8001717 U 1907 Lakatois Optd Small ‘Papua’ thin paper wmk vertical set SG #38-45, both 6d & 1/- have variety inverted ‘d’ for ‘p’. $300

1718 V 1907 2/6d Small ‘Papua’ Ovpt Thick Paper Wmk Vertical SG #45, light cds, Cat £9,500. An exceptionally rare stamp missingfrom most collections. It is believed that only 60 stamps were produced. Ceremuga certificate (2012). $10,000

1719 **/ * 1916-31 Lakatois 1½d cobalt & light brown Mullett imprint strip of 3. $701720 **/ * 1916-31 Lakatois 3d black & bright blue-green Cooke double monogram strip of 3. $70

1721 F 1930 Airmails 1/- sepia & olive Harrison printing with deep carmine-lake overprint. Only 400 were printed in this dark shade.Ceremuga certificate (2014). $300

1722 ** 1931 Surcharges 2d on 1½d bright blue & bright brown corner block of 4 with POSTACE and Rift flaw. $701723 **/ * 1932-40 Pictorials ½d black & buff McCracken imprint block of 8, light banded gum toning, top row hinged. A rare imprint. $400

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1724 ** 1932-40 Pictorials 1d McCracken imprint block of 4, light banded gum toning, MUH. A rare imprint. $6001725 ** 1932-40 Pictorials 1d and 1½d Ash imprint blocks of 4, MUH. $1201726 F 1932-40 Pictorials 1d to 10/-, SG #131-44, nice used, 5/- is CTO, Cat £270. (14) $2501727 ** 1932-40 Pictorials 4d Ash imprint block of 4, MUH. $801728 ** 1932-40 Pictorials 4d McCracken imprint pair, MUH. $160

1729 ** 1932 Pictorials 5d Masked Dancer marginal example from right of the sheet, the selvedge showing printed reversed ‘5d’ inupper left quartile of printer’s guide cross, MUH. Extremely rare. $1,000

1730 * 1932-40 Pictorials 2/6d & 5/- Ash imprint pair, both with slightly discoloured gum. $2001731 ** 1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 in MUH imprint blocks of 4, 1d, 3d & 5d with Accent flaw, 3f with some tone spots. $2501732 ** 1939-41 Air complete set of 6 in MUH imprint blocks of 4. $225

PAPUA | Official Stamps1733 * 1930 Lakatois Perf ‘OS’ ½d myrtle & apple-green Ash imprint strip of 3, light tonespot on central unit. $801734 ** 1931-32 ‘OS’ Ovpt 9d lilac & violet Ash imprint strip of 3, SG #O63, hinged in margin only, scarce MUH strip. $3751735 **/ * 1931-32 ‘OS’ Ovpt 9d 9d lilac & violet top left corner block of 4, variety Rift in clouds, SG #O63 (var), three units MUH, Cat

£120 as normal mint singles. $1501736 * 1931-32 ‘OS’ Ovpt 1/- brown & yellow-olive Ash imprint strip of 3, SG #O64. $701737 ** 1931-32 ‘OS’ Ovpt 1/3d lilac & pale greenish blue Ash imprint strip of 3, SG #O65, hinged in margin only, scarce MUH strip. $375

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PAPUA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes1738 PS 4d Orange Lakatoi on Buff Stock small standard format HG C2, only 1,000 issued, very fine example. $850PAPUA | Postal History1739 * 1934 (Jan 8) cover to Cayman Islands with ½d Pictorials pair tied by Port Moresby datestamp, taxed with Caymans 2d Double-

Head tied by ‘GEORGETOWN/ MR12/ 1934’ datestamp.Visually appealing. $120PAPUA | Postmarks1740 s Woodlarks: Very fine strike of ‘REGISTERED/ WOODLARKS B.N.G.’ Type 61 two-line registration handstamp [Rated D] on

Small ‘Papua’ 1d SG #39 pair. Superb! $100

PAPUA NEW GUINEA1741 ** 1961 Unissued 5/- Native Policeman very rare example. All but two sheets were destroyed. $5001742 ** 1952 Pictorials 10/- Map & £1 Fisherman optd ‘SPECIMEN’, fresh MUH. $1201743 ** 1985 Unissued Ceremonial Dwellings set of 4. $2501744 ** 1985 Unissued Ceremonial Dwellings set of 4 in blocks of 4 with issued set of singles for comparison. (20) $1,0001745 ** 1994 Surcharges 5t on 35t Musical Bow marginal block of four showing shift in surcharge making a triple overprint, minor ink

smudges, a fine modern printing error. $4001746 ** 1995 Peter to Rot Beatification se-tenant strip of 3 with Surcharge omitted, SG #746a, Cat £120. $1201747 ** 1995 (Mar-Aug) Overprinted Surcharges on Bird of Paradise, Thin and Thick opt types, SG #755-8 & 755a-8a. (8) $160

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Postal History1748 * 1946 (Oct 8) cover to Port Moresby with Australian adhesive tied by 1946 Higaturu cds in violet. Very scarce. [Higaturu was

wiped out in 1951 by a volcanic eruption.] $2501749 * 1947 (Feb 24) cover to Burns Philp Port Moresby with Australian adhesive tied by Kairuku ‘24FE47’ cds. $1251750 * 1950 (May 31) registered cover to England with Australian adhesives tied by Abau ‘31MY50’ cds, red & black Abau registration

label. $125

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