View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 301-400 of 797. Previous|12345678|Next Image Lot # Item Title Time Left Your Bids 304 1/4d greenish blue Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #130z, a couple of very minor bends, unmounted, Cat $5000+ (as unmounted singles). Symbol**Gradea/a- Estimate$1,500Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 305 PERFORATED 'OS': 1d green Die II BW #81(1)ib horizontal pair, slogan cancel just intrudes on the spur on the first unit but is well clear of the spur on the second unit, Cat $700. A rare multiple. Symbolg/hGradea b1 Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 306 1½d red-brown BW#93b marginal block of 4, unmounted, Cat $600. GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 307 - 2d red-brown horizontal pair BW #99b well centred, some characteristic rough perfs, Cat $350. GSTex GSTSymbol**GradeA A2 Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 308 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 4d olive Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #116OS(1)z, characteristic rough perfs, lower units unmounted, Cat $350+ (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 309 1d green with the Watermark Reversed BW #82aa, lightly mounted, Cat $4500. Symbol*Gradea d1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 310 2d golden-scarlet with No Watermark BW #102Aaa, Cat $4000. Michael Drury Certificate (2011). Symbol*Gradea c1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 311 2d golden-scarlet with No Watermark BW #102aa marginal example from the base of the sheet, very lightly mounted, Cat $4000. Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 312 3d blue Ash Imprint blocks of 4 from Plates 7 (a little aged) & 8 (unmounted) BW #109z & za in different shades, Cat $700 (mounted). (2 blocks) GSTex GSTSymbol**/*Gradeb/a Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 313 4d greenish-olive Ash Imprint blk of 4 with variety Diagonal White Line on King's Neck BW #117(4)za, unmounted, Cat $350+ (mounted). GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 314 5d yellow-brown Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #127(2)z, unmounted, Cat $350+ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 315 5d yellow-brown Ash Imprint blocks of 4 BW#127(2)z & 127(3)z in different shades, lower units are unmounted, Cat $625. (2 blocks) GSTex GSTSymbol**/*GradeA/a- Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 316 1/4d greenish blue part-imprint single, unmounted, Cat $375. Symbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 317 1/4d greenish blue Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #131z, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1000+ (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 318 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1d green with the Watermark Inverted BW #82(OS)a, a couple of lightly toned perfs, light machine cancel, Cat $2000. Michael Drury Certificate (2010). SymbolgGradea- d1 Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 319 - 1d green with the Watermark Reversed BW #82(OS)aa, a few short perfs, fine 'PORT MACQUARIE/2JE32/NSW' cds, Cat $2500. Michael Drury Certificate (2010). SymbolfGradeb c2 Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 320 - 5d yellow-brown Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #127OS(2)z, lower units unmounted, Cat $475+ (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 321 1913-65 mint collection with Engraved 6d Kooka, 1927-36 Commemoratives largely complete including Bridge 5/- (CTO), 1932 Large Kooka imprint block of 4, Vic Centenary both perfs, & some Officials, KGVI issues with 3d blue dies, Robes both Papers, Arms, coil perfs, many imprint blocks of 4 to 2/6d, BCOF set with both 5/-, QEII issues virtually complete including Navigators set of 8, generally very fine. (100s) Symbol* Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 322 1913-36 KGV issues mostly mint on leaves with 1d Engraved blocks of 4 (3), 6d Kookaburra, 1927 Canberra booklet, 1928 Kookaburra 3d half-sheet of 60 plus M/Ss x3, 3d Airmail booklet complete, Ash Imprint block of 4 plus 'OS' blocks of 4 (2), 1½d WA Centenary and 2d & 3d Sturt plate blocks, KSmith 2d & 3d 'OS' CTO, 5/- Bridge CTO, Macarthur including 2d Dark Hills & Jubilee sets mint and used, 2d Cable plate numbers. (300+) GSTex GSTSymbol**/*OGradeA/B Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 323 1913-36 Commemoratives virtually complete as per Seven Seas hingeless pages including 'OS' perfins & overprints but missing the Kingsford Smith 'OS' duo & the 5/- Bridge (offered separately), a couple of quite insignificant blemishes, generally very fine to superb, unmounted, Cat $1850 approximately. (50 + M/S) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 324 1913-36 Commemoratives complete as per Seven Seas hingeless album pages including perf 'OS' and overprinted 'OS' issues, the Kingsford Smith 'OS' duo with Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001), a few minor blemishes but generally very fine to superb unmounted, Cat $4500+. Advertised retail $4000+. (52 + M/S) Symbol**Gradea-/a+ Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 325 1914 Engraved 6d Kookaburra with Double Perfs and Official Repair at the Top BW #60b, pulled perf at upper-left, Cat $400. GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 326 1927 Canberra 1½d Plate '9' pair & Plate '12' block of 4 BW #132zh & zk, mounted in the margins otherwise unmounted, Cat $1500 as mounted blocks of 4. (2 items) Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 327 1927 Canberra 1½d lake block of 4 with the lower-half of Plate Number '5' BW #132zd, hinged in the margins otherwise unmounted, Cat $3000. Endorsed in pencil in the margin "Plate 5 Guaranteed/R Petterd". Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 328 1928 International Exhibition 3d Kookaburra block of four Miniature Sheets, the left-hand M/Ss with the Exhibition cds in both red & in blue, the right-hand units are mint, unusually well centred, a few minor tonespots, full unmounted o.g., Cat $1150+. Symbol**vGradea/a- Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 329 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d overprinted 'OS' BW #141(OS) & 142(OS), unmounted, Cat $1025. Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001). (2) Symbol**Gradea+ c1 Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 330 1932 Large Lyrebird Overprinted 'OS' block of 6, minor blemishes, unmounted, Cat $750+. Symbol**GradeA- B2 Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 331 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 2d to 5/-, very lightly mounted, Cat $560. (3) Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 332 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green, unmounted, Cat $1500. Superb! Symbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 333 1937-65 issues mostly mint on leaves with ½d orange Kangaroo imprint blocks, coil strips & a full sheet etc, other Definitives include commerically used imprint blocks, 1/- Small Lyrebird CofA and No Watermark corner blocks of 18 each with 6 units showing Roller Flaw, Robes both papers mint plus 10/- Thick Paper imprint pair & used set, Arms including 5/- Very Thin Paper block of 4 and £2 Roller Flaw used, Navigators to £2, 5d green & 5d red study etc. (100s) GSTex GSTSymbol**/*OGradeA Estimate$1,200Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 334 1937-65 Issues complete as per Seven Seas hingeless album pages including all 3d blue Dies & Die I White Wattles, Robes both papers, Food blocks of 9, Cattle 5/- both papers, Navigators set of 8, BCOF set to 5/- Thick Paper, and 'SPECIMEN' Overprints on £1 Robes (one tiny tonespot, with Chris Ceremuga Certificate), Arms set & Navigators set of 4, very fine to superb unmounted. Advertised retail $4000+. (230 approx) Symbol**Gradea-/a+ Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 335 1937-65 Issues complete as per Seven Seas hingeless pages including all 3d blue Dies & White Wattles, Robes both papers plus 10/- & £1 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint (the £1 with Chris Ceremuga Certificate), Arms with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, Cattle both papers & Navigators set of 8, very fine to superb unmounted. (200+) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 336 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper £1 dull blue with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint BW #216x, well centred, unmounted, Cat $1500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2001). Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold View details 337 1938-49 Robes Thin Paper 5/- (two, one on Tinted Paper) 10/- & £1 Authority Imprint blocks of 4, variable centring, unmounted, Cat $1475. (4 blocks) Symbol**Gradea Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 338 1959-64 Definitives 5/- Cattle Cream and White Papers marginal blocks of 4 from the top of the sheets, unmounted. (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 339 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d to £2 including White Paper 10/- & £1 all with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, unmounted, Cat $1100. Chris Ceremuga Certificates (2001). (8) Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$600Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 340 Australia Post Yearbooks 1981-97, 1999-2009 from 1997 unopened plus 1990/91 & 1991/92 Frama, Booklet & Self Adhesive Stamps. Face value $1350. (30 albums) Symbol**GradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 341 Australia Post Yearbooks 1982-97 and 1999-2009, from 1997 unopened. Face value $1300. (28 albums) Symbol**GradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 342 1986-2010 (ex 2007 & 2009) Executive Edition year albums plus extra 1988 2000 & 2004 standard or deluxe editions. Heavy. (27) Symbol**Gradea Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 343 1986-2005 Year Albums, mostly Executive editions with duplicates including 2000. Heavy. (21) Symbol** Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 344 Athens 2004 Australian Gold Medalists three albums complete with sheetlets, Athens 1896 to Athens 2004 sheetlets (3), Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games album, unopened with the sheetlets to add, and AFL Stamp Booklet Collection. Symbol**BGradeA Estimate$150Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 345 Carton and two stockbooks with issues to 2013, sheetlets, M/Ss, gutter strips, International Post, later issues including FDCs are still in envelopes as sent by Australia Post standing order service, high face value, conservative estimate. Bring a calculator. (Qty) Symbol**CGradeA Estimate$500Price Realized$1,000StatusSold View details 346 1967 5c QEII with Major Pre-Printing Paper Fold (the left-hand portion removed) & Self-Adhesive 45c Bird Grossly Misperforated. GSTex GSTSymbolo Estimate$50Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 347 1966-72 Decimal study on album leaves with plate number blocks, coil strips and coil starters, Helecon ink and paper types including 4c red Non Helecon Ink or Paper used and 5c blue Non Helecon block of four mint, both with BSAP Certificates, 1967 Experimental Helecon Paper set of 6 x 60c booklets, Navigators, 1971 Christmas sheets of 100 (2), Wesley & Royal FDCs, Forces Concession covers from Vietnam, aerogrammes and 1974 Paintings to $10 ($110 face value towards posting the lot!). (100s) GSTex GSTSymbol**OGradeA/B Estimate$300Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 348 1966-75 Publicity Cards as released by the PMG's Department including for Weather Watch pairs & Intelsat block of 4, 1968 & 1970 Famous Australians booklet stamps, 1969 Primary Industries set, Captain Cook with 5c strip & another with 30c, Australia-Asia set, 1971 Animals & Aboriginal Art sets, 1971 Christmas block of 4 (!) etc, twenty are very fresh & fine, the others have varying degrees of even suntanning from being displayed in post office windows. Such large selections are rarely available. GSTex GSTSymbolc Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 349 1966-71 QEII 7c bright purple lower-left block of 15 (3x5) with a pre-printing paper crease resulting in a huge Void Area affecting Eight Units to varying degrees with Two Units Completely Blank & another 99% Blank, unmounted. An astonishing and highly visual error. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 350 1971 Aboriginal Art 25c Body Painting horizontal pair from the right of the sheet, the second unit with the Black Printing Partly Omitted, unmounted. This is a newly discovered variant of the "Missing Black" error BW #565c-cb. In this instance, part of the background behind 'AUSTRALIA' is omitted, resulting in a significant void at the base. In addition, the facial features of the right-hand native are omitted. Finally, there are numerous white specks on the left-hand native. Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 351 1972 35c Olympic Equestrian complete sheet of 100 with unfolded gutter, all listed varieties, autotrons and sheet numbers, unmounted. GSTex GSTSymbol**GradeA Estimate$100StatusUnsold View details 352 1977 Performing Arts 20c Violinists horizontal strip of 10 from the right-hand pane with selvedge at left & right. Unit 1 is normal; Unit 2 has Dark Grey Printing (violin strings & the rear chair) Partly Omitted; Units 3 to 10 have Dark Grey Printing (violin strings and both chairs) Completely Omitted, unmounted. Unrecorded in ACSC. [In 2006, a complete pane of 50 comprising 5 such strips was discovered in a safety deposit box where it had lain undisturbed for many years. This is only the third Symbol**Gradea a1 Estimate$8,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold View details 353 1982 Whales 60c with Solid Blue Background BW #930E(1), unmounted, Cat $350. With a normal stamp for comparison. Includes a photocopy of a 1985 Australia Post letter stating "... Cambec Press have advised that the stamps originated from an unapproved proof sheet, one or more of which was inadvertently included with stamp stocks supplied to Australia Post." ( ) Symbol**GradeA B1 Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 354 Balance of the collection including Blank Tablet 'SPECIMEN' set, Filled Tablet set to 5/- plus perf/watermark variants to 1/- including ½d Perf 11 & 10d Perf 12x11 plus 20/- with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, 1906-08 Small Crown/A set (the 3d is toned but the 6d is very fine), Victorian Design Thick Paper set (the 10/- is very fine, the £1 has small gum-thins), etc, some minor duplication, condition variable but many are very fine to superb and many are unmounted. (160+) Symbol*/** Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 355 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) ½d to 5/- BW between D1-11 plus an extra 4d & 6d (unmounted), very fresh & most are very lightly mounted. Advertised retail $950+. (10) Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 356 1902-04 Filled Tablet 2/- emerald Perf 12 BW #D40 (SG D20), unmounted, Cat $350 (£120+ mounted). Superb! Advertised retail $375. Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$240Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 357 1902-04 Filled Tablet 10/- light green Perf 11 BW #D44 (SG D43) with marginal Watermark Letter 'E', very well centred, lightly mounted, Cat $3750+ (£2000). [The 10/- & 20/- were issued in very small numbers and only in New South Wales] Symbol*Gradea b1 Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 358 1902-04 Filled Tablet 20/- light green Perf 11 BW #D45 (SG D44) marginal example from the right of the sheet, very fresh & unmounted, Cat $11,500 (£4250, mounted). Pristine! [This is likely to be the finest example of this rare stamp in existence. Our vendor believes it is the only unmounted example in private hands. We have no records of other examples] Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold View details 359 1902-04 Filled Tablet ½d to 20/- complete with sans serif 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, very fresh & very lightly mounted (several may be unmounted), Cat $2100 (£1100). An exceptional set. Advertised retail "POR". [Far superior to the "Shades of Green" set - a few blemishes & hinge remainders - that sold at the Prestige auction of 2/8/2013 for $1437] (14) Symbol*Gradea/a+ Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 360 1902-04 Filled Tablet 5d 1/- & 2/- each with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' Overprint Reading Upwards (5d & 2/-) or Downwards (1/-) BW #34x 42x & 45x, very fresh & lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat $375. The only three values overprinted in Hobart. (3) Symbol*Gradea/a+ Estimate$240Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 361 1907 Crown/Double-Lined A (Victorian Paper) ½d (hinge remainder) to 6d (a little aged) BW #D56-60 (SG D53-57), Cat $1440 (£900). Advertised retail $1500. Symbol*Gradea/b Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 362 1908 High Denominations with Stroke 1/- to 20/- BW #D61-65 (SG D58-62), a few nibbled perfs & the 2/- a little aged, Cat $19,000+ (£9000). Rarely available as a "set". Raybaudi Certificate for the five stamps (1994) states "...in ottimo stato di conservazione" (= "in the ultimate state of preservation", which is a bit of a stretch!). (5) Symbol*Gradea/b Estimate$8,500StatusUnsold View details 363 1909-10 Victorian Design Crown/Double-Lined A ½d to £1 BW #D76-92 (SG D63-73), minor gum-disturbance &/or hinge remainders, Cat $1600+ (£950). (11) Symbol*Gradea-/b Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 364 1913-23 Crown/Double-Lined A Thin Paper 10/- scarlet & pale yellow-green BW #D103 (SG D86), unmounted, Cat $2500 (£1400 mounted). Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2002) states "Only 343 believed issued". Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 365 1913-23 Crown/Double-Lined A Thin Paper £1 scarlet & pale yellow-green BW #D104 (SG D87), unmounted, Cat $2000 (£950 mounted). Superb! Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2002) states "Only 708 believed issued". Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 366 1931-36 CofA Wmk Perf 11 3d, 6d marginal example from the top of the sheet (exceptional centring) & 1/- lower-right corner example BW D118 120 & 121 (SG D108 110 & 111), unmounted, Cat $1450 (£500 mounted). Advertised retail "POR". (3) Symbol**Gradea Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 367 1938 CofA Wmk Perf 14¼x13¾ 4d with Misplaced Vignette BW #D126c, unmounted, Cat $275. Symbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 368 1946-56 Redrawn Value Plates 2d with Misplaced Vignette BW #D131c, unmounted, Cat $175. Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$125Price Realized$95StatusSold View details 369 1946-56 Redrawn Plates 2d with Misplaced Vignette BW #D131c block of 4, one unit very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $650+. Symbol**/*Gradea a1 Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 370 Surface mail covers with KGV Heads SMult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ ½d orange x9 including 1½d postcard rate on two advertising postcards, 1½d Empire rate to Canada, 1½d foreign postcard rate to USA, 1936 2d Empire rate to Barbados (with cds & machine arrival b/s) & block of 10 for the 5d internal airmail rate (philatelic), etc; and CofA Wmk 1d green x7 including 1d printed matter rate wrapper, 2d sample rate on samples envelope, 1d per 10oz internal newspaper rate with attractive "Table Talk" banner, per Symbolc/cl Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 371 1930s bundle of printed matter & letter rate covers mostly with commercial imprints of NSW firms with good Newcastle & District content, a few illustrated types, some postmark interest, minor duplication, generally fine to very fine. (100+) Symbolc Estimate$150Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 372 Cherry box of KGV Period covers mostly with Heads frankings, generally a bit pedestrian but with numerous better items notably advertising covers including two beautiful Alpha Fishing Tackle types, early slogan cancels & a few meters, datestamps including 'COWWAR/VIC' (error for 'COWWARR'), Postal Stationery including 1930 1½d Postal Card unusually uprated for internal airmail & 'TWO/PENCE' on Oval 1½d Envelope unused, many used to the United States, condition variable but generally fine to very Symbolcps Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 373 Handy bundle of mostly commercial airmail covers including 1935 with Macarthur Dark Hills 2d pair, 1933 to Peru from the Peruvian Consul-General, 1935 to London with KGV 1/4d, 1935 to Malacca with 9d Roo & 1959 to North Borneo, etc, generally fine to very fine. (14) Symbolcl Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 374 1904-07 three Tatts covers to Hobart with Postage Dues Blank Tablet 2d x2 or 4d & 1906 PPC from GB with 'ALDERNEY' (Channel Islands) cds & Filled Tablet 1d tied by 'EDITHBURGH/SA' squared-circle. (4) GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea/b Estimate$400Price Realized$250StatusSold View details 375 1913 commercial cover with Norddeutscher Lloyd imprint & endorsed "Abs Felix Fabian/Rabaul, Deutsch Neuguinea" both on the flap, to Germany apparently carried per favor to Fremantle where WA 2d & ½d Roo added and tied by Fremantle machine cancel, filing holes at left. Unusual. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 376 1913-14 combination frankings comprising 1) PPC to Germany with NSW ½d & 1d Roo; 2) cover to Germany with Victorian ½d & 1d Roo pair; and 3) philatelic cover with Tasmanian ½d & ½d Roo (3) SymbolcGradea/a- Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 377 1914 usage of large-part black/red parcels label with rare franking of First Wmk Large 'OS' 9d strip of 4 & Small 'OS' 4d orange pair tied by 'PARCEL POST/BRANCH/16SEP14/BRISBANE' cds, small black/white 'BRISBANE' parcel post label, a couple of minor perf faults, stamps Cat $1000+. The rate of 3/8d paid for an interstate parcel weighing between 6 & 7Lb (pounds). [The ACSC prices the 4d on cover at $1000; the 9d on cover is unpriced] SymbolcGradeb Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 378 1914 commercial cover to Townsville with a very well centred Kangaroo 4d orange tied by very fine 'GOOMBUNGEE/QUEENSLAND' cds, scarce red & black/white registration label, toning mostly on the reverse. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradec Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 379 1915 (Mar 30) PPC to the Red Cross in Switzerland with ½d Roo & KGV 1d red x2 tied by scarce Warwick (Qld) machine cancel, 'PASSED CENSOR/30MR15/BRISBANE' cds in red, two strikes of a very small & very rare 'UNDELIVERABLE.' h/s (26x2mm) in rosine & another strike of the Censor cds of 15AP15 also in rosine. Unusual. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 380 1917-25 commercial covers 1) 1917 to Switzerland with 2d Roo & ½d KGV; 2) 1918 to New York with 2½d Roo plus KGV ½d x3 & 1d tied by 'LATE/FEE - STOCK EXCHANGE/VIC' duplex; 3) 1917 to Switzerland with KGV 1d red single & block of 4, 'PINARO0/SA' squared-circles; 4) 1924 to Germany with 6d brown Roo, Horsham (Vic) cds & red/white registration label; & 5) 1925 to New Zealand with 6d brown Roo & KGV 1d green, Tanunda (SA) cds & red/white registration label. (5) GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea/b Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 381 1922 double-rate cover with printed "No Dutiable Matter whatever is contained in this letter", to Pennsylvania "per SS Makura" with scarce franking of Third Wmk Roos 6d milky greyish blue (Cat $500 on cover) tied by very fine 'SPECIAL/=SYDNEY=' cds. The rate was 4d for the first ounce + 2d for each successive ounce. SymbolclGradeb Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 1924 cover to Illinois with KGV 1½d green & Melbourne cds, boxed 'MUTILATED BY/STAMP CANCELLING/MACHINE' h/s & damage at right repaired with pieces of selvedge from a 1d violet sheet. The rate was 3d for the first ounce + 1½d for each successive ounce. GSTex GSTSymbolcGrade(b) Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 383 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Souvenir Telegram with message "Greetings on Opening of Bridge" & SE Pylon cds of 19MR32, plus the matching envelope (flap removed) similarly cancelled. (2 items) SymbolcGradea/b Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 384 1932 usage of 'SOUVENIR TELEGRAM' for Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with SE Pylon cds of 19MR32, plus the matching envelope with a largely very fine strike of the scarce 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE/ -1- ' reserve cds. (2 items) SymbolcGradea Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 385 1933 (May 26) long Vacuum Oil cover (266x114mm) to Burma with 6d brown Kangaroo 'VOCo' perfin & KGV 1d green tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER ST VIC' cds, TAA airmail label, 'RANGOON/16JUN33' arrival b/s, vertical fold at left. The rate was 2d per ounce Empire rate + 3d per ½oz domestic airmail supplement + 1d late fee. The postage paid does not conform to this rate structure & the 21 days transit time probably indicates carriage by sea at 2d per ounce x3 + 1d late fee = 7d. SymbolclGradeb Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 386 1933 commercial cover with Hudson Motor Car Co imprint & typed endorsement "By SS Maunganui", to the company's Detroit HQ with KGV 1d green x4 paying 3d rate + 1d late fee tied by the scarcer 30mm 'POSTED SHIP SIDE/SYDNEY' cds. SymbolcGradea- Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold View details 387 1936 philatelic cover from New York USA to Victoria "Via Zeppelin Von Hindenburg" with Times Square cancels & large Lakehurst Zeppelin cachet in purple at left, Melbourne arrival b/s of 30MY36. Very scarce. [Rodney Perry's commercial cover from the same flight sold at auction for $5290. It was noted there that the covers were carried from London per Imperial Airways " Aurora" which developed engine trouble at Penang. A similar cover sold at our auction on 6/3/2015 for $1521] SymbolcGradea Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 388 1938 Tait Brothers airmail cover to Germany with rare franking of CofA Wmk 10/- grey & pink (Cat $1750 on cover) & QM 1d green for the late fee tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, Athens transit b/s & Greek Currency Control cachet on the face, minor blemishes. The rate was 1/6d per half-ounce so this item is either overpaid (1/-) or, less likely, underpaid 6d. [NB: there was no airmail cds at the Melbourne GPO until 1939] SymbolclGradeb Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 389 2014 Shitbox Rally cover with a photograph & autographs of the intrepid Watson Brothers & their valiant Mini Van from Team BMC ("Break, Mend, Continue"), #17/100 carried from Perth to Darwin via the Kimberley and the infamous Gibb River Road. Original cost $50 with every penny going to the Cancer Council. This cover was bought by English dealer Martin Taylor, who donated it back so, again, the money raised will aid the Cancer Council. SymbolcGradea Estimate$50Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 390 1934 (Jan 13) NSW-New Zealand AAMC #350 Kingsford Smith Air Services cover with KGV 2d tied by 'MASCOT/NSW' cds & NZ 1d tied by 'NEW PLYMOUTH' cds for the return flight, signed by the pilot "CKingsford Smith", Cat $650. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea Estimate$240StatusUnsold View details 391 1934 (Oct 21) Brisbane-Fiji-Honolulu-San Francisco AAMC #455 flown by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith & PG Taylor in a Lockheed Altair 8D "Lady Southern Cross", Fiji transit cds on KGV 3d and Hawaii cds on USA 3c, Los Angeles arrival b/s of NOV5/1934, signed by Kingsford Smith, Cat $3250. This was the first eastward crossing of the Pacific by air, GSTex GSTSymbolC Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold View details 392 1937 (Sep 22) Sydney-Thursday Island cover AAMC #766a flown and signed by Davis & Duryea on the first leg of their flight to Papua and New Guinea in a Sikorsky amphibian owned by Papuan Oil Development Co. [12 flown to the island]. GSTex GSTSymbolC Estimate$200Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 393 BOER WAR: 1902 OAS cover endorsed "CW St John Clarke Lt/4th Battn ACH" to Victoria with 'NEWCASTLE/NATAL' cds & '1D' tax h/s, unusually routed via Sydney (b/s) where 'MORE TO PAY/1D' h/s added, at Melbourne (b/s) 'T1D'-in-oval h/s added, Victoria Postage Due 1d tied by 'HAWTHORN' arrival cds. Very scarce: the Australian Commonwealth Horse arrived in South Africa only in April 1902 & hostilities ceased on 31/5/1902. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 394 WORLD WAR I: 1917 PPC of SS "Mooltan" to Melbourne with KGV 1d red tied by Fremantle machine cancel of 19JUN17, message headed "No 1 Unit Mediterranean Forces AANS/Salonika AIF" & written at sea by a nurse en route to Greece. The only such item we have seen. Ex Tony Finlayson: acquired at the Prestige auction of 14/11/2014 for $506. [The British had requested Australia to send nurses to Salonica. The "Mooltan" departed Melbourne in June with 462 nurses aboard. The writer states "...some great ti GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Estimate$450StatusUnsold View details 395 WORLD WAR II: Two albums of covers from the one correspondence to Tasmania with some better postmarks including 'MIL PO MONA VALE', 'RAAF 4103', 'RAAF 4017', RAAF POs at Parkes, Somers, Shepparton etc, a few from Cressy RAAF (Vic) but with civilian cds, '___ML___/NSW' & '___UL___/NSW' relief cds, some interest in the censor & other cachets, later period from the UK including many Aerogrammes (several with oval '466 SQUADRON RAAF/ORDERLY ROOM' d/s on reverse, some with the letters enclosed, condi Symbolcps Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 396 WORLD WAR II: 1944-45 four covers to an Australian officer at Zentsuji POW Camp in Japan, each at the 5d concessional airmail rate, all censored in Melbourne & with Japanese censor "chops", some staining & one with a stamp removed, one with the brief original letter enclosed; also a post-liberation medical tag for Lieut Woods noting he was suffering from malnutrition. (5 items) SymbolcGradec Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 397 WORLD WAR II: 1944 blue/white printed POW postcard from the same correspondence at the 4d concessional airmail rate, also censored at Melbourne & with large Japanese "chop", remarkably fine. SymbolcGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 398 Selection with Roo 1d Letter Card ("ON THE MURRAY") CTO, long 4½d Registration Envelope unused & used to Germany (crease), used Wrappers ½d Roo, KGV ½d+½d and 1d red etc, also Papua 1d Postal Card unused (stained at left) etc, a bit scrappy but useful. (21 items) Symbolps Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 399 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1911 Fullface 1d with 'OS/NSW' perfin #P23ea for Sydney Harbour Trust, local usage in 1913, minor aging, Cat $1000. Rare. A new discovery; only the third example - all used - recorded. [The ACSC states "The 'OS/NSW' puncture is believed to derive from a small quantity of these cards being included with 1d Kangaroo cards sent for puncturing. Only two used examples [and none unused] are recorded". It should also be noted that because BW #P1 was not released in NSW, this is SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 400 POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: 1913 Kangaroo 1d red with Heading Plate 1 & 'OS/NSW' Perfin BW #P24(1)eb, printed notice for Sydney Harbour Trust, used at Sydney in 1913, Cat $400. [The Sydney machine cancel is most unusual; the datehead is a "bridge" type that does not include the year, which is between the continuous bars] SymbolpsGradea- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 401 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1913 Kangaroo ½d green on blue stock #ES1 for The Shire of Colac, unused, Cat $400. SymbolpsGradea Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 402 AEROGRAMMES: Partly mounted & annotated collection mostly unused but including 7d Airletter to Egypt x2, a range of First Day Issues & some with pictorial datestamps, two OHMS types with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet, etc. GSTex GSTSymbolps Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 403 LETTER SHEETS - STO: 1918 (Sep) 1d red Die 1 with '1' under the flap BW #LSS5 uprated for the war tax with Adelaide 'PAID ½D' slogan cancel of 2NOV18, remarkably with the address label intact, central vertical wrinkling, Cat $2000. [The roneo'd letter dated 'September 1918' urges the addressee to read a pamphlet being sent separately & states "[it] will prove to you...that our quarrel is just and righteous...We were driven to take up arms by [Germany's] malignant aggression...our very life depen SymbolpsGradeb Estimate$750Price Realized$750StatusSold View details
