Stamps & Postal History (#89MG) Closed Auction Info 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 291-300 of 928. Previous|1...282930313233...93|Next Lot #793 FIRST CONVOY: Use of Australian 1d Kangaroo Postal Card with AIF Christmas & New Year greetings printed in red & gold on the reverse, to Sydney with arrival cancel of DE7-1914, minor creasing. [The First Convoy started arriving in Egypt from 2.12.1915. The Sydney postmark suggests the card must have been sent - probably from Colombo - in a sealed bag. However, despite the AIF heading, it may also have originated in Sydney? See Bob Emery at page 138] SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$100Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #794 FIRST CONVOY: Picture postcards of the ships comprising "Geelong" (Troopship A2) real photo dated Oct 20th, unused; "Orvieto" (A3) pre-War card with 'HMAT Orvieto A3 Xmas 1914/Printed at Sea' overprint, minor faults; "Shropshire" (A9) pre-War card with 'HMA Transport No 9' overprint, superb Melbourne cds & 'T1D' h/s; "Karoo" (A10) advertising card for WG Deuchar Shipping Agent !, unused; "Ascanius" (A11) "Departure of South Australian Infantry/...20th October 1914", unused; "Hororata" (A20) used Symbolc View details Estimate$350Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #795 SECOND CONVOY: Picture postcards of the ships comprising "Berrima" (A35, to Tasmania with manuscript "1d To Pay", and to Adelaide with 'T1D' h/s & very late irregular usage at the GPO of Diamond-Numeral '64'), "Ulysses" (A38, used later in the War), "Ceramic" (A40, with Brisbane arrival cds of 19FE15 so not taxed; and pre-War card with Christmas/New Year greetings on the reverse & imprint 'Printed on Board Troopship A40 by the DAP Press", unused), and "Kyarra" (A55, pre-War AUSN card used under SymbolcGradea-/b View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #796 Exhibit pages of postcards (mostly) & covers including a few items posted soon after the Troopships arrived, various datestamps including '1st AUST LH BDE FIELD PO', '2nd AUST INF BDE FIELD PO', '7th INF BDE/FIELD PO' in violet, 'MILITARY CAMP/AERODROME HELIOPOLIS' x3 (one an illustrated cover for the 5th Infantry Brigade Recreation Tent), '3rd LIGHT HORSE/AIF/...', 'BRITISH CAMP/PO/HELIOPOLIS' x2 (one an Adelaide YMCA Army Department cover), cachets including huge 'O.A.S' in red & boxed 'BASE D Symbolc View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #797 1915 'AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONNARY FORCE/CAIRO/1914-15' PPC with 'Xmas Wishes' Added at Lower-Left (Type 1b), to Victoria with 5m Sphinx tied by '2nd AUST INF BDE FIELD PO/6JA15' cds, to Victoria, very minor repaired cut. A beautiful item: see Gary Diffen at pp50-51. [Note, the three sub-types all have the word 'Expeditionary' misspelt. The postcard rate was 4m but there was a shortage of 4m stamps so it is commonplace to find overpaid postcards] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #798 CACHETS IN LIEU OF CENSOR CACHETS: Group of mostly postcards with cachets comprising large boxed 'BASE DETAILS PO/...' in blue, 'AUST IMP FORCE/FREE/INTER BASE' & 'AIF/FRANKED/ON ACTIVE SERVICE' with mss "DB Blackwood/(Capt AIF)"; Officers' Handstamps '...Brigade Major/6th Infantry Brigade/AIF' & '...Colonel/Commanding 6th Inf Brigade/AIF'; Regimental Handstamps '5th TRAINING BATTALION/...' in violet and similar for the 6th in blue & 8th in red, '27th BATTALION AIF/...7th INF BDE', superb '2nd L Symbolc View details Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #799 INDIAN FIELD POST OFFICES: Mail from Australian soldiers comprising PPC with Indian IEF 2a6p tied by 'FPO/No 32' cds used at Ismailia & superb Indian Censor #75 cachet in rosine; Indian Field Service Postcard multi-response type in Hindi (?) but with message in English & IEF 1a tied by 'FPO/No 313' cds used at Ismailia; cover with 'FPO/No 35' b/s used at Alexandria & Indian Censor #84 cachet; and PPC with 'AIF INTER BASE PO/...' cds & Indian Censor #125 cachet; also Ward Lock & Co PPC "Defeat of SymbolcGradea/b View details Estimate$250Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #800 OFFICERS CACHETS: Covers (4) & PPCs (4) with cachets comprising fancy-oval 'CENSORED BY/...Lieut/AIF'; 2-line '...Major/CO 2nd Div Sig Coy AIF'; 3-line 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/...Lieut/4th TRNG BATTN'; 4-line '...CAPT/OC D Company/17th Inf Battn/AIF'; large oval 'AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND/EB Norton/Capt/CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL' & recut with the inner frame removed & rank altered to 'Major'; and 2-line '...Lieut/ADJT CONVT HOSP'; also hand-drawn '("Jas E Herbert") Lt/A Coy 26th'; good to very fine. A ver GSTex GSTSymbolco View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #801 The balance of the Forces in Egypt collection full of interesting items including a parcel label from a Cairo photographer to Western Australia, unusual datestamps including 'PORT TAUFIQ-ISMAILIA/TPO', 'MILITARY CAMP/AERODROME HELIOPOLIS' x2 (one in blue, the other with partial Brigade cachet) & Indian Forces, two items with British skeleton 'Z AND W TPO' cds of the North West Frontier Force, 'GREETINGS FROM a SOLDIER in Egypt' multi-part letter card, YMCA items including cover with 'SOLDIERS RE GSTex GSTSymbolc View details Estimate$650Price Realized$480StatusSold Lot #802 ADVANCE PARTY: Exhibit pages with (Mar-Apr) postcards x4 (one of HMAT "Suffolk" with the ship's name cut-out) & a cover (repaired tear) all with 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s in violet x3 or rosine x2. Scarce group. [The 3rd Infantry Brigade left Egypt on 28.2.1915, arriving at Lemnos on 5.3.2015. The 2-line censor cachet was used only on Lemnos, & only prior to the landings on Gallipoli] (5) Symbolc View details Estimate$150Price Realized$200StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...282930313233...93|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293 Next
