Stamps and Postal History (#111MG) 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 201-300 of 1007. Previous|12345678...11|Next Lot #202 1937-49 Definitives Perf 15x14 2d red Die II gutter block of 4 from the top of the sheet with complete Plate Number '3' BW #188zb, unmounted, Cat $2500+ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #203 1940 AIF 2d red block of 4 from the lower-right of the sheet with large-part (80%) Plate Number '2' BW #219zc, unmounted, Cat $7500+ (mounted). [The ACSC states that only three examples have been recorded] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold Lot #204 1948-56 No Watermark Definitives 4d Koala with Crack through the Last 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' BW #199k, a couple of pulled perfs at the base, slogan cancel well clear of the variety, Cat $750. Rare: the ACSC states "Only several used examples are known". [It's telling that this variety is not illustrated in the ACSC] SymbolfGradeb b2 View details Estimate$350Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #205 1953-59 QEII 3d green with Strong Offset Affecting All Units (80% on the last unit) BW #295c, unmounted, Cat $1500+. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #206 1956 Olympic Games 1/- Melbourne Trams with Grossly Misplaced (Diagonal) Perforations BW #334b, some gum disturbance that doesn't affect the spectacular facial appearance, Cat $2000. A marvellous item for the collector of Olympics, Trams or Errors/Freaks. With a normal stamp for comparison. [John Blomfield's similar example sold at our auction of 5.3.2015 for $1638] Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #207 1958 Trans-Tasman Flight by Kingsford Smith 8d die proof in the issued colour in recessed mount with 'CBA/NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH/("28 /9.6.58")' cachet in violet on the reverse BW #343DP(1), Cat $3500. Superb! [The ACSC states that only 9 die proofs were created, of which one is in the Royal Collection & another in the Australia Post Archives. #28 was presented to JRW ("Bill") Purves] SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$2,400Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #208 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 blocks of 4, well centred, unmounted, Cat $840+. (6 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$350Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #209 1964 QEII Coil Stamp Perf 14¾xImperf 5d brown & deep blue BW #398E(1)A, horizontal crease, officially defaced with magenta die. Rare unissued essay & an important item for the collector of QEII issues, or of coil stamps. [The ACSC states that only one undefaced example has been recorded in private hands: Cat $10,000. It is noted that it is Perf 14¼xImperf but that may be an error. The Australia Post Archives contains a range of examples with various defacements Symbol**Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #210 1964 QEII Coil Stamp a vertical pair with the perfs reinforced. Gradea View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #211 1965 Sir Winston Churchill 5d Dry Print of the Grey Ink (Portrait & 'AUSTRALIA') marginal single from the base of the sheet, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. With a normal stamp for comparison. [John Blomfield's similar example sold at our auction of 5.3.2015 for $444] Symbol**Gradea a1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #212 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 five sets mostly in strips or blocks, unmounted. (30) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #213 Album of Framas & counter-printed stamps, unmounted & a few covers, plus other oddments. Significant face value. ( ) Symbol**cGradea View details Estimate$150Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #214 1966-2003 issues virtually complete - no high value Paintings & the 1971 Christmas is singles only - including M/Ss & se-tenant strips plus some extras, unmounted. (100s) [Please note the description should read 1966-1988 then 1998-2003 - virtuall complete. All other information is correct] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #215 "Investment parcel" of complete unfolded sheets of 100 with a few mid-1960s, 1974 Christmas 10c x5, 1975 Christmas 15c x10 & 45c x7, 1977 Cricket 18c x16, 1979 National Parks x10 of each format, 1980 Waltzing Matilda x45 (count not checked by us, but all other contents noted have been correct), etc, unmounted. Face value $2500 approximately. (1000s) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #216 Two large albums with a duplicated stock with Navigators 40c x32, 50c x86, $1 x400 approximately stated to include Perf 14x14¾ x32 and $2 x300+, Aboriginal Art x50+ sets, 1972 Primary Industries x20 sets, Pioneers 50c x300+, 1972 Christmas 35c x12, Paintings $1 x200+ & $2 x100+, etc, unmounted. (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #217 Impressive wholesale lot of Australia Post year books & other "product", mostly in unopened packers as received from AP. Bring a van! (Qty) SymbolPRGradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #218 Array of mostly minor varieties on Hagners & in packets with some striking items & high values noted, mostly unmounted; also a perforated sheet of plain paper (presumably a "blanket" of some type). Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #219 Large box with an array of sheets, part-sheets including 1971 Christmas half-sheet of 50, array of blocks of 4 to 10 many with gutters, etc, unmounted. Bring your calculator! (Qty) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #220 Packet of $1 to $10 blocks of Paintings & Gardens series, unmounted. Face value $600 approximately. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #221 1966-89 issues apparently complete in Seven Seas hingeless album, 1971 Christmas is blocks of 9 & 25, unmounted. (100s) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #222 1966-86 blocks of 4 largely complete with all the better issues (except the Birds), 1971 Christmas block of 7, etc, unmounted. (100s) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #223 Two heavy cartons with Australia Post Year Albums 1981-86 then the "executive" editions for 1987-2013, PNCs including 2002 Golden Jubilee, PSEs, Christmas Island FDCs to 2010, etc. SymbolPR/c$Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #224 1983-2010 Australia Post yearbooks plus 1990-93 Booklets & Self-adhesive Stamps, 2000 Olympics Gold Medallists, 2006 Commonwealth Games and other "product". (35 items) Symbol**bGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #225 1990s-2005 Australia Post new issues service still in envelopes plus retail packets with FDCs, M/Ss, sheetlets, gutter strips of 10, booklets, self-adhesives and International Post etc. (100s) Symbol**CbGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #226 Two cartons containing 1966-90 in Seven Seas album virtually all mint, Australia Post yearbooks including 1981-85, 1990-91, 2000-01 & 2004, FDCs in two albums, plus FDC 2-ring albums (covers only) x4 and other remainders. ( ) Symbol**OC View details Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #227 1966-71 QEII 7c magenta annotated specialised collection of mostly positional blocks with an array of varieties including Weak Entries, Re-Entries, reprints, phosphors etc, mostly unmounted. (many 100s) Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #228 1973-79 Marine Life 1c Banded Shrimp horizontal pair with Black Printing (Inscriptions) Largely Omitted from the First Unit & Completely Omitted from the Second Unit BW #635c(var), unmounted, Cat $600++. Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #229 1973-79 Gemstones 7c Agate with Red Printing ('AUSTRALIA') Omitted BW #642var, unmounted. [This is a partial "missing colour" because the red printing is not omitted from the gemstones] Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #230 1978 Stamp Week 20c Kookaburra block of 15 (3x5) from the right of the sheet with Misplaced Perforations affecting the Second-Last Column BW #823b, unmounted, Cat $500+. [The ACSC states "...three or four sheets were found"] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #231 1984 Skiing 30c Nordic Skiing in cyan (blue) only but with the Slalom Design Superimposed in Orange Purple & Black BW #1036c, Cat $400. With the two normal stamps for comparison. (3) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #232 1984 Marine Life 33c Leafy Sea Dragon with Orange & Olive Printing Only on a washed-out blue background, with Aberrant Perfs into the design at right, unmounted. Weird! Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #233 1989 Non-Olympic Sports Cycling as the issued 41c but denominated 37c BW #1379E(1), unmounted, Cat $6000 (2002). A world-class rarity in the fields of self-adhesive stamps, and "Cycling". [The ACSC classifies this stamp as an "essay". We consider this to be a mistake. The initial printing was of the 37c stamps. The rate was increased to 41c & a second print run at 41c was ordered. In our opinion, this is an unissued stamp, not an essay] The ACSC states that only a single and a pair are recorde Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Lot #234 1989 Non-Olympic Sports 43c Skateboarding from the Fifth Printing (Four Koalas on the Reverse) with the Blue Printing (Background & Details) Almost Entirely Omitted BW #1383Ec, minor bend at lower-right, Cat $2500 (2002). A stunning error! With a normal stamp for comparison. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2005) states "extremely rare with only several recorded". [The ACSC states "At least four examples are known...including a strip of 3"] Symbol**Gradea- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #235 1992 Threatened Species 45c self-adhesive strip of 6 all with the Black Printing (Animal Inscriptions) Omitted defaced with continuous red-ink line BW #1557Bcb, Cat $3000 (2002). With a normal (defaced) strip for comparison. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$1,400StatusUnsold Lot #236 1992 Threatened Species $4.50 booklet Completely Imperforate BW #B179b, Cat $600 (2003). The ACSC states "...approximately one dozen imperforate booklets have been found". SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #237 1992 Threatened Species $4.50 self-adhesive booklet with All Printing - except the Helecon Bands - Omitted BW #1564ca, one unit removed, Cat $3000 (2002). The ultimate in missing colours! [The ACSC states "...approximately five examples have been found"] SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #238 1994 ATM Booklet $9 (Triangle 45c Kangaroo x20) self-adhesive booklet essay with the Kangaroos Facing to Left BW #1784E(1), Cat $500. [This trial booklet was produced to test dispensing from Automatic Teller Machines. The ACSC states "The quantity known is uncertain, but is probably at least 100 sheetlets"] SymbolEGradea View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot #239 1995 Kangaroos & Koalas $4.50 booklet Completely Imperforate BW #1749(2)b, Cat $600 (2002), and another booklet - one unit removed & another damaged - with the Die-Cut "Perforations" Misplaced to the Base resulting in the lower five units being Imperforate at the Base. (2 booklets) SymbolBGradea/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #240 1995 Medical Science 45c Sheet C gutter blocks of 10 Errors of Layout from the Upper & Lower Sheets BW #1881ze & zh, unmounted, Cat $2000 (2002). With a normal gutter block for comparison. (3 blocks) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #241 1999 "Swanpex 99" Counter-Printed Stamps set of 6 all with Black Printing 'SWANPEX 99' & '45c' Omitted, three with ('SWANPEX 99') Offset on the Reverse. Unusual. (6) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #242 2005 "Treasures from the Archives" imperforate sheet of 10 (2x5) No '465' of 500 produced, unmounted, and No '051' in Australia Post frame. (2 sheets) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot #243 2014 Concession Post self-adhesive pane of 5; Kangaroo tied to plain unaddressed First Day Cover (minor blemishes); & perforated M/S. [No official FDCs were provided] (3 items) Symbol**cGradea/a- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #244 Three volume collection with KGVI 2½d original format x2 & later format, a few other pre-decimal issues, Defence Forces with QE 5c x2 or with 5c Bird, then an extensive semi-specialised array to 2007 with Christmas issues, a few "Prestige" types including Leunig, 2007 "Ten Years of Australian Legends", "chequebook" of ten 45c Bird booklets, etc. (few 100) SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #245 Duplicated accumulation of decimal issues with a few "prestige" types including Michael Leunig x4. SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$100Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #246 1913 Kangaroos 2/- (1d x18 & ½d x12) with the Inside Front Cover in Red/Green with Seriffed Headings BW #B7A (SG SB1), some separation of the panes & the cover fold split, Cat $3000 (£2250). SymbolbGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #247 1928-30 2/3d (KGV 2d scarlet with the Watermark Inverted) Original Text BW #B39a (SG SB23), Cat $600 (£450). Unusually fine. SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #248 1928-30 2/3d (KGV 2d scarlet with the Watermark Inverted) Original Text BW #B39a (SG SB23), Cat $600 (£450). Unusually fine. SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #249 1994 $9 ATM Issue (Kangaroos Facing to the Right), plus the trial booklet (Kangaroos Facing to the Left), Cat $500. [In addition to the orientation of the Kangaroos, the background colours are quite different] (2 ) SymbolbGradea View details Estimate$150Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #250 2010 Fish of the Reef part self-adhesive booklet pane of the 4 designs Imperforate. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #251 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 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #252 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) ½d dull green BW #D1B complete left-hand pane of 60 - no margins, on annotated exhibit page with varieties noted on 19 units, most units are unmounted, Cat $1200++ (mounted) plus a premium for the varieties. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #253 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) ½d dull green BW #D1B complete sheet of 120 (12x10) with central gutter, pencil annotations in the margins, unmounted, Cat $2400++ (mounted) plus a premium for the varieties. Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot #254 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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #255 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 record of other examples] Symbol**Gradea+ b1 View details Estimate$6,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold Lot #256 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+ View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #257 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 View details Estimate$6,500Price Realized$4,500StatusSold Lot #258 1913-21 Victorian Design on Thin Paper ½d rose-red & green with the Watermark Sideways BW #D94 upper-half of sheet (12x6), a couple of minor problems in the margins only, unmounted, Cat $1800++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #259 Mounted collection of WWII civilian censor mail with a wide array of censor labels & cachets from NSW x55 (one with boxed 'AUSTRALIAN PUBLICITY CENSORSHIP/...' h/s), Queensland x16, South Australia x18, Tasmania x10 (two with scarce 6/1 label of Launceston), Victoria x46 & Western Australia x21. We noted several 1939 covers, also postcards, airmails including Clipper x3, registered, taxed & Not Opened items. Mostly to GB & USA but also to Bermuda, Hawaii, India x4, Ireland x3, Newfoundland x4 & Symbolc View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #260 Selection including 1937 NSW Sesqui illustrated telegram (superb used) with the matching envelope (blemishes), 1940 large envelope endorsed "Sample Post" & "Monster Sample" from Java still with the contents (a remarkable item), 1941 Fosters Lager advertising cover with 'Keep war/from our/shore/...' label on the back, 1941 covers to Malaya with 'NO SERVICE' h/s, WWII inwards covers from Canal Zone, Newfoundland, Thailand & Trinidad plus Canadian aerogramme with large 'OAT' h/s & airmail postcard GSTex GSTSymbolc/co View details Estimate$200Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #261 Modest collection in two large albums with a few better items noted including POW envelopes, & a neatly annotated WWII Forces in the Middle East group, also a batch of British Forces illustrated airgraphs. Inspection recommended. (200 approx) Symbolcps View details Estimate$350Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #262 Batch of covers including 1932 from Argentina redirected to Germany, 1923 2d rate PPC to Belgium, 1935 wrapper to Malta, 1916 printed matter to Canada, 1948 FDC to Trinidad, 1950s entire parcel wrapper to England, etc, condition variable. (17 items) SymbolcGrademe View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #263 Selection of covers mostly from important 1930s flights but including a few apparently commercial items, condition variable. (42) Symbolc View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #264 Parcel post group including 1912 piece with Victorian 2/7d franking, 1933 entire parcel wrapping with huge 'PARCEL POST/PRAHRAN' cancel but the stamps sadly removed, 1938 complete packet wrapper registered Melbourne-Perth with 5/2d franking, 1942-48 Food Parcel labels franked 3/7d or 5/10d x2 (one a Myer label with '5/10' meter), etc, condition variable as should be expected. (20 items) Symbolc/coΔ View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot #265 Album of covers mostly with Kangaroo frankings including WWI usages to Europe, a few registered, etc, and a smaller group with KGV frankings, condition a bit mixed. (100+) Symbolcps View details Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #266 Four albums of covers with some Colonial period material including a few useful NSW items, many others with Kangaroo frankings including WWI usages to Europe & a few registered, KGV group including underpaid cover to President Roosevelt!, mostly WWII Military mail including a few scarcer cachets, postal stationery, philatelic covers to Jamaica, Fiji, Southern Rhodesia, Trinidad, Alsace, Argentina & Cuba, 1948 apparently commercial usage of 5½d Registration Envelope from Macquarie Island, Symbolcps View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #267 WWI 1d Letter Card with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' at the base, unused; & 1916 USA 1c Postal Card to NSW with 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' arrival h/s (stamp removed, possibly by the censor); a few blemishes. (2) SymbolpsGradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #268 1913 cover to Austria with 1d Roo only tied by Hobart machine cancel of 17FEB13, 'T ("2d")'-in-oval h/s converted to "80" (heller) on arrival with Postage Dues 20h strip of 4 tied by Vienna cds, damaged in transit & resealed with three 'K K POST-u TELEGRAPHENAMT/Wien 1 Abt 6' pneumatic post labels, opened-out for display. Full of character. GSTex GSTSymbolclGradec View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #269 1913 commercial cover to Austria with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo 1d red pair + Queensland ½d tied by light 'RICHMOND/18MY13/QUEENSLAND' cds, Brisbane transit b/s, repaired flap fault. SymbolcGrade(a) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$250StatusSold Lot #270 1913 Howard Davis cover to the eminent collector Charles Lathrop Pack with First Watermark ½d strip of 3 & 4d tied by 'SOUTH MELBOURNE/OC31/13/VIC' cds, red/white 'South Melbourne' registration label, American 'REGISTERED' h/s & three backstamps all in purple. Very attractive. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #271 1913 commercial cover to Pennsylvania with 3-colour franking of First Watermark ½d green, 2d grey & 3d olive tied by 'JULIA CREEK/9JL13/QUEENSLAND' cds, rare black/white registration label, Brisbane transit b/s, American 'REGISTERED' h/s & three b/s all in purple. Of exceptional appearance. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Lot #272 1913 commercial cover to New York with scarce combination franking of Kangaroo 2d grey + Tasmania ½d tied by Hobart Krag machine cancel, minor blemishes. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot #273 1914 commercial parcel piece with complete black/red 'INTERSTATE/PARCEL POST' label, rare franking of Engraved Kookaburra 6d pair (the right-hand unit with corner fault at upper-right) & 2d Kangaroo tied by huge rubber parcel cancels, staining well-clear of the stamps. The rate was 1/2d for an interstate parcel weighing between 1 & 2 pounds. [The 6d Kookaburra is very scarce on cover, and this is the only usage with a multiple that we can recall] GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #274 1915 POW Envelope with printed '.../FREE' at upper-right, unusually to Holland but, more remarkably, endorsed by the sender ".../GCC/Bourke NSW". GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #275 1915 commercial Burns Philp cover to Scotland via Hong Kong (b/s) with KGV 1d red tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND/ 1 /QUEENSLAND' cds, large 'PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s in purple applied at Thursday Island, a bit soiled. GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$190StatusUnsold Lot #276 1915 stampless cover endorsed "No stamps available/RR" & with "Censored/[initials]" at lower-left, to "Ni Ni East via Gerang/Victoria" with very fine 'BUEA/19.9/--/KAMERUN' cds (no year slug) in violet & 'DUALA/22.9.15/(KAMERUN)' transit b/s, minor defects. An extraordinary origin/destination item from Australian-born Lutheran missionary Reinhold Rohde to his sister in Victoria's wheat-belt. [Rohde was deported to London and returned to Australia after the War. In 1939, at the outbreak of World SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #277 1915 cover (265x113mm) with 'HV McKAY Machinery Manufacturer, Sunshine, Australia' imprint at the top, to New York with rare franking of Second Watermark 9d violet (Cat $2000 on cover) + KGV 1d red Die II (tiny faults) tied by 'SUNSHINE/24SE15/VICTORIA' cds, very fine 'PASSED' h/s applied at Melbourne. [Hugh Victor McKay was famous for his locally produced "Sunshine" harvesters that were so efficient they dramatically slashed the costs of cropping. In 1955, the business was acquired by the Ameri GSTex GSTSymbolcoGradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #278 1924 OHMS lettersheet with rare franking of KGV No Wmk 1½d punctured 'OS' BW #90ba (poorly centred; Cat $500 on cover) tied by superb Melbourne cds. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #279 1927-39 commercial airmail covers including internal with 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' cachet or "Angel" label, 1934 Melbourne-Quetta, 1935 Simla-Sydney, 1938 Brisbane-Ireland, 1939 France-Werribee, 1941 Rotterdam-Geelong, etc, generally fine to very fine. (12) SymbolcGradea/b View details Estimate$250Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #280 1932 local cover with Sydney Harbour Bridge Typo 2d pair of diagonal bisects (!) tied by superb strike of the scarce Lismore Krag machine cancel of 4MAY32. Most unusual. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #281 1933 OHMS cover with WA Railways cachet at lower-left, by air to Perth with 'OS' Overprints KGV 1d & 6d brown Airmail x2 tied by 'PT HEDLAND/25NO33/WA' cds but underpaid & an extra 3d added & tied by 'PORT HEDLAND/25NOV33/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds. [The 3d is a normal stamp, indicating that the short-payment was detected & rectified at the post office, rather than being returned to the Railways office for attention. The rate was 2d per ounce x2 + 3d airmail supplement per ½oz x4 = 1/4d] GSTex GSTSymbolclGradea View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #282 1936 commercial registered cover from Uruguay to "Sidney Nova Scotia/Canada" but with 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' b/s & very fine oval 'MISSENT TO SYDNEY/("27 7 36")/NSW" handstamp - not previously seen by us - in violet, forwarded & with three Canadian b/s including 'HALIFAX & CAMP RPO' cds, minor blemishes. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #283 1940 (Jan 3) underpaid United Air Lines cover from Chicago with ' T /NY -CENTIMES/("50")' h/s, to Sydney (arrival b/s of 25JA40) with largely superb 'RECOVERED FROM/LOST FLYING BOAT' h/s, faults & the stamps washed-off, adding insult to injury Postage Due 3d pair affixed & tied by Sydney cds: see AAMC #888, Cat "from $350". [From a Dutch KNILM crash in Bali in which 8 people died & one was injured. NB: 1) the plane was not a flying boat; & 2) the addressee was "Miss Nancy Bird", the famous aviat SymbolclGradec View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #284 1969 registered cover to Germany endorsed "Second class airmail - commercial paper" with 'SPECIAL/DELIVERY' labels & remarkable franking of Navigators 50c & $1 plus Famous Australians 5c booklet panes Banjo Paterson (complete) & Caroline Chisholm (the last unit removed) all tied by Sydney South cds, minor defects. An exceptional decimal-period commercial cover of high visual appeal. The rate was Second Class Air 15c per ½oz x10 + 25c registration + 20c special delivery = $1.95. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #285 TELEGRAMS: Large carton of c.1920s Wheatstone telegrams in original bundles. NO RESERVE. (many 100s) Symbolc View details Estimate$100Price Realized$60StatusSold Lot #286 1940 Fire Brigades Demonstration plain cover with 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE GEELONG/5MR40/VIC' cds in violet & provisional registration label 'No 02' with manuscript endorsement. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$100Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #287 1956 Olympic Games various illustrated covers x9 including with '.../[yacht]/ST KILDA PIER...' cds, Deinhard PPC to Germany with '.../MAIN STADIUM (PRESS)...' cds, and six very scarce commercial covers & a 3d Postal Card with all-different Games cds, generally very fine. (17) Symbolc View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #288 1956 Olympic Games pictorial cds (Wrestling) of DEC4/1956 & 'Exhibition Bldg, Melb/XVI Olympiad, Vic, Aust' registration label on airmail cover to NSW. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #289 1949-50 Arms 5/- to £2 tied to separate Gower generic FDCs by Adelaide or 'LARGS NORTH' (the £2) cds of the appropriate dates, Cat $2750. (4) SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #290 1951 Booklet Plate KGVI 3d scarlet gutter block of 4 on plain JC Thompson FDC with 'GPO SYDNEY 130/25OC51/NSW-AUST' cds, minor tonespot on the face, Cat $2500, in a footnote. [The ACSC states "At least four First Day Covers are recorded"] SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot #291 2000 Sydney Olympics set of 16 Gold Medallist personalised stamp sheetlets on plain covers with appropriate FDI cds of Frankston Town Centre (Vic), unaddressed; also Chinese Gold Medallist $1.50 personalised stamps x29 in China National Philatelic Corporation folder. SymbolCO**Gradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #293 1919 (Sep 4) Hobart-Launceston AAMC #23 cover with Peace Loan advertising, carried by pilot ED Cummings in a Sopwith Pup, two-line cachet 'FIRST TAS. AERO MAIL/DPMG' h/s and 'LAUNCESTON/5SE19' arrival backstamp, a couple of repaired opening tears. Cat $4000. Ex John Cress. [Only 6 examples believed to survive] SymbolCGradeb View details Estimate$2,200StatusUnsold Lot #294 1924 (June 2) Sydney-Hay AAMC #72a cover carried by Australian Aerial Services Ltd on their new airmail service connecting Adelaide and Sydney, Cat $550+. A scarce intermediate. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot #296 1930 (Feb 20-21) Camooweal-Daly Waters & return AAMC #151-2 carried on the inaugural Australian Aerial Services route and both covers signed by the pilot "FNeale", Cat $650. [50 & 30 flown, respectively] (2) SymbolCGradea View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #297 1930 (Feb 19) Darwin-Daly Waters AAMC #153 cover with 'CAMOOWEAL' transit b/s carried by Captain Murray Jones as part of a very small mail despatch which was technically not permitted by the Post Office, soiled, Cat $600. [One of only 14 covers flown] SymbolCGradec View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot #298 1931 (July) Australia-Japan per Francis Chichester plus Philippine intermediates Mati-Ormoc, Manila-Japan to Iceland and another to England AAMC #210, 211 & 212, all with appropriate cachets and b/s, 3 signed "Francis Chichester", Cat $1525+. (4) SymbolCGradeb View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot #299 1934 (July) Melbourne-Cairns AAMC #395c postcard (previously flown to New Zealand as AAMC #348 in the "Faith in Australia"), re-flown as an intermediate on the flight by Ulm, Allan & Boulton to Papua & New Guinea, Cat $375+. [A total of 50 of these cards were flown on all legs] SymbolPCGradea- View details Estimate$100Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #300 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. SymbolCGradea- View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #302 1939 (July 22) Darwin-Dili AAMC #873 intermediate, signed by the entire crew & the Minister for Civil Aviation "JV Fairbairn", Cat $300+. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #303 1940 (June 21) cover from Darwin to Adelaide carried on the last leg of the Guinea Airways record-breaking flight that departed London 19.5.1940, signed by the pilots "DG Cameron" & "SD Buckley", Cat $350. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot #304 1944 (Nov 10) Sydney-Fanning Island AAMC #982 registered & censored, 'POST OFFICE/13NOV44/FANNING ISLAND' arrival b/s, signed by the pilot "PG Taylor", minor blemishes, Cat $650. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...11|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next
