Stamps & Postal History (#126MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 401-500 of 1348. Previous|12345678...14|Next1234567891011121314 Lot 405 1973 Architecture 50c St James' Church (Sydney) marginal example from the top of the lower pane Imperforate at Top BW #657ba, unmounted, Cat $1500 (2002). [The ACSC notes that all 10 examples of this error show indentations from the perforating comb but no penetration of the paper] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 406 1974-79 Paintings $1 $2 $4 & $5 McMahons Point complete sheets of 50, plus 1978 Test Cricket 18c half-sheet of 50, unmounted. Face value $600+. (5 items) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity5Estimate$250Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 407 2016 Adelaide Emergency Printing 30c Type A ('2016' printed 6mm from edge of stamp) joined strip of 6 1994 Koala & Kangaroo self-adehsives. By far the scarcest of all Australian decimal issues. [In January this year, the base postage rate was raised from 70c to $1. A shortage of 30c values in Adelaide resulted in an emergency printing using an old counter-printing machine & remainder stock of 1994 self-adhesives. These were distributed only to some suburban post offices in Adelaide & were on iss Symbol**GradeA View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 408 2016 Adelaide Emergency Printing 30c Type B ('2016' printed 6½mm from edge of stamp) joined strip of 6 1994 Koala & Kangaroo self-adhesives. It is believed that only about one-third of the printing are Type B. (6) Symbol**GradeA View details Quantity6Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 409 Collection on heavy Safe pages with incomplete 1927 Canberra, 3d Airmail & KGV 2/- issues, complete KGVI 1938 2/- x2 & 1942 2/6d x2 (one exploded), 1949-65 useful group, Decimals with 60c x2, Forces 50c (QEII), 1968 Famous Australians x7 (various editions), then "postage" issues to 1998 with a few better ones including Leunig CTO. GSTex GSTSymbolB† View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 410 Album with 1942 2/6d x2 (both superb), 1951 3/6d Stapled Remake (minor spots), other pre-decimal issues x13 (various editions), 60c with all 6 slogans plus 2 others (one CTO), Forces 50c Bird x2 & QEII, Famous Australians $1.20 Stapled Remake, 1980s-1990s group including Leunig, $8 Christmas issues & a few with Exhibition Overprints. (200 approx) SymbolB View details Quantity200Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 411 Collection in packets in a shoebox including QEII 5d red Helecon x2, 60c x6 including unlisted Edition DG11, $1 Famous Australians Stapled Remake, $1 Prime Ministers with Wax Interleaving, then mostly 1980s-on including $9 Wetland Birds "pochette", etc, some Exhibition Overprints, a few CTO & a few PNG. (100+) SymbolbGradea View details Quantity100Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 412 1928 Airmail 3/- with Black/Violet-Blue Cover BW #B40, characteristic tiny rust marks by the staple otherwise very fine, Cat $1500. Advertised retail $1750. SymbolbGradea- View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Lot 413 1949 KGVI 2/6d (2½d scarlet), full uncut sheet of 48 front booklet covers (printed both sides) BW #B55(PP), folded in quarters with some minor peripheral faults that hardly detract from this wonderful artefact, Cat $6000++. The only such sheet we have seen. [The ACSC states "Several uncut sheets...came onto the market, and blocks of various sizes exist"] SymbolBGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 414 1966-72 group comprising 1966 60c with 'Use Postal Orders ...', 1967 50c overprint, $1 overprint and $1 regular, 1968 5c Famous Australians, 1969 Prime Ministers, 1970 Famous Australians and 1972 Prime Ministers x26, a couple with minor toning but mostly fine condition. (33) SymbolBGradeA/B View details Quantity33Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 415 1980s-90s accumulation of 60c to $4.50 values including vending-machine types and a few self-adhesives, some with toning usually not affecting stamps, generally good condition. Face value $985. (100s) SymbolBGradeA/B View details Quantity100Estimate$450Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 416 Dealer's stockbook stated to include Blank Tablet to 5/- plus Perf 11x11½-12 1d & 2d, Filled Tablets 3d & 4d strips of 3 plus Perf 11 values to 6d x2, Stroke 5/- x2, extensive array of Bicolours with some multiples including Third Wmk 4d corner block of 6, CofA Wmk Perf 11 3d, No Wmk 5d Die II x6, etc, mostly with postal cancellations, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Inspection recommended. (few 100) Symbolo View details Quantity100Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 417 Mint range with Blank Tablet to 8d, Filled Tablet to 1/-, later Bicolours to 5/- x3, etc, plus a used array of mostly later issues, condition variable. Symbol*o View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 418 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) ½d to 5/- complete, the 5/- top value with Traces of 'NSW' Evident BW #D11f (Cat $500), Cat $850. (8) GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradea b1 View details Quantity8Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 419 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) 1d Perf 11x11½, 2d Perf 12 & 2d Perf 11x11½ all with the Watermark Inverted BW #D3 5a (unpriced used in the ACSC) & 6a, cds cancels, Cat $650 + #D5a. (3) GSTex GSTSymbolf†GradeA View details Quantity3Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 420 1902 Blank Tablet ('NSW' Removed) 5/- BW #D11 & Filled Tablet 5/- #D42 blocks of 4, the latter a little aged, cds cancels, Cat $700. Scarce multiples. (2 blocks) Symbolg/fGradea/a- View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 421 1902-04 Filled Tablet 20/- dull green BW #D45, small thin, unused, Cat $6500. BPA Certificate (2008). A presentable example of this rare stamp. SymbolΩGradec b1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 422 1907 Crown/Double-Lined A ½d dull green with the Watermark Inverted (as usual) BW #D56 marginal block of 48 from the top of the left-hand pane (6x8), some minor perf separation/rejoining, most units unmounted, Cat $3000++. GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea View details Estimate$550StatusUnsold Lot 423 1907 Crown/Double-Lined A 6d dull green BW #D60, Cat $475. GSTex GSTSymbol*†GradeA C1 View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 424 1909-10 Victorian Design on Thick Paper with Crown/Double-Lined A ½d to £1 complete BW #D76-92 (SG D63-73), all CTO with part-Melbourne cds of SE30/09, large-part o.g., Cat $950 (£475+ for postally used). Superb! SymbolvGradea+ View details Estimate$450Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 425 1909-10 Victorian Design on Thick Paper with Crown/Double-Lined A 10/- & £1 BW #D91 & 92, both with 'PRIVATE BOX ROOM/ MELBOURNE VIC' cds, Cat $800. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 426 1922-30 Third Watermark 1d carmine & yellow-green BW #D106 complete right-hand pane of 60 (6x10) divided into two blocks of 30, plus lower-half of the left-hand pane, with listed varieties, most units are unmounted, Cat $1800++. (3 blocks) GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea/a+ View details Quantity3Estimate$340StatusUnsold Lot 427 Handy group with 1910 double-rate to Germany with German Consul-General's embossed wafer on the flap, 1923 to Wisconsin with KGV 4d blue, 1933 registered to NZ with KGV 4d & 5d, 1936 commercial airmail to Java with KGV 1d & 4d olive pair, 1936 registered to a ship's captain with 'ADEN/REG' arrival b/s, 1939 to China, 1940 commercial with rare 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE' cds & boxed cachet, 1941 with rare 'MO MIL PO DARLEY' cds, 1945 to USA with rare albeit philatelic franking of KGV 1/4d punctured ' Symbolc/cl View details Quantity13Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 428 1922-63 group of underpaid mail including domestic and foreign dispatches to Australia, noted airmails from India, Great Britain and Papua with Postage Dues, 1932 registered item taxed "10d", 1936 from Philippines with pair of 3d Postage Dues, 1938 two Indian covers to same addressee one partly paid taxed 'T1D' and the other unpaid taxed 'T5D' but with Postage Dues mixed up, 1950's larger format covers with 'EXCEEDS...OZS' cachets, also five 1960's Business Reply Mail postcards with Dues up to 5 SymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity33Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 429 Batch of covers with Victorian 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelopes x4 (three registered), 1937 Launceston-Melbourne with boxed 'EXPRESS DELIVERY' h/s, inwards from USA with Postage Dues x3, 1939 to Germany with 'UNDELIVERABLE/...' h/s, etc, also WWII War Savings folder with 6d "Spitfire" x17, and four documents with British KGV 'CONSULAR/SERVICE' stamps to 7/6d x2 & 10/-, condition variable. From a family/business source never before on the market. (37) Symbolcps View details Quantity37Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 430 Two bulging albums crammed with mostly decimal covers from the same source, lots of pickings including scarce postcard usages notably a few NVI types, again many better frankings & good postmark content, also some pre-decimal covers including a very scarce 1939 Empire Air Mail Scheme 3d-rate postcard to the UK. (350+) Symbolcps View details Quantity350Estimate$250Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 431 Selection of taxed mail with a few pre-WWII items, 1957 irregular usage with Revenues, several Business Reply Paid cards with values to 2/- including a 1/- block of 4 (damaged), etc, condition variable. (28 items) Symbolc/co View details Quantity28Estimate$380StatusUnsold Lot 432 World War I civilian censor covers or PPCs from Queensland x10 including PPC to Siam, registered to Jamaica & Printed Matter to Holland; Thursday Island cover with contents & two PPCs all to GB with sans serif 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' h/s (96x6mm) in violet; or South Australia x14 including to Japan Denmark Italy Sweden & Switzerland, one unusually from Victoria processed through Adelaide, one with the very scarce smaller oval 'PASSED BY/4TH MD/CENSOR' h/s in violet; also covers from NSW Qld or SA al GSTex GSTSymbolc† View details Quantity30Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 433 1900 (Dec 17) envelope with a superb strike of the 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL/[arms]/FRANK STAMP/AUSTRALIA' handstamp in blue uncancelled but with a Sydney duplex of DE17/00 alongside, embossed 'Government House, Sydney/[arms]' in red on the flap, 'EDGECLIFF/DE18/1900/NSW' arrival b/s. An extremely important cover, in excellent condition, and a marvellous first page for an Australian Postal History collection. This usage pre-dates Federation (1st January 1901) by 14 days, and is the Earliest Recorded SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 434 1901 envelope with 'QUEENSLAND CLUB' embossing on the flap, to England with largely superb strike of 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL/[Coat of Arms]/FRANK STAMP/AUSTRALIA' h/s in blue with defaced Brisbane d/s of SP19/01 alongside, minor soiling & corner opening tear at upper-right but clear of the Frank. Rare usage from Queensland. [With newspaper extract of 28.9.1901 "Lord Hopetoun in Brisbane"] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 435 1906 OHMS cover with 'Department of External Affairs' imprint at lower-left, to "Colonel Mackay/Chairman/Papuan Royal Commission/...Sydney" with Victorian 1d & 4d both punctured 'OS' tied by 'SPENCER STEET RS/ AU28/06/MELBOURNE - VICTORIA' duplex, minor blemishes. [Richard Breckon states that the late fee if posted at Spencer Street RS was 6d but this cover suggests the 3d fee applicable at the GPO, Stock Exchange & Rialto also applied at the station. The 1906-07 Royal Commission of Inquiry into SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 436 1912 cover to USA franked with ½d issues from all six States tied Sydney '-4AP12' datestamps slightly overpaying 2½d foreign letter rate, also cover to Malta with mixed franking of Tasmania Pictorial ½d green, NSW Arms 1d red and ½d grey-green and Victoria Bantam ½d green tied 'ULVERSTONE/MR4/12/TASMANIA' datestamps paying 2½d UPU rate. [ACSC states interchangeable use of States' stamps Australia-wide was permitted from 13.10.1910] (2) SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 437 1913 usage to Switzerland of 1d Roo Letter Card ("LAKE ST CLAIR") in purple uprated with NSW 1d & ½d Roo (rounded corner) tied by Sydney machine cancel & 'SHIP ROOM/SYDNEY NSW' cds, light 'VEVEY' arrival b/s, minor blemishes & a little aged. [Nice CofA/State combination franking] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 438 1914 (Apr 2) commercial triple-rate cover to Sweden with First Wmk ½d, 1d x5 & 2½d pair tied by Melbourne cds, red/white registration label, poor 'SKONVIK' arrival b/s, minor aging. GSTex GSTSymbolC†GradeB View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 439 1914-18 group to Switzerland mostly to the Red Cross or other aid agencies, various KGV &/or Kangaroo frankings, from NSW x5 (two with violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels), Queensland x4 (two with red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels, the others with 'PASSED CENSOR/BRISBANE' cds), South Australia (with 'PASSED' h/s), Tasmania x2 (both with 'CH /[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s), & Victoria x2 (different censor h/s), generally fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell. (14) GSTex GSTSymbolc† View details Quantity14Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 440 1915 stampless Red Cross POW Agency cover from Switzerland to "Perth/Australie" with 'CMF/RELEASED/BY CENSOR' h/s in blue, 'INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED' h/s in violet & boxed 'CALLED/LCR' d/s, 'POSTE RESTANTE PERTH/6JUL15/...' cds & 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/20JL15/PERTH WA' b/s in red, minor blemishes. Ex Neil Russell. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 441 1915 cover with scarce albeit CofA/State philatelic franking of KGV 1d red & Tasmanian 3d Pictorial, 'REGISTERED/ SYDNEY NSW' cds, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, minor blemishes. [Teleraga is between Moree & Inverell in far north NSW] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 442 1915-18 censor covers from Queensland to Switzerland (a dealer's cover with combination franking of 2d Roo + ½d Queensland), Holland or Denmark, each with red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, and from Adelaide to Holland with German 'Militarischerseits unter/Kriegsrecht geoffnet/Berlin D17, ben....1917/Uberwachungsoffizier' label, minor blemishes. (4) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Quantity4Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 443 1916 very late usage of NSW 1d Postal Card ("GOVETT'S LEAP") to a French POW in Germany uprated with KGV ½d tied by 'THE EXCHANGE/NSW' cds, endordsed "Via France & Geneve" but sent via GB with British POW cachet, bumped corners & minor soiling. Ex Neil Russell. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 444 1916 (Aug 30) cover endorsed "Letter for Germany enclosed/from/A Wacker prisoner of war/on parole", to Deutsche Hilfsverein (= German Aid) in Sweden, violet/white censor label & unusually with French censor label & cachet, Stockholm arrival b/s of 26.10.16, Ex Neil Russell. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 445 1916-17 group to Deutsche Hilfsverein in Sweden, three endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed", one unstamped with 'NSW/T/50' h/s, one from 'TRUNGLEY HALL/NSW' sent via Melbourne where 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' cachets added in violet, generally fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell. (6) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea/b View details Quantity6Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 446 1916-17 trio from Western Australia to Switzerland with double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR', 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 2' or 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' cachets, the first also with black/white 'CMF/Opened by Censor' label. Ex Neil Russell. (3) GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b View details Quantity3Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 447 1916-18 covers endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed" to Switzerland from Queensland (censored in Italy), South Australia x2, Victoria x2 & Western Australia x2, and similarly endorsed registered cover NSW to Holland, various KGV &/or Roo frankings, condition variable. Ex Neil Russell. (8) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea/b View details Quantity8Estimate$800Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 448 1916-20 bundle with KGV frankings of 1d red, 1½d black-brown or 1½d brown including a few punctured 'OS', many early slogan cancels, unchecked for shades & varieties. From a family/business source never before on the market. (38) Symbolc View details Quantity38Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 449 1918 covers endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed" to Switzerland both with the rare boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' with Smaller Letters cachet in violet applied at Sydney, plus a cover without the endorsement & the standard cachet for comparison. (3) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea/b View details Quantity3Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 450 1920 (c.) complete black/red parcels label on slightly larger piece with rare franking of 'OS' punctures Roos Third Wmk 2/- brown (Cat $3000 on cover) & KGV 4d orange pair tied by huge undated 'POST PARCEL OFFICE/MELBOURNE' rubber cancel, minor wrinkles that do affect the stamps. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot 451 1928-34 new-fangled Midget 3 meters comprising unnumbered proof impressions with Herald or Cyclone Fencing slogans, then commercial covers with '16' for C&G (registered with red/white 'RIALTO' label), 'A7' for William Adams (large front with 2d & 3d x4), 'B1' for Melbourne Electric Supply Co (registered with red/white 'Commerce House' label), 'B4' with 'GLASS CONTAINERS' slogan, 'B7' with Remington Typewriters slogan, & 'D1' for United Press & Pictorial Newspapers. An important & desirable early Symbolc/cxGradea/b View details Quantity9Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 452 1930s advertising covers with illustrated covers including Harcourt (Vic) Fruit Supply 'Apple Man', Emu Nail & Nightingale Supply with birds, WE Cash with map of Australia, Lowe Hardware Merchants with tools, Lysaght Bros 'Rabbit'-proof wire netting, almost all identifying their industry and many with lists of products or other embellishments, also some for schools and councils, mostly from NSW Queensland or Victoria including some from country towns, no apparent duplication and overall fine con SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity148Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 453 1932 double-rate commercial Qantas cover to the company's Brisbane office with KGV 2d & 3d x2 tied by very fine 'DALY WATERS/NA' cds (rated RR), provisional blue & black/white registration label with Rat's Tail on 'R' & mss "Daly Waters". The rate was 2d per ounce + 3d per half-ounce airmail supplement x2. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 454 1935 cover with typed "First Flight/Canberra-Sydney" & rare albeit philatelic franking of 6d Roo with 'OS' Overprint (Cat $1000 on cover). SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 455 1936 commercial airmail cover to Imperial Airways in London with Large Kookaburra 6d + SA Centenary 3d x4 all with large 'BP' perfins of Burns Philp tied by Brisbane slogan cancel, flap removed. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 456 1937 Harris Scarfe & Sandovers illustrated advertising cover sent unsealed with KGV 4d olive tied by Perth cds & superb 'CARNARVON' arrival b/s of the same date. A remarkable usage, being 1d printed matter rate article with 3d airmail supplement! SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 457 1939-41 interesting airmail batch to Queensland mainly from Greece x14 including early censor labels & cachets, plus from Forces in Malaya x5 or Papua x5 (one with part-strike of the large 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' h/s - very scarce on commercial mail - & two with the scarce boxed 'PASSED/BY/UNIT CENSOR' h/s), & a few others including 1941 (Mar 17) two almost identical covers to Greece but Returned to Sender, condition variable. (28) Symbolcps View details Quantity28Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 458 1939-45 World War II Civilian Censorship selection of domestic, overseas and inwards mail with destinations and origins including Hawaii, India, Palestine (airmails both ways), South Africa, Switzerland, noted Sydney 1939 'Single Text Line' label on tatty cover with 'UNDELIVERABLE' cachet, Newcastle '2/1' labels and altered Sydney cachets on inwards covers from Canada, GB and USA, 1941 airmail to Karachi at 11d rate and from GB via Clipper at 3/6d rate, 'Lady Gowrie' label on 1944 cover, Launce SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity64Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 459 1941 unusual size envelope (185x197mm) to USA with 'CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER' h/s & rare franking of Robes £1 block of 4 (a few faults) + 4d Koala & 2/- Roo tied by Sydney cds of 24JY41, minor wrinkles. One of the highest-rated World War II airmail covers we have recorded, making this a wonderful item for the airmail enthusiast or the collector of KGVI issues. [NB: this cover does fit on a standard album page] The Clipper rate to the USA was 4/8d for the first ½oz + 4/7d for each successive ½oz. GSTex GSTSymbolco†Gradeb View details Estimate$2,600StatusUnsold Lot 460 1942-47 Prisoner of War mail comprising 1941 airmail postcard from GB "via North Atlantic/Transpacific ... Clipper" to "Hut 1 Camp 8, Eastern Command" Sydney but forwarded to Tatura with Melbourne censor and stamp removed (file punched); two 1941 POW lettersheets to Italy from Hay and Murchison camps respectively and another 1943 from Tatura to Switzerland; two airmail from Italy "via Lisbona-New York" with 'POW CAMP/MYRTLEFORD,VIC' cachets censored in Melbourne where stamps removed; and 1947 K SymbolC/LGradeA/B View details Quantity16Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 461 1960s-90s illustrated tourism advertising covers mostly with photographic or cartoon images promoting tourist destinations all used generally with cancels from the area, wide range of frankings including overseas airmails with better solos such as 1976 25c Olympics, about half from Queensland but with all States and Territories represented (some localities with multiple types but no duplication seen), also some postmark interest, attractive addition to a modern postal history display or even an SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity250Estimate$750Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 462 1962 complete cardboard folder (290x275mm) to Halidon (SA) with '.../PHOTOS INSIDE' address label & 'C.O.D.' label, 1d pair 2/6d Aborigine & 3/- Flower irregular strip of 3 tied by Adelaide cds. A remarkable survivor. SymbolCXGradeA View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 463 1966-71 Definitives study of usages with values to $1 represented including single and multiple frankings, domestic and overseas airmails, advertising covers and taxed mail, noted QEII 1c brown punctured 'G/NSW' on local OHMS cover, 3c Coil x10 on local registered cover, two items with Great Britain Postage Dues, 5c Bird sent from Vietnam serviceman, 8c Fish pair 'Special Delivery' to Darwin, 10c Anemone used as Postage Due, 13c Avocet paying greeting card airmail rate, 15c Galah on airmail post SymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity75Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 464 1970s-2000s covers large accumulation of covers and some postcards mostly sent by airmail to Europe, noted single and multiple frankings, some registered and taxed mail, booklet stamps and panes, potential postmark interest, good variety of issues and rates. (100s) SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$200Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 465 1978-82 Birds large accumulation of covers to International Youth Service, Finland mostly by airmail including single, multiple and mixed frankings, some stationery, underpaid mail, OHMS covers, potential postmark interest. Ideal lot for study of this popular issue. (100s) SymbolCPSGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 466 1984 commercial usage to Finland of 30c PSE with scarce franking of Flight Anniversary 45c setenant pair. SymbolpsGradeA View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Lot 467 1988 Living Together (Cartoons) large accumulation of covers to International Youth Service, Finland mostly by airmail including single, multiple and mixed frankings, some stationery, underpaid mail, OHMS covers, potential postmark interest. Ideal lot for study of this amusing issue. (100s) SymbolCPSGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 468 1989 Sports large accumulation of covers to International Youth Service, Finland mostly by airmail including single, multiple and mixed frankings, some stationery, underpaid mail, OHMS covers, potential postmark interest. Ideal lot for study of this issue. (100s) SymbolCpsGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 469 1996 "Economy Air" cover (reduced for display purposes to 212x194mm) endorsed "Printed/Matter" to England with extraordinary & possibly unique franking of Counter-Printed $20 Kangaroos tied by Melbourne cds. Philatelic source does not detract from this modern rarity. SymbolcoGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 470 2001+ International Post large accumulation of covers and some postcards mostly sent by airmail to Europe, noted a few mixed domestic/international frankings and underpaid mail, potential postmark interest, duplication but ideal lot for study of these issues. (100s) SymbolCGradeA/A- View details Quantity100Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 471 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set to 5/- with both 2d values tied to illustrated cover by '5TH AUSTRALIAN PHILATELIC EXHIBITION/23MR32/SYDNEY' diamond d/s in green with blue/black Exhibition registration label alongside and '5TH AUST PHILATELIC EXHIB/23MR32/SYDNEY' b/s in red, a couple of minor aging marks. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$800Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 472 1938 AIF Golf Day PPC of the Field Post Office mail van with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/ No 2 /29SE38/VIC-AUST' cds & '2nd Field Post Office/...' registration label. Open one day only. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 473 Carton with seven albums of mostly unaddressed decimal FDCs. (100s) SymbolcGradea View details Quantity100Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 474 1½ cartons of albums of unaddressed decimal FDCs to 2011, including some Territories. Bring a truck! (Qty) SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSold Lot 475 1934 Centenary of Victoria Perf 10½ set tied to Orlo-Smith FDC by 'REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/ 2JL34/MELBOURNE' cds with blue/black 'Elizabeth St' registration label alongside, Cat $750. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 476 1934 Hermes 1/6d Perf 11 No Wmk tied to 'NEWCASTLE STAMP EXHIBITION' illustrated cover by 'NEWCASTLE/1DE34/NSW' datestamp sent registered with blue registration label alongside, Cat $500. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 477 1938 Robes Thick Paper 5/- lake & 10/- purple tied to plain cover with typed 'FIRST DAY COVER' endorsement by 'EAST COBURG/-1AP38/VIC' cds, Cat $450 (for the 5/-) & $750 for the 10/- but no price given for the two values on the one cover. NB: the Pound was issued on 1.11.1938. SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 478 1941 Definitives QE 1d brown and KGVI 1½d green, 2d mauve and 3d brown tied to plain cover by 'GPO SYDNEY/RS/10DE41/NSW-AUST' datestamps sent registered with blue registration label alongside, Cat $2000+ ($500 each on separate covers). [The ACSC does not give a price for all four stamps together on a single cover even though these colour changes were all issued on the same day to bring the series into line with UPU regulations upon the introduction of the ½d war tax that day] SymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 479 1941 Surcharges set of 3 with additional KGVI 1½d green tied to plain cover endorsed 'FIRST DAY COVER OF THE NEW WAR TAX SURCHARGES' by 'ADELAIDE/10DE41/STH-AUST' datestamps, couple of very minor marks, Cat $875+ ($375 for the overprint set and $500 for the 1½d on separate covers). The overprints and the change of colour were issued on the same day as the introduction of the ½d war tax. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 480 1943 Definitives QE 1d purple-brown alongside 1½d green tied to plain cover endorsed 'FIRST DAY COVER (1d only)' with 'NORTH FREMANTLE/-1JA43/WA' datestamps, light wrinkles not affecting stamps, Cat $400. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 481 1949 Arms 10/- purple and £1 blue each tied to matching Miller Brothers illustrated FDCs by 'ALBERT PARK/VIC-AUST' cds of '3-OC49' and '29NO49' respectively sent registered, Cat $1200. (2) SymbolCGradeA View details Quantity2Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 482 1963-65 Navigators 4/- Tasman tied to Ogden green, brown & red screen-printed FDC by 'BRUNSWICK N.10 /9OC63/VIC-AUST' cds, unaddressed & signed "EWm Ogden". SymbolClGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 483 1963-65 Navigators 5/- Dampier tied to Ogden green, brown & grey screen-printed FDC by 'NORTHCOTE/25NO64/VIC-AUST' cds, unaddressed & signed "EWm Ogden". SymbolclGradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 484 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d Cook tied to Ogden grey & brown screen-printed FDC by 'NORTHCOTE/26AU64/VIC-AUST' cds, unaddressed & signed "EWm Ogden". SymbolClGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 485 1963-65 Navigators 10/- Flinders tied to Ogden grey screen-printed FDC by 'NORTHCOTE/26FE64/VIC-AUST' cds, unaddressed & signed "EWm Ogden". SymbolClGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 486 Handy batch including 1930 Northern Territory-Tanganyika with 'ALEXANDRIA' h/s & registered at 'DALY WATERS/NT', 1931 Dutch flight to Batavia onwards to Tanganyika & London, 1938 KNILM Sydney-Java, 1939 Darwin-Timor with seven autographs, 1951 Sydney-Chile with huge "Catalina" cachet, etc, also a few from New Zealand, condition variable. (26) SymbolC/CL View details Quantity26Estimate$350Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 487 1919 First England-Australia Flight (Nov 12) England-Australia Ross Smith vignette #27c perfectly centred example with complete & very fine 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' datestamp, Cat $3000. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea a1 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 488 1919 First England-Australia Flight (Nov 12) England-Australia Ross Smith vignette #27c superb perfectly centred example tied to piece by equally fine 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/RECEIVED/26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' datestamp, verry fine 'PER/ VICKERS VIMY AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA' cachet in blue below. A lovely example. [Tom Frommer's similar piece - without the 3-line cachet - sold for $3120). SymbolvGradea+ a1 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 489 1926 Pacific Islands Survey Flight per Group Captain Richard Williams return sector from Tulagi (Solomons) to Rabaul (New Guinea) AAMC #102var, printed 'THE RESIDENCY/TULAGI/...' in blue on the flap & endorsed "Aerial Mail" at upper-left, repaired opening fault at the top. A great rarity of Australian & Pacific Islands pioneer airmail covers. Sergio Sismondo Certificate (2006). As stated in the AAMC, the majority of the 50 covers were "flown the entire route" from Melbourne & return, but sev GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradeb View details Estimate$3,800StatusUnsold Lot 490 1932 (Dec) Bertram Atlantis Expedition cover with "propellor" cachet at lower-left, carried from Melbourne to Darwin where registered for return to Victoria, signed by the pilot "Hans Bertram". Ex John Sussex. GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea View details Estimate$380Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 491 1933 New Zealand-Sydney AAMC #299 per Kingsford Smith being a NZ Registration Envelope uprated with NZ 3d Air + Australian KGV 2d for return to NZ all cancelled on arrival at Sydney 26MR33 & with Sydney registration label, signed by the passenger "HM Mackay/Southern Cross/Hotel Australia", Cat $500. SymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 492 1933 Crome cover endosed "England-Australia/survey and experimental flight/per the air liner Astrea" per Major HG Brackley as #315 but with the airmail label crossed-out & absurdly with superb 'AIR SERVICE/NOT AVAILABLE' h/s in rosine, Enmore arrival b/s of the next day!, six signatures, a bit soiled. [Hilarious: Ernie Crome must have encountered the only postal clerk at the GPO who didn't know how to service his airmail covers!] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 493 1934 (Oct 22) long cover endorsed "Carried/by Sir Charles/Kingsford Smith/& Capt PG Taylor on/Trans Pacific Flight/Australia-America/Miss Southern Cross/Oct 20 1934" #455, signed by the pilots "CKingsfordSmith" & "PG Taylor", minor toning around the stamps (which are uncancelled), Cat $3250. [This & the next 6 lots have never before been on the market. They are from the Estate of the late John Williams of the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" newspaper, who was a key player in promoting this flight] GSTex GSTSymbolcl†Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 494 1934 ditto, oversize envelope (254x192mm) similarly endorsed at lower-right & signed by both pilots, the stamps again uncancelled - the KGV 4d defective - & some staining at right, Cat $3250 GSTex GSTSymbolco†Gradec View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 495 1934 ditto, another similar oversize envelope but in rather better condition, Cat $3250 GSTex GSTSymbolco†Gradeb View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 496 1934 (Nov 1) Hawaii-Los Angeles per "Lady South Cross" #455a with USA 3c National Redevelopment Association tied by Honolulu cancel & 'LOS ANGELES/NOV5/CALIF - 1934' arrival b/s, signed by the pilots "CKingsford Smith" & PG Taylot", minor blemishes, Cat $3000. [Endorsed "Hawaii-Oakland": see Lot 279334] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 497 1934 ditto, a very similar cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 498 1934 ditto, a very similar cover in rather better condition. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 499 1934 a folio of telegrams to Kingsford Smith & Taylor during the flight. One batch encourages landing at Oakland, as planned. A second series, from "Bud" (Smithy's American manager?) urging landing at Los Angeles: 29.10 @ 2.10pm "...fear you may go oakland be sure come here..."; @2.55pm "...if you broadcast as planned that will cancel [Hearst Newspapers] contract for exclusive story..."; then a change of heart 31.10 @ 8.23am "...may good natured winds speed you to oakland...please dont let anyth GSTex GSTSymbolL†Gradea/b View details Quantity21Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 500 1934 (Nov 28-30) Royal Visit flight Sydney-Lismore [#190/200] and Sydney-Newcastle [#48/200] per "Faith in Australia" while carrying the Duke of Gloucester AAMC #465 & 467, both signed by the pilots "GU Alan", "B Sheil" & "RN Boulton". [Stated to be the first occasion any member of the British Royal Family piloted an aeroplane: the Duke was at the controls between Coffs Harbour & Newcastle. Ex John Sussex. (2) GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea/b View details Quantity2Estimate$220StatusUnsold Lot 501 1934 MacRobertson Air Race official mail carried by Dutch KLM Douglas DC2 "Uiver" AAMC #444-6 with ten flown covers including Holland-Java, Holland-Australia, Holland-Batavia-Australia, also the red KLM publicity card for the flight, two later 1934 covers one from the crash in Iraq with enclosed British PO advice slip stating "contents may be missing", contemporary postcards x3, and related modern items. GSTex GSTSymbolc† View details Estimate$380Price Realized$290StatusSold Lot 502 1935 (July 18) Sydney-Richmond Aerodrome Last Flight of the "Southern Cross" #514, signed by the pilot "CKingsford Smith", Cat $650. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 503 1935 ditto, a very similar cover. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 504 1935 (Oct 23) GB-Italy-GB-Australia per "Lady Southern Cross" AAMC #545) flown by Charles Kingsford Smith and Tommy Pethybridge but the flight was aborted over Italy, and the plane returned to England from where the covers were subsequently re-sent to Australia, posthumous handstamped explanation on reverse signed by "BSheil", Cat $650. [No.10 of 49 flown] GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...14|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next