Stamps & Postal History (#126MG) 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) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 501-600 of 1348. Previous|1...456789...14|Next Lot #505 1946 (Nov 30) First Flight Brisbane-Norfolk Island per "Sunderland" Flying Boat AAMC #1080a, blemishes, Cat $900. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #506 AIRMAIL LABELS: 1931 Qantas white/blue vignette 'By Air Mail/North Queensland/Australia's Winter Playground' full strip of 8 AAMC #202c together with the booklet front cover and a single example used on flown cover from Melbourne, endorsed "1st Flight Brisbane to Maryborough." with Maryborough b/s. Ex Maurice Williams. (3 items) View details Quantity3Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolC† Lot #507 Folio of military mail with a Tasmanian connection including First Convoy covers x3 one for YMCA of Tasmania (not previously seen by us), lots of instructional handstamps including 'DECEASED' on returned cover with contents, with 'Re-directed by Army Base Post Office/...' labels x2, YMCA letterheads x7 (various types, plus a few envelopes) & other aid agencies, good range of Western Front Field Postcards, Forces in England including with huge oval 'BELMOUNT AUXILIARY MILITARY HOSPITAL/LIVERPOOL' View details Quantity98Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold Symbolc Lot #508 Illustrated lettersheet with 'FOR KING/AND/EMPIRE/[flags]/ADELAIDE YMCA/TENTS' on the face & a huge YMCA tent in blue on the reverse, unused (and very scarce thus). View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #509 The interesting balance of Tony Finlayson's World War I collection including five different illustrated Comfort Funds or similar patriotic envelopes, Gratuitous Distribution Letter Cards Type 1 with Poem on the Reverse on grey stock, and Type 2 with "2nd AIF EMBARKING" in black on the reverse.1916 Melbourne YMCA cover with 'MILITARY CAMP MARIBYRNONG' cds, 1916 cover with 'METHODIST SOLDIERS TENT/SEYMOUR CAMP' imprint in red & the similarly headed letter, 1916 with superb 'PASSED - BY CENSOR View details Quantity55Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc† Lot #510 1914 First Convoy items from Colonel David Sydney Wanliss, CMG to his mother in Victoria written on board the transport ship 'Orvieto' both carried by RMS 'Ophir' from Colombo back to Adelaide and onwards by Melbourne Express train with KGV 1d red single frankings tied 'ENG MAIL TPO/IN--7DE14/VIC' d/s, the postcard censored with fancy-boxed 'PASSED' cachet applied at Albany (unlisted by Haynes & Pope) and again with Melbourne cachet, the Orient Line of Royal Mail Steamers cover enclosing his ori View details Quantity2Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymbolCGradeA/B Lot #511 1914 (Oct 11) usage of 1d Roo Postal Card signed "DS Wanliss" to Victoria with Albany (WA) cds & superlative strike of the rare fancy-boxed 'PASSED/...("DG")...' cachet in violet, minor blemishes. An exceptional First Convoy item. [David Sydney Wanliss was Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, AIF. He was awarded the CMG at Gallipoli: see related lots in our Coins & Banknotes Auction. In 1921 he was appointed Chief Judge in New Guinea. He states ",,,you will get a letter probably in less than thr View details Estimate$300Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #512 1914 OAS cover with very fine triple-oval '1ST FA BDE AMN COL/AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' (Ammunition Column) cachet in violet & Albany cds of 29OC14, to Sydney with '1D'-in-circle h/s & Postage Due 1d tied by Sydney cds of 2NO14, minor faults not affecting the very fine appearance. [Bob Emery listed this cachet as CA74, & noted one example of 1.12.1914, after arrival in Egypt. This cover proves it was manufactured in Australia] View details Estimate$350Price Realized$280StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #513 1914 illustrated Brisbane YMCA postcard with printed 'Troopship RANGATIRA' (A22), to NSW with Perth machine of 16NOV14 overstruck with Sydney machine of NO26-1914, tax h/s & 1d Postage Due, redirected to Melbourne, minor defects. ["Rangatira" departed Albany 1.11.2014, indicating this card was embargoed. Letter states "...we have just been informed that all our mail matters is under a strict censorship..."] View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #514 1914 illustrated YMCA lettersheet with '[flags]/MELBOURNE YMCA/ON/ACTIVE SERVICE/...' on the face & 'YMCA Tents/The Social Service Centre of Camp/...' in blue on the reverse, the semi-literate letter headed "Broadmeadows Camp 9 light horse Reinforcements", minor opening faults. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #515 1915 "Gallipoli Fiasco" exhibit pages for the Fourth to Sixteenth Troopship Convoys with postcards (mostly) & covers identified by ship & convoy, many with AIF censor handstamps including scarce types notably 'A.I:F,/Passed by Censor No 40' & crowned-oval 'PASSED BY/...LIEUT-COLONEL/CHIEF CENSOR/THE CENSOR' h/s, postmarks including undated 'AIF/POSTAGE/FREE' h/s of Fremantle & 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/VIC' cds, a few YMCA items, Gratuitous Distribution OAS Letter Card with Poem on the Reverse, th View details Quantity55Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbolc Lot #516 1915 five-page eye-witness account headed "Suvla Bay/4.12.15" speaks of the previous week's storms, of damage to hospital tents on the beach & flooding there, and "...we had another storm next day which happened to be worse...so the Hospital people decided to shift up on to the high ground...& the poor beggars have been shelled nearly every day since...the rain came down in torrents...we had about 7 inches in an hour, & the trenches were just small rivers & they are quite eight feet deep, the me View details Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbollGradec Lot #517 1915-17 group of unfranked covers with enclosed letters from Colonel David Sydney Wanliss, CMG to his mother in Victoria, the earliest endorsed "At Sea 21.4.15" written on board a transport ship at Lemnos Island immediately prior to the Gallipoli landings beginning "Next time I write will be from elsewhere - you will probably have an idea from what will be generally known before this reaches you" enclosed in censored OAS cover without postal markings, the next headed "In The Trenches" from Galli View details Quantity7Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold SymbolCGradeA/B Lot #518 1916 naval cover to England with superb boxed 'PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' h/s in violet used aboard HMAS "Melbourne" & uncancelled 1d Kangaroo, superb British 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' h/s & superb 'LONDON/29FE/16/ 177 ' cds (Leap Year!) alongside the stamp, minor aging. An outstanding Royal Australian Navy cover. [Between -.1.1915 & 28.8.1916, HMAS "Melbourne" was part of the North America & West Indies Squadron, headquartered at Bermuda & operating between Halifax Nova Scotia View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold SymbolCGradeB Lot #519 1918 covers to Australian POWs at Soltau Camp in Hannover, two addressed directly the others via the Red Cross in London, each with KGV 1d x3 or unnecessarily with ½d & 1d x2, from NSW x2, Queensland or Western Australia (with printed address including "Soltan" error, and boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 1' h/s in blue of Perth). (4) View details Quantity4Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea/b Lot #520 Two attractive hand-illustrated covers from Port Moresby, 1945 stampless OHMS cover registered from AFPO 251 at Morotai with scarce 'RAAF/BASE PO No 2' arrival b/s used at Sydney, four others plus 1948 AAT "Catalina" cover from Macquarie Island. (8) View details Quantity8Estimate$200StatusUnsold Symbolc Lot #521 1942 (June 12) cover to a Lesotho woman in Basutoland (!) with Australia 1d & 9d tied by 'AUS FPO 34' cds in use at Tripoli (Lebanon) & FPO No 34 registration cachet in violet, 'LERIBE' transit & 'PITSENG' arrival b/s. An extraordinary origin/destination cover. The sender was presumably a Basuto native, probably serving with South African Forces. [Ted Proud records FPO 34 at Tripoli 14.1.1942-26.6.1942 only] ( ) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #522 1942 (Aug 25) usage of Japanese POW Envelope with printed device in red at upper-right & 'ZENTSUJI WAR PRISON CAMP/NIPPON' in blue at upper-left, from an officer to his wife or mother in Brisbane, large censor h/s - incorporating Hosotani seal - in violet. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea Lot #523 Album of Postal Cards including STO Star 1d for City of Coburg unused (Cat $500); Letter Cards including 1d Fullface '...any' "SHEEP STATION/WIMMERA SA" error used, 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1d "ANGASTON" unused & 2d scarlet "SYDNEY HARBOUR" used; and Registration Envelopes including KGV 4d orange uprated with 1d Engraved (tonespots), 1959 2/5d with Eleven Lines on Reverse used x3; etc, generally fine to very fine. (100 approx) View details Quantity100Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbolps Lot #524 Mostly pre-WWII array with Postal Cards including 1d Fullface with 'OHMS' Above the Stamp, 1d Coronation uprated with ½d for War Tax x7, scenic Letter Cards x12 including "BILLABONG" (very scarce), "LOADING WHEAT", "NARRACOORTE CAVES", "MARCH through streets of MELBOURNE" & "HMAS MELBOURNE", and numerous Envelopes with many fine STO advertising types, etc, a few unused including 1d 'MILITARY ENVELOPE' x2, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. From a family/business source never View details Quantity350Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbolps Lot #525 Modest single-volume collection of mostly Stamped-to-Order Envelopes including Municipal & advertising types, also cut-down KGV 1d red STO Wrapper front, etc, condition variable. (97 items) View details Quantity97Estimate$300StatusUnsold Symbolps Lot #526 Scenic Letter Cards 1d BW #LC27 "TROOPS on board/TRANSPORT" (vertical view with 'A40' Deleted) in black & 2d Scarlet "GOVERNMENT HOUSE/PERTH" (112x70mm) both unused & 2d Scarlet "GPO HOBART", fine used; KGV Oval 1½d STO Envelope for Robur Tea Co BW #ES69, unused (2); KGV Star 1½d green with 'OS'-in-the-Die window envelope BW #EO13 for Commonwealth Sub-Treasury Melbourne, used; 1959-62 2/5d red Registration Envelopes with Imprint 'CTB 1481' or 'CTB 1648-59' both with 11 Obliterating Lines #RE40B View details Quantity18Estimate$600StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea/b Lot #527 POSTAL CARDS: 1919 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1916 1d Die 1 with New Admonition Added (#P27) BW #P50, unused, Cat $2500. Superb! [The ACSC states "Although there is no record of the number of this card surcharged, it must have been small. At least three [unused] examples are recorded". John Sinfield's unused example sold at the Prestige auction of 8/11/2013 for $1725] View details Estimate$750Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea+ Lot #528 POSTAL CARDS: Carton with a collection of modern pre-stamped & No Value Indicated issues in three expensive Lindner albums, mostly unused. (few 100) View details Quantity100Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold SymbolpsGradea Lot #529 LETTER CARDS: 1923-25 1½d Perf 12½ Issues comprising Emerald "MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION SCHEME/...", and Scarlet "GOVERNMENT HOUSE/SYDNEY NSW" & "PINEAPPLES" (pickers) "NATIONAL PARK NSW" (vertical, addressed), some minor blemishes, unused, Cat $1600. (4) View details Quantity4Estimate$650StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b Lot #530 LETTER CARDS: 1923-25 1½d Perf 12½ Issues comprising Emerald "MT LOFTY RANGES" (small faults), "SPRING ST MELB", "THE GILDEROY RANGES" & "ZOO ADELAIDE" (vertical fold), and Scarlet "HAWKESBURY RIVER/NSW" (faults), "PINEAPPLES" (pickers) & "RIVER YARRA/VICTORIA" (splitting along the fold), all postally used, Cat $1250. (7) View details Quantity7Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/c Lot #531 LETTER CARDS: 1923-25 1½d Perf 12½ Issues comprising Emerald "BOTANIC GARDENS/PORTLAND VIC", "GPO HOBART" & "MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION SCHEME/...", and Scarlet "GPO HOBART", "MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION SCHEME/...", & "SPRING ST MELB" (stuck, & some perf separation), all CTO with Melbourne cds, Cat $750. (6) View details Quantity6Estimate$350StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b Lot #532 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1914 KGV Sideface 1d red Die 2 BW #ES15 window envelope for Rosella Preserving & Manufacturing Co with superb illustration of a rosella (parrot), minor flap fault, Melbourne Krag machine cancel. A beautiful issue. [Because of interest from thematic collectors, this envelope always "boxes above its weight". Very fine examples sold at the Prestige auctions of 2.9.2006 & 14.11.2014 for $1495 & $2070 respectively] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- Lot #533 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1923 Star with 'POSTAGE' 1½d green BW #ES55 for Resch's Ltd with illustration of the brewery in olive at upper-left, uprated to Germany with 1½d green tied by Sydney slogan cancel for the British Empire Exhibition, trivial blemishes. A lovely 3d foreign letter rate item. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #534 ENVELOPES - "MILITARY": 1916 (Mar) First Issue 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.' 1d #ME1 with space between 'Regimental' & 'Number' = 2-3mm & address lines with 9½ Dots per 10mm, used at Sydney; (Jul) Second Issue Reset Text with First Address Line 19mm Below the Printer's Rule 1d #ME2 on unsurfaced greyish stock, addressed but with "Australia" endorsed across the face & unused, light vertical fold; and (Sep) Third Issue 'A.I.F., ABROAD.' First Setting with 25mm Thick & Thin Printer's Rules below Hea View details Quantity4Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea-/b Lot #535 REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1916 KGV 4d orange on Old NSW Stock with Orange "Star" Obliterating the Stamp Box on the Flap (115mm Setting) BW #RE7B, unused, Cat $500 View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea Lot #536 WRAPPERS - DEFENCE FORCES: c.1949 4½d Defence Force 'AIR MEDAL SECTION' wrappers, unfolded unused. Pristine! (5) View details Quantity5Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea+ Lot #537 FOOD PARCEL LABELS: 1946 5/10d blue with 'DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/VICTORIA' imprint at top BW #PL4B, faint bend otherwise very fine with full unmounted o.g., Cat $1000 (mounted). View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Symbol**Gradea- Lot #538 AEROGRAMMES: 1971 Long Format 10c with All Inscriptions ('AUSTRALIA', '10c', Address Lines, Sealing Instructions and Instructions on the Reverse) Completely Omitted, to England with full social message & hand-written address on the reverse, a couple of insignificant blemishes. One of the most outstanding Aerogramme errors we have seen. Ex Jerry Kasper. [Virtually all major aerogramme errors are unused, having been "rescued" by post office staff or collectors. It might be thought that this item h View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradea- Lot #539 Two undated black/pinkish buff 'PAID LETTERS/FOR/Prisoner of War Camp/AUSTRALIA' labels with endorsements, faults. Rare survivors: the only examples we have seen. (EFR at page 11) (2) View details Quantity2Estimate$100StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol?†Gradeb/c Lot #540 Bundle of display pages with the balance of the collection including many items into and out of the NSW Camps notably 1916 with superb strikes of the 'FOR INTERNED CIVILIAN' & boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' cachets (sadly stained), items to America, Austria & Egypt etc, various POW Postal Stationery forms including a Postal Card to Austria with huge 'ZURUK' (= return) cachet (faults), three covers to Switzerland endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed", 1918 cover to an interned Belgian View details Quantity57Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcps† Lot #541 REPATRIATION: 1918 "Star" 1d red Envelope to a civilian internee from his wife (endorsed on the flap) with 'ALBANY/11MR18/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, Lt-Col Holman censor h/s. [It seems likely that the wife was being deported but the husband remained in custody] View details Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #542 REPATRIATION: YMCA postcard endorsed "Prisoner of War - Free" & datelined "SS Frankfurt 24 X 1919" with Indian 'FPO No 70/26OCT19' cds in use at Suez (Egypt), Sydney arrival b/s of DE1/1919, minor blemishes. [The writer was a Hungarian formerly at Liverpool Camp, writing to his fellow internee Oscar Blau, now back home in Sydney] View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #543 MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP: c.1918 POW Envelope to Germany with light but clear strike of the rare double-oval 'MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP/No.../INTELLIGENCE/FEDERAL TERRITORY' cachet in violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' h/s in purple applied at Sydney, the flap endorsed "Mrs Freudenberg/Concentration Camp Molonglo". Rare. (EFR at page 177) View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #544 MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP: 1919 (Apr 14) usage of 1½d on 1d Postal Card with illustrated advice on the reverse for Farmer & Co & Sydney slogan cancel to a civilian internee at "Malonglo [sic] Concentration Camp/via Queanbeyan", a little stained. Rare inwards mail. (EFR at page 178) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$220StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradec Lot #545 1917-18 POW Envelopes from Berrima to California, Holdsworthy to Germany, or Trial Bay x4 to Germany, all with the original 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA' letterheads (one with two sections of the letter literally cut-away), generally fine to very fine. (12 items) View details Quantity12Estimate$750Price Realized$400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps/l†Gradea/b Lot #546 Inwards mail comprising from Germany with pre-printed address of a Liverpool inmate, two different German Feldpostkarten (one with oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL/C.../NS WALES' cachet). French POW Postal Card with 'SERBO-CROAT' h/s & 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL' cachet both in violet, Austrian Red Cross POW Reply Postal Card with the reply-half still attached, Austrian 8h Postal Card, stampless front from Italy with Australian black/white censor label, stampless co View details Quantity12Estimate$750StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcps† Lot #547 Red/grey-buff card (103x63mm) with mailing instructions for POWs/internees in German (Emery Fig 111). View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #548 ditto, but with mailing instructions in English, typed "Oswald Ahnert/Lettercarrier/GCC Liverpool" on the reverse. Unrecorded by Emery. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$280StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #549 ditto, but on white card with the text re-set & the footnote now sans serif with the trailing '*' removed. Superb! Unrecorded by Emery. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$340StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolC†Gradea+ Lot #550 BERRIMA: 1915 plain cover to the Swiss Bureau for Repatriation of Civilian Internees with superb strike of the rare 'CENSORED/BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' (Emery: "recorded but not seen"), forwarded to Liverpool with 'CENSORED/["DO Griffiths"] MAJOR/...' h/s in green & violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, KGV 1d red pair tied by Liverpool cds & ½d Roo tied by Sydney cds, 'BERN/12V15/BUNDESHAUS' arrival b/s. A lovely item. Acquired at Gary Watson's auction of 30.3.1987 for $525. (EFR View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #551 BERRIMA: 1915 envelope from a POW at Berrima (endorsed on the flap) with POW cachets, mss "Registered" & red lines with Sydney registration label & transit b/s of 17DE15), to a German firm in Shanghai, vertical fold & minor blemishes. Rare overseas registered usage. (EFR at page 106) View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #552 BERRIMA: 1916 POW Envelope with sender's endorsement "H Glink Concentration Camp/Berrima" on the flap & 'BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' cachet, to "Society of Friends Emergency Committee" at Sydney with 'LIVERPOOL/7AU16/=NSW=' cds & Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet, a couple of minor blemishes. (EFR at page 109) [The internment camp was at Berrima Gaol] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- Lot #553 BERRIMA: 1918 (Oct 2) cover to Sydney registered with 'BERRIMA/OC2/1918/NSW' cds & Lt-Col Holman cachet, no registration number or label but with 'REGISTERED/2OC18/SYDNEY NSW' arrival b/s, minor soiling. (EFR at page 116) [There was no post office at the camp, mail being processed through the civilian PO] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #554 BERRIMA: INWARDS MAIL: 1916 (Mar 4) stampless cover from Germany with 'BREMEN' cds to "Berrima/German Detention/Barraks" with fine strike of the rare 'BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' h/s & initialled with 'L.B.'-in-circle censor's (?; not previously seen by us) h/s below both in violet, forwarded to Liverpool with superb 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAM[P]/LIVERPOOL' b/s in violet, repaired opening tears clear of the markings. (EFR at page 109) View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #555 BOURKE: 1915 (Dec) 'NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD/BREMEN' cover endorsed on flap ".../Prisoner of War/Bourke/NSW" with superb POW cachets & small 'RS Sands MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet all in violet, to New York with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s applied at Sydney, New York arrival of JAN20/1916 & redirected to Richmond Va. (EFR at page 169) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #556 BOURKE: c.1915 plain cover endorsed on flap ".../Bourke/NSW" with straight-line POW cachet in violet & 'FREE' h/s in grey-blue, to London with boxed cesor h/s of Sydney, minor stains on the reverse. (EFR at page 168) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #557 BOURKE: 1915 (Aug) plain cover endorsed on flap ".../Prisoner of War/Bourke/..." with straight-line POW cachet only, to Dutch Indies with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s in magenta applied at Sydney, 'SOERABAJA' transit & 'SEMARANG/11.9.15' arrival b/s, minor discolouration. (EFR at page 169) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$340StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #558 BOURKE: c.1917 envelope with sender's endorsement on the reverse with POW handstamps unusually in red & Lieutenant-Colonel Holman cachet (without 'CENSORED') unusually in green, to Switzerland with boxed Censor h/s in violet applied at Sydney. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$420StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Lot #559 BOURKE: INWARDS MAIL: 1917 stampless cover from Germany with very fine 'BREMEN' machine cancel, to "Bourke", complete British 'OPENED BY CENSOR/4214' label (not a POW type), surprisingly not censored in NSW. Mail to this small camp is rare. [From another vendor] View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Lot #560 HOLDSWORTHY: 1917-19 POW Envelopes to Hobart, Sydney x2, Bethania (Qld) or Perth (WA), the first with manuscript registration number, two with different provisional registration labels, others with 'Holdsworthy/Camp' or 'Holdsworthy Mil Camp' labels, the last with KGV 1d red x4, four with 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/=NSW=' cds & Lieutenant-Colonel Holman 'CENSORED' cachet in violet, a couple with faults but quite presentable. Rare quintet. (5) View details Quantity5Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps† Lot #561 HOLDSWORTHY: 1917 POW Envelope to Hobart with 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/9OC17/=NSW=' cds & manuscript registration number in red, Lieutenant-Colonel Holman 'CENSORED' cachet in violet, Sydney transit & Hobart arrival b/s. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #562 HOLDSWORTHY: 1918 (July 22) usage of POW Lettersheet with part of the letter literally cut-out by the censor leraving a hole in the back of the form, to Germany with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, repaired flap fault. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #563 HOLDSWORTHY: 1919 usage of POW Envelope with printed 29mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE/ --- '-in-Double-Circle endorsed on the flap "...Parole Compound/Holdsworthy", to Germany with 'LIVERPOOL/22NO19/=NSW=' cds, minor blemishes. Extremely late usage, 12 months after the Armistice was signed. [The last internees were released in 1920] View details Estimate$200Price Realized$100StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #564 HOLDSWORTHY: INWARDS MAIL: 1917 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FOR TRANSMISSION OVERSEAS FROM INDIA' Envelope in Red/White with 'AHMEDNAGAR CAMP/17JUL17' b/s & light 'PASSED CENSOR/17JUL1917/(initials)' & '2'-in-circle cachets both in violet, Lt-Col Holman arrival cachet in violet, minor blemishes. (EFR at page 90). View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #565 HOLDSWORTHY: 1918 (Sep 25) plain cover to an interneee at Holdsworthy with Sydney 'INVEST IN/SEVENTH WAR LOAN' slogan cancel apparently over boxed 'Prisoner of War/Letter Free/["initials"]' cachet (Emery #CA223) in green, flap removed. Curious! (EFR at page 95) [We have recorded only one other example of the cachet, on 26.6.1918] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- Lot #566 LIVERPOOL: 1915 plain cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland with 'FREE' cachet & 'CENSORED/["WS Hinton Lieut"] MAJOR/...' cachet both in green, Liverpool cds of 13MR15 & very fine strike of the scarce double boxed 'PASSED BY/MAR 17 1915/CENSOR SD' d/s in blue applied at Sydney. (EFR at page 23) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #567 LIVERPOOL: a very similar cover from the same sender but with the censor cachet signed "DO Griffiths", Liverpool cds of 30MR15, 'GENEVE 1/12.V.15/DIST LETTR' arrival b/s. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #568 LIVERPOOL: 1915 usage of 1d Roo Postal Card with two strikes of the scarce boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' cachet (Emery #CA221) in violet & 'CENSORED/["DO Griffiths Adjt"] MAJOR/...' cachet in green, Liverpool cds of 7MY15, to the Federated Malay States with Singapore & 'TELUK ANSON/FMS' transits & very fine 'LUMUT/15JU/1915' arrival cds, heavy vertical fold; also early-1916 PPC to Straits Settlements with Singapore arrival cds of 2FE/1916. (2) View details Quantity2Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradec/a Lot #569 LIVERPOOL: c.1916 POW Envelope most unusually to "Manila/Ph Island" [sic], poor arrival b/s. A very rare destination for POW mail. (1) View details Quantity1Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #570 LIVERPOOL: POW Envelope with printed 'POST/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & 'SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS' on the flap (Emery #PSPE1), to Queensland with 'LIVERPOOL/3MR16/=NSW=' cds but with the address crossed-through indicating "stopped" by the censor, a few blemishes & a piece of the flap missing. A very scarce usage of a rare postal stationery item. [Usually, offending parts of a letter were obliterated or excised. However, occasionally the content of a letter was considered so offensive or treasonous View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #571 LIVERPOOL: 1916 OHMS cover with very fine oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL/No...'N. S. WALES.' cachet in green, KGV 1d red punctured 'OS' tied by Liverpool cds, superb 'PASSED' h/s applied on arrival at Adelaide, central fold & minor repaired opening tears. [From another vendor] View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold SymbolclGradeb Lot #572 LIVERPOOL: 1917-18 POW Envelopes to Victoria with 'DIAMOND CREEK' arrival cds; to Queensland (toning); & to South Australia x4 (all with the original 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA' letterheads), two with oval 'PASSED BY/4TH MD.../CENSOR' cachet applied at Adelaide; generally fine to very fine. Interesting group. (10 items) View details Quantity10Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolPS/L†Gradea/b Lot #573 LIVERPOOL: CAMP COMMANDANT CENSOR CACHETS: Major/Lieutenant-Colonel Sands Period comprising manuscript "RS Sands" with no handstamp; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s in green with manuscript "RS Sands" or "DO Griffiths Capt"; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s with Serifs in violet, blue, or green; '...MAJOR' h/s Sans Serifs (No 'CENSORED') in blue & violet; '...LT COL' (rare) in violet & blue; 'CENSORED/...LIEUT COL' with Serifs in violet; and '...LIEUT COL' Sans Serif in violet & blue; a couple to domestic View details Quantity13Estimate$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps† Lot #574 LIVERPOOL: Major/Lieutenant-Colonel Sands Period comprising manuscript "RS Sands" with no handstamp on Roo 1d Postal Card; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s in green with manuscript "RS Sands" x2 (one on Roo 1d Postal Card) or "DO Griffiths Capt" x2; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s with Serifs in violet, blue, or green (registered at 'LIVERPOOL'; 'CENSORED/...LIEUT COL' with Serifs in violet x3; and '...LIEUT COL' Sans Serif in violet x2 & blue; a couple to domestic addresses but mostly to Europe or the United View details Quantity14Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,100StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps† Lot #575 LIVERPOOL: 1916 POW Envelope with large sans serif 'CENSORED/...LIEUT COL' handstamp (Supplement #CA229A) in violet, to "Detention Barracks/Trial Bay" with 'LIVERPOOL/2OC16/=NSW=' cds & the tiny 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY' h/s in blue applied on arrival, repaired opening fault at upper-right well clear of the markings. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolPSGrade(B) Lot #576 LIVERPOOL: Lieutenant-Colonel Holman Period comprising 'CENSORED' Omitted 'L' below 'T' in violet (to Sumatra) & blue (to USA), 'L' below 'A' in violet & blue (with 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS...' letterhead), & 'L' below 'E' in violet & red (very scarce), and With 'CENSORED' 'L' below 'E' in violet (with 'SOUTH WEST ROCKS' cds), 'L' below 'TR' in violet (with 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP' cds & blank provisional registration label), & 'L' below 'A' in violet (to the Premier of Western Australia), three are from View details Quantity10Estimate$1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b Lot #577 LIVERPOOL: INWARDS MAIL: 1917 OHMS cover with Victoria Barracks Sydney imprint at lower-left, to "OC GC Camp/ Holsworthy" with Third Wmk 2d Roo punctured 'OS' tied by Sydney machine cancel, '.../Subscribe/to the/LIBERTY/LOAN' label affixed to the reverse, very fine; stampless & undated OHMS cover obviously from within the camp "To the/Editor/Kamp Spiegel" with Lt-Col Holman cachet in violet, a few problems but quite presentable; stampless & undated OHMS cover with 'CUSTOMS HOUSE/Melbourne' View details Quantity5Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc/l†Gradea/b Lot #578 LIVERPOOL: 1916 printed 'Correspondence Militaire' Postal Card from a German POW in France with boxed 'VU PAR L'INTERPRETE/FORT BARRAUX' cachet in violet & part-'BARRAUX/18.9/16/ISERE' cds, 'SYDNEY/13NO16/50' b/s & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet applied at Sydney, minor stains on the reverse. The only such item we have seen to Australia. View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #579 Postal History - World War I - POW Camps - New South Wales LIVERPOOL: 1916 'La croix rouge danoise' (= Danish Red Cross) envelope (250x180mm) to "Liverpool Hospital/ Lancashire/L'angleterre" with British 19th century 'Insufficiently Addressed/466' h/s but crossed-out & redirected "Try New South Wales", oval 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS/RECEIVED/15SEP1918/AUSTRALIA' cachet - not previously seen by us - in violet, vertical fold. View details Estimate$160StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolCLGradeB Lot #580 LIVERPOOL: 1916 cover from Japan endorsed ".../pris of war/Kumamoto/Japan" on the flap with Japanese-language cds & 'MOJI/10.6.16/JAPAN' cds both on the reverse, Japanese cachets of Takashima Camp in red crossed-through & of Kurume Camp in violet plus Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet applied on arrival all on the face, minor aging. [According to an on-line source, Kumamoto Camp was closed on 9.5.1916 & the POWs were transferred to Kurume. This cover suggests the transfer took place somewhat later] View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #581 LIVERPOOL: 1916 (Oct 15) usage of Spanish 10c Postal Card from the Canary Islands with 'PUERTO DE LA...' cancel & 'LAS PALMAS/(CANARIAS)' cds at lower-left, very fine 'CENSORED/RJ Holman LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet ihn blue. Superb! A marvellous origin/destination item. (EFR at page 45) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea+ Lot #582 LIVERPOOL: 1916 & 1918 different types of German Red Cross POW Postal Cards advising that Christmas gifts had been forwarded & requesting advice of receipt on the attached reply-halves, the latter still intact, the first with British 'P.C.' h/s & the other with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, and a stampless cover with German British & Australian censor cachets. All addressed to sailors from the SMS "Emden". (3) View details Quantity3Estimate$600Price Realized$1,700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b Lot #583 LIVERPOOL: 1917 printed POW Postal Card from Japan with the message headed "Yokohama 26.4.17" & unusually in English, 'YOKOHAMA/28.4.17/JAPAN' cds in violet, light 'PASSED BY CENSOR/13JE17/=CS=' cds in red & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet both applied at Sydney. Scarce inter-camp mail. (EFR at page 50) [During WWI there was no POW camp at Yokohama & the message suggests the sender was a parolee: "...I live very quietly here & devote my time to reading & studying..."] View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #584 LIVERPOOL: 1917 cover from the Straits Settlements with 8c blue tied by 'KANDANG KERBAU/10MY/1917/SINGAPORE' cds, Sydney transit b/s of 30MY - 1917, plain censor label & light strike of the 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' cachet in violet. Very unusual origin. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #585 LIVERPOOL: 1918 printed Italian POW Postal Card with the message in Serbo-Croat (?) headed "3.17.1918" with Italian markings, apparently missent to England with light 'LIVERPOOL/9MY/18/RLO' & 'RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/9MY/18/LIVERPOOL' cds, apparently forwarded in a closed bag with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet applied at Sydney, minor blemishes. Most unusual & the only such card we have seen to Australia. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #586 LIVERPOOL: 1918 printed POW Postal Card with '.../Bando' at upper-right from Japan with Japanese-language cds, SYDNEY/17JE18/65' cds & largely very fine strike of the rare boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet with Smaller Letters in violet applied at Sydney. (EFR at page 65) View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #587 LIVERPOOL: 1919 stampless cover with 'SWISS CONSULATE/SYDNEY AUSTRALIA' imprint at lower-left & light strike of the rare 'FOR INTERNED CIVILIAN' h/s (Emery Supplement #CA277) in violet at upper-left, Sydney 'FINISH THE JOB/BUY PEACE BONDS' slogan. (EFR at page 72) View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #588 TRIAL BAY: 1915 & 1916 POW Envelopes with 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet sans serif in blue or seriffed in violet, curiously with Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet or Lt-Col Holman cachet in violet, the latter (soiled) to Liverpool Camp with 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' cachet in violet (2) View details Quantity2Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b Lot #589 TRIAL BAY: 1915 usage of 1d Roo Postal Card cancelled with 'FREE' h/s in violet, 'RS Sands MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' h/s in grey-blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/OCT 28 1915/CENSOR SD' d/s in blue, to Germany. Superb! (EFR at page 129) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea+ Lot #590 TRIAL BAY: 1915 (Nov 19) stampless PPC endorsed "Trial Bay Detention Barracks/South West Rocks NSW" with POW cachets in violet, to Perak with Singapore transit & 'IPOH/9JA/1916/FMS' arrival cds. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$280StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #591 TRIAL BAY: c.1916 POW Envelope to Amsterdam with light strike of the British oval 'PRISONER OF WAR/REPATRIATION BUREAU' cachet at lower-left, on arrival redirected to "Utrecht", minor soiling. Scarce destination for POW mail. View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb Lot #592 TRIAL BAY: 1916 cover with POW cachets in violet to the Straits Settlements with Singapore arrival b/s of 5JU/1916, very fine; and POW Envelope to China with British Post Office 'CANTON/OC14/16' arrival b/s, opened-out & minor repaired fault. (2) View details Quantity2Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b Lot #593 TRIAL BAY: 1916 (Mar 18) stampless PPC endorsed "...P of War/Trial Bay NSW" with POW cachets in violet & Lt-Col Sands cachet in blue, to "Celebes/Dutch East Indies" with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s in red, curiously taxed on arrival with Indies 10c Postage Due tied by 'GORONTALO' cds, repaired fault at lower-right. [Gorontalo is on the southern coast of the northern peninsula of Sulawesi] View details Estimate$150Price Realized$220StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(B) Lot #594 TRIAL BAY: 1916 POW Envelope to Queensland with seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet (very late usage), 'LIVERPOOL/23AU16/=NSW=' cds & Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet. (EFR at page 142) View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea Lot #595 TRIAL BAY: 1916 POW Envelope to Queensland with sans serif 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet (very early usage) in blue, 'LIVERPOOL/2SE16/=NSW=' cds & Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet, slightly reduced at left. (EFR at page 143) View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- Lot #596 TRIAL BAY: 1917 POW Envelope to China with British Post Office 'CANTON/AP13/17' arrival b/s. Superb! View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea+ Lot #597 TRIAL BAY: Undated cover with 'GERMAN COMMITTEE/TRIAL BAY' h/s - affected by a repaired tear on the flap - otherwise devoid of POW markings, to an inmate at "GCC/Liverpool" with Lt-Col Holman censor cachet in violet, vertical fold. (EFR at page 161) View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcl†Gradeb Lot #598 TRIAL BAY: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 cover from Dutch Indies with 2½c & 10c tied by 'BATAVIA/10.12.15' cds, apparently twice censored at Sydney with two violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels tied by seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet. (EFR at page 132) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #599 TRIAL BAY: Undated cover from Germany to an officer via England with complete 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW 37' label on the reverse with light but clear strike of the seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet, redirected to Liverpool with sans serif Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet, minor blemishes. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea Lot #600 TRIAL BAY: 1916 Red Cross cover from Germany to an officer via England with 'BARMEN/3.8.16' cds & 'Auslandstelle Emmerich/Frei/gegeben' (= Overseas Mail Passed Free at Emmerich) cachet, complete 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW 26' label on the reverse with very fine strike of the scarce sans serif 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in blue, repaired opening tear at upper-right clear of the markings. (EFR at page 141) View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb Lot #601 ENOGGERA: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Oct 9) cover from London to Brisbane where forwarded to "Internment Camp/Enoggera", 'UNCLAIMED/ENOGGERA CAMP' h/s - affected by vertical fold - & forwarded to "German Concentration Camp/Liverpool/NSW". (EFR at page 215: only two other items - both inwards - are recorded.) This was one of the smallest camps, housing only 140 internees. In August 1915, the camp was closed & all inmates transferred to Holdsworthy NSW. View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcl†Gradeb Lot #602 FORT LARGS: c.1916 stampless cover endorsed on the reverse "from/Leopold Weste/Prisoner of War", to Adelaide with very fine strike of the extremely rare '("signature/Capt")/C.O. R.A.G.A. 4th Military District' cachet in violet, repaired flap fault & overall light discolouration. Only three examples recorded. [The three covers were recently discovered in a family correspondence. They belong to another vendor & have never before been on the market] View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,250StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #603 FORT LARGS: a similar cover - no sender's endorsement - with superb strike of the cachet & very fine 'LARGS BAY/MY29/16/S.A' datestamp below, very minor discolouration at lower-left. Fort Largs Internment Camp was so small & insignificant that its existence isn't even acknowledged on the Australian Archives website. Given that in 1915 virtually all internees in other States were transferred to the Liverpool/Holdsworthy Camps in NSW, it seems quite extraordinary that any inmates remained at Fo View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,000StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #604 TORRENS ISLAND: mid-1915 cover endorsed on the flap "...prisoner of war, Torrens island SA" to Switzerland with 'SERVICE de PRISONNIERS/de GUERRE' cachet in grey-blue & 'PASSED.' h/s in violet applied at Adelaide, London transit cds of 20AU/15 & oval 'PRISONNERS OF WAR/[crown]/INFORMATION BUREAU' cachet, Geneva arrival b/s of 22VIII/1915. Superb! (EFR at page 196) The camp opened in October 1914. The commandant, Captain GE Hawkes, encouraged a brutal & oppressive regime that resulted in offi View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea+ Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...456789...14|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next
