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 601-700 of 1348. Previous|1...5678910...14|Next1234567891011121314 Lot 605 TORRENS ISLAND: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (July 14) stampless cover from Germany to "Torens Island/South Australia" with British 'POST FREE/PC/PRISONER OF WAR' cachet, poor Adelaide arrival b/s of --SEP15 & redirected to "Liverpool/New South Wales", minor blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 606 TORRENS ISLAND: 1915 (July 22) stampless cover from the Red Cross in Switzerland to "Torrens Island/South Australia" with Geneva machine cancel, Adelaide arrival b/s of SE2/15 & 'PASSED.' h/s in violet, repaired opening fault & minor blemishes. (EFR at page 195) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 607 BRUNY ISLAND - INWARDS MAIL: 1917 (Mar 22) Danish Red Cross postcard to the Camp Library on "Bruni Island"!! being an advice of a sending of books & a request for acknowledgement on the attached reply card (removed & presumably sent), 'CH.1/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet of Hobart & redirected to "Try Liverpool/New South Wales". Superb! With only 58 internees, this was one of the smallest camps in Australia. It was closed early-1915 & the inmates transferred to Holdsworthy NSW. The camp wa GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea+ View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 608 BRUNY ISLAND - INWARDS MAIL: 1918 (May 6) Danish Red Cross cover (265x180mm) to "Bruni Island"!! with superb 'CL.2/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet of Launceston in red & redirected to "Try Internment Camp/Liverpool/NS Wales", vertical fold. GSTex GSTSymbolco†Gradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 609 LANGWARRIN: early-1915 plain cover endorsed ".../Melbourne Australia/Langwarrin Camp" on the flap, to the Red Cross in Switzerland with very fine 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' h/s both in violet, Geneva arrival b/s of 13.IV.1915. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 610 LANGWARRIN: 1915 (Jan 21) plain cover with very fine strike of the very rare 'CENSORED/PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/ LANGWARRIN, VICTORIA' cachet in green - the only example we have recorded - to a person of German descent in Melbourne with 1d Roo punctured 'OS' tied by Melbourne cds, repaired opening faults clear of the stamp & markings. The earliest Langwarrin cover recorded by us: one source states that the camp opened only in February 1915. (EFR at page 183) [There was no post office at the camp, GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(b) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 611 LANGWARRIN: 1915 (Apr 15) plain POW cover to Switzerland with very fine 'PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/LANGWARRIN' cachet in green & superb Melbourne cds, Geneva arrival b/s of 12.V.15, minor blemishes. With the complete 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' label removed to expose the cachet. [NB: this cachet is of larger format than the type in the previous lot & is NOT a case of 'CENSORED' having been removed] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 612 LANGWARRIN: 1915 plain cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland with very fine 'PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/LANGWARRIN' & 'SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE/("A? Lloyd")/OC Prisoners of War Depot/VICTORIA' cachet (Emery #220; only one other example recorded) both in green, Melbourne cds of 17AP15 plus 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' h/s both in violet, Geneva arrival b/s of 25.V/1915. A cracker! (EFR at page 184) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 613 LANGWARRIN: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (May 28) Bavarian Postal Card to "Langwaring" with British POW cachet, 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' h/s both in violet, a few blemishes; and 1915 (Oct 28) Feldpostkarte from Germany to Langwarrin with British POW cachet in blue, redirected - probably in England because there are no Victorian markings - to "Liverpool/NSW" with 'RS Sands LIEUT-COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet, faults. [On-line references are contradictory, GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb/c View details Quantity2Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 614 VICTORIA BARRACKS: 1914 (Dec 26) OHMS cover with 'District Head-Quarters/Commonwealth Military Forces - 3rd Military District/Victoria Barracks, Melbourne' imprint, to "J Englander/German Club/Melbourne" with 'PRISONERS/OF WAR DEPOT' h/s & 1d Roo punctured 'OS' tied by Melbourne cds. An enigma. (EFR at page 180) We can find no reference to a POW camp at Victoria Barracks. However, Langwarrin Camp seems to have opened only in January 1915 so it is likely that the initial intake of internees w GSTex GSTSymbolcl†Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 615 VICTORIA BARRACKS: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Mar 21) Feldpostkarte from Germany to "Viktoria Baraks" with British POW cachet in blue & Victorian 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO - JE 7 1915' machine backstamp, forwarded to "Prisoner of War/Camp/ Langwarrin", minor faults. An important item that confirms internment of Germans at Victoria Barracks. (EFR at page 181) [An entire paragraph of the message has been obliterated by the censor] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 616 ROTTNEST ISLAND: 1915 (June) plain cover identified as being from Rottnest by the 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/CMF/5RH MD' cachet in blue used only on mail from the island, Perth cds of 10JUN15 & double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s in blue. (EFR at page 201) [Haynes & Pope at p348 state only five outwards items have been recorded, all with the 5th MD cachet, but that is refuted by the next two lots] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 617 ROTTNEST ISLAND: c.1915 undated plain cover endorsed on the flap "...Prisoner of War/Rottnest Island/Fremantle", without the required POW endorsements but accepted as free mail as evidenced by the British POW cachet. (EFR at page 208) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 618 ROTTNEST ISLAND: 1915 (June 8) PPC headed ".../Pris of war/Fremantle/Rottnest", without the necessary POW endorsements to allow for free postage but obviously accepted as such with British POW cachet & endorsed in a Germanic hand "erh/23 Jul 15" (= received), minor defects. (EFR at page 206) [The camp operated between August 1914 & November 1915, holding a maximum of 1500 internees. The majority were transferred to Liverpool NSW, while some were paroled. The message in German states the writer w GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 619 Balance of the Postal Stationery comprising Envelopes with 25mm Indicium to Ahmednagar Camp in India (soiled), another with Deteriorated Indicium redirected within Germany, 27mm Indicium to England Germany & Switzerland, & 29mm to Germany with 'Zuruck' (= Return) h/s in blue; and Lettersheets on White Stock to Germany x2 & on Cream Stock to the United States; some blemishes but most are very fine. (9) GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b View details Quantity9Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot 620 ENVELOPES - FORERUNNERS: 1915 plain cover from Liverpool Camp with superb strikes of straight-line h/s & boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER.' cachet (Emery #CA221) both in violet, to Germany with light 'PASSED BY CENSOR/11AU15/=CS=' cds in red at lower-left applied at Sydney & British POW cachet. Rare. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 621 ENVELOPES - FORERUNNERS: c.1915 undated plain cover from Liverpool Camp with very fine strikes of straight-line h/s & boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER.' cachet (Emery #CA221) both in red, to Germany with superlative boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet applied at Sydney. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea+ View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 622 ENVELOPES - FORERUNNERS: 1916 plain envelope from Berrima with very fine strikes of the straight-line h/s & 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachet (Emery #CA222; wrongly stated to be 24mm) in violet, to the USA with the enclosed letter headed "Berrima May 31st 1916"; plus plain envelopes with light strikes of the 'FREE' cachet in green (with 'CENSORED/("RS Sands")...' cachet also in green) or dull blue both with Liverpool cds of 5AP15 or 29OC15. (4 items) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea/b View details Quantity4Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 623 ENVELOPES - FORERUNNERS: c.1916 plain envelope from Trial Bay with very fine strikes of the straight-line h/s & 26mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachet (Emery Supplement #CA222B) both in violet, to Saxony with Lt-Col Sands cachet in blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in rosine applied at Sydney, repaired opening faults clear of the markings. [The only other examples known to us are illustrated in EFR at pages 137 & 140. The example illustrated by Emery is stated to have a '2' at the GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(b) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 624 ENVELOPES: With printed 'POST/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & 'SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS' on the flap (Emery #PSPE1), from Liverpool to "Honolulu/Hawaiian Islands" with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s in rosine applied at Sydney, minor blemishes. Rare. [This is the item illustrated by Emery at page 285 & in EFR at page 79] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 625 ENVELOPES: With printed 'POST/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & 'SENDER'S NAME, COMPANY AND MESS' on the flap (Emery #PSPE2), from Liverpool to "Medan/Deli/Sumatra/Netherlands Indies" with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s in rosine applied at Sydney, 'WELTEVREDEN' & 'MEDAN/18.4.16' arrival b/s. Rare. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 626 ENVELOPES: With printed 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & sans serif 'SERVICE DES...' from Liverpool (cds) to Sydney; ditto (Damaged 'ER OF'), with seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' from Liverpool (cds) to the Premier of Western Australia; 27mm Free Indicium with One Dash at the Base, from Holdsworthy to the Red Cross in Switzerland; and 29mm 'FREE' Indicium with Three Dashes at the Base, from Holdsworthy to London; a few minor blemishes. These are Emery #PSPE3-6. (4) GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b View details Quantity4Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 627 ENVELOPES: With printed 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & sans serif 'SERVICE DES...' from Liverpool to Germany; ditto (Damaged Second 'R' in 'PRISONER'), with seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' from Liverpool to Holland (very scarce destination); 27mm Free Indicium with One Dash at the Base, from Trial Bay to Germany; and 29mm 'FREE' Indicium with Three Dashes at the Base, from Holdsworthy to Germany; a few minor blemishes. These are Emery #PSPE3-6 & are the examples illustrated by him at p GSTex GSTSymbolPS†GradeA/B View details Quantity4Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 628 ENVELOPES: With printed 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & sans serif 'SERVICE DES...' from Trial Bay with 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA/PRISONER OF WAR LETTER' letterhead (Emery #PSPNP2); ditto (Significant Damage to the 'FREE' Indicium) with seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' from Trial Bay with letterhead (#PSPNP1); 27mm Free Indicium with One Dash at the Base, from Holdsworthy with letterhead (#PSPNP3); and 29mm 'FREE' Indicium with Three Dashes at the Base, from Holdsworthy with letter GSTex GSTSymbolps/l†Gradea/b View details Quantity8Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 629 ENVELOPES: With printed 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE'-in-Double-Circle original undamaged state with seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' header & All Text Offset on the Reverse, from Trial Bay to the "Camp Commandant/Ahmednagar/India". Scarce usage between POW camps in different countries. (EFR at page 161) ( ) GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 630 ENVELOPES: With printed 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE'-in-Double-Circle original undamaged state, from Liverpool to China; with Damaged Second 'R' of 'PRISONER', from Liverpool to Holland; with Badly Deteriorated 'FREE' Indicium, from Holdsworthy to Germany; undamaged state but with Reversed '6' between 'WAR' & 'LETTER' (presumed to be transient), from Trial Bay to Austria; and a second electro with Shaved Foot on 'F' of 'FREE', from Trial Bay to London; some mostly minor soiling. An excellent spec GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b View details Quantity5Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 631 ENVELOPES: With printed 29mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE/ --- '-in-Double-Circle & seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' (Emery #PSPE6) Original Undamaged State from Liverpool; Worn State with Defective First 'R' of 'PRISONER' & 'OF' from Holdsworthy; a second electro with Damage to Base of both 'E's of 'FREE', another Worn State but with Repair to the First 'E' from Holdsworthy, & a Very Worn State from Liverpool; all to Germany, fine to very fine. Another good specialist lot. [Emery identifies a sub-type "on GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b View details Quantity5Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 632 POSTAL CARDS: With printed 25mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' plus 2 Lines on Reverse for Sender's Address, from Trial Bay to Queensland with 'KEMPSEY/31MY17/=NSW=' cds, a couple of tiny corner bends. Very scarce. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 633 POSTAL CARDS: ditto, with a different 25mm electro with Damage to 'F' & Second 'E' of 'FREE' and Frame-Break below 'PR' of 'PRISONER', from Trial Bay to Germany with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, a couple of insignificant blemishes. Very scarce. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 634 POSTAL CARDS: With printed 28½mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE/---'-in-Double-Circle & seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' plus Multiple-Choice Message in German on the Reverse, from Holdsworthy to Germany with faint boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, light horizontal bend. Unlisted by Emery. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 635 POSTAL CARDS: ditto, from Holdsworthy to Germany with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney. Unlisted by Emery. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea View details Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 636 LETTERSHEETS: With printed 28½mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE/---'-in-Double-Circle (Damaged Second 'E' of 'FREE') & seriffed 'SERVICE DES...' on White Stock from Holdsworthy & on Cream Stock from Liverpool, and a Worn Impression on Cream Stock from Holdsworthy, all to Germany with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, the last a bit soiled. (3) GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b View details Quantity3Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot 637 LETTERSHEETS: 1918-19 examples from Liverpool to Germany (on white stock), from Liverpool to Sydney, from Berrima to the USA & from Holdsworthy to Switzerland, a few minor blemishes. (4) GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea/b View details Quantity4Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 638 Display pages of mail from Australian POWs including Acknowledgement of Receipt of Parcel cards to London (unused) & Switzerland, advice of capture card to WA, advice of address cards to London & WA, two 'Feldpostkarte' with 'KRIEGSGEFANGENEN/SENDUNG' h/s in blue both to SA, various printed POW Postal Stationery items including an Envelope to WA with enclosed letter on matching notepaper, two plain covers from Parchim Camp to Victoria both with the enclosed letters, etc, condition variable but m GSTex GSTSymbolcps† View details Quantity25Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 639 Covers (3) & KGV 1d Postal Cards x2 all to Australians known to be POWs at Cassel (2, both with large circular camp cachet), Crefeld, Dülmen or Gottingen, the last forwarded to Dülmen, various British & German cachets, also a stampless PPC from Switzerland to an Australian POW at Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel. Nice group. (6) GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea-/b View details Quantity6Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 640 1915-18 mail to POWs in Germany c/- the British GPO in London or the Australian Red Cross in London comprising covers x4 all with a KGV 1d red, Postal Cards 1d Roo, 1d Fullface & 1d Sideface, and "Star" 1d Envelopes x5, all forwarded under cover to various camps & all but two with camp censor cachets applied on arrival, generally fine to very fine. Also included is a 1915 British pamphlet 'COMMUNICATION WITH PRISONERS OF/WAR INTERNED ABROAD'. (13 items) GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b View details Quantity13Estimate$850StatusUnsold Lot 641 1915-18 mail to POWs sent directly to the camps in Germany comprising covers x2 each with a KGV 1d red, a PPC with the stamp removed (probably by the camp censor), Postal Card 1d Sideface (uncancelled, redirected internally: was the recipient paroled?), and "Star" 1d Envelope (uncancelled), all but the Postal Card without the required POW superscription but all with camp censor cachets applied on arrival, generally fine to very fine. (5) GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b View details Quantity5Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 642 1917 very late usage of South Australian 1d Postal Card "ON THE MURRAY" (paddlesteamer) to a POW sent directly to Dulmen Camp with Adelaide machine cancel & 'PASSED' h/s in violet. A very scarce usage. GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 643 1917 cover to a POW c/- Australian Red Cross in London with KGV 1d red tied by 'GIN GIN/22AU17/QUEENSLAND' cds, 'BRITISCHER KRIEGSGEFANGENER' label with roneo'd address label affixed & tied by London cds of 12NO/17 & German censor cachet of Cassel POW Camp in violet, minor repaired tear at the top. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(a-) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 644 1918 PPC of Langensalza POW Camp to England with large circular Camp cachet & German POW Postal Card with printed 'Camp de Friedrichsfeld près Wesel' at left & 'Friedrichsfeld' on the reverse; also two covers (one a front only) from an Australian POW interned in Holland (not encountered by us before), both with 'PORTVRIJ/FRANC DE PORT/Militaires étrangers/Internés dans les Pays Bas' cachet in violet. [The last two items are from Pte Alexander McKee, captured at Fromelles & held in Germany until GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb/c View details Quantity4Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 645 1918 printed POW Postal Card to NSW with sender's endorsement "NA Pyne/Purser/Late SS Matunga" with Brandenburg Camp censor cachet & 'BRANDENBURG (HAVEL)/20.6.18' machine, rounded corners. [The message states "...There is a lot of talk of exchange of prisoners lately but I am not building up any hopes". The Hague Agreement, entered into a few weeks later, provided for an exchange of POWs between the Germans & British] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradeb View details Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 646 1918 stampless PPC from Switzerland to an Australian POW at Friedrichsfeld Camp with 'MONT-PELERIN/ 12.VIII.18/SUR VEVEY' cds, German camp censor's cachet & boxed 'F.a.' h/s (= time expired), the message states "...From all we hear exchange ought not to be far distant". A very unusual origin/destination item. [The "time expired" h/s suggests the recipient had been repatriated under the terms of the Hague Agreement] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 647 INTERNEES IN THE NETHERLANDS: 1918 YMCA cover with header '...WITH THE/BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR INTERNED IN HOLLAND' & a plain cover similarly inscribed, both with the Australian sender's details at lower-left & different "free mail" cachets, to NSW, minor defects. A very scarce duo. (2) GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 648 1915 stampless cover with Arabic endorsements to Victoria with bilingual '.../30.9.1915/ANGORA' and 'STAMBOUL/DEPART' cds & Constantinople machine backstamps, Stamboul circular censor cachet in blue & 'PASSED' h/s in violet applied at Melbourne, flap removed & a bit soiled still quite presentable. GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradec View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 649 1915 stampless flimsy cover endorsed "[via] Geneva Switzerland" to Sydney with Stamboul double-boxed censor cachet & white/red censor wafer on the flap, Austrian triangular censor cachet in rosine & faint London transit marking of NOV 30 15 at the top, minor faults. A great rarity, being only the second cover we have recorded from a member of the crew of the submarine AE2: confirmed by Gary Diffen at page 141. [With a superb unused contemporary PPC of the submarine] AE2 was completed in Febru GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradeb View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 650 1916 usage of KGV 1d Postal Card to an officer with the 15th Infantry Battalion c/- the American Embassy at Constantinople with KGV ½d added & tied by 'ALBION/22JA16/QUEENSLAND' cds & 'PASSED CENSOR/ 24JA16/BRISBANE' cds in red, British POW cachet also in red, minor corner bend. Gorgeous! GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 651 1916 cover to a member of the 4th Infantry Brigade at Constantinople c/- Red Cross in Switzerland with 2½d Roo tied by 'BOX HILL/16NO16/VIC' cds & 'PASSED' h/s in violet applied at Melbourne. Remarkably fine GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 652 1917 cover to "Stoker Jim Cullen/late Australian Submarine AE2/.../Bora near Nidge/Turkey" c/- Red Cross in Switzerland with Perth machine cancel of 5DEC17, black/white 'AIF/OPENED BY CENSOR' label & double boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' cachet in green, Geneva b/s of 6-11/1918, minor stain at upper-right. [With a modern print from an Imperial War Museum photograph of the AE2] GSTex GSTSymbolc†Gradea- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 653 NEW ZEALAND FORCES: 1918 usage of KGV "Star" 1d Envelope to a member of the Wellington Infantry Battalion c/- the Red Cross in Switzerland with 'BACKWATER/13JU1918/NSW' cds & black/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, repaired flap fault. [Neil Russell has advised that there were only 7 New Zealand POWs in Turkey, all captured during the Dardenelles Campaign. Very few items of mail have been recorded to or from the New Zealanders] GSTex GSTSymbolps†Gradea- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 654 Revenues group including NSW KEVII 2d & 8d on separate receipts, Small Format 1938 to £1 (pair), 1/- & 6/- both with 'RIC' perfin on 1953 insurance policy (folded for display), 'RELIEF/TAX' 5/- & £1 pair on a receipt; Queensland QV 1d & NSW QV 1/- on an 1868 cheque; WA Small Format 1d scarlet mint block of 30; & a few others. Symboloc View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 655 Untidy collections in three albums with lots of Classics in rather indifferent condition, strength in Victoria including an unused 1d Queen on Throne, mint Charities & some useful Revenues. Potential for discovery: the illustrated Barred Numeral '1823' (rated RRRR) was not noted by the vendor. (many 100s) SymbolΩ*o View details Quantity100Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 656 Queensland 1868-78 1d Imperf single SG 83a with part o.g. & 2d deep blue SG 100 block of 6 - minor faults - with large-part o.g. (Cat £420+); 1880 20/- with dubious Rays cancel; South Australia 1856-58 2d red SG 9 strip of 3 with good to large margins, a couple of small faults at left & manuscript cancellation removed; and Victoria Woodblocks 6d with Serpentine Roulettes SG 58 very fine used, Stamp Statute 1d postally used, ½d on 1d mint with large-part o.g. x6 & postally used x4 ... Symbol*oLGradea/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 657 Travelling Post Offices collection on display pages from all Colonies/States except Victoria mostly in Colonial period including on covers and cards and also some mounted Commonwealth material, noted New South Wales with 'WEE WAA/TPO', 'MOREE TO WERRIS CK' and 'ENGLISH MAIL/NSW' on 1910 cover from Hungary, Queensland Great Northern 'GN RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' on Chalon 6d and 'TPO 6 S&WR' on Papua 2d Lakatoi, South Australia early 'RAILWAY/SA', squared circles and partial 'PAY TRAIN/TRA...' SymbolSΔCGradeA/B View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold Lot 658 Eclectic collection of oddities and cancellations from all Colonies on display pages with Qld 1879 2d blue 'QUEENSbAND' and 1897 Cracked Plate x2, others such as SA 9d Long Tom Short 'N' of 'NINE' and Tasmania Chalon 4d strip of 3 showing engraver's layout guideline, also paper folds, double transfers & 'kiss' prints, inverted & reversed watermarks (noted SA 2d orange 'P' Departmental), sideways watermarks including Vic 1883 1/- blue used (Cat £750 but thinned), mixed & double perforations... Symbol**/*/OGradeA/B View details Quantity100Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 659 Postal Stationery from New South Wales with 1d scenic Postal Card "QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET" unused (stained on address side) & OHMS penalty envelopes x3 (one with 'MILITARY PAY DEPARTMENT/...' d/s); South Australia including used 'REPLY' cards x2, 1d Fleet card (unused but stained) & scarce ½d green Wrapper locally used; & Western Australia including used 2d Envelope; condition variable. (20) Symbolps View details Quantity20Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 660 Bundleware etc in three cigar boxes, mostly Victorian & South Australian low values. It's always dangerous to state "unpicked" but we are confident this material has not been checked for varieties or postmarks, and that it has never before been on the market. (1000s) Symbolo View details Quantity1000Estimate$250Price Realized$850StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 661 Queensland Fleet Card CTO (rare thus but stupidly addressed), Victoria STO Envelopes 1901 1d rose for Shire of Colac and 1892 2d rose Error of Colour, & a few covers, condition variable. (9 items) GSTex GSTSymbolcps†Gradea/b View details Quantity9Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 662 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d reddish rose as SG 3 [8] but with a Pronounced Double Impression, margins just clear to large, indistinct numeral cancel that leaves much of the design unobscured, Cat £475+. BPA Certificate (1985). [The doubling is especially evident in the lower-half of the design but is also obvious in the upper tablets] SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 663 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) on Hard Bluish Paper 1d pale red SG 5 horizontal pair [12-13], margins close to good, BN '75' (rated RR) of Jerry's Plains, Cat £950+. BPA Certificate (1980). SymboloGradea View details Estimate$450Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 664 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Horizontally Laid Paper 1d carmine SG 13 vertical pair, margins close to good except at upper-left of the lower unit where just touched, bars cancels of Sydney, Cat £1400+. A rare & desirable multiple. SymbolhGradea+/a- View details Estimate$550StatusUnsold Lot 665 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) on Horizontally Laid Paper 1d carmine/vermilion group SG 13-14 five examples including [7, No Trees on Hill] all with portions of the Papermaker's Watermark, all with full margins (one creased), Cat £3600. A very rare & desirable group. Ex Guy Hutson. SymboloGradea/b View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 666 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (Vertically Lined Background) Intermediate Impressions 2d greyish blue SG 16b, large even margins with outer frameline at right, light & indistinct numeral cancel, Cat £325. Superb! GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea+ View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 667 1850-51 Sydney Views 3d imperforate proof on thick wove paper or thin card, margins good to large. Superb!: the finest of the few recorded examples. RPSofL Certificate (2016). SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 668 1851-52 Laureates Yellowish Paper 1d as SG 44 but in the carmine-vermilion shade that is sometimes encountered on this paper, margins close to good, minor thins & a little aged, large-part o.g., Cat £4250. GSTex GSTSymbol*†Gradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 669 1851-52 Laureates Bluish Medium Wove Paper 1d vermilion with No Leaves at Right and another with Two Leaves at Right SG 47a & b, both with good even margins, the first cancelled well clear of the variety, the other with BN '38' (rated R) of Queanbeyan that just intrudes on the variety, Cat £800. SymbolgGradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 670 1851-52 Laureates Blued Medium Wove Paper 1d brick-red SG 48 horizontal strip of 4, margins just clear - at base - to large, fine Type 2 BN '7' cancels (rated RR) of Penrith, shallow thins on two units, Cat £560++. A rare multiple of pleasing appearance. GSTex GSTSymbolg†Gradea/b View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 671 1851-52 Laureates Plate I Re-Engraved 6d brown SG 77 [25] marginal example from the base of the sheet, margins good to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit above, Cat £300. A magnificent example! Peter Holcombe (1990: "A superb stamp") & BPA (2012) Certificates. SymbolfGradea+ View details Estimate$2,400StatusUnsold Lot 672 1854-59 Imperforate Large Diadems 6d greyish brown SG 96, margins just touching - at lower-left - to large, unused, Cat £1500. GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradea- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 673 1860-72 Perforated Diadems Perf 12 2d pale blue Plate I SG 133 annotated study of imperforate remainders subsequently Perf 12 including "Blistered" units & many noted as "Damaged and Re-Entered", etc, includes strips of 3 x8 (one vertical) & a strip of 4, also a huge corner single Imperf at Top & Right, etc, some postmark interest, Cat almost £14,000. Ex Guy Hutson. [This is a remarkable assemblage that will have great appeal for the technical philatelist] (97) Symbolo View details Quantity97Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 674 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 2d blue (shades) Plate II SG 134-136 group, four examples all very worn impressions, unused, Cat £800. Ex Guy Hutson. SymbolΩGradea/b View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 675 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 6d purple with Error of Watermark '5' SG 165a, unused, Cat £750. GSTex GSTSymbolΩ†Gradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 676 1871-1902 Wmk '36' Perf 10 mounted collection with a mint/unused set including 1d SG 208a (a rare stamp; no gum, tonespots), also 1d used x14 including a pair, 3d mint x15 including two blocks of 4, 4d used x8, 5d mint x20 including two blocks of 4, 8d used x15 including a pair, 'NINEPENCE' on 10d mint x10 including a block of 4, 1/- used block of 6 (a rare multiple but defective), etc, many Watermark Varieties including with Marginal Letters, condition variable but generally fine to very fine Symbol*Ωo View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 677 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 10 mounted collection with a mint set, also 1d mint block of 4, 2d mint x14 including a pair, 3d mint three blocks of 4, 4d mint x7, 5d mint blocks of 4 & 8 and Re-Entry across 'POSTAGE' used x5 (two perf 'OS/NSW'), 6d mint x11 including a pair, 8d mint x11 including a pair, 1/- mint x7 including a wing-margin pair, etc, many Watermark Varieties including with Marginal Letters and No Watermark, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, the unused mostly with Symbol*o View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 678 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 10 3d yellow-green Double Print two examples in slightly different shades, the first an unusually tall stamp with a Pre-Printing Paper Fold - that may have caused the doubling - & a pulled perf at lower-right, the second with shallow thins, light cancels that barely obstruct the doubling. Ex Guy Hutson. A rare duo. [This variety was formerly listed by Gibbons as SG 226a, last appearing in the 2010 edition, Cat £1100] SymbolfGradeb View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 679 1882-97 Wmk '40' Line Perf 12 mounted range with a faked 1d, the rare 2d & 4d x8 all used, 3d mint two blocks of 4, 5d mint four blocks of 4 & a rare used block of 6 (3x2), 6d mint x2 (one with no gum), 8d mint x3 (one with no gum), etc, Cat £4000+. Ex Guy Hutson. A very scarce selection. (129) Symbol*Ωo View details Quantity129Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 680 1882-97 Wmk '40' Perf 11 mounted range with 1d used x3, 2d used x6, 3d mint six blocks of 4, 5d mint two blocks of 4, 6d mint x2, 8d mint x8 including a pair, 1/- used block of 4 (a rare multiple, small corner fault), etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine, Cat £3600+. Ex Guy Hutson. Another very challenging group. (160 approx) Symbol*o View details Quantity160Estimate$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 681 1882-97 Wmk '40' 5d deep blue-green Imperforate marginal block of 4 SG 233e from the right of the sheet, attractive burnishing between the units, characteristic minor gumbends, large-part o.g., Cat £950++. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$450Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot 682 1885-86 Stamp Duty Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue 10/- mauve & claret Perf 10 SG 241 Imperforate at Right, large-part o.g., Cat £1700. A rare & underrated stamp. Ex Guy Hutson. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Lot 683 1892-99 New Denomination ½d slate Perf 12x11½ block of 4 the left-hand units apparently Imperforate Three Sides SG 272c but with "blind perfs", the second unit with a small thin, large-part o.g., Cat £1600(-). Ex Guy Hutson: acquired for £645. Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$380StatusUnsold Lot 684 1897 Charity (Consumptives Home) 2/6d SG 281 tied to philatelic cover - minor blemishes - by 'PETERSHAM - 303' duplex & 'NEWTOWN' cds, Cat £225 x2 on cover. GSTex GSTSymbolf†Gradea b1 View details Estimate$240Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot 685 1897-99 Diamond Jubilee 1d rose-carmine Die II marginal horizontal pair from the left of the sheet Imperforate at Left, large-part o.g. Much scarcer than the Imperforate Three Sides errors. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 686 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d scarlet-pink block of 20 (2x10) being the two right-hand columns from the left-hand pane, all units in the right-hand column being Imperforate Three Sides, complete '1897' Monogram at upper-right & part marginal inscription '...PENNY' at lower-right, virtually full o.g. with most units being unmounted, Cat £5500++ (for four mounted blocks of four). Ex Judge Montgomerie Hamilton and Guy Hutson; acquired for £2852. Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$3,400StatusUnsold Lot 687 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d salmon-pink Imperforate block of 4 SG 301a, margins close to good, Cat £550+ (for two pairs). [Blocks of 4 are much scarcer than pairs] Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 688 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper Perf 11x12 6d yellow-orange SG 306 mint x11 including a block of 4 & used x7, and 6d emerald SG 307 mint x14 including two blocks of 4 (slightly different shades) & used x8, generally very fine, Cat £1500++. Ex Guy Hutson. (41) Symbol*oGradea View details Quantity41Estimate$340Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 689 1899 Chalk-Surfaced Paper 'NINEPENCE' on 10d with Albino Surcharge Only SG 309b, small gum-thin, Cat £275. A very unusual error. Symbol*Gradeb c1 View details Estimate$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 690 1903-08 Wmk '65' 5d deep blue-green SG 329 marginal block of 10 (5x2), both left-hand units with Double Impression, the lower row of stamps with Marginal Watermark 'NEW SOUTH WA' only, most units with full unmounted o.g. GSTex GSTSymbol**/*†Gradea View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 691 1905-10 Crown/A 6d orange Perf 11 BW #N41 (SG 342a) block of 4, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $3000++ (£1400++) mounted. Guy Hutson's similar block of 4 - all units mounted - sold for £1320. Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 692 OFFICIALS: 1882-85 Wmk '40' Perf 11 8d yellow with the Overprint Triple SG O32db, well centred, untidy but light cancellation that only slightly intrudes on the overprints, Cat £1200. Ex Guy Hutson. A rare stamp. SymboloGradea b1 View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 693 OFFICIALS: 1888-90 Wmk '5/-' 20/- Governors SG O48 with the Watermark Sideways, unusually well centred, characteristic irregular perfs, CTO with 'NSW'-in-concentric-ovals, Cat £1100 postally used. GSTex GSTSymbolv†Gradea b2 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 694 OFFICIALS: 1891 7½d on 6d brown SG O56 upper-left corner block of 15 (3x5) with second unit in third row showing Broken 'S' of 'OS', one unit with closed tear apparent from the back only, multiple 'BLAYNEY/NSW' cds, Cat £1000+. SymbolSGradeA B1 View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 695 FORGERIES: Laureates unauthorised reprints 8d in blue complete sheet of 50 (10x5) with HC Jervis imprint at the base, central vertical fold between the columns. SymbolΩGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 696 REVENUES - STAMP DUTY: 1880 9d die proof in black on glazed card with '16JUN80' d/s in blue & 'AFTER HARDENING' h/s, a couple of trivial blemishes. GSTex GSTSymbolP†Gradea- View details Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 697 REVENUES 1938 No Watermark 2d corner block of 6 (3x2) & 3d marginal block of 4 both with Grossly Misplaced Perfs, and 3d marginal Imperforate block of 12 (6x2), all unmounted. (3 items) Symbol**Gradea View details Quantity3Estimate$150StatusUnsold Lot 698 REVENUES BEER DUTY: 1894 6/9d (filled numerals) for 27 gallons & 9/- for 36 gallons, both soiled with characteristic faults & repairs at lower-left with pieces from other 6/9d stamps, Elsmore Online Cat $600. SymboloGraded View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 699 1855-1913 wide-ranging accumulation of covers and cards in album from Laureate 2d on local cover to Roos 1d x2 & NSW ½d green on mixed franking cover, noted taxed mail, registration, advertising covers & PPCs, official mail including perfins, overprints and stationery, Registration Envelopes & Wrappers, 1894 Centennial 2d Emu envelope PTPO for The Foreign Agency Co, 1906 Geological Survey 1½d postal card perfin 'OS/NSW' to Italy, 'LOOSE LETTER' and 'PACKET BOAT' cancels on separate items to US SymbolC/CLGradeA/B View details Quantity117Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot 700 1819 entire headed "Parramatta NSWales/12th June 1819" and signed "Geo Tho Palmer" to "Dingle/Ireland" variously rated "2/2", then "3/8" & finally "5/6", light but fine 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/26OC26/1819/LONDON' transit cds, professionally cleaned & with some archival tape backing. A very early "country" letter, believed to be the earliest recorded letter to the British Isles from outside Sydney. The remarkably quick passage of only 18 weeks is explained by the writer: "This letter goes by a w GSTex GSTSymbolc†Grade(b) View details Estimate$1,800Price Realized$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 701 1829 (Dec 6) entire to Scotland with first-type 'SYDNEY/NSW' cds (White #S2, frameline complete) in blue and boxed 'SYDNEY/POST PAID' (White #P1) in red endorsed "4d" paid, fine boxed 'INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE' b/s in black (Robertson #IN1, previously listed in red only) and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' handstamp on face, originally rated "1/3" and "1/6" but replaced with "1/7" for carriage to Hamilton, Lanarkshire, red '3JY3/1830' arrival on back, peripheral faults and message heading removed SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 702 1830 (Oct 12) entire headed from "Sydney" to Scotland "p Gilmore" with boxed 'INDIA LETTE[R]/DEAL' and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' handstamps, originally rated "1/-" but replaced with "1/6" for 4d India Letter plus 1/2d carriage from Deal to Edinburgh, red 'MAR/21/1831' arrival on back, two vertical file folds otherwise fine. [The Gilmore sailed the Clipper Route via Rio de Janeiro arriving in England on 19.3.1831 and, on her subsequent voyage, carried 200 convicts to Hobart] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 703 1835 (Feb 4) entire to Scotland "p Gov Harcourt" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red, boxed 'INDIA LETTER/RAMSGATE' b/s and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' handstamp on face, rated red "6" double Colonial Ship Letter paid and "1/8" replaced with "2/8" to collect for 4d India Letter plus double 1/2d carriage from Ramsgate via London to Edinbugh, 'JUN/22/1835' arrival b/s in red, heavy filing fold clear of markings. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 704 1835 (Feb 18) entire to London "per Sovereign" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red and boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s, rated red "6" double Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "2/4" for 4d India Letter plus triple 8d carriage from Portsmouth to London to collect, '18JU18/1835' arrival b/s in red. [Letter refers to the writer being attacked, which was reported in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of 12.2.1835 under the headline "Brutal Outrage and Highway Robbery"] SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...5678910...14|Next1234567891011121314 Previous 1234567891011121314 Next Previous 1234567891011121314 Next