Stamps & Postal History (#148MG) 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 1-10 of 51. Previous|123456|Next Lot #421 WWII Censors: "British Empire Civil Censorship Devices World War II: Australia, New Zealand & Pacific Islands" by John Little (2008), 184pp hardbound, author's dedication to Neil Russell. Only two hardbound copies were produced. An indispensable reference. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$50Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #422 WWII Censors: UNUSUAL DESTINATIONS: Bundle to Empire destinations with surface mail to Northern Rhodesia, Hong Kong, Bermuda (registered), Iraq, Egypt & Bahamas (registered), and airmail to Trinidad, Egypt, India x2 (registered), Sierra Leone & Ceylon, plus a few to GB or New Zealand, a few with better censor labels or cachets. (16) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity16Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #423 WWII Censors: - Selection to foreign countries with surface mail to Indo-China, Dutch Indies (a wrapper), Turkey & Cameroun, and airmail to New Caledonia, Dutch Indies (postcard), Norway & Japan (overpaid 3d, apparently for intended registration). (8) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA/B View details Quantity8Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #424 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - SYDNEY: Surface mail group with various labels & cachets, noted a front only with black/white 'Opened/by/Censor' label (not recorded by Little), Supervisor's Check Numbers '2' '7' '11' '31' '38' & '39' (the highest number recorded), ' 2 /RETURN/TO/SENDER' in violet x2 or rosine, etc, also 2½d Letter Card to USA with boxed 'RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/...,' cachet, and a naval cover with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' h/s, generally fine to very fine. (42) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS View details Quantity42Estimate$350StatusUnsold Lot #425 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - SYDNEY: Airmail covers with various labels including 9-Dots of Newcastle emergency usage at Sydney x2, cachets including superb boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' & machine-backstamps '2 PASSED BY CENSOR 1100' & 'NOT OPENED BY CENSOR/ 2 ', frankings including two with KGV 1/4d, mostly to GB (including postcard at 9d rate) or USA but also noted Holland, Ireland, India, Hungary & New Guinea (OHMS), also internal airmail to Hobart with light strike of the rare 'RE-DIRECTED C GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity33Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #426 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - SYDNEY: 1939 (Aug 31) registered airmail cover to France with 2/- Roo paying 1/9d rate + 3d registration tied by Sydney cds, no censor label but light strike of the boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 11' cachet in violet, opened-out & a bit stained mostly on the reverse. This is the earliest recorded censored article from Australia. War was declared, and censorship commenced, the next day, 1st September 1939. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeC View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #427 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - SYDNEY: 1941 (Apr & July) airmail covers to Forces in Palestine with machine-backstamps 'NOT OPENED BY CENSOR/ 2 ' or '2 PASSED BY CENSOR 1100'. Scarce markings that were apparently introduced on a trial basis but not continued on a permanent basis. [David Collyer has demonstrated that the machine used had previously been in service at the post office at Lismore NSW] (2) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot #428 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - SYDNEY: Inwards covers from England registered with BPA stamp consignment cachet & British 'RELEASED BY/CENSOR' h/s in rosine; from England forwarded to Trinidad & then to Canada; from England with superb 'AIR/[crown]/ MINISTRY' h/s & Newcastle 2-line '.../N10' h/s; from Gibraltar with Newcastle 9-dots label tied by ' 2/1 /PASSED/BY/ CENSOR/ 13 ' h/s of Newcastle; from Orkney Islands with small '2/1'-in-circle; stampless from New Guinea to GB with '2'-in-broken-ci GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity10Estimate$240StatusUnsold Lot #429 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - NEWCASTLE: Mostly surface mail with various labels including provisional use of Sydney type & scarce '2/1' type x2, cachets including Sydney types with 'S' Removed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ 4 ', '.../ 5 ', '.../ 7' x2 & '.../ 8 ', 'PASSED BY CENSOR/N.4' h/s - 'N' substituted for 'S' - on the reverse, small '2/1'-in-circle, etc, condition variable. A scarce group. (20) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC View details Quantity20Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #430 WWII Censors: NEW SOUTH WALES - NEWCASTLE: 1940 (Jan 15) commercial cover to Cyprus at 2d Empire rate with 9-Dots handstamp on Sydney label & superb 'PASSED BY CENSOR/N.3' h/s - 'N' substituted for 'S' - on the reverse, Egyptian machine censor mark & Cypriot 'PASSED CENSOR/ 3 /CYPRUS' h/s in rosine & 'KYRENIA' arrival b/s. The earliest recorded censor cover from Newcastle. The 9-Dots handstamp is not listed by John Little. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next
