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GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolLGradeA Estimate$50Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 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) 16 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 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) 8 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA/B Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 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) 42 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 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 33 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 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) 2 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 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 10 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$240StatusUnsold View details 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) 20 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 431 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE: Surface mail with a good range of labels including maroon/white (recorded 10 days only), & cachets including boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' x2, '...4' & '...6' x2, 'PASSED' & 'RELEASE' [sic], one with boxed 'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND/...' cachet, two with American Forces red/grey labels & defaced machine cancels (one excised & covered by part of a second label !), US 'WAR DEPARTMENT' cover with 'USAFIA/ 73 /PASSED BY CENSOR' cachet, mostly to GB or t 39 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 432 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE: Airmail group with various labels & cachets including boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3', '...4', '...5' x2, '...6' x2 & '...9', 'RELEASE' [sic], etc, a couple from northern NSW routed via Brisbane, mostly to GB - including one paid 5d only but flown nonetheless - but also to Penang, to Denmark with huge 'OAT' cachet in red applied at London (also censored in Melbourne), & to the USA with US stamps & 'CENSORED BY/LT AW RUNSER' cachet. (15) 15 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$450StatusUnsold View details 433 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE: 1941 (Sep) airmail cover with embossed crown on the flap to London with 1d & 2/- Roo tied by Brisbane cds, very fine boxed 'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND/per ("AW Stark Lt Col")' cachet, diamond ' 1 / PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 15 ' cachet & superb 'Release' h/s (Little #H1-9b) in violet, minor blemishes. [John Little states only five examples of the Governor's cachet - one in black - & only two earlier examples of the Release cachet have been recorded] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 434 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE: c.1942 American soldier's airmail cover to Pennsylvania with 1/6d tied by superb boxed 'SOLDIERS/MAIL' cachet in violet, US Forces red/grey censor label tied by ' 3 /Passed by Censor/ 2 ' cachet in blue-black, superb Brisbane censor cachet at the base. [Despite bearing the numeral '3' - usually for the 3rd Military District (Victoria) - both the label & oval cachet were applied at the American HQ in Brisbane] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA Estimate$250Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 435 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE: Inwards mail with Nov 1940 from Singapore; Dec 1940 by air from Persia; Nov 1941 from Brazil to Dutch Indies received at Brisbane after the Japanese invasion of the NEI with ' 1 /RETURN/TO/SENDER/ 4 ' cachet in red & forwarded to the Sydney DLO where superb 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' cachet applied in violet; Feb 1941 registered FDC of Papuan 1/6d Airmail, 1941 mission cover from Madang with ' 1 /NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR/ 7 ' cachet, June 1943 mission 14 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 436 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - THURSDAY ISLAND: An uncensored cover to South Africa; then censored at Brisbane with 'PASSED' h/s & Sydney; censored on the island with the rare ' 1/1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' cachet & boxed 'NAVAL SERVICE' h/s; philatelic cover with diamond cachet of Brisbane with no censor's number (stated to have been used only on mail from the Island); finally two Army covers processed through the civilian post office with manuscript "Censored/[signature]" or boxed 'PASSED/BY/UNIT CE 7 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 437 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - THURSDAY ISLAND: Two different AO Line illustrated advertising covers by domestic airmail (one uncensored, the other censored at Townsville with ' 1/2 /...' label - ERD - & ' 1/2 ' cachet); July 1941 airmail to Hobart with superb 'NAVAL SERVICE' h/s & very fine strike of the rare ' 1/1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' cachet; and 1941 PPC to the USA with ' 1 / PASSED/BY/CENSOR' cachet with No Number at the Base (of Brisbane but stated to be applied only to mail from Thursday Isl 4 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/A- Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 438 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - THURSDAY ISLAND: 1940 (Aug) surface cover to Victoria with the very rare 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label with Ten Dots & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 1' cachet allocated by John Little to Brisbane but it may have been used on the Island, repaired opening tears. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGrade(B) Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 439 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - THURSDAY ISLAND: 1940 (Aug) airmail cover to Western Australia with boxed 'NAVAL SERVICE' h/s & light but very fine strike of the rare ' 1/1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' cachet in violet GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 440 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - THURSDAY ISLAND: 1941 (May) philatelic cover to the USA with remarkable combination of the very rare 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label with Ten Dots & ' 1/1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 2 ' cachet. [John Little had no example of either the label or the #2 cachet] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 441 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - THURSDAY ISLAND: 1942 airmail cover to Perth with 5½d Emu tied by 'FIELD PO/23NO42/0101' cds, civil censor ' 1/1 ' label tied by superb ' 1/1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' cachet in blue, minor blemishes & opened-out. The only example of the label recorded by John Little. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 442 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - TOWNSVILLE: Batch of surface, domestic airmail & overseas airmail covers with censor labels comprising No Number x3 (one from Papua), '1' x2, '1/2 OPENED...' x3 & '1/2 /OPENED...' x5 (one with boxed 'UNIT POSTAL STATION/S57' d/s used at Thursday Island), various ' 1/2 ' cachets, generally fine to very fine. (20) 20 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 443 WWII Censors: QUEENSLAND - CAIRNS: Covers including with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label (Little #L1/3a-c) in shades of red including a very deep shade on cover of 1.9.1941 (the only example recorded by Little), various ' 1/3 ' cachets including with no censor number at base x3, several from Papua including commercial covers to Darwin, Fiji & Tahiti and part-airmail to GB with boxed 'AERIAL SERVICE/COMPLETED SYDNEY' cachet, generally fine to very fine. [The Cairns Censor Station was established about 14 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold View details 444 WWII Censors: SOUTH AUSTRALIA - ADELAIDE: Surface mail group with a variety of censor labels & cachets including ' 4 / RETURN/TO/SENDER' in red, also Jan 1943 with light 'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA/ ...' cachet, Jan 1942 to Singapore with superb 'SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER' cachet, Apr 1942 with American 'RELEASED BY AUTHORITY OF/THE DISTRICT POSTAL CENSOR' cachet, 1944 to Canada with cds inscriptions completely obliterated, 1943 to USA with roneo'd "The despatch of pos 30 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$450Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 445 WWII Censors: SOUTH AUSTRALIA - ADELAIDE: Airmail group with various labels & cachets including boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' (No Number) x3, good range of the small boxed types, ' 4 /NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR', Feb 1940 registered to Great Britain with boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' cachet unusually in blue, etc, mostly to GB or Forces in the Middle East including a 7d 'AIR LETTER', generally fine to very fine. (18) 18 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 446 WWII Censors: SOUTH AUSTRALIA - ADELAIDE: 1941 (Sep) airmail cover with embossed crown on the flap to London at 5/10d rate with Adelaide cds & superb strike of the boxed 'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA/per ("CR Duncan")' cachet (Little #H4-4) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet (#H4-1) in blue, minor blemishes. [John Little states this is the only example of the Governor's cachet in black. However, close inspection shows it is in violet. Thus his listings #H4-4a & b should be con GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 447 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1940 philatelic cover to NZ with plain white label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' (Seven Dots) handstamp struck once in rosine (Little #L7-1b) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet with separate 'D2' h/s (#H7-1a); commercial airmail covers with ' 7 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ', '.../ 2 ', '.../ 3 ' or '.../4 ' cachets (two with 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label & two with ' 7 /OPENED BY CENSOR' label), and Jan 1941 flight to Timor with ' 7 /NOT/OPENED/BY/CENSOR' cach 6 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 448 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1942 (Apr & July) airmail covers both with 'RAAF/PO UNIT No7' cds & ' 7 /---/OPENED/BY/CENSOR' cachet (with 'NOT' excised), cover with FPO 072 cds used at Adelaide River & ' 7 /Opened by Censor' label tied by Army censor cachet, cover with APO 065 cds used at Darwin with ' 7 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 6 ' cachet that continued in use at the Base APO, and cover with UPS 350 cds used at Darwin with typed 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label - the only recorded example; illus 5 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 449 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1940 (Oct 14) commercial airmail cover to Sydney with large 'DARWIN NT/AUSTRALIA' cds, plain white label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' (Seven Dots) handstamp struck once in rosine (Little #L7-1b) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet in violet with separate 'D2' h/s (#H7-1a), small repaired opeing tears & one stamp damaged. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 450 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1940 (May 2) commercial airmail cover to London, plain white label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' (Seven Dots) handstamp struck twice in rosine (Little #L7-1ab) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet with separate 'D2' h/s (#H7-1a), label opened-out for display, light central fold & the flap removed. [The provisional handstamped labels are very scarce to rare] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 451 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1940 (Sep 22) commercial cover to the USA, plain white label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' (Seven Dots) handstamp struck once in rosine (Little #L7-1b) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet in red with manuscript "D4" (#H7-1ba), minor blemishes. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 452 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1940 (Sep 23) commercial cover to Ireland with 'MIL PO DARWIN/NORTH AUST' cds, plain white label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' (Seven Dots) handstamp struck once in rosine (Little #L7-1b) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet in violet with separate 'D2' h/s (#H7-1a), minor blemishes. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 453 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: 1941 (Sep 27) commercial cover airmail to Sydney then by sea to Connecticut with 'NAVY DEPARTMENT/Office of the US Naval Observer/Port Darwin NT Australia/OFFICIAL BUSINESS' cachet at U/L, very fine ' 7 /PASSED/ BY/CENSOR/ 2 'cachet in violet, minor blemishes. We have not previously seen the cachet: very interesting that the US Navy had a visible presence in Darwin at least 10 weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCLGradeB Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 454 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - DARWIN: Inwards 1940 (May 6) New York Botanical Garden cover to the Botanic Gardens in Darwin, plain white label with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/.......' (Seven Dots) handstamp struck once in rosine (Little #L7-1b) & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' cachet with separate 'D1' h/s (#H7-1a) both in red, minor blemishes. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 455 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - ALICE SPRINGS: 1942 (June 20 & 8 Dec ) civilian covers from 'KATHERINE/NORTH AUST' by air or 'ALICE SPRINGS/NORTH AUST', the first with ' 7 /Opened by Censor' label, the second with ' 7 / PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 2 ' cachet, and 1944 airmail cover - corner fault - from 'TENNANT CREEK/NT' with military blue/white 'Opened by Censor' label tied by Forces censor cachet. Very scarce trio. [John Little records only one date - 20JE42 - for the #7 label & states that the #7/ 3 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 456 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - ALICE SPRINGS: 1942 airmail cover to Sydney with 4d tied by partly indistinct FPO 137 cds used at Adelaide River & Army censor cachet in rosine partly obscured by the rare ' 7 /Opened by Censor' label tied by superb '[crown]/PASSED/ BY/CENSOR/151' cachet in violet. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold View details 457 WWII Censors: NORTHERN TERRITORY - ALICE SPRINGS: 1941 (Apr 21) airmail cover to Montana at 4/8d rate via Hong Kong + 3d registration (overpaid 1d) with manuscript "HMAS Melville" on provisional registration label but the stamps cancelled with small 'DARWIN NT/AUSTRALIA' cds, red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label tied by ' 7 / PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' cachet in violet, two strikes of the 'Collector of Customs' cachet, boxed 'NOT OPENED/BY/CENSOR' cachet applied at Hong Kong, transit b/s of Honolulu, GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 458 WWII Censors: TASMANIA - HOBART: Surface mail group with labels including Black/White 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' with Six Dots Added by Hand to France (the only recorded example; illustrated by John Little at page 76; the first stamp obviously doesn't belong), Black/White with Six Dots x3, etc; and cachets including 1939 with boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' (Little #H6-1) in rosine, Jan 1942 to Singapore with' 6 /RETURN/TO/SENDER' - two Hobart labels - & same on Mar 1943 to the USA, etc, generally fine to 18 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 459 WWII Censors: TASMANIA - HOBART: Five airmail covers to GB comprising of 7SEP/1939 - the earliest recorded censor cover from Tasmania - & 18OC39 with boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' (Little #H6-1) in rosine or blue, black/white Six Dot labels (Little #L6-5a & 6-5b) or red/white '6 OPENED BY CENSOR' (#6-6a) labels; also 1943 to Forces in Papua with red/white label (#L6-6b) tied by unrecorded 'CHECKED/BY/ 6/2 ' h/s in violet; the first & last with faults. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 460 WWII Censors: TASMANIA - HOBART: 1941 (Oct 28) cover with embossed crown on the flap to England with very fine strike of the rare boxed 'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA/per ("Joan McLennan")' cachet (Little #H6-5), 'V/FOR VICTORY' label on the reverse not affected by flap fault. [The later of only two examples recorded by John Little: illustrated by him at page 83] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 461 WWII Censors: TASMANIA - HOBART: Inwards surface covers from China & Fiji (with ' 6 /NOT/OPENED/...' cachet - the only recorded example - in error overstruck with normal cachet), and airmail covers from Gibraltar x2 (one with 'EXAMINED BY/GIBRALTAR/POSTAL CENSOR 20' label on the reverse) & Palestine, various Hobart labels &/or cachets. Scarce origin/destination group. The Fiji cover is Ex John Little & illustrated by him at page 84. (5) 5 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 462 WWII Censors: TASMANIA - LAUNCESTON: Mostly surface covers with labels including black/white with 8 Dots x6 (one the only recorded example with Large Dots), ' 6/1 OPENED BY CENSOR' black/white x6 (one by air to Canada), & red/white x7, some with ' 6/1 /PASSED/...' cachets Numbers 1 2 5 6 or 7, & a few others, generally fine to very fine. (21) 21 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$350StatusUnsold View details 463 WWII Censors: VICTORIA - MELBOURNE: Surface mail with various labels including plain white provisional type, others with or without dots, wide selection of cachets including diamond with no censor number at base, boxed 'RETURN TO SENDER/CONTENTS/UNDELIVERABLE' in violet & in blue, also Forces Air Letter with two different labels, 1944 with boxed 'RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/...' cachet, etc, mostly to GB or USA but others to Holland with German censorship, Greek Colony in Palestine (register 57 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 464 WWII Censors: VICTORIA - MELBOURNE: Airmail selection with various labels & cachets, mostly to GB (one underpaid with GB Postage Dues 3d pair & 1/-) or USA (one with huge 'US ARMY/ 1 /CENSORED' cachet) others to Palestine x2, India x2 (one with no number at base of censor cachet), New Guinea, China, Japan & Sweden, condition variable. (21) 21 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 465 WWII Censors: VICTORIA - MELBOURNE: Inwards covers including Aug 1939 from Germany, Sep 1939 from Greece, Oct 1939 from Hungary, Mar 1940 from Java, Dec 1940 from Palestine, May 1941 from Java with 'By air to Australia and/onward airtransmission' cachet (note 'airtransmission' is one word), Nov 1941 from Fiji with 'When Opened by The Censor/Melbourne.../("there was no/enclosure")' label on the reverse, Feb 1942 registered from a Jewish refugee in Mauritius, Feb 1943 from Russia, Nov 1943 from th 15 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 466 WWII Censors: WESTERN AUSTRALIA - PERTH: Surface mail group with labels including fancy type Little #L5-5 x2 (one registered), standard types with 5 Dots #L5-6a x3 & #L5-6b with Misplaced Dots, various ' 5 /Opened by Censor' types x10; cachets with various boxed types with or without dots, diamond types & '5'-in-circle types x6 (one registered to India); others censored at Melbourne, Sydney or in Ireland; one with huge private 'V' h/s on the reverse; generally fine to very fine. (33) 33 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 467 WWII Censors: WESTERN AUSTRALIA - PERTH: Airmail group with labels including fancy types Little #L5-4 (on inwards cover from Greece) & #L5-5, standard types with 5 Dots #L5-6a x5, various ' 5 /Opened by Censor' red/white types x7 & enigmatic black/white type - with no cachet - believed used by a military censor (to a ship's officer in Ceylon at 1/3d rate); cachets with various boxed types with or without dots, or diamond types; also crude 'OPENED BY CENSOR' h/s (#H5-4; recorded on only three cov 16 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA/B Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 468 WWII Censors: WESTERN AUSTRALIA - PERTH: 1939 (Sep 8) usage of KGVI 2d Envelope uprated with 4d Koala paying 3d foreign rate to Austria + 3d registration, first-type fancy label with small 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' (39x10mm) in "pink" (Little #L5-1a) tied by 'SOUTH PERTH/11SE39/WA' cds, largely superb strike of the boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' cachet in blue. A truly significant item, in superb condition. Haynes & Pope state only four examples of the small label have been recorded. Little id GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA+ Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 469 WWII Censors: WESTERN AUSTRALIA - PERTH: 1941 (June 11) commercial airmail cover with 'THE WILUNA GOLD MINES LIMITED' h/s on the flap, to Surrey with 6d x2 & 1/4d x8 paying 11/8d double Clipper rate, largely superb strike of the rare ' 5 /NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR' cachet in violet (the latest of only four recorded examples). A beautiful cover. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 470 WWII Censors: WESTERN AUSTRALIA - PERTH: 1944 (Feb 14) Forces rate airmail cover with ' 5 /Opened by Censor' label (Little #L5-9b) tied by diamond cachet, to "Chief Wren Peggy King/...Algiers/North Africa" redirected to Italy, with British censor label. An excellent destination. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 471 WWII Censors: PRESS CENSORSHIP: 'PASPRESS' labels on surface covers to GB or USA x3 (one black/green type Little #PL-2b), huge 'PASPRESS' h/s #PH-1a on surface covers to GB or USA & #PH-1b on air cover to USA, these last three & one other also with boxed 'AUSTRALIAN PUBLICITY CENSORSHIP/...' cachet; also airmail cover to USA from an American War Correspondent at Hollandia (Dutch New Guinea); and oversize express parcel piece from GB at 6/7½d rate with British 'EXAMINED/BY CENSOR' label & boxed 10 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/COGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next
