Stamps & Postal History 06 26, 2017 View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 401-500 of 1416. Previous|12345678...15|Next123456789101112131415 Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 401 Postal History: 1966-79 commercial covers with all-different solo frankings including 7c & 10c Fish, 13c & 30c Birds, 1967 & 1969 25c Christmas, 1968 25c Olympics, 7c 15c & 25c Primary Industries, 30c Cook, 7c & 9c National Development, 30c Qantas, 30c Fish, 35c Beef, 35c 1972 35c Christmas, Olympics, 12c 18c & 24c Rehabilitation, 11c & 15c Education, 35c Mapping, etc, mostly airmail to GB, USA or Europe, condition variable. High thematic content. (95) 95 SymbolC/CL Estimate$450StatusUnsold View details 402 Postal History: 1967-72 mostly airmail covers to Europe with rare frankings of complete booklet panes including 1967 QEII 4c 'Post Early' with 3c coil pair to Germany, 1968 QEII 5c 'Use Postal Orders' with 20c Bird registered to Switzerland, 1968 5c Chisholm & David panes on large cover, 1970 6c Macquarie to Germany, 1972 7c Hughes to Holland, most apparently commercial but QEII '5c' on 4c 'Post your Parcels' with 'SUPREME COURT OF NSW' commemorative cds and provisional 'R' label, fine conditio 11 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 403 Postal History: 1970s large envelopes airmail to England with high-value frankings including three covers with Navigators $2 Bass (two with x2 each), fifteen covers with $1 Flinders in various mixed frankings, eight with $1 Paintings & another eight with the $2, also a few with 50c Architecture, noted a couple with 'RELIEF/101/NSW-AUST' cds, plus a few from NZ, GB & India, condition variable but many fine. (56) 56 SymbolCLGradeA/B Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 404 Postal History: 1986 & 1988 International Priority Paid airmail covers to GB 1) from WA to Sir Jack Brabham with 5c 75c & $5 Mentone x3; and 2) from SA with $1 & Paintings $5 Mentone x2 & $10 Coming South, central fold. Modern rarities. SymbolCLGradeB Estimate$150Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 405 WWII Airmails: 1940 (Aug 26) Brisbane-Hong Kong-Philippines-USA-UK at 6/5d all up air rate with 5d Ram & 2/- Roo x3, red/white censor label with one large dot & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' h/s in violet, London b/s of 21SEP/1940 & redirected internally. Rare. [Endorsed to go via Canada but that was an error] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 406 WWII Airmails: 1940 Sydney-New Zealand-United States per Pan Am FAM-19 "Clipper" service then by sea to England at 3/11d per ½oz rate comprising correctly rated from Jervis Bay (ACT) or Brisbane; overpaid 1d x3; and 1½d Postal Card uprated to 1/11d postcard rate with 1d convenience overpayment, central fold. (5) 5 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$200StatusUnsold View details 407 WWII Airmails: 1940-41 covers sent via Hong Kong & Philippines per Pan Am FAM-14 1) 8.1.1940 NSW-California at 4/8d rate; 2) 23.5.1940 Perth-Canada at 4/7d rate with red/white censor label & No 3 cachet plus Hong Kong No 9 censor cachet in green, two vertical folds; and 3) 7.5.1941 Adelaide-London at 4/7d, Very scarce trio. [Breckon doesn't mention rates via Hong Kong. Walker states the 4/7d rate applied from 25.6.1940 but two of these covers are 1 to 4 months earlier. The rates were 4/8d to Am 3 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeB Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 408 WWII Airmails: 1940-41 Sydney-New Zealand-United States per Pan Am FAM-19 "Clipper" service at 4/- rate odd group a) overpaid 5d; b) overpaid 8d; c) overpaid 1/10d (paying 5/10d rate to England); d) + 3d & registered; e) quadruple rate (19/8d) with Robes 10/- etc; and f) & g) 1½d Postal Cards uprated to 2/- postcard rate (one with AIF 6d). (7) 7 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$650StatusUnsold View details 409 WWII Airmails: 1940-41 Sydney-New Zealand-United States per Pan Am FAM-19 "Clipper" service all to Canada at 3/11d rate, one to a RAAF serviceman with correct & remarkable 9-denomination franking, another at 11/9d triple-rate. [It was a curious anomaly that the rate to Canada was less than to the United States, even though the carrier was American] (5) 5 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA/B Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 410 WWII Airmails: 1940-41 Sydney-New Zealand-USA-GB per Pan Am FAM-19 "Clipper" service & by air to England at 5/10d per ½oz rate comprising correctly rated with all-different frankings x6 (one a meter, another from Jervis Bay ACT) or Brisbane; underpaid 6d but not taxed; + 3d registered; and 11/8d double-rate x3 (one a small cover with Robes 10/-) (11) 11 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA/B Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 411 WWII Airmails: 1940-41 Sydney-New Zealand-United States-England per Pan Am FAM-19 "Clipper" service & by air to England at 5/10d per ½oz rate two double-rated covers each with Robes 10/-, Clipper cachet in rosine or black. (2) 2 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA-/B Estimate$400StatusUnsold View details 412 WWII Airmails: 1941 (Jan 30) cover sent airmail to "Mrs Ivor Schofield, c/o B Company, 6th Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Lagos, West Africa" with 1/6d Hermes tied Adelaide machine cancel paying wartime rate for carriage by 'Horseshoe Route' flying boat service via Cairo to Khartoum and BOAC to Lagos, 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label in black (4 dots) and boxed 'A/18' cachet in violet on face, a few wrinkles. SymbolCGradeA- Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold View details 413 WWII Airmails: 1941 unusual size envelope (185x197mm) to USA with 'CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER' h/s & rare franking of Robes £1 block of 4 (a few faults) + 4d Koala & 2/- Roo tied by Sydney cds of 24JY41, minor wrinkles. One of the highest-rated World War II airmail covers we have recorded, making this a wonderful item for the airmail enthusiast or the collector of KGVI issues. [NB: this cover does fit on a standard album page] The Clipper rate to the USA was 4/8d for the first ½oz + 4/7d for each suc GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCOGradeB Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 414 WWII Airmails: 1941 double-rate Clipper cover to London with 2d 6d 1/- & Thick Paper 10/- Robes - rare on small cover - tied by Sydney machine cancel (rare on high values), plain brown censor label refastened with a standard label affixed sideways, minor blemishes. SymbolCGradeB Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 415 WWII Airmails: 1941 per Clipper to Switzerland endorsed "Via NZ-Lisbon" with Robes 10/- & Hermes 1/6d tied 'GPO SYDNEY/ 9OC41/ NSW-AUST' cds and blue 'R' label alongside paying 5/8d first ½oz plus 5/7d second ½oz plus 3d registration fee for carriage by TEAL to New Zealand, PanAm FAM-19 Pacific Clipper to USA & FAM-18 Atlantic Clipper to Europe, Sydney censor label & cachet, 'LISBOA/10NOV41/CENTRAL' transit & 'VILLERET/22 XI 41' arrival b/s. [There was no published rate to Switzerl GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 416 WWII Airmails: 1941 (Nov 26) quadruple rate ARCS Message Scheme envelope with scarce franking of 9d Platypus, 1/- Lyrebird, 2/- Roo & Thick Paper £1 Robes, from Brisbane to the Red Cross in Switzerland, 'LISBOA-CENTRAL/8JAN42/3o SECTOR' transit b/s, minor blemishes. [The last trans-Pacific "Clipper" service departed Auckland 25.11.1941 so this cover was redirected to the "Horseshoe" Route] SymbolCLGradeB Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 417 WWII Airmails: 1942 (Feb 19) cover Sydney-Java with 'SHIPPING DOCUMENTS ONLY' h/s, unusually for such mail by air at 2/9d rate with 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' h/s in violet, Sydney DLO cds & "fickle finger" both in red. Ex Neil Russell. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCLGradeB Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 418 WWII Airmails: 1944 (May 10) cover to Colombia endorsed "Air Mail Via USA" with KGVI 1/4d x2 tied Sydney cancel & censored locally, carried by ship to USA, by domestic & PanAm airmail services to the Canal Zone, by PANAGRA to Colombia and AVIANCA to destination with 'CORREO AEREO/13.VI.1944/BOGOTA' arrival b/s, fine condition. [SCADTA had been renamed AVIANCA in 1940 after all the German employees were dismissed and replaced with PanAm personnel. SymbolCGradeA Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 419 WWII Airmails: INWARDS: 1940-42 trans-Pacific group from GB x4 (three are naval usages), United States x3 (one with 5c Beacon x6), China or Brazil, plus transits via Australia from India at 3r4a rate, and from Thailand at 1t75stg rate x2; finally two covers per US Naval Air Transport Service at $2.55 rate with Prexies 2c 3c & 50c x5 or $2.80 with Prexies 20c & 50c x5 + 10c Plane; a few minor faults. (14) 14 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CLGradeA/B Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 420 WWII Airmails: INWARDS: 1940 from New Caledonia "Per Pan American Airways/via Auckland" censored locally, from Greece & from Dutch Indies all with Melbourne censor labels, 1941 from Hungary with Sydney label & large '3' controller's cachet on back, also 1940 from serviceman in Egypt with 'NZ/-2DE40/FPO1' cds carried on first troop airmail service and endorsed by recipient Hudson Fysh on back, plus 1941 surface mail cover (faults) with Belgian Congo 2fr75c 'RUANDA/ URUNDI' overprint tied 'USUMBUR 6 SymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$300StatusUnsold View details 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 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 472 WWII Military: Batch of Neil Russell's pages with two covers to HMAS "Australia", Service Suspended covers to Java x2 & Singapore x2, HM Transport covers x5, airmail covers including three to the Middle East endorsed "Missing" or "POW", French PPCs of the German Surrender x3, a few items into Occupied Germany & Austria etc, condition variable. (31) 31 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 473 WWII Military: 1942 stampless cover to Hobart with small 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s - used aboard HMT "Westralia" or "Zealandia" - overstruck with light but obvious 'FIELD POST OFFICE/18JA42/ 071 ' - Ted Proud "NS" = Not Seen - in violet used at Koepang (East Timor), boxed AIF Censor 305 h/s in violet countersigned "S Frost". Ex Neil Russell. "Sparrow Force" was formed to defend Timor from anticipated Japanes invasion. The troops arrived at Koepang 12.12.1941, only five days after the attack on Pearl H GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA Estimate$500StatusUnsold View details 474 WWII Military: 1942 (Feb 14) airmail cover from Melbourne to a member of 2/21 Battalion with 'ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/ DELIVERY IMPRACTICABLE/...', minor blemishes. [LCpl William James Chung was a member of "Gull" Force comprising 1131 men who were transported from Darwin by sea to defend Ambon. The Japanese landed 20,000 troops on the island & "Gull" Force was forced to surrender. 779 members died either on Ambon - including 229 who were massacred at Laha after surrendering - or after being moved t GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 475 WWII Military: 1942 Red Cross envelope from WA to "Amboina" but with boxed 'CONTRAVENES PRISONERS OF/WAR POST/SEE ENCLOSED LEAFLET' cachet in violet & returned to sender, minor opening tears. [The leaflet is not enclosed. The most usual error was writing a message of more than 25 words] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 476 WWII Military: 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] ( ) SymbolcGradea- Estimate$150StatusUnsold View details 477 WWII Military: HM (Hired Military) TRANSPORTS: Collection on pages including the rare early numbered handstamps small 'HM TRANSPORT/No. 1' cancelling 1d green, large 'HM TRANSPORT No 2' and similar '...No 4' & '...No 5' x2 all with manuscript censorship, group of covers with small 'HM TRANSPORT' including confirmed usages aboard "Queen Mary" x2 & "Neuralia" and another by air to America at 4/- rate, steel cds 'HM TRANSPORT' with No Number at Base x7 including airmail usages, surface to New Zeala 25 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$800Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 478 WWII Military: HOSPITAL SHIPS: British 'FIELD POST OFFICE/450' cds without date used by 2/3 Australian General Hospital aboard the "Stratheden" to Australia & to Scotland plus a very fine strike on piece, rubber 'HMA HOSPITAL/SHIP' used on "Nanunga" by air to NSW with 3d tied by boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s, 'HMA HOSPITAL SHIP' & another strike with 'A' excised both used on Dutch ship "Oranje" both by surface to NSW, and May 1945 cover to Concord Military Hospital (NSW) forwarded to 2/1 Hospital Ship. E 6 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 479 WWII Military: DISPLACED PERSONS MAIL: French Red Cross lettersheet to Victoria advising whereabouts of a displaced person; three stampless censor covers to Melbourne x2 (one by air) or Sydney, each with 'AMERICAN JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE' cachet in violet x2 or black; cover to Melbourne endorsed "DP Camp Leipheim...US Zone" on the flap; 7d Airletters to "Heilbronn/DP Hospital/US Zone" or "DP Camp Wurzach/...French Zone"; and uprated 2d Postal Card to Westphalia with message "...how pleased 8 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 480 WWII Military: REFUGEE & EVACUEE MAIL: 1942 POW Envelope from a POW in Hong Kong to his wife "Hong Kong Evacuee/Hong Kong Liaison Officer/Sydney"; 1943 from Brazil endorsed ".../Toronto/Canada" on the flap to "Hong Kong Liaison Officer/For Hong Kong Evacuees/Sydney", non-contemporary note "Gripsholm" on the reverse; and surface & airmail covers to London to Friends Committee for Refugees & Aliens or the Jewish Refugees Committee: see also Lots 281447 & 281448. The "Gripsholm" was a Swedish ship 4 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$750StatusUnsold View details 481 WWII Military: REFUGEE & EVACUEE MAIL: c.1942 Red Cross envelope with Thick Bar from Melbourne to "HMB Consul General/Shanghai/Civilian Internee" with 'SHANGHAI' arrival b/s & superb 'SWISS CONSULATE GENERAL/Section for Protection of British Interests/ SHANGHAI' cachet on reverse, endorsed on the face "British official/evacuated Kamakura 17.8.42", the panels separated & rejoined. The Japanese ship "Asama Maru" effected an exchange of pre-war diplomatic staff at Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) in GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGrade(B) Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 482 WWII Military: REFUGEE & EVACUEE MAIL: 1942 (Sep 7) cover endorsed "Mrs SG Mills/Shanghai/China" on the flap, to Sydney with Mozambique 1e75c Henry the Navigator tied by hexagonal d/s, South African censor tape & cachet on the reverse & re-censored on arrival, minor faults. It seems almost certain that the sender of this cover was an Australian evacuated from Shanghai on the Japanese ship "Asama Maru", which effected an exchange of pre-war diplomatic staff at Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) in Au GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 483 WWII Military: REFUGEE & EVACUEE MAIL: 1943-45 Australian Red Cross 'MESSAGE SERVICE' forms 1) from China with very fine 'COMITE INTERNATIONAL/SHANGHAI/CROIX + ROUGE' cachet in violet; 2) from Australia to China with Red Cross at Geneva cachet; & 3) from Australia to China with Red Cross cachets of Egypt & Turkey. All between "Dunera" Boy Fritz Guttenberg & his father. [Thousands of German Jews fled Europe & settled in Shanghai. The Japanese considered them "stateless persons" & forced them into 3 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolLGradeA-/B Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold View details 484 WWII Military: THURSDAY ISLAND: Covers from the island's Forces post offices comprising 'FIELD PO/094' x4 (one to Bermuda with small '1'-in-circle = Not Opened by Censor h/s of Brisbane), 'FIELD PO/0101' x6 (one registered), 'FIELD PO/162', 'AUST ARMY PO/197' & boxed 'UNIT POSTAL STATION/S101', various Army (mostly) or Navy censor markings, condition variable. (12) 12 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC Estimate$250StatusUnsold View details 485 WWII Military: THURSDAY ISLAND: 1942 airmail cover to Sydney with superb strike of the rare ' 1/1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' cachet in blue, the stamps washed-off, roneo'd 'DAMAGED MAIL/SALVAGED FROM SEA/["signature"] Sgt/FPO 0101' label tied to the reverse by 'FIELD PO/12DE42/0101' cds. Only four examples recorded: absent from Rodney Perry's collection. [FPO 101 was based only on Thursday Island, with usage of the cds recorded 4AU42 until 31OC43. On 9.12.1942, an Australian-built "Beaufort" bomber GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 486 WWII Military: 1945 (Sep 2) JAPANESE SURRENDER (VJ DAY): Group including naval covers x26 from HMAS "Shropshire" x3, "Warramunga" x2 & "Hobart" x3, HMS "Teazer", "Duke of York" x4, "King George V", "Wolf" & "Newfoundland" (with Australian stamp, to Tasmania), HMNZS "Gambia", and USS "Botecourt", "Missouri", "Cecil", "Missoula", "Mount Olympus" x2, "St Paul" & "Delta", many with woodcut cancels/cachets & including some apparently non-philatelic items; also some related commemorative covers & eph GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/CL Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold View details 487 WWII Military: 1945 (Sep 2) JAPANESE SURRENDER (VJ DAY): commercial mail from HMAS "Shropshire" x2, "Warramunga" & "Hobart" x3 with all different woodcut cancels/ cachets & all by air to Australia x4 (one endorsed "Home before this arrived") or England x2, fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell. (6) 6 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 488 WWII POW Mail: The balance of the POWs in Australia collection on Neil Russell's pages mostly from Camps in Victoria & New South Wales but including a few from South Australia & three from Marrinup WA, many printed or plain "notelopes" plus 6d Airmail Postal Cards x5 (one from Dhurringile) & 1/- Airmail Notelopes x7, some better cachets noted, several "Clipper" airmails at 5/10d rate to GB, also inwards mail including Germany to Bathurst (filing holes), Italy to India with 'POW/COWRA NSW' cachet GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS Estimate$1,400Price Realized$1,050StatusSold View details 489 WWII POW Mail: Annotated group of mostly airmail usages of Red Cross envelopes to Australian POWs with no country of destination specified c/- the Red Cross in Switzerland, a few with manuscript endorsements including "MEF" & "Greece", airmail covers at 1/11d rate to Australian (with 'repatrié' cachet) & British internees in Switzerland, and two covers from an Australian interned in Switzerland, generally fine to very fine. (20) 20 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B Estimate$400Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 490 WWII POW Mail: Selection of original documents specifying regulations for sending mail to Prisoners of War in Europe & in Japanese-Occupied territories & two advices re breach of postal censorship regulations. Interesting lot. (13) 13 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolLGradeA/B Estimate$150Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 491 WWII POW Mail: Stampless Official Postal Cards with printed advices in English German & Italian to be completed as advice of capture or receipt of parcel, comprising unused x3 & used to Germany x3 or Italy. Unusual lot. (7) 7 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA/B Estimate$150Price Realized$460StatusSold View details 492 WWII POW Mail: All-different unused POW Postal Stationery group comprising Envelopes printed in black/white & in blue/white with incorrect text 'C/o PRISONERS OF WAR INFORMATION BUREAU', Postal Cards all in blue/white x3, and Airmail Postal Cards all in blue/white x3 (one with ' nternment' Error, believed to be the only recorded example). A very scarce & desirable group. (8) 8 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA/A- Estimate$600StatusUnsold View details 493 WWII POW Mail: Balance of the collection with a few European-related items including ACF envelope with 'Kriegsgefangenen-Post' h/s in rosine stated to be issued to POWs in Crete, two covers to internment camps in Canada, mail to POWs in Burma, Thailand, Java (front only), Korea (front only) & Japan x4, mail from POWs in Burma x2 & Thailand x3, also garrison mail from various camps in Australia, condition very mixed. Interesting lot. (64 items) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 494 WWII POW Mail: 1943 (June 15) usage of 1/- Airmail Notelope with 'APPROVED.../No 5 PW Group Murchison' cachet in violet, to Italy censored by the Germans in Paris & with 'MILANO' arrival, minor blemishes. Noted as the earliest recorded usage of a 1/- Notelope. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB Estimate$150Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 495 WWII POW Mail: THE "DUNERA" DEBACLE: Group comprising 1) airmail cover from Rushen Internment Camp (Isle of Man) to "Arandora Star survivor/c'o 40th Army Post/Canada" endorsed "Not Interned in Canada" & redirected to Australia, censored in England & at Melbourne where 'C/o Commandant/Internment Camp/Tatura Vic' cachet in violet added, stamps removed by a censor; 2) cover from Germany to "German Prisoner of Canada" with superb 'NOT INTERNED/IN CANADA' cachet in red & redirected to Australia where GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold View details 496 WWII POW Mail: YMCA CHRISTMAS GREETINGS POSTAL CARDS: 1942 Koalas with Text in Italian (with 'No 13 POW GROUP MURCHISON' h/s on reverse) & in German; 1944 Flock of Sheep in Italian; 1945 Country Road in Italian & in German; all unused. A very rare group: we have handled only one or two unused examples before this. (5) 5 GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA/A- Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 497 WWII POW Mail: YMCA CHRISTMAS GREETINGS POSTAL CARDS: 1942 Koalas with Text in German from Adelaide by air to Germany; 1943 Kangaroo & Joey in German from Tatura & in Italian from Cowra; 1944 Flock of Sheep in Italian from Marrinup WA; 1945 Country Road in Italian from Myrtleford to the USA & in German from Murchison; and the rare 1946 Fenced Track to the USA; rather mixed condition but all presentable. [All these cards are scarce but usages from the "smaller" States are rare] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB/C Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 498 WWII POW Mail: YMCA CHRISTMAS GREETINGS POSTAL CARDS: 1942 Koalas with Text in German from Tatura with 'Approved..../ 2 /No 18' cachet, to the USA. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA Estimate$200Price Realized$95StatusSold View details 499 WWII POW Mail: YMCA CHRISTMAS GREETINGS POSTAL CARDS: 1942 Koalas with Text in Italian from Myrtleford with 'No 5 PW GROUP MYRTLEFORD' cachet on violet, by air to Italy with 6d Kookaburra added. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 500 WWII POW Mail: YMCA CHRISTMAS GREETINGS POSTAL CARDS: 1944 Flock of Sheep with Text in German, to Germany. Camp not identified. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA Estimate$200Price Realized$95StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...15|Next123456789101112131415 Previous 123456789101112131415 Next
