Stamps & Postal History (#148MG) 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 1416. Previous|1...5678910...15|Next123456789101112131415 Lot 601 POWs in Thailand: Red Cross Envelope with Thick Bar from NSW with Melbourne machine cancel (most unusually with the datehead inverted), to undesignated camp with mss "Nac" (= Nakom Paton), Camp censor's cachet 'H KANNO' most unusually in Roman letters! GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 602 POWs in Thailand: 1943 (June 4) Thai Red Cross message form to Victoria with 'INTERNMENT CAMP/CENSORED/Bangkok, Thailand' cachet and Thai & Swiss Red Cross cachets both in rosine. [From George Raymond Powell, stated to be the only Australian civilian internee in Thailand! Powell sent 14 of these forms during the the war, of which five have survived, this being the third sent] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 603 POWs in Thailand: CAMP No 1: Undated Postal Card printed in black & red on cream with advice of internment on grey reverse, to Tasmania with camp censor Suzuki & Koseki cachets in red, Melbourne censor cachet in violet. The sender was a member of "Sparrow" Force, captured on Timor. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 604 POWs in Thailand: CAMP No 1: Undated Postal Card printed in black & red on cream with advice of internment on grey reverse, to NSW with camp censor Suzuki cachet in red, Melbourne censor cachet in violet; plus plain cover with 'SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR' cachet in violet registered with Sydney cds of 2DE43 & 'TUMUT/NSW' arrival b/s. The cover is stated to be the envelope in which the postcard was received, which may be so but how did the card get from Melbourne to Sydney?? (2) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPS/CGradeA/B View details Quantity2Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 605 POWs in Thailand: CAMP No 3: Undated Postal Cards 1) with 'Camp No ("3") POW Camp/Thailand' imprint on the face & brief multi-choice message, to Tasmania; and 2) with 'No 3 Branch Thai War Prisoners/Camp. NIKE THAILAND' & lengthier pro forma message including "With best wishes for a cheerful Christmas", to South Australia; with camp censor Tsunoda (Sumita) or Yamada cachets in red, Melbourne censor cachets in violet, minor blemishes. (2) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA-/B View details Quantity2Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot 606 POWs in Thailand: CAMP No 3: Undated Postal Card with 'No 3 Branch Thai War Prisoners/Camp. NIKE THAILAND' & lengthy pro forma message including "With best wishes for a cheerful Christmas" & added message "Thailand heaven after Burma" which suggests camp censor Matsuzaki couldn't read English!, to Victoria with Melbourne censor cachet in violet, minor blemishes. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 607 POWs in Thailand: CAMP No 4: Undated Postal Cards black/flimsy white with 'Camp No ("4") POW Camp/Thailand' imprint on the face & brief multi-choice message in black/grey, to Tasmania; camp censor Hattori, Hironaka or Suzuki cachets, Melbourne censor cachets in violet, minor blemishes. (3) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Quantity3Estimate$650Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot 608 POWs in Hong Kong: Red Cross Envelopes with Two Ruled Lines or Thick Bar x2 all to civilian internees from Victoria or NSW x2, Japanese censor "chops" of Maejima, Takamatsu or Matsuda (relief censor), minor blemishes. (3) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Quantity3Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 609 POWs in Hong Kong: POW Postal Card & Envelope with 'STANLEY CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP' imprint & a different type of Envelope endorsed on the flap "Prisoner of War Camp N", Japanese censor chops of Maejima, Funyou or Hasegawa, the two envelopes peculiarly with red lines - there were no registration facilities for POWs - & both treated on arrival as registered mail with Sydney cds of 1DE43 or 2DE43. [There were only two mail despatches from Hong Kong during the war, in 1942 & 1943, both via Mozamb GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA-/B View details Quantity3Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 610 POWs in Hong Kong: Red Cross Envelope with Thick Bar, and a plain cover with Japanese censor "chops" of Matsuda (relief censor) or Hasegawa, also 1945 (Aug 4) blue/white Postal Card uprated for air transmission with 2½d x2 that arrived after the addressee was repatriated & forwarded to Manila & then to Sydney (the redirection labels removed but included), all to POW Camp "N" for officers, minor blemishes. (3) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA-/B View details Quantity3Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 611 POWs in Hong Kong: Red Cross Envelope with Three Thin Bars to an interned medical doctor at Queen Mary Hospital but forwarded to "Macao" with hexagonal '.../24-III-44/MACAU' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Macau, as a Portuguese colony, was neutral territory. Had the good doctor been paroled and "deported"? GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$300Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 612 POWs in Hong Kong: 1942 plain envelope endorsed "Block 18/Room 16/Stanley Internment Camp" on the reverse, to NSW with Japanese 20s tied by Japanese Hong Kong cds of 17.6.27 (1942), 'BONDI/30OC42/NSW-AUST' arrival cds, 'UNCLAIMED' & 'REBUTS' (= return) cachets in violet or rosine, four separate censor labels - two brown & two white - one believed to be American & the last applied at Sydney, minor blemishes. Ex Patrick Pearson. [FW Webb at page 199 states that only three such plain covers have be GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$750Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 613 POWs in China: YANGCHOW (YANGZHOU): Undated red/white POW envelope for surface transmission but sent airmail with 2d & 3d unusually tied by Sydney parcel roller, to "Civil Assembly Centre C", censored in Melbourne & at Shanghai (?) with Japanese label tied to the reverse by indistinct cancel, superb small Japanese "chop" in red, opened-out & partly separated/reinforced. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGrade(B) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 614 POWs in China: 1944 (Feb 2) plain Red Cross cover by air to "Taiwan Camp" with 5½d Emu (unnecessarily paying the ½d war tax), Japanese boxed censor cachet in violet & camp censor Tahara "chop" in red, minor blemishes. [Most POWs on Taiwan were officers. This cover is to a private] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 615 POWs in China: Undated cover from a colonel to Melbourne with Taiwan Camp censor cachet & camp censor Yoshikawa "chop", flap removed; and POW Postal Card with camp censor Nishikawa "chop" from a British major to England & redirected to Queensland; both with large 'SERVICE DES/PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' cachet used only on POW mail from Taiwan. (2) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeB/A View details Quantity2Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 616 POWs in Korea: Plain cover, blue/white envelope (opened-out), Red Cross envelope with Thick Bar & blue/white lettersheet, and two blue/white Postal Cards uprated for airmail (both incorrectly paid the 5d letter rate instead of the 4d postcard rate), to Keijo x5 or Jinsan Camps, condition variable. (6) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS View details Quantity6Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 617 POWs in Korea: Two Red Cross envelopes with Thick Bar, the first to Singapore redirected to "CHOSEN" (faults), the other to Keijo Camp, and POW Relatives Association blue/white lettersheet to Jinsan Camp. All to Captain Guy Round who, after the war, was Robson Lowe's representative in Melbourne. (3) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS View details Quantity3Estimate$600StatusUnsold Lot 618 POWs in Japan: Various types of POW Postal Cards x4 (one duplicated) & Envelopes x4 from Fukuoka, Hakodate x2, Osaka x2 (one with Morimoto censor's cachet) & Tokyo x3, condition rather mixed. A very scarce group. (8) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB/C View details Quantity8Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 619 POWs in Japan: HAKODATE: Plain cover from 'TWO WELLS' (SA) with Melbourne censor cachet unusually in blue, minor opening fault at U/R, with the enclosed letter; and Red Cross blue/white POW Lettersheet from 'JAMESTOWN/SA'. (3 items) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeB View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 620 POWs in Japan: OSAKA: Plain cover from Sydney with attractive combination of markings; blue/white POW Envelope uprated for 5d airmail rate from 'BOONAH' (Qld), faults; and Red Cross blue/white POW Lettersheet also from Boonah. (3) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeB/C View details Quantity3Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 621 POWs in Japan: TOKYO: 1945 (July 18) blue/white POW Postal Card uprated with 4d Koala for airmail rate, undeliverable because of the Japanese surrender & returned with redirection label dated "17.11.45". GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 622 POWs in Japan: ZENTSUJI: Three plain envelopes, Red Cross envelope with Thick Bar, blue/white envelope with hand-drawn Christmas card, and Red Cross blue/white lettersheet, all from NSW or Victoria, surprisingly fine group. (7 items) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA-/B View details Estimate$1,250StatusUnsold Lot 623 POWs in Japan: ZENTSUJI: POW Postal Card printed in black & red on buff with 'ZENTSUZI' Error, very fine unused; and POW Envelope printed in blue & red, to NSW with Camp censor cachet in violet & standard Japanese cds, 'CROWS NEST' (NSW) arrival cds of 24AP43 & redirected within Sydney, boxed trilingual 'Retour-Zuruck/Service postal suspendu/...' h/s, minor blemishes. [The boxed h/s is Swiss, usually seen applied to mail delayed by German embargoes. This suggests that mail from Japan unclaimed i GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA/B View details Quantity2Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 624 Liberated POWs: Six stampless covers from NSW x4 or Queensland x2 to various Australian POWs in Germany or unspecified countries all sent to the Red Cross in Melbourne; plus two different advice of receipt of parcel postcards from the Red Cross at Melbourne & two similar cards from a POW in Germany to the Red Cross. [All mail for Australian POWs was required to be sent to the Red Cross at Melbourne for on-forwarding. Letters were placed in Red Cross envelopes that were submitted unsealed for cen GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity10Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 625 Liberated POWs: Four covers - two by air - & seven aerogrammes all from GB to liberated POWs all addressed c/- the GPO Melbourne, various redirections & cachets including 'NO RECORD OF/Repatriation/OF ADDRESSEE' x2 & similar straight-line type, and three with 'IT IS REGRETTED THIS LETTER COULD/NOT BE FORWARDED IN TIME...', one addressed directly to Japan but with 'VIA BASE PO/MELBOURNE/AUSTRALIA' cachet in blue (stained), generally fine. (11) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPSGradeA/B View details Quantity11Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 626 Liberated POWs: Four stampless covers from NSW to liberated POWs released in Borneo x3 or Malaya, all addressed to the GPO Melbourne, one with illustrated ''Lakeview/The Pivot of Lake Macquarie" on the reverse. Most unusual. (4) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity4Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 627 Liberated POWs: Balance of this section including original notice warning against speaking about "Escape Organisations", plain cover with superb 'REPATRIATED/PRISONER OF WAR/SERVICE' cachet in violet, Japanese uprated 2s Postal Card to Borneo during "Suspended Mail Period", 1944 cover from WA to a POW in Germany with various cachets including 'RETURNED TO/AUSTRALIA', 1944 GB Forces Postal Card & Aerogramme both to Hong Kong but received after repatriation, 1945 GB cover to Australian POW Recepti GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCPS View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 628 Liberated POWs: EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX (ENGLAND): Local cover endorsed "Marine Shark", the ship in which the addressee was repatriated to Australia; airmail cover from Sydney; 'AUST FPO/191' cds on two formular aerogrammes to Queensland or Victoria, and on registered cover to South Australia. Phil Collas stated "No registered covers have been seen". (5) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA/B View details Quantity5Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot 629 Liberated POWs: EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX (ENGLAND): 1945 (May) airmail cover from Sydney to "Ex Aust POW/AIF Reception Group/Eastbourne/..." with six stamps making up the 1/6d rate, minor blemishes. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 630 Liberated POWs: BANGKOK: 1945 (Sep 3) usage of British "Blue Triangle" formular aerogramme endorsed "Ex - POW", to South Australia. The writer states "...[Brian] sent a letter with me but as it was written on the wrong type of paper authorities would not accept it...Eric Smith has right leg amputated..." & names five friends who "are all dead". GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 631 Liberated POWs: BANGKOK: 1945 (Sep 26) plain envelope endorsed "Ex prisoner of War Mail" & on the reverse "AIF (Bangkok Siam)", to Western Australia with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet & 'No2 AUST BASE PO/ F ' cds used at Melbourne. [Phil Collas says No 2 Base PO E & F cds "...had little usage, examples...being rare] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Lot 632 Liberated POWs: BANGKOK: 1945 (Sep 16) usage of British formular aerogramme endorsed "Ex POW Mail", to Tasmania with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet, message headed "Thialand" [sic] & states "...Working in the hospital certainly saved me from a lot of hard work...I am thoroughly tired of looking after serious dysentery patients...we are the furthest camp from Bankok and will be last to leave..." GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$400Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 633 Liberated POWs: KUCHING: 1945 (Sep 20) Comforts Fund cover endorsed "Liberated British/Internee" at upper-left & on the reverse "c/- BBCAU/Labuan" (= British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit), 'FIELD POST OFFICE/034' cds in use at Kuching, to GB with 'No2 AUST BASE PO/ F ' cds in use at Melbourne, minor blemishes. [Ted Proud rates the 034 cds at 1500pts; Phil Collas says No 2 Base PO E & F cds "...had little usage, examples...being rare] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 634 Liberated POWs: LABUAN: 1945 (Nov 19) usage of Kogarah Comforts Fund cover by air to NSW with 3d tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/513' cds (LRD) in use at Labuan, minor stain at the top. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 635 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Sep 9) use of stampless formular aerogramme with the letter headed "Liberated Prisoner of War/co Base Post Office/Melbourne", carried per favor & posted in England with 2½d tied by 'WRITTLE/22OC/45/ CHELMSFORD' cds. The writer states "I am...waiting for a plane to fly us to Australia...Since leaving Formosa I have been on 4 different boats...I have suffered these last 3 years..." GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolpsGradea View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 636 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Sep 14) use of American Red Cross cover endorsed "Liberated UK POW/.../HQ3 Australian Reception Group" to GB with 'AUST ARMY PO/243' cds & 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Lot 637 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Sep 17) Red Cross cover endorsed "Liberated POW (UK)" to GB with 'AUST ARMY PO/243' cds & 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet plus 'No2 AUST BASE PO/2[?]SE45/ B ' transit cds applied in Melbourne. With the 3-page letter headed "HQRA 11 Indian Division/Liberated POW/co Base Post Office/Melbourne" which states "...It will be a treat to get away from the East. The heat and rain wears you down. I am finding it difficult to eat good European food again...These Japs are certa GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolC/LGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 638 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Sep 21) use of stampless formular aerogramme endorsed "Liberated POW" & the letter headed "Manila/ Philippine Is", to Sydney with very fine 'AUST ARMY PO/243' cds & 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' cachet, Sydney arrival b/s of 9OCT/1945. The writer states "I suppose as you will have thought me killed in the battle of Java...80% of my unit were killed" & proceeds to give a travelogue of his movements to Japan via Singapore, Indo-China & Taiwan, "...[Ikuno]...is a copper & s GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeA- View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 639 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Sep 26) plain envelope endorsed "RN Mail" & on the flap "Naval PW Contact Team/Manila, Philippines", to London with 'AUST ARMY PO/243' cds (recorded by Ted Proud 1.9.1945-20.10.1945 only). GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 640 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Oct 1) use of GB formular aerogramme endorsed "Lib UK PW" with the message headed "c/o 3 Australian Repl Co/Manila PI", to GB with 'AUST ARMY PO/241' cds. Rare. [Ted Proud records APO 241 at Hollandia Feb-June 1945, then in Japan from May 1946; Phil Collas record usage at Morotai from Feb 1945 "until late in that year" & in Japan in 1946. Neither mentions usage in the Philippines. The writer states "...We are expecting to leave here very soon for America..."] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPSGradeB View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 641 Liberated POWs: MANILA: 1945 (Oct 8) Comforts Fund cover endorsed "Liberated UK POW" & on the flap "HQ3 Australian Reception Group", to GB with 'AUST ARMY PO/241' cds. Rare. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Lot 642 Liberated POWs: MOROTAI: 1945 (Sep 19) plain envelope endorsed "Liberated British PW" to a nurse at 2/4 Australian General Hospital on Morotai with superb 'FIELD POST OFFICE/026' cds in use at Morotai Docks, flap removed. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSold Lot 643 Liberated POWs: SINGAPORE: Plain cover with light but obvious 'AUST FIELD PO/27SE45/251' cds in violet in use at Changi, & Red Cross envelope endorsed "Liberated UK PW" to GB with 'POST/OFFICE/MARITIME/MAIL' machine cancel in red applied at London. [Ted Proud records the cds for only 11 days 20-30.9.1945] (2) GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Quantity2Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 644 Liberated POWs: SINGAPORE: Australian Red Cross 'LETTER CARD' in red/buff with the letter headed "14th AGH/Singapore" with light but fine 'AUST FIELD PO/24SE45/251' cds in violet in use at Changi. The letter states "...It is rather hard for us to adjust to the new conditions...The main problem is that we have no cigarettes [!!]...The 2/29 Bn left this morning by transport..." GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 645 Liberated POWs: BRITISH ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS, SYDNEY (NSW): 1945 (Nov 1) American Red Cross cover endorsed "RAPWI/Warwick Farm" (= Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War & Internees) to New Zealand with 4d tied by cut-down relief ' C /NSW' cds & registration label with 'BR N BARRACKS' h/s. [This temporary camp housed repatriated POWs from Hong Kong] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$250Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 646 Colonies: Railway stamps selection with NSW mint 10c blocks of 4 & 8 in different shades & 20c block of 4; Queensland pre-decimals used to 2/- & decimals mint 5c blocks of 6 from 'DUARINGA' & 'FARLEIGH' & 25c block from 'CALEN', and used to $10 including 1c block of 4 from 'ROCKLEA'; and Western Australia including 'TOTAL/WEST PARCEL' types to $3 (2 different), 'BULK PARCEL' types x2 different, & three different cash register label types; & a few others, condition variable. (86) Symbol*/**O View details Quantity86Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 647 Colonies: Used accumulation in envelopes noted quantity of Tasmanian Pictorials with postmark interest - a quick inspection revealed fine strikes of 'GREAT LAKE' & 'NORTHDOWN' - plus St George & Dragon 5/- x2 & 10/- x 9 on large-part original document, also smaller groups of other Colonies and then some world-wide, condition mixed but overall fine. SymbolO View details Estimate$200Price Realized$320StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 648 Colonies: Accumulation from all Colonies noted NSW 1860s 'REGISTERED' and Charity pair, South Australia including Long types to 2/6d with 'D&J/F' perfin, Victoria 1897 Charity pair and 'OS' punctures to 5/-, some postage dues, postal fiscals & revenues, potential postmark interest including numerals, mixed condition. (100s) SymbolO View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 649 Colonies: Oddments mostly from New South Wales including Sydney Views 2d & 3d, Laureates Wmk '3' 3d block of 4 (virtually full margins but the second unit is a little cut-into), Diadems 2d Wmk '5' single & pair, Governors 20/- x4, 5/- Coin mint block of 4 & perf 'OS/NSW' pair, etc, a little Queensland including Lined Background 1d mint blocks of 15 & 30, and South Australia including '3-PENCE' in Red on 4d, condition variable. (150+) Symbol*O View details Estimate$400Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 650 Colonies: Bundle of covers & Postal Stationery including New South Wales Embossed 1d Wrapper sheet of 4 (folded horizontally but rare), Queensland 1d & 2d Postal Cards with 'SPECIMEN' Handstamp, WA 2d orange Envelope unused, Queensland advertising postcards for McCook Brothers (1913) & Robert Harper & Co (1912), unused advertising PPCs for Robur Tea, Ovaltine & Bushell's Tea, etc, also Victoria Emblems 2d defaced die proof in purple, condition variable. (40+) SymbolCPS View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 651 Colonies: Accumulation on Hagner pages with good selections from all Colonies/States except Victoria, the best sections are the Queensland Small Chalons & the South Australian earlies, also noted NSW 20/- Governors & 20/- Postage Due (unmounted) both with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint & an apparently fine Tasmanian Penny Courier, some postmark potential, condition rather mixed. (100s) SymbolO View details Estimate$500Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 652 Colonies: Postal History selection with NSW 1839 & 1849 to GB, 1878 & 1879 registered covers from Chinese merchants; South Australia 1879 to Canada with '8 PENCE' on 9d x2 (badly stained) & 1894 to Canada with "Bantam" ½d pair & strip of 3; Tasmania 1850 entire to London with very fine 37mm GPO cds in red, 1904 registered to Prussia with Tablets 2½d & 6d and 1906 registered to Baden with Sideface 8d & 9d + Tablets 10d, also three stockcards of datestamps on Pictorials; Western Australia 1898 d SymbolCPS View details Estimate$350Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 653 Colonies: 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$150Price Realized$115StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 654 Colonies: 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$600StatusUnsold Lot 655 Colonies: Stockbooks and packets with Queensland with Chalons & Railway Parcel stamps to 3d; Tasmania pictorials; Victoria including 'Stamp Duty' to £5, £6, £9 green, £9 rose and green, plus ultra-high denomination £25 & £50; also Postage Dues, inspection may reward. (100s) SymbolO* View details Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 656 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "The Postage Stamps Envelopes and Post Cards of Australia and the British Colonies of Oceania" by The Philatelic Society London 1887), 152pp + 30 "Autotype Plates" principally of reconstructions of Classic issues of the Australian Colonies, hardbound with ¾-leather binding & marbled endpapers. A remarkably fine example of this very early and important work. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 657 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "Postage Stamps...of New South Wales" by Basset Hull (1911), gilt-edged pages and attractively bound in two volumes with quarter-leather & pockets for the plates, some minor foxing but well above average. An important work. SymbolLGradeB View details Estimate$250Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 658 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "The Numeral Cancellations of New South Wales" by Hugh Freeman (2012), 380pp hardbound with d/j. As new. Only 200 copies were printed & it's been out-of-print almost since the publication date. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$150Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 659 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "Queensland Postage Stamps 1879-1912" by Ken Scudder (2013), 416pp hardbound with d/ju. As new. An important study of the post-Chalon issues that has been awarded Large Gold medals for Literature and the Crawford Medal of the RPSofL for the best philatelic publication in the world for that year! SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$100Price Realized$90StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 660 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: South Australia mini-library including "The Postage Stamps..." by James et al, "The Long Stamps" by Purves, "Departmentals" by Butler, "Northern Territory" by Williams, all hardbound, plus three softbound titles. (7) SymbolLGradeA/A- View details Quantity7Estimate$200Price Realized$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 661 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: Tasmania mini-library comprising "Stamps & Postal History" by Tinsley. "Pictorial Stamps" by Lancaster, and "The Postal History & Postal Markings" in two volumes, all hardbound. (4) SymbolLGradeA/A- View details Quantity4Estimate$100Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 662 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: Victoria group with titles by Purves including "Registered & Too Late Stamps", "The Emblems", "The Postage Dues", "The Port Phillip District" & "Barred Numerals", also Les Molnar's plating guides for the Woodblock 'TOO LATE' & 2/-, "Specimen Stamps" by Kellow Turner & McCredie, auction catalogues for Wawn (1953), Molnar (2012) & Barelli "Emblems" (2014), etc. SymbolLGradeA View details Estimate$200Price Realized$160StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 663 Colonies: PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "Victoria: The Half-Length Portraits & Twopence Queen Enthroned" by Pack; "The Half-Lengths of Victoria" by Purves (minor foxing, Ex Peter Jaffé; acquired at auction in 2007 for $757); and "THe Half-Lengths of Victoria: the Stamps & Postal History 1850-59" by Barwis. (3) SymbolLGradeA/B View details Quantity3Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 664 NSW: Mostly used collection on old-time pages with Sydney Views 1d No Clouds x2, 1d Clouds x4 & 2d x9, Laureates with two 2d Plate III part-reconstructions of 32 or 37 of the 50 positions, 3d Wmk '3' x9 and 6d Van Dyke Reprint 6d sheet of 25, 5/- Coin range x28 (two with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint), De La Rue 1d upper-left corner block of 30 (6x5) mint, 1d brown strip of 6, 2d block of 10, 4d block of 4, 10d plate proof pair & block of 4 in different shades, later issues with many mint blocks, etc, co SymbolO* View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 665 NSW: Modest collection with a few passable Classics, some mint Middle Issues, 'POSTAGE' 10/- on Blued Paper, 'OS' range, Postage Dues set CTO, etc, condition variable. (280 approx) Symbol*O View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 666 NSW: Fairly basic collection but plenty of pickings including Diadems 1d & 2d plate proof singles in black plus Imperf 2d mint with large-part o.g. x4, used 5/- Coin with Floral Border, lots of later mint issues to 2/6d with plenty of strips & blocks of denominations to 2½d, also some Revenues, condition rather mixed. (few 100) Symbol*/**O View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 667 NSW: Old-time collection rehoused on stock pages with Sydney Views 1d x5, 2d x7 & 3d x5, attractive set of No Wmk Diadems, Wmk Diadems 3d SG 87 mint with large-part o.g., 1860-63 'REGISTERED' Perf 13 SG 125 mint with large-part o.g., some later mint, etc, some Barred Numeral interest including '18' (rated RR) & superb '20' (R), condition rather mixed but lots of pickings. (250 approx) SymbolO* View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 668 NSW: 1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) 1d SG 3, margins just clear to large, light but clear BN '10' (rated RR) of Carcoar; Plate II (Clouds) 1d SG 9, large even margins, bold BN '64' of Maitland; Plate II 2d SG 26, margins good to large with almost complete outer framelines; and 3d SG 39, close even margins; Cat £1375. Pinchot Certificate (1988) for the 2d as Scott #5. SymbolG/FGradeA View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 669 NSW: 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$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot 670 NSW: 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$400StatusUnsold Lot 671 NSW: 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$1,250Price Realized$950StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 672 NSW: 1850-51 Sydney Views 3d trio comprising Yellowish Paper SG 39 and Bluish Paper SG 42 x2, full margins, Cat £875. SymbolG/FGradeA View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 673 NSW: 1851-63 Laureates Plate I (Worn) Blue Wove Medium Paper 2d ultramarine SG 58 horizontal strip of 4, margins good to large, a couple of tiny imperfections, untidy BN cancels, Cat £140++. Scarce multiple. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolOGradeA/A- View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 674 NSW: 1851-63 Laureates 1854 Double-Lined Numeral Wmk 2d blue Plate III SG 84-86a group three complete reconstructions of the 50 positions (10x5, one missing position 29) including [3, 'WALLS' Partly Covered by Wavy Lines], condition variable but many have full margins and/or are attractive, some Barred Numeral interest, Cat £1900+. (149) SymbolO View details Quantity149Estimate$500Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 675 NSW: 1851-63 Laureates Perf 13 (6d) 'REGISTERED' SG 124-127 group complete reconstruction of the 50 positions (10x5), condition variable but many are attractive & most are lightly cancelled with some numeral interest, Cat £1200+. (50) SymbolOGradeA/B View details Quantity50Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 676 NSW: 1856-60 Imperforate Small Diadems Lithographic Transfer 2d pale blue SG 118 horizontal pair, margins just shaved - at right - to large, the first unit a superb stamp with full margins, very fine strike of the ' E / AU3/1859/SYDNEY - NSW' (sideways) duplex, Cat £1600++. A rare pair, remarkably cancelled on the First Day of Issue. Ex Guy Hutson (unrecognised in a mixed lot!). RPSofV Certificate (2015). SymbolFGradeA+/B View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot 677 NSW: 1860-72 Perforated Diadems 2d Prussian blue Plate II Major Retouches comprising three singles (one a bit aged) & a horizontal pair [57-58] the first unit with Second Retouch: Cross-Hatching around Neck, generally lightly cancelled leaving the retouched areas largely unobstructed, Cat £2000+. A very scarce & desirable quintet. Ex Michael Haden. ( ) SymbolG/FGradeA/B View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 678 NSW: 1861-68 Five Shillings Coin 5/- dull violet as SG 174 but Imperforate, margins good to huge, diagonal 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, no gum. [Absent from Bill McCredie's exceptional collection] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolΩGradeA View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 679 NSW: 1871-1902 Wmk '36' Perf 13 8d yellow SG 218 marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet imperf at right (as always), 1882 Sydney duplex cancels, Cat £72++. A rare multiple. ( ) SymbolFGradeA/A- View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 680 NSW: 1871-1902 Wmk '36' 1/- die proof in black - the issued colour - on highly glazed card (92x60mm) with 'Aug 13 1875' & 'BEFORE HARDENING' handstamps at upper-left, superb!; imperforate plate proof block of 24 (12x2) in green on gummed unwatermarked paper from the base of the sheet endorsed "De la Rue's Proof/Forwarded to Treasury/19 Jany 1876", repaired tear in the margin & some minor toning; and imperforate plate proof block of 20 (2x10) in green on ungummed watermarked paper from the right SymbolPGradeA+/B/A View details Estimate$600Price Realized$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 681 NSW: 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$550Price Realized$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 682 NSW: 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. Symbol*GradeA/A- View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 683 NSW: 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$200StatusUnsold Lot 684 NSW: 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 five mounted blocks of four). Ex Judge Montgomerie Hamilton and Guy Hutson; acquired for £2852. Symbol*/**GradeA View details Estimate$2,600Price Realized$2,000StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 685 NSW: 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$1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 686 NSW: 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$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 687 NSW: OFFICIALS: 1882-85 De La Rue 1/- black with Overprint Double SG O33ba, well centred, untidy Sydney cancel clear of the overprint, undercatalogued at £500. RPSofV Certificate (2009). [Only six singles & two pairs - one in the Royal Collection - have been recorded] GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolGGradeA B1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot 688 NSW: 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+. SymbolVGradeA B1 View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 689 NSW: 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. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolPGradeA- View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold Lot 690 NSW: REVENUES TAX INSTALMENT: 4d, 1/-, 2/- x2, 3/- pair, 5/-, 8/- x4, 9/- x2, 10/-, 11/- x8, 15/- x3, £1 x17 & £2, apparently all unmounted; and a few strays. (65) Symbol**GradeA B1 View details Quantity65Estimate$250StatusUnsold Lot 691 NSW: 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$200Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 692 NSW: Box of mostly pedestrian covers but including a few earlier items & a good range of official mail notably a selection of Postal Stationery Envelopes & Registration Envelopes unused used or with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, condition rather mixed. (100+) SymbolCPS View details Estimate$300Price Realized$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 693 NSW: 1837 (Mar 6) mourning entire to Sydney rated manuscript "5" (d) on face with fair undated 'LIVERPOOL/N.S.W' h/s (White #C3) and crowned 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White #S4) arrival alongside, addressed to "Mrs. Norton, Care of James Norton Esq, Elswick" (Sydney solicitor) at their property in the suburb of Leichhardt. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold Lot 694 NSW: 1840 (May 17) lengthy entire to Paterson, NSW with a good strike of the rounded-boxed 'SYDNEY/POST PAID' h/s (White #P2) in red, rated "8" in red for 4d coastal shipletter plus 4d for carriage not more than 15 miles, minor soiling but most attractive. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$230StatusUnsold Lot 695 NSW: 1841 part-entire signed "WH Freeman" to London with fine strikes of the ovoid 'PORT MACQUARIE/ FE*8/1841/NEW.S.WALES' d/s & octagonal 'PORT/MACQUARIE/PAID' h/s in red, Sydney transit & London arrival b/s of 2JY2/1841 both in red. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot 696 NSW: 1843 (Feb 4) double-rate entire to Scotland "By the Kennedy [?] if not already sailed" with fine strikes of the boxed 'YASS/POST PAID' h/s in red & oval Yass datestamp, Sydney & London (1JY1/1843) transits & boxed 'BALLINGALLOCH' arrival b/s, ironed-out vertical filing fold. A very appealing prestamp entire. SymbolCGradeA- View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold Lot 697 NSW: 1846 (Jan 20) entire to Sydney endorsed "Prepaid" with fair strike of boxed h/s with curved 'NEWCASTLE/POST PAID' (White # P12) in red rated "4"(d) paid and good crowned oval 'NEWCASTLE/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) alongside on face, 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White # S11) b/s, minor aging marks but attractive. SymbolCGradeB View details Estimate$200StatusUnsold Lot 698 NSW: 1847 (June 3) Goulburn Hospital 'Terms of Admission' notice to Registrar, Supreme Court, Melbourne annotated "Enclosing affidavit ..." with fair boxed 'GOULBURN/POST PAID' h/s (White # P11) in red on face and poor crowned oval 'GOULBURN/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) b/s, rated red manuscript "2/4" paid (double 1/2d for carriage between 400-500 miles) with bold 'YASS/JU3/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) transit and fair 'MELBOURNE/JU7/1847/PORT PHILLIP' arrival, some edge faults and internal repairs. SymbolCGrade(B) View details Estimate$450Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot 699 NSW: 1850 (Nov 18) entire to Sydney with Sydney Views 2d deep blue Plate III SG 30 (margins small to touching design, roughly separated) tied BN '54' (reversed '4', Freeman rated RRR) and good 'CARRINGTON/NEW.S.WALES' crowned oval (White #C65), 'SYDNEY/NEW SOUTH WALES' arrival (White #P2) b/s, letter headed "Stroud" written by Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang, Presbyterian Church Leader and Member of the Legislative Council, some staining. Stated to be one of only two "numeral ties" known. Carrington PO SymbolCGradeC View details Estimate$300Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 700 NSW: 1851 (May 22) small envelope to "Gragin/near Warialda" with rare franking of Sydney Views Plate II (Clouds) 1d carmine SG 13 horizontal pair [23-24] with close even margins tied by smudged bars cancels of Sydney (b/s), minor soiling. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1999) states "The stamps show a rather unusual wet bounce double print". A very attractive inland cover. GST† GST on HAMMER for Australian residents onlySymbolCGradeA View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...5678910...15|Next123456789101112131415 Previous 123456789101112131415 Next Previous 123456789101112131415 Next
