Stamps, Coins & Postal History (#459) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized 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 1-33 of 33. Previous|1|Next Lot 330 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1916-30 KGV Perf 'OS' issues on University of Melbourne (Carlton) covers to same addressee in Melbourne, comprising 1d Red Smooth Paper (3),1½d red (4) and 2d orange (3); also 'TWO PENCE' on 1½d used on Melbourne Fire Office cover; condition somewhat variable, minimum on-cover Cat. $500. (11 covers) View details Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$90StatusSold SymbolC Lot 331 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1930s-60s pre-decimal array including registered, express, censored & military mail, solo frankings & scarcer airmail rates; plus FDCs, postal stationery, and a few replica cards of pre-decimal stamps etc. Nice variety.(100+) View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$260StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history SymbolC PS Lot 332 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1930s-1990s covers in two shoeboxes with pre-decimal FDCs, decimal commercially used PSEs (some uprated), lots of decimal commemorative/pictormark covers; also 1954 3d concession rate cover, QEII 4c Lettercards optd 'SPECIMEN ONLY' (7), plus Priority Paid & taxed covers and few foreign interlopers. Worth investigating. (100s) View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history SymbolC PS Lot 333 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1960s-1990s decimal covers with registered, certified and priority paid mail, state perfins; also postal stationery (some duplication), PSEs and other philatelic mail. Good variety. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history SymbolC Lot 334 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1910 (June 22) Accelerated by Airmail attractive illustrated cover from France to Sydney for "Grande Semaine d'Aviation" ('Grand Week of Aviation') in Rouen, attended by the leading aviators of the day, bearing France 25c tied by Rouen datestamp, North Sydney (July 25) backstamp. Ex Perry. [Flown souvenirs were produced for such events, although there is no proof this particular cover was airlifted. The only recorded use of this commemorative cover to Australia.] View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 335 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1917 (Aug.7) Ackland registered cover to Russia with attractive combination franking of KGV 1d red, Tasmania 2d Pictorial & SA 2½d tied by REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/MELBOURNE datestamps, red/white registration label, MOSCOW '26.10.17' arrival backstamp (during the October Revolution), the cover undelivered and returned to Melbourne via Kobe, Japan (backstamp), DEAD LETTER OFFICE/MELBOURNE '7FE18' datestamp on face. View details Estimate$240 - $280Price Realized$700StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history SymbolC Lot 336 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1919 (Oct.27) cover from New Jersey to Melbourne bearing 6c Air Post for 1oz USA internal airmail service, thence by surface. The earliest known airmail service accelerated item USA-Australia. Ex Perry (2013 realized $2213) View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$400StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history SymbolC Lot 337 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1920-44 Official covers with 1920 (Dec.10) Botanic Garden OHMS cover to England with perforated 'OS' ½d green BW.65ba (Cat. $150 on cover) and 1½d brown; 1932-33 Water Supply Commission window envelopes (2) one with SMult 1d P.13½x12½ perforated 'OS', the other with CofA KGV 1d optd 'OS' (Cat. $100 on cover), few tonespots; also 1944 use of KGVI 1½d green PTPO Stationery Envelope for Shire of Flinders. (4 items) View details Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$80StatusSold SymbolC Lot 338 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1920s-30s inwards airmail cover to Australia from Americas or Caribbean with BRAZIL: 1936 (Sep 9) General Electric cover Rio de Janeiro to Sydney franked 12,500r showing handstruck 'SERVICO AEREO TRANSOCEANICO/CONDOR/ZEPPELIN/LUFTHANSA/BRASIL-EUROPA', carried by Graf Zeppelin to Germany (Sep 13 flight), where airship service terminated, subsequently at Paris (Sep 17) to join with Imperial Airways service (flight IE480), View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 339 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1927 (May 18) postcard (creases) from Germany to Sydney bearing Airmail 10pf x2 and 20pf, endorsed for transmission via Constantinople, Bombay and Netherlands Indies, the 40pf franking representing 25pf UPU rate + 15pf Berlin-Vienna airmail surcharge. The earliest recorded postcard Europe to Australia accelerated by an airmail service. [The reduced UPU rate of 15pf for postcards was not introduced until 1 Aug.1927] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 340 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1927-44 inwards airmail covers to Australasia from Middle East with IRAQ airmail accelerated 1927 cover for Imperial Airways Basrah-Cairo airmail service to Mt Duneed Victoria, bearing British Occ. 1a block of six tied by Basrah double-circle, endorsed '1st Service' (actually carried on 2nd service), Port Said transit; remarkable origin-destination and earliest IAL service commercial item to Australia; 1929 rare early registered cover to Cairns endorsed 'BAGHDAD-KARAC View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 341 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1928 (Oct. 10) postcard from Friedrichshafen to Sydney with Graf Zeppelin oval 'Mit/Luftschiff LZ127/befördert' handstamp in blue, bearing 1928 2Rm Graf Zeppelin for airmail surcharge to US and 15pf UPU postcard rate, 'MIT LUFTPOST' etiquette tied by datestamp, carried on LZ127 Graf Zeppelin Oct.11 flight to New York (Oct .16 arrival), thence by surface to Australia. Extremely rare commercial Zeppelin article destined for Australia. View details Estimate$900 - $1,200Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolPC Lot 342 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1929 (Oct. 24) Interrupted Mail cover from London to Cohuna Victoria franked 4½d for 1½d Empire rate plus airmail surcharge 3d per oz to Iraq, boarded Oct. 26 on Imperial Airways flight IE31, which was to experience dual aircraft incidents in Egypt: View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 343 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1930 (May 14) cover from Iraq to Cairns (Qld) inscribed 'AIR MAIL' segment scored-over and handstamped 'RECEIVED TOO LATE/FOR INCLUSION IN AIR DESPATCH', bearing British Occupation of Iraq 6a & 3a tied by Mosul double-circle cds, Baghdad (May 15) backstamp, minor flap fault. Given the article at 9a is sufficiently paid for airmail service to Karachi, for which rate was UPU 4½a (20-40gms) plus airmail surcharge 1½a per 10gms x3, View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 344 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1931-42 inwards airmail covers from Netherlands, Neth. Indies or Colonies incl. NETHERLANDS 1938 Express to Melbourne with 17g92½ franking, including Wilhelmina 5g (3), constituting a record pre-war franking to Australia; also 1931-39 bundle (14) to Andriesse family (Sydney), highest franked being at 1g32½, other incl.1935 & 1938 KLM inaugural flights; 1937 Press Agency covers to Sydney (3) all franked 3g57½ in various compositions; CURACAO 1938 St Nicolaas... View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 345 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1931-45 inwards airmail covers to Australia from Indian Subcontinent or Asia with BURMA 1937 postcard Taunggyi to Sydney franked 4a for combined airmail rate postcard (extremely rare pre-war for this origin/destination); INDIA frankings of 1929 Air series on 14 covers (2 registered), the earliest 1930 at 22a for Indian (Delhi-Dhanushkodi) and Australian (Perth-Adelaide) internal airmail services, 1931 first service extended experimentally to Australia (Imperial Airways View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 346 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1931-1944 inward airmail covers from Western Europe to Australia with MALTA 1931-32 covers (2) from Valletta to Melbourne (registered) or Canowindra (NSW) franked 10½d and 4½d for double and single airmail surcharge to Italy, thence surface to Australia, latter with bold double-circle 'AIR MAIL/MALTA' handstamp; 1944 registered Notabile to Babinda (Qld), redirected Brisbane, franked 4½d strip of four plus 1d, scarce Maltese 'OPENED BY/EXAMINER DD/26' tape View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 347 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1932-39 inward airmail covers from Germany to Australasia including 1932 Munich to Papua bearing 1926 Air 1m and 5pf endorsed for airmail Amsterdam-Medan, 1Rm05 franking, 'Mit Luftpost' etiquette ovestamped with 'KARACHI/CANCELLED/10FEB32' datestamp, mss 'Via Danashkodi' at lower right, carried by KLM flight 63 arriving Danish East Indies Feb.14, thence by surface; 1933 postcard from Grobschönau to Victoria with 65pf franking, carried Imperial Airways flight IE246 View details Estimate$800 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 348 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1933-39 inward airmail covers from British Africa to Australia with SUDAN 1936-38 Younis Ahmed & Abdel Moneim Mohamed (Khartoum) to Sydney (4) at 6p40, 20p, 10p, and 9p10 rates, attractively franked featuring 1931-37 Air series; GOLD COAST 1940-41 censored covers (2) from Dunkwa or Accra to NSW at 1/3d combined airmail rate per ½oz, hexagonal censor handstamps, coded '8' or '6'; KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 1933 Thos Cook (Nairobi) inter-branch cover View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 349 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1934 (Dec 7) airmail cover from Hatch-Beauchamp/Taunton, England, sent "Via Imperial Airways" to Harry Wheeler (of Arnold, Wheeler & Co) in Melbourne, registered and redirected by Wheeler "per Australia Airways, Via London" to New York with 3d Macarthur (2) & 3d Airmail added and tied by BORONIA datestamps, FLORAL PARK, N.Y. arrival datestamp. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 350 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1935 (Jun.4) 1/6d airmail cover to Java with attractive mixed franking comprising 6d Kingsford Smith (2), 3d Airmail & 3d Jubilee all tied by 'AIRMAIL/SYDNEY' datestamps, fine BATAVIA-C arrival datestamp on reverse. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 351 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1936 (Aug.28) airmail cover to Germany endorsed 'Australia-Greece-Germany' with 1/- SA Centenary pair (upper unit perf fault) & KGV 1d green tied by AIR MAIL LATE FEE/SYDNEY datestamp, fine ATHENS transit backstamp. Scarce franking. View details Estimate$120 - $150StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 352 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1937-40 inwards airmail covers to Australia from Baltic States or Eastern Europe with LITHUANIA 1937-38 D. Fain (Kaunas) covers to Henry B Smith Melbourne, varying compositions for 3L40 rate, two types of 'Par avion' etiquette, one cover with currency control tape on reverse; HUNGARY rare 1937 postcard Budapest to Perth bearing 1936 Air 60f and 1p, Perth arrival (which ties 'PAR AVION' etiquette); POLAND 1937 Bielsko hotel covers (2) to Henry B Smith (Melbourne) View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 353 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1938 (Mar 4) Express airmail cover (255x170mm) Amsterdam to Argus newspaper Melbourne franked aggregate 12g67½, including Wilhelmina 2½g + 5g pair, miscalculating by 10c UPU 65c (140-160gms) rate plus airmail surcharge 40c per 5gms x29 plus 32½c Express delivery, backstamped Melbourne. Ex Perry. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 354 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1940 (Oct. 29) censored cover from Kudat, NORTH BORNEO to Sydney endorsed 'By BOAC' for Horseshoe route, bearing aggregate franking of 60c for post-EAMS combined airmail rate 60c per ½oz, rare framed 'PASSED BY/12/CENSOR/NORTH BORNEO' handstamp. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$190StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history SymbolC Lot 355 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: c.1940 Education Dept. (Tas) commercial papers rate OHMS cover with scarce solo franking of 3d AIF punctured 'T' tied by indistinct Hobart machine cancel, within is an unused return envelope franked with 1d QM & 2d KGVI both punctured 'T'; the used cover somewhat battered with edge faults. View details Estimate$70 - $90StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 356 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1940-41 airmail covers to USA comprising 1940 (Mar.19) sent at 4/8d Australia-Pacific route via Hong Kong (backstamp), 1941 4/- clipper rate censored covers via New Zealand (4) including an American Consulate General (Sydney) covers with signed certifications (2), plus 7/11d double-rate clipper covers (2) one signed with boxed 'OFFICIAL/BUSINESS' handstamp; the signed certified covers all ex Franklin D Roosevelt Collection with small sections excised from the reverse. View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 357 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1940 (June 27) censored Blue Star Line cover from Lourenço Marques, Mozambique to Sydney, redirected to Double Bay franked 15E05, representing UPU 1E75 + airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2 (overpaid), sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (likely flight NE3), Egyptian Censor tape/handstamp. Extremely rare origin/destination. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 358 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1940 (July 10) cover from Beira, Mozambique to Sydney franked (front and reverse) 14E25, for UPU 1E75 rate plus airmail surcharge 6E25 per 5gms x2, sent via Cairo where it joined BOAC service Horseshoe route (flight NE4), backstamped Calcutta, Egyptian censor tape/handstamp (code '56'). Most attractive and rare. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 359 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1941 (Feb.15) censored postcard to England endorsed 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' with 2/- Roo, 6d Kooka & 5d Ram paying correct 2/11d postcard trans-pacific clipper rate via New Zealand, stamps tied by GPO SYDNEY/AIR datestamps. [Sender was a "Dunera Boy" interred at Hay POW Camp No.8. The message, to a contact in the England, enquires as to the welfare of his wife and laments her lack of communication with him.] View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 360 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1941 (June 24) inwards censored cover from Dangawan Estate, Jesselton, North Borneo to Sydney bearing aggregate 60c franking (plus compulsory 2c War Tax stamp for overseas mail), reasonable strike of rare triangular 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/8/NORTH BORNEO' handstamp in violet (height 36mm), minor blemishes. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold SymbolC Lot 361 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1941 (Nov.15) Sheard cover with NSW 1d Shield 'GSB' perfin (Government Saving Bank) tied by superb strike of 'RAAF P.O. EVANS HEAD/NSW AUST' datestamp, boxed 'DEPARTMENT OF AIR/CONCESSION POSTAGE RATE' handstamp in violet, addressed, in Sheard's hand, to City Hall, Brisbane, very fine condition. View details Estimate$120 - $150StatusCLOSED! SymbolC Lot 362 AUSTRALIA: Postal History: 1943-45 dual censored trio from Willemstad, Curacao to Australia, featuring frankings of attractive 1942 Air series, comprising [1] 1943 (Nov 27) British Consulate cover to Bowral NSW and redirected, franking 85c, endorsed for airmail 'to USA Pacific/port & thence/by sea', unframed 'GEZIEN/CURAÇAO/CENSUUR' handstamp and USA Censor tape, [2] 1944 (Dec 11) registered to Netherlands Indies Army Headquarters Melbourne franked 2g60, View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! Symbolc Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
