Auction No 145 - Prestige Philately

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Prestige Philately - Auction No 145 Jun 13, 2009
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - First Day Covers (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
76 C A- - 1d brown-purple, 1½d green, 2d mauve & 3d purple-brown tied to plain registered cover by 'GPO
SYDNEY/ RS /10DE41 P/ C /NSW-AUST' cds BW #183y 185y 189y & 196y, endorsed "1st day
Cover/Change colour/War tax" at upper-left, a few very minor blemishes, Cat $500 for each value but
unpriced for the four values on a single cover. [Photograph above Lot 75]
1,000
Lot 77 Lot 78
77 C A
1938-49 Robes Thick Paper 5/- lake & 10/- purple tied to plain registered airmail cover to England by
very fine 'REGISTERED BRISBANE/130P 1AP38/QUEENSLAND' cds, superb italic 'First Day Cover'
cachet at upper-left & Queensland Stamp Mart cachet on the flap, Cat $400 (for the 5/-) & $600 for the
10/- but no price given for the two values on the one cover. NB: the Pound was issued on 1/11/1938.
[A similar cover sold for $834 at our auction of 1/9/2007]
78 C A- - £1 dull blue exceptionally centred (rarely seen on this issue) marginal example from the bottom of
the sheet tied to registered airmail Smyth generic First Day Cover to New Jersey by
'REGISTERED/1130A 1NO38/BRISBANE' cds (a very fine strike below), endorsed "EXPRESS" in blue
& "Australia-Hong Kong-USA", transit backstamps of Hong Kong & Hawaii, American 'REGISTERED'
handstamp in purple on the face, Cat $2500. [A most unusual "Clipper" cover]
79 C B
1938-49 Robes Thin Paper 5/- lake tied to plain cover by an indistinct partial NSW cds, typed "First
Day Of Issue" at upper-left, a bit soiled. Offered "as is" & with no reserve. [The ACSC doesn't list
FDCs & states only "The earliest recorded date is 27 January 1948". No photograph]
750
3,500
200
Lot 80
80 C B - 10/- deep purple marginal example from the base of the sheet tied to JC Thompson OHMS cover by
superb 'GPO SYDNEY 130/9A 17NO48/NSW-AUST' cds with another strike alongside BW #215y,
characteristic 'FIRST DAY COVER' h/s in violet, minor toning around the stamp, Cat $7500. [The
ACSC states "At least two first day covers exist on PMG's Department envelopes cancelled at the
Sydney GPO" but also states "Two first day covers dated 17 November 1948 at Sydney GPO are
recorded"]
8,000