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
83 C A
Lot 83 Lot 84
1942-50 Definitives 1d brown-purple horizontal pair tied to plain cover by superb Perth machine
cancellation of 1JAN/1943 BW #225y, mss "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" at upper-left, Cat $400.
84 C A- - 1½d green Queen Mother - plus KGVI 1½d green - tied to plain cover by very fine 'DARRA/
1DE42/QUEENSLAND' cds, typed "FIRST DAY COVER/1-12-42/..." at upper-left, a couple of tiny
blemishes, Cat $800.
500
500
Lot 85
85 C A+ - 3½d blue (Wrens) tied to plain Hayward Parish cover by very fine 'GPO SYDNEY 130/3P
25MR42/NSW-AUST' cds, typed "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" in blue as is the typed address. Pristine!
Stated to be the only known First Day Cover.
The ACSC states "A purported first day cover is known dated 25 March 1942." Like JC Thompson,
HC Parish worked at the Sydney GPO & it is noteworthy that this cover is cancelled with the same No
130 cds usually applied to the Thompson covers.
16,000
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