Auction No 147 - Prestige Philately

Jul 27, 2009
Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 27
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroo Frankings (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
115 CX B
1919 (c.) woven mailbag (approx 240x190mm flattened-out) sent from Mutual Stores Ltd to Scotland
with Third Wmk 2/- Roo (torn) paying 2lb to 3lb "long sea route" parcels rate tied by partial Melbourne
parcels cancel with Parcel Post and British 'CHARGE' labels affixed to reverse and British Postage
Dues 2d x3 & 1d added to pay customs fee. An incredible survivor.
116 C A - (July 24) use of Kangaroo 1d Die I ('OS'-in-the-Die) Envelope for Victorian Education Department,
with rare uprating of perf Large 'OS' ½d to pay War Tax and tied by 'WATCHEM/VIC' cds.{Page 24.4}
117 C A
1920 (Oct 14) advertising cover for John W. Stamp Melbourne engineers and manufacturers of
"Abattoir Bye-Product Machinery", with all-over illustration on reverse, with rare usage of Third Wmk 2d
Kangaroo paying the letter rate for which the KGV 2d orange had just been issued. {Page 24.3}
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750
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118 C B
119 C A
120 C B
Lot 118
1921 (Jan 11) black/red 'STATE PARCEL POST' label on a slightly larger piece with rare franking of
3d olive single & pair + 2/- brown vertical strip of 3 - the last unit with Vertical Hairline in Bight BW #37n
- all tied by 'DUARINGA/QUEENSLAND' cds, one 3d with corner fault & the central 2/- with pulled
perfs at left. Ex Arthur Gray: sold for $US1207 (2007).{Page 27.1}
1929 (April 16) registered cover to United States (San Francisco & Philadelphia b/s) with Third Wmk
6d brown tied by 'GLENHUNTLY/ VICTORIA' cds paying the combined foreign letter rate & registration
fee, scarce red registration label, fine condition.
1930 (Sept 18) registered cover to Germany (Munich b/s x2) with 6d brown paying the combined
postage and registration fee tied by 'BUNTINE/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds, a tad roughly opened.
2,500 T
200
200
121 CL B
122 C A
Lot 121
1937 (May 6) quintuple-rate commercial airmail cover to England with Roos 5/- & 2/- and 6d Kingsford
Smith all tied by 'ADELAIDE/STH AUST' cds, two vertical folds well-clear of adhesives.{Page 27.2}
1940 (c.) parcel tag with 1d QM, 6d Kookaburra, 5/- Robes and CofA £2 Kangaroo tied by indistinct
Cobar (NSW) cds. Ceremuga Certificate (2000).{Page 24.6}
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