Auction No 147 - Prestige Philately

Jul 27, 2009
Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 45
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I
293 CPS
294 CPS
295 C
296 C B
Ex Lot 293
Excellent bundle from the one correspondence with lots of variety and better items including a
strong inwards group from Australia many redirected &/or with 'UNDELIVERABLE/...' cachets, others
from Camps in Australia, Egypt, France & England, attractive Comfort Funds items, two different
French Lettre-Enveloppes & a cover with French/Australian combination franking PPC headed
"Gallipoli/ 16.10.15", etc. While the condition is rather mixed, this is a VERY good lot. See also Lot 744
under Great Britain.{Page 45.1} (100 approx)
Useful group with three Comfort Funds illustrated envelope fronts including two with 'LIVERPOOL
MILITARY CAMP' cds, four Field Service postcards to South Australia (one from Gallipoli signed
"AlfEWeymouth" who won the Military Medal at the Somme), etc, condition variable. (12)
Group of Rose stereo cards including soldiers marching and embarking, camps at Broadmeadows
(several) & Ballarat, farewelling the troops, the ships "Euryalus" & "Medic", etc, a few duplicates,
mostly fine to very fine & a few are superb. (26)
1915 (March 22) stampless cover to Switzerland (b/s) from Liverpool POW Camp with '.../FREE/-' h/s
& 'CENSORED/("WSHinton Lt") MAJOR/...' h/s both in green, minor blemishes. [The first example we
have seen of a superscription by Lieut Hinton: unrecorded by Emery]{Page 46.3}
1,000
300
250
350
Lot 297
297 C A - stampless cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland endorsed on the flap "Prisoner of War/Bruni
Island/Camp", light 'CH1/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s applied at Hobart, Geneva arrival b/s
where unusually taxed because the required POW endorsement was omitted from the face. A great
POW rarity. [This camp was so insignificant that Emery didn't mention it in either of his books & neither
does the Bruny Island Historical Society website!]{Page 45.2}
298 PS B
1916 usage of Gratuitous Distribution Letter Card ("A.I.F. EMBARKING" in brown on the reverse)
headed "Tel-el-Kebir/Mar 10 16" to Victoria with 'MILITARY RECREATION/FREE' h/s in red & Cairo
cds, minor bends. A rare item in unusually fine condition for such flimsy stock. [The writer states
"...This is an enormous camp. It is over 3 miles long and contains nearly all Australians...in a few
weeks time we shall be either in England or France...". See also Lot 315.{Page 47.1}
299 C B - cover to a medical orderly with 1st Field Ambulance, endorsed "Killed in Action" in red, boxed
'DECEASED.' h/s & 'RETURNED/TO SENDER/SEE BACK' h/s in violet applied at the Sydney DLO,
minor peripheral faults. [With the original letter]
1,000 T
500
200
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