Auction No 171 - Prestige Philately

Feb 17, 2012 

Prestige Philately - Auction No 171 Page: 3 

Prestige Points #171 

Gary Watson 

Director and Auctioneer 

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Lakshini Watson 

Email: lakshini@prestigephilately.com 

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Our Sydney Agents: 

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Our Perth Agent: 

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Our British Agents: 

Roger Lee 

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Our American Agent: 

Steve Schumann 

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Our New Zealand Agent: 

Mark Benvie 

Mobile: 21 656 777 

Email: mark@prestigephilately.com 

1. Another New Year! How quickly we pass from one to the next. On behalf 

of all of us at Prestige Philately, I would like to extend to you our warmest 

wishes for a 2012 full of wonderful opportunities, philatelic achievement, and 

good health. 

2. You will see some significant changes in our operations in the 

coming year. For starters, we expect to conduct most (perhaps all) of 

our sales on a Friday. General auctions will be scheduled each 

February, May, August and November. We will be revamping our website 

and updating those pages that have been neglected in recent times. More 

changes are in the planning stages: watch this space! 

3. Our programme for the first half of 2012 is already in place. In late March, 

we will be conducting an auction devoted to all things New Zealand: see 

page 7 to order your free copy of the catalogue now. Early May will see our 

next general auction, for which we are now accepting appropriate 

consignments, and in late June we will proudly present the very extensive 

collection of Victoria formed by Les Molnar of Canada. 

4. The current auction is another wide-ranging sale. For those wanting 

“bang for buck”, there are numerous well-developed collection lots both in 

the miscellaneous section, and under specific country headings. At the 

other end of the spectrum, there are significant rarities and a couple of new 

discoveries, some at quite modest estimates. We also have interesting 

selections of ephemera and postcards. 

The Australian postal history section is the strongest we have offered since 

our very successful sale of Kevin Nelson’s collection in November 2010. 

The highlight is the collection of Kangaroo frankings formed by Matt 

Hancock, with many attractive and unusual items including State/Roo 

combination covers. And Kiwi Barry Scott has consigned his highly 

decorated exhibit of the elusive and underrated ‘Military Envelopes’ from 

World War I. 

An extensive Australian Colonies/States section includes many very fine 

Classics, a nice selection of New South Wales revenues, handy ranges of 

Postal Stationery, and a small but select group of South Australian 

Departmentals. We are also offering a collection of Victorian Barred 

Numerals, and the earliest recorded postal marking of Western Australia: Ex 

Mogens Juhl. 

Turning to the Rest of the World, we have an unusually large number of 

European and other foreign collection lots that will reward close inspection. 

Other worthwhile sections are Southern & East Africa and Great Britain. We 

also have a selection of Malayan lots from the fabled “Midas” Collection, and 

New Republic varieties Ex Ferrary. The standout Pacific item is our front 

cover piece, the magnificent Small Canoes die proof in red. 

Finally, there is a range of literature including many highly regarded and 

elusive titles. 

5. It’s an exciting time to be involved in philately. The local and international 

auction markets remain vibrant. We are greatly encouraged by the number 

of new buyers entering the fray. Whether you are a collector, investor, or 

dealer, I hope you derive as much enjoyment as we do from this most 

stimulating of pastimes . 

Finally, I again wish you a prosperous 2012, and success with your bidding 

in this auction.

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Introduction for New Bidders 

If you have not been a regular bidder with Prestige Philately you are probably not 

aware of the key ingredients that make up what we call "The Prestige Difference". 

Reading the following section will help you get the most from your relationship with 

Prestige. 

1. Grading System for Philatelic Material. This provides you with an instant 

assessment of the overall quality of an item, including such aspects as centring, 

perforations and cancellation. No more wondering if an item is good, bad or 

indifferent. If we say it is graded 'A' you can be confident that it has no faults. For 

details of our Grading System see page 5 headed "Understanding our Symbols & Unique 

Grading System". 

2. Cross Reference Index. We provide you with a comprehensive and extensive 

resource that enables you to quickly locate every lot in the sale that has some 

connection with your collecting interests, regardless of where it is actually listed in 

the catalogue. This is particularly valuable if you collect by subject or theme: see 

pages 8 to 10. 

3. Illustration Locations. Have you ever struggled to find the photo of a lot you 

are interested in? Apart from showcasing many items within the test, we also tell you 

the page on which each illustration appears, and even the position on that page. 

4. Our website is the innovative extension of our office-based activities. It 

provides you with an enormous amount of information, everything from Frequently 

Asked Questions (FAQs) about Prestige Philately to more than 20 published articles by 

Gary Watson, from a Currency Converter to our impressive virtual catalogue. All of 

our catalogues are available on our website, with many more scans than can be 

included in the printed catalogue. By visiting www.prestigephilately.com you can 

check on the reserve prices of lots in a sale. We regularly update Starting Prices online, 

giving you the opportunity to assess the level of interest before you bid, or to 

increase bids you have already submitted. You can place your bids on-line right up to 

the time an auction starts. 

5. Our Buyer's Premium remains at only 15%, which is becoming more and more 

competitive as other firms raise their charges. 

6. Credit Cards. We actually encourage you to pay by credit card, and do not 

penalise you for doing so. We do not charge you any fee for using Visa or MasterCard. 

7. Service Standards. Finally, we are committed to providing you with the highest 

possible levels of service. This is reflected in us not charging existing clients for our 

catalogues. in making despatch of your purchases a priority; in encouraging you to 

return items that do not conform to our high grading standards; allowing out-of-hours 

auction viewing; and numerous little things you won’t even know about. 

8. Passion! This is our “key ingredient”. By adding passion to the mix, we create 

"The Prestige Difference". 

We truly are committed to making your every transaction with Prestige Philately an 

enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Feb 17, 2012 


Understanding our Symbols & Unique Grading System 

At Prestige Philately we utilise much the same symbols as other firms, but with some additional categories that you should be aware of. 

We are the only major firm in the world that actually grades the quality of the material we offer. While some clients have struggled with 

the whole concept of grading, most have clearly embraced the idea and we receive much favourable comment about the system. It is 

important that you understand our Grading System because the symbols used form part of the lot description. We are confident that 

once you are comfortable with our gradings, you will always be satisfied with the quality of the material you purchase from us. And, in the 

event that we have missed a tear or a thin and consequently overgraded an item, we WANT you to return it. We stand behind the Prestige 

Grading System. 

1. Firstly, we have the lot number. If it is in bold and printed in bright red, the item is illustrated: e.g. 1234. (The actual location of the 

illustration is given at the end of the description: e.g. {Page 41.8} is position 8 on page 41.) 

2. The second column contains a symbol, which represents the item(s) in the lot: 

** Mint, unmounted o.g. * Mint, mounted o.g. 

Ω Unused, no gum Δ Piece 

C Cover or card PS Postal Stationery 

CL Cover, long CX Cover, oversize 

A Albums and accessories B Booklet 

E Essay L Literature 

P Proof R Reprint 

S Stamp (“Postmarks” lots) 

or, in the case of used stamps, a grading of the cancellation: 

V Neat postmark, leaving most of the stamp design clear O Used, quality unspecified 

F Neat postmark, across at least half of the stamp design G Untidy or indistinct postmark 

H Heavy or poorly struck postmark 

3. The third column gives an overall quality assessment for the lot, from ‘A’ to ‘D’. The same standard applies to mint and used stamps, to 

covers, postal stationery, literature etc. An item graded ‘A’ is very fine; it has no faults. ‘B’ items are fine and may have minor imperfections. 

A ‘C’ item will exhibit obvious faults. Items in poor condition are rated ‘D’. 

Occasionally, an item in truly superb condition will be rated ‘A+’. This grading is used sparingly and is not applied to modern material, which 

one would normally expect to be in very fine to superb condition. 

An otherwise very fine item which has a subsidiary problem may be allocated an ‘A-’. This may be a stamp with writing or a hinge remainder 

on the reverse. A cover may have a receiver’s endorsement on the face. The halves of a letter card may be stuck together. A book may 

have a previous owner’s notations. Whether this factor makes the item an ‘A-’ or ‘B’ is a matter of degree. NB: An expertiser’s signature or 

handstamp on a cover or the reverse of a stamp will not normally be cause for downgrading the quality of an item: such marks will be 

mentioned and you should make your decision as to whether or not such an item is of the standard that you personally require. 

Occasionally, the symbol ‘A’ to ‘C’ will appear in brackets: eg (B). This signifies that the item has been renovated or repaired and improved 

to the grade indicated by the letter. The brackets indicate a qualified grading, the cause for which will be mentioned in the description of the 

lot. 

4. The fourth column is relevant to perforated stamps, and also to lots listed under the sub-heading ‘Postmarks’. 

For perforated stamps, this column gives a grading for both centring and perforations. The letter ‘A’ to ‘D’ relates to centring. ‘A’ stamps 

are very well centred; ‘B’ stamps are slightly off-centre; ‘C’ stamps are significantly off-centre, and may have the perforations slightly into the 

design; ‘D’ stamps are badly off-centre, with the perforations well into the design. 

[NB: These gradings are the same for all perforated issues, whether Australian Decimals, De La Rue Colonial keyplates or 19 th Century 

American issues. However, it should be understood that for many issues poor centring is the norm. Thus ‘C’, and even ‘D’, gradings should 

be expected and accepted. For such issues a ‘B’ stamp will be above-average and an ‘A’ stamp will be considered an exceptional copy.] 

Following the letter ‘A’ to ‘D’ is a number ‘1’ to ‘4’. A stamp with all perforations intact is ‘1’. One or two short perfs, or normal rough 

perforations, will drop the grading to ‘2’. More notable perforation problems such as the perfs down one side being trimmed will result in a ‘3’ 

grading. A stamp with major perforation faults will be a ‘4’. 

[NB: A stamp graded ‘A1’ is well-centred with all perforations intact. In many cases, particularly with modern issues, this is the norm. 

However, for many issues, ‘B2’ or even ‘C3’ may be normal and quite acceptable.] 

For lots listed under the sub-headings “Postmarks” and “Ship/Paquebot Markings”, or similar, this column gives a grading for quality of 

the strike of the marking itself, and completeness. Quality is graded from ‘A’ (very fine) to ‘D’ (poor). Completeness is graded from ‘1’ 

(complete) to ‘5’ (identifiable only). ‘+’ is used for superb strikes; ‘-’ is used for postmarks that are lightly struck, a little doubled, or otherwise 

a bit short of the mark. 

5. The symbols in the second, third and fourth columns, and the illustrations of lots, form part of the lot description. 

6. Figures in the right-hand column are our estimate of value. (If a lot attracts tax for Australian buyers, the estimate is in green, followed 

by a small "T".) You may bid at, above or below estimate. The reserve price for almost every lot is 75% of estimate (rounded to the nearest 

bidding step). Bids below this level will not be considered. 

7. We use the following standardised abbreviations: 

o.g. original gum opt(d) overprint(ed) PPC picture postcard 

d/s datestamp cds circular datestamp h/s handstamp 

mss manuscript; handwritten ERD earliest recorded date LRD latest recorded date 

o/o opened-out RLabel registration label M/S(s) miniature sheet(s)


Prestige Philately - Public Auction Terms of Sale 

(amended as at 1 st November 2011: see in particular Paragraph 10 as to the unavailability of extensions to have perfins expertised) 

1. AUCTIONEER: Prestige Philately Pty Ltd (Prestige), a company incorporated in the State of Victoria, is the auctioneer, and adheres to 

the standard terms of sale of the Australasian Philatelic Traders Association. 

2. DESCRIPTIONS: We endeavour to describe lots fully and accurately. The description of a lot comprises 1) the codes to the left of the 

description (for details of our symbols and grading codes, see the previous page of this catalogue); 2) the description; and 3) any 

illustration of the lot or part of the lot whether in the printed catalogue or in our on-line catalogue. 

3. ESTIMATES: The figure in the right-hand column following each lot description is our estimated value of the lot in Australian dollars. A 

bidder may bid at, above or below the estimate. Bids below the reserve price (usually 75% of the estimate) are unlikely to be accepted. If 

the term “Offer” appears in place of an estimate figure, there is no reserve. 

4. BIDDING: Bids may be made to Prestige by mail, by fax, by e-mail, by phone, or from our website. Bids received by phone must be 

confirmed in writing. At public auctions, bids may also be made in person, by phone (by prior arrangement) or through an agent attending 

an auction. An agent must advise Prestige of the person(s) for whom bids are being submitted or else the agent will be personally liable 

for payment and delivery of any lots purchased. Prestige reserves the right to refuse any bid, or to refuse bids from any person, for any 

reason. 

In most cases, Prestige's bidding steps are as follows: 

$150 - 300 $10 rises $3000 - 5000 $200 rises 

$300 - 500 $20 rises $5000 - 10000 $250 rises 

$500 - 750 $25 rises $10000 - 15000 $500 rises 

Under $ 50 $2 rises $750 - 1500 $50 rises $15000 - 30000 $1000 rises 

$50 - 150 $5 rises $1500 - 3000 $100 rises over $30000 average of 5% rises 

Prestige reserves the right to raise or lower postal bids (depending on the bidder's apparent intention) to conform to these bidding steps. 

5. TELEPHONE BIDDING: Bidding by telephone during the course of a public auction is permitted. However, clients wishing to use this 

service must contact Prestige at least 24 hours before the auction regarding the special conditions that apply. [To see these special 

conditions, go to www.prestigephilately.com from where the Telephone Bidding Terms can be read and downloaded.] 

6. GOODS & SERVICES TAX (GST): Australian law requires that GST equal to 10% of the knock-down or sale price of a taxed lot shall be 

payable by the buyer, unless the taxed lot is exported to another country. Taxed lots are indicated in the catalogue by the estimate figure: 

being printed in bright green, followed by a small "T". GST equal to 10% of the amount of any fees or charges added by Prestige is 

also payable by Australian buyers. 

7. BUYER: The buyer of a lot shall be the person to whom the lot is sold ("knocked-down") by Prestige. In the event of equal bids being 

received, the earliest such bid shall be successful. In the event of a bidding dispute, Prestige shall have absolute discretion in the 

settling of the dispute. A lot is at the buyer's risk once it has been sold ("knocked-down") but ownership (legal title) will not pass to the 

buyer until Prestige has received payment in full for the lot. 

8. PAYMENT: Payment is due immediately a lot is sold, or immediately upon receipt of an invoice. In addition to the price for which a lot is 

sold, the buyer shall pay a premium of 15% of that price, plus any fees for postage packing and insurance or credit card use that are 

charged by Prestige, plus GST as appropriate. No buyer's premium is charged or payable in respect of on-line literature auctions. 

(Payment should always be made in Australian dollars. If payment is made in another currency the buyer shall add the equivalent of $A50 

or 5% of the invoice total, whichever is greater, towards bank fees. Any resulting credit will be placed to the buyer's account.) 

In the event that the buyer does not make payment in full for the lot(s) within 30 days from the date of the invoice, Prestige shall have 

the right to exercise any one or more of the following rights and remedies: 

1) To impose an accounting fee of $10 per month (or part thereof) plus compound interest at the rate of 2.5% per 

month (or part thereof) of the total amount outstanding; 

2) To terminate the contract with the buyer, in which case any monies received from the buyer shall be forfeited to 

Prestige; 

3) To terminate the contract and resell the lot(s) at any time - and impose a penalty commission rate of 30% - in 

which case any resulting shortfall, plus costs including accounting fees, interest, insurance and resale expenses, 

shall be met by the original buyer; 

4) To apply any monies due at any time from Prestige to the buyer in payment of the outstanding amount; 

5) To take legal action against the buyer for damages for breach of contract. 

9. RETURN OF LOTS: A lot may be returned, within a reasonable time, only because of an error in the description: see clause 2 for the 

definition of "the description". A lot that has been inspected by the buyer or by the buyer's agent cannot be returned for any reason. A lot 

that is illustrated in the printed catalogue or the on-line catalogue or of which an illustration has been supplied to the buyer or to the 

buyer's agent cannot be returned for any reason that is apparent from the illustration. 

A lot expressed to be a "range", "group", "selection", "array", "collection"," accumulation" or similar, or any other lot containing more than 

10 items - excepting sets of stamps - is always offered "as is" and cannot be returned for any reason. Similarly, other lots expressed to be 

offered "as is" cannot be returned. 

10. "EXTENSIONS": A request for an extension to submit a lot to a recognised expert or expert committee for a Certificate of Authenticity 

must be made in writing prior to or on the day of the auction. Prestige shall have an absolute discretion not to grant an extension. [In 

particular, an extension will not normally be granted if the lot is offered with a recent Certificate of Authenticity or if the stamp(s) has/have 

perforated initials (perfins).] If an extension is granted, the buyer must make payment in full for the lot including the buyer's premium, in 

accordance with the terms of Paragraph 8. The amount paid including the buyer's premium will be refunded in full if the lot is returned with 

an acceptable "bad" Certificate. All costs associated with obtaining a certificate shall be borne by the buyer, unless the lot is found to be 

not as identified in the catalogue, in which case all costs associated with obtaining the Certificate shall be refunded to the buyer. 

A lot described as being defective in any way may not be returned should the Certificate obtained mention any fault not noted in the lot 

description. The buyer shall not be entitled to reject an item if the certificate includes any finding that does not materially affect the grading 

of the lot. 

Unless otherwise agreed, nomination of the appropriate expert or expert committee shall be made by Prestige, and Prestige will be 

responsible for submitting the lot to that expert or expert committee. Should Prestige agree to the buyer's nomination of an expert or 

expert committee, the extension granted will be for a period of no more than 90 days from the date of the auction. If a Certificate 

has not been obtained within 90 days from the date of the auction, the extension shall lapse and may thereafter refuse to accept the 

return of the lot. 

11. GOVERNING LAW: These Terms of Sale shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria. 

12. Submitting a bid by any method constitutes acknowledgment and acceptance of these Terms of Sale.


Prestige's Country Index & Topical Cross-Reference Listing 

Cross Reference for Country and Regional Classification 

Aden: 885, 887, 935 

Antarctica: 233, 756 

Antigua: 773, 1026 

Arab States: 939 

Arctic: 828 

Argentina: 71, 563 

Ascension: 1017, 1021, 1030 

Australia, Commonwealth of: 4, 9, 16, 33, 37, 40, 58-60, 

72-75, 81-83, 85-89, 91-92, 98-102, 107-604, 613-755, 770-771, 

809, 829, 878, 899, 944, 948-955, 961-963, 966-976, 985, 1020, 

1024, 1031-1032, 1072 

Australia, Commonwealth of - Kangaroo Issues: 278 

Australia, Commonwealth of - Other Pre-Decimals: 46, 

109, 113, 117, 200-214, 241, 285, 899, 1028 

Australian Antarctic Territory: 202, 221, 756 

Australian Capital Territory: 337 

Australian Colonies - General: 5, 38, 114, 264, 302-303, 

305, 308, 310, 456-755, 1024, 1031 

Austria: 336, 357, 374, 595, 757-761 

B.C.O.F. in Japan: 18, 113, 201, 203, 770-771, 1049 

Bahamas: 773 

Bahawalpur: 892-893, 1020 

Bahrain: 263 

Baltic States: 762-766 

Barbados: 263, 773 

Belgian Colonies: 767-769 

Belgium: 633, 767-769 

Bermuda: 775-778, 1025 

Bosnia & Herzegovina: 761 

Brazil: 57, 413 

British Africa: 1073 

British East Africa: 900-903, 915, 1050 

British Honduras: 1025 

British New Guinea: 1075 

British West Indies: 772-783, 864, 1085 

Brunei: 1077 

Burma: 784, 1051-1052 

Cambodia: 77, 84 

Canada: 4, 6, 39, 276, 320, 337, 351, 359, 526, 687, 785-792, 

1025 

Canada - British Columbia: 785 

Canada - New Brunswick: 785 

Canada - Newfoundland: 785 

Canada - Nova Scotia: 785 

Cape of Good Hope: 989-991 

Cayman Islands: 779 

Ceylon: 279, 793-801, 809 

Chile: 870 

China: 3, 20, 42, 47, 49, 62, 77, 97, 802-808, 874-880, 1053-1061 

Christmas Island: 409 

Cocos Islands: 809, 971 

Congo (Belgian): 767-769 

Cook Islands: 810 

Cyprus: 811, 1017, 1021, 1030 

Czechoslovakia: 1003 

Decimals: 32, 38, 46-47, 113, 117, 202, 215-237, 243, 285, 899 

Denmark: 25 

Dominica: 780, 864 

Dubai: 937 

Egypt: 103, 329, 865, 939 

Ethiopia: 812 

Federated Malay States: 1071 

Fiji: 48, 813-820, 1062-1063 

Finland: 367 

France: 4, 23, 39, 49, 296, 375, 386, 436, 522, 685, 821-824, 

1064 

French Community: 63, 693, 824, 887, 957, 976 

Gambia: 1017, 1021, 1030 

German Colonies: 767, 769, 833, 951, 1072 

German East Africa: 935 

German States: 595 

Germany: 3, 316, 595, 688 

Germany: 4, 44, 49, 287, 306, 335, 382, 438, 441, 448, 524, 693, 

825-833, 955 

Germany - Allied Occupation: 825, 832 

Germany - Berlin: 830 

Germany - East: 827 

Germany - Occupied & Plebiscite Territories: 765 

Germany - Third Reich: 825 

Germany - West: 827 

Ghana: 837-838 

Gibraltar: 1017, 1021, 1030 

Gold Coast: 837-838 

Great Britain: 3, 6, 16, 38-39, 44, 49, 62, 94, 279, 291, 328, 

330-331, 334, 393, 407, 516, 563, 587, 690, 766, 771, 839-873, 

897, 941, 947, 987 

Great Britain - KGV Seahorses (including Overprints): 

839 

Great Britain - Scotland: 514, 684, 712, 766, 862, 870 

Great Britain - Stamps: 841-844, 846, 848-853, 856-857, 

860-861 

Great Britain Post Offices Abroad: 861 

Greece: 24, 332, 335 

Greenland: 41, 778 

Griqualand West: 989-991 

Hawaii: 325, 380, 409 

Hong Kong: 6, 8, 39, 57, 97, 333, 874-880, 966, 1065-1068 

Hungary: 296 

Iceland: 41 

India: 49, 315, 784, 797, 809, 812, 834, 881-896, 911-912, 935-936, 

987-988, 1012, 1051 

India Used Abroad: 812, 1052 

Indian States: 888-890 



Ireland: 6, 513, 862, 897 

Italy: 15, 370, 865, 898 

Jamaica: 413, 779, 1069 

Japan: 8, 39, 48, 97, 276, 770-771, 899, 1070 

Japanese Occupation: 949-950 

Kangaroo Issues: 32, 38, 107-108, 114-115, 121, 124-171, 238-239, 

264, 276, 295-403, 527, 1028 

Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika: 767, 769, 900-915, 1050 

KGV Issues: 32, 38, 115, 120, 172-199, 240, 264-265, 277, 855, 1028 

Korea: 1049 

Kuwait: 941 

Latin America: 57 

Latvia: 765 

Leeward Islands: 1026 

Liberia: 916 

Lithuania: 766 

Macau: 62 

Madagascar: 21 

Malaya: 797, 917-929, 1071 

Malaya: 809, 964 

Malaya - Negri Sembilan: 922-926 

Malaya - Perak: 927-928 

Malaysia: 292 

Malta: 298, 930, 1017, 1021, 1030 

Mauritius: 21 

Mauritius: 30, 931-934 

Memel: 766 

Mexico: 1025 

Middle East: 14, 67, 935-946, 1014 

Montserrat: 1026 

Morocco Agencies: 947 

Morton Bay District: 535 

Muscat: 942 

Nauru: 948-950 

Netherlands: 364 

Netherlands Indies: 105, 319, 691 

New Caledonia: 562 

New Guinea: 951 

New Guinea: 2, 951-955, 970, 1024, 1072, 1074 

New Guinea - German: 951, 1072 

New Guinea - North-West Pacific Islands: 2, 952-955, 970 

New Hebrides: 956-957 

New Republic: 992-998 

New South Wales: 5, 58, 89, 130, 206, 262, 273, 298, 303-305, 310, 

317, 320, 334, 420, 438, 441, 446-447, 451-452, 461-462, 466-467, 

471-535, 588, 1034 

New Zealand: 4, 32, 34, 38-39, 46, 48, 278, 380, 524, 567, 682, 810, 

835, 862, 899, 971, 1024 

Nigeria: 958-960, 1073 

Norfolk Island: 46, 961-963 

North Borneo: 964 

Northern Rhodesia: 31, 978 

Northern Territory: 211, 322, 371, 383, 408, 415, 1035 

Norway: 685 

Nyasaland: 31 

Pakistan: 892-893 

Palestine: 938, 944-945 

Papua: 966-970 

Papua: 9, 35, 58, 966-970, 1024, 1074-1076 

Papua New Guinea: 4, 9, 35, 48, 460, 899, 970-975 

Phantom Countries: 911 

Philippines: 340 

Pitcairn Islands: 820 

Portugal: 338, 672, 976 

Portuguese Colonies: 517, 976 

Queensland: 89, 111, 261, 294, 301, 310, 351, 359, 363, 395, 436, 

457-458, 461-462, 464, 466-467, 470, 535-569, 1036 

Reunion Islands: 887 

Rhodesia: 31, 768, 977-981 

Russia: 24, 95, 233, 762-766, 966, 982 

Rwanda: 767-769 

Sabah: 964 

Samoa: 275, 524, 983 

Sarawak: 292, 1014, 1077-1078 

Scandinavia: 41, 778 

Sharjah & Dependencies: 946 

Sierra Leone: 1079 

Solomon Islands: 6 

Somaliland Protectorate (British): 987-988 

South Africa: 309, 329, 907, 989-999 

South Africa (Provinces): 989-998 

South Australia: 5, 301-302, 309, 360, 448, 458, 462, 464, 466-467, 

470, 570-612, 683, 1038-1039, 1042 

South Australian Departmentals: 570, 605-612, 1020, 1039 

South West Africa: 5 

Southern Rhodesia: 978 

Spain: 24 

St. Christopher: 1026

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St. Helena: 1080 

St. Kitts-Nevis: 780, 1026 

St. Lucia: 781 

St. Vincent: 782-783, 1017, 1021, 1030 

Straits Settlements: 809, 917-921, 1014 

Sweden: 24, 41, 215, 318, 354, 378, 685, 1081-1082 

Switzerland: 348, 383, 869, 1000-1001 

Taiwan: 1061 

Tanganyika: 767, 769, 833, 908, 911-912 

Tasmania: 5, 111, 271, 276, 301, 303, 308, 384, 394, 396, 440, 

442, 457-458, 460, 466-467, 470-471, 593, 613-639, 756, 987, 

1040 

Tibet: 1053 

Togo (Independent): 838 

Tonga: 1002-1003 

Tristan da Cunha: 18 

United Arab Emirates: 946 

United Nations: 56 

United States - Confederate States: 1005 

United States of America: 3-4, 31-32, 38-39, 42, 48-49, 57, 

106, 274, 277, 284, 313, 317, 325, 328, 355, 363, 366, 409, 521, 

689, 695, 814, 828, 877, 1004-1011, 1025, 1060, 1084 

Victoria: 5, 46, 75, 89, 91-92, 101, 111, 271, 303, 305, 308, 358, 

366, 368, 375, 388, 413, 453, 457-458, 462, 464, 466-467, 470, 

520, 602, 631, 640-725, 755, 1020, 1041, 1043-1045 

Viet-Nam: 8, 62 

Virgin Islands: 1026 

Western Australia: 102, 277, 284, 323-324, 397, 408, 453, 

462, 466, 470, 726-755, 1020, 1046-1048 

Yemen: 936 

Zanzibar: 21, 935, 1012-1013 

Cross Reference for Thematic and Topical Classification 

Advertising: 18, 256, 274, 286, 294, 306, 309, 342-349, 

351-354, 512, 526, 533, 562, 567, 604, 638, 680, 694, 720, 817, 

869 

Airlines: 333, 418, 1023 

Airlines - Imperial Airways: 19 

Airmail Covers - Commercial: 21, 170, 261, 267-269, 

282-284, 287, 290-291, 322-324, 328-332, 334-335, 337-338, 417, 

423, 770, 809, 820, 829, 878, 886, 941, 961, 985, 999, 1011, 1018, 

1023 

Airmail Issues: 25, 418, 1076, 1079 

Airmail Stamps: 41, 170, 284, 292, 323, 328, 407-409, 757, 

765, 821, 825, 832, 898, 938, 940, 1001, 1011, 1023, 1076 

Airmails - Jusqua Markings: 252, 354 

Albums & Accessories: 69-70 

Alcohol & Temperance: 517, 522 

Animals: 20, 219, 508, 623-624, 628, 741-743, 787, 807, 883, 

964, 974, 1010 

Architecture: 945 

Art & Craft: 56, 1010 

Autographs: 58-61, 408, 518, 770, 836 

Automobiles: 342 

Aviators: 58, 60, 229-231 

Avis de Reception: 369, 372, 388-389, 525, 797 

Balloon Flights: 1064 

Banking & Finance: 360, 460, 631 

Barred Numerals: 473, 476, 478, 529, 700-717, 1044 

Birds: 12, 15, 76, 261, 273, 331, 349, 526, 726-756, 758, 778, 

836, 882, 937, 957, 962, 986 

Birds - Parrots: 962 

Birds - Penguins: 756 

Bisects: 780 

Booklets: 59, 219-221, 237-243, 940, 973 

Bridges: 203 

Butterflies: 56 

Cancelled to Order (from Presentation Sets): 107-108, 

551, 665 

Canoes: 984 

Captain Cook: 531 

Cash on Delivery (COD)/Nacnahme: 395 

Censored Mail: 18, 252, 254, 257-258, 275, 288-289, 297, 300, 

311, 317-318, 326, 332, 337-338, 341, 349, 363-364, 379, 383, 

386, 410-415, 460, 629, 838, 938, 955 

Charity: 10, 111, 457-458, 462, 470, 472, 550-551, 671-672, 1000 

Children: 314, 881 

Christmas: 771 

Cigarette Cards: 87, 94 

Cinderellas: 3, 24, 71-76, 109, 120, 277, 407, 463, 495-510, 

741-743, 758, 1001 

Classic (Pre-1860) Stamp Issues: 1-2, 24, 458, 468, 

472-489, 491, 511, 519, 529, 535, 538-541, 561, 564, 570-578, 

590-591, 605-612, 614-618, 625-627, 631, 634, 640-641, 643, 

645-657, 660-663, 685-687, 726, 728, 730-731, 733-735, 759-760, 

782, 785-787, 793, 823, 842, 845-847, 863, 931, 1004, 1006-1009, 

1084 

Coil Stamps: 226, 657, 1005 

Coins: 77-82, 91, 236 

Coins & Banknotes: 77-82 

Combination Covers: 57, 261, 277, 284, 291, 301-303, 

305-310, 520, 595, 602, 745 

Commemorative Covers: 82, 266, 350, 405, 530 

Commerce & Trade: 932-933 

Complete Sheets: 956 

Consular Mail: 276, 685, 695 

Convict Mail: 514 

Customs (Douane): 335, 393, 396, 724 

Dead Letter Office Mail: 320, 382, 440, 447, 451, 524, 563, 590, 

592, 798 

Death: 447, 451 

Disaster: 12, 19, 279, 409, 1003, 1018, 1020, 1023, 1029 

Documents & Ephemera: 75, 83-94 

Education & Universities: 596, 603, 725 

Ephemera & Documents: 59, 298, 1084 

Essays: 548-549, 836, 881, 932, 957 

Europa: 25, 55 

Exhibitions: 106, 237, 1060 

Explorers & Pioneers: 37, 113, 201-203, 212-214, 292, 323, 408, 

516, 590, 756, 787 

Explorers - Christopher Columbus: 1009 

Express Mail: 402, 871, 941, 1084 

Film & Television: 342 

First Day Covers: 16, 404 

First Day Covers: 8, 20, 32, 34, 41, 50, 107, 222, 299, 404-406, 699, 

758, 794, 806-807, 971, 999 

Flight Covers: 50, 57, 59, 72-73, 114, 120, 311, 321, 325, 333, 354, 

391, 407-409, 828, 870, 1001 

Flowers: 62 

Forgeries: 109, 491, 837, 905, 1053 

Forwarding Agents: 587, 1016 

Framas: 220 

Free Mail: 272, 518, 588, 632, 809 

freemasonry: 598 

Fruit: 342 

Gambling: 496 

Gandhi, Mahatma: 26, 884 

Gemstones: 423 

Government & Politicians: 280, 937 

Great Britain - Machins: 840 

Heraldry: 208, 583, 841, 856, 932-933 

Historical Letters: 514, 516, 587, 682 

Hotels: 562 

Illustrated Covers: 262, 314, 343, 350-351, 404-406, 419, 562, 680, 

868, 936 

Imprints & Plate Numbers: 71, 109, 115, 127, 146, 175, 177-178, 

183, 194, 196, 198, 200, 209, 248, 288, 545, 583, 622, 837, 870, 948, 

963, 965, 969 

Indigenous Peoples: 210, 969, 975, 984-985 

Indigenous Peoples - Australian Aborigines: 296 

Insects: 56 

Islands: 281, 772-783, 809, 930, 1012-1013 

Joint Stamp Issues: 233 

Judaica: 630 

Keyplate Issues: 775-777, 932-933, 965 

Late Fee: 295, 331-332, 334, 347, 353, 379-380, 633 

Law & Order: 518, 589 

Levant, Post Offices in the: 14, 760 

Lighthouses: 795 

Literature: 681 

Literature: 28, 1014-1085 

Literature: 1014-1085 

Local Stamps: 24, 71, 281, 674, 741-743, 956 

Maps: 60, 89, 407, 526, 988 

Marine Life: 963 

Medical & Health: 430, 453, 593, 985 

Medical - Dentistry: 414 

Military & Censor Mail: 83, 85-87, 98, 251, 288, 316, 410-415, 528, 

682, 770-771, 812, 878, 980, 987, 1064 

Military - Air Force: 809 

Military - Army: 84, 865, 1080 

Military - Boer War: 83, 550-551, 672, 1080 

Military - Navy: 413, 681-682, 684, 770-771, 950 

Military - World War I: 86-87, 98, 236, 272, 315, 317-318, 364, 368, 

379, 382-383, 386, 412-413, 425-455, 767-769, 833, 838, 911-912, 

951-955, 976, 981, 983, 1013, 1072 

Military - World War II: 13, 18, 21, 47, 54, 74, 84, 98, 251, 258, 297, 

326, 337, 414-415, 629, 778, 809, 814, 878, 908, 949-950, 988 

Miniature Sheets: 15, 25, 47, 55-56, 107, 113, 117, 201-202, 

219-221, 233, 235-237, 806, 821, 825, 827, 831-832, 940, 946, 1005 

Mining: 91, 365, 371, 399, 423, 565, 582, 588, 717, 755 

Miscellaneous Lots: 1-50 

Missent Mail: 436 

Money Order: 298, 358, 402, 942 

Monograms: 146, 194, 622 

Mourning Covers: 358 

Music & Singing: 306, 352, 795, 827 

Myths & Legends: 314, 623-624, 841, 856 

Newspapers: 321 

Number Ones of the World: 475, 477, 538, 571-572, 614, 842, 

846, 1006-1007 

Official Mail: 262, 270, 320, 322, 337, 357, 368, 384-385, 388, 402, 

420, 513, 592, 594, 596-597, 601, 632, 679, 724-725, 744, 746-747, 

817, 820, 893 

Official Stamps: 3, 34, 38, 48, 107, 109, 114, 127, 130, 152-154, 156, 

164-166, 175-176, 195-196, 256, 262, 280, 320, 356, 368, 384, 

386-387, 389-390, 458-459, 461, 471-472, 492-494, 570, 592-594, 

596-597, 605-612, 786, 857-860, 888, 892, 938 

Omnibus Issues: 26, 30, 36, 51-55, 57, 841, 872


Overprinted Stamps & Stationery: 13, 24, 34, 37, 107, 113, 

115, 127, 138, 142, 175, 180, 201-202, 204-205, 208, 220, 237, 

308, 459, 461-462, 466, 471, 490, 492-493, 502, 507, 523, 

533-534, 570, 581, 592, 594, 596-597, 601-603, 605-612, 622, 628, 

637, 657, 666-668, 691, 757, 770-772, 779, 795, 823, 825, 830, 

832, 838, 857-860, 879-880, 888-890, 892, 898, 900, 902-907, 

910-911, 913-915, 917-918, 922-928, 935, 938, 941, 943, 945, 

951-955, 957-958, 964, 968, 971, 974-975, 979, 983, 987-991, 

1002, 1005, 1072, 1080 

Parcel Post: 392-400, 558, 694, 696, 722, 858-859 

Perfins: 175, 195, 200, 353, 368, 458, 466, 472, 570, 725 

Perfins - Commercial Firms: 180, 497 

Perfins - Official: 32, 38, 107-108, 114-115, 120, 126, 129-132, 

142, 153-154, 156, 164-166, 171, 180, 182, 206, 256, 262, 280, 

320, 322, 356, 384-391, 420, 494, 506 

Philatelic Numismatic Covers: 82, 404 

Philatelists: 525, 1049, 1053, 1060, 1070, 1083 

Photographs: 83, 86-87, 98, 333, 409 

Picture Postcards: 14, 23-24, 27, 65, 95-106, 259, 297, 299, 

305, 312, 370, 412-413, 465, 512, 530, 560, 629, 633, 751, 815, 

826, 885 

Police, Law & Order: 610, 632 

Post Office Labels: 277, 393 

Post Office Labels: 798, 834 

Post Offices: 8 

Post Restante: 563 

Postage (Good for Little Else!): 110, 419 

Postage Dues: 3, 5, 18, 34, 113, 202, 244-248, 250, 271, 287, 

293, 295-297, 376-378, 393, 466, 629, 798, 813, 816, 862, 869, 

939, 964, 971, 1005, 1028 

Postal Fiscals: 490, 582, 623-624, 665-668, 676, 688-689, 692, 

727 

Postal History: 5, 9, 13, 20, 24, 27, 32, 35, 37, 62, 65, 95, 114, 

124, 249-403, 418, 459, 511-526, 559-565, 585-600, 629-634, 

677-699, 744-748, 757-758, 763, 766, 770-771, 796-803, 814-820, 

825, 832, 862-873, 885-887, 897-898, 908, 912, 945, 948-949, 961, 

966, 980-981, 1011-1013, 1016-1018, 1021, 1025-1026, 

1030-1031, 1034-1036, 1040, 1050-1052, 1054-1055, 1058-1059, 

1061, 1065, 1073, 1075-1076, 1078-1080, 1082, 1084-1085 

Postal Seals: 750 

Postal Stationery: 13, 35, 58, 95, 272, 277, 290-291, 302-304, 

364, 401-404, 416-455, 459, 531-534, 566-569, 590, 595, 601-604, 

635-639, 691, 693, 713, 718-725, 745, 765, 809, 814, 820, 863, 

877, 879-880, 886, 901-902, 904, 906, 910, 913-915, 935, 944, 

950, 976, 978, 985-986, 999, 1050, 1058, 1061, 1073 

Postal Stationery - Aerogrammes: 13, 290-291, 414, 417, 

809, 820, 944, 999 

Postal Stationery - Envelopes: 302, 404, 419, 425-455, 602, 

635, 693, 718-719, 863, 914, 982 

Postal Stationery - Envelopes (Official): 402, 524, 531, 

590 

Postal Stationery - Envelopes (PTPO): 403, 532-533, 567, 

635, 719-720 

Postal Stationery - Formular Issues: 290, 879-880, 

985-986 

Postal Stationery - Franks: 679, 721-722, 747 

Postal Stationery - Letter Cards: 58, 297, 414, 420, 

454-455, 629, 636-637 

Postal Stationery - Letter Sheets: 723 

Postal Stationery - Postal Cards: 304, 421-423, 534, 566, 

568-569, 595, 603, 635, 691, 722, 877, 879-880, 935, 950, 976 

Postal Stationery - Postal Cards (Official): 272, 601, 603, 

724-725 

Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes: 277, 303, 

355, 364, 531, 635-636, 639, 873, 901-902, 915, 986 

Postal Stationery - Registration Envs (Official): 531 

Postal Stationery - Scenic Issues: 420-423, 566, 568-569, 

636-637 

Postal Stationery - Wartime: 425-455, 809, 950, 976 

Postal Stationery - Wrappers: 604, 635, 688, 700, 713, 745 

Postal Stationery - Wrappers (Official): 601 

Postal Stationery - Wrappers (PTPO): 604 

Postmarks: 8, 13, 23, 65, 124-125, 140, 146, 173, 182, 245, 251, 

265-266, 298, 358, 360, 363, 366, 368, 375, 388, 392, 394, 396, 

415, 417, 463, 511-513, 518, 527-530, 536, 560, 570, 585-586, 

588, 600, 683, 687, 690, 698-718, 749-756, 758-760, 767-769, 783, 

796, 800-801, 817-819, 826, 835, 837, 843, 862, 865, 867, 877, 

886, 897, 936, 942, 959, 970, 1022, 1026, 1031, 1034, 1036-1037, 

1040, 1043-1045, 1048, 1051, 1054-1057, 1061, 1065, 1068-1069, 

1073, 1075, 1079-1080, 1084 

Postmarks - Duplex Cancellations: 368, 693, 696, 720, 

725, 745, 747, 863-865, 867, 1012 

Postmarks - Instructional/Informative Markings: 271, 

320, 376-377, 382, 447, 451, 514, 525, 598, 678 

Postmarks - Instructional/Informative Markings: 19, 

254, 279, 283, 287, 295, 315, 324, 332, 334, 389, 440, 515, 521, 

563, 589, 592, 633, 685, 695, 744, 746, 763, 766, 771, 798, 816, 

869, 887 

Postmarks - Machines & Meters: 258, 375, 435, 440, 448, 

453, 513, 869 

Postmarks - Manuscript Cancellations: 281, 630, 634 

Postmarks - Numerals: 480, 535, 564-565, 631, 655, 685, 

687-688, 700-717, 725, 730-731, 861, 863-864, 887 

Postmarks - Numerals: 477, 520, 527, 535, 559-560, 591, 

634, 693, 701, 711, 720, 799, 801, 1037 

Postmarks - Pictorial: 57, 266, 530, 807 

Postmarks - Recuts & Excisions: 375 

Postmarks - Squared-Circle Datestamps: 582, 603, 691, 

866, 935, 959 

Postmen: 633 

Pre-Stamp Mail: 460, 511, 514-517, 585-589, 630, 681-682, 

684, 763, 796, 862, 897, 1084 

Primary Industry - Agriculture: 262, 320, 420, 594, 

932-933, 975 

Primary Industry - Cattle: 497-498 

Primary Industry - Sheep & Wool: 519 

Prisoners of War & Internees: 258, 438, 441-442, 448, 908, 976, 

988 

Private Mail Services: 558 

Proofs: 54, 63, 66, 68, 122, 145, 235, 426-427, 467, 475, 501-505, 507, 

536, 544, 548-550, 571, 580, 583, 616, 625-627, 673, 735, 810, 824, 

836, 881, 894-896, 916, 932-933, 938, 957, 962, 979, 984 

Railway Stamps: 463 

Rarities: 1020, 1053, 1060, 1081 

Rationing: 74 

Receiving Offices: 714 

Red Cross: 25, 338, 908, 976 

Redirected Mail: 276-277, 315, 869 

Redirected Mail: 440, 524, 987 

Registered Mail: 20, 251, 253-254, 258, 262, 265, 273, 277, 283, 

285, 292, 303, 307-308, 311, 323, 326, 330, 336, 338, 340, 355-361, 

363-375, 389-390, 399-400, 415, 486, 488, 513, 523, 525, 528, 540, 

582, 596-598, 630, 639, 688, 693, 695, 697, 699, 722, 766-767, 778, 

783, 797, 817, 834-835, 838, 863, 866, 871-873, 886, 893, 901-902, 

906, 910, 913, 915, 936, 938, 945, 948, 952, 955, 971, 986, 1001, 

1020 

Registration Envelopes: 424 

Registration Labels: 336, 365, 370, 374, 463, 838 

Religion: 366, 869, 883, 945 

Reprints: 66, 122, 220, 625-627 

Revenues: 5, 46, 74, 462-463, 467, 490, 495-510, 525, 582, 621, 

623-624, 665-668, 676, 688-689, 692, 772, 775-776, 784, 792, 802, 

866, 891, 895-896, 929 

Royalty: 30, 51-53, 57, 170, 204-206, 228, 304, 421-422, 548-549, 

788-791, 841, 860, 871-872 

Se-Tenant Issues: 552, 907, 917 

Share Scrip, Stocks & Bonds: 92, 366 

Shells: 986 

Ship Letter: 511, 515, 712, 1029 

Ship Mail: 64, 105, 278-279, 317, 456, 514, 526, 631, 685, 690, 693, 

756, 867, 1029 

Ship/Paquebot Markings: 14, 18, 64-65, 259, 312, 325, 380, 456, 

959 

Space & Astronomy: 20, 47, 68, 219 

Specimen Stamps: 13, 15, 37, 48, 108, 120, 134, 136-139, 148-149, 

163, 201, 204-205, 208, 213-214, 220, 224, 245, 459, 473, 490, 502, 

507, 534, 581, 669-670, 672, 719, 857, 875, 901, 904-907, 910, 913, 

1069 

Sport: 227 

Sport - Billiards: 562 

Sport - Cycling: 741-743 

Sport - Fishing: 286, 985 

Sport - Golf: 227 

Sport - Horse Racing: 100-101, 496 

Sport - Hunting: 76 

Sport - Olympic Games: 3, 16, 32, 47, 56, 88, 117 

Sport - Skiing: 757, 898 

Sport - Soccer: 88 

Sport - Surfing: 286 

Stamp Dealers: 237, 523 

Telegrams: 869, 936 

Telegraph Offices: 754, 835 

Telegraph Stamps: 141, 727 

Tete-Beche Pairs: 991 

Theatre & Dance: 806, 869 

Thematics & Subjects: 43, 56-68, 122, 225, 237, 794-795, 824, 

830, 940 

Tin Can Mail: 1003 

Tourism: 57, 286, 869 

Trains: 350 

Transport - Aeroplanes: 60, 73, 230-231, 328, 836, 1011 

Transport - Motor Vehicles: 74, 274, 294 

Transport - Motorcycles: 274 

Transport - Railways & Trains: 23, 92, 285, 350, 365, 555-557, 

599, 608, 752, 826, 1079 

Transport - Ships & Boats: 292, 833, 909, 966-970, 1034, 1079 

Transport - Trams & Cable Cars: 75 

Travelling Post Offices: 23, 273, 359, 370, 513, 591, 678, 755, 763, 

826 

Triangular Stamps: 765 

Unissued Stamps: 548-549, 833, 881-882, 946, 957, 972 

Universal Postal Union: 691, 830, 841, 855-856 

Unusual Origins or Destinations: 252, 255-258, 263, 265, 276, 

283, 292-293, 296-297, 301, 309, 316, 318-319, 326-327, 336, 

338-341, 345, 347-348, 353-354, 367, 370, 372-374, 378, 380-381, 

383, 386, 448, 456, 511, 517, 524, 526, 562-563, 629, 633, 687-688, 

691, 815, 829, 834, 864-865, 867, 870, 887, 935, 944, 976, 981, 987, 

1003 

Varieties & Flaws: 5, 30, 36, 51, 53, 108, 114-115, 118, 123, 125, 

127, 129, 135-136, 143-144, 146, 155, 157, 159, 173-175, 177-181, 

183-186, 188-195, 197-198, 200, 210-211, 227-231, 233, 243-246, 

264, 300, 393, 424, 458, 471-473, 478, 480, 489, 492-493, 536, 

543-544, 546-547, 552-557, 620, 628, 637, 650, 655-656, 660-661, 

664, 668, 720, 726, 731, 736-740, 761, 774, 779-781, 795, 813, 839, 

846, 855, 880, 882-884, 907, 909, 916, 924, 927-928, 934, 937, 945, 

947, 954, 963, 965, 968, 974-975, 983, 987-989, 991-998, 1005 

Varieties - Missing Colours: 226-227, 883, 916 

Volcanoes: 1003 

War Tax Stamps: 779 

Writers: 61, 829 

Zeppelins & Airships: 828, 870

Feb 17, 2012 


Contents of Auction #171 

Please note that our featured “Gallery Sections” are listed in Red 

“Prestige Points” Catalogue Introduction pages 3 

Tips for New Bidders 4 

Understanding Our Symbols and Grading System 5 

Public Auction Terms of Sale 6 

Forthcoming “New Zealand” Auction - Notice to Request Catalogue 7 

Cross-References 8 to 10 

Lot Numbers 

Miscellaneous Lots 1 - 50 

Omnibus Issues 51 - 55 

Thematics & Subjects 56 - 68 

Albums & Accessories 69 - 70 

“Cinderellas” 71 - 76 

Coins & Banknotes 77 - 82 

Documents & Ephemera 83 - 94 

Picture Postcards 95 - 106 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 107 - 455 

General & Miscellaneous Lots 107 - 123 

Kangaroo Issues 124 - 171 

King George V Heads 172 - 199 

Other Pre-Decimal Issues 200 - 214 

Decimal Issues - including an amazing proof sheetlet 215 - 237 

Booklets 238 - 243 

Postage Dues 244 - 248 

Postal History 249 - 455 

General 249 - 294 

Kangaroo Frankings - the collection formed by Matt Hancock 295 - 403 

First Day Covers/Flight Covers 404 - 409 

Military and Censor Mail 410 - 415 

Postal Stationery 416 - 455 

WWI “Military Envelopes” formed by Barry Scott of NZ 425 - 455 

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES 456 - 755 

General & Miscellaneous Lots 456 - 470 

New South Wales 471 - 534 

Including Revenues 495 - 510 

Queensland 535 - 569 

South Australia 570 - 612 

Including Departmental Overprints 605 - 612 

Tasmania 613 - 639 

Including Postal Stationery 635 - 639 

Victoria 640 - 725 

Including “Half-Lengths” 641 - 654 

Barred Numeral Cancellations 700 - 717 

Postal Stationery 718 - 725 

Western Australia - including WA’s earliest postal marking 726 - 755


Contents of Auction #171 - continued 

Please note that our featured “Gallery Sections” are shown in Red 

Lot Numbers 

REST OF THE WORLD 756 - 1013 

Antarctica 756 

Austria 757 - 761 

Baltic States 762 - 766 

Belgian Congo - Ruanda Urundi 767 - 769 

BCOF/British West Indies/Burma 770 - 784 

Canada 785 - 792 

Ceylon 793 - 801 

China - including 8f Monkey on First Day Cover 802 - 808 

Cocos/Cook/Cyprus/Ethiopia 809 - 812 

Fiji 813 - 820 

France & French Community 821 - 824 

Germany & German Colonies 825 - 833 

Gibraltar/Gilbert & Ellice Islands/Gold Coast 834 - 838 

Great Britain 839 - 873 

Hong Kong 874 - 880 

India and Feudatory States 881 - 896 

Ireland/Italy/Japan 897 - 899 

Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika 900 - 915 

Malayan Region 917 - 929 

Malta/Mauritius 930 - 934 

Middle East - including a fine collection of Egypt King Farouk 935 - 946 

Morocco Agencies/Nauru 947 - 950 

New Guinea/New Hebrides/Nigeria/Norfolk/North Borneo/Nyasaland 951 - 965 

Papua/Papua New Guinea/Portuguese Colonies 966 - 976 

Rhodesia - including a rare Admiral 977 - 981 

Russia/Samoa 982 - 983 

Solomons - including a magnificent Small Canoes die proof 984 - 986 

Somaliland 987 - 988 

South African Provinces - Griqualand West & New Republic 989 - 998 

South Africa/Switzerland/Tonga 999 - 1003 

United States 1004 - 1011 

Zanzibar 1012 - 1013 

Philatelic Literature featuring East Asia 1014 - 1085 

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as bidding agents. You may wish to contact them directly to engage their services. 

Matt Hancock 

(in his private capacity) - Phone: +61 401 976018 - Email: stampsulike@gmail.com 

Hugh Freeman (Sydney) - Phone: +61 2 9977 5635 - Email: hhf@optusnet.com.au 

Mark Knothe 

(relocated to Victoria) - Phone: +61 414 894991 - Email: gknothe@bigpond.com

Feb 17, 2012 


Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 

MISCELLANEOUS 

1 

Ex Lot 1 

*O British Commonwealth Antigua to Malta in "New Imperial Postage Album" for issues to KGV with better selections 

from Antigua with QV to 6d (2) *, KGV 1922 5/- & Pictorials to 2/6d *; Bahamas with Chalons to 4d (7) & 6d (2) & 

Sidefaces to 1/- (2), KGV to 5/- (2); Barbados including 1855-58 imperf 1d deep blue (*) 6d & 1/-, Sidefaces to 5/-, 

Seal Crown CA to 2/6d (both) & MCA set and 1897 Jubilee 2/6d all *, 1912-16 Seal set *, 1920 Victory set * or used; 

Bechuanaland QV 2/6d *; British Honduras KEVII 1902 set optd 'SPECIMEN' & 1907 $2 *; Ceylon QV perforated 

Pence issues to 2/- (2), Sidefaces to 96c, Large Format to 2r25c *, KEVII to 2r25c, KGV 500r fiscally used; 

Falklands 1933 Pictorials to 1/- * (½d used); France 5f lilac-grey Dallay #32 used; Gibraltar KEVII 4/- KGV 5/- & 10/- 

*; India KGV Star or Multiple Star to 25r; KUT with East Africa KGV to 4r used, Kuwait KGV Multiple Star 2r used; 

Lagos QV & KEVII to 5/- *; Malta 1899 10/- used; also some forgeries, mixed condition. {Page 13.1} (many 100s) 

2,500 

2 

3 

4 

Ex Lot 2 

*O - the continuation with Mauritius to Zululand, better selections from Mauritius with Imperfs to 1/-, Sidefaces to 5/-, 

Surcharges 1/- on 5/-, KGV to 2r50c; Natal Chalons including 1861-62 Rough Perf trio, later issues to 5/- (3); 

Newfoundland 1897 400th Anniversary set * or used; NWPI Roos to 5/- (2) *, 10/- SG 84 * & SG 117 & £1 SG 99 *, 

1918 Surcharges 1d on 5d used & 1d on 1/- *, Heads 1d Die II SG 103b & perf 'OS' 4d blue & 4d violet; New 

Guinea Huts 5/- & Airs £1 *, Dated Birds to 10/- * & Airs to 10/- *, Undated Birds set * (5/- is used) & Airs 10/- & £1; 

Nyasaland with 1891 optd 'BCA' 3/-; Rhodesia with Arms to £10 (fiscally used), 1905 Falls set * (2/6d used); 

"Saints" including St Kitts Tercentenary to 5/- *; Sarawak with 1888 50c & $1 *; Southern Nigeria KEVII Crown CA 

5/- & 10/- *; Straits Settlements 1867 6c on 2a plus Bangkok 'B' overprints x3; Zanzibar 1896 2½ on 1½a SG 35 *; 

also forgeries and modern reprints, mixed condition with close inspection suggested.{Page 13.2} (many 100s) 

*/**OC Attractive mix including Great Britain Imperf 1d red mint vertical strip of 3 with sheet margin at right; China 1975 

Country Women Teachers **; Germany 1942 Officials **, 1936 Olympics M/S on cover with commemorative first 

day cancels, 1944 Nazi Membership Revenues; New Zealand 1990 Orchids M/S Imperforate in Exhibition folder; 

United States 1873 War Official 12c rose Scott #O89 (regummed); Postage Dues 1879 30c brown * & 1895 3c 

claret ** (Philatelic Foundation Certificates), 1942 Wine Revenues $1.50 & $4.80 unused, plus a few proofs, 

overprints, and 1931 MacMillan Expedition tête-bêche block of 4; etc. (100+) 

*/**OC 

Australia including Yearbooks 1981-1990 (ex 1988), 1971 Christmas block of 7 *, other mint multiples and stamp 

packs; plus Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, United States, etc, and PNG 1985 Yearbook. (1000s) 

2,500 

1,000 

150


Ex Lot 18 - Useful Range of Covers 

Ex Lot 23 - Travelling Post Offices 

Ex Lot 5 

Ex Lot 46 

Ex Lot 53 - Jubilee Varieties 

Lot 58 - Signed by Lawrence Hargrave 

Ex Lot 61 - Rudyard Kipling

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MISCELLANEOUS (continued) 


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6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

*/**OC 

Australian Colonies including New South Wales Sydney Views 3d used, Tasmania 1900 2d optd 'REVENUE' with 

Value Printed Double * (Elsmore Cat $150), Victoria 1860 2d grey-violet, Postage Dues Wmk V/Crown 5/- *, CofGH 

Triangles 1d 2d & 1/- (faults), Greece earlies, Hong Kong revenues, Contract Notes & Postage Dues, South West 

Africa 1923 Overprints 1/3d pair SG 36 * & mint singles to £1, world covers including registered mail, censor 

markings and FDCs.{Page 14.3} (100s) 

*O British Commonwealth array with used including Great Britain Penny Black x2 (faults), 6d Embossed cut-square, 

Solomon Islands 1939 Pictorials, Canada 1908 Tercentenary, 1928 & 1930 Pictorials, Hong Kong 1962 to $20, 

Ireland 1922 Provisional Overprints, plus a wide range of earlies in mixed condition, Cat £1500+. (1000s) 

*/** - including Falkland Islands 1938 Pictorials to £1 *, Gibraltar 1960 Pictorials to £1 **, Grenada 1902 Wmk Crown 

CA 5/- green and carmine *, Channel Islands in two albums, Norfolk Island largely complete to 1966 */**, plus mint 

Mauritius, New Zealand & Pitcairn. 

*OC 

C 

Asian array with used Japan including Dragons, Kobans, Chrysanthemums and values to 1y plus a large album of 

modern FDCs, French Post Offices in China 30c brown & 40c orange with lozenge '5104' cancels & 75c carmine 

with cds of Shanghai, Hong Kong 1954-62 $2 Short Character SG 189a in used pair, plus Vietnam including some 

better sets & M/Ss plus imperforates. High catalogue value. (100s) 

Assorted covers including Papua 1908 philatelic registered cover (faults) & 1942 censored; Papua New Guinea 

1960 commericial registered airmail to California with 1/7d Cattle, plus Australian range including KGV covers with 

frankings to 5d, officially sealed mail, airmail fronts with values to 5/- Roo, and fan mail including 1918 to Charlie 

Chaplin redirected to Hollywood with 3d olive, 1937 to Majorie Lawrence and an illustrated cover to Dame Mary 

Gilmore. (100s) 

*O British Commonwealth sparse array in two Stanley Gibbons "New Imperial Postage" albums in very good 

condition; also South West Africa 1923-67 collection with pairs including 1938 Voortrekker Centenary set *, 1938 

Huguenots * & used, 1941-43 War Effort * (ex 2d) & used, 1943-44 Reduced Size * & used plus dues & officials; 

condition variable. (few 100s) 

**/* British Commonwealth QEII Pictorials including Barbados SG 289-301, Dominica SG 140-158 (2 sets), Gibraltar 

SG 145-158 & 160-173, Leewards SG 126-140, North Borneo SG 391-406 (2 sets), Nyasaland SG 173-187, 

Rhodesia & Nyasaland SG 18-31 (2 sets), St Helena SG 153-165, Swaziland SG 53-65 etc, apparently all 

unmounted but in small packets so inspection is difficult; also some earlier items including Straits Settlements SG 

33a, 99-102 & 141-151 (not checked for perfs), Fiji QV 5/- marginal example, etc. 

CPS 

Carton of predominantly CSIRO bird research correspondence including airmail covers, aerogrammes and 

registered items with educational and scientific imprints, to a wide variety of destinations, including oversized 

registered airmail cover with 'DARWIN/POSTAGE CONCESSION' h/s in violet. (100s) 

500 

500 

300 

400 

450 

350 

500 T 

400 

13 

14 

CPS 

Ex Lot 13 Ex Lot 19 

Carton of British Empire covers & Postal Stationery mostly African with many better items from Sierra Leone, 

Gambia, Nigeria, Tanganyika, Basutoland etc, also better items from Cyprus including 19th century covers & some 

useful non-British Colonies material. The best sections are Postal Stationery including 'SPECIMEN' overprints & 

Aerogrammes, and WWII with many scarce censor labels & cachets. Most are sealed in cellophane packets & 

some items have been damaged by shrinkage but most are fine to very fine. Retail/ebay opportunity.{Page 15.1} 

(300+) 

CPS Carton of albums with PPCs from Foreign Post Offices in the Levant (14), Turkey (29), French POs in Egypt (4), 

Malta (30), Gibraltar (35) etc, also some covers including several early Persia, album of philatelic paquebot & US 

naval ships covers, etc, condition variable. Ex "Cartophile". (250+) 

15 */**O A 

16 */**C A 

17 

Collection with thematic interest in quality albums with Christmas including advertising covers with slogan and 

pictorial cancels, FDCs, flight covers, aerogrames and telegrams, Exhibitions collection including M/Ss, plus Ducks, 

Koalas and Railways with complete sheets, M/Ss & multiples optd 'SPECIMEN'; and Italy in a stockbook. 

Consignment remainders with Australia 2000 & 2004 Olympic Gold Medallists sheetlets in commemorative 

albums, lots of booklets including a few "prestige" types & AFL Centenary booklet pack, phonecards etc; AAT 

1957-2009 collection **; Pacific Islands stamp packs & FDCs; Great Britain Machins and booklets. (Qty) 

*/**O - with Australia pedestrian pre-decimals including duplicated KGV low values, decimal to $20 **, Malta with both 

KGVI Pictorial sets * plus lots of QEII sets */**, Great Britain from Penny Black (poor), also Indian States and United 

States, mixed condition. (many 100s) 

1,000 

300 

350 

300 

250




18 

19 

20 

C 

C 

*/**OC 

21 C A/B 

22 

23 

24 

25 

**PR 

Covers assortment with military including WWII Tatura Camp stampless to New York, 1949 BCOF 2/- corner block 

of 4 & Thick Paper marginal 5/- on separate covers tied by 'AUST ARMY PO/512' cds, plus lots of WWII Australian 

Forces censor covers; paquebot including 1929 taxed to New York with 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/ BREMEN/ 

NEW YORK' d/s, 1937 France to New York with 'PARIS/ST LAZARE/PAQUEBOTS' machine cancel, South Africa 

1944 censored to Boston with 'NEW YORK/PAQUEBOT' cds; also Tristan Da Cunha 1937-50 taxed cachet covers 

to London (4) or South Africa, advertising covers including United States 1948 Campbells Soup illustrated, Austria 

early 1900s Postal Cards uprated or taxed, etc. {Page 14.1} (150 approx) 

Disaster mail including 1894 Queensland to Auckland with fine strike of 'Saved from wreck of the/WAIRARAPA' h/s 

in blue, United States 1917 to India with 'DAMAGED BY SEA WATER' h/s & to England with 'DAMAGED BY 

IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER', Australia 1930 to England with 'DAMAGED BY FIRE/ON S.S. COMORIN.', New 

Zealand 1930 two covers to America with a poor or fair strikes of 'Salvaged from/SS Tahiti/Lost at sea', 1938 Britain 

to Perth per "Calpurnia" with 'DAMAGED BY WATER/THROUGH ACCIDENT/TO FLYING BOAT' h/s in red, also 

1953 "Comet" and 1954 "Moose Jaw" & "Belfast" (2) crash covers, plus three other items. {Page 15.2} (14) 

Diverse world including China 1985 registered cover to Melbourne with company imprint, strength in British 

Commonwealth and Europe, thematic representations for Sport, Animals, and Space, plus a range of covers 

(mostly FDCs), stamp packs, and heaps of assorted stamps on piece. (100s) 

East Africa commercial World War II covers with scarce censor labels &/or cachets from Nyasaland, 

Madagascar (5), Mauritius (4, one inwards from Canada), Reunion & Zanzibar (registered airmail to USA). Very 

good lot. (12 items) 

Estate remainders in rather dire condition in 4 large cartons with Australia in a couple of albums plus a stack of 

Australia Post year albums, Great Britain including KEVII to £1 & PUC £1, British Empire in 3 albums, album of New 

Zealand, foreign array, covers including some airmails from Germany that can at least yield up some better stamps, 

World Wildlife Fund covers in 4 albums, 1988 "Australian Collection" of gold-plated stamp replicas, etc. This sad lot 

is the balance of an estate from the Northern Territory. Virtually everything is climatically challenged but ardent 

fossickers will uncover some value. Must be collected. (Qty) 

CPS European Travelling Post Office datestamps on postcards (mostly) & covers from France (90+), Monaco (3), 

Italy (13), Sweden (10), Switzerland (25) etc, condition variable. An attractive lot.{Page 14.2} (150 approx) 

*OC 

European array mostly used including Greece 1896 Olympics 2d, 1911 10d & 25d, 1939 St Paul set; Netherlands 

1872 2g50c, 1946 1g to 10g; Russia 1858 Wmk 30k green & crimson, 1904 No Thunderbolts; Spain 1889 10pta 

brick-red, 1907 Exhibition *, 1930 Exhibition 4pta & 10pta & Airmails *; Sweden 1858 50ö, 1886 Posthorn on 

Reverse; Switzerland 1881 15f yellow, 1900 Anniversary, 1929 Airmails, plus "Cinderellas", commercial covers, 

local stamps and PPCs. High catalogue value but very mixed condition. Inspection recommended. (1000s) 

*/**OC - with Denmark to 2009 including 1875 New Currency used, 1882 Small Numerals used, 1921 Red Cross *, 1924 

Postal Service used, 1925 Airmails (ex 1k, Cat €310) *, plus two albums of mostly used Europa issues including 

M/Ss & complete sheets, mixed condition, Cat €690. (1000+) 

600 

800 

150 

350 

Offer 

400 

600 

200 

26 

*/**O 

Ex Lot 26 

Gibbons "King George VI" album fairly well filled (sparse Malayan States) with complete sets, broken/part sets & 

odd values, predominantly mint including British Honduras 1938 Pictorials & Caymans 1938 Pictorials, India 1937 

15r (used) & Gandhi 10r, Kuwait 1939 to 5r & 1945 set, Leewards 5/- to £1, St Helena 1938 Badge set (3d blue is 

used), St Kitts 1938 Pictorials & Turks 1938 Pictorials; also 1948 Silver Wedding approximately 80% complete 

including Hong Kong and Malayan States, etc, condition variable. Opportunity for expansion.{Page 16.1} (100s) 

27 C 

Small carton of covers & PPCs in rather mixed condition. 

Offer 

28 

29 

30 

O 

Literature and supplies comprising "Pacifica" & "The Australian Commonwealth Collectors' Club of New South 

Wales" journals, assorted literature titles, plus New Zealand album pages and a variety of mounts. 

*O Miscellany including Canada 1859 5c Beaver x20 & British Columbia Revenues; Great Britain pre-decimal & 

decimal commemorative sets used; Rhodesia QEII 1965 & 1966 Pictorial sets *; Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954 

Yellowish Paper or White Paper sets plus 1959 Pictorial set all *; Northern Rhodesia postmarks on KGVI low values 

(250+, duplication); Thailand 1947 King Bhumibol 10s olive-brown, United States 19th century array. 

*/**OC - including 1932 cover with 5/- Bridge added & fake postmark applied!, 1937 Coronation sets * and used plus 

additional FDI sets on cover, 1946 Victory largely complete *, Mauritius 1858-1970 collection with Crown CC to 1/- 

(2) including Watermark Inverted 4d & 1/- blue, KGVI 1943 5r *, also Canada and Royalty issues in 3 volumes and 

United States mostly 1930s-60s FDCs in 3 volumes. (100s) 

1,800 

Offer 

350 

300

Feb 17, 2012 




31 

*/**OC - Including Nyasaland KGV Keyplates MCA 10/- used & £1 fiscally used, Script 2/- (3, one is *), 2/6d (2) used, 4/- * 

& used, & 5/- * & Silver Wedding *, also Malawi 1975 Birds set on FDC, Northern Rhodesia KGV 2/- * and 2/6d & 3/- 

used, 1963 Arms **, Rhodesia 1892-1909 duplicated Arms used, United States collection in three volumes with 

1920s-70s issues */**, condition variable. (100s) 

32 */**OC A 

Mixed lot with Australia including Roos CofA Wmk 10/- used, KGV Heads to 1/4d used including SMult Wmk Perf 

14 3d with Watermark Inverted perf 'OS' used, mint multiples, Gold Medallists album; several Victoria outers and 

entires and a range of world FDCs including Norfolk Island, New Guinea, New Zealand, PNG, USA & Olympic 

FDCs with commemorative cancels. (100s) 

33 *O B Mostly used with Australia including Roos First Wmk 2d Watermark Inverted & 1/- perf Small 'OS' (parcel cancel), 

Third Wmk 2d & 6d blue Watermark Inverted & 1/- Watermark Sideways (unused), SMult Wmk 6d optd 'OS' (toned) 

& 9d *, KGV Heads to 1/4d; Tasmania 2/6d fiscally used; Bechuanaland 1961 Pictorials *; Swaziland 1962 Pictorials 

*; mixed condition. (100s) 

34 

35 

36 

37 

38 

39 

*/**CO Pacific Islands with New Guinea 1932 optd 'OS' *, complete sheets of Huts 1d & 1½d and 1d to 3d optd 'OS' ** 

(toning); New Zealand 1899 Postage Dues 5d to 2/- *; registered 1935 Jubilee FDCs from British Solomons & 

Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Ship Mail cover "per S.S. Tahiti" & Tonga PPCs (3), Cat £1150++. (200+) 

CPS - covers including German New Guinea 5pf Postal Card with 'GRI/1d' opt unused, New Guinea 1935 commercial 

registered cover with 3d & Jubilee 2d (rare on commercial cover), Papua 1940 PPC with Pictorials 1½d (very 

scarce), PNG 1/0½d Registration Envelope uprated with 3d by air to Hobart, Solomons 1d Small Canoe on PPC, 

1905 Fijian PPC with NZ 1d & 'FANNING ISLAND' cds, lots of philatelic covers. (60+) 

*/** Potpourri with USA 1870s-1960s collection including mint 1922-25 values to $2 & $5, 1929 Kansas & Nebraska 

overprint sets, 1930 Zeppelins 65c & $1.30 (Cat $US475), 1933 50c Zeppelin, Prexies to $5; Australia pre-decimal 

multiples **, stamp packs & heavily duplicated PSEs; Austria 1969 issues in complete sheets & Opera M/S x50 **; 

Switzerland 1955 Lausanne Philex M/S * (thin); Royalty omnibus collections, etc. Lots to view! (Qty) 

*/**OC 

Predominantly Australia including 10/- Robes optd 'SPECIMEN' *, £1 Arms **, Navigators 7/6d optd 'SPECIMEN' 

BW #406x ** & 10/- White Paper optd 'SPECIMEN' 13.5mm #407xb **, plus decimals with mint including 1971 

Christmas blocks of 25 x2; plus assorted world stamps and covers with mostly Pacific Islands. (1000s) 

*/**O - mostly used with Roos to 5/- including Third Wmk 9d block of 4 perf 'OS' (parcel cancel) & 5/- perf 'OS' x3, 

Engraved Kooka, KGV Heads to 1/4d including issues perf 'OS', Kooka M/S (**, blemishes), 5/- Bridge (faults), 1935 

Silver Jubilee (*), Decimals to $5 including Cook M/S (2, one **), AAT 1966 Pictorials x2 (**); also Colonies, Great 

Britain with Penny Reds, Castles and a few Seahorses, Canada, New Zealand, and United States; condition very 

mixed. Inspection recommended. (1000s) 

*O Carton with single-volume collections from Great Britain with some better items, Hong Kong a very good range 

with many better stamps; Canada including 1870 10c pale lilac-magenta, 1893 20c vermilion (*), 1897 10c, 1937 

Pictorials; and New Zealand including 1898 Pictorials to 5/-; also France 1900 Merson 1f block of 4 (*/**), 1908 

Tercentenary 15c brown-orange, 1925-26 20f; Japan 1875 5s green, 1884 Wedding 5s (*), 1915 Coronation 10s 

blue (*); United States; German States; etc, mixed condition. Inspection recommended. (1000s) 

40 *O A Predominantly used with Australia including Roos to 2/- including values perf Large 'OS', KGV Heads to 5d, 1934 

Victoria Centenary & Macarthur, 1935 ANZAC, 1938 Sesqui, decimals including strips, booklet panes & M/S, plus 

Australian Colonies and world including Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and USA. (many 

100s) 

41 

*/**OC 

Scandinavia with unmounted including Greenland 1950 Ships, 1956 Surcharges; Iceland 1937 Silver Jubilee M/S, 

1938 Geysers, 1939 World Fair (*, toning), 1944 Republic, 1948 Hekla, 1950 Pictorials (*), 1952 Parliament Building 

25k, 1952 President, Airs, 1956 Pictorials; also Sweden 1886 Posthorns used, 1903 Post Office used; plus Russia 

1934 Airs used, two large cartons of FDCs and assorted Hungary. (1000s) 

250 

400 

300 

500 

500 

600 

400 

400 

1,000 

300 

450 

42 

Ex Lot 42 

*O Gibbons "New Ideal - Foreign Countries" two volume set with China including Large Dragon 1ca used, Small 

Dragons 1c unused plus 3c & 5c used, Red Revenues 1c on 3c SG 88 * (Cat £500), 2c on 3c SG 89 used (thin) & 

2c on 3c SG 93 used (Cat £250); Austria, Denmark, France, Germany plus States & Colonies, Italy, Netherlands, 

Norway, Sweden, also United States including 1869 30c Pictorial, Hawaii, Central & South America, variable 

condition. {Page 17.1} (9500+) 

43 ** A Three stockbooks of modern British Commonwealth sets with high thematic content, unmounted. (Qty) 

400 

44 

*O Three volumes mostly used with better selections from Denmark, China, Fiji 1938 5d "Blue Canes" x2 & 6d Die I 

x2 *, Germany with Berlin 1948 1m & 5m (Cat €900), 1949 Goethe set, Great Britain with Re-Engraved Seahorse 

10/-, Wedding £1 * & used, Arms £1 *, Ireland 2/6 Seahorse It New Zealand, condition variable. 

45 *OC 

Two cartons with collector's remainders in albums, packets etc. Fossickers wanted. (Qty) 

250 

46 

*O Victoria Stamp Statutes Wmk V/Crown 10/- x2 , £1 x2 & £5 and Stamp Duty 1887 £5 all fiscally used, Australia 

pre-decimal and decimal multiples including imprint blocks, New Zealand mint issues including plate numbers and 

Healths, plus predominantly mint Norfolk Island in two albums.{Page 14.4} (1000+) 

1,500 

400 

350




47 

48 

49 

50 

*/**O 

World including mostly mint Australia decimals to $10, 1971 Christmas blocks of 7 & 25, 1970 Captain Cook M/S 

x2 (one ANPEX), WWII 6d War Savings block of 10 (upper left unit stapled), plus China, Gulf States with thematic 

interest, and QEII Silver Jubilee & United Nations FDCs. (100s) 

*/**OC - including Fiji 1938 Pictorials used, New Zealand 1931 Smiling Boys 2d+1d blue used, Papua New Guinea 1963 

10/- & £1 optd 'SPECIMEN', New Guinea 1931 2/- optd 'OS', Japan 1884 Silver Wedding 2s & 5s *, United States 

1929 optd 'Kans.' * & 'Nebr.' used, plus "Cinderellas" and a range of covers. (1000s) 

*/**OC 

C 

OMNIBUS ISSUES 

51 

World array with better Great Britain including Penny Reds, 1955 De La Rue Castles complete sheet (adhesion in 

the margin) **, Waterlow Castles blocks of 4 to £1 (**, 2/6d block of 6), useful spacefillers and mint multiples in large 

folio, plus Australia including Colonies, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, USA, etc. (1000s) 

Worldwide covers with many priced to sell at between $5 and $40 including 1950s-80s flight covers, Australia 

pre-decimal FDCs including 1928 3d Kooka with FDI Exhibition cancel in red plus lots of turn-of-the century PPCs 

(mostly sentimental types, some embossed), condition variable. (100s) 

*/** 1935 SILVER JUBILEE: Apparently complete * (ex British Forces in Egypt) including South Africa 6d pair with Cleft 

Skull flaw; also 1937 Coronation complete *, plus 1946 Victory blocks of 4 */**; well worth checking as there may be 

varieties lurking, condition generally fine, Cat £1500+. (100s) 

150 

400 

600 

350 

600 

52 

Ex Lot 52 

Lot 54 

O - Antigua to Virgin Islands complete (ex British Forces in Egypt), South Africa represented by both sets of singles 

plus vertical pairs, Cat £1600. Unchecked by us for varieties or Madame Joseph cancels. [The catalogue value 

doesn't appropriately reflect that most sets are much scarcer used than mint]{Page 18.1} (240+) 

53 */** A/B - Listed varieties comprising Basutoland 3d Dot to Left of Chapel SG 13g (toning) & 6d Dot by Flagstaff SG 14h; 

Gambia 1½d (unmounted) & 6d (hinge remainders) both with Extra Flagstaff variety SG 143a & 145a; Gold Coast 

1d & 6d both with Extra Flagstaff variety SG 113a & 115a; Malta ½d Extra Flagstaff SG 210a in a corner block of 4 

*, ½d Lightning Conductor SG 210c used (surface stain), 2½d Short Extra Flagstaff SG 211b * & 6d Extra Flagstaff 

SG 212a *; Swaziland Extra Flagstaff on 2d single and in 3d & 6d corner blocks of 4 (lower units **) SG 22a 23a & 

24a; Cat £1900+. Unusual opportunity.{Page 14.5} (22) 

54 P A- 

1946-47 VICTORY: die proof of the King's portrait-in-oval with unfilled background in black on wove paper, a couple 

of very minor blemishes. Key item. Ex Waterlow Archives.{Page 18.2} 

55 */** EUROPA: 1960s-80s issues with most issuing countries represented including M/Ss and sheetlets. (many 100s) 300 

THEMATICS & SUBJECTS 

56 */** A Olympics including Russia 1964 Olympics olive-green 1r M/S ** plus additional sets including imperforates; also 

some insects, paintings, space, and United Nations. (100+) 

57 

C/CL 

58 PS B 

AIRMAILS: 1937 Air France "round-the-world" multi-part private letter card with 3fr & 20fr tied by 'EXPOSITION 

1937/PARIS TOURISME' cds, to Brazil where adhesives cancelled with elaborate rubber cds, to United States with 

20c & 50c Airs cancelled at New York, to Hong Kong where KGV 5c & $1 and 15c Coronation cancelled, thence on 

to Paris; also 1937 Air France long cover from London with 2/6d Seahorse, to Brazil, United States and Hong Kong 

then back to London with adhesives added at each intermediate stage, some blemishes. Scarce duo. (2) 

AUTOGRAPHS: Australia 1896 use of NSW 1½d Letter Card headed "Stanwell Park/Clifton" & signed "Law 

Hargrave", minor staining. [Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915) was a world-renowned researcher into the principles of 

flight. He was also an early explorer of British New Guinea, & had other scientific interests including astronomy. His 

country home was "Hillcrest House" at Stanwell Park. He was commemorated on a 1965 5d stamp & on the initial 

$20 banknote. Hargrave's letter is to early stamp dealer William Petterd, but in respect of a book by Petterd on 

Tasmania's minerals]{Page 14.6} 

59 L/B B - Australia 1931 Post Office 'Mailman's Waybill' & Qantas 'Pilot's Waybill' both signed "Hudson Fysh/Pilot"; also 

KGV 2/- booklet (one stamp missing); minor blemishes. [Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh (1895-1974) was a founder of 

Qantas & a founding director of TEAL (later Air New Zealand)] (3 items) 

60 * A - "CKingsfordSmith" across 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d pair. 

100 

61 C/L B - Great Britain 1918 flapless cover with 'BURWASH/ETCHINGHAM BO SUSSEX' cds & signed "RKipling" at 

lower-left, and 1935 typed notelet headed 'BATEMAN'S/BURWASH/SUSSEX' & signed "Rudyard Kipling"; minor 

blemishes. [Kipling was the author of "The Jungle Book", "Gunga Din", "Just So Stories" & the poem "If". He was 

awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, and died in London on 18/1/1936, 18 days after the notelet was 

sent]{Page 14.7} (2) 

62 

*/**O 

FLORA: China 1960 Chrysanthemums used, 1964 Peonies used; Macau 1953 Indigenous Flowers *, plus issues 

from Great Britain, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Russia, and Vietnam. (100s) 

1,000 T 

850 

400 

150 

400 T 

500 

200 T 

350 

350

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THEMATICS & SUBJECTS (continued) 


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65 

66 

*/**OP - Proofs including Cameroon 1963 Postage Dues SG #D342-357 *, 1967 Fruits #463-71 *, Gabon 1961 Flowers to 

5f #175-79 *, Madagascar 1952 7f.50 in sepia #322 *, Wallis and Futana 1976 12f & 17f épreuve deluxe proofs (4, 

two of each), plus issued material from British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Switzerland, and 

Vietnam. (100+) 

C 

PAQUEBOT: Covers with an array of mostly Pacific markings, also a bundle of mostly philatelic covers with ships' 

cachets & a group of PPCs of ships, a number of useful commercial items noted. {Page 20.1} (240 approx) 

C - Collection of mostly commercially used PPCs (the majority, including a group of ships with some lovely subjects) 

& covers with an array of Paquebot cancels & handstamps or related markings, some better items including 1901 

Malta-Trieste with large 'Paquebot.' h/s (not listed by Hosking) of 'MESSINA', 1906 Djibouti-Paris with 'LA 

REUNION A MARSEILLE/LU No 2' d/s, 1930 Philippines internal with weird 'PAQUETE-BOTE' h/s & 'STA CRUZ 

DAVAO PI' cds both in rosine, GB PPC with 'CK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/COLUMBA' cds, several 'POSTED ON 

THE HIGH SEAS' types, two Egyptian OPS covers to GB with 'REDIRECTED/SHIPS MAIL' cachet, etc, condition 

variable - some with stamps removed - but generally fine to very fine. {Page 20.2} (220+) 

*O PHILATELIC TERMS: Album with locals, some interesting postmarks, elaborate perfins, inverted overprints, 

misplaced perfs, bisects on piece, se-tenants, tête-bêche pairs, etc. Basis for a riveting fun collection.{Page 20.4} 

(200+ items) 

67 */** A PRESIDENT KENNEDY: Representations from Africa, Gulf States and South America including Qatar 1966 

International Cooperation Year M/S ** (2, one with red opt), Sharjah 1964 Kennedy Memorial, and Yemen 1964 

Memorial set **, plus numerous M/S and imperforates. [See also Lot 937] (100s) 

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ALBUMS & ACCESSORIES 

69 A A 

70 A B 

CINDERELLAS 

SPACE: Proofs comprising Burundi 1968 Space Exploration 8f Weather Satellite group of eight progressive colour 

trials, Israel 1960 Inaugration of Atomic Reactor four 50a colour trial pairs; St Vincent 1986 45c Halley's comet 

imperforate pair, Tonga 1986 Halley's Comet 42s se-tenant strip of 5, 57s black & white imperforate proofs of the 

values making up the se tenant strip of 5 and an imperforate proof of the complete se-tenant strip in the issued 

colours, Niuafo'ou 1986 original artwork for Halley's Comet se tenant strip & 1989 1s Evolution of Earth imperforate 

pair in issued colours plus a single in the same design in black & white (but valued 32s with UPU crest) & 1s 

imperforate single in issued colours on glossy card. (36 items) 

Two pre-loved dealer stands (360x340mm), each with 30 Hagner-sized pockets ideal for displaying show or shop 

stock, almost as new. Retail $150 each. 

Stanley Gibbons "The New Imperial Postage Stamp Album" in two volumes with slipcases, minor aging in places 

but overall very good condition. (2) 

71 */** A ARGENTINA: Tierra del Fuego "Popper" 10c block of 4 from the top of the sheet with marginal inscription, plus 

another strip of 3, Cat £175+. (7) 

72 */** A AUSTRALIA: Airmail Labels including Qantas 1941 'Inaugural Flight Brisbane-Darwin Air Service' maroon strips of 

5 x6 & 1943 green & black 'Parachute Mail to Mornington Island' x2, plus baggage stickers etc. (100+) 

73 */** - Herald Air Mail Labels in brown * & blue (corner example) **, Cat $325+. (2) 

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OWC - 1940-50 Collection of Motor Spirit Ration Tickets plus a bundle of licences under the rationing scheme & two 

monographs. Colourful lot.{Page 19.1} (260 approx) 

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AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: Selection of 1920s (?) Melbourne tram tickets with various inscriptions & values on 

various coloured card including Single Journey pair & City Ticket strip of 4, generally very fine. Colourful & rare. 

[Our vendor advises that several similar tickets have sold for $200+ each on ebay]{Page 20.3} (16) 

*/**WO UNITED STATES: 1934-1999 Hunting Permit (Duck) Stamps complete with some duplicates including 1937, 1939, 

1941 and 1942-47, the 1930s-50s issues in mixed condition, later issues mostly fine with most 1980s-90s issues **. 

{Page 19.2v} (100+) 

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Before asking for scans to be sent to you, please check our on-line catalogue. 

Most things you want to see will already be there.


Ex Lot 64 - Paquebot Covers 

Ex Lot 65 - More Paquebot Covers 

Ex Lot 75 - Old & Rare Tram Tickets 

Ex Lot 82 - PNCs x46 

Ex Lot 66 - Philatelic Terms Illustrated 

Lot 79 - Rare PNC Forerunner 

Ex Lot 85 - Military Ephemera

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COINS & BANKNOTES 

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$ Asian banknotes with China 1920s-40s including Kee Kwan Motor Road Co 5c 10c 20c & 50c, Central Reserve 

Bank of China 1943 500y, Farmers Bank of China 20c & 100y, Mengchiang Bank (puppet bank) 1940 1 chiao, plus 

others fom the Bank of China, provincial bank private issue not listed in Pick & 1920s-50s share scrip; plus 

Cambodia 1968 & 1972 500rl etc; condition is good to very fine uncirculated. (100s) 

$ AUSTRALIA: Halfpennies 1914-1964 largely complete circulated run - no 1923 - with many years duplicated, also 

Pennies 1952, 1963 & 1964 heavily duplicated, plus a few earlier coins, mostly good to fine. (100s) 

79 $C A - 1969 50c "specimen" embedded in Nuphil #27 "PNC" serviced at Yarralumla with registration label No 0137, 

sealed in cellophane as usual. [1130 covers were produced but we expect the survival rate was poor with many of 

the scarce coins being removed and the covers discarded. No 285 sold for $760 on ebay in March 2010.{Page 

20.6} 

80 $ A - Uncirculated banknotes comprising $1 Johnston/Stone (13), $2 Johnston/Fraser (10, sequential), $10 

Fraser/Higgins (6, sequential) and $10 Fraser/Cole (2). (31) 

81 $ A - 1992 $5 Fraser/Cole R#214 consecutive run of 20 "AA14 866281/300" plus 6 more to "310" Unc. (26) 

300 

82 C$ A - 1995-2011 PNCs including 1999 Older Persons, 2000 For Valour, 2001 Army, 2002 QEII Accession 2008 World 

Youth Day, plus numerous modern issues including 2007 Howzat! Australia Wins the Ashes, both Olympic Games 

and 2010 Ashes. {Page 20.5} (46) 

DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 

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Album of military photographs including Boer War 200x150mm x8 (faults), Australian Light Horsemen, Boer War & 

WWI stereocards, WWII RAAF official training photos x3 & Box Brownie group, etc, generally fine to very fine.{Page 

22.1} (87 items) 

? AUSTRALIA: WWII military metal insignia comprising Lewis Gun (15), Machine Gunner (25), Buglers (15); collar 

badges for Engineers (50), Corps of Signals (10) & Chaplains (10); also Service Corps hat badge & collars and 

Australian Artillery Buttons (14), plus Cambodia "Faithful Service Order" & "Medal of Labour" medals, and 

Thai-Vietnam conflict medal. (100+) 

L - Large album including 1913 HMAS "Melbourne" programme, AMF 'PLATOON OR SECTION ROLL BOOK' 

(superb unused) & 'ARMY DRIVING LICENCE', Australian Comforts Fund illustrated notepaper folder, 1919 AIF 

'MILITARY PASS' with 'FAMILY SHIP - INDEFINITE LEAVE' h/s, 1919 4th Australian Divisional Artillery Armistice 

souvenir, ration cards in various states of completeness, Victorian State Emergency Council 1939 'AIR RAID/ 

PRECAUTIONS/Manual of General/Training', 1941-43 soldier's 300pp+ diary (Palestine, Sydney, New Guinea), etc, 

condition variable. Fascinating lot.{Page 20.7} (56 items) 

86 C A+ - 1920 complete set of miniature official war photographs (68x42mm) with details to order enlargements from the 

Australian War Museum Exhibition Buildings Melbourne on the reverse. Superb! [Also leaflet - a couple of faults - re 

the same project but giving the Museum's address as 122 King Street]{Page 22.2} (72 + leaflet) 

87 C A/B - ditto, official war photographs reproduced from Rose Sterograph photos on Magpie cigarette cards with ordering 

details from the Australian War Museum on the reverse, 60 of the set of 72 (?), generally fine to very fine; also a 

Magpie Cigarettes packet.{Page 22.3} (60 + packet) 

88 L A- - 1956 Olympics "Football Final & Closing Ceremony" programme with all results except the Russia v Yugoslavia 

soccer (the Russian team entered in pen). 

89 L A- 

90 C A 

91 

AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: 1840s Johnstone & Johnston "Colony of New South Wales & Australia Felix" 

map (660x540mm) from the "National Atlas", partly tinted, minor faults in the upper margin. Ideal for framing. 

AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA: Bank of Van Diemen's Land, three cheques all-different printings including two drawn in 

Spanish dollars and one in pounds, minor faults, rare. [Between 1822 & 1826 Van Diemen's Land used both 

pounds sterling and Spanish dollars because of the then shortage of British currency in the Colony. A similar lot 

realised $950 in our sale on 2/10/10]{Page 22.4} (3) 

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: 1855 London Chartered Bank of Australia (Melbourne) large bound chequebook 

(260x375mm) with about 100 pages of cheques (four per page), the earlier forms removed & with various 

interesting entries on the remaining stubs including regarding purchase of hay and provisions along the Bendigo 

Road to the goldfields, endorsed "Cobb & Co" on the face. Damp-spotting affects the stubs and the first few 

remaining pages of cheques but the majority of the forms are remarkably fine. 

92 C B - 1859 Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company share certificate with illustration of a train crossing the Yarra 

River & a map of the proposed route to Cremorne (Richmond), Windsor & Prahran, 'Sands & Kenny Stationers' 

imprint at the base, impressive embossed seal that also features the train, minor blemishes. [The company 

commenced operations in 1859 & was taken over by another company in 1865] 

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O - Miner's Rights 1860s £1 (2) & 1892 5/- headed 'COLONY OF VICTORIA', 1908 2/6d, and 1934 2/6d, usual 

condition factors owing to the fact that these documents had to be carried at all times. Also includes 1951 vehicle 

registration. (6) 

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GREAT BRITAIN: Cigarette cards including complete sets "Cycling 1839-1939" set of 50 & "Uniforms of the 

Territorial Army" set of 50 both stuck in John Player albums; Gallaher "Army Badges" set of 48 & "The Navy" set of 

48" generally very fine; and various part-sets in another album. 

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Ex Lot 83 - Military Photographs 

Ex Lot 86 - Official War Photographs 

Ex Lot 87 - Official War Photographs 

Ex Lot 90 - VDL Cheques in Spanish Dollars 

Ex Lot 132 

Ex Lot 102 - West Aust PPCs 

Ex Lot 127 - Kangaroos 

Lot 133 

Ex Lot 108 

Lot 134 Ex Lot 137 

Lot 122 - Proofs

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PICTURE POSTCARDS 


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Two large volumes of Eastern European PPCs with attractive groups from Serbia, Rumania, Yugoslavia, 

Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary & Bulgaria, also covers & Postal Stationery from Russia & Finland, lots of 

postmark interest, condition variable.{Page 23.1} (380 approx) 

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C 

Predominantly used with some attractive items including "Camel Team in the Back Blocks, W.A." & "Ready to Fall, 

Lumber Scene, Washington", plus humorous and real photo types, and heaps of modern cards. (many 100s) 

250 

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C 

East Asia group from China (many are PPC-sized photographs), Hong Kong, Taiwan & Japan (including military 

subjects), a few faults but generally fine to very fine.{Page 23.2} (150 approx) 

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AUSTRALIA: Military views mostly unused including WWI propaganda cards (some are British), Rose "Australian 

War Museum" series (7), 1940 Departure of the 2nd AIF set of 10 with original packet, 1942 Japanese Midget Subs 

Exhibition (18, plus "Genuine Souvenir Glass Wool" insulation from one of the subs), aeroplanes including Ezy-Flo 

advertising cards & some civilian planes, etc, a few faults but generally fine to very fine. {Page 23.3} (100+) 

C - Regal Post Card Co of Sydney collection comprising actresses (59), paintings (26), humorous (6), bush poetry 

(75), topographicals (60) & miscellaneous subjects (21), condition variable but generally good to fine. With research 

notes & lists. (247) 

C - c.1920s PPC-size photographs of racehorses & jockeys, mostly with plain backs, some with the owner or trainer 

inset including 7 with 'Advance Sporting Budget/Photo Cards' printed on the reverse, other publishers include Don & 

Snowball, a few faults but mostly very fine unused. {Page 23.1} (36) 

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106 C A 

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: 1911 Empire Press "Finish of VRC Derby" (won by "Wilari") & "Finish of Caulfield Cup" 

("Lady Medallist"), and similar F&J "Melbourne Cup" ("Parisian"), minor blemishes but facially very fine, unused. (3) 

AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Collection in album with a number of better types & a couple of scarcer 

producers noted, condition variable.{Page 22.5} (100+) 

EGYPT: Bulging album of PPCs (mostly, with a wide array of subjects), Postal Cards & covers with many to 

Australia & lots of postmark interest, some inwards items, generally good to very fine. (230+) 

GOLD COAST (AFRICA): PPCs selection mostly from the early 1900s with a few native scenes including 

"Blacksmith at Work" & "Natives at work on Gold Coast Railway" plus town views including Adum Road Kumasi, St 

Joseph's Hill Elmina & Basel Mission Station Aburi, condition a bit mixed. (27) 

NETHERLANDS INDIES: Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij shipping line cards including sepia, tinted & 

multicoloured types, a few others with some postmark interest, condition a bit mixed, mostly unused. (56) 

UNITED STATES: 1897 American Souvenir Card Co "Chicago" set of 12 chromo-litho cards each with two or three 

views, unused & remarkably fine. (12) 

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - General & Miscellaneous Lots 

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Attractive selection with Roos to £2 including Third Wmk £1 grey used & 10/- perf 'OS' CTO, SMult Wmk 5/- perf 

'OS' used, CofA Wmk 10/- to £2 used, KGV Heads to 1/4d including 5d optd 'OS' * plus some listed varieties used, 

Kooka M/S, 5/- Bridge CTO, 1934 Centenary *, Silver Jubilee *, Arms optd 'SPECIMEN' *, Navigators to £2 (ex 10/-) 

* & optd 'SPECIMEN' 10/- to £2 *, BCOF and a range of FDCs, mixed condition.{Page 24.1} (100s) 

108 * A/B Appealing collection mostly used with Roos to 5/- including First Wmk ½d to 1/- perf Small 'OS', £1 grey perf 'OS' 

CTO (faults), KGV Heads to 1/4d including SMult Wmk 3d perf 'OS' with Watermark Inverted x2, 5d on 4½d perf 

'OS/NSW' pair with part Ash Imprint, 5d optd 'OS' x2, 1931 Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d optd 'OS' CTO, 1932 5/- Bridge 

CTO, Arms 10/- to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' *, mixed condition, Cat $2450. {Page 22.9} 

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Selection including Engraved Kooka imprint pair ** & single used, 1925 "Angel" labels strip of 5 unused, 

pre-decimal multiples including imprint blocks; and Victoria Jeffreys Half-length forgery sheets of 50 x2. (100+) 

*/**O Predominantly mint including 1934 Centenary *, 1935 Silver Jubilee **, 1966-2000 Decimals with values to $4, 

plus assorted Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. (1000s) 

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Useful mix including KGV Heads, Decimals with values to $10 including 1971 Christmas block of 25 & Cook 

ANPEX m/s, Olympic Gold Medallists (2004 & 2006), 2004 Yearbook, plus AAT, "Cinderellas", CSIRO 

correspondence covers with a range of pictorial and relief cancels and h/s, private perfins, and a range of stamps in 

packets. (200+) 

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Pre-decimal collection mostly mint including 6d Engraved Kooka, KGV commemoratives complete including 

Kooka M/S, 5/- Bridge (**) & Kingsford Smith optd 'OS' (without certificates, 2d is **), KGVI including Robes Thin 

Paper 10/- & Thick Paper £1 x2, Arms set & optd 'SPECIMEN' (**), also 5/- Cattle White Paper **, Navigators 

including White Paper 10/- & £1 plus 'SPECIMEN' set, also BCOF set, Postage Dues, coil multiples & varieties, perf 

'OS' KGV to 1/4d x2 used, toning in places but mostly fine.{Page 24.2} (100s) 

113 */**O A- Pre-decimals including KGV Heads to 1/4d, Engraved Kooka *, Kooka M/S **, Kingsford Smith optd 'OS' CTO, 5/- 

Bridge commercially used, 1934 Centenary *, Macarthur *, ANZAC *, Silver Jubilee *, Sesqui *, Robes including 

Thin Paper 10/- & £1, Arms to £2 *, Navigators to £2 mint & used, Postage Dues 1902 Blank Tablet to 5/- *, BCOF 

to 5/- used; Decimals to 1977 with values to $10 including 1971 Christmas se-tenant blocks of 7, mixed condition, 

Cat $2600+.{Page 24.3} (100s) 

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Heavily duplicated array with Roos to 5/- including First Wmk 5d & 1/- (x3) perf 'OS'; Second Wmk 9d; Third Wmk 

5/-, KGV Heads to 1/4d including shades, listed and unlisted varieties, overprints and a range of perfins, assorted 

Colonies, revenues and officials including perfins, plus New Guinea. (1000+) 

*/**O Collection in Lighthouse album with Roos to 5/-, KGV Heads including Single Wmk 5d with Broken Top to Crown * 

1934 Victoria Centenary & Macarthur *, 1935 ANZAC & Jubilee *, 1/- Large Lyrebird *, 1938 Sesqui *, Robes to £1 * 

(faults), By Authority imprint blocks and part-sheets; plus some New Guinea. (100s) 

116 ** A 1953-1980 issues in Sherwood presentation folders including a very fine £sd Navigators set ** & 1971 Christmas 

se-tenant block of 7 **, and Cook M/S, plus 1981-2005 Australia Post Yearbooks complete including de-luxe 

volumes for 1986-1995 (ex 1988). 

117 */**O A 

Collection including KGV Heads to 1/4d (4) with perf 'OS' including 4d lemon-yellow pair used, 1966-1989 mint 

largely complete including Cook M/S, 1971 Christmas blocks of 7 x2, plus some pre-decimals including 1927 

Canberra Booklet x2 (blemishes), Kooka M/S **, FDCs & sport thematics. (100s) 

118 *O A Plundered collections with some pickings remaining including Roos to First Wmk 2/- (parcels cancel), Third Wmk 

2/- maroon & SMult Wmk 5/-, KGV to 1/4d * & used x12 with varieties on low values, 6d Engraved Kooka used plus 

some KGV commemorative sets * or used , 5/- Cattle White Paper *, pre-decimal blocks of 4 to 2/3d */**, 1960s-70s 

decimals with blocks of 4 **, plus some worldwide scraps; condition is very mixed. (many 100s) 

119 

O Modest collection mostly used with Roos Second Wmk 5/-, SMult 5/- & 10/-, CofA 5/-, KGV Heads to 1/4d (3) 

including Single-line Perf 1d (4 **, including a pair) & 4d lemon, most 1930s commemorative sets (no 5/- Bridge), 

pedestrian thereafter, very mixed condition. (100s) 

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*C Predominantly covers including 1916 OHMS cover with 1d red perf 'T' tied by Hobart machine cancel, 1932 to 

California with 3d blue unclaimed and returned to sender, several flight covers, also £1 grey optd 'SPECIMEN' Type 

D *, NWPI First Wmk 2d & Second Wmk 6d abc strips *, "Cinderellas", and some philatelic covers. (26) 

*/**W 

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Pre-decimal accumulation with Roos to 2/- including Third Wmk 9d Die IIB Mullett Imprint pair, KGV Heads First 

Wmk to 1/4d & CofA to 1/4d (2), Engraved Kooka 6d (unused), Large Kooka 6d x20+, Large Lyrebird x2, Silver 

Jubilee 2/- x2, NSW Anniversary sets x9, Thick Paper Robes £1 x2, Navigators 10/- (2) & £2 (**), mixed condition 

with lots of gum toning, so conservative estimate applied. (many 100s) 

"A Selection of the Engraved Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia" "green" collection entitled "Transport 

& Communication" with 33 reprinted die proofs of mostly pre-decimal issues, slipcase but no plastic cover. Limited 

edition: in time these proofs will likely be in strong demand.{Page 22.12} 

*O Golden stockbook with an array of Kangaroos & KGV issues with lots of shades, varieties, official perfins etc, 

some mint including better values. (100s) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroo Issues 

124 

OC 

Approximately 1500 "Penny Reds" packed into a tin with multiples sighted, also covers or PPCs including a local 

cover sent at 1d printed matter rate, variety & postmark potential. (1500 plus 20 covers) 

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Attractive selection with First Wmk to 10/- (the 5/- is CTO) including 1/- Wmk Inverted commercially used, Second 

Wmk set, Third Wmk to 10/-, SMult Wmk to 5/-, CofA Wmk set, a few officials including perf Large 'OS' 2/- & Third 

Wmk 10/- CTO, a few NWPI Opts including 5/- with fake 'BASE OFFICE/e' cds, etc, some postmark interest, 

condition variable.{Page 25.1} (150+) 

*/**O First Wmk 1d Watermark Sideways used, 3d Die II, 2/- brown, 5/- & 10/- used ; Second Wmk 9d (x2) used, 2/- 

brown used; Third Wmk 5/- (x3) used, £1 grey used; SMult Wmk 6d chestnut optd 'OS' (x2) used, 5/- & 10/- used; 

CofA Wmk 10/- (x2) & £2 used, mixed condition, Cat $4170.{Page 25.2} (150+) 

127 */** A/B Mint selection comprising Third Wmk 9d Die II block of 4 perf 'OS' (crease) */** & 1/- Die IIB perf 'OS' block of 4 

(ragged perfs) */**; CofA Wmk 6d optd 'OS' Ash Imprint block of 4 (N over N) with White Hairline from Value Circle 

to Map */**, 9d Ash Imprint pair */**, mixed condition, Cat $1500+.{Page 22.6} (36) 

128 *O A/B Mostly used First Wmk 4d perf Small 'OS', 2/- brown & 5/-; Second Wmk 5/- perf 'OS'; Third Wmk 6d chestnut with 

Broken Leg on Kangaroo (*); SMult Wmk 9d (*) & 5/-; CofA Wmk 10/- plus repaired telegraph punctures for 10/-, £1 

grey & £2 values, mixed condition; Cat $1250. (46) 

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Ex Lot 129 

*O Motley crew including First Wmk to 10/- plus £2 "spacefiller", perf Large 'OS' 2½d 4d * & 2/- used & perf Small 'OS' 

& 2/- (parcel cancel); Second Wmk mint 2d 2½d 6d & 1/- plus used 9d 2/- & 5/-; Third Wmk mint to 2/- maroon, 5/- & 

10/- plus used 2/- brown, £1 brown & blue "spacefiller", £1 grey (Telegraph Office cancel) & £2 (very untidy perfs); 

SMult 2/- '$' Flaw on 'S' (*) plus used 5/- & 10/- & perf Small 'OS' 5/- CTO; CofA 5/- plus used 10/-, £1 & £2; very 

mixed condition.{Page 25.3} (71) 

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131 

132 

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Perf 'OS/NSW' comprising First Wmk 1d pair & block of 4, 2½d pair & 1/- block of 4 (a very scarce multiple), and 

Third Wmk 2½d pair, a few minor faults. (5 items) 

Perforated 'OS' First Wmk Large 'OS' 3d Die I, 1/- (x2), 2/- brown used, Small 'OS' 4d & 5d used; Second Wmk 

Small 'OS' 5/- (x2) used; Third Wmk 3d Die II, 2/- brown (x3), 2/- maroon, 5/- & 10/- used, mixed condition, Cat 

$1900. (65) 

*W - including First Wmk Large 'OS' ½d, 1d Die I & 2d ** & 2/- (without gum), Small 'OS' to 2/- used including 4d 

yellow-orange; Second Wmk to 2/- & 5/- used; Third Wmk to 5/- used & 10/- (CTO); mixed condition.{Page 22.8} 

(37) 

133 O A/B 

SMult £2 grey & rose-crimson BW #57A well centred, shallow thin; and CofA £2 grey-black & rose-crimson BW 

#58B, nibbled perfs at base; Cat $1300.{Page 22.9} 

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Lot 145 - Plate Proofs 

Lot 147 - First Wmk 

Ex Lot 146 

Ex Lot 158 

Lot 160 - Third Wmk 

Lot 150 Lot 151 Lot 153 Lot 155 Lot 156 

Lot 188 - Pre-Sub Cliche 

Lot 195 - Pre-Sub Cliche 

Lot 159 - Watermark Sideways 


Ex Lot 172 

Ex Lot 189 - 'CNE PENNY' x2 ! 

Lot 193

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroo Issues (continued) 


134 O A/B Selection comprising First Wmk ½d to 5/- (ex 6d) CTO & ½d to 5/- perf Large 'OS', Second Wmk 5/- perf 'OS' (2), 

Third Wmk perf 'OS' 2/-to 10/- (CTO), SMult Wmk 5/- (3, two perf 'OS'), mixed condition, Cat $3765.{Page 22.10} 

135 *O B B2 - including Second Wmk 5/- with Watermark Inverted BW #43a used (faults), CofA Wmk 10/- * & £1 used, Cat 

$1425. (7) 

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300 

136 

Lot 136 

*W - with First Wmk to 2/- (gum toning), 5/- (rounded corner) & 10/- (minor gum abrasion); Second Wmk to 2/- (well 

centred); Third Wmk to 2/- brown (thin) 5/- (toned), 10/- (perf fault) & £1 grey plus optd 'SPECIMEN' Type C £1 

(C1a Deformed 'C' Variant) & £2 (without gum); SMult to 5/- (well centred); CofA to 5/- (well centred) & marginal £1 

(small blemishes) & optd 'SPECIMEN' trio; mixed condition. High catalogue value.{Page 27.1} 

137 * A/B Specimen overprints comprising Third Wmk 10/- grey & aniline pink Type B, £1 grey Types C1 & D, £1 brown & 

blue Type B *, £2 Types B & C, SMult Wmk 10/- & £2, CofA Wmk 10/- Type C and 10/- to £2 Type D, mixed 

condition, Cat $4300.{Page 22.11} (13) 

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138 */** A/B - comprising First Wmk 10/- to £2 (tonespot) with handstamp; Third Wmk 10/- & £1 brown & blue Type B, £1 grey 

Type D and £2 Type C1a Deformed 'C' Variant with additional Shaved 'S' at Top, SMult Wmk 10/- & £2; CofA 10/- 

to £2, condition variable with some heavy mounting, Cat $4400+.{Page 27.2} (12) 

139 * A- - comprising Third Wmk 10/- & £1 brown & blue Type B, £1 grey & £2 Type C; SMult Wmk 10/- Type C1a, £2 Type 

D; CofA Wmk 10/- £1 & £2 Type D, some toning, Cat $1500. (8) 

140 O Stockbook containing heavily duplicated Roos to 2d with a variety of cds and machine cancellations. (2000+) Offer 

141 O Telegraph punctures comprising First Wmk £1 brown & blue and £2; SMult Wmk 10/- & £2; CofA Wmk £1. (5) 300 

142 O A- 

143 

Used array including First Wmk 5d chestnut (2, one perf Small 'OS') & 2/- brown, 10/- to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' Type 

A (*); Second Wmk 2/-, 5/- perf 'OS' with Watermark Inverted (faults); Third Wmk 2/- brown perf 'OS', 5/-, 10/-, £1 

grey & £2 (faults, on piece); SMult Wmk 5/-; CofA Wmk 10/-, £1 & £2, Cat $4500+ (ex Third Wmk £2). (66) 

*O Varieties with used First Wmk ½d 'ROSTAGE' - Weakness Retouched BW #1hb, 6d Watermark Inverted, Third 

Wmk 6d chestnut Broken Leg commercially used, perf Large 'OS' 1d Double Perfs, perf 'OS' Third Wmk 3d olive 

Watermark Inverted pair, plus other lesser/speculative flaws, condition variable.{Page 26.1} (56) 

144 O A/B - comprising First Wmk ½d Bite out of Kangaroo's Tail, Third Wmk 1/- Deformed 'LI' of 'SHILLING' in a pair and Die 

IIB with unrecorded Broken Stroke of '1/-', CofA 5/- Weeping Kangaroo unlisted in ACSC but similar to the flaw 

found on the final printing of the 10/- BW #50(V)s, some minor blemishes. (4) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark 

145 P A 

146 

1d plate proofs in red on thick buff manilla paper comprising Die I BW #2PP(1)A horizontal pair & Die II #3PP(1) 

single, good to large margins, free of the wrinkling that is usually found on these proofs, Cat $1100+.{Page 26.2} 

*O 1d red selection including coil strip of 5 (heavily hinged), booklet pane of 6 with stapled margin, 'JBC' Monogram 

single used on piece, Watermark Sideways both variants, a few varieties including '1' to Left of Tasmania, lots of 

postmarks with a few rough Barred Numerals, a few TPOs, rubber 'MILITARY CAMP/TASMANIA' (inverted 

dateline), etc, condition variable.{Page 26.4} (350+) 

147 ** B A2 9d violet marginal example from the left of the sheet, remarkably well centred for this value, a few short perfs, 

unmounted. Advertised retail $575. [One of the best centred Ninepenny Firsts we have seen]{Page 26.3} 

1,250 

400 

750 

500 

150 

400 

500 

250 

As at Thursday 29th December 2011, $A100 will cost our 

American clients $US 101, our British clients £65, our 

European clients €78, and our new Zealand clients $NZ131


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark (continued) 


Lot 148 

Ex Lot 149 

148 * B 10/- £1 and £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' Type A, a few short perfs, hinge remnants, Cat $1725. {Page 28.1} 

500 T 

149 * B B2 10/- to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' Type A, the £2 being characteristically off-centre, few short perfs, creasing on 10/- & 

£2, lightly mounted, Cat $1725.{Page 28.2} (3) 

150 * A B1 £1 brown & blue BW #51A, well-centred, Cat $3000. Advertised retail $3750.{Page 26.7} 

2,000 

151 V B C2 

£2 black & rose BW 55A, quite well centred, nibbled perfs in left margin, faked corner cds, Cat $3500. Advertised 

retail "Price on Request". Apex Certificate (2005) states "genuine", but doesn't acknowledge the faked cancel 

(another example of why we will not send Australian items to overseas expertisers). {Page 26.8} 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark - Official Stamps 

500 

1,000 

Lot 152 

Lot 154 

152 ** B B2 PERFORATED LARGE 'OS': 2½d blue Plate 2 'JBC' Monogram single BW #9zc, with Broken Value Circle below 

'2', light toning in the margin and at the top of the stamp, one short perf, unmounted, Cat $750 (mounted). Rare: 

absent from Arthur Gray's collection. Ex Lord Cornwallis: acquired for $1840 at our auction of 7/7/2007.{Page 

28.3} 

153 F A A1 - 5/- grey & chrome BW #42ba, excellent centring, 'MARKET STREET/MELBOURNE' cds, Cat $500. Advertised 

retail POR + 50% premium for the centring!{Page 26.9} 

154 */** A C1 PERFORATED SMALL 'OS': 2d grey marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the right of the left-hand pane, a couple of very 

minor bends, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $1150+ (as singles). Advertised retail 

$1800+ (as singles).{Page 28.4} 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Second Watermark 

155 V A- C2 

9d violet with the Watermark Inverted BW #25a, a couple of nibbled perfs, Brisbane telegraphs cds, Cat $2250 with 

telegraph cancel. [The ACSC states "...two dozen used examples are known. All have Queensland cancellations 

...about half have non-postal markings"]{Page 26.10} 

156 ** A C1 PERFORATED 'OS': 6d ultramarine BW #18Aba, unmounted, Cat $750.{Page 26.11} 

400 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark 

157 G A C1 

6d blue with Bite out of the Kangaroo's Left Leg BW #19f, Brisbane cds clear of the variety, undercatalogued at 

$1250. Ex Lord Cornwallis. [A very fine example sold for $2760 at our auction of $10/4/2010] 

1,750 

250 

800 T 

750 

John Bozic, writing in the BSAP "Bulletin" (Aug 2004) recorded only 4 mint examples (one in the Australia Post 

collection) & 8 used (2 with Australia Post) and concluded "I place this variety in the same class of rarity as the 2½d 

Missing Fraction", which is catalogued at $30,000 mint & $12,500 used. Given that the so-called "Missing Fraction" 

is an ink-clogging variety and the "Bite" is a major plate flaw, we believe that this item should be rated higher than 

the more famous stamp. {Page 29.1} 

1,750

Feb 17, 2012 


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark (continued) 


Lot 157 Lot 161 Lot 162 Lot 163 

158 */** B/A 1/- emerald ("faint" suntanning) & 1/- blue-green BW #32A & B marginal blocks of 4, both with two units unmounted, 

Cat $840++. Advertised retail $1200++. Ex Sir Gawaine Baillie (Lot 113): sold for $1035.{Page 26.5} (2 blocks) 

159 ** A C1 1/- blue-green Die IIB with the Watermark Sideways BW #33aa marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet, 

unmounted, Cat $400+ (as mounted singles). Advertised retail $900 (as singles).{Page 26.12} 

160 */** A/A- 2/- maroon block of 4, the last unit with a minor bend, lower units unmounted, Cat $900+ (as singles). Ex Sir 

Gawaine Baillie (Lot 141). Advertised retail $1700 (as singles).{Page 26.6} 

161 G A- B2 

162 F A- B2 

£1 chocolate & dull blue BW #52A, well centred, a few nibbled perfs at base, 'REGISTERED' cds plus crayon line 

cancels in red and in blue, Cat $1750. APEX Certificate (2006). {Page 29.2} 

£1 light brown & pale blue BW #52D, well centred, a few short perfs at right, 'REGISTERED' cds, Cat $1750. {Page 

29.3} 

163 * B C2 £2 purple-black & rose, CTO without gum, short perfs at base, BW #56Cwa, Cat $3500.{Page 29.4} 

1,000 T 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark - Official Stamps 

800 T 

400 T 

600 T 

500 

600 

Lot 164 Lot 165 Lot 166 

164 * B C2 PERFORATED 'OS': 10/- grey & deep "aniline" pink BW #48Bba, a few nibbled perfs & slight wrinkling, very lightly 

mounted, Cat $1000. Advertised retail POR.{Page 29.5} 

165 ** B C2 - £1 grey BW #53Ab, a couple of nibbled perfs & minor wrinkling, unmounted, Cat $2500. Advertised retail POR. 

Very scarce.{Page 29.6} 

166 V A C1 - £2 purple-black & rose CTO BW #56Cwa, without gum, Cat $3500. Advertised retail POR.{Page 29.7} 

1,500 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Small Multiple Watermark 

300 

1,000 

Lot 167 Lot 168 Lot 169 Lot 171 

167 * A B1 10/- grey & pale pink BW #49A, well centred, Cat $700 (2004). Advertised retail $750.{Page 29.8} 

500 

168 F A B1 £2 black & rose-crimson BW #57A, well centred, lightly cancelled, Cat $750. Advertised retail $875.{Page 29.9} 500 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - CofA Watermark 

169 ** A C1 10/- grey-black & bright pink BW #50B, vivid striking shades, unmounted, Cat $1250. Advertised retail "Price on 

Request". {Page 29.10} 

170 D B 

£1 grey plus Hermes 1/6d pair & Robes Thick Paper 10/- tied to piece from an airmail cover by 'AIR MAIL/SYDNEY 

NSW' cds, minor faults. 

171 V (B) PERF 'VG': £1 grey, reasonable centring, repaired lower-left corner perf, very scarce.{Page 29.11} 

200 

750 

200 

15% Buyer’s Premium will be added to the Hammer Price.



COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - King George V Issues 

172 */** A/B All issues largely complete with Single Wmk to 1/4d including Smooth Paper 1d red Die II & 1d Die III, 4d 

lemon-yellow (excellent centring); SMult Wmk Perf 14 4d & 1/4d, Perf 13½x12½ including 4½d Die I (**) plus Die II 

CTO and 1/4d; CofA Wmk 1/4d **, also optd 'OS' complete, variable centring with a few condition issues or heavy 

mounting, Cat $2400+.{Page 26.17} (72) 

173 

O 

Attractive selection with Engraved 6d x2, Single Wmk including 1d red Die III pair, 1d red varieties, 4d lemon x2 

etc, others to 1/4d, some postmark interest including 2 partial strikes of 'OTWAY SAW MILLS/VIC'; also early 

Postage Dues with values to 5/- x2; condition variable. (300+) 

750 

250 

174 

Ex Lot 174 

*/** Beautifully presented study of the Pane VII "Wattle Line" [31] & "Flaw below Neck" [37] varieties including 1d 

red Single-Line Perf block of 12 (toning), Comb Perf block of 4 & a remarkable large-part sheet of 96 (12x8) perf 

'OS' (generally well centred, some minor perf separation/reinforcing but most units are **) all pre-appearance of the 

flaws, irregular block of 12 perf 'OS' [31] with Wattle Line now present & [32] with related nick at U/L, block of 24 

[19-24/37-42] with the same flaws & Neck Flaw not yet present, [37] used single with White Spot by Roo's Knee that 

pre-dates Neck Flaw, Rough Paper block of 12 (4x3) with flaw on [31] but not on [37], both papers [31-32/37-38] 

blocks of 4 with the 3 flaws, Large Multiple Wmk Cooke 1d carmine-pink pair [31-32] BW #73(4)f-g (Cat $1500+, 

RPSofV Certificate) & Harrison 1d pair [31/37] (Cat $550+); 1d violet blocks of 4 [31-32/37-38] in two shades; 1d 

green Single Wmk pair [31/37] perf 'OS' with Grossly Misplaced Perforations, LMult Wmk two blocks of 4 

[31-32/37-38] (one with Sunburned Face on [31] & [37]), No Wmk block of 4, SMult Wmk Perf 14 with the 

Watermark Inverted unmounted block of 10 (2x5) with [31/37] pre-retouch (Cat $550++), block of 4 [31-32/37-38] 

with First Re-Entry BW #80(4)fa & ha, pairs with Watermark Inverted [31-32] & [37-38] both retouched, block of 4 

[31-32/37-38] with Retouch to Neck Flaw resulting in Thin 'GE' of 'POSTAGE', block of 4 [31-32/37-38] with Wattle 

Line State III (Feather Flaw), Perf 13½x12½ [31] & [37-38] both pre-retouch BW #81(4)f & h (toning), block of 4 

[31-32/37-38] with [37] with Duplication of Bridge of Nose etc, coil-perf pair [25/31] with the Watermark Inverted, etc, 

some items with toning but generally fine to very fine & many units are unmounted. 

175 */**O B 

An extremely difficult group to assemble, & one of the best tellings we have seen of the fascinating story of these 

units.{Page 30.1} (44 items) 

KGV Heads including 1d green Single Wmk Mullett strip of 10 BW #77(4)zb **, SMult Wmk Perf 14 Mullett block 

of 16 with Ferns & 'RA' of Australia Joined #80(4)z, Perf 13½x12½ Die II vertical block of 20 **, 1½d red SMult Wmk 

Mullett Fifth Correction imprint strip of 4 (trace of arc remaining), 2d red-brown Single Wmk Harrison Imprint block of 

4 **, plus additional imprint multiples, varieties, officials, state perfins, and later pre-decimals, mixed condition, 

toning concerns, Cat 2300+. (200+) 

5,000 T 

750 

176 

177 

178 

Ex Lot 176 

*/** Largely complete simplified set including 4d lemon & all Dies (the 4½d Die II is CTO), plus the 'OS' overprints, 

generally well centred, some blemishes/faults (1d Die III is thinned) but mostly fine with some of the lower values 

unmounted. {Page 30.2} (72) 

*/** Predominantly mint array with varieties including Single Wmk Smooth Paper 1d red Watermark Inverted block of 

4 **, 2d brown White Flaw on Top of '2' at Right, 4d violet Splintered Corner, 4½d Break in Left Frame; SMult Wmk 

Perf 13½x12½ 1½d Watermark Inverted booklet pane of 6; plus lots of multiple watermark imprint blocks & pairs, 

toning issues throughout so modest estimate applied. (100s) 

* Small Multiple Watermak 1½d scarlet annotated selection in both perfs including a few varieties, Plate Dot & 

Imprint blocks. Good lot for the specialist. (150 approx) 

800 

750 

250

Feb 17, 2012 


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - King George V Issues (continued) 


179 

O 

Two stockbooks with an annotated array of mostly lower denominations in all watermarks, bound to be lots of 

pickings throughout. Specialists should allow time to inspect properly. (Qty) 

180 *O Used to 1/4d x11, plus varieties, shades, official & private perfins, possible postmark interest. (100s) 

300 

181 

182 

183 

184 

*O ONE PENNY: Largely mounted & annotated collection of plate varieties with lots of duplication, noted 1d red Die II 

mint x2 so there should be lots of tasty morsels, mostly used. Enticing estimate. (1000s) 

O 

*/**O 

PENNY RED: Album with a range of postmarks, plus Die II units, Official perfins, some private perfins, and 

multiples. Inspection recommended. (100s) 

PENNY GREEN: Annotated array for all Watermark types excluding LMult & No Watermark with mint pairs & blocks 

including Single Wmk Watermark Inverted block of 4, Aberrant Perfs in a pair, also imprint & positional multiples, 

ACSC listed flaws, used single stamps or pairs with annotated varieties, some toning issues but mostly fine. (250+) 

*/**O - Accumulation for all watermark types mostly used with heaps of ACSC listed varieties, plus pairs, dated 

examples, shades & paper types, plus a sprinkling of mint examples. Opportunity for further research. (100s) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Single Watermark 

500 

500 T 

100 

300 

250 

Lot 185 

Lot 186 

185 O B A1 

186 G A B1 

Lot 190 

Smooth Paper 1d red Plate 2 with Colour Flaw Outside Right Frame Opposite Emu's Neck & Additional Rust Flaw 

Opposite Top of Right Value Tablet BW #71(2)ma, exceptional centring, creasing, machine cancel, Cat 

$2500.{Page 31.1} 

½d emerald Electro 3 with Clubbed Fraction at Left BW #63A(3)j, Sydney machine cancellation clear of the variety, 

Cat $1250. [An example sold for $1265 at our auction of 12/5/2007] {Page 31.3} 

187 O 

Shoebox of "Penny Reds" with heaps of potential for the shades specialist. Happy hunting! (1000s) 

200 

188 G A C1 

189 O A/B 

Smooth Paper 1d red Pre-Substituted (Rusted) Cliché [IV/35] BW #71(2)j, machine cancel barely impinges on the 

flawed area, Cat $750.{Page 26.13} 

Smooth Paper 1d red Plate 4 'CNE PENNY' BW #71(4)p x2, one an Early State (a few short perfs) the other 

showing a more Advanced State of the flaw, cancellations are well clear the flaws, Cat $3000.{Page 26.18} (2) 

190 */** A 1d red Die III block of 4 with major varieties White Flaw on 'S' of Australia & White Flaw on Tip of Beard BW #75o & 

p, variety units unmounted, Cat $870+. Drury Certificate.{Page 31.2} 

191 G B C1 

1½d scarlet with unallocated variety Cracked Electro from Right-Hand Value Tablet to Right-Hand Frame BW 

#89(U)n, light crease, cancelled well clear of the variety, Cat $500. 

192 ** A+ A1 4d orange with Watermark Inverted BW #110a block of 12 (2x6) from the upper-right of the sheet with the major 

varieties Line through 'FOUR PENCE', Horned Emu, Scratch behind Emu & 'PE of 'PENCE' Joined BW# 110(2)h j L 

& m, exceptional centring, minor ink marks in the margin otherwise superb unmounted, Cat $1260++. Ex "Holding" 

& Sir Gawaine Baillie: acquired for $3680 at auction in July 2005.{Page 32.5} 

193 V A B1 

4d lemon-yellow with Line through 'FOUR PENCE' BW #110C(2)h, well centred, 'GLADSTONE/-FEB17/ 

QUEENSLAND' cds clear of the variety, Cat $750.{Page 26.19} 

194 ** A+ B1 Smooth Paper Comb Perf 5d chestnut (a deep shade) 'JBC' Monogram Pair with Flawed Upper-Right Corner (State 

III) & Flawed 'P' of 'PENCE' BW #123zb, very well centred, unmounted, Cat $750 (as a mounted pair). Superb! Ex 

Lord Cornwallis. {Page 33.1} 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Single Watermark - Official Stamps 

195 H A- C1 

PERFORATED 'OS': Smooth Paper 1d red Pre-Substituted Cliche [34] #71(2)i, heavy oily cancel well clear of the 

flaws, Cat $750 (2007) but much scarcer perf 'OS'.{Page 26.14} 

600 

850 

400 

1,000 

400 

200 

3,500 T 

500 

1,250 

400 

Taxed lots are indicated by a small ‘T’ after the estimate. 

However, overseas clients pay no Australian tax.


Lot 210 - Wmk Sideways Inverted 

Lot 197 - Crack 

Ex Lot 214 

Lot 247 

Lot 192 - Exceptional Positional Block 

Ex Lot 213 

Lot 198 - Die Ia with Watermark Inverted

Feb 17, 2012 


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Single Watermark - Official Stamps (continued) 


Lot 194 

Lot 196 

196 */** A - 4d orange Harrison One-Line Imprint block of 4 BW #110(1)zd, a few split perfs at upper-right neatly reinforced 

otherwise unmounted, Cat $7500 (mounted). A rarity. Ex Lord Cornwallis. [Very few blocks are recorded & there 

was no example in the "Ayres" (John Sussex) collection. Perf 'OS', this may be a unique combination]{Page 33.2} 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Large Multiple Watermark 

197 O B 

1½d brown Plate 2 with Cracked Electro Through Crown BW #86(U)j, rough perfs, untidy NSW cds, Cat 

$500.{Page 32.2} 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV - Small Multiple Watermark P14 

198 ** A Plate 1a 1½d red with Watermark Inverted Mullett Imprint strip of 4 BW #91(1a)za(v), light creasing, mounted in the 

margin only, Cat $1000++ (mounted). Rare: our vendor, a 1½d specialist, states that he has some ninety Plate 2 

imprint blocks, none of which have the watermark inverted.{Page 32.6} 

199 */** A/A- 4½d violet marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet, one unmounted unit with a tonespot, three units 

unmounted, Cat $540++. Advertised retail $525++. 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals 

200 

201 

202 

203 

*/**O 

*/**O 

*/**O 

*/**O 

Used array including Engraved Kooka, 5/- Bridge CTO, Macarthur, Robes £1 Thin Paper, BCOF set, 

commemoratives, heaps of perfins including high values, pre-decimal multiples including Imprint blocks and plate 

singles, Cat $800+. (100+) 

Useful array including Engraved Kooka *, Kooka M/S *, 1/- Lyrebird * plus another optd 'OS' **, Kingsford Smith 2d 

& 3d optd 'OS' *, 1934 Centenary *, 1934 Macarthur *, 1935 Silver Jubilee **, 1937 Sesqui *, Robes 5/- to £1 x2 * 

(one set Thin Paper) plus 10/- & £1 optd 'SPECIMEN' (£1 with faults), Arms to £2 * plus 10/- to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' 

(*, £1 creased), Navigators to £2 including 10/- & £1 White Paper **, BCOF Overprints **, 1970 ANPEX Cook M/S, 

mixed condition, Cat $2200. (300+) 

Used array including Engraved Kooka, Kooka M/S with red Exhibition cds, Kingsford Smith 2d & 3d optd 'OS' CTO, 

5/- Bridge commercially used, 1/- Lyrebird optd 'OS', Robes to £1, Navigators to £2, plus Postage Dues, mint 

pre-decimal and decimal material, AAT & Cocos Islands, Cat $1000+.{Page 26.15} (1000+) 

1914-65 largely complete & mostly mint on Seven Seas album pages with Engraved Kooka 6d * & used, Kooka 

M/S, Kingsford Smith 'OS' 2d (CTO) & 3d (creased), 5/- Bridge well centred CTO, KGVI Die I 3d "White Wattles" 

(**), Robes Thick & Thin Papers, Arms, 5/- Cattle White Paper, Navigators set plus White Paper 10/- & £1, BCOF 

set, toning issues throughout so modest estimate applied.{Page 26.16} (few 100s) 

7,500 

250 

1,250 

250 T 

400 

750 

400 

500 

Lot 204 Lot 206 Lot 205 

204 * A B1 1938-49 Robes Thick Paper £1 bluish slate overprinted 'SPECIMEN' BW #216x (SG 178s), lightly mounted, Cat 

$500 (£650, unmounted). RPSofV Certificate (2011).{Page 33.3} 

205 ** A C1 - another example, unmounted, Cat $900 (£650). RPSofV Certificate (2011).{Page 33.5} 

600 T 

206 G A B1 - £1 perf 'G/NSW', unusually well centred. Very scarce.{Page 33.4} 

100 

400 T


Lot 209 - Plate Number '2' 

Lot 227 - Missing Black 

Ex Lot 226 - Missing Buff 

Lot 238 - Reconstructed 

Lot 233 - Imperforate PAIR of M/Ss 

Lot 239 - Kangaroos Booklet

Feb 17, 2012 


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals (continued) 


207 ** A B1 1938-49 Robes Thin Paper 5/- 10/- & £1, the latter stamp is exceptionally centred, unmounted. (3) 

100 T 

208 PR A 1948-56 Arms 10/- to £2 overprinted 'SPECIMEN' plus 17 values to 5/- Arms including a few QEII values, in c.1953 

dull red/grey collector's pack with no printer's imprint, the stamps are unmounted. Very scarce pack. 

209 */** A C1 1950-52 Definitives 2½d scarlet gutter block of 8 (4x2) from the base of the sheet with Authority Imprint and 

large-part Plate Number '2' BW #249z, two units mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $2500. [The ACSC states 

"Several examples...are known"]{Page 34.1} 

210 G A B1 

1952-65 Aborigine Watermark Sideways 2/6d sepia with the Watermark Sideways Inverted (Top of Crown Facing 

to the Left as seen from Behind) BW #265a (SG 253aw), well centred, indistinct cds cancel, Cat $5,000 (£5,000). A 

recent discovery: with a normal stamp for comparison. [The ACSC states that only two examples are recorded. 

However, this stamp and two pairs - a pair with minor defects sold for $6325 at our auction of 30/4/2011 - were 

discovered in the past 18 months]{Page 32.1} 

211 ** A 1960 Centenary of Northern Territory Exploration 5d magenta block of 4 from the base of the sheet with 

Misplaced Perfs BW #378bb, unmounted, Cat $300+. Dramatic error. 

212 ** A 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 plus 10/- & £1 White Paper, the £2 very well-centred, unmounted, Cat $270. (8) 100 

213 * A B1 - 7/6d to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN' plus White Paper 10/- with 13.5mm Opt BW #407xb, the £2 with Overprint at Base & 

#408xb, Cat $875.{Page 32.7} (5) 

214 ** A B1 - 7/6d to £2 optd 'SPECIMEN', the £2 with Overprint at Base BW #409xb, Cat $650.{Page 32.3} (4) 

500 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Decimal Issues 

215 */**O A Mint array with values to $10, Australia Post Yearbooks 1986-1995, plus Swedish Yearbooks 1989-1995. (100s) 200 

216 ** A Postage lot including complete sheets and multiples with values to $4. High face value. (many 1000s) 

400 

217 ** A Yearbooks 1981-83, 1990, 1992-6, 1998 & 2000, plus a shoebox of booklets and a large box of stamp packs. 

350 

218 ** A 1981-2000 Yearbooks (ex 1996) plus various stamp packs with values to $10. (100s) 

300 

219 */**O A 

1980s-2008 predominantly mint range including multiples, booklets, M/Ss, and assorted covers, some thematic 

interest for Space, Sport and Dogs. Approximate face value $1500. (100s) 

220 */** A Comprehensive collection in ten volumes including Navigators optd 'SPECIMEN' set & Perf 14.75 $1, 1971 

Christmas block of 25, also perf changes, se-tenants, M/Ss including Sydney 2000 Gold Medallists, booklets (many 

with stamp show overprints) including AFL Centenary series & International types, Box Link labels, Framas, 

counter-printed stamps, 'SPECIMEN' overprints, Koala & Kangaroo reprints (including booklet panes & se-tenants), 

International stamps etc, wholly unmounted except for a few of the early issues. Substantial face value so 

calculators essential. (Qty) 

221 *V A Well-filled stockbooks with an array of fine mint and used decimals with domestic values to $10 and international 

values to $2 including numerous M/Ss, strips, multiples and booklets, plus some AAT & Papua New Guinea. 

Unchecked for face value! (1000+) 

222 

BCPR 

223 **B A 

Carton of FDCs, stamp packs including AAT 1966 Pictorials with Japanese insert, AFL Centenary booklet pack, and 

maximum cards. (100s) 

APTA commemorative overprints including 2007 Albury Convention 'No. 1' on Space M/S and on Market Feast 

booklet, 2008 Canberra Stamp Show #001 on Scouts M/S, 2008 Anniversary Dinner #1 on Sunstamp M/S and 

Tourist Precincts booklet, 2009 '100' Club 'No. 100' on Dolphins M/S, plus eleven other items. Retail $1500+. (16) 

224 */** A/B 1966-1985 collection apparently complete ** including Navigators optd 'SPECIMEN' (*), some early issues with 

toning; 1969 to early 1990s stamp packs reasonably complete in four ringbinders; Australia Post 1981-1990 (+ extra 

1988) Yearbooks complete; face value unknown. (many 100s) 

225 PR 

Carton with 18 Australia Post year albums, years & condition not checked. 

250 

226 ** A A1 1970-75 Floral Coils 7c Sturt's Desert Pea vertical strip of 5 all with Buff Printing Omitted BW #535ce (Pierron 

#937MCb) and normal for comparison, Cat $1500. [Subtle error identifiable by misplaced green printing and a 

change in the colouring of the leaves.] {Page 34.3} (5) 

227 ** A B1 1974 Non-Olympic Sports 7c Golf horizontal strip of 3, the first normal, the second with Black Printing 

(Inscriptions, Golfer's Outline & Shaft of Golfclub) Partly Omitted, the third unit with Black Printing Completely 

Omitted BW #671c (Pierron #1146Mca), unmounted, Cat $2500+ (£1500+). With a normal stamp for comparison. 

One of the most popular Missing Colours. [The ACSC states that only 25 examples exist. However, 15 more stamps 

were part of a badly toned pane of 50 that was sold in our auction of 13/9/2008]{Page 34.2} 

228 ** A 1977 Silver Jubilee 45c with light Offset of the Black & Red Colours blocks of 10 x2, 18 & 40, unmounted. Unlisted 

in the ACSC. [The ACSC lists a strong offset on the 18c at $250 per stamp] (78) 

229 ** A 1978 Aviators 18c Hinkler with Misplaced Perforations BW #791bd marginal blocks of 6 & 9 together comprising 

the bottom three rows of the sheet, unmounted, Cat $750+. (2 blocks) 

230 ** A/A- - 18c Hinkler Imperforate Pair BW #791c & Kingsford Smith Imperforate Strip of 3 (minor surface blemishes) 

#792b, unmounted, Cat $750. (2 items) 

231 ** A- - 18c Kingsford Smith Imperforate Block of 4 #792b from the lower-right of the sheet, minor bend, unmounted, Cat 

$300+. 

232 ** 1982-2000 Australia Post Yearbook range (excluding 1983-4, 1988, 1990-1991 & 1996). 

200 

233 ** A 1990 Australia-Russia (Antarctica) Joint Issue 41c+$1.10 miniature imperforate pair, unmounted. One 

imperforate sheet of 25 miniature sheets was sold by the Russian Post Office.{Page 34.5} 

234 ** 1989-2010 Australia Post Yearbooks complete including 2008 de-luxe edition. (many 100s) 

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Lot 235 

1999 "Celebrate 2000" (the faux Millennium) 45c sheetlet of 10 (2x5) from a trial printing with blank borders on A4 

sheet of gummed paper, perforated for the stamps and "labels" only (ie except at the base, the margins are not 

perforated), unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. A rare and extraordinary proof: we have seen nothing like it for any 

other issue. With a normal sheetlet for comparison. [Commonly known as the Millennium issue, it was - as correctly 

noted in the ACSC - issued a year early for that event]{Page 36.1} 

236 **$ A 2008 "Lest We Forget" 90th Anniversary of the End of World War I folder containing two imperforate M/Ss 

(each numbered '808' of 1000) exclusive to the pack plus a Perth Mint $1 commemorative coin. 

237 **B A 

2010 Miniature Sheets & Booklets with APTA Overprints comprising 1) Melbourne Feb 13-14 M/S & booklet both 

'No 250'; 2) Stampex Aug 20-22 M/Ss x2 & booklet all 'No 200'; 3) Melbourne Nov 13-14 M/S & booklet both 

'001/200'; and 4) 2013 International Exhibition Railways M/S 'No 100/100' and Kokoda M/S with 'No 200/100'! in 

error. (9 items) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Booklets 

238 B A- 

1913 Kangaroos 2/- (½d green x12 & 1d red Die I x18) with the Inside Front Cover Printed in Red on Blue-Green 

with Bold Headings in Seriffed Typeface BW #B7A, reconstructed with all three 1d blocks of 6 upright (one should 

be inverted), the rusted staple damaged, Cat $3000. {Page 34.4} 

239 B A- - 2/- (½d green x12 & 1d red Die I x18) with the Inside Front Cover Printed in Red on Blue-Green with Bold 

Headings in Seriffed Typeface BW #B7A, the stamps correctly aligned but separated into panes of 6, corners 

slightly bumped otherwise very fine, Cat $3000.{Page 34.6} 

240 B A- 

241 

242 

1934 New Design 2/- (KGV 2d red Die III) with Corrected Text BW #B46B, above-average condition, minor rust and 

tonespot on interleaving, Cat $750. 

B 1949-2002 including 1949 KGVI 2/6d **, 1952 KGVI 3/6d #B56A, C, Cv **, 1953 QEII 3/6d #B57y, w **, 1957 4/- 

#60Av, B **, 1959 4/- #B61v **, 1960 5/- #B62Aev **, 1965 5/- #B69IN8 **, 1966 60c #B75Ad, #76Ee, #97Ce, 

#99Bd **, 1967 50c #B126e **, 1967 $1 #B120Cfv, 1967 $1 #B127dv **, 1967 ADF 50c #B128Aa (x2), #B129a,b **, 

1968 $1 #B130Cdv, ev **, 1970 $1.20, 1972 $1.40 #B139Cdv & ev **, plus some show overprints, Cat $2200. 

[References to Sel Pfeffer's catalogue] (101) 

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243 B A 

1950s-2000s selection including 1952-53 3/6d #B56B & B58v (wax interleaving), 1962-64 5/- B66Ad & B67Bdv 

(wax interleaving), Cat $275), 1967 $1 B121Cv (wax interleaving), 1967-68 Australian Defence Forces x2, plus 

Prime Ministers & Famous Australians types and a range of later issues. (100+) 

2003 Murray River Shipping $10.95 Prestige Booklet with the First Pane ("Oscar W") Inverted. Stated that only 

five examples have been recorded. [A similar example sold for $420 in Auction 121.] 

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245 

O Used array including 1902 Blank Tablet to 5/-, 1902-04 Filled Tablet to 5/-, 1906-08 Wmk Crown/A to 5/- (ex 2/-), 

1909-10 Victorian Design to 5/-, 1913-21 to 1/-, 1931-37 CofA to 1/-, 1938-63 to 1/-, 1946-56 Redrawn to 1/-, 

1953-59 New Plates to 5/-, 1958-63 No Wmk to 10d, some listed varieties, mixed condition, Cat $1500+. (100s) 

*/**O Selection including 1902 Blank Tablet 3d & 8d *, 5/- used, 1902-04 Filled Tablet 1d, 8d & 5/- used plus 5d 1/- 2/- 

10/- & 20/- optd 'SPECIMEN' * (latter two stamps defaced with fake cork cancels), 1908 New Design 5/- used, 1909 

Crown over A 6d *, 5/- & £1 with Sydney cancels, some varieties, mixed condition, Cat $1500+. (100+) 

246 **O A/A- 1922-30 1½d BW #D107 half-sheet (minor toning) **, 1946-56 3d #D132 large-part sheet (12x7) **, 1953-59 1/- 

#D139 half-sheet (6x10) (perf separations) and 1959 ½d #D144 full sheet (full o.g.) with per favor cancels , 1958 

½d #D143 full sheet ** with a few varieties and minor vignette shifts, Cat $1850+. (5 items) 

247 * A- A1 1908-09 With Stroke 10/- dull green BW #D74, well-centred, small mark at lower-right, Cat $2500. {Page 32.4} 1,000 

248 ** A 1922-1953 imprint blocks comprising 1922 1½d Mullett block of 8, 1938 ½d Ash block of 8 & 4d block of 4, 1946 2d 

Ash block of 8, 2d & 6d By Authority blocks of 8, and 1953 1/- & 2/- By Authority blocks of 4, Cat $950+. (52) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History 

249 C Carton of decimal covers with commercial mail, and duplicated PSEs with pictorial cancels. (1000+) 

100 

250 C Annotated range of underpaid PPCs with a range of tax markings, one with Belgian Postage Due added. (16) 

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1941 (Aug) 5d Registration Envelope to Pearl Harbor, 1941 to England at 5/10d rate with 'BRITAIN/DELIVERS THE 

GOODS' label, etc. (15) 

KGV to KGVI including 1930 registered to Hanoi (b/s), 1930 to Malta (Valetta b/s), 1936 to Uganda (Mombasa & 

Fort Portal b/s), 1937 to Switzerland with KGV 1/4d & 6d Small Kooka tied by 'LATE FEE' cds and 1937 jusqu'a to 

America, 1939 underpaid airmail to Port Said redirected to London with dues added in Egypt & England, 1945 

censored airmail to Finland, also flight covers, etc, mixed condition. (17) 

Registered mostly pre-decimal covers including a few with red registration labels, 1934 'RETURNED REGISTERED 

LETTER' envelope, a few with Compensation or Irregularly Posted h/s, etc, many from smaller offices, condition 

variable. Handy lot. (100 approx) 

OC Pre-decimal accumulation with commercial covers including 1940 registered with 2d AIF pair & 5d Ram, 1946-47 

airmail covers with 6d + Mitchell 1/- pair or two singles, 1952 to America with 8d Tiger Cat and 'POSTAGE 

INSUFFICIENT/FOR AIRMAIL/SEND BY SURFACE/SYDNEY NO 2' h/s; also censored, registered, taxed and 

philatelic mail, mixed condition. (100s) 

OC Decimal accumulation including solo frankings of 40c Navigators (to Italy), 20c Fishing, 1982 75c Christmas, $1.20 

Water Dragon, 1989 80c Christmas, 1991 $1.20 Australia Day, 1996 $1.20 Australia Day, multiple frankings 

including 10c Sapphire block of 4, Australian Women x4, 55c Rat pair & 55c Living Together pair, also 1990s mail to 

foreign destinations including International Post, mixed condition. (few 100s) 

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261 C B 

262 

KGV covers including 1917 PPC to Sweden, 1919 to America taxed with Single Wmk 1½d brown, 1920 to France 

with 2d & 1½d paying letter rate + war tax, 1932 SMult 2d red Die II on PPC to France; 1933 airmail to France with 

CofA 5d, 1932 Port Lincoln or 1935 Victor Harbour registered to Adelaide with SMult or CofA 5d, plus advertising 

covers and fronts; official mail including 1934 Australian Museum with CofA 2d perf 'OS/NSW', condition variable. 

(65 items) 

KGV to KGVI selection including 1935 to Denmark with 3d Victoria Centenary, 1934 & 1938 registered covers to 

Czechoslovakia with 6d Large Kooka, 1938 registered with 6d Small Kooka, 1941 5/10d clipper rate censored, 1947 

airmail with Ram 5d block of 6; also a range of flight covers, condition variable. (44) 

Selection including 1936 covers x3 all with 'PAID AT/HOBART' machine cancels, 1940 Hay Camp POW stampless 

to England with 'DEFENCE FORCES/MAIL/NO POSTAGE REQUIRED' h/s, 1944 2/1d rate to servicemen in UK x2, 

one with 'MPO SO4/CANADA' transit b/s, 1948 APO 214 (Japan) to UK with 'Indian Liaison Mission,Tokyo' h/s on 

reverse, also KGV 2d orange Letter Card (Hawkesbury River) CTO, 1927 Lyetta (Tas) registered with KGV 4½d, 

1938 to Monaco taxed (no dues added), also unclaimed mail, mixed condition. (26) 

Selection with Kangaroo frankings including 1914 double-rate with 2d x2 & ½d x2 (cover is stained), 1919 from 

American Catalogue House (Sydney), 1924 to Ohio with 'ADDRESS CHANGED/OR COMPLETED' h/s, 1930 

internal airmail x2 with SMult 6d & 1½d Sturt or SMult 6d plus KGV 2d; also PPCs including 1914 with 'COLOMBO 

PAQUEBOT' cds; Colonies with NSW 1899 Registration Envelope uprated to France, Queensland 1904 Tatts 

cover with fine 'REGISTERED/BARCALDINE' two-line h/s & TPO b/s, South Australia 1895 South Australia 

Railways to Kogarah with optd 'OS' 2d, Tasmania 1865 from Launceston to North Belfast with 6d imperf; condition 

variable. (42) 

Bundle of covers etc mostly to the United States including Censor covers, flights, taxed, TPOs & Aerogrammes, 

noted 1935 consular cover to Peru, 1941 "Clipper" cover from a POW, etc, also 1917 Ackland registered cover with 

11 different NWPI values, etc, generally fine to very fine. (100+) 

1911 double-rate cover to GB with SAust ½d & Vic 1½d, 1913 PPC to France with Qld ½d + 1d Roo on the 

viewside, & 1965 airmail cover - cetral fold - to India with scarce solo franking of 1/6d Galah. (3) 

CPS Mostly pre-WWII bundle of covers etc to or from the Irrigation Commission at Sydney including illustrated covers (4) 

& fronts (6) with various Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme photographs, a number of 'OS/NSW' perfins including 

Postal Cards 1d Roo (2) & 1d KGV (2) and KGV 3 or KGVI 3d on 1937 & 1939 Avis de Réception cards, etc, 

several registered items; also 1954 car registration labels (2, unused) & a few NSW railways stamps, condition very 

mixed. (40+ items) 

263 C/CL A/B 1934 insurance company cover registered to Barbados, two vertical folds; 1938 commercial covers to Bahrain (2), 

small faults; WWII POW lettersheet with 1/- to Italy, very fine; 1957-61 airmail PPCs to GB with 1/- Small Lyrebird, 

1/- Olympics, or 1/- Platypus + QM 2d. (7) 

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Ex Lot 265 - Forty Quality Covers 

Lot 271 - 8d Postage Due with Void Tablet 

Lot 272 - Oath of Neutrality Card 

Lot 277 - Late Use of WA Registration Envelope 

Ex Lot 274 

Lot 276 - to Japan & Redirected to Canada 

Ex Lot 295 - Kangaroos Balance of Collection 

Ex Lot 297 - Twelve Kangaroo Covers

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264 

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Bundle including 1914 to North Adelaide with 1d Roo First Wmk perf Large 'OS', 3d White Wattles pair on defective 

cover, South Australia 1908 OHMS registered to Thebarton with 'SA' perfins, plus additional registered items, postal 

stationery envelopes, postcards, assorted FDCs including 1956 Olympics (7), stamps including KGV to 5d used, 

etc; also Great Britain 1857 to France with 4d dull rose SG 66 (Cat £180 on cover). (77) 

265 C A/B Wide-ranging group all with KGV Heads including 4d olive, 4½d, 5d Single Wmk & 5d CofA perf 'W/A'. Noted 1928 

PPC to Estonia with message in Estonian, 1929 airmail to Malta, 1936 to Puerto Rico, Pat Smith Cycles illustrated 

advertising cover, 1915 to Switzerland with superb 'PASSED.' h/s across the stamps, 1919 from 'ATHERTON' (Qld) 

with red & black registration label, 1937 endorsed "Card Only" with the enclosed PPC, 1937 PPC of "Smiggins 

Camp" with 1d & 'MT KOSCIUSKO' cds, 1930s commercial airmails from Darwin x2 & 'KATHERINE/NORTH 

AUST', 1934 with 'BROOKSTEAD' (Qld) cds & piece of selvedge as a makeshift registration label "R No 1", 1930s 

registered covers from Victorian POs including 'EILDON WEIR', 'MITRE_______' (with 'LAKE SOUTH' removed), 

'MONBULK', 'RUBICON', 'SANDY POINT' & 'VICTORIA MARKETS No 1' (the last 4 with red registration labels) etc, 

a few faults but generally fine to very fine.{Page 38.1} (40) 

266 

267 

C 

C 

Group with commemorative datestamps including 1938 'BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES' (b/s, with contents), 1956 Mt 

Kosciusko circular type & 1965 Banking Conference all on commercial covers, 1932 Bridge '...SE PYLON' on 

registered 2d Envelope, 1934 'ALL AUST EXHBTN MELBNE N3' on plain cover, 1956 Olympics on Deinhard 

promotional PPC, 1970 Pacific Festival on Festival cover, 1958 oval Mt Kosciusko d/s on screen-printed cover & 

1934-65 six different events all with provisional registration labels, generally very fine. (14) 

Open carton of mostly post-WWII pre-decimal covers with a wide variety of frankings including airmail PPCs with 8d 

Tiger Cat & 1/2d Thylacine, airmail covers with 2/- & 2/3d Commemoratives etc, condition variable. (100s) 

268 C/CL 

Open carton of airmail covers with a variety of International Stamps. Difficult to source in Australia. (100s) 

100 

269 C/CL Large shoebox of "tourism" covers etc. (many 100s) 

100 

270 C/CL 

Shoebox of pre-decimal commercial & OHMS covers. Masochists wanted. (100s) 

Offer 

271 C A- 

272 PS B 

1904 underpaid Tatts cover to Hobart with 1d only & oval 'T ("2d")' h/s, Postage Due Void Tablet 8d emerald (Cat 

£80+ x8+ on cover) - paying fees on 4 such covers - tied by Hobart cds.{Page 38.2} 

1914 free mail postcard with printed 'MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH/NEW SOUTH WALES' at 

the top & on the reverse '.../Victoria Barracks/Sydney____1914/You are directed to report yourself to the Police...to 

take Oath of Neutrality...Provost Marshal', to "Dr Lederer/German Club/on Parole" with signature over 'PROVOST 

MARSHAL' h/s, minor bends. Rare: the first example we have seen. [At the onset of World War I, all people of 

Germanic background were subject to internment. Some, especially doctors, were permitted to remain at liberty 

provided they declared their neutrality]{Page 38.3} 

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Lot 273 

273 CL B - commercial triple-rate cover to Qld with rare solo franking of Engraved 6d Kookaburra tied by 'ENMORE/NSW' 

cds, red & black/white registration label, 'TPO 2 NORTH/DOWN.../ 1 /NSW' transit b/s, vertical folds clear of the 

stamp & minor soiling, ACSC Cat $2500 on cover. [The rate was 1d per ounce x3 + 3d registration]{Page 39.1} 

274 C A/A- 1914-19 covers to the USA comprising 1) underpaid & with boxed 'This letter was insufficiently prepaid...' h/s, 2) 

Bennett & Barkell (motor cycle manufacturers) advertising cover, & 3) Southern Insurance Agency cover to the USA 

with the ½d war tax unpaid but not taxed.{Page 38.5} (3) 

275 CL C 

276 CO C 

1916 (Dec 30) window envelope for Henry Bull & Co with Second Wmk Kangaroo 2d (superb centring, Cat $250 on 

cover) with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/ 2 GRI/SAMOA' h/s in black, minor peripheral blemishes. 

1917 (Dec 17) double-rate cover (209x132mm) to "British Embassy/Tokio/Japan" with Kangaroos Third Wmk 2½d 

blue x2 tied by Hobart Krag continuous-machine cancel, 'TOKIO/JAPAN' arrival b/s & again on the face when 

redirected to British Columbia with 20s x2 for the forwarding fee tied by Japanese language cds, peripheral creasing 

and the adhesives are somewhat crumpled. [Kevin Nelson's similarly redirected single-rate cover from the same 

correspondence but in better condition sold for $920 in our sale of 27/11/10]{Page 38.6} 

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277 C (B) 

278 C A- 

1920 (Oct 30) double-rate usage of Western Australia 3d Registration Envelope to West Virginia uprated with KGV 

2d brown-orange & 4d orange tied by 'MERREDIN/WESTN AUST' cds, faint 'MERREDIN' h/s on scarce red & 

black/white provisional registration label, Perth & New York transit b/s. On arrival at Belington, the address was 

amended to "Burlington". The article then apparently split & was repaired with two American 'Post Office 

Department/OFFICIALLY SEALED/...' labels that are tied to the reverse by 'GRAFTON WV/REGISTERED' cds in 

purple, fair 'BURLINGTON/W VA' arrival b/s, a little soiled. Wonderful State/CofA combination cover. Ex Kevin 

Nelson.{Page 38.4} 

1921 commercial double-rate cover to USA "Per SS Niagara" with scarce franking of Kangaroos Third Watermark 

6d grey-blue BW #19E (Cat $450 on cover) tied by Sydney cds. 

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200 

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Ex Lot 279 Lot 281 

1930 (Feb) covers to Great Britain per SS "Comorin" with various wreck cachets comprising Gwynn & Hoggarth 

Types 2 (applied at Bristol), 3 (believed applied at Bristol), 4 (unknown where applied), 6 (2, one an an unclaimed & 

returned cover), 7 (2, one in violet) & 12, characteristic immersion faults but most with the stamps still present; also 

a PPC of the ship. Ex Robin Gwynn. [On 12/3/1930, while the ship was at Colombo, a fire was detected in the hold. 

It was extinguished by flooding the hold with seawater. The mail was carried to England in a sodden state. Imagine 

the smell!]{Page 40.1} (8) 

280 C B - Prime Minister's Office cover to Canada with rare franking of SMult Wmk Perf 14 perf 'OS' ½d orange (unpriced 

on cover, Cat $200 used) & 1½d red (trimmed perfs) tied by 'CANBERRA/FCT' cds, some staining. 

281 C A - locally addressed cover with Sturt 1½d endorsed "2d/Paid/PM/LHI" & tied by 'LORD_ HOWE ISLAND/ 

SP4/1930/NSW' cds, ACSC Cat $1250. [One of the finest of the Lord Howe Island Provisional covers we have 

seen]{Page 40.2} 

282 C A/B 

283 C A/B 

284 CL B 

285 

CPS 

286 C A 

287 C B 

288 CL B 

289 

C 

290 PS A/B 

1930s-1940s commercial airmail covers including 1931 to Ireland at 1/11d rate, 1935 to Singapore at 9d rate + 1d 

late fee, 1940 Clipper cover to USA at 7/11d rate, others to Denmark & Sweden etc. (11) 

1930s-1950s commercial airmail covers with a good range of rates and frankings including Roos & KGV values. 

Noted 1940 to Palestine, 1940 & 1941 to Hong Kong at 9d & 11d rates, 1941 double rate (8/1d) clipper to Canada, 

OAT covers to Denmark & Sweden, 1958 & 1959 to Philippines, 1954 to India with Singapore crash cachet 

(defective), N.T. airmails from 'ALICE SPRINGS EAST' (registered), 'PINE CREEK' & 'VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS' 

etc, generally fine to very fine.{Page 42.1} (26) 

1931 (Aug) cover with 'THE WATHEROO MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY' h/s, to the US Department of Terrestrial 

Magnetism with combination franking of Australian 3d Air for internal airmail + KGV 3d for overseas surface mail + 

American 5c Air for internal US airmail all tied by 'WATHEROO/WESTN AUST' cds, minor aging. [Under a 

reciprocal arrangement between Australia & the United States, from the mid-1920s until the early-1930s, stamps to 

pay the internal postage of the receiving country could be affixed by the sender. Not surprisingly, most such covers 

are of philatelic origin]{Page 42.3} 

1931-1997 covers including 1967 registered philatelic cover with 20c Birds & 4c QEII tied by 'CENTRAL 

AUSTRALIAN RAIL/-7JY67/STH AUST' cds, plus solo frankings, aerogrammes, and a range of decimal PPCs. (88) 

1933 usage of Port Macquarie tourism envelope cover to Sydney with illustration featuring surfer cresting the 

waves. Very early surfing item. 

1939 underpaid commercial airmail covers from Melbourne 1) to Brisbane with 'T6D' h/s and Postage Due 2d & 4d 

tied by cds; & 2) to Germany with 1/9d postage but overweight, 'T ("83")' h/s, Greek currency control h/s & German 

'Nachgebühr' h/s in red. (2) 

1940 OHMS airmail cover to Palestine with 10/- Robes with full imprint (!) & 6d Kooka tied by 'A/19MY40/ACT' relief 

cds, 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' h/s in violet, some creasing. [The rate was 1/6d x7] 

1941-51 Censor mail including 1941 double rate to London with 10/- Robes tied by Sydney machine cancel, 1941 to 

London with 1/- Lyrebird block of 4 tied by Ballarat cds, 1941 covers with 5/- Robes x2, and 1951 quadruple-rate 

cover to Philadelphia, condition variable. (7) 

1950s-1960s array of mostly used formular aerogrammes with good range of types & range of frankings, many with 

PMG's Approval Numbers at lower-left for Qantas, Lloyd Trietino, Far East Import Export, Moomba, Department of 

Labour, CSIRO (to Japan, from the addressee's children), Flinders University & Radio Australia (2 different), many 

are commercial including 1959 ANPEX usage at the Exhibition. Very scarce lot. (28) 

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291 PS B 

1966 (April & May) commercial usages of different 10d aerogrammes to England, each uprated with QE 1c brown, 

minor blemishes. Very scarce pair. [Introduction of Decimal Currency on 14/2/1966 resulted in postage rates going 

DOWN! 10d was converted to 8c but the new aerogramme rate was 9c, so a 1c adhesive was added] (2) 

292 C B - commercial registered airmail cover to Sarawak with scarce franking of Navigators 40c Tasman & 50c Dampier 

tied by Manly (NSW) cds, Singapore transit & 'KUCHING/SARAWAK' arrival b/s, minor faults including light spotting 

mostly on the reverse. [The rate was 10c for Zone 2 airmail x7! + 20c registration] 

293 CL A- 

294 C A/A- 

1969 (Dec 1) Mount Isa to Italy with 25c Orchid & 5c Flight Anniversary paying airmail rate, 770L in dues added on 

arrival in San Remo for re-direction by railway to Perugia, small faults on right edge. Most attractive. 

ADVERTISING COVERS: Motoring group with c.1910 cover for Yellow Cab Co (sadly the stamps don't belong), 

1921 Yass Centenary cover with attractive car and biplane illustration and advert for Bushells Tea on the flap, 1936 

Stewart Jack (Motor Garage, Dalby) illustrated cover with superb 'DALBY' cds, plus 4 PPCs of early motorcars (one 

a photographic fantasy). (7) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroo Frankings 

Most of the covers in this section are from the collection formed by Matt Hancock of Melbourne. This is one of the most extensive such 

collections we have seen. Special attention has been given to both usage-on-cover and postal rates, with many rare and unusual items 

throughout. 

295 

CPS 

Selection including 1913 round-the-world Esperanto postcard with 1d & ½d, 1913 1d Fullface Postal Card with ½d 

added, 1914 to Hong Kong, 1914 Broome to Germany, 1916 with Second Wmk 2½d pair, 1918 with 2d 2½d & KGV 

½d tied by 'LATE FEE/MELBOURNE' cds, 1919 with 2½d & 3d and 'LATE FEE PAID' h/s, 1921 taxed to America 

with Dues 2c x3 added, 1936 to Austria with 9d pair & 'T/("50")/CENTIMES' h/s, etc., condition variable.{Page 

38.7} (13) 

296 C A 1913-14 PPCs to Hungary (2) or France with frankings on the viewside comprising ½d x3, ½d strip of 3, or ½d & 1d. 150 

297 

C Selection with 1914 to France with 1d only & 10c Dues strip of 3 added, 1913 overpaid to America with 1d x3, 1913 

& 1917 ('PASSED' h/s) to France with 2½d, 1931 airmail to England with 9d solo franking, c.1937 two small covers 

to England both with 5/- Roo & 1/- Large Lyrebird, WWII 5/10d censored Clipper rate, also 1913 PPCs from Hobart 

x3 and 1917 usage of 1d Letter Card (oblong 'CATARACT GORGE'), condition variable.{Page 38.8} (12) 

298 C B 

299 C B 

300 

C/CL 

301 C B 

1915 CofA 'ADVICE OF PAYMENT OF A MONEY ORDER' form (210mmx340mm) issued for a payee in Malta with 

½d Roo & KGV Smooth Paper 1d pair tied by fine 'CATHERINE HILL BAY/NSW' cds, some blemishes & reinforced 

folds. The first example we can recall having seen.{Page 42.4} 

"FIRST DAY COVER": PPC with 1d Die I tied by superb 'JINDERA/JA1/1913/NSW' cds, to "Katkill/Victoria" 

corrected to "Katyil", minor blemishes. Conversation piece. [This item was discovered in late-1985. At the time, it 

was believed that this might be a legitimate First Day Cover: the "Stamp News" article recording the discovery is 

enclosed. It was sold for $725 at Gary Watson's auction of 3/3/1986. Subsequent research by Dr Geoff Kellow RDP 

proved that the 1d Roo was first released on 2nd January, and only in Melbourne. While datestamp errors are 

uncommon in this period, we are confident that the clerk at Jindera simply failed to change the year slug at the 

beginning of 1914]{Page 42.2} 

VARIETIES ON COVER: Selection comprising ½d 'ROSTAGE' + KGV 1d red on c.1915 wrapper to Sweden, 

Second Wmk 2½d pair the second unit with Islands South of WA on 1916 double-rate censor cover to America, 

same variety on Third Wmk 2½d on 1918 cover, 2d x2 one with unlisted Deterioration around 'TWO PENCE' on 

1917 registered cover with no label; a few blemishes. Very scarce group. (4) 

STATE/KANGAROO COMBINATION COVERS: 1913 covers comprising 1) Bank of New South Wales cover to 

Colorado with 1d x2 + Queensland ½d; 2) the the USA with ½d + South Australia 2d; 3) to New Jersey with 1d x2 + 

WA ½d (defective); also PPCs to France x2 or the USA each with 1d + Tasmania ½d Pictorial; condition a bit 

mixed.{Page 44.1} (6) 

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Ex Lot 303 

302 PS B/D - 1913 (March 6) usage of South Australian 1d Envelope to Germany uprated with SA ½d & 1d Roo, minor 

blemishes; and 1915 (Apr 22) usage of South Australian ½d Envelope to Sydney uprated with ½d Roo, tragic damp 

spotting/toning. [A rather similar usage of the 1d Envelope sold for $1207 at a Melbourne auction in November 

2011]{Page 41.1} (2) 

750


Ex Lot 283 - Commercial Airmail Covers x26 

Lot 299 - "First Day Cover" 

Lot 284 - Commercial Airmail Cover with Australia/United States Combination Franking 

Lot 298 - Rare Money Order Document (Extract Only)

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroo Frankings (continued) 


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C - 1913-14 quartet 1) to USA with NSW ½d green + 1d Roo pair; 2) to Switzerland with Tas ½d + Roo 1d x2; 3) Fred 

Hagen Sydney to USA with Tas 1d + Roo ½d & 1d, unclaimed & returned, folded & soiled; & 4) Victorian 3d 

Registration Envelope to GB uprated with Vic 1d & 1d Roo, faults.{Page 41.2} (4) 

304 PS A - 1912 commercial usage of 1911 Coronation 1d Postal Card (Prince of Wales in diffused oval) to Germany with 

NSW ½d green tied by Sydney machine cancel. 

305 C A/B - 1913 PPCs to Germany (2) with Victoria ½d + 1d Roo, or to Mexico with NSW ½d + 1d Roo. (3) 

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306 C A- - 1913 (Feb 18) Jackson & Macdonald advertising cover (gramophone) to Germany with NSW 2d & Roo 1d red tied 

by Sydney machine cancel, central fold well clear of adhesives. [The franking paid the overseas commercial papers 

rate which was 3d for up to 2oz]{Page 43.1} 

307 C A- - 1913 (Aug 16) registered cover to Washington D.C. with NSW 2½d x2 & Roo 1d red tied by 'REGISTERED/ 

SYDNEY' cds, 'CANTERBURY' h/s & mss number in lieu of registration label, minor blemishes. [The franking paid 

the overseas commercial papers rate which was 3d for up to 2oz + 3d registration ]{Page 43.2} 

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308 C A - 1913 (Sep 3) double-rate cover to William Ackland with Tas 'ONE PENNY' on 2d strip of 3 - very scarce stamp on 

cover - + Roo ½d x2 & 1d tied by 'STRATFORD/VIC' cds, scarce red/white registration label. {Page 43.3} 

309 CL C - 1913 (Nov 4 ?) Australian Mutual Provident Society double-rate cover to "Namaqualand/South Africa" with South 

Australia 2d x2 & Roos ½d x2 tied by Adelaide cds, very fine 'SPRINGBOK' arrival b/s, a few faults. 

310 C B - 1913 (Dec 26) cover to Germany with QLD 1d + 1d Roo pair - ½d overpaid - tied by 'LEURA/NSW' cds, minor 

blemishes. [Most legitimate out-of-State usages are on dealers' covers. This appears to be entirely 

non-philatelic]{Page 43.4} 

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SOLO FRANKINGS: Selection including 1914 to America with 3d & 'PASSED' h/s, 1915(?) censored to The Hague 

with 2½d, 1915 double-rate with 5d, 1929 registered with 6d brown, 1929 Perth to Carnarvon (WA) with 1/-, 1993 to 

England via Karachi with 1/-, 1931 Darwin to England with 2/-, 1938 to Germany with 2/-, condition variable.{Page 

44.2} (8) 

SURFACE RATES: 1913-14 PPCs each with 1d Roo tied by Paquebot cancels of Colombo (3, two different types), 

Port Said, Naples, or with unidentified cork cancels & misspelt 'PAQUOBOT.' h/s in violet alongside. (6) 

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Ex Lot 301 - Six Combination Covers 

Ex Lot 311 - Kangaroo Solo Frankings 

Lot 317 - Second Watermark 

Lot 322 - First Day Cover with a Difference 

Lot 323 - Ten Times Postage + 20 Times Air Surcharge !+ Registration

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at the concessional 1d rate to the States, 1915 with 'CL. 1/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet, 1917 part-cover 

with First Wmk 1/- (Cat $500 on cover) + KGV 1d red strip of 3, 1923 with 3d + KGV 1d violet, etc, condition 

variable.{Page 45.1} (32) 

314 C B - 1914 flapless double-rate cover to England with 1d pair tied by poor 'NEWCARNIE' (WA) cds, quaint watercolour 

"Hurrah! I've Caught a Mermaid!", central fold & minor blemishes. 

315 CL B - 1914 triple-rate cover to an officer in India with Roo 1d pair and KGV 1d tied by Launceston cds, 'COLABA/ 

BOMBAY' arrival b/s, endorsed "Field Service" & "Left Bombay" and forwarded to the regiment in GB with boxed 

'REEXPEDIE' h/s, minor blemishes. [With the enclosed letter] 

316 C A- - 1914 (Feb) triple-rate cover to a military camp in Germany with lovely 3-colour franking of ½d green, 1d red x2 & 

5d chestnut tied by Sydney cds, repaired tear on the flap.{Page 45.2} 

317 CL B - 1916 Herbert & Solomon quadruple-rate cover to Massachusetts with 'PER VENTURA' h/s in violet, rare franking 

of Second Wmk 2½d very fine strip of 4 tied by Sydney cds, violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' tape, minor 

blemishes.{Page 44.3} 

318 C B - 1917 C Steakmest (merchants, imprint on the flap) triple-rate cover to Sweden with Third Wmk 2½d pair & single 

tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, 'PASSED' censor h/s in violet, 'GOTEBORG' arrival b/s, edge 

blemishes. 

319 C B - 1919 (July 8) Kennon & Sons (tanners) cover to Java with Third Wmk 3d (paying letter rate + ½d War Tax) tied by 

Melbourne slogan cancel, overweight so held for extra postage with Third Wmk 2d & KGV ½d green added and tied 

by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, 'WELTEVREDEN' arrival b/s, minor aging. 

320 CO B - 1923 (April 28) OHMS cover (264x188mm) with Irrigation Commission imprint at lower-left, photo of "Irrigating 

Onions..." & 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' h/s in violet, to British Columbia with Third Wmk 3d olive-green perf 

'OS/NSW' tied by Sydney cds, Canadian 'NOT CALLED FOR' h/s, returned with DLO d/s of Ottawa & Sydney, 

minor bends & blemishes. [Between 1/10/1920 & 30/9/1923, the Printed Matter rate to British Empire countries was 

3d up to 4oz + 1½d for each additional 2oz] 

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AIRMAIL RATES - INTERNAL: c.1930 The Argus newspaper wrapper (277x162mm) to Sydney endorsed "Per 

aerial mail" with SMult Wmk 1/- strip of 3 plus KGV 1d & 1½d pair tied by Melbourne cds, some blemishes as to be 

expected. [The rate was 2d per oz x5 letter rate plus 3d per oz airmail fee x10 for an item weighing between 4½ & 

5oz] 

322 CL B - 1930 OHMS airmail cover with 'NORTH AUSTRALIA' imprint at lower-left, to Canberra with perf 'OS' SMult 6d & 

KGV Perf 14 4d olive (Cat $600 on cover) + 3d Airmail - all with small faults - tied by 'DARWIN/4AU30/NT' cds, 

vertical filing crease well clear of stamps. Of specialist interest: the increase in the surface rate to 2d took effect on 

the date of sending. [The rate was 3d airmail per ½oz airmail x3 plus 2d letter rate per oz x2 for an item weighing 

between 1oz & 1½oz = 1/1d]{Page 44.4} 

323 CL B - 1930 (July 8) cover (277x126mm) to Wyndham (WA) with SMult 1/- & 5/- plus 3d Air & 3d Sturt all tied by Perth 

cds, blue/black registration label, minor creasing & central fold clear of the stamps. A remarkable cover: the 5/- is 

rare on internal mail. [The rate was 1½d per oz x10 + 3d per ½oz air surcharge x20 = 6/6d for a letter weighing 

between 9½ & 10 oz, + 3d registration] {Page 44.5} 

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AIRMAIL RATES - INTERNATIONAL: 1926 Union Bank of Australia cover to New York with Third Wmk 6d brown 

& 1/- (perf faults) tied by 'BROOME/WESTN AUST' cds and boxed 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' h/s in violet, 'PER 

AERIAL MAIL' (from Broome to Perth) h/s in rosine, then sent by surface mail to New York, repaired opening tear at 

right. [The cover weighed between 1 & 1½oz, the rate being 4½d internal airmail x3 + 4½d foreign surface rate (3d 

for the first ounce + 1½d for each additional ounce) = 18d] 

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Ex Lot 326 - International Airmails 

Lot 333 - Double Rate "Clipper" Cover 

Ex Lot 332 - Commercial Airmails to Europe 

Ex Lot 339 - Overseas Destinations 

Lot 336 - Sextuple Airmail to France 

Lot 340 - Registered to the Philippines 

Ex Lot 343 - Illustrated Advertising Covers

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Lot 325 

325 CX B - 1930 National Cash Register Co oversized (300x150mm) cover to Ohio with 'PER USA AIR MAIL' h/s, 

exceptional franking of SMult 1/- x12 (comprising two blocks of 4 and a pair) plus KGV 1d pair all tied by 

'HONOLULU/OCT3/HAWAII' transit duplex with 'PAQUEBOT' h/s in purple alongside, some peripheral wrinkling. 

[The rate was 3d per oz x11 for surface mail to United States plus 4d per ½oz x22 to pay the internal American 

airmail = 10/1d + 1d late fee]{Page 47.1} 

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C/CL - 1930s-40s array comprising 1938 to Czechoslovakia at 2/- all-up rate plus 1d late fee, 1938 to USA at 4/8d rate 

via Hong Kong (b/s), 1939 to USA at 2/2d all-up rate, 1940 4/- clipper rate to USA registered & censored, 1943 

censored to Brazil at 3/4d rate (toning), WWII registered covers to England at 1/6d double rate or triple rate and 

censored 2/1d rate x3 plus another at double-rate, condition variable.{Page 46.1} (11) 

327 C A- - 1934 Oceanic Line small cover to France with CofA 9d tied by 'AIR MAIL/SYDNEY NSW' cds, paying 3d per oz 

letter rate plus 6d per ½oz for use of the Karachi-London airmail service, minor corner blemish. 

328 CL B - 1935 (Sep 16) Monogram Pictures (Film Distributors) cover to California endorsed "Air Mail Sydney to 

London/Steamer London to New York/US Air Mail New York to San Diego" with CofA 2/- plus 3d Airmail tied by 

Sydney slogan cancel, a couple of small repairs. [The rate was 2/2d + 1d late fee] 

329 C A- - 1935 (Sep 17) cover to South Africa via Egypt with CofA 9d & 2/- paying the all-air rate tied by Sydney 'AIR 

MAIL/SECTION/GPO' slogan cancel, '.../RECU PA/AVION/ALEXANDRIA' transit b/s, minor blemishes. 

330 CL B - 1936 registered quintuple-rate cover to England with attractive tri-colour franking of CofA 9d 2/- & 5/- tied by 

'COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE' cds, central fold (well clear of the stamps) and filing punctures along the lower edge. 

[The rate was 1/6d x5 plus 3d registration]. 

331 CX B - 1936 British United Shoe Machinery Co quintuple rate cover (262x180mm) to England with CofA 2/- & 5/- plus 

Large Kooka 6d & KGV 1d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, 'Late Fee Paid' h/s on both sides, minor 

peripheral defects. [The rate was 1/6d x5 plus 1d late fee]. 

332 C A/B - 1937-38 trader's covers to Germany (3), Sweden or Czechoslovakia all with through-by-air endorsements, each 

with CofA 2/- plus all-different 1d (no late fee paid) or 2d, all with Athens transit b/s & currency control h/s on face. 

[The all-air rate was 2/1d plus 1d late fee]{Page 46.3} (5) 

333 C B - 1937 Adastra Airways double-rate cover to Ohio with CofA 2/- x2 & 5/- plus KGVI 3d tied by Sydney slogan 

cancel, 'VICTORIA/HONG KONG' transit b/s, two back flaps missing. Very high franking on a small cover. [The via 

Hong Kong clipper rate was 4/8d per ½oz x2 so apparently underpaid by 1d. However, as was the case with many 

other 1930s rates, the second half-ounce may have been charged 1d less. Adastra Airways pioneered civilian aerial 

photographic surveys in the 1930s and became the foremost aerial survey operator in Australia]{Page 46.2} 

334 CX B - 1937 Alfred Herbert (toolmakers) sextuple-rate cover to England with CofA 2/- pair & 5/- plus QM 1d green tied by 

'AIR MAIL LATE FEE/SYDNEY' cds, central fold (well clear of stamps) & some minor peripheral toning. [The rate 

was 1/6d x6 plus 1d late fee]. 

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Lot 345 - All-Over Advertising on Reverse 

Lot 347 - Late Fee 

Lot 357 - Registered to Austria ? 

Lot 361 - First Watermark 

Ex Lot 360 - Commercial Papers Rate x2 

Lot 364 - Triple Rate + Registration

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Lot 335 

335 CL B - 1938 Tait Bros sextuple-rate airmail cover to Germany with CofA 10/- grey & pink plus QM 1d green tied by 'SHIP 

MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, Athens transit b/s & very fine currency control h/s on the face, minor spotting. Ex 

Arthur Gray: acquired for $1700 ($A2570) in 2007. [The rate was 1/9d for the first ½oz, plus 1/8d x5 for each 

subsequent ½oz = 121d (10/1d) for a cover weighing up to 3oz. Until about March 1939, there was no separate Air 

Mail Section at Melbourne GPO & all overseas mail was processed through the Ship Mail Room]{Page 49.1} 

336 CO B - 1938 Angliss & Co sextuple-rate airmail cover to France with CofA 5/- pair plus KGVI 2d tied by 'LATE 

FEE/MELBOURNE VIC' cds, central fold well clear of the stamps. [The rate was 1/9d for the first ½oz, plus 1/8d for 

each subsequent ½oz x5 for a cover weighing up to 3oz, + 1d late fee]{Page 46.5} 

337 CL B - 1941 (June) triple-rate censored OHMS cover (slightly reduced) to Canada via New Zealand with rare franking of 

CofA 2/- Die I vertical strip of 6 tied by Canberra cds, minor blemishes & a little reduced at left. [The rate is unclear: 

Walker states it was 3/11d per ½oz but Breckon says it was 4/1d. It was therefore apparently either 6d overpaid or 

6d underpaid!] (2) 

338 CL B - 1943 cover from the Australian delegate to the International Red Cross Committee to the IRCC in Portugal 

endorsed "Via New Zealand/and U.S.A" with CofA 2/- plus QM 1d purple-brown pair tied by 'REGISTERED/ 

SYDNEY NSW' cds, sellotape censor tape (applied where?) & Sydney censor h/s on face, minor blemishes. [The 

rate was 1/11d for Trans-Pacific surface mail thence by air to destination + 3d registration] 

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OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: PPCs x7 including to Algeria, Argentina & "Rabaul/German New Guinea" and one 

from a sailor aboard HMAS "Australia" with superb 'PASSED/SHIP'S CENSOR' h/s; and covers to Germany - with 

½d 1d pair & 2½d tied by 'LATE FEE/SYDNEY NSW' cds, Canada, Natal & Sweden; condition variable.{Page 

46.4} (11) 

340 C C - 1925 cover to the Philippines with very late usage of 4d orange & Second Wmk 2d grey tied by 'CASTLEREAGH 

ST/NSW' cds, flap repair & some aging. Unusual destination. {Page 46.6} 

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C - Selection to Europe comprising 1913 PPCs to Switzerland or Austria (message in Esperanto), 1914 PPC to 

France and a cover to Holland (Gravenhage b/s), 1916 to France, 1917 to Finland (Abo b/s) with 'PASSED' h/s, 

1918 Brisbane to Sweden (Stockholm b/s), 1918 (?) to Denmark, 1937 2/1d rate to Germany via Greece (b/s), 

condition variable. {Page 85.2} (9) 

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ADVERTISING & ILLUSTRATED COVERS: Selection comprising 1917 Mitchells (automobile manufacturers) with 

all-over "Gordon Van" illustration on reverse (cover is repaired); c.1919 Australian Films Ltd with Simplex film 

projector; 1923 Famous Lasky Film Service with 3d tied by 'SPECIAL/SYDNEY' cds; 1935 Parker Pen with 9d plus 

6d Large Kooka & 3d Jubilee; 1936 S.A. Fruitgrowers' Co-Operative sent at triple-rate + 1d late fee & 1947 

Columbia Ribbon & Carbon Co; some faults but all collectable. (6) 

343 C A/C - 1913 group for 1) Harringtons (photographers) Sydney-New York with 1d only & taxed but Postage Due 2c pair 

removed, flap missing; 2) for Gordon & Gotch Press Agency Melbourne-Boston; 3) for TH Wood Seed Merchant 

Brisbane-Charters Towers with 'NOT KNOWN BY/...' & 'UNCLAIMED/...' h/s, a beautiful item but sadly stained; 4 & 

5) for Massey-Harris Farm Machinery Launceston-Campbell Town with different all-over illustrations on the reverse; 

also 6) 1918 for Methodist Book Depot Melbourne-New York with 'Passed' h/s in violet.{Page 46.7} (6) 

344 C A - 1913 (July 13) Denman, Lack & Robinson (Saw Manufactures & Importers) to America with Roos ½d & 1d pair 

tied by Melbourne machine cancel. Most attractive. 

345 C B - 1913 (Sep 13) French self-addressed cover for Deffrennes-Duplouy Frères (Linen & Furnishings Manufacturers) 

to Lannoy (b/s) with First Wmk ½d & 2d tied by Melbourne cds, attractive all-over advertising on the reverse, a 

couple of minor blemishes, opened-out for display. Gorgeous!{Page 48.1} 

346 C A - 1913 (Nov 28) Denman, Lack & Robinson Black Diamond Files cover to America with 1d Die I strip of 3 tied by 

Melbourne machine cancel paying the foreign commercial papers rate for an item weighing up to 2oz. 

347 C A- - 1914 (May) for Foreign Trading Association to Switzerland with an attractive tri-colour franking of Roos ½d, 1d 

pair & 2½d tied by 'LATE FEE/SYDNEY NSW' cds, minor spotting, central fold well clear of stamps. [In this period, 

the late fee was equal to the single letter rate]{Page 48.2} 

348 C A- - 1916 (Aug 1) for Jackson & McDonald (Importers) to Switzerland (b/s) "per SS Niagara" with Third Wmk 2½d tied 

by Sydney machine cancel, unusually with no Censor markings, faint discolouration at the base. 

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349 C B - 1917 (July 11) Darge Pigeon Lofts and Squab Farm advertising cover to Missouri with 2d plus KGV ½d tied by 

Melbourne machine cancel, 'PASSED' censor h/s, small corner repair & some very minor toning. Most attractive. 

350 C (A-) - 1917 Opening of the Trans-Continental Railway souvenir cover with black & white illustration, to Oregon with 2½d 

tied by Perth machine cancel, repairs to upper-right corner & flap. 

351 C A - 1919 (Jun 2) Canada Cycle & Motor Agency (Qld) cover to Toronto with Roos Third Wmk 2d & 3d Die I tied by 

Brisbane slogan cancel. [Apparently sent at the Empire commercial papers rate for an item weighing up to 8oz = 3d 

for first 2oz plus ½d x3 for each additional 2oz + ½d War Tax. However, there is no indication that the contents 

were unusually thick or heavy] 

352 C A - 1923 (Dec) for King & King Music Warehouse to America with 3d Die IIB (excellent centring) tied by Brisbane 

British Empire Exhibition slogan cancel. 

353 C A - 1924 (April) Arthur Cocks & Co Ltd cover to America with Third Wmk 6d brown Die IIB (with small part of the 'A' of 

the 'AC' perfin of Arthur Cocks in the upper-right corner) paying the foreign letter rate plus 3d registration fee tied by 

'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' cds. 

354 C A- - 1931 Diabolo Separator Co cover to Sweden endorsed "Australian-English Air Mail" with SMult 1/- plus 3d Airmail 

tied by Brisbane cds, 'SPECIAL/AIR MAIL FLIGHT' cachet on face, the airmail label barred-out in red at London, 

repaired flap. [The rate was 6d per ½oz airmail x2 plus 3d for onward surface transit to Sweden] 

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REGISTERED MAIL: Selection of mostly commercial covers mostly to America with values to 1/- plus 1948 airmail 

cover with 2/-, most with red/white (8) or red & black/white (3) registration labels, condition variable but generally 

fine.{Page 50.1} (13) 

C/CL - Selection comprising 1915 Perth OHMS long covers to Fremantle with perf Large 'OS' 4d orange (damaged) or 

Large 'OS' 4d yellow-orange, 1920 Brisbane to Cincinnati with Third Wmk 3d Die I vertical pair, 1929 to Los 

Angeles x2 each with a Third Wmk 6d brown solo franking, condition variable.{Page 50.2} (5) 

357 CL B - 1913 OHMS GPO cover to Austria with rare franking of First Wmk 4d orange pair tied by 'REGISTERED/ 

3/MELBOURNE cds, endorsed ''Registered' in manuscript but with no registration label & unusually with no 

transit/arrival backstamps, minor wrinkling/blemishes. Most attractive. [It must be questioned if this cover was 

actually sent. The absence of a registration label & backstamps suggests that it may have been retrieved from the 

counter clerk].{Page 48.3} 

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358 C A- - 1914 double-rate mourning cover to New York with First Wmk 4d orange pair tied by unframed 'MONEY 

ORDER/EAGLEHAWK' (Vic) cds with red registration label alongside, San Francisco b/s & US 'REGISTERED' h/s 

in purple, minor repaired opening faults. Rare usage: how many registered mourning covers have you seen? [The 

rate was 2½d x2 + 3d registration. The vendor paid $1900+ at auction in 2008]{Page 50.3} 

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359 C B - 1914 cover to "Winnipeg/Canada" with 4d orange (poorly centred) tied by 'REGISTERED/ BRISBANE' cds in 

blue, red & black/white registration label, Canadian 'CAL & VAN RPO' transit b/s, minor blemishes. Pretty. 

360 C B - 1914 Savings Bank of South Australia slightly different addressed covers one with 'Parcel Without Letter' at 

upper-left, to Adelaide at single- or double-rates with 1d Die II block of 4 or Die I block of 5 tied by 'STOCKPORT/ 

SA' squared-circle or 'ATHELSTONE/SA' cds, the latter with large registration label, minor faults. [Sent at the 

Commercial Papers rate of 1d per 2oz + 3d registration. Kevin Nelson's similar double-rate cover sold for $552 at 

our auction of 27/11/2010]{Page 48.6} (2) 

361 C B - 1914 registered cover to a New York stamp dealer (Nassau Street address) with exceptional franking of First 

Wmk ½d green 4d orange & 1/- emerald (Cat $500 on cover) plus KGV 1d Engraved block of 4 (the second unit 

defective) tied by 'REGISTERED/BRISBANE' cds in blue, red & black registration label, opened-out & a few 

peripheral faults. [The rate was 2½d x7 + 3d registration]{Page 48.4} 

362 C B - 1914 (Nov 7) cover to Singleton (NSW) with 4d orange tied by 'BOURKE STREET EAST/VIC' cds, red/white 

registration label, minor blemishes. 

363 C A - 1914 (Dec) cover to Michigan with ½d green & 5d chestnut tied by large oval 'WOOLLOONGABBA/ 

QUEENSLAND' d/s in blue, red & black/white label, superb 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' h/s in violet on the reverse. 

Eye-catching.{Page 50.4} 

364 PS A- - 1918 (Oct 24) use of KGV 4d Registration Envelope uprated with Roos Third Wmk 6d blue plus KGV ½d green 

tied by 'MOONEE PONDS/VIC' cds, scarce red/white 'Moonee Ponds' registration label, red/white 'OPENED 

BY/CENSOR' tape partly obscures the adhesives, minor blemishes.{Page 48.5} 

365 CL B - 1919 Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co cover to Colorado with Third Wmk 6d blue tied by 'REGISTERED/STOCK 

EXCHANGE' (Vic) cds, scarce red/white 'Stock Exchange' registration label, minor blemishes. 

366 C A - 1919 (Mar 5) Christian Science cover to Boston with Third Wmk 6d blue tied by 'REGISTERED/STOCK 

EXCHANGE' (Vic) cds, scarce red/white registration label. [The rate was 2½d + ½d War Tax + 3d registration] 

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367 C A- - 1920 cover to Finland with Third Wmk 6d milky blue Die II (well centred) tied by 'NEWCASTLE/NSW' cds, red 

registration label with "rat's tail" variety, Sydney & London transit & 'ABO - TURKU' arrival b/s (affected by repaired 

opening tear). Scarce solo franking.{Page 51.1} 

368 PS B - 1921 local usage of printed registration envelope with imprint of Registrar of War Gratuity Bonds at lower-left, 3d 

Roo & KGV 2d orange both perf 'OS' tied by 'PUBLIC OFFICES/MELBOURNE - 1481' duplex, minor faults. 

369 C B - 1923 (Apr 24) cover to Connecticut with Third Wmk 6d blue Die IIB plus KGV 1d violet (very scarce on mail to 

foreign destinations) tied by 'SOUTH MELBOURNE/VIC' cds, red/white registration label, 'AR'-in-oval h/s, missing 

flap & minor blemishes. 

370 C A- - 1924 PPC to Fiume with Third Wmk 3d (surface abrasion) plus KGV ½d orange & 1d violet tied by to the viewside 

by 'BALWYN/VIC' cds with red registration label alongside, Naples & 'AMB BOLOGNA-VENEZIA/186' TPO transit & 

poor 'FIUME' arrival cds. [Registered postcards are rarely seen]{Page 51.2} 

371 C A- - 1926 cover to North Carolina with Third Wmk 6d brown tied by very fine 'PINE CREEK/N.T.' cds, provisional red 

registration label (torn), Darwin, Sydney & Wilmington (USA) b/s.{Page 52.1} 

372 C A- - 1927 use of Avis de Réception card to Germany with Third Wmk 3d Die IIB tied by oval 'REGISTERED/PERTH' 

d/s, Leipzig arrival cds, minor blemishes. 

373 C C - 1927 Union Bank of Australia (b/s) oversized (folded over) cover to France with scarce solo franking of Third Wmk 

9d violet paying double-rate plus registration, 'DENILIQUIN/NSW' cds & red/white registration label, somewhat aged 

with some minor wear & tear. 

374 CL A- - 1929 Foy & Gibson (department store) triple-rate long cover to New York (b/s) with scarce solo franking of SMult 

Wmk 9d tied by 'REGISTERED PERTH' cds, blue & black/white registration label, minor staining. [The rate was 3d 

for the first ounce + 1½d for each subsequent ounce + 3d registration] 

375 C A - 1930 cover to France with SMult 6d tied by '__SUNSHINE___/VIC' cds ('TO' & 'SOUTH' removed), blue & black 

registration label alongside, French machine cancel applied over the stamp and label upon arrival. 

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TAXED COVERS: Underpaid group all with 1d reds to United States (4, one with 'OS/NSW' perfin), GB, Canada, 

Finland, Denmark (2) or Germany, various instructional handstamps, a few blemishes. Good lot.{Page 52.2} (10) 

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Lot 371 - Northern Territory to North Carolina 

Ex Lot 376 - Taxed Kangaroo Covers x10 

Ex Lot 377 - Taxed Covers to Overseas x10 

Lot 379 - Double Rate + Late Fee 

Ex Lot 381 - Censored Kangaroo Covers x11 

Lot 382 - to Germany but Undeliverable 

Ex Lot 385 - 'OS' Perfins 

Lot 386 - 'OS' Double Rate to Serviceman

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377 C/CL A/B - Underpaid group with 1d red frankings to UK, USA (4, one with 'OS/NSW' perfin), Canada, Germany, Denmark 

(2) or Finland, various instructional handstamps, good to very fine.{Page 52.3} (10) 

378 C A/B - 1913 (Nov 27) cover (flap damaged) with 1d Kangaroo pair tied by Bathurst cds & 1914 (Apr 13) PPC with 1d 

Kangaroo tied by Sydney machine, both to Sweden & each with shield 'NSW/T/10' h/s, Swedish 'LOSEN/("8") 

öre/...' label and with a different 8ö added in lieu of Postage Due. Nice pair. (2) 

379 C A 

LATE FEE: 1918 double-rate cover to Maine with attractive tri-colour franking of Third Wmk 6d blue plus KGV 1d & 

½d tied by 'LATE FEE/MELBOURNE VIC' cds, fine straight-line 'LATE FEE PAID.' and 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ 7 

/3rd Military District' h/s in violet. Gorgeous cover. [The late fee was equivalent to the basic rate paid, so 2½d x2 + 

2½d late fee]{Page 52.4} 

380 C A- - 1925 cover to Hawaii endorsed "Late Fee/Per S.S. Makura" with Third Wmk 6d brown by indistinct (Sydney?) cds 

with superb 'AUCKLAND/NZ/LOOSE/LETTERS' cds alongside, minor aging. 

381 

C 

CENSORED MAIL: Selection to America including 1914 with 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' tape, 1915 PPC with 

'(crown)/PASSED BY CENSOR' h/s or University of Queensland cover with 'PASSED CENSOR/18MR15/ 

BRISBANE' cds in red, plus 2½d rate covers x6 (one has a Second Wmk 2½d) with various 'PASSED' or 'Passed' 

h/s, also 1941 4/- California Clipper arimail covers x2, condition variable. {Page 52.5} (11) 

382 C B - 1915 cover to Germany with ½d & 1d pair (one unit with defect) tied by Sydney machine cancel, very fine boxed 

'UNDELIVERABLE/APR 26 1915/II MD' d/s in blue and Sydney DLO backstamp of MAY/4/1915 in red, a few 

blemishes.{Page 52.6} 

383 C B - 1918 triple-rate cover to Switzerland with First Wmk 5d & Third Wmk 2½d tied by 'CHARLOTTE WATERS/N.T.' 

cds, 'PASSED.' h/s in violet, a few faults. Terrific Northern Territory origin. 

400 

250 

400 

200 

400 

250 

250 

384 

C/CL 

Ex Lot 384 

OFFICIAL MAIL: OHMS covers with perf 'OS' selection comprising 1914 'OURANTINE SERVICE' (sic) front with 

2½d perf Large 'OS' (Cat $750 on cover), 1914 with Small 'OS' 4d, 1916 censored with Third Wmk 3d Die II 

(unpriced on cover), 1918 Quarantine Service with 3d Die I, 1918 with 2d plus KGV ½d green, 1922 use of 1d Roo 

'OS' Envelope uprated with KGV 1d violet (without puncture); also two covers with perf 'T' 2d pair or 2d plus KGV 1d 

red; mixed condition.{Page 53.1} (8) 

385 C/CL A/B - Three postcards with 1d perf Small 'OS', 1914 lettersheet with 1d perf 'T' used in lieu of Postage Due, 1914 with 

½d perf Large 'OS' & 1d perf Small 'OS' pair with 'SMALL ARMS FACTORY/LITHGOW' imprint to Michigan, 1914 

with perf Small 'OS' 1d & 2d to Michigan, and 1913 with 1d perf 'OS/NSW' single or pair, generally fine.{Page 

52.7} (8) 

386 C B - 1917 Department of External Affairs OHMS window envelope to "Sergeant A. Bayle/...Secteur 112/France" with 

Third Wmk Roo 2d grey perf 'OS' tied by Melbourne machine cancel, 'PASSED' censor h/s on the window panel, 

minor blemishes. [Remarkably paying double the 1d rate to Australian Forces serving abroad]{Page 52.8} 

387 P A - 1917 OHMS cover with Australian Museum imprint at top, to Ohio with Third Wmk perf 'OS/NSW' 2d (small perfin) 

& KGV ½d green (large perfin) tied by Sydney machine cancel & 'SHIP ROOM/SYDNEY NSW' cds.{Page 54.1} 

388 CO B - 1919 (May 8) Commonwealth Avis de Reception form with rare franking of Third Wmk 2½d perf 'OS' (Cat $300 on 

cover) tied by Melbourne cds, 'FYANS CREEK/VIC' arrival cds, the form has four central filing holes. 

389 C B - 1923 OHMS Taxation Office cover to Singleton (b/s) with Third Wmk 3d olive-green Die II (unpriced on cover) 

plus KGV 2d scarlet both perf 'OS' tied by 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY' cds, red registration label & 'AR'-in-oval h/s, 

minor defects. {Page 54.3} 

390 CL B - 1930 registered cover to Mananagatang (b/s), with SMult 6d plus KGV Perf 13½x12½ 5d both perf 'OS' tied by 

poor Melbourne cds, minor wrinkling. [The rate was 2d per ounce x4 plus 3d registration] 

391 CL B - 1935 OHMS cover to London with typed "PER AUSTRALIA-SINGAPORE-LONDON AIR MAIL" with SMult 1/- 

perf 'OS' plus 6d Large Kooka (corner fault) tied by Melbourne cds, vertical fold & repaired upper-edge tear. 

392 C B 

PARCELS: Selection comprising Parcel Post labels 1930 with SMult 1/- + KGV 3d, 1932 with 6d + Large Lyrebird 

1/- pair, 1934 with SMult 2/- solo franking tied by Burnie (Tas) cds; two parcel pieces each with CofA 6d 1/- & 5/- + 

KGV 3d tied by largely complete strikes of the huge undated 'CHIEF PARCEL OFFICE/MELBOURNE' oval h/s; also 

two parcels tags with 6d & 5/- or 2/- pair + Mitchell 1/-, and 1947 red/green food parcel label with 2/- + 1d QM & 

1/6d Hermes; condition variable. (8 items) 

450 

400 

300 

300 

150 

400 

250 

250 

250


Lot 387 - 'OS/NSW' Perfins 

Lot 394 - Third Watermark 

Lot 389 - 3d olive-green Die II 

Lot 395 - Cash on Delivery 

Lot 396 - Third Watermark One Pound Grey 

Ex Lot 401 - Kangaroo Postal Stationery 

Lot 397 - Third Wmk Pound + SMult 10/- 

Lot 400 - One Pound & Two Pounds

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393 CX B - 1919 Mutual Stores Ltd woven mailbag (approx 450x290mm flattened-out) to Scotland with rare franking of Third 

Wmk 2/- brown strip of 3 (the third unit with Vertical Hairline in Bight BW #37n, faults) tied by partial Melbourne 

parcels cancel with Parcel Post and British 'CHARGE' labels affixed to front or reverse and British Postage Dues 2d 

strip of 5 & 1d added to pay customs duty & clearance fees. Rare survivor. [The rate was 6/- for a parcel weighing 

between 10 & 11 pounds] 

394 D A - 1927 parcel piece with scarce franking of Third Wmk 9d & 2/- maroon vertical pair (lower unit with corner defect) 

plus KGV Single Wmk 2d red-brown tied by two large-part strikes of the enormous rubber 'CHIEF PARCEL 

OFFICE/HOBART' oval d/s in blue, some minor wrinkling.{Page 54.2} 

395 C B - c.1928 Intercolonial Boring Co parcel tag (with advertising on reverse) to Yelarbon (Qld) with rare blue/white 

'C.O.D. PARCEL/Chief Parcels Post/BRISBANE' label on the reverse, red/pink 'CASH ON DELIVERY POST' label 

(defect at left) tacked to the face with Third Wmk 2/- maroon plus KGV SMult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ 3d Die 1a tied by 

'PARCELS POST/BRISBANE' roller. Very scarce.{Page 54.4} 

396 C A- - 1929 complete black/pink 'PARCEL POST/...Customs Declaration' label with Third Wmk 1/- Die II plus KGV SMult 

Perf 14 4d olive cover (Cat $350 on cover) tied by large-part huge 'CHI[EF PARCELS OFF]ICE/4SEP1929/ 

HOBART' oval d/s in blue, Hobart 'Form PP2' label, minor faults. Scarce survivor.{Page 54.5} 

397 D B - 1932 parcel piece with rare franking of Third Wmk £1 grey (fault at upper-left) and SMult 6d & 10/- (fault at 

lower-right) plus Harbour Bridge 3d & 5/- (surface abrasions at the base), tied by 'REGISTERED PERTH' cds, 

faults. Advertised retail for fine used stamps is $1400+.{Page 54.7} 

500 

250 

250 

350 

250 

Lot 399 

Lot 398 

398 D A - 1934 'PARCELS POST' label with printed 'BALLARAT' and rare solo franking of CofA Wmk 5/- tied by 

'BALLARAT/VIC' cds. The 5/- rate was for a 5 to 8 pound interstate parcel to a non-adjoining State "(including 

Papua and New Guinea)". [Kevin Nelson's similarly franked parcel label sold for $862 at our auction of 27/11/ 

2010]{Page 55.1} 

399 D A- - 1935 parcel piece with exceptional multicoloured franking of Roos Third Wmk £1 grey plus CofA 5/- 10/- (faded) & 

£2 vertical pair (the lower unit with Open-Mouthed Roo) plus Silver Jubilee 3d & 2/-, all tied by indistinct 

'REGISTERED' cds of Sydney, minor blemishes. Enzo Diena Certificate (1983) states "...perfetti" (= perfect). [It is 

probable that the package contained a gold bar weighing 702oz, for which the rate would have been 2d x702 = 

1404d = £5/17/- (+ 3d registration)]{Page 55.2} 

400 D B - 1939 (Feb 27) large-part parcel tag with outstanding franking of Roos CofA £1 & £2 plus Small Lyrebird 1/- x2 & 

Thick Paper Robes 10/- tied by 'REGISTERED/27FE39/MELBOURNE' cds, with Bulk Registration blue/white label 

(defect) on reverse, some minor wrinkling.{Page 54.8} 

401 PS A/B 

POSTAL STATIONERY: Group comprising 1d Postal Card uprated with ½d (2), 1d Letter Card unused (3) & 

another (oblong "NATIONAL PARK/NS WALES") uprated with ½d & 1d, 1d Envelope with 'BULLFINCH' (WA) cds & 

another uprated with ½d & 1d, 1d Envelope with 'OS'-in-the-Die (2, different 'OS', one taxed) & 4d Registration 

Envelope uprated with 1d x2, fine to very fine.{Page 54.6} (11) 

402 PS B - 1917 OHMS 'MONEY ORDER ADVICES' Envelope with 1d with simulated 'OS'-in-the-Die & 'For Urgent Delivery' 

at lower-left, to Ipswich with Brisbane machine cancel, a bit crumpled & a couple of minor stains. Rare.{Page 

56.1} 

403 PS A- - 1913 Kangaroo 2d grey Die IIA as Menuz #PE3 for Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works, a part-front only 

(107x95mm), repaired tear at top, Melbourne cds of 23JE18. Ex Arthur Gray (from a mixed lot). [From a small 

printing of double-rate envelopes. Most 2d greys were printed by Harrison after the standard rate increase to 2d on 

1/10/1920] 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - First Day Covers 

404 

C 

Mostly decimal accumulation in 10 volumes with M/Ss & se-tenants, PNCs including 1995 Australia Remembers x2 

& 1997 Bradman, PSEs & commemorative covers, plus pre-decimals including 1954 Railway Centenary on a 

Guthrie cover. (100s) 

405 C A Collection in three shoeboxes including pre-decimals with mostly WCS & Royal types, decimals including 1971 

Christmas se-tenant block of 7 and modern issues to 2001 with a range of commemorative cancels, plus Norfolk 

Island and PNG. (100s) 

406 

C 

1970-88 largely complete collection in three PW Albums, with M/Ss & se-tenants, some toning sighted on earlier 

covers. (few 100s) 

600 

1,800 

600 

500 

300 

Offer 

250 

250 

150


Lot 402 - Rare Official Envelope 

Lot 408 - Woolnough NT Expedition 

Ex Lot 410 - Military Covers x160+ 

Lot 413 - HMAS "Melbourne" 

Ex Lot 415 - Northern Territory WWII x35 

Ex Lot 417 - Used Aerogrammes Collection 

Lot 418 - Only 100 Issued

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Flight Covers 

407 C A- 

408 C A- 

Lot 407 

1919 (Nov 12) England-Australia per Vickers "Vimy" AAMC #27 with a beautifully centred example of the blue 

vignette (a few nibbled perfs at lower-right) & two strikes of the oval 'FIRST AERIAL MAIL/ RECEIVED/ 

26FEB1920/GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA' datestamp applied on arrival at Melbourne, fine 'PER/VICKERS 

VIMY AEROPLANE/TO AUSTRALIA' handstamp in violet, a few very minor blemishes. This is cover #142 in Tom 

Frommer's census (2011).{Page 57.1} 

1934 (Sep-Oct) Northern Territory Geological Survey cover AAMC #419 cancelled at Broome (WA), signed by the 

expedition leader "WG Woolnough", pilot "OB Hall" & two others, Cat $400. [Only 32 carried]{Page 56.2} 

409 C A- - cover with typed "The Hawaiian Fleet returns/from ULM search of Pacific" with 'US SUBMARINE/ARGONAUT A1 

- MERRY/CHRISTMAS/HONOLULU' d/s; also press photograph of "Star of Australia", the last ever taken. [Ulm's 

plane disappeared off Hawaii en route to Australia] (2 items) 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military & Censor Mail 

410 

411 

412 

CPS 

C 

CPS 

Large album with an array of covers (mostly) & postcards principally to or from Australia or with Australian subjects 

including 1910 YMCA cover with very fine ' 2 /MILITARY/ENCAMPMENT' "shield" d/s, WWII camps & FPOs, WWII 

post free identity card, BCOF covers; also Boer War propaganda PPC unused, 1920 stampless cover to GB with 

enclosed letter headed "Hinaidi Camp/Mesopotamia", Spanish Civil War PPC with 10c 'Auxiliede Invierno' label 

censored to Australia, etc, condition variable. Interesting lot.{Page 56.3} (160+) 

Bundle of mostly run-of-the-mill WWII & BCOF items but including very scarce 'MIL PO FISHERMENS 

BEND/VIC'AUST' cds, HMAS "Shropshire" Tokyo Bay cover, Sarawak with 1d 3d 6d & 1/- cancelled at Kuching, 

1951 registered air cover from Kure Japan with Federation 3d se-tenant strip of 3, etc, generally fine. (60 approx) 

WORLD WAR I: Folio of covers & postcards including 1d 'MILITARY ENVELOPE' x3 unused, covers with various 

censor h/s & cachets used in Egypt etc, variable condition. (90 approx) 

413 C A - 1916 (Apr 15) PPC of Para (Brazil) to Victoria with Jamaica ½d pair affixed & superb strike of the boxed 'PASSED 

BY/NAVAL CENSOR' handstamp used aboard HMAS "Melbourne" in blue at upper-left, the stamps cancelled on 

arrival with 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/6JE16/VIC' cds of Melbourne where 'PASSED' h/s also applied in violet. 

The message mentions "...Para...where we have visited". [Between Jan 1915 & Aug 1916, "Melbourne" made a 

series of patrols in & around the West Indies, with Jamaica as the central point. The ship operated north as far as 

Halifax Nova Scotia & south as far as Para]{Page 56.4} 

414 

CPS 

WORLD WAR II: 1945 Aerogrammes x40 (a few are censored) from Mobile Dental Unit based in Brighton (Vic) to 

GB including 6 flown on the Lancastrian service & others sent via Ceylon to London; 1944-46 stampless Air Mail 

Letter Cards to GB x10 all but one with 'POST OFFICE/MARITIME MAIL' machine cancels in red; 1944 Airgraphs 

x10 sent via Ceylon mostly to the RAF air base at Bradwell Bay two with 'POSTAGE PAID' cds in red, also 1944-45 

Aerogrammes x3 from UK to South Australia, condition variable. (63) 

415 CPS A/B - NORTHERN TERRITORY: Excellent group of commercial & official covers from APOs, FPOs, Unit Postal 

Stations & RAAF POs located throughout the Territory, many better items including from 57 Mile, 66½ Mile, 

Adelaide River, Bank Banka, Barrow Creek, Batchelor, Mataranka & Noonamah, some are fronts only, 13 are 

registered. The basis for a serious collection.{Page 56.5} (35) 

6,000 T 

300 

100 

500 

250 

300 

600 

150 T 

750


Ex Lot 420 - New Discovery with 'OS/NSW' Perfin 

Ex Lot 421 - Coronation Cards Collection 

Lot 437 - Barry Scott's Award Winning Exhibit 

Lot 439 - with All Known Varieties 

Ex Lot 467 - Proofs 

Lot 485 - SG 101 

Ex Lot 474 - Long Types 

Lot 475 - Proof Ex Lot 478 - 2d Views x12 

Lot 476 - SG 4

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery 

416 

PS 

417 PS A/B 

Selection including 1927 David Jones PTPO Star 1½d window envelope used, 1946 5/10d Food Parcel Label 

cut-out, 1953 4d envelope registered & uprated 3/2d for airmail to Austria, plus mostly unused QEII Letter Cards, 

Envelopes & Registration Envelopes; Colonies mostly unused Envelopes or Postal Cards including South Australia 

Holdfast Bay Yacht Club PPCs x2 used & Western Australia 1½d on 3d Postal Card x2 unused. (100+) 

AEROGRAMMES: Excellent used collection mostly pre-decimal including 1944 7d with Forces Overseas 

admonition (3, one with the text not crossed-through), 1945 7d with red opt for Lancastrian service to GB, 1946 with 

purple opt for Re-Opening of Empire Route & signed by pilots, 1951 to a scout attending a Jamboree in Austria, 

1954 with Singapore crash cachet, 1956 Olympics 'MELBOURNF' variety to Canada, 1960 CIOS registered with 

CIOS cds & label, 1958 commercial with French Fair cds, 1962 Games with Village cds from a Scottish Team 

member, 1965 Christmas 9d uprated with QE 1c brown (rare combination), 1971 10c with Large 'C' x2, destinations 

including Singapore, Czechoslovakia, Nepal, Thailand (written in Thai), Tonga & Forces in Rwanda, generally fine 

to very fine.{Page 56.6} (69) 

418 PS (A-) - 1944 (Dec) 7d Air Letter with Qantas overprint within of Kangaroo, Globe & Christmas Greetings AAMC #992e, 

the top flap re-attached, Cat $800. [Only 100 printed] {Page 56.7} 

419 PS A ENVELOPES: Large quantity of modern PSEs, unused. Postage opportunity. 

200 

420 PS C 

421 PS A/B 

LETTER CARDS - OFFICIAL: KGV Sideface 1d Perf 12½ as L9 but with 'OS/NSW' perfin through the stamp only, 

three examples each with the very scarce 'BURRINJUCK DAM.../Irrigating a young Citrus Orchard...' in 

brown-purple with 'MURRUMBIDGEE IRRIGATION AREAS' h/s in violet added to the caption, two are used with 

some staining, the other is unused but damaged on the address side with part of the margin removed. Rare: a new 

discovery. Modest estimate because of the condition. 

It's very rare to discover a completely new class of postal stationery. The 'OS/NSW' perfin is often seen on Postal 

Cards, but these are the only such Letter Cards we have recorded. They are also the only examples we have seen 

of the inscription on the view enhanced with the handstamp]{Page 58.1} (3) 

POSTAL CARDS: 1911 Coronation 1d annotated collection on display pages identified by frame & portrait 

sub-types with unused KGV (9), Queen Mary (11) & Prince of Wales (10, one in a distinctive bright blue shade 

which is rare), and used KGV (6, one with two filing holes), Queen Mary (1, a rare variant with 'O.H.M.S' overprinted 

above the stamp & printed advice for the Produce Department) & Prince of Wales (2), 6 of the unused cards have 

printed address of GA Bremer & Co at Melbourne, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine. Ex Nick Yelland. 

{Page 58.2} (39) 

422 PS A - 1911 Coronation 1d in purple-black comprising KGV in Laurel Oval, Queen Mary in Laurel Oval (3) & Prince of 

Wales Oakleaves & Anchors (corner crease at lower-left), very fine unused. (5) 

423 PS A - 1978 Scenic Issue 20c "Bondi - one of Sydney's famous beaches" & "Panning for Gold - Sovereign Hill Ballarat 

Victoria" both uprated with 10c Sapphire & sent by air to Scotland or Holland. Rare commercial usages. [It would be 

a significant challenge to assemble complete postally used sets] (2) 

424 PS A REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1965 (Nov) 2/5d with the stamp Printed in Helecon Ink R44, unused, Cat $350. 

Very scarce, & possibly the first unused example we have offered. 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery - Wartime 

It is many years since a strong offering of World War I "Military Envelopes" has appeared at auction. The items in this section are from 

the One Frame Exhibit formed by Barry Scott of New Zealand,. This exhibit has achieved many outstanding awards, including Gold 

Medals at Tarapex NZ (2008) & Mandurah WA (2010) and an International Gold Medal at Johannesburg (2010), and was featured at 

the "Royals at the Royal" exhibition coinciding with London 2010. NB: These items are not really "military" envelopes. They were for 

use TO, not from, servicemen stationed abroad. Catalogue numbers are from the "Australasian Stamp Catalogue". Catalogue values 

are from the 2010 edition but are considered to be conservative. 

350 

1,000 

300 

300 

3,000 

300 

150 

300 

425 P/PS 

426 C A- 

Lot 426 Lot 427 

The remainders comprising KGV 1d plate proof pair in pale carmine (creased), and Envelopes ASC X2.3a unused 

& used, X2.4 unused, X2.5 on surfaced stock unused (very fine) & on unsurfaced stock unused & used, mixed 

condition. (7 items) 

ENVELOPES: Black/red stampless envelope with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES.' [sic] at the base, minor 

wrinkling, unused. [It is believed that this and the next item were produced as patterns or essays for the "Military 

Envelopes". No used examples have been recorded, and each is believed to be the only recorded specimen]{Page 

59.1} 

600 T 

750 T


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery - Wartime (continued) 


427 C A - a similar envelope inscribed 'A.I.F.' at the base, unused. Although the fonts are entirely different from the previous 

lot, the stock and knife are identical.{Page 59.2} 

428 PS B - 1916 (March) First Issue 1d with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.' at the Base X2.3a, a few tonespots mostly 

on the reverse, unused, Cat $350. [These envelopes were first made available from mid-March 1916 at the 

Melbourne GPO, and shortly afterwards at the Sydney GPO. They were subsequently distributed to other major 

post offices in Victoria & New South Wales only. They were sold in packs of five, for 5½d] 

750 T 

250 T 

Lot 429 Lot 430 

429 PS A+ - another example, unused. Superb!{Page 60.1} 

400 T 

430 PS B - ditto, to an infantryman abroad with Ballarat Krag machine cancel of 15AUG16, unusually with 'HOSPITAL' h/s in 

violet (dated "16.10.16"), minor blemishes, Cat $400.{Page 60.2} 

300 T 

Lot 431 

431 PS C - 1916 (Aug) Second Issue 1d with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE.' at the Base but with the Text Re-Set & 

'Regimental Number' now 35mm Long & 19mm Below the Printer's Rule X2.3, even discolouration of the reverse & 

repaired flap fault, Cat $1100. Rare. [The address on many examples of the initial issue was partly obscured if a 

machine cancellation was used. This problem was overcome by re-setting the text. This second issue - previously 

thought to have been the first produced - was available for only one month & only two used examples have been 

recorded]{Page 60.3} 

600 T 

Lot 432 

432 PS A - ditto, on surfaced stock, unused. Certainly the finest example of the few we have seen. [Official records show that 

only 1000 were printed, but do not mention the two different stocks]{Page 60.4} 

1,500 T

Feb 17, 2012 




433 PS B - 1916 (Sep) Third Issue 1d with 'A.I.F., ABROAD' at the Base X2.4 with Thick & Thin Printer's Rules below the 

Heading, flap stuck & minor discolouration on the reverse, unused, Cat $400. 

434 PS A - ditto, a very fine example, unused, Cat $400. 

500 T 

300 T 

Lot 435 Lot 436 

435 PS B - ditto, scarce usage from Western Australia with Fremantle Krag machine cancel, endorsed in pencil "Wounded/ 

4.2.18", small fault at lower-right, Cat $300.{Page 61.1} 

436 PS A- - ditto, scarce usage from Queensland with 'PIALBA' cds, addressed contrary to Regulations to "France", British 

'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW196' label (split on opening). [Apparently missent: addressed to "12th Bde" but 

endorsed "Not 42nd Bn 11 Bde"]{Page 61.2} 

437 PS A - Third Issue 1d with 'A.I.F., ABROAD' at the Base X2.4 with Two Thick Printer's Rules below the Heading, 

unused, Cat $400. {Page 58.3} 

300 T 

400 T 

400 T 

Lot 438 Lot 440 

438 PS B - ditto, used from 'ROZELLE/NSW', endorsed "POW" in green & "Prisoner of War/29.8.17/G Henderson" in pencil, 

German Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel POW Camp cachet in blue at upper-left, some soiling mostly on the reverse.{Page 

61.3} 

439 PS A - ditto, in a slightly different shade, unused.{Page 58.4} 

400 T 

500 T 

Lot 441 Lot 442 

440 PS A- - ditto, from NSW with North Sydney machine cancel, boxed 'ABPO/UNABLE TO TRACE/RETURN TO SENDER' 

h/s overstruck with large 'OVER' h/s, Sydney DLO label on the reverse with 'RETURNED MAIL OFFICE/VICTORIA 

BARRACKS/SYDNEY' h/s & associated 'Returned to Sender/...' h/s on the face.{Page 61.4} 

400 T




441 PS B - ditto, used from 'TAMWORTH/NSW', endorsed "Prisoner of War/18.6.17" in pencil, German 'P5' h/s in red & 

boxed St Osnabrück POW Camp cachet at upper-left, minor blemishes.{Page 61.5} 

442 PS A - ditto, scarce usage from Tasmania with Launceston cds in violet, endorsed "P" in green & "Prisoner of War/ 

NJHines/Lieut/GPO London" in pencil, British 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW 108' label (slit on opening){Page 61.6} 

500 T 

400 T 

Lot 443 

443 ? A+ - original red/buff "band" with printed 'STAMPED MILITARY ENVELOPES/Six for 6½d.'. Superb! An unusual item 

that will enhance any collection. [Most bands would have been ripped away from the envelopes, so it is no surprise 

that only 3 examples have been recorded. What is surprising is the pristine quality of this example]{Page 62.1} 

444 PS A- - 1917 Fourth Issue 1d with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE,/ABROAD' at the Base X2.5 on highly surfaced 

stock, flap stuck, unused, Cat $300. [The ASC states this issue was released in -/12/1916. However, this seems 

unlikely. The United States entered the War in April 1917. It seems likely that the inscriptional change was made 

after that date, to avoid confusion between the AIF & the AEF (= American Expeditionary Force)] 

445 PS A - ditto, another example in a deeper shade on a less highly surfaced stock, unused. [As the War entered its last 

phases, the demand for Military Envelopes waned sharply. From 1/7/1918, they were available in packs of 3 for 

3½d] 

500 T 

250 T 

300 T 

Lot 446 Lot 447 

446 PS B - ditto, used from NSW with Sydney machine cancel, minor spotting on the reverse, Cat $400.{Page 62.2} 

250 T 

447 PS B - ditto, used from 'MARRICKVILLE/NSW' with superb 'DECEASED' h/s & boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/ABPO/ 

RETURN TO SENDER' h/s both in violet, Sydney DLO label & b/s unusually in black, minor faults. [See also Lot 

451]{Page 62.3} 

400 T 

Lot 448 Lot 451 

448 PS B - ditto, scarce usage from South Australia with Adelaide machine cancel (with two completely different dateheads, 

one also with inverted year!), addressed directly to "Münster in Westfalia, Germany" with oval Adelaide censor h/s & 

unusual h/s in blue that appears to have been obliterated using the same ink, minor blemishes. [Mail to confirmed 

POWs was free. This is thus an exceptional item for the destination collector, being the only such recorded usage of 

a 'Military Envelope' directly to a POW Camp in Germany]{Page 62.4} 

1,250 T

Feb 17, 2012 




449 PS B - 1917 Fourth Issue 1d as X2.5 but on poor quality unsurfaced grey-buff stock, even discolouration on the 

reverse, unused, Cat $300. [Wartime shortages resulted in envelope stock being sourced from a variety of 

suppliers. By mid-1917, the situation was desperate. Cooke was eventually able to acquire a stock of grey-buff 

paper from the Victorian State Government Printer & this was used until the last printing, in March 1919!] 

450 PS A - ditto, very fine unused. 

300 T 

451 PS B - ditto, used from 'MARRICKVILLE/NSW' with 'DECEASED' h/s & boxed 'UNDELIVERABLE/ABPO/RETURN TO 

SENDER' h/s both in violet, large 'OVER' h/s, Sydney DLO label on the reverse with 'RETURNED MAIL 

OFFICE/VICTORIA BARRACKS/PADDINGTON' h/s in violet & associated 'Returned to Sender/...' h/s on the face, 

minor blemishes. Ex John Sinfield: acquired for $719 at our auction of 20/11/2004.{Page 62.5} 

200 T 

600 T 

Lot 452 Lot 453 

452 PS B - ditto, very late usage with 'SOUTH SINGLETON/OC24/1918/NSW' cds, minor blemishes.{Page 63.1} 

300 T 

453 PS C - ditto, unusual usage with 'ABROAD' crossed-out, to "Sixth Field Ambce/SS Medic Fremantle WA" with Melbourne 

slogan cancel, even discolouration of the face & flap fault. [Stated to be the only recorded usage of a 'Military 

Envelope' to a serviceman in Australia]{Page 63.2} 

750 T 

454 PS B 

Lot 454 Lot 455 

LETTER CARDS: 1916 (March) 1d 'MILITARY LETTER CARD' with 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' at the Base 

X2.1 on grey surfaced stock, minor soiling on the reverse, unused, Cat $350. [Although some 50,000 were issued - 

apparently to just the GPOs in Melbourne & Sydney - not a single used example is recorded!]{Page 63.3} 

455 PS A - 1916 (Oct) 1d 'MILITARY LETTER CARD' with 'A.I.F., ABROAD' at the Base X2.2 on thin pale grey unsurfaced 

stock, unused, Cat $400. [Some 31,600 were issued, again to the GPOs in Melbourne & Sydney. Again, not a 

single used example is recorded!]{Page 63.4} 

300 T 

400 T 

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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots 

456 

457 

458 

459 

460 

461 

462 

463 

C 


1894-1908 maritime group on exhibit pages illustrating various shipping routes with Canadian Australian 

Steamship Line (via Vancouver), P&O and Orient Line (via Suez), Union Steampship Co & Oceanic Steamship Co 

(via San Francisco) including 1902 Melbourne to New Brunswick with 6d late fee added, Oceanic Steamship Co & 

Australia Mail Line (via San Francisco) including 1901 posted on board S.S. Ventura with NSW 2½d strip of 4 

paying double the loose letter rate, Burns Philp & Company (via Vancouver) and Le Compagnie des Messageries 

Maritimes for mails carried under French contract including 1894 Postal Card from Victoria in French Guinea to 

Adelaide via Konakry, Calais & Marseilles, condition variable.{Page 64.1} (16) 

*O Basic range including NSW 1897 1d Charity, Queensland Chalons to 2/- unused & used, Large Chalons to 10/- 

used, 1900 Patriotic Fund 1d & 2d *, Tasmania 5/- Tablet perf 'OS' used, 1899 Pictorials used, Victoria 1884 £1 

Stamp Duty used, mixed condition. (200+) 

*O Collection including Queensland Chalons to 2/-, Large Chalons with £1 strip of 3 (pen cancel), Sidefaces 1882 4d 

'PENGE' for 'PENCE' SG 169a, 1887 2/- deep brown x2 *; Tasmania 4d Courier with BN '59', Chalons 1855 Large 

Star 2d green (pen cancel removed), 1857 Numerals 4d blue unused, 1860 6d & 1/- used; Victoria Half-Lengths 3d 

pair used, 'TOO LATE' & 'REGISTERED' used, 1857 Emblems 1d yellow-green unused, etc, Cat £2500. (100s) 

C/CL Covers including NSW 1889 Sheep Report form Obley to "The Gundongs" with Centennial optd 'OS' 1d pair, 1892 

Goodooga (fine cds on face) long cover to Melbourne with 1d strip of 4 & 3d strip of 5, Victoria 1905 registered with 

'LUBECK' cds in violet, postal stationery including NSW c1890 unused 5d green (toning) & 6d red Official 

Envelopes with 'Specimen' overprints, also 1917 Fred Hagen Transcontinental Railway cover to Perth cover with 

KGV 1d, mixed condition. (10 items) 

C Cover selection including NSW 1858 Sydney to Newcastle with Small Diadem 2d, Tasmania 1841 & 1844 

pre-stamp entires to London each containing a Derwent Bank receipt, Victoria 1858 (?) outer with imperf 1d 

Emblems x2 (shades), 1861 Sandhurst to England with rouletted 6d Queen-on-Throne and 1880 Heywood to 

England with 6d blue; also Australia 1917 censored to Switzerland (fine Schaffhausen b/s) with 2½d Roo, and PNG 

1947 registered to USA; the 19th century items are in mixed condition. (8) 

*O Early assortment including New South Wales Sydney Views Plate III 3d with bars cancel of Sydney, Laureates 

Bluish Paper 1d carmine pair & Plate II 2d Prussian blue, 1891 Surcharges optd 'OS' *, 1894-1905 10/- violet and 

claret Perf 12x11; Queensland Small Chalons 2/- blue unused, 2/6d bright scarlet & 5/- yellow-ochre fiscally used, 

Large Chalons 2/6d to £1 unused, Sidefaces 2/- red brown *, mixed condition, Cat £1600. (92) 

*/**O 

O 

Handy assortment including New South Wales 1885 Perf 12 10/- optd 'POSTAGE' in Blue used, 1897 Charity 1d 

(1/-) **; Queensland Chalons to 2/6d used, Large Chalons to £1 fiscally used; South Australia Long Toms to 5/- 

used, 'SPECIMEN' opts; Tasmania Tablets to 10/- used, Pictorials to 6d used; Victoria 1854 'TOO LATE' & 

'REGISTERED', 1884 Stamp Statute 5/- to £1 fiscally used, 1884 Stamp Duty to £2 including late usages, 1887 £5 

fiscally used, 1897 Charity 1d & 2½d *; Western Australia later issues to 5/- used. (100s) 

Miscellany in stockbook with mostly decimal Railway Stamps from NSW (+ pre-decimal to 2/-), Queensland & 

Victoria, also NSW postmark covers & revenues, Queensland postmarks with double-line 'REGISTERED' h/s, 

registration labels and revenues plus Bush Childrens Health Scheme 1d charity label. (few 100s) 

464 *O Modest ranges from Queensland, South Australia & Victoria. Pickings. (200 approx) 

Offer 

465 

466 

467 

CPS 

NSW including 1890 to USA with 6d & 'PAID ALL' h/s, 1899 with huge '("2d") TO PAY' h/s, 1905 Prescott Ltd 

advertising cover with 'ONE HUNDRED POSTED' h/s; South Australia including 1899 PPC of "Adelaide"; Victoria 

including 1904 2d Envelope to New Zealand with NZ TPO b/s, 1908 'Victoria Welcomes/The American Fleet' PPC 

from an American sailor to the States; etc, generally fine to very fine.{Page 64.2} (30) 

*O Predominantly used including New South Wales Sydney Views 2d with BN '48', 1885 10/- optd 'POSTAGE' in 

Blue, 1888 Centenary 20/-; Queensland Chalons to 1/- & Large Chalons, South Australia Adelaide Printings to 1/-, 

Long Toms to 2/6d; Tasmania 4d Courier (cut-to-shape), Chalons, Sidefaces, and Pictorials; Victoria including 

Stamp Duty to £8 (faults) & Postage Dues; possible postmark interest, very mixed condition. (100s) 

P*PS Proofs including New South Wales 4d red-brown block of 4, Queensland 1892 QV Revenues £1 green pair *, 

Tasmania Sidefaces 4d blue block of 12, plus Queensland 1897 Sidefaces 1d with Compound Perfs SG 260 */**; 

also letter cards, postcards, two covers, and reprints. {Page 58.5} (38) 

"Tips for New Bidders" - see page 4. 

460 

300 

1,000 

240 

200 T 

500 

500 

200 

350 

200 

400

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AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots (continued) 


468 

469 

470 

Ex Lot 468 

*O Seven Seas album pages with imperf NSW Views 1d & 3d plus 2d forgery, Laureates 8d, (6d) 'REGISTERED' (3, 

including a specimen with fake postal cancel), 5/- Map (2, one optd 'OS') & 20/- Carrington, 1897 Charity duo *, 

1891 Surcharges optd 'OS' *; Queensland Small Chalons to 20/- (fake rays cancel in blue), Large Chalons to £1; 

South Australia with rouletted 10d (in blue) on 9d orange, 1/- yellow (2) & 1/- orange, Perf 10x11½-12½ 10d on 9d, 

"Long Toms" to 5/- (perf 'SA'); Tasmania 1d Courier (faults) & 4d Courier x2, Chalons with Star Wmk 1d, Sidefaces 

with 4d blue, (straight edge at top), Tablets 10/- CTO & £1 used; mixed condition. {Page 65.1} (250+) 

*O Stockbook collection with mostly Later Period issues including Queensland 1907 Crown/A £1 Large Chalon * 

(pinhole, Cat $1000), South Australia Broad Star 2/- block of 6 used, 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 5/- unused, Victoria 

with Queen-on-Throne 2d (6) plus NSW, Tasmania & Western Australia, mixed condition. (100s) 

*O Used array including Victoria 1897 Charity 2½d * & 1900 Patriotic Fund 2d large-part o.g, plus representations from 

other colonies including Tasmania Pictorials and duplicated stamp duty issues, mixed condition. (100s) 

NEW SOUTH WALES 

471 

472 

*O 1882-85 2d optd 'OS' with faint Double Overprint (kiss print), plus Laureates & Small Diadems, reprints, forgeries, 

and a range of Tasmania Sidefaces. (58) 

*O 1850-1905 range including Sydney Views Plate I 2d dull blue used, Laureates to 6d including 1d brick-red No 

Leaves Right of South SG 48a used, 1854 Large Diadems to 1/- used, 1885-86 10/- mauve & claret optd 

'POSTAGE' in Blue *, 1888 5/- deep purple used, 1897 Charity 1d (1/-) * (faults), plus Officials with blocks and 

issues perf 'OS/NSW'. (100s) 

1,250 

400 

250 

150 

400 

473 

474 

O 

Ex Lot 473 

Imperforates including Sydney Views 1d No Clouds (4, including a pair) & Clouds (2, one with BN '78' of Cassilis), 

3d (7, including Blue to Greyish Wove Paper pair & a single with No Whip), 1851-53 Laureates 1d (8, including a 

strip of 3 on piece tied by BN '18'), 2d Plate I (6), Plate II (2) & Plate III (3), 3d (4), 6d, & 8d (2, one with full 

margins), 1854 Numeral Watermark 1d (4), 2d (4) & 3d (2), Large Diadems 6d (15) & 1/- (4 one with pre-printing 

paper fold), Small Diadems 1d (5, one optd 'SPECIMEN), 2d (6, one optd 'SPECIMEN') & 3d (3); also (6d) 

'REGISTERED' (3), postmark interest including BNs '3', '9' (reversed), '39', '61', '67' & '77' & Rays '185', mixed 

condition. High catalogue value.{Page 65.2} (86) 

*O Perforated issues with Large Diadems Perf 12 to 1/- pale red including watermark varietes and 6d optd 

'SPECIMEN', 1861-88 5/- Coin (10, including Perf 10 with pre-printing paper fold & Perf 13 optd 'SPECIMEN'), Long 

Types 5/- & 10/- (2) plus optd 'SPECIMEN' 5/- 10/- & £1, 5/- Map (8, including optd 'SPECIMEN' or 'Specimen') & 

20/- Carrington (4), 1897 Charity duo, Dues 1891 set (10/- & 20/- are CTO) plus 10/- & 20/- optd 'SPECIMEN', 

officials with optd 'OS' 1882-85 1/- Overprint Double (closed tear) & 5/- Map, perf 'OS/NSW' 10/- Long Type (very 

scarce), lots of perfs & shades throughout so viewing recommended, condition variable.{Page 58.2,7} (few 100s) 

475 P B 

1850-51 Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) 1d plate proof single in pale red on thin paper, margins close to large, 

shallow thinning at the top.{Page 58.8} 

476 F A - Plate I (No Clouds) on Soft Yellowish Paper 1d brownish-red SG 4, margins good to large, fine BN '78' (Rated 

RR) of Cassilis, Cat £450.{Page 58.10} 

477 G A - Plate I (No Clouds) on Bluish Paper 1d pale red SG 5, margins close to good, BN '68' (rated RR) of Scone, Cat 

£425.{Page 66.1} 

478 

O - 2d group comprising Plate I Later Impressions greyish-blue SG 17 (small thin) & 2d dull blue SG 18 with BN '23' 

of Wollongong rated RR (RPSofV Certificate); Plate IV Wove Paper x3 (one thinned) and Vertically Laid Paper with 

BN '64' ('4' reversed) of Maitland, Plate V Wove Paper x6 one with BN '61' of Gosford, condition variable, Cat 

£1940.{Page 58.9} (12) 

479 G A - Plate I (Vertical-Lined Background) 2d greyish blue SG 16b, good to large margins, neat bars cancel of Sydney, 

Cat £300.{Page 66.2} 

480 H A - Bluish to Grey Wove Paper 3d yellow-green with 'SIGIIUM' for 'SIGILLUM' SG 42c [23], margins good to large, 

untidy BN '51' of Deniliquin (Nibbs rated RRRR on Sydney Views) well clear of the variety, Cat £450.{Page 66.3} 

481 G A+ 1851-53 Laureates Bluish Paper 1d brick-red SG 48, margins close to large, light BN cancel, Cat £140. 

Superb!{Page 66.,4} 

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Lot 477 - SG 5 Lot 479 - SG 16b Lot 480 - 'SIGIIUM' Lot 481 - SG 48 

Lot 482 - Superb! Lot 483 - SG 85 Lot 486 - Unused Lot 489 - Imperf at Right 

Ex Lot 497 

Ex Lot 495 - Revenues x180+ 


Ex Lot 509 

Ex Lot 508 

Ex Lot 502 - Imperforate Colour Trials

Feb 17, 2012 


NEW SOUTH WALES (continued) 


482 V A+ - Bluish Paper 6d grey-brown SG 76, margins close to large, extremely light cancel, Cat £250. Superb!{Page 

66.5} 

483 W A 

484 

1854 Laureates with Numeral Watermark 2d Prussian blue SG 85, margins good to large with virtually full outer 

framelines, unused, Cat £190. Unusually fine. {Page 66.6} 

O - 3d yellow-green SG 87 complete reconstruction of the plate of 50 (10x5) including two pairs & 'WACES' SG 87a, 

condition rather mixed but many are attractive stamps & 7 have full margins, most with bars cancels of Sydney, Cat 

£2000+. 

485 G A 

486 W A- 

1854-59 Large Diadems 1/- brownish-red SG 101 vertical pair from the base of the sheet, margins large to 

humungous, indistinct Barred Numeral '71' (?) cancels, Cat £160++. Impressive.{Page 58.6} 

1856-59 'REGISTERED' (6d) vermilion & Prussian blue SG 102, margins good to large, minor thin in the margin at 

the top, unused, Cat £1000.{Page 66.7} 

487 W A 1856-60 Small Diadems 2d blue SG 112, good even margins, unused, Cat £180. 

150 T 

488 * A- 1860-63 'REGISTERED' Perf 12 (6) rose-red & Prussian blue SG 125, exceptional centring, light crease, virtually 

full o.g., Cat £150. 

489 D A- 

490 WRF A/B 

1864-65 Small Diadems Wmk Single-Lined '1' 1d pale red as SG 195 marginal example from the right of the 

sheet imperforate at right, also with the Watermark Misplaced replacing in marginal watermark line only, small 

rosine mark on the face, large-part o.g. Rare: stated only one other Imperf at Right example has been r 

ecorded.{Page 66.8} 

1885-1904 Long Types selection comprising Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Black Perf 12 5/- reprint plus unused (2) & 

used forgeries, Overprinted 'POSTAGE' in Blue Perf 12x10 £1 optd 'REPRINT', Blued Paper Perf 12 10/- optd 

'Specimen', Perf 12 10/- CTO with 'NSW'-in-concentric-ovals cancel, £1 revenue with forged 'POSTAGE' overprint 

and £1 optd 'OS' remainder CTO with a fake postal cancel applied, condition variable. (9) 

400 T 

400 T 

500 

250 T 

400 T 

150 T 

400 T 

300 

491 


Ex Lot 494 

*O FORGERIES: Imperforate forgeries including Sydney Views 1d x2, 2d x2 & 3d, Laureates with Jeffreys 1d pairs in 

claret & in orange both "unused", 2d blue pair "used" 3d bright yellow-green "unused" & 6d "used", Diadems 5d 

deep green, etc.{Page 67.2} (23) 

492 * A- B2 OFFICIALS: 1892 7½d on 6d brown optd 'OS' (7mm) with second clear Reversed Overprint, short perfs at base, 

large part o.g. Ceremuga Certificate states "Genuine in all respects". 

493 

*O - Stockbook collection of mostly Officials to 5/- with optd 'OS' 1879-85 8d overprint in red (blemishes), 1882-85 

11x12 2d with Offset 'OS' *, 1/- Perf 10x13, 1892 ½d with partial Overprint Double, also multiples including Perf 

11x12 1/- SG O33b strip of 4, perfs, plus other varieties including Broken Lettering, Misplaced Overprint, Wide 

Overprint Setting, 'O' of 'OS' Sideways, also non-officials with forgeries, 'SPECIMEN' or 'Specimen' overprints and 

postmarks, condition variable. Sure to reward close inspection. {Page 67.1} (100s) 

494 D B - Perf 'OS/NSW' ½d 1d 2d 2½d indigo & 1/-; and perf 'OS' ½d 5d 8d 10d 1/- 2/6d & 10/-; some minor toning/aging, 

large-part o.g. Very scarce group.{Page 67.3} (12) 


495 P A/A- 

496 O A/B 

497 O A 

- Revenues 

Stamp Duty numerals with 3d pair Misperforated **, optd 'G.I.O.' including 6/- 14/- £1 & 30/- and 'G/NSW' perfins 

with £1 (3) & £5; Family Endowment 1928 on or off piece including 12/6d, 17/6d, £5 (2), £10 (4, including a pair) & 

£30; Relief Tax 1930 to £2 & £5; Wages Tax 1932-39 including unseparated 1932-34 10/-, 1935-36 6d block of 4 & 

1/- strip of 3 (both **) & 10/- plus lots of separated values; condition variable.{Page 66.9} (180+) 

Selection comprising Metropolitan Hospitals Contribution Fund 6d 1/- & 2/-, Betting Tax ½d 1d 2d & 1c x2 complete 

tickets of different bookmakers, Motor Spirit Ration Ticket 1 Gallon, 2 Gallons strip of 4 and 5 Gallons. (14) 

CATTLE DUTY: 1951 Perf 11½ 1d to 5/- (2/- with 'WC' perfin) plus £1 & £5; also 1955 Thick Grey Security 

Underprint 6d 5/- 10/- & £1, Elsmore Online Cat $770.{Page 66.10} (13) 

498 ** A/A- - 1966 Decimals 5c to $20 marginal set of 8 values, plus 10c 50c $1 & $20 lower-right corner blocks of 8 (minor 

toning), unmounted, Elsmore Online Cat $555++.{Page 68.1} (40) 

499 * A/A- ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS: 1871 1d 6d 2/- & 4/-, plus 2d & 6d both with seriffed 'SPECIMEN' overprint, a few 

minor blemishes, all with large-part o.g., Elsmore Online Cat $900 approx. A very scarce group.{Page 66.11} (6) 

350 T 

500 

500 

400 T 

350 T 

150 T 

400 T 

300 T 

500 T 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This auction is on a FRIDAY afternoon.


Lot 529 - rated RRRR 

Ex Lot 498 - NSW Cattle Duty 

Lot 503 - Gorgeous Die Proof 


Ex Lot 527 - Postmarks on Roos 


Ex Lot 511 - Early Covers x13 

Ex Lot 513 - Quality Group

Feb 17, 2012 


NEW SOUTH WALES - Revenues (continued) 


500 D A 

501 

O 

Lot 500 

FAMILY ENDOWMENT: 1933 piece from a Broken Hill South Ltd ledger-page with 'FAMILY/ENDOWMENT' 

Overprints in Pale Green comprising £100, £50, £30, £10, £2, 15/-, 2/6d blue & 2/1d, the five high values being 

scarce to rare, Elsmore Online Cat $1380.{Page 69.1} 

STAMP DUTY: 1865-1903 selection including Imperf 8/- (close to good margins) & 10/- (fake postal cancel), Perf 

12½ 4d x4 (including a strip of 3), 6d x2, 8d x2 (one with pre-printing paper fold), 1/- x3 (one with fake postal 

cancel), 2/-, 3/- x2, 4/-, 6/-, 7/- (torn) & 10/- pair, Long Types to £1 x2 including 6/- (apparently postally used!), 7/- & 

8/- x2, mixed condition. {Page 66.12} (60) 

502 P A/A- - 1866 4d 6d 8d 1/- 1/6d & 2/- imperforate colour trials on Blueté Paper each with sans-serif 'SPECIMEN' 

handstamp in black, all with large margins, mounted on a small page (105x140mm, a few very minor tonespots) 

detached from a De La Rue presentation book (the gold-blocked leather cover is included), Elsmore Online Cat 

$3000++.{Page 66.15} (6) 

503 P A - 1866-75 Stamp Duty 1/- die proof in mauve & green on highly glazed card (92x61mm), one pinhole at each side 

as always.{Page 68.3} 

504 P A - ditto, 1/6 die proof in mauve & orange-red.{Page 68.4} 

500 T 

505 P A - ditto, 6/- die proof in mauve & blue.{Page 68.5} 

500 T 

506 

O - 1929-66 Series 13 values to £1 plus 30/- £5 £10 £30 grey & £50, all with 'EL' perfins of Edwards Lumley, mixed 

condition. Very scarce.(18) 

507 P A 

508 O A/A- 

STAMP DUTY - IMPRESSED: 1866 17/6d colourless proof impression on wove paper (132x210mm) overprinted 

with ornamental borders & Gothic 'Specimen' in blue, Elsmore Online Cat $150. 

SWINE DUTY: 1929 9d 1/- 2/- 5/- 10/- £1 plus a well-centred £5, also a 1966 20c pair, a few perf blemishes, 

Elsmore Online Cat $318.{Page 66.14} (9) 

509 * A/B TAX INSTALMENT: 1941 Commonwealth-issue with 'N.S.W.' at Base 1d to £5 complete, a few lower values with 

perf faults, some paper-hinge remainders, Elsmore Online Cat $800+. [A similar 'TAS' set sold for $483 in our 

auction of 19/11/2011]{Page 66.13} (29) 

500 T 

350 T 

2,000 T 

500 T 

250 T 

100 T 

200 T 

350 T 

510 D A/A- 


511 

512 

513 

Lot 510 

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF TAX: 1933 piece from a Broken Hill South Ltd ledger-page with 'RELIEF/TAX' 

Overprints in Black comprising £100 pair (very scarce multiple), £10 strip of 4, 10/-, 6/- (defective) & 3/-, Elsmore 

Online Cat $900+.{Page 69.2} 

- Postal History 

*O Early covers with pre-stamps including 1842 to Edinburgh with 'MELBOURNE/NEW SOUTH WALES' framed oval 

d/s in black, 1845 & 1848 to England both with 'PAID SHIP LETTER/(crown)/SYDNEY' oval d/s & Kidderminster 

b/s, 1851 Bathurst (poor oval b/s) to Sydney with Views 2d Plate II (stated to be Ex Wiggins), 1851 part-outer to 

Calcutta with Views 3d and boxed 'CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER' d/s, 1853 Parramatta (fine oval b/s) to Bathurst with 

Laureates 2d tied by BN '2' cancel, 1855 to England with Laureates Numeral Wmk 3d x2, 1858 Tarcutta to Sydney 

with Small Diadems 1d pair, 1859 mourning cover to England with Diadems 1d 2d & 6d tied by Rays '10' (Carcoar) 

cancel, plus four other items, mixed condition.{Page 68.7} (13) 

CPS Selection including 1857 Tarcutta to 'GRESFORD' (fair crown oval b/s), 1865 to Auckland (b/s in red), 1898 & 1899 

both with 'WALLSEND PLATTSBURG' cds, 1902 PPC to Paris but redirected to Rome; advertising covers 1895 

Leigh & Co (lithographers), 1905 Saxton & Binns (timber merchants, front only) & 1913 Metropolitan Business 

College, etc; also unused 1895 OHMS 2d Envelope with obliteration bars; mixed condition. 

CPS 

Wide-ranging group including 1850 stampless to Ireland, tiny 1853 cover with hige 2d Laureate, 1880 to USA with 

'PAID ALL'-in-oval h/s, 1866 & 1876 OHMS entires with different oval Money Order datestamps, 1888 'RETURNED 

LETTER' Envelope, 1887 two registered to Ireland, 1893 registered to Austria, 1894 local with 6d telegram cutout, 

1909 with rare 'TPO 1 NORTH' machine b/s, 1909 with 'ENGLISH MAIL NSW' machine b/s etc, condition variable 

but generally fine to very fine.{Page 68.8} (18) 

350 T 

800 T 

200 T 

600


Ex Lot 531 - Official Envelopes x13 

Lot 528 - Anzac Rifle Range 

Ex Lot 534 - Postal Cards x54 

Lot 533 - An Extreme Rarity for only $500 ! 

Lot 535 - Warwick MBD 

Lot 540 

Lot 539 - SG 4 Pair 

Lot 553 - Imperf at Right 

Ex Lot 550 

Lot 554 - Marginal Watermark

Feb 17, 2012 


NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) 


514 C B 

515 C B 

516 C A- 

517 C B 

518 C B 

519 C A- 

520 C A- 

521 C B 

Lot 514 

Lot 520 

1822 entire headed "Petersham Novr 23d/1822" & signed "JR Rankin" (?), to Scotland with boxed 'INDIA 

LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s in red, London transit b/s in red, Scottish boxed '½' h/s & unframed 'DUMFRIES/ 

13JUN1823/A 340-D' arrival b/s, some soiling/staining. From the period 1819-1828 when Sydney had no postal 

markings. [The lengthy letter speaks of "...the golden days of Lauchlin Macquarie...he has done more good to this 

Colony in the last twelve years than will be done in the next twenty-four his prediliction for they prisoners was 

certainly his hobbie horse...I am most happy that we had the courage to come out to what they call the land of 

Cangerros and Convicts...There are more settlers arriving here every week..."]{Page 71.1} 

1841 (Oct 16) entire headed "Taradale" & signed "JamesBAtkins", to England with very fine strike of the 

rounded-boxed 'GOULBURN/POST PAID' h/s in red, oval Goulburn & Sydney b/s, superb 'SHIP LETTER' h/s 

across the fold & fine 'ROMSEY/ A ' arrival b/s, minor defects. 

1844 entire headed "Broken Bay near Sydney 5th May 1844" & signed "JB Howard", to England with light 'PAID 

SHIP LETTER/[crown]/JU 1/1844/SYDNEY' oval d/s in red, London transit & poor 'YORK' arrival b/s in blue. [The 

lengthy letter states: "...I seldom see anybody and lead a sort of barbarous life. I occasionally have some trouble 

with my convict Boatmen and have had a very serious loss through Building the station on private property which 

has been claimed by the Wentworth family...I not only lose my Buildings, but shall have to pay £25 a year 

rent...There has been a great want of good faith on the part of the Wentworths..." William Charles Wentworth, one 

of the 1813 party that first crossed the Blue Mountains, was one of the most prominent free settlers.] 

1845 entire headed "Sydney 2d July 1845" & signed "Arch Walker", to Madeira carried entirely outside the mails & 

with no postal markings, slight aging. Very scarce destination from the Australian Colonies. [The letter is to wine 

merchants & states "...vineyards are now being laid out here..." & invites the addressee to send cuttings.] 

1849 small envelope to Goulburn with fine '[crown]/FREE/MY*19/1849' h/s in red, signed "WMManning" at 

lower-left, small repair at upper-left. [William Montagu Manning was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in 

1848 & from 1851 was an influential politician] 

1852 local outer with Laureates 1d SG 48 (margins just touching to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit 

below; Cat £120) tied by poor cancel of 'MOLONG' (poor b/s), to "John Smith/Gamboola/Molong", minor blemishes. 

Rare provincial townletter. [John Smith was a prominent sheep breeder. "Gamboola" was his principal station & 

Gamboola merinos were highly regarded] 

1865 "Riverina" cover to London "Via Melbourne & Marseilles" with NSW Diadems 6d purple tied by Rays '51' of 

'DENILIQUIN' (b/s)+ Victoria Laureates 4d & Redrawn 6d tied by very fine '1' killer of Melbourne (b/s also in blue), 

London arrival cds in red on the face. A beautiful cover: #29 in Dr Geoff Kellow RDP's census ("Sydney Views" Aug 

2004). Ex Rodney Perry & George Molnar. [All stamps have had the perfs trimmed on 2 or 3 sides. While this may 

be seen as a detraction, it is actually strong circumstantial evidence that the Victorian stamps were applied by the 

sender in NSW]{Page 71.2} 

1883 cover front to California with Perf 10 6d mauve x6 & 1/- black pair tied by Sydney duplex, 'PAID ALL'-in-oval 

h/s in purple, minor blemishes. Remarkable item paying ten times the 6d rate. 

522 C A- - Alfred Hilder (Sydney) merchant's cover to France via Naples "per Liguria" with attractive tri-colour franking of 

Diadems Perf 10 8d plus 4d & 1d paying 1/1d rate, central fold. 

523 

C 

524 PS B 

525 C B 

1891 registered Fred Hagen cover to Germany with attractive albeit philatelic franking of NSW Surcharges, German 

TPO transit cds & registration label. 

1896 stampless OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER' to the German ship SMS "Falke" at Brisbane readdressed to 

"Apia/Samoa", however apparently redirected at Auckland back to Sydney (arrival b/s of 28FE97), some soiling. 

Remarkable overseas usage of official postal stationery. 

1897 cover to the noted philatelist Major EB Evans in London with 1/- in postage + improper usage of cleaned 

Stamp Duty 8/- & 9/- (!) all with 'REGISTERED/JU24/97/SYDNEY NSW' cds, steel & rubber (in violet) 'AR' h/s, 

minor blemishes. 

526 C A - illustrated advertising cover for NSW Canning Factory with Globe on the face & a mythical bird on the flap, to 

British Columbia, 'VICTORIA/BC' arrival b/s. 


527 

D 

- Postmarks 

Selection of pieces with 1d Roos all with numeral & cds "tie", noted 'CAROONA' & '1973', 'ESSINGTON' & '837', 

'GREEN CAPE' & '1669' (lighthouse), 'KEINBAH' (rare) & superb '2059', 'LITTLE HARTLEY' & '198', 'MARYVALE' 

& '118', etc. Very scarce group.{Page 68.6} (34 items) 

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528 C B A1 

ANZAC RIFLE RANGE: 'ANZAC RIFLE RANGE/14OC36/N.S.W.' (large frame-break at lower-left) three very fine 

strikes, mss "ANZAC R RANGE" on blue & black provisional registration label, minor blemishes. Rare. PO 1920; 

closed c.1938. [Open only during the annual shooting competition, usually in October]{Page 70.1} 

529 S A- A2+ BARRED NUMERALS: '31' of Picton superb large-part strike on Sydney Views Plate II 1d dull carmine SG 11 (Cat 

£500), margins close to good, tiny pinhole. Rated RRRR. {Page 68.2} 

530 C A A1 


531 

PS 

532 PS A 

ST JAMES' HALL: 'ST JAMES HALL/5D/JUBILEE/2DEC05/SYDNEY NSW' two very fine strikes on locally 

addressed 5d Jubilee PPC. Australia's first commemorative datestamp. 

- Postal Stationery 

ENVELOPES - OFFICIAL: Scarce group comprising 1d for Public Schools Cadet Force returns *, Captain Cook 4d 

'CROP RETURNS' optd 'Specimen' (2, different stocks); and Department of Public Instruction Registration 

Envelopes Captain Cook 5d green *, CTO, optd 'SPECIMEN' & used, 6d violet CTO, & used, 6d carmine CTO, optd 

'Specimen' (also CTO) or 'SPECIMEN', & used, some soiling/toning but most are fine to very fine.{Page 70.2} 

(13) 

ENVELOPES - PTPO: 1898 usage of ½d grey - unsealed printed matter rate - with Harrison Jones & Devlin 

embossing in blue on the flap, Mudgee arrival b/s. 

533 PS B - 1913 (Jan 17) usage of QV ½d green on blue paper for Vacuum Oil, uprated with a second ½d green at a 

pronounced angle, Sydney machine cancel, a couple of vertical folds at the left. Rare.{Page 70.4} 

534 

PS 

POSTAL CARDS: Partly mounted & annotated collection including 1875 1d essay with Script 'To' HG 1 (superb), 

Jubilee 2d & 3d, eight unused or used with different printed advices on the reverse, 1897 1d 'Greetings from' 

("KATOOMBA FALLS"), 14 with various types of 'Specimen' overprint, a few optd 'OS', a few problems but the 

unused are generally fine to very fine.{Page 70.3} (54) 

QUEENSLAND - Moreton Bay District 

535 D B B1 

BN '81' of Warwick two fine strikes on NSW Sydney Views Plate I (No Clouds) 1d & Plate I (Vertical-Lined 

Background) Worn Impression 2d - both a little cut-into - on c.1850 piece.{Page 70.5} 

QUEENSLAND 

[Several lots in this section make reference to our sale of Bernie Manning's Small Chalons & Sidefaces etc on 13/6/2009] 

536 

*/**O 

Plate proofs including 1882 1d pale vermilion imperforate strip of 3 ** (blue pencil at lower right), 1887-91 Lined 

Background 2/- pale brown imperforate single *, 1895 Perf 12½ 2½d blue-green *, 1895-96 Perf 12½ ½d on 

ungummed unwatermarked paper; plus 1899 Perf 12 ½d green SG 262a *, 1907-11 3d bistre-brown with BN '585' 

(Rated RR) & another single with 'THREC' for 'THREE' used. (27) 

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*O Useful partly mounted/annotated collection with mint/unused including 'REGISTERED' 6d yellow (3), a few 

Sidefaces to 2/-, Four Figures array to 2/- x5 with multiples including 4d grey blocks of 4 & 6, 1/- block of 10 plus 

1907-11 Perf 13x1-12½ complete set of vertical strips of 3, 1897-98 Experimental Roulettes SG 261 pair (RPSofL 

Certificate), 1901 Charity pair ("suntanned" gum), 'COMMONWEALTH' 9d group including Type A-B se-tenant pair 

& block of 4 from both issues, Crown/A 1d imperforate pair & block of 4 Imperforate at Right, 1907-12 High Values 

set with a couple of shades (some regummed), etc, generally fine to very fine.{Page 72.1,1} (400 approx) 

1,000 T 

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538 O A/A 

539 O A C1 

540 W A 

1860 Imperf 1d carmine-rose SG 1, close to huge margins with complete outer framelines and a fragment of the 

adjoining stamp at left, a little faded; 2d blue SG 2, close to good margins with outer framelines complete on three 

sides, possibly repaired; and 6d green SG 3, good to large margins with complete outer framelines (just touched at 

lower-left), ink notations on reverse; Cat £3300. An attractive and well above-average trio.{Page 73.1} (3) 

1860 Large Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 1d carmine-rose SG 4 horizontal pair, untidy cancels, Cat £600+. A rare 

multiple.{Page 70.7} 

1860-61 Small Star Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 (6d) 'REGISTERED' olive-yellow SG 11, an unusually large stamp 

mis-perforated with part of the the unit at the base, unused with traces of o.g. (?), Cat £550.{Page 70.6} 

541 * A 1866 Lithographs 5/- bright rose SG 57, characteristic rough perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £600. A rare & underrated 

stamp, especially of such outstanding quality for this notoriously difficult stamp.{Page 73.2} 

542 

*W 1882-1912 Large Chalons selection on album pages with a simplifed 'SPECIMEN' set, Thin Paper Wmk '5' mint 

set, used 2/- pair to £1 (2); Thick Paper unused/mint set, used 10/- & £1 (a superb stamp!) plus fiscally used £1 strip 

of 5; and Thin Paper Wmk '6' £1 mint, used 5/- on linen-backed piece, 10/- & £1 plus a second £1 with Retouch: 

Thick Frame at Lower-Right (minor faults); 1905-06 Litho 5/- & £1 (pulled perfs at top) SG 273-4 mint etc, condition 

a bit mixed & some have been regummed. {Page 74.1} (48) 

543 *WO A/B 

544 P*O A/B 

1890-94 Two Figures 2½d carmine SG 191 with Major Cracked Electro (from 'S' of 'QUEENSLAND' to Queen's 

Neck) mint, unused & used (3, one with Simon Dunkerley Certificate), also 1897-1908 Four Figures 2d Cracked 

Electro SG 234a mint & used (4). Very scarce group.{Page 74.2} (10) 

1897-1908 Four Figures 1d group with perforated plate proof in red on unwatermarked paper with black line across 

the face (2), Zigzag Roulettes group including SG 257 mint block of 10, SG 260 mint single & pair etc. (38) 

545 ** A 1897-98 Trial Roulettes 1d with uninked zigzag roulettes SG 257 complete sheet of 120 with Sheet Number '48' at 

lower-right, a few very minor blemishes & a small piece of the selvedge missing at upper-left, full unmounted o.g., 

Cat £1680++. A remarkable survivor! [Bernie Manning's half-sheet sold for $322] 

546 * A - 1d with uninked zigzag roulettes, black zigzag roulettes & additionally Perf 12½,13 SG 261 marginal block of 12 

(3x4) from the right of the sheet, with some minor separation/reinforcing, Cat £1080++. RPSofL Certificate (1979). [ 

Bernie Manning's pair & block of 4 sold for $276] 

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547 **/* A - ditto, marginal block of 24 (12x2) from the top of the sheet, most units are unmounted, Cat £2160++. One of the 

largest multiples in existence.{Page 73.3} 

548 P A 

1897 Golden Jubilee ½d perforated plate proof with '1837 - 1897' in the Lower Corners in black on ungummed 

unwatermarked wove paper. [Bernie Manning's pair sold for $920]{Page 74.3} 

549 P A - ditto, in dull red on ungummed unwatermarked wove paper. The proposed issue was cancelled. The design was 

modified for the 1899 "Widow's Weeds" issue by removing the dates '1827-1897' in the lower corners. [Superior to 

Bernie Manning's example - "some creasing" - that sold for $920]{Page 74.4} 

550 *P A/B 1900 Boer War Charity 1d (minor thin) & 2d (creased) SG 264a-b, also 1d imperforate colour trial singles in 

yellow-green, blue-green, indigo or violet-blue all on ungummed watermarked paper.{Page 70.9} (6) 

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Ex Lot 542 - Large Chalons Collection 

Ex Lot 543 - Crack Lot 548 - Proof Lot 549 - Proof Lot 552 - Perf 11 

Ex Lot 558 - Carrier Stamps 

Ex Lot 559 - PPCs x82 with Postmarks 

Lot 571 - Proof Lot 561 - Rare Franking 3d Strip of 3 Lot 572 - SG 2 

Lot 573 - SG 5 Lot 574 - SG 6 Lot 575 - SG 9 Lot 577 - SG 10

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Lot 551 

551 V A/B - 1d (both creased at the base) & 2d (minor crease across the right-hand unit) SG 264a-b marginal pairs from the 

base of the sheets, CTO at Brisbane with full unmounted (brown) o.g., Cat £770++. Ex Australia Post Archival Sale 

Number 1 (1987, Lot 37): sold for $620. [Believed that the only larger CTO multiples are blocks of 6 - the 2d block 

with 3 units creased - from the same sale. None of the creasing was mentioned in the Australia Post ca 

talogue]{Page 75.1} 

552 

F 

1906-10 'COMMONWEALTH' Crown/A 9d brown & blue Perf 11 Type B BW #Q45B (SG 285), well centred, a 

couple of minor blemishes, light 1911 cds cancel, Cat $3000 (£600). Rare & underrated. [Bernie Manning's two 

examples were both perf 'OS' (Cat $1500) and sold for $1955 & $1667 respectively]{Page 74.5} 

553 * A 1907-11 Crown/A 1d pale scarlet-vermilion marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW 

#Q11ba, very lightly mounted, Cat $800+.{Page 70.8} 

554 */** A - a similar block, the last unit with Bite at Lower-Right, marginal watermark '[MADE IN EN]GLAND', one unit very 

lightly mounted otherwise unmounted, Cat $800++. [Amusingly, the Cowan paper was manufactured in Scotland, 

but the watermark dandy-roll was made in England! Very few such marginal "inscriptions" have been recorded. 

Bernie Manning's similar block with 'ADE IN EN' - the adjoining position from above - sold for $1265]{Page 70.10} 

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555 O A/A- 

Lot 556 Lot 555 Lot 557 

1911 Perf Irregular Compound 10½-12½ 1911 1d dull scarlet-vermilion BW #Q15 (SG 313), two examples each 

with characteristic wayward centring & rough perfs, each with Brisbane machine cancel, Cat $3000 (£1400). [The 

ACSC states "A considerable number of sheets were perforated with this machine but the results were so poor that 

only a small number of sheets were issued...Dated examples are from June & July 1911." And, excepting 

institutionalised collections "there are probably less than 20 used examples known" of which many are grossly 

off-centre and/or heavily cancelled. Bernie Manning's poorly centred example sold for $862]{Page 75.3} 

556 G A - another example, well above-average centring, several raised perfs at top & bottom that are a characteristic of 

this eccentric perforator, Brisbane duplex. RPSofL Certificate (1975).{Page 75.2} 

557 G A - another example & the finest of the four from this one collection, similar centring & perf irregularities to the 

previous lot, 'WOODFORD/6JY/11QUEENSLAND' cds. [Almost the equal of Bernie Manning's superb example that 

sold for $2530] 

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558 O B/C 

This perforation is known as the "Railway Perf" because the machine was originally used for railway stamps. The 

introduction of the 1d Empire Rate in May 1911 greatly increased demand for 1d stamps & this machine was 

adapted for postage stamps by adding extra teeth to the comb. NB: Woodford is one of only nine different 

datestamps recorded on this issue{Page 75.4} 

CARRIER STAMPS: City & Parcel Delivery Bryce Ltd c.1908 3d red & 6d blue plus Phone Numbers Added 9d 

green on piece, all with Watson Ferguson & Co imprint at the base, characteristic faults (more so on 9d) but overall 

presentable to attractive condition; also 1950 5/- on 9d & 10/- on 1/- forged surcharges **; Elsmore Online Cat 

$1100.{Page 74.6} (5) 

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- Postal History 

Album of PPCs selected for the postmarks, many with numeral/cds "ties" including '94' (Rated RRRR) & 

'ROSEVALE'; '182' (RRRR) & 'SILKSTONE' (CofA type); '220' (RRRRR) & 'KOOJAREWON'; '377' (RRR) & 'SEA 

HILL'; and '686' (RRRR) & 'CLAYFIELD'; etc, also noted superb 'YATESVILLE' cancel (PO 1906-1910 only), 

condition variable but many strikes are fine to superb. [Vendor's list available on request]{Page 74.7} (82) 

Four albums of PPCs (mostly) & covers with lots of better views including several Thursday Island, wide array of 

numerals & cds, noted 1903 local cover with 1d pair with Black Zigzag Roulettes, condition variable. (300 approx) 

561 C B 1872 cover to England "Via Marseilles" with Perf 13 1d orange-vermilion & 3d greenish brown horizontal strip of 3 

tied by light Rays cancels. Rare franking & unusual 10d makeup. {Page 74.9} 

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562 C A+ 

Lot 562 

1892 illustrated fold-out advertising card for the Belle Vue Hotel in Brisbane, to New Caledonia with printed 

'CIRCULAR ONLY' qualifying for the concessional printed matter rate & Second Sidefaces 1d only tied by Brisbane 

cds, pinhole at left where secured in transit, a couple of minor hinge remainders on the reverse otherwise superb! 

[The first example we have seen!]{Page 76.1} 

563 C B - (Feb 17) poste restante cover to Argentina "via New Zealand" with 2½d carmine-pink tied by Brisbane cds, poor 

Buenos Aries b/s, British boxed 'SENT-BACK-TO-ENGLAND/WITHOUT-A-REASON/FOR-NON-DELIVERY' h/s, 

faint Brisbane DLO b/s in red. Very early 2½d rate cover, to an unusual destination. 

564 S A/B 

NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS: Rays on Chalons comprising '21' (probably) on 6d rated RRRR on Chalons, '36' on 

1/- grey rated RRR, '59' on 6d rated RRR, '107' on 1/- rated RRRR, First Type '108' on 2d rated RR, & '145' rated 

RRRR; also BN '308' on Large Chalon 2/- pair. (7) 

565 C B B1 - BN '63' largely fine strike on Tattersalls cover with 'BROOKVILLE/SP5/1904/ QUEENSLAND' cds (LRD), 

Ravenswood & Townsville transit b/s. Rated RRRR. From RO to PO 1902; reduced to RO -/10/1905; closed 

-/10/1909. Goldmining; now a ghost town. Manning records the cds - rated RRR - used NO26/1902 to SP5/1904 

only. 

QUEENSLAND 

566 

PS 

567 PS (B) 

- Postal Stationery 

Selection of mostly used Postal Cards (14, with 1888 set CTO, & scenic issues including 1910 "A COUNTRY 

ROAD" & "MAIN AVENUE, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY..."), Letter Cards (4, including 1911 1d x2) & PTPO 

Envelope 2d commercially used 'YAMBA' to Rockhampton, generally fine. (20) 

ENVELOPES - PTPO: 1903 local usage of 1d illustrated advertising envelope for New Zealand Insurance Co, a bit 

crumpled & ironed-out. Most attractive. 

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POSTAL CARDS: Collection with Chalon 1d x8 (range of shades), 1888 1d to 3d each with 'SPECIMEN' h/s, 

Scenic Issues 1898 1d x22 (3 used) & 1½d x5, 1904 1d x2, 1905 1d (used), 1906 'POST CARD' at Top 1d reddish 

views x4 (used) & orange-brown views x4 (used), 1910 1d "A DUCK POND..." (used, not cancelled), etc, some 

problems - mostly with the used items - but generally fine to very fine. Many neatly hinged to pages stated to be Ex 

Theo Stone.{Page 76.2} (71) 

569 PS A- - 1910 1d with Black & White Views HG 19a "BRISBANE RIVER, SHOWING SHIPPING AT SOUTH BRISBANE 

WHARVES", commercially used at Warwick 24OC10, minor ink blemish on the view. A new discovery, making 29 

views now recorded.{Page 76.3} 

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570 

O 

571 P B 

Ex Lot 570 

Well-presented reasonably complete collection including London Printings 1d dark green (close margins), 2d pair & 

6d, Adelaide Printings 1d SG 5 & 6 (faults) & 6d slate-blue with full margins, Rouletted 10d on 9d yellow x5 (one 

black opt), 1867 Perf 11½x12½ 4d x2 SG 54-55, 1870-71 3d on 4d with red overprint, good range of middle period 

issues with surcharges and "Long Toms", plus Officials and Departmentals including a couple of blue overprints, 

possible postmark interest. High catalogue value.{Page 77.1} (100s) 

1855 London Printings 1d imperforate plate proof single in green (similar to the issued colour) on ungummed 

unwatermarked paper, margins close to large, minor thins.{Page 74.8} 

572 * A - 2d rose-carmine SG 2, margins close to large, large-part o.g., Cat £550. A premium example.{Page 74.10} 

600 T 

573 V A 

1856-58 Adelaide Printings 1d deep yellow-green SG 5, margins good to large, light numeral cancel, Cat £550. A 

premium-grade example.{Page 74.11} 

574 F A - 1d yellow-green SG 6, margins just clear to huge with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, light numeral 

cancel, Cat £650.{Page 74.12} 

575 * B - 2d red SG 9, three clear to good margins & just shaved at right, small black mark on the surface, large-part o.g., 

Cat £650.{Page 74.13} 

576 F/G A - 6d slate-blue SG 10, two examples, also two examples of the London Printing 6d deep blue for comparison, all 

with full margins, Cat £660. [Fine examples of SG 10 are very scarce. It is a far more elusive stamp than the 

meagre £10 difference in the catalogue values would suggest] 

577 G A - 6d slate-blue SG 10 horizontal pair, margins just clear to large, vertical edge-of-sheet watermark lines at right, 

dumb cancels of Adelaide, Cat £340+. A rare multiple. {Page 74.14} 

578 G/F A/B 

1860-69 Second Roulettes 6d dull ultramarine SG 30 block of 4, separation fault at upper-left, light indistinct 

numeral cancels. Rare multiple. [A used block of 6 with faults sold for £564 at a London auction in 2009]{Page 

78.1} 

579 */** A B1 1876-1900 Broad Star 9d rose-lilac (Large Holes) SG 124 block of 6 (2x3), virtually full o.g. with the lower four units 

being unmounted, Cat £66++. 

580 P A+ 1868 De La Rue 2d imperforate plate proofs 1) upper-left corner block of 8 (4x2) in black on thin glazed card; & 2) 

gutter block of 21 (7x3) in orange on ungummed unwatermarked thin paper. Superb! (2 items) 

581 W A- 

1886-96 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' Perf 10 2/6d to £20 optd with 12½mm 'SPECIMEN', £5 grey thinned at lower 

right, no gum.{Page 78.2} (13) 

582 G A- B2 - Perf 11½-12½ £3 sage-green SG 202a, some characteristic rough perfs, blue-pencil registration line at the base, 

large-part 'WALLAROO/SA' squared-circle, Cat £475 for CTO. Rare commerical postal usage. [Wallaroo was a 

mining town. Most of the commercially used high values encountered were used there]{Page 78.3} 

583 P A 

1894-1906 Tannenberg 5d imperforate plate proof in red-brown on gummed unwatermarked paper, lower-left 

corner block of 8 (4x2) with Plate Number '1', full unmounted o.g. 

584 **/* A 1902-04 Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d blocks of 6 (2), 4d blocks of 6 (2), 6d blocks of 4 & 6, 8d block of 8, 9d blocks of 4 & 6 

and 1/- block of 4, most units are unmounted, Cat $990++ (mounted). Very scarce group. (10 blocks) 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History 

585 C A/B 

586 CPS A/B 

587 C B 

Pre-stamp entires (3), large-part outers (3), front & envelope mostly addressed to Adelaide (all but one with 

'GPO/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' cds) comprising 1844 tiny cover to Tresavean Mine in Cornwall with postmaster's 

endorsement "PO BB" (Burra Burra), 1854 entire & large-part outer both with 'MORPHETT-VALE' cds with mss 

dates & each with 'A/PAID/1' h/s in red, others with fine to very fine cds of 'ANGASTON', 'GAWLER' (in red), 'GLEN 

OSMOND', 'KOORINGA' or 'MACCLESFIELD', condition variable but the postmarks are generally excellent.{Page 

78.5} (8) 

Valuable group including 1847 & 1849 with large GPO cds with 4-digit or 2-digit year, 1851 entire with 'KOORINGA' 

cds & '[crown]/PAID/184_' h/s in red, 1847 OHMS front endorsed "Free" with a largely fine strike of the huge 'POST 

[crown] OFFICE/PORT LINCOLN' d/s, 1850 entire to Sydney with light but obvious undated 'POST OFFICE/ 

[crown]/PORT ADELAIDE' h/s, 1885 to GB with numerous redirections & finally returned with DLO b/s in purple, 

1883 Postal Card from Kooringa with light 'RAILWAY/SA' b/s, undated 'O.S.' wrapper to "Gaol/Redruth", 1907 front 

from Horseshoe Bend (N.T.) with 'CHARLOTTE WATERS/SA' cds, used Postal Stationery with 1d Envelope x2 

(one uprated to Victoria), good range of OHMS Postal Cards including 1d pink Reply Half optd 'O.S.' with truancy 

advice on the reverse, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine.{Page 78.7} (27) 

1840 entire headed "London 6 Nov 1840" & signed "CA Smith" to "William Griffin [?] Thomas Esqr/Hindley 

Street/Port Adelaide/South Australia" and endorsed "pr Lord/Glenelg", oval 'MARSH ___ EDRIDGE/London' 

forwarding agent's h/s, on arrival rated "3" for an inwards shipletter but with no other postal markings so presumably 

carried per favor to Adelaide, minor staining along central filing crease. A very early inwards item to South 

Australia{Page 78.6} 

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Ex Lot 581 - Perf 10 Set Lot 582 

Lot 578 - Rare Multiple 

Lot 599 - Railway 

Ex Lot 585 - Pre-Stamps x8 

Lot 587 - Very Early Inwards to Adelaide 

Ex Lot 586 - Valuable Range x27 

Lot 597 - Officials on Cover 

Ex Lot 604 - Wrappers Group 

Lot 612 Lot 619 

Lot 609 Lot 611

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588 C B 

589 C B 

1852 outer headed "Aberdeen Burra Burra" to Sydney "Via Overland" with an almost fine strike of the 'KOORINGA' 

cds & a poor strike of the '[crown]/FREE' datestamp in red, Melbourne transit & Sydney arrival b/s. [The overland 

rate was 8d. The two "4" markings apparently represent 4d pre-paid + 4d payable on arrival. The letter states 

"There are a great number of vacant houses at this place now..." Copper mining] 

1853 1854 & 1856 stampless outer & two covers all with contents, each with 'MORPHETTVILLE' cds, the first two 

addressed to "Her Majesty's Gaol/Adelaide" with "2d" or "paid 4d" both in red & each with ' A/PAID /I ' h/s in red, 

some soiling/staining. (3) 

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590 CPS B/A- 

Lot 590 

1862 cover with Rouletted 1d pair (faults) & 'PORT AUGUSTA/OC6/62/SA' cds, to "Edward Palmer/McKinlays 

Exploring Expedition" at Adelaide, GPO b/s & 'UNCLAIMED' h/s, horizontal fold through the stamps; with the very 

rare Adelaide Dead Letter Office 'Returned Paid Letter (Ship)' Envelope (the last word crossed out) in which the 

cover was returned to Port Augusta (b/s of DE14/62), a couple of small filled spikeholes. [Edward Palmer, bullock 

driver, accompanied the South Australian Burke & Wills Relief Expedition under John McKinlay. They departed 

Adelaide 14/8/1861, explored large tracts of the Outback & eventually moved into Queensland]{Page 79.1} (2) 

591 C A- 1869 (Dec 13) cover to Stepney with Perf 10xRoulette 1d pair tied by light '30' of 'TANUNDA' (cds alongside), 'P - 

O/RAILWAY' transit b/s, slightly truncated at left. 

592 CL (B) 

593 CL B 

594 CL B 

1887 OHMS cover with 'Surveyor-General's Office' imprint to "Yarralena/via Beltana" with 'O.S.' Opts 6d bright blue 

SG O18 tied by Adelaide duplex, 'FARINA' arrival b/s, endorsed "Not Known/here" & with 'UNCLAIMED' h/s, 

returned with 'PA RAILWAY' squared-circle transit & very fine 27½mm DLO b/s in red, a few repaired peripheral 

tears. [Farina is 657km N of Adelaide, so Yarralena - not mentioned by Martin Walker & not known to us - must 

have been a very remote locality] 

1889 Post Office and Telegraph Department (Adelaide) OHMS stampless cover to Italy with 'SECRETARY G.P.O./ 

JA 3 89/S.A' cds in blue, taxed on arrival with 1L & 30c Postage Dues added & tied by 'LIVORNO' cds, vertical fold 

at right & some age spotting. 

1895 OPSO cover with Central Agricultural Bureau imprint at lower-left, rare franking of Optd 'O.S.' Perf 10 ½d SG 

O60 block of 4 (Cat £32+ x50+ on cover) tied by GPO duplex, 'MT PLEASANT' arrival b/s, ironed-out central fold & 

some spotting. 

595 PS B - commercial usage to Austria of 1d Postal Card with ½d brown tied by GPO duplex, redirected to Wurttemburg & 

Austria 5kr (corner fault) tied by superb Vienna cds, minor blemishes. 

596 CL B 

597 C B 

598 C A- 

1898 Education Department printed registration envelope with Type 2 'O.S.' Overprints 2d orange & 2½d violet-blue 

SG O75 pair (very scarce stamp on cover, Cat £15+ x50+) tied by Adelaide squared-circles, vertical fold at left. 

1901 OPSO cover with Post Office imprint at lower-left, to Cheshire with rare franking of Optd 'O.S.' Perf 13 ½d SG 

O68 & Perrf 10 '5D.' on 6d SG O72 (Cat £18+ x50+ each on cover) tied by Adelaide squared-circle, 'R'-in-oval h/s, 

readdressed to Wales with 'LLANDUDNO' arrival b/s, repaired flap fault. RPSofL Certificate (1982).{Page 78.8} 

1906 cover to the Masonic Temple in Minneapolis via San Francisco (b/s) with Thin 'POSTAGE' 3d (a couple of 

faults) & 4d tied by 'REGISTERED/ADELAIDE' squared-circle, superb 'R'-in-oval h/s. 

599 S A A3 POSTMARKS: 'PLATELAYERS CAMP EW R[Y]/13MAY15/[ ? ]' large-part strike on KGV 1d red. PO 15/3/1915; 

closed 3/12/1915; (re-opened 1916-1917). The only example we have seen from the first opening. [A very fine strike 

from the second period sold for $1840 at our auction of 20/1/2007]{Page 78.4} 

600 C A/B - Commercial covers including 1911 OHMS with fancy boxed 'GPO/ADELAIDE' d/s, 1933 with 'BAYA' cds, 1943 

with 'KORUNYE' cds, 1946 registered with rubber 'BALAKLAVA' cds, 1962 registered at 'BROOKER' (T.O.), also 

large pieces with 'RELIEF No 17' in red & provisional label with typed "KOOLYMILKA" & two different 'POSTED AT 

MELROSE RAILWAY STATION' h/s. (10) 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery 

601 

PS 

602 PS B 

Group of Postal Cards overprinted 'OS' (18, including a superb unused 1d+1d Reply Card) or 'OHMS', and 

Wrappers optd 'OS' (2) or underlined 'OHMS' or handstamped 'OHMS', unused or used. The last two are very 

scarce. (22) 

ENVELOPES: 1911 ½d GPO HG B1 uprated with Victorian ½d & 'ONE PENNY' on 2d (scarce on cover) from 

'HOCHKIRCH/ VICTORIA' to Eudunda, a trifle soiled. Very scarce usage. 

500 

300 T 

140 T 

300 T 

175 T 

100 

200 

350 T 

400 T 

600 

300 

250 T 

150 T


Lot 634 - Star Wmk 

Lot 624 - Superb! 

Lot 616 - Proof 

Ex Lot 626 - Reprinted Die Proofs 

Ex Lot 625 

Lot 623 - SG F7 * 

Ex Lot 627 

Ex Lot 636 - including Mining Views x8 

Lot 639 - the Empire's Smallest Registration Env 

Lot 638 - Superb Lettersheet

Feb 17, 2012 


SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery (continued) 


603 PS B 

604 PS A/B 

POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: c.1880 (1d+)1d pink reply-half used in 1894 with 'GAWLER' & 'NORWOOD' (arrival) 

squared-circles, a couple of minor defects. Rare. [Unusual usage of a truancy report notice reply-half as a 

message-half, amended to request history notes] 

WRAPPERS: ½d violet various sizes & stocks to Melbourne, Sydney (5) or New Zealand (scarce overseas use), 

1889 1d green to Caltowie, 1911 ½d green with Flat-Topped 'A's in 'AUSTRALIA' to Sydney, and PTPO ½d violet 

with 'SOUTH/AUSTRALIA' Added for "The Advertiser" two examples to Sydney, fine to very fine.{Page 78.9} (11) 

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Official Stamps - Departmental Overprints 

605 O A/A- 

Group comprising 'C.S.' (in Red) on Rouletted 1/- (rated S) & on Perf 11½x10 1/- (R); 'G.P.' on Perf 11½ 2/- carmine 

(R); 'P.' on DLR Crown/SA (Reversed) Perf 10 2d (C+); 'R.G.' DLR Crown/SA Perf 10 2d (S) & Perf 10 1/- (RRR); 

'S.G.' on Perf 10 6d Prussian blue (R); & 'S.T.' on Rouletted 6d dull blue (RR).(8) 

150 

400 

400 T 

606 G A- 

Lot 606 

Lot 610 

Lot 608 

CROWN LANDS: Blue 'C.L.' on Rouletted 4d dull purple, a couple of very minor tonespots, untidy but light cancel. 

Rated RRRRRR (yes: 6R! = "only one copy recorded"). Acquired for $2300 at our auction of 14/4/2005.{Page 

81.1} 

607 V A GOVERNMENT PRINTER: Black 'G.P.' on Perf 10 1d green, neat cds. Rated R. 

75 

608 W B 

609 F A 

610 F/V A D1 

MANAGER OF RAILWAYS: Black 'M.R.' on Rouletted 4d, minor tonespots, unused. Not Rated. [Butler records 

unused example(s) as having previously been noted by others but not confirmed by him] Acquired for $719 at our 

auction of 19/3/2005.{Page 81.3} 

MARINE BOARD: Black 'M.B.' on Wmk Star Perf 11½-12½ 6d with 'PORT ADELAIDE' cds. Rated RRR. Acquired 

for $506 at our auction of 19/3/2005. {Page 78.10} 

POLICE: Black 'P.' on De La Rue 2d Crown/SA perf 10x12 horizontal pair with wing-margin at right and Double 

Overprints (in fact, 4½ complete impressions). Rated RRR++. Ex William Frazer: acquired for $2415 at our auction 

of 14/4/2005. BPA Certificate (2003).{Page 81.2} 

611 F A- B1 PRIVATE SECRETARY (to the GOVERNOR): Black 'P.S.' of the Private Secretary to the Governor on Perf 10 

'3-PENCE' on 4d ultramarine, an unusually large well-centred example, minor thinning that doesn't detract from the 

handsome appearance, GPO cds of NO-/72. Under-rated at R.{Page 78.13} 

612 G A- 

TASMANIA 

613 */**O A/B 

TITLES REGISTRATION: Black 'T.R.' on De La Rue Wmk Crown/SA Perf 10 2d, untidy cancellations. Rated 

RRRR. [A late issue, replacing 'L.T.' in mid-1873] {Page 78.11} 

Couriers 4d orange used, Chalons 1d red-brown SG 25 vertical strip of 4 with BN '18' of Campbell Town, 4d blue 

SG 35 strip of 6 used, plus reprints comprising 1871 6d & 1/- Perf 11½ ** & 1889 6d & 1/- Imperforate on White 

Card **, 1879 Fiscals 3d 2/6d 5/- & 10/- pairs *, and Sidefaces 1889 4d Perf 11½ & Imperforate on White Card **, 

1901 ½d on 1d scarlet imperforate block of 10 with Plate '1' at base, and 2½d on 9d blue **. (48) 

2,500 

600 

400 

2,000 

160 T 

300 

350 

614 G A- 

Lot 614 Lot 615 

1853-54 Couriers Thin Hard White Paper 1d blue as SG 4 but an intermediate state with the lines still quite distinct, 

horizontal pair, margins good to large and clear of the outer framelines on all sides, a couple of very minor 

imperfections, First Allocation Barred Numeral '64' of Hobart, Cat £1900+. RPSofL Certificate (1991) as SG 3 "pale 

blue". A handsome multiple.{Page 81.4} 

2,500


TASMANIA (continued) 


615 F A - Plate II (Coarse Engraving) 4d dull orange SG 11, margins close to good, light Barred Numeral cancel, Cat 

£350.{Page 81.5} 

616 P (B) 

1855 Large Star 1d imperforate plate proof vertical pair in deep red-brown on ungummed unwatermarked paper, 

three close to good margins & a little cut-into at left, ironed-out creases. A rare multiple. [Ross Jones' very fine 

single sold for $2070 at our auction of 20/11/2004]{Page 80.3} 

300 T 

1,500 

Lot 617 Lot 618 

617 G A+ - 2d green SG 16, large even margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, part-BN cancel well clear of the 

Queen's face, Cat £450. A remarkable stamp, being the largest & finest example we have seen. BPA Certificate 

(1981). [By comparison, a superb example of the No Wmk 2d SG 20 - Cat £900 - sold for $6900 at our auction of 

10/4/2010]{Page 82.1} 

618 * A 1857-69 Wmk Numeral 1d brick-red SG 25 (worn impression) horizontal strip of 3, margins just clear to good, 

virtually full o.g., Cat £900+. Rare multiple.{Page 82.2} 

619 W A- B1 1870-71 Sidefaces Wmk '4' 4d blue SG 130, well centred, unused, Cat £850. An attractive example.{Page 78.12} 400 

620 * A 1871-78 Sidefaces Perf 11½ 9d blue Imperforate Pair SG 148a from the left of the sheet, margins just touching (at 

base) to huge, part-o.g., Cat £375. 

621 O A- - Perf 11½ 5/- purple SG 155 gutter strip of 4, excellent colour, the last unit with perfs trimmed at right, fiscal 

manuscript cancellations "20/10/71", still with large-part o.g. 

622 

**/* 1905-11 Electro Crown/A 1d 'CA' Monogram block of 6 BW #T14z, unmounted, & 'ONE PENNY' on 2d block of 12 

(2x6) with 'CA' & 'JBC' Monograms BW #T23z/zb, some minor perf separation. (2 items) 

623 * A POSTAL FISCALS: 1863-80 Imperforate 10/- salmon SG F7, margins close to large, large-part o.g., Cat £600. 

Rare.{Page 80.6} 

624 */** A/A+ - 1863-80 St George & the Dragon Perf 12 2/6d carmine SG F13 marginal block of 4 from the base of the sheet 

with additional 'TASMANIA' printed twice in the margin, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat 

£520++ (as mounted singles). Superb! BPA Certificate (2007).{Page 80.2} 

625 R A 

REPRINTS: Reprinted die proof of the Chalon Head only in black, blue, purple or myrtle-green all on small pieces 

cut-to-shape, & in green on pink (45x46mm).{Page 80.5} (5) 

626 R A - ditto, of the full design but with blank value tablet all on wove paper with recessed surrounding frame 1) in 

grey-green/off-white; 2) green/buff; & 3) carmine/pale yellow. Very attractive trio.{Page 80.4} (3) 

627 R A - ditto, of the full design on small pieces of white wove paper 1) with blank value tablet in black; 2) ditto, with 

incomplete lower frame in black; 3) with geometric pattern in value tablet in black; & 4) with lined value tablet in 

indigo & in scarlet.{Page 80.7} (5) 

628 * A/B C1 REVENUES: post-1900 2d orange-brown overprinted 'REVENUE' with 'TWO PENCE' Printed Double block of 4, 

the last unit with minor gum-thins, large-part o.g., the third unit unmounted, Elsmore On-Line Cat $320+. BPA 

Certificate (1976) as the then SG F37b. 

TASMANIA - Postal History 

629 

C 

630 C A-/B 

631 CL C 

Mostly Pictorial frankings with PPCs including 1903 Hobart to Mombasa (arrival cds), 1904 Berriedale to Scotland, 

1905 Moonah to Italy, 1907 'TML RY No 2' to Launceston, plus covers & postal stationery with two frank stamp 

items, mixed condition. (35) 

1847 "Money Letter" (= registered) to Hobart rated "4" in black & with postmaster's manuscript endorsement 

"Jerusalem/25 10 47" at left, small boxed '26OC26/1847' arrival b/s. Jerusalem (2) PO 1/8/1842; renamed 

Colebrook 9/4/1894. [With 1849 and 1850 Union Bank entires from Launceston to Hobart rated "8" or "1/-" in red] 

(3) 

1855 long cover to "Henry Berthon/Weatherboard Station/Lower Leigh/Geelong" endorsed "Per Royal Shepherd" 

with Courier Plate II 4d dull orange SG 11 single (very fine, margins just touched - at the top - to large) and vertical 

pair (the upper unit badly damaged from rough opening but the lower unit very fine with good to large margins) tied 

by BN '64', light 'GENERAL-POST-OFFICE/HOBART-TOWN/[crown]' cds in red below, wax seal with impressed 

'BANK OF AUSTRALIA/[shaking hands]/HOBART-TOWN' across the flap, 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/GEELONG- 

VICTORIA' b/s in red, contemporary pencil notes & sketches on both sides (mostly on the reverse), soiling & a 

vertical fold, a piece from the flap & archival tape used to effect repairs to the opening faults at upper-left & 

upper-right. A remarkable item, notwithstanding the faults/repairs. 

3,000 T 

1,000 T 

200 

150 T 

100 

600 T 

1,000 T 

300 T 

900 T 

750 T 

200 T 

250 T 

300 T 

600 T

Feb 17, 2012 


TASMANIA - Postal History (continued) 


632 C B 

633 C A- 

634 S B A1 

TASMANIA - Postal Stationery 

635 PS A/B 

636 

PS 

1862 OPSO outer with Colonial Treasury imprint at lower-left, to "The Collector/Rural Police Rate/Morven", fine 

'[crown]/FREE' cds in red. 

1908 Walch & Sons PPC (map of Tasmania) to Belgium with Pictorials ½d & 1d, boxed 'POSTED OUT/OF 

COURSE' & unframed 'TOO LATE' h/s, Belgian arrival markings & '26'-in-hexagon postman's h/s. 

POSTMARKS: manuscript "46" of New Town boldly endorsed on 1855 Large Star 2d green SG 16 (margins close 

to large, Cat £450), small central hole caused by the manuscript cancel. {Page 80.1} 

Mint and used array with Postal Cards (11, four are used, one uprated), Envelopes 1d (3, including used types with 

imprints for AG Webster and Roberts & Co) & 2d Envelopes (4, three are used, including PTPO with imprint of 'G 

[?] ADAMS'), Registration Envelopes Size F (2) & Size G unused, PTPO Newspaper Wrappers (2, both unused), 

condition variable. (23) 

Scarce group comprising Letter Cards 1898 2d green * U & with 'SPECIMEN' h/s, 1900 2d "CATARACT GORGE" 

unused, 1901 Mining Views complete set of 6 unused (very scarce set) plus "MOUNT BISCHOFF MINE" & 

"MOUNT LYELL REDUCTION WORKS" both used, also private 'Picturesque Tasmania Letter Card' with "Fern Tree 

Bower" on reverse & 4 views within unused, most with some toning; and fine to very fine unused Registration 

Envelopes 1883 Unframed 'R' 4d sizes F & G, 1884 'R'-in-Oval 4d size F two shades (one remarkably free of 

wrinkling & rare thus), 1903 No Value size 127x78mm.{Page 80.8} (18) 

200 

150 

300 T 

300 T 

750 

637 PS A 

638 PS A+ 

639 PS A+ 

VICTORIA 

Lot 637 

LETTER CARDS: 1911 'ONE PENNY' (at 20 degree angle) on 2d violet HG A6 (#6) "LAKE GEORGE - MOUNT 

KING WILLIAM" in blue-violet, unused. Rare. [An example with this view in black sold for $1092 at our auction of 

24/5/2008]{Page 83.1} 

LETTERSHEET - PTPO: 1894 1d rose illustrated advertising circular for R Miller & Co Soap & Candle 

Manufacturers, Hobart duplex & New Norfolk arrival b/s. Superb! [The first example we have offered for many 

years]{Page 80.10} 

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1906 No Denomination (3d) size 100x64mm HG C5, internal usage to "The 

Commissioner of Stamp Duties/Hobart" with 2d Pictorial tied by 'BOTHWELL/AP5/10' cds, 

'REGISTERED/HOBART' arrival b/s. Superb! [A rare & highly significant item, being the smallest Registration 

Envelope issued in the British Empire. The finest of the few examples we have offered in the past 30+ years]{Page 

80.9} 

1,000 

600 T 

1,500 

640 

641 

Ex Lot 640 

*O Simplified collection with Half-Lengths 1d (3), 2d (2) & 3d (3), Queen-on-Throne 2d (3), 1/- Octagonal, Woodblocks 

6d 'TOO LATE', 1/- 'REGISTERED' & 2/- (2, defects), Emblems, Beaded Ovals 3d maroon & 6d orange, Laureates 

8d orange, 10d grey & 5/- blue/yellow (aged), 1878 Emergency Printings, 1885 'STAMP DUTY' Overprints 3d to 2/-, 

1886 1/6d blue, 1897 Charity duo *, 1900 1d Charity CTO, mixed condition.{Page 83.2} (150) 

WO 1850-57 Half-Lengths very scarce trio comprising 1) Ham First Printing 2d brown-lilac SG 3, repaired, used; 2) 

Campbell & Fergusson 1d pink SG 28; & 3) 1d dull brown-red SG 28c, both unused; faults as detailed on the 

separate RPSofV Certificates (2011), Cat £2950.{Page 84.2} 

642 O B - Ham Printings Original State of the Dies 2d lilac-mauve SG 2, margins in places & shaved elsewhere, untidy 

Butterfly '1' of Melbourne, Cat £800.{Page 84.1} 

1,000 

750 

240 T


Lot 642 - SG 2 

Lot 641 - Rare but Faulty Trio 

Lot 643 - SG 8a 

Lot 644 - SG 11 Ex Lot 645 - White Veils SG 14 Ex Lot 646 Ex Lot 650 

Lot 651 - SG 28 Lot 653 - SG 31b Lot 654 - SG 31c 

Lot 663 - Unused 

Lot 655 - Rare Retouch 

Lot 658 - Rare Multiple 

Lot 656 - 'TVO' 


Ex Lot 667

Feb 17, 2012 


VICTORIA (continued) 


643 W C - Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 1d dull red SG 8a [9, with large secondary flaw Obliterated First 'N' of 

'PENNY'], margins just clear to large except at the base where a little cut-into, unused, Cat £3750. [Only a handful 

of examples recorded, all with faults. Gary Diffen had no Third State unused 1d]{Page 84.3} 

644 W B - Third State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 3d blue SG 11, margins at places & a little cut-into at upper-right, 

unused with part o.g., Cat £1800.{Page 84.4} 

645 G/F A/B - White Veils 3d blue SG 14 horizontal pair [1-2] & vertical pair [10/4] and 3d greenish blue SG 14b horizontal pair 

[8-9], the first very fine, the others with small defects, Cat £440+.{Page 84.5} (6) 

646 G A/B - Fourth State of the 2d Die with Coarse Border & Background 2d lilac SG 15a [2] & [6], the first an unusually large 

example, the other with margins just touched to good, Cat £650.{Page 84.6} (2) 

750 

300 T 

240 T 

300 T 

Lot 647 Lot 648 Lot 649 Lot 652 

647 W B - (Vertical Drapes) 2d brown-lilac SG 16b, margins at top & right, a little cut-into at base & left, tiny fault, unused, 

Cat £4000. Rare: absent from Gary Diffen's collection; his unused 2d SG 16a - minor faults, Cat £5000 - sold for 

£3760. [Our vendor states only 6 examples - only one is fine - have been recorded]{Page 85.1} 

648 W A- - Campbell & Co 3d blue SG 24 [19], margins just clear to huge, small paper inclusion at right, unused, Cat £850. 

Ex Gary Diffen: sold for £470 in 2007.{Page 85.2} 

649 W A - 3d blue SG 24 marginal example from the right of the sheet, margins close to huge, unused, Cat £850.{Page 

85.3} 

650 F/G A/B - Campbell & Fergusson Printings selection comprising 1d SG 27b x2, 1d SG 28 + 3d SG 31c with Hole in 

Curtain on piece, 1d SG 28a with Creased Transfer at Top, 3d milky blue SG 30a (very scarce & undercatalogued) 

& 3d SG 31, all with full margins & mostly very fine, Cat £600+.{Page 84.7} (7) 

651 W B - Campbell & Fergusson 1d pink SG 28 [9], margins just clear to good, a little grubby, unused, Cat £1100.{Page 

84.8} 

652 W A - Campbell & Fergusson 1d lilac-rose SG 28b, margins just clear to large, unused, Cat £1200.{Page 85.4} 

600 

653 W A - Campbell & Fergusson 3d blue SG 31b, margins just clear to huge, unused, Cat £1600.{Page 84.9} 

500 

654 *(?) A- - Campbell & Fergusson 3d deep blue SG 31c, margins just touching - at upper-right - to huge with fragments of 

the adjoining units at base & left, minor blemishes, large-part original (?) gum, Cat £1200.{Page 84.10} 

655 */** A/A+ 1854 Shilling Octagonal 1/- blue SG 25 horizontal strip of 3 [38-40], margins just shaved (at left) to large, [40] with 

Retouched Frame at Right, ironed-out horizontal crease, some thinning & pinholes on the last unit, Barred Oval '10' 

(Second Type) cancels of Kilmore. A rarity. Ex Kellow & Silvasich. RPSofV Certificate (2008).{Page 84.12} 

656 G A- 

657 

O** 

1855-56 Queen on Throne Campbell & Fergusson Printings with the Background Largely Detailed 2d lilac with 

'TVO PENCE' SG 36b, margins close to large, an insignificant thin spot, bold '1' cancel of Melbourne largely clear of 

the variety, Cat £1000. A fine example of this famous creased transfer variety.{Page 84.14} 

1856-58 Perkins Bacon Queen-on-Throne Imperf 1d green x9 & Rouletted 6d blue x14, Cat £400+; also Perf 12½ 

1d pink marginal strip of 5 overprinted with two bold bars for coil trials, minor bends, unmounted. (28) 

658 * A- 1863-81 Laureates 1863-74 Wmk Appropriate Single-Lined Numerals Perf 12 1/- dull blue/blue SG 113d horizontal 

pair, well centred, minor natural gum-crease, some short perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £240+. Rare multiple. [Kellow 

states at page 177 "Unused copies of all printing are scarce"]{Page 84.13} 

659 * A-/A - V/Crown 3d lilac SG 133 rejoined vertical pair (a couple of minor blemishes) & 3d dull orange SG 143 block of 4, 

large-part o.g., Cat £610+. Very scarce multiples. 

660 

661 

O - V/Crown 4d rose Purves' study of Atkinson's 2nd & 3rd printings on 18 distinctively annotated pages, many 

multiples including blocks of 4 x2 & strip of 4 etc. Ex JRW Purves & Nick Holness. (300 approx) 

*WOC - V/Crown 6d blue extensive annotated plating study partly on pages annotated in Purves' distinctive hand, 

includes mint/unused x10, very fine used block of 4, "Egyptian Beard" Retouch, Wmk Double-Lined '1' SG 160 

dated JY28/68 (earliest recorded date), and Wmk 'THREE/PENCE' SG 165 horizontal pair dated DC6/69 (earliest 

recorded date), 1873 cover to GB with 6d + 3d orange, etc. Also a large folio of research notes. Excellent study 

opportunity. Ex Nick Holness.{Page 84.15} (many 100s) 

662 */** A - V/Crown Perf 13 6d dull ultramarine SG 136f horizontal strip of 3, large-part o.g., and Perf 12 6d blue SG 145 

block of 4, large-part o.g. the two lower units being unmounted, Cat £450++ (mounted).{Page 84.16} (2 items) 

663 W B D1 - V/Crown 5/- blue/yellow SG 139, poorly centred, minor thin, unused, Cat £2500.{Page 84.11} 

1,000 

664 * A C1 - 1877 Wmk '10' 8d red-brown/pink as SG 194 but Perf 12½x12½x14½x12½, large-part o.g. Unlisted by Gibbons. 

RPSofV Certificate (2007) states "it was a genuine SG 192c [sic, an error for SG 194] with an unauthorised Perf 14 

applied at the base". An enigma. 

2,000 

750 

800 T 

400 T 

450 

500 

1,000 T 

1,200 T 

200 

300 

350 

250 

1,000 

500 

150


Ex Lot 665 - Postal Fiscals x48 Lot 670 

Ex Lot 676 


Ex Lot 678 - Covers etc x91 

Ex Lot 679 - Official Mail x37 

Ex Lot 680 - Illustrated Advertising Covers x17 

Lot 681 - Historical Letter 

Lot 684 

Lot 682 - Interesting Contents 

Lot 687

Feb 17, 2012 


VICTORIA (continued) 


665 

666 

667 

*WO 

*/**O 

1884-96 Postal Fiscals including Stamp Statute 6d 1/- & 2/- with dubious cancels, Stamp Duty to £2 some with 

dubious cancels, also mint 3/- drab (2), 5/- maroon (2), 5/- rosine (2), 6/- apple-green & 10/- grey-green, and CTO 

6/- 10/- 15/- & £1/10/-, most are in tiny sealed plastic mounts so it is difficult to make an assessment of condition. 

High catalogue value. Inspection recommended.{Page 86.1} (48) 

1884 Stamp Statute selection comprising 1d green (perf faults) with BN '198' cancel, 2/6d fiscally used with fake 

postal cancel added, and 5/- on 1883 companies document, '½d/HALF' on 1d green pairs (2, one is marginal from 

the top of the sheet), and singles from the lower-right corner of the upper pane (with partial sheet #, creased) or the 

lower-right corner of the lower pane, plus a postally used example. (9 items) 

O - 1d green Perf 13 SG 220 tied to piece by Geelong duplex and Perf 12½ SG 220a with Benalla cds, Melbourne 

cds or BN '569' of Bonnie Doon, and '½d/HALF' on 1d yellow-green SG 234 x3 with Melbourne, Sandhurst or 

Nagambie duplex cancels, Cat £610.{Page 84.17} (7) 

450 T 

400 

400 

Lot 668 

Lot 672 

668 */** A B1 - '½d/HALF' on 1d pale green SG 234 strip of 4 [22-25], the third unit with Retouched Ornament under 'ONE 

PENNY', the fourth unit unmounted, Cat £360+. [Kellow at page 214 states that only 5960 were issued but that the 

low face value enabled philatelists to acquire "small stocks". Hugh Freeman's two strips of 5 sold for $1035 & $1495 

at our auction of 23/9/2011]{Page 87.1} 

669 * A/B 1884-96 Stamp Duty Perf 12½ 4/- red-orange & Perf 12 5/- claret/yellow (some short/rough perfs), both with sans 

serif diagonal 'SPECIMEN' handstamp McC&K Type 20, large-part o.g. (2) 

670 * A/B 1884-92 New Value 2/6d brown-orange Perf 12½ SG 292 with tiny seriffed 'SPECIMEN' h/s McC&K Type 12c, 

minor wrinkling, large-part o.g.; another (small thin) with large italicised sans-serif opt McC&K Type 16, part o.g. 

[Only three examples of the Type 12c handstamps are recorded on the 2/6d: Bill McCredie's example sold for $315 

at auction in June 2011. The other was absent from the McCredie collection]{Page 86.2} (2) 

671 ** A B1 1897 Charity 1d (1/-) blue marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet, full unmounted o.g., Cat £80++ (mounted). 150 

672 W A A1 

673 P B 

674 W A- 

675 

1900 Boer War Charity 2d turquoise SG 375, exceptional centring, with 'ULTRAMAR' (= overseas) h/s in blue, no 

gum. Rare. [Ex Portuguese Colonies archive]{Page 87.2} 

1901 Re-Issue of Old Designs without 'POSTAGE' Bell 1/- plate proof in orange on ungummed unwatermarked 

paper Line Perf 12½ BW #V6PP(1), trimmed perfs at right & a small coincident scissor-cut in the margin, Cat 

$1500. Unique. Ex Estate of Ronald Harrison & Max Watson. [The ACSC states that only one example is recorded. 

NB: the issued stamps were on V/Crown paper Comb Perf 12x12½]{Page 86.1,4} 

LOCAL STAMPS: Murray Steam River Navigation Co 2d blue (small poorly centred example) & 3d green (wide 

margins, minor ironed-out crease), unused.{Page 86.5} (2) 

*/**O RAILWAY STAMPS: Mostly used collection with 1876 Echuca 1d (fault), 1917 Wings 2d to 9d plus 1/- 1/6d & 2/-, 

1934 Wings Security Underprint 1d to 1/6d & 1941 '10d' on 10d ** plus used with 2/- x2, later pre-decimals to 5/-, 

1966-68 decimals to $5 with wide range of stations on duplicated low values, 1981-84 Underprints to $5, plus Green 

Star labels, cash register receipts & meter labels. (100s) 

676 O A- B2 

VICTORIA - Postal History 

677 

678 

C 

CPS 

REVENUES: 1884 Stamp Statute Wmk V/Crown Upright Perf 12½ 4d rose, some short perfs at left, 1876 pen 

cancel, unusually with no pinholes, Elsmore Online Cat $600. [Kellow states at page 216 "The quantity issued to the 

end of 1884 was about 23,600......so this is another scarce stamp"] {Page 86.3} (2) 

Packet including 1876 to Philadelphia with circular 'PAID ALL' h/s in red and 'SAN FRANCISCO/STEAMSHIP___' 

cds, 1905 'UP TRAIN/MG1' to Ireland, PPCs including 1902 to India & 1905 to Dutch Guiana, 1893 ½d Wrapper 

with 'MO&SB/WARRACKNABEAL' cds, etc, condition variable. (17) 

Folio of covers & Postal Stationery selected for the postmarks including TPO 'DOWN' x9 & 'UP' x20, instructional 

handstamps including several 'MISSENT TO/...' types, Melbourne double-circle cds including the scarce '1' & '2', 

taxed items including 1895 cover with 2-line tax h/s & NSW 4d Postage Due, & a few MO&SB cds, post-1912 items 

including 1913 PPC with 1d Engraved, 1932 & 1933 OHMS covers with a previously unrecorded triple-oval 'POST 

OFFICE/ST ARNAUD' d/s in blue or violet, 1927 PPC with 'HIGH CAMP PLAIN' cds, several 'PAID AT...' cds, also 

1911 1d Victorian Scenes Postal Cards x4, condition variable. A very handy lot.{Page 86.6} (91) 

600 

300 

400 

350 

300 T 

300 

350 

300 

200 T 

500


Lot 683 - Previously Unrecorded 'GLENELG' Datestamp 

Lot 686 - 1/9d rate 

Lot 689 - Early Usage of Stamp Duty 6d 

Ex Lot 709 

Ex Lot 705 - Numerals between 601 & 800 

Ex Lot 710 - Numerals between 1701 & 2100 

Lot 712 - BN '107' - Rated RRR

Feb 17, 2012 


VICTORIA - Postal History (continued) 


679 

CPSD 

680 CPS A/B 

681 C B 

682 C B 

683 C A 

Official mail collection with an array of Frank Stamp cutouts including a few better ones plus a few on fronts or 

covers including PMG registered to London in 1898, perf 'OS' frankings including ½d printed matter rate, 2d on 

1910 mourning cover for KEVII, 2½d to the USA, and 1d + 4d or 5d on two covers to Curacao (!, both badly 

stained), 'OS'-in-the-Die 1d Postal Card CTO & 1d Envelope small type on blue & long type on white both used in 

1922, stampless postcards & covers including long 'RETURNED LETTER' envelope registered etc, condition very 

mixed. Interesting lot.{Page 86.7} (37 covers + cutouts) 

Illustrated advertising covers & PPCs for John Blackburn & Son pianos, Grand Hotel (now the Windsor), Sheehans 

Hotel, WS Tong fruiterer, The Colosseum drapers (2 different), bicoloured front for Varley Bros printers, rare 

provincial types for Milo Bacon Co at Echuca & JJ Wheeler wine merchants at Seymour (registered), plus a few 

non-illustrated types. Lovely group.{Page 86.8} (17) 

1845 (April 3) entire "p Rajah" from DH Erskine to "The Editor of the Naval & Miltary Gazette" in London, headed 

"Australia - Melbourne Port Phillip 3rd April 1845" rated "3" in red & "8" in black, poor London receiving cancel in 

red, some aging. [The letter refers to military & commercial activity: "The wool season...has been a very productive 

one...the export from Port Phillip alone has been five millions & a half of pounds...The export of horses from Sydney 

has been a very remunerating trade lately...Van Diemans Land is in a very bad state, the men in the Bush are 

almost their own master & crimes the most horrible are of daily occurrence...The New Zeland Chiefs have given 

in...A grand fight took place on the 11th Jany when the Natives were well thrashed"]{Page 86.9} 

1846 (Jan 21) entire from the same correspondence "per first ship to England", headed "Melbourne Port Phillip" 

with fair 'MELBOURNE/PORT PHILLIP' oval h/s in black (overstruck with London receiving cancel in red), rated "3" 

in red & "8" in black, minor soiling. [The letter offers interesting military & social commentary: "We are hourly 

expecting the Stratheden from Hobart Town [bringing] part of the 11th Regt to relieve Blamire...also about fifty four 

"exiles" who are to be landed free at G[eelong]...We are very anxious for accounts from New Zealand, Col Desfsaid 

had advanced with 700 men of the 58th-96th accompanied by the Governor...Sir E Wilmot has formed a new 

Council & Van D Land is quieter...Major Cotton...has begun to form works for supplying Hobart Town with 

water...the Squatters of Australia Felix are in great spirits..."]{Page 86.11} 

1852 stampless entire headed "Mr Craig's Station/three Miles past the Grange" to "Oaklands/Mount Gambier", 

endorsed "Postage 1s1d" & "4", exceptional strike of the scarce 'GRANGE/[crown]/ JY*31/1852/VICTORIA' d/s 

(used 2 years only) across the flap & a similar light but obvious 'GLENELG' d/s that is previously unrecorded! 

Unusually fine. A significant new discovery. [George Napier Craig's property was "Grangeburn No 2". The writer 

"John Meredith" advises his wife of his adventures. He asks for certain items including a pistol - "the latter is loaded" 

- to be sent & advises her she will have to pay 4d postage on this item] 

700 

600 

500 T 

500 T 

684 C A- 

685 C B 

The Grange PO 1/7/1844; renamed Hamilton 1/1/1854. The Glenelg PO 1/7/1847; renamed Casterton 1/1/1854. 

The 'GRANGE' d/s is recorded from -/1/1852 and we expect that the 'GLENELG' d/s was introduced at the same 

time. The discovery of a second d/s with 'THE' omitted strongly suggests that both offices were officially renamed, 

perhaps on 1/1/1852. {Page 88.1} 

1854 (June 28) stampless entire sent "p Eagle" to Aberdeen headed "Melbourne 26th June 1854" with fine 

'PAID/(crown)/JU28A/1854/MELBOURNE' oval d/s in red, rated "1" in red & "8" in black, boxed "LIVERPOOL/ 

SHIP/SP28/1854/B' arrival h/s overstuck with Aberdeen cds in green, minor blemishes. [Writing to his father the 

sender discusses personal finances and his trading activities in Melbourne]{Page 86.10} 

1862 page from a government report, to Europe but with an address label apparently lost, fine strike of the 

elaborate 'KONIGL SVENSKA OCC NORRSKA CONSULATET PORT PHILLIP' cachet on the reverse, Shilling 

Octagonal x3 tied by Melbourne "killer" '1' & rounded-boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA THE/UNITED KINGDOM' 

h/s, French 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/A MARSEILLE A' mailboat sorter b/s in red, minor blemishes. Most unusual, 

especially with the late usage of a rarely seen Port Phillip consular cachet. 

686 C B - part-entire to England "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of Perf 12 1/- Octagonal plus Beaded Ovals 3d blue & 

6d black tied by Melbourne duplex, internal staining but of very fine appearance.{Page 88.2} 

687 C B 

688 C B 

1868 (Nov 10) blue cover to "Montreal/Canada" at 11d rate with Laureates 1d & 10d tied by light BN '625' (rated 

RR) of 'BREAK O'DAY' (fine cds; only 3 examples recorded), Rokewood & Melbourne transit b/s & light 

'MONTREAL/Q' arrival b/s, minor defects. PO 25/1/1868; renamed Corindhap 21/9/1876. [This is Dominion of 

Canada #3 in Palmer's census. He lists 105 items, mostly to the Maritime Provinces. Small numbers are recorded 

to British Columbia & Ontario. This appears to be the only item recorded to Quebec]{Page 86.12} 

1884 makeshift wrapper to Germany "Via Brindisi" with Bell 1d green & Postal Fiscals 1/- indigo/blue SG 256 (Cat 

£6½ x20+) tied by BN '2', endorsed on the reverse "13oz" & unusually registered with fine strike of the very scarce 

22mm 'REGISTERED/AP21/84/GEELONG' cds, Brindisi transit b/s, superb German 'R' h/s & superb 'BERNBURG' 

arrival b/s, minor repaired tear & minor soiling. A very unusual item highlighted by the very early authorised usage 

of the 1/-. [Revenue stamps were authorised for postal use from 1/1/1884] 

689 C B - cover to Philadelphia "Via San Francisco" with early postal usage of Stamp Duty 6d ultramarine SG 255 tied by 

Melbourne duplex, minor blemishes.{Page 88.3} 

690 C A- 

691 PS A 

692 C A 

693 PS A- 

1886 cover to England "pr SS Liguria" with scarce franking of Naish 6d ultramarine SG 301 tied by Melbourne 

duplex, 'SPARKBROOK' arrival b/s. 

1893 usage of 1½d on 1d Postal Card to Java with squared-circles of 'BATAVIA', 'SEMARANG' & 'REMBANG' 

arrival all on the face. 

1894 cover to London with ½d pink & 2d plus completely unnecessary Stamp Duty 1d brown tied by superb 

Melbourne duplex. 

1901 registered usage of 1d Envelope to Germany per "SS Polynesien" with ½d x2 2d & 3d tied to the reverse by 

'RIALTO/MELBOURNE - 1977' duplex, light 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No6' d/s on the face. Unusual usage. 

400 

400 T 

450 T 

1,000 T 

300 

400 

400 T 

150 T 

100 T 

250 T 

250


VICTORIA - Postal History (continued) 


694 C A- 

1906 Economic Drapery Warehouse complete parcel label (140x116mm) on piece from parcel with 1d pink block of 

6 tied by Melbourne cancels. [Separate parcel rates applied within all the States until 1/11/1902 from when standard 

Commonwealth rates were introduced. 6d paid the intrastate rate for up to 1 pound] 

695 C B - (Jan 12) double-rate linen-lined cover with 'CONSULAR SERVICE USA' imprint at upper-left to New York with 1d 

x3 & 2½d pair tied by 'REGISTERED/MELBOURNE' cds & 'R'-in-Circle h/s, minor blemishes. 

696 C A- 

697 C/CL A/B 

698 

D 

1911 complete black/white 'INLAND PARCEL/POST' label with 2d & 1/- tied by 'MELBOURNE/VICTORIA - PP' 

duplex, still with virtually full o.g.! 

1911-13 commercial covers with black/white - three different - or red/white registration labels, a few minor 

blemishes. Scarce quartet. (4) 

POSTMARKS: Carton of partly sorted mostly modern array of pieces from post offices all over Victoria. Marked by 

the collector "to be checked" - which we haven't - so there could be anything in here. (1000s) 

699 C A/B - Registered "Opening Day" covers from 'ALBERT PARK SOUTH SC6' (1947), 'CHURCH ST GEELONG' (1953), 

'COBURG WEST N13' (1936), 'DOMAIN ROAD SE1' (1936), 'ELWOOD EAST S3' (1935), Mildura West with 

'RELIEF/NO 6' cds, 'NORTHCOTE NORTH N16' (1935, label 'No 001'), 'THORNBURY EAST' (1938, label 'No 01') 

& 'YALLOURN NORTH' (1947), all with low-number provisional registration labels, a few blemishes noted. Rare 

group. (9) 

VICTORIA - Barred Numeral Cancellations 

700 

CPS Mostly common duplex types on wrappers including '130', '481' or '712', also BN '142' (rated 'R') & '215' (on 1873 

cover), quality of strikes is generally fine to very fine. (42) 

100 

100 

200 T 

150 

Offer 

300 

140 T 

Ex Lot 701 

701 

S 

Selection of mostly rated numbers, some doubtful but with many fine to very fine strikes including '[M]CCC/24' 

(rated RRRR), 'MCCC/26' (RRR), superb 'MCCC/85', 'MCC[CC]/90' (RRRR), 'MD/1' (RRRR), etc. [Vendor's list 

available on request]{Page 90.1} (115) 

500 

702 

CPS 

This and the following eight lots are albums of covers, picture postcards & postal stationery from a collection of 

numerals - including duplexes - and the associated datestamps that has been developed over many years. The 

majority of the material is from the 1901-12 period but there are some earlier items. There is very little duplication. 

The quality of the strikes is rather mixed but there are many fine to superb strikes throughout. 

'2' to '100', with a few rated items. (140) 

703 CPS '101' to '300', with a few rated items. (117) 

300 

704 CPS '301' to '600', with about 10 rated items. (143) 

400 

705 CPS '601' to '800', with about 8 rated items including fair '728' (RR) & largely very fine '787' (RRR).{Page 88.5} (104) 400 

300 

706 

CPS 


'801' to 1000, with a few rated items including an obvious '900' (RRR) & largely very fine '918' (RRRRR) with 

'ASHENS' tie on the face.{Page 90.2} (99) 

707 CPS 1001 to 1150 modest group but with a few better items. (92) 

250 

708 

CPS 

1151 to 1500 with about 20 rated numbers including 'EXHIBITION/MELBOURNE - 1197' duplex (R), clear 'MCCCC' 

(RRRR), 'MCCCC/4' (RRRR, the '4' smudged) with 'JALLUKAR' cds, 'MCCCC/40' (RRR) with fine 'YERING' cds, 

etc.{Page 90.3} (130+) 

500 

750

Feb 17, 2012 


VICTORIA - Barred Numeral Cancellations (continued) 


709 

710 

CPS 

CPS 

711 A A 

712 C C B1 

1501 to 1700 with about 10 rated numbers including poor 'MD/8' (RRRR) with good 'MOLLONGHIP' cds, light 

'MD/57' (RRRR) & 'KURRACA WEST' cds, largely fine 'MD/71' (RRR) & fine 'ROCKVILLE' cds, superb '1578' (RR) 

& 'MAFFRA WEST UPPER' cds, obvious '1606' (RRRR) & 'WON WRON' cds, fine '1687' (RRRR) & 

'KINNEYPANIEL SOUTH' cds, etc, a few better cards.{Page 88.4} (100 approx) 

'1701' to '2100' with about 10 rated numbers including obvious '1767' (RRRR) & 'TAMLEUGH WEST' cds, partial 

'[18]23' (RRRR) & message headed "Fulham", etc.{Page 88.6} (90 approx) 

Twenty-one matching 3-ring albums with gold-blocked Roman numerals 'I' to 'XXI' on the spine with printed pages 

for each number '1' to '2100'. Brand new. (21 albums) 

107: fine strike tying Imperf 1/- Octagonal (cut-square) & fine 'MELTON/AU3/1856/VICTORIA' crown oval b/s (B1) 

on defective cover to Scotland "Per R M Ship James Bain". Rated RRR. PO 1/3/1856, making this a very early 

usage. [Freeman & White state '107' was replaced after about 2½ years by '189']{Page 88.7} 

713 C A A1 847: Type 3 (non-duplex) of Boort superb strike on undated ½d pink wrapper. Rated RRR. 

100 T 

714 C B A1 

955: '955' of 'SIMPSONS ROAD/JA18/79/VICTORIA' (the only recorded example; impacted by repaired tear) very 

fine strike tying Bell 2d to cover to Melbourne, Richmond duplex transit b/s, repaired opening tears at top & a little 

soiled. Rated RRR. Receiving House only -/12/1876; closed 11/6/1892. [Simpson's Road in Richmond is now 

Victoria Street] 

500 

400 

150 

200 T 

250 

715 PS B A1- 

Lot 715 Lot 723 

1341: 'MCCC/41' largely very fine strike on 1d Postal Card with light but legible strike of 'HOLLINWOOD/ 

NO28/84/VICTORIA' cds (the first recorded example) at upper-left, message headed "Creswick Road" & 

'CRESWICK' arrival b/s, a few surface faults well clear of the postmarks. Rated RRRRR. PO 1/7/1883; closed 

8/7/1895. [5km N of Allendale]{Page 91.1} 

716 S A A2 1766: '1766' of Boralma very fine strike on 1d pink. Rated RRRR. PO 9/6/1890. 

150 

717 C B A1 

VICTORIA - Postal Stationery 

718 PS A- 

719 

PS 

720 PS B 

721 D A 

1976: First Type '1976' (figures 10mm high) very fine strike tying Naish 2d to cover to Bombala, with superb 

'SUNNYSIDE/DE6/98/VICTORIA' cds alongside, Omeo, Goulburn (!) & Bombala b/s. Ex Rod Moreton. PO 

27/5/1896; closed 21/12/1919. [Omeo Goldfields] 

1894 use of 1886 Size C 2d red-violet Envelope Stieg #B5d with Hamilton "belt & buckle" cancel (Ex Guy Linfield); 

also 1895 Dead Letter Office 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelope used locally; small blemishes. (2) 

ENVELOPES: Selection including six early items with small 'SPECIMEN' h/s, a few CTO, PTPO issues including 

unusual sizes, KEVII ½d apple-green (toning), a few municipal users including 1d yellow Error of Colour for Shire of 

Marong, OHMS with embossed 1d (used, central fold), generally fine to very fine.{Page 92.1} (34) 

ENVELOPES - PTPO: 1893 1d brown+1d orange-yellow (error of colour) PTPO Envelope with printed address of 

Briscoe & Co & adverts for galvanised iron, kerosene & Formby's Cement Works HG KB12, Warrnambool duplex, 

central fold & minor blemishes. One of the most attractive Victorian issues. [An example sold for $719 at our auction 

of 12/2/2010]{Page 92.2} 

FRANK STAMPS: 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' Die III Frank Stamp sample being a printed impression in black, 

invalidated with manuscript "cancelled", pinned to writing paper and endorsed "with JH Abotts Comps, 16/3/94, 

(acting Postmaster-General)". Rare.{Page 92.3} 

722 C A/A- - 'POSTMASTER-GENERAL' Die III printed in blue (Karman V310.4) on an unused pre-printed 'RECEIPT FOR A 

PARCEL' postcard (132x84mm), minor blemishes, rare with no used and only three unused examples recorded; 

also 1898 usage of OHMS Envelope from Melbourne to Ballarat (b/s) with Die III printed in black.{Page 92.4} (2) 

723 PS B 

724 PS B 

LETTERSHEET - PTPO: 1890s Embossed 'STAMP DUTY' 1d brown for Equitable Life Assurance with printed pro 

forma letter within & address on the face, some minor spotting & a couple of small faults on the flap, unused. A new 

discovery, unrecorded by Carl Stieg. [We have records of only two other issues of Victorian lettersheets: QV 

letterpress 1d rose & KEVII embossed ½d apple-green, both for the Education Department]{Page 91.2} 

POSTAL CARDS - OFFICIAL: c.1906 1d with 'OS'-in-the-Die with Customs & Excise Office imprint at lower-left 

Stieg #D2, minor blemishes, used in 1910. Rare & undercatalogued at $US300 (2001).{Page 92.5} 

725 PS A- - c,1908 1d with 'OS'-in-the-Die & Arms with Full-Face Lion for Board of Advice Stieg #D4 local usage with 

'YARRAM YARRAM/SE15/08/VIC - 336' duplex, minor blemishes, rare & undercatalogued at $US200 (2001). [Stieg 

recorded only one used example]{Page 92.6} 

750 

100 

200 

600 

500 

250 

400 

500 

300 

250


Ex Lot 719 - PStat Envelopes x34 

Lot 720 - Gorgeous Advertising 

Lot 721 - Sample (Extract Only) 

Ex Lot 722 

Lot 724 - Customs Office 

Lot 725 - Board of Advice 

Ex Lot 751 - Postmarks on PPCs x200+ 

Lot 734 - 1861 Recess SG 41

Feb 17, 2012 



WESTERN AUSTRALIA 

726 

727 

*O Perkins Bacon Perf 14 4d vermilion with Extra Row of Perforations at Top SG 40 *, 6d purple-brown with blue 

Fremantle BN '8' cancel SG 42, 1882 Wmk Crown CA 4d carmine used, Cat £230+. (3) 

*O Back-of-the-book selection with 1886 Telegraph Stamps Perf 12½ 1d * & used plus Perf 14 6d postally used (very 

scarce), Internal Revenue 1881 Provisional Surcharges 3d * and 3d & 6d postally used plus plus Opt in Green 

(Single Bar) on 1d unused, 1893-97 to 1/- including 2d with 'REGISTERED/PERTH' oval d/s, plus postal re-use of a 

pen-cancelled 2/6d. 

125 

300 

728 

729 

Ex Lot 728 

*O Simplified collection mostly used with imperf 1854 1d black, 4d blue & 1/- brown, 1860 Recess 2d, 4d blue (unused) 

& 6d sage-green, Hillman 2d & 6d grey-black, 1861 Clean-Cut Perf 6d, 1902-12 10/- & £1.{Page 93.1} (50.) 

*O Modest collection on homemade leaves with 1861 1d rose & 2d blue x3, CC to 1/- including 6d indigo-violet, 

1885-93 set mint, 1888 New Colours, 1902-12 values to 2/6d with a few mint, Crown/A Perf 11 3d & 5d (2, one 

mint), 1912 6d & 1/-, etc, generally fine. (120 approx) 

730 F/G A+ 

1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 2d brown-black/red & 6d grey-black SG 15 & 19, two unusually large stamps 

both with full margins, the 2d with void-grid cancel, the 6d with 15-bars '8' of Fremantle, Cat £1100. Superb duo! 

Separate RPSofV Certificates (2011).{Page 130.1} 

800 

250 

1,750 

Lot 732 

Lot 731 

Lot 733 

731 F B/C - 6d grey-black SG 19 horizontal pair both being Defective Transfers [Types 7 & 8; Pos 159-160], margins just clear 

to good except at right where a little cut-into, a bit aged, light 15-bars '17' cancels of Australind, Cat £1100++. A rare 

multiple. {Page 93.3} 

732 G A 

733 W B D2 

1860 Recess in the Colony from Perkins Bacon Plates Imperf 6d sage-green SG 28, four huge margins, 

indistinct BN cancellation, Cat £400+. A gem!{Page 93.2} 

1861 Recess by Perkins Bacon Intermediate Perf 14-16 4d vermilion SG 35, unused, Cat £1400. Very 

scarce.{Page 93.4} 

734 * A C1 - Clean-Cut Perf 14-16 2d blue SG 41 block of 4, rich colour, large-part o.g. the upper units very lightly mounted, 

Cat £320++. An attractive multiple.{Page 92.7} 

735 P A 

736 F A A1 

1864-79 CC 1d imperforate plate proof pair in bistre on gummed watermarked paper, margins close to good, part 

o.g.{Page 94.1} 

1902-12 V/Crown 2d yellow as BW #W16A but with the Watermark Sideways (Reversed), exceptional centring, 

lightly cancelled. RPSofV Certificate (2011). Unlisted variety. 

737 O A - Single-Line Perf 12½ 2d yellow with the Watermark Sideways BW #W17A plus a second example with 

Watermark Sideways (Inverted) BW #W17Av, Cat $100+. [The ACSC does not record Watermark Sideways 

Inverted] (2) 

738 O A/A- - Single-Line Perf 12½ 2d dull yellow with the Watermark Upright BW #W17B plus a second example with 

Watermark Upright (Inverted) BW #W17Bv (a few nibbled perfs), Cat $500+. (2) 

739 O A/A- - Single-Line Perf 12½ 2d orange-yellow with the Watermark Sideways BW #W17C plus a second example with 

Watermark Sideways (Inverted) BW #W17C, Cat $500+. (2) 

740 F A- B2 

1905-12 Crown/A 2d yellow Watermark Upright (Inverted) BW #W22aa, a few nibbled perfs, fine 'KALGOORLIE' 

cds of 15AP/10, Cat $500. [ACSC states "...only a small number of used examples are recorded, of which 11...are 

in the WA Museum". An untidily cancelled example sold for $391 in our sale of 1/12/2007] {Page 194.2} 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Local Stamps 

741 

W 

COOLGARDIE CYCLE EXPRESS CO: 1895 Bicycle 1/- & 2/6d blue blocks of 4 & two 2/6d singles all with 

characteristic disturbed o.g., plus 1896 Camels 6d 2/- & 5/- violet (re-gummed, faults) unused & another 5/- with 

large-part (sandy) o.g.{Page 94.4} (14) 

742 W A - 1896 (Camels) 6d green & brown to 5/- violet & brown, large-part original (sandy) gum. [A similar set sold for $850 

at our auction of 12/6/2010]{Page 94.5} (3) 

1,250 

1,000 

1,250 

300 T 

400 T 

100 

150 

400 

400 

300 

500 

500


Lot 735 - Plate Proof 

Lot 740 

Lot 752 


Lot 743 

Lot 756 - Pity about the Faults 

Ex Lot 759 - Printed Both Sides 

Lot 766 - 1867 from Memel 

Lot 771 - HMAS Hobart Xmas Cachet 

Lot 770 - Amazing Surrender Day Cover

Feb 17, 2012 


WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Local Stamps (continued) 


743 * A B1 - 1896 5/- violet & brown, large-part original (sandy) gum.{Page 94.6} 

300 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History 

744 C C 

745 PS A- 

746 CL B 

747 CL B 

748 C B 

1882 Treasury largely printed OHMS lettersheet with Perth cds & '[crown]/PAID' h/s, 'YORK' arrival b/s, overall 

soiling. 

1887 usage of Victorian ½d yellow Wrapper to Bendigo with WA 1d added & tied by 'ALBANY - KGS' duplex with 

mss "1887" inserted. Most unusual. 

1891 stampless OHMS cover to Melbourne (b/s) with Perth duplex & part-strike of the old '[crown]/ PAID' h/s, 

'Registrar General's Office/Perth WA' h/s in violet at lower-left, minor soiling. Ex John Forrest. 

1896 OHMS double-rate cover to Germany (b/s) with two large-part strikes of the 'DEPARTMENT OF LANDS & 

SURVEY' Frank in violet but with 1d x3 & 2d - required on external mail - tied by 'PERTH/WA - GPO/P' duplex (PMI 

#Dx-E1, recorded 6 months only), minor defects. 

1902 registered double-rate cover to England with 1d x4 & 2d x2 tied by multiple faint strikes of 'R'-in cogwheel h/s 

and 1d adhesives additionally tied by London arrival d/s. 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postmarks 

749 

SD 

Commonwealth Period from 1913 with a smattering of Roos & some KGV Heads but strength in strikes on 1930s 

Commemoratives to early-1960s, many on piece, numerous fine to very fine strikes throughout & very little 

duplication. No world-beater but bound to be lots of useful items. (1000+) 

150 

150 

150 

300 T 

100 

500 

750 D A 

751 C 

752 D B A1+ 

Ex Lot 750 

Annotated collection of non-contemporary per favor strikes of an array of mostly mailbag seals including 19th 

century types & many from short-lived and remote offices. Ex George Owen. [Several sets only were made in the 

1970s]{Page 95.1} (220 approx) 

Collection of mostly PPCs selected for the postmarks including 'BROWNHILL' (PPC of "Boulder Racecourse", to 

'GLENAROUA/VICTORIA'), 'COOKERNUP', 'HOFFMANS MILL', 'ISRAELITE BAY', 'MERTONDALE' with killer 

cancel, etc, also some instructional handstamps, some better PPCs, condition of cards & markings is rather mixed. 

{Page 92.8} (200+) 

634 Mile Trans-Australian Railway: '634 MILE T.A.R./18AP37/W.A.' (LRD) superb strike on KGV 2d on piece, a 

few tonespots. PO 1/4/1935; TO 2/6/1937; closed ?{Page 94.3} 

400 

500 

300 

753 D A 

754 C A A2 

755 C B A1+ 

Lot 753 Lot 754 

Perth: '[Crown]/GENERAL/POST OFFICE/PERTH' h/s on small piece, ironed-out filing fold, with manuscript 

notation "18/4/1833", making this the earliest recorded postal marking from Western Australia. Ex Mogens Juhl 

(1993): acquired for $1375 at the Macray Watson sale of 19/10/1993. [Juhl recorded 4 examples in archives. Only 

one other copy - a piece dated "17/9/1833" - is known to be in private hands. The two dates given here are those 

quoted in PMI]{Page 95.2} 

Ravensthorpe: triple-oval 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/AUG 5 1909/RAVNESTHORPE, W.A.' very fine strike in 

violet on 1d pink on PPC to Tasmania. Not recorded in PMI.{Page 95.3} 

Travelling Post Offices: 24mm 'T.P.O - E.G/JU5/06/W-A' superb transit on the face of PPC from Victoria with 

'ARAWATA' & 'KARDELLA' cds, to "Telephone Exchange/Boulder/Westralia", minor faults. 

2,000 

400 

150


Ex Lot 779 

Ex Lot 767 - Belgian Forces in German East Africa 

Lot 774 - Inv Double 

Lot 778 - Release d by/Prize Court' 

Lot 777 - SG 121 unmounted 

Lot 787 - All with Full Margins 

Ex Lot 781 - St Lucia Varieties 

Ex Lot 792 - Interesting Collection

Feb 17, 2012 



ANTARCTICA 

756 C C 

AUSTRIA 

757 

758 

759 

760 

AUSTRALIAN: 1911 apparently commercial cover to Hobart with Tasmanian 1d tied by superb 'LOOSE SHIP'S 

LETTER/POSTED AT/MACQUARIE ISLAND/[penguin]/SY AURORA/AAE' cachet, superb Hobart arrival cds of 

21DE11 on the face, faults.{Page 94.7} 

*O 1850-2004 collection including 1910 to 2k used, 1925 Airmail 3s used, 1934 2s & 5s used, 1936 Skiing *, 1945 

Hitler Obliterated 1rm to 5rm *, 1949 Child Welfare * , 1951 Reconstruction Fund used, 1953 Airmail 3s & 10s used, 

plus 1900 Bosnia and Herzegovina Perf 10½ 30h pale bistre * (lightly creased), earlies with postmark interest, 

mixed condition, Cat €1000+. (100s) 

*/**OC 1867-1993 collection including 1929 Views 60g to 2s *, 1948 Artists **, Costumes 10s *, 1949 Child Welfare **, 

POW Relief Fund **, 1950-53 Birds **, 1951 Reconstruction Fund **, 1955 Anniversary **, plus numerous albums 

with predominantly FDCs with a range of pictorial and commemorative cancels, Cat €1000+. (1000s) 

OC 

1850-64 Issues extensive collection on Hagners with many better items including 1850 Imperf Handmade Paper 

1kr yellow x3 (one Printed on Both Sides) & 2kr black x3 and Machine-made Paper 1kr yellow x5 & 2kr black x12, 

1858 Embossed Type II Mi 10ii-15ii x2 sets, 1860 2kr x5 & 3kr x7, 1863 Arms Perf 14 2kr x6 & 3kr x4 etc, plus 

many hundreds selected for postmarks from throughout the Empire (many of these have been hinged to small 

pieces & the postmarks skilfully completed in Indian ink), generally fine to to very fine, high catalogue value; also 

some covers. A very attractive collection.{Page 94.8} (950 approx) 

O - the continuation pages with 1867-1906 issues including 1867 Coarse Beard 50kr x4, Fine Beard 50kr, later issues 

separated by perfs, Newspaper stamps, Postage Dues, Levant virtually complete, also some Postal Stationery & 

covers, lots of postmark interest, generally fine to very fine. (600+) 

600 

300 

400 

1,000 

400 

761 */**P A 

BALTIC STATES 

762 C B 

763 

C 

Ex Lot 761 

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Attractive annotated collection in stockbook with a nice range of Arms including many 

blocks of 4, 1900 5h plate proof pair & key values 20h pink 30h bistre & 40h orange, then an extensive selection of 

Pictorials with four die proofs, blocks of 4 including imperf 10 values to 5kr & Perf 9½ 10 values to 5kr plus 

Compound Perfs & 3h vertical pair Imperforate Between, 1910 Birthday set, 1914-16 Surcharges including blocks of 

4, 1916 set plus 3h 15h & 60h imperf blocks of 4, 1917 Assassination imperf pairs (15h is a single only), 1917 

Charles set, '1918' Opts Inverted on both values & Double One Inverted on 2h turquoise, good selection of Postage 

Dues including 1904 die proof of the frame only & imperforate set, 1916-18 set & some blocks of 4, also Postal 

Stationery1906 Waterfall die proof, generally very fine, high catalogue value. An exceptional basis for e 

xpansion.{Page 97.1} (100s) 

ESTONIA: 1939 Triefeldt pictorial envelope of Tallinn to NSW with 5s Pärnu & 10s Pätas x2 (one torn) tied by 

'NARVA/24IX39/EESTI' cds, 'T'-in-circle h/s & mss "9 cent", scarce Sydney 'OPENED BY CENSOR' (seriffed text 

52½mm long) label Little #L2-1b (only two examples recorded) tied by 'PASSED BY CENSOR/S.13' h/s #H2-3a 

(very early usage), a couple of very minor defects. A beautiful cover. 

LATVIA: Riga postal history selection with pre-stamp comprising 1816 to Dorpat (Estonia), 1817 to London via 

Memel, 1842 Lutherian church notice to Burtniecki, 1857 & 1858 commercial entires to Stockholm each with 'Aus 

Russland' h/s in red (one is boxed) and Königsberg TPO h/s; also 1862 outer with Russian 10k SG 5 tied by 

'38'-in-dots cancel; condition variable. (6) 

764 */** A/A- - Complete sheets comprising 1919 Liberation 10k Mi #36, 1923 12s Mi #94, 1927 6s green & yellow (2 sheets, Mi 

118x & y), 1934 Perf 10 3s & 40s Mi #247 & 252, some peripheral blemishes but overall fine unmounted. 

765 

C - 1880-1910 postal stationery or postcards including 1894 uprated Letter Card & 1890 7k Envelope from Kuldiga to 

Libau; 1921-38 including 1921 Liepaja registered with 5r block of 4, 1925 airmail to Germany with 10r & 20r 

Triangles, 1933 uprated Postal Card from Aizpute to Vacija (Germany), 1934 to Germany with Perf 11½ 10s & 25s 

Triangles & 1938 airmail to Switzerland; 1942-44 German Occupation x6; condition variable. (31) 

766 C B 

BELGIAN CONGO 

767 *CPS A/A- 

MEMEL: 1857 (Nov) stampless entire to Scotland with very fine boxed 'MEMEL' d/s, boxed 'Recomandirt' h/s & 

superb 'P'-in-circle h/s both in red, British curved '[crown]/REGISTERED' h/s also in red, 'ABERDEEN' arrival b/s in 

green, a couple of internal repaired tears/separations. Most attractive.{Page 94.9} 

RUANDA URUNDI: 1916 Belgian Occupation of GEA Overpirnts mint; 1917 (Jan) commercial cover endorsed 

"Troupes de l'Est/censure militaire" to GB with Opts 50c tied by 'TABORA' cds, 'CONGO BELGE' registration label 

endosed "Postes militaires/Seezerpost" (?); Opts on 5c Postal Card to GB & on 10c Postal Card to France; and 

BCongo 5c Postal Card from 'RUTSHURU' per Runner Mail via 'IRUMU'.{Page 96.2} (8 + 4 covers) 

2,000 

300 

200 

200 

300 

450 

500


BELGIAN CONGO (continued) 


Lot 768 Lot 769 

768 C A+ - 1915 cover to the Belgian Government-in-Exile in London endorsed at lower-left by a Belgian Major at Kuhinga, 

Rhodesian 1d Admiral tied by 'ABERCORN/NE RHODESIA' cds, 'BROKEN HILL' transit b/s. Superb!{Page 98.1} 

769 C A+ - 1916 stampless cover endorsed at lower-left by a Belgian officer, to France with superb strike of the German East 

Africa 'MUANZA/* * *' cds with the dateslugs removed, Belgian Forces 'KISUMU/16NOV16/BPCVPK' & BEA 

'KISUMU/17NO/16' b/s & French arrival b/s. Superb! [Muanza or Muansa fell to the British & Belgian Forces on 

14/7/1916. The civilian PO was closed & re-opened only on 1/6/1017, with a new cds inscribed 'MWANZA']{Page 

98.2} 

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (B.C.O.F.) 

770 C B 

1945 (Sep) commercial airmail cover to Victoria with KGVI 3d tied by fair 'TOKYO BAY/JAPAN' woodcut cancel & 

HMAS "Shropshire" Surrender cachet, opened-out to show dozens of sailors' autographs, minor blemishes. [The 

enclosed letter states "...we have the honour to bring Australian Prisoners of War home on the ship...Yesterday was 

an historic day planes darkened the sky & it was a marvellous sight...these signatures are the ones of lads on the 

ship..."]{Page 94.11} 

771 C A- - 1945 stampless cover to Victoria with very fine strike of the scarce 'HMAS HOBART/XMAS/1945/TOKYO BAY' 

woodcut cachet & British boxed 'CONCESSION RATE RN' h/s, with the enclosed Japanese print Christmas card. 

[Unstamped BCOF covers are very scarce]{Page 94.10} 

BRITISH WEST INDIES 

772 

773 

O* Revenues with Antigua 1870 Long Types to 4/-, Nevis 1877 1d optd 'Revenue' x3 unused, St Kitts Nevis 1884 to 5/- 

*, St Lucia 1882 Surcharges to 4d, plus others from Dominica & St Vincent. (50) 

*WO 

774 G A B1 

775 O A- A1 

Nineteenth century array with Antigua 1863-87 to 6d (11); Bahamas including 1863-77 Perf 14 4d x9, 1863-80 Perf 

14 1/- x19 including a block of 4, 1882 Perf 12 4d x13, 1882-98 Perf 14 1/- x21 & 1883 4d on 6d (thins, Cat £400); 

Barbados 1861-70 4d dull rose-red (3, one *), 4d dull vermilion x2 unused, 4d dull brown-red x6 used, 4d lake-rose 

and 6d bright orange-vermilion unused; high catalogue value but the condition is very mixed. (200+) 

BARBADOS: 1907 Kingston Relief Fund 1d on 2d Surcharge Double Both Inverted SG 153c, Cat £850 mint; 

unpriced used.{Page 96.3} 

BERMUDA: 1924-32 Script KGV Keyplates 2/6d grey-black & pale orange-vermilion/grey-blue SG 89h, small 

surface adhesion in lower-left corner, fiscally used, Cat £2750 for postally used. Identified as the pale 

orange-vermilion shade by Wilson Wong. Rare. 

776 O A C2 - 1924-32 Script KGV Keyplates 2/6d black & bright orange-vermilion/deep blue SG 89k, short perf at top, fiscally 

used, Cat £3000 for postally used. Identified as the bright orange-vermilion shade by Wilson Wong. Rare. 

777 ** A+ A1 - 1938-53 Keyplates Perf 13 £1 bright violet & black/scarlet SG 121 lower-left corner block of 4 [37-38 & 49-50], 

superb centring, unmounted, Cat £640++. Stunning & superb! Ex Wilson Wong.{Page 96.5} 

778 C B - 1941 Greenland PPC unusually registered, from 'THULE' to Denmark with New York transit d/s, 'Release d 

by/Prize Court' cachet (Burrows #CM28b - rated 10 - unlisted variant with space b/w 'e d' of 'Released' & 'C' below 

'd') on the viewside, minor blemishes. [A cover with the standard h/s sold for $834 at our auction of 5/3/2011]{Page 

96.4} 

779 

*/**O 

780 D B 

781 

*OD 

JAMAICA: Array on Hagners predominantly mint including KGV 'SER.ET' for 'SERIET' varieties on Crown CA 1d & 

2½d and MCA ½d (in a pair), War Stamp varieties with 1½d Inverted 'd' for 'p' SG 71f used, ½d Overprinted on 

Back Only SG 73c ** and 1½d Stop Inserted and 'P' Impressed a Second Time (plus Broken 'W' of 'WAR') SG 74b, 

KGVI 1938 Pictorials with most shades & perfs plus £1 x2 used, QEII 1956 Pictorials **, 1960s-80s sets & M/Ss 

mostly **, varieties including 1969 Surcharges 5c on 6d Blue Omitted SG 284a ** also 'JUDICIAL' overprints & a 

range of postmarks; Caymans including KGVI 1938 Perf 11½x13 10/- and 1950 Pictorials * & few 1960-70s sets **; 

some duplication, condition generally fine.{Page 96.2} (100s) 

NEVIS: 1883 (Mar 25) part-cover franked with bisected 1d vermilion-red SG 17a (Cat £3000 on cover) and Crown 

CA 1d lilac-mauve SG 26 x2 all tied by 'A09' cancels with 'NEVIS/MR25/83' and fine 'DOMINICA/MR27/83' 

datestamps to the left, some toning. 

ST LUCIA: 1886 Crown CA Die I 1d dull mauve Top Left Triangle Detached SG 39a used (Cat £375 *, unpriced 

used), 1891 Surcharges Die I ½d on 3d Small 'A' in 'HALF' SG 53a * (gum toning) and Die II ½d on 3d 'ONE' 

Misplaced ('O' over 'H') SG 56f used on registered cover fragment, Cat £815+. Scarce trio.{Page 96.7} (3) 

500 

500 

500 

400 

100 

300 T 

500 

200 

200 

400 

250 

600 

400 T 

400

Feb 17, 2012 


BRITISH WEST INDIES (continued) 


782 *O A ST VINCENT: 1861-97 array including 6d deep yellow-green SG 2, 4d deep blue #6, 6d deep green #7, 1/- 

slate-grey #9, 1/- indigo #13 (2, one faded), 6d deep green #16, 6d deep blue-green #19b, 1/- claret #21 (2, one 

thinned), 6d pale green #23, 1/- vermilion #24, 4d deep blue #25, 6d bright green #30, 1/- bright vermilion #31, 4d 

bright blue #38, 1/- orange-vermilion #45, 5/- lake #53 * & used, plus surcharges including 5d on 4d #59 used on 

piece, condition variable, Cat £2300+. Colourful selection. (60) 

783 

BURMA 

784 

C - Album of mostly 1960s collector's covers to Australia, arranged alphabetically 'ARNOS VALE' to 'UNION ISLAND' 

with minor duplication, some are registered, also a few official covers including a formular aerogramme, generally 

fine but the quality of the strikes is rather variable. (115) 

C 

CANADA 

KEVII to KGV variety of documents bearing 'Special Adhesive' stamps, and stamped paper to 10r, plus Indian QV to 

KGV stamped paper to 50r all used in Burma. An attractive lot. (21 items) 

450 

100 

200 T 

785 */**OC 

786 */**O 

787 O A C1 

788 W A 

Ex Lot 785 

Mostly used with Imperf 3d Beaver (2) & 6d "spacefiller", 1859 to 17c including 3c with American Banknote Co 

imprint at base, 3c on cover from Belleville to Green Point (Prince Edward Is) with 'NAPANEE' b/s, 10c x4 & 12½c 

x2, 1864 2c, Large Queens to 15c x2, Small Queens to 10c x5 including 2c imperf pair unused (Cat £500), 1893 

20c & 50c, 1897 Jubilee to 50c & $1 (spacefiller) plus $2 (thin) & fine $3 heavily cancelled, KEVII to 50c, Quebec 

set used, 1915 optd 'WAR TAX' 20c x2 (fiscals), KGV coils & imperfs, 50c "Bluenose" & $1 Parliament, modern 

issues with mint multiples; Provinces with British Columbia 1865 3d *, Newfoundland imperf 1d unused & 4d used, 

plus New Brunswick & Nova Scotia; condition variable.{Page 99.1} (100s) 

1851-1989 simplified collection in Gibbons album mostly used with Imperf 5c Beaver, 1859 to 17c, 1864 2c, Large 

Queens to 15c (2), 1893 20c & 50c, Golden Jubilee 15c (plus 20c & 50c both thinned) *, KEVII to 50c including 

Imperf 2c pair, KGV with coils, 1915 'WAR TAX' 20c & 50c (shallow thins) *, KGV/KGVI commemoratives complete 

* or used, "back-of-the-book" with officials including optd 'OHMS' 50c Logging unused, mixed condition with some 

mint stamps partly adhered to the album pages so careful inspection suggested.{Page 100.3} (100s) 

1852-57 Imperf ½d deep rose SG 17, 3d Beaver SG 5 & 10d dull blue Cartier SG 14, all with good to large margins 

and complete outer framelines, the ½d & 10d with indistinct numeral cancels, Cat £2250.{Page 96.6} (3) 

1897 Golden Jubilee ½c black to 50c pale ultramarine between SG 121 & 134, also 1893 Widow's Weeds 20c & 

50c SG 115-116 x2 each, virtually all with redistributed gum or regummed, Cat £1740. (15) 

1,000 

600 

500 

400 T 


Lot 791 

789 * A - ½c black to 50c pale ultramarine between SG 121 & 134, reasonable centring, apparently all with large-part o.g., 

Cat £790.{Page 99.2} (11) 

790 O A - $1 lake, $2 deep violet, $3 bistre, $4 violet and $5 olive-green SG 136-40, parcel/roller cancels (light on $1), Cat 

£2925.{Page 99.3} (5) 

791 V A B1 - $5 olive-green SG 140 marginal example from the top of the sheet with partial plate number in the sheet margin, 

strong colour, dubious cds cancels in violet, Cat £650. {Page 99.4} 

792 

*/**OC REVENUES: Array with Bill Stamps to $2, Gas Inspection QV to $4 & $10 and Electric Light Inspection to $5 & $10, 

Electricity & Gas Inspection KGV $3 & $10, Weight & Measures QV to $2 & KGV to $10, Excise Tax KGV to $10 

including 1/5th cent on matchbox cover, also Customs, Postal Note, Unemployment Insurance & War Tax types; 

Provinces with British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec & Saskatchewan Law Stamps, 

Newfoundland Inland Revenue, etc, van Dam Cat stated to exceed CAD$2000+. {Page 96.8} (100s) 

400 T 

1,000 

300 

400


Ex Lot 796 - Ceylon Pre-Stamps x29 

Ex Lot 801 - Ceylon Barred Numerals x67 

Ex Lot 786 

Ex Lot 811 

Lot 812 

Ex Lot 814 

Ex Lot 806 - Chinese First Day Covers 

Ex Lot 819 - Postmarks Ex Donald Welsh 

Ex Lot 833 

Ex Lot 822 - Attractive Collection 

Ex Lot 848 

Ex Lot 830 - Berlin Collection 

Lot 851 - Key Stamp at Keen Price

Feb 17, 2012 



CEYLON 

793 W A/B 

794 

C 

1857-59 Imperfs 2d green three shades including yellow-green SG 3/a, the first with margins close to large, the 

second with 3½ margins, the last with margins close to good but with a small nick at upper-left, unused, Cat £860. 

SRI LANKA: Box of mostly unaddressed illustrated FDCs & commemorative covers with lots of variety including a 

few registered items; also a few pre-Independence covers & aerogrammes, condition variable. (450) 

795 ** A/A- - Grossly Misplaced Perforations comprising Lighthouse 2r50 half-sheet of 25 (5x5), and Drummers 3r orangebrown 

half-sheet of 50 (10x5), 4r magenta top two rows of 10 & 10r violet half-sheet-plus! of 80 (10x8, minor 

creasing), also '2.00' on Lighthouse 2r50 half-sheet of 25 with Misplaced Surcharges & Drummers 10r block of 30 

(2x15) with Major Doctor Blade Flaw affecting all left-hand units, unmounted. Excellent thematic material. (6 items) 

CEYLON - Postal History 

796 

C 

797 PS B/C 

798 C A 

799 

800 

801 

CHINA 

802 

803 

804 

SD 

Bundle of pre-stamp outers (some fronts only) and entires incl '[crown]/COLOMBO/POSTPAID' (with Reversed 'S') 

in black & in red, '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST N PAID', 'COLOMBO/POST-NOT-PAID' cds, light '[crown]/GALLE/ 

POSTPAID' in red, 'GALLE/POST-NOT-PAID' (3), 'GAMPOLLE/=POST ("Free")', 'KANDY/ POST-PAID', 

'KANDY/POST-NOT-PAID' (2), 'MATELLE/POST-NOT-PAID', 'MATELLE/POST-FREE' in red, 'PUSILAWA/POST- 

("Paid")' (3), 'PUSILAWA/POST-(Free")' etc, condition variable, quality of the strikes is fair to very fine. A good basis 

for expansion.{Page 100.1} (29) 

1927-43 Avis de Réception cards from India (4) or Malaya with cds of 'BANDARAWELA', 'CHULIPURUM', 

'NEGOMBO' (2 different) or 'PETTAH/REGISTERED', all folded (a couple heavily); also 1935 from India & still with 

the registered Postal Card bearing superb 'RLO/REGISTERED' cds (ERD) & boxed 'IN TROUVABLE/NOT TO BE 

FOUND' h/s (#i38; only one other recorded). (6 items) 

1939 two local underpaid covers to the same address, the first with unrecorded boxed 'REFUSE/REFUSED' h/s, the 

other with boxed 'INCONNU/NOT KNOWN' h/s (#i37; only one other date recorded), both with Colombo RLO 

'RETURNED LETTER' readdressing label - slightly different shades - partly affixed to the face. (2) 

POSTMARKS: All-different group on Hagners comprising 85 of the 118 Barred Numerals plus 11 Barred Letters all 

on QV issues. (96) 

CPS - Barred Letters all-different group comprising 'A', 'A'-duplex (5), 'B' (2), 'C' (2), 'D', 'E', 'F', H (2) & 'I' on covers (2), 

Postal Cards (9) & Envelopes (4), condition variable. (15) 

CPS - all-different group '1' to '117' mostly on Postal Stationery, the strikes generally fine to superb. Virtually all have the 

'.../PAID' cds "ties", many/most of which are much scarcer than their related numerals. Better items include '1' & 

'ARANAYKA', '26' & 'WELIGAMA' on '2½ cents' on 6c Postal Card uprated with 2c x4, '28' & superb 

'RAMBUKKANA', '29' from both 'DIMBULA' & 'KOTAGALA', '45' & 'NUWARA-ELIYA' on 4c grey on mourning cover, 

'47' & 'PUNDUL-OYA' plus boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s in red, '54' & 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI', '55' & 'KANKESANTURI' on 

uprated Envelope with '5 CENTS' Inverted, '61' & 'POINT-PEDRO' to 'PONDICHERRY' (b/s), '63' & 

'VAVUNIYAVELANKULAN', '94' & 'GRANDPASS' on bookpost wrapper to the USA, '96' to Java but uprating 

removed, '108' & 'KOCHCHIKADE', etc. Overall condition is generally good to very fine. [Ted Proud's similar but 

more extensive collection of 93 items sold for $6325 at our auction of 2/10/2010]{Page 100.2} (67) 

*OC 1874-1990s including 1874 Dowager 9c & 24c used, Revenues 4c on 3c & 2c on 3c SG 89-90 used, 1951 

Anniversary *, 1952 Gymnastics blocks of 4 * (offered 'as is'), plus an attractive range of modern issues and covers, 

mixed condition, Cat £1000+. (100s) 

OC 

Album with an array of 1940s stamps including a few bundles, 1895 bogus (?) cover with woodcut stamp 'TAIWAN 

REPUBLIC/TAINAN' cds & 'LOCAL POST OFFICE/AMOY' cds, 1901 stampless German 'Feld-Postkarte' with 

'PEKING/DEUTSCHE POST' cds, 1914 PPC ("Tientsin German Club") to a guard at the British Legation in Peking 

with 'FPO No 1' arrival cds, 1890s local cover with Pa Kua cancel & 'SHANGHAI/LOCAL POST' cds, 1898 badly 

damaged cover to GB with 10c tied by 'KIUKIANG' "dollar" chop & Hong Kong 5c blue pair added, 1920 stampless 

to New Zealand with bilingual 'SERVICE DES POSTES' cachet, 1946 registered air express cover to Melbourne, a 

few Macau commercial covers, Hong Kong modern covers, etc. (100s & 50+ covers) 

*WO Mostly 1940s array of part-sets & singles with lots of surcharges or overprints * or no gum as issued, also 1960 

Chrysanthemums used. (250 approx) 

200 

250 T 

150 T 

1,750 

150 

200 

250 

300 

2,000 

350 

400 

150 

Ex Lot 805 

805 * A/B 1894 Dowager Empress' Birthday 1c to 24c (ex 2c), 9c creased, 12c part-o.g. others with large-part o.g., several 

minor faults, characteristic rough perfs, Cat £1860. [A set sold for $1667 in our auction of 19/11/2011]{Page 101.1} 

(8) 

806 C/CL A 

1979-80 First Day Covers comprising 30th Anniversary M/S SG 2883 (plain China Stamp Co cover), Peking Opera 

SG 2956-2963 on two China Stamp Co covers (one with information insert), & High Monk SG 2981-3 (China 

National Stamp Corporation), all with pictorial cancels & unaddressed.{Page 100.7} (4) 

1,250 

300 T


CHINA (continued) 


807 C A 

808 

Lot 807 

1980 New Year (Year of the Monkey) 8f SG 2968 tied to China Stamp Company illustrated First Day Cover by 

pictorial "Monkeys" cds of 1980-2-15, unaddressed, Cat £650++. [An example sold at a German auction in 2011 for 

about the equivalent of $A2000]{Page 102.1} 

* UNITED STATES POST OFFICE: 1919 Surcharges 2c on 1c to $2 on $1 Scott #K1-16 (SG 1-16), the 20c on 10c & 

30c on 15c with thins; also 1922 2c on 1c & 4c on 2c Scott #K17-18 (SG 17-18); variable centring, large-part o.g.; 

Cat $US2250 (£2080). [A similar set sold for $1265 at our auction of 19/11/2011] (18) 

COCOS ISLANDS 

809 PS C 

COOK ISLANDS 

1945 'XMAS AIR LETTER' to GB with message headed "91 EOM PLTN/RE/SEAC" & 'FPO/No 46/10DEC45' b/s, 

soiling plus heavy folds with some separation/reinforcing. [FPO 46 was at Cocos between -/4/1945 & -/1/1946] 

810 P A 1893-1902 Makea & Torea 1½d 2½d & 5d Cousins die proofs in black on wove paper. Ex Boulangier. (3) 

200 

CYPRUS 

811 

*/**O 

ETHIOPIA 

Selection on Hagners including Wmk Crown CA 1892 6p Die I Plate '2' corner block of 6 (toning) **, 1886 ½p on 

½d with Large '2' at left SG 29c (aged, a few short perfs) used, 1894 45p Die II (minor rubbing) used; Wmk Mult 

Crown CA 1928 90p (scratch right margin) used; Wmk Mult Script CA 1938 45p to £1 (2, mint with toning & used), 

Cat £1300+. Mixed condition. {Page 100.4} (22) 

812 S A B1 1860s usage of Indian 6a8p grey with 'F.F.'-in-diamond-of-bars cancel of the Abyssinian Field Force.{Page 100.5} Offer 

FIJI 

813 

814 

O* Two stockcards with 19th Century values including a humungous 2d corner example, others with perfs trimmed to 

masquerade as imperfs or partial-imperfs, also Postage Dues 1917 (toning) & 1940 (very lightly mounted) mint sets. 

OCPS 

FIJI - Postal History 

Oddments including Fiji Times Express 1d SG 5 with manuscript cancel (Cat £2000), WWII Bomber Fund & 

'FIJI/GIFTS/TO BRITAIN' labels, US Forces covers with various postmarks (8, & an airgraph), Postal Stationery 

including KGV 1d & 2d Envelopes & 2d Letter Card (optd 'SPECIMEN'), 1942 1d banknote, 1930 2d 3d & 6d meter 

impression proofs, carte de visite signed "Sir Harry Luke" etc. Ex Donald Welsh. {Page 100.6} (49 items) 

2,000 T 

750 

200 T 

400 

Offer T 

750 T 


815 

C 

Group of KEVII period PPCs including to Turkey, Turks Islands, New Hebrides, Denmark, Finland, Italy, etc, 

condition variable. (10) 

150 T

Feb 17, 2012 


FIJI - Postal History (continued) 


816 

817 

C 

C/CL 

818 C A/B 

819 

SD 

820 PS A+ 

FRANCE 

821 

822 

823 

*/**O 

Bundle of mostly pre-WWII taxed covers, various markings, a few with Postage Dues of the USA or GB, condition 

variable. [Our assessment is that 22 are commercial.] (30 approx) 

Bundle of mostly long commercial & OHMS covers from many different offices with good postmark & destinations 

content; 20+ registereds including 1928 from Suva & 1929 from Nadroga both with huge NZ-type registration labels, 

1930 from Nadi to Belgium, 1958 to Canada with 1/6d Sugar Cane Train block of 4, etc; covers with imprints of 

Walter Horne & Co (1927), Methodist Church in Fiji (1956), Boots Chemists (1956) & Ba Township Board (1965); 

others including 1943 with '.../X112' censor label, 1933 Nausori to the Philippines, 1968 with black/yellow OHMS 

sealing label, 1945 from Levuka repaired in the USA, 1951 Tatts cover to Hobart with Pan Am airmail label; etc, 

generally fine. Ex Donald Welsh.{Page 102.2} (80+) 

Postmarks collection all on covers with a high proportion of commercial mail, lots of registereds, airmail & official 

items, quantity of modern rubber types & other scarcer types including Savings Banks, mostly QEII period but some 

KGV & plenty of KGVI items, very little duplication noted & no Suva. Ex Donald Welsh. A wonderful opportunity to 

secure the foundations for an exceptional collection.{Page 102.3} (600+) 

Postmarks collection on stamp or piece with Levuka selection including on 'CR' issues, Suva including manuscript 

"Suva/5 8 73" & part-strike of the rare undated 'SUVA FIJI' capsule, then an extensive array from country POs 

including manuscripts, brass straight-line h/s, early rubber cancels including light but clear large-part strike of the 

previously unrecorded '[N]AWAUA/[JAM]ES HILTON/REWA/[POST] OFFICE & S[TORE]' h/s etc, condition of the 

stamps & quality of the strikes is rather variable, some duplication. Ex Donald Welsh. {Page 100.8} (1000+) 

1957 usage to GB of 'OHMS/AEROGRAMME/FIJI' formular aerogramme with printed 'PITCAIRN & TONGA 

AFFAIRS' within & 'ISLANDS OF PITCAIRN HENDERSON DUCIE AND DENT' cachet in violet on the face, letter 

advises of the inscriptional error on the Pitcairn 4d & the intention to have it replaced. Superb! Ex John Forrest. 

1849-1999 collection including 1917 War Orphans 35c+25c & 50c+50c * (faults), 1926 War Orphans 5f+1f used, 

1937 PEXIP m/s, 1943 Relief Fund horizontal strip of 5 ** (mounted in margins), 1947 UPU 500f *, 1949-50 Airmail 

used, 1950 Revolutionaries used, 1951 Celebrities used, mixed condition, Cat €1400. (100s) 

*O 1849-1940s mostly used collection with Imperf Ceres 10c bistre (a tad soiled but possibly unused) & 1fr carmine, 

Napoleon to 80c & 1fr (creased), perforated Ceres & Napoleons to 80c, 1877 Commerce to 5fr, 1900 Merson 2fr 

used & 5fr *, 1917 1fr+1fr, 1922 Orphans Surcharges, 1923 Bordeaux Congress 1f *, 1925 Paris Exhibition 5fr *, 

1926-27 Orphans set, 1927 Air Overprints *, 1929 Le Havre Expo, 1930 Sinking Fund 1fr50+3fr50 plus Overprints 

set and 1931 1fr50+3fr50 plus Overprints set *, 1936 Airs to 3fr.50 plus 50fr emerald-green used, 1936 "Banknote" 

50fr (superb), mixed condition but many are fine, Cat €6500+.{Page 100.10} (100s) 

*/**O 

FRENCH COMMUNITY 

824 P A/B 

GERMANY 

1849-1980s including 1849 Ceres 40c orange used, 1853 Napoleon III 1c 5c & 80c (2) & 1862 1c (2, one unused) 

used, 1870 Ceres Perf 14x13½ 10c & Imperf 2c red-brown, 10c stone-brown, 30c brown & 80c bright rose used, 

1876 Peace to 1f including 1c green (unused), 1877 25c & 40c *, 1900 2f purple used, 1903 Sower 25c blue *, 1936 

10f myrtle green used, 1953 Sports *, 1957 Tourist to 100f *, French Antarctica 1968 50f *, mixed condition, Cat 

£2700+. (1000+) 

Proofs including Cambodia 1964 Birds, Cameroon 1946 40c blue, Togo 1964 Wildlife (ex 50c, mostly pairs), Niger 

1964 Flowers to 20f, Wallis and Futuna 1973 Flowers complete set of vertical pairs, some toning issues. (51) 

300 T 

500 T 

2,000 T 

600 T 

200 

350 

2,000 

200 

150 

825 

826 


*/**OC Predominantly used including 1875 2mk dull violet, 1920 Bavaria, 1921 Wmk Lozenges, 1923 Inflation Issues, 1928 

Airmails, South American Flight (*), 1930 Exhibition M/S (**), 1932 Castles 40pf+40pf, 1933 Hindenburgs & 

Wagner, 1934 Airmails, 1934 Workers 40pf+35pf (*), 1935 Exhibition M/S, 1935 Costumes, 1939 Danzig (*); Allied 

Occupation 1949 Hannover Trade M/S (**); West Germany 1951 Relief Fund, 1952 Relief Fund, 1953 Relief Fund, 

1954 Relief Fund, 1955 Relief Fund; plus German States, Colonies & Officials, mixed condition, Cat €3800. 

[Several stained miniature sheets are present but have not been included in the cat value]{Page 103.1} 

CPS 

Collection of mostly oval Travelling Post Office datestamps predominantly on postcards (many attractive subjects), 

includes Bavarian and Wurrtemburg types, many very fine strikes and some lesser routes noted, condition 

variable.{Page 103.2} (150 approx) 

2,000 

500


Ex Lot 828 - Two Better Zeppelin Covers 

Lot 831 - Relief Fund Miniature Sheet 

Lot 835 - Fanning Commercial Cover 

Ex Lot 838 - Occupied Togo Covers 

Ex Lot 832 - East Germany Collection 

Lot 856 - PUC Pound 

Ex Lot 839 - Quality Great Britain Lot 

Lot 854 

Lot 855 - '1829' 

Lot 876 

Ex Lot 843 - Fine Used Group

Feb 17, 2012 


GERMANY (continued) 


827 

*/**OC 

828 C A 

829 C B 

830 

*/**OC 

Collection with West Germany including 1949 Parliament *, Centenary of Postage Stamps used, UPU used, Relief 

Fund used, 1950 Recovery Programme used, Orchestra *, Bach used, 1952 Youth Hostels used, Relief Fund * & 

used, 1953 Transport Exhibition used, Philatelic Exhibition used, Relief Fund used; East Germany with 1950 Pieck 

used, Bach **, Stamp Exhibition M/S **, plus heaps of modern issues; Cat €1300+. (1000s) 

1929 & 1931 philatelic Graf Zeppelin covers 1) to USA with Zeppelin 4mk tied by F'hafen Luftpost cds, straight-line 

cachet in rosine & superb '...1.AMERIKAFAHRT 1929' cachet in blue; & 2) with 'POLAR-/FAHRT/1931' 4mk tied by 

rubber 'LUFTSCHIFF/GRAFZEPPELIN' cds, two Polarfahrt cachets in red & Russian 'BRISE-GLACE...' cds.{Page 

104.1} (2) 

ALLIED OCCUPATION - FRENCH ZONE: 1949 airmail cover to South Australia with Württemberg 1948 New 

Colours 10pf 20pf pair & 80pf Schiller Mi 36 (Cat €150 on cover) tied by Reutlingen cds of 13.12.49 being the last 

day the Zone stamps were valid for postage; also 1951 airmail cover from the same correspondence with scarce 

combination franking of US & British Zone Buildings Perf 11 2mk (Cat €50 on cover) + West Germany Posthorns 

20pf pair, flap removed; both with minor blemishes. (2) 

BERLIN: 1948-1953 collection including 1948 optd 'BERLIN' in Black to 5mk * or used, 1949 optd 'BERLIN' in Red 

used to 2mk used, UPU **, Goethe used, Relief Fund used, 1950 Recovery 20pf used, Berlin Philharmonic used, 

1951-53 Bells Clapper Left, Right & Central all used, Exhibition used, 1952 Olympics used, Famous Berliners used, 

1953 Bells Clapper Middle used, Church Reconstruction used, Cat €2000+ (not including the 'BERLIN' Overprints: 

these require personal assessment). Good lot.{Page 100.12} (100s) 

831 V - 1949 Relief Fund M/S Mi Block 1, lightly cancelled, Cat €2200.{Page 104.2} 

1,000 

832 

*/**OC 

GERMAN COLONIES 

833 W B 

GIBRALTAR 

834 CL B 

GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS 

835 C B 

EAST: Mostly used collection including East Germany 1945 Victims of Facism, Sowers, 1950 Spring Fair set, Pieck 

set, Academy of Sciences set, Bach set, Debria Exhibition M/S *, 1951 Polish Visit, China Friendship, Youth 

Festival, 1953 Karl Marx M/Ss (*), Five Year Plan (*), 1954 Stamp Day M/S, 1955 Engels M/S (*), 1958 Memorials 

Fund M/S, 1962 World Youth Festival block of 4, plus assorted covers and modern West Germany in two albums, 

Cat €2300+.{Page 104.3} 

EAST AFRICA: 1916 (March) Wugu Provisionals 2½h Types I & II, 7½h Types I & II & 1r Mi III-V, all 

characteristically dessicated but above average condition, no gum, Cat €1940. Unissued. [Michel states that "The 

condition, especially of Mi #V - the 1 rupee - is usually unsatisfactory due to the influence of wet soil (the majority of 

the stamps were buried)". Our vendor states that of the 1r, only 470 examples were recoverable. David Lobdell's 

creased example of the 1r sold for $US719 at auction on 14/12/2010]{Page 100.9} (5) 

1919 cover from India with oval 'REGISTERED/GIBRALTAR' arrival d/s & two complete (one a little damaged) 'E 

[arms] R/RECEIVED OPEN/AND TORN - OFFICIALLY/SEALED' labels. [The printer's imprint reveals 5000 were 

printed in 1918 so why wasn't "ER' changed to 'GR'?] 

1926 illustrated Pacific Cable Board cover to Sydney with NZ 4d violet tied by 'FANNING ISLAND' cds, another 

strike on the large NZ-type registration label (affixed over the imprint), chamfered 'PACIFIC CABLE/FANNING 

ISLAND/NOV 12 1926/SUPERINTENDENT' d/s in violet - the first example we have seen - on the reverse, Suva 

transit b/s, minor blemishes. Rare commercial mail.{Page 104.4} 

600 

400 

300 

750 

1,000 

750 

200 

300 

836 E/P A 

Ex Lot 836 

1964 First Air Service 3d 1/- & 3/7d phtographic essays in black & white as issued but inscribed '1963'; small piece 

with mss "Approved subject to date/being made 1964/AK Mitchell/30.8.63"; another signed "Margaret 

Barwick/Designer"; plus final colour proofs of the 3 values in close to the issued colours on gummed paper 

(unmounted); & the set on FDC also signed by Margaret Berwick. Ex Michael Shaw: acquired for $1725 at a 

Sydney auction in January 2011.{Page 105.1} (9 items) 

1,400 

Unless otherwise noted, all lots in this sale are reserved at 75% of the 

estimates. However, "Offer" lots have no effective reserve prices.


Ex Lot 844 - Multiples 

Ex Lot 852 - 1873-83 Collection 

Ex Lot 853 - 1880-92 Collection 

Lot 863 - PStat Envelope Registered 

Ex Lot 879 

Ex Lot 873 - QV-KEVII Registration Envelopes 

Ex Lot 880 - Short 'T' Variety

Feb 17, 2012 



GOLD COAST 

837 

838 

*O Hagners & album pages with 1884 Crown CA with mint multiples including 4d deep mauve & 1/- mauve blocks of 4 

plus others with plate numbers, minor varieties identified by plate position, 1901 1d on 2½d block of 30; Specimens 

including 1884 Crown CA 1/- & 2/-, Tablets 1889 20/- dull mauve & black/red and 1898 2½d to 10/- (2), KEVII 

Crown CA to 10/- (no gum) & 20/-, MCA 2/6d green/yellow (2) and the unissued 10/- green & red/green (Cat £275), 

KGV MCA 2/6d to 10/- and Script 15/- (2, different types), 1937 Coronation & 1938 Pictorials; forgeries with 1875 

Spiro 1d x2, 4d block of 4 & 6d x3 and Oneglia 4d; Revenues with 'JUDICIAL' Opts QV 6d (2, one *) 2/- (2), 2/6d (5, 

including a block of 4) & 20/- (2), KEVII 1/- (3), 2/- (4, including a pair) & 5/-, most KEVII values are perfinned, 

condition variable, Barefoot Cat £290; postmarks including mailbag seal cancels x17, cds cancels including 

'ATTUABU' & coloured types including 'AKUSE' in blue x2. (few 100s) 

C/CL 

GREAT BRITAIN 

839 

OCCUPATION OF TOGO: 1914-19 Anglo-French Occupation including 1915 & 1919 commercial 1d rate covers to 

England the latter tied by 'STATION/PALIME' cds, philatelic covers with 'Passed by Censor/at/Lome (Togo)' h/s in 

violet including Wilson 1915 (March) with Gold Coast ½d & 2½d tied by German-type 'LOME/TOGOGEBIET' cds & 

'Lome (Togo)' registration label and 1915 (Sep) with overprinted 2/- & 2/6d tied by a similar cds with registration 

label overprinted 'Agu (Togo)', 1916 (June) Overprints ½d to 1/- SG H34-41 tied by 'LOME/TOGO' cds with 

grey/blue registration label & 1916 (August) two covers with Thick Overprints ½d to 1/- SG H47-53 tied by similar 

cancels with pale blue/blue registration labels, also 1915 (January) registered to England without a censor h/s, plus 

five other covers or fronts, condition variable.{Page 104.5} (13) 

*/**O Selection including Penny Red Plate '197' block of 6 unused, KEVII High Values to 10/- used, Seahorses to 10/- 

used, 1937-47 KGVI * plus ½d to 2½d x2 with Watermark Inverted * & another set with Watermark Sideways * plus 

additional singles, 1951 KGVI Festival High Values 2/6d to £1 blocks of 4 **, 1955-58 Waterlow Castles **, 1959 De 

La Rue Castles **, 1968 Bradbury Wilkinson Castles, Cat £4600+.{Page 104.6} (100+) 

840 ** A Stamp packs including M/Ss, se-tenant strips, Machin definitives and Regionals. Face value unknown! (100s) 

400 

841 

**O High values comprising 1902-10 KEVII De La Rue £1 SG 266 used, 1929 PUC £1 black SG 438 used (faults), 1948 

Silver Wedding £1 blue block of 4 with Cylinder Number '1' at left, well centred **, Cat £1200+. 

750 

600 

750 

600 

842 */**O 

843 V/G A/A- 

844 O A/B 

Ex Lot 842 

1840-1981 simplified collection in Gibbons album with used including "Penny Black" (2, both defective), Embossed 

6d (on piece) & 1/- both cut-square, Surface Printed reasonably complete to 5/- including 1857 Large Garter 4d pair, 

1862 Emblems 9d bistre, Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- Plate 2 & Anchor 5/- Plate 4 (perf blemishes), "Lilacs & Greens", 

Orbs £1 brown-lilac x2 (faults, heavy cancels) and Crowns £1 green (peripheral blemishes), KEVII Crowns £1 

blue-green used, Seahorses 1913-18 to 10/-, Re-Engraved 10/-, thereafter reasonably complete mint or used with 

early QEII Phosphor sets, Machins & Regionals, mixed condition.{Page 107.1} (100s) 

A selection of QV to KGV values selected for unusual freshness & very fine postmarks, including 1855-57 4d Large 

Garter & 6d, Rose 9d straw, '6d' on 6d, 1883-84 5/-, KEVII 9d 2/6d & 5/- x2, Seahorses Waterlow 10/- & Bradbury 

Wilkinson 10/- (both off-centre), QV 'GOVT/PARCELS' 9d, etc, Cat £2400+. A very attractive page & a bargain at 

the estimate.{Page 104.11} (23) 

- the companion group of multiples including Line-Engraved Imperf 1d block of 4 (creased), 1870 ½d Plate 13 strip 

of 5 on piece, 1855-57 6d & 1/- wing-margin pairs, 1880-83 4d grey-brown pair, 1883-84 1/- block of 4 (Cat £1200), 

Jubilee 1/- green block of 4, KEVII 1/- block of 4 x2, 2/6d pair & 10/- pair, QV 'ARMY/OFFICIAL' block of 6, a few 

mostly minor defects, high catalogue value. Very scarce group.{Page 106.1} (14 items) 

3,000 

400 

600


GREAT BRITAIN (continued) 


Lot 845 

Lot 847 

Lot 846 

845 * B 1840 "Penny Black" 1d black ['GE'] 4 clear margins one huge with fragment of adjoining unit, light crease upper 

left and at right with very small thin, hinge remainder, nearly full original gum, Cat £10,000.{Page 108.1} 

846 G A - 1d intense-black with the Watermark Inverted SG 1e ['RB'], margins close to large, Maltese Cross cancellation in 

red, Cat £2000.{Page 108.3} 

847 G A- 

848 

1847-54 Embossed 10d brown SG 57 horizontal pair, strong colour, margins shaved to good, indistinct 

numeral-in-diamond cancel, Cat £2400+. A rare multiple.{Page 108.2} 

OC 1855-57 No Corner Letters Glazed Paper Wmk Small Garter 4d carmine SG 62, Medium Garter 4d carmine SG 63 

& possible White Paper SG 63a (plus 1d red) on cover to Paris, Ordinary Thin White Paper 4d rose & 4d deep rose 

shades SG 65, Large Garter 4d rose-carmine x2, plus uncancelled 4d rose SG 66a (trimmed wing-margin) pair on 

1860 cover to Melbourne, Wmk Emblems 6d lilac SG 69-70 (3, two on cover to Bendigo or Sandridge) and 1/- 

green SG 72 (2, one is on cover to Sandridge), Cat £3250+.{Page 100.11} (8+6 covers) 

2,000 

750 

1,800 

800 

Ex Lot 849 

849 

O 

1862-80 Uncoloured Corner Letters array including Small Letters 3d bright carmine-rose & 3d pale carmine-rose, 

4d Plates 3 & 4, 6d Plate 3 & 4 both wing-margin, 9d bistre Plate 2 & 1/- (Plate 1 = Plate 2); Large Letters 3d pair 

(used in Malta) & single, 4d vermilion Plates 7 to 14 complete (Plates 7 & 8 used in Constantinople), 6d lilac Plates 

5 & 6, 9d Plate 4 x2; Wmk Spray of Rose 3d Plates 4 to 10 complete including Plate 8 marginal block of 4, 6d 

Plates 6, 8, & 9 (2), 6d (5, including pale buff Plate 12 & 6d grey), 9d straw, 10d (5, one very lightly cancelled & one 

on cover), 1/- Plates 4 to 7, 2/- blue (5, one optimistically identified as cobalt), plus the rare 2/- brown (tear, heavy 

cancel), also Wmk Maltese Cross 5/- Plate 2 & Anchor 5/- Plate 4 spacefillers; condition variable but generally 

above-average with plenty of wing-margin examples sighted, Cat £8500 approx (excluding 2/- brown & the two 5/-). 

{Page 108.4} (61 + cover) 

1,500 

850 

O 

851 G (A) B1 

852 

Ex Lot 850 

1867-88 High Values comprising 1867-83 Maltese Cross 5/- Plate 1 & Plate 2, Anchor 5/- Plate 4 (tonespots, 2mm 

tear), 10/- (minor faults) & £1, 1883-84 2/6d x2, 5/- (superb 'RICHMOND/SURREY' cds) & 10/-, 1884 Crowns £1 

"spacefiller", 1891 £1 green with perf faults at base, all with steel datestamps, Cat £21,500. Opportunity to 

inexpensively plug some challenging gaps.{Page 108.5} (11) 

1867-83 High Values Wmk Anchor White Paper £5 orange Plate 1 SG 137 [A-N], well centred, small perf repair at 

the base, smudged 'LOMBARD STREET/DE31/97' steel postal cancels, Cat £4500. {Page 100.13} 

O 1873-83 Large Coloured Letters with Watermark Anchor 2½d mauve White Paper Plates 1 to 3, Wmk Orb Plate 3 

to 17, Wmk Crown Plates 21-23 (2, one on cover), 3d Wmk Spray Plates 11-20 & Crown Plates 20 & 21, Large 

Garter 4d vermilion, 4d sage-green Plates 15 & 16 (2), 4d grey-brown Plate 17, Crown 4d Plate 17 & 18, 6d grey 

Spray Plates 13-17 & Crown 17 & 18, Large Garter 8d, Spray 1/- green Plates 8 to 13 and 1/- orange-brown on 

cover (Cat £1400) & Crown Plates 13 (2) & 14, Surcharges '3d' on 3d & '6d' on 6d, condition variable but mostly 

fine, Cat £7500+.{Page 106.2} (63 + 2 covers) 

1,000 

1,000 

1,000

Feb 17, 2012 


GREAT BRITAIN (continued) 


853 

*/**O 

1880-92 array including 1880 5d used, 1881 1d lilac Die II (16 dots) blocks of 6 & 12 */**, "Lilacs & Greens" 

complete including 9d & 1/- (2, one with unfaded colour), 1887 Jubilee set to 1/- (both) plus 4½d green & carmine 

complete pane of */** with sheet margin "Jubilee Lines" & "Pillars" intact, condition variable.{Page 106.3} (66 items) 

854 ** A C1 1881 Wmk Imperial Crown Perf 14 Die II (16 dots) 1d bluish-lilac SG 172a, unmounted, Cat £475. David Brandon 

Certificate (1992) states "...unused with full original gum is genuine".{Page 104.8} 

855 O A 

1929 Postal Union Congress (PUC) 1½d purple-brown with '1829' for '1929', fine used, unpriced used in Gibbons; 

Cat £450 mint.{Page 104.9} 

856 * B A1 - £1 black SG 438, toned gum, lightly mounted, Cat £750. {Page 104.7} 

400 

450 

250 

400 

Lot 857 

Lot 858 

Lot 859 

Lot 860 

857 * A- A2 OFFICIALS: Inland Revenue 1890 'I.R./OFFICIAL' Overprint on QV White Paper 10/- ultramarine SG Spec #L8(4)s 

with 'SPECIMEN' h/s (Type 11), exceptional centring, a few short perfs, lightly mounted, Cat £2000. {Page 109.1} 

858 * B B1 - Parcels 1883-86 'GOVT/PARCELS' 6d green SG O62, a little soiled, part o.g., Cat £2500. RPSofL Certificate 

(1978).{Page 109.2} 

859 * B C1 - Parcels 1883-86 'GOVT/PARCELS' 1/- orange-brown SG O64, minor faults, large-part o.g., Cat £1300. RPSofL 

Certificate (1979).{Page 109.3} 

860 */** A+ A1 - Royal Household 1902 'R.H./OFFICIAL' Overprint on KEVII ½d blue-green SG O91 block of 4, exceptional 

centring, the upper units lightly mounted & the lower units unmounted, Cat £1500++ (mounted). Superb! BPA 


1,250 

500 T 

300 T 

2,000 T 

861 

O 

GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History 

862 

*/**WO 

863 PS A 

864 C B 

Ex Lot 861 

POST OFFICES ABROAD: Valuable selection including 'AO6' of British Honduras on 4d SG Z2 (Cat £400), 'A25' or 

'M' of Malta x32, 'A26' of Gibraltar x15, 'B01' of Alexandria x9, 'B02' of Suez x8, 'B32' of Buenos Aires x5, 'C' of 

Contantinople x21, 'C30' of Valparaiso on 9d SG Z80 (Cat £200) & 5/- SG Z88 (Cat £400), 'C35' of Panama x2, 

'C38' of Callao on 4d SG Z39 (Cat £200), 'C51' of St Thomas x6 including 9d SG Z26 (Cat £200), 'F87' of Smyrna 

x3, 'G06' of Beirut x5; also Batum including 1920 Handstamps *, offered "as is"; condition variable, high catalogue 

value.{Page 109.5} (175+) 

Mostly 19th Century array including Edinburgh to Dunbar 1812 HMS (His Majesty's Service) and 1814 with boxed 

'ADD/½' h/s, "Penny Red" imperf covers x39 including 1844 to Knaresborough with 'SNAITH' & 'SELBY' cancels in 

blue, 1845 Waterford to Dublin with fine BN '445', perforated 1d red covers x65 including Perf 16 x3; also 1924 

Wembley 1d on PPC to New Zealand with 1½d in dues added; mixed condition, postmark interest likely. (115+) 

1857 usage of 1d pink Envelope uprated with 1d 2d & 4d tied by '357' duplex cancels & superb 'HEREFORD' cds in 

blue, endorsed "Registered" in red. Most attractive.{Page 106.4} 

1878 Scrutton Sons & Co entire to "Dominica/WI" with 1/- green tied by '2W/LONDON - 6 ' duplex, 'DOMINICA' 

arrival b/s, minor soiling. 

1,200 

400 

600 

150


GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History (continued) 


865 C A- 

866 C B 

867 C A- 

Lot 865 

Lot 867 

1879 cover to Egypt "Via Brindisi" to an army officer "On Board the Mail Steamer/Deccan/Suez/Egypt" with 

Italian-type 'POSTE EGIZIANE/AL[ESSAN]DRIA' (fair) & '___POSTE EGIZIANE/SUEZ' (something removed; fine) 

backstamps, repaired tear across the flap. Terrific destination item.{Page 110.1} 

1882 local registered cover with irregular usage of Bankruptcy 3d tied by Liverpool squared-circle, not taxed, minor 

blemishes. 

1884 cover from London "by french packet" to an Englishman in Tokyo with 2½d ultramarine x2 tied by 'W/30' 

duplex, fine 'YOKOHAMA' transit & superb Tokyo native script arrival b/s, repaired tear across the flap. Excellent 

destination.{Page 110.2} 

300 

300 

300 

868 C A/B 

869 C B 

870 C A 

871 C A 

872 C A 

873 PS A/B 

Ex Lot 868 

1897-1905 attractively hand-illustrated envelopes from Leicester to four different addressees, most feature children 

but two are beautifully executed landscapes (one with the stamp affixed but not mailed), various QV or KEVII 

adhesives, a few with opening tears on the flaps but most are very fine to superb. Lovely group.{Page 110.3} (12) 

1922 Thomas Cook cover with 1½d tied by Imperial Cable slogan, hotel redirection label & sent to Switzerland so 

taxed, Swiss 20c Postage Due affixed but returned to England so superb 'ANNULE' h/s applied, British Postage 

Due ½d (torn) & 1d affixed, minor blemishes. [Advertises Thos Cook as foreign agents for the Oberammergau 

Passion Play] 

1932 cover to Chile with 6d 'P.31' Control, 1/- & 2/6d Seahorse tied by Edinburgh cds, two German Graf Zeppelin 

cachets in rosine or brown, '.../ARICA' transit & 'TOTCOPILLA' arrival b/s; also Feb 1931 Imperial Airways cover to 

Kenya with Sphinx airmail label. (2) 

1949 stampless local cover self-addressed by Queen Mary with her initials "MR" at lower-left & '[crown]/GviR' 

monogram, oval 'REGISTERED/BUCKINGHAM PALACE SW1' d/s, Express label affixed across oval 'POST 

OFFICE/EXPRESS/DELIVERY' h/s. 

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1935 Silver Jubilee ½d to 2½d complete on plain FDC with 'WINDSOR BERKS/7MY/35' 

cds, registered to Australia, Cat £600 (for illustrated cover). 

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: Uprated group comprising 1877 'FOR REGISTRATION ONLY' 2d size F to New 

Zealand in 1879 with 1/- green tied by superb 'STRATFORD-ON-AVON - 754' duplex; 1878 2d size G to France 

with ½d 1d & 6d grey; 1891 2d size F to the Bahamas; 1899 2d size G with 1d lilac; 1900 2d size H to Belgium with 

Jubilee ½d blue-green & 1/- green; 1901 2d size G to Germany with Jubilee 3d & 4½d; PTPO Whitfield King 10d 

brown to the USA with Jubilee 4½d; KEVII 1d+2d to Italy with ½d strip of 3; & 1922 1½d+3d size F not uprated & 

taxed; a few faults but generally an attractive & desirable lot.{Page 106.6} (9) 

Starting Prices are updated on our website 

until the time that the auction commences. 

2,000 

250 

250 

300 

150 

750

Feb 17, 2012 



HONG KONG 

874 

*O 1862-1997 collection with No Wmk 8c, Crown CC to 96c (Broken '9' of '96') including 48c x2, Crown CA to 30c 

green (2, both shades) and New Colours to 30c brown, Surcharges including 1885 trio used & 1891 14c on 30c, 

KEVII CA to 50c, MCA to $1 (+$2 fiscal), KGV MCA to $3, KGVI to $10 green & violet, QEII commemoratives with 

1969 Cockerel set on FDC, later sets * or used plus definitive high values used, condition variable. (100s) 

350 

875 

Ex Lot 875 

*O 1862-1960s collection mostly used with No Wmk to 48c (thin) and 96c, Crown CC to 96c (5, including olive-bistre 

forgery) with shades and 8c strip of 3, 1876-77 28c on 50c, 1877 20c yellow, 1880 Surcharges set including 10c on 

16c wing-margin, 1880 New Colours to 48c, 1885 Surcharges including 20c on 30c *& 50c on 48c used, 1891 14c 

on 30c, Without Chinese Characters $1 on 96c (Cat £350), 1891 Jubilee overprint (thinned), 1898 $1 on 96c (4) and 

10c on 30c SG 55, 1900 to 30c including 12c *, KEVII Crown CA to $1, MCA to $1 (2), KGV MCA $3, Script to $5, 

Silver Jubilee set *, KGVI to $10 green & violet, Silver Wedding used, UPU set *, condition mixed but generally well 

above average, Cat £4000+.{Page 111.1} (100s) 

876 W B 1863-71 Crown CC 96c brownish grey SG 19, reperforated & no gum, Cat £1400.{Page 104.10} 

500 T 

877 PS B 

878 

C/CL 

879 PS A/B 

1891 commercial usage of 3c Postal Card to Chicago with largely fine 'HOIHOW' cds & 'HONG KONG' transit b/s, 

minor faults. 

1940-48 mostly airmail covers (9) & Aerogrammes (3) all to Sydney, two of 1940 with fancy 'On Active Service' h/s 

& boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/.../DATE...' b/s both in rosine, 1947 & 1948 items with 'ARMY/VB.../SIGNALS' 

telegraphs cds of Victoria Barracks at Sydney, 1947 with oval 'SENIOR CHAPLAIN/HQ LAND FORCES' cachet, 

etc, a few faults. (12) 

POSTCARD STAMPS: 1879 '3/CENTS.' on 16c yellow SG P1 on red/white formular Postal Card, '5/CENTS.' on 

18c lilac SG P2 x2 (both with trimmed perfs at right) on blue/white or black/blue cards, Cat £1050. Attractive & 

unusually clean trio. [Gibbons states that unused prices are for examples on "complete postcards"]{Page 106.5} (3) 

880 PS A/B - a similar set but the '3/CENTS.' & '5/CENTS.' (trimmed perfs at right) on black/blue card both with the Short 'T' 

variety (unlisted by Gibbons), Cat £1050+.{Page 106.7} (3) 

INDIA 

881 E A A1 

1961 Children's Day 15np Girl with Toys four different bicoloured colour trials on gummed watermarked paper, 

unmounted. Unissued design.{Page 112.1} (4) 

882 ** A 1974 Great Egret 20p imperforate block of 4, unmounted. This design was issued as a 50p value. 

150 T 

883 ** A 2000 Tiger 10r with Red Partly Omitted, and 2009 5r Bishop Cotton School with Blue Colour Omitted, unmounted. 

With normal stamps for comparison 

884 ** A 2002 Mahatma Gandhi 1r red-brown grossly misperforated block of 6 (3x2), unmounted. 

200 T 

INDIA - Postal History 

885 

CPS 

886 CPS A/B 

887 C B 

Album with an array of covers etc including 1886 4a6p Envelope with 'CURACAO' arrival cds on the face, 1921 to 

Persia with 'BOUCHIR (ARRIVEE)' transit & 'ISFAHAN No 2' arrival cds, 1929 ½a Postal Card with superb 'CAMP 

POST OFFICE NO 31/ L ' cds, 1930 underpaid to Iraq with octagonal 'BASRAH/UNPAID' d/s, 1950 with huge 

'LATE FEE PAID/BOMBAY RMS' d/s & 'MATTANCHERI/COCHIN/DTO' telegraph arrival cds; range of attractive 

PPCs including 1899 & 1900 usages to Trieste, several Christian mission types, 10 with Indian stamps used in 

'ADEN'; a few Burma items plus some Ceylon, condition variable.{Page 112.3} (150 approx) 

Commercial group with airmail covers including 1933 registered from 'UJJAIN/GWALIOR', 1934 from 'KHAUR' 

(Punjab), 1937 x2 with different 'India-England' h/s, 1940 to Switzerland x2, 1941 to Ireland from 'AMRITSAR', 1948 

to Sweden; also 1880s taxed native cover with superb cds of 'JEYPORE', 'AJMERE' & 'MASUDA', 1938 to "Tyrol im 

Deutschland" (Austrian Anschluss), 1945 with 'BRITISH LEGATION/(NEPAL)' cds & registration label, 1948 

registered from Darjeeling, registered KGV Postal Cards x2, KGVI Envelope & 90np Airmail Envelope (from Dooma 

Dooma, Upper Assam) etc; postmark & censorship interest; generally fine. (25 items) 

1862 outer to "Ile Réunion" with East India ½a blue (defective) & 2a yellow-orange pair tied by 'C/130'-in-diamond 

cancels of 'COCHIN' (fine b/s in red), light 'MADRAS' transit b/s & fine 'INDIA PAID'-in-crescent h/s on the face both 

in red, rated "40" in red, very fine 'ADEN STR POINT' transit b/s, light 'ST DENIS/ILE DE REUNION' arrival b/s & 

boxed 'I & M' b/s (= Indie et Maurice = Mauritius) both in blue, a little aged.{Page 112.2} 

1,250 

150 T 

250 

500 T 

600 T 

400 T 

200 T 

400 

200 

600


Ex Lot 881 

Lot 887 - Cochin to Reunion 

Ex Lot 885 - Album of Covers 

Lot 905 - a Dud ! 

Ex Lot 903 

Ex Lot 907 

Ex Lot 900 

Ex Lot 892 - SG O11-13 Blocks of 4 */** 

Lot 909 - Dot Removed SG 144eb 

Ex Lot 902 - BEA Overprints 

Ex Lot 911 


Ex Lot 908 - KUT WWII Covers x19

Feb 17, 2012 



INDIAN STATES - Convention States 

888 ** A GWALIOR: 1938 Overprints on KGVI India 1r & 2r blocks of 4, 1942 Overprints on India KGVI 4a & 8a blocks of 80 

& 3a to 8a blocks of 4, 1940-42 Officials 3p, 1a, 1½a & 2a-8a blocks of 4, 1942-47 Overprints on KGVI India 1r & 2r 

corner blocks of 4 **, Cat £1150. (17) 

889 ** A JIND: 1941 Overprints on India KGVI ½a to 4a blocks of 4 SG #138-146 (ex 145), 1940 Overprints on India KGVI 

'SERVICE' 1½a, 2a & 2½a blocks of 80 plus 3p & ½a to 8a blocks of 4 **, Cat £2250. (20) 

890 ** A NABHA: 1938 Overprints KGVI 1r & 2r corner blocks of 4, 1941-45 ½a to 1a (SG #106-108) & 3a to 4a blocks of 4, 

1940 Official Overprints KGVI 'SERVICE' ½a & 8a blocks of 80 plus blocks of 4 to 8a **, Cat £1000. 

INDIAN STATES - Feudatory States 

891 

OC 

Revenues selection mostly on documents from Bahawalpur, Bhopal including Surcharges, East Bengal (East 

Pakistan) & French India, many noted as "unrecorded"; also 1816-60s "embossed small hundi stamp papers" 

including three rated D & four unrecorded; generally fine to very fine. (45 items) 

892 */** A B1 BAHAWALPUR: 1948 Surcharged Officials ½a on 8a, 1½a on 1r & 1½a on 2r SG O11-13 blocks of 4, the lower 

units are unmounted, Cat £640++. Rare multiples.{Page 112.8} (3 blocks) 

893 CL B - 1947 OHHS complete 'NATIONAL ECONOMY' re-use label affixed to a previously used official cover, to New 

York with India 'SERVICE' 1a & 2a x8 tied by 'BAGHDAD-UL-JADID' cds, boxed office h/s with registration 

endorsement, some peripheral faults still attractive. [A late example of this wartime paper-saving expedient] 

894 

P HYDERABAD: 1905 Imperforate Plate Proofs on gummed paper comprising Unissued Design 1a to 12a blocks of 6 

& Issued Design 1a to 12a blocks of 4. (12 blocks) 

895 P A+ 

896 P B 

IRELAND 

897 

ITALY 

C 

MYSORE: Revenue Stamped Paper 40r die proof (126x65mm) in black on glazed paper (187x122mm). Impressive 

& superb! 

RATLAM: 1913 Court Fees 8a plate proof block of 4 in orange recessed in a presentation mount (225x135) with 'D. 

OO26' h/s at lower-left, the mount with a few blemishes & rounded corners. 

1814 entires with 'BELFAST/ 80 ' (2) or 'DUNDALE/ 30 ' mileage marks, 1840s stampless covers 'CORK' to 

'DINGLE' & 'DINGLE' to 'CORK' via 'LIMERICK', 1856 part-entire with 'BALLYCUMRE' h/s & 'MOATE' cds both in 

blue, defective 1903 cover with superb 'LONDONDERRY COLONIAL PKT' cds on the face, 1929 flight covers to 

Germany & to Iraq, WWII censor covers including 1941 from Australia with superb bilingual '.../RELEASED BY 

CENSOR' cachet, etc, plus a few strays, condition variable. (30 covers + pieces) 

300 T 

600 T 

400 T 

300 T 

400 

400 

300 

200 

150 T 

250 T 

898 

JAPAN 

899 

Ex Lot 898 

*/**OC 1863-1990 attaractive collection including 1930 Airmail 7.7L+1.3L & 9L+2L used, 1932 Dante to 10L * & Airmails *, 

Fascist March to 5L+2.5L * or used, 1933 Zeppelin *, Holy Year used, 1937 Augustus used & Airmails *, 1938 

Anniversary used & Airmails to 5L (ex 3L) used, 1941 Italo-German Unissued, 1945 Pictorials 30L bright blue & 

100L carmine **, 1948 Revolution 20L & 50L **, Saint Caterina used, plus earlies including States, Cat 

€3000+.{Page 113.1} (100s) 

O 

KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA 

900 

1913-1980s heavily duplicated assorted used in six cartons including multiples and complete sheets. Heavy and 

must be collected. (many 1000s) 

*O BRITISH EAST AFRICA: Selection with mint including 1890 Sunbursts including 2½a black/yellow-buff, 2½a 

black/pale buff and 8a grey unused (straight-edge at top, Cat £275), 1894 Surcharge duo, 1895 Handstamps 4a 

unused, Opts on India 6a 8a 1r slate & 3r, 1896 Small Widows 1r pale dull blue, 1897 Large Widows 1r dull blue & 

2r, Overprints on Zanzibar set and '2½' on 1a SG 88, some blemishes or gumside toning; and used including 1890 

Sunbursts 4r, 3a black/bright-red Imperforate Vertical Pair SG 8ab, 1895 Handstamps ½a 2½a 3a 7½a 8a & 1r, 

1895 2½a on 4½a, Opts on India to 12a & 2r, 1896 Small Widows 4r, 1897 Large Widows 2r & 3r, Opts on Zanzibar 

1a 4½a 5a & 7½a generally fine, Cat £3400+. {Page 112.7} (90) 

901 PS A/B - Imperial British East Africa Company Postal Stationery comprising Postal Cards ½a unused, 1a with 'SPECIMEN' 

h/s in violet & two used with 'LAMU' or 'MOMBASA' squared-circles, Envelope 2½a with 'SPECIMEN' h/s in violet & 

used at Mombasa, Registration Envelopes 2a size F the three sub-types & size J (very scarce) all unused, generally 

very fine. (10) 

1,200 

300 

1,000 

300 

PASSION! it’s the key ingredient in “The Prestige Difference”.


Ex Lot 910 - KUT Postal Stationery (74 items) 

Ex Lot 929 - Extract Only 

Ex Lot 938 - Fascinating Collection Lot 949 - Nauru 

Ex Lot 940

Feb 17, 2012 


KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (continued) 


902 

PS - IBEAC Postal Stationery optd 'BRITISH/EAST/AFRICA' comprising Postal Cards ½a x2 (one philatelically used) & 

1a, Envelope 2½a x2 (one used) & Registration Envelope 2a size F (only 125 issued); and Indian issues optd 

'British/East/Africa' comprising Postal Card 1a on 1½a x2, Envelopes 2a6p x2 & 2½a on 2a6p (used), Registration 

Envelopes 2a size F x2 (one philatelically used, faults) & size J (central fold); and QV issues x13; condition variable 

but many are very fine.{Page 112.10} (27) 

903 *W A/B EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: Selection including KEVII 1903 Crown CA 2a Watermark Inverted * (Cat £170) and 

2½a & 3a used, Crown CC 1r *, 1904 MCA 1r & 3r *, 1907 MCA 75c used, KGV 1912 MCA 75c SG 52c (**) & 4r * 

plus 2r 3r & 10r (a bit washed-out) used, 1921 Script to 3r *; also Kenya & Uganda 1922 3/- jet-black * & used plus 

4/- & 7/50c * etc; condition a bit mixed, Cat £1400+. {Page 112.5} (62) 

904 PS A/B - Postal Stationery group comprising Postal Cards (12), Envelopes (6, one with ornate 'PASSED/BY CENSOR/ 

MALINIDI' h/s), Registration Envelopes 2a used, 18c blue & 35c green, Wrappers (3), ten items have the large 

'SPECIMEN' overprint, generally fine to very fine. (24) 

905 W (A) B1 KENYA & UGANDA: 1922-27 £10 black & green optd 'SPECIMEN' with serifs vertically in red SG 100s, Cat £425. 

Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2011) states "...the item is a fabrication with the centre having been added from 

another stamp!...the 'SPECIMEN' is forged & stamp is regummed..." Amazing!!!{Page 112.4} 

906 PS A/B - Postal Stationery comprising Postal Cards (7), Letter Card, Envelopes (9, one registered), Registration Envelopes 

(5), five with 'SPECIMEN' opt, generally fine to very fine. (21) 

907 

908 

*O KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA: 1941-42 Overprints on South Africa SG 151-4 mint set of pairs, a few varieties 

including in pairs, & set of pairs - 10c & 70c are vertical - with 'SPECIMEN' h/s (a few tonespots), Cat £350+.{Page 

112.6} (28) 

C - WWII group with 1939 (Oct 14) cover to Denmark with oval 'INTERNMENT CAMP/PASSED BY/CENSOR/DAR 

ES SALAAM' h/s, 7 Italian POW items including one with 'OPENED BY/PRISONER OF WAR CENSORSHIP/EAST 

AFRICA COMMAND' label, 1944 Christmas airgraph from Nairobi, 1940 (Feb) Red Cross cover from Geneva with 

Tanganyika black/blue 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label & roneo'd label regarding "Communication to people resident 

in enemy or enemy-occupied territory...", four other censored covers, etc; also 1951 & 1955 Mau Mau Rebellion 

Forces covers. Good lot.{Page 112.14} (19 items) 

909 ** A B1 - 1938-54 KGVI Perf 13x12½ 50c reddish-purple & black with Dot Removed in Pair with Normal SG 144eb from the 

left of the sheet, unmounted, Cat £450+.{Page 112.9} 

910 PS A/B - Postal Stationery collection comprising Postal Cards (23, including KGVI 'SPECIMEN' x2 & four WWII usages 

with censor cachets), Envelopes (26, three with 'SPECIMEN' opt, KGVI 20c with Albino Embossing commercially 

used), Registration Envelopes (9, two with 'SPECIMEN' overprint, KGVI 40c size K commercially used in 1956), 

Aerogrammes (6), also modern issues from Kenya (6) & Tanganyika/Tanzania (4), generally fine to very fine. A very 

good lot.{Page 114.1} (74 items) 

911 

*OC 

TANGANYIKA: WWI Occupation of German East Africa group comprising piece with 'Frankiert/mit 7 1/2 h' & oval 

'.../DAR ES SALAAM' h/s; real photo PPC of the disabled SS "König"; DOA "phantom" stamps 5 values with 'GEA' 

Surcharges x5 including one imperf; 'G R/Post/MAFIA' handstamps on India ½a & 1a mint plus six values to 4a 

CTO all offered "as is"; 'N.F.' Overprints set of 5 tied to a single piece by FPO 8 cds; and 'G.E.A.' Overprints mint to 

3r.{Page 112.11} (53 + PPC) 

400 

400 

300 

Offer 

300 

Offer 

600 

300 

1,000 

250 

912 


C - OAS PPCs with cds of 'BASE OFFICE D/IEF' at Dar es Salaam, 'FPO/No 302' at Mzima (also with 'B - FPO No 

302/POSTAGE FREE' h/s), 'FPO/No 71' at Kondoa Irangi (also with octagonal 'OPENED BY CENSOR 

UNDER/MARTIAL LAW' h/s, faults) & 'FPO No 343' at DesS with light boxed 'PASSED BY/POSTAL 

CENSOR/DARESSALAAM' h/s, OAS cover with boxed 'PASSED BY/POSTAL CENSOR/-TANGA-' h/s, similar h/s 

without the ornaments on registered philatelic cover, superb oval 'CENSOR/5OCT1917/TABORA' h/s in violet on 

Belgian Forces cover 'KIGOMA' to 'BAGAMOYO' (b/s), GEA 15c tied to internee's cover to Switzerland by 

'WILHELMSTAD' cds with 'PASSED CENSOR/ C /EA' h/s, GEA 3c & 6c pair tied to internee's cover to Germany by 

'DARESSALAAM' cds with black/pink 'OPENED/under/___' label tied to the reverse by 'OPENED BY CENSOR' h/s, 

condition variable. Good lot.{Page 115.1} (9) 

750


KENYA UGANDA & TANGANYIKA (continued) 


913 PS A/B - Postal Stationery 'G.E.A.' comprising Postal Cards 3c & 6c with 'SPECIMEN' opt, 3c used to Germany, 6c used to 

GB & to Denmark, 31c Registration Envelope; Tanganyika Giraffe 15c Postal Card used at 'IRINGA' & with small 

'SPECIMEN.' opt, Registration Envelopes 30c sizes G & H and 50c size H2 all with 'SPECIMEN' opt and 50c used 

at 'MOSHI'; KGV Postal Card 15c 'SPECIMEN' & used with superb boxed 'KIUHUHWI' cancel, Envelope 15c mint 

used & 'SPECIMEN', Registration Envelopes 30c sizes G & H2 'SPECIMEN', 30c size G used at 'IRINGA' (to 

Turkey) or 'KOROGWE'; generally fine to very fine. Another very good lot.{Page 115.2} (21) 

914 P A- - 1926 KGV 15c Envelope printer's proof with ungummed flaps (one flap removed) endorsed "Tang 2839" & "Appd 

for/colour/3.7.26", two pinholes at top. Ex De La Rue Archives.{Page 118.1} 

915 PS B 

LIBERIA 

916 

*/**O 

UGANDA: 1902 commercial usage of BEA 2a Registration Envelope size H2 overprinted 'UGANDA', to London 

with QV 1a scarlet x2 & 1a carmine-rose tied by 'ENTEBBE' cds, boxed ' R /ENTEBBE' h/s and 'FOREIGN 

REGISTRATION DEPT/MOMBASA' transit b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes. 

Selection with unlisted varieties including 1949 National Literacy Imperf Between SG 709 **, 1952 United Nations 

4c Blue Omitted & Carmine Omitted, 10c Greenish Yellow Omitted, 25c Carmine Omitted and black proofs in black 

**, 1954 Hospital 10c+5c Carmine Omitted #742 **, UNICEF $5 *, M/Ss & imperforates. (100+) 

MALAYAN REGION 

Many of the items in this section are from the long-lost "Midas" Collection. In 1989, the New Zealand portion was sold by Sotheby's. 

The Malaya was sold privately at about the same time. 

500 

400 

250 

150 



Lot 917 

917 */** A- STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1880 '10' Surcharges on 30c claret Types b/a SG 34/33 se-tenant on vertical 

wing-margin pair from the right of the left-hand pane, minor creasing common in these issues, large-part o.g. the 

lower unit being unmounted, Cat £525++. Ex "Midas".{Page 116.3} 

918 * A C1 - 1880 '10' Surcharges on 30c claret Type g SG 36, large-part o.g., Cat £1800. Ex "Midas".{Page 116.1} 

1,000 T 

919 * A-/A - 1882 New Values Crown/CC 5c purple-brown (hinge remainder) & 10c slate SG 48-49, large-part o.g., Cat £585. 

Ex "Midas".{Page 116.2} (2) 

920 * A B1 - 1882 Crown CA 2c brown to 10c slate SG 50-53, large-part o.g., Cat £475. Ex "Midas".{Page 116.4} (4) 

350 T 

921 * A/A- - 1883-91 New Colours 2c rose to 96c olive-grey SG 63-71 including all listed shades, a few with hinge remainders, 

large-part o.g., Cat £440. Ex "Midas".{Page 116.5} (13) 

500 T 

400 T 

300 T 

Ex Lot 922 Lot 923 Lot 924 Lot 925 Lot 928 

922 *W A/A- NEGRI SEMBILAN - SUNGEI UJONG: Composite 'SUNGEI' & 'UJONG' Overprints comprising 1881 CC 2c brown 

SG 11 x6 (one with a hint of doubling, one regummed), 1882-84 CA 2c rose SG 18 (no gum) & 21, and 1882 'S U ' 

(with No Stops) on 2c brown SG 13, large-part o.g., Cat £2150+. Most Ex "Midas".{Page 116.6} (9) 

923 * B A2 - 1882-84 Composite 'SUNGEI' & 'UJONG' Overprints on Straits Settlements CA 2c brown Types 11+14 SG 16, 

pulled perf at right, large hinge remainders & part-o.g., Cat £1800. Ex "Midas".{Page 116.7} 

924 **/* A A1 - 1882-84 Composite 'SUNGEI' & 'UJONG' Overprints on Straits Settlements CA 4c rose se-tenant pair comprising 

Types 16+14 & 17+14 SG 19-20, excellent centring, large-part o.g. the first unit being unmounted, Cat £270++. Ex 

"Midas".{Page 116.8} 

925 * A C1 - 1882-84 Composite 'SUNGEI' & 'UJONG' Overprints on Straits Settlements 10c slate Types 12+14 SG 26, 

large-part o.g., Cat £600. Ex "Midas".{Page 116.9} 

926 G B B1 - ditto, with 'B & Co' security h/s & indistinct cancel, Cat £475. Ex "Midas".{Page 112.12} 

250 T 

750 T 

750 T 

350 T 

400 T

Feb 17, 2012 


MALAYAN REGION (continued) 


927 * A/B PERAK: 1880-83 'PERAK' Overprints on Straits Settlements Types 5 6 & 8 on CC 2c brown SG 5 6 & 8, Type 9 on 

CA 2c brown SG 10, and Types 9 10 & 11 on CA 4c rose SG 11-13, a few minor blemishes, large-part o.g., Cat 

£1200+.{Page 112.13} (7) 

928 W B A2 - 1883 Vertical Surcharge '2 CENTS' on Straits Settlements 4c rose Overprinted 'PERAK' with Wide 'E' SG 15, 

exceptional centring, a couple of nibbled perfs, regummed, Cat £1800. Ex "Midas". BPA Certificate (2000).{Page 

116.10} 

929 

DL 

MALTA 

REVENUES: Collector's folio with revenues on documents including Straits QV Long Types 50c & $2 on 1882 Land 

Transfer, Small Format $3 pair on piece, Judicials $1 x2 & $2 on separate 1895-97 court settlements, KGV $25 x3 

two documents & a piece, KGVI $5 with Okugawa Seal in red on 1943 Writ of Seizure; Singapore KGVI $25 on 

1952 document and 1957 Pictorials $1 $2 & $5 on 1950s Bills of Exchange; some States & a bundle with Malaysian 

postage stamps fiscally used; condition rather mixed.{Page 114.2} (100+ items) 

500 T 

750 T 

1,200 

930 

MAURITIUS 

Ex Lot 930 

*/**O Stockbook collection with QV Crown CA 1884 ½d red-orange marginal block of 4 **, 1886 5/- * & used (2), 1899 

10/- St Paul * & used, 1902 'One Pnney' in a corner block of 4 **, KEVII to 5/- (2) *, KGV MCA 2/- (2) * & used, 2/6d 

* & used and 5/- * & used, Script 2/- & 10/- (Cat £350) *, 1922 'SELF-GOVERMENT' 2/6d * & used and 5/- *, Crown 

CC 10/- unused & Script 10/- *, 1922 Minerva to 10/- (2) & £1 Watermark Sideways *, 1926 optd 'POSTAGE' set * 

plus 5/- & 10/- used, 1926 Pictorials set (ex 2d) *, 1928 Overprinted x2 sets *, 1930 Inscribed to 3/- (2) & 5/- * plus 

3/- & 10/- used, Silver Jubilee * & used Silver Wedding £1 (2) * & used, KGVI 1938 (including 5/- Semaphore Flaw) 

& 1948 Pictorial sets *, condition variable, Cat well over £4000.{Page 117.1} (100s) 

931 F A/B 

1848-59 'POST PAID' Latest Impression 1d red on Bluish Paper SG 23 vertical strip of 4, margins close to large 

except 1st & 3rd units which are slightly cut-into, the fourth unit repaired at base, all tied by multiple void-grid 

cancels to a large piece to Marseilles, double-oval 'CHARLES DANIEL & CO/PORT LOUIS/ILE MAURICE' 

merchant's h/s in blue at left, Cat £2200++. 

1,250 

500 T 

932 E A 

933 P A 

Lot 932 

1895-99 Arms original hand-painted essay for a 3c design in bright ultramarine & Chinese white with the value 

scored through in magenta ink, on card (90x93mm), endorsed in the margin in pencil "Key die/for/various duties" 

and in ink "appd/[initials]/23.3.95". An important and gorgeous essay that is, of course, unique.{Page 117.2} 

1902 High Values Arms master die proof with blank value tablet in black on glazed card (91x60mm) with 

'BEFORE/HARDENING' & '17DEC96' (in blue) handstamps.{Page 118.2} 

5,000 T 

800 T


Lot 914 - Printer's Proof 

Lot 933 - Master Design Die Proof 

Lot 954 - Dies I-II 

Lot 957 - Opt Essay 

Lot 950 - Nauru 

Ex Lot 959 

Lot 983 

Lot 1010 

Ex Lot 989 

Lot 960 

Lot 977 - Perf 14x15 

Lot 990 

Lot 972 - PNG Unissued

Feb 17, 2012 


MAURITIUS (continued) 


934 */**O A/(B) 

MIDDLE EAST 

935 PS A 

1910-47 1910 MCA 1c to 6c blocks of 4 */**, 1937 20c Coronation Line by Sceptre SG 251a *, 1938 1r with Battered 

'A' of 'MAURITIUS' SG 260ba (no gum) & 1r with unlisted Damaged First 'I' of 'MAURITIUS' **, 1946 Victory 20c 

corner block of 9 ** the central unit with unlisted Line of Dots (with a note from Murray Payne confirming it as a 

constant variety), 1942 Perf 15x14 10c block of 4 **. (45) 

ADEN: 1895 commercial usage to German East Africa of Indian 'ONE ANNA' on ½a Postal Card with superb 

'ADEN' squared-circle, partial 'ZANZIBAR' & fine 'DAR-ES-SALAAM' transits & very fine 'KILWE' arrival cds. 

936 C C - 1890 illustrated Eastern Telegraph Co 'TELEGRAM' envelope to "Hudayde" (Hodeida, Yemen) with 'B'-in-bars 

cancel (Proud K13), 'R'-in-circle (#R5) & superb 'ADEN/REG' b/s (#R6), roughly opened at right damaging on of the 

Indian stamps. 

937 ** A/B DUBAI: 1964 Kennedy Memorial 75np blue-green as SG 47 bot imperforate sheet (?) of 50 (5x10), three units 

creased at upper-left, unmounted. [Gibbons states that imperforate stamps are from "limited printings"] 

938 

*/**OC 

EGYPT: 1937-56 King Farouk Definitives study attractively presented on exhibit pages complete mint and largely 

complete used plus 1944 1m 2m 10m 20m & 22m plate proofs on thin card with Arabic inscription on reverse, plus 

plate proof pairs of the same values with 'CANCELLED' inscriptions on reverse, 1947-51 set in plate blocks of 4 (a 

few with plate numbers scored through), 1947 New Portrait imprint blocks of 4 */** including changes of imprint type 

on low values, 1952 Postage 3m 30m 50m (2, in brown & in black) & 200m overprint colour trials and Postage £1 

block of 4 used, 1953 Portrait Obliterated Postage & Air sets * & used and Egypt-Sudan Overprint Added sets * & 

used; Occupation of Gaza 1948 Postage & Air sets plus extra Postage 50p & £1 imprint blocks of 4 */** and Airs 

set on FDC, Portrait Obliterated Postage & Air sets * plus Egypt-Sudan Overprint Added set *. The stamps are 

supported by 50+ mostly commercial covers including 1947 OHEMS registered x2 both with mixed frankings of 

Service D'Etat stamps and 30m Farouk (added to satisfy UPU requirements), Occupied Gaza covers x4, plus 

airmail (with rate changes), censored, and European destination interest. Ex Michael Blake.{Page 114.3} (100s) 

939 *WO B - Postage Dues selection including 1884 Impressed Watermark 20pa & 2pi (gum traces) * and 1pi used, 1886 No 

Watermark 10pa unused, 20pa used, 1pi x2 and 2pi x2 *, 1888 1p & 2pi *, condition very mixed, Cat £900+. (18) 

940 

941 

*/** ISRAEL: Collection with tabs including 1950 Third Maccabiah 80pr **, Opening of Elat Post Office 500pr **, 1951 

Third Anniversary **, National Fund **, 1952 Monarch Stamp 1000pr black & blue **, Jewish New Year *, Fourth 

Anniversary *, 1953 Horizontal Airs *, 1960 Stamp Exhibition M/S **, 1963 Hebrew Press sheet of 16 **, plus 

modern issues including complete sheets, M/Ss, and booklets, Cat £1440+.{Page 114.5} (1000s) 

C/CO 

942 C A 

KUWAIT: 1959-66 commercial airmail covers to England, the earliest with QEII 50np on 9d block of 4 (cover faults), 

three with British-type 'POST OFFICE/EXPRESS/DELIVERY' labels (one additionally with 'EXPRESS FEE PAID' 

h/s), two registered (both 255x175mm, one wrecked). (7) 

MUSCAT: 1888 Money Order form for Rs50 with very fine 23mm 'MUSCAT/9SEP88' cds & superb strike of the 

boxed 'MUSCAT/DT ARABIA' ('DT' = District) h/s, Bombay cds on reverse with acknowledgement of receipt. 

943 O B A1 OMAN: 1975 National Day 75b on 250b, slight fold left of centre, used, SG #213, Cat £450. 

150 T 

944 CPS A-/B 

PALESTINE: WWII covers to Australia with Palestinian (3) or Australian adhesives; 1945 usage of 25m Air Letter to 

Perth with very fine 'HERTSELIYA' cds, two internal panels removed, minor blemishes; also 1946 usage of 

Australian 7d Air Letter to Lydda with poor Palestine arrival b/s, vertical fold. (6) 

250 T 

150 

150 T 

150 

3,000 

150 T 

750 

100 

150 T 

100 T 

Lot 945 - Extract Only Ex Lot 948 

945 C A - 1928 philatelic cover to Haifa with 'PALESTINE' Tri-Lingual Overprints 1m x3 (one with Double Overprint SG 71c, 

Cat £425 x3+ on cover) and 2m plus 13m Temple tied by 'TIBERIAS' cds, 'REGISTERED/HAIFA' "skeleton" b/s 

(Proud #R6), minor blemishes. Acquired for $977 at our auction of 19/10/2007.{Page 119.1} 

946 V A 

MOROCCO AGENCIES 

SHARJAH: 1972 Formation of the UAE 3r M/S two different designs - one imperf - with printed cds of 27FE/72. 

Unissued. [Featured in Baron Jakob von Uexkull's article "Rarities of the Emirates" (GSM July 2011). (2) 

947 * A/B BRITISH CURRENCY: Overprint Double, One Albino on 1914-31 Waterlow 2/6d SG 50a (BPA Certificate) & 

Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6d SG 53a (minor blemishes), also on Spanish Currency De La Rue 10/- SG 141a, centring 

variable, Cat £625. (3) 

850 T 

200 T 

300



NAURU 

948 

DC 

949 CL B 

Largely mounted & annotated collection of mostly covers but including German-type cds x3 part-strikes, Low Opts 

2d 'J 17' Control strip of 3 on piece, Central Opts 1½d on piece, 1919 registered cover with Opts to 3d, Coronation 

set on cover registrered at Melbourne with 'IRREGULARLY/POSTED' h/s, commercial covers including 8 with 

various Ships by sea or partly by air at various rates, Coronation 1½d (2) & registered with 2d & 2½d, condition a bit 

mixed. Good lot.{Page 119.2} (30 cvrs etc) 

JAPANESE OCCUPATION: 1943 (Aug 19) stampless cover to Japan with two boxed chops in magenta & circular 

Censor's chop of Hashiba in red, peripheral blemishes. With the enclosed letter from Tadao Hashiba to a family 

member: "...I hope God helps our army...Many people die of disease here....In this one month all officers and 

soldiers suffered from Dengu fever....". Rare. [300 Japanese invaded Nauru on 26/8/1942 and another 1500 

Japanese & Korean labourers arrived to build an airfield. Some 300 Japanese died of starvation & many others 

resorted to cannibalism. Nauru was surrendered to the Australians on 13.9.1945. Hashiba was an administrative 

officer who was placed in charge of the school on Nauru]{Page 114.4} 

950 PS A - c.1944 Japanese Navy (anchor at upper-left) to Katamachi (Aichi Prefefecture) in Japan, censored by the writer 

Tadeo Hashiba. Rare. [The sender's address has been translated as U68 U66 Yokosuka Postal Station = N 

auru]{Page 118.3} 

NEW GUINEA - 'G.R.I.' Overprints 

951 */** A/B Selection comprising 6mm Spacing 1d on 5pf & 2d on 20pf both *, 2½d on 10pf & 2½d on 20pf both ** and 3d on 

30pf (Hoffmann guarantee h/s) *; 5mm Spacing 1d on 3pf (minor stain) to 2d on 20pf plus 4d on 40pf & 5d on 50pf 

(both with Hoffmann guarantee h/s) all *; also optd 'O.S.' duo *; condition mostly fine, Cat £1200. (13) 

NEW GUINEA - 'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints 

952 C B 

1915-16 ½d to 5/- (Second Wmk) twelve values on 1916 (to 1/-) & 1918 (2/- & 5/-) registered covers, addresses 

erased. (2 covers) 

953 * A- B1 - KGV 4d chrome-yellow SG 70b Type B, well-centred, a couple of faint tonespots on the gum, Cat £250. 

200 

954 ** A B2 1918-23 Fifth Setting 3d greenish olive block of 4, the first unit is Die II, well centred, characteristic rough perfs, 

unmounted, Cat £500+ (mounted).{Page 118.4} 

1,250 T 

1,500 T 

400 T 

600 

Offer 

400 

955 CL B 

NEW HEBRIDES 

956 

**O 

Lot 955 

1921 (Feb 10) commercial cover to Germany with NWPI 6d blue - paying 3d postage + 3d registration - tied by 

Rabaul cds, scarce black/white registration label, remarkably late usage of black/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR.' 

tape & vertical-oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/No 1/AN&MEF' cachet in violet, German Currency Control censor 

cachet in violet at upper-left & 'MUNSTER' arrival b/s, vertical fold. [Mail sent by residents of German origin was 

subject to censorship until at least 1922{Page 120.1} 

1897 ANH Co Locals 1d & 2d complete sheets of 120 each divided into two blocks of 60 (10x6), some separation 

along the rouletting & some toning (more pronounced on the 2d sheet), unmounted, also 1d strip of 3 tied to 1908 

piece by crayon line with French 'PORT-VILA' cds alongside. 

957 * A C1 FRENCH: 1907 New Caledonia Kagu Bird 10c red with diagonal fancy 'NELLES/HEBRIDES' Overprint marginal 

block of 4 from the base of the sheet, some perf separation/reinforcing. Unissued: considered to be an unadopted 

essay for the overprint.{Page 118.5} 

NIGERIA 

958 O A 

959 

NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE: Surcharged in Vermilion at Old Calabar ½d on 2½d Gibbons Type #T5 (Stop 

after 'N') SG 17 and ½d on 2½d Gibbons Type #T7 SG 20, both with guarantee h/s, Cat £400. (2) 

O - Postmarks including cds cancels of 'AGBERI', 'AKASSA', 'ASABA', 'BAKANA' x2, 'BENIN RIVER' (in red), 

'FREETOWN' (Sierra Leone), 'NIGER TRAVELLING POST OFFICE' & 'SAPELE' (on 5d); Squared Circles of 

'OPOBO RIVER' & 'WARRI' (in red); oval registered cancels of 'BONNY', 'BRASS', 'OLD CALABAR' & 'WARRI'; 

also a few British ship letter/paquebot cancels. {Page 118.7} (36 items) 

750 

200 T 

200 

150 

300

Feb 17, 2012 


NIGERIA (continued) 


960 F B A1 

NORFOLK ISLAND 

961 C A/B 

SOUTHERN NIGERIA: 1903-04 KEVII Crown CA £1 green & violet SG 20, very well centred, some toning at top, 

lightly cancelled, Cat £900.{Page 118.10} 

1970s-80s bundle of commercial covers to Sydney with a wide array of frankings including 1c 2c 3c & 4c to 

make-up rates, condition a bit mixed. Scarce lot.{Page 122.1} (70 approx) 

962 P A 1970-71 Birds 50c Red Parrot imperforate single affixed to Harrison & Sons presentation card. 

150 

300 

500 T 

Ex Lot 963 

Lot 965 

963 ** A 1993 Nudibranchs imperforate gutter blocks of 4 from the left of the sheets each with "traffic lights" in the gutters, 

unmounted. [One set of sheets of 50 has been recorded]{Page 121.1} (6 blocks) 

NORTH BORNEO - Postage Dues 

964 W A-/B 

NYASALAND 

1902-12 'POSTAGE DUE' Overprint on 'BRITISH/PROTECTORATE' Overprints 2c black & green Deer Perf 

14¼-15 SG D38a block of 10 (5x2), ironed-out crease affects the two left-hand units, no gum, Cat £600+. 

965 ** A+ B1 1913-21 MCA £1 purple & black/red SG 98 upper-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1' & Sheet Number 

'0783', the second unit with Break in Scroll at Upper-Right SG 98a, the last unit with Broken Crown & Scroll SG 98b, 

unmounted, Cat £2100++ (mounted). Superb! BPA Certificate (2007).{Page 121.2} 

PAPUA 

966 

*/**O 

1907-10 Small 'Papua' ½d block of 4 upper right unit with Cross on the Hill **, 2½d block of 4 lower right unit with 

White Leaves **, 4d corner block of 4 lower right unit with Large Stop After Postage & Pole to Sail **, 1911-15 1d 

'JBC' Monogram blocks of 4 x2 with Break in Left Value Tablet ** & CA Monogram pair *, 1916-31 1d Harrison block 

of 6 **, 2d shades, plus Surcharges including 9d on 2/6d Ash Imprint block of 6 *. (63) 

1,000 T 

250 T 

5,500 T 

350 

Lot 967 

Lot 968 

Lot 969 

967 * A C1 1901-05 British New Guinea Watermark Horizontal Thick Paper 2/6d black & brown SG 8, Cat £650. RPSofV 


500


Ex Lot 961 - Norfolk Island Commercial Covers x70 

Lot 987 - GB to Somaliland 

Lot 973 - Unissued Booklet Cover 

Lot 980 - Northern Rhodesia 

Ex Lot 978 - Rhodesias Postal Stationery 

Ex Lot 988 - Somaliland Covers 

Ex Lot 1013 - Zanzibar WWI Censor Label 

Lot 1012 - India Used in Zanzibar

Feb 17, 2012 


PAPUA (continued) 


968 * A A1 1907 Large 'Papua' Overprints 4d black & sepia with Deformed 'd' in '4d' at Left SG 17a, excellent centring, lightly 

mounted, Cat £1600. Ex Dr Raymond Biggs. RPSofV Certificate (2011) states "with minor printing ink marks on 

reverse". [Neither Tim Rybak nor Peter Troy had a mint example of this variety. John Williams' example sold for 

$2300 at our auction of 6/3/2010]{Page 121.5} 

969 ** A A1 1932 Pictorials £1 black & olive-grey SG 145 Ash imprint pair, excellent centring, unmounted, Cat £450+ 

(mounted). Rare.{Page 121.4} 

970 

OC 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 

971 CPS A 

POSTAL HISTORY: Scrappy lot including 1926 Buna Bay to Mamba with 'IOMA/2APR26' b/s, 1937 to GB with 

Declaration 2d, plus a small range of Papua & PNG postmarks including 2d Monocolour with 'MAKASSER' (Dutch 

Indies) cds; also New Guinea 1931 to Germany via Hong Kong (b/s), 1939 Bank of NSW (Salamaua) airmail to 

Germany at 1/9d rate NWPI 1928 Manus to Italy with KGV 2d orange pair; mixed condition. (5 covers + stamps) 

1957 Opts on generic Australian Post Office FDC (very scarce), 1959 1/7d Registration Envelopes unused & FDC 

from Goroka (very scarce). (3) 

972 ** A/A- 1961 Native Patrol 5/- block of 4 from the lower right corner of the sheet, first unit creased, unmounted. Unissued. 

[The TPNG post office's official bulletin of January 1962 stated that a forthcoming issue would feature "a Native 

Affairs patrol..." It is believed the issue was abandoned in September 1962 and all but two (?) sheets of the stamps 

were destroyed.] {Page 118.13} 

973 ** A- BOOKLETS: 1970 New Design with Coat of Arms & Map 50c (5c Shell) booklet cover with the predominant colour 

being maroon, minor blemishes. Rare. The font for the denomination and '10 STAMPS 5 CENTS' is different from 

on the 1971 70c. For the 70c the second line was also amended to '10 x 7 CENT STAMPS' [10,000 of these 

booklet covers were printed but they were all supposed to have been destroyed because of the rate increase to 7c 

(70c). A complete booklet sold for $1000 in our Auction of 9/2/2008]{Page 122.3} 

2,000 T 

1,250 

250 T 

250 

1,500 

400 

Lot 974 

Lot 976 

Lot 975 

974 ** A B1 POSTAL CHARGES: 1960 (Mar 1) 3d on ½d Tree Kangaroo with the Overprint Double SG 3a marginal example 

from the base of the sheet, unmounted, Cat £850. [Only one sheet of 60 was discovered. A non-marginal example 

sold for $1437 at our auction of 30/4/2011]{Page 123.1} 

975 ** A B1 - 1960 (Mar 1) 6d on 7½d Yam House (without 'XXXX' at the base) with Overprint Double SG D4a, marginal 

example from the top of the sheet, unmounted, Cat £900. [Only two sheets of 36 were discovered. A non-marginal 

example sold for $1092 at our auction of 25/3/2011]{Page 123.3} 

PORTUGUESE COLONIES 

976 PS A 

RHODESIA 

MOZAMBIQUE: 1917 pro forma POW postcard remarkably to "German Prisoner Camp/Newcastle/New South 

Wales" with large oval Lourenco Marques Camp cachet in violet & large Red Cross cachet in rosine, French censor 

h/s (Madagascar?), Sydney B/S & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' H/S in violet. Very scarce inter-camp 

mail.{Page 123.2} 

977 * A- A1 1913-22 Admirals ½d green Perf 14x15 SG 208a, lightly toned, mounted, Cat £7000. Ceremuga Certificate states: 

"Extremely rare in mint condition". [Superior to Robert Gibbs' two examples that sold for £2200 & £1430 

respectively in 1988]{Page 118.11} 

978 

PS 

Postal Stationery with Mashonaland 1d 1d+1d & 1½d Postal Cards; Rhodesia BSAC PCards ½d used x2, 1d x3 

(two used, one to Tasmania) & 1d+1d, Letter Card 1d, Envelopes ½d long type (no flap), 1d x2 (one used at 

'PENHALONGA'), & Admiral 1d (used at 'LIVINGSTONE'); Northern PCards KGV ½d 1d (2, one used but 

defective) & 1½d, Envelope KGV 2d used at 'MAZABUKA', Registration Envelopes KGV 4d size G x2 (used at 

'MONGU-LEALUI' - toning - or 'NKANA') & KGVI 4d size G used at 'LUANSHYA', Aerogrammes KGVI 6d with 4 

Lines at Left & with 3 Lines at Left x2 (one used at 'MAZABUKA') & QEII 6d; Southern PCard KGVI ½d used at 

'GWELO', LCard KGVI 1d used at Macheke but uncancelled, Envelopes Field Marshall 1d & KGVI 1d x2 (one 

used), REnvelopes Admiral 4d size G (used, stamps removed), Field Marshall 4d size G (used) & size H2, KGVI 4d 

size H2 x2 (used, one to GB with British 'CHARGE' label affixed but piece with Postage Dues attached removed 

from the reverse), & Aerogrammes Falls 3d (used), KGVI 6d (used), Exhibition 6d & Baobab 6d; Rhodesia & 

Nyasaland 6d Aerogrammes x4 different.{Page 122.5} (44) 

1,000 T 

800 T 

500 

3,000 

850


RHODESIA (continued) 


979 

*/**O 

980 C B 

981 C B 

RUSSIA 

982 

C 

SAMOA 

Array including 1913 Admirals 2d black & brownish grey used (faults) SG 279c with RPSoL Certificate; Southern 

Rhodesia 1924 Admirals to 5/- (water stain on 5/-) *, KGV 1931 to 5/- * & used plus 1/- Perf 14 SG 23b used, 1935 

Jubilee to 6d used, 1937 KGVI to 5/- *, 1953 Pictorials to £1 (2, one **) & 1964 Pictorials to £1 x4; Rhodesia & 

Nyasaland 1954 to £1 * plus 2d plate proof block of 4 ** & 1955 ½d plate proof (punctured), plus decimals with 

Postage Dues including 1970 3c ultramarine Printed on the Gummed Side SG D19a, plate blocks, booklet panes & 

M/Ss, Cat £1200+ plus proofs. (1000+) 

NORTHERN RHODESIA: 1916 stampless OHMS cover to Scotland with largely very fine 'ARMY POST 

OFFICE/25FEB16/NORTHERN RHODESIA' cds, signed "Alf Wallace/[?] Capt", repaired opening tear at upper-left. 

Very scarce.{Page 122.4} 

SOUTHERN RHODESIA: 1917 stampless OAS cover with very fine 'SALISBURY' cds & seriffed 'CENSORED' h/s, 

remarkably to Australia & with the contents from a member of the 2nd Rhodesian Regiment, minor soiling. 

Five-frame exhibit of "Russian Republic Letter Size Envelopes 1992-95" internal & overseas usage during the final 

break up of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Federation of Independent Republics and through a 

period of rapid inflation following the break-up, values from 30k to 500r plus non-denominated, airmail or 

postage-free types illustrating various rate change usages including items with manuscript, meter or handstamped 

surcharges (some with stamps added), uprated or underpaid mail plus the use of Soviet stamps and/or Envelopes 

in the Federation era. Fascinating exhibit with potential to develop further. Ex Michael Blake. (180+) 

983 * A- B1 1914 'G.R.I.' Surcharges 2½d on 20pf ultramarine Double Overprint as SG 104e but the well centred impression 

additionally with the Fraction Bar Omitted, hinge remainder, Cat £750++. BPA Certificate (1983).{Page 118.8} 

SOLOMON ISLANDS 

600 

300 

250 

750 

500 T 

984 P A 

985 PS A 

986 PS A+ 

SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE 

987 C C 

Lot 984 

1908-11 Small Canoes master die proof with blank value tablets in red - the colour of the 1d - on wove paper 

(40x38mm), the printer's faint guidemarks visible at all four corners of the stamp impression. An exceptional proof. 

Ex Baldwin, Strutt, Jersey & Sir Gawaine Baillie. [We are aware of only one other such proof, in black. This beautiful 

item sold for $8625 at our auction of 5/9/2009]{Page 124.1} 

1959-72 commercially used Aerogrammes comprising 1) Australian Territories 'BY AIR MAIL' from a native to USA 

with 'MUNDA' cds; 2) Australian Territories 'Overseas Service' from a missionary with 'WORLD UNITED/AGAINST 

MALARIA' h/s in blue; & 3) 8c Fishing (rare used) to Germany with message in German. A very scarce trio. (3) 

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1978 usages of formular Registration Envelopes sizes G & H, the first used 

internally with enormous 'BATUNA POSTAL AGENCY/...' cds alongside 1c & 20c plus 'BATUNA/("Reg No 69") and 

Honiara registration h/s applied on arrival, the other to NSW with 5c 15c & 20c tied by Honiara cds, 'CROWS NEST' 

arrival b/s. Rare pair in superb condition! (2) 

1900 cover from GB via Aden to "Lieut Harold/Berbera/Somali Coast Protectorate" with 'ZAILA/BO/2JA/1/ SOMALI 

COAST' arrival b/s, redirected several times with various Egyptian & Sudanese b/s, finally to Tasmania with 

Colombo transit & 'BELLERIVE' arrival b/s, a few repaired tears.{Page 122.2} 

7,500 

300 

200 

300

Feb 17, 2012 


SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE (continued) 


988 *CPS A/B 

SOUTH AFRICA (Provinces) 

1938 Definitives 1r to 5r & 1942 set 1r to 5r all mint, Cat £100+; also 1942 3a strip of 3 tied to air cover to London 

by 'EA/APO 63' used at Giggiga, 1942 cover with '... POSTAGE PAID AT APO/IN OETA ("1/30")' h/s used at 

Mogadishu due to stamps shortage, OAS covers with APO 71 & 74 on Tobacco Fund postcards, APO 74 on OHMS 

cover, 1945 air cover with EAF stamps & '[crown]/PASSED/YY ("1")' h/s used at Mogadishu, two captured Italian 

Somaliland Postal Cards overprinted for British administrative records (unused), & a couple of others.{Page 122.6} 

(8 + 10 covers) 

989 *W A/A- GRIQUALAND WEST: Selection comprising 1877-78 First Printings 1d Type 1a Overprint SG 5 & 1/- Types 1a or 3 

SG 9a & 9c, 1878 Type 15 1d & 4d with Overprint Inverted SG 16a & 20a, Type 16 1d with Overprint Inverted SG 

17a pair & 4d SG 21, most with redistributed gum or regummed, Cat £1400+.{Page 118.6} (8) 

990 * A C1 - 1877-78 Large 'G' Overprints 4d blue with Type 5 Overprint SG 6e with slight doubling, large-part o.g., Cat 

£1000.{Page 118.12} 

991 */** A C1 - 1878 Small 'G' Overprints ½d black gutter block of 4, the upper units being Type 16 SG 15, the lower units - 

unmounted - being Type 15 Inverted SG 14a resulting in two tête bêche pairs, large-part o.g., Cat £90++. A very 

scarce multiple. 

400 

600 T 

500 T 

200 T 

Lot 992 Lot 993 Lot 994 Lot 995 

992 * A NEW REPUBLIC: 1886-87 Without Embossed Arms on Yellow Paper 1d violet as SG 2 but Printed Double dated 

'24APL86', large-part o.g. Ex Ferrary & Henry Pattiz. RPSofL Certificate (1980) as SG 2i. [The Expert Committee at 

the "Royal" must have been using a very old edition of the Gibbons catalogue because at least from the 1976 

edition no double printing or perforation errors were listed]{Page 125.1} 

993 * A - 7/6d violet as SG 20 but with minor Double Print dated '24MAY86', large-part o.g., Cat £190+. Ex Ferrary & Henry 

Pattiz. {Page 125.2} 

994 * B - Blue Granite Paper 1d violet as SG 26 but with light but major Double Print dated '24MAY86', small faults, 

large-part o.g., Cat £100+. Ex Ferrary & Henry Pattiz. {Page 125.3} 

995 * A - 1/- violet as SG 32 but Imperforate Vertically dated '29APL86', a huge example with a chunk of the adjoining unit 

at right, large-part o.g., Cat £110++. Ex Ferrary & Henry Pattiz. RPSofL Certificate (1980) as SG 32ii (at least from 

the 1976 edition SG 32 was a 9d value).{Page 125.4} 

250 T 

250 T 

100 T 

250 T 

Lot 997 

Lot 998 

Lot 996 

996 */** A/A+ - 10/6d violet SG 43 dated '7JAN86' vertical pair, large-part o.g. the lower unit being unmounted, Cat £400++. A 

rare multiple. Ex Ferrary & Henry Pattiz. [In an appendix, Gibbons prices each value by reference to the date of 

printing. This variant is unpriced]{Page 125.6} 

997 P? A - 1887 Without Date and With Embossed Arms on Blue Granite Paper 1d violet with the Arms Omitted as SG 72e 

but Imperforate, large-part o.g., Cat £100+. Ex Ferrary & Henry Pattiz. [Probably of proof status]{Page 125.5} 

500 T 

100 T


SOUTH AFRICA (Provinces) (continued) 


998 P? A- - 10/- violet with the Arms Omitted as SG 92d but Imperforate Vertically, a huge stamp with chunks of the adjoining 

units at left & right, minor tonespot (that could be trimmed-off), Cat £110+. Ex Ferrary & Henry Pattiz. RPSofL 

Certificate (1980) as SG 92ad. [Probably of proof status]{Page 125.7} 

SOUTH AFRICA 

999 PS A+ 

SWITZERLAND 

1000 

AEROGRAMMES: 1944 3d+3d Aerogramme to GB with 'MOSSEL BAY/BAAI/3 X 44' cds being First Day of Issue, 

full message within states "Herwith one of the new type 6d air mail letter cards 1st acceptance". Superb! 

*O Patchy collection in Davo album with imperf Helvetias 40r, 1862-64 60c copper-bronze & 1fr gold, 1867-78 40c, 

1900 UPU *, Standing Helvetias 1905-07 to 3r, 1945 PAX 10fr, also Pro-Juventute issues & Airs. (few 100s) 

100 T 

100 

250 

1001 C A 

TONGA 

Ex Lot 1001 

Lot 1003 

1924-26 flight covers each with various airmail values & each with one or two flight "Cinderellas" tied by special 

cancels, one is registered. Most attractive.{Page 126.1} (5) 

1002 W A- 1894 Surcharges 'SURCHARGE./2½d.' on 8d mauve SG 23 block of 15 (3x5), no gum, Cat £105++. 

Offer 

1003 C A- 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

TIN CAN MAIL: 1946 (Dec 16) cover to Czechoslovakia with 1d & 2½d, 'Tin Can Mail Service has ended/Part of 

Tin Can Island, Niuafo'ou/has blown up by volcanic eruption' affixed at upper-left. [A violent eruption in December 

1946 resulted in all inhabitants being evacuated & resettled on Eua Island]{Page 126.2} 

400 

350 

1004 

Ex Lot 1004 

W*O 19th Century collection on Minkus pages mostly used with Imperf 1851-57 1c (unused) 10c & 12c, 1857-61 1c (4) 

5c 10c 12c & 24c plus 30c (corner fault) & 90c both unused, 1861-66 to 30c, 1867 Grills to 90c (faults) with a few 

unused, 1869 Pictorials 10c 12c x2 (one unused) 15c 24c & 90c (reperforated), 1870-71 Without Grill to 90c x2, 

1873 to 90c (ex 24c), 1879-88 to 90c carmine & 90c violet, 1890-93 to 90c including 8c imperf proof on thin card, 

1893 Columbus used to 50c & $5 & unused $1 to $4, 1894-95 Unwatermarked/Watermarked to $1 Type I x2 & 

Type II x2, $2 (2, one with Weiss Certificate) & $5 (2), 1898 Trans-Mississippi to 50c used & $2 unused, very mixed 

condition but including many better stamps. Careful inspection strongly recommended..{Page 126.3} (200 approx) 

15% Buyer’s Premium will be added to the Hammer Price. 

4,000

Feb 17, 2012 


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (continued) 


1005 

*/**OC 

- the continuation collection in five volumes with used 1901 Pan-Am set * & used, 1902-03 to $2 Madison (perfin) & 

$5 Marshall (faults), 1904 Louisiana Purchase, 1909 2c Lincoln Bluish Paper *, 1915 Pan-Am Perf 12 & Perf 10 

sets, 1916 to $5, 1917-20 to $2 black & vermilion (perfin) & $5, 1923 2c carmine Sc #595 ** (Cat $275), 1926 

"White Plains" M/S (minor perf reinforcing in the margins, the stamps all **), 1929 Kansas & Nebraska overprint sets 

* or used, 1935 National Parks imperf blocks of 4 * & set on FDC, other issues to 1997 largely complete */** and/or 

used with coils, M/Ss & high values, also "back-of-the-book" with 1918 Airs 6c & 16c * and 24c used, 1923 8c * plus 

16c & 24c used, 1930 65c Zeppelin used, 1933 50c Zeppelin **, Postage Dues including 1887 3c red-brown, Parcel 

Post 1912 set, Postal Savings Stamps, Special Delivery, early 20th century coils & imperforate pairs, 1932 Winter 

Olympics label, Dispatch Stamps, Confederate States including 1863 10c on a front, condition variable particularly 

with the earlies, high catalogue value. (1000s) 

1,000 

1006 W A 

Lot 1006 Lot 1007 

Lot 1008 

Lot 1009 

1847 Thin Bluish Wove Paper 5c red-brown Franklin Sc #1, margins close to large with full outer framelines, 

unused, Cat $US2400. A highly desirable Number One.{Page 127.1} 

1007 G B - Thin Bluish Wove Paper 10c black Washington Sc #2, margins close to large with the outer frameline touched at 

lower-left, barred cancel in red, Cat $US1250.{Page 127.2} 

1008 F A 

1851-57 5c Jefferson Sc #12, margins just clear - at right - to large, strong colour, light cds cancel, Cat $US825. 

Philatelic Foundation Certificate (2006) grading of "F-VF 75".{Page 127.3} 

1009 F A+ A1 1869 Pictorials 15c Landing of Columbus Type II Sc #119, excellent centring, light concentric-circles cancel, Cat 

$275. A gem!{Page 127.4} 

1010 G A- A2 

1011 C B 

ZANZIBAR 

1012 C B 

1013 C B/A 

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1014 L A 

1015 L B 

1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition $1 Western Cattle Sc #292, a few short perforations, lightly cancelled, Cat 

$US650.{Page 118.9} 

POSTAL HISTORY: 1918 airmail cover to New York with Jenny 24c (straight edge at right) tied by 'AIR MAIL 

SERVICE WASH. N.Y. PHILA/MAY 18 1918' cds (inverted day slug) with 'FEE CLAIMED BY OFFICE/OF FIRST 

ADDRESS' h/s in violet, vertical fold & minor blemishes. 

1880s native cover with address in Indian script, East India 1a brown pair (pale shade) & two strips of 3 tied to the 

reverse by 'BRITISH/PO/ZANZIBAR/JUN30 - B ' duplex (no year), a few blemishes & a little truncated at left. [Part 

of the address transcribed as "at Zanzibar" which suggests this was a local cover - highly unlikely given the 8a 

postage - or a shipletter that was received uncancelled]{Page 122.8} 

1915 commercial cover to Karachi with 6c, complete '[Arms] Opened by Postal Censor./ZANZIBAR.' label 

perforated on 3 sides, ironed-out folds; and 1915 Wilson cover to GB with superb triangular 'PASSED - POSTAL - 

CENSOR' cachet in violet.{Page 122.7} (2) 

Stanley Gibbons auction catalogue (7-8/12/1988) featuring the Nestor Nunez "Straits Settlements/Sarawak", plus 

Middle East and assorted World, 1539 lots, softbound. 

"Adhesive Postage Stamps of Europe" by W Westoby (1898), two volume hardbound set, badly aged and toned but 

filled with useful information. (2) 

1016 L A "The Forwarding Agents" by K Rowe (1966), published by The Philatelic Specialists' Society, 165pp, hardbound. 20 

1017 L A/B 

1018 L A/B 

British Commonwealth postal history group comprising "Ascension" by JH Attwood (1981), "Cyprus 1353-1986" by 

W Castle, "Malta: The Postal History & Postage Stamps 1576-1960" (1980) by RE Martin, "Posted in Gibraltar" by 

W Hine-Haycock (1978), "St. Vincent" by AD Pierce (1971), "The Stamps and Postal History of the Gambia" Edited 

by JO Andrew (1985), all titles hardbound with d/j. (6) 

"Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Predecessor Airlines" by Kendall Sanford (2003), softbound 200pp+, 

"Maritime Disaster Mail..." by Hoggarth & Gwynn (2003), 350pp+ hardbound with d/j, plus "La Catastrophe" the 

journal of the The Wreck and Crash Mail Society issues #44 (Dec 2006) and #49 (Mar 2008) to #57 (Mar 2010). 

1019 L A Two cartons of mostly recent auction catalogues & journals etc. Heavy & must be collected. 

Offer 

1020 L A/B 

Carton with "Stamps of Fame" (1949) & "The Fundamentals of Philately" (1971) by LN Williams, "The Stamp Atlas", 

"UPU Specimen Stamps" by Bendon, some spotting; plus Prestige catalogues including "Three Vendors: Hyphasis 

Bahawalpur; Sir Humphrey South Australian Departmentals; & Max Watson's Victorian Registered Mail" 

(8/10/2005), "The Kevin Nelson Australian Postal History" (27/11/2010) & "The Cecil Walkley WA Postal History" 

(27/11/2010), Premier "International Rarities Auction" (25/1/2003). (28) 

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1021 L A/B 

Numismatics, medals & tokens group comprising "The 1965 Australian Coin Varieties Catalogue", "Australian 

Commemorative Medals and Medalets from 1788" by LJ Carlisle (1983), "Collecting Paper Money and Bonds" by C 

Narbeth, R Hardy & C Stocker, (1979) "Medal News Yearbook" (1995), plus Noble Numismatics "The WJ Noble 

Collection of British Tokens" catalogues (7-8/7/1998) & (3-4/8/1999). (6) 

1022 L A "Cancelled by Perkins Bacon" by Peter Jaffé (1998), 91pp hardbound, full-colour, signed by the author. 

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1023 L B "Recovered Mail 1918-1978" by HL Niernick (1984), aeroplane disaster mail, 367pp, hardbound with d/j. 

Offer 

1024 L A- 

"The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Vol IV: The Empire in Australasia" (1962) published by 

Robson Lowe, full of scholarly content on Australia, Australian Colonies, New Zealand, New Guinea & Papua plus 

all the British Pacific Islands including the 1976 supplement, minor spotting but otherwise in fine condition, 615pp, 

hardbound. A essential book for every philatelist. 

1025 L A- - Vol V: North America" by Robson Lowe (1973), minor spotting but otherwise fine, 760pp, hardbound with d/j. 150 

1026 L A- - Vol VI: Leeward Islands" by Robson Lowe (1990), pages show signs of water damage, 293pp, hardbound with d/j. 25 

1027 L A 

1028 L A 

1029 L A 

"The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria: A History and Catalogue" by G Kellow & R Turner (1996), the red 

subscriber's edition, No. 67 of 75, 514pp, hardbound with slipcase. [A copy without the slipcase sold for $155 at our 

auction of 19/11/2011] 

AUSTRALIA: "The Chapman Collection of Australian Commonwealth Stamps" by R Chapman (1999), the 

leather-bound subscribers edition signed by the author, numbered 4 of the 250 issued. Includes supplement & the 

pair of specially produced M/Ss. [A copy with the M/Ss sold for $140 in our on-line Literature Auction in December 

2010] 

AUSTRALIA & COLONIES: "Australasian Wreck Mail" by Peace (1997), the "subscriber's edition" hardbound in 

half-leather with slipcase (No. 4 of only 50). A handsome volume for the bibliophile. 

1030 L A/B - "Australian Numeral Cancellations" by HM Campbell (1983), "Norfolk Island" (1992), "Port Phillip District 

1835-1851" by JRW Purves (1950), "Thursday Island" by JW Turnbull (1990), "South Australian Numerals" by HM 

Campbell (1988), "Tasmania" by WE Tinsley (1986), mixed condition. (6) 

1031 

L - Large carton of mostly postmark & postal history works including standard texts by Emery, Proud, Hopson & 

Tobin, Avery, Watson Wesbster & Wood, Walker, Overton, Williams, Campbell incl "NSW Numerals" etc, also 

"Stamps of South Australia" & a few other stamps titles. Most are climatically challenged to a greater or lesser 

degree. Bargain basement opportunity. 

1032 L A- - "The Australian Philatelist Vols 1-3 1894-97", hardbound volume, loose first page. 

40 T 

1033 L A- - "The Federal Australian Philatelist Vols 1 & 2 1890-91", beautifully bound volume, minor blemishes. 

30 T 

1034 L A 

AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: "The Postal History of New South Wales 1788-1901" edited by JS 

White(1988), published by Philatelic Association of New South Wales, 481pp, hardbound with d/j. 

1035 L A AUSTRALIA - NORTHERN TERRITORY: "The Postal History of the Northern Territory" by EA Williams (1992), 

published by The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 337pp, hardbound with d/j. 

1036 L A 

AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND: "Queensland Postal History" by HM Campbell (1990), published by The Royal 

Philatelic Society of Victoria, 326pp, hardbound with d/j. 

1037 L A - "Queensland Numeral Cancellations" by Bernard Manning (2009), 260pp spiral-bound, illustrated throughout 

entirely in colour. 

1038 L A 

AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA: "South Australia: The Long Stamps 1902-1912" by Purves (1978), published 

by Hawthorn Press, 205pp, hardbound. (2) 

1039 L A - "The Departmental Stamps of South Australia" by AR Butler (1978), published by The Royal Philatelic Society of 

London, 176pp, hardbound with d/j. [Long out of print and always in demand. A copy sold for $287 in our most 

recent on-line Literature Auction] 

1040 L A 

1041 L B 

AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA: "Tasmania: The Postal History and Postal Markings" Part I (1962) by Campbell, Purves 

& Viney, softbound & Part II (1975) by Avery, Edwards, Ingles & Purves, hardbound. (2) 

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: "The Stamps of Victoria" by Dr Geoff Kellow RDP (1990), minor spotting, 386pp, 

hardbound with d/j. [In our opinion, the finest single-country handbook ever written] 

1042 L A - "Victoria: The "Registered" and "Too Late" Stamps" by Purves (1966), published by Hawthorn Press, 80pp+10 

plates, hardbound. (2) 

1043 L A - "The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria" by H Freeman & G White (2001), the essential reference for Victorian 

postmarks including colour illustrations and post office maps, 420pp, hardbound with d/j. As new. 

1044 L A - "The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria" by H Freeman & GT White (2001), the deluxe leather-bound subscribers' 

edition (No 4 of 50) of the essential reference for Victorian postmarks, 420pp. 

1045 L A- - "The Post Offices & Hand-Held Datestamps of Victoria Volume One: Introductory Sections plus A-B" (1989) & 

"...Volume Two: C-G" (1991) by Watson, Webster & Wood, covers slightly worn, hardbound with d/j. (2) 

1046 L A 

AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: "The Philatelic Collection of the Western Australian Museum" by B Pope 

(1991), some cover marking, 95pp, hardbound with d/j. 

1047 L A- - "Western Australia: The Stamps and Postal History" by Western Australian Study Group (1979), slight aging, 

471pp, hardbound with d/j. Long-out-of-print. 

1048 L A - "Western Australia: The Postal Markings Illustrated" by the Western Australia Study Group (1984-2002), 975pp 

looseleaf in two binders. By far the best of the completed postmark studies of any of the Colonies/States. [Long 

out-of-print and always in hot demand: a set sold for $1100 in our auction of 23/9/2011.]{Page 129.2}(2) 

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1050 L A 

1051 L A- 

Lot 1072 

BCOF: "BCOF Overprints & British Commonwealth & Indian Military Postal Services in Japan & Korea" by Ito 

(1980s), mainly in Japanese but well illustrated, 239pp, softbound. Very scarce. 

BRITISH EAST AFRICA: "British East Africa: The Stamps and Postal Stationery" by J Minns (1981), published by 

RPSofL, 134pp+52pp supplement, hardbound with d/j. [The last copy we offered sold for $53] 

BURMA: "India Used in Burma" by J Cooper (1950), includes information regarding the stamps, cancellations and 

handstamps, minor toning, 64pp, softbound. 

1052 L A - "Burma Postal History" by Davis & Martin (1971), published by Robson Lowe, 204pp hardbound with d/j. 

20 T 

1053 L B 

CHINA: "Rare Stamps of China Volume I" Edited by K Weichoy (1972), full-colour listing of early Chinese rarities 

including Candarins, revenue surcharges, etc., few dents & slight discolouration, 128pp, hardbound. Also: "From 

China and Tibet: A Commentary on Letters Written by Missionaries working in the Interior 1844-1865" by Robson 

Lowe (1981), 20pp, staplebound; and "Forgeries of China's Large Dragons 1878" by J Negus (1978, Cinderella 

Stamp Club Handbook No.3) 14pp, staplebound. (3) 

1054 L A- - "History of Postal Cancellations of China" by PK Chang (1989), Parts I-IV, extensive references filled with useful 

information about the history and types of Chinese cancellations, illustrations, minor dents, hardbound. (4) 

1055 L B - "Postage Rates of China 1867-1980" by P Sieh & JL Blackburn (1981), published by the Directorate General of 

Posts (Taipei), 62pp softbound, spine tear. 

1056 L A- - "The Postal Markings of China" by P Padget, published by China Philatelic Society, minor creasing, 111pp, 

spiralbound. 

1057 L A - "The Shanghai Postal System: The Stamps and Postal History" by Dougan (1981), published by The American 

Philatelic Society, 214pp hardbound. 

1058 L C - "Han's Illustrated Catalogue of Imperial & Republic of China Postal Stationery" by H Ho-Yun (1984, 2nd Edn), 

essential reference title improved upon with the addition of local post and wartime territory information, badly worn, 

304pp softbound. 

1059 L A - Stanley Gibbons (Australia) auction catalogue (20/2/1993), including the Everall "China", one of the most 

important finds of Large Dragons including complete sheets and covers, pristine condition, softbound. 

1060 L A 

CHINA - TAIWAN: "Prize Selections from the Rocpex Taipei '81", 709pp hardbound with d/j, gorgeous title with 

over 400 pages of mostly Chinese material but also additional Asia, British Colonies, Europe and United States. 

1061 L A- - "A Historical Survey of Postage Stamps, Postmarks & Postage Rates of Taiwan (1945-1949)" by Paul Ke-Shing 

Chang Vol I & II (1986), minor blemishes, softbound. (2) 

1062 L A 

Lot 1048 

FIJI: "The Postage Stamps of Fiji 1878-1902" by Purves (undated, c.1939), reprinted from The London Philatelist, 

92pp hardbound. Notable work from the philatelic master. 

1063 L A - "On the Stamps of Fiji" by Gartner (1973), published by Hawthorn Press, signed booklet about Gartner's display 

to the Collectors Club of New York. Limited edition of 150. 

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1064 L B 

1065 L A 

FRANCE: "Collection 1870 Ballons Montés Boules de Moulins" by Gérard Lhéritier (2000), full-colour illustrations & 

pricing guides, written in French, hardbound with a few cover dents. 

HONG KONG: "Hong Kong Postage Stamps of the Queen Victoria Period A Collector's Notebook" by RN Gurevitch 

(1993), covers issues between 1896-1900, 136pp, softbound. 

1066 L A - "Hong Kong Fiscal Stamps" by FG Huygen, full-colour catalogue reference for the fiscal stamps of Hong Kong 

from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, 122pp, softbound. 

1067 L A - "The Philatelic History of Hong Kong Vol I: The Adhesives", published by Hong Kong Study Circle Publications, 

197pp, hardbound. 

1068 L A - "Cancellations of Hong Kong The First 100 Years 1841-1941" & "Cancellations of the Treaty Ports of Hong Kong 

1850-1930" (both hardbound) and "Hong Kong Postal Stationery" (staplebound) all by Schoenfeld, plus "Hong Kong 

Arrival Markings" by Scamp & Fine (1980), & "Hong Kong Registration Labels" (1993) by Tsang, softbound. (4) 

1069 L A 

1070 L A- 

1071 L A 

1072 L A- 

1073 L A- 

1074 L A- 

JAMAICA: "The Philatelic Handbook of Jamaica" by EF Aguilar (1949), 109pp softcover, also the c.1960 "Vol Two", 

132pp hardbound. Scarce. (2) 

JAPAN: "The Postage Stamps of Japan & Dependencies" by Tracey Woodward (1928, the 1976 Quarterman 

facsimile edition), hardbound with d/j (faults). Monumental work of more than 700pp. 

MALAYA: "The Postage Stamps of the Federated Malay States" by WA Reeves, published by Malaya Study Group 

(London), 76pp, staplebound. 

NEW GUINEA: 'G.R.I' by Robert Gibbs (1988), minor page toning, hardbound with d/j. Indispensable for every 

student of GRI issues. Long out-of-print and always in demand. [A copy sold for $437 in our auction of 14/3/2009, 

but copies have sold for more than $700]{Page 129.1} 

NIGERIA: "The Postal Services of the British Nigeria Region" by J Ince & J Sacher (1992), published by The Royal 

Philatelic Society of London, minor toning, 556pp hardbound with d/j. Monumental work. 

PAPUA: "Lakatoi I: BNG & DLR" (characteristic cover blemishes) & "Lakatoi II & III: Territory of Papua" by Croaker 

(1977 & 1983). (2) 

1075 L A - "The Postal History of British New Guinea and Papua 1885-1942" by R Lee (1983), 120pp hardbound with d/j (a 

little rubbed). Long-out-of-print. [A similar copy sold for $276 in our most recent Literature Auction] 

1076 O B - "The Fly River Flights" by N Haynes (1986), minor blemishes and some annotations, 185pp + large fold-out map 

of the region, softbound. Only 100 printed. [The previous owner has added a variety of relevant photos and images 

throughout the book. Inspection recommended] 

1077 L A 

SARAWAK: "The White Rajahs of Sarawak: A Philatelic & Historical Study" by B Floyd (2003), 76pp, softbound. 

Also "Sarawak & Brunei The De La Rue Ink Colours" by N Watterson (2004), 23pp, spiralbound. (2) 

1078 L A - "The Stamps and Postal History of Sarawak" by WR Forrester Wood, published by The Sarawak Specialists' 

Society, 576pp, hardbound. Also includes "Supplement to "The Stamps and Postal History of Sarawak". 

1079 L A 

1080 L A 

1081 L A- 

SIERRA LEONE: "The Postal Service of Sierra Leone" by PO Beale (1988), published by The Royal Philatelic 

Society of London, several colour illustrations, 240pp, hardbound with d/j. 

ST HELENA: "St Helena Postal History and Stamps" by E Hibbert (1979), published by Robson Lowe, 200pp 

hardbound with d/j. [A copy sold for $126 in our most recent on-line Literature Auction] 

SWEDEN: "The Treskilling Yellow" by L Fimmerstad (2004), beautiful full-colour history of Sweden's most famous 

stamp, small cover dent, 186pp, hardbound. 

1082 L A - "The Swedish Stamp 150 Years", full-colour account of the history of Swedish stamps, includes English 

translation, 255pp, hardbound with d/j. 

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1085 L A- 

THAILAND: "The Prakaipet Indhusophon Collection of Siam" (1989), hardbound 232pp with dustjacket & slipcase. 

Essentially Indhusophon's International Large Gold Medal exhibit, awarded the Grand Prix d'Honneur at India 89. 

UNITED STATES: "The Floyd E. Risvold Collection: American Expansion & the Journey West" Spink deluxe 

catalogue set in three volumes, includes sturdy slipcase, 1298 lots, hardbound with p/r. 

WEST INDIES: "The West Indies: A Research Document" by W Dibden (1966), useful extracts and information 

regarding Post Office enactments in the West Indies, 118pp, softbound. 

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Lot 730

Auction No 171 - Prestige Philately

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