General Public Auction 173 - Prestige Philately

May 11, 2012
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction 173 Page: 41
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
247 C A- 1929 Swedish trader's cover to Sweden with scarce solo franking of Kookaburra 3d blue tied by Sydney cds.
150
248 C A- - illustrated advertising cover for PW Richards Engineer Adelaide to England with SMult Wmk Perf 13½x12½ 3d &
4½d, red/white registration label (defective). [The rate was 1½d postage + 3d internal airmail + 3d registration]
249 C (A) B1- 1930 commercial cover to Hobart with 1½d red tied by 'PAY TRAIN/7JUL30/TRANS AUSTN RAILWAY', repaired
flap endorsed "686 Mile Camp/Trans Line/WA". [PMI & Walker both state that this TPO was transferred to SA
control on 1/12/1923. However, it continued to operate on the entire line between Port Augusta (SA) & Kalgoorlie]
250 C B
1946 commercial airmail cover to Dutch Military Attaché in Brisbane readdressed to Batavia where again twice
readdressed, once with a small yellow label with 'VELDPOSTKANTOOR' on the reverse.
200 T
250
150 T
251
C
Ex Lot 251
WORLD WAR II CENSORED MAIL: Valuable group from Queensland including red/white '1 Opened by Censor'
narrow label for use on aerogrammes Little #L1-9 on scarce 7d blue/yellow Aerogramme to GB with Unit Postal
Station 436 cds used at Cairns, diamond ' 1 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 124 ' #H1-2a applied in transit to stampless
cover from Bishop Newton at Port Moresby, ('T.2½D' h/s + Postage Dues ½d & 2d scored-through), & 'PASSED'
#H1-4 on 1940 cover to the USA; Tasmania black/white 'OPENED BY/CENSOR./......' with 6 dots printed &
measuring 14m #L6-5a, 16mm #L6-5b or 20mm (unlisted) on 1940-41 covers from South Africa (14mm) or to GB,
boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' in rosine #H6-1a (recorded Sep-Oct 1939 only) on airmail cover to GB with
Hobart cds of 23SE39, red/white '6/1 OPENED BY CENSOR.' text 52½mm long #L6/1-4b tied by ' 6/1 /PASSED/
BY/CENSOR/ 6 ' or '7' h/s #H6/1-2a to 1942 inwards naval cover from Victoria, or from 'PENGUIN' to GB; and
Victoria diamond ' 3 /NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR' #H3-9a on 1940 cover to the USA & '3'-in-circle #H3-10b on
plain FDC of 2d mauve (Cat $80) to New Zealand; etc, condition variable.{Page 41.1} (25)
252 C A/B - New South Wales group with red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels comprising text only #L2-2 x2 (one from
China); Two Dots Added #L2-3a; No Dots but '2'-with-Serifs Added #L2-5 (Large '2') x2 one being an entire
half-label on reverse of cover, #L2-6a1 ('2' to 'O' = 9mm), #L2-6c1 ('2' to 'O' = 13mm) & unlisted wide sub-type
112x18mm for use on aerogrammes; with Sans Serif '2' #L2-8 x2 (one with '2' three times due to misguillotining of
the labels); and red/yellow Upper & Lower Case #L2-11 for use on aerogrammes x2 (2, one on the scarce
blue/yellow aerogramme); various usages including two "Clipper" covers. (8)
253
C - New South Wales range with Not Opened group including diamond ' 2 /NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR' Little
#H2-9a, '2'-in-circle #H2-15 x2 (one with unknown 'MFAWC/TV' h/s), and machine type #H2-10 on reverse x2;
straight-line 'RELEASED BY CENSOR' #H2-6 (one in red-purple, not listed) on two airmail covers to GB; diamond '
2 /RETURN/TO/SENDER' #H2-16a in red on surface cover to GB; and unframed numerals #H2-12 '3' (on airmail
cover from Cuba endorsed "Written in German"), '27' x2 (both covers sealed with half-labels on the reverse) & '39'
believed applied by censor-supervisors; condition variable. {Page 36.10} (11)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - First Day Covers
254 C/CL A/B
255 C A
Bundle of hand-illustrated covers by Jack Peake including 1954 Royal Visit, 1969 Christmas 5c, 1971 New Values,
1975 Famous Women & Christmas, 2001 Birds 45c x4 etc, plus six flight covers & four Scouting covers, a few
condition issues. Very attractive group, and the very last of the hand-illustrated covers consigned to us from
Jack Peake's Estate.{Page 40.1} (26)
1954-56 group with woodcut illustrations comprising Red Cross (#4/37), WA Stamp Centenary (#19/45), Railways
(#5/35), USA Memorial (#2/60), YMCA (unnumbered), Nursing (unnumbered), Olympics Propaganda 2/- green
(#20/20) & Olympics 4d (unnumbered), cancelled on the appropriate dates at Gladstone (3) or Nailsworth (5),
unaddressed. {Page 40.3} (8)
256 C A 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d Captain & £2 King on unaddressed Royal cover.
100 T
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military & Censor Mail
257
C Assortment including Boxer Rebellion small piece endorsed "...Naval Contingent/China" (weep!) with CEF ½a x2;
Boer War covers to NSW x2; WWI selection of mostly returned covers; lots of WWII items including Empire Air
Training Scheme covers from Rhodesia x2, three Italian covers to POWs with 'POW CAMP/GAYTHORNE QLD'
h/s, airmail group from New Guinea & Papua, a dozen RAAF in Britain covers; three with 'AUSTRALIAN MILITARY
MISSION/GERMANY' cachets; Korea registered covers one with manuscript "HMAS BARBOO" on the registration
label; etc, condition rather mixed. Interesting lot. {Page 40.5} (100 approx)
1,000 T
250 T
500 T
1,250
400
750