General Public Auction 173 - Prestige Philately

May 11, 2012
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction 173 Page: 43
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military & Censor Mail (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
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C
VIETNAM WAR: Partly annotated collection with a number of better items including with RAAF cachets, 5c Forces
Air Letter philatelic usage with FPO 4 cds, registered from FPO 4, circular registered parcel piece with 25c Wool
pair etc, air cover from Hue with 'QUAN BUU' Military frank & endorsed "Quan doi Uc-dai-loi" (= Australian Army),
condition variable. Ex Russell Stern.{Page 40.6} (63 items)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I
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260
261
C
C
C
262 C B
Album of OAS mail with 15 convoy covers with a good range of censor cachets, the balance mainly from Egypt with
various datestamps & cachets & a few better items noted, very mixed condition.{Page 40.2} (100+)
Military Camps covers from Bathurst x3 (one with 'BATHURST MILTY CAMP/=NSW=' cds), 'ENOGGERA
CAMP/QUEENSLAND' (a beautiful illustrated YMCA cover with the stamp tragically ripped off) & 'MILITARY CAMP
MITCHAM/STH AUST' on foldout letterette, and two covers from the USA each with 'MENANGLE MILITARY
CAMP/=NSW=' cds on the face & redirected overseas, some faults.{Page 40.7} (7)
Annotated covers from Lemnos (2) & Gallipoli with various cds & several with more specific locations noted included
Anzac Cove, Lone Pine & Cape Hellas, one to Malta, condition rather mixed. (31)
1918 OAS cover with 'AUSTRALIAN/YMCA' imprint unusually in black, to GB with British 'ARMY POST OFFICE/
25MR18/SZ 23' "skeleton" cds in use at Beersheba (Palestine) & boxed 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA
WATER' h/s applied at London, a bit soiled. [See Hoggarth & Gwynn at pages 192-5.]
The cover was carried per SS "Kingstonian" which, on 11/4/1918, was torpedoed by German submarine U68. The
ship was badly damaged. It was towed to Carloforte (Sardinia) where the mail - which had suffered water damage -
was removed. At the end of April, she was again torpedoed by U48 & became a total loss. {Page 40.4}
263 C A - stampless OAS Church Army cover to Tasmania with light 'PASSED/ D /CENSOR' h/s plus straight-line 'PASSED
BY CENSOR/["GT Bernie Lt"]' h/s over mss "Australia", Indian 'FPO/No 85/8MY18' b/s used at Baghdad. [The 1st
Australian Wireless Signal Squadron was stationed in Mesopotamia from late-1916. "D" Troop returned to Australia
only in November 1919. Covers are rare]{Page 40.8}
264 PS B
PRISONERS OF WAR: 1915 cover to Switzerland (b/s) from Liverpool Camp with 25mm '.../FREE/-' h/s &
'CENSORED/("WSHinton Lt") MAJOR/...' handstamp both in green, Liverpool cds of 22MR15. [The only example
we have seen of a superscription by Lieut Hinton: unrecorded by Emery]{Page 42.1}
265 C A/A- - real photo PPCs (a couple are photos only) of German POWs in various Camp theatrical productions highlighted
by the remarkable quality of the costumes, also the programme for 1918 (March) production of "Rosenmontag"
including a photo of the cast & crew; plus a badly damaged photo of two officers & 18 soldiers - a dissolute crew -
with non-contemporary caption "Liverpool Camp".{Page 42.2} (16 items)
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War II
This section includes a series of reference collections consigned by Russell Stern of Sydney. As one should expect for such material,
the condition is somewhat variable.
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267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
C
C
C/CL
C
C
C
Interesting group with cachets including 'RELEASE', 'UNABLE TO TRACE/...', 'NOT ON RECORDS/...',
'DISCHARGED' & 'RETURNEE', 'UNCLAIMED/BASE POST OFFICE', 'TRANSFERED/TO/DEPOT BTN', etc, also
manuscript "Killed in action". (17)
1940-41 mostly stampless covers the majority with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s (one by air from Singapore) but including
three with 'HM TRANSPORT' cds & Nov 1940 from Bombay ex the "Aquitania", very mixed condition. (28)
1940-42 series of airmail covers from the War Correspondent Guy Edward Warre Harriott to his fiancée, mostly
from Palestine - including two parcel pieces - & Egypt - including a parcel piece - but two with British stamps &
'FIELD POST OFFICE/193' cds used in Athens, others from Burma & Iraq on his return to the Middle East after
getting married, some self-censored signed "GWHarriott", condition rather mixed. [Guy Harriott was one of the first
Australian war correspondents to arrive in North Africa.] (25 items)
'AIF FIELD PO' DATESTAMPS: Album from 'No 7' to '54' mostly from New Guinea, Papua or Dutch Indies
including 19 registered, noted three 1d brown Australian Defence Canteens Envelopes, one with benign
endorsement "No Stamps Available/Please Tax"!, one illustrated. (83)
'FIELD POST OFFICE' DATESTAMPS: Album from '019' to '045' used within Australia & Papua & '038' used in
Sarawak (endorsed on the reverse "Posted 1.10.45/Labuan"), many registered & nine with Papuan stamps (three of
which have Australia/Papua combination frankings). A very good lot.{Page 42.3} (150 approx)
'FIELD PO' DATESTAMPS: Album from '046' to '072' mostly used within Australia plus some Papua, noticed large
parcel piece from '047' at 12/3½d rate, many registered including some with enormous registration cachets, many
stampless OHMS covers, 1942 with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s, '069' used at Tambu Bay (not seen by Proud) etc.
{Page 42.4} (110 approx)
C - Album from '073' to '099' mostly used within Australia plus some Papua, noted 'FIELD PO/2042/074' at unknown
location (registered), one with boxed '13TH BATTALION/HEADQUARTERS' d/s in violet, many registered.{Page
42.5} (88)
C - Album from 'No 0102' to '0140' mostly from within Australia - notably Northern Territory - including 28 registered,
many official covers one with unusual 'V.B.NO....' h/s. (75)
C
'AUST FPO' DATESTAMPS: Album from '146' to '167' mostly used within Australia at 1d rate, a few registered &
one illustrated, wide variety of Comfort Fund imprints. (92)
275 C - Album from '168' to '208' including 11 registered. Rather pedestrian. (97)
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276
C
'AUST ARMY PO' DATESTAMPS: Album from '211' to '241' including 19 registered with a few unusual registration
labels, one with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s unusually sent by air, etc. (104)
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