General Public Auction 173 - Prestige Philately

May 11, 2012
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction 173 Page: 45
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War II (continued)
Lot Type Grading Description Est $A
281 CPS A/B
282
PRISONERS OF WAR: Stampless covers (2, to GB & the USA) both with large boxed POW cachet, stampless
POW postcards (2) & lettersheets (2, one with 1/- Lyrebird) & 6d POW Airmail Postal Cards (3, one to the USA), to
Germany from German POWs at Tatura or Murchison Camps (Vic), various cachets. (9)
PS - 1941-44 Bundle of printed POW postcards & lettersheets from an Australian POW in Germany, various German
Egyptian & Australian censor h/s, condition variable. (60 approx)
283 C A/B
284
C
285 C B
CEYLON: 1942 stampless covers with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/067' cds used only at 2/12 Australian General
Hospital at Colombo x2 (one a front only), 'AIF FIELD PO/No 21' (small parcel piece only), '.../No 24' x2 (one poor)
or British 'RAF BASE PO/CEYLON' h/s in violet, also airmail cover overpaid with 9d tied by 'AIF FIELD PO/No 22'
cds. Scarce group. (7 items)
EGYPT: Annotated collection with an array of datestamps including a few in violet, many with 'ARMY POST'
stamps. (130 approx)
LABUAN: 1945 commercial airmail cover fashioned from a ledger page, to Tasmania with 3d tied by superb 'FIELD
POST OFFICE/17JE45/037.' cds used at Labuan, boxed censor #3116 in violet, small faults. Proud 750 points.
400
200
300
400
250
Lot 287
286 C
287 C A-
288 C
Ex Lot 286
MALAYA: Annotated collection in album with many air covers at the 25c rate including some unusual makeups,
'POSTAGE PAID/MALAYA' imprints - including a cutout used on cover - & meters, emergency use of "out-of-State"
stamps including Perak 25c tied by 'ARMY/SIGNALS' cds, mostly with various Australian or Indian pattern FPO cds
but we noticed two with 'NEE SOON/SINGAPORE' cds, etc. {Page 45.1} (113)
NAURU: 1945 Ray Baldwin cover to Sydney with 3d x2 tied by a largely fine strike of 'AUST UNIT POSTAL
STN/28NO45/31.' cds, rubber registration cachet endorsed "UPO 313" in red, minor blemishes, superb Sydney
arrival b/s of 6DE45. One of the most desirable & significant datestamp rarities of the entire WWII field. Proud "N.S."
(= Not Seen). [Collas at page 168 states "In September 1945 it was allocated to a detachment of 31/51 Btn sent to
occupy and garrison Nauru". The remnants of the beleagured Japanese garrison surrendered on 13/9/1945 & were
evacuated to Bougainville]{Page 45.2}
NORTH AFRICA: Annotated covers from Tobruk, El Alamein etc with stampless, airmail & Active Service "green"
envelopes, many with 'ARMY POST' stamps. (30)
1,000
750
250
Ex Lot 289
Lot 292
289
C
PALESTINE: Sizeable bundle of covers used throughout Palestine Lebanon & Syria with an array of datestamps &
censor cachets, many are airmail covers with Australian or Palestinian frankings, a few hand-illustrated items &
several registered including three large parcel pieces, condition variable. Study opportunity.{Page 45.3} (58)
500