General Sale No. 48   was held on   Thursday 24th June at 1pm   Our winter sale commenced with collections and accumulations, including a group of World War I 'De Landre' propaganda labels, and ranges of Italy, Japan and New Zealand, followed by a selection of literature. Australian Colonies featured many better items throughout, with a Queensland collection, Chalon types with proofs, multiples and usage, an 1865 entire letter to England from the short-lived ‘Valley of Lagoons’ post office, fiscals with good selections of Beer, Impressed and Stamp Duty issues, as well as Railway stamps; South Australia postal history featured ‘OS’ stamps and 4d thin ‘Postage’ long type on cover; Tasmania with Sideface and Tablet proofs, revenues, postal history including a range of second-allocation numerals; Victoria was highlighted by another fine selection of Half-Lengths, also revenues; and Western Australia featured a nice group of town cancellations. Australian Commonwealth commenced with miscellaneous lots and collections, followed by Kangaroo Issues including First Watermark 10/-, £1 and £2 cancelled-to-order, Second Watermark 6d Die IIA ‘substituted cliché’, Third Watermark 6d Die IIB ‘T.S. Harrison’ imprint pair, and other watermarks with values to £2. The King George V sideface issues included imprints and varieties in positional pieces, Small Multiple Watermark 4½d Die II cancelled-to-order in a block of four, and a very fine 1932 2d Scarlet postal forgery. The 1927-36 issues featured the 1/- Lyrebird overprinted ‘OS’ in block of eight with Plate Dot, and the King George VI issues were highlighted by the 1937-49 1/- Lyrebird showing Plate No. 4. There was a good range of modern issues, with Decimal errors, as well as Postage Dues, including a range of covers, Stationery, Postal History, including Military Mail, and Aerophilately. Rest of the World featured the Bahamas with 1916 ‘Special Delivery’ overprint errors; Barbados 1947 ‘ONE/PENNY’ on 2d double surcharge; Canada 1928-29 KGV imperforate tete-beche pairs from booklet sheets; Fiji 1887 Cake Fair envelope and essay/proof; Gilbert & Ellice Islands postal history, ranges of Great Britain, Hong Kong and Malaysian States revenues; Natal 1868 revenue proofs; New Zealand with 1862-63 pelure paper Chalon 6d on cover, KEVII and KGV proofs, Decimal varieties/errors; Northern Rhodesia 1963 QEII Arms errors; a further offering of Papua New Guinea ‘Courvoisier’ proofs; South West Africa, including postage dues; and U.S.A. COMPLIMENTARY CATALOGUES Our deluxe colour catalogues are available free on request. Click here to request your copy today. Clients new and old are invited to visit us at our new premises in Ultimo, situated just a few minutes from the Sydney CBD by foot, taxi, light rail or Monorail. If we can be of service to you, or you would like to learn more about our auctions, please contact us by phone on +61 (0)2 9281 4797 or send an email to info@millenniumauctions.com