Special Sale No. 44   featuring   'Australasia' was held on Thursday 18th June at 1pm Our ‘Australasia’ sale commenced with Asia, highlighted by fine China - People’s Republic issues, Hong Kong and Malaysian States. Oceania featured useful Fiji, New Guinea stamps and postal history, strong New Zealand including King George V proofs, Papua with a sheet of the 1/- small ‘Papua’ overprint and flight covers, Papua New Guinea Courvoisier proofs and Tonga postal history. Rest of the World comprised a smaller number of countries for this sale, however several better sets and varieties were to be found, followed by a range of collections and accumulations. Australian Colonies comprised 160 lots and began with a selection of inwards mail to the Colonies. This was followed by a good representation from each ‘State’, highlighted by Tasmania with a 4d Sideface die proof in blue, the control number pair 2/6d Tablet essay in lilac and postal history including a fine strike of the ‘Hobart Town V.D.L.’ handstamp on 1829 entire. Victoria featured better Half-length and Queen-on-Throne issues and postal stationery, and from Western Australia two rare 1842 entires from ‘Australind’. Australian Commonwealth, which contained over 400 lots including collections, featured Kangaroos to £2 with varieties and ‘Specimens’, including multiples; King George V issues including a 1d red punctured ‘OS’ Die I/II block and a mint 2d Postal Forgery; the 1927- 65 period featured a comprehensive range of King George VI imprint and ‘no imprint’ blocks and plate numbers; fine modern errors and varieties; and booklets with many later overprint types. Following the keen interest shown in the ‘Larson’ postage dues, we were pleased to again have a fine selection of these underrated issues, with rarely offered monograms, imprints and multiples including sheets. The Postal Stationery included a range of Lettercards and fine Aerophilately from 1919 included mail carried by famous aviators Poulet and Benoist, Cobham and Kingsford Smith. 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 our Auction Manager, Mark Knothe, by phone on + 61 (0)2 9281 4797 or send an email to info@millenniumauctions.com