Lot 568
| | | Estimate: $125T | Realised Price : $95 |
1912-33 group comprising 1912 reg'd cover to London bearing SA 4d Violet tied by Sydney cds, red & black label; 1913 advertising cover for 'Thomson Davies' bearing 1d Kangaroo (2) used Hobart to Launceston; 1919 all-over advertising cover for Malloch Bros. used from Perth; 1933 reg'd cover Melbourne to Ethiopia bearing 6d Air optd ‘OS’, some staining (4)
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Lot 569
| | | Estimate: $600 | Realised Price : $575 |
1915 (Jun) envelope fashioned from Official Military form (foxed), endorsed '1st Australian Div/In Action', censor handstamp at right superimposed over which is '1st AUST.DIV. FIELD P.O' cds then in use at Gallipoli, addressed to Fiji where backstamped on arrival (10 AUG 15). Extraordinary item from this Campaign
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Lot 570
| | | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $160 |
1918 (3 Jan) OHMS envelope printed for Hawkesbury Agriculture College bearing Kangaroo 2d + KGV ½d Green punctured 'OS/NSW', used Richmond to USA
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Lot 571
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1934 (24 Jan) real photo postcard (Botanical Gardens, Brisbane) Brisbane to Germany bearing 2d + 6d tied by Brisbane slogan for 8d postcard rate via Karachi-Italy (where air service concluded). Fine example of a rare rate
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Lot 572
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1934 (12 Sep) inwards reg'd cover Mauritius to Sydney bearing colourful (albeit philatelic) franking of 1c, 4c (2), 5c, 6c and 20c ('MCE/M' perfin) tied by oval G.P.O. registered datestamp (another on reverse ties E. DE SORNEY address label), arrival backstamp
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Lot 573
| | | Estimate: $250 | Realised Price : $190 |
1935 (22 Jan) cover to U.S. at 1/7d ½oz rate for airmail to UK only (where air service was terminated), attractive and unusual franking of 3d Macarthur and KGV 1/4d tied by Broome (WA) cds
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Lot 574
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1935 (27 Apr) inwards reg'd Official cover (light crease at base) Trinidad to Australia bearing solo 6d tied by G.P.O. datestamp, backstamped Trinidad, New York, San Francisco, Melbourne, Geelong. Unusual origin/destination
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Lot 575
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1935 (29 Oct) cover to Cairns bearing Papua 2d Pictorial tied by manuscript 'Loose Ship's/Letter' within lines, 'THURSDAY ISLAND' code 1 datestamp alongside. Attractive and unusual
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Lot 576
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1936 (2 Dec) commercial reg'd cover Sydney to Germany bearing 6d Large Kookaburra and showing unusual handstamped 'Per R.M.S. 'STRATHNAVER'/Supplementary Mail/ Via Fremantle.' with 'REGISTERED' below, backstamped Sydney and on arrival
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Lot 577
| | | Estimate: $200 | Realised Price : $150 |
1943 (22 Nov) stampless cover (little roughly handled) from Nassau, Bahamas, endorsed 'R.A.A.F. OVERSEAS' in stamp position and 'A421201/Sgt. GODDARD O.E./C/O R.A.F. STATION' on reverse, sent to addressee's daughter in Sydney. A small group of RAAF personnel received advanced pilot training from the RAF in the Bahamas, and this is the first item from that source seen by us
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Lot 578
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1950s range of covers all from Tasmania used to South Africa, all unclaimed for various reasons and appropriate cachets applied, duplication (over 100 covers)
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Lot 579
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1960 (28 Feb) PPC airmailed Newcastle to Sweden, using AAT 2/3d paying full ½oz letter rate instead of 1/2d postcard rate. Scarce commercial use
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Lot 580
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1967-77 accumulation of Tasmanian slogans on cover/front, wide range, many short lived types, incl Faraday lectures, Opera House Festival, etc, impressions mostly clear, useful (100s)
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Lot 581
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Cancellation: 1930 (2 Jun) fine strike of 'G.D.B.ELIZABETH ST.MELB-1' cds (WWW #210 - RRRR) as backstamp on Brisbane-Melbourne Flight cover
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