Lot 418
| | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $140 |
Shoebox of Australian covers 1920s to 1990s, about half are first day covers, but the balance includes many useful items, incl air mail rates, postcard rates, postal stationery, and some interesting usages (Produce Food 3½d strip on commercial cover noted) (100s) |
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Lot 419
| | Estimate: $200 | Realised Price : $150 |
1923 (13 Dec) Government Statist's Office Report bearing Single Watermark 1d Violet punctured 'OS', used Melbourne to Richmond. Scarce solo franking |
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Lot 420
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1925 (12 Dec) registered cover used Adelaide to Hawaii bearing Kangaroo Third Wmk 6d Chestnut, red registration label, Honolulu arrival backstamp, paying 3d 1oz foreign rate + 3d registration, slight toning |
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Lot 421
| | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $120 |
1930 (9 Aug) registered air mail cover flown Sydney to Melbourne bearing 5d on 4½d + 2d on 1½d + 1d Green and 3d green Air, flown Sydney to Melbourne. Attractive use of 3d registration + 8d double air mail rate |
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Lot 422
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1932 (10 Jan) photo-type PPC bearing KGV 1½d tied by dubious large 35mm 'HAWTHORN/ VIC' datestamp |
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Lot 423
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1935 (16 Jul) air mail cover sent from Sydney to Monaco franked 2/- Kangaroo and 1/6d Hermes, representing a double weight letter. Subsequently redirected to London, but a very scarce destination |
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Lot 424
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1936 (19 May) OHMS cover bearing 6d Kookaburra and 3d Cable tied by 'DARWIN N.T./ AUSTRALIA' datestamps, Batavia arrival backstamp, minor soiling. Attractive make-up of 9d per ½oz |
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Lot 425
| | Estimate: $250 | Realised Price : $190 |
1937 (12 Feb) air mail cover to Germany endorsed 'Via Italy' bearing Kangaroo CofA Wmk 5/-, 9d, KGV 1d and 1/6d Hermes pair tied by Melbourne Ship Mail Room datestamps, etiquette handstamped with black cross |
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Lot 426
| | Estimate: $80 | Realised Price : $60 |
1937 (5 Jun) 'BRICO' piston rings advertising cover flown Sydney to Coventry bearing 1/6d Hermes + 1d QE paying ½oz air mail rate + 1d late fee. Attractive |
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Lot 427
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1938 (1 Apr) OHMS envelope with all-over written advertising for 'Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations' bearing KGV 1d Green (CofA Wmk) used locally at Singleton. Attractive cover and the first example we have seen |
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Lot 428
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1938 (27 Dec) registered air mail cover from Perth to Italy with 2/- Kangaroo and 2d KGVI (x2) and 4d Koala, paying 2/5d rate plus 3d registration fee |
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Lot 429
| | Estimate: $250 | Realised Price : $190 |
1941 OHMS printed cover (245x150mm) Sydney to London, bearing Robes 10/- (3) + 5/-, endorsed 'Via New Zealand/& USA', diamond censor cachet and 'CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER' in violet. Although adhesives faulty due to machine cancelling, a remarkable example of the 5/10d sextuple rate |
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Lot 430
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1945 (2 Oct) underpaid air mail cover Melbourne to New York bearing 1/6d Hermes, framed 'Insufficiently Paid for/Transmission by Air Mail.' in red |
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Lot 431
| | Estimate: $150 | Realised Price : $200 |
1946 (21 Jan) registered air mail cover (roughly opened) bearing Robes Thick 5/- and 10/- + KGVI 3d Brown and 1/- Lyrebird used to USA, Sydney and New York backstamps. Correctly paying quadruple 4/- per ½oz rate + 3d registration |
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Lot 432
| | Estimate: $80T | Realised Price : $140 |
1946 (27 Dec) air mail cover NSW to China bearing 1/6d Hermes + 2/- Kangaroo paying ½oz rate, Shanghai backstamp |
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Lot 433
| | Estimate: $75 | Realised Price : $110 |
1953 (8 Jun) air mail cover from Wollongong to Essex, U.K. franked with 1d maroon Queen, 3½d Coronation and 3d and 3½d Produce Food strips of three, meeting the 2/- air mail rate. Very unusual and scarce usage of the Produce Food strips on cover |
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Lot 434
| | Estimate: $100 | Realised Price : $140 |
1957 (4 Sep) opened out cover from Melbourne to Amman, Jordan franked with 7½d Olympics. Undeliverable with appropriate backstamps and with bilingual 'RETOUR AL'ENVOYEUR' and 'ADDRESS INSUFFICIENT' handstamps in violet |
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Lot 435
| | Estimate: $80 | Realised Price : $110 |
1964 (18 Sep) cover from Melbourne to London franked 5/- Cattle, 2/6d Aborigine, 1/- Colombo Plan and 6d Anteater, making up the 4 x 2/3d air mail rate to the U.K. |
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Lot 436
| | Estimate: $60 | Realised Price : $110 |
1968-69 covers sent from Woomera (SA) to Essex franked at the British Defence Forces 6c concessionary rate, one with 6c Kangaroo Paw, the other with 1c QEII and 5c Banjo Paterson, and both with circular 'BRITISH DEFENCE FORCES MAIL' in magenta. Scarce usages (2) |
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Lot 437
| | Estimate: $80 | Realised Price : $90 |
1970 (11 Feb) air mail cover from Newcastle to Chicago with 5c Alfred Deakin booklet pane of five plus tab paying correct 25c rate. a scarce commercial usage |
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Lot 438
| | Estimate: $75 | Realised Price : $65 |
1979-1984 group of souvenir covers in binder (mostly PSEs) celebrating various maritime themes, mostly associated with the RAN for commissioning or de-commissioning of vessels, often with the ship's cachet and signed by the commander or other appropriate personnel. Also a few similar U.S. naval souvenir covers. An unusual and rarely seen group (62 covers) |
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Lot 439
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Military: c.1916 Liverpool Camp usage of POW Free printed envelope printed in black, (ASC X3.5 - Emery PSPE.3) to U.S.A. with Col. Holman censor cachet in violet at left (CA.231), 'PASSED BY/CENSOR,S.D.' (CM.43), slight soiling and opened out |
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Lot 440
| | Estimate: $75T | Realised Price : $105 |
Military: 1916 (27 Jun) cover to Sydney with circled 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/ FREE' in violet (Emery type CA.222) and two strikes of Berrima datestamp, some faults |
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Lot 441
| | Estimate: $60 | Realised Price : $46 |
Military: c.1940s part of censor cover bearing Robes 5/- and 10/-, 1/- Lyrebird and 1/6d Hermes, tied by two strikes of 'Director of Military Operations/and Intelligence' in violet, censor label on reverse |
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Lot 442
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Military: 1940-41 censored air mail covers with tape and cachets at left 1940 (Oct) Sydney to Palestine (1/6d), 1941 (Sep) AIF Abroad and re-addressed to Beirut (9d) and 1941 (Oct) Newcastle to Palestine (9d). Interesting trio |
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Lot 443
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Military: 1943 use of Red Cross POW envelope (solid line at base - ASC X2.8) Sydney to Malaya, censor '3' tape and cachets, Melbourne datestamp, minor soiling |
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