COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY

Lot 823		Estimate: $400 Official Postcard: 1927 (23rd Aug) use of KGV 1d Violet punctured 'OS/NSW' for Sydney Harbour Trust uprated with 1½d Red used at Sydney, arrival datestamp. Rare
Lot 824		Estimate: $250 1912 (4th Apr) cover to USA bearing ½d value from each of the six Colonies tied by Sydney datestamps, minor ageing. Attractive
Lot 825		Estimate: $200 1917 (16th Dec) OAS cover to 'Lieut W.P. Heslop' at London from his brother, cancelled with Field Post Office 'D.C.1.' cds of 1st Australian Infantry Division, at Messine Flanders. [W.P. Heslop besides being a noted stamp collector and doctor, was one on the original members of R.A.A.F. A conversation with one of his son's some years ago informed me that in 1916 flying over Point Cook, Dr Heslop was dropping bricks onto targets due to shortage of practice bombs]
Lot 826		Estimate: $350 1921 (26th Apr) use of Victoria ½d Wrapper used to U.S.A. uprated with Victoria ½d Green + KGV 1d Red, cancelled by cds 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' and 'MELBOURNE/20/VIC'. Unusual
Lot 827		Estimate: $125 1924 and 1927 use of 1d Green Postal Cards to Holland uprated with ½d Orange or 1½d Canberra (overpaying), both used from Sydney
Lot 828		Estimate: $600 1927-50s range of covers some first flights, many addressed to Hudson Fysh, some signed, interesting vignettes, some FDCs, unusual postmarks NSW, few stationery items, etc (100+ items)
Lot 829		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $115 1934 (30th May) airmail cover to G.B. bearing 1½d + 3d, framed cachet in red '(I)NSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/(F)OR AIR MAIL SERVICE'
Lot 830		Estimate: $100 1937 (5th Jun) 'BRICO' piston rings advertising cover flown Sydney to Coventry bearing 1/6d Hermes + 1d QM paying ½oz airmail rate + 1d Late Fee
Lot 831		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $850 1939 (7th Apr) cover to British Solomons bearing KGV 1d Green pair cancelled by straight-line 'PAQUEBOT', alongside double oval 'RADIO STATION/WILLIS ISLAND' and on reverse, straight-line 'WILLIS ISLAND' both in black, arrival 17.4.39 Gizo arrival cds
Lot 832		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $160 1940-46 Military range of covers - one registered, mostly censored, two from POW Camps to Austria, surface-rated covers to Egypt or Turkey, etc, with interesting cachets, markings, etc (9 covers)
Lot 833		Estimate: $100 1940-84 covers small (13, one front) and large-size OHMS covers (9) with 'LATE FEE' cachets or cancels, commercial and philatelic (22)
Lot 834		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $160 1954 (26th Jul) registered "Tatts" cover to Hobart bearing ½d pair + 6d + 3d tied by strikes of 'R.A.A.F. JAPAN/A.F.P.O. N°30' cds, then in use at Iwakuni registration label with mss. number
Lot 835		Estimate: $850 Realised Price : $750 1956 (June) wreck cover to Apia with stamps floated off, Sydney machine-cancel, single-line cachet in violet 'SOILED MAIL EX "VASU"'. [The vessel was in transit between Fiji and Samoa when it sank]. Only 29 items of mail recovered
Lot 836		Estimate: $150 1966-68 selection of £SD stamps used after introduction of Decimal Currency (8, one a registered metered impression) and £SD stamps in combination with Decimal stamps (15, seven registered, one certified), commercial and philatelic usages, good range of franking combinations (23). Scarce material [£SD stamps were valid for two years from 14 February 1966]
Lot 837		Estimate: $500 Lord Howe Island: 1910 (20th Aug) use of N.S.W. 1d Postal Card to London with very fine strike of 'LORD HOWE ISLAND' cds, minor toning
Lot 838		Estimate: $100 New South Wales: 1966-73 range of philatelic covers including last day - with 'T.P.O. 1/NORTH COAST/5' very rare, etc, mostly good to fine (46)
Lot 839		Estimate: $200 New South Wales: 1970s-80s range of commercial covers - some fronts, various cancellations, some advice covers, etc (few 100)
Lot 840		Estimate: $500 New South Wales: 1981-84 last day actually carried covers with TPO North Coast (11), North West (4), South (12, four signed), West (16), including Up and Down, mostly fine (43)
Lot 841		Estimate: $300 New South Wales: 1984 last day cancelled PSEs North Coast (18), North West (18), South (20, 16 actually carried) and West (4), including Up and Down, (56)
Lot 842		Estimate: $200 New South Wales: Miscellaneous range of railway Letter Bills, Australia Post receipts, duplication though includes various types, few cancelled, mostly unused (few 100)
Lot 843		Estimate: $300 New South Wales: Range of mail advices, mostly 1980s, various types, some TPOs, mostly relating to train carriage, wide range of postmarks, etc (100s)