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Online General Sale No. 87 Bidding closes at 5pm AEST on Friday 7th August 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 1050 | [ C ] |
1913-1966 cover accumulation, noted 3d KGV 'OS' puncture on 1931 OHMS cover, registered mail, air mails, postcard usage, advertising and illustrated covers, 1947 Postagram cover, and many others, much of it run-of-the-mill, but with some useful pickings (103)     | ||
| Lot 1051 | [ C ] |
1913 (7 Jun) The Rosella Preserving & Manufacturing Company advertising cover bearing Kangaroo 1d Red die II pair used in Tasmania, minor faults, suntanned on reverse, this apperars to be the earliest form of the advertisement before 'TEL. . . 'added at right, 'AND AT BENDIGO. . .' added below (the format used on the stamped-to-order envelopes), a 1917 cover (of the later design) bearing KGV 1d pair realised AU$675 in 2008 Melbourne auction  | ||
| Lot 1052 | [ C ] |
1928 (22 Aug) OHMS airmail envelope Carnarvon to Perth bearing Kangaroo Third Watermark 1/- Blue-green Die IIB (2, one missing corner) and KGV 3d (2), paying 3½-4oz rate  | ||
| Lot 1053 | [ C ] |
Express Delivery: 1935-51 4d Express Delivery Fee period, with 1945 cover franked 6½d for letter rate, 1944 airmail covers Brisbane to Sydney (2), 1948 airmail cover Sydney to Melbourne, each franked 9½d, and 1942 registered cover from Sydney to Mt. Victoria franked 9½d. Also 1949(?) cover from Granville to Sydney franked 9d with boxed 'NOT IN ATTENDANCE/?DELIVER ORD. MAIL' in red and 'EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE/EXPIRED. NORMAL DELIVERY' in violet, and with 'EXPRESS/SYDNEY clock ds in red on reverse. One cover roughly opened and two with flap faults (6)    | ||
| Lot 1054 | [ C ] |
1938 (4 Feb) cover to Pennsylvania franked 4d Olive KGV tied by double circle 'POSTED SHIP SIDE/SYDNEY' cds, fine but somewhat heavy strike, couple of small tears at top and flap fault  | ||
| Lot 1055 | [ C ] |
1938 (7 Feb) registered cover for the opening of Mascot Aerodrome post office with N.S.W. Sesquicentenary set of three cancelled 'RG/N.S.W.' relief cds, and with manuscript registration label, some toning  | ||
| Lot 1056 | [ C ] |
Express Delivery: 1959-66 1/3d Express Delivery Fee period, with 1961 cover from Adelaide to Richmond (Vic) franked 1/8d, 1959 1/7d registration envelope from Goulburn to Pymble (NSW) uprated 1/3d, and 1965 airmail cover from Brisbane to England franked 3/6d (2/3d airmail plus 1/3d express delivery), and with boxed 'EXPRESS DELIVERY PAID'. Some small faults however scarce (4)  | ||
| Lot 1057 | [ C ] |
1980s and early 1990s accumulation of Priority Paid mail, mostly on meter franked covers, and showing a wide range of Priority Paid markings, with various 'clock' datestamps, and instructional markings, and a wide range of postal rates represented (100's)     | ||
| Lot 1058 | [ C ] |
1987-88 large accumulation of covers relating to the 1988 Australian Bicentennial, including printed advertising envelopes, slogan cancellations, large proportion are meters with advertising slogans (many 100s)  | ||
| Lot 1059 | [ C ] |
2011-22 Security Screened Mail: Franked mail with various types of 'Decipha Security Screened' handstamps. Decipha was an Australia Post mail handling subsidiary offering this service. Unusual and not seen by us before. Included is a brochure outlining the company's operation (15 covers)     | ||
