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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Hammer Price.
Overseas buyers are exempt from paying this charge. - An * after the Starting Price indicates that the Lot is affected by Alternate, Limit or Tied bids.
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Online General Sale No. 88 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 4th December 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, CONVOYS
Lot 1117 | [ C ] |
First Convoy: 1914 (24 Oct) illustrated Y.M.C.A. lettersheet with message headed 'HMT Ship Benalla', addressed to Melbourne with Albany cds and 'T' handstamp, with T 1D' in oval handstamp applied in Melbourne, vertical fold. The writer states '... we recon to reach Albany tomorrow . . . & stop there for 5 or 6 days . . . we would not be able to get leave to go ashore . . . we are not calling at Fremantle they still think we are going to England . . . ' A very early First Convoy letter  | ||
| Lot 1118 | [ PS ] |
1914 (14 Nov) postcard endorsed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' sent unstamped to Ascot Vale (Vic), taxed 1d and 1d postage due affixed and cancelled with manuscript date  | ||
| Lot 1119 | [ PS ] |
1914 (7 Dec) use of 'The First Australian European Expeditionary Force, 1914-15' souvenir post card to Neutral Bay (NSW) with 1d Kangaroo tied by Sydney cds, fine  | ||
| Lot 1120 | [ PPC ] |
Third Convoy: 1915 (23 Feb) picture postcard (Soldier's Barracks, Thursday Island) to London cancelled Thursday Island cds, and with Singapore transit cds (16 MR 1915), straight line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet  | ||
| Lot 1121 | [ C ] |
Seventh Convoy: 1915 (28 June) cover addressed to Capt. R.E. Smith at Enoggera Camp, readdressed to Base Records Melbourne, with 1d Red KGV Die 2 tied by Melbourne machine. Capt. Smith was on board Transport A60 which left Sydney on 7 July 1915  | ||
| Lot 1122 | [ C ] |
1915 (19 Aug) picture postcard (Port Said) addressed to Adelaide endorsed 'At Sea Aug 19th'. Carried to London where boxed 'RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' was applied. Ex Emery  | ||
| Lot 1123 | [ PPC/C ] |
1916 (22 Jun) Y.M.C.A. cover to Brisbane with '1ST L.H. BDE./DETAILS F.P.O.' cds, and superb 'A.I.F./PASSED CENSOR 49' in violet, from ship A49 ('Seang Choong'), and 1916 picture postcard (Cape Verde) with autographs of 15 servicemen mostly from the Medical Corps and quoting their enlistment numbers, headed 'HMATS Seang Bee' and 'At Sea/Sep 4 1916' (2)  | ||
| Lot 1124 | [ PS ] |
1918 (30 May) use of gratuitous 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE LETTER CARD' to South Australia (re-addressed to Adelaide) with 'A.I.F./Passed by Censor No. ....' in purple as used on convoys. Some toning on both sides  | ||
