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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, YMCA AND OTHER STATIONERY FOR A.I.F. MAIL
Lot 1260 | [ PS ] |
Undated Brisbane Y.M.C.A. illustrated post card intended for use of the troopships, however used later during the Gallipoli campaign, as evidenced by the boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2212/CENSOR' handstamp in pink, minor blemishes but rare, illustrated in the Emery Supplement, page 147  | ||
| Lot 1261 | [ C ] |
Australian Red Cross Society: 1918 (1 Mar) local Melbourne cover with 1d Red KGV with machine cancel  | ||
| Lot 1262 | [ PS ] |
Brooks & Co. Ltd. patriotic envelope featuring Flags of the Allies, used to England with 1d Red KGV tied by Brisbane machine cancel, 10 NOV 14. Central stain and flap faults but very scarce  | ||
| Lot 1263 | [ C ] |
Methodist Church of Australia: 1919 (27 Feb) 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' (deleted) and handstamped 'MILITARY COMMITTEE/PLEASE FORWARD' cover to Kempsey (NSW) with 1½d Brown KGV tied by unclear NSW cds  | ||
| Lot 1264 | [ C ] |
1916 (10 Jun) 'Salvation Army Camp and Institute' cover to Evans Plains (NSW) with 1d Red KGV tied by Bathurst cds. Portion of back flap missing, minor blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1265 | [ PS ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 'Y.M.C.A. Snapshots from Home League of Australia' with unused envelope, and message form, together with two photographs (63 x 63mm) endorsed on reverse 'Eric' and 'Eric P./Jean H./Jean B.' Condition superb, and a rare survivor of this service which provided for the transmission of photographs to servicemen abroad (4 items)  | ||
| Lot 1266 | [ C ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 1919 (16 Jun)? Melbourne Y.M.C.A. envelope printed in red-brown, used from Cape Town to Victoria, with straight line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet, minor Blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1267 | [ C ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 1915 (12 Apr) 'ADELAIDE/Y.M.C.A. ARMY DEPARTMENT' envelope used to England, with Cairo cds and endorsed 'No Stamps Available', fine  | ||
| Lot 1268 | [ C ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 'The Y.M.C.A./With the Egyptian Expeditionary Force' envelope with 'ARMY POSTY OFFICE/SZ 22' skeleton cds and triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/crown/No. 3291' censor handstamp in violet, very fine  | ||
| Lot 1269 | [ PS ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 'ADELAIDE/Y.M.C.A./TENTS' illustrated lettersheet, minor soiling along fold otherwise fine and rare, especially in this condition  | ||
| Lot 1270 | [ PS ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: Range of different style postcards, one dated Jun 1914 from First Convoy taxed 2d, one On Active Service and censored, one unused with pencil sketch of Ammunition Dump. Some small faults, but a useful group (5)   | ||
| Lot 1271 | [ C ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 1918 (26 Jan) 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES/Y.M.C.A.' On Active Service cover addressed to Adelaide, with 'A.I.F. CAMP P.O./3 double ring ds (Fovant), and triangular censor handstamp with manuscript initials inserted  | ||
| Lot 1272 | [ C ] |
Young Men's Christian Association: 1918 (10 July) On Active Service cover to Sydney with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/183 double ring ds, 1916 (Nov) cover to Sydney with G.B. 1d indistinctly cancelled (both roughly opened), and 1919 (10 Apr) cover to Melbourne with G.B. 1½d cancelled Sutton Very Camp cds. Also Y.M.C.A. writing pad 'CHEERO'/FROM THE/AUSTRALIAN/Y.M.C.A.' dated Xmas 1917 (with faults, no writing sheets remain) (3 covers plus one item)  | ||
