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Online General Sale No. 83 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 7th February 2025 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 1145 | [ ^ ] |
Western Australia World War II CDS on piece: Air Force PO 51 (2 cds, only used four months in 1943 at short-lived mobile PO near Onslow), also RAAF Perth (2), 8500 (3), 8504, 8505, FPO 035, 036, 051, 057, 155, 156, 204, some duplication, many rated '1' by Goulder (21 pieces)   | ||
| Lot 1146 | [ C ] |
Papua World War II: 1941-42 Port Moresby covers (i) Papua 4d tied Port Moresby cds, Unit censor, others from RAAF Postal Unit No. 6; (ii) Papua 4d tied steel cds both RAAF and Army censors (toning); (iii) Australia 3½d and ½d tied rubber cds; (iv) unfranked 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' handstamp, typed 'PORT MORESBY/PAPUA', interesting group (4)   | ||
| Lot 1147 | [ C ] |
1942 (27 Feb) airmail cover (crease) with 3d (3) and 9d (3) tiled by 'ARMY P.O./A.W. 1' datestamps of Beit Jirja, Palestine, showing boxed handstampo 'AIR SERVICE/NOT AVAILABLE'  | ||
| Lot 1148 | [ C ] |
Ceylon World War II: 1942 (Mar-Oct) covers unfranked showing AIF FPO 23 or Army PO 067 (2), earliest with AIF censor, others with Ceylon censorship, minor faults (3)  | ||
| Lot 1149 | [ C ] |
Papua: 1943 airmail covers (3, two registered) from Air Force PO 74 (Port Moresby), one scarce 'R.A.A.F. PORT MORESBY' registration handstamp, with fine rubber cds (Proud rates value 60 points x 20) front and back, others showing both types of steel cds (3)  | ||
| Lot 1150 | [ C ] |
Solomon Islands: 1944 (23 Aug) inter unit registered air cover from Aust Unit Postal Station 373 at Mono Island (backstamped 374, Emirau Island PNG 28.8.44), and 1945 (16 Jun, manuscript 'Recd 25/6/45') air cover with A.I.F. Field P.O. No. 15, unusually with R.A.A.F. Censor 811, used at Green Island (also called Nissan Island). A rare pair, latter 'Not Seen' by Proud (2)  | ||
| Lot 1151 | [ C ] |
Labuan: 1945 covers, one (June) with light Aust Army PO 239 cds, the other (29 Dec) with fine Air Force PO 234 cds (2)  | ||
