1917 (2 August) OHMS 'State War council' printed lettersheet with 1d Red KGV punctured OS cancelled Melbourne cds, addressed to Richmond and with message authorising payment of £30 to Mr J.H. Wilson to allow him to resume his former occupation, Ink marks due to misplaced machine cancellation, otherwise fine
Lot 870
Estimate: $75
1917 (31 Oct) cover endorsed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' and 'NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' but with 1d Red superimposed and cancelled Melbourne machine, addressed to St. Peters (SA). Posted prior to the troop transport 'Aeneas' leaving Melbourne on 30 October and likely paid in cash, with the 1d stamp added on arrival at the post office. The writer was Gerard Roberts to his mother; he was wounded in France and died there on 12 May 1918. Full details enclosed with lot
Lot 871
Estimate: $60
1918 (30 September) stampless Y.M.C.A. envelope endorsed 'On Active Service' with enclosed letter on Y.M.C.A. notepaper headed 'Westham Camp Weymouth', addressed to Sydney and with 'A.I.F. CAMP P.O./16' cds, fine
Lot 872
Estimate: $120
1918 (Nov) Y.M.C.A. stampless postcard addressed to Digby (Vic) and endorsed on reverse 'At sea', with double-lined rectangular '????? EMBARKATION/OFFICE/LANE COVE WHARF,/CIRCULAR QUAY.' in blue, very fine and scarce
Lot 873
Estimate: $40
1919 (11 Jan) cover with 1d Red KGV cancelled Wynyard (Tas) cds, addressed to a Private in the 1st Machine Gun Battalion, with (on reverse) printed label 'AUSTRALIAN Imperial Forces/This bundle of letters is Not to be opened except by Addressee./Redirected A.B.P.O., London.', some soiling
Lot 874
Estimate: $250
Northern Territory: Collection of covers with extensive range of Field POs, apparently all different datestamp or allocation, Army POs include Unit Postal Station 345, 349, 356, 357, 418, 420 and 13 rubber types, Air Force 20 - 28, Navy PO 1 (cds and handstamp), Base PO 7, MD 017 and 018, rare RAAF Postal Unit No 7 (no listing by Proud, date error '1954' for '1942') and 1944 registered with poor or fair strikes of rare double oval 'C.A.L. of C. Postal Unit/Alices Springs', a few faults (48 covers and 3 fronts)
Lot 875
Estimate: $250
Netherlands Indies - Ambon: 1941 (31 Dec) airmail cover with 1d and 4d tied by two of three strikes of the very rare Field Post Office '070' cds ('no seen' by Proud) only used by Gull Force on Ambon, another stamp lost in transit (?) although 5d was the correct airmail rate, minor faults. Gull Force comprised 1131 men who were transported from Darwin to defend Ambon. The Japanese landed 20,000 troops on the island and Gull Force was forced to surrender. 779 members died either on Ambon - including 229 who were massacred at Laha after surrendering – or after being moved to Hainan, China. The sender was Private Francis Louis Cross, who died on Ambon on 5/7/1945. The vendor records only two other 070 covers, this being the only one with legible date
Lot 876
Estimate: $40
1942 (15 September) censored air mail cover to Sydney with 4d Koala cancelled 'FIELD P.O./098' cds at Ferndale (Qld), listed as 'Not Seen' by Proud
Lot 877
Estimate: $100
Realised Price : $100
Netherlands Forces: 1943-45 covers (4) from Air Force PO 22 (Batchelor, Northern Territory with circular 'Passed by R.N.F. Censor' 15 (two, one registered with manuscript alteration to 'No. 1') or 17, plus Brisbane - USA with RNF censor and on reverse 'Royal Neth. Indies Army/Concession Rate' handstamp (4)
Lot 878
Estimate: $180
Netherlands New Guinea: 1943-45 group, with FPO 167 (Merauke), Unit Postal Station A.P.1 (Merauke, large rubber boxed type with swan/boomerang), Air Force OPO 80 (Hollandia, cds front and back, one of the rarest Australia WWII datestamps, Proud rated 600 points), 234 (N£mloor Island, three with one illustrated and one registered) and 250 (Merauke) (7 items)
Lot 879
Estimate: $200
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 880
Estimate: $350
Netherlands Indies: 1945 group, all different allocations with FPOs 026, 036, 28 (two, Morotai and Balikpapan), 54, 392 (Proud, Collas record no usage), enclosed letter headed 2/12 AGH mentions 'Things in Balikpapan are progressing favourably', also two Base PO cds and 1942 inwards to Java with fine 'Not Transmissible/Service Suspended' applied, includes four registered and two fine illustrated covers. Odd fault, but mainly fine and a scarce group (19 covers)
Lot 881
Estimate: $140
Labuan: 1945 covers, one (June) with light Aust Army PO 239 cds, the other (29 Dec) with fine Air Force PO 234 cds (2)
Lot 882
Estimate: $50
1945 (5 July) censored air mail cover to Melbourne with 3d George VI tied by 'FIELD POST OFFICE/037' cds (Labuan, British North Borneo)
Lot 883
Estimate: $200
Sarawak: 1945 covers (two), first c. August with Aust Unit Postal Station 443 cds (only recorded for Sarawak, July-September 1945), censor 3045; second FPO 0389, unclear 1945 date on combined Salvation Army ACF YMCA envelope (used from 1944 onwards), headed 'OAS' and with 3d franking indicating outside Australia, censor 907. Rare, Proud rating 1000 and 1500 points (2)
Lot 884
Estimate: $120
Netherlands Indies - Ambon: 1945 (31 Dec) official cover with fine 'AUST ARMY P.O.207' cds, printed address 'Salt Distribution Office/C.o HQ 6 (mss) Aust. Base Post Office' (then at Morotai). The vendor records only four covers from this allocation
Lot 885
Estimate: $90
1967 Vietnam Forces: set of envelopes each franked with 5c Thornbill cancelled by 'AUST. F.P.O.' cds numbered '1' to '5'. No. 5 with some overall toning on face, others fine (5)
Lot 886
Estimate: $250
Cinderellas: Selection of patriotic labels, with various types of War Bond labels (7, with one duplicate), Tasmanian label encouraging enlistment (2), also ½d perforated 'DISABLED SERVICE' War Seal, and Y.M.C.A. 'SNAPSHOTS FROM HOME LEAGUE' seal, generally fine and a scarce group (11)
Lot 887
Estimate: $200
Cinderellas: World War I 'LIBERTY LOAN' patriotic label featuring sailor and flag sheet of 25, large stain at lower right corner, few other blemishes and splitting of roulettes between second and third rows, however very scarce as a complete sheet
