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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL HISTORY, GENERAL
Lot 1002 | [ C/PS ] |
Registered Mail: Registered Letter docket and receipt (Form E5, dated 1900) for Receiving Office Keeper, very fine, triangular 'REGISTERED MAIL' Form R19 printed in red (fine), and 1920 (20 Jun) OHMS 'RATION COUPON RECEIPT', OHMS printed registered envelope used from West Maitland to Sydney, opened out, with creases and small faults, but very scarce (3 items)  | ||
| Lot 1003 | [ PPC ] |
1914 (24 Mar - 25 Apr) picture postcards (Sydney, Sth Aust, Ship flags, Naples) to Turramurra, Sydney from German ship each franked Germania 10pf tied 'DEUTSCHE/SEEPOST/AUSTRALISCHE/HAUPTLINIE' cds, one also Melbourne and one Port Taufiq cds (5, odd fault)   | ||
| Lot 1004 | [ C ] |
1930 (23 Jul) envelope endorsed 'Printed Matter Only' to the Netherland Indies posted on board ship with KGV 1d Green tied by Batavia 'PAQUEBOT' boxed cachet (previously recorded in 1935 only) and Soerabaja 'VOLKSTELLING. . . ' slogan cds alongside, batavia '25.7.30' transit on face where re-directed with 'WELTEVREDEN' boxed cachet in red at base, received there on the same day then re-directed to England a few days later, a couple of very minor blemishes  | ||
| Lot 1005 | [ C ] |
1930-38 covers with all different car part advertisements for Elphinstones Ltd., Brisbane, 1d, 2d or 3d frankings, attractive group (4)   | ||
| Lot 1006 | [ C ] |
1933 (8 Mar) registered OHMS cover from Dartmoor to Branxholme Vic, then readdressed and franked with combination OS opts 2d and perf OS KGV 3d, many backstamps  | ||
| Lot 1007 | [ C ] |
Express/Messenger Delivery/Express Courier 1935-91 group with wide range of different rates and frankings (23)       | ||
| Lot 1008 | [ 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 1009 | [ C ] |
1937-51 Return to Sender and other unusual usages annotated on leaves, including EAMS first service registered and to New Zealand (no service), another with 'Delivery Impracticable . . . ' handstamp, 1940 (7 Nov) to AIF abroad with 'Saved From Sea' handstamp and several Return to Sender items, 1954 underpaid air wrapper held for additional postage, 1941 'Received Torn . . . ', 1947 insured food parcel label and a couple of others. Very interesting lot with unique usages (11)    | ||
| Lot 1010 | [ 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 1011 | [ 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 1012 | [ C ] |
Express Delivery: 1939-41 covers franked 1937-49 animal solos Perf 14 x 13½ 5d (concession rate, scarce), 6d or 9d (airmail), plus Perf 15 x 14 4d tied by Express datestamp apparently sent from Manly PO for local delivery (without going through post, rarely seen), plus 1/- on 1951 (airmail) (5, some roughly opened)   | ||
| Lot 1013 | [ C ] |
1940s-1960s small group of single usages on cover, including a few better items, with 1951 Federation (airmail to Canada), 1953 2/- Coronation (airmail to USA), 1953 Tasmania Sesqui (airmail to USA), 1955 2/- Cobb & Co (airmail to Germany), 1956 1/- Olympics (airmail to Germany). Generally fine, a useful group (16 covers)     | ||
| Lot 1014 | [ C ] |
1940 (21 Sep) unsealed cover from Boulder (WA) to Melbourne, with blue handstamp 'HELD PENDING/PRODUCTION OF AUTHORITY/24 Sep 1940'. possibly the sender has applied to have the item returned  | ||
| Lot 1015 | [ C ] |
Insufficient Postage/Debit Docket handstamps on registered covers, with Adelaide c1950s and 1956 (23); Sydney 1959, 1960 (from Hume Weir), and 1966 (2); Melbourne 1959 (manuscript) and 1975; plus Rockhampton 1973 piece, all different, fine strikes (9 covers, 1 piece)    | ||
| Lot 1016 | [ C ] |
1951 (Jun) envelope from Melbourne to Sydenham, re-addressed to Rockbank and endorsed 'Coin', officially registered with Melbourne label, taxed 1/- and paid with extraordinary usage of Victoria 3d Stamp Duty (4) tied by Rockbank datestamps  | ||
| Lot 1017 | [ 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 1018 | [ C ] |
1964 (6 Jan) airmail envelope to Wales franked with 2/3d Cable tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND' cds, scarce  | ||
| Lot 1019 | [ C ] |
Priority Paid Mail: 1970s to 1990s correspondence to a Sydney address featuring a wide range of adhesives to meet the varying rates of the period, mostly from Victoria but other States also represented, wide range of clock markings, some instructional handstamps, also a few Messenger Delivery and Certified Mail covers. Condition varies, but most are good to fine (approx 230 covers)      | ||
| Lot 1020 | [ 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)  | ||
