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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL MARKINGS, SPECIAL POSTMARKS
Lot 1341 | [ C ] |
1937 (30 Sep) First Field Post Office postcard with ½d KGV pair cancelled 'FIELD POST OFFICE/No. 1' cds, plus similar cards for 1938 (29 Sep) with ½d KGV cancelled 'FIELD POST OFFICE/No. 2' cds, and 1939 (28 Sep) with ½d Kangaroo (2) cancelled 'FIELD POST OFFICE/No. 3' cds. Also Eastern Golf Club Field Post Office postcard with 2d NSW Sesqui cancelled with 1937 Air Mail Exhibition datestamp (4)   | ||
| Lot 1342 | [ C ] |
Special Postmarks: 1938-70 small group of registered covers, comprising 1938 British Empire Games with N.S.W. Sesqui set, 1947 Newcastle 150th Anniversary Philatelic Exhibition with Newcastle set, 1962 XIIth World's Poultry Congress, 1964 British Exhibition (these two with provisional registration labels), and 1970 XVIIIth International Dairy Congress (5 covers)   | ||
| Lot 1343 | [ C ] |
1938 (23 May) registered cover to East Malvern (Vic) cancelled 'INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW/MELBOURNE N3 VIC' cds, and with handstamped registration label, small stain in lower left corner, otherwise fine and scarce  | ||
| Lot 1344 | [ C ] |
1938 (Sep) covers cancelled at Queensland Philatelic Society Exhibition Brisbane (3, one registered with printed registration label). Also Royal Geographical Society of Australia covers with special postmarks for Leichhardt Centenary (17 Dec 1945) and Mitchell Centenary (19 Sep 1946), fine (5)   | ||
| Lot 1345 | [ C ] |
Special Postmarks: 1950s to recent accumulation of special event postmarks on cover, good representation of 1950s and 1960s, but strength in more modern period, and including many strikes on specially prepared covers, some duplication but a useful lot (197)       | ||
| Lot 1346 | [ P/C ] |
1950 (4 Oct) proof on photographic paper of the special postmark for the 1950 Australian National Philatelic Exhibition, with notations of alterations to be made, a very unusual piece. Together with two covers (one registered) showing the use of the Postmark   | ||
| Lot 1347 | [ C ] |
Special Postmarks: 1960s to 1980s covers posted at events held Sydney Trade Fair, 1962 World Poultry Congress, 1964 British Exhibition, and range of 1970s and 1980s events. Generally fine, with some duplication (32 covers, plus some ephemera)     | ||
| Lot 1348 | [ C ] |
1962 (Aug 10) XIIth World's Poultry Congress, Sydney registered envelopes franked with 2/5d Banksia cancelled special postmark and with handstamped registration label, fine (2)  | ||
| Lot 1349 | [ C ] |
Special Postmarks: A study of the datestamps and special postmarks used for the Sydney Royal Easter Show 1978 to 1992, including many on pictorial and special event covers, with detailed check list of the markings used, some duplication (85 covers)      | ||
