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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL MARKINGS
Lot 1324 | [ ^ ] |
1950s 'PARCEL POST' postage paid machine impressions, each affixed to small card, with examples from Clarence Street (NSW), Haymarket (NSW), Richmond (Vic), Russell Street (Vic), wide range of rates represented. Scarce material (14)  | ||
| Lot 1325 | [ PS ] |
Australian Capital Territory: Jervis Bay 1942 (23 Nov) used of 5½d registration envelope (flap at right, BW RE30, missing part flap), cds on front and back, rare provisional registration handstamp 'JERVIS BAY' in lieu of label  | ||
| Lot 1326 | [ PS/C ] |
1915 (15 Feb) 4d KGV registration envelope cancelled 'AGRICULTURAL SHOWGROUND/SYDNEY N.S.W.' cds, with a further strike alongside, there is no registration label but merely the registration number '162' at top left, and with backstamps of Sydney, Manly and Narrabeen. Rather spotty, but nevertheless very scarce. Also a 1d Red KGV with part strike of the same cds, and a 1913 incoming telegram from Melbourne (3)  | ||
| Lot 1327 | [ C ] |
New South Wales: 1936 (1 Jun) illustrated cover with 2d Cable tied by fair Mt. Kosciusko cds  | ||
| Lot 1328 | [ C ] |
1936 (6 Apr) registered cover from Royal Easter Show endorsed 'Commercial Papers Only' and franked 1d KGV and 2d Cable pair tied by fine 'SHOW GROUND/SYDNEY' cds, with provisional registration label, additional strike of cds on reverse. Small stain, but a very scarce commercial usage  | ||
| Lot 1329 | [ C ] |
1937 (24 Mar) registered cover from the Royal Easter Show with 4d KGV cancelled superb 'SHOW GROUND'/SYDNEY' cds and with provisional registration label, additional strike on reverse  | ||
| Lot 1330 | [ C ] |
1938 (19 Apr) N.S.W. Philatelic Exhibition cover with 2d George V cancelled Show Ground cds, minor creasing at left, otherwise fine  | ||
| Lot 1331 | [ PS ] |
1939 (1 Apr) 2d stamped envelope cancelled fine Show Ground cds, and endorsed 'First Visit to Australia of American Indians and officer of Canadian RNWMP Easter 1939', with signatures, fine  | ||
| Lot 1332 | [ C ] |
Royal Easter Show, Sydney: 1947 (registered), 1949, 1951 (registered), 1954 (registered) covers with Show Ground cds; 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964 covers with Sydney Showground cds, plus 1993 cover with Sydney Showground cds, mostly fine (10)    | ||
| Lot 1333 | [ ^/C ] |
New South Wales: 1960s and 1970s accumulation of pieces and covers showing the various forms of slogans used in machine cancellations (both Sydney and suburban) to promote the Sydney Royal Easter Show, includes some 'PAID' machines. Also included are a number of pictorial envelopes for the Easter Show with various postmarks, and a few pieces of ephemera (68 covers and pieces)        | ||
| Lot 1334 | [ C ] |
New South Wales: Foolscap sheet with strikes of datestamps held by the Goulburn P.O. dated 1964, with few additional instruments added on the 1970s, the Goulburn roller cancel, and undated strikes of the machine date cases. A useful document  | ||
| Lot 1335 | [ C ] |
Victoria (South-west): Unclaimed markings on cover 1932 to 2000s, many fine handstamps including Apollo Bay, Barwon Heads ,Beech Forest, Breakwater, Caramut, many Geelong and suburbs, Hamilton, also some manuscript and unnamed handstamps. Such markings are scarce outside of Melbourne (41 covers)     | ||
| Lot 1336 | [ C ] |
Victoria (North-west): Unclaimed markings on cover Bacchus Marsh, Ballarat and west to Wimmera and Mallee, some superb handstamps including 1937 registered Merbein and Robinvale; 1950s-1970s Beaulah, Horsham, Mildura, Miners Rest, Murtoa, Nyah West, Swan Hill, Wendouree, Yendon, some manuscript markings and unnamed handstamps, stated all different, some rare material (60 covers)     | ||
| Lot 1337 | [ C ] |
Victoria: Cohuna 1946 (6 Sep) local cover with very fine 'PAID AT COHUNA/1½D' cds, rated RRRRR  | ||
| Lot 1338 | [ C ] |
Victorian Paid Datestamps, mostly cds plus a few machine cancels, from 1904 Bendigo, others 1930-2000 with mainly very fine 1930s Abbotsford, Colac, Footscray (on 1932 Chalmers Bootery advertising pamphlet), Williamstown on Nugget Boot Polish advertising cover, Wonthaggi 1929 used by mistake to cancel stamps, also Charlton (sdl, 4R superb), all different, good range all periods, many very fine (74 covers)       | ||
| Lot 1339 | [ C ] |
Western Australia: Bruce Rock, 1955 window envelope with very fine 'PAID' '3D' cds in black, PMI only records one date  | ||
| Lot 1340 | [ PPC ] |
Western Australia: 1964 (27 Feb) picture postcard (Perth Skyline) to England with 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger tied by Fremantle 'PAQUEBOT' machine cancellation, scarce solo usage cat BW at AU$40  | ||
| 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)      | ||
