AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY CAMPS

Lot 1116	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $250 Purchase Price : $222 Picture Postcards: Small range, mostly real photo types, including scenes at Manjimup and Blackboy Hill, march pasts, and other group photographs. A scarce group, generally fine (8)
Lot 1117	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 Picture Postcards: George Roberston & Co. 'Expeditionary Series', showing 'Australia's Expeditionary Force Marching to Camp', and 'Australia's Infantry March Past', both very fine (2)
Lot 1118	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $600 Purchase Price : $536 Picture Postcards: Inscribed 'Australian European Expeditionary Force, 1914-15' in colour on reverse, three designs showing 'First Expeditionary Force Marching to Camp', and 'Governor-General Inspecting Troops' (two versions), one with corner stain, otherwise fine and rare. Ex Finlayson (ex group of four cards which realised AU$1375) (3)
Lot 1119	[ PS ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 'Marlborough Folding Patriotic Souvenir' containing eight photographs of mostly the Australian Expeditionary Force in March Pasts prior to embarkation for Egypt, but also with photos of H.M.A.S. Sydney and H.M.A. Submarine AE1. Franked 1d Red KGV cancelled at Melbourne 2 December 1915. Some splitting along folds and toning, contents fine
Lot 1120	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $50 Purchase Price : $45 1915 'Souvenir of Australia's Fighting Sons' folder of eleven photographs taken at the Liverpool and Randwick Camps, and Mena Camp in Egypt, used from Sydney to Burrumbuttock (NSW), 1d Red KGV stamp damaged by opening, fine condition
Lot 1121	[ O ]	Estimate: $40 Purchase Price : $35 Military Camps: Small group of datestamps on KGV issues - 'MILITARY CAMP MARIBYRNONG' on 1d Red OS, 'MILITARY CAMP BROADMEADOWS' on 1d Red OS, 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' on 1d Red on small piece, 'BLACKBOY HILL/WESTN AUSTRALIA' on ½d Green OS, 1d Red on small piece, and 4d orange (defect) (6)
Lot 1122	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 Picture Postcards: Small range, with 'Claremont Camp Near Hobart', 'View Camp Frasers Paddock', Nurse outside Tent real photo types; 'Our Australian Nurses', 'The First Australian Expeditionary Force in Camp in Victoria', Driver and Ambulance, 'Y.M.C.A.' Soldiers Club', and 'Motor Supply Column Camp', all generally fine (8)
Lot 1123	[ C ]	Estimate: $600 Purchase Price : $536 1915 (7 Oct) OHMS cover to Belmont (WA) with 1d Red KGV Sideface tied by Adelaide machine cancel. With triple circle 'MILITARY CAMP, ASCOT/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' violet rubber ds 19 OCT 1915 on reverse, and OCT 20 1915' handstamp in same colour on face, also Blackboy Hill cds 15 NOV 1915. Superb straight-line 'UNCLAIMED' and returned to sender. The Ascot rubber cds is very rare, with possibly only one other strike on cover recorded
Lot 1124	[ C ]	Estimate: $200 Purchase Price : $175 1916 (6 Jul) cover to Balmain with 1d Red KGV tied by 'BATHURST MILTY. CAMP/N.S.W.' cds, with a second very fine strike at lower Left
Lot 1125	[ C ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 Bendigo Military Camp: 1917 (10 Sep) Salvation Army cover to Evandale (Tas) with 1d Red KGHV tied by 'MILITARY CAMP/BENDIGO' cds, fine
Lot 1126	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 Blackboy Hill Military Camp: 1915 (27 Aug)? real photo picture postcard showing a group of recruits at Blackboy Hill, addressed to Perth with 1d Red KGV tied by unclear cds
Lot 1127 SOLD	[ ^ ]	Estimate: $120 Realised Price : $115 Blackboy Hill Military Camp: 1d Red KGV strip of 3 and single on small piece cancelled by three strikes of 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/BLACKBOY HILL oval ds in blue dated NOV 10 14. A very rare marking
Lot 1128 SOLD	[ C ]	Estimate: $70 Realised Price : $80 Blackboy Hill: 1916 (19 Feb) YMCA envelope with 1d Red KGV tied by Blackboy Hill cds, addressed to Perth
Lot 1129	[ PS ]	Estimate: $750 Purchase Price : $670 1916 (29 Jan) 'Y.M.C.A.'/OF PERTH/(W.A.)/MILITARY TENTS' illustrated lettersheet with message headed 'Blackboy Hill Camp', addressed to Perth and cancelled by Perth machine. Fine and very rare, illustrated in Emery's Supplement, page 151
Lot 1130 SOLD	[ C ]	Estimate: $300 Realised Price : $850 Broadmeadows Military Camp: 1916 (26 Feb) cover with 1d Red KGV tied by Mildura cds, addressed to a Private in E Coy. at the Camp, with strike of 'MILITARY ENCAMPMENT/VIC' cds also tying stamp, and with boxed 'UNCLAIMED AT/MILITARY CAMP/BROADMEADOWS', plus large 'REIN/NOT DEPOT' in red, Melbourne Dead Letter Office backstamp. Spike hole and minor soiling, however very scarce
Lot 1131	[ C ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 Broadmeadows Military Camp: 1916 (3 Oct) Y.M.C.A. envelope addressed to Jambuk, with 1d Red KGV tied by 'MILITARY CAMP BROADMEADOWS/VICTORIA' cds, fine
Lot 1132	[ C ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 Broadmeadows Military Camp: 1917 (30 Mar) S.A. Railways Military Service Pay postcard to Adelaide, with 1d Red KGV tied by 'MILITARY CAMP BROADMEADOWS/VICTORIA' cds, very fine
Lot 1133	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $120 Purchase Price : $105 Caulfield Military Hospital: Photographic cards showing different views of the hospital, published by 'The Rose Stereographs', all very fine (5)
Lot 1134 SOLD	[ C ]	Estimate: $250 Realised Price : $400 Duntroon Military Camp: 1917 'DUNTROON/THE R.M.C. OF AUSTRALIA' illustrated folder with ten postcard size foldout photos of the Military College and its activities, addressed to Auburn N.S.W. with 1d Red KGV tied by 'DUNTROON MILTY CAMP/N.S.W.' cds
Lot 1135 SOLD	[ PS ]	Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $480 Liverpool Military Camp: 1917 (27 Jun) 4d Orange registration envelope (BW RE6B) addressed to Melbourne stamp Dealer William Ackland, cancelled 'LIVERPOOL MILITARY CAMP/N.S.W. cds, with three further strikes on reverse, and with 'LIVERPOOL M C' provisional orange registration label, fine
Lot 1136	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $600 Purchase Price : $536 Liverpool Military Camp: 'Souvenir/of/Australia's/Fighting Sons/LIVERPOOL CAMP.' fold-out of eight photographs of activities at the camp, fine and very rare. Also a picture postcard of 'Church of England Service, Liverpool' (2 items)
Lot 1137 SOLD	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $80 Liverpool Military Camp: 1917 (13 Feb) Y.M.C.A. patriotic picture postcard (tattered Union Jack) with 1d Red KGV tied by fine strike of 'LIVERPOOL MILITARY CAMP/N.S.W.' cds, minor blemishes
Lot 1138	[ C ]	Estimate: $80 Purchase Price : $70 Military Camp 1, Tasmania: 1916 (29 Sep) O.H.M.S. cover to Ulverstone with 1d Red KGV tied by 'MILITARY CAMP 1/TASMANIA' cds, fine
Lot 1139	[ C ]	Estimate: $60 Purchase Price : $54 Mitcham Military Camp: 1916 (3 Jul) S.A. Railways Military Service Pay postcard addressed to Adelaide, with 1d Red KGV tied by 'MILITARY CAMP MITCHAM/STH AUST' cds, very fine
Lot 1140	[ O ]	Estimate: $40 Purchase Price : $35 'MOORE PARK MILITARY CAMP/N.S.W.' part strikes on ½d Kangaroo Punctured 'OS' and 4d Lemon KGV dated 12 OCT 16 and 6 JU 16 respectively (2)
Lot 1141	[ PPC ]	Estimate: $100 Purchase Price : $88 Seymour Military Camp: Two real photo picture postcards, featuring 'Sunset A.I.F. Camp Seymour 12', and 'Seymour Military Camp from Reservoir 35', both very fine (2)