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LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

421

1927 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' cachets in black on covers from Camooweal (Qld) x4 each with 'See/Western Queensland' black/red QANTAS airmail labels (two are tied by the handstamp) and in violet on covers from Adelaide and from Melbourne x5, all to David Bros Cessnock (NSW) franked with Canberra Parliament House 1½d strips of 3, some with mostly minor blemishes. (10)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

422

1930s illustrated souvenir envelopes for 'Southern Cross', 'Faith in Australia' x3 different, Australia-England x2 different and 1935 'Jubilee Air Mail', a couple with very minor blemishes otherwise very fine unused and very scarce thus. (7)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

423

Advertising covers with all-different meter cancels 1930s-70s with many illustrated envelopes for companies & brands such as Angus & Coote's diamond rings, Dunlop tennis racquets & balls and automotive tyres, Allan's 'Home of Music' (piano), Breakfast D'Light porridge, Harper's Easi Oats & Dog Chow, Cornwell's malt extract (postcard), Arnott's biscuits (parrot), Brockhoff's biscuits, Ainslie's scotch whisky, Palmolive soap, Solyptol antiseptic, Sorbent toilet paper, Lazy Days sportswear, Airedale trousers, Supercraft suits & sports coats, Charma & Firmalift bras, Challenge blankets, Gripu trousers (tennis), British Paints Supalusta & Nu-Plastik, Dulux paints, James Hardie Re-Po polish, Comweld & CIG welding equipment, etc, noted a number of early & scarce meters, generally fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (270)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

424

Meter cancels on covers apparently all-different group including illustrated types for products such as Allis-Chalmers road grader, Electric Light globe, Three Bears porridge, Waltham Dan disposals, Columbia Pictures Fred Astaire & Rital Hayworth in 'You'll Never Get Rich', Bendix washers, Columbia & Regal Records LP, etc, then others on illustrated advertising envelopes including Dunlop tyres, Arnott's biscuits (parrot), Lazy Days sportswear, Airedale trousers, Supercraft suits & sports coats, Charma & Firmalift bras, etc, plus 1920s-50s selection of trial strikes on covers & fronts x45 a number with 'SPECIMEN' handstamps for companies & brands including Admiral rum, Aeroplane foods, Atlas lamps, Penfolds wines, Shell motor oil, Simplex fire extinguishers, Wunderlich windows, etc, condition a little mixed but most are fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (250 approx)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

425

Useful group of mostly commercial airmails including 1931 to Malta redirected to Italy, 1933 to GB with KGV 3d & 4d + Large Lyrebird 1/- pair, 1934 to Surrey with odd Australia/New Caledonia combination franking, 1934 underpaid to Berkshire with 3d Air x3 + Large Kookaburra 6d manuscript "T 100" with Postage Dues 2d & 4d x2 added, 1939 1/9d rate to Germany with 'AUSTRALIA-ITALY' handstamp applied at Adelaide GPO, a couple of consular items, addresses including United Nations in Switzerland & Esperanto Museum in Austria, a few better frankings including 2/- & 2/3d Commemoratives and 1965 with Birds 9d & 1/6d, 1930s items with a few faults otherwise generally fine to very fine. (30) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

426

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Unusual range of mostly better covers with WWI & WWII POW mail, Vietnam War registered OHMS (not from the Cadd Correspondence) & Free covers from HMAS 'Brisbane' & 'Perth', ship & paquebot mail including with scarcer 'DAMAGED BY FIRE/ON SS COMORIN' and 1919 'OCEAN LETTER' registered at Adelaide, 1942 commercial cover with unauthorised 1d bisect for the new War Tax, complete parcel label on parcel tag with Vic Centenary 1/-, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A very good lot. (41) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

427

Military Mail group from WWI onwards with a few scarce cachets including 'AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS/DEPOT/23OCT1918/ HALEFIELD CAMP', several POW items from Germany & two PPCs from Switzerland to an Australian POW in Germany, 'MILITARY ENVELOPE' 1d with 'AIF, ABROAD' at base used x4, patriotic 'Flags' envelope with KGV 1d red to "Victoria Barracks/Sydney", 1918 stampless cover from a hospital in France to Australia, 1918 usage of Australian Red Cross parcel label to an injured Australian soldier repatriated to Switzerland with GB stamps; WWII group with a few Forces illustrated envelopes, British India Line cover with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s, a few POW items from Germany one redirected to HMS 'Challenger' with 4d Koala for Forces airmail, Red Cross envelope with Solid Bar at Base to a POW in Malaya with the enclosed letter, air cover from a POW to GB with boxed 'PERMISSION/GRANTED' h/s, good range of Forces datestamps including a few on registered covers plus Jack Leek or similar registered covers from Mil POs at Darley, Glenfield, Rowville, Rutherford & Tamworth No 2 x2; Vietnam War with 50c booklets with QEII 5c or Bird 5c (CTO) and registered covers from AFPO 1 2 4 (commercial) & 5; and East Timor stampless with oval 'AFPO 5' datestamp; condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

428

1930s illustrated advertising covers with KGV Heads frankings all-different group of NSW firms including Bear & Co furniture stores, Bega 'Commercial Hotel under Vice-Regal Patronage' (building, vehicles & crowd on street), 'Bushells Blue Label Tea' on WH Guy General Storekeeper Binnaway & on CH Thomas Hunter River Stores Branxton covers (presumably printed by the advertiser for the various businesses), Federal Broom Company, Fostars Shoes (ladies' heels), Gladstone Mineral Waters, Cordials & Ice Works (reverse with a pig flat on its back drinking), Hales Bros Sydney Harbour Bridge, Joseph Nathan & Co 'Camp Pie' (multi-coloured), KFB Fuel Stoves, Metter's Electric Stove, W Savage & Co 'The Shovel People', Ward's Stoves, Williamson Croft & Co 'Palm Kalsomine' (multi-coloured), and plenty more, some town cds & machine cancels, condition generally fine to very fine. Very attractive. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (23)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

429

PSE

Interesting mixture including NSW 1d Arms wrapper used Jan 1913 to Canada, Victoria 'Beer & Baccy' postal card unused & 1905 PPC to USA taxed, Kangaroo ½d wrapper used, KGV frankings noted 1d green with 2d Vic Centy to Philippines, 1930s-40s airmails & WWII censored mail noted KGVI 1½d green wrapper to USA uprated with 5d Ram and Brisbane '1' censor handstamp, 1947 Forces in Japan registered airmail to "Warradale Camp" (SA), 1950s Alice Springs (registered) & Darwin illustrated 'tourist' envelopes plus a few South Australian advertising covers, other postal stationery including KGV 'Star' 1½d black-brown Envelope CTO, a few QEII stamped-to-order envelopes plus 1970 5c orange airmail to USA with 20c Expo added, etc, condition a little variable but many are fine to very fine. (120+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$290.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

430

Carton of commercial and philatelic covers notably an array of post-1960s social mail to Fiji at a wide variety of rates & including better adhesives, also to Solomons, and to GB with frankings including 18c Cricket strip of 5 (90c rate) and 5c on 4c booklet pane & pair (35c rate), some KGV covers with 1½d black-browns etc & scarce slogan cancels, 1895 Australian Stamp Co advertising cover registered to Canada, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine; plus basic stamp collection including £sd Navigators unmounted set of 8. Weighs 10kg. (1000+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

431

PSE

Half-carton of commercial, official and military mail plus flight and other philatelic covers, numerous pickings including advertising, electoral mail, Dead Letter Office envelopes, also some Colonies/States material and useful Territories including TPNG 1/7d Registration Envelope unused x2, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (few 100) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

432

Half a carton of covers mostly with Victorian datestamps with strength in 1980s to 2010s including many very scarce rubber types (some pictorial) that will be the "rarities of tomorrow"; also approximately 280 advertising covers mostly from the 1940s to 1960s including many attractive illustrated types some of which we haven't seen before & notably with a duplicated group of Victoria Centenary types, about 50 are usages on KGVI Stamped-To-Order Envelopes; generally fine to very fine. (500 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

433

PSE

World War I group of Field Post Cards & covers etc mostly run-of-the-mill but with locations in France & Flanders identified by Tony Finlayson, better items include 1916 Australian Comforts Fund lettersheet, stampless OHMS cover to "General Sir Wm Birdwood/1st Australian Headquarters/France" with '.../PRIME MINISTER' impressed in red wax on the flap, two covers with 'AUSTRALIAN/RED CROSS' on the flap, GB 2d Forces Registration Envelope with black/pink 'Australian Imperial Force' registration label, French PPC to 14th Australian Field Ambulance with 'NOT WITH 8th AUST FA BDE' h/s in rosine, 'OHMS/(Field Service Postcard)/ Appendix 4' card, 1919 (Feb 18) cover to Finland with red/white 'EXAMINED/BY/BASE CENSOR' label tied by British '[crown]/PASSED/BY/CENSOR/No/5089' & 'S'-in-circle h/s - indicating "Special" Censorship - both in a distinctive red ink, etc. (59 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

434

Small box of 1960s-1970s covers mostly from South Australia & Western Australia, many with instructional markings &/or useful datestamps, generally fine to very fine. (60 approx)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

435

Tourist Envelopes - New South Wales 1930s-80s all-different group with a wide variety of locations & illustrations including 1938 Bathurst 'The City Beautiful' (small faults) & 1939 Bateman's Bay, Moruya & Narooma '50 Miles of Golden Beaches' with 'MORUYA' cds, 1950s Sydney Harbour Bridge fold-out lettersheet, 1960s Snowy Mountains (skiing) with 'ISLAND BEND' cds, Wellington Caves 'The Pulpit, Cathedral Cave', Blackheath 'Gem of the Mountains', Toukley 'Canton Beach' and another from Toukley Newsagency, Port Macquarie 'Carnival of the Pines', 1970s Wellington 'Burrendong Dam' x2 (different formats), Lord Howe Island x2 different, 1980s Cootamundra 'Birthplace of Bradman', etc, lots of solo frankings, the majority are standard-size covers, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (200 approx)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

436

Tourist Envelopes - Queensland 1940s-90s all-different group with a wide variety of locations & illustrations, some advertising local businesses, many beach scenes including surfing, sun-baking & girls in bikinis, hotels & resorts, also noted 1960s Bowen 'Gem of the Gold Coast' with added advertising for The Bowen Independent newspaper & Tivoli Cafe, Mackay Harbour Board x2 different and Clifton (aeroplane), 1967 Bundabery & Gympie centenaries, 1975 Rockhampton Shorts Newsagency airmail to UK with Education 15c Science solo, etc, some postmark interest including 'LONG ISLAND', 'LINDEMAN ISLAND' & 'HAYMAN ISLAND' the latter registered, lots of solo frankings, the majority are standard-size covers, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (250+)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

437

Tourist Envelopes - South Australia 1930s-80s all-different group with a good range of locations & illustrations some advertising local businesses, noted 1932 Victor Harbour 'Peroomba' hotel registered to Melbourne with 'TOO LATE' handstamp (minor faults), 1939 Mt Gambier Tourist Office (telephone) & 1963 'Relax ... Have Fun' (blue lake) to USA, 1960s Millicent (map, cattle & industry), Naracoorte (hunting, fishing, bowls & tennis), Robe Jeff's Newsagency (beach) & Waikerie 'Gateway to the Upper Murray' (fruit), 1968 Coober Pedy The Opal Motel (Aborigine), 1979 Kangaroo Island Islander Newspapers (kangaroo) with 'KINGSCOTE' cds, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (60)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

438

Tourist Envelopes - Tasmania 1940-80s all-different illustrated group including Tasmanian Govt Tourist Bureaux 1946 'The Scenic Wonderland' (map) with KGVI 2½d red perf 'T', 1963 Ulverstone Golf Club (golfer driving), 1964 St Helens 'Tasmania's Complete Coastal Resort' (crayfish), 1973 Stubbs Butchery Penguin 'Holiday Coast', 1988 'Greetings from the Huon' with Geeveston 'PAID' cds, 'Tasmania's Shangri-La' with 'COLES BAY' cds, etc, the majority are standard-size covers, condition a little mixed but most are fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (35)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

439

Tourist Envelopes - Victoria 1950s-80s all-different group with a wide variety of locations & illustrations, some advertising local businesses, noted 1966 Mildura Travel Lodge (hotel, buses & cars), 1950s Mornington x2 different both registered, 1962 Lorne Hearn's Newsagency, 1967 Heyfield & Lake Glenmaggie (water skiing), 1960s Bright 'Sun Valley of Victoria' & 'Heart of the Alps', and Shepparton x3 different (fruit trees, swimming pool & golf course), Philip Island 1950s 'Pengiun Parade' (pengiun) & 1971 'The Nobbies' (seal), 1972 Wilson's Promontory (lighthouse) with 'TIDAL RIVER' cds, etc, lots of solo frankings, the majority are standard-size covers, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (140 approx)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM

440

Tourist Envelopes - Western Australia 1960s-90s all-different group with a wide variety of locations & illustrations some advertising local businesses, noted earlier small-format covers from Albany Tourist Bureau (wildflowers), Paraburdoo (Aborigine), Wyndham x3 different (Aborigines, crocodile & Drover's Memorial), Broome 'Front Door to the Kimberleys' (sailing ship), Halls Creek (cattle), Port Hedland (iron ore shipping terminal), Pemberton 'The Kingdon of the Karri', Carnarvon 'The Sun's Winter Home', Ongerup x 2 different (both sheep), etc, includes solo frankings & postmark interest, the majority are standard-size covers, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Woodchip-Free Zone (Rod Perry). (100 approx)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Feb-20, 06:00 PM