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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1361

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'ADMIRALTY/OFFICIAL' overprints KEVII ½d to 6d complete SG O101-O106 (the 2½d blue with tiny toned perf tip) plus 'ARMY/OFFICIAL' overprints QV & KEVII complete simplified SG O41-O50, all with large-part original gum (hinge remainders), Cat £2000 but none have been expertised and so offered strictly 'as is' at a conservative estimate. (14)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$625.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1362

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'BOARD/OF/EDUCATION' overprints selection comprising QV 5d dull purple & blue and KEVII ½d green mint plus a horizontal pair used and 1d red mint (rounded upper-left corner), used single & six (4 singles & pair) on piece with parcel cancel, the mint with large-part original gum (hinge remainders), the used with cds cancels, Cat £3250+; also 1902 Board of Education OHMS cover used locally with ½d pair (left-hand unit with small corner fault) tied by 'OXFORD' cds, a few aging marks & blemishes. None have been expertised and so offered strictly 'as is' at a conservative estimate. (13 stamps + cover)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1363

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'GOVT/PARCELS' overprints selection comprising QV 1883-86 1/- orange-brown (rubber killer cancel), then predominantly mint with 1887-90 1½d purple & pale green, 6d purple/rose-red, 9d purple & blue & 1/- green and 1891-1900 1d lilac, 2d red & green (plus a slightly faded used example), 4½d green & red and 1/- green & red, also KEVII ½d green 1d red, 2d red & green, 6d purple, 9d purple & blue and 1/- green & red, a couple with minor toned perfs, large-part original gum (hinge remainders), Cat £6000+. None have been expertised and so offered strictly 'as is' at a conservative estimate. (15)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1364

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'I.R./OFFICIAL' (Internal Revenue) overprints selection predominantly mint comprising QV 1880-81 ½d green, 1d lilac & 6d grey, 1884-88 ½d slate-blue & 2½d lilac, and 1887-92 ½d vermilion, ½d blue-green & 2½d purple/blue plus 6d purple/rose-red, 1/- dull green and 1/- green & carmine used, also KEVII ½d & 1d * and 2½d used, the mint with large-part original gum (hinge remainders), the used with steel datestamps, Cat £4200+. None have been expertised and so offered strictly 'as is' at a conservative estimate. (14)

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Estimate AU$800

SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1365

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'O.W./OFFICIAL' (Office of Works) overprints selection comprising QV ½d green used, ½d blue-green * & 1d lilac used and KEVII ½d & 1d * and 2d & 2½d (on small piece) used, the mint with large-part original gum (hinge remainders), the used with steel datestamps, Cat £3000+. None have been expertised and so offered strictly 'as is' at a conservative estimate. (7)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1366

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 'R.H./OFFICIAL' (Royal Household) overprints KEVII ½d green & 1d carmine SG O91 & O92 both lightly mounted, and fine used with 'WINDSOR' cds cancels, Cat £1075. None have been expertised and so offered strictly 'as is' at a conservative estimate. (4)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1367

Pre-stamp group comprising 1706 tiny entire to "Mr Gordon att yr Right Hand the...forr house Chelsey" with a largely legible Dockwra backstamp; 1729 brief entire to "Southampton Street/Covent Garden" (which still exists) with poor Dockwra backstamp; 1790 & 1798 Welsh entires with straight-line 'PRESTEIGN' or 'ABERST/WITH' handstamps; undated front to "Carlisle/Cumberland" endorsed "by Cross/Post" with partial 'ROCHESTER' (?) & rated "1/4"; 1828 outer from Hamburg rated "2/-"; 1827 Free front from Ireland with fine 'CAPPOQUIN/ 122 ' mileage mark; and 1814-1834 quartet with different Scottish '½' markings, one with superb 'KESWICK/ 298 ' mileage backstamp; condition variable but all are presentable. (11) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$240.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1368

Oddments including Mulready front (with printing on the reverse) with very fine Maltese Cross in red & 1860 Mulready facsimile (?, front only), 1850s covers to Ireland with 'BOYLE' arrivals & 1863 Boyle-Dublin, 1863 with Scottish numeral '264' of 'NAIRN' (b/s), a couple of others, condition very mixed; also two 1855 covers both apparently self-censored "Crimea/ADB" at lower-left, the first to 'GOSPORT' (b/s) with part 'PO[ST OFFICE]/=BRITISH-ARMY=' b/s, a few faults, the other quite fine with the British Army cds overstruck with Southampton arrival, both with Penny Stars strip of 3 with '19' or '48' cancels of the GPO London. (16) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1369

PSE

Half-carton of covers postcards & postal stationery with many pickings including a bundle with Line Engraved Penny Reds, a few 19th century covers to Australia, three large covers to Fiji with £sd Castle frankings, registered and taxed covers, etc, condition variable. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$340.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1370

Accumulation including 1898 to Victoria with ½d 1d x3 2d & 6d and 'LATE FEE' cachet, registered, taxed & postage due items, military & POW mail noted 1915 x2 with 'P.C./HANDFORTH' handstamp, advertising noted 1938 Ardath Tobacco airmail to Melbourne with perfins, then lots of 1940s-90s airmails to Australia with high-value Definitives & Commemoratives, plenty of postmark interest, condition rather mixed but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 5kg. (500+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1371

PSE

1840 (June 10) usage of Mulready 1d Letter Sheet Stereo 'A64' to Ulster with London Maltese Cross cancel in red and diamond datestamp on reverse, very fine 'BELFAST/JU11/1849' arrival backstamp in black, minor edge wear/faults at the corners, SG Specialised Cat £550.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1372

PSE

1841 (June 18) usage of Mulready 1d Envelope Stereo 'A160' from Warwickshire to Liverpool with fine almost complete 'ATHERSTONE' datestamp and Maltese Cross cancel on face, Liverpool 'L' diamond arrival backstamp, minor edge faults, SG Specialised Cat £550.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1373

1855-1880s covers to South Australia at various rates and with better frankings including Embossed 6d cut-square, 1855-57 6d x3 (one with 'INSUFFICIENTLY/PRE-PAID' handstamp & one used in 1880!) & 1/- (1861 "via Mauritius" also with Stars 1d & 4d carmine pair), 4d green partly-separated pair, 8d orange and '3d' on 3d strip of 4, others include four mourning covers (one a front only, with huge '6' handstamp of Adelaide), one peculiarly addressed to "Wentworth/Darling Junction/Adelaide" with faint 'WENTWORTH/=NSW=' arrival backstamp, etc, the three earliest are stampless, a few problems but generally fine to very fine. Ex Don Pearce. (24) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$2,200.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1374

1863 (Aug 19) mourning cover to "Milang/South Australia" with very fine Small Corner Letters 6d mauve SG 84 (Cat £225 on cover) tied by fine 'CHATHAM - 173' duplex, transits of Adelaide GPO of OC8/1863 on the face & 'STRATHALBYN' backstamp, postscript beneath the flap: "We will send the likenesses next mail...I have had mine taken again".

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1375

1880 (Feb 14) folded entire with A&S Henry & Co/Manchester cachet at lower-left & printed Spanish text inside headed "Manchester" advising goods valued at £382/2/- despatched on 3.2.1880, to Venezuela endorsed "per Historian" with QV 8d orange SG 156 (Cat £625 on cover) tied by Liverpool duplex cancel, horizontal fold not affecting the stamp.

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1376

1887 (Aug 11) envelope to "Cape Colony" with QV 6d dull green SG 194 (Cat £380 on cover) and 1d lilac tied by 'THROGMORTON AVENUE' (London) duplex cancels, Cape Town transit and 'MOSSEL BAY/SP 3/87' arrival backstamps, minor blemishes. The rate was 6d per ½oz; the additional 1d presumably paid a late fee.

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1377

1905 (Sept 22) postcard ('Telford Avenue, Brixton') to China with KEVII 1d tied by 'STOCKWELL S.W' cds, carried by the Arcadia from Hong Kong with largely very fine strike of 'HONG-KONG-TO-SHANGHAI/ C /OC20/05' marine sorter datestamp alongside, a couple of minor blemishes.

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1378

1918 (Feb) stampless cover to London from a British POW who endorsed the flap "John L Storm/Lieut 4th Worcester Regt", poor Turkish censor cachet & London arrival machine of MAR 23 18 in red both on the face. With a handwritten copy of the original letter: "...I am now sharing a room with Lt Com Stoker the captain of late submarine AE2...We have been having several earthquakes lately... [excised by censor]...After our long wait, I received 78 letters in the late part of January..." [The Australian Submarine AE2 was sunk in the Dardenelles on 30.4.1915]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1379

1940-68 annotated selection of Australia House OHMS covers with a good range of imprints including Australian News & Information Bureau x2 (one on a complete parcel label), Naval Liaison Officer, External Affairs Office x2 and Senior Government Trade Commissioner, also Australian National University presumably sent in diplomatic pouch for on-forwarding in England, various 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA/FRANK STAMP' cachets including massive patterns incorporating 'AUSTRALIA/for/ YOUR/FUTURE' x3, 'BUY/AUSTRALIAN/SUNSHINE/FOODS' three different (one with 'AUSTRALIA'S' Error) and 'OLYMPIC/GAMES/MELBOURNE/...' (the last two not previously seen by us), mostly used to British addresses plus one to Southern Rhodesia, also 'HIGH COMM/AUSTRALIA' R label x2, generally fine to very fine. [See also Lots 1353 and 1360] (18 + 2 labels) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1380

1944 (Sep 7) Swiss Legation cover with printed 'AIR MAIL' & registration lines in blue, to the Swiss Consulate in New Zealand with KGVI 9d & 1/- pair tied by light 'CHARLES STREET BO SW1' cds (in Mayfair; better backstamp), black/red honour label '...only official correspondence...of the Special Division of the Swiss Legation'.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM