15211938 "Australia's 150th Anniversary 1788-1938" Pictorial Airmail envelope to Cornwall, England, franked 1929 Airmail 3d green booklet plate & 1937 QM 1d Die I, tied by Jamberoo/NSW cds. F-VF. Scarce & attractive. $50$80
15221938 Commemorative "Australia Day" cover by Robert Haslem (an improvisation of his 1938 4d Koala FDC) registered at Nar-Nar-Goon (Vic) (26 Jan), with inscription indicating "Narnargoon" means Koala or Native Bear. Rare. Great thematic cover. $80$120
15231939 Airmail cover (sl opening flts) to Trinidad, West Indies franked KGV 5d brown tied by "Ship-Mail-Room Melbourne" cds. $90$150
15241942 censored cover Melbourne (2 Dec) to Scotland, roughly handled "in the mail", thus kraft paper affixed, framed cachet in black "ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGED BY/STAMP CANCELLING MACHINE". Interesting survivor (P) $250$500
15251942 cover franked KGVI 3½d on 3d tied by "Sydney 30 JAN 1942" machine pmk, with censor tape & h/s. To Netherlands Indies with "Not Transmissible Service Suspended" cachet, Return To Sender finger cachet & Dead Letter Office Sydney cds in red, plus sender's return cachet. SG 201. VF & attractive $100$150
15261945 use of Charity envelope franked KGVI 3d brown tied by large boxed pmk "Nederlandsch Indie PTT 3 DEC 1945 Balikpapan", to Australia. VF. SG 187. Rare usage. (P) $100$200
1527Military-WWI: 1916 postcard with specimen strikes of "Australian Intermediate Base PO 12 SE 16" cds (4 strikes), plus boxed cachet "Not At Base Cairo". Most unusual & probably unique. (P) $100$200
1528Military: 1916 use of rare A.I.F. Parcel Post gummed label (little creased) bearing GB 4d & 1/- tied by "FIELD POST OFFICE/+/T.X." cds (5 Oct), in use by Australian Forces at Salisbury Plain, Hampshire. Proud "Not Seen". (P) $120$200
1529Military: 1937 Postcard for 10th Victorian AIF Cup Golf Tournament franked KGV 1½d red-brown tied by Field Post Office No.1 Vic 30 SE 37" cds, another strike at left. VF. Nice golf thematic. (P) $100$200
1530Military: 1940s ACTIVE SERVICE inscribed envelopes (RAAF Form E/E 121) with inscription "RAAF". UN & U (1945), which is rare, plus w/o inscription UN & U. (4). $60$100
1531Military: ca 1942 Prisoner of War Airmail envelope "Airmail Stamp Required Here" at right with printed rank name, POW number, camp & country of internment. VF UN. Very scarce. $80$120
1532Military: 1942 On Active Service Stampless cover to Australia with "AIF Field PO No 21 24 AP 42" cds, which at this date was in Ceylon on way back from Middle East. Proud cat 300 points. $50$150
1533Military: 1942 On Active Service stampless cover to Australia with "AIF Field PO No 22 13 JE 42" cds, which at this date was in Ceylon on way back from Middle East. Mentioned by Proud but unpriced as usage previously unrecorded. $100$200
1534Military: 1943-45 WWII Pictorial patriotic cover group (8) inc designs for RAAF, RAN, nurses, Merchant Navy, AWAS, & Australian Army WWII. All U, some with censor cachets. Mostly fine. $80$120
1535Military Mail: Collection of Queensland WWII Field POs with numbers/allocation details (per Proud) lightly penciled on reverse, various from FPO 12 through to UPS ELC 14. Some variable condition, generally good strikes. All diff. (65) $130$200
1536Military: WWII - Northern Territory "AIF FIELD PO 25" selection comprising usages by 19th Bde 6th Div (2, one Registered) & "NTF PU". $50$80
1537Military WWII -New South Wales: Selection of Field POs with diff numbers (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse. Rare types inc FPO 024, 031, 153, 441 & various rubber d/s (4), no duplication, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (30) $120$200
1538Military WWII -Queensland: Registered selection of Field POs with diff numbers (per Proud), details lightly pencilled on reverse. Some variable condition, generally good strikes. (20) $130$200
1539Military WWII -Victoria: Selection of Field POs with diff numbers (per Proud), inc good strike of rubber UPS S33. Details lightly pencilled on reverse, some variable condition, generally good strikes. (15) $60$100
1540Official: 1921 printed OHMS Lettersheet for "Notification of a case of Pulmonary Tuberculosis", franked KGV 2d orange tied by "Melbourne 8 DE 1921" machine pmk. Superb & attractive. $60$100
1541POW: 1942 Stampless inwards Airmail cover to Italian prisoner with Pesaro 29 7 42 cds & Italian censor type & h/s on reverse, plus 2-line "POW Camp Myrtleford Vic" cachet & censor h/s. Endorsed airmail via Lisbon & New York, but still took 10 months to arrive! $90$150
1542POW: 1942 inwards cover (flts) to an Italian POW in Egypt with large red "Prigionero di Guerra" cachet & boxed "P/W Middle East 158", but POW transferred to Australia, so redirected, with Red Cross Geneva cachet, Australian censor tape & cachet & "POW Camp Murchison Vic" 2-line cachet, plus "Prisoners of War Censorship, Middle East" label on reverse. (P) $100$200
1543POW: 1943 use of Indian POW Lettercard from an Italian POW to Italy, with censor h/s & Italian arrival b/s, plus large Italian h/s on reverse advising recipient to address all future mail to this prisoner to the POW Bureau in Melbourne. $80$120
1544POW 1943 card (sl tones etc) from Italian POW in Cowra camp with "Melbourne 18 NOV 1943" machine pmk, 2 censor h/s & "Ionia Catania 26 3 44" arrival cds. $80$120
1545POW: 1944(?) printed "Imperial Japanese Army" card used by Australian POW N M Grattan with printed text for "Camp No.3 Branoh Thai War Prisoners Cam. Nike, Thailand", with Japanese & Australian censor h/s, plus wonderfully happy propaganda message on reverse. Although endorsed Thailand many of these are thought to have been used in Burma & are not often seen dated. F-VF. (P) $300$500
1546POW: 1944 printed "Imperial Japanese Army" card used by Australian POW N M Grattan with printed text for "War Prisoners Camp Moulmein, Burma", with Japanese (dated "27 7 18" = 1944) & Australian censor h/s. F-VF & pro-forma multiple choice reverse. Such printed cards for Burma not seen by us before & also not often seen dated. (P) $500$1000
1547POW: 1944 printed "Imperial Japanese Army" card used by Australian POW NM Grattan with printed text for "POW Camp Thailand" with Japanese (dated 14 1 17 or 19? = 1943 or 45) & Australian censor h/s, plus pro-forma multiple choice reverse. F-VF. Although endorsed Thailand, many of these are thought to have been used in Burma & not often seen dated. (P) $400$700
1548POW: 1944 printed "Imperial Japanese Army" card used by Australian POW N M Grattan with printed text for "War Prisoners Camp, Moulmein, Burma", with Japanese (dated 31 5 18 = 1944) & Australian censor h/s & happy propaganda message on reverse. F-VF. Such printed cards for Burma not seen by us before & also not often seen dated. (P) $500$1000
1549POW Mail: 1944 printed envelope (rare type) to Australian POW held overseas. Text & details printed in blue, sent from Sydney (19 Jul) to "Camp Keijo Chosen/Japan" (Korea), censor tape & diamond censor h/s in purple, endorsed in blue crayon at left "20/3'45/Rec'd. Overall F. Rare survivor from Japanese occupied Korea. (P) $500$750
1550POW: 1945 use of 6d Air Mail Fee card from POW in Mytleford Camp with "Mil PO Mytleford 31 MR 45" cds, plus "Approved for Transmission…. No. 5 PW Camp Myrtleford" 2-line cachet & censor h/s, to Italy. ASC DF19 cat $400. (P) $150$250
1551POW: 1945 use of printed Lettersheet - message dated "29/4/1945" from prisoner in Cowra Camp, with "Letter in Italian" h/s, censor tape & cachet & with "Passed Free Surface Postage" machine pmk. $80$120
1552POW: 1945 use of printed lettersheet (flts) with "Melbourne 16 JUL 1945" machine pmk, "Murchison PW Group" cachet on reverse, censor tape & cachet, to Italy with 2-line Italian cachet. $70$100
1553POW: 1946 Lettersheet franked KGV 3d brown & Platypus 9d, tied by "Melbourne 15 JUN 1946" machine pmk, from Rushworth Camp Victoria, to Germany, with "Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant…" cachet. SG 187 & 191 $100$150
1554WWI: 1915 Field Post Card & sm hole at UL, with "1st AUST.DIV FIELD PO 28 MY 15" cds used in Gallipoli at this time, addressed to London. A good strong strike of this cds. (P) $100$150
1555WWI: 1917 stampless use of PPC with "Aus General Hospital PO 22 JAN 1917" oval cachet & endorsed above "Abassia". To Sydney, with censor cachet. VF (P) $100$200
1556WWI: 1918 use of GB Military Registered Envelope KGV 2d black, with "Field Post Office 189 AP15 18" cds used by the Australian 7th Brigade on the Somme, with AIF pink reg label. To England with "Army Post Office RW2" cds & censor cachet. (P) $100$150
NEW SOUTH WALES
15571850 Sydney View 1d dull carmine with clouds on greyish paper. VFU, 4 margins. SG 11 cat £325 (P) $150$250
15581854 QV Diadem 8d yellow, imperf proof on wove paper, no wmk. F-VF fresh UN, 4 margins, sl vert crease. SG 97/98(p) cat £10,000 as normal. Extremely rare & beautiful! (P) $900$1200
1559Ca.1857 wmk "DOUBLE LINED 2" paper, PROOF SHEET of 120 impressions (12x10) as used for the 1862 Diadem 2d blue perf 12 issue. Rare survivor. $400$800
15601862 QV 2d blue DLR DIE PROOF on glossy card 93x60mm which was also used for postal stationery envelopes. VF fresh UN as made. SG 189(p). Very rare. (P) $700$1200
15621871 QV 1d salmon perf 10, wmk small crown over NSW, blk of 15 (3x5). Mostly F-VF MUH, odd imperfections. SG 208a cat £3750 for M, should be at least double, £7500 for MUH. Extremely rare multiple. (P) $800$1200
15631871 QV 1/- deep green, imperf plate proof pr, wove paper, wmk 1st "Crown/NSW". VF fresh UN, margins all round. SG 221(p) cat £220 as normal. (2) (P) $150$250
15641879-85 OS opt QV 9d/10d brown pr, opt Specimen. VF MLH/MUH. SG O11s cat £120++ as hinged singles (P) $100$150
15651879 OS opt QV 9d/10d, 1880 10d, 1882-85. 3d & 5d, 1887-90 & 1892 ½d, opt Specimen, (various types). Odd blemish, generally F-VF M. SG O11s, O18as, O24as, O37as, O57as cat £305 $150$200
15661882-97 QV 3d yellow-green, wmk sideways, marginal strip of 5, imperf at top, opt Specimen. VF fresh MUH. SG 226bs cat £125++ as hinged singles (P) $120$150
15671882-85 OS opt QV 3d yellow-green wmk sideways, strip of 3 opt Specimen. VF fresh MUH. SG O24as cat £105 as M singles (P) $100$150
15681882-85 OS opt QV 5d blue-green, strip of 3 opt Specimen in blue. VF fresh MUH. SG O29 as cat £105++ as hinged singles (P) $100$150
15691885-86 POSTAGE black opt QV 5/- lilac & green, perf 12 x 10, opt SPECIMEN. Fresh MUH. SG 238b(var). Normal retail $2000. (P) $250$350
1570 1885-86 "POSTAGE" blue opt QV £1 rose-lilac & claret, perf 12x10, COMPLETE SHEET of 50, opt "REPRINT" type N15 in black in 1891, left hand stamps column of 5 imperf between stamp & margin, control No 4 & current No 18 also at left. This is not a true REPRINT as the opts were made on original sheets of non current "obsolete" stamps from stock. Only 22 sheets prepared. No other sheet known to us outside PO archives. SG 242(R). Originals cat £225,000 as singles! Ex Australia Post Archival sale of 1986. Unique & outstanding opportunity. (50) (P) $6000 $10000
15711888 Centennial 2d black Emu imperf DIE PROOF on no wmk paper, also used for postal stationery envelopes. Superb UN, 4 margins. SG 254(p). Extremely rare (P) $350$500
15721888 OS opt Centennial 1d to 1/- opt Specimen. F-VFM, 2d small stains. SG O39s-44s cat £225 (P) $150$200
15741890 OS opt 5/- Map & Carrington 20/- opt SPECIMEN. VF, 1st UN, 2nd M. SG O49s-050s cat £200. (2) (P) $150$240
15751891 QV ½d on 1d grey, 7½d on 6d brown & 12½d on 1/- red, blks of 4 opt Specimen 1st & last marginal blks. VF fresh MUH. SG 266s-68 cat £280++ as hinged. Large premium for multiples. (12) (P) $250$350
15761892 OS opt ½d to 12½d opt OS opt Specimen. F-VF UN/M. SG O54s/57s cat £140 $80$120
15771891-92 Postage due set ½d to 20/-, wmk crown/NSW, mixed perfs. VF CTO, odd perf flt, all with gum. SG D1-D10 cat £269+. (10) (P) $200$300
15781892 OS opt QV ½d grey, perf 11 x 12, comp left pane blk of 60 with selvedge all round & "Postage One Half-Penny" at top & "G. Pr. O/N.S.W." monogram at base & constant opt varieties "wide opt" (pos 22) & "broken O" (pos 28). Also sixth vert row is missing a perforation pin. Mostly VF fresh MUH. SG O50a cat £300 for M singles, MUH should be double, £600, plus premium for full pane. (60) $250$400
15801897 QV 2d lilac die proof on glazed card (42x58mm). VF UN as made. SG 292/294(p). Very rare. (P) $200$300
15811897 QV 2½d lilac die proof on glazed card (71x50mm). VF UN as made, thin at back. SG 295/297(p). Very rare. (P) $130$200
15821897 Shield 1d scarlet, IMPERF horiz pr. M, small thin, 4 margins. SG 301a cat £160. (2) (P) $80$120
15831897 QV 2d blue, IMPERF horiz pr. VF fresh M, folded between stamps, 4 margins. SG 302a cat £160. (2) (P) $100$150
15841899 QV ½d green IMPERF vert pr, wmk crown NSW. Superb fresh UN, 4 margins. SG 298a cat £150+. (P) $120$180
1585QV Imperfs range 1850-60 in old early 1970s approval booklet. 1850-51 Views 2d blue (5) all 4 margins inc Plate IV variety "fan with 6 segments" plus diff shades, 1850 Views 3d (3) inc papers & shades again all 4 margins. 1851-52 Laureate range to 6d inc 1d (5), 2d (9), 3d (5) & 6d (5) inc shades, varieties noted in 1d pr "no leaves at right" & 2d "double print". 1854 Laureate 2d (3) inc variety "wavy lines over Wales" & 3d. 1856-60 Diadem 1d (4) inc pr, 2d (4) & 3d (2). 1854-59 Diadem 6d grey M (SG cat £700) 4 margins, 8d orange (£1300), 6d grey (2) & 1/- red (2 diff shades). Plenty of diff shades. Mostly G-VFU, many 4 margins. SG cat £8200+ = A$14,000+. Stunning classic selection. (48) (P) $1300$2000
1586SPECIMEN opts with 1888 Centenary set of 10 to 20/- (retail $350). 1885 QV "Postage" opts 5/- (retail $500), 10/- (retail $350) & £1 opt REPRINT (retail $300). 1891 opt set of 3 (cat £70). 1891 Postage Dues set to 20/- (cat £200) & other SPECIMEN opts (14) inc 1897 QV set of 5 (retail $125). Reprints (8) with opt inc 1860 Registered, 1867 QV 5/- purple & 1885 QV 5/- mauve & green opt Postage. Some minor flts, mixed UN/M. Total cat/retail $2500. (48) (P) $500$750
15871837 Official folded letter wrapper endorsed "On Service", with undated circular "Parramatta NSW" h/s & boxed "FREE" in red. To Colonial Secretary Sydney with crowned oval "GPO Sydney AP 26 1837" arrival pmk. Rare "free" letter with the scarce 1st type Parramatta h/s. (P) $600$900
15881843 Folded letter wrapper with boxed "Parramatta Post Paid" cachet & "Paid Ship Letter Sydney AU 21 1843" crown oval in red & rated "7" in red (paid). To England where redirected with "7" struck out & rated "8" for extra 1d redirection, b/s oval Parramatta, British "12 MR 12 1844" in red & "Plymouth MR 13 1844". (P) $500$800
15891848 folded letter with boxed "Paid at Scone" h/s, to Sydney with Scone crowned oval pmks for March 18 & 24, plus b/s of "General Post Office Sydney MA 22 1848". VF & attractive. (P) $350$500
1590 1860 "Riverina" cover franked Diadem 6d grey-brown imperf, tied by barred oval pmk, plus Victoria Queen on Throne 6d bright blue roul, both also tied by English "Paid" cds in red dated August 1860. Endorsed "via Melbourne" & "via Marseilles", to The Admiralty London with b/s of Moama & "Melbourne JU 5"? Although the postage charge was higher about a week could be saved by routing a letter via Melbourne rather than Sydney. SG 96 & 73. Very attractive & rare mixed franking cover. (P) $1100 $1800
15911874 cover franked QV 1d, 3d & 6d tied by "Sydney MR 23 74" duplex pmks, "per Ellora via Brindisi" to Ireland with "Limerick MY 12 74" b/s. Nice 3 colour franking to scarce destination. (P) $200$400
15921885 cover (flts) franked QV 2d (2) perf 10, tied by oval "Travelling Post South NSW MR 25 85" pmk, another alongside To Queanbeyan with weak arrival b/s. (P) $250$350
15931894 Wreck cover (toned) franked NSW 1d Centennial pr & with "Seven Hills OC 24 94" cds at left & with "Saved from wreak of Wairarapa" 2-line violet cachet, to NZ with Auckland & RTPO DNN railway PO b/s. Covers from this wreck very rarely seen with stamps still present. (P) $200$300
15941900 inwards Boer War cover (repaired tear at top) from Orange Free State, franked VRI opt ½d & 1d pr, tied by "Field Post Office British Army S Africa AP 7 00" cds code 33 used at Karee Siding. From no.194 Private S Cook NSW Mounted Infantry to Kempsey with "Sydney MY 11 00" b/s. (P) $300$500
15951901 use of PPC (Botanic Gardens Sydney), franked Arms 1d red, tied by octagonal French mailboat pmk "Ligne T Paq Fr No 1 4 Fevr 01" used on "Armand Behic" at this time. To New Caledonia. VF. Extremely rare usage. (P) $350$500
15961902 Advertising cover for Prescott & Co Produce Merchants, franked Arms 1d tied by "Sydney NO 13 02" duplex, to USA, with arrival b/s. VF & attractive. (P) $100$150
15971905 Advertising cover for Prescott Ltd Produce Merchants, franked Arms 1d red tied by "Sydney JUN 7 1905" machine pmk, to USA with arrival b/s, also with "One Hundred Posted" h/s to qualify for 1d rate to USA. VF & attractive. (P) $100$150
15981905 use of PPC of The Gap, Sydney Heads franked QV ½d & Arms 1d, tied by 2 boxed "Packet Boat" cancels. TO San Francisco, with "Auckland NZ 15 SP 05" cds. VF. (P) $100$150
15991906 use of Manly Beach PPC franked GB KEVII 1d tied by "London 172 No 12 06" cds used to cancel mail from H M Ships, endorsed at top "HMS Psyche", message dated Sydney 9 Oct 06, to England. VF. $60$100
16001907 Advertising pictorial cover for Prescott Ltd, Produce Sales etc, franked QV ½d green (2) tied by "Sydney JAN 18 1907" machine pmk, also all-over reverse text. VF & attractive. (P) $100$150
16011901 inwards Boer War Usage of Stampless cover for Manchester Liners Limited (torn across top when opened) with "SS Manchester Merchant" h/s, from a member of NSW Army Medical Corps "HJA Dick M.O. I/C, HMS Transport 92 Las Palmas" (Canary Is) with "Las Palmas Canarias 26 ABR 01" cds, plus boxed "T Espagne" with m/s "5", to Natal with Durban & Camperdown b/s. Plus an interesting letter (from another cover) written by same person dated 15 Feb 1901" from a member of Gen Cunningham's Column of the NSW Army Medical Corps on the Transvaal Field Force, talking of war related matters, names of nurses at the hospital etc. Fascinating items (P) $550$800
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1602Covers, pmks & postal history 1914-80 with 280+ items crammed into thick s/book with Registered (68) inc Claymore tied by Relief 122 cds, Kahibah, Lidcombe (rubber h/s), Manning Park, Punchbowl South, Roselands (with machine printed $3.93 label), 1920s KGV (28), 1930s KGV 1d green cards (24). Telegraph forms (8) inc Windsor 1900 or 1902 "Double Oval" d/s & Waverly 1926 "Double Oval" cds & Envelopes (3) inc CETO/Sydney cds. "Thematic" cds inc Banksia on 1959 2/5 Flower illustrated FDC, commem cds inc 1938 Bradfield Jamboree, 1952 Greystanes Jamboree, 1970 Leppington Jamboree & 1970 Laureated "Cook Bi-cent" on plain envelope to Mt Colah, 1947 Newcastle Exhib with provisional reg label & 1977 Queanbeyan "Royal-Visit" on official stampless envelope to Sydney. CDS on cover or card (170+) inc red "POSTAGE PAID…..NR…..", "Relief" cds & black "ME" Relief cds. "Paid at Albury" in red "Paid at Berry" in red, Ashbury (closed 1982), Heweston's Mill (closed 1972), Brickfield Hill, Bunyan Siding (on 2d orange KGV), Telegraph Coonamble (on 1936 Airmail cover), George Street West (closed 1934), Lambton East, Maitland Showgrounds, Matcham (aniline purple cds), Morongla Creek, Rugby, TPO 1 North Coast & Wangi Wangi, Leichhardt PO historical building official PO cover with cds (retail $300) & Nelson Bay tying 1937 KGVI 1d+2d on private illustrated FDC (retail $150+). Nice & colourful with a good selection of interesting cancels & covers. Total retail $2000++. (280) $500$600
1604Postmarks: Original barred numerals 22 of Appin, 92 of Richmond River & 108 of Goodes Inn. Comp strikes on 1851 laureate 2d blue & all rated "RRR" in Campbell (P) $100$200
1605Postmark: "Mitchell 13/1/85" m/s on 1d Postcard. Opened 1st Jan 1885 & name changed to Sunny Corner in August 1888. VF. Very rare usage before delivery of postmarker. (P) $350$500
1606Postmarks: TPO Collection with 28 diff cds on 1959 covers, each with clear "double" strikes one tying QEII 4d to typed addressed envelope inc TPO 1, 2 Nth Coast, TPO 2 North & TPO 1 Nth West. Appears to be a comp set of cancels currently in use late 1959. Very scarce assembly. (28 covers) $150$250