Catalogue
Australia and Australian States, stored in a medium size Lighthouse stock book, noted several scarce state issues, NSW imperf. laureates 2d, 3d; Qld, high values Chalon head 2/- to pound; Tasmania imperf. Chalon 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 1/-; used kangaroos, used KGV to 1/4, used set of robes; some mint/MUH from 1970 to $10 issues. MUH, mint and used. (several 100)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Australia, stamp collection, 1935-1964 inclusive, with various watermark, perforation and paper types and includes five die varieties for George VI threepence blue 1937-40 including nice examples of TA joined and white wattle, sets of Robes, thick and thin papers, Arms, Navigators and also Australian Antarctic Territory, 1957-1959. Professionally set out in a Stanley Gibbons graph page type loose-leaf stamp album, fully described, mint. (237)
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Australia, pre-decimal collection housed in loose leaf album, noted range of KGV, 1938 and 1948 used robes, arms set mint and used, Navigators to ?2 mint and used (no 7/6), postage dues etc. Mint and used. (approx 250)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, pre-decimal birds and navigators in sheets and blocks, 9d (60); 1/6 (60); 2/- (60); 2/5 (60); 2/6 (60); 2/- (60); 4/- (40); 5/- (40); 7/6 (40); 10/- (9); one pound (4); two pounds (2). MUH. (495)
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
Australia, MUH decimals mostly 24c to 30c issues in sheets c.1980's, (stated FV $330); together with year book 1981 without stamps, Post Office packs (36) c.1980's; FDC (6) all explorers 30c issues (4) on each cover. MUH, used. (lot)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Australia, post office packs c.1980's (53) including AAT, with duplication particularly 1977 Test Cricket issue, Australian decimal MUH (approx FV $65) several covers used and unused FDC etc. MUH, used. (approx 200)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australia, year books with stamps, 1981-1994, Collection Year Books (Booklet and self adhesive with stamps) 1990-1, 1991-2, 1992-3; Special album sets with stamps including Trains of Australia, White Ensign, Forty Royal Years, Mission to Planet Earth, Zoos, Women of Oz, Ties that bind, Taking Flight, Australia under Fire, Gold Seekers 1990, Working Life 1890's, Antarctica, Stage and Screen, Anzac Tradition, Home Front, Links, Colonial Collection, In Focus, Australian Impressionists, Literary Legends, Golden Days of Radio, Australian Bicentennial Collection. MUH. (40)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Australia, an accumulation, includes Annual Stamp Collections, 1981-1984; Waltzing Matilda folklore half sheets (4); assorted other stamps, aerogrammes, first day covers all from the 1980-1984 period some with multiples; Main Roads 50th Anniversary of Sydney Harbour Bridge envelope and book; Australia Bicentennial collection of stamps book; a number of first day covers mostly relating to Charles & Diana from Great Britain, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island and Norfolk Island. MUH (lot)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
Australia, Children's Classics, set of five books all with relevant postage stamp postmarked 17 July 1985 First Day of Issue and with accompanying stamped and postmarked first day cover and bookmark; an additional copy of the Ginger Meggs at large book, signed by James Kemsley, the author, and a first day cover also signed by the author; first day cover with strip of five stamps. (18)
Estimate $50
SOLD $0
Australia, George V, postal stationery envelopes, embossed octagon with 'postage' 1 1/2d emerald/white, CDS Cobar NSW, 2.7.24; another scarlet/white 1 1/2d Woodstock NSW, 17.2.25; another T.P.O 2 West NSW, 25.4.25; another 2d T.P.O 2 West NSW, 15.8.22? all locally addressed. Fine used. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Australia, post card, Australian (Scout) Jamboree, fixed with 2d MacArthur dark hills, card damaged, assorted FDC (with duplication), May 1937 1d & 2d, (4), 1940 AIF; 150th Anniversary (2, including Philatelic Exhibition Cover Sydney 1938); FDC on front of envelope of SA centenary 3 Aug 1936; another front of envelopoe cover with 3d Air Mail stamp 13 June 1934 to London with additional tax of GB 4d Postage Due attached and red T/40 square stamp. Used. (10)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Australia, Air mail covers, all from the 1930's - 1950's (19); other covers HMAS ship and Maritime covers mostly from UK (24); Great Britain, assorted covers mostly from the late 1940's (43). Used, an intersting lot. (86)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Australia and British Commonwealth, Flight covers, Great Britain, First regular Service Great Britain-Newfoundland, Canada and USA by Imperial Airways, sent London Aug 4, 1939, arrived New York Aug 6, 1939; VH-UXX, Ulm flight, "Faith in Australia" First Official Air Mail Australia - New Zealand, Sydney 5 Apr. 1934, backstamped 14 Ap 1934; Auckland 12 Ap 1934; Kaitara 14 Ap. 1934; another First Trans Tasman flight Feb 1934, Christchurch 31 Ja 34; Auckland 17 Fe 34; Sydney 17 Feb 1934; fixed with NZ 7d overprint Air Mail stamp; Great Britain, Air Mail Letter card, with passed by Censor stamp, 27 Oct 1941 from Lt.Col. Middle East to Sydney. Used. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Australia, Flight Covers, Australian internal first flights, Hobart-Sydney 1935 normal use 1936; Canberra-Sydney 1935; Sydney Broken Hill March 1936; Sydney - Perth (via Broken Hill) 1936. Used. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Australia, Flight covers, First Official airmail cover, Australia to New Guinea and return July 1934; New Zealand, Australia England Through Air Mail Service Inaugural Flight 1940 fixed with 5d Centennial; First Direct Air Mail Wellington - Sydney by Solent Flying Boat 3 Oct. 1950; New Zealand, Canterbury Centennial, First Direct Flight Air Mail, Christchurch - Sydney 20 De 1950. Used. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
Australia - New Zealand, Flight cover, "Faith in Australia", addressed to Flight-Lieut. C.T.P. Ulm, signed by Ulm in box and noted as No.148 carried on this Australia - New Zealand Goodwill Flight, 11-12 May 1934. Very fine used.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Australia, New Zealand, AAT, PNG, Christmas Island, Nauru, Norfolk Island, Niue, Samoa, Pitcairn Islands, FDC, Pre-stamped postcards and envelopes (used and mint), Post Office packs, booklets and sets of MUH stamps as a mix some in envelopes, several various smaller boxes and loose items all in two boxes, noted high FV decimal and covers from the 1930's from NZ and Australia to mid 1990's; together with a shoe box and several packets of used Australian stamps mostly on paper and some world stamps. MUH, used. (many 100's)
Estimate $500
SOLD $760
Australia, together with World Stamps, includes Australian pre decimal and decimal mint sheets & part sheets, Australian Post stamp packs including Cook Bicentenary, FDC's, Aerogrammes, mint and used stamps; world especially Great Britain & Commonwealth mint issues, many in their original mailing packets, a few stamp booklets, includes a few pricelists, all housed in a large cardboard carton. Mint, used. (100's)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Australia, N.S.W., Government Railways, Parcels Stamps, 5 cents block of four; 9 cents (3); 30 cents (3); 50 cents (2); 1 dollar (3); 2 dollars (3); 3 dollars (3); 4 dollars (3) all overprinted "SPECIMEN" all mint; various issues 9 cents (1); 10 cents (1)(; 20 cents (4); 30 cents (2); 40 cents (5); 50 cents (3); 60 cents (2); 70 cents (1); 1 dollar (3); 2 dollars (1); 4 dollars (1); 5 dollars (1) mostly used and from a wide selection of stations; Tasmanian Government Railways parcels stamps 1,2, 10, 20, 30, 35, 60, 80 cents in sheets of ten; 1, 15, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 80 cents, 1 dollar, in strips of five, a selection, singles, 1 cent to 2 dollars various values (22) all mint; plus a few Victorian Railways and Australian National Railways Parcel Stamps on piece (27). Mint, used. (221)
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Australia, Post Office Record book containing daily impressions of the circular date stamp for Petersham, N.S.W. post office, from 1st August 1892 (AUI/1892/Petersham/N.S.W) to 31 st August 1895, containing some 1100 impressions plus 8 incorrect impressions (hand cancelled), all contained on 36 pages. From July 1894 to August 1895 pages contain a hole on each page, several other pages quite soiled, overall condition only fair but a rare archival document. Fair.
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
British Commonwealth, collection of mint and used stamps in three The Favourite Philatelic spring back albums, with annotation and catalogue numbers on most pages, noted Hong Kong $10 mint 1948 wedding (SG ?275) and other pickings, many as short sets. Mint and used. (100's)
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
British Commonwealth, Omnibus issues, Coronation 1937 complete set (202); Coronation 1953 complete set (106); Royal Visit 1953-54 complete set (13); plus Gibraltar Elizabeth II 1953 1/2d to 6d (9) and several Ceylon issues (4). All housed in a black stock book, MUH. (334)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
British Commonwealth, assorted covers many as air mail covers, many from the 1930's and 1940's, noted Palestine, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, India, Zanzibar, Jamaica, Canada, Gibraltar, New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone. An intersting accumulation, used. (67)
Estimate $200
SOLD $380
China, collection housed in loose leaf album, includes issues from 1872, SG 1-3, most issues to $1 from Republic, missing all high vales except $10 and $20 SG 331-2, noted issues to WWII, noted 1897 2c on 3c red (4) SG 89; some multiples as blocks and strips, others include China P.O. issues for CEF, France, Indo China for Canton, Germany, Russia, Foo Chow (4), local post, overprints etc, Hong Kong, noted 96c QV0 grey SG 19. Mostly used, some mint. (approx 200)
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,500
China, small collection of covers (8) mostly to England via Siberia, mostly from Shanghai or Nanking 1920's-1940's. Used. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Crash Cover, cover from Worthing England to Sydney, fixed with Edward VIII, 4x2 1/2d and 5 x 1d stamps, dated 21 Sep. 1936, and recovered from the airliner "Athena" destroyed by fire at Delhi, India, 29th August 1936, together with official printed note from J.S.Duncan, Deputy Director, Posts and Telephraphs with explanation together with OHMS with re-enclosed letter and with newspaper clipping of burnt plane. An interesting lot and rare. Used. (lot)
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Eritrea, collection of stamps on 29 hingeless "Marini" album leaves issues from 1893-1937, a partial collection of mint and used. Mint and used. (139)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Flight covers, a range of most interesting flight covers mostly of general use from the 1930's housed in a large exercise book of that period, noted Australian December 1931, Brisbane - London; another Brisbane-London, Kingsford Smith Xmas Nov. 1931 fixed with 2x6d Airmail and 2d KGV, but sent ordinary by Karachi - London (insufficient pre-paid); another similar Brisbane - London; Normal Mail covers a) Singapore-London December 1931; b) Morocco - London 1931; c) Cairo-London, December 1931; d) U.S.A. Detroit - London May 1932; e) Detroit - Sydney April 1934; First Airmail Sydney - New Guinea and return, July 1934; f) similar (3); g) Brussels-Sydney December 1934; h) Belgium- Belgium Congo February 1935; i) another similar; j) Netherlands-Sydney June 1935 by KLM; France Paris - Sydney fixed with 2x2Fr Bleriot, 2Fr arch, 1.50 Air and 50c on 1.25Fr; k) Paris to Brussels Nov. 1934 fixed with Exhibition stamp as well; l) New Zealand, air March 1934 to Sydney; m) others (3) Jubilee Air Mail May 1935; n) Tin can mail August 1, 1936 to Sydney with usual stamps. Mostly fine used. (23)
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
France, cover, 30th July 1864 from S...CELLIN No.3741 to Rides, fixed with 40c orange of Napoleon III (SG 97). Fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
France, air-mail cover from Elbeuf on the River Seine to Banque de La Martinique, Fort de France, Martinique, July 1, 1938 fixed with 2x10Fr (SG 473b), 2x5Fr (SG 473a), 3.50Fr (SG 527) and 0.15c (SG 414) stamps. Fine and a very rare cover to Martinque Island in the West Indies.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50