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Australia, WWI and WWII recruiting office train tickets, pink issue for 1918 Australia to Berlin via Paris and London, Fighting Class, and cream issue for A.I.F., 1941, Australia to Berlin via Singapore, Suez and any old way, overprinted in red 'Fighting Class', both with list of recruiting offices on back. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $120
Australia, 4th Light Horse, Pass, 1933, No.6412, blue card (80 x 34 mm), perforated along top side, originally joined to another piece during production; military canteen chits, Sydney Harbour H.M.A.S Watson, Wardroom Mess, one cent, blackprint on white paper, five cents, black print on blue paper; Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, Decimal Currency Training note, ten dollars. Fine - uncirculated, first is rare. (5)
Estimate $170
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Australia, WWII, U.S. Officers' Club, Base Section No. 2, chit for threepence. Bottom left corner missing, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Australia, WWII, Ned. Officieren Club in Australia, chit for sixpence. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Australia, WWII, U.S.A., 16th Signal Opn. Btn., Sergeants Club, chit for Spirit. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, WWII, R.A.A.F. Point Cook (Vic), ration card No.6189, issued to 72983 J.E.Reid, ACI, Sigs School for the month of June 1943, signed by Issuing Officer, A.D.Wyatt, 27/5/43; R.A.A.F. Station Tocumwal, one penny welfare chits (2) No.s 70090-70091, printed by Miller, Melb., chits extremely fine and rare. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $350
SOLD $300
Australia, WWII, R.A.A.F. Headquarters, Eastern Area, ration card, issued to 10395 Cdt J.E.Reid for the month of October 1942, signed by Area Messing and Canteen Officer, stamped on reverse 'Officer-in-Charge / R.A.A.F.-V.A.O.C. / N.S.W.; R.A.A.F. Station Tocumwal', one penny welfare chits (2) No.s 70092-70093, printed by Miller, Melb., chits extremely fine and rare. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $350
SOLD $320
Australia, military canteen chits, Sydney Harbour, HMAS Kuttabul Wardroom Mess, one cent, HMAS Watson Wardroom Mess one cent (both blackprint on white paper); Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, Decimal Currency Training Note ten dollars. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $70
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Australian Defence Forces, postage stamps booklet, ten 5c stamps (Birds, 1964-65); Parcel Post tag from Brisbane to Saigon A.M.T.Vietnam Australian F.W.M.A.F.Mail Aust F.P.O.3. Vung Tau via Sydney & Honolulu, black print on yellow (60mm x 121mm); Viet Nam Currency Declaration form prior to storage in locked ship's safe. The first item's white cover is soiled, otherwise all items as issued, extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $70
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Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, WWII, Fleet Officers Club, One Chit, type with spelling, Officers (no apostrophe s), and club name in two lines; also Chit Book cover No.25555. Cover with portion missing from left bottom corner otherwise fine, chit good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $130
SOLD $100
Papua New Guinea, Manus, Koruniat Island, WWII, DesPac Officers' Club, five cents and twenty five cents. Extremely fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Papua New Guinea, WWII, United States Naval Officers' Club, Milne Bay, New Guinea, chit book No.3104 for one pound, used and with two remaining chit stubs, one for one shilling and one for sixpence. Rust stain on cover, otherwise nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Solomon Islands, I.B.B.C. Port Purvis, WWII, chits for five cents, two joined; chit book cover for Iron Bottom Bay Club (Naval Officers' Club). Both chits with glue residue on back, one with top right section missing and some trace of foxing, the other very fine, the cover with piece missing at left edge, fine, all very rare. (1 + 2 joined)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
New Caledonia, WWII, Taom River Roadhouse, voucher redeemable for twenty five cents. Good fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
New Zealand, WWII, warship pass issued to Allan Sutherland giving him permission to board Royal Navy warship at Wellington, issued by H.M. Navy Office, Wellington, New Zealand 13 May 1940, signed by the recipient. Unique, very fine.
Estimate $150
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Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Island, 1946, U.S.A., Coral Reef Tavern, Operation Crossroads, chit for ten cents. Staple holes at left, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
ACS BCOF, one unit, c.1950, in aluminium (21mm) (Yarwood AUT031) (2); H.M.Forces - Transport on Prepayment, ticket no.AKP2143 (centre fold but intact); Hong Kong, Peak Tramways Co Ltd, first class ticket no.987552 with 'used' punch hole; Japan, 1946-1951 issued notes, one yen, ten yen and one hundred yen (P.85a, 87a, 89a). Some foxing on notes, fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $50
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U.S.A., C.O.M. (L), NAS, Sangley Pt, five cents, vertical strip of five chits, overstamped across strip, 'Treasurer. COM. OFF. MESS OPEN'; another single chit for ten cents. The last with slight trace of foxing on right edge otherwise all items uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
U.S.A., WWII, Officers' Club, Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, chits for five, ten and fifty cents. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $420
China, U.S. Navy Enlisted Men's Club, Tsingtao, China, chit for five cents, void after Sep. 30. 1948; another for five cents, void after Aug. 31, 1949; another for ten cents, void after Aug. 31, 1949. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $360
China, Tangku (or Taku), c.1945, Comm. Officers' Mess, GroPac 13, chits for five cents (board) and ten cents (thick paper). Some foxing otherwise good very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Hong Kong, The Foreign Correspondent's Club, 1943-49, chits for -.10 and -.20 Club Unit, 20 C.U.F. No.0047. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
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Japan, Tokyo, c.1945-1952, Club Sugamo Officers' Club, chits for five cents and ten cents together with copy of chit book cover. Foxing spot on ten cents otherwise extremely fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $400
Singapore, Royal Singapore Flying Club, chit A No.1775 for five cents. Staple holes in stubs, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Canada, Officers Mess, H.M.C.S. Peregrine, chits for five and ten cents. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
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Algeria, Oran, Maison Du Colon, chit for Coca Cola, another for American Officer's Club, Food Chit, ten francs, No.88943. Some foxing otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $440
Iran, c.1954, A.I.O.C. Ltd, Bawarda Officer's Club (M.N.), chit for ten rials. Staple mark at left edge, very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
India, Officer's Club, Gushkara, chit for two annas. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
Italy, WWII, U.S.A., 956th Air Engineering Sqdn, Enlisted Mens Club, chit book for L.300, signed by 'Jimmy L. Carlock', produced by 530th Spec. Ser. Prtg. Shop, with two remaining chits for five lire each. Cover very fine, chits extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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