Catalogue
10th Western Australian Mounted Infantry, hat badge (KC) 1948-1953, in white metal; Western Australia Police, 'bottle top' cap badge, small version voided swan, reverse in relief 'Sheridan, W.A.', scarce c1914-1929 reissued 1948-1954; Western Australia Police Force buttons (KC) in nickel plated bronze, by Sheridan (2). The crown missing on the police cap badge, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Australian Army, metal badges, Australian Army Chaplain's Department (Christian) (KC) collar badges, oxidised (10); Australian Army Service Corps (KC), 1911 pattern hat and collar sets, oxidised (2); Australian Engineers, 1930-42, collar badges, oxidised (62), brass (38); Royal Australian Artillery buttons, oxidised (14). Some very fine but mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (130)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australian Army qualification badges, WWI and WWII, metal badges, Bugler (20, copper); Lewis Gunner (20, oxidised with backing plate); Machine Gunner (32, thirty oxidised and of these twenty with backing plates, two brass and of these one with backing plate); Marksman (15, oxidised with backing plate). Mostly uncirculated. (87)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
British Commonwealth, WWI and WWII, souvenir belt with hat and cap badges, including Canada, 4 C.M.R.R.; Great Britain, Army Ordnance Corps, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, North Stafford; New Zealand, 1st Regiment New Zealand Infantry Canterbury, New Zealand Engineers, Staff Corps. Some badges with corrosion, good - very fine. (21)
Estimate $150
Passed in
ANZAC sweetheart brooch, in silver, Rising Sun badge above ANZAC with enamel in crown and on letters, pin missing; sweetheart brooch in silver, features diamond shape with central, glass covered disc, inside a drawn, coloured Rising Sun badge on a yellow background, hanging from an unusual patterned suspension with pin back. The first with some enamel missing, otherwise very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
ANZAC 8th Battalion, souvenir coming home flag, c1918 (195mm x 167mm). Fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
WWI map, Hazebrouck 5A, Edition 2, Belgium, linen covered colour map, some areas highlighted with colour pencil such as Staple, Hezecques, Lisbourg and Pr‚defin. Fine.
Estimate $40
Passed in
RAAF cufflinks, in 9ct gold (5gm), in shape of airman's hat badge with KC, in light blue, dark blue and red enamel, reverse of both engraved, 'H.G.K'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
WWII First Aid tin for Motor Transport; St John's Ambulance Association Handbook Notes on Military Sanitation; brass shotgun cartridge reloading tools; leather holster; Australia, stamps, autograph book c1900; album (damaged) with postcards c1905; book 'Passing on the Torch'. Poor - very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
New Zealand, WWII, Prisoner of War Post, inward and outward cards (2), envelopes (3), British Civilian Internee Dr Allan Francis Mackay, Changi Camp, Singapore and later Japan. Good - fine. (5)
Estimate $450
SOLD $300
Posters, post WWII, includes large size of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, Air Marshall Arthur T. Harris (Bomber Command), other smaller of Churchill, Lord Louis Mountbatten in uniform, King George VI in uniform, numerous others of aircraft and RAAF educational issues, also a very large United Nations' poster showing flags of member nations c.1942 and large map of Australia. Good - very fine. (approx 25)
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
France, Rats des Tranchees 1914-1916 (Rats of the Trenches) badge, pin back. Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $700
New Zealand, 4th (Waikato) Mounted Rifles, WWI, hat badge in brass, by J.R.Gaunt, London, screwback fitting. Good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Thailand, parachute badges, military and police in both metal and bullion, all different (10); US Army basic parachutist badges (3, all different metals). Uncirculated. (13)
Estimate $60
Passed in
Australia, Ledger book containing kangaroos used and KGV issues in multiples stuck by hinges into the book, used roos 1/2d (37), 1d (38), 2d (20), 2 1/2d (19), 3d (30), 4d (26), 5d (10); engraved 3d (20, mint and MUH) and 6d engraved (9 used, illustrated), KGV mint and used from 1/2d to 2d, commem issues mint and MUH from 1927-1937 mostly low values some as imprints, issues to 1938 all low values to 2d blocks and imprints. Mint, MUH and used. (100s)
Estimate $250
SOLD $380
Australia, blocks and part sheets of 1/2d orange KGV single Crown over A Wmk (18); small Mult wmk p.14 (10); C of A wmk (58) almost complete half sheet. Almost all MUH. (86)
Estimate $120
SOLD $140
Australia, 3d Kookaburra minature sheet of 4 stamps, issued for Melbourne Philatelic Exhibition, 1928 (ACSC 5). Fine mint. (4 stamps)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, 1932 bridge set, 2d both varieties, 3d and 5/- (illustrated), OS 2d and 3d, (ACSC 15-18). Mint. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Australia, 5/- Bridge, 1932, top right corner single with two selvedges. MUH, original gem thinned in one spot of selvedge.
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Australia, 1938-1949 robes imprint blocks of 4, 5/- thin paper (2) both by Authority, tinted and white paper; 10/- (2) Ash and Authority; one pound Ash and Authority dull blue and deep dull blue, ACSC 77-82. All with one central hinge only, mint/MUH. (24, 6 imprint blocks)
Estimate $500
SOLD $700
Australia, 1938-1949 robes imprint blocks of 4, 5/- thick paper with described variety dots by Queen' chin (upper right), another tinted paper MUH by Authority, 10/- by Authority, thin paper with printing error on imprint at base. All with one central hinge only unless noted, mint/MUH. (12, 3 imprint blocks)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Australia, 1938-1949 robes, 5/- streaked background and broken base variety; 10/- (3) pair and single thin paper deep purple, one pound , thick paper MUH. All mint with one central hinge only, pound MUH. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Australia, arms, set 5/- to £2 with a vertical pair of 5/- (unhinged) and £2 (one with light hinge, illustrated) ten shillings Robes, (ACSC 79) (illustrated). Unless noted MUH, others fine mint. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
Australia, Navigators, Specimen set, pre-decimal, 7/6, 10/-, £1, £2, (ASCC 266y - 269y) all overprinted Specimen, mint, very light trace only of hinge mark. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $350
Australia, Post Office packs c1970s- 1980s. MUH (approx 130)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia, Australia Post Year Books 1982, 1983, 1985; special productions, Forty Royal Years, The First Australians, MUH decimal issues of mostly low value approx FV $200, issues from 1960s to 1990, includes Xmas 1971 block of 7, sheets (2) one each of 22c and 24c issues. MUH. (100s)
Estimate $130
SOLD $100
Australia, FDCs and other covers several from the 1950s but mostly c1970-1990, noted 1971 Xmas 1971 block of 7 as a FDC, quantity of AAT FDC for bases, pre stamped covers used and unused, packs of pre-stamped postcards c1980s, a few aerogrammes, much duplication of covers, Used. (100s)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Australia, 1946 5/10 food parcel postage as a special issue by Myer on food parcels, (ASC PL2). Used with usual bar cancellation.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Australia, 1971 Emergency Air Mail Melbourne - London Imperf sheetlet $1 & $1.50 together with singles 10, 20, 30 and 40 cents used stamped Melbourne (this with detailed description) and small sheetlet of four stamps; another imperf sheetlets (2) London - Melbourne 50P and 75P MUH and used (this with detailed description), together with small sheetlet of four stamps 5, 10, 15 and 20P; together with Australia, 1974 Federation Aeronautique International Ballon Flight souvenir labels, two complete sets of five in triptych and pair (one with detailed description) each as a 10c sticker, together with a M/S Ballon Flight with 5c, 20c, 30c and 50c, all housed on four Hagner sheets. MUH and used. (32)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, BCOF a study collection from,1/2d to 5/-, includes block of 4 1/2d with wrong font variety 6 (SG11a £100 ullustrated), and other varieties in blocks of 4 x 2 and a pair; 3d three blocks, a block of 9 and a two blocks of 4; 6d block of 4, 1/- a block of 4 and single, 2/- (illustrated) and 5/- (2, one with edge selvege, both varieties both illustrated). Mostly MUH, a few lower denominations with a single hinge of blocks of 4. (43)
Estimate $400
SOLD $300