Catalogue
World War II, Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, penny (1941) No 4904, unsigned (Bullus recorded eight examples, not including this piece). Extremely fine and extremely rare, only ten or eleven known.
Estimate $6,000
Passed in
World War II, Camp Seven Bank, Internment Camp Hay, threepence (1941) No 0120, signed R. Stahl, with ink rubber stamp seal on front (Bullus recorded only three examples not counting this piece). Fine and extremely rare, only five or six known.
Estimate $8,000
Passed in
Australia, WWII POW envelope posted from Mîdling, Vienna on 3.6.41, addressed to Kurt Baier, Hut No.26 Coumpound (sic) 2, Camp No.7, Eastern Command, Australia, stamped on front, '3/Passed/By/Censor/222/Internment Camp/Tatura, Vic.', back with three Third Reich stamps for opening by military censor, edge with sticker attached '3 Opened by Censor'. Some areas of paper separation around a few edges, otherwise fine and scarce historic document.
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Australia, WWII POW envelope posted from Krefeld, Germany on 16.4.41 from Dr.jun.Hugo Israel Kaufmann to Mr. Georg E.Kaufmann 76290, Eastern Command Camp 7 Hut 32 Compound II, C/O Prisoner war Service, Australia, stamped on front 'Opened By Censor V147', back with two Third Reich stamps for opening by censor, edge with sticker attached '3 Opened by Censor'. Opened on three sides, fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australia, HMAS Kuttabul, (Fleet Support Base at Garden Island in Sydney Harbour), Wardroom Mess, chits for one cent (white), five cents (blue) and ten cents (yellow), all with black print. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Australia, HMAS Penguin, (Balmoral, naval base in Sydney Harbour), Wardroom Mess, chits for one cent (deep yellow), two cents (white) and five cents (pale yellow), all with black print, 'valid for two months from ....' (date to be added). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Papua New Guinea, Fleet Officers Club, Admiralty Islands, WWII, chit book of twenty chits, fifteen chits still in situ, book no.12916 (Yarwood p40); Commissioned Officer's Mess, Navy Yard, Charleston S.C., WWII, coupon book for $5.00, no.017506, twenty four coupons in situ (10c [17], 5c [7]); Ward Room Mess, Admiralty House, cover only for $1.00 chit book no.125914-C. Covers fine, unused chits, one with corner missing otherwise uncirculated. (2 books, 1 cover)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220