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Page: 52 Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction May 24, 2008 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 153 C A- Lot 153 1914 Gayndah Co-Operative Dairy parcel tag to England with First Watermark ½d & 3d tied to the reverse by 'BYRNESTOWN---/24JA14/QUEENSLAND' cds ('R.O.' removed), very fine strike of the rare undenominated 'T/CTMS' h/s applied at Brisbane with "310" in pencil alongside, a couple of very minor blemishes. Patrick Reid records only three covers with the tax h/s, between 1924 and 1930. He has confirmed this as the earliest recorded date by some 10 years: see BSAP "Bulletin" (Feb 2008).{Page 52.1} 600 Lot 154 154 C A- - triple-rate commercial cover to "Bethanien/German South West Africa" with rare franking of Kangaroos ½d green & 5d chestnut horizontal pair tied by 'REGISTERED/20AP14/MELBOURNE' cds, red GPO registration label, curiously with no transit or arrival backstamps, suggesting it may have been forwarded in a locked bag, a small repaired tear at the top. A terrific destination. There were a number of circumstances in which mail was diverted from the usual channels and sent in a locked bag. This often happened with mail between postal administrations, especially when money orders were enclosed. There is no indication as to the contents of this cover. Our speculation is that it contained postage stamps.{Page 52.2} 1,000
May 24, 2008 Prestige Philately - The Sixth International Rarities Auction Page: 53 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 155 C A Lot 155 1915 stampless cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland endorsed "from C Lirch [?] prisoner of War Hobart/Tasmania" & countersigned "Alan Cruickshank capt/oc Internment Camp" on the reverse, Hobart cds of 16JY15 & 'CH 1/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s also of Hobart in blue. This is the first World War I POW item we have recorded from Tasmania. Emery states that camps were established at Claremont, a Hobart suburb, and on Bruny Island.{Page 53.1} 1,500 T 156 C B Lot 156 1933 philatelic cover from United States with a largely superb strike of the rare 'UNCLAIMED/ THURSDAY ISLAND' handstamp on the face, minor repaired tear at left.{Page 53.2} 500 T 157 C C Lot 157 1940 (Nov 22) commercial cover to Ocean Island with AIF 2d tied by Melbourne cds. Carried aboard the "SS Triona" which was captured by the German raiders "Komet" & "Orion" on 6/12/1940 some 220 miles from Nauru. The ship was sunk. The passengers were released, with the mailbags, on Emirau Island (New Guinea) on 21/12/1940. Returned to Sydney (b/s of 23JA41) where endorsed "Raider Mail" in red on the face, and forwarded to Ocean Island with arrival backstamp of 11MAR41, some staining from the ordeal.{Page 53.3} 1,600 T
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