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Page: 34 Prestige Philately - Auction No 151 Oct 24, 2009 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Booklets (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 177 B A- Lot 177 Lot 178 1928 Airmail 3/- black/blue cover BW #B40, missing two airmail labels, Cat $1500. [A very fine complete example sold for $1150 at our auction of 5/5/2009]{Page 34.1} 178 B A - 3/- black/green redesigned cover BW #B50, Cat $2250. Much scarcer than the standard Airmail Booklet #B40 and about as fine as they come. {Page 34.2} COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History 179 180 181 182 183 184 D CPS CPS C C C 185 C A+ 186 Album of mostly 1970s-1980s postmarks from Northern Territory 'ALICE SPRINGS' to 'YULARA' and Tasmania 'ALONNAH' to 'ZEEHAN', some early material but mostly a very strong array of lovely per favor strikes of later steel & earlier rubber types on stamps on piece, includes numerous pictorial types. A very good lot. (900+) Eclectic array of covers including 1928 Kooka M/S (margins removed!) with red exhibition cancels, 1932 registered with 2d & 3d Bridge tied by 'SE PYLON' cds; KGV frankings including 1930 Thomas Hardy & Sons cover with 4½d; PTPO stationery including Wallace & McGee 3d PTPO Postal Cards unused (5); certified, censored & meter mail; also Colonial era including NSW 1855 with imperf Diadem 6d, WA 2d Envelope used; condition is very mixed. (100s) Predominantly pre-decimal covers, a fair proportion to or from Manangatang-based solicitors including registered mail, OHMS covers (including 'Post Free') & PPCs with adhesives perf 'VG' or 'OS' (on KGV 1d or 1½d); PMG's Department WWII Casualty Telegrams (2) & Envelope unused and 1961-63 Return Receipts (2) with solo 9d frankings; also 1902 University of Sydney to Melbourne with ½d strip of 4 tied by 'TRAVELLING PO No 1 WEST A' cds; family correspondence including incoming mail from Northern Territory; also instuctional markings, flight covers, postal stationery unused; very mixed condition. (100s) 1966-83 PPCs to overseas countries with solo frankings including 1966 13c Avocet, 1969 15c Flowers, 1973 15c Pioneers, 1979 30c Performing Arts, 1981 35c Cricket, 1983 Perf 14 45c Woodswallow; also 1974 with 9c on 8c Gems pair & 1975 with 9c Gems x2, etc. (11) Pre-decimal bundle including 1903-06 underpaid PPCs to Belgium & to France x3 all with Postage Dues added, 1908 Doodlakine to Perth, 1913-14 with 1½d Kangaroo frankings x2, 1964 with 1/- Colombo Plan & 1965 with 1/2d Tasmanian Tiger solo frankings; covers including NSW 1884 Yullundry (PO closed 1887) to Loombah, 1934 surface to USA with 3d Ram, 1940s internal concessional mail plus 1951 HMAS "Penguin" airmail to England with 3d Hargraves paying concessional rate; also registered, flight & taxed covers, etc; mixed condition. (150 approx) Batch of decimal covers to England or Germany with solo frankings including 1973 with 30c National Development, 12c Rehabilitation x2 or 15c Pioneers, 1974 with 60c Pioneers, multiple frankings including 1973 18c Rehabilitation pair, 1974 40c Architecture + 5c Pioneers; also 1970s internal covers with 5c or 7c letter rate frankings some with booklet stamps, mixed condition. (80+) 1913 commercial cover to "Canal Zone/Panama" (!) with Kangaroo ½d & 1d pair tied by scarce 'TALGARNO/VIC' cds (PO closed 30/11/1967), 'EMPIRE, C.Z.' arrival b/s. Terrific destination, in superb condition.{Page 12.4} C/CL 1913-16 trio of Kangaroo covers 1) 1913 to "Namaqualand/South Africa" with First Wmk ½d x2 + South Australia 2d x2, sadly stained; 2) 1914 with First Wmk 2d added in lieu of Postage Dues, a bit of an oddity; & 3) 1916 OHMS with 2d pair perf 'T' tied by New Norfolk cds. (3) 187 C A 1917 commercial cover to an interned Belgian soldier in Holland with Roos 2½d & 3d tied by Perth d/s, red registration label tied by faint Censor h/s & very fine 'A.R.'-in-circle h/s, faint arrival b/s, readressed to "Village Elisabeth", London b/s. [Elisabethville, named after the Queen of Belgium, was a village founded in Northumberland during WWI to house 3000 Belgians who had been interned in neutral Holland. They were moved to England to provide the workforce for two munitions factories in the town of Birtley, and were repatriated to Belgium in December 1918]{Page 12.3} 750 1,500 200 400 500 200 300 200 300 250 500 T
Oct 24, 2009 Prestige Philately - Auction No 151 Page: 35 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 188 C A- 189 C A/B 190 C B 191 C C 192 C A- 193 C B 194 195 196 C C C 1918 (Sept 7) commercial cover to Holland with KGV 1d red x3 - all with 'SH/&Co' perfins of S Hoffnung & Co - tied by Brisbane 'INVEST IN THE/7TH WAR LOAN' slogan which is clear of the Saddle on Emu - BW #71(1)e - on the first unit. [The ½d War Tax was introduced only in October 1918 so this item is ½d overpaid] 1918-20 group of OHMS lettersheets for notifying of infectious disease (4) or of pulmonary tuberculosis (2) with KGV 1d red (2), 1d red + ½d green, 1½d black-brown or 2d orange (2), one damaged before being posted. Reasonable offers considered. (6) 1923 commercial cover to Brisbane (arrival b/s of 29DE23) with KGV ½d green & 2d scarlet x2 tied by double-oval undated 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OFFICE/WORONGARY' h/s (3 fine to very fine strikes on the reverse), mss "Reg No/14452", minor blemishes. Rare usage during the RO period. RO 15/7/1913; PO 1/7/1927; closed 15/12/1957.{Page 12.5} 1934 usage of complete 'PARCEL POST' label (148x95mm) to New Zealand with KGV CofA Wmk 4d olive & 1/4d greenish blue tied by superb 'PORT WAKEFIELD/SA' cds, a few creases & some toning still attractive. [Affixed to a piece to which it does not belong] 1935 commercial cover to Java with KGV 1d & 1/4d tied by Melbourne cds, Semarang arrival b/s. [Double-rate, underpaid 1d] 1963 cover with Postage Dues No Wmk 1d x2 & 8d tied by 'CLARENCE STREET/31JA63' cds, 'OFFICIAL LAST DAY/OF ISSUE' h/s in green, minor soiling. 1966-89 airmail covers with solo frankings including 1970 30c Cook, 1972 35c Beef, 1973 30c Fish, 1974 20c Wombat, 1977 Performing Arts, 1978 35c Christmas, 1980 OHMS to Sydney with 28c Bird (crease); multiple frankings including 1969 registered to Brazil with 7c 15c & 25c Primary Industies + 8c Fish, plus Overseas Express & taxed covers, etc, condition variable. (48) 1972-73 commercial covers with predominantly 7c solo frankings of 1972 Prime Ministers, Olympics, Overland Telegraph, Christmas or QEII 7c Definitives. Lots of postmark interest. (1000s) Mid-1980s commercial covers predominantly 33c 36c or 37c solo frankings with a good range of commemorative issues represented, plenty of postmark interest. (1000s) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Commemorative Covers/Datestamps 197 C 1970s-80s covers & PSEs in 7 volumes many with "Pictormarks" cancels, plenty of thematic interest with Scouting/Guiding types including 1975 5th Girl Guide Muster (signed) registered, also various Moombas, flight anniversary covers & FDCs. (100s) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - First Day Covers 198 C B 1928 Kookaburra 3d blue tied to plain cover by one of two strikes of 'SYDNEY/11A 2NO28/ 9 ' cds BW #133y, a few blemishes & adhesions on the reverse from previously being affixed in an exercise book, Cat $2000.{Page 12.6} 150 T 120 250 T 250 100 T 100 250 200 150 200 750 199 C A+ Lot 199 1931-36 KGV CofA Watermark CofA Wmk ½d orange overprinted 'OS' block of 4 (plus 3d Air perf 'OS') tied to airmail cover to Brisbane by three strikes of the 'AIR MAIL/2 3P 8JE32 2/SYDNEY NSW' cds, 'BRISBANE/1P 9JE32/QLD' arrival backstamp. Exceptional quality. [The ACSC gives "8 June 1932" as the date of issue but records no First Day Covers. Colaco Belmonte was descended from Dutch Jews in Suriname & was the Dutch consul in Sydney. He was also an avid collector & creator of covers, many of them self-addressed]{Page 35.1} 12,000
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