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1 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 1 THEMATICS & SUBJECTS 25 Ex Lot 25 C PAQUEBOT: Collection of mostly European covers & PPCs (many of the relevant ships), also 21 mostly GB Aerogrammes with ship or paquebot markings. (63 covers) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I C B Lot OAS cover with 'AUSTRALIAN/YMCA' imprint unusually in black, to GB with British 'ARMY POST OFFICE/ 25MR18/SZ 23' "skeleton" cds in use at Beersheba (Palestine) & boxed 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER' h/s applied at London, a bit soiled. [See Hoggarth & Gwynn at pages ] The cover was carried per SS "Kingstonian" which, on 11/4/1918, was torpedoed by German submarine U68. The ship was badly damaged. It was towed to Carloforte (Sardinia) where the mail - which had suffered water damage - was removed. At the end of April, she was again torpedoed by U48 & became a total loss. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War II This section includes a series of reference collections consigned by Russell Stern of Sydney. As one should expect for such material, the condition is somewhat variable. 500 Ex Lot C mostly stampless covers the majority with 'HM TRANSPORT' h/s (one by air from Singapore) but including three with 'HM TRANSPORT' cds & Nov 1940 from Bombay ex the "Aquitania", very mixed condition. (28) 250

2 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 2 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History 419 C A- Lot entire to Somerset "Per Penyard Pack" with octagonal 'WINDSOR/POST PAID' h/s in red & oval 'WINDSOR/ NEW.S.WALES' b/s, oval 'PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' d/s in red, London transit & superb 'BATH' arrival b/s. 250T 420 C A- Lot cover front to England "Per Culloden/via Ceylon" with very fine Sydney Views 3d yellow-green SG 39 (margins good to large, Cat 275 x2+ on cover) tied by neat bars cancel of Sydney. New South Wales Postal History - Registered Mail 250T 436 C B Lot double-rate cover to London "Per P&O China" with Diadem 8d yellow & De La Rue 1/- black tied by 'NSW' "bootheel" cancels & London arrival d/s of 26AU76 in red, very fine 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY NSW' d/s in violet at lower-left, minor blemishes. BPA Certificate (1975). Actually carried per "Avoca", departed Sydney 8/7/1876; then "China", departed Melbourne 11/7/1876; "Mongolia", departed Galle 2/8/1876; & "Travancore", departed Alexandria 20/8/1876, arrived Brindisi 24/8/1876. The long route mails arrived at Southampton 3/9/1876. [The rate paid - 8d x2 - paid for carriage per the long sea route. However, the arrival d/s proves it was sent via Brindisi] 400

3 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 3 QUEENSLAND - Postal History 477 C B Lot cover front to France with very scarce three-colour franking of 1d vermilion (faults), 3d brown & 6d apple- green, poor cancels, two strikes of the 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/MARSEILLE' cds & 'PD' h/s both in red, the 3d tied by 'PAYS ETRANGER/MARSEILLE' cds also in red, minor soiling. Ex Hugh Campbell. SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History 750T 529 C B Lot entire headed "Adelaide 5 May 1840" to Scotland carried privately to Sydney where placed into the mails, superb 'PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/MY*27/1840/SYDNEY' d/s in red, rated "3" in red for an outgoing shipletter, British boxed 'SHIP LETTER' h/s & London b/s both in red, rated "8" in black for an inwards shipletter, boxed Glasgow arrival b/s, two vertical filing folds. A very early "outside the mails" letter from South Australia C A- Lot outer to Ireland "per Duke of Sussex" with a light but largely fine strike of the undated double-circle 'POST OFFICE/[lion & crown]/adelaide' h/s, rated "Paid 1/3" for an outwards shipletter weighing between 2oz & 2½oz (3d per ½oz), straight-line 'SHIP-LETTER' b/s in black, London b/s in red & rated "2/8" for a quadruple-rate inwards shipletter, diamond transit of Dublin in red & 'LIMERICK' arrival b/s, remarkably fine for an overweight letter. Ex John Griffiths (Lot 1) and Michael Blake. 1,200

4 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 4 VICTORIA - Postal History 673 C A Lot (Aug 19) stampless entire to Scotland "p Shamrock Steamer to Sydney thence direct" with Melbourne b/s & two different Sydney Ship Letter cds, London transit & Edinburgh arrival b/s of 'JAN/Q 12 A/1852', docketing on the face otherwise very fine. [Between June 1849 & Sept 1852 there were no contract sailings from Australia & all mail was sent by private ship] C B Lot large-part outer to Mecklenburg "psimla/via Marseille" with Imperf 6d Woodblock tied by poor BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), French 'AUSTRALIE V SUEZ' marine sorter cds, two German b/s & various rate markings to address the short-payment. [Ben Palmer records 6 covers to Mecklenburg-Schwerin: this item is the second earliest but is not included in his census] 500T 685 C A/B Ex Lot 685 FRENCH MAILBOATS: 1860 cover front to France with Queen-on-Throne 6d tied by BN '12' of Port Albert, light but clear 'AUSTRALIA/V SUEZ AMB' cds in red; 1876 cover to France with DLR 2d x6 tied by BN '50' of 'RUNNYMEDE' (cds below, ERD of only two recorded examples) with 'AUSTRALIE V SUEZ/ALEXANDRIE' cds in red; and ½d on 2d Postal Card to Germany with octagonal 'LIGNE T/PAQ FR No 1' d/s (LRD on mail from Australia). Scarce trio. Ex Roy Holland. (3) 350

5 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 5 ANTARCTICA Most of the lots in this section are from a Sydney collection. The condition is generally fine but some items - especially mint stamps - have been affected by the humid climate so careful inspection is recommended. [See also Falkland Islands and Tristan da Cunha] 819 C C Lot 819 AUSTRALIAN: 1911 commercial cover endorsed "No 2/Letter", to Sydney with Tasmanian 1d tied by one of two superb strikes - one on the reverse - of the 'LOOSE SHIPS LETTER/POSTED AT/MACQUARIE ISLAND/[penguin]/ S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet, superb 'HOBART/21DE11/TASMANIA' transit cds, damp-spotting. [The sender was Expedition member Charles Francis Laseron, a naturalist & taxidermist. He was awarded the Polar Medal for his book "South with Mawson". In later life he was an auctioneer of stamps & coins] The "Aurora" departed Hobart on 2/12/1911. She was accompanied as far as Macquarie Island by the supply ship SS "Toroa", on which this cover was carried back to Hobart. [Kevin Dwyer's similar but finer cover sold for $4370 at our auction of 13/9/2008] 2, C B Lot 820 AUSTRALIAN: a PPC of the "Aurora" also from the first mail, to Sydney with Tasmanian 1d tied by one of three fine to superb strikes - one on the reverse - of the Macquarie Island "penguin" cachet, superb Hobart transit cds, minor blemishes on the viewside. Marjorie Wharton states: "The very few examples of this card...seen have all been used on the Expedition". [The message is signed "George Dovers", the Expedition's cartographer. Kevin Dwyer's similar PPC with the 'ANTARCTICA' cachet sold for $5290 at our auction of 13/9/2008] 4, C B Lot 821 AUSTRALIAN: 1912 commercial cover to Sydney with a largely very fine strike of the 'LOOSE SHIPS LETTER/POSTED AT/ANTARCTICA/[penguin]/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet, Tasmanian 1d tied by 'HOBART/12MR12/TASMANIA' transit cds, ironed-out fold at the base & minor blemishes. [The sender was Expedition member Charles Francis Laseron. The "Aurora" arrived back at Hobart on 12/3/1912] 2,000

6 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 6 FALKLAND ISLANDS 885 C B FIJI Lot cover to Cheshire with KGV ½d pair tied by a superb strike of the very scarce 'HMCS AFTERGLOW/JUN /POSTED ON BOARD' datestamp, Stanley transit b/s of JU30/24, minor blemishes SDC Ex Lot 888 Interesting shipmail group with 1899 cover endorsed "Per Adi Cakobau" cancelled on arrival at Suva (repaired scissor-cut), c.1950 endorsed "Per MV Yanawai" with KGVI 1d tied by red pencil lines; superb 'TPO/FIJI' shipboard cds on piece; group of stamps with shipboard cancels including 'UNION STEAM SHIP CO' almost complete on Pirogue 1d block of 6, 'KIA ORA', 'MAORI' in rosine, 'ADI KEVA' on KEVII 1d on piece x2, 'ELFRIEDE' on KGV 1d pair, 'TUI MOMI' on KGV 1d pair, boxed 'SS MAKATEA' on KGV 2d pair, '[Y]ARAWA' on KEVII 1d, 'UPOLU' on Pirogue 1d pair, etc; Fiji arrival cds on foreign stamps; Fiji stamps with arrival cancels including 1873 Adelaide cds on 'Six Cents' on CR 3d, 1892 Nukualofa duplex, 1890s '[VA]VAU'-in-bars, 1903 'VAVAU/TONGA', etc; some duplication; also GB d Postal Card used from Suva to GB. Ex Don Welsh. (120+ items) GERMAN COLONIES See also Lots 1044 to 1052 under German (Deutsch) New Guinea. 500T 907 C A Lot 907 CAROLINE ISLANDS: 1909 apparently commercial PPC of "Postdampfer Germania" with message headed "Angaur ", to Germany with Marshall Islands 5pf tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT-LINIE/21 2 b /09' cds. 400T

7 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 7 GERMAN COLONIES (continued) 908 C A- Lot 908 CAROLINE ISLANDS: c.1910 commercial PPC ("Yap Westkarolinen/Dorfstrasse") to Germany unusually with German New Guinea 5pf tied by the very scarce 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT-/LINIE/ b ' cds used aboard the "Germania". 450T 921 PS A Lot 921 MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1903 philatelic usage of 5pf Postal Card to Germany with superb strike of the very scarce 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/SYDNEY-/HONGKONG/6 10 a /03' cds, Jaluit transit cds of two days later & light 'DARMSTADT' arrival cds. 600T 922 C A Lot 922 MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1910 commercial cover endorsed "Abs FE Hellwig Sudsee Expedition/D Peiho p D Germania Jaluit Linie/Sydney Hongkong", to Germany with rare combination franking of Carolines 10pf & Marshalls 20pf tied by 'JALUIT/MARSHALL INSELN' cds, 'Jaluit/(Marshall-Inseln)' registration label, very fine 'HAMBURG' arrival b/s. 2,000T 923 C A Lot 923 MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1912 apparently commercial cover with 'Otto Bock/Janit [sic]/killi Marshall Inseln' imprint on the flap, to the Caroline Islands with 30pf tied by 'DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/JALUIT-LINIE/23 10 b /12' cds, with boxed 'Reichspostdampfer/Germania' h/s & 'Deutsche Seepost/Jaluit-Linie' registration label, light 'PONAPE' arrival cds on the face. 1,200T

8 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 8 GREAT BRITAIN - Military - World War II 954 C A-/B Ex Lot 954 Covers with 'CENSORED' handstamps comprising all-different selection of straight-line (3, one 'CENSORED J14' used on HMS "Boston") & boxed (5) types, plus triple-circle type used on HMS "Resource", also 'Censored & Franked/(No stamp available)', two with 'KIRKWALL/ORKNEYS' or 'STROMNESS/ORKNEYS' cds, one stated to be allocated to Gibraltar; and a very scarce group with all-different selection of crude woodcut types including 'CENSOR' on Paquebot cover, two stated to be "unrecorded". (17) 500T 956 C/CL A/B Ex Lot 956 Covers with named ships' cachets comprising oval 'HMS TITANIA/30SEP1939/SHIPS OFFICE' superb strike in blue; triple-oval 'COMMANDING OFFICER/6NOV1941/CARLISLE' superb arrival d/s in rosine; 2-line 'PASSED CENSOR/HMS NORTHERN SUN' on Nov & Dec 1939 covers; oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/27SEP1939/HMS SUFFOLK' in blue; oval 'HMS CHALLENGER/30NOV1939/ACCOUNTAN...' in rosine; straight-line 'HMS DIANTHUS' in blue; manuscript "Passed by Censor/HMS Harmattan" (?); boxed 'CHAPLAIN/SEP1939/HMS ARK ROYAL'; 'MAIL OFFICE/ 4JAN1939/HMS EXETER' b/s on cover from Chile; 1944 'CHAPLAIN/HMS EXCELLENT' in black; & 'MAIL OFFICE/1DEC1945/HMS MANXMAN' in blue. Desirable group. [By March 1940, all cachets that identified a ship were supposed to be withdrawn or modified by removing the ship's name] (14) 600T Ex Lot C A/B - companion lot of 'PASSED BY CENSOR' handstamps all-different selection of straight-line (15), boxed (12, three incorporating 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE') & unframed 2-line (3) types, also triangular & circular (with ship's name excised) types, & a boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/PRS.' (= Press Censor) type, four more signed by the censors (one impressive type noted as being from Jamaica) and one inscribed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/(SD) HG HUNT'; crude woodcut types, two with Postage Due ½d & 1d one of which additionally has woodcut 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE/NO STAMPS AVAILABLE' h/s; also 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR' handstanps including boxed h/s from Singapore on 1939 cover, variety of inscriptions including 'CENSORED ONBOARD HM SHIPS' in blue or rosine, 'From HM Ships/Passed by Censor', 'PASSED/SHIPS/CENSOR' & 'PASSED BY THE NAVAL CENSOR/ EDO CROMARTY' etc, two on Forces Aerogrammes (one a Blue Triangle type); generally fine. An exceptional foundation for creating an important collection. (56) 1,500T

9 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 9 GREAT BRITAIN - Military - World War II (continued) 959 C B Lot (Sep 19) cover to a fusilier at Shorwell on the Isle of Wight, overall soiling & with 'DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION' h/s in violet, with the original letter which has minor waterstains. [On 20/9/1941, the ferry "Portsdown" struck a mine en route to the Isle of Wight & sank. Our vendor states that he knows of only one other example] MALAYA - Straits Settlements - Postal History 350T 991 C B Lot (Dec 7) unstamped entire with oval 'FRIEDERICHS & Co/PENANG' cachet in blue at lower-left, to France with double-circle 'PENANG/11/DEC/1867/P.O.' cds, French 'POS.ANG.V.SUEZ/P.AN.A.MARS' mailboat cds in red, 'PARIS', 'PARIS A STRASBOURG 1o' TPO & 'REIMS' arrival b/s, rated '10' (decimes) h/s, light horizontal filing crease. Carried per "Emeu" from Singapore, "Candia" from Galle & "Ripon" from Alexandria C B Lot (Aug 5) cover to France with 6d dull lilac SG 13 pair & poor 'B/172' cancel, 'PENANG/ A /AU5/78/PAID' cds in red alongside, French 'POSS ANG V BRIND/A MOD' mailboat cds in red & Paris arrival b/s, a few blemishes. Ex Dr FE Wood (part of Lot 295). Carried per "Zambesi" from Penang, & "Ceylon" from Alexandria. 450

10 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 10 NEW GUINEA - German (Deutsch) New Guinea - Postal History Lot C A B stampless cover to 'KIEL' (b/s) with superb 'KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/No 7' cds, 'Kommando/SMS Möwe' cachet, very fine 'KAISERLICHE MARINE/[arms]/COMMANDO SM AVISO MOWE' cachet across the flap. 450T 1050 C B Lot 1050 SEEPOST: 1901 commercial mourning cover to NSW with 5pf 10pf & 25pf - paying the registered rate but that service not effected - tied by three light strikes of the rare '.../NEU-/GUINEA/ZWEIGLINIE/(SINGAPORE)/ a ' cds used aboard SMS "Stettin", Singapore transit & Sydney arrival b/s, minor blemishes. 750T 1051 C A- Lot 1051 SEEPOST: 1902 commercial cover to Bavaria with 10pf (rounded corner) tied by fine strike of the rare '.../NEU-/ GUINEA/ZWEIGLINIE/(SINGAPORE)/ a ' cds used aboard SMS "Stettin", poor arrival b/s. 750T 1052 C A+ Lot 1052 SEEPOST: 1911 apparently commercial but overpaid linen-lined cover to Germany with 25pf 30pf & 50pf tied by three good to fine strikes of the rare '.../DEUTSCH/NEUGUINEA/SINGAPORE' cds used aboard SMS "Sumatra", 'Seepost Deutsch/Neuguinea-Singapore' registration label, superb 'WITTEN' arrival backstamp. Superb! A rare registered cover. 2,000T

11 Prestige Philately - Auction No 173 Page: 11 NORFOLK ISLAND - Postal History 1064 C/CL A/B Ex Lot OHMS covers with all-different headers &/or 'ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE/NORFOLK ISLAND' imprint at lower-left, all to the NSW Department of Agriculture with KGV 1½d, 2d x2, 2d perf 'OS', 2d optd 'OS' or KGVI 2d tied by various Sydney arrival cancels comprising GPO cds, 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' cds x2, or 'PAQUEBOT' machine cancel x3, a few minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine. Very scarce group. (6) C A/B SWITZERLAND Ex Lot a similar group with KGV 2d x2, KGV 2d optd 'OS' x3, SA Centenary 2d or KGVI 2d tied by various Sydney arrival cancels comprising GPO cds x2, 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' cds x2, 'PAQUEBOT' machine cancel x3 or '.../POSTED/PILLAR BOX' (!) slogan, a few minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine. (7) 750 Lot P C 1854 stampless outer to Victoria "via Marseille and Overland" with 'LAUSANNE/5/MAI/54/SOIR' (= "evening") cds & superb 'PD' h/s, very fine 'GENEVE' transit b/s in blue, three French transit cds & 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/ JY12/1854/GPO-VICTORIA' arrival b/s in red, some toning but quite attractive. Rare origin/destination item. [During the 1850s, many Swiss settled in central Victoria. Mail from Daylesford, Hepburn and surrounding areas is common. However, inwards mail from Switzerland is rare] THAILAND 1105 C A PHILATELIC LITERATURE 1122 L A 1128 L A (Oct) "red band" greetings cover to Singapore with Wat Jang 2stg & 8stg only tied to the reverse by 'SINGAPORE/OC31/1906' arrival cds, 'T'-in-triangle backstamp & mss "2" on the face. Ex Len Colgan. "Australasian Wreck Mail" by BR Peace (1997), published by The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria, 289pp, hardbound with d/j. As new. AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: "The Postal History of Sydney" by Orchard & Tobin, the complete set of six volumes covering maritime, railway & air mails, regulations, undeliverable mail, and circular datestamps, minor blemishes, softbound. (6) 1,