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1 Page:1 Website: Jun 29, 2016 MISCELLANEOUS LOTS 25 C/CL PHILATELIC LITERATURE See also Lots 428 to L A/B Ex Lot 25 World War II "Over the Hump" annotated airmail covers with a few pre-wwii items including 1937 (Dec 17) Hong Kong-Chungking (philatelic), 1940 (Dec 27) Hong Kong-Chungking-Rangoon-NSW, 1941 (July 8) postcard India-Chungking-Hong Kong-USA, 1941 (July 14) Hong Kong-Chungking-Rangoon-NSW, 1941 (Oct 22) Chungking-Rangoon-NSW, 1941 (Nov 11) Shanghai-Chungking-Lashio-Calcutta-NSW registered/ar per CNAC Emergency Flight, 1941 (Dec) Chungking-Calcutta (philatelic), 1942 (Apr 11) Kunming-Dinjan (Assam)-USA, 1942 (Oct 15) registered from Lok Chong endorsed via Cairo & Lagos but with no evidence of that routing & received at Perth only on 6JY43, 1943 (July 20) Kunming-Calcutta-Africa-USA, 1943 (July 12) US Forces at Kunming-USA, 1944 (early) two US Air Force India-China Wing covers - one registered/ar - to USA, 1944 (May 19) Lijiang-Calcutta-Victoria, 1944 (July 25) registered Kunming-Calcutta then to NSW by surface mail, 1944 (Dec 28) US Force at Chengtu-USA (May 12) NSW-WA-Ceylon-Calcutta-Chungking with arrival b/s (sadly the stamps have been removed), 1945 US Forces at Myitkyina (Burma) to APO 86, 1945 (Aug 17) registered Chungking-Calcutta-USA censored in India, 1945 (Sep 14) registered Chungking-Calcutta-Australia-New Zealand censored in India, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. A very good lot that demands development. Ex Alistair Watt. (34) "Wartime Air Mail" by John Daynes (2000), plus non-philatelic "Qantas Indian Ocean Service " by Pattison & Goodall (cover creased), "Merchant Airmen " by the British Air Ministry (faults), and "Flying the Hump" by Ethell & Downie (2004), all softbound. NO RESERVE.(4) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - First Day Covers 291 CO** A 2000 Sydney Olympics set of 16 Gold Medallist personalised stamp sheetlets on plain covers with appropriate FDI cds of Frankston Town Centre (Vic), unaddressed; also Chinese Gold Medallist $1.50 personalised stamps x29 in China National Philatelic Corporation folder. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military & Censor Mail 1, C A- Lot 328 WORLD WAR II: 1943 (Jan 30) cover to "Noonamah Camp, Darwin" with Burma 2a 4a & 8a tied by 'BASE PO/BURMA' cds, superb Unit Censor h/s & signed "FNBraund", the flap endorsed "Mission 204", minor toning on the perfs, with corresponding short typed letter. Ex Russell Stern. [In Feb 1942, the 2 officers & 43 men of "Tulip Force", with 6 tons of equipment, drove 0 miles along the Burma Road into China, then trekked into the mountains. The members of Mission 204 were to train Chinese soldiers in guerilla tactics against the Japanese. However, the Chinese refused their aid & after 7 fruitless months the project was abandoned]

2 Page:2 Website: Jun 29, 2016 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery 339 PS B Lot 339 ENVELOPES - STAMPED TO ORDER: 1919 Kangaroo 2½d indigo BW #ES7 with 'IRISH MISSION/TO CHINA' imprint at lower-left & pre-printed address of St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne, minor blemishes, unused. An exciting new discovery, being the first unused example of a 2½d Envelope to be recorded. [The ACSC notes that only one used 2½d Envelope has been recorded, a long type for South British Insurance, Cat $7500] The Irish Mission to China actually had its headquarters in Omaha Nebraska! It was the site of a 1919 meeting between Melbourne's Archbishop Daniel Mannix, a scathing critic of Britain's "occupation" of Ireland - and a fervent supporter of all Irish Catholic endeavours - & Eamon de Valera, later President of the Republic of Ireland. MAIL FROM & TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES In March 2015, we presented the first part of Michael Lewin's fine collection of Australian outwards and inwards destination mails. We are pleased that Michael has now consigned the balance of this interesting collection. This "new" material includes many items to and from the German States and other parts of Europe, Asia and more. Also included are early pre-stamp covers and several exceptional frankings. 5,000

3 Page:3 Website: Jun 29, 2016 MAIL FROM & TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES In March 2015, we presented the first part of Michael Lewin's fine collection of Australian outwards and inwards destination mails. We are pleased that Michael has now consigned the balance of this interesting collection. This "new" material includes many items to and from the German States and other parts of Europe, Asia and more. Also included are early pre-stamp covers and several exceptional frankings. 364 C (B) CHINA Lot 364 CHINA: 1864 (Feb 20) fragile outer to Shanghae "p Madras" with NSW Diadems 1/- carmine (defective) tied by 'NSW'-in-ovals & fine Sydney b/s, 'HONG-KONG/AP11/64' transit b/s in blue, extensive archival tape repairs within W A B1 Lot 844 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC): Redrawn Gate of Heavenly Peace $800 red-orange & $2000 olive SG 1485 & 1486 marginal blocks of 4 with part-imprint, no gum as issued, Cat Ex Lot ** A/B Our Great Teacher SG , 8f SG 2368 has a vertical crease, unmounted, Cat 0. (3) 600

4 Page:4 Website: Jun 29, 2016 CHINA (continued) 846 V/F A B1 847 W* B B1 Ex Lot Poems of Mao Tse-tung 8f SG & 2382, postally used, Cat 900. An unusual opportunity to acquire three of the key values. (4) PROVINCES - Szechwan: Martyrs SG blocks of 6 (3x2), the four lowest values with no gum, the others with some gum blemishes/gum disturbance but very fresh colours, Cat (12 blocks) 848 * A B1 - Yunnan: Sun Yat-sen simplified set to $5 between SG 29 & 51, Cat 650 minimum. (11) 200 MALAYA - Straits Settlements - Postal History 933 C B 1900 PPC of the Singapore (?) "Cricket Club" endorsed "Feld Post" to Germany with Straits 3c brown tied by 'KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-/SCHIFFSPOST/ No 70 /7 10/00' cds, 'WINDERSHEIM' arrival cds, minor soiling. The ship was en route to China in response to the Boxer Rebellion. NEW GUINEA - German (Deutsch) New Guinea - Postal History PS (B) Lot 952 INWARDS MAIL: 1900 commercial usage of Hong Kong '4 CENTS' on 3c Postal Card (reply half) to the ship's doctor aboard SMS "Möwe" c/- the German Consulate at Matupi with superb 'AMOY/ A /FE20/00' cds & Hong Kong transit cds, apparently missent to Sydney where endorsed in red "Matupi/New Britain", full message headed "Amoy ab SMS Irene 12 II 00", some soiling & repaired tear at right. An excellent origin/destination item. Ex Murray Collins: sold for $935 at the Macray Watson auction of 31/3/

5 Page:5 Website: Jun 29, 2016 PAPUA - Postal History 990 C A PORTUGUESE COLONIES Lot commercial cover to China with scarce franking of Coronation 1d + 2d Bird of Paradise tied by 'CAIRNS' slogan cancel with superb boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s below, 'SHANGHAI' arrival b/s & Chinese "chop" on the face ** A Ex Lot 1001 MACAU: Expensive Lighthouse hingeless album with issues complete with all the Miniature Sheets, 1990 incomplete, issues apparently complete including M/Ss & numerous sheetlets, unmounted, plus Zodiac booklets, Cat (many 100s) 2,000