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1 Page:1 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - General & Miscellaneous Lots 5 **/*OC A/B 22 **/*OC Eclectic accumulation starting with stockbook of used Kangaroos noted Third Wmk 5/- then KGV Heads including Single Wmk 1/4d 'OS' puncture CTO and 100+ mint but most with gum problems of varying degrees, 1919 telegram form with 'TELEGRAPHS/FREMANTLE' cds and other postmark interest, Yearbooks from 1996 & , also a 1914 Schwaneberger world-wide album strongest in European issues especially Austria, loose stamps in boxes & envelopes, FDCs, a few coins & some literature, condition very mixed but there are pickings throughout. (100s) 1956 Melbourne Olympics illustrated commemorative cancels on 'PICTORIAL POSTMARK' postcards set of 52 (couple with minor blemishes; advertised retail $650) plus a few FDCs & flight covers, then some 1980s-90s mint including Sydpex M/S x100+ & stamp packs, condition mixed but generally fine. (100s) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - First Watermark Lot F A B1 6d ultramarine with the Watermark Inverted BW #17a, 'PARCEL POST/20AP15/PERTH' cds cancel, Cat $ F A B1 9d violet horizontal strip of 3, well centred, 'REGISTERED/JY20/13/KALGOORLIE' cds, Cat $ Very scarce F A C1 Lot 75 1/- emerald with the Watermark Inverted BW #30a, very fine strike of the scarce 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/OUT/ 31DE13/VICTORIA' cds, Cat $500. [Most stamps with the watermark inverted are from CTO sheets] 200 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark 119 F A+ B1 6d dull blue Dry Ink punctured 'OS' as always BW #19c, light 'PONDE/--AU21/SA' cds (ERD), Cat $100. A gem! 80 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - King George V Issues 195 C Identified plate varieties mostly on 1d greens and 2d reds plus a few others all on cover, minor duplication but good variety, also some advertising covers and potential postmark interest. (76) 200 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals 241 O/C A/B Ex Lot used collection on pages with almost all values in used blocks of 4 or larger including complete booklet panes & many imprints, noted 2/- Crocodile block of 35!!, Robes 5/- block of 6 thin paper and 10/- strip of 3, Arms 1 block of 4 and 2 blocks of 4 & 6, Navigators 10/- blocks of 4 & 9, 1 block of 6 & White Paper strip of 3 and 2 strip of 3 & pair, the majority with cds cancels & some postmark interest; plus a range of commemorative covers & FDCs including 2 Navigator; condition generally fine to very fine. (1000s) 1,000 T

2 Page:2 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Decimal Issues 267 O Carton of duplicates sorted into packets with denominations to $10, possible postmark interest. (1000s) 250 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery PS A REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1916 KGV 4d orange on buff NSW stock with orange 'REGISTERED LETTER' at top & red obliterating device on back BW #RE6 sent to Abbotsford uprated with Kangaroo 3rd Wmk 2½d tied 'BLACKBURN/-6MR20/VICTORIA' cds and red 'R' label alongside paying triple 1d per ½oz letter rate, 3d registration fee plus ½d war tax, fine condition. 200 T 302 PS C 303 PS A Lot KGV 'FOURPENCE/HALFPENNY' overprint on 5d brown obsolete stock with rectangular flap on face, text on back ending in '...regulations, etc." and overprinted 'Price 5½d...' BW #14B sent to England with additional franking KGV 1½d green tied 'PORT KEMBLA/MR26/24/NSW' cds and red 'R' label inscribed 'NSW' only with "Port Kembla" added in manuscript alongside paying double 1d per oz British Empire letter rate plus 3d registration fee, some discolouration & blemishes, Cat $1500. ACSC states "No.14B is a recent discovery, with one mint and one used example recorded, showing the '5d' [sic] selling price corrected in manuscript to '6d'. The used envelope is cancelled at Exchange (NSW), 3 March 1924". This newly-discovered example has the '5½d' selling price unaltered formular 'REGISTERED LETTER' without imprinted value intended for use in the Australian Territories unusually sent from NSW to England with QEII 1/7d tied 'WOLLONGONG/31JY59/NSW-AUST' cds and blue 'R6' label alongside, fine condition. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers 400 T 150 T 310 C A/B Ex Lot (July) souvenir postcard AAMC #3 x2 carried Melbourne-Sydney by Maurice Guillaux each with 1d Kangaroo tied 'AUSTRALIAN/AERIAL MAIL/MELBOURNE/16-JUL-1914/VIC' oval d/s in violet and 'SYDNEY/18JL14/64' arrival datestamp alongside, also two WWI AIF covers including one from Sudan to Brigadier-General NM Smyth in France and three 1930s inwards airmail covers from Burma, France with perfins, & Indo-China via Bangkok, condition a little mixed but overall fine. (7) 400

3 Page:3 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Aerophilately & Flight Covers (continued) 313 C A/B Ex Lot KGV frankings including 4½d on 1929 Toowoomba-Brisbane cover with 'See Western Queensland' label tied, 1929 ½d x2 with 'Angel' vignette tied on 3d Airmail FDC, 1930 Perth-Carnarvon with 'PER AERIAL MAIL ROUTE' cachet, 1930 Brisbane-Townsville with boxed 'UNCLAIMED/13FE31/TOWNSVILLE' & RECEIVED OPEN/DLB/VICTORIA' cachets, 1930 with 'Central Sq Sydney/NSW' red 'R' label, 1933 Sydney-Melbourne-Sydney AAMC#335 Lord Apsley flight, 1934 Kingsford Smith Third Tasman Flight AAMC#350 with New Zealand Admiral 1d & Australia KGV 2d combination franking, also 1935 Cooktown-Cairns with Airmail 6d 'OS' overprint and 1937 registered USA Flight with Airmails 3d x2, 6d x4 & 1/6d x2 and 'HONG KONG TO SAN FRANCISCO/ RECEIVED-FIRST FLIGHT-FAM14' cachet, plus 1933 airmail cover & 1940 Telegram to QANTAS founder Hudson Fysh, condition a little variable but generally fine, Cat $ (27) C A Lot (Feb 19) registered cover AAMC #151&152 carried on both outward & return leg of first flight of Australian Aerial Services Camooweal-Daly Waters (NT) route with KGV 2d brown, 1½d WA Swan, 3d Kooka & 2d Airmail tied 'REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/15FE30/MELBOURNE' d/s plus red 'R' label & boxed 'LATE FEE' cachet, 'CAMOOWEAL/QUEENSLAND' (19.2 & 21.2) and 'DALY WATERS/NT' (20.2 & 21.2) transits the latter on face, fine condition, Cat $650. [AAMC states only 50 carried on outward leg & 30 on return with no mention of how many flown on both; the majority of the philatelic mail was carried on the second flight in March due to an error at the Darwin PO] C A-/B Ex Lot (Feb-May) group of registered covers carried by second & subsequent flights on Australian Aerial Services Camooweal-Daly Waters, Northern Territory route with 'R' labels of 'DALY WATERS' (red & black x4; blue manuscript provisionals x4), 'CAMOOWEAL' (red x5) & 'NSW/COBAR' (red x5), a number with 'ALEXANDRIA' [sic] dated cachet in violet, many also with NSW & Queensland TPO markings, most with minor blemishes. (19) 600

4 Page:4 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History 350 C A/B Ex Lot 350 KGV Commemoratives frankings noted 1927 Canberra 1½d x3 first flight with 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' cachet & 'CLONCURRY' cds, 1928 Kooka 3d pair from top half of M/S with red 'EXHIBITION' cds and blank 'R' label, 1932 Bridge 2d & 3d 'OS' overprints to UK and 'C Kingsford Smith' autographs on cover with full set, 1934 registered airmail to Netherlands Indies with Victorian Centenary 3d & 1/- and New Zealand taxed 'Boomerang' flight cover with Postage Dues, 1935 airmail to England with KGV Silver Jubilee 2d, 3d & 2/- and 1936 with SA Centenary 1/- single tied 'REGISTERED/HOBART' cds, mixture of commercial mail & philatelic covers, condition overall fine. (72) 600 T 351 CPS A/B Ex Lot 351 Destination mail including 1922 Australian Museum postcard to USA with KGV 1d violet 'OS/NSW' punctured pair, 1939 KGV 1½d postal card uprated airmail to Syria, 1940 censored airmail to South Africa & 5d Ram single airmail to Fiji, 1947 registered to BCOF serviceman at Kure Japan, 1958 QEII 4d lettercard uprated airmail to Indonesia, 1961 formular aerogramme to India with 'RETURN TO...' cachet, 1964 registered airmail to Germany with 1/- Colombo & 10/- Arms, others to Denmark, Germany, Netherlands Indies, Switzerland & USA, condition overall fine. (23) 500 T 352 C A/B Ex Lot 352 Kangaroo frankings noted 1915 Geological Survey postcard to USA with ½d punctured small 'OS' & KGV 1d red 'OS', 1919 Australian Museum OHMS cover to USA with 3d 'OS/NSW' single, 1925 to Germany via Italy with 6d brown single, 1931 Netherlands Indies flight cover with 3rd Wmk 2/- brown, 1934 'LATE FEE' airmail to Germany with 9d & Victorian Centenary 2d pair, 1939 airmail to Germany with 2/- and Greek currency control cachet, 1940 Forces airmail to Australia with 9d single tied '1ST BGE HQ PO/W1' cds used in Palestine, mainly commercial mail, a few with censor & tax markings, some postmark interest, mixed condition but overall fine. (33) 600 T

5 Page:5 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) 353 CPS A/B Ex Lot 353 KGV frankings noted 1915 to USA with 1d red x3 sealed with selvedge (including 'JBC' monogram!) on back, 1922 to USA with 4d blue single, 1924 'Sheahan's Hotel' cover with 1½d red x3 tied 'STANTHORPE/QUEENSLAND' cds & red 'R' label, d green postal card to Austria overpaid with 2d brown added, 1925 to USA with 'PAQUEBOT/San Fran Calif' cachet, 1926 with 4½d tied 'HAMELIN POOL/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds & 'FORWARDED/BY AIR MAIL' cachet alongside, 1934 to India with Victorian Centenary 'Romance of Gold' cinderella tied on back, predominantly commercial mail including some advertising, also 'OS' frankings, tax markings, potential postmark interest plus a few PPCs of King George V, mixed condition but overall fine. (92) 600 T 354 CPS A/B 356 C A/B 357 C A/B Ex Lot 354 KGVI & QEII frankings noted d Ram pair airmail to Straits Settlements, 1949 BCOF with Mustang Fighter Plane cachet, 1955 registered airmail to Hungary, 1956 QEII 3d single British Defence Forces rate with 'NAVAL SERVICE' cachet, 1958 airmail to Ceylon with Olympics 7½d pair, 1959 to UK with 'UNDERPAID/FOR AERIAL SERVICE' cachet, 1960s 2/3d Commemoratives single frankings plus many more, mostly commercial including advertising, military & censored, some postal stationery & postmark interest, also FDCs & commemorative covers, condition variable but overall fine. (250+) Album of picture postcards with 1914 Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force taxed with 'ALBANY/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds & postage due, "Picadilly Suburb, Kalgoorlie" with 'MENZIES' duplex, & "St George's Terrace" with 'UP TRAIN/MG3/VICTORIA' cds, group of real photo cards including "Ormuz RMS at Hobart", marvellous truck being pushed uphill at Glenelg (SA) & car driving thru giant fig tree' at Yungaburra (Qld), then worldwide group with naval ships including Great White Fleet, also South African Zulus, glamour & humour, many of the latter used in Australia with States stamps & postmarks, condition mixed but many fine. (110+) Queensland group of covers including 1924 with KGV 4½d single and red 'SAPPHIRE' label (small, fat 'R') and 1926 with KGV 1½d x3 tied 'YEPPOON/QUEENSLAND' and red 'R' label, others with KGV frankings and postmarks including 'EMERALD', JW Twine Chemist and Stationer (Emerald) PPC "Washing & Picking Sapphires at Retreat Creek" & a real photo PPC of a child riding a goat and four more hitched to a wagon carting wool ("only in Queensland"!), a couple with minor blemishes but overall fine. (10) 600 T 200 T

6 Page:6 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) 372 C A- 377 C B Lot on cover to USA with Kookaburra 6d Engraved single franking tied 'REGISTERED/JA4/15/BENDIGO' cds with red 'R' label alongside paying 3d foreign letter rate plus 3d registration fee, 'SAN FRANCISCO CAL/FEB/3/1915/ REGISTRY SECTION' transit b/s in violet, couple of blemishes and edge faults but nevertheless very attractive, ACSC Cat $2500 on cover registered to India with KGV 1d red & 4d orange tied 'QUEENSTOWN/23NO22/TASMANIA' cds and red 'R' label inscribed 'QUEENSTOWN' only (no State indicated) alongside, 'REGISTERED BRANCH LAUNCESTON/TAS' transit & 'MADRAS/14DEC22' arrival b/s, small closed tear at left & a few minor blemishes. 800 T 200 T 380 C A/A- 383 C A Ex Lot s advertising covers with illustrated covers including Harcourt (Vic) Fruit Supply 'Apple Man', Emu Nail & Nightingale Supply with birds, WE Cash with map of Australia, Lowe Hardware Merchants with tools, Lysaght Bros 'Rabbit'-proof wire netting, almost all identifying their industry and many with lists of products or other embellishments, also some for schools and councils, mostly from NSW Queensland or Victoria including some from country towns, no apparent duplication and overall fine condition, some postmark potential. (148) 1934 Swallow and Ariell's Biscuits & Cakes illustrated cover with Victorian Centenary 2d 'S&W' perfin single tied 'RELIEF STAMP VIC/-2NO34/14' cds used at Melbourne, fine condition T 402 C/CL A Ex Lot mostly airmail covers to Europe with rare frankings of complete booklet panes including 1967 QEII 4c 'Post Early' with 3c coil pair to Germany, 1968 QEII 5c 'Use Postal Orders' with 20c Bird registered to Switzerland, c Chisholm & David panes on large cover, c Macquarie to Germany, c Hughes to Holland, most apparently commercial but QEII '5c' on 4c 'Post your Parcels' with 'SUPREME COURT OF NSW' commemorative cds and provisional 'R' label, fine condition. A very difficult assembly. (11) 600 T

7 Page:7 Website: Jun 26, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War II 476 C A (June 12) cover to a Lesotho woman in Basutoland (!) with Australia 1d & 9d tied by 'AUS FPO 34' cds in use at Tripoli (Lebanon) & FPO No 34 registration cachet in violet, 'LERIBE' transit & 'PITSENG' arrival b/s. An extraordinary origin/destination cover. The sender was presumably a Basuto native, probably serving with South African Forces. [Ted Proud records FPO 34 at Tripoli only] PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales 507 C/CL A/B COWRA: Civilian mails comprising registered Gavin cover with ' NG /12NO41/NSW' cut-down relief cds & registration label with mss "POW Camp/Cowra"; 'POW PO COWRA' cds on an Army 1d concession rate cover, registered OHMS cover with '22 AUST GARR BN' cachet & small 'POW CAMP COWRA' h/s on the label, and long registered express OHMS cover with large 'P of W Camp Cowra' h/s on the label, the last with vertical folds. (4) PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Tasmania T 535 PS B Lot 535 BRIGHTON: /- Airmail Notelope to Italy endorsed on reverse "18 POW Brighton Tas" & processed through Launceston with scarce 6/1 censor label - damaged on opening - & cachet, Melbourne transit d/s of 20OCT/1944 (most unusually with the datehead inverted), minor blemishes. Rare. [Brighton, located north of Hobart, was one of the smallest camps, and held POWs only, not internees] LIBERATED POWs RECEPTION CENTRES T 645 C A Lot 645 BRITISH ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS, SYDNEY (NSW): 1945 (Nov 1) American Red Cross cover endorsed "RAPWI/Warwick Farm" (= Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War & Internees) to New Zealand with 4d tied by cut-down relief ' C /NSW' cds & registration label with 'BR N BARRACKS' h/s. [This temporary camp housed repatriated POWs from Hong Kong] 250 T

8 Page:8 Website: Jun 26, 2017 AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots 647 O 658 L A 660 L A/A- 661 L A/A- Used accumulation in envelopes noted quantity of Tasmanian Pictorials with postmark interest - a quick inspection revealed fine strikes of 'GREAT LAKE' & 'NORTHDOWN' - plus St George & Dragon 5/- x2 & 10/- x 9 on large-part original document, also smaller groups of other Colonies and then some world-wide, condition mixed but overall fine. PHILATELIC LITERATURE: "The Numeral Cancellations of New South Wales" by Hugh Freeman (2012), 380pp hardbound with d/j. As new. Only 200 copies were printed & it's been out-of-print almost since the publication date. - South Australia mini-library including "The Postage Stamps..." by James et al, "The Long Stamps" by Purves, "Departmentals" by Butler, "Northern Territory" by Williams, all hardbound, plus three softbound titles. (7) - Tasmania mini-library comprising "Stamps & Postal History" by Tinsley. "Pictorial Stamps" by Lancaster, and "The Postal History & Postal Markings" in two volumes, all hardbound. (4) NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History 692 CPS 693 C B 694 C B Box of mostly pedestrian covers but including a few earlier items & a good range of official mail notably a selection of Postal Stationery Envelopes & Registration Envelopes unused used or with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, condition rather mixed. (100+) 1837 (Mar 6) mourning entire to Sydney rated manuscript "5" (d) on face with fair undated 'LIVERPOOL/N.S.W' h/s (White #C3) and crowned 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White #S4) arrival alongside, addressed to "Mrs. Norton, Care of James Norton Esq, Elswick" (Sydney solicitor) at their property in the suburb of Leichhardt (May 17) lengthy entire to Paterson, NSW with a good strike of the rounded-boxed 'SYDNEY/POST PAID' h/s (White #P2) in red, rated "8" in red for 4d coastal shipletter plus 4d for carriage not more than 15 miles, minor soiling but most attractive C A- 697 C B Lot (Feb 4) double-rate entire to Scotland "By the Kennedy [?] if not already sailed" with fine strikes of the boxed 'YASS/POST PAID' h/s in red & oval Yass datestamp, Sydney & London (1JY1/1843) transits & boxed 'BALLINGALLOCH' arrival b/s, ironed-out vertical filing fold. A very appealing prestamp entire (Jan 20) entire to Sydney endorsed "Prepaid" with fair strike of boxed h/s with curved 'NEWCASTLE/POST PAID' (White # P12) in red rated "4"(d) paid and good crowned oval 'NEWCASTLE/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) alongside on face, 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White # S11) b/s, minor aging marks but attractive C (B) 699 C C Lot (June 3) Goulburn Hospital 'Terms of Admission' notice to Registrar, Supreme Court, Melbourne annotated "Enclosing affidavit..." with fair boxed 'GOULBURN/POST PAID' h/s (White # P11) in red on face and poor crowned oval 'GOULBURN/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) b/s, rated red manuscript "2/4" paid (double 1/2d for carriage between miles) with bold 'YASS/JU3/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) transit and fair 'MELBOURNE/JU7/1847/PORT PHILLIP' arrival, some edge faults and internal repairs (Nov 18) entire to Sydney with Sydney Views 2d deep blue Plate III SG 30 (margins small to touching design, roughly separated) tied BN '54' (reversed '4', Freeman rated RRR) and good 'CARRINGTON/NEW.S.WALES' crowned oval (White #C65), 'SYDNEY/NEW SOUTH WALES' arrival (White #P2) b/s, letter headed "Stroud" written by Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang, Presbyterian Church Leader and Member of the Legislative Council, some staining. Stated to be one of only two "numeral ties" known. Carrington PO opened , closed

9 Page:9 Website: Jun 26, 2017 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) 706 CPS A 707 SD A QUEENSLAND - Postal History POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers primarily airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average, noted the occassional registered item, postal stationery, as well as modern rubbers including boxed 'Australia Post/Jerilderie NSW 2716' in violet, boxed 'POST OFFICE/LAVINGTON', 'RECEIVED/EAST MAITLAND' in violet, 'POSTAL SERVICES/ OFFICER/ MILSONS POINT' and lots more, also a smattering of ACT offices. (100s) - A-Y datestamps 1930s-80s on stamps many complete strikes on piece, mostly from smaller Post Offices although no great rarities seen, a few 'PAID' in red and some LDL/SDL conversions, noted 'ISLAND BEND' (Snowy Mountains Scheme), 'NANA GLEN RAILWAY' on KGV 2d on piece, 'SPRINGSIDE' on blank red registration label and sure to be more pickings, generally better than average strikes & little if any duplication. (900+) CPS 723 CPS A/B 726 F A A1 Handy batch with four Small Chalon frankings including 1869 to Worcesershire with very fine 6d & Rays '87', 1885 to Canada with 2d x3, 1888 endorsed "Tender for carriage & Engine Sheds" with 1d pair, 1892 with 2d & 3d tied by 'REGISTERED/MARYBOROUGH' cds, 1904 Tatts covers with BN '328' or '549' & 2-line 'REGISTERED/BURKE TOWN' or '.../CHARLEVILLE' h/s, 1907 Tatts cover with imprint of 'WYBEN PEARLING FLEET, TORRES STRAITS' & Thursday Island cds, etc, condition variable. (21 items) selection including to Argentina, Austria, Canada, Ceylon, Ireland and Papua, also 1906 to USA with 'REGISTERED/MOUNT MORGAN' h/s and to Japan with 'YOKOHAMA' cds, four scenic Postal Cards including 1899 to Malta taxed and 1910 ½d uprated wrapper to London, domestic usages 1901 with Revenue/Postage franking, 1908 punctured 'OS' illegally used on private mail and two Qld/NSW combination covers, postmark interest with numeral ties and TPO markings, mostly fine. (42) MORETON BAY DISTRICT: Rays Numerals '151' of Condamine very fine strike on NSW Imperf Diadems 2d strip of 3 with almost full margins. Rated RRRR. 150 SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History 742 OCPS A/B Ex Lot 742 Covers & postal stationery noted 1899 QV 1d green wrapper & 1900s QV 1d brown postal cards some with additonal printing on back, 1900 G&R Wills & Co cover with QV 2d violet 'GR/W' perfin, others with curved 'REGISTERED/No' h/s & 'TOO LATE' cachet, 1905 'Genuine BSA Parts' parcel tag to Kadina with QV 1d red x6, various with printed endorsements 'Invoice Only' or 'Circular Only' sent at printed matter rate, also a few illustrated advertising covers showing cameras & musical instruments, plenty of postmark interest including a number of 'EXPRESS RAILWAY' & 'TEROWIE RAILWAY' transits (170+); plus a box of stamps on paper & a few inwards covers from NSW, Victoria & USA; condition rather mixed but pickings throughout. (100s) C A+ 745 CPS A/B Lot OHMS outer with a light but largely legible strike of the rare undated double-circle 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/ PORT ADELAIDE' handstamp, superb GPO arrival cds of JA*25/49. Exceptional quality to foreign destinations including Ceylon, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, 1906 OHMS to London with 2d violet punctured OS, 1907 to Sweden posted on ship with 1d tied 'NAPOLI' and postal card to Malaya with 'SINGAPORE' receiver on face, Postal Stationery including "CIRCULATING LIBRARY" scenic Postal Card sent 1911 but uncancelled, wrappers some 'OS' overprints and one STO for "The Chronicle" (faults), also group of PPCs & covers with postmark interest noted 'PINE CREEK/N.T' and 'P.P.RAILWAY', condition variable. (67) 400 T

10 Page:10 Website: Jun 26, 2017 SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) 747 CO C Lot oversize cover (248x160mm) with Francis Snow imprint at the top to Germany with exceptional franking of Thick 'POSTAGE' 3d x3 6d x2 & 2/6d violet tied by the scarce 'ENG MAIL TPO/8AU1907/S AUSTRALIA' cds, superb 'HALBERSTADT/8.9.07' arrival b/s, a few faults including repairs with archival tape along central fold. An impressive exhibit. [This is the largest number of "Long Toms" we have seen on a single cover & the only franking of the 2/6d known to us. The ACSC (2004) gives values on cover for the 3d ($150) & 6d ($400) but not for any denomination above 8d. Les Molnar's 1915 cover with the TPO cds - stated to be the later of only two recorded covers - sold at our auction of for $1380] TASMANIA - Postal History Francis Hugh Snow was an Adelaide merchant who developed "Beechwood" mansion & gardens at Aldgate in the Adelaide Hills. He did considerable trade with Germany. During World War I, his ongoing relationship with Aron Hirsch & Son - the addressee of this cover - caused him to be prosecuted for "trading with the enemy". The case went to the High Court where he was found guilty, fined 2000 & ordered to pay the costs of the trial] 1,000 T 774 C A/B Ex Lot 774 Pre-stamp internal entires including 1830 to "Lake River" with typically poor strike of the small undated 'HOBART' oval h/s, 1849 with postmaster's endorsement "Oatlands/ ", 1853 printed lettersheet with '10 O CLOCK' cds (stated to be the LRD), Money Letters 1850 with postmaster's endorsement "Cleved ", 1851 with boxed 'CAMP TOWN' d/s & 1853 with postmaster's endorsement "Emu Bay 2 Aug 53", two others, plus 1869 OHMS with very fine '[crown]/free' diamond-d/s, generally fine to very fine. Ex Koichi Sato. (9) 650 T

11 Page:11 Website: Jun 26, 2017 TASMANIA - Postal History (continued) 777 C A/C 780 CPS A/B Ex Lot entires from England x3 or Scotland (the earliest, with 'OLDRAIN' d/s) all with various boxed 'SHIPLETTER' datestamps of Hobart, one of 1843 is a mourning letter, apart from the first - which is stained - the others are fine to very fine. [One, of 1841, is to "Frank Allison/Streanshall/Macquarie River", father of William Race Allison] (4) covers including to Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa, two 'POSTAGE PAID/HOBART TAS' on Tattersalls envelopes with Sweepstakes Tickets contents, etc, also stationery including ½d brown reply postal card to USA, 1d red+½d orange postal card to Germany, 1d red STO wrapper for "The Mercury Hobart", 2d green+½d orange envelope 1898 to Hungary, 1900 Post Office penalty envelope with GPO Frank Stamp, small group of 1d Pictorials on PPCs with some postmark interest, condition variable. (27) O VICTORIA Ex Lot 783 POSTMARKS: First Allocation Barred Numerals '11' (superb), '35', '52', manuscript "54", '59', '60', '61', '64' & '68', fine to very fine strikes, also Victorian Barred Oval with indistinct numeral (rare), all on 4d Couriers cut-square with full- to almost-full margins, a few faults but generally fine & attractive, Cat 3750 (minimum). Ex Koichi Sato. (10) 750 T 787 OC Ex Lot 787 A serious collector's remainders mostly on stockcards with many better items noted including Half-Lengths, Woodblocks with 6d 'TOO LATE' x15, 1/- 'REGISTERED' x2 (one on piece) & 6d black SG 102 x8 including a pair & two with part of the Marginal Inscription (one on piece), Queen-on-Throne 6d plate proof in black, several cards of Emblems, Redrawn 6d black SG 107 mint pair with large-part o.g., Laureates with 3d lilac x3, 10d grey x3 & 5/- blue/yellow x3, Bell 9d with Double Perfs, 'STAMP - DUTY' Overprints unused/mint set, 1900 Charity duo mint, V/Crown three coloured papers (size as for blocks of 4), a few with 'Reprint' Overprint, Stamp Duty 35/- & 5 pink x12 all with pen cancels, etc, some postmark interest including Barred Numeral 1st Type '112' (rated RRR), also some covers including 1873 to Ireland with 9d on 10d, 1874 to Ireland with 3-colour franking, & defective - to England with rare franking of 8d on 9d pair, etc, condition rather mixed but our estimate is conservative. (few 100) 1,000

12 Page:12 Website: Jun 26, 2017 VICTORIA (continued) 788 O Ex Lot 788 Old-time collection with enough pickings from Half-Lengths on to suggest that close inspection will be rewarded, noted lots of Emblems including Imperf 1d strip of 3, Beaded Ovals imperf 4d, Laureates Emergency Printings, 1897 Charity 2½d CTO, perf 'OS' group to 5/- x3, Postage Dues to 2/-, some postmark interest including very fine Barred Numerals 1st Type '163' (rated RR), '289' (RRR) & '914' (RRR), condition very mixed. (100s) 789 O Collector's duplicates in four albums. Pickings. (100s) G A Lot Half-Lengths Thomas Ham Second State of the Die 1d red-brown SG 5 pair [21-22], margins close to large with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, unusually cancelled with bars of Sydney & rare thus, Cat T 814 O Ex Lot Woodblocks 1/- rose-pink & blue 'REGISTERED' SG 34 partly annotated selection, many with full margins, one is Rouletted 7-9 SG 55, postmark interest with Barred Numerals including First Type '18', '31', '36' (rated RR), '51' (RR), '74' (R), '80', '89' (RR) & '102', condition rather mixed but many are fine to very fine &/or attractive, Cat Ex JRW Purves x3, Rodney Perry, and Colonel Harrie Evans x15 including the SG 55. (30) 2, F A Lot Beaded Ovals 4d rose-pink Major Cracked Electro [D10, down the right-hand side] tied to 1863 entire by light BN '84' largely clear of the crack, fine 'WINCHELSEA' crowned-oval b/s & Melbourne arrival b/s in red, the cover with minor blemishes.

13 Page:13 Website: Jun 26, 2017 VICTORIA (continued) 862 O A/A- VICTORIA - Postal History Large Stamp Duty Typo 4/- orange x7 (two pairs and a strip of three), 5/- red pair & 10/- green x2 all with 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/+ - VICTORIA' duplex cancels (genuine usage; not the forged canceller dated FE18/04 often encountered on cleaned Fiscals), also 5/- claret/yellow (rounded corner) with two part-strikes of 'RMSS/ T /OC/8/85/HOBSONS BAY - VICTORIA' duplex cancel (second type). [Retail $500 for stamps plus premium for multiples & postmarks] (12) C A- 894 C A 899 C A/B Lot mercantile entire headed "Melbourne 15 April 1857" to Worcester & endorsed "pr Great Britain", carried per favor & placed into the mail on arrival in England with 1d Stars x2 tied by very fine 'BIRMINGHAM/24AU57/ R5-75' duplex cancels, 'WORCESTER' arrival b/s of the next day, minor blemishes. Unusual. [The addressee Lea & Perrins were dispensing chemists who first developed their famous Worcestershire Sauce in 1837] 1896 registered cover to USA with fraudulent use of Large Stamp Duty 6d blue with pen cancel removed + 2d tied by 'BOURKE STREET EAST/VIC' cds, San Francisco arrival b/s. PICTURE POSTCARDS: Small group with four including "Woodend Railway Station" with TPO cancels, "New Moon Mine, Eaglehawk" & three Walhalla real photo cards with steam train including "Railway Bridge", Maffra Post Office, two artist cards with Swallow & Ariell's advertising on back, two 1890 used Special Constables cards with 'CHIEF SECRETARY' frank stamps, KGV 1d Postal Card "SPRING ST MELB" with just-discernible 'SNOWY CREEK/VIC' d/s (minor faults), etc, condition a little mixed but many are fine; plus d Postal Card with Melbourne Cricket Club team selection printed notice & Fly Fisher's Association membership card. [With clipping of Rick Milne's Sporting Worth column valuing the last two at $ & $200 respectively] (32) 500 T VICTORIA - Postmarks 901 S A 902 S A Ex Lot 901 Postmarks selected from a recent original find of KGV Penny Reds including 'BUNGEET WEST' (rated RRRR), 'COSTERFIELD SOUTH' (RRR), 'DUNLUCE' (RRR), 'MILITARY CAMP/FLEMINGTON' (RRR), 'FULHAM RLY STN' (RRR), 'GANNAWARRA' (RRR), 'RO GIPSY POINT' (RRR), 'GIRGARRE EAST' (RRRR), 'GOLDEN POINT' (RRR), 'KANEIRA', 'KARNAK', 'KINNABULLA', 'KOO-WEE-RUP SOUTH ', 'LAKE KARNAK', 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE LAKE TYERS', 'LOGAN', 'LOWER GELLIBRAND' (RO period), 'PIANGIL NORTH', 'TEL OFFICE/QUARANTINE STN VIC', 'TO ROCKBANK', 'TABBERABBERA', 'THE HEART', 'TO TONGHI CREEK', 'TYRRELL DOWNS', 'WAGGARANDALL', 'WOODVALE' etc, some minor duplication including 'BUCKLAND' x3 (previously rated RRRR!) & 'MOORNGAG' x2, a good number of record dates noted, quality of the strikes is variable but many are fine to superb. A very good lot. [Lots & are also from this find] (400 approx) A-Y Selection of datestamps 1930s-80s many complete strikes on piece, mostly from smaller Post Offices although no great rarities seen, noted quite a few 'PAID' in red, LDL/SDL conversions and some Money Order types, little if any duplication and generally better than average strikes. (600+) 2,000

14 Page:14 Website: Jun 26, 2017 VICTORIA - Postmarks (continued) 903 SDC A/B Remainders in seven albums from Colonial era to modern with datestamps and some numeral cancels including ties on Solicitor-General Frank Stamp circulars and QVic postal cards, noted many on piece and plenty of KGV Heads with a few covers also, primarily from larger towns with sub-types but some closed offices and rated items seen with quality of strikes well above average. Needs to be viewed as there will be pickings. Ex Ken Smithies. (100s) C B Lot 904 "BUTTERFLIES": '15' (unconvincing), '34' (only the second example recorded used at the GPO) & '48' all used at the GPO in red on covers from GB with cut-to-shape Embossed 6d or 1/- x2, all redirected to 'HEATHCOTE' (b/s). Very scarce trio. Ex Captain Tom Ward. [The other '34' cover - a wonderful item - was sold by Prestige on for $9200!] 600 T 905 S A/B Lot Good to very fine strikes on Half-Lengths - mostly 2d printings - comprising '3' of Seymour (rated R), '7' of Maidens Punt (RR), '17' of Lake Colac (R), '18' of Timboon (RRR) on 3d, '23' of Burn Bank (R), '24' of Horsham (R), '29' of Port Fairy, '30' (R) of Warrnambool on 1d, & '38' (RR) also of Warrnambool, a few of the stamps are very attractive S C A1 907 S Lot '8' of Dandenong very fine strike on Sydney Views 1d (faults but presentable). Rated RRRR+. [Hugh Freeman & Geoff White state at page 7 "Purves reported eight examples, including usage on Sydney Views"] BARRED NUMERALS: Modest collection but all on Kangaroo or KGV denominations, stated to include strikes rated R x9 & RR x2. (350+) SD Ex Lot Nicely presented collection in three matching multi-ring albums with lots of very fine to superb strikes & plemty of R and RR items, also RRR '349', 1st Type '545', '601', 'M96', 'MCC/60', 'MCC/73', 'MCCC/78', 'MCCCC/25', '1735', and RRRR 'MCCC/31' & 'MD/67', some duplication mostly in the lower numbers. Fine basis for expansion. (many 100s) 750

15 Page:15 Website: Jun 26, 2017 VICTORIA - Postmarks (continued) 909 SD Ex Lot Collection in four large albums, numerous offices with multiple types including a good range of scarcer duplex cancels, some coloured strikes, many fine to superb strikes throughout but care is required because optimism has won over scepticism in many cases. Better items include Rated RRR Type 7 '148', duplex '268' (numeral only), Type 1 '289', Type 1 '545', '914', Type 1 'M96', Type 2 '1238', 'MCCCC/77', 'MCCCC/85' & duplex '1533' (numeral only); and RRRR Type 2 '1048' & Type 1 'MCCCC/31'. Another good basis for expansion. (many 100s) S B A2 Lot 910-1st Type (12mm high) '587' very fine large-part strike & an obvious '5' from a second strike at lower-right of Cobden on Laureates 1d (a bit aged). Rated RRRR. PO S Ex Lot 911 BARRED OVALS: Basic collection on Classic issues including rated RRR '12' x2, '15', '17', '23', '85', '93', '107' & '108' and rated RRRR '16', '27', '31' & '78', quality of both the stamps & postmarks is very mixed still an excellent basis for development. (51) 750 T 912 C B Lot '17' two clear strikes on Ham Half-Lengths Second State of the Dies 2d & 3d SG 6 & 7 with almost fine 'LAKE COLAC/AU8/1850/PT PHILLIP' b/s (LRD) on outer to Hobart Town with Melbourne & 'LAUNCESTON/11AU11/1851' transits & small boxed '12AU12/1851' arrival b/s, the addressee's name scribbled-out by an IDIOT! PO 1/7/1848; renamed Colac but a 'COLAC' d/s is recorded from JA/ T

16 Page:16 Website: Jun 26, 2017 VICTORIA - Postmarks (continued) 913 C B A1 Lot 913 Chesterfield's: 'CHESTERFIELD'S/23AP42/VIC' four fine to very fine strikes on registered airmail cover to GB at 2/1d rate + 3d registration (+ unnecessary payment of ½d wartax), scarce blue & black/white registration label, sender's endorsement on the flap "A Chesterfield/Chesterfield's PO/via Mirboo Nth", a bit grotty on the back. Rated RRR. RO ; to PO ; closed [Gippsland: 9km SW of Trafalgar] 250 T 914 S A B2 Lot 914 Eurack: 'T.O. EURACK/24MR16/VIC' fine strike on KGV 1d red. Previously unrecorded. [24km NNE of Colac. The one cds is recorded between 1905 & This new discovery suggests there may have been a separate Telegraph Office at Eurack] 915 S A A D A A2 Lot 915 Limonite: LIMONITE/11SE17/[VIC]' (RO period; ERD) superb strike on KGV 1d red. RO ; PO ; TO ; closed Rare. [Gippsland: 7km SE of Mirboo North] Melbourne: Large-part very fine strikes of the enormous parcel cancellers 'CHIEF PARCEL OFFICE/MELBOURNE' x2 different (one distorted) and the similar 'RUSSELL STREET/VICTORIA' x2 on 1930s pieces all with Roo/KGV frankings & each with a 5/- Roo. Handsome quartet. (4) T 917 S A A2- Lot 917 Tanybryn (1): 25½mm 'TANYBRYN/24MY17/VIC' largely very fine strike on KGV 1d red. RO only ; closed Rare: the earlier of only two examples recorded. [Otway Ranges: 18km NNE of Apollo Bay] 250

17 Page:17 Website: Jun 26, 2017 VICTORIA - Postmarks (continued) 918 S A A2- Lot 918 Tongio: 28mm (arcs 3½,4) very fine but double strike on KGV 1d red. Rare: the earlier of only two examples recorded. [Gippsland: 6km N of Swifts Creek. In early-1920s, replaced by 27mm cds (arcs 9,8½) which is common] S A A2 Lot 919 Tyntynder West: 'TYNTYNDER WEST/1FE17/VIC' very fine strike on KGV 1d red. Previously unrecorded. RO only ; renamed Vinifera [20km NW of Swan Hill] WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History 963 S/L 964 SD 965 C B MISCELLANEOUS LOTS POSTMARKS: Range on Hagners with a good selection of Numerals including scarcer types, manuscript cancels, coloured datestamps, parcel post & ship mail types, 'LONDON/MB/...' (Mobile Box), etc, a few better stamps, condition variable; also "Postal Markings Compendium" by Goulder (2002). (160+ & book) - Extensive array about two-thirds on Swans, the balance on CofA mostly pre-decimal issues with many on piece, numerous very fine strikes & closed offices throughout, generally pedestrian but there are pickings. Inspection recommended. (many 100s) - 15-bars '10' & 'BRIDGETOWN/AP23/94/WA' cds both light but obvious strikes on cover to "Portland/Victoria" where redirected to South Australia with seven backstamps, minor blemishes. Not included in the Pope & Reynolds Census of ten covers. This would be the fourth-earliest T 973 SDC 974 CPS Ex Lot 973 Ship & paquebot mail - plus some pieces & loose stamps (including 5/- Mount Cook) - mostly with a strong New Zealand flavour, the majority from the 1950s & 1960s but a good number of earlier items including 'NZ MARINE PO' rubber cds of RMS "Mariposa" (1899), "Sierra" (1905) and "Sonoma" ( & 1908), steel cds of RMS "Aorangi" (1929), "Makura" (1934) & "Niagara" (1926 & 1933), and rubber oval datestamps of RMS "Niagara" (1931 & 1933, both tying complete 'OFFICIALLY SEALED' labels to large pieces), also 1938 Union Steam Ship Co cover to Samoa with the company's oval cachet at L/L, 1940 cover from Australia to SS "Awatea" at Wellington with numerous large cachets on both sides, etc, also some ship PPCs & photographs. (100+ covers) Postal History group 1890s-1900s group with Boer War covers from Transvaal & Orange Free State with unit names including "Black Watch, S African Field Force" plus one to "Dyatalawa Camp, Ceylon" with 'maldirige' [= missent] cachet, Cape of Good Hope 1897 to England with 'SPYTFONTEIN' d/s (Putzel: extremely rare), Denmark ore envelope uprated with 4ore x4, Gold Coast KEVII 1d used as a revenue on unused cheque, Japan flimsy wrapper with 5r single, Romania b postal card with Italian postage due, Russia 1892 Arms 14k envelope registered to Germany with 2k 4k & 10k added, a few unused stationery items, generally fine. (60+) 1,000 T 400

18 Page:18 Website: Jun 26, 2017 MISCELLANEOUS LOTS (continued) 1000 *O 1008 C A/B ARCTIC 1025 C A/B AUSTRIA 1026 **/*OC A/A- Ex Lot 1000 British Africa collection/array mostly of little consequence but including some Silver Jubilees & Weddings including Gambia 1 block of 4 (a bit aged but */**), Rhodesia Double Heads mint 8d & 2/6d (both with hinge remainders) plus fiscal 7/6d, Gambia KGVI set, Somaliland QV 3r 'SOMALiLAND' SG 23d (a bit aged, Cat 950), Swaziland KGVI blocks of 4 */**, etc, some forgeries, Revenues & postmarks noted, condition very mixed but those mentioned are fine to very fine. (Qty) mostly flight covers to more unusual destinations comprising 1931 GB-Czechoslovakia x2 and registered to Antigua, 1934 New Zealand to France x2 and to Tonga, 1934 KLM "Uiver" cover returned to Rangoon, 1936 commercial covers to Sweden x2 both with London jusq'ua markings, 1939 registered surface mail to China with 'SHANGHAI' arrival, 1940 'STORY BRIDGE BRISBANE/QLD-AUST' cds to Papua with "Cinderellas", a few minor blemishes but generally fine. (11) 1931 Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition covers from Norway x2 - one registered & signed "Hubert Wilkins" - with 'LONGYEARBYEN' cds and from Great Britain x2 both signed, the registered one also by "Sloan Danenhower" Commander of the 'Nautilus' submarine, plus 1938 Greenland Expedition postcard with 'NORDOSTGRONLANDSEKSPEDITION' cancel and a few US & Australian polar flights. (11) Balance of the collection with two albums of mostly 1950s FDCs & commemorative covers such as 1955 Independence Anniversary, many sent to Australia with added frankings including Birds 5s & 10s plus some postal history including a few German 'Anschluss' period, stationery with kr 'Frachtbrief' & picture postcards including 'Affaire Dreyfus' set of 12 used, then United Nations Vienna issues unmounted & three albums of WIPA 1981 stamps & covers including souvenir items from other postal administrations, generally fine condition. (100s) V A A1 Lot Dollfuss 10s slate-blue Mi 588 (SG 793) lower-right corner example tied to piece by '1 WIEN 1/25.VII.36/ OSTERREICHISCHER/VOLKSTRAUERTAG' d/s (= National Day of Mourning) commemorating the second anniversary of the assassination, Cat 1100 including cancel ( 1500).

19 Page:19 Website: Jun 26, 2017 CANADA 1042 */O A/B CHINA Ex Lot 1042 Collection including 1852 Imperf 3d Beaver with clear to large margins & part-imprint at top plus another four-margin & sound, 1859 perforated 5c x12, 12½c x5 & others, specialised Large & Small Queens annotated by perfs & shades, Jubilees to 10c mint & 15c used, Quebec to 7c mint & 10c used, then most sets complete used up to 1950s with extras of lower values & a smattering of mint plus quantity of used loose & unsorted, also some Colonies & Newfoundland with a few mint earlies including 3d Triangle and 2c Cod perforated & rouletted (all with minor blemishes) and used in some quantity from 1870s onwards noted Discovery 24c with 35c & 60c fiscal cancels, 1911 Coronation with 4c used & 8c mint x2, Caribou with 6c & 15c used, condition mixed but generally fine. (100s) */O FRANCE 1072 V A GERMANY 1081 C A/B GREAT BRITAIN 1089 O Ex Lot 1043 Mint & used accumulation with 1878 Coiling Dragon 1c green & 3c red x2 used, range of 1894 issues & overprints including '2/cents' on 3c yellow-green, 1897 Red Revenues overprints 'one cent' on 3c used (small thin) & '2/cents' on 3c unused (both apparently genuine), 1904 Postage Dues set mint, Sun Yat Sen & Martyrs including multiples, then some PRC and forerunners, also Treaty Ports including some used, groups of French, Japanese & Russian Offices in China, rather disorganised & condition mixed. Inspection recommended. (100s) 1937 PEXIP Miniature Sheet with 'EXPON PHIL QUE INTALE-A/2606/37/PARIS' hexagonal exhibition postmarks in all four corners clear of stamps, full unmounted o.g. Very pretty. SOUTH WEST AFRICA: postcards sent by German soldiers during the Herero Revolt with 'Soldatenbrief-/Stempel' cachets in violet variously inscribed 'Feldpostkarte' or with "Feld" added in manuscript to PPCs including Okahandja Fort, Troops Marching, Namalande & Windhoek Government Buildings and datestamps of 'BRACKWASSER', 'KUT', 'LUDERITZBUCHT', 'SEEIS', 'SWAKOPMUND' & 'WINDHUK', the last sent from 'Feldvermessungstrupp' to Italy with Germania 10pf added, generally fine. (6) 1858 Penny Red Stars huge accumulation partly sorted into albums plus hundreds of annotated envelopes, noted Ivory Heads, numeral & spoon cancels, also some earlier imperfs, postmark & plating paradise. (1000s)

20 Page:20 Website: Jun 26, 2017 GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History 1100 CPS Ex Lot 1100 Mail to India including 1877 with 6d Plate 15 single, 1881 with 5d indigo pair, 1882 with 2½d blue pair, 1885 with 5d green single, d Envelope registered with Jubilee 6d added and another with Jubilee 2½d taxed 'VALUE OF STAMPS 2½d/DEFICIENCY 2½d' cachet & 'OVERLAND POSTAGE/DUE' cds, 1893 registered with Jubilee 2d & 2½d and British 'R' label partly removed but Indian oval cachet with manuscript number alongside, 1894 with Jubilee ½d block of 4, 1901 Dawson & Sons cover with 1d lilac 'DS' perfin, 1903 KEVII 2d+1d Registered Letter to Allahabad, NWP, various other stationery items, many with Bombay-Aden 'SEA/POST OFFICE' b/s, condition variable but overall fine. (40) C A-/C Ex Lot entire letter headed "Whitehall 18 March 1668" & signed "Lauderdaill" to "The Earle of Tweddale to be/ Communicated to the Rest of my Commissioners", carried privately with no postal markings, some light soiling otherwise remarkably fine; also 1779 large-part brief entire to "The Earl of Lauderdale/Hatton" with 'LAU/DER' b/s, soiling/staining on the address panel. [The first, a marvellous epistle from John Maitland, Second Earl of Lauderdale (and the only Duke of Lauderdale) to John Hay, Second Earl of Tweeddale, states "By the post on monday last I received two from you..." and goes on to detail various sales of land by him, referring to "being Free of the Clauses Irritant" (a term peculiar to Scottish Law) and "...As to the Liquidation on the Coal, I think twelve pound Scots yearly a very low price for the Tenth load of Coall...accept their offer of nine Chalder of Victuall and freeing me of the Ministers Steipa...I doe ever rather desire a Smaller Rent well payed than a greater ill payed, which ruins the Tennand and Dissapoints the Master..." The second speaks of "maers" and a "hors"] (2) A A- Lot (Oct) "Daily Graphic" Expedition PPC of a Balloon over a Riverine Landscape, to London with Swedish 1o only tied by 'MELLERUD/12/12/1907' cds & with 'T'-in-octagon h/s, London arrival cds of DE16/07 & superb '2D/FB' h/s. 380

21 Page:21 Website: Jun 26, 2017 GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History (continued) 1108 C HONG KONG POSTMARKS: Three volumes of PPCs all selected for the postmarks with two volumes of mostly duplex cancellations & one volume of squared-circle datestamps plus a selection of Mobile Boite dock-side usages, numerous very fine to superb strikes, many cards are used from the towns depicted, many better cards with some Undivided Backs including one with photo affixed to the view-side, many towns & villages, smaller churches, Cornwall & Wales, etc, advertising cards for P&O x2, "The Great Anglican Gathering" & Booth Line of Royal Mail Steamers, a few humour including a marvellous Cycling Accident by "Cynicus" & one with a circular message, condition variable. An excellent lot especially for the possibility of finding Earliest Recorded Usages. (100s) */O Ex Lot 1109 Mint & used accumulation with quantity of QV issues including 2c red 'JUBILEE' overprint and postmark potential noted 'Y1' on 24c green, also perfins and company chops plus a few mint, KEVII used to $1 with bulk lower values, KGV definitives in quantity plus 'CHINA' overprints to $2 (Script CA wmk, Cat 250 but short corner perfs), 1935 Silver Jubilee sets used x40, 1948 Silver Wedding $5 mint (very light hinge mark) & fine used, KGVI definitives to $10 mint x2 (light toning), $1 Centenary x10+ used and some QEII mostly used, plus a few postage dues & fiscals, condition mixed but generally fine. (100s) 800 INDIA Apart from the airmail covers, the lots in this section are from the correspondence of a British engineer who went to India in the 1870s to work on the Railways. This material has never before been on the market & thus offers the prospect for real discovery. See also Lots 1077, 1100, 1408 & 1411, all from the same source *WO 1112 O Ex Lot 1111 A largely untidy collection/array with lots of Officials, Convention States with 'JHIND/STATE' on unused QV 3r & 5r (no gum, Cat 1750) & attractive Gwalior range including mint blocks, Feudatory States with Dhar primitives sheetlets of 10 x3 & Hyderabad with many large used multiples, etc, postmark interest. Inspect. (many 100s) Used accumulation 1860s-1900s QV and KEVII period in ancient packages apparently untouched for many years noted some Convention & Feudatory States plus a stockbook crammed full of similar & some still on paper, many official overprints including multiples, undoubtedly postmark interest & unchecked for 'used abroad', also a few revenues including on documents, condition variable but overall fine. (1000s) 500

22 Page:22 Website: Jun 26, 2017 INDIA (continued) 1113 C Ex Lot 1113 Batch of covers including 1855 with ½a blue x2 in different shades on yellow envelope (attractive), 1858 part-outer with 1a red, 1858 with ½a blue tied by '138' cancel with 'BOMBAY GPO/1 Dely' unframed b/s, 1872 East India Railway Electric Telegraph Department lettersheet with ½a light blue tied by 'LOCAL/TPO BENGAL' oval d/s and North West Provinces 'F/NWP/No3' transit, 1911 with 'ALLAHABAD RMS/SET No1' TPO cds & French postage dues, 1922 insured parcel tag with KGV issues & 'V/P/ESPLANADE/(CALCUTTA)' label, many more including registered & official mail, illustrated advertising & printed matter rates, tax & instructional markings noted a couple of 'TOO LATE' types, postmark interest, condition quite mixed but many fine. (70+) C A Lot cover to "Mr J Walch/Care of Major Walch/Wellington Bridge/Hobart Town/Van Diemen's Land" endorsed "Via Singapore/..." with very fine boxed 'POONA/1848JULY30/Paid ("2A")' d/s in red, very fine boxed 'SINGAPORE/SHIP LETTER/184("8 Sep 5th/Bearing' (Proud #SL1; rated 0 points) & almost superb 'GPO/[crown]/NO*28/1848/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA' transit b/s & small '19DE19/1848' arrival b/s of Hobart. An outstanding origin/destination item in this period, especially for the scenic route via Singapore & Adelaide. Major James William Henry Walch migrated from England in 1842 with his family including a son Charles Edward Walch with whom he formed the prominent Hobart firm of J Walch & Son, well known for their involvement in Tasmanian stamp & postal stationery production. Wellington Bridge was built in 1841 but now lies beneath the Elizabeth Street Mall, where it can still be seen through a viewing portal. 1,000

23 Page:23 Website: Jun 26, 2017 INDIA (continued) 1117 CPS Ex Lot s-1920s Inwards Mail mostly to Allahabad including BEA 1900 QV 2a registration envelope with 'KILINDINI' cds (dateline inverted), CofGH d envelope with '126' & 'KABELJOUW'S RIVER' cds, Ceylon c registration envelope, Japan 1908 Venus Pencils advertising postcards, Mexico 1906 uprated wrappers x2, New Zealand d Universal cover mis-directed via South Africa with 'LOURENCO MARQUES' transit, Transvaal KEVII ½d postal card taxed with 'JHANSI/UNPAID' octagonal d/s, also items from Belgium, Canada, Germany, Portuguese India, Switzerland, Victoria & more, quite a few with Bombay-Aden 'SEA POST OFFICE' transits, generally fine. (70+) CL B Lot envelope with United Provinces Exhibition imprint on back flap, KEVII ½a x5 tied 'UNITED PROVINCES EXHIBITION/16NOV/U/ /P/ALLAHABAD' cds and blank 'R' label with 'U.P.EXHIBITION/ALLAHABAD' cachet, light fold and a couple of minor blemishes & annotations on back. Rare commercial mail from the Organising Committee before the official opening of the Exhibition in December The world's first official Aerial Post flight by French aviator Henri Péquet took place from the exhibition grounds on CPS Ex Lot 1126 CONVENTION STATES: Mostly postal stationery group with a few covers noted 1903 QV ½a without overprint tied 'GWALIOR-STATE/VICEROY'S CAMP POST OFFICE' hooded-circle d/s and 1910 registered with KEVII 3p 'CHAMBA/STATE' overprints x10 & provisional 'R' cachet on blank label, 1894 ½a envelope 'PATIALA/STATE' with 'BATHINDA RY STN' squiared circle & 'POSTAGE DUE' cachet, also 'JHIND' and 'NABHA', most overprints in black but some in red or green, postmark interest, plus a few unused stationery items, condition mixed but many fine. (48) 400

24 Page:24 Website: Jun 26, 2017 INDIA (continued) 1127 CPS MIDDLE EAST Ex Lot 1127 FEUDATORY STATES: Covers & postal stationery group mostly Hyderabad noted two envelopes uprated with ½a red 'POST STAMP' blocks of 4 one with boxed registration cachet and a number of used ½a postal cards one 1897 with 'POSTAGE DUE/ONE ANNA' cachet (faults) but also Soruth 1880s 1a green covers x2 and Jaipur 1904 India KEVII ½a envelope re-directed with Sun God ½a blue added plus a couple of unfranked covers, potential postmark interest, also a few unused stationery items, condition mixed but many quite presentable. (39) 1141 PS A/B Ex Lot 1141 IRAN: Postal Stationery to India comprising 4ch postal cards uprated with 1ch violet x3, 5ch postal cards x4 including one forwarded to Singapore & another with 'DJOULFA-ISFAHAN/ ' Railway TPO 'lemon' cancel, 1904 envelope '6/CHAHIS' on 10ch blue with '3/CHAHIS' on 5ch x2 added tied 'SULTANABAD' plus 12ch red envelopes x9 some with added frankings & all with either 'PROVISORE/1319' overprints or additional black imprint below value, the majority sent via Bushire some with both Persian & Indian PO transits, also 1905 cover franked with '3/CHAHIS' on 5ch block of 4 and two 1920s covers from 'SULTANABAB' endorsed "Via Persian Gulf" & "Via Baghdad" respectively, plus 1911 '6 Chahis' overprint on 5ch illustrated postal card 'Kerman Oak' view to England with interesting message detailing travels from Baku to Teheran, condition variable but most fine. (21) 1,000

25 Page:25 Website: Jun 26, 2017 NEW GUINEA - German (Deutsch) New Guinea 1167? B NEW GUINEA - 'G.R.I.' Overprints Lot 1167 Steel mailbag seal inscribed 'KAISERLICH-DEUTSCHE POST/[crown]/KAEWIENG/ (DEUTSCHE-/NEU GUINEA)/[posthorn]', the steel a little rusty & the top of the wooden handle broken-off but still quite serviceable. An extremely desirable artefact. [A similar non-postal brass seal for the Government Station at Stephansort sold at our auction of for $1860] 1, C B Lot (late) philatelic cover with German New Guinea 5pf x16 tied by nine good to very fine strikes of the defaced 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKSGERICHT/[Eagle]/FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' court seal & another clear strike on the reverse, central horizontal fold clear of the stamps. 750 T

26 Page:26 Website: Jun 26, 2017 NEW GUINEA - 'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints 1196 C A-/B 1923 two real photo PPCs of Native Village and Native Girls both with 1d violet tied to the views by typically light but discernible strikes of the rare 'WITU/NEW GUINEA' cds. (2) NEW ZEALAND The pre-world War II taxed lots are from the Estate of the late Dr Derek Diamond from England. There is a strong section of the Pictorials including items illustrated in Derek's erudite book on the subject. 400 T 1217 F A/B Lot Large Star 2d dull deep blue SG 36 horizontal strip of 3, margins good to large except where just touched at lower-left, light but discernible strike - & two lesser strikes - of the very rare '[crown]/paid/at/christchurch CANTERBURY' handstamp, Cat [Recorded only as a canceller - see footnote below SG CC8 - & stated to be far superior to the only other recorded example] 1,000 T 1218 F A Lot Wmk 'NZ' 2d vermilion SG 141, two examples with characteristic rough perfs, 'DUNEDIN'-in-thin-bars or part-1873 cds, Cat 700. T 1262 F A D2 Lot Penny Universal on Thin Hard "Cowan" Paper with Single Watermark Waterlow & Sons Reserve Plate Mixed Perfs 1d deep carmine SG 307b (CP #G6d) horizontal pair Perf 14x14x11x14, characteristic rough perfs, neat 'DANNEVIRKE/13SP05' cds, Cat 600+ ($NZ1+). 400 T 1273 F A+ B2 Lot Pictorials with Watermark Perf 14 5/- deep red with the Watermark Upright SG 329a (CP #E21f2), characteristic rough perfs, exceptional 'NZ/HAMILTON/11DE11' cds, Cat 375 ($NZ750 VFU). Superb! 250 T

27 Page:27 Website: Jun 26, 2017 NEW ZEALAND (continued) 1301 G A B1 Lot Penny Dominion on De La Rue Unsurfaced Medium Paper 1d rose-carmine SG 407 (CP #J3a) block of 8 (4x2), well centred, six strikes of the undated Circle-of-Dots 'CH.' parcels cancel of Christchurch, Cat ($NZ3600+) as singles. NEW ZEALAND - Postal History The pre-world War II taxed lots are from the Estate of the late Dr Derek Diamond from England. There is a strong section of the Pictorials including items illustrated in Derek's erudite book on the subject. 800 T 1330 C B Lot cover to "Ardamarlack [?]/Awatere/Wairau" with largely fine 'NELSON/AU17/1857/=NEW-ZEALAND=' cds & '[crown]/ PAID/AT/NELSON NEW ZEALAND' in dull red SG CC2 (Cat 1100). 350 T 1336 C B 1342 C B 1343 C Lot cover to Ireland "via Marseilles" with Perf 12½ 2d blue pair & 6d red-brown tied by indistinct numeral cancels, 'NZ/SHORTLAND/JA14/70' b/s (unrecorded by Wooders), Auckland transit & 'PORTADOWN/MR22/70' arrival b/s, minor blemishes & repaired flap tears. Carried per "Geelong" ex Sydney ; arrived Marseilles Shortland PO ; replaced by Thames Ex Hugh Gordon Kaye and Mark Benvie local mourning cover with Queen Victoria's monogram at upper-left, ½d Mount Cook tied by 'CHCH JUBILEE EXHN/JA22/01' cds with another very fine strike alongside. With a matching notelet. [An extraordinary example of philatelic time-travel! Queen Victoria died on at 6.30pm, by which time it was early morning on the 23rd in New Zealand. The most charitable thing one can suggest is that the stationery had been prepared in anticipation of her passing & that the cds was backdated, if only by a day] (2 items) 1914 World War I covers 1) from 'AWAPUNI/13SP14/NZ' cds (Embarkation Camp) with rare 'IHAKARA' arrival b/s (unrecorded by Wooders); 2) stampless OAS PPC of Suva to Auckland with superb arrival cds of 12SP14 from troops en route to Samoa; and 3) two PPCs (one areal photo of the 9th Mounted Rifles)& two covers with boxed 'NZ MILITARY POST OFFICE/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' d/s of 'SEP ', 'OCT ', 'OCT ' (with 1d tied by 'TRENTHAM RIFLE RANGE' cds (rated 9 by Wooders, the cover badly damaged) or 'WED ' ('WED' in error for 'OCT' & the whole dateline inverted) all in violet; condition variable. Very scarce group. (6) 750 T 250 T 400

28 Page:28 Website: Jun 26, 2017 NEW ZEALAND - Postal History (continued) 1348 O NIGERIA Ex Lot 1348 POSTMARKS: Mounted collection of Penny Universals with apparently all-different postmarks 'AKARA' to 'WYNDHAM' with numerous items rated by Richard Wooders 5 x89, 6 x42, 7 x17, 8 x3 ('RAWHITIROA', 'TE KIRI' & 'TOKATEA'), 9 x2 (part-'petane HB' & 'UPPER WAIAU' two strikes on pair) and 10 ('WAIOWAKA') (800+) 800 T 1349 PS B NORFOLK ISLAND Lot 1349 LAGOS: d red Postal Card commercially used to Switzerland endorsed "Lagos/28/1/94" on face in red, posted directly onto German Woerman Line mail steamer with boxed 'AUS/WESTAFRIKA' cachet used as canceller and another very fine strike alongside applied in Hamburg, 'BERN/23 II 94' arrival on face where taxed with blue pencil "Fr 1.15" manuscript, couple of minor creases CL B Lot 1357 WORLD WAR II CENSORSHIP: 1940 flapless OHMS cover with Administrator's Office imprint & 'Passed by/censor 1/NORFOLK ISLAND' h/s unusually in black (Little #H2aa; stated to be the only example of the cachet recorded in black), KGVI 2d tied by 'PAQUEBOT/4MY40/SYDNEY' arrival cds, minor blemishes & some toning on the reverse. Ex Neil Russell. 350 T

29 Page:29 Website: Jun 26, 2017 PAPUA - Postal History 1377 C/L B/A Ex Lot cover to England with Queensland 4d yellow (creased before being affixed) tied by a superb strike of the scarce 'N.G' obliterator (Lee #2; rated D) & very fine strike of the rare 'GRANVILLE/SP2-/88/BNG' cds (Lee #4; rated F - the second day slug omitted) at centre-left, 'COOKTOWN/SP25/88/QUEENSLAND' transit & 'KINGSTON-ON- THAMES/NO27/88' arrival b/s, minor soiling & a small repaired tear at the top well clear of the stamp and markings. One of the great covers of Papua. Very few pre-1891 covers from British New Guinea have been recorded. The Granville datestamp has been recorded on only four other covers - all later than this - one being a b/s on an inwards cover from Victoria & one being a transit b/s on a cover from Germany to the Gilbert Islands! This example is far superior to Tim Rybak's ugly 1889 strike that sold at the Prestige auction of for $43,700. [NB: Peter Troy's International Large Gold Medal collection did not include a Granville cover] With the original letter headed "BNG/Portmoresby/Sept " and signed by "WC English/Post office Portmoresby/BNG" who was an early explorer and hunter in BNG. He is writing to a former colleague, a Mr Bucher/Butcher/Blucher?? [The latter may be correct. There is a Blucher Point north-east of Lae, and a Blucher Range in the New Guinea interior] English was only semi-literate & his letter contains many oddities & hilarities: note, every "a is rendered as a "u". He states "...I have Bin very unlucky this year I have not got many Birds skins...i have Bin to Kaballi [?] & to Mr Frayes [Fry's?] camp this year...on my return trip to Port in a wale Bot I got capsize...and lost Every think I had about 100 pounds and very ner my life...the Techers have asked after you many a time...i wood of licked to have had you on my last trip up the Sent gophes [?] river at the Back of Hall sound [between Port Moresby & Kerema, adjacent to Yule Island]. I was on the main range one days walk of mount yule [NE of Kerema]...the New governer is over here...i am going on a trip with him to mount owen stanley [first ascended by a party lead by Governor MacGregor in July 1887]...I will right to you on my return from there..." (2 items) 25,000

30 Page:30 Website: Jun 26, 2017 PAPUA - Postal History (continued) 1380 O PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1385 C/PS SEYCHELLES Ex Lot 1380 POSTMARKS: Useful duplicated collection on stocksheets including 'BNG' on Queensland x3, 'BNG' in violet on BNG 1/-, unframed 'DARU/BNG', 'REGISTERED/WOODLARKS BNG', 'TAMATA ND' used at Ioma x3, 'KANOSIA', 'POST OFFICE RIGO CD' x4, 29mm 'BWAGAOIA', 'BWAGOIA' Error x3 (two in violet), 'HISIU', 'TAHIRA', etc, ship cancels including 'SS Morinda' & 'MORINDA', arrival cancellations including 'THURSDAY ISLAND' on BNG 1/-, a few other better values & some 'OS' punctures, condition variable but many are very fine. (140 approx) 1940s-1990s covers including Australia used in PNG registered from Buin, Lae (2), Moresby and Rabaul, PNG Pictorials to 2/- to USA, Austria and Germany, Butterflies 10c airmail to Solomons, 1970's Gibson Paquebot covers, a few aerogrammes, postmark interest including 'BADILI', 'CAPE RODNEY', 'DOGURA' and 'KAGUA' all on covers with red/black registration labels, 'KAWITO', 'MALAHANO', 'MILFORDHAVEN', 'MUMENG' and 'RABAUL AIRPORT'; also Lakatois 1½d pair to USA and 2d part-cover to WA, 1936 airmail to Denmark with New Guinea Birds 1/- & 9d 'AIR MAIL' overprints; condition generally fine. (76) PS B 1394 PS (B) Lot 1392 ENVELOPES: c blue "Square" Format H&M #E2a to an Armenian at "Trebizonde/Turquie d'asie/mer Noire" (= Black Sea), light cds & octagonal 'MARSEILLE A LA REUNION/12/MAI/06/LV No1' d/s, French Post Offices backstamps of 'PORT SAID', light 'CONSTANTINOPEL-GALATA' & light 'TREBIZONDE/TURQUIE D'ASIE' arrival, a little aged still quite fresh. An extraordinary origin/destination usage. [In our opinion, this is an even more desirable usage than Jeffrey Weiss's 1900 Postal Card to Rhodesia that sold at auction in 2004 for 353] 'SIX CENTS' on 8c carmine "Rectangle" Format H&M #E5b to England in 1902 with two strikes - one faint - of the scarce 'PRASLIN BAY ST ANSE' cds & code 'B' (upright) transit cds, Cambridge arrival b/s, repaired opening tears at the top well clear of the "stamp" & postmarks. A rare usage