Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 1 MISCELLANEOUS 7 **OC A/B Ex Lot 7 European selection comprising Austria 1935 Airs Michel #598-612 ** & 1950-53 Birds used; West Berlin 1949 Relief Fund used; Poland 1928 Exhibition pair from M/S on cover to Warsaw (minor defects); and Switzerland 1945 PAX 3f to 10f used; Cat 2000+. (29) COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Other Pre-Decimals 750 Lot 150 150 */** A/A- 1928 International Philatelic Exhibition 3d Kookaburra block of 4 M/Ss, one hinge remainder in right margin, paper adhesion on upper-left unit, otherwise unmounted, Cat $825++. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Decimal Issues Lot 195 195 ** A 1978 Bird Definitives 20c Little Grebe with Yellow Printing (Beak and Eye) Omitted BW #805cb ( Pierron #AU1346MCa) block of 10 from the upper left corner of the sheet, with normal stamp for comparison, unmounted, Cat $2500. (Pierron Cat 1500++). COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History 219 CX B 1936 British United Shoe Machinery Co quintuple rate cover (262x180mm) to England with CofA 2/- & 5/- plus Large Kooka 6d & KGV 1d tied by 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE' cds, 'Late Fee Paid' h/s on both sides, minor peripheral defects. [The rate was 1/6d x5 plus 1d late fee]. 750T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 2 NEW SOUTH WALES Lot 312 312 F A FORGERIES: 1888-89 Centennial 2d Emu postal forgery by Takuma, superb part-strike of 1518 duplex of Sussex Street. With a normal stamp overprinted 'OS' for comparison. Rare. [A fine example sold for $1320 at a Sydney auction in -/11/2011] QUEENSLAND - Postal History 750T 379 C B WESTERN AUSTRALIA Ex Lot 379 1879 cover to England via San Francisco with 6d apple-green tied by BN '242' (rated 'NS' = 'Not Seen' on Chalons) with accompanying 'SWAN CREEK/OC23/79/QUEENSLAND' cds, a few repaired tears; plus another three 6d covers showing a variety of shades. (4) Ex Lot 500 500 *O A/B Selection including 1854 4d blue (dull shade) with margins just clear to good & 1/- grey-brown SG 4b with good even margins both used, then mint 1888 New Colours, 1895 Surcharge in Red & in Green ½d on 3d SG 111a & 111b (creased), Cat 920. (15) Ex Lot 501 501 W*O Attractive little collection including Imperf 4d blue x4 (one with Commissariat puncture), 2d vermilion x2 (one unused) & 1/- brown, 1861 Clean-Cut 2d x2 (one unused) & 6d x2, No Wmk 6d deep lilac, Surcharges including 'ONE PENNY' on 2d & 'Half-penny' in Red & in Green x2 (mint), Crown/CA 4d carmine with Watermark Upright, 1888 New Colours 4d (mint), V/Crown with mint 2d corner block of 9, 2/6d & 1 and used 10/-, Crown/A to 5/- etc, also a few forgeries, generally fine to very fine. (200 approx) 750
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 3 WESTERN AUSTRALIA (continued) 502 F A+ Lot 502 1854 "Penny Black" Imperf 1d black SG 1 horizontal pair, good even margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, two superb strikes of the void grid cancel of Perth in red, Cat 500+. Delightful & superb! Ex Michael Haden. BPA Certificate (2012). [One for the connoisseur. Singles with the red cancel have sold for upwards of $1000] 4,000T Lot 503 503 F A+ 1854-55 Lithographs Imperf 4d slate-blue SG 3c, good even margins, lightly cancelled, Cat 1200. Superb! Ex Michael Haden. BPA Certificate (2012). 2,500T Lot 504 504 *? B 1854-55 Lithographs 4d blue with Base of the 'T' of 'POSTAGE' Shaved to a Point SG 3d, margins just clear to large, light stain at the top, large-part o.g. (?), Cat 1700. 750 505 G A Lot 505 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs 2d brown-black/red SG 15, close even margins, very fine 15-bars '2' cancel of Perth, Cat 550. T 506 V A Lot 506 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d black-bronze SG 18, margins just touching - at right - to good, lightly cancelled, undercatalogued at 650. Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. RPSofV Certificate (2012). 1,750
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 4 WESTERN AUSTRALIA (continued) 507 F A+ Lot 507 1857-59 Hillman Lithographs Imperf 6d black-bronze SG 18, margins close to large with fragments of the adjoining units above & at right, neat Numbered Grid '14' cancel of Albany, Cat 950. Superb! Ex Michael Haden. BPA Certificate (2000). [A brilliant stamp & surely one of the finest examples in existence] 3,000T 508 G/F A B1 Ex Lot 508 POSTAL FISCALS: 1893 CA/Crown 2d 3d 2/6d 3/- & 5/- with various postal cancellations. Very scarce. [Values to at least 1 are known postally used but only values to 1/- were authorised for postal use] (5) 750 509 G A B1 Lot 509 POSTAL FISCALS: 1897 W[crown]A 2/6d with 'PORT HEDLAND/SE10/00/WA' cds & blue registration lines, and 3/- with 'R'-in-cogwheel cancel. Very scarce. 250 Ex Lot 510 510 * A/A- LOCAL STAMPS: 1895 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co (Bicycle) 1/- blue & 2/6d blue complete sheets of 35 (5x7), light crease affects 1/- x5, patchy/disturbed gum as is always the case but unusually fine for these. Rare suvivors: our vendor states that only four sets of sheets are recorded. Ex "A Journey of Ingenuity". (2 sheets) 2,500T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 5 WESTERN AUSTRALIA (continued) Ex Lot 511 511 * A/B LOCAL STAMPS: 1896 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co (Camels) 6d green & brown (minor stains) to 5/- violet & brown, large-part original (sandy) gum. [Similar sets sold for $850 & $661 at our auctions of 12/6/2010 & 17/2/2012] (3) 600T Lot 512 512 C A+ LOCAL STAMPS: 1896 Coolgardie Cycle Express Co illustrated advertising card, unused. Superb! 750T 513 F A B1 Lot 513 LOCAL STAMPS: ditto, with a very fine Camel 2/- brown & yellow tied to the reverse by very fine 'Per COOLGARDIE CYCLE EXPRESS CO./HUNT STREET' h/s in black-violet, endorsed "These are unique and in time will be come rare to Stamp Collectors. See the Australian Philatelist May 28th 1896 & Jany 25 1897", vertical fold just clear of the stamp. Ex "A Journey of Ingenuity". 1,500T 514 C C Lot 514 LOCAL STAMPS: 1895 (Nov 2) Orient Line (imprint on the flap) cover to "Koorawawalye/Coolgardie Road" with 2d grey tied by 'ALBANY - A' duplex & 'COOLGARDIE/NO6/95/WA' arrival b/s, Bicycle 2/6d added & tied by very fine 'Per COOLGARDIE CYCLE EXPRESS CO./HUNT STREET' h/s in violet, large 'JAMES A HEALY/.../CYCLE EXPRESS CO/Hunt Street, Coolgardie' cachet in violet on the reverse, light 'NORSEMAN' arrival b/s, untidy boxed 'UNCLAIMED' h/s, toning/soiling but quite presentable. Rare: not included in Reynolds & Pope's Census of eleven 2/6d covers. Ex "A Journey of Ingenuity". [Koorarawalyee was a railway construction settlement 65km E of Southern Cross. PO opened 19/9/1895; closed 1896. No markings recorded] 5,000T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 6 WESTERN AUSTRALIA (continued) 515 C C Lot 515 LOCAL STAMPS: 1896 (Aug 11) cover front from South Australia to "Norseman/per Cycle Express/via Coolgardie" with Bicycle 1/- added & tied by very fine 'Per COOLGARDIE CYCLE EXPRESS CO./HUNT STREET' h/s in violet, horizontal fold & minor peripheral defects. Rare: not included in Reynolds & Pope's Census of seven 1/- covers. Ex "A Journey of Ingenuity". [This is one of only two recorded Cycle Express covers from South Australia. None are recorded from Queensland, Tasmania or Victoria] 4,000T 516 C B Lot 516 LOCAL STAMPS: 1896 (Sep 29) cover to Sydney with Bicycle 1/- unusually tied by 'NORSEMAN' cds & light strike of the 'Per COOLGARDIE CYCLE EXPRESS CO./HUNT STREET' h/s, presumably ½d Swan x4 removed apparently to reveal part of the h/s, 'ESPERANCE/OC4/96/WA - PO' duplex b/s & superb Sydney arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes but one of the finest Cycle Express covers. Rare: #4 in Reynolds & Pope's Census of seven 1/- covers. Ex John Gartner & "A Journey of Ingenuity". [This is the only recorded outwards Cycle Express cover, making it a highly significant item indeed] 2,500T
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 7 WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History 517 C B Lot 517 1835 three-page entire headed "Fremantle 17th Septr 1835" & signed "W Nairn", to Hobart, no postmarks but docketed on the flap "Major Nairn/Swan River/Recd January 1837", ironed-out vertical fold. A very early and rare inter-colonial letter: Dr Cecil Walkley had only six inter-colonial items in the pre-stamp period, the earliest being of 1845, a full decade later than this item. Our vendor believes this is the sixth earliest letter from Western Australia in private hands. [The 14 months in transit highlights the infrequent communications between the Colonies] Major William Nairn arrived at Sydney (NSW) in 1814 where he served until 1818. He later went to India with his Regiment but retired to Van Diemen's Land in 1832. Disgusted when an application for a land grant was refused, he moved to the Swan River Settlement where he was granted 8800 acres near York and later acquired a further 3300 acres on the Canning River. The addressee William Morgan Orr arrived at Hobart in 1825. As a merchant and shipping agent he amassed great wealth, partly from his whaling operations. In the letter Nairn acknowledges that he owes money to Orr but whines that his feelings have been hurt: "...when sales cannot be effected it is impossible to transmit regular remittances...i still have ample means to settle and adjust anything between us in a short time and have only to request your forebearance till the end of Decem..."(!) [A similar but defective item of 6/3/1835 from the same correspondence, also full of excuses, sold for $5520 at our auction of 23/9/2011] Our sale of Dr Walkley's collection on 27/11/2010 was marred by the purchase by the Western Australian Museum of many of the early letters. This greatly reduced the number of such items in private hands and must of necessity enhance the value of those few remaining available to collectors. 5,000 518 C B Lot 518 1852 outer to "Ths N Yule/Acting Colonial Secretary/to the Government of Western Australia/Perth" with '[crown]/ MAURITIUS/FE27/1852/=GPO=' d/s & 'ship Letter' h/s (Proud #sl11), 'SHIP-LETTER/[crown]/3JU3/1852/ =LONDON=' cds & 'MISSENT/TO ENGLAND' h/s both in red, Scottish 'PERTH/JN4/1852' cds & endorsed at left "Not for Perth/Scotland" & at the base "Supposed for Western/Australia", returned to London with OC10/1852 transit b/s, no WA arrival marking but docketing on the flap indicates that it was finally delivered to the Swan, minor blemishes. Remarkable! [The docketing identifies the sender as Blyth Bros, a major Port Louis firm founded in 1830, and now absorbed into the island's largest trading conglomerate Ireland Blyth Ltd. Surviving early mail from Mauritius is almost entirely to France or Great Britain. We couldn't find any reference to another early cover to anywhere in Australia] 3,000
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 8 WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) 519 C B Lot 519 1895 cover from England with ½d orange only but not taxed, to Dr Albano Brand at Perth, forwarded to Coolgardie (b/s) with 'ANGLO-GERMAN EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED' h/s in violet added to the address, 2d grey added for the redirection fee, minor blemishes. Our vendor states that fewer than six WA covers with postage added for redirection have been recorded. [Dr Brand was Anglo-German's representative in WA] 500 520 PS B Lot 520 1905 usage of 2d Envelope to "DMawson BE BSc/University of Adelaide" with two strikes of the rare 'MULWARRIE/AP24/05WA' cds (RO period), flap torn on opening. Goldmining settlement, renamed from Mount Higgins as RO 19/4/1901; PO 1/4/1908; closed 9/9/1908. [The addressee was the famous Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson] 300 Lot 521 521 D A- A1+ POSTMARKS: '634 MILE T.A.R./2JE37/W.A.' (LRD: first day as a TO & & only recorded usage in the TO period) superb strike on KGV 2d on piece, minor tonespots. PO 1/4/1935; TO 2/6/1937; closed? [A similar example sold for $550 in our auction on 17/2/2012] 522 ODC POSTMARKS: Duplicated selections from 'BEVERLEY', 'BROOME', 'BROOME HILL', 'CARNARVON', 'KATANNING', 'LAVERTON', 'VASSE' (including 15-bars '21' in blue on Imperf 2d orange & defective 1/- brown) & 'WHIM CREEK' (including 1901 registered cover), lots of better values & 20+ covers. Ex John Forrest. (200+) 250
Prestige Philately - Auction No 175 Page: 9 ANTARCTICA 524 C A Lot 524 AUSTRALIAN: 1912 Kinsey cover with NZ 1d overprinted 'VICTORIA/LAND.' tied by 'BRIT ANTARCTIC EXPD/3MR/12' cds, very fine 'LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED IN/ANTARCTICA/[penguin]/SY AURORA/AAE' cachet & signed "JRDavis" over 'COMMANDER OF SHIP' h/s, Tasmanian 1d tied by Hobart cds of 11MAR13 (the day the AAE returned from Antarctica). Ex "A Journey of Ingenuity". 1,500T 525 C B MIDDLE EAST Lot 525 AUSTRALIAN: 1913 commercial cover to Sydney unusually with a NSW 1d tied by a very fine strike of the undated 'LOOSE SHIP'S LETTER/POSTED IN/ANTARCTICA/[penguin]/S.Y. AURORA/A.A.E.' cachet and 'SANDY BAY/11AP/13/ TASMANIA' transit cds alongside, minor blemishes & a couple of small peripheral faults. Ex David Flaat. A very rare item, being one of the few covers we have noted from Mawson's First Expedition that doesn't bear a Tasmanian 1d or a 1d Kangaroo, and unusually with the cachet applied as a cancellation. 770 ** A/B DUBAI: 1964 Kennedy Memorial 75np blue-green as SG 47 bot imperforate sheet (?) of 50 (5x10), three units creased at upper-left, unmounted. [Gibbons states that imperforate stamps are from "limited printings"] NEW GUINEA - Mandated Territory Issues 3,000 100 Ex Lot 781 781 */** A B1 1932-34 Undated Airs 2/-, 5/- & 1 Ash Imprint blocks of 4, generally well-centred, the lower units are unmounted, Cat 550+ (as mounted singles). Very scarce. (3 blocks) 500