Accumulations & collections

1365 Parcel Label: 1946 KGVI 3/7 cut-out. FU with parcel roller cancel. Very scarce. ACSC PL3 cat $2000 for full label. Scarce. (P) $150 $250

1366 POW: 1915 provisional use of Kangaroo 1d red Postcard with h/s "Service des prisonniers de guerre" & circular "Prisoner of War Letter Free" -all in green, as usually seen on blank envelopes. From German POW in Liverpool Camp. To Germany, with circular "Post Free Prisoner of War PC" & boxed "Passed By Censor SD", both in violet. ASC unlisted. Unusual & extremely rare useage. (P) $600 $900

1367 Postcard: 1919 use of KGV 1d red new heading, uprated ½d to USA (underpaid), so "Tax 3D" in crayon at left. Some discolouration as on almost all of these due to highly acidic card stock. ACSC P47 cat $1500. Only 2 UN & less than 10U examples recorded as most were surch 1½d, & such useage to USA may be unique. (P) $180 $300

1368 Postcard: 1924 KGV 1d green on unsurfaced buff stock. Superb fresh UN. ACSC P61 cat $200. $110 $140

1369 Postcard - Official: 1914 use of Kangaroo 1d (3.7mm heading), white stock, opt O.H.M.S above stamp, printed reverse for South Australian Railways. F-VF sl soiling etc, still nice appearance. ACSC P24(1)e. Very rare. (P) $300 $500

1370 POW: 1915 use of envelope with "Prisoner Of War Letter FREE" circular cachet & "Service des prisonniers de guerre" lower case cachet -both in blue-violet, plus R S Sands Lieut Col German Concentration Camps Liverpool" violet cachet. To Burns, Philp Co Sydney with "Liverpool 5 DE 15" cds. ASC X3.2d. Superb condition. Probably from a civilian internee. (P) $200 $400

1371 POW: 1915 use of envelope (roughly opened) with "Prisoner Of War Letter FREE" circular h/s in violet, "Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre" cachet & "Post Free PC…" cachet in blue, plus "RS Sands Major German Concentration Camps Liverpool" cachet. To Germany, with enclosed letter dated 24th October from prisoner at Trial Bay NSW. ASC X3.2b. Rare & attractive. (P) $200 $400

1372 POW: 1915 use of envelope with "Prisoner of War Letter FREE" circular violet cachet & "Service des prisonniers de guerre" lower case cachet in green, plus "Censored German Concentration Camp Liverpool" cachet in green signed RS Sands. With "Liverpool 8 JU 15" cds, to Sydney. ASC X3.2b. Superb condition. Probably from civilian internee. (P) $200 $400

1373 POW: 1915 provisional use of Kangaroo 1d Postcard with boxed "Prisoner Of War Letter" cachet below stamp imprint, "Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre" cachet at top & inverted at base, plus "Passed by Censor CS 25 JE 15" cds -another on reverse, all in magenta. To Switzerland, with "Ship Room Sydney 25 JUN 1915" cds. From German Concentration Camp Liverpool with long message. Superb fresh & colourful, impossible to find better. ASC X3.1(var). The boxed "POWL" cachet apparently only recorded on blank envelopes & we have never seen it on a Postcard. Important discovery & certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $2000 $4000

1374 POW: 1915 provisional use of superceded Kangaroo 1d Postcard on unsurfaced stock (centre fold), with "Prisoner Of War Letter FREE" violet cachet over stamp imprint, & "Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre" violet cachet at top. To Switzerland, with boxed censor cachet, endorsed "T10" struck out, & Schaffhausen arrival cds. From prisoner at Trial Bay NSW. Message dated 25th August. ASC X3.2a(var). (P) $500 $800

1375 POW: 1915 provisional use of superceded Kangaroo 1d Postcard (centre fold & cnr flts), with "Prisoner Of War Letter FREE" grey-blue cachet over stamp imprint, "Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre" violet cachet at top & "Post Free PC" circular cachet. To Berlin, with boxed censor cachet. Message dated 30th Sept. ACSC X3.2a(var). (P) $350 $500

1376 POW: 1944 use of 1/- Air Mail Lettersheet with "Adelaide 6 JUN 1944" pmk, censor tape & cachet. To Germany from Camp 14A Loveday group, Sth Australia. ACSC POW2 cat $400 for non Italian use. Scarce, especially from this camp (P) $250 $400

1377 POW: 1944? use of 1/- Air Mail Lettersheet (light toning etc) from German officer in Dhurringle Camp, with censor cachet & "Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant Dhurr…" cachet, plus censor tape & cachet on reverse. Sent by a Senior Lieutenant from the German Raider "Kormoran" that sank HMAS Sydney II. This camp (actually a mansion house) only housed about 50 German officers & their batmen, so mail from here would be very scarce. ACSC POW2 cat $400 for non Italian use, plus a huge premium for this scarcer camp & historic Kormoran connection (identified by his POW number) (P) $450 $700

1378 POW: 1946 Use of 1/- Airmail Lettersheet from Murchison (Vic) POW Camp, to Taranto, Italy (written in Italian) with "Approved for Transmission by Camp Commandant" s/l cachet in red on front & "Murchison PW Group" red h/s on reverse. "Murchison 4 Mar 46" cds & "Fragagnano 23-4-46"? arrival b/s. (P) $150 $250

1379 POW: 1946 use of 6d Air Mail Postcard with "Melbourne 15 FEB 1946" pmk & "Approved for Transmission" cachet. To Italy, with "POW Group Murchison" reverse cachet. ACSC POW1 cat $250+. (P) $180 $300

1380 Registered Envelope: 1913 Kangaroo 4d, ACSC RE1, used 1913 (6 Mar) Mosman to Germany uprated Roo 2½d (on reverse), small tear at right, small stain. ACSC gives no issue date, 1st delivery into stock 17 February. Rare very early usage. $120 $160

1381 Registered Envelope: 1913 Kangaroo 4d (ACSC RE2), commercially used 1924 (10 Nov) Brisbane to Helidon, Qld, uprated KGV ½d orange. 50% of base slit open, attractive. 30,000 issued, but not popular so used over a long period & now very scarce. (P) $350 $500

1382 Registered Envelope: 1930 KGV 5d brown oval die 1. VF UN. ACSC RE26. $30 $40

1383 Registered Envelope: 1942 (26 Mar) use of 1942 KGVI 5½d brown, flap at right, ACSC RE30, from FPO 049 at Seymour, Victoria to Melbourne. Scarce $120 $160

AUSTRALIA - OTHER COVERS

1384 1913 Cover franked Kangaroo 1st wmk 2d Grey: 1913 use of 3d Registered Envelope with Kangaroo 2d, "Sydney 20 JA 13" cds, to Adelaide, orange & black reg label. Paying double letter rate & reg, fine & very early use of the 2d, first dispatched to Sydney on 11 Jan 1913, & 3 FDC are known cancelled 15 Jan. This may be the earliest use of 2d on cover. (P) $600 $1000

1385 1913 Cover franked Kangaroo 1st wmk ½d Green. 1913 use of WA Avis de Reception form franked 2d yellow Swan & Kangaroo ½d (early use in WA), tied by oval "Registered Perth 25 FE 13" pmk, "Barton Westn Aust" delivery cds. The finer of two recorded combination usages on an AR item. (P) $1000 $1500

1386 1913 advertising cover for “Standard Mills Launceston” to USA franked Tasmania ½d Pictorial & Kangaroo 1d (2) for 2½d rate, tied by "Launceston 7 MAR 13" machine cancel, arrival b/s "Winchendon". Rare combination Commonwealth/Colonies cover (P) $300 $500

1387 1913 Cover franked Kangaroo 1st wmk 1d Red pr uprating NSW 3d long type Registered Envelope (light tones), tied by "Registered Sydney 18 MR 13" cds, with orange & black reg label, paying double British Empire rate & reg to UK, London transit, & Salisbury b/s. A very desirable combination pre-fed/federation entire. (P) $600 $1000

1388 1913 Cover franked Kangaroo 1st wmk ½d Green uprating NSW Lettercard uprated, tied by "Sydney MY 8 1913" machine pmk. To Austria, underpaying the 2½d foreign letter rate & taxed, with "NSW T 20" h/s, Austrian postage due 10h pr tied to reverse by "Modling" cds. Rare usage A superb combination pre-fed/federation entire. (sold for $2860 at Melbourne auction in 2003). (P) $1000 $1500

1389 1913 advertising cover for Imperial Hotel Pittsworth, to USA, franked Kangaroo ½d & Queensland 2d blue, tied by "Pittsworth Queensland 15 MY 13" cds. USA pointing hand "Please Return This Envelope To Post Office" at LL, b/s Brisbane repeater machine pmk. (P) $600 $1000

1390 1913 combination 3 colour Kangaroo & NSW cover to USA franked Kangaroo 2d (deep shade), 1d (2), ½d, & NSW 1d Arms, tied by "Forbes NSW JU 30" cds, early red & black Forbes reg label, b/s Forbes, Sydney & in USA. (P) $375 $500

1391 1913 cover to USA franked South Aust ½d GPO & Kangaroo 1d pair, tied by "Booleroo Centre AU 8 13" squared-circle, endorsed "Urgent". Rare combination Commonwealth/State cover (P) $375 $500

1392 1913 cover to USA franked Tasmania 2d Pictorial & Kangaroo 1d -both perf T, tied by "Hobart 1 SEP 13"repeater machine cancel. Tasmania Official combination covers rare. (P) $350 $500

1393 1913 Cover franked Kangaroo 2½d Indigo 1st wmk in combination with Queensland 5d sepia for 7½d triple rate on 1913 cover Thursday Is to USA, tied by "Thursday Island Queensland 8 OC 13" cds, b/s Singapore. Very few recorded combination covers from the Island. (P) $450 $700

1394 1913 Kangaroo 5d on NSW 4d Registered Envelope (aged & battered) tied by "Wellington 11 OC 13" cds, to Honolulu, red & black reg label, b/s Sydney & Honolulu. Kangaroo 5d rare on combination cover paying double foreign letter rate, the reg fee was 3d only; Wellington must have carried stock of the by then obsolete 4d Reg envelope. $400 $600

1395 1913 Cover franked Kangaroo 3d Olive Die I 1st wmk & Victoria 2½d deep dull blue franking 1913 Registered cover (opened 3 sides), to USA franked, tied by "Registered Melbourne 15 NO 13" cds, red reg label, reverse with “Denyer Brothers” circular seal, & four USA markings. Attractive & rare. (P) $450 $700

1396 1913 Registered cover (tones) to Belgium franked West Aust Swan 5d & Kangaroo ½d, tied by oval "Registered Perth 31 MR 13" pmk, red reg label, two Belgian b/s. Attractive & rare Commonwealth / Colonial combination cover. (P) $600 $1000

1397 1913 Use of West Aust Registered Envelope (opened 3 sides), with Kangaroo 1d (2) tied by "Irwin 7 DE 13" cds, to Perth with b/s. VF. A very rare Commonwealth/Colonial combination registered cover. (P) $1000 $1500

1398 1913 cover (tones) to Denmark franked Kangaroo 3d & Tasmania 2½d Tablet (rare on combination covers), tied by "Launceston 18 NO 13" cds, blue & black reg label. (P) $450 $700

1399 1914 Cover franked Kangaroo ½d Green & 3d Olive 1st wmk. pictorial advertising cover (right endflap missing), for “Alfred Adams & Co, Melbourne”, plus Victoria 4d yellow-olive, tied by "English Mail TPO JA 8 14" duplex. To France, & an unusual composition for triple rate, b/s Paris. Adams maintained a working stock of stamps, from which the Victoria 4d was sourced. (P) $450 $700

1400 1914 use of NSW 3d Registered Envelope with Kangaroo ½d & 2d deep shade (both flts), tied by "New Angledool FE 10 14" cds, to Switzerland, b/s Sydney & Weggis. (P) $300 $500

1401 1914 cover to USA franked Tasmania ½d Pictorial & Kangaroo 2d, tied by "Moonah Tasmania 12 MY 14" cds (tear at right). The second consignment of ½d Kangaroos was not dispatched to Tasmania until 22 May 1914, suggesting large stocks lingered of the ½d Pictorial. Rare combination Commonwealth/State cover. (P) $250 $400

1402 1915 Cover franked Kangaroo 1st wmk ½d Green (3, flts) uprating Victoria 1d Envelope, tied by "Benalla 5 AU 15" cds, to Germany. An attractive make-up for Foreign letter rate. (P) $450 $700

1403 1915 Cover franked Kangaroo 1st wmk ½d Green "VO Co" perfin uprating Victoria PTPO 2d Envelope for Vacuum Oil, late although clearly commercial use, with "Melbourne 18 OC 15" machine cancel. Sl aged. Very rare useage. (P) $450 $700

1404 1919 OHMS cover with "The Australian Museum Sydney" flap logo, to Honolulu, franked NSW ½d & Kangaroo 2d (1st wmk) -both perf OS NSW, tied by "Sydney MY 16" repeater machine cancel. Paying 2½d Foreign letter (but not ½d War tax). Official use of State/Kangaroo combinations is rare. The late use of the NSW stamp, & this wmk 2d, indicates demand for these denominations by this Institution was low, & stocks lasted a considerable period. (P) $375 $500

1405 1932 (24 Mar) combination franking to Hamburg Germany with 3d Commems (2), & Qld ½d (2), & late use of USA values (4, one faulty) totalling 15c -all tied by Brisbane pmks, typed “via San Francisco, By USA air mail, from New York by Steamer Europa & Catapult flight to Hamburg”, h/s “Mit Luftpost befordert Postamt 1 Hannover”. Possibly flown on 3 continents, by ship between! (P) $200 $400

1406 1940 (25 Jul) airmail cover to Argentina at 6/8d rate, making use of a printed AIF FDC envelope, endorsed “Air mail Sydney - Buenos”, arrival b/s (15 Aug) & circled “26/32” on reverse. Pre-1946 airmails to South America are rare. (P) $120 $180

1407 1941 5½d Surcharge solo franking on 1942 (12 Feb) airmail envelope to NZ, the only international airmail service operating from Australia at the time. Very scarce on cover. $100 $140

1408 1971 underpaid cover to Adelaide franked 9c Crab tied by "Relief No1 South Aust" & QEII 3d. Must have been over-weight, as with oval "T" h/s & endorsed "6c", as 3d QEII invalid in 1971. Unusual. $80 $150

1409 Military 1914-16 Egypt/Gallipoli: Correspondence from Lieut GHL Harris or relatives to Australia, annotated on leaves inc 1914 (Dec) endorsed No stamps Available & taxed 1d, 1915 through Cairo civil PO taxed 2d, 1915 (Nov) card & covers (2) with 4th Aust Inf Bde cds from Gallipoli, 1916 May-Aug covers (3) & card with 1st LH Bde cds from Egypt (Nov) with Bani-Mazar cds, (Dec) with APO SZ10 cds, & (Dec) from ship when invalided to UK. (13 items) $200 $400

1410 Military 1916 Egypt Hospitals covers (repaired tear in one), single correspondence to Tumut, NSW. Fine oval 'Aus. General Hospital' 'No.3' or 'No.14', plus 1915 NSW telegram from Tumut reporting husband wounded & going to AGH No 1 (3 items) $150 $200

1411 Military: 1916 (Jan) Cover to Victoria with superb strike of triple oval violet of "SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION ZEITOUN" at LL, & multiple strikes of same on make-shift censor tape endorsed in red "Opened by Censor", & at left J W Hobbs (censor). A British cachet used on Australian troop mail from this machine-gun training base. (P) $400 $500

1412 Military: 1916 (7 Aug) cover to Egypt franked NSW 2d & Tasmania 2d tied by Prahran cds, red/white reg label, b/s "MO Prahran VIC" transit, Melbourne & Cairo, Egyptian blue on white " OPENED BY CENSOR" label & chamfered "PASSED CENSOR 11" cachet twice in blue. Attractive example of Civil Censorship. (P) $350 $500

1413 Military: 1917 use of GB KGV 2d black Military Registered Envelope with "Field Post Office H17 12 OC 17" cds with matching "Australian Imperial Forces" pink reg label. On this date PO was located at Hoogreat in France (not seen by Proud). To Paris with "Army PO S1" & oval censor h/s 1403, b/s of "Army PO S75". VF. Very scarce (P) $100 $200

1414 POW: 1943? use of Red Cross envelope -no pmk, to prisoner in Malaya AC Armour 2/26th Battalion AIF with censor tape & h/s but no Japanese censors. Endorsed on reverse "Recd 2 April 43". (P) $150 $250

1415 POW: 1943 use of Red Cross envelope (edge flts) with "Melbourne 30 JUL 1943" machine pmk, to prisoner W K Edmonds (RAAF) in Hakodate camp on Hokkaido Japan -with original letter. Australian censor label on reverse, plus Aust & Japanese censor h/s. (P) $150 $250

1416 POW: 1943? use of Red Cross envelope -no pmk, to prisoner Maj LH Lannan, Zeutsuji Camp Shikoku, with Australian censor tape, & censor h/s, plus Japanese censor h/s. (P) $150 $250

1417 POW: 1944 use of printed envelope (edge flts), with "Bondi 11 OC 44" cds, to prisoner J W Dove (British POW) in Zentsuji Camp Japan. With censor tape, Australian & Japanese censor h/s. (P) $60 $100

1418 POW: 1944 printed envelope (rare type) to Australian POW held overseas. Text & details printed in blue, sent from Sydney (19 Jul) to "Camp Keijo Chosen/Japan" (Korea), censor tape & diamond censor h/s in purple, endorsed in blue crayon at left "20/3'45/Rec'd. Overall F-VF for these. Rare survivor from Japanese occupied Korea. (P) $250 $400

NEW SOUTH WALES

1419 1849 Crown in wreath 6d & Lion above crown 1/- orange, horiz se-tenant pr, Carmichael Essays, imperf, wove paper. VF UN as made, 4 large margins. Very rare. (2) (P) $700 $1000

1420 1850 Sydney view 1d & 1913 Kangaroo £2, 18ct Gold stamp replica set weight 0.64 oz troy, in box of issue (damaged) with cert. Also 1975 Apollo Soyuz PNC joint issue Russia-USA with limited edition Proof sterling silver coin. (2 items). $400 $600

1421 1851 Sydney View 2d bright blue, Plate IV, hard greyish wove paper. F-VF fresh UN, almost 4 margins. SG 33 cat £7000. Extremely rare genuine UN. 2010 RPSV photo-cert. (P) $5500 $7500

1422 1854 QV Diadem (1/-) blue, Perkins Bacon reprinted die PROOF with side ornaments & value tablet blank, on wove paper. Superb UN as made, 4 huge margins. SG 99/101(p), normal M cat £3250. Scarce & attractive. (P) $200 $300

1423 1854 QV Diadem (1/-) vermilion, Perkins Bacon reprinted die PROOF with side ornaments & value tablet blank, on wove paper. Superb UN as made, 4 huge margins. SG 99/101(p), normal M cat £3250. Scarce & attractive. (P) $200 $300

1424 1854 QV Diadem 1/- pale red, imperf plate proof, no wmk wove paper. Superb UN as made, 4 margins. SG 100(p), normal cat £3250 (P) $300 $500

1425 1854 QV Diadem 6d black, blk of 4, imperf PROOF, on no wmk wove paper. Superb UN, as made, right marginal. SG 89(P), normal cat £6400. (4). (P) $800 $1200

1426 1854 QV Diadem 8d yellow imperf PROOF pr, no wmk wove paper. Superb fresh UN, as made, all 4 margins. SG 97/98(p), normal cat £22,000+. Extremely rare & beautiful pair. (2). (P) $1000 $1500

1427 1854 QV Diadem 8d chocolate, horiz pr, imperf plate proof, no wmk, blued wove paper. Superb UN as made, 4 margins all round. SG 97/98(p) cat £24,000 as normals. Rare & attractive. (2) (P) $800 $1200

1428 1854 QV Diadem 8d blue, imperf plate proof, no wmk, wove paper. Superb UN, as made, 4 large margins. SG 97/98(p) cat £1500 as normal. Rare & attractive. (P) $400 $700

1429 1854 QV Diadem 1/- blue, imperf proof, no wmk, with large part of the special "CANCELLED" barred h/s applied by Perkins Bacon. This being one of the so called "Ormond Hill Specimens" when in 1861 Perkins Bacon supplied 6 examples of many of their current & earlier issues to Rowland Hill's son-in-law. Despite the fact that all these stamps were obliterated with "CANCELLED" h/s, the Agent-General for Crown Colonies vehemently objected, & this led directly to Perkins Bacon losing their stamp printing contracts to Thomas De La Rue. VF appearance with some flts at top. SG 99(var) see footnote cat £12,000+ & especially desirable with such a large portion of the h/s. Great rarity as only 6 produced (only 3 recorded in private hands) & a most important NSW "specimen" stamp. Ex Jaffe collection & certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $9000 $13000

1430 1854 QV Diadem 1/- rose, imperf plate proof, no wmk, wove paper, variety spectacular pre-printing fold. Superb UN, as made, 4 margins. SG 99/100(p)(var) cat £3250 as normal. (P) $300 $500

1431 1856 QV Diadem (1d-3d) black, Perkins Bacon reprinted die proof with blank value & "Postage" tablets, on thin white card. VF UN as made, 4 huge margins. SG 107/117(p). Scarce & attractive. (P) $150 $250

1432 1856 QV Diadem (1d-3d) purple, Perkins Bacon reprinted die proof with blank value & "Postage" tablets, on thick wove paper. VF UN as made, 4 huge margins. SG 107/117(p). Scarce & attractive. (P) $150 $250

1433 1856 QV Diadem 1d black, imperf plate PROOF, on wove paper, no wmk. VF UN as made, 4 margins. SG 107/109(p), normal cat £275. Very rare. (P) $100 $200

1434 1856-60 QV Diadem 2d blue imperf, 3rd retouch (104), extensive re-drawing of the design, wmk "2". VFU, rayed numeral pmk, 4 margins. SG 112a cat £450. (P) $200 $300

1435 1856-60 QV Diadem 2d blue imperf 1st retouch (104), diadem & hair completely redrawn, early state, wmk "2". VFU, concentric oval numeral pmk, 4 margins. SG 112a cat £450. (P) $200 $300

1436 1856-60 QV Diadem 2d blue, imperf, 2nd retouch (104), lines added below base of neck -so called feeble attempt, wmk "2". VFU, 4 margins. SG 112a cat £450. (P) $200 $300

1437 1859 QV Diadem 2d pale blue, lithographic transfer of Plate I, from retouched plate position. UN, sl stain at base but still nice appearance. SG 118a cat £2500 for U & unpriced UN. Examples of the other printings cat x5 to x10 the U prices, so this stamp would cat at least £12,500+. This is the only recorded UN example of SG 118a, & more importantly the only lithograph printing UN stamp as no UN examples of SG 118 are recorded. An important stamp for completing an unused collection of NSW. 1926 RPSL & 2005 RPSV photo certs. (P) $4500 $7000

1438 1860s Wmk double-lined ‘2’, comp sample sheet of 120 impressions as used for 2d Diadem. F-VF, unfolded. A rare survivor. $220 $350

1439 1867 QV 4d red-brown, horiz pr, IMPERF proof, wmk single-lined "4", wove paper. VF UN, left marginal, all 4 margins. SG 203(p), normal cat £220. (2) (P) $60 $90

1440 1871-1902 QV 1d dull red, horiz pr, wmk crown NSW (type 36), perf 13, error IMPERF between & at left, plus shifted horiz perfs. FU appearance, closed vertical tear, rayed "85" pmk of Booligal plus boxed "too late" pmk. SG 207a cat £2750. Extremely rare with only several recorded. Certificate can be obtained on request. (P) $1200 $1800

1441 1871-1902 QV 1/- pale lilac DIE PROOF on card (92x60mm). Superb fresh UN as made. SG 221(p). Colour die proofs are extremely rare. Printed for 1871 London South Kensington Exhibition. (P) $900 $1300

1442 1871-1902 QV 1/- pale chestnut DIE PROOF on card (92x60mm). Superb fresh UN as made. SG 221(p). Colour die proofs are extremely rare Produced for 1871 London South Kensington Exhibition. (P) $900 $1300

1443 1871-1902 QV 1/- pale blue DIE PROOF on card (92x60mm). Superb fresh UN as made. SG 221(p). Colour die proofs are extremely rare. Produced for 1871 London South Kensington Exhibition (P) $900 $1300