COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal HistoryPage:2 Nov 30, 2019 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 433

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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal HistoryBalance of collection including 1902 inwards from GB with Melbourne 'REFUSED/ON ACCOUNT/OF TAX' h/s andVictoria 1d & 2d Postage Dues (front only), 1912 NSW Railway Refreshment Rooms & Jenolan Caves Hoteladvertising envelope with 'JENOLAN CAVES' cds, PPC used with NSW 1d & Queensland ½d combinationfranking, KGV frankings including 2d red with 'OS' puncture on SA Education Dept cover & 4½d violet on 1930 flightcover, 1953 with red 'EXPRESS' label, 1963 1/2d Thylacine on Philip Island (Vic) tourist cover, KGV 1d red postalcards noted two with 'PASSED' censor cachets, condition quite variable; then quantity of 1938-66 Kangaroo ½dorange ** in larger blocks noted Double Perf In Left Margin strips of 10 x2, a few Framas, etc, plus SAFESignoscope and some literature including Rosenblum 'Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia' (1966). Weighs4kg. (100s)

408 **/O/CPS

300T

1920s-60s accumulation including 1932 Forests Commission OHMS cover with Centenary Celebrations/State ofVictoria and City of Melbourne inscription and KGV 1d green 'OS' overprint, 1934 Flinders Island Municipality airmailto Melbourne with KGV 2d & 3d Airmail tied 'WHITEMARK/TAS' cds, WWII military & censored mail noted 1941'ACTION FRONT' newspaper wrapper piece with Johore 5c tied 'AIF FIELD PO/No.18', 1944 Honour Envelope withTownsville (Qld) '1/2' censor label & cachet and 1945 OHMS unfranked cover registered from RAAF PO 'No.251' inDutch Indies, also flight covers noted 1931 to England with KGV 1/4d and 1948 RAAF Catalina Flying Boat to AATwith 'ANARE MACQUARIE IS' arrival cds on face, commemoratives including 1940 Story Bridge cover with 'STORYBRIDGE' R label, cinderella and 'STORY BRIDGE BRISBANE' cds, etc, condition mixed but mostly fine. (75+)

410 C

400

Ex Lot 414World War II annotated collection of civilian & Forces covers with good ranges of censor tapes & cachets including '1/2 /PASSED/BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' of Townsville & provisional use of Brisbane label, 'RELEASE' h/s of Brisbane, printed'Privilege Letter/...' from HMAS Westralia, other Forces mail with various concession h/s, 'POSTAGE PAID/25CENTS/JOHORE' h/s & several Navy items, etc, a group of illustrated advertising covers & a couple with printedpatriotic slogans, some Postal Stationery including Defence Canteens 1d green x2 & 1d brown x3, two Parcel Postforms paid at 5/10d rate for Food Parcels, etc, condition variable. (84)

414 CPS

350T

Lot 4261915 (Mar 6) commercial cover to USA with scarce combination franking of WA ½d + KGV 1d red pair tied by'POPANYINNING/WESTN AUST' cds, double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR.' h/s of Perth in green, stain at U/Raffects the 1d pair.

426 C B

100T

1915-16 covers & postcards with Tasmanian censor h/s 'CH 1/...' of Hobart in purple, in black & in blue (distorted),'CL 2/...' of Launceston in violet, and with '2' Removed in blue & in violet. (6)

428 C A/B150T

1916 1916 (Aug 30) cover endorsed "Letter for Germany enclosed/fromH Wacker prisoner of war/released onparole", to Deutsche Hilfsverein (= German Aid) in Sweden with KGV 1d red x3 (½d convenience overpayment),violet/white censor label & unusually with French censor label & cachet, Stockholm arrival b/s.

430 C A-

150T

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 4331917 registered to Michigan, USA with lovely three-colour franking KGV ½d green, 1d red & 4d lemon (ACSC#110B; Cat $600 on cover) tied 'PETERSBURG/MR1/17/S.A' squared-circle also struck on large blank red 'R' labelalongside, censored with 'PASSED' cachet on face, Adelaide and 'SEATTLE' b/s. PO 31.12.1880; renamedPeterborough 1.7.1918. [During World War I, many Germanic placenames were anglicised or otherwise changed]

433 C A

300T

1918 to Holland with Kangaroos Third Wmk 2d grey x2 and KGV 1d red tied Sydney 'JE21' machine cancel payingdouble 2½d foreign rate, re-sealed with Sydney 'OPENED BY CENSOR' black on white label, partial '26.8.18' arrivalb/s.

435 C A

1001919 (Mar 27) cover to the Red Cross in Geneva endorsed "Letter for enemy country", Kangaroo 3d tied by Sydneymachine cancel, very fine strike of the scarce boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s with Smaller Text.

439 C B100

Ex Lot 4511931-40 commercial airmail covers with Kangaroo frankings comprising 1931 to UK with 9d single; 1933 toGermany with 1/- single; 1936 to Germany with 2/- tied 'LATE FEE/SYDNEY...'; 1937 to UK with 5/- plus 1/- Lyrebird;1938 to Netherlands Indies with 9d single; 1938 to Austria "Germany" (post-Anschluss) with 2/- single; 1939 toYugoslavia with 2/- and Greek currency censor; and 1940 to USA with 2/- x2 at 4/8d PanAm Clipper rate & HongKong triangular censor cachet; a few blemishes but generally fine. [See also Lots 515 to 551] (8)

451 C A/B

5001937 (Apr 16) Buttons Ltd cover Sydney to Austria with Kangaroos 2/- maroon solo franking paying 'all-the-way'airmail rate via Athens (b/s) with Greek currency censor cachet on face and '1/1 WIEN 1/29 IV 37 15*/FLUGPOST'b/s, delivered by Vienna pneumatic mail with "102" red crayon route marking, 'TELEGRAPHENAMT WIEN 1/29 IV37 1540' b/s and 'TA 16 WIEN 102/29 IV 37 1620' Telegraph Office arrival cds on face, couple of minor blemishes.The cover arrived at Vienna airport at 3pm and was delivered before 5pm the same day.

459 C A-

200

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 4691939-45 civil censorship covers with good coverage from all States with lots of variety in the censor labels & cachetsincluding from NSW with boxed 'PERMISSION/GRANTED', Qld with 'RELEASE', Qld with 'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF QUEENSLAND', Tas with rare boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/.....', GB-NSW with ' 2 /RETURN/TO/SENDER', etc, mostly to standard destinations but also to Ceylon, India, Palestine, Ireland, Forces Abroad, and twoto Germany each with 'UNDELIVERABLE/RETURN TO SENDER' h/s of Sydney, condition rather mixed but greatvalue at the estimate. (200+)

469 C/CL

300

Lot 4701940 cover to Holland with KGVI 3d blue tied Sydney '3 APR/1940' slogan cancel with 'Amsterdam Maart 1948/Dooroorlogsomstandigheden/met vertraging ontvangen' label pasted on the face. [The label translates as "AmsterdamMarch 1948 Received with delay due to war conditions". Applied to mail which was transiting through France at thetime of the German invasion of Holland & which was stored in the cellar of a French castle (!) where it was notdiscovered until early 1948]

470 C A

140

Lot 4711941 correspondence postcard with 'PRISONER OF WAR SERVICE' cachet sent airmail to England franked 5dRam, 6d Kookaburra & 2/- Kangaroo tied Sydney '15FE41' cds paying 2/11d rate for carriage by TEAL to NewZealand and PanAm FAM-19 Trans-Pacific and FAM-18 Trans-Atlantic Clipper services, return address of Hay Camp(NSW) internee Markus Strohmayer E76550, Hut 9 Camp 8 Eastern Command, couple of minor blemishes. [Therate was set at half the corresponding 5/10d per ½oz letter rate. From a Dunera Boy: in May & June 1940 thousandsof mostly Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria were interned by the British; some 2500 were subsequentlysent to Australia on board the Dunera in squalid conditions where they were housed in the Hay & Tatura internmentcamps; after their eventual release in late-1942 some returned to the UK but many joined the Army and stayed inAustralia after the end of WWII]

471 C A-

200



COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History - Military & Censor Mail

Lot 503WORLD WAR I: c.1915 Union Castle Line envelope to Victoria with British Censor 'No 2208' cachet in rosine, boxed'RECEIVED TORN/E.M. T.P.O.' h/s of Victoria's English Mail TPO and repaired with three '...received withoutcontents...' labels. A very striking cover.

503 C A-

300T

Lot 504- 1915 Young Men's Christian Association, Brisbane illustrated envelope showing Lord Kitchener headed 'WITH THECOMMONWEALTH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/ON ACTIVE SERVICE' sent unfranked to Western Australia with'7TH INF BDE/27-AU-15/FIELD PO' cds used on Gallipoli Peninsula, censored by commanding officer with hissignature on face, a few blemishes.

504 C B

150- 1915 British 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' Honour Envelope to Victoria with '1ST AUST DIV FIELD P[O]/-4SE15' cdsused on Gallipoli Peninsula, couple of very minor blemishes. [Enclosed letter signed "Donald C Stewart 378, 2ndField Co Engns, 4th Section, AIF" includes "By most of the early reports of the war you will have noticed that theTurks cannot shoot but I can assure you that this is not exactly true at any rate it does not apply to their snipersbecause if any man puts his head above the parapet in the day time it is very seldom that he tells you what he saw(for the very good reason, death)"!]

505 C A-

150

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History - Military & Censor Mail (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 506- 1915 British 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' Honour Envelope to Forth, Tasmania with '4TH AUST INF/BGDE/10-X-15/FIELD/PO' cds, on arrival Launceston 'CL2/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' double-ring cachet in violet applied onface, minor blemishes. [Enclosed letter headed "Gallipoli Peninsula/Oct 8th 1915" mentions "...just now we are out ofthe trenches for a spell after a month of them" and rather ironically predicts "... the job [will be] finished so far as theEastern Front is concerned ..." and "We will all be home for Christmas": the decision to evaculate Gallipoli was madein November 1915 and completed by 20.12.1915, and is considered as tactically the most (only?) successful part ofthe whole operation; those evacuated spent Christmas on Lemnos Island, Greece]

506 C A-

150

Lot 507- 1916 use of Melbourne YMCA envelope in GB with large-part strike of the rare 'AUST/CASUALTY CLEAR'G/STATION/....BASE/AIF' cachet, damaged at left in transit with 'ENG MAIL TPO/IN 29SE16/VIC' b/s and boxed'RECEIVED TORN/E.M. T.P.O.' h/s of Victoria's English Mail TPO on face & reverse.

507 C C

250T

WORLD WAR II: Collection of Forces covers on annotated pages with an array of Field PO, Army PO, Unit PostalStation cds etc used throughout Australia, New Guinea & Papua, some better Mil PO cds including Dhurringile (Vic),Tatura No 3 (Vic) & Northfield (SA), noted four Barmera Camp items including one cancelled with the Loveday Groupcachet & one from the NT with 'DALY WATERS/NT' civil PO cds, some interest in the envelopes including typessupplied by the Red Cross, YMCA, CUSA & other comforts groups, many sent by air & a few are registered, goodNorthern Territory content, some minor duplication, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. A good basisfor expansion. (150 approx)

508 C

300- Useful POW group with 1945 Australian Red Cross cover to Switzerland at 9/- rate, two stampless covers fromGermany to a POW at Murchison (one with 'POW/MURCHISON VIC' h/s in violet), four Vatican envelopes withAustralian Apostolic Delegation messages within, four letters regarding a country doctor employing a German officer,and a part-telegram with 'MIL PO MYRTLEFORD' cds. (16 items)

509 CPS A/B

300T

- 1942 (Jan) stampless cover to Perth with superb 'Services Prisoners/of war. Camp No 11' at Harvey with largeboxed 'RISPONDTE A/...(SCRIVETE CHIARO)/...' cachet on the reverse & Censor #1 h/s all in violet.

510 C A150T



Lot 511- 1943 airmail Hobart to Queensland Construction Camp censored with red/white label (Little #L6-6b) tied by smallcircular 'CHECKED/BY/ 6/2 ' cachet in violet - unrecorded by Little - on the face, forwarded to "1 Aust Corps/RecpCamp" then to Papua with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/20JE43/019.' b/s, finally 'RETURN TO SENDER/ON/MILITARYBOARD INSTRUCTIONS' cachet in violet on face, some water-staining & other blemishes. Crash mail?

511 C C

100T

Lot 512- 1940 Tatts cover to Hobart with 1s green tied by 'GAWLER' (SA) cds & largely very fine strike of the scarce'ARMY/XF 27.III.40/TELEGRAPHS' cds. [The Telegraphs cancels were manufactured by Guller & Sons in Huttikon,Switzerland]

512 C A-

150

Lot 513- LIBERATED POWs: 1945 (Oct 1) usage of GB formular aerogramme endorsed "Lib UK PW" with the messageheaded "c/o 3 Australian Repl Co / Manila PI" to England with 'AUST ARMY PO/241' cds. [Ted Proud records APO241 at Hollandia Feb-June 1945, then in Japan from May 1946; Phil Collas records usage at Morotai from Feb 1945"until late in that year" & in Japan in 1946. Neither mentions usage in the Philippines]

513 PS A

100T

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Ex Lot 514VIETNAM: OHMS cover endorsed "6 RAR/Vietnam" to Adelaide with Birds 5c & 30c tied by 'AUST FPO/16FE67/ 4 'cds, superb rubber 'R AFPO 4' registration cachet; also undated HMAS 'Perth' cover to NSW with superb boxed'FREE/POSTED IN/HMAS PERTH/...' cachet, and similar with 'FREE/POSTED IN/HMAS BRISBANE/...' cachet. (3)

514 C B/A

250

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Airmail Covers - CommercialWe are pleased to offer the covers to overseas destinations assembled by our old friend John Booker from England.

Lot 523FIJI: 1941 (Dec 15) with Hermes 1/6d tied by Sydney slogan, Clipper h/s in black, superb 'P.O./24DEC41/LAUTOKA-FIJI' arrival b/s. [An anomaly. The Clipper service was suspended immediately after Pearl Harbor was attacked on7.12.1941. Mail intended for the USA or beyond was held at or returned to Sydney and forwarded via the 'Horseshoe'Route. However, the suspension was publicly announced only on 18th December. It is possible that this cover wasforwarded by sea from Auckland instead of being first returned to Sydney]

523 C B

200T

Lot 536GREAT BRITAIN: GREAT BRITAIN: 1940 (Nov 4) plain postcard from Hay Internment Camp (NSW) with 2d 9d +Kangaroo 2/- tied by Sydney cds paying the Clipper rate, a little soiled & small defects. The rate of 2/11d was half5/10d moved up to the nearest penny. [The sender Georg Rapp was a 'Dunera' Boy. Early in the War, the Britishdecided that refugees from Europe were a security risk, even though most were Jewish. The Dunera was sent toAustralia, crowded with as many mainly Jewish adults & children - plus some German POWs - as possible.Conditions were appalling & the incident created an international furore. Another of Churchill's litany of finestmoments!]

536 C B

150T


COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Airmail Covers - Commercial (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 537- 1941 (July 15) plain postcard from Hay Internment Camp (NSW) with Hermes 1/6d x2 - penny convenienceoverpayment - tied by Sydney cds, minor blemishes. From the same 'Dunera Boy as the previous lot.

537 C B150T

Lot 539- GREAT BRITAIN: 1941 (Nov 18) oversize registered censored cover (365x140mm) endorsed "Return by Air Mail/Aust-NZ-Canada" with 5d Ram x2, Kangaroos 2/- x2 (one faulty) and Robes 5/- x3 (all faulty) tied by'WOOLLOONGABBA' (Qld) cds and blue 'R' label, some edge tears, folds & blemishes. [Carried by the CaliforniaClipper on the lastPanAm FAM-19 flight to carry mail from Auckland before the service was suspended after PearlHarbor; with contemporary "Documents Go Round the World" newspaper clipping stating the enclosed papers forsignature were originally sent from the UK via India - 29 days transit - and returned via Canada - 53 days transit. Therate was 3/11d per ½oz for Clipper to USA, then by US internal airmail, then by sea to England x5 + 3d registration]

539 CX B

200T

- 1941 (Mar 20) cover with 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/[crown]/TASMANIA' embossed on the flap and boxed'PRIVILEGED MAIL/GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA/("Jan McLennan")' cachet at L/L, to the BBC in England withKangaroo 9d violet pair perf 'T' (the first unit damaged) tied by Hobart slogan, two repaired tears away from thestamps & cachet & part of the flap missing.

540 C (B)

150T

Lot 550

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Airmail Covers - Commercial (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

UNITED STATES: 1940 (July 12) "Australia-Hong Kong-USA" at 4/8d rate with Koala 4d pair & Kangaroo 2/- pairtied by superb 'CASTLEMAINE/VIC-AUST' cds, Hong Kong transit b/s & Censor #9 h/s in green.

550 C A-200T

REST OF THE WORLD - GENERAL and MISCELLANEOUS LOTSWorldwide covers assortment noted Malaya 1940 registered airmail to Sydney with KGVI 30c & 40c, Netherlands1902 to Cape Colony with Boer War 'OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' censor label, New Zealand including 'StHeliers, Auckland' Zieher-type Stamps PPC published by Muir & Moodie & 1936 Health 1d Lifebuoy on illustratedFDC, Norway 1938 registered to Victoria sealed with Red Cross cinderella, Pacific Islands, USA 1936 registeredairmail to Queensland "per SS Queen Mary and Air Mail England-Australia", Venezuela 1898 "British Consulate,Caracas" to London with 25c, plus range of commemorative & flight covers, etc, condition variable. (140+)

616 CPS

250

Lot 640British Empire aggregation with stamp selections from Aitutaki & PNG, then a fascinating range of covers includingAden 1952 air to Egypt forwarded to GB; Bahrain 1942 with Overprints 3a6p; Canada 1911 gorgeous advertisingcover for Place Viger Hotel & letter on matching notepaper; Fiji OHMS Formular Aerogrammes x5; Gibraltar 1919from India repaired with KEVII period 'FOUND OPEN/AND TORN/...' label; GB 1891 with 'ROYAL NAVALEXHIBITION/ ...' cachet in blue plus small piece with the rare cds, 1891 'UNIFORM PENNY POST' envelope upratedto NSW, 1893 Registration Envelope to Victoria uprated with 1d & Jubilee 9d; Hong Kong 1967 registered air to USAwith New Year $1.30 x3 & Annigoni $10; India 1883 registered with 'GWALIOR' Overprints, 1917 POW envelope,1948 registered samples packet to USA with KGVI 2r x2 & 5r; KUT 1937 air to Greece censored on arrival & 1946KGVI 20c Envelope uprated & registered to GB; North Borneo 1964 formular aerogramme 'LABUAN/...' to Hawaii;Malta 1953 with boxed 'Returned For ("3")/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/...' h/s; Papua 1938 to China with 1d Coronation& 2d Bird and 'PAQUEBOT' h/s of Cairns; Zanzibar 1902 1a Postal Card with boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s; etc; also somemostly unused Postal Stationery; generally fine to very fine.

640 *CPS

1,000

BRITISH AFRICASee also selections under South African Provinces and Sudan.

Lot 736BASUTOLAND: 1942 (June 12) cover to a Lesotho woman in Basutoland (!) with Australia 1d & 9d tied by 'AUSFPO 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, probablyserving with South African Forces. [Ted Proud records FPO 34 at Tripoli in Palestine 14.1.1942-26.6.1942 only]

736 C A-

150SOUTH WEST AFRICA: 1917 ½d Postal Card with 'KARIBIB' cds and '105' censor, two 1919 German Postal Cardsto Swakopmund both with 'PASSED BY CENSOR' English & bilingual cachets, 1924 Germany PPC to Windhuk withSouth African overprinted ½d & 1d Postage Dues, postmarks including two with Railways ovals (one on 4d 'SWA'overprint Registration Envelope alongside 'ARIAMSVLEI' cachet), 'EXHIBITION' and 'MARIENTAL' alteredGerman-era cds, 1936 1d 'SWA' Postal Card uprated for 6d airmail rate to Germany, etc, condition variable. (16)

744 CPS

150



BRITISH WEST INDIESJAMAICA: 1942 airmail to Australia with KGVI ½d and Pictorials 2d 2½d 3d 4d 1/- & 2/6d, gorgeous Coruba JamaicaRum advertising label on face, scarce 'CPS/16AP42/SYDNEY' cds in red overstruck with 'UNCLAIMED/SYDNEY'cds and returned, couple of minor edge faults.

752 CL A-

100

COCOS ISLANDS - Postal History1941 (Mar 5) cover from Rose Clunies-Ross in Devon to 'JS Clunies-Ross/(Keeling Cocos Islands)/co CaldbeckMacgregor/Singapore" with 2½d tied by 'GROW MORE FOOD/DIG FOR VICTORY' slogan of Exeter, SingaporeCensor #70 cachet in violet.

808 C A-

250T

Lot 809- (Aug 5) airmail cover from Rose Clunies-Ross in Devon to 'JS Clunies-Ross/(Keeling Cocos Islands)/co CaldbeckMacgregor/Singapore" with 3d & 1/- tied by Exeter machine, Singapore Censor #70 cachet in violet, small'26SEP1941' h/s on the face presumably applied on arrival.

809 C A-

400T

- (Aug 19) surface cover from Scotland to 'JS Clunies-Ross/Keeling Cocos Islands/co Caldbeck Macgregor/Singapore" with 2½d tied by 'DUNDEE/ANGUS' machine, Singapore Censor #74 cachet in violet. [Colin's latestinwards cover before the Fall of Singapore on 15.2.1942]

810 C A-

300T

Lot 8121945 1945 unfranked cover to UK from Lt AI John/245455 endorsed "BY AIR MAIL/On Active Service" with very finestrike of Indian Army 'F.P.O./No46/1AUG45' cds & 'UNIT CENSOR/R722' cachet in violet used at Cocos, censoredagain in transit through India with 'OPENED BY EXAMINER' label tied by triangular 'FIELD - CENSOR/[ ]71' cachetin violet, a little roughly opened at right & slightly trimmed.

The Japanese twice bombed Cocos in 1944, prompting Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Allied Commander based inCeylon, to send Indian Army & RAF personnel to the islands to construct an airstrip. Ted Proud notes usage of FPO46 between 13APR45 and 10JAN46.

812 C B

300

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NAURU - Postal History1939 cover to Sydney with 1½d tied by cds of 9NO39 & very fine strike of the boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/NAURU'h/s in violet, opened three sides. An early WWII cover.

966 C B250

NEW GUINEA - 'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints - Postal History

Lot 10111916 registered cover to GB with Second Wmk 1/- blue-green SG 90 type c, German-pattern label & very fine'Passed by Censor/RABAUL' h/s.

1011 F A B1200T

- (Mar 31) scarce usage of NSW 'Penalty' envelope to Adelaide with 1d type c tied by Rabaul cds, rare black/white'PASSED CENSOR RABAUL' label (faults) & two strikes of the rare 'passed censor/Rabaul' h/s in violet, vertical fold& a few blemishes.

1012 CL B

350T

Lot 1013- cover to Melbourne endorsed "Registered" & "36" in red with ½d pair & 1d strip of 3 all type a tied by'MANUS/5JL16' cds straight-line 'Passed by Censor/["initials"]' on 1916, superb strike of the rare boxed 'Manus' h/swith 'Kaiserliche Station' removed (Powell #83; rated F) on the reverse & Melbourne arrival b/s of 9SE16, minorspotting mostly on the face.

1013 C B

1,500T

NEW GUINEA - Mandated Territory - Postal HistoryAUSTRALIA: 1939-42 airmail covers with various frankings & all-different censor labels including red/white '6PASSED BY CENSOR' of Hobart x2 &/or cachets including boxed TNG types 1 2 & 15, 1939 (Oct) with boxed'PASSED BY/CENSOR/...' of Melbourne, two different ' 1 /NOT/OPENED BY/CENSOR' types of Brisbane, stamplessfrom Victoria with 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' h/s, three military types, etc, various postmarks& three are registered, condition variable. (15)

1032 C/CL

250T


NEW GUINEA - Mandated Territory - Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 1035NORTHERN RHODESIA: 1940 (Mar 16) New Guinea Goldfields inadequately addressed cover with Bulolo 6d & 1/-tied by 'WAU' cds, plain censor label with typed 'OPENED BY CENSOR' (Little #NGL1) tied by boxed 'Passed byCensor/TNG No 22' in red (recorded in red by Little 5.4.1940 only), Salamaua transit & Egyptian censorship cachet,'INCONNU/NOT KNOWN' & 'RETOUR' h/s applied, 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/5JY40/BRISBANE' b/s & superb boxed'.../RETURN TO SENDER' h/s both in red. [The origin of the instructional cachets is unclear. They don't conform withillustrations in Proud's Rhodesia volumes. They may all be used at Brisbane: if so, this item must have been returnedunder cover]

1035 C A-

350T

TO FOREIGN DESTINATIONS: JAPAN: 1940 (May 8) WR Carpenter cover at 5d rate for airmail to Australia withsuperb 'SALAMAUA' cds (small date wheels that we have not noted previously) & 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labeltied by boxed Censor No 25 h/s, Hong Kong transit b/s of 28MY/40 & triangular censor #9 h/s in green, light verticalfold. [The dateline was regular as late as 15JUL39]

1041 C A-

150T

PAPUA - Postal History1939 commercial airmail cover to GB with very scarce franking of Declaration 3d & Coronation 5d x3 (a little oxidised)tied 'SAMARAI ED/16DE39/PAPUA' d/s, unusually censored with both red/white label & large cachet in violet,Townsville transit b/s, minor blemishes & light fold at base.

1098 C V

1401940 (Sep 14) airmail cover to Los Angeles at the 4/- Clipper rate with Pictorials 1d 1/3d & 2/6d plus 1939 Airs 2d &3d paying 4/- rate + 3d registration, characteristic partial boxed Censor h/s, transit b/s of Townsville, Brisbane,Sydney, Honolulu & San Francisco.

1099 CL A

200T

SOUTH AFRICA - Provinces

Lot 1181CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1901 cover from 'COLESBERG' to "Commandant/Graff Reinett" with huge 'OFFICE OFCOMMANDANT No 11 AREA.../COLESBERG' cachet in blue & very fine 'PASSED PRESS CENSOR/25DEC1901/GRAAFF REINET' cachet (Christmas Day) in violet, forwarded to "Middelburg" (b/s) then to Cape Town ('..ARMYBASE CAPE TOWN' b/s), 'NO ADDRESS/ARMY POST OFFICE' cachet & apparently endorsed "Killed" & forwardedto "Longwood/ Victoria" with poor 'LONGWOOD RLY STN' & fine 'LONGWOOD EAST' arrival b/s. A remarkable BoerWar cover. [The endorsement "Killed" is actually "Killeen", the Chomley Family property at Longwood!]

1181 C B

250

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Postal History

Ex Lot 12171930s-60s commercial mail with lots of inwards airmails to Australia including larger covers with high-valuefrankings up to $1 Prexies, brief inspection reveals 1937 registered 'AR' to Netherlands endorsed "Par Avion/Via SSEuropa and Air Mail" with Globe 6c & Fourth Bureau 20c x2, 1948 1c Postal Card airmail to UK with 14c Prexieadded, 1951 Prexie 5c with 'CHARGE' label and GB Postage Dues 5d block of 18 on the back, 1950s oversizeprinted matter envelopes with Prexie 12c single, Liberty 12c single and 12c pair respectively, 1961 registered airmailto Australia with Liberty $1 block of 8, 1961 airmail from Guam to Singapore with Liberty 25c single (spotty), 1966'MISSENT TO MANILA', also official mail, perfins, meter cancels, advertising, stationery, censored mail, PPCs, etc,condition mixed but mostly fine. Weighs 11kg. [This lot was originally sold in our auction of 22.6.2019 for $4792; thepurchaser has removed two items only and asked us to re-offer the rest at the original estimate, which will surelyprove to be conservative once again] (100s)

1217 CPS

500T

Lot 12201942 (May 28) unfranked cover from USA to "...Quartermaster Clk, Formerly in Philippine Islands, AmericanPrisoner in Japan, c/- International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland" endorsed "Postage Free" with San Diego d/scarried on the first Prisoner of War mail exchange with Japan by the Red Cross ship Gripsholm, US censortape but without any Japanese censor markings, some edge faults.

The Japanese invasion of the Philippines commenced within hours of the Pearl Harbour attack but most US POWswere not captured until the fall of the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942 and Corregidor in May 1942. Tett states (Vol 5,p75) only a "small amount of mail from the USA" was carried on this first exchange as very few next of kin had beennotified, and does not illustrate a single example. Ruggiero (pp8-9) gives the exact amount as 3719 individual itemsaddressed to US prisoners; by comparison the second exchange in 1943 carried 3,043 bags of mail. The Gripsholmleft New York on 18 June arriving Lourenco Marques 22.7.1942 where the mail was transferred to the Conte Verdeand Asama Maru arriving at Yokohama on 17.8.1942.

1220 C B

350


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Postal History (continued)Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 12211944 'Prisoner of War Mail' postal card sent unfranked to US POW at "Tokyo Camp, Japan", short message (limit of24 words imposed) on back, US '5268' censor cachet on face and Japanese censor chops alongside, endorsed"12D" in red crayon to indicate his location.

1221 PS A

200

Lot 12221946 airmail to Netherlands serviceman at Navy HQ Batavia with Transports 10c & 30c x2 tied New York BronxStation 'JAN7/1946' cancels paying 70c pre-WWII Pacific Clipper rate, censored on arrival with very fine strike of'MARINE POSTKANTOOR BATAVIA/No.15' cachet in violet endorsed "Soerabaja" and '[NETHER]LAND/GEOPENCENSURRDIENST' brown re-sealing label tied '5564' cachet on face, couple of minor blemishes. A most unusualdestination with scarce post-war censorship markings. [See also Lot 815 under Cocos Islands]

1222 C A

150