Group comprising MH 3rd wmk, 6d, 9d & 1/- pairs and s/multi wmk, 9d, 1/- & 2/ singles. Used 1st wmk, ½d, 1d x 2, 2d, 4d, 5d & 9d and 3rd wmk, 2d x 2, 2½d, 3d x 2, 6d Ultramarine x 2, 9d, 1/- & 2/- Brown x 2; slightly mixed condition. (27)
Collections & Accumulations Accumulation neatly layed out on album pages, values to 10/-, with official perfins large 'OS', small 'OS' and 'OS NSW'. Noted ½d Green and 9d Violet (3rd wmk) watermark inverted. Mixed condition, generally fine, please inspect. (60)
2d to 2/-, Second & Third wmk on Seven Seas album page, 3d (3rd wmk) MUH, 2½d (1st wmk?) 2½d & 6d (3rd wmk) MH, the remainder used, generally fine. (15)
Collections & Accumulations 2 albums with values from ½d to 10/-, range of dies and wmks, punctured large and small 'OS', quantities of most values with several hundred 1d reds, noted both major and minor varieties and selection of postmarks; mixed condition, nice lot for the kangaroo specialist. (100's)
½d Green "ROSTAGE" flaw, the three states, the 1st state as a single and pair, the 3rd state "weakness over 'US' retouched with a small closed tear at L: BW.1h,ha,hb 2L12. (5)
May 1913 use of ½d Green on 1907 NSW 1d postal card showing scene of Mossman's Bay in blue addressed to Germany and cancelled with Sydney roller cancel. SCARCE COMBINATION USE.
Sept.1913 use of ½d Green in COMBINATION with 2½d blue Victoria on cover from Hamilton to Washington meeting the commercial papers rate to foreign countries. Scarce combination. Light crease.
1d Red with varieties. "cut throat 'roo", mint with some adhesion on back; BW.4(G)g R12, "white scratch from 'L' of Aust", FU; BW.2(C)f L37 and "extra island", FU; BW.3(E)d L25. (3)
1d Red Die I perf. large 'OS', horizontal strip of 5, and Die IIA punctured small 'OS' as a block of 12, missing some perfs; rare large multiples. (17)
1913 (Feb.25) 1d Red used in COMBINATION with ½d NSW on postcard (scene of Stanwell Park) to Germany cancelled by The Exchnge roller cancel. Early usage.
April 1913 usage of 1d Red pair in COMBINATION with ½d Tasmanian Pictorial on cover from Derby to Coventry, all neatly tied by good strikes of Derby and backstamped Coventry. Inadvertently paying the foreign letter rate rather than British Empire 1oz.rate. An attractive usage.
April 1913 use of 1d Red pair in conjunction with ½d Victoria Bantam from Golden Square to Germany paying the foreign letter rate neatily tied by Golden Square datestamp. Nice combination.
May 1913 usage of 1d Red vertical pair IN COMBINATION with ½d Tasmanian Pictorial, on cover from LATROBE to Chicago, U.S.A. Advertising on back for R. Bauld and Son, General Builders & Undertakers, Gilbert St., Latrobe."
June 1913 use of 1d Red in COMBINATION with ½d Queensland on postcard from Cairns to Austria tied with Cairns roller cancel and card showing scene of Barron Falls. A scarce combination.
August 1913 used of 1d Red in COMBINATION with ½d NSW on 1d Roo lettercard meeting foreign letter rate to Germany and showing scene of Central Rly Stn. Brisbane in brown (margins intact). Fine condition.
Sept. 1913 use of 1d Red in COMBINATION with ½d Tasmanian Pictorial on Spurling postcard with scene of The Springs Hotel sent from Hobart to France. Stamps applied on scene side.
Nov.1913 1d Red used on postcard in COMBINATION with ½d NSW to Switzerland re-directed to Germany with both stamps PERFIN J/S (possibly Justus Scharff, but style unrecorded in Matthews). Card shows scene of NAURU. A rare example of perfins in combination and a scarce scene.
Feb.1914 use of 1d Red in COMBINATION with ½d Tasmanian Pictorial paying foreign postcard rate & sent from Cressy to USA. Scene of Corra Linn. Attractive.
July 1914 use of 1d Red pair in COMBINATION with ½d South Australia used from Pyap to USA. Scarce country usage with South Australia being one of the most difficult to find as combination usages. Slight creasing at left.
Aug. 1914 usage of 4d Orange pair on Registered mourning cover, tied by cds "MONEY ORDER EAGLEHAWK" to New York U.S.A. with San Francisco backstamp. [NB: A similar item in Leski sale No.317 realized $2,500.]
6d Ultramarine, WATERMARK INVERTED, punctured small 'OS'. The ACSC states "Watermark inverted has been recorded previously with both Large and Small OS punctures, but no evidence of their existence can be found". Cat. $7,500.
Jan.1916 usage of 2d Greys (2) in combination with KGV 1d Red on censored cover from Sydney to New York. One 2d with unlisted indentation of frame at left of AUST.
Nov.1921 usage of 3d Olive (Die 1) uprating a KGV 2d Orange Envelope for registered use from ECHUCA to Melbourne; adhesives tied by "M.O.O. ECHUCA" cds, with boxed "TOO LATE" h/s alongside.
May 1923 usage of 3d Green (Die 2B) in combination with KGV 1d Violets (2) on registered cover from EL-ARISH R.O. QUEENSLAND to Sydney; faint "El-Arish 69" in red at left; EL-ARISH, INNISFAIL & SYDNEY b/stamps.
May 1919 usage of 6d Ultramarine (Die 2) in combination with KGV 1d Red on 4d Orange KGV Registered Letter from the "TELEGRAPH OFFICE RIALTO-VIC" [only in use for 3 years] to New York, U.S.A.
Aug.1923 usage of 6d Pale Ultramarine (Die 2B)(small cnr fault) in combination with KGV 1d Violet on registered cover from Sydney to Germany; redirected on arrival with Hamburg and Bergedorf backstamps.
Feb.1925 use of 6d Chestnut on cover to Honolulu tied by unclear datestamp alongside "AUCKLAND N.Z. LOOSE LETTERS circular h/stamp, endorsed "Late Fee per S.S.Makura". Paying the double foreign letter rate + late fee. Interesting usage.
1937-47 range of covers franked 2/- Maroon in various combinations with other values to meet airmail rates to USA incl. 4/7 Clipper rate via Hong Kong, 4/-, 2/6 and 2/1 rates. Noted 2 prs. on cover. (5)
