Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 1

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1 Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 1 MISELLANEOUS Ex Lot 1 1 Worldwide censored covers in a large cover album, many interesting items including commercial airmails from Africa & Latin America, two different POW cards from within America, some to Red ross in Switzerland including anada with security cancel & from eylon (3), a number from Occupied Europe, etc, condition generally good to fine. A good lot that could form the basis for a wonderful collection. (188) 1,000 Ex Lot 2 2 PS A "freshening up" from a leading Postal History dealer who doesn't have any rubbish in stock. This British ommonwealth lot includes an excellent group of KGV-KGVI African commercial airmails (some with unusual instructional handstamps), with unusual destinations including Rhodes! (sadly defective), Fiji & Hong Kong; Straits Settlements lovely advertising cover; a few handy Middle East items; HMAS "Hermes" group (sunk during WWII); Fiji 1940 commercial usage of KGV 2d+3d size H2 Registration Envelope; etc, condition a bit mixed but an excellent lot. Priced to sell for 2300 (= $A0 approximately). (58 items) 1,000 Ex Lot 3 3 PS A "freshening up" from a leading Postal History dealer the foreign section from this dealer's "freshening up" with useful Indonesia including items from Bali Lombok & Dutch New Guinea; France 1809 entire from 'ONDOM' (yes, a genuine French letter!); Thai Postal ards including a couple commercially used & 1947 'AV2' cover; some postcards including an exceptional group of Esperanto types (one of 1916 from a Dutch soldier to Australia!) & 1927 Japan to Ruanda-Urundi!; illustrated covers & postcards for European hotels; condition generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot. Priced to sell for 1550 (= $A4000 approximately). (47 items) 600

2 Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 2 MISELLANEOUS (continued) 4 PS A/B Ex Lot 4 Aerogrammes commercially used group from Solomons, Singapore (3), Fiji (3, one to New aledonia) & Grenada, also Australia to Denmark & zechoslovakia, etc, some are formular types, also some philatelic items. (23) 5 A/B Ex Lot 5 Box of 1960s-1970s private reply cards with British stamps cancelled all around the world including remote outposts like Tristan (2), ocos hristmas & Norfolk Islands, Ponape, Arctic & Antarctic including Terre Adelie etc, many others with Travelling Post Office datestamps including some very obscure ones, lots of pictorial datestamps including a group from Australia, two with Jersey stamps are taxed, one from a German PO called 'ENGLAND'! & another commercial one from Germany. A fascinating albeit philatelic journey taking advantage of the UPU regulation allowing stamps of one country to be used in another in this way. ed with no reserve. (150 approx) Ex Lot 6 British Africa flight covers with Kenya & Uganda (8) including 1931 first flight to Tanganyika with 'LOAL AIR FEE PAID' h/s & 1932 to Nairobi with 'FEEDER SERVIE' boxed h/s; Tanganyika (5) including 'TANGANYIKA TERRITORY/FEEDER/ SERVIE'-in-oval h/s in violet on 1931 registered to Zanzibar and on an internal Postal ard to Tanga; 1934 Imperial Airways/QANTAS to Darwin; others from KUT (4), Nyasaland & Southern Rhodesia, etc, condition variable. (24) PS British West Indies mostly unused Postal Stationery including Leewards QV-KEVII Postal ards (21, with eight philatelically used to Germany including with 'A91' & 'ANTIGUA' cancels & KGV oversize issues x7 different), QV-KGV Envelopes (10, including KGV x4 different), Registration Envelopes (5, including 1913 KGV 2d size H2) and Wrappers (9, including one uprated from Antigua to Germany & commercial usage St Kitts to Nevis); also modest selections of mostly unused postal cards or envelopes from Dominica, Montserrat (including 1905 usage of 2½d Envelope to Switzerland), St hristopher & Virgin Islands; generally fine to very fine. Stated to be Ex Ed Druce. (68) PS onsignment remainders including seven WA unclaimed OHMS covers, Tasmania 1887 cover to London with 6d Platypus, Victoria printed matter with "Bantam" ½d & '100 POSTED' h/s, 5/10d Food Parcel Label cutouts (2, one used), Marshall Islands philatelic atoll post cover with manuscript cancel etc, condition variable. (24 items)

3 Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 3 MISELLANEOUS (continued) Ex Lot 9 9 overs accummulation including British pre-stamp entires and 1d red imperf covers (7), 1879 to Melbourne with 1d red Plate 177 strip of 6 (one stamp damaged), 1935 to Athens with Jubilee 2½d & ½d; Australian olonies including NSW 1859 with 6d Diadem & 1905 souvenir card with 5d Diadem pair tied by 'ST JAMES HALL/5D/JUBILEE/1DE05/SYDNEY NSW' cds, Queensland 1865 to Ireland with 6d & 2d pair, 1906 from O.K. Mines & 1907 from Mount Garnet; Australia 1932 Pine reek (Northern Territory) commercial cover; New Zealand 1926 two Dunedin sets on covers with Exhibition cancels, Pacific Islands 1940s-80s philatelic material including an album of Gilberts postmarks and a worldwide array of PPs, condition variable. (100s) Eclectic cover assortment with Australia including KGV covers the majority with 1d red solo frankings (a few perf 'OS'), 1915 cover to United States with 2½d Roo, WWII military & concessional mail, 1943 inwards American 'V Mail' form, 1950s-70s FDs, also olonies covers and postal stationery and some foreign material including three 1950s Tibet covers with hinese stamps. (100s) Ex Lot Eclectic group with German pre-stamp entires 1832 from Deggendorf and 1844 from Thumbach, Austria 1868 Vienna to Villach with 2k & 3k, Brazil r airmail cover to Germany, Israel 1948 Opening of the Jewish State Post Office FD with tabbed 3m 5m & 10m (Ernst Burger ertificate) etc, condition variable. (14) 150 Ex Lot PS European covers mostly commercial & including some attractive material, better frankings, & inwards mail, generally fine. (49) 250T

4 Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 4 MISELLANEOUS (continued) Ex Lot PS Fascinating array of covers & postcards selected for combination frankings of various types with stamps of two countries, adhesive/postal stationery frankings, postage/revenue, postage/"inderella" etc, strong Australian content with lots of variety, condition variable. (80+) Large carton of mostly Australian covers including 1920s-30s KGV OHMS with 'OS' or 'VG' perfins, 1940s censored, 1950s-80s covers & postcards including censored, taxed & elusive solo frankings; also album with an on-cover study of s air mail slogan and roller cancels. (100s) 15 Ex Lot 15 Mostly World War II covers with many commercial airmails to the United States from Spain, Algeria, Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Tunisia & Iran etc, also covers from Spain & the USA to German-Occupied areas, and some useful post-wwii material, condition variable. Interesting lot. (44) 16 PS Mystery box of covers etc in very mixed condition. (150+) 17 PS Mystery box to tempt all the dealers and ebay traders. ed with no reserve. 18 PS Mystery box packet with some better items. ed with no reserve. (50 approx) T Ex Lot 19 Plastic crate with eclectic array of mostly 1950s-90s worldwide covers (including Australasia), some earlier material, condition variable. Happy hunting. (100s) Postal History accumulation including Tasmania 1855 large piece with Imperf 2d & 4d, Natal 1900 registered to GB with 'SOUTHAMPTON/PAKET LETTER' d/s, Aden 1942 commercial censor cover to Egypt, India South East Asia ommand 1945 Registration Envelopes to South Africa (2, one uprated), KUT 1943 censored air letter to Southern Rhodesia and 1948 Silver Wedding FD, Palestine 1946 Air Letter to London, Bechuanaland 1966 Registration Envelope from Tsabong; other handy material from British Africa and India including taxed items; condition is very mixed. (approx 100) 400

5 Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 5 MISELLANEOUS (continued) Ex Lot PS Postal History dealer's cleanout with better items from Sudan, Tanganyika, British East Africa, Newfoundland etc, a couple of Ethiopian PPs philatelically used, lots of QEII period paquebots, also some flights etc. (+) T 22 Postal Stationery optd 'SPEIMEN' mostly Postal ards from QV-KGV era with eylon (2), Gold oast (8, plus a KGVI size F 3d Registration Envelope), British East Africa (4), Mauritius (2), Negri Sembilan (2), New South Wales (4), Selangor, and Zanzibar (3), etc, plus a 1c Envelope (soiling) from United States, generally fine appearance though many have paper adhesions on reverse. (30) Predominantly Pacific Islands including Samoa 1936 registered to Switzerland with 1d & 5d Huts, Fiji 1951 to Australia use of 2d Registration Envelope uprated with 2d & 8d for airmail transit, Nauru 1955 registered to Scotland with 2/6d pair and 1958 to United States with 1/- pair, PNG airmails 1957 airmail with 9d opra Making & 1963 registered with 2/5d attle, hristmas Island 1960s to England with $1 Bosun Bird & 50c Frigate Bird, also Solomon Islands, condition variable. (49) 250 Ex Lot /L Registered covers comprising Japanese Occupation of Burma commercial usage of defaced KGVI Envelope at 'SYRIAM'; India 1945 usage of KGVI Envelope at 'PONDIHERRY' (French Settlements); Newfoundland 1928 with 24c Falls; Palestine 1925 OHMS cover from 'BER-YAOB' with 'HAIFA-KANTARA/TPO SOUTH' b/s; and Tobago 1892 to USA with ½d & 4d. (5) A/B Ex Lot 25 Selection of better covers including Allied Occupation of Germany 1948 registered front with values to 5mk, Gilbert & Ellice Silver Jubilee set on registered cover, Japan PPs to Australia (2), Palestine 1923 PP to Ireland with 2m yellow x4, Tristan da unha 1950 philatelic cover with achet Type IX, plus a couple of handy British items. (10) 140

6 Prestige Philately - Auction No 147 Page: 6 MISELLANEOUS (continued) Ex Lot PS Sizeable carton of modern covers mostly from our office mail over recent years selected for unusual elements with lots of better frankings including Kangaroo/Koala reprints & Framas, the overseas content includes mail from unusual origins. There is also good postmark content, post office labels, "inderellas", Postal Stationery, freeform stamps etc etc. If you are passionate about modern postal history, then you will fall in love with this lot. ed with no reserve. (1000+) Ex Lot 27 PS Southern Africa shoebox of 1950s to early 1960s commercial covers from Basutoland (16), Bechuanaland (5), KUT (19), Rhodesia & Nyasaland (75, very good group), South West Africa (24) & Swaziland (19), array of postmarks with very little duplication, many registered including from small offices, a few Registration Envelopes including Northern Rhodesia QEII sizes G & H2 and Southern Rhodesia KGVI size H2, also some advertising & a few official covers etc, condition a bit mixed but generally fine, the long covers have been folded once. From the same source as Lot 861. ed with no reserve. (169) S L Stampless 1930s official mail registered to Australia from hina (4), Macau or Uruguay; Macau two flight covers & two unused PPs; United States Prexie covers (5); & two others. (17) Thick stockbook lightly populated with mostly Victoria Barred Numerals and cds cancels on QV 1d pinks & KGV Heads; also packets of predominantly KGV 4d olives & 4½d violets plus some 1d & 6d brown Roos, postmark interest likely. (many 100s) Trans-Atlantic fronts comprising 1859 Belgium with 20c single & strip of 6, 1868 France to alifornia with 80c & boxed 'Br Service' h/s in red, & 1865 Portugal 10r & 25r (both huge stamps but creased); 1866 Papal States front with Italian Postage Due 10c pair uncancelled; Germany 1929 to Australia festooned with stamps; Fiume 1919 local registered; and Sao Tome 1950 to Gold oast with Fruits set SG (at 70); very mixed condition. (7) 1930s airmail covers including to Australia from Great Britain 1934 underpaid & taxed 1/9d with Postage Dues 6d BW #D112 strip of 3 (at 100 each on cover) & 3d added and 1935 from Germany with 1.75mk five-colour franking of 1934 Airs; three lesser items, condition variable. (5) 100