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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A MISCELLANEOUS LOTS

Lot 11 11 C Bundle of mostly 1930s Australian flight covers with a few scarcer intermediates, 1931 Kingsford Smith set on FDC being a Melbourne-Sydney commemorative cover signed "C Kingsford Smith", 1936 cover to London from "Scipio" crash with 'DAMAGED/BY SEA WATER' h/s, 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- green upper-left corner example on 5th Anpex cover with 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE SE PYLON/23MR32' cds & registration label (a bit soiled), also some WWII European covers with German censorship, etc, generally very fine. 800 22 CPS$ Box with flight covers from Australia including 1931 to UK with KSmith 6d block of 4 (2), 1936 from GB with 'Salvaged from Air Liner/ATHENA' h/s, 1934 MacRobertson Air Race cover signed by "Roscoe Turner", 1954 cover & aerogramme to UK both with Singapore crash cachet, etc, also "Angel" vignette part-imprint strip of 3 & Imperf Between Pair, & a few New Zealand including 1931 with 'EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL' h/s & signed "DM Allan/FLt", also some Australian decimal coins. 250 26 C A/A- Pacific Islands covers 1900s-1980s including Cocos 1975 airmail to Switzerland, Cook Islands 1965 Matson Lines airmail to Australia, Fiji with airmails, taxed and 1955 KGVI 5d x2 registered cover to Australia, Gilberts 1935 KGV 1½d red with untidy 'OCEAN ISLAND' d/s, Norfolk Island including Bird $1 overprint on 1973 registered airmail to Germany, Tokelau 1951 airmail to UK, Tonga 1907 postcard (creased) to Australia, QE2 up to 5/- and some 1970s free-form self-adhesives, Samoa with values to 2/-, also French Possessions including Tahiti 1921 to Australia, New Caledonia 1943 censored airmail, New Hebrides 1955 with 'NOUMEA' straight-line h/s, condition generally fine. (96) 400 28 *OC World collection in four albums with GB including a presentable Penny Black, 1883-84 6d mint (minor toning), KGV 1924-26 mint set to 1/-, Wembley sets mint, Cyprus Centenary set to 45pi mint, India pickings, Irish Overprints 6d used block of 6, Uganda QV 5r mint, postmarks & other tidbits in the foreign sections, etc, & a bundle of covers with a few useful items, condition rather mixed. (many 100s) 300T 30 CPS A/B Five attractive trans-Atlantic pre-stamp/stampless entires with very fine markings (one to Holland), 1863 American Civil War 'CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION...ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY', Boer War cover from 'PETRUSBURG' to Green Point Prisoners of War Camp, and Australia 7d 'AIR LETTER' with Ungummed Sealing Flap for use in PNG (very fine unused, Cat $500). (8 items) 400

Ex Lot 32 32 CPS Mostly foreign mail to Australia with strong 1930s to WWII content from Europe including Spanish Civil War censor mail, 1931 from Switzerland with perfins to 1fr x2, 1938 airmail from Eritrea, WWII cnesored airmails from Costa Rica & Yugoslavia, etc, also some Postal Stationery including a bundle of Envelopes from the United States, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. From a family/business source never before on the market.(130 approx) 500 Page:2 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 33 33 C Shoebox of postal history with some Australian WWI content including from Egypt & England, some KGV Penny Red frankings unchecked for shades or varieties, 1910 Department of External Affairs cover with 'SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION' imprint, 1930s commercial airmails to Australia including a good range from Italy/Trieste, Czechoslovakia (a couple with Currency Control labels), Austria during the Anschluss, others from France, Switzerland, Greece, etc, PPCs from Morocco Agencies, Cape Verde & Austria during the Anschluss, 1940 China-Hong Kong-Australia airmail, 1905 GB-Melbourne with rare 'NO ATTENDANCE/DURING/DELIVERY HOURS' h/s etc, condition variable. Ex Wanliss Family Correspondence: never previously on the market. (few 100) 500 41 C 1860s-90s mostly scruffy little group of covers to Victoria from GB x12 (three with '1s/MORE TO PAY' h/s of Melbourne) or Canada x2 (one with a stamp missing), and internal Victorian covers x4 (one with handstruck 'GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA' Frank Stamp in violet). Family correspondence: never before on the market. Proceeds to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.(18) 200 58 CPS Mostly military/wartime covers with a few World War I including 1916 OAS from Tanganyika (?) with black/green 'OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' label across the flap; World War II including Australian War Savings booklet with "Spitfire" 6d x15 affixed within, Australian POW Postcard - no camp indicated but probably in Thailand - to NSW, China 1940 uprated Postal Card to NSW, commercial airmails including 3 from 'BRITISH CONSULATE/Curacao' to USA, 1942 Guatemala-USA with 'BRITISH LEGATION/V' h/s & franking including a bisect, some parcel fragments including high value frankings from GB & Malaya; post-WWII including Austria 1953 to NSW with Costumes 40g & 10s; etc, condition variable. (140 approx) 350 60 PS Mostly 1890s array of Postal Stationery (largely Postal Cards) from many countries including India & States, mostly unused plus 'SPECIMEN' items from British Bechuanaland & New Zealand, some useful used content including Japan Singapore & Finland all to Victoria, hinge marks/residue on the reverse but generally fine to very fine. An old-time collection that has been in the vendor's family for more than 100 years. (200+) 500 THEMATICS & SUBJECTS 102 C BIRDS: Balance of the covers including Cook Islands 1903 registered with four Torea values, Penrhyn with 1/- Bird x10!, India 1941 Kalyan-Bombay pigeongram & cover, GB 1948 Wedding FDC (the Bird connection escapes us!) & 1954 tiny cover with Herm Is Pigeon Service 1/- label, etc, also Nyasaland QEII 2/6d & 5/- booklets, generally fine to very fine. (22 items) 250T

Ex Lot 103 103 *OCPS - Australian group including 1928 Kookaburra M/S x2 (**, & with Exhibition cds in red), Letter Cards Fullface 1d & Sideface 1½d both with view "ZOO ADELAIDE" (flamingoes), BCOF set *; NSW stamps & Postal Stationery including unused 1d Fleet Card; South Australia 1d Postal Card "KOOKABURRA" unused; Tasmania 1855 cover with superb BN '27' & postmaster's mss "Emu Bay"; Western Australia Swans to 1/- x3 all with Commissariat Punctures, 1901 Avis de Reception form with 2½d, 1904 uprated Postal Card to Italy & 1909 registered cover to Germany with ½d x11 & 'MOO SANDSTONE' cds; etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (30 + stamps) 1,000T Page:3 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 104 104 C - Europe & Colonies group including pre-stamps with Eagle cachets from Italy x2 & France, French Antarctic 50f Port aux Francais on philatelic cover, Iceland 1930 Thingvellir-Reykjavik First Airmail, Norway beautiful 1926 Seagulls telegram, Holland-Batavia 1934 crash cover, Dutch New Guinea International Money Order with 'UNTEA' Overprints, Yugoslavia 1934 Sarajevo Sokol Games set on cover with special cds & registration h/s, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (32 items) 400T

Ex Lot 105 105 C - Latin American group with Brazil pre-stamps by ships with bird names x5 & from Cuba "per Eagle", Bolivia 1861 with fine "Condor Feather" postmark, Guatemala 1885 cover with superb 'CORREOS/ESCUINTLA' cds, Costa Rica 1935 registered to Mexico with printed 'LEGACION DE MEXICO/[eagle]/EN COSTA RICA' Frank, Zeppelin covers from Uruguay x2 & Brazil, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (18 items) 400T 113 **C A/A- - India 1994 Water Birds setenant block of 4 SG 1603a, unmounted; and a similar block on 1995 registered airmail cover to Singapore, repaired tear at upper-left well clear of the stamps. (4 + cover) 150T

Ex Lot 117 117 C C/A- - Sweden 1809 & 1816 Royal Mail entire "feather letters", the first endorsed "med Hast" (= with haste) & both with two feathers secured in wax seals & with the characteristic "roundels" signifying express delivery, the first a bit stained. (2) 400T Page:4 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 118 118 C - United States with Local Stamps comprising 1845 with very fine 'THE AMERICAN/[eagle]/LETTER MAIL' (uncancelled), 1849 x2 with Boyd's 2c black/green & 1861 with Boyd's 1c black/blue & 3c Washington, Cat $US875; also 1866 stampless to New York "pr str Eagle", two 19th century with very Eagle illustrations, 1902 to GB with boxed 'Saved from wreck/of ss Eider' h/s, WWI AEF x2 with different Eagle cachets; etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (25) 500T PHILATELIC LITERATURE 126 L A CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: "The Joseph Hackmey Collection" Triangle stamps and postal history exhibit, published by Corinphila "Edition D'Or" (2010). Full colour illustrations of each exhibit page in a single oversized 160+ page volume. A wonderful reference. 100 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - General & Miscellaneous Lots

Lot 166 166 CPS THE BUSINESS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL OFFICE: Fascinating eight-frame exhibit all on double-pages with numerous better items including 1898 NSW Elector's Right, 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL' Frank cover used at Sydney JA2/01 (first day of business of the Commonwealth), 1901 WA OHMS with printed 'ELECTORAL' Frank, 1901 with Senate imprint in rosine, Federation PPCs, 1905 'ELECTORAL' letter sheet with 'PAID AT/MITIAMO' (Vic) h/s, 1927 Opening of Parliament House Canberra PPC, 1935 completed ballot paper!!, WWII identity cards including three for Aborigines & Dalgety's 'IDENTITY CARD HOLDER', 1943 edition of "Guinea Gold" with headline 'ELECTION FOR AUSTRALIA', ration cards including for clothing & for cigarettes for Ex-Service Personnel (as if the government hadn't already done enough to kill them!), etc. A feature is the array of Electoral forms including many 'POST FREE' types mostly unused (of course; used ones would mostly have been destroyed) but including 1940 'Application for a Postal Vote Certificate...' lettersheet sent by air with just the 3d air fee paid, Electoral Instructions booklets, etc & related Telegrams. Also medallions 1901 of Lord Hopetoun (small drilled hole) & 1901 'ONE FLAG ONE EMPIRE' (a beautiful item) plus NSW Commonwealth Electoral Office identification tag. The condition of the used material is a bit variable but the quality throughout is generally fine to superb. A remarkable study. Ex Hans Karman: awarded Large Vermeil (Canberra 2016). [See Lot 279000 for the only item removed from the exhibit] 2,500 Page:5 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Kangaroos - Third Watermark

Lot 197 197 CB 6d brown with Broken Leg BW #21(3)d + KGV 1½d scarlet tied by 'ENMORE/24NO24/NSW' cds - just clear of the variety - to double-rate commercial cover to Georgia USA "Per RMS Ventura/via San Francisco", red/white registration label, Sydney & San Francisco transit & 'ATLANTA GA/DEC/22/1924/REGISTERED' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. A very rare & desirable franking. [The rate was 3d for the first ounce + 1½d for each successive ounce + 3d registration = 7½d] 1,500T COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - King George V Issues 245 C A/A- Identified plate varieties mostly on 1d greens and 2d reds plus a few others all on cover, minor duplication but good variety, also some advertising covers and potential postmark interest. , . (76) 300 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - KGV Heads - Single Watermark

Lot 279 279 O A C1 Comb Perf 5d yellow-brown with Major Damage to Upper-Right Corner & Nick in Upper-Left Corner + ½d green on 1920 double-rate cover to the USA with 'KAPUNDA' (SA) cds that intrudes slightly on the affected area at upper-right. This variety is not illustrated in the ACSC. Their illustrations of the four recorded states of the 've' variety are so similar we actually query if they are accurate & if what we have here is, in fact, one of the listed states. Whatever the case, this is a major variety and, as such, an extremely rare usage on cover. [The rate was 2½d x2 + ½d War Tax] 600 Page:6 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History 427 C/CL Handy group with 1910 double-rate to Germany with German Consul-General's embossed wafer on the flap, 1923 to Wisconsin with KGV 4d blue, 1933 registered to NZ with KGV 4d & 5d, 1936 commercial airmail to Java with KGV 1d & 4d olive pair, 1936 registered to a ship's captain with 'ADEN/REG' arrival b/s, 1939 to China, 1940 commercial with rare 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE' cds & boxed cachet, 1941 with rare 'MO MIL PO DARLEY' cds, 1945 to USA with rare albeit philatelic franking of KGV 1/4d punctured 'OS', 1953 airmail to UK with Food Production 3d & 3½d strips of 3, etc, condition variable but generally fine. (13) 450

Ex Lot 428 428 C A- 1922-63 group of underpaid mail including domestic and foreign dispatches to Australia, noted airmails from India, Great Britain and Papua with Postage Dues, 1932 registered item taxed "10d", 1936 from Philippines with pair of 3d Postage Dues, 1938 two Indian covers to same addressee one partly paid taxed 'T1D' and the other unpaid taxed 'T5D' but with Postage Dues mixed up, 1950's larger format covers with 'EXCEEDS...OZS' cachets, also five 1960's Business Reply Mail postcards with Dues up to 5/-, condition variable but mostly fine. (33) 400

Ex Lot 429 429 CPS Batch of covers with Victorian 'RETURNED LETTER' Envelopes x4 (three registered), 1937 Launceston-Melbourne with boxed 'EXPRESS DELIVERY' h/s, inwards from USA with Postage Dues x3, 1939 to Germany with 'UNDELIVERABLE/...' h/s, etc, also WWII War Savings folder with 6d "Spitfire" x17, and four documents with British KGV 'CONSULAR/SERVICE' stamps to 7/6d x2 & 10/-, condition variable. From a family/business source never before on the market.(37) 500 430 CPS Two bulging albums crammed with mostly decimal covers from the same source, lots of pickings including scarce postcard usages notably a few NVI types, again many better frankings & good postmark content, also some pre-decimal covers including a very scarce 1939 Empire Air Mail Scheme 3d-rate postcard to the UK. (350+) 250 431 C/CO Selection of taxed mail with a few pre-WWII items, 1957 irregular usage with Revenues, several Business Reply Paid cards with values to 2/- including a 1/- block of 4 (damaged), etc, condition variable. (28 items) 380 432 C World War I civilian censor covers or PPCs from Queensland x10 including PPC to Siam, registered to Jamaica & Printed Matter to Holland; Thursday Island cover with contents & two PPCs all to GB with sans serif 'PASSED BY CENSOR.' h/s (96x6mm) in violet; or South Australia x14 including to Japan Denmark Italy Sweden & Switzerland, one unusually from Victoria processed through Adelaide, one with the very scarce smaller oval 'PASSED BY/4TH MD/CENSOR' h/s in violet; also covers from NSW Qld or SA all to Belgian soldiers interned in Holland. An interesting lot from the "smaller" States. (30) 600T Page:7 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 433 433 PS A 1900 (Dec 17) envelope with a superb strike of the 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL/[arms]/FRANK STAMP/AUSTRALIA' handstamp in blue uncancelled but with a Sydney duplex of DE17/00 alongside, embossed 'Government House, Sydney/[arms]' in red on the flap, 'EDGECLIFF/DE18/1900/NSW' arrival b/s. An extremely important cover, in excellent condition, and a marvellous first page for an Australian Postal History collection.

This usage pre-dates Federation (1st January 1901) by 14 days, and is the Earliest Recorded Usage of the Frank Stamp. Although the Earl of Hopetoun had arrived in Sydney from England in mid-December, he was still merely the Governor-General-Designate. The usage of the Governor-General Frank in this period was therefore unauthorised, inappropriate and highly irregular. In fact, Hans Karman has advised that Lady Hopetoun was the offender: the cover bears her handwriting & the addressee looked after her horses. It is telling that the Frank is correctly uncancelled signifying that its validity was not accepted by the post office. However, it was not taxed, presumably as a courtesy to the illustrious sender. [A very similar example of 18.12.1900 - also with the Frank uncancelled, & untaxed - sold at the Prestige auction of 27.7.2009 for $1092] 1,000 434 C B 1901 envelope with 'QUEENSLAND CLUB' embossing on the flap, to England with largely superb strike of 'GOVERNOR-GENERAL/[Coat of Arms]/FRANK STAMP/AUSTRALIA' h/s in blue with defaced Brisbane d/s of SP19/01 alongside, minor soiling & corner opening tear at upper-right but clear of the Frank. Rare usage from Queensland. [With newspaper extract of 28.9.1901 "Lord Hopetoun in Brisbane"] 300 435 CL B 1906 OHMS cover with 'Department of External Affairs' imprint at lower-left, to "Colonel Mackay/Chairman/Papuan Royal Commission/...Sydney" with Victorian 1d & 4d both punctured 'OS' tied by 'SPENCER STEET RS/ AU28/06/MELBOURNE - VICTORIA' duplex, minor blemishes. [Richard Breckon states that the late fee if posted at Spencer Street RS was 6d but this cover suggests the 3d fee applicable at the GPO, Stock Exchange & Rialto also applied at the station. The 1906-07 Royal Commission of Inquiry into British New Guinea investigated discontent in the Administration to advise on "present conditions, the method of government of the Territory of Papua and the best means of their improvement"] 150 436 C A/A- 1912 cover to USA franked with ½d issues from all six States tied Sydney '-4AP12' datestamps slightly overpaying 2½d foreign letter rate, also cover to Malta with mixed franking of Tasmania Pictorial ½d green, NSW Arms 1d red and ½d grey-green and Victoria Bantam ½d green tied 'ULVERSTONE/MR4/12/TASMANIA' datestamps paying 2½d UPU rate. [ACSC states interchangeable use of States' stamps Australia-wide was permitted from 13.10.1910] (2) 400 437 PS B 1913 usage to Switzerland of 1d Roo Letter Card ("LAKE ST CLAIR") in purple uprated with NSW 1d & ½d Roo (rounded corner) tied by Sydney machine cancel & 'SHIP ROOM/SYDNEY NSW' cds, light 'VEVEY' arrival b/s, minor blemishes & a little aged. [Nice CofA/State combination franking] 300T 438 C B 1914 (Apr 2) commercial triple-rate cover to Sweden with First Wmk ½d, 1d x5 & 2½d pair tied by Melbourne cds, red/white registration label, poor 'SKONVIK' arrival b/s, minor aging. 300T 439 C 1914-18 group to Switzerland mostly to the Red Cross or other aid agencies, various KGV &/or Kangaroo frankings, from NSW x5 (two with violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels), Queensland x4 (two with red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels, the others with 'PASSED CENSOR/BRISBANE' cds), South Australia (with 'PASSED' h/s), Tasmania x2 (both with 'CH /[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s), & Victoria x2 (different censor h/s), generally fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell.(14) 400T 440 C B 1915 stampless Red Cross POW Agency cover from Switzerland to "Perth/Australie" with 'CMF/RELEASED/BY CENSOR' h/s in blue, 'INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED' h/s in violet & boxed 'CALLED/LCR' d/s, 'POSTE RESTANTE PERTH/6JUL15/...' cds & 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/20JL15/PERTH WA' b/s in red, minor blemishes. Ex Neil Russell. 250T 441 C B - cover with scarce albeit CofA/State philatelic franking of KGV 1d red & Tasmanian 3d Pictorial, 'REGISTERED/ SYDNEY NSW' cds, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, minor blemishes. [Teleraga is between Moree & Inverell in far north NSW] 200T 442 C B 1915-18 censor covers from Queensland to Switzerland (a dealer's cover with combination franking of 2d Roo + ½d Queensland), Holland or Denmark, each with red/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, and from Adelaide to Holland with German 'Militarischerseits unter/Kriegsrecht geoffnet/Berlin D17, ben....1917/Uberwachungsoffizier' label, minor blemishes. (4) 200T Page:8 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 443 443 PS B 1916 very late usage of NSW 1d Postal Card ("GOVETT'S LEAP") to a French POW in Germany uprated with KGV ½d tied by 'THE EXCHANGE/NSW' cds, endordsed "Via France & Geneve" but sent via GB with British POW cachet, bumped corners & minor soiling. Ex Neil Russell. 400T 444 C A- - (Aug 30) cover endorsed "Letter for Germany enclosed/from/A Wacker prisoner of war/on parole", to Deutsche Hilfsverein (= German Aid) in Sweden, violet/white censor label & unusually with French censor label & cachet, Stockholm arrival b/s of 26.10.16, Ex Neil Russell. 250T

Ex Lot 445 445 C A/B 1916-17 group to Deutsche Hilfsverein in Sweden, three endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed", one unstamped with 'NSW/T/50' h/s, one from 'TRUNGLEY HALL/NSW' sent via Melbourne where 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' cachets added in violet, generally fine to very fine. Ex Neil Russell. (6) 400T

Ex Lot 446 446 CPS A/B - trio from Western Australia to Switzerland with double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR', 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 2' or 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' cachets, the first also with black/white 'CMF/Opened by Censor' label. Ex Neil Russell. (3) 400T Page:9 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 447 447 C A/B 1916-18 covers endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed" to Switzerland from Queensland (censored in Italy), South Australia x2, Victoria x2 & Western Australia x2, and similarly endorsed registered cover NSW to Holland, various KGV &/or Roo frankings, condition variable. Ex Neil Russell. (8) 800T 448 C 1916-20 bundle with KGV frankings of 1d red, 1½d black-brown or 1½d brown including a few punctured 'OS', many early slogan cancels, unchecked for shades & varieties. From a family/business source never before on the market. (38) 250

Ex Lot 449 449 C A/B 1918 covers endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed" to Switzerland both with the rare boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' with Smaller Letters cachet in violet applied at Sydney, plus a cover without the endorsement & the standard cachet for comparison. (3) 400T

Lot 450 450 CB 1920 (c.) complete black/red parcels label on slightly larger piece with rare franking of 'OS' punctures Roos Third Wmk 2/- brown (Cat $3000 on cover) & KGV 4d orange pair tied by huge undated 'POST PARCEL OFFICE/MELBOURNE' rubber cancel, minor wrinkles that do affect the stamps. 750T Page:10 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 451 451 C/CX A/B 1928-34 new-fangled Midget 3 meters comprising unnumbered proof impressions with Herald or Cyclone Fencing slogans, then commercial covers with '16' for C&G (registered with red/white 'RIALTO' label), 'A7' for William Adams (large front with 2d & 3d x4), 'B1' for Melbourne Electric Supply Co (registered with red/white 'Commerce House' label), 'B4' with 'GLASS CONTAINERS' slogan, 'B7' with Remington Typewriters slogan, & 'D1' for United Press & Pictorial Newspapers. An important & desirable early group including six 1928 items! (9 items) 350

Ex Lot 452 452 C A/A- 1930s advertising covers with illustrated covers including Harcourt (Vic) Fruit Supply 'Apple Man', Emu Nail & Nightingale Supply with birds, WE Cash with map of Australia, Lowe Hardware Merchants with tools, Lysaght Bros 'Rabbit'-proof wire netting, almost all identifying their industry and many with lists of products or other embellishments, also some for schools and councils, mostly from NSW Queensland or Victoria including some from country towns, no apparent duplication and overall fine condition, some postmark potential. (148) 600 453 C A 1932 double-rate commercial Qantas cover to the company's Brisbane office with KGV 2d & 3d x2 tied by very fine 'DALY WATERS/NA' cds (rated RR), provisional blue & black/white registration label with Rat's Tail on 'R' & mss "Daly Waters". The rate was 2d per ounce + 3d per half-ounce airmail supplement x2. 250 454 C A 1935 cover with typed "First Flight/Canberra-Sydney" & rare albeit philatelic franking of 6d Roo with 'OS' Overprint (Cat $1000 on cover). 200 455 C A- 1936 commercial airmail cover to Imperial Airways in London with Large Kookaburra 6d + SA Centenary 3d x4 all with large 'BP' perfins of Burns Philp tied by Brisbane slogan cancel, flap removed. 150 456 C A 1937 Harris Scarfe & Sandovers illustrated advertising cover sent unsealed with KGV 4d olive tied by Perth cds & superb 'CARNARVON' arrival b/s of the same date. A remarkable usage, being 1d printed matter rate article with 3d airmail supplement! 250 457 CPS 1939-41 interesting airmail batch to Queensland mainly from Greece x14 including early censor labels & cachets, plus from Forces in Malaya x5 or Papua x5 (one with part-strike of the large 'PASSED BY CENSOR/...' h/s - very scarce on commercial mail - & two with the scarce boxed 'PASSED/BY/UNIT CENSOR' h/s), & a few others including 1941 (Mar 17) two almost identical covers to Greece but Returned to Sender, condition variable. (28) 400 458 C A/B 1939-45 World War II Civilian Censorship selection of domestic, overseas and inwards mail with destinations and origins including Hawaii, India, Palestine (airmails both ways), South Africa, Switzerland, noted Sydney 1939 'Single Text Line' label on tatty cover with 'UNDELIVERABLE' cachet, Newcastle '2/1' labels and altered Sydney cachets on inwards covers from Canada, GB and USA, 1941 airmail to Karachi at 11d rate and from GB via Clipper at 3/6d rate, 'Lady Gowrie' label on 1944 cover, Launceston '6/1' cachet on two Prisoner of War lettersheets from Germany (sadly stamps removed) plus '6/1' label and cachet on 1943 cover to AEME Workshops, good variety of labels and cachets, condition mixed but generally fine. (64) 400 Page:11 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 459 459 CO B 1941 unusual size envelope (185x197mm) to USA with 'CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER' h/s & rare franking of Robes £1 block of 4 (a few faults) + 4d Koala & 2/- Roo tied by Sydney cds of 24JY41, minor wrinkles. One of the highest-rated World War II airmail covers we have recorded, making this a wonderful item for the airmail enthusiast or the collector of KGVI issues. [NB: this cover does fit on a standard album page]

The Clipper rate to the USA was 4/8d for the first ½oz + 4/7d for each successive ½oz. Total postage of £4/2/4d = 988d. Postage for a letter weighing between 8½ & 9oz was 4/8d + 4/7d x17 = 991d, indicating underpayment of 3d (or an unlikely overpayment of 4/4d). [NB: Kevin Nelson's entire packet wrapping to GB with Robes 10/- strip of 5 & £1 strip of 4 sold at the Prestige auction of 27.11.2010 for $7187] 2,600T 460 C/L A/B 1942-47 Prisoner of War mail comprising 1941 airmail postcard from GB "via North Atlantic/Transpacific ... Clipper" to "Hut 1 Camp 8, Eastern Command" Sydney but forwarded to Tatura with Melbourne censor and stamp removed (file punched); two 1941 POW lettersheets to Italy from Hay and Murchison camps respectively and another 1943 from Tatura to Switzerland; two airmail from Italy "via Lisbona-New York" with 'POW CAMP/MYRTLEFORD,VIC' cachets censored in Melbourne where stamps removed; and 1947 KGVI 7d Aerogramme to Italy from Camp 13, Murchison; also leaflet dropped to POWs in South-East Asia upon Japan's surrender (faults, laminated); Red Cross Prisoner of War Bulletins Nos 9, 16 & 21; and Australian Prisoners of War Relatives Association Newsletters Nos 23 & 25 with details of Australian POWs in Europe and Asia; 1942 'In Aid of our Prisoners of War' booklet of writings with foreword by Lady Gowrie; 1983 reprint of 'An illustrated Diary of Australian Internment Camps - Berrima' signed by author Edmund W Samuels; and a copy of George Mann's book 'Over The Wire'. (16) 400 461 C A/A- 1960s-90s illustrated tourism advertising covers mostly with photographic or cartoon images promoting tourist destinations all used generally with cancels from the area, wide range of frankings including overseas airmails with better solos such as 1976 25c Olympics, about half from Queensland but with all States and Territories represented (some localities with multiple types but no duplication seen), also some postmark interest, attractive addition to a modern postal history display or even an opportunity to expand this into a specialist study. (250+) 750 462 CX A 1962 complete cardboard folder (290x275mm) to Halidon (SA) with '.../PHOTOS INSIDE' address label & 'C.O.D.' label, 1d pair 2/6d Aborigine & 3/- Flower irregular strip of 3 tied by Adelaide cds. A remarkable survivor. 100 463 C A/B 1966-71 Definitives study of usages with values to $1 represented including single and multiple frankings, domestic and overseas airmails, advertising covers and taxed mail, noted QEII 1c brown punctured 'G/NSW' on local OHMS cover, 3c Coil x10 on local registered cover, two items with Great Britain Postage Dues, 5c Bird sent from Vietnam serviceman, 8c Fish pair 'Special Delivery' to Darwin, 10c Anemone used as Postage Due, 13c Avocet paying greeting card airmail rate, 15c Galah on airmail postcard, 30c Ibis on "Commercial Papers" airmail to England, Business Reply postcards x6 with values to $1 collecting fees payable and various Navigators on registered airmail covers. Great basis for further development. (75) 400 464 C A/A- 1970s-2000s covers large accumulation of covers and some postcards mostly sent by airmail to Europe, noted single and multiple frankings, some registered and taxed mail, booklet stamps and panes, potential postmark interest, good variety of issues and rates. (100s) 200 Page:12 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 465 CPS A/A- 1978-82 Birds large accumulation of covers to International Youth Service, Finland mostly by airmail including single, multiple and mixed frankings, some stationery, underpaid mail, OHMS covers, potential postmark interest. Ideal lot for study of this popular issue. (100s) 200 466 PS A 1984 commercial usage to Finland of 30c PSE with scarce franking of Flight Anniversary 45c setenant pair. 100 467 CPS A/A- 1988 Living Together (Cartoons) large accumulation of covers to International Youth Service, Finland mostly by airmail including single, multiple and mixed frankings, some stationery, underpaid mail, OHMS covers, potential postmark interest. Ideal lot for study of this amusing issue. (100s) 200 468 CPS A/A- 1989 Sports large accumulation of covers to International Youth Service, Finland mostly by airmail including single, multiple and mixed frankings, some stationery, underpaid mail, OHMS covers, potential postmark interest. Ideal lot for study of this issue. (100s) 200 469 CO A 1996 "Economy Air" cover (reduced for display purposes to 212x194mm) endorsed "Printed/Matter" to England with extraordinary & possibly unique franking of Counter-Printed $20 Kangaroos tied by Melbourne cds. Philatelic source does not detract from this modern rarity. 200 470 C A/A- 2001+ International Post large accumulation of covers and some postcards mostly sent by airmail to Europe, noted a few mixed domestic/international frankings and underpaid mail, potential postmark interest, duplication but ideal lot for study of these issues. (100s) 200 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I See also Neil Russell's collection of Prisoners of War mail: Lots 539 to 653.

Ex Lot 507 507 C Folio of military mail with a Tasmanian connection including First Convoy covers x3 one for YMCA of Tasmania (not previously seen by us), lots of instructional handstamps including 'DECEASED' on returned cover with contents, with 'Re-directed by Army Base Post Office/...' labels x2, YMCA letterheads x7 (various types, plus a few envelopes) & other aid agencies, good range of Western Front Field Postcards, Forces in England including with huge oval 'BELMOUNT AUXILIARY MILITARY HOSPITAL/LIVERPOOL' cachet, etc, many with the enclosed letters & also some ephemera & a few "silk" postcards, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. NB: Includes NO Ronald Smith correspondence. Could form the basis for an interesting Tasmanian collection. (98 items) 600 508 C A Illustrated lettersheet with 'FOR KING/AND/EMPIRE/[flags]/ADELAIDE YMCA/TENTS' on the face & a huge YMCA tent in blue on the reverse, unused (and very scarce thus). 200 Page:13 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 509 509 C The interesting balance of Tony Finlayson's World War I collection including five different illustrated Comfort Funds or similar patriotic envelopes, Gratuitous Distribution Letter Cards Type 1 with Poem on the Reverse on grey stock, and Type 2 with "2nd AIF EMBARKING" in black on the reverse.1916 Melbourne YMCA cover with 'MILITARY CAMP MARIBYRNONG' cds, 1916 cover with 'METHODIST SOLDIERS TENT/SEYMOUR CAMP' imprint in red & the similarly headed letter, 1916 with superb 'PASSED - BY CENSOR/ 3 /[crown]' ('3' reversed) cachet in blue used at Palermo Hospital Camp of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Sicily, 1917 unauthorised overseas usage of Australian KGV 1d red tied by GB skeleton 'BULFORD CAMP/2AP/17/SALISBURY' cds but not taxed, 1917 PPC from a soldier in Macedonia to NSW, 1918 usage of Church of England Australian Fund for Soldiers Overseas cover from a soldier en route to Mesopotamia, illustrated "Touring Brakes Leaving AIF & War Chest Club London" envelope x2 (one with 'OVERSEAS WAR MEMORIAL' label on the face), etc, also display pages of "Inglis Correspondence" from brothers in Egypt Palestine & France, and repatriation items x13, condition variable but generally good to very fine. (55 items) 1,000T

Ex Lot 510 510 C A/B 1914 First Convoy items from Colonel David Sydney Wanliss, CMG to his mother in Victoria written on board the transport ship 'Orvieto' both carried by RMS 'Ophir' from Colombo back to Adelaide and onwards by Melbourne Express train with KGV 1d red single frankings tied 'ENG MAIL TPO/IN--7DE14/VIC' d/s, the postcard censored with fancy-boxed 'PASSED' cachet applied at Albany (unlisted by Haynes & Pope) and again with Melbourne cachet, the Orient Line of Royal Mail Steamers cover enclosing his original letter on RMS "ORVIETO" stationery which mentions "the mail closes in a few minutes - we are hurrying on to Aden" not censored, the latter with some edge faults from being opened in haste but otherwise fine condition. (2) 300 Page:14 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 511 511 PS B - (Oct 11) usage of 1d Roo Postal Card signed "DS Wanliss" to Victoria with Albany (WA) cds & superlative strike of the rare fancy-boxed 'PASSED/...("DG")...' cachet in violet, minor blemishes. An exceptional First Convoy item. [David Sydney Wanliss was Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, AIF. He was awarded the CMG at Gallipoli: see related lots in our Coins & Banknotes Auction. In 1921 he was appointed Chief Judge in New Guinea. He states ",,,you will get a letter probably in less than three weeks. At present we cannot well write..."] 300

Lot 512 512 CB - OAS cover with very fine triple-oval '1ST FA BDE AMN COL/AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' (Ammunition Column) cachet in violet & Albany cds of 29OC14, to Sydney with '1D'-in-circle h/s & Postage Due 1d tied by Sydney cds of 2NO14, minor faults not affecting the very fine appearance. [Bob Emery listed this cachet as CA74, & noted one example of 1.12.1914, after arrival in Egypt. This cover proves it was manufactured in Australia] 350 513 C B - illustrated Brisbane YMCA postcard with printed 'Troopship RANGATIRA' (A22), to NSW with Perth machine of 16NOV14 overstruck with Sydney machine of NO26-1914, tax h/s & 1d Postage Due, redirected to Melbourne, minor defects. ["Rangatira" departed Albany 1.11.2014, indicating this card was embargoed. Letter states "...we have just been informed that all our mail matters is under a strict censorship..."] 300 514 C B - illustrated YMCA lettersheet with '[flags]/MELBOURNE YMCA/ON/ACTIVE SERVICE/...' on the face & 'YMCA Tents/The Social Service Centre of Camp/...' in blue on the reverse, the semi-literate letter headed "Broadmeadows Camp 9 light horse Reinforcements", minor opening faults. 150 Page:15 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 515 515 C 1915 "Gallipoli Fiasco" exhibit pages for the Fourth to Sixteenth Troopship Convoys with postcards (mostly) & covers identified by ship & convoy, many with AIF censor handstamps including scarce types notably 'A.I:F,/Passed by Censor No 40' & crowned-oval 'PASSED BY/...LIEUT-COLONEL/CHIEF CENSOR/THE CENSOR' h/s, postmarks including undated 'AIF/POSTAGE/FREE' h/s of Fremantle & 'AI FORCES POSTAGE FREE/VIC' cds, a few YMCA items, Gratuitous Distribution OAS Letter Card with Poem on the Reverse, the best item is an oversize makeshift postcard fashioned from a ship's menu card from the "Borda" (A30; 16th Convoy), condition variable; also 14 mostly unused postcards of various troopships. (55 items) 750 516 L C - five-page eye-witness account headed "Suvla Bay/4.12.15" speaks of the previous week's storms, of damage to hospital tents on the beach & flooding there, and "...we had another storm next day which happened to be worse...so the Hospital people decided to shift up on to the high ground...& the poor beggars have been shelled nearly every day since...the rain came down in torrents...we had about 7 inches in an hour, & the trenches were just small rivers & they are quite eight feet deep, the men were laying on the top... the snow was quite thick on the ground & had sleet all Sunday, & the wind was very cold which was the worst part of it all, & on the Monday...everything was frozen..." A wonderful if somewhat aged document. [The writer was Herbert Bowden of the RAN Bridging Train] 200 517 C A/B 1915-17 group of unfranked covers with enclosed letters from Colonel David Sydney Wanliss, CMG to his mother in Victoria, the earliest endorsed "At Sea 21.4.15" written on board a transport ship at Lemnos Island immediately prior to the Gallipoli landings beginning "Next time I write will be from elsewhere - you will probably have an idea from what will be generally known before this reaches you" enclosed in censored OAS cover without postal markings, the next headed "In The Trenches" from Gallipoli with British 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/MY12/15/?' d/s on cover, then a group of three from "Imtarfa Hospital, Malta" to which he was evacuated with typhoid in July 1915 variously with 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE / MEDTN' cachets or 'VALETTA/MALTA' d/s, plus two 1916-17 items from his later service in Europe, some edge faults from being opened in haste but generally fine condition. (7) 300

Lot 518 518 CB 1916 naval cover to England with superb boxed 'PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR' h/s in violet used aboard HMAS "Melbourne" & uncancelled 1d Kangaroo, superb British 'RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' h/s & superb 'LONDON/29FE/16/ 177 ' cds (Leap Year!) alongside the stamp, minor aging. An outstanding Royal Australian Navy cover. [Between -.1.1915 & 28.8.1916, HMAS "Melbourne" was part of the North America & West Indies Squadron, headquartered at Bermuda & operating between Halifax Nova Scotia in the north & Brazil's Para River in the south, with most operations around Jamaica] 750 519 C A/B 1918 covers to Australian POWs at Soltau Camp in Hannover, two addressed directly the others via the Red Cross in London, each with KGV 1d x3 or unnecessarily with ½d & 1d x2, from NSW x2, Queensland or Western Australia (with printed address including "Soltan" error, and boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 1' h/s in blue of Perth). (4) 300 Page:16 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War II 520 C Two attractive hand-illustrated covers from Port Moresby, 1945 stampless OHMS cover registered from AFPO 251 at Morotai with scarce 'RAAF/BASE PO No 2' arrival b/s used at Sydney, four others plus 1948 AAT "Catalina" cover from Macquarie Island. (8) 200

Lot 521 521 C A- 1942 (June 12) cover to a Lesotho woman in Basutoland (!) with Australia 1d & 9d tied by 'AUS FPO 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, probably serving with South African Forces. [Ted Proud records FPO 34 at Tripoli 14.1.1942-26.6.1942 only] 250 522 PS A - (Aug 25) usage of Japanese POW Envelope with printed device in red at upper-right & 'ZENTSUJI WAR PRISON CAMP/NIPPON' in blue at upper-left, from an officer to his wife or mother in Brisbane, large censor h/s - incorporating Hosotani seal - in violet. 200 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery

Ex Lot 523 523 PS Album of Postal Cards including STO Star 1d for City of Coburg unused (Cat $500); Letter Cards including 1d Fullface '...any' "SHEEP STATION/WIMMERA SA" error used, 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1d "ANGASTON" unused & 2d scarlet "SYDNEY HARBOUR" used; and Registration Envelopes including KGV 4d orange uprated with 1d Engraved (tonespots), 1959 2/5d with Eleven Lines on Reverse used x3; etc, generally fine to very fine. (100 approx) 600 Page:17 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A WORLD WAR I PRISONERS OF WAR - General & Miscellaneous We are pleased to present the extensive collection formed by our old friend Neil Russell from England. From the outbreak of war, POW mail was required to be appropriately endorsed. The authorities quickly decided that it would be expedient to utilise handstamps rather than manually endorse each item of mail. However, because of the large quantity of mail being sent by POWs, in early-1916 - by which time virtually all POWs/internees were located in NSW - it was decided to issue forms with the required POW inscriptions pre-printed thereon. References are to "AIF Postal History" by Bob Emery (1984) & the "Supplement" (1988). In addition, many items are illustrated in "The Postal History of Australian Internees in WWI" by Elliott Finlayson & Russell (2011): they are noted as "(EFR at page XX)". 539 ? B/C - Two undated black/pinkish buff 'PAID LETTERS/FOR/Prisoner of War Camp/AUSTRALIA' labels with endorsements, faults. Rare survivors: the only examples we have seen. (EFR at page 11) (2) 100T

Ex Lot 540 540 CPS Bundle of display pages with the balance of the collection including many items into and out of the NSW Camps notably 1916 with superb strikes of the 'FOR INTERNED CIVILIAN' & boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' cachets (sadly stained), items to America, Austria & Egypt etc, various POW Postal Stationery forms including a Postal Card to Austria with huge 'ZURUK' (= return) cachet (faults), three covers to Switzerland endorsed "Letter for enemy country enclosed", 1918 cover to an interned Belgian soldier in Holland with British 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW 763' label, various items from Australian POWs in Germany & two inwards covers from England, three PPCs of Munster Camp, Camp Currency for use in Germany x3 & in Italy x4, three POW Postal Cards to civilian addresses in Australia from enemy POWs in Russian Camps, etc, condition very mixed but some are fine to very fine. Excellent value at the estimate. (57 items) 1,000T 541 PS A REPATRIATION: 1918 "Star" 1d red Envelope to a civilian internee from his wife (endorsed on the flap) with 'ALBANY/11MR18/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, Lt-Col Holman censor h/s. [It seems likely that the wife was being deported but the husband remained in custody] 150T 542 C B - YMCA postcard endorsed "Prisoner of War - Free" & datelined "SS Frankfurt 24 X 1919" with Indian 'FPO No 70/26OCT19' cds in use at Suez (Egypt), Sydney arrival b/s of DE1/1919, minor blemishes. [The writer was a Hungarian formerly at Liverpool Camp, writing to his fellow internee Oscar Blau, now back home in Sydney] 150T PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Federal Capital Territory Molonglo Defence Camp was renamed Molonglo Concentration Camp 19/6/1918; closed 7/6/1919. The camp was purpose-built in anticipation of the arrival of 5000 civilians from China & East Africa. The war ended before they arrived & the camp was used for only a small number of internees who were transferred from Bourke.

Ex Lot 543 543 PS A MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP: c.1918 POW Envelope to Germany with light but clear strike of the rare double-oval 'MOLONGLO DEFENCE CAMP/No.../INTELLIGENCE/FEDERAL TERRITORY' cachet in violet & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' h/s in purple applied at Sydney, the flap endorsed "Mrs Freudenberg/Concentration Camp Molonglo". Rare. (EFR at page 177) (8 + letter) 1,000T Page:18 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Federal Capital Territory (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 544 PS C - 1919 (Apr 14) usage of 1½d on 1d Postal Card with illustrated advice on the reverse for Farmer & Co & Sydney slogan cancel to a civilian internee at "Malonglo [sic] Concentration Camp/via Queanbeyan", a little stained. Rare inwards mail. (EFR at page 178) 200T PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales 545 PS/L A/B 1917-18 POW Envelopes from Berrima to California, Holdsworthy to Germany, or Trial Bay x4 to Germany, all with the original 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA' letterheads (one with two sections of the letter literally cut-away), generally fine to very fine. (12 items) 750T

Ex Lot 546 546 CPS Inwards mail comprising from Germany with pre-printed address of a Liverpool inmate, two different German Feldpostkarten (one with oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL/C.../NS WALES' cachet). French POW Postal Card with 'SERBO-CROAT' h/s & 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL' cachet both in violet, Austrian Red Cross POW Reply Postal Card with the reply-half still attached, Austrian 8h Postal Card, stampless front from Italy with Australian black/white censor label, stampless cover from Belgium with 'Militarische/Uberwachungsstelle/ANTWERPEN/Freigegeben' cachet & Lt-Col Sands cachet struck on arrival, and four others from Germany, condition variable but generally fine. Interesting material. (12) 750T

Lot 547 547 CA Red/grey-buff card (103x63mm) with mailing instructions for POWs/internees in German (Emery Fig 111). 250T

Lot 548 548 CA - ditto, but with mailing instructions in English, typed "Oswald Ahnert/Lettercarrier/GCC Liverpool" on the reverse. Unrecorded by Emery. 250T

Lot 549 549 C A+ - ditto, but on white card with the text re-set & the footnote now sans serif with the trailing '*' removed. Superb! Unrecorded by Emery. 250T Page:19 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 550 550 CA BERRIMA: 1915 plain cover to the Swiss Bureau for Repatriation of Civilian Internees with superb strike of the rare 'CENSORED/BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' (Emery: "recorded but not seen"), forwarded to Liverpool with 'CENSORED/["DO Griffiths"] MAJOR/...' h/s in green & violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, KGV 1d red pair tied by Liverpool cds & ½d Roo tied by Sydney cds, 'BERN/12V15/BUNDESHAUS' arrival b/s. A lovely item. Acquired at Gary Watson's auction of 30.3.1987 for $525. (EFR at page 103) 750T

Lot 551 551 CB - 1915 envelope from a POW at Berrima (endorsed on the flap) with POW cachets, mss "Registered" & red lines with Sydney registration label & transit b/s of 17DE15), to a German firm in Shanghai, vertical fold & minor blemishes. Rare overseas registered usage. (EFR at page 106) 400T

Lot 552 552 PS A- - 1916 POW Envelope with sender's endorsement "H Glink Concentration Camp/Berrima" on the flap & 'BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' cachet, to "Society of Friends Emergency Committee" at Sydney with 'LIVERPOOL/7AU16/=NSW=' cds & Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet, a couple of minor blemishes. (EFR at page 109) [The internment camp was at Berrima Gaol] 400T Page:20 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 553 553 CB - 1918 (Oct 2) cover to Sydney registered with 'BERRIMA/OC2/1918/NSW' cds & Lt-Col Holman cachet, no registration number or label but with 'REGISTERED/2OC18/SYDNEY NSW' arrival b/s, minor soiling. (EFR at page 116) [There was no post office at the camp, mail being processed through the civilian PO] 250T

Lot 554 554 CB - INWARDS MAIL: 1916 (Mar 4) stampless cover from Germany with 'BREMEN' cds to "Berrima/German Detention/Barraks" with fine strike of the rare 'BERRIMA DETENTION BARRACKS/BERRIMA NSW' h/s & initialled with 'L.B.'-in-circle censor's (?; not previously seen by us) h/s below both in violet, forwarded to Liverpool with superb 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAM[P]/LIVERPOOL' b/s in violet, repaired opening tears clear of the markings. (EFR at page 109) 500T

Lot 555 555 CA BOURKE: 1915 (Dec) 'NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD/BREMEN' cover endorsed on flap ".../Prisoner of War/Bourke/NSW" with superb POW cachets & small 'RS Sands MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet all in violet, to New York with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s applied at Sydney, New York arrival of JAN20/1916 & redirected to Richmond Va. (EFR at page 169) 300T 556 C B - c.1915 plain cover endorsed on flap ".../Bourke/NSW" with straight-line POW cachet in violet & 'FREE' h/s in grey-blue, to London with boxed cesor h/s of Sydney, minor stains on the reverse. (EFR at page 168) 200T Page:21 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 557 557 CB - 1915 (Aug) plain cover endorsed on flap ".../Prisoner of War/Bourke/..." with straight-line POW cachet only, to Dutch Indies with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s in magenta applied at Sydney, 'SOERABAJA' transit & 'SEMARANG/11.9.15' arrival b/s, minor discolouration. (EFR at page 169) 250T

Lot 558 558 C A- - c.1917 envelope with sender's endorsement on the reverse with POW handstamps unusually in red & Lieutenant-Colonel Holman cachet (without 'CENSORED') unusually in green, to Switzerland with boxed Censor h/s in violet applied at Sydney. 400T

Lot 559 559 C A- - INWARDS MAIL: 1917 stampless cover from Germany with very fine 'BREMEN' machine cancel, to "Bourke", complete British 'OPENED BY CENSOR/4214' label (not a POW type), surprisingly not censored in NSW. Mail to this small camp is rare. [From another vendor] 400T Page:22 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 560 560 PS HOLDSWORTHY: 1917-19 POW Envelopes to Hobart, Sydney x2, Bethania (Qld) or Perth (WA), the first with manuscript registration number, two with different provisional registration labels, others with 'Holdsworthy/Camp' or 'Holdsworthy Mil Camp' labels, the last with KGV 1d red x4, four with 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/=NSW=' cds & Lieutenant-Colonel Holman 'CENSORED' cachet in violet, a couple with faults but quite presentable. Rare quintet. (5) 1,000T

Lot 561 561 PS A - 1917 POW Envelope to Hobart with 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP/9OC17/=NSW=' cds & manuscript registration number in red, Lieutenant-Colonel Holman 'CENSORED' cachet in violet, Sydney transit & Hobart arrival b/s. 250T 562 PS B - 1918 (July 22) usage of POW Lettersheet with part of the letter literally cut-out by the censor leraving a hole in the back of the form, to Germany with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, repaired flap fault. 200T 563 PS B - 1919 usage of POW Envelope with printed 29mm 'PRISONER OF WAR/FREE/ --- '-in-Double-Circle endorsed on the flap "...Parole Compound/Holdsworthy", to Germany with 'LIVERPOOL/22NO19/=NSW=' cds, minor blemishes. Extremely late usage, 12 months after the Armistice was signed. [The last internees were released in 1920] 200T 564 PS B - INWARDS MAIL: 1917 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FOR TRANSMISSION OVERSEAS FROM INDIA' Envelope in Red/White with 'AHMEDNAGAR CAMP/17JUL17' b/s & light 'PASSED CENSOR/17JUL1917/(initials)' & '2'-in-circle cachets both in violet, Lt-Col Holman arrival cachet in violet, minor blemishes. (EFR at page 90). 200T

Lot 565 565 C A- - 1918 (Sep 25) plain cover to an interneee at Holdsworthy with Sydney 'INVEST IN/SEVENTH WAR LOAN' slogan cancel apparently over boxed 'Prisoner of War/Letter Free/["initials"]' cachet (Emery #CA223) in green, flap removed. Curious! (EFR at page 95) [We have recorded only one other example of the cachet, on 26.6.1918] 500T Page:23 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 566 566 CA LIVERPOOL: 1915 plain cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland with 'FREE' cachet & 'CENSORED/["WS Hinton Lieut"] MAJOR/...' cachet both in green, Liverpool cds of 13MR15 & very fine strike of the scarce double boxed 'PASSED BY/MAR 17 1915/CENSOR SD' d/s in blue applied at Sydney. (EFR at page 23) 300T

Lot 567 567 CA - a very similar cover from the same sender but with the censor cachet signed "DO Griffiths", Liverpool cds of 30MR15, 'GENEVE 1/12.V.15/DIST LETTR' arrival b/s. 250T

Ex Lot 568 568 CPS C/A - 1915 usage of 1d Roo Postal Card with two strikes of the scarce boxed 'PRISONER/OF/WAR/LETTER' cachet (Emery #CA221) in violet & 'CENSORED/["DO Griffiths Adjt"] MAJOR/...' cachet in green, Liverpool cds of 7MY15, to the Federated Malay States with Singapore & 'TELUK ANSON/FMS' transits & very fine 'LUMUT/15JU/1915' arrival cds, heavy vertical fold; also early-1916 PPC to Straits Settlements with Singapore arrival cds of 2FE/1916. (2) 400T Page:24 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 569 569 PS A - c.1916 POW Envelope most unusually to "Manila/Ph Island" [sic], poor arrival b/s. A very rare destination for POW mail. (1) 400T

Lot 570 570 PS B - POW Envelope with printed 'POST/FREE'-in-Double-Circle & 'SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS' on the flap (Emery #PSPE1), to Queensland with 'LIVERPOOL/3MR16/=NSW=' cds but with the address crossed-through indicating "stopped" by the censor, a few blemishes & a piece of the flap missing. A very scarce usage of a rare postal stationery item. [Usually, offending parts of a letter were obliterated or excised. However, occasionally the content of a letter was considered so offensive or treasonous that it was returned to the sender] 400T 571 CL B - 1916 OHMS cover with very fine oval 'GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL/No...'N. S. WALES.' cachet in green, KGV 1d red punctured 'OS' tied by Liverpool cds, superb 'PASSED' h/s applied on arrival at Adelaide, central fold & minor repaired opening tears. [From another vendor] 150

Ex Lot 572 572 PS/L A/B - 1917-18 POW Envelopes to Victoria with 'DIAMOND CREEK' arrival cds; to Queensland (toning); & to South Australia x4 (all with the original 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA' letterheads), two with oval 'PASSED BY/4TH MD.../CENSOR' cachet applied at Adelaide; generally fine to very fine. Interesting group. (10 items) 750T Page:25 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 573 573 CPS - CAMP COMMANDANT CENSOR CACHETS: Major/Lieutenant-Colonel Sands Period comprising manuscript "RS Sands" with no handstamp; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s in green with manuscript "RS Sands" or "DO Griffiths Capt"; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s with Serifs in violet, blue, or green; '...MAJOR' h/s Sans Serifs (No 'CENSORED') in blue & violet; '...LT COL' (rare) in violet & blue; 'CENSORED/...LIEUT COL' with Serifs in violet; and '...LIEUT COL' Sans Serif in violet & blue; a couple to domestic addresses but mostly to Europe or the United States, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (13) 1,250T

Ex Lot 574 574 CPS - Major/Lieutenant-Colonel Sands Period comprising manuscript "RS Sands" with no handstamp on Roo 1d Postal Card; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s in green with manuscript "RS Sands" x2 (one on Roo 1d Postal Card) or "DO Griffiths Capt" x2; 'CENSORED/...MAJOR' h/s with Serifs in violet, blue, or green (registered at 'LIVERPOOL'; 'CENSORED/...LIEUT COL' with Serifs in violet x3; and '...LIEUT COL' Sans Serif in violet x2 & blue; a couple to domestic addresses but mostly to Europe or the United States, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (14) 1,000T

Lot 575 575 PS (B) - 1916 POW Envelope with large sans serif 'CENSORED/...LIEUT COL' handstamp (Supplement #CA229A) in violet, to "Detention Barracks/Trial Bay" with 'LIVERPOOL/2OC16/=NSW=' cds & the tiny 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY' h/s in blue applied on arrival, repaired opening fault at upper-right well clear of the markings. 250T Page:26 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 576 576 PS A/B - Lieutenant-Colonel Holman Period comprising 'CENSORED' Omitted 'L' below 'T' in violet (to Sumatra) & blue (to USA), 'L' below 'A' in violet & blue (with 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS...' letterhead), & 'L' below 'E' in violet & red (very scarce), and With 'CENSORED' 'L' below 'E' in violet (with 'SOUTH WEST ROCKS' cds), 'L' below 'TR' in violet (with 'HOLDSWORTHY CAMP' cds & blank provisional registration label), & 'L' below 'A' in violet (to the Premier of Western Australia), three are from Berrima, a few blemishes but generally fine. (10 items) 1,000T

Ex Lot 577 577 C/L A/B - INWARDS MAIL: 1917 OHMS cover with Victoria Barracks Sydney imprint at lower-left, to "OC GC Camp/ Holsworthy" with Third Wmk 2d Roo punctured 'OS' tied by Sydney machine cancel, '.../Subscribe/to the/LIBERTY/LOAN' label affixed to the reverse, very fine; stampless & undated OHMS cover obviously from within the camp "To the/Editor/Kamp Spiegel" with Lt-Col Holman cachet in violet, a few problems but quite presentable; stampless & undated OHMS cover with 'CUSTOMS HOUSE/Melbourne' imprint at lower-left, to an internee with large 'CONCENTRATION CAMP 2nd MD/A 17...' cachet in violet; also 1916 letter to Lt-Col Holman from Oscar Blau's wife requesting to visit him "...permission has been refused me for the last seven weeks...and no reason given..." & 1917 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS, AUSTRALIA/HEAD QUARTERS' letterhead to Mrs Blau denying a later request to visit. (5 items) 400T 578 PS B - 1916 printed 'Correspondence Militaire' Postal Card from a German POW in France with boxed 'VU PAR L'INTERPRETE/FORT BARRAUX' cachet in violet & part-'BARRAUX/18.9/16/ISERE' cds, 'SYDNEY/13NO16/50' b/s & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet applied at Sydney, minor stains on the reverse. The only such item we have seen to Australia. 200T 579 CO B - 1916 'La croix rouge danoise' (= Danish Red Cross) envelope (250x180mm) to "Liverpool Hospital/ Lancashire/L'angleterre" with British 19th century 'Insufficiently Addressed/466' h/s but crossed-out & redirected "Try New South Wales", oval 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS/RECEIVED/15SEP1918/AUSTRALIA' cachet - not previously seen by us - in violet, vertical fold. 250T Page:27 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 580 580 CB - 1916 cover from Japan endorsed ".../pris of war/Kumamoto/Japan" on the flap with Japanese-language cds & 'MOJI/10.6.16/JAPAN' cds both on the reverse, Japanese cachets of Takashima Camp in red crossed-through & of Kurume Camp in violet plus Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet applied on arrival all on the face, minor aging. [According to an on-line source, Kumamoto Camp was closed on 9.5.1916 & the POWs were transferred to Kurume. This cover suggests the transfer took place somewhat later] 250T

Lot 581 581 PS A+ - 1916 (Oct 15) usage of Spanish 10c Postal Card from the Canary Islands with 'PUERTO DE LA...' cancel & 'LAS PALMAS/(CANARIAS)' cds at lower-left, very fine 'CENSORED/RJ Holman LIEUT COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet ihn blue. Superb! A marvellous origin/destination item. (EFR at page 45) 600T

Ex Lot 582 582 CPS A/B - 1916 & 1918 different types of German Red Cross POW Postal Cards advising that Christmas gifts had been forwarded & requesting advice of receipt on the attached reply-halves, the latter still intact, the first with British 'P.C.' h/s & the other with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet applied at Sydney, and a stampless cover with German British & Australian censor cachets. All addressed to sailors from the SMS "Emden". (3) 600T Page:28 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 583 583 PS A - 1917 printed POW Postal Card from Japan with the message headed "Yokohama 26.4.17" & unusually in English, 'YOKOHAMA/28.4.17/JAPAN' cds in violet, light 'PASSED BY CENSOR/13JE17/=CS=' cds in red & boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet both applied at Sydney. Scarce inter-camp mail. (EFR at page 50) [During WWI there was no POW camp at Yokohama & the message suggests the sender was a parolee: "...I live very quietly here & devote my time to reading & studying..."] 300T

Lot 584 584 CA - 1917 cover from the Straits Settlements with 8c blue tied by 'KANDANG KERBAU/10MY/1917/SINGAPORE' cds, Sydney transit b/s of 30MY - 1917, plain censor label & light strike of the 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' cachet in violet. Very unusual origin. 200T

Lot 585 585 PS B - 1918 printed Italian POW Postal Card with the message in Serbo-Croat (?) headed "3.17.1918" with Italian markings, apparently missent to England with light 'LIVERPOOL/9MY/18/RLO' & 'RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/9MY/18/LIVERPOOL' cds, apparently forwarded in a closed bag with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet in violet applied at Sydney, minor blemishes. Most unusual & the only such card we have seen to Australia. 300T Page:29 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 586 586 PS A - 1918 printed POW Postal Card with '.../Bando' at upper-right from Japan with Japanese-language cds, SYDNEY/17JE18/65' cds & largely very fine strike of the rare boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' cachet with Smaller Letters in violet applied at Sydney. (EFR at page 65) 400T

Lot 587 587 CA - 1919 stampless cover with 'SWISS CONSULATE/SYDNEY AUSTRALIA' imprint at lower-left & light strike of the rare 'FOR INTERNED CIVILIAN' h/s (Emery Supplement #CA277) in violet at upper-left, Sydney 'FINISH THE JOB/BUY PEACE BONDS' slogan. (EFR at page 72) 350T

Ex Lot 588 588 PS A/B TRIAL BAY: 1915 & 1916 POW Envelopes with 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet sans serif in blue or seriffed in violet, curiously with Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet or Lt-Col Holman cachet in violet, the latter (soiled) to Liverpool Camp with 'CENSORED/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP/LIVERPOOL' cachet in violet (2) 500T Page:30 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 589 589 PS A+ - 1915 usage of 1d Roo Postal Card cancelled with 'FREE' h/s in violet, 'RS Sands MAJOR/.../LIVERPOOL NSW' h/s in grey-blue & boxed 'PASSED BY/OCT 28 1915/CENSOR SD' d/s in blue, to Germany. Superb! (EFR at page 129) 250T

Lot 590 590 CA - 1915 (Nov 19) stampless PPC endorsed "Trial Bay Detention Barracks/South West Rocks NSW" with POW cachets in violet, to Perak with Singapore transit & 'IPOH/9JA/1916/FMS' arrival cds. 150T

Lot 591 591 PS B - c.1916 POW Envelope to Amsterdam with light strike of the British oval 'PRISONER OF WAR/REPATRIATION BUREAU' cachet at lower-left, on arrival redirected to "Utrecht", minor soiling. Scarce destination for POW mail. 250T Page:31 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 592 592 CPS A/B - 1916 cover with POW cachets in violet to the Straits Settlements with Singapore arrival b/s of 5JU/1916, very fine; and POW Envelope to China with British Post Office 'CANTON/OC14/16' arrival b/s, opened-out & minor repaired fault. (2) 300T 593 C (B) - 1916 (Mar 18) stampless PPC endorsed "...P of War/Trial Bay NSW" with POW cachets in violet & Lt-Col Sands cachet in blue, to "Celebes/Dutch East Indies" with boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD/...' h/s in red, curiously taxed on arrival with Indies 10c Postage Due tied by 'GORONTALO' cds, repaired fault at lower-right. [Gorontalo is on the southern coast of the northern peninsula of Sulawesi] 150T

Lot 594 594 PS A - 1916 POW Envelope to Queensland with seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet (very late usage), 'LIVERPOOL/23AU16/=NSW=' cds & Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet. (EFR at page 142) 250T

Lot 595 595 PS A- - 1916 POW Envelope to Queensland with sans serif 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet (very early usage) in blue, 'LIVERPOOL/2SE16/=NSW=' cds & Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet, slightly reduced at left. (EFR at page 143) 600T Page:32 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 596 596 PS A+ - 1917 POW Envelope to China with British Post Office 'CANTON/AP13/17' arrival b/s. Superb! 250T 597 CL B - Undated cover with 'GERMAN COMMITTEE/TRIAL BAY' h/s - affected by a repaired tear on the flap - otherwise devoid of POW markings, to an inmate at "GCC/Liverpool" with Lt-Col Holman censor cachet in violet, vertical fold. (EFR at page 161) 150T

Lot 598 598 CA - INWARDS MAIL: 1915 cover from Dutch Indies with 2½c & 10c tied by 'BATAVIA/10.12.15' cds, apparently twice censored at Sydney with two violet/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels tied by seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet. (EFRat page 132) 250T

Lot 599 599 CA - Undated cover from Germany to an officer via England with complete 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW 37' label on the reverse with light but clear strike of the seriffed 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in violet, redirected to Liverpool with sans serif Lt-Col Sands cachet in violet, minor blemishes. 300T Page:33 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - New South Wales (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 600 600 CB - 1916 Red Cross cover from Germany to an officer via England with 'BARMEN/3.8.16' cds & 'Auslandstelle Emmerich/Frei/gegeben' (= Overseas Mail Passed Free at Emmerich) cachet, complete 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/PW 26' label on the reverse with very fine strike of the scarce sans serif 'CENSORED/DETENTION BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' cachet in blue, repaired opening tear at upper-right clear of the markings. (EFR at page 141) 300T PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Queensland

Lot 601 601 CL B ENOGGERA: INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Oct 9) cover from London to Brisbane where forwarded to "Internment Camp/Enoggera", 'UNCLAIMED/ENOGGERA CAMP' h/s - affected by vertical fold - & forwarded to "German Concentration Camp/Liverpool/NSW". (EFR at page 215: only two other items - both inwards - are recorded.)

This was one of the smallest camps, housing only 140 internees. In August 1915, the camp was closed & all inmates transferred to Holdsworthy NSW. 250T Page:34 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - South Australia

Lot 602 602 CB FORT LARGS: c.1916 stampless cover endorsed on the reverse "from/Leopold Weste/Prisoner of War", to Adelaide with very fine strike of the extremely rare '("signature/Capt")/C.O. R.A.G.A. 4th Military District' cachet in violet, repaired flap fault & overall light discolouration. Only three examples recorded. [The three covers were recently discovered in a family correspondence. They belong to another vendor & have never before been on the market] 1,000

Lot 603 603 C A- - a similar cover - no sender's endorsement - with superb strike of the cachet & very fine 'LARGS BAY/MY29/16/S.A' datestamp below, very minor discolouration at lower-left.

Fort Largs Internment Camp was so small & insignificant that its existence isn't even acknowledged on the Australian Archives website. Given that in 1915 virtually all internees in other States were transferred to the Liverpool/Holdsworthy Camps in NSW, it seems quite extraordinary that any inmates remained at Fort Largs in May 1916. Perhaps they had simply been overlooked! In addition to this recently discovered trio, the only other recorded Fort Largs item is a late-1917 inwards cover to a prisoner at "Mil Camp Fort Largs", sold at the Prestige auction of 7.7.2007 for $1667. 1,000 Page:35 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - South Australia (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 604 604 C A+ TORRENS ISLAND: mid-1915 cover endorsed on the flap "...prisoner of war, Torrens island SA" to Switzerland with 'SERVICE de PRISONNIERS/de GUERRE' cachet in grey-blue & 'PASSED.' h/s in violet applied at Adelaide, London transit cds of 20AU/15 & oval 'PRISONNERS OF WAR/[crown]/INFORMATION BUREAU' cachet, Geneva arrival b/s of 22VIII/1915. Superb! (EFR at page 196)

The camp opened in October 1914. The commandant, Captain GE Hawkes, encouraged a brutal & oppressive regime that resulted in official complaints & an enquiry. The camp was closed in August 1915, & all internees were transferred to Holdsworthy NSW. Hawkes was dismissed from the Army. 750T

Lot 605 605 CB - INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (July 14) stampless cover from Germany to "Torens Island/South Australia" with British 'POST FREE/PC/PRISONER OF WAR' cachet, poor Adelaide arrival b/s of --SEP15 & redirected to "Liverpool/New South Wales", minor blemishes. 300T

Lot 606 606 CB - 1915 (July 22) stampless cover from the Red Cross in Switzerland to "Torrens Island/South Australia" with Geneva machine cancel, Adelaide arrival b/s of SE2/15 & 'PASSED.' h/s in violet, repaired opening fault & minor blemishes. (EFR at page 195) 300T Page:36 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Tasmania

Lot 607 607 C A+ BRUNY ISLAND - INWARDS MAIL: 1917 (Mar 22) Danish Red Cross postcard to the Camp Library on "Bruni Island"!! being an advice of a sending of books & a request for acknowledgement on the attached reply card (removed & presumably sent), 'CH.1/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet of Hobart & redirected to "Try Liverpool/New South Wales". Superb!

With only 58 internees, this was one of the smallest camps in Australia. It was closed early-1915 & the inmates transferred to Holdsworthy NSW. The camp was so insignificant that Emery didn't mention it in either of his books & neither does the Bruny Island Historical Society website! A cover from a Bruny Island internee sold at the Prestige auction of 27.7.2009 for $2530. 600T 608 CO B - 1918 (May 6) Danish Red Cross cover (265x180mm) to "Bruni Island"!! with superb 'CL.2/[crown]/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet of Launceston in red & redirected to "Try Internment Camp/Liverpool/NS Wales", vertical fold. 400T PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Victoria

Lot 609 609 CA LANGWARRIN: early-1915 plain cover endorsed ".../Melbourne Australia/Langwarrin Camp" on the flap, to the Red Cross in Switzerland with very fine 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' h/s both in violet, Geneva arrival b/s of 13.IV.1915. 300T Page:37 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Victoria (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 610 610 C (B) - 1915 (Jan 21) plain cover with very fine strike of the very rare 'CENSORED/PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/ LANGWARRIN, VICTORIA' cachet in green - the only example we have recorded - to a person of German descent in Melbourne with 1d Roo punctured 'OS' tied by Melbourne cds, repaired opening faults clear of the stamp & markings. The earliest Langwarrin cover recorded by us: one source states that the camp opened only in February 1915. (EFR at page 183) [There was no post office at the camp, all mail being processed through the Melbourne GPO] 500T

Lot 611 611 CB - 1915 (Apr 15) plain POW cover to Switzerland with very fine 'PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/LANGWARRIN' cachet in green & superb Melbourne cds, Geneva arrival b/s of 12.V.15, minor blemishes. With the complete 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' label removed to expose the cachet. [NB: this cachet is of larger format than the type in the previous lot & is NOT a case of 'CENSORED' having been removed] 500T

Lot 612 612 CA - 1915 plain cover to the Red Cross in Switzerland with very fine 'PRISONERS OF WAR DEPOT/LANGWARRIN' & 'SERVICE DE PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE/("A? Lloyd")/OC Prisoners of War Depot/VICTORIA' cachet (Emery #220; only one other example recorded) both in green, Melbourne cds of 17AP15 plus 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' h/s both in violet, Geneva arrival b/s of 25.V/1915. A cracker! (EFR at page 184) 750T Page:38 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Victoria (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 613 613 PS B/C - INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (May 28) Bavarian Postal Card to "Langwaring" with British POW cachet, 'CENSORS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' & 'PASSED' h/s both in violet, a few blemishes; and 1915 (Oct 28) Feldpostkarte from Germany to Langwarrin with British POW cachet in blue, redirected - probably in England because there are no Victorian markings - to "Liverpool/NSW" with 'RS Sands LIEUT-COL/GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS/ LIVERPOOL NSW' cachet in violet, faults. [On-line references are contradictory, suggesting that the camp was closed in late-1915 & "most" inmates transferred to NSW; but that there were still some 320 internees on-site in 1917 & that the camp closed only in 1919. The absence of post-1915 postal articles suggests this is erroneous] (2) 350T

Lot 614 614 CL A VICTORIA BARRACKS: 1914 (Dec 26) OHMS cover with 'District Head-Quarters/Commonwealth Military Forces - 3rd Military District/Victoria Barracks, Melbourne' imprint, to "J Englander/German Club/Melbourne" with 'PRISONERS/OF WAR DEPOT' h/s & 1d Roo punctured 'OS' tied by Melbourne cds. An enigma. (EFR at page 180)

We can find no reference to a POW camp at Victoria Barracks. However, Langwarrin Camp seems to have opened only in January 1915 so it is likely that the initial intake of internees were held at the Barracks. The letter may have been a request for the addressee to turn himself in! 500T

Lot 615 615 PS B - INWARDS MAIL: 1915 (Mar 21) Feldpostkarte from Germany to "Viktoria Baraks" with British POW cachet in blue & Victorian 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO - JE 7 1915' machine backstamp, forwarded to "Prisoner of War/Camp/ Langwarrin", minor faults. An important item that confirms internment of Germans at Victoria Barracks. (EFR at page 181) [An entire paragraph of the message has been obliterated by the censor] 400T Page:39 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A PRISONERS OF WAR CAMPS - Western Australia

Lot 616 616 C A- ROTTNEST ISLAND: 1915 (June) plain cover identified as being from Rottnest by the 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/CMF/5RH MD' cachet in blue used only on mail from the island, Perth cds of 10JUN15 & double-boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR' h/s in blue. (EFR at page 201) [Haynes & Pope at p348 state only five outwards items have been recorded, all with the 5th MD cachet, but that is refuted by the next two lots] 500T

Lot 617 617 C A- - c.1915 undated plain cover endorsed on the flap "...Prisoner of War/Rottnest Island/Fremantle", without the required POW endorsements but accepted as free mail as evidenced by the British POW cachet. (EFR at page 208) 400T

Lot 618 618 CB - 1915 (June 8) PPC headed ".../Pris of war/Fremantle/Rottnest", without the necessary POW endorsements to allow for free postage but obviously accepted as such with British POW cachet & endorsed in a Germanic hand "erh/23 Jul 15" (= received), minor defects. (EFR at page 206) [The camp operated between August 1914 & November 1915, holding a maximum of 1500 internees. The majority were transferred to Liverpool NSW, while some were paroled. The message in German states the writer was sent to Rottnest soon after war was declared] 500T Page:40 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN POWs IN GERMANY

Ex Lot 638 638 CPS Display pages of mail from Australian POWs including Acknowledgement of Receipt of Parcel cards to London (unused) & Switzerland, advice of capture card to WA, advice of address cards to London & WA, two 'Feldpostkarte' with 'KRIEGSGEFANGENEN/SENDUNG' h/s in blue both to SA, various printed POW Postal Stationery items including an Envelope to WA with enclosed letter on matching notepaper, two plain covers from Parchim Camp to Victoria both with the enclosed letters, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A good basis for expansion. (25 items) 1,000T 639 CPS A-/B Covers (3) & KGV 1d Postal Cards x2 all to Australians known to be POWs at Cassel (2, both with large circular camp cachet), Crefeld, Dülmen or Gottingen, the last forwarded to Dülmen, various British & German cachets, also a stampless PPC from Switzerland to an Australian POW at Friedrichsfeld bei Wesel. Nice group. (6) 250T

Ex Lot 640 640 CPS A/B 1915-18 mail to POWs in Germany c/- the British GPO in London or the Australian Red Cross in London comprising covers x4 all with a KGV 1d red, Postal Cards 1d Roo, 1d Fullface & 1d Sideface, and "Star" 1d Envelopes x5, all forwarded under cover to various camps & all but two with camp censor cachets applied on arrival, generally fine to very fine. Also included is a 1915 British pamphlet 'COMMUNICATION WITH PRISONERS OF/WAR INTERNED ABROAD'. (13 items) 850T

Ex Lot 641 641 CPS A/B - mail to POWs sent directly to the camps in Germany comprising covers x2 each with a KGV 1d red, a PPC with the stamp removed (probably by the camp censor), Postal Card 1d Sideface (uncancelled, redirected internally: was the recipient paroled?), and "Star" 1d Envelope (uncancelled), all but the Postal Card without the required POW superscription but all with camp censor cachets applied on arrival, generally fine to very fine. (5) 400T Page:41 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

AUSTRALIAN POWs IN GERMANY (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 642 642 PS A- 1917 very late usage of South Australian 1d Postal Card "ON THE MURRAY" (paddlesteamer) to a POW sent directly to Dulmen Camp with Adelaide machine cancel & 'PASSED' h/s in violet. A very scarce usage. 250T 643 C (A-) - cover to a POW c/- Australian Red Cross in London with KGV 1d red tied by 'GIN GIN/22AU17/QUEENSLAND' cds, 'BRITISCHER KRIEGSGEFANGENER' label with roneo'd address label affixed & tied by London cds of 12NO/17 & German censor cachet of Cassel POW Camp in violet, minor repaired tear at the top. 200T 644 C B/C 1918 PPC of Langensalza POW Camp to England with large circular Camp cachet & German POW Postal Card with printed 'Camp de Friedrichsfeld près Wesel' at left & 'Friedrichsfeld' on the reverse; also two covers (one a front only) from an Australian POW interned in Holland (not encountered by us before), both with 'PORTVRIJ/FRANC DE PORT/Militaires étrangers/Internés dans les Pays Bas' cachet in violet. [The last two items are from Pte Alexander McKee, captured at Fromelles & held in Germany until 13/2/1918 when he was paroled to Holland conditional upon him remaining in an internees' camp for the duration of the war] (4) 200T

Lot 645 645 PS B - printed POW Postal Card to NSW with sender's endorsement "NA Pyne/Purser/Late SS Matunga" with Brandenburg Camp censor cachet & 'BRANDENBURG (HAVEL)/20.6.18' machine, rounded corners. [The message states "...There is a lot of talk of exchange of prisoners lately but I am not building up any hopes". The Hague Agreement, entered into a few weeks later, provided for an exchange of POWs between the Germans & British] 250T

Lot 646 646 CA - stampless PPC from Switzerland to an Australian POW at Friedrichsfeld Camp with 'MONT-PELERIN/ 12.VIII.18/SUR VEVEY' cds, German camp censor's cachet & boxed 'F.a.' h/s (= time expired), the message states "...From all we hear exchange ought not to be far distant". A very unusual origin/destination item. [The "time expired" h/s suggests the recipient had been repatriated under the terms of the Hague Agreement] 250T Page:42 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

AUSTRALIAN POWs IN GERMANY (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Ex Lot 647 647 CB INTERNEES IN THE NETHERLANDS: 1918 YMCA cover with header '...WITH THE/BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR INTERNED IN HOLLAND' & a plain cover similarly inscribed, both with the Australian sender's details at lower-left & different "free mail" cachets, to NSW, minor defects. A very scarce duo. (2) 400T AUSTRALIAN POWs IN TURKEY Only 69 Australians were held as POWs by the Turks. Mail is rare. Gary Diffen in "The Australian Military Campaign at Gallipoli" (2015) identifies only 10 outwards items, six from Pte Sidney Drake: see pp139-141. At pp142-3 he states that only two inwards covers to POWs ex Gallipoli have been recorded]

Lot 648 648 CC 1915 stampless cover with Arabic endorsements to Victoria with bilingual '.../30.9.1915/ANGORA' and 'STAMBOUL/DEPART' cds & Constantinople machine backstamps, Stamboul circular censor cachet in blue & 'PASSED' h/s in violet applied at Melbourne, flap removed & a bit soiled still quite presentable. 1,000T Page:43 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 649 649 CB - stampless flimsy cover endorsed "[via] Geneva Switzerland" to Sydney with Stamboul double-boxed censor cachet & white/red censor wafer on the flap, Austrian triangular censor cachet in rosine & faint London transit marking of NOV 30 15 at the top, minor faults. A great rarity, being only the second cover we have recorded from a member of the crew of the submarine AE2: confirmed by Gary Diffen at page 141. [With a superb unused contemporary PPC of the submarine]

AE2 was completed in February 1914. With a crew of 3 officers & 27 seamen, it was deployed in the Dardenelles Campaign. Sinking a Turkish vessel on the way, it was the first Allied vessel to enter the Sea of Marmara where it operated, albeit unsuccessfully, for five days. Eventually it was disabled by a torpedo boat, the "Sultan Hissar". The captain scuttled his vessel & the entire crew were rescued, although four died in captivity. AE2 was the only Royal Australian Navy vessel lost to enemy action in World War I. 2,000T

Lot 650 650 PS A- 1916 usage of KGV 1d Postal Card to an officer with the 15th Infantry Battalion c/- the American Embassy at Constantinople with KGV ½d added & tied by 'ALBION/22JA16/QUEENSLAND' cds & 'PASSED CENSOR/ 24JA16/BRISBANE' cds in red, British POW cachet also in red, minor corner bend. Gorgeous! 750T

Lot 651 651 CA - cover to a member of the 4th Infantry Brigade at Constantinople c/- Red Cross in Switzerland with 2½d Roo tied by 'BOX HILL/16NO16/VIC' cds & 'PASSED' h/s in violet applied at Melbourne. Remarkably fine 600T Page:44 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 652 652 C A- 1917 cover to "Stoker Jim Cullen/late Australian Submarine AE2/.../Bora near Nidge/Turkey" c/- Red Cross in Switzerland with Perth machine cancel of 5DEC17, black/white 'AIF/OPENED BY CENSOR' label & double boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR 3' cachet in green, Geneva b/s of 6-11/1918, minor stain at upper-right. [With a modern print from an Imperial War Museum photograph of the AE2] 1,000T

Lot 653 653 PS A- NEW ZEALAND FORCES: 1918 usage of KGV "Star" 1d Envelope to a member of the Wellington Infantry Battalion c/- the Red Cross in Switzerland with 'BACKWATER/13JU1918/NSW' cds & black/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR' label, repaired flap fault. [Neil Russell has advised that there were only 7 New Zealand POWs in Turkey, all captured during the Dardenelles Campaign. Very few items of mail have been recorded to or from the New Zealanders] 1,000T AUSTRALIAN COLONIES/STATES - General & Miscellaneous Lots 657 SDC A/B Travelling Post Offices collection on display pages from all Colonies/States except Victoria mostly in Colonial period including on covers and cards and also some mounted Commonwealth material, noted New South Wales with 'WEE WAA/TPO', 'MOREE TO WERRIS CK' and 'ENGLISH MAIL/NSW' on 1910 cover from Hungary, Queensland Great Northern 'GN RAILWAY/QUEENSLAND' on Chalon 6d and 'TPO 6 S&WR' on Papua 2d Lakatoi, South Australia early 'RAILWAY/SA', squared circles and partial 'PAY TRAIN/TRA...' (Trans-Australian Rwy), Tasmania with 'TPO' and 'TML' types on Pictorials on picture postcards and Western Australia 'TPO EGF/WA' (Eastern Goldfields) on Swan 1d blue postal card, condition variable but overall fine. (29 entires plus 100s of stamps) 800 Page:45 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History

Ex Lot 699 699 C/CL A/B 1855-1913 wide-ranging accumulation of covers and cards in album from Laureate 2d on local cover to Roos 1d x2 & NSW ½d green on mixed franking cover, noted taxed mail, registration, advertising covers & PPCs, official mail including perfins, overprints and stationery, Registration Envelopes & Wrappers, 1894 Centennial 2d Emu envelope PTPO for The Foreign Agency Co, 1906 Geological Survey 1½d postal card perfin 'OS/NSW' to Italy, 'LOOSE LETTER' and 'PACKET BOAT' cancels on separate items to USA, other destinations include Austria, Bavaria, Canada, Fiji, India and New Caledonia, also postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine. (117) 800

Lot 700 700 C (B) 1819 entire headed "Parramatta NSWales/12th June 1819" and signed "Geo Tho Palmer" to "Dingle/Ireland" variously rated "2/2", then "3/8" & finally "5/6", light but fine 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/26OC26/1819/LONDON' transit cds, professionally cleaned & with some archival tape backing.

A very early "country" letter, believed to be the earliest recorded letter to the British Isles from outside Sydney. The remarkably quick passage of only 18 weeks is explained by the writer: "This letter goes by a whaler direct to England, which is to sail tomorrow: her name is the Foxhound" and in a postscript "I beg to apologize for the slovenliness of this hasty scrawl. I reside 15 miles from Sydney, and an opportunity offers for sending it, which I am likely to lose but for the haste".

George Thomas Palmer arrived at Sydney in 1806 as a lieutenant with the 61st Regiment but with permission to settle there. Governor Macquarie held him in high regard. He became a major landholder, establishing "Pemberton Grange" near Parramatta, and was one of the earliest settlers of the Canberra district, taking-up 13,000 acres at Ginninderra. 1,800T

Lot 701 701 CB 1829 (Dec 6) entire to Scotland with first-type 'SYDNEY/NSW' cds (White #S2, frameline complete) in blue and boxed 'SYDNEY/POST PAID' (White #P1) in red endorsed "4d" paid, fine boxed 'INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE' b/s in black (Robertson #IN1, previously listed in red only) and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' handstamp on face, originally rated "1/3" and "1/6" but replaced with "1/7" for carriage to Hamilton, Lanarkshire, red '3JY3/1830' arrival on back, peripheral faults and message heading removed not affecting facial appearance. 500 Page:46 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 702 C B 1830 (Oct 12) entire headed from "Sydney" to Scotland "p Gilmore" with boxed 'INDIA LETTE[R]/DEAL' and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' handstamps, originally rated "1/-" but replaced with "1/6" for 4d India Letter plus 1/2d carriage from Deal to Edinburgh, red 'MAR/21/1831' arrival on back, two vertical file folds otherwise fine. [The Gilmore sailed the Clipper Route via Rio de Janeiro arriving in England on 19.3.1831 and, on her subsequent voyage, carried 200 convicts to Hobart] 300 703 C B 1835 (Feb 4) entire to Scotland "p Gov Harcourt" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red, boxed 'INDIA LETTER/RAMSGATE' b/s and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' handstamp on face, rated red "6" double Colonial Ship Letter paid and "1/8" replaced with "2/8" to collect for 4d India Letter plus double 1/2d carriage from Ramsgate via London to Edinbugh, 'JUN/22/1835' arrival b/s in red, heavy filing fold clear of markings. 200

Lot 704 704 CB - (Feb 18) entire to London "per Sovereign" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red and boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s, rated red "6" double Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "2/4" for 4d India Letter plus triple 8d carriage from Portsmouth to London to collect, '18JU18/1835' arrival b/s in red. [Letter refers to the writer being attacked, which was reported in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of 12.2.1835 under the headline "Brutal Outrage and Highway Robbery"] 400 705 C B 1836 (April 26) entire to Scotland with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' h/s (White #SL1) in red, boxed 'INDIA LETTER/LONDON' and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' h/s, rated red "3" Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "1/5" for 4d India Letter plus 1/1d carriage from London to Glasgow to collect, London 'EX/14NO14/1836' Extra Duty cds and 'GLASGOW/16NO/1836' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [Letter refers to mail lost on the Edinburgh "burned about a month's sail from this, and the crew of which have just reached this, in an open boat"] 300 706 C B - (May 16) entire to Scotland "p Giraffe" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red, boxed 'INDIA LETTER/DEAL' and Scottish Border Wheel Tax '½d' h/s, rated red "3" Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "1/7" for 4d India Letter plus 1/3d carriage from Deal to Meigle to collect, 'OCT/13/1836' arrival b/s, fine intact red wax seal. [Letter refers to the writer's wife and son having been struck by lightning] 300

Lot 707 707 CB 1837 (Mar 6) mourning entire to Sydney rated manuscript "5" (d) on face with fair undated 'LIVERPOOL/N.S.W' h/s (White #C3) and crowned 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White #S4) arrival alongside, addressed to "Mrs. Norton, Care of James Norton Esq, Elswick" (Sydney solicitor) at their property in the suburb of Leichhardt. 400 Page:47 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 708 708 CB 1838 (Feb 17) entire to "Mrs. Erskine, London" with 'POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY' (White #SL1) in red and boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH' b/s in red, rated red "3" Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "1/3" to collect for 4d India Letter plus 1/1d carriage to London, re-directed with boxed 'POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON' cachet, 'EX/14NO14/1836' Extra Duty cds and re-rated "2/1" for extra 10d to Weymouth with red '6JU6/1838' arrival. [Carried by convict ship"James Pattison", and almost certainly the addressee was Sarah Erskine, widow of James Erskine, Lieutenant-Governor of NSW 1817-1823, who died in 1825] 400 709 C B 1840 (Feb 19) entire to London Missionary Society with 'PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' (White #SL2) in red and boxed 'INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL' h/s, rated red "6" double Colonial Ship Letter paid and black "4" India Letter and "1/4" double 8d carriage to London to collect with '23JY23/1840' arrival b/s in red, light vertical file fold. [Contains several duplicate letters regarding missionaries in transit to Samoa and an account of death of Rev Hyram Dickson in Sydney six days earlier] 300 710 C B - (May 17) lengthy entire to Paterson, NSW with a good strike of the rounded-boxed 'SYDNEY/POST PAID' h/s (White #P2) in red, rated "8" in red for 4d coastal shipletter plus 4d for carriage not more than 15 miles, minor soiling but most attractive. 300

Ex Lot 711 711 C 1843-48 group of entires to UK with Sydney 'SHIP LETTER' markings variously rated including "1/5" paid with 'INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH' cachet, some with ship endorsements such as "per Penyard Park" and most with routings described, also three 1830's fronts with Sydney markings and 1843 local letter with fine 'HARTLEY/NEW.S.WALES' crowned datestamp, condition variable. (13) 400 712 C B 1846 (Jan 20) entire to Sydney endorsed "Prepaid" with fair strike of boxed h/s with curved 'NEWCASTLE/POST PAID' (White # P12) in red rated "4"(d) paid and good crowned oval 'NEWCASTLE/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) alongside on face, 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' (White # S11) b/s, minor aging marks but attractive. 300

Lot 713 713 C (B) 1847 (June 3) Goulburn Hospital 'Terms of Admission' notice to Registrar, Supreme Court, Melbourne annotated "Enclosing affidavit ..." with fair boxed 'GOULBURN/POST PAID' h/s (White # P11) in red on face and poor crowned oval 'GOULBURN/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) b/s, rated red manuscript "2/4" paid (double 1/2d for carriage between 400-500 miles) with bold 'YASS/JU3/NEW.S.WALES' (White # C65) transit and fair 'MELBOURNE/JU7/1847/PORT PHILLIP' arrival, some edge faults and internal repairs. 600 Page:48 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 714 714 C (B) - (Sept 2) entire to Cassilis with 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' crowned oval (White #S9) b/s and 'CASSILIS/SE11/1847/NEW.S.WALES' oval arrival h/s (White #C63; stated to be the best of the few recorded strikes) on face, rated "1/2" in red for 4d coastal shipletter plus 10d for carriage of not more than 170 miles, aging marks and internally repaired edge faults. 600

Lot 715 715 CC 1850 (Nov 18) entire to Sydney with Sydney Views 2d deep blue Plate III SG 30 (margins small to touching design, roughly separated) tied BN '54' (reversed '4', Freeman rated RRR) and good 'CARRINGTON/NEW.S.WALES' crowned oval (White #C65) alongside paying uniform inland letter rate, 'SYDNEY/NO20/1850/NEW SOUTH WALES' arrival (White #P2) b/s, letter headed "Stroud" written by Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang, Presbyterian Church Leader and Member of the Legislative Council, some staining. Stated to be one of only two "numeral ties" known. Carrington PO opened 9.11.1831, closed 31.12.1851. 400

Lot 716 716 C A- 1852 British mercantile entire to Sydney "p Chusan Steamer" with London Maltese Cross & 'SHIP-LETTER/ =LONDON=' d/s both of MY14/1852 & both in red, rated "8" in red as a shipletter, 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/ AU*4/1852/SYDNEY' arrival b/s & very fine strike of the '3' h/s applied to incoming shipletters, minor soiling. An historically important sailing. ["Chusan" departed Southampton 15/5/1852, via Cape Town, arrived at Sydney 3/8/1852. This was the first of only two P&O experimental voyages via the Cape prior to the company being awarded the packet contract in 1853. Because the contract had not yet been awarded, mail carried per "Chusan" was treated as shipletters, despite the ship being a designated packet. It is believed that the '3' h/s was first used on mail per "Chusan"] 550T 717 C 1852-55 entires with Diadems 6d bluish grey (full margins) from Sydney to Scotland "per Madras SS via Marseilles" or Laureates frankings to Scotland from Tarcutta with BN '48' (good backstamp) and Armidale with BN '25' (very fine backstamp but two stamps do not belong) and another to Melbourne, also unpaid to England rated "2/3" endorsed "pr Norna via Marseilles", condition variable. The first four with routings described. (5) 400 718 C C 1853 (Sept 8) entire headed "Copabella, Yass" to Scotland "pr Victoria" with Laureates 2d chalky blue SG 53 horizontal strip of 3 (wide margins except where torn into at right, left unit with crease and surface rub) tied three strikes BN '46' of Gundagai (poor b/s and 'SHIP LETTER/SE16/1853/SYDNEY' transit) paying Colonial Ship Letter rate, rated "8" to pay and blue boxed 'LANARK/DE14/1853' arrival on face, notwithstanding faults an attractive "country" ship letter. 200 Page:49 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 719 719 CA - large-part cross-written entire to London - unusually with no superscription - with very fine Laureates 3d yellow-green/blue SG 67 (margins close to large) tied by very fine bars cancel of Sydney (b/s of JY*2/1853), London arrival b/s of 25OC25/1853 in red. An unusually fine Laureates cover. 750T 720 C B 1854 (Dec 30) entire to Scotland "p Argo" with Laureates 3d yellow-green SG 87 (three margins) tied by bars cancel with 'SYDNEY/N.S.W' b/s (White #S18) underpaying 6d rate and taxed with poorly struck Sydney large '1D' (White #X16) on face, treated as wholly unpaid (part-prepayment not being allowed) and rated manuscript "6" to collect with blue boxed 'LANARK/MR18/1885' arrival on face, vertical filing fold not affecting markings. [From Andrew Bogle Paterson, the father of bush poet Andrew "Banjo" Paterson (1864-1941)] 250 721 C A- 1855 stampless entire consignee's letter to Yorkshire "p Lightning" with unframed 26mm 'SYDNEY/--/AP*7/1855/* NSW *' b/s (the second '5' in '1855' is appreciably smaller) b/s & '1D' accountancy h/s, British 'AUSTRALIAN/ LIVERPOOL/JU30/55/=PACKET= b/s & superb 'd6' accountancy h/s both in blue, 'MANCHESTER' b/s, very minor blemishes. 250T

Lot 722 722 CB 1859 cover to "Oakville/Canada West" with rare franking of Imperforate Diadems 6d fawn Error of Watermark '8' instead of '6' SG 93a cut-to-shape pair & 2d blue tied by 'NSW'-in-conmcentric-ovals with 'SYDNEY/ AU15/1859/NEW SOUTH WALES' b/s being the First Day of Issue!!, 'LONDON/OC4/59/PAID' transit cds in red on face and partial 'OAKVILLE/OC27/1859/CW' arrival b/s, a bit soiled. Not pretty but rare. [NB: The 6d pair has been lifted to confirm the watermark & then hinged back in place] 300 723 C C 1859 large-part outer to the Philippines with Imperf Diadems 1/- pale red x2 (one almost very fine, the other a little cut-into) tied by 'NSW'-in-concentric-ovals cancels of Sydney (b/s), largely very fine 'MANILA/31/DIC/1859/ISS FILIPS' arrival b/s, a bit aged, the two panels separated & rejoined with archival tape. 300 724 C B 1864 (May 27) Government Printing Office OHMS folded notice sent to "The Bench of Magistrates, Kiandra" with De La Rue 2d pale blue SG 199 tied Sydney 'NSW' oval obliterator, endorsed "Missent to Kiama" and forwarded with Wollongong, Campbelltown, Goulburn, Cooma and Kiandra cds on back. 200 Page:50 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 725 725 CB 1867 NSW/Victoria "Riverina" combination cover with all stamps unusually cancelled with Rays '50' of 'ALBURY/NSW' (poor b/s) via Melbourne (MR28/67), to the Isle of Wight with 'VENTNOR' arrival b/s, forwarded to a chemist on the island with 'RYDE' transit b/s & 'COWES' arrival cds on the face, minor blemishes. This cover has several distinctive aspects including that it is one of only two "Four Colour" frankings recorded on a NSW/Vic combination cover & it is overpaid 4d in both NSW & Victorian stamps. 2,000T

Lot 726 726 CB 1871 cover to a London optician with extraordinary combination franking of NSW De La Rue 2d x2 (one torn before being affixed) tied by light Rays '140' & light 'WENTWORTH/JU19/1871/NSW' cds at left and Victoria Laureates 6d blue pair tied by manuscript "X", 21mm 'SWAN HILL/JN25/71/VICTORIA' transit b/s (the only recorded example & the earliest unframed cds for Swan Hill by 16 years!), '1' "killer" cancels applied at Melbourne with b/s of JU26/71, one NSW & one Victorian stamp each tied by 'LONDON/ E7 /PAID/SP11/71' arrival cds in red, minor blemishes. RPSofV Certificate (2016).

An exceptional "Riverina" Cover, being the only example recorded from Wentworth to Melbourne via Swan Hill: #49 in Geoff Kellow's Census ("Sydney Views" Aug 2004). Two other combination covers from Wentworth are recorded but they both have NSW/South Australia frankings and were carried to Adelaide. NB: At this time, the mailboats went directly between Melbourne & Albany, not stopping at Adelaide. This cover was carried per "Rangoon", departed Melbourne 17.7.1871; "China", departed Galle 9.8.1871; & "Delta", departed Alexandria 27.8.1871, arrived Southampton 10.9.1871. 1,500 727 C B 1875 mourning cover to Shropshire with DLR 2d strip of 3 (one defective) tied by poor Rays '609' of 'BARRANJOEY' (superb cds at left), 'NEWPORT' arrival b/s, blemishes. [Barranjoey Headland was the site of a Customs Station, opened in 1843 to thwart smuggling in the area, & a lighthouse, built 1880-81] 100 Page:51 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 728 C B 1879 mourning cover to Denmark with De La Rue 2d (folded over the top of the envelope) & 6d tied by '26AU/79 - 914' duplex, Sydney transit b/s & '1½D' h/s in purple, London transit & 'ODENSE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. 125T 729 C A 1901 Robert Jolley PPC ("BOTANICAL GARDENS, SYDNEY") to New Caledonia with message in French, NSW 1d Arms tied by one of two very fine strikes of the French mailboat 'LIGNE T/4/FEVR/01/PAQ FR No1' d/s. [At Federation, NSW only had a "South Pacific" letter rate of 2d - instead of 2½d - & an inferred postcard rate of 1d - instead of 1½d. The rate was a casualty of the Federal PMG's Department that commenced operations on 1.3.1901. With a duration of only 2 months, this is the shortest-lasting postal rate of the entire pre-decimal period] 250T 730 PS B 1903 usage of 3d Registration Envelope to New Zealand with scarce albeit philatelic franking of 10d violet tied by Sydney cds, Dunedin arrival b/s & readdressed to Wellington with 3d Birds for redirection fee added & tied by 'DUNEDIN/ R ' cds & boxed registration cachet in red alongside, 'WELLINGTON' arrival b/s. Most unusual. [The rate was 2d per ½oz & it seems unlikely - though not impossible - that the contents weighed between 2 & 2½oz] 250T 731 CPS A POSTMARKS: 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers primarily airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average, noted the occassional registered item, postal stationery, as well as modern rubbers including boxed 'Australia Post/Jerilderie NSW 2716' in violet, boxed 'POST OFFICE/LAVINGTON', 'RECEIVED/EAST MAITLAND' in violet, 'POSTAL SERVICES/ OFFICER/MILSONS POINT' and lots more, also a smattering of ACT offices. Great opportunity to enhance any collection of "moderns". (100s) 600 732 SD A - A-Y datestamps 1930s-80s on stamps many complete strikes on piece, mostly from smaller Post Offices although no great rarities seen, a few 'PAID' in red and some LDL/SDL conversions, noted 'ISLAND BEND' (Snowy Mountains Scheme), 'NANA GLEN RAILWAY' on KGV 2d on piece, 'SPRINGSIDE' on blank red registration label and sure to be more pickings, generally better than average strikes & little if any duplication. (900+) 600

Ex Lot 733 733 PS REGISTRATION LABELS: c.1930s mounted collection of blue & black/white types noted as Types C1 to C5 including Rat Tail Varieties, numerous provisionals with handstamps or manuscript office names, hundreds of tiny offices many of which are long-closed, plus a few Victorians noted, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (1500 approx) 500T QUEENSLAND - Postal History

Lot 744 744 C A- 1864 cover to "Kembla/Wollongong/New South Wales" with 2d x3 with faint cancel & postmaster's endorsement "Rockhampton Post Office" on the flap, 'DALBY/MR30/1864/-QUEENSLAND-' Brisbane & Sydney transits & 'KEMBLA/AP9/1864/=NSW=' arrival b/s. 300T Page:52 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 745 745 CB 1892 hand-illustrated cover (young boy with fishing gear & letter on hook, and dog) "I'll just drop a line to..." to Yorkshire with Lined Background 1d strip of 3 & BN '203' of 'GIN GIN' (part-cds at upper-left), 'BUNDABERG' transit & 'HOWDEN' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Delightful! 250 746 CPS A/B 1894-1911 selection of covers and cards in album with destinations such as Argentina, Austria, Canada, Ceylon, Ireland and Papua, noted 1906 to USA with 'REGISTERED/MOUNT MORGAN' cachet and to Japan with 'YOKOHAMA' receiver, postal stationery four illustrated Postal Cards including 1899 to Malta taxed and 1910 ½d wrapper to London uprated to 3d, domestic usages 1901 with Revenue/Postage stamps mixed franking, 1908 punctured 'OS' illegally used on private mail and two Qld/NSW combination covers, also group of picture postcards and covers with postmark interest, numeral ties and TPO markings, condition variable but mostly fine. (42) 400 747 C B 1895 double-rate registered cover to the USA with Lined Background 6d & Void Background 1d pair tied by 'R'-in-oval h/s of Brisbane, 'VICTORIA BC/CANADA' transit, 'San Francisco, Cal/ F.D. /REGISTERED' cds & three-line 'REGISTERED/San Francisco, Cal' arrival b/s both in violet, minor blemishes. 200

Lot 748 748 CB 1897 complete black/pink 'PARCEL POST/FORM OF CUSTOMS DECLARATION' label affixed to a slightly larger piece from the packet with ½d pair 2d & 5d strip of 3 tied by Rays '87' of 'IPSWICH' (light cds), a smaller black/white label affixed at Brisbane & tied by two part-strikes of a British Parcel Post handstamp, minor faults. Rare. Ex Hugh Campbell: illustrated at page 73 of "Queensland Postal Rates". 500T 749 SDC A/B POSTMARKS: Selection in twelve albums on Ken Smithies' pages from Colonial era to modern with datestamps and some numeral cancels including ties on cover, noted many on piece with some covers and postcards also, primarily from larger towns with sub-types but some closed offices and rated items seen with quality of strikes generally well above average. Needs to be viewed as there are plenty of pickings. (100s) 800

Ex Lot 750 750 SD A - Selection of per favor strikes prepared by engraver Campbell before issue or by Trevor Sellars from the archives mostly on contemporaneous stamps on piece including 'GOOSE PONDS', 'GROSVENOR', 'GUNPOWDER', 'MAROON DAM', 'NIVE STORE', 'SUNSHINE BEACH', 'TERRORS CREEK' on KGV 1d red, 'TULLY FALLS', 'WAIWEER', etc. Ex Ken Smithies with his pencil notations of provenance. (150+) 500 Page:53 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History

Lot 779 779 C 1858 wrapper with large 2d, 1869 local cover with watercolour illustration, 1869 to GB with Perf 11½-12½xRoul 'TEN PENCE' on 9d SG 59, 1878 to GB with 6d Imperf at Left, 1887 registered to Germany with 5-colour franking (!), and a few others, condition variable. 500T 780 C A Mounted selection of mostly philatelic covers with a wide range of CDS mostly from closed POs & many on Closing Day, includes 'RELIEF' types, mostly unaddressed. (63) 150

Lot 781 781 C A+ 1856 (May 16) large-part outer to Adelaide (b/s) with superb example of London Printings 2d carmine-rose SG 2 tied by fair diamond-numeral '25' & 'GAWLER' cds. Exceptional quality. 550T

Lot 782 782 C (A-) 1860 (Feb 3) entire with rare franking of Adelaide Printing 1d yellow-green SG 6 horizontal pair (margins in places, a little cut-into at the base, Cat £1300+ x2+ on cover) & largely very fine diamond-numeral '100' cancel (rated R) of 'MILANG' (cds alongside - affected by ironed-out vertical filing fold - rated RRRR), 'STRATHALBYN' arrival b/s in blue. A rare cover. 1,150T 783 CPS A/B 1886-1911 selection of covers and cards in album with foreign destinations including Ceylon, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, USA, 1906 OHMS to London with 2d violet punctured OS, 1907 to Sweden posted on ship with 1d tied 'NAPOLI' and postal card to Malaya with 'SINGAPORE' receiver on face, Postal Stationery including "CIRCULATING LIBRARY" scenic Postal Card sent 1911 but uncancelled, selection of wrappers some 'OS' overprints and one PTPO for "The Chronicle" (faults), also group of picture postcards and covers with postmark interest noted 'PINE CREEK/N.T' and 'P.P.RAILWAY', condition variable but mostly fine. (67) 400 784 PS A ENVELOPES: 1911 1d rose-pink HG B2, unused. 100 Page:54 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 785 785 S A A2 TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: '376 MILE E.W. [RLY]/16SP18/S [A]' very fine strike on Third Wmk 1/- Roo. Rare. 250 TASMANIA - Postal History Most of the pre-1870 lots are from the International Grand Prix exhibit formed by Koichi Sato RDP from Japan. This includes some material not offered in Switzerland in 2014.

Ex Lot 821 821 C Pre-stamp outers & entires to Great Britain comprising 1824 privately carried to London, No Markings Period 1828 to London, 1836 to Scotland, 1839 x2 both with crowned-oval Hobart Town d/s, 1840 & 1841 with the massive GPO d/s in black or red x2 (one redirected with Imperf 1d affixed), 1845 privately carried to Edinburgh with superb 'Kennington +' h/s in blue, also 1866 to Somerset carried privately (with letter) and 1846 to Adelaide with 38mm GPO cds (ERD?) in red, condition variable. Ex Koichi Sato. (11) 750T

Ex Lot 822 822 C Pre-stamp inwards outers & entires from New South Wales x2 including 1829 with largely fine strike of the first-type Sydney cds in blue; South Australia part-outer with partly fine strike of the rare 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/PORT ADELAIDE' h/s; and Great Britain x2; also Victoria group with 1856 franked with very fine Woodblock 6d orange, 1868 with Laureate 6d tied by '52' cancel of Launceston & a few stamps with Tasmanian cancels; condition variable. Ex Koichi Sato. (7 + stamps) 650T Page:55 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 823 823 C A/B Pre-stamp internal entires including 1830 to "Lake River" with typically poor strike of the small undated 'HOBART' oval h/s, 1849 with postmaster's endorsement "Oatlands/19.2.49", 1853 printed lettersheet with '10 O CLOCK' cds (stated to be the LRD), Money Letters 1850 with postmaster's endorsement "Cleved 25 4 50", 1851 with boxed 'CAMP TOWN' d/s & 1853 with postmaster's endorsement "Emu Bay 2 Aug 53", two others, plus 1869 OHMS with very fine '[crown]/FREE' diamond-d/s, generally fine to very fine. Ex Koichi Sato. (9) 850T

Ex Lot 824 824 C Partly-mounted group mostly with Imperf Chalon frankings including 1d (3 margins) on 1858 town letter, 2d pair (a little cut-into) on 1868 entire Hobart-Launceston, 2d (cut-into) & a huge 4d with squiggle cancels, 2d slate-green & 4d (both a bit cut-into) on 1862 cover Hobart-Melbourne, 4d with fair strike of 'N NORFOLK' postmaster's handstamp alongside, 4d huge marginal example but bisected!! tied by BN '51' with postmaster's endorsement "Latrobe" at upper-left, very fine 4d with BN '91' & 'TORQUAY/1MAR1/1869' cds, 6d Hobart-Melbourne x2 (one cancelled on arrival with BN '1'), very fine 6d tied by superb BN '48' on 1858 entire Hobart-Launceston, very fine 1/- on large-part 1863 cover to England, etc, condition variable. A good basis for expansion. Ex Koichi Sato. (22) 2,500T

Ex Lot 825 825 CPS Bundle of covers & postcards with mercantile imprints 1) on the face x10 including Vogt Chisholm & Co Carriage Builders, Tasmanian Refrigerating Co, Day's Furnishing Arcade, J Cane & Co Ironmongers; 2) & on the flap x26 including City Flour Mills, J Blane Bookseller (Beaconsfield), Walter Radford Mining Agent (Launceston), Burgess Brothers Merchants, Perpetual Trustess (on 2d Envelope) & legal firms x14; 3) printed on reverse of postcards x3; 4) handstamped on the face x4 including Tasmania Gold Mining Co on KEVII ½d Wrapper; & 5) on the flap/reverse of postcards x9; condition rather mixed but generally presentable to fine with a few better. (43) 250 Page:56 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 826 826 CPS Illustrated advertising covers including 1897 for WT Bell Christmas Sale of Japanese Goods (on 1d Postal Card), 1911 Tasmanian Shropshire Sheepbreeders' Association (a superb example sold at our auction of 30.6.2016 for $198), 1910 Gordon & Gotch Press Agency (Launceston), 1910 "Pineapple" Bacon (Launceston), 1911 "Salvitis" Preparation (stained), 1910 Moran & Cato's Grocers, also others with wordy adverts including 1886 Brisbane Hotel (Launceston, on 1d Postal Card), 1907 Selwyn Cox Stationers (Launceston), 1906 Monds Rolled Oats & Oatmeal, 1909 Harbottle & Son Plumbers & Decorators, 1910 Launceston Sports Agency, 1910 Finlayson Bros Motor Builders (Devonport, on postcard), 1911 Findlay's Pianos (stained), 1911 "Tasma" Butter & unused Walch & Sons envelope for their postcards, etc, condition variable but generally good to fine or better. A very scarce group. (22) 400

Lot 827 827 CB 1836 (Jan 7) entire headed "Launceston" signed "JMcRobertson" to "John Leake/Campbell Town" with a fair (but still better-than-average) strike of the undated double-oval 'LAUNCESTON' handstamp, minor blemishes. 600

Ex Lot 828 828 C A/C 1837-53 entires from England x3 or Scotland (the earliest, with 'OLDRAIN' d/s) all with various boxed 'SHIPLETTER' datestamps of Hobart, one of 1843 is a mourning letter, apart from the first - which is stained - the others are fine to very fine. [One, of 1841, is to "Frank Allison/Streanshall/Macquarie River", father of William Race Allison: see Lot 279524] (4) 500 Page:57 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 829 829 CB 1851 cover from Wales "By private ship" with very fine 'BEAUMARIS' & 'BANGOR' cds, very fine boxed 'SHIPLETTER/28MY28/1851' arrival b/s of Hobart, minor blemishes. [The addressee, Bartholomew W Thomas, was the nephew of the first Colonial Treasurer Jocelyn Thomas and son of Bartholomew Boyle Thomas, who arrived per "Albion" on 3.5.1826. Bartholomew Senior was "the first settler in Devon", taking up 2200 acres at Port Sorell. During the genocidal "Black Wars" - see Lot 279524 - he enjoyed remarkably friendly relations with the local aborigines, despite which, on 31.8.1831, he was speared to death by hostile tribesmen] 250

Ex Lot 830 830 C (A)/B 1854 cover & two outers all from Launceston with BN '59' & 4d Couriers 1) cut-square with good even margins to London, professionally cleaned & with RPSofL Certificate (2014) that states "the obliteration tie has been inked-in" (very minor if so); 2) cut-to-shape to London per "Ship Redjacket via Melbourne"; & 3) cut-to-shape to Campbell Town with very fine boxed 'CAMP TOWN/18 JUNE 54.' arrival d/s on the face. Ex Koichi Sato. [The first is also Ex BD Forster] (3) 750T

Lot 831 831 CB - entire headed "Latiner Cottage New Town Row/Hobart Town 14 July 1854" & signed "Henry H Whitton", to London "p Queen of the South/via Melbourne" with Courier 4d (large margins) tied by BN '68' of Hobart & faint strike of the GPO cds in red, light London arrival d/s of 14OC14/1854 & rated "1/-" for an inwards packet letter, a little soiled. Ex Koichi Sato. 600T Page:58 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 832 832 CB 1855 town letter with rare franking of London Printing 1d carmine SG 14 (margins good to large except at right where slightly cut-into, Cat £900 x3+ on cover), indistinct Launceston numeral cancel & light 'PRE-PAID/7NO7/1855' cds in red alongside, exceptional facial appearance but some aging damage within. An early usage: the 1d was issued on 19.9.1855. Ex Koichi Sato. 1,500T

Lot 833 833 CB 1856 outer to London with rare franking of Couriers 1d pale blue x4 & fine strike of the diamond GPO d/s of 28AP28/1856 in red, 'AUSTRALIAN/LIVERPOOL/12AU/56/=PACKET=' transit & London arrival b/s, redirected to "Boulogne Sur Mer" (France) with the Tasmanian stamps crudely removed & Penny Stars x4 (one damaged & another affected by ironed-out crease) affixed in their place - but with a couple of telltale remnants still evident - & tied by very fine '28' cancels of the Foreign Branch, superb 'PD'-in-oval h/s & light 'ANGL/...' cds both in red, Boulogne arrival b/s. A truly extraordinary cover that encourages an outpouring of grief at the wanton vandalism committed here! Ex Koichi Sato. 500T Page:59 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 834 834 CB 1859 mercantile entire headed "pr Columbian SS via Suez/Hobart Town 14 May 1859" with scarce franking of 'TASMANIA' Imperf 6d dull lilac SG 40 horizontal pair (almost full margins, Cat £180 x5+ on cover) tied by fine & superb strikes of First Allocation BN '48' used at Hobart, to London "p May Mail/Via Marseilles" with light GPO cds & London arrival of AU5/59 both in red, repaired flap fault & minor aging. Ex Koichi Sato. [Carried per "Columbian" ex Melbourne 19.5.1859, arrived Adelaide under sail 24.5.1859 for engine repairs, arrived Mauritius 1.6.1859 where further repairs effected, departed 1.7.1859 for Aden but stopped at Masejura Reef to assist at the wreck of the "Alma". Apparently missent from Alexandria to Southampton, arriving 6 days after the via Marseilles mail was received at London] 750T

Lot 835 835 CA 1864 local letter to Glenorchy with 1857-67 Imperf 2d slate-green SG 34 (3½ margins, with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left) tied by very fine bars cancel & light 'PRE-PAID/7JY7/1864' cds in red both of Hobart. Stated to be the only recorded cover for the 2d rate for within 5 miles of the GPO. Ex Koichi Sato. 3,000T Page:60 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 836 836 CB - small cover to an officer serving in India with scarce franking of Imperf 'TASMANIA' 6d (3 margins) & 1/- (slightly cut-into at right) tied by Second Allocation BN '52' of Launceston, large-diamond d/s of 23NO23/1864 in red alongside and straight-line 'REGISTERED' handstamp, small 'BOMBAY' transit and very fine unframed 'SECUNDRABAD/1864/DE24' b/s from where redirected to "Sholupore", repaired tear well clear of the stamps & part of the flap missing. Very attractive. Ex Koichi Sato. 750T

Lot 837 837 CB 1868 double-rate cover to London "via Marseilles" with Imperf 4d x2 (both with 3 margins & fragments of adjoining units) & 1/- (almost full margins) tied by Second Allocation BN '52' of Launceston, fine strike of the diamond datestamp of 1FE1/1868 in red, part-London arrival of 23MR68, minor soiling. Ex Koichi Sato. Carried per "Avoca" ex Melbourne 5.2.1868; "Mongolia" ex Galle 27.2.1868 & "Nyanza" ex Alexandria 15.3.1868, arrived Marseilles 21.3.1868. 500T

Lot 838 838 CB - cover to London with scarce Two-Issue franking of Imperf 4d blue SG 37 (margins close to large with a chunk of the adjoining unit at right) & Perf 10 2d yellow-green SG 60 (Cat £150 x10+ on cover) with neat bars cancel & 34mm GPO cds of 23AP23/1868 in red at left, London arrival cds of JU19/68, minor faults. Ex Koichi Sato. Peter Holcombe Certificate (1985) as SG 35 & 89! 500T Page:61 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 839 839 C A- 1870 cover with Perf 12½ 2d yellow-green SG 83 (Cat £170 x3+ on cover) tied by fine First Allocation BN '26' of River Don with postmaster's endorsement "Don/7 11 70" alongside, boxed 'PRE-PAID' b/s of Launceston in red, repaired flap-tears. Ex Koichi Sato. 500T 840 CPS A/B 1893-1912 selection of covers and cards in album with emphasis on more unusual destinations noted Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal and South Africa, two 'POSTAGE PAID/HOBART,TAS' on Tattersalls envelopes with Sweepstakes Tickets contents, 1911 Fred Hagen cover with ½d Pictorials x2 and Philatelic Exhibition label tied by Sydney cancels, also stationery including 1893 1½d brown reply postal card to USA, 1d red+½d orange doubleton postal card to Germany, 1d red wrapper STO for "The Mercury Hobart", 2d green+½d orange doubleton envelope 1898 to Hungary, 1900 Post Office penalty envelope with GPO Frank Stamp, small group of 1d Pictorials on picture postcards with some postmark interest, condition variable. (27) 300

Ex Lot 841 841 C A/B 1910-12 Tasmanian PPCs from Ringarooma all to Russia, one with Pictorials ½d & 1d, the others with 1d only & various Russian tax & redirection handstamps. Nice lot, to a very scarce destination. (5) 400 842 D A FRANK HANDSTAMPS: All-different collection of handstamps on piece including 'ADMINISTRATOR OF CHARITABLE GRANTS', 'CHAIRMAN HOSPITAL BOARD HOBART', 'CORPORATION OF HOBART' & '...LAUNCESTON', 'DEPUTY SURVEYOR-GENERAL', 'ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH', 'GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN', 'GOVERNOR...' both types, 'HD QR DEF FORCE', 'HM CUSTOMS LAUNCESTON', 'HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE...', 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION', 'MARINE BOARD OF LEVEN', 'THE MARINE BOARD OF MERSEY DEVEONPORT', 'THE RE DUTIES DEPARTMENT' and with 'N' above the Coat of Arms, 'STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE RINGAROOMA', 'SUPERINTENDENT OF COUNTRY RIFLE CLUBS', 'TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPT', 'TECHNICAL SCHOOL', etc, generally fine to superb strikes in various colours. (75) 400 843 SDL POSTMARKS: Neatly presented collection in fifteen small albums with a mostly decimal period array but some earlier material & a few better items noted; also "Tasmania: The Postal History & Postal Markings" both volumes (much-loved). (100s) 300

Ex Lot 844 844 O - First Allocation Barred Numerals '11' (superb), '35', '52', manuscript "54", '59', '60', '61', '64' & '68', fine to very fine strikes, also Victorian Barred Oval with indistinct numeral (rare), all on 4d Couriers cut-square with full- to almost-full margins, a few faults but generally fine & attractive, Cat £3750 (minimum). Ex Koichi Sato. (10) 1,000T Page:62 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A VICTORIA - Postal History 873 C A/B 1884 David Hill cover with Stamp Statute 1d x2 - one with corner fault - cancelled with BN '96' of 'CERES' (cds alongside) & 'MO&SB/SOUTH YARRA' arrival b/s, scarce usage in the first year of being authorised for postal usage; 1895 David Hill usage of 2d on 1d Letter Card; & 1900 cover with Stamp Duty 1d "Widow Weeds" x2 with 'YARRAVILLE' cds & Sydney arrival b/s. (3) 300

Ex Lot 874 874 CPS A/B Album of covers & cards with foreign destinations including Argentina, Cape Colony, Finland, India, Italy, Jersey, Mexico (taxed), Natal and Uruguay, noted 1893 1½d Postal Card from William Rundell registered to Romania uprated to 9d pre-UPU rate, 1901 Cole's Book Arcade advertising cover to Ireland, 1906 to USA underpaid with Dues but refused and DLO markings, postal stationery wrappers, postal cards and envelopes (a few mint), official mail with 1870s-80s Solicitor-General OHMS circulars and 1d pink punctured 'OS' on Railways picture postcard, postmark interest noted RMSP 'Asturias' to Guildford (WA) with boxed 'PAQUEBOT' cachet, 'TOO LATE' cachets one on Half-Lenghts 1d and 3d front, 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO' on 1906 cover from GB, numeral ties and datestamps, condition variable but mostly fine. (120+) 1,000

Lot 875 875 CB 1839 lengthy cross-written entire to "RW Allison/Streanshall/Macquarie River/VDL" headed "Port Phillip/Sunday July 8th 1839" and signed "ER Bostock" with very early usage of the ovoid first type 'MELBOURNE/[crown]/ --JU/18[39]/NEW.S.WALES' datestamp - with inverted month slug - & very fine boxed 'SHIPLETTER/20AU20/1839' backstamp of Hobart, rated "11" for inland transit Hobart-Macquarie River, minor soiling. A very early & desirable letter.

The addressee, William Race Allison, arrived at Hobart Town on 22.11.1822. He was granted 1000 acres on the Macquarie River & named his property "Streanshalh". He was an active participant in the "Black War" of the late 1820s to 1832 that claimed the lives of almost 900 aborigines & some 200 colonists. A state of martial law existed between 1828 & 1832, a bounty was paid for dead aborigines, & the mere 300-odd survivors were forcibly removed to remote areas including Flinders Island & Bruny Island.

Very few pre-1840 items from Victoria remain in private hands. This example is far more attractive, with a superior strike of the datestamp, than the Purves/Kelly/Peace 1839 entire to Tasmania that sold at the Prestige auction of 27.7.2009 for $1207. An 1839 missionary entire to London, with filing fold & the datestamp inverted, sold at the Prestige auction of 23.9.2011 for $4370. 1,500 Page:63 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 876 876 C C/D 1841 (c.) entire headed "Melbourne August" & signed "WH James" to his father "Joseph James/George Town/VD Land" with a complete & almost very fine strike of the undated 'MELBOURNE/NSW' handstamp on the flap, a bit soiled but most presentable. The handstamp was introduced in 1837 when Melbourne's first post office opened. It was replaced by the first datestamp in early-1839 but continued to be used until 1842 as a shipletter marking. This example is not listed in Brian Peace's census of 22 covers. There are four internal usages & two are on letters from Tasmania, but this new discovery is the only recorded example to any destination other than Great Britain! [Also included is a scrofulous 1825 letter from Hobart to Joseph James but at Launceston]

The writer, states: "...I have made application for the situation as Master of the Light House and Signal Staff and I am promised it by the Arbour Master..." This dates the letter to no earlier than 1840, when Victoria's first lighthouse, at Point Gellibrand (Williamstown), was established. The addressee, Joseph James was a free settler & horse dealer. In 1840, he was jailed for insolvency. The letter refers to George Town identities "Old Quin" - Thomas Quin, a farmer but "not a gentleman"! - Samuel Sherlock, a publican, & Thomas Dryburgh, a free settler to whom convicts had been assigned. (2 items) 1,000T

Lot 877 877 CB 1854 cover to Lincolnshire "pr Harbinger/Via Southampton" with scarce Two Issue franking of Half-Lengths 3d (small defect at upper-right) & Queen on Throne 2d (virtually full margins) tied by Barred Oval '60' - rated R - of 'ST KILDA' (crowned-oval b/s with mss "19 Jan" in lieu of slugs), Melbourne transit of the same date, British Liverpool & London transit b/s both of AP19/1854. "Harbinger" ex Melbourne 22.1.1854, arrived Southampton 18.4.1854 750T 878 C A- 1856 entire to London "per Walmer Castle" with Woodblock 6d (3 margins) tied by BN '10' & large-part strike of the scarce 'SHIP LETTER/FREE/MY*13/1856/WARNAMBOOL VICTORIA' b/s (note spelling), similar Melbourne transit b/s in red, British 'PLYMOUTHAU19/1856/ B /=SHIP-LETTER=' & London "tombstone" arrival d/s on the face. "Walmer Castle" ex Melbourne 18.5.1856, carrying 43,000oz of gold; arrived Plymouth 19.8.1856. 250T Page:64 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 879 879 CC 1857 outer to "Bückeburg/North Germany" with Imperf Emblems 2d (corner fault) & 1/- Octagonal (cut-into) unusually cancelled with oval 'SANDHURST/NO14/1857/VICTORIA' datestamp, Melbourne transit b/s, French 'AUSTRALIE V SUEZ/6/JANV/58/AMB C' marine sorter cds, two French transit b/s & part-'BUCKEBURG' arrival b/s. Paid for the via Southampton rate only but missent without penalty 3d underpaid for the 1/5d per ¼oz rate via Marseilles. [Ben Palmer's Census Thurn u Taxis #19. Bückeburg was capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe in Lower Saxony] 350T

Lot 880 880 C A- 1858 (June 14) cover to Christiansfeld, Denmark franked with imperf Octagonal 1/- blue (just touching design on three sides) and Woodblock 6d orange (3 margins) tied Barred Numeral '3' of Castlemaine (faint oval backstamp) over-paying the 1/4½d per ½oz rate via Southampton, Melbourne transit on back and red London 'PAID/1858/14AU14/CX' datestamp and oval 'P' on face, endorsed "10½" credit to Great Britain after payment of 6d uniform ship letter rate and "6½" credit to Germany after 4d Continental letter rate deducted, 'HAMBURG' and oval 'St PA/16Aug58' (= Stadt Postamt) b/s where italicised 'franco' cachet (Van Der Linden fig.1425) applied on face with red manuscript "2" (skilling) credit to Denmark for last leg of the journey, endorsed received "18Aug58" in pencil on face. [This is Denmark #6 in Ben Palmer's census with its last recorded sale being in 1968; James Johnstone's similar 1857 cover - Palmer's Denmark #4 - sold at auction in 2004 for $12,650] 4,000 Page:65 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 881 881 CB 1874 unusual style of mourning cover to Carmathenshire (Wales) with Laureates 6d only tied by 'EMERALD HILL/VICTORIA - 148' duplex, Melbourne b/s where a very fine strike of the small boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/VIA BRINDISI' h/s applied, minor blemishes & unfortunate docketing on the face. 550T 882 C A/A- 1878-79 covers 1) to Germany with Bell ½d & 2d + Laureates 6d; 2) to France with Bell 1/-; 3) to Jersey with Laureates 8d brown/pink; and 4) to London with Laureates 8d brown/pink. Nice clean quartet. (4) 250T

Lot 883 883 CA 1896 registered cover to USA with Large Stamp Duty 6d blue plus QV 2d violet tied 'BOURKE STREET EAST/VIC' cds 'San Francisco,Cal/FD/REGISTERED' arrival b/s. The 6d was re-used to defraud the Post Office, having been cleaned well enough to escape notice by the postal clerk at the time, but the fiscal pen cancel has now become apparent again. 400

Ex Lot 884 884 PS REGISTRATION LABELS: Mounted collection of blue/white types noted as "after Type C5" including numerous provisionals with handstamps or manuscript/typed office names, 'ABBOTSFORD' to 'FRANKSTON EAST' including numerous tiny offices many of which are long-closed, lots from c.1969 with Postal Area Codes obliterated & some with those codes omitted from later printings, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (1600 approx) 300T VICTORIA - Postmarks 886 CPS 1970s-2000s datestamps on covers primarily airmail to overseas destinations with many single frankings, selected for clarity of strikes which are generally well above average to superb, noted the occassional registered item, postal stationery, some PAIDs and modern rubbers including 'AUSTRALIA POST SHOP/EMERALD', 'LICENCED POST OFFICE/BRENTFORD SQUARE', 'P.O.WONTHAGGI', 'TIMEKEEPER & ROSTERS/MAIL CENTRE/CLAYTON SOUTH' and lots more. A great opportunity to enhance any collection of modern postmarks, many of which will be "tomorrow's rarities". (100s) 600 Page:66 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 891 891 CB BARRED OVALS: '17' two clear strikes on Ham Half-Lengths Second State of the Dies 2d & 3d SG 6 & 7 with almost fine 'LAKE COLAC/AU8/1850/PT PHILLIP' b/s (LRD) on outer to Hobart Town with Melbourne & 'LAUNCESTON/11AU11/1851' transits & small boxed '12AU12/1851' arrival b/s, the addressee's name scribbled-out by an IDIOT! PO 1/7/1848; renamed Colac 1.1.1854 but a 'COLAC' d/s is recorded from JA/1852. 500T

Lot 893 893 CB BUTTERFLY NUMERALS: '15' (unconvincing), '34' (only the second example recorded used at the GPO) & '48' all used at the GPO in red on 1855-56 covers from GB with cut-to-shape Embossed 6d or 1/- x2, all redirected to 'HEATHCOTE' (b/s). Very scarce trio. Ex Captain Tom Ward. [The other '34' cover - a wonderful item - was sold by Prestige on 9.2.2008 for $9200!] 800T 894 C A- B1- Coldstream: 'TO COLDSTREAM/13MR15/VIC' cds (ERD) alongside KGV 1d red with Barred Numeral '1678' on cover with 'COOMBE COTTAGE' imprint on the flap. [In 1909, Dame Nellie Melba acquired 60 acres north of Lilydale, built Coombe Cottage in 1912 and resided there until her death in 1931. Included are two notes on imprinted stationery, one signed "Nellie Melba" and the other "per Madame Melba, K Rose"] (3) 200 896 SDC A/B TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: mostly from Colonial period including on covers and cards and also some on Kangaroos & KGV Heads, noted 'Travelling Post' crowned seal on Laureate 4d, 'DOWN TRAIN/MG2/JL5/80' octagonal on postal card, 'UP TRAIN/MG3' on 1890's "Bendigo Mail" wrappers, 'UP TRAIN/MG6' on 1892 cover from NSW, 'ENGLISH MAIL TPO/IN' on 1906 cover from Egypt, rare 'POSTED MELBOURNE/DOWN EXPRESS' 1908 on 1d pink pair and 'RMSS/ T /HOBSONS BAY - VICTORIA' 1884 duplex cancel on QVic 2/- blue, condition variable but overall fine. A good basis for expansion. (22 entires plus 100s of stamps) 800 WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History 912 C Handy batch of covers & PPCs with a few 1890s items including to Denmark (faults) & Sweden (with manuscript "Retur"), 1905 registered to GB, etc, PPCs include three 1902 usages, one cover & one PPC each with scarce franking of 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow, condition variable. (27) 300T

Lot 913 913 CB 1872 (Sep 13) cover to Oxfordshire with scarce franking of Crown/CC Perf 12½ 6d indigo-violet SG 58 vertical pair (Cat £70+ x10+) tied by 15-bars '1' cancel of Perth (b/s), 'TETSWORTH/NO5/72' arrival b/s. Not in the Pope & Reynolds Census. 500T Page:67 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 914 C B 1874 (July 16) small cover to Oxfordshire with Crown/CC Perf 12½ 6d lilac SG 59 tied by 15-bars '1' of 'PERTH' (cds alongside), 'TETSWORTH/SP7/74' transit & 'CHINNOR' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. Not in the Pope & Reynolds Census. 250T 915 C B 1894 local cover with scarce franking of Long Type Postal Fiscals 2d SG F12 tied by Perth duplex, minor blemishes, Cat £80 x10+. 250T 916 CL C 1897 overweight cover to "Black Flag South Gold Mine/Black Flag" with very scarce franking of 3d & 1/- tied by oval 'REGISTERED LETTER BRANCH/25JUN1897/POST OFFICE, ALBANY, WA' d/s (PMI #ORS2b) in violet, Kalgoorlie b/s but sadly with no Black Flag arrival, slightly truncated at left & a bit crumpled possibly from storage in a miner's vest pocket. 300 917 C A- 1900 Norddeutscher Lloyd PPC of "Königen Luise" with German 10pf tied by poor Seepost cds, to York with superb 'TRAVELLING POST OFFICE/ 1 /JA28/--/GSR WA' cds (no year slug) & light 'YORK' arrival duplex in purple. 100 918 CL B/C 1906-12 OHMS covers with punctured 'OS' 1d x2 (one underpaid to USA & taxed, the other to Switzerland with Swiss Postage Due 10c), 2d or 4d (locally registered but unclaimed), & 1907 with 'Fremantle Harbour Board' imprint to Melbourne with 1d x4 (no perfins), condition variable. (5) 300T

Ex Lot 919 919 CA 1909 cover to Austria with ½d & 1d pair tied by 'DONNYBROOK' cds, Wien arrival b/s. Nothing special but included is the enclosed 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA/MONEY ORDER' for £1/3/- that was never cashed! (2) 400T 920 CD B FRANK HANDSTAMPS - PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/...' in blue very fine strike on 1898 envelope but overstruck on 'STORES MANAGER'S BRANCH PWD/...' h/s & both overstruck with Perth duplex; superb strike on similar 1900 envelope; and the rare 'PUBLIC WOBKS...' Error largely very fine strike on small piece. (3) 250 921 CL B - 'RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Type 1 (6mm between 'R' of 'RAILWAY' & 'W' of 'WESTERN') superb strike in rosine partly obscured by equally superb 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/AU20/98' duplex on envelope to Sydney, minor blemishes. 250 922 CL B - 'RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Type 3 (9mm between 'R' of 'RAILWAY' & 'W' of 'WESTERN'; and 'FRANK/STAMP' = 2mm High) very fine strike in purple on 1898 envelope to Fremantle, some toning. 100

Lot 923 923 CA - 'RAILWAY DEPARTMENT' Type 3 (9mm between 'R' of 'RAILWAY' & 'W' of 'WESTERN'; and 'FRANK/STAMP' = 2mm High) largely very fine strike in violet on an unusual Railways Department "penalty" envelope, local usage at Kalgoorlie in 1898. Nice item. 400 Page:68 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 924 924 CA - a very similar "penalty" envelope but with 'Her' over-stamped 'HIS' in Red, local usage at Kalgoorlie in 1901. 400 925 CL B - 'WORKS & RAILWAYS' superb large-part strike barely obscured by 'PERTH/MY21/1895/WESTERN AUSTRALIA - GPO' duplex, on envelope to Sydney (b/s), some faint toning. The latest recorded usage. [In 1895, this entity was split into the Public Works Department and the Railways Department] 250

Ex Lot 926 926 C/CL POSTAL FISCAL FRANKINGS: 1890s commercial covers 1) local usage with 1d; 2) to Queensland with 1d pair; 3) linen-lined to London with 3d & 6d plus Postage 2½d & 3d pair, defective; and 4) to Melbourne endorsed "Key enclosed" with 1/- tied by 'LOOSE SHIP LETTER' h/s of Adelaide (b/s), vertical fold at left. (4) 500T WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery

Ex Lot 932 932 PS Companion used group of mostly Postal Cards including 1899 1d to GB with '("1")/MORE TO PAY' h/s, ½d uprated to Croatia, 1d local usage with large framed 'LCR/PERTH - WA' duplex, 1½d on 3d x6, 1d on Surfaced Stock local usage & uprated to Germany, 1½d on 2d commercial usage to Adelaide, 'ONE PENNY' on 2d uprated with 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow to Germany, etc, also 2d Letter Card uprated to Switzerland (philatelic) & 2d Envelope uprated to Canada, condition variable but generally fine. (26) 500T Page:69 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 947 947 CPS A/A- 1948 Costumes selection of mostly commercial covers either wholly or predominantly franked with this series, diverse range of destinations including Australia, Canada, France, Liechtenstein, Romania and Switzerland, noted two to Pusan (Korea), 1956 express airmail to Holland, 1957 censored airmail to Argentina with 2s x4, various to USA including 1950 censored airmail with 10s top value, 1951 large cover with 10c Postage Due for Customs Clearance and 1952 uprated illustrated postal card, also airmail stationery with added frankings, special cross-border rates, pictorial postmarks, useful basis for expansion. (90) 600 BRITISH LEVANT 955 *OC Small mostly mint collection with a few 'C'-in-Bars on GB values, Surcharges on QV to 12pi on 2/6d used including 80pa on 5d with Small '0' SG 5a, KEVII 1911-13 to 24pi on 5/-, 1921 Seahorses, etc, & a few Control Blocks of 6; also a packet of covers including 1894 to GB with Small 'C'-in-Bars cancel & 'BRITISH POST OFFICE/CONSTANTINOPLE' cds in red, 1891 1d Postal Card to GB with hooded 'BEYROUTH/BRITISH POST OFFICE' d/s, 1894 wrapper from Smyrna to Germany with ½d orange, a few PPCs, etc, (200 + 18 covers) 500 BRITISH WEST INDIES 958 CPS BAHAMAS: Bundle of covers including 1878 to GB with 6d pair tied by 'AO5' cancels (badly stained), 1908 registered to USA with Staircase 5d x4, etc, handy Postal Stationery with Postal Cards including QEII 3d 4d & 5c all very fine unused, etc, condition variable; also three stamp forgeries. (33 + 3 stamps) 75 960 PS A/B BARBADOS: Postal Stationery group including Envelopes QV "Penny Pink" & '½d.' Handstamp on "Penny Pink" complete packs with Post Office bands inscribed 'TWENTY-FOUR/POSTAGE ENVELOPES/...', '½d.' on 1d locally used, and a good all-different range of mostly oversize unused QV Registration Envelopes including Size K x2 & Size F fine used to GB in 1887 with black/white registration label, some minor spotting/soiling. A good lot. (18 + two packs) 300 Page:70 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CEYLON 966 C 1834 clean entire with almost fine '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST FREE' d/s, 1888-90 three stampless entires to the Government Agent at Jaffna, 1889 document with large 'KHACHACHERI/JAFFNA' cds, 1968 commem cover, and embossed 'CEYLON/STAMP [crown] DUTY/ONE THOUSAND/RUPEES' in orange strip of 3. (7) 200T

Lot 968 968 CC 1832 large-part OHMS entire endorsed "Ratnapoora Catchery June Sixteen 1832" & signed at lower-left, to Kandy with largely very fine strikes of the previously unrecorded 'RATNAPOORA' & 'FREE' handstamps, overall damp-spotting that is not unattractive. An exciting new discovery of a significant rarity. Ted Proud states Ratnapura opened only in 1861, while Geoff Oxley's ERD for any Ratnapura marking is 1858. Here is proof that there was a post office at Ratnapura as early as 1832. [The strikes are superior to those on a similar outer of three months later that sold at the Prestige auction of 6.3.2015 for $1228] 1,000T ETHIOPIA 983 C/CO POSTAL HISTORY: 1931 four apparently commercial covers to Dire-Daoua all with current adhesives (three roughly opened), also flight covers from Djibouti 1930 with '2.SERVICE AVION/Djibouti-Addis' h/s x2 (both roughly opened, one possibly commercial) & 1931 with similar h/s for the Fifth Flight & registered, 1942 Au Service du Maréchal registered cover with Somali '10F' on 5fr, & a few others. Scarce material. (13 items) 300 GERMANY - THIRD REICH - Postal History We are pleased to present the 30+ volume Third Reich collection formed by GS Levick from Queensland. This collection is of "German standard" throughout and for it to appear at auction in Australia will surprise many. The used stamps almost exclusively have dated circular cancels and the mint stamps are almost exclusively "postfrisch". Key items have been certified by German expertisers. There is great historical and thematic interest throughout, capped off by an extensive range of postal stationery, covers and highly artistic propaganda postcards. While the subject matter may offend some, we believe it is an important element of the historical record. Nazi Germany was a mass of contradictions: on the one hand, spectacular industrial achievement and Teutonic pride; on the other, the tragic excesses of Hitler's megalomania and the appalling "Final Solution".

Ex Lot 1041 1041 CPS A/A- Third Reich mostly commercial mail including numerous single and multiple frankings, airmails, registered, COD and express usages, some uprated postal stationery, noted 1933 Hindenburg 10pf single and 1934 Nothilfe 5+2pf pair on separate special-rate postcards to Czechoslovakia, 1930s airmails to South America including 1938 Zeppelin 50pf x3, Hitler definitives to 2 Mark on parcel cards and the 5 Mark on insured letter, 1940 Winterhilfswerk 25pf x2 on censored airmail cover to Holland, 1940 Reichspost 15pf single on postcard to USA, 1940 newspaper stamps on wrapper to Belgium, 1943 Armed Forces 20+14pf block of 4 on express cover to Serbia, 1945 Volksturm 12+8pf x2 on second weight-step domestic letter, some mixed condition but overall very fine, Michel Briefe Cat €4500+ just for the better correct-rate items seen. (210+) 1,200 Page:71 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1042 1042 C A- 1933 Charity Anniversary Nothilfe '1923-1933' overprints strip of four from minisheet Mi #508-511 on cover tied 'FREIBURG/31.3.34/(BREISGAU)1' d/s with 'KARLSRUHE/31.3.34/(BADEN)TA' arrival b/s paying 24pf second weight-step domestic letter rate plus 30pf registration fee and 40pf express fee (1pf overpaid), also Souvenir Sheet Mi Block 2 in reduced size affixed on back of a further registered express cover tied 'HAMBURG 8/29.12.33/r' d/s, both with minor faults not affecting stamps, Cat €4000 for used stamps alone. (2) 1,200

Ex Lot 1043 1043 C A- - Nothilfe '1923-1933' overprints the four values on three separate cover fronts in mixed franking with Nothilfe Charity Professions issues all tied 'KARLSRUHE/31.12.34/(BADEN)1d' d/s comprising 10+30pf red and 50+150pf brown with 20+10pf Research and Hindenburg 1pf black x2 paying 12pf domestic letter rate plus 30pf registration fee and 40pf express fee, 20+60pf blue with 4+2pf Blacksmith paying 24pf second weight-step domestic letter rate and 5+15pf green with 3+2pf Salesman and 5+2pf Bricklayer slightly over-paying 12pf domestic letter rate, Cat €2000 for used stamps alone. Schlegel photo certificate (2010) for all three stating stamps, overprints and cancels all genuine. (3) 600 Page:72 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1044 1044 C A/A- - Nothilfe '1923-1933' overprint 10pf+30pf red Mi #509 on cover tied 'STUTTGART 10/5/OKT/34' datestamp slightly over-paying 8pf local letter rate with tiny aging mark clear of stamp, also 20pf+60pf blue Mi #510 on cover tied 'BERLIN W/5/15.5.34/8' datestamps over-paying 12pf domestic letter rate, Cat €4000 for single frankings. (2) 500 1045 C A - Nothilfe '1923-1933' overprint 50pf+150pf brown Mi #511 alongside Hindenburg 5pf green tied 'BERLIN W/28.6.34/62' datestamps on cover sent registered to France paying 25pf foreign letter rate plus 30pf registration fee with Paris arrival b/s, Cat €800. 250

Lot 1046 1046 CA 1933 Zeppelin 'Chicagofahrt' overprints set 1mk red, 2mk blue and 4mk brown Mi #496-498 tied to Chicago-South America flight cover by 'FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/14.10.33/(Bodensee)' datestamps sent registered with R label and red triangular cachet alongside, Cat €1550. Very attractive. 500 Page:73 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1047 1047 CA 1933-38 Zeppelin & Catapult covers group comprising 1933 South America Flight with Zeppelin 4Mk brown 'Chicagofahrt' overprint tied 'FRIEDRICHSHAFEN/14.10.33/(Bodensee)' d/s and red triangular cachet alongside, 1934 Hindenburg 6pf green Zeppelin illustrated postal card with 'LUFTSCHIFF/14.9.34/GRAF ZEPPELIN' d/s applied on board the airship, two 1935 catapult covers to USA with frankings including Ostropa singles and blue 'DEUTSCHER SCHLEUDERFLUG/D."BREMEN"-NEW YORK' cachets, 1936 Nothilfe Charity Costumes complete set tied Friedrichshafen d/s on cover and postal card with 'Mit/Luftschiff LZ129/befördert' small oval cachets in red, and 1938 Sudetenland 6+4pf and 12+8pf pair tied 'Flug- und Luftschiffhafen/-1.12.38/ FRANKFURT/ (MAIN)/RHEIN-MAIN' d/s (day before official issue; FDC Cat €1000) on postal card with 'LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN/fahrt in das befreite Sudetenland' cachet, fine condition. (7) 600

Ex Lot 1048 1048 C A/A- 1934-37 covers accumulation of mostly commercial mail including single and multiple frankings, airmails, registered, express, COD, taxed, advertising, cinderellas, 'BAHNPOST' cancels and other postmark interest, noted 1934 to Russia with 25pf Hindenburg Memorial, 1936 Relief Costumes 30pf and 40pf on 'Durch Eilboten' cover, 1936 airmail to Brazil with Zeppelin 75pf pair, plenty of pickings. (around 400) 500 Page:74 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1049 1049 C A- 1935 Ostropa Souvenir Sheet Mi #576-579 (Block 3) on registered cover to Saar with Schütz 6pf green and Hindenburg 1pf black x2 all tied 'KONIGSBERG(PR)/OSTROPA/2.7.35/INT.POSTWERKZ.AUSTELLUNG/VON 23.JUNI-3.JULI 1935' commemorative pictorial postmark showing Knight with Shield and red 'Ostropa-Austellung' registration label alongside paying second weight-step 24pf domestic letter rate plus 30pf registration fee, also 6pf/25pf se-tenant pair on registered cover, 3pf single franking on printed matter postcard and on a domestic letter with Hindenburg values added each with part sheet margins attached and paying correct rates, Cat €1800. [All show some degree of the discolouration that prompted the Post Office to advise collectors at the time to remove the gum due to its high acidic levels] (4) 400

Ex Lot 1050 1050 CA 1945 Party Organisations 12+38pf SA rose and 12+38pf SS red Mi #909-910 each tied to separate plain covers by 'BERLIN/25.4.45/Wilmersdorf 1' datestamps over-paying 8pf local letter rate, Cat €3000 on cover. These last stamps of the Third Reich were issued on 21.4.45 and actual postal use was possible even though Berlin was already under Soviet artillery bombardment. However these items are now considered to have been created by back-dating cancellers in the immediate post-war period. (2) 400 Page:75 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A GERMANY - THIRD REICH - PICTURE POSTCARDS The following 14 lots present an insight into the events of 1927-39 within both Germany and Europe, which in turn escalated into World War II and the unspeakable horror of the Holocaust. The first two lots of predominantly photographic cards are a historical documentary of the period; the following dozen lots of Propaganda cards provide the socio-political commentary. Real-photo cards show the astounding scale of the Nuremburg Rallies at a time when the world was still in the grips of the Depression, and the vast crowds are quite overwhelming. The juxtapositions - of a youthful, energetic Hitler maneuvering against an aging, infirm Hindenburg; of the festive banners, eagles and tailored uniforms against the brutality to follow - are stark. It is no accident that red is the predominant colour of the Propaganda cards, as it was for Lenin’s Soviet and Mao’s Cultural Revolution. On the one hand, the power of the images sounds its own warning; on the other, our awareness of the artistic talent being subverted should not prevent us from appreciating it.

Ex Lot 1065 1065 C A/A- Hindenburg & Hitler collection illustrating the rise of the Nazi Party from 1927 to 1934 culminating in the elevation of Hitler to both Reichskanzler and Reichspräsident with some stamps (Cat €150), stationery and ephemeral items such as election ballot papers but mostly real photo postcards of people, places and events including 1932 March with 'Wahlt [vote] Hitler' graffiti, 1932 Braunes Haus NSDAP Headquarters postcard with 'Hakenkreuz von der Reichspost verboten' [Swastika prohibited by Post Office] cachet sent through the mails, 1933 Burning of the Reichstag Building, 'Day of Potsdam' and opening of the new Reichstag with numerous cards showing dignitaries and parades, Hindenburg's death in 1934, then a study of Hitler portraits and his house in the Bavarian Alps ending in ruins after the war, fine condition with quite a few postally used. (200+) 500

Ex Lot 1066 1066 C A/A- Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rallies collection documenting the six events held from 1933 to 1938 including many real photo cards with images ranging from assemblies, marches and speeches through to participants travelling to Nuremberg, their encampments, mess halls and ablutions as well as views of the city, the specially-constructed buildings & grounds and military exercises conducted, a good number postally used many with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels and messages from those attending, noted 1933 card with 'RDPSH' label tied alongside 6pf Hindenburg, 1937 card with 'MARSCHPOST' oval d/s and some official commemorative postal cards, also a few actual photographs and entry tickets including one to the 1939 event which was cancelled due to Germany's attack on Poland the day before was scheduled to commence, a few with minor faults but condition generally fine. (160+) 1,000 Page:76 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1067 1067 C A/A- PROPAGANDA ISSUES: general types as well as issues for particular events and topics such as the Horst Wessel Song, 1935 Saar Plebiscite, Hitler Youth, Erntedanktag Thanksgiving, Nuremberg Reichsparteitage, Hitler's Birthdays, 1936 Olympics and 1938 Austrian Anschluss, numerous multi-coloured artist cards noted Leipzig Gautag, Frankfurt Reichstagung and SS Soldier 'Meine Ehre heisst Treue' (creased), quite a few with commemorative cancels and a number postally used including 1935 Beer Hall Putsch memorial card with 'TRUPPENUBUNGSPLATZ HEUBERG' d/s, almost all different, a few with minor faults but overall fine condition. (140) 1,500

Ex Lot 1068 1068 C A/A- - 1923 Beer Hall Putsch group of mostly multi-coloured cards issued in the 1930s commemorating the failed coup attempt in Munich comprising six published by Verlag Photo-Hoffmann, Munich with four showing guards at the memorial for the fallen Nazi marchers, one with a list of their names and one with Hitler leading the march, then Gustav Goetschel painting of wounded Nazi published by Hunsinger, Nuremberg and Richard Wagner painting of memorial published by Lengauer, Munich, also two black & white cards one with photos of the deceased published by Bayerl the other with the list of names mounted on the memorial (no publisher indicated), a couple with minor marks but condition overall fine with five unused, three with stamps tied by commemorative cancels and two actually sent through the mail. (10) 1,000 Page:77 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1069 1069 C A/A- - 1929-1938 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rallies group including various NSDAP Festpostkarte types, Old Town views and a number of multi-coloured artist cards, noted 1929 Swastika Flag over Castle inscribed 'Offizielle Parteitags-Postkarte Nr.2' sent with Ebert 8pf green tied Nürnberg '3.8.29' cancel (minor toning), 1934 Rachs SA Flagbearer, 1935 Hoffmann SA Trumpeter and Eagle & Flags over Castle and Rachs Eagle & Flagbearers postally used with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels, 1936 Hoffmann Drum over Castle, SA Pioneer with Spade and Eagle with 'Deutschland Erwache' Banner unused, all different with condition generally fine. (27) 800

Ex Lot 1073 1073 C A/A- Propaganda Postcards 1935 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rally group comprising three Hoffmann multi-coloured artist cards showing SA Trumpeter, Eagle & Swastika over Castle and SA Man Saluting (last with adhesion on back), mono-colour March of the Saxon Political Leaders to Nuremberg captioned 'Freiheit' by Seidel, Dresden unused, two stylised Rachs cards including Eagle captioned 'Deutsche Einheit, Deutsche Macht', Hitler portrait by Gärtner, two Nuremberg paintings by Serz and a range of town views by various publishers, ten sent with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels, condition generally fine except as noted. (16) 400 Page:78 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1074 1074 C A/A- PROPAGANDA ISSUES: 1936 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rally group comprising Saxon Marching Party card showing route to Nuremberg, NSDAP Eagle on Column card and real-photo card of marchers (light bends) all three sent with 'MARSCHPOST/GAU SACHSEN' oval d/s, Hitler Saluting from Car by Intra-Verlag, NSDAP 'Gauleitung Thüringen' Standard (minor marks) and Knights at Eagle Column 'Festpostkarte' cards, Hitler-Youth March card, two Nuremberg views and a painting all but two used with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels, condition generally fine except as noted. (10) 400

Ex Lot 1075 1075 C A/A- - 1936 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rally group of Hoffmann multi-coloured artist cards comprising Youth waving Flag, SA Standard-Bearer, SS Drummers below Castle, Golden Eagle & Drums above Nuremberg, Eagle & 'Deutschland Erwache' banner, Knight with Swastika Flag, Hitler with Golden Eagle, and Pioneer with Spade, all postally used with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels except the first CTO only and the last sent with 'MARSCHPOST/GAU SACHSEN' oval d/s, a couple with minor blemishes on address side only but overall fine condition. (8) 1,000 Page:79 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1076 1076 CPS A/A- PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS: 1937 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rally group comprising unused fold-out double card drawing of the buildings and grounds designed by Albert Speer including the Deutsches Stadion planned to accommodate 310,000 viewers, an Old Town painting and two NSDAP 'Festpostkarte' types showing Eagle Statue held aloft and Eagle & Flags all postally used with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels, three Hoffmann cards showing Eagle over Castle, SA Flagbearer and Eagle over Flags & Castle, also Hitler 6pf official Reichsparteitag views postal cards set (8) with commemorative cancels, condition generally fine. (15) 400

Ex Lot 1077 1077 C A/A- - 1937 Nuremberg Reichsparteitag Rally group of Hoffmann multi-coloured artist cards comprising Soldiers with Battle Flags, Stadium at Night, SA Drummer, SA Youth with Flame and SS Soldiers with 'Deutschland Erwache' banners all unused, then Girl with Eagle, SA Flagbearer, Eagle over Castle, SA Pioneer with Spade, Eagle over Stadium and SA Standard Bearer all with commemorative cancels including two postally used, a couple with minor marks but overall fine condition. (11) 1,000 Page:80 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1079 1079 C A/A- - 1938 Nuremberg 'Reichsparteitag' Rally group comprising two NSDAP 'Festpostkarten' showing Eagle on Column over Map and Freed Men with Flag Medallion, also Stylised Eagle & Map of 'Grossdeutschland', Religious Etching returned to Nuremberg, six City views including Aeroplane Fly-By real photo, then five Hoffmann artist cards showing Golden Eagle, Crowd Saluting, Nuremberg Grounds, Heraldic City Emblems and Youth Drumming, eleven including all of the last group postally used with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels, a couple with minor marks but overall fine condition. (15) 800

Ex Lot 1080 1080 C A/A- - 1938 Nuremberg 'Reichsparteitag' Rally group of Hoffmannartist cards comprising Farmer carrying Flag, Eagle on Column, SS Soldiers with Flags, Eagle over City, SA Troopers marching, Eagle over Stadium, NSDAP Organisations Emblems, Golden Eagle, Crowd Saluting, Nuremberg Grounds, Heraldic City Emblems, Youth Drumming and Freed Men with Flag, all multi-coloured except the last black & white, nine postally used with 'Reichsparteitag' cancels, a couple with tiny blemishes but overall very fine condition. (13) 1,500 Page:81 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1081 1081 C A/A- - 1939 Nuremberg 'Reichsparteitag' Rally group of un-issued Hoffmann multi-coloured artist cards comprising Castle with Map of 'Grossdeutschland', Map with City Standards, Golden Eagle & Castle, Nuremberg Grounds, Youth with Flag, and Eagle with SA Trooper & SS Soldier, a couple with wallpaper backing starting to separate but overall good condition. The 'Reichsparteitag of Peace' was scheduled for 01.09.39 but was cancelled at short notice due to Germany's attack on Poland the same day; these un-issued printer's samples were later found in complete sheets backed with scenic wallpaper rather than an address & message panel. (6) 400 GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History 1112 C Royal Navy group comprising 1864 cover from Uruguay endorsed "From Wm Wiggett HMS Bombay SAmerica" which looks as if it was rescued from the fire that destroyed the ship!; 1866 large-part officer's front endorsed "Via Panama" with 1d & 6d and docketed "written at Vancouver/Febry 1866"; 1898 defective cover endorsed "From AE Ballard ERA HMS Surprise" with Malta ½d green pair; 1895 German 5pf Postal Card to an English sailor from HMS "Endymion" at Kiel, redirected to HMS "Tamar" in England with 'KIEL-MARINE-AKADEMIE/KANAL/[?]' cds, small tear; and 1907 internal PPC to "19 Mess/HMS New Zealand" with 'FORTUNESWELL/PORTSMOUTH' arrival cds. On Gerald Ellott's display pages. (5 items) 300

Ex Lot 1113 1113 CD Mail to Tasmania including 1850 small-part & 1857 banner from London Illustrated News both with 1d, 1856 with Embossed 6d pair (cut-square, the right-hand unit just touched at the base), 1862 with 1/- SG 72, 1869 entire with 10d (marginal with part 'TAGE' inscription), 1872 two Prices Current with 1d, etc, condition variable. Ex Koichi Sato. (12) 1,000T Page:82 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1114 1114 C A- 1907 (Oct) "Daily Graphic" Expedition PPC of a Balloon over a Riverine Landscape, to London with Swedish 1o only tied by 'MELLERUD/12/12/1907' cds & with 'T'-in-octagon h/s, London arrival cds of DE16/07 & superb '2D/FB' h/s. 500 Page:83 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1115 1115 CB 1912 complete 'MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO/...CHELMSFORD' parcel label (150x95mm) with private 'PARCEL POST.' & '11APR1912' handstamps both in violet, KEVII 6d purple tied by heavy 'CHELMSFORD'-in-Bars cancel & with part large-boxed 'PARCEL [Coat of Arms] CHELMSFORD/...' datestamp at left confirming the postage of "6", addressed to "Marconi Operator/RMS Titanic/co The White Star Line/Southampton", affixed to a slightly larger piece from the packet, minor creasing & blemishes. A marvellous piece of "Titanic" memorabilia that missed the sailing of the ship at noon on 10th April.

Considering the source, addressee & low postage rate, it seems certain that the packet contained telegram forms. The packet was actually handed to the first officer of "Titanic's" sister-ship, the "Olympic", with the intention of it being delivered to the "Titanic" in New York. However, as is well known, on the night of 14-15.4.1912, the "Titanic" - on her maiden voyage - collided with an iceberg & sank, with the loss of some 1500 lives.

In "Maritime Disaster Mail", Norman Hoggarth and Robin Gwynn state "...The only surviving items with postal associations are in the class of fascinating ephemera...several postmarked facing slips used by OS Woody, one of three American postal clerks on the Royal Mail ship...There are [two recorded] surviving articles posted on "Titanic" & taken off the ship [at Southampton] before the trans-Atlantic portion of its journey. And there exist a letter & a postcard written but not posted on board by two survivors..." About a dozen of the postal slips - post office stationery, not postal stationery - are known, of which several are institutionalised. John Woolfe's example sold at auction in 2006 for £6240. Another example - minor stains - sold at auction in 2002 for £11,763. In our opinion, this parcel label is the most evocative and most important postal item associated with this most famous of maritime disasters.

This extraordinary item survived only because it arrived after the departure of the ill-fated "Titanic". This is the first time that it has appeared in the philatelic market, having recently been "discovered" in a provincial general auction in England. It is believed to have been held since 1912 by the family to whom it was given by the First Officer of the "Olympic", and is offered with a piece of unused notepaper headed with embossed 'On board RMS Oceanic', plus two small original photographs, one captioned "Wireless/Apparatus" & the other "Alec Bagot/Marconi Operator/on RMS Olympic". 20,000 Page:84 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1116 1116 C/? A/B - three PPCs of the "Titanic" 1) unused with pencilled notes re the disaster; 2) used with 'BINGHAMTON NY/MAY2/1912' cancel, light crease; & 3) used with 'LYNN MASS/MAY4/1912' cancel & signed "Ella"; also PPCs of the sister-ship "Majestic" 1) by Irving Underhill (NY), unused; & 2) White Star Line advertising card used in 1927, bumped corners; plus small straining spoon with enamelled White Star emblem & 'RMS MAJESTIC'. [We are mindful of the fact that many "Titanic" cards are actually of her sister-ship "Olympic" with "Titanic" captions. It seems highly unlikely that two contemporary American cards could actually be of the doomed ship]

The card signed "Ella" is believed to be from Ella Bertha Holmes White, a Boston socialite & First Class passenger aboard the "Titanic", who survived the disaster. At the official inquiry she gave scathing testimony about the crew of her lifeboat, labelling them "inept & rude". Of the collision with the iceberg, she characterised the incident as "going over about a thousand marbles". This may be the postcard recorded by Hoggarth & Gwynn: see previous lot. (6 items) 500 1117 C A 1933 flight cover to India with four fine to superb strikes - two on the back - of 'MONETARY & ECONOMIC CONFERENCE/29JU/33/LONDON' cds & Conference registration label. 150T

Lot 1118 1118 PS B POSTAL CARDS: 1870 Smaller Size ½d lilac with 'GOTH' woodcut illustration of a Bacchanale dated 'March 8 1871' in black on the reverse, minor blemishes, unused. Ex Keith Harrison. [In about 1868, Ernest Claude Lee & a small circle of friends founded a society called "Picts & Goths". Their promotional postcards are among the very earliest pictorial types from Great Britain. A related "PICTS" card sold at our auction of 14.12.2015 for $529] 300T

Ex Lot 1119 1119 PS A-/B - 1878 1½d with (1891) 'ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION/TOP OF EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE' & illustration of the Lighthouse in Blue on the reverse, two examples with Exhibition pictorial datestamp in violet (a light but clear strike) or blue (superb strike); another with 'GARDENING AND FORESTRY EXHIBITION 1893' & illustration of the Lighthouse in Blue on the reverse, very fine Exhibition pictorial datestamp of OCT14/1893 in violet (Cat £400) and very fine 'CHISWICK' arrival datestamp; minor blemishes. Ex Keith Harrison. (3) 300T Page:85 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 1120 C POSTMARKS: Three volumes of PPCs all selected for the postmarks with two volumes of mostly duplex cancellations & one volume of squared-circle datestamps plus a selection of Mobile Boite dock-side usages, numerous very fine to superb strikes, many cards are used from the towns depicted, many better cards with some Undivided Backs including one with photo affixed to the view-side, many towns & villages, smaller churches, Cornwall & Wales, etc, advertising cards for P&O x2, "The Great Anglican Gathering" & Booth Line of Royal Mail Steamers, a few humour including a marvellous Cycling Accident by "Cynicus" & one with a circular message, condition variable. An excellent lot especially for the possibility of finding Earliest Recorded Usages. (100s) 500 INDIA

Lot 1122 1122 CB 1840 (Jan 2) entire headed "Ship Mount Stuart Elphinstone" & signed "Sam Thomas" to New South Wales "pr Indus" with boxed 'CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/10FEB10/1840' datestamp in red on back, rated "1/7" in black to collect for 1/- packet rate, 3d coastal ship letter rate plus 4d inland rate, carried via Port Phillip with first type 'MELBOURNE/JE30/1840/NEW.S.WALES' d/s transit on face and 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/JY12/1840/SYDNEY' arrival b/s (White # S5), minor defects. A scarce origin/destination item in this period, made more interesting for the Port Phillip transit. [The "Mount Stuart Elphinstone" made several voyages from England transporting some 1,700 convicts to NSW and Tasmania. The writer states "I have taken the berth of Surgeon on board an Indiaman and am writing this in the Bay of Bengal ..."] 600

Lot 1123 1123 CA 1848 cover to "Mr J Walch/Care of Major Walch/Wellington Bridge/Hobart Town/Van Diemen's Land" endorsed "Via Singapore/..." with very fine boxed 'POONA/1848JULY30/Paid ("2A")' d/s in red, very fine boxed 'SINGAPORE/SHIP LETTER/184("8 Sep 5th/Bearing' (Proud #SL1; rated 3000 points) & almost superb 'GPO/[crown]/NO*28/1848/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA' transit b/s & small '19DE19/1848' arrival b/s of Hobart. An outstanding origin/destination item in this period, especially for the scenic route via Singapore & Adelaide.

Major James William Henry Walch migrated from England in 1842 with his family including a son Charles Edward Walch with whom he formed the prominent Hobart firm of J Walch & Son, well known for their involvement in Tasmanian stamp & postal stationery production. Wellington Bridge was built in 1841 but now lies beneath the Elizabeth Street Mall, where it can still be seen through a viewing portal. 1,500 Page:86 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A MALAYAN REGION

Lot 1131 1131 PS A STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: 1915 (Mar 24) usage of 3c Postal Card with mss cancellation only, to Switzerland with 'LUZERN/27.1V.15/ BRIEFTRAGER' cds where redirected to Germany. From a German POW at Singapore who states, in English, "...I was indeed jolly pleased that Erwin has got the Iron Cross...he must have done some excellent work...for our Fatherland...all we prisoners will be transferred to Australia at the beginning of next week from reasons I cannot tell you...". Ex Neil Russell. [The censor was clearly asleep at his post!] 500T MIDDLE EAST See also Israel.

Ex Lot 1136 1136 C/CL IRAQ: Mostly commercial covers with various Iraq Overprint frankings including 'ON STATE SERVICE' overprints, noted a couple of OAS covers including with 'IEF' Overprints on India & 'PASSED/ D /CENSOR' cachet, 1919 American Consular Service registered to USA with 12a on 5pi, eight other registered covers including one endorsed "Air Post/Baghdad-Cairo" with 16a franking, two other airmails at 9a rate, etc, condition variable. (17) 500

Lot 1137 1137 PS B - 1921 usage of '1 An' on 20pa Envelope to Spain (!) with Overprints '½An' on 10pa x2 & '1An' on 20pa tied by Indian 'FPO/No 140/22OCT21' cds used ar Ur Junction, minor blemishes. An attractive usage of a scarce item to a most unusual destination. 300 Page:87 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A MOROCCO AGENCIES

Ex Lot 1142 1142 *OC Mostly mint collection with Overprints on Gibraltar group including 1899 set with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint (all stuck to page) + 20c with Broad Top to 'M' SG 11 in pair & KEVII 2pi SG 23 used, Overprints on GB KGVI to 2/6d, Srahorses 2/6d x6 including a corner pair & 5/-, 1935-37 set & KGVI issues complete, Spanish Currency with KEVII to 6pta on 5/-KGV to 6pta on 5/- & Silver Wedding etc; French Currency selection; & Tangier apparently complete, generally fine; also a few covers. (400+) 500 NAURU We are pleased to present the collection formed by the late Dennis Leonard from Sydney.

Ex Lot 1149 1149 C A/A- 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain KGV Heads philatelic registered covers with Low Overprints to Australia (10 values, front only), GB (10 values), USA (½d, 1d x4 & 2½d) or Switzerland x2 (with ½d 1d & 2½d pairs; or ½d 1d 2d & 2½d), two with manuscript "Registered/Nauru..." in red, the others with boxed cachet (very fine early impression on the first item); also Central Overprints 1½d pair on philatelic cover to Canada. (6 covers) 500 1180 C B POSTAL HISTORY: c.1936 apparently commercial cover to a Frenchman (?) on Nauru, from Spain during the Spanish Civil War (!) with plain censor tape tied by large 'REPUBLICA ESPANOLA/CENSURA' cachet in green, horizontal fold at base. 200T NEW GUINEA - 'G.R.I.' Overprints - Postal History

Ex Lot 1223 1223 CPS Philatelic covers with frankings of 5mm Spacing 2d on 10pf & 2d on 20pf, 6mm Spacing 2d on 10pf, or Marshall Islands 1d on 5pf uncancelled block of 4 (soiled), 2d on 10pf x2 & 2d on 20pf with 'CENSORED' h/s (toning), another with German New Guinea 5pf 10pf and 50pf with four strikes of the defaced 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKSGERICHT/[Eagle]/FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' cancel; also Postal Cards New Guinea 1d CTO & 2d unused and Marshalls 1d unused. (11) 850T Page:88 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1224 1224 CB 1914 (late) philatelic cover with German New Guinea 5pf x16 tied by nine good to very fine strikes of the defaced 'KAISERLICHES BEZIRKSGERICHT/[Eagle]/FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' court seal & another clear strike on the reverse, central horizontal fold clear of the stamps. 1,000T

Lot 1225 1225 CA - local philatelic cover with 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf, '2d.' on 10pf & '2d.' on 20pf SG 2-4 all tied by the makeshift '-*RABAUL*-/*Oct 171 1014*' datestamp in violet being the First Day of Issue of the stamps, subsequently with 'GRI/3d' on 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33 - issued January 1915 - added & just tied by the scarce straight-line 'Rabaul' h/s in violet. German Philatelic Society (USA) Certificate (1975).

Although this is a doubly contrived cover, it does have redeeming features. 1) First Day Covers are scarce; and 2) because the surcharged registration labels were not issued until Jan 1915, it is a very late usage of #P51 which Powell notes was used only in Dec 1914, although Loughran's LRD is 15.1.1915. [Superior quality to "Ello's" similar cover - without SG 6, & with a horizontal fold - sold at the Prestige auction of 14.5.2009 for $747] 750T Page:89 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1226 1226 CB 1915 apparently commercial cover to Sydney with '1d.' on 3pf additionally overprinted 'O.S.' SG O1 (concealed fault) tied by light but obvious strike of the scarce boxed 'RABAUL/6APR1915' partially-defaced datestamp in blue (Powell #54), superb 'PASSED-BY-CENSOR' h/s in violet, Sydney arrival b/s of AP17-1915, hinge remainders on the face. A very scarce postmark on cover. Jurgen Kilian Certificate (1984) without photo but Kilian's guarantee h/s on the reverse of the cover. 600T

Lot 1227 1227 CL B - local usage of OHMS envelope with very fine '1d.' on 3pf additionally overprinted 'O.S.' SG O1 tied by oval Rabaul d/s of MAY 5 1915 in violet, two vertical folds well clear of the stamp. An apparently legitimate "town letter" usage & very scarce thus. 750T

Lot 1228 1228 CB - local cover with very fine '1d.' on 5pf green additionally overprinted 'O.S.' SG O2 (Cat £140 x8+ on cover) tied by oval Rabaul d/s of MAY 10 1915 in violet, very fine 'CENSORED.' h/s in violet, faint tonespots. 750T Page:90 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1229 1229 CA - correctly rated cover to NSW with scarce albeit philatelic franking of '1d.' on Marshall Islands 5pf green SG 51 & 'G.R.I./3d.' on 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' registration label SG 33 (a couple of damaged perfs at upper-right) tied by oval 'RABAUL/JUN 8 1915/NEW BRITAIN' d/s in violet, 'HUNTERS HILL/21JU1915/NSW' arrival b/s. 1,000T

Ex Lot 1230 1230 SD POSTMARKS: 2-line 'RABAUL/[date]', straight-line 'Herbetsh0h', 'Herbertshohe' & 'Rabaul', defaced '____/ Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen' on DNG 5pf, Queensland 'LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER' on 'O.S.' 1d on 3pf block of 4, etc, also a piece with rare combination franking of GRI '2d.' on 10pf + ½d Kangaroo (defective), condition a bit mixed. (21 items) 600T NEW GUINEA - 'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints 1238 C B POSTAL HISTORY: 1919 commercial cover with sender's address "A Risiderer Boram/Madang" on the flap, to Adelaide with Fifth Setting 1d red strip of 3 tied by 'MADANG' cds, Sydney transit & 'HENLEY BEACH' arrival b/s, central fold. The sender apparently paid the foreign letter rate of 2½d + ½d War Tax. 250

Lot 1239 Page:91 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

NEW GUINEA - 'N.W./PACIFIC/ISLANDS' Overprints (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 1239 C A- - 1919 cover from a German resident of Finschhafen (endorsed on flap) to Switzerland with NWPI 2½d only tied by 'RABAUL/11FE19' cds, on arrival at Zurich struck with 'T'-in-circle h/s & endorsed "10" in blue, Postage Due 10c tied by poor Zurich cds, minor blemishes on the reverse. A very rare Postage Due cover from the Occupation Period: taxed for non-payment of the Australian ½d War Tax that was introduced 28.10.1918. 2,000 NEW ZEALAND - Postal History 1262 C A/B 15pp One Frame exhibit of airmail covers with better items including 1931 Hastings-Gisborne with defaced Dominion Airways label, 1931 with 'DOMINION AIRWAYS LTD/GISBORNE-HASTINGS' or '.../HASTINGS-GISBORNE' h/s, 1931 two with 'EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE AIR MAIL' h/s signed "DM Allan" or "HB Burrell", etc, frankings include Smiling Boys 1d+1d x2 & 2d+1d. Nice lot. (29) 500 1263 C A- 1857 entire headed "Onehunga 4th June 1857" to Glasgow "Per Moa Via Sydney" with partly fine Auckland crowned-circle in red & superb 'AUCKLAND/=JU13/1857/ B /=NEW-ZEALAND=' b/s, London transit of 25SP25/1857 in red on the face & ' 2N /GLASGOW/SE25/57' arrival b/s. [Stated only 3 "Moa" covers recorded. A similar item sold at a New Zealand auction for $NZ550] 350T 1264 PS B 1916 (Oct 4) usage of POW Postal Card with printed multiple-choice message from a German POW on Motuihi Island to a German (parolee?) in Sydney with superb 'PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/NZ' cachet in violet, vertical fold at left. Ex Neil Russell. 400T PAPUA - Postal History Most of the Papuan lots are from the collection formed by the late Dennis Leonard from Sydney.

Ex Lot 1290 1290 C PS Collection with frankings including 1901 BNG 2½d from Thursday Island & 1/-, Small 'Papua' Opts on 1/- + 2½d to Germany & 6d +1/- to the UK, a few 1907-11 values, 1911 Monocolours values to 1/-, 1916-31 Lakatois values to 2/6d, One Penny Surcharges, 1929-30 Airmails and Surcharges, 1932 Pictorials with values to 1/3d, 1934-41 range of issues some sets including FDCs, 'OS' Overprints with values to 9d pair, first flight covers, one signed by Charles Ulm, Postal Cards 1d and 1½d, small 4d Registration Envelope unused, etc, a few with early registration labels, also Australia used in TPNG x36), condition variable. (150+) 5,000T

Ex Lot 1291 1291 CPS Mostly philatelic batch but including commercial 1931 with ship-board cancels & 1936 to UK with Plane Overprints 6d & 1/-, a few registered including 1918 with red/white 'PORT MORESBY' label, registered First Day Covers for the 1934 Declaration & 1941 Air 1/6d (unaddressed & rare thus), 1924 registered Avis de Reception cover from USA, 1931 to GB with 2d optd 'O S', 1933 to Cayman Islands with 'TAX' h/s, Postal Cards 1d & 1½d x2 (one with BNG to 1/-) all used at Samarai, unused 4d Registration Envelope, two Postage Due dockets (one with Bicolour 2d affixed), etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (34 items) 600 Page:92 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PAPUA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 1292 1292 C (A-) 1897 cover from Egypt (!) to "The Colonial Treasurer/Port Moresby/British New Guinea" with 1pi tied by 'CAIRE' cds, Brisbane & Cooktown transit & 'PORT MORESBY/10MY97/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' arrival b/s, 'BRITISH [crown] NEW GUINEA/10MAY97/TREASURER' cachet in blue on the face, minor professional repairs/cleaning. Terrific origin/destination cover. 2,000T 1293 C B 1927 PPC from Japan sent as Printed Matter with 2s stamp on the viewside, 'THURSDAY ISLAND' transit & 'SAMARAI' arrival cds, 'MISSENT' h/s & redirected to Cairns where 2d Postage Due affixed & cancelled with blue "X", a little soiled. A bit of an enigma. [The card is addressed to Samarai so our vendor ascribed the Missent h/s to Thursday Island. However, we are of the view that it was an irregular redirection usage at Samarai as both the handstamp & the cds are inverted] 150T 1294 C A 1937 (Oct) Port Moresby-Lake Kutubu & Lake Kutubu-Port Moresby AAMC #P117 & P121, both signed by the pilot "AA Koch", Cat $1200. [Only 17 flown in each direction] (2) 300 1295 C A 1938 commercial cover to China with scarce franking of Coronation 1d + 2d Bird of Paradise tied by 'CAIRNS' slogan cancel with superb boxed 'PAQUEBOT' h/s below, 'SHANGHAI' arrival b/s & Chinese "chop" on the face. 200 1296 C - (Jun 29-30) Port Moresby-Samarai-Losuia-Port Moresby "boomerang cover" per Stinson Reliant (seaplane) AAMC #P136a, signed by the pilot "K Garden", Cat $280. 100 1297 C A - cover endorsed "Steamships/Trading Co Ltd/Port Moresby and/Samarai", to GB with Pictorials 2d Bird of Paradise tied by 'SAMARAI ED' cds and very scarce albeit philatelic usage of rubber 30mm 'SHIP/("PAPUAN CHIEF/GO Andersen")/LETTER' h/s (Lee #S10; LRD) in violet. 230 1298 CL B 1939 Archbold Expedition flight cover Hollandia-Port Moresby per "Guba II" with 'BIOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS/.../1938 NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION' imprint at upper-left AAMC #P144, some stamps with surface damage, Cat $1750. 300

Ex Lot 1299 Page:93 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PAPUA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A 1299 CL OFFICIAL MAIL: Display pages all with Lakatoi frankings including 1902 double-rate to USA with BNG 2½d pair, 1908 to "Graz/Germany" (error for Austria) with Small 'PAPUA' 2½d, 1912 registered to Austria with Monocolours 1/-, 1930 double-rate (1½d x2 + 3d registration) to Victoria with 'AIR MAIL' 3d pair, 1931 double-rate registered to USA with Aeroplane Overprints 3d & 6d, plus several with overtly philatelic frankings including 1912 to Austria with Large 'PAPUA' 2/6d (that probably doesn't belong), 1918 registered to Victoria with 'ONE PENNY' Surcharges set, 1931 registered to NSW with Aeroplane Overprints 6d x2, 1935 registered to GB with 'OS' Overprints 1d 2d & 4d, 1933 with 'OS' Overprints 1d pair to Victoria & redirected to "Daru via Thursday Island", etc, condition variable. (12) 1,250

Ex Lot 1300 1300 C/CL - companion lot with non-Lakatoi frankings comprising Pictorials 2d to GB x2, 3d RAAF airmail rate to NSW, 1d pair & 9d on RAAF airmail rate to NSW, 5d registered to NZ & 6d registered to USA, 1934 Declaration 1d + Coronation 2d to USA, 1d & 2d to USA & 2d to Canada x2, Coronation 1d 2d & 3d to NSW (possibly inadvertently paying the foreign rate), 1938 Airmails 1/-registered air to GB & 1939 Airmails 8d by air to Department of Air in Melbourne, condition variable. A very scarce group. (12) 750

Ex Lot 1301 1301 C/CL - companion lot with Lakatoi frankings all punctured 'OS' mostly correctly rated including with Large 'PAPUA' 1d block of 4 to NSW, Monocolours ½d block of 4 to GB & block of 6 to USA, ½d & 1d to NSW GB x2 & Canada, 2d to Switzerland (underpaid but not taxed) & GB, 2½d & 1/- registered to USA, and Bicolours 2d to GB & 1d plus 'OS' Overprints 2d pair registered to GB, condition variable. A really interesting & desirable lot. (12) 2,000 Page:94 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

PAPUA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 1302 1302 CL B - 1896 OHMS cover with 'Tresurer's Office/Port Moresby BNG' imprint at lower-left, to Brisbane with rare commercial franking of Queensland Lined Background 6d green tied by one of two strikes of the 'PORT MORESBY/ 14SE96/BRITISH NEW GUINEA' cds, 'THURSDAY ISLAND' transit & Brisbane arrival b/s of 1OC/96, slightly reduced at left & some minor spotting mostly on the reverse. 1,500

Lot 1303 1303 CL B - 1907 OHMS cover to England with scarce Two Issue Franking of Large 'Papua' 6d & Small 'Papua' 1d tied by Port Moresby cds, wax seal with partial 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/GRANVILLE BNG' impressed across the flap, Cooktown Brisbane & London transit backstamps, 'REGISTERED/JA 11 08/IPSWICH' arrival b/s endorsed alongside "Found open at Iwch/[initials]" & with two small 'E [crown] R/FOUND/OPEN AND - OFFICIALLY/SEALED' labels affixed, minor faults & clipped corner at lower-left. Ex Peter Troy: acquired at the Prestige auction of 28.7.2009 for $661. 500

Lot 1304 1304 CL B - 1910 triple-rate OHMS cover to England with scarce solo franking of Small 'PAPUA' 6d tied by 'KOKODA ND/2SEP10/PAPUA' cds, rare undated 'POSTMASTER/KOKODA' cachet in violet & wax seal across the flap impressed with the rare 'POST OFFICE/[crown]/KOKODA BNG' mailbag seal, Port Moresby & Thursday Island transit & 'HALIFAX/NO7/10/ 2 ' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. [Probably 95% of all official mail is from Port Moresby, & most of the balance is from Samarai, making this a really desirable item] 750 Page:95 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1305 1305 CB - 1911 cover front with 'THE TREASURY/...' imprint at lower-left, to GB with rare franking of Monocolours 1d pair with only the second unit punctured 'OS' & Port Moresby cds of 5SEP11, reinforced vertical fold at left. Possibly a unique franking; certainly the only example we have seen of such an 'OS'/'OS' Omitted Setenant Pair on cover. 500

Ex Lot 1306 1306 C/CL - OHMS covers with all-different selection of registration labels from Port Morseby x10, Bwagaoia (1933) or Samarai (1930), mostly philatelically inspired with a few better frankings & values to 1/-, condition variable. (12) 500

Lot 1307 1307 CL A- - 1915 stampless OHMS cover with 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE/PORT MORESBY' imprint at lower-left and '[crown]/PAPUA' on the flap, to "Camp Commandant/Prisoners of War Camp.../Ahmednagar/India" with Port Moresby cds of 20JUL15, Singapore & rubber 'POSTAL CENSOR/18AUG1915/CALCUTTA' transit b/s, and 'PASSED BY POSTAL CENSOR CALCUTTA/ 5 ' cachet in red, 'AHMEDNAGAR/21AUG15' arrival b/s, insignificant corner defect. Ex Neil Russell. [Mail to & from POWs was free. However, this concession did not extend to camp staff, or governors!, so the cover should have been taxed] 500T 1308 D A- - 1919 parcel piece endorsed "From/Mines Dept/Port Moresby" with rare Two Issue Franking of Lithographs 4d pair (one with Defective '4' at Left) plus Monocolours 1d 2d & 1/- all punctured 'OS' tied by Port Moresby cds of 19NO19, with a piece of the original fastening ribbon still attached. [The rate was 1/8d for an "interstate" parcel weighing between 2 & 3 pounds + 3d registration] 250 Page:96 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1309 1309 CL A/B - 1919 three OHMS envelopes - one a "penalty" type - with printed 'OFFICIAL FREE' or 'OFFICIAL/FREE' to GB with Monocolours 1d punctured 'OS', registered to Canada with Monocolours ½d pair & 4d, or registered to Victoria with Bicolours 3d pair, also 1939 with 'OFFICIAL FREE' h/s to NSW and January 1942 - a very late usage - with boxed 'OFFICIAL FREE' h/s to GB, a few minor blemishes. (5) 500

Ex Lot 1310 1310 C/CL A/B - 1928-35 good-size pieces from parcels each with Government Printing Office addressing label, all to Evan Gill in England with Monocolour 'OS' punctures ½d & 2½d or 2d, Monocolours 1d + Bicolours 1d pair, or Bicolours 1d pair, condition variable. Rare Printed Matter articles. (4) 500

Ex Lot 1311 1311 C A/B - 1930s Government Printing Office OHMS wrapper fronts (one is complete) to Evan Gill in England, various types including for "The Papuan Villager" x2, 1d frankings comprising punctured 'OS' 1d Monocolour x3 & Bicolour x2, overprinted 'OS' 1d or 2d & Pictorials 1d (with part boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR' cachet), condition variable. (8) 400 Page:97 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1312 1312 O POSTMARKS: Useful duplicated collection on stocksheets including 'BNG' on Queensland x3, 'BNG' in violet on BNG 1/-, unframed 'DARU/BNG', 'REGISTERED/WOODLARKS BNG', 'TAMATA ND' used at Ioma x3, 'KANOSIA', 'POST OFFICE RIGO CD' x4, 29mm 'BWAGAOIA', 'BWAGOIA' Error x3 (two in violet), 'HISIU', 'TAHIRA', etc, ship cancels including 'SS Morinda' & 'MORINDA', arrival cancellations including 'THURSDAY ISLAND' on BNG 1/-, a few other better values & some 'OS' punctures, condition variable but many are very fine. (140 approx) 500 1313 O - Modest collection in stockbook, some better stamps to to BNG 1/- & Bicolours 5/-, condition variable. (300+) 300T PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1314 C/PS A/A- 1940s-1990s covers including Australia used in PNG with registered covers from Buin, Lae (2), Moresby and Rabaul, PNG Pictorials to 2/- on covers to USA, Austria and Germany, Butterflies 10c single on airmail cover to Solomons, 1970's Gibson Paquebot covers, a few aerogrammes, postmark interest including 'BADILI', 'CAPE RODNEY', 'DOGURA' and 'KAGUA' all on covers with red/black registration labels, 'KAWITO', 'MALAHANO', 'MILFORDHAVEN', 'MUMENG' and 'RABAUL AIRPORT'; also Papua Lakatois 1½d pair on cover to USA and 2d on part-cover to WA, 1936 airmail to Denmark with New Guinea Birds 1/- & 9d 'AIR MAIL' overprints; condition generally fine. (76) 300 PHILIPPINES - Postal History

Lot 1318 1318 CB 1942 (May 28) unfranked cover from USA to Marine Corps serviceman "Joseph J. Reardon, Quartermaster Clk, Formerly in Philippine Islands, American Prisoner in Japan, c/- International Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland" endorsed "Postage Free" with San Diego d/s carried on the first Prisoner of War mail exchange with Japan by the Red Cross ship Gripsholm, US censor tape 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 POWs were 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 been notified, and does not illustrate a single example. Ruggiero (pp8-9) gives the exact amount as 3719 individual items addressed to US prisoners; by comparison the second exchange in 1943 carried 3,043 bags of mail. The Gripsholm left New York on 18 June arriving Lourenco Marques 22.7.1942 where the mail was transferred to the Conte Verde and Asama Maru arriving at Yokohama on 17.8.1942] 2,000 Page:98 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1319 1319 CB 1943-45 three covers sent unfranked plus a letter (without envelope) to US servicemen held in Japanese Prisoner of War Camps in the Philippines with range of censor markings, the first two in early 1943 carried by Red Cross ship Gripsholm on the second POW mail exchange (leaving New York on 2.9.1943 to meet the Japanese ship Teia Maru at Marmogoa, Portuguese India on 15.10.1943) and the other from late 1943 all endorsed "Camp #1" or similar on arrival at Bilibid Prison Camp for delivery to Cabanatuan Camp, also 1943 cover and 1945 postcard to US POWs in Japan both endorsed "12D" on face for delivery to Motoyama (Hitachi) Camp for labourers in the mines near Osaka, some faults as usual. [In 1945, prior to the Japanese surrender, American 'Rangers' launched a daring operation against Cabanatuan POW Camp. All of the 500+ prisoners were liberated for the loss of only two soldiers. This is still the most successful rescue in US military history and is the subject of the feature film 'The Great Raid'] (6) 800 RUSSIA - Postal History

Lot 1323 1323 CB 1916 Orsk Goldfields Ltd, Eastern Siberia cover sent registered to New Zealand franked with Arms 10k blue x3 tied Cyrillic 'NIKOLAYEVSK ON AMUR/8 8 16' d/s with violet 'R' cachet on face and red/black local (Cyrillic lettering) and international (Roman lettering) 'Nikolaevsk, Siberie, Russia' registration labels on back, carried via Japan and Australia with 'KOBE/2 9 16/JAPAN' and 'REGISTERED/2OC16/SYDNEY,NSW' transit b/s, green & black New Zealand re-direction label (partly removed) tied by faint arrival marking. A remarkable origin/destination item. [The top left stamp has been removed and replaced with a similar stamp that sadly does not belong] 600 SAMOA 1325 C B 1858 small 3pp (8vo) letter headed "Matautu/18 Aug 1858" from the missionary Henry Nisbet to his wife at Safotulafai, light vertical filing fold. 300 Page:99 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Ex Lot 1326 1326 CPS 1914 Occupation group all to New Zealand comprising OAS PPCs dated 29.9.1914 ("...I am stationed at the Wireless Station 10 miles from Apia...when off guard am building stone wall fortifcations...We have had two false alarms...which is the nearest we have come to actual war...") & 15.9.1914 ("Vaea [?] Camp Apia...a very hot corner of the earth...plenty of alarms but nothing doing so far. Two big Germans seen off the entrance yesterday [Scharnhorst and Gneisenau]..."; PPC with GRI 1d on 10pf ("...Hope you were not put out by the rumour that we were all blown up..."!!); cover with ½d on 3pf & another stamp missing; cover with 'Deutsche Sudsee=Gesellschaft/fur drahtlose Telegraphie A=G/Station Apia' imprint, 1d on 10pf & Auckland arrival b/s of 3OC14; and GRI Postal Cards ½d on 5pf message-half dated 30.10.1914 ("...Sim Charlton has got woodened out with a crook ankle..."), 1d on 10pf (uncancelled but with 'HAAPAI/4OC14/TONGA' transit b/s: "...Am holding almost a full set of GRI Samoan stamps...15/- would have bought the full set when we first landed..."), and 1d on 10pf+1d on 10pf CTO. (8) 750T SCANDINAVIA 1327 CPS Denmark including 1792 outer to "Militaire Wahre Magazin", 1853 stampless entire with 'SKANDERBORG' cds, 1863 entire & 1864 outer both with Rouletted 4s brown, later commercial covers and postcards including registered plus a group of first flight and commemorative covers, and postal stationery with good range of Postal Cards Envelopes & Wrappers, mint and used; Danish West Indies 1889 & 1897 postal cards to/from St Thomas and 4öre bi-sects on illustrated envelope & PPC both with 'ST THOMAS' cds; and Sweden with military and naval covers, postcards, WWI 'Kriegsgefangenen' Prisoner of War postal cards including 1918 used Reply card intact and 1916 Red Cross card to Poland, Orlogspost datestamps, etc, condition variable. (210 approx) 350T Page:100 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A SEYCHELLES 1329 OCPS Mauritius QV 8c strip of 3 with three good to fine strikes of 'B64' cancel, 1892 & 1896 - registered - philatelic covers to France or Germany, 1901 usage to Germany of '18 CENTS' on 30c Envelope, and 1908 "Victoria Memorial" PPC with KEVII 3c. (5 items) 250 1335 PS A ENVELOPES: 1895 8c carmine "Square" Format Hopson & McCloy (H&M) #E1a endorsed "Pattern Post", to GB in 1896 with code 'A' cds. 200 1336 PS A- - 1895 8c carmine "Rectangle" Format H&M #E1b local usage to the Chief Commissioner of Police with scarce code '5' cds, minor blemishes. [CDS inscribed '1' to '6', believed to be for use in the short-lived Rural Post Service, were despatched from London in 1893 but arrived after the service was terminated. Only '1', '2' (one example only), '4' & '5' have been recorded, '5' for only 6 months in 1895] 250 1337 PS A- - 1895 15c blue "Square" Format H&M #E2a with fancy 'VENTILATOR' (ship?) impressed in red wax on the flap, to England with '1' code cds - used 10 months only - & superb 'STEVENAGE' arrival b/s, minor blemishes. 200

Lot 1338 1338 PS B - 1895 15c blue "Square" Format H&M #E2a to an Armenian at "Trebizonde/Turquie d'Asie/Mer Noire" (= Black Sea), light cds & octagonal 'MARSEILLE A LA REUNION/12/MAI/06/LV No1' d/s, French Post Offices backstamps of 'PORT SAID', light 'CONSTANTINOPEL-GALATA' & light 'TREBIZONDE/TURQUIE D'ASIE' arrival, a little aged still quite fresh. An extraordinary origin/destination usage. [In our opinion, this is an even more desirable usage than Jeffrey Weiss's 1900 Postal Card to Rhodesia that sold at auction in 2004 for £353] 750

Lot 1339 1339 PS A - 1895 15c blue "Rectangle" Format H&M #E2b to a geography teacher in Germany in 1896 uprated with '15/cents' on 16c Die II tied by code 'A' cds & octagonal 'LIGNE T/PAQ FR No 1' marine sorter d/s, superb 'R'-in-oval h/s, 'HALLE (SAALE)/ 2 /ANKUFT' arrival b/s. 400 Page:101 Website:www.mossgreen.com.au Nov 28, 2016

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Lot 1340 1340 PS A - 1895 30c brown H&M #E3 registered in 1895 to Missouri with 12c Die II tied by code '5' cds, oval 'REGISTERED/LONDON' & rubber hooded 'REGISTERED/LONDON/ 6 ' cds in violet plus 'ST LOUIS MO/AUG 11 1895' arrival d/s in purple all on the face. Very attractive. 400 1341 PS A- - 1900 'SIX CENTS' on 8c carmine "Square" Format H&M #E5a to London in 1903 with 3c Die II tied by code 'B' (Sideways) cds, minor blemishes on the reverse, London arrival b/s. 250

Lot 1342 1342 PS (B) - 1900 'SIX CENTS' on 8c carmine "Rectangle" Format H&M #E5b to England in 1902 with two strikes - one faint - of the scarce 'PRASLIN BAY ST ANSE' cds & code 'B' (upright) transit cds, Cambridge arrival b/s, repaired opening tears at the top well clear of the "stamp" & postmarks. A rare usage. 500 1343 PS POSTAL CARDS: Mostly unused group of QV issues including Specimen Overprints & 6c Reply-Half with 'REPLY' Barred-Out, also philatelic usages mostly to Paul Kiderlen including three with 'LIGNE T/PAQ FR No 4' marine sorter d/s & H Rehlen usage of '3 Cents' on 4c 'LOCAL' issue to London, also an apparently commercial 1911 usage of the '3 Cents' on 6c 'LOCAL' issue uprated with KEVII 2c & 3c with message in German, condition variable. (38) 400 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1352 C A ARCTIC: 1931 (May) Wilkins-Ellsworth Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition covers each with cachet in purple & straight-line "NEW YORK TO NORTH POLE" or "NEW YORK TO SPITSBERGEN" cachets & with additional frankings of GB 1½d or Norway 10o & 20o. (2) 180T