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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMMONWEALTH OF - Other Pre-Decimals 335 ** A 1959-64 Definitives 5/- Cattle, 10/- Flinders and £1 Bass on White Paper, QEII 5d green block of 9 with Retouched Crosshatching of Oval Opposite Queen's Eye & on Nose ACSC #398h, plus a few blocks of 5d QEII from booklet sheet, unmounted. (8 items) 300T

Ex Lot 340 340 ** A C1 1963-65 Navigators 7/6d to £2 (at base) overprinted 'SPECIMEN', characteristic centring, unmounted, Cat $875. (4) 200

Lot 341 341 ** A A1 - White Paper 10/- and £1 overprinted 'SPECIMEN', excellent centring (which is rare in this issue), unmounted, Cat $550. (2) 200 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Booklets & Booklet Stamps

Lot 356 356 B A- 1927 Canberra empty booklet cover with HMS 'Renown' on the reverse autographed by the Parliament House postmaster & 28 of his staff, reinforced with archival tape along the fold. 50 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 10 - 12 October 2020

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal Stationery - Letter Cards

Lot 372 372 PS A KGV Fullface 1d brown Letter Card ACSC #LC10 with 'On The Murray/S.Australia' view showing Paddle Steamer on river, used 1913 to Germany with additional franking South Australia ½d GPO & 1d red tied Adelaide '12FEB13' roller cancel to pay 2½d foreign letter rate. 100 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Commemorative Covers & Cancels

Lot 434 434 C A- 1933 plain envelope with KGV 2d tied by superb strike of the 50mm 'POSTED ON BOARD FIRST AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION SHIP TO THE EAST/TSS/NIEUW HOLLAND/.../Route: Australia, Java,/Singapore, Sumatra/and return' cachet in black, couple of minor blemishes. 100

Lot 441 441 CB 1938 'Australia's 150th Anniversary' green & red/cream Souvenir Telegram envelope, minor toning beneath the flap, unused. 60 Online Auction 2 Page:3

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

Lot 515 515 C A- 1942 cover to Pennsylvania with '5½d' on 5d Ram (Cat $150 as a solo franking on cover) tied by Melbourne machine, 'Keep war/from our shore/[ships]/CONVERT YOUR/LOAN HOLDINGS/NOW MATURING' propaganda label unusually tied to the face by the Censor cachet in violet. Very attractive. 75

Lot 522 522 CB 1952 (June) airmail to ".../HMS Glory, c/- FMO Hong Kong" [British Fleet Mail Office] with 1d Princess tied by Sydney slogan cancel, "Air Mail" endorsement crossed-out & redirected to "Xmas Island", a few blemishes & L/L corner fault. Rarely seen inwards mail to Korean War serviceman. [HMS Glory was a British aircraft carrier returned to service during the Korean War: her second deployment was Jan to May 1952 & she apparently visited Christmas Island () on her return voyage to the UK] 100

Lot 524 524 CB 1953 (Feb) airmail to ".../HMS Glory, c/- BFMO Tokyo" [British Fleet Mail Office] endorsed "HM Ships in Korea" with 1d Princess tied by Sydney slogan cancel, minor blemishes. Scarce inwards mail to Korean War serviceman. [HMS Glory was a British aircraft carrier returned to service during the Korean War; from her third deployment between Nov 1952 to May 1953] 100 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 10 - 12 October 2020

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

Lot 547 547 C A- 1977 HMAS Stuart envelope with crest at U/L sent airmail to WA endorsed "SEA NAVAL FORCE CONCESSION" with 'POST OFFICE/HMAS STUART/[Crown]/1977/SOUTH EAST ASIA' large cachet in violet on back and Scenes 5c Richmond Bridge 'solo' tied Sydney machine cancel in transit paying Forces Concession airmail rate, couple of very minor blemishes. [The Anti-Submarine Frigate was deployed to South East Asia for the second half of 1977, visiting Surabaya, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila and Penang before venturing west to Christmas Island to take part in Territories Day celebrations, returning to Sydney on 17.12.1977 in time for Christmas] 80 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History

Lot 705 705 C A- 1912 Australian Scenic Letterette illustated folded lettersheet with postcard-sized views of Mosman's Bay, Pittwater, Lane Cove River, Clifton Gardens, Long Bay, Gladesville Bridge, National Park & Como Tea Gardens, sent to Summer Hill with lengthy perosnal message inside and Arms 1d tied 'MOSMAN/-4JL12/NSW' cds, minor blemishes. 100 Online Auction 2 Page:5

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

Lot 1289 1289 C A- 1904 postcard (P&O Line steamship chromo-litho; undivided-back) posted on board ship to England with message headed "RMSS OCEANA/Fremantle W.Aust", franked with Great Britain KEVII ½d green pair tied 'FREMANTLE/OC5/04/WA' cds with 'PAQUEBOT' boxed h/s Hosking #1393 (rated C) alongside, minor blemishes. 60

Lot 1292 1292 C A- 1907 postcard (R.M.S. "Omrah" Orient Line steamship; undivided-back) sent to England posted on board ship with Swans 1d pink (minor surface faults) tied Egypt 'PORT SAID/21 IV 07' cds with 'PAQUEBOT' boxed h/s Hosking #2858 alongside paying Empire rate, couple of corner bends. 50 ANTARCTICA - Picture Postcards

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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A ANTARCTICA - Picture Postcards 1297 CB 1908 'THE DASH FOR THE SOUTH POLE' multi-view featuring Lieut Shackleton, the 'Nimrod' x2, a motorised truck, a pony & a dog, light soiling, used at 'TEMPLETON' in 1908. 80

Lot 1300 1300 CB c.1910 British chromolitho advertising card for Cerebos Salt with four vignettes including 'ANTARCTIC OCEAN' with a ship stuck in ice and a husky team with sled in the foreground, light soiling on the back, unused. [We have seen other examples but this is the first that has flowers printed to obstruct the advertisement] 100

Lot 1301 1301 CA c.1913 'In Memory of the Antarctic Heroes/The Late Captain Scott and his gallant comrades who perished March 1912 at the South Pole' real photo card showing the British Antarctic Expedition vessel 'Terra Nova' ice-bound with inset vignette portrait of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. 100 BRITISH GUIANA

Ex Lot 1308 1308 *WO A-/B OFFICIALS: 1875 1c black mint (tonespots) & used, 2c orange unused & used x3 and 24c used SG O1 2 & 5, plus 1877 2c orange SG O7 used, some short perfs as usual, Cat £900. (8) 300 Online Auction 2 Page:7

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CHINA

Ex Lot 1321 1321 ** A A1 1972 Merchant Shipping SG 2485-8, unmounted, Cat £180. (4) 120 COCOS ISLANDS - Picture Postcards

Lot 1341 1341 CA 1914 'Bravo "Sydney" the end of the Emden' real photo (J Allcot) hand-tinted card showing the HMAS Sydney firing upon and receiving return fire from the SMS Emden - whose aft-decks are alight - with a Cocos Islands atoll in background, used under cover, fine condition. [The 'Battle of Cocos' took place on 9.10.1914, with the HMAS Sydney responding to the German light cruiser's attack on the wireless and cable transmission station on Direction Island. The heavily-damaged Emden was beached on Island, and most of the crew were sent to prisoner-of-war camps in Australia. The photographer must have been watching the battle from the Islands; an intriguing possibility is that 'J Allcot' may be the famous shipping artist John Charles Allcot who was working on Australian merchant ships at the time before settling down in Sydney in 1915] 80 GERMAN COLONIES

Lot 1433 1433 DA SAMOA: 1894 piece with Large Shield 10pf vertical strip of 3 Mi 47b & 50pf Mi 50d tied by two fine strikes of the 'APIA/KAISERL DEUTSCHE/POSTAGENTUR' cds, Cat €500+. Roland Steuer Certificate (2003) states "ist echt" (= genuine). 140 Page:8 www.abacusauctions.com.au 10 - 12 October 2020

GERMAN COLONIES (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A

Lot 1434 1434 CB CHINA, POST OFFICES IN: 1915 printed POW envelope with 'Hulfstation/fur Deutsche u Osterr-Ungar Gefangene/ in Siberien' imprint on the flap, to Pomerania with 4c on 10pf & 10c on 20pf tied by 'TIENTSIN' cds, red & black/white R label, 'WITZMITZ' arrival b/s, light vertical fold. [From late-1915, all POW mail was sent unstamped] 400T

Lot 1435 1435 PS A+ NEW GUINEA: 1888 Neu Guinea Compagnie 2mk Lion red & black/blue-grey 'Packetadresse/Parcel Address' card, unused. Superb!: the equal of the example sold at our auction of 1.9.2018 for $749. 450 GREAT BRITAIN - Picture Postcards

Lot 1458 1458 CB 1912 (c.) Undivided Back with reproduction of a photo of the 'TITANIC' (inscribed on the bow) with caption 'THE NOBLE SHIP WHOSE LOSS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC HAS STIRRED THE WORLD: THE MAMMOTH WHITE STAR LINER, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOATS ON THE UPPER DECK', minor soiling, unused. 100 Online Auction 2 Page:9

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Lot 1467 1467 C A- Manchester: 'Views of the Manchester Ship-Canal' chromo-litho court-sized card with vignette views of the canal locks, bridges & shipping, used 1899 to Germany with QV 1d lilac tied London 'DE13/99' cds and 'HEIDELBERG/ 14.12.99' arrival d/s alongside, couple of very minor blemishes. 60 JAPAN - Picture Postcards

Ex Lot 1480 1480 C A/B Nippon Yusen Kaishashipping company artist PPCs of various Japanese traditional subjects & a couple of non-traditional ones, each also with various vignettes of SS 'Nikko Maru', one with a corner fault & a few with minor blemishes on the reverse, unused. Truly beautiful postcards. (8) 120 Page:10 www.abacusauctions.com.au 10 - 12 October 2020

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A SAMOA - Postal History

Lot 1621 1621 CB 1908 illustrated advertising cover for Parkhouse & Brown (Apia) stockists of Chamberlain's medicines & St Patrick's Pills to Christchurch with German Samoa 20pf tied by superb 'APIA' cds, Auckland & Christchurch machine backstamps, opened-out (a bit roughly at right but clear of the stamp). Very scarce local advertising. [Chamberlain Medicine Co was a drug manufacturer based in Des Moines Iowa. At least some of its products were highly dubious: eg the 'Colic, Cholera & Diarrhoea Remedy' advertised on the envelope was found to contain opium] 100 AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS

Lot 1674 1674 CA 1910 Howard Smith chromolitho advertising card of a passenger steamer, to NSW with Queensland 1d tied by Melbourne machine cancel. Beautiful! 100

Lot 1676 1676 CA 1934 Royal Visit to Australia real photo card (plain 'Agfa' back) depicting route taken by the HMS Sussex from Marseilles (France) with list of ports visited & dates plus inset photos of the ship, HRH Duke of Gloucester (Prince Henry) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, very fine unused. 150 Online Auction 2 Page:11

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS - Northern Territory

Lot 1746 1746 C A- Darwin: 'S.S. Empire at Jetty, Port Darwin (Northern Territory)' card showing the steamer berthed on the outside of the 'L'-shaped jetty, used 1905 with South Australia 1d red tied 'PT DARWIN/DE20/05/SA' squared circle d/s, a couple of blemishes mostly on back. 80

Lot 1747 1747 CA - 'The Darwin Jetty after the Cyclone 1919' real photo card showing goods wagons and buildings on jetty plus damage where the breakwater has been washed away under the railway tracks, further endorsed on back "£3000 worth of damage/Phil JM/June 23/6/19", unused. 100

Lot 1758 1758 CA Katherine: real photo card showing aboriginal group in rowboat crossing the Katherine River with large building constructed from corrugated iron on the far bank, unused. 50 Page:12 www.abacusauctions.com.au 10 - 12 October 2020

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS - South Australia

Lot 1813 1813 CA Port Pirie: 'B. H. P. WORKS, PORT P R E' (defective 'PIRIE') showing smelters, railway yards & a 4-masted ship at anchor, unusual size 128x89mm, very fine unused. 60

Lot 1816 1816 C A- Wallaroo: Letherby's Wallaroo Series 'Annual Regatta, Wallaroo' with large crowds milling in the foreground & along the pier where multiple sailing ships are moored, very minor defects still fine unused. 50 Online Auction 2 Page:13

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS - Tasmania

Lot 1835 1835 CA Hobart: Robert Jolley (Melbourne) 'Hobart, Tasmania' with Tasmanian Arms at U/R, very fine unused. [The same view as used on the 2d Pictorial and on scenic letter cards] 50

Lot 1838 1838 C A- - usage of c.1902 'RETURN OF TROOPS TO HOBART' with shipping on the Derwent & a crowd on the jetty, to Carrick with 'MARGATE' cds. Terrific Boer War subject. 75

Ex Lot 1842 1842 CA - 1922 Visit of the Royal Australian Navy to Tasmania real photos of the Squadron at anchor on the Derwent & HMAS Anzac in Storm Bay, very fine unused. (2) 75 Page:14 www.abacusauctions.com.au 10 - 12 October 2020

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS - Victoria

Ex Lot 1946 1946 C A-/A Point Nepean: 1904 'RMS Australia on the Corsair Reef Pt Nepean June 20th 1904' bumped corners otherwise fine unused; and 'MAIN DECK RMS AUSTRALIA AFTER THE FIRE', fine unused. (2) 50

Lot 1951 1951 C A- Warrnambool: 1905 Wreck of the 'La Bella' colotype of 'William Ferrier the brave fisherman...' with his facsimile signature, corner bend otherwise fine used. [On 10.11.1905, the La Bella was wrecked on rocks S of Warrnambool. The site was named La Bella Reef. William Ferrier rescued five crew members & became a national hero] 50 Online Auction 2 Page:15

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS - Western Australia

Lot 1968 1968 C A- Fremantle: 'North Fremantle' postcard (published by Robinsons Ltd, Bristol) showing the Swan River dual bridges and shipping, to Sweden with Swans ½d green & 1d red tied 'FREMANTLE/JY19/02/WA-PO' duplex cancel paying foreign rate, 'SMR/PERTH' [Ship Mail Room] transit on view side and Stockholm arrival d/s, minor blemishes. 50