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Stamps & Postal History MG126 STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY – 28 & 29 NOVEMBER 2016 – 28 & 29 NOVEMBER HISTORY & POSTAL STAMPS STAMPS & 926-930 High Street Armadale VIC 3143 POSTAL HISTORY 03 9508 8888 MELBOURNE SYDNEY AUCKLAND www.mossgreen.com.au Melbourne, 28 & 29 November 2016 COVER ILLUSTRATIONS: MG126 REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES SINGLE-OWNER COLLECTIONS Front Cover: Lot 1115 Paul Sumner [email protected] Back Cover: Lot 1024 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Phillip Jones AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS ART 0414 788 681 [email protected] Shaun Dennison [email protected] Tom Frommer Stamps and Postal History Jesse De Deyne [email protected] 0422 344 250 [email protected] OCEANIC & TRIBAL ART TASMANIA Bill Evans [email protected] MOSSGREEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Warwick Oakman 0439 990 854 [email protected] CHINESE & ASIAN ART Jack Gringlas OAM Charles Leski Paul Sumner Malcolm Groom Stamps and Postal History Ray Tregaskis [email protected] Chairman Deputy Chairman Chief Executive Officer 0407 314 112 [email protected] Allan Rae [email protected] Luke Guan [email protected] WESTERN AUSTRALIA John Brans ANTIQUES & DECORATIVE ARTS MANAGEMENT TEAM 0412 385 555 [email protected] Sandy Bruce [email protected] Ross Duberal Stamps and Postal History Richard Gordon [email protected] Paul Sumner Kylie Keyhoe Doug Harris 08 9341 3576 [email protected] Harry Glenn [email protected] Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Gibson [email protected] QUEENSLAND Jan Manton STAMPS, COINS & POSTAL HISTORY 0419 657 768 [email protected] Gary Watson [email protected] Abby O’Donnell Charles Leski [email protected] 0414 305 504 [email protected] Torsten Weller [email protected] Nick Anning [email protected] NEW SOUTH WALES Martyn Cook [email protected] SPORTING MEMORABILIA 02 9011 6686 Max Williamson [email protected] Charles Leski [email protected] SOUTH AUSTRALIA Benjamin Goller [email protected] Kirsty Stewart [email protected] 0409 094 547 HISTORICAL & AUSTRALIANA Ian Strout [email protected] Charles Leski [email protected] 0400 027 117 Harry Glenn [email protected] UNITED KINGDOM BOOKS & HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS Johnny Messum Charles Leski [email protected] +44 (0) 7971 676 451 [email protected] Patrick Reid Stamps and Postal History JEWELLERY +44 (0) 1344 867 311 [email protected] Patti Sedgwick [email protected] Ray Schlager [email protected] INTERIOR DECORATOR SPECIALISTS Amanda Swanson [email protected] AUSTRALIAN & INTERNATIONAL ART Melbourne Sydney Auckland London MOTORING 926–930 High Street 36–40 Queen Street 23-25 Falcon Street 28 Cork Street Frances Lindsay AM [email protected] Robert Richards [email protected] Armadale VIC 3143 Woollahra NSW 2025 Parnell Auckland 1052 London W1S 3NG Jon Dwyer [email protected] t +61 3 9508 8888 t +61 2 9195 1900 New Zealand t +44 (0) 207 437 5545 Catherine Davison [email protected] f +61 3 9508 8899 f +61 2 9012 0617 t +64 9 524 6804 e [email protected] Anna Hombsch [email protected] James Nicholls [email protected] e [email protected] e [email protected] e [email protected] Petrit Abazi [email protected] Paul Sumner [email protected] Perth Brisbane Hobart FINE & RARE WINE 30-34 Glyde Street, Unit 1, 98 Fortescue Street 62 Sandy Bay Road, Michael Katoa [email protected] Mosman Park WA 6012 Spring Hill QLD 4000 Battery Point TAS 7004 CONTEMPORARY ART t 08 9384 7300 t 07 3831 3060 t 0439 990 854 Melissa Loughnan [email protected] e [email protected] e [email protected] e [email protected] DIRECTOR OF EVENTS & SPONSORSHIP Amanda Swanson [email protected] Incorporating Leski Auctions, Prestige Philately and Torsten Weller Postal History www.mossgreen.com.au STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY Melbourne, 28 & 29 November 2016 2 ADMINISTRATION ENQUIRIES Department Administrator Accounts Romani Benjamin Cassandra Hilder +61 3 9508 8853 Finance Assistant [email protected] [email protected] Telephone & Absentee Bids Condition Reports Leanne Kibby & Scan Requests Finance Assistant Nick Anning [email protected] [email protected] Collections, Shipping, Packing and Despatch Claire Mazzone [email protected] 3 SPECIALIST ENQUIRIES Stamps & Postal History Stamps & Postal History Gary Watson Torsten Weller [email protected] [email protected] Stamps & Postal History Stamps & Coins Charles Leski Nick Anning [email protected] [email protected] 4 HOW TO BUY AT MOSSGREEN AUCTIONS We have compiled the following guide to assist you with the exciting process that is bidding at auction. 5 Viewing Mossgreen’s printed catalogues are available approximately four Talk to our Specialists weeks prior to an auction sale date. Online catalogues are posted at www.mossgreen.com.au approximately three weeks prior to Our people are always happy to discuss any lot with you in the auction date. Catalogues can be subscribed to yearly, or you greater detail. Their names and contact details are published in can collect a complimentary copy at the viewing. Complimentary each appropriate catalogue and on our website. catalogues are also sent free of charge to regular buyers. Typically, the viewing period is the three or four days immediately Condition Reports before the auction date, from 10.00am to 5.00pm at our premises Condition reports are available upon request. These supplement in Armadale. Additional viewing venues, dates and times may be the catalogue description of the lot and provide guidance on specified in the catalogue and on the Mossgreen website. quality and appearance. They are advisable to obtain if you have a query about a lot that you are unable to view in person. Please Estimates send your email request to [email protected] An estimate of value is provided for each lot, taking into account rarity, condition, quality and provenance, plus the perceived state of the market. Estimates are generally pitched at “realistically conservative” levels. In almost all cases, the reserve is 75% of the estimate. Bidding Mossgreen Auctions offers all clients four options to bid at our happening in the room itself and will bid on your behalf in line auctions: with your instructions. Because there can be problems with phone bidding - you 1. Personal attendance at the Auction are not home when we call; your phone is switched off or the battery dies; there is a service interruption; the line is poor; etc - Experience the excitement, theatre and fun of bidding at a live we strongly recommend that you provide us with covering bids auction. for the lots in which you are interested. This does not need to be Make sure you arrive with enough time to register for a bidding your top figures. The reason for doing it is to provide you with number. If you haven’t purchased from Mossgreen before you insurance against any of the mentioned problems occurring, and will need to bring along photo identification such as your they do all occur! driver’s licence or passport. We have prepared a pamphlet “Assistance with Phone Bidding” that you may find helpful. To obtain your copy, simply phone or 2. Postal or Absentee Bidding email Romani Benjamin. This is the ideal solution when you can’t attend in person, or prefer not to bid by phone or live over the internet. 4. Live Online Bidding Simply use the Postal Bid Form at the back of this catalogue. Mossgreen Live is an online bidding service created exclusively For each lot in which you are interested, enter the lot number for Mossgreen clients who wish to bid “live” from the comfort and the maximum amount you wish to bid for the lot. Your of home or office. You can register for online bidding at bids will be “placed on the book” and actioned for you by the www.mossgreen.com.au Please note there is no additional auctioneer. If you are the highest bidder, the lot will be knocked commission added for lots purchased via Mossgreen Live. down to you at reserve (if there are no other bids), or at one IMPORTANT NOTICE: Regardless of the bidding method you bidding step above the second-highest bid. In the event of equal prefer, we request if you have not purchased from Mossgreen bids being received, the earlier bidder will be successful. Post, before that you provide us with appropriate photo ID by way of fax a copy or scan and email the bidsheet to us. your driver’s licence or passport. In this era of identity theft and Especially if you are placing your bids close to the date of the internet fraud, this is a necessary protection for both the auction auction, you can tip the balance in your favour by ticking the house and you, our valued client. “Break Ties” box or the “Increase by” box (making sure you insert the appropriate percentage increment). International Bidding If the total of your proposed bids exceeds your budget, simply enter the total you are prepared to spend against “My overall If you are an overseas bidder who has not purchased from purchase limit is $xxx”. We will stop actioning your bids when Mossgreen before, it is important that you make arrangements your limit is reached.
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