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Postal Auction No. 69 World Stamps, Postal History & Postal Stationery Plus Specialised Australian Postmarks Closing 10:00Am Saturday, 28Th April 2007 P O S T A L A U C T I O N S Lot 182 - 1st Wmk CTO Lot 288 - Cracked Cliche Lot 325 - Cracked Cliche Lot 1921 Lot 5110 - Line Thru ‘FOUR PENCE Lot 316 Postal Auction No. 69 World Stamps, Postal History & Postal Stationery Plus Specialised Australian Postmarks closing 10:00am Saturday, 28th April 2007 www.premierpostal.com email: [email protected] Phone: 03 5968 3499 Int: +613 5968 3499 Fax: 03 5968 6981 Int: +613 5968 6981 PO Box 91, Belgrave, Victoria 3160, Australia Page 2 Auction 69 - 10:00am Saturday 28th April 2007 PPA Preamble Welcome to Auction 69. This is another large auction nearly 5900 lots. It contains a wide array of material including a fine selection of Roos and KGV Heads with many varieties. The selection of Australian varieties extends all the way through to the decimal issues. All of the States/Colonies are well represented in both stamps and postmarks, Victoria also has a nice selection of pre-1860 Postal History. Our range of Registration labels has also be extended to include NSW as well as South Australia & Victoria. Amongst our world material there is a further selection of Fiji postmarks and stamps and another array of Lakatoi varieties is also on offer. Collectors of Burma will also find a useful selection of early 20th Century Postal History and postmarks. There is also a strong section of Samoan stamps and a selection of US flight covers. And of course there is much much more, so hopefully you will find many items of interests in this catalogue. On Saturday 14th April the Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria is holding a bourse and we will be there with lots for viewing and also material for retail sales. So we hope to meet a few of you there. The details are: 303 High Street, Ashburton 10.00am to 4.00pm Apart from the dealer stands there will be an auction, exchange sheets and books for sale (many will be discounted). Entrance is FREE. As part of our policy of making our resources available to the philatelic world in general we have now made our postmark database available on our website so that Post Office and postmark information can be stored and maintained by any society or researcher with access to the internet. We can store postmark information for any country whose language is based on English or one of the other West European languages. So if you collect a Canadian province, a USA state, an Australian State other than Victoria (that is already under control), Papua New Guinea, any of the Pacific Island countries, non-arabic Africa, West Europe, South & Central America etc and you have already published and are having trouble making new information available or you wish to publish and are daunted by the cost and the need to keep up-to-date information available, this facility should be of interest. This facility is provided free of cost, so contact us by phone, fax or email if you would like to learn more. David, Debbie, Freedom & Lida Auction 69 - 10:00am Saturday 28th April 2007 Page 3 HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM OUR CATALOGUE [These notes are offered as a guide to understanding the information given as symbols.] 1. Firstly, we have the lot number. If it is in bold and underlined, the item is illustrated: e.g. 1234. (The actual location of the illustration is given at the end of the description: e.g. {Page 41.37} is position 37 on page 41.) 2. The second column contains a symbol, which represents the item(s) in the lot: ** Mint, unmounted o.g. * Mint, mounted o.g. W Unused, no gum D Piece (“Postmarks” lots) C Cover or card (“Postmarks” lots) A Albums and accessories L Literature P Proof S Stamp (“Postmarks” lots) or, in the case of used stamps, covers & Postal Stationery a grading of the cancellation: V Neat postmark, leaving most of the stamp design clear F Neat postmark, across at least half of the stamp design GUntidy or indistinct postmark H Heavy or poorly struck postmark 3. The third column gives an overall quality assessment for the lot, from ‘A’ to ‘D’. The same standard applies to mint and used stamps, to covers, postal stationery, literature etc. An item graded ‘A’ is very fine; it has no faults. ‘B’ items are fine and may have minor imperfections. A ‘C’ item will exhibit obvious faults. Items in poor condition are rated ‘D’. Occasionally, an item in truly superb condition will be rated ‘A+’. This grading is used sparingly and is not applied to modern material, which one would normally expect to be in very fine to superb condition. An otherwise very fine item which has a subsidiary problem may be allocated an ‘A-’. This may be a stamp with writing or a hinge remainder on the reverse. A cover may have a receiver’s endorsement on the face. The halves of a letter card may be stuck together. A book may have a previous owner’s notations. Whether this factor makes the item an ‘A-’ or ‘B’ is a matter of degree. 4. The fourth column is relevant to perforated stamps, and also to lots listed under the sub-heading ‘Postmarks’. For perforated stamps, this column gives a grading for both centring and perforations. The letter ‘A’ to ‘D’ relates to centring. ‘A’ stamps are very well centred; ‘B’ stamps are slightly off-centre; ‘C’ stamps are significantly off-centre, and may have the perforations slightly into the design; ‘D’ stamps are badly off-centre, with the perforations well into the design. [NB: These gradings are the same for all perforated issues, whether Australian Decimals, De La Rue Colonial keyplates or 19th Century American issues. However, it should be understood that for many issues poor centring is the norm. Thus ‘C’, and even ‘D’, gradings should be expected and accepted. For such issues a ‘B’ stamp will be above-average and an ‘A’ stamp will be considered an exceptional copy.] Following the letter ‘A’ to ‘D’ is a number ‘1’ to ‘4’. A stamp with all perforations intact is ‘1’. One or two short perfs, or normal rough perforations, will drop the grading to ‘2’. More notable perforation problems such as the perfs down one side being trimmed will result in a ‘3’ grading. A stamp with major perforation faults will be a ‘4’. [NB: A stamp graded ‘A1’ is well-centred with all perforations intact. In many cases, particularly with modern issues, this is the norm. However, for many issues, ‘B2’ or even ‘C3’ may be normal and quite acceptable.] For lots listed under the sub-headings “Postmarks” and “Ship/Paquebot Markings”, this column gives a grading for quality of the strike, and completeness. Quality is graded from ‘A’ (very fine) to ‘D’ (poor). Completeness is graded from ‘1’ (complete) to ‘5’ (identifiable only). ‘+’ is used for superb strikes; ‘-’ is used for postmarks which are lightly struck, a little doubled, or otherwise a bit short of the mark. 5. The 5th column contains the general description of the of the lot and should be self-evident, however the following notes apply specifically to postmark description. Whenever possible postmarks will be described in full, except that the top portion of a postmark is only spelt out when it differs from the post office name or requires some clarification. Bracketed shaded text within a description indicates that these characters cannot be read, while greyed characters are hard to read or are only partly present, as is the case when part of the postmark is on the edge of a stamp. Very large or small letters are represented by large and small fonts respectively; small fonts are particularly used to indicate the presence of small nylon wheels in the datestamp. The following example illustrates these points: '[POST] OFFICE/21DE86/GARAH'. For postmark lots the condition of the postmark is the most important aspect of our descriptions. Minor defects in the stamp or cover are mentioned only when the value of the item is significant. Naturally, major defects will always be described. 6. The symbols in the second, third and fourth columns, and the illustrations of lots, form part of the lot description. 7. Figures in the right-hand column are our estimate of value. You may bid at, above or below estimate. The reserve price for almost every lot is 80% of estimate (rounded to the nearest bidding step). Bids below this level will not be considered. Lots with an estimate of $3 or less have no reserve. 8. Australian residents will have GST added to the hammer price of all lots. 9. We use the following standardised abbreviations: o.g. original gum opt(d) overprint(ed) d/s datestamp cds circular datestamp h/s handstamp mss manuscript; handwritten ERD earliest recorded date LRD latest recorded date o/o opened-out RLabel registration label M/S(s) miniature sheet(s) PPC picture postcard cnr corner blk block impt imprint mtd mounted provl provisional wmk watermark LDL large dateline (postmarks) SDL small dateline (postmarks) TLC,TRC,LLC,LRC Top Left Cnr, Top Right Cnr, Lower Left Cnr, Lower Right Cnr Page 4 Auction 69 - 10:00am Saturday 28th April 2007 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 1 CA Cigarette Cards - Australia W.D.& H.O.Wills Australian 50 A Australia - South Australia: ‘Prospect & Nailsworth’ tram ticket Butterflies (in Silk) five different cards. $20 pair. $40 OMNIBUS ISSUES 51 FB Great Britain: 1945 Royal Air Force - Transport Command 2** A 1996 9th Asian International Philatelic Exhibition: miniature envelope with ticket, air passage authority form & luggage tag belonging to Corporal Ritchens destined for Cairo, some sheets issued by Ghana, Republique Togolaise & Tanzania.
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