General Sale No. 60 14 October 2016 Estimate A$ Sale No. 60 Sale No. 60 General Online Sale closing at 5 pm AEDT on th Friday 14 October 2016 Email: [email protected] Website: www.millenniumauctions.com.au Viewing by Appointment M MILLENNIUM Philatelic Auctions Incorporating Rodney A Perry Auction Galleries P.O. Box 58, Broadway NSW 2007 AUSTRALIA Telephone + 61 (0)2 9281 4797 1 14 October 2016 General Sale No. 60 Estimate A$ th Welcome to our 60 sale, which is an online auction only, comprising over 800 lots offering a wide range of material. Throughout the Australian Colonies are some very useful SPECIMEN and cancelled-to-order stamps, including 1901 Federal Presentation sets with the accompanying presentation letters. We are pleased to offer a furher important seelction of Tasmania, with a ranging through all the stamp issues, suitably lotted. However stregnth is in the postal history, with material ranging from pre-stamps to the Pictorials, and a wide range of cancellation and postmarks studies, including an extensive group of instructional and informative markings. Australian Commonwealth begins with 130 lots of Kangaroos. The stregtnh is in what must be the largest group of cancelled-to-order stamps offered at auction. Thse include all the various dates used for presentation and collectors’ sets, offered both as individual values and also in full sets. The highlight must be the AP 15 13 complete set from ½d to £2. There are also accompaying SPECIMEN overprints on the high vlaues, including multiples of the First Watermark Type A handstamp. The King George V issues are similarly extensive and also include an excellent range of cancelled-to-order material, including two blocks of four of the 4½d Die II. There are some fine studies of the plate varieties on various values, and individual highlights are a block of 4 of the 5d Single Watermark in a very rare deep brown shade, and a 1½d Green with inverted watermark, a new discovery. there are also four lots of the rare display SPECIMEN handstamps. Australia is completed by some interesting postage dues, including covers, an extensive offering of postal stationery, with stregnth in envelopes and including some fine bulk lots, and a wide range of postal history, including aerophilately. From the Rest of the World there is a collection of Antigua suitably lotted, an accumulation of Canadian instructional markings, and a specialised collection of Cook Islands 1949-1967 issues including essays and proofs as well as extensive studies of the various issues. There are some interesting Gilbert & Ellice Islands covers, a range of German Colonies with Yacht high values in fine condition, and an accumulation of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika with both stamps and postal history; the Tanzania booklets are modern rarities. St. Vincent includes some nice village covers, and there is further material from the Richard Peck collection of Tristan da Cunha. Best regards from, The Team at Millennium Philatelic Auctions. Symbols and Abbreviations * Mint P Proof p, perf perforated ** Unmounted mint PR Presentation Pack wmk(d) watermark(ed) (*) Unused (no gum) PPC Picture Postcard BW Brusden-White O Used PS Postal Stationery (The Australian ^ Used on Piece R Reprint Commonwealth A Albums/Accessories S Specimen Specialists’ Catalogue) B Booklet c. circa SG Stanley Gibbons C Cover or Card imperf imperforate BPA British Philatelic CTO Cancelled to order incl. including Association E Essay inv. inverted RPSL Royal Philatelic Society F Forgery mss. manuscript of London FDC First Day Cover o.g. original gum RPSV Royal Philatelic Society 2 General Sale No. 60 14 October 2016 Estimate A$ Lots with a “T” after the estimate are subject to a GST Charge of 10% on the Hammer Price. Overseas purchasers are exempt from paying this charge. Miscellaneous and General 1 L The Philatelic Handbook by Major E.B. Evans (1885), 396 pages, some foxing of pages and spine split in two places, bearing the handstamp of A.F. Basset Hull $50 2 C Europe: Group of four fascinating inwards covers to Melbourne from the early 1920s, with 1922 (9 Sep) and 1923 (15 Jan) from Berlin franked with 3m Vermilion pair and 50m Slate-black strip of 3 respectively, and 1923 (22 Jun) from Riga, Latvia with 20s, all three showing in addition a large triple-oval cachet 'RUSSIAN FAMINE/I.F.T.U./RELIEF COMMISSION' in violet, also 1922 (29 Apr) cover from Moscow with 7500r on 250r and 22500r endorsed 'I.F.T.U.' at top left. The addressee, Miss E. Moore, was involved in the Peace Movement in WWI. Some small faults, but scarce inwards mail to Australia at this period and fascinating social history (4) $180 Australian Colonies 3 C 1910 (13 Oct) cover from Hobart to Mr (later Rev) Graebner at Unley (SA), franked with the ½d adhesives of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria and 1d adhesives of Queensland and Western Australia, cancelled on the day on which all States' stamps became valid for postage throughout the Commonwealth. The finest cover we have seen commemorating this event, with stamps from all six States $150 New South Wales 4 S/* 1862-65 No Watermark Surfaced Paper Perf 14 1d Dull Red overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (Type D2), small part OG and with some surface rubbing at top, a scarce stamp $400 5 S/* 1885-86 Perf 12 £1 Lilac and Claret with black 'POSTAGE' opt, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (19½ x 2½mm) variety 'Opt Double', small part OG and some toning on perfs. A rare variety $400 6 P 1888 Centennial 8d Lyrebird facsimile print in Mauve on thin wove watermarked paper (155 x 115mm) from 'Les Oiseaux et la Timbres-poste' published by Helio-Vaugirard in 1949, fine $60 7 S/** 1892-99 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) Perf 12 ½d Grey block of 30 from top of right pane with 'G.Pr.O./N.S.W.' monogram and sheet number, overprinted 'SPECIMEN' (13¼ x 2mm). Unmounted with full OG and very fresh, a scarce multiple $400 8 S/** -: Perf 12 x 11½ ½d Bluish-green block of 30 from top of left pane overprinted 'Specimen' (16mm long), full toned OG and unmounted, a very scarce multiple $400 9 P 1897 Diamond Jubilee issue 1d + 2d + 2½d triptych proof in Deep Prussian Blue on thin glazed card (144 x 94mm), very fine other than minor tone spot on reverse $350 10 **/* 1899 Watermark Crown over NSW (II) Chalk-Surfaced Paper 1d Scarlet block of 4 from left side of right pane, the left-hand pair with error 'Imperforate Three Sides', lower units MUH, some gum toning and rust at top and bottom right (barely visible on face). SG 300a, cat £1100 $500 11 CTO 1901 Federal Presentation set of current Postage Stamps ½d to 20/- (17) and Postage Dues ½d to 20/- (10) CTO with 'NSW' in concentric ovals and affixed to printed sheet (Series 79606), very minor stain along top otherwise unfolded and superb $500 12 CTO 1901 Federal Presentation Set of current Postage Stamps ½d to 20/- (17) and Postage Dues ½d to 20/- (10) CTO with 'NSW' in concentric ovals and affixed to printed sheet (Series 72738-1), stamps with some toning (especially Postage Dues), and sheet with a few stains and two horizontal folds $350 13 C 1902-03 Watermark Crown over NSW (III) Chalk-surfaced Paper 10d Violet used on 1904 (8 Mar) 3d registration envelope to Munich, Germany, cancelled 'REGISTERED/SYDNEY' cds, arrival ds in blue on reverse. Good solo usage of the 10d stamp for the quadruple U.P.U. foreign letter rate $60 14 S/* Officials: 1890-91 Watermark '5/- NSW' in Diamond 5/- Lilac Perf 10 overprinted 'SPECIMEN (13¼ x 2mm), large part OG with rounded lower right corner, fine colour $100 3 14 October 2016 General Sale No. 60 Estimate A$ New South Wales (contd.) 15 CTO -: 1895 'OS' Overprints CTO for sale to collectors: 5d Green with red 'OS' overprint, CTO with 'NSW' in three concentric ovals, large part OG and very scarce, only 159 sets were sold $160 16 CTO -: 1895 'OS' Overprints CTO for sale to collectors: 8d Yellow with red 'OS' overprint, CTO with 'NSW' in three concentric ovals, no gum and fine, very scarce with only 159 sets sold $160 17 CTO -: 1895 'OS' Overprints for sale to collectors: 5/- Purple and Pale Green CTO with 'GPO' in three concentric ovals, very fine without gum. Very scarce, only 100 sets were prepared with this form of CTO $700 18 CTO 1891 Postage Dues ½d to 20/- CTO with 'NSW' in three concentric ovals applied centrally, some tone spots (mainly affecting perfs) as is nearly always the case with this issue, no gum, but much above average for this set (10) $350 19 C Postcards: 1910-11 uses of Official Post Card (Sydney Harbour Trust) with 1d Shield (2, one with constant gash upper right) punctured 'OS/NSW', to Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, fine and scarce (2) $180 Postal History 20 C 1832 (2 Jun) entire headed 'On board the Cartha Lochindall' addressed to 'Loina/Sydney' and carried outside the mails and without postal markings. A few tears and with peripheral wear $75 21 C 1893 (20 Jan) cover with Tasmanian 2d Sideface (damaged) tied by Hobart duplex, addressed to Launceston, then crossed through and endorsed with 'Try Hobart' and 'Sydney G.P.O.', and with handstruck Sydney 'ADVERTISED/UNCLAIMED' added. Backstamped at Launceston (JA 21 93), Hobart (JA 23 93), Sydney (JA 27 93) and double oval DEAD LETTER OFFICE/ TASMANIA' ds (31 Jul 93) in blue. Minor soiling, otherwise fine $80T 22 C 1897-1901 Sydney Paid datestamps, earlier undenominated, later '1d' (printed matter), to Kogarah, and 1899 Governor Frank Stamp on Government House stationery (roughly opened) to Newtown (3) $100 23 C 1901 (May) cover from Tasmania posted on board ship, with 1d Engraved Pictorial pair tied on arrival by Sydney cds (MY 9 01), and with double oval 'LOOSE SHIP/LETTER' and handstruck '2D' loose letter fee due, pair of NSW 1d postage due (chalky paper) affixed and cancelled by indelible pencil.