Postal Auction July 2022. 328: Catalogue

1863 (1 Oct) Front bearing a superb 4 margin example of Escuditos 5c rose neatly tied double ring BUENOS AIRES CDS addressed to San Pedro, signed by Victor Kneitschel alongside, very fine quality seldom seen. GJ 12.

Extensive accumulation jumbled on leaves, on manilla stockpages and others in an overfull binder, over 3200 stamps mint and mainly used, better earlier mint on manilla pages, huge variety, some heavy duplication of mainstream defins and commems, ideal for starter lot, approx 3200+.

Fournier Forgery: 1858-1861 Confederation 5c red (one unused, one used), 10c & 15c unused. 1862 Confederation 5c (4), 10c (4), 15c (4), surcharges 1, 2, 8, 1884, ¼ and oficial (2), two postmarks. (25).

Fournier Forgery, Buenos Aires: 1858 4p brown imperf marginal block of eight, nine singles & two postmarks on one piece. (19).

1986-1989 Unmounted mint complete collection on KA-BE hingeless printed leaves, all nice sets, thematics and good catalogue £180+. Fine.

1935 Silver Jubilee 5d green and indigo hinged mint displaying kite and vertical log VARIETY with few toned perfs SG33k (cat £400) plus a set of 4 hinged mint SG31/4

1935 Silver Jubilee set of 4 on neat registered cover, SG31/4

1840's-50's Seven first day covers include Centenary of Sir Thomas Mitchell, 1955 Olympic Games typed to England, 1954 Australian Red Cross and QEII 3d definitive first day cover.

1914 Kookaburra 6d claret Engraved Plate 1 in a superb block of 4 showing part imprint very fresh unmounted mint. SG19

1924 4½d violet on an undated cover to Fremantle sent AERIAL MAIL with Western Australia incomplete CDS and box circle FORWARD / BY AIR MAIL in black alongside. Faults but nice early airmail cover.

1928/9 Small mint selection with 1/4d turquoise SG 104 and 1929 6d chestnut PAIR SG 107 both items with heavy mounts but fresh looking Cat £196

1931 Kingsford Smith 3d blue in a bottom right marginal block of 20 mint / unmounted, mostly split into block of 8 and 12 with some thinning on reverse and other small faults, small part Ash imprint. SG 122 Cat £170 as singles.

1936 (Sep) Airmail cover Sydney to UK sent per Karachi - London, bearing 6d sepia airmail and 2d pair for Cent of Victoria tied AIR MAIL 1 / SYDNEY CDS cancels, neat little cover, SG 139 & 147.

1941-45 WW2 Forces Mail. Seven covers; six have boxed 'passed by censor' in violet (all diff no's) and military Post Office cds and one has boxed 'H.M.Naval Service' in black. Fine group that would display well.(7)

1946 WW2 Forces Mail three covers all bearing 1d brown-purple (SG203), with boxed 'Department of the Army Concession Postal Rate' in violet (two different types), one with damaged backflap, others fine. Nice little group (3)

1947 Occupation Forces in Tokyo: Airmail cover bearing GB 3d & 1s tied Australian Army P.O. 214 CDS addr to Scotland with RAF Post Japan 322 backstamp and Bank of India TOKYO cachet in violet alongside, one side cut into otherwise nice BCOF Sub Area manuscript on reverse.

1952 Qantas first regular air service linking Australia to Mauritius typed cover.

1986 US-Australia Woomera cover concerning the shuttle flight in Australia. Cancelled in USA?Australia on same day Jan 24th 1986 rare item.

1994-95 Wetlands Conservation stamp $10 mountain duck U/M with a bottom left corner imperf proof on white paper printed without the black inscriptions, nice thematic item.

Customs Duty: 1907-1958 5d red and brown and 6d blue and green both in unmounted mint blocks of 12, 5d has two torn examples, otherwise fine, Barefoot 9/10.