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Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #173 -General Sale May 11, 2012 - Archive Auction

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1 miscellaneous Asian array including China 1964 Vessels * plus some Peonies and better 1970s material & 2001-2003 issues in single album; Taiwan 1950 Koxinga *, 1955 Re-Election x2 used, 1956 Anniversary x2 *, 1964 Cacti x2 *; plus Laos, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, and a range of mostly unused PPCs. (Qty 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 600] Price: AU$460.00
Sold For: AU$1,700.00
2 miscellaneous Assorted comprising Papua New Guinea collection in two Seven Seas albums including 1952 Pictorials **, 1985-1997 (ex 1994) Yearbooks and stamp packs, plus modern Australia, China & Thailand. (Qty many 100s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$480.00
3 miscellaneous British Commonwealth predominantly used with Australia including Roos to 2/- & KGV Heads to 1/4d, Canada with values to $1 & modern mint, Great Britain QV-QEII range with Castles to £1, plus Pacific Islands & several albums of mixed world and 5kg+ of world coins. Have a look! (Qty 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$675.00
4 miscellaneous British Commonwealth with better sets including Pitcairn Islands 1940 Pictorials *, 1949 Silver Wedding **, 1957 Pictorials x2 *, Somaliland 1942 Pictorials *, St Helena 1953 Pictorials *, plus heaps of short sets, some early material, and incomplete Omnibus pages for 1937 Coronation & 1946 Victory. (Qty many 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
Sold For: AU$600.00
5 miscellaneous British Commonwealth mostly mint including British Solomons 1907 Small Canoes; India KEVII 10r & 15r (3, one *); Pakistan 1947 Officials; Zanzibar 1895 1r optd 'Zanzibar' (2, used); plus pictorial sets including Antigua 1932 (used), British Honduras 1938 (2, used) & 1953 (**); Cayman Islands 1935, 1950 (**), 1953 & 1962; Cyprus 1955 (**); Dominica 1903; Gambia 1953 (**) & 1954; Jamaica 1938 (used); Natal 1902 £1 (2) & £1/10/- (used); Northern Rhodesia 1953 (**); Nyasaland 1945 (1 *, two used), 1953 (3, one **); Papua New Guinea 1952; Sierra Leone 1938; Somaliland 1938; Southern Rhodesia 1953 (**); Tristan da Cunha 1954, 1960 & 1961; also 1937 Coronation omnibus issues (135); Cat £4125. (Qty 1000+) [Estimate Price: AU$ 1500] Price: AU$1,150.00
Sold For: AU$1,600.00
6 miscellaneous British Commonwealth Hagner selection comprising Malta 1956 Pictorials **; Sarawak 1888 No Wmk SG 8-21 *, 1918 No Wmk SG 50-61 *, 1934 No Wmk SG 106-125 used, toning concerns, Cat £1000. (Qty 73) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
7 miscellaneous British Commonwealth collection on pages including BOIC MEF 1943-47 set mint, Somalia SG S1-31 mint, Tripolitania BMA set mint & used to 120L; British Forces in Aden eight covers; Malaysia sets & FDCs; QEII used sets from Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Rhodesia & Nyasaland. (Qty 100s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$260.00
8 miscellaneous British Pacific including Papua 1939-41 Airs; PNG 1952 Pictorials; Pitcairn 1940 Pictorials, 1948 Wedding, 1957 Pictorials; Samoa 1886 Palms Perf 11 2/6d purple, 1914 'G.R.I.' to 9d, 1921 Huts, 1925 Postal Fiscals 2/- blue & 3/- mauve; Solomons 1907 Large Canoes, 1908 Small Canoes, 1914 KGV to 10/-, 1939 Pictorials, 1956 Pictorials, 1965 Pictorials; Tonga 1886 Sidefaces Perf 12x11½, 1891 optd Stars, 1894 Surcharges, 1895 Surcharges (7½d Perf 12x11), 1895 Unissued Surcharges, 1897 Pictorials, 1923 Surcharges, 1942 Wmk Mult Script CA, 1953 Pictorials, 1893 Officials optd 'GFB' SG O1-O5 & Surcharged SG O6-O10; Cat £3900. (Qty 1000+) [Estimate Price: AU$ 1500] Price: AU$1,150.00
Sold For: AU$1,150.00
9 miscellaneous Carton with basic postmark collection from all States except Queensland with a few scarcer items & useful covers noted; also PNG mint collection & used duplicates. (Qty Qty) [Estimate Price: AU$ 200] Price: AU$150.00
Sold For: AU$360.00
10 miscellaneous Collector's duplicates with mostly British Commonwealth including Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Hong Kong & New Zealand, plus a box of loose world stamps. Noted some better items. (Qty many 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$400.00
11 miscellaneous Consignment remainders in huge box with predominantly Australia and New Zealand decimal stamps on piece, FDCs, some mint, and numerous modern world FDCs and airmail covers. (Qty many 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 200] Price: AU$150.00
Sold For: AU$380.00
12 miscellaneous Consignment remainders predominantly used with Colonies including several albums of postmarks, revenues to £1, railway stamps, overprints including a few Departmentals, perfins, and postage dues, plus Australia with Roos to 2/-, postage dues, customs duty stamps, and several albums of heavily duplicated decimals. (Qty many 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$2,050.00
13 miscellaneous Consignment remainders with Roos First Wmk 10/- grey & aniline pink * (Cat $750), plus a range of world material including Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Pacific Islands, and some Europe. (Qty 100+) [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
Sold For: AU$420.00
14 miscellaneous Eclectic mix including a modern range of Hong Kong covers with registered mail and a variety of banking imprints and h/s, plus heaps of predominantly used world with strength in Europe and South America including earlies, plus multiples and incomplete sets. (Qty many 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
Sold For: AU$600.00
15 miscellaneous Mint world including Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland & UN, Australia including an album of postmarks on piece, plus heaps of used decimals with values to $20 and Cook FDCs & covers. [Face value stated to exceed $2000.] (Qty 1000s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 750] Price: AU$575.00
Sold For: AU$600.00
16 miscellaneous Omnibus 1948 Silver Wedding high values including Ascension 10/- used, Bechuanaland 10/- used, Bermuda (2, used on piece), Falklands £1 **, Gibraltar £1 (2, used), Hong Kong $10 (2, one **), Mauritius 10r used, Pitcairn 10/- (2, used), St Helena 10/- used, Seychelles 5r used, Swaziland 10/- used; Cat £1100+. (Qty 47) [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
Sold For: AU$460.00
17 miscellaneous Pacific Islands mostly mint including Fiji 1871 1d 2d & 3d (unused), 1876 optd 'VR' 1d (unused) & 2d on 3d SG 28-29, 1892 '½d' on 1d dull blue (unused), '5d' on 6d brownish rose, 1891 Perf 10 2½d & 5d, 1912 MCA set, 1922 Script set; Gilberts 1939 Pictorials; Nauru 1916 to 1/-; New Hebrides 1911 Arms, 1938 Gold Currency; New Zealand 1873 Wmk NZ ½d, 1882 3d yellow (**), 1898 Pictorials 5d (2), 8d & 9d, 1920 Victory, 1926 3/- SG 467, 1936 Pictorials (3/- x2, one Perf 12½), 1937 Express Perf 14x14½ SG E4, plus Lighthouses and Health M/Ss; Niue 1903 Overprints, 1938 Pictorials; mixed condition, Cat £2600. (Qty 1000+) [Estimate Price: AU$ 1000] Price: AU$750.00
18 miscellaneous Postal History including Australia 1966 10d aerogramme uprated with QEII 1c, 1968 last day for use of pre-decimals 10d aerogramme, uprated pictorial Postal Cards (3), plus flight covers, numerous registered and censored items, advertising covers, aerogrammes, lettercards, and PPCs; New Guinea 1936 OHMS large parcel piece, plus covers from Fiji, Malaya, New Guinea, New Zealand and Singapore. (Qty approx 800) [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
Sold For: AU$420.00
19 miscellaneous Postal history group with Cook Islands 1901 usage to Germany of 1d Makea Postal Card with Torea ½d blue & 1932 registered cover with Perf 14x13 4d SG 103b block of 4; Penrhyn 1903 registered cover with Opts ½d 1d & 2½d & 1920 registered cover to France with French resealing tape; Niue 1903 registered cover to Germany via Pago Pago (b/s) with New York exchange office registration label; and Samoa 1914 OAS PPC to NZ, 1914 & 1916 both with 'Passed by Censor' h/s, 1918 with light 'SAMOA/[Arms]/GOVERNMENT/HOUSE/OFFICIAL/PAID' cachet, & 1919 commercial with rare black/white registration label. (Qty 10) [Estimate Price: AU$ 850] Price: AU$650.00
Sold For: AU$950.00
20 thematics and subjects CENSOR MAIL - WORLD WAR II: The exceptional balance of John Little's remarkable collection of British Empire covers with scarce/rare censor cachets & labels, mostly from islands including Falklands, Fiji, Gilberts, Jamaica, Mauritius x3, Turks & Caicos x2, Zanzibar x3 etc, a few with very rare instructional handstamps or labels, generally fine to very fine. Opportunity: previous estimates $5150. (Qty 34) [Estimate Price: AU$ 2500] Price: AU$1,900.00
21 thematics and subjects MILITARY: Mostly WWII with a bundle of 32 airgraphs including illustrated types & some with their posting envelopes, a couple of V-Mail forms, a few Forces covers from Malaya, etc; also Spanish-American War 1898 cover & two fronts with 'MILITARY STA 1/PORTO RICO WASH DC - 1' (2) or 'MAYAGUEZ PORTO RICO/MIL STA NO 3' datestamp; WWI 1915 illustrated cover with faked 'DUALA/KAMERUN' cds; 1946 UNRRA cover from China to NSW with 'Through the British Fleet Post Office' h/s; etc, condition variable. (Qty 60 approx) [Estimate Price: AU$ 400] Price: AU$300.00
Sold For: AU$300.00
22 thematics and subjects MILITARY: Bundle of WWI PPCs with propaganda types including "Punch" (5), a gruesome "Miss Edith Cavell Murdered", devastated towns in Flanders, British tanks (2) etc, also a few humorous types etc, generally good to very fine (35); also nine New Zealand items including Convoy covers & cards, PPCs etc, condition rather mixed. (Qty 44) [Estimate Price: AU$ 200] Price: AU$150.00
Sold For: AU$230.00
23 thematics and subjects MILITARY: Interesting group including Great Britain OHMS cover with two re-addressing labels & 'ARMY/S -- C/SIGNALS' b/s plus the enclosed card with superb per favor strike of a similar 'GHQ' cds; 1917 Wilson cover from Cyprus with '[flag] DON'T/FORGET/THE SAFE ARRIVAL/OF THIS LETTER/IS DUE TO/THE BRITISH NAVY' label with John Walker imprint, & 1921 PPC from Italy with similar label with the imprint replaced by 'JOIN THE NAVY LEAGUE/...'; Crete 1918 merchants' covers with 'OPENED BY/CENSOR/ 1 ' label & '[lion]/PASSED/AEGEAN/POSTAL/ CENSOR/SYRA' h/s, or similar label with '3' h/s & boxed 'CENSORED' h/s; Russia c.1945 cover to Washington DC per diplomatic bag with Russian stamps uncancelled & superb strike of the American 'PASSED BY/O.N.I./NAVAL CENSOR' (= Office of Naval Intelligence) h/s in blue, 'EXAMINED BY/ 3 ' labels on the flap; and South Africa World War I group comprising oval 'CHIEF CENSOR/18JAN1916/CAPETOWN' b/s in blue, superb 'PASSED/21/11/ CENSOR' in blue, oval 'AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE/AIF DEPOT/THE CASTLE/CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA' light strike in purple on PPC, boxed POW h/s, & boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/BASE 6/DOORGELATEN DOOR CENSOR' (stamp removed); condition variable. (Qty 12 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
24 thematics and subjects MILITARY: German WWI Feldpostkarten including a few illustrated types etc with good variety of datestamps & cachets. (Qty 70) [Estimate Price: AU$ 100] Price: AU$75.00
25 thematics and subjects PAQUEBOT: Collection of mostly European covers & PPCs (many of the relevant ships), also 21 mostly GB Aerogrammes with ship or paquebot markings. (Qty 63 covers) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$270.00
26 thematics and subjects PRISONERS OF WAR: World War I collection of mail to the Danish Red Cross from or for POWs in Germany Austria & Hungary, mostly stampless but a good number with adhesives & a few registered, good range of POW envelopes, lots of postmark interest, generally fine to superb. Excellent lot. [See our website for lists of the offices of origin] (Qty 385) [Estimate Price: AU$ 400] Price: AU$300.00
Sold For: AU$300.00
27 thematics and subjects SCOUTING: Carton with an array of Ernie Stermole's duplicated material comprising mostly Australian postcards & commemorative covers etc, some New Zealand & European material. Retail opportunity. (Qty 100s) [Estimate Price: AU$ 200] Price: AU$150.00
Sold For: AU$480.00
28 thematics and subjects SCOUTING: Carton of FDCs, commemorative covers with pictorial datestamps, Jamboree souvenirs etc from New Zealand, Baltic States, Poland, Holland etc, a few better items noted; also an array of used Australia including International Stamps, and other bits n pieces. Ex Erhard (Ernie) Stermole. [See also Lots 32 to 60] (Qty Qty) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$230.00
29 thematics and subjects SCOUTING: Great Britain 1924 Boy Scouts Association letterhead with "handwritten" note in gold welcoming the Australian Contingent to the 1924 Wembley Jamboree & with facsimile signature "Robert Baden Powell/Chief Scout", a couple of minor bends but unfolded. Ex Erhard (Ernie) Stermole. [Estimate Price: AU$ 200] Price: AU$150.00
Sold For: AU$150.00
30 thematics and subjects SCOUTING: New Zealand 1939-2011 in two volumes with an array of issued stamps, FDCs, commemorative covers including 1965 Sea Scout Regatta registered, 1969 "Tiki Times" wrapper, Jamboree souvenirs etc. Ex Erhard (Ernie) Stermole. (Qty Qty) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$300.00
31 thematics and subjects SCOUTING: Slovenia 1983-2010 colourful array of issued stamps including sheets of personalised stamps, postcards & commemorative covers etc, minor duplication. Ex Erhard (Ernie) Stermole, who was born in Slovenia. (Qty 180+ items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 150] Price: AU$115.00
32 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia Carton with six albums devoted to Scouting subjects including "Cinderellas", flight covers including Antarctic flights, promotional labels, magazine wrappers, exhibition covers, tickets etc, one album devoted to franking machine imprints including some scarce examples on cover. Fascinating lot. (Qty Qty) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$420.00
33 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1934 Australian Jamboree Frankston group including the Jamboree cloth badge in superb condition & two different adhesive labels, Victoria Centenary sheet of 20 labels including 4 Jamboree subjects (no gum & a few faults) & vertical strip just of those subjects Imperforate at the Sides unused (possibly from a proof sheet?), Jamboree registration label x2 (one used later with mss "Burleigh") & registration receipt with Jamboree cds WWW #30 (rated RRR), four different Jamboree PPCs all unused, 'HIKE/MAIL' label on cover from 'POWELLTOWN' (toning), superb example of the King's message with Baden Powell's facsimile signature, etc. A terrific lot. (Qty 18 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 600] Price: AU$460.00
Sold For: AU$525.00
34 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: plain cover to Adelaide with 2d tied by largely very fine strike of the 'AUST JAMBOREE FRANKSTON/ 1JA35/VIC.' cds with time (WWW #10; rated RR), 'CENTENARY/JAMBOREE' (koala) label, minor wrinkles. [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$240.00
35 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: illustrated Jamboree cover (179x129mm) to NSW with 2d Vic Centenary tied by largely very fine strike of the 'AUST JAMBOREE FRANKSTON/1JA35/VIC.' cds with time (WWW #10; rated RR), minor blemishes. Ex Gary Watson: acquired for $577 at the Macray Watson auction of 12/11/1996. [The illustrator was the Jamboree Quartermaster Charles Homer Fraser. The cover was intended for his six illustrations of life at the Jamboree: see Lot 40] [Estimate Price: AU$ 500] Price: AU$380.00
Sold For: AU$550.00
36 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: registered cover to Red Cliffs with Macarthur 2d & 3d tied by two good to fine strikes of the 'AUST JAMBOREE FRANKSTON/1JA35/VIC.' cds (arcs 2,1 WWW #30; rated RRR) with another superb strike on the reverse, 'Australian Jamboree/Frankston Victoria' registration label, light vertical fold. [Gary Watson's registered cover sold for $1265 at the Macray Watson auction of 12/11/1996] [Estimate Price: AU$ 600] Price: AU$460.00
Sold For: AU$625.00
37 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: registered cover to Ireland with Vic Centenary 2d & 3d tied by two very fine to superb strikes of the 'AUST JAMBOREE FRANKSTON/5JA35/VIC.' cds (arcs 1,1½ WWW #20; rated RRR) & 'Australian Jamboree/Frankston Victoria' registration label, Irish arrival b/s, minor stain on the reverse. [This & the previous lot are the first registered covers we have offered for many years.] [Estimate Price: AU$ 750] Price: AU$575.00
Sold For: AU$625.00
38 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: set of six Jamboree postcards featuring pencil illustrations by Charles Homer Fraser, one of dignitaries marked with pencilled letters & identified on the reverse, some minor blemishes, unused. Rare. (Qty 6) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$460.00
39 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: a similar set of Jamboree illustrations by Charles Homer Fraser with his initials "CHF", each 165x125mm & intended for posting in his illustrated envelope - see Lot 36 - unused. Superb! (Qty 6) [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$400.00
40 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1938 Australasian Jamboree Bradfield group with the cloth badge, two different Jamboee PPCs both with the steel hexagonal d/s, and black & yellow labels complete sheet of 15 (unmounted, stated to be "very rare") & vertical strip of 3 (*, minor blemishes). (Qty 6 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$230.00
41 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: Opening Day cover with two very fine strikes of the steel hexagonal d/s & commemorative registration label 'No 31', a couple of minor tonespots. [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$440.00
42 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: the registration receipt for the previous item, with superb strike of the very scarce rubber version of the datestamp in violet. [Estimate Price: AU$ 100] Price: AU$75.00
Sold For: AU$230.00
43 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: registered Jamboree cover with two superb strikes of the steel d/s of 5JA39, minor blemishes. [Estimate Price: AU$ 250] Price: AU$190.00
Sold For: AU$575.00
44 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: OHMS cover with superb strike of the rubber hexagonal 'AUSTRALASIAN SCOUT JAMBOREE/1JAN1939/ BRADFIELD NSW AUSTRALIA' d/s & 2-line Jamboree h/s both in violet. Rare. [A similar cover of 29DEC1938 sold for $1380 at our auction of 29/3/2008] [Estimate Price: AU$ 750] Price: AU$575.00
Sold For: AU$850.00
45 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1948 Jamboree Wonga Park single-volume collection with a study of the 2½d stamp, a cover signed by Owen Manley (Frank Manley's son & the model for the stamp), slogan cancels, publicity label sheet of 12, Jamboree cloth badge, several different Jamboree PPCs, and an array of commemorative covers including scarce types by S Mitchell (WA), JA Mitchel (Vic), I Challis, Tom Woodger, Rex Bodin etc. (Qty 80+ items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 400] Price: AU$300.00
Sold For: AU$700.00
46 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1952 Pan-Pacific Jamboree Greystanes collection with 3½d maroon three blocks of 4 affected by a thread having adhered to the sheet, Jamboree Opening Day cover & aerial photograph of the opening ceremony, Jamboree cloth badge, partly-handpainted cover by Eric Ogden, another handpainted with 'GREYSTAINS' error, other covers by Arthur Bergen, Bob Haslem, Rex Bodin & ACM Guthrie etc, Bank of NSW PPC, etc. (Qty 50 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 400] Price: AU$300.00
Sold For: AU$725.00
47 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 3½d die proof in maroon in sunken card with 'CBA/NOTE PRINTING/BRANCH/("18/20.10.52")' cachet in violet on the reverse, Cat $3500. Superb! A key item for any collection of Scout stamps. [Only 8 such die proofs were prepared, of which two are in institutional collections. #18 was presented to the Governor-General Sir William McKell] [Estimate Price: AU$ 3000] Price: AU$2,300.00
Sold For: AU$4,600.00
48 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1955 Jamboree Clifford Park collection with Jamboree label two sheets of 32 (one with eight tête-bêche pairs), two Molineux PPCs, Guthrie cover, Hike Mail cover etc; and 1960 Jamboree Lansdowne including Opening Day cover with 29DE69 error, two registered covers, three Bank PPCs etc. (Qty 37 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$440.00
49 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1964-71 7th to 9th Jamborees collection with commemorative postcards & covers, meters, three imperforate proof sheets of 10 Jindalee labels, cloth badges, many Jamboree souvenirs, autographs, etc. (Qty 110 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 300] Price: AU$230.00
Sold For: AU$400.00
50 thematics and subjects , scouting in australia JAMBOREES: 1973-80 10th to 12th Jamborees single volume collection with Woodhouse including a beautiful Jack Peake handpainted cover, Postal Order with 'RELIEF/ 70 ' cds etc; Dandenong including registered Nomad flight cover (only 50 flown), four different postcards by John Barnes (Texas); Perth including registered cover with 'NO 109' relief cds used 2 days before the Jamboree opened. (Qty 98 items) [Estimate Price: AU$ 400] Price: AU$300.00
Sold For: AU$400.00

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