1d rose BW #P23 with printed 'Australian/Imperial/Force/XMAS 1914/...' message & child saluting printed in red on the reverse, minor blemishes, uncancelled & probably sent under cover. A very unusual private overprinting for an enlisted soldier.
Public Auction #186 - Postal Stationary
By: Prestige Philately Pty Ltd
Prestige Philately Pty Ltd Public Auction #186 - Postal Stationary
Prestige Philately is proud to present their first public auction devoted to the fascinating world of postal stationery. Offerings include the outstanding collections of Australian Postal Cards and Wrappers formed by Melbourne collectors John Sinfield and Mark Diserio respectively.
John Sinfield, probably the Number One collector of Australian postal stationery and one of Australia's most accomplished exhibitors, has put together a Postal Cards collection that was awarded Large Gold at the international exhibition in China in 2009. This exhibit also won Large Gold - with Felicitations of the Jury - and the National Grand Prix at Sydney Stamp Show in 2011.
Mark Diserio has enjoyed a lower profile as a collector but both his Registration Envelopes and Wrappers (Large Vermeil at Australia 2013) have been accorded high marks in competition.
Combining elements of traditional stamp collecting and postal history, postal stationery is a field of great scope and inherent interest.
Essays, proofs, varieties and freaks - all elements of serious stamp collecting - are all in evidence here. Especially with the Kangaroo and KGV Sideface designs, such items compete for inclusion in collections of stamps and postal stationery. In fact, many sophisticated collectors hold to the view that designs common to both stamps and postal stationery are an integral part of the story of those stamp issues.
Postal history enthusiasts can also look to used postal stationery for evidence of rates, routes, and postal markings. It should be noted that some postal rates are actually best represented by postal stationery.
In addition, thematic or topical collectors can also find much of interest in the field of postal stationery. Scenic and other illustrated issues are obvious candidates but many subtle connections can also be identified by the experienced thematicist. Collectors of underpaid or registered mail, of advertising and official emissions, will also find much of interest here, including some of the rarest items in the latter fields.
It is these intertwined interests that reveal much of the appeal of postal stationery. This is a multi-faceted discipline that can engage on multiple levels.
In particular, I would draw your attention to what is surely the most comprehensive group of 1917 reissued reply postal cards ever assembled in one sale: Lots 2088 to 2095. Also of great note are the exceptional ½d+½d Kangaroo Reply Postal Card (Lot 2173) and the KGVI+Queen Mother “doubleton” Wrapper (Lot 2354).
Unsold lots available at 80% of estimate.
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Lot #2027 - postal cards 1911 king george v fullface
1d rose with 'OS/NSW' perfin BW #P23ea for the Sydney Harbour Trust, Sydney machine cancel of 3JE13 & 'DELIVERY ROOM/SYDNEY' b/s, minor corner bend at lower-left, Cat $1000. [The ACSC states "The 'OS/NSW' puncture is believed to derive from a small quantity of these cards being included with 1d Kangaroo cards sent for puncturing. Only two used examples [and none unused] are recorded". It should also be noted that because BW #P1 was not...
Lot #2028 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Three proprietary postcards bearing the same portraits of the King & Queen in wreaths of laurel as used for the Postal Cards, two from India (one with advert on the reverse for sets of 12 Coronation PPCs, a few small borer holes), the other with imprint 'With the compliments/of the Brisbane City Council/...' at lower-left & a coloured map of Australia on the reverse, unused. [34 portraits of the King, Queen and Prince of Wales were...
Lot #2029 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
BW #P2-19 comprising KGV x8 portraits each from two positions; Queen Mary x6 portraits, #M1 & M2 each from two positions, one with printed address of GA Bremer & Co; and Prince of Wales x4 portraits each from two positions; on John Sinfield's exhibit pages, various colours, generally very fine & all but three are unused. An extremely difficult "set" to assemble. [As noted in the ACSC, the differences between the two sub-types of...
Lot #2030 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
KGV in Oakleaves Frame with Crown & White Reverse BW #P8(1)A in brown, Barred Numeral 'MCCC/71' cancel & 'DINGEE/MY11/27/VICTORIA' cds (of 27/5/1911) alongside, minor blemishes. This is the earliest recorded usage of any Coronation card. [There was no official date of issue. The first distribution was on 17/5/1911, to Victoria & Western Australia. Supplies were sent soon after to the other States. The ACSC states that the initial...
Lot #2031 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
KGV in Laurel Frame with Buff Reverse BW #P7(1)B in purple-black, 'FREMANTLE/5JE11/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, brief message dated two days earlier states "Keep this souvenir of King Edward's birthday"!! The earliest recorded usage in WA. [Apart from mixing up the monarchs, Edward was born on 9th November (1841). However, KGV was born on 3rd June (1865)]
Lot #2032 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Queen Mary in Rectangle with White Reverse BW #P11A in chestnut, superb 'DEVIOT/8JU1911/TASMANIA' cds, message states "Do you like the new PCd?" The earliest recorded usage in Tasmania.
Lot #2033 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
KGV in Oakleaves Frame with Crown with White Reverse BW #P8(2)A in greenish blue, to Bosnia with NSW œd tied by partial Sydney machine cancel, message dated "June 11th 1911", Egyptian 'PORT-TAUFIQ' transit b/s, corner bend. The earliest recorded usage in New South Wales. [Usages within NSW are VERY scarce. Some 750,000 cards were sold, of which only 5% were distributed to NSW]
Lot #2034 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Queen Mary in Ornate Rectangle with Crown & White Reverse, and Laurel Frame with Buff Reverse BW #P12A & #P14A both in black-brown, with Melbourne machine cancel of 22JUN11 or Perth cds of 22JE11 being the date of the Coronation, no messages. Very scarce.
Lot #2035 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Diffused Oval with Buff Reverse BW #P2(2)B in blue used in Victoria JE5/11; & Oval of Laurel with Buff Reverse #P7(1)B used at 'SOUTHERN CROSS' (WA) 6JE11, minor blemishes; both from the initial 8-on printing.
Lot #2036 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Ornate Rectangle & Monogram with White Reverse BW #P6(1)A in brown-purple, to Germany with œd Kangaroo tied by Brisbane machine cancel, readdressed on arrival, minor corner bend.
Lot #2037 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Ornate Rectangle & Monogram (Larger Portrait) with White Reverse with 'O.H.M.S.' Overprint above the Stamp BW #P5(2)Ae in black, printed advice for the Hydraulic Engineer (presumably Railways), addressed but endorsed "Cancelled", Cat $500 used; unpriced unused.
Lot #2038 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Oval of Oakleaves with Damage to Crown BW #P8(2)f comprising 1) earliest state with minor damage to cross, in chestnut, unused; 2) advanced state with Cross & Orb Omitted, in purple-black, used at 'ABERDEEN ST/WESTN AUSTRALIA'; and 3) late state with Two More Pearls Missing, in black, unused; Cat $500. A significant flaw.
Lot #2039 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Oval of Oakleaves with Damage to Crown late state with Cross, Orb & Pearls Missing in purple-black with White Reverse BW #P8(2)Af, superb 'WAROONA/23DE12/WESTN AUST' cds, Cat $100.
Lot #2040 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Oval of Laurel with Buff Reverse BW #P14b in blue, to Macclesfield with 'PARKVILLE/VICTORIA - MCCC/85' duplex & 'HEALESVILLE' arrival duplex b/s, 'MISSENT TO/HEALESVILLE' h/s on the face.
Lot #2041 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Oval of Oakleaves with White Reverse BW #P15a, Esperanto usage to Italy with unusual combination franking of WA œd tied by 'THE EXCHANGE/NSW' cds, two Rome cds on the face.
Lot #2042 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Rectangle with White Reverse BW #P17(1)A x2 in deep purple or chestnut, or with Buff Reverse #P17(1)B in greenish black, with three progressive states of the unlisted Void L/R Corner on Stamp, unused, Cat $300+.
Lot #2043 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Rectangle with Buff Reverse BW #P17(2)B in black, three examples overlapped & glued together, "tied" by 40mm Madagascar UPU Collection cachets in rosine #P17(2)Bw, Cat $600. Illustrated at page 9. [The note below #P9 states that the Madagascar specimens were three different portrait cards glued together. At best, this is an ambiguous statement. Madagascar received three each of three different portrait cards, one King, one Queen, &...
Lot #2044 - postal cards 1911 fullface - coronation issue
Oakleaves & Anchors with Buff Reverse in black with 'OHMS' Overprint above the Stamp BW #P19(2)be for the South Australian Survey Department, local usage at Adelaide, Cat $500. Illustrated at page 9.
Lot #2045 - postal cards 1911 fullface - victorian scenic issue
of the original 11 views plus the later-printed "COIMADAI" BW #P21(1) to (12) on John Sinfield's exhibit pages, unused, Cat $925; also the Post Office band inscribed '.../STATE OF VICTORIA/12 PICTORIAL POST CARDS/Price, One Shilling'. Rarely available as a set.
Lot #2046 - postal cards 1911 fullface - victorian scenic issue
"GILDEROY RANGES", "PHANTOM FALLS", "RIVER YARRA", "BOURKE ST" (sent under cover), "FLINDERS ST", "BUFFALO MTS" (underpaid to Germany with 'T/10c' h/s), "GOLD DIGGERS" (sent under cover) & "COIMADAI", a few minor blemishes, used, Cat $475.
Lot #2047 - postal cards 1911 fullface - victorian scenic issue
the Post Office band inscribed '.../STATE OF VICTORIA/12 PICTORIAL POST CARDS/Price, One Shilling', remarkably fine. Rare.
Lot #2048 - postal cards 1911 fullface - victorian scenic issue
in greenish black with message occupying the entire face, the stamp with part-'[DU]NKELD' (Vic) cds. [A rare example of the practice of sending a postcard in an envelope with a window cut-out to allow the stamp to be cancelled]
Lot #2049 - postal cards 1911 fullface - victorian scenic issue
in black, Melbourne CTO cds of OC10/11, Cat $200.
Lot #2050 - postal cards 1911 fullface - victorian scenic issue
initial printing in sepia on thin unsurfaced buff stock, unused, Cat $750. [John Sinfield notes that to obtain approval for a 12th view, JB Cooke prepared 8 proofs on this stock. The ACSC states none are known postally used, but see Lot 2053]
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