1d red Die 1 BW #P27 endorsed "French Prisoner of War" with Sydney machine cancel & boxed Censor cachet in violet, to Germany but apparently undelivered with two redirections to "GPO London", red "2" apparently for return postage to Australia. An interesting item. [The Free privilege for POWs may not have been recognised because the addressee was with the French Forces. The 1d Forces rate was then probably inadequate but the card appears...
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 #2077 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red Die 1 BW #P27, to Germany with 23mm 'PRISONER OF WAR LETTER/FREE' cachet cancelling the stamp, superb 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE' & boxed Censor cachets both in violet, faint British censor h/s, creased at the base. [Most unusual to see the 'FREE' h/s on a KGV Postal Card. It is more usually seen on Kangaroo cards]
Lot #2078 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red Die 1 with 'OS/NSW' Perfin BW #P27ea for Sydney Harbour Trust, to Marine Board Hobart with their arrival cachet on the reverse, Cat $200. Superb!
Lot #2079 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red Die 2 Type 1 with 60 degree Spur BW #P27d, with advice for "The Daily News", used at Perth, minor blemishes on the reverse only, Cat $250. [Because the message is wholly printed, the œd printed matter rate would have been sufficient]
Lot #2080 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red Die 2 Type 2 with 40 degree Spur BW #P27da, unused, Cat $400. Superb! [The Postal Card plate comprised 30 Die 1 & only two Die 2 units. The spurs are difficult to separate but the Type 2 has an additional plate flaw, a large frame-break 5mm below the upper-left corner]
Lot #2081 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red Die 2 Type 2 with 40 degree Spur BW #P27da, Perth machine cancel & very fine 'GOOMALLING/WA' arrival cds on the face, Cat $250.
Lot #2082 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red/buff Die 1 BW #P28, superb unused; Die 2 Type 1 with 60 degree Spur #P28d, printed advice for Kapunda Technical School, unused; and Die 2 Type 2 with 40 degree Spur #P28da, 'GAWLER' (SA) cds, very fine used; Cat $260.
Lot #2083 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d red/buff Die 1 BW #P28 1) 1917 to the USA with œd green added unnecessarily, two pinholes; 2) Feb 1918 to the USA at the permitted British Empire rate, superb; 3) Jan 1918 to Finland with œd added; 4) with advice for Metropolitan Gas Co & KGV œd green with 'GAS' perfin; & 5) late usage in Tasmania in 1920 with œd tied by 'HASTINGS' cds. Handy quintet.
Lot #2084 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1d Die 1 BW #P28 very late usage with superb 'WALPEUP/11MY20/VIC' cds & oval 'T1D' h/s, to Melbourne where Postage Due 1d tied by pencil cancel, slight bend, Cat $100. [Given the late usage, it is possible that this is an example of the 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1d BW #50 - Cat $1500 - with the Surcharge Omitted. However, while this is a nice theory, it can't be substantiated]
Lot #2085 - postal cards 1915-18 king george v penny sideface
1918 1d red BW #P47 endorsed on the reverse "Specimen Card/(To be kept with file)", small closed spikehole at lower-left, Cat $2000. [Only one other unused example has been recorded. Archival records show that there was a printing of these cards in September 1917. However, it is believed that none of these were actually sold, that #P47 is a unique unissued item, and that the other recorded example is actually a Surcharge Omitted Error: see...
Lot #2086 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1911 Fullface 1d BW #P1 to a British POW in Soltau POW Camp in Germany via Australian Red Cross in England, 'PT AUGUSTA WEST/29AU17/STH AUST' cds & fair strike of the oval 'PASSED BY/4TH MD/CENSOR' h/s, forwarded to Germany via Holland which was neutral, worn strike of Camp '70'-in-circle h/s & endorsed "Konstanse", bumped corners. [While it is well known that reply cards were separated & re-issued as single cards, it has...
Lot #2087 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1911 Fullface 1d BW #P23 to Java with BN '509' of 'PINKENBA/QUEENSLAND' (cds below), Brisbane transit cds & '10/CTMS/T' h/s amended on arrival to "40"(c), 'WELTEVREDEN' cds & boxed 'C40' postman's h/s.
Lot #2088 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1911 Fullface 1d(+1d) outward-half with 'WITH REPLY CARD' Barred-Out BW #P29 to Albany with Perth machine cancel of 10MAY17, minor blemishes, Cat $10,000. One of the great rarities of Australian Postal Stationery. [As noted at Lot 2021, the 1911 1d+1d Reply Cards were supplied only to Western Australia, where few, if any, were actually sold. Because it was WA that returned these cards in 1917, the 3978 single cards resulting were re-...
Lot #2089 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1911 1d(+1d) outward-half with 'with reply paid' & 'The other half is for Reply only' Barred-Out BW #P35, unused, Cat $6000. Superb! RPSofV Certificate (2008). Illustrated at page 17. [The ACSC states that only 3014 single cards were re-issued. Of #P35, a mere two unused & one used example have been recorded]
Lot #2090 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1911 (1d+)1d reply-half with 'REPLY' Barred-Out BW #P36 with printed advice for Elliott Bros Wholesale Druggists & Drysalters, to Townsville with 'CHARTERS TOWERS/25NO/17/QUEENSLAND' cds, a couple of insignificant blemishes, Cat $6000. Illustrated at page 17. [The ACSC states that only two unused & one used example have been recorded. This card was acquired at the Macray Watson auction of 16/7/1996 for $6160 which, at the time, was a...
Lot #2091 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
c.1896 1d(+1d) outward-half with 'WITH REPLY CARD' Barred-Out BW #P37 with printed advice for Adelaide Poetry Society, to College Park with Adelaide machine cancel of 28JUN17, a couple of insignificant blemishes, Cat $7500. Illustrated at page 17. RPSofV Certificate (1994). [9180 single cards were re-issued, but the ACSC states that only two used examples have been recorded. This card is noted as having been used on 23rd June, which is an...
Lot #2092 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1892 '1d.' on 1œd(+'1d.' on 1œd) outward-half with 'THE ANNEXED CARD IS INTENDED/FOR THE ANSWER' Barred-Out BW #P39 with printed heading for Australian Red Cross Tasmanian Division, to New Town with Hobart slogan cancel of 29JAN18, minor blemishes, Cat $4000. [6820 single cards were re-issued. The ACSC states that "approximately ten examples survive of each half". Kevin Nelson's used example sold for $4140 at our auction of 27/11/2010]
Lot #2093 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
ditto, uprated with KGV Large Multiple Wmk œd green - for the œd War Tax - tied by unclear 'OATLANDS/ ----19/TASMANIA' cds, the message dated "23 Jan 1919", Cat $4000. [Stated to be the only recorded example of any of the re-issued cards uprated for the War Tax]
Lot #2094 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1892 ('1d.' on 1œd+)'1d.' on 1œd reply-half with 'REPLY' Barred-Out BW #P40, unused, Cat $4000.
Lot #2095 - postal cards 1917 re-issue of 1d+1d reply cards
1d(+1d) outward-half with 'THE ANNEXED CARD IS INTENDED/ONLY FOR THE REPLY' Barred-Out BW #P45, unused, Cat $8000. Absent from Trevor Hiscock's collection. [Only 750 single cards were re-issued. The ACSC states that "five unused and one used example are recorded". No example of the reply-half #P46 has been recorded]
Lot #2096 - postal cards 1918-19 war tax surcharges
1œd on 1d with New Heading BW #P48 unused x2 on different stocks & used in NSW or Victoria on two different stocks, also CTO with 'MELBOURNE/28NO18/ 1 ' cds which John Sinfield believes was the Date of Issue, Cat $170.
Lot #2097 - postal cards 1918-19 war tax surcharges
1œd on 1d with 'OS/NSW' Perfin BW #P48e for Sydney Harbour Trust, local usage with Sydney machine cancel of MY2/1919, Cat $500.
Lot #2098 - postal cards 1918-19 war tax surcharges
1d red with the Surcharge Omitted BW #P48var uprated with KGV Large Multiple Wmk œd green tied by Adelaide machine cancel of 23DEC18, to Victoria, Cat $1500 as BW #P47. [It seems clear to us that #P47 was unissued & that the entire stock was intended to be surcharged. If we, and John Sinfield, are correct, then the used examples of #P47 are actually Surcharge Omitted Errors. To debunk this theory would require the discovery of a...
Lot #2099 - postal cards 1918-19 war tax surcharges
1d red with the Surcharge Omitted BW #P48var with printed Government Printing Office advice, local usage uprated with KGV Large Multiple Wmk œd green perf 'OS' tied by Adelaide slogan cancel of 20OCT19, vertical fold well clear of the stamps. The only official usage known to us. [The ACSC states that less than ten examples have been recorded. This includes usage in NSW & Queensland, as well as South Australia]
Lot #2100 - postal cards 1918-19 war tax surcharges
1œd on 1d Die 2 on Buff (#P26) BW #P49, to St Helens (Tas) with Hobart slogan cancel applied to inverted card so re-cancelled with 'HOBART/25JA19/TASMANIA' cds, minor blemishes, Cat $8000. Illustrated at page 21. One of the great Kangaroo postal stationery rarities. [Only one other example has been recorded, also used in Tasmania. The ACSC states "It is probable [they] represent a very small number of returns from remote Tasmanian post...
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