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1908 (April 2) picture postcard to "Master Darling, Christmas
Island, ...more 1908 (April 2) picture postcard to "Master Darling, Christmas Island, Straits Settlements, via Singapore", from Scotland with Great Britain KEVII 1d red tied Ayreshire cds cancel, largely very fine 'PENANG TO SINGAPORE/MY 16/1908' marine sorter cds and light but clear 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/MY23/09' 28mm cds (Proud D7) arrival both on the address side, a couple of minor transmission marks. Colin Riddell's example from the same correspondence with slightly finer strikes of the datestamps sold at our auction of 24.11.2018 for $738 (Sale 231 Lot 974). Ex Dr William Wells.
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1937 envelope registered to Scotland with Straits ...more
1937 envelope registered to Scotland with Straits Settlements
Coronation set tied to plain cover by 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/SP 25/1937'
cds cancel (Proud D7) Malayan blue & black/white 'Christmas Island'
R label at upper-left, Singapore '30 SP/1937' transit and oval
arrival backstamps, minor blemishes. Ex Dr William Wells.
1963 (Sept 27) American-style airmail envelope to Oregon, ...more
1963 (Sept 27) American-style airmail envelope to Oregon, USA
endorsed "2nd Class" with $1 Bosun Bird tied by 'CHRISTMAS
ISLAND/INDIA/OCEAN/AUST' cds cancel and blue/white 'CHRISTMAS
ISLAND/(Indian Ocean) Aust.' R label, Fremantle and Sydney transits
and 'SCIO/OCT/15/1963/OREG.' arrival in violet, light vertical bend
clear of the stamp & most markings, minor transmission marks. Ex Dr
William Wells.
AUSTRALIAN: Huge stock of First Day Covers mainly Wesley ...more
AUSTRALIAN: Huge stock of First Day Covers mainly Wesley Cover
Service for the Pre-Decimal issues and Australia Post for later
issues, some silks with or without cachet, a good representation of
Base cancels, high thematic content, some toning noted but
generally fine to very fine. Weighs 43kg,
(many 1000s)
BRITISH: Collection comprising 1963-69 QEII Pictorials with £1 Map
& ...more BRITISH: Collection comprising 1963-69 QEII Pictorials with £1 Map & £1 'HMS Edurance' sets ** x2, extra 2/-, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- & £1 Map ** and £1 'HMS Endurance' * & used plus Plate Number blocks of 4 £1 Map ** & £1 'HMS Endurance' CTO, 1966 Churchill set ** plus blocks of 4 ** & CTO, 1969 Science blocks of 4 ** & CTO, 1971 Decimal Surcharges set ** & Plate Number blocks of 4 **, and 1971 Treaty set ** & CTO, condition generally very fine, Cat £2250+ for singles. Ex Jerry Blair.
(few 100s)
BRITISH: 1963-69 QEII Pictorials including both £1 SG ...more
BRITISH: 1963-69 QEII Pictorials including both £1 SG 1-15a,
unmounted, Cat £250.
(16)
NORWEGIAN: 1897 Rosenblatt (Frankfurt) set of four instalment
artist ...more NORWEGIAN: 1897 Rosenblatt (Frankfurt) set of four instalment artist PPCs for 'FRIDTJOF NANSEN/[central map of the Arctic]/NORD POLAR-EXPEDITION', all postally used and remarkably fine; also Norwegian artist card of the 'Fram' stuck in ice with Posthorns 3o pair tied by 'POLHAVET/...' cds, also postally used & redirected.
(5)
RUSSIAN: 1997-2016 beautifully presented collection of stamps, ...more
RUSSIAN: 1997-2016 beautifully presented collection of stamps, M/Ss
and commemorative covers many with multiple cachets and some
signed, also three radiograms & some photographs.
(100+ items)
1908 (late) Harding & Billings (Sydney) photo-mechanical ...more
1908 (late) Harding & Billings (Sydney) photo-mechanical PPC
('AOLA...', of native with rifle & a friend holding the day's catch
of exotic birds), to Sydney with Large Canoe 1d (corner fault) tied
by fine strike of the seriffed straight-line 'S.S.UPOLU' handstamp
(34x4mm) in violet, minor blemishes. Unrecorded by Don Franks. We
have dated this card from the reference to "...Hope you had a gay
old time when the American Fleet was in [Sydney]...", which was
early-September 1908. Don Franks records a similar strike also on
the 1d - *FKS 210* - purporting to be from 1910, but by this time
the sans-serif handstamp was in use.
1912 (May 10) OHBMS cover signed by the Postmaster "FJ Barnett" ...more
1912 (May 10) OHBMS cover signed by the Postmaster "FJ Barnett" at
lower-left, to Essex with Small Canoe 4d red/yellow (Cat £13 x25+
on cover) tied by a light but legible strike of
'TULAGI/MY10/--12/...' cds ('19' omitted), 'EARLS
COLNE/JY1/12/ESSEX' arrival cds & redirected to "Ramsgate", four
different oval 'REGISTERED' datestamps, very minor blemishes. A
beautiful cover. *FKS338*
1940 (circa) cover with 'From: + Walter H Baddeley/Bp of ...more
1940 (circa) cover with 'From: + Walter H Baddeley/Bp of Melanesia,
Toroaniara BSIP' printed in blue on the flap, to Sydney with 2d
House & Canoe tied by indistinct Tulagi cds, scarce blue/white
'OPENED BY CENSOR' handstamp tied to the face by very fine boxed
'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet. Early use of this censor cachet at
Tulagi, which is not recorded by Little (but does match that used
on the cover illustrated by him at page 151). The Bishop was not a
6.2.1942 evacuee, moving instead to Malaita.
1943 Japanese soldier's Postal Card with printed characters & box
for ...more 1943 Japanese soldier's Postal Card with printed characters & box for censorship all in orange & with idyllic rural scene on the reverse, from a member of OK1 1300 Corps based on New Georgia to Japan with faint small oval 'han' in scarlet, unusually fine for such items with only very minor blemishes. After their defeat on Guadalcanal in -.2.1943, the Japanese withdrew to the north to New Georgia, the largest island in the western archipelago. The island was attacked by American forces on 30.6.1943, and victory was achieved by late-August.
1943 or 1945 usage of green/blue 'RNZAF/ACTIVE SERVICE' Envelope ...more
1943 or 1945 usage of green/blue 'RNZAF/ACTIVE SERVICE' Envelope to
New Plymouth NZ with light strike of the 'RNZAF/ C /NZAPO' cds,
plain brown censor label tied by boxed 'CENSORED/RNZAF/...' cachet
in violet, partial Wellington machine backstamp, minor blamishes. A
very rare item. Ex John Gibson, with a circa 1980s magazine extract
showing he paid £1265.
AIRMAILS: 'The Postal History of British Airmails' by Ted ...more
AIRMAILS: 'The Postal History of British Airmails' by Ted Proud
(1991), 576pp hard-bound with dust jacket.
1957-2008 collection covering Central Australia ...more
1957-2008 collection covering Central Australia Railway,
Trans-Australia Railway, Commonwealth Railways & Australian
National Railways eras & inaugural train Adelaide - Darwin,
including HO scale model locomotive; ephemera (59); menus (51);
tickets (2), medallions (2), badges (8), ANR Institute membership
card, crockery (5), rail spikes (2), toiletry bags (3), books (5),
brochures (8), timetables (5), postcards, (7), wine labels (11),
tea towel, beer can; plus 'The Alice' group (23), mainly
Fair/Fine.
(195)
1920-2006 collection covering Trans-Australia Railway, ...more
1920-2006 collection covering Trans-Australia Railway, Commonwealth
Railways, Railways of Australia & Trainways eras, including HO
scale model locomotive; circa 1937 tickets (11 - all handstamped
SPECIMEN); 1970s plans of carriages (20) in bound book; ephemera
(77); 1920 'Working Programme Visit to South Australia of HRH The
Prince of Wales', 1920 'Programme of the Landing of HRH Prince of
Wales' (RAN, Melbourne), 1927 'Working Programme Visit to South
Australia of Duke and Duchess of York'; books (3) including 'Prince
of Wales Carriage' & Glenbrook Rail Accident; Slim Dusty record &
brochure; menus (60); Engine Passes (2), medallions (12), badges
(8), crockery (2), cutlery set, toiletry bag, timetables (9),
postcards, (6), mainly Fair/Fine.
(190+)
Victorian Government Reports Railways-related Blue Papers ...more
Victorian Government Reports Railways-related Blue Papers including
Annual Reports for 1854-55, 1856-57, 1859-60 and 1918 (White
Paper), also 'Report upon Railway Contracts' (1859-60) and 'Report
on the Melbourne & Suburban Railway Bill' (1856-57), 1854-56 Bills
to incorporate various railway companies including Melbourne &
Hobson's Bay, Melbourne Mount Alexander & Murray River, Melbourne
St Kilda & Brighton, Geelong & Ballaarat' and North Melbourne, etc,
fine to very fine. A fantastic lot for the railways historian.
Weighs 5kg.
Balance of cricket bat collection including 'Sykes - Don Bradman'
x2; ...more Balance of cricket bat collection including 'Sykes - Don Bradman' x2; 'Basil D'Oliveira - The original picture bat' signed & endorsed "To Jack (Ryder), With best wishes, B. D'Oliveira 8.3.71" (with worm-holes), Poor/Fine condition.
(7 bats)
1960 Australia v West Indies Tied Test commemorative bat with ...more
1960 Australia v West Indies Tied Test commemorative bat with 8
Australian & 7 West Indies signatures including Richie Benaud, Alan
Davidson, Neil Harvey, Gary Sobers, Rohan Kanhai & Wes Hall,
limited edition 289/500, mounted in attractive display case,
overall 37x111cm. Plus scorecard (framed 37x37cm).
(2 items)
1985 New Zealand v Pakistan (New Zealand's first ever Test win ...more
1985 New Zealand v Pakistan (New Zealand's first ever Test win over
Pakistanat home) 'Gunn & Moore' cricket bat signed by both teams,
with 25 signatures, mounted in display case, overall 20x96cm; plus
1986 England v New Zealand bat signed by both teams, with with 24
signatures, Fine condition.
(2 bats)
1985-86 Australia, India & NZ 'Gray-Nicolls' cricket bat, signed ...more
1985-86 Australia, India & NZ 'Gray-Nicolls' cricket bat, signed on
front by Australia, and on reverse by India & NZ, with 42
signatures including Allan Border, David Hookes, Kapil Dev &
Richard Hadlee, superb condition.
1986-87 Australia v England full size cricket bat, signed on front
by ...more 1986-87 Australia v England full size cricket bat, signed on front by both teams with 29 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones, Mike Gatting & Allan Lamb, Fair/Fine condition.
1994 South Africa 'Kookaburra' cricket bat, with 16 signatures ...more
1994 South Africa 'Kookaburra' cricket bat, with 16 signatures on
front including Keppler Wessels, Hansie Cronje, Allan Donald &
Daryll Cullinan, Fair/Fine condition.
23.03.2026: Lot withdrawn! 13.03.2026: Lot withdrawn! 2002 Australian ...more
23.03.2026: Lot withdrawn!
13.03.2026: Lot withdrawn!
2002 Australian Team v New Zealand & South Africa 'Kookaburra' cricket bat with 13 signatures including Steve Waugh (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting & Shane Warne, fine condition. Ex Jason Gillespie collection.
2007 Australian Team v New Zealand 'Kookaburra' cricket bat with ...more
2007 Australian Team v New Zealand 'Kookaburra' cricket bat with 13
signatures including Mike Hussey (captain), Matthew Hayden, Shane
Watson & Glenn McGrath, fine condition.
2013-14 Bushrangers cricket bat with 25 signatures including
Matthew ...more 2013-14 Bushrangers cricket bat with 25 signatures including Matthew Wade (captain), Scott Boland, Glenn Maxwell & David Hussey, fine condition.
2013-14 Melbourne Stars cricket bat with 19 signatures ...more
2013-14 Melbourne Stars cricket bat with 19 signatures including
Cameron White (captain), Scott Boland, Glenn Maxwell & David
Hussey, fine condition.
2014-15 Melbourne Stars BBL/04 'Spartan' cricket bat with ...more
2014-15 Melbourne Stars BBL/04 'Spartan' cricket bat with 19
signatures including Cameron White (captain), Scott Boland, Glenn
Maxwell & David Hussey, fine condition.
Framed items 'Australian Cricketers 1896' Supplement to ...more
Framed items 'Australian Cricketers 1896' Supplement to "The
Advertiser" Adelaide Tuesday March 31 1896, with portraits of the
players, and views of Adelaide Sydney & Melbourne Ovals, rare early
souvenir, unfortunately discoloured by the mounting glue; 1912
Australian team large team photograph (heartbreakingly damaged at
centre) with 6 faded signatures on mount at base, overall 58x46cm;
photograph 'World Record School Innings, 961 Runs, Melbourne
Grammar v Geelong College, March 19th & 20th 1915. JC Sharp (left)
RW Herring (right); plus attractive pennant 'INDIAN SCHOOLS/Board
of Control for Cricket in India/AUSTRALIA/1968'. Ex David Jukes
estate.
(4 items)
1878 Australian Team original albumen paper photograph, published
as ...more 1878 Australian Team original albumen paper photograph, published as the frontispiece in the 1879 edition of Lillywhite's Annual, window mounted with list of players, archivally framed & glazed, overall 37x22cm.
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Lot 899
Island, ...more 1908 (April 2) picture postcard to "Master Darling, Christmas Island, Straits Settlements, via Singapore", from Scotland with Great Britain KEVII 1d red tied Ayreshire cds cancel, largely very fine 'PENANG TO SINGAPORE/MY 16/1908' marine sorter cds and light but clear 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND/MY23/09' 28mm cds (Proud D7) arrival both on the address side, a couple of minor transmission marks. Colin Riddell's example from the same correspondence with slightly finer strikes of the datestamps sold at our auction of 24.11.2018 for $738 (Sale 231 Lot 974). Ex Dr William Wells.
300.00 AUD
(app. 179 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 179 EUR)
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Lot 900
850.00 AUD
(app. 507 EUR)
Sold
(app. 507 EUR)
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Lot 902
75.00 AUD
(app. 45 EUR)
Sold
(app. 45 EUR)
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Lot 1160
8 more pictures
(many 1000s)
550.00 AUD
(app. 328 EUR)
Sold
(app. 328 EUR)
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Lot 1161
9 more pictures
& ...more BRITISH: Collection comprising 1963-69 QEII Pictorials with £1 Map & £1 'HMS Edurance' sets ** x2, extra 2/-, 2/6d, 5/-, 10/- & £1 Map ** and £1 'HMS Endurance' * & used plus Plate Number blocks of 4 £1 Map ** & £1 'HMS Endurance' CTO, 1966 Churchill set ** plus blocks of 4 ** & CTO, 1969 Science blocks of 4 ** & CTO, 1971 Decimal Surcharges set ** & Plate Number blocks of 4 **, and 1971 Treaty set ** & CTO, condition generally very fine, Cat £2250+ for singles. Ex Jerry Blair.
(few 100s)
675.00 AUD
(app. 403 EUR)
Sold
(app. 403 EUR)
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Lot 1162
2 more pictures
SG
1-15a
(16)
75.00 AUD
(app. 45 EUR)
Sold
(app. 45 EUR)
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Lot 1163
1 more picture
artist ...more NORWEGIAN: 1897 Rosenblatt (Frankfurt) set of four instalment artist PPCs for 'FRIDTJOF NANSEN/[central map of the Arctic]/NORD POLAR-EXPEDITION', all postally used and remarkably fine; also Norwegian artist card of the 'Fram' stuck in ice with Posthorns 3o pair tied by 'POLHAVET/...' cds, also postally used & redirected.
(5)
190.00 AUD
(app. 113 EUR)
Sold
(app. 113 EUR)
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Lot 1164
16 more pictures
(100+ items)
150.00 AUD
(app. 89 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 89 EUR)
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Lot 1311
625.00 AUD
(app. 373 EUR)
Sold
(app. 373 EUR)
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Lot 1314
230.00 AUD
(app. 137 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 137 EUR)
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Lot 1317
115.00 AUD
(app. 69 EUR)
Sold
(app. 69 EUR)
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Lot 1319
for ...more 1943 Japanese soldier's Postal Card with printed characters & box for censorship all in orange & with idyllic rural scene on the reverse, from a member of OK1 1300 Corps based on New Georgia to Japan with faint small oval 'han' in scarlet, unusually fine for such items with only very minor blemishes. After their defeat on Guadalcanal in -.2.1943, the Japanese withdrew to the north to New Georgia, the largest island in the western archipelago. The island was attacked by American forces on 30.6.1943, and victory was achieved by late-August.
230.00 AUD
(app. 137 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 137 EUR)
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Lot 1320
1 more picture
380.00 AUD
(app. 227 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 227 EUR)
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Lot 2466
38.00 AUD
(app. 23 EUR)
Sold
(app. 23 EUR)
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Lot 3352
13 more pictures
(195)
380.00 AUD
(app. 227 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 227 EUR)
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Lot 3353
13 more pictures
(190+)
380.00 AUD
(app. 227 EUR)
Sold
(app. 227 EUR)
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Lot 3354
13 more pictures
125.00 AUD
(app. 75 EUR)
Sold
(app. 75 EUR)
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Lot 3474
16 more pictures
x2; ...more Balance of cricket bat collection including 'Sykes - Don Bradman' x2; 'Basil D'Oliveira - The original picture bat' signed & endorsed "To Jack (Ryder), With best wishes, B. D'Oliveira 8.3.71" (with worm-holes), Poor/Fine condition.
(7 bats)
150.00 AUD
(app. 89 EUR)
Sold
(app. 89 EUR)
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Lot 3475
3 more pictures
(2 items)
190.00 AUD
(app. 113 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 113 EUR)
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Lot 3476
6 more pictures
(2 bats)
75.00 AUD
(app. 45 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 45 EUR)
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Lot 3477
4 more pictures
320.00 AUD
(app. 191 EUR)
Sold
(app. 191 EUR)
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Lot 3478
2 more pictures
by ...more 1986-87 Australia v England full size cricket bat, signed on front by both teams with 29 signatures including Allan Border, Dean Jones, Mike Gatting & Allan Lamb, Fair/Fine condition.
75.00 AUD
(app. 45 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 45 EUR)
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Lot 3479
1 more picture
75.00 AUD
(app. 45 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 45 EUR)
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Lot 3480
1 more picture
13.03.2026: Lot withdrawn!
2002 Australian Team v New Zealand & South Africa 'Kookaburra' cricket bat with 13 signatures including Steve Waugh (captain), Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting & Shane Warne, fine condition. Ex Jason Gillespie collection.
115.00 AUD
(app. 69 EUR)
Lot is withdrawn
(app. 69 EUR)
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Lot 3481
2 more pictures
150.00 AUD
(app. 89 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 89 EUR)
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Lot 3482
2 more pictures
Matthew ...more 2013-14 Bushrangers cricket bat with 25 signatures including Matthew Wade (captain), Scott Boland, Glenn Maxwell & David Hussey, fine condition.
90.00 AUD
(app. 54 EUR)
Sold
(app. 54 EUR)
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Lot 3483
1 more picture
90.00 AUD
(app. 54 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 54 EUR)
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Lot 3484
1 more picture
90.00 AUD
(app. 54 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 54 EUR)
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Lot 3485
6 more pictures
(4 items)
55.00 AUD
(app. 33 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 33 EUR)
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Lot 3486
as ...more 1878 Australian Team original albumen paper photograph, published as the frontispiece in the 1879 edition of Lillywhite's Annual, window mounted with list of players, archivally framed & glazed, overall 37x22cm.
230.00 AUD
(app. 137 EUR)
04/26/2026 23:59 AEST
(app. 137 EUR)
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