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1913 1d ‘Roo letter card, with a picture of ‘National Park, N. ...more
1913 1d ‘Roo letter card, with a picture of ‘National Park, N. S.
Wales. on the back, cancelled MELBOURNE. These were for the U.P.U.
archives and cancelled as part of the archival agreement.. Very
fine and scarce
1911 1d Reply Letter Card, ex the U.P.U. archives and so ...more
1911 1d Reply Letter Card, ex the U.P.U. archives and so cancelled
MELBOURNE NO 10 11. On the back of the card is a picture of ‘Town
Hall, Sydney’, and on the back of the reply portion is a picture of
‘Phantom Falls, Victoria’. A really stunning and scarce Reply
Letter Card, in superb condition
1918 1½d letter card, LC44, grey exterior and white interior, ...more
1918 1½d letter card, LC44, grey exterior and white interior, for
U.P.U. distribution and so cancelled MELBOURNE 28 NO 18. On the
back is a picture of Hawkesbury River, N.S.W. Superb condition and
very scarce
1919 THREE HALF PENCE on 1d letter card, grey exterior, ...more
1919 THREE HALF PENCE on 1d letter card, grey exterior, white
interior, cancelled MELBOURNE for U.P.U. distribution. (LC35) On
the back is a picture of Sydney Harbour N.S.W. Extremely fine
condition, ex the U.P.U. archives
1941 censored Australian Red Cross cover to Switzerland, endorsed
via ...more 1941 censored Australian Red Cross cover to Switzerland, endorsed via Trans-Pacific and North America Clipper Service, with a £1, two 1/- and a 5d tied by an indistinct ‘Exchange’ 27 DE 41 cancel. The cover was opened and resealed by a censor. On the back is a Lisbon 8 JAN 42 transit cancel. A vertical crease well away from the stamps does not detract. A very scarce high value franked cover
1922 5d registered envelope to Dunedin, New Zealand, uprated with ...more
1922 5d registered envelope to Dunedin, New Zealand, uprated with a
‘Roo 9d and a Kings Head 1d, cancelled PORT ADELAIDE 17 FE 22. Good
franking
B.C.O.F. 1947 registered letter with a B.C.O.F. 3d and three 1d's ...more
B.C.O.F. 1947 registered letter with a B.C.O.F. 3d and three 1d's added, cancelled AUST UNIT POSTAL STN. 345, NO 27 47, which was at KURE, a city in Hiroshima Prefecture. There are various transit and arrival cancels on the reverse including No. 8 AUST BASE P. O. 28 NO 47. The 345 canceller of Kure is scarce and rated at 1000 Points by Proud
THURSDAY ISLAND. 1915 censored picture post card to Scotland of the ...more
THURSDAY ISLAND. 1915 censored picture post card to Scotland of the sea shore on Thursday Island, endorsed On Active Service and with a large violet PASSED BY CENSOR handstamp. A partial THURSDAY ISLAND 22 FE 15 datestamp is on the card along with a Singapore 16 MR 1915 transit cancel. A light crease at the top left hardly detracts from this rare censored post card
1932 envelope bearing a 2d, 3d and 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge set, ...more
1932 envelope bearing a 2d, 3d and 5/- Sydney Harbour Bridge set, posted on the bridge on the day of opening with SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE 19 MAR 32 circular and boxed cancellations
1St Imperial Airways Experimental Flight cover to Australia with a ...more
1St Imperial Airways Experimental Flight cover to Australia with a 1/- and 4d cancelled BRISTOL APR 2 31. The flight left London on April 4 and was due to arrive in Melbourne on April 20 but only arrived on the 29th. This cover has been signed by Charles Kingsford Smith who carried the mail on part of the journey from Akyab to Darwin. This flight ran out of fuel at Soepang so was delayed. The cover has a Melbourne 29 APR 1931 backstamp. B.P.A. certificate of authenticity
1914 picture post card to England with a 1d cancelled OXFORD 22 ...more
1914 picture post card to England with a 1d cancelled OXFORD 22 JU
14. Fine
1914 picture post card to Belgium with a 1d and ½d cancelled KEW ...more
1914 picture post card to Belgium with a 1d and ½d cancelled KEW 9
FE 14. on the picture side of the card. A Gent 13.III.1914 arrival
cancel is on the back of the card
AUSTRALIA. 1936 cover to London with two ‘Roo 9d ...more
AUSTRALIA. 1936 cover to London with two ‘Roo 9d cancelled
MELBOURNE 17 AU 36. On arrival a boxed ‘RECEIVED OPEN / WITHOUT
CONTENTS’ cachet has been applied. The cover was never sealed and
presumably the contents fell out! Unusual
1919 Souvenir Aerial Postal Card (222) carried by Capt. Harry
Butler ...more 1919 Souvenir Aerial Postal Card (222) carried by Capt. Harry Butler on his homeward flight across St Vincent Gulf, with a 1½d tied MINLATON AU 6 19. The card has a printed message and has been signed by Butler. These cards are often found with faults, but this one is in remarkably fine condition
1918 United States Consulate (Newcastle, New South Wales) ...more
1918 United States Consulate (Newcastle, New South Wales) Sanitary
Report envelope to Washington, USA, with a 3d cancelled NEWCASTLE
18 NO 18. Unusual
1930 incoming Avis de Reception card from Prague to ...more
1930 incoming Avis de Reception card from Prague to Launceston,
Tasmania, cancelled PRAHA ‘7’ 2 III 30. On arrival a 3d Kookaburra
has been affixed and cancelled Registered Branch, Launceston 24 JA
30. Fine and uncommon
LORD HOWE ISLAND. 1928 cover sent registered to Bath, England, with
a ...more LORD HOWE ISLAND. 1928 cover sent registered to Bath, England, with a 3d and 1½d cancelled LORD HOWE ISLAND N.S.W. JA 14 1928. Sydney 23 JA transit cancel is on the back
1974 CYCLONE TRACY, DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. A cover to ...more
1974 CYCLONE TRACY, DARWIN, AUSTRALIA. A cover to Frankston,
Victoria, endorsed ‘DARWIN, EXEMPT POSTAGE’ and cancelled with a
boxed JAN 28 PAID cancel. Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin on 24th
December 1974 with winds exceeding 135 m.p.h. The town was
devastated and 66 people killed. A scarce cover from this cyclone
1918 4d registration envelope to New York, USA, uprated with ½d ...more
1918 4d registration envelope to New York, USA, uprated with ½d and
1d George V head and 2½d Kangaroo tied by MOONEE PONDS 13 AP 18
datestamps. Melbourne transit and New York MY 17 18 arrival cancels
are on the back. A fine mixed franking cover
1915 4d postal stationary envelope to England cancelled with a ...more
1915 4d postal stationary envelope to England cancelled with a fine
blue REGISTERED BRISBANE 9 JA 1915. A London 21 FE 15 transit
cancel is on the back of the cover
1915 4d postal stationary envelope to England cancelled with a ...more
1915 4d postal stationary envelope to England cancelled with a fine
WELLINGTON N.S.W.31 JY 14 datestamp
1915 4d postal stationary envelope to New Farm cancelled by a ...more
1915 4d postal stationary envelope to New Farm cancelled by a red
REGISTERED BRISBANE 25 OC 13. New Farm is an inner northern
riverside suburb in Brisbane, Queensland
“WATER WITCH” 1854. The 134 ton schooner Water Witch left ...more
“WATER WITCH” 1854. The 134 ton schooner Water Witch left Melbourne
on 15th September for Mauritius, but was caught in a gale in the
Bass Strait. The vessel had 26 crew and passengers on board. The
Water Witch was eventually driven ashore, on King Island's western
coast. All onboard reached the shore where they later discovered
survivors of the Brahmin, a wooden three mast ship that had struck
a reef and was wrecked three kilometres south of Whistler Point, on
the west coast of King Island, that had had departed London on 5
February 1854, with 42 passengers and crew. The survivors of the
Water Witch and Brahmin, together with the former's cargo of
specie, were brought to Melbourne on 25 October. This letter was
returned to Melbourne and remailed on 26th January 1855. A red
crayon 1/- ship rate and red m/s “Detained for 2/- postage” are on
the front of the letter which arrived in Mauritius on March 14th. A
rare item ,only three covers are recorded from this wreck, of which
this is the finest. Ex Woolfe and Gwynn
S.S. COMORIN On the 19th February 1930, the P & O steamer ...more
S.S. COMORIN On the 19th February 1930, the P & O steamer ‘Comorin’
left Sydney, Australia, bound for England. On the night of the 12th
of March, as she was about to sail from Colombo, Ceylon, a fire
broke out in number three hold. Seawater was used to flood the hold
to extinguish the fire, which was only accomplished on the 14th
March. The mail was damaged by being wet by water. The ‘Comorin’
eventually sailed on the 17th March, but on the 3rd April, the day
after arriving at London, the Postmaster General announced that all
the mail had to be dried before being delivered, and that there
might be a considerable delay in consequence. At least 12 different
types of hand stamps were used for this salvaged mail, and cachets
were in both black and purple inks. This cover, which has had the
stamp washed off, has a two line cachet applied to both the front
and back of the cover. It is a variant on Hoggarth & Gwynn Type 2
cachet but has no stops after ‘S S’ Fine and very uncommon,
possibly unique
1942 HORN ISLAND, AUSTRALIA. On December 9th 1942, the RAAF
Beaufort ...more 1942 HORN ISLAND, AUSTRALIA. On December 9th 1942, the RAAF Beaufort bomber took off from Jacky Jacky Airfield near the tip of the Cape York Peninsula on a transit flight to Brisbane, and ditched into the sea between Horn and Wednesday Islands in the Torres Strait. Mail was recovered and processed by Field PO 0101 at Thursday Island on December 11 and 12. Affixed to the rear of all recorded covers is the explanatory label, signed by or on behalf of a Sergeant acting as the Postal Officer. This cover to Hamilton, NSW was censored and has an oval Unit Postal Service 7 DE 42 N/29 cancel. Scarce
1935 TENNANT CREEK, AUSTRALIA. On the morning of September 6th ...more
1935 TENNANT CREEK, AUSTRALIA. On the morning of September 6th the
Australian Transcontinental Airways Monospar took off from Tennant
Creek, Northern Territory ferrying the passengers from VH- UXX
“Faith in Australia”, which had suffered engine failure near Daly
Waters. At 0825, the starboard engine began to miss badly. Five
minutes later it dropped all its revolutions and the machine lost
height rapidly. The pilot immediately made for the clearest piece
of ground, but on landing the port wing hit a bush and crashed.
Nobody was hurt. Very few covers have been recorded from this
incident. This cover was signed by the pilot M.V. Mather, and is
illustrated by Sanford. A rare cover, few known from this incident
and very few signed by the pilot
1934 incoming envelope from Ormskirk, England, franked with a 1½d ...more
1934 incoming envelope from Ormskirk, England, franked with a 1½d cancelled 13 JY 34. A POSTMASTER-GENERALS DEPARTMENT / FOUND OPEN label has been affixed and tied by a Marrickville 25 SE 34 datestamp. An 'UNCLAIMED' handstamp is on the front of the cover along with a lot of manuscript markings. On the back is a Dead letter Office 27 SEP 34 and boxed Unclaimed handstamp. An interesting cover
1930 picture post card (Darnley Island, Torres Straits) to England ...more
1930 picture post card (Darnley Island, Torres Straits) to England franked with a 1d cancelled THURSDAY ISLAND, QUEENSLAND, 1 FE 30
1928 1½d letter card to the USA with a 1d added to pay the 2½d ...more
1928 1½d letter card to the USA with a 1d added to pay the 2½d rate, cancelled SYDNEY 21 MAR 28
1925 O.H.M.S. unused 1d postal card (H&G D15) with a printed 7 line ...more
1925 O.H.M.S. unused 1d postal card (H&G D15) with a printed 7 line message on the back. A very scarce post card
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via ...more 1941 censored Australian Red Cross cover to Switzerland, endorsed via Trans-Pacific and North America Clipper Service, with a £1, two 1/- and a 5d tied by an indistinct ‘Exchange’ 27 DE 41 cancel. The cover was opened and resealed by a censor. On the back is a Lisbon 8 JAN 42 transit cancel. A vertical crease well away from the stamps does not detract. A very scarce high value franked cover
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Butler ...more 1919 Souvenir Aerial Postal Card (222) carried by Capt. Harry Butler on his homeward flight across St Vincent Gulf, with a 1½d tied MINLATON AU 6 19. The card has a printed message and has been signed by Butler. These cards are often found with faults, but this one is in remarkably fine condition
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a ...more LORD HOWE ISLAND. 1928 cover sent registered to Bath, England, with a 3d and 1½d cancelled LORD HOWE ISLAND N.S.W. JA 14 1928. Sydney 23 JA transit cancel is on the back
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Beaufort ...more 1942 HORN ISLAND, AUSTRALIA. On December 9th 1942, the RAAF Beaufort bomber took off from Jacky Jacky Airfield near the tip of the Cape York Peninsula on a transit flight to Brisbane, and ditched into the sea between Horn and Wednesday Islands in the Torres Strait. Mail was recovered and processed by Field PO 0101 at Thursday Island on December 11 and 12. Affixed to the rear of all recorded covers is the explanatory label, signed by or on behalf of a Sergeant acting as the Postal Officer. This cover to Hamilton, NSW was censored and has an oval Unit Postal Service 7 DE 42 N/29 cancel. Scarce
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