Jul 07, 2007
Lot
Type
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 129
Grading Description
Page: 1
Est $AUD
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History
Ex Lot 252
252
1915-18 attractive group of commercial advertising covers including for Austen's Seed Merchants,
Berrima District Farm & Dairy Ltd, Brookes 'Lemos' (beautifully illustrated), David Jones (stamps with
perfins), Dodge Brothers Motor Cars, No 8. S.A.C. (Masonic cover to USA with scarce oval 'PASSED
BY/4th M.D./CENSOR' in violet), Thomson Davies & Co (front only) Thomas & Lothian and
Warracknabeal Herald, all have KGV Head frankings, a couple are censored, condition variable. (9)
C
300
Lot 256
256
C
B
1919 (Mar 31) PPC from Perth to Eritrea (Asmara arrival d/s) franked with KGV 1d tied by oval of bars
with Japanese circular ship cachet in violet on face, with 'COLONIA ERITREA/CENSURA No 1' h/s in
black on message side with tax h/s (x3), some blemishes. Scarce destination.
250
Lot 257
257
264
1919 Commercial KGV period covers to various destinations including 1915 to England featuring
coloured representations of "Flags of the Allies", W.H. Robinson (Brisbane Stamp Dealer) to America
with combination franking of KGV 1d Head (2) & Queensland ½d, 1917 P.Hoffnung & Co Ltd to Samoa
(stamps perfinned) with faint censor h/s in green, others to Canada (PPC), Denmark & Sweden, some
with censor markings, condition variable. Handy group.
C
C/CL
A-/B
1941-42 National Bank covers from Sydney to Batavia & Singapore both with fine 'NOT
TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE SUSPENDED' h/s in violet, and a similar long cover to Hong Kong also
returned to sender but without the 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/...' h/s, minor blemishes. (3)
250
150T
Jul 07, 2007
Lot
Type
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 129
Grading Description
Page: 2
Est $AUD
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I
Ex Lot 280
280
Covers to the German Concentration Camp at Liverpool (NSW) comprising German Feldpost cover &
Marine Schiffspost cover (stamps peeled off by the censor to check for secret messages) both to
sailors from the "Emden"; attractive German illustrated Feldpostkarte; and Hungarian illustrated
Levelezo-lap military postal card; finally from a POW at Trial Bay (endorsed on the flap) to the editor of
the "Kamp Spiegel" at Liverpool; some faults but oozing charm and character. Ex Oscar Blau Hoard.
[The demolition of a house in Sydney in 1995 resulted in the discovery of the most important hoard of
Australian-related POW mail ever to come onto the market. The material was acquired by Eau de
Cologne's Australian agent, Oscar Blau, during the time he was interned at Liverpool Camp] (5)
C
750
Lot 281
281
L
A
1915 (Sep 16) German Concentration Camps NSW Headquarters letterhead being an advice to Oscar
Blau's wife that she & their child could visit Blau on alternate Sundays, signed by the Camp
Commandant & censor "RSSands". Ex Oscar Blau Hoard. Excellent social history item.
100
Lot 282
282
PS
B
1916 (Feb 3) Spanish 10c Postal Card to a civilian internee at "Trial Bay Detention Barracks/South
West Rocks/NSW" redirected several times, with mss "Not known/at TB", in blue & "not known at Trial
Bay" in red, "Try Berrima" in red & "(not known at) Berrima", "not known Liverpool" in red & "Not
at/Bourke". The several handstamps include a partial strike of the rare 'CENSORED/DETENTION
BARRACKS/TRIAL BAY NSW' (Emery CM45) & very fine strike of a similar h/s but with seriffed letters
(unrecorded by Emery), some minor staining/toning that hardly detracts from the wonderfully chaotic
appearance. Ex Oscar Blau Hoard: sold for $935 at the Macray Watson auction of 21/11/1995. [Still
the only postal item we have seen that is relevant to the tiny POW Camp at Bourke in western NSW]
1,500
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Military - World War I (continued)
Lot
Type Grading Description
Page: 3
Est $AUD
Lot 283
283
C
B
1917 (late) stampless Red Cross POW cover from Germany to "No 573 Lager Richmond/Mil Camp
Fort Largs/Sud Australien" endorsed "Not known at Largs/Try Prisoners Camp/Liverpool/NSW', superb
'LARGS BAY/SA' squared-circle b/s & Colonel Holman censor h/s added in violet on arrival at
Liverpool, light staining. Ex Oscar Blau Hoard: sold for $660 at the Macray Watson auction of
21/11/1995. [Still the only postal item we have seen either into or from this insignificant POW facility
near Port Adelaide]
1,000
FIJI - Postal History
748
C
B
1943 (Sep 22) cover to "Geneva/Illinois" (partly obscured by 'X/111' Censor tape) with 3d Canoe, the 3
instructional h/s in French & the label being partly peeled-back to expose "Illinois" indicate it was sent
to Switzerland, however the San Francisco slogan of OCT12 would indicate otherwise. Ex Welsh.
75T
Lot 749
749
CL
B
1943 Morris Hedstrom airmail cover to United States rated 8/6d - 2/10d x3 - the face festooned with
17(!) stamps & values to 2/-, 'X/113' Censor tape, minor faults don't detract from this visually
commanding item. A remarkable commercial cover.
300T
INDIA - Postal History
855
CPS
A
1980s (mostly) bundle of mostly Armed Forces Aerogrammes with an array of FPO cds & Unit Censor
cachets. Philatelic but interesting. Ex Virk and John Daynes. (80 approx)
100T
MALAYA - Straits Settlements
915
C
B
1941-42 National Bank covers from Sydney to Singapore both with 'NOT TRANSMISSIBLE/SERVICE
SUSPENDED' h/s in violet, plus two similar covers to Java, a few minor faults. (4)
150T
MALAYA - Japanese Occupation
Ex Lot 916
916
917
PS
CPS
A-/B
B/A
Seven Japanese military postal cards comprising "Four Characters", Star (2) & Dove (4, three in
different orange shades & one in yellow), various stocks, some minor blemishes but generally fine.
Very scarce group. Ex John Daynes. [See our website for full scans] (7)
Unusual usage of a stampless civilian PPC (caption erased by the censor) from a Japanese sailor in
Malaya, minor blemishes; also 2s Postal Card with illustration of the British Surrender at Singapore,
unused. Ex John Daynes. (2)
1,000T
200T
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MALAYA - Japanese Occupation (continued)
Lot
Type Grading Description
918
Est $AUD
1943 (Jan & Feb) commercial covers to Chemor with Japanese 8c purple or 2s scarlet + 6s orange tied
by 'IPOH' cds; then Savings Campaign pair on captured Australian 25c Envelope (faults), on FDC from
Malacca, and the 15c + Pictorials 8c blue on Ipoh locally registered cover, condition variable. Ex John
Daynes. (5)
C
Page: 4
300T
MIDDLE EAST
Lot 929
929
C
B
BAHRAIN: 1943 registered cover to New Zealand with Overprints on India 4a 6a & 8a SG 47-49 tied
by 'BAHRAIN/REG/13JLY43' cds, boxed 'RAF/CENSOR/608' h/s at base obscured by Indian Censor
tape tied by DHB/11 Censor h/s, small 'BAHRAIN' h/s on blue/brown registration label on the reverse,
a few blemishes. Ex John Daynes.
400T
Ex Lot 936
936
C
A/B
JORDAN: Transjordan Frontier Force group comprising 1930 crested envelope to England with 5m x3
tied by 'EL ZARQA' cds; 1940 inwards cover from England with 'EL ZARQA' arrival b/s; and 1939-41
crested grey envelopes to Jerusalem (2, both OAS with different Censor labels & cachets) or by air to
England (2, with Transjordan or Palestine stamps & 'Censor TJFF Signals' h/s in violet); finally Players
cigarette card of an Arab sergeant in uniform. Ex John Daynes. (7)
400T
Ex Lot 937
937
CPS
JORDAN: Arab Legion group including five covers - including 1934 to Rutland! and a 1952 official
cover from Hebron to Bethlehem - with different versions of the Legion's crest on the flaps, 1944 &
1945 Forces aerogrammes to London with FPO 155 cds, 1946 stampless cover to New Zealand with
FPO 155 cds & boxed '...ARAB LEGION/HEADQUARTERS' cachet on the reverse (plus the enclosed
letter signed by Brigadier Glubb), 1955 forces cover from Malaya with rubber 'ZERQA' arrival b/s,
several 1950s Forces covers with British stamps & FPO cds etc. Ex John Daynes. (16)
500T
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MIDDLE EAST (continued)
Lot
Type Grading Description
Page: 5
Est $AUD
Ex Lot 938
938
C
A
OMAN: 1943 (May) cover to "Royal Air Ship Base/Karachi Air Port/..." with GB 3d tied by fair strike of
the Indian-type 'EXPERIMENTAL P.O./K-46' cds, boxed 'RAF/CENSOR/187' h/s at lower-left &
'DHB/165' h/s on reverse, Indian Censor tape & 'PASSED/DHB/15' h/s; also stampless OAS cover to
"Isolation Hospital/Karachi Airport" also with 'RAF/CENSOR/187 h/s. Ex John Daynes. [A rare pair
from the RAF Base at Ras-el-Hadd, at the eastern-most tip of the Arabian peninsula, to unusual
destinations] (2)
400T
Ex Lot 944
944
SHARJAH: 1942 (July & Nov) OAS covers (with contents) to London with 'RAF/CENSOR/386' or
'.../252' in violet; 1945 inwards covers to "44 Staging Post/PAIFORCE" from GB (3, one a 6d
Aerogramme) and Palestine; 1944 Cable & Wireless telegram from Staging Post 44 & the delivery
envelope; and 1945 much-travelled cover from GB endorsed "44SP" & with at least three redirection
labels, the last with rare 'No 44 Staging Post/RAF Paiforce/...' h/s in violet (and a similar 1946 usage of
GB 1½d Forces Aerogramme that may or may not have visited Sharjah), condition rather mixed. Ex
John Daynes. A rare group. (10)
CPS
500T
PAPUA - Postal History
1048
C
B
1941 four Censor covers to Sydney with 2d Bird (3, one with a pair) or 2d Air tied by Samarai cds,
each with oval 'METHODIST MISSION VIA SAMARAI/...' cachet in violet at upper-left, minor faults. (4)
100T
SARAWAK - Postal History
Lot 1069
1069
C
B
1956 (Sep 14) commercial airmail cover to a ship at Suez with Pictorials 10c 15c & 50c tied by light
'MIRI' cds with light registration h/s in red, typed endorsement "Ship's Documents", four different
Egyptian b/s of 17SE56 to 20SE56 & "rhetta" h/s in violet plus an Arabic (Censor?) h/s on the face,
minor faults. Unusual cover. [Proud states airmail rate to Egypt was 50c from 1/10/1952 & 60c from
1/9/1957: this cover suggests it was 55c for a short period. Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal on
26/7/1956. While the Suez Crisis didn't erupt until 7/10/1956, the handling of this cover suggests
security measures were already in force]
150T
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Lot
Type
Prestige Philately - General Public Auction No 129
Grading Description
Page: 6
Est $AUD
THAILAND - Postal History
Lot 1092
1092
PS
B
1944 (c.) Prisoners of War postcard - red/cream, dark grey reverse; a sub-type not previously noted by
us - to England, "multiple-choice" message, endorsed "No 2 POW Camp Thailand", Japanese & British
Censor h/s, vertical fold & light soiling. Ex John Daynes.
300T