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Lot 1:Stockbook with [1] Hong Kong from 1860s, QV and KEVII with odd Treaty Port, B62 and other postmark (eg Registered), KGV includes range 'CHINA' overprints to $1 not checked, KGVI quite sparse includes $1 Centenary SG #168, QEII some sets and values to $10 but mainly more common lower values (320+); [2] Singapore from 1955 mainly more common values, some pairs, oddments including seven "International Passenger Service Charge" receipts for $12 (210+); [3] Natal 1902-08 KEVII 1d carmine SG #128 and #147 dated postmark study, mostly good clear strikes (100). Interesting variety mainly fine, stated cat US$360+ (per Scott 1996). (625+)

1 - Starting Price AU$150
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Lot 2:20th Century Carton of albums, pages, envelopes, boxes of almost all used material with majority Australia in very mixed remaindered condition. Spotted a tin with mint Australia KGV-KGVI period including imprints. Worth a look at this estimate and might spring a surprise or two. (1000's)

2 - Starting Price AU$185
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Lot 3:1880s-1950s World General Collection majority used in early 20th century Frank Godden "Postboy" album mostly Br Commonwealth with more Australia including States than anywhere else (Roos to 2/-, KGV to 1/4d not checked but some unused) and where Qld may surprise; also fair representation GB from mid-QV period to KGVI noting 2/6d and 5/- Seahorses, KGVI with four 2/6d and two 5/- Arms, NZ from 1880s with KEVII/KGV officials, reasonable Papua with some New Guinea, USA with odd better, Needs remounting. (100's)

3 - Starting Price AU$230
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Lot 4:Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland mixed condition in five stockbooks with duplication in places. Mostly more common lower values with Germany including States (where more useful likely), PO's, Colonies, occupations, mint inflation period, officials; France from 1850s imperfs, unchecked Peace and Commerce lower values, Mouchon, Merson to 5Fr, Sower, few back-of-the-book, colonies, etc. Others less extensive but similar periods and overall condition poor to fine, disorganised. Inspect! (100's)

4 - Starting Price AU$210
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Lot 5:British Commonwealth [1] from 1860s mixed mostly unused (some without gum) and used QV-KGVI ranges on leaves for Antigua, Bahamas and Prince Edward Island plus stockcard Antigua KGV-KGVI used low values, some highly catalogued items here (if correctly identified); [2] stockcard used Ireland range mostly unchecked opts on GB KGV low values. Variable poor to fine, bargain. (78)

5 - Starting Price AU$90
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6 - Starting Price AU$190
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Lot 7:British Commonwealth Most periods represented in these remaindered assemblies with better Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika (Tanzania) 1922-70s, South Africa 1952-80s each mint/used in springback albums; KaBe Christmas Island and Cocos Islands pages sparse mint mostly * 1970s plus latter duplicated to 1990s mint/used in stockbook; Pitcairn Is on Seven Seas hingeless pages from used 1946 Victory pair, then QEII mint mostly ** but far from complete 1961-88; Singapore mint/used KGVI and early QEII on leaves/hagner including some Pahang; Chinese stockbook Sri Lanka modern used, oddments. Must be something! (100's)

7 - Starting Price AU$135
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Lot 8:Covers Variety [1] Argentina Antarctica range of over 70 1960s to 1980s covers, many addressed to Bill Hornadge with some correspondence to him from Buenos Aires, plus 13 covers from other countries with Polar "flavours" (eg USA, USSR, France, Norway, etc); [2] Other special types mostly Australia include Lions Clubs (10) and Rotary (20); [3] China nine 1940s outwards commercial/social air mail envelopes to USA and GB various frankings in somewhat battered condition, plus loose stamps some on piece not checked but none seen post-1940s. (100's)

8 - Starting Price AU$260
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Lot 9:Heavyweight Carton with majority Australian used stamps most periods including pre-Commonwealth mainly Victoria in albums, stockbooks, loose; also covers, bric-a-brac and noting several coin albums with what appears to be "holiday money" plus two pages silver 6d and 3d. Lots of work! (1000's)

9 - Starting Price AU$260
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Lot 10:Odds & Sods fake Tibetan cover, large 2d Bath token, 1979 scout Antarctic Flight cinderellas (3, 2 with flight aborted handstamps), 4d orange KGV NWPI with Nauru cancel, Aust 22c Kingfisher pair with additional reversed black impression, Aust 2000 Olympics Gold Medal Winners sheetlet, 14 different Jersey revenues with 'SPECIMEN' overprints. (22)

10 - Starting Price AU$75
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Lot 11:South America stockbook page assemblies of [1] Argentina 1860s-1920s including doubtful earlies, airmails, etc and stated to cat US$600+ (which doesn't include 1864-67 15c blue Rivadivia 2-margins 2 large tears, surface rubs), with [2] Buenos Aires Sc 9/10 and Corrientes Sc #1/3 (reprints?); [3] Ecuador including some doubtful earlies Sc #2/17 range plus bisected Sc #160 "tied" to small piece, 45 stamps stated cat US$300+; [4] Colombia - Granadine Confederation 1869 5c grey-lilac prob Sc #10 (thin). (300+)

11 - Starting Price AU$150
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Lot 12:World almost all used assembly/collections in nine large Chinese stockbooks, duplication in places. Includes British Commonwealth where Hong Kong and other Asia seen, also reasonable Germany, Switzerland, etc. Smattering of mint plus three near antique SG catalogues including 1953 Part I. (1000's)

12 - Starting Price AU$230
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Lot 13:World almost all used assembly/collections in eleven large Chinese stockbooks plus British Commonwealth Coronation Omnibus 1937 * and 1953 used both including Hong Kong, album FDC's Australia mostly 1980s and New Zealand Healths 1940s which also includes a battered 1934 1st Flight AAMC #389a. More useful assemblies seen include India with States, France, Spain, China including Taiwan, Philippines, etc. Oddments include boxes Australian on/off paper, incomplete "The Commonwealth Collection", Seven Seas Album pages unused hingeless and simplified types 1980s mostly, 1996 Scott catalogues Vols 1-4 plus USA Specialised, also a mass of mostly out-of-date reference material including on coins/banknotes. (1000's)

13 - Starting Price AU$625
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Lot 14:World heavy carton of stockbooks and albums majority used, most periods; more Australia than elsewhere from Roos and KGV to modern appears all used with some heavy duplication. Others include a mainly mint Vatican City collection, stockbooks used GB and New Zealand, another mainly Ireland. Big variety, could surprise, lots of work. (1000's)

14 - Starting Price AU$420
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Lot 15:World variety including used off-paper in envelopes (two "Clematis" tins); folder with Australia **/*/used KGVI and QEII pre-decimals on hagners plus ten sides of Victoria pmks and others with Queensland, NSW, etc; a springback album with Victoria pmks on/ off paper including TPO's, numerals, etc; bundle Australia early QEII decimal postal stationery CTO mostly special cancels; shortbread tin modern World used including Australia; oddments include some Cinderella types. (1000's)

15 - Starting Price AU$220
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18 - Starting Price AU$170
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19 - Starting Price AU$260
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21 - Starting Price AU$380
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Lot 22:World-Wide duplicate range in bundles & packets etc. Packet Makers delight. (1000s)

22 - Starting Price AU$110
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Lot 23:World-Wide remainders in packets, envelopes etc with a few covers. Viewing recommended. (1000s)

23 - Starting Price AU$120
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Lot 24:Sport - Rugby: more than useful starter collection (mainly Rugby Union but some League as well) stamps, covers (including scarce RFU Centenary 1971 Twickenham with special pmk cat £50+), programs, memorabilia. Also smaller group Cricket stamps and covers. Nice clean lot. (100+)

24 - Starting Price AU$140
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Lot 25:Australia: [1] Fish and Wildlife Victoria 1973-81 $10 very fresh (8); [2] Koala Research miniature sheets incomplete from 1986 including two 1988-89 with one serially numbered for Australian Museum Foundation Edition signed by Des Griffin, three 1990 $6 including one SPECIMEN and one designer-signed Daniel Smith, 1993 $6 SPECIMEN; [3] Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 1989 Kakadu sheet/20 and pair depicting Plumed Whistling Duck. Very attractive thematics. (37)

25 - Starting Price AU$140
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Lot 26:Australia: 1916 1/-.

26 - Starting Price AU$320
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Lot 27:Australia: RAM $1 International Polar Year 2007-2008, boxed and numbered 12 (of 100) with Certificate of Authenticity. Very few available now.

27 - Starting Price AU$140
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Lot 28:Australia: RAM $1 International Polar Year 2007-2008, boxed and numbered 13 (of 100) with Certificate of Authenticity. Very few available now.

28 - Starting Price AU$140
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Lot 29:Australia: RAM $1 International Polar Year 2007-2008 - sold out at the mint.

29 - Starting Price AU$70
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Lot 30:Australia: RAM $1 International Polar Year 2007-2008 - sold out at the mint.

30 - Starting Price AU$60
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Lot 31:Australia: RAM $1 International Polar Year 2007-2008 Antarctic Explorers, specially commissioned by The Royal Society of Victoria boxed and numbered 90 (of 500) with Certificate of Authenticity. Very few available now.

31 - Starting Price AU$550
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Lot 32:Commonwealth of Australia Phillips/Randall $2 "Star" Banknote $2 Phillips & Randall ZFS 02262*, small 2mm tear at top, minor stain, good body

32 - Starting Price AU$800
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33 - Starting Price AU$48
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Lot 34:Tasmania Cashier Cheque: 1839 Derwent Bank cheque for £10, odd fault, rare.

34 - Starting Price AU$160
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Lot 36:Auction Catalogues: [1] 2007 The Arthur W Gray Large Gold Medal Collection of Australia Kangaroo and Map Series Postage Stamps offered by Shreves Philatelic Galleries Inc New York City, a near classic already: [2] 2008 The Tim Rybak Collection limited edition 51/100 signed by the vendor, offered by Prestige Philately.

36 - Starting Price AU$80
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Lot 37:Australia: For the library [1] ACSC King George V 2001; [2] ACSC Kangaroos and The Early Federal Period, 1901-12 2004 (current edition); [3] Rodney Overton A Catalogue of Squared Circle Postmarks of South Australia 1983 (the only edition) neat pencil annotations removable with care. All in good to very good condition. (3)

37 - Starting Price AU$110
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Lot 39:Australian Colonies: [1] Victoria - The Half-length Portraits and the Twopence Queen Enthroned (deluxe edition?) by Charles Lathrop Pack New York 1923, includes his eight page photograhic plating for the 2d Half-length, excellent condition considering its age; [2] Queensland Cancellations and Other Postal Markings by HM Campbell RPSV 1977, pristine, plus the author's 1997 Supplements. (

39 - Starting Price AU$100
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Lot 43:France - Artist: Art deco set of 7 'Trottins De Paris' by S Meunier with original envelope.

43 - Starting Price AU$144
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Lot 44:Variety [1] glassines with postmarks of the various colonies, with Victoria stamp duty adhesives most appear 1960s use, blue registration label "spares" various states, 'G/NSW' perfins on £sd values on piece including four 5/- Cattle and on loose decimals; [2] stockcards with KGVI 1/0½d & 1/6d Hermes wmk impt blocks plus 2d red Die II block of 6 and vertical coil strip of 3 large holes (toned perfs) - all may be thin paper; [3] three hagners KGV-early KGVI lower values unused (Ω and other faults), a fourth with Victoria impressed duties to 24/- plus couple NSW; [4] Charities with NSW 1897 Charity pair SG #280-1 very brown cracked gum may be unhinged plus Victoria 1d SG #353 a bit better; [5] oddments including private perfins, a 1934 Australia-NZ 1st Official Airmail very poor condition, etc. (100's)

44 - Starting Price AU$170
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Lot 45:Two heavyweight cartons mostly decimal era with heavily duplicated FDC's, mint and FDI PSE's, maxicards and other bric-a-brac; of interest may be 1988 $10 commemorative banknote 'AA O7 254 120' in special folder, small bundle apparently all ** KGVI-QEII predecimal blocks of 4 including AAT, Solomon Is 1987 America's Cup collection (not mounted), replica cards, etc. Hard to tell with these, inspect. (100's)

45 - Starting Price AU$150
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Lot 46:1930 Shoebox crammed with on/off paper KGV-KGVI more of the latter and mostly more common values but noted tin with KGV 3d blues unchecked (40+) and a small box with NSW, South Australia with some Long Toms, Victoria. Postmark and variety posibilities. (100's)

46 - Starting Price AU$150
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Lot 47:1920 Shoebox with on/off paper KGV-KGVI noting Roos and postage dues and probably more KGV period, plus fair amount foreign (eg New Zealand, European countries, USA, Asia); mostly more common values and majority on small piece with likely postmark interest; includes a cigar box with sorted KGV commemorative/special issues and another small box with unchecked on paper KGV 3d blue and 4d olive (45+) some perf 'OS'. (100's)

47 - Starting Price AU$190
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Lot 48:Accumulation mainly modern used material in bags, boxes of various types (shoe, choc, etc). shoebox accessories, shoebox pre-decimal Australia in envelopes with some foreign seen, another shoebox of later pre-decimal mainly commercial covers. Well worth a look at estimate. (1000's)

48 - Starting Price AU$200
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