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27
 ✉/PS Cover Collection incl Aerogrammes from Canada, GB (some unused) plus range with 'House of Commons' FDI cds to Iran or USA, Sierra Leone 7c Flower, 7c Map (2, one uprated to 9½c), 9½c, Rhodesia (2, unused formular types with printed political message), some commercialcovers from Angola, Barbados, GB 1939 (30 June) 1st Official Flight-North Atlantic from England to Canada/per Pan American 'Yankee Clipper', (2, both registered), Hong Kong, Iraq, Nth. Borneo, Peru, Romania 1943 Censored cover to Red Cross, Geneva, Sweden 1968 Express letter to GB, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, etc. Mixed condition. (c.70 items)
Lot 27 [1 of 8]:Cover Collection incl Aerogrammes from Canada, GB (some unused) plus range with 'House of Commons' FDI cds to Iran or USA, Sierra Leone 7c Flower, 7c Map (2, one uprated to 9½c), 9½c, Rhodesia (2, unused formular types with printed political message), some commercialcovers from Angola, Barbados, GB 1939 (30 June) 1st Official Flight-North Atlantic from England to Canada/per Pan American 'Yankee Clipper', (2, both registered), Hong Kong, Iraq, Nth. Borneo, Peru, Romania 1943 Censored cover to Red Cross, Geneva, Sweden 1968 Express letter to GB, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, etc. Mixed condition. (c.70 items)Lot 27 [2 of 8]:Cover Collection incl Aerogrammes from Canada, GB (some unused) plus range with 'House of Commons' FDI cds to Iran or USA, Sierra Leone 7c Flower, 7c Map (2, one uprated to 9½c), 9½c, Rhodesia (2, unused formular types with printed political message), some commercialcovers from Angola, Barbados, GB 1939 (30 June) 1st Official Flight-North Atlantic from England to Canada/per Pan American 'Yankee Clipper', (2, both registered), Hong Kong, Iraq, Nth. Borneo, Peru, Romania 1943 Censored cover to Red Cross, Geneva, Sweden 1968 Express letter to GB, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, etc. Mixed condition. (c.70 items)Lot 27 [3 of 8]:Cover Collection incl Aerogrammes from Canada, GB (some unused) plus range with 'House of Commons' FDI cds to Iran or USA, Sierra Leone 7c Flower, 7c Map (2, one uprated to 9½c), 9½c, Rhodesia (2, unused formular types with printed political message), some commercialcovers from Angola, Barbados, GB 1939 (30 June) 1st Official Flight-North Atlantic from England to Canada/per Pan American 'Yankee Clipper', (2, both registered), Hong Kong, Iraq, Nth. Borneo, Peru, Romania 1943 Censored cover to Red Cross, Geneva, Sweden 1968 Express letter to GB, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, etc. Mixed condition. (c.70 items)		 100.00 75.00 sold
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 ✉ Middle East/Central Asia Commercial Cover group incl Iran 1928 1st Flight Teheran-Meched cover (slightly trimmed), 1951 registered cover to Teheran to GB, Iraq 1921 reg cover Bagdad to GB, Turkey 1921 cover Galata to GB, 1925 Postal card Constantinople to GB, 1925 cover Sirkedji to GB, Fr.Morocco, Syria, etc. Mixed condition. (33 items)
Lot 58 [1 of 8]:Middle East/Central Asia Commercial Cover group incl Iran 1928 1st Flight Teheran-Meched cover (slightly trimmed), 1951 registered cover to Teheran to GB, Iraq 1921 reg cover Bagdad to GB, Turkey 1921 cover Galata to GB, 1925 Postal card Constantinople to GB, 1925 cover Sirkedji to GB, Fr.Morocco, Syria, etc. Mixed condition. (33 items)Lot 58 [2 of 8]:Middle East/Central Asia Commercial Cover group incl Iran 1928 1st Flight Teheran-Meched cover (slightly trimmed), 1951 registered cover to Teheran to GB, Iraq 1921 reg cover Bagdad to GB, Turkey 1921 cover Galata to GB, 1925 Postal card Constantinople to GB, 1925 cover Sirkedji to GB, Fr.Morocco, Syria, etc. Mixed condition. (33 items)Lot 58 [3 of 8]:Middle East/Central Asia Commercial Cover group incl Iran 1928 1st Flight Teheran-Meched cover (slightly trimmed), 1951 registered cover to Teheran to GB, Iraq 1921 reg cover Bagdad to GB, Turkey 1921 cover Galata to GB, 1925 Postal card Constantinople to GB, 1925 cover Sirkedji to GB, Fr.Morocco, Syria, etc. Mixed condition. (33 items)		 80.00 125.00 sold

AUSTRALIA Other Pre-Decimals

758 ✉ 1931 Kingsford Smith set of 3 BW #141-43 on 1932 (1 Jul) airmail cover to Switzerland, stamps tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER STREET' datestamps, signed by "C Kingsford Smith". Unusual.
Lot 758 [1 of 2]:1931 Kingsford Smith set of 3 BW #141-43 on 1932 (1 Jul) airmail cover to Switzerland, stamps tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER STREET' datestamps, signed by "C Kingsford Smith". Unusual. Lot 758 [2 of 2]:1931 Kingsford Smith set of 3 BW #141-43 on 1932 (1 Jul) airmail cover to Switzerland, stamps tied by 'LATE FEE/SPENCER STREET' datestamps, signed by "C Kingsford Smith". Unusual. 		150.00 200.00 sold

AUSTRALIA - Covers By Manufacturer

824 ✉ Bergen 1952 4½d Scarlet KGVI tied to postcard FDC (view of ANA DC4 Skymaster) by Hindmarsh (SA) FDI datestamp.
Lot 824:Bergen 1952 4½d Scarlet KGVI tied to postcard FDC (view of ANA DC4 Skymaster) by Hindmarsh (SA) FDI datestamp. 		80.00 65.00 sold
851 ✉ Easther (Max) 1958 8d Tasman Flight Anniversary tied to FDC by Launceston '27AU58' FDI datestamp, addressed locally.
Lot 851:Easther (Max) 1958 8d Tasman Flight Anniversary tied to FDC by Launceston '27AU58' FDI datestamp, addressed locally. 		100.00 85.00 sold
866 ✉ Mitchell 1931 Kingsford Smith set tied to registered printed FDC (rare long envelope) by Perth '19MAR31' FDI datestamps, addressed to London. The earliest recorded printed first day envelope for an Australian stamp issue.
Lot 866 [1 of 2]:Mitchell 1931 Kingsford Smith set tied to registered printed FDC (rare long envelope) by Perth '19MAR31' FDI datestamps, addressed to London. The earliest recorded printed first day envelope for an Australian stamp issue. Lot 866 [2 of 2]:Mitchell 1931 Kingsford Smith set tied to registered printed FDC (rare long envelope) by Perth '19MAR31' FDI datestamps, addressed to London. The earliest recorded printed first day envelope for an Australian stamp issue. 		750.00 600.00 sold
874 ✉ Philatelic Investment Corp 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die IA tied to printed FDC by Mudgee (NSW) '2AU37' FDI datestamp, flown on the newly formed Southern Airlines & Freighters Ltd inaugural flight which introduced Mudgee to the Sydney-Broken Hill service, not recorded by Eustis but covered by local newpapers. A rare and desirable cover.
Lot 367:Philatelic Investment Corp 1937 3d Blue KGVI Die IA tied to printed FDC by Mudgee (NSW) '2AU37' FD datestamp, flown on the newly formed Southern Airlines & Freighters Ltd inaugural flight which introduced Mudgee to the Sydney-Broken Hill service, not recorded by Eustis but covered by local newpapers. A rare and desirable cover. 		500.00 This lot is no longer available

AUSTRALIA - First Flight Covers

913
 ✉ 1937 Australia-Philippines Flight postcard sent at 8d rate (2d and 6d) and cover with 1/4d KGV solo, paying full airmail rates to Manila via Hong Kong with transit datestamps, these items being the intermediate stage of PAA flight, circular Manila cachet in violet, AAMC #728a, Cat from $500. Scarce duo. (2)
Lot 1045 [1 of 4]:1937 Australia-Philippines Flight postcard sent at 8d rate (2d and 6d) and cover with 1/4d KGV solo, paying full airmail rates to Manila via Hong Kong with transit datestamps, these items being the intermediate stage of PAA flight, circular Manila cachet in violet, AAMC #728a, Cat from $500. Scarce duo. (2)Lot 1045 [2 of 4]:1937 Australia-Philippines Flight postcard sent at 8d rate (2d and 6d) and cover with 1/4d KGV solo, paying full airmail rates to Manila via Hong Kong with transit datestamps, these items being the intermediate stage of PAA flight, circular Manila cachet in violet, AAMC #728a, Cat from $500. Scarce duo. (2)Lot 1045 [3 of 4]:1937 Australia-Philippines Flight postcard sent at 8d rate (2d and 6d) and cover with 1/4d KGV solo, paying full airmail rates to Manila via Hong Kong with transit datestamps, these items being the intermediate stage of PAA flight, circular Manila cachet in violet, AAMC #728a, Cat from $500. Scarce duo. (2)		 300.00 This lot is no longer available

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Postal History

1310
 ✉ 1946-60 Cover Range comprising 1946 (Mar) Madang registered cover to NSW franked with Australia eight definitive values to 1/- tied by 'RELIEF Nº 4' datestamps, 1946 (Dec) registered cover Lae to Manly franked with 1/4d KGVI and Mitchell set with provisional registration label, 1961 use of 1/7d Registration Envelope BW #PNG3 upated with 5d x2, used Port Moresby to NSW (Cat $500), also Flight Covers AAMC #P164 and #P167 (both registered), #P185a, #P186 (signed), 1951 Kieta-Buin registered (unlisted) and 1952 Buin-Rabaul registered #P218; good lot, total Cat $1,600++.
Lot 1310 [1 of 6]:1946-60 Cover Range comprising 1946 (Mar) Madang registered cover to NSW franked with Australia eight definitive values to 1/- tied by 'RELIEF Nº 4' datestamps, 1946 (Dec) registered cover Lae to Manly franked with 1/4d KGVI and Mitchell set with provisional registration label, 1961 use of 1/7d Registration Envelope BW #PNG3 upated with 5d x2, used Port Moresby to NSW (Cat $500), also Flight Covers AAMC #P164 and #P167 (both registered), #P185a, #P186 (signed), 1951 Kieta-Buin registered (unlisted) and 1952 Buin-Rabaul registered #P218; good lot, total Cat $1,600++. Lot 1310 [2 of 6]:1946-60 Cover Range comprising 1946 (Mar) Madang registered cover to NSW franked with Australia eight definitive values to 1/- tied by 'RELIEF Nº 4' datestamps, 1946 (Dec) registered cover Lae to Manly franked with 1/4d KGVI and Mitchell set with provisional registration label, 1961 use of 1/7d Registration Envelope BW #PNG3 upated with 5d x2, used Port Moresby to NSW (Cat $500), also Flight Covers AAMC #P164 and #P167 (both registered), #P185a, #P186 (signed), 1951 Kieta-Buin registered (unlisted) and 1952 Buin-Rabaul registered #P218; good lot, total Cat $1,600++. Lot 1310 [3 of 6]:1946-60 Cover Range comprising 1946 (Mar) Madang registered cover to NSW franked with Australia eight definitive values to 1/- tied by 'RELIEF Nº 4' datestamps, 1946 (Dec) registered cover Lae to Manly franked with 1/4d KGVI and Mitchell set with provisional registration label, 1961 use of 1/7d Registration Envelope BW #PNG3 upated with 5d x2, used Port Moresby to NSW (Cat $500), also Flight Covers AAMC #P164 and #P167 (both registered), #P185a, #P186 (signed), 1951 Kieta-Buin registered (unlisted) and 1952 Buin-Rabaul registered #P218; good lot, total Cat $1,600++. 		500.00 380.00 sold

GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History

1351
   1840-1950 fantastic cover range comprising 1d black on entire to Manchester, 1841 1d red-brown entires x5 (one with four singles), 2d blue 'White Lines Added' three singles on 1843 cover Glasgow to Portugal, 1851 entire to Hamburg franked with 2d pairs x2 (lifted and replaced) tied by barred '947' of Hartepool; perforated 1d reds on 1856 cover with strip of 3, 1858 registered London to Macclesfield with pair (+ 6d lilac, SG #69) and on 1860 cover with single & 'MORE TO/S/PAY' handstamp; also 1871 3d rose plate 6 + 6d mauve plate 9 on London to Aden cover with red 'ADEN STEAMER POINT' arrival datestamp in red, 1872 3d rose plate 7 on cover from Belfast to New York, 1873 4d vermilion plate 13 tied by 'A25' (Malta) to Palermo, 1877 ½d Bantam uprating ½d wrapper to Stockholm, 1899 cover to St. Petersburg franked with ½d orange, tax markings and label applied, 1918 registered cover to Sweden franked with 2d, 2½d & 2/6d Seahorse with censor tape at right (rare on cover), 1934 (Feb) cover London to Brazil with 2d, 10d plus 2/6d Seahorse, cachet in red, 1936 to Argentine franked with 6d plus 2/6d & 5/- Seahorses, 1936 to Uruguay with 1/- x2 plus 10/- Seahorse, flight cachet below, 2/6d Seahorse and 1/- and 6d on 1936 official sealed cover to Australia, 1939-48 KGVI high values 2/6d green plus 3d on registered cover to NZ with black/pink Swiss Legation label at left, KGVI 2/6d brown and 1/- x2 on 1941 airmail cover to Brisbane, KGVI 10/- ultramarine and 5/- reds Arms plus 3d, 6d x2 and 1/- on airmail packet envelope to New York, 1945 Registered express envelope sent from Hankow to New Zealand franked with GB KGVI 1d red pair tied by framed 'EXPRESS/DOUBLE REGISTERED' handstamp in violet, endorsed "British Fleet Mail" at top, reverse with China $500 on 3c x3, $100 on 1c x2 and $50 on 5c tied by Shanghai datestamps, Sydney transit datestamp applied en route and 1954 'Prestwick' crash cover to Canada. (27 items)
Lot 1551 [1 of 12]:1840-1950 fantastic cover range comprising 1d black on entire to Manchester, 1841 1d red-brown entires x5 (one with four singles), 2d blue 'White Lines Added' three singles on 1843 cover Glasgow to Portugal, 1851 entire to Hamburg franked with 2d pairs x2 (lifted and replaced) tied by barred '947' of Hartepool; perforated 1d reds on 1856 cover with strip of 3, 1858 registered London to Macclesfield with pair (+ 6d lilac, SG #69) and on 1860 cover with single & 'MORE TO/S/PAY' handstamp; also 1871 3d rose plate 6 + 6d mauve plate 9 on London to Aden cover with red 'ADEN STEAMER POINT' arrival datestamp in red, 1872 3d rose plate 7 on cover from Belfast to New York, 1873 4d vermilion plate 13 tied by 'A25' (Malta) to Palermo, 1877 ½d Bantam uprating ½d wrapper to Stockholm, 1899 cover to St. Petersburg franked with ½d orange, tax markings and label applied, 1918 registered cover to Sweden franked with 2d, 2½d & 2/6d Seahorse with censor tape at right (rare on cover), 1934 (Feb) cover London to Brazil with 2d, 10d plus 2/6d Seahorse, cachet in red, 1936 to Argentine franked with 6d plus 2/6d & 5/- Seahorses, 1936 to Uruguay with 1/- x2 plus 10/- Seahorse, flight cachet below, 2/6d Seahorse and 1/- and 6d on 1936 official sealed cover to Australia, 1939-48 KGVI high values 2/6d green plus 3d on registered cover to NZ with black/pink Swiss Legation label at left, KGVI 2/6d brown and 1/- x2 on 1941 airmail cover to Brisbane, KGVI 10/- ultramarine and 5/- reds Arms plus 3d, 6d x2 and 1/- on airmail packet envelope to New York, 1945 Registered express envelope sent from Hankow to New Zealand franked with GB KGVI 1d red pair tied by framed 'EXPRESS/DOUBLE REGISTERED' handstamp in violet, endorsed "British Fleet Mail" at top, reverse with China $500 on 3c x3, $100 on 1c x2 and $50 on 5c tied by Shanghai datestamps, Sydney transit datestamp applied en route and 1954 'Prestwick' crash cover to Canada. (27 items)Lot 1551 [2 of 12]:1840-1950 fantastic cover range comprising 1d black on entire to Manchester, 1841 1d red-brown entires x5 (one with four singles), 2d blue 'White Lines Added' three singles on 1843 cover Glasgow to Portugal, 1851 entire to Hamburg franked with 2d pairs x2 (lifted and replaced) tied by barred '947' of Hartepool; perforated 1d reds on 1856 cover with strip of 3, 1858 registered London to Macclesfield with pair (+ 6d lilac, SG #69) and on 1860 cover with single & 'MORE TO/S/PAY' handstamp; also 1871 3d rose plate 6 + 6d mauve plate 9 on London to Aden cover with red 'ADEN STEAMER POINT' arrival datestamp in red, 1872 3d rose plate 7 on cover from Belfast to New York, 1873 4d vermilion plate 13 tied by 'A25' (Malta) to Palermo, 1877 ½d Bantam uprating ½d wrapper to Stockholm, 1899 cover to St. Petersburg franked with ½d orange, tax markings and label applied, 1918 registered cover to Sweden franked with 2d, 2½d & 2/6d Seahorse with censor tape at right (rare on cover), 1934 (Feb) cover London to Brazil with 2d, 10d plus 2/6d Seahorse, cachet in red, 1936 to Argentine franked with 6d plus 2/6d & 5/- Seahorses, 1936 to Uruguay with 1/- x2 plus 10/- Seahorse, flight cachet below, 2/6d Seahorse and 1/- and 6d on 1936 official sealed cover to Australia, 1939-48 KGVI high values 2/6d green plus 3d on registered cover to NZ with black/pink Swiss Legation label at left, KGVI 2/6d brown and 1/- x2 on 1941 airmail cover to Brisbane, KGVI 10/- ultramarine and 5/- reds Arms plus 3d, 6d x2 and 1/- on airmail packet envelope to New York, 1945 Registered express envelope sent from Hankow to New Zealand franked with GB KGVI 1d red pair tied by framed 'EXPRESS/DOUBLE REGISTERED' handstamp in violet, endorsed "British Fleet Mail" at top, reverse with China $500 on 3c x3, $100 on 1c x2 and $50 on 5c tied by Shanghai datestamps, Sydney transit datestamp applied en route and 1954 'Prestwick' crash cover to Canada. (27 items)Lot 1551 [3 of 12]:1840-1950 fantastic cover range comprising 1d black on entire to Manchester, 1841 1d red-brown entires x5 (one with four singles), 2d blue 'White Lines Added' three singles on 1843 cover Glasgow to Portugal, 1851 entire to Hamburg franked with 2d pairs x2 (lifted and replaced) tied by barred '947' of Hartepool; perforated 1d reds on 1856 cover with strip of 3, 1858 registered London to Macclesfield with pair (+ 6d lilac, SG #69) and on 1860 cover with single & 'MORE TO/S/PAY' handstamp; also 1871 3d rose plate 6 + 6d mauve plate 9 on London to Aden cover with red 'ADEN STEAMER POINT' arrival datestamp in red, 1872 3d rose plate 7 on cover from Belfast to New York, 1873 4d vermilion plate 13 tied by 'A25' (Malta) to Palermo, 1877 ½d Bantam uprating ½d wrapper to Stockholm, 1899 cover to St. Petersburg franked with ½d orange, tax markings and label applied, 1918 registered cover to Sweden franked with 2d, 2½d & 2/6d Seahorse with censor tape at right (rare on cover), 1934 (Feb) cover London to Brazil with 2d, 10d plus 2/6d Seahorse, cachet in red, 1936 to Argentine franked with 6d plus 2/6d & 5/- Seahorses, 1936 to Uruguay with 1/- x2 plus 10/- Seahorse, flight cachet below, 2/6d Seahorse and 1/- and 6d on 1936 official sealed cover to Australia, 1939-48 KGVI high values 2/6d green plus 3d on registered cover to NZ with black/pink Swiss Legation label at left, KGVI 2/6d brown and 1/- x2 on 1941 airmail cover to Brisbane, KGVI 10/- ultramarine and 5/- reds Arms plus 3d, 6d x2 and 1/- on airmail packet envelope to New York, 1945 Registered express envelope sent from Hankow to New Zealand franked with GB KGVI 1d red pair tied by framed 'EXPRESS/DOUBLE REGISTERED' handstamp in violet, endorsed "British Fleet Mail" at top, reverse with China $500 on 3c x3, $100 on 1c x2 and $50 on 5c tied by Shanghai datestamps, Sydney transit datestamp applied en route and 1954 'Prestwick' crash cover to Canada. (27 items)		 3,000.00 This lot is no longer available
   
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