PRESTAMP INTERNAL & TOWN MAIL COVERS; 1825-52 group inc. unusually early (1827) EL to Tamar with v. fine oval "HOBART TOWN/V.D.L.", 1842 single/double rate pair ex Launceston to Hobart, 1847 2d-rate Town Post pair with Launceston "10.0.CLOCK" (v. fine) or "4.O.CLOCK" (mainly v. fine) c.d.s.'s, 1847 m/s P.O. "P[ort] Sorell" dated mark, similar 1853 "deloraine" m/s marking, 1852 unpaid E with scarce v. fine brown boxed "CAMP TOWN/3 Nov.52." d.s., and varied Hobart/Launceston d.s.'s. (14 covers) PHOTO - see page 12. £200
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PRESTAMP MAIL TO OVERSEAS + LATER Q.V. FREE/OFFICIAL COVERS; 1837-96 covers inc.1837 E to Scotland "p. Salacia from Launceston" with crowned oval "HOBART TOWN/VDL" d.s. on the front and large boxed red "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" on reverse, 1842 E ex Sydney (red oval d.s.) with boxed Hobart "SHIP LETTER" d.s., 1842 EL with Hobart red tombstone "PAID" d.s. to GB, 1852 EL ex Melbourne "p Yarra Yarra Steamer", 1855 env. with NSW Laureate 3d Green ex Sydney to Hobart with v. fine red "FREE" arrival c.d.s. (to the Governor), 1870/73 OHMS pair with v. fine diamond/circ. "FREE" d.s.'s (Launceston & Hobart) and 1896 OHMS env. to Sydney with Hobart "OFFICIAL/PAID" mark and Governor's cachet. Good group. (8 covers) PHOTO - see page 13. £160
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EARLY QV COVERS, ETC. - CHALON HEADS, P.O. FORMS, ETC.; 1858-86 covers/cards inc.1858/61/62 trio with Imperf. Chalon 4d's ex Falmouth (stamp torn in half before use but accepted!), Torquay (Manuscript P.O. date on front) & Fingal (Manuscript P.O. date on front), 1869 Perf. Chalon 4d cover ex Launceston, 1869 ingoing Victoria 6d Blue EL "Pr Derwent", fine 1872 Town E with 1d Red tied by Launceston "52" NUmeral, later Duplexes (inc.P. Stat. PC, ingoing 1880 env. with Victoria 1d x2 "Per SS Mangana", 7 1876 P.O. printed "Letter Bills" ex varied P.O.s, some stamp-removed covers and 8 stamps/pieces. (15 covers & 8 stamps) PHOTO - see page 13. £200
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LATER 'QV PERIOD' COVERS INC. POSTAGE DUE MARKS, ETC.; 1890-1912 covers/cards inc.1896 usage of the 11/2d Brown P. Stat. PC with Ulverstone "53" Numeral and v. fine scarce "PENGUIN CREEK" arrival c.d.s., useful study of the "P[illar] R[eceiver]" Duplexes/c.d.s.'s, 1896 uprated usage of 2d Green P. Stat. env. to GB, 1896 front with purple "OFFICIALLY/REGISTERED/.....TO PAY", 1900/2 pair of regd. receipts, 1903/9 PCs(3) with small Launceston oval-framed "[..]D/MORE TO PAY" marks, underpaid 1908 PC ex Chile, (1/2d Green P. Due), 1905 NSW underpaid env. with Sydney "DEFT. 2D/FINE 2D/4D" but with 2d+6d Green P. Dues, v. fine 1894 "CANNOT-BE/FOUND", blue boxed 1902 "REGISTERED/LAUNCESTON" (env. ex CGH), PO PPCs, etc. (60 covers/cards, 31 pieces/stamps & 2 receipts) PHOTO - see page 13. £200
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THE TATTERSALLS STORY PART 1 - HOBART MAIL INC. RARE RETURNED "PROHIBITED" COVERS, ETC.; 1893-1907 covers mainly to the Hobart Tattersalls addresses inc.1893 usage of the 1d Red P. stat. env. with VDL Bank in Liquidation imprint, 3 Sept. 1903 env. ex Launceston with fine red lined "TRANSMISSION AND/DELIVERY PROHIBITED", 1905 env. (stamp torn away) ex NSW with rare blue Sydney boxed "Letters...to this address/are returned///under the 57th/and 58th sections of the/Postal Act of 1901" cachet on the back, a wide range of mail from various states inc. purple Tatts labels, regd. P. Stat. envs., 1907 m/s "Missent to Zeehan", and one with Victoria "T[4d]" in oval and m/s-cancelled 4d Green P. Due. Plus 1899/1950 pair of envs. from Tatts with very similar invites to buy tickets! (37 covers) PHOTO - see page 13. £200
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THE TATTERSALLS STORY PART 1 - RAILWAY PARCEL LABEL COVERS, W.A. BANNED CACHET, EPHEMERA, ETC.; 1903-07 covers, letters and ephemera inc. rare 1903/4 env. & large part wrapper to Tatts at Hobart with large green "TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAY" parcel labels (ex Deloraine/Railton), 4 1903 letters with attached Victoria Parcels Co. receipts, 1903/4 pair of P.O. Telegrams, 1917 front ex GB to Watson & Gutmann in Perth with rare green boxed "Transmission and delivery pro-/hibited...Act, 1901." cachet, c.1900 handbill advert for "Tasmanian Parcel Express Delivery Co.", and a useful range of other Tatts-related ephemera. Good lot. (c.52 items) PHOTO - see page 13. £240
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THE PICTORIALS ISSUE COLLECTION - COVERS, ETC. INC. POSTAGE DUES; c.1903-12 Collection of covers and stamps with a group of Postage Due covers/cards (1907 2d with 4d Green P. Due and "T" in oval, rare 1908 "POSTED OUT/OF COURSE" - oddly on a PC - 1905 "1D" in circle, 1905/12 trio to France/US/Germany with "5" or "10" "CTMS/T" marks, & 1904/6 PCs to S. Africa with Hobart "T" marks), other covers with huge P.O. env. regd. to Melbourne with "ONE PENNY" o.p. 2d's (marginal strips of 5 & 6), 1911 mixed States (Vic./NSW/Tas./SA) franking regd. from Hobart, Machines, "P.R." c.d.s.'s, etc. Plus extensive off-cover cancels collection (c.159). (28 covers/cards + c.159 stamps) PHOTO - see page 13. £200
THE COLIN SALT VICTORIA: POSTAL HISTORY PRE-1912 |
QV PERIOD POSTAGE DUE MARKS ON MAIL TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS INC. "SAMPLE POST" TO G.B.; 1882-1911 covers/cards all with P. Due markings, sent to GB (5 inc. rare 1903 "SAMPLE POST" env. with Melbourne oval-framed "T[80C]" & scarce London h.s. "s1/d4/F.B."), Germany (1889 usage of the 3d Red P.Stat. PC to Germany with small Melbourne "T" in triangle), France (2 inc.1905 PC with French 10 P. Due), Switzerland (1913 usage of 1d o.p. 2d Red P. Stat. letter-card), USA (3 inc.1882 env. with Melbourne oval-framed "6D/MORE TO PAY"), NZ (1893 1d Red letter-card with oval-framed "2D/MORE TO PAY"), S. Africa & New Caledonia (1905 PC). Good lot. (15 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 13. £200
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POSTAGE DUE MARKS ON INGOING MAIL EX G.B.; 1881-1911 covers/cards with a food selection of Melbourne Tax markings inc.1881/90 pair of envs. (edge wear) with GB 6d Grey or Jubilee 6d both having different types of oval-framed "1s/MORE TO PAY" marks (first also with GB "DEFICIENT POSTAGE 6d/FINE_____6d/1/-"), 1896 usage of GB 1/2d brown P. Stat. PC with oval-framed "T 1D", and a group of KEVII covers/cards with several Newspaper wrappers, 1903 PC with m/s-cancelled 2-colour 1d P. Due and varied 1d/2d oval-framed "T" marks. (11 covers/cards + 2 fronts) PHOTO - see page 13. £140
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INTERNAL POSTAGE DUES COVERS & CARDS WITH MELBOURNE OVAL-FRAMED "T" MARKS, ETC.; 1891-1910 covers/cards inc.1891 "DEFICIENT POSTAGE 2D/FINE_____2D/4D", 1893 scarce Melbourne P.O. OHMS "RETURNED MORE TO PAY LETTER" env. with red oval-framed "T[2d]" mark, 1904/5 envs. (2) with Green 4d P. Dues, 3 envs. with 2-colour 1d P. Dues, env. + 2 PCs each with 2-colour 2d P. Dues, 1910 env. with 2-colour 2d P. Dues Pair, and several without P. Due labels to Tatts in Hobart. (17 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 13. £140
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THE BOXED "MISSENT TO" AND "PAID AT" MARKS OF VARIOUS P.O.s; 1894-1911 covers/cards inc. mainly v. fine boxed "MISSENT TO" marks of "WILLIAMSTOWN" (1894 1d letter-card usage), "WANGARATTA", "CANTERBURY" (1911 PC ex Canada), "CRANBOURNE" & "MITCHAM"; plus 1896/7 pair of cash-paid envs. with very fine black boxed "PAID AT/SOUTH YARRA" (one with matching superb "MO. & S.B./SOUTH YARRA" c.d.s.), and a remarkable group of pieces (18) all with 'Proof' (?) strikes of UNCLAIMED, AR, TOO LATE, MISSENT, PAID AT and other Instructional marks of varied towns. (7 covers/cards + 18 pieces) PHOTO - see page 13. £150
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THE BOXED "UNCLAIMED AT..." MARKS COLLECTION; 1893-1911 covers (mainly Postal Stationery types) all with mainly very fine strikes of the boxed "UNCLAIMED AT" marks of ARMADALE, ASCOT VALE WEST, BALLARAT (1911 with v. fine pointed finger), BENDIGO, BRUNSWICK, GREENSBOROUGH, HAWKESDALE, HAWTHORN, KORUMBURRA, MANSFIELD, MELBOURNE (2; 1900 cash-paid env. & 1905 env. ex Austria), NORTH MELBOURNE, PORTLAND, SOUTH MELBOURNE, SOUTH YARRA, TABILK RLY. STN., WARRACKNABEAL, WARRAGUL & WARRNAMBOOL. Plus 22 pieces with 'Proof'(?) strikes of many other town's similar boxed "UNCLAIMED AT" marks. Remarkable and attractive lot. (20 covers + 22 pieces) PHOTO - see page 13. £300
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THE MELBOURNE EARLY MACHINE CANCELLATIONS COLLECTION; Exhibition collection of 1901-12 covers with a wide range of mainly very fine strikes with varied "VICTORIA" in bars types, Barr-Fyke group, early continuous types, Robertson machines, early Krags & Columbias, dotted types, etc. Good lot. (66 covers/cards + 1 piece) £240
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BALANCE OF THE QV-PERIOD COLLECTION INC. TATTERSALLS MAIL - MELBOURNE, ETC.; 1886-1911 covers/cards inc.1886 env. with 6d Blue to GB, rare 1887 "PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS" front, 1902 P.O. OHMS env. regd. to USA with Frank Stamp uprated with 5d(2)+1/2d(2)+1d(2), 1903 multi-advertiser env. with 2x1d's ex Shepparton, 1901 env. with 5x1d's and boxed "TOO LATE" beside "M.O. & S.B./MANSFIELD" c.d.s.1900/2 pair of different Melbourne D.L.O. "RETURNED LETTER" envs., PPCs, etc. Plus 78 off-cover stamps with values to 5/- (Stramp Duty) mainly with T.P.O./Railway cancels. (41 covers/cards + 79 stamps/pieces) PHOTO - see above. £150
THE COLIN SALT WESTERN AUSTRALIA: POSTAL HISTORY PRE-1912 |
BARRED NUMERALS & LATER CANCELLATIONS ON SWAN ISSUES; c.1859-1912 Collection of stamps (mainly 2d or 1d values inc. a few pairs) with a good variety of mainly very fine Numerals (17 15-bar types of 10 different nos.; and 16 12-bars of 12 different nos.) or Letters (A to Y; 28 with 13 different letterings inc."GT" & "KG"); plus similar range of unusual "LOOSE SHIP LETTER", Duplex (30 stamps) and other cancels (88 stamps). Useful lot. (180 stamps) £200
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RETURNED MAIL & POSTAGE DUES - INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS, UNCLAIMED, NOT KNOWN..., ETC.; 1897-1914 covers inc.1898 OHMS env. regd. with purple "INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS" & triple-oval regd. d.s., 1899 OHMS env. regd. with Land Title "FRANK STAMP" and Perth "UNCLAIMED" on the front & v. fine purple "UNKNOWN ON/No. [6] WALK" and D.L.O. marks on reverse, 1900 usage of 1/2d Brown PC with "NOT KNOW/BY LETTER CARRIERS" cancelled by "L.C. ROOM/G.P.O PERTH W.A" c.d.s., OHMS env. regd. with "OS" perfin 4d tied by "R" in oval but with Perth "UNKNOWN BY LETTER CARRIERS", "UNCLAIMED" & "INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED" all on the front, long 1914 OHMS env. to Collie with "OS" perfin Pair of 2d Swans plus "UNCLAIMED" and giant boxed purple "D.L.O./No./PERTH", and a few P. Due covers inc. oval "MORE TO PAY" (1903 env. + 1897 front). (22 covers + 1 front) PHOTO - see page 13. £150
THE COLIN SALT AUSTRALIA
KGV P.DUES/MACHINES/INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, ETC. |
'ROO COVERS TO U.S., CONTINENTAL EUROPE & JAVA - UNDERPAID OR RETURNED; 1913-20 covers/cards to USA (4; 2 with 4-line purple "This letter was posted insufficiently...." mark on reverse - T marks of Brisbane, Adelaide & Sydney), Java (PC with Hobart "10/CTMS/T"), Sweden/Denmark (Sydney pair; shield "T/10" or 'pointing hand' return marks), and PCs trio to Germany/Italy/France (with NSW shield "T/10", hexagon Melbourne "T/10c" or Hobart "10/CTMS/T"). Scarce group. (10 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 13. £150
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'ROO COVERS - INTERNAL OR TO G.B. - UNDERPAID OR RETURNED, ETC.; 1913-31 covers/cards to G.B. (5 inc.1913 pair with Adelaide/Sydney "T/20CTS" in circle or shield "N.S.W./T/20" & 1931 Airmail pair with 'Roo 9d's - one with "SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE" c.d.s. cancels), 1914/9 internal underpaid envs. pair with Adelaide/Melbourne oval-framed "T1D" or "T1/2D" - latter a scarce OHMS "OS" Postal Stationery env. of the Education Dept.), internal Returned mail (4; advertising PC/envs. with attractive horse & cart illustrations etc.), 1913 pair with 1d's tied by "T.P.O.G.S.& W.R./QUEENSLAND" c.d.s.'s with "LATE FEE" marks alongside, 1913 boxed "UNCLAIMED AT/WERRIBEE" and 1913 env. with h.s. "MISSENT" mark of "LOWOOD/QUEENSLAND". Scarce and interesting group. (15 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 6. £200
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EARLY KGV PERIOD - INTERNAL MAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONAL & POSTAGE DUE MARKS; 1911-19 covers/cards inc.1916 PC with h.s. "MISSENT TO" beside "WOODSIDE/STH. AUSTRALIA" c.d.s., 5 with Postage Due marks inc. very rare 3 Nov. 1918 env. with 1/2d Green Pair tied by Hobart "TAX 1D" continuous machine cancel (one of only 3 known?), 1916 PC & front with v. fine Adelaide h.s. "2" and 2d Dues, and 1917/9 pair with Melbourne oval-framed "T2D" or "T11/2D"; plus a group of returned mail inc.1919 env. with 3x11/2d Browns and "UNCLAIMED AT/FITZROY ETC., 1918 Launceston boxed "UNCLAIMED", 1918 boxed "UNCLAIMED AT/NORTHCOTE" etc., cash-paid pair with boxed "NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/RICHMOND", and scarce 1915 trio of PO Returned Mail envs. of Sydney/Melbourne (latter with printed oval-framed "T[2d]". (15 covers/cards & 2 fronts) PHOTO - see page 6. £260
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EARLY KGV PERIOD - OVERSEAS MAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONAL & POSTAGE DUE MARKS; 1912-19 covers/cards inc. incoming mail ex GB (4 inc. PC with 1d P. Due & env. with Brisbane "CALLED" & "UNCLAIMED" c.d.s.'s), India (underpaid PC) & Austria (1913 "ENG. MAIL T.P.O./VIC" arrival c.d.s.); plus outgoing underpaid mail with 1916/9 trio of envs. to USA with different scarce advisory cachets about the "rate from Australia" of Brisbane, Launceston & Melbourne, 1917/9 pair of envs. with 2x1d or 11/2d to US with rare Melbourne octagon-boxed "T/60c" (only known example?) or "T/80c" (one of only 2 recorded?), 1919 pair to US with shield-framed Sydney "N.S.W/T/30" marks, and 1915 env. to Holland with Hobart "30/CTMS/T". Very good group. (12 covers/cards + 2 fronts) PHOTO - see page 6. £260
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1920s - RETURNED INTERNAL MAIL WITH VARIED INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS; 1920-29 Covers with a fine all-different range of instructional marks of Queensland (2; inc. v. fine tiny red Brisbane 'pointing hand'), South Australia (4 inc. 1925 scarce mainly v. fine large purple oval-framed Adelaide "POST TOWN/NOT KNOWN IN/SOUTH AUSTRALIA"), Tasmania (1926 Hobart boxed "UNCLAIMED"), Victoria (11; inc. several 'pointing hand' marks and UNCLAIMED marks of Abbotsford, Bacchus Marsh, Brighton, Cheltenham, Clifton Hill, Glenorchy - with superb large lined "OVER" - Kew, Richmond & Stawell) and WA (7; 5 regd. & 2 with red Perth P.O. 1927/9 "Returned to Sender" label on reverse). Scarce and attractive lot. (25 covers) PHOTO - see page 13. £300
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1920s - INTERNAL MAIL WITH POSTAGE DUE & INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS; 1920-29 covers/cards inc. 10 with Postage Due marks inc. Adelaide (1929 Air to WA with 3d P. Due), Brisbane (scarce 1920/1 pair of oval-framed "T1D" or "TAX 2D" - latter with oval "LOOSE/SHIP/LETTER"), Kalgoorlie (1929 h.s. "T/3" with 3d P. Due), Melbourne (1923 oval "T3D"), Paddington (1921 "MORE TO PAY" s. line with 1d P. Due), Strathmerton (1920 oval "T[1]") and Sydney (3; 1925 "MORE TO PAY/3D" in circle, red shield-framed 1929 "NSW/T/2D" & a piece); plus 1927 front with Sydney boxed "POSTED/OUT OF/COURSE", 1928 front with red "BY AIR MAIL" label and purple cachet & 1921 env. with Sydney "Please advise Sender to/place full address....". (10 covers, 2 fronts & 1 piece) PHOTO - see page 13. £150
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1920s - MAIL FROM OVERSEAS WITH POSTAGE DUE & INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS; 1920-29 covers/cards inc. 1922 ex Germany with 5-line Melbourne "TO EXPEDITE DELIVERY....POSTAL DISTRICT No.38", 1922/9 PCs pair ex Germany/Switz. returned with Adelaide "CALLED TO POSTMEN" or Toorak NOT KNOWN..., 1929 GB returned env. with tied Australia 1/2d "CUSTOMS DUTY/LONDON" label, and 20 with Postage Due marks inc. Adelaide (4; ex India, US, GB & Canada - all with P. Dues), Brisbane (1925/9 pair ex GB/US - latter a front with rare oval-framed "T.31/2D"), Melbourne (pair ex S. AFrica/US + 6 ex GB - all but one with 1/2d/1d/3d P.Dues) or Sydney (6; ex GB/US - all with circular framed 1d/2d/3d Due marks). (24 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 14. £140
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1920s - MAIL TO OVERSEAS WITH POSTAGE DUE LABELS &/OR MARKINGS; 1921/2 underpaid covers/cards inc.11/2d Brown P. Stat. PC (corner crease) to "Bulgaria" with Brisbane "40/CTMS/T" mark, env. with 2d Red and Brisbane "50/CTMS/T" and Belgian 50c Grey P. Due, similar env. to France with Sydney shield-framed "N.S.W./T/20" and French 20c P. Due, and PC + 2 envs. to GB inc. Melbourne hexagon "T/40c" or Sydney shield "N.S.W./T/40". Attractive group. (6 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 13. £120
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1920s - MAIL TO U.S.A. ALL WITH U.S. POSTAGE DUE LABELS & AUSTRALIAN "T" MARKS; 1921/9 covers/cards inc.1927/8 pair with superb fancy-framed purple Sydney 5-line "This letter was posted insufficiently prepaid./Please advise your correspondence..." or red boxed Brisbane "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTER/WILL YOU KINDLY RETURN THIS ENVELOPE TO/YOUR CORRESPONDENT..."on the reverse, plus a good range of toher P. Due marks ex Adelaide, Brisbane (3), Melbourne (3 inc. v. fine 1923 hexagon "T/271/2C"), Sydney (3) & Perth (2); all with US P. Due labels (various values & cancels). Good lot. (14 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 7. £200
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1920s - MAIL TO U.S.A. WITHOUT POSTAGE DUE LABELS; 1920/9 covers inc. 1929 Canberra v. fine purple boxed "RETURNED FOR/ADDITIONAL POSTAGE/SHORT PAID [11/2]d/Postal Department/Com'lth of Australia" slightly overlapped by a second KGV 11/2d Red (the first stamp with damaged corner), 1928/9 pair with red boxed Brisbane/Sydney(?) "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTER/WILL YOU KINDLY RETURN THIS ENVELOPE TO/YOUR CORRESPONDENT...", Sydney shield-frame "N.S.W./T" marks for 20, 25 (3; red, black or purple), 371/2 (scarce 1924) or 50, unusual 1924 Sydney large unframed "T371/2", and Brisbane/Adelaide/Melbourne trio with "50/CTMS/T", "T/30CTS" in circle or hexagon "T/25c". Scarce group. (12 covers + 1 front) PHOTO - see page 14. £200
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1930s - INTERNAL KGV-FRANKED RETURNED MAIL WITH 'POINTING HAND' MARKS; 1930/6 covers inc.1930 air env. with Sydney purple 'hand' & v. fine matching large "INSUFFICIENTLY/ADDRESSED", and a good range of similar Victoria covers all with 'pointing hands' but all also with boxed "UNCLAIMED AT" marks of Abbotsford (AR regd.), Carnegie (m/s mark only), Collingwood, Dandenong, Melbourne, Mildura, Sandringham. Melbourne, Swan Hill, Wangaratta (unframed purple mark) & Whittlesea. Attractive lot. (12 covers) PHOTO - see page 14. £140
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1930s - INTERNAL KGV-FRANKED RETURNED MAIL; 1930-6 covers (some regd.) all returned to senders with varied Instructional marks inc. giant 1930 PO Sydney "RETURNED LETTER" regd. env., 1934 red "Not known to Postmen/CHIPPENDALE, N.S.W.", varied "UNCLAIMED" types, 1934 env. with Perth PO "RETURNED TO SENDER" label on reverse addressed to "Prime Minister, Canberra" (!), 1936 Perth "NOT KNOWN BY LETTER CARRIER" with "CALLED/L.C.R." d.s. and "HAVE YOUR STREET NUMBER/INCLUDED IN ADDRESS", 1936 Perth oval "INSUFFICIENTLY/ADDRESSED", 1931/8 Sydney purple/red "INSUFFICIENT/LY/ADDRESSED", etc. Plus 3 pieces and late usage KGV 1d ("WA" perfin) on local WA returned env. (26 covers + 3 pieces) PHOTO - see above. £200
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1930s - KGV INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS & LABELS; 1930/6 covers inc. Sydney 1933 purple boxed "Posted in Late Fee Box without[t...]/fee. Detained until next mail. (...", 1936 local Adelaide env. endorsed "Express Delivery", fine 1933 piece with "PARCELS POST" label & "R" label of Kyancutta (3d+6d+ 2x1/-), 1934 local Melbourne env. with red "DELAYED Owing to/Insufficient Address./Please ask Writer to Include/Postal District Number." tied on the front, 1937 window env. with brown Adelaide P.O. "THIS COVER WAS TORN IN TRANSIT..." labels (one tied) back & front, v. fine 1930 boxed "MISSENT TO/FLEMINGTON", and local 1930 Sydney env. with red boxed "REFUSED/ON ACCOUNT OF/TAX". Scarce lot. (6 covers, 1 front & 1 piece) PHOTO - see page 13. £150
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1930s - MELBOURNE INTERNAL MAIL - OVAL-FRAMED TAX MARKS INC. INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS; 1930/7 covers inc. large part 1932 wrapper with "T2D" and rare boxed "NEWSPAPER/OVER 6OZS", 1934 pair with "T2D" or "T[2d]" and each with boxed "REFUSED TO/PAY TAX" on the front (one with "CLOSED AGAINST/INSPECTION" on reverse), 1935 "T2D" with "CONTAINS A/COMMUNICATION", "T 1/2D" (OS 1d Red P. Stat. env.), "T[6d]" (1937 with boxed "IRREGULARLY/POSTED" & "OFFICIALLY REGISTERED/SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN COIN"), "T 1D" (with disallowed 1/2d Lilac "STAMP DUTY" label), and several "T 4D" or "T 6D" marks. Very good lot. (12 covers) £200
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1930s - N.S.W./QUEENSLAND/TASMANIA/N.T./S.A. INTERNAL MAIL - POSTAGE DUE MARKINGS; 1930/7 covers inc.1931/3 pair with Sydney 1-ring or 2-ring "LATE FEE/1D/TO PAY" (ex Cootamunda or with "POSTED ON TRAIN" c.d.s.), overstruck 1934 purple boxed Sydney "Posted on train/without late fee/To pay.....1d", attractive 1935 "Contains coin" endorsed env. regd. with scarce 2-ring Adelong "MORE TO PAY/3d", Sydney shield-frame "1D" & "4D"(2) types, red 1933/6 boxed "TAX/NO...SYDNEY" types for "2D", "4D" (2) or m/s "[6D]", 1936 Brisbane purple boxed "SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN/COINS OR VALUABLES/REGISTRATION FEE/AND FINE" with oval "TAX 3D" cancelling "T6D", Longreach "LATE FEE" (1932 front), Sydney red 1935 boxed "T/4D" (8d in Dues), etc. Good lot. (20 covers + 1 front) PHOTO - see page 14. £200
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1930s - KGV PERIOD - UNDERPAID MAIL TO OVERSEAS WITH "T" CTS OR DIVERTED AIRMAIL MARKS; 1931/6 covers to GB, US, Germany, Sweden & Holland with varied types of "T" marks with attached Numerals; "240" (1931 Brisbane part m/s), "50" (1934 circ./hexagon Adelaide/Melbourne pair), "40" (Brisbane 3-line type in black or purple + Melbourne hexagon), "25/CTMS/T" (1930 Brisbane), "20" (Perth 1936 hexagon), and "162/3" (8; 1930/6, almost all different) of Adelaide, Brisbane (2; one m/s), Hobart, Melbourne, Perth (with v. fine blue boxed 6-line "Please advise your correspondent..." mark on reverse) & Sydney (2 in red). Plus good group of failed Airmail covers (8) to GB/US with varied "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR AIRMAIL" type marks. (24 covers) PHOTO - see page 14. £240
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MELBOURNE - KGV MACHINE CANCELLATIONS STUDY, ETC.; 1918-38 covers/cards inc. a neatly mounted and written up collection of Melbourne Machine cancels (1918-36) plus a group of other KGV Melbourne covers inc. underpaid 1933 PC ex Java, SHIP MAIL ROOM & LATE FEE c.d.s. cancels, 1935/7 US underpaid pair of envs. with v. fine oval-framed "T21/2D." or "T31/2D." mark, etc. (75 covers, 10 fronts & 15 pieces) £160
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SYDNEY - KGV MACHINE CANCELLATIONS STUDY, ETC.; c.1918-38 covers/cards inc. a good range of early machines (with Paid types, early slogans, etc.) plus some advertising envs., 1930 PC with 1d+1/2d on the picture side tied by unusual barred machine with sideways dates, and a small group of Postage Due covers (5) with red "TAX" charge-marks, etc. (c.120 covers, 10 fronts & 11 pieces) £140
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BALANCE OF THE KGV COLLECTION - OTHER MACHINE CANCELLATIONS, ETC.; 1914-38 covers/cards inc. many machine cancels (early slogans, Paid types, etc.), 1935 printed matter env. ex GB with Brisbane "CUSTOMS DUTY/[Crown]/PAID", stained 1935 Cyprus env. with fancy "VISIT/[map]/CYPRUS" slogan, and 1934/6 trio ex GB with ignored P. Due fine Adelaide boxed "T 1D" (marginal 1d P. Due used at Gladstone), and "UNCLAIMED/KAIMKILLENBUN". £140
THE COLIN SALT AUSTRALIA KGVI: POSTAGE DUES |
N.S.W. - POSTAGE DUE LABELS USED ON INTERNAL COVERS INC. INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, ETC.; 1942-52 underpaid covers all with bicolour Australia P. Due labels; 1d+4d on 1948 env. ex Parramatta with disallowed 2d Orange "STAMP DUTY", 3x1d, 3d or 4d on 1942/8 envs. trio with red/purple boxed Sydney "EXCEEDS....OZS/TAX....R", 3dx2 with 1946 purple boxed "T[6d]", 4d with 1949 red boxed Brisbane "CLOSED AGAINST/INSPECTION", 6d on 1952 env. with Sydney purple boxed "EXCEEDS...OZS/TAX....4D", 6d on 1948 front with purple Sydney "CLOSED AGAINST/INSPECTION", and 1948 pair of Business Reply envs. to a firm of paper manufacturers in Sydney plastered with 18 1/- or 9x 1/- + a 6d P. Dues all tied by Sydney c.d.s.'s (for multiple underpaid items). (9 covers & 1 front) PHOTO - see page 7. £150
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QUEENSLAND - POSTAGE DUE LABELS USED ON INTERNAL COVERS INC. INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, ETC.; 1948-51 underpaid covers all with bicolour Australia P. Due labels inc. unpaid 1938 env. with 4d & Rockhampton hexagon "T", 1940/44 trio with Brisbane oval-framed "TAX 2D", "T11D" or "T6D" with 1d (2),m 5x2d+1d or 2x3d Dues, 1947/51 group (5) with Brisbane oval-framed "TAX 3D/4D/8D", "T6D" or "T4D", and 1948/51 pair with Brisbane/Mackay boxed "Exceeds...Ozs/TAX" or purple "TAX/s...d/MACKAY". Scarce group. (11 covers) PHOTO - see page 14. £140
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AUSTRALIAN POSTAGE DUES ON INTERNAL UNPAID/UNDERPAID MAIL; 1938-52 covers with a wide variety of bicolour Australia P. Dues inc. unpaid group (12 covers) with 1938/9 pair with single 2d's, 1939/49 group (with single 4d, 5x1d, 2d+3d, 2x2d + 1d, 1d+4d or two with single 5d), and 1950/2 pair with 1d + 2x2d or 6d+1d (latter with superb large purple encircled Hobart "T/7D"; plus 1946/52 underpaid group (6 covers) inc. env. used as wrapper for papers charged 1s-10d in Port Hedland with 1/- + 5x2d's wrapped round, boxed 1d (2)/4d/6d charges, and unusual Jan. 1952 env. compulsorily regd. from "A.N.A.R.E. HEARD IS./AUST" (Antarctic) with boxed "IRREGULARLY/POSTED" and 2d+3dx2 Dues used in Queensland. (18 covers) PHOTO - see page 14. £200
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OVERSEAS MAIL WITH POSTAGE DUES - FROM AUSTRALIA & INGOING TO AUSTRALIA; 1936/50 group (10) all underpaid to US with varied "T" numerals and all with US P. Dues, 1938/9 Melbourne pair with P. Dues of GB & Dutch East Indies (refused with 8-line boxed Melbourne "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTER...advice mark), attractive 1939 env. ex Canada with "PLEASE ADVISE YOUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT..." 3-line Sydney mark and 4x2d + 1d Dues, 1945/6 pair ex US with 3d or 3x1d Dues, 1948 ex Sydney with Swedish "15 ore" label, 1950 env. (worn) via Sydney with French 20f Block of 10 + 10f + 5f + 2f Dues on reverse, 1950 Brisbane env. to NZ with oval-framed "T9D." and NZ 3d+6d Postage Stamps used as Dues, and 1952 env. (stamp removed) with Czech P. Dues. (20 covers) PHOTO - see page 14. £260
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N.S.W. - KGVI PERIOD - POSTAGE DUE MARKS ON OVERSEAS & INTERNAL UNPAID/UNDERPAID MAIL; 1936-53 covers with a very wide range of T/TAX marks of Sydney with 1952 env. to Ressin with Swiss P. Dues (10 + 3x20), 1950/3 group to GB, c.1945 red boxed "TAX/2[1/2]D/No.1 SYDNEY" m/s alteration on env. ex Argentina, 1941/52 group to US, 1948 Airmail to Bolivia, local 11 Dec. 1936 unpaid env. - the accession date of KGVI - distinctive 1947/8 "T" types of Bundanoon/Parramatta, and 2 pieces. (22 covers & 2 pieces) PHOTO - see page 14. £150
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QUEENSLAND - KGVI PERIOD - POSTAGE DUE MARKS ON OVERSEAS & INTERNAL UNPAID/UNDERPAID MAIL; 1936-53 covers with a very wide range of T/TAX marks of Brisbane inc. Mar. 1945 env. (small fault) to Tasmania with "DEPT OF ARMY/Concession Postal Rate" cachet franked for 4d Airmail but endorsed "over 1/2oz" and with oval "T 1/-" and v. fine purple boxed "SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN/COIN OR VALUABLES/REGISTRATION FEE/AND FINE", 1937/46 quartet to US with oval "CTMS/T" marks (black/purple) with blank amount or for 131/3 (2) or 8, internal envs. with oval-framed "TAX 3D." (2), "T2D" or "T.1D."(2), and 1952 Annerley hexagon "T". (11 covers) PHOTO - see page 7. £140
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VICTORIA - KGVI PERIOD - POSTAGE DUE MARKS ON OVERSEAS & INTERNAL UNPAID/UNDERPAID MAIL; 1939-53 covers with a very wide range of T/TAX marks of Melbourne inc. mail to US (1939/40 pair with purple or blue boxed 8-line Advisory "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTER./Will you kindly..." marks, plus 1941/9 varied hexagon "T/fraction" marks), c.1941 env. to GB with "H.M./NAVAL/SERVICE" but also with "T[2d]" oval, and a good range of internal mail oval-framed "T" marks (varied amounts; inc.1947 boxed "IRREGULARLY/POSTED" and 1952 "CLOSED AGAINST/INSPECTION"). Plus 1942 to GB with Kyabram oval "T [1/8]", local 1942 Hamilton oval "T 3D", and 1952 oval Yarragon "[1/2d]/MORE TO PAY". Good lot. (25 covers) PHOTO - see page 14. £200
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S.A./TASMANIA/W.A. -KGVI PERIOD- P. DUE MARKS ON OVERSEAS & INTERNAL UNPAID/UNDERPAID MAIL; 1938-52 covers with a range of T/TAX marks of Adelaide (1945/8 pair to US with black or purple "131/3cts" in circle + 1941 internal 1d P. Stat. PC usage with v. fine "LATE FEE/T1D" in circle), Hobart (1941 trio of Met. Office unpaid ELs + 1948 "CTMS/T" to US), and Perth (1938 to Switzerland, 1947/9 pair to US with purple large "131/3" or boxed "T/8c", and internal trio inc. disallowed Revenue Duty 3d with "T/6D" in circle). Plus odd 1948 trio of envs. to GB with GB KGVI 2d's used in Ascot Vale (Vic.), Adelaide & Melbourne - only one taxed & one with Adelaide "PAQUEBOT". PHOTO - see page 14. £140
THE COLIN SALT AUSTRALIA KGVI: RETURNED/INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS |
MACHINE CANCELLATIONS - KGVI PERIOD - SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, ETC.; Small box containing a partly mounted and written up (the Melbourne section & some Hobart) collection of 1938-52 machine cancel covers; mainly Sydney & Melbourne and inc. a few useful advertising covers. (c.250 covers + a few pieces) £150
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MILITARY MAIL, ETC. - KGVI PERIOD - CENSORS, NAVAL & MILITARY; 1938-50 group of mainly WWII covers inc. civil censors, "CALIFORNIA/CLIPPER" rates, Naval censors (5 inc."H.M./NAVAL/SERVICE" charged "T/62/3c", small purple "H.M. TRANSPORT", and 2 large purple 2H.M.A. SHIPS" marks (one Korean War), purple boxed "R.A.A." concession rate, 1941 small red "SERVICE/Prisoners of War/C.S. Thane, Lt. Col./Comdt. HAY" (Sydney to GB), and 6 Army covers (inc.1946 "RELIEF/No.27" c.d.s., charged US "A.P.O. 928" env., "DEFENCE CANTEENS" 1d Green P. Stat. env. with Claremont Showgrounds "I/WESTERN AUSTRALIA" c.d.s.), KGVI 2d tied to env. to Perth by huge blue-grey barred "CANCELLED". Good variety. (37 covers + 4 pieces) PHOTO - see page 14. £150
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KGVI PERIOD - PARCEL POST, MISSENT MAIL, TOO LATE & LATE FEE MARKINGS; 1946/49/52 trio of P.O. "PARCEL POST" customs labels franked for 3s-7d (inc.2/- 'Roo'), 5s-10d and 7s-8d rates to GB ex Footscray, Geraldton & Mosman, 1938/9 pair regd. ex Melbourne/Prospect (SA) with v. fine boxed "LATE FEE" (extra 2d paid) or unframed "TOO LATE", and 1938/39/46/52 covers with "MISSENT TO" h.s. marks of KINGSTON (SA), WYNNUM (Q), PORT MELBOURNE & BRIGHTON. Good lot. (10 items) PHOTO - see page 14. £140
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POSTAGE DUE COVERS - KGVI PERIOD - "ADDITIONAL POSTAGE" RETURNED MAIL; Unusual 1939-51 group all underpaid and returned with various "RETURNED FOR POSTAGE" marks (6) or labels (3) and all but two with additional stamps used and forwarded to destinations. Inc.1939 to Sweden (Melbourne extra 6d to make 2s-4d), 1945 to US (extra 1d in Abbotsford), 1947 long env. to GB (extra 5s-81/2d at Townsville!), and scarce 1950 trio with labels (one with original pin attached) ref. extra postage needed from Melbourne (2) or Brisbane to G.B. Good lot. (9 covers) PHOTO - see page 15. £140
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POSTAGE DUE COVERS - KGVI PERIOD - "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID" AIRMAILS; Unusual 1939-53 group all underpaid for Airmail to NZ/GB/France, one from NZ and one internal; relevant marks of Sydney (1939 to NZ with red boxed "AERIAL SERVICE/COMPLETED SYDNEY", 1947 pair to GB with crinkle-frame purple "NOT ELIGIBLE FOR/AERIAL MAIL. FEE/DEFICIENT./SYDNEY NO.2.", similar 1952 but "...SEND BY SURFACE...", and 1951 ex NZ with purple "DESPATCHED FROM SYDNEY/BY SURFACE MAIL"), Adelaide (1949/52 pair to GB with purple "Insufficiently/prepaid/AIR MAIL"), Perth (1953 boxed "UNDERPAID/FOR AERIAL SERVICE) to GB), Brisbane (1953/7 trio - latter QEII - with purple/black "INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE/FOR AIRMAIL" - 2 types), and Melbourne (1953 to GB with "SUFFICIENT PAID/FOR AIR MAIL WITHIN/AUSTRALIA ONLY" + boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY/PAID FOR/AIR TRANSMISSION"). Scarce lot. (12 covers) PHOTO - see page 15. £150
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POSTAGE DUE COVERS - KGVI PERIOD - COMPULSORILY + "COMPENSATION" REGISTERED MAIL; 1938-53 group inc. fine and unusual 1938 env. regd. from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island at 6d rate (extra 1d for Insurance to £5) with blue R label with two strikes of small "COMPENSATION" mark with pencil "4d" alongside, 1942 Melbourne purple "POSTED CONTRARY/TO RULE 10", 1950/1 Brisbane./Melbourne "IRREGULARLY/POSTED" (latter framed), 1950/1 pair with purple Sydney "CONTAINS COIN/O[officially]. R[registered]." 1952 Sydney purple boxed "REGISTERED IN/ACCORDANCE/RULE [267]/SYD. NO. 2", and 1953 Brisbane "DEFICIENCY/REPORTED/AT BRISBANE". Scarce lot. (8 covers) PHOTO - see page 15. £150
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RETURNED (MAINLY INTERNAL) MAIL - N.S.W. KGVI PERIOD; 1938-52 covers all with P.O. returned markings inc. 'pointed hands', etc. inc.1951 Albury ("PREVENT BUSH FIRES" env.), 1939 purple "NOT KNOWN BY POSTMAN/AT ANNANDALE" ex GB, 1949 Belmont, 1949 Bexley, 1937 Broken Hill front, 1949 small purple "Unclaimed Camden", 1942 Glen Innes, 1952 Lane Cove purple "UNCLAIMED", similar 1950 Leichhardt, 1942 Lismore, 1944 "NOT KNOWN/NEWCASTLE" c.d.s., 1951 Surry Hills, 1938/51 Sydney quartet (1938 ex GB, 1950 purple "POST TOWN/NOT KNOWN/N.S.W", 1951 "NO SUCH STREET/SYDNEY CITY...", etc.) & 1943 Taree (superb red "P.M.G.'S DEPT. 'pointing hand' + "UNKNOWN" + "INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS"). Good lot. (16 covers + 1 front) PHOTO - see page 14. £200
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