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Stamp auction - 10 November 2016
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This auction took place on 10 November 2016. Estimates and realised prices are shown below for information only.
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• Australian States
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389
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AUSTRALIAN STATES M ranges from NSW (18), Queensland (24), S. Australia (8), Tasmania (21), Victoria (10), also M & U range from AAT (181)
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£100 to 130 |
£140.00
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• New South Wales
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390
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1850 Sydney View 1d pale red Pl.1 vertical pair on bluish paper [16/21], small to good margins, both cancelled by barred numeral '69' of Murrurundi, fine, SG.5, Cat. £950.
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£200 to 250 |
£270.00
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391
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1850 Sydney View 1d vermilion pair, Pl.2 on laid paper [2 no trees on hill - 2 hill unshaded], small to good margins, cancelled by slightly heavy barred numeral '65' fine, SG.14a/14b, Cat. £2400
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£550 to 700 |
£640.00
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392
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1899 (Oct) 9d on 10d dull brown (two examples) - one with surcharge double, the other with albino surcharge, the latter with some hinge remnants o/w fine M, SG.309a, 309b, Cat. £550.
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£120 to 160 |
£160.00
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• South Australia
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393
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1860 Plate proof of the 9d value in black on wove paper & three issued stamps (fine M) 1868-79 9d claret SG.75, 1900 9d rose-lilac SG.15, 1901-02 9d claret SG.146. Fine group. Cat. £235 + proof.
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£80 to 100 |
£80.00
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• Tasmania
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394
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1853 1d pale blue, later impression on thin hard paper [12], good to large margins, indistinctly cancelled, fine, SG.3, Cat. £1300.
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£250 to 350 |
£320.00
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395
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1853 Plate 1 4d bright red-orange [5], an early impression with small to large margins, lightly cancelled '68,' fine, SG.5, Cat. £1000.
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£200 to 250 |
£200.00
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396
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1853 Plate 1 4d bright red-orange [9], a fine early impression with good margins on three sides, outer frameline just touched or into at top, indistinctly cancelled, fine, SG.5, Cat. £1000.
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£120 to 160 |
£130.00
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397
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1853 Plate 1 4d bright red-orange, an exceptional horizontal pair [10-11], with good to very large margins, touching [12] at right, both cancelled '64,' some vertical creasing & marginal scissor-cut well clear of designs. BPA Cert. 1990, SG.5, Cat. £2000. Provenance 'Dallas' July 1990
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£700 to 1000 |
N/S
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398
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1853 Plate 2 4d dull orange [18], close to large margins, crisply cancelled '18' at Campbelltown, fine, SG.11.
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£120 to 150 |
£140.00
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399
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1853 Plate 2 4d orange [2], good to large margins, cancelled by scarce barred numeral '33,' fresh & fine, BPA Cert. 1952, SG.10.
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£250 to 300 |
£260.00
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400
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1853 Plate 2 4d orange [4], close to large margins, lightly cancelled '59' fine BPA Cert.1992, SG.10.
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£120 to 150 |
£145.00
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401
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1853 Plate 2 4d orange [22] shaved at top & cancelled '47' at Oatlands, 4d dull orange [9] good to large margins, centrally cancelled '59,' 4d dull orange [18], good to large margins, cancelled '68,' 4d yellowish orange [9], close to large margins, cancelled '59.' A fine lot. SG.10/12.
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£450 to 600 |
£660.00
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402
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1899-1900 Pictorial set, M (2½d fault), SG.229/236. (8) Cat. £150
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£40 to 50 |
N/S
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403
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1899-1900 Pictorials TAS wmk 1d (blocks of twelve & eight), 3d (blocks of eight & four), 4d (block of eight) & 6d (three blocks of four - two probably from later issue). All M - largely UM, fresh & fine. (52) Cat, £862
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£70 to 100 |
£125.00
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• Victoria
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404
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Ham Sixth Printing 1850 2d grey [6], close to large margins, clearly cancelled by Butterfly '1' very light stain, nevertheless a fine example of this scarce stamp, SG.15b. (1)
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£220 to 260 |
£220.00
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405
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Campbell 1d Sixth Printing Stone 1 - 1d rose [22], good to large margins, lightly cancelled by part oval d/stamp, small thin at left not affecting fine appearance. Rare, it is estimated that there are around twenty five examples of this stamp, SG.23a. Provenance J.R.W. Purves
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£300 to 350 |
£340.00
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• Western Australia
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406
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1854-55 1s deep red-brown, good to large margins, fine unused without gum. BPA Cert. 1987, SG.4a, Cat. £2000.
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£500 to 600 |
£400.00
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407
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1874 (Dec) 'ONE PENNY' on 2d yellow with surcharge low (3) - one M, and with surcharge at centre (3) - one M, also three forgeries, fine, SG.67, Cat. £1620.
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£300 to 400 |
£420.00
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408
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1905-12 ½d to 10d range incl. shades, fine M, from SG.138/146. Scarce group. (14) Cat. £360
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£50 to 70 |
£92.00
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• Australia
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409
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AIRMAILS & OTHERS 19th/20thC group with Victoria & Queensland QV 6d covers, one to Prince Edward Island (a scarce destination), Benali Vict - Cardigan Bridge with P.E.I arrival, 1931 (Dec) illustrated first Christmas flight , WWI A.I.F POSTAGE FREE mark W. Africa to Western Australia, fine airmail assembly, 1934 Australia - New Zealand cachets, C.T.P ULM flight, 1938 reg. first flight Australia - Papua - New Guinea pair of covers, 1931 illustrated Australia - UK with Kingsford Smith vals, other very attractive Roo covers & postal stationery. (33)
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£120 to 150 |
£195.00
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410
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1913-72 M & U collection housed in an Exeter album commencing with a useful range of Roos with 1913 vals to 2s & 5s FU, 1929 to 5s FU, 1931 vals to 5s, 10s & £1 FU, £2 FU (closed tear), £1 SPECIMEN, KGV Heads are well represented & written up incl. wmks, shades etc, middle period commems incl. 5s Sydney Harbour Bridge & later to 1970's. Attractive collection.
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£500 to 700 |
£580.00
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411
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1913-90's U collection housed in a large philatelic album incl. duplicated U ranges of Roos to 10s & KGV Heads later to 1990's. (many 100's)
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£150 to 200 |
£180.00
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412
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AUSTRALIA & STATES 1913-2000 collection of M & U housed in four Alpha Major albums.
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£250 to 300 |
N/S
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413
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1914-2010 good to FU collection housed in three quite well filled SG One Country albums (basic ranges), the highlight is the 1931-36 Wmk C of A £1 grey (Cat. £275)
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£300 to 350 |
N/S
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414
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1915-27 5s grey & pale yellow, fresh M, SG.42c. (1) Cat. £275.
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£65 to 85 |
£88.00
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415
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1915-27 5s grey & yellow, fresh M, SG.42. (1) cat. £275
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£65 to 85 |
£86.00
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416
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1915-27 set of one of each to 1s, also 5s grey & deep yellow (centred left) all fresh M, also 1913-14 ½d, 11d, 4d orange & 5d M. (11) Cat. £852
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£125 to 150 |
£170.00
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417
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1919 Harry Butler St. Vincent flight Adelaide - Minlaton official card posted on arrival, franked 1½d KGV. (1)
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£70 to 90 |
£150.00
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418
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1926-30 small multiple wmk P.14 1½d red Pl.1a M reconstruction (less 1 stamp) comprising blocks of sixteen, ten, nine, eight (7), six (3), four (2) & a pair. Condition generally good to fine. BW91 (1a), Cat. $4300.
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£400 to 500 |
N/S
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419
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1929-30 10s grey & pink, fresh M, fine colour, SG.112. (1) Cat. £475
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£150 to 170 |
£190.00
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420
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1929-30 1s & 5s, fresh M (1s is centred upper right), SG.1099 & 111. (2) Cat. £300
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£60 to 75 |
£90.00
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421
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1929-33 first flight covers (3) comprising 1929 QANTAS Charleville - Brisbane cover with both special vignettes facsimile pilot signature, 1930 Australian Nat Airways Melbourne - Sydney flight, reverse bears 'Earliest Delivery' vignette on reverse, 1933 ULM flight Sydney - New Plymouth with square cachets then flown by Auckland - Sydney with cachet. one of 100 special cards produced by Ulm, signed by Ulm & Allan. (3)
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£80 to 100 |
£82.00
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422
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1930 Sturt 1½d UM Plate blocks of four (8) Pl.1 to 8, 3d Pl.1 & 2, 1934 Centenary of Victoria set, fine M, SG.147/9, 1935 Jubilee set, fine M, SG.156/8.
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£100 to 120 |
£110.00
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423
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1931 (Mar) Kingsford Smith 2d rose-red ovptd 'OS' block of four with Ash imprint, fine M, SG.O123, BW141(OS)zh, Cat. £3500.
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£400 to 500 |
£400.00
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424
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1931-3 C of A 10s grey & pink, £1 gey (small purple mark on reverse at upper right just shows through to face) & £2 black & rose, FU. (3) SG.136/138, Cat. £1025.
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£200 to 250 |
£280.00
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425
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1931-36 10s grey & pink, fresh o.g, well centred, couple of nibbled perfs at foot, SG.136. (1) Cat. £425
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£60 to 75 |
£72.00
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426
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1931-36 C of A 5s grey & yellow Ash imprint pair, fine M (some minor wrinkles - mainly in the selvedge & a couple of short perfs at top), SG.135, BW46zb, Cat. $2000.
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£250 to 350 |
£270.00
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427
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1932 5s bridge, VFU with c.d.s at lower right, SG.143. Cat. £200
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£50 to 65 |
£72.00
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428
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1934 Imperial Airways/Qantas flight Normanton - Batavia Imp Airways official cover with late use of 'Forwarded/by Air Mail' cachet, another but Normanton - Semarang, 1943 Qantas Christmas Parachute Mail Sydney - Mornington Island, pilot signed with special vignette endorsed arrival, 1945 Qantas Liberator flight Sydney - Columbo, pilot signed. (4)
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£60 to 75 |
£92.00
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429
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AIRMAILS 20thC International & Internal with pair of 1934 England - Australia Air Race (pilot signed) F.O.C.E KAY - De Havilland Dragon - Rapide, 1934 via Egypt to S.W.A, other Qantas Imp. flights 1929 Perth - USA, internal first Adelaide - Perth & return, first flight Bega - Sydney, Seduna - USA (first pictorial issue), 1967 A.A.T FDC's from Mawson & Wilkes. (21)
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£60 to 80 |
£120.00
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430
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1937-49 Perf 15 x 14 2d scarlet top left corner block of six (2x3), the left vertical row with printing omitted due to paper fold, fine UM. A spectaular error, SG.184.
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£200 to 300 |
£350.00
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431
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1937-52 collection U on philatelic leaves with all SG listed Dies & shades, complete less the 1936 Postage Due 6d & any stamps issued after 1952. Also with the coil perf pairs complete (cto) incl. the 1941 2d scarlet. mainly fine with a few odd stamped (mostly insignificant) poor, the 3d white Wattles with slogan cancel & slight colour run, not counted in Cat. £1512. (155)
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£300 to 400 |
£300.00
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432
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1947 Qantas first flight Sydney - Norfolk Islands official pilot signed cover, another but Sydney - Japan. (2)
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£40 to 50 |
£74.00
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433
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B.C.O.F JAPAN 1947 (Sep) reg. cover to NSW - B.C.O.F Japan o/p set of seven to 5s pmk 'AFPO28 - R.A.A.F Japan c.d.s. with AFPO - BOFU reg label (slight tear at top right corner but away from stamps).
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£100 to 120 |
£110.00
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434
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1949-53 first flight covers (4) 1949 Qantas Charter flight Sydney - Hong Kong official pilot signed cover, 1953 Qantas Sydney - Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea official cover signed by three crew, another but Sydney - Vancouver 15.5.54, 1951 P.G Taylor experimental flight to Chile round trip cover Sydney/Valparaiso/Sydney with cachet. (4)
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£60 to 75 |
£70.00
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435
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1974-79 Paintings $4 horizontal strip of five with margins at ends being the gutter margin with serial number 462109, showing complete offset, fine UM. Unique. SG.566b, BW666.
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£400 to 500 |
N/S
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