Lot 515
| | Estimate: $350 | Realised Price : $280 |
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force rare privately produced (by Lassetier Print) Letter Card, faults from rough opening, endorsed 'No stamps available' and with handdrawn greetings motif internally, handstamped 'Passed' applied upon arrival in Melbourne |
Lot 517
| | Estimate: $200 | Realised Price : $250 |
1917 (16 Dec) OAS cover to 'Lieut W.P. Heslop' from his brother, cancelled with Field P.O. 'D.C.1.' cds of 1st Australian Infantry Division, at Messine Flanders. [Besides being a noted stamp collector and doctor, Heslop was an original R.A.A.F. member. In 1916, flying over Point Cook, Dr Heslop was dropping bricks onto targets due to shortage of practice bombs] |
Lot 518
| | Estimate: $1,500 | Realised Price : $1,200 |
1940-45 P.O.W. Mail collection annotated on leaves from various Camps with stamped covers, stampless, lettersheets, one a 6d Air Mail card, including Hay (2), Orange, Liverpool (2), Cowra (2, both reg'd), Tatura (3), Murchison (3), Loveday group (3), Barmera (2), Myrtleford (2), Rushworth, Gaythorne, 1943 Red Cross cover to Italy, RTS cover with official covering letter addressed to Tokyo Camp, cover from Fukuoka Camp, 1945 Postal Card Malaya to Japan, 1945 combination reg'd cover to Australia, plus two inwards covers from Germany, interesting range of markings, mixed condition (29 items) |
Lot 519
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1940 (1 Oct) airmail cover Queensland to England bearing 5d pair + 4d + ½d pair + 3d AIF tied by cds's of Pinnacle, censor tape at left tied by diamond '1' handstamp, reverse with Mackay Patriotic Funds 1d 'HELP TO LICK HITLER' label, surface scuff. Unusual |