AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, YMCA AND OTHER STATIONERY FOR A.I.F. MAIL

Lot 1336	[ PS ]	Estimate: $500 Starting Price: $380 Undated Brisbane Y.M.C.A. illustrated post card intended for use of the troopships, however used later during the Gallipoli campaign, as evidenced by the boxed 'PASSED BY/crown/No. 2212/CENSOR' handstamp in pink, minor blemishes but rare, illustrated in the Emery Supplement, page 147
Lot 1337	[ C ]	Estimate: $401 Starting Price: $300 Australian Red Cross Society: 1918 (1 Mar) local Melbourne cover with 1d Red KGV with machine cancel
Lot 1338	[ PS ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 Brooks & Co. Ltd. patriotic envelope featuring Flags of the Allies, plus a later version with the flags of Italy and Serbia added, both unused, the latter with minor soiling (2)
Lot 1339	[ PS ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 Brooks & Co. Ltd. patriotic envelope featuring Flags of the Allies, used to England with 1d Red KGV tied by Brisbane machine cancel, 10 NOV 14. Central stain and flap faults but very scarce
Lot 1340	[ C ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Church Army Recreation Tents: 1916 (8 Jan) cover with imprint and flags of Britain and France all in blue, addressed to Kent with very unusual external usage of 1d Red KGV tied by 'SLIEMA/B.O./MALTA' cds. Possibly from a Gallipoli soldier hospitalised in Malta
Lot 1341	[ C ]	Estimate: $80 Starting Price: $60 Methodist Church of Australia: 1919 (27 Feb) 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' (deleted) and handstamped 'MILITARY COMMITTEE/PLEASE FORWARD' cover to Kempsey (NSW) with 1½d Brown KGV tied by unclear NSW cds.
Lot 1342	[ C ]	Estimate: $150 Starting Price: $115 1917 (7 March) 'Presbyterian Church of Australia' patriotic cover to Manly (NSW) with 1d Red KGV cancelled Sydney machine, some toning around adhesive
Lot 1343	[ C ]	Estimate: $70 Starting Price: $55 1916 (10 Jun) 'Salvation Army Camp and Institute' cover to Evans Plains (NSW) with 1d Red KGV tied by Bathurst cds. Portion of back flap missing, minor blemishes
Lot 1344	[ PS ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 Young Men's Christian Association: 'Y.M.C.A. Snapshots from Home League of Australia' with unused envelope, and message form, together with two photographs (63 x 63mm) endorsed on reverse 'Eric' and 'Eric P./Jean H./Jean B.' Condition superb, and a rare survivor of this service which provided for the transmission of photographs to servicemen abroad (4 items)
Lot 1345	[ C ]	Estimate: $80 Starting Price: $60 Young Men's Christian Association: 1919(16 Jun)? Melbourne Y.M.C.A. envelope printed in red-brown, used from Cape Town to Victoria, with straight line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet, minor blemishes
Lot 1346	[ C ]	Estimate: $150 Starting Price: $115 Young Men's Christian Association: 1915 (12 Apr) 'ADELAIDE/Y.M.C.A. ARMY DEPARTMENT' envelope used to England, with Cairo cds and endorsed 'No Stamps Available', fine
Lot 1347	[ C ]	Estimate: $200 Starting Price: $150 Young Men's Christian Association: 'The Y.M.C.A./With the Egyptian Expeditionary Force' envelope with 'ARMY POSTY OFFICE/SZ 22' skeleton cds and triangular 'PASSED BY CENSOR/crown/No. 3291' censor handstamp in violet, very fine
Lot 1348	[ PS ]	Estimate: $400 Starting Price: $300 Young Men's Christian Association: 'ADELAIDE/Y.M.C.A./TENTS' illustrated lettersheet, minor soiling along fold otherwise fine and rare, especially in this condition
Lot 1349	[ PS ]	Estimate: $300 Starting Price: $230 Young Men's Christian Association: 1914 (10 Oct) 'MELBOURNE Y.M.C.A./ON ACTIVE SERVICE/WITH THE/AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE' lettersheet used to Windsor (Vic) with 1d Red KGV tied by Melbourne machine cancel. Portion of reverse missing due to opening, however very scarce
Lot 1350	[ PS ]	Estimate: $250 Starting Price: $190 Young Men's Christian Association: Range of different style postcards, one dated Jun 1914 from First Convoy taxed 2d, one On Active Service and censored, one unused with pencil sketch of Ammunition Dump. Some small faults, but a useful group (5)
Lot 1351	[ C ]	Estimate: $75 Starting Price: $60 Young Men's Christian Association: 1916 (8 Feb) 'Adelaide Y.M.C.A. Army Dept TENTS' cover with 1d Red KGV used from Adelaide to Launceston
Lot 1352	[ C ]	Estimate: $75 Starting Price: $60 Young Men's Christian Association: 1916 (6 May) 'Adelaide Y.M.C.A. Army. Dept. TENTS' cover with 1d Red KGV used from Adelaide to Dunedin, N.Z.
Lot 1353	[ C ]	Estimate: $80 Starting Price: $60 Young Men's Christian Association: 1918 (26 Jan) 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES/Y.M.C.A.' On Active Service cover addressed to Adelaide, with 'A.I.F. CAMP P.O./3 double ring ds (Fovant), and triangular censor handstamp with manuscript initials inserted
Lot 1354	[ C ]	Estimate: $50 Starting Price: $38 Young Men's Christian Association: 1918 (21 Jun) 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH/MILITARY FORCES/AUSTRALIAN Y.M.C.A.' On Active Service cover addressed to Melbourne with 'ARMY POST OFFICE S.29' double ring ds, and with boxed 'PASSED/BY/CENSOR/No./5446' in green
Lot 1355	[ C ]	Estimate: $80 Starting Price: $60 Young Men's Christian Association: 1918 (10 July) On Active Service cover to Sydney with 'FIELD POST OFFICE/183 double ring ds, 1916 (Nov) cover to Sydney with G.B. 1d indistinctly cancelled (both roughly opened), and 1919 (10 Apr) cover to Melbourne with G.B. 1½d cancelled Sutton Very Camp cds. Also Y.M.C.A. writing pad 'CHEERO'/FROM THE/AUSTRALIAN/Y.M.C.A.' dated Xmas 1917 (with faults, no writing sheets remain) (3 covers plus one item)