AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, B.C.O.F.

Lot 858		Estimate: $60 1945 (18 November) registered cover to Australia with 3d George VI cancelled 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/452' cds (GHQ SCARP Tokyo). Backstamps include 'No. 8 AUST BASE P.O./E' cds (23 Nov), very scarce and Hobart (27 Nov), indicating carriage to Australia by air
Lot 859		Estimate: $30 1947 (5 November) Certified Official cover (140 Aust Bde Workshops AEME) to Perth with 'FIELD P.O./080' cds (Hiro)
Lot 860		Estimate: $50 1949 (3 February) Certified Official cover (BCOF Signals Regiment) to New South Wales with 'AUST ARMY P.O./215' cds (Kure). Envelope made from reversed WWII privilege envelope stock. Backstamps include Sydney G.P.O. and Paddington (7 Feb) indicating carriage to Australia by air
Lot 861		Estimate: $60 1949 (16 April) OHMS stampless wrapper with 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/452' cds and 'CERTIFIED OFFICIAL/BCOF PRESS UNIT' in violet and with printed address to Associated Papers, Sydney. Somewhat spotty, but unusual
Lot 862		Estimate: $50 1950 (1 April) Certified Official cover (Australian Mission in Japan) to Newtown (N.S.W.) with 'AUST ARMY P.O./214' cds (Tokyo). Carried by air in direct bag and then passed through civil P.O. at Paddington (6 April) where franked for 2½d local postage
Lot 863		Estimate: $80 1950 (3 April) registered commercial air mail cover (Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank) to Fiji franked 2/- Kangaroo tied by 'AUST UNIT POSTAL STN/452' cds (Osaka). A scarce solo franking