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Online General Sale No. 82 Bidding closes at 5pm AEST on Friday 23rd August 2024 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 1250 | [ ^ ] |
Western Australia World War II CDS on piece: Air Force PO 51 (2 cds, only used four months in 1943 at short-lived mobile PO near Onslow), also RAAF Perth (2), 8500 (3), 8504, 8505, FPO 035, 036, 051, 057, 155, 156, 204, some duplication, many rated '1' by Goulder (21 pieces)   | ||
| Lot 1251 | [ C ] |
Papua World War II: 1941-42 Port Moresby covers (i) Papua 4d tied Port Moresby cds, Unit censor, others from RAAF Postal Unit No. 6; (ii) Papua 4d tied steel cds both RAAF and Army censors (toning); (iii) Australia 3½d and ½d tied rubber cds; (iv) unfranked 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' handstamp, typed 'PORT MORESBY/PAPUA', interesting group (4)   | ||
| Lot 1252 | [ C ] |
1942 (27 Feb) airmail cover (crease) with 3d (3) and 9d (3) tiled by 'ARMY P.O./A.W. 1' datestamps of Beit Jirja, Palestine, showing boxed handstampo 'AIR SERVICE/NOT AVAILABLE'  | ||
| Lot 1253 | [ C ] |
Ceylon World War II: 1942 (Mar-Oct) covers unfranked showing AIF FPO 23 or Army PO 067 (2), earliest with AIF censor, others with Ceylon censorship, minor faults (3)  | ||
| Lot 1254 | [ C ] |
1942 (15 September) censored air mail cover to Sydney with 4d Koala cancelled 'FIELD P.O./098' cds at Ferndale (Qld), listed as 'Not Seen' by Proud  | ||
| Lot 1255 | [ C ] |
Papua: 1943 airmail covers (3, two registered) from Air Force PO 74 (Port Moresby), one scarce 'R.A.A.F. PORT MORESBY' registration handstamp, with fine rubber cds (Proud rates value 60 points x 20) front and back, others showing both types of steel cds (3)  | ||
| Lot 1256 | [ C ] |
Solomon Islands: 1944 (23 Aug) inter unit registered air cover from Aust Unit Postal Station 373 at Mono Island (backstamped 374, Emirau Island PNG 28.8.44), and 1945 (16 Jun, manuscript 'Recd 25/6/45') air cover with A.I.F. Field P.O. No. 15, unusually with R.A.A.F. Censor 811, used at Green Island (also called Nissan Island). A rare pair, latter 'Not Seen' by Proud (2)  | ||
| Lot 1257 | [ C ] |
Labuan: 1945 covers, one (June) with light Aust Army PO 239 cds, the other (29 Dec) with fine Air Force PO 234 cds (2)  | ||
| Lot 1258 | [ CIN ] |
Cinderellas: World War I 'LIBERTY LOAN' patriotic label featuring sailor and flag sheet of 25, large stain at lower right corner, few other blemishes and splitting of roulettes between second and third rows, however very scarce as a complete sheet  | ||
