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- Lots with a "T" after the Estimate are subject to GST of 10% on the Reserve Price.
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Internet General Sale No. 72 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL STATIONERY, ENVELOPES
Lot 918 | [ PS ] |
1915 ½d Bright Emerald KGV 'Star' Embossed CTO with 'MELBOURNE/VICTORIA' cds 3 JL 15 for U.P.U. distribution, very fine. BW EP6, cat AU$250  | ||
| Lot 921 | [ PS ] |
1928 KGV Oval Embossed ½d Orange, 1d Green, 1½d Red, 2d Brown each CTO with 'G.P.O./MELBOURNE' cds for U.P.U. distribution, very fine. The ½d, 1d and 2d represent the only printings of these values on Post Office stock, the dies being reserved otherwise for stamping of private envelopes. BW EP29,30,31w,33, cat AU$1100 (4)  | ||
| Lot 922 | [ PS ] |
1942-78 mainly mint collection of KGVI and QEII Post Office envelopes, with KGVI BW EP42(7)A, B, EP44(2), EP45(1), EP46, EP48(1) optd SPECIMEN, EP48(4), EP49(2), QEII pre-decimal issues largely complete including 4d and 5d Light Blue long type optd SPECIMEN, and 5d Dark Blue and 5d Light Blue cancelled first day, and Decimal issues 4c to 20c showing various text and font changes (55)    | ||
| Lot 925 | [ PS ] |
STO Envelopes: 1916-18 ½d Yellow-green KGV 'Star' Embossed on laid batonne stock without any printing, fine unused. BW ES25, cat AU$400  | ||
| Lot 926 | [ PS ] |
STO Envelopes: 1920(?) KGV 1d Red 'Star' Embossed + ½d Green 'Star' Embossed + ½d Green Sideface cut-out cancelled at Melbourne, 12 March 1921. The famous 'tripleton' of which only about half-a-dozen complete envelopes are recorded. BW ES38, cat AU$500 as cut-out  | ||
| Lot 927 | [ PS ] |
STO Envelopes: 1922-24 1d Violet, 1924-28 1d Green and 1922-23 2d Red KGV 'Star' Embossed, each unused with printed address for British Australian Wool Realisation Association Ltd., 2d with vertical crease, others fine. A scarce group, BW ES41, 43 and 61, cat AU$800 (3)  | ||
| Lot 928 | [ PS ] |
STO Envelopes: 1919-21 1½d Brown KGV Die 3 'Star' Embossed on off-white wove envelope. There is no printing on the envelope but this stock was not used for Post Office issues. Very fine unused, BW ES52, unpriced unused  | ||
| Lot 930 | [ PS ] |
Stamped-to-Order Envelopes: 1938 1d Green George V + 1d Green George VI Oval Embossing uprated with 1d Green Queen Elizabeth Die 1 for the 3d foreign rate, used from Hobart to Los Angeles, 2 May 1939. A single order of 1,000 was printed of this doubleton, of which it is thought about six examples survive. Torn flap extending to a small tear into the face of the envelope, couple of small marks but otherwise good. BW ES68, cat AU$4000  | ||
| Lot 931 | [ PS ] |
Stamped-to-Order Envelopes: 1930 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d Red KGV Embossed Oval for Dennys, Lascelles Ltd unused, tear at base. BW ES70, cat AU$400  | ||
| Lot 932 | [ PS ] |
Stamped-to-Order Envelopes: 1937-41 1d Green KGVI Embossed Oval ('AUSTRALIAN/DEFENCE/CANTEENS') and 2d Red, latter folded at centre for return to The Texas Company, unuse4d. BW ES75 and 83 (2)  | ||
| Lot 933 | [ PS ] |
Official Envelopes: 'OS' in Die selection comprising 'Star' Embossed 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 2d Red (fine), 1½d Scarlet, 'TWO/PENCE' on 1½d Scarlet, and Oval Embossed 'TWO/PENCE' on 1d Red, three typically late uprated usage up to reign of QEII, odd fault (4). BW EO14, 15, 16 and 18, cat AU$625 (4)   | ||
