AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL STATIONERY, POSTCARDS, POST OFFICE ISSUES

Lot 582		Estimate: $600 Postal Cards: 1904 Postcard Design Competition: two postcards (138 x 88mm) with half-tone illustration of 'PRINCES' BRIDGE, MELBOURNE' printed in black and chestnut, the chestnut card with pencil-drawn post card heading inscribed 'NEW SOUTH WALES/COMMONWEALTH/OF/AUSTRALIA/PICTORIAL POST CARD', and dated 'JULY 1904' at bottom left. The Princes' Bridge illustration is identical to that used on the back cover of £1 stamp booklets (see BW No. B1(N)a). Fine and a unique pair, ex Dr Leslie Abramovich
Lot 583		Estimate: $600 Postal Cards: 1904 Postcard Design Competition, watercolour handpainted pictorial design on off-white card (180 x 95mm), endorsed on face 'Kindly let me know what you think of this rough design. Mabel Scott, 78 Nicholson St Fitzroy'. Reverse with a few blemishes, 'COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA/POSTMASTER/GENERAL'S/DEPARTMENT' double circle ds 10 DEC 04, and endorsed 'The Postmaster-General Melbourne' and 'G04/4173' file number. Attractive, very few designs seem to have survived from this competition
Lot 584		Estimate: $650 Postal Cards: 1911-36 all-different range of George V issues, comprising BW P1, 23, 24, 27zx, 28, 28d, 48(1), 48(2), 52, 53, 56, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68. All very fine to superb unused, BW cat AU$1500 (19)
Lot 585		Estimate: $120 Postal Cards: 1911 1d Rose Full-face 'ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN THIS SIDE' off-white stock variety 'Major Double Strike of AUSTRALIA and Admonition' cancelled Melbourne machine 29 SEP 11 and addressed to Sydney, very fine. BW P1(1)f, cat AU$250
Lot 586		Estimate: $1,800 Postal Cards: 1911 1d Coronation cards, comprising a set of the portrait types and sub-types, lacking only George V in oak leaf wreath (BW P8(2), and Queen Mary in diffuse oval (BW P10(2)). Wide range of colours and mixture of buff and white stock on reverse. A couple with minor blemishes, however very fine for these, BW cat AU$3625 (29)
Lot 587		Estimate: $1,300 Postal Cards: 1911 1d Coronation cards, an all different selection comprising 23 of the 31 portrait types and sub-types, wide range of colours and mixed white and buff stock on reverse, few minor blemishes but generally fine, BW cat AU$2875 (23)
Lot 588		Estimate: $600 Postal Cards: 1911 1d Coronation cards, a selection comprising George V types unused (9) and used, Queen Mary types unused (2) and used, and Prince of Wales types unused (2) and used. Range of colours and mixed white and buff stocks on reverse, few with small faults (16)
Lot 589		Estimate: $1,600 Postal Cards: 1918-19 'THREE/HALFPENCE' on 1d Red George V Sideface obsolete 1916 issue, superb unused, very rare. BW P50, which states 'At least three unused cards are recorded', cat AU$2500
Lot 590		Estimate: $220 Postcards: 1923 'ONE/PENNY' on 1½d Red-brown George V Sideface without admonition at base very fine unused, a scarce card. BW LC58, cat AU$500
Lot 591		Estimate: $180 Postal Cards: 1930-37 1½d Red-brown George V Sideface with 88.5mm admonition printed on flimsy white stock very fine unused and scarce. BW P68(2), cat AU$300
Lot 592		Estimate: $250 Postcards: 1938-1959 duplicated range of KGVI and QEII cards, comprising BW P70 unused (3) & used, P71 unused, P72 unused (2), P73 unused (2), P74 unused (3) and opt SPECIMEN in red, P75 unused (4) and opt SPECIMEN in red, P75 unused (2), P78 unused (5), all superb (25)