AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL STATIONERY, WRAPPERS
Lot 807
Estimate: $40
Realised Price : $30
Wrappers: 1913 ½d Green Kangaroo unused, light horizontal fold and with several creases at base. BW W1, cat £100
Lot 808
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $190
Wrappers: Small collection of 1914-19 George V issues, with 1915 ½d Green mint (x 3), 1914 1d Red mint (x 5) and used (x 5), and 1919 ½d + ½d Green mint (x 2). Range of paper stocks, all folded and some with creases or small tears. BW 3,4,5, cat AU$855 (13)
Lot 809
Estimate: $220
Wrappers: 1924 KGV Sideface 1d Green Die II on vertical laid paper fine unused. BW W13(2), cat AU$500
Lot 810
Estimate: $250
Wrappers: Small collection of KGVI issues, with 1938 1d Green mint (x 3) and used (trimmed), 1942 1½d Green used (tears), 1942 1½d Green mint (x 5, two reduced width), 1950 1½d Violet mint (x 2), 1951 2½d Brown mint (x 3) and overprinted SPECIMEN in red, mostly unfolded, few with small faults but generally fine. BW W20-25, cat AU$1120 (16)
Lot 811
Estimate: $140
Realised Price : $105
Wrappers: Duplicated collection of QEII wrappers, with 1953 2½d Brown Die I mint (x 2), CTO (x 2) and opt SPECIMEN in red, Die II mint (x 4), 1959 5d Blue mint (x 3), CTO, and opt SPECIMEN in red, 1965 5d Red mint (x 2). Mostly unfolded and fine, few with minor blemishes. BW W26-30, cat AU$380 (16)
Lot 812
Estimate: $450
Stamped-to-order Wrappers: 1919 1½d Black-brown KGV Sideface cut-out (37 x 36mm) on typical thin wrapper stock cancelled Hobart cds. Listed as BW WS14, however no example had been recorded at time of publication and unpriced
Lot 813
Estimate: $220
Stamped-to-Order Wrappers: 1924 2d Brown KGV on part illustrated Tasmanian Mail manilla wrapper, addressed to California and cancelled Hobart 1925 cds. Tear at left but very rare
Lot 814
Estimate: $120
Stamped-to-order Wrappers: 1938 1d Green Queen Elizabeth used locally in Sydney, 1947 2½d KGVI Red Embossed used from Melbourne to Indiana 31 Dec 1947 (earliest known date), 1950 2½d + 2½d KGVI Red Embossed used from Melbourne to Argentina, generally good except last has two short tears at left. BW WS21, 27 and 28, cat AU$325 (3)
Lot 815
Estimate: $500
Stamped-to-order Wrappers: 1938-40 2d Red + 1d Green used by Nicholas Pty Ltd for posting medical samples, and used from Melbourne to Hamilton (NSW), 3 NO 39(?), Roughly opened along right side, and with several folds, very scarce. BW WS23, cat AU$1500
Lot 816
Estimate: $220
Stamped-to-order Wrappers: 1966 4c Red and 1967 5c Orange QEII embossed used for Sydney Stock Exchange Official Gazette, the former uprated with 1c adhesive, fine and very scarce. BW WS38-39, cat AU$500 (2)
Lot 817
Estimate: $400
Official Wrappers: 1918-21 1d Red George V with 'OS' in colourless dots (Type 1) uprated with ½d Green punctured OS for use by the Victorian Education Department on OHMS wrapper (275mm wide) with printed 'Commercial Papers', used from Werribee to Melbourne, 7 August 1919, very fine. BW WO1A, cat AU$750