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Internet General Sale No. 87 |
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, CONVOYS
Lot 1143 | [ C ] |
1915 (8 Jun) cover addressed to Melbourne with 1d NWPI tied by Rabaul oval datestamp in violet, and with '3rd Batt. N. and M. Force/Trop. Unit' at lower left, and 'PASSED-BY-CENSOR' both in violet, Sydney machine cancel backstamp JE 21 1915. Cover roughly opened and other minor faults  | ||
| Lot 1147 | [ C ] |
1918 (9 May) 'Church of England Chaplains' Department' cover with 1d NWPI pair tied by Rabaul cds, and with horizontal oval 'PASSED CENSOR/RABAUL' in violet, addressed to East Brisbane. Some blemishes and soiling  | ||
| Lot 1148 | [ C ] |
1918 (9 Sep) 'Church of England Chaplains' Department' cover (roughly opened at right) with 1d NWPI tied by Rabaul cds, and with upright oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR/No. 2/A.N. & M.E.F.' in violet  | ||
| Lot 1150 | [ C ] |
First Convoy: 1914 (24 Oct) illustrated Y.M.C.A. lettersheet with message headed 'HMT Ship Benalla', addressed to Melbourne with Albany cds and 'T' handstamp, with T 1D' in oval handstamp applied in Melbourne, vertical fold. The writer states '... we recon to reach Albany tomorrow . . . & stop there for 5 or 6 days . . . we would not be able to get leave to go ashore . . . we are not calling at Fremantle they still think we are going to England . . . ' A very early First Convoy letter  | ||
| Lot 1151 | [ PS ] |
1914 (14 Nov) postcard endorsed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' sent unstamped to Ascot Vale (Vic), taxed 1d and 1d postage due affixed and cancelled with manuscript date  | ||
| Lot 1153 | [ PS ] |
1914 (7 Dec) use of 'The First Australian European Expeditionary Force, 1914-15' souvenir post card to Neutral Bay (NSW) with 1d Kangaroo tied by Sydney cds, fine  | ||
| Lot 1154 | [ PPC ] |
Third Convoy: 1915 (23 Feb) picture postcard (Soldier's Barracks, Thursday Island) to London cancelled Thursday Island cds, and with Singapore transit cds (16 MR 1915), straight line 'PASSED BY CENSOR' in violet   | ||
| Lot 1155 | [ C ] |
Seventh Convoy: 1915 (28 June) cover addressed to Capt. R.E. Smith at Enoggera Camp, readdressed to Base Records Melbourne, with 1d Red KGV Die 2 tied by Melbourne machine. Capt. Smith was on board Transport A60 which left Sydney on 7 July 1915  | ||
| Lot 1156 | [ C ] |
1915 (19 Aug) picture postcard (Port Said) addressed to Adelaide endorsed 'At Sea Aug 19th'. Carried to London where boxed 'RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' was applied. Ex Emery   | ||
| Lot 1157 | [ PPC/C ] |
1916 (22 Jun) Y.M.C.A. cover to Brisbane with '1ST L.H. BDE./DETAILS F.P.O.' cds, and superb 'A.I.F./PASSED CENSOR 49' in violet, from ship A49 ('Seang Choong'), and 1916 picture postcard (Cape Verde) with autographs of 15 servicemen mostly from the Medical Corps and quoting their enlistment numbers, headed 'HMATS Seang Bee' and 'At Sea/Sep 4 1916' (2)  | ||
| Lot 1158 | [ PS ] |
1918 (30 May) use of gratuitous 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE LETTER CARD' to South Australia (re-addressed to Adelaide) with 'A.I.F./Passed by Censor No. ....' in purple as used on convoys. Some toning on both sides  | ||
