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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, POSTAL STATIONERY, LETTERSHEETS
Lot 1039 | [ PS ] |
Lettersheets: 1918 1d Red KGV Sideface Die 1 containing the Department of Defence recruitment message, used from Melbourne to Korumburra on 9 October 1918 (the earliest recorded date of use), very minor blemishes otherwise fine. BW LSS5, cat AU$2000  | ||
| Lot 1040 | [ PS ] |
Lettersheets: 1918 1d Red KGV Sideface Die 1 containing the second Department of Defence recruiting message, very fine and used from Melbourne to Leongatha, 23 October 1918. This second letter is much scarcer than the first  | ||
| Lot 1041 | [ PS ] |
Lettersheets: 1918 1d Red KGV Sideface Die II containing the second Department of Defence recruiting message, cancelled Melbourne 'INVEST IN THE /7TH WAR LOAN' slogan, address label partly missing (as is often the case), very rare. BW LSS6, cat AU$5000  | ||
| Lot 1042 | [ PS ] |
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 1043 | [ PS ] |
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 WS21,27,28, cat AU$325 (3)    | ||
| Lot 1044 | [ PS ] |
Stamped-to-Order Lettersheets: 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Original Die for Roberts & Co. Ltd. (Tas.) mint, tone spots affecting interior but not noticeable on face. Very rare, and according to the BW catalogue the only recorded mint example. BW LSS2, cat AU$3500  | ||
| Lot 1045 | [ PS ] |
Stamped-to-Order Lettersheets: 1913 1d Red Kangaroo Original Die for Roberts & Co. Ltd. (Tas.) very fine used and cancelled at Hobart 26JE13. The finer of the two recorded used examples. BW LSS2, cat AU$1000  | ||
| Lot 1046 | [ PS ] |
Stamped-to-order Lettersheets: 1928(?) 1d Green George V Oval Embossed on unused unfolded lettersheet (pale green stock) for Victorian Education Department to be used for truancy reports, very fine and rare, no used examples have been recorded. BW LSS11, cat AU$500  | ||
| Lot 1047 | [ PS ] |
Official Lettersheets: 1920(?) 'TWO/PENCE' on 1d Red Kangaroo with drilled 'OS' used on Victorian Education Department truancy notice sent from Melbourne to Bairnsdale, 17 Nov 1930. Fine and one of two recorded examples (this being the one illustrated in the BW catalogue), an important Australian Commonwealth postal stationery rarity. BW LSO4, cat AU$10,000  | ||
