FINE AND RARE STAMPS 2008, AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, POSTAL HISTORY
Lot 71
Estimate: $90
Literature: 'The Postal History of The Northern Territory 1824-1988' (1992), by E.A. Williams, 337 pages, hardbound with dust jacket. New and now hard to obtain
Lot 72
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $160
Northern Territory: 1910 (24 Aug) cover (a little creased) to France bearing Sth Australia 1d (3) overpaying 2½d rate, tied by multiple strikes of rare Pine Creek type 1 cds, Port Darwin and Hong Kong backstamps
Lot 73
Estimate: $75
Northern Territory: A.I.F. Field P.O. '25' selection comprising usages by 19 Bde 6 Div (2, one registered) and NTF PU, very good strikes of datestamp (3)
Lot 74
Estimate: $1,500
Northern Territory: Aust F.P.O. selection with '163' (3), two registered (one with '072' registration label), '189' (4, two registered), usages at Berry Springs, Darwin and Commalie (defective, although not recorded by Williams and unseen by Proud), and '190' (3, one registered), generally very good strikes of cancellations (10)
Lot 75
Estimate: $800
Northern Territory: Air Force P.O. comprehensive selection comprising '20' (7, three registered), '21' (8, five registered), '22' (9, five registered), '23' (8, four registered), '24' (4, two registered), and '28' (5, three registered), good variety of registration details/labels and censor markings, generally very good strikes of cancellations (41)
Lot 76
Estimate: $500
Northern Territory: Navy selection, several desirable items incl 'NAVY POST OFFICE No. 1' datestamp (10), registered (2), applied in black, violet and blue, 1942 (Dec) registered cover with stamps unusually cancelled by 'NAVAL/SERVICE' handstamp, straight-line 'NAVY P.O. DARWIN', 'NAVY POST OFFICE' and 'NAVY P.O. No. 1', variety of censor and 'SHIP' handstamps, generally good strikes, scarce group (14); also 1950s covers from Darwin with differing types of 'H.M.A. SHIP' (one 'H.M.A.S.') handstamps (4)
Lot 77
Estimate: $150
Realised Price : $260
Barrow Creek: 1941 (Jun) registered cover to Alice Springs with 5d tied by type 4 datestamp, 1960 (Nov) registered cover to Victoria adhesives tied by 'BARROW CREEK/NT-AUST-' similar Tenant Creek backstamp, 1976 (Jul) to NSW with Type 10a datestamp (3 covers)
