21st CENTURY AUCTIONS

Australia Postal History

 APH1807) Australia Kangaroos Third Watermark: 2½d Blue (plus KGV ½d Green) tied to Avis de Reception card by 'REGD ADELAIDE' datestamp, addressed to Hungary, fine MAGYAROVAR 'A' and ' MAGYAROVAR 'B' arrival and departure datestamps; few minor blemishes.  Unusual destination. Price $239

APH5048) Australia 1913 1st wmk. Kangaroo 2½d Indigo strip of 3 on reduced 1914 (Jan 21) small typewritten cover to Germany, with Sydney Late Fee cancel. Strips of 3 are rare. Price $195

APH5106) Australia 1914. Small printed advertising cover for and to the YMCA San Francisco bearing 1d & 2d 1st wmk. Kangaroos, tied by Melbourne machine cancel of 28AU.14. Clean neat cover, overpaid ½d. Mailed exactly 1 month after the beginning of The Great War, not censored as the USA did not enter the war until April of 1917. Germany had made a secret offer to help Mexico regain territories lost in the Mexican–American War in an encoded telegram known as the Zimmermann Telegram, which was intercepted by British intelligence. Publication of that communique outraged Americans just as German submarines started sinking American merchant ships in the North Atlantic. Pres. Woodrow Wilson then asked Congress for "a war to end all wars" that would "make the world safe for democracy", and Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917. The 2d cat. $275 on cover. Price $210
 
APH5096) Australia 1915. Small censored cover to Switzerland bearing solo use 2½d Indigo 1st wmk. Kangaroo cancelled by cds of Oxford St, Sydney dated 8MR15. Reverse bears Geneva arrival cds of 13.IV.15. Violet on white censor tape at left.  Neat hand addressed cover, cat. $150. Price $110

APH1804) AUSTRALIA 1915 (MAR.29) USE OF PPC ('TOWN HALL, WARWICK, QLD) ADDRESSED TO SWITZERLAND WITH KGV 1D RED (2) & ½D ROO TIED BY WARWICK '29MR15' MACHINE CANCEL, 'PASSED CENSOR/30MR15/BRISBANE' DATESTAMP IN RED, THE CARD LIKELY NEVER LEAVING AUSTRALIA WITH TWO STRIKES OF 'UNDELIVERABLE' HANDSTAMP IN RED, AND FINE STRIKE OF 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/15AP15/BRISBANE' DATESTAMP. LOVELY ITEM.  Price $495

APH5048) Australia 1915 (Nov 27) use of 2½d Roo strip of 3 (1st Wmk) on cover to USA, with Sydney machine cancel, endorsed per s.s. "Sonoma". Strips of 3 are rare. Neat typewritten cover, small part flap missing. Price $295

APH5049) Australia 1916 (Apr 8) use of 2k green Arms pair on small Esperanto Card from Moscow to Fremantle (Broome transit) and then KGV ½d & 1d added for postage to Italy, Moscow censor handstamp on face, stamp? removed from back of card. [Broome is an unusual entry port for mail to Australia. Price $295

APH5047) Australia 3d Olive 3rd wmk. Kangaroo Die I BW #13 (fine) solo franking on 1917 (Mar 23) colour PPC of breaking waves from Albany to Refugee Committee in Folkestone, England. Price $98

APH5053) Australia 1917 (Apr 12) use of 2nd Wmk 2½d & ½d green KGV x3 on illustrated Albert District Independent Order of Rechabites small registered cover from Adelaide to Port Adelaide, opened roughly at right. Price $139

APH4000) Australia KGV Large Multiple wmk. 1d Carmine-Rose Harrison Printing used with 1½d chocolate (Single Wmk) tied by Adelaide cds to 1920 (Jul 22) small cover to England. Opened slightly roughly, neat typewritten cover. Price $139

APH5158) Australia 1921 long advertising cover for R. F. Higgs & Co. Ltd., Tea Brokers, Sydney to the Du Pont Company. Bears horiz. pair 6d dull grey blue die II 3rd wmk. Kangaroos. Tied by San Francisco machine cancel of JAN 11 1921! Evidently missed cancelling in Australia. Neat typed address, roughly opened at left, not affecting stamps. Nice quadruple rate cover. Cat. $500, price $375

APH5056) Australia 6d Chestnut Die IIB 3rd wmk. Kangaroo BW #21 solo franking on 1924 (May 10) Toowoomba (Qld) small registered cover to Brisbane, red Q4A registration label, light soiling. An illustrated Southern Cross Assurance self-addressed cover, Cat $250 (on cover). Slightly roughly opened with minor tear not affecting stamps & small part of flap missing. Price $195

APH5056) Australia KGV Large Multiple wmk. 2d Red-Brown and 1d green both perf 'OS' on small cover, BW #97ba, tied by Melbourne machine cancel to USA 1925 (May 20), reverse beards Australian Coat of Arms on flap. Cat $400, price $295

APH5057) Australia 6d Chestnut Die IIB 3rd wmk Kangaroo BW #21 solo franking on 1925 (Nov 28) Launceston (Vic) small registered cover to USA, red T6B provisional registration label, Cat $250 on cover. Price $185

APH2077) Australia 1930 small official envelope printed H.I. (His Imperial) Japanese Majesty’s Consulate Adelaide S. A. Bears solo use of 2d Red KGV SMW. Stamp has striking pre-printing paper crease from base through E N of pence and to King’s Neck. Cancelled by Adelaide slogan of 15 NOV 1930 “COMMONWEALTH LOANS /NOW OPEN/APPLY AT ONCE” neat typewritten cover. Price $149

APH1781) Australia KANGAROOS C of A WATERMARK: 6d CHESTNUT UNUSUAL SOLO USAGE ON A COVER TO ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, PARTIALLY ADDRESSED IN ARABIC, WITH POORLY STRUCK 1933 'PIROSCAFO POSTALE ITALIANO/ESPERIA' ITALIAN MAILBOAT DATESTAMP TYING ADHESIVE, (ANOTHER WEAK STRIKE ALONGSIDE); COVER WITH HORIZONTAL CREASE CLEAR OF STAMP; BW:23 - CAT. $600 ON COVER. Price $495

APH2062) Australia 1934 “Bantam” cover to Manchester UK, bearing solo use of Vic. Cent. 2d perf. 11½. Cancelled by Sydney Slogan of 18 JLY 1934 “VISIT/SUNY/AUSTRALIA” Scarce usage, price $39
 
RVC2) Australia 1938 1/4d Pale Magenta KGVI solo 1954 use on small advertising registered typewritten cover for K.D. Stamp Auctions to Carnegie, Vic. Cancelled by Castlereagh St. Sydney cds of 28OC54. Reverse bears Registered Melbourne & Carnegie cds’s of the following day. Small tear at top and part flap missing, but still attractive. Genuine commercial usage. Cat. $400, price $295

APH1823) Australia 1940 Commercial airmail 1/6d correct use of 1931 6d Brown Airmail Imprint strip of 3 on small cover to Blandford, Dorset UK. Cancelled by cds’s of SHIP MAIL ROOM MELBOURNE 12MR40. 0pened at base. Most unusual. Price $375

APH1233) Small 1947 British Commonwealth Forces Official Airmail cover to Sydney bearing solo use of 3½d Mitchell, cancelled by No. 8 AUST. BASE P.O. Cds of 13 JA 47.  Price $49 

APH5051) Australia 1968 (Mar 26) use of 1c & 4c on CSIRO OHMS Post Card from Melbourne to USA, ‘PRINTED MATTER ONLY’ handstamp on face. Ex Arthur Gray. Price $119
 
APH2040) Australia 1970. Small airmail cover to Switzerland. Bears 1970 Expo pair plus 5c Royal Visit to make correct airmail rate, all tied by Perth Royal Visit Slogan of 13 APR 1970. Neat clean cover. Rare usage, Price $125
 

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