| Lot |
Type |
Qual |
Description |
Estimate |
Starting Price |
Your Bid |
AUSTRALIA - Postal History |
| 1106 | ✉ | A- | 1916 stampless cover with violet 'O.H.M.S/War Census Call to Arms' handstamp, two boxed 'NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/ST KILDA' handstamp, 'ST KILDA/93015MR16/VIC' (WWW 100) and magenta 'RETURNED TO SENDER' pointed finger on face of Town Clerk's Office, St. Kilda cover and 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/24MR16/MELBOURNE' in red on back. [Cover would have contained a census form, and hence was sent postage free. The census was taken prior to the Conscription Referendum.]
![Lot 1106 [1 of 2]:1916 stampless cover with violet 'O.H.M.S/War Census Call to Arms' handstamp, two boxed 'NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/ST KILDA' handstamp, 'ST KILDA/93015MR16/VIC' (WWW 100) and magenta 'RETURNED TO SENDER' pointed finger on face of Town Clerk's Office, St. Kilda cover and 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/24MR16/MELBOURNE' in red on back. [Cover would have contained a census form, and hence was sent postage free. The census was taken prior to the Conscription Referendum.]](/jpg1066/AUSTRALIA_-_Postal_History_1916_1066728_.jpg) ![Lot 1106 [2 of 2]:1916 stampless cover with violet 'O.H.M.S/War Census Call to Arms' handstamp, two boxed 'NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIERS/ST KILDA' handstamp, 'ST KILDA/93015MR16/VIC' (WWW 100) and magenta 'RETURNED TO SENDER' pointed finger on face of Town Clerk's Office, St. Kilda cover and 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/24MR16/MELBOURNE' in red on back. [Cover would have contained a census form, and hence was sent postage free. The census was taken prior to the Conscription Referendum.]](/jpg1066/AUSTRALIA_-_Postal_History_1916_1066728-2_.jpg) | 80.00 R |
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VICTORIA - Postal Stationery - Franks |
| 2220 | PS | A- | Lands & Survey: 'MINISTER OF LANDS AND SURVEY/FRANK/[arms]/STAMP/VICTORIA' (Karman #V280.1) printed in blue on long stampless OHMS cover to Ballarat council, torn flap and vertical crease.
![Lot 2220:Lands & Survey: 'MINISTER OF LANDS AND SURVEY/FRANK/[arms]/STAMP/VICTORIA' (Karman #V280.1) printed in blue on long stampless OHMS cover to Ballarat council, torn flap and vertical crease.](/jpg5002/VICTORIA_-_Postal_Stationery_-_Franks_Lands_and_Survey_5002541_.jpg) | 35.00 R |
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| 2221 | PS | B | Solicitor General: long envelope to Yarrawonga with Frank cancelled by fine strike of 'MC/96' tied by unframed Tungamah of DE4/01, few minor faults.
 | 44.00 R |
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SOUTH AFRICA - Postal History |
| 4580 | ✉ | A- | use of stampless cover locally addressed to Cape Town, straight-line violet 'OFFICIAL FREE' (B1) handstamp and Belgian Consulate handstamp both in TRC.
 | 24.00 R |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Military - World War I Period |
| 4766 | ✉ | C | 1920 (Jan) use of Russian 50k x3 (plus 1 fallen off), cancelled at Valdivostok on KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS/WAR ACTIVITIES cover to Idaho, plain censor tape at left tied by Russian censor handstamp No. 12, a bit tatty. [This cover is from the Russian Railway Service Corp a group of 288 drafted civilian railway workers sent across to help maintain the Trans Siberian Railway. They were given military rank but not free postage facilities.]
![Lot 4766:1920 (Jan) use of Russian 50k x3 (plus 1 fallen off), cancelled at Valdivostok on KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS/WAR ACTIVITIES cover to Idaho, plain censor tape at left tied by Russian censor handstamp No. 12, a bit tatty. [This cover is from the Russian Railway Service Corp a group of 288 drafted civilian railway workers sent across to help maintain the Trans Siberian Railway. They were given military rank but not free postage facilities.]](/jpg1066/UNITED_STATES_OF_AMERICA_-_Military_-_World_War_I_Period_1920_1066724_.jpg) | 128.00 R |
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