b'54Military Postal History423C HOSPITAL SHIPS: 1916 (Nov.2) PPC to sent from Alexandria to England with complete strike of Emery Type CA.66 H.M.H.S./WARILDA large oval cachet in violet; also 1917 (May 1) PPC sent from from ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ241 at Suez) to India with fine strike of Emery Type CA.64 No 2 AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP/KANOWNA. Scarce duo. (2) $400500Ex 424424C 1918 cover to General Birdwood from Simla, India to Australian Corps, B.E.F, France with AUSTN IMP. FORCES/BASE POST OFFICE backstamp; also a stampless cover signed by Admiral J.M de Robeck (Commander of Naval Forces at Gallipoli) to Commanding 5th Army, B.E.F, France with naval security cancel, PASSED/SHIPS/CENSOR boxed handstamp and F.P.O. A5 datestamp. [Birdwood commanded the Anzac troops during the Gallipoli campaign] (2) . $350450Australian Colonial PeriodGeneral & Miscellaneous425* O Collection on album pages with Tasmania imperf 4d Courier (2, one internal fault, other cut-to-shape), imperf Chalons 1d, 2d, & 4d (4, one possibly unused) & 6d, perforated Chalons to 1/-, Tablets 2/6d pair used, plus 10/- mint; Victoria with 3d yellow-orange optd STAMP DUTY & mint 1900 Charity Fund set; WA with imperf 1d black, modest selections from NSW, Queensland & SA; many stamps are partially adhered to album pages due to exposure to damp, reflected in the modest estimate. (few 100s) $250500426u Duplicated Late Period lower values in album with Tasmania including d Tablet pairs (3), & block of 4 all with T punctures, Victoria with postage dues to 4d,; also Australia with Roos to 1/-, KGV Heads to 4d with some loose stamps between pages; also New Zealand with Pictorials to 8d (4) & 1/-. Potential for variety or postmark hunters. (100s) $150300427C 1850s-1900s postal history with Victoria 1852 Geelong-Melbourne with 2d Half-Length,1854 stampless with \'PAID AT/GEELONG\' handstamp, 1856 Geelong-Buninyong with 1d & 3d Half-Lengths & oval arrival backstamp (Rated 3R),1900 PPC "Life on the Goldfields" to Germany with 1d apple-green, NSW 1856 with imperf 2d Diadem, 1860 with 6d Large Diadem, SA 1890 registered with 6d Perf.10, Tasmania 1855 inwards stampless cover from Ireland, etc; very mixed condition, could surprise. . $250300428C 1901-07 Tatts covers to Hobart with Queensland covers (5) including Thargomindah 1901 double-rate and Morven 1905 registered, NSW (2) including 1903 Unanderra registered, stamps tied by Rays 292 cancels, also WA (2) with 1904 from Narrogin (to probable Tatts alias Rometch) & 1907 from Yarloon, both with single 2d yellow frankings. (9) . $150200New South Wales429* 1860-72 (SG.155 &167a) 1d dull red & 8d red-orange, both Mint, large part o.g. Cat.625. (2). .$300400430** 1871-1902 (SG.220b) 9d on 10d Perf.12 marginal block of 4, lower right unit with Damaged frame line at lower left, fresh MUH. Scarce multiple$100150'