b'52403C 1929s-70s range including 1929 Perth-Adelaide (AAMC.137) Vacuum Oil Co envelope, 1934 Australia-NZ (2, AAMC.369), one registered, the other signed by Ulm, 1934 Australia-Papua (AAMC.390); plus lots of 1950-60s covers including Qantas 1952 Australia-South Africa (10, three with Cocos Is backstamps), 1953 Coronation flights (13), etc; also 1933 Port Moresby-Salamua registered (AAMC.P56) plus British BOAC 1950s-60s flights (30) all signed Peter Newton; condition variable, mostly fine, (70+)$200300Australian Commonwealth Postal History404C 1882-1930s General Birdwood correspondence with 1882 Egypt 20m Postal Card to Clifton College from his mother, post WWI items including 1920 Australia 1d Envelope to Govt House, Wellington & 1932 cover addressed Please Mr Postman deliver me to General Birdwood who is visiting Western Australia, other covers to India (5, one from eponymously named Birdwood in SA) or Peterhouse College Cambridge (2, one redirected to Deal Castle), and a 1938 card from Peterhouse signed by Birdwood. (13) . $350450405C 1913-64 group of covers with single and mixed frankings. With three Roo covers to Br. Columbia (1d x2 & 3d x1), KGV heads (6), then a mixed range, with frankings to 2/3d, many franked 2/-, registered and/or to overseas destinations. Mixed condition, worth a look. (44 items). $300350406C 1914 (Nov 11) triple-rate printed cover to Scott Stamp & Coin Co with attractive tri-colour franking comprising Roos First Wmk 4d orange and 2d plus KGV 1d red paying the correct 7d rate, adhesives tied by indistinct PERTH (?) machine cancel, cover with small edge tear. . $150200407C KGV Heads on cover with d green pair on 1915 cover, Smooth Paper 1d red solos (8), including 1915 Fred Hagen (stamp dealer) handstamped HELP/(Cross)/AUSTRALIA DAY/JULY 30TH within map in violet, and a perf OS example on 1917 on District Pay Office cover, 1d violet solo on Mc Hugh Bros (Launceston) cover to Launceston, 1931 Perth Airmail to Melbourne with 2d strip of 3, etc; unchecked for varieties, probable slogan postmark interest, mixed condition. (45) . $250500408 Ex 411408C 1917 (Aug.7) Ackland registered cover to Russia with attractive combination franking of KGV 1d red, Tasmania 2d Pictorial & SA 2d tied by REGISTERED ELIZABETH ST/MELBOURNE datestamps, red/white registration label, MOSCOW 26.10.17 arrival backstamp (during the October Revolution), the cover undelivered and returned to Melbourne via Kobe, Japan (backstamp), DEAD LETTER OFFICE/MELBOURNE 7FE18 datestamp on face. $250300409C 1920-44 Official covers with 1920 (Dec 10) Botanic Garden OHMS cover to England with d green perforated OS BW:65ba (Cat. $150 on cover) plus 1d brown perforated OS; 1932-33 Water Supply Commission window envelopes x2 one with SMult 1d P13x12 perforated OS, the other with CofA KGV 1d optd OS (Cat. $100 on cover), both wth a few tonespots; also 1944 use of KGVI 1d green PTPO Stationery Envelope for Shire of Flinders. (4) . $150250410C 1931-60s covers (9) comprising 1931 PPC from Italy taxed with 1d Due added tied by BOULDER (WA) datestamp, 1940 1/1d airmail rate censored to India, 1943 7d triple-rate surface cover to USA (3d for 1st oz, plus 2d x2 for the additional 2oz, plus d War Tax), 1952 MANUKA (ACT) French Ambassador registered cover to France, 1956 registered surface mail to Nyasaland and 1960 1/- Playpus solo paying airmail rate to Malaya, also 1/- Colombo Plan usages (3) including 1962 solo airmail to Malaya. (9) . $150200411C 1935-1942 collection of 20 hand-illustrated envelopes (12 posted during WWII), all but one addressed to Tom Whitford in Springwood (NSW), sent from various NSW locations, the attractively-executed watercolour images include Australian soldiers in uniform all with patriotic captions including Australias Tank Corp will be there & A Job in Palestine/a Coldstream Guard at Jerusalem, one item (front only) is signed W. Whitford, others are illustrated with flags or birds, cats & dogs. A most delightful group. (19 covers & 1 front) (20) $600800'