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Australia Postage Due Stamps and Postal History - 1930-1964 Postage Dues & Usage

Lots 2160-2169 Lots 2170-2176

Lot 2160    

Australia, Postage Due, 1930, 4d carmine & yellow green, in combination with Postage Due, 1931, 2d carmine & yellow green, manuscript canceled on 1933 airmail cover from Carnarvon to Perth, franked with 2¢ KGV + 3d Airmail, with scarce boxed "Advised To Call, G.P.O." handstamp with manuscript "27/2/33" date, Very Fine.
SG No. D98+D102    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 2161    

Australia, Postage Due, 1931 Traveling P.O. To Glen Innes, New South Wales, cover franked with 2¢ Globe issue tied by" T.P.O. 2 North, N.S.W., 2 My, 31" cds, with "Late Fee To Pay, 1d" circular handstamp and 1¢ KGV tied by manuscript "Postage Due"; backflap missing, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce regular issue used as postage due usage.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 2162    

Australia, Postage Due, 1931, 1d carmine & yellow green, vertical strip of three, in combination with ½d KGV used as Postage Due on Columbia, La. corner card cover, franked with U.S. 2¢ Red Cross issue tied by origin cds, dues canceled by "Geelong, Vic., 12 No, 31" cds's, "T 3½d" in oval and "Centimes 30T" circular handstamps, Very Fine, the Geelong post office undoubtedly was out of ½d postage dues and resorted the to the regular issue stamps, a very scarce combination.
SG No. D100    Estimate $400 - 600.

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Lot 2163    

Australia, Postage Due, 1932, 1d carmine & yellow green, perf 11, affixed to 1937 commercial cover to Sydney, manuscript canceled and tied by large purple "Y" in circle handstamp, with 2d KGV tied by "T.P.O. 2 WEST, N.S.W., 10 Se, 37" cds, "Late Fee To Pay, 1d" handstamp, with allover box advertising on the reverse for various firms in Bourke, Very Fine and choice, a rare usage bearing these "Y" and late fee handstamps. Scott No. J58.
SG No. D106    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 2164    

Australia, Postage Due, 1934, ½d carmine & yellow green, in combination with Postage Due, 1934, 1d carmine & yellow green, vertical pair, on 1937 corner card cover from East Lansing, Mich. to Sydney, 3¢ Washington perfin tied by machine postmark, due tied by Sydney cds's, San Francisco purple "Insufficiently Prepayed" 5-line directive and "Centimes T20" handstamps, Very Fine.
SG No. D105+D106    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 2165    

Australia, Postage Due, 1937, 2d carmine & yellow green, left gutter imperforate, left gutter margin single imperforate between the stamp and gutter, o.g., lightly hinged, choice centering, Extremely Fine, a rare and attractive perforation error. ACSC No. D108b $1,000 ($620).
SG No. D107 var.    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

According to the A.C.S.C., three sheets were produced in this fashion with only 30 examples issued, of the surviving examples some have had the left most perforations trimmed.

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Lot 2166    

Australia, Postage Due, 1937, 3d carmine & yellow green, perf 11, tied by "Sydney, Delivery Room, G.P.O." cds on 1938 incoming cover, franked with India 3s6p Camel issue tied by Calcutta machine postmark, red boxed "T 3d" handstamp and crayon rate, Very Fine, a scarce single usage of the series 9 3d Postage Due issue.
SG No. D108    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2167    

Australia, Postage Due, 1938, ½d carmine & green, in combination with Postage Due, 1938, 1d carmine & green top margin single, on 1942 O.H.M.S. Returned More To Pay" Letter, red Dead Letter Office, Melbourne, 14 Jl, 42 cds and dues canceled by purple boxed "Canc'ld" handstamps, Very Fine.
SG No. D112+D113    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 2168    

Australia, Postage Due, 1938, 2d carmine & green, three singles, perf 14, all tied by "Williamstown, Vic" cds on twice censored 1944 cover from Libya underpaid with 2d MEF tied by "Tripoli, Corrisp E Pacchi, 10.844" cds, manuscript "T6d" in blue; central file fold affecting one due stamp, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce origin.
SG No. D114    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 2169    

Australia, Postage Due, 1938, 1s carmine & green, irregular block of five, in combination with Postage Due, 1938, 2d carmine & green, pencil canceled on 1945 Melbourne business reply envelope, "Point Lonsdale, Vic, 20 Fe, 45" origin cds and "T 2d" in oval handstamp, Very Fine, an impressive franking representing payment for an aggregate of 31 items.
SG No. D118+D114    Estimate $150 - 200.

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