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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

lot # 16111 - australien

Wednesday Jun 23, 2021 09:00 Europe/Berlin

Australien: 1937/1950 ca., 4d KOALA, 5d MERINO RAM, 6d KOOKABURRA and 9d PLATYPUS (SG 170-173 + SG 1
1937/1950 ca., 4d KOALA, 5d MERINO RAM, 6d KOOKABURRA and 9d PLATYPUS (SG 170-173 + SG 188-191), comprehensive postal history collection of definitive stamps with animal motifs presented on 140 covers & cards, comprising domestic usages and mail to foreign destinations, single, multiple and mixed frankings, registered mail, airmail, late fee items, underpaid covers with foreign postage due, censored mail, military mail, parcel post labels, mail with postmarks from small places and other specialities. Included (sorted by denomination) are: 4d KOALA (33 items), i.a. single 4d on R.A.A.F. P.O. Showgrounds registered 'concession rate' cover to Glen Iris and further single usages on late fee covers to Europe, 2 x 4d on airmail covers to New Zealand and 4d block of six on airmail cover from Woomera West to Germany; 5d MERINO RAM (28 items), i.a. single 5d on reg. covers to Canada resp. Ceylon, 2 x 5d on censor cover from Sydney with partial airmail to Grand Rapids USA and very unusual combination 9 x 5d + 3d KGVI (4s rate) on censored airmail cover from Melbourne to India; 6d KOOKABURRA (41 items), i.a. 6d single on registered covers, 2 x 6d on airmail cover to Labuan, 3 x 6d and 4 x 6d on airmail covers to Europe, 8 x 6d scarce mutiple franking on airmail cover to New York etc.; 9d PLATYPUS, i.a. with single use on airmail postcards to Europe, further 9d single on unclaimed airmail covers to military forces abroad, 2 x 9d on domestic parcel post label, 9d block of four on airmail cover to USA etc.
Strongly recommended postal history source with plenty of valuable material & excellent thematic content.

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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG is an established dealer in Germany. For many years the company published direct sale list of stamps and covers from all the world. In 2006 they... Read More

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