New Guinea: Albert Maclaren, A Pioneer Missionary in New Guinea. By Frances Synge (non philatelic), 170 pgs, pub 1908 with map & 16 photo plates. First edition VGC. Selling on ABE Books for $83.
Estimate A$30
Status International - Sale 403
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Feb 05, 2026 Australia/Sydney
Status International Status International - Sale 403
Thursday Feb 05, 2026 12:00 to 22:15 Australia/Sydney Australia/Sydney
Public Auction 403 is huge with 8,876 lots catering for all types of collectors & dealers - from bulk accumulations and intact collections to desirable single items. This auction offers a huge range of material, with special emphasis on lotting stamps to cater for collectors with varying types of interests and budgets. There is almost 3,200 lots of Australia which consist of collections, singles, sets and covers covering all periods, from the Kangaroo issues up to Decimal and contains numerous number of mint & used £1 & £2 top values in all watermarks. General Foreign including small and large collections and almost 5,100 lots of World stamps, covers and single country collections, highlights being in the British Empire sections and the Pacific including Papua and New Guinea. Also a great selection of Asia , European and The Americas rarities.
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Lot #721 - COLLECTABLES books
Lot #722 - COLLECTABLES books
Norfolk Island Story' by Frank Clune, pub 1967, 308 pgs inc bibliography plus 26 photo plates. VGC, DJ cover.
Estimate A$15
Lot #723 - COLLECTABLES books
Papua: Great heart of Papua (James-Chalmers). By W P Nairne. An historical biography of an early missionary, pub 1913 OUP, London.
Estimate A$60
Lot #724 - COLLECTABLES books
Papua: A New Deal for Papua by Cranswick & Shevill. 159 A4 size pgs, pub F W Cheshire 1949. G-VG condition inc dj. Scarce Price on ABE more than $70
Estimate A$15
Lot #725 - COLLECTABLES books
Pitcairn Island: 'Journey to Pitcairn' by Frank Clune, pub 1966, 245 pgs inc bibliography plus 22 photo plates. VGC inc DJ.
Estimate A$20
Lot #726 - COLLECTABLES books
Vietnam: Post Nationalism - The Construction of Nation in Vietnamese Postage Stamps. By N. R. Carrad. 110 pgs, non-philatelic. University of Sydney Liberal Studies Thesis, 2003.
Estimate A$10
Lot #727 - COLLECTABLES books
Virgin Islands: Early History of the British Virgin Islands - from Columbus to Emancipation by VW Pickering 248 pgs. First Edition pub 1983. Large Coffee Table style book. Minor foxing F-VF condition. Retail in ABE Books US$75 = A$110
Estimate A$20
Lot #728 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Cigarette & Trade Card Catalogue 2022 Edition, pub by London CCC, 417 pgs inc cigarette, tea, gum, magazine, oil company, TV 'tie-ins' & other trade cards, plus reprint valuations. New!
Estimate A$75
Lot #729 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Catalogue: Australian Cigarette Cards Issues & Values. By Dion Skinner, pub 1983, 245 pgs & profusely illustrated throughout. Superb reference, long out of print. Excellent condition.
Estimate A$60
Lot #730 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Australia: Snider & Abrahams 1910 'Dickens Series' set of 32 (cat £200), Turf Cigarettes 1933 'Personality Series' - Film Stars set of 72 cat £130. Then small obscure British selection with Adkin & Sons 'Butterflies' (1924, cat £150), Allen & Grinter' American Indian Chiefs (2005 Reprint set), Ardath State Express 1935 Scenes from big films (100, £250). Carreras 1935 'Celebrities of British History' (50, £45), 1939 'Do You Know...
Lot #731 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Cavenders collection in 3 albums with Ancient Chinese (25/25, cat £45), Ancient Egypt (25/25, £40), Ancient Egypt (larger size 1928, 25/25, cat £40), Foreign Birds (25/25, £40), Celebrated Oil Paintings (25/25, £35) & School Badges (25/25, £25). Then real photo styles with Animal Studies (36, £14), Beauty Spots (50, £25), Camera Studies (56 medium size, £20), Cinema Stars (30, £40). Coloured Stereoscopic (£35). Peeps into Many Lands...
Lot #732 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Cigarette Cards, The Story of, (M Murray) 1987. Collecting Cigarette Cards (D Bagnall) 1973. Directory of British Cigarette Card Issuing Firms (pub circa 1950), Glossary of Cartophilic Terms (referring exclusively to cigarette cards, pub ca 1950). Plus 7 dated Card catalogues from 1947-95. (11)
Estimate A$20
Lot #733 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Collection in album with BDV Who's Who in Australian Sport (90 double sided cards, cat £400), American Tobacco Co 1901 Comic Scenes (30 mixed, cat £240), 1898 National Flags & Arms (14, cat £180), Snider & Abrahams 1912 Animals & Birds (40, £160). British Australasian Tobacco 1903 Flags of all Nations (14, cat £140). Wills 1910 Aviation (110 mixed, £330), 1912 Birds of Australasia (40, £70), 1913 Riders of the World (55 mixed, £...
Lot #734 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Cricket Australia Cigarette Cards. Wills 1903 Australian & English Cricketers set of 25 inc V Trumper, H Trumble, W Armstrong, J Darling, A Hopkins, JJ Kelly & MA Noble. Some light aging, mostly Fine condition. 2022 CTCC cat £700 = A$1400.
Estimate A$300
Lot #735 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Cricket: Australia Cigarette Cards. Wills 1905 Australian Club Cricketers with 27 diff inc AJ Hopkins (North Sydney), G Hill (East Torrens), D Gehrs (Post Adelaide), W Carlton (North Melbourne), J Giller (South Melbourne) & J Pellow (North Adelaide). Mixed Good-Fine condition. 2020 CTCC cat £22 ea, £600 = A$1200. (27)
Estimate A$150
Lot #736 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Cricket Australia Cigarette Cards: Wills 1926 Cricketers real photo comp set of 63 (plain backs) inc Bardsley, Gregory, Kellaway, Kippax, Garner, Mailey, Oldfield & Taylor (all NSW). Some rev flts or stains, mostly F-VF condition & scarce as a comp set. 2022 CTCC cat £700 = A$1400.
Estimate A$350
Lot #737 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Military: Wills (Australia) 1902 Soldiers of the World (40) from Austria to Sweden inc Denmark, GB, Germany & India. Mostly F-VF, cat £480 = A$950. (40)
Estimate A$200
Lot #738 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Military: Crests of British Warships, Sniders & Abrahams 1915 group of 35 diff inc HMS Black Prince, HMS Collingwood & HMAS Melbourne. F-VF cat £280 = A$550. (35)
Estimate A$180
Lot #739 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Military: Wills 1915 Britain's Defenders (35/50) & 1912 Signalling Series (45/50), WC Douglas Ltd (Sydney) 1930s Fighting Ships of Other Nations (40) & 1930s Planes of Other Nations (30). Some sl mixed, generally F-VF. (150)
Estimate A$150
Lot #740 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Military: Wills Soldiers of the World (80 diff) from Africa to USA with good variety throughout. Generally VF, cat £800 = A$1600.
Estimate A$300
Lot #741 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Neat array with American Tobacco Co Old & Ancient Ships (40 mixed, cat £320) & Fish From American Waters (20 mixed, £300). Players National Flags & Arms (40/50, £20). Sniders & Abrahams Animals & Birds (40 mixed, £200). Wills Birds of Australasia Capstan backs (40, cat £70), Girls of all Nations (40 plain back, plus Capstan back, cat £3 ea = £120). Birds of Australasia (Vice-Regal backs, 46, cat £80), Merrie England (3...
Lot #742 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Player & Sons group with 11 diff sets/part sets inc Army Corps & Divisional Sign (120 mixed, cat £100), Aviary Birds set of 50 (£50), Dogs (40, cat £40). Drum Banners & Cap Badges (60, £50), hints on Association Football (set of 50, £50), Regimental Colours (untitled) set of 50 (cat £65), Regimental Standards & Badges (40, £35). Generally F-VF condition, total cat £450. Then State Express (Ardath) British Born Film Stars sets...
Lot #743 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Silk Cigarette Cards: Military theme collection with Wills 1916 War Medals (45 diff, cat £5 ea, £225), Flags of 1914-18 Allies (25 diff, cat £65), Godfrey Phillips 1914 Crests & Badges of the British Army, small size (36, cat £55) & medium size (70, cat £105). Also Lace Flags (7) c1916. Useful selection, total cat around £480 = A$950. (183)
Estimate A$250
Lot #744 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Wills collection with Australian Wild Flowers (lilac backs, 35, cat £50), A Tour Round the World (60, £190), British Empire Series (40 mixed, £50), Crests & Colours of Australian Universities (35, £30), Kings & Queens (48, cat £7 ea - £335), Riders of the World (45 mixed, £80), Royal Mail (40, cat £200), Speed (40 mixed, £20), Wild Animals (cut-outs, 50 mixed, cat £60), Zoo (real photos, 50). Generally F-VF, cat £1000 = A$2000. (440)...
Lot #745 - COLLECTABLES cigarette cards
Wills Australian Issues collection with 1934 Famous Film Stars set of 100 (cat £160), Fish of Australasia (1912, £90), Historic Events (1913, £75), Interesting Buildings (1905, £150), 'Merrie England' (1916 set of 40 cat £360), Modern War Weapons (1915, £110). The Nations Shrine (1928 medium size set of 25, £40). Victoria Cross Heroes (1915 set of 25, cat £100). War Pictures (1915, £110). Nine sets in total, generally F-VF, some light toning/...
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Status International
Status International from Sydney, Australia is holding 4 - 6 auctions a year of Philatelic & Numismatic items. The emphasis is on Australian and area material as well as All World stamps,... Read More
