Lot 52
Australia WW2 naval cover




Stamps & Covers of The World Including the Petra Collection | S25021
Auction: 25 - 26 November 2025 at 10:30 GMT
£60
Description
1942 registered airmail envelope to Sydney with two 3ds, cancelled solely by straight-line H.M.A.S. Melville in violet, another strike on registered label, and two strikes across the backflap. Sender on reverse, “E.C. Johnson HMAS Platypus”. Tombstone naval censor on front; reverse with APO 065 cancel of 3 JY 42 on reverse (based at Darwin)
Footnote
Mention of ships' names on correspondence was contrary to wartime regulations




