Postal History continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 561 |
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 1845 (Sept 9) lengthy entire headed "Felixstow nr Adelaide" with a postscript of "Oct 3rd 1845" both signed "Thos L Stow", to the
Congregational Library in London with a light but obvious strike of the huge '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE/SA/14--14/1845' datestamp & rated "9" (?), London arrival backstamp of 31MR31/1846 in red & rated "1/4" double-rate payable by the
recipient. Thomas Quinton Stow was pastor of the first Congregational Church in Adelaide. His home 'Felixstow' was 7km NE of the city and remains the name of the adjacent suburb. The contents relate to a dispute between Stow and a member of his
flock. Ex Don Pearce.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 562 |
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 1845 (Dec 8) lengthy & overweight entire signed "John Roberts/Maesbury house Kensington/near Adelaide", to "Congregational
rooms/...London" endorsed "pr Taglioni" and with light but clear strike of the huge '[crown]/GENERAL POST OFFICE/ADELAIDE/SA' on the reverse rated "8", British 'SHIP- LETTER' handstamp in black & London arrival backstamp of 27AP27/1846 in red where
rated "1/4" double-rate payable by the recipient, minor blemishes. Maesbury House has been described as "the oldest house in Adelaide's oldest suburb" and is still standing. Built in 1843 for property developer, John Roberts, who here complains of
Rev Stow's behavior (see previos Lot). Ex Don Pearce.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 563 |
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 1847 (Jan 1; New Year's Day) envelope to London "p Canton" with largely very fine strike of '[crown]/PAID/ 1JA1/1846' datestamp in
red (the year amended to "7" in manuscript) rated "6[d]" outward ship letter rate, on arrival the original rating crossed-out & rated "8[d]" for an inwards shipletter with 'SHIP-LETTER' handstamp & London arrival of 18MY18/1847 on the reverse, minor
blemishes. The addressee Charles J Heath had been allocated town blocks of land at the first survey for the site of Adelaide. This is the first Paid marking known from Adelaide (recorded from 18.11.1846 only). From 1848 onwards it is
characteristically found without date slugs or struck partly off the edge so that the date is not visible (see Lots 571 & 575 below). Complete strikes with date are thus very scarce (Dr Don Pearce's collection did not include one).
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 564 |
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 1847 (Aug 11) outer to London endorsed "per La Belle Alliance to Singapore & Overland Mail" with very fine 'G.P.O/[crown]/SOUTH
AUSTRALIA' cds rated "6[d]" outward ship letter, London arrival backstamp of 28DE28/1847 where rated "1/-" inwards packet letter rate, light vertical fold clear of the Adelaide marking. The La Belle Alliance was a passenger ship which had arrived in
Adelaide on 2.7.1847 with 294 emigrants on board. Carried from Singapore by P&O contract packets Lady Mary Wood, Precursor & Hindustan, hence the 1/- British charge (rather than 8d for a ship letter). Another unusual routing indicating just how
infrequent direct sailings to England were in the early days of the Colony.
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 565 |
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 1848 (March 28) entire headed "Adelaide" signed "JG Tower" to his uncle in Essex, endorsed "p.p." [Postage Paid], largely very fine
almost complete 'G.P.O/[crown]/MA*30/1848/SOUTH AUSTRALIA' cds, rated "6[d]" outward ship letter rate, London transit backstamp where the original rating crossed-out & rated "1/-" inwards packet letter rate, 'BRENTWOOD/SE21/1848' arrival cds unusally
on the face, minor blemishes. Carried by private ship to Sydney and then by Toulmin Packet 'Tropic', arrived Salcombe on or about 21.9.1848. The letter states in part "... land is being bought all around the place and by the time I get my
remittance...I shall have to go 200 or 300 miles out into the bush...".
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$525.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 566 |
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 1850 OHMS front only to Captain Freeling with a fine to very fine strike of the oval 'POST OFFICE/("March 1/1850")/MT BARKER'
handstamp (rated RRR) with manuscript date inserted, fine GPO arrival of the same day & light large-part 'crown/FREE/____/18--' with the dateslugs omitted in red, light horizontal fold.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 567 |
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 1850 (June 18) entire to London "pr Trafalgar via Bombay" with largely fine` GPO cds in blue, rated "9[d]" up to 1oz outward ship
letter rate, London arrival backstamp of 22AU22/1850 where rated "2/8[d]" double inwards 1/- packet letter rate plus double 4d India letter, minor blemishes. Per Trafalgar as a shipletter to Bombay (with a cargo of copper), by East India Company
contract steamer to Suez, overland and P&O 'Indus' to Southampton (and hence the packet letter charge). This routing gave access to steamships rather than sailing ships for the legs from India, but at a cost that was prohibitive for most. The letter
includes interesting snippets such as "we landed two Piano Fortes and one case Millenery...the former we hope to place shortly at remunerating prices but the latter we find too good & expensive for this place"!
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 568 |
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 1850 (May) front endorsed "Free" to the Crown Solicitor with scarce postmaster's endorsement "PO/Watervale" at upper-left, on
arrival light but clear '[crown]/FREE/MY 14/18--' handstamp (CrFree-7; recorded 10 weeks only) in red overstruck with very fine GPO cds of 14xMY/1850 in blue, "Free" crossed-through & rated "8" to pay, two vertical filing creases. Renamed from
Penwortham (1) 16.8.1849. Ex Don Pearce. [Official mail needed to be endorsed "OHMS" or similar, otherwise the free privilege failed and the addressee was liable for the postage]
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 569 |
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 1851 (March 3) outer endorsed "FREE" with very fine strike of the oval 'POST OFFICE/("3") MAR 51/MT BARKER' handstamp (rated RRR+;
scarcer with the date slugs) with manuscript day inserted, to "Captain Freeling/Surveyor-General" with fine GPO arrival cds of MAx4/--51 in blue & very fine 'FREE' handstamp in red struck partly off the face, light horizontal filing fold. PO 1842.
See also Lot 566 above for an example with manuscript dateline. Ex Don Pearce.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 570 |
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 1852 (Aug 16) stampless entire headed "Taibach" signed "H Le Powell" to "James C Coke/Messrs Stevens & Coke" with a largely superb
strike of the large framed-oval 'FORWARDED BY/JB WILCOCKS/ SHIPPING & EMIGRATION/AGENT/PLYMOUTH' handstamp on the reverse, carried per favor and placed into the mails on arrival at Adelaide where GPO cds of FE9/1853 applied and rated "6" inland
delivery, light soiling. Ex Don Pearce. [James B Wilcocks was the most successful of seven emigration agents in Plymouth. His efforts contributed to the disproportionately high levels of migration from Devon & Cornwall]
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 571 |
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 1852 (Oct 11) outer to "Booborowie, Burra Burra" endorsed "paid" with Adelaide cds in black and additionally with very fine &
complete (scarce thus) '[crown]/PAID' double-ring handstamp in red (no date slugs), rated "4[d]" inland letter rate, poorly-struck 'KOORINGA' arrival backstamp, a few very minor blemishes. Burra Burra PO 1847; renamed Kooringa (1) 1849; renamed Burra
1.12.1939. The Booborowie PO did not open until 1871, some 19km NW of Kooringa/Burra.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 572 |
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 1853 (Mar 21) unpaid entire to Adelaide with largely very firne Mordan-type 'NOORLUNGA' cds, GPO arrival backstamp of the same day.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 573 |
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 1853 (Oct 4) entire to London "By first Steamer" with largely fine strike of 'PAID/ADELAIDE.S.A' cds (PdM-2; ERD; recorded to
4.11.1854 only) in red on the face, very fine 'LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER' handstamp and London arrival of 25AP25/1854 on reverse, a few blemishes. Per auxiliary steamer Cleopatra, whose cargo included 22,000 ounces of gold from the Victorian diggings.
The letter mentions "The grand event of opening the navigation of the magnificent River Murray has taken place ... the experimental trip under the conduction of the enterprising Capt Cadell with a return cargo from the interior".
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 574 |
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 1853 (Dec 29) outer rated "4" in red with very fine 'PAID/ADELAIDE SA' cds in red, to "Alberts Mine/near/ Woodside" with light but
obvious Mordan-type 'INVERBRACKIE' (rated RR) arrival backstamp of the next day, very minor soiling. [It is unclear what was mined this early at Woodside, in the Adelaide Hills, but it probably wasn't gold. The Grovermann family came from Denmark &
were farming at O'Halloran Hill by 1851]
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 575 |
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 1854 (Dec 21) envelope to England "p Antelope steamer" with largely fine 'GAWLER/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' cds (UF1) in red, marked "Paid"
with "6[d]" in red, very fine to superb 'ADELAIDE' cds (UF2-1; ERD) backstamp and '[crown]/PAID' handstamp on the face both in red, Liverpool 'PAID/.../SHIP/AP16/1855' tombstone transit in red on the face and 'WAKEFIELD' arrival backstamp of the next
day, some edge re-inforced faults & opened out for display.
The earliest known item from South Australia at the 6d 'all-in' ship letter rate, and the only known pre-stamp item at this rate. On 1.10.1854 a general ship letter rate of 6d per ½oz including all inland delivery charges was introduced between Great
Britain and the Colonies of New South Wales, South Australia & Victoria. Tabeart states at page 43 that "the earliest letter from South Australia seen under these regulations left Adelaide on 3 January 1855 [after the issue of South Australia's first
postage stamp on 1.1.1855], but there were earlier opportunities". The non-contract screw steamer Antelope had left Sydney on 14.12.1854 and Melbourne on 18.12.1854, with the Melbourne Argus reporting that she was to go via Adelaide, King George's
Sound, Cape of Good Hope and Madeira.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 576 |
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 1856 (March 3) mercantile entire to Scotland "Per Mermaid" with largely fine strike of 'G.P.O/MR 6/1856/=ADELAIDE.S.A=' cds in
black on the face indicating an unpaid letter and very fine 'd/1' large accountancy marking handstamp at lower-right, on arrival 'd/6' postage due handstamp applied on the face with Liverpool 'AUSTRALIAN/PACKET' transit and 'CUPAR FIFE/JN11/1856'
arrival cds in green on reverse, vertical file fold affecting the postage due marking. Carried by the White Star Line 'Mermaid' contract clipper ship; also on board were 99 passengers, 37,020 ounces of gold, 50,000 sovereigns and a cargo of wool.
After the general ship letter rate of 6d per ½oz was introduced 1.10.1854, it was necessary to account for each administration's share of the postage comprising 4d ship letter plus 1d inland delivery at either end. In this instance, the Adelaide
marking indicates 1d due to South Australia from the British PO, which was to collect the whole of the 6d postage from the recipient. This cumbersome system came to an end in early-1857 with the compulsory pre-payment of mails, each administration
retaining the postage it collected.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 577 |
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 1856 (June 10) envelope to England with Adelaide Printings 6d slate-blue (margins at left & base; indicipherable numeral cancel)
and very fine postmaster's endorsement "PO/Inman Valley/19 June '56" at upper-left, Adelaide backstamp and largely very fine 'd/3' large accountancy marking handstamp at lower-right both in red, London transit & 'BALDOCK/SE18/1856' arrival in green
on the face, surface faults at left (the endorsement with a closed tear) & overall aging not unduly affecting the stamp or markings. Per private ship, the accountancy marking indicating 3d credit to the British PO for a non-contract ship letter.
Inman Valley PO 1.1.1855; closed 27.2.1981. Apart from that illustrated in the Handbook (dated 30.11.1854), this is the only other recorded example of this postmaster endorsement. Inman Valley was issued Diamond Numeral '77' (rated RRRR; recorded
from 1855), but its first datestamp (also RRRR) is not recorded until 1859. Dr Don Pearce's 1859 cover with numeral & datestamp tie sold for $2400.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 578 |
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 1856 (Oct 6) large-part outer endorsed "Customs" at lower-left, to the Auditor-General with London Printing 6d deep blue SG 3
horizontal pair (margins just clear - at lower-left - to good; Cat £360+ x3+ on cover), light but clear numeral '1' & fair 'PORT-ADELAIDE/=SOUTH-AUSTRALIA=' cds alongside, very fine GPO arrival backstamp of the same day, filing folds well clear of
the stamps. An unusually high local rate of 2d per ½oz up to 1oz plus 4d for each successive ounce up to 3oz. A unique domestic item. Ex Don Pearce.
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Estimate AU$1,200
Currently Opening at...AU$900.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 579 |
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 1857 (March 6) cover to Cumberland with London Printing 6d deep blue SG 3 (margins just clear - at the top - to good), indistinct
circle-in-bars cancel and fine 'PAID/=ADELAIDE-SA=' cds in red, London 'PAID/ HI /9MY9/1857' arrival and 'd5' accountancy handstamp both in red, fine 'PENRITH/MY10/1857' arrival backstamp in blue, minor blemishes. Ex Don Pearce.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
| 580 |
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 1857 (April 8) mourning cover to England "per Columbian" with London Printing 6d deep blue SG 3 (very fine with margins close to
huge), circle-in-bars cancel of the GPO & 'PAID/=ADELAIDE SA=' cds in pale red, London arrival cds of 12JL12/1857 & '5' accountancy handstamp both in red, minor blemishes. Per coastal vessel to Melbourne to connect with 'Columbian' ex Melbourne
16.4.1857, arrived Suez 28.5.1857; overland to Alexandria then per 'Jura' ex Malta, arrived Southampton 11.7.1857. Ex Don Pearce.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-20, 08:00 PM |
