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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1221

Wallal: 27mm 'WALLAL/15JE23/WESTN AUST' (LRD) largely very fine strike on KGV 1d violet & 4d blue (scarce on domestic mail) on airmail cover to Perth, flap missing & opened-out. Recorded for three years only. Renamed from Walhall TO as a PO 1.1.1904; closed 31.7.1938. [Seriously remote: 227km ENE of Port Hedland & 300km S of Broome. It is the southernmost cattle station in the Kimberley. In 1922, a scientific expedition to Wallal observed a total eclipse of the sun. Relevant measurements proved the essence of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, postulated 6 years earlier]

Grade B B1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1222

Wallal: 30mm 'WALLAL/18MR29/W.A.' (ERD) two superb strikes on KGV 1½d scarlet strip of 3 on commercial airmail cover to Perth. PMI records one date only -MY32 and states "to close" which is probably an assumption. The illustration is partial only, suggesting that is the only strike recorded to that time. Renamed from Walhall TO as a PO 1.1.1904; closed 31.7.1938. [See also the previous lot]

Grade B A1+ (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1223

Wiluna: Double-oval 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/28AUG1912/WILUNA, W.A.' very fine backstamp in blue on Titles Office registered cover. The only example recorded in PMI.

Grade B A1- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$300

Currently Opening at...AU$260.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1224

1854 (Jan 27) outer from England to "WA Sanford/Colonial Secretary/Perth/Western Australia" endorsed "Via Marseilles, Via Ceylon or Singapore, Immediate" with 'St James St' London local post handstamp in blue, all but the last endorsement crossed out & rated "1/-" packet letter with London 'PAID' cds on the face, on arrival rated "4" in red pencil for the inwards ship letter rate, minor folds & blemishes. The letter was 3 weeks too late for the previous P&O sailing via Galle - even forwarding via Marseilles would not catch that ship - and the next was not due to leave for another 6 weeks. Carried on the next available ship being the General Screw Steam Shipping Co 'Bosphorus' to Adelaide where mail for Western Australia was off-loaded and forwarded by coastal ship (as there was no stop at Albany).

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1225

1854 (Nov 2) entire from England to "J Bateman/Fremantle/Western Australia" endorsed "Overland via Southampton", largely very fine 'FORWARDED BY/LONDON/Wm ANDREWS' oval handstamp with London 'PAID' cds in red, rated "1/-" packet letter, no arrival markings, minor spotting & aging marks. Per P&O contract steamer 'Indus' to Alexandria, overland then 'Bengal' from Suez to Galle, 'Pottinger' to Singapore and 'Madras' arriving at Albany on 5.1.1855. From 1.10.1854 the British Empire 6d per ½oz ship letter rate applied to both contract and private ship letters - with no inland delivery charges to be paid - but this was not extended to Western Australia until 1.6.1856. Ex Cecil Walkley. John Bateman was later president of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce 1895-1900 as well as being instrumental in establishing the Australian Shipping Association in 1884 and building the Geraldton to Roebourne telegraph line in 1885.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1226

1874 (July 21) envelope to England with 3d brown Crown CC Wmk (SG 63) horizontal pair tied by two light but discernible '6' 15-bar Numerals, largely fine 'ALBANY/JY21/1874/=WESTERN-AUSTRALIA=' unframed cds (PMI Type CDS 1) alongside, London 'SP 7/74' arrival backstamp, minor aging marks. The ship letter rate to the UK was 6d per ½oz. Not listed in Pope & Reynolds 'Western Australia - The Obliterators' (2005) census.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Get Market Data for [Australia (Western Australia) 63] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1227

1894 (Sept 5) to "Bombay India, Punjab Lahore" addressed in both English & Arabic text with ½d green & 2d grey tied by two largely fine strikes of 'GERALDTON/5/SP 5/1894/=WESTERN AUSTRALIA= - G' duplex cancels, Perth 'SP 10' and 'BOMBAY/OC.1/94' transits and 'LAHORE/4 OC./94' arrival backstamps, a little roughly opened at left with hinge repairs on back. Lahore is the capital of the Punjab in the north-east of present-day Pakistan. Camels were the preferred beasts of burden on the Goldfields, and this was almost definitely sent by an 'Afghan' camel driver.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1228

PSE

POSTAL CARDS: 1½d blue/green PC19 commercial usage to Germany with message headed "Maylands 13V12" requesting catalogues of musical instruments, Perth cds of 15MY12, minor spotting mostly on the reverse, Cat $1000 but unpriced "used at correct rate". Rare proper usage in-period. We know of ony three other commercial examples paying the intended foreign postcard rate, two of which sold at our auctions of 31.8.2019 & 6.12.2023 for $2242 & $2040 respectively.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$1,500

Currently Opening at...AU$1,150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

Naval Mail

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1229

The balance of the pre-WWII display of covers & Postal Cards with WA associations to various visiting ships including 1891 to "Lieut JF Parry/HSM Penguin", 1895 with message headed "HMS Tyne/Albany", 1897 small piece with GB stamps cancelled at Albany (stated to be the only postal evidence of 'Royal Arthur' being in WA), 1899 underpaid to Austria from SMS 'Saida', 1901 German SMS 'Hansa' x4 en route to Melbourne for the Federation Celebrations, 1905 front with pen-&-ink drawing of HMS 'Cambrian', 1905 to Austrian "SM Warship Panther/Sydney", 1910 to Austrian SMS 'Pommern', 1911 from Melbourne (stamps removed) to "French man-of-war/Montcalm/Fremantle", 1913 with note headed "HMS Fantome", 1913 PPC used under cover with message headed "HMAS Sydney/co GPO Sydney", 1914 PPC headed "14.1.16/Fremantle" where HMAT 'Kyarra' was berthed 14-15.1.1916, 1932 OHMS with '...Naval Staff Office/FREMANTLE WA' cachet (stated to be the only recorded pre-WWII item of RAN mail from WA), 1934 USS 'Augusta' illustrated cover (stated only two recorded), also mostly unused PPCs of Challenger & Encounter at Fremantle (1907), real photo 'HM Hertog Hendrik' x2 (one endorsed on back "Departure of the Dutch Fleet/Nov 11th 1910"), real photo HMS 'Gibraltar' used from Broome 6 months after the ship had visited, 1924 Royal Navy Special Service Squadron at Fremantle x2, 1925 Visit of the American Fleet, 1913 photo of Japanese 'Azuma', 1927 programme (cover with minor silverfish damage, internally very fine) for Visit of the Duke & Duchess of York to WA, and a few others, condition quite mixed but, in respect of many, "find another one". (48 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31)

Estimate AU$1,000

Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1230

1884 lengthy letter the first page with embossed crest of HMS 'Harrier' in grey & headed "Perth/Western Australia/Feb 15th 1884" with interesting contents "...We left Zanzibar on 20th of Dec last with HMS Osprey, Undine in company called at Mozambique left there on the 27th...we had one rather stiff blow just off St Paul's Isld but we rode it like a duck...We are to remain here 14 days then proceed to Melbourne..." and then the kicker "...It is quite a treat to see our own country..." It seems that the writer, OJ Knight, was an Aussie. The 'Harrier' arrived at Fremantle 10.2.1884 & departed for Melbourne & then Sydney on 26.2.1884.

Grade D (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1231

1888 cover from England endorsed "Via Brindisi" with Jubilee 6d tied by London squared-circle to "Commander G le C Egerton/HMS Orlando/King George's Sound/Australia", a bit soiled mostly on the reverse, with the enclosed lengthy letter from the officer's mother. [George le Clerq Egerton was a veteran of the 1875-76 Arctic Expedition. 'Orlando' was en route to Sydney to be flagship on the Australian Station. She was at Albany 11-18.8.1888. (2 items)

Grade B/A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1232

1891 (May 12) cover to a midshipman on "HMS Camperdown/Gibraltar" with ½d & 2d tied by 'ALBANY - KGS' duplex & 'GIBRALTAR/JU12/91' arrival cds on the face from where redirected to "Villa Garcia/Galicia Espana", the reverse with 'MALTA/JU4' transit, partial Spanish transit of 14JUN91 & 'VILLA GARCIA/ 16JUN91/PONTEVECCHIO' arrival, forwarded to "Londres" with London arrival of JU 19 91 in red and then back to "Albany/Western Australia" with transits of 'CASTLE TOWN/JU22/91/PORTLAND' & Plymouth of the same date, soiled but full of character. Gibraltar is a scarce destination from Australia in this period, while mail to Spain is rare.

Grade C (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1233

1901 (April 25) cover with sailor's endorsement "...SMS Hansa/Fremantle" on the reverse, to Germany with ½d & 1d pairs (½d overpaid) tied by Fremantle duplex, 'SMR/PERTH' (= Ship Mail Room) transit and 'PRETTIN/26.5/01' arrival backstamp. The 'Hansa' was en route to Melbourne to represent Germany at the Federation Celebrations in May 1901.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1234

PSE

1901 (Apr 24) usage of '1½d.' in Blue on 3d Postal Card with Albany duplex, to "Holland" with Amsterdam arrival cds of 25/MAI/01 & light postmen's numeral-in-oval handstamp. The message, in Dutch, is headed "Albany" and roughly translates - in part - to "...We do want to go to Melbourne to celebrate the opening of the first parliament of the Confederate States of Australia as well as to greet the Duke and Duchess of York at the House of Commons..." The 'Noord Brabant' was at Albany 24-26.4.1901 en route to represent the Netherlands at the Federation Celebrations.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1235

PSE

1903 WA Postal Card with message headed "Carnarvon West Australia/April 15th 1903" & signed by English-speaking Japanese seaman "K Uchida", to Pennsylvania with ½d tied by Carnarvon cds of AP16/03, New York transit of MAY30/1903 & Philadelphia arrival of the next day, rounded corners & a bit aged. The message states "After we have left Batavia we met with a severe cyclone...we called at North West Cape instead of going to Perth direct...North West Cape & Carnarvon are very poor place being very barren country, but kangaloo [sic] and emu hunting was very interesting..." The only recorded mail from the three Japanese cruisers that made a goodwill tour to Australia in 1903.

Grade C (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1236

1905 (Feb 13) cover with pen & ink illustration of HMS 'Powerful' on the face, to "Guernsey/Channel Ids/England" with partial Guernsey arrival backstamp of MR11/05. The sender was Leo Quick, who served aboard HMS 'Powerful' which, at the time, was the flagship on the Australian Station.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1237

1906 (Jan 31) Austral pictorial letter card to "Umberto Finzi/Petty Officer Calabria (Italian Cruiser)/Manilla Philippine Islands/East India Archipelago", reverse with Singapore transit of FE26/1906 & Manila arrival of MAR6 (no year), some peripheral damage & repairs but a super destination. The letter within is from a young lady to "Dear Bert...I hope you will soon be back in Fremantle. I miss you very much..." During 1905, the 'Calabria', with Prince Ferdinando of Udine among its officers, undertook a goodwill world tour. He later rose to the rank of Admiral. The exact dates of the ship's visit to Fremantle are not known.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1238

PSE

1908 (Sep 15) usage at 'ALBANY' of illustrated 1d Postal Card for the Visit of the American 'Great White Fleet' with message "...We went to a concert last night. About 2000 men marched with the bands off the different ships...", minor stain above the message; also a very fine unused example of the card. Used examples are scarce, with those posted at Albany during the Fleet's visit being difficult to obtain. (2)

Grade B/A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1239

1908 (Sep 13 & 14) PPCs of Albany from sailors with the US Fleet to Washington DC or Colorado with brief messages "I hope to go ashore Tuesday. The liberty is from 1 to 6pm..." or "This is a very small insignificant town but it's so clean it gives one a headache to look at it"! (2)

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$200

Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM

1240

1908 Visit of the American 'Great White Fleet' selection on display pages with three real photo PPCs of the Fleet in Albany Harbour, Sailors passing beneath 'AUSTRALIA WELCOMES' arch and a Welcome Party & Band on the Pier; also unknown publisher 'Parade American Bluejackets', Semco of Flags etc, W&B (Melbourne) 'USS Vermont', Falk of the Fleet in Harbour; five others to America apparently from sailors one headed "USS Missouri", one with message "...We are in the harbor coaling", one with message "Leave for the P.I. tomorrow...would like to be back in Samland", and one to New Zealand "We are about to bid farewell to Australia" stated to be the only recorded Fleet card to a "previous port"; then rare cards to the ships at Albany x2 & from the female recipient of a PPC from a sailor to "USS Ohio/co PM/New York" (stamp removed); and a few others, condition variable; finally the 'Souvenir and Official Programme/...11th to 17th September 1908' printed by Sands & McDougall (Perth) with the itinerary, local photos & migrant-enticing content within, light creasing, minor defects & the cover detached still a lovely item. (24 items) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

Estimate AU$400

Currently Opening at...AU$320.00
Closing..May-21, 08:00 PM