Great Britain and British Commonwealth VICTORIA Postal History
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 588
Symbol: C
Cat No: 31c
1856 cover to Hampshire endorsed "By the Royal Charter May 22" with Campbell & Fergusson 3d SG 31c pair (large vertical margins) cancelled with BN '5' of 'BALLARAT' (crowned-oval b/s), superb 'AUSTRALIAN/PAID/LIVERPOOL/ AU12/*56D/=PACKET=' cds transit plus '1d' h/s & London cds all in red on the face, Portsmouth arrival b/s, minor blemishes.
1856 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) mercantile outer with Woodblocks Imperf 6d pair with full margins to London "p Lightning" & 1857 (Jan 14) cover to Wiltshire - a very scarce destination - "pr Royal Charter" with a full-margined single, both with 'AUSTRALIAN/PAID/LIVERPOOL/=PACKET=' transit cds in red on the face. Ex 'Besancon' (III). (2)
1858 cover to Bedfordshire with rare & superb franking of Woodblocks 6d orange Rouletted 7-9 at the GPO SG 53b horizontal pair (rouletted vertically, the L/H stamp being enormous) tied by neat BN '1' of Melbourne (b/s), 'AMPTHILL' arrival b/s in blue, docketing on the address panel has been removed. RPSofL (1942) and RPSofV (2018) Certificates. [NB: the stamps have been lifted & hinged in place]
1858 folded entire to Boston, USA accounting for sales of shovels and reporting "... there has been no improvement in our markets ...", endorsed per "Emeu" with 2d Emblems rouletted & 1/- Octagonal imperf (cut-into) tied Barred Oval '1/V' and Melbourne 'NO15/58' b/s, rated "8" & "16" with 'PAID/JAN11/59/LONDON' d/s in red and New York ' 5/JAN / 29 / N YORK BR PKT' cds on face. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census.
1860 (Sep 27) Macartney cover with rare Three Issue franking of Emblems 1d x2, Beaded Ovals 4d & Queen-on-Throne 6d cancelled with very fine BN '1' of Melbourne (tiny b/s), to Queensland with largely very fine 'BRISBANE/=QUEENSLAND=' transit b/s & 'ROCKHAMPTON/OC14/1860/=NSW=' arrival cds unusually on the face, flap removed & minor blemishes. A cracker Queensland Provisional Period inwards cover.
1860 to New Hampshire, USA endorsed "via Southampton" with 2d Emblems rouletted & 1/- Octagonal tied Barred Numeral '1' and Melbourne 'AP7/60' b/s, rated "8" & "16" with 'LONDON/HG/MY8/60/PAID' in red, New York ' 5 / MAY / 19 / N YORK BR PKT' cds and 'FRANCISTOWN/MAY/23/NH' arrival d/s all on face, minor edge faults. Not listed in Ben Palmer's Census.
1900 inwards from India with QV 1a brown tied 'BOMBAY/10JL00' cds with Melbourne 'T3D', 'NOT KNOWN/BY LETTER CARRIER' and 'UNCLAIMED' cachets, orignally addressed to "Chief Engineer SS 'Imbolla' [?]" at Calcutta & forwarded, the back festooned with transits including Dead Letter Office d/s of Melbourne, Madras & Bombay, a few minor blemishes.
1901 (May) stampless Jolley PPC endorsed "Feld-Post" to Germany with message in German headed "12 V 01", 'KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE-SCHIFFSPOST/No 46/21.5.01' datestamp used aboard SMS Hansa & superb 'OBERLAGIEWNIK' arrival cds. [Naval ships from various countries came to Melbourne for the official Opening of Parliament on 9th May 1901. Hansa departed Chinese waters 31.3.1901, returning 19.6.1901. The message states the trip China-Melbourne took four weeks]
1908 usage of 2d violet Stamped To Order Envelope with 'The Britannia Tie Propy Ltd/85 Flinders Lane/Melbourne' imprint at U/L, to France with 3d orange tied 'LATE FEE/20MY08/MELBOURNE VIC' to pay 2½d letter rate plus 2½d late fee, Lyon arrival b/s, light central fold & minor blemishes. Very unusual usage of STO envelope.
1910 double-rate cover to England with Combination Franking of 6d green plus South Australia 1d red tied 'REGISTERED/2/23NO10/MELBOURNE' cds, black 'GPO Melbourne' R label tied alongside on face, 'REGISTERED/25DE10/MANCHESTER' arrival b/s [Christmas Day], fine condition. The interchangeable use of States' stamps was permitted from 13.10.1910 only; an early & attractive mixed franking.
DATESTAMPS: 'GERANG GERANG RY STN/OC31/88/VIC' unframed CDS (spelling error; ERD) on 1d Postal Card with Barred Numeral 'MD/76' alongside, endorsed "Gerang Gerung" on back. PO 1.8.1887; renamed Gerang Gerung 16.5.1921. [43km NW of Horsham. The earlier of only two recorded strikes]
DATESTAMPS: 'LYAL/8AU13/VIC' on 1d Coronation Postal Card (Prince of Wales) to "No 2 Settlement/Shepparton PO". PO 19.2.1872; RO 25.5.1919; closed 1.1.1920. [The Waranga Dam was completed in 1909 & the State Rivers & Water Supply Commission was charged with making irrigated land available for orchards. No 1 Settlement was at Shepparton East. No 2 was at Orrvale where an RO opened 1.10.1915; PO 7.8.1918; closed 1.1.1920 - no postmark recorded] The illustration is above Lot 599.
Stamp Statute selection comprising 6d, 1/- x4, 2/- x14 (including a pair on postal piece & four apparently unused), 2/6d x6, 5/- x8, 10/- x4, £1 x18 including pairs & a strip of 3, and £5 x2 (one mss cancelled; the other with central punch), condition variable.
(57)
1884-96 Large Stamp Duty array sorted into packets with large numbers of most values including 15/- mauve (33, most with faults), 15/- brown x100+, £1/5/- x50 approx, £1/10/- x40 approx, £2 x200+, 45/- x200+, £5 x20 approx & £10 x40 approx, a few multiples noted, condition variable but generally fine. A remarkable holding & excellent research opportunity.
(1800 approx)
1884-96 Ultra High Values Litho £25 x7 (two with the Watermark Inverted & two with the Watermark Sideways), £50 x4 (one with the Watermark Sideways) & £100 x3 (two with the Watermark Sideways), good range of shades, manuscript cancels, minor pinholes otherwise fine to very fine.
(14)
Commonwealth Period post-1901 Perf 11 Stamp Duty Ultra-High Denominations £25 dull blue-green apparently lifted from a document but with large-part o.g. & no trace of a cancellation. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2018) states "Genuine in all respects...shows no trace of any cancellation...great rarity in mint condition". [NB: the pre-1901 Recess £25 unused is catalogued at £60,000]
Commonwealth Period post-1901 Perf 11 Undenominated 'PENALTY/PAID' in mauve marginal example, full unmounted o.g. Superb! [This & the next lot are the only examples we have seen]
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 560
Symbol: Ω
Cat No: Collection
1863-81 Laureates V/Crown 3d lilac SG 133 with Type 6 'SPECIMEN' overprint (small seriffed pattern), no gum. Rare & possibly unique! [Absent from Bill McCredie's collection, and not recorded by Kellow Turner & McCredie]
1886-99 Issues from the various sets comprising ½d pink, 1d green, 1d orange-brown x2 (one on pink paper), 2d violet, 2½d red/yellow, 3d olive, 4d red, 5d brown, 6d blue, 8d pink/pink, 9d pink, 1/- brown, 1/6d orange, 2/- olive/green & 2/- blue-green plus Fergusson & Mitchell £5 to £9 all with 'Specimen.' Type 21a or b, also 1897 Charity duo with Type 22 found only on this issue, generally very fine with large-part o.g. Ex Ron Butler.
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Sale No: 237
Lot No: 564
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 324-8
1886-96 Ferguson & Mitchell High Values £5 (regummed) to £9 SG 324-8 each with 'Specimen.' h/s, large-part o.g. with the £6 & £7 being unmounted (!). As fine a Specimen set as we have seen.
(5)
1897 Silver Jubilee Charity 1d & 2½d SG 353-4 blocks of 4 with Type 22 'Specimen' overprint in red or black, rather fragile with a few split perfs, full unmounted o.g., Cat £800++ (for mounted singles).
(2 blocks)
1899-1901 Watermark '85' 1d rose x2 & 2½d blue SG 357 & 360 plus 1899 1½d brown-red/yellow SG 355 each with 'ULTRAMAR' (= "Overseas") h/s in blue, full unmounted o.g. Ex Portuguese Colonies Archives & Les Molnar.
(4)
1884-96 Ultra High Values Wmk '33' £50 black-violet with the Watermark Upright SG 284ab, well centred & remarkably with complete sheet margins, CTO with Melbourne cds of 19JY/94, large-part o.g., Cat £1400++ (the upright watermark unpriced). Rare.
1884-96 Ultra High Values Wmk '33' £100 aniline crimson with the Watermark Upright SG 285c, well centred & remarkably with complete margins, CTO with Melbourne cds of 19JY/94, large-part o.g., Cat £1800+. Rare.
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 574
Symbol: V
Cat No: Collection
1900 (c.) with 1d to 2/- from various issues - mostly 1896-99 Wmk '82' - plus Large Stamp Duty 2/6d yellow, 3/- olive, 4/- red-orange, 5/- carmine-pink, 10/- green, 15/- brown, £1, £1/5/-, £1/10/-, £2, 45/- & £10, various 1900 or 1901 dates, most with large-part o.g., Cat £1350+. Ex Ray Chapman, on his album page.
(23)
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 580
Symbol: V
Cat No: Collection
1911 'POSTAGE' ½d to £2 complete between SG 384 & 400 except the 1½d & 2/- which are V/Crown, CTO with various 1910 & 1911 dates. Ex Ray Chapman: on his album page.
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Sale No: 237
Lot No: 581
Symbol: V
Cat No: 416-432
1911 'POSTAGE' Crown/A ½d to £2 SG 416-432 all CTO MR22/11, large-part o.g., Cat £600+. Ex Bill McCredie: sold for $670. [This was the last date that full sets of Victorian stamps were prepared. Bill McCredie stated they were 'for presentation to Postmasters-General & other visiting dignitaries']
(15)
1891 Special Printings of obsolete issues Bell ½d (marginal) to 2/- blocks of 4 in close to the issued colours, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Ex Bill McCredie: sold for $1035.
(6 blocks)
1891 Special Printings of obsolete issues Naish 1d green, 2d brown & 4d rosine blocks of 4, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Ex Bill McCredie: sold for $690.
(3 blocks)
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 491
Symbol: O*
Cat No: Collection
1870-1912 Issues on expensive pages with Bell Emergency Printings on Coloured Papers, 1876 'EIGHT PENCE' on 9d x5 (one with 'F.IGHT PENCE' SG 191a, off-centre but superb!), 1884-96 Large Stamp Duty CTO group comprising 2/6d x2, 3/- drab x2, 6/-, 15/- brown x2, £1, £1/5/- x2, £1/10/- x3, £2 x2, 45/- x2 and £10 plus £6 to £8 fiscally used, Ultra High Values £25 to £100 fiscally used, 1/6d blue mint, 1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell £5 to £9 with fiscal cancels, 1897 Charity 2½d CTO, 1900 Boer War Charity duo mint & CTO, later issues to 5/- *&U, etc, also Postage Dues Blue & Claret mint 1/- to 5/-, and Red & Green to 5/- (CTO x2), generally fine to very fine.
(few 100)
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 492
Symbol: *]
Cat No: Collection
Universal Postal Union allocation of stamps hinged to pages from an archival collection including various 'Reprint' Overprints (no Stamp Statute values), rare Type 4 'SPECIMEN' Overprint on Woodblock Perf 12 2/- blue/yellow (defective), on Laureates 1d 3d 4d 6d 1/- & 5/- with some faults, & on DLR 2d, 1897 Charity 'Specimen' duo, unused/mint stamps including 1900 Charity duo (no gum) & both Postage Due sets (no gum), CTO group with 1900 No 'POSTAGE' to 5/-, 'POSTAGE' V/Crown to £2 & punctured 'OS' to £2. Ex Belgian Post Office Archives. [Most of the stamps have been soaked-off their original pages & therefore have little or no gum. Each page has official notations on the reverse]
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Sale No: 237
Lot No: 493
Symbol: O*
Cat No: Collection
Neat little collection of Classics with Half-Lengths 1d x4, 2d & 3d x3, Woodblocks 2/- (on piece), 'TOO LATE' & 'REGISTERED', Queen-on-Throne 1d pair, a few Emblems & Beaded Ovals, Laureates including 2d 'TWO PENCE' Doubled on piece (RPSofL Certificate), a few later stamps including 1900 Boer War Charity 2d (mint), generally fine to very fine.
(65)
Useful selection with Queen-on-Throne 6d plate proof in black plus mint 1d & unused 6d, Naish 6d with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' h/s (no gum), 1/6d blue mint, 1901 No 'POSTAGE' ½d 'VICTCRIA' in strip, 1d pink CTO 'CA-JBC' Monograms strip of 12, CTO £1/10/- & £50, KEVII £1 x2 & £2 and punctured 'OS' £1 & £2 (a few toned perfs), etc, also Postage Due Red & Green mint & CTO sets to 5/-, generally fine to very fine.
(140 approx)
Sale No: 237
Lot No: 495
Symbol: *]
Cat No: Collection
Unused selection with Woodblocks Perf 12 2/- (no gum), Beaded Ovals Wmk 'FOUR/PENCE' 4d, Laureates 10d grey & 10d brown/pink, Bell 8d on 9d & 1/6d blue, plus Stamp Statute 1d x2, 6d (no gum) & ½d on 1d, a few faults, part- to large-part o.g., Cat £3750+. A very scarce group.
1850-57 Half-LengthsThomas Ham Second State with Thinner White Outline Left of the Orb 3d blue with Prominent Retouch of the Frame at Right SG 7a, margins just clear to good, lightly cancelled clear of the affected area, Cat £350+. Ex JRW Purves and Rodney Perry.
1850-57 Half-LengthsThomas Ham Third State of the Dies Fourth Printing 1d deep red-brown SG 9 [12] from the right of the sheet, margins close to large, Barred Oval '1' of Melbourne, Cat £1200. Ex Rodney Perry, John Barwis - sold in 2012 for £1440 - and 'Besancon' (II) where stated to be "the finest of the few recorded". RPSofV Certificate (2012).
