Great Britain and British Commonwealth VICTORIA Postal History
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 815
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Modest little group with some nice advertising covers including illustrated types for Victoria Varnish Co (closed tear), Alcock & Co Billiard Tables and Frank Vial & Son Industrial Belts.
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1852 entire unstamped letter headed "No 182 King St Melbourne/...Decr 30th 1852" & signed "Roberts Bros", to London endorsed "Registered Letter" & "Per Great Britain", also "Registered" & "G Roberts" on the reverse both in red crayon, variously rated, oval 'SHIP LETTER/[crown]/JA*1/1853/MELBOURNE' b/s in red, boxed 'LIVERPOOL/ SHIP/AP2/1853/ B ' transit & poor London arrival b/s, light overall soiling.
The lengthy letter provides marvellous content including "...many of our characters are sets of desperate fellows chief part of them are old convicts out of their time, many escape from Van Dieman Land...they have no respect for life or property, the vagabonds are not contented with robbing the successful gold diggers on our country roads, but they must discharge a revolver loaded with ball, through the thickest part of their victims thigh sometimes through their hands against a tree. The Bushrangers on the Roads to the diggings they go in gangs from 4 to 8 men...our horse police in the bush find it a difficulty to catch the wretches...You could not travel 350 miles...without being devoured by the aboriginal natives...I am afraid if these northerly hot winds, should it continue, the Bush must catch fire..."
1859 (Nov 17) cover to London with delightful three-colour franking of Queen-on-Throne 6d plus Emblems Rouletted 2d & Perf 12 1d all tied by BN '2' of Gellong (b/s), bold 'M' h/s indicating transit via Marseilles, London arrival cds of JA7/60 in red. [NB: the illustration is above Lot 822]
1861 (Mar 25) cover to London "Via Marseilles" with scarce franking of Beaded Ovals 4d rose strip of 3 tied by BN '4' of 'SANDHURST' (small oval d/s at L/L, Melbourne transit b/s & London arrival cds of MY13/61 in red.
Double-Circle Relief Datestamps selection comprising 'BARNAWARTHA' (rated RRRR), 'BRIM' (or 'BRIMBOAL' ?; both unrecorded), 'CARAMUT' (!! = the only recorded example), 'COLBENA[BBIN]' (spelling error; !!), 'DIAMOND CREEK' (RRRR), 'FERN TREE GULLY' (!!) on piece with BN '789', 'FORREST' x2 (RRRRR), 'GAFFNEYS CREEK' (RRR) on Tatts cover, 'GT STHRN UP TRAIN' TPO (reconstructed), 'IVANHOE' (!!), 'JUNG' (RRRRR), '[L]ETHBRIDG[E]' (!!), 'MT EGERT[ON]' (!!), 'OUYEN' x2 (RRR), 'S K IL A Y' on PPC (= St Kilda Rly Stn), 'SO TO' (= Sorrento), '[T]HOONA' (!!; the only recorded cds for this office), 'TARRAWINGEE' (!!), 'ULTIMA' (!!), poor 'WA[RRION]' (!!) arrival on PPC, 'WATCHE[M]' (RRRR), and 'YAN YEA[N STH]' (!!), plus a selection of unidentifiable strikes. Rare & grossly underappreciated datestamps. Ex Max Watson: sold at our auction of 24.11.2018 for $5031. The buyer removed only a few Gippsland items & has resubmitted the balance. (26 items + unknowns)
The datestamp comprised moveable type within a "collar". The inscriptions were often off-centre &/or oddly spaced and the type often sat below the height of the collar, all these factors adding to the difficulty of identification
Three albums of mostly PPCs with some better datestamps & numeral/cds 'ties', some duplication, also 1864 piece with 'STAFFORDSHIRE REEF' cds & poor numeral, condition very mixed.
(100s)
Box of covers with many useful items & some very scarce datestamps & numerals, a few "ties", mostly 1890s-1912 but some earlier, condition very mixed. Ex 'Tamiami'.
(300+)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 801
Symbol: S[
Cat No: Collection
Extensive CDS collection in eight expensive Lighthouse binders, lots of scarce datestamps & very fine strikes but much of the material needs to be upgraded, hence the very enticing estimate. Ex 'Tamiami'.
(1000s)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 802
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Box of 1960s-80s mostly black & white photgraphs of Victorian Post Offices, all different & identified on the reverse, many closed even at that time. Ex John Webster, Alec Gavin & Ken Smithies. Terrific boost for any postmark collection.
(400+)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 803
Symbol: S[
Cat No: Collection
BARRED NUMERALS:Collection in seven expensive Lighthouse binders that includes lots of fine to very fine strikes rated up to RR - including many on better stamps including lots of Half-Lengths to Laureates - but generally is more about quantity than quality. There are some obvious more highly rated numbers but most RRRR & RRRRR items are optimistic at best. Ex 'Tamiami'. Our recommendation is to buy this as the foundation for a serious collection and upgrade, upgrade, upgrade.
(Qty)
Hordern Vale: 'HORDERN VALE/21AU17/VIC' cds on KGV 1d red while RO only. Renamed from Calder River RO circa -.12.1912; PO 1.7.1927; TO 1.9.1956; closed 3.5.1972. [Otways: 15km WSW of Apollo Bay]
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 809
Symbol: S[
Cat No: Collection
Melbourne: Collection in expensive Lighthouse stockbook with a handy range of duplexes including some nice covers, good range of 1895-99 cds & double-circle types.
(100s)
Quarantine Station: 'RELIEF STAMP VIC/31MR38/ 11 ' three strikes on philatelic cover - corners clipped as usual - with red/white 'Quarantine Station/Victoria' label with Rat's Tail variety, large 'QUARANTINE STATION/PORTSEA' h/s, a few blemishes. [The PO was open only during periods when people were quarantined]
Quarantine Station: 'QUARANTINE STATION/5AP38/VIC-AUST' two strikes on philatelic cover - corners clipped as usual - with red/white 'Quarantine Station/Victoria' label, a few blemishes.
Upper Delegate River: 'UPPER DELEGATE RIVER/13AU45/VIC.' cds on blank blue R label on piece. RO 18.2.1918; PO 1.7.1927, provisionally closed 30.9.1953; closed 31.12.1953. [Victorian Alps: 11km NNE of Bonang]
Waanyarra Rush: 'WAANYARRA RUSH/29AP35/VIC.' cds on piece from a Registration Envelope. RO circa 1903; PO 1.7.1927; closed 30.11.1969. [Goldmining: 9km NE of Dunolly]
OVERPRINTED 'Reprint': Perforated marginal blocks of 4 comprising Octagonal 1/- blue (two units lightly mounted), Beaded Ovals 3d blue & 4d pink, Netted Corners 1d bright yellow-green, Redrawn 6d black, and Bell 1/- (overprinted in Red), full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $931.
(6 blocks)
OVERPRINTED 'Reprint': 1850 Half-Lengths 1d, 2d from the Defaced Plate (one unit mounted), & 3d perforated U/L corner blocks of 4, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $632.
(3 blocks)
OVERPRINTED 'Reprint': 1856-58 Queen-on-Throne 1d yellow-green, 1d blue-green & 6d blue imperf blocks of 4 from the top of the sheets virtually full o.g. the lower units being unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $920.
(3 blocks)
OVERPRINTED 'Reprint': 1863-73 Laureates 1d green, 2d violet, 3d orange, 4d rose, 6d blue, 8d orange, 10d grey, 1/- blue/blue and 5/- red & blue blocks of 4, the 6d 8d 1/- & 5/- are marginal, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $1610.
(9 blocks)
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER: Mostly perforated array in close to the issued colours including Half-Lengths set, Queen-on-Throne 1d x2 2d & 6d (all imperf), Beaded Ovals 3d blue x2 (one a rare cobalt-blue shade) & 4d, Laureates set to 5/-, Bell set, etc, full unmounted. o.g. Superb! Sold in 2011 for $805.
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CANCELLED-TO-ORDER:Half-Lengths 1d, Beaded Ovals 3d blue & 4d, Redrawn 6d, Laureates 1d & 4d, Bell 9d and Naish 1d & 4d all CTO 'JY11/02' and rare thus, no gum. Sold in 2011 for $506.
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CANCELLED-TO-ORDER: Perforated blocks of 4 comprising Beaded Ovals 3d in cobalt-blue (rare shade; minor creasing) & 4d pink, Netted Corners 1d, Redrawn 6d, Bell 1/-, and Naish 1d 2d & 4d, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $1524.
(8 blocks)
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER:Half-Lengths 1d bright red, 2d brown from the Defaced Plate (3 units lightly mounted) & 3d deep blue marginal blocks of 4 or 6 (the 3d), large-part to full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $920.
(3 blocks)
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER:Queen-on-Throne 2d brown imperf marginal block of 9 [LP-NR/FL-HN] from the left of the sheet, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiple. Sold in 2011 for $920. The only larger CTO multiple of any of the reprints known to us is a complete sheet of 50 of this stamp.
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER:Queen-on-Throne 1d yellow-green (the left-hand units affected by a Pre-Printing Paper Crease), 1d blue-green (showing how worn the plate was in parts) & 6d dark blue imperf blocks of 4, large-part to full unmounted o.g. Rare multiples. Sold in 2011 for $977.
(3 blocks)
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER:Beaded Ovals 3d in cobalt-blue block of 4, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiple. Sold in 2011 for $690. [Most reprints of this issue are in dark blue]
CANCELLED-TO-ORDER:Bell ½d to 2/- (marginal) blocks of 4 in close to the issued colours, full unmounted o.g. Rare & superb multiples. Sold in 2011 for $1092.
(6 blocks)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 753
Symbol: *O
Cat No: 350 mint
Range on Scott leaves including Half-Lengths 1d x5 (one apparently unused) & 3d x3, Woodblock Imperf 2/- & 'REGISTERED', Queen-on-Throne 1d mint, Emblems Large Star 4d unused, 1/6d blue mint, 1886-96 Large Stamp Duty 1/6d rose-pink mint, 6/- & 15/- brown CTO and 35/- fiscal, 15/- SG 350 mint, Charities 1897 used & 1900 mint, No 'POSTAGE' set mint + 5/- CTO, V/Crown mint set to £2, Crown/A mint set to £2, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(100 approx)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 754
Symbol: O*
Cat No: Collection
Collection on old album pages including Half-Lengths 1d x2, 2d x6 & 3d x8, a page of Queen-on-Throne 2d, Q-on-T 1d x5, handy range of Emblems including a couple of covers, some later mint material, Postage Dues scarlet & green CTO set (toning), unsorted packets, etc, condition rather mixed so inspection recommended.
(few 100)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 755
Symbol: *OC
Cat No: Collection
Collection in three stockbooks with a rather scrappy range of imperfs plus some forgeries, a few better stamps in the perforated Classics, De La Rue 2d pair with Double Perfs, 1/6d blue on defective registered cover to GB, CofA period array, lots of Revenues, some postmark interest.
(many 100s)
Selection on Hagners with some scrappy Half-Lengths, a page of Queen-on-Throne 2d including five pairs & two singles that appear to be unused, Q-on-T 1d pair, pickings in the later issues, condition very mixed.
(few 100)
1850-57 Half-LengthsThird State of the Dies (Framelines Added) 3d pale greenish blue SG 11b, three margins with a fragment of the adjoining unit at left, a little cut-into at right, thinned at right but of very fine appearance, unused, Cat £4250. A rare stamp unused, of which fewer than 6 examples have been recorded. [At least the equal of Gary Diffen's unused example that sold in 2007 for £2160]
1854 Shilling Octagonal Imperf 1/- blue SG 25 with Large White Plume over 'OR' of 'VICTORIA' & Deformed 'N' of 'SHILLING', a huge example with portions of the adjoining units at right & left, small fault at top - concealed by the cancellation - & associated thin, cancelled well clear of the varieties; also 'IA' of 'VICTORIA' Deformed [8] in a fine vertical pair, and Large Coloured Flaw above 'CT' of 'VICTORIA' [39] x2 (one Perf 12, rounded corner). Rare Transfer Varieties. Ex Geoff Kellow. RPSofV Certificate (2008) for the first.
(4 items)
1850-57 Half-LengthsCampbell & Fergusson 1d pink SG 28 vertical pair, margins good to huge, very fine BN '97' of Fiery Creek Pyrenees Gold Field/Raglan, Cat £100++. Superb multiple!
1852-58 Queen-on-Throne selection on leaves with an attractive page of 2d printings & shades, 2d reprint with Double Perfs at Base, 1856 1d mint & used horizontal strips of 4, 6d plate proof pair in black, generally very fine to superb, also 6d on four covers one Daylesford to France with four examples.
(28 + covers)
1852-58 Queen-on-ThronePerkins Bacon 6d plate proof in black on ungummed unwatermarked yellowish paper, corner block of 28 (7x4) from the upper-right of the sheet. Multiples larger than blocks of 4 are rarely seen.
1859 Perf 12 by Robinson 2/- dull bluish green/pale yellow SG 82 large-part reconstructions of A) 23 of the 25 positions ex [3] & [8]; & B) of 14 of the 15 positions ex [29] from the right-hand side of the plate that were utilised to make the new plate for printing the 1864 2/- blue/green; plus 2/- blue/green SG 129-130c complete reconstructions comprising 1) the 15 original woodblocks; 2) the 12 original electrotypes; 3) ditto, plus the 3 additional woodblocks forming the top row; and 4) of the complete hybrid plate of 30 (6x5) comprising 8 woodblocks plus 12 electrotypes; condition variable but most are fine to very fine, Cat £2500+ minimum. A fantastic episode in technical philately! Ex Les Molnar. (109)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Jun-21-2019, 11:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 764
Symbol: *]
Cat No: 112
1863-81 Laureates Wmk Single-Line Numerals 8d orange SG 112 mostly plated examples with unused x4 (one with large-part o.g.) and used x7 (one on piece with 1/-), a few minor blemishes, Cat £3700+. Ex JRW Purves.
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Grade A/B
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Jun-21-2019, 11:00:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 767
Symbol: V/F
1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 2/6d yellow, 3/- olive, 4/- red-orange, £1/5/-, £1/10/-, £2 & 45/- plus £10 mauve & Ultra-High Values Electrotyped £25 £50 & £100, also 1/6d orange & 1886-96 Fergusson & Mitchell £5 (small thin) to £9, a few toned perf tips & hinge remainders otherwise very fine with large-part o.g., CTO with Melbourne cds of DE18/00, Cat £4000+.
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1884-96 Large Stamp Duty 5/- die proof in yellow-brown on thick wove paper (34x40mm). This is an unfinished proof with the letters 'J' & 'L' still to be added: see Geoff Kellow at page 241.
1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Typo Wmk '19' Perf 12½ £2 blue SG 276a, well centred, small central thin, large-part o.g., Cat £2250. Rare. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2013). [The illustration is above Lot 772]
1884-96 Large Stamp Duty Typo Wmk '19' Perf 12½ £2 blue SG 276a horizontal pair, the first unit with slightly stained perfs at the base, the R/H unit with tiny thins, some adhesions on the reverse still part o.g., Cat £4500+.
1886-96 Ferguson & Mitchell High Values £5 to £9 SG 324-8 each with 'Specimen.' Handstamp, little or no gum. [Specimen stamps are the closest most people can hope to get to unused, which catalogue £78,000 for the set. Bill McCredie's similar set sold in 2011 for $834]
(5)
1899 Special Printings comprising ½d x10 in various colours including two marginal pairs & 2d x2, two ½d with the Melbourne CTO datestamp of 14JY/99 in black, the others with ruled lines in various inks, mostly stained by official attempts to remove the cancellations & one of each value badly defective. Very scarce. [These stamps - sometimes erroneously characterised as "colour trials" - were printed in a range of colours specifically for the purpose of attempting to remove the cancellations using various solvents and other chemicals, most of which are annotated on the pages. See Geoff Kellow at pages 262-4 (2d) & 266-7 (½d)]
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