Pre-stamp entires to Britain comprising 1834 headed "Fosterville Ross VDL" with no VDL markings, 1837 headed "Derwent Bank Hobart Town" with crowned-oval d/s & boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s, 1838 headed "Hamilton" with poor half-circle d/sin red & boxed 'INDIA LETTER/BRIGHTON' b/s, 1841 mission outer "Per Mayflower" with huge Hobart d/s in red, and 1846 Derwent Bank part-printed with huge Hobart d/s in red, usual horizontal filing folds otherwise fine to very fine.
(Qty 5)
Stampless official mail including 1849 envelope with very fine strike of the first '[crown]/FREE' cds, 1862 with postmaster's mss "Grnponds' & BN '22' with 'PRE-PAID' & 'FREE' d/s, 1872 Leven Road Trust receipt posted as a tiny entire, 1873 printed 'Demand of Railway Rate' notice, 1874 two signed by politicians, 1875 signed by the Government Printer, 1879 with superb diamond d/s in black, 1882 with 'Mayor of Launceston' imprint & signed, 1893 with very late usage of '[crown]/FREE' d/s in rosine & signed by Chief Justice Dobson & a couple of others, fine to very fine. Another good lot.
(Qty 11) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1357
Symbol: S=C
Balance of consignment being mostly pre-stamp mail including 1835 to Campbell Town with badly worn but identifiable undated double-oval 'LAUNCESTON' h/s, 1884 & 1885 Letter Bills with 'dumb' TPO cds of ¾-circle & wax seals of Antill Ponds or Ross, TPOs on stamps x21, etgc, condition rather variable.
(Qty 17 + stamps) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1358
Symbol: C
1838 entire headed "Great Swan Port 14th Sepr 1838" & signed "Geo Meredith", to Hobart rated "6" with small boxed '19SE19/1838' arrival b/s, "6" scored-through & re-rated "1" because the addressee, Sgt Killion, was a soldier. A significant rarity: believed to be the only recorded inland Soldier's Rate letter from the pre-stamp period. [Offered with a promissory note - rejoined (?) or repaired along central split - also signed by Meredith. Great Swanport on the NE coast, was renamed Swansea c.1863. George Meredith was granted land on Oyster Bay in 1821]
(Qty 2 items)
1841-53 Johnstone entires with postmaster's endorsements "Bothwell/27 10 49", "Cambelton/16 6 46", Cleveland/22 10 47" also endorsed "Money Letter", "Clevd 7 8 48", "Deloraine 27 5 49", "Evandale/6 12 48" and "Hadspen May [7] 53", also private entire to Hobart with "Spring Bay/4 2 49" with small boxed '6 FB 6/1849' arrival b/s, fine to very fine. A good lot.
(Qty 8)
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1360
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1853-66 group comprising 1) 1853 mourning outer with Courier 4d cut-to-shape & boxed 'CAMP TOWN/25 Dec 53,' h/s; 2) 1856 with Imperf 4d cut very close with BN '11' of Avoca; 3) 1859 to GB "per mail steamer Emeu" with 1d x2 & 4d tied by BN '62' of Hobart; 4) 1861 entire with 4d pale blue tied by bars cancel, 'PRE-PAID' d/s of Hobart & Launceston (b/s); 5) 1866 to "Ravenswood/Melbourne" with Imperf 1d x2 & 4d; and 6) 1866 to Nottinghamshire "via Marseilles" with scarce franking of perf 10 4d & 6d; condition variable but all are facially attractive.
(Qty 6) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1361
Symbol: C
Cat No: 3
1855 (Oct 4) stampless mercantile entire to Launceston rated "6" in red with 'LONDON/OC4/1855/=PAID=' cds & inspectors '+'-in-circle h/s both in red, superb ' L /OC5/ A ' lozenge of Liverpool, 'SHIP-LETTER- INWARDS-FREE/31DE31/1855' arrival b/s in red, horizontal filing fold otherwise very fine. Ex Alan Robertson, Howard Longden - sold in 2001 for £1150 - and Robin Gwynn. Carried per 'Schomberg' ex Liverpool 6.10.1855, on her maiden voyage. On the night of 27.12.1855, she ran aground off Cape Otway (Victoria) and was completely wrecked.
Despite this being an extremely remote and uninhabited region of South-Western Victoria, the passengers & mail were transferred to the 'Queen', which must have been very close at hand, and arrived in Melbourne the next day! At pages 63-64, Brian Peace lists five covers, of which this is #3, and the only one to Tasmania. We have recorded a further two covers, one each to South Australia and Tasmania.
1858 (Sep 17) inland cover to "Mr Dixon/Browns River" with scarce franking of 'TASMANIA' Imperf 6d dull lilac SG 40 (Cat £90 x5+ on cover) with full margins tied by very fine BN '48' of Hobart with part-'PRE PAID' d/s in red at the base. From 1.3.1858, the inland rate was 6d per ½oz. [BN '48' was originally allocated to Ouse (1), then to The Cascades, which closed 30.6.1856. The Handbook Part 2 states the ERD for usage at Hobart was 29.9.1858: this is two weeks earlier. Browns River is 12km S of Hobart. The post office was always called "Kingston"]
1863 (Dec 7) part-entire to "Captain WD Van Wyke/American Barque James Allen" at Sydney with unusually fine franking of 'TASMANIA' Imperf 6d grey-violet SG 46 x2 (the first with full margins, the other just touched at top & right but with a fragment of the adjoining unit below; Cat £170 x5+ on cover) tied by very fine bars cancels of Hobart with 35mm GPO cds in red below, 'SHIP-LETTER/DE15/1863/=SYDNEY=' arrival b/s, stained on the reverse & some internal faults but of very fine facial appearance.
1864 (Apr 28) cover to "Pendleton/Patanpulai [?]/Kandy Ceylon" endorsed "Per RMS Bombay" with a very fine 'TASMANIA' 6d grey-violet SG 46 - lifted & replaced a little out of alignment - just tied by bars cancel of Hobart with 35mm GPO cds in red at L/L, 'GALLE/MY--/64/UNPAID' transit b/s & mss "1d" presumably the fee for an inwards shipletter, minor blemishes. A very scarce destination from Tasmania. Ex Wingfield (1961). [Pendleton Tea Estate in the Kandy Highlands was one of the earliest tea plantations in Ceylon. It was situated east of Kandy, not to be confused with Pendleton Lower & Upper that are both north of Kandy. The first tea plantation in Ceylon was established in 1867, at Loolecondera. It is likely that Pendleton was originally a coffee property that moved to tea after the coffee crop was ravaged by disease from 1869]
1870 cover to "Rosetta/Launceston" with postmaster's private handstamp 'SOMERSET/RIVER CAM/("10 2 70")' & boxed 'PRE-PAID/12FE12/1870' b/s, Perf 12½ 4d bright blue SG 86 cancelled with BN '52' of Launceston, overall light soiling & repaired tear across the flap. [Another cover dated "14 12 69" from the same correspondence was also cancelled on arrival]
1875 (Sep 4) blue cover to Shropshire with very fine 6d reddish mauve SG 76 horizontal pair (perfs at right slightly trimmed; Cat £84+ x3+ on cover) tied by very fine 'HOBART TOWN - TASMANIA' duplex, 'BRIDGENORTH/NO3/75' arrival b/s, minor wrinkling & a couple of minor flap repairs. Ex Gene Tinsley. [The stamps gauge Perf 12½. However, the only Perf 12½ issue was in Launceston 1864-68. Presumably, they fall under the Perf 12 issue at Hobart]
1878 (June 26) cover with Tasmanian Club embossing in red on the flap, to Oxfordshire "Per Chimboraza" [sic] with very fine Perf 12 6d slate-violet SG 75 tied by very fine 'HOBART TOWN - TASMANIA' duplex, 'PLYMOUTH/AU10/78/SHIP-LETTER' & 'OXFORD' transits & part-'CHIPPING NORTON' arrival b/s. Ex Gene Tinsley.
1900 pair of philatelic covers to "Dalmatia (Austria)" with De La Rue Pictorials ½d to 6d tied by Hobart cds, each with chamfered-boxed 'REGISTERED/[number]/HOBART' cachet in blue, 'DUBROVNIK/RAGUSA' arrival b/s. Ex Gene Tinsley. Very pretty.
(Qty 2)
1903 documents sent as "parcels" to circumvent the ban on mail to Tattersalls, three with different Tasmanian Parcels Express labels in black/pink, red/white (very fine) or black/green (poor), and one with a large 'VICTORIAN PARCELS EXPRESS' black/magenta label with a large-part of the coupon still attached. Unusual & interesting.
(Qty 4 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Apr-26-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 1370
Symbol: PS
ENVELOPES: 1898 2½d Tablet 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HOBART', one central tonespot & an unimportant flap fault, locally addressed with Hobart duplex of MY12/1898.
