Bishopsbourne Railway Station: Type R3a straight-line '["Posted"] BISHOPSBOURNE ["Rail"]' very fine h/s in blue-black on 1936 commercial cover with Cable 2d cancelled on arrival at Hobart, '17AUG1936' h/s in blue on the reverse. Rated RRRRR. TO 30.5.1885; PO 1.3.1915; closed 19.8.1957. [John Hardinge states only two examples have been recorded, both in violet ink]
Springs: 'SPRINGS/19MR1914/[TASMANI]A' very fine strike on Pictorials ½d. Rated RRRRR in both State & 'Commonwealth' periods. TO 18.4.1891; PO during summers only 1912-29; closed 30.11.1942.
Classics with full margins comprising Courier 4d Plate II with bars cancel of Sydney, Star Wmk 2d, No Wmk 2d, Numerals Wmk 1d & 2d (unused) and 'TASMANIA' 6d x3 colours, also 1899-1900 Pictorials set mint & Platypus 1d 3d & 1/- with part o.g., generally very fine, Cat £2700 approximately.
(Qty 19)
1853 Couriers Early Impressions with Background Lines Clear & Distinct 1d pale blue SG 1, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, light BN '64' cancel, Cat £1500. Friedl (Bloch) Certificate (1954).
1853 Couriers Early Impressions with Background Lines Clear & Distinct 1d pale blue SG 1, margins good to large with complete outer framelines, neat BN cancel, Cat £1500.
1853 Couriers Early Impressions with Background Lines Clear & Distinct 1d pale blue SG 1 vertical strip of 4 [6/12/18/24 - being a complete column], good to large margins with complete outer framelines at top, right & base and in places at left, neat BN '59' cancels of Hobart. A rare & highly desirable item for the collector of Tasmania, of Classics, or of Number Ones of the World. Ex Robert Odenweller - sold at the Prestige auction of 25.1.2003 for $10,754 - and 'Tatiana' II. RPSofL Certificate (1974). [We know of only two other vertical strips of 4: one is heavily & unattractively cancelled; the other is extensively repaired]
1853 Couriers Medium Soft Yellowish Paper 1d blue SG 2 a magnificent earliest impression from the right of the sheet, margins close - at L/L - to enormous, light BN cancellation, Cat £1500. Superb! Horst Proschold Certificate (1984) as SG 1 in error.
1853 Couriers Plate II 4d orange three intermediate impressions and a late impression [Pos 4 6 7 & 8], all cut-square and [8] - light bend - with full margins, unused, Cat £28,000. Ex Michael Blake. BPA Certificate (1975) for [8].
1853 Couriers Plate II 4d orange plated examples [4], [6], [8], [11] with manuscript cross-hatching & "58" of Swansea, [14], [16], [17] with manuscript "Torquay" cancel, [18], [19], [20], [21], [22] & [24] x2 (one with a fragment of the 'CW Coard' Imprint), various shades & printings, variable condition but all are cut-square and a number are fine to very fine, Cat £5250 minimum. Ex Michael Blake on part-exhibit pages.
(Qty 14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00
Closed..Aug-29-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1350
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1495
Symbol: G
Cat No: 14
1855 London Printings Large Star 1d carmine SG 14 horizontal strip of 3, margins close to large except at the base of the second & third units where the design is just touched, BN '26' cancels of Evandale, Cat £2700++. A rare multiple. Ex Gene Tinsley & David Cohen. RPSofL Certificate (1991).
1857-67 Double-Lined Numeral Watermarks 1d pale red-brown SG 26 horizontal strip of 6 with margins at places & a fragment of the adjoining unit at right, neat Second Allocation BN '91' of Torquay, Cat £250+. A rare & attractive multiple. [** WITHDRAWN **]
1857-67 Double-Lined Numeral Watermarks 1d dull vermilion SG 28 block of 6 (3x2), margins just touched - at lower-left - to good, the fourth unit with a closed 10mm tear at L/L, ironed-out horizontal crease at the top of the lower units, unused, Cat £2400++ for unused singles. A rare multiple.
1858 'TASMANIA' London Printings 1/- reprinted die proof in bright carmine with uncleared engine-turning on thin card (42x52mm). A beautiful & technically fascinating proof. Ex Sebastian Earl (illustrated on the front cover), Marcel Stanley and Michael Blake. [It is believed that these proofs were produced by De La Rue from the Perkins Bacon die for the 1870 Paris Exposition]
1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin-Perf 5½-9½ at Longford 1d carmine SG 104, irregular separation at the base, Second Allocation BN '54' of Longford, undercatalogued at £350. Ex Michael Blake. [In our experience, the 1d is much scarcer than the 4d which is priced at £650. We expect the lower figure for the Penny reflects how few examples have come to the market]
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1502
Symbol: F
Cat No: Collection
1863-71 Experimental Separations Pin-Perf 11½ 1/- vermilion SG 126, Hobart Town duplex of DE31/72, unpriced by Gibbons. Ex Sebastian Earl (Lot 2257) and Michael Blake. RPSofL Certificate (1955) erroneously as Pin-Perf 13½-14½ & as the then SG 66 states "it is genuine so far as one can say". [At the sale of Sebastian Earl's collection in Geneva in 1980, the error on the certificate was noted and the stamp was offered without estimate. It sold for SFr950. By comparison, Earl's Rouletted 8 1/- (now SG 56, Cat £1300) sold for SFr900]
1871-78 Sidefaces with 'TAS'-in-Bars Watermark 9d imperforate colour trial blocks of 4 in black-violet, red-violet or yellow-orange on ungummed (the first) or gummed unwatermarked or watermarked Crown/CC (the last) blocks of 4. Ex De La Rue Archives. (3 blocks)
1880-91 Wmk '16' Perf 12 1d pink Imperforate Block of 30 (6x5) from the upper-left corner of the sheet with Plate Number '3', horizontal creases in the margin & across the third row otherwise very fine with full unmounted o.g., Cat £6000++ for mounted pairs x15. A spectacular error multiple, surely the largest recorded.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1506
Symbol: **
Cat No: 216-225
1892-99 Tablets ½d to £1 SG 216-225 complete blocks of 4, well centred, extremely fresh with full unmounted o.g., Cat £3000++ for four mounted sets. Superb!
(Qty 10 blocks)
1906-09 Crown/A 9d blue Irregular Compound Perf gutter block of 4 from the base of the sheet, Perf 11 except for the right-hand units being Perf 12 at Left ACSC #T72 (SG 256d), full unmounted o.g., Cat $1200++ (£1100++) for two mounted singles.
REPRINTS: 1855 Chalons inscribed 'VAN DIEMENS LAND' progressive die proof with extended framelines & 'VAN DIEMENS LAND' yet to be entered, in scarlet-vermilion on thin card. Beautiful! Ex Ron Butler.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1513
Symbol: O*
Cat No: Collection
REVENUES: Neat collection on European-size album pages with a page of St George & the Dragon issues, Platypus set plus 'REVENUE' Overprints & Surcharges, Stamp Duty Wmk V/Crown x10 to £1, Crown/A x11 to 10/-, Underprint x11 to 10/-, No Wmk Perf 11-12 x11 to 10/- & Rouletted x15 to £1, and 'WAGES/TAX' Overprints x25 to 10/-, and New Designs 1956-61 range to £5 with a few mint, STC $2200+. An appealing lot.
(Qty 170 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Aug-29-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1514
Symbol: O/L
REVENUES: Packet with Rouletted values noted to 2/6d plus to 1/- with postal cds, 'WAGES/TAX' Overprints to 2/6d, receipts with Platypus 1d or 2d, and 1880 Launceston Gas Co Share Transfer with Sidesface 5/- x4 affixed (two different shades, checked under UV & apparently unused: if so, Cat £1350 minimum). Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Aug-29-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
TASMANIA Postal Fiscals Tasmania Postal Fiscals
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1515
Symbol: *
Cat No: F1
1863-80 St George & the Dragon Imperf 3d olive-green SG F1, the design touched in places which is usually the case, part o.g., Cat £750.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1520
Symbol: *
Cat No: F8 & 24
1863-80 St George & the Dragon Perforated (various) 3d yellow-green to 10/- orange between SG F8 & 24, characteristic centring & perfs, large-part o.g., Cat £3100 minimum. (5)
1900 'REVENUE' Overprints Platypus 1d blue marginal horizontal strip of 3 from the right of the sheet Imperf Vertically SG F36a except at left, with Current Number '8' in the margin, full unmounted o.g., Cat £550++ for a mounted pair & worth a substantial premium with the current number as a key positional piece. Very scarce. David Brandon Certificate (1998).
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1524
Symbol: */**
Cat No: F37
1900 'REVENUE' Overprints Platypus 6d mauve SG F37 block of 4 from the left of the sheet with Control Number '8', thinned behind the control number, virtually full o.g. with three units being unmounted, Cat £480++ for mounted singles. Underrated.
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1527
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Annotated collection from pre-stamp mail to 1912 with some better frankings including Imperfs, scarce postmarks & interesting usages, a few registered including with early Hobart R label, condition very mixed but many are fine. Great value at the estimate & a useful basis for expansion. Ex Neil Russell.
(Qty 130 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 1,800.00
Closed..Aug-29-2020, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 242
Lot No: 1528
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 Killivin, 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)
1849 OPSO largely printed entire with 'Convict Department/Comptroller-General's Office' imprint at the base, being approval for a convict to marry & addressed to him at Ross, fine '[crown]/FREE/31AU31/1849' cds of Hobart in red, some toning mainly along the folds.
1853 to "J Leake Esq MLC/Rosedale/Campbell Town" in the hand of & signed by "W Denison" at L/L, fine strike of the worn '[crown]/FREE/6JU6/1853' cds in red & boxed 'CAMP TOWN/-June 53' arrival h/s at U/L. Nice item, with the autograph of a very prominant official.
In April 1846, William Thomas Denison was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land. He supported renaming the island 'Tasmania'. In 1854 he was appointed Governor of NSW & Governor-General of all the Australian Colonies. In Sydney, despite his reluctance, he oversaw the introduction in 1855 of Responsible Government. He also doubted the wisdom of creating a separate colony of Queensland and was successful in having the Clarence & New England Districts retained as part of NSW. In 1861, he took up a new position as Governor of the Presidency of Madras.
1893 (June 23) cover from England with 'Harrogate Hydropathic/Establishment' imprint on the flap & 1d lilac tied by 'HARROGATE' squared-circle, to "Ellesmere/Gladhill Road" with Launceston transit b/s & '("3")D/MORE TO PAY' handstamp, 'ELLESMERE' arrival backstamp, redirected several times with transit b/s of 'CORNERS', 'UPPER- BROADMARSH' (no date slugs; manuscript date) & 'MACQUARIE PLAINS' where again redirected, to "Flinders Island" where endorsed at upper-left "Not intended for me Harold Walker Flinders Island", most remarkably with Sidefaces 1d & 2d paying the postage due affixed & manuscript cancelled "Flinders/28 11 92" apparently by Mr Walker, oval 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/13FEB93/TASMANIA' b/s in blue, a little knocked about & a bit soiled but full of character and intrigue.
Flinders Island opened 30.7.1889 as a Receiving House; upgraded to PO 1.1.1890. John Hardinge states the manuscript marking is unique & thus rated RRRRR. His ERD for a CDS is OC15/00; this item is 8 years earlier, the evidence being that three years after opening there was still no CDS or numeral at the office. Renamed Settlement Point 1908, & again to Emita 10.7.1913. Randall Askeland confirms that Harold Walker was resident at Settlement Point at this time, and later built the first store at Whitemark, also on Flinders Island. From 1.10.1891, James Willett was the Flinders Island postmaster but Walker could well have been covering for him during an absence.
1896 cover front inscribed 'SAVINGS BANK PACKET ONLY' with Sideface 1d tied by BN '84' of 'TRIABUNNA' (cds alongside), very fine strike of the scarce 'OFFICIALLY/REGISTERED/...TO PAY' rubber h/s in violet, horizontal fold.
